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Samsung BD-E5700/ZA Blu-Ray Disc Player with WiFi (Pre-Owned) for $19.99 + shipping
coupon code: WOOT20
Say goodbye to Mr. DVD/VHS Combo, kids. Daddy's takin' her out to the Happy Farm.
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Checking into pricing of this item. EDIT: Fixed.
Appears to be $81.99 when you click thru.
If you go to the main page it has the discounted price. But my price is 24... Meh dont really want to deal with refurb/returns anyway.
It has been fixed by the retailer.
Shipping is $7.49 for me...
This player has a lot of bad reviews from various places on the internet. From what I've read so far they mainly point to it having issues connecting to things via wifi. They're also refurbs. Keeping all of that in consideration, even with the stated problems, in my book $19.99 for a machine that will play a blu-ray movie (if nothing else) is still a pretty good deal.
HDMI is the only video connector on this player.
Has an ethernet port - would be useful if wifi is having troubles, I'm in for one, I need a blu-ray player.
Just bought one; if you scroll through to the last pages, there are higher grade ones. The highest I saw were 8s. As much as I despise BestBuy, I just couldn't pass up a Blu-Ray player at $30 shipped.... Also since they are owned by Bestbuy, expect tax.
worked great, like other poster said click through to last pages for high rated "8" units, first one that they put up, 5 rated with-out remote
It's been a while and I can't remember what I paid for mine, but I can tell you this is a heck of a lot cheaper! Still going strong, it's great player! I don't use the wifi since my (also Samsung) tv has wifi too, but it's a neat feature to have.
Careful you do not get one without remote.
Here is a location for owners manuals, how to videos. and FAQs
This is the manual that can be downloaded from the above site.
tempting but I will pass just due to it being connected to Best Buy. I have had bad luck with their shipping and been lied to by their customer service("supervisors" at that) multiple times.
It looks pretty good, but the quality of items on Cowboom sometimes leaves much to be desired.Great price for a "smart" blu-ray player though.
It says "pre-owned", not "refurbished". That's interesting.
I show this as being $29.99...no more 8's avail.
Add $7.50 for shipping . Kinda kills the deal even more .
Starting price is now up to $39.99.
I think it's safe to say that this DEAL IS DEAD.
(Considering it's now double the original price BEFORE shipping).
@criticalcritic: did you apply the coupon code?
- Fully functional
- May show limited signs of use
- May be missing parts or accessories
- May have dents or scratches
Sounds like either my first wife or my first car.
If you click on the main page, they now have it as $24.99 with $5 shipping.
@criticalcritic: Deal is alive and well. Apply the WOOT20 coupon mentioned by the OP for $20 off of the initial purchase price.
They list all sorts of different actual players. Some have remotes, some don't. Be sure to read all the fine print.
this is dead... I've tried the coupon with the $39.99 and the $29.99 versions... all it does is save shipping.
@jnbapst: I think you will find that streaming movies over he internet (via Netflix or blockbuster) is best when using a physical Ethernet cable. WIFI just isn't really keeping up with that type of stream just yet, and can lead to choppy video that stops mid-movie or tries to constantly reload... That will definitely ruin any movie experience: even the anniversary edition of Beaches would be horrible!
@tduemig: ok now this is wierd.. it's like they are changing the rules... the coupon is now working (bringing it down from 39.99 to 19.99), but shipping isn't free
@tduemig: Worked for me.
Total: $27.48
+PA tax +shipping = $29.40
@prettywootprincess: yeah I got one at $29 shipped, but I'm tellin' ya, before it was zeroing out the shipping and keeping price at 39.99
I purchase this exact player new. Don't spend you money on this device.
A couple of weeks ago I returned a Sony Google TV player to Best Buy. It was stuck in a boot loop. I actually saw the store employees put it right back on the shelf. I will never by anything previously owned or refurbished from Besy Buy.
I have a Samsung BD6500. It freezes often but usually restarts, but on Lord of the Rings it stops about an hour into the movie and will not go further. Streaming is pretty bad too. I have kept up with all firmware updates. I went to Costco and got a Sony and it works great. I am finished with Samsung. I have a camera that didn't last 2 years. I have a DLP HDTV that started getting spots, found out there was a secret program to replace the chip but only if the customer found out about the program.
did you guys try the woot code of WOOT20 to get the price down?
Also, looks like they're sold out
Edit: Are you guys sure these were refurbished? They have a distinction on their site between pre-owned, and another category for refurbished.
Well I did the other one , "Deal of the Day" BD-E5300ZA ($25+$5ship) without the Wifi , only because I found a condtion 8 and it will be hard-wired (and lightly used in a second bedroom) .
First time for a Cowboom transaction for me so if it sucks its going back and all I loose is $5 in shipping costs .
Not sold out - I just ordered one (condition 8) and the code worked to reduced from $40 to $20 plus shipping and tax (I live in NY). Total still under $30 which seems pretty good for a wifi bluray player. First time ordering through Cowboom so we'll have to see how it goes. Double protected used paypal on credit card.
Picked it up as a spare or maybe a gift for someone that needs an extra. Found an "8" with remote and coupon worked with no problem. Shipping and tax brought my total to $28.89. Would have liked a manual but that's no big deal, I can print one.
These are pre-owned machines, not any type of refurb. Best Buy started buying peoples electronics/games/movies a while ago and that is what this is. Something somebody traded in for store credit.
Not all of the 8's are at the end. they seem to be scattered around the listing. I saw a bunch of 7's too. When i added the warranty and shipping, it got to $33 for me. Since I don't actually own any BR, I will have to pass.
promo code doesn't work for me
Link is still working. I got 1 about 30 minutes ago at $27.52
I'm in for one. Had no problems with coupon code or the order.
Seeing these are "preowned" and not "refurbs", I'm pretty sure that means that people have used and then traded them back in. I have to say that people can be pretty %^&*# disgusting. I would never buy something pre-owned or traded in after working in retail and seeing what got returned to the stores... yuck.
Refurbs, ok, yeah, sure, but something that's been in billy bob's bachelor house for 5 months and carried into the store under his stinky, sweaty armpit? I don't even want to mention how gross the remotes must be... no way, no thanks, I'd rather pay more.
Besides, even if it was refurb or new, the fact that this deal has anything to do with Best Buy (worst buy) seals it for me.. I wouldn't buy it if it was a penny. But that's just me and my .02
Wow... someone complaining about $7.50 shipping? Do you live in some magical world where people will deliver everything for you free of charge just because you are so great? There is no free shipping- just some places build it in to their profit margins and price.
***Deal is Dead! Promo code no longer works.***
Not dead, just got a 7 with remote, manual (and even batteries) for $19.99 after the promotion code.
@uwewood: Just tried again and promo code was accepted this time. I guess just keep trying.
Just picked one up was $27.48 with taxes and shipping. A great deal, and while I was at it found a brand new Insignia 42" LCD 120Hz (NS-42L260A13) for $289. I have always had very good luck with Cowboom, and even when I had to deal with Customer Service they have always taken care of me.
just received, PERFECT, all paperwork and OEM box. Connected HDMI and CAT5 cables and connected with ease. surfing apps right now.
Mine came as well, but I wasn't as lucky. It looks brand new, but it won't play a disc of any type. Trying to RMA it now. :/
i guess this deal is now dead, code isn't working at all :(


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For a new project we are looking for good webdesign examples. Some of our favorite sites include Zendesk.com or Mailchimp.com.
How would you approach to find similar sites?
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For a new project we are looking for good webdesign examples. Some of our favorite sites include Zendesk.com or Mailchimp.com.
How would you approach to find similar sites?
PS: We also appreciate concrete examples if you know any.
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You mentioned in the comments that neither you nor your partner are designers. So the obvious thing to do is go about finding a designer or design studio to handle the design for you. You already have 2 examples of sites you like the designs of; if you find a designer with a portfolio that also matches your tastes and show them those two sites, they'll be able to work with you to come up with a design that suits your needs.
There are a lot of sites out there dedicated to showcasing good designs or design blogs that post good designs for inspiration. But, while it's nice when a client comes to us already with lots of examples of what they like or the look they want to shoot for, you really need to get a professional designer as early as possible if you're not one yourself.
First of all, one of the main reasons you hire a professional designer is because they have a trained aesthetic eye; they grasp design theory and understand its elements; they can identify what specifically makes a good design so good or a bad design bad, and they also know the practical requirements of this particular media.
So they're not just a button pusher you hire to operate a graphics program for you or duplicate examples you give them. They're providing you with a complete design process, which includes the research and brainstorming phase. That's why it's better to bring a designer in early and have them help you with this.
Otherwise, you may be wasting your time by collecting a bunch of useless examples that either don't apply to your project, are redundant, have completely disparate and incompatible looks, or are just outright bad designs.
On the other hand, if you go through this process with a professional designer, they'll be able to help you identify what specifically you like about Zendesk or MailChimp, determine if it applies to your project, and then, if necessary, help you find more relevant examples in a similar vein. In other words, the design examples they help you obtain will be deliberately chosen, not just because you like the way it looks. So it'll take fewer but more purposefully chosen examples to hone in on exactly what you want.
I would like to point out the recent incident of curebit copying 100% highrisehq.com and getting caught. http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/28/curebit-apologizes-for-copying-37signals/ and http://www.pixelonomics.com/curebit-copied-highrises-design-html/
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A Trip to the Recip Blade Factory
The first thing you see when you get to the plant is the sign. Lenox is owned by Newell Rubbermaid, which owns 30+ brands. Their tool division includes Lenox, Irwin, and Hilmor – a recently formed company that produces equipment for HVAC technicians.
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Founded in 1915 as the American Saw and Manufacturing Company, Lenox was acquired by Newell Rubbermaid in 2003. The company originally produced hacksaw blades but is better known for its band saw blades – which are the number one item produced in the 500,000 square foot plant. More than 700 people work in this location, which includes both the factory and corporate offices.
A bimetal blade begins as a narrow strip of HSS (high speed steel) edge wire and a wider strip of flexible backing material. What you are seeing here is edge wire coming off of a spool on its way to the machine that will electron beam weld it to the backing. The backing comes from a metal spool off to the left.
The edge wire passes through a series of rollers that orient it on its way into the welding machine.
The two strips of material – edge wire on the left and backing material on the right – converge as they enter the welding machine.
This is one of the many welding machines in the factory. Inside this machine edge wire and backing material are electron beam welded into a single piece of bimetal material. In this process a focused beam of electrons is directed at the joint between the pieces, which fuses them together. The tube on the front of the machine is a magnifying scope. The operator uses it to monitor the welding process and align the beam so it hits the joint at the proper location. I looked through the scope and could see the beam doing its work. The magnification was so powerful it looked like there was a 1/8-inch gap between the two pieces of metal, even though they were tight together.
The welded material leaves the welding machine and passes over an inspection table. Every so often the machine is turned off, the welded material stops advancing, and the operator uses the microscope on the table to examine the weld.
In this highly magnified photo you can see the weld between the edge wire and backing. The teeth will be cut into the edge wire so only the teeth will be HSS. This makes for a much better blade than could be made with either material alone. When I entered the trades we used HSS blades for cutting metal and carbon steel blades for wood. The HSS blades were brittle and broke constantly, and the carbon steel blades dulled the moment you hit a nail. Bimetal was a huge improvement because it combined wear resistant HSS teeth with a flexible carbon steel back. Nowadays it's hard to find a recip saw blade that is not bimetal.
After welding the bimetal material is rolled onto spools so it can be transported to the next operation. Check out the floor in this area; those are end grain wood (ends facing up/down) from the original factory. I recently saw the same kind of floor in SB&D's development and testing lab in Maryland.
The next step in the process is to anneal the bimetal material, to make it soft enough for teeth to be machined into the HSS edge. This is done by placing the coils of welded material in furnaces, heating them to a particular temperature, and then allowing them to cool. The vessels shown here are electric vacuum furnaces. These things are deeper than they look; they extend 6 or 8 feet below floor level.
The coils with sheets of cardboard between them are the raw bimetal material. They will be placed into the frame to the left and then fed into the machine that will cut the teeth. At most other plants where recip blades are made the welded material would be punched into blade-shaped pieces before teeth are ground and set. But Lenox is a major producer of band saw blades so their processes are based on cutting teeth into very long (hundreds of feet long) strips of metal. Instead of devising something different for recip saw blades, they punch blades out after the teeth have been cut and set. This allows them to use the same machines to cut teeth for recip saw blades, band saw blades, and hole saws.
A series of rollers twist the welded material onto the flat as it enters the machine that cuts teeth. In this photo, strips of material are being fed through rollers in stacks of two that are brought together as they enter the machine. A total of 28 strips are entering the machine.
This is a cutter for a tooth cutting machine; there are different heads for different tooth configurations. Note the hand tools to the left. They're set into foam so it will be apparent if any are missing. I saw these things and shadow boards (tools are outlined where they are supposed to hang) all over the plant. It's a factory and the line can't stop just because someone happened to misplace a tool.
The 28 strips of material are held tightly between a pair of horizontal jaws while the spinning cutter passes across them and cuts teeth. After each pass the material advances the length of the cutter, the jaws re-clamp, and the process is repeated until the entire length of material has passed through the machine.
After the teeth are cut the welded material moves to the left and is separated so it can be rolled back into individual coils.
The next step in the process is to set the teeth. These teeth have not been set so they are flush with the sides of the blade. Teeth are set mechanically by bending them left and right so the kerf they make is wide than the material the blade is made from. The machines that set teeth are one of the things I was not allowed to photograph. Use your imagination – it's probably not so different than you think it is.
After the teeth are cut and set the strip enters the machine that will punch it into individual blades. I was allowed to see how blades are punched but not to photograph the process.
I can't show the blade being punched but I can show what the pieces look like after. I laid these out so you can see how they're punched from the strip of metal.
Earlier in the process the bimetal material was annealed to make it soft enough for teeth to be ground into the HSS and for the individual blades to be punched out of it. Now it's time to harden the metal, which is accomplished by stacking blades in racks and running them through a hardening furnace on a conveyor. The blades are heated to a set temperature and cooled at a given rate.
After hardening, the blades are relatively brittle so they are put into an annealing furnace for the final step of heat treating – tempering. The blades are raised to a set temperature and cooled a given rate, which realigns the internal structure of the metal so it's both tough and flexible.
The blades could be used after tempering but like any manufacturer, Lenox wants to put their color, logo, and labeling on the product. The first step in this process is painting. Blades are hung from a conveyor that descends into a vat of paint (in this case white). The blades re-emerge over the tank, the excess paint drips off, and then they pass through a drier that uses heat and moving air to dry the paint. I know they keep some blue paint around because Lenox produces recip saw blades for sister-company Irwin.
After painting, the brand, logo, and other information are printed onto the blades. The blades go from there to the packaging area. That was the end of the production process but not the end of the end of my tour. There were two more stops, both quite interesting.
I was taken to a room containing several large devices that had tubes, cables, and gauges all over them. If I'd gone in blindfolded and someone had said "dude, we're in a warehouse at Area 51 and these are from an alien space ship" I'd have believed him – except I could see out a window and in March there is no mistaking Western Massachusetts for the Nevada desert. This was the room where the titanium nitride coating was applied to the teeth of Lenox Gold blades. Photography was definitely not allowed and this was the one part of the tour where no one offered to explain what was going inside of the machine.
Our last stop was in the testing area – which I'll cover in a separate story. These were my tour guides, Mary Kate Winters and Bethany Mousseau from the company's PR agency, Matt Howell (product manager for hole saws) and Matt Savarino (product manager for recip saw blades). They're smiling because the tour is over; they're probably thinking "man, that guy asks a lot of questions. I didn't think he'd ever leave." ;-)
Like most people who are interested in tools, I'm also interested in how they are made so before my last trip to New England I called the folks at Lenox and asked for a tour of their plant in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
The plant produces recip saw blades, hole saws, band saw blades, and a number of other items. This story focuses on recip saw blades. I'll cover hole saws in a future entry.
Lenox was reluctant at first to allow me to take photos inside the plant because there are certain machines and processes they don't want competitors to see. After much discussion it was agreed my tour guides would tell me what I could and could not photograph. They were good about it because they understood there would be no story to tell if I could not share with you what I saw during my visit. There were only a few operations I was not allowed to photograph. If you want to see more than what's shown here you here, you'll have to get a job at the Lenox factory.
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When and if Minor League Baseball comes to Bowling Green, the team will spend its first year on Western's Nick Denes field.
WKU's athletic director says, "We know there is quite a lot of work that needs to be done to make that happen. We seat about 750 now so if we succeed in our efforts to sell 2000 season tickets and then we have to have about 1000 for walk-ups, we'll need to add about 2,200 seats."
It's a task that could be a major undertaking and changes will be made all around.
Selig says, "Additionally we need to add a new scoreboard, we need new locker rooms for both teams, we need new dugouts, concession stands. So there is quite a lot of work that needs to be done to our field to make it Minor League playable."
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Selig also says they've been in talks throughout the process of getting the Minor League team on how the changes could be made.
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Gorelick and Yoe are already at work on their next book, The Art of Archie: The Covers, and they're taking suggestions from fans on what covers to include. You can go to the Archie forums here if you have a cover to submit—or to look at some of the ones that readers have already uploaded.
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I am a 24 year old female. Ive been weight training for 2 years, clean diet, the works. I have to go to bootcamp for the Navy in December. We are not allowed to lift weights while in basic training. What will happen to my muscle tone after 9 weeks of no lifting?
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With the caveat that you are lifting for general fitness and aesthetics, and not training specifically for something, the below is my answer.
You may lose some specific muscle tone, but given the physical nature of boot camp, you probably won't lose much. Depending on your aerobic fitness, you may lose a little bit there. n=1 experience, when I went to basic training, I lost about 10% on my lifting and about the same on my aerobic fitness level.
Based on my experience with lay-offs ranging from weeks to years (I lifted my first barbell about 50 years ago). I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with how much anaerobic strength you'll keep and how quickly and easily you will return to personal bests. Aerobic ability fades quickly if you shift to full sedentary, but as @JohnP states, that won't happen. Most of my knowledge is based on research on men, but I haven't come across anything that says women are different. Shedding weight gained during inactivity became a problem only after 40. Sagging/loose skin became an issue after 60. To both of you, thank you for your service.
It depends on your existing muscle tone, but given that you will have body weight and cardio training, it may even improve. Also, given the overall picture of serving the 2 year minimum time in the US Navy US Navy Committment, the availability of weightlifting for the other 95 weeks should be more important for you.


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SEOUL—North Korea made its most explicit statement yet that it plans to detonate another nuclear device—its third—in the near future, in what it said was "a new phase of the anti-U.S. struggle."
The National Defense Commission, a body of generals considered the most powerful part of North Korea's authoritarian regime, said the country would launch "a variety of satellites and long-range rockets…one after another" and carry out "a nuclear test of higher level."
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North Korea issues near-daily statements critical of the U.S., which sided with South Korea in the Korean War of the 1950s and has kept troops stationed there. But the North rarely mentions the nuclear weapons it has been developing since the 1970s and that the U.S. and other countries have tried for year to persuade it to give up.
Diplomats in Russia, China and South Korea on Thursday urged North Korea not to test another nuclear explosive, in what would be the country's first such test since dictator Kim Jong Eun succeeded his father in 2011.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Pyongyang has been "needlessly provocative," and that the U.S. is fully prepared for any action by North Korea. The U.S. Treasury on Thursday levied new North Korea sanctions, against a Hong Kong-based company and two officials from a North Korean bank it said is linked to North Korea's weapons programs.
The reference to a test of a "higher level" could suggest North Korea has reached a point where it can test a weapon made from highly enriched uranium, rather than the plutonium fissile material used in its two previous tests. In 2010, North Korea revealed a laboratory in which it was trying to enrich uranium.
Some analysts predicted the test would come around the time of inauguration of South Korea's new president, Park Geun-hye, on Feb. 25. That would also come amid a changeover of the U.S. national-security lineup; North Korea has often issued provocations to test new administrations in Washington.
The North Korean statement followed the same pattern of increasingly aggressive rhetoric seen before its nuclear explosions in 2006 and 2009. In both cases, rocket launches were followed by United Nations Security Council penalties, which North Korea then cited to justify tests of nuclear explosives. Both detonations were small by the standards of nuclear testing in other countries.
Last month, North Korea launched a satellite, again violating a U.N. ban on its testing of missile-related technology. This week, the Security Council extended its sanctions to several more North Korean companies and agencies; that led Pyongyang to issue statements threatening to detonate another nuclear device.
—Alastair Gale and Jeffrey Sparshott contributed to this article.
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An area country club is up for sale.
Russellville Country Club will be on sale at an auction next month.
The golf course is a nine hole course, and the course will be sold separately from the club house.
Members say membership was severely down due to rough economic times, a sentiment the county judge echoed.
"Closing any business has an impact on the city and the county of Logan County, because there are other businesses that rely on that business to continue to help them survive," said Logan County Judge/Executive Logan Chick.
The auction will be held December 15th at 10 am at the Russellville Country Club.
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The audio files linked to this article were recorded from scanner communications Thursday, April 18 in to Friday, April 19, 2013. They start in Cambridge as police responded to MIT, where MIT Police Officer Sean Collier was shot and killed. The next recording picks up from a carjacking in Cambridge to a chase in Watertown. The next one chronicles the shootout in a Watertown neighborhood between the bombing suspects and police. Finally, the last recording was also in Watertown, when police captured Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding in a boat.
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Stunning Development (Update)
from the New York Times:
In an afternoon appearance in the Rose Garden, Mr. Obama said he had decided that the United States should use force but would wait for a vote from lawmakers, who are not due to return to town until Sept. 9. Mr. Obama said he believed he had the authority to act on his own, but he did not say whether he would if Congress rejects his plan.
At today's Angelus in Saint Peter's Square Pope Francis, living up to his name, called for a day of prayer to resolve the conflict in Syria peacefully:
Pope Francis has called for a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, in the entire Mideast region, and throughout the whole world to be held this coming Saturday, September 7th, 2013. Speaking ahead of the traditional Angelus prayer with pilgrims gathered in St Peter's Square this Sunday, Pope Francis said, "On [Saturday] the 7th of September, here [in St Peter's Square], from 7 PM until midnight, we will gather together in prayer, in a spirit of penitence, to ask from God this great gift [of peace] for the beloved Syrian nation and for all the situations of conflict and violence in the world." The Holy Father also invited non-Catholic Christians and non-Christian believers to participate in ways they feel are appropriate. "Never again war!" said Pope Francis. "We want a peaceful world," he said, "we want to be men and women of peace."
About the Author
Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is Associate Professor of Theology Emeritus at Boston College.
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I'm not stunned. I'm glad our great President has chosen to follow the Constitution.
If he hadn't, the haters would have shrieked and hollered for impeachment.
This way, everyone gets to share the blame.
Meanwhile congress is not cutting their vacation short (and he has not asked them to) to address this most important decision. Shame on them. Losers.
Congress is put in the awkward position of either denying him use of force thereby rendering a vote of no confidence for the commander-in-chief (that is a very, very, very poor precedent) or approving this utter and complete folly.
It is not a precedent that is meaningful. We have a three pronged checks and balances. Are checks and balances now going to be called no confidence. The language of the debate is messed up. This is why it is always the way the issue is phrased.
Obama caves again; his entire speech is strained and false.
Shrewd. Share responsability. If this goes down as a great mistake, Congress will have its share of blame. This might give pause to the maverick representatives and limit cries for strong action. In other words, what Gerelyn said.
Here's the least bad state for Syria that I can conceive: Assad stays in power but, to some limited extent, his actions are controled by the US or by the international community. Assuming that Assad is the one who used chemical weapons (why??), the action should be such that he will think twice about doing it again, yet leave him in power to try to prevent a further descent into chaos. A delicate balancing act.
A suggestion from a friend: that the US plan a couple of missiles on some well-defined targets. On the day before the attack, make all communciations unencrypted. Syria hears all the plans, gets its personnel out of the way. The missiles hit some targets, but there are zero human casualties. It's a way of sending a warning to Assad while avoiding an escalation.
A good sign is the delay.. all know that Obama, Kerry, Biden are all men who detest war attacks. We can give thanks and we avoided a disaster if McCain who wants a very robust attack, and VP Palin had been elected.
The war hawks want lots of blood, not just limited blood:
"Republicans McCain, Graham say cannot support limited Syria strikes
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham on Saturday said they could not support isolated military strikes on Syria that are not part of a bigger strategy.
"We cannot in good conscience support isolated military strikes in Syria that are not part of an overall strategy that can change the momentum on the battlefield, achieve the president's stated goal of (Syrian President Bashar al-) Assad's removal from power, and bring an end to this conflict, which is a growing threat to our national security interests," they said in a statement."
And, I suppose if the President pushed for "boots on the ground" these hawks wouldn't be happy without the use of nukes. These men has prostituted what little honor they may have had.
In other news, geo-politically, Putin had an interesting comment related to a diplomatic solution.
"The U.S. president and I certainly discussed this problem at the G-8" summit in June in Northern Ireland, Putin said Saturday. "And, by the way, we agreed then that we would jointly facilitate peace negotiations in Geneva, and the Americans committed themselves to bringing the armed opposition to these negotiations. I understand this is a difficult process, and it looks like they haven't succeeded in this."
So the US cannot even get their proxies to the table because they are so disparate, split, and in fact probably affiliated with al Qaeda. Oh yeah, and these are the same groups the US is sending arms to.
Comical if it were not so serious.
We are truly at war with Oceania and have always been at war with Oceania!
It is a very interesting step that does indeed weaken the powers of the imperial presidency, and perhaps demonstrates to those who might be convinced that he is not proposing action in Syria out of the same mindset that led to action in Iraq. I'm glad that there will be a debate, and I am glad to see the foreign policy elite forced to publicly criticize the sloppiness of democracy and berate Obama for not asserting his authority to do whatever he believes is in the national interest. Obama has, by agreeing to this course, stuck a blow against a core aspect of America's imperial overreach: the premise that the executive branch, in consultation with the foreign policy elite, can act irrespective of congressional approval and in utter disdain towards the messiness of domestic politics.
Shared responsibility. By all means.
Given all the references to the U.N in the preamble, and given the importance of having international consensus, the resolution should say that when (and if) the U.N. Security Council authorizes military action, then and only then may the president act, but with language much more specific than the open-ended and unlimited blank-check authority that is in the current version ("as he determines to be necessary and appropriate").
But since use of chemical weapons is a criminal action in violation of international law, is not the right course of action for Eric Holder to get an indictment against Assad and try him in a court of law?
Claire --
This is the way I have always thought that Pres. Truman should have used the Bomb -- tell the Japanese that there is a new, tremendous weapon, and tell them that athe U. S. will blow up a small Pacific Ocean island to scare them into surrender.
It might work if the U. S. would tell Assad that we will blow up their chemical munitions and then do it.
(Who is supplying him with munitions? Russia? Or is no one supplying him hardware, so that is why he is producing the chemicals?)
I attended mass last night as a visitor in a different diocese. During his sermon, the priest spoke for peace and criticized the proposed bombing of Syria. He explicitly eschewed politics. He spoke in a very humble way - it seemed to come from his heart. The assembly spontaneously applauded - which is notable, as this is the sort of parish community that would tend to rally to the flag and the commander in chief.
It's not clear to me that Congress will approve the resolution. I believe this issue cuts across both left and right, and there will be opposition and, probably, support from both sides of the aisle. Just my amateur prediction.
The British Parliament really seems to have made things very difficult for President Obama.
But - here's the political question that inquiring minds want to know: where does Hillary Clinton, former Obama Administration Secretary of State and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in 2016, stand on this issue? I was struck that, when President Obama walked into the Rose Garden yesterday, he wasn't alone; he was accompanied by his Vice President. Joe Biden has stated by his presence at that news conference yesterday that he supports the President's policy. But what about Clinton? Here is an opportunity for her to lend some badly needed support to her former boss, or alternatively to make a bold policy distinction between the Obama Administration and a (Hillary) Clinton Administration. But so far, it seems she chooses neither. Here is Ruby Cramer at BuzzFeed:
When the White House debated this week over the appropriate response to the chemical attack in Syria, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not release a comment. When the administration declassified an intelligence report Friday detailing the death toll — 1,429 people, including 426 children — Clinton stayed silent. And Saturday afternoon, when President Obama announced he'd "take action against Syrian regime targets," Hillary Clinton again released no comment.
The nation's former top diplomat — and until recently a key voice in favor of intervention in Syria — has remained notably quiet on the subject, even as the country seems poised on the precipice of a missile strike that remains contentious among members of both parties and lacks strong public support.
Press corp, do your job: pin down Hillary Clinton on where she stands on this momentous policy decision. Do not let her weasel out of taking a position. The American people have a right to know, right now, where this person who would be president stands.
Thanks for your comment, George D. Why, in your view, is it shameful that Congress waits a week before taking up this issue?
And why would a "no" vote be a poor precedent? (And for whom?)
"Press corp, do your job: pin down Hillary Clinton on where she stands on this momentous policy decision. Do not let her weasel out of taking a position. The American people have a right to know, right now, where this person who would be president stands."
Good idea! Don't let any of the weasels get away with not speaking up! Here are some hints about where they stand:
It is shameful because this is an issue of grave importance or at least the administration until yesterday suggested that it is. What is the US messaging to the Syrans. How I read it is that they are psychologically traumatizing them by saying oh well we might bomb you tomorrow, or next week or a month from now. Yawn. So children are probably having nightmares. People's lives are being distrupted. While the United States dangles and yawns around whether we might lob just a few missles in a limited, punitive way. Oh, and of course the United States in their benevolence will do their very best to ensure that civilian damage is minimized. Their arrogance is astounding.
Before we need to do that our members have to take time from luxuriating in their mansions, finishing their golf games, wrapping up fishing. Oh and then, and only then will we take this item up on the agenda.
A no vote would be a collosal repudiation of the commander-in-chief's judgment. It would be a vote of no confidence in his and his teams decision. It would undermine his authority to speak for the nation. He has already said that he is going to strike and that he has arrived at that decision. If congress undermines him, then leaders of the world have to wonder who speaks for the country. Or, at least, at a minimum, the president will have to be much more circumspect in what he says and should avoid using reckless language like "red- lines" and playing chicken with countries. When you lose at chicken your strength is diminished.
Don't get me wrong I think that they should vote no on this folly. It cannot be personal. Obama has so mismanaged and bungled this whole thing and the risk of world war and further blow back is far greater than salvaging his reputation. On the other hand, when it comes to foreign affairs, the country needs to speak with one voice, and there needs to be trust in the leader (the president) irrespective of party. So, it is a tough vote.
Finally, I think Putin is a voice of sanity on the geo-political stage and he should be listened to and respected far more. He has said if the US has evidence, then present it to the UN Security Council for a vote. The US just cannot violate international law and act so recklessly.
Jim P. =
I share your concern about Hilary Clinton. Never forget that she was originally a Goldwater Republican, a very belligerent thing to be. I think she has probably grown as a result of her experience as Secretary of State, but grown how? More or less hawkish? Her silence now indicates to me that she is trying to protect herself politically -- if she says nothing she hopes the people won't hold her responsible for the outcome whatever it is. She has gone down in my estimation. I'm ready to look for another Democratic candidate in '16.
Gerelyn, thanks for that link. If I may say so, it's a rather stunning example of that MSM double standard that Rush Limbaugh and his ilk are always caterwauling about. The article is laid out in such a way that the reader is led to suppose that it has presumptive-candidate Clinton's current views, but it doesn't contain a quote or statement from her fresher than last February. One or two things have happened since then, e.g. Assad apparently really has gassed his own people, and the President is planning to launch cruise missiles. Why can we hear the crickets now?
This debacle may be the most open example of "The Twilight of The Elites."
That is a blatant pitch for Christoper Hayes' new book of the same title. I highly recommend it.
The (London) Tablet weighs in (http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/164609)
Feature Article
Syria: moral dilemma facing today's leaders
Ethics of military action
Ivor Roberts - 31 August 2013
After a suspected chemical weapons attack on his own people by the Assad regime in Syria, the clamour for the West to act is growing. But there is unease about the consequences of military intervention both for the volatile Middle East and for the uneasy alliances of the wider world.
August, rather than T.S. Eliot's April, seems to be the cruellest month. In exactly a year's time, we shall be marking the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, the conflict from which all the calamities of the rest of the last century sprang. The Nazis massed on the Polish border in August 1939; the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia in August 1968 and Saddam Hussein went into Kuwait in the same month in 1990.
This August has brought us the horror of chemical warfare in Syria, in the Ghouta area outside Damascus, where the prime suspect is the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The Assads have form: Assad père, the former Syrian ruler, Hafez al-Assad, was accused of using hydrogen cyanide gas in Hama in 1982, when he besieged Muslim Brotherhood forces there, with casualty figures varying between 10,000 and 40,000. There have been unverified but credible accounts of uses of chemical weapons already in this conflict by government forces and indeed by the opposition as well.
The use of chemical weapons is banned by the 1925 Geneva Convention; their use against civilians constitutes a crime against humanity. The question is, having assigned or determined responsibility, what to do about it?
And here the problems start. Indeed, the first problem is the red line that US President Barack Obama drew a year ago over the use of chemical weapons. Of course, their use is appalling. But why are the deaths, however horrible, of a few hundred by chemical weapons worse than the 100,000 deaths (of which about half are civilians) by conventional means so far recorded by the United Nations? The indiscriminate massacres, often of women and children, the shelling of civilian areas by the Assad forces for months: these are also war crimes and surely merit red lines of their own.
When the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Angela Kane, visited Damascus last weekend, she secured, rather against the odds, an agreement for UN inspectors to visit the site of this latest massacre. It remains to be seen whether the state of the site yields incontrovertible evidence of the Assad regime's guilt. Logic suggests that the evidence must have been contaminated or degraded, either to point to the use of chemical weapons by opposition forces or, to mix one's metaphors, to muddy the waters so substantially that there is no clear evidence either way.
Bashar al-Assad is many things, but he is not unintelligent. While opaqueness shrouds this lastest incident, Syria's protector, Russia, can bat away calls for the UN Security Council to authorise the use of force. To allow a clear-cut determination of Assad's guilt to be made would strip away Russia's excuses. If Assad's forces were, as seems very likely, responsible, the timing is odd, coming as it did only days after UN weapons experts were admitted to the country to carry out limited inspections.
Conspiracy theorists, drawing on models from the Balkan wars, would be tempted to say that the opposition might have faked or provoked a chemical weapons attack in a last desperate effort to compel Western military intervention. And, indeed, it does seem bizarre for Assad to cross in such a flagrant manner a publicly stated red line when the balance of success in this long-running war has seemed to be swinging in his Government's favour. Yet even the intelligent can act irrationally. Perhaps, emboldened by Russia's support, Assad believed he could cock a snook at the West's red lines.
Russian support for the regime has been a major hurdle in securing an internationally agreed response to the crisis. We are now faced with the near certainty of a Russian (and Chinese) veto of any UN Security Council resolution authorising the use of force. They will be extremely wary of allowing any resolution through, even for limited action, given what they saw as Western trickery over Libya. In that case, authorisation for limited air strikes for humanitarian purposes was quickly extended by the British and French to bombing missions actively aimed at forcing Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi from power.
In the absence of a UN resolution, the option remains for unilateral action or a coalition of the willing. This is illegal, of course, as it was in Iraq, but hardly without precedent. Given the debacles in Iraq and Afghanistan, neither the US nor the United Kingdom will be prepared to introduce ground troops, but the talk of no-fly zones and limited air strikes suggests the direction in which President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron are heading, with or without the cover of international law.
Bombing people to the conference table was the Nixon/Kissinger strategy in Vietnam – hardly an encouraging example. In Syria, neither side has showed much interest in negotiation and the strong influx of foreign jihadists on the rebels' side, and of Hezbollah support for Assad, has made a negotiated
settlement more, not less, remote.
So what can the war aims of the putative Western belligerents be? Punishment brings its own satisfaction and with it the promise of inevitable further retribution if the crime is repeated. But it will not, of itself, bring about a definitive resolution. Regime change is once again the real war aim, an aim that is buried under rhetoric about a more inclusive government, in which Assad and his family are sent packing by the rest of the regime's nomenklatura.
But regime change to what? The Free Syrian Army is itself a coalition of forces without a proper military structure. In recent months it has been partially overshadowed by the influx of foreign jihadists and the disproportionate role of the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra Front, the most aggressive force fighting the Government. This has led to a civil war within a civil war among opposition forces, between secularists and Islamists, with the latter in the ascendant, just as in Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood was able to sideline the liberal secular forces so evident in Tahrir Square at the outset of the demonstrations to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak.
All this underlines the reality that there are no moderate groups capable of filling the power vacuum in the event of the collapse of the regime. Do we really want to engineer regime change only to create a power vacuum that would be filled by Islamists?
There are complicated questions with no pat answers in the Syrian imbroglio, which is precisely why Western leaders have been reluctant to get drawn into the quagmire other than diplomatically. The crossing of one so-called red line does not reduce the complexity of the situation on the ground or the collision of disparate religious and ethnic communities.
The present-day Syrian state was carved fairly arbitrarily out of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire during the First World War under the terms of a map secretly drawn up by two Allied diplomats, the British Mark Sykes and the Frenchman, François George-Picot. The Sykes-Picot Agreement divided the area into French and British zones of influence. Syria's identity was, as a consequence, less national in character, rather more based on clans, religious sectarianism and family loyalties. Its religious/ethnic mix comprises Sunni, Shia (Alawites), Kurds, Christians, Druze, Armenians and Turks. While all have suffered in the recent struggle, minorities have been under particular pressure. The number of refugee, estimated at two million, is hugely destabilising for the whole region, in particular for Jordan, Turkey and Iraq.
What began as a popular uprising against an odious regime has descended into an internecine conflict between Sunni and Shia, whose antagonism is mirrored externally by respective Sunni and Shia states and organisations supporting their co-religionists. As a consequence, the continuing survival of Syria as a unitary statelooks increasingly problematic. And not just Syria: Iraq's well- documented divisions could easily lead to a reversion to the three pre-Sykes-Picot Ottoman provinces. The Kurds in both Syria and Iraq would be jubilant at the prospect. And Lebanon, where the Syrian conflict has already spilled over, could also break up.
Notwithstanding the complexities, the level of Western rhetoric has risen to the extent that President Obama, David Cameron and French President François Hollande may feel that they have to answer the call of the "something must be done" campaigners. To fail to respond to the crossing of a clearly set red line risks making politicians look weak, their greatest nightmare. But military action must be about more than dealing with the self-inflicted problem of heightened public expectations.
The real risk is that a bombing campaign, particularly an exclusively Western one, will further destabilise the region and could well suck in Assad's allies, Iran and Hezbollah in particular. Israel could use the distraction of general military action in the area to pursue its own agenda by launching an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities to prevent Tehran acquiring a nuclear weapon.
This concatenation of events might even bring in Russia, a consistently staunch ally of both Assads, and Turkey, and lead to the conflict spreading outside the immediate area. This may appear fanciful but similar links, alliances and miscalculations led us to the First World War. The ghosts of August 1914 have not been entirely laid to rest.
* Sir Ivor Roberts is president of Trinity College, Oxford, and a former British ambassador to Yugoslavia, Ireland and Italy.
"If I may say so, it's a rather stunning example of that MSM double standard that Rush Limbaugh and his ilk are always caterwauling about."
I don't listen to Rush, but something tells me he and his devotees are unlikely to be interested in anything Hillary Clinton says about anything or when she says it.
The article gave plenty of details about the red meat the Republican presidential hopefuls are throwing to their ravenous followers -- fresh and juicy. Surely Cruz and Santorum and Paul and Rubio were delighted with the publicity. Where's the "double standard"?
(I think the Republicans in Congress are unhappy with being asked to assume their Constitutional responsibility.)
This matter really is above petty American partisan politics. Besides, the usual petty partisan talk gets to be rather tiresome after a while. And I am sure that it is all totally irrelevant to the people of Syria and their future well being. Better to simply stick to the merits of the matter.
What is the purpose in committing acts of war against Syria?
From what President Obama and the rest of the Administration seem to be saying, it is to be a "punitive action," something entirely backward-looking, which they concede will not really improve the situation, which, in the words of the Administration's own draft resolution, "will only be resolved through a negotiated political settlement." If death raining down up people will not serve the interests of peace, if acts of war against them will not make Syria safe for democracy or make it safe for freedom and peace, but will in all likelihood only make it safe to further persecute Chrisitans in retaliation, is this a moral act?
Let's not drag Rush and the Republican Congress and long-dead Goldwater into this or any other of the usual demons and boogeymen and strawmen that are so often used to deflect and project and otherwise avoid the real moral question at hand.
Obama and his policies -- including his death warrants and surprise attack drone strikes and policy of kill and avoid capture and now, his intention to bomb a country that has not attacked us or otherwise posed a threat to us, even if they've done criminal things to their own people, and then expecting to just walk away without acknowledging that war has consequences -- stand alone in the moral calculus.
This is a literary comment on the situation and in no sense to be considered either pro- or anti- a strike. In Canto VI of the Paradiso, Beatrice, in her professorial way, lectures Dante on the importance of vows, stressing that they should mean what they say, and should be honored by those who make them. As usual, Dante chooses two examples of bad vow-makers, one from sacred, the other from profane, history: Jephthah, in the Book of Judges, who promised to sacrfice the first living being he sees on returning home if he is granted victory, and Agamemnon who promises to sacrifice the most beautiful being in his kingdom if the winds change to blow his armada to Troy. Two girls, of course, are the victims: Jephthah's beloved daughter, and and Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia. Robert Hollander, in his notes to Paradiso, points out that Aquinas cites Jephthah's vow as the sort that should not be made to begin with, and if made, certainly should not be upheld. And Aquinas quotes Jerome saying that Jephthah "was only being foolish when he made such a vow, but he turned impious when he kept it."
Might that also be a warning against red lines, lines in the sand, and such? The NYT today has an article citing a number of experts (Ryan Crocker among them) saying that a strike might well make matters far worse, and hurt the very people we are trying to help. Is he right? I wish I knew.
This tension has been on-going since the Vietnam War and the War Powers Act. Reams of paper were dedicated to the debate over the US *Imperial Presidency* and various forms of this were seen during Reagan, Clinton, and especially both Bushes.
IMO, this is a smart move for a number of reasons - Obama himself as a senator strongly reinforced the need for Congress to be consulted; the War Powers Act has been revised since the Tonkin Gulf Resolution based upon the changing dynamics of the world; it gives Obama time to raise this issue at the G20 summit; now the Arab League has weighed in; the UN and even UK may wind up having time to discuss; UN investigators' report will be published in this same time period; it gives Obama and others a forum to raise the issue of what to do specifically about WMD and chemical weapons when world treaties have outlawed their use -what do we do as world citizens when a tyrant uses these weapons or extremists or terrorists? This is an issue that needs to be discussed building upon the precedent of Kosovo....it needs to include African genocides, etc.
There seems to be two primary questions - can this be limited to illegal chemical weapons use? and if so, how can a surgical strike (even over a few days) degrade, destroy, or send a message to not use these weapons again? There appear to be few options left - overthrowing the government sounds good but who will ensure chemical weapons security? there appears to be no regime or anti-regime elements that can or will negotiate? What do you do in the face of a power vacuum or a tyrant who refuses to negotiate?
It is well past time to have this discussion both domestically (Congress) and internationally - UN, G20, Arab League, NATO, etc.
Are Syrians clamoring for American bombs?
More shocking developments. Members of the military openly engaging in resistance against policie of commander-in-chief. I have not seen anything like this.
Hang on. I know this is a dead thread, but surely you're being unfair to Hillary Clinton. She's the immediate ex-Secretary of State in the same administration that's currently in office. Her successor is facing his first challenge. Any comment from her, beyond "I have full faith in Sec. Kerry, would be completely inappropriate -- it would undercut both Kerry and Obama. (If she were a retired bishop or pope we'd all see this). Just because you've discerned that she's going to run for president doesn't mean she's got to forsake all loyalty to her nation or to the administration of which she was a part.
Mark P: agreed, 100%
Any comment from her, beyond "I have full faith in Sec. Kerry, would be completely inappropriate -- it would undercut both Kerry and Obama.
Yet she hasn't even mustered that.
Her President is twisting right now. Britain has abandoned him. The American people don't seem to be with him on this policy. Congress may deal him the worst rebuke of his presidency. And she has, in the past, advocated a policy that seems consonant with what he is proposing. I'd think that a statement from her to the effect, "I support the President and Secretery Kerry" could help rally Democrats to support the President on this issue.
Here is CNN with more background on her silence.
It's not about Hillary being loyal to the Administration or being loyal to Kerry or loyal to her nation. It's not about her President twisting. It's not about him, him, him, or about rallying her party or supporting the president.
It is about doing the right thing. It is about truth. It is about whether committing acts of war are going to improve the situation, about whether they are even intended to improve the situation, or whether they will make things worse by increasing the likelihood that innocent people (e.g. Christians) will end up being attacked.
You don't go lobbing a bunch of missiles and killing people just to be loyal to some political leader.
Agree, Bender.
Those cynical enough to hope that Hillary will be goaded into providing them with another bludgeon to use against her should explain their own small-mindedness, wilful ignorance of history, etc.
Alan Grayson was good on Thomas Roberts' show on MSNBC this morning. When Roberts shut up long enough to let Grayson get a word in, Grayson explained why it's stoooopid to call this a "Munich moment," and why we should be concentrate on our own problems rather than interfering in a civil war.
Roberts interrupted again to say something about Can't we walk and chew gum at the same time. How eager the war mongers are to pound more sand into ratholes.


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How does one prove that an Eisenstein series (adelically formulated as in the book of Moeglin-Waldspurger) is not identically zero? Namely how does one prove that the sum $\sum_{\gamma\in P(k)\backslash G(k)}\varphi(\gamma g)$ is not identically zero, provided the sum converges? The book by M-W does not prove it, and neither could I find a reference.
The space $P(k) \backslash G(k)$ has a discrete set of representatives in $ U(A) M(k) \backslash G(A)$. See for example the discussion after Lemma 3.3 in Gelbart-Jacquet "Forms of GL(2) from the analytic view point" for $G=GL(2)$ . I am sure somewhere in Moeglin-Waldspurger a similar lemma is quoted/proved somewhere for the more general $G$. Arthur has something similar certainly for $G$ reductive, but I remember that M-W consider also more generally finite covers etc. The main concern of these lemmas is actually the absolute convergence, but also they also provide the non-triviality.
A suitable set of representatives can be given via the Bruhat decomposition. Pick a compact set $K \subset U(A) M(k) \backslash G(A)$ containing only one representative and having non-empty interior. Let $\varphi :U(A) M(k) \backslash G(A) \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ be a function which is positive, smooth, compactly supported on this set $K$, non-vanishing on the interior. Then your sum will not be zero only for $\gamma^{-1} g$ for $ g \in K$. This works equally well if you work modulo the center.


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I'm going to a LAN tomorrow, however, they all use windows and we're planning on playing some games that are only for windows. I have a laptop with a pretty SDD of 60GB with Ubuntu that works perfect so far. However, with a partition of windows+game, the space might become a problem. So I was thinking about doing this, but wanted to know if it was going to work before spending 2+ hours by asking here.
I have my original 256GB HDD. If I install windows there from the actual laptop, can I swap then to Ubuntu seamlessly by just swapping the HDD for the SSD? The only info I could find in google was changing the HDD from one computer to another, which would not work for the devices installed, but since this would use 2 different disks for the same computer (physically changing them), I thought it might work.
So, my question is, will Ubuntu and Windows run after installing Windows in that way? My main concern has to do with the BIOS getting modified by a not so play-along windows and not letting me boot Ubuntu then, but I'm not sure how that works and I am not aware of other potential problems. Are you?
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Another way of asking this question is by saying, "When God interacts with praying Christians, how do the persons of the Trinity interact in ways that neither of the other two persons do?" I'm asking from a biblical, Protestant perspective.
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My understanding from growing up in an Anglican church:
We pray to God the Father. He is the one that answers our prayers. Not a perfect verse for this, but the only one I could think of:
We pray through Jesus. He is our Great High Priest.
Think back to the old testament, the High Priest was the one who could go into the holy of holies in the temple and gave access for the people to talk to God.
The Holy Spirit prompts us to pray, and directs us to pray for certain things - e.g.
In the Anglican Communion the most common idea is that what one personality knows the other knows (you should rather use personality than the word person when talking of the Trinity in Unity.) If you pray to The Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit hear you also. We address our prayer to The Father because Jesus taught His disciples to pray to The Father. We open with "Our Father," rather than just "Father." LDS Priests usually address the prayer to "Heavenly Father." Anglican Priests often address their prayer to "Father Almighty," and often to "Almighty Father." which is a different way of thinking of God. In RC doctrine, prayers are often addressed to Mary (theotokos) asking her to intervene with the Son, on a persons behalf (this was recognized from the experience at the Wedding in Cana.)
There are so many millions of people who have been helped by prayers to Jesus, to Saints, to Mary, to Joseph, to Yahweh, to Mohammet, that it is evident God hears every prayer that the Spirit recognizes has God as its ultimate destination.


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When we wish one another during the Aseres Yemei Teshuva "Gmar Chasima Tova" what does it mean? Does it not depend on what is written in the document? What difference does it make if the seal is good if the document is no good?
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I'm sure others can give more in-depth answers but I believe this is the basic meaning: We say
Meaning, On Rosh Hashana our fate is written and on Yom Kippur our fate is sealed. Saying to someone "Gmar Chasima Tova" is simply wishing them that the fate that is sealed for them is a good one.
Until your fate is sealed, what is written can be changed. which is why the concluding service on Yom Kippur - Ne'ila is so important. That is the moment when what is written is sealed. Until that moment what is written can be changed for the better.
For more information check here look for the words "On Rosh Hashanah will be inscribed and on Yom Kippur will be sealed"
גמר חתימה טובה :)
'Gmar Chatima Tova גמר חתימה טובה' is essentially wishing that someone being written (rosh hashana) and sealed (yom kippur) in the book of life. Gmar Chatima is an idiom for the sealing of the judgement, and tova, is that it should be a good judgement. You can also just say 'Gmar tov גמר טוב'
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The 9 Most Badass Last Words Ever Uttered: Part 2
#4. Joe Hill
Before sharing Joe Hill's story, it is important to note that he didn't die in an actual fire. We'd save that sort of example for the article "Last Words of People Who Succinctly Summarized the Circumstances of Their Impending Death."
Hill was an immigrant laborer in the early 1900s. This time period was not particularly kind to itinerant workers in America, and Hill frequently faced underemployment, harsh working conditions and lopsided contracts with his employers.
Unsurprisingly, he embraced the working class's frustrations and became a fervent member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) labor union. He inspired the group through scathing political cartoons and pro-union anthems such as "There Is Power in a Union" and "Casey Jones -- the Union Scab." His less-celebrated hit "U n Me, Gurl (Dat's a Union)" is seldom mentioned.
Dwarfs and flags, that's how the 99 percent should operate from now on.
It has been speculated that his prominent involvement in the IWW led to him being railroaded into a murder charge by The Man. Hill came under suspicion when he was treated for a bullet wound mere minutes after masked men started a gunfight in a local butcher shop, killing both the owner and his son. Hill had no motive, no other corroborating evidence put him there and he was actually one of five men treated for bullet wounds on the night of the murders. Still, a jury of his peers saw it otherwise:
Pictured: A jury of Hill's peers.
Hill was sentenced to death by firing squad. His last word, "FIRE!" preempted the executioner's "Ready ... aim ..." countdown. He wanted to his last act to remind the squad who they really worked for: the people.
Or Hill's own giant balls. We're not sure which he meant, really.
#3. Lavinia Fisher
Quote: "If any of you have a message to give the devil, give it to me quick -- I'm about to meet him!"
On February 18, 1820, Lavinia Fisher and her husband/accomplice John were executed for their roles in a series of murders that took place at their tavern. While her husband was busy begging the crowd for forgiveness and putting all the blame on his wife, Lavinia took a slightly different tack: She figured she'd need to stay busy in hell, and so she spent her last words applying to be the devil's postman.
Lavinia then trumped her executioners by jumping off the scaffolding and hanging herself before they could do it (and probably screw it up. If we've learned one thing from the other entries here, it's that executions are like handjobs; if you want it done right, you do it yourself).
"The hiiiilllls are aliiiiive with the sound of muuu -- gakkk."
Witnesses stated that they would never forget the baleful glare or cruel sneer that froze on Lavinia's face in death. Nor presumably the double birds she was flipping behind her back.
#2. Breaker Morant
Quote: "Shoot straight, you bastards!"
Harry "Breaker" Morant was an Australian soldier serving Britain during the Second Boer War in South Africa. He is best known in America for being featured in an eponymous Academy Award-nominated movie back in 1980 ... which is to say, he's not really known at all.
Pictured: Either E.T. or Working Girl.
Morant was nicknamed "Breaker" because of his much-touted ability to break horses, though his less thoroughly documented B-Boy skillz may have been another contributor. Historical accounts vary widely as to how many of his controversial military decisions were driven by standing policies versus the fog of war. But one thing is for sure: Morant was either justified in the execution of two unarmed African prisoners and a German missionary, or he wasn't.
We here at Cracked will stand by that statement adamantly.
Morant was arrested for the aforementioned crimes and sentenced to death. Regardless of his guilt or innocence, Breaker deserves some respect for having possibly the best first name ever, and also for simultaneously chastising and motivating his executioners with his last words, just before his death by firing squad: "Shoot straight, you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!"
Stand up job, guys.
It was exactly the kind of frank leadership a good military values ... when they're not executing those leaders for war crimes, of course.
#1. Karl Marx
Quote: "Go away! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!"
For better or worse, everybody has to acknowledge that Marx's writings in the Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital are possibly the most important political documents of the 19th century. His words were important; that much is fact.
And he looked like a homeless lycanthrope. That part is also indisputable.
Man, Santa would suck if he was a communist.
In 1883, Marx was about to breathe his last, and the only person on hand was his housekeeper. Now housemaids, as we've learned from Joan Crawford, were, up until recently, primarily employed for their ability to harangue and bungle the last moments of the sick and dying. Kind of like a reverse hospice service. And Marx's woman was no exception: Despite having been employed by his family for four decades, she didn't know enough about the man to avoid asking for his profound and meaningful last thoughts. When he roared his (ironically very quotable) last words, she skittered from the room to let the man die in surly silence.
"You want this beatdown, you sons of bitches? Line up, and every worker will get his share."
Marx was survived by his wife, three children and epic hobo wolfman beard, which could only be killed by a silver razor. Some say, on quiet nights, it can still be heard howling for change in the streets.
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YOCUM, Elsie M. Barbaley, 91, of Kirkwood Heights, Bridgeport, Ohio, died Saturday, March 2, 2013, in Liza's Place, Wheeling, WV.
She was born February 13, 1922, in Yorkville, OH, daughter of the late John and Caroline Zambo Barbaley.
She was a retired Executive Secretary at Continental Can, Wheeling, WV and Sylvania Electric.
Elsie loved painting, music, playing the organ, reading, gardening and cooking.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, James Barbaley; a sister, Irene Barbaley Pak; two brothers-in-law, John Pak Jr, and Frank Lollini; a sister-in-law, Irene Barbaley Pak; nephew, Luke Lollini; her beloved pets, Casey, PeeWee and Buffy.
Surviving are her devoted husband of 68 years are Sherwood "Sam" N. Yocum; a brother, Louis Barbaley, Yorkville, OH; a sister, Caroline "Cal" Lollini, formerly of Yorkville, now living in Cuyahoga Falls, OH; two nieces, Jonette Pak (Richard) Lazasz and Patty (Hugh) Daniels; four nephews, Lance (Patty) Lollini, John (Pam) Barbaley, Marty (Catol) Barbaley and James Barbaley; a great-niece, Jodie Lazasz Stewart; four great-nephews, Rich (Colleen) Lazasz, Eric Barbaley and Chris and Jay Lollini; 10 great-nieces and nephews.
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"Glitz and Glam" at the 2009 J&B Met – A Cape Town Tourism Flickr photo essay
The 32nd J&B Met – South Africa's most prestigious horse racing event – took place on January 31, 2009 at Kenilworth Racecourse. With the "Glitz and Glam" theme, Cape Town's beautiful people outshone the horses in an array of sparkling, flamboyant outfits. Freelance photographer Francois Willemburg captured all the glamour of the event.
Those lucky enough to make the J&B Met guest list mingled with South Africa's society people, sipping cocktails while cheering on the winning horses.
The "Glitz and Glam" theme was inspired by the mirror ball used in J&B's Start a Party Campaign, launched worldwide this year.
According to Cape Town Magazine, those J&B Met glitterati selected as finalists in the best-dressed competition won fabulous prizes – including a week's holiday in Mauritius. As you can see from these pictures, competition was fierce!
With so many unique interpretations of the "Glitz and Glam" theme, the 32nd J&B Met will long be remembered by Capetonians. The stage is set for next year, as it's difficult to see how such finery and glamour could be topped!
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Ozark, AL - The Ozark city school system has adopted a new data tracking system this year. Teachers will be able more easily monitor a students' progress from year to year.
"The premise for everything that we are doing now, we don't just make decisions based on what students like or teachers like, all of our instruction decisions are data based decisions," said educational specialist Jacquelin Kelley.
The entire Ozark City School system will be using Performance Matters. It's a data tracking system that will allow teachers to import local and statewide assessment tests. Then, it charts the students' improvement.
Teachers have been doing this for years but by hand.
"Now they will be able just to go and click on a button and just see it. So instead of them crunching out a bunch of data they can spend more time looking at their instruction and planning. The teachers are just going like wow," said Kelley.
Ozark city school system is one of only two systems in the state using this program. Leaders are hopeful it takes off state wide. They say this Data tracking will help ensure the core standards are being met.
"Especially in math, it's very very important that our standards that we are teaching will cover our course of study," said Carroll High School math teacher, Marci Williams.
The program looks at more than just a grade. For example it will track if the student is doing well fractions or maybe struggling with division. Teachers can go back three years and see if the students have made any progress.
"You're not just teaching one student in a classroom, you're teaching 30. A lot of times you have those students who fall in between the cracks. As a teacher I would like to be able to go back in and look at where they are making their mistakes and where I as teacher am making mistakes and where I need go back and reteach," said Williams.
Teachers hope this more individualized approach will help all students reach their full potential.
School leaders say they wanted to get "performance matters" up and running in preparation for the new high school's career academies.


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