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Pick a square within a multiplication square and add the numbers on
each diagonal. What do you notice?
Can you discover whether this is a fair game?
A circle has centre O and angle POR = angle QOR. Construct tangents
at P and Q meeting at T. Draw a circle with diameter OT. Do P and Q
lie inside, or on, or outside this circle?
This is an interactivity in which you have to sort the steps in the
completion of the square into the correct order to prove the
formula for the solutions of quadratic equations.
These formulae are often quoted, but rarely proved. In this article, we derive the formulae for the volumes of a square-based pyramid and a cone, using relatively simple mathematical concepts.
Some puzzles requiring no knowledge of knot theory, just a careful
inspection of the patterns. A glimpse of the classification of
knots and a little about prime knots, crossing numbers and. . . .
Spotting patterns can be an important first step - explaining why it is appropriate to generalise is the next step, and often the most interesting and important.
A serious but easily readable discussion of proof in mathematics with some amusing stories and some interesting examples.
A little bit of algebra explains this 'magic'. Ask a friend to pick 3 consecutive numbers and to tell you a multiple of 3. Then ask them to add the four numbers and multiply by 67, and to tell you. . . .
A picture is made by joining five small quadrilaterals together to
make a large quadrilateral. Is it possible to draw a similar
picture if all the small quadrilaterals are cyclic?
You have been given nine weights, one of which is slightly heavier
than the rest. Can you work out which weight is heavier in just two
weighings of the balance?
An equilateral triangle is sitting on top of a square.
What is the radius of the circle that circumscribes this shape?
This article invites you to get familiar with a strategic game called "sprouts". The game is simple enough for younger children to understand, and has also provided experienced mathematicians with. . . .
Euler discussed whether or not it was possible to stroll around Koenigsberg crossing each of its seven bridges exactly once. Experiment with different numbers of islands and bridges.
Pick the number of times a week that you eat chocolate. This number must be more than one but less than ten.
Multiply this number by 2. Add 5 (for Sunday). Multiply by 50... Can you explain why it. . . .
A game for 2 players that can be played online. Players take it in turns to select a word from the 9 words given. The aim is to select all the occurrences of the same letter.
The circumcentres of four triangles are joined to form a
quadrilateral. What do you notice about this quadrilateral as the
dynamic image changes? Can you prove your conjecture?
Can you find all the 4-ball shuffles?
What happens to the perimeter of triangle ABC as the two smaller
circles change size and roll around inside the bigger circle?
An equilateral triangle is constructed on BC. A line QD is drawn,
where Q is the midpoint of AC. Prove that AB // QD.
Prove Pythagoras' Theorem using enlargements and scale factors.
In how many ways can you arrange three dice side by side on a
surface so that the sum of the numbers on each of the four faces
(top, bottom, front and back) is equal?
Find the missing angle between the two secants to the circle when
the two angles at the centre subtended by the arcs created by the
intersections of the secants and the circle are 50 and 120 degrees.
Can you see how this picture illustrates the formula for the sum of
the first six cube numbers?
You can work out the number someone else is thinking of as follows. Ask a friend to think of any natural number less than 100. Then ask them to tell you the remainders when this number is divided by. . . .
Do you know how to find the area of a triangle? You can count the
squares. What happens if we turn the triangle on end? Press the
button and see. Try counting the number of units in the triangle
now. . . .
It is obvious that we can fit four circles of diameter 1 unit in a square of side 2 without overlapping. What is the smallest square into which we can fit 3 circles of diameter 1 unit?
When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...
A quadrilateral inscribed in a unit circle has sides of lengths s1, s2, s3 and s4 where s1 ≤ s2 ≤ s3 ≤ s4.
Find a quadrilateral of this type for which s1= sqrt2 and show s1 cannot. . . .
Find the largest integer which divides every member of the
following sequence: 1^5-1, 2^5-2, 3^5-3, ... n^5-n.
Find the smallest positive integer N such that N/2 is a perfect
cube, N/3 is a perfect fifth power and N/5 is a perfect seventh
Three points A, B and C lie in this order on a line, and P is any
point in the plane. Use the Cosine Rule to prove the following
Which hexagons tessellate?
The picture illustrates the sum 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = (4 x 5)/2. Prove the general formula for the sum of the first n natural numbers and the formula for the sum of the cubes of the first n natural. . . .
If you think that mathematical proof is really clearcut and
universal then you should read this article.
A huge wheel is rolling past your window. What do you see?
Is it possible to rearrange the numbers 1,2......12 around a clock
face in such a way that every two numbers in adjacent positions
differ by any of 3, 4 or 5 hours?
Four jewellers possessing respectively eight rubies, ten saphires,
a hundred pearls and five diamonds, presented, each from his own
stock, one apiece to the rest in token of regard; and they. . . .
Start with any triangle T1 and its inscribed circle. Draw the
triangle T2 which has its vertices at the points of contact between
the triangle T1 and its incircle. Now keep repeating this. . . .
If you can copy a network without lifting your pen off the paper and without drawing any line twice, then it is traversable.
Decide which of these diagrams are traversable.
Explore the continued fraction: 2+3/(2+3/(2+3/2+...)) What do you
notice when successive terms are taken? What happens to the terms
if the fraction goes on indefinitely?
Is the mean of the squares of two numbers greater than, or less
than, the square of their means?
The nth term of a sequence is given by the formula n^3 + 11n . Find
the first four terms of the sequence given by this formula and the
first term of the sequence which is bigger than one million. . . .
Take any pair of two digit numbers x=ab and y=cd where, without
loss of generality, ab > cd . Form two 4 digit numbers r=abcd
and s=cdab and calculate: {r^2 - s^2} /{x^2 - y^2}.
The country Sixtania prints postage stamps with only three values 6 lucres, 10 lucres and 15 lucres (where the currency is in lucres).Which values cannot be made up with combinations of these postage. . . .
Imagine two identical cylindrical pipes meeting at right angles and think about the shape of the space which belongs to both pipes. Early Chinese mathematicians call this shape the mouhefanggai.
If you take two tests and get a marks out of a maximum b in the first and c marks out of d in the second, does the mediant (a+c)/(b+d)lie between the results for the two tests separately.
In this 7-sandwich: 7 1 3 1 6 4 3 5 7 2 4 6 2 5 there are 7 numbers between the 7s, 6 between the 6s etc. The article shows which values of n can make n-sandwiches and which cannot.
An article which gives an account of some properties of magic squares.
This article discusses how every Pythagorean triple (a, b, c) can be illustrated by a square and an L shape within another square. You are invited to find some triples for yourself.


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France's First Lady Carla Bruni will visit the Safdarjung Hospital and the New Delhi-based Naz Foundation Trust, an NGO working on HIV/AIDS and sexual health on Monday. Most people around the world know Bruni as an Italian-born French songwriter, singer and former model, but few know that she is also the brand ambassador for the […] Continue reading Carla Bruni to visit Safdarjung Hospital to see anti-natal, HIV care procedure
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Email encryption: Using PGP and S/MIME
For those worried about the security and privacy of email communications, encryption is one layer to add, but using encryption software isn't terribly user-friendly.
Band of brothers: Vendor partnerships strengthen security for all
Security vendors who band together on solutions instead of persisting in adversarial relationships with one another should be the favored providers for IT departments.
Why 'Nothing to Hide' misrepresents online privacy
A legal research professor explains to Michael P. Kassner why we should think long and hard before subscribing to the "Nothing to Hide" defense of surveillance and data-gathering.
Cyberwarfare: Mounting a defense
Both private and public organizations are at risk for cyberwarfare attacks and must take responsibility for network defense. Tom Olzak outlines security best practices.
Does using encryption make you a bigger target for the NSA?
Fact: The U. S. government is capturing data from its citizens. Fact: Encrypted data is of more interest to the U.S. government. Michael P. Kassner asks two experts, one legal, one cryptographic, what...
Everything you need to know about using TOR
TOR's anonymizing and encrypting features make it a very useful tool for privacy. Here's a quick look at the basics.
[Infographic] Wiretapping: Privacy vs. security
This infographic traces the history of the privacy vs. security debate in the U.S. from the Bill of Rights to PRISM.
Cyberwarfare: Characteristics and challenges
The specter of cyberwarfare isn't just a problem for governments -- many types of organizations could be in the line of fire. Knowing the types of attacks and their probability will help you prepare.
Convenience or security: You can't have both when it comes to Wi-Fi
Open Wi-Fi networks can be a godsend when you need them. Michael P. Kassner interviews a network-security expert who explains why bad guys like them even more.
Be wary of WordPress plugin vulnerabilities
WordPress plugins are highly vulnerable, according to a recent report.
Ignoring security advice from the pros: The IT-user disconnect
IT pros and the general population of users have seemingly different agendas when it comes to security. Michael P. Kassner interviews a noted researcher about the psychology of these two groups.
New Android malware should be wake-up call for security admins
Security firm Kaspersky reported on a new malware threat that it calls the most sophisticated it has seen in targeting Android phones.
BGP and Internet security: Is it better to be lucky or good?
Does "it's not a problem until it actually happens" apply to Internet security? Michael P. Kassner interviews a networking expert who's wondering about the same thing.
DARPA's Plan X and the future of the U.S. cyber defense infrastructure
Plan X sounds like a summer sci-fi movie, but it's actually one of DARPA's latest projects, aimed at improving the nation's defense of critical infrastructure targets.
The anatomy of a phishing operation
There are far better things than being phished, like writing about how not to get phished. Michael P. Kassner reviews a research paper that provides amazing insight into a successful phishing operatio...
Adobe releases updates to fix critical Reader and Acrobat vulnerability
Adobe releases updates to fix critical Reader and Acrobat vulnerability
Adobe issues security advisory on PDF flaw -- finally
Adobe has issued a security advisory on Friday pertaining to a code execution vulnerability affecting PDF files. This comes almost three weeks after a public disclosure which I covered.
American Express password policy takes the cake
Bad password policy is one thing. Comically bad explanations of it are another thing entirely. It doesn't inspire confidence in the security organization.
Alleged Sasser creator faces July trial
Alleged Sasser creator faces July trial
An interview with Giorgio Maone, creator of NoScript
We know all about NoScript, but not much about its developer. Michael Kassner thought it was time to change that.
Automating shutdown when your OS doesn't support your UPS
Automating shutdown when your OS doesn't support your UPS
AV industry sucks, says CEO of leading antivirus firm
The chief executive of leading antivirus firm Trend Micro, has thrown down the gauntlet by declaring that the antivirus industry "sucks."
Authenticating users: Going beyond the password
Alfonso Barreiro describes the most common authentication factors in use today and lists their strengths and weaknesses. What is the next step in authentication strategies?
AutoCAD malware: Rare but malignant
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Automated updates: Why they may not be such a good idea
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Avoid ambiguity when referring to account names
Taking steps to eliminate ambiguity when discussing the design and security of an access control system will ensure that the right steps are being taken to strengthen security.
450K Yahoo passwords online now: Is yours?
Hackers have posted 450K Yahoo email addresses and passwords online, and hint Gmail, Hotmail, other services are next. How can you check if your users' accounts are among them?
$499 / $599 for a Playstation 3: No way!
$499 / $599 for a Playstation 3: No way!
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Gary Carter, Baseball Hall of Famer Passes Away at 57
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Gary Carter, a Hall of Fame catcher from Fullerton who helped the New York Mets to a dramatic victory over the Boston Red Sox in the 1986 World Series, died Thursday in Florida. He was 57.
Carter was an 11-time All-Star who hit .262 with 324 home runs and 1,225 runs batted in during 18 seasons playing for the Montreal Expos, Mets, San Francisco Giants and Dodgers.
Carter is survived by his wife of 37 years, Sandy, who was his high school sweetheart, and three children, Christy, Kimmy and D.J.
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Skip to comments.Kopel: Air America: the good and the bad
Posted on 05/22/2004 10:36:00 PM PDT by VisualizeSmallerGovernment
Kopel: Air America: the good and the bad
'O'Franken Factor' rivals best right-wing programs, but 'Rhodes Show' is awful
May 22, 2004
You can't listen to the new left-wing talk radio network Air America on the air in Colorado yet. But people who have Internet access can tune it in at www.airameri caradio.com. Is it worth doing so? I would say yes.
The network's flagship program is The O'Franken Factor, co-hosted by comedian Al Franken and Katherine Lanpher (10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Colorado time, weekdays). The two make a good team and, overall, the show is about equal in quality to many of the syndicated right-wing talk programs, such as the Sean Hannity or Michael Medved programs.
Right-wingers sometimes ask, "Why does the left need a talk radio show? They've already got NPR, The New York Times, CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN." Well, it is true that all of those news outlets (and much of the news staffs at both The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News) tilt left. However, the need to maintain a veneer of impartiality usually prevents direct ideological instruction.
Freed from the pretense of impartiality, talk radio hosts (like newspaper columnists) provide the audience new frames for understanding the news. The best columnists and hosts do not just talk about the events of the day, but advance the story.
Like Rush Limbaugh, Franken is unabashedly ideological but brings enough new information to his program so as to be persuasive to some moderates, and worthwhile listening even for ideological opponents.
Unfortunately, Franken is followed by four hours of The Randi Rhodes Show. A good radio host knows much more than the average caller, but Rhodes does not. Last Monday, for example, several callers raised issues (including Colorado Springs Bishop Michael Sheridan's controversial voter instruction letter), about which Rhodes had no idea. Like KHOW 630 host Scott Redmond on a bad day, Rhodes had a single idea (Donald Rumsfeld is responsible for Abu Ghraib) which she vainly tried to stretch into a full program.
On the radio, hyperbole and invective usually succeed only if they're funny - as they sometimes are on Franken and Limbaugh. With Rhodes, however, all you get is the same kind of flat pronouncements you could hear from a seventh-grader in Boulder: George Bush is "deaf, dumb and blind" and "stupid" and "an idiot" and people who vote for Bush are "morons" and "pathological."
For someone with such a smug sense of intellectual superiority, Rhodes is remarkably ignorant. Monday, for example, brought the bizarre claim that United States bombed Dresden after the Germans had surrendered in World War II. Actually, the bombing was three months before the Germans surrendered.
In the Rhodes early afternoon time slot, Colorado listeners who want leftist radio would do much better to tune in Enid Goldstein on KNRC 1150-AM. Goldstein's not good enough to be a national host, but neither is Rhodes, and Goldstein has a better voice. Goldstein brings the advantage of doing Colorado stories. Moreover, Goldstein provides very good coverage of the performing arts in Colorado, and frequent interviews with local artists and critics.
The Colorado legislature recently lowered the legal standard for "driving under the influence." The new standard for DUI is a blood-alcohol content level of at least .08 percent (down from the previous level of .10 percent). The standard for the lesser crime of "driving while impaired" remains at .05 percent. On May 11, the News presented a pair of charts that purported to explain "The new DUI law and you." The charts, however, were almost entirely wrong.
The charts showed the approximate blood-alcohol percentage of men and women of various weights who consume various numbers of drinks. Some boxes were shaded to show when a person is "Legally intoxicated." For example, a 220-pound male who has six drinks within 40 minutes, would have a BAC of .10, and be legally intoxicated. The chart, however, misinformed readers about the new Colorado law. According to the chart, persons with a BAC of .08 or .09 (e.g., a 120-pound man who has three drinks) were not "legally intoxicated." Thus, the chart was precisely wrong on the effect of "The new DUI law."
Other boxes on the chart were shaded to indicate "Driving skills significantly affected. Possible criminal penalties." The proper boxes for this shading would have been BAC of .05, .06, or .07 - which is below the legal limit for intoxication, but which still constitutes the crime of "driving while impaired." The News chart, however, wrongly claimed that a BAC of .04 was illegal. Bizarrely, the News declared that a BAC of .03 (which is always legal for adults in Colorado) was illegal for some people (a 240-pound man with two drinks) but legal for some other people (such as a 140-pound woman with one drink).
The News compounded the false charts by shading all levels for zero drinks (.00 BAC) to declare them the "Only safe driving limit." Certainly this is the position of alcohol prohibition advocates; the Colorado legislature, however, does not take this extremist view, and the extremist view had no business appearing in a chart which purported to describe Colorado's laws.
Yeah seems like they haven't studied the successful business model of the successful right wing radio shows.
As I understand it, they won't allow any of their shows to appear on a station if Rush Limbaugh is also on the station. Now THERE's a great business model. "See those 600 most successful AM stations in America? Don't put our show on one of those."
Really? Because I think the Minneapolis station is only carrying Franken's "show." (I say I think because I'm not willingly going to tune in and find out.)
If so, I wonder how Mpls. got to only play 3 hours of drivel, as opposed to, what, 18?
Leftists don't much like individuals. All is one, one for all, and all that stuff. Sooner or later they are going to PROVE collectivism works. Honest. (snicker)
That comparison is absolute garbage. If Medved is Oxford, (or better yet, Hillsdale) O'Franken is the local "Canine College."
Air America's largest advertising account is Walgreens. You can email their customer relations departmrnt at: email@example.com
In some markets, they've been allowed to pick and choose. I'm sure Franken got to be on in Minnesota because of his roots there.
Still, when you consider that Air America is PAYING stations to broadcast the programs, you'd think they'd want to be on as few hours as possible.
How many TOTAL markets are they even in? More than a dozen?
As I understand it, the corporate sponsors were buying time on the stations, not neccessarily as an ideological support for the programming.
Still it is funny that Air America spends all its time railing against big business, corporate greed, the high price of pharmaceuticals, etc. Yet their big sponsor is the largest drug store that has ever existed in the history of the world.
Meanwhile, Rush Limbaugh is supposedly the tool of "rich Billionaires" (Al Gore's exact phrase), and his sponsors are mostly Ma and Pa operations like Snapple, Hooked On Phonics, Select Comfort, The Mosquito Magnet, etc. At least, they start as Ma & Pa operations before the Limbaugh advertising makes them enormously successful.
Last I heard, they hadn't cracked the dozen barrier yet. Though supposedly they have 15 stations "on the way" or "lined up" or something.
I know if I had 60 million dollars the first thing I'd do is try to broadcast 18 hours of hate radio on some 250 watt blowtorch in the middle of a swamp.
They have to have the whole station, lest the people hear an alternative viewpoint.
LOL. Smartass! ;-)
The next logical step would be to strap people into chairs to force them to listen.
I've listened to Air America. This is way off base. Franken is horrid in radio. Uh, uh, uh, uh uh, uh. And he talks too slow. If Franken was not bashing Bush during an election year on and didn't have what little fame he had he'd never get hired by any radio station. So, he is on Air America which will die shortly after November when it is no longer needed.
And I don't think people like listening to other people moan and groan and bitch and complain. Air America has the same problem John Kerry has. They see every glass as half full.
Katherine Lanpher originated, as an air personality, on KSTP 1500 AM in the Twin Cities, MN. Prior to her chrysalis, she had been a five-and-dime hand-wringer at a local left-leaning newspaper.
As a talk show host(ess), she was an unabashedly far-left suck-monkey, but she at least tried to maintain an all-viewpoints cover for her devil's advocacy. Since her silly efforts preceded el Rushbo, she sought an edgy, hip-tone that often drove the conservative audience into a blood-frenzy. Station calls demanded her head on a platter.
Pretty soon, Katherine was headed down the ratings tube until the local NPR affiliate threw her a lifeline. When able to vent her Leftist spleen with decorum, she managed quite a few interviews with Alfranken amidst yuks and high-fives. Is it any wonder that they now collaborate on the (Sc)Air-America Network?
These creatures (Lanpher and Franken) actually poison a local deli where I used to obtain the finest Rueben sandwhiches this side of New York. Today, knowing that they have eaten there fills me with the kind of dread one might know if 'Typhoid Mary' was found to work in the kitchen.
G-dmust be saving a special place in hell is the best way I can think of it...
SO what? Ideological propaganda is still propaganda, in bucketfuls. Gobs and gobs of it; in over 150 newspapers in the country and ubiquitously over the airwaves. Who wants a radio station shouting the same tripe, only stridently? This could never work. I agree with another poster; it dies in November, no matter what.
Actually, they see every glass as 90% empty, with the republicans having taken all the good stuff out and replaced it with warm spit.
I was glad for the article if only because the reviewer had to listen to Air America and I didn't. Also, I got a kick out of the idea that Air America's best show is "almost as good as Michael Medved", like that's some kind of impossibly high standard.
I thought it was weird that Randi Rhodes would spend so much time yammering on about the bombing of Dresden. It begs the question- what other Franklin Deleano Roosevelt policies does she have a sharp disagreement with? If they actually had discussions on that network, it might make for an interesting conversation.
Perhaps a new name. Hmmmm, how about the "O'Tankin' Factor"? No? Maybe the "O'Oh Factor"?
You see, rather than present himself as merely an imitator of successful guys like O'Reilly and Limbaugh, he needs to start from where he already is: oblivious, abrasive, sophomoric, whiney and lame. If he would just be himself, I firmly believe he will make all other liberals look terrific by comparison.
That's what thier reply to me stated. But when 100% of a station's programming is anti-Bush, it doesn't matter what time slot the station chooses to run your ads, it's always going to be during an anti-Bush program.
Right. But when they were buying the time on the station, it might have been a Caribbean swing music station or something.
I'd also heard that some of the commercials are run for free, just to give the illusion that there are actually paid sponsors.
After Air America collapses, I hope someone writes a comprehensive analysis of it from a business standpoint. This could be a textbook case of what not to do which could be taught in business schools for the next 200 years.
Air America is dying as it should. Who needs it when the left controls the media as a block in the U.S. There just isn't a need for leftist socialist radio. Nobody listens. NPR wouldn't be on the air if the government didn't finance it. PBS would go belly up as well. As for it's better programming, I'd survive.
What's amazing to me is that Kopel is still on the air. I haven't had the stomach to watch him for at least five years. Who watches his borchst anyway?
From Catie Courick in the a.m. until Kopel and the late night hosts in the P.M. and early A.M., it's leftist central throughout. How much of that cr_p can you watch in 24 hours? At some point it must get repetitive even for a card carrying socialist.
That's the classic definition of an optimist. I believe that Franken and his minions are pessimists (the "half-empty glass" mob).
"I firmly believe he will make all other liberals look terrific by comparison."
Uh, isn't that the LAST thing we want?
My kids are all grown now but one thing that really bugged me (and them) during middle and high school was that everything had to be a group project. Which usually ended up meaning my kids did most of the work and the slackers in the group got the same grade (or sometimes better, go figure.) I wish, now that I'm more in the know with all the cr*pola, I'd raised more of a stink with the teachers.
Mostly it's just boring. Often embarrassing, like when they step on each other's lines. The offensive parts aren't necessarily political - for example, they do a regular bit where she reads the headlines and Franken exclaims "Oy!" after each one, a pointless exercise in schtick.
Weirdly, I'm guessing it offends its own partisans by its lack of fire and brimstone. I expected to be angered, but Franken doesn't make his points strongly or well. One of the weirdest things they do is talk on the phone to an old friend of Franken's who's a Limbaugh listener. They try to grill him about things Limbaugh said that day, but he usually ends up explaining the points back at them calmly and politely and (I would think that, wouldn't I?) scores more points. It's all bizarrely cordial.
I'm surprised you don't see lefties complaining more. Perhaps they aren't listening.
Did he really mean "persuasive to moderates" or "the moderately insane"?
If I had the software to do GIFs, this would be great with
Al Franken(stein)'s face in it.
Michael Moore would be another good one ! hehe!
SO what? Ideological propaganda is still propaganda, in bucketfuls. Gobs and gobs of it; in over 150 newspapers in the country and ubiquitously over the airwaves.
Ramesh Ponnuru points out in Why They Hate Him [Bush] that "The pretense to objectivity of an NPR may seem laughably or infuriatingly false to us conservatives. But that pretense imposes real constraints on the media. The liberalism has to be kept implicit. Dan Rather may be more effective than, say, Michael Moore in getting Americans without deep political convictions to absorb liberalism. But for the very reason he is more effective, he is less emotionally satisfying to liberals [emphasis added]."
Wow. That guy with all the rings stuck in his head, must love it when lightning hits close by...like ON HIS HEAD! Yeeeeooow!
Dave Kopel is a leftist??? I think he's fought a Supreme Court case in favor of the Second Amendment. I'm a little fuzzy here, I may be thinking of Stephen Halbrook. I do know that Dave Kopel works at the Independence Insititute in Colorado, and regularly writes pro-2A articles. If he's a leftist, he's my kind of leftist. Unless, of course, he's a different Dave Kopel.
I think he's mistaking Dave Kopel with Ted Koppel.
They have to have the whole station, lest the people hear an alternative viewpoint.Easy there, we don't want the libs saying we're advocating torture over here. >:0
The next logical step would be to strap people into chairs to force them to listen.
I vote we put the Al Franken show on NPR...and perhaps it might kill off NPR too.
Minneapolis - WMNN 1330 is an AM all-news station, part of Mn. public radio.
And now the bad news (if you're an "Air America" fan)
(St. Paul, Minn.) Minnesota Public Radio announced today that it has agreed to sell WMNN 1330 AM, an all-news radio station in Minneapolis, to Advance Acquisition, Inc. a subsidiary holding company of Starboard Media Foundation, Inc., a Wisconsin company that distributes Catholic radio programming under the brand name Relevant Radio.
The purchase price is $6.75 million. The sale must be approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a process expected to take about 100 days, before it is final.
Separately, Minnesota Public Radio's for-profit affiliate, Greenspring Company, announced that it had sold The MNN Radio Networks (MNN) which currently operates WMNN 1330 AM to Saga Communications, Inc., a broadcast company based in Michigan. The purchase price is $3.25 million.
Bill Kling, president of both Minnesota Public Radio and Greenspring, noted that these properties had provided a revenue stream for more than 25 years to support MPR. "These sales will allow us to convert this revenue stream into a permanent asset, helping to assure MPR's financial health far into the future," he added.
"This will help Minnesota Public Radio achieve its goal of setting the next standard in public service," Kling added. "It will enable us to focus our attention on the nonprofit mission of Minnesota Public Radio and to assure continued operating revenue for MPR. We will secure our financial standing as we adapt to technological change; strengthen our arts and culture coverage; introduce a new model of journalism that taps the expertise of our audience; and expand our programming and disseminate it in new ways, for example over the Internet."
Details of the two sales follow.
Minnesota Public Radio has owned the 1330 AM frequency since 1979. It was originally part of MPR's public radio service, broadcasting news and information programming. In 1995 after establishing KNOW 91.1 FM as a news and information station and KSJN 95.5 as a classical music station Minnesota Public Radio leased 1330 AM to The MNN Radio Networks (MNN).
MNN a for-profit company that operates a regional network providing news, farm, sports, weather, and lifestyle programming to commercial radio stations has operated the station since then as an "all-news all the time" station with the call sign WMNN.
Minnesota Public Radio's Board of Trustees decided to sell 1330 AM in an effort to maximize the company's resources to support its priorities for the future. The sale was agreed after Starboard Media Foundation, Inc. (through Advance Acquisition, Inc.) contacted Minnesota Public Radio. MPR completed a due-diligence examination of the buyer and determined that it was qualified to own the station.
I understand Air America will be going off the air here at the end of the month.
I've listened to several episodes of Franken's show, and, lo, it is bad!
With Katherine Lanpher I'm not suprised. She's a real piece of work.
This is the fundamental description of the modern liberal. We've all seen the trolls on here display the same basic theme - a barely literate screech filled with total moral self-satisfaction. It's sad to see people think that they are such smart people and be so laughingly ignorant of any basic facts.
Why They Hate Him [Bush]
Very good read, thanks.
There is never anything genuinely "remarkable" about any given liberal's ignorance. :)
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Tocchet's Status May Be Decided This Week
by Alanah McGinley on 10/27/07 at 10:33 PM ET
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From Scott Morrison at CBC,
Rick Tocchet could have his status with the NHL determined by the end of this week.
According to sources, the long-awaited Cleary Report, an internal investigation into Tocchet's involvement in a gambling ring, is expected to be delivered to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman this week. Once Bettman digests the report, authored by lawyer Robert Cleary, he will conduct a meeting with Tocchet and determine whether he will be allowed to return as an assistant coach with the Phoenix Coyotes any time soon.
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from Duffer's Dabbles at the Windsor Star,
Vancouver Canucks captain Markus Naslund is good friends with fellow Swede Peter Forsberg and he isn't buying any of the recent speculation that Forsberg could be back in the National Hockey League by Nov. 15, with Philadelphia and Colorado listed as supposed landing spots for the former Hart Trophy winner. "I haven't talked to him since the summer, so I don't know where he's at," Naslund said. "I know he's back skating (with MoDo of the Swedish Elite League), but I don't think he's going to make a decision anytime soon."
more NHL bits…
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Money-Making Leafs
by Paul on 10/27/07 at 10:57 AM ET
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from Rick Westhead of the Toronto Star,
Internal financial statements show MLSE generated profit of $83 million on revenue of $383 million in the year ended June 30. The internal documents also show the company forecasts a profit of $105 million by 2011 on revenue of $477 million. Over the same period, ticket revenue is expected to increase 30 per cent, to $166 million.
The documents also reveal that, for every dollar Maple Leaf Sports generated in fiscal 2007, 21.8 cents was profit. (By contrast, Royal Bank of Canada, the country's largest bank, reportedly had a profit margin of 13.3 per cent for its last fiscal year.)
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Start Counting Shootout Goals
by Paul on 10/27/07 at 10:42 AM ET
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from Allan Muir at Sports Illustrated,
After proving through two full seasons to be arguably the most compelling part of the regular season, it's time to talk about taking the training wheels off the shootout. Old-schoolers arguments to the contrary, it's not just a skills exhibition. And it's not a sideshow. This puppy ain't going back to the pound. It's time to start treating it like part of the family.
And that means recognizing the shootout winner as a legitimate goal in the stat column.
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Facebook Imposters
by Paul on 10/26/07 at 11:24 PM ET
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Ottawa Senators forward Mike Fisher says he discovered through friends that someone on Facebook — a website where people set up profiles and exchange messages and photos — was posing as him.
"You know, they were e-mailing people, saying they were me and it wasn't," Fisher said….
A number of other NHL players have also complained that people are subbing for them on Facebook. Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson has several sites as do other players including Toronto Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin, Calgary Flames captain Jarome Iginla and Flames forward Alex Tanguay..
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The Conacher Soap Opera
by Alanah McGinley on 10/26/07 at 06:42 PM ET
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From Neil Stevens at CP,
Hockey was in Brian Conacher's blood, still is, and always will be.
At age 66, he weaves a fascinating tale of his life in and around the sport in his new book, "As The Puck Turns."
"The story is not as much about me as it is my journey," he said during an interview. "I always felt hockey played out as a soap opera.
"I had the title well in advance of ever putting pen to paper."
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,
...But what happens if you dispense with all the hysteria and hype surrounding both stories and apply the realities of today's NHL — with its salary cap and entry-draft regulations — to Sundin and Tavares?
Are there any practical applications to be found that might actually advance the Leafs' cause, now or in the near future? Or is it really all pie-in-the-sky?
For starters, consider the Sundin story, which gathered momentum after Toronto radio host (and former Leaf assistant general manager Bill Watters) suggested that the time was right to trade the team's all-time scoring leader.
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Adam Proteau of The Hockey News has recently co-written a book with Ken Campbell, The Top 60 Since 1967: The Best Players of the Post-Expansion Era.
The Hockey News magazine has, for over sixty years, delivered the authoritative word on the premiere puckhandlers of our generation. In The Top 60 Since 1967, they've assembled a panel of experts to celebrate the top 60 players of the NHL in the modern era of hockey — the 40 years since NHL expansion. A detailed analysis accompanies each player, along with photos and statistical charts. Will Wayne Gretzky trump Bobby Orr for the number one position? How does Mario Lemieux stack up? And what about Patrick Roy, Phil Esposito, Sidney Crosby?
Today I talked with Adam about his book, future changes at The Hockey News, and things going on around the NHL—you can hear it on the player below. (*or download this mp3 audio file, if you prefer)
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All Dirty
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from David Amber at ESPN,
This week's "10 Degrees" counts down the 10 dirtiest incidents.
10. May 29, 1996: Claude Lemieux's hit from behind on Kris Draper
He has as many Stanley Cup rings as Wayne Gretzky, but Claude Lemieux's legacy is often tied to a hit that sparked one of the NHL's best rivalries, something Colorado and Detroit fans will never forget.
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Early Beliefs
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from Spector at his Fox Sports Blog,
Who would've believed:
Mike Cammalleri of the LA Kings would be the league's leading goal scorer? As of this writing he leads all scorers with ten goals. He's an emerging talent and could be poised to become a big star. Right now, he's outshining teammates Anze Kopitar and Alex Frolov, as well as more big name "snipers" like Vincent Lecavalier, Dany Heatley, and Alexander Ovechkin.
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As a book of practical advice, instead of entertainment, it will probably never achieve the popularity of any of his fictional works. However, if you have enjoyed these, not just for their plots and scope, but also for their philosophical and political musings; if you have been inspired by his optimism and his faith in the basic decency of his fellow men; and most of all, if you would like to apply that optimism to the world around you, then this book is by all means for you.
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Is marriage a religious institution? Maybe I'm just a whiner or overly sensitive, but I feel at times I am the only gay person that is not comfortable or satisfied by the term "civil union". To me it feels like a consolation prize given as a means of pacifying gays. Truthfully, I hope that we gay men and woman will not stop our belly aching about the issue of "gay marriage" until our work is done, and we have all the same rights that we deserve. Whiney or not, I am saddened to see that even many gays are willing to accept second class citizenship. Our entire gay civil rights movement that is being courageously fought by a very few, has been about equal rights, not just some equal rights. This of course means marriage as well. We should not be satisfied by civil unions. Unions to me are not equal. It is a concilation prize. It's not about doing the right thing, it's about politics. Even the politicians that are in favor of calling our civil unions marriage are afraid to speak openly about it, with the exception of a few impassioned politicians that have a strong sense of integrity and also what is right and what is wrong. We cannot look to the bible for any answers regarding equal rights. Those laws were written at a different time and for uneducated illiterate people. They were also a very superstitious people that made many of their laws in regards to those superstitions. We therefore cannot be influenced by scripture. Beside we live in a country that has a law about separation between church and state. That's the wonderful thing about our country. Somebody please help me understand why marriage by many is considered a religious institution. For the sake of discussion I would like someone to tell me why atheists are then eligible for marriage? It seems to me that heterosexual marriages are afforded just about any opportunity and environment they choose to take their vows. Even those damned heathens. Straight men and woman can choose a church marriage; they can get married underwater, on a mountaintop, by a justice of the peace or even by a ship captain. However, the most romantic and holy place I can imagine to pledge ones vows of love and fidelity, is driving through a drive-in chapel in Las Vegas, as one would order a family meal. I'm sorry, I'm only human and I got a bit choked up when mentioning that. I love happy meals. The best part is, no one even has to get out of the car, and the best man and woman are provided for one of the most important events in ones life; holy matrimony. How can one compete with that kind of service? I've heard that they even change your oil, but that may be just hearsay. Has it dawned on anyone that the constitution of the
My only response to the Government in Australia is the simple epithet of "bastards" !!!!
Australia is a very backward country despite the image of progress it likes to give to the world. Britain, on the other hand, has always been far more progressive on gay rights than Australia. For instance, Britain decriminalized homosexuality in 1968, a good 15 or 20 years before most of Australia did. Britain has had gay civil unions for about 4 years, but no Australian state has them. Overall, a very backward country.
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