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NSA guilty of covering up child abductions, rapes, murders and more! Proof!
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This kind of proof requires use of your brain.
We've all heard the reasoning the government uses to justify their extensive surveillance and intel networks. They say "It is for the public good, to keep the public safe from enemies foriegn and domestic".
Well, what kind of info are they gathering and storing forever? All internet and phone data, gps tracking, drone and satellite imagery, millions of video surveillance devices in businesses and homes, as well as millions of traffic video cams and other city surveillance.
So, they've set up an excellent system to catch terrorists...like your neighborhood oathkeeper, homeschooler, christian, patriot...and the islamic terrorists. Right?
So, since this system is so massive and contains basically all the information needed to catch perps and keep us safe, we should be hearing about more and more arrests of child abductors, murderers, rapists, etc...right? Every time we hear about a new abduction or murder -- or terrorist bombing -- we should expect the perp to be arrested and the child found in a matter of hours to days. Not weeks. Not months. Not years. And almost never "unsolved". Right?
Since we as citizens clearly do not see those kinds of results, I don't think we're seeing the correct bang-for-buck ratio with this surveillance system we paid for.
It also proves that the government doesn't give a shit about us, and that they have been covering for murderers, pedophiles, rapists...letting children be taken from their parents and be sexually assaulted and murdered, or kidnapped and abused for years, etc. With their all too untimely discovery of who blew up that apparent surveillance deadzone at the finish line at the boston marathon, plus the abilities their systems give them, it is clear we were being lied to about when they knew who did it and that they were being "sought" (they clearly knew where they were the whole time with this system).
In conclusion, the government is guilty of not only Constitutional violations through the use of this system, but they are also covering up murders and kidnappings in order to not expose the reach of their system, and they are at the very least derelict in their duties. QED.
Suck it NSA fascists.
This is all good but what about when you buy your next funny-smoke or light up your next joint. There is a knock at the door; will you still say this? Just curious that's all.
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and Race
"That's Just How White Folks Will Do You."
Barack Hussein Obama
What Obama really thinks of white folks (09:53)
Obama enters Occidental
College in California, and was the period when Obama stopped using the nickname "Barry"
in favor of his full name.
In his college days, it was the autobiography of militant Malcolm X that grabbed his
attention more than any other black writer. "Malcolm X's
autobiography seemed to offer something different," Obama wrote. "His
repeated acts of self-creation spoke to me; the blunt poetry of his
words, his unadorned insistence on respect, promised a new and
uncompromising order, martial in its discipline, forged through sheer
force of will."
He added: "Malcolm's discovery toward the end of his life, that
some whites might live beside him as
brothers in Islam, seemed to offer some hope of eventual
Some whites? -- if they are Muslims? -- all whites
have to do is to submit to Islam? -- this guy still thinks like a
At Columbia, Obama disapproved of what he called
who gravitated toward whites instead of blacks. And yet after
college, he once fell in love with a white woman, only to push her away
when he concluded he would have to assimilate into her world, not the
other way around.
graduates from Columbia College, and after spending a year working in
New York,
moves to Chicago where he finally finding a home where at least
some whites reciprocated his antagonism.
In the period from high school in Hawaii, to Columbia University and then to
the streets of Chicago as a community organizer, Obama is the classic angry
young black man,
describing his world thusly:
"We were always
playing on the white man's court -- by the white man's rules. If the
principal, or the coach, or a teacher wanted to spit in your face, he could,
because he had the power and you didn't. The only thing you could choose was
withdrawal into a smaller and smaller coil of rage."
once described the white race as "that
ghostly figure that haunted black dreams."
"That hate hadn't gone away," he wrote, blaming "white people -- some
cruel, some ignorant, sometimes a single face, sometimes just a faceless
image of a system claiming power over our lives."
graduating from college, Obama eventually went to Chicago to
interview for a job as a community organizer. His racial attitudes
came into play as he sized up the man who would become his boss.
"There was something about him that made me wary," Obama wrote. "A
little too sure of himself, maybe. And white."
Gateway Pundit has the key excerpt:
"There's certainly racism here. There are certain
burdens that are placed, more emotionally at this point than concretely," Obama
"Professors may treat black students differently, sometimes by being, sort
of, more dismissive, sometimes by being more, sort of, careful because they
think, you know, they think that somehow we can't cope in the classroom," he
Obama sees the inner cities as the front lines of racism.
"It's critical at this stage for people who want to see genuine change to
focus locally. And it is crucial that we figure out how to rebuild the core of
leadership and institutions in these communities," he said.
For five years before law school, Obama took on that task in Chicago. As the
director of a program that tried to bring South Side churches, unions and block
associations together on projects, Obama was not trying to solve local problems,
he said. Instead he sought to construct something more lasting — a forum for the
community, "I'm interested in organizations, not movements, because movements
dissipate and organizations don't," Obama said.
America suffered when the movements of the 1960s dissipated, he said. Those
movements succeeded in raising doubts about harmful traditions of sexism and
racism, but failed to offer a viable alternative.
"Hopefully, more and more people will begin to feel
their story is somehow part of this larger story of how we're going to reshape
America in a way that is less mean-spirited and more generous," Obama
"There's certainly racism here. There are certain
burdens that are placed, more emotionally at this point than concretely," Obama
"Professors may treat black students differently, sometimes by being, sort
of, more dismissive, sometimes by being more, sort of, careful because they
think, you know, they think that somehow we can't cope in the classroom," he
Obama sees the inner cities as the front lines of racism.
"It's critical at this stage for people who want to see genuine change to
focus locally. And it is crucial that we figure out how to rebuild the core of
leadership and institutions in these communities," he said.
For five years before law school, Obama took on that task in Chicago. As the
director of a program that tried to bring South Side churches, unions and block
associations together on projects, Obama was not trying to solve local problems,
he said. Instead he sought to construct something more lasting — a forum for the
community, "I'm interested in organizations, not movements, because movements
dissipate and organizations don't," Obama said.
America suffered when the movements of the 1960s dissipated, he said. Those
movements succeeded in raising doubts about harmful traditions of sexism and
racism, but failed to offer a viable alternative.
"Hopefully, more and more people will begin to feel
their story is somehow part of this larger story of how we're going to reshape
America in a way that is less mean-spirited and more generous," Obama
At age 33, Obama publishes
a 442 page book about his pursuit of a racial identity.
not a word about him pursuing a non-racial, specifically American
identity in "Dreams from My Father,
A Story of Race and Inheritance."
Obama's book is primarily about his
rejection of his supportive white maternal extended family in favor of
his unknown black paternal extended family.
In "Dreams...," Obama
meditates, "If [black] nationalism could
create a strong and effective insularity, deliver on its promise of
self-respect, then the hurt it might cause well-meaning whites, or the
inner turmoil it caused people like me, would be of little consequence."
If you don't know who and what Cornell West is, please see
this video.
What did Obama promise the radical Cornell West to gain his support?
Earlier, Obama raised $750,000 at the Apollo Theater, where he made
the comment, "I'm not running because I'm trying to fulfill some
long-held plan."
What does this tell you about Obama, when he chooses to
be introduced by one of the most radical Marxists in America as, "my
Watch this video -- Cornell doesn't trust Obama -- Why the
change in attitude?
What promises did Obama make to cause this 180◦?
"Barack knows what it means living in a country and a culture that is
controlled by rich white people," Wright says.
"Hillary ain't never been called a nigger," he says at the climax.
Obama and his wife Michelle have been sitting at this guy's feet and
listening to this crap for 20 years -- is it any wonder they have the
views that they do?
White Folk's Greed Runs a World In Need (00:33)
"Barack Obama represents 'Positive Change' for
all of America. Obama will stir the 'Melting Pot' into a better "Molten
Read The New Black Panther Party
10 Point
Platform from the anti-white and virulently anti-Semitic black supremacist party
that has endorsed Obama on the presidential candidate's
own website.
Following criticism earlier this month of an online endorsement from the
New Black Panther Party (NBPP), Obama's campaign removed the
controversial organization from the presidential candidate's official
website. The NBPP had been a registered team member and blogger on
Obama's "MyObama" campaign site.
But the NBPP endorsement was reposted on Obama's official website today.
"Obama is capable of stirring the 'melting pot' into a better 'molten
America,'" states the NBPP endorsement posted on Obama's site.
The NBPP is a controversial black extremist party whose leaders are
notorious for their racist statements and for leading anti-white
Malik Zulu Shabazz, NBPP national chairman, who has given scores of
speeches condemning "white men" and Jews, confirmed his organization's
endorsement of Obama in a recent interview with WND.
"I think the way Obama responded to the attack on him and the attempt to
sabotage his campaign shows true leadership and character. He had
a chance to denounce his pastor and he didn't fall for the bait.
He stood up and addressed real issues of racial discord," stated Shabazz.
Shabazz boasted he met Obama last March when the politician attended the
42nd anniversary of the voting rights marches in Selma, Ala.
"I have nothing but respect for Obama and for his pastor," said Shabazz,
referring to Jeremiah Wright, Obama's pastor of nearly 20 years.
It is Wright's racially charged and anti-Israel remarks that were widely
circulated this month, landing the presidential candidate in hot water
and prompting Obama to deliver a major race speech in which he condemned
Wright's comments but not the pastor himself.
Speaking to WND, Shabazz referred to Obama as a man with a "Muslim
background, a man of color."
Shabazz's NBPP's official platform states "white man has kept us deaf,
dumb and blind," refers to the "white racist government of America,"
demands black people be exempt from military service and uses the word
"Jew" repeatedly in quotation marks.
Shabazz has led racially divisive protests and conferences, such as the
1998 Million Youth March in which a few thousand Harlem youths
reportedly were called upon to scuffle with police officers and speakers
demanded the extermination of whites in South Africa.
The NBPP chairman was quoted at a May 2007 protest against the 400-year
celebration of the settlement of Jamestown, Va., stating, "When the
white man came here, you should have left him to die."
He claimed Jews engaged in an "African holocaust," and he has promoted
the anti-Semitic urban legend that 4,000 Israelis fled the World Trade
Center just prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
When Shabazz was denied entry to Canada last May while trying to speak
at a black action event, he blamed Jewish groups and claimed Canada "is
run from Israel."
Canadian officials justified the action stating he has an "anti-Semitic"
and "anti-police" record, but some reports blamed what was termed a
minor criminal history for the decision to deny him entry.
He similarly blamed Jews for then-New York Mayor Rudi Giuliani's initial
decision, later rescinded, against granting a permit for the Million
Youth March.
The NBPP's deceased chairman, Khallid Abdul Muhammad, a former Nation of
Islam leader who was once considered Louis Farrakhan's most trusted
adviser, gave speeches referring to the "white man" as the "devil" and
claiming that "there is a little bit of Hitler in all white people."
In a 1993 speech condemned by the U.S. Congress and Senate, Muhammad,
lionized on the NBPP site, referred to Jews as "bloodsuckers," labeled
the pope a "no-good cracker" and advocated the murder of white South
Africans who would not leave the nation subsequent to a 24-hour warning.
All NBPP members must memorize the group's rules, such as that no party
member "can have a weapon in his possession while drunk or loaded off
narcotics or weed," and no member "will commit any crimes against other
party members or black people at all."
The NBPP endorses Obama on its own page of the presidential candidate's
official site that allows registered users to post their own blogs.
The group labels itself on Obama's site as representing "Freedom,
Justice, and Peace for all of Mankind." It links to the official
NBPP website, which contains what can be arguably regarded as hate
The NBPP previously endorsed Obama on the presidential candidate's site,
but following publicity of that endorsement, the Obama campaign removed
the NBPP posting.
"It's our policy [to remove] any content generated by a group that
advocates violence," explained Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor to
Before the campaign removed the party's page, Obama spokeswoman Tiffany
Edwards told FoxNews.com the NBPP endorsement on Obama's website "has
nothing to do with us."
"People can form their own groups," she said. "It's not something that
the campaign -- it's not something that we've done."
While it appears anyone can initially sign up as a registered supporter
on Obama's site, it isn't clear whether the campaign monitors the site
or approves users. There is a link on each blog page for users to
report any abusers, such as those who post controversial entries, to the
Shabbazz chalked up the Obama campaign's initial removal of his NBPP
endorsement from the website to "the game of politics."
"The Obama camp's move to remove our blog doesn't mean much because I
understand politics. We still completely support Obama as the best
Obama 'less biased' on Israel
Shabazz said that aside from promoting black rights, he also supports
Obama because he may take what he called a "less biased" policy on the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"I have hopes he will change the U.S. government's position toward the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict because our position has been unwarranted
bias. Time and time again the U.S. vetoed resolutions in the U.N.
Security Council condemning [Israeli] human rights violations. ... I
hope he shifts policy," Shabazz said.
But he added he doesn't believe Obama could change America's policy
regarding Israel very much since, he said, "other, powerful lobbies"
control U.S. foreign policy.
More shocking
Obama Audio/Video has
You think the media will question Obama about this? He says we need to
discuss race. I'd love to hear him discuss this. Perhaps I'm just a
"typical white person," but I think the takeaway quote here is:
"That's Just How White Folks Will Do You." -- B. H. Obama
"Any distinction between good and bad whites held negligible meaning.
We were always playing on the white man's court…by the white man's
rules." -- B. H. Obama
The United Nations said Doudou Diene would meet federal and local
officials, as well as lawmakers and judicial authorities during the May
19-June 6 visit.
"The special rapporteur will...gather first-hand information on issues
related to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance," a U.N. statement said on Friday.
Doudou is a citizen of Senegal, an African
republic spawned by France. Muslims comprise 94% of the
Update -- 5/23/08: "Islamophobia" will be "high on the
agenda" of the UN's visiting human rights investigator, said Kareem
Shora, national executive director of the American-Arab Anti
Discrimination Committee (ADC).
Doudou Diene, a UN special envoy, began his three-week investigation on
Monday. He will assess "racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance" in the United States during meetings with
officials, lawmakers and campaigners. The Senegalese lawyer, who
has served in the independent position since 2002, routinely visits
countries to assess racism and will report his findings to the UN Human
Rights Council next year.
Diène, a Muslim, is from Senegal, a predominantly (94%)
Muslim country, which is a source, transit, and destination country for
children and women trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and
commercial sexual exploitation.
Trafficking within the country is more prevalent than trans-border
trafficking. Boys who are students (talibe) at Koranic schools are
trafficked within the country for forced begging by their religious
teachers (marabouts), and women and girls are trafficked for domestic
servitude. Girls, and possibly adult women, are also trafficked
internally for sexual exploitation. Trans-nationally, boys are
trafficked to Senegal from Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea for
forced begging by religious teachers. Senegalese women and girls
are trafficked to neighboring countries, the Middle East, and Europe for
domestic servitude and possibly for sexual exploitation. Reports
over the last year of large numbers of Senegalese and neighboring
country nationals being transported from Senegal to Spain appear to be
cases of smuggling and illegal migration rather than trafficking. --
U.S. State
Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2007
Looks like an expert on racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to me.
What is the probability this guy finds examples of racism -- 101% --
102% -- more?
And the odds that he will find "Islamophobia" are off the charts.
But, Obama brings race into the conversation every time he opens his
mouth. Whether directly or indirectly, he's always talking about
race -- and he gets to attack McCain for free while doing it.
Obama's "little joke" was a variation on
the line he used in Berlin: "I know that I don't look like the other
Americans who've previously spoken in this great city."
And, it's not the first time. Remember,
last month when Obama
tarred the McCain Campaign with this smear: "We know what kind of
campaign they're going to run. They're going to try to make you
"They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and
inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's
Everything is about race with Obama -- all the time -- 24/7/365 -- the
race card has become a permanent part of Obama's hand, a wild card to be
played whenever the spirit, or the circumstances, so moves him.
denying the obvious for two days, Obama's chief strategist conceded
that the Democratic presidential candidate was referring to his race
when he said Republicans were trying to scare voters by suggesting Obama
"doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."
Obama campaign officials, lacking any example of McCain ever pointing
directly or indirectly at Obama's race as an issue in the campaign, have
backpedaled rapidly away from any suggestion that their Republican
opponent is using the very tactics Obama suggested on Wednesday.
Campaign manager David Plouffe was pressed hard during a conference call
on Thursday for examples and could not point to any. An inquiry to
the Obama campaign later in the day produced no immediate response and
later no answer to a direct question asking for evidence to buttress
Obama's suggestion that McCain would try to scare people into not voting
for Obama because he's black.
In other words, the Obama campaign, including the candidate himself, has
engaged in smear tactics.
They argue
many voters who call themselves "Democrats" or "Independents", but won't
vote for Obama, have only one excuse, with Letson saying, "I would say
that a lot of it is they're not going to vote for 'the black guy'."
Hagan called the issue "unpatriotic," adding those not willing to vote
for Obama need "to face that fact. That that's not acceptable in
Both men say they will work to convince those "swing voters" to change
their minds between now and election day.
The logic of Obama Democrats -- if you don't
vote for Obama you're unpatriotic.
It is as evil to vote FOR someone because of their race as it is to vote
AGAINST someone because of their race.
It was Obama's supporters who hinted, teased,
promised, and prophesied that Obama would help America "transcend
race." But now, it is they who shrink from their own promised
For instance, actress Janeane Garofalo summed up
the tea parties thusly: "This is about hating a black man in
the White House. This is racism straight up."
It's also important to keep in mind that
ACORN's workers are coming from the same low-income neighborhoods
the organization serves, with all that entails -- poor schools, high
crime and the sorts of social problems that have been documented for
decades.So the flaws conservatives are pointing out about
ACORN are not so much problems associated with that organization per
se but more about the problems of being poor and minority in urban
When Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) went
on radio recently calling the Tea Partiers a "clone of George
Wallace" comparing them to the Ku Klux Klan without the "robes and
hoods," he was actually describing the Democrat practice of
intimidating, even lynching black conservatives who dare to speak out
against Obama.
I suppose we should be thankful that Democrats aren't donning white
sheets and hoods and burning crosses in the lawns of black conservative
as they did in the old days when they
blacks and Republicans in the South. But now they have their union
goons in purple SEIU shirts beating a black conservative outside a town
hall and actually using the "n" word. And for that event we
actually have video
proof!And just as liberals feign outrage over phony charges
that Tea Partiers shouted the "n" word at black Congressman before the
vote on health care, these same people were silent when Condoleezza
Rice, Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell, Judge Janice Rogers Brown, Michael
Steele and any number of black Republicans and conservatives have been
called every racial epithet in the book and more.
So, when the lovers of tolerance and diversity started calling the
Tea Partiers a whites only bunch of racists it was just par for the
The Gallup poll and a number of other polling organizations
debunked the whites only myth and showed that the Tea Parties
represent a true cross section of American life with young and old,
white, black, Hispanic, male and female members.
Even news network CNN couldn't find any sign of racism when they
embedded a news crew in the Tea Party Express tour.
The Democratic National Committee this
morning released this clip of the president rallying the troops, if
rather coolly, for 2010. Obama's express goal: "reconnecting" with
the voters who voted for the first time in 2008, but who may not
plan to vote in the lower-profile Congressional elections this year.
Obama speaks with unusual demographic frankness about his
coalition in his appeal to "young people, African-Americans,
Latinos, and women who powered our victory in 2008 [to] stand
together once again."
Hotline on Call
reports that turnout among Dem voters dropped precipitously in 3
statewide primaries on Tuesday, giving the party more evidence that
their voters lack enthusiasm ahead of midterm elections.In
primaries in NC, IN and OH, Democrats turned out at far lower rates
than they have in previous comparable elections.Just 663K OH
voters cast ballots in the competitive primary between LG Lee Fisher
(D) and Sec/State Jennifer Brunner (D). That number is lower
than the 872K voters who turned out in '06, when neither Gov. Ted
Strickland (D) nor Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) faced serious primary
opponents.Only 425K voters turned out to pick a nominee
against Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC). The 14.4% turnout was
smaller than the 444K voters -- or 18% of all registered Democrat
voters -- who turned out in '04, when Gov. Mike Easley (D) faced
only a gadfly candidate in his bid to be renominated for a second
term.And in IN, just 204K Hoosiers voted for Dem House
candidates, far fewer than the 357K who turned out in '02 and the
304K who turned out in '06.By contrast, GOP turnout was up
almost across the board. 373K people voted in Burr's uncompetitive
primary, nearly 9% higher than the 343K who voted in the equally
non-competitive primary in '04. Turnout in House races in IN
rose 14.6% from '06, fueled by the competitive Senate primary, which
attracted 550K voters. And 728K voters cast ballots for a GOP
Sec/State nominee in Ohio, the highest-ranking statewide election
with a primary; in '06, just 444K voters cast ballots in that race.
Top Dem strategists have promised to spend millions to get their
voters to cast ballots, and polls show they will need to succeed in
order to avoid an electoral beating. The latest weekly Gallup
tracking survey shows 43% of GOPers are "very enthusiastic" about
voting, while just 33% of Dems feel the same way.
In South Central Los Angeles, only one of
the many areas and regions (Washington Times reporter Steve) Miller
surveyed, the predominant feeling among those few blacks who remain
in the neighborhood is that "They took our homes and our schools,"
as one black resident complained. "They," of course are the
Hispanics who have largely displaced the blacks in the area that was
the center of the 1992 "Rodney King" riots.But it's not just
South Central that's a war zone as a result of mass immigration.
The war zone seems to extend all over the country, especially where
blacks and Hispanics confront each other.David Cortez, a
22-year-old immigrant who spent two years in jail for shooting a
black, told Mr. Miller, "Just give us three or four years, and we'll
take over. There will be more of us." Blacks at least,
if not the Open Borders lobby, know he's on to something.As
for blacks, they see no reason to welcome a population that takes
their jobs for lower wages and competes with them for political
favors from largely white politicians. "Why should we be in
coalition with some group that wants to outnumber us?" asks Shannon
Frank Reeves, head of the Oakland, Calif., NAACP.
"What you've seen in some of the statements
that have been made by these terrorist organizations is that they do
not regard African life as valuable in and of itself. They see
it as a potential place where you can carry out ideological battles
that kill innocents without regard to long-term consequences for
their short-term tactical gains."
To Obama, everything is racist --
except the New Black Panthers.
"Scaring white people is good politics on
the conservative side of the spectrum, and it always has been. The
idea is that you sort of rile up the white base to be afraid of an
other, to be afraid of scary immigrants or scary black people..."
"These people are continuing to fan this
flame and ... that is cancer."
How could anyone think that changing Obama's
skin tone like this would be a good idea? This has got to be
either one of the most racially insensitive and just plain ol'
stupid photoshops a major news organization has done since Time
Magazine blackened OJ Simpson's face. The idiocy of this is
only heightened by the fact that Obama's heritage is mixed.
"Americans, since the victories of the civil rights movement, I
think, have broadly come to accept the notion that everybody has to be
treated equally; everybody has to be treated fairly."
In May 2010, he told guests at a private White
House dinner that race was probably a key component in the rising
opposition to his presidency from conservatives, especially right-wing
activists in the anti-incumbent "Tea Party" movement that was then
surging across the country.
A guest
suggested that when Tea Party activists said they wanted to "take back"
their country, their real motivation was to stir up anger and anxiety at
having a black president, and Obama didn't dispute the idea. He agreed
that there was a "subterranean agenda" in the anti-Obama movement -- a
racially biased one -- that was unfortunate.
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Electric Zoo lobbying to make its return in 2014
After cutting last year's Electric Zoo short following the death of two festival-goers, organizers are trying to bring the show back to New York City this year.
The New York Daily News says the promoters have hired a pair of high-powered lobbyists to help get Mayor Bill de Blasio on board and secure a parks department permit for the Randall's Island venue.
At last year's event, two college students died from overdosing on drugs. Along with other drug-related concert deaths around the same time, the incident led to an intense scrutiny of the EDM scene.
But while the New York Electric Zoo event is still up in the air, Electric Zoo Mexico is set to take place in Mexico City this May.
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Hm: Should Republicans put forth Simpson-Bowles?
posted at 4:19 pm on November 30, 2012 by Mary Katharine Ham
Guy and I talked about this the other night, and I kinda like the idea, when compared to our other, dismal options at the moment. Hear him out.
Simpson-Bowles, for all its faults, was conducted in an open and transparent manner and brought disparate political players into a room to forge a serious compromise. It overhauls and streamlines our byzantine tax code, takes some important first steps on entitlements, and reduces and caps federal spending. On substance, I'd wager that it would be considerably better than anything Obama and Boehner might produce after weeks of behind-closed-doors acrimony with the proverbial gun to their heads. Politically, it paints Democrats into a tough corner. Republicans could make a grand show of reluctantly supporting Simpson-Bowles for the betterment of the country. Ideally, the press conference would be led by Paul Ryan, who might explain why he voted against the plan as a commissioner, but is now willing to set aside some of his strong ideological preferences to move the nation forward. They would remind viewers that the proposal they're now backing only exists because President Obama specifically and publicly asked for it. Plus, more Democrats than Republicans voted for it, including Harry Reid's top lieutenant in the Senate. Put simply, Simpson-Bowles represents the very embodiment of bipartisan collaboration and problem solving — precisely the sort of thing "moderates," the media, and the public are always demanding. It would be exceedingly difficult for Democrats to paint the plan as radical or draconian in light of the commission's origins and participants. The GOP's "party of no" problem would also be hugely diminished; after all, they would have just signed on to the president's commission, with the previously recalcitrant Paul Ryan magnanimously leading the way. It would be fascinating to watch the president and his allies try to denounce and reject the very proposal he called for.
There are things I don't like about Simpson-Bowles, but here's the thing. Simpson-Bowles was bad compared to the Ryan plan, which we are not passing in the near future. But it is far more responsible than what Obama's offering at the moment, which is a total joke, and I can't imagine you'll get anything better for Republicans and conservatives even if Boehner and Obama did hammer out some grand bargain in the next couple weeks. The Left hates it, but Obama and Democrats have paid so much lip service to Simpson and Bowles being responsible and sober, they'd have trouble sidestepping this offer. The media would have trouble portraying it as unreasonable or Republicans as obstructionist (though I'm sure they'd try!). Cue the brutal Democratic infighting, which leads to what exactly? Obama repudiating his own commission's plan in favor of some half-formed farce he came up with behind closed doors?
If it's true that "Republicans are so screwed," and liberals like Howard Dean think going over the cliff is the best deal for progressives, this is worth a thought or two. And, politics aside, I think it actually would be better for the country than going over the cliff or doing a horrible deal with Obama. All right, get to fighting in comments!
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The best wireless deals from the largest carriers may still require you to sign a contract.
After years of trying to shed subsidies, carriers are being successful in getting people to adopt plans that do just that. But individual subscribers at AT&T and Verizon Wireless can still save more money over the life of a two year contract when compared to the plans that require you to pay full price for your device, typically through an installment plan.
Traditional plans have buyers pay part of the price up front—say $200—then pay off the rest through what is essentially a charge bundled into their monthly bill. These plans have enabled the proliferation of high-end devices like the base model iPhone, which actually has a retail price of about $650.
Under a traditional contract with Verizon Wireless on a plan that includes 2 gigabytes of wireless data, you would pay $200 and an activation fee of $35 for the phone upfront and then $75 a month. Over two years, that comes to about $2,035. On the no contract version, you pay $65 a month for service, with no activation fee, plus about $27 a month over the period to pay off the iPhone, bringing your total to about $2,210 – $175 more.
Verizon advertises that its no-contract plans save money for consumers. That's true for the monthly service fee, but not for the total cost.
A spokeswoman said the Verizon no-subsidy plan offers flexibility to customers seeking to upgrade more frequently, but concedes that there is "value" in the contract plans.
The equation is similar at AT&T, though the price difference isn't as large. Customers getting an iPhone on contract will pay $200 up front, plus a $36 activation fee, and then $80 a month for two years for two gigabytes of data, a total of $2,156. When buying an unsubsidized phone, the service fee is $65 a month, with no activation fee, and a device payment of $32.50 for 20 months, although customers can also pay it off over 26 months. That brings the two-year total to $2,210, or $54 more than signing a contract.
AT&T and Verizon have each adjusted earlier versions of their no-subsidy plans to make them a better deal for subscribers. And the no-subsidy plans offer faster upgrades and no money down for new phones. But they still are going to cost you more over time.
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Interested farmers and landowners may apply at any time for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) at all USDA Service Centers in Wisconsin. EQIP is the primary program available to farmers for farmland conservation work, offering payments for over 90 basic conservation practices.
"EQIP – the Environmental Quality Incentives Program - is still authorized through a continuation of the old 2008 Farm Bill," said Jimmy Bramblett, State Conservationist for NRCS in Wisconsin. "EQIP can help all types of farmers - livestock and dairy, grazing, or cash crop, including specialty crops, organic, and agro-forestry."
For 2014 funding, applications received by Dec. 20 were evaluated and ranked for funding. However applications can still be submittted for future funding. Farmers can sign up at the NRCS office in USDA Service Centers statewide. Last year, Wisconsin received about $32 million in funds for EQIP.
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· On-Farm Energy: NRCS and producers develop Agricultural Energy Management Plans (AgEMP) or farm energy audits that assess energy consumption on an operation. Audit data is used to develop energy conservation recommendations. The Landscape AgEMP assesses equipment and farming processes. The farm headquarters AgEMP assesses power usage and efficiency in livestock buildings, grain handling operations, and similar facilities to support the farm operation. Examples of energy conserving practices available include conservation crop rotation, legume cover crop, and no-till planting.
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Washington • Americans by the hundreds of thousands are streaming toward the National Mall on Monday for a chance to witness political history, but many of them probably don't know that President Barack Obama has already been inaugurated.
The official swearing-in ceremony took place in the White House's oval-shaped Blue Room on Sunday, the Jan. 20 date prescribed in the Constitution.
According to custom, the public inauguration got bumped to Monday to allow the masses gathering on the Mall or along the parade route to take part in the pageantry of the 57th public inauguration. And they have a chance to make a little history of their own.
Obama's first inauguration in 2009 drew an estimated 1.8 million people, the largest gathering in the history of Washington, D.C. The crowd witnessed the first person of color take the oath of office.
No one expects a similar gathering this time around. Not even close.
Washington, D.C.'s Metro system expects to carry 500,000 to 800,000 people to the public inauguration. If more than 500,000 people show up it would be the biggest crowd to ever witness the inauguration of a second-term president and the fourth largest inaugural gathering in U.S. history.
Only three have attracted crowds larger than 500,000 people. They are Obama's, Lyndon Johnson's in 1965 (1.2 million) and Bill Clinton's in 1993 (800,000).
By the numbers • Inauguration trivia
4 • Number of times President Obama will have been sworn in, including a make-up swearing in during his 2009 inauguration because of a bumbled exchange between Chief Justice John Roberts and the president. The only other president who can match that is Franklin Roosevelt, who was elected to four terms.
7 • Times that Inauguration Day has fallen on a Sunday, including this inauguration. All of the public ceremonies have been shifted to Monday, the last being in 1985 with Ronald Reagan's second inauguration.
135 • Words in the shortest inaugural address, delivered by George Washington at his second inauguration.
8,500 • Words in the longest inaugural address, delivered by William Henry Harrison, who served the shortest time of any U.S. President: one month.
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LONG BEACH — Coroner's officials on Wednesday identified the third member of a family killed in a single-vehicle crash on the Long Beach (710) Freeway.
A mother and father and their 2-month-old baby died late Monday after their SUV rolled off the southbound side of the freeway at about 10:55 p.m., just south of the Long Beach Boulevard off-ramp.
The baby girl - Sophia Gutierrez - and her father - Abel Israel Gutierrez, 20 - were pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
The girl's mother was taken to a local trauma center, where she was pronounced dead. She was identified Wednesday as Emily Stephanie Jimenez, 19, said Los Angeles County Coroner Chief Craig Harvey.
Medical examinations were scheduled for all three victims Wednesday, though the findings could be deferred for toxicology results, Harvey said.
The family lived in Long Beach, he said.
Long Beach Fire Department crews had to cut all three victims from the wreckage of their vehicle, which had rolled over several times and come to rest on the Union Pacific railroad tracks next to the freeway.
It took about 25 minutes for firefighters to cut through the mangled remains of the SUV.
According to the CHP, the woman was driving the 2001 Ford Explorer when she lost control of the vehicle, veered off the freeway and crashed.
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Just wondering, is there a disadvantage in waterbirth?
It is my first pregnancy. I am having a hard time choosing where will I give birth: home, water, or hospital. I hope that you can tell me stories or opinions about what it the best means of giving birth. Thank you!
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Hi Arlene,
I had all 5 of my babies at home, and they were the best experiences I could have asked for.
I do know that with the first baby, had I been in the hospital, that pregnancy most likely would have ended in a C-Section.
My last two births were with a midwife who was a big advocate of water births. I always enjoyed labouring in the water, but would get out of the tub to give birth because I was afraid that the baby might try to breath underwater. This midwife reassured me that babies will not try to take a breath until their face hits air. I've seen some wonderful water births where the baby "swam" underwater for awhile before mum lifted baby out of the water and onto her chest.
Here's a beautiful water birth at home where this mum's older daughters and husband were in the water with her for awhile. The girls got out for the birth, but daddy stayed in and caught baby, helping to bring him up into mother's arms. You will notice that the midwife tells her to be sure not to let baby go back under water once he is in her arms. I hope this video helps you to decide to have a home water birth. My water births were the easiest and fastest of all my births. Also, I didn't tear with either of my water births.
25th July 2013 06:22 PM #3
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Thank you Kate! I really appreciate your comment. What you shared with me is really helpful. I would consider waterbirth as my 1st option. I really want to be in the water while giving birth to my 1st baby.
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Hi Arlene
Great to hear you're considering waterbirth. My first baby was born in water and it was just the most wonderful thing. Water has so many benefits both during labour and for birth. These are two of my favourite articles on the subject Labouring and Birthing in Water and The History of Waterbirth.
If you are planning a hospital birth then I recommend 'access to water' be on the top of your list when considering where you'll go. Birth centres tend to have more access to baths for water birth but lots of hospitals now have big baths more readily available. You can find a listing of waterbirth friendly hospitals here: Waterbirth Friendly Hospitals
That said sometimes not all rooms have baths so you may find on the day (or night) you end up in a room without one. One option to guard against this is to take a birth pool with you! This way you're sure to have access to a pool for labour and birth. You can find a list of birth pool friendly hospitals here: Birth Pool Friendly Hospitals
Wishing you a glorious water birth and hoping to hear more along your journey to it! On this page you will find many beautiful waterbirth stories which might give you inspiration... Waterbirth Stories
26th July 2013 01:37 PM #5
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Thank you Mumof2IVFmiracles! You gave me a lot of advices and information that really helps. I will take time to read those waterbirth stories and your two favorite articles. I will keep you posted.


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Colour is a typical bright medium yellow, some minimal clinging legs. 13.0% alc.
Nose. Stone fruit, apricot and pear. Quite aromatic, hint of green pepper is strange?. Some floral scents but seems to lack any tropical fruit tones.
Palate. Quite dry, minerally but lacks richness. The green capsicum is noted on the finish which is not typical I`d say. Wine has some similarities to the Cazal-Viel which was more approachable in my mind. Some white peach but tough to figure it all out. Maybe current medications do not help!!
Cost was $22.00 Cdn.
As an aside, I managed to taste the `00 Quintessence from said winery. The `99 was a blockbuster and is still available here in town.
Dark garnet in the glass, tons of red fruits on the nose with some oak. Has some real future, some nice spice and great grip. Tannins still dominate but seem to be softening. Love the fruit balance, very good mouthfeel.
Has anyone tried the Les Terrasses??


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I'm not sure about the new ar9380's they have almost identical architecture to the 9280 but with an extra stream. I have a 9280 and it is amazing. Atheros chips have excellent compatibility.
so good that i installed them in all 3 of my computers. Every possible feature backtrack offers works great on them.
For GPU acceleration i would recommend Nvidia, as i believe even slower nvidia cards work much better than ATI cards and are more compatible. Otherwise the more streaming processors the better.


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Core Project Team
Note: The F$M Project is complete and the Team is no longer active.
Kim WilliamsProject Director
Role: Responsible for executive oversight of the project, including high-level planning, issue resolution, and decision-making.
Bio: Kim Williams has over thirty years of financial, business and scientific division operations experience. Kim joined the Lab in 2006. Before becoming Chief Financial Officer, Kim served as Deputy Division Director for Operations in the Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD), one of the Lab's largest scientific divisions. Prior to Berkeley Lab, Kim held executive management and Chief Financial Officer positions with financial and academic organizations including the Pacific Stock Exchange. Her experience includes management of human resources, facilities, contracts and grants, regulatory and compliance matters and student services. Kim received her MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Project Management & Administration
Minh Agon-HuebnerProject Manager, Berkeley Lab
Role: Responsible for managing project scope, schedule, and budget, including contract management, risk management, and communications.
Bio: With over twenty years of experience in Federal Budgeting, and over fifteen of those years in DOE National Laboratories, Minh Huebner has a substantial breadth and depth of knowledge. Minh began her career as a Budget Analyst with the Department of Energy, and spent six years with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, before joining Berkeley Lab as our Budget Officer in 2004. She is currently Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Minh has an MBA from Notre Dame du Namur with an emphasis in IT Management.
Chris HetzelProject Manager, Accenture
Role: Oversight of day-to-day activities and deliverables of the project, managing team coordination, risk, and knowledge transfer.
Bio: Chris is a Managing Director in Accenture's Systems Integration Oracle/PeopleSoft Practice and has more than 17 years of management and systems integration experience and 12 years of project management experience. His area of expertise is in implementing complex, large-scale PeopleSoft ERP programs and Oracle technology products. Chris holds a BA in Computer Science from DePauw University.
Bridget HavertyDeputy Project Manager, Berkeley Lab
Role: Partnering closely with Project Manager on project management activities, and leading communication and change management efforts.
Bio: Prior to her role on the F$M Project, Bridget served as Assistant Field Operations Manager. Bridget has been with Berkeley Lab for twelve years, starting as an analyst with the Budget Office following completion of the MBA program at San Francisco State University. She then moved into Field Operations management where she combined her knowledge of Institutional and Divisional processes to serve as a lead functional participant in multiple OCFO systems projects including FBSs and the Budget and Planning System.
Dianna Jacobs
Project Controls, Berkeley Lab
Role: Responsible for architecting the F$M project management control system used to develop and integrate F$M project cost and schedule data. Also, working closely with F$M managers, facilitated the development and maintenance of the project performance measurement baseline.
Bio: Dianna has spent the majority of her career in the scientific environment at UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab, joining the Lab in 2001. She has worked on lab-wide operations projects and numerous scientific projects that include NERSC-6, the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL), the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Dark Matter Detector and the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). Dianna is a certified Project Management Professional and received her MBA in Finance and Project Management from the University of San Francisco.
Functional, Implementation, Technical
Kameswara Upadhyayula (U.K.)Functional & Implementation Lead, Berkeley Lab
Role: Managing, coordinating and directing the Service Area Leads and their teams' work in support of the successful project execution.
Bio: U.K. has over twenty five years experience in project management, ERP systems integration, business systems analysis, finance, accounting, audit and advisory services, in progressively responsible positions. U.K. is a PMP, has a CPA and Masters degree in Commerce from India. U.K. has been with the Lab since 2004.
Remi BrandebourgFunctional & Implementation Lead, Accenture
Role: Managing, coordinating and directing the Service Area Leads and their teams' work in support of the successful project execution Senior Manager within the Accenture PeopleSoft Consulting practice.
Bio: Remi has more than 10 years of experience planning, managing, and implementing large financial and HR/ payroll projects. He has implemented PeopleSoft at state and local government clients since 2009.
Harish MohanTechnical Lead, Berkeley Lab
Role: Collaborating with the Accenture Technical Lead to develop and drive the execution of the technical tasks in the project plan.
Bio: Harish Mohan has more than 15 years of experience with ERP and CRM systems design, development, and management and an emphasis on Finance and Supply Chain areas. Harish joined Berkeley Lab in June 2013. Prior to joining the lab, Harish has worked with reputed High Tech and Healthcare companies in the San Francisco bay area. Harish has experience leading several large scale full cycle PeopleSoft and SAP new systems implementation and upgrade initiatives Harish received Master's degree in Engineering and Ph.D degree in Physics from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Derek MillerTechnical Lead, Accenture
Role: Responsible for the technical architecture and technical implementation
Bio: Derek has been with Accenture for ten years focusing on the implementation of ERP Systems. He has held a number of lead positions including functional lead, technical lead, development lead, integration lead, and test lead. Derek is part of Accenture's Oracle practice and has been working with PeopleSoft Financials since 2003. He also has project experience with Ariba eProcurement and SAP HR Systems.
Anastasia Schiller
Deputy Functional Lead, Berkeley Lab
Role: Supporting the Functional & Implementation Lead
Bio: Anastasia has over fourteen years of Financial Management experience in the Public and NonProfit sectors. She began her career as a Financial Analyst for the San Francisco Symphony before joining Berkeley Lab as an Analyst in the Budget Office. Anastasia has served as a key functional participant on multiple OCFO systems initiatives including the WFO P2C re-engineering project. Before F$M she was the Acting Direct Budget Manager in the Budget Office. Anastasia holds a BS in Business Administration: Finance from San Francisco State University.
Anna LosevReporting Lead, Berkeley Lab
Role: Responsible for developing and implementing a business intelligence strategy for the F$M project, and to meet assigned objectives for delivering high quality and accessible financial data for reporting/analytics.
Bio: Anna Losev has more than twenty years of experience in financial management, business administration, systems implementation and project management, fifteen of those years in PS Implementation and Support, and Business Intelligence. Anna began her career as a Cost Accounting Manager with the Manufacturing Company in Ukraine, spent more than 10 years as PS Implementation Lead and Business Intelligence Manager with Westaff Inc. before joining Berkeley Lab as Principal Business Analyst to improve the Laboratory's Decision Support environment in 2009. Anna has an MBA from Kiev State University, Ukraine with an emphasis in Business Management.
Aleem RanaReporting Lead, Accenture
Role: Responsible for developing and implementing a business intelligence strategy for the F$M project, and to meet assigned objectives for delivering high quality and accessible financial data for reporting/analytics.
Bio: Aleem is a Manager in Accenture's Data & Analytics practice with over ten years of experience in large scale Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence. Aleem has successfully delivered and managed large scale Data Warehousing projects in various areas including Data Integration, Data Migration, advanced analytics, Business Intelligence and Data Management. Aleem holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from University of Southern California.
Change Enablement
Karen SalviniChange Enablement Lead, Berkeley Lab
Role: Developing and managing the F$M communication strategy, individual communications, and stakeholder engagement. Working with the Training Lead to develop and manage training.
Bio: Karen has a diverse background in science, communications, government, and information technology. Before Berkeley Lab, she worked for thirteen years at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), where she modernized information infrastructure for marine research and policy programs. Prior to joining the F$M Team, Karen worked for two years as a program manager in the Environmental Energy Technologies Division. Karen received her MBA at UC Berkeley.
Ana Luisa AldanaChange Enablement Lead, Accenture
Role: Joint accountability for the overall success of the F$M program Change Enablement Activities, including Stakeholder Management, Communications, Training, Business Readiness, and Change Measurement.
Bio: Ana Luisa is a Change Management practitioner with over 18 years of client service at PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting and IBM Business Consulting Services. As an executive in Accenture's Talent & Organization practice, Ana Luisa is responsible for understanding her client's organization and change management issues, and shaping the organizational and change management solutions that will deliver value. Ana Luisa holds an MBA from the University of San Francisco.
Phil Weiss
Training, Berkeley Lab
Role: Responsible for all aspects of training development and delivery.
Bio: Phil has over 25 years of experience in employee development in a wide variety of industries including non-profits, consulting, high-tech startups, and government. Previous to joining the Berkeley Lab in 2008, Phil was the Director of Learning for Verint Systems where he was responsible for managing a P&L training organization with learning sites located throughout the US, Europe, and Asia. Phil is the Lead Training and Development Specialist for the OCFO. Phil holds an MBA from the Univerisity of Maryland and is only a dissertation away from completing a Doctorate of Business Administration and Leadership from Walden University.
Service Area Team Leads
Anastasia SchillerWFO Lead, Berkeley Lab
Zack KeysWFO Lead, Accenture
Janet LeongGeneral Ledger Lead, Berkeley Lab
Laura IttnerGeneral Ledger Lead, Accenture
Michelle BennettDOE Lead, Berkeley Lab
Amanda SwimDOE and Effort Accounting Lead, Accenture
Maria HutchinsEffort Accounting Lead, Berkeley Lab
Elijah WalkerTravel/Conferences Lead, Berkeley Lab
Remi BrandebourgTravel/Conferences Lead, Accenture
Eileen NastoBuying/Paying Lead, Berkeley Lab
David YadronBuying/Paying Lead, Accenture


text: you are just to blind to see. If it is marketed as history it is history, good, bad or indifferent. Namaste Jeff Burk >________________________________ > From: Jack Lawrence <jlawrence at kc.rr.com> >To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com> >Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 8:25 PM >Subject: Re: GDG- Killing Lincoln > >Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: >Greetings. >KU kas prevailed, the team of Hank Stram has fallen to the legacy team of Joe Montana and my homestead has been nourished, while we await the performance of the St. Tebow his Rocky Mountain amateur hour, a few comments. > >The cut and paste extract from the publisher is from the marketing side of the house. >So thar is all a null. >The publisher, on the publishing side of the house, had not listed this work as a history work. >In its own house. >No one has refuted this simple statement. >So, if the publishing side does not count this as a "history" publication, all academic arguments are void. >Indeed, every time the word "history" in reviews is sued, it is with a qualifier. > >Frankly, any book that has Lincoln furrowing his brow, wanting to vomit and having nightmares belongs elsewhwere. > >Ford's Theater peddles this thing upstairs to make a few bucks. In the history section, it is not available. > >This is not a history book. Some may peddle it with the word history, but the publisher does not. > >No one has refuted thsi simple statemenr. > >Regards, > >Jack > >Perception is reality > > > >> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: >> >>> We can discuss terms, but Holt, the publisher, does not list this as a history book on its site. Maybe I am looking for it wrong. The terms used aere samples of descriptions used for the book, including the publishers site. >> >> Yes. You are wrong. It is not a novel and the publisher - and everyone else - describes it as a history. >> >> Here is how the publisher describes it. >> >> A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first work of history from mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly >> >> What part of history don't you understand? >> >> >> Take Care >> >> Dennis >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----------------http://www.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg_arthes.com -to unsubscribe >> http://arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg_arthes.com/ for Archives >> > > > >----------------http://www.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg_arthes.com -to unsubscribe >http://arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg_arthes.com/ for Archives > > >


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Date: November 26 2012
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at close on Monday:
BEN - BENDIGO AND ADELAIDE BANK LTD - up eight cents at $7.90
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is buying the majority of assets of regional financial company Southern Finance Group for $290 million.
CGF - CHALLENGER LTD - up three cents at $3.22
Financial services firm Challenger has confirmed its financial targets for the current financial year at its annual general meeting.
MLB - MELBOURNE IT LTD - down 19 cents at $1.55
Melbourne IT shares are down more than 10 per cent after the company warned of lower earnings in calendar 2012, delays on its transformation plans and flagged the sale of some assets.
SYD - SYDNEY AIRPORT - up five cents at $3.45
Sydney Airport has secured about $1.1 billion in new funds to repay existing debts and fund future spending.
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University announces holiday events
The University of South Carolina invites the public to celebrate the holidays through its annual tree lighting and choral concert.
The annual tree-lighting ceremony, in its 56th year, will take place on the historic Horseshoe at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 1. Each year hundreds of students and local residents attend the festive event, which also is the culmination of USC's annual Carolina Cares holiday service campaign. This year's tree, a 25-foot Leland Cypress from Lexington's Harmon Tree Farm, will feature white lights with gold, silver and red ornaments.
USC's female student acapella group Cocktails and the "Logan Leopards," a choral group from Logan Elementary School, will perform holiday music, while USC Dance Marathon students provide free hot chocolate. Student body president Ebbie Yazdani will make remarks and student leaders with USC's Carolina Cares will recognize representatives from the Salvation Army and the Nurturing Center, beneficiaries of stockings and other items USC students collect throughout November to aid needy families in the Midlands.
While the tree lighting is free, student leaders this year ask that participants bring non-perishable food items to benefit Harvest Hope. Carolina Cares is sponsored by the university's Community Service Programs and the Carolina Service Council.
The School of Music Concert Choir will hold its annual Christmas concerts Dec. 3 and Dec 5 at First Presbyterian Church and Shandon United Methodist Church, respectively. The Dec. 3 performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the church at 1324 Marion St. The latter concert will take place at 6 p.m. at the church at 3407 Devine St.
For more information about the Dec. 1 tree lighting, contact Michelle Peer at email@example.com or call 777-7130. For more information about the choral concerts, call the School of Music at 777-5369.


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Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes
by Karen A. Day, Colleen Olfenbuttel, David Sawyer, Perry Sumner
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Average Size
Length: 36 in.-42 in. from nose to tip of tail.
Height: 16 in. at the shoulder.
Weight: 7.5-15 lbs. Males average about 2 lbs. heavier than females.
Fruits and berries such as blueberries, raspberries and wild black cherries. Meat such as small rodents, rabbits, poultry, insects and carrion.
Females are called vixens. Considered by some observers to be monogamous. Both males and females are sexually mature in 10 months. Adults mate generally in January in North Carolina.
Called pups. Adults have one litter per year. Gestation period is about 52 days. Litter size averages about five. The pups' eyes open in 9 days. Weaned at 8-10 weeks. Learn to hunt at 3 months. The family unit remains together until early fall when the pups disperse.
Life Expectancy
About 5 years, although due to the many mortality factors, most do not live that long.
Range and Distribution
The red fox marks the boundaries of its territory with urine. Home ranges may vary in size with the abundance of food, the degree of competition with other animals and other red foxes and the diversity of habitats. The average range size is 2 to 8 miles. It occurs throughout the continental United States except for parts of the West and South west. Native red foxes still remain at higher elevations in the Western United States, but may be threatened by the continued expansion of non-native red foxes.
General Information
Foxes have always intrigued man. Storytellers and writers in almost every culture and in every period of history have delighted in depicting foxes as cunning, intelligent and shrewd. In the imaginations of many, the fox is a wily character that uses its native wit to take advantage of other animals. "Smart as a fox" is often meant as a compliment.
The red fox is the most widely distributed canid or wild dog in the world. There are 10 or 11 species of the genus Vulpes, depending on how they are counted. Three of these species live in North America— the kit fox, the swift fox and the red fox. The red fox is the only species found in North Carolina.
History and Status
The red fox is fairly common in North Carolina today. There are no records establishing red foxes in the eastern United States south of Rhode Island before the European red fox was introduced for sport hunting during colonial days. Red fox populations in most areas continue to remain stable, despite outbreaks of disease, such as canine distemper and rabies, and sustained harvest levels, likely due to their high reproductive rates. How ever, as coyotes become more abundant, red foxes may be displaced.
The red fox is named for its reddish or orangish coloration. The tail, body and top of the head are all some shade of yellow-orange to reddish-orange. The undersides are light, and the tips of the ears and lower legs are black. While rare in North Carolina, red foxes can occur in other color variations, such as black, silver, or a cross between red and silver, commonly known as a "cross fox." There is also a rare genetic condition that causes red foxes to lack guard hairs. Red foxes with this condition are called "Sampson foxes" and appear brown or grey in color. They are more likely to be active during the warmer hours of the day since their thin coat lacks insulation power.
The tail is long (about 70 percent as long as the head and body length), bushy and has a white tip. Adults are the size of a small dog and weigh from 7.7 to 15.4 pounds.
Habitat and Habits
Red foxes, like other wildlife species, prefer a diversity of habitats rather than large tracts of one habitat type. Preferred habitats include farmland, pastures, brushy fields and open forest stands. They frequently hunt the edges of these open habitats. The red fox forages on a variety of prey, but mice, meadow voles and rabbits form the bulk of its diet. It will eat insects, birds, eggs, fruits and berries in spring, summer and fall. Since the red fox is also a scavenger, it may also eat carrion and garbage in some locations.
Most red fox activity occurs at night, but daytime movements are not uncommon. The red fox mates once a year, and in North Carolina, this generally occurs in January. The pups are born during late February through April. Five pups is an average litter, and they are born in a den that the parents dug them selves or that was dug by woodchucks or skunks. While pups are being raised, the parents center their activity around the den site. Males bring food to the female until the pups can be left alone. When she can leave them, the female nurses the pups during the day and hunts during the night. Pups remain at the den for the first month, and when they are 10 weeks old they begin to explore areas around the den on their own. As they grow older they explore farther from the den site, and during September or October, they disperse to establish their own home range. Female red foxes may breed when they are about 10 months old.
People Interactions
Foxes are shy and non-aggressive animals. One is not very likely to encounter a red fox in the wild, mainly because it is primarily a nocturnal species. However, it is not unusual to see a red fox during the daytime; daytime sightings of red foxes are not a sign that the animal is diseased. Rather, red foxes are responding to the abundance of food available in these areas during the day and at night. The red fox is economically important both as a fur bearer and as a predator. As a predator, its appetite for mice and woodchucks has been of great benefit to most farming operations. As a furbearer, its coat or pelt is quite valuable—the value of the North American fox harvest has exceeded $20 million, although the value of fox pelts fluctuates.
NCWRC Interaction: How You Can Help
The presence of red foxes in neighborhoods is not unusual. As with other wildlife, red foxes are adapting to the changes in habitat that are occurring in North Carolina. While development can force red foxes and other wildlife species, into suburban areas, they are highly adaptable to all habitat types. Residential areas can provide habitats for red foxes due to the readily availability of food sources and hiding/denning cover (i.e. ornamental shrubs, crawl spaces). Red foxes are opportunistic, thus they will take advantage of a wide spectrum of food supplies, including fruit, vegetation, pet food, garbage, and small prey (i.e. squirrels, rabbits, mice, insects), which can be found in neighborhoods due to bird feeders, gardens, and suburban landscaping.
Red foxes can become habituated to humans if easy access to unnatural foods exists. To avoid conflicts, people should keep their yards and neighborhoods clean of unnatural food sources. While well-intentioned, people that feed feral cats will attract red foxes, as well as coyotes, raccoons, opossums and skunks. Not only will this cause these wild animals to become habituated, but the concentration of wild animals will likely result in outbreaks of certain diseases, such as rabies or canine distemper. These diseases are fatal to all animals that contract them.
To see a red fox in action, go to: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/christmas-in-yellowstone-video-red-fox-hunts-mice/4457/
Fox, M.W. The Wild Canids (Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co., Inc., 1983).
Lee, David, J. Funderburg, and Mary K. Clark. A Distributional Survey of North Carolina Mammals (N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, 1982).
Lloyd, H.G. The Red Fox (B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1980).
Russell, J.K. and D.R. Voight. The Encyclopedia of Mammals, ed. D. Macdonald (Facts on File, 1984).
Webster, William David, James F. Parnell and Walter C. Biggs Jr. Mammals of the Carolinas, Virginia and Maryland (The University of North Carolina Press, 1985).
Illustrated by J.T. Newman. Photos by Steve Maslowski.
Produced by the Division of Conservation Education.
26 March 2012 | Day, Karen A.; Olfenbuttel, Colleen; Sawyer, David; Sumner, Perry W.
thanks for info . always
thanks for info . always looking for pics to take.
I own a small farm in
I own a small farm in Davidson and I have encountered the same red fox on atleast 3 times. It seems to live in the area of a small wet land on the property and after it rains I can see his tracks all around my barn. ( I don't have any dogs that can access this area. It is quite refreshing to see this type of wild life thrive in an area that is becoming more and more populated each year.
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