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180 Responses to "2012: A Memory or Two"
December 22, 2012 at 8:16 pm
They're gaining on me too, mainly because I don't really feel in the mood. I bought the ingredients to make a Christmas cake, yet I keep telling myself I'll do it 'tomorrow'. You couldn't tell the holidays are imminent here as I haven't hung one ornament and am not planning to. After all, I can look out the window to see my neighbours' elaborately colourful lights, so no one will notice that I have none. 😉 Yep, I'm auditioning for Mrs, Grinch this year.
December 22, 2012 at 8:39 pm
Hello there, friend! 😆 😆 Sending some positive vibes your way too. {{{Pamela}}} Yesterday I thought of following your idea to put up just a table top tree this year, but anything I put up I'll have to take down later and I don't want to be bothered this year. My back-up plan is to do only the stair lights/greenery, IF offspring expresses any wish for some Christmas spirit. A girlfriend just called to confirm my attendance at her celebrations – trying to pull a fast one because I'd already told her I wasn't coming. Reminded of this she said she was checking to see if I had changed my mind. 🙄
December 22, 2012 at 9:06 pm
I do understand your sentiments exactly! Up until last week, I wasn't even considering Christmas, then things changed, and as I have had time to putter, I have only put up a few bits which were within easy reach! No way I could unpack the entire Cnristmas closet, and nothing on the outside this year, only a funky seed thing, shaped like a 6-pointed star, between the front door and the storm door. The table top was all I could manage, and it only has one strand of white lights, a little angel on top, and a few angels at the foot. It looks perfect actually! I am done, it's only the 22nd, and I am quite pleased to have Christmas day off work for the first time since 2006! Okay!
December 23, 2012 at 12:44 am
This Christmas is really hard. I am heartbroken. I have been playing holiday music and watching Christmas movies on the tv trying to lift my sadness. I am so sick of all the madness that it must take to murder our children. Enough, this must stop.
December 23, 2012 at 12:53 am
I have been feeling very unwell, chest cold and school and not being able to use cpap machine because of said cold, and I was getting very worried about having stuff done for Christmas. I asked my daughter how she would feel if we didn't have a tree. She said she would be okay with it, so this year we are having her little tinsel tree from her dorm in college. I was feeling very sad about it, but then realized that I was feeling very relieved that I didn't have to spend the money and the time on it. We always used to have a big dinner after church on Christmas Eve and a pancake breakfast on Christmas Morning, but my son doesn't live at home and that would require two trips for him so we're having the pancake 'breakfast' for dinner. All of a sudden, although it's very different from our regular Christmas, it's beginning to sound very easy. I'll have more time to spend just hanging out with my children. Sometimes things change and come out even better.
December 22, 2012 at 8:05 pm
Thank you Chips! Stormy seas after about 220 comments! Calmer now! G'day y'all! Well done Maryl1!
December 22, 2012 at 8:01 pm
Congrats Maryl1 on first. How is everyone here? Just have been peeping lately.
Happy Holidays to everyone. Be safe and secure in your world. (((((((hugs to all))))))-
December 23, 2012 at 12:55 am
Thank you vc, yardarm, and roberta. Just hanging out on the computer now that I am ON VACATION!!
December 22, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Thank you Bill, that was just beautiful. Thank you for sharing. And I am sure Sue from MN heard it was well.
December 23, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Thank you Bill R., I have been playing "Deep Peace several times daily since the shooting. This song is an ancient Gaelic Blessing. I listen to Libera, a young boys choir, I can't post it because my mouse needs a battery. Their voices are so angelic If anyone searches for it and plays it I would be grateful. I have cried, because it is so beautiful. I esp. wanted to post and dedicate it to Chips because it is Gaelic and helps one see appreciate the Ancient Irish. I am also Irish and it touches my soul so deeply.
December 22, 2012 at 9:54 pm
Bill, this is so lovely and so peaceful. My heart is peaceful, my spirit is full. Thank you for sharing this with us. So beautiful.HZ
December 23, 2012 at 12:56 am
Very nice Bill. I love that you have started posting these meditations. That was very restful.
December 22, 2012 at 8:08 pm
buzzfeed does a nice tribute to ladybird johnson, on what would have been her 100th birthday. (though of course it's just sentimental to call her the best first lady ever–we know who that title belongs to!)
December 22, 2012 at 8:19 pm
Thank you for this. As a native Texan, this piece does reflect the Lady Bird I remember. The Texas wildflowers are prevalent to this day.-
December 22, 2012 at 8:32 pm
i always think of her as the first public figure who spoke out for the native species and their beauty. what had been silly weeds, became precious symbols of the native land. also, she got rid of the horrid billboards that were such a visual blight on our landscape.
December 22, 2012 at 9:51 pm
I liked and respected her very much. and whenever I remember her I think of a comedy routine; "Plant a tree or a bush or a shrub". I don't remember who did it.
December 22, 2012 at 8:28 pm
I can not wait until Texas turns "Blue" and become a Democratic state again. I had the pleasure of working for the State of Texas when Ann Richards was the Treasurer.
December 22, 2012 at 8:34 pm
i think texas is turning blue, jojo. there are many who remember ann richards fondly, and who believe in democratic values. i worked for new mexico governor bruce king, and his wife alice was a force for good in the region. solid democrats, and guess what–we had prosperity, too!
December 22, 2012 at 9:41 pm
Our twitter buddy actress Holland Taylor is playing Ann Richards on Broadway and it looks like it would be fun to see!
December 22, 2012 at 10:33 pm
meta, you may already know this, that Cecile Richards the head of Planned Parenthood is the daughter of Ann Richards.
December 22, 2012 at 11:05 pm
i was so pleased when i heard that! both incredible public servants, savvy, hard working, big hearted women. ann was also known for her sense of humor–anybody know if cecile has that fine quality too?
December 23, 2012 at 3:25 am
Oh, utaustin, I am lookin' forward to my home state turning blue . . . . xoxo
December 22, 2012 at 8:10 pm
aw Chips I was fine until I got to the end. That was so sweet of you to put something in there in memory of Sue. Very thoughtful. She'll be missed. On another note a lovely compendium of different pictures from the campaign – and we still have the inauguration to go through!
December 22, 2012 at 8:31 pm
Thank you Alice, still heartbroken over Sue, as I'm sure all her friends are.
December 22, 2012 at 9:39 pm
Chipa, it was such a beautiful video, reliving some of the campaign scenes and feelings. At the end, I gasped when I saw the tribute to Sue. What a wonderful thing to do. She would have been so pleased and proud. Thank you.
December 22, 2012 at 10:41 pm
Chip, that is a lovely video and the tribute at the end to Sue is very noble and magnanimous of you. Thanks>>
December 22, 2012 at 11:21 pm
Aloha Sue from Minnesota. Chips, that was Just beautiful!…and a fitting tribute for Sue… so many times i have neglected to let you know that i so appreciate all you do…. especially these videos. Mahalo nui loa. UDABEST!
December 22, 2012 at 8:11 pm
Chips, how very sweet to dedicate the video to Sue. The song and the dedication brought tears to my eyes. I'm sure wherever Sue is, she loves it too.
December 23, 2012 at 1:07 am
Oh my gosh! That was wonderful!!! TODers are posting lovely things tonight. 🙂
December 23, 2012 at 12:53 am
I love this song. The lyrics are so poignant. One of the sweetest and saddest songs I know.
December 22, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Only three times I remember happening upon a remarkable TV event that I didn't plan for. Motown 25th when Michael Jackson glided on the stage and brought down the house. Chris Rock who I didn't think much of until I channel-surfed to HBO, stopped and watched him on stage bring down the house. I couldn't believe that was Chris Rock from SNL. And the last is young Obama 04 speech that brought the house down. I kept saying "who's this dude?" while watching it at the time. That speech still brings me to my feet. I think that was the definition of luck = preparation meeting opportunity. All the speeching he did in college and beyond sharpened his skill. Same for the other two greats.
December 22, 2012 at 8:30 pm
Thanks, Ms Chips, you are a dear…. well you are, when you are not being not-a-dear. Sue in M still comes to my mind at odd times.
Believe it or not, this morning I woke up and my first thought was to send positive vibes for a handful of TOD-ers who I don't see often – CTGirl, Fred, CJ Julisch , and Proud of O. That's all it was, just to send a quick 'hope you are all having an uplifting day' to them via telepathy. Then I went to the addiction treatment centre for the entire day to test out my reaction, with the end result that I have the shivers now since I don't know what happened here today. BUT, I -I-I-I DDDIIIID MAN-N-AGE A-A-A WW-WHO-O-OLE DAY WWWITH-OUT P-P-PEEEKING IN OONCE! 😉 😉-
December 22, 2012 at 9:15 pm
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
December 22, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Hello there, Mr. Bobfr! I'm feeling a bit more in control of myself now that I'm been back in the village for a good hour. 😉
December 22, 2012 at 8:31 pm
What a wonderful video and a beautiful way to remember Sue. Thank you Ms. Chips.
December 22, 2012 at 8:32 pm
Wonderful tribute Ms Chips to all those who worked so hard for PBO in 2012 and to Sue.
December 22, 2012 at 8:36 pm
Wonderful outlook on the Kabuki theater that is the Fiscal Cliff show: http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/12/19/enjoying-the-kabuki/
December 22, 2012 at 8:38 pm
Loved this part 1 of the 2012 awards for best/worst http://www.democratsforprogress.com/2012/12/21/my-2012-mclaughlin-awards-part-1/
December 22, 2012 at 9:23 pm
Chips, what a lovely video. Thanks for all of the beauty. So moving. You are so special to us.HZ
December 22, 2012 at 11:14 pm
nice roundup. i would have given 'politician of the year' to president obama, however. he won re-election against a well-funded, determined, experienced machine while unemployment was high and home values low. yes, he had help and support from brilliant, devoted followers. but he did it,he made it happen. and it would never have happened without him.
December 22, 2012 at 11:17 pm
Great read – and such well thought out awards – love the Nate Silver one – and must agree with theo – the President is mentioned for all the right reasons.
December 22, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Oh Chips, I was tearing up thru the whole video and then I came to the dedication to Sue at the end and I really teared up. What a wonderful tribute. Since my post was the last one on the last thread I copied it to bring it over.
Good evening Chips and TOD family. I do hope the First Family is getting well deserved rest and relaxation in beautiful Hawaii!!!! We are going to have a White Christmas. I am getting a very special Christmas gift. Since my husband has had 2 hip replacement surgeries this past year. The last one was in Oct. He asked me what I wanted and I said for the 2 of us to go someplace fun. So in January we are going to spend a week in the wine country around Santa Rosa, CA. I am so excited. We are going to hit as many wineries as we can. This is my idea of a great vacation. This will be the best Christmas present ever!!!!
I pray all of TODville will have a very special time. I do know that I will be around. Our sons will be spending time with their in laws so we are on our own. I am not bummed, I am looking forward to some nice quiet time. We may go to a movie in the afternoon.
We will deal with the end of the world later. I have complete faith that our President will be able to do what needs to be done.
Have a great evening everyone.
Now we are off to spend a late evening with a bunch of young folks at a bar. I am so lucky that our children and their friends love having us at all of their parties. It do keep us young.
December 22, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Sounds lovely, mtmarilyn – have fun with the youngsters and the young at heart!
December 22, 2012 at 9:09 pm
I need to get started baking some cakes, but where have I been the last two hours? Catching up on TOD posts and watching The Wizard of Oz on TNT! I'm a TOD and Wizard addict, so I guess I'll be up late baking cakes. I found a new recipe for a moist pound cake, and I'm hoping it will be similar to the ones my grandmother used to bake that, if you took it to a church event, it would make you want to slap the preacher!!! I hope everyone has a great Merry Christmas. My daughter and her fiance are arriving on Monday evening, and I can hardly wait!
December 22, 2012 at 9:14 pm
I love pound cake, with some fresh berries and whipped cream. Sounds lovely, majiir – hope you have a lovely time with your family!
December 23, 2012 at 1:13 am
Merry Christmas to you and yours Majiir…
Have a fantastic time with your daughter and her husband to be…
December 22, 2012 at 9:13 pm
You are masterful, dear Chips, and you created this tribute to Sue is very touching. Thank you
December 22, 2012 at 9:17 pm
Thanks for tweeting this, Bobfr. It is indeed a wonderful video and tribute to Sue in MN.
December 22, 2012 at 9:26 pm
Thank you majiir & Gail – the least I could do for Chips & Sue!
December 22, 2012 at 9:57 pm
I believe the President is ensuring that Boehner fully understands the party he supposedly controls. As a secondary issue – the world also knows who is going to inflict recession and perhaps depression on their world – because a number of dumb fools don't think a black man has any right to be President of the USA.
December 22, 2012 at 11:41 pm
Yes, I do believe our President found yet another teachable moment for the young Boehner aka grasshopper.
December 22, 2012 at 9:59 pm
Bobfr, thank you so much. You are so brilliant. I am so grateful for all that you do for all of us and our POTUS. Thanks you, Bobfr.HZ
December 22, 2012 at 10:00 pm
LOVE the video, Chips. So many memories of a tough but ultimately incredibly fantastic year. Sometimes it's hard to believe we went through all that and came out a much better community. And the tribute to Sue is wonderful. I remember when she changed her avatar to a photo. She was such a pretty person., with such a good heart and so smart. I hope she is at peace.
December 22, 2012 at 10:07 pm
Very lovely video made all the more special by the choice of music. I could relive those memories a hundred times and never tire of the love and admiration that people feel for this great man and his family.
December 22, 2012 at 10:07 pm
Thanks, chips for posting this beautiful tribute to Sue From Minnesota.
LL, I hope you feel better soon. -
December 22, 2012 at 10:09 pm
Dang Chips I hadn't cried in at least 24 hours.. you just had to go & start up the water works again. That was so beautiful and thank you from the bottom of my heart for such a wonderful, loving tribute to our Sue.. I think she'd be completely thrilled. Rest in Peace Sue In Minnesota.
December 22, 2012 at 10:33 pm
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday finalized a set of long-planned rules that put limits on emissions of harmful air pollutants from industrial boilers and incinerators.
Known as boiler MACT rules, the standards impose the first-ever limits on emissions for mercury, acid gases and fine particulate matter, or soot, for boilers and incinerators.
The agency said the rules would affect about 1 percent of the nation's boilers. It added the rules would yield public health benefits, preventing 8,100 premature deaths and 5,100 heart attacks per year beginning in 2015.
Republicans and industry had fought the rules, saying they represented regulatory overreach and would impose burdensome economic costs. That pressure led to several revisions to bake in more flexibility for industry.
The final rules also included some of that flexibility by holding off on implementation until 2016 at the earliest, giving industry more time to comply.
You see? The Administration can make big changes by using the power of the Cabinets, like EPA, to effect climate change.
December 22, 2012 at 10:44 pm
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today participated in a ceremony to sign an agreement to provide $1.55 billion to the City and County of Honolulu on the island of Oahu to build Hawaii's first-ever rail transit system. The project is expected to shorten commutes in one of the most congested cities in the nation, provide greater transit options to Oahu's residents and visitors, and create tens of thousands of construction-related jobs.
"The Honolulu rail transit project, the first of its kind in the state, will bring new transit options to the growing region and create a modern transportation system that is built to last for future generations," said U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood. "And though, sadly, Senator Inouye cannot be here with us today, this agreement is a testament to his tireless advocacy on behalf of his state and its people."
Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff signed the actual federal funding agreement at a ceremony in Washington D.C. today. Secretary LaHood and Administrator Rogoff were joined by Senator Daniel Akaka, Senator-Elect Mazie Hirono, Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa, Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle, Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) CEO Dan Grabauskas and City Council Chairman Ernest Martin.http://www.fta.dot.gov/newsroom/12286_14962.html
See? This is important and the Republucsns can do nothing but hold Hearings make themselves feel better. This is why they are so bitter, they wanted the WH and the power that goes with it!
December 22, 2012 at 10:50 pm
Good news: we'll get to see President and Mrs. Obama's interview with Barbara Walters. Not thrilled about her, but I love seeing them together.
It has been re-scheduled to December 26th at 11:35pm ET / 10:35 CT on ABC.
December 22, 2012 at 11:21 pm
Nice. Dec. 26th is the same day The Kennedy Center Honors airs. But I believe it ends at 11PM ET so we have a double dose of Obamas. Niiiiiiiice.
December 22, 2012 at 11:10 pm
Evening all.
So, an update. Vomiting has stopped, but let's just say I'm still going to the bathroom on a regular basis. Just finished a bit of white rice, and have been sipping on Gatorade and water. Hopefully the virus will work its way out of me overnight. My body hurts, i have a fever, and as I said, the bathroom is my favorite room right now. I just hope I can get some sleep tonight.
December 23, 2012 at 12:10 am
Sorry you feel so bad, Lib…try to get as much fluid as you can, that will make a huge difference in how you feel. Hope you get some rest and feel better fast!
December 22, 2012 at 11:16 pm
Ah Chips, that was simply beautiful. I hope Sue knows how much we miss her.
Get better soon, LL.
December 22, 2012 at 11:19 pm
aloha todfolk! i've had the pleasure of hosting a friend's children today. what a delight to hear their sweet voices, watch them skipping and bouncing, and thoroughly mess up the kitchen making peppermint bark and gingerbread. my own grandchildren are far away, and i won't get to see them this year for the holidays. so i just borrowed some from a dear lady who could use a break. win-win!
December 22, 2012 at 11:49 pm
Such a sweet story, susanne. I waved goodbye-for-now to my precious toddler great grandson on Dec. 1, after their visit and when they were on their way back to Florida, but I'm still finding Lego pieces behind things, and I actually "saved" one of his fingerprints on a door, to remind me of him! He totally ruled all of the adults, even though we tried to gain control, but I wouldn't have it any other way! Won't see him for about five months, but he says hi on the phone and I get constant photos, so I can make it! (I think.)
December 22, 2012 at 11:52 pm
susanne – your posts are a delight – you find all that is good in the world and share it around – now I am googling to find out what is "peppermint bark" – it sure sounds delicious
December 23, 2012 at 12:01 am
Good of and for you, Susanne! 😆 In my much younger days before I 'settled down' I too used to borrow my friends' kids for a weekend here and there to remind me that 'settling' wasn't necessarily a bed of roses, while giving mother some quiet time. I don't do it anymore because a) I'm settled physically and b) the children of my younger friends are too restless for me. 😉
December 23, 2012 at 2:00 am
'restless' is a very nice word for wild youngsters during the holidays! i am lucky here in hawaii i can send them out to run around the yard between projects 🙂
December 23, 2012 at 12:21 am
Susanne, as a mom of a 7-year-old and 3-year-old I can tell you, I am sure the mom savored every moment of her break and will be a better mom after a little time to herself. I also have two grown children ages 23 and 20, and when they were little both sets of Grandparents lived within a short drive from us. Now, although my parents live next door, they are in their 80's and can't handle the kiddos on their own, but my Mom does come over and spend time doing art and playing games with them, and I so appreciate those times. And btw, I would LOVE your recipe for pepperment bark!
December 23, 2012 at 2:03 am
you are a trooper, with a second wave of little ones. i love having them visit, but full time without help–that's a gift of love they'll appreciate some day.
December 23, 2012 at 2:12 am
Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate that. I tell myself they keep me young. 🙂
December 23, 2012 at 1:57 am
wow, thanks for all the very kind and sweet responses! i guess this is a theme near to many hearts this time of year….well, two themes, children and food! 🙂
okay, here's the quick easy simple yummy peppermint bark 'recipe':
purchase a package of baker's chocolate, semisweet is dark and rich.
purchase a box of candy canes.
lay a sheet of parchment paper on a cookie sheet.
put the chocolate chunks in a metal bowl in a pan with an inch or so of simmering water (or use a double boiler if you have one), let chocolate get soft and melty.
crush candy canes a bit with a whack of a wooden spoon.spoon the chocolate onto the parchment, and spread it around with a spatula.
sprinkle the candy cane pieces onto the soft chocolate, pressing them in a bit.
place pan in the refrigerator and chill until chocolate is solid, about a half hour.
break into pieces (like tree bark, i guess) and store in a closed container.we also made a batch with white chocolate, using broken nut meats and dried blueberries instead of peppermints. have fun and enjoy!
December 23, 2012 at 2:10 am
ooh yum. gonna try this over the weekend with my young neice and nephew, both of whom are budding chefs with wicked sweet tooths. thank you for posting the recipe. Mahalo!
December 23, 2012 at 12:13 am
There seems to be a new series of videos – 'Demand a plan to end gun violence' – with different people speaking out,
December 23, 2012 at 12:24 am
Ugh, why? Why do I read comments at HuffPost? I think I may have to take a break from the news and FB, and Twitter and such until after Christmas. The ignorance and arrogance of so many of my fellow Americans leaves me feeling like I need a shower. I think I might just hang out here til 12/26.
December 23, 2012 at 12:50 am
It gets started by the far left fundraisers like Move on and Rebuild our Nightmare.
I get emails from them all the time putting this President in the same light as Boner.
It riles the Far Left up, little do they know they are bring played for money.
You know, the far left prides themselves for being well educated, but they get played by the Republicans and the Lefty fundraisers.
If you ask me, they let their emotions rule rational thinking.
Just saying!
December 23, 2012 at 12:38 am
What a beautiful video and tribute to Sue. Miss her fierce and generous spirit. When I look at the pictures at all who volunteered, came to rallies, reveled at his victory, I am convinced that we have the power of the people. If we continue to support POTUS we will overcome the mindless GOPopposition.
December 23, 2012 at 12:58 am
The acting Director of CIA Mike Morell says the movie Zero Dark Thirty is not a Documentary. And that torture in no way is responsible for the capture of Bin Laden.
The Writers of that Movie got punked by the Republicans and made it more Neo-Com like!
That is all! -
December 23, 2012 at 1:09 am
Great video Chipsticks. Sue would have been so happy to see the President re-elected. I'm sure that somewhere out there in the universe she does know.
December 23, 2012 at 1:20 am
Dear Friends, In the ancient spiritual tradition of the desert Mothers and Fathers, there is a practice called "Guard of the Heart." What it means is that we don't allow into the deep part of our soul any negative thoughts or energies that do violence to our spirit or introduce despair or negativity. And we also guard against letting our own minds go down negative or despairing pathways. For that reason I try not to visit sites that have so much of the negativity that some here report and have witnessed on Huffpo and others. In any event, especially now it is a sensitive time for everyone and a time to keep our hopeful and heartful spirit alive and uplifted. For that reason this forum is a real refuge where we can nurture one another's spirit and share the Light with those around us. Our President has this gift. He guards and nurtures the inner life well and therefore remains strong in his ability to share the Light with all people in the world. Though not always successful myself, I am inspired by his example.
December 23, 2012 at 1:44 am
Excellent advice, Bill. I agree too that PBO is an excellent example. 🙂
December 23, 2012 at 1:47 am
One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the messiah?"
"No", answered Buddha.
"Then are you a healer?"
"No", Buddha replied.
"Then are you a teacher?" the student persisted.
"No, I am not a teacher."
"Then what are you?" asked the student, exasperated.
"I am awake", Buddha replied. -
December 23, 2012 at 2:07 am
thanks for saying this, bill. you're so right–our president makes the effort to stay positive and speak in a gracious way, even when it must be very tempting to sneer and shake his head in disgust. i think we gather here, and try to follow his example, because we intuitively know that this way of being in the world is what really makes a difference, for our families, communities, the nation, and the world. it's so fundamental.
December 23, 2012 at 2:57 am
Our President has this gift. He guards and nurtures the inner life well and therefore remains strong in his ability to share the Light with all people in the world. Though not always successful myself, I am inspired by his example.
Thank you for your wise words Bill……
December 23, 2012 at 4:04 am
Thank you Bill R., for these wonderful words of wisdom! I know my disposition greatly improved after I decided to no longer watch the
24-7 so called cable news show. What is amazing is that I still stay informed despite shutting off the noise, most of it negative, from the
24-7 cable news shows. -
December 23, 2012 at 4:57 am
I am so grateful for this great gift of wisdom you've shared with us. We can always use this eloquent reminder, but it seems especially fitting at this time. Thank you, Bill R.
December 23, 2012 at 7:05 am
I love this tradition and can hopefully introduce it into my women's group. We do have to protect ourselves. Thanks, Bill.
December 23, 2012 at 8:38 am
Beautifully said, Bill. You made a wise decision to stay away from places that are full of negativity. It's very difficult to nurture the spirit and share the light in dark times. But I think when we fail to do that, we fail the best part of ourselves as well as those we love. That's why it's important to keep trying, no matter how many times we fail.
December 23, 2012 at 1:40 am
Also, Filibuster reform in the next Congress will allow the President to get any of his nominees through the Senate.
Judges, Cabinet members, and ATF director. ATF confirmation would be first time in the tenure of this President! -
December 23, 2012 at 2:20 am
the memorial service for senator inouye tomorrow has been prepared and rehearsed–some interesting details in this article:
'All five branches of the military are participating. "This is the greatest coordination ever of the military, the Department of Defense, the greater Honolulu community, the State Department, all the other government agencies that have come together," said cemetery director Gene Castagnetti.
During the rehearsal, the color guard members went through their paces; the military pallbearers worked with a rehearsal casket; the military band played parts of the songs they will perform — all mindful that, as Castagnetti put it, they will only have one chance to get it right.'
December 23, 2012 at 2:24 am
He certainly deserves every bit of it, Susanne, as I know you deeply appreciate.
December 23, 2012 at 2:26 am
and an update about the president's first day of vacation:
'The president's motorcade left his Kailua compound at about 8 p.m. for Morimoto's restaurant in Waikiki.
Earlier this afternoon, the president spend nearly six hours at the Kaneohe Klipper course at Marine Corps Base Hawaii with childhood friends Bobby Titcomb and Mike Ramos, White House chef Sam Kass and aide Marvin Nicholson.'
December 23, 2012 at 6:52 am
Thanks so much Susanne for all the updates about Pres. Obama in Hawaii. Keep 'em coming. 😀
December 23, 2012 at 2:37 am
more hawaii-centric info, this from booman about our new senator hirono, and who will replace inouye:
December 23, 2012 at 3:13 am
nice piece about kailua residents welcoming the obamas:
' Several signs were put up by residents around Kailua welcoming the first family.
Artist Aloha Mcneil made this sign on canvas just in time for the family's arrival.
She put it up on her backyard fence which is directly across from where the Obamas are staying in Kailua.
"My name is Aloha and I wanted to tell him Aloha so we put Aloha Obama Ohana it kind of rhymes. I find it to be thrilling I mean this is the most important man in the world its exciting to even be in proximity to him," said Aloha Mcneil. '
December 23, 2012 at 3:14 am
this one has a couple of photos on the golf course:
http://www.khon2.com/content/news/developingstories/story/President-Obama-hits-the-links-at-Kaneohe-golf/KLcrGQLumU-SQESvXRc6kg.cspx -
December 23, 2012 at 3:49 am
nice tribute to new mexico's retiring senator jeff bingaman:
' U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman seems a man out of time these days, a politician more dedicated to substance than in seeing himself on television or reading his name in the newspaper. He is old-school, able to reach across the aisles to get the work of the nation done, less interested in politics than in policy. Together, Bingaman and retired U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici were a formidable team for New Mexico — one a Democrat, the other a Republican, yet united in taking care of their state.'
December 23, 2012 at 4:13 am
These are some fine comments here in the middle of the night. So glad I got up . . .
and am watching Barack Obama's 2004 speech at the DNC. Here's what's the
guiding light for me, quoting PBO: "In a generous America, you don't have to
be rich to achieve your potential." Not a whole lot of words, but it is the proposition
I'm dedicated to. Forward. And thank you always for your company here on TOD.-
December 23, 2012 at 7:14 am
That's what I do all night too, if I am at work. There are some great folks who help pass the time and if every one leaves then I just reread other posts or look at photos. What could be nicer than Barack Obama at any time of day or night.
December 23, 2012 at 4:13 am
Thanks Chips for this marvelous video which is a fitting tribute to Sue in Minnesota! Your generosity of spirit and your love really shines through everything you do. I hope you and your family, as well as the TOD family, have a fabulous holiday season.
December 23, 2012 at 4:42 am
aloha sarah and nathan
this is indeed a great place to be late at night! but now, i'm signing off till tomorrow. mele kalikimaka~ -
December 23, 2012 at 4:53 am
sweeeeet. Let us all dine similarly, with family and friends, reflecting on our purpose
as citiziens in this nation. Along the way, the reflections. xoxox and some
conversations with family and friends about our reflections, asking for their thoughts as well.
We could all become more thoughtful, I think. Starting with me.
December 23, 2012 at 7:41 am
McCain's only concern with the Kerry nomination? If he supports the Syrian no fly zone? You have to be kidding me?
December 23, 2012 at 7:46 am
Thanks Chipsticks for posting this video. Its kinda wild cause im actually in the video. Ill definitely be saving this footage! Thanks again!!!


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Just one Northeast Philadelphia gardener won a blue ribbon in the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's annual garden contest.
As there are every year, there are many Northeast gardeners competing in the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's garden contest.
A state grand jury has indicted a Northeast Philadelphia resident and 19 Bucks County residents as part of an investigation into a multimillion-dollar methamphetamine trafficking ring with links to Mexico and distribution points throughout eastern Pennsylvania.


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Depsite being known among cynics as "clicktivism", or "slacktivism", over the last several years web campaigning has become a huge focus for many charities.
The latest campaign to grab the world's attention — and ire — is the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which has seen countless celebrities (and normal folk) pour cold water over themselves to raise awareness and money for motor neurone disease (MND).
So far the campaign is reported to have raised almost $80m; yet not everyone is behind it. The Independent's Tom Peck has argued that the world's limited generosity is being wasted on the challenge, and that it is failing to raise awareness. "Unfortunately, almost none of [the celebrities taking part] manage to take a second out from all the hilarity to state what the whole thing is about, before whacking the clip on Youtube," he writes.
But not everyone agrees. Writing for Vice last week, Angelina Fanous — who was recently diagnosed with MND at the age of 29 — attacked those who were criticising the campaign. "All the cynics who want people to donate in humility and not post it on our social media feeds completely overlook the fundamental reality that humans are social animals," she writes.
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We talk about how architecture provides tactile as well as visual experiences, but how often do we actually physically engage our buildings? Two recent projects offer lessons in how architecture can help develop our bodies as well as our minds.
Last December, Austria-based Numen/ or Use tested their "String Prototype," a new inflatable structure. The large cube-shaped installation is made of translucent white fabric with a series of connected thin ropes oriented in X,Y, and Z axes. Once the structure is fully inflated, the ropes become taut enough to support the weight of a person. The exterior is unmemorable, but the interior is awe-inspiring; occupants can freely ascend the omnidirectional sculpture, which resembles a climbable version of Superstudio's Continuous Monument, while suspended in the midst of a diffuse, pervasive light.
Spanish studio Play Office's "Blue Gym" is an interior playground that has been fully integrated into the design of a house. The gym includes a three-story climbing wall (with safety ropes), ceiling-anchored monkey bars, rope ladders, and suspended nets. The designers aimed to provide a space in which kids can be physically active, while avoiding the predictable models of the isolated outdoor playground or indoor fitness room.
Both of these projects do more than merely provide a space for fitness; they exemplify an architecture of physical activity. This is a critical distinction that can mean the difference between use and disuse, because the deep integration of physical concepts demonstrates how architecture can inspire anatomical engagement, rather than offer up yet another unimaginative fitness center. As more people become dangerously overweight—and spend an increased amount of time sitting and looking at screens—architects, interior designers, and landscape architects should all seek to incorporate physical activity broadly within the designed environment. Integrating fitness opportunities in imaginative ways will serve as a constant prompt of our need to move, and remind us that space can be fun as well as profound.
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Thursday, 3 September 2009
Right paw forward
I don't know why I'm so keen on my children being right-handed. I always think it looks wrong somehow when someone writes with their left. I have to say, though, I look at this completely differently since I saw Obama writing with his left hand. Because he is my secret boyfriend. He can do no wrong. There is definitely nothing unattractive about him. So ever since, I think left-handed people must have been quite sexy all along.
In my family, nearly everyone is right-handed. Babes and his dad are ambidextrous, but opted to write and use scissors with their right hands because it's just easier. I'd quite like it if the kids were ambidextrous, too, so I suppose I should stop interfering and just let them get on with it. It just looks wrong, though.
What do you think? Are you left-handed? Do you do the same with your kids? Do you think I'm a controlling bitch who should never have been allowed to have children in the first place?
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Dylan, my son, is left hand, I'm right handed, but my mum is left handed, so it skipped my generation. If I give directions, to work out which is my right and which is my left, I have to imagine picking up a spoon - so it took me ages to click that Dylan was left handed.
Isn't there research that says that if you are left handed you prioritise a different side of the brain (left? right? you see my problem) than us right-handers, which makes you more creative, more imaginative, better at lateral thinking and generally a more funky human being? I would celebrate it (and close your eyes if it helps!). (Oh and buy a pair of left handed scissors - left-handers can no way use right-handed ones)How funny! Johnny Drama (4) also appears to be left-handed and yes, to me it just looks cack-handed. Like everything he is doing looks awkward and wrong. So I am interested to see what happens now he is at school and whether he truly is a left-paw or not. I heard a snippet of info on Oprah about left-handed people and how their brains function better than right handed people, because the left / right side (can't remember which...but then again I am right handed so obviously mentally deficient) is more developed and so they can tap into both sides of the brain more easily. So maybe we both have budding geniuses on our (right) hands...
ReplyDeleteI think Bill Clinton may have been left-handed too. My husband is left-handed. So is my darling friend Billy. Let your child use whatever hand she wants. Her brain works the way it works and you don't want to go mucking around trying to change something that really, doesn't need changing. That's my opinion. She is special.
ReplyDeleteYup, totally a controlling bitch. *snort* Don't be silly! My husband and BOTH of my kids are left handed. I, of course, am not. As it should be. What is WITH that anyway? I tried for ages to get girl spawn to switch to her right hand, but she refused. So now I am the odd one out in our house.
And excuse me, but could you please keep your controlling bitch hands to yourself and off my man? Obama is mine and only mine. Humph.My hubby and I both come from a families of equal sided lefties and righties. I'm a rightie and so is hubby. I'm secretly hoping one of the kidlets will be ambidextrous like my sister :o She used to be able to write with both hands starting on opposite sides of a peice of paper and meeting in the middle...too cool.
So far my eldest is a right handed, Ryan the middle tends towards left but will still switch as he doesn't write yet it's hard to tell. Leigha just yells, throws and hits with both...maybe in a few years we'll know how she works :p
I still do lots of things left handed as I am left brained,sports (what little I do play I tend towards left handed like golf) maybe that is the problem, women are left brained therefore we see things differently?? Or else I'm loopy and had too much coffee tonight;)@Badass Geek - I find the knowledge that you can't determine which hand a child uses very comforting. The two times a week I interfere are not going to make one blind bit of difference because my children will grow into what they are meant to be anyway.
@Steph - Such a cruel practice. Luckily most teachers don't do that any more.
@Half Mum Half Biscuit - I would let her get on with it, you know. So far, there's no way to tell which hand she will favour because she's not even two, but I do think she uses her right more.
@Creepy - He's mine, all mine!
If they're smarter, there's a good chance she's a leftie. :-)@Ladybird World Mother - Welcome! I harbour absolutely no illusions that I can impose my will on either of my children in the long term.
@Nicola - I suppose he may well be then, if it has been that long.
@Ms. Moon - She is special indeed. And I would never dream of changing her. We're talking surreptitiously twice a week because it freaks me out. She's going to go her own way anyway, you should see that strong will of hers in her eyes.
@Mad Woman - So you are in the minority.
You realise I saw him first, so you may as well give up. Just a shame he lives so far away...
@Meghan - My husband drinks with his left hand, which used to disturb me, but I got used to it. I now even set the table to match. I suppose you get used to anything.Nooooooo! Don't try and change her! I am left handed. Actually, I am a bit ambidextrous as I play tennis with my right (however, for a long time I just used to have two forehands). I still remember putting the racket in my hand and thinking, 'Now, which one?' And passing it between my hands. I eat right handedly (but use my spoon with my left) and use the potato peeler with my right.
I also cannot tell my right from my left. I seem to have that innate piece knowledge missing from my DNA.
But I LOVE being (mostly) left handed, cause it means I am not the same as everyone else.
My sister is also left handed, and we are the only ones in our family. Her children are both right handed (she's a little disappointed about that!) and my brother is the only one in his family of four who is right handed!hm, never thought about it to be honest. I'm right handed though do a few things with my left (like opening screw tops and ironing - no idea why), and Cubling is clearly right handed too. I would think that I don't mind either way, but then again haven't been in the situation where she would have used her left paw. I do confuse left and right a lot so probably wouldn't even be able to tell which hand she was using. So maybe she's actually left handed and I got the sides wrong.
And shocking what you guys are all on about Obama, he's married with kids, so you better behave yourselves. Really can't tell what all the fuss about him is about.Hi Mwa, I always wanted to be left-handed, but I'm right-handed. Always thought "sinister"(left) men were dangerous (in an exciting way) and sexy (also exciting). I thought if I was left-handed I would be ultra-creative, beautiful, and so, so, cool. Still I am what I am and I'm glad I have hands, left or right. Kids and hubby are right-handed too. I never did try to make the kids use one hand over the other. To me it would go against their own nature.
ReplyDeleteI'm left-handed and proud :) The only problem I had with that when I was younger was cutting with scissors. My parents bought me left-handed scissors (they didn't have any at my school, it was tiny though...) but I gave up using them at some point, I guess as today I can't cut with left-handed scissors.
The only thing that is slightly irritating about being left-handed is trying to write on a page that's inside a ring binder.


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With all that college beef on parade this week, the NFL draft is a wonder of sports marketing, a televised pageant for the multibillion-dollar American football industry.
But there's something football fans should know:
Football is dead in America.
Even through all the chatter and cheerleading and media hype, football as an American cultural institution lies in final spasm. It's as dead as the Marlboro Man.
And if the professional game survives at all, it will be relegated to the pile of trash sports, like mixed martial arts or whatever is done in third-rate arenas with monster trucks and mud. It won't be as American as apple pie. Instead, football will become the province of people with face tattoos.
Lawyers are circling football now. For years they've had their wings locked, cruising overhead, but lately they've swooped in low, landing and hopping over to take chunks out of the great billion-dollar beast.
But it's not the lawyers who are the death of football. Blaming lawyers misses the point. Like their counterparts in nature, lawyers are merely the cleanup crew. What finishes football are the parents of future football players.
The NFL desperately needs American parents. Not as fans, but as suppliers of young flesh.
The NFL needs parents to send their little boys into the football feeder system. And without that supply of meat for the NFL grinder — first youth teams, then high school and college — there can be no professional football.
And yet every day, more American parents decide they're finished with football. Why? Because parents can no longer avoid the fact that football scrambles the human brain.
In cultural terms, parents who send their 10-year-olds to play football might as well hold up signs saying they'd like to give their children cigarettes and whiskey.
Make no mistake. I loved football. I loved it desperately. Even now, four decades later, I remember endlessly damning myself for being too small to play it at a big-time college. I ached for it, for the violence of it, for the training, the salt pills and no water on hot August fields, the helmet scabs on the forehead, but mostly the collisions. And I still love it, but I can't shake the guilt of supporting the physical ruin of great athletes. My wife and I wouldn't let our sons play. We just couldn't.
Future historians may explain all this in terms of cultural change, of more information about concussions, spinal cord injuries, paralysis and brain damage, and another football killer, taxpayer liability.
Some 4,000 former NFL players have joined lawsuits against the league for allegedly hiding the dangers to the brain. This follows a rash of depression-related suicides, with some players shooting themselves in the chest so that their brains could be studied after their deaths. One of these was the great Chicago Bears safety Dave Duerson. He left a suicide note, asking that doctors examine what was in his skull after a lifetime of bashing it. College players have also filed suit.
Eventually, lawsuits will overwhelm the high schools. And high school superintendents won't be able to increase property taxes to pay for the additional cost of subsidizing the game.
"The idea that five years ago I would have forbidden my kids to play football is hard to imagine," said Joseph Siprut, a lawyer representing former Eastern Illinois University player Adrian Arrington and other athletes in federal court over the long-term effects of head injuries.
"It never would have occurred to me. Now, given what I know about the concussion issue — first as a lawyer who has litigation, but also as someone who reads the papers — for me as a parent, I don't think I would ever let my kids set foot on a football field. Ever."
Football may hang on for a few years, hang on desperately like a cat dying under a backyard deck, hissing as it goes. There are billions of dollars at stake, feeding owners, players, agents, advertisers, journalists, and most importantly, bookies. The NFL is about gambling.
The game is not just a contact sport — it's a high-impact collision sport. It is about exploding into your opponent, refusing to break, while breaking others to your will and knocking them senseless.
For young players on the field and old spectators remembering, there is still joy in it. But expressing that joy has become culturally taboo.
Fans have been led to pretend that the violence is merely ancillary. But to say that violence isn't at the heart of football is a lie. Remove the violence, and you remove what is great about the game, what is awe-inspiring and guilt-inspiring at the same time.
2 comments on this storyAll sports can be dangerous. They involve physical and spiritual risk. But football is different from other team sports. It is designed to slam body against body, and often, head slams against head. There is no way to alter this fact, no way to spin it.
So if you're wondering about the future of football during the NFL draft, try this experiment: Ask the parents of a little boy about tackle football, about concussions, and look into their eyes when they speak.
John Kass is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Readers may send him email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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MIAMI (AP) — Burger King is in talks to buy Tim Hortons in hopes of creating a new, publicly traded company with its headquarters in Canada.
With a new base in Canada, Burger King, now based in Miami, could shave its U.S. tax bill.
Shares of both companies jumped 17 percent before the opening bell, both heading toward all-time highs.
The majority owner of Burger King, 3G Capital, would own the majority of shares of the new company.
Tax inversions have become increasingly popular among U.S. companies trying to cut costs.
In an inversion, a U.S. company reorganizes in a country with a lower tax rate by acquiring or merging with a company there. Inversions allow companies to transfer money earned overseas to the parent company without paying additional U.S. taxes. That money can be used to reinvest in the business or to fund dividends and buybacks, among other things.
Companies like AbbVie, a pharmaceutical with its headquarters just outside Chicago, have tied up with companies overseas to achieve that type of tax cut.
More recently, Walgreen, the huge retail chain, backed away from such a plan under intense pressure in what is becoming an increasingly hot political issue.
3G Capital took Burger King public again in 2012. The investment firm teamed with Berkshire Hathaway Inc. last year to take H.J. Heinz Co. private in a $23 billion deal. 3G Capital is known for aggressive cost-cutting at the companies it acquires.
Tim Hortons, known for its doughnuts and coffee, was purchased by Wendy's International Inc. in 1995. In 2006 it completed an initial public offering and was spun off as a separate company.
The deal would also allow Tim Hortons to accelerate its growth in international markets. The company had 4,546 restaurants as of June 29, with 3,630 in Canada, 866 in the U.S. and 50 in the Persian Gulf area.
The companies say Burger King Worldwide Inc. and Tim Hortons Inc., based in Ontario, would continue to operate as separate brands but would share corporate services.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the talks and that the companies say there's no assurance a deal will happen.
The new company would have 18,000 restaurants in 100 countries with about $22 billion in sales. The companies say that would make it the world's third-largest fast-food restaurant company.
Burger King's stock surged $4.29, to $31.40 before the market opened Monday. Shares reached an all-time high of $68.95 on Friday.
Shares of Tim Hortons jumped $10.66 to $73.50 before the opening bell. Shares of the Canadian company also hit an all-time high Friday at $68.95.
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The Plan TabUpon logging in, you will view the Plan
This area of the website is for managing the redistricting plans
available to you to edit (if logged in with an account) or view (if
visiting as a guest). In the redistricting world, a plan is a
complete set of districts for a state or locality. You are not required
to create a complete plan for all the districts, you could, for example
create a plan that has only a single district. We treat all partial or
complete plans the same. You must select a plan to edit before you can start mapping. As you look at the Plan Tab, you will notice that there are four numbered steps that you need to take to start drawing your first map.
Action 1. Select Legislative BodyThere are two types of layers that you can draw, legislative bodies and communities. Legislative BodiesThe web site administrator will set up one or more legislative bodies for you to draw districts for. For a typical state, the following legislative bodies will be available.
The administrator configures these legislative bodies for you so you can get started mapping without having to set parameters for each legislative chambers' districts, such as the ideal population size for the districts and the target number of minority-majority districts. Only administrators have the ability to change the available legislative bodies. Community MapCommunity maps are different from legislative districts in that criteria such as equal population are not applied to communities. You can draw essentially an unlimited number of communities, however, communities cannot overlap one another. If you wish to create overlapping communities, you must do so by creating separate community maps.Action 2. Select Plan TypeThe next step is to select a type of plan to edit. There are four different types of plans that you can interact with.
Upload PlanYou can upload plans generated from other redistricting software, such as those produced by commercial vendors. These files must
follow a special format. There are three important components to this
format, the format of the records, that the file have an extension
ending in .csv, and that the file must be zipped. First, the records must conform to a special format. Here is an example of how the records must look: 517000323003033,2 511990510003000,2 511990505001007,2 510950801014019,2 511990510001189,2 517000315003007,2 The first 15 characters is a unique identifier for each census block. (For more information about census data, see here). It is a concatenation of the state, county, tract, and census block codes. (Tip: these codes must be in string format. If they are in a numeric format, leading zeros may be truncated. If you load this information into another file, be careful to preserve this unique identifier as a string.) OPTIONAL: a third comma delimited field can be added to each line that identifies the number of seats assigned to a district. This is for use in states where the software has been configured to support multi-member districts. A comma separates the census block identifier with a district code, the district that is associated with each census block. Second, the
file must have a .csv extension for the file name. For example, the
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Rajender Pachauri, the embattled chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, escaped direct indictment in the UN's review of his panel's assessments, only because he was not up for scrutiny personally.
But there was enough in the panel's findings and recommendations submitted on Monday to suggest Pachauri runs a bad ship – it lacks transparency and, worst, it relies on unsubstantiated scientific claims. It found merit in many of the widely know criticism of the IPCC's assessments – such as the alarmist meltdown of the Himalayan glaciers – and allegations of conflict of interest against Pachauri. But it did not directly indict Pachauri or call for his dismissal. "We did not evaluate or attempt to evaluate anyone in the IPCC leadership," Harold Shapiro, chairperson of InterAcademy Council's Committee to Review IPCC, said at the UN when asked about Pachauri's role.
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There is a new California privacy law that goes into effect January 1, 2014, that you need to know about. It requires you to disclose how you respond, if at all, to do not track requests. Because it applies to any website used by California consumers, you should make sure you are in compliance.
Earlier this year, California passed an amendment to the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA) that will require online and mobile websites to disclose how they respond "do not track" requests.
What are the new requirements for my relatively basic website?
If you have a basic website that merely retains IP addresses and basic information, it is not clear whether you need to change your policy. Rather than live with the doubt, it makes sense to go ahead and comply with the new disclosures.
The ambiguity is there because the law only applies to use of personally identifiable information (PII). If you aren't keeping PII, then no need to worry.
So, what is PII?
The law defines PII as "individually identifiable information about an individual consumer collected online by the operator from that individual and maintained by the operator in an accessible form, including any of the following: (1) A first and last name; (2) A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town; (3) An e-mail address; (4) A telephone number; (5) A social security number; or (6) Any other identifier that permits the physical or online contacting of a specific individual."
The California Attorney General says she defines PII as "any data linked to a person or persistently linked to a mobile device: data that can identify a person via personal information or a device via a unique identifier. Included are user-entered data, as well as automatically collected data."
If the AG enforces the law in a way broader than the definition in the statute, an IP address would be covered by the statute. Therefore, we are recommending that almost all websites should add the required disclosures than live with the ambiguity.
What do I have to disclose?
The amendment is about disclosure and not action. You do not have to change your behavior and honor do not track requests — you simply have to disclose what you do about it. It's a middle ground that requires disclosures, but does not prevent advertisers from tracking or targeting ads or retaining and using any PII.
There is no magic language. Although we recommend a more thorough review, you could add something like, "We do not currently respond or otherwise take any action with regard to Do Not Track requests."
But I rely upon on my outside marketing firms. . .
The new law also applies if your site allows third parties such as ad networks to collect PII. You have "to disclose whether other parties" collect PII regarding a consumer's "online activities over time and across different Web sites when a consumer uses the operator's Web site or service." It means you also need to know what your marketing firms are doing. If you have Google AdSense ads on your site or use the service yourself to place ads on other sites, you have to make the disclosure–not your outside marketing firm.
So, what if I don't change?
If you violate CA OPPA, even if you are not based in California, the California Attorney General can bring a civil action against you or someone in California can bring a class action lawsuit against you. Granted, you will receive a notice of noncompliance and have 30 days to fix it, but why wait for the notice of non-compliance? Amend your privacy policies now disclosing what you do, if anything, about do not track requests.
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One major downside to 2010: There's a pretty good chance you lost your job. The good news, though, is that the concept of NSFW no longer applies, and so today, while your former co-workers are stuck in their cubicles, bored to death and forced to pass around OK Go's latest YouTube meme, you are free to watch the videos below without fear of censure. OK, it's not much, but we're trying. So whether you're at home or your boss is just out of town, here are the 10 best NSFW music videos of 2010.
Lil B, "Rich Bitch"
Lil B might have made this video just so it could appear on this list. In its description, he writes (in all caps, of course), "OMG LIL B HAS A LITTLE BABY GUN IN THIS VIDEO ALSO HE HAS A BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL THIS IS JUST HIM CREATING A TYPICAL HIP HOP VIDEO SCENARIO." But as he's done all year, the Based God takes those conventions and simultaneously honors them and mocks them, adapts to them and subverts them. That "little baby gun" is never fired, and instead gets played for laughs when shooting gestures are poorly synced to the track's gunshots. And the eponymous rich bitch? None other than B himself.
Grinderman, "Heathen Child"
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The first four minutes of "Heathen Child" are probably, technically speaking, safe for work. There's no nudity, and the violence is limited to men dressed like Spartans zapping stock footage of armies and birds. So if you feel comfortable with your boss and co-workers watching you watch this sort of thing, then by all means, YouTube away. However, you might want to press pause just before those first four minutes are up. At 3:58, we see the first bare ass. At 4:37, a girl taking a bath is overcome by her own, rapidly growing hair. At 4:54, the first nude body appears, and then the video completes its transformation into something you'd expect Agent Cooper to encounter in the Black Lodge.
Behemoth, "Alas, Lord Is Upon Me"
For the video to "Ov Fire and the Void," the first song off 2009's Evangelion, Behemoth included tarot cards, naked prisoners locked in a sort of futuristic dungeon, something that might be a birth, and drummer Inferno pounding away on his 17-piece kit. If I had written this list last year, it surely would have made the cut. However, with "Alas, Lord Is Upon Me," the band has outdone itself. The video doesn't start out particularly promising, but 35 seconds in, the camera tilts down to reveal a child pouring a watering can filled with blood onto the Pope's buried, squirming head. From here on, "Alas" becomes a full-blown Behemoth video, featuring whips, prisoners, nudity, and just enough medieval dystopian imagery to make sure your co-workers never look at you the same way again.
Cee Lo Green, "No One's Gonna Love You"
Fourteen years ago, Cee Lo might have turned some heads at the office with the robbery scene that kicks off the clip for Goodie Mob's "Dirty South," but in 2010, the reconstituted r&b singer had everyone at the water cooler harmonizing the words "Fuck You." Still, the nudity in "No One's Gonna Love You" probably puts it off-limits back at the cubicle, even if it's one of the more romantic NSFW vids in recent memory (and the perfect thing to pick you up after that Behemoth clip). Yes, the dialogue -- "Let's do this together" -- is a little corny, but Cee Lo Green covering Band of Horses surprisingly isn't.
M.I.A., "Born Free"
"Born Free" begins with a warning: "The following video contains violent scenes that may be unsettling to some viewers." Well, yeah, that's kind of the point. But even before the chaos kicks into gear with a woman unexpectedly receiving a punch to the face and invading troops interrupting an older couple about to get it on (and before that chaos culminates with the shooting of a 12-year-old boy, plus the whole land mine thing), Romain Gavras's direction is unsettling enough. It's basically his video for "Stress," but with the camera on the side of the colonizers. So don't play this one at work, particularly if your boss' sympathies lie with gingers, the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, or Lynn Hirschberg.
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The Boss will play Fenway soon.
No, not this blowhard owner of a baseball team who may not have his power restored yet (whoops, he lives in Tampa). We're talking about the pride of Asbury Park, New Jersey, who will enjoy the distinction of playing the first rock concert ever at the Grande Dame of Yawkey Way. Bruce Springsteen will be hitting a few major baseball venues during the late summer and early autumn, not just Fenway.
And it's doubtful if Springsteen will let the crowd go home without hearing his breakout rock anthem of 1975. Isn't it fitting that 1975 was a great year for both Springsteen and the Red Sox? Born To Run, the title cut from his first album, remains a riveting rock favorite to this day. It describes the burning desire of this guy and his girl to bust out of the venue of their youth, get out into the world and find their special place.
Pro sports teams are all about runaway American dreams. You don't know when, but you're gonna get to that place. That place where you really want to go. You run until you drop and you never want to go back. What does all this remind you of?
And how did the Patriots get to that special place? Lots of reasons and things, of course. Among those things, where would you rank "great running attack"?
Springsteen gives the Patriots great inspiration for 2003. They simply have to be born to run.
This column has raved enough about what went wrong with the Patriot offense in 2002. Charlie Weis passed too much. That's pretty much it. Bring back the balance in the offense. And hire Springsteen as a special assistant to Ivan Fears.
Saturday night's preseason game at Washington becomes perhaps a little more important than most "second preseason games" because of this issue. The Patriots scored a nice 26-6 win at home last week against the Giants, but they did so despite rushing stats that would make Springsteen run back home to Joisey and chastise Curtis Martin for deserting his original team. 108 yards, 31 carries, skewed by a 13-yard scamper by Kevin Faulk, is not something which will get the Patriots back to that "special place".
Give the Patriots credit. At least they've been to that special place. Wendy and her man are only dreaming.
What Bill Belichick and Weis will need to do Saturday night is to try and incorporate the run more than perhaps Tom Brady would like. Brady is on record as looking forward to playing the entire first half, but if the Patriots are smart, they will give Brady only a few token throws and run those backs until they drop.
And in the process, the Patriots need to make several determinations. The first one is which running back is "leading" the race for the bulk of the rushing load for the regular season. The second one is a clear assessment of the offensive line, and how well their run blocking is coming along, if at all. It is sometimes overlooked that, for the running game to work, blockers need to block just as well as runners have to run.
Last Thursday night, Faulk looked slightly more ahead of Antowain Smith. Despite this development and Faulk finishing well last year, it would be literally a detriment to the Patriots if Faulk were to win the starting job. Faulk is not big enough to carry the bulk of the rushing load, and would likely wear down as the year wears on. It almost behooves Smith to win the starting job.
And if Smith does come close to his 2001 form, he must run hard all year long. Smith is a straight-ahead type runner, someone who can wear down a defense. He rushed for 1,157 yards in 2001, his career best, and it was critical not only to the team's success, but to Brady's success as well. Smith languished through a moribund 2002 season, and his team's offense struggled right along with him.
No matter how much the Patriots would like to air Brady out Saturday night, much time needs to be spent on Smith and Faulk, to see where they are at this point and whether or not the Patriots can look forward to a formidable rushing attack if the blockers do their thing. With two more preseason games left to throw lots of passes, the Patriots can take advantage of this early point in the preseason to work on something that dearly needs looking at.
Speaking of the blockers, they will be under just as much a microscope as the running backs will be. The situation with the right guard and tackle is of fair concern to Belichick, a situation made more tenuous with the sudden (and predictable, we guess) retirement of Brendan Stai. A wounded Joe Andruzzi will probably start at right guard, with Adrian Klemm at right tackle.
That said, everyone up front needs to hunker down and blast away against the Redskin defensive line, a line in a state of flux with the jettisoning of Dan Wilkinson and the diminishing role of aging veteran and former Bills foe Bruce Smith. This is a line that the Patriots can deal with, despite a linebacker corps that features Jessie Armstead and LeVar Arrington, and former Raider Regan Upshaw on the line.
Injuries notwithstanding, a good sign of this being a successful evening would start with Klemm winning the right tackle job. This is a position which needs to be resolved, and soon. If Andruzzi is not able to play at full capacity, the Patriots could turn to someone like Bill Conaty or rookie Dan Koppen (who played center at BC but could be groomed for the guard position if fellow Eagle Damien Woody stays put with his impending free agency coming up).
There are probably more questions on the line than there are in the backfield. Patriot Nation may be made to suffer through another anemic rushing attack Saturday night, and yet it may actually be because of poor line blocking and not poor rushing.
You know, Springsteen does Foxborough a lot. U2's Beautiful Day may be the team anthem, but they play Glory Days after a Patriot win at home. For the Patriots to enjoy more glory days, they simply have to be born to run.
There's no place left to hide. Everybody's out on the run tonight. It's a last chance power drive.
And pray that the running game doesn't turn into a suicide machine.
Simple. Something the Patriots did two years ago.
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Leaked Windows Phone 8.1 'Action Center' Shots Show Apps 'Intelligently' Manage Notifications
Windows Phone Central nabbed a screenshot (originally found by Winphollowers) of one page of a slide deck that came from an internal Microsoft email and also confirmed its validity. The slide shows two screens of the Action Center and some brief but descriptive text.
Action Center serves as a clearinghouse for your notifications (with a handy "Clear All" option) and will let you enable/disable WiFi, Bluetooth, Driving Mode, or Airplane Mode connections quickly. There's also a battery life icon and an All Settings option through which you can configure all the aforementioned items.
The slide states that apps can intelligently manage their notifications--that is, add, delete, and update notifications silently, so they don't interrupt your primary experience, but you can still view them in Action Center.
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As of 9:00 this morning, just over 10,000 ballots had been cast in Boston. That's a turnout rate of just a hair under 3% -- low, but on pace for 70,000 or so, which is roughly what I expected. We'll see.
In the two competitive district races, I'll be looking for the relative increases in turnout in different parts of the district. That should give a little clue about whether second-place finishers Bill Linehan and John O'Toole are making up ground against Suzanne Lee and Frank Baker, respectively.
Just a little clue, mind you; we don't know where those votes are going, or where the 'lost votes' are going, of those who voted for an eliminated candidate in the prelim.
Looking at District 2: By my quick calculations, the precincts where Bill Linehan won in the preliminary have seen a somewhat higher increase in turnout than the precincts won by Suzanne Lee; partly because of heavy turnout in South Boston (presumably for Michael Flaherty) and partly because turnout was already so huge in Chinatown for the preliminary it couldn't really get much higher.
In District 3, by contrast, the increase in turnout seems to be very similar in precincts that went for Baker compared with precincts that went for O'Toole and precincts that went for another candidate.
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