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October 5, 1993
CHRISTINE M. RUICH, Plaintiff,
RUFF, WEIDENAAR & REIDY, LTD., and CHARLES REITER, Defendants.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: SUZANNE B. CONLON
Christine Ruich ("Ruich") sues defendants Charles Reiter ("Reiter") and Ruff, Weidenaar & Reidy, Ltd. ("Ruff, Weidenaar") for sexual harassment, retaliation for filing a charge of discrimination, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Ruich sues under Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, as amended in 1991, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e, et seq. ("Title VII"), and under Illinois common law. Ruff, Weidenaar and Reiter separately move to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6).
For purposes of ruling on motions to dismiss, the court takes as true all factual allegations in the complaint. Early v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co., 959 F.2d 75, 79 (7th Cir. 1989). From February 1989 through July 1992, Ruich was employed as a legal secretary for Ruff, Weidenaar, and was assigned to work for Reiter, a partner at the law firm. Complaint PP 7-8. During that time, Reiter made lewd and sexually suggestive comments to Ruich. Complaint P 9. Reiter also made sexual advances: he kissed the back of Ruich's neck and slapped her backside, and in other ways touched her sexually. Complaint P 10. In June 1992, when Ruich complained to Reiter about his conduct and asked him expressly to cease his sexual advances, Reiter became unduly critical of Ruich's work, and placed unrealistic demands upon her. Complaint P 12.
In July 1992, Ruich complained to the partners of Ruff, Weidenaar, including the managing partner, and informed the management that she felt forced to resign. The partners asked Ruich not to leave the firm, but refused to investigate Reiter's actions. Complaint P 13. The partners of Ruff, Weidenaar had been aware of Reiter's behavior since about March 1989. Complaint P 11.
On July 16, 1992, Ruich told Ruff, Weidenaar's managing partner that she felt she must resign; the managing partner told Ruich that she would be paid through August 15, 1992. Complaint P 14. Subsequently, when Ruich filed a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), Ruff, Weidenaar's management told Ruich that she would be paid only through July 31, 1992. Complaint P 15. Ruich filed a second charge of discrimination with the EEOC regarding the reduction in severance pay. Complaint P 4.
Ruich has sought psychiatric treatment to combat the emotional distress and depression that Reiter's and Ruff, Weidenaar's actions have caused her. Complaint P 16. On June 23, 1993, the EEOC granted Ruich notification of the right to sue on both charges of discrimination that she had filed. Complaint P 4.
1. Motion To Dismiss
A motion to dismiss concerns the sufficiency of the complaint, not the merits of the suit. Triad Ass'n, Inc. v. Chicago Housing Auth., 892 F.2d 583, 586 (7th Cir. 1989), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 845, 112 L. Ed. 2d 97, 111 S. Ct. 129 (1990). The court grants a motion to dismiss only if it is clear that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts that would entitle him to relief. Venture Associates Corp. v. Zenith Data Systems Corp., 987 F.2d 429, 432 (7th Cir. 1993); Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 45-46, 2 L. Ed. 2d 80, 78 S. Ct. 99 (1957).
In ruling on motions to dismiss, the court takes all well-pleaded facts to be true, and draws all inferences and resolves all ambiguities in the non-moving party's favor. Bontkowski v. First National Bank of Cicero, 998 F.2d 459, 461 (7th Cir. 1993); Dawson v. General Motors Corp., 977 F.2d 369, 372 (7th Cir. 1992). Thus, the complaint may be dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted only if the facts that the plaintiff alleges show that she is not entitled to judgment. Bartholet v. Reishauer, A.G., 953 F.2d 1073, 1079 (7th Cir. 1992).
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Under Title VII, employers are prohibited from discriminating against their employees. Reiter contends he was not Ruich's employer; he asserts that count I, a Title VII claim against Reiter in his individual capacity, must be dismissed. Reiter argues that Title VII provides a cause of action against an employer, but not against the employer's agent. Reiter asserts that an employee's direct supervisor is merely an ...
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|"Biorhythm" cycles
Another way, called biorhythms, was popular in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. The biorhythms idea says that various aspects and events (births, deaths, etc.) in a person's life follow cycles based on mathematical equations. While there's no scientific evidence that biorhythms can predict anything any better than flipping a coin, many people believed in it and some still do believe in it.
The theory of biorhythms is an example of pseudoscience. Pseudoscience literally means "false science," and that's an apt description. Pseudoscience is often characterized by exaggerated claims, like being able to predict the timing of events far in the future. Pseudoscience also contains a small grain of real science to try to make it look legitimate. The biorhythms idea takes advantage of the fact that there are real biological cycles.
Looking at the idea of biorhythms can teach us quite a bit about how to distinguish science from pseudoscience, which is very important in our society today where anyone can get on the internet and try to sell any crazy idea they want to. Let's talk about the theory of biorhythms, real biological cycles, and some ways to tell pseudoscience vs. science after the jump.
|Coin-operated biorhythm machine (from Wikimedia Commons)
Basically, Fliess believed that there were certain cycles and events in our lives that occurred at either 23 or 28 day intervals. The idea was later picked up on (or independently "discovered," depending on whose account you believe), in 1904 by a psychology professor named Hermann Swoboda. Another professor, Alfred Teitscher, was another major proponent of this idea as he believed that his students' academic successes followed a 33 day cycle.
The first serous academic book on biorhythms was written in 1923 by Nikolai Parna, titled Rhythm, Life, and Creation. For the next few decades, biorhythms lingered on as a weird idea that people would try to correlate with everything from births and deaths to illness and job success.
In the 1960s and 70s, an increased interest in mysticism and pseudosciences like astrology also led to a larger interest in biorhythms. There was a popular series of books published on biorhythms by Bernard Gittelson, who also made a lot of money through a company that sold biorhythm charts and calculators. Some people took it seriously while others took it as a game. Regardless, lots of biorhythm products were sold and lots of money was made. There's a great page on the Kosmos 1 "biorhythm calculator" (ca. 1977) here that illustrates what many of the biorhythm products looked like and what they promised.
People were investigating biorhythms as a potentially real effect up until the 1980s and were publishing results in real scientific journals, too. However, the overwhelming majority of these studies proved the theory was useless to predict anything. In 1998, a meta-analysis (a re-analyzation of previous studies) reviewed 134 prior published studies on biorhythms. This analysis revealed that at least 99 of these studies concluded that the biorhythm hypothesis was not valid, and the 35 remaining studies that in some way support the biorhythm hypothesis suffered from "methodological and statistical errors that account for the claimed findings supporting the theory." Basically, this study concluded that biorhythms are no better than random chance at predicting anything.
However, some people still believe in biorhythms today, and you can go online and find many websites that will calculate your biorhythms charts. Just google "biorhythm" and you'll find a lot of them.
|The most popular "biorhythm" equations; t is number of days since birth
One of the red flags about biorhythms is that that the choice of cycles appears completely arbitrary. Many biorhythms calculators use a 23 day physical cycle, a 28 day emotional cycle, and a 33 day intellectual cycle. The 28 day cycle is probably used because of the menstruation cycle, but why not use a 24 or 25 day cycle? Why does everybody have to have the same cycles? Why don't people vary? There's never any reasoning presented to answer these questions. Real scientific theories are almost never that arbitrary.
Importantly, the cycles run on different frequencies, so one cycle can be "high" while others are "low," resulting in blurry combinations of highs and lows that can complicate interpretation. There's almost never an absolute "high" or "low." Days that are in the middle of the cycle (crossing the x-axis in the graph) are often noted as "critical days" that are "increased times of uncertainty." You can start to see that a biorhythm chart will give a lot of complicated and ambiguous interpretations. This results in little to no predictive value, but makes it easy to falsely correlate events with cycles in hindsight. Basically, if you want to believe that something is there, this theory is ambiguous enough that you can see whatever you want to see if you look hard enough. This is particularly true if you focus on correlating positive examples while ignoring the negative data (ie, the life events that don't line up with the curves they way you would expect).
Pseudo-scientific ideas are often characterized by a refusal of proponents to accept disproving evidence. In the case of biorhythms, proponents may focus on one or two examples where an event did correlate with a biorhythm cycle while ignoring many cases where events did not correlate. In real science, examples or observations that disprove a theory or hypothesis make the whole idea or parts of the idea invalid or at least in need of major revision. When you see people propose a scientific theory and focus too much on positive data supporting it while ignoring negative data refuting it, you can make a pretty good guess that they are peddling pseudoscience.
The idea of biorhythms also illustrates one more common feature of pseudoscience. It has just enough of a glimmer of science behind it to make some people think that there might be some legitimacy to it. After all, we do have biological cycles, including a 24-hour sleep/wake cycle and 28-day hormonal cycles that control menstruation in women. Pseudosciences like biorhythms often subvert people's better judgment by invoking just enough real science to make them seem legitimate. Often, the tiny hint of fact within is enough to make some people scratch their head and think, "There could be something to that...."
These biological rhythms are very important to the functioning of our bodies. The most well known biological cycles are circadian rhythms, which are based on the 24 hour day. Our sleep/wake cycle is the prime example of this. The name circadian comes from the latin circa diem, which means around one day or approximately one day. Other biological cycles that occur on shorter frequency than 24 hours are called ultradian rhythms. Examples of ultradian rhythms include blinking, changes in blood pressure, and heart beat. Urination and appetite are also ultradian rhythms. Biological cycles that occurs on a longer time scale than 24 hrs are termed infradian rhythms. The main example of an infradian rhythm is the approximately 28-day menstrual cycle in women.
Circadian rhythms are particularly interesting because the disruption of circadian rhythms has been been linked to many human disease, including cancer, depression, memory issues, and metabolic diseases.
|Image is from the NIH/NIGMS
The biological control of circadian rhythms is complicated and is currently a very active area of biology research. It is influenced by genetic factors as well as environmental factors, including light exposure. This is the major reason that people are encouraged to reduce their exposure to light from TVs or computers right before bedtime. Your body needs darkness to help it know that it is time to go to sleep. When the optic nerves from your eyes signal to the brain that it is dark, the SCN in the brain responds by activating production of melatonin, a hormone that promotes sleep. Light makes the SCN repress melatonin production and stimulates production of cortisol, another hormone which helps to keep you awake.
The real biological rhythms that exist are what helps to bring the biorhythm theory from the realm of magic into the realm of pseudoscience. It helps the biorhythm theory pretend to be real science.
Distinguishing pseudoscience from science is an important skill in today's society, particularly when anyone can post anything they want online and try to make themselves seem like an expert. Pseudoscientific theories often focus on outrageous claims that may have an arbitrary basis, may completely ignore negative data, and may invoke a small glimmer of real science to make them seem more valid. If someone promises they can use science to do something that's too good to be true, like predicting your future, you are probably looking at pseudoscience.
Text © 2013, The Mad Science Blog.
Further Reading on Circadian Rhythms:
- National Institutes of Health National Institute of General Medical Sciences. "Circadian Rhythms Fact Sheet." Available here.
- J.A. Mohawk, C.B. Green, and J.S. Takahashi. "Central and Peripheral Circadian Clocks in Mammals." Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 2012. 35:445-462. Available here.
- I. Kwon, H.K. Choe, G.H. Son, and K. Kim. "Mammalian Molecular Clocks." Exp. Neurobiol. 2011. 20:18-28. Available here.
- M.H. Vitaterna, J.S. Takahashi, and F.W. Turek. "Overview of Circadian Rhythms." NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Available here.
- W. Huang, K.M. Ramsey, B. Marcheva, and J. Bass. "Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, and Metabolism." J. Clin. Invest. 2011. 121:2133-2141. Available here.
- A.A. Kondratova and R.V. Kondratov. "Circadian Clock and Pathology of the Ageing Brain." Nature Reviews in Neuroscience. 2012. 13:325-335. Available here.
- V.J. D'Andrea, D.R. Black, and N.G. Strayrook. "Relation of the Fliess-Swoboda Biorhythm Theory to Suicide Occurrence." Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases. 1984. 172:490-494.
- T.L Dezelsky and J.V. Toohey. "Biorhythms and the Prediction of Suicide Behavior." Journal of School Health. 1978. 48:399-403.
- M. Feinleib and R. Fabsitz. "Do Biorhythms Influence Day of Death?" New England Journal of Medicine. 1978. 298:1153.
- B.P. Hasler, L.J. Smith, J.C. Cousins, and R.R. Bootzin. "Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, and Substance Abuse." Sleep Med Rev. 2012. 16:67-81. Available here.
- A. Hida, S. Kitamura, and K. Mishima. "Pathophysiology and Pathogenesis of Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders." J Physiol. Anthropol. 2012. 31:7. Available here.
- T.M. Hines. "Comprehensive Review of Biorhythm Theory." Psychol. Rep. 1998. 83:19-64.
- M.-D. Li, C.-M. Li, and Z. Wang. "The Role of Circadian Clocks in Metabolic in Metabolic Disease." Yale J. Biol. Med. 2012. 85:387-401. Available here.
- C.K. Mulder, M.P. Gerkema, and E.A. Van der Zee. "Circadian Clocks and Memory: Time-Place Learning." Front Mol Neurosci. 2013. 6:8. Available here.
- B.M. Quigley. "'Biorhythms' and Men's Track and Field World Records." Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 1982. 14:303-307.
- S. Rana and S. Mahmood. "Circadian Rhythm and Its Role in Malignancy." J. Circadian Rhythms. 2010. 8:3. Available here.
- T. Reilly, K. Young, R. Seddon. "Investigation of Biorhythms in Female Athletic Performance." Applied Ergonomics. 1983. 14:215-217.
- S. Sahar and P. Sassone-Corsi. "Regulation of Metabolism: The Circadian Clock Dictates the Time. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2012. 23:1-8. Available here.
- R. Salgado-Delgado, A. T. Osorio, N. Saderi, and C. Escobar. "Disruption of Circadian Rhythms: A Crucial Factor in the Etiology of Depression." Depress Res Treat. 2011. 2011:839743. Available here.
- C. Savvidis and M. Koutsilieris. "Circadian Rhythm Disruption in Cancer Biology." Mol Medicine. 2012. 18:1249-1260. Available here.
- J.W. Shaffer, C.W. Schmidt, H.I. Zlotowitz, and R.S. Fisher. "Biorhythms and Highway Crashes. Are They Related?" Archives of General Psychiatry. 1978. 35:41-6.
- A. Shostak, J. Husse, and H. Oster. "Circadian Regulation of Adipose Function." Adipocyte. 2013. 2:201-206. Available here.
- L.K. Vaughn, G. Denning, K.L. Stuhr, H. deWit, M.N. Hill, and C.J. Hillard. "Endocannabinoid Signalling: Has It Got Rhythm?" Br. J. Pharmacol. 160:530-543. Available here.
- D.K. Winstead, B.D. Schwartz, and W.E. Bertrand. "Biorhythms: fact or superstition?" American Journal of Psychiatry. 1981. 138:1188-1192.
- D.K. Winstead, B.D. Schwartz, D. Mallott, and W.E. Bertrand. "Biorhythms Revisited: Rhythm and Blues?" Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 1984. 45:426-429.
- L. Zhu and P.C. Zee. "Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders." Neuro Clin. 2012. 30:1167-1191. Available here.


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Well tonight I got on the bike for about two hours. First time was for about 20min.before a little tension in my calf got me freaked out and my ortho's voice was ringing in my head " If you put toomuch pressure on it it will rupture...blah blah yadda yadda." After a mini-meltdown in which I vented to my sister in Newport that I'm scared out of my fucking mind about snapping this thing...and giving my self a heaping dose of Harden The Fuck Up! I got back on the trainer... and rode for an hour an a half...some tension in the calf and hams but they are not my tendon.. also they're the muscles supplying power to my pedal stroke.A little ankle movement during the ride no big hairy...man this dude's playing a head game. Pretty much all he told me was "don't run. Swim" that was it. And oh yeah "stretch,and if you feel any thing getting worse give me a call."
So Angry what are you doing Sunday say around 5ish... I will agree that my right leg isn't pulling it's fair share on the run...most likely the result of an early ITBS issue from my Nashville training (I was hobbling around on my right leg with knee pain for week.) That and it was incredibly weak during my lunge session on Tuesday.Also the weakness in my right side and lower back is easy to spot, the left side it might be a little more difficult.
On the cycling I'll say the one major thing that did help was the insert, I noticed my left foot was pulling the pedal more efficiently...so maybe the trip to the doc's office wasn't so worthless....if nothing else it improved my cycling technique.
The Ironman a question mark at this point...I'll assess before my hotel payment is due because if I have to bail I don't want to lose even more money.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Get the Ortho out of your head.
Posted by Bob Almighty at 11:08 PM
Labels: Injury, Ironman Training, Rehab
3 comments:
- Claire said...
So, wait. Your calf did or did not hurt while you were biking?
- January 23, 2009 at 10:15 AM
- Bob Almighty said...
Didn't hurt but I could feel it twitching like it normally does..
The thing that freaked me out was psychosematic ( I know I botched the spelling job) It's sort of like telling a kid with chicken pox not to scratch all of a sudden everything itches..same with this your afraid of the tell-tale snap or any tightness in the ankle and all of a sudden you're hypersensitive to every little movement and muscle twitch.
- January 23, 2009 at 10:31 AM
- Speed Racer said...
All I can say is: err on the side of caution, or you may not get to compete in the 20-24 age group ever again!
(PS Psychosomatic, you were close!)
- January 23, 2009 at 12:51 PM
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So buried in a Saturday news dump, Mitt Romney (Republican presidential nominee and all around asshole) announced his choice for vice president, the Republican budget hawk* with the striking blue eyes, DC GOP rock star Paul Ryan.
Now even though this announcement was greeted with a collective "who?" by a large part of the United States, I am assuming that my readers are a bit more politically savvy than the average American. While a good portion of America was failing poll questions asking if Ryan was a Representative, a Senator, or a Governor, those of us who follow the issues know that Representative Ryan is the architect of the GOP budget proposal, the Path to Prosperity. You know, the one that effectively would end government as we know it, slashing all federal spending on everything but Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid to an absurd 3.75 percent of GDP by 2050.
This one is a bit long (over 1800 words) so read the rest of it after the jump.
As Ezra Klein writes at the Wonkblog:
Take Ryan's budget. It's most famous for cutting entitlement programs, particularly Medicare. But that's not primarily what it does. If you look at the numbers Ryan gave to the Congressional Budget Office, the cuts to Medicare are only 60 percent as large as the cuts to Medicaid and other health-care programs. And the cuts to Medicaid and other health-care programs are only half as large as the cuts to non-entitlement programs.
The truth is that the Ryan budget's largest long-term savings don't come from Medicaid or Medicare or Social Security, or even Medicaid and Medicare and Social Security put together. They come from everything else. Ryan says that under his budget, everything the federal government does that is not Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security will be cut to less than 3.75 percent of GDP by 2050. That means defense, infrastructure, education, food safety, energy research, national parks, civil service, the FBI — all of it. Right now, that category of spending is 12.5 percent of GDP.
Critics point out that defense alone has always cost more than 3 percent of GDP, that Romney has promised to keep defense spending above 4 percent of GDP, and that the cuts to government services required to make those numbers work are beyond draconian. They also note that Ryan's plan increases defense spending in the short term, and that his tax cuts have a 10-year price tag of more than $4 trillion, but he's not identified any offsets.
Honestly, the Ryan budget would be hilarious if not for one thing. It is backed by one of the two major political parties. A bit more from Erza Klein on the budget proposal. All bolding is mine as always:
Perhaps his most ambitious policy proposal prior to his celebrated budgets was the Social Security Personal Savings Guarantee and Prosperity Act of 2005, a plan to privatize Social Security. The program's actuaries found that Ryan's plan would require $2.4 trillion in additional costs over the first 10 years, and the Bush administration ultimately dismissedit as "irresponsible."
On Medicare, Ryan originally proposed eliminating the traditional Medicare plan entirely and replacing it with a menu of private plans. He subsequently softened the proposal to include the traditional Medicare plan as one option on the menu, But either way, he would remake Medicare from a defined-benefit plan, in which seniors are simply guaranteed Medicare coverage, to a defined-contribution plan, in which they are given a voucher equal to the cost of the cheapest plans on the menu, and if they don't want those plans, they have to pay the difference.
On Medicaid, Ryan proposed turning the program over to the states and limiting the federal contribution — which now increases alongside Medicaid's actual expenses — to block grants that grow more slowly than health-care costs. The nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation estimated that this would cut Medicaid spending by more than $700 billion over the next decade, but at the cost of throwing between 14 and 19 million people, many of them children, off Medicaid.
So how crazy is Ryan's budget? Priorities USA Action, a liberal Super-PAC, held a focus group where they attempted to inform people how extreme Ryan's budget plan was. What happened? To the New York Times Magazine:
For example, when Priorities informed a focus group that Romney supported the Ryan budget plan — and thus championed "ending Medicare as we know it" — while also advocating tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, the respondents simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing.
So yes, Ryan's budget is absurd and horrifying. Democrats have been trying to tie Romney to Ryan's budget for months now, and this weekend Romney did their job for them. To say Ryan's proposals are unpopular could be considered one of the top ten understatements of the year. Our problem now is convincing people that the things in Ryan's plan are really in Ryan's plan.
Wait, you say. The title of this post had something to do with a "War on Women," didn't it? So far it sounds like a "War on Everyone Not Making Millions of Dollars a Year", when do the women come in?
Well Paul Ryan has more conservative credentials than just his terrifying budget road map. Ever hear of a "personhood amendment"? If not, here is Colorado's 2008 personhood amendment that residents voted on:
The approved ballot title reads:
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution defining the term "person" to include any human being from the moment of fertilization as "person" is used in those provisions of the Colorado constitution relating to inalienable rights, equality of justice, and due process of law?
The proposed initiative says:
Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. Article II of the constitution of the state of Colorado is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read: Section 31. Person defined. As used in sections 3, 6, and 25 of article II of the state constitution, the terms "person" or "persons" shall include any human being from the moment of fertilization.
From fertilization. Got that? Of course, this would ban all abortions. No exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother. But it would go oh so much farther as well. How far? Goodbye birth control pill. Hell, goodbye non-condom birth control. In vitro fertilization? See ya!
Colorado residents voted overwhelmingly against this amendment, 73.21% against versus 26.79% for. The personhood people tried again in 2010, and it went down in flames a second time, 70.53% to 29.47%. I guess they are hoping the third time is the charm, since they have the measure back on the ballot in 2012, but this time, Republicans running for office in Colorado are also running away from this toxic amendment.
How radical are personhood amendments? In 2011, Mississippi voters were given the chance to vote on personhood. Mississippi. That most progressive, blue tinted state. /sarcasm off And the deep red electorate of Mississippi rejected the amendment, with over 55% voting against it.
So you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here? Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down. Letting the days go by, water flowing underground. Into the blue again, after the money's gone. Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground. You may ask yourself, how do I work this?
Sorry, I had a momentary Talking Heads related break from reality. Anyway…..
So you may ask yourself, Foster, why are you blabbering on about personhood amendments? Aren't we talking about Romney's VP choice? I mean, if personhood is too extreme for Mississippi, what could it possibly have to do with a national election?
Well, how about this from The Rachael Maddow Show: (That is the link to the show's transcript. I copied this text from the Daily Kos cause it included a link to the actual bill)
Congressman Paul Ryan, now presumptive vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, co-sponsored a bill in the House that it is a federal version of of the personhood amendment, the abortion and hormonal birth control ban. The same one that even Mississippi voters rejected last Fall. How'd ya like it for the whole country? The national personhood bill that Paul Ryan co-sponsored declares that, quote the life of each human being begins with fertilization, cloning, or its functional equivalent… at which time every human being shall have all the legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood. And they got really specific about when precisely an egg becomes a person, quote The term "fertilization" means the process of a human spermatozoan penetrating the cell membrane of a human oocyte to create a human zygote, a one-celled human embryo, which is a new unique human being [See Bill Text, 112th Congress (2011-2012), H.R.212.IH]. That's Paul Ryan. That's Paul Ryan's bill. That's who Mitt Romney put on the ticket.
That is your vice presidential nominee, folks. Co-sponsoring a bill nationally that is too extreme for Mississippi! A bill that not only would ban all abortions, but that would also ban the most popular forms of birth control.
Now Mitt has had various opinions on this subject. (I know, shocking right? Romney behaving like an Etch-a-Sketch. Who ever would have guessed?) For example, on Mike Huckabee's Fox News show, Romney had one opinion:
In October of last year, Mike Huckabee was one of the political celebrities working to try to pass personhood in Mississippi, to try to criminalize abortion and hormonal birth control. In that capacity, on his Fox News t.v. show, Mike Huckabee asked Mitt Romney if he would have supported personhood in Massachusetts. [Plays video from Huckabee with Mike Huckabee Show on Fox News.]
Mike Huckabee: Would you have supported a constitutional amendment that would have established the definition of life at conception?Video of Mitt Romney: Absolutely.
Absolutely. That was Mitt Romney, October of last year, signing on to a policy that would ban all abortions with no exceptions for rape or incest, it would ban most forms of birth control, It would likely ban in vitro fertilization. That's what Mitt Romney said he would absolutely support as of October of last year.
Absolutely you say?
The Romney campaign has been trying to run away from that position, Mr. Romney took, pretty much ever since he took it. When the Obama campaign started running ads [see Obama for America TV Ad: "Troubled" ] last month attacking Mr. Romney for holding exactly that position, for advocating a ban on all abortion with no exceptions, the Romney campaign push back was immediate. They called the ads viciously negative and false [See Obama attacks Romney on abortion stance, campaign calls new ad false, Fox News, July 7, 2012]. In order to prove it was false, they pointed to another time last summer when Mitt Romney said something different about his position on abortion [see My Pro-Life Pledge by Mitt Romney, The National Review Online, June 18, 2011].
So what is Romney's true position on this issue? Honestly, with Mitt we will probably never know. Whatever position he thinks will help him get elected will be the position he takes, even if that position has to change day to day.
But now we know who he has tapped as his vice president. The man who could be one heartbeat away from the presidency.
And we know Paul Ryan's stance on the issue. He co-sponsored the bill.
That's your Republican VP nominee. Paul "Possibly Scarier Than Palin" Ryan.
The War on Women rages on…….


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Sometimes you have to be silly with your little lady.
Aubrey went to her friend Tyler's 3rd birthday party. She FREAKED when I brought her here when she was 13-15ish months. The bounce house that all the kiddos are sitting on is actually a large Batman and that was what she was afraid of. This time she was a little timid of him, but had fun anyways.
Here are some pictures of when we picked up Gama and Pop from the airport & eating dinner.
This picture was on Rodney's phone, so I had to steal it from him. This is Caroline right after getting her cast change. Sweet little baby.
Here is Caroline before surgery. The bottom right is a picture of the sore I found the day after surgery. This is just a small part of it that is visible. The other part is under the cast. I put some peroxide on it and it seemed to dry it out. Bottom right is a happy Caroline only 2 hours after surgery. Such a happy baby.
Eating dinner with Grandma.
Ever since getting her tubes in her ears, Caroline has been an eating machine. She eats about anything I put in front of her. Her favorite is oranges, so I now give them to her at the very end of her meal. I also still finish with a jar of high fat baby food since she has not really gained any weight in the past 3 months. Sometimes she will eat the jar and sometimes she only takes a few bites. Seeing her eat her food makes me so happy. I feel like her eating is now one less thing I need to worry about. Now I just need her to gain weight, but we will evaluate that after she gets out of the cast.


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Now that the AP is stealing their online traffic for national news, will member papers protect the local news they need to survive? Inexplicably, probably not. 9/3/07Posted by Steve Boriss in Uncategorized.
Biting the hand that feeds and owns it, the AP signed a contract with Google News giving its original wire stories prominence, while reducing traffic and presumably online ad revenues at AP members' own sites. One might think this would put the AP in the doghouse with its members, who not only fully fund its operation but also write and contribute the bulk of AP's stories. Perhaps AP's Board of Directors, which believe-it-or-not consists almost entirely of AP members, might want to starve it of funding and content, put the destructive beast to sleep, and replace it with a new organization that can be trained to be obedient. Or at the very least, they might want to urge each member to erect a fence to protect their sole remaining marketable assets — original, local content — from value-gutting distribution by the AP.
But, the AP Board of Directors has been culled from the same breed as AP management and, as they say, "you can't teach an old dog new tricks." Fact is, daily newspapers have been doing this stupid pet trick for years. Each night after their papers "closed," they have handed-over their content into the waiting paws of AP representatives, who in turn made it available to local broadcasters for airing immediately, before the papers' own subscribers could fetch the paper from their driveways the next morning. The management guard dogs were always asleep, and no one ever seemed to notice that this might reduce the demand for newspapers. So chances are, newspapers will continue to play fire hydrant to the AP, and will allow the only bone they have left – local news – to be taken-away and sold right out from under them. And if and when they do, they are likely to end their days, not with a bark, but a whimper.
- 1. Stephen Larson - 9/3/07
I've heard the "state wire" is not part of the deal which I guess has the more local news. But in any case, AP members should kill it!


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AGUDAS CHASIDEI CHABAD OF UNITED STATES PLAINTIFF,v.RUSSIAN FEDERATION, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Signed by Royce C. Lamberth, Chief Judge,
Plaintiff Agudas Chasidei Chabad of the United States is a New York-based, non-profit religious corporation holding a default judgment under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA"), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1602 et seq., against the Russian Federation, a foreign state, the Russian Ministry of Culture and Mass Communication (the "Ministry"), the Russian State Library ("RSL"), and the Russian State Military Archive ("RSMA"). The default judgment entitles plaintiff to a collection of religious books and artifacts concerning the cultural heritage of its fore bearers. These items fell into defendants' hands in the early 20th century, and Russia has, to date, declined to return them. Further complicating matters, upon learning of the default judgment after withdrawing from this litigation, Russia announced that it will refuse to loan cultural artifacts and art to institutions in the United States for fear that plaintiff will attach such items in satisfaction of the default judgment. Before the Court are plaintiff's motions seeking permission to pursue execution of its judgment and imposition of sanctions on all defendants for failure to return the collections. The Court will grant the former and deny the latter at this time.
The full background underlying this action is set forth in this Court's prior opinion in Agudas Chasidei Chabad v. Russian Fed'n, 466 F. Supp. 2d 6, 10--14 (D.D.C. 2006). In short, plaintiff is the incorporated entity and successor to a worldwide organization of Jewish religious communities having origins in Eastern Europe and Russia. Id. at 11. These groups were part of the Chasidim movement and adhere to Chasidism, which teaches of the presence of God in all things, even the most mundane. Id. During the tumultuous periods of World War I and World War II, two sets of historical and religious records were lost to the Chasidim movement. In particular, the "Library," which includes books and manuscripts maintained by the leaders of the movement, was taken by the Soviet Department of Scientific Libraries following the Bolshevik Revolution, while the "Archive," which consists of more than 25,000 pages of materials handwritten by the movement's leaders, was left in Poland in 1939 by the leader of the movement when fleeing to America and subsequently seized by the Soviet Army from defeated German troops. Id. at 12--13. Though remaining in Soviet possession through much of the 20th century, in the early 1990s a series of rulings by Soviet tribunals determined that the Library and Archive were not the national property of the Soviet Union and ordered that the collections be returned to plaintiff. Id. at 13. Before the return could be accomplished, however, the Soviet Union was dissolved and the new Russian Federation nullified the prior orders. Id. As a result, both the Library and the Archive remained in Russian possession.
Plaintiff turned to the U.S. courts in 2004, bringing suit against Russia and various state agencies in the Central District of California. The action is brought under the FSIA, which codifies principles of sovereign immunity by barring the assertion of jurisdiction over foreign states by any state or federal court in the United States. 28 U.S.C. § 1604. At the same time, the Act enumerates several specific exceptions to general principles of sovereign immunity, one of which is applicable here: "A foreign state shall not be immune . . . in any case in which rights in property taken in violation of international law are in issue." Id. § 1605(a)(3). Plaintiff's action was transferred to this Court in 2005, and shortly thereafter the Court granted in part and denied in part defendants' motion to dismiss on both jurisdiction and forum non conveniens grounds. Agudas Chasidei Chabad, 466 F. Supp. 2d at 31.*fn1 Following nearly four years of active litigation between the parties, all defendants withdrew from this matter, explaining that "[t]he Russian Federation views any continued defense before this Court and, indeed, any participation in this litigation as fundamentally incompatible with its rights as a sovereign nation." Statement of Defendants with Respect to Further Participation 2, Jun. 26, 2009 [71] ("Ds' Stmt"). A year later, the Court entered default judgment after finding that "[p]laintiff has met its burden of proving a prima facie case against defendants and has established its right to relief by evidence satisfactory to the Court." Agudas Chasidei Chabad v. Russian Fed'n, 729 F. Supp. 2d 141, 148 (D.D.C. 2010). The Court simultaneously ordered defendants "to surrender . . . the complete collection of religious books, manuscripts, documents and things that comprise the 'Library' and the 'Archive.'" Order & Judgment 2, July 30, 2010 [80].
Following entry of default judgment, plaintiff sent by FedEx copies of the opinion and final judgment, in both English and Russian, to the address and contact for each defendant that was provided by defendants' former counsel at the time Russia and the Russian entities withdrew from this case. Compare Certificate of Service, Oct. 20, 2010 [84-1], with Ex. A to Reply in Support of Motion to Withdraw, Aug. 6, 2009 [75]. Two months later, the Court received aletter from the U.S. Department of State indicating that the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had returned these documents to the American Embassy in Moscow. Dec. 8th Letter, Dec. 10, 2010 [86]. In the intervening period, plaintiff had also sent copies and translations of these papers to the State Department for service through diplomatic channels. Notice of Service, Nov. 24, 2010 [85]. Not long thereafter, the Court received another letter indicating that service of these documents had been effected through diplomatic channels in late 2010. Affidavit of Service, Jan. 11, 2011 [87]. In January, the Court received yet another letter-this time from the Russian Ministry of Justice. Jan. 16th Letter, Jan. 21, 2011 [88]. A translation indicates that the Jan. 16th Letter declares as follows:
The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation hereby returns without judicial review all court documents issued by the Columbia District Court along with the petition filed by the Chassidic Community of the United States, seeking return of the Chassidic religious library. The documents are being returned due to nonexistence of an international treaty between the United States and Russia which would regulate legal provisions pertaining to civil, family and trade matters.
Certified Translation, Feb. 24, 2011 [90-1]. A few months after receipt of the Jan. 16th Letter, plaintiff filed motions requesting a determination that notice of the default judgment has been provided to defendants-allowing plaintiff to pursue execution of the default judgment-and seeking imposition of sanctions against defendants. Motion to Enforce Judgment and Permit Attachment, Apr. 4, 2011 [91] ("Enforcement Mtn."); Motion for Sanctions, Apr. 4, 2011 [92] ("Sanctions Mtn.").
Before the Court could address these motions, two events relevant to their disposition occurred. First, Russia announced that it was suspending exchanges of Russian art and cultural artifacts with American institutions, such as museums and universities, until resolution of this case, and directed its State-run museums to cancel scheduled loans to their American counterparts. Carol Vogel & Clifford J. Levy, Dispute Derails Art Loans from Russia, N.Y. Times, Feb. 2, 2011. According to one account, Russian officials are seeking legal assurances from the United States that any art and artifacts will be immune from attachment by plaintiff or others. Id. Second, in light of these developments, the United States appeared in this action and asked the Court for additional time to review plaintiff's motions before any ruling was issued. Notice of Potential Participation, Apr. 15, 2011 [93]. In an attempt to remedy any concerns, plaintiff sent a letter to the State Department in May promising that it "will not seek to enforce its default judgment by attaching or executing against any art or object of cultural significance loaned by the Russian Federation to American museums that is covered" by federal statutes. May 9th Letter, May 13, 2011 [94-1]. Plaintiff then submitted a copy of that letter to the Court, and separately declared that it "does not seek to disrupt in any manner the non-profit exchange of art and cultural objects between the Russian and American people." Statement of Plaintiff, May 13, 2011 [94]. A few days later, the United States requested another thirty days to respond in light of plaintiff's letter and statement. Second Notice of Potential Participation, May 16, 2011
[95]. Once again attempting to head-off any governmental involvement, plaintiff submitted a stipulation in which it agreed not to seek attachment of any objects from Russia declared by the State Department to be of "cultural significance" that were to be part of an upcoming exhibit. Stipulation Prohibiting Attachment of Certain Cultural Objects, May 18, 2011 [96].
Notwithstanding plaintiff's commendable attempts to minimize any interference with the exchange of art and cultural artifacts between the United States and Russia, the United States eventually submitted a Statement of Interest, June 15, 2011 [97] ("U.S. Stmt."). That statement explains that the United States government has an interest in ensuring proper enforcement of 22 U.S.C. § 2459(a), which immunizes from "any judicial process" art and other objects of "cultural significance" imported into the United States from any foreign country under an agreement between "cultural or educational institutions" in both countries. U.S. Stmt. at 3. The United States goes on to explain that, if issued, plaintiff's "proposed order would fail to alert other courts or enforcement authorities to the potential immunities applicable to Defendants' property," and thus could risk undermining the effectiveness of § 2459(a). Id. at 5. In response, plaintiff submitted a new proposed order that includes the following text:
(3) Plaintiff may enforce the judgment against defendants . . . through attachment and execution of defendants' property which falls within the immunity exceptions under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1610(a)(3), (b)(2) and is not protected by 22 U.S.C. § 2459. Any application by Plaintiff for a Writ of Attachment . . . shall identify the specific property that is the subject of application. . . . Pursuant to its agreement, Plaintiff shall not enforce the default judgment in this action by seeking to attach or execute against any art or object of cultural significance which has been granted protection under 22 U.S.C. § 2459.
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Such a beautiful family!
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Seriously! You guys are supermodels.
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When I grow up, I want to be like Heather! I am still not sure if these comments go to Heath or Joanie... but your hair is getting so long!! It's so cute. You are making me want to grow mine out again. Constantly conflicted about it. Miss you guys!
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Though relief pitcher Clay Carroll was successful in his lone season with St. Louis, his most significant Cardinals connection came as an opponent.
Carroll, who played 15 seasons in the major leagues, had a career batting average of .130.
On May 30, 1969, in what The Sporting News aptly described as a storybook feat, Carroll hit the only home run of his big-league career. The improbable shot was struck against Bob Gibson in the 10th inning and it carried the Reds to a 4-3 victory over the Cardinals at St. Louis.
Eight years later, Carroll was traded to the Cardinals and excelled for them as a consistently reliable reliever.
Bench's blast
Carroll, a right-hander, made his major-league debut with the 1964 Braves. He was traded to the Reds in June 1968.
His home run against Gibson occurred in the opener of a series between the Reds and Cardinals. The Reds were riding a seven-game winning streak. The Cardinals, two-time defending National League champions, were 21-23 and looking to get on track.
The Cardinals scored twice off Reds ace Jim Maloney in the first inning and added a run in the sixth against former teammate Wayne Granger for a 3-0 lead.
In the seventh, in a showdown of future Hall of Famers, Reds catcher Johnny Bench tied the score with a three-run home run. It was Bench's first career hit against Gibson.
Carroll relieved Granger in the eighth and the game became a duel between Carroll and Gibson.
Neither team scored in the eighth and ninth.
Heavy lumber
Gibson retired the first two batters in the 10th. With Carroll pitching well, Reds manager Dave Bristol decided to let the reliever bat against Gibson, who had won five consecutive decisions.
Usually, Carroll used pitcher Tony Cloninger's bat. This time, he borrowed the bat of outfielder Alex Johnson, a former Cardinal.
Johnson's bats, Carroll explained to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "have a lot more wood in them than the one I had been using."
The Cincinnati Enquirer wrote that Johnson's bats "normally are about as heavy as any in baseball _ some weighing as much as 40 ounces."
Big swat
With the count 3-and-2, Gibson delivered a high fastball. Carroll swung and lifted a towering fly ball to left field.
"I don't want to brag, but when I hit the ball I knew it was gone," Carroll said to United Press International. "Did you see it take off?"
The ball hit the top of the fence at Busch Stadium and bounced over the wall, giving the Reds a 4-3 lead.
"I was just swinging, trying to get on," said Carroll. "Usually when I face Gibson, I just chop at the ball. That's about all you can do against him."
Said Bristol: "You should have seen the smile on Carroll's face when he returned to the dugout. It looked like a cut watermelon."
Bristol sent Carroll back out to pitch the bottom half of the 10th. He got Joe Hague to fly out, then walked Lou Brock. Curt Flood grounded out, moving Brock into scoring position at second. Vada Pinson, Carroll's former Reds teammate, lined out to shortstop, ending the game.
Carroll pitched three hitless innings to earn the win. Boxscore
Championship caliber
Carroll was an important contributor to Reds teams that won NL pennants in 1970, 1972 and 1975.
In 14 World Series appearances for the Reds, Carroll was 2-1 with a save and a 1.33 ERA over 20.1 innings. He was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the 1975 World Series, shutting out the Red Sox for two innings.
Dealt to the White Sox in December 1975, Carroll produced a 4-4 record, six saves and a 2.56 ERA for them in 1976.
Forty years ago, on March 23, 1977, the Cardinals acquired Carroll from the White Sox for pitcher Lerrin LaGrow.
Experience matters
The 1977 Cardinals were seeking an experienced reliever to set up closer Al Hrabosky. Carroll, 35, filled the need.
"This is obviously what we've been after _ consistency and experience from a right-handed reliever, a guy who's been under fire in championship play," said manager Vern Rapp. "We had nobody on our staff who fit those qualifications."
Said Carroll: "I want to work as often as possible because the more I work the more consistent I am. I like the Cardinals, especially because they're an aggressive team at bat and on the bases."
Carroll reported to camp at 215 pounds, according to the Post-Dispatch. Rapp wanted him to be at 200 pounds when the season began. He instructed Carroll to run extra laps each day during spring training.
A master at locating his pitches, Carroll delivered for the 1977 Cardinals.
In its Aug. 20 edition, The Sporting News wrote, "When Carroll wasn't saving games, he at least was dousing huge blazes to keep the Cardinals in the games. The tighter the situation, the more (Carroll) seemed to enjoy it."
Noting how Carroll got batters to swing at pitches out of the zone, Dave Bristol, manager of the 1977 Braves, said, "Carroll would rather eat a green fly at home plate than throw a strike."
One batter who did feast on Carroll's pitches in 1977 was the Dodgers' Steve Garvey, who hit two grand slams off him.
Still, Carroll produced a 4-2 record with four saves and a 2.50 ERA in 51 appearances for the 1977 Cardinals.
Then, on Aug. 31, they traded him back to the White Sox.
The trade created "a lot of eyebrow raising" because Carroll had been the Cardinals' most consistent reliever, The Sporting News wrote.
The Cardinals were 10 games out of first place with about a month remaining in the season when the deal was made. The White Sox wanted Carroll because they were in contention for a division title, two games behind the first-place Royals.
St. Louis got three players in the deal: pitchers Silvio Martinez and Dave Hamilton and outfielder Nyls Nyman.
Carroll was disappointed to leave the Cardinals. "I thought I did a good job," he said. "I guess they're planning to go with a younger pitching staff next year."
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|Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) addresses the throngs of teabaggers in her state
This photo is from the most recent Tea Party rally in South Carolina. Despite expecting thousands to show up, only around 30 actually did. This is in the reddest of red states and home to tea party Senator Jim DeMint. If they can only get 30 people to show up at a rally, why are they taken so seriously as a "movement" and a force in American politics? Tens of thousands of liberals rallied in Wisconsin for nearly a month straight, and yet the media still refuses to believe that the country is NOT made up of angry, white senior citizens who "want their country back."
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Dynamics of colloidal aggregation in microgravity by critical CasimirMarco A. C. Potenza, Andrea Manca, Sandra Veen, Bart Weber, Stefano Mazzoni, Peter Schall, Gerard H. Wegdam
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Using the critical Casimir force, we study the attractive-strength dependence of diffusion-limited colloidal aggregation in microgravity. By means of near field scattering we measure both the static and dynamic structure factor of the aggregates as the aggregation process evolves. The simultaneous measurement of both the static and dynamic structure factor under ideal microgravity conditions allows us to uniquely determine the ratio of the hydrodynamic and gyration radius as a function of the fractal dimension of the aggregate, enabling us to elucidate the internal structure of the aggregates as a function of the interaction potential. We find that the mass is evenly distributed in all objects with fractal dimension ranging from 2.55 for a shallow to 1.75 for the deepest potential.View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.7077


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Girl Anacronism
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text: On my Surface Pro 3, I installed an SDHC 128 GB card. In Settings>System>Storage, I designated to have everything, e.g. music, documents, apps, etc. go to the SD card that slides into the Surface under the folding lid. What I noticed was: 1) I downloaded the Surface app from the MS store and the Live tile had no description. 2) Upon opening the Surface app and clicking on setting defaults, I got the BOD and it said EXFAT ERROR - Collecting info. this happened twice, so I ran Scan /sfc, nothing reported. Took out the card, reinserted it and same thing happened again. I would get errors while downloading an after "retry" multiple times it would install again. Finally decided to uninstall the app and change the Storage location for Apps back to the Surface Pro 3. This time it installed with no errors and name appears on the Live Tile. My question - can EXE programs be installed in the SCHC card being that there is an option to install APPS to the SDHC card? Any advice on this issue with using a PNY Elite 128GB, up to 85MB/Sec transfer rate, Micro SDXC Card and it's a Class 10 card?


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New Zealand www.timjveling.com
This body of work is about my father and friend, Peter Veling.
At the end of October 2014, Dad sent me a text message. I was at work and in the middle of a meeting, but my iPhone happened to be on the desk in front of me. I glanced at the message that flashed up on the screen. It read, "I have been admitted to hospital. Please don't worry, but call me when you can. Lots of love, D / P / O." That's how he always signed off his text messages; shorthand for Dad, Pete, Opa. I excused myself from the room and called him straight away. Exactly what he said to me I can't recall, but I do remember him saying the words "lung cancer" and "Maybe three of four months, if I'm lucky." I felt like the ground had been pulled out from under me.
Over the coming months, twice a day, my wife Lizzie and I would bundle our seven-month-old daughter, Frankie in the car and drive to Dad's house. We'd spend at least an hour with him, drinking coffee in the morning and beer at night. My mother, dad's ex-wife and still good friend, travelled down from her home on the Kapiti Coast to visit every three or four weeks. She'd cook him roast chicken dinners to make sure he was eating. Frankie would run around the room with crackers coated in Marmite spread and smear dirty fingerprints all over dad's furniture. We'd talk and laugh and sometimes cry, but mostly we'd sit and just be.
Everyday dad told us how lucky he was to be leaving this world knowing how happy our little family was. "A job well overseen on my part, I reckon," he'd say with a wry smile. "I can't think of anything more rewarding than witnessing that for my only child. Honestly, what more could a man want for his life?"
In the end, he went downhill very quickly and was admitted into Nurse Maude Hospice when he could no longer take care of himself. "It's the end of the line for me," I overhead him say to Mum while I packed his overnight bag. A day later, he fell into a coma.
During the early evening of the 24th of March 2015, I kissed dad on the forehead then traced the shape of a crucifix with my thumb, just like he'd always do to me when saying goodbye. I held his hand and said it was okay to pass if he wanted.
With that, he drew his last breath.
The room fell silent. Just Dad and me, together.
His wish was to go, "Straight from bed to the oven." So that's exactly what happened. He was cremated with photos of family and friends in the pockets of his well-worn blue jeans.
He is Dad to me; Pete to Lizzie, family and friends; Opa to Frankie. We'll all catch up over coffee and beer soon, just like he promised.


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Environment Ministers Statement on Eve of World Day to Combat Desertification .
The Government is also taking a holistic approach towards improving the living standard of its citizens, with Swachchh Bharat Mission, with a dedicated corpus of funds to address concerns over waste disposal, sewage treatment, sanitation factors which adversely affect the quality of land", Dr Harsh Vardhan said. .
The Minister pointed out that this year, Swarn Jayanti Nature Camp, Bhondsi village of Gurugram, Haryana, has been chosen for the landmark celebration of World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD). A large variety of youth-centric outreach and awareness enhancing activities will emphasise on countering the challenges posed by desertification, land degradation and drought will be showcased at the event", he added. .
Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that various schemes have been drawn up to showcase Indias efforts to mitigate concerns over desertification, land degradation and drought problems. He pointed out that Government schemes like Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (Ministry of Agriculture) have witnessed a surge in allotment of funds, with Rs 4750 crore being released in 2016-17, as compared to Rs 3707 crore in 2015-16. With the rallying call for More Crop Per Drop the Government has further strengthened the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (Ministry of Water Resources) by increasing budget allocation for the years 2014-17 by approximately 22% at Rs 4510.55 crore, as compared to Rs. 3699.45 crore in the previous three years", the Minister said. He also referred to the allocations under Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (Ministry of Rural Development), the flag bearer scheme for promotion of skill development and livelihood opportunities for people in rural areas has been increased from Rs. 3000 crore in 2016-17 to Rs. 4500 crore in 2017-18, at an increase of 33%. Besides these schemes, the Minister mentioned Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushalya Yojana and Integrated Watershed Management Programme (Ministry of Rural Development), Swacchh Bharat Mission, National Mission for a Green India and National Afforestation Programme (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) that have been at the forefront of Indias efforts to mitigate concerns over desertification, land degradation and drought problems. He added that over the years, apart from implementing above programmes, numerous outreach programmes, numerous outreach and awareness activities have also been conducted across the country. .
The Minister stated that combating desertification and land degradation is one of the thrust areas identified by this Ministry. ISRO, Ahmedabad, along with 19 concerned partner institutes has carried out an inventory and monitoring of desertification of the entire country using Indian Remote Sensing Satellites data in Geographical Information System (GIS) environment. The Minister said he was happy that Maps and salient findings compiled in the form of an Atlas was released last year on the Desertification event by Environment Ministry at Jodhpur for the benefit of policy makers and planners. .
Dr. Harsh Vardhan concluded by saying that the Day is an occasion to remind everyone that desertification can be tackled effectively, that solutions are possible and the key tools to this aim lie in strong community participation and cooperation at all levels. .
June 17 has been observed as the World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD), as United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was adopted in Paris on June 17, 1994 and ratified in December 1996. India became a signatory to UNCCD on October 14, 1994 and ratified it on December 17, 1996. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is the nodal Ministry for the Convention. .
Drawing inspiration from 1972 Stockholm Conference, the world came together in Rio in 1992 to forge an alliance on Biodiversity, Climate Change and Desertification. The Earth Summit resulted in successful adoption of three United Nations Conventions Framework Convention on Climate Change, Convention in Biological Diversity and Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). World Day to Combat Desertification has been observed since 1995 to promote public awareness about international efforts to combat desertification and the effects of drought collectively. The main objective of UNCCD is to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought and desertification. .
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is the nodal Ministry for the Convention. .
(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)


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text: Mas, I'm reading your book Stressfire Vol 1 and enjoying it very much. With its 1980s publication date, if you were to update the book today, would you have any changes to your basic recommendations and techniques, i.e. using an isosceles arm position, turret stance, the various ways of gripping the handgun, the sight index? Has anything come along in the intervening years you'd add to the section on "Proper holds when approaching danger" or to the flashlight section? Technology has changed a bit, do you like laser sights or white lights to be attached to your guns? What is the 21st century version of the "Wolfs Ears"? I'm a non-LEO Canadian civilian so it would take an invasion from Mars for me to be allowed any sort of carry outside the home, mainly I want to make sure I am incorporating some useful and proper techniques for the average guy during my limited range time. Thanks!


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ISS & the Shuttle
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Back when I first bought my first computer I had to go for the price of the computer over quality. I began with the Acer 200 mhz back in the day when it was the "Hot" item.
Later on I went to Gateway Laptop and the quality of the computer was good, but the service department sucked as I never could understand the language of the person on the phone and their financial department was a total joke.
Next I went to Hewlett Packard....biggest mistake I ever made. That totally loaded computer system spent more time with the service department than it did with me. And the time spent with a lawyer to even get HP to consider the warranty and in the end...I never got satisfaction.
I finally broke down and saved money and used a Tax refund to buy a Dell Computer and liked the part of having some say in what you got with the system.
The Dell customer service people are wayyyyyy better than any other I have ever dealt with. The only problems are.....
1) Every 6 months I need parts replaced by the warranty.
2 hard drives, 2 LCD screens, 2 keypads in 2 years. Now I don't see that as a quality product.
And NOW...My screen is out again!!!!! After 8 hours, I finally got My old antique ACER Monitor to work for the screen for this expensive Dell computer that always is breaking down.
2) McAfee...I have never had a problem with McAfee until I had a Dell computer. I have to every 3 months delete McAfee and re-install it for it to work. This after purchasing a 3 year subscription.
McAFee does the download all the time and it gets to 90% and starts over!!!!!!!! Waste of time and slows computer down to almost unusable.
3) The jumping "cursor all over the computer screen" issue.
The only way to stop this...(other than manually shutting down computer by shutting power off) is to hit the computer over the hard drive.
The cursor jumping issue is obviously a Hard Drive issue and Dell says it is Windows. Well, I know for a fact that after I hit the computer OVER the hard Drive it stops for at least an hour or two. Starts up again, hit it...stops again.
Review of Dell Computers.....they are as cheap in quality as the other cheap models out there. I do not recommend Dell Computer for quality and they are way over-priced.
OK, I have my Rant out of the way. Dell was suppose to be the "elite" of computers, but...they are not!
I am strongly considering that as my next computer! I am so sick of the PC problems and money wasted.
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Sigil - Kingdom Of The Grave (Kingdom Of The Grave)
Smashing through the Gates of Hell like a rabid cross between Entombed circa- 'Wolverine Blues' and Discharge circa- 'Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing', Sigil inject the venom into their death metal, inspired by Entombed, Dismember, Tragedy, His Hero Is Gone, and Entrails, vocalist/guitarist Alex Citrone describes Sigil's sound as "crusty, raw, crushing, D-beat death metal!" Sigil will release their debut album 'Kingdom of the Grave' on April 7th via the splendidly-named Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.
To Alex, his band's name is most significant. "A sigil is a magic symbol that one creates, which represents an intent or desire. I chose the name because I like the idea that someone can focus their ambitions through ritual."
Alex is confident Sigil's music will be well received. "I think that fans of the old school will be psyched on this record the most. Fans of metal and punk in general will find something to love in it as well...I wrote the music I wanted to hear. Tradition is something a lot of people are starving for. That's the place we're coming from...On this record, I had most of the songs written before getting the band really started. Everyone else came in and added their own little touches to it."
One approach that makes Sigil different to many death metal bands is their lyrics. "They came from a deeply personal place and one that's curious of mysticism, the occult and the dystopian direction our society is going. The themes match the intensity of the music itself..."
Alex sums up Sigil's debut album thusly: "'Kingdom of the Grave' is pure raw death metal with an explosive energy to it. It has themes of the occult, suicide, police brutality, and a dystopian future. Fans of the old, and new school, will find something to love."
CD and digital pre-order for 'Kingdom of The Grave' will be available from Horror Pain Gore Death Productions as of March 6th and officially available on April 7th.
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Debian Seeks New Project Leader
For the past four weeks, candidates have been applying for the position of Project Leader at Debian. Four candidates have made it to the last round.
Steve McIntyre, current Project Leader will not be available for the post. He wants to concentrate more on the development aspect at Debian. The new candidates have introduced themselves on the Debian developer mailing list. They are (in chronological order of applications):
The coming three weeks will see the candidate debate on the debian-vote-mailinglist, with the election of the new Debian Project Leader for 2010 taking place between April 2 to 15.
Issue 210/2018
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Released
The latest release is focused on hybrid cloud.
Microsoft Releases a Linux-Based OS
The company is building a new IoT environment powered by Linux.
Solomon Hykes Leaves Docker
In a surprise move, Solomon Hykes, the creator of Docker has left the company.
Red Hat Celebrates 25th Anniversary with a New Code Portal
The company announces a GitHub page with links to source code for all its projects
Gnome 3.28 Released
The latest GNOME rolls out with better contact management and new features for handling virtual machines.
Install Firefox in a Snap on Linux
Mozilla has picked the Snap package system to deliver its application to Linux users.
OpenStack Queens Released
The new release comes with new features for mission critical workloads.
Kali Linux Comes to Windows
The Kali Linux developers even managed to run full blown XFCE desktop via WSL.
Ubuntu to Start Collecting Some Data with Ubuntu 18.04
It will be an 'opt-out' feature.
CNCF Illuminates Serverless Vision
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation announces a paper describing their model for a serverless ecosystem.