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At track meets I'm used to seeing a few kids get bloody or bruised. It tends to happen when you are jumping over hurdles, leaping into sand filled pits, or just trip and fall.
But the sight Friday in The Dalles caused me to do a double take.
A The Dalles-Wahtonka competitor walked by me, her entire side covered in what appeared to be oozing wounds.
It took me a second to connect it to a conversation I had overheard moments before: That TDW students had taken part in a similar disaster drill to one that HRV students had been involved in a week prior.
It was realistic enough to confuse me momentarily.
They got me again a few hours later when I was back in Hood River covering a softball game and saw "blood" gushing down the face of a TDW softball player. I know it's popular fashion today to make eye-black designs as intimidating as possible, but that was a whole new level!
On Saturday afternoon, during a rain shortened Horizon vs. Hepnner contest, Ian Rasmussen made one of the most fantastic catches I've ever seen at the high school level. A Heppner hitter hit a shallow pop fly into left field. The wind was howling out of the Northwest, causing the ball to sink and run away quickly from the Horizon outfielder. He came in on a full sprint, and without even slowing, arrived at the ball's downward terminus - just as the chain link fence surrounding the field terminated his forward momentum in sudden, swift and brutal fashion.
Rasmussen crashed to the ground while somehow holding onto the ball, which he held up for the umpire before staying on the ground for several minutes.
Unfortunately, I did not get any video of the impressive display, and nature's display of thunder and lightning in the next inning wiped out the contest.
Now on to the updates:
HRV grad Jon Munk has been on the lacrosse field pretty much ever since he graduated, and played for the Maple Ridge (Canada) Burrards in the World Lacrosse Association. This weekend he will be playing for the Czech Republic in the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships in Prague.
A couple of other HRV lacrosse grads faced off last month in a WCLL playoff game between Oregon State and Washington.
Andrew Dirks played but did not record any stats for the Beavers while Drew LaMaita collected four ground balls for the Huskies. OSU won the game 10-5.
Brothers Jacob and Ian Bohince had two goals each as Western Oregon beat the University of Portland 17-3 for the Pacific Northwest College Lacrosse championship earlier this month.
The Wolves are in Denver this week for the national playoffs.
The Occidental College Tigers made it to the SCIAC tournament quarterfinals, where they lost to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 16-6. Goalkeeper Kylie McPherson had six saves in the loss.
Playing for Herkimer Community College in New York, Dustyn Lyons finished the season with 138 saves.
Finally for your trivia: What are the dimensions of an NCAA college lacrosse goal?
A: Six feet wide by six feet tall by seven feet deep.
That is reason No. 252 to be glad I am your local sports reporter.
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Watch Silent Hill (2006) : Full Movie Online Free The eerie and deserted ghost town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child's illness. Unable to accept the doctor's diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric care, Rose flees with her child, heading for the abandoned town in search of answers – and ignoring the protests of her husband. It's soon clear this place is unlike anywhere she's ever been. It's smothered by fog, inhabited by a variety of strange beings and periodically overcome by a living 'darkness' that literally transforms everything it touches. As Rose searches for her little girl, she begins to learn the history of the strange town and realizes that her daughter is just a pawn in a larger game.
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Sally Mackereth graduated from the Architectural Association and worked with renowned architects including Piers Gough and Stanton Williams before setting up Wells Mackereth with James Wells in 1995.
Sally has been a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the Royal College of Art, gives regular talks and is a visiting critic at Cambridge and the Architectural Association. Her passion for well-detailed interiors using unusual materials and specialist lighting as well as her links to Fashion and the Arts worlds ensure that the range of work undertaken by Wells Mackereth extends beyond the strict realms of architecture.
Sally recently launched a range of outdoor furniture, CAST001 with Tom Dixon at MOST at Salone del Mobiles 2012.


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'Wave-like on top of the world' - this might be a good phrase to describe Anke Karstens as the 1985 born race boarder is ambitious and self-critical enough to achieve her self-defined goals.
In addition, the police constable has kept a fruitful realism to stay with both feed on the ground – although she already brought home a few top results in her career.
That this could be the appropriate method for the strong rider reveals a glimpse on her snowboarding vita.
Inspired by her brother Björn, Karstens started snowboarding enjoying her first turns in Berchtesgaden aged eleven.
The Bavarian sticked to it as she not only liked what she was doing, but also noticed that she could start a successful career out of it. And she was right although the fifth ranked of the 2010 Olympic PGS had to accept some ups and downs on her way to the world's top.
After competing in mandatory FIS races and European Cups, she celebrated a first real success in 2004 finishing as runner-up at the PGS National Championships.
But the SG Snowboard team rider had still a lot to learn. Until the turn of the year 2007/2008, her first complete World Cup season, she missed the knock out duels of the top-16 in all of her four starts. But instead of burying her head in the sand she let out her frustration positively.
In the first race after New Year's Eve, the carving ass with the uncommon hobby of crocheting and knitting beanies stormed on her first World Cup podium placing second in Bad Gastein, Austria.
The switch was flicked; the appetite was whetted and could be satisfied; at first. Until the end of the season, four more top-10 results followed as well as her so far biggest international triumph: her first victory at the World Cup finals held in Valmalenco (ITA).
Karstens was able to keep hold to the momentum during the summer break thus securing another podium finish as third in Limone Piemonte (ITA) the next winter. But then, she had to deal with another career's downward trend.
In the 15 World Cups held between January 2009 and the Olympics in Vancouver 2010, the downright athlete, who calls herself a little bit too talk active, missed the KO finals seven times. In addition, she never survived the eight finals, even when she had posted a top qualifier time.
However, the three-time World Championships participant didn't bounce back but showed some real fighting spirit thus rewarding herself with the fifth rank at the last Winter Games.
Pushed by this great result, she brought home three more World Cup podiums over the past years, two Bronze from Carezza (2011 and 2012) plus her career's second win at La Molina (2013).
It seems, those days of ups and downs could be over for the oldest female racer in the German national squad, especially as her biggest dream came true at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi with a medal win (Silver) in the Parallel Slalom event.


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Recently we had an invite to a "function" at my Father-in-laws church. We were assured that we were not going to be preached at and we did not have to attend a service. It was just going to be a function for children. There was a raffle for 4 bikes and other gifts etc. for the kids to win.
When we got to his house the night before he confessed to me that this was going to be a way to bring us to gods word. I was upset but thought I would stick thru it because my son was excited to go. That whole night he did his usual quoting crap from the bible that I had never heard of. Like all children go to heaven, bankruptcy is a religious thing because god wants everyone to have a clean start after 7 years. Then his usual of "all these gangsters, murderers, deviants are the way they are because they don't have god in their life". He also spent the whole night bashing my husbands Grandfather (who is by the way his only hero in his life) who served in WW2 and is the greatest person I know. This is the man that calls himself a Christian.
When we went to the church the next morning it did start out with a service. There was the prayer, singing, and then the tithing bag was passed around and the preacher did his whining-crying-pleading that we give to the lord as much as we can because god needs money for his work, etc. Big surprise there. After the whole service and me gritting my teeth they finally got to the kids part. It consisted of a whole 5 min. of pulling names out of a bag and giving away the bikes and surprises.
I felt duped and violated. My son loves his Grandpa but I don't want to have anything to do with him anymore. I don't know how to handle this kind of person. We are trying to educate my son on how to deal with these kind of people but I find it hard to deal with him myself.
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Saying that I would be absolutely furious would be putting it mildly. Fact is they lied to you to get you there and completely disrespected your personal boundaries in the process. I must say you are a real trooper, I would have exploded mid prayer.
I have a feeling like most theists your just be talking to the wall if you try to point out their own flaws. However, I I feel its still necessary for your to make it clear how that made you feel. Especially with the involvement of your child. You may tear up but stand your ground, draw the lines, and just walk away when you need to. In the end they just need to understand that something like that will not happen again. Your son may be confused but I am sure you will find away to explain it to him so that he understands.
Sorry you had to go through that though. Hang in there and keep your chin up.
Thank you both for your thoughts. I am at a point where we all need to have a conversation about all the matters in the air. I have been a pacifist my whole life and I am now at a point where I am not going to let people, no matter how close, walk all over me and my family. I know my son loves his Grandpa, and I don't want to break my son's heart but the sooner he sees what this man, and many others soon to come in his life, are about the better. I will no longer stand for it. This is definitely going to be a long hard road but I am up to this challenge.
Joining this page and reading others comments and thought has helped me learn how to stand up for myself better. I thank all of you. :)


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Leadership Slideshow: CIO in the Clutch: How to Excel Under Stress
We idolize athletes who can chuck that game-ending TD pass, hit the three-pointer to force overtime or strike out the opposing side in the ninth inning. There is a consistent quality among the winners who routinely perform such feats; a type of "clutch" mindset that can benefit any CIO. We're talking about intellectual strength, emotional resolve and work ethic, according to Paul Sullivan, author of the upcoming book "Clutch: Why Some People Excel Under Pressure and Others Don't" (Portfolio/September 2, 2010). With a rich retelling of classic "clutch" performances in sports and corporate American history, Sullivan uncovers the shared characteristics of those who have achieved milestones on the field and in the boardroom. He provides a blueprint for CIOs and other top executives to evaluate and cultivate their own abilities and successfully face day-to-day challenges. The secret, he writes, is that clutch performers behave no differently in high-stress circumstances than they do in ordinary situations.


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Many financial problems have nothing to do with a lack or abundance of income but with your mental state.
If you are feeling pressure to join the gift-buying herd, take heed to this holiday action plan by Suze Orman before you shop.
Suze Orman maintains that bankruptcy is a viable alternative to being over your head in debt.


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WITH the finals just around the corner, the North Queensland Cowboys sent another warning to the rest of the competition they're not done with yet following a comprehensive 36-4 demolition of Penrith tonight.
The 32-point loss means the season is just about over for the Panthers, while the Cowboys can continue to dare to dream of finals footy for another week.
Cowboys hooker Ray Thompson notched up the first hat-trick for the club with his three tries all coming in the space of a 12-minute blitz in the second stanza.
The Cowboys started the match in the best possible fashion and only had to wait seven minutes before winger Antonio Winterstein scored their first points of the match. They shifted the ball to their left side with five-eighth Johnathan Thurston providing the money-ball with a deft touch on to his winger. Winterstein still had some work to do but outmuscled the Panthers cover defence before scoring in the corner.
The next 20 minutes or so was an old-fashioned arm-wrestle with both sides countering each other by exchanging mistakes along with playing some no-frills football. Ball movement was minimal and the Cowboys appeared to be content to complete their sets.
The Panthers did hit back however, in the 30th minute through winger David Simmons. Penrith didn't appear to be doing much in possession, with Lachlan Coote, back in the side after a lengthy injury lay-off, providing the final pass. His pass was intended for centre Dean Whare but it found the grass and luckily for the Panthers Simmons was waiting for the ball to bounce into his arms. He stepped off his left foot to beat the covering defence from Kane Linnett before winning the race to the corner.
The Cowboys appeared to be heading to the break with a two-point lead until Thurston again played a vital role in the try, this time scored by Brent Tate. Halfback Robert Lui combined with his playmaker who provided a perfect cut-out pass to Tate who got on the outside of Lewis Brown. He then muscled his way over the top of Matt Moylan to extend the Cowboys lead to eight points at the break following Thurston's conversion.
Cowboys winger Kyle Feldt, in just his second top-grade game, snuffed out any chance of a Penrith fightback when he latched onto a pin-point Thurston kick in the 48th minute to extend the lead to 12 points.
From that point on it was all one-way traffic as the Cowboys, led brilliantly by Thurston continued to pile on the points, no doubt leaving coach Neil Henry to continue to scratch his head.
Next week the Cowboys host the Titans in another do-or-die clash while the Panthers head across the ditch to tackle the Warriors.
Match Details
Penrith Panthers 4 North Queensland Cowboys 36
Venue: Penrith Stadium
Crowd: 6611
Halftime Score: North Queensland Cowboys 12-4
LeagueUnlimited.com Players of the Match:
3 points - Johnathan Thurston
2 points - Ray Thompson
1 point - Kyle Feldt
Tries: David Simmons
Field Goals:
Conversions: Luke Walsh (0/1)
Penalty Goals:
Tries: Antonio Winterstein, Brent Tate, Kyle Feldt, Ray Thompson (3)
Field Goals:
Conversions: Johnathan Thurston (6/6)
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1. Matt Moylan, 2. Josh Mansour, 12. Lewis Brown, 4. Dean Whare, 5. Dave Simmons, 6. Isaac John, 7. Luke Walsh, 19. Sam McKendry, 9. Kevin Kingston (C), 10. Tim Grant, 11. Clint Newton, 20. Sika Manu, 14. James Segeyaro
Interchange: 8. Jeremy Latimore, 13. Ryan Simpkins, 16. Mose Masoe, 18. Lachlan Coote
1. Matthew Bowen 2. Kyle Feldt 3. Brent Tate 4. Kane Linnett 5. Antonio Winterstein 6. Johnathan Thurston (c) 7. Robert Lui 8. Matthew Scott (c) 9. Ray Thompson 10. James Tamou 11. Gavin Cooper 12. Glenn Hall 13. Joel Riethmuller
Interchange: 14. Rory Kostjasyn 15. Tariq Sims 17. Ashton Sims 18. Ricky Thorby
Scored by Antonio Winterstein. Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Winterstein gets us going tonight! The Cowboys moved the ball to their left side, with Thurston batting to ball onto his winger. He still had a bit to do, but outmuscled the Penrith defence to score the try in the corner. Thurston adds the extras from the sideline.
North Queensland Cowboys 6-0
Scored by David Simmons. Conversion attempt by Luke Walsh unsuccessful.
Simmons hits back for the Panthers! Lachlan Coote's cut-out pass missed centre Dean Whare, but found itself in the arms of Simmons who won the race to the corner. Walsh's conversion swings across the face of goal.
North Queensland Cowboys 6-4
Scored by Brent Tate. Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Brent Tate scores a scintillating try for the Cowboys! Lui and Thurston combined before JT threw a great cut-out pass to Tate who went through a poor attempted tackle from Brown and Moylan to score 10m in from touch. Thurston adds the two.
North Queensland Cowboys 12-4
Scored by Kyle Feldt. Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Feldt scores his first try in the top grade and what a try it was! Thurston wrapped around to the blindside, kicking into the corner and his winger won the race to the ball, catching Moylan with his pants down. Thurston again adds the extras.
North Queensland Cowboys 18-4
Scored by Ray Thompson. Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Thompson scores for the Cowboys! Lui's kick was knocked off the hands of Mansour before the Cowboys hooker scooped up the bouncing ball to cross alongside the posts. Thurston again adds the extras.
North Queensland Cowboys 24-4
Scored by Ray Thompson. Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Thompson scores his second but it was all Thurston! The mercurial five-eighth dummied his way through the Panthers defence before throwing the pass on the outside to his hooker to cross. Thurston again adds the extras from in front.
North Queensland Cowboys 30-4
Scored by Ray Thompson. Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Thompson registers his hat-trick! Thurston grubbered for Tate, but Feldt won the race to the ball, kicking it into the path of Tate who batted it into the arms of his hooker. Thurston again turns four into six.
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Born: January 16, 1943, in Robbinsville
Known For: Country "crossover" singer and pianist
Accomplishments: Ronnie Milsap was born almost blind and lost his remaining vision in childhood. Abandoned early on by his mother, he was raised by his grandparents until around age 5, when he went to the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh. Instructors noticed his ear for music, and Milsap eventually studied classical music and learned several instruments. In high school, he formed a rock band then switched to R&B, where he met with mixed success. He then met country music legend Charley Pride, who encouraged him to move to Nashville and try country music. Milsap relocated there and in 1974 enjoyed two No. 1 singles, one of which won him his first Grammy. By the late '70s, he was one of country music's most popular performers, and in the '80s he successfully crossed to a pop market. Milsap has won six Grammies, had 40 No. 1 hits, and was named to the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2002. This year, he released a new CD called "Country Again."
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However, after talking to two different people with knowledge of the bill in question, it has been suggested that this is not the case, and that the different elements are really meant to be "or" statements. They point out that if you look elsewhere in the existing CFAA, you see the same pattern -- with multiple sub-statements that don't have an "or" but which are interpreted as being "or" statements. For example, under section (a)(2)(A), there is no "or" between that and (B), but clearly the CFAA doesn't only apply to information that is obtained BOTH from a financial institution and a government computer at the same time. This pattern is repeated throughout the bill, such that it seems clear the bill's clauses are connected by "or" statements, rather than "and."
If this is true, then you could run afoul of "exceeding authorized access" for any one of those actions, rather than all three. This is bad for a variety of reasons. Beyond making it much easier to go after someone for exceeding authorized access, it actually acts as a de facto way of expanding, not contracting, that clause in the CFAA. That's because at least a few courts have recently rejected broad interpretations of the CFAA around "exceeding authorized access," such that the courts (in a few key circuits) have effectively cut back on broad interpretations of the bill. This new version of the CFAA would create new broad definitions for which prosecutors could use against people claiming "exceeds authorized access."
It seems like this bill really is all bad. On top of everything else, the one area where it "rolled back" something, it may have rolled it "back" to a place which allows for more ambiguity that existing case law.
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Kansas Representative David Crum is the new assistant majority leader.
Rep. David Crum (R-Augusta) defeated Rep. Virgil Peck (R-Tyro) in a bid for assistant majority leader in a 63-29 vote during a caucus meeting in Topeka Monday.
Crum represents District 77 and has served as a member of Kansas House of Representatives since 2007.


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With the speed and temperatures that our computers are producing these days it is smart to research the best cooling devices to keep your hardware at optimal temperatures. Add the overclocking into the mix and you definitely need a well performing cooling solution. With the expense of water cooling and the maintenance issues not everyone wants to go that route and prefer to stick with a solid air cooler. There are many designs out there but what do you choose? What will work best for you? Today we are going to take a look at an air cooler that was provided to us by CyberPower PC that takes different technologies and puts them into a design that is made for extreme air cooling. This cooler is the Xtreme Gear HP-1216B and the features it packs into this cooler makes it a top contender among the air cooling market. Xtreme Gear has put out a cooler to the market that takes these proven technologies and combines them into a single product aimed at keeping your computer running cool and efficient during those critical times.
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The HP-1216B from Xtreme Gear is packaged in a black packaging with a diamond shaped cut out on the front giving you access to see the cooler first hand. There are some of the features included on the cooler such as the HDT or Heatpipe Direct Touch feature which we will take a better look at later in the review. On the back side of the packaging are the installation diagrams and a list of the included parts for the cooler. On the left and right sides there is a breakdown of the features in several languages and a list of the specifications for the HP-1216B cooler.
Opening the packaging there is another small box and the cooler itself inside. The cooler was well packaged so that there is no damage to it during transport or storage. In the inner box there is the back plate for the cooler, the AMD retention arms, a fan speed controller, and the mounting hardware for the cooler.
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Friday, March 27, 2009
The Art of Carl Erickson: "Easy or Impossible"
"It was Victor Hugo, I believe, who was asked if the writing of epic poetry were not tremendously difficult. His classic reply, "Easy or impossible!", may appropriately be applied to such drawings as come from Erickson's inspired brush. They give the impression of having sprung to life without suffering the usual labor pains."
"But his performance looks too easy; its nonchalance is deceptive. It is not accomplished without a struggle."
"Erickson, indeed, is a hard-working man, a very serious artist who is usually practicing when not actually performing. For every piece of work reproduced in the magazines he has made dozens of studies. In spare moments he is usually busy drawing or painting from the model - he never draws without a model - and his sketchbook goes with him to the restaurant and the theatre."
"Although few are aware of it, he has done a lot of painting in oil, principally portraits."
"All of which is no denial of Victor Hugo's epigram. Erickson's particular genius is pretty much a gift of the gods, even though he has met the gods considerably more than half way."
"Erikson's line drawings are usually rendered in Wolff pencil, charcoal or chinese ink. This latter comes in cakes or sticks which have to be ground in water in a small mortar designed for the purpose. It will yield a jet black or produce any tone of gray, depending upon the saturation of the mixture."
"Erikson's art is primarily an art of line."
"Color may be added, as more often than not it is; but the net result is a colored line drawing. [He] is an impulsive worker. Standing at his board, which is tilted at a slight angle, he attacks the paper with a free arm thrust that reminds one of a fencer wielding his foil. The drawing isn't always good. Indeed the studio floor may be littered with innumerable trials before one is certified by that well-known fixture, "Eric".
"There is no such thing as "fixing-up" an Erickson drawing: if it is not right as it first springs directly from his hand, it must be discarded and a fresh attempt made. The artist would no more think of going back to correct an error than would a musician during a concert performance."
* Many thanks to everyone who assisted with this first foray into fashion illustration - rest assured there will be more to come!
* My Carl Erickson Flickr set.
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Ahh, that great Eric line quality. As an illustration major, at Art Center School in L.A., I had to take a fashion illustration class. Working from live models, I was doing my best to equal the beautiful line quality I admired in those deceptively simple drawings Eric did. This was about 4 years after his death, but his work was still a powerful influence on illustrators and students alike. Well, I won't tell you that I would have been any competition to Eric, had he been living, but his influence apparently sunk in just enough to impress my instructor. He was the head art director for Broadway department stores in Los Angeles, and he offered me a full time position as a fashion illustrator. I was very flattered, but turned the offer down, because I didn't want to stay and live in L.A. or do just fashion illustration... we referred to it as being "stuck in a pigeon hole". I think I would have become bored before long, since I enjoyed trying new approaches and directions in illustration. Eric, Potter and Bouche were my number one, two and three greatest inspirations for fashion illos.ReplyDelete
So, needless to say, this was a special TI week for me, recalling some old memories. Thanks Leif, for introducing a nice variety of examples and your "right on " comments about the king of the fashion illustrators.
Tom Watson
Leif, as a fashion illustrator and faculty at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, I am going to share this link with my students! Great content, images and appreciation of one, The Line, and of fashion illustration in general. Glad I found your site - actually another artist turned me on to it.ReplyDelete
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Here are two beautiful drawings by Carl Erickson. Lots of "overlap," "diminishing size,"ReplyDelete
"surface lines," and "foreshortening". Observe how every line and shape and detail seem
to direct your eye right to the center of interest, the center of interest being a look. Every
line on the woman carries your eye to that space between her eye and the mirror. The
man's hat brim and shoulder form a path for his look to travel on.
The book I got this from has this to say about Erickson and his drawings: "They give the
impression of having sprung to life without suffering the usual labor pains. But his
performance looks too easy; its nonchalance is deceptive. It is not accomplished without
a struggle. Erickson indeed is a hard-working man, a very serious artist who is usually
practicing when not actually performing. In spare moments he is usually drawing from
the model.... and his sketchbook goes with him to the restaurant and to the theatre."
These sentiments are from Walt Stanchfield in his description of use of line in gesture. He is talking about the Cab Driver you already have on your site, and a woman looking into a mirror to observe herself when doing her make up.


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New Zealand's hopes of posting a consolation win against Sri Lanka were shattered by rain as the fifth and final one-day international was called off after 28.3 overs in Hambantota on Monday.
Sri Lanka won the five-match series 3-0, with the first and last one-dayers abandoned due to rain.
New Zealand were strongly placed to register their first win of the series as they reduced Sri Lanka to 123-8, with fast bowler Tim Southee taking three wickets to put the hosts under pressure.
Southee, who finished with 3-18 off 5.3 disciplined overs, was brilliantly supported by seamers Andrew Ellis (2-22), Trent Boult (1-23) and Adam Milne (1-17) to give his team a hope of victory.
"The bowlers pitched the ball up and gave us a chance. We knew the rain was going to be around," said New Zealand skipper Ross Taylor.
"Hopefully, we can have a good couple of days off and look ahead to the Tests. We have made some improvements and we need to get better. Today's a good start."
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He added 47 for the fifth wicket with skipper Mahela Jayawardene (24), the highest stand of the innings, after four wickets had fallen for 44 runs.
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Southee did the early damage when he bowled opener Dinesh Chandimal for no score and then had Lahiru Thirimanne caught behind to reduce Sri Lanka to 33-2.
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Qld must break blue wall: Meninga
Plenty of attacking weapons may be at his disposal but Queensland coach Mal Meninga has asked for a little help from the referees in order to finally storm NSW's "blue wall" in State of Origin game three.
Meninga implored the whistleblowers - including rookie Gerard Sutton - to police the defensive 10m better and ensure more ruck speed so Queensland's arsenal can finally fire against what he rated one of Origin's greatest defences.
The Maroons had their record eight series run snapped this year by the Blues after being restricted to just two tries in 160 minutes of football.
And Greg Inglis - who has an Origin record 15 tries - has not crossed for a four-pointer in 265 minutes for Queensland.
Meninga - a member of the inaugural 1980 Maroons side - rated NSW's defence as some of the best he had seen in Origin.
"Statistically it tells you that and the scoreline says it," Meninga said.
"They have made some fantastic decisions under pressure defensively and come up with the right plays.
"Their defence, that blue wall, has been fantastic.
"We are going to have to try and break that blue wall down."
Meninga hoped Queensland would be allowed to chance their arm in attack in order to avoid their first whitewash in 14 years.
"But that's up to the ruck speed allowed (on Wednesday night)," he said.
"I am kind of hoping we can show our fans how we play footy and I am pretty sure with the pressure off NSW will want to throw the ball around as well."
Meninga rated breaking their defensive shackles higher than notching a win and avoiding a 3-0 drubbing.
"We want to go out there tomorrow night and give it our all," he said.
"We haven't played that well with the footy but I would suggest they (NSW) think they have not played that well with the footy.
"We want to see a lot more attacking game.
"And we can only do that if the ruck is sped up."
And it seems Meninga will deliver the message personally after organising a meeting with NRL referees boss Tony Archer on Wednesday.
Meninga was keen for a chat after venting his spleen over NSW coach Laurie Daley speaking with Archer ahead of game two without his knowledge.
Asked what his advice would be to Origin debutant Sutton and fellow whistleblower Ben Cummins, Meninga said: "Just ref it like an NRL game".
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Those of you counting on getting your old union assembly line job back in Detroit can forget it.
The recent eight year forecast published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that 4.19 million jobs will be gained in the US in professional and business services, followed by 4 million health care and social assistance jobs, while 1.2 million will be lost in manufacturing. This is great news for website designers, Internet entrepreneurs, registered nurses, and masseuses in California, but grim tidings for traditional metal bashers in the rust belt manufacturing states like Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio.
I'm so old now that I am no longer asked for a driver's license to get into a night club. Instead, they ask for a carbon dating. The real challenge for we aged career advisors is that probably half of these new service jobs haven't even been invented yet, and if they can be described, it is only in a cheesy science fiction paperback with a half dressed blond on the front cover. After all, who heard of a webmaster, a cell phone contract sales person, or a blogger 40 years ago? Where are all these jobs going to? You guessed it, China, which by my calculation, has imported 25 million jobs from the US over the past decade. You can also blame other lower waged, upstream manufacturing countries like Vietnam, where the Middle Kingdom is increasingly subcontracting its own offshoring.
These forecasts may be optimistic, because they assume that Americans can continue to claw their way up the value chain in the global economy, and not get stuck along the way, as the Japanese did in the nineties. The US desperately needs no less than 27 million new jobs to soak up natural population and immigration growth and get us back to a traditional 5% unemployment rate. The only way that is going to happen is for America to invent something new and big, and fast. Personal computers achieved this during the eighties, and the Internet did the trick in the nineties. The fact that we've done diddly squat since 2000 but create a giant paper chase of subprime loans and derivatives explains why job growth since then has been zero, real wage growth has been negative, and American standards of living are falling.
Alternative energy and biotechnology are two possible drivers for a new economy. Unfortunately, the last administration did everything it could to stymie progress in both these fields, coddling big oil so China could steal a lead in several alternative technologies, and starving stem cell researchers of Federal cash, ceding the lead there to others. While the current crop of politicians extol the virtues of education, the reality is that we are dumbing down our public education system and chopping budgets with a hatchet. How do we invent the next "new" thing, while shrinking the University of California's budget by 20% two years in a row? If my local high school can't afford new computers, how is it going to feed Silicon Valley with computer literate work force? The US has a "Michael Jackson" economy. It's still living like a rock star, but hasn't had a hit in 20 years.
China can have all the $20 a day jobs it wants. But if it accelerates its move up the value chain, as it clearly aspires to do, then America is in for even harder times. I'll be hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst. How do you say "unemployment check" in Mandarin?


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2014 Mazda3: Whitney's Mazda
I'm a 26-year-old content designer at AutoTrader.com, and I was recently faced with a decision we all have to make once in a while: Which car should I buy? Unfortunately, my dilemma came after an accident totaled my old car, and that meant I needed to buy a new one quickly. So how did I end up with the 2014 Mazda3?
I started my search in a good position, because my last car was worth more than I owed, so the insurance company paid off my loan and then some. After some thought, I decided to buy a new car that would last me for several years, rather than another used one that might not be as durable.
I quickly narrowed down my choices to three different cars. One was the Hyundai Elantra, which was recommended to me by several automotive experts. Another was the Mazda CX-5, which I drove last year when AutoTrader had one as a long-term test car. And finally, the Mazda3, which has been getting rave reviews in the automotive press. Also counting in the Mazda3's favor was the fact that my brother happens to love his 2008 Mazda3.
Through some connections at Mazda, I was able to get a good deal on pricing. That eliminated the Elantra, leaving only the Mazda3 and the CX-5. To make a final decision, I went to the Mazda dealership and spent an afternoon looking around. In the end, I chose the 2014 Mazda3.
The main reason for my choice came down to cost. While I love the CX-5 and I enjoy the idea of sitting up higher, a Mazda3 equipped with the same features is far less expensive by around $4,000. The Mazda3 also gets better gas mileage. So while I may have preferred the crossover, I didn't think it was worth the price jump. In the end, I was able to get a fully loaded Mazda3 for just over $26,000.
So far, I'm happy with my 2014 Mazda3, and I look forward to owning it for years to come. I'm also pleased that it has so much standard safety equipment, a welcome benefit after my accident.


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Cooler Master Vortex Plus Review
Everyone remembers the story about Goldilocks and the three bears right? If not the story, at least we remember the underlying theme about how you have one item to big, one to small, and one that fits juuuuust right! When it comes time to choose a cooler for your CPU, you can run into the the same issues if you are not careful with the combination of parts you choose. For instance, you wouldn't want to slap a mammoth heatsink such as the NH-D14 or TRUE into a low profile HTPC case that is already challenged with space constraints now would you? Nor would you put a small undersized heat sink in a large chassis and expect it to deliver excellent cooling for your fire-breathing, overclocked processor! Each of these applications would need to have the correct heat sink to maximize the the cooling performance and "fit" so you end up with a solution that's just right.
Cooler Master has long been known as a company that caters to the market. The introduction of the Vortex Plus CPU cooler is another example of this. The Vortex Plus is a cooler that is designed for the HTPC and Compact Lan Box crowd. The Vortex Plus is able to fit just about any current platform for both the AMD and Intel sides of the fence. The low profile design features Direct Contact Heat pipe construction that is all the rage today and comes with a 92mm PWM fan to address both noise and cooling performance concerns. Lets see if the Vortex Plus can deliver performance worthy of your system.
Closer Look:
The packaging is traditional Cooler Master with the purple and white color scheme. The front panel shows a picture of the Vortex Plus that illustrates the design of the cooler and shows support for the latest AMD and Intel platforms, keeping a wide audience in mind for this application. The right side directs you to the Cooler Master website for more information on the Vortex Plus. The left side lists the full specification sheet so you know just what you are getting and what it will work on. The rear panel shows the features of the Vortex Plus that includes a technical drawing of the cooler and several views of the cooler and how it fits into mid tower chassis.
Opening up the package, you can see that the Vortex Plus is well packed with both foam and cardboard to protect it during transit. The 92mm fan is housed in a box, while the heat sink is in a foam enclosure.
The contents of the package includes the Vortex Plus heat sink, 92mm PWM controlled fan, instructions, mounting hardware for all of the supported socket types and a tube of Cooler Masters thermal paste. The AMD sockets are covered with a two piece mounting system that latches to the socket much the same way a stock AMD heat sink does. The Intel bracketry is a bit more complex, but includes a non-captured push pin mounting system. This system is pretty unique and is easy enough to use so if you built your computer on a budget and want to upgrade your cooling, you will not have to pull the motherboard. A plus in anybody's book I think.
Time to dig a little deeper under the skin to see what the Vortex Plus is all about.


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SALT LAKE CITY — Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson, who has been bothered by a sore left knee lately and sat out Wednesday's loss to the Phoenix Suns, did not practice with his teammates on Friday.
Nelson has not been ruled out for Saturday night's game against the Utah Jazz.
Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said he planned to see how Nelson's knee responded to another day of rest and treatment.
If Nelson doesn't play against the Jazz, it would lead to an increased role for Magic rookie Victor Oladipo.
On Dec. 18 when the Jazz beat the Magic 86-82 at Amway Center, Oladipo had a rough night. He went 1 for 12 from the field and paired two assists with two turnovers.
Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin has watched recent tape of Oladipo and said he thinks Oladipo has improved.
"He's playing with a lot more energy," Corbin said Friday. "He's an energy player, anyway. I think he's learned now how and when to exert it at the pace he has to play with. On the defensive end, he's all over the place. He's in to his guy [on defense]. And, offensively, he's pushing the tempo and giving himself opportunities early coming off the weak side and attacking.
"I think he's learned a lot of lessons this year about how he has to play at a certain level of energy to be effective."
The Jazz are led by a rookie point guard, Trey Burke.
In college, Oladipo's Indiana Hoosiers and Burke's Michigan Wolverines were huge rivals.
The Jazz are 21-36 this season when Burke plays. When Burke missed the first 12 games of the season because of a finger injury, the Jazz went 1-11.
Oladipo isn't surprised by Burke's impact.
"I knew he was a good player in college," Oladipo said. "I know he can affect a team in a positive way, so once they started playing better, I wasn't really surprised because I know how good he is."
When the Jazz beat the Magic in mid-December, Burke scored 30 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out eight assists.
One of the knocks against Burke was his height — that at 6-feet-1 he was supposedly too short to succeed in the NBA.
"He continues to want to prove people wrong," Vaughn said. "Part of that is the way he approaches the game every day."
Honoring Hill
Magic officials announced they will honor Grant Hill during the team's home game Tuesday against the Portland Trail Blazers. The Magic signed Hill to a free-agent contract in 2000, but injuries limited Hill to 200 games over the next seven seasons.
The ceremony honoring Hill will be a part of the franchise's ongoing 25th-anniversary celebration.
Fortunate scheduling
Tobias Harris was ecstatic that Friday's NCAA Tournament game between Providence and North Carolina was scheduled to begin well after the Magic practiced on Friday.
One of Harris' younger brothers, Tyler Harris, plays for Providence.
And what if the Providence-North Carolina game was played during the Magic's practice?
Tobias Harris smiled when he thought of that possibility just before practice.
"I would've had my iPad up here watching some of the game," he said.
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Major historical avalanches and landslides
|Major historical avalanches and landslides
|Oct. 218 BC
|Italian Alps
|While crossing Alps to conquer Rome, Hannibal's army and several animals bombarded by many avalanches
|18,000 men, 2,000 horses, and several elephants dead
|St. Gotthard Pass, Italian Alps
|During private war between duke of Milan and another feudal lord, Swiss allies of Milan killed by avalanche
|60 dead
|Sept. 4, 1618
|Plurs, Switzerland, and Chiavenna Valley, Italy
|Rodi avalanche obliterated two villages
|2,427 dead
|Winter 1689
|Saas, Switzerland
|Two avalanches from Calmut Peak in one day buried popular resort town
|Over 300 dead; 155 buildings destroyed
|Jan. 17, 1718
|Valais, Switzerland
|After snow fell for 10 days and then mixed with rain, several avalanches buried popular spa town and its famous chapel
|52 dead
|Obergesteln, Switzerland
|Galen avalanche
|88 people and 400 cattle dead; 100 buildings destroyed
|Sept. 2, 1806
|Goldau Valley, Switzerland
|Top of Rossberg peak suddenly fell, causing a landslide
|457 dead; 4 villages wiped out
|Dec. 27, 1836
|Sussex, England
|England's worst avalanche disaster, at resort town of Lewes
|8 dead
|Alta, Utah
|Mining camps and towns in Wasatch Range hit by series of avalanches; became site of first U.S. avalanche observation and research center
|65 dead
|St. Gervais and La Fayet, Switzerland
|Avalanche from an overhanging glacier buried two small resort villages
|140 dead
|March 1, 1910
|Wellington, Wash.
|Worst avalanche in U.S. history struck 3 snowbound trains in Cascade Range, sweeping them into a canyon 150 feet below
|118 dead
|Italian-Austrian Alps
|During World War I, avalanches, both natural and man-made, set off purposely
|60,000 dead
|Dec. 16, 1920
|Gansu Province, China
|Earthquake unleashed series of landslides
|200,000 dead
|Khait, Tadzhik S.S.R.
|Earthquake triggered two landslides
|12,000 dead
|Swiss-Austrian Alps
|Series of avalanches during "Winter of Terror"
|265 dead; thousands of acres of forests destroyed; 900 buildings destroyed
|Jan. 12, 1954
|Blons, Austria
|Austria's worst single avalanche
|200 dead
|Jan. 10, 1962
|Ranrahirca, Peru
|Avalanche off Mount Huascarán dropped 3 tons of snow and ice on valley
|4,000 dead
|Stewart, B.C.
|Workmen building tunnel on Granduc Mountain buried by avalanche
|27 dead
|Jan. 11–13, 1966
|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|Heavy rains caused landslides
|550 dead
|April 16, 1970
|Sallanches, France
|60-foot-high wall of rock and snow hit tuberculosis sanitorium
|70 dead
|May 31, 1970
|Yungay, Peru
|Earthquake set off avalanche
|20,000 dead
|April 16, 1974
|Huancavelica, Peru
|Heavy rains triggered landslides
|200 dead; 9,000 evacuated
|March 1979
|Lahaul Valley, India
|Heavy snowfall in Himalayan foothills
|Over 200 dead
|June 21, 1981
|Mount Rainier, Wash.
|Massive wall of ice and rock broke off a glacier, killing a mountain-climbing team
|11 dead
|Oct. 1981
|Sichuan Province, China
|Series of landslides
|240 dead; 100,000 homeless
|June 23–24, 1988
|Çatak, Turkey
|Landslide down a rain-soaked mountain
|300 dead
|March 1993
|Avalanche blocks the Salang tunnel on the main highway north of Kabul, thousands were trapped on highway
|Over 100 dead due to exposure
|Feb. 23–24, 1999
|Western Austria
|Alpine village of Galtür struck by avalanche; village of Valzur was hit by another avalanche on the following day
|33 dead
|July 13, 2000
|Shaanxi Province, China
|Mud slide buried houses andknocked out electricity in 10 towns
|At least 119 dead
|May 1, 2001
|Southwestern China
|Landslide caused by heavy rains destroyed an apartment building
|At least 65 dead
|May 22–25, 2004
|Haiti and Dominican Republic
|Heavy rains cause three days of flooding and mud slides
|At least 1,950 dead and hundreds of people missing
|Feb. 20, 2005
|Indian-administered Kashmir
|Avalanches destroy several villages
|At least 278 dead
|Oct. 4, 2005
|Guatemala, El Salvador,Nicaragua, Honduras,Mexico, and Costa Rica
|Landslides and floods caused by Hurricane Stan
|Some 1,000 dead
|Feb. 17, 2006
|South Leyte province, Philippines
|Heavy rains lead to mud slide that buries village
|139 dead plus some 980 missing
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Verizon introduces the LG Extravert for pre-paid customers
It comes with a 4-row QWERTY keyboard that slides away under the 2.8" WQVGA (400x240) touch-screen TFT display. Other features on the LG Extravert include multiple home screens, 2MP camera, 320x240 video recording, music player, 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth 3.0, and supports up to 32GB microSDHC memory cards. But it is missing 3G EVDO, which means data is limited to 1X speeds. The included 1000mAh battery is rated to provide up to 350 minutes of talk time or 550 hours of stand-by time.
You can purchase the LG Extravert directly from Verizon's Pre-Paid site for $109.99, though we've heard that it can be purchased for less from other 3rd party resellers, such as Wal-Mart.
source: Verizon Wireless
21 Comments
1. eli_waeterling (Posts: 22; Member since: 07 Jun 2009)
feature phone have less features then they did five years ago. for shame.
3. xmusicianguy (Posts: 96; Member since: 13 Jul 2011)
Amen. The Dare and the Voyager had so MANY more features than "feature phones" of today.
4. corporateJP (Posts: 2458; Member since: 28 Nov 2009)
10. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3131; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
I would buy the LG Voyager today if it was available for pre-paid use.
2. JonnyV (Posts: 17; Member since: 08 Nov 2011)
This is honestly an interesting idea. Smartphone OS without 3G/4G capabilities, thus excluding it from the $29.99 data package. I wonder what the odds of this phone becoming eligible for $50 unlimited are.
That is Android I am seeing on it's screen right? If not it is a great look-a-like.
6. corporateJP (Posts: 2458; Member since: 28 Nov 2009)
Not a smartphone.
It's a gussied-up Cosmos Touch.
8. hepresearch (unregistered)
It is LG's standard interface for BREW... not Android. Unfortunately, smartphones from back in the day also required premium-priced data plans... even though they often did not have 3G data, and instead ran on EDGE or 1xRTT. T-Mobile and Sprint had the cheapest data plans I can remember... T-Mo gave you everything and anything you could get on EDGE for $19.99/month (including tethering), while Sprint's base "Power Vision" plan, at $15, got you what most people needed for their smart devices with the advantage of Ev-DO speeds in most cases.
5. JonnyV (Posts: 17; Member since: 08 Nov 2011)
Nevermind, now that I look closer, it appears to be same crap software that is found on the Cosmos Touch. YUCK
7. corporateJP (Posts: 2458; Member since: 28 Nov 2009)
Same page.
9. ardent1 (Posts: 2000; Member since: 16 Apr 2011)
Verizon may have the best network amongst the largest carriers, but their prepaid phones suck.
I hope the head of the prepaid unit wake up before more customers defect. Beside their crappy selection , their prepaid plans are quite expensive as well.
11. androidphan (Posts: 32; Member since: 06 Nov 2011)
50 a month for unlimited everything isn't expensive, it's a great deal. I just hope you're ok with 1x speeds and lame phones. But if you shell out enough for prepaid smartphones you can still get unlimited data for 29.99.... Not many ppl know that though.
12. ardent1 (Posts: 2000; Member since: 16 Apr 2011)
> it's a great deal.
Sorry but I have to disagree with you, that is not true when you compare Verizon prepaid against say Virgin Mobile.
I have the Triumph with 300 anytime minutes AND unlimited 3G data all for $25 a month. Now, the same plan cost $35 and that deal is what I call a great deal.
13. androidphan (Posts: 32; Member since: 06 Nov 2011)
Your talking strictly price.virgin mobiles coverage doesn't hold a candle to the wind to Verizon's. Nor do their data speeds, And you also have limited min. But every consumer is different. I know ppl who have AT&T because it's 5$ a month cheaper and they freely admit they don't care about the service issues they have, and they admitted their service was marginal. I don't get it personally, but that's just me.
15. ardent1 (Posts: 2000; Member since: 16 Apr 2011)
Sorry, I am talking price and device:
Price $25 for Virgin
Device: Motorola Triumph with 4.1" screen, 5 MP shooter and stock android 2.2
As for data speed, it's 3G so it's not a big deal for me.
16. hepresearch (unregistered)
Service is highly subjective. It depends very much on where you live and where you like to travel. It also depends on which services of the carrier you actually use more often. I am on AT&T, and I have never had service issues anywhere that Verizon doesn't around here. AT&T is marginal in things like call clarity, customer service, and the like, but I have never had to call their customer care department for anything, ever, and the call clarity improved a lot when I had phones that could access the 3G network (which, by the way, also handles voice traffic, whereas Verizon's Ev-DO "3G" does not). If I wanted to be on the internet all the time on my phone, and needed it to be fast and reliable all the time, then I would have to shell out the dough to Verizon... once their LTE coverage makes it here, which will probably not be for quite a while, and until then AT&T's HSPA (not +) is the fastest it gets around here... but, I could care less about that right now. I will gladly save my $5 or whatever. For my purposes, with all things being equal here, I will go for the less expensive option.
14. androidphan (Posts: 32; Member since: 06 Nov 2011)
To me, the order is: service, price, device line up, and customer care. In that order.
17. hepresearch (unregistered)
thankfully, we don't all have the same order of preferences...
18. codymws (Posts: 237; Member since: 17 Jun 2010)
It's pretty obvious that Verizon is trying to push people into buying smartphones... no ones going to want a crap phone like this!
19. Mirvie777 (Posts: 1; Member since: 19 Nov 2011)
do you actually have this phone or are you just assuming its crap.
20. hepresearch (unregistered)
I am sure it will work just fine... for the 65+ crowd and the pre-teens.
21. ashleeyy429 (Posts: 1; Member since: 14 Feb 2012)
So is this a good phone? im debating buying it or not. . . :L


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Ed Whelan reports (via "a senior staffer in Senate leadership") on the outlook for stalled judicial nominees. According to Ed's source, the Senate "will likely turn to floor action" on Terrence Boyle (4th Circuit) and Brett Kavanaugh (D.C. Circuit). William Myers (9th Circuit) remains stalled while "Republican Senators sort[] out how his testimony on one issue meshes with the documentary record." Finally, Ed's source reports that John McCain is committed to preventing the confirmation of Jim Haynes (4th Circuit), and McCain's side-kick, Lindsey Graham, will keep Haynes from getting out of the Judiciary Committee.
As I have argued, Haynes, an outstanding public servant, is being made the scapegoat for questionable legal advice provided by the Justice Department with respect to the interrorgation of detainees. Haynes used that advice to provide guidance to the military, as he should have. If Haynes had provided legal advice inconsistent with the position of the Justice Department, he would have demonstrated a lawlessness that might constitute grounds for blocking his confirmation.
If McCain wants to punish an administration official for playing a key role in the development of our policy on interrogating detainees, a better target would be Attorney General Gonzales. The "offending" legal advice was prepared for Gonzales who then was the president's counsel. Unlike Haynes, Gonzales arguably was in a position to cause the Justice Department's position to be rejected.
But going after Gonzales would have injured McCain's attempt to cast himself as a friend of the White House. Blocking Haynes, McCain must assume, carries no cost. And perhaps it doesn't. But a pattern of these sorts of cyncial calculations might.


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Section #1: Registration Information - Select a registration from your registration list using the drop-down box. Your preferred registration appears first, then the remaining registrations appear in alphabetical order within each registration type. You can also add a new registration at this time without interrupting your purchase.
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If you use your bank to make the original purchase, your primary bank will be debited to satisfy any payment due on reinvestment or credited for any refund. If you use C of I for the purchase, your C of I will be debited or credited. See Learn more about Reinvesting Maturing Proceeds.
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