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Girl, YAAASSS: Top 10 White Men Black Women Love Part 2
There were too many Nubian White Kings for just ONE list so we made a Pt. 2. You're welcome.
Here are ten more white men Black women love. Take a look.
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Joe Manganiello
That sound you hear during "True Blood" episodes is millions of lusty women licking their TV screen when the oft-nekked, superhero-built werewolf appears. In 2013, "Alcide Herveaux" is the definitive Nubian White King.
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David Beckham
Perfectly-designed in the eyes of most women, the effortlessly-cool soccer God/tighty-whitey model is the only reason Toya & nem care about anything soccer-related in 2013.
Tom Hardy
Still somewhat unknown to the swirly sisterhood, he's Hollywood's latest game-changer who beat the white privilege out of Batman as "Bane" in "Dark Knight Rises." Yes, your future baby daddy who you squealed over in "Inception." HIM.
Leonardo DiCaprio
He'll always have a special place in Black women's hearts even after playing an incestuous slave-owning wacko in "Django Unchained." With legendary acting chops and heart-piercing eyes, he'll soon be inducted into the Swirl Hall of Fame.
Chris Hemsworth
Most women who saw "Thor" don't remember anything after the action figure-built Aussie's shirtless scene where his sun-kissed locks and Zeus-sculpted abs flourished in 3D.
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Mark Walhberg
The super-corny rapper-turnt-actor is one of Hollywood's most likable celebs who always picks the perfect movie roles (that usually require him to play himself). If he weren't already married, he would probably indulge in the swirl and never look back.
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Robin Thicke
He's the quintessential soulful vanilla crooner with a panty-melting falsetto that Black women can't resist. His sultry vocals? Pure kryptonite to even the most militant of soul sistas.
Jason Statham
The new-age action icon plays the same stone-cold killer/loving husband in every film, and that's cool, because no one does it better. If you're looking for a new swirl fantasy that involves car chases and wounded assassin sex, he's your man.
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Eric Dane
Like Leo DiCaprio, the actor famously known as "McSteamy" from NBC's "Grey's Anatomy" is an OG swirl fantasy destined to be inducted into the Swirl Hall of Fame. Last seen in 2010's "Burlesque," he's unknown to those tardy to the "Greys" party.
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A week or so ago I was having brunch with a couple friends and we were talking about David Mitchell's novel Cloud Atlas, which I'd just finished reading and had very much enjoyed.
I asked my co-brunchers what they thought of the book and one of them, a Mr. Tom Bissell, did this Bissellian thing he sometimes does and said, "I had some issues with it, I actually wrote the New York Times review." Which is like, well, congratulations on having the winning opinion of Cloud Atlas.
It did strike me as funny that he'd written that particular review, since just a few days prior I had been joking about the outrageously lofty praise found on the book's jacket. I'd even mentioned it in a post on this very blog. I remembered the pullquote from the NYT review in particular, partly because it's prominantly featured at the top of the paperback edition's back cover (see photo) but mostly because it's awfully laudatory:
"[David] Mitchell is, clearly, a genius. He writes as though at the helm of some perpetual dream machine, can evidently do anything, and his ambition is written in magma across this novel's every page."
At brunch, Tom was quick to point out that he wasn't nearly so effusive in the rest of his review. When I got home, I read the full review, and of course it's this very smart, thorough take on the book. And indeed, it's far from a rave. Tom acknowledges the things Mitchell does well, but for the most part looks askance at Cloud Atlas, straddling as it does the line between triumph of human storytelling and android feat of literary engineering.
I mean, check out the sentence immediately following the book-jacket pullquote:
"But "Cloud Atlas' is the sort of book that makes ambition seem slightly suspect."
So the full paragraph containing the excerpt is as follows:
"It is a devious writer indeed who writes in such a way that the critic who finds himself unresponsive to the writer's vision feels like a philistine. So let it be said that Mitchell is, clearly, a genius. He writes as though at the helm of some perpetual dream machine, can evidently do anything, and his ambition is written in magma across this novel's every page. But "Cloud Atlas" is the sort of book that makes ambition seem slightly suspect."
Tom then goes on to note, "The novel is frustrating not because it is too smart but because it is not nearly as smart as its author." I guess that bit isn't making it onto book jackets anytime soon. It's a good review, go read it.
Sometimes game publishers will contact me about reviews I've written for Kotaku, asking permission to use pullquotes on their marketing materials or game boxes. It's something my boss and I figure out on a case-by-case basis, though for the most part promotional quotes, even truncated ones, are fine by me. They quoted me in this Journey trailer once, calling the game, "A triumph… astonishing." Cool by me, given that what I actually wrote, excerpted from my review, was even more over-the-top than that:
ThatGameCompany's creation is a triumph, a video game that is as remarkable for its discipline as it is for the effortless manner in which it welds its vast reserves of breathtaking beauty.
(Jeez, Kirk. Slow down, have a cigarette.)
I think I'm on the box for Far Cry 3, or maybe just in a trailer? It was something like, "Gorgeous… immersive." Okay, sure. I liked that game, too.
That said, I've never had a quote appear where, in the full text of the review, the very next sentence qualified the quoted praise. And there have certainly been times when I've turned down quote requests because they didn't reflect the spirit of what I wrote.
But I'm not really criticizing Cloud Atlas's publisher or the NYT, and I have no idea how this sort of thing is hashed out in the literary world. I don't even think that using that particular quote out of context is all that misleading. As far as I'm concerned, David Mitchell is clearly a genius, and if someone in a bookstore wants to read a book written by someone who's clearly a genius, Cloud Atlas will do the trick.
But it was a good reminder that it's important to, well, read the fucking article. Pullquotes are selected to help sell stuff. Well-executed criticism usually contains artful ideas both celebratory and critical, whether they're written in magma or in plain ol' Times New Roman. Embrace the phrase, not the paraphrase. RTFA.


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WWF: Agreement on finance key to success at Hyderabad biodiversity meet
Summarizing the key challenges facing the CBD in the week ahead, WWF International's Coordinator for Biodiversity Policy Rolf Hogan said:
"So far, the biggest hurdle we've seen emerge are differences of opinion between developed and developing nations on finance issues. Developed countries do not want to commit more money to reach resource mobilization targets, and developing countries are saying that if no money is made available, then they will 'walk away' from their Nagoya commitments."
"We need countries to agree on how to increase financing for biodiversity. This means agreeing to increasing public biodiversity funding by 20% as well as increasing national budgets and developing new and additional financing mechanisms that can support the achievement of the 20 Targets of the CBD's masterplan up to 2020."
"We also need to engage the private sector and ensure development and foreign direct investments do not destroy biodiversity."
"An agreement on finance is the key to success of COP 11. The stakes are high: if counties don't find a way to move beyond the hurdles they encountered in the first week, it could derail the commitments made in Nagoya two years ago."
Encouraging signs
"In spite of the challenges in some areas, WWF is encouraged to see signs of progress, and believes that success can still be attained if nations step up to match the level of ambition we saw two years ago in Nagoya."
"There are also positive signs that many countries, including emerging economies, will commit to new funding, but only if other nations reciprocate."
"It is important for Parties to get things right at Hyderabad. Success here means a clear path forward to the 2020 Aichi Targets."
Conserving ocean biodiversity
Negotiations on protecting important ocean areas are also facing difficulties, with a block of nations opposing the 'endorsement' of reports that identify important areas for conservation in ocean areas beyond national jurisdictions.
"Over 50 percent of the world's oceans fall outside of national boundaries. WWF encourages delegates to commit to clearly identifying ocean areas of value that fall beyond national jurisdictions," said Nanie Ratsifandrihamanana, Conservation Director of WWF Madagascar.
"Establishing marine protected areas are part of the broader package of solutions that can help governments and businesses safeguard our oceans' enormous ecological, social, and economic benefits," she added.
Climate and REDD+
Negotiations on REDD+ are becoming root bound with some countries pushing to maintain a clear separation between the CBD and UNFCCC. Meanwhile, other countries are fighting to avoid any additional burden for monitoring and reporting under REDD+ programmes.
"Deforestation is a major cause of biodiversity loss – it is also responsible for up to a fifth of global carbon emissions. It is extremely important that all nations recognize and work to better integrate REDD+'s massive biodiversity benefits," said Rolf Hogan.
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Chris Chaplin, WWF-International, email@example.com, Hyderabad: +91 96522 36722 or Singapore: +65-9826-3802
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'Billions of bits of plastic are accumulating in a massive garbage patch in the Atlantic Ocean—a lesser known cousin to the Texas-size trash vortex in the Pacific, scientists say.
"Many people have heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch," said Kara Lavender Law, an oceanographer at the Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. "But this issue has essentially been ignored in the Atlantic."
The newly described garbage patch sits hundreds of miles off the North American coast. Although its east-west span is unknown, the patch covers a region between 22 and 38 degrees north latitude—roughly the distance from Cuba to Virginia…' (National Geographic)
- A Sea of Plastics (usnews.com)
- New floating garbage patch found in Atlantic Ocean (telegraph.co.uk)
- Ocean Garbage Patch Found in the Atlantic Ocean (grantlawrence.blogspot.com)
- Study finds plastic trash collection in Atlantic (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
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Nicki Minaj to Perform Free Make-Up Concert on Aug. 14 for Summer Jam 'No-Show'
Those Barbz who were sadly disappointed when Nicki Minaj abruptly backed out of performing at Hot 97′s Summer Jam concert in June can now get a chance to see her … for free! The 'Starships' rapper will perform a complimentary show on Aug. 14 at a secret location in New York.
According to Minaj's My Pink Friday website, the first 1,500 people who line up at the secret venue tentatively at noon will be guaranteed a bracelet for entrance to the event. But fans must first sign up with their correct e-mail address and wait for them to send you the info of the secret show. Only one ticket per person, per e-mail.
If you're unable to get a ticket don't fret because the show will be broadcast live online via Pepsi.com. Minaj's free concert is in addition to her already-scheduled 'Today Show' morning performance at Rockerfella Plaza, so Aug. 14 is unofficially going to be Nicki Minaj Day.
This is wonderful news for the Barbz who were upset after Minaj canceled her Summer Jam performance at the behest of her boss Lil Wayne after Hot 97 radio DJ Peter Rosenberg called her chart-topping song 'Starships' "bulls—." Afterward, a brouhaha ensued with Minaj lashing out at the radio station on Funkmaster Flex's radio show.
As for Minaj's free concert, it's unclear if Peter Rosenberg will host the event — we're only kidding. But wouldn't it be cool if Rosenberg extended an olive branch and make peace with the Harajuku Barbie at the show?
Nah, it will never happen.
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About Jefferson Parish
East Jefferson General Hospital is located in Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. The area offers a culturally diverse and unique way of life. Universities, theater, world-class music, outdoor recreation, museums and five-star cuisine are just a few of the things that make the New Orleans metro area special.
Metairie is located in the heart of Jefferson Parish, which stretches from the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain to the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. It was named by Relocate-America as one of the Top 100 Places to Live in 2009. The city's cost of living is well below the national average, while the unemployment rate in Metairie continues to be several percentage points below the national average.
Jefferson Parish is also home to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY), offering 116 daily flights to 34 domestic and international destinations. Seven miles from EJGH, the airport served 7.9 million passengers in 2008 and scored 4th best out of America's 47 largest airports for on-time departures and rare overbooking according to USNews.


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Imperial College Music Technology Suite
Dolphin Music have helped in the creation of a successful music technology department at Imperial College, London. In spring 2004 Dolphin Music supplied consultancy services to Imperial College to assist in their aim to set up a Music Technology course in partnership with the Royal College of Music. Imperial then purchased equipment from Dolphin to transform a suite of computers into music technology systems capable of facilitating the proposed programme of study.
Almost three years on the day time and evening class courses are going strong with many success stories along the way. Students have attended beginner's classes and worked their way up to qualifying to study music technology as a degree. Other students have taken modules of music technology as part of their music, science, medical or engineering studies.
As Imperial College celebrates its centenary, Dolphin Music takes pride in continuing to support the university as its successful music technology department grows in coming years.
To accommodate a range of courses and activities the Imperial College Music Technology Suite features Cubase & Reason on a PC workstation connected to the university's network for essential utilities, maintenance and updates. The workstations use Tascam's superb US122 audio/MIDI interface giving ultra-low latency, great sound quality and flexible microphone and line inputs. USB MIDI controllers keyboards used are the Edirol PCR Series which offer improved key action and many MIDI controller options.
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U.S. Equal Employment
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Woman Fired After Informing Employer of Medical Treatment Due to Complications With Pregnancy, Agency Says
LAREDO, Texas - Platinum Production Testing Services, a Laredo company which provides oil/gas testing, measuring, surveying and analysis surveys, discriminated on the basis of pregnancy when it fired an employee after she requested leave for a pregnancy-related complication, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.
According to the EEOC's suit, Civil Action Number 5:12-cv-139, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Laredo Division, Platinum violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA), when it fired a secretary/office clerk after she requested time off for medical treatment to address complications with a pregnancy.
EEOC Senior Trial Attorney David Rivela of the EEOC's San Antonio Field Office said Platinum essentially admitted in a letter obtained by the EEOC that it fired its employee because of her pregnancy. According to Rivela, the letter initially sent to the Texas Workforce Commission mentions that Platinum had hired this particular employee believing she was unable to conceive because of a past history of not being able to have a baby. The letter goes on to state, "When she got pregnant and got sick, after several days absent, and thinking she would have to stay home for some time, she was replaced after five days off or more."
The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The remedies sought by the EEOC include compensatory and punitive damages for the victim as well as injunctive relief.
"This was one of the most flagrant examples of pregnancy discrimination I have ever seen, said Rivela. "What happened to this woman is reprehensible and illegal. The EEOC is committed to fighting bias against pregnant women, and will seek vigorous enforcement of the laws against it."
EEOC Supervisory Trial Attorney Judith G. Taylor added, "It is unfortunate that more than a third of a century after the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, employers are still making decisions based on supposed fertility, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions. The law is clear - an employer cannot fire an employee because she got pregnant and then suffered complications. This lawsuit should remind all employers that if they violate federal law, the EEOC will take strong action to protect the rights of pregnant workers."
In fiscal year 2011, the EEOC received 28,538 charges of sex-based discrimination, of which 5,797 alleged pregnancy discrimination. In that year the EEOC recovered $17.2 million in monetary benefits for pregnancy discrimination victims through settlements, plus more monetary benefits obtained through litigation.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available at its website at www.eeoc.gov.


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Will construction of peripheral tunnels spread valley fever? Two reasons to ask: 1. There is no cure for valley fever, which is caused by spores released from soil.
Will construction of peripheral tunnels spread valley fever? Two reasons to ask: 1. There is no cure for valley fever, which is caused by spores released from soil.
2. Stockton is directly downwind of the peripheral tunnel construction zone.
You may not know much about valley fever. Science knows little about it.
What is clear is that construction of the peripheral tunnel calls for a whole lot of digging. In many parts of the Valley, digging releases coccidioides, a fungus that lives in the arid soil of the American southwest (and semi-arid Valley soil).
The fungus causes valley fever.
Sixty percent of people who inhale the spores do not get sick. About 39 percent develop "flu-like symptoms that may last for weeks to months," according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Imagine flu-like symptoms for months.
About 9 percent of this group develop pneumonia.
Worse, "In a very small proportion of people who get valley fever, the infection can spread from the lungs to the rest of the body and cause more severe conditions, such as meningitis or even death," the CDCP reports.
For this 1 percent, valley fever is a pathogenic pantry of many diseases that can blind, strangle, rob energy, wreck the mind or leave the infected in lifelong pain.
"It destroys lives," a doctor told the New York Times last week. "Divorces, lost jobs and bankruptcy are incredibly common, not to mention psychological dislocation."
The CDCP calls valley fever a "silent epidemic."
As we know all too well, Gov. Jerry Brown is pushing a twin-tunnel project to secure Delta water for much of the state: two trans-Delta tunnels, 40 feet in diameter, 150 feet deep, spanning 35 miles.
The biggest dig of our times.
Excavating an underground Panama Canal will exhume 22 million cubic yards of earth ("tunnel muck") over perhaps 7.5 years, according to the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan's Environmental Impact Report.
So it would seem that if valley fever is out there, this project will dig it up. The question is how endemic it is to the soil. Not at all? An inconsequential sprinkling? More?
Nobody knows.
"No studies have been done," said Karen Furst, San Joaquin County's public health officer.
The problem is the "cocci" organism cannot be easily cultured from soil. "You cannot easily do studies for where it is. I can only say where the valley fever cases occur."
Valley fever is so intense farther down the Valley that the courts recently ordered the state to move 2,600 vulnerable prisoners out of two Bakersfield-area prisons.
It appears that the spore's range extends northward up the Valley at least mildly into the semi-arid soil of southwest San Joaquin County. The highest incidences of it in this county are in the city of Tracy - though hundreds of cases across the county have been reported over the past decade.
Meaning hundreds more undiagnosed or misdiagnosed cases occurred but went unreported.
And "The rate of reported cases of coccidioidomycosis in San Joaquin County generally increased over the last decade," according to a county Public Health Services 2011 report.
Perhaps the Delta is the boundary of the valley fever range. Perhaps "cocci" don't like Delta soils.
If they do, they live near the surface, and, "The tunneling that would occur happens deep underground, and doesn't impact that surface, ..." said Richard Stapler, a spokesman for the state Natural Resources Agency
Stapler added, "Surface disturbances would occur in areas that are possibly a few hundred acres, and potentially less."
Lauren Bisnett, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Water Resources, commenting for an earlier blog post I did on this subject, said builders will take care to minimize dust.
"While valley fever is not considered a project-specific problem, it is something we're aware of and would respond to accordingly should it be detected," Bisnett said.
It's not considered a "project-specific problem" in part because there's a void of information. There's no basis to expect a plague of valley fever spores to rain on San Joaquin County. But it would be nice to know for sure.
Furst: "These are good questions as to what kind of issues we need to be concerned about as this canal gets built."
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During summer break, we love to fantasize about a getaway to a nice tropical island far away from summer homework, our Shmoop SAT flashcards, and our younger siblings for whom we have to wake up at an ungodly hour to drive to summer camp. A tropical vacay sounds like a sweet deal, Shmoopers, but depending on the company it could turn sour really fast. Here's a list of the people we definitely would not want to be stuck on a desert island with.
1. Jack, Lord of the Flies
We don't know about you, but we like our guts and want to keep them inside of our bodies. That means not having spears thrown at us by an English boy wearing face paint.
2. Macbeth, Macbeth
What's even scarier than getting spears thrown at you by a schoolboy wearing face paint? A storied war hero who believes in some witchy mumbo jumbo and proceeds to hire murderers to assassinate you so he can control the hypothetical island. Gulp.
3. East Side Greasers, The Outsiders
Too much testosterone, too little square footage.
4. Queen of Hearts, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Because (1) we don't know how long we would be willing to play croquet with flamingos for and (2) we don't want to have to deal with the consequences once we find out.
5. Elwin Lepellier, A Separate Peace
The thought of PTSD-having Leper jumping out at us from the jungle on island with mud all over his face is enough to give us nightmares for weeks…or maybe our own PTSD.
6. Daisy Buchanan, The Great Gatsby
Things we don't want to deal with:
Daisy's crying
Daisy's inability to make a decision
Daisy's issues with getting her white dresses dirty (and not just in the metaphorical way)
Her husband's rage if we looked at her the wrong way (It was an eyeroll, we swear!)
How about you, Shmoopers? Who's on your I'd-rather-share-a-tiny-boat-with-a-tiger-and-take-my-chances-than-stay-here-on-this-island list?
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Egg Salad Club
A favorite sandwich done well. Celery seed, mustard and scallions brighten the taste in this traditional presentation of a club sandwich.
3 slices whole wheat bread, toasted
2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
1 tbsp. chopped scallions
1 tsp. grainy mustard
1⁄4 tsp. celery seed
1-2 tbsp. mayonnaise
Green-leaf lettuce, as needed
Fresh tomato slices, as needed
3 slices thick bacon, cooked and cut to fit bread if necessary
For egg salad, mix eggs, scallions, mustard, celery seed, and enough mayonnaise to moisten in small bowl. To assemble, top first slice of toast with lettuce, tomato, and bacon. Top with second slice of toast and egg salad. Close sandwich with third slice of toast, and serve.


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- Last call... (8/2/17)
- Time to put on our 'A' game (7/26/17)
- Annual Idaho State Police report offers some mixed news for county (7/19/17)
- Community Canvas effort made significant difference (7/12/17)
- Law enforcement must train to confront very evil people (7/5/17)
- Independence Day coming so don't get complacent (6/28/17)
- Angry rhetoric must stop (6/21/17)
We need better leaders
Our elected leaders have all too often failed us -- miserably.
Is there anybody out there who believes that when it comes to Congress we've elected the 535 smartest, wisest, most honorable men in the nation? Or the Idaho Legislature represents the 105 best and brightest minds in the state?
Right off hand, I can think of at least half a dozen people in Mountain Home alone that would stand head and shoulders above the majority of congressmen and legislators:
Frank Hicks -- smartest guy I know. Honorable to a fault. A lot of wisdom in those old bones.
Jim Alexander -- First class mind. Completely trustworthy. Willing to tell it like he sees it but always has an open mind to accept new ideas. Strong sense of honor.
Bob Baker -- Smart as a whip. The kind of guy I'd feel comfortable closing a deal with just a handshake. Lot of good, common sense.
Tom Rist -- There's some brains hiding behind that friendly face. Always willing to listen to reason. Not afraid to change his mind when he hears a good argument or gets some better facts. Looks ahead and sees most of the landmines. Trustworthy.
Laurice Bentz -- Hard working, honest, highly capable. Thinks things out. Listens to other people and respects their viewpoints. Our community's successor to Claire Wetherell.
Judi Devol -- my old compatriot here at the News. Good mind, tremendous amount of common sense (which is why she retired from this business), and her feet are planted firmly on the ground. Capable of seeing the relevant facts on both sides of an issue.
Jack Walborn -- Open minded. Very smart and a top-notch analyst. Willing to take an unpopular position if he's sure he's right, and then work to convince others. Completely trustworthy.
See, what I'm looking for in an elected leader is somebody who is smart, reasonable, open-minded, has a ton of common sense and is interested in actually making things work, not at all interested in the power and the "glory" of the job.
Every one of you reading this could come up with your own list of people who meet my criteria. I could add even more given a few more minutes of thought. And as you can see, they cover the moderate political spectrum from conservative to liberal. As long as people fall in the "moderate" category, on either side of the political spectrum, I can live with it.
Every one of them could do a better job than half of the clowns in Congress or the Idaho Legislature. In fact, I often see a better quality of leadership at the local level than I do at the state and national level.
So why aren't people like that serving in Congress and the legislature? Most of the ones I've named have served key elected or volunteer positions at the local level, either in the past, or currently. They believe in the concept of service. And they're not filled with their own importance as so many of the state and national politicians are.
Over the years Idaho has elected a half dozen true eagles to Congress. Former senators Jim McClure and Frank Church come immediately to mind. Both of those guys would meet my criteria. They were smart, honest, capable, reasonable men who had the widespread respect of their colleagues in Congress and genuinely represented their constituents with a high degree of effectiveness. And I've got a lot of respect for Sen. Mike Crapo and Rep. Mike Simpson right now. They come pretty close to meeting my criteria. Another election or two and they'll rise into the rarified ranks of power in Congress that will allow their common sense to have a wide-ranging impact on this country.
We've also elected a few turkeys. George Hansen and Helen Chenoweth come to mind. Embarrassing. And a couple Democrats that were so forgettable that, well, I've forgotten them.
With issues of unbelievable complexity facing this nation, we need the best.
We're not getting it.
Congress seems more and more filled with sex-crazed buffoons and dogmatic idiots who are more interested in power and gamesmanship than good policies and self over service. A plague on all the parties' houses.
So why does it happen?
Maybe it's in their basic make-up. Far too many politicians really think they're better than the people they claim to represent. They believe they know more. All too often they want to reshape society into their own personal vision of what it should be, whether or not anyone else is interested in wearing that suit.
Too many want the glory. They want to wave to the crowd in the parade and be fawned upon by the "little people." They like feeling important.
The best politicians I ever knew never felt they were better than anyone or particularly important. The best politicians I knew spent less time pandering to the television cameras and working on their two-minute sound bites than they did researching legislation. They genuinely believed they were servants of the people and took the job seriously.
And perhaps, most importantly, they knew that the average American wasn't out there on the wings, that most people are somewhere in the middle of the road. They knew the world wasn't black and white, but usually a very murky grey.
I always use Jim McClure as an example. Jim genuinely listened to people and even if I didn't like a particular position he held, or a particular piece of legislation he supported, I always voted for him because I always knew that he would never shove anything down my throat I couldn't live with.
When he and Frank Church were our two senators, they may have been on opposite sides of the aisle, but Idaho had probably the strongest and most respected senatorial delegation in the nation. And no matter what their personal views or party positions were, when it came down to brass tacks they voted together for and with the people of Idaho.
They both were perfect public servants who knew their job was to listen to and represent the people of Idaho -- all of them, not just the ones that voted for them.
All too often today a politician becomes a "personality" and believes they are the embodiment of the people. They don't need to listen to anyone because obviously everyone who counts thinks like they do.
There's no need to compromise because they are so filled with their own certitude that anyone who isn't on exactly the same page they're on is simply wrong. The concept that someone else may have a good or better idea simply never crosses their minds. To compromise is to accept personal defeat, not a method for finding a middle ground acceptable to most of us.
They spend more time raising funds for their campaigns than they do finding ways to make things work.
As voters, we contribute to these problems by paying more attention to political advertising than to policy actions. We don't study the issues. We get too wrapped up in dogma and don't spend time thinking about the consequences of a policy.
Jefferson believed that the success of a democracy rested on a well-educated and well-informed electorate. Yet with unprecedented access to information these days, few people really try to research an issue and far too many simply ignore any inconvenient fact that might undermine their set-in-stone attitudes. In that respect, too many of our elected leaders are like the average citizen, because they don't do it either. They parse facts to fit party policy and they become so narrowly focused on an issue they fail to look up and see what it means in the long run.
We need politicians who can think, although admittedly, almost anyone with half the brains God gave a 2x4 wouldn't even consider running. They'd see the enormous difficulties of the job, of trying to make things work in a highly complex world.
Instead, we get people more concerned about their make-up for television than they are about the make-up of good legislation.
And as long as we let them do it, we'll be getting exactly what we've been getting.
Which isn't anything to be proud of.
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Local residents turned in close to 200 pounds of old prescription drugs over the weekend at sites sponsored by the Leavenworth and Lansing Police Departments.
Local residents turned in close to 200 pounds of old prescription drugs over the weekend at sites sponsored by the Leavenworth and Lansing Police Departments.
Leavenworth Police Chief Pat Kitchens said authorities estimate about 100 pounds was turned in Saturday at the local Price Chopper store. This was a collection site for the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
Lansing Police Chief Steve Wayman said 72 pounds were turned in at a collection site at Lansing City Hall.
"That's a lot of medication," he said.
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is an initiative of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. Participating agencies accept unused, unwanted prescription drugs. The drugs then are turned over to the DEA for disposal.
The recent Drug Take-Back event was held Saturday. In addition to Leavenworth and Lansing, there were collection sites set up at Fort Leavenworth and in Tonganoxie.
Sixty-seven pounds of old prescription drugs were collected in Tonganoxie, according to Tonganoxie Police Chief Jeffery Brandau.
Information about the amount collected at Fort Leavenworth wasn't immediately available.
This was the first time the Lansing Police Department participated in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Wayman said he had no idea what to expect in terms of how many prescription drugs would be turned in.
He considered the 72 pounds collected in Lansing to be a success. But he said if only one pill bottle had been dropped off, it would have been a success.
He said the drugs collected during the event won't end up in up in landfills, flushed down toilets or remain in medicine cabinets where there's a risk children could get to them.
Wayman said he looks for his department to participate in another Drug Take-Back event. He said there may be another one in the fall.
Kitchens said this was the third time the Leavenworth Police Department participated in a National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. He said there's been a steady increase in public participation.
"People really do appreciate the program," he said.
He said there's really nothing for people to do with old medications other than throwing them away.
"It's much better for us to take it and dispose of it properly," he said.
The drugs turned in to the law enforcement agencies Saturday have been picked up by the DEA.
Leavenworth police Lt. Kevin Crim said the drugs collected at the Price Chopper site filled 12 garbage bags.
Wayman said the drugs turned in at Lansing City Hall filled five boxes and a bag.
In addition to law enforcement agencies, other organizations sponsored the local collection efforts.


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UPDATE: Doug Mitchell (of Kennedy Miller Mitchell) has offered a comment on the matter.
While he hasn't officially confirmed or denied the fates of the Sydney-based developers, he has made it quite clear that KMM isn't giving up on Whore of the Orient just yet.
Mitchell told MCV: "Whore of the Orient is a unique and extraordinary story and game, and we are still actively pursuing the right investor to partner with."
Given the team's previous work, there is little doubt the game has as much promise as Mitchell suggests, and it is certainly good to hear that, whatever may be happening at KMM's Sydney studio, there's still hope for the title yet.
Original Story Follows:
The team formerly responsible for LA Noire who were now over at KMM are reportedly out of the job.
KMM was working on a detective thriller set in 1936 entitled 'Whore of the Orient', which was likely to use Depth Analysis again for some incredible and high quality acted visuals.
The unconfirmed rumours which have come to MCV via multiple sources state that the development team is no longer working on the game, but the company itself has yet to formally shut down.
The game never officially landed a publisher, and was only alluded to via an ephemeral web site which gave a few sparse details on the game.
It cannot be 100% confirmed that the studio is closed for good while the company is still running (and presumably therefore, still seeking funding), but at least for the moment it looks like no development is continuing on the ambitious project.


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One of Many Proud Moments at the Chicane
When I started The Chicane, it was mainly as an outlet for all of the vintage racing research I was doing. A way to do something productive with all the hours I'd spend Googling obscure racing drivers or collecting images of favorite racing machines. What I didn't count on, though, was how much I would enjoy the commentary and conversations that arise in the comments section of many of the posts. I'm consistently delighted when a post will prompt someone who raced in the discussed event; or owned the discussed car; or had photos from a discussed race meeting; will comment on a post and takes the conversation in a new, thrilling direction.
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about a set of photos that reader Brian Goldman sent in of the Put-in-Bay races. The comments, though, are why I love the post. Several of the racers checked in or enquired about particular cars. One of whom, Edward Eichenlaub, was looking for any photos that might include his own winning run at that event. Only a short time later, Manley Ford delivered—emailing me the photo you see above of Ed's victory.
When I see Chicane readers connecting and fueling each other's love for vintage racing, I… I don't know how to describe it… It just makes it all seem so much more worth doing. Thank you all for that.


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Here's a roundup of what happened around the county. All results are unofficial at this time, until the Ontario County Board of Elections tallies write-in votes and absentee ballots.
East Bloomfield will have a new town supervisor, while the incumbent Richmond supervisor, running as an independent, defeated the man who ousted him in the Republican primary, as well as a Democrat, to keep his seat.
Republican Dodie Huber, who has served as East Bloomfield's town supervisor for 10 years, was ousted by Democrat Dianne Crowley.
Meanwhile Ralph Angelo, who lost to fellow Republican Ed Jackson in the September primary, was the top vote-getter in a contentious three-way race that also included Democrat Lynn Emmerling.
Those were some of the highlights from Tuesday's election in Ontario County.
Here's a roundup of what happened around the county. All results are unofficial at this time, until the Ontario County Board of Elections tallies write-in votes and absentee ballots.
In the Town of Bristol, two open seats on the Town Board were secured by incumbents Thomas Stevens with 531 votes, and Deputy Supervisor Alden Favro Jr. with 486 votes. Trailing behind, newcomer Scott Needham received 276 votes.
Incumbent Sharon Miller will continue as Bristol's town clerk, winning with 582 votes over challenger Luann Waden who had 162 votes.
Bristol's highway superintendent will be incumbent Ronald Wilson Sr, who won with 464 votes against Democratic challenger Steven Kepner, who earned 281 votes.
Town Supervisor Bob Green ran unopposed for a third two-year term and earned 582 votes.
Two open seats on the Canadice Town Council were won by Mark Statt with 233 votes and incumbent William Hershey with 231 votes. The third candidate, James Moore, received 214 votes.
Kristine Singer, current Canadice town supervisor, is ran unopposed and earned 291 votes. Incumbent Eileen Schaefer, a Republican, was unopposed for town clerk, receiving 338 votes. Incumbent Russel Coon, Republican, secured his town justice position with 297 votes.
Challenger Dianne Crowley upset incumbent Dorothy Huber to become East Bloomfield's new Supervisor with a 580 to 393 vote. Huber ran on the Conservative, Independent and Republican tickets; Crowley ran on the We the People and Democratic tickets.
Replacing retiring Town Clerk April Wade will be Margaret Gochenaur, who bested Laura Andolino 590 to 385.
Incumbent William Morsheimer will retain his seat as town justice, winning with a 573 to 372 vote against challenger Joseph Wilson. Morsheimer will again join Justice Dennis Herrington, whose term will expire in 2015, at East Bloomfield Town Court.
Incumbent Republican Ron Hawkins earned 561 votes and will be joined by fellow Republican Frank Fessner Jr 546 on the Town Board. The two beat out Democrats Martin Neenan, who had 415 votes, and Marco Falsone, who had 352 votes.
Incumbent Republican Kathleen Cooper ran unopposed for the position of town tax collector, garnering 799 votes. Incumbent Highway Superintendent Brian Bernard ran unopposed, earning 880 votes.
Replacing retiring Hopewell Town Highway Superintendent Vern Hecker will be Matthew Curran, who bested Jason Schadler by 368 to 229 votes.
Supervisor Margaret Hilton ran unopposed for her second term as supervisor, earning 484 votes. Incumbent Town Clerk Mary Ann Trickey earned 495 votes. Incumbent Matthew Goodman and newcomer Theodore Bateman ran for two open town councilman spots, earning 407 and 405 votes.
In Naples, incumbent Town Supervisor John Cowley beat challenger Brian Schenk with a 376 to 287 vote.
Cowley, a Democrat, took office as supervisor in January 2012; Schenk, a Republican, became mayor in July of last year. Cowley has served on the Health and Medical, Human Services, and Insurance committees on Ontario County Board of Supervisors; the Health Facility Purchaser Assessment Committee; the County Planning Board Reassessment Committee, and the Rural Health Network.
Two town board seats will be filled by Mary Mueller, who earned 409 votes, and Edward Northrop who earned 351 votes.
In other uncontested races on the ballot, Joanne Lincoln will serve as town clerk, having garnered 642 votes. Matthew Green will serve as town justice, having earned 634 votes, Joanne Austin Schenk will serve as tax collector, with 626 votes, and David Voss II will serve as town highway superintendent, with 610 votes.
Incumbent Republican Supervisor Norman Teed bested Democratic challenger Diana Featherly in the race for Phelps town supervisor with a 718 to 458 vote. Teed served as the town of Phelps supervisor from Jan. 1, 2006, to the present; and the town of Phelps highway superintendent from Jan. 1, 1982, to Dec. 31, 2001.
Incumbents Dennis King and Carlton Beechler, who earned 801 and 744 votes, beat challenger Andrew Fellenz for two open seats on the Town Board. Fellenz had 508 votes.
Running uncontested for re-election were incumbents Linda Nieskes for town clerk who received 803 votes, Robert Gosper for town justice, who received 892 votes, and Terry Featherly for highway superintendent, who received 1,005 votes.
A three-way race for town supervisor in the town of Richmond ended in victory for incumbent Ralph Angelo who earned 540 votes over former town supervisor Ed Jackson, who had 396 votes, and local business owner Lynn Emmerling, who had 296 votes.
Angelo has served as a fire commission board member, a Honeoye Central School Board of Education member and a softball umpire for town recreation.
In a two-way race for town highway superintendent, incumbent Thomas Fleig retained his position with 831 votes against Gary Wittenrich, who had 362 votes. Town board members will be Daryl Marshall with 654 votes and Randall Walker with 523 votes. Finishing behind them was Gary Hubble with 478 votes and Daniel Swingle with 439 votes.
The race for Richmond town justice was a two-way contest between a write-in candidate and one on the ballot. Due to a clerical error, candidate Guy Ward did not appear on the ballot and sought write-in votes, which have not yet been tallied. Candidate John Chrisman Jr received 632 votes.
Republican Linda Grace ran unopposed for another term as town clerk, earning 979 votes.
Current Seneca Supervisor John Sheppard retained his seat against challenger Katherine Bennett-Roll in the only contested race in the town. Sheppard won handily with 347 to 164 vote. Sheppard, who ran on the Republican and Conservative tickets, is a retired Lt. Col. in the United States Air Force, has served on the Phelps-Clifton Springs School Board, as supervisor of the town of Seneca, on the Ontario County Board of Supervisors, the Ontario County Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Directors, the Axcess Ontario Fiber Optics Network Board of Directors, and the Ontario County Economic Development Corporation.
Incumbents Andrew Wickham and Howard Keeney ran unopposed for re-election to town councilman positions. They earned 421 and 406 votes respectively. Town Clerk Teresa Quartaro and Town Highway Superintendent Richard Allison also ran unopposed for re-election, receiving 445 and 424 votes respectively.
Replacing outgoing South Bristol town supervisor Dan Marshall is Republican/Conservative Barbara Welch, who won easily over Democrat Deb Merklinger 344 to 171. Welch is a current South Bristol Town Board member and a former member of the South Bristol Zoning Board of Appeals.
Also securing town board seats were Scott Wohlschlegel with 380 votes and Alfred Carvill with 338 votes. Robert Cone earned 347 votes and will fill a vacancy on the town board.
In West Bloomfield two open town council seats went to Susan Linder, who had 440 votes, and William Travis, who had 309 votes. Laura Dustin received 224 votes.
Todd Campbell ran unopposed for supervisor, receiving 414 votes. Mary Grundman ran unopposed for town clerk, earning 465 votes. Richard M Hyland Jr ran unopposed for town justice, receiving 471 votes. James Powers ran unopposed for highway superintendent, receiving 480 votes.


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Red Bull had it 'easy' before V6s - Lauda
Niki Lauda believes Mercedes' feat of winning the first four races of the V6 era is a significantly more impressive achievement than Sebastian Vettel winning nine races in a row in 2013.
Vettel's 2013 season was the most comprehensive of his four world titles, with his incredible run at the end of the year only highlighting how comfortable Red Bull's advantage was. Mercedes has stolen a march on its rivals under the new regulations and Lauda insists the team deserves greater credit than Red Bull received in 2013 for what it is doing this season.
"This year we have new engines, new gearboxes, new electric brakes, and new cars," Lauda is quoted as saying by AUTOSPORT. "And the Mercedes cars finished the first four races, which for me is the outstanding result.
"If you have shitty engines like last year, and nine races in a row like Vettel, to finish all of them, this is easy. But to do the same now, with four races in a row, I think is an outstanding performance."
Lauda admits he has been taken aback slightly by how well Mercedes has done so far in 2014.
"I never expected it. For me, the most important thing is that we got the reliability going. We got everything together in a proper way. The others made it in the past, but never in the first year of completely new regulations."


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When school comes to an end, it's summer reading program time at the Terrebonne Parish Library. "Dig Into Reading" begins May 28 at all branches of the Terrebonne Parish Library System.
When school comes to an end, it's summer reading program time at the Terrebonne Parish Library. "Dig Into Reading" begins May 28 at all branches of the Terrebonne Parish Library System. Young children read 10 library books or can have library books read to them, and students in fourth to sixth grades read five library books for a certificate and coupons for free stuff.
Weekly story and craft times are conducted at all library branches. Look for a green brochure in your child's backpack for a list of all activities including special performances by storytellers, musicians, dancers and puppeteers. June and July are jam packed with special programs.
"Beneath the Surface" is the theme for the teen summer reading program. Teens read three library books, e-books, graphic novels or magazines to receive a certificate and prizes.
Adults will have a summer reading program, "Groundbreaking Reads." Adults have to read four library books, e-books or magazines to receive prizes.
On May 28 you can register at any library branch or go to www.mytpl.org/srp to register online.
Beginning tomorrow the Friends of the Library will begin selling the summer reading program, "Dig Into Reading" T-shirts. The prices are $5 for child sizes and $7 for adult sizes. "Dig Into Reading" book bags also will be sold for $5.
"Tools for Teachers" will be held again this summer at the main library. "Tools for Teachers" is a series of workshops for teachers helping them to reach English Language Arts benchmarks in the classroom. The workshops directly relate to GLEs for fourth to 12th grades. The workshops will be from 2-3 p.m. on Wednesdays beginning June 5 to July 24. "Tools for Teachers" received national recognition when the library was selected as a finalist for the Nation Medal given by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
The first workshop topic on June 5 will be navigating sources. Some of the topics covered will be teaching basic research techniques for every student, including effective keyword searching, using the library catalog and advanced internet searching. Take-away instructional material and practice exercises for students will be available.
Other workshop topics include: citing sources, best sources for research papers, newspapers and magazines, encyclopedias, dictionaries and atlases, and audiovisual resources. For more information, call 876-5861, option 2 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. A more detailed description can be found on the library's web site, www.mytpl.org/teachertools.
The main library will be hosting three free hands-on computer classes. The classes are introduction to photography on Tuesday; Microsoft Work 2010 on Thursday and a free for all class on May 28. All classes begin at 9:30 and run to 11:30 am.
The library has an app available for library users and digital magazines available for readers.
You can access your library anytime with the myTPL app. The app allows searching for books, DVDs, audiobooks and CDs. You also can request an item and renew an item.
If you see an interesting item somewhere, you can scan it and see if the library owns it. Also included in the app is access to the e-book collection.
You also can find contact information, hours and locations. The myTPL app is available for Apple, Android, Windows and Blackberry devices. Download the app by searching mytpl in your app store.
The library system belongs to the world's largest newsstand, and now you can access it, too. You can read magazines subscription-free online or using most handheld devices. All you need is a library card in good standing and a valid email address. Check out the users' guide for easy to use instructions at mytpl.org/zinio. This link also will direct you to the website for registration and downloading.
If you have any questions about downloading these applications, call the library's reference department at 876-5861, option 2.
The library staff is trained to help you access e-books on your e-readers. You can go to any library branch and have a staff member program your device to use the library's e-book collection.
The library system has a memorial program which memorizes a person by having a book placed in the library system. A donation is made in a person's memory, and a book is purchased and placed at the branch of the donor's choice. A book plate is placed in the book, and a card is sent to the family. This is a wonderful way to have a lasting memorial for a person.
For more information, call 876-5158.
The library system will be closed on May 27 in observance of Memorial Day.
The library system is available 24-7, and with a library card in good standing, you can access services. You can renew items and request items, along with searching the catalog. If you need a book to read, you can download e-books and audiobooks. If you want new music on your MP3 player, just access Freegal. To keep up with the latest happenings in the library system, check out the library's Facebook page or Bayou Reference Blog. All these services happen on the library's website, www.mytpl.org.
A fossil display from the collection of Charlie Audirsch is on exhibit at the main library. The North Branch is hosting a collection of Lego creations from David Diket.


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I have 4 typical aluminum shaft kite pumps. I have searched the internet but cant find any source for replacement O-rings that seal the shaft in the cap of the pump. Replacing the O-ring should make the upstroke more effective.
I am really surprised I could not find them. I tried different search parameters but no luck.


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Meeting Mai Pham
Mai Pham is the chef and owner of Lemon Grass Restaurant in Sacramento, California, a nationally acclaimed restaurant featuring Vietnamese and Thai cuisine. A respected expert on Southeast Asian Cuisine, she writes for national publications, conducts cooking classes and seminars, and serves as a consultant to various food organizations throughout the U.S.
Mai is the author of Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table. Her first book, The Best of Vietnamese and Thai Cooking was featured on National Public Radio 'Fresh Air' and in Martha Stewart Living and Art Culinaire magazines. A food columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, she also contributes to the Los Angeles Times, Fine Cooking, and other major publications. In addition, she teaches at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone.
Mai came to the U.S. with her family after the fall of Saigon in 1975. After graduating from the University of Maryland with a degree in Journalism, she worked as a television reporter until 1988 when she decided to follow her passion for cooking and opened Lemon Grass Restaurant. Mai, who is in the process of opening a second restaurant, was able to spare a few minutes to answer some of our questions.
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Carlson School Explores Global Prosperity and Democracy
Recently, the Carlson School of Management played host to "Global Prosperity and Democracy: Challenges for Corporations, Governments, NGOs, and Civil Society."
The day's first keynote, "Economic Growth and Democratic Reform: A Critical Connection?" featured former president of the World Bank Group, Robert Zoellick. After his conversation with Dean Zaheer, Zoellick participated in a panel discussion with Brian Atwood (chair of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee), Doug Baker (chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Ecolab Inc.), Chris Policinski (president and chief executive officer of Land O' Lakes, Inc.), and former State Department official and current Goldman Sachs executive, Dina Habib Powell.
The Carlson School presented the event in conjunction with the National Endowment for Democracy and the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.


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I have cruised through boards for about 10 days now, trying to learn how to do fairly simple things. What strikes me is that there are 2 levels of comprehension for XO users - they are either technologically savvy, or completely clueless.
I fall into the latter category. I am struggling to learn, and I am making lots of mistakes. It would be a lot simpler if people who are kind enough to take the time to post instructions to assume that for every individual poster they are trying to help, there are probably another 25 readers trying to follow the instructions.
For example, one post prompts the reader to "Run in a terminal activity." I have no idea what that means. Because I'm used to a windows environment "Run" to me has always meant start > run > <whatever I want to run>.
Some posts state that terminal should be opened as root, others state not to use root, use a pseudo root.
So please, for the benefit of the less informed, the less skilled, the hopelessly frustrated, please assume your pithy instructions will be read not only by the experienced user and by the clueless. Thank you to those of you who do this already. Because of your understanding, I successfully loaded Flash.


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26 U.S. Code Subchapter A - Additions to the Tax and Additional Amounts
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It is always awe-inspiring to me when I see siblings helping each other or cooperating during play. Sometimes this comes naturally to kids and sometimes it doesn't. Although their genetic makeup and personality play a part, parental behavior and guidance are big factors in this equation.
As we all know, kids learn from example and if you, as a parent, are teaching, through your own relationships with your partner and your own relatives, values such as kindness, compassion and patience, these things will rub off on your children. It is not always going to be peace, quiet and happiness with your kids but your example will be helping to build their set of values and character.
Another way you can help your kids to develop their sibling relationships is to take charge of their activities. I'm not referring to being a dictator here but I do think all parents need to take an active interest in their children's daily activites. Kids who spend a large majority of their time, unsupervised, watching television or playing games on a computer are not interacting with their siblings. Some activites along these lines are great but parents need to make sure that there are other activites that require cooperation and participation. Games, in particular, are good since children have to learn to get along and display a certain amount of patience with each other. These can be indoor or outdoor games, for example, send them on scavenger hunts as a "team" rather than independently.
Plan family outings whenever possible. Encourage the kids to help each other to make lunch together for a picnic outside or build a tent outside. If you go to the park or beach, let your children know that it is a "family" outing and that, as a family, everyone is responsible for helping each other so they will be ready to go on time. Little things that seem so inconsequential can make large contributions to relationship building. There is nothing better than having a great relationship with a brother or sister as you grow up and become an adult.


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In December of 2002 I had a student who gave an oral presentation in class that since sex was biologically based it was not a moral issue at all. She claimed open sexual relationships are justifiable so long as both partners agreed to it. Here are my thoughts at the time about whether it's ethical to have a sexual partner without some level of commitment to that partner. I used these notes to discuss the issue in class after her presentaion.
Sex is a moral issue if sex is not purely physical and/or demands some level of commitment. There are levels of commitment to everything we do; to a lunch date, a class presentation, a work schedule, to friends, relatives, etc. We also have a commitment to do no harm toward strangers. Therefore we have some level of responsibilty toward others about everything that affects them. In sex one must be responsible enough not to give or receive STD's, we should not use people for our own selfish ends, we should not produce unwanted children. We should be responsible enough to have those kinds of commitments to ourselves and to others.
If sex is purely physical then I can treat my partner as an object--they don't exist as a person. They are just a body, and I need not care for their feelings at all, nor do they need to care for me. It would completely depersonalize people to naked bodies. It would be to use people for my own selfish ends. I wouldn't even have to care whether my partner climaxed.
Is anything purely physical? Everything we do is done in a mental and/or social context. Drinking beer with friends is a social/mental event. Eating lunch with someone develops closeness--you wouldn't have lunch with just anyone.
What about prostitution? It's wrong because it lacks a commitment as described above. Prostitution sex can never be safe sex with regard to STD's, it uses another person (for money or sex), it might produce a child, plus you never know if you might get robbed or murdered by your partner while alone with them. That having been said, I cannot say prostitution is wrong in every case for everyone, especially in places where it's legal and men cannot get sex any other way.
Is it really possible to have sex with someone without getting emotionally attached in some way, leading to some level of commitment to that partner? I doubt it, since it's one of the most intimate shared experiences one can have, especially if done repeatedly over several weeks and months. On the Jerry Springer show some guy came on to tell his prostitute that he was in love with her and wanted to marry her, which she in turn mocked him. This is why open marriages don't work, because eventually there is tension and eventually one partner leaves his/her spouse for the other. The more intimate the experience the more intense the feelings of closeness, emotional attachment, and/or commitment toward that person. Guys in a foxhole during WWII shared an intense experience with each other, and as a result many of them would die for the others even today. Their commitment to each other is directly proportional to how close they were together in that foxhole, and how long they fought together.
BOTTOMLINE ISSUE: If sex is purely physical then why bother making a commitment to be sexually faithful to another person, ever? If sex is just physical then sex is no different than eating lunch together with someone beside your regular lunch partner. If marriage doesn't demand monogamous lunches, then why would it demand monogamous sex? Even if you wanted the benefits of family life (children, shared income, life-long helper, etc), why would two people bother promising sexual faithfulness to each other? But if you don't promise your partner sexual faithfulness, then how would you feel if he slept with his secretary, or your sister, or your mother? Why would you ever feel betrayed if sex is just physical?


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Daily slaughter obscured by rampage
In Jacksonville, Florida, Dec. 14 began with the sound of gunfire off Jammes Road around midnight. The body of Pat...
In Jacksonville, Florida, Dec. 14 began with the sound of gunfire off Jammes Road around midnight. The body of Patrice Sherman, a 22-year-old who worked manicuring lawns, was found at 7:15 a.m. in a ditch.
Sherman may have been the first person killed by gunfire in the U.S. that Friday, hours before the second-deadliest shooting in the nation_s history unfolded 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) away in Newtown, Connecticut. That massacre left 28 dead, including the gunman, his mother and 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
By day_s end, at least 12 other people were shot dead around the nation, according to police and news accounts. Their deaths were little noticed beyond circles of family or friends.
At 8 a.m., police Officer Martoiya Lang, a mother of four daughters, was shot with a 9 mm pistol during a drug raid in Memphis, Tennessee. After noon, Sandra Oliva, 54, was found in her bed in New York_s Hudson Valley, shot in the head by her husband, who turned the gun on himself. Less than 12 hours later, 30-year-old concierge Jessica Kenny was gunned down at a Las Vegas casino by a former boyfriend.
_It_s beyond sad,_ said Edward Vondran of Henderson, Nevada, her uncle. _You can_t rationalize why someone would do something like this._
Daily Toll
The dozen gun killings outside Newtown, which include shootings by police, represented a typical, even peaceful day, for a country that has more firearm homicides every week than Canada has in a year.
American civilians own some 270 million firearms, 89 for every 100 residents, more than any other nation, according to the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. There were an average of 85 gun deaths each day in 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including two accidents, 53 suicides and 30 homicides.
_The unrelenting death toll of gun violence in America is staggering,_ said Benjamin Van Houten, managing attorney for the Legal Community Against Violence in San Francisco, which advocates more restrictive gun laws. _In addition to the terrible, devastating tragedies like Newtown, there are instances of gun violence that tear apart communities and families each day._
Many Newtowns
The Sandy Hook massacre was the latest mass shooting in a deadly year, following an attack in a Colorado movie theater that killed 12 and wounded 58 others, and another at a Wisconsin Sikh temple that left six dead. This month, three died, including the shooter, when a man opened fire with a rifle in a suburban Oregon shopping mall.
More typically, news of shootings rarely travels beyond the cities where they happen. Yet on average a Newtown happens every day on U.S. street corners and inside homes. In that sense, Dec. 14 was unexceptional.
About 7:15 a.m., a driver saw a body lying by the Jacksonville roadside in a residential strip of single-family homes in Florida_s most populous city. It was Sherman, who scraped out a living as a landscaper.
Shell casings were found at the scene, said Officer Shannon Hartley, a police spokesman.
Franklin Sherman, 74, was leaving the doctor_s office when he was told of his grandson_s death. He doesn_t know why anyone would kill him. Patrice was a good man, taking him to the doctor when he could, Sherman said.
Patrice_s mother passed out when she heard. She fainted at the funeral home. She couldn_t bear to see her dead son.
_They_re taking it rough,_ Franklin Sherman said.
Mother, Officer
About 8 a.m., Martoiya Lang was among officers who burst into a home in Memphis, a city of 652,000 where there_s a homicide every three days, according to Richard Janikowski, a University of Memphis criminologist.
Lang had been an officer for nine years, joining the elite Organized Crime Unit in 2011. That morning, when police rushed into a house to search it, a man grabbed a pistol with a high- capacity clip and fired. He wounded one officer and killed Lang.
_She was a hard charger,_ said Michael Williams, president of the Memphis Police Association. _She was compassionate. She was well-liked. She was one of the good ones._
The youngest of her daughters is 2.
Last Text
At 11 a.m., 450 miles away, a police shoot-out ended differently after officers stopped a car at a Dallas apartment complex. Amid a struggle, the driver brandished a weapon and police shot him, according to a statement. Lenny Ellis, 30, died at the scene.
At 12:14 p.m., as the enormity of the Newtown massacre was becoming known, police in Cornwall, New York, a town of 12,600 by the Hudson River, were dispatched to Joseph Oliva_s home on Mine Hill Road.
Oliva, 58, had sent a text to his sister in Virginia: _Goodbye. Take care of my daughter._
Then he killed himself with a Glock pistol. His wife, Sandra, 54, was in her bed, with a single shot to the head.
Police Chief Todd Hazard said there was no note or explanation. _He_s probably the only one who knows,_ he said.
Family Carnage
In Marshall, North Carolina, with a population of about 900, James Lagrua, 61, spent part of the day watching coverage of the Sandy Hook shooting at his home off the Appalachian Trail. He had a shotgun and two handguns.
Lagrua recently came out of retirement to work as a home health-care nurse, according to Michael Garrison, chief deputy of the Madison County Sheriff_s Office.
At 9 p.m., his wife_s daughter called 911 and barricaded herself in the basement of the three-story home with her two teenage daughters. Upstairs, police say, Lagrua shot his wife, Stephanie, 58, in the kitchen. He then shot his wife_s 86-year- old bedridden mother, Hilma Barnett, in the head. He shot the family dog, too.
Lagrua was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and animal cruelty.
_It shocks everyone that someone could be that heartless and brutal and cold,_ said Mayor Lawrence Ponder, 74.
_When you hear these things, you have to accept it and say move on and hope it doesn_t happen to you,_ he said. _It_s everywhere._
Two Marines
Forty-five minutes after Marshall police took the call from Lagrua_s house, officers in Jacksonville, North Carolina, near the Atlantic coast, arrived at the Liberty Crossing Apartments. The complex is about seven miles from Camp Lejeune, a Marine Corps base, and authorities had been called about a disturbance, according to a news release.
They found Lance Corporal Randall Buford, 21, dead from a bullet to the head. He had come back in June from six months in Afghanistan.
Officers arrested Lance Corporal Marcus Bo Hunt, 19, and charged him with one count of murder, according to the release.
That evening in Las Vegas, Jessica Kenny went to work at the Excalibur, a medieval-themed casino on the Strip. She had come from Illinois to start a new life, said Vondran, her uncle. Edward Brandt was a former boyfriend from home, he said.
About 8:30 p.m., Brandt, 31, walked into the casino. Not far from the entrance, he fired several shots from a handgun. Patrons fled in terror.
Torn Away
Brandt committed suicide at the scene. An hour later, Kenny was pronounced dead at University Medical Center from wounds to her chest and head.
_Everyone who ever met her loved her and immediately recognized what a wonderful person she was,_ said Vondran. _It_s beyond terrible. She meant so much to us, and this crazy bastard came and took her away._
At the White House on Dec. 19, President Barack Obama referred to the killings of Lang, the Memphis officer, and Kenny, though neither by name.
_Each one of these Americans was a victim of the everyday gun violence that takes the lives of more than 10,000 Americans every year -- violence that we cannot accept as routine,_ he said.
Obama has backed restrictions on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips, saying he will draft proposals by the end of next month to stem gun violence. The National Rifle Association, which has lobbied to loosen controls, called for armed police officers in every U.S. school in a news briefing today.
_The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,_ Wayne LaPierre, the Fairfax, Virginia-based organization_s chief executive officer, told reporters.
20 Babies
Nick Germak, a former NRA member, lives in Newtown about two blocks from the home of Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who used a semiautomatic rifle to gun down children at Sandy Hook for reasons that are still unknown.
_For the first time in my life, I_ll support any gun movement effort,_ he said, before the NRA proposal. _I believe the founding fathers had a purpose for us with a right to bear arms when the British were a threat. Those days are over. There are 20 little babies we aren_t going to ever see grow up._
In the tiny mountain town of Marshall, North Carolina, Mayor Ponder agrees. Assault weapons and metal-piercing bullets should be outlawed, he said. _Nobody needs to own them,_ Ponder said. _Enough is enough._
On Dec. 15. at 6 a.m., police in Charlotte, North Carolina, were called. Raymona Abraham, 21, had been shot, according to a statement.
At 6:09, he was declared dead.
By William Selway, Amanda J. Crawford & Alison Vekshin


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Secretary of State Rokita Selected for Young Political Leaders Program
Contact: AJ Freeney-Ruiz
Indianapolis, IN - Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita has been selected by the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) to serve as a delegate to Vietnam for a two-week program this month. Rokita will join eight other young political leaders from across the United States to study the Vietnamese political system, engage in dialogue on bilateral issues and forge professional relationships.
"ACYPL targets young political leaders likely to assume future leadership positions in their national governments," said Brad Minnick, ACYPL Executive Director. "Our international exchanges build bridges between emerging leaders in the U.S. and other countries."
Today, Secretary Rokita and other delegates are in Washington, D.C. attending briefings by the U.S. Department of State and the Embassy of Vietnam before flying to Hanoi on Friday. The delegation will be hosted in Vietnam by the Vietnam-USA Society (VUS). The program will provide the delegates opportunities to travel within the country and interact with rising local, municipal, and national leaders, business communities, and civic groups.
Meetings are currently scheduled between Rokita and the Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States, the Vice Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Minister of Trade. Rokita will also meet with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam as he moves through Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon).
"I am honored to represent Indiana and our Hoosier values as we work to achieve mutual understanding with leaders in Vietnam," said Rokita. "This will be a chance to better understand the current political and social dynamics there and help people there better understand the United States. I intend to use my presence there as well as the contacts and the experience gained to help advance Indiana."
Secretary Rokita's participation in the ACYPL program is another effort to gain perspective on the rapid globalization that affects Indiana. "We need to understand that competition in today's economy is not between Fort Wayne and Lafayette," said Rokita. "Today our economic relationships are between our cities and places like Juarez, Mexico; Shanghai, China; and Hanoi, Vietnam." This is Secretary Rokita's second trip to Asia; he was previously part of a delegation of American Secretaries of State observing elections and economic development efforts in Taiwan. Both the ACYPL program and the Taiwan trip have been organized without the use of state funds.
Since 1966, ACYPL has conducted bilateral exchanges to promote awareness and understanding of the common problems, opportunities, and challenges facing the international community. Over ninety nations in Eastern and Western Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the Pacific Rim have participated in exchange programs with ACYPL. ACYPL receives partial funding from the U.S. Department of State and has been endorsed as an important source of education on key foreign policy issues for rising American and foreign political leaders.
ACYPL delegates are chosen from a competitive, bipartisan field of candidates between the ages of 25 and 40 who have exhibited strong leadership during their careers in public or private service. Former ACYPL participants include current members of the U.S. Congress, state governors, ambassadors, cabinet secretaries, and foreign prime ministers.


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MONTREAL (AP) The World Anti-Doping Agency disputes a claim by former cycling federation leader Hein Verbruggen that discussing suspicious doping samples with athletes was the normal practice in sports.
It highlights the growing gulf between the doping watchdog and the International Cycling Union following the Lance Armstrong case.
"This approach totally contradicts the purpose of an effective anti-doping program," WADA said on Thursday of Verbruggen's claim, adding that a governing body's policy should be "designed to deter, detect and prevent athletes from doping."
"WADA has no evidence of other international federations `discussing atypical blood test results, or other test results' with athletes," the agency said in a statement
Verbruggen, the UCI president from 1991-2005, claimed on Wednesday it was the governing body's former policy and "indeed also of other federations."
"Riders who were doping (but who had yet to fail a test) were effectively warned that they were being watched and that they would be targeted in future with the aim of getting them to stop doping," he said in Vrij Nederland magazine.
WADA has criticized the UCI for arranging for Armstrong to meet with a laboratory director in 2002 after he gave doping tests with suspicious levels of EPO, a banned blood booster.
Verbruggen defended the UCI's former policy of issuing warnings as part of a "two-pronged attack" by catching those who cheated, but also dissuading riders from doping.
WADA questioned the values behind that policy.
"Any (federation) that would do such a thing would leave itself open to criticism with regards to its impartiality and integrity," the Montreal-based organization said.


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Florida's cities are on the rise
Posted 9/18/2013
Thomas Friedman of the New York Times recently penned a fascinating column about the increasing importance of cities in determining the future of our nation. His column emanated from a new book from scholars at the Brookings Institution: "The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy."
The thesis is simply that the federal government is in such disarray — "mired in partisan division and rancor" — that it gets very little accomplished. Cities, meanwhile, are practicing a growth model with a focus on "networks that combine skilled laborers and knowledge workers, with universities and technical schools, with quality infrastructure and high-speed Internet . . . for innovation," he writes. Exactly!
My own travels during the summer bear this out — I've visited Destin, Daytona, DeLand, Orlando, Tallahassee, Tampa, Fort Myers and Palm Beach, and have planned trips to Miami and Fort Lauderdale. The federal and state governments continue to supply funding for many projects, but the initiative behind the progress in these communities is local and reflects the ability of many groups to pull together.
Take transportation, a cornerstone of economic development that's a focus of this month's issue. Florida East Coast is developing new passenger rail service with private funds and local cooperation. And while state and federal dollars are backing an interstate connector at the Port of Tampa and a tunnel at the Port of Miami, there's lots of innovative thinking going on at both ports about other moves that will keep the facilities competitive.
Over on the Space Coast, extraordinary local efforts to pull aerospace companies to the region have mitigated the impact of the loss of the shuttle.
Airports are preparing for a Florida with more residents (250,000 population growth is predicted each year for the next decade) and more tourists. Miami is expanding its facilities, Fort Lauderdale is building a new runway, Tampa is updating and expanding its core, and Southwest International is preparing for the Hertz influx.
Arts and entertainment are growing through local efforts. The Daytona International Speedway is being updated to 21st-century standards with $400 million in private funds. Universal and Disney are spending their own dollars on huge growth initiatives. The new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is being built mostly with money raised locally.
The Florida High Tech Corridor is another shining example of local efforts. Three major universities, USF, University of Florida and UCF start with federal research grants, but the money doesn't just disappear into the ivory tower — the schools are spawning an increasing number of spinoff ventures in their respective communities. Local efforts and collaboration were behind the emergence of Lake Nona as a medical and research hub that's integrating universities, private research institutions and hospitals into a network that's supercharged by web connectivity.
State and federal money will always provide the impetus behind many local projects. We can't forget that, but it's also vital that we celebrate local leadership that integrates the funding with the local community's vision of its economic future.
Bringing Hertz to southwest Florida required keen collaboration between state-level Enterprise Florida and local leaders. The tunnel to Miami's port required both federal money and the ability of local leaders to make the project a priority. It's a multifaceted game. We need to play together.
Fitness update: I'm definitely running three times a week and won't let a little calf strain get in the way of the 5k Turkey Trot coming in 12 weeks. I'm on track.
— Andy Corty


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3 Carlson School Undergraduates Win Prestigious Leadership Awards
Livingood, Carlson, and Wu honored for leadership and service.
Three Carlson School undergraduate students recently have been honored with prestigious University-wide leadership and service awards. Joel Livingood, junior (marketing), is a recipient of the Donald R. Zander Award for Outstanding Student Leadership. Justin Carlson, senior (finance and marketing), and junior Yongxi Wu (accounting) have received the University of Minnesota Alumni Association (UMAA) Award. Wu is the first international undergraduate to ever win the UMAA Award.
The Zander Award, a $1,000 scholarship, honors a student's exceptional academic achievement, personal character, and outstanding institution-wide leadership and service. Candidates for the Zander award must demonstrate compassion for others and a high degree of personal integrity.
The UMAA award is a $500 scholarship to an undergraduate student leader in recognition of his or her academic achievement, personal character, leadership qualities, and contributions to the University of Minnesota.


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Incoming Executive Producer, Steven Moffat, is to take part in a discussion on Sherlock Holmes as part of this year's BBC Proms Literary Festival.
Moffat, who together with Mark Gatiss is co-creator and Executive Producer of the BBC's new modern-day Sherlock, is joined by A. N. Wilson, author of The Victorians. They talk to Matthew Sweet about the enduring appeal of Sherlock Holmes and his special love of Mendelssohn.
The event takes place on Monday 7 September at 5.45pm at the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall of the Royal College of Music. It is free to anyone who turns up, although capacity is limited, and it will be turned into a radio programme for broadcast Monday night on BBC Radio 3. David Warner will be giving some readings from Conan Doyle, and there'll be a Q and A at the end.
David Tennant takes over as the host of the PBS series MASTERPIECE Contemporary on October 25, 2009. As host, he introduces the programme at the beginning of each episode and provides commentary throughout. The season starts with the U.S. Premiere of Endgame, a feature length film depicting the secret talks that ended apartheid in South Africa starring William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jonny Lee Miller.
The website whoviannet has launched a project to create a scrapbook to present to David Tennant at Christmas, to thank him for all his hard work, commitment and dedication to the show over the past four years. They are asking for contributions from Tennant's fans. Details on their website.
You can now follow the Doctor Who News Page on


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Painted by Eyre Crowe, and published in Hugh Honour, The Image of the Black in Western Art (Menil Foundation, Harvard University Press, 1989), vol. 4, pt. 1, p. 205, fig. 127; original painting is held privately.
Shows enslaved man, several women and children; clothing styles depicted. The English artist Eyre Crowe observed this scene while on a trip through the South (see other images of slave sales in Richmond on this website).