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I just learned that dueling apparently was still in fashion in 1859 and it was here on the edge of great city near Lake Merced what was known as the last great American duel was held on September 13th, 1859 between John C. Broderick and David Terry. This little known duel is marked with only a plaque so I had to do a little background research to find out the story behind the duel.
Two men, both having suffered the disappointments and frustrations of political failure, were egged on by their…friends into fighting a duel for which neither of them had much stomach. After the election of 1859, Terry insisted on making a speech accusing the faction which had defeated him [for chief justice of the state supreme court] of being "the personal chattels of a single individual," of belonging "heart and soul, body and breeches, to David C. Broderick." The next morning, Broderick was overheard by a friend of Terry's saying: "I have said that I considered him the only honest man on the supreme bench, but I now take it all back." This was the provocation that led Terry to demand satisfaction. The duel was fought, and Broderick mortally wounded. On his death bed, he said: "They killed me because I was opposed to the extension of slavery and the corruption of justice." Terry was tried and acquitted in Marin County. The duel resulted in post-mortem martyrdom for Broderick, and aroused such a hatred for Terry in San Francisco that he was forced to retire to Stockton.
In a footnote to the history of this duel, the two Belgian .58 caliber pistols [Them's some big bullets] used by Broderick and Terry were sold at auction in San Francisco on November 25, 1998. The cased single-shot pistol set, including a copper powder flask, loading rod and mallet, were purchased for $34,500, at a Butterfield & Butterfield auction, by an unidentified private collector.
This memorial to Senator Broderick, in the California Police Gazette, was published September 17, 1859, four days after the duel, and one day after Senator Broderick died.
On Friday, Sept. 16th, '59, at half-past 9 a.m., Hon. David C. Broderick, Senator of the United States from our State, died from the effect of a wound received in a duel, fought on Tuesday morning last, with David S. Terry, formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California. With the manner of his wounding we have nothing to do; the daily press, in their partisan opinions, have given many different statements in regard to it, and to them we refer for the particulars of the duel; our task is merely to speak of a fallen hero, a good man gone to his death. For days previous to his dissolution, the gloomy countenances of the whole people told how great was the feeling for the wounded man, and the groups of sad faces at all points in the city, showed the intense anxiety for his welfare. All hopes, however, proved fallacious, and while the bright sun was shining over our beautiful country, while everything in nature was arrayed in loveliness, and while a multitude of eager friends were awaiting the results of the efforts of his physicians, the spirit of the great man, the self-made leader of senates, the warm friend, the truthful and magnanimous antagonist, passed from the body and took its silent flight to the great unknown world of space. Not only does a State mourn for its champion and defender, not only does the population of the Pacific slope wail for the loss of its favorite, but a whole confederacy—a whole people, are full of sorrow and regret for his death. As was said of another, "The heart of a nation is throbbing heavily at the portals of his tomb."
For years, Mr. Broderick has battled for principles which he considered right and of late he has exercised all his strength of mind and body for the advancement of those principles. Just having ended a political campaign with credit to himself, and full of high aspirations for the future, he has been cut down in the prime of his life, and all his hopes and fears are now as one.
Cold in death, the body, which formerly contained a mind such as only a God could create, lies calmly awaiting what disposition is chosen for it. There will be parade and pomp and a gathering of multitudes, but will these indemnify us for the loss we have sustained? Will the funeral ceremonies do ought towards healing the terrible wound in the body politic?
No! for such a man can never have his placed filled, he will always be missed. When occasions of this kind are forced upon us, we feel too deeply the great effect, the years will pass before the sacrifice will be forgotten. Time cannot entirely obliterate it, and the memory of the people will cling tenaciously to the circumstances. For our State, we are sorry. The shock sustained in consequence of this last terrible act will have a tendency to injure it deeply. We have, from the first days of California, have been more or less stained with the blood of our people, and the efforts of the cooler portion of our community have been unsuccessful as to the prevention of these foul blots. One after another of the damning consequences arrive, and California is forced to recede instead of advancing in the paths of civilization. When will we cease to be so terribly scourged and take our place among the enlightened of the age? If not soon, we will cease to exist as a people, for strife and bloodshed will annihilate us. Let us hope that a better spirit will hereafter prevail, and let us also hope that the successor of Mr. Broderick will be as honest and upright in the discharge of his duty.
It's kind of hard to imagine that in the city know for hippies and pacifism that two men would be taking shots at each other, no less in the quiet area around Lake Merced, but I'm sure life was very different at the end of the California Gold Rush in San Francisco.


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Welcome to the online catalogue of IDEO's library
IDEO's library is one of the prominent libraries specialised in Islamic studies in the world. It is opened to all. Our library gathers over 150,000 monographs and nearly 1,800 journals and periodicals. It intends to cover all disciplines in Islamic studies: Arabic language, Quranic exegesis, theology, law and jurisprudence, history, philosophy, sufism, history of sciences. It provides more than 20,000 classical texts of the Arabic and Islamic heritage, and secondary literature in Arabic and European languages. Many PhD dissertations are also available.
AlKindi 4 and FRBR
We are glad to introduce the new version of AlKindi, genuinely complying with the conceptual model proposed by the International Federation of Library Association (IFLA) called FRBR (which stands for Functional requirements for Bibliographic Records).
FRBR specifies four levels of information. Each level can be connected to a specific responsibility. You are already familiar with two of these four levels:
- The item, the lower level: it is the document you actually have in hands. It is identified by its call number. Examples of responsibilities include: a donor, a binder, or a former owner.
- The manifestation: it refers to a specific publication. It is identified by ISBN/ISSN. Examples of responsibilities include: a publisher, a manufacturer, or a copyright owner.
To those long-established levels, FRBR adds two new more abstract levels:
- The expression: it refers to a specific edition. It is typically identified by a language. Examples of responsibilities include: an intellectual editor, a translator, or an illustrator.
- The work, the higher level: it refers to the intellectual production in itself. It is identified by its title. Examples of responsibilities include: an author, a compiler, or an addressee.
The new features of AlKindi 4, based on FRBR, make it easier to display the different editions or translations of a given work (its publication history), or to distinguish the different responsibilities of a given authority.
Each of these four levels can be connected to an authority and to another record of the same level.
- At the work level, it enables the display of the historical and cultural context of a work. Examples of relationships include: commentaries, refutations, summaries, or compilations.
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updated August 4, 2007
Recent Books
- Evarts, Curtis. Liangyi Collection. Hong Kong, 2007.
- Tian, Jiaqing. Destiny with Zitan. Beijing, 2007.
- Hu, Desheng. Gugong Bowuyuan cang Ming Qing gongting jiaju daguan (Furniture of the Ming and Qing Palaces as Collected in the Palace Museum). In Chinese. Beijing, 2006.
- Mazurkewich, Karen. Chinese Furniture: A Guide to Collecting Antiques. Tuttle: North Clarendon, 2006.
Recent Articles
- Evarts, Curtis. "Traditional Jumu Furniture and the Museum of Classical Jumu Furniture". in Orientations June 2006. Hong Kong, 2006, pp. 28-35.


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One of my family traditions as I grew up was going to local carnival and fair every summer. Now, such summer events are a long way off, but memories of those days recently left me craving caramel apples. Maybe I'll make that a weekend event, but I also could do something about the craving in the meantime. My solution to my craving was to let it become the inspiration for a delicious cake. I already had leftover applesauce and buttermilk on hand from a class project for Itty, so it was a matter of taking those two ingredients and my craving and going from there. A simple apple cake packed with cinnamon and nutmeg gets sweet pockets of apple filling layered in and a thick coating of rich caramel sauce and crunchy chopped peanuts. The result is the best of caramel apples in a piece of cake. What's more, it's simple to make!
Tea or a glass of milk is a must alongside this sweet treat. The cake is sweet on its own and the caramel sauce only adds to that. I cut it into smaller pieces than I might normally since a little really goes a long way. This would make a fantastic ending to an all-American grillout or Sunday chicken dinner. It adds an element of nostalgia and makes everything a little more special. Enjoy!
Caramel Apple Cake
- 2 c. flour
- 1 tbsp. cinnamon
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 c. applesauce
- 1/2 c. canola oil
- 1 c. sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 c. buttermilk
- 1 (21 oz.) can apple pie filling
- 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened, condensed milk
- 1/4 c. chopped peanuts
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13" baking pan and set aside.
Stir the dry ingredients together (flour through nutmeg). Cream together the applesauce, oil, sugar, eggs, and buttermilk. Gradually add the dry ingredients until well blended. Pour into the greased 9x13" pan.
Spoon the apple pie filling over the top of the cake batter. Bake the cake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until done.
Meanwhile, pour the sweetened, condensed milk into a small, nonstick pan and heat until boiling over medium-high heat, stirring frequently. Once it begins to boil, stir constantly and boil lightly (you might need to reduce the heat) until the milk thickens more and turns a pale caramel color. Pour the still hot caramel sauce over the baked cake and sprinkle liberally with chopped peanuts. Cool completely before serving.
- Yields: 20 servings
- Preparation Time: 1 hour


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Saturday, April 08, 2017
deck.gl - Visualizing Data on a Map
Uber's deck.gl data visualization framework provides a number of ways to visualize geographical data on top of an interactive map. The framework is used by Uber to help visualize its internal data. It is also available to all other developers under an open license.
deck.gl essentially provides a number of JavaScript layers which can be used with an interactive map to create WebGL data visualizations. These layers include relatively simple layers that can overlay map markers and polylines on a map to more complex layers for visualizing large data sets as 3D hexagons or 3D heatmaps. You can get a good sense of what you can create by looking at the example maps in the deck.gl Gallery.
Deck/gl can be used with any JavaScript map library. However "deck.gl has been developed in parallel with the react-map-gl component, which is a React wrapper around Mapbox GL".
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Cretan Bean and Spinach Stew
Adapted by Susan Voisin from a recipe at http://www.mediterrasian.com/
Bean and vegetable stews are a common dish eaten throughout Greece. This flavorsome stew originates from the Greek island of Crete.
2 red onions—finely chopped
1 red pepper (capsicum)—diced
3 zucchinis (courgette)—sliced into thin rounds
6 cloves garlic—finely chopped
2 1/2 cups vegetable stock
2 14 oz (420g) cans diced tomatoes
4 tablespoons tomato paste
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon sea salt (optional)
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 14 oz. can lima beans (butter beans)—rinsed and drained
5 oz. spinach—stalks trimmed and leaves roughly chopped (or use frozen)
4 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Heat a large non-stick saucepan over medium heat and cook the onion for 6 minutes, stirring constantly. Add the red pepper, zucchini and garlic and cook for 5 minutes, stirring regularly. Add the stock, tomatoes, tomato paste, oregano, salt and pepper and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to medium-high and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the beans and simmer for another 10 minutes.
Add the spinach and simmer, uncovered, for another 10 minutes. Stir through the parsley and serve over brown rice or bulgur.
Variation: Add kalamata olives.
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REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — As Halloween revelers get ready to don their masks and celebrate all things eerie, Nintendo is introducing a spellbinding new tale that delivers mind-bending tricks and entertaining treats for fans of portable gaming. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask is now available for the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL hand-held systems, adding a new installment to the fan-favorite Professor Layton series. Players can immerse themselves in a mystery-rich storyline that includes new characters, a shadowy masked villain and hundreds of fun puzzles that can be solved using the Nintendo 3DS touch screen. Whether they're veterans to the Professor Layton series or first-time sleuths, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask will give all types of players an enthralling mystery to solve. What's more, puzzle lovers can look forward to 365 additional downloadable puzzles starting Oct. 28 – players will receive one per day* for a whole year, at no additional cost.
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As they explore the game's colorful settings, players will encounter a wide range of characters, many of whom hold valuable clues that can help solve puzzles and advance the mysterious storyline. The puzzles in Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask are more integrated into the storyline than ever before, letting players delve deeply into the Professor's world. A mix of logic, visualization, spot-the-difference and other puzzle types will keep the action lively as players draw ever closer to revealing the masked villain's identity. The additional 365 downloadable puzzles significantly extend the game's replay value.
"This Halloween, we're giving fans a spooky mystery that offers portable gaming fun all year round," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask is the most immersive Layton mystery yet, and it's the kind of uniquely entertaining, brain-teasing game that's simply not available on any other system."
Each time a player is presented with a puzzle in the game, the basic scenario is displayed on the Nintendo 3DS system's top screen. Players then use the stylus on the touch-controlled lower screen to write, draw or drag objects as needed to solve the puzzle. Hint Coins can be collected and redeemed to provide help when players are stuck on a puzzle or elusive clue. There's also space to write notes to help get through tricky puzzles, with the ability to use multiple pen colors. Players are rewarded for solving puzzles with Picarats, the in-game puzzle currency. The more accurate they are, the more Picarats they'll receive. The game also includes minigames for an added layer of fun without the pressure of getting through the main storyline.
Shoppers can purchase the packaged game as usual at retail locations nationwide. Or they can simply purchase and download the game on their own from the Nintendo eShop using a wireless broadband connection. Regardless of the purchasing method, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask sells at a suggested retail price of $39.99. Also, Club Nintendo members who download and register this game before Jan. 6, 2013, will receive a free download code for the Donkey Kong: Original Edition game. Donkey Kong: Original Edition has never been seen in the U.S. and is not available for purchase.
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A suspected tornado near Birmingham, Alabama, flattened businesses and injured one person Thursday, while the mayor of a coastal Louisiana town urged residents to evacuate ahead of a rising tide -- two lingering effects of a weakening Tropical Depression Cindy that was fueling harsh weather across the Southeast.
The walls of a liquor store and an oil-change service in Fairfield, west of Birmingham, collapsed in the apparent twister. A fast-food restaurant also was among the damaged businesses. Dean Argo, a spokesman for the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board said one employee of the liquor store was hurt.
Meteorologist Jason Holmes of the National Weather Service said trees were down and buildings were reported damaged along the Interstate 20 corridor on the western outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama's most populous city. The weather service had issued tornado warnings earlier for the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa areas.
Meanwhile, the Gulf Coast was still suffering from the effects of Cindy, a former tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico that crawled ashore early Thursday near the Louisiana-Texas state line. Downgraded to a tropical depression, Cindy weakened as it crossed Louisiana toward Arkansas but a broad circulation around the system swept moist Gulf air over the South, fueling severe weather and pushing up coastal tides.
In the low-lying Louisiana town of Lafitte, south of New Orleans, Mayor Tim Kerner urged residents in and around the town to seek higher ground because of rising water.
"The tide's rolling in. It's getting to a dangerous level," Kerner said. Streets and yards in the town were covered and Kerner worried that homes, even those in parts of town protected by levees, might be flooded. "I'm hoping not," he added.
"Certainly it's not been as bad as we feared. That's the good news, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said in Baton Rouge. "The bad news is it's not over yet."
As a slow-moving tropical storm that formed Tuesday in the Gulf, Cindy was blamed for one death: a 10-year-old boy, Nolan McCabe of St. Louis, Missouri, was vacationing with his family on the Alabama coast when he was hit by a log washed in by a large wave. Cindy also caused widespread coastal highway and street flooding and several short-lived tornadoes, but no other deaths.
In Louisiana, Edwards said two fishermen reported missing in a coastal area were located and rescued Thursday. A day earlier off Texas, the U.S. Coast Guard helped the four-member crew of a shrimp trawler limp to shore at Freeport after the crew radioed in distress amid fears of sinking.
Authorities warn driving rains could still cause dangerous flash floods. "That continues to be the threat," said Ken Graham, of the weather service office near New Orleans. "Not only around the center of Cindy. The impact of rain can be hundreds of miles away."
The latest news from around North Texas.
Heavy rain was forecast to spread over the Tennessee and Ohio valleys on Thursday, then move Friday and Saturday into the central Appalachians. At 4 p.m. CDT Thursday, Cindy was about 45 miles (75 kilometers) south of Shreveport. It maximum sustained winds of 20 mph (32 kph) and was heading northeast, expected to move into Arkansas Thursday night.
National Weather Service statistics show roughly 12 inches (300 millimeters) of rain had fallen in some spots along the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida coasts since Tuesday.
Forecasters warned that flash floods remained a danger as the storm moved north. But Cindy was also bringing rain to an area that needed it. Southeastern Arkansas hadn't seen significant rain in more than a week.
"If there's not so much rain, it could end up being beneficial," corn and rice farmer David Hillman said in Almyra, Arkansas, 55 miles (90 kilometers) southeast of Little Rock. "A couple inches? Yes. I don't think we'd have a problem with that. Now if we get wind and it knocks the corn down, well, I don't want that."
In southwest Louisiana, not far from where Cindy came ashore before dawn, trucks navigated knee-high water in the streets of Cameron Parish -- but there was no serious flooding. "We haven't heard of water getting into homes," said Ashley Buller, an assistant in the parish emergency office. "Mostly a few downed trees, power outages."
In Gulfport, Mississippi, Kathleen Bertucci said about 10 inches (250 millimeters) of rain water found its way into her business selling granite countertops. "It's pretty disgusting, but I don't have flood insurance because they took me out of the flood zone," Bertucci said.
Some threats could be lurking in the flood waters, including floating colonies of fire ants that Alabama officials warned about in a statement.
And in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, there was another worry in a neighborhood where streets and some homes flooded Thursday.
"One of our safety concerns is alligators," said local neighborhood watch organizer Erin West. "We have several alligators in the nearby ponds and it's springtime and they like to move around during springtime and everything."
Associated Press writers Melinda Deslatte in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jeff Amy and Emily Wagster in Jackson, Mississippi; Jay Reeves in southern Mississippi; Kimberly Chandler in Montgomery, Alabama; Kelly Kissel in Little Rock, Arkansas; Brendan Farrington in Tallahassee, Florida; and Jeff Martin in Atlanta contributed to this report.


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The Justice Department announced criminal charges Thursday against 91 people who allegedly received about $430 million through wide-ranging Medicare fraud.
Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the charges, which involved doctors, nurses and other medical professionals in seven different cities. The officials allege there was $230 million in home health care fraud, more than $100 million in mental health care fraud and about $49 million in ambulance transportation fraud.
Holder said one doctor is charged with writing 30,000 prescriptions by himself for 2,000 patients, resulting in $100 million in fraud.
"Those charged today not only broke the law -- but also violated their professional obligations and sacred oaths as medical practitioners," said Holder.
The charges came as Medicare and Medicaid have become hotly contested issues in the current presidential election. Republican candidate Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan have proposed significant changes in the funding of both programs, saying the changes are needed to reduce the growing federal budget deficit.
The Obama administration says the proposed changes would fall too heavily on the poor and elderly who depend on the programs.
While the proposed changes in the program were not discussed at the news conference announcing the charges, Sebelius said "Medicare and Medicaid fraud not only costs taxpayers, it threatens the programs."
Related: Whose Medicare plans cut more?
Among those arrested by the FBI Thursday was Ernest Gibson, the president of Riverside General Hospital in Houston, along with his son, who is also an employee of the hospital, and four others associated with the hospital.
"We are going after people, whatever their positions, whatever their level," said Holder.
Related: Medicare says seniors saved $3.7 billion on medicine
The hospital issued a statement saying it was saddened by the tactics utilized against it, and that while it is awaiting counsel in the case, it does support Gibson.


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CRS: Indian Tribal Government Amendments to the Homeland Security Act: S. 578 and Indian Tribal Sovereignty, July 13, 2005
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Title: Indian Tribal Government Amendments to the Homeland Security Act: S. 578 and Indian Tribal Sovereignty
CRS report number: RS21533
Author(s): M. Maureen Murphy, American Law Division
Date: July 13, 2005
- Abstract
- S. 477, the Tribal Government Amendments to the Homeland Security Act of 2002, has been introduced to "ensure that ... the Department of Homeland Security consults with Indian tribal governments ... and ... [that] Indian tribal governments participate fully in the protection of the homeland of the United States." An earlier version of this legislation, S. 578, in the 108th Congress raised concern in some quarters that it would overturn Nevada v. Hicks, 533 U.S. 353 (2001), or otherwise expand Indian tribal sovereignty. S. 477 differs from the earlier version both by including authority for direct funding, rather than indirect funding through individual states, of Indian tribal homeland security projects, and by eliminating the provisions in the earlier bill that appeared to endorse a view of tribal criminal and civil jurisdiction inconsistent with Supreme Court rulings on the subject of tribal jurisdiction. The operative provisions of the legislation remove tribal governments from the definition of "local governments," and distinguish them from both state governments and local governments. The legislation also appears to contain no direct statement specifically granting or delegating a particular law enforcement authority to tribes or overruling any named Supreme Court case. Related legislation includes � 131 of S. 536 and S. 1374 which contain provisions authorizing a border preparedness pilot program on Indian land.
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text: Falciparum malaria: The most dangerous type of malaria, which is caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Falciparum malaria is associated with high levels of parasites in the blood and has the highest death rate and rate of complications of all types of malaria. Red blood cells that are infected with the parasite tend to sludge and lead to microinfarctions (tiny areas of dead tissue due to lack of oxygen) in capillaries in the brain, liver, adrenal gland, intestinal tract, kidneys, lungs, and other organs. Patients should be treated in a hospital setting, using intravenous medications.


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Diana West
Friday, January 11, 2013 3:09 AM
This week's syndicated column:
Ever since Al Gore sold Current TV to Al Jazeera, the network founded and funded by the oil-rich emirate of Qatar, the former vice president has drawn continuous fire in conservative media. Fox News, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal, for example, have all castigated Gore, a man of the left and leading avatar of "global warming," for such hypocrisies as timing the deal to avoid lefty tax hikes and bagging $100 million in greenhouse-gas money.
These same news outlets share something else in common: They all belong to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. That means they also belong to Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.
Alwaleed owns the largest chunk of News Corp. stock outside the Murdoch family. Shortly after his purchase of 5.5 percent of News Corp. voting shares in 2005, Alwaleed gave a speech that made it clear just what he had bought. As noted in The (U.K.) Guardian, Alwaleed told an audience in Dubai that it took just one phone call to Rupert Murdoch – "speaking not as a shareholder but as a viewer," Alwaleed said – to get the Fox News crawl reporting "Muslim riots" in France changed to "civil riots."
This didn't make the "Muslim" riots go away, but Alwaleed managed to fog our perception of them. With a phone call, the Saudi prince eliminated the peculiarly Islamic character of the unprecedented French street violence for both the viewers at home and, more significantly, for the journalists behind the scenes. When little owner doesn't want "Muslim" rioting identified and big owner agrees, it sets a marker for employees. Alwaleed's stake, by the way, is now 7 percent.
We can only speculate on what other acts of influence this nephew of the Saudi dictator might have since imposed on Fox News and other News Corp. properties. (I have long argued that News Corp. should register as a foreign agent, due to the stock owned by a senior member of the Saudi ruling dynasty.) Alwaleed hasn't shared any other editorial exploits with the public. But that opening act of eliminating key information from News Corp.'s coverage of Islamic news might well have set a pattern of omission.
Recently, such a pattern of omission in News Corp.'s coverage of the Gore-Al Jazeera deal seems evident. I say "seems," because I can't be entirely certain that I haven't missed something in my research. But judging from online searches of news stories and audio transcripts, two salient points are missing from at least the main body of News Corp.'s coverage.
One is reference to the noticeable alignment of Al Jazeera with the Muslim Brotherhood, the global Islamic movement whose motto is, "The Quran is our law; jihad is our way; dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope." The second (with an exception noted below) is reference to Al Jazeera's superstar host and ideological lodestar, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a leading Muslim Brotherhood figure. The influence of al-Qaradawi at the network and in Qatar – where, according to Freedom House's 2012 press report, it is against the law for journalists to criticize the Qatari government, the ruling family or Islam – can hardly be overestimated.
Strange omission? This relationship between the Qatari-controlled network and the Muslim Brotherhood organization has been observed for years. Back in 2007, for example, Steven Stalinsky reported in the New York Sun that various Arab commentators referred to Al Jazeera as "the Muslim Brotherhood channel" and the like. What's more, reference to the relationship appears at least in passing in coverage of the Gore deal at mainstream media sites such as USA Today and the Seattle Times. More discussion is available at some conservative outlets, including Rush Limbaugh and The Blaze. (Searches at Breitbart and the Washington Examiner, like News Corp. sites, yielded nothing on these same points. Call it, perhaps, "the Fox effect.")
Given the rise of Muslim Brotherhood parties in the revolutions of the so-called Arab Spring – undeviatingly cheered on by Al Jazeera – the network's Muslim Brotherhood connection, which extends to Al Jazeera's sponsors inside the Qatari ruling family, is a crucial point to miss. Especially when it seems to be missed across the board.
The same goes for failing to mention Al Jazeera's leading personality, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, in the Gore deal coverage. This longtime "spiritual guide" of the Muslim Brotherhood hosts one of Al Jazeera's most popular shows, "Shariah and Life." Among other poisonous pronouncements, al-Qaradawi has called for Americans in Iraq and Israelis everywhere to be targeted by terrorists ("martyrs") who would then find a place in Islamic paradise. Given Al Gore's refusal to sell his network to Glenn Beck's The Blaze TV due to political differences, Muslim Brother Al-Qaradawi and his Shariah ideology become highly relevant. Then again, maybe one man's news story is just another man's clipping on the cutting-room floor.
Meanwhile, the one story I found in News Corp. coverage of the Gore deal that mentions al-Qaradawi – a column by Gordon Crovitz – neglected to note al-Qaradawi's place in the Muslim Brotherhood. Particularly given current events, this is a little like forgetting to mention that Hermann Goring was in the Nazi Party.
Could normal editorial discretion or plain ignorance be at work here? I suppose so. Still, there is that tie-in between News Corp. and the House of Saud to consider, a partnership I find more troubling than Gore's deal with the Qatari emirate. Not only does Alwaleed own a stake in News Corp., Murdoch owns an even more substantial stake (18.97 percent) in Alwaleed's Arabic media company Rotana.
Within the Alwaleed-Murdoch-Rotana galaxy is a 24-hour-Islamic outlet called Al Risala, which Alwaleed founded in 2006. The channel's director and popular "tele-Islamist" is Tareq Al-Suwaidan, widely reported to be a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait. The station's "Supreme Advisory Committee" includes Abdullah Omar Naseef, who, according to former federal prosecutor Andrew C. McCarthy, is "a major Muslim Brotherhood figure" involved in the financing of al-Qaida.
Al Risala, then, would seem to fit right into the Al Jazeera-Qaradawi-Muslim-Brotherhood lineup.
We know Alwaleed has influenced Fox editorial matters before. Could that Alwaleed influence – even his very presence – account for why News Corp. hasn't hit harder on the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaradawi angles of the Gore-Jazeera deal?
I don't know, but I wonder. Don't you?


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This isn't the first "coffee-maker etiquette" flowchart I've seen, but it is the most aesthetically pleasing.
Says Sarah in St. Louis: "The IT department in our office is notorious for drinking the last of the coffee without making more." (Note the subtle "I heart C++" mug.) Apparently, one of her co-workers thought breaking things down into engineer-speak might help.
Meanwhile, in Toledo, Ohio…a variation tailored to a slightly different audience:
related: Passive-aggressive flowcharts


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The Origin of the Name?
Well it was approx 1962-64 [can't remember]. I was at the now defunct burger chain White Tower in the sitting room/buttery. They were running a contest to name their stuffed frankenstein like animal. Why I came up with the name jackalope I don't remember, other than the fact it looked like a jack rabbit and an antelope [the horns] so jackalope!
Last weekend I was out with my family taking our usual hike. and bam. just like that some flying bunny w/ antlers comes out. I took a photo of the creature to ask...is it indeed a jackalope?
Remember when Jimmy Carter claimed to have been pursued by a crazed rabbit? Well, guess what it really was?
The Jackalope (Lepus-temperamentalus) is one of the rarest animals in the world. A cross between an extinct pygmy-deer and a species of killer-rabbit, they are extremely shy unless approached. None have ever been captured alive and this rare photo shows a mighty buck about to strike.
Known by the ancients as "deerbunnies", it wasn't until the early 1960's that the modern more fearsome "jackalope" name was adopted.
It is written that you can extract a Jackalope's milk as it sleeps belly up at night. The milk is belived to be medicinal and can be used for a variety of afflictions. The truth is these creatures are aggressive and unpredictable, and should not be provoked for any reason!
The goverment wants you to believe they aren't real, but there are many who believe. The evidence is mounting! Just check out more about the Jackalope Conspiracy and more on the jackalope email testimonials here.


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UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Brooks Orpik scored 7:49 into overtime, and the Pittsburgh Penguins overcame three one-goal deficits in Game 6 to eliminate the New York Islanders with a 4-3 victory on Saturday night.
Orpik took a shot from the left point that might have clipped Islanders forward Brad Boyes on its way past goalie Evgeni Nabokov.
The Penguins advanced to face the Ottawa Senators in the second round of the playoffs despite being outshot 38-21 in the decisive win.
The Islanders were just 5:16 away from sending the series back to Pittsburgh for one more game when Paul Martin got the Penguins even for the third time.


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We love discovering new artists, and we do come across so many talented songwriters, producers & musicians every day, so to help us showcase and support some of these fine upcoming talents we have our NEWCOMER series.
Here are a few of the finest upcoming artists we've come across this week from around the globe who we think everyone should be keeping an eye on. Do your part in helping them get their name and their music out there. Play, like, share and support their music, get to know them before they're cool!
marinelli – 'Halloween' [Los Angeles, USA]
The Accents – 'Life In a Video' [Toronto, Canada]
bloody white – 'tongue tied' [Santa Barbara, USA]
R O N I – 'Stop Motion' [Brooklyn, USA]


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On graphs
September 22nd, 2011 | Published in graphs
I've been working on an in-depth post for this blog about graph data and how to analyse it. That post is still unfinished but I've been posting pieces of work-in-progress on other sites during the process. Here are some pointers to bring them together:
- A Flickr set of Gephi graph visualisations that analyse, cluster and visualise datasets from Delicious, Twitter, Dopplr and Wikipedia
- A zoomable exploration of the topics in the 2012 SXSW panel picker and some notes on how it was made.
- Visualising the whole world of conference topics with Lanyrd data
- Slides from an Ignite talk at Strata Summit NYC that uses Nokia geo data to draw a new map of the world: Place graphs are the new social graphs


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Home Page Chess Life Online 2009 April Spotlight on WGM Katerina Rohonyan
|Spotlight on WGM Katerina Rohonyan
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|WGM Katerina Rohonyan's profile has been added to the Top Player Bios page. Rohonyan was a key part of the Women's bronze-medal Olympic team. Read about her style and how she compares life and chess in native Ukraine and America. Katerina's personal website is chesstunes.com.


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This is a gentle step back into blog land to share with you my next adventure which takes place on the 6th & 7th of June in the very beautiful valley of St Catherine a hop and a skip from the centre of Bath. I will be joining some very fine stalls at the Cabbages & Roses two day event and hope that you will be able to join me.
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Roll out those hazy lazy crazy days…..
This is a gentle step back into blog land to share with you my next adventure which takes place on the 6th & 7th of June in the very beautiful valley of St Catherine a hop and a skip from the centre of Bath. I will be joining some very fine stalls at the Cabbages & Roses two day event and hope that you will be able to join me.
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Thursday, 5 September 2013
It's all go.....
Please forgive the brevity of my blog posts of the last few months... the days might be winding down to Autumn, with that beautiful burnished light that comes with September sunsets and the bushes and trees laden with their abundant harvest.
This Saturday we will be packing up the old jalopy and wending our way to Rangeworthy village hall for another vintage jumble sale. The boxes might just have to pack themselves this time, as the hours are ticking by and my time is running out! Do come along if you like a good bargain as I promise you there is something for everyone at these jumbles.. from Paisley quilts, to garden gnomes, much loved teddy bears, Enid Blyton books, chintzy tea sets and so much more!
Sunday I will be lobbing some heavy metal balls around... all in the name of The Biddestone Boules Tournament.
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Saturday, 24 August 2013
There was a Fine Fair from Devizes .....
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Friday, 12 July 2013
Hot off the press ....
HOT being the word!! Tomorrow the mercury will rise to a sizzling 84 degrees F.
Mad dogs, Englishmen and avid vintage jumble sale devotees, will be making their way to Rangeworthy Village Hall in South Gloucestershire, for another bundle of vintage bargains at The Vintage & Handmade Vintage Jumble Sale.
Doors will open at 10.00 a.m until 1.00 p.m.. and the W.I will be there in their pretty pinnies to serve cool, reviving drinks to all of the hot shoppers!
So saddle up your pony and trot on down to the best little vintage jumble sale in town... (and village)!!
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Sunday, 9 June 2013
Jumble in a Box...
Well it's been a long time... so long in fact that we have skipped from one season to another in my absence. Spring has begrudgingly turned a corner this week into something resembling summer..
Blue skies and a rather bright orb in the sky have been celebrated here with lots of leafy walks ...
Young Minnie is sporting her very jaunty new Summer look... Gone is the hairy hound and in her place is a slinky skinny Minnie.. so much cooler dahling!!
It is hard to believe that it is nearly a year since we moved to this pretty village on the edge of the Wiltshire and Somerset border ..
Any visit to the great metropolis.. the nearby city of Bath.. makes me feel ever so slightly jittery.. Too many cars.. too many people. I feel much more at home with the chattering of Sparrows and the traffic of the Swifts that race overhead...
I relish the peace and endless beauty of this place as it changes every day and offers a serenity that I have never known before....
Though I have not exactly signed up to Jam & Jerusalem as part of my initiation into village life, I have made some lovely friends and enjoy the teasing banter amongst the various folk in the local shops. Wanting to contribute something to our new community, The Vintage & Handmade fairs have added a new venue to their roadshow... and this coming weekend, June 15th, will hopefully bring a flurry of interest when we hold a vintage jumble sale in our local village hall...
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Friday, 22 March 2013
Come hell or high water ....
Despite a prediction of climatic gloom delivered by the nice weather man on television last night.. the show will most definitely go on! Tomorrow we will be piling the tables with vintage goodies at the Rangeworthy Village Hall and welcoming visitors from 10.00 a.m until 1.30 p.m.
Put on your thermals and come out for a nice cuppa and slice of something delish and a good rummage amongst mountains of vintage jumble wares. Something to warm your cockles this chilly weekend!
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Saturday, 16 March 2013
A Spring in the step....
Another grey and distinctly damp day has dawned again and all thoughts of dusting off the deck chairs or wielding a trowel in the garden, still seem a long way off ..
I was keen to unveil the beautiful stone walls that surround our small garden and provide a wonderful stage for some good old fashioned favourites... climbing roses, Clematis, Honeysuckle and anything else that I can persuade to grow vertically that can earn it's keep with some pretty blooms.
I am afraid you will have to make do with last year's pictures when the garden still showed some signs of life and new plants had been planted with hope in my heart that they would flourish.
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Sunday, 10 March 2013
Happy Mother's Day
Wishing you all a very
Happy Mother's Day.
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Saturday, 16 February 2013
The Vintage & Handmade Texile Fair
On Saturday 23rd February 2013 at 10..00 a.m sharp.. the doors of Chipping Sodbury town hall will open once again to The Vintage & Handmade Textile Fair for another jolly jamboree of fine vintage and handcrafted wares. Tables will be piled high with a colourful and mind boggling collection of vintage Hungarian linens from Beyond France, pretty and practical haberdashery from Donna Flower, funky silver jewellery from Hazel Sutton, beautiful hand-bound books from Mud Rabbit, finest antique textiles from The Washerwoman, Sallie Eade and Geraldine Shepherd and many many more wonderful stalls. There will be oodles of quality vintage merchandise all comfortably housed in this attractive venue. Do come along if you can and join the happy throng.. and take the weight off your feet and purse with lashings of tea and yummy cakes all provided by the wonderful W.I ladies. Doors close at 3.00 p.m Be there... or be forever wishing you had!
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Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Snow snow quick quick snow...
I have just turned my head to glance out of the window.. and lo.. it is snowing again.. and don't we just love it.. well yes we do!!
Last Thursday night after retiring for bed with a head full of weather reports.. I slept fitfully.. as a child would on Christmas Eve anticipating the excitement of the morning ahead. Some time around 3.a.m I dreamt that I woke up to a grey city with rain soaked pavements.. and feeling some relief that it was only a dream.. I peeked through the curtains, only to be bitterly disappointed that the landscape looked pretty much the same as the night before.. i.e No snow!
At 8.00 a.m I was delighted to wake to a pristine scene outside.. Snow.. and lots of it!
For Minnie, the experience of snow was nothing short of hilarious to witness.. the snuffling, snorting and romping in the snowy wasteland of the hills around our home kept us all amused and delighted.
I am sure this talk of weather is all a bit passe now.. but we at Cowboys & Custard just love the stuff... well most of us... at least.
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Benefit Show For Bob Doran & Jessica McGuinty At Humbrews Thursday, July 25
The Arcata Eye and North Coast Journal proudly present a benefit show for beloved local persons facing medical challenges Bob Doran and Jessica McGuinty Thursday, July 25 at 8 p.m. at Humbrews 856 10th St.
Hosted by Sherae O'Shaugnnessy, the event features comedy by Kim Hodges/Ba-Dum-Chh and a headlining band to be announced.
The show will include a silent auction to help Bob and Jessica with their considerable medical expenses. Those wishing to donate items may call Debi Farber Bush at (707) 845-3873.
More details to follow.
For information, contact Kevin Hoover at the Arcata Eye, (707) 826-7000.


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South Korea has formally asked the International Olympic Committee to ban the Japanese "rising sun" flag at next year's Tokyo Games, calling it a symbol of Japan's brutal wartime past and comparing it with the Nazi swastika.
South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Wednesday said it sent a letter to IOC President Thomas Bach expressing "deep disappointment and concern" over Japanese plans to allow the flag in stadiums and other facilities during the 2020 Olympics.
South Korean Olympic officials last month urged the local organizing committee to ban the flag, but Tokyo organizers responded by saying it was widely used in Japan, was not considered a political statement and "it is not viewed as a prohibited item."
The flag, portraying a red sun with 16 rays extending outward, is resented by many South Koreans, who still harbor animosity over Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
The ministry said in its letter to Bach, it described the flag is an unmistakable political symbol that's embraced by Japanese rightwing protesters who vent anger toward Koreans and other foreigners. It said the flag recalls "historic scars and pain" for the people of South Korea, China and other Asian countries that experienced Japan's wartime military aggression, similar to how the (swastika) reminds Europeans of the nightmare of World War II."
The ministry said it also pointed out that FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, has banned the flag in international matches.
We "emphasized that the use of the rising sun flag during the Tokyo Olympics would be a direct violation of the Olympic spirit promoting world peace and love for humanity, and that the IOC should have the Tokyo organizing committee withdraw its (current) stance on the flag and prepare strict measures to prevent it from being brought to stadiums," the ministry said.
Tokyo's Olympic organizing committee didn't immediately react to South Korea's request to the IOC to ban the flag at the games.
Japan's Nissan mulls pulling out of South Korea as trade tensions rise: ReportNissan Motor Co is considering pulling out of South Korea, the Financial Times reported on Friday, as political and trade tensions between Japan and ... Economy
South Korean leader says Japan dishonest over wartime pastSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday berated Japan for carrying out its plan to downgrade South Korea's trade status and reiterated ... World News
Japan says N. Korea developing warheads to penetrate missile defensesPyongyang appears to be developing warheads to penetrate a ballistic missile shield defending Japan, the country's defense chief said on Tuesday ... World News


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Baking and cooking away with the oven cranked to the upper 300's and stainless steel pots and pans occupying more than half of the burners on the stove, there were a lot of projects to juggle at once. Slowly turning a deeper shade of golden amber, the caramel bubbling in a high-sided pan needs near constant attention, demanding to be swirled and coddled while threatening to burn, requiring more love than a 5-year old on the edge of a temper tantrum. Then there was the saucepan of margarine, still in the early stages of melting, destined to be cooked down to a nutty hazelnut hue for browned butter, which could be ignored for the most part right now. Directly behind that sat sugar syrup, having already rocketed up to the soft ball stage, and now cooling its heels until it levels out around 130, ready to be beaten into a luscious chocolate fudge. But what was I forgetting? Things were pretty well under control, all things considered, and I was wrapping up that caramel with a finishing pinch of salt when it hit me: The oven.
I forgot all about the contents of the oven.
Dropping my utensils with a clatter on the granite counter, I heaved open the door with a great energetic flourish, relieved that at least nothing had burnt, per say, and the smoke detectors weren't wailing with displeasure. Although I can't say as much for myself.
Augh, the coookies are ruined, they're way too dark! Examining each dark brown puck with a critical eye, there was no way I could pass these overcooked biscuits off as light and lovely sugar cookies. Now, it would be hours of mixing, chilling dough, rolling, cutting, and baking again to make up for my mistake, and there simply weren't enough hours in the day left.
What's to be done? Toss out the offending cookies and start again, forgoing sleep for yet another night? Just say "screw it all" and show up to the holiday party empty-handed? Weighing the pros and cons, possibilities and improbabilities after getting over my initial hissy fit, it hit me that there was a way around both undesirable scenarios. Acting quickly while the offending cookies were still warm, I plucked each and every one off of their cozy silpats and chucked them straight into the food processor. Blitzed to a fine powder, the dry and overdone wafers were already looking better. On top of that dry mess, a serious scoop of cocoa powder obscured the fact that these should have been a much more elegant shade of light tan, and an additional glug or two of oil brought new moisture back into those previously desert-dry disks. Finally, drizzling in just enough soymilk to bring the whole thing together, like magic, I had a brand new cookie dough, ready to hit the oven [again.]
It may sound crazy, but it ultimately saved my butt, and got me into bed at a semi-reasonable hour. Though not the prettiest cookies to be plattered, sandwiched together with a generous dollop of ganache at the center, they weren't left wanting in the flavor department.
So impressed at the results of this hair-brained scheme, I just had to share it near and far. Should you find you're in need of a similar quick fix when it comes time to churn out the holiday baked goods, or any time for that matter, just suspend disbelief, don't chuck your overdone treats into the trash, and give this trick a try. It might save you a lot of stress, and a sleepless night, too!


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House Shoots Down Ban on Sex-Selective Abortions
Updated: 3:35 p.m.
The House defeated a bill today to ban sex-selective abortion, a controversial measure opposed by President Barack Obama and abortion rights activists.
Though it received a majority of the votes in the chamber, the bill needed a two-thirds majority to pass and failed on a 246-168 vote.
A GOP aide said there are no plans to bring the measure up for another vote.
Seven Republicans voted against the GOP measure, which was first introduced by Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) three years ago and would punish doctors with up to five years in prison for performing an abortion if the doctor knows it "is sought based on the sex or gender of the child."
Speaker John Boehner said it is an important vote.
"Ours Members feel strongly about it," the Ohio Republican told reporters before the vote. "This is an important issue to the American people. This type of sex-selection most Americans find pretty repulsive."
Meanwhile, 20 Democrats, many of them anti-abortion conservative Blue Dog Democrats, voted in favor despite strong opposition from Democratic leaders.
Democratic leaders said the bill was no more than a political ploy to force them to make a tough vote that could be held against them on Election Day.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, speaking with reporters earlier in the day, said she was joining groups representing health care providers that oppose the bill and suggested it was introduced for political reasons.
"The maker of the motion has said he brought it to the floor for a purpose that was not exactly scientific. So I think it should be treated that way. I will oppose it," the California Democrat said.
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, who voted against the bill but kept with the policy of not whipping abortion measures, said after the vote that he thinks it opens up the party to political attacks from abortion opponents.
"Sure it's a political attack," the Maryland Democrat said. "That's the world in which we live unfortunately, but it is simplistic and wrong. I think the voters are sophisticated enough to see that, and I think they'll see the politics of it as well."
Indeed, Franks acknowledged the bill is a political winner for House Republicans.
"If [Obama] wants to say he favors allowing little girls to be aborted because they're little girls, I suppose that's his political prerogative," Franks said Wednesday. "But I think the last thing the president wants to do is to let the American people know where he really is on this issue of life and death for the innocent."
Still, Members of Franks' party voted against the bill. They were: Reps. Justin Amash (Mich.), Charles Bass (N.H.), Mary Bono Mack (Calif.), Robert Dold (Ill.), Richard Hanna (N.Y.), Nan Hayworth (N.Y.) and Ron Paul (Texas).
In the end, the measure also failed to gain the support of some Democrats who are against abortion.
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, for instance, said she thinks the bill is superfluous, as the Hyde Amendment already bans the use of certain federal funds for abortions.
"I found it unnecessary," the Ohio Democrat said. "The Hyde Amendment is the governing law of the land, and it is sufficient. … The government shouldn't make decisions for any family regardless of what that decision is and it shouldn't be involved in funding it unless the life of the mother is at stake, rape or incest."
The Obama administration has stated its opposition to the bill, a White House spokesman told "ABC News" on Wednesday.
"The administration opposes gender discrimination in all forms, but the end result of this legislation would be to subject doctors to criminal prosecution if they fail to determine the motivations behind a very personal and private decision," Deputy Press Secretary Jamie Smith said in a statement. "The government should not intrude in medical decisions or private family matters in this way."
Females are often the targets of abortions based on gender, but the problem is most prevalent in countries such as India and China, where male children are considered more valuable and desirable.


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jquery.gsap.jsNote: The gsap.jquery.js plugin was created for GSAP version 2 and earlier. We have since released GSAP 3 with many improvements but this plugin was discontinued because it no longer seemed relevant with the widespread shift away from using jQuery for animation. GSAP 3 does NOT support this plugin. We recommend simply using GSAP directly for all your animation needs from now on. Good news for anyone using jQuery.animate() - the new jquery.gsap.js plugin allows you to have GSAP take control under the hood so that your animations perform better; no need to change any of your code. Plus GSAP adds numerous capabilities, allowing you to tween colors, 2D transforms (rotation, scaleX, scaleY, skewX, skewY, x, y), 3D transforms (rotationX, rotationY, z, perspective), backgroundPosition, boxShadow, and lots more. You can even animate to a different className! This plugin makes it very easy to audition GSAP in your project without needing to learn a new API. We still highly recommend learning the regular GSAP API because it's much more flexible, robust, and object-oriented than jQuery.animate(), but for practical purposes this plugin delivers a bunch of power with almost zero effort. Benefits Up to 20x faster than jQuery's native animate() method. See the interactive speed comparison for yourself. Works exactly the same as the regular jQuery.animate() method. Same syntax. No need to change your code. Just load the plugin (and TweenMax or TweenLite & CSSPlugin) and you're done. Adds the ability to animate additional properties (without vendor prefixes): colors (backgroundColor, borderColor, color, etc.) boxShadow textShadow 2D transforms like rotation, scaleX, scaleY, x, y, skewX, and skewY, including 2D transformOrigin functionality 3D transforms like rotationY rotationX, z, and perspective, including 3D transformOrigin functionality borderRadius (without the need to define each corner and use browser prefixes) className which allows you to define a className (or use "+=" or "-=" to add/remove a class) and have the engine figure out which properties are different and animate the differences using whatever ease and duration you want. backgroundPosition clip Animate along Bezier curves, even rotating along with the path or plotting a smoothly curved Bezier through a set of points you provide (including 3D!). GSAP's Bezier system is super flexible in that it's not just for x/y/z coordinates – it can handle ANY set of properties. Plus it will automatically adjust the movement so that it's correctly proportioned the entire way, avoiding a common problem that plagues Bezier animation systems. You can define Bezier data as Cubic or Quadratic or raw anchor points. Add tons of easing options including proprietary SlowMo and SteppedEase along with all the industry standards When animating the rotation of an object, automatically go in the shortest direction (clockwise or counter-clockwise) using shortRotation, shortRotationX, or shortRotationY For a detailed comparison between jQuery and GSAP, check out the cage match. Usage Download the files (requires version 1.8.0 (or later) of TweenMax or TweenLite!) and then add the appropriate script tags to your page. The plugin file (jquery.gsap.min.js) itself does NOT include GSAP because you get to choose which files you want to load depending on the features you want. The simplest way to get all the goodies is by loading TweenMax (which includes TweenLite, CSSPlugin, TimelineLite, TimelineMax, EasePack, BezierPlugin, and RoundPropsPlugin too). For example, assuming you put the TweenMax.min.js file into a folder named "js" which is in the same directory as your HTML file, you'd simply place the following code into your HTML file: All the goodies: <script src="js/TweenMax.min.js"></script> <script src="js/jquery.gsap.min.js"></script> If, however, you're more concerned about file size and only want to use TweenLite, CSSPlugin (for animating DOM elements), and some extra eases, here is a common set of script tags: Lightweight: <script src="js/plugins/CSSPlugin.min.js"></script> <script src="js/easing/EasePack.min.js"></script> <script src="js/TweenLite.min.js"></script> <script src="js/jquery.gsap.min.js"></script> Then, to animate things, you can use the regular jQuery.animate() method like this: //tween all elements with class "myClass" to top:100px and left:200px over the course of 3 seconds $(".myClass").animate({top:100, left:200}, 3000); //do the same thing, but with a Strong.easeOut ease $(".myClass").animate({top:100, left:200}, {duration:3000, easing:"easeOutStrong"}); //tween width to 50% and then height to 200px (sequenced) and then call myFunction $(".myClass").animate({width:"50%"}, 2000).animate({height:"200px"}, {duration:3000, complete:myFunction}); See jQuery's API docs for details about the syntax and options available with the animate() method. And yes, the jQuery.stop() method works too. Caveats If you define any of the following in the animate() call, it will revert to the native jQuery.animate() method in order to maximize compatibility (meaning no GSAP speed boost and no GSAP-specific special properties will work in that particular call): a "step" function - providing the parameters to the callback that jQuery normally does would be too costly performance-wise. One of the biggest goals of GSAP is optimized performance; We'd strongly recommend NOT using a "step" function for that reason. Instead, you can use an onUpdate if you want a function to be called each time the values are updated. Anything with a value of "show", "hide", "toggle", "scrollTop" or "scrollLeft". jQuery handles these in a unique way and we don't want to add the code into CSSPlugin that would be required to support them natively in GSAP. If skipGSAP:true is found in the "properties" parameter, it will force things to fall back to the native jQuery.animate() method. So if a particular animation is acting different than what you're used to with the native jQuery.animate() method, you can just force the fallback using this special property. Like $(".myClass").animate({scrollTop:200, skipGSAP:true}); This is our first crack at a jQuery plugin, so please let us know if anything breaks or if you have ideas for improvement.


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I was introduced to Jarlsberg cheese at last year's Eat Write Retreat conference in Washington, D.C. (a fabulous event!) Jarlsberg was a sponsor and provided delicious samples at the cocktail party. Jarlsberg is a semi-soft, nutty Norwegian cheese. Have you tried it? Last May was my first time - delicious! It is a good addition to a cheese plate, great on sandwiches, melted in an omelet, and the list goes on. At the grocery store you can find it in the deli case (to order sliced) or in the specialty cheese case.
As you can tell from the title, Jarlsberg has a new dip that they are introducing! I'm excited to be the official kick-off post for "29 Ways to Leap into Jarlsberg Dip". Throughout the 29 days of February, Kitchen Play has enlisted bloggers to post recipes and serving ideas incorporating this new cheese dip. Jarlsberg dip is a nutty, flavorful combination of Jarlsberg cheese, real mayonnaise, and diced red onions. There are endless ways in which you could use the dip. I have two recipe ideas to start off the month of creative ideas!
My recipes may seem pretty basic - but they are flavorful! Perfect for watching the big game, a red carpet special before an awards show, or just a relaxing afternoon at home. I hope you enjoy!
Devilishly Delicious Jarlsberg Eggs
Makes 24 pieces
12 hard boiled eggs
1/2 - 3/4 cup Jarlsberg Dip
Salt and pepper
1-2 tablespoons finely diced pickles (bread & butter or kosher dill)
Note: Start with a half a cup of Jarlsberg dip if you are using all of the yolks from the eggs. If you reduce the amount of eggs, add a little more dip to have enough to fill the eggs.
Slice the hard-boiled eggs in half lengthwise and carefully remove the yolks
In a medium bowl, mix the egg yolks with Jarlsberg dip
Taste and season with salt and pepper to your liking
Using a spoon (or pastry bag, or plastic bag with a corner snipped), fill the egg white halves with the 1-2 teaspoons of the yolk mixture
Sprinkle diced pickles on top
Alternatively, you could spread some dip on toasted bread and pile on sliced hard-boiled eggs and pickles for a quicker lunch!
Tasty Turkey Roll-Ups
My grandmother makes an appetizer that I request for every party - corned beef roll-ups. I took her technique and swapped in turkey and Jarlsberg for a new party favorite!
Serving size varies depending on the size of cucumbers used. I used three mini-cucumbers here and cut each into 5-6 pieces.
Mini cucumbers or pickling cucumbers
Thick sliced deli turkey, preferably oven-roasted
Jarlsberg dip (slightly softened)
Tear off one 10"x10" piece of foil for each cucumber you plan to use
On one piece of foil lay out 1-2 slices of turkey (wide enough to cover the entire cucumber)
Gently spread dip on the turkey slices
Lay one cucumber across the slices
Roll up tightly and then wrap tightly with the foil
Repeat until all are made
Refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours (these can be made a day or two ahead of serving)
To serve, unwrap and slice each roll into 1/4 inch slices
Place on a platter and serve
I hope that these recipes will inspire you to try something new! And you can win some Jarlsberg dip and other tasty goodies as part of the 29 Ways to Leap into Jarlsberg month! For all the details on how to enter, visit the Jarlsberg blog. Sounds delicious!The giveaway will include a tailgate tote stocked with:
Jarlsberg Lite Cheese
Jarlsberg Cheese Dip
Snofrisk (a Norwegian style cream cheese)
Honey crèmes
Honey vinegar
Disclaimer: I was provided with compensation to cover the cost of ingredients for these recipes. The folks over at Kitchen Play were kind enough to invite me to participate in this event with Jarlsberg cheese. My participation was voluntary and as usual, all opinions are my own. It's always fun to have a new ingredient to work with - and a little motivation to create a new recipe!


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In the midst of the hour, Time (unsurprisingly) announced that Barack Obama was its Person of the Year. Ana Marie Cox and I aren't mad, though, we swear!
MEGAN: Morning!
ANA MARIE: Hi! Pretend confrontational interview with Ax on Morning Joe (yes, i'm watching). Joe thinks he's the only person in the world who understands the depth of the Obama-Blago relationship
MEGAN: More confrontation than Frank Gaffney and Chris Matthews last night? Because that was sort of awesome.
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ANA MARIE: Oh I missed that! And I said, "pretend confrontational." Pretend mostly because I don't think Axelrod DOES "confrontational." You can't confront the Stay-Puft marshmallow man
MEGAN: Joe understands a lot about the depth of relationship that can develop between two men, especially when one of them has feathered hair.
ANA MARIE: I'm sad that Blago broke when it did because I want an excuse to wear that hair and I think Halloween is the only appropriate time.
MEGAN: It's really not Christmas Mass hair, I agree.
ANA MARIE: It IS "mass hair," however. I'm looking over this Alec Baldwin piece, btw. Now, that's a blogger! Sarcasm, relentlessly personal, all that's missing is Caturday.
MEGAN: Oh, poor Alex! People are mean to him because he doesn't like Caroline Kennedy.
ANA MARIE: All the exclamation points!
MEGAN: Alex Baldwin speaks exclusively in exclamation points.
ANA MARIE: So I guess all it takes for a member of a political dynasty to become a senator is to simply imply interest. Or maybe that's the definition of dynasty! Hillary Clinton so pissed that one spouse in office doesn't equal dynasty. Though she has been classy about it. Just staying the fuck out of the way, I mean. OMG BARACK OBAMA PERSON OF THE YEAR KNOCK ME OVER WITH A FEATHER. I love that even Meredith Vieira couldn't restrain her lack of surprise on the Today show when Rick Stengel came on to announce.
MEGAN: Yeah, it's quite surprising.
ANA MARIE: POY may have jumped the shark with you and I winning a couple of years ago, but I think now they should retire it because, I mean seriously, they're just going to keep giving it to him.
MEGAN: I think they jumped the shark years ago when they stopped giving it to people.
ANA MARIE: And instead to abstract ideas?
MEGAN: Exactly. Since when is an abstract idea a person?
ANA MARIE: Speaking of which I was hoping that they'd give it to "collateralized debt obligations"! That would be sexy hot.
MEGAN: Those have done more to American than Barack Obama. He's just the first African-American to be elected President. Collateralized debt obligations caused a recession, a housing crisis and, potentially, the bankruptcy of the American automakers.
ANA MARIE: And, you know, helped get Barack Obama elected!
MEGAN: Anyway, speaking of Barack, what do you think about Ken Salazar going to Interior or Tom Vilsack headed to Ag?
ANA MARIE: I think Vilsack is happy to get a ticket out of Iowa. Salazar we heart because he once called James Dobson the anti-Christ but he's not super, like, enviro-guy.
MEGAN: Well, it is Interior. He's gotta be better than anyone up in there right now.
ANA MARIE: He doesn't, like, throw Big Mac wrappers out of his SUV while driving over endangered owls for fun or anything. I don't think.
MEGAN: Side note: I irrationally hate anyone who litters. It drives me apeshit.
ANA MARIE: As we know, in any case, the current Interior Department has/had a much more interesting idea of "fun!"
MEGAN: Well, drug use and boning for the employees, shooting and snowmobiling for the peons!
ANA MARIE: Snow-MACHINING. Though, seriously, I'm glad I did not have to rape the English language by having to use that term like we'd have to if Sarah Palin was in the White House.
MEGAN: By the way, as this is possibly the most important inaugural news, last call during the inauguration will be 4 am, but restaurants can serve all night.
ANA MARIE: THEY ROLLED IT BACK FROM FIVE????? On MS just now? The newsreader teased, "AND Person of the Year... it's no big shocker, but we'll show it to ya." And yes, I'm excited about the late night binge drinking. Though I think I'm just going to barricade myself in the house for the week.
MEGAN: I am incredibly tempted to barricade myself, although I'm thankful it's only 3 days instead of 4 or 5.
ANA MARIE: Small favors. It's going to be insane. I signed up for "alerts" on the change.gov website yesterday and it took like 15 minutes for the page to load. And I think a 15-to-1 increase in wait time seems about right for basically every activity that happens during those days.
MEGAN: I think insane is going to be an understatement. Cell phones aren't going to work, people are going to be packed into the Mall like sardines, and no one's going to be able to see anything. Plus it's going to be fucking cold.
ANA MARIE: And I am really worried about the Porta Potty situation.
MEGAN: Bring your own bucket, people!
ANA MARIE: On visitors' behalf. Like I said, I'll be locked inside. With a flush toilet.
MEGAN: You know they aren't getting cleaned out on Monday because it's a holiday, so it'll be a whole weekend's worth of tourist shit. It's not going to be pleasant.
ANA MARIE: Okay, we need a unicorn chaser.
MEGAN: How about more Charlie Rangel shadiness?
ANA MARIE: That's just a sleazy fat man chaser. Might as well just contemplate Blago's brush.
MEGAN: See, that's interesting, because given the feathering, I would have guessed horse hair for his brush.
ANA MARIE: It's not the tools, it's the carpenter. And on that note....
MEGAN: I mean, how long do you think he spends doing his hair? Longer than me, certainly. I assume longer than you even.
ANA MARIE: Have you seen my hair? Yeah, he takes longer.
MEGAN: Your hair is cute, though. So, I think we can agree that Blago overthinks his hair.
ANA MARIE: Oh, and here's the right note end on. Now THAT is a unicorn chaser.


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Saturday, December 3, 2011
1983 - Evolution of a cover - Daredevil #190
Posted by Jason Shayer at 11:29 PM
Labels: 1983, Daredevil, Daredevil #190
3 comments:
- EstbebanDecember 4, 2011 at 8:29 AM
Great cover, classic issue. This was at a time when Miller was relinquishing the lion's share of the interior art duties to Janson. One wonders how much of this cover is FM and how much is KlausReplyDelete
Wow! That's a great treat!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 4, 2011 at 9:06 PM
I guess its mostly a klaus cover, I liked the first image without the elektra drawing, even without color , I think it would made a terrific cover.ReplyDelete
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A few weeks back, I found myself seated at a table at C4, the Mac indie developer conference, in Chicago. The topic, as it so often does, had veered to the iPhone—in this particular case, the shortcomings of the device's Calendar application. One of my co-attendees complained about the lack of subscribed calendars—calendars where the events are retrieved from over the network—on the phone, a gripe that was quickly echoed by several others.
Having spent quite some time embedded deep within the stygian twists and turns of iPhone 3.0, I happened to know this was a possibility. And then it hit me: if these folks—clever developers, many of whom write software for the iPhone—didn't know about this feature, it was a safe bet there were plenty of others who didn't either. In fact, there were probably a lot of things people didn't know about the iPhone: about what it could do, or about how exactly to do the things it can do.
And thus we launch iPhone Tips, a new recurring weekly feature, somewhat in the vein of my colleague Rob Griffiths's Mac OS X Hints blog (culled in turn, of course, from his excellent all-things-tip site Mac OS X Hints).
So, back to subscribed calendars. They're a little tricky, because there are a few different ways of dealing with them. By default, they don't sync from your Mac to your iPhone—unless you're a MobileMe subscriber. If you're not, you still have a couple of options, the easiest of which is that you can sync them via iTunes. The downside to that method is that if the calendar changes, you'll have to wait until the next time you plug in your phone to see the updates.
There is, however, another solution: you can subscribe to a calendar directly from your iPhone.
Apple mentioned this feature only in passing when it surfaced in iPhone OS 3.0. The trick is that it's shelved deep under the confusing hierarchy of Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendar -> Add Account -> Other. You'll see two Calendar options there: Add CalDAV Account and Add Subscribed Calendar. The former lets you add an account for an online service that uses the CalDAV standard, such as Google Calendar. The second is the feature we're looking for, which lets you subscribe to a single online calendar published in the .ics format.
You'll need to enter the URL of the calendar you wish to subscribe to (copy-and-paste is your best friend here); once you've done that, the calendar will show up in your iPhone's Calendar app. (You may need to tap on the Calendars button in the top left hand corner in order to find it, though).
There's one exception to this, as well, and that's the special "Birthdays" calendar that you can turn on in iCal and the MobileMe Web interface. Technically, it's displayed as a Subscribed calendar, but iCal automatically generates it by pulling dates from your Address Book records. Even if you turn it on in both iCal and MobileMe's Web calendar, you still won't be able to see it on your iPhone. For that, try this tip: enable the Birthday calendar in iCal, then publish it to MobileMe or your own WebDAV server. Then you can subscribe to it on your iPhone using the tip above.
And that's our first iPhone tip. Expect to see more in the weeks to come. If you've got a particularly good tip you'd like to share, feel free to e-mail us at
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