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Wild Animals such as Raccoons, Skunks, Opossums, Rodents, Squirrels, chew holes in walls and cabinetry to gain entrance to an attic or wall void, often ripping off and crawling through foundation vents.
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While in the attic or under the house, or even in the wall voids, the urine and feces, from the unwanted - nuisance wildlife pests can build up and cause a great stench that can constitute health hazards to the homeowner.
Rodents tend to chew electrical wires and cabling. They also urinate everywhere. This smell will not go away on its own. The insulation will have to be removed. But that is only after all the repairs and exclusions have been done to keep them out. This is part of our Rodent Trapping Catcher Program.
The fleas and ticks they harbor, carry harmful parasites and disease. They tend to make homes in our attics, walls, and under our houses. When under in our houses, they tend to bring in large amounts of trash and other debris.
The main diet of wildlife in San Diego consists of grubs, rodents, trash, love to eat bugs, and insects and even an occasional rabbit and chicken when available. And Rodents love all the snacks you leave around the dog bowl.
These critters dig up our lawns and flower beds. Leave unsightly feces everywhere and just cause us to be unhappy.
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Last Friday, the Kansas legislature passed a law that disallows rbGH labeling on milk and milk products. By removing the requirement to label milk, consumers in Kansas will no longer be able to determine whether the product they are purchasing does or does not contain bovine growth hormone.
Civil Eats writes in their post on the bill, HR 2121: The required disclaimer would read: "the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined there are no significant differences between milk from cows that receive injections of the artificial hormone and milk from those that do not." That statement is based on an 18-year-old FDA review; however, FDA's own publications, as well as subsequent scientific studies have shown that there are significant differences, some of which may affect human health. The Kansas bill also goes against long-established Federal policy as outlined by the FDA in a July 27, 1994 letter to New York Department of Agriculture and Markets: "The bottom line is that a contextual statement is not required…and in no instance is the specific statement 'No significant difference has been shown…' required by FDA."
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius is President Obama's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services. She has the power to veto this bill before moving on to Washington, D.C.. Please take some time to read up on the bill at Food and Water Watch and Civil Eats, and please sign the petition urging Governor Sebelius to veto the bill here.
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Thousand Words, A (US - BD RA)
Jonathan watches that Eddie Murphy movie that nobody seems to like...
Fast-talking Jack McCall (Eddie Murphy) says whatever it takes to close a deal. But after stretching the truth with a spiritual guru, he suddenly finds his life depending on a magical tree with 1,000 leaves... one for every word he has left. Now Jack's got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he's a goner. (From the Paramount synopsis)
This is the first title I've received to review for DVDActive that has no positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. There's a lot of bad movies out there that show up on the aggregate site, but very few movies have the rare distinction of a 0% rating. It was filmed in 2008 and didn't see distribution until this year, which is never a good sign. Well, I've watched it now, and it certainly doesn't deserve to be among the worst movies ever made, but it is indeed a very boring movie. There are bad movies out there that are incredibly watchable. Troll 2 would be an easy example, but even more recent critical flops like Jack and Jill are still easier to sit through because they are constantly trying to entertain. A Thousand Words biggest failure isn't being aggressively bad, it's being stale.
Before watching the movie, the idea of taking Eddie Murphy's voice away from him seemed like a really poor idea. A big part of Murphy's appeal has always been his ridiculous ramblings, and to reduce him to silence would completely disarm his comedy, right? Well the filmmakers seem to be aware of this fact, cause they go out of their way to make the character Jack as obnoxious as possible in the opening scenes. I actually couldn't wait for the guy to stop talking. But my frustrations toward the unfunny character were quickly replaced with frustrations toward the screenplay. At least when Jack's voice was intact I felt something, but one he is silenced it quickly becomes a one joke movie. Here's a breakdown of the format, in case you couldn't guess: something important is happening and Jack's input is crucial, but he can't talk! So he makes funny faces until the other parties involved come up with their own conclusions. Clark Duke plays his office assistant, but he has no defined personality or set of quirks. He's just there to make some awkward jokes when the movie is in need of humor, and they fall completely flat. Desperate for more diversity, the writers have Jack be physically effected by anything that happens to the tree, and Jack forgets to tell his gardeners not to mess with the tree. So Jack gets wet and everyone thinks he is sweating, and some chemicals are sprayed on the tree that make Jack loopy during a business lunch while Afroman's 'Because I Got High' plays. That might sound awful, and it probably should be, but I actually enjoyed some of Murphy's physical comedy from the bit.
I was impressed that the movie acknowledges written word and sign language. When Jack finishes writing a word down, the tree still drops a leaf. He responds by flipping the tree off, and it drops two more. Given the lack of logic on display and how lazy the screenplay feels, it was nice to see that they came up with something. But eventually Jack invents his own forms of sign language and the tree apparently cuts him some slack. In one scene, Jack gets through a business call by using talking action figures. It might have been funny if one of them said something wildly inappropriate, but whoever wrote the scene was happy to leave the joke undeveloped. Jack's marriage is falling apart. His wife is really unhappy that he isn't communicating with her, and it takes about two conversations before she takes their child and makes like a tree. Jack doesn't use any of the hundreds of words he has left to save his marriage, or maybe water the tree in front of her and show her how he magically gets soaked by doing so. Hey, a movie needs conflict, right?
Perhaps the biggest misstep of A Thousand Words is that it tries to be life affirming and emotional in its final moments. It is contrived and cloying in the worst of ways. Suddenly daddy issues take the foreground, and there's some weird golden-hued flashback where Jack talks to himself as a kid and chases him through a field. It feels extremely out of place and the resolute feeling it aims for is completely unearned by what preceded it. After seeing the film, I looked into writer Steve Koren's IMDb page and saw that he also wrote Click; another film that made a jarring shift into dramatic territory with off-putting results. But all complaints aside, A Thousand Words really doesn't deserve to be among the worst movies of all time. It's competently directed and you can tell some production value was put into it. I would even say that Eddie Murphy did a great job with the material given to him, and the supporting cast (including Cliff Curtis and Allison Janney) does a good job too. But the screenplay and the delivery of the humor completely fail it and make it easy to call it a bad film.
The film certainly lacks quality, but the same can't be said for the 1080p transfer on this Blu-ray disc. Like many modern comedies, it possesses that warmer look. Earthy browns, yellows and greens are the predominant colors. Skin tones can look a little overcooked due to the warm filters, and colors get washed out too, but not to a terribly distracting extent. Outdoor scenes are more naturally lit and colors look very accurate in them, confirming that the golden appearance is indeed an artistic choice. Black levels are free from criticism. It was shot on 35 mm, and there's a very light layer of consistent grain over the top of the image as a result. Detail is excellent, looking about as good as any modern 35 mm film does. Aside from some very small and infrequent banding, the transfer appears to be completely free of digital artefacts.
The 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track matches the quality with a sound mix that is unusually immersing for a comedy. I shouldn't be surprised, seeing as production quality was one of the things this movie did have going for it. Though much of movies sound sticks to the front center speaker, stereo channels open up to let the soundtrack in. Surround channels are filled with ambient noise on a consistent basis, be it the hustle and bustle of an office, cars driving and honking on the streets or the sounds of nature. The LFE channel makes a few appearance. The initial appearance of the tree is loud and effectively jarring. The movie lacks any immersing qualities, but the audio mix puts up a good fight to help it.
There are only two extras on the Blu-ray disc. The first is Deleted Scenes (HD, 12:52). The movie itself feels like a series of deleted scenes, so as you might imagine, these don't really bring anything new or funny to the table. There is more footage with Allison Janney though, who is one of the movies more redeeming factors. The other feature is an Alternate Ending (HD, 2:04) which is heavy on the irritating Clark Duke and was probably right to refrain from using. There's also an Ultraviolet digital copy voucher with the disc.
A Thousand Words isn't as awful as its critical reputation suggests, but it is still pretty bad. A capable cast, solid production quality and decent direction are not enough to save the movie from its complete void of laughs and a poorly thought out screenplay. The good news is, if you are a fan, Paramount has done a great job with the video transfer and the audio mix, though there are only a couple brief extras.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Jonathan Hogberg
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Jesus that's a yellow looking movie.
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13
Disc Details
Release Date: 26th June 2012
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish, Dolby Digital 5.1 Portuguese, English Audio Description
Subtitles: English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Extras: Deleted Scenes, Alternate Ending, Ultraviolet Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Brian Robbins
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Washington
Genre: Comedy and Drama
Length: 91 minutes
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"We're harpies.
We're a three headed bitch.
We've been guarding the gates.
Now we're throwing them open."
A hole in the ground. Three women are forcing their way out.
They're singing. They're moving. They're taking up space. And they refuse to apologise.
"This is a take over. We're taking over.
You came here to look.
We're giving you something to watch."
Using word, music and movement in equal parts, Ellie Kendrick's debut play asks how power is created and is directed by Helen Goalen and Abbi Greenland (from the award-winning company RASHDASH).
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Thriving in Death Valley
Carolyn M. Fletcher 3/21/2009 9:09:56 AMAnd I agree! It's super neat!! #1101859
Maria Coulson 3/21/2009 1:28:28 PMGood eye, it is really neat! #7312291
Ron McEwan 3/21/2009 2:17:02 PMOutstanding image, good for you for having a good eye for the unusual very well composed picture here. #7312474
Leland N. Saunders 3/21/2009 5:04:45 PMGreat shot here, Justin ... does this qualify as an abstract ... ?? Great work ... !!
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Colleen Farrell 3/21/2009 5:45:09 PMLove this, Justin!! Terrific find, perfectly composed and captured! #7312987
Liz blahh 3/21/2009 8:21:15 PMGreat find & image! #7313275
Robert Baer 3/22/2009 6:33:02 AMThank you. Much appreciated. #7314181
Sam Britt 3/23/2009 6:16:17 PMVery unique, great image, Justin. #7320548
Chris Schlosser 4/22/2009 2:20:52 PMJustin, Congratulations on your Finalist!! #7433265
A P 4/22/2009 5:19:56 PMOutstanding Justin
Best of luck in the next round.
Laurie Daily 4/23/2009 4:05:59 AMWhat a great find, Justin! Congratulations on your finalist! #7438245
Usman M. Bajwa 4/23/2009 4:09:07 AMCongratulations on this beautiful Finalist, Justin.
Usman. #7438260
Jeff Robinson 4/23/2009 4:29:44 AMCongrats Justin on your Excellent Finalist!! Jeff #7438371
Kristi A. Howson 4/23/2009 7:59:24 AMThis is really amazing Justin. Congratulations and best of luck in the next round! #7439369
Colleen Farrell 4/23/2009 10:03:23 AMI love this, Justin--big congrats on your finalist! #7440151
Patrick Rouzes 4/23/2009 1:27:13 PMCONGRATULATIONS on this amazing finalist, Justin!!! #7440967
Philippe Vieux-Jeanton 4/23/2009 5:26:39 PMReally like this image.. Congratulations on your Finalist, Justin !! #7441791
Renee Doyle 4/24/2009 4:01:11 PMGreat pov and capture Justin!!! Big congrats on this wonderful finalist!! #7445797
Katarina Mansson 4/26/2009 4:15:26 AMJustin, congratulations on your finalist and good luck next! Very well executed. #7450965
Marisol Pastor 4/26/2009 9:38:29 AMCongratulations on this spectacular finalist! #7452070
Maria Coulson 4/27/2009 10:49:13 AMCongratulations my friend on this win! #7456559
Colleen Farrell 4/27/2009 5:04:44 PMWoohoo! WTG, Justin! Congrats on your WIN! #7457823
Sam Britt 4/27/2009 6:34:00 PMBig Congratulations on your second place winner, Justin! #7458304
Picture perfect CONGRATULATIONS on your win!! #7458657
Katarina Mansson 4/27/2009 11:23:19 PMYeah Justin! Big congrats on this fantastic win! #7459107
Renee Doyle 4/28/2009 12:24:35 AMCongrats to you Justin on this superb Gold Winner!! #7459265
Mary K. Robison 4/28/2009 1:07:46 AMOutstanding capture, Justin ~
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Jeff Robinson 4/28/2009 4:44:20 PMCongrats Justin on your 2nd Place Win!! Jeff #7462526
Usman M. Bajwa 4/29/2009 7:45:09 AMCongratulations on this very well deserving WINNER, Justin.
Usman. #7464334
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Gail Vitikacs 5/6/2009 3:11:07 PMSo sorry for the delay on congratulating you on this BEAUTIFUL winner! Way to go Justin! #7492908
Nancy A. Eaton 5/7/2009 7:38:01 AMJustin, what a wonderful photograph. It speaks at least 1,000 words about hope, persistence and courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Very inspiring! Thank you. #7495631
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Jean-Pierre Ducondi 6/28/2009 9:24:29 AMAwesome image Justin - Congrats on your win. Really neat image.
I was walking in the desert near an old river bed and thought these cracks in the sand with the little plant trying to pop through was pretty neat.
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Wood Fired Oven - Pizza - Greek Pide
Yesterday, with warmed weather and some time to fire up my oven. I made several pizza's for us and the neighbors.
The oven was a little cold. So a slow buildup from smaller fires to larger hotter ones where done through the day. I made use of the smaller firing for my favorite roasted peppers and Italian sausages.
I was so inspired to make a version of the Turkish Pide bread after viewing a site called 'The Pizza Goon.com' and even more inspired to after seeing breadsongs last post on 'Pide'. 'I apologize to breadsong'. I'm having trouble with my links.
'thepizzagoon.com' what a fun site to visit. I used his shaping and much inspiration for my Greek Pide. How fun and easy these are to make.
I choose one of my favorite pizza recipes from P.R. 'American Pie' and also posted on TFL by Floyd with included recipe. The only changes I made was to add a little more hydration. I thought the dough was well suited for the Greek Pide and it turned out I was very happy with the results.
Roasted Peppers in the WFO directly on top of the burning coals, makes for a very fast char that ends with a perfectly, not overcooked inside and a char that removes easily and leaves a lovely sweet smokey flavor...this works much better than setting them in a pan to roast in the WFO.
Roasted peppers and sausages in the beginning smaller firing to warm up my cold WFO.
Peppers in EVOO, garlic and sea salt ......
I shaped my pizza's large today. This one has been pulled onto my lightly flour 14" paddle. I will top it and into the wfo
that's now very hot and ready for pizza's.
My photo's are small. The best I could get to download today.
Pepperoni's just out of the oven
Underside of crust....... best I could get. Remember this is a one man bake, photo shoot..hubbies watching tv :)
This ones for 'thebrownman' Love, the Roobios Sangria!
About now the oven had cooled, a little, and I made a Greek style Pide. Quick and easy to make and oh so delicious..I had put my last two dough balls into the freezer and wish now I would have made some more. They keep nicely for enjoying later with a little warm up. These are great!
Piled on some spinach first, topped with feta, sliced kalamata olives and drizzled with EVOO. Forgot to add some seeds on the crust....next time! Though these are traditionally done in a WFO. They should bake up beautifully in a regular oven on a stone. What a wonderful replacement for a salad or appetizer or anytime.
Just shape your dough into a long oval, place ingredients, fold up sides, take ends, slice, twist together and roll. Place onto a lightly floured pizza paddle and into a hot oven. Also, you can form you Pide on parchment paper and bake for easier handling.
The fire was cooling down and baked the Greek Pide nicely.
Out of the WFO
Crumb turned out just as I hoped with a nice crisp crust on the bottom
Another thank you to thebrownman. I had thawed out some lovely frozen pie ready peaches, the last from last summer. I wanted dessert and by the end of the day was to tired to prepare a pie crust for the cooling oven... What a great idea, I saw thebrownman's post with his 'Crumble' Perfect and fast. Into the oven...I didn't make near enough crumble..to tired again..it was made with chopped pecans, cinnamon, brownsugar, rolled oats, canola oil...fast and easy..we enjoyed dessert :)
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Great first article Drew! I've been looking forward to 24ways returning for a while now!
I've been using RGBA a lot more over the past few months having recently read up on it (I hadn't initially understood the difference between RGBA & Opacity) and as other people have said, it's really flexible which is why it is a joy to use!


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"Sun-Filled Moment" ©2016 Niki Gulley
24" x 12" textured oil painting on wrap around canvas
Inspired by our travels to Provence, I painted these uplifting sunflowers with extremely thick oil paint and palette knife so that the resulting image leaps off the canvas and is loaded with energy, color and texture.
For more information on our plein air painting and photography Art Treks workshops in Europe, please check out ArtTreks.org.
E-mail - Niki Gulley
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WASHINGTON, March 3, 2008 — Prolonged work days that often extend late into the night may cause Americans to fall asleep or feel sleepy at work, drive drowsy and lose interest in sex, according to a new Sleep in America poll released today by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). Spending an average of nearly 4.5 hours each week doing additional work from home on top of a 9.5 hour average workday, Americans are working more and are trying to cope with the resulting daytime sleepiness. In fact, 63 percent state they are very likely to just accept their sleepiness and keep going, while 32 percent are very likely to use caffeinated beverages when they are sleepy during the day and more than half (54%) are at least somewhat likely to use their weekends to try to catch up on sleep.
Of those taking their work home with them, 20 percent say they spend 10 or more additional hours each week and 25 percent spend at least 7 additional hours each week on job-related duties. Almost one-quarter (23%) of all respondents did job-related work in the hour before going to bed at least a few nights each week.
Working too much and sleeping too little takes a serious toll on people's professional and personal lives.
The poll finds:
"Nearly 50 million Americans chronically suffer from sleep problems and disorders that affect their careers, their personal relationships and safety on our


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Rain is desperately needed.
I haven't been taking many photos of Kentucky's beautiful scenery this summer. We are so dry here that the whole landscape has taken on a dead brown color. It is horrible to see, and I just don't feel like photographing it.
The pasture in the photo above is in a river valley. Ordinarily, it would be green with grass, even in August which is always a hot, dry month. The trees in the background grow on the river banks. They aren't losing their leaves too badly yet, but on upland sites, the trees are really suffering. Some have lost many of their leaves and others are turning brown.
We've been under a no-burn order for several weeks. They've had so many fires at Pennyrile State Forest that they've even prohibited campstoves. If we have any tobacco barn fires this year, they could burn up the surrounding countryside as well as the barn.
An article in today's newspaper ("Fires sprout in parched fields," Kentucky New Era, August 21, 2007) described several fires that happened yesterday. One was in a cornfield, and they don't know how it started. Another fire that burned part of a soybean field and some grass may have started from a cigarette butt tossed from a car window. Both those fires were in the Pembroke Volunteer Fire Department's area. A couple of other grass fires happened in Hopkinsville; one of them may have started from a cigarette butt.
The Hopkinsville Fire Department chief was interviewed for the article. He begged people to be careful with their cigarettes, and suggested that farmers have a plow or disk ready to create a firebreak when they enter a field to harvest it. The vegetation is so dry and temperatures are so hot that a spark or just the hot exhaust from a machine could easily ignite a field.
We're also under voluntary water conservation. So far, it's just a limitation on landscape watering. We're supposed to cut back and only water on certain days. Well, we haven't been watering much anyhow -- just the flower bed by the house and the one poor old maple tree nearby that I hope will live a few more years. My garden has been dried to a crisp for a long time, now.
I am thankful that we had county water put in last summer, because wells have been going dry. Supposedly, the well on this place doesn't go dry, according to various local people, but I'm glad we don't have to worry about that possibility.
The newspaper has had several articles about the local water supply. We'd be having much stricter water conservation mandates, but a pipeline that will bring in water from Lake Barkeley (the Cumberland River) is very near completion. It will be put into service before local water supplies are exhausted -- or at least, we're counting on that.
Christian County is on the borderline between "severe" and "extreme" on the drought map. Beyond extreme drought, there is "exceptional drought" like they are having south of us.
The wild deer are having an outbreak of a hemorrhagic fever. The drought and hot weather has dried up many of the smaller watering places; thus many animals are drinking out of the remaining water holes and this facilitates the spread of the disease by tiny flies.
The problem with dried-up streams and ponds isn't limited to wildlife. Many farmers are hauling water to their cattle. With a very limited hay crop, dried-up pastures, crops that withered in the field, and water worries, it's a very bleak year for farmers.
This week, we've had wind along with high temperatures, giving a blast-oven effect that parches every suffering plant even more. We have a small chance of rain this coming weekend. It's much too late for the crops, but any amount of precipitation would help our farm animals, wildlife, pastures, and trees.


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It's finally here. Tonight, flip past those talking-head shows, because network television is getting a large helping of some old-school, carnival-esque action. Step right up and turn those clocks back a hundred years or so, it's time for a member of the Wallenda family to have an iconic moment in the spotlight.
Ladies and gentlemen, Nik Wallenda will be soon be tightroping 1,550 feet across Niagara Falls.
And ABC, broadcaster of the stunt, seems very excited. The Canadian and U.S. towns of Niagara Falls are crossing their fingers and tourists are reportedly flocking to the attraction once again. And why not? Wallenda had been trying to get the go-ahead for this attempt, and when the thumbs up finally arrived he effusively stated, "I feel like I'm on top of the world."
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And, it seems, there wouldn't be a better person suited to become the latest 21st century daredevil than Nik Wallenda, a guy whose family has a legacy (see the AP timeline here) of these sorts of stunts. To rattle off a few of Nik's credentials, as he does in a promotional video, he holds six Guinness world records and has been tightrope walking since he was two years old.
So, as ABC's press release breathlessly relays, tonight we'll see a guy teetering "173 feet above the raging waters of Niagara Falls — an unprecedented feat that has been banned for over 125 years." What that release doesn't note, but which the Associated Press soberly does, is that Wallenda was convinced to wear a tether (reportedly it was worried sponsors who insisted) so that if he took a misstep everyone wouldn't see a fatal plunge.
Still, that cultivation of the inherent danger is what makes the event so exciting. And so retro. As the Associated Press put it when Wallenda first got the green light, a main concern of the panel overseeing the stunt was a "return to the carnival-like atmosphere seen beginning in the mid-1800s, when daredevils sailed over the brink in barrels with mixed success and tightrope walkers traversed the gorge, though never the falls themselves." Sounds like a charming scenario — until someone takes an unexpected dive. And it's a long way down.
Naturally, along with excitement, there appears to be certain level of skepticism around the event. Inevitably, it was Stephen Colbert who described hype for the Niagara Falls event sarcastically and succinctly. "[Wallenda] received an exception to the fall's no-stunt's policy thanks to the local economy's sluggishness," said Comedy Central's faux conservative host this week. "Now, folks, you know a town is in bad shape when they have to create a tourist attraction to attract tourists to their tourist attraction."
For his part, Wallenda has mentioned that he's just blocking everything out during the attempt. "I'm sure there will be some tears involved," he was quoted saying by The New York Times. "It's coming down to the wire, no pun intended."
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I'm calling in reference to all the trash and garbage that has been thrown out of vehicles along Timberline Drive between U.S. 58 and Cranberry Road. It is a very unsightly mess and these people that are using it for a garbage disposal, it is not a secret garbage disposal place. These people should use a container or small bag in their vehicle to put their trash in and when they get home, put it in the garbage can. People should have respect for the elderly that have to get out there and clean it up.
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I agree with the caller that Fries, Providence and Mount Rogers schools should have been repaired and left open. Correction, Grayson Highlands School was built at Grant, not at Mount Rogers, which is the upper end of Grayson County. Seems there is no life after Volney going west except at tax time. Also, residents, more money is needed for janitors to clean floors at Grayson Highlands School. This is a proud resident of Whitetop, Va.
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Saw the light
Just want to compliment Carroll County High School. When driving by earlier this week, got to see the softball field lights. They are great. I really see how it can bring more games to the local area by them being played at night. I just wonder how long it will be until the baseball team gets the same quality lights. I thought they both had to have lights according to the rules, but who knows. That's the way things work in Carroll County.
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In parts of our country there are problems between law enforcement and African Americans and that is bad. Worse than that, our president and the first lady are racist. They show this by the comments that they make about events that happen in our country and the comments they don't make about other events. This sets a very bad example.
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I cannot express enough my disappointment with Grayson County Schools' central office administration. Our students deserve so much better than anyone looking out for their own financial well-being. Put our tax dollars to good use by keeping quality teachers and building-level administrators in place. Not by deepening the pockets of the highest paid individuals in the school system. If our school board allows this to happen, it is a shame and very disappointing.
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Carroll County should be the last county in the state to not have a full and active planning commission and industrial development commission. If only they would just look to the adjoining counties of Wythe and Surry and do what they do to get jobs and businesses.
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It's our own fault Grayson County.... for believing ... leadership can do what it takes to move our public schools into the future. Here we are, millions of dollars in the red, getting rid of teachers and no clue what the future of our children's schools will look like. We need to clean house in central office and hit the reset button.
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Computer forensics is a scientific approach to collecting, processing, preserving, and presenting electronic evidence. Failure to follow standard practices can make some or all evidence collected inadmissible in court. In this series of posts, I'll look at how to properly collect, process, and preserve evidence from both electronic and traditional sources. The discussion will be restricted to search and seizure practices in an office environment.
The first step in processing a scene is administrative. Permission must be obtained from the owner of the site to be investigated or through the use of a search warrant. In order to obtain permission, the investigator must document probable cause that a crime or security incident has occurred and that either the fruits of the crime or evidence related to the crime or incident exists in the place to be searched. Further, a clear definition of the area to be searched and the evidence to be obtained must be provided.
In medium to large corporate environments, the human resources department is typically involved in all investigations conducted by an internal security team. An investigator can usually rely on HR to obtain the proper permissions from management. In smaller business entities, it's usually more efficient to go directly to the CEO for permission. No matter who grants access to the scene, be sure to secure permission in writing.
Scene processing conducted directly by law enforcement or requested by law enforcement requires a search warrant properly executed by a judge. This applies to non-law enforcement forensic investigators collecting evidence in response to a request from a government or law enforcement agency. Exceptions to the warrant requirement occur when it's possible to obtain the owner's permission to conduct a search. In business environments, this can be an appropriate member of executive management, a company's general counsel, etc. Warrants are usually required when the search is to be conducted of a workspace belonging to a public employee, regardless of the presence of employer permission to search.
There are exceptions to the requirement to obtain prior approval. These exceptions are known as exigent circumstances. From the perspective of evidence preservation, exigent circumstances exist when the person conducting the investigation believes that waiting for proper authorization will result in the destruction of critical evidence. In such cases, the evidence may be obtained without management approval or a warrant. However, processing evidence obtained in this way should wait until permission is actually granted.
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You all have helped me survive this one year of nursing as a full-time working academic mother. You have allowed me to push back on all the well-meaning bullies around, and given me a hand out of many inexorable pits. You have, I can say with confidence, saved my life, and facilitated my daughter's health and spunk. NO ONE ELSE HAS CONTRIBUTED MORE TO MY SANITY.
My daughter is turning a year old in 2 weeks. At the same time, summer ends, and full-time teaching begins again. She (1) still nurses to sleep with me, or on her babysitter or her father's shoulder [you can't put her down and expect her to fall asleep and I will never let her cry it out in order to do that], (2) takes two naps during the day, (3) does not sleep through the night (wakes up *many* times) and nurses back to sleep, (4) the longest she has slept in one stretch is possibly 3 hours, 4 hours if she has been sick. She eats all sorts of things, with her own hand, and is dairy intolerant (something we found out after giving her cheese at her doctor's suggestion after her 9 month appt).
Right now, 2 weeks before she turns 1, at the end of the summer during which I was at home with her all the time, except for 3 hours in the afternoon 3 days a week with a babysitter, this rough sleep/feed schedule has emerged:
7/7:30 wakes, without hope of sleeping again for the morning
8/8:30 breakfast (cereal, fruits, etc.), I'll make a couple of attempts to get it in at 1-hour intervals.
10/10:30 nurse to nap
(I nurse her if and whenever she wakes up, sometimes to go back to sleep) 12/12:30 wakes, nurses if I am around and NOT if I am not around, and no BM otherwise does not take any breastmilk if i am not around,
lunch--some meats, veggies, fruits, feeds herself. we just encourage her to do what she wants.
4/4:30 nurses to nap if I am around for her afternoon nap and NOT if I am not, no BM otherwise
5:30/6:00 nurses on waking
dinner with us, what we are eating, plus fruits
8:15/8:30 bath
around 9/nurses to sleep, sometimes right away, sometimes takes an hour or more!
then she wakes many times depending on how badly she is teething. on some nights after 30 or 45 minutes, usually 1.5 hours, and sometimes she will take one long 2.5 or 3 hour stretch and then will wake up every 1.5 hours. nurses at almost every waking. she is becoming more and more able to go back to sleep if all other things are okay (stomach pains and tooth pains are pretty usual).
And, yes, we co-sleep.
And, also, I have not pumped all summer. We have done alright without it. I have ALWAYS been around.
She is happy, funny, engaged, extremely active, mobile (almost walking, takes steps and has good balance) and healthy, even though prone to constipation. Weighs 20 lbs, and is 29.5 or 30 inches tall. She had great weight gain until the dairy intolerance was triggered with the cheese! Now, in the past 2 months, she's probably only put on 6 ounces net.
OK, now here's the rub. I start back at the college where I teach next friday. We are transitioning to another caregiver since our lovely babysitter is also going back to college.
I will leave home at 9:30 and come back at 2:30 on Tue and Thu, and at 5:30 on Mon and Weds.
I will have ONE 15-minute between the classes that I am teaching on the shorter days, and possibly another break on the longer days.
I want my daughter to lead me when it comes to weaning. My poor husband and coolest guy in the world has not been able to help having a really rough time of it all, and I think our relationship has survived a lot of stress because of our strong foundations, but we aren't the best we have been. I haven't been able to offer a kind of presence that he is yearning for, have had many health problems, am always fatigued, relying on philosophy to save me from being self-destructive but it doesn't always work, working through lots of my own childhood issues, not much sleep at all if I nurse 6-7 times at night, alongwith being the main breadwinner and main housekeeper/cook.
I think I am often mad at him, just as I am with the rest of US society for not treating me like a queen through the one year I needed/deserved it the most! I wish I could have been with my child all year, and until she goes to montessori in the Spring. Do I ask for too much?
What are your recommendations/guidance about:
(1) how to foresee/plan for--if at all--this next stage of breastfeeding a one-year old?
(2) what exactly are signs of baby-led weaning? I offer her to nurse as I have come to expect things, and haven't really figured out her "demand." Is that my fault? How will things ever change?
(3) non-dairy replacements for breastmilk (in other words, do I have to pump, and does she still need breastmilk more than she needs nursing?)...I see them as separate acts but of course they are connected.
I never thought I could come this far. I need a hand to take the next step, and I cannot do it without you all.
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America's wealthy are packing their bags.
Back in June 2011, 55% of America's comfortably well-off folks surveyed in the Mendelsohn Affluent Barometer said they intended to take a summer vacation. In April, 2013, the figure stands at 61%, a sign that folks are relaxing, both more at ease with their finances and able to take time off. The time spent in a hammock has jumped, too, from 14 days in 2011 to 16 days in 2013, and a third of those surveyed intend to spend more on their vacation this year than they have in the past.
Slow off the mark and need ideas for the summer break? The big draws are beaches, not terribly original, but always relaxing: 45% of the affluent intend to dig their toes in the sand this summer (versus 40% in 2011.) Urban funk has its draws, too, with 28% (versus 19%) wanting to hang out in major U.S. cities this summer; 17% (9%) are heading to big cities overseas. Apparently, there are more tipplers in the crowd: 16% are heading to vineyards and wineries, versus the 7% who did so in 2011.
Affluent folks are also far more internationally-minded this year. The 83% who were intent on vacationing in the continental U.S.-only have fallen to 70%. If you are among this dwindling number of homebodies, consider little-visited Baltimore, for a city-escape, or Bath County, Virginia, if more bucolic vistas are your thing. If you are in the market to buy a second home in the U.S., check out Penta's annual survey of domestic resorts and second home prices. The very wealthy are currently buying heavily in low-tax states like Florida, Wyoming, Nevada and Texas.
Overseas, the bargains of Europe beckon most: 14% of those surveyed are heading to the Old Continent this summer, versus the 10% who did so in 2011. If that sounds like fun, consider Barcelona and Malaga in Spain, the fabled resorts down the Italian coast, or even a tour of Britain's Lake District and the quirky museums of London.
The beaches of the Caribbean are another major crowd-pleaser of 2013, with 11% heading to the islands, up from 7% in 2011. If you are looking for ideas for the Caribbean, Penta has recently recommended Turks & Caicos and Trinidad & Tobago. Here, too, is our a survival guide for the increasingly popular Galapagos.
The Mendelsohn Affluent Barometer isn't, strictly speaking, Penta's audience. The pulse of their study is taken from 1,021 adults with household income above $100,000. That's affluent but not rich, even though the survey included 184 respondents with annual household income in excess of $250,000.
But rest assured, this travel trend is even more pronounced with the true 1%. As reported last year in our much-read article – "Who are the One Percent?" – the bad days of the recession had the rich withdrawing from society and the public eye. They dove into the bunker, kept family and dearest friends close by, and, like everyone else, pulled in their belts.
But, as executives at American Express (AXP) and Harrison Group explained to me at the time, travel was one of the few budget-items that the 1% actually increased during the recession. Why? Battered and bruised in public, the shell-shocked ultra-rich quietly took their extended families on exotic vacations; travel became the excuse to gather family close around, for authentic experiences that allowed them to walk away with memories that last a lifetime.
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text: The Placement of the Tabernacle Tabernacle – Placement in the Church When visiting several different Catholic churches, the tabernacle can be found located in a few different places; right behind the altar, to one side of the altar, in a small cove off to the side, or in a separate chapel. But where exactly is the tabernacle, which houses the Blessed Sacrament, supposed to be located? Code of Canon Law 938 states that: The Most Holy Eucharist is to be reserved habitually in only one tabernacle of a church or oratory. The tabernacle in which the Most Holy Eucharist is reserved is to be situated in some part of the church or oratory which is distinguished, conspicuous, beautifully decorated, and suitable for prayer. The tabernacle in which the Most Holy Eucharist is reserved habitually is to be immovable, made of solid and opaque material, and locked in such a way that the danger of profanation is avoided as much as possible. For a grave cause, it is permitted to reserve the Most Holy Eucharist in some other fitting and more secure place, especially at night. The person responsible for the church or oratory is to take care that the key of the tabernacle in which the Most Holy Eucharist is reserved is safeguarded most diligently. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM), paragraphs 314 and 315, clarifies the subject further: The Place for the Reservation of the Most Holy Eucharist In accordance with the structure of each church and legitimate local customs, the Most Blessed Sacrament should be reserved in a tabernacle in a part of the church that is truly noble, prominent, readily visible, beautifully decorated, and suitable for prayer. The one tabernacle should be immovable, be made of solid and inviolable material that is not transparent, and be locked in such a way that the danger of profanation is prevented to the greatest extent possible. Moreover, it is appropriate that, before it is put into liturgical use, it be blessed according to the rite described in the Roman Ritual. It is more in keeping with the meaning of the sign that the tabernacle in which the Most Holy Eucharist is reserved not be on an altar on which Mass is celebrated. Consequently, it is preferable that the tabernacle be located, according to the judgment of the Diocesan Bishop, Either in the sanctuary, apart from the altar of celebration, in a form and place more appropriate, not excluding on an old altar no longer used for celebration; Or even in some chapel suitable for the faithful's private adoration and prayer and which is organically connected to the church and readily visible to the Christian faithful. The above excerpts are the most updated editions of the Code of Canon Law and the GIRM and are based in part on the document Sacrosanctum Concilium, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, produced by the second Vatican Council in 1963, which permitted local bishops to adapt certain things to the needs of their parishes: Along with the revision of the liturgical books, as laid down in Article 25, there is to be an early revision of the canons and ecclesiastical statutes which govern the provision of material things involved in sacred worship. These laws refer especially to the worthy and well planned construction of sacred buildings, the shape and construction of altars, the nobility, placing, and safety of the Eucharistic tabernacle, the dignity and suitability of the baptistery, the proper ordering of sacred images, embellishments, and vestments. Laws which seem less suited to the reformed Liturgy are to be brought into harmony with it, or else abolished; and any which are helpful are to be retained if already in use, or introduced where they are lacking. In accordance with the norm of Article 22 of this Constitution, the territorial bodies of bishops are empowered to adapt such things to the needs and customs of their different regions; this applies especially to the materials and form of sacred furnishings and vestments. - Chapter VII, article 128 of Sacrosanctum Concilium Later, a document promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1967, De Sacra Communione (Holy Communion and Worship outside of Mass) clarified that the use of a separate chapel is particularly for large, high traffic churches. "The place for the reservation of the Eucharist should be truly preeminent. It is highly recommended that the place be suitable also for private adoration and prayer so that the faithful may readily and fruitfully continue to honor the Lord, present in the sacrament, through personal worship. This will be achieved more readily if the chapel is separate from the body of the church, especially in churches where marriages and funerals are celebrated frequently and in churches where there are many visitors because of pilgrimages or the artistic and historical treasures." (emphasis added) Ultimately, the tabernacle may be placed near the altar, or in a separate chapel. However in either case, the location of the tabernacle must be obvious and conspicuous to the faithful; if in a separate chapel, the chapel must be noticeable. It is generally preferred that the tabernacle be placed in the main body of the church in parishes that do not have the issue of crowds and extra celebrations preventing people from privately praying before the tabernacle. Many parishes have in recent years made changes and moved the tabernacle out of a separate chapel into a more prominent place.


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Okay folks, we are all secure atheists, right? This question is just for fun! What religious themed songs have you caught yourself singing along with, or at least taping your foot to? Here are two songs that get me every time: Three Wooden Crosses sung by Randy Travis & Jesus Take the Wheel sung by Carrie Underwood.
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I can't describe it...there are places in this song that transcend what music should be able to do.
Heavenly Bank Account, Dumb All Over, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Lonesome Cowboy Burt (the Swaggart Version), Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk- All from Frank Zappa and on youtube- good funny stuff.
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The Blood, Sweat and Tears version of Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child"
Victor Wooten's bass solo version of "Amazing Grace"
John McLaughlin and Shakti- "What need have I for this?-What need have I for that?- I am dancing at the feet of my Lord- All is bliss-All is Bliss". 29.03 minutes of blazing Indian/jazz fusion rhythms- and one of the longest song titles as well.
As a musician I have to play everything put in front of me. I have to make it sound as good as I can whether or not I like and/or agree with the words. When not on the mic, which is most of the time, I make up my own words or just ignore them.
I listen to mainly instrumental music - lots of jazz (funky jazz, bebop, post-bop, modern, free, avant garde experimental noise, trad jazz, big band, swing). Rock (all varieties 50's to current). Symphonic music- I prefer 20th century (Stravinsky, Vareese, Cage) to classics (Bach, Mozart, Beethoven). Funk, Motown, R&B, Blues, country, Brazillian sambas and bossa's, Cuban/Latin salsa, and other "ehtnic/folk/cultural/tribal" music from around the world (of which I don't understand the words anyway)- A bit of Opera (that so far is the hardest for me to get my ears around) and of course top-40 from the 30's to current (although I find most pop music quite bland and simple).
With instrumental music, even if the title is religious, the melody and chords are not, so it can mean whatever you hear it as. Words give a song a more "concrete" direction and meaning.
I can get past bad lyrics (secular or religious) if the musicianship is of a high caliber.
I personally like complex, difficult to play music, that only the most excellent musicians can acheive - intricate melodies, advanced chord structure, altered harmonies, metric modulations and poly-rhythms. Musician's music.
I like simple/pop music as well but to me it seems like the difference between reading "See Spot Run" and "The Elegant Universe".
Both well written. lol. But one is definately deeper on every level of consciousness and understanding. It takes more effort to understand and can be hard at first, but in the end a much more rewarding and valuble experience.
"Jesus take the wheel" LOL
That reminds me of a Don't Drink and Drive commercial where the drunk guy hands his keys to Stevie Wonder. I might be naive, but a drunk person can still drive better than a blind person, and in either case, unlike co-pilot Jesus, somebody is actually there to take the wheel.
Spirit in the Sky & People get Ready
haha nailed it!!
Imagine could be the Athiest's theme song!
this cant be topped
Ave Maria in latin guarantee to raise back of the neck hairs


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Thursday, August 6, 2009
Luck of the Noob
She opens up her very first fishing reward bag and what does she get? The weather beaten fishin hat. I remember that damn thing took me months to get. Then she asked is she should vendor it 0_0.
The same thing previously happened when we did her first run through Magisters Terrace. The Phoenix Hatchling dropped and she got it. I havent seen the thing drop since then.
I have seen this happen many times over the course of my WoW playing days. An undergeared tank alt being carried through Kara get the King's Defender on his very first try. I crappy geared fresh 70 tanking alt outrolls me on the shield off of Nightbane. The shield off of Gruul drops while I am in there on my Holy Paladin. Some people have all of the luck.
So far in Northrend, I have had pretty bad luck with shields. I have not seen a single tanking shield drop in either Naxx at all. It took me about 20 runs to get the Royal Crest of Lordaeron. My buddy picked the shield up on his shaman on his first run....because it looked cool and nobody wanted it.
These are the things that make you cringe and hope the RNG dies a slow painful death by pencils shoved in the tip of it's penis.
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- Ironshield said...
Buddy, I need your help if you wouldn't mind vetting an odd question with your feral tank friends to test and let me know. I recently ran a test for the past 2 months using my bear tank and *only* using swipe and maul in my tanking rotations and not lacerate or mangle and I am having a ridiculously higher gen of threat and the content is clearing much much faster.
I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this or is there some compelling reason to continue to use lacerate and mangle because I am not seeing it. There is no way dps can catch me (they haven't in 2 months even when I offer up gold if they can) in threat - yet I am not using lacerate or mangle at all.
As always, I value your input my friend and you have always been great at setting me back on the straight and narrow when I am straying!
- August 6, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- Ironshield said...
oops - my post looking for the comments is at http://cantankwilltravel.blogspot.com/
- August 6, 2009 at 9:22 AM
- "D" said...
I know how you feel, Darraxus - my enhancement shaman hates Naxx with a passion, but I've been forcing her through it on 25-man every week for a chance at the nice slow fist weapon that drops off of KT. After weeks and weeks, it finally dropped ... and a nub hunter won the roll, after winning several things in the raid (I had rolled on nothing else). I was ... not pleased. Not to the point where I'd say anything in the raid - no one likes people who start loot dramz, but seriously - I hate hunters! They take staves that are perfect for feral druids, daggers that are perfect for rogues, slow 1h fist weapons that are perfect for enhancement shamans, and of course everything in between. Stupid class. *grumbles*
- August 6, 2009 at 9:41 AM
I remember when one of my best wow friend back in vanilla wow in a pug scholomance run rolled for the paladin helm (he had already lost at rolls 3 times).
We was chatting in guild teamspeak and he was telling us what was happening.
Other paladin rolled a 6, he was very happy laughing in ts and remember one saying "You can still roll 1".
He dint roll 1, he rolled 5.
He quitted playing for a couple of days, but when he was back he was laughing at that and we still laugh thinking of that day! :D
- August 7, 2009 at 2:49 AM
You know what's worth than luck of the noob? It's luck of the clueless noob, and I say this with reference to myself. When M'Pocket Tank and I ran Scholo just for kicks, the Headmaster's collar dropped. We were just "hurrah, funky looking item, doesn't go with my hair, hey, you take it so we can do dress up" and later somebody on my blog posted about having fun that thing about 90 times in search of that collar.
I felt ... guilty as hell :)
- August 7, 2009 at 7:08 AM
- Darraxus said...
@ Tam: I have never seen that collar drop in all of the times I have run that instance.
Another example of Luck of the Noob is my sister getting the Baron mount on her second run. I have run it around 65 times with no luck.
- August 7, 2009 at 7:52 AM
I took me about 10 tries to get the Bronze Drake that drops in a timed CoS run.
The most frustrating thing was, that it was the first time doing the timed run for at least 2 or 3 people who won a roll against me.
And I cried tears of joy when that damn Shield of Lorderdran finally dropped for me.
And yer, currently at 80+ runs for the Baron's mount, and Blizzard kindly fixed the crate bug in the last patch :(
- August 16, 2009 at 2:53 PM


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[This article is a followup to the one I published yesterday - "Blackwater (aka Xe) exposed by Scahill... again!"]
A threat
Here's the latest interview of Jeremy Scahill that I could find discussing his article in the Nation titled "Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan".
In this interview (at ~8:00), Jeremy Scahill comes out and explicitly says that he felt that a call he received from the office of Admiral Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was "an act of intimidation" to keep him from publishing his story in the Nation. Here's how Wikipedia describes the position of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is by law the highest ranking military officer in the United States armed forces, and the principal military adviser to the President of the United States, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense.Any questions? Good. Let's continue.
No news is not good news
The US ambassador in Pakistan, Anne W. Patterson, has called reports of a secret Blackwater operation in Pakistan "false and baseless". I know this because it appeared in a newspaper. Not an American newspaper mind you, but a Pakistani newspaper. Somehow the New York Times and the Washington Post don't think this is worth reporting.
Here's the official press release on the State Department website.
Correction For The RecordThis is a flat denial of the Scahill article. Notice they never mention the article explicitly, but allude to "a U.S. magazine" making "false assertions". If not for a search I did of Google news for 'Blackwater' I would have never been aware of this press release which went unreported in the US media. Clearly this official press release from the US embassy in Islamabad was for local Pakistani consumption only, and was not meant to be repeated by the US mainstream press. Why hasn't this been reported in the US press?
November 25, 2009
Islamabad - The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad rejects as completely false the assertions made recently by a U.S. magazine alleging secret Blackwater operations in Pakistan.
There is no secret operating base in Karachi or anywhere else in Pakistan being run, occupied, or otherwise operated by U.S. military personnel of any command or organization. The article's assertions about U.S. government collusion with Blackwater or any other contracting firm are equally baseless and false.
"U.S. government programs for Pakistan are open and transparent and function in partnership with the Government of Pakistan," said Ambassador Anne W. Patterson. "U.S. personnel and programs in Pakistan have only one purpose - to assist the government and people of Pakistan as they face the complex challenges confronting their nation."
I'll tell you what I think. And you can take it or leave it because it's just my opinion. I don't have any facts to back this up. But I think there has been an edict handed down by the powers in the State Department and the Pentagon saying that Blackwater (aka Xe) is not a subject to be discussed openly in the news media.
Just yesterday, at the State Department's daily briefing the first question was about Jeremy Scahill's article.
MR. KELLY: Okay. Well, let me give you a quick rundown on the Secretary's events. You know she attended...So I checked today's briefing to see if State Department spokesperson, Ian Kelly, would give "a response" to Jeremy's article. You can find it here. And a quick search determines that the word 'Blackwater' never comes up. In fact there's no discussion of Pakistan at all. Is this a case of "don't ask, don't tell"?
[blah, blah, blah... blah, blah]
...how the United States and India can work together to meet global challenges like terrorism and climate change and other matters of regional and bilateral interest. And with that, I'll take your questions.
QUESTION: Do you have any response to the report in The Nation regarding what it says was a joint operation between the Joint Special Operations Command in Pakistan and Xe Services, nee Blackwater?
MR. KELLY: I do not. I have not seen this article.
QUESTION: So you have no response to that?
MR. KELLY: Well, I don't know. I'm sorry, you've – I just am not aware of this article. We'll look at it and we'll see if we can get a response for you.
Yeah, Andy.
To me the message is clear. "Blackwater is not something we're going to talk about. We're not going to confirm it or deny it. In fact we're not even 'aware' of it. And if you want to continue to be invited to these briefings, you won't be aware of it either."
Isn't it odd that with literally thousands of newspapers and radio and TV stations in the US, and the existence of a "free press" that not one has come out with any significant follow up to Jeremy Scahill's scathing exposé. Not one.
Yes Jeremy was invited today on to MSNBC's Morning Joe show, but the topic was quickly shifted in what was obviously a pre-arranged script. Sort of as if to say, "See... we do have a free press in the US. See... we gave Jeremy 2 or 3 minutes to talk about Blackwater. It's just that the American public isn't interested. They'd rather hear about how Sarah Palin is going to run for President in 2012."
So as I said, I don't have any facts to back up my allegations of a coordinated coverup. But that's not exactly true because I can give you some statistical evidence courtesy of Google.
In fact here's an experiment you can do yourself. Click on the link below to run a search of articles in the US that mention Scahill's Blackwater article.
Google news search
When I tried this today, I got 15 results. And none of those could be considered mainstream media.
And when I do a similar search for articles on the web in general in the past 3 days since the article first appeared with the words 'blackwater scahill' I get thousands of hits.
Conclusion - a news blackout
My conclusion is that the State Department and the Pentagon don't want to talk about this because they know that they will be caught up by their own denials. I also conclude that the word has been sent out to the main stream media not to bring up this subject.
And yet this is a crucial issue which should be discussed as President Obama prepares to send a request next week to Congress for 34,000 more troops in Afghanistan. We can only hope that some of our representatives in Congress will have the courage to bring this up in public hearings when General McChrystal goes before committees to justify this troop build up.
Jeremy Scahill has done his job in uncovering the basic information. Now it is up to the Congress to fulfill its obligation to investigate this further. And it would be a great assistance if the media would do its job of publicizing this issue. But if they won't, then "we the people" must take direct action and insist that Congress not shirk its Constitutional responsibilities. Please call your Congresspeople and urge them to bring up this issue of vital importance to the attention of the State Department and the Pentagon.
It's bad enough that Blackwater is bribing Iraqi officials "to silence their criticism and buy their support". Don't let something similar happen here in the US.
It seems the cat's out of the bag in Pakistan. The mainstream Pakistani press is featuring Scahill's article in today's papers.
The Nation (a Pakistani newspaper - not the US magazine that originally published the story) has reproduced the entire article. It also has a short article titled "Will Mr. Malik resign now?".
ISLAMABAD – The Nation [Pakistani newspaper] has been exposing the Blackwater (now renamed Xe Worldwide) and DynaCorp presence in Pakistan for some time now with evidence, but the Interior Minister has continued to deny this presence - although he has finally conceded the presence of Dynacorp.The Pakistan Daily Times also has an article on this subject titled "Blackwater launching missions from Karachi", which gives a good summary of the Scahill article.
To begin with, Rehman Malik was hiding behind the fact that Blackwater had altered its name; but equally important Blackwater has also become a generic term for US military/security contractors, especially in the minds of most Pakistanis.
But now an American journalist, Jeremy Scahill, who has authored the definitive book on Blackwater has revealed the presence of this group in Pakistan as well as all its activities here. Since Mr. Malik had publicly claimed he would resign if the Blackwater presence was proven in Pakistan, we wonder whether he will do so now that his bluff has been called.
Coincidentally, yesterday US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W. Patterson announced "the Obama Administration was going to release direct budgetary support of $175 million hard cash to Pakistan". Is this hush money which will be used to grease the palms of Pakistani officials to keep them from criticizing the role of Blackwater and the JSOC in Pakistan?
Will the US mainstream press continue to ignore the Scahill article now that it has been widely publicized in Pakistan? I'll bet the State Department longs for the days before the internet. Personally, I'm hoping that Jeremy's revelations about Blackwater go totally viral on the web to the point where the MSM can ignore them no longer. And then the Pentagon and the State Department will be forced to come up with some answers, and the Blackwater goons will be forced out of the murky shadows in which they like to operate and into the glaring public spotlight.
Russia Today has picked up the story of Blackwater's secret operation in Pakistan as reported by Jeremy Scahill. There's no new revelations in this report which features investigative reporter Wayne Madsen, but it shows that the news is spreading. But what about pseudo-left MSM outlets like Rachel Maddow. Why hasn't she reported this story? Oh right, the military censors. I almost forgot.


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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Berwick man federal prosecutors say amassed a large collection of child pornography on his computer has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Jack Moore was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland. The 52-year-old Moore pleaded guilty in April to a single count of possession of child pornography.
The judge called Moore's child pornography crimes an "addiction" and labeled the content of the 10,000-plus pornographic images and dozens of videos as "sadistic." The judge said Moore continued to collect pictures of child pornography even after he knew he was subject to a federal investigation in 2008.
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DEAR DENISE: You need to call the manufacturer (find the name on a tag and hopefully a phone number, too). In the meantime, your rug may simply be going through a process known as "de-gassing," as the chemicals used during the manufacture process are dissipating. If this is the case, the smell will go away by itself within a few weeks. You can hasten this process by putting the rug out in the direct sun (I would turn it right-side down to prevent any fading), being careful to not let it get damp and to bring it in at sundown.
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