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Wrong About the Right Stuff
Not all Europe's "right-wingers" fit the hackneyed profile the press and pols force on them.
What does it mean to be "far right"? Who qualifies as a right-wing "extremist"? Quite a lot of European politicians think that they know. Yesterday British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder called on "democratic people of all persuasions to stand together in solidarity against extremist policies." Romano Prodi, president of the European Union, has also recently joined many others in congratulating France on the rejection of "extremism" in French politics. Expect to hear more of them weigh in later this week, after the Dutch elections Wednesday.
Quite a lot of journalists think they know, too. Two weeks ago, the Economist published a neatly drawn chart listing "far right parties in Europe," showing what percentage of the vote each one had obtained, country by country. The BBC's Web site also now contains a nifty chart that lets you click on an interactive map and thereby gauge the state of the "far right" in each nation of Western Europe.
I am as guilty as anyone else in overusing these terms: Sometimes "far right" is just a simpler phrase to use than "anti-establishment, pro-free-market, anti-immigration, possibly racist right," when you don't feel you have enough space to explain the details of a particular party or politician—but I won't do it again. In the wake of Jean-Marie Le Pen's somewhat freakish success in the first round of the French presidential elections, and the shocking murder of the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn almost immediately afterward, I have concluded that it is now time to call a total moratorium on the use of the phrases "extremism" and "far right" in political debate, since it is becoming clear that nobody has the slightest idea anymore what they mean.
Certainly over the past few days, quite a number of people, most notably Andrew Sullivan, have pointed out that Fortuyn hardly fit the traditional image of a European "far right-winger." An open homosexual and avid libertarian, Fortuyn wanted to restrict immigration into Holland on the grounds that Muslim immigrants were threatening liberal Dutch traditions of feminism and sexual tolerance. "Right" in some senses, "left" in others, the death of Fortuyn—who was apparently murdered by a (far left?) animal rights activist—left many commentators, the BBC's Angus Roxburgh among them, feeling "confused and perplexed." And not only commentators. While attending Fortuyn's funeral last weekend, Roxburgh met a Dutchman who told him that the Dutch didn't get it either: "[W]e don't understand a thing. It's a complete mystery."
Yet Fortuyn's ability to confound political stereotypes is hardly exceptional. Look more closely at some of the parties that the newspapers blithely describe as "far right," for example, and preconceptions quickly break down. You're unlikely to find anti-Semitism, for example—and if you're looking for skinheads and neo-Nazis, you probably won't find them either.
Nor will you find that many of these groups have much in common with each other. Some years ago, I met some members of the Danish People's Party, whose name comes up when you click Denmark on the BBC's interactive "far right" map. In one breath, they denounced other European right-wing parties, called for some restrictions on immigration, and said they opposed Danish membership in the European single currency, all policies that would sit happily in the center of Tony Blair's Labor Party. The BBC's Web site also points out that the Danish People's Party has "pursued newspaper campaigns to expose 'welfare cheats' among the immigrant community." But this is a clear case of the pot calling the kettle black: The Evening Standard, a dead center British newspaper that has backed Blair in the past, conducted very similar sorts of campaigns for years without anyone, not even the BBC, appearing to be particularly bothered by it.
More anomalies abound. On the Economist's "far right" list, for example, is a Polish political party called Law and Justice. This is a party led by a former justice minister and a former member of a mainstream center-right government, whose role model is Rudy Giuliani and who can hardly be anti-immigrant since Poland hasn't got any. His party qualified for the list on the shaky grounds of "populism"—according to an editor at the Economist I happened to speak to about it. Defending his magazine, the same editor also told me that Law and Justice is in favor of the death penalty. When I pointed out that George Bush is also in favor of the death penalty—and does that make him "far right"?—the editor made his excuses and hung up.
But these are easy cases. It gets even more complicated when you come to Jörg Haider, the Austrian politician, and Jean-Marie Le Pen. Both men do, at times, nod and wink openly at the Nazi and Vichy past. Both also represent some views that would be considered mainstream almost anywhere else. Many Austrians voted for Haider's Freedom Party, for example, not because Haider sometimes says nice things to Wehrmacht veterans, but because his party advocates straight Thatcherite economics and feels skeptical about the European Union, which no other Austrian parties do. Le Pen is also one of the few politicians in France who openly regrets the loss of the French franc, which has now been replaced by the euro. Those who feel strongly about that issue have no one else to vote for either.
In quite a lot of places, in fact, the "far right" parties have simply become the beneficiaries of discontent with politicians, or discontent with politics, or the place where people go when they feel that no one else represents their views. Descriptions of the far right's beliefs are also affected by the beliefs of those doing the describing. Yes, to passionate opponents of the death penalty, those who advocate it do seem "extremist." Yes, to devotees of the European welfare state, free marketeers may seem "extremist," too.
But perfectly mainstream, perfectly well-adjusted people are also capable of thinking otherwise—which is why we need to assess all this again. In fact—given that "conservative" is now a word commonly used to describe the communist leadership of North Korea and "extreme left" is now a word used to describe the backward-looking ex-communist politicians of Eastern Germany—we might be better off giving up altogether the attempt to use 19th-century political terminology in a post-1989, post-9/11 world.


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The Obama 'narrative' is overshadowing this presidency's real stories
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Sing to me of the Obama narrative, Muse, the narrative of twists and turns driven time and again off course.
Like, say, the time in January, when this paper characterized Obama's State of the Union address as "an effort to set the narrative on Obama's first year," or in April, when the Huffington Post set about "Rediscovering the Obama Narrative," or this month, when New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd wondered how such a gifted storyteller could "lose control of his own narrative." Sing to me, Muse, of the dismay Mark Halperin registered on his blog, the Page, when he wrote "Pundit/Press Narrative Forms Against Obama."
Journalists and politicians know that voters, like everyone else, are hard-wired to understand the world through stories. Elections are contests between competing story lines, something Obama, himself an elegant writer, and his team of political image editors were keenly aware of as they crafted the protagonist as a transformative Washington outsider, whose unerringly serious, postpartisan belief in competence, bridge-building and doing the right thing would improve the nation. That sympathetic character won 53 percent of general-election voters.
But now his narrative has taken on a life of its own.
"So much of the coverage and commentary has to do with the narrative, stagecraft, the political implications of what he is doing," said David Axelrod, Obama's special adviser for narrative, stagecraft and the political implications of what the president is doing. "When you are president of the United States, the most important thing is that you cope with the disaster." Not, that is, the story line of the disaster.
Imperfect messenger though he is, Axelrod has a point. The BP oil spill has largely been treated as the latest plot twist in the Obama epic. The plume of crude rising from the seabed is not only the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, darkening the gulf and thousands of lives and pervading the nation with a sense of helplessness, it is a metaphor for Obama's loss of control, a revealing moment to study our protagonist. Will he feel the seafarer's pain? Will he shake with fury? Will he weep tears into the salty sea? Sing to me, Muse, of the wrath of Washington's Achilles.
The initial government response did not provide enough dramatic juice to slake the chorus. So Obama visited the Gulf Coast again and again and again. With cameras rolling, he got into character and knelt to the ground and sifted sand through his fingertips. He grimaced on morning show interviews and pondered whose "ass to kick."
Then, on Tuesday night, in his first Oval Office address, speaking in martial terms of a "battle," he sought to move the story line off of him. Onward toward energy legislation! "Now," Obama thundered, "is the moment for this generation to embark on a national mission to unleash America's innovation and seize control of our own destiny."
But much of the reaction to the speech, rather than focusing on the plight of shrimpers or the legislative agenda, critiqued the address as a new panel in the ongoing Obama storyboard. On CNN, for example, White House correspondent Ed Henry complained that Obama had not discussed how much oil is leaking into the gulf, "perhaps because it doesn't fit into his narrative that the government is all over this."
In this particularly meta moment, the overarching Obama story line hovers a level above events, distracting from the disaster in the gulf, glossing over the question of whether the government's concrete actions are sufficient, removing readers and viewers and listeners from reality. The narrative has been constantly updated -- Obama's a hero one day, a goat the next -- as ravenous news cycles and impatient audiences demand conclusions, and attention-starved media outlets can no longer subsist on the modest first drafts of history.
"We are struggling to sustain a narrative concept in an age of contemporaneity," said David Shi, the president of Furman University in South Carolina, who is writing the ninth edition of "America: A Narrative History," a popular college textbook. "The demand for analysis and meaning of things right away puts real narrative under attack."
All of this undermines the traditional notion of a narrative as a slowly developing arc that requires perspective to be properly observed. "A narrative in the true sense means a beginning, a middle and an end," said Robert A. Caro, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner whose biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson are touchstones of the narrative nonfiction genre. "That's a story."

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Doubles To Singles Drum Exercise
Doubles to Singles Drum Exercise
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Jen Denzin and Mandy Robinson | All that Glitters
All that Glitters is a light-hearted look at some of the troubling oddities of the modern economy, examining the allure and the often short-lived pleasures of online shopping and discount store purchases. Mandy Robinson and Jen Denzin have assembled readily available mass-produced plastic household goods, packaging and advertising materials to produce an immersive installation exploring...Find out more »
Open House: 3rd Tamworth Textile Triennial
Open House: 3rd Tamworth Textile Triennial celebrates the open-ended, porous nature of textiles practice today. It introduces a group of artists who have not previously exhibited in the triennial. All are linked in some way to a sense of broader engagement with things outside of themselves and their studios. Many celebrate the process of belonging that...Find out more »
Nicola Bolton | The Garden Palette
Many artists have a deeply rooted connection to their environment and draw inspiration from patterns in nature. Nicola Bolton's The Garden Palette explores the artist's strong affinity for the gardens surrounding her late Victorian era home in Bolwarra as well as her interaction with gardens whilst traveling in the UK and Europe. Photography is integral to...Find out more »
Concerning Peace | Various artists
The exhibition was conceived by artists/curators Eric and Robyn Werkhoven in response to the present hostile world events.Twenty seven professional visual artists have been invited to express, interpret and explore their belief for world peace. The exhibition will include all genres of the visual arts – painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, ceramics, Video installation. We...Find out more »
Finding Country
A selection of artworks from the MRAG Collection by Aboriginal artists from across Australia who each represent their own language groups, dreaming and country.Find out more »
Paul Partos from the MRAG Collection
This exhibition features etchings from the MRAG Collection created by Paul Partos, a Czech born, Australian, abstract artist who participated in two of Australia's landmark exhibitions of Australian abstract art: The Field, 1968 and Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968–2002, 2003. This series of etchings, acquired in 2016 with the assistance of the artist's estate, demonstrate Partos'...Find out more »


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BSN Pumped Edge Facts
BSN's new Edge Series is expanding at a rapid rate with the arrival of 5 products already. Their 6th product will be a powdered pump booster, similar to their Nitrix 2.0 and will be known as BSN Pumped Edge.
BSN Pumped Edge Review & Ingredients
Pumped Edge offers a more transparent and bulked up version of Nitrix with over 16 different ingredients in tow, available in 3 complexes including:
- Glycero Pump Complex – Velox Citrulline & Arginine Matrix (3g), GlycerOsorb Calcium Glycerophosphate and Glycerol Monostearate Matrix (465mg), Magnesium Glycerophosphate (250mg), Pomegranate Extract (100mg), Hawthorn Extract (100mg), AstraGin Panax Notoginseng and Astragalus (25mg), Trans-Resveratrol (15mg), Black Pepper Extract (5mg)
- Muscle Support Matrix (3.1g) – Creatine Monohydrate, Creatine Anhydrous and Creatine HCL
- Efforsorb Endura Composite (2.3g) – Citric Acid, Sodium Bicarbonate and Malic Acid.
Each scoop of Pumped Edge will measure 12g with each tub containing 30 serves, measuring 360g. The formula doesn't look too different from the original Nitrix, but will certainly be a lot stronger thanks to its powder form. As always, we'll update you on further details as soon as the product is released.
BSN Pumped Edge Flavours, Taste & Mixability
Other than Fruit Punch, no other confirmed flavours have been announced for Pumped Edge, however we're expecting 2-3 more flavours in the initial release. We're expecting other common flavours such as Blue Raspberry and Watermelon. The new pump free workout should mix quite easily and will have minimal grittiness; with the only potential residue coming from the creatine. We're expecting it to taste similar to NO-Xplode – sweet and inoffensive.
BSN Pumped Edge Release Date
BSN's new stim free Pumped Edge pre workout doesn't have an official release date just yet, but as with the rest of the Edge Series, we don't expect it to drop till at least early 2017. It'll most likely hit Australian shelves sometime around February or March.


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Poppy Build
Ability Sequence
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The masteries shown here are not yet updated for the current season, the guide author needs to set up the new masteries. As such, they will be different than the masteries you see in-game.
*Please note that this guide is not 100% my own. Most of the build came from Belfalas guide from leaguecraft with ideas from other scattered guides and my personal play style. I have made alterations and included my own descriptions and tactics.*
Poppy is a teeny tiny mach truck. Players will see you and think its an easy win, but one swing of her hammer will cause some uncontrollable stutter and leave your opponents slamming keyboards. Since Poppy doesn't fit many group roles this guide is to help fix that. Poppy is a straight DPS character, without many abilities to help your group or escape. Poppy isn't really a carry either. She can initiate a fight, but that's not that great. The one thing she does extremely well is drop one champion from full HP to 0 almost instantly. Which is why she is an anti carry. Shes can take the opposing carry out of the fight in any group fight.
Summoner Spells
The Best
Flash - This skill is amazing to set up your murder spree. Use it to position yourself to get behind an enemy champion, then heroic charge them into a wall or your group.
Ignite - A great way to finish off an enemy that somehow escaped certain death. After your hammertime combo, throw this on them, you'll see them either try to run and die from it, continue to fight and die from it, try to run, lost a lot of health, didn't die, trying to escape, trying to escape, trying to escape, you slam into them for the kill.
Exhaust - This can be used in multiple ways. Offensively, you prevent them from escaping after you lay down your combo. It also could be used to position yourself to slam someone into a wall or your team. Defensively it helps you escape. If your getting chased down, pop this on a champ and hit paragon.
The Acceptable
Ghost - Not so useful since paragon has a much lower cooldown, only use this really has is another way to position your attack or to get away from a fight. Not completely useless but other skills are much more worth it.
Cleanse - This is decent if you find yourself having trouble getting away from a gank or see that your becoming a target often. Poppy's biggest problem is getting away from a chase down, paragon doesn't always get you away, especially if the other team has stuns/slows.
Poppy can go tank, but the purpose of this guide to to make you a cannonball. 21/0/9 is the way to go. utilize all the great offensive points and use utility for support.
MAGIC PENETRATION - The magic pen will stack with your devastating blow, hits oh so very hard.
Marks: 9x Greater Mark of Insight
Seals: 9x Greater Seal of Focus
Glyphs: 9x Greater Glyph of Insight
Quints: 3x Greater Quintessence of Insight
Skill Analysis
Valiant Fighter: The closer you are to death, the harder it becomes to kill you. However don't think you can charge into a group of enemies and expect to survive. Great for 1v1 fights.
Devastating Blow: This is the skill that makes this build god like. This with Sheen/Lich Bane makes your opponents life drop like it was never there in the first place.
Paragon of Demacia: Great for multiple uses. First it can be used as a fighting buff, increasing attack speed and damage. Second it can be used to catch up to an opponent and set up your charge. Lastly, it can be used as an escape mechanic. Use them everyday.
Heroic Charge: The setup! Use this to position champions where you want them. Slamming into walls is the way to go, but going behind and pushing into your team works well. Also can be used to catch a champion running away.
Diplomatic Immunity: This is an insane skill. You can use it so many ways. Not only does it buff your damage by 20%/30%/40%, but it makes you invulnerable to all but one target. great for getting away, or initiating combat with another group, let them waste there abilities on you and have your team storm in. Can also be used for tower dives.
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A) Bushes
Heroic charge DOES go through walls/trees. Look for bushes that you can heroic charge onto an enemy from the other side if they get too close. This is usually very unexpected and has great results.
Also, its great to hide in a bush if you think someone might be going to assist somewhere. If the opposing champion has no idea your in the bush, wait till they get close enough then charge into them and start your combo.
B) Hammertime Combo
To make the combo easier, I usually bind item 6 to T. Place Deathfire Grasp in item slot 6. Then the combo looks like this, Deathfire Grasp > Heroic Charge > Devastating Blow w/ Lich Bane Activated (T > E > Q).
After you get a little more use to the combo, To take out a Champion with more HP, Add Diplomatic immunity and/or paragon. (T > E > R > Q) or (T > E > R > W > Q)
If the enemy engages me I usually switch it to this: Deathfire > Diplomatic/paragon > Devastating Blow > Heroic Charge > Paragon. This is where cleanse can really help, If the enemy has stuns/silences.
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Treize bakery, or Thirteen, a Baker's Dozen opened in January of 2014 on a dare and a prayer, with the hope of bringing a bit of down home goodness and old fashioned joy to the chic Saint Germain des Près area of the left bank of Paris.
Our food is simple. The service is honest. It isn't the fastest lunch in town, but it will fill you up...body and soul. We work will local suppliers who provide organic, free range, and biodynamic raw ingredients, and who are, as a whole, good people. Everything is made from scratch in the kitchen, which you have a birds eye view into from your table. We believe firmly in bringing the humanity and exchange back to the way we eat. We offer a slew of vegetarian dishes, several gluten free options and can even turn some of the plates vegan for you if you are so inclined. That being said, we are best known for our (not fried) Fried Chicken and French Toast Biscuits (which, yes, is neither vegetarian, gluten free or vegan...), and we make a pretty mean bloody mary;
Tucked deep in a courtyard off the busy Rue des Saints Pères, Treize appeals to the curious wanderer and now, to the dogged directions follower google mapping their way to us thanks to a blogpost or restaurant review...The dining room is tiny, but we serve food from around 10am until 4pm... just in case you don't want to eat at 1pm ( most people want to eat at 1pm...) We also will happily make you a take away lunchbox if you want to eat at your desk. Actually no one really ever wants to eat at their desk... but if you NEED to, we understand. You can also eat your lunchbox in a park. Or on a bridge. Bridges are nice.
We closed on March 31 to pause while we build our new location. We will reopen at 5 rue de Medicis at the end of June. Follow us on social media to keep up with our progress and the announcement of our official opening date!
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However- We are no longer taking reservations ! AT ALL. Except for private events. We still take reservations for those.
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if you are on the fence about all this.., here's what some other folks are saying...
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and you can get it here between 10ish and noonish.
We serve brunch all day on Saturdays, weekdays untl noonish, and even sometimes on Sundays (though you'll have to ask us about this the next time you're in). The space is very small so we have a hard time accommodating parties larger than seven people.
Served Daily from 12 noon to 4pm. It gets a bit busy around 1pm so come a bit earlier if you are in a hurry and want a speedy lunch, or a bit later if you have a bit more time.
Its like teatime, but a bit more boozy....
We serve tea and cake and cocktails every day from 4pm to 6ish...We make pretty excellent cocktails.
We also make cakes for special events in other sizes., but we work with swiss merigue buttercream and fresh flower decor only. We do have friends that make sugarpaste cakes and will be happy to provide their details to you upon request.
Our beans are sourced and roasted by Caffe Vita. Caffe Vita is an independently owned coffee roasting company based in Seattle, USA, operating since 1995. As the pioneer of the Farm Direct movement, Caffe Vita meticulously sources the best coffee available and develops long-term relationships with coffee growers committed to sustainable practices. As y'all can tell, they are our kind of people.
We could tell you more about them, but we think you should just come by and try their amazing coffee. Also check them out here www.caffevita.com
Our teas are blended especially for us by Blends for Friends. We think what they do, and their passion comes through in every single cup, but just wait until you hear them TALK about what they do. You will love them as much as we do.. take a lesson from their founder Alex Probyn
We ALSO completely deny being hippies ourselves, but we DO make our own almond milk and serve a pretty mean turmeric ginger latte.
Little biscuits! Mini pes! Tiny sliders!!
We would love to make you tiny things to nibble on at your next party, or event, or just because you and your friends only eat small things on Thursdays...
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Sometimes, you DON'T get it right the first time. You get yourself a fancy education doing something it turns out you dont really like at all... but you love to cook. You have experience waiting tables but want to learn more, or you have absolutely no experience but think you ACTUALLY want to open a restaurant/café/catering business even though you have a degree in marketing, or political science or graphic design. 13 is full of graduates from the school of life; we stongly believe in second chances and starting over. Contact us for details.
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and even though we could tell you some pretty cool stories about parties and events we have catered, you will have to buy us a drink first. Prices available upon request.
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Our menu changes with the seasons, and with the ingredients our very awesome suppliers can get for us. We do our best to make choices available for our friends who are vegans (though how y'all give up butter is beyond me) and vegetarians, and will do our best to respect your allergies.
We are pretty picky about the meats and animal based ingredients we use- happy cows make better milk which makes better butter. Happy non stressed animals that don't live in cages and eat hormones taste better, and they don't mess with our karma as much, which is kind of important.
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Geoi is back for more craft beer knowledge. You might remember him from Episode 5.
It's Bine & Vine's 4th Anniversary and they have a special beer made for them. We talk with Geoi Bachoua, the owner of Bine & Vine Bottle Shop. Geoi gives us a refresher on what Bine & Vine is and how it came from a small Pharmacy in Imperial Beach to what it is today. We discuss his passion for beer and why that passion makes for a quality bottle shop. Geoi makes sure his beer is the proper temperature and makes sure they are not light- struck. We take a short break and talk about Bine & Vine's website where you can buy beer and wine and have shipped. (Not all states are allowed.)
We then delve into the anniversary beer that New English brewed for Bine & Vine. The beer is the New English Adams Ave. Imperial Porter, you should be able to find bottles at Bine & Vine fairly soon after this show airs. This Imperial Porter also has coffee from Dark Horse. One of the differences in this beer compared to other coffee beers is that put the coffee in the mash. Also this beer is hopped with nugget hops which allows for the San Diego bitterness you are used to in SD beers. This beer is a good one to cellar for a year or two.
We continue the conversation and start talking about the question of "Can a brewery expand and get bigger AND brew the same or better beer than before expansion?" Of course that brings up the Green Flash purchase of Alpine.
Into the News:
Ballast Point is going public and starting an IPO. $172.5 Million possible starting value – Ticker they are going for is PINT. Jack White will maintain his 50.9% of the company so the fear of a hostile take over is very unlikely. Article from the West Coaster.
What's Tappening
We talk about our past week (or so) of drinking. You might like what Geoi adds to the segment.
Another new segment called I Do Declare!
In this segment we want to talk about people or breweries whom we want to focus on that are not necessarily in the news.
We are going to be recording at the San Diego Beer Week Brewers Guild VIP Fest! Come check us out if you are attending the festival.
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Down With Entitlements
2 of 3 Parts
What's with these politicians signing pledges not to raise taxes? And why do some want to get rid of Big Bird? If we have to sacrifice someone, why not the lobbyists?
But nobody wants to touch the lobbyists. Why is entitlement for lobbyists good, but entitlement for seniors bad? Why doesn't the Tea Party speak up? Why do they tolerate the lobbyists? The democratic process is being ruined because of the lobbyists. These guys are the one's really writing the country's legislation (not our elected politicians) so they can have laws tilted to their advantage. Where is the government "of the people, by the people, for the people?" So, if politicians want to sign pledges let them sign a pledge to have nothing to do with the lobbyists. This would be a good start. Then maybe the lawmakers can really become lawmakers. But until then the Tea Party folks or the Occupy folks are just blowing smoke.
And while they're at it, the politicians could also sign a pledge not to participate in insider trading. On Wall Street, insider trading could get you a jail sentence or at least a stiff fine. But not the politicians. Talk about entitlement!!! They can, and do, take advantage of the information that they are privy to in their committee meetings and as they cast influential legislation. Are they entitled to think about making extra money for themselves while they're supposed to be working for us? What would your boss do if he/she caught you working for yourself while you're on the job?
And the medical plans for politicians? Why should they be entitled to special plans for the rest of their lives even if they only serve on the Hill for five years? And people go along with that, but then turn around and reject the Affordable Health Care Act (AKA Obamacare). When's the last time you held on to you're medical plan after you left your job? Let's get a comprehensive medical plan for everybody – or for nobody – including the politicians. Unresolved or ambiguous medical situations take an invisible toll on the country. Telling people to go to the ER is not a solution. All of us pay for it in one way or another. And even if you are covered, insurance companies often squirm their way out of paying. If you wind up with serious medical problems, you might still wind up paying big bucks.
Down with entitlements for politicians. Don't let politicians 1) be controlled by or morph into lobbyists 2) don't let them make extra money for themselves while they're working for us 3) don't let then walk away with medical plans after they leave the job.
Government can work. If politicians had to scramble like many folks, I think they would start working together and finding solutions pretty quickly.


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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Forget A.J. Burnett's disastrous first inning last night. The fact he couldn't get anybody out in the seventh hurt the Yankees exponentially more.
The right-hander had everything he could have wanted. The Yanks had just scored six runs and taken the lead against the Angels in Game 5 of the ALCS, and here was Burnett sailing into the bottom of the seventh, having retired seven of the last eight hitters he faced.
And then, Burnett allowed a leadoff single to Jeff Mathis and walked Erick Aybar. Both of the runners ultimately scored as part of the three-run inning that gave the Angels their final lead in the Yanks' 7-6 loss.
"It's tough to watch because your team just came back after you had been battling the whole game," Burnett said. "These guys, I've been pitching behind them all year — you know what they're about. You're hoping they explode. Then they do, and I do that, so it's kind of tough to swallow."
All told, Burnett allowed six earned runs on eight hits and three walks, the worst performance from a Yankee starting pitcher this postseason.
For awhile, it appeared as if he might not survive a first inning in which he surrendered four runs on four hits and a walk. Burnett's most unpardonable sin of the inning was walking leadoff hitter Chone Figgins.
Then came a double from Bobby Abreu. Torii Hunter's ensuing two-run double put the Angels on the board. Vladimir Guerrero followed with an RBI double and Kendry Morales an RBI single. It was 4-0 before Burnett finally recorded his first out, retiring Maicer Izturis. Juan Rivera hit into an inning-ending double play, finally ending the first-inning torment for the Yanks.
However, Burnett was about to get rolling. He got Aybar to hit into a double play, killing a second-inning threat. In the fourth, he retired Aybar for the final out with a runner at second base. In the fifth and sixth, Burnett was never seriously threatened.
Manager Joe Girardi admitted he toyed with the idea of removing Burnett to begin the seventh.
"But he was throwing the ball so well," Girardi said. "He had only thrown 80 pitches. And we just kind of liked what we saw from him, and we stuck with him."
In his first two starts this postseason, Burnett was wild, but got results. Last night, pitching before a hostile crowd — he had a 4.59 ERA on the road this season, a full run higher than at the Stadium — he couldn't make his rough first-inning start a mere footnote.


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Ashley Graham Shows Curves in Swimsuit For All
According to Sports Illustrated, Ashley Graham looks very stunning and beautiful in her new bikini. Viewers of magazine can view her curves and cuts of chest and thighs. Famine beauty experts appraise the new effort of targeting plus size models for front cover.
Sports Illustrated set the trend and now another company Calvin Klein chose 10 plus size model Mayla Delbesio for its television ad of ladies underwear.


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Supramolecular chemistry
From Conservapedia
Supramolecular chemistry is different from organic chemistry or inorganic chemistry (i.e., physical chemistry[1]) in that it does not focus only on the strong but also the weak.[2] As with other fields in modern chemistry, it owes enormous gratitude to the work and writings of Robert Boyle — a scientist whose love of God's truth led him to overcome the chief errors of alchemical theory which were hindering the development of truly scientific chemistry.[3]
The chemists who pioneered the field, Lehn (whose father was a church organist), Cram (who sang in the choir and in a barbershop quartet), and Pedersen (who studied in University of Dayton because it was run by the Society of Mary) was awarded with a Nobel prize in 1987.[4]


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Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT)
Not-for-profit organization of parents and professionals committed to improving the education, treatment, and care of people with autism.
Autism Consortium
The Autism Consortium catalyzes rapid advances in understanding of autism by fostering collaboration among families, researchers, clinicians, and donors. Our mission is to improve the care of children and families affected by autism and other neurological disorders.
Autism National Committee
Autism National Committee is the only autism advocacy organization dedicated to "Social Justice for All Citizens with Autism" through a shared vision and a commitment to positive approaches. The organization was founded in 1990 to protect and advance the human rights and civil rights of all persons with autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, and related differences of communication and behavior.
Autism Research Institute (ARI)
Founded in 1967 by Dr. Bernard Rimland, ARI conducts and fosters scientific research designed to improve the methods of diagnosing, treating, and preventing autism. ARI also disseminates research findings to parents and others worldwide seeking help. One of ARI's primary projects, DAN! conferences which is sharing information and ideas toward defeating autism as quickly as possible.
Autism Society of America (ASA)
ASA exists to improve the lives of all affected by autism. They do this by increasing public awareness about the day-to-day issues faced by people on the spectrum, advocating for appropriate services for individuals across the lifespan, and providing the latest information regarding treatment, education, research and advocacy.
Autistica is the largest charity in the United Kingdom raising funds in medical research that will improve diagnosis, advance new treatments and discover the causes of autism. Autistica believes that this research will ultimately bring real benefits to people with autism and their families.
The Color of Autism Foundation
We are a Non-Profit (501 c3) organization committed to educating and assisting African American families with Autistic children. Autism affects children of every race, ethnic group and socioeconomic status. African-American children are frequently confronted with late diagnosis or misdiagnosis. African American Autism Support is Vital to the development of underserved children. Our goal is to help families identify the warning signs of autism early on.
Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation
The mission of the Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation is to award grants to programs that enrich the lives of adolescents and adults with autism. The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation encompasses developing, identifying, supporting and supervising exemplary programs.
Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism
The primary goal of the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism is to promote awareness and support families affected by autism spectrum disorders. They are committed to funding organizations that provide direct services, family support grants, education, advocacy and recreational opportunities with the purpose of improving the quality of life for individuals with autism and their families.
Families for Early Autism Treatment (FEAT)
FEAT is a non-profit organization of parents, educators, and other professionals dedicated to providing Education, Advocacy and Support for the Northern California Autism Community.
First Signs
First Signs is dedicated to the early identification and intervention of children with developmental delays and disorders. The organization provides a wealth of resources ranging from healthy development to concerns about a child: from the screening and referral process, to treatments for autism spectrum disorders. Their stated goal is to improve screening and referral practices and to lower the age at which young children are identified with autism and other developmental disorders.
Generation Rescue
Generation Rescue was formed in 2005 by parents of children who have been diagnosed with childhood neurological disorders including autism, ADHD and other learning disabilities. Their belief is that most of these conditions are environmental illnesses that can be treated through biomedical intervention.
HollyRod Foundation for Help and Hope
The HollyRod Foundation was started by Holly Robinson Peete and Rodney Peete to give a voice and a hand to those striving for quality of life when theirs has been diminished due to disease or disorders.
International Autism Organizations
Worldwide there are thousands of autism organizations offering information, resources and services. Autism Speaks would like to acknowledge Action for Autism for their hard work in organizing this list, and thank them for sharing this important tool with us and the global community.
International Mental Health Research Organization
Leading brain science for a better world. The IMHRO is a leading mental health charity committed to supporting research to help people with brain diseases, and ultimately find cures for schizophrenia, depression and bipolar disorder.
National Association Of Residential Providers for Adults with Autism
The United Voice of the Autism Residential Services Community. Lists member agencies and courses. Goals are to promote best practices and quality standards through training, open access to underserved populations, exchange information members and partners to promote efficiency and effectiveness.
National Autism Association (NAA)
NAA's mission is to educate and empower families affected by autism and other neurological disorders, while advocating on behalf of those who cannot fight for their own rights. They aim to educate society that autism is not a lifelong incurable genetic disorder but one that is biomedically definable and treatable. Their efforts include raising public and professional awareness of environmental toxins as causative factors in neurological damage that often results in an autism or related diagnosis.
Organization for Autism Research (OAR)
OAR was created in 2001 by parents and grandparents who shared a common belief that applied research would answer the questions that parents, families, individuals with autism, teachers and caregivers confront daily. No other autism organization has this singular focus.
rethink autism
Effective, easy to use, and affordable autism treatment platform. rethink autism makes ABA-based interventions accessible to everyone by providing: individualized ABA curriculum for your child, hundreds of step-by-step video lessons, training videos, automated curriculum management, progress tracking, online professional support, and more!
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Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC)
SARRC is a nonprofit, community-based organization in Phoenix, Arizona, dedicated to research, education and resources for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and their families. SARRC undertakes self-directed research, serves as a satellite site for national and international projects, and provides up-to-date information, training and assistance to families and professionals about autism.
Talk About Curing Autism (TACA)
TACA provides information, resources, and support to families affected by autism. For families who have just received the autism diagnosis, TACA aims to speed up the cycle time from the autism diagnosis to effective treatments. TACA helps to strengthen the autism community by connecting families and the professionals who can help them.
Train4Autism is a foundation dedicated to bringing together a community of athletes, physically-active, and socially conscious people who are committed to raising awareness and funds for research and treatment for those living with autism and their families.
Autism Speaks does not provide medical or legal advice or services. Rather, Autism Speaks provides general information about autism as a service to the community. The information provided on this website is not a recommendation, referral, or endorsement of any resource, therapeutic method, or service provider and does not replace the advice of medical, legal, or educational professionals. Autism Speaks has not validated and is not responsible for any information or services provided by third parties. You are urged to use independent judgment and request references when considering any resource associated with the provision of services related to autism.


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HI! I'm looking at moving in the first week of June Protected content . I plan to start viewing apts in March. I hope to stay a minimum of 2 years. My prefered style is modern, chic, simple, clean lines, wood, high ceiling, and lots of natural light.
Preferred areas: 1) The Fort area 2) Makati
Lot Area: more than 75 sqm. Wiling to consider smaller spaces depending on the layout.
Price PHP: 65,000 per month and below (all inclusive)
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PORTLAND, Ore. --A man took off a lot more than just his belt and shoes when going through airport security in Portland, Ore.
John Brennan, 49, said he was fed up with being harassed by airport security, so he took off all his clothes and refused to put them back on. He said he was being "nude but not lewd."
Some passengers covered their and their children's eyes, while others laughed and took photos.
Two screening lanes were closed while police arrested him for indecent exposure and disorderly conduct.
Brennan missed his flight to San Jose. He plans to fly out on Wednesday night.


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Full House "The House Meets the Mouse (Part II)" (part 3 of 3)
"How do I know this will be an amazing episode? Because dude, they don't even need to explain what happened in Part I! No 'Previously On', no nothing. Why? Because they assume—and rightly so—that Part I's awesomeness has by now simply integrated itself into your DNA and become a part of your basic humanity. That Part I was so intense, you already intuitively know what it was about, even if you can't consciously remember much of anything (I think Michelle was kidnapped by ninjas?). That's how awesome this episode will be."


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Pedego Redondo Beach
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Pedego Electric Bikes store in Redondo Beach. Electric bicycle sales, rentals, tours, accessories and service.
Pedego Redondo Beach is located just 10 minutes south of LAX. If you are in Los Angeles, Redondo Beach is a great beach destination for relaxation and recreation, such as riding a bike. Whether you ride a little or a lot, the ocean bike path here is flat and runs for 20 miles up to Santa Monica. Just perfect!
After selling their laundromat business, shop owners Kenny and Sue Kim are venturing out to offer their enthusiasm and excitement in Pedego electric bikes to local residents and tourists. They decided to open their Redondo Beach dealership soon after their initial Pedego e-bike rental experience. They are having so much fun and love seeing that same excitement catch on with customers.
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DB Kay White papers and other industry resources for knowledge management, self-service, and social support professionals. Many of these resources link to partner sites, which may require registration.
Knowledge Management Best Practices
- Collective Wisdom: Transforming Support with Knowledge (with Francoise Tourniaire) – via Amazon.com
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GOP presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said he won't judge fellow GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) Christian faith, but that God will.
"I'm not going to judge his Christian faith because, look, God is going to judge mine, he's going to judge his," Huckabee said when questioned about Cruz's charitable donations and whether or not protecting marriage is a priority for Cruz during an interview on The O'Reilly Factor on Thursday.
Huckabee told Fox News's Bill O'Reilly, "Nobody has caught me saying something different in New York than I say in Sioux Center. If I tell somebody something in Marshalltown, Iowa, they will hear the exact same things in Manhattan."
Huckabee, a former Southern Baptist Minister, was referencing an earlier report from Politico that Cruz allegedly said he would make protecting marriage a priority while on the campaign trail, but said something different during a fundraiser in New York.
"I have been asked a lot of questions," Huckabee told O'Reilly about Cruz. "And I have pointed out that if someone is going to say they are consistent, they need to be consistent. One of the things that I feel I have brought to this race is that nobody has caught me saying something different in New York than I say in Sioux Center."
O'Reilly said, "You are a straight-talking guy. Look, you said about Cruz, how can you be a rabid Christian if you don't give any money to charity? That's a pretty tough statement."
"I didn't say that about Cruz. I was asked a question generally," Huckabee defended.
And I said I don't think you can put God last in your budget if you claim he is first in your life. I was talking about me. Look, the fact is Christian stewardship is something I believe in. I believed in it when my wife and I were dirt poor and living in a $40-a-month-rent house. I believed it when we had a lot more money. But we've always given nothing less than a tithe of income to our church for the simple reason that that's how it is supposed to be.
O'Reilly was referencing a recent Buzzfeed report that alleged, "Evangelicals and political opponents want to know why Cruz gave less than one percent of income to charity between 2006 and 2010."
When asked about Cruz's donation amount, Huckabee told Buzzfeed, "It's hard to say God is first in your life if he's last in your budget."
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An appeals court judge ruling that upheld the right of the Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation to operate marketing centers puts even more pressure on the already-taxed independent warehousemen, says the warehouseman who brought the suit. But more than two dozen continue in the 100-plus-year-old tradition of the auction.
Early this year, Mac Bailey and a group of tobacco warehousemen went to court asking the judge to reverse a decision that sanctioned the Stabilization's marketing centers.
Going into the courtroom in Raleigh, N.C., Bailey, the principal who brought the suit, said he thought the odds were stacked against him. "I just feel like we put up the best fight we could. We did what was right."
At the heart of the warehousemen's suit was Stabilization operation of non-commissioned auctions, Bailey says.
The Stabilization contracted with 14 warehouses to operate marketing centers in four flue-cured states last year. Unlike traditional auctions, the centers don't charge growers a commission on sales. Warehousemen, who are also Stabilization members, felt they were discriminated against in the selection process.
"My contention was, if they're going to subsidize 14, they should subsidize others who want to stay open," Bailey says.
In an earlier decision, the North Carolina Business Court, citing a 1921 law, said Stabilization had the right to use its farmer-supplied money to do business. The court cited contracting as a prime reason for the demise of the more than 100-year-old auction system.
Bailey says the ruling leaves both growers and warehousemen little choice but to either use the marketing centers or contract their crop. "I told my customers they can't afford to pay me commission when they could get it for free," Bailey says. "I can't afford to hire people to keep a warehouse open and not charge commission."
It's not the first setback for warehousemen in the rapidly changing environment of the golden leaf.
More than 100 warehouses were open going into 2001. In the winter of that year, major cigarette manufacturers announced the move to widespread contracting. Warehousemen responded by closing numerous auctions. By 2002, the number declined to less than 30 independent warehouses. This year, 25 independent auction warehouses continue to operate in flue-cured country for the 2003 season, says Terry Campbell of the Bright Belt Warehousemen's Association.
"To be fair, the warehousemen should have been polled as to their interest in staying in business," Bailey says. "That would have protected the auction system more. It basically told the farmer you have two choices: Contract or go with the marketing centers. Farmers don't like to be told what to do, because farming is a way of life. But when you can get something for free, versus paying commissions, the farmer has no choice to go where it's not costing him directly. They put every warehouse on the verge of going out of business."
Bailey, who owns S&M Brands, sold 400,000 pounds of tobacco out of his warehouse last year. He'll open his Virginia-Carolina Warehouse in Clarksville again this year.
Last year, in the second year of widespread contracting, only 26 warehouses operated.
Billy Yeargin operated his warehouse in Oxford, N.C. last year, staying open until late November. He also operated a produce auction during the summer and into the fall.
He sold more than a million pounds and reported overall prices 5 cents to 10 cents above the marketing centers. "By staying open until Nov. 21, a lot of farmers were able to sell tobacco that might not have been able to." Oxford, N.C., has three warehouses; two independents and one Stabilization marketing center.
Yeargin's Warehouse saw tobacco that had been rejected at receiving stations, but some producers chose to bring their tobacco to the auction first. Despite the odds — another cut in quota, the possibility of a buyout and the end of the program — Yeargin says a lot more people may be coming back to the auction system. "The companies got to buy what they wanted. At least with the auction system, the grower could accept or reject the price support."
Yeargin accuses cigarette manufacturers of "picking the cream of the crop, leaving the rest of the tobacco without a home." He says the auction is that home.
Ralph Tuck of Virgilina, Va., sees the benefit of Yeargin's auction, but wonders about the benefits of contracting and the marketing centers. He grows organic tobacco for Santa Fe Tobacco Company, which RJ Reynolds recently bought, as well as conventional tobacco. "If you're growing a special tobacco for a special purpose, you have to have a contract," he says. "But a contract is not necessary for conventional tobacco. Farmers are barking up the wrong tree. It will eventually be like the chickens, turkeys and hogs — an integrated commodity."
For Yeargin, the marketing center idea rubbed him the wrong way. "I feel like they should leave the farmers' money alone."
He fought the idea and decided to stay open. The tobacco warehouse business is in his blood. His grandfather operated the warehouse in Oxford. Yeargin bought the business from his grandfather's estate shortly after graduating high school. There's a lot of tradition here. "He offers a service," says Tuck.
Yeargin's Warehouse is a combination auction and feed and seed and tack for local farmers as well as other consumers.
"A lot of my customers depend on me so they can operate, to be able to plant in some cases," Yeargin says. "The two businesses go hand in hand."
As to the future, it's still up in the air. "Something needs to be done to give farmers security so they can plan. The insecurity and cuts in quota have created "a shark frenzy" for pounds. One reason, he says, is production history hasn't been updated since the 1970s, creating a situation where producers are producing tobacco in excess of their quotas.
Still, Yeargin feels like he's straining to make a point that's already moot.
"The future is up in the air," he says.
As he walked out of the courthouse in Raleigh, Bailey continued to think the auction still has a place, all the while wondering. "I believe we will see more tobacco through the auction system. I wonder if the marketing centers weren't a move to get 10 to 15 markets where manufacturers could send the tobacco they don't need. We'll likely never know or get more control over the farmer, since they won't have warehousemen to stand up for the farmers."
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Columbia Jewish Congregation (CJC) believes that the governments of Howard County, the State of Maryland and the United States of America should take action according to the principles to love the "strangers", to provide for their well-being, and to treat them justly. At the February 2017 meeting of the Board of Directors, CJC voted to advocate for Howard County and the State of Maryland to enact legislation consistent with these principles, legislation sometimes referred to as "sanctuary status."
According to the CJC website, "Columbia Jewish Congregation (CJC) is a welcoming, egalitarian community affiliated with the Jewish Reconstructionist Movement. . . . CJC strives to apply Torah values . . . . to social justice challenges . . . . [and to our] public positions on important issues in our civic community."
In striving to fulfill Jewish law, CJC donates food and clothing for those in need and engages in other service projects throughout Howard County. The Torah teaches that we must act to meet our moral standards. These standards are not dependent on whether a person in need is in compliance with current immigration rules and procedures. CJC therefore, provides their services equally to all those in need. CJC does not deny food, clothing or other services based on a person's religion, ethnicity, or citizenship.
CJC is an exciting, innovative congregation that continues to grow and mature into the community its members can be proud of. Please join us and help be the change you want to see. Our 2017-2018 membership pledging period is open. For more information visit CJC online, www.columbiajewish.org or call 410-730-6044. All services are open to the public and newcomers are warmly welcomed!
Click here to read Rabbi Starr's Testimony before Howard County Council, January 17, 2017


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We had a few days off last week, so we headed to the Grand Canyon. We expected snow on the rim and warmer temperatures at the bottom of the canyon. There was no snow, but we did get warmer at the bottom. Our hike included three nights in the canyon. We started hiking from Hermit's rest on the west end of the park. The trail is less visited than those near the Village and it does not have mules.
Near the top, the Hermit Trail meanders along a side canyon before opening up into the main canyon.
The lovely Santa Maria Spring reststop, about 2.5 miles into the canyon.
A view of the chocolate milk colored Colorado River.
View of the river from the Tonto Plateau. At this point, we headed east along the Tonto trail toward Monument Creek.
At our Monument Creek campsite (9 miles or so from the trailhead), Troy prepares a one-pot Thanksgiving Feast. Look closely and you'll see that we have turkey jerky and mashed potatoes. We also had dehydrated green beans, corn and dried cranberries.
Friday morning, an eerie cloud hung above making the canyon look much shorter than it is.
The "monument" for which the creek is named.
On our second day, we hiked a leisurely 1.5 miles down to Granite Rapids for our next campsite.
This would make a lovely beach for camping if it were warmer.
The sky is clearing and we had great stars at night.
The water is so dirty you can hardly tell it apart from the rocks.
Three rafts approaching the rapids.
Here's our campsite on Friday evening....
... and Saturday morning there was fog again making the canyon look really short. However, it did give the photos richer colors instead of the usual Grand Canyon washed-out coloring.
It was about 5 miles of hiking up and over to our last campsite at Hermit Creek. Unfortunately, a bold mouse snuck into our tent in the night. Even after chasing it out and cleaning everything out, I didn't get any sleep.
Since we arrived early at our Hermit Creek campsite, we had plenty of time to enjoy the refreshing deep pool of water.
Maybe it was more frigid than refreshing. Troy's calves were sore, so he is trying to ice them in the creek.
Back on the rim on Sunday afternoon after 8 miles of uphill hiking. Here's the fog that made national news. But we didn't know it at the time. Otherwise, maybe we would have taken more pictures of the ice crystals growing on trees, the lack of the view from the rim, the gray sky above us while we were in the canyon... Personally, the gray sky reminded me of an overcast Cleveland day when you feel like you just might hit your head on the ceiling of the sky if you jump too high. In the Grand Canyon, it felt that way, but we actually did hit the "ceiling" of fog, walked right through it (it was really thin) and arrived in a frigid pine forest.


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By Daniel Kelley
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Three Penn State administrators accused of covering up child sex abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky headed for court on Tuesday to argue that their case should be dismissed because their attorney testified against them before a grand jury.
The university's former president, Graham Spanier, former Athletic Director Tim Curley, and former Vice President Gary Schultz are accused of lying to a grand jury by saying they were unaware of a 1998 allegation that Sandusky, a former assistant football coach, showered with a boy.
Cynthia Baldwin, then the university's top lawyer, helped the men prepare for their testimony before the grand jury. The three school officials denied knowledge of the 1998 incident during their grand jury testimony, according to court documents.
But Baldwin, who is a former state Supreme Court justice and Allegheny County judge, contradicted them when she was called as a witness, saying that were well versed in the details of the 1998 incident. The trio argue that her testimony before the secret panel violated their attorney-client privilege.
Spanier, Curley and Schultz want their testimony before the grand jury, and the charges against them, thrown out. They argue in court documents that they were not fully aware that Baldwin could put the interests of the university ahead of their own.
Dauphin County Judge Todd Hoover has set aside four days for the hearing.
The three men are charged with perjury, endangering the welfare of children, criminal conspiracy and obstruction of justice. All three have pleaded not guilty and maintain their innocence.
Lawyers for Spanier argue that Baldwin was not permitted to testify against them.
"Dr. Spanier is now in the unfortunate position of litigating attorney-client privilege after the Commonwealth has already invaded the confidential relationship with his former attorney," Spanier's legal team said in court documents.
The charges against the administrators center on two accusations against Sandusky. The first occurred in 1998, when the mother of an 11-year-old boy told police that the former coach showered with her son. Local prosecutors declined to press charges in that case, and an investigative report on the incident was filed in a way that made it difficult for subsequent investigators to locate.
In 2001, then-graduate-assistant Mike McQueary told football coach Joe Paterno, who was Sandusky's boss, that he witnessed Sandusky sexually assaulting a boy in a locker room shower in 2001. Paterno alerted the administrators but no one told police.
Sandusky was not charged until a grand jury issued its report in 2011.
Ultimately, he was convicted in June 2012 of 45 counts of sexual abuse involving 10 boys. Now 69 years old, he is serving a 30-to-60 year prison sentence.
Within weeks of Sandusky's arrest in November 2011, Penn State Trustees fired Spanier, at the time the nation's highest-paid public university president, and Paterno. Months later, Paterno died of lung cancer at the age of 85.
(Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Dan Grebler)


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A Cat Person Gets a Dog
It doesn't purr. It doesn't clean itself. It eats bras. ...
The lowest point, so far, in my three-month experience of dog ownership came one miserable, rainy night at 11—when you get a dog, you realize your life has become a series of lousy late nights. There I was, wet, tired, waiting for my new beagle, Sasha, to relieve herself when I saw she had picked up something out of the grass and was vigorously chewing on it. I knew that an unauthorized ingestion could result in a really late night: a trip to the animal emergency ward and a $1,000 bill for surgery. (I know of a basset hound who ate a dozen bagels and had to have his stomach pumped, and a Great Dane who died after eating his owner's pantyhose.) So I bent down, inserted my hand into Sasha's mouth, and removed what I soon discovered was a used condom.
Perhaps I should blame the people I had previously thought of as my nice neighbors. But without Sasha, I would have been able to continue thinking well of them. Without Sasha, I would have been home, my feet resting on one of my cats. Without Sasha, I wouldn't have had to undertake this painful, Skinnerian experiment of trying to turn myself into a dog person.
I am a cat person. A lifelong cat person. During the 100 or so years I was single, I spent hours discussing my problems in baby talk to my cats. (Through a heat pipe, I once heard my downstairs neighbors imitate one of these conversations.) My clothing and furniture were always covered with a fine layer of fur. I rated potential suitors on their reaction to my cats (a scale running from hostility to indifference).
Dog owners talk about the unconditional love you get from a dog. Unconditional love is one of those popular concepts, like closure, that doesn't actually exist. Dog love is full of conditions: Feed me, walk me, praise me. Dog love grovels. One of the things I admire about cats is that they are capable of love; they just dole it out when it suits them. As Churchill said, "Dogs look up to you; cats look down on you."
Cats are so soothing. I once read that the purr is a healing mechanism for them, the frequency of it having an effect similar to electronic stimulation for broken bones. But it's a healing mechanism for the owner, too. What could be more comforting than having a purring cat nearby? Or more convenient than being able to go away for the weekend without having to do anything more than leave extra food and water?
We have had cats for the entirety of my 6-year-old daughter's life. A year ago, when my 20-year-old cat, Sabra, finally bid adieu, we got two kittens, Goldie and Biscuit. Our daughter initially appeared to be enchanted. But shortly after the kittens' arrival, my then entirely preliterate daughter managed to write her first sentence: "I love dogs." I realized that I had given birth to my sister. Somewhere in my genetic soup, my daughter had found the dog-lover gene.
On my sister's mantelpiece is a coffee-can-sized container, the remains of her last, miserable dog. Her passion has been for huge, deservedly obscure breeds. For example, she had a Fila Brasileiro named Paris, a dog that looked like the missing link between mammal and reptile. Its most prominent feature was an unstoppable stench. When I tried gently to point this out to her ("Liz, your dog stinks!"), she would get defensive and say, "That's just the way dogs smell." But if that's just the way dogs smell, then skunk would be man's best friend. Her other dog, an Akita named Knute, had a lifelong skin condition of such virulence that my sister devoted, oh, 90 percent of her income to futile attempts at a cure.
So how did I go from happy cat owner, amusedly contemptuous of dog owners, to dog owner? My husband and daughter ground me down in one of those emotional assaults that are usually characterized as "family life." Did it matter that I said, "Who will walk the dog? Me! Who will take the dog to the vet? Me! Who will make dog-sitting arrangements on the rare occasion I leave the perimeter of my home-office like some defiant Taliban wife? Me!"
As I began researching an appropriate breed for our family ("Who will do all the work of finding a dog? Me!"), it became clear that the dirty secret of dog lovers is that they are closet cat people. How else to explain site after site, created by dog fanciers themselves, that described their breeds as "excitable," "hard to train," "massively shedding," "not for the allergic or those uncomfortable with dog smell," "needing constant attention," "not good with children." I thought the fact that in the 12 or so millennia since dogs have been domesticated, none has been developed that met our needs was the clincher for sticking with cats.
But this did not convince husband and child. Instead, I was persuaded to go out and look at actual dogs. Since I decided I would not support the dog-breeding industry, I insisted we only look at incarcerated dogs. Going to an animal shelter with a 6-year-old is an excellent exercise if a) you like driving home from an animal shelter with a 6-year-old sobbing bitterly, "Why couldn't we get Punkin?"or b) there's not enough pathos in your life.
It was at a shelter that we encountered our first beagle, a sweet, tiny creature who had been found wandering. We put in a request for it, but the owner retrieved it. We had now been programmed for beagle ownership, so we discovered a local group that finds new homes for mistreated beagles and went to its adoption fair.
There's something about being surrounded by roomful of abandoned creatures that makes you realize you'd adopt a wart hog under the right circumstances. When my daughter saw shy, scrawny Sasha (then known as Conchita), I knew I was headed for years of late-night walks.
Sasha has lived up to the one promise the head of the rescue organization made about her: She was completely unhousebroken. OK, we've gotten over that misery. But when we took her to the first session of our six-week dog-training course, I had one of many cat-person-with-a-dog sinking spells when the instructor explained how dog training was a lifelong process. All I could think of was the process of training our cats: "Fellas, here's your litter box." End of training.
Walking a dog has been a revelation. Who knew so many of my neighbors, most of whom I'd never seen before, owned dogs? It was like discovering that at 11 every night, people all around me were running out to go ballroom dancing or attend Communist Party meetings. There is also a strange etiquette to dog-owning: We don't introduce ourselves, just our dogs. So Sasha knows Pundit and Woody and Linus, but I have no idea who their owners are. When you walk a beagle, you also find out about half the population used to have a beagle when they were kids. Which makes me worry that a message went out about 30 years ago—"Don't get another beagle!"—that I somehow missed.
So now I'm a dog owner. Given that Sasha was a year old when we got her, I only have 14 or so more years of late nights to go. I have to admit she's wormed her way into my heart (although not while I was giving her de-worming medication). I even forgive her for eating the phone charger, the entire family's slippers, and my favorite bra. (No, I wasn't wearing it at the time.) As I was writing this, she crawled under my desk so I could rest my feet on her. If only she could purr.


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Here's something to chew on. Digital Music News reports that USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab is currently conducting a study to find out, hopefully once and for all, how much money from advertising is providing support for the likes of pirate bay and other illegal content sites.
If you're reading this and work in advertising on a major brand, there's a good chance that you, dear reader are unwittingly helping line the pockets of very few people who are hell-bent on exploiting artists, musicians and movie makers all in the so-called name of Free Culture. And if you work in media placement then you may be wittingly doing so.
The Trichordist's David Lowery and Music Tech Policy's Chris Castle have been calling for this to happen for a while and in some cases taking matters into their own hands. Lowery's name and shame crusade, in which he calls out brands like American Express for having their ads on these sites has resulted in, well...vague promises to look into the matter for the most part. So much for big brand transparency.
Chris Castle calls the practice "brand-supported piracy." If you want to get granular, he breaks it down efficiently in this Music Tech Policy post.
But while both Lowery and Castle have so far been unrelenting in their cries for fair and ethical treatment of artists, Castle writes in his post that collecting "...screen shots are so important–when provided a screen capture of their ad on a pirate network, the brand cannot deny knowledge." You need proof in order to name and shame. So they go for the tangible.
Problem with this is, right now a lot of brands are still being allowed to hide under the "we don't know where our ads end up on the big old internet" excuse. And to a certain extent this might true. Ads rotate in and out under a complex algorithm that only google understands. Depending on which of these illicit sites you visit, you may not see ads for American Express, Mcdonalds, BMW, or Netlflix every time, but ads more along the line of the mail order brides variety. In other instances though, the results are pretty crystal clear. Proof is proof, even if its front end.
Another way of looking at it is this. At this risk of being too off putting for a Saturday morning would Mcdonald's be placing ads in the back of BDSM monthly next to the "full sensual massage from a submissive TS" ads? Of course not. Yet they're essentially doing so online by allowing their ads to go wherever. There are big differences between Yahoo and a torrent site. And if brands are so completely ignorant of the way apps like google AdSense works as they claim to be, then why are they using them in the first place? More importantly, why should they skirt responsibility by pleading ignorance?
The Annenberg study will be an interesting one. According to marketing site The Drum The USC Annenberg Advertising Transparency Report will be a monthly way of tracking what's really going on behind the scenes. More than just screen captures, it sounds like a name and shame on steroids, with real time stats to boot. The all important back end proof, to amplify Lowery's and Castle's front end efforts.
The study is being spearheaded by Jonathan Taplin who is not only the director of the Annenberg Innovation Lab, but the producer behind Mean Streets. It is further being supported by IBM, Cisco, Horizon, Warner Brothers and Orange.
Note that google is not part of this funding. Wonder why?
Now I can already hear the argument that any study funded in part by Warner Brothers will be biased.
But that's a dumb argument to make with a study that is essentially doing nothing more than following a paper trail. And anyway, it's not the musicians or music companies or even the owners of the pirate sites that should be squaring up to defend themselves in this fight.
This time, the focus is in a much more damning place: On the brands.


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One year when Blonde was inexplicably employed, but in a state of suspended work animation waiting for an acquisition to be completed, she and Brunette took advantage of the lull to go to Cancun. In yet another uncompensated (damn!) plug for SPG Awards we used free points for a week at the Westin Cancun. Brunette has a very odd perspective on swimming pools. She thinks you're … [Read more...]


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Attack of the Birds
I had to add this photo from our vacation. It is too funny...the birds really weren't attacking Cole but it sure looks like it so I wanted to share!! I'm not really sure what he was doing but knowing him.....complaining!!
Posted by Leslie at 2:30 PM
Too cute! I love his expression!
Very Alfred Hitchcock!
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These shoes are made for dancing
Earlier this year we had the good fortune to employ the services of five student detectives from University College London. The were presented with three potential objects for investigation: a Mitzi Lorenz hat from the 1950s, a 'lady's shirt' made at Bourne & Hollingsworth in the early 20th century and a rather lovely pair of shoes. It was a bit of an unfair contest and you will not get any points for guessing which object(s) won. Read the full post