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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Notice of meetings.
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), announces three meetings of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Ecological Research Subcommittee.
Two teleconference call meetings will be held, the first on Thursday, February 17, 2005, from 3 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and the second on Thursday, March 3, 2005, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. A face-to-face meeting will be held beginning Monday, March 7, 2005 (8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.), continuing on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 (8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.), and concluding on Wednesday, March 9, 2005 (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.). All times noted are Eastern Standard Time. Meetings may adjourn early if all business is completed.
Conference calls: Participation in the conference calls will be by teleconference only—meeting rooms will not be used. Members of the public may obtain the call-in number and access code for the teleconference meeting from Greg Susanke, whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Face-to-Face Meeting: The face-to-face meeting will be held at the U.S. EPA Research Triangle Park (RTP) Campus, National Computer Center Building (Room N110), located at 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711.
Document Availability
Draft agendas for the meetings are available from Greg Susanke, whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Requests for the draft agendas will be accepted up to 2 business days prior to each conference call/meeting date. The draft agendas also can be viewed through EDOCKET, as provided in Unit I.A. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
Any member of the public interested in making an oral presentation at one of the conference calls or at the face-to-face meeting may contact Greg Susanke, whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Requests for making oral presentations will be accepted up to 2 business days prior to each conference call/meeting date. In general, each individual making an oral presentation will be limited to a total of three minutes.
Submitting Comments
Written comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, or through hand delivery/courier. Follow the detailed instructions as provided in Unit I.B. of this section. Written comments will be accepted up to 2 business days prior to each conference call/meeting date.Start Further Info
Greg Susanke, Designated Federal Officer, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Mail Code 8104R, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC; telephone (202) 564-9945; fax (202) 565-2925; e-mail email@example.com Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
I. General Information
This notice announces three meetings of the BOSC Ecological Research Subcommittee. The purpose of the meetings are to evaluate EPA's Ecological Research Program. Proposed agenda items for the conference calls include, but are not limited to: charge questions, objective of program reviews, background on the U.S. EPA's Ecological Research Program, writing assignments, and planning for the face-to-face meeting. Proposed agenda items for the face-to-face meeting include, but are not limited to: presentations by key EPA staff involved in the Ecological Research Program, poster sessions on ORD's Ecological research, and preparation of the draft report. The conference calls and the face-to-face meeting are open to the public.
Information on Services for the Handicapped: Individuals requiring special accommodations at this meeting should contact Greg Susanke, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 564-9945 at least five business days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made to facilitate their participation.
A. How Can I Get Copies of Related Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this action under Docket ID No. ORD-2005-0005. The official public docket consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, any public comments received, and other information related to this action. Documents in the official public docket are listed in the index in EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EDOCKET. Documents are available either electronically or in hard copy. Electronic documents may be viewed through EDOCKET. Hard copies of the draft agendas may be viewed at the Board of Scientific Counselors, Ecological Research Subcommittee Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the ORD Docket is (202) 566-1752.
2. Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the Federal Register listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through EDOCKET. You may use EDOCKET at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select "search," then key in the appropriate docket identification number (ORD-2005-0005).
For those wishing to make public comments, it is important to note that EPA's policy is that comments, whether submitted electronically or on paper, will be made available for public viewing in EPA's electronic public docket as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is placed in EPA's electronic public docket. The entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket.Start Printed Page 4850
Public comments submitted on computer disks mailed or delivered to the docket will be transferred to EPA's electronic public docket. Written public comments mailed or delivered to the Docket will be scanned and placed in EPA's electronic public docket.
B. How and To Whom Do I Submit Comments?
You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or through hand delivery/courier. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate docket identification number (ORD-2005-0005) in the subject line on the first page of your comment. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment period.
1. Electronically. If you submit an electronic comment as prescribed below, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing address, and an e-mail address or other contact information in the body of your comment. Also include this contact information on the outside of any disk or CD ROM you submit, and in any cover letter accompanying the disk or CD ROM. This ensures that you can be identified as the submitter of the comment, and it allows EPA to contact you if further information on the substance of the comment is needed or if your comment cannot be read due to technical difficulties. EPA's policy is that EPA will not edit your comment, and any identifying or contact information provided in the body of a comment will be included as part of the comment placed in the official public docket and made available in EPA's electronic public docket. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment.
i. EDOCKET. Your use of EPA's electronic public docket to submit comments to EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving comments. Go directly to EDOCKET at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/, and follow the online instructions for submitting comments. To access EPA's electronic public docket from the EPA Internet Home Page, www.epa.gov, select "Information Sources," "Dockets," and "EDOCKET." Once in the system, select "search," and then key in Docket ID No. ORD-2005-0005. The system is an anonymous access system, which means EPA will not know your identity, e-mail address, or other contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail) to firstname.lastname@example.com, Attention Docket ID No. ORD-2005-0005. In contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's e-mail system is not an anonymous access system. If you send an e-mail comment directly to the docket without going through EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's e-mail system automatically captures your e-mail address. E-mail addresses that are automatically captured by EPA's e-mail system are included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.
iii. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit comments on a disk or CD ROM mailed to the mailing address identified in Unit I.B.2. These electronic submissions will be accepted in Word, WordPerfect or rich text files. Avoid the use of special characters and any form of encryption.
2. By Mail. Send your comments to: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ORD Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. ORD-2005-0005.
3. By Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver your comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. ORD-2005-0005 (note: this is not a mailing address). Such deliveries are only accepted during the docket's normal hours of operation as identified in Unit I.A.1.Start Signature
Dated: January 25, 2005.
Kevin Y. Teichman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
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I have learned one thing about myself over the last years.
I hate it when people are fluttering around me when they are stressed. You know those people?
When they get stressed by a list of things to do, they power-walk from one place to the next. You can feel the stress oozing off of them as they fly by. "Will I get everything done? Will I miss something? What will I forget if I don't take care of it now?"...zoom...zoom....zoom...flutter...flutter...flutter...
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By their fruits you will know them — when people show you who they are, believe them
But you don't have to take my word for it Rob Salkowitz breaks it down nicely: GEEKGIRLCON DEALS WITH THE PAINS OF PROFESSIONALIZATION.
"As anyone who has ever worked for or with a nonprofit can tell you, the transition from volunteer to professional organization is not always smooth. People who contributed to the growth of the organization may feel resentment toward an outsider brought in above them, whose job is to make tough decisions and impose management discipline on previously informal systems. As fair-minded and inclusive as you might want to be in that role, eventually you will piss some people off just because you are the boss and they aren't.
"It's not unusual for longtime staffers to quit in these circumstances, sometimes in a huff. Sometimes, to really make a statement, they'll resign in a group. If there's something actionable, they can call a lawyer. And if they really want to leave a mark, they'll take their dispute public via social media.
"But taking over the organization's official email to blast out their manifesto after they've already quit? Nope. NOPE. In no conceivable universe is that ok."
We now know that all of those who quit were white guys who posted their grievances anonymously (vague claims of being discriminated against by the new executive director who happens to be a woman of color) because they didn't think they would be taken seriously. And that might have been true no matter what, but the way they did it really shows all we need to know. I've been either on staff or closely involved with enough people on staff for a lot of cons to recognize both the dynamic Salkowitz explains above and the circumstances that likely led to the mass resignation. By the way, it was only five guys, out of a staff of a bit over 50, so while it seems like a lot, it certainly isn't most of the staff, as their post clearly tried to imply.
I could go into more detail about why hijacking the con membership's list was wrong, how it is triangulation and so forth. But the real reason is this: when I have been in situations where I felt I was the aggrieved party and have been tempted to do such things, I knew that the suggestion was coming from the little devil on one shoulder, and not the little angel on the other. (Although in my imagination it's the evil fairy tale queen on one shoulder, and a happy glitter-covered fairy on the other).
We come up with rationales for vindictive, angry, destructive behavior all the time. It's not fair, we say. Or they started it! Or it's just the internet! Or I was joking! Or you took it wrong! Et cetera and ad nauseum.
Maybe you are right. Maybe you have suffered a great injustice. But here's the thing: if you win by fighting dirty, that isn't justice. The ends don't justify the means. There is a big difference between righteous indignation and vengeful lashing out. Just as there is a difference between cruelty and kindness. How we take a victory or defeat matters just as much as the actual outcome.
Situations are messy and there's always more than two sides to every story. But every side isn't equally true, or equally valid, or equally relevant. And sometimes you can tell which side has the fewest facts in their favor by their tactics. And I, at least, can spot a sore loser from miles away. Even when they're hiding behind anonymity, misleading verbiage, and the furtive fallacy.
There are not two of you. There isn't literally a devil/evil queen on one shoulder and an angel/good fairy on the other. There's just you. A noble and just person doesn't have to resort to dirty tactics. If you're fighting dirty, even if for a just cause, then you're not the hero.
Being reactionary – bad rules and good expectations
Which anyone who knows anything about security knows is the most insecure way to treat passwords.
My boss called everyone in our department together and said, "Do not write down your passwords! If we get audited, I will tell them that of course we comply with the policy and of course each of you showed me where your passwords are hidden, but darn, I seem to have forgotten." Which is what every other manager in our division told their direct reports (And I suspect a whole lot of managers in all of the divisions).
I understand how a policy like that comes into being. Someone who was the only person with admin privileges on some important system in one of the other division was out sick or on vacation or maybe even had died and there was a great deal of trouble that wound up costing a lot of money (either just from all the time spent by a lot of people trying to fix the problem and/or other people not being able to do certain tasks for a while). The solution to that is not to make every single bit of proprietary information available to anyone who can sneak into an office and snoop for a while. The solution is to make sure every system always has multiple people with admin rights. As long as you have someone with admin rights who can reset other account passwords or give other people rights to access files or whatever that are only accessible ordinarily to the one employee who is unavailable, you can solve any of the other problems.
Trying to avoid repeating a mistake is a natural (and not unreasonable) reaction when something goes wrong. Unfortunately, in some circumstances involving certain sorts of people a very simple "solution" that is worse than the original problem is adopted.
I've been worrying about this a little bit because as part of the move we've been trying to make some changes in our behavior to avoid problems we kept having at the old place. Some are fairly east: don't let dishes pile up in the sink; it's all right to run the dishwasher when it isn't completely full. Others are a little more difficult to stick to: take out the trash or recycle as soon as we notice it's full.
Those are examples of things we kept meaning to change before. There were issues with the outside garbage and recycle bins at the old place that provided an excuse to put off dealing with the trash at certain parts of the week, but the real issue was procrastination and habit. Habits are reinforced by all sorts of things, for example, getting used to seeing dishes piled in that sink. So maybe the change in visual cues will help us develop a new habit.
Some of the new ways of doing things are because of issues we didn't realize were happening until we packed up. We discovered all sorts of unexpected things lurking in the back of closets, or the back parts of shelves we couldn't see easily, or behind furniture that was seldom moved.
But I also recognize that slavishly adhering to rules without regard to unintended consequences can create worse problems. So I've been trying to think of this as merely establishing new norms: not strict rules, just expectations.
And maybe that's the secret: don't be inflexible!
Stock characters exist for many reasons
But the crowd on the E is very different than the D. There are always interesting people on the bus, of course, but since most of the E route goes down Aurora Ave (aka Highway 99, aka the old Pacific Coast Highway), well, there are a lot more marginal people on the bus.
And everyday on at least one trip I wind up sitting near & seeing a couple (a guy and a gal who are obviously together) who dress, act, and talk like a particular movie cliche. Note: it's seldom the same couple! I have seen one couple twice (and the female half of the couple two other times, once hanging out with a different couple who matched the trope).
What trope am I talking about? The couple who are dating/romanatically involved in some way and are also a pair of less-than-bright petty criminals who have gotten into something way over their heads which will cause no measure of awful problems for the actual protagonist in the movie. That couple.
And seriously, if I transcribed their dialogue–often a monologue because usually one of them is very talkative and the other either nods and says "uh huh" if the talkative one is the male, or sits there stone-faced and occasionly grunts or mutters something if the talkative one is the female–it would sound like comedic dialog written for a ludicrously incompetent criminal. Monday night there were three sets, though not at the same time. And one of the freaky parts was how similar the guys were.
In the first couple, the guy was wearing a Seahawks baseball cap and carrying a filterless cigarette. While the gal babbled, he kept adjusting is hat and fiddling with the cigarette. He would pack the tobacco in the cigarette a little denser crimping one end a bit more, then tamp that end on his knee or his cellphone, then crimp the other end tighter and flipping it to do some more. Meanwhile he would randomly lift his cap and reposition it on his head, sometimes seemingly exactly as before, and sometimes he would flip it so the bill was in back, then several fidgets later he'd put the bill in front again. Every now and then he'd stick the unlit cigarette in his mouth as he did something with his phone.
In the second couple, the guy was wearing a UW Huskies baseball cap and fidgeting with a filtered short cigarette (I kept hoping he'd pull out the pack and confirm my suspicion that it was a Marlboro Red, which would have nailed the stereotype further…). He would put the cigarette in one side of his mouth, then adjust his cap. Half a minute later, he'd take the cigarette out of his mouth and flip it around in his fingers a few times. Then he'd stick it in the other side of his mouth and pull off the cap, smooth his hair, then put the cap back on. And so on. He flipped his hat front to back once, then later flipped it back.
The third couple had the additional trope that both of them were burdened with backpacks and such that were, technically, each bigger than them. The guy was wearing a Mariner's baseball cap, bill forwards, with a filterless cigarette behind one ear. As they were getting situated in their seats, he flipped the hat front to back, and moved the cigarette to the other ear. As they talked, he kept adjusting the hat–each time pulling the cigarette from behind his ear and moving it to the other side. There probably would have been some more flips, but as we approached a bus stop with several people waiting, she suddenly jumped up, very agitated, and ran to the back door. I thought that she had seen someone waiting at the stop that she didn't want to ride the bus with, but as the bus stopped, the guy (who had gathered up his backpack, her duffle, and this rolling suitcase with two more backpacks attached and ran over behind her) started shouting for the driver to open the back door. As soon as the doors opened, she leapt out, landing in a little strip of landscaping beside the pharmacy there, and proceeded to puke her guts out. He followed with their stuff, and seemed to be offering some comfort as the bus pulled away.
Those were just one bus ride. As I said, I've seen couples like them at least once a day, four days a week, for seven weeks, now. The ages of the couples have varied quite a lot, as had the apparent ethnicity of each member of each couple. But there have been a lot of similarities in mannerisms, the sort of things one or the other talks about way more loudly than someone ought about cheating drug dealers and such in a public place, and so on.
The late, great author Terrie Pratchett observed on more than one occasion that there are really only a small number of people in the world, you just keep meeting some of them again and again and again in different bodies. This phenomenon (which is at least partially the result of social and economic circumstances that cross cultures and time periods) is one reason stock characters exist in fiction. But there is a difference between a stock character such as the morally impair braggart or the gullible minion and a racist/sexist/homophobic stereotype.
For storytelling purpose, you sometimes need a stock character to move the plot along or add a bit of verisimilitude to a scene. You don't want or need to put a lot of effort into these characters' backgrounds, but you do want to make sure you aren't just pulling a bigoted stereotype out of the drawer when you do it. This may be helped with a sensitivity reader, beta readers in general, or an editor. But the burden shouldn't fall solely on them.
Any character you put in a scene, no matter how minor, ask yourself a few questions.
- Is there a reason you made the character one apparent gender rather than another? Does anything change if you change the gender?
- If you mention race is there a reason you made them that ethnicity? If you didn't mention it, but realize you are imagining them a specific ethnicity, why? And does it change anything if you change it?
- If you mention any physical characteristic or their clothing, is there a reason?
- If you mention apparent sexual orientation, again, why? If not, how are you imagining them? Why?
Having all of the characters apparently white, heterosexual, and cisgender serves an agenda, whether you mean it to or not, because the real world (yes, in every era of history and every part of the world) has characters of different races/ethnic groups, different economic classes, different sexual orientations, and different genders. If you aren't including them in the world, you're promoting an agenda. Is that what you want?
And if the only time certain marginalized groups are mentioned, they fall into lazy stereotypes (petty criminals are people of color, nurses are always women, doctors are always white men, et cetera), you're also promoting that agenda. Is that what you want?
Game over, man!
To me, he will always be the panicky ("Game over, man! Game over!") yet cocky ("Don't worry. Me and my squad of ultimate badasses will protect you!") Marine PFC William Hudson, fighting and cursing with all his might as he's dragged to his death by an alien xenomorph. Bill Paxton Was Film's Quintessential Game-Over Man: An Appreciation.
He was and remains the only actor ever slain on screen by a T-800 (a naked Arnold Schwarzenegger flung him into metal bars at the Griffith Park Observatory in The Terminator, 32 years before Gosling and Stone danced among the stars there in La La Land), a Xenomorph (a bug dragged him under the floor in Aliens while he raved his profane epitaph), and a Predator (Paxton emptied his sidearm into the advancing beast on an L.A. subway car in Predator 2; when that didn't work, he tried a machete. And a golfball. Never say die! Even when dying is apparently your job.).
I didn't intend to leave Paxton's death completely out of yesterday's weekly round up of links. But I'd wanted to write something a bit more personal than my usual inclusion in the links, so I had a separate draft post open with links to some of the best Paxton obits I had read, and then when I was assembling the links post, forgot to copy some from here to there!
Paxton appeared in a lot of my favorite movies. Frequently he played a slightly pathetic excuse for a human. Even more frequently, he died on screen. Seriously, directors apparently loved to kill him. And they did it a lot! In addition to the three famous deaths in the pull quote above, he was shot at least six times, stabbed, hacked to pieces with an axe, and in at least one movie both shot and stabbed. Even when he played an undead creature, an immortal vampire in the movie Near Dark, Paxton didn't make it to the end of the film without being killed again. In the time loop movie, Edge of Tomorrow he's only seen dying once on screen, but the script makes it clear his character died hundreds of times before the film was over.
His characters didn't always die. And he wasn't always the comic relief in a film. In Apollo 13 he portrayed astronaut Fred Haise, for instance, who gets to be heroic and live to the end of the picture. And in Twister he got to play a storm-chasing meteorologist still pining for his ex-wife, who risks his life for science, and lives!
Even though Paxton was often cast as a sort of smarmy loser whose lines would deliver many laughs in the film, he had a knack, using changes in body posture and facial demeanor, for making you forget about the other roles you'd see him in. There were a number of times I'd be well into watching his performance in a film before a moment would arrive where I'd go, "Oh! It's Hudson!"
In interviews appearances on talk shows (when promoting a new film or series), he always came off as a nice guy. And he certainly had a sense of humor about his tendency to be murdered on film a lot. In his directorial debut, he cast himself as the character who is hacked to death by his own son with an axe on screen! So, clearly, he was in on the joke. Bill Paxton fought Aliens and The Terminator, but he was always just a guy from Fort Worth.
I'm going to miss seeing Bill pop up in my favorite movies and series.
The Death Of Bill Paxton Reminds Us That 'Twister' Changed Meteorology.
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It's the day to March Forth!
For the last few years I've been observing my own March Forth tradition. I urge you all on this March Forth, to go please donate to The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans.
You can also go to this page on the NCHV website, click on the name of your state, and find a list of organizations helping the homeless in general and homeless veterans in particular in your community. Donate or volunteer.
March forth, and spread the word.
Thanksgiving with Grandma Wanda, and other news updates
If you haven't seen this story, or the viral images of the wrong number text message that led to a Thanksgiving meeting of former strangers: a woman send Thanksgiving dinner details to the wrong number. The guy who gets it replies, "Who is this." The woman says, "Your Grandma." The guy sends a selfie, "I don't think you're my Grandma." She sends back a selfie and apologizes for the wrong number. He jokes, "Can I still have a plate?" and she says, "Of course! That's what grandma's do, feed everyone!"
And they kept texting and she said she was serious he should come to Thanksgiving dinner, and he didn't have local family, and then, well, this happened:
Thanksgiving with Grandma Wanda: Accidental Text That Was Meant to Be.
In other news, after the phenomenal crowdsourcing campaign, the Green Party in Wisconsin has filed for a re-count and a paper ballot reconciliation:
Green Party files for Wisconsin recount, audit.
Clinton campaign: We are taking part in the recount.
I admit, I was one of the people saying I didn't trust the Green Party's effort. After asking the world to donate 2.5 million so they could demand recounts in three states, they changed the small print on the fundraising page several times, and changed the goal they were asking for several times. The fine print was the sorts of disclaimers you would expect, in one sense: they couldn't guarantee the recounts would happen; if excess money was raised the part would keep the money to promote "voter integrity options" that sort of thing. But the wording kept adding more loopholes.
But the thing was, the first filing deadline (Wisconsin) was Friday. They had exceeded the original ask significantly, and the clock was literally ticking down, and they had not filed a petition for a recount. It was at a point where the Wisconsin Elections Commission was making snarky comments on it's website and twitter account, because the Greens kept blasting out more money beg messages but hadn't filed: Wisconsin Elections Commission Basically Calling Jill Stein Out for Not Filing Recount Petition Yet.
So I don't think I was being unreasonable (or mean) when I retweeted another editorial that made the observation that the Green Party money beg was starting to seem as if it might be a scam. The word "seem" was in the title, so even if you didn't click through and read the piece, (which was nuanced and balanced) it should have been obvious that I was only claiming suspicion.
As I exchanged words with some others on twitter afterward, I repeatedly said that if the Green Party actually filed all three petitions before the deadlines in each state, that I would agree that they weren't merely fundraising for themselves off the issue.
The party did file a petition in Wisconsin before the deadline (as the above headlines show), so that's one down. I understand that the rules in each state about the petitions vary. And that sometimes an incorrectly worded form can cause a filing to be rejected. I don't know if any of the remaining states have a process by which the initial filing can be amended or corrected after it is filed.
And heck, even the states don't always know. The Wisconsin Elections Commission said they had their own lawyers double-checking the procedure while they were awaiting the petition. Turns out there's a contradiction in the state law: one part says that the petitioner has to deposit money to pay for the recount when they file, another part says that the Commission has to give the petitioner an estimate of the cost of the recount after receiving the petition and the petitioner has to pony up the money within a very short timeline after getting the estimate. So, I understand that trying to make certain all the i's are dotted and t's are crossed means they can't just slap down a petition right away.
Completely unrelated to all of this: while there are reasons to be skeptical about the vote count in some places, I'm not holding out a lot of hope that any of these recounts will change any results. Part of that is based on past experience. And the lack of clear evidence of wrong doing is the reason that organizations such as the Clinton campaign is loathe to expend the millions of dollars required for a recount. I've blogged more than once about the Republican gubernatorial candidate in my state several years ago who paid over a million dollars for a recount and audit, and succeeded only in discovering that there had been a total of four fraudulent ballots filed in the race–and all four had voted for him, not his opponent. So he and the party spent a lot of money to actually reduce their own vote count, and thus lose slightly worse…But I have to agree with Dan Pfeiffer, if the Green Party had done what so-called third-parties used to do: endorse the major party candidate who supported most of their agenda (earlier in the campaign the eventual Green nominee had claimed she would endorse Bernie Sanders if Bernie got the nomination, and since Hillary's voting record when they were both in the Senate matched Bernie 90+ percent of the time you'd think that would be close enough). I get it, when I was younger I used to think that what we needed was more active third parties. That was before I understood a couple of very important things: while the Constitution says nothing explicitly about parties, the way the electoral college is set up to elect presidents means that we have a Constitutionally-mandated two party system; and for most of history both major parties are coalitions of unofficial smaller parties already.
Anyway, I don't think that recounts and audits are ever a bad idea. So even if these efforts don't change anything, I'm glad that we're going forward with at least one, and hope at least two more.


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My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008)
IMDb - 52%
Rotten Tomatoes - 0%
My Mom's New Boyfriend is a 2008 romantic comedy film starring Colin Hanks, Antonio Banderas, Selma Blair, and Meg Ryan. The film begins with Tommy Lucero (Antonio Banderas) being caught by French police following a foiled robbery at a museum. Tommy seems confident he will not remain in police custody very long. The film then shifts its focus to Henry Durand (Colin Hanks). Henry had to care for his mother, Marty (Meg Ryan), when his father died in jail. Now a grown man and an FBI agent, Henry leaves his overweight mother to go work on a case. Upon returning three years later, he finds his mother has lost a considerable amount of weight and is dating several men, one half her age, having turned over a new leaf after a passerby dropped a coin in her coffee cup, mistaking her for a homeless person. Henry announces to his mother that he has recently become engaged to another FBI agent, Emily (Selma Blair).


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ST. PETERSBURG — Dwight Gooden rears back and throws his best fastball up and in. Kent Hrbek takes a mighty cut and . . . drives the ball off the center-field fence 400 feet away.
Dwight Gooden checks the runner at third and delivers to the plate looking for a strikeout. He snaps off a curveball and . . . the ball lands a foot shy of the plate and bounces away from catcher Gary Carter, allowing the runner to score.
Dwight Gooden goes to the mound for five starts and walks away with . . . no victories, a 4.29 earned run average and only 13 strikeouts in 26 innings.
Any of this sound familiar?
Of course not.
In his brief but spectacular major league career, Gooden has been the picture of perfection -- a precise, efficient, hi-tech pitching machine.
His two-year record with the New York Mets is virtually flawless -- 41-13 with a 2.00 ERA and 544 strikeouts in 494 innings.
Last season he became the youngest pitcher to win the Cy Young Award with a 24-4 record and 1.53 ERA. He had 268 strikeouts and only 69 walks in 276 innings.
He`s been an unemotional -- and unhittable -- machine, programed to pitch.
But this spring, flaws have been detected. Gooden has taken on human qualities. He`s been fallible. His fastball has been hit hard, his control has strayed, his choice of pitches has been questioned. For the first time, Gooden, 21, has struggled.
``People look at the runs he`s given up and assume Dwight has had a bad spring,`` said Mets pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre. ``It all goes back to the high expectations everyone has of Dwight. They expect him to go out and pitch a shutout every time and strike out 15.


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pants, flannel: river island bag: berhska shoes: nike
It turns out that I was actually smart enough to leave my camera behind in France when coming back to Luxembourg earlier, resulting in me not being able to take any pictures for the blog whatsoever. Fortunately, my family came back last night, so I now finally have my camera back to snap away!
I wore this outfit on Thursday and liked it so much that I felt like re-wearing it and taking pictures of it for the blog. Almost the entire outfit consists of pieces which I bought in Rotterdam! As already mentioned in the post title, this feels like a very typical Autumn outfit to me for this year, being obsessed with flannels and having found the puuuurfect (fake) leather pants! As soon as the temperatures drop, I can already see myself wearing this outfit with different pair of boots and a big coat or even a fur coat - okay, I definitely am getting a little bit excited about Autumn approaching... enough blabbering for now, enjoy your Monday x


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Those of you who enjoy reading the more ridiculous of my posts may have seen this one about details. Essentially, it was about how my boyfriend (whom I lovingly refer to as Nightwolf on his blog) and I completely screwed up the date of our anniversary. In late August, we were sure we had tipped the six month mark, only to realize we were a month early. (We lost track of time — it's easy to do when you're having this much fun.)
Well, after all that, we are actually at the date that both of us (and others who have been privy to our growing relationship) deciphered as being the true "half year" mark. We aren't big on "monthiversaries" but, half a year seems like a milestone worth celebrating.
Six months ago today, a country girl walked into a bar in downtown Kansas City to have "a drink" with a charming, nerdy suburbanite. A "drink" ended up actually being drinks, appetizers, and a meal.
Our early romance was not clean-cut. We met on Match, exchanged a few messages there, and then swapped phone numbers. We spent some time texting. He asked me on a date — I said yes, then cancelled because a friend was coming into town. Sure that this guy was just as much of a dead end as other dates met online, I figured that'd be that. He was persistent, though. He HAD to meet this girl who obviously had walls up, but also owned Yoda slippers, an Avengers t-shirt, a large "purse knife," and a cute dog. (Apparently I was intriguingly terrifying? At least, I imagine there was a bit of an adrenaline rush attached to our early courtship.)
After the first date, I was giddy. I remember texting friends about HOW WELL it went — yet I still told people I probably wouldn't see him again. I mean, I'd had good first dates with other guys, right? And he was totally a suburban guy. He wouldn't "get" a country girl like me, especially not after all of the big adventures and life changes I'd experienced.
Then, he took me to a movie at a dinner theatre type place. We saw G.I. Joe 2 and ate pizza with bacon on it. I got excited and squealed during trailers for superhero movies. The next date, he took me to the aquarium in downtown Kansas City. In just weeks, it morphed from "seeing someone" to "dating" to finding any excuse to see each other. During an especially stressful time in his career in the spring, he dropped the "L Bomb" on me and I laughed maniacally — not AT him, but in pure relief because I had felt it for a while and was too afraid to say it first.
Needless to say, by that time, I was over my denial. Y'all, the country girl living in the city had fallen for a suburbanite.
It hasn't been all laughter and fun dates. There's been stress. There have been growing pains, as in any relationship. I remember feeling severe anxiety when we approached the topic of my history with bipolar disorder and bulimia. (That night was actually the night I realized I "L-worded" Nightwolf, but was too afraid to say it.) As two fiercely independent people, we've had tensions over where to draw some lines and how to respect each other. We've had tough conversations — about us, about the future, and about our pasts. But never, ever have I felt so empowered to handle those things in an adult, collected, mature, and productive manner, as I have with Nightwolf.
I've written a lot about how unexpected this whole journey with him has been. One thing is for sure: it's been one of growth.
Since the day I met Nightwolf, he has made me laugh, made me think, and made me want to be the best, most giving and patient person I can be. (That "patience" bit can be pretty damn hard for me.) I hope I bring as much happiness and growth to his life as he brings to mine — even with our elementally different perspectives and experiences in life.
And the more we talk about our future, the more excited I am to take on life's challenges alongside him.
So, if I can give you any advice about life, it's this: you never know who or what is going to change it. You never, ever know when a defining moment may arise. That moment may be in the form of a person you didn't expect to make an impact (Nightwolf) or an opportunity that hadn't fit your plans (moving to Kansas City). God will bring these moments into your life in His time, and the best we can do is be open-minded and faithful as we navigate those unknowns.
So, have YOU had any surprising "defining" moments in life? An unexpected friend or significant other? A surprise career change? A big move? Share in the comments section if you like — I'd love to hear your stories about your big, unexpected moments!


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This informative book tells a detailed story of John Nelson Cooper and the Cooper Knife company. It tells the background of John Nelson and George Cooper, details the company history, patents, and has a series of the company's catalogs. Included is information about the many celebrities who purchased and cherished Cooper Knives, as well as details about several knife makers who were influenced by and worked with John Nelson Cooper. Written by William Martin, this book with both color and black and white photos as well as many diagrams and ledgers is a must-have for anyone interested in the history behind Cooper Knives. 130 pages.
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DICKENS PROMOTES THE DEVONSHIRE HOUSE SANATORIUM FOR THE MIDDLE CLASSES. The middle classes -- students, young professionals, the daughters of 'reduced gentlemen' -- are to be the beneficiaries of the scheme: 'Let it never be forgotten that the Sanatorium is not a charity ... It is a self-supporting Institution where, in consideration of an annual subscription of one guinea in time of health, and the most moderate and economical weekly charge possible in time of sickness, any of that large and most respectable class of persons who are seeking a subsistence in the Metropolis can, being stricken ill, repair, as to a home Private cheerful and wholesome rooms; the first medical advice; the most delicate and unremitting attention; the best provision that can possibly be made for tranquillity, rest and mental ease'. Dickens's letter of 27 December advises discretion about 'disorders of the mind ... it is as indispensable to our well-doing to keep the subject quiet, as to keep them quiet, supposing we have any', adding that the matron should be 'as cheerful as possible', and not 'as if she were a warranted mouser and they all mice'.
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It's been a while since our last update so what better time than half way through 2012 already!
We started off the year with a bang and finally got all the paper work and contracts signed off for the new Literacy centre at the High school. The Literacy will boast a library and computer stations and will open new doors of learning for our high school kids. The building is set to be complete by mid June and this is when we come in with outfitting it with furniture, books and computers. All the computers have arrived and some books.
Every year we also host an event called 'Kick-Start'. This annual event sees off road enduro riders take to the dirt roads in and around our village. This year the riders will be fundraising to help us furnish the new Literacy Centre! The event takes place on the 7th July, so if you wish to find out more about Kick-Start or the Literacy centre – please don't hesitate to email me on firstname.lastname@example.com
Another big project this year is the building of a new school in the village of Ireagh. We have never worked in this village, so we are starting to branch out and with the request from Ulusaba Guests Michael and Dan to help a school – this village was first on the list! So after months of getting all the paper work in place, the community on board – a new school has started! By October this year, we hope to have the grand opening of a brand new, fully stocked school with educators in the Early Child Development sector up and running – watch this space for exciting updates!
This year so far we have had some great volunteering on the go! Lisa and Julie from the UK came out for a week of hands on Teacher Training at Tizameleni School, We have had the Malandrentiotis family back again for days of painting and fun with the kids and as we speak we have Lydia here helping out with Rhino projects, school topic packs and general hands on things! We have had plenty of guests come through the village too who have got stuck in either playing with some kids, painting, sorting library books, or giving career guidance! The list can go on! For more information on Volunteering on Safari, please contact us or our reservations department.
We greatly appreciate any form of donation (in-kind or cash) for our projects. To assist anyone who would like to make an in-kind donation, we have put together a small 'wishlist' of resources which would greatly help. Many of these items cannot be purchased in South Africa or are way out of our budget – so it is a great help to us if these can be brought in by our international guests. You may also wish to add other resources which fit within our topics for our school programmes, so please feel free to do your own research. Please don't hesitate to ask the Pride 'n Purpose team if you have questions (or suggestions) about this wishlist or any of our other projects.
Pre-Schoolers of 2-5 year olds and Foundation phase of 5-8 year olds
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- Colours
- Myself and my family
- Under the Sea
- Up in the Air
- Safari Animals
- People who help us
- Senses
- Fruit and Vegetables
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- Puzzles
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High Schools (13 – school leavers)
- More books to stock our new Literacy center – educational such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, science books, Math books ect
- Educational PC games
The lists are long and seem daunting – but every bit helps and we appreciate all the help we can get!
So to end off this blog – I thought I would list some of our 2011 achievements!
- 2 new pre-primary schools built
- New solar powered pump installed at Newington
- Career guidance workshops
- Kickstart Enduro bike ride
- Winter Warmers
- World Travel and Tourism Council Awards in Las Vegas
- Virgin Unite Staff connections trip – Ntseveni Day Care centre
- 67 Minutes of veggie planting (Nelson Mandela and Sir Richard Branson's Birthday – 18th July)
- Do-Something – now: 48 bicycles handed over
- Orphan and Vulnerable children's care
- Many hours of Volunteering
- Community tours
- Arbour Month
- World Rhino Day (22nd September) and events
- Starkey Hearing foundation filming and crew
- Kitchens built
- 4 Vegetable gardens
- Soccer Team Sponsorships
- Teacher Training
- Toy Library and Curriculum works
- Sabi Sand Wildtuin Pfunanani Community Trust formation
- Earth Hour and the Pink Boys
- Book donations and collection
We would love to hear from you – so please leave a comment or drop us an email and to follow us on more of a day to day basis like us on Facebook – www.facebook.com/pridenpurpose


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Everyone posts when something wonderful happens in their life or how much they love their significant other, which only increases the feelings of loneliness for those that are not actively engaged is some sort of partnership arrangement.
It can seem that all the world is happy and you just don't belong, but it is not so.
We are ALL alone. That's right. Everyone of us are in our own skin and our own mind, alone! No one truly knows what goes on in our thoughts but us. Even if we are extremely articulate we can only share a portion of the tremulous struggles contained within our internal dialog.
The problem is we feel we are only complete if we have someone mirroring back that we are ok.
May I extend a challenge and actually applaud your aloneness. You now have the opportunity to become whole.
Often times we select partners that have skillsets that we lack. He can speak in public, while I am scared to death, or she is so creative while I can only add digits. We then feel more complete because the two of us can do most things. We shove off growing in one area because our partner has it covered. That is like a tree in the forest grows only where the other trees don't cover the light.
But the solo tree on the hill is unencumbered with excuses and must seek to grow fully. The opportunity to become more complete is masked by the conventional wisdom that says we are "no one" if we do not have a mirror-validating partner.
Yet the tree that is solo on the hill is balanced admired and often times remembered and valued in the end.
The ones in the forest just knock each other down and the forest feels no remorse over the loss of just one-of-the-many.
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