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I just found the cutest cooking show on YouTube, it's called, "Cooking With Dog" and it's a lady and her darling mini poodle showing how to cook many Japanese recipes. She's very good with the step by step and the ingredients are shown at the end of each segment. The dog is the "narrator", lol!
Anyway, I just thought it was very entertaining and informative. Hope you check it out and enjoy it!
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Thanks for posting this! I am now addicted; I've watched loads of them. I am so impressed at the woman's skill. I am less impressed that she has a dog in her kitchen - hygiene problem there! It looks pretty clean, so I'll let them off, and I am now Francis's biggest fan after all!
i LOVE this show! it is the most hilarious thing i've seen in a long time! and the voice of the dog is preposterous!
Yeah, the dog's voice is so funny! To be fair it sounds like a Japanese man whose second language is english trying to sound French...which is quite ambitious, really!
That's exactly what I thought! It is hilarious though.
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I love Cooking with Dog. I discovered it a few days ago and have watched a ton of them already. Francis is great.
God, I am so obsessed with this show, I can't thank you enough for posting this BarbJ! I have a rotten cold and a temperature, am missing a great gig...so am snuggled up watching Francis and his assistant! Seriously, my internet viewing basically just constantly alternates between this and Chi's Sweet Home on Crunchyroll.com. :)
God, I am so obsessed with this show, I can't thank you enough for posting this BarbJ! I have a rotten cold and a temperature, am missing a great gig...so am snuggled up watching Francis and his assistant! Seriously, my internet viewing basically just constantly alternates between this and Chi's Sweet Home on Crunchyroll.com. :)
Of course I had to go see what Chi's Sweet Home was and oh my gosh-that is the cutest thing ever!
Aww, sorry you're feeling lousy! But I know what you mean, Francis and his lady are so addictive! I've watched about 80% of the show I think. I can't wait till she makes some more. Hope you feel better soon.
I just watched the "Bento Box" episode, and it looked so neat! Although I start to get rid of the klisched thought that japanese kitchen is very low-fat - I'm amazed at the use of oil to fry pieces of melon! But the final bento looked so good and yummy, I'd love to get something like this made for me. There goes so much effort into it, amazing. And now I finally now how "onigiri" is pronounced.. ;) Thanks for sharing the link! I'll surely watch all the episodes when I find time to.
pii_bii Thanks so much for shareing about Chi`s Sweet Home it`s the cutest thing ever I loved it.
I got two lady kittens myself Sakura and Juno. The show reminded me so much of when we adopted them, specially the bath chapter! it made me laugh so hard .
Again thanks!
I'm glad that both you and ILikeDragons watched the show and enjoyed it; I think it's really accurate when it comes to cat behaviour. It's pretty addictive, though - the short episode length means sometimes of an evening I end up watching 20 in a row without realising!
I know what you mean, I ended up watching up to chapter 35 without realizeing it... IN A ROW! There went all my morning...
How funny! I have been watching this show since before this post and had been thinking about posting it here because I knew people would like it. XD Looks like you guys beat me to it.
I love this show. It's so cute and fun. :P
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Pelosi's Platform
How the Democrats could govern if they win the House.
What will a Democratic House of Representatives under Speaker Nancy Pelosi be like? The Republicans have been painting an unattractive portrait of Democrats roasting young children on a spit in the Capitol rotunda and whatnot. Hoping for a more encouraging view, I picked up "A New Direction for America," a 31-page manifesto released to little acclaim by House Democrats in June. By all means, read it. But do me a favor and vote first.
The document is full of bromides, of course, and like all good bromides, they come in threes. The Democrats promise "security, prosperity, and opportunity" in "diverse, safe, and vibrant communities." Not to mention "integrity, civility and fiscal discipline." They will "protect Americans, secure our borders, and restore our country's position of international leadership" through "homeland, energy, and diplomatic strategies." And we're just up to Page 3.
The two favorite words of Democrats on the cusp of power seem to be "tax credit." They promise to "modernize" the tax credit for research and development; to "expand and improve" the already ludicrously complex system of tax-deductible retirement accounts like IRAs and 401(k)s (and "match dollar-for-dollar" the first $1,000 a person puts in); a "100% tax credit for tuition up to $3000." They want a "broadband tax credit" for Internet access in "rural and underserved areas."
They call for a 50 percent tax credit for employee health insurance paid for by small businesses, as their solution to the health-care crisis. Needless to say, they love the tax credit for ethanol production, and want to expand it for "local" ethanol producers. And—my favorite—they want a tax credit to cover the administrative costs of "encourag[ing] employers to offer their employees the option to convert their retirement plan into an annuity when they retire." I don't know what that last one is about, but I smell an interested party. It's just not the kind of thing that anyone thinks up who doesn't have some skin in the game.
Democrats call for ending the "Disabled Veterans Tax" and the "Military Families Tax." The what? There cannot be any such thing as a Disabled Veterans Tax. It is a label dreamed up by people wanting special treatment, like the Republicans' brilliant "Death Tax" for the estate tax. Maybe they deserve it, maybe they don't. But why can't we leave this bullying by terminology to Newt Gingrich?
The problem with tax credits in general is that they never appear in the budget, so they never get the same scrutiny as direct spending, although their impact on the deficit is exactly the same. By definition, they cost more than whatever benefit they are intended to achieve, since no one is going to be induced to spend an extra dollar on, say, dance lessons (because some member of Congress has decided that it would be good for the country if more people knew how to dance) unless the subsidy is worth more than a dollar.
Tax subsidies often go to Person X to help Person Y (e.g. to a corporation to help its employees), and Person X gets a slice of the benefit—often a big slice. And the distributional consequences are rarely examined. For example, tax credits are just one of several new subsidies the Democrats propose for college education. Why should a young person who is out working and paying taxes subsidize someone in college who will soon be better off, if he or she isn't already?
Fairness is one of the three qualities that need to be restored to American public life after six years of George W. Bush and 12 years of French-Revolution-turned-French-farce on Capitol Hill. The other two are honesty and competence.
Honesty is not just therapeutic. Fiscal honesty is a practical necessity. "New Direction" quite rightly denounces the staggering fiscal irresponsibility of Republican leaders, and duly promises "pay as you go" spending. But in the entire document there is not one explicit revenue raiser to balance the many specific and enormous new spending programs and tax credits.
Competence, of course, brings us back to Iraq. Apparently and unfortunately, President Bush is right that the Democrats have no "plan for victory." (Neither does he, of course. Nor, for that matter, do I. But I don't claim to have one. And I didn't start it.) For national security in general, the Democrats' plan is so according-to-type that you cringe with embarrassment: It's mostly about new cash benefits for veterans. Regarding Iraq specifically, the Democrats' plan has two parts. First, they want Iraqis to "assum[e] primary responsibility for securing and governing their country." Then they want "responsible redeployment" (great euphemism) of American forces.
Older readers may recognize this formula. It's Vietnamization—the Nixon-Kissinger plan for extracting us from a previous mistake. But Vietnamization was not a plan for victory. It was a plan for what was called "peace with honor" and is now known as "defeat."
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Intergenerational and the producers have reached out to the Chelsea community for visual and performance artists. The opening reception on Friday evening will include theatrical and musical performances, an opportunity to browse the gallery and refreshments. Saturdays program includes Origami and Haiku workshops and a dance performance. New this year is a poetry compilation featuring works by local poets and a photographic Power Point show. Fri., June 1 from 6-9pm & Sat. June 2 from 12-5pm. TOAD LANE GALLERY, community room at Penn South, 343 8th Ave. 212-243-3670.
Canoe CanoeA wild salmon feast, giant canoes, and a unique historical reenactment of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Wed. & Thurs., May 30 & 31 from 5-9pm. LA PLAZA CULTURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN, E. 9th St. & Ave. C. Presentation is free. Dinner is $20, proceeds raise gas money to bring canoes home to Oregon and help support La Plaza Cultural.
Egg Rolls and Egg Creams Block PartyEvent celebrates the two cultures, Chinese and Eastern European Jewish, which make the Eldridge Street Synagogues block so unique. Music, dance, storytelling, folk art demonstrations and kosher egg rolls & egg creams give a taste of the traditions and art forms of these two communities. Sun., June 3 from 12-4pm. ELDRIDGE STREET SYNAGOGUE, 12 Eldridge St., bet Canal & Division Sts. 212-219-0888 x 302. Free.
Get Ready for SummerRegistration for summer classes at the 14th Street Y is now available. Classes offered in the arts, parenting, fitness, aquatics, Jewish culture & education and more. 14TH STREET Y, 344 E. 14th St. 212-780-0800 x 221. www.14StreetY.org.
Girls Night OutWatch Sex and the City on four flatscreen TVs, enjoy food & drink specials and dance as DJs spin hip hop, pop and rock. Every Wednesday from 5-8pm. OBIVIA, 201 Lafayette St.
GLBT Pride Shabbat Worship ServiceFeaturing the Music of Isle of Klezbos. Fri., June 8 at 7:30pm. THE VILLAGE TEMPLE, 33 E. 12 St. www.villagetemple.org. Free.
Health SymposiumA one-day symposium on health issues affecting Asian American women living in New York City. Fri., June 15 from 8:30am - 5pm. NYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. Registration, which includes breakfast and lunch, is $30. Students who provide a photocopy of a valid Student ID can attend for free. Registrations must be received by June 8. Registration & information at www.med.nyu.edu/csaah.
Holistic Stress Management ProgramFree services include ear acupuncture, massage and energy work modalities. Tues. & Thurs. from 5-7pm. ST. VINCENTS HOSPITAL, OToole Building, 203 W. 12th St., corner of 7th Ave., 6th floor, small conference room. No appointment necessary. 212-345-2582.
Hot!The 16th annual NYC celebration of Queer culture featuring theatre, dance, music, literature, performance art, puppetry and homoeroticism for the whole family. July 2 Aug. 25. DIXON PLACE, 258 Bowery, bet Houston & Prince Sts. 212-219-0736. www.dixonplace.org. $0-15.
Open Road Park MarketA Community Market for adults and children. Beginning May 19, the market will be extended to include vendors selling Antiques & Collectibles, Clothes & Crafts, Jewelry, Books, Toys and more. Open year round on Sat. & Sun. 11th & 12th Sts., bet 1st Ave. & Ave. A.
Rooftop Ethiopian Shabbat DinnerCome for an Ethiopian Shabbat dinner with authentic Ethiopian vegetarian food. Fri., June 22. 14th Street Y rooftop. email@example.com.
Take Me to the RiverA silent auction of music and art with artist chairs Mike D. of the Beastie Boys and David Rockwell, artist and renowned architect. Guests can bid on unique music and art items up for auction including a keyboard signed by the Beastie Boys, lease of a Steinway Piano with lessons from Church Street School, an iPod with a playlist from a surprise celebrity and tickets to Talk Radio on Broadway with a backstage tour, all while enjoying jazz, food and drinks. Proceeds will provide vital operating and program support for Church Street School, the only not-for-profit community music and art school in Lower Manhattan. Tues., June 5 from 7 10pm. RIVERHOUSE DISCOVERY CENTER, 250 Vesey St., entrance facing the marina in Battery Park City. Tickets start at $125. 212-571-7290. www.acteva.com/go/css.
Village Temple Street Bazaar & Flea MarketFind terrific bargains on antiques, jewelry, childrens clothing, CDs, videos, games, books, household items and more during the Washington Square Art Show. Sun., June 3 at 11am. 33 E. 12th St., bet University Place & Broadway. 212-477-5281. Sponsored by the sisterhood of the Village Temple.
Washington Square Music Festival BenefitEnjoy an afternoon of delicious food, fine wines and Spanish-flavored chamber music to benefit the 49th season of free concerts presented in June and July by the Washington Square Music Festival. Sun., June 3 from 4-7pm. GREENWICH HOUSE MUSIC SCHOOL, 46 Barrow St. $150, $125, or $75. Checks, part of which is tax-deductible, should be made out to Washington Square Association Music Fund and mailed to P.O. Box 1066, Village Station, New York NY 10014-0706. 212-255-4460.
Yoga & MeditationClassic Hatha Yoga everyday at 10am and 6pm and Mon. - Fri. at 12pm. First 2 classes are free. Yoga for Children, Wednesdays, 4-4:40pm ages 3-6 and 4:45-5:30pm ages 6-10. RAMAKRISHNANANDA YOGA VEDANATA MISSION, 96 Ave. B bet 6th & 7th Sts. 646-436-7010. www.ramakrishnananda.com.
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This is Your Life
Happy 300th Birthday to You, Albuquerque
Albuquerque, darling, you are looking so fine! I might be biased, but I can't think of a single other city on the cusp of the big 3-0-0 that looks even close to as pretty as you do. Sure, you've got a few blemishes, and, let's face it, it wouldn't hurt to trim a few pounds here and there. Still, all in all, you've aged well. Your mind is surprisingly sharp, and looking at you I'd be willing to bet you're just now entering the prime of your life.
Given the quick approach of your 300th birthday, this seems like an ideal occasion to take a look back on how you got to where you are today. It's been a long and winding road, Albuquerque. This, my dear friend, is your life.
Long before you were born, in approximately the sixth century, the ancestors of the Pueblos had already become permanent residents in the Middle Rio Grande Valley, living in pit homes along the banks of what would one day be your river. By the time Don Juan Oñate arrived in 1598, Indian communities already occupied all the really pristine land along your stretch of the Rio Grande. Since some of these communities were hostile to the newcomers, Oñate wisely decided to keep moving north.
The first European settlers in your neck of the woods were actually Catholic missionaries. In addition to bibles and churches, they brought along several nasty illnesses that killed off the local Indians in droves. Sad as this sounds, the infestation of foreign diseases opened up your valley to Spanish settlers.
Finally, we come to April of 1706—the month of your birth. By that time, of course, there were enough Spanish farmers in the valley to justify governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés' establishment of La Villa de Alburquerque, a small community consisting of 252 people and a completed church. My golly, you were such a cute young thing!
During most of the 1700s and 1800s, your growth was somewhat stunted, if you'll recall. Throughout these years, you remained a scrappy trading post along the Camino Real linking Mexico to Santa Fe.
In 1880, however, you finally experienced a healthy growth spurt when New Town began to develop around a new railway station to the east of Old Town. Over the next several decades, trains brought a new influx of Anglo transplants to your bosom. During this period, you put on quite a few pounds as your commercial and political center shifted to the new Anglo neighborhoods around your current navel: modern-day Downtown.
Let's be honest, Albuquerque. Since World War II, you've blimped out quite a bit, spreading from the foothills of the Sandias across the river and far to the west. You're getting chunkier every year, Albuquerque, but you're still looking good to me. I don't just love you for your body, though. I love you for your mind as well. You mix the best of both worlds: You've got much of the cosmopolitan multi-ethnic culture of larger cities, but you've also got plenty of the neighborliness of much smaller ones.
This month kicks off a yearlong celebration leading up to your 300th birthday. Countless events are planned for the next 12 months, and these are detailed at www.albuquerque300.org. Invite all your friends. We're going to have a grand old time.
Unfortunately, you grew up long before the advent of the camera, so we don't have any baby pictures of you. We did, however, manage to dig into the photographic archives at the Albuquerque Museum and come up with some striking images from the last 100 years of your life, which, in a lot of ways, are your proudest years. Our talented photographer, Singeli Agnew, has also taken a series of contemporary portraits to present side by side with older ones, to show us just how much you've changed.
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They're not newcomers — the 13 Dancing With The Stars: All-Stars contestants have been to this rodeo before. You wouldn't expect them to be all that nervous, but on Monday's season premiere, they were.
So nervous that Joey Fatone says he panicked a little when he found out that he and partner Kym Johnson would be dancing first. "It was so nerve-wracking," says Fatone. "When you're first out of the gate, there's a level of expectation. And you hope that you meet that expectation, but literally, today, I was thinking, 'What did I get myself into again?'"
So nervous that football great Emmitt Smith says he was intimidated by the actual ballroom, which has been completely redesigned since his Season 3 win six years ago. Smith was so overwhelmed that he forgot his steps moments before stepping on stage. "I didn't tell her," he says, motioning towards partner Cheryl Burke, "but there was a whole section that just went blank."
And there's already an injury. "I'm hurt," says Gilles Marini, who tried to hide his limp up the stairs to the show's skybox; he pulled his right hamstring before turning in a stellar performance. How did he manage to make his dancing look pain-free? "You just have to smile and go," he says. But with the cameras gone, he looked subdued and worried. "Next week is the jive. I don't know if I'm going to be able to kick."
But the best story of the night came from Olympian Apolo Anton Ohno, who says he wasn't sure he even wanted to return when he found out his partner would be the fiery Karina Smirnoff. "True story," says Smirnoff. "He was asked to come back and he talked to Julianne [Hough, his former partner], and she said no [to returning]."
Adds Ohno, "Then they asked me, 'What do you think about dancing with Karina?' And I said, 'I know she's like, the best dancer, but isn't she kind of crazy?' True story, man. I don't lie. And then one of the producers told me, 'I don't know if she's crazy, but she's got a heart of gold.' And so I started watching some interviews with her, and I thought, 'Yeah, she's crazy. But in a good way.' I don't want to be with someone who's boring. I want to do the show, but I want to have fun."
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On one hand, a look at the Seattle Seahawks roster suggests they have an uphill climb in 2011.
On the other, this team won the NFC West with just seven wins last season, reminding us that anything can happen in that wacky division.
What's in store for Seattle this year?
The focus as the season approaches is, clearly, offense. Matt Hasselbeck was arguably the best quarterback in Seahawks history but his time is up.
Seattle made some aggressive moves this offseason, signing dual-threat quarterback Tarvaris Jackson and big-play wideout Sidney Rice away from the Minnesota Vikings.
The Seahawks signed Zach Miller, one of the league's top pass-catching tight ends. They also grabbed two offensive linemen in the early rounds of the draft.
So, factoring in the midseason acquisition of hard runner Marshawn Lynch, it's clear that the Seahawks are committed to scoring more points this season.
But do we know they will? The overall personnel is greatly improved; it's hard to argue that. But everything still starts and finishes with the quarterback position. So far in the preseason, Jackson hasn't looked at all like a guy ready to lead this team. In fact, backup Charlie Whitehurst has outplayed him.
If the Seahawks don't get adequate quarterbacking, Rice and Miller's contributions will be limited and Lynch will face those same eight-man fronts he saw so often in Buffalo.
Believe it or not, the defense may be on even shakier ground than the offense. These guys ranked 27th overall last season and it seemed like they only lost instead of gained over the offseason. The team released stalwart middle linebacker Lofa Tatupu; cornerback Marcus Trufant is getting long in the tooth as well.
The pressure is on Earl Thomas to continue his development after a decent rookie season at safety and for Chris Clemens to follow up his 11-sack season with a similar effort.
Looking up and down the roster, there's plenty of reason to feel nervous about Seattle's chances in 2011. However, further exploring the Seahawks competition shows that there's still plenty of hope in the NFC West.
The San Francisco 49ers' quarterbacking situation is unsettled and Frank Gore may be demanding a trade. The Arizona Cardinals have a new and still unproven starting signalcaller in Kevin Kolb, a weak running game and a suspect defense.
The St. Louis Rams, led by Sam Bradford, may again be Seattle's toughest competition, but they haven't improved significantly either.
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The Saskatchewan Craft Council (SCC) is a non-profit organization representing professional Craft Artists, Craft organizations, and patrons of Fine Craft in the province of Saskatchewan. Its mandate is to promote excellence in craft. On the main floor of the SCC building is the SCC Gallery; Saskatchewan's only public gallery dedicated to the celebration of fine craft as an art form. Browse the adjoining SCC Fine Craft Boutique featuring the work of over 70 Saskatchewan Craft Council juried artists.
Located at 813 Broadway Avenue, between 10th and Main Street. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Admission Free.


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DENVER (AP) — Shock, disgust and fear spread across the campus of the Colorado university — the man who shot up a midnight movie was identified as James Holmes, and faculty members suspected they knew him.
As professors and others questioned what to do and feared for their safety, some shared the tidbits they knew about Holmes via email. He briefly had a girlfriend, who was in India at the time of the attack. He had a few friends, though none in the neuroscience program he'd just left.
The new details are in thousands of emails the University of Colorado, Denver released Wednesday after news organizations, including The Associated Press, requested them to learn about Holmes' year at the school.
Many of the emails are partially or completely blacked out, the university says to avoid violating privacy laws. The result is minimal information on Holmes' struggles at the school or whether the institution recognized the danger he may have represented.
The emails do shed some light on how the university responded to news that one of its students was allegedly responsible for the attack that killed 12 people and wounded 58 on July 22.
Holmes' name began to circulate in news reports a few hours after the early-morning shooting. At 6:47 a.m., Angie Ribera, director of the neuroscience program, noted that the shooter could be the 24-year-old of the same name who had just withdrawn from her department.
"Do you think we should meet with students in his class?" she asked colleagues. "If they had been close to him, this would definitely be something that I think we should do. But as they were not, I do not know."
An hour later, officials confirmed James Holmes was the former graduate student, and Ribera grew more alarmed. At the time, police were trying to remove booby-traps he allegedly left at his nearby apartment before leaving for the midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises."
Ribera sent an email to another senior faculty member noting that Holmes was in custody. "However, he was friendly with 1-2 students in another program and I am worried about the safety of all (neuroscience) students and Faculty as well as the safety of all (medical) students."
At 8:02 a.m., the administrator of the neuroscience program broke the news to students there and urged them not to post anything to Facebook or Twitter. Campus officials quickly sought to control the flow of information. As reporters began to bombard Holmes' few acquaintance and professors with inquiries, administrators urged faculty and students to refer all media calls to a spokeswoman.
Faculty quickly began emailing with each other and friends about the news. Larry Hunter, who is listed as director of the Center for Computational Bioscience, was asked about the shooting by a friend. "Yeah, he was a grad student here, and, it turns out, had a brief romantic relationship with one of the grad students in my program last fall," Hunter wrote. "She, fortunately, it turns out is in India right now."
"She knows," Hunter added, "and is pretty freaked out."
Hunter said Wednesday he would not comment.
Holmes allegedly began stockpiling firearms and ammunition while taking classes in the spring. In June, prosecutors say, he made threats to a professor, and he filed withdrawal papers June 10 after failing a year-end exam. The next day he saw his school psychiatrist, who tried to report him to a campus security committee, according to Holmes' lawyers.
KMGH in Denver Wednesday night reported that that psychiatrist, Dr. Lynne Fenton, reached out to campus police partly because Holmes talked about killing "a lot of people" but that she opted not to place him under a psychiatric hold because he was withdrawing from the school. A spokeswoman said she could not comment on the report.
Four days after the attack, campus police chief Doug Abraham said at a news conference that campus police had no information on Holmes. The school has since declined to answer detailed questions about Holmes' behavior, citing a gag order that remains in effect and federal privacy laws that limit the amount of medical and academic information it can disclose.
Those laws also limited the number of documents released Wednesday. At the request of defense attorneys, about 100 emails between Holmes and his family and friends were withheld because they are not covered under Colorado's Open Records Act.
The remaining documents were released only after a lengthy court battle.
In correspondence from Aug. 7, an assistant professor told colleagues that he interviewed Holmes for about 30 minutes during a recruitment visit in February 2011, then noted that his evaluation of Holmes was entered into an internal university system and was still available for examination. In later correspondence, the campus director of academic support services suggested that the university was looking to get rid of that evaluation from the system.
Jim Finster, the campus director of academic support services, recalled that attorney Annalissa Philbin had "instructed me to purge those data."
"Admittedly, I have not completed that task yet, but was planning on doing it very shortly," Finster wrote in an email to Philbin. "Should I change those plans?"
It's unclear if Philbin responded, but the university's director of media relations forwarded the exchange to another attorney with a blunt message: "What??"
On Wednesday, university officials provided a later email, from Aug. 8, in which Philbin said no information should be purged at that time.
In the days after the shooting, the Arapahoe County District Attorney's office asked Judge William B. Sylvester to bar the university from releasing records requested by numerous media organizations. Prosecutors argued that the information could jeopardize Holmes' right to a fair trial. Sylvester agreed, but amended his order last month to allow the release after media organizations objected in court.
Holmes is charged with multiple first-degree murder and attempted murder counts. He has not entered a plea and won't do so until after a weeklong preliminary hearing in which prosecutors will present evidence supporting the charges. That hearing is scheduled to begin Jan. 7. A motions hearing in the case is set for Monday.
Holmes' attorneys have said he suffers from a mental illness.
Associated Press writers Mike Baker in Olympia, Wash., Mead Gruver in Cheyenne, Wyo., Matt Volz in Helena, Mont., and Peter Banda in Denver contributed to this report.


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Recent Release: Ode to Thinking
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Label: Compass Records
Releasing their debut album in 1979, The Fabulous Thunderbirds have championed the art of blues rock for over 30 years. Famous for singles such as "Tuff Enuff" and "Wrap It Up," the group is so much more than their Billboard Hot 100 hits. Lead by the band's co-founder and sole original member, Kim Wilson, The Fabulous Thunderbirds continue to develop their already distinctive and powerful sound with additional musical styles. Such development is showcased on the band's most recent album, On the Verge, which came out in mid-March. The album is a departure from blues rock and explores a more soulful side of music, marking the beginning of a new era and new flock of Fabulous Thunderbirds.
British singer-songwriter Bobby Long bases his acoustic style in the traditions of folk and Americana. His 2011 debut, A Winter Tale, displays his talent and love of each genre, as he produces a rhythmic and energetic blend of guitar and vocals. Long's newest album, Wishbone, was released this past February and features a compilation of the roughness and rawness brought to these musical styles. Wishbone allows listeners to experience a maturation in Long as he strives to improve his musical capability.
TODAY AT THE KIMMEL CENTER Join Helen Leicht from 10am to 2pm as she broadcasts live to celebrate PIFA and our Friday Free At Noon Concert! Featuring British singer-songwriter Bobby Long.
British singer-songwriter Bobby Long has been writing his keenly-crafted songs since taking up the guitar at age 16. After relocating from his native Wessex, he became a fixture at open-mic nights around London while attending university there. Among his companions on the circuit were fellow musicians Marcus Foster and Robert Pattinson, the former with whom he co-wrote a song that the latter would sing in the popular tween movie "Twilight." Long's intensely personal songs resonate with audiences (not surprisingly, he credits Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith and Leonard Cohen as key influences), expanding his fan base exponentially during the massive six-month 2009 Dangerous Summer tour that comprised some 100 shows in cities across the U.S. and Canada.
Of his first recordings, the 10-song Dirty Pond Songs CD was recorded in his London bedroom and featured chart topping singles such as "Left to Lie." Eventually climbing to no.8 on the Folk charts, his initial efforts were met with great international success. And in 2010, Long took to the studio to put together his first studio album "A winter Tale," which was released at the start of February. Working with Grammy award winner Liam Watson, the album marks the beginnings of a promising career.
Lucky for us, he's playing a full show (at World Cafe Live on Friday night. Expect plenty of female swooning.
British singer-songwriter-guitarist Bobby Long's anticipated debut studio album 'A WINTER TALE', produced by Liam Watson (White Stripes) will be released February 1st, 2011 on ATO Records. Currently residing in New York City, the 24-year old Long has been writing finely-crafted songs since taking up the guitar at age 17; from then on he's been creating memorable songs inhabited by hauntingly poetic lyrics.


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Sirhan Sirhan: Mind control victim?
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Time magazine
Trials: Sirhan through the Looking Glass
Time magazine, April 4, 1969
Posted: 2010-05-03 20:16:53
A mirror. Two flickering candles. And Sirhan Sirhan. Focusing his mind power on the looking glass, Sirhan soon convinced himself that he could order an inanimate object to move. He rigged a pendulum from a fisherman's weight, and on command, he said, it began to sway. Yet telekinesis—the ability to cause objects at a distance to move through the exercise of will—was a frightening power, and Sirhan feared that he might lose his mind. The candles swayed and changed color. Sirhan insisted that it was no trick of imagination, reported Dr. Bernard L. Diamond. The noted psychoanalyst, who combines professorships in law, psychiatry and criminology at the University of California at Berkeley, was the star witness for Sirhan's defense. His testimony buttressed the diagnoses of five other experts that Sirhan was afflicted with paranoia and schizophrenia. Sirhan professes that he has no recollection of shooting Kennedy. Prosecutor David Fitts peppered the diminutive professor with hostile questions, but he could not blunt the thrust of Diamond's testimony about murder in a trance. After two more psychologists declared that Sirhan suffers from grave mental disorders, avuncular Attorney Grant Cooper rested for the defense. The prosecution faces an uphill struggle to refute contentions that Sirhan was either insane or suffering from diminished mental responsibility.
Note: This article confirms that Sirhan was not mentally competent at the time Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, but it suggests that Sirhan's "trance state" was self-induced. Other sources, however, have argued that he was a victim of mind control; click here for more information on this possibility.
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U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba
2001-05-01, ABC News
In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba. Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the possible assassination of Cuban émigrés, sinking boats of Cuban refugees on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities. The plans were developed as ways to trick the American public and the international community into supporting a war to oust Cuba's ... Fidel Castro. America's top military brass even contemplated causing U.S. military casualties, writing: "We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba," and, "casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national indignation." The plans had the written approval of all of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and were presented to President Kennedy's defense secretary, Robert McNamara, in March 1962. But they apparently were rejected by the civilian leadership and have gone undisclosed for nearly 40 years. The Joint Chiefs even proposed using the potential death of astronaut John Glenn during the first attempt to put an American into orbit as a false pretext for war with Cuba. Should the rocket explode and kill Glenn, they wrote, "the objective is to provide irrevocable proof … that the fault lies with the Communists." The scary thing is none of this stuff comes out until 40 years after.
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Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group
2005-09-29, BBC News
How much influence do private networks of the rich and powerful have on government policies and international relations? One group, the Bilderberg, has often attracted speculation that it forms a shadowy global government. Every year since 1954 [they have brought] together about 120 leading business people and politicians. At this year's meeting in Germany, the audience included the heads of the World Bank and European Central Bank, Chairmen or Chief Executives from Nokia, BP, Unilever, DaimlerChrysler and Pepsi ... editors from five major newspapers, members of parliament, ministers, European commissioners ... and the queen of the Netherlands. The chairman ... is 73-year-old Viscount Etienne Davignon. In an extremely rare interview, he played down the importance of Bilderberg. "I don't think (we are) a global ruling class because I don't think a global ruling class exists." Will Hutton ... who attended a Bilderberg meeting in 1997, says people take part in these networks in order to influence the way the world works, to create what he calls "the international common sense". And that "common sense" is one which supports the interests of Bilderberg's main participants. For Bilderberg's critics the fact that there is almost no publicity about the annual meetings is proof that they are up to no good. Bilderberg meetings often feature future political leaders shortly before they become household names. Bill Clinton went in 1991 while still governor of Arkansas, Tony Blair was there two years later while still an opposition MP. All the recent presidents of the European Commission attended Bilderberg meetings before they were appointed. Informal and private networks like Bilderberg have helped to oil the wheels of global politics and globalisation for the past half a century.
Note: Why is this meeting of top world leaders kept so secret? Why, until a few years ago, was there virtually no reporting on this influential group in the major media? Thankfully, the alternative media has had some good articles. And a Google search can be highly informative. Explore many other revealing major media news articles on powerful secret societies. And for those interested, check out reliable, eye-opening information covering the big picture of how and why these secret societies are using government-sponsored mind control programs to achieve their agenda.
[9/11] Hijack 'suspects' alive and well
2001-09-23, BBC News
Another of the men named by the FBI as a hijacker in the [9/11] suicide attacks on Washington and New York has turned up alive and well. The identities of four of the 19 suspects accused of having carried out the attacks are now in doubt. Saudi Arabian pilot Waleed Al Shehri was one of five men that the FBI said had deliberately crashed American Airlines flight 11 into the World Trade Centre on 11 September. His photograph was released, and has since appeared in newspapers and on television around the world. He told journalists there that he had nothing to do with the attacks. He has contacted both the Saudi and American authorities. He acknowledges that he attended flight training school at Daytona Beach in the United States, and is indeed the same Waleed Al Shehri to whom the FBI has been referring. But, he says, he left the United States in September last year [and] became a pilot with Saudi Arabian airlines. Abdulaziz Al Omari, another of the Flight 11 hijack suspects ... says he is an engineer with Saudi Telecoms, and that he lost his passport while studying in Denver. Meanwhile ... a London-based Arabic daily says it has interviewed Saeed Alghamdi. He was listed by the FBI as a hijacker in the United flight that crashed in Pennsylvania. And there are suggestions that another suspect, Khalid Al Midhar, may also be alive. FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged on Thursday that the identity of several of the suicide hijackers is in doubt.
Note: The deceptions in the official story of 9/11 are nowhere more clearly shown than in this important story. The FBI never revised its list of alleged hijackers, and these four are all later listed in the official 9/11 Commission report as the hijackers. Click here and scroll down a little over half way to see their photos in the official report. For more on this, click here. For an abundance of reliable information suggesting a major 9/11 cover-up, click here. For other revealing news articles on 9/11, click here.
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Antibiotic side effects in kids lead to nearly 70,000 emergency room visits each year
2018-08-23, ABC News
Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed medications for children in the United States, but new research shows that they sometimes cause more harm than good. A study supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ... used nationwide estimates for outpatient antibiotic prescriptions and data from a nationally representative sample of emergency room visits [to look] at the use of antibiotics by those under the age of 19. From 2011-2015, reactions and other side effects from antibiotics led to an estimated 70,000 ER visits each year. Most visits, 86 percent, were for allergic reactions which ranged from mild, the most common (rash, itching) to moderate and severe (anaphylaxis, angioedema, severe swelling beneath the skin). The risk of an ER visit also varied by the child's age and the type of antibiotic. Children aged 2 or younger carried the highest risk of a side effect, with 41 percent of visits involving children in this age group. Amoxicillin, Amoxicillin and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, both commonly prescribed antibiotics, were the most implicated in side effects among children aged 9 or younger and 10-19, respectively. Nearly a third, if not more, of outpatient pediatric prescriptions for antibiotics, are unnecessary, according to the CDC. A recent study showed that 78 percent of parents did not recall any discussions of possible antibiotic harms during their child's last doctor visit.
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September 11: nearly 10,000 people affected by 'cesspool of cancer'
2018-09-11, The Guardian (One of the UK's leading newspapers)
John Mormando was in the best shape of his life – a marathon runner and triathlete training for an Ironman competition – when he noticed a small bump on his chest. He ... soon received the shocking diagnosis: breast cancer. Mormando, 51, was at a loss to explain his rare diagnosis. Then colleagues reminded him of the months he worked close to the site of the 9/11 terrorist attack on New York's World Trade Center. Tens of thousands of people who lived or worked in the neighborhood at the time found themselves breathing in air thick with toxic fumes and particles. Many have since become sick, many have died and new cases are still occurring. The latest example is a cluster of men who have developed breast cancer, including Mormando. The new cluster of male breast cancer diagnoses is just one face of a health crisis that is only getting worse 17 years after the terrorist attacks. New York is nearing a grim milestone: 10,000 people diagnosed with cancer linked to 9/11. Last week, FBI director Christopher Wray said he had lost three colleagues who responded to the 2001 attacks in the last six months alone. There were 9,375 members of the World Trade Center Health Program certified as having a related cancer as of the end of June. An additional 420 members who had cancer have died. In all, more than 43,000 people have been certified with a 9/11 related health condition. The head of the EPA at the time has admitted she was wrong to assure the public that the air around Ground Zero was safe.
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Mill Valley joins effort to constrain 5G proliferation
2018-09-09, Marin Independent Journal (The leading newspaper for Marin County, CA)
The city of Mill Valley has enacted an urgency ordinance to regulate "small cell" towers amid concerns that cellphone companies want to grow their 5G networks and install new equipment in Marin [County]. The decision came on a unanimous vote by the City Council on Thursday, after residents from across Marin packed the council chambers as part of a campaign urging local officials to block cellphone companies from attempting to build 5G towers in the county. The issue is that 5G towers ... could exacerbate health symptoms already suspected as a result of exposure to electromagnetic fields. Those symptoms can include fatigue, headaches, sleep problems, anxiety, heart problems, learning and memory disorders, ringing in the ears and increased cancer risk. San Anselmo and Ross have adopted ordinances similar to Mill Valley's, while other Marin communities are struggling with how to develop rules, a task complicated by federal restrictions already in place. "There are some federal and state regulations that preempt local control," said Fairfax Mayor Peter Lacques. Federal and state laws make it so municipalities cannot regulate: radio frequencies or electromagnetic waves that comply with Federal Communications Commission regulations, certain modifications to existing wireless telecommunications facilities, [or] the installation of wireless telecommunications facilities on existing utility poles in the public rights of way.
Note: The major media has failed to report on the strong grass roots campaign against the new 5G technology being rolled out across the world. Something smells fishy with all this. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on the risks and dangers of wireless technologies.
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By Fred Taylor
It is tempting to think of the 19th century as the "Victorian" century, and it is true that Queen Victoria sat on the throne of England for 63 of the 100 years, beginning in 1837. But as far as furniture is concerned, the century did not begin with Victorian furniture and it did not end with it either.
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American furniture of the 19th century reflected the changing technology of the century, as the country grew from a small, mostly agrarian society to an international industrial powerhouse. As the century progressed, innovation in furniture was marked by the adaptation of the furniture style to the technology rather than the adaptation of the technology to the furniture.
When the century opened, the country was still celebrating its independence with the continuing creation, at least in the major population centers of the East, of so-called Federal furniture, a movement which had begun during the latter stages of the Revolution. The idea of the neo-classical Federal period was to glorify our new country with a distinctly American flair but instead it established a pattern of resurrecting previous styles, a technique politely known as "revival." This approach was to characterize American furniture design for the rest of the century, with a few notable exceptions.
Here is a brief look at the major furniture styles of the 19th century.
Federal (1780-1820): Sometimes referred to as American Neo-classicism, it is the skillful blending of classical Greek architectural and decorative elements with the 18th century layouts of such noted English designers as Thomas Sheraton and George Hepplewhite and the Scottish Adam brothers. These creations were skillfully rendered by hand in the shops of such notables as Duncan Phyfe, the Scottish immigrant craftsman and Charles-Honoré Lannuier, who arrived in New York from France in the 1790s.
American Empire (1820-1840): This hand-crafted style was the American interpretation of Egyptian animism first commissioned by Napoleon for his new French Empire. After Napoleon's empire failed, the style died in France but remained alive in England where it was known as Regency and in the U.S. as American Empire. Many of the same craftsmen employed in Federal works turned to Empire as it became fashionable.
Gothic and Elizabethan Revival (1825-1865): The first of the pure revival forms, these styles dredged up European Gothic motifs like pointed arches, round windows and trefoils. Elizabethan forms in particular were among the first to benefit from manufacturing advances such as the multiple cutting head lathe that produced spool-turned items like the Jenny Lind bed.
Empire Revival/Late Classicism (1835-1850): Also sometimes called French Restoration, this was the second attempt at Empire in America but this time machinery played a major part in its production. This large-scale furniture is typified by C-scroll cases, little ornamentation and vast expanses of crotch mahogany veneer. The most famous makers of the period were Joseph Meeks and Sons of New York.
Rococo (1845-1900): The most popular form of the century, this is one of the "Victorian" styles, an unabashed revival of the excesses of the courts of Louis XIV and Louis XV of France. One the most famous of the Rococo practitioners was John Henry Belter with his patented (yet probably pilfered) method of bending and laminating layers of rosewood to produce otherwise impossible forms. Alexander Roux and the Meeks family were also important figures in Rococo cabinetry. Rococo was the watershed event in handwork in the American furniture industry. Despite its popularity, the complexity of the design did not lend itself to the mass production techniques of the factory system in place at the beginning of the Civil War. While it was produced in limited quantities by hand for the rest of the century, Rococo essentially died during the 1860s because of its defining characteristic – its own excess.
Renaissance Revival (1860-1885): Another of the "Victorian" styles, this was a revival of a revival. Napoleon III tried to establish 14th and 15th century Italian Renaissance themes as his trademark and forever tie his name to classical art and architecture. His attempt largely failed but his idea was enthusiastically revived in America as the straight line alternative to the flowery Rococo. Featuring architectural elements such as columns and pediments, this was the ideal form to adapt to factory production, and adapt they did. Grand Rapids, Mich., became the bastion of Renaissance Revival furniture. Renaissance was the overriding theme at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. This "battleship" furniture, so called because of its size, seemed to suit the larger-than-life images of the Eastern industrial establishment and reflected America's growing opinion of itself.
Colonial Revival (1875-Present): This revival of America's Colonial past proved immensely popular and is still in production today.
Eastlake (1880-1900): The last of the "Victorian" styles, this was one of the only original styles of the century. Charles Eastlake, an English architect, postulated his own revolution against the Rococo of mid-century. His approach was austere and even more straight-line than Renaissance, but his ideas were soon taken to extremes by the capabilities of the American factory system, and he later expressed regret that his name was attached to the style.
Arts and Crafts (1880-1910): The century ended with another attempt to revive the Gothic and Middles Ages with a return to the values of individual craftsmanship under the philosophical leadership of William Morris and Elbert Hubbard.
But Gustav Stickley grabbed the simplicity movement by the horns and threw it into the late 19th century factory system. By giving it the appearance of hand craftsmanship, he and his brothers made it the most famous mass-produced furniture of the early 20th century.
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BMC Atrium Orchestrator 7.6: Foundation - Part 3
This five-day, instructor-led course introduces advanced topics and features of BMC Atrium Orchestrator. Students are introduced to core Web Services standards such as SOAP, WSDL, and HTTP Communication. Use of Extensible Stylesheet Language in BMC Atrium Orchestrator enables the student to generate complex and detailed XML documents within workflows. Students are introduced to the product's built-in auditing and metrics collection facilities and how to instrument individual workflows with Metrics activities. Finally, this course introduces integration with BMC BladeLogic Server Automation. This enables BMC Atrium Orchestrator to conduct data center-wide audit, compliance, and software deployments across multiple operating systems and servers.
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BMC Atrium Orchestrator 7.x
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Course Modules
Introduction to Web Services
- What Is a Web Service?
- Styles of Use
- REST Web Services
- HTTP Request and Reply
- Resources: Collections vs. Entities
- Resources and HTTP Verbs
- HTTP Reply Codes
- REST vs. SOAP
- The HTTP Adapter
- HTTP Adapter Configuration
- HTTP Adapter XML
Soap Web Services
- Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
- Basic SOAP Structure
- SOAP Envelope, Header, Body
- SOAP Fault Messages
- Web Service Descriptor Language (WSDL)
- Schemas, Messages, Port Types, Bindings, and Services
- Web Services and WSDL
- Using soapUI
Calling Web Services
- The Web Services Adapter
- Web Services Adapter Configuration
- Method 1, Method 2, Jax-WS
- Method Differences
- Common Parameters
Providing Web Services
- ORCA vs. Legacy
- WSDL Addresses
- Security Headers
- ORCA Web Services Operations
- Exposing a Web Service
- Enabling a Peer as an Endpoint
- Web Services Security
- What Is XSL?
- The Advanced Transform Editor
- Meta Tags
- Applying and Calling Templates
- Building Structure
- Using Tokens
- Copying and Formatting Nodes
- XSL Flow Control
- Parameters
Calling Adapters
- Why Invoke Adapters "Directly"?
- Adapter Invocation Process
- Adapter Request XML
- The Call Adapter Activity
- Static vs. Dynamic Invocation
- Dynamic Adapter Invocation Pitfalls
- Sample Adapter Request XML
- Capturing Adapter Request XML
- Using Log levels and the Grid Log
- Capture Adapter Request XML
Auditing, Reporting, and Metrics
- Audit Records
- Configuration Reports
- Performance Metrics
- Workflow Metrics
- Configuring Database Connections
- Accessing Metrics
Bladelogic Integration
- Introduction to BladeLogic
- BladeLogic Security and creating users
- The BladeLogic CLI
- The BladeLogic Adapter
- Integration Overview
- Adapter Configuration
- BladeLogic Adapter Request and Reply XML
- Deploying BLPackages with a Workflow
- Deploying MSI Packages with a Workflow
- Config Files, Templates, and Components
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Will humankind allways have poverty?
RE: Will humankind allways have poverty?
It has never been a question of technology or energy.
People were counted rich or poor in the context of their time; relative to their own society. Poverty is not caused by natural scarcity: if nobody has any, all are wanting, but none are poor relative to one another. That's usually a temporary situation anyway: the tribe moves on to better habitat, or the drought ends, or they die.
Poverty is a social phenomenon. It's caused by some people taking out more than the system can compensate for. If North Americans take everything out of Africa in order to feed their own discontent, all of Africa will be poor compared to America, Americans will be rich compared to Africans, though a few Africans will be immeasurably rich compared to their compatriots - yet many Americans will still be poor compared to other Americans. Worse - the rich, through their wealth, have access to power and more wealth, while the poor, because they are poor, are deprived of the means to alleviate their poverty: the system thus dis-balanced not only is prevented from righting itself but tends toward ever-increasing unbalance. This pattern holds true in stone age, steel age or electronic age. It's not a question of what and how much there is, but of who controls it and how it's deployed.
As the planet is stripped and disabled, there will be actual scarcity of resources, food, water, energy and habitable land surface, such as there has not been since the ice age. If those humans who are privileged now retain control of those necessities, there will be poverty on a scale that will make only 10,000 a day starving to death look like "the good old days". At some point, this pattern must break - perhaps the only things that will end poverty is mass extinction.
If you pray to anything, you're prey to anything.
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RE: Will humankind allways have poverty?
Im guessing that if things dont change then as we expand throughout the universe then I think what planet you live on could affect your "class" status.
If we start terraforming mars to go and live there then it will only be the richest who go their first (unless you have a skill, but I doubt they will be handpicking out of people in the poverty line) Resources from earth would be sent to the new planet... when in the future I imagine future supplies will be scarce unless alternatives are discovered.
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RE: Will humankind allways have poverty?
Money means poverty. (Ian Banks) With the existence of money, we need some very large and inefficient compensatory and re-distributive mechanisms, like welfare state, to do something about their inherent properties. Money also have inherently corrupting influence on personal nature and the whole fabric of society. (I recently wrote a paper on that)
Money just flow in the way of the least resistance and tend to concentrate as large pools in few hands, causing poverty.
One of the greatest scam of capitalism is the wage. Workers are like bees. The beekeeper takes all the honey and gives them just as much sugar as they need, not more. So it is with wage, as long as workers receive wage and not a fair portion of the company's revenue, they'll spend it on necessities of life and be poor again. The company bails itself out cheaply out of social responsibility to the workers, who then ultimately are a burden on the state. Employment is the last desperate attempt to get money and hardly ever works permanently.
Many of you are right, advances in technology will not do anything about poverty on their own. It's how the technology is used. Ask yourself, is our technology used for the military, entertainment and profit, or is it used for securing basic needs for everyone, public health and preserving the environmental wealth? Are our basic needs met, or are we required to work to earn a basic living and then work again?
As for the people like homeless, who are poor and don't want to work... They are just a sign of the fabric of society coming apart. Money break the social bonds and replace them. And then they often run out and there is no connection for that person to the rest of the society. If there'd be an emotional, social two-way connection with others instead of a monetary one, there would be no bums. For example, never in my life I've seen a Vietnamese homeless or unemployed person. They take care for each other, they exchange care, not money.
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RE: Will humankind allways have poverty?
To paraphrase Quinn, poverty isn't a problem of our system, it's a feature.
We currently operate a system that demands poverty and homelessness. That system is the hierarchical, class-based, power-maximising structure known as civilisation. These problems stretch back to the dawn of civilisation. They've been with us for thousands of years. Not decades. Not hundreds of years. Thousands. Does anyone really think that some nifty new innovation will solve a problem that endemic?
But the question is, will humankind always have poverty?
But the question itself misses something important. "Humankind" doesn't have poverty. Our culture does. Our culture, the one addicted to civilisation, does.
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Poverty can only be eliminated if the system that causes it is eliminated, or rather, is replaced by a system that does not make poverty an inevitability; that doesn't require poverty in order to function.
Unfortunately, that task makes Hercules feel like he's on vacation.
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RE: Will humankind allways have poverty?
(09-12-2012 09:11 PM)Ghost Wrote: To paraphrase Quinn, poverty isn't a problem of our system, it's a feature.Yep. The system was the same for thousands of years. Only now we expanded to the limits of Earth's capacity, that's what happened. Now the logical, right thing is to stop expanding, stop pushing the poor masses into the bygone frontiers and to consolidate, to equalize, to even out, to distribute, to provide a collective material security. The old game is over.
This is why I get seriously annoyed with people who don't see this and are content with the status quo. How can they be?! Well, either they don't see beyond the tip of their nose, don't see the global problems. Or they're not aware of global solutions either, they think there is a scarcity of food, not that there is more food than ever, only it is badly distributed. At worst, they've invested a lot into the status quo and profit on it.
I'd say we can get two of the three on our side by educating and encouraging them. The basic mechanism would be to educate the general public and to tell them to demand some kind of direct democracy from the politicians. Then use this direct democracy to take down the politicians who don't go along with the people's will. Anyway, this process will start first in poorer countries, I suppose. We'll be probably the last to change anything. My bet is some large movement starting in Brazil.
RE: Will humankind allways have poverty?
(07-12-2012 02:09 PM)bemore Wrote: Im guessing that if things dont change then as we expand throughout the universe then I think what planet you live on could affect your "class" status.How is the space exploration/ terraforming going to happen?
Who finances the research and invests in the infrastructure? (Let me guess - government, all the while enduring a raven-chorus of "Wasteful! Wasteful!" from the very people who vie for the big contracts.)
Who gets the licenses to mine and transport and supply new colonies? (Let me guess - corporations, all the while bitching that they're taxed too much.)
Actually, i don't think it will happen at all. Oil run out; big storms come; everybody too busy covering own head.
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RE: Will humankind allways have poverty?
Whilst it's good to be kind, and care for others socially, life isn't fair.
To presume an equal outcome is thus foolhardy.
I'm not saying there will always be poor people, but the issue at hand is more complex than saying "rich people are evil!!!!!"
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By Zachary Fagenson
MIAMI (Reuters) - A former senior Bolivian anti-corruption official accused of trying to extort $30,000 from an ex-airline executive in Florida was denied bond by a Miami judge on Friday.
FBI agents arrested Mario Ormachea Aliaga, who had been deputy chief of Bolivia's police anti-corruption unit, in a sting operation on August 31 after he met with Humberto Roca, the former president of AeroSur, once Bolivia's largest private airline.
"All of his ties are to his home country," U.S. District Judge Jonathan Goodman said in court on Friday, saying that Ormachea might try to flee if released.
"Given the fact that he was a high-ranking official, he may have an opportunity to reach out to any number of his colleagues there" for help returning to Bolivia, he added.
Ormachea was identified in court documents as a police colonel, although a top Bolivian police official denied he held that rank and said he had been dismissed from his job on August 28.
Prosecutor John Byrne said, "We have not been able to confirm what position he held or holds" in the Bolivian National Police.
Roca fled Bolivia in 2010, saying he faced political persecution after prosecutors accused AeroSur of providing tickets to foreign mercenaries.
Last December, a Bolivian judge issued an arrest warrant for Roca for "illegal enrichment." Roca says the charges were politically motivated in an effort by Bolivian President Evo Morales to stamp out competition to the state-owned airline.
Ormachea offered to get the charges dropped against Roca in Bolivia "for a fee of $30,000," according to court documents, citing a conversation at Roca's home that was recorded by the FBI.
Ormachea is scheduled to be formally charged on Tuesday and faces a possible five-year prison sentence if convicted.
His court-appointed lawyer told the court that Ormachea was being treated for a pre-cancerous condition and had a wife and two small children in Bolivia.
"He has everything to lose if he doesn't face these charges," said his lawyer, Sowmya Bharathi.
Bolivia's deputy police chief, General Juan Roberto Albarracin, told reporters last week that Ormachea was a "deserter" and that his U.S. trip had not been officially approved.
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April 27. 2014 5:27AM
Garry Rayno's State House Dome: Changes coming in House membership
By GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
The House is going to look very different next year no matter which party has the majority.
House Speaker Terie Norelli , D-Portsmouth, announced last week she would not seek reelection. Norelli, who is in her ninth term in the House, wants to spend more time with her family as her husband retires.
She was the first Democratic House speaker in 84 years when she took the gavel for the 2007 session. She wielded it for two terms before the 2010 session, which put Republicans in control of the House with nearly three-quarters of the seats.
She returned as speaker for the 2013 session, when Democrats regained control.
At the end of the week, word leaked out that House Clerk Karen Wadsworth would also retire at the end of the session.
Assistant Clerk Paul C. Smith posted on his Facebook page he would seek the clerk's job.
Wadsworth, the former mayor of Lebanon, served in the House for years before becoming clerk.
Smith is not going to have a free ride; Manchester Democrat and Free Stater Joel Winters has said he would also seek the powerful post.
After spearheading the gas tax increase, Rep. David Campbell , D-Nashua, announced Wednesday he would not be running for reelection. He said the essentially volunteer position was taking too much time away from his law practice.
The next day, the Attorney General's Office released its investigation into an incident that began when Campbell drove over several ducks as he was leaving the Nashua Crowne Plaza Hotel parking garage.
The unflattering report is certainly not the way Campbell would have wanted to herald his departure.
Norelli's and Campbell's announcements are expected to be followed by others in coming weeks.
In the Senate, Bob Odell , R-New London, began a parade of four or five senators who are expected to announce before the end of the session they will not be returning.
Two Republicans have already announced they will seek the District 8 nomination: former New Hampshire Banking Association President Gerry Little of Weare and J.P. Marzullo of Deering.
On the Democratic side, Rep. Linda Tanner of Sunapee is expected to seek her party's nomination in what is a Republican-leaning district.
Sen. Jim Rausch , R-Derry, has not announced whether he would seek reelection in District 19, but other people have announced they would run for that seat.
Rep. Frank Sapareto , R-Derry, a former senator, said he will run in the Republican primary, which is also expected to include Derry Republican Committee Chairman James Foley and Hampstead Rep. Regina Birdsell , who is also chairman of the Rockingham County Republicans.
The race for House speaker will be wide open on both sides, although House Majority Leader Stephen Shurtleff , D-Concord, has been laying the groundwork for a run for some time.
On the Republican side, former Speaker Gene Chandler of Bartlett is a possibility, as is Pam Tucker of Greenland, former House deputy speaker under former Speaker Bill O'Brien .
O'Brien has said he would not seek reelection.
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Last Dice Roll: Lawmakers will have one last debate on the pros and cons of casino gambling, and it will not be brief.
The House will vote Wednesday on Senate Bill 366, which would establish two casinos with a combined 5,000 video slot machines and 240 table games.
The House calendar shows four amendments proposed already, and more are being drafted.
One of the amendments will be proposed by Rep. Steve Vaillancourt , R-Manchester.
It would allow for three casinos and lower the licensing fees while upping the state's tax rate on gross slot revenues and table games.
According to figures from the Legislative Budget Assistant's Office, Vaillancourt's proposal would generate about $63 million a year more than SB 366 would, based on assumptions supplied by Vaillancourt.
Rep. Keith Murph y, R-Bedford, wants to attach his bill legalizing Keno, a bill the Senate is expected to kill Thursday.
And Sapareto will propose an amendment that dedicates asino revenue to highways and bridges and to lowering business taxes.
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Jennifer Lopez and her horrible bangs cover People Magazine!
Jennifer Lopez lands the latest cover of People Magazine. Wow, those are horrific bangs. She's also proclaiming she HAS NO REGRETS! Who cares?
American Idol premieres tonight, without her. She reportedly turned down a $17 million offer to return. What for? She wants to focus on other career opportunities. You must have some serious balls (and an enormous bank account) if you turn down $17 million for one season of American Idol. Was it really that bad?
In the People interview, Jennifer opens up about her boyfriend, 25-year-old Casper Smart. She claims he helped her recover from her tough divorce (I bet he did!). She says she can't believe he sticks with her – and doesn't go get himself a younger girlfriend. Seriously JLo?
When Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony split in 2011 after seven years of marriage and two children together, the singer says it felt like "her whole world fell apart."
But Lopez, 43, credits her boyfriend, choreographer and dancer Casper Smart, 25, with helping her heal after divorce.
"I just got out of a big, heavy, devastating thing, and he's helped me heal," she says in this week's issue of PEOPLE. "He's been there for me."
But the singer is well aware that the 18-year age difference between the two draws speculation.
"I ask him, 'Why don't you go find a young girlfriend and get out of here? What do you want with me?' And you think, 'How long is this gone be?' You think, 'Okay, in 10 years I'm going to be like this and you're going to be like that' and … men at that age are … I think all different things. The truth is we don't know what's going to happen. We're loving this moment right now. We make each other happy."
Even after several larger-than-life romances that played out in the public eye, Lopez regrets nothing.
"I don't regret those things – that's who I am," she says. "But at least now I'm at a point where I have to recognize that these choices and things that happen are partly because of me and my decisions and I have to be more careful. So I am being more careful."
In other Jennifer news, Access Hollywood asked how she felt about the huge success of ex-boyfriend, Ben Affleck's new movie, 'Argo'. She said "I'm always rooting for him. We went through a rough time at a certain point and it was like we couldn't get a break, and now to see him be successful and getting what he deserves for what he did made me feel really good." Well isn't that big of her.


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Actions involving the biomass plant show a disconnect and a dishonesty permeating our city government.
On Dec. 26, The Sun published an editorial with the headline "After the griping," in which it was suggested that we all shut up about the impending biomass financial disaster.
I was surprised to learn that we should abandon accountability of our city commissioners for a 30-year debacle that is unfolding.
The Gainesville Sun wants us to quit "griping" about it.
It's easy to see whose side The Sun is on. In that whole editorial, it is never mentioned that the contract has apparently been violated by the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center, the biomass company.
GREC has wheeled and dealed shares in its lucrative contract, without offering GRU a chance to buy in. A mediation hearing on the issue is coming up. The contract could be voided.
We might, by habit, believe that our city commissioners will go to work for the citizens in negotiating the issue, but the fact is, they still don't seem to get it.
The city has a real chance to modify the terms of the contract, if it is to continue, and prevent some of the pain that is about to hit our community when the plant kicks in.
But, sadly, it looks like another kissy-face negotiation with GREC is coming up, to be frank. The commissioners have so much love for this project.
You see, I have been a witness, up close, to the whole process. I witnessed our city commissioners parade repeatedly to Tallahassee, as a group, to brazenly put on a political show before the Florida Public Service Commission, and also the governor and Cabinet, to press for approval of this disaster.
Here's a case in point. The Sun propagates the fiction that the biomass plant was financially viable until an unexpected plunge in natural gas prices changed everything.
But three years ago, on Dec. 16, 2009, I was testifying before the PSC on exactly that.
I testified that "GRU's projection of future natural gas prices is flawed. Shale gas has drastically altered projections about price and supply of natural gas in this country … (e)xpanding estimates of recoverable supplies … You should be sure to ask in this hearing why has GRU not included this new information on shale gas in their model."
I submitted documentation of these facts.
The plant was still only a proposal at that time.
GRU was there, pushing their agenda in the hearings. They were put on notice of these facts, way back then.
But GRU continued to present their fossilized data about fictitious, future high natural gas prices. The price had already peaked, at a price of $13 per million metric British thermal units in the summer of 2008, and by 2009 the price was under $4 (where it remains today).
The plant's financial underpinnings were dead ducks already, as the PSC hearings began in December 2009.
GRU and GREC proceeded to block citizens from introducing further evidence of the financial disaster, while they continued to pile on their political "evidence."
Our city commissioners were there, but too busy politicking to examine the record and act for the public interest. They had a secret contract to protect from the public.
And now The Gainesville Sun wants us to quit "griping."
Add this: Since those PSC hearings there have been numerous financial giveaways to GREC by the city, generally associated with the various regulatory hearings.
These giveaways have fattened the contract by hundreds of millions of dollars. Hundreds of millions of dollars in deal-sweeteners. Most were never even voted on by the commission.
The public should be informed of these huge post-contract financial transfers, which have been pretty much ignored by The Gainesville Sun.
You know, I will be 95 years old when the biomass contract runs out in 2043. If I am still around, you can expect to hear from me.
This biomass affair exposes a disconnect and a dishonesty permeating our city government.
And I do not have confidence that the city commissioners are going to act for the public interest in the upcoming "negotiation" with GREC.
Tom Bussing served as mayor of Gainesville from 2001 to 2004.


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Brad Hand pitched one of the best games of his career at the perfect time for the Marlins on Sunday, leading Miami to a 3-2 victory over San Francisco.
Hand earned his first win as a starter since 2011 by giving up two runs over a career-high seven innings as the Marlins (44-52) snapped a six-game losing streak.
"That was a big start — exactly what we needed," manager Mike Redmond said. "We needed seven innings and he gave it to us."
Adeiny Hechevarria gave the lefty a 3-2 lead in the seventh by doubling, advancing to third on a sacrifice bunt, and coming home on a wild pitch by Tim Lincecum.
Following Hand's long outing, Bryan Morris and Steve Cishek each pitched a clean inning to avoid a Giants (54-43) sweep.
Cishek's save was his first since blowing an opportunity in a 4-3 loss to Arizona on July 9.
"It took a little longer to get him back out there in a save situation than we anticipated, but he looked good today," Redmond said.
Casey McGehee got Miami started with a two-run homer — his second of the year — in the first inning after Jordany Valdespin walked.
San Francisco responded in the third when Buster Posey hit a two-RBI double. Lincecum and Hand then dueled for the next three innings before Hechevarria gave Hand the edge.
Hechevarria's run made up for an earlier baserunning error that led to him being thrown out at third. Marcell Ozuna made a similar mistake on the previous play.
"This is what irritates me," Redmond said. "It takes away from a nice win when we are still making mistakes, mistakes that we shouldn't make. We've talked numerous times to both [Hechevarria and Ozuna] about situations and those are mistakes that just can't happen."
The win marks a high point for Hand during an eventful season. After competing for a starting position in spring training, Hand opened the year as a long reliever. He was given two early starts but was sent back to the bullpen after compiling an 11.37 ERA in those outings.
In May, he hit the disabled list with an ankle sprain as his name appeared in trade rumors. Hand found a groove while rehabbing from that injury and was given another shot as a starter July 3.
He has posted a 3.22 ERA in four starts since then.
"All of my outings have been pretty good since I got back," Hand said. "I'll just build on this win and try to go out there in five days and do it again.
With Eovaldi giving up eight runs in Friday's 9-1 loss and Alvarez getting hurt early in Saturday's 5-3 defeat, Redmond burned through most of his bullpen, and had brought up Anthony DeSclafani before Sunday's game to provide a fresh arm.
But it wouldn't be needed as Hand pitched longer than Eovaldi and Alvarez combined.
"Brad Hand did a heck of a job, especially knowing we were a little taxed in the bullpen," McGehee said. "For him to give us seven solid innings, that was huge not only for today but this next week going forward."
After the game, Redmond said Hand could stick as a starter this time.
"I'm encouraged by the way he's pitched," Redmond said. "We want this guy to be in our rotation — we feel he's got the stuff to stick in the rotation — it just now comes down to consistency."
• Two of Lincecum's last four losses have come against the Marlins after he entered the game with the lowest ERA in the majors since June 25.
• Miami's 22 one-run wins are the second-most in the majors.


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The game's narrative uses black humor and irony that follows the feel of the Caribbean in the 19th century when shipbuilding hadn't quite reached its pinnacle but the spirit of the age and the wonder of recent innovations in sailing technology inspired nautical heroes.
Also known as: Swashbucklers, Swashbucklers: Legacy of Drake, Swashbucklers: Blue versus Grey, Swashbucklers: Blue & Grey
Release Region: United States
Release Date: November 7, 2007
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