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Rules For Dating My Daughter
Posted 17 January 2005 - 03:45 PM
If you pull into my driveway and honk you"d better be delivering a package, because you"re sure not picking anything up.
Rule Two:
You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter"s body, I will remove them.
Rule Three:
I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips. Please don"t take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose this compromise: You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will not object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not, infact come off during the course of you date with my daughter, I will take my electric nail gun and fasten your trousers securely in place to your waist.
Rule Four:
I"m sure you"ve been told that in today"s world, sex without utilizing a "Barrier method" of some kind can kill you. Let me elaborate, when it comes to sex, I am the barrrier, and I will kill you.
Rule Five:
It is usually understood that in order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day. Please do not do this. The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is: "early"
Rule Six:
I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter. Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make you cry.
Rule Seven:
As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget. If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating. My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process than can take longer than painting the Golden Gate Bridge. Instead of just standing there, why don"tyou do something useful, like changing the oil in my car?
Rule Eight:
The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter: Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool. Places where there is darkness. Places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness. Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to introduce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka - zipped up to her throat. Movies with a strong romantic or sexual theme are to be avoided; movies which features chain saws are okay. Hockey games are okay. Old folks homes are better.
Rule Nine:
Do not lie to me. I may appear to be a potbellied, balding, middle-aged, dimwitted has-been. But on issues relating to my daughter, I am the all-knowing, merciless god of your universe. If I ask you where you are going and with whom, you have one chance to tell me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I have a shotgun, a shovel, and five acres behind the house.
Rule Ten:
Be afraid,. Be very afraid. It takes very little for me to mistake the sound of your car in the driveway for a chopper coming in over a rice paddy near Hanoi. When my Agent Orange starts acting up, the voices in my head frequently tell me to clean the guns as I wait for you to bring my daughter home. As soon as you pull into the driveways you should exit the car with both hands in plain sight. Speak the perimeter password, announce in a clear voice that you have brought my daughter home safely and early, then return to your car - there is no need for you to come inside. The camoflaged face at the window is mine.
Posted 17 January 2005 - 05:33 PM
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Posted 17 January 2005 - 06:27 PM
Posted 17 January 2005 - 07:39 PM
lucky daughter you have! my dad expected my "dates" to take place in our front room in his and our dogs presences
Posted 17 January 2005 - 09:53 PM
Or do things worth the writing.
Posted 17 January 2005 - 10:42 PM
Posted 17 January 2005 - 10:44 PM
Scary thing....I can picture my husband, my father and my father in law pulling that on my future daughter(s) when they start dating.....all at the same time.
Picture, two bikers and an Irishman on the front porch when you come to pick up my daughter!
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EAT IT: Mushroom Hot & Sour Soup
What's this? Another new menu item for me to Eat It?
An appetizer sized Mushroom Hot & Sour Soup to be precise, with Asian broth, mushroom duxelle wonton, with seasonal Chick-a-biddy Acres vegetables and silken tofu cubes ($9)
This light hot and sour soup is the perfect summer appetizer and an exciting new vegetarian addition to our menu. Punching up the delicate Asian-inspired broth with crisp asparagus and pea shoots and intense bites of duxelle wonton bursting with mushroom flavour, this is a surprisingly refreshing way way to start off any summer meal.


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MAC In Full Swing After Late Thaw [AUDIO]
A longer than normal winter/snow season this year meant most Minnesota baseball teams spent a majority of their time inside, able to practice but not play full games.
With last week's thaw and melting of snow, Brian Deyak and his crew at the MAC went into overdrive to get things ready for the rest of this abbreviated season.
Despite the condensed schedule, and the high traffic it will create, Deyak said there was no possibility of staggering games to protect the turf.
Typically, Joe Faber Field (pictured above) thaws/dries a little slower than its neighbor Dick Putz Field. However, last week's warmup was so intense that it seemed to even things out.
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Our organization believes that keeping employees happy and motivated is key to continued success. By fostering opportunities for development, motivation, encouragement and education, employees are best able to enhance and put their individual skills to work.
Employee dedication extends far beyond professional excellence and they demonstrate a commitment to their surrounding communities by stepping up and taking part in blood drives, United Way initiatives, national relief efforts and other philanthropic endeavors.
This organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to workforce diversity. Employees also sign an acknowledgement of a Code of Conduct that is designed to provide guidance in performing daily activities in accordance with all federal state and local laws, rules and regulations. This code is an integral component of the our Compliance Program and reflects a commitment to achieve goals within the framework of the law through a high standard of business ethics and compliance.


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Record, 1-5.
Week 8: I fired my defensive prognosticator over the bye week. He worked hard, but didn't quite get the late-week adjustments Vegas made to its betting lines. I put him in a bad position, but, heck, I wasn't going to fire myself. I still have ten games to right this ship, though.
Picking the Eagles may sound like I've just dropped the anchor through the floor of the ship, but Andy Reid is 13-0 after the bye, he's in desperation mode, and I think he'll have his players ready to perform. The Falcons are undefeated, of course, and they're solid across the board, but they're ripe for the picking. Atlanta's six opponents are a combined 13-24, giving the Falcons the easiest schedule in the NFL through seven weeks.
The Eagles aren't exactly an elite team at this stage, but they have the edge in a few matchups that I think will prove pivotal on Sunday. LeSean McCoy could have a field day against a Falcons run defense that is more than suspect. Atlanta is 27th when opposing offenses right off the right end and 31st when they run off the left. The Falcons have allowed 5.1 yards a carry. The Eagles' stretch play didn't work very well against the Lions, but it should provide McCoy with enough room to get yards upfield. Yes, the offensive line is in disarray, but there are ways to work within the confines of their (li)abilities.
Establishing McCoy early (Do it, Marty!) should open up things deep for DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin. And if Falcons defensive coordinator Mike Nolan plans on playing his safeties 20 yards deep, there should be ample space underneath. Falcons cornerbacks Asante Samuel and Dunta Robinson can be picked on. Maclin has had the two best games of his career against Atlanta. I think he adds a third.
There are a number of matchups that don't favor the Eagles, of course. Finding someone to slow tight end Tony Gonzalez will be a task. Despite his previous success against defensive end John Abraham, what are the odds left tackle King Dunlap keeps him in check again? But I think the Eagles' 2012 roller coaster will hit a high point this Sunday. If I'm wrong again I may have to fire the boat captain. Eagles 23, Falcons 17.
What goes right: Todd Bowles matches wits with Falcons offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter and ruins another homecoming for Matt Ryan.
What goes wrong: Dallas Reynolds once again can't handle the A-gap blitz and nearly gets Michael Vick decapitated a few times.
Record, 3-3.
Week 7: This is a difficult game to predict because there are so many unknown variables. Reid's record after the bye week is more than a coincidence and the type of statistical trend that should make an Eagles fan confident. Then again, he's never had a bye week under these kind conditions, when he has a new defensive coordinator and a change at left tackle. There's also an unknown in what type of effect, if any, Bowles has on the defense. The scheme is the same and the personnel is the same, so the only potential difference is what he calls in different situations. Without a basis of comparison, it's tough to know exactly what he's going to do.
I expect this to be a shootout, unless the weather intensifies and creates a sloppy game. Both teams can get down the field quickly. I know the Eagles struggle to score, but their yardage per game is an indication that they can accumulate yards and move the ball effectively. Eliminating turnovers will produce points.
The key will be how frequently and effectively McCoy runs the ball. The Falcons allow 5.2 yards per carry, and McCoy can exploit the Falcons' defense by running to the outside and generating big gains. This could draw a safety closer to the line and allow the Eagles to better use their play-action.
It will still be difficult for the Eagles to stop Ryan and the Falcons' passing offense, although the Eagles have the type of cornerbacks to match up with Julio Jones and Roddy White. With big, physical cornerbacks, the Eagles are better able to play those wide receivers than smaller, slippery ones. I actually think Gonzalez is the wild card to watch, because he can hurt the Eagles in the middle of the field. Another player to pay attention to is Jacquizz Rodgers, a diminutive running back who could hurt Philadelphia in the screen game.
This game could go either way, but the 13-0 record after the bye week is more impressive than the Falcons' 6-0 record. One of the undefeated marks has to give. The Eagles will continue their streak in an important game.
I also don't think the Eagles are in particularly bad shape at this point of the season. When I predicted their season record in September, I had them 4-4 after eight games. The Eagles cannot afford to lose their next two games, but a split of the Atlanta and New Orleans games would be reasonable and still leave them in position to take advantage of a soft portion of the schedule beginning in late November. However, next week's game in New Orleans will be difficult -- the Superdome is a a tough venue on Monday Night -- so the Eagles will be best suited by securing their home field and topping the Falcons. Eagles 30, Falcons 24.
What goes right: McCoy has his best game of the season, Nnamdi Asomugha plays perhaps his finest game as an Eagle.
What goes wrong: Gonzalez hurts the Eagles, and fans will be e-mailing wondering when Matt Tennant takes over as the starting center.


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COBRA and Other Federal Mandates
COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act)
A Federal law, requires that group health plans provide for the continuation of coverage beyond an individual's termination of employment and under specified conditions.
Mental Health Parity Act
Under this law, employees seeking treatment for mental health and substance abuse will have the same benefits as an employee seeking treatment for any other illness or injury. The visit and dollar limits on these types of treatment will be removed.
Michelle's Law
Under this law, the plan will provide coverage for dependents in college to continue coverage during a medically necessary leave of absence from classes for the earlier of one year after the date the leave began, or the date the coverage would otherwise have ceased due to the limiting age of 25 or s/he no longer being a full-time student.
GINA (Genetic Information and Non-discrimination Act)
This law prohibits group health plans from collecting genetic information and discriminating in enrollment and cost of coverage based on an individual's genetic information which includes family medical information.
Public Health Insurance Options
Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA or Public Law 111-3) reauthorized the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CHIPRA finances CHIP through FY 2013. It will preserve coverage for the millions of children who rely on CHIP today and provides the resources for States to reach millions of additional uninsured children. This legislation will help ensure the health and well-being of our nation's children.
Women's Health and Cancer Rights
The link to the above letter notifies female employees and their dependents of additional rights pertaining to their medical coverage:
Health Care Reform
Now that health reform legislation has become law, how and when we will see changes to our benefits is unfolding. We want to keep you up to date with what is happening to our benefits.


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SWANSBORO Shrine Club meets at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 with Noble Carl Smith, Sudan Temple Marshal attending. Where club shirts and fez.
SWANSBORO Shrine Club meets at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 with Noble Carl Smith, Sudan Temple Marshal attending. Where club shirts and fez.
SECOND CHANCE Mission of Hope will hold a fish/chicken dinner fundraiser at 11 a.m. Nov. 1 at 309 Court St. Plates $7. Delivery with five or more meals. Call 910-455-7111.
ONSLOW HOUSE Assisted Living will hold a fall festival from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 with fun and games for the residents, families and community.
KIDS NIGHT IN, Parents Night Out sponsored by Swansboro Parks and Recreation from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 1 for kids ages K-6th grades at the community center. Register at 910-326-2600.
JACKSONVILLE Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual BASES awards reception at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 1 at Northside High School encouraging businesses to be involved in schools.
FIRST FRIDAY Community Contra Dances �Dance and Thanksgiving� at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at Onslow Farmer�s Market. Call 910-548-0505 or visit onslowncfarmersmarket.com.
CHARITY PRO-AM Tennis Tournament to benefit Carteret General Hospital�s New Cancer Center held Nov. 1-3 at Country Club of the Crystal Coast. Call 252-808-6646.
COASTAL Carolina Clay Guild hosts its annual Holiday Show and Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 2-3 at Hannah Block Community Arts Center, Wilmington. Free admission.
SEASIDE ARTS Council presents Samantha Casey and the Bluegrass Jam at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Assembly room at Swansboro Town Hall. Tickets $10 members; $15 non-members.
DAV CHAPTER 16, 301 Roosevelt Road, hosts bingo every Friday at 7 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m. Call 910-455-3400.
STATESIDE Elementary School will hold a fall festival fundraiser from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Nov. 1 with food, games, hay ride, bounce house and more. Information call 910-376-9336.
RICHLANDS Bus Drivers �Road Warriors� Relay for Life team will hold a yard sale fundraiser from 7 a.m. to noon Nov. 2 at Richlands High School parking lot. Spaces available.
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BREAST CANCER Awareness Poker Run at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 2 at New River Harley Davidson. Registration at 9 a.m. Cost $15. Proceeds benefit Ida Mae Center. Call 910-330-6312.
JACKSONVILLE VFW Post 9133 ladies auxiliary seeks vendors for its annual Christmas Bazaar held Dec. 14 at the post home, 1450 Piney Green Road. Call 910-581-5947.
RAISING RAIDERS hosts a 5K/Fun Run fundraiser at 8 a.m. Nov. 2 in N. Topsail Beach. Registration at 7:30 p.m. Information at raisingraiders.org.
VETERANS Appreciation dinner at 6 p.m. Nov. 16 at VFW Post 9133, 1450 Piney Green Road with music by Flip Side at 8 p.m. Free for all veterans. Call 910-353-6810.
RIVERSIDE School Homecoming luncheon on Nov. 16 at New Bern National Guard Armory with speaker Flavius Hall Jr. Information call 252-349-0102.
RIGGS FAMILY reunion at 1 p.m. Nov. 3 at White Oak Community Building, Maysville. Bring covered dish to share.
HAVELOCK High School hosts its annual Crystal Coast Band Classic at 10:15 a.m. Nov. 2 on the high school football field. Gates open at 9:30 a.m. Admission $8. Havelockband.com.
CAMELLIA Flower Show/Seminar and sale held Nov. 2 at Onslow Farmer�s Market, 4024 Richlands Hwy. Sales from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Seminar/Show from noon to 5 p.m.
SOUTHWEST VFD, 2031 Pony Farm Road hosts its annual Turkey Shoot fundraiser at 7 p.m. Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 27. Information call 910-330-6844.
BOWLING Extravaganza fundraiser from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Bowlarena, Western Blvd., with food, games, prizes, vendors and more. Call 910-340-1689.
GEORGETOWN High School Alumni will hold a fish/barbecue dinner fundraiser at 11 a.m. Nov. 2 at Monk�s Lane. Information/orders call 910-346-2764.
CAMP LEJEUNE Officers� Spouses Club will hold a Craft Fair fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 16 and noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 17 at Paradise Point Officers� Club.


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Linux Powered PS3 to be used in DARPA Urban Challenge
Axion Racing was the first team to autonomously drive up to the top of Colorado's Pike Peak and now leads the way by finding cutting edge uses for the beleaguered Sony PS3. This two time DARPA Grand Challenge qualifier is the first racing team to implement Yellow Dog Linux and a Sony PlayStation game console to manage one of seven autonomous vehicle cameras.
Maybe things aren't all that bad for Sony in the company's fight with Microsoft and Nintendo to sell the latest crop of game stations. A California company will be implementing a Sony PlayStation to process cameras information used to autonomously drive during this November's $2 million DARPA Urban Challenge. With four years of autonomous racing experience and using Yellow Dog Linux, San Diego's Axion Racing is excited about showing folks other things that can be done using a PlayStation console. Axion Racing qualified as the sixth team for the 2004 and the third team for the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenges. The team's autonomous vehicle Spirit, was the first car to drive itself up to the 14,100 foot top of Colorado's Pikes Peak.
NNews Imageever one to back down from any challenge, Axion Racing's Team Leader Bill Kehaly expects great things from his team's Sony PS3 console. "We felt having cars drive themselves was getting a little too easy, so we threw the Sony PlayStation into our bag of tricks," joked Kehaly. The PS3 joins Axion's cadre of Dell computers, SICK laser finders, Bumblebee stereo cameras, and FLIR infrared cameras all guided by twin Navcom Starfire GPS units. A Northrop Grumann LN-270 INS uses the earth's inertia to help keep Spirit on track during any GPS multitasking issues.
The 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge features autonomous ground vehicles conducting simulated military supply missions in a mock urban area. These ground vehicles will drive through streets without any human interaction or remote control. This years qualifying round will be held in Fontana, California from October 26th through the 31st. The DARPA Urban Challenge will be held on November 3rd, at a still unspecified location.
The Sony PS3 was built with a new processor developed specially for the PlayStation console. The Cell processor, as it is known, is based on the PowerPC processor by IBM. The PS3 uses four processors that help Axion Racing's computer arbitrator to quickly examine information from a RGB road finding camera. "It isn't easy and some kinks are still being ironed out, but I see this as a useful tool," stated Richard Kalling, the Path Planning Director for Axion Racing.
Axion Racing wasn't given $1 million in recent US Government seed funding, to prepare for this year's DARPA Urban Challenge. It did start and finish ahead of all but three 2005 race teams that did get funding. "I don't get mad, I just try to get even." explained Kehaly. "Our team was the first with an autonomous vehicle you could comfortably sit in, we have the photogenic Axion Racing Twins, we were the first to autonomously drive to the top of Pikes Peak, and now we plan on showing that a Sony PS3 can be an important part of future autonomous vehicles."
By using a powerful computer system like the PS3, Axion Racing hopes to have enough tools to win this year's DARPA Urban Challenge. It is expected that this new use of a PlayStation will present the processing capabilities inherent in this latest Sony game console. "We like to think out of the box, using the latest publicly available computer boxes, and we only use boxes that help raise us above our competition," stated Kehaly.
Axion Racing's Sony PS3, sensors, lights, sounds, and the autonomous vehicle's other computers are powered by a Marine battery unit that allows Spirit to run unmanned for many hours. Who knows, maybe a little autonomous racing success is just what's needed to improve sales numbers for the Sony PlayStation.
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LEN – desire to inspire
January 14, 2013
One Landmark graduate is starting a conversation about bipolar disorder and other forms of mental illness.
BrainChild camps created as a project in the Self-Expression and Leadership Program are entering their fourth year.
A program of sight exercises aims to improve vision without glasses.
A longtime Landmark leader and staff member made a difference for tens of thousands of people across the world.
An acclaimed Landmark graduate's documentary on violence is now on Amazon, as well as being screened in Minneapolis on August 2nd.
For the first time ever, on June 8th-12th, The Landmark Forum was held in Brasilia, Brazil's capital.


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A problem as follows has been discovered in PDGEMM - let's consider a PDGEMM example with parameters: m=120M=120000000, n=80, nrhs=80, nrows=4, ncols=80.
In this case, we have such local matrices: A(30M x 1), B(20 x 1), C(30M x 1).
In PBLAS/SRC/PTOOLS/PB_CpgemmAB.c we have (line 360):
kb = pilaenv_( &ctxt, C2F_CHAR( &TYPE->type ) );
..so, kb==32. Then (line 429):
PB_COutV( TYPE, COLUMN, NOINIT, M, N, Cd0, kb, &WA, WAd0, &WAfr, &WAsum );
There WA is tried to be allocated (PB_COutV.c:299):
*YAPTR = PB_Cmalloc( Amp * K * TYPE->size );
The problem is that (Amp * K * TYPE->size) == (20M * 32 * that's more than 5 billions and 'int' overflow occurs.
So, in this testcase, there;s no need to have kb=32, but it's enough to have it equal to 1. I propose to truncate kb if it's bigger than needed or if we know that 'int' will be exceeded.
Please find and review the hot-fix attached. And in general, it isn't correct that PB_Cmalloc accepts int, but no size_t:
char * PB_Cmalloc ( int );


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Nomascus hainanus
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Nomascus hainanus (Thomas, 1892)
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Nomascus hainanus has been variously considered either a species in its own right or as a subspecies of N. concolor or N. nasutus; it is here recognized as a distinct species based on differences in vocalizations and fur coloration (T. Geissmann pers. comm. 2006).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Critically Endangered A2acd; B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v); C2a(ii); D ver 3.1
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|Date Assessed:
|Geissmann, T. & Bleisch, W.
|Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
Listed as Critically Endangered because of an observed decline of at least 80% over the past 45 years (three generations) due primarily to hunting and habitat loss; and because its extent of occurrence is less that 100 km² and its area of occupancy is less than 10 km², all individuals are in a single subpopulation, and there has been a continuing decline in the number of locations and the number of mature individuals; and because its population size is less than 250 mature individuals, with all individuals in a single subpopulation, and it is experiencing a continuing decline; and because its population size is less than 50 mature individuals.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This species is endemic to Hainan Island, China (Chan et al. 2005). It is currently confined to the Bawangling Nature Reserve on the western side of the island of Hainan (Chan et al. 2005). Before the 1960s it was widely distributed across the island.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:China (Hainan)
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|In the late 1950s, the population was estimated to be over two thousand individuals (Liu et al. 1984). In 1993 there were three groups with less than 20 individuals (Geissmann et al. 2000). During a comprehensive survey in 2003, only 13 individuals were recorded, consisting of two groups, in addition to two solitary individuals (Chan et al. 2005; Geissmann 2005b). Since 2003 an intensive monitoring work showed that the population of Hainan Gibbon has increased in the past five years. The two groups have produced newborn infants every two years, as previously noted (Liu et al. 1989), while a single individual departed from each group during the same period. These changes brought the composition of the two groups to nine and six individuals respectively. At present the there could be also up to five solitary individuals, reaching so a total of 20 individuals (Fellowes et al. 2008).
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This species inhabits remnant forest. It is diurnal, arboreal, and mostly frugivorous (Geissmann et al. 2000). The most difficult time for the gibbons to find food in Bawangling Nature Reserve is between February and April, when only seven of 40 known food-plant species are available for the gibbons (Chan et al. 2005). The species occurs at altitudes ranging from 650 to 1,200 meters (Chan et al. 2005; Geissmann et al. 2000) but in the past probably preferred lowland forest.
Group size has been reported to range from 4-8 individuals, with an average of 5.3-5.5 individuals, depending on the year of the study (Geissmann et al. 2000). Home range size ranges from 100 to 500 ha (Liu and Tan 1990; Liu et al. 1989; Zhou pers. comm. 2006), with an average of about 360 ha (Liu et al. 1989).
|Major Threat(s):
|There is still pressure from hunting. In recent years the core remaining habitat has been protected, although the currently occupied habitat may be in suboptimal (Geissmann 2005a; T. Geissmann pers. comm.). This species is threatened from problems intrinsic to extremely small population size such as inbreeding effects, poor mate-choice, and human or natural disaster (Chan et al. 2005). There are some reports of a sex bias in births, but it is not possible to identify the sex of young crested gibbons in the field, because immature individuals do not differ in fur coloration or calls, and sexual organs of males and females resemble each other (T. Geissmann pers. comm. 2006).
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This species is listed on CITES Appendix I. As far as known it is entirely confined to Bawangling Nature Reserve in Hainan Island (Chan et al. 2005; Geissmann et al. 2000) and is the most critically endangered primate in the world (Geissmann 2005a). There is suitable gibbon habitat outside of the known Nature Reserve, and there is a need to survey for any surviving individuals or groups not yet accounted for, especially in Diaoluoshan Nature Reserve, Yinggelin Nature Reserve, and Jianfenglin Nature Reserve (B. Chan and T. Geissmann pers. comm. 2006).
In terms of the Bawangling population, there should be intensive monitoring of the remaining two groups, and survey of the remaining subadults (Chan et al. 2005; Fellowes et al. 2008). There is a need for continued gun confiscation in the area, which has already been done once in the area (W. Bleisch pers. comm. 2006). The most important thing is to protect all of the remaining habitat and individuals. Captive breeding does not appear to be a wise strategy for this species because (1) there are no captive individuals, (2) earlier attempts to capture wild gibbons alive has not been very successful and may reduce the viability of the few remaining individuals, and (3) captive breeding of crested gibbons has not been highly successful.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Canadian English.
A reasonable person might question the need for a Canadian English dictionary. Having spent a good portion of my life in "Anglo" Canada, I've never felt compelled to consult a dictionary. The natives are quite friendly, and well-versed in our common mother tongue. They prattle on about their superior system of health care, how their TV shows don't glorify violence, and how they invented the telephone. Every word is completely comprehensible.
But Oxford is gung-ho about its forthcoming Oxford Dictionary of Canadian English. With an investment of 2 million Canadian dollars (now there's a word with a different meaning above the 48th parallel) and five years of lexicographical scrivening, the OUP plans to finish the dictionary project by 1998. When asked for sales projections, editor in chief Katherine Barber cheerily notes that there are 30 million Canadian citizens. "I want every one to have one," she says.
Blithely unconcerned about the fact that 6 million of those citizens are French-speaking, Barber's team plows ahead. To cull the 140,000 entries, her staff of four researchers is plowing through the language the same way Sir James Murray did to compile The Oxford English Dictionary 100 years ago, although this time with the help of computers. Barber and company are surveying 2 million words' worth of citations, garnered from 800 different sources (magazines, newspapers, etc.). In addition, they are reviewing 12 million words scanned from full texts (books, CD-ROMs), backstopped by the OED's formidable, 20-million-word data bank. We're talking one heck of lot of Canadian English here!
While working on this article, I undertook my own modest research project in Canadian English. I read the Canadian newsmagazine Maclean's, and some short stories by Alice Munro. I read The Telling of Lies, one of many superb novels by Toronto's Timothy Findley. I even suffered through 90 minutes of sound blast at a concert by Alanis Morrisette, Canada's pied piper to troubled teens.
Maclean's was a fount of information. I learned that the Canadian consul general in my hometown of Boston has been implicated in a terrible mine disaster; that a Canadian rock group called "The Farmer's Daughters" are hot, hot, hot; and that the notorious "V-chip" is made in Canada. But the magazine yielded up only two Canadianisms, broadly defined: "Canadarm," the gangly mechanical elbow that grabs satellites out of the space shuttle's cargo bay and tosses them into the cosmos. And "bannock," an unleavened bread baked by Canadian Indians, known to their countrymen as "First Peoples." I thought I caught Munro in a Canadianism--"dormitory suburb"--but Barber says it's a British expression.
In Findley's book, told by an American, the narrator makes sport of the word "Tory": "I believe in Canada, they call these deserters 'Loyalists'--Tories who rule by right of natural selection." In the course of conversation, Barber had mentioned "Tory" as an example of a word that has three different possibilities. For the English, it means a Conservative politician. For us Americans, it designates a turncoat. And for the Canadians, it doesn't exist. "We don't use that word ourselves," she says.
So what words do they use? Barber expects that only about 2,000 or 3,000 words in her dictionary will be exclusively Canadian. Like "hydro." Even though Canadians cheerfully use nuclear power and don't whine about it, they talk of paying the "hydro" (electricity) bill. What professional dishwashers call "the pig," and many of us call the kitchen "Disposall," Canadians call the "Garburator," a colorful trade name.
Most "purely" Canadian words are borrowings from the Indians, or from the French ("Second Peoples"?). The word reverberating in every sled-dog's ear--"Mush!"--garbles the French imperative "Marche!" or "Get going!" "Tuque," from the French "toqué" for woolen cap, is common parlance. "Hooch," which my son assured me was a transcription of the alcohol molecule (C2H5OH), actually derives from "a Tlingit word, roughly 'Hutsnuwu,' meaning 'grizzly-bear fort,' " Barber told me. "It got borrowed into English as 'Hoochinoo,' to designate an Indian people living on Admiralty Island, Alaska, who are reputed to produce strong drink." When I said that my son's version came from a policeman addressing a sixth-grade drug- and alcohol-awareness seminar, Barber shot back: "It sounds as though your son has had an encounter with the dreaded FOLK ETYMOLOGY, which lurks everywhere and must be rooted out!" Other examples: "wop," which is not an acronym for "without papers," and "fuck," which does not mean "for unlawful carnal knowledge."
A >lthough we share a continent, Canadians have found different names for our flora and fauna: "hackmatack" for "tamarack" (a larch tree); "whisky-jack" for the bird we call the Canada jay, and "venison bird"--well, not even Barber knows what that is.
Different institutions beget different vocabularies. "Mounties" are as Canadian as winter vacations in Cuba. "Separate" schools are what we call parochial schools, except they're publicly funded in Canada. A "warden" is ... well, Barber assures me it's a Canadianism, although she doesn't know what it means: "We haven't got to 'W' yet."
Slang is a touchy issue in Canada. When The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang appeared in 1992, none of the derivations was attributed to Canada. A newspaper columnist suggested the word "scuzz" might be Canadian, because Oxford had quoted a usage from Margaret Atwood. But that was pretty much it. The Oxford Dictionary will redress this grievance. Words like "bargoon" for bargain, and "bird course" for what we call "gut" courses in college, have been duly noted. "Have had the biscuit" means "to be done for," and is not to be confused with the British expression "to take the biscuit," which means "to take the cake." A "forty pounder" is a 40-ounce bottle of liquor, much in evidence on sultry Saturday nights in Saskatoon. Barber has become an expert on underwear argot: "gaunch," "gotch," "gitch," "ginch," etc.
I give in. Any language with four words for underwear certainly deserves its own dictionary.


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After several so-so months, retail sales in March posted an outsized 1.1 percent monthly gain, helping to ease fears that the economy might be sliding back into lower gear.
Not only were the retail sales broad-based in March, but February sales numbers, first thought to have posted a sluggish 0.3 percent gain, were also revised upwards to a 0.7 percent gain. It suggests things weren't ever as bad for the sector as first thought.
"The weak showing on the retail front for December and January was due to unseasonably colder winter weather. However, consumers came back with a vengeance in March," said Chris Christopher, director of consumer economics for forecaster IHS Global Insight. "There were significant gains posted by autos, furniture, building material, clothing, general merchandise, restaurants and non-store retailers."
In fact, only electronics retailers and gas stations saw sales drop in March, according to the Commerce Department. Excluding gasoline, retail sales actually surged forward by 1.4 percent last month. That was almost twice the consensus view of mainstream economic forecasters.
"While consumer spending started the first quarter on a down note, February improved and March capped off last quarter on a strong note," Stuart Hoffman, chief economist for the PNC Financial Services Group, said in a note to investors.
Retail sales were 3.7 percent higher than the same month of 2013, driven in large measure by healthy auto sales, which were 9.5 percent above the same month of last year.
The stronger-than-expected retail numbers have forecasters now rethinking the outlook for the coming months.
"It is clear that consumer spending and confidence weathered the unseasonably colder winter and shoppers are ready to open their wallets for big ticket items," said Christopher. "Our real consumer spending growth for the first quarter is now standing at 2.1% due to the strong showing of retail sales in March and the upward revisions to January and February."


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It isn't paranoia when you KNOW they're out to get you...
This has been brought up before.
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5 city businesses burglarized
MANCHESTER — Burglars struck five city businesses during an approximate six-hour period early Saturday, forcing their way into some and, in one case, stealing cash from the register.
Surveillance video at CD Restaurant, 2323 Brown Ave., revealed a white male smashing a brick through a window to get into the restaurant about 2 a.m. Police had not determined if anything was taken. The suspect is described as a white male, 40 to 50 years old, average build, with black and gray hair.Don Quijote's restaurant at 362 Union told police about 4 a.m. that a rear door had been forced open and cash taken from the register.
Good Times Smoke Shop at 817 Elm St. told police workers found the rear door forced open about 6:15 a.m. Nothing inside appeared to have been disturbed or taken.The Fork and Spoon Diner at 119 Hanover St. reported about 7 a.m. that someone got in by forcing open a rear door and ransacked the interior.
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By THOMAS BEAUMONT , ASSOCIATED PRESS
TAMPA, Florida -- Where is George W. Bush?
The last Republican president was a no-show at the Republican convention this week. And the party that he led for eight years barely mentioned him - or his record.
Nevertheless, Bush's fiscal legacy - including hundreds of billions spent on two wars that helped balloon the federal deficit - loomed large over the gathering, as Republicans tried to make the case that the Republican Party was the party of smaller government and restrained spending.
Paul Ryan, for one, even lumped Bush in with President Barack Obama, blaming both for the nation's tenuous fiscal condition.
"In a clean break from the Obama years and, frankly, from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP or less," Ryan, R-Wis., the House Budget Committee chairman, said as he accepted the vice presidential nomination Wednesday.
The legacy of the Bush years complicates Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's case against Obama as both fight to win over an electorate frustrated by the nation's enormous debt and budget-busting deficits.
Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, likes to taunt Obama for presiding over the largest increase in the national debt of any U.S. president. It's up $5.3 trillion under Obama - in large part because of the recession and expensive efforts to revive the economy.
But Bush's record isn't far behind with a $4.9 trillion increase over his eight years in office. Republicans unhappy with Bush's fiscal record often cite the Republican's financial industry bailout in 2008, a whopping $700 billion, as akin to stimulus and bailout programs under Obama. They seldom complain about his huge tax cuts, which also drove up the red ink.
"People soured on him, it's true," said Ranae Lentz, an Ohio delegate. "But we're not here to discuss what's old. We're here to discuss what's new."
Bush declined an invitation to appear at the convention, likely mindful of the need for the party to turn the page and the political headaches his appearance could have created for Romney in a race that polls show is close just 10 weeks before Election Day.
There are signs Bush fatigue lingers in the electorate. In May, a CNN/ORC poll found 54 percent of Americans had an unfavorable opinion of Bush. A recent Washington Post/ABC News poll found Americans still blame Bush more than Obama for the country's current economic problems, 54 percent to 32 percent.
Romney aides dismissed questions of whether Romney had worked to downplay Bush's legacy or had instructed convention speakers to limit references to Bush.
Few - if any - uttered his name.
That included his secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, whose formal speech got a rousing reception from the crowd.
Rice generally spoke of her own experiences and only indirectly praised him for a shift in the nation's approach to terrorism that endures today after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
"I will never forget the bright September day," she said. "From that day on, our sense of vulnerability and our understanding of security would be altered forever."
Delegates rose to their feet and cheered, a sign her eight years with Bush had not dampened the GOP's affection for her.
To be sure, Romney's convention planners made sure to give a respectful nod to the Bush family in a five-minute video that featured interview clips with Bush, and his father, former President George H.W. Bush, and their wives. The crowd in the forum warmly cheered when the images of the father-and-son former presidents seated beside each other appeared on the video screens in the arena.
Bush's family members were among those who made the few mentions, and used them to polish his legacy.
The elder Bush said of his son, "I think the thing I take pride in is the integrity." The younger Bush's wife, Laura, added: "I'm so proud of George."
Bush's brother, Jeb, who turned down entreaties to seek the GOP nomination, also stepped to his brother's aide.
"My brother, well, I love my brother. He is a man of integrity, courage and honor and, during incredibly challenging times, he kept us safe," Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, told delegates Thursday night. He also chided Obama for continuing to blame his brother for the nation's weak economy.
Beyond the video and positive feelings from some delegates there were plenty of Bush-era reminders - awkward ones.
Memories of his heavily criticized handling of Hurricane Katrina were revived by the uncanny timing of Hurricane Isaac's landfall in Louisiana nearly seven years to the day after the hurricane devastated New Orleans.
The large, fast-ticking "debt clock" prominent on the convention hall wall was as much a reminder of spending woes under a Republican administration as a Democratic one.
"Let's face it, George W. Bush didn't do us conservatives a lot of favors by the end of his administration," said James Smack, a Nevada delegate to the convention.
Others talked more fondly of Bush - when asked about him.
"I have tremendous respect for President Bush," said Robyn Johnson of Wichita, Kan. "He led our country during difficult times."
Bush is not the first past president whose mere name has had the potential to cause trouble for the nominee; both parties have struggled with how to handle recent former presidents.
In 2000, then-President Bill Clinton - who had been impeached - spoke at the Democratic National Convention but was marginalized by nominee Al Gore during the campaign.
Clinton's standing improved over time.
By 2004, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry had embraced Clinton's economic legacy. Next week, Clinton, who already is appearing in an ad for Obama, gets the main spotlight Wednesday night at the Democratic convention.


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Last week, BlackBerry put up a for-sale sign after many years of decline. The once revolutionary BlackBerry was the first smartphone addiction for so many Americans — you were connected all the time! — and even when iPhone ushered in a slimmer, sleeker, faster era, a few holdouts (many on Capitol Hill) continued to stubbornly keep a BlackBerry in their pockets.
But looking back, it's clear BlackBerry devices began to lose consumers more than half a decade ago. That's when the iPhone's touch screen became the user interface de rigueur and the Blackberry, with its keyboard and buttons, became almost instantly outdated. Hemispheres Magazine takes note:
"Computers, which started as banks of switches, sprouted keyboards (banks of buttons with letters on them). We used buttons to select television shows to watch and pushed buttons to order soft drinks from vending machines. Then came the BlackBerry, which bristled with buttons.
"And then, with the iPhone, everything changed. As a descendant of both the computer and the phone, Apple's superproduct had a big button at the bottom, plus a switch at the top and some tiny little controls. You could even argue that the entire screen is a button of sorts. The point, though, is that we didn't need to rely on just buttons anymore; we could tap, drag and pinch to operate the phone. The moment Steve Jobs took the stage at Macworld 2007 and brandished his nifty little device, the button was on notice. Fingers, with touchscreens, became the new buttons."
So it goes with technology. The switch gave way to the button, the button gave way to a touch screen, and soon, touching screens may seem old-school: Gesture and voice control are the "waves" of the future.
The newest smartphones are abandoning both physical and on-screen buttons in favor of gestures. "[S]crolling, swiping, tapping, pinching, flicking — are becoming the dominant form of the smartphone user interface," writes Rani Molla for technology site GigaOM.
As with so much behavior change ushered in by technology, the change happens before we take wider notice. But in cars, those physical buttons have been disappearing; gaming turned to wave commands with Xbox Kinect years ago; and button-cluttered remote controls are giving way to smartphone controls. Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 8, is flat and without button icons to click. Google Glass, the revolutionary spectacle-computer, is largely controlled with voice commands. And with each new phone, like the Moto X, the range of gesture commands to interface with it is increasing.
This creates challenges for user interface designers, who still have a ways to go to understand which gesture commands are likely to be both precise and natural enough for wide user adoption. Reviews for Leap Motion, a new device that turns gestures into digital commands, have been mixed. But the technological shift is afoot. Already, buttons seem passe.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish. And it's time now for All Tech Considered.
CORNISH: These days, there's not much good news for BlackBerry, the company that revolutionized the smartphone market in the early 2000s. It's now up for sale after years of decline. But as the BlackBerry phone goes out of use, we're losing something else, a familiar interaction between you and your machines.
NPR's Elise Hu joins us now to talk about the shift. And, Elise, really, what's the big deal? I mean, I feel bad for the company, but what's going away if BlackBerry folds?
ELISE HU, BYLINE: You may not be thinking about it, but it's pressing buttons. The mini-keyboard is one of the things that made BlackBerry so attractive to millions of users when it first came out. And then when the iPhone came out in 2007, it sort of marked the beginning of the end for the button.
Tablets today, they use touch screens. We also see the shift with the touch-screen-powered Windows 8, which is the new Microsoft operating system. You see fewer buttons in cars today; gaming consoles, like the Xbox Kinect, that uses gesture control. And we've talked a lot about Google Glass. That computing device that people wear on their faces, that is largely voice-controlled.
CORNISH: So has touch already kind of won the race to replace buttons, or is there other technology out there that could be on the way?
HU: There are more technologies on the way. Gestures, motions like scrolling, swiping and pinching, these things you're going to be able to do in the air; they're becoming the main form of user interaction in terms of the direction we're going forward. But voice and facial commands are starting to follow.
CORNISH: Here's where I sound old-fashioned. I miss pressing buttons, right? I mean, we used to call it the CrackBerry for a reason.
HU: And that is one of the reasons we have BlackBerry holdouts. Our habits don't change that easily. And our infatuation with buttons has been around for more than a century. I mean, if you think about it, it was buttons that first replaced switches on the earliest computers and buttons that replaced the dial on telephones. We're still a long way from a completely buttonless era.
CORNISH: You know, Elise, in a way, it feels like something old is new again. I mean, this gesture technology takes me back to The Clapper, those cheesy commercials from the '80s, right?
HU: That was one of the original gesture-controlled devices, actually. And yeah, looking back, it was at least a decade or two ahead of its time.
CORNISH: That's NPR's Elise Hu. Thank you so much.
HU: Thank you.
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1. Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen will become even more high-profile than she already is when she replaces Paula Abdul as American Idol's newest judge in January, as part of a 5-year deal between the comedian and the producers of the popular singing competition.
Whether you think Ellen's the best choice for this role or not — and opinion seems divided — given Idol's large international following and the lack of lesbian and bi women on television around the world, this is definitely good news for lesbian visibility!
2. Crystal Chappell
Double-standards and de-sexualized romances are so common when it comes to lesbian storylines on American TV that most AfterEllen.com readers aren't even surprised when it happens anymore. But Guiding Light actress Crystal Chappell, who plays one-half of the lesbian couple nicknamed "Otalia" on the CBS soap, channeled her frustration with this into creating a web series in which she plays a lesbian who isn't subject to those restrictions.
No one gets rich making a web series (yet), and as a straight actress who already has a full-time job (she's returning to NBC's Days of Our Lives after Guiding Light ends next week), Chappell certainly doesn't have to do this series. So the fact that she's doing it anyway — in part to help lesbian visibility, as she told us in so many words this week — is especially appreciated.
With help from straight allies like this, we might actually get somewhere someday!
3. Lisa Ray
This week, the star of The World Unseen and I Can't Think Straight revealed on her blog that she's battling a rare and incurable form of cancer.
In a recent blog post, she wrote:
As a straight actress of Indian descent willing to play gay roles (which is no small thing), Lisa, her co-star Sheetal Sheth, and writer/filmmaker Shamim Sharif have already brought much-needed visibility to queer Indian women.
Ray's willingness to go public about her illness, and to blog about her hopes, frustrations, and treatment regiment, will bring inspiration to many others.
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The Chicago Baseball Happiness Scale is a comprehensive if unscientific attempt to quantify the happiness that each baseball team gives to its fans in any season. To create it, we used the 1998 and 2003 Cubs, and the 2000 and 2005 White Sox as models, listing every element that factored into a Cubs or Sox fan's emotional experience for a given season. We then turned those elements into categories and assigned each category a point value, finding as many concrete metrics as possible. They are:
>> .5 points per regular season win
>> 2 points per milestone regular season game (EXAMPLES: a no-hitter, a perfect game, or the rare "Mark McGwire breaks Roger Maris' record vs. Sosa and the Cubs" game)
>> 1 point per all-star
>> 1 point per league leader in key Triple Crown categories for batters (batting average, home runs, RBI) and pitchers (ERA, strikeouts, or wins)
>> 1 point per individual "benchmark" season for batters (.330 average, 40 home runs) and pitchers (20 wins, ERA under 3.00)
>> 5 points for an MVP or Cy Young winner
>> 2 points for a Rookie of the Year
>> 5 points for a playoff season
>> 5 points for a division championship
>> 2 points for a manager who fans feel gives them The Edge (playoff teams only)
>> 2 points for winning the Wild Card round
>> 5 points for winning the pennant
>>.5 points per LCS game win
>> 15 points for winning the World Series
>> 1 point per WS game win
In terms of tabulations, the scale was created, the rest was about plugging in numbers. The difficult part was assigning numerical value to the intangibles of a season. This was the ultimate question: In the end, how did you FEEL?
Thus the Magic Scale, which added 1 to 10 points to each team's total, along with the Pain Scale, which subtracted 1 to 10 points from each team's total.
Here are the cumulative 15-year Magic/Pain rankings per team:
>> White Sox: +90, -75 = +15
>> Cubs: +85, -98 = -13
Here are the Magic/Pain rankings for playoff teams:
>> 1998 Cubs: +10, -5
>> 2000 Sox: +9, -10
>> 2003 Cubs: +9, -9
>> 2005 Sox: +10, -0
>> 2007 Cubs: +7, -8
>> 2008 Cubs: +9, -10
>> 2008 Sox: +8, -2
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Change in the New Year
At the end of every year, columnists and op-ed writers traditionally write something profound about the year gone by. Then they say something significant and optimistic about the near future.
Profound and lofty thoughts have yet to find their way into this column. I do not possess the skills or proclivity to engage in such efforts.
I just had a good time during the holidays. I have no idea how we survived our errant ways for an entire year.
Despite all the complaining, the holidays were fabulous. According to most reports, Santa was generous and the retailers fared better than expected. When compared to the rest of the world, Americans still enjoy a standard of living that most of the planet will never experience.
That's why I am baffled when Americans say they are not happy. They want change. They want more money, less stress, better health care, and bigger houses. They also want to lose weight and get in shape, and they want everything now.
We are a nation that thrives on instant gratification. Pursuing that goal is a national tradition. All of the aforementioned is living proof. We have been doing the same thing every year since our forefathers founded the country.
We want the results of change, but we don't really want to change to get different results.
I do believe that someone perceived as a great thinker described insane people as those who do the same thing repeatedly and expect different results. Well, that's pretty much what we have here.
Every year we make resolutions with good intent. We want to lose weight, but we don't want to give up pie. We want to get rid of our debts, but we don't stop using credit cards.
Our lives get out of control, and we blame the government. Then we expect the current administration to make all of our troubles go away.
When they give us solutions, we don't like it if any concessions are required on our part. "Why should the deficit be our problem?" we ask. "We didn't cause it."
This isn't a problem unique to the current administration. Every administration as far back as George Washington has been faced with the same dilemma.
We are spoiled, and we have an unwarranted sense of entitlement.
Evidence is in the news. We idolize the super spoiled. That's why articles on Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, and Britney Spears are more widely read than news about the president.
Does it really make sense to follow the lives of known drug addicts? If it does, I don't understand why. Yet, the public finds them fascinating. I can only guess that it is because their lifestyle represents opulence.
America is willing to forgive the wealthy for nearly any sin. The richer the sinners, the quicker we are to absolve them of their transgressions.
This year, we will continue to follow the lives of the hard partying wealthy. We will idolize those who are famous for inheriting money. We will worship burned-out narcissistic actresses, and when they fall by the wayside, we will replace them with another wealthy loser.
Country music, rock and roll, and Hollywood will come up with new one-hit bad boys. A few known artists will fall off the proverbial wagon and rehab will be page one news.
Last year, Mother Nature was active, and a few natural disasters caused major devastation. But nothing compared to the devastation caused by humans.
From the wars in the Middle East to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and genocide in Africa, mankind certainly contributed to the demise of the planet, as well as our own species.
However, we initiated a respectable amount of good as well. People around the globe contributed to assist the unfortunate in Haiti, who were victimized by a massive earthquake. The distribution of the aid still needs work, but the effort was made, and steps are being taken to make sure the assistance gets to the people who need it.
Many good people have paid the ultimate price while attempting to help the innocent civilians who have suffered in the war zones. Unfortunately, those are rarely front-page stories, and certainly do not get the readership that is enjoyed by the publicity hungry glitterati.
Until we are willing to change the way we live, the idea of change will continue to remain a mystery while we live in a system we can't understand.


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Mark Forstater has sued over the show, which is based on the 1975 movie "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Forstater produced the film and his lawyer claims it was agreed that he would be "treated as the seventh Python" financially.
Palin told a hearing at London's High Court on Wednesday that the idea of a seventh member "was never going to be accepted by the Pythons."
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Idling school buses draw penalties
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it has reached a settlement with two school bus companies regarding excessive diesel idling.
Both companies, Ocean State Transit and STA of Connecticut, are subsidiaries of Student Transportation of America, which has a fleet of 7,500 school buses in 16 states. Field testing that was the basis of EPA's claims of excessive idling, which exposes children to diesel pollution, was conducted in several communities including Groton, which is still served by STA of Connecticut.
Under the settlement, the companies will pay a $35,000 penalty and will commit to reduce idling from its fleet by performing environmental projects valued at $131,000, the EPA said in a news release.
EPA said that in the fall of 2011, it observed school buses idling for extended periods in East Greenwich and South Kingstown, R.I., and in Danbury, Naugatuck, Higganum, Stamford and Groton. Some buses idled for more than 30 minutes before the buses left the lot to pick up schoolchildren, EPA said. The state idling regulations in question, which are enforceable by EPA, generally limit idling in Connecticut to three minutes and in Rhode Island to five minutes.
Under the settlement, the companies will implement a national training and management program to prevent excessive idling from the company's entire fleet of school buses. Drivers, dispatchers and managers will be trained to comply with state and local anti-idling regulations and to avoid excessive idling, and all supervisors to monitor idling in school bus lots. The company will also post anti-idling signs where drivers congregate, and will notify the school districts it serves of its anti-idling policy.
In addition, STA of Connecticut will replace nine older school buses with new buses that are equipped with state-of-the-art pollution controls, and Ocean State will install GPS units and tracking systems on 117 of its buses to facilitate tracking and eliminate excessive idling.
Idling diesel engines emit pollutants which can cause or aggravate a variety of health problems including asthma and other respiratory diseases, and the fine particles in diesel exhaust are a likely human carcinogen, EPA said. Diesel exhaust not only contributes to area-wide air quality problems, but more direct exposure can cause lightheadedness, nausea, sore throat, coughing, and other symptoms. Drivers, schoolchildren riding on the buses, facility workers, neighbors and bystanders are all vulnerable.
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By Mary Wisniewski
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago City Council is expected to approve on Wednesday a $500 million proposed renovation of Wrigley Field, the historic home of the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
The 99-year-old ballpark, famous for its ivy-covered outfield walls and hand-operated scoreboard, is a key tourist attraction and has been declared a city landmark, so major plans like a jumbo video message board in left field and a neighboring hotel need approval.
The privately financed proposal includes a $300 million renovation of the park itself and $200 million for improvements outside the park, including the hotel.
The plans have already been approved by the city's landmarks and plan commissions, and the city council's zoning committee approved the proposal on Tuesday evening.
The Cubs started playing at Wrigley in 1916 and have not won a World Series since 1908, the longest championship drought in Major League Baseball.
The Ricketts family, which bought the Cubs from the Chicago Tribune in 2009, say they want to change that losing record and need to revamp Wrigley to generate more revenue to invest in the team.
Attendance at the park, which holds 41,100, has fallen to 12th place from 6th place among all Major League clubs over the last 10 years, according to league data. Crowds at home games this year have averaged 33,000, down from an average of 37,000 in 2003.
With the alderman for the densely populated neighborhood surrounding the park agreeing to support the proposal after months of negotiations, the full council is expected to approve it on Wednesday.
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1. did anyone look at the arm from when obito first seen rin? it had looked like a Zetsu's arm, whe he gets to them he see kakashi?
correct me if i am wrong but zetsu can copy ablities and personity of people. could that kakashi been a fake Zetsu sended by madara! the fact that zetsu knew where Rin and Kakashi are being strange?
2. zetsus looking like rin may have attack kakashi and he could have kill her by mistake think she was fake.
this is what could have happen.
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|2012-10-02, 10:52
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The Zetsu clone had mentioned something about 'experimental bodies' from the mist, it might have something to do with that. Add in the fact that they are fighting Mist ninja, who might have some mist illusion type jutsu (thinking Aizen's original description of his sword from bleach), and Kakashi attacked Rin unknowingly.
Anyways, the flashback is going nicely, although still a bit slow (last chapter really held it back, not much happened), we'll see how it turns out. If the explanations are bland, dunno if I can bear anymore
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and Obito mentioned about rin and kakashi to zetsu that's why he went looking for them(may be he din't have anything better to do) and also they were getting little friendly with obito
|2012-10-02, 11:25
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What if he had planned Nagato's early life and had a plan for Obito too, the old guy needed followers who have lost their beliefs due to some tragedies in their life so he can easily manipulate them by showing them a different goal in life. To manipulate children Zetsu is perfect, he is weak compared to kage or jounin but his skills of spying and at becoming fake people are ideal to trick children who are much more naive than adults. Obito always impersonating Madara - even when it makes no sense - seems to be some mental problem, but as we see he also becomes a master manipulator of people, as if he knew that Madara was manipulating him and Nagato too, so when he impersonates Madara he also manipulates people. But this is just one theory, it might be that extremely unlikely things just randomly happened
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that or it's a half-hashirama face like everyone else seems to have hidden these days seriously though, it would be sweet if he had one of those curly french mustaches
|2012-10-02, 12:05
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i still hope that this incident has nothing to do with madara, it will spoil the possible drama and the spark between obito, rin and kakashi i rather hope it to be due to some other independent reasons instead of just making madara the bad guy all over again
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|2012-10-02, 13:08
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This flashback needs to end already I want to see fighting not more whinyto.
Madara kill Rin with Zetus help. He said "YOU WILL COME BACK AND THANK ME." These flashback are about as great as kabuto's. The more people that Madara has one his side and with his way of thinking he wins. I wish kishi never brought back Madara and left him dead After the VoE fight. Now it seem like every major thing is cause madara has planned it out. I know he was smart but come on it like naruto and kurama becoming best friends after 5 minutes.
|2012-10-02, 14:21
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My response to that chapter:
I thought Kakashi's aim was supposed to IMPROVE. He's still missing.
But seriously, that's totally out of nowhere. Kakashi killed Rin? There has to be a good reason for it.
|2012-10-02, 14:32
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But yeah, there have to be very tragic circumstances in order to have Kakashi kill Rin. Maybe Kakashi is under a genjutsu, or maybe Rin is being controlled somehow ... I don't know. Perhaps Madara has something to do with it, but I have one problem with this theory. In the present, Obito knows that Kakashi probably didn't have a choice. That's because he said 'you let Rin die' and not 'you killed Rin'. This suggests that Obito knows what was going on at that time. So if Madara was behind it, there's no way Obito would have followed him and become Tobi. Maybe he just knows something, though, and not the whole truth. The next chapter will probably hold the answer to that.
|2012-10-02, 14:35
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Honestly, Rin probably deserved it....
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|2012-10-02, 14:36
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this is all pretty clearly set up by madara as far as i can tell. which also means that obito falling into his lap wasn't a coincidence as he told obito. which also makes for a much better story about madara's planning and not about madara's unbelievable luck.
another issue is going to be that it was never mentioned that kakashi killed rin whenever rin's death was brought up. i guess we'll have to wait and see how this plays out, but it's odd that even obito doesn't mention it to kakashi when he says 'you let rin die'. perhaps what we are seeing is just an illusion then? definitely can't wait for the next chapter(s)
that said, it seems kishi will have to break some supposed rules for achieving MS when it comes to kakashi, shisui, and maybe obito so this is probably the reason kakashi has it
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My guess is that his enemies were using that same assassination mist technique Zabuza used or some water mirror type thing that shows someone, something that isn't there. Maybe someone about to attack Rin, Kakashi reacted without thinking trying to protect her and bang, they pull a Aizen and it turns out the white haired guy stabbed the girl.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland man charged with holding three women captive in his home for a decade and raping them has another court date.
Court officials have scheduled a Wednesday arraignment for 52-year-old Ariel Castro on more than 300 charges including murder, kidnapping and rape.
An indictment returned Friday charges Castro with aggravated murder in a miscarriage that allegedly resulted from a captive woman being starved and punched in the stomach.
Castro also was indicted on 139 counts of rape, 177 counts of kidnapping, seven counts of gross sexual imposition, three counts of felonious assault and one count of possession of criminal tools.
Castro's attorneys say he will plead not guilty.
Castro, who is being held on $8 million bond, made a brief court appearance three days after his May 6 arrest.