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Last week: We can't (or shouldn't) let this week go by without reflecting on September 11th and all the loved ones who were lost. We are forever altered as a people and as a nation. Please let's never forget, but also, let's never stop healing. I am continuously awe-struck with the human spirit, and how good does triumph in most people. Godspeed
Sept. 8
Last week: "Too trapped in a war to be at peace, too damaged to be at war," wrote Army veteran Daniel Somers in a note to his family before he shot himself. A veteran commits suicide every 80 minutes. That's 22 suicides a day. WHAT? Yes, and that is just unconscionable. Get involved locally to help. If you are a veteran and you need any type of help, please call Mission United at 954-4-UNITED. The rest of us call that number to be part of the solution.
Sept. 1
Last week: Sgt.Ty Carter received the Medal of Honor for heroic acts and speaks publicly about post traumatic stress disorder. Firstly, a genuine THANK YOU to all veterans for serving so admirably and keeping us safe. Secondly, it's now our turn to serve our military personnel. A veteran commits suicide every 80 minutes in this country. What? Yes! This is unacceptable and we must act together as a local community and as a nation. Call Mission United at 954-4-UNITED if you are a veteran and you need any type of help. The rest of us, call if you want to be part of the solution!
Aug. 25
Last week: Sex Predators Unleashed. It's impossible not to be moved to tears when reading from victims of sexual abuse and violence. It's unfathomable that humans commit these heinous crimes. Regrettably it happens, so as a smart, sensible, action-oriented community, we must take a multi-pronged approach to ameliorate system errors that allow people to go free that shouldn't. Targeted and mandated treatment for sex offenders, methodical monitoring of sex predators, policy change and legislative advocacy, measured outcomes of recidivism rates and community outcry are a start. I know it is not easy to create systemic change but we must.
Aug. 18
Last week: Nonprofits turn to branding to raise awareness and funds. It is a misnomer that human service nonprofits are not businesses. We are businesses and our "product" is changing lives forever. Think how important that "product" is to our community. Why wouldn't we spend dollars efficiently and wisely on poignant marketing to our consumers and strategic branding in order to create measured outcomes of success for our clients? It's an investment in our community to better all of us.
Looking ahead: Are you ready for some football? Let go Dolphins!!!
Aug. 11
Last week: Community advocates both private and public 'banned' together to help outlaw the over-the-counter sale of synthetic marijuana and bath salts. This ban reduced the poison control calls in Florida from 109 in the first seven months from 537 last year. It's not fixed but it is harder for our kids and youth to buy these dangerous and deadly drugs. Well done all!
Looking ahead: Our Miami Dolphins!! Are you ready for some FOOTBALL!!!!!


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A homeless woman was in critical condition in a Los Angeles hospital after a man doused her with liquid accelerant and set her on fire as she slept on a bus bench, police said on Thursday.
Officers arrested Dennis Petillo, 24, in connection with the early morning attack, and he has been booked in jail on suspicion of attempted murder, police said.
The woman, whose name has not been released, was being treated at a local hospital with burns all over her body, said Los Angeles police Lieutenant Damian Gutierrez.
Erickson Ipina, a witness to the attack, told local station ABC 7 that he often saw the homeless woman sleeping on the bus bench. Ipina said he chased after the attacker, and called for help on his cell phone.
"I called 911 and he just turned back on me and pulled out a knife, and he told me, 'Stop following me or I will cut you,'" Ipina told ABC 7.
The television station showed images of the bus bench set on fire, which had black burn marks along it.
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In light of the recent article in the ON, if anyone is interested in a good deal on Mobile1 vtwin, I found it on sale at Oreilly auto parts for $8.00 qt. I was told the sale price was good through Wed. May 1.
In light of the recent article in the ON, if anyone is interested in a good deal on Mobile1 vtwin, I found it on sale at Oreilly auto parts for $8.00 qt. I was told the sale price was good through Wed. May 1.
"Wer reitet so spaet durch nacht und wind -es ist der Vater mit seinem Kind" -- Goethe
That's not a bad price especially from a retail store. Only about $9.00 per case over cost.
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"If I had my life to live over, I'd dare to make more mistakes next time...I'd relax,I'd limber up... I would take fewer things seriously...take more chances... take more trips...climb more mountains...swim more rivers...eat more ice cream." Jorge Luis Borges at age 85.
Keep an eye on O'Reilly for deals - a few weeks ago, they had Valvoline VR-1 20W-50 for $3.69/quart. They also have other Valvoline, Mobil, and Castrol oils. And they will take your old used oil.
While not the V-twin blend, I just ran into a sale at O'Reilly's here in Corpus Christi this weekend. The 15w 50 Mobile 1 on sale for $5.99qt. Didn't need any, but at that price I picked up 4 qts. Supposed to be on sale until the last week of the month. Plan to purchase 4 more qts. for the bike plus the cars are due for changing soon.
I know there are suppose to be additives specific for bike applications but the 15w 50 still meets or exceeds all manufacturers recommendations. At the intervals that we tend to change oil in our bikes,...well the additional cost for V twin blend is as much marketing in my opinion as anything.
I've read many of the oil threads as well and have no intention of starting or engaging in another...just my opinion that the "regular" 15w 50 at recommended change intervals for our bikes is equal to the V twin blend.
Use whatever you prefer and feel comfortable with in your bike. Just saying Mobil 1 is on sale for $5.99


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Under…denims? That's the new underwear push from Diesel, who've put together a new range of "Underdenim" trunks for men who like to wear their slacks low with a bit of cheek on show, otherwise known as the "Most Dumbest Fashion Fad Eva". Misleading marketing be-damned, they're made of cotton rather than denim (which we're certain your knackers will be thankful …
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Last week Brandish was invited to celebrate 135 years of Jockey Underwear, at an impressive international catwalk show. The show saw the brand go back to its roots, showcasing a number of heritage pieces from its original collection in 1879, before introducing some of Jockey's more updated collections for A/W 2011. GQ Editor Dylan Jones, hosted the night and provided …
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Not content with causing a tidal wave of excitement when he stripped off for Armani in 2007 David Beckham is at it again.
The Beckhams strip down to their skivvies (again) for Emporio Armani
From Catwalk Queen: Individually, both Victoria and David Beckham have appeared in just their pants for Armani. Now, the famous husband and wife have joined forces to promote Emporio Armani underwear.
Wish Room's Man Bra… Taking Japan by storm?
Apparently men all over Japan are getting literally getting into bras as the man-bra takes the country by storm.
I'm not convinced by the hype, the man-bra looks like something that would fail to appeal anyone other than underwear fetishists. This just seems like a opportunity for a gratuitous "lawks ain't Japan just crazy" story as we hit a post-Obama lull.
Anyway, if you need more info on the moob-tackling undies, the silky bras retail for twenty quid and come in white, pink and black from the Wish Room site.
Butt boosting underwear for men
This is another of those 'who is actually buying these?' items that are so bizarre they deserve another look. Apparently there's a large number of men who feel their derriere is inadequate. That's prompted Canadian company Bottom's Up to make padded underwear that boosts your appearance at the back and front.
James Corden strips off Beckham-style for Heat magazine
James Corden, the star of the BBC3 hit sitcom Gavin and Stacey stripped off for a Heat magazine photoshoot parodying David Beckham's infamous Armani ads.
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New year, new pants – that's how the old
saying doesn't go. Everyone harks on about essentials, but I don't think enough
time is spent harking on about our most needed essential: The humble boxer (If
you're wearing pants or Y-fronts, then leave now. Close the door behind you).
Seeing as we're in the second month of 2008, it's more than likely that you'll
have some underwear that should have been thrown out a long time ago.
Abercrombie & Fitch launch underwear line
David Beckham dons slim fitting suit
David Beckham's outfit leaves a lot more to the imagination than his
recent underwear ad for Armani and I must say I quite like this look.
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Ginch Gonch underwear
Ginch Gonch do undies for men and women; I've had to censor the picture on the left as the size of the model's thighs is frankly obscene. Do they offer free steroids with their pants or what? Anyway their range is quite fun and kitsch and includes 'Jolly Cocks', 'Wiener Eater', and 'Red Bandana' prints; the Red Bandana is presumably …


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Cancers that develop in children are often different from those that develop in adults. Childhood cancers are often the result of DNA changes in cells very early in life, sometimes even before birth. Unlike many cancers in adults, childhood cancers are not strongly linked to lifestyle or environmental risk factors.
There are exceptions, but childhood cancers tend to respond better to treatments such as chemotherapy. Children's bodies also tend to tolerate chemotherapy better than adults' bodies do. But cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy can have some long-term side effects, so children who have had cancer need careful attention for the rest of their lives.
Since the 1960s, most children and teens with cancer have been treated at specialized centers designed for them. These centers offer the advantage of being treated by a team of specialists who know the differences between adult and childhood cancers, as well as the unique needs of children with cancer and their families. This team usually includes pediatric oncologists (childhood cancer doctors), surgeons, radiation oncologists, pathologists, pediatric oncology nurses, and nurse practitioners. These centers also have psychologists, social workers, child life specialists, nutritionists, rehabilitation and physical therapists, and educators who can support and educate the entire family.
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According to Wisconsin's White-Tailed Deer Trustee Dr. James Kroll, people who call for more public hunting opportunities are "pining for socialism." He further states, "(Public) Game management is the last bastion of communism."
These are just two insights into the man who has been asked to provide analysis and recommended changes to Wisconsin's deer management program. Kroll's insights are from an article entitled "Which Side of the Fence Are You On?" by Joe Nick Patoski for a past edition of Texas Monthly.
If nothing more, the article gives an unabashed look into the mind-set that will be providing the Wisconsin DNR with recommendations on how to change their deer management practices. James Kroll (also known as "Deer Dr.") was appointed to the Wisconsin "deer czar" position last fall. He was hired by the Department of Administration and instructed to complete a review of the state's deer management program.
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"Game Management," says James Kroll, driving to his high-fenced, two-hundred-acre spread near Nacogdoches, "is the last bastion of communism." Kroll, also known as Dr. Deer, is the director of the Forestry Resources Institute of Texas at Stephen F. Austin State University, and the "management" he is referring to is the sort practiced by the State of Texas. The 55-year-old Kroll is the leading light in the field of private deer management as a means to add value to the land. His belief is so absolute that some detractors refer to him as Dr. Dough, implying that his eye is on the bottom line more than on the natural world.
Kroll, who has been the foremost proponent of deer ranching in Texas for more than thirty years, doesn't mind the controversy and certainly doesn't fade in the heat. People who call for more public lands are "cocktail conservationists," he says, who are really pining for socialism. He calls national parks "wildlife ghettos" and flatly accuses the government of gross mismanagement. He argues that his relatively tiny acreage, marked by eight-foot fences and posted signs warning off would-be poachers, is a better model for keeping what's natural natural while making money off the land.
A trip to South Africa six years ago convinced Kroll that he was on the right track. There he encountered areas of primitive, lush wildlife-rich habitats called game ranches. They were privately owned, privately managed, and enclosed by high fences. He noticed how most of the land outside those fences had been grazed to the nub, used up. "Game ranches there derive their income from these animals — viewing them, hunting them, selling their meat," he says. "There are no losers." At his own ranch Kroll has set up a smaller version of the same thing. His land is indeed lush, verdant, with pine groves, an abundance of undergrowth, wild orchids, New Jersey tea, jack-in-the-pulpits, and other native plants. He has also set up a full-scale breeding research center and is one of twenty Texas deer breeders using artificial insemination to improve his herd. "We balance sex and age ratio," he says. "We manage habitat. We control the population and manage for hunting. I want to leave the deer herd better than it was before we came."
It is interesting to note that, in 2001, the State of Texas shifted its deer management strategies toward the same leanings that Kroll has suggested for Wisconsin. In Texas, the change was brought about via heavy lobbying from the high-fence deer ranching industry. This pressure helped convince the Texas Parks and Wildlife to change their regulations and allow private landowners to select the own deer biologists.
"That has given landowners more freedom," Kroll told Texas Monthly. "(However,) You still have to let the state on your land to get a wildlife-management permit."
The key difference here is that 98 percent of Texas is comprised of private land.
Wisconsin, on the other hand, consists of approximately 34.8 million acres of land, and 25.5 percent of the state's 638,000 gun-hunters reported hunting on public land at some point during the season (2010, Duey, Rees).
According to the Wisconsin Realtors Association, more than 5.7 million acres of this land, or 16.5 percent, is publicly owned and used for parks, forests, trails, and natural resource protection. [Note: these statistics do not include the public land used for roads, government buildings, military bases, and college/school campuses.] This 5.7 million acres of public land is owned as follows:
Federal government owns approximately 1.5 million acres (4.4 percent of the state's land area). Almost all of the federal forestland in Wisconsin is located in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
State government owns approximately 1.6 million acres (4.6 percent of the state's land area). The land is managed by two agencies, the Board of Commissioners of Public Land (who manages lands granted by federal government) and the DNR (managing land owned by the state).
County government owns approximately 2.6 million acres (7.5 percent of the state's land area).
Public land is located in 71 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, with the most public land located in Bayfield County (464,673 acres). [Note: Menominee County does not have any public land, but 98 percent of the land is held in trust by the Menominee Tribe.] Twenty counties have more than 100,000 acres of public land, while only 12 counties have fewer than 10,000 acres.
What does this all mean? My initial reaction, which is one that I predicted when Kroll was named to the state's deer trustee position, is that his team's final recommendations — if implemented — will be heavily skewed toward the state's larger landowners (500+ acres) and folks who own small parcels in areas comprised mostly of private land.
It is also my prediction that the final recommendations (again, if implemented) will do little, if anything, to improve deer herds and deer hunting on Wisconsin's 5.7 million acres of public land.
Where does this leave the public-land hunter? "It will suck to be you," said one deer manager who asked to remain anonymous out of fear for his job. "The resources and efforts will go toward improving the private land sector. This is all about turning deer hunting away from the Public Land Doctrine and more toward a European-style of management — like they have in Texas."
I do, of course, hope these assumptions are wrong. As with all things in life, we should maintain an open mind to change. Life is all about change. However, change for the sake of change is usually a recipe for disaster. Especially when that change is driven by something more than a sincere desire to manage public resources for the greater good.
As noted yesterday (Dr. James Kroll Report: Is That All You Get For Your Money), I will provide more of my opinions and interpretation on this important issue in forthcoming installments of this blog. Read his full preliminary report here.
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Shaykh or Shehu 'Uthman ibn Muhammad (also known as "Dan Fodio") is the well-known and respected mujaddid (reviver of Islam) of 18th century West Africa (Hausaland or modern-day Nigeria). He reestablished all facets of Islam during his time. His book "Ihya us-Sunnah wa ikhmaadul Bid-ah"...(The Revival of the Sunnah and the Destruction of Innovation) was one of his larger and more famous texts. During his tajdeed movement, we would give a copy of this book to every Amir (leader) along with his flag.
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Amir Ibrahim Bilal Smith was born in San Francisco California. Like many African American youth, during his teenage years he ran the streets of California and eventually got involved in gangs and drugs. This led to an incarceration in State Prison. It was during this incarceration that Allah guided him to Islam.
In 2000 Amir Ibrahim had the opportunity to sit with Shaikh Khatry from Mauritania to complete his Fard Ain using the traditional text written by Ibn Ashir. In 2005 Amir Ibrahim had the opportunity to sit with Shaikh Muhammad Ya'cobi Al-Hasani to hear the complete narration of The Shamil of Tirmidhi and afterwards was given a general ijaaza to transmit it from him.
He is currently an Amir/Imam from The Jamat of The Shehu in Sacramento California and Amir of Masjid Ibrahim Islamic Center, under the leadership of Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmed from Philadelphia.
He has translated several books authored from the Shehu and his family from Arabic to English, a couple of which are: Wathiqa ila Jamat (A treatise to the Muslim community, by Sultan Muhammad Bello, and Nuur-Al-baab (The illuminating door) by The Shehu.
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HAVANA – As Manhattan begins to recover from this year's Frankenstorm, with subways running through tunnels again and lights shining brightly downtown, another city impacted by Hurricane Sandy continues to struggle.
The superstorm that wrecked havoc in the northeast also slammed Santiago de Cuba. The city's electrical grid has been restored to only 28 percent as workers attempt to replace power lines around the clock downed by thousands of fallen trees.
"Sources in (state-run power company) Empresa Electrica emphasized that the task is titanic since it means building practically all of the secondary networks from the ground up," said Cuban news agency Prensa Latina on Monday. The agency also revealed that those are the ones "that deliver energy to homes and were the most impaired."
Meanwhile, for a city of about 500,000 people, Santiago has tried to recover promptly. Much of the storm debris has been cleared from the streets and students went back to school on Monday. Residents are stating stores are offering early sales of basic foods that have been planned for distribution later in the year. People unable to cook in their darkened homes are now relying on canned goods and the few with power are assisting their neighborhoods by boiling their water or allowing them to charge cell phones.
Sandy hit southeastern Cuba on October 25th at a Category 2 hurricane, killing 11 people and damaging more than 200,000 homes, causing major losses to coffee and other crops. Communist Party newspaper Granma is reporting that around 895 schools in Santiago were damaged and some classes were held in homes located in neighboring Holguin province. While many schools were repaired and functioning again on Monday, 129 were destroyed, leaving students to gather in private homes, libraries, cultural centers and movie theaters. Some students were sent to other schools.
Hospitals, fire and water stations, as well as bakeries and tall buildings in Santiago were receiving priority power service. Electrical grid repairs were expected to finish by November 15 with the help of crews drafted from across the country.
President Raul Castro remained in Santiago during his tour of the hardest-hit zones, promising to personally ensure that recovery efforts continue.
"We all know the problems you have. Do not lose faith in the revolution," said Castro on television over the weekend. "I will remain here until the electricity returns."
Authorities have not yet given an estimate of the total economic toll.
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Suspect search underway after deadly shooting
Greenwood police said Tremayne Turner, 30, died at the hospital after a deadly shooting Saturday.
According to police, Turner was with a group of people outside a home on Meadow Street when he was shot around 4:00 a.m. Saturday.
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There's been a ton of mixed indicators recently on the imminent direction of the U.S. economy in terms of whether it'll grow or continue stagnating. Yet most experts now seem to think things will continue to muddle along in positive territory – with some dubbing this the "Great OK" – even if they retain some significant doubts about how sustainable both global and U.S. economic growth will be.
Of course, all of this boils down into fairly simple terms: will freight volumes grow near term and, if so, will capacity remain tight enough to get shippers to pay higher rates?
Let's look at the freight forecast first. While many think the traditional "peak season" for freight covering Thanksgiving and Christmas is now a thing of the past, Deloitte's 28th annual survey of holiday spending intentions and trends indicates an uptick in holiday-season spending – with much of it occurring via the Internet, which should boost freight-hauling activity.
The 5,018 consumers polled by Deloitte said they plan to shell out an average of $421 on holiday gifts this year, up from $386 last year. They also expect to buy an average of 12.9 gifts, ending a five-year decline in the number of gifts they plan to purchase, the firm reported.
Another positive sign in holiday shopping, Deloitte found, is an increase in discretionary and non-gift spending with the amount consumers plan to spend on non-gift items for themselves or their families poised to jump 14% from 2012, while spending on home and holiday furnishings should increase 25% from last year.
Additionally, consumers appear more confident in the economy's prospects, the firm found, with more than half (54%) believe the economy is on the rebound, an increase of 22 percentage points in the past two years.
"The survey reveals a brighter consumer spending outlook than we've seen in several years," noted Alison Paul, vice chairman of Deloitte LLP and the firm's retail & distribution sector leader.
"Consumers are feeling more generous about gift spending, and we are encouraged by their plans to spend more on going out for celebrations, decorating their homes and treating themselves and their families to 'early gifts' while holiday shopping this year," Paul noted. "The government shutdown and debt crisis had the potential to dampen consumer sentiment; however, the settlement likely averted any significant impact on the holiday season. The timely resolution of those issues may also give consumers an extra confidence boost just as promotions start hitting the stores and the shopping season gets underway."
Paul also pointed out that Internet has moved into the top spot among holiday shopping destinations for the first time in this survey's 15 years, bumping discount/value department stores from the No. 1 position. Nearly half (47%) of consumers said they plan to purchase items online, Deloitte's poll found, followed by 44% at discount/value stores.
Here's another key tidbit where freight is concerned: The so-called "omni-channel" shopper who favor the Internet and traditional "brick and mortar" stores to do their shopping tends to spend more. Deloitte's poll found that those who shop a combination of store, Internet and mobile channels plan to spend a total of $1,643 on the holidays; 76% higher than those who shop in the store only.
OK, that's the retail picture; no let's look at the industrial side of the freight market, the one that's been driving much of the volume these past few years.
According to the Third Quarter 2013 Manufacturing Barometer compiled by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), optimism among U.S. industrial manufacturers regarding the global economic outlook reached the highest level since the first quarter of 2012.
In short, as the third quarter wrapped up, 40% of respondents expressed optimism regarding the world economy for the next 12 months, up from 31% in the second quarter and 29% from the third quarter of 2012.
Interestingly, the "primary growth driver" for manufacturers remains the U.S. economy, with 60% of those polled expressing optimism about the domestic outlook, and the outlook for the U.S. continues to contrast with the international picture, where optimism regarding actual revenue contributions in the next 12 months remained low at 30%, down two points from the second quarter and off eight points from last year's third quarter.
"The divergence in viewpoints regarding the U.S. and world economic outlooks narrowed somewhat in the third quarter [with] optimism regarding the global economy improved, but uncertainty remained prevalent, marked by persistently low expectations regarding the level of international revenue contributions going forward," noted Bobby Bono, PwC's U.S. industrial manufacturing leader.
"Despite the uptick in global economic sentiment, the U.S. remains the growth driver in the industrial manufacturing sector, with continued signs of healthy demand, pricing strength, new product investment and hiring," he added. "Overall top line growth expectations remain moderate and management teams are continuing to take a careful approach to capital allocation and cost management, while preserving liquidity."
Reflecting the healthy level of optimism pertaining to the domestic economy, 82% of U.S. industrial manufacturers surveyed expect positive revenue growth for their own companies in the next 12 months, with only 2% forecasting negative growth. While the projected average revenue growth rate over the next 12 months remained moderate at 4.2%, down from 4.6% in the second quarter and last year's third quarter.
"Management teams are continuing to focus on boosting organic growth, with an emphasis on new product launches and investment in R&D and technology," Bono added. "This is indicative of the mixed global outlook and overall moderate revenue growth expectations."
Freight experts think such findings add up to a still-sluggish outlook for freight, but one that is at least growing, not receding.
"Peak season data has been mixed, but industrial demand remains firmer than retail," noted Benjamin Hartford, an analyst with Wall Street firm Robert W. Baird & Co., in a recent freight market update.
"The third quarter retail demand environment was best described as sluggish [but] retail (i.e., truckload and intermodal rail) volume trends were better than those experienced during 2012 [though] remaining modestly below seasonal," he said. "Anecdotally, truckload trends have strengthened seasonally in October, and carriers are optimistic about fourth quarter volume trends, aided in part by six fewer retail selling days between Thanksgiving and the Christmas holiday."
Still, Hartford thinks that consumer-related spending will decelerate and remain a headwind to retail-related freight growth. That contradicts Deloitte's findings, of course, but Hartford also believes underlying freight trends are "stable" and said an "opportunity" exists through the first quarter next year given typical transport stock seasonality.
Then look at the most recent for-hire truck tonnage index reading compiled by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), which increased 1.4% in September, matching August's gain. Compared with September 2012, the index surged 8.4%, which is the largest year-over-year gain since December 2011, noted the ATA, which added that year-to-date comparisons with the same period in 2012 show the tonnage index is up 5.4%.
"I continue to be pleasantly surprised on the strength of truck tonnage," noted ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello in a statement. "I attribute a part of tonnage's robustness to the sectors of the economy that are growing fastest, like housing construction, auto production, and energy output. These industries produce heavier than average freight, which leads to faster growth in tonnage versus a load or shipment measure."
He added that while tonnage is likely running ahead of overall economic growth, it perhaps means the U.S. economy is stronger than many believe.
"The index has now increased in four of the last five months and the year-over-year growth rate has accelerated," Costello noted, though the government shutdown may serve as an economic headwind for the fourth quarter. "[Yet] other measures of truck freight volumes, while increasing at a slower pace than tonnage, have also accelerated in recent months."
Thus if things stay stable, despite being sluggish, the holidays could be start of something decent – if not good – for trucking in terms of freight. Let's see if that develops.


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Love and tomatoes -- a natural combination
When other women ask me how I proposed to my wife, the first thing I tell them is that Crissie doesn't like diamonds. They look at me with either contempt or condescension -- the former if they think I'm going to lecture them about African child armies, the latter if they think I'm fool enough to believe that Crissie didn't really want the rock. Either way, their follow-up question never varies: "Well, what did you propose to her with?"
And I say, "A tomato."
My wife is from Mississippi. There, the tomato-growing season starts the day after the Super Bowl and ends the night before Christmas. Drop seeds in the soil and the vines rise like tree trunks. Or so Southerners say.
"My grandmother turns 92 this summer and still gardens by golf cart," Crissie told me the spring we started dating. "I would never eat a tomato out of season."
But we lived in Montana. "What's tomato season here?" I said.
"Half of August and half of September," Crissie said. "Depending on first and last frost."
"That sounds like a lot of work for a sandwich topping."
Crissie pursed her lips. Southern women consider the word "stubborn" a compliment. "Tomatoes are important to me," she said.
I am not myself a gardener. At the same time we started dating, however, I joined a special community-supported agriculture farm. Run by a bearded, quick-to-laugh Army veteran and grizzly bear expert named Greg, it provided food not in the weekly shopping-basket style of other CSAs, but one vegetable at a time, once or twice total, in massive quantities: 150 pounds of potatoes, 120 pounds of onions, 100 pounds of squash, and so on. The idea was that this way one could store food for consumption all through the long Montana winter and spring. Basil and garlic became frozen pesto, for example, and winter squash was transformed into pumpkin pie. Tomatoes could be sliced and dried or canned as sauce. Cucumbers, of course, found their destiny as pickles.
So it was that Crissie and I became masters of different edible domains. She built backyard raised beds; stirred compost; planted, watered, weeded and harvested. I checked my email for messages with subject lines like "BEETS ARE IN!" then rode my bike trailer to the farm to haul home major poundage. Summers, Crissie cooked. Winter meals were my responsibility.
Two and a half years passed. Like other roots, my relationship with Crissie grew and deepened, and one feverish day in late August I decided to propose. First and foremost, I was in love. As well, though, Crissie had already agreed to spend the evening with me. Greg's cucumbers were in. She was going to help me make pickles.
At 5:00, Crissie met me in the kitchen. Assembled before us was a canning pot, glass jars and lids, sugar, vinegar, garlic, dill, mustard seeds and 10 pounds of fresh cucumbers. Crissie rolled up her sleeves. She washed her hands. She began to fill the pot.
"Hey," I said, through suddenly chattering teeth. "Wait. Can I t-t-talk to you?"
Crissie killed the water. "Before pickling?" she said. "Or after pickling?"
My heart beat hard. My mind went black. In my eagerness to propose, I realized, I had never thought through the exact requirements of the occasion: knee, question, ring.
I blinked and bit my nails.
"Instead of pickling?" Crissie said.
"Come." I led her to a backyard bench. "Sit," I said. "Close your eyes. I'll be back in a minute."
I ran inside and, in our junk drawer, found an empty pale blue ring box originating I knew not where. But what to put in it? I searched further for the proper token of my esteem for her. A Mao watch? No. Disneyland ears? Unh-uh. The high school letter I received for a three-month junior-year stint on Quiz Bowl? No way. For a few desperate seconds, I considered using the antlers from a friend's recent hunting trip. Yet these were not only too big by several orders of magnitude, but also the traditional symbol of the cuckold. Not an auspicious start to an engagement.
Dazed and disappointed, I walked outside empty-handed. I prepared to tell Crissie that that my "surprise" would have to wait. Each step I took, anticipating the final letdown, felt like hours. Finally, to buoy myself, I stopped, closed my eyes, took a deep breath -- and smelled fresh soil. When my eyes opened again it was to see our garden and the sight, twinkling brighter than a diamond, of a resplendent red orb.
"Honey?" Crissie squirmed. "Is that you?"
"Almost ready!" I said. I grabbed the tomato from the vine. Back in the kitchen, I cut a slice from the center, placed it in the ring box atop a tiny square of wax paper, and seasoned the red circle with a pinch each of salt and pepper. Then, unable to help myself, I cut another slice, seasoned it, too, and popped it on my tongue. When CSA tomatoes came, I'd get them by the score. Greg, though, waited until the last day possible for harvest. I needed something to steel the heart now. Indeed: firm but giving, sweet but substantial, the tomato in my mouth was round, smooth, warm and ready as love itself.
I swallowed hard and walked back outside, box in hand. My stomach rumbled -- happily. I knelt before Crissie. "OK," I said. "You can open your eyes."
Now tomatoes are important to me, too.


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Banned by YouTube
I've been thinking about Operation YouTube Smackdown from a Free Speech perspective ever since we began. I'm generally more of a Free Speech purist than the sort calling for nanny-labels on every little thing. Give parents a chance to at least know what's in the stuff they're buying for their kids, whether it's breakfast cereal or music albums. Then let grown people be grownups. So what gives with the YouTube Smackdown? Sure, YouTube's own policies claim they don't tolerate hate speech or graphic violence. Of course, the hundreds of videos we've flagged that they haven't taken down suggest they're quite willing to tolerate that very thing. But, still, who died and made us the YouTube hall monitors?
Nobody. You may have heard it said that hypocrisy is the last remaining sin in our postmodern, morally-relative world. Maybe nobody can hold anybody else to a common set of standards anymore. But if someone isn't living up to their own standards, you can still call them a hypocrite, right? Well, Google, the 'Don't Be Evil' company, owns YouTube. If you read the YouTube editors blog it's clear the standards they hold up for their company and their users resemble University Hate Speech codes far more than they resemble some wild-west, libertarian free-speech utopia. So there's that.
But that hardly satisfies if we're looking for a serious evaluation. It's a valid argument, but asking people to practice what they preach isn't the same thing as seriously considering the merits of what it is, exactly, that they're preaching. I believe in free speech, probably more than the folks at YouTube. Especially if you consider the history of the kinds of videos they have removed. I've mentioned elsewhere the story by Rachel Lucas of the video where a squirrel dodges a rock (no squirrels were harmed in the making of that video). It was removed on grounds of animal abuse. You'd think a video of a humvee not dodging an IED would be more removable on grounds of cruelty to the soldiers riding inside.
Many videos like those of John McCain singing 'Bomb, bomb Iran' were removed, then put back up. And for all I know, removed and put back up again. A pillar of consistency YouTube ain't. They've shown a willingness to delete videos by anti-jihadists like Crusader18. Then there's Nick Gisburne, the athiest who got his video banned for simply quoting some of the harsher lines from the Koran. The link I'll provide about that comes from the website of the famous athiest and biologist Richard Dawkins. Why? Because it gives me an opening to repeat a quote Dawkins used in a letter to Prince Charles about open-mindedness in science. "Of course we must be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out." I can't resist pointing out how YouTube seems at least open-minded enough to host videos of people's brains literally spilling out.
Perhaps most famously, right around the time Google bought YouTube last year, someone at YouTube decided to take down Michelle Malkin's "First they Came" video Vent. The only explanation they seemed willing to give, in an attempt to defend against the charge the video was removed for polical reasons, was that it contained graphic violence. Yes, it showed a still photo of the body of Theo Van Gogh after his assassination. The one where the killer pinned a note in the guy's chest saying Ayaan Hirsi Ali would be next. The photo showed a small amount of blood on the pavement, with Theo's body covered by a sheet. I defy you to visit the Strong Stomach section of our Daily Dozen and tell me what you see there is less objectionable than a guy under a sheet.
Maybe the folks over at Daily Kos got together and flagged Michelle's video en masse and that's why Malkin's video was taken down, who knows. YouTube displays how many times a video has been viewed, commented on, or favorited. But they don't like to admit how often folks object to the videos they host. Still, they do seem to respond to pressure. More recently, some guy uploaded a video of himself saying how glad he was Daniel Pearl had gotten his head cut off. This got written up by, among others, Michelle Malkin and Little Green Footballs (the guys who first published the animation comparing Dan Rather's 'discovery' of Bush's 70s era military records and what anyone could produce in 2 minutes with Microsoft Word). Before the day of the resulting blogswarm of people flagging that video was over, YouTube had removed the video and deleted the guy's account. All for nothing worse than saying he was glad another guy got killed. How is that different from showing footage of IEDs exploding under vehicles while singing and shouting Allahu Akbar? (I'll leave for another day the question of where we might find all the outrage over these kinds of videos you'd expect from moderate Muslims, trying to defend their peaceful religion being against being hijacked.)
And of course, YouTube is willing to cater to the demands of different countries like Thailand and Turkey when it comes to removing videos unfriendly to the ruling government. They don't mind a little censorship if it'll help them sell more ad space. And I won't even bother linking to anything about the issues over copyright, where entertainment companies have learned to tell YouTube to jump in a way that gets YouTube to ask, "Is this high enough?" Apparently, the line the folks at YouTube are paying the most attention to is their bottom line. When it comes to their Community Guidelines, all bets are off. Because when it comes to removing anything else, their first response is always, "meh, do it yourself." Or rather, they cover their legal keisters against any responsibility for the videos their users upload. They say they'll remove anything that doesn't meet their standards. At least, whenever users complain by flagging objectionable videos, and not until (or maybe not, even then).
But what happens when they review a flagged video, and they decide to keep it up? Do they assume responsibility then? For what? Making a kid cry because he saw it? Or because some guy watched it and was inspired to volunteer to blow himself up in a pizza parlor? If anyone's out there testing the legal theories, I'm not aware of it. But I'd like to be. Also, this emphasis on creative legal theories, like the hypocrisy standard, seems to miss the point somehow. Or rather, it sounds like the kind of thing you'd hear when someone's trying to score a point instead of make one. And I want to make a point here, something more fundmental. One of my mottoes is, "It's more important to find out what's right than who's right." Games of who can point out the most hypocrisies lead nowhere, or favor those who hold out the fewest real standards to begin with. And ya gotta figure YouTube would win on that score, given their track record.
So how do we reconcile the value of free speech with my conviction that YouTube is creating externalities that are harmful to others? With a little free speech of our own. YouTube is fobbing off the workload, and legal responsibility, onto their site's users. This is what allows them to host videos that incite and recruit on behalf of radical Islamist terrorists (even after they're flagged). Is that all they need to do so they "don't be evil"? I'm not qualified to say they're breaking any laws here. At least, not clearly enough to convince a prosecuter to go up against YouTube and/or Google over them. But if folks on the political left want to hold gun manufacturers liable for gun crimes, why aren't they demanding YouTube be held reponsible for terrorism aided and abetted by the videos they host? Don't answer, it's a tortured legal argument to begin with. Still, they got Al Capone for back taxes. But they got Al Capone.
I think it's gotta come down to a simpler kind of argument. Is hosting these videos right or wrong, in and of itself? You'll have to judge that for yourself. And once you do, you can decide if you want to join the Smackdown or not. You're a grownup. But I say YouTube has spent so much time making sure they're not liable for anything illegal, it seems they've forgotten about trying to avoid doing wrong. Not in the PC, touchy-feely sense where they ask people to be nice leaving comments on other people's videos. I'm talking about the right and wrong of the kinds of acts and values these jihad videos endorse. "Don't be evil"? Ha! I'm starting to think the average YouTube staff reviewers wouldn't recognize true evil if it was 6 inches in front of their faces.
Which, if you think about it, is right where we're trying to put the jihadi videos when we flag them.


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Hatch picks running mate
Hatch picks running mate
DES MOINES, Iowa —
She is married to an attorney, Bill Vernon, and has three adult daughters.
Iowa Sen. Jack Hatch has chosen a Cedar Rapids city councilwoman as his running mate as he seeks to unseat Gov. Terry Branstad in November.
Hatch is announcing in Cedar Rapids that Monica Vernon is his choice to run alongside him for lieutenant governor.
A biography posted Tuesday on his campaign website says she is serving her second four-year term on the city council.
She is founder of Vernon Research Group, a market research firm. She has also worked as a community relations director for Mount Mercy University and was previously a reporter for the Gazette.
Vernon, who is 56, ran for Iowa's U.S. House 1st District seat coming in second behind Iowa Rep. Pat Murphy.
She is married to an attorney, Bill Vernon, and has three adult daughters.


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Clay Tile Kitchen Floors
This definitely isn't a resilient material for the floor. But clay tiles are another wonderful choice for kitchen flooring, as it's a natural material, it has a durable surface, and it adds warmth with its clay coloring. The material isn't just reserved for Tuscan villas (though image 5 is incredible): We've seen it used in everything from turn-of-the-century apartments to mid-century modern houses. Take a look:
• 1 This kitchen incorporates a little detail from many styles and eras, but the tile is a great way to pull it all together.
• 2 There's a little bit of old-world feel in this kitchen.
• 3 Clay floor tiles and comfy kitchen shoes.
• 4 A graphic black and white rug against the warm floor in Ellen Pompeo's home.
• 5 A Tuscan terra cotta floor is reflected again in the herringbone brick work of the ceiling.
Related: Kitchen Tour: Kenny Lao of Rickshaw Dumpling Bar
(Images: Rachael Smith, Decodir, Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan, Tim Street-Porter/Elle Decor, Christie's via Atticmag )


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Y = % White Women Who Will Vote for Obama
X1 = Desire to See a Woman in the White House
X2 = Desire to See a Black Man in the White House
X3 = Political Party Affiliation
Given the Inequalities,
At least four people have been arrested in connection with a possible plot to kill Obama at his Thursday night acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High, according to CBS4 News. The suspects are being held on either drug or weapons charges.
Aurora police arrested a longtime drug user Sunday afternoon during a routine traffic stop where the man was seen "weaving," sources said. Three possible other accomplices also were arrested, according to police.
Police found four weapons, including two rifles and two handguns, in a rented pickup.
That arrest then led authorities to a second man staying at the Cherry Creek Hotel at 600 South Colorado Blvd in Glendale. When authorities knocked on the man's door, they say he jumped out of his sixth floor window, landing on an awning and running from the scene. They say they soon found him with a broken ankle. He too was arrested.
CBS4 reported one of the suspects told authorities they were "going to shoot Obama from a high vantage point using a ... rifle … sighted at 750 yards."
Law-enforcement sources told CBS4 that one of the suspects "was directly asked if they had come to Denver to kill Obama. He responded in the affirmative."
One of the suspects has been identified as 28-year-old Tharin Gartrell.
Police found a rifle in the man's rented pickup and methamphetamine. The man allegedly made comments about Sen. Obama, but sources wouldn't say what they were.
It was enough, however, to make police believe the man might have been plotting to somehow harm Obama.
A second source told CBS4 News that they are concerned they may have come upon a possible "assasination plot."
The Secret Service, ATF and U.S. Attorney's Office are investigating.
Brian Maass of CBS4 News contributed to this report.
These new immigrants were no longer exclusively members of the Nordic race as were the earlier ones who came of their own impulse to improve their social conditions. The transportation lines advertised America as a land flowing with milk and honey, and the European governments took the opportunity to unload upon careless, wealthy, and hospitable America the sweepings of their jails and asylums. The result was that the new immigration, while it still included many strong elements from the north of Europe, contained a large and increasing number of the weak, the broken, and the mentally crippled of all races drawn from the lowest stratum of the Mediterranean basin and the Balkans, together with hordes of the wretched, submerged populations of the Polish Ghettos.
With a pathetic and fatuous belief in the efficacy of American institutions and environment to reverse or obliterate immemorial hereditary tendencies, these newcomers were welcomed and given a share in our land and prosperity. The American taxed himself to sanitate and educate these poor helots, and as soon as they could speak English, encouraged them to enter into the political life, first of municipalities, and then of the nation.
The result is showing plainly in the rapid decline in the birth rate of native Americans because the poorer classes of Colonial stock, where they still exist, will not bring children into the world to compete in the labor market with the Slovak, the Italian, the Syrian, and the Jew. The native American is too proud to mix socially with them, and is gradually withdrawing from the scene, abandoning to these aliens the land which he conquered and developed. The man of the old stock is being crowded out of many country districts by these foreigners, just as he is to-day being literally driven off the streets of New York City by the swarms of Polish Jews. These immigrants adopt the language of the native American; they wear his clothes; they steal his name; and they are beginning to take his women, but they seldom adopt his religion or understand his ideals, and while he is being elbowed out of his own home the American looks calmly abroad and urges on others the suicidal ethics which are exterminating his own race.
As to what the future mixture will be it is evident that in large sections of the country the native American will entirely disappear. He will not intermarry with inferior races, and he cannot compete in the sweat shop and in the street trench with the newcomers. Large cities from the days of Rome, Alexandria, and Byzantium have always been gathering points of diverse races, but New York is becoming a cloaca gentium which will produce many amazing racial hybrids and some ethnic horrors that will be beyond the powers of future anthropologists to unravel.
One thing is certain: in any such mixture, the surviving traits will be determined by competition between the lowest and most primitive elements and the specialized traits of Nordic man; his stature, his light colored eyes, his fair skin and blond hair, his straight nose, and his splendid fighting and moral qualities, will have little part in the resultant mixture.
The "survival of the fittest" means the survival of the type best adapted to existing conditions of environment, to-day the tenement and factory, as in Colonial times they were the clearing of forests, fighting Indians, farming the fields, and sailing the Seven Seas. From the point of view of race it were better described as the "survival of the unfit."
Truth is indeed stranger than fiction, isn't it? Our own Harriet Tubman served as a Union spy, and during her service she carried 2 pistols. One to defend those with the courage to go ahead to freedom, and another for those who may not have had the heart to keep going. Harriet Tubman was one hell of a sister. As we know, heroism and true grit comes in all forms, and in all colors. Thus, we respectable negroes salute you, Julia Child, and belatedly because it is long overdue, salute you as well, Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
For You Julia Child:
Chef Julia Child, others part of WWII spy network
Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Chicago White Sox catcher Moe Berg at a time when the Nazis threatened the world.
They served in an international spy ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA created in World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt.
The full secret comes out Thursday, all of the names and previously classified files identifying nearly 24,000 spies who formed the first centralized intelligence effort by the United States. The National Archives, which this week released a list of the names found in the records, will make available for the first time all 750,000 pages identifying the vast spy network of military and civilian operatives.
They were soldiers, actors, historians, lawyers, athletes, professors, reporters. But for several years during World War II, they were known simply as the OSS. They studied military plans, created propaganda, infiltrated enemy ranks and stirred resistance among foreign troops.
Some of those on the list have been identified previously as having worked for the OSS, but their personnel records never have been available before. Those records would show why they were hired, jobs they were assigned to and perhaps even missions they pursued while working for the agency.
follow the link here.
Few know that, in 1939, at age 11, she had to leave her family behind in Germany and live in a Swiss orphanage, where girls weren't permitted to go to high school. She stayed up nights studying her boyfriend's textbooks, determined to learn.
Fewer still know her as a sharpshooter. Westheimer, who's about 4 feet 7 inches tall, was a sniper in the Israel Defense Force during the 1948 War of Independence and was seriously wounded in the battle for Jerusalem. (She said that while her shooting can still win prizes for her grandchildren at carnival booths, she never killed anyone in battle.)
There's lots more that people don't know about Dr. Ruth that she revealed during a recent stop in Philadelphia.
the story continues here.
If Chris were not otherwise occupied, he could tell you that he is, by several objective measures, the most talented Guitar Hero player in existence: not only good enough to have attained numerous high-score records, but so skilled that he has parlayed his peculiar blend of athleticism and showmanship into online celebrity and a fledgling career designing and endorsing his own line of video game hardware. But at the moment, another barrage of notes was about to descend on him. "The chaos," he said, "begins right now."
Despite his preternatural dexterity, Chris, who turns 17 on Sunday, would seem to be just one more avid gamer who has helped make the Guitar Hero franchise a towering success. It has sold more than 20.7 million copies worldwide since its debut just three years ago.
Yet to the video game business Chris represents just the kind of player — the freakishly talented one-man spectacle — who could bring more revenue and legitimacy to the industry, and prove once and for all that video gaming is as much a mainstream American pastime as going to the movies or watching television.
From, the piece "Rec-Room Wizard" printed in the New York Times.
Youth is indeed wasted on the young. Sounds embittered doesn't it? I am just hurting, a little sad that the world has seemingly changed around me, but not necessarily with me. It is also a little nostalgia, a longing for the not so recent past and a realization that one of the favorite pastimes of my childhood has changed, pushed forward by "progress" and morphed into something I know, but don't particularly like or feel comfortable with--sort of like the hot ex-girlfriend from college you meet a few years later, who is still gorgeous, just a little older, and is now with a beau who is the exact opposite of who you would have pictured her with. This is one of those moments when you wake up and realize that you are a little older than you were yesterday:
Yes, I still play video games. Yes, my tastes have gravitated to PC games over consoles because I primarily play RTS's (although I will be getting an X-Box 360...primarily to download the "old school" classics and to play GTA 4). And yes, I play a pretty mean game of Call of Duty 4 and other first person shooters. But, something has changed. With the rise of the internet, with consoles and home PC's which are more powerful than anything we could have imagined ten years ago, the social space for gaming has inexorably changed. The communal space, those hives of scum and villainy which many of us ghetto nerds were drawn to in our New York City Time Squares, our South Sides, our West Sides and corner bodegas, our Milford Rec's, is gone, never to be replaced. Those hideouts from parents and adults where we could seek out a brother from another planet, an old school sage to teach us the latest tricks and exploits:
Reading about the rise of this Guitar Hero phenom encouraged me to take a trip to one of the few remaining arcades in the city. For the young and uninitiated, arcades were physical spaces where you would play video games and pinball with others, face to face, in a personal contest for supremacy. I was so excited, I would get on the Red Line, read a book, get some Chipotle on the way home, and pop some quarters into a favored machine. Would it be Killer Instinct? Street Fighter 2 Turbo or CE, Mortal Combat? Marvel vs. Capcom? What would it be? Guess what? It would be nothing as our video game oasis was closed, shutdown, its dirty floors still uncleaned. It seems this last arcade would be a victim of hipster gentrification.
This isn't to disparage the rise of the internet and how we finally have a truly global stage for contest and where video games are approaching a "sport" of sorts with tournaments, leagues, and big money purses. In my childhood I would have never dreamed that there would be lucrative prizes at stake in tournaments for games like StarCraft, Quake or Ultimate Tournament. I wouldn't have imagined that video game pros would have real groupies and fans...not the cast off, sallow faced, semi-teen runaway degenerates who hung out at the local spot. No, attention from real people whose approval you would seek, and if they were an attractive woman, to likely try to enjoy in a biblical, Song of Solomon kind of way.
You children of the 1970s and 1980s, did you also hear the same rumors that I did? That you could go to Japan and face off against the best, Asian kids who were in our imaginations just as good at martial arts as they were at video games, a mythical Blood Sport for video game heads where you could compete against the best of the best:
Random thought: am I the only ghetto nerd who was jealous of his Asian friends and their video game collections? Bootlegged titles purchased in China or Korea town, or mailed to them from friends and family overseas?
My use of the phrase "blood sport" is not accidental. Playing video games competitively was physical. In its most benign, it either involved travel and searching around town for the newest machine or the best competition, running to the neighborhood arcade, the bakery next to the high school where everyone congregated after school and during lunch, or the duck pin bowling alley that we would dip into after school for a few rounds of Street Fighter or Karate Champ. Sometimes it involved hours of travel to and fro just to find that best, most favorite, machine, or nagging a parent to sit in the car for a few hours while they read a book and you played video games all day long on your birthday. In its least benign, it involved a physical exchange, a stare down, especially if you were a newbie, to just put the quarter on the machine to get a play. In the worst case scenario playing in the arcade could escalate into a fist fight, real blood drawn between players if one felt that they were either treated unfairly or humiliated by a rival. With the ascendancy of video games into the mainstream and the rise of the internet as a means to compete, the world, as is the ultimate goal of technical innovation, has been made just a little too sterile for this ghetto nerd's taste.
By analogy, in the same way that we can find any number of "Emcees" "battling" on Youtube, MySpace or in chat rooms, how many would have lasted second in a real cipher, a real battle in the South Bronx, Queens, or Brooklyn?
Object Lesson 1:
Object Lesson 2
Hell, how many of these "crappers" would even be allowed into the cipher? Now, it is so clean and impersonal. You don't have to have clout to get into the circle, there is no physical risk if you under-perform or step out of bounds. The worst that can happen is that you move onto another chat room, another message board, or another Youtube video.
We no longer have to put quarters up on the machine to get a play, we don't have to be accepted into the local tribe (real people not a virtual clan), and we certainly don't have to face down rivals eye to eye in what could easily end in a post-game melee. I am not discounting the visceral rush of online play, of an hours long match, or how great it feels to beat a rival--I don't know how many of you have had this experience, but I sincerely love playing skinheads and Nazi wannabe's online (and summarily dispensing with them in the most humiliating fashion possible), ignorant folks who take competition very seriously and make their video game playing prowess some type of proof for the superiority of their imagined Aryan bloodline.
I am not a Luddite. I love technical change and innovation, but I am worried about how our social interactions with strangers, meeting people and becoming friends in the real as opposed to virtual world, what was once the core of playing video games, has been changed for the worst. I admire the art and artistry of video games. I am wonderfully pleased that a hobby has grown into a culture. And I do indeed smile when I think about how we are now in a position where we can hear the symphonies of our childhood elevated to the level of high art:
Nevertheless, I do offer a warning, a fear about the rise of glamor and glitz, of the prominence of bells and whistles over substance and form. Sure, we have gorgeous games like Metal Gear, God of War, and the like; and immersive titles like World of Warcraft (and on MMORG's isn't the Star Trek title destined to be horrible?) and the Grand Theft Auto series; and great fighting games such as Soul Caliber, Virtua Fighter and the new Street Fighter--which by the way I am holding my breath for in anticipation of its release:
But, will they stand the test of time? Will they be downloaded and played twenty or thirty years from now? Will they be the objects of fond reminiscing of battles both epic, bloody, and personal? I suspect they likely will, but will the memory be the same? Will it have the same texture as a kid recalling the first time he played Ghosts and Goblins, Elevator Action, Double Dragon, Street Fighter 2, Tron, Karate Champ, Ikari Warriors, Cruis'n USA, Star Wars, Donkey Kong, Ms. Pacman, or Killer Instinct in a dingy arcade or bowling alley and where he or she defeated the local arcade king, if even for a day? And then had to hustle home before dark to ensure that the local tough wouldn't get some revenge? This ghetto nerd doesn't know, and in truth probably wouldn't like the answer.
Random thoughts and confessions:
1. I was never so happy as when I found my Christmas gift, an NES hidden in my parent's bedroom. I was never so exhilarated as when I would take it out and play it when they were at work and I was home "sick."
2. I never beat Super Mario Brothers--I still to this day cannot beat the last level.
3. I never beat Zelda--I couldn't find the silver arrows.
4. I loved M. Bison. No, I owned with M. Bison. I owned even more with Guile...but then again, who didn't?
5. Anyone else remember The Adams Family pinball game? or Fun House? Were they not perfect?
6. Is it not sad that pinball is a dying, if not dead, game? Thank goodness, some are keeping the hobby alive.
7. Didn't Chuck E. Cheese have horrible pizza and even worse video games? I take that back, the one on the Post Road in Milford did have the Star Trek video game. It was unplayable, but the vector graphics were really futuristic and cool.
8. Spy Hunter! Galaga! and 50 cent slices of pizza in the Acme Mall on Dixwell Avenue were my heaven. Where was your favorite video game spot, one with not too much competition, where you could play for hours on a quarter or two, and get a snack?
9. Am I the only one who charmed a pretty would-be girlfriend at the local arcade with my video game playing prowess?
10. The General Custard video game. The holy grail of Atari games, need I say more? A naked man with an erect penis raping a tied up Native American "squaw"--yes I know what the word really means--really needs no embellishment.
11. How many of you went on quests in New York or Los Angeles to find games you couldn't find at home? This is something I really miss, in hip hop and dj culture we used to have to "dig" to find the obscure, the exciting record, a new white label, which rewarded our efforts at the next party. Now, folks just buy music online or download it to a laptop pc-dj-turntable interface. Yes, lighter on the back. No, in my opinion too far apart from what the culture should be. And sad when folks don't graduate to this technology from analog, but begin there: you do need to learn how to use a knife before graduating to a food processor if you want to be a real master chef. Likewise, in the past one would have to "dig" to find certain video games. They were usually overpriced and a letdown, but often they were real gems. Do you have any war stories, great games found following an epic search?
11. Colecovision, Intellivision, Turbo Graphix, the Amiga, or Neo-Geo? Which is the greatest missed opportunity?


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Last night I was shocked to learn that Joshua Goldberg passed away. For those not fortunate enough to know him, Thomas Lifson wrote the following at American Thinker:
Joshua Goldberg, son of Lucianne, brother of Jonah, and husband of Chantal, died long before his time, following injuries resulting from a fall. Although he was less well-known than his mother and brother, Josh quietly edited the sites Lucianne.com, BlogsLucianneLoves, and The Connection, working mostly behind the scenes. That was his way. Following 911, Josh was one of those New Yorkers who put on his work boots and walked miles to the WTC site to help go through the rubble looking for survivors and victims' bodies. That was the kind of man he was, quietly doing the right thing, and never seeking public credit for it.
Unfortunately I never met Joshua in person, but rather knew him through emails we exchanged. Even through email, his kindness and warmth was evident. I came to know Joshua first years ago through his mother, Lucianne. When I commented on a brilliant piece Jonah wrote saying to her "you must be so proud," she responded that she was very proud of both of her sons. She has many reasons to be. Joshua's family and friends know all those reasons (some of which Thomas Lifson wrote), but millions of people who read Lucianne.com, Blogs Lucianne Loves and The Connection have been touched by Joshua as well without even knowing it.
My thoughts and prayers are with Lucianne and the rest of Joshua's family today.
Update: More from Anchoress, Bookworm Room, Brutally Honest, Yid With Lid, Noisy Room, Damn, Dirty Rino and Charlie Martin.


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In his feature film directorial debut, comedian Bo Burnham deftly encapsulates the awkwardness, angst, self-loathing and reinvention that a teenage girl goes through on the cusp of high school. Given that the 27-year-old stand-up comic achieved fame as a teenager himself through YouTube by riffing on his insecurities, he is ...
Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie), have lived off the grid for years in the forests of Portland, Oregon. When their idyllic life is shattered, both are put into social services. After clashing with their new surroundings, Will and Tom set off on a harrowing ...
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Discover Donna's (Meryl Streep, Lily James) young life, experiencing the fun she had with the three possible dads of Sophie (Amanda Seyfriend). Sophie is now pregnant. Like Donna, she'll be a young mother, and she realizes that she'll need to take risks like her mother did.
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NDSU spring commencement is scheduled for Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. at the Fargodome.
As of April 26, a total of 1,188 students indicated they intend to participate in commencement. Of those, 988 are undergraduate and 200 are graduate students, said Associate Registrar Rhonda Kitch. A total of 1,903 undergraduates and 309 graduate students are eligible to participate.
The commencement ceremony is open to the public. Parking is free at the Fargodome. Doors will open one hour before the ceremony begins, and guests may enter through any general entrance. All seating is on the concourse level on a first-come, first-served basis.
Commencement speaker
Kylie Artz, a microbiology major, is the student commencement speaker. The Bottineau, N.D., native is an active student at NDSU, serving as president of Blue Key Honor Society and as an NDSU Ag Ambassador representing the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources. She also stays busy through her role as a campus tour guide, involvement with the national service organization Students Today Leaders Forever, and an impressive list of volunteer activities.
Academically, Artz is a Presidential Scholar and regularly appears on the dean's list. "Kylie is an exceptional young person who has successfully demonstrated what it is to be a well-rounded student who can balance the rigors of class with campus activities and community involvement," said Patti Sebesta, Ag Ambassador adviser and director of college advancement for the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources.
Commencement soloist
Tyler Raad, a native of Spearfish, S.D, is this year's student soloist. He will graduate with a Master of Music in vocal performance. An award-winning tenor, Raad has won first place in the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition in both South Dakota and North Dakota.
Raad earned his bachelor degrees in music and theatre performance from Black Hills State University. He earned a graduate assistantship at NDSU, where he has studied under the guidance of Robert Jones, professor of voice. During his graduate work at NDSU, Raad was in several ensembles such as the NDSU Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers, as well as several NDSU productions. Raad is the founder and president of the Fargo Camerata, a student organization dedicated to bringing opera experiences to students and the community.
Doctoral degree conferral anniversary celebration
This year marks the 50th anniversary of NDSU conferring doctoral degrees. In 1963, five graduate students – Taki John Anagnostou, chemistry; Lola V. Hopkins, pharmacy; Frank E. LeGrand, agronomy; Jerome A. Onsager, entomology; and Sol Shulman, paint chemistry – became the first students to earn doctoral degrees from the university.
At that time, five doctorate programs were offered. Today, the university offers 50 doctoral degree programs, 86 master's degree programs and 12 certificate programs.
Of that inaugural group, LeGrand, a retired Oklahoma State University professor, is the only living member. He will be recognized at commencement.
LeGrand lives in Stillwater, Okla., where he farms and ranches 1,000 acres. He and his wife of 63 years, Alberta, have five children (their fifth child was born in Fargo while LeGrand was pursuing his doctorate) and three grandchildren.
Watch commencement online
Commencement will be streamed live and will be archived for 60 days following the ceremony. Additional information can be found at www.ndsu.edu/commencement/webcast.
Visit www.ndsu.edu/commencement for more information.
NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.


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Mark Quirk's High School Hockey: Decision is due on Brady playerBY MARK QUIRK
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 17. 2012 9:59PM
St. Thomas tops Brady, stays undefeatedDOVER -- St. Thomas scored four unanswered goals and beat Bishop Brady of Concord, 4-2, in boys' hockey Monday at the Dover Ice Arena.
The Saints improved to 2-0-1 in Division I. Bishop Brady (0-3) struck first with a goal by Zach Frament.
St. Thomas scored three goals over a span of 2:30 in the second period, by Zach Leavitt Glenn Wiswell and John Douglass.
BY WEDNESDAY, we should know whether or not the most highly recruited hockey player in the state will be allowed to remain with her team. That player is Shelby Herrington, a girl on the Bishop Brady of Concord boys' squad.
Herrington's future lies in the hands of a Merrimack County Superior Court judge who has to decide if she can continue to play with the boys' team or should be made to play for the cooperative girls' team the school has with Trinity of Manchester.
There are arguments to support both the NHIAA, which wants Herrington to play for the girls' team, and Herrington's parents, who filed the suit against the NHIAA after it required her to play with the girls.
Most local coaches seem to agree Herrington should be allowed to finish out her career with the boys. She has already been a part of the boys' team for two years (this is the first year the girls' team is varsity) and it doesn't seem fair to take her away from her teammates.
Coaches of girls' teams, such as John Dodds of Hanover and Stacy Boudrias of Concord, would like to keep the best talent in their league, but they also want what they believe is best for this situation, which is to allow her to play with the boys.
The court has allowed Herrington to play three games with the boys so far and there is no doubt she has the talent to be on the squad. At nearly 6 feet tall, she is one of the biggest players on the team, and her stick and skating skills are just as good as those of her linemates.
Pinkerton Academy of Derry coach Casey Kesselring has worked with Herrington through his youth programs and coached against her on Saturday when his Astros beat the Giants, 7-3.
"Ability wise, she has no problem," Kesselring said. "She's not in any danger out there. She's big, she's strong, she doesn't get knocked around out there."
Kesselring said some of the best college women's hockey programs are showing interest in her. Making her play for the girls' team now would be a "step back" for her.
"She has the best chance of playing Division I hockey out of anyone in our league," Kesselring said
Herrington's lawyer argues the issue is one of discrimination, saying she is being denied a spot on the boys' team because of her gender. In court papers, Concord attorney Robert Carey cited the language of Title IX, the landmark 1984 federal law that requires colleges and high schools to put athletic programs for females on an equal footing with those for males.
There is also precedent for the case. Five years ago, girls' hockey was recognized as a varsity sport by the NHIAA, Danielle DiCesare was allowed to play for the St. Thomas Aquinas of Dover boys' team.
She was a senior who had already been on the team for three years. The NHIAA allowed her to play and its lawyer, Mike Callahan, said that was the first year of girls' hockey in the state, adding that New Hampshire girls' hockey has improved since then.
The NHIAA is trying to protect the young sport by keeping its best talent in the girls' ranks. It doesn't want to open the door to allow all the best girls in the state to play with boys' teams if they want and dilute the girls' sport. It's making a stand now.
A ruling to allow Herrington to play for the boys without some stipulations might also affect other sports. Female basketball players might want to play for male teams and boys might want to play softball instead of baseball. Imagine the headaches some of this might cause.
The argument of competition level and exposure to college scouts has also been raised, but that can be challenged as well.
In the summer, Herrington plays for the elite club Team Pittsburgh, a program that caters to the top hockey talent in the country and prepares them to play at the next level.
CHAMPIONSHIP REMATCH: On Wednesday, the defending champion Astros will take on the team they beat in the title game last year, Manchester Memorial, at the Ice Den in Hooksett at 7 p.m.
The Crusaders are 2-0 and considered to be the favorite in Division I. Pinkerton is 1-1.
Kesselring said the game will serve as a good measuring stick to see where his team stands and the Crusaders have more motivation to win since it was his kids hoisting the championship trophy last year.
"It will be a good early test to see where we're at," Kesselring said.
The game at the Ice Den against Memorial last year was sold out so Kesselring urged fans to get there early.
WELCOME BACK: There is always a lot of talk about the kids who left their high school teams to go play in juniors or at prep school. This year, at least three have done the opposite and have had an immediate impact with their new teams.
Trevor Malmgren transferred from the South Kent School in Connecticut to Manchester Central, Kyle Broussard left the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs program to play with Memorial and Joe Johnston traded the Eastern Kodiaks for Dover.
Through two games, Malmgren was tied for fourth place in Division I in scoring with four points (one goal, three assists), Broussard had a goal and an assist and Johnston scored a hat trick in the Green Wave's season opener against Kingswood.
THE PUCK STOPS HERE: The numbers vary. The official score sheet had him down for 36 saves, the Lebanon score sheet had him making 48 stops and the Dover stats had him making 57. Any way you put it, Raider goalie Joe Grout had a phenomenal day in net on Saturday despite a 3-2 overtime loss to undefeated Dover.
"He has been very good," Lebanon coach Gary Smith said. "He absolutely kept us in that game."
It's Grout's first year starting for Lebanon. The past two years he has backed up Nick Dube, who was a Division II first team all-state selection last season. Now it's Grout's turn to shine and he has to do so with a defense that skates no seniors.
"I've always known Joe has good potential," Smith said. "Now it's his opportunity to show everyone what he can do."
Mark Quirk covers high school hockey for the New Hampshire Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Executive MBA in Hospitality Administration Programme
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The Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne has announced the appointment of Dr Charles Ray Thomas Jr. as Director of the full-time Executive MBA in Hospitality Administration (EMBA). In his new role, Dr Thomas will oversee all aspects of the EMBA programme. Tailored to both career climbers and switchers in the hospitality sector, Dr Thomas will be tasked to further develop the high quality and the reputation of the programme.
Commenting on the appointment, Dr Fabien Fresnel, Dean of Education & Research at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne said: "We are very enthusiastic about the appointment of Charles at the helm of this programme. He is a seasoned professional with a strong operational and academic background on an international scale and brings with him a blend of financial and hospitality expertise. I am confident that our EMBA Programme will continue to flourish under his guidance."
With over 30 years of experience in hospitality, Mr Thomas brings significant skills to the role; he joins the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne from Southwest Airlines, one of the most profitable airline operations in the world where he rose to the position of Director of Financial Analysis.
He joined Southwest Airlines in 1987 as a Financial Analyst. Prior to this, he worked for five years as a Certified Public Accountant and partner at Thomas, McBride & Associates.
Dr Thomas also taught finance, managerial accounting and accounting for decision making in various MBA and EMBA programmes in the US.
Dr Thomas comes from the US where he was awarded a Master of Taxation from Baylor University and then a PhD in finance and accounting from The University of Texas at Arlington.
This programme is highly personalised and prepares participants for specific opportunities and niche markets offered by the hospitality industry. It attracts experienced professionals and novices, artists and scientists, thinkers and doers, all driven by a sense of expectancy and a desire for change.
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The Safest Way to Update Sony Drivers
There are numerous of frequent warnings and other messages which you may get in the driver upgrading process, many of which I've paraphrased and listed right here along with tips on what to do:
QUESTION: 1. I acquired the Vaio Care Professional but it is not going to work. I click on the Windows update and it did not make an attempt to download it. Should I have downloaded the simple Vaio Care without the Professional added to it?
2. I used to touch AV mode and tune up or tune download the volume by touch, is there a driver that I should download?
3. I wanted to replace my battery pack. Darn, it cost $220 while Laptopcharge.com has a compatible battey for this vaio for $52, though encompass is the recomended place by Sony where you can purchase parts. They said it is the compatible battery for my laptop and it has two years warranty on the battery. Apparently, Encompass said that original batteries are not available anymore. Is there something which I have to know. What a price difference!
If anyone can help me with these issues, I would appreciate it!
ANSWER: It's sad to hear that you are experiencing issues after upgrading to Windows 10.
1. Where did you get the Vaio Care Pro? I suggest that you download the VAIO Care?
2. For the Touch Sensor A/V Slide Control, download the drivers under Notebook Control and Utilities which includes the VAIO Launcher Software and Setting Utility Series.
3. We always recommend to use a Sony brand battery to guarantee that it's compatible and will work well on your device. We can't guarantee the quality of a non-Sony batteries.
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The General Assembly met at 12, M., yesterday, in the United States Courtroom at the Custom House.
J. G. WEST, of Wetzel, called the body to order, and nominated G. L. Cranmer Esq. For temporary Clerk.
On motion, Rev. Gordon Battelle was requested to open the session with prayer, which request was complied with.
At the suggestion of Mr. Moss, of Wood, the Clerk called the roll, when it was discovered that there was not a quorum present.
On motion of Mr. Porter, of Hancock, the Assembly then adjourned till to-morrow at 12 M.
The Senate met at the same hour as the House of Delegates, and organized temporarily by electing J. E. Wilson Clerk, and Jesse Wheat Sergeant-at-arms. They then adjourned over till ten o'clock, A. M., to-morrow.
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When you try to use the Zune software, you can't accept the Zune Terms of Service (TOS).
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Jon & Jude
Daily Show major quiver last night, oh la. And I watched it right after Sawyer's sideflash episode on Lost. Lady boner for hours.
Jon Stewart is a sex symbol. Period. Like when he shrugs his shoulder with an uppercut like booyah? Love it SO MUCH. And when he has great chemistry with a guest, it's even more moistening. Have you ever seen his interview(s) with author/humourist Sarah Vowell? I have never wanted to be another woman so badly. Last time, he admitted to openly flirting with her because she's... SMART. It was the sexiest 5 minutes on television and I am giggling at the just memory of it.
But Jon's cuteness isn't limited to female guests. He can get pretty cute with dudes. Like Brian Williams. And Ricky Gervais. And curiously enough, last night, Jude Law too. There was some heat, and I'm not talking between them, but generating FROM them. To my loins.
Jon with Jude made Jude's head squiggle that much more tolerable. And Jude's voice made Jude even better. And I am a pervert, yes, but he wears his pants so tight, when he spreads his legs you can totally see outline, I swear I wasn't making a point of looking...what?
This is Jude arriving back in London today from New York.
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1. Re: Contribute needs to remove the administrative settingschris ballet Mar 24, 2011 1:44 AM (in response to Vida S)
Hello, exactly this happened to me too today.
My administrator didn't move the website but when I start to connect my Contribute CS4 it asks me at the very end if I want to remove the administrative settings, etc.
But I am not sure what to do, as well my Administrator not either.
It works on other PCs, but not on the new one.
Did you find out a solution meanwhile for that?
Sorry to border, but I am in Tokyo and almost nobody can help me here!
2. Re: Contribute needs to remove the administrative settingspixelfixel Jan 26, 2012 2:51 PM (in response to Vida S)
Hmm. I need an answer to this as well. Did you receive any answers?
3. Re: Contribute needs to remove the administrative settingsDominic Michael Jan 26, 2012 10:16 PM (in response to chris ballet)
This happens because you have moved to site to new host, the host name and the IP address will differ from the one saved in the cthubxxxxx.csi file inside _mm folder in the site. Or the IP address is not static and got changed.
Solution 1: Click Yes (All the adminitrative settings will be removed). And Administer the site again, create new roles and configure the role settings accordingly.
Solution 2: If you have access to the server, Open the cthubxxxxx.csi file inside _mm folder of your site and replace the old hostname and IP address with newer one. Then reconnect.
Hope this solves your problem.
4. Re: Contribute needs to remove the administrative settingschris ballet Jan 27, 2012 1:29 AM (in response to pixelfixel)
I didn't move my site to a new host, it just wrote it and I don't know why.
In my case I asked for a setup key from the administrator which I used
when I set up contribute.
I clicked on the attachment from my administrator with the key and the
rest was done by itself and I was again connected.
Hope this helps...