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The issue of immigration, which barely simmered during the first three Republican presidential contests, could reach a boil now that the candidates have arrived in Florida for the state's Jan. 31 primary.
Florida, with its large and influential Latino population, provides the earliest gauge of the difficulty facing any eventual GOP nominee in courting Hispanic voters, who increasingly view Republicans' rhetoric about immigration as anti-Hispanic.
A tough stance on immigration broadly appeals to GOP primary voters, but less so in the general election of Americans more open to the idea of providing illegal immigrants a path to legal status, according to polling.
And many Republicans worry that a perceived "anti-immigrant" nominee will undermine the party's 2012 strategy to reach out to Latinos in swing states, such as Nevada, Colorado and Virginia, who have grown ambivalent about President Obama.
A December survey of 500 Latino registered voters, conducted by impreMedia and the polling group Latino Decisions, showed that 46 percent of Hispanics believe Republicans "don't care too much" about them. Another 27 percent said Republicans "are being hostile."
"They have a very serious problem," Matt Barreto, the principal pollster for Latino Decisions, has said of the Republican Party.
At the same time, the poll also found that Hispanics' continued support for Obama has softened significantly since 2008.
The candidate squarely in the crosshairs of Latino and pro-immigrant groups is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who they warn will find a hostile reception in the Sunshine State. Among his opponents, Romney has taken the toughest stance against illegal immigration, promising just before the Iowa caucuses that he'd veto a DREAM Act bill. Romney has opposed any form of amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Last week, Romney campaigned in South Carolina with Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state better known nationally as the architect of laws passed in Arizona, Alabama and elsewhere that crack down on illegal immigrants.
In response, Somos Republicans, a grassroots Latino Republican group, decided to endorse former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Several of Somos' leaders are working for the Gingrich campaign in various states, including Florida, citing his support for granting legal status to those who have lived most of their lives in the United States. Somos has called on two of Florida's leading Latino politicians, Republican Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, to withdraw their endorsements of Romney (the lawmakers have shown no such inclination).
"Romney is committing political suicide," says DeeDee Garcia Blase, who founded Somos but no longer runs it. Blase, once a GOP organizer in Arizona, has renounced her party affiliation in protest over the Republican-led state laws modeled on the 2010 bill passed in her home state. Blase has formed the nonpartisan Tequila Party, a group aimed at countering Tea Party groups that seeks to mobilize Latinos to vote for candidates who support the granting of legal status for immigrants.
"There's a change going in Florida right now, based on this whole Kris Kobach endorsement. It's really lighting up Latino media," Blase says.
Cuban Americans Power The Florida GOP
Florida is arguably the only state where Latino Republican voters matter in presidential primaries, thanks to the fiercely party-loyal bloc of Cuban Americans in South Florida. They were a driving force in Republican John McCain's pivotal 2008 victory there.
Latinos make up about 22.5 percent of Florida's population, according to the Census Bureau. Cuban Americans number roughly 1.2 million, about 28.6 percent of the state's Latino population. And Latinos make up about 13 percent of Florida's registered voters.
Both Romney and Gingrich are aggressively trying to lock in the support of prominent Latinos in Florida. So far, Romney's stance on immigration isn't hurting his efforts.
Romney months ago received the endorsements of several of Florida's most prominent Latino politicians, Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Diaz-Balart's brother, Lincoln, a former congressman. Romney also has the support of former Sen. Mel Martinez. All of them are Cuban American Republicans.
Reps. Diaz-Balart and Ros-Lehtinen part company from Romney by supporting the DREAM Act, which would establish a path to citizenship for as many as 800,000 people under age 36 who arrived in the U.S. as children and attend college or serve in the military.
Pro-immigrant activists say a recent encounter between Diaz-Balart and a DREAM Act supporter in Miami signals what they have planned for Romney in Florida. On a campaign stop promoting Romney's candidacy last week, Diaz-Balart was challenged by a DREAM Act supporter in the audience.
"You have been such a friend to us, I just don't understand," the local college student told Diaz-Balart in Spanish, referring to the congressman's support for Romney.
Another prominent Cuban American, Al Cardenas, a key Romney backer during his 2008 presidential bid, has decided to remain neutral during the primaries due to his position as the head of the American Conservative Union. So, too, has Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, one of the GOP's rising stars who also is Cuban American and from Miami.
For his part, Gingrich has hitched his Hispanic outreach in part to South Florida's third congressman, David Rivera, whose support could be dubious given that Rivera is the target of ongoing criminal investigations.
Gingrich's Florida steering committee includes Cuban Americans, and past political enemies, Xavier Suarez and Joe Carollo, both former mayors of Miami. Leading the campaign's national Hispanic outreach is longtime Gingrich aide Sylvia Garcia, who is based in Miami.
Immigration Less Important To Florida Hispanics
Ultimately, the immigration debate sure to start this week in Florida—as early as the debate in Tampa Monday night—will be about optics for Latinos outside the state.
Many Latinos in Florida aren't so sensitive to immigration issues. That's because the majority of Cuban Americans have legal status, thanks to U.S. policy uniquely granting immigrants from the island political asylum. And the state's second-largest Hispanic group, Puerto Ricans, are American citizens.
"Latinos in Florida are much less worried about immigration," says political science professor Eduardo Gamarro, of Florida International University. "Here we more than likely have solved our immigration problems and our families are probably in route to solving their immigration problems, or have solved them."
Gamarro says Hispanics in Florida are more concerned about the economy and jobs, a key reason Diaz-Balart and Ros-Lehtinen are able to support Romney without facing backlash from their Cuban American constituents.
"That's a very disciplined voting bloc," Gamarro says of Cuban Americans. "Romney can come down here and maybe tone down some of his statements, but he's not going to get in trouble with the Hispanic voters who really matter. He has more to leeway to say things here than he would among other Hispanic groups in the country."
But the rhetoric in Florida is being closely watched by Latinos nationwide.
"Most Republicans are aware of the problem, and I think Romney is very aware of the need for Republicans to do better with that segment of the electorate," says Jack Pitney, a political science professor at Claremont McKenna College in California. "But it's a tough balance. On the one hand, your base wants a tough stand on immigration, but you also have to win the general election."
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Laryngealization: characterization and interaction with other features
We studied the functioning of the larynx in the production of glottal stops and in the production of laryngealized voicing via an original approach to the quantification of this phonetic feature in running speech. We studied the interaction between vowel laryngealization and lexical tones and the interactions between glottal stops and flanking vowels. Both languages in which this feature distinguishes phonemes and languages in which this feature has a prosodic role were studied.
Lancia, L., Avelino, H. & Voigt, D., Measuring laryngealization in running speech: interaction with contrastive tones in Yal·lag Zapotec. Proceedings of Interspeech 2013 , Lyon, France, August 2013.
Lancia, L., Avelino, H. & Voigt, D., Studying the interaction between irregular voice quality and lexical tones with recurrence analysis and functional mixed models. Tone: Theory and Practice workshop, Leipzig, Germany, September 2012 (Poster presentation).
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Study finds that fear can travel quickly through generations of mice DNA The Washington Post 5/2/19, 1:35 AM. – Health & Science
By Meeri Kim December 7, 2013
A newborn mouse pup, seemingly innocent to the workings of the world, may actually harbor generations' worth of information passed down by its ancestors.
In the experiment, researchers taught male mice to fear the smell of cherry blossoms by associating the scent with mild foot shocks. Two weeks later, they bred with females. The resulting pups were raised to adulthood having never been exposed to the smell.
Yet when the critters caught a whiff of it for the first time, they suddenly became anxious and fearful. They were even born with more cherry-blossom-detecting neurons in their noses and more brain space devoted to cherry-blossom-smelling.
The memory transmission extended out another generation when these male mice bred, and similar results were found.
Neuroscientists at Emory University found that genetic markers, thought to be wiped clean before birth, were used to transmit a single traumatic experience across generations, leaving behind traces in the behavior and anatomy of future pups.
The study, published online Sunday in the journal Nature Neuroscience, adds to a growing pile of evidence suggesting that characteristics outside of the strict genetic code may also be
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acquired from our parents through epigenetic inheritance. Epigenetics studies how molecules act as DNA markers that influence how the genome is read. We pick up these epigenetic markers during our lives and in various locations on our body as we develop and interact with our environment.
Through a process dubbed "reprogramming," these epigenetic markers were thought to be erased in the earliest stages of development in mammals. But recent research — this study included — has shown that some of these markers may survive to the next generation.
"When I was in school, this was against Darwin — it was ridiculed," said University of Pennsylvania neuroscientist Christopher Pierce, who was not involved in the study but previously discovered an epigenetic inheritance related to cocaine. Male rats whose fathers were exposed to cocaine chose to ingest less of the drug than those rats whose fathers never took cocaine.
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Pierce says he believes this is an adaptive effect — because cocaine is a toxin, the fathers passed down information to their pups that would help them survive and avoid the substance.
In the past decade, the once-controversial field of epigenetics has blossomed. But proving epigenetic inheritance can be a daunting, needle-in-a-haystack undertaking. Researchers need to measure changes in offspring behavior and neuroanatomy, as well as tease out epigenetic markers within the father's sperm.
The DNA itself doesn't change, but how the sequence is read can vary wildly depending on which parts are accessible. Even though all the cells in our bodies share the same DNA, these markers can silence all the irrelevant genes so that a skin cell can be a skin cell, and not a brain cell or a liver cell.
"This fine-tuning of gene expression occurs by epigenetics," said postdoctoral researcher and study author Brian Dias of Emory's Yerkes National Primate Research Center.
For instance, methyl molecules can bind to the sequence and block access to genes. Other proteins called histones act like spools for the 2 meters of DNA, about 6.5 feet, crammed into every tiny nucleus in our bodies. Some areas are so tightly wound up that those parts unreadable.
Dias combined his interest in animal development with neurobiologist Kerry Ressler's focus on the mechanisms of fear learning. They taught two groups of male mice to fear odors by zapping their feet with an electric shock every time they blew scented air into their cages. The experimental group became afraid of cherry blossoms with a hint of almond, and the control group feared alcohol.
After three days of fear conditioning, the cherry blossom mice later reproduced. The resulting offspring, having grown to adulthood, had a heightened jumpiness to the cherry blossom smell, despite never having been exposed to it. They had no overreaction to alcohol.
They could also pick up on lesser amounts of cherry blossom in the air, which reflected their changes in olfactory and brain anatomy. When Dias stained only the cherry-blossom-detecting olfactory neurons blue, he saw significantly more of them coding for that smell as compared with the control mice.
The researchers also artificially inseminated females using the sperm from the original fear-conditioned mice, to attempt to get rid of any possible socially transmitted effects between the fathers and the females. The results were the same, suggesting epigenetic inheritance rather than the environment.
The findings were also verified by comparing the epigenetic markers on the DNA of sperm, specifically on the gene responsible for detecting cherry blossoms. On the sperm of the "cherry-blossom- fearing" mice, there was less of the methylation that can silence genes, possibly pointing to a mechanism of how the information got passed down.
Pierce was impressed by the thoroughness of Dias's and Ressler's study.
"It's a compelling finding," he said. "The fact that epigenetic changes happen in mammals is just amazing."
Does this mean we as humans have also inherited generations of fears and experiences? Quite possibly, say scientists. Studies on
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humans suggest that children and grandchildren may have felt the epigenetic impact of such traumatic events such as famine, the Holocaust and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
"Those are really powerful studies — unfortunately so, since the effects have been detrimental to subsequent generations," Dias said. But because environmental factors for human subjects can't be controlled, it is difficult to parse out the effects of epigenetics alone.
There are some who are skeptical of even mammal studies of epigenetics, and Dias believes they are rightly so since the field of epigenetics is still relatively new.
"We're still scratching the surface," he said.
Kim is a freelance science journalist based in Philadelphia.


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Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their development of powerful computer models used to simulate how chemical reactions work, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciencesannounced Wednesday.
The technology they pioneered is now used to develop drugs and to perform other vital tasks in the laboratory.
"Chemists used to create models of molecules using plastic balls and sticks. Today, the modelling is carried out in computers," the academy said. "In the 1970s, Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel laid the foundation for the powerful programs that are used to understand and predict chemical processes. Computer models mirroring real life have become crucial for most advances made in chemistry today."
All three scientists are naturalized U.S. citizens but also hold citizenship in another country. Karplus, of the Universite de Strasbourg in France and Harvard University, was born in Vienna, Austria; Levitt, of Stanford University, also holds British citizenship and was born in Pretoria, South Africa. Warshel, of the University of Southern California, is Israeli.
On Morning Edition, NPR's Richard Harris says "Karplus ... and his group [at Harvard] were working with the spooky world of quantum mechanics to simulate simple chemical reactions." He was "using this incredibly basic physics to simulate something as complicated as a molecule ... [but] couldn't do it that well."
At the same time, Warshel and Levitt were working on computer simulations of chemistry using classical physics. "That allowed them to solve bigger problems, but in a much more simplified way. So at Harvard, Warshel and Karplus combined these two approaches ... and later, working with Levitt, they pioneered the world of doing chemistry inside a computer," Harris explains.
The academy said that "the work of Karplus, Levitt and Warshel is ground-breaking in that they managed to make Newton's classical physics work side-by-side with the fundamentally different quantum physics."
"Previously, chemists had to choose to use either/or," it said.
For more on the winners and their research, head on over to the Shots blog.
[An earlier version of this post said Warshel was born in Israel. His birth year is 1940, eight years before Israel was declared a nation.]
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text: At one time or another, many adults have had heartburn (an uncomfortable feeling in the chest) after eating a big meal or spicy foods. When these symptoms happen often or aren't tied to certain ingredients, they might be due to gastroesophageal reflux (GER), also called reflux. But GER isn't just a problem for adults — kids can have it, too, even babies. In infants, it can cause vomiting and fussiness after feeding. And in older kids and teens, GER can lead to heartburn, and stomach and chest discomfort. Most kids outgrow GER over time but some will need medical treatment. Reflux that causes problems like poor growth, vomiting, or damage to the esophagus is called GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). GERD is more serious than GER and is usually treated with medicine. About GER The burping, heartburn, and spitting up associated with GER are the result of acidic stomach contents moving backward into the esophagus. This can happen because the muscle that connects the esophagus to the stomach (the esophageal sphincter) relaxes at the wrong time or doesn't properly close. Many people have reflux regularly and it's not usually a cause for concern. But with GER, reflux happens more often and causes noticeable discomfort. After nearly all meals, GER causes heartburn (also known as acid indigestion), which feels like a burning sensation in the chest, neck, and throat. In babies with GER, breast milk or formula regularly refluxes into the esophagus, and sometimes out of the mouth. Sometimes babies regurgitate forcefully or have "wet burps." Most babies outgrow GER between the time they are 1 or 2 years old. But in some cases, GER symptoms last. Kids with developmental or neurological conditions, such as cerebral palsy, are more at risk for GER and can have more severe, lasting symptoms. Symptoms of GER Heartburn is the most common symptom of GER in kids and teens. It can last up to 2 hours and tends to be worse after meals. In babies and young children, GER can lead to problems during and after feeding, including: frequent regurgitation or vomiting, especially after meals choking or wheezing (if the contents of the reflux get into the windpipe and lungs) wet burps or wet hiccups spitting up that continues beyond a child's first birthday (when it stops for most babies) irritability or inconsolable crying after eating refusing to eat or eating only small amounts failure to gain weight Some of these symptoms may become worse if a baby lies down or is placed in a car seat after a meal. Complications of GER Some children develop complications from GER. The constant reflux of stomach acid can lead to: breathing problems (if the stomach contents enter the trachea, lungs, or nose) redness and irritation in the esophagus, a condition called esophagitis bleeding in the esophagus scar tissue in the esophagus, which can make swallowing difficult Because these complications can make eating painful, GER can interfere with proper nutrition. So if your child isn't gaining weight as expected or is losing weight, it's important to talk with your doctor. Diagnosing GER In older kids, doctors usually diagnose reflux by doing a physical exam and hearing about the symptoms. Try to keep track of the foods that seem to bring on symptoms in your child — this information can help the doctor determine what's causing the problem. In younger children and babies, doctors might run these tests to diagnose GER or rule out other problems: Barium swallow. This is a special X-ray that can show the refluxing of liquid into the esophagus, any irritation in the esophagus, and abnormalities in the upper digestive tract. For the test, your child must swallow a small amount of a chalky liquid (barium). This liquid appears on the X-ray and shows the swallowing process. 24-hour impedance-probe study. This is considered the most accurate way to detect reflux and the number of reflux episodes. A thin, flexible tube is placed through the nose into the esophagus. The tip rests just above the esophageal sphincter to monitor the acid levels in the esophagus and to detect any reflux. Milk scans. This series of X-ray scans tracks a special liquid as a child swallows it. The scans can show whether the stomach is slow to empty liquids and whether the refluxed liquid is being inhaled into the lungs. Upper endoscopy. In this test, doctors directly look at the esophagus, stomach, and a portion of the small intestines using a tiny fiber-optic camera. During the procedure, doctors also may biopsy (take a small sample of) the lining of the esophagus to rule out other problems and see whether GER is causing other complications. Treating GER Treatment for GER depends on the type and severity of the symptoms. In babies, doctors sometimes suggest thickening the formula or breast milk with up to 1 tablespoon of oat cereal to reduce reflux. Making sure the baby is in a vertical position (seated or held upright) during feedings can also help. Older kids often get relief by avoiding foods and drinks that seem to trigger GER symptoms, including: citrus fruits chocolate food and drinks with caffeine fatty and fried foods garlic and onions spicy foods tomato-based foods and sauces peppermint Doctors may recommend raising the head of a child's bed 6 to 8 inches to minimize reflux that happens at night. They also may try to address other conditions that can contribute to GER symptoms, including obesity and certain medicines — and in teens, smoking and alcohol use. If these measures don't help relieve the symptoms, the doctor may also prescribe medicine, such as H2 blockers, which can help block the production of stomach acid, or proton pump inhibitors, which reduce the amount of acid the stomach produces. Medications called prokinetics are sometimes used to reduce the number of reflux episodes by helping the lower esophageal sphincter muscle work better and the stomach empty faster. In rare cases, when medical treatment alone doesn't help and a child is failing to grow or develops other complications, a surgical procedure called fundoplication might be an option. This involves creating a valve at the top of the stomach by wrapping a portion of the stomach around the esophagus. When to Call the Doctor If your child has GER symptoms, talk with your doctor. With proper diagnosis and treatment, kids can get relief and avoid longer-term health problems. Back to Articles Related Articles Burping Your Baby Here's a quick guide to an important part of feeding a baby - burping. Read More Feeding Your Newborn These guidelines on breastfeeding and bottle feeding can help you know what's right for you and your baby. Read More Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Gastroesophageal reflux disease doesn't just affect old people who eat too much while watching TV. Active, healthy teens can have GERD too. Read More Pyloric Stenosis Pyloric stenosis can make a baby vomit forcefully and often. It can lead to serious problems like dehydration, and needs medical treatment right away. Read More Your Child's Weight "What's the right weight for my child?" is one of the most common questions parents have. It seems like a simple one, but it's not always easy to answer. Read More Your Digestive System The digestive system breaks down the food you eat. 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text: Good morning. I'm David Greene. This weekend is Tulip Time Festival in Holland, Michigan. The only problem is it doesn't appear to be Tulip Time. The hotter than usual temperatures this spring brought tens of thousands of the city's tulips into bloom early. Many of the flowers are gone, leaving behind rows of stems. But organizers are refusing to bow to Mother Nature. They had new t-shirts made. The shirts display a wilting tulip and they celebrate this year's stem fest. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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This will be a long campaign against difficult opponents. Yet for nearly two decades, I have been fighting for Virginia. My career is an unfolding story of dedication to the people of our Commonwealth. I have fought for Virginias needs, and I share Virginias values. I have a vision for our future and the record, experience and leadership to win this campaign and govern our great Commonwealth.
Thank you for your support, advice and friendship. I look forward to working with you as we write Virginias next chapter.
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My photo blog is here. +++ Links to all the several dozen articles I cross-posted to Daily Kos with comments are here.
Saturday, July 23, 2016 Catching up on the must reads:
"The Art of the Deal" made America see Trump as a charmer with an unfailing knack for business. Tony Schwartz helped create that myth—and regrets it.
If he were writing "The Art of the Deal" today, Schwartz said, it would be a very different book with a very different title. Asked what he would call it, he answered, "The Sociopath." |
But Schwartz believes that Trump's short attention span has left him with "a stunning level of superficial knowledge and plain ignorance." He said, "That's why he so prefers TV as his first news source—information comes in easily digestible sound bites." He added, "I seriously doubt that Trump has ever read a book straight through in his adult life." During the eighteen months that he observed Trump, Schwartz said, he never saw a book on Trump's desk, or elsewhere in his office, or in his apartment.To sum it up: If Trump is elected President, (Schwartz) warned, "the millions of people who voted for him and believe that he represents their interests will learn what anyone who deals closely with him already knows—that he couldn't care less about them." Read all here in The New Yorker. Quote of the day: "The fact is that if a pornographer is calling him out on dumbing things down, I think people that support him probably need to take a second look." Lee Roy Myers, the David O. Selznick of porn parodies. from "Inside the Donald Trump Porn Parody" in Daily Beast.
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America First revisited
When the Times reporters pressed him to explain why he embraced the term "America First," despite its link to a controversial group that opposed U.S. entry into World War II, Trump responded, "To me, 'America First' is a brand-new, modern term… I never related it to the past."
Donald Trump doesn't know this history—just as he may not know that there's a current U.S. Senate candidate using "America First" as his slogan, and his name is David Duke. But he does have a knack for repeating errors similar to those that doomed the AFC. His "plan," he told the GOP convention in his acceptance speech on Thursday night, "will put America first. Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo." Yet, as Americans discovered 75 years ago, the world has a way of entangling us in its problems—be they climate change, terrorism, or refugees from war. A candidate who traffics in angry, mendacious stereotypes about people who are fleeing violence and poverty cannot help us build a saner, more tolerant, or safer society. Read Daily Beast article hereRead about Hill's VP selection on one website, Politico:
This is unprecedented — the Washington Post's editorial prefaced by this:
Interestingly, they still haven't endorsed Hillary Clinton/ |
….The Christmas….
"It's Demagoguery 101: When you don't have actual answers, exaggerate the problems with fear & hatred in order to blind people with emotion." Gary Kasparov
Still, a Trump victory is far from unthinkable. After The New York Times polling model predicted that Hillary Clinton has a 76 percent chance of winning, writer Josh Katz noted that it meant Trump could still win ― and that his chances were about the equivalent of a pro basketball player missing a free throw.
Sometimes that happens.Be afraid. Be very afraid.Huffington Post
He's learning how to play the game. Trump is nothing if not a fast learner. If the preceding three days were amateur hour, Trump's speech had the whiff of a proto-professionalism — and that could be bad news for Clinton. It was too long, too dark and too narrow, but it was a reasonably well-delivered speech, and to his target audience — fed-up, working-class, swing-state independents — it could pass as presidential. Plus it was insult-free — with nary a reference to "Crooked Hillary." The question going forward: Can Trump sustain the under-control dignity of Thursday — without losing the edge that made him so appealing in the first place? from PoliticoJon Stewart talking about Ivanka's introduction of her father…"and then this angry groundhog came out and he just vomited on everyone for an hour."
Tuesday, July 20, 2016 Here's the transcript of Trump's acceptance speech… I plan to continue binge watching "Person of Interest" Here are the highlights courtesy of Politico — so find something to binge watch, have a drink (or a toke) and relax with a Trump free evening.
7 boldest lines from Trump's prime-time speech
The Republican nominee will scorch Clinton while presenting a gentler tone to America's downtrodden.
Donald Trump will present Hillary Clinton as a dangerous Pinocchio and himself as the compassionate voice and protector of America when he accepts the Republican Party's nomination for president in a prime-time address Thursday evening.
Here are seven highlights of what the real estate mogul plans to say when he takes the stage at the Republican National Convention, according to a copy of the full text of his prepared remarks viewed by POLITICO:
1. Clinton is a puppet controlled by donors
"Big business, elite media and major donors are lining up behind the campaign of my opponent because they know she will keep our rigged system in place. They are throwing money at her because they have total control over everything she does. She is their puppet, and they pull the strings."
2. Trump is the voice of America
"I have visited the laid-off factory workers, and the communities crushed by our horrible and unfair trade deals. These are the forgotten men and women of our country," Trump will say. "People who work hard but no longer have a voice.
3. Obama has divided this country, creating a more dangerous environment for all Americans
"In this race for the White House, I am the Law And Order candidate. The irresponsible rhetoric of our President, who has used the pulpit of the presidency to divide us by race and color, has made America a more dangerous environment for everyone.
"This Administration has failed America's inner cities. It's failed them on education. It's failed them on jobs. It's failed them on crime. It's failed them at every level.
"When I am President, I will work to ensure that all of our kids are treated equally, and protected equally."
4. No more bad trade deals
"I pledge to never sign any trade agreement that hurts our workers, or that diminishes our freedom and independence. Instead, I will make individual deals with individual countries. No longer will we enter into these massive deals, with many countries, that are thousands of pages long – and which no one from our country even reads or understands."
5. Trump is the repair man to mend the nation's wounds
"I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people that cannot defend themselves. Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it."
6. Trump is the LGBT candidate
"Only weeks ago, in Orlando, Florida, 49 wonderful Americans were savagely murdered by an Islamic terrorist. This time, the terrorist targeted our LGBT community. As your President, I will do everything in my power to protect our LGBT citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology."
7. And the candidate of compassion
"We are going to be considerate and compassionate to everyone. But my greatest compassion will be for our own struggling citizens. My plan is the exact opposite of the radical and dangerous immigration policy of Hillary Clinton. Americans want relief from uncontrolled immigration. Communities want relief. Yet Hillary Clinton is proposing mass amnesty."
Cruz steals news cycle and makes this the photo of the day. Hugh Hewitt on Morning Joe speaking about Cruz, who told the Texas delegation about how he felt when Trump attacked his wife and father, opined "revenge is a dish best served bold." Message to Trump: words matter. Of all people, Ted Cruz is basically telling us that no amount of pretending to be presidential will change the fact that Trump is a mean minded man not worthy of being president. I wish mainstream talking heads would stop pretending that his candidacy is anything but a disastrous and dangerous political anomaly that happened largely because he managed to cull out any rational non-bigoted voters during the overloaded primary process. Meanwhile, I am seething over the general coverage of the convention on MSNBC as they try to make it seem normal that a crowd of worshipful Trump delegates are cheering on a modern day Hitler.
Donald Trump Planning To Just Let Mike Pence Run The Country, Apparently
Trump plans to saddle his veep with most of the duties of being president. Because why not?
One day this past May, Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., reached out to a senior adviser to Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, who left the presidential race just a few weeks before. As a candidate, Kasich declared in March that Trump was "really not prepared to be president of the United States," and the following month he took the highly unusual step of coordinating with his rival Senator Ted Cruz in an effort to deny Trump the nomination. But according to the Kasich adviser (who spoke only under the condition that he not be named), Donald Jr. wanted to make him an offer nonetheless: Did he have any interest in being the most powerful vice president in history? When Kasich's adviser asked how this would be the case, Donald Jr. explained that his father's vice president would be in charge of domestic and foreign policy.
What will Trump do while Pence is handling domestic and foreign affairs? He'll be making the country great again. It occurred to me that Trump might as well let Pence live in the White House. After all, it's hardly Mar-a-Lago. Instead, I think he be better suited living in a converted Library of Congress, the books could just be disposed of because, well, you know.... The building is already much more Trumpian than the White House. I took these photos six years ago.
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I wrote in several Daily Kos diaries that if Hillary was confident she had the election locked up, she should pick Elizabeth Warren to run with her. About half the 200 or so Kos readers who I polled agreed that she'd be the best choice.
However, whether it is my panic or a rational analysis that Trump is tightening up the race, I am now thinking she should consider the VP choice as being the person most likely to gain her votes she wouldn't already get.
I am assuming that the most ardent Bernie supporters, even those with considerable animus towards Hillary, will vote her her. Warren might help with a few of them, but I am just not sure how many on-the-fence progressive voters she'd actually swing towards Hillary.
I'm assuming Hispanics will support her whether or not she has a Hispanic running mate. In any case, Housing Secretary Julian Castro and Rep. Xavier Beccera seem to be off the top of the list.
Senator Sherrod Brown would loose his seat and a Republican would replace him, so that seems to rule him out.
That brings me to Admiral James G. Starvidis. To say he's not a household name would be the understatement of the year. But that should hardly matter because of the appeal he would have to so-called suburban soccer moms currently wavering in who to vote for.
Trump is stirring up a panic in many of them, and will continue to exploit their fears that only he can protect them from threats, be they homegrown or overseas.
ADM James G. Stavridis adds something to the ticket that Trump doesn't have. The medals on the admiral's chest actually mean something.
Rather than quote Wikipedia, you can read about him here.
It wasn't hard to find the photo The Daily News used, but it would be interesting to know who thought of it or whether someone just Googled train wrecks crashing through buildings (how I found it).
Granville–Paris Express overran the buffer stop, crashed through the station wall before falling onto the Place de Rennes below, where it stood on its nose. |
The Daily News is good, but I prefer more obvious phallic imagery.
Prospect of a small handed reprobate as president. |
Actress/singer Laura Benanti nailed the part of Melania Trump on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" on Tuesday night, offering a comically inept defense against accusations of plagiarism. "
Trump kids really, REALLY, excited |
Code Pink, not so excited --- |
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Evening Update
She's beautiful, she's intelligent, she's submissive to her husband," Carold Thomas of East Baton Rouge warbled. "She has a very anointed message for women."
Anointed??? "It's worse than plagiarism." David Frum, neo-conservative and former speechwriter for George W. Bush.
Anointed??? "It's worse than plagiarism." David Frum, neo-conservative and former speechwriter for George W. Bush.
The spin from Trump surrogates on this so far has been DENIAL… Coming from the Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort in his press conference this morning… Blaming it on "the Clinton camp" say further that "when HC is threatened by a female the first thing she does is to try to destroy that person."
This is how it will be handled from now on, unless Melania herself decides to say she made a mistake she is sorry for. Otherwise, there will be no apology, let alone an acknowledgement that plagiarism even occurred.
I rather doubt she will since she allowed her handlers to say that she graduated from a university when in fact she dropped out after her first year. A.J. Delgado, a Trump surrogate and Harvard graduate was asked by Joes Diaz-Ballart about what would have happened to her if she submitted a paper with passages plagiarized, and she didn't answer, instead denying that anything was plagiarized in Melania's speech. This will be the continued use of the time-dishonored, but proven effective, propaganda method of saying something often and long enough so people start to disbelieve the evidence right in front of them. Already on Wikipedia: In April 2010, Baio posted a controversial political statement on his Twitter account. His posting, "Taxes are DONE...That should feed, house & provide medical for a few lazy non working people at my expense. Have a great Monday!" was picked up by the blog Jezebel, and the heated web-based discussion between Baio, his wife, the Jezebel.com authors, Jezebel readers and Baio fans received outside coverage.[19][20][21]
In 2012, Baio endorsed Mitt Romney for president.[22] In an interview with Ashley Webster, Baio opined regarding President Barack Obama that he couldn't tell "whether he's dumb, he's a Muslim or he's a Muslim sympathizer, and I don't think he's dumb."[23]
Scott Baio spoke at the first night of the 2016 Republican National Convention following fellow celebrity speaker Willie Robertson, star of the show Duck Dynasty.[24] In this context, The New Yorker Magazine called him "a recently unearthed (and strangely angry) eighties sitcom star."[25]
One is sublime, the other
...Trump questioned the legitimacy of Obama's grief and concern. "I watched the president, and sometimes the words are okay. But you just look at the body language and there's something going on. Look, there's something going on," Trump told "Fox and Friends" on Monday."There's just bad feeling," he said. More
"I think most progressives would love to see Elizabeth Warren," said Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), who is running in his state's Democratic Senate primary. "There's an obvious warmth that people feel toward Elizabeth Warren that isn't duplicated by any other Democratic figure. People feel that they can believe in her, which is very important in motivating our folks to vote." MoreComments here
...Trump questioned the legitimacy of Obama's grief and concern. "I watched the president, and sometimes the words are okay. But you just look at the body language and there's something going on. Look, there's something going on," Trump told "Fox and Friends" on Monday."There's just bad feeling," he said. More
I want Trump to keep revealing that he's not only hateful and hate-fueled, but that he's unbalanced. If he does this, that's the good news.
The unhinged true self of Trump being repeatedly revealed will hopefully convince sensible Republicans not to vote for him. Unfortunately, the media is complicit in buying into the probability that Trump can morph into a new being, and actually become "presidential" or as I would put it, a person without ingrained mental pathology.
The bad news obviously is that he could become president - a hatefilled and hate-fueled narcissist is bad enough, but a president who can't self-regulate and is also showing more and more that he is (at the least) showing traits of paranoid personality disorder .... look at it this way.... combine the former Nazi Dr. Strangelove and the manic paranoid General Jack D. Ripper and we have President Trump.
Many people will but the cynical attempt to use the recent news to scare people into voting for Trump. What evil genius came up with the new slogan "Make America Safe Again?" It fits right in with "Make America Great Again" and "Law and Order President" was already used by Nixon.
In the space of a few days two things happened on the presidential campaign trail that repeat the script of a presidential election nearly a half century back. Trump boasted in a speech that he was the "law and order candidate." Close on the heels of this, new polls showed that in the three states that will again likely decide the election, Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania, Trump surged in the polls to either edge or pull to a statistical dead heat with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.www.politico.com/...Trump's "law and order" boast and his poll resurgence are no accident. In the election a half century ago, GOP presidential candidate Richard Nixon virtually made the slogan law and order and crime in the streets his signature themes. He was brutal and direct in one speech when he flatly said that the "solution to the crime problem is not the quadrupling of funds for any governmental war on poverty but more convictions." publiceye.org/…
The terrifying part is that it worked then and will work with lots of people now. And even more disturbing is that while Nixon had many faults, he wasn't batshit crazy.
So, as a refresher…. Paranoid personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent. This usually begins in early adulthood and presents in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following:
- Suspects, without sufficient basis, that others are exploiting, harming, or deceiving him or her
- Is preoccupied with unjustified doubts about the loyalty or trustworthiness of friends or associates
- Is reluctant to confide in others because of unwarranted fear that the information will be used maliciously against him or her
- Reads hidden demeaning or threatening meanings into benign remarks or events
- Persistently bears grudges (i.e., is unforgiving of insults, injuries, or slights)
- Perceives attacks on his or her character or reputation that are not apparent to others, and is quick to react angrily or to counterattack
- Has recurrent suspicions, without justification, regarding fidelity of spouse or sexual partner. Psych Central
If enough the majority of American voters want a president who believes in what they believe in, and don't care that he is a hedonistic narcissist, and are too blind and stupid to see that he is mentally unbalanced, then we will elect a president who is also a batshit crazy paranoid.
Related: Ethics, Shrinks, and Trump: Should they speak out?


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San Francisco artist Gregory Gavin says that since he was a kid he has "returned to creeks to feed my imagination. Finally it occurred to me . . . it was the creek itself I wanted to return with from the forest."
In a presentation at San Francisco's de Young Museum in 2006, Gavin proposed perhaps the world's first company specializing in the creation of miniature rivers. Since then, he has been creating rivers all over the Bay Area under the name Riveropolis. This Sunday, you'll have the chance to experience two amazing undertakings:
First, Gavin will set up a kinetic, quiet large and fast moving play river to build and experiment with boats.
Then, inside the geometry of the Park Day gazebo, Gavin will construct an idiosyncratic "archipelago" of floating islands "that I discovered this summer while teaching river camp.
Gregory will also participate on the 12PM "Maker Programs in East Bay Schools" panel presentation/discussion session in the Studio One Theater.
Gavin has been commissioned by National Endowment for the Arts, the de Young Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Seattle Public Art Program, the Potrero Nuevo Fund Prize, and the Bay Area Discovery Museum. He teaches intermittently at the California College of the Arts and is a California Arts Council Fellow. He also teaches summer RIVER CAMP sessions at CAMP 510 at Park Day School, and the San Francisco School. We're really excited to have him at the Faire!


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Steel relics in place as 9/11 museum nears completion
| New York
A cavernous museum on hallowed ground is finally nearing completion, far below the earth where the twin towers once stood.
Amid the construction machinery and the dust, powerful artifacts of death and destruction have assumed their final resting places inside the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
A vast space that travels down to the bedrock upon which the towers were built, the museum winds its way deeper and deeper underground, taking visitors on a journey to the very bottom.
Already on display are several pieces of mangled steel and metal recovered from the World Trade Center towers, each one telling a different story of the terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.
The first relics that visitors will see are two massive pieces of structural steel that rose from the base of the North Tower. Now the rusty red columns soar above ground into the sunlit glass atrium that encloses the entrance to the museum.
"They're so large — about 70 feet tall — that we built the museum around them," explained Joseph Daniels, president of the memorial and museum.
Down a long ramp, visitors will peer down to glimpse the last piece of steel removed from ground zero in 2002, which sits inside a gaping silvery chamber that drops to the lowest level of the museum.
Further down the ramp, visitors will discover a mangled and twisted piece of steel that Daniels calls "impact steel." That's because this piece of the building was actually destroyed by the impact of Flight 11 slamming into the North Tower.
"You can see how, at the bottom, the columns are bent back," Daniels said. "That's because Flight 11's nose, when it pierced the building, it bent steel like that."
Perhaps the most chilling part of the museum, in its current form, is a battered staircase that leads down to bedrock, where the exhibits will be displayed. Sandwiched between an escalator and a staircase that will be used by museum visitors, the "survivor's stairs" provided an escape route for hundreds of people who fled from the towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
"You're literally following the same pathway that hundreds followed on 9/11 to survival, to safety," said museum director Alice Greenwald. "In some respects, what we're saying to our visitors is, we all live in a world now that was defined by this event. And in that sense, we're all survivors of 9/11."
There are more relics, some of them shrouded in plastic or white drapery, awaiting their public debut:
The "flag steel" shaped like a ribbon that resembled a flag blowing in the breeze. The T-shaped steel column and crossbeam that became known as the "World Trade Center cross," a piece of the rubble that became a symbol of hope to hundreds of recovery workers.
The fire truck from Engine Company 21, whose cab was destroyed while the rest of the truck remained intact.
When completed in the spring, the museum will transport people through time from events leading to the 9/11 attacks all the way to the current events of today. And even when its doors open, the museum will always remain a work in progress.
"This is a museum, I like to say, that's not about answers," Greenwald said. "It's a museum about questions. And we end with questions, and we then invite the public to participate in that dialogue."


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text: POPLARVILLE – Pearl River head baseball coach Jamie McMahon takes his Wildcats into MACJC State Tournament play this week at Smith-Wills Stadium in Jackson.This year''s double-elimination tournament, which starts Thursday and ends Saturday, is comprised of all South Division teams as the top four regular-season finishers in the North fell short to South foes in all four of the best-of-three playoff series this past weekend. The playoff series winners earn berths in the state tournament.PRCC bombed North champ Itawamba in Fulton two straight with 10-7 and 13-6 victories to even its overall record to 25-25, while tournament host and South champ Jones County (38-10) followed suit with its lopsided 12-1, 8-0 blowouts over Northwest Mississippi at William Carey University in Hattiesburg. East Central (36-15) dropped its first series game to North runner up Holmes 14-13 in Goodman, but bounced back to eliminate the Bulldogs with a pair of 9-1 and 8-4 wins on Saturday. South runner up Hinds took two straight over Northeast Mississippi 12-2 and 7-2 in Raymond."We''re playing our best ball of the year right now," McMahon said, noting his Wildcats committed only one error in this past weekend''s 18 innings of play. "If we can continue playing as well as we have, we can make a lot of noise up there this week."The Wildcats blew out rival Mississippi Gulf Coast 14-6 in Poplarville May 3 to snap their South Division fourth-place stalemate with the Bulldogs to earn its playoff series berth against ICC.Pearl River split with Jones County March 20 in Poplarville taking a 6-2 loss before bouncing back with a 4-0 shutout victory in the nightcap, but the host Bobcats swept the Wildcats 4-1, 10-3 on April 13. Hinds swept PRCC 2-0, 5-1 March 27 in Raymond, while April 21''s rematch in Poplarville saw a split. The Wildcats lost the first game 3-2 before winning the second 9-3. Against East Central, the two schools traded sweeps. Pearl River swept 6-5, 9-3 March 30 in Poplarville, while the Warriors took 4-3, 6-5 victories April 23 in Decatur.Here is a breakdown of the tournament:THURSDAYGAME 1: Pearl River vs. Hinds, 3 p.m.GAME 2: Jones County vs. East Central, 6 p.m.FRIDAYGAME 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 1 p.m.GAME 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 4 p.m.GAME 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 7 p.m.SATURDAYGAME 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 1 p.m.GAME 7: If necessary, 30 minutes after Game 6.Smith-Wills Stadium is located on Lakeland Drive in south Jackson.


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Ridley Scott may have the technical craft polished to an almost absurdly accomplished level, but the script itself feels like the stoned-at-3:00 AM musings of a first-year philosophy student. It is deep in the most shallow of ways, asking some of the biggest questions of our existence with a puppyish enthusiasm and without even the vaguest hint of an answer.
It's easy to draw comparisons between this film and "2001: A Space Odyssey," and Scott seems to be inviting those comparisons with his first image here, an almost-direct quotation of Kubrick's movie. The difference is that Kubrick didn't graft the Hollywood structure onto his examination of the moments where life has taken a quantum jump forward in complexity and sophistication. He had enough faith in the strength of what he was doing that he told a very unconventional version of a narrative. But anything he raised as a question in that movie, he answered. If you think "2001" is in any way "vague," you need to see it again. That is a movie where every piece of information you need from it is contained within. Although I enjoy "2010" as a piece of mainstream science-fiction, it is very much the dumb cousin of the first film. It spells things out, or tries to, in a way that is almost insulting after how carefully constructed "2001" is to reveal it secrets to a patient and inquisitive audience. Unfortunately, "Prometheus" is far more "2010" than "2001."
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Deep in the Most Shallow of Ways
29 comments:
- Talysman the Ur-BeatleJune 13, 2012 at 10:46 PM
I lost respect for Ridley Scott when I found out he believed Decker was a replicant and that he would make that clear in any sequel he happened to make.
ReplyDelete - reddeerrunJune 14, 2012 at 2:13 AM
I can sum the plot of Prometheus for you: Its like someone was flicking through a copy of Dragon Magazine and read the editorial describing the Editor's experiences in D&D - where Editor so and so having ventured into the Dungeons 'neath Castle Greyhawk the night before the party was set to explore it - encountered a giant stone head and cast a magic mouth spell on it so it Declares that 'He who gives away his most valuable magic of his own free will looking for nothing in return shall be rewarded tenfold!' and then ventures in with the Party the next morning and with the Giant stone head repeating its message - the more magic toting PC gives away his most powerful magic item to the sneaky PC spell-caster - and said: Hey Lets have a Giant Stone head with a Message.
ReplyDelete - SirironfaceJune 14, 2012 at 2:54 AM
Such as yourself, everyone is entitled to their opinion. But when likes of Steven Spielberg, David Fincher, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Akira Kurosawa , Ingrid Bergman, Orson Wells, Sidney Polak, David Lynch, Mark Romanek, George Lucas, Sidney Lumet, all acknowledge Kubrick as one of the greatest directors of all time...Well, you look like a complete idiot when you say Kubrick was a terrible director. Oh come on, Woody Allen is terrible as well. Kurosawa's most famous work is over-long, repetitive, tedious and poorly acted - wouldn't surprise me at all that he likes Kubrick, who never saw an actor he couldn't turn into a wooden shell of a man. And David Lynch? If some idiot standing on a stage while cauliflower-shaped sperm dolls fall on his head is meant to be cinema, well ...
This quote James links to is poorly written and largely a defense of 2001. What random tosh it is. And to complain that Prometheus is the ramblings of a first year philosophy student by comparing it unfavourably to something as pretentious and pointless as 2001? I don't get to see this movie until August, unfortunately, but there's no information content in this review.Hmmm...2001 pointless.... it was about humanity being shaped by technology, being challenged by that technology, and reaching enlightenment through the use of technology. Its not very subtle.
Comparing other sci-fi films to 2001 is sometimes an exercise in pretension in any case. Alien was a great horror film made in an era where horror was mumbojumbo, slasher flicks, and black cats. The director communicated the environment amazingly well inthe film and it was as much a character in the film as Ripley and the Alien. A film set in the same universe as alien should be judged against that.- davelanc1June 14, 2012 at 9:02 AM
I gave up on going to the movies. Hollywood has homogenized it's product down to such a mediocre medium. The only movie(s) I look forward to is The Hobbit. Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer have influenced too much of the mainstream into thinking explosions and non-stop action is the ONLY way to make a sci-fi or fantasy movie. Peter Jackson is the exception (although King Kong was SOOOOOOO boring and way too long). Hollywood thinks we all think "Armageddon" had a deep message.
ReplyDelete - Nicholas BergquistJune 14, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Well if it helps any, if you're looking for entertainment, enjoy sci fi scenery and space ship porn, and happen to have enjoyed Alien without worrying too much about the Deep Inner Meaning of it all, Prometheus is an enjoyable movie. I think we're asking a bit too much of our light popcorn entertainment these days....or maybe I'm just happy to see a film in the franchise that was better than the last four films combined, albeit not quite as good as Alien and Aliens--but a fair sight better than Alien Resurrection, the abominable AvP series and A3.
This movie suffers only because its own hype and our inflated expectations. I'm not trying to be forgiving of the film....I'm saying it was a horror movie that is part of a franchise about people-eating/impregnating aliens, and this is not a franchise that has ever asked the deep questions, despite our fondest desire to think it did. - The Recursion KingJune 14, 2012 at 10:42 AM
I have to agree with you. Just because some critic highly rates something doesn't mean it's any good. Nine times out of ten the critic has an agenda and is supporting a film with the some values that align with it. I think we've all seen 'critically acclaimed' films that were absolutely awful.
ReplyDelete - The Recursion KingJune 14, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Ugh, and that's another waste of everyone's time (Donnie Darko). A film with no heart and soul just a man going mad and everybody is supposed to think it is clever and amazing. It's not, it's shallow and pointless.
ReplyDelete I haven't seen Promethius so I can't comment on that, but...
But anything he raised as a question in that movie, he answered. If you think "2001" is in any way "vague," you need to see it again.
...I have to call BS. Especially since Kubrick specifically said otherwise. This reviewer is attempting to prove his chops by saying "Oh yeah, I totally understood 2001!" and not realizing what a complete fool he's making of himself by claiming his personal interpretation is the only correct one.- The_Shadow_KnowsJune 14, 2012 at 12:42 PM
I have seen Prometheus, and 2001 many times, and I call BS as well. 2001 is a good movie but basically incoherent. Prometheus is also a fairly good movie but also incoherent in places. If anything, Prometheus did a better job of explaining itself (albeit poorly at times) whereas 2001 is essentially nonsensical unless you draw your own conclusions - which didn't used to be considered a bad thing.
ReplyDelete - The_Shadow_KnowsJune 14, 2012 at 12:48 PM
Please considering your fascinating (and I'm sure very well-informed) discussion of how Hollywood's most respected directors have feet of clay. Surely Welles and Bergman must also have fallen short of your exacting standards? I mean, there's not one gunfight or helicopter chase in Citizen Kane. And The Seventh Seal isn't even in English!
ReplyDelete - The_Shadow_KnowsJune 14, 2012 at 12:50 PM
You and fautusnotes should make a movie together. I predict it would be an artistic triumph.
ReplyDelete - Amos OsJune 14, 2012 at 2:19 PM
The main complaint I hear about the movie is that it fails to deliver on the ideas it brings up.
However, I don't like the movie because it doesn't tell a good story - it is riddled with logical and structural problems (some forgivable some not).
What is the conflict of the story, and more importantly, is the conflict entertaining? That is what people should be asking themselves.
That might sound like a conventional complaint from a narrow mind but I think people are actually feeling more confused and dissatisfied by the lack of sensible plot conventions in Prometheus rather than the lack of conclusive exposition on the sci-fi elements. - Michael RooneyJune 14, 2012 at 8:50 PM
The_Shadow_Knows faustusnotes Would either of you care to clarify and support your assertions that Kubrick is "terrible" or that 2001 is "basically incoherent", or are you just typical time-wasting internet blowhards? (I realize these alternatives are not exclusive.)
ReplyDelete - The_Shadow_KnowsJune 18, 2012 at 2:19 PM
If you don't know what "basically incoherent" means, I don't see how I can "clarify" it for you. As for "support" - sorry, you don't get to assign me homework.
ReplyDelete to the quotation: philosophy isn't necessarily suppose to "have answers". philosophy is a "love of wisdom rather than wisdom itself." huge difference. maybe he should take that first year of philosophy.
as for the movie: terribly written for the aesthetic execution. its like looking at the most gorgeous pile of feces you've ever seen.


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Injection Molding Goes High Volume
December 21, 2012
New processes and practices in injection molding are adapting the technology for the high-volume production of components for industrial, automotive, aerospace, and medical applications. These techniques include changes in materials and processes, such as shifting from steel to aluminum tooling, as well as approaches for converting metal part designs into parts that can be realized in plastic.
One shift to help boost volume and reduce costs is the trend toward integrating multiple steps within the mold. Traditionally, after plastic parts come out of the mold, they go through several secondary processes like finishing and assembly. These add cost to the part due to handling, and the need for more equipment and floor space.
For the last few years, Trexel has been doing more inside the molding machine, Steve Braig, the company's president and CEO, told us.
For example, what was previously printed or hot-stamped outside the mold is now finished with an applique or another coat. "Decorating a part in-mold is not without challenges," Braig said in an interview. "High injection pressure near the applique or label can produce enough force to move it, or cause an ink washout by moving the polymer against the label."
Trexel's MuCell process uses lower pressure, avoiding both of those problems, he said. It also saves weight and cycle time, since cavity pressure is about 60 to 70 percent lower than conventional injection molding, requiring less clamp force.
Another trend that reduces cycle time is the shift to aluminum tooling. Although steel tooling is stronger, aluminum heats up and cools down much faster. Aluminum molds are cheaper to make and weigh less, making them easier on process equipment, said Darcy King, president of Unique Tool & Gauge. He went on to say:
With the competitiveness in manufacturing today, especially in automotive, the average cycle time savings of 40 to 50 percent of aluminum over conventional steel molds gives big advantages. That percentage can be achieved when using the design practices we incorporate, and the correct process parameters to optimize the use of aluminum molds.
Unique does several things to make sure tools can last the several-years-long life cycle of an automotive program, including designing them more robustly than a steel tool. For example, for a mold aimed at high-volume applications in millions of parts over a life cycle, the company uses harder, stronger aluminum alloys with excellent wear properties.
Aluminum molds can also shorten lead times. "Our longest lead time is six weeks, versus 12 to 20 weeks using steel," David Myers, vice president of sales and marketing for DRS Industries, said in an interview. "This lets customers fine-tune the design, or bring in modifications. Tooling cost is also lower, at minimum 20 percent less, or even 30 to 40 percent less the cost model of steel equipment, depending on machining and mold construction."
Because steel's conductivity is so poor, there can be variances of 15 to 25 degrees between different areas of the tool, said King. But aluminum's better conductivity lets core and cavity temperatures remain more consistent, usually within one degree. That stresses the part less, letting it solidify with less warpage and movement, improving its quality.
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Soccer teams depend on their trusted keepers to handle the ball with confidence. Gloves are a goalkeeper's most important piece of equipment. The right ones should not only protect his or her hands, but support their performance. But shopping for them can be a little confusing. If you're a first-time goalie or looking to upgrade, a little goalie glove know-how will take the edge off shopping and on the game. But remember that while a great pair of goalie gloves are essential to your performance, they're no substitute for proper training and technique.
- Things to think about when shopping for goalkeeper gloves?
- Selecting gloves to suit the weather?
- What you should know about finger protection soccer gloves?
- Goalie Glove Care
- How to clean soccer goalie gloves
- How to break in soccer goalie gloves
- Goalkeeper Gloves Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Conclusion
Things to think about when shopping for goalkeeper gloves?
Important considerations in choosing the right gloves are size, cost, type of glove, and whether you'll need finger protection. And after you've purchased your gloves, you'll need to know how to care for them in order to get the most out of them.
Determining size
Unlike most gloves, goalie gloves fit a little loose and so they're sized a little differently. A slightly larger glove will not only perform better, it'll last longer. Just how large is debatable. It really comes down to you, and what feels right. Too small or too floppy not only damages the latex, it can affect your performance. In general, gloves should be snug enough to prevent your fingers from slipping in them when catching the ball, yet loose enough to not put stress on the seams and materials.
Goalkeeper gloves are sized numerically starting with youth size 4, on up to adult size 12. Companies may offer suggested sizes on the packaging based on age, height, or hand measurements. Charts should serve as a general guide. Be aware that every manufacturer's sizing is a little different, and age and height are not necessarily good measures of a goalie's actual hand size. It really comes down to fit and feel. If you're a first-time goalie, it's a good idea to measure your hand. The ultimate way to know is by trying them on!
Measuring the hand. Size can be determined in a couple ways, one is to measure the length of the hand in inches, from the base of the palm to the tip of the middle finger. Round off to the nearest inch, then add an inch. This is one way to get your approximate size. The other is by circumference. To determine the circumference of your hand, wrap a tape measure around the widest part of the palm just below the knuckles, excluding the thumb. Round the number to the nearest inch and add one inch. For instance, a hand measuring 6.7 inches would be rounded to 7 inches. Your glove size would be 8. Be sure and measure both hands, and go by the larger of the two. Either of these two methods will put you in the ballpark of your goalie glove size.
Choosing a glove type
Though technologies, materials, grades of latex and other features vary, there are basically three cuts of soccer goalie gloves: flat, roll, and negative.
What do they mean?
Flat. Some keepers call it "box cut". This is the older, more traditional and widely used type of glove so-called for its squared fingertips. Seams are stitched on the outside in such a way as to flatten the under sides of the fingers and palm area to follow the curvature of the ball. It's also a looser fitting glove.
Roll finger. This increasingly popular cut still features the outside stitching, but fingers are shaped roundish on the undersides as opposed to flat. The glove feels snugger, and wearers say it offers a little better feel of the ball.
Negative. Unlike the other two styles, the seams are on the inside giving the fingers a little more stability inside the glove. This is the snuggest fitting glove, and tends to be favored by goalies with thin fingers. This style does a particularly nice job of supporting a young goalie's technique.
Other differences involve materials, technologies, and grades of latex.
Materials. Goalie gloves are made from a wide range of materials, from latex, to polyurethane, to artificial leather. Backings are made from a variety of materials from cool and breathable mesh for hot and humid days, to fleece for chilly climes.
Technologies. Goalie gloves incorporate many new technologies to keep athletes and manufacturers on the cutting edge of the competition. High tech cooling systems, enhanced grip and shock absorption, finger protection, pre-curved ergonomic designs, closures that offer additional wrist stability, you name it. There is definitely something for everyone in a soccer goalie glove.
Latex. The palms and undersides of the fingers come most into contact with the ball, and latex material best supports these areas of the glove. Latex allows the glove to grip the ball, and underlying foam material provides shock absorption. Latex gloves vary in thickness from 3-4 mm. The softer and thinner the latex, the better feel and grip on the ball. The only caveat of having very thin, sensitive, high performing latex is that the gloves are not only the most expensive, they wear out faster and have to be replaced more often. Whereas cheaper, more durable gloves made of denser cheaper materials may not let you 'feel' and grip the ball as well, but they'll hold up longer. This is where you'll need to decide whether your priority is durability or performance. Typically, the cheaper gloves make ideal youth and training gloves. Later, a serious goalie might upgrade to high end gloves that perform better.
Closures. Without a way to secure the glove to the hand, it won't fit or perform right. Common closures include elastic, slit wrists, velcro, wrap, and bandage. Each have their advantages. High end gloves tend to feature wrap or bandage closures, and youth gloves tend to have elastic and slit wrists for easy removal. It's a matter of choice.
Selecting gloves to suit the weather?
These days, there's a goalie glove for just about every climate and terrain. Some gloves perform better than others in hot, cold, dry or wet conditions, or on hard, loose, and artificial turf. If you cannot afford more than one pair of game gloves, you may opt for all-weather, suitable for most conditions. The packaging should say what kinds of conditions a glove works best under.
What you should know about finger protection soccer gloves?
Most goalie gloves today feature various types of built-in finger protection intended to reduce stress on the hands. They're called different things by different companies. Basically, little plastic strips or spines are built into the glove to support the fingers and prevent them from bending backwards. Just about every glove features them and after all, manufacturers have to compete with the industry. Unless you're at risk of repeating a finger injury or need the extra protection, they really aren't necessary. In fact, some trainers feel they discourage the development of the musculature and technique needed for great goalkeeping, which can go a long way to preventing injuries. Be sure to use finger protection gloves in tandem with proper training. High tech gloves are no substitute for a high level of skill.
Without proper care, latex goalkeeper gloves can dry out, crack, and not perform as well.
Here are a few tips for making the most of your new goalie gloves.
- Brand new? Wash them before using, as they may be coated with residues
- Moisten the palms before games
- Clean gloves after every game
- Store them in your glove pouch or a mesh bag, with palms facing away
- Limit use of your game gloves. Quality latex game gloves are not as durable as practice ones. It's recommended that goalies have two pairs: worn-out or cheaper ones for practice, and good ones for games. Also, avoid wearing your gloves during warm-ups and in dusty areas
How to clean soccer goalie gloves
Clean after every game to remove dirt, sweat and odors that can break down the latex, and damage your gloves. Clean goalkeeper gloves work better and last longer.
Here are a few tips!
- Hand wash your gloves in lukewarm water
- Use a mild, low-suds detergent
- Gently scrub one glove at a time with your hands. Don't rub together, or use a scrubber
- Rinse out the insides of gloves
- Gently squeeze (don't wring) the water out, and wrap in a dry, absorbent towel
- Let air dry indoors at room temperature on a hanger
- Wring out your gloves
- Dry with an artificial heat source
- Leave outside or in the sun to dry
How to break in soccer goalie gloves
New goalkeeper gloves may be a little stiff at first. Broken-in gloves will feel more comfortable, and perform better. Of course, they're going to break in naturally as you wear them.
But here are a few ideas for getting them game-ready.
- Moisten or soak in warm water
- Bend them back and forth
- Separate and tape the fingers back to make them pliable
Goalkeeper Gloves Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What are soccer goalie gloves made of?
Palms of goalie gloves are made from various grades of latex, a natural substance derived from the rubber tree that give goalie gloves a tacky grip. Many goalkeeper gloves are made from a synthetic resin called polyurethane (PU), and leather-like materials.
How long will my soccer gloves last?
It will depend on the type of glove, how hard, and how often you play. With routine care and normal use, a pair of high-performing soccer goalie gloves should last up to 15 games or more. Denser, more durable latex gloves might last you a couple seasons. Showing signs of wear? Don't throw your old gloves out, keep them for practice!
How can I tell cheap soccer goalie gloves from good ones?
Contrary to what you might think, when it comes to soccer gloves, durable doesn't necessarily mean better. In fact, the stronger the glove the more likely they're made of cheaper materials, and the less 'feel' on contact with the ball. With softer high-end gloves you trade durability and longevity. So in choosing a glove, decide whether durability or performance is more important at your, or your child's stage of the game. Generally, cheaper gloves make great starter, or practice gloves.
When should I replace my goalkeeper gloves?
Depending on the quality of glove, and how well you've cared for it, you might begin to notice signs of wear after about 15 games. The latex feels dry, gloves are not holding their shape, or seams are coming apart. But don't say goodbye to your old worn-out goalie gloves yet, keep them for practice!
If you're a soccer goalie, you know that your most important piece of gear are your goalie gloves. They help you perform, and they protect your hands. But shopping for them may not be easy. There are about as many different soccer goalie gloves as there are goalies, playing surfaces, and weather conditions. Knowing which ones are right for you can be difficult. But with a little glove know-how you'll find the perfect match, for your next match. But remember, as much as a great pair of goalkeeper gloves can enhance your game, they're no substitute for proper training and technique.


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The U.S. men's gymnastics team had an excellent day of qualifying this weekend, putting it in first place entering today's team finals. But the Americans struggled in the final, which does not carry points over from the earlier rounds.
Update at 2:12 p.m. EDT: The U.S. team has taken fifth place in the competition, despite early struggles that put them in last place. Great Britain surged to win the silver medal behind China — but Japan is reportedly now disputing the score one of its gymnasts received on the pommel horse.
Update at 2:18 p.m. EDT: Japan's appeal was successful, and the team has been awarded the silver. Britain is pushed down to the bronze. Japan had been in fourth position, behind Ukraine.
As NPR's Mike Pesca reports via Twitter, "Not 8 seconds after scoring change bumps GB from 2 to 3," an announcement was made over the public address system to tell the crowd, "Please show your appreciation for the officials."
Final scores:
Update at 2:50 p.m. EDT: The bronze might seem like a steep disappointment, but it's Britain's first team medal in gymnastics in 100 years. Still, they did believe they had won silver for 10 minutes — a time during which Ukraine's gymnasts saw their medal hopes extinguished.
ESPN has more about Japan's successful appeal: "Japan's Kohei Uchimura buckled on his pommel horse dismount and GB were elevated to silver, with Ukraine taking the bronze and Japan fourth.
"However, after an appeal was upheld, Japanese went back into the silver position, with Britain taking bronze. Uchimura was battling against raucous noise in the North Greenwich Arena at the time of his error, as the home crowd cheered the final British performances."
Our original post continues:
After five rounds of the final, China leads the competition, with Japan in second. The U.S. team sits behind Ukraine, Britain and Russia.
Only the horizontal bar remains, as the last round of the final. At this point, China seems likely to win the gold, and Japan the silver. The big question is: Who will take bronze?
Only 2.274 points separates Ukraine and the U.S., with Great Britain and Russia standing between them.
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.


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In Pakistan today, millions went to the polls to elect new government. NPR's Julie McCarthy has been following the candidates, their campaigns and issues leading up to this. She joins us now from Lahore. Welcome, Julie.
JULIE MCCARTHY, BYLINE: Thank you.
RATH: So in the last 24 hours, we've heard a lot about the threats and violence aimed at stopping voters, and even shutting down polling places. What's the significance of this election? Can you put it into context for people?
MCCARTHY: Well, first of all, there were plenty of problems. I mean, the voting was subverted in Karachi by deadly violence and, really, banal incompetence. Polling started around noon because the election materials didn't show up. And in one huge constituency, voting didn't start until 6 o'clock in the evening. Now, here in Lahore, people complained to me about being turned away. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan faults the fact that polling staff had been poorly trained, couldn't accommodate the rush.
There was a heavy turnout. People voted in spite of the threats to their lives despite the fact that militants wanted to shut them down. This election really moves Pakistan, Arun, closer to civilian rule. It strengthens their civilian rule. We saw the military stand aside, which always gives people jitters here around election time. In fact, they wanted the election. So passing power from one democratically elected government to another is what's happening here for the first time in Pakistan.
RATH: And can you talk us a little bit through the leading candidates? Especially curious about how the former cricket star Imran Khan did.
MCCARTHY: Yes. Well, the leader tonight is former two-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif. He's edging in preliminary returns toward a majority. He told supporters he didn't want to use crutches, meaning no coalition partners. Now, Imran Khan, the former cricket player, as you point out, turned political leader, is tonight exceeding expectations. Again, early returns show him outpacing the Pakistan People's Party.
Khan managed to turn this into a two-man race between himself and Nawaz Sharif, really playing on voters' alienation with the People's Party that's ruled the past five years and didn't have much to show for it.
RATH: So what happens next? Does Sharif have enough of a majority to form a government to be undisputed leader?
MCCARTHY: Well, we don't know that yet. But if there is no majority, you're looking at coalition building and fractured government. And the problem with that is Pakistan needs a united front to tackle this myriad of problems it faces - joblessness and no clean water and rampant corruption and a very little tax base. There's lousy health care. There's weak education. And, of course, there's the militancy that's destabilizing the place. So they really need to get united fast.
RATH: NPR's Julie McCarthy speaking to us from Lahore, Pakistan. Thanks, Julie.
MCCARTHY: Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Reebok Freestyle Hi Athletic Shoe - Big Kid - White Monochrome
- Smooth leather upper with breathable textile lining
- Padded tongue and collar for comfort and support around the ankle
- Lace closure with dual hook-and-loop strap fasteners offers a secure fit
- EVA midsole provides impact resistance and comfort
- High-abrasion rubber outsole delivers flexible traction
Reebok's United Kingdom-based ancestor company was founded for one of the best reasons possible: athletes wanted to run faster. So, in the 1890s, Joseph William Foster made some of the first known running shoes with spikes in them. By 1895, he was in business making shoes by hand for top runners; and before long his fledgling company, J.W. Foster and Sons, developed an international clientele of distinguished athletes. The family-owned business proudly made the running shoes worn in the 1924 Summer Games by the athletes celebrated in the film "Chariots of Fire."
In 1958, two of the founder's grandsons started a companion company that came to be known as Reebok, named for an African gazelle.


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