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Princeton University will honor four exceptional New Jersey secondary school teachers at its 2011 Commencement on Tuesday, May 31.
This year's honorees are Kathleen Chesmel, New Egypt High School, New Egypt; Robert Downes, Mountain Lakes High School, Mountain Lakes; Rachel Grygiel, Hoboken High School, Hoboken; and Donata Nicholas, East Orange Campus High School, East Orange.
The teachers were selected for the award from 64 nominations from public and private schools around the state. Each teacher will receive $5,000, as well as $3,000 for his or her school library.
"What distinguishes this year's winners is their intellectual leadership among their colleagues and in their communities," said Christopher Campisano, director of Princeton's Program in Teacher Preparation. "These four outstanding teachers are among the most highly respected members of their respective faculties and administrations -- serving as role models, coaches and mentors. Their absence would be a tremendous loss to the life of each institution. They are a constant and indelible source of inspiration for their students, and they hold fast to the belief that all students can learn to high levels of understanding. They truly represent what is best in the teaching profession, and we have much to learn from their wisdom."
The staff of the Program in Teacher Preparation selected 11 finalists, each of whom was visited at work by an observer. Finalists were selected by a committee that was chaired by Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel and included Campisano, two Princeton professors and two external education professionals.
Princeton has honored secondary school teachers since 1959. The University received an anonymous gift from an alumnus to establish the program.
Following is information about the honorees:
Kathleen Chesmel
For Kathleen Chesmel, teaching is never simply about making sure students get the right answers. Whether through her work as a celebrated science teacher at New Egypt High School, adviser for the school's drill team or choreographer for the school's annual musical productions, Chesmel approaches each task with the same goal in mind -- to teach students to think independently.
Since coming to New Egypt in 2002, Chesmel has taught both general and honors chemistry, integrated lab science and introductory forensics, approaching each course with a holistic emphasis on the importance of student inquiry, independent growth and individual transformation. Both Chesmel's peers and students alike praise the former research scientist's ability to convert seemingly impenetrable scientific topics into understandable and interesting concepts.
In nominating Chesmel for the award, New Egypt principal Tom Farrell said, "Dr. Chesmel is very open-minded and welcomes new ideas and concepts regularly. She offers students the aptitude to both learn and apply knowledge, along with an enthusiastic approach to her daily responsibilities and objectives."
Patricia Wunsch, director of bands, choirs and musicals, remarked in her nomination letter that Chesmel -- who has helped direct six musical productions and choreographed seven marching band shows -- often incorporates nontraditional methods of teaching, which include integrating the arts "into her chemistry pedagogy." Wunsch added, "Kathy creates lesson plans, review materials and assessments that allow students to integrate elements of music, fine art, theater, dance and digital media."
Chesmel's students recall the myriad projects she has designed over the years to help them learn about chemistry, ranging from making their own commercials to writing raps about polymers.
"Dr. Chesmel did not spoon-feed the answers to me," recalled New Egypt graduate Elisa Tang. "Rather, she taught me the importance of self-sufficiency and researching the answers on my own -- something that I will be expected to do in college, in the workplace and in life."
In espousing her educational philosophy, Chesmel cited her faith in the power of learning through inquiry and her goal to create "learners who can obtain and analyze the information needed to answer the 'whys' and 'hows' of life."
"I strongly believe that there is a difference between remembering a piece of knowledge and being able to use that knowledge in ways to understand new situations," Chesmel said. "To help my students really own their knowledge, I provide opportunities in the classroom for students to ask questions and create their own solutions to well-planned problems, encouraging them to move beyond 'getting the right answer.'"
Chesmel received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Princeton in 1985 and a Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991.
Robert Downes
When Robert Downes' students and colleagues describe the Mountain Lakes High School mathematics teacher, the word that comes up most often is "positive."
"Every student wants to be in Mr. Downes' class because he is one of the most positive people any of us have ever met," said Mountain Lakes principal Anne Mucci in nominating Downes for the award. "He greets every student with a cheerful smile, welcomes them into the classroom and makes that portion of the building a very happy place. The unbelievable thing about this feeling is the moment one crosses the threshold into his classroom there is an immediate seriousness of purpose that permeates the air."
It is this fusion of good nature and seriousness of scholarly purpose that has allowed Downes to garner the reputation of being able to transform difficult, sometimes dry mathematical concepts into engaging and exciting intellectual explorations. Since arriving at Mountain Lakes in 1992, Downes has not only challenged the most advanced students, he has also imbued struggling students with previously undiscovered levels of confidence.
Former Mountain Lakes student Christopher Dewing said that Downes "constantly found new ways to encourage all students despite differences in skill level," adding that "Mr. Downes taught class in a way that encouraged us to not only learn math, but to love and understand it."
In addition to teaching AP calculus, AP statistics and honors pre-calculus, Downes also serves as an adviser to the math society, helps coordinate math contests, coaches track and is a Boy Scout troop leader.
Christina Laurenzi, a Princeton sophomore and former student of Downes', recalled being intimidated by the idea of taking one of his classes, having "heard how difficult his classes were, and since math was never my strongest subject." After just two class periods, however, Laurenzi said she was at ease for the rest of the semester.
"Although he wanted his students to succeed and genuinely understand the material, he did not guide us through step by step; rather, he let us take the initiative and chart out our own ways of comprehending," said Laurenzi. "I also learned with time that beneath his somewhat demanding teaching style, Mr. Downes exuded a warmth and openness that made him accessible and very likeable."
Reflecting on his 24 years of teaching, Downes said he has always strived to not only instill in students a love of math, but a sense of how their education in his classroom will extend beyond the academic setting of school and into the world beyond.
Said Downes, "I strive to create an environment where all students can maximize their potential, to address any fears or misconceptions they may have, and to provide them with an experience that will enable them to think critically and become better problem solvers."
Downes received his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Moravian College in 1986, earned his master's degree from California State University-Long Beach in 1991 and has pursued doctoral studies at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
Rachel Grygiel
Teaching in an urban school district, Rachel Grygiel faces challenges that go above and beyond getting students to perform well on tests -- and the Hoboken High School social studies teacher has exceeded expectations.
"In essence, Ms. Grygiel does more with less," Daniel Loughran, Hoboken's supervisor of curriculum and instruction, said. "The respect and admiration she has garnered from students, along with her colleagues and the community at large, comes as a direct result of Ms. Grygiel's insistence that students work hard and that they live up to their potential. A student in Ms. Grygiel's class is always challenged to be his or her best."
Hoboken senior Francis Howitt said Grygiel pushes students with academic rigor as well as entertaining lesson plans and assignments, such as one that involved making interactive family trees that had each student exploring his or her ancestry.
"Ms. Grygiel is a very rare teacher. She understands what needs to be done to excite students about their work," said Howitt. "She always seems to find new ways to implement her lesson plans through fun and interesting activities."
One example of such an activity is Grygiel's "Veteran's Project," in which students are assigned to interview World War II veterans who live in Hoboken, edit the interview footage and then send the mini-documentaries to the Library of Congress.
"It's one thing to read in textbooks what happens during war, but to hear the stories that these veterans told with raw emotions truly touched the hearts of everyone involved," recalled former student Samantha Rotondi. "Ms. Grygiel teaches more than history; she teaches life lessons that will never be forgotten. She teaches you how to become a better person."
Since joining the Hoboken faculty in 2001, Grygiel has excelled at teaching U.S. history and International Baccalaureate history of the Americas, and also has become involved with several initiatives designed to better the school and its surrounding community. For example, she helped establish the International Baccalaureate program at Hoboken and has included the school in an exchange program in which journalists from Europe visit to see what life is like for American high school students.
Grygiel also is coach of the girls' soccer team, adviser for the Hoboken High School Excellence Awards, adviser for the Harvard Model Congress Club, and co-founder and adviser of the Sierra Club's Inner City Outings outreach program at the school.
"Over my 10 years of being an educator, I have learned that the best lessons are the ones that the kids lead," said Grygiel, who earned her bachelor's degree in history from Georgetown University in 1998 and her master's degree in administration and supervision from St. Peter's College in 2005.
"Whether it's a writing assignment, video documentary or group discussion, you have to put the power in their hands," she said. "Some days I accomplish this by feigning ignorance; other days it is done genuinely by sharing my curiosity, while on others it is done by learning right alongside my students in order to hook them. And there's nothing quite like the energy of a classroom when the students are running the program."
Donata Nicholas
Teaching high school chemistry and physics comes ready-made with its own unique challenges. When those challenges are combined with supporting an underserved population, it takes a teacher like Donata Nicholas of East Orange Campus High School to overcome them.
"What I believe to be her truly invaluable contribution to the science department is her desire to create bridges that connect our school community and the world science community," said Asha Parayanthal, chair of the school's science department.
"She truly believes that our students deserve the best, most challenging comprehensive science program that can be offered," Parayanthal added. "Ms. Nichols works tirelessly to understand her students' strengths and weaknesses and to build connections with them that will allow her to challenge them to acquire the skills they need to not only be successful in the classroom but in life."
Nicholas joined the East Orange faculty in 2003, focusing her teaching skills on both honors and college prep courses in chemistry and physics. In nominating Nicholas for the award, fellow East Orange teacher David Mwangi said that on more than one occasion he has "been moved by her success in engaging the students and the excellent relationship she has cultivated with them," adding that Nicholas "is so selfless that she meets with struggling students after school hours for tutoring and extra help. I have seen firsthand the way her students respect and hold her in high regard."
Nicholas has also taken significant steps toward broadening the scientific education experience at East Orange. For example, she initiated the Advanced Placement chemistry program at the high school during her first full year of teaching. Also, during the 2009-10 school year, Nicholas initiated a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) seminar series in which local scientists discussed their research.
To enhance her knowledge of new and innovative content areas and teaching strategies, Nicholas recently participated in two New Jersey teaching development programs, including one focused on using robotics in medicine.
Erika Clerjuste, a senior at East Orange, said, "As a young adult preparing to enroll in college next year, I realize that the best teachers are not the ones who accept you as you are, but the ones who accept you for what they believe you can be. Ms. Nicholas is by far the most patient and encouraging teacher I have come across during my high school career."
Nicholas, who received her bachelor's degree from the University of Delaware in 1986 and her master's degree in teaching from Montclair State University in 2009, said, "What makes me a successful teacher beyond my high level of engagement and concern for the East Orange community is my constant acquiring of new skills and knowledge. I am a learning teacher."


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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that investor lawsuits may go forward against investment advisors and others for allegedly helping Texas tycoon Allen Stanford in a massive fraud.
Stanford was sentenced to 110 years in prison for bilking investors in a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. The investors who lost money are suing others involved in the scheme, contending that they also engaged in misleading conduct.
The targets of the suit include investment companies, insurance brokers, law firms, and others. They were sued by investors in state court and tried to have the suits thrown out. The investment advisors pointed to a federal law that says class action suits related to securities fraud cannot be brought under state law.
The investors, however, claimed that their case was different because it involved certificates of deposit — not stocks — that Stanford sold as covered by federal insurance, when in fact they were not.
By a 7-to-2 vote the Supreme Court agreed with the investors, allowing the state lawsuits to go forward.
Justices Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito dissented, contending that the decision would subject professional investment advisors and counselors to complex and expensive state law claims that instead are under the exclusive authority of federal regulators.
Moreover, they said that the court's ruling would limit the federal government's ability to "police frauds and abuses that undermine the confidence in the national securities markets."
Justice Stephen Breyer, writing for the seven-justice majority, replied directly in the opening pages of his opinion: "We specify at the outset that this holding does NOT limit the Federal Government's authority to prosecute frauds like the one here."
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Big Data At J.P. Morgan: Delivering The Firm
What's your take on big data and its potential for Treasury Services at J.P. Morgan (New York; $2.3 trillion in assets)?
7 Big Data Players to WatchBank Systems & Technology's March issue looks at what seven organizations are doing to make big data pay off. To read more, download our March 2013 digital issue now.
Shah: We're looking at the broad forces shaping banking and how to use them to drive more value for our clients, how to apply them in the wholesale banking arena. At the highest level there are three macro forces shaping the world of banking: globalization, regulation and technology.
Under the technology umbrella we are exploring social (or the power of networks), mobile, cloud computing and big data. Our chief information officer's [Guy Chiarello] organization serves as the key bridge between the lines of business, allowing us to leverage the information that's critical to the big data effort — for example, insights from consumer spending patterns that we can deliver to corporate clients in a meaningful way, or trends in wholesale payments that will shed light on macroeconomic trends.
Big data encompasses advances in hardware, software and mathematics, but in its essence, it's about creating insights from information. It can help our clients be more effective by building deeper relationships with their customers — reducing risks and costs. At J.P. Morgan, it can help us operate more effectively.
For example, within our Corporate and Investment Bank (which is how we look at our institutional-facing businesses), we offer a large number of products and services to help institutional clients (companies, governments, other financial institutions). Big data helps us to identify the best set of products we can deliver to the client —getting the right product to the right client, at the right time, through the right channel. Bringing the full capabilities of our diverse and global firm to bear for our clients in a context-relevant way is a great opportunity — what [CEO] Jamie Dimon refers to as "delivering the firm."
How are you doing that?
Shah: One example is enriching payments messages with context-relevant information in addition to that required to exchange value. For example, an insurance company paying a customer for a claim may provide information in a payment message that would help the customer deal with his/her particular damage. A key channel for that — this is where the key forces intersect — is mobile. Overcoming some of the information-carrying limitations of existing payment systems, mobile offers an opportunity for the payment to "do more" for both sender and receiver, and create value in the process.
Is this a capability you're actually pursuing?
Shah: We're working on that now. In the spring we'll be piloting some solutions that bring together the power of mobile and data. The payment then becomes a brand champion for the company with its own customers and suppliers.
We have been leveraging data and analytics in other areas. For example, we're able to digitize remittance information coming into our lockboxes and make that information available to clients, giving them insights into how their business is performing. Clients can use information flowing through a lockbox to improve the posting of transactions to their receivables systems, address customer inquiries more effectively and use the information for cash forecasting. They also want to know how they perform against their peers, and we can provide benchmarking information. These are ways in which we are already leveraging the power of data and analytics to drive value for our clients.
What about areas such as compliance, security and risk management?
Shah: The Dodd-Frank regulations require financial institutions to deliver much more information about payments than before, particularly as it relates to cross-border money transfers. As a bank to banks, we make our knowledge base of global payments, including how payments clear across various payments systems worldwide, available to our financial institution clients to save them costly investments. Additionally, maintaining the safety of the payment system is a key role for banks, having the ability to apply matching algorithms and big data techniques to reduce false positives and false negatives in the transaction screening process. This has a huge impact on the client experience and the safety of the payment system by catching illicit transactions and letting the good ones through.
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Here is rough estimate of the fabric you'll need for the club:
* 35-40 various fat quarters, or 9-10 half-yard cuts of your choice
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* 1 1/4 yds for sashing and borders
I'll be raiding my stash for this quilt, for an eclectic, scrappy look, with various low volume prints and light colors for my background fabrics.
What do you say, are you ready to paper piece along with me? Click here to sign up for the club, and make sure to join the Stitching with Don't Call Me Betsy Flickr group to share your progress and chat with other BOM'ers. Make sure to grab a button, too! I'm really excited about giving this BOM a try, I sure hope that you're excited too :)


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Gabrielle Giffords attends her first gun show since her shooting
A smiling Gabrielle Giffords toured rows of tables loaded with rifles and handguns in her first visit to a gun show since surviving a 2011 shooting, and pleaded afterward for people to come together to stop gun violence.
The former Arizona congresswoman visited the Saratoga Springs Arms Fair on Sunday with her astronaut husband, Mark Kelly and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to highlight a voluntary agreement that closely monitors gun show sales in New York.
The trio mixed with a gun show crowd that was mostly welcoming — with a few hostile undertones — before calling for people to build on the cooperative effort.
"We must never stop fighting," Giffords said at a post-tour news conference, her fist in the air. "Fight! Fight! Fight! Be bold! Be courageous!"
Giffords, a face of the national gun control effort, slowly walked hand-in-hand with Kelly through the large room where Winchester rifles, muzzle-loaders, antique knives and other weapons were on display and "Don't Tread on Me" flags hung from poles.
They stopped at display tables, Kelly asked dealers questions about the weapons, and Giffords shook hands and smiled when people greeted her. "Good to see you looking good!" some said. Kelly bought a book on Colt revolvers, and said later he probably would have bought a gun if he had had more time. He said both he and his wife are gun owners.
The trio was greeted by light applause when introduced at the news conference, but some people booed from across the room. Many at the show said the couple made a good impression.
Dealer Joe Albano, who chatted with Kelly about his muzzle-loaders, said the couple was nice. But he also said he was against New York's recent gun control law, which is separate from the Schneiderman initiative.
"If she can help us, fine," Albano said. "We're doing everything right here. We're legal."
Under the agreements worked out by Schneiderman, all firearms are tagged at the entrances to gun shows. Operators must provide computer stations for sellers to do national background checks.
As they are taken away through a limited number of exits, guns are checked to make sure background checks were performed. No buyers can leave a show without documentation of a proper sale.
Schneiderman, who has worked with all 35 gun show operators in New York, showed the couple how the process worked.
"It's great to see government and licensed firearms dealers working together to solve a problem," Kelly said.
Giffords was shot in the head while meeting with constituents in Tucson in January 2011. Six people died.
Though it was mostly smiles inside, about a dozen protesters rallied outside the gun show holding signs critical of New York's new law that expanded a ban on military-style weapons, among other things. The law was passed not long after the December school massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
Kenneth Hall, who held a sign with a swastika that read in part "gun control made the Holocaust possible," said the New York background check was not needed.
"I believe this is a publicity stunt for Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords," Hall said. "They say they're Second Amendment supporters. I don't believe they are."


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Peaches & Green FOTD
5:58 PMSo, this look may or may not have been from St. Patrick's Day. We are just going to pretend that I regularly match all-green on any ordinary day because that's what reasonable, ordinary people do and obviously I am a reasonable and ordinary person. Ahem.
Green is one of those colors that I think everyone can pull off. It's especially nice on those with green, hazel, or brown eyes and it's much easier to have it not clash with Asian skin than, say, blue or other cooler colors. If you think about nature and how nice trees look then it's not so hard to imagine the same colors working well for makeup, right? ^.^
One of my favorite ways to wear bright colors is using it as a "pop" of color on a more neutral lid which is exactly what I've done here.
Here's a close-up of my eye. I did a basic neutral lid, MAC Fluidline for the eyeliner, Sugar criss-cross lashes, and a nice dose of Urban Decay's green 24/7 liners with Graffiti on the waterline and Covet smudged underneath. I skipped any black liner on the bottom lashes and instead had a nice long coat of mascara to open up the eyes.
For base makeup, I used Lioele's Beyond the Solution BB Cream which has great coverage but I have since stopped using since Skin 79's Super Functions (hot pink) BB matches my skintone better. One effect that I do find interesting looking at the photos where I used the Lioele is that it gives that really flat, almost mannequin-like perfect look to the face. Maybe it's just how it reacts to my skin but this is definitely something to keep in mind for those interested in purchasing. This is high on the coverage-scale and low on the glowy-scale. I'll have to do a review and comparison soon on the BB's that I currently own which are only Lioele Beyond the Solution, Skin79 hot pink, and Skin79 DermaRX.
I'm also using Lioele's Cushion Touch Blusher which I still love. The matte baby pink looks more peachy here since I'm wearing the Canmake Maxi Volume Rouge in 22 Peach Beige that I got as a gift from Eki. Thank you for the lippy babe I love the color sooo much! I'm very much obsessed with peach shades lately. ^.^
I know this is terribly late and I had already posted this color in my last nail post but I wanted to show how my NYX Las Vegas polish matched the eye color and also my shirt. I LOVE MATCHING OKAY? We should all have our own club called "matchers anonymous" where we can commiserate about how our lives aren't color-coordinated enough.
And this shot I think came out a bit artistically so I just wanted to share. My lovely Lioele Princess Mirror which I <3 a little too much. Speaking of which, yes, the coupon code frmheadtotoe still works at prettyandcute.com for a free princess mirror for orders over $30. You can choose baby pink or hot pink, just write frmheadtotoe in the comments at checkout. I was getting a lot of questions about it. :)
Time for dinner and editing more videos! Love you guys and hope you have a fun, fantastic, amazing weekend! I'll just leave you with one question to answer in the comments: If you color-coordinated an entire outfit from head to toe (har har) what color would you choose?
Disclaimer: Lioele products provided by Pretty and Cute, and the pegasus necklace is mix-matched DSK Jewelry.
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lol whenever I coordinate a matching outfit, it's usually black and white, black and gray or gray and white... or black with pops of random bright colors. XD I'm usually t-shirt and jeans... and that doesn't usually match :)
ReplyDeleteoooh absolutely pretty!! I have to SO agree that green is a color that everyone can pull off. :)
ReplyDeletegorgeous look! i love how you used mascara to open up the eyes your lashes are so long!
green is one of my fave colours to use :)green looks gorgeous on you! i was wondering what mascara you used for your bottom lashes? they look amazing!
ReplyDeleteI feel like such a bad Asian but I still don't really know what BB cream is haha... Is it skin care? Is it make-up? But I keep hearing about it!
ReplyDeleteWell,that Lioele bbcream looks great on you.I'll purchase it.You have a really good skin and you look so young.So jealous,really ^^
ReplyDeleteI've always heard you shouldn't match your makeup with what you wear, but I think you can make such a great fashion statement that way! I love your green coordination, it's very wearable and fun. ;) I would love to try out purple and maybe green, since I rarely wear green on my eyes and I only have 1 purple piece of clothing. :)
I can't wait for more videos, Jen!- AnonymousJune 4, 2010 at 11:13 PM
i love to colour coordinate too! i cannot have shoes and clothes that do not match. i love to colour coordinate shades of blue :)
ReplyDelete Shades of purple =D I love to wear my purple cardigan/top/dress and match it with purple eyeliner or eyeshadow.
The lioele BB cream is working nicely atm but I have nothing to compare it with since its my first time trying BB cream after reading your review on it. I had always pictured the princess mirror to be bigger but nonetheless its adorable =]You look amazing! I can't never do my makeup like that. Thanks for sharing
PetiteLittleGirl.blogpsot.comLol! St. Patricks day wasn't too long ago : ) I also love the combo of peach with green.
I would do something boring like taupe or gray from head to toe : )i looove green eyeshadows! there's something un-used about them (i dunno if that's the right term) but not a lot of people wear it as compared to other colors.
i recently ordered the lioele bb cream so i'm excited to try it out! i also have the skin79 hot pink one and yeah it is glowy nice bb cream.I would love If It will be possible
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nice for allot of us :)- MissDaisyKayJune 5, 2010 at 2:03 PM
This is a very hard question I think xD maybe I'd choose ... hmm... something like a peach/coral color. This makes a great, fresh teint and looks great on nails!
The makeup is great! I think I'll wear it tomorrow, cause my nails are green at the moment and I love matching, too Love this look! Just discovered your blog & I'm loving looking at all the beauty products.
ReplyDeleteyou look great as usual. Green is really bold for me but I would like to try it out. In your pictures, your face looks longer than usual, it's probably the angle.
ReplyDeleteYou are so beautiful
Love this look simple and show how pretty you are
I will try it tomorrow in the workthat's a really pretty look! ^ ^
hmm, i would probably colour coordinate black/white or do an entire purple outfit x)- AnonymousJune 6, 2010 at 9:26 PM
love this look on you! SO pretty !
and to answer your question, i would choose purple :) my absolute favourite colour ~~~~ the green really brings out your eyes, it like a little "hey look at me, notice my eyes" kind of thing
for color coordinating an outfit, i would go for the neutral shades like black, white, and grey because they're so versatile and anyone can pull it off
<3Ellegreen seriously looks great on you! not a lot of people can pull off the green look but worked it fine! woo! :)
www.cookie093.blogspot.comlove the random mirror shot, hehehe. the pop of green looks so pretty! i really need to try this, usually i do blue up top THEN green, but this neutral+green looks nice <3
ReplyDeleteDid you know that you look phenomenal with green on your eyes? I recommend you to throw all pinks and wear only forest green ;)
My eyes are blue and I think I can't wear green ;(


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"I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger as reason.
I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me.
Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go.
Reality doesn't impress me.
I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another.
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Saturday, September 28, 2013
Why the coming collaspe of the US government is not (entirely) the fault of our defective Constitution Sandy Levinson
As anybody familiar with my hobbyhorse knows, I believe that out 1787 Constitution, drafted in the belief that we would never have an ideological party system (as distinguished from a party system "merely" based on interest-group politics and willing and able to enter into deals), bears its own share of explanatory power for the pathological dysfunctionality of the American system of government, where the odds of a governmental shutdown on Tuesday morning now seem at least 3-1 (unless John Boehner decides to be a loyal American and sacrifice his Speakership by violating the anti-democratic (as well as anti-Democratic) "Hastert rule" and brings to the floor the "clean bill" that will be passed by the Senate and will receive unanimous support from the Democratic members of the House plus, one suspects, from 17 honorable Republican members of the House who put country above pandering to the crazed Tea Party wing of the contemporary Republican Party. Not all Tea Partiers are crazy or without merit in some of their views, but that scarcely applies to its de facto would-be leader, the neo-McCarthyite (apparently, only Communists and Nazis could possibly support Obamacare) and neo-Huey Long ("I'm just listening to the people, whose views that only I can intuit take precedence over any regular procedures of government") junior senator from Texas). But Boehner gives no indication at all that he is a "Madisonian" committed to the "common good" instead of the very definition of a factional partisan (unless he believes that a governmental shutdown would in fact serve the public good, in which case he would not legitimately be labeled a "factional partisan," but, instead, simply wrong in his thinking.
Get a hand towel, I think you've got some foam to wipe away...
You do realize that an awful lot of people think that a 21st century constitution would look quite a bit like the one we have now, only perhaps with more features to assure that it actually gets followed? The Constitution you loathe is rather more popular than the politicians whose abuses you enjoy blaming on it. And I'd remind you, as futile as it may be, that we're not going to default unless Democrats want to preserve Obamacare unchanged more than they want to preserve the nation's credit rating.
I wouldn't call Brett's comment a lie, because a lie entails an intent to deceive, and his comment won't deceive anyone. If a kidnapper makes a ransom demand that is rejected, and he kills the person he kidnapped, no one would be deceived into blaming the person who refused to pay the ransom demand. Most people, in fact, would say that, had he paid the ransom demand, he'd be inviting other kidnappings.
That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, "Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!"
-- Abraham Lincoln (Cooper Union Speech) Mark Field offered some things the Dems might offer to have a "deal" here. Ball in Rs court there. How about the Rs draw up a replacement for ACA with all the popular things, like coverage for children up to 26, covering pre-existing conditions, funding of local clinics, Medicaid expansion (must be, since so many states are signing on) and various other things. Or, clarify. Are these the things that they don't want to fund? Anyway, if Congress "can" do something, no, it is not "just" the fault of the Constitution. Ultimate, "we the people" let this go on. Our 'leaders' are enablers, but ultimately the blame needs to be placed on some level where the ultimate sovereignty remains.
Hank, if I can be personal, I don't know if you have had any legal training, but one may indeed have an intent to deceive with a falsehood even if a standard reasonable person would not be deceived by the falsehood. It's insanity but it's a falsehood, a lie, unless you go along with George Costanza of Seinfeld sit-com fame that "It's not a lie if you believe it." Well, Bwana Brett (GWH*) may believe what he says. But apparently, Hank, you have not taken my earlier advice to you to check the archives of this Blog to learn more about Brett. Hank, I realize your defense of Brett is half-hearted, but I go along with Abe Lincoln's response as presented by Joe.
*Great White Hunter
Your definition of "falsehood" must be strangely divorced from whether or not things are literally true. If Democrats had no problem with defunding Obamacare, they'd just pass the CR, it would be defunded, the shutdown and subsequent default would be averted.
It is literally true that the only reason the Republican strategy could lead to a shutdown is that Democrats would find that less objectionable than Obamacare being defunded. Though you might argue the problem is actually Reid; He's bottled up a number of amendments that have upwards of 79% support among Senators. It's not just Republicans "filling the tree" was intended to thwart.
It's not clear whether Bwana Brett's (GWH*) 7:39 AM comment is in response to Mark or the half-hearted [I was being polite] defense of Brett by Hank or my comment in response to Hank. Be that as it may, Bwana Brett continues, now that he is presumably a part-time worker because of Obamacare and has more time on his hands, to re-hashtag his falsehoods with engineering skills. I think Bwana Brett takes umbrage with Hank's suggestion that Bwana Brett's " ... comment won't deceive anyone." As a famous wag once (or twice) said: "With friends like that, who needs an enema?
*Great White Hunter
Shag: I was giving Brett credit for having enough intelligence to know that his statement would not deceive anyone. Don't ask me why, in that case, he made the statement.
Brett: Of course it is literally true that the Democrats could capitulate and avoid the harm that the Republicans threaten. Just as it is literally true that one could pay a kidnapper's ransom and avoid the harm he threatens. It is still false, in the relevant sense, to assert that the person refusing to capitulate to the Republicans, or to the kidnapper, is responsible for the harm. And, again, I credit you with enough intelligence to know that. So why do you claim otherwise?
The difference, Henry, and it's a very important one, is that a kidnapper is not entitled to take you prisoner, and the House IS entitled to write continuing resolutions that don't fund things Democrats like.
So this is rather like calling me a carjacker because I walk out to my own car in the driveway, turn the key, and drive away. The Democratic Senate has no entitlement that things they like continue to be funded. None whatsoever. The House is acting entirely within it's legal authority.
Brett, I agree that the House is not breaking any law. But that is not the be all and end all. Another important consideration is the implicit understanding that the job of the House is to keep the government operating; having an operating government underlies everything that the House does. The Democrats recognize this; if they did not, then they might shut down the government unless it enacted a single-payer health system.
Another important consideration is that, if Congress enacts a law, then members of Congress who dislike the law must nevertheless acknowledge that it is the law until it is repealed. The Republicans' attempt to refuse to fund the ACA resembles nothing so much as the South's seceding because it was unhappy with the result of the 1860 election. Let's assume for the sake of argument that secession was legal. It nonetheless violated the underlying assumption that the federal government remain in operation.
No, their job isn't to keep the government running at all costs, it's to keep it running properly, which can just as much mean stopping some thing from being done, as making sure other things get done.
It's the law until it's repealed, but defunding laws before they're repealed is scarcely unheard of. In any event, you're going to lose me every time you analogize what they're doing to something illegal, because they're not doing anything illegal, or even improper. As a branch of the legislature, they're originating legislation, and it's just not entirely to the liking of the Senate and President, who are responding by threatening to shut down the entire government. Why don't you get on Reid's ass for blocking amendments with 79 supporters in the Senate, or going 3 years without ever originating a budget? That's why we've been running on continuing resolutions for three years: The Senate won't pass a budget, because they don't want a visible bottom line.
Brett's theory, as Henry has pointed out, is one in which no government can ever function. If shutting down the entire system is the way to bargain, both parties will do it, and over the most trivial of reasons -- why not shut down the government until they rename Reagan Airport or until all statues of Robert E. Lee are destroyed? Those would actually be better causes.
No, keeping the government running is a meta-rule. The whole system pre-supposes this goal. Failing to acknowledge that goal is functionally not much different than secession. No wonder it appeals to today's neo-confederates.
Every democracy in the world has a party based system where the majority party or coalition decides what legislation to bring to the floor and this system has worked for centuries so long as elected representatives basically enact the will of their voters. Our current problem is not a party based system per se, but rather the fact that our elected representatives increasingly impose their will in contravention of ours and the result in the US has been a rising populist revolt of the voters against the technocratic establishments of BOTH parties. If our elected representatives were implementing our will instead of their own, Obamacare never would have emerged from committee, nevertheless been enacted, and voters would not be forced to harass and threaten their representatives to engage in fiscal guerrilla warfare against a train wreck program which has never enjoyed even plurality support of voters. THIS is why the polling shows a near revolutionary level of distrust and opposition to government.
Henry said...Brett, I agree that the House is not breaking any law. But that is not the be all and end all. Another important consideration is the implicit understanding that the job of the House is to keep the government operating
The House appropriated the money to fund the government except for Obamacare and will do so again. They are doing all they need to do to keep the government operating and are not the ones threatening to shut it down.
"If our elected representatives were implementing our will instead of their own,"
27% of the country now refer themselves as Republican. 22% identify as Tea Party" 40% now refer to themselves as independent. "More Americans oppose the health care law when you call it Obamacare—46% of Americans oppose the health care law when it carries Obama's name, while just 37% oppose the Affordable Care Act." http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/09/27/poll-more-oppose-obamacare-than-affordable-care-act/ It's a stupid country. And the post above is a stupid post. The problem more than anything is the self-identification of most Americans as middle class even those who would rightly be considered working class. People vote their hopes more than their interests, and rich liberals are happy to go along. Reaganomics began under Carter and "liberals" became "neoliberals" without admitting, or recognizing, the change. The rise of anarcho-capitalism has as much to do with the rise of narcissism of the 60's as it does with the Constitution or the Whisky Rebellion (that is it connects to all of them). Jerry Rubin of the Chicago 8 was dubbed "the first Yuppie" and ran "business networking parties" out of studio 54 and the Palladium http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20078011,00.html I get tired of college professors who pay just enough attention to current events to feed their specialities. "If all you have is a hammer…" and the Constitution is a hammer to its scholars. Specialization is myopia
A nice little something I just read somewhere
"When the Affordable Care Act takes effect, October 1, requiring most US citizens to obtain health insurance one way or another or pay a tax penalty for going without, a new obligation of citizenship will have been recognized by law. The responsibility to take care of oneself will have been joined, however loosely, to the long-established right to emergency medical care."
BD: If our elected representatives were implementing our will instead of their own,"
DG: 27% of the country now refer themselves as Republican. 22% identify as Tea Party" 40% now refer to themselves as independent. What does partisan self identification (even this far from reality) have to do with my observation above? Opposition to Obamacare is at supermajority levels with both the GOP and Indis. Not to mention climbing with moderate and conservative Dems. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/359692/democrats-against-obamacare-deroy-murdock As an aside, the expansion of self identification from the parties to Indi is part of the rising populist revolt of the voters against the technocratic establishments of BOTH parties I was discussing. "More Americans oppose the health care law when you call it Obamacare—46% of Americans oppose the health care law when it carries Obama's name, while just 37% oppose the Affordable Care Act." Opponents of this train wreck know it as Obamacare, thus opposition declines when you use the propaganda bill name ACA.
Brett is an "anarcho-libertarian" so his "legal kidnapping" approach is seen as appropriate for him. Now, most of us aren't that breed, including many libertarians, so it is seen as improper. It is somewhat germane, so I would add that this is someone who compares public accommodation laws to "slavery." It has to be understood that he has a somewhat special view of things.
I share many of Sandy's concerns for " ... what a 21st century constitution might look like for the United States." An Amendment here, an Amendment there, may not eliminate what may be considered defects in the Constitution. But I fear a constitutional convention that would look back to be beginnings and events over the past 225+ years of SCOTUS decisions and political reactions in an attempt to plan for the rest of the 21st century and beyond with a new Constitution.
I recently read Adrian Vermeule's "The Administrative State: Law, Democracy, and Knowledge." It will be included as a chapter in a forthcoming Oxford Handbook of the United States Constitution. A link to this chapter is available at Larry Solum's Legal Theory Blog. The text runs 18 pages, filled with quite a bit of "meat" followed by extensive References with titles that may pique the curiosity of those seeking more information on the Administrative State. As I read Prof.Vermeule's paper, I thought of how a constitutional convention might address the Administrative State. I had difficulty envisioning how such a convention would address the Administrative State. Perhaps the Administrative State could be abolished. If so, what other changes in the Constitution would have to be addressed to address the problems of a Constitution to serve a nation so changed from the late 18th century, both in size and in population, with implications of globalization. Or is the Administrative State here to stay, and if so, how can it be limited to avoid extending the Administrative State too far? There will always be political differences, many of which may be difficult to anticipate. Yes, I share many of Sandy's concerns, but resolving them in this day and age - or any day and age - may result in even greater defects in a new Constitution. For there is always the matter of interpretation/construction. Perhaps a new Constitution might include a provision governing its interpretation/construction incorporating some concept of originalism. But many years later, there may be disagreements on the application of such a provision. Prof. Vermeule is to be congratulated for his concise paper on the Administrative State. Unfortunately, he does not directly set out how current issues with the Administrative State may be resolved. Perhaps they can't.
The best way to keep the expertise of the administrative state while checking its arbitrary overreach is to have the bureaucracy submit proposed regulations to Congress for enactment as legislation.
The best way to keep the expertise of the administrative state while checking its arbitrary overreach is to have the bureaucracy submit proposed regulations to Congress for enactment as legislation.
# posted by Blogger Bart DePalma : 10:43 AM Yes, nothing says "efficiency" like have a large committee micromanage every little detail. You really are an imbecile.
Bartbuster, I don't think that Bart is being an imbecile, at least in this instance. He knows what he is doing, which is trying to prevent any government regulations from being promulgated. To him, any regulation is an "arbitrary overreach."
To him, any regulation is an "arbitrary overreach."
# posted by Blogger Henry : 11:09 AM Which is just as stupid as having congress micromanage every detail.
Sandy: "Were the House, both Democrats and Republicans, to agree to elect a distinguished non-member who is widely viewed as being "above" party politics (perhaps because he/she has already had a long and distinguished career and has no further ambitions--think of Sandra Day O'Connor in this context) and who would be committed simply and solely to bring any bill to the floor for a vote that appeared to have the support of a majority of the House, whatever the party composition of the vote, then we would not be facing a governmental shutdown nor a finite chance (probably inching up to at least one in four and perhaps even higher) of a catastrophic default on our debts. "
First, this is a ridiculous idea in general; the people voting for the leader who is 'above politics' would be themselves heavily politically committed. And in the particular, Sandra Day 'Bush v. Gore' O'Connor is not 'above politics'.
The purpose of the checks and balances of our constitutional Republic is to prevent arbitrary policy impositions by executives and even transient congressional majorities. Policy proponents actually have to justify their policies and assemble coalitions. I know that actually enforcing our Constitution's checks and balances is a pain in the ass for authoritarians and their supporters, which is why I proposed it.
Bart: This should go without saying, but agencies issue regulations pursuant to statutes, which have been enacted pursuant to our constitutional system of checks and balances. Agencies do not make policy beyond deciding how to fill in the details to implement the policies that Congress has adopted and directed them to implement. The agency employees who fill in these details are experts in their fields. Even if members of Congress were willing to act in good faith in assessing the efficacy of proposed agency regulations (which of course they would not be), they are not qualified to do so. That is why I believe that your goal is simply to throw a monkey wrench into things.
Henry, those of us who got past the "Schoolhouse Rock" level of understanding government, realize that regulatory agencies tend to use actual legislation as a starting point for improvisation, not as a strict guide to what they can do. If this were not the case, a change of administrations could not have transformed CO2 into a pollutant.
"If this were not the case, a change of administrations could not have transformed CO2 into a pollutant."
Which the Supreme Court upheld.
It is obvious that Bwana Brett has not read or if he did does not understand Prof. Vermeule's paper. Maybe Bwana Brett needs to take a graduate course to supplement his Schoolhouse Rock learning. And it should be kept in mind that the Administrative State agency decisions can be subject to judicial review, as Mark pointed out on CO2. Apparently Bwana Brett knows as much about science as did Pres. Reagan.
Here's an excerpt from Prof. Vermeule's paper (p.13) under Part II Democracy:
"To mention only one sociological point that strengthens Long's[*} claim, consider that the professional composition of Congress is dominated by lawyers to a startling degree. Between 1960 and 2004, about 45 percent of members of Congress were former lawyers. The civil service is far more professionally diverse, and to the extent that professional diversity correlates with epistemic diversity, the civil service will incorporate more knowledge of social conditions - a form of representativeness - into its decisionmaking." [*] Norton E. Long, "Bureaucracy and Constitutionalism. American Political Science Review 46, No 31 (1952: 808-818. Perhaps Sandy can tell us a bit about Prof. Vermeule and the latter's personal views on the Administrative State. It should be kept in mind that this paper is not intended to push Prof. Vermuele's views but to concisely set forth the state of the Administrative State and issues raised by attorneys, political scientiests, academics, etc. So how might a constitutional convention address the Administrative State?
I despise Bush v. Gore and I'm no generally admirer of Justice O'Connor. That being said, having more-or-less expressed her remorse about helping to elect George W. Bush, I do view her in 2013 as a Madisonian citizen of the republic and not as a Republican party hack. So, yes, I would far prefer the former minority leader of the Arizona House of Representatives to become the Speaker of the House than the craven, spineless, distinctly anti-Madisonian John Boehner, and I would gladly accept her over any Democrat.
The regulatory bureaucracy was legalized by progressive courts ERASING checks and balances from the Constitution starting with Article I, Section 1: "ALL legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives."
Sandy: Yeah, I suppose a Democratic party hack IS logically precluded from being a Republican party hack.
Of course! The Constitution is a robust framework but even it doesn't function if somehow vast swaths of the legislature are insane. Indeed it's difficult for any document, process, or procedure to survive that.
Anyway, maybe some time we could have a discussion of what a new constitution ought to look like? Ideally a discussion that doesn't start off with flying spittle?
My contribution, to kick it off: Since no man should be the judge of his own case, neither should any man be able to select the judge in his own case. Therefore the legislative and executive branches should NOT be in charge of staffing the judiciary. I'd suggest that the federal judiciary be chosen by a body comprised of all the state Governors. That's a manageable size, and a group not particularly devoted to the expansion of federal power.
That's a fair suggestion. My proposal is that we abolish the states entirely so that there will be no governors. Let's see, what could be the middle ground there?
If no man can select his own judge we'd have to rely on "god" to select our judges. How could that go wrong?
"We have people in the conference, I believe, who'd be just as happy to have the government shutdown," King said. "They live in these narrow echochambers. They listen to themselves and their tea party friends. That keeps them going, forgetting that the rest of the country thinks we're crazy."
Between Brett and Bart (and I think I've said this before) I have to assume they'd prefer this country to be much smaller and less powerful than it is, because without the political and economic centralization the United States would never have become the superpower is today.
Admitting that as an ideal Bart and I would have something to agree about. But I think he likes the fact that the US has troops stationed in 150 countries. I think it's a sign of the failure of our republic.
Federaism principles might suggest that state judges be appointed by federal elected officials to balance Bwana Brett's (GWH*) proposal for state governors appointing federal judges.
*Great White Hunter
I think we are entirely too militaristic, but to be fair, that "150" comes from counting embassy guards.
I've said it before: I want America to be just another nation, not a "super-power". The worlds best "just another nation", to be specific. We're suffering from a severe case of imperial over-reach, which is only aggravated by having such incompetent government.
Wow, Shag, you actually anticipated my next suggestion. Exactly, that IS the implication of my reasoning that no level of government should get to appoint it's own judiciary: That states should not get to appoint their own, either.
I've also proposed what I call an "Election Corps", modeled after the Peace Corps: Elections should be locally administered by volunteers randomly assigned to precincts distant from their homes, to prevent collusion. How could you more neatly destroy machine politics?
Perhaps Brett could provide a link to his:
"I've also proposed what I call an 'Election Corps', modeled after the Peace Corps: .... " Would there be diversification (ethnic, racial, gender, etc) of the chosen volunteers? Would they be compensated and by whom? Would a federal/state bureaucracy be required? I presume the protections of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments would apply to the Election Corps (e.g., volunteers will not wear sheets, white or otherwise). But how does this fit with the "anarcho-libertarian" agenda?
I should have added this question to my preceding comment:
Will the volunteers coming from distance communities have the benefits of public accommodations laws?
"Would there be diversification (ethnic, racial, gender, etc) of the chosen volunteers?"
Wouldn't that be up to the volunteers? I assume the racial distribution would be determined by who volunteered. Seriously, Shag, set aside this relentless drive to find some basis for thinking me a racist, and just evaluate the proposal.
Here's another question (or two) for Brett:
Should these volunteers coming from distant communities have the right to carry, openly or concealed, arms through and into states that proscribe such? If so, should the persons in the communities that the volunteers are coming into have reciprocal rights even if proscribed by state law?
Perhaps we could deem them federal employees, and let them carry full auto AK-47s regardless of local law.
Yeah, I guess it was silly to expect Shag to be serious.
Brett has not provided a link to his proposal for an Election Corps that might address some of the questions I have raised and to see how really serious his proposal is. The Peace Corps that Brett modeled his proposal on has details, it became part of the bureaucracy, part of the Administrative State, governed by federal law. It is said that the Devil is in the details. But all Brett provides is a missing link.
I'd suggest that the federal judiciary be chosen by a body comprised of all the state Governors.
Do these judges not decide state laws which would involve said governors in various ways? For instance, the 14A rights of state citizens threatened by state police ultimately under the control of the top executive of the state? If so, it's their own case too. "Own case" is not usually applied so broadly -- it's a tad unworkable. That's a manageable size, and a group not particularly devoted to the expansion of federal power. Repeatedly, laws struck down (e.g., U.S. v. Morrison) were quite popular with state officials. Also, in general, governors probably are not that concerned with a range of federal power, such as foreign affairs they have no direct involvement in. Elections should be locally administered by volunteers This does follow his anarchic philosophy but we have government for a reason. We don't have a group of "volunteers" who are ready and willing to run elections. Also, now we have people electing people who run and choose who runs local offices. As to machine politics, involvement of independent boards, such as to run elections or re-districting, might be useful, appointment can be by various ways, but random volunteers seems rather impractical.
Brett, my comment at the end was addressed to Bart more than you. I thought that was clear. And libertarians more and more are willing to admit that freedom and democracy are incompatible. I've been complimented more than once agreeing, because "most liberals never admit that!" But I'm not an American liberal. "Liberals" and "conservatives" in this country both have conflicted notions over their ideal relation to each other and the state. As I said it's a stupid country.
I defend the government of the decisions of "a free people" not the stateless anarchy of free persons. you should stick to self-replicating machines and stay away from discussions of language and law. You're out of your depth,
D. Ghirlandaio said...Between Brett and Bart (and I think I've said this before) I have to assume they'd prefer this country to be much smaller and less powerful than it is, because without the political and economic centralization the United States would never have become the superpower is today.
Quite the opposite. Before progressivism, the US dramatically out grew the other European powers and rose from a colonial backwater to the world's second largest economic power behind the UK in a bit over a century. Since progressivism and now socialism, the US growth rate has halved and we have suffered under two long term depressions without recoveries. Progressive and socialist Europe is entering civilization failure featuring population, economic and fiscal collapse. We are following the same road to decline. I and believe Brett are seeking to reverse that decline.
So China is your model. [Before you start in on the rule from Beijing do a little research on the local fiefdoms in the provinces.]
Business creates bureaucracy; government plays catch-up. Big business without big government is even less conducive to freedom than the two combined. As I said, American liberals and American conservatives are conflicted. "Freedom!" Whatever dude. Those who defend either an ethos of republican responsibility or one of monarchist loyalty at least have their positions clear. I'll leave the rest -the war between the states etc.- for others to deal with
"Big business without big government is even less conducive to freedom than the two combined."
[sarcasm]Indeed, after reading the Black Book of Capitalism, recounting tends of millions genocided by big business free of the restraint of big government, who could doubt that?[/sarcasm]
For real "sarcasm" take a peek at Andy Borowitz's The New Yorker "Millions Flee Obamacare" about the reactions of Tea Partiers seeking "the American dream of liberty from health care." [I don't have the URL, so just "Google."]
Brett, there are plenty of examples of countries with exactly the situation you desire; small government, lots of guns, lots of religion, and shitloads of freedom. Afghanistan, Somalia, and the tribal regions of Pakistan come to mind. That is where we end up if you get what you want.
The religion part is for Blankshot, and most of the rest of the people who want the same sort of country that Brett wants.
Life in a state of nature is nasty brutish and short, but in the gulags of Scandinavia it's much worse.
Is "Genocided" a word now?
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WASHINGTON (AP) — White House-backed legislation to renew jobless benefits unexpectedly cleared an initial Senate hurdle on Tuesday, raising the prospect of a mid-winter compromise to ease the impact of the recession on the long-term unemployed.
"Let's get it done," President Barack Obama exhorted lawmakers at the White House shortly after the vote.
The vote was 60-37 to limit debate on the three-month legislation, with a half-dozen Republicans siding with the Democrats on the test vote.
At the same time, the Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said he and his rank and file would seek changes so the bill's $6.4 billion cost would not add to deficits.
Senate Democrats have so far rejected that approach, although there were signs they would eventually yield.
Shortly after the Senate vote, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, issued a statement expressing views similar to McConnell's. Almost simultaneously, a senior Senate Democrat, Chuck Schumer of New York, signaled a willingness to consider changes to offset the impact of the bill on the deficit, calling that "the second best option."
The vote came at the dawn of an election year in which the two parties have made it clear they intend to battle for the support of millions of voters who have suffered economically through the worst recession in decades and the slow, plodding recovery that followed.
The political phrase is income disparity — the difference between the rich and the economically squeezed. In pocketbook terms, Democrats chose first to seek an extension of long-term jobless benefits, to be followed by a proposal to increase the minimum wage that many Republicans also are expected to oppose.
Among the GOP proposals is a suspension in the requirement to purchase health insurance under "Obamacare," a change that would potentially save billions of dollars in federal subsidies to the lower-income.
As drafted, the unemployment bill would restore between 14 weeks and 47 weeks of benefits averaging $256 weekly to an estimated 1.3 million long-term jobless who were affected when the program expired Dec. 28. Without action by Congress, thousands more each week would feel the impact as their state-funded benefits expire, generally after 26 weeks.
In remarks on the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada noted that a recent spate of positive economic news doesn't "match the darker reality" of the lives of millions. "They sit at the kitchen table, if they're lucky and have a kitchen table to sit. They're juggling bills."
McConnell countered: "Yes, we should work on solutions to support those who are out of work through no fault of their own.
"But there is no excuse to pass unemployment insurance legislation without also finding ways to create good, stable, high-paying jobs - and also trying to find the money to pay for it. So what I'm saying is, let's support meaningful job creation measures, and let's find a way to pay for these ...benefits so we're not adding to an already unsustainable debt."
Within minutes of the vote, Boehner issued a statement that echoed McConnell's remarks on the Senate floor.
"One month ago I personally told the White House that another extension of temporary emergency unemployment benefits should not only be paid for but include something to help put people back to work. To date, the president has offered no such plan. If he does, I'll be happy to discuss it," he said.
At the White House, Obama, too, sided with victims of the recession.
"These aren't folks who are just sitting back, waiting for things to happen," he said. "They're out there actively looking for work."
"Voting for unemployment insurance helps people and creates jobs. And voting against it does not."
In the run-up to the vote, Democrats and the White House had seemed to expect the bill would be blocked. Some Republicans said that was the outcome Reid sought, in the hopes that his party could score political points.
The six Republicans who sided with Democrats on the vote included Dean Heller of Nevada, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Dan Coats of Indiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Rob Portman of Ohio.
Three of them represent states that have higher unemployment than the national rate of 7 percent. In Heller's Nevada, joblessness was measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in November at 9 percent, tied with Rhode Island for the worst.
Joblessness was measured at 7.4 percent in Ohio in November; 7.3 percent in Indiana. It was below the 7 percent figure in Alaska, Maine and New Hampshire.
The three-month measure is the leading edge of a Democratic program that also includes raising the minimum wage and closing tax loopholes on the wealthy and corporations. The Democratic agenda also includes measures designed to demonstrate sympathy with those who suffered during the worst recession in decades and a subsequent long, slow recovery.
With bad weather preventing more than a dozen senators from traveling to Washington on Monday evening, a showdown vote was postponed until Tuesday.
But not before Republicans accused Democrats of playing politics.
"It is transparent that this is a political exercise, not a real effort to try to fix the problem," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said in a protest followed immediately by Majority Leader Harry Reid's agreement to delay the vote.
Two influential outside organizations opposed the bill, including Heritage Action, which called the program of extended unemployment benefits "ineffective and wasteful."
At issue was a complicated system that provides as much as 47 weeks of federally-funded benefits, which begin after state benefits, usually 26 weeks in duration, are exhausted.
The first tier of additional benefits is 14 weeks and generally available to all who have used up their state benefits.
An additional 14 weeks is available to the unemployed in states where unemployment is 6 percent or higher. Nine more weeks of benefits are available in states with joblessness of 7 percent or higher. In states where unemployment is 9 percent or higher, another 10 weeks of benefits are available.


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At Complete Koi & Aquatics, we endeavour to process and ship all orders placed online as quick as possible. In order for your order to be processed that day, orders must be placed by 12:00. Working days are defined as Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays and Christmas holiday periods). Orders placed on Saturday, Sunday or bank holidays will be processed the next working day. We do not offer a Saturday delivery option online.This delivery policy is strictly only valid for UK mainland delivery addresses. For other destinations please contact our head office on 01204 582105 or email in at email@example.com
How Much is Delivery?
Free DeliveriesALL orders over £49.00 qualify for free delivery at Complete Koi & Aquatics. Depending on the size and weight of the product this can range from next day delivery, to a 5 working day delivery.
*This does not include livestock.
*This may exclude certain UK addresses
Next Day Tracked Deliveries - £5.99
Customers will have the option to pay £5.99 for next day tracked delivery by APC. In these instances, automated messages will be sent out via text OR email allocating a timeslot for delivery. APC are the ONLY licenced livestock couriers in the UK
Pallet Drop Deliveries (Large/Fragile Items i.e. Fish Tanks)
Large and fragile items such as fish tanks, which cannot be fulfilled by standard courier companies will be palletised and delivered within the pallet network. Pallet deliveries are undertaken by large vehicles where the pallet will be delivered curb-side for customers to process.
Pallet deliveries are usually free of charge to mainland UK. Customers outside mainland UK will be contacted prior to processing your order should further charges apply.
Due to the nature of the pallet network, expected delivery dates are only estimated. We endeavour to ask drivers to call customers in advance but this doesn't always happen. Should a delivery fall outside of your expected date, Complete Koi and Aquatics will not be liable for this. Once a palletised consignment has been despatched, it cannot be cancelled or refunded.
Fish Deliveries
ALL fish purchased via Complete Koi & Aquatics will also be sent out via APC as a next-day, non-conveyable, wet delivery with an AM time slot. Due to the health of the fish we are unable to offer an afternoon delivery. The fish are packed with plenty of oxygen and water to get them through the night. They are kept in the secure caged part of the vans and are handled with care. When the fish arrive, carefully float the bags in the pond to acclimatise them. Generally, we recommend floating the bags for around 30 minutes. After this we then recommend introducing small amounts of pond water to the bag for a further 15 minutes, prior to introducing them to their new home.
Royal Mail Deliveries - £3.99
Orders under £49.00 will also have the option to purchase our standard Royal Mail delivery service. This costs £3.99 and generally takes 2-3 working days.
What happens if the items I have ordered are out of stock?
In the unlikely event that an item you order should be out of stock we will contact you by phone or email.
Will you ship my order over split deliveries?
Your order will be shipped in one delivery. If you would like your order to be split, please contact us. There will be an additional delivery charge for this.
Dry Goods
You can return or exchange any goods bought from Complete Koi & Aquatics within 28 days from receiving them.
If your goods were delivered, on arrival do not sign and accept delivery if there is any indication of damage caused to the goods.
When choosing products at Complete Koi & Aquatics, please take your time or seek advice from our helpful staff. The return of any unwanted products will be at the customers expense. In order to return goods, they must be in an unused, undamaged, re-sellable condition. You must also present the relevant paperwork when returning goods to help us identify you as the buyer.
Any non-faulty/undamaged goods which arrive in an unsellable condition will NOT be considered for a refund, exchange or credit. Until we receive the goods, you are responsible for the condition and any damage which occurs to the goods. You should obtain a proof of postage for the goods so that in the event of the goods becoming lost you have a evidence of returning it. Once we have received the goods, we will refund the purchase price (less any original carriage charges) immediately, or in any case within 30 days.
Damaged/faulty Goods
Damaged/faulty goods are eligible for replacement subject to individual warranties. Goods must be returned to Complete Koi & Aquatics within 14 days of reporting the issue.
We require all returns to be sent with relevant documentation to enable us to identify the buyer and cross check the faulty equipment.
Once received Complete Koi & aquatics will conduct a full assessment of the faulty goods, and on confirming they are damaged OR faulty we will repair or replace them at our discretion. Due to the large range of goods we supply, it may be necessary to send the goods back to the manufacturer for an expert assessment on the alleged damage/faulty.
If the manufacturer tests the goods and deems them NOT faulty or damaged, they will be returned to the customer at an additional cost to cover postage and packaging. Some high-end products may not be replaced if found faulty/damaged but repaired, this is done at the manufacturer's absolute discretion.
Complete Koi & Aquatics does not accept liability for any consequential loss caused by damaged or faulty items, delay in dispatch or delays by couriers.
Fish/Aquatic Plants
At Complete Koi & Aquatics, the health and welfare of your fish is our utmost priority. If your fish appears unwell OR in the unfortunate event of losing a fish, then we recommend contacting the store directly. Staff will assist in looking into the cause of the problem and advise on best cause of treatment.
Recover the body of the fish and place in aquarium/pond water in an airtight container OR bag – DO NOT FREEZE. Take a separate sample of aquarium/pond water Bring the fish and water sample to Complete Koi & Aquatics for detailed analysis, at your first convenience.
We do NOT accept returns of ANY fish. If you feel your concerns have not been handled correctly, please ask to speak with management.


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And how do you GET fetus-shaped cookies? With a fetus-shaped cookie cutter, of course! (Duh!)
Here's what they're saying over on Stupid.com, where you can purchase your very own FSCC:
"At last, EVERYBODY can have "one in the oven" with the deliciously disturbing Fetus Cookie Cutter!
Imagine the expression on the teacher's face when your kid hands out oatmeal or chocolate chip fetuses to all the students. We can almost hear the Principal calling now."


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In India, protesters are vowing to keep up their fight until there is justice for the young victim of a gang rape. The young woman died this weekend after injuries she suffered in the vicious attack. The incident has renewed demands for action against sexual violence. Delhi police say the accused will be formally charged with murder. From New Delhi, here's NPR's Julie McCarthy.
JULIE MCCARTHY, BYLINE: The year closes in India with prospects of a new movement galvanized around the lack of public safety for women in India who are too often the victims of sexual crime.
MCCARTHY: For a second straight day, a steady stream of mourners converged in the central city park two weeks after the gang rape in Delhi of the 23-year-old student who died of her injuries over the weekend. Her ordeal - set upon by six assailants aboard a bus - has become the nation's ordeal. As they grieved Sunday, mourners painted placards, signed petitions and sang songs.
A Hindu devotional song rent the cold night air.
MCCARTHY: Mahatma Gandhi had famously invoked this song during his civil disobedience campaign for Indian independence. The funeral of the young woman who has been dubbed Braveheart was held under tight security. The young victim was cremated at sunrise Sunday. Her emotionally drained mother collapsed at the ceremony. At one of the many outdoor vigils for her last night, the young and old alike stood four deep in a circle, tear-streaked faces aglow in the candlelit darkness.
Thirty-year-old Parul Mahajan said amid the sadness there was also a sense of well-being as ordinary citizens, especially the young, found a voice to demand that they country treat women with greater respect.
PARUL MAHAJAN: I think it's historic. I just checked (unintelligible) on Facebook and I told my friends it's magical. You need to step out and experience this. I don't know if it's going to change or if it's going to remain the same after three weeks, but at least today I'm very happy and proud. Sad that it took one death, one brutal rape and death of that woman, but I'm happy. I see more of men on the street than women.
And I see parents bringing their children, educating their children.
MCCARTHY: Indians are engaged in a debate, asking whether India has failed its women and why there are so many cases of sexual assault. The number of rapes reported in the capital topped 650 this year, a record. Within families there are disputes about the roots of the problem. Parul Mahajan and Mayank Singh are man and wife.
MAYANK SINGH: You cannot point out that it's a social reason. We see our women as lesser people. We don't see them as equal. That's not true. That's really not true.
MAHAJAN: That's you talking.
SINGH: That's me talking and I'm only...
MAHAJAN: You're not majority. I really think women in general are given the second class treatment in the country, and it'll take another thousand years to change, but I think we are on that path already, which is a good sign.
MCCARTHY: Under public pressure the government says it will fast track the trial of the six accused in the notorious rape. Police are awaiting forensic reports that would establish the presence of the defendants inside the bus that the young woman boarded with her companion, who was also brutally beaten in the attack. Indian media report that the two were to be married in February. Julie McCarthy, NPR News, New Delhi. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Struggling photo pioneer Eastman Kodak Co. said Monday that it has reached an agreement to borrow $793 million, an important step in letting it leave bankruptcy protection in the first half of next year.
The deal is contingent on Kodak being able to sell its patent portfolio for at least $500 million. The company has been trying to sell that asset for more than a year. In a statement, Kodak says it is "confident it will achieve" that requirement.
"The additional liquidity from this financing will enable Kodak to accelerate its momentum as we continue to successfully execute on our reorganization objectives and emerge in the first half of 2013," CEO Antonio M. Perez said in a statement.
Under the deal, Kodak would borrow the money from a private investment firm, Centerbridge Partners; GSO Capital Partners, which is a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group; and banks JPMorgan Chase & Co. and UBS AG. The loan would consist of $476 million in new loans and $317 million in roll-overs of old debt. There's a provision to convert $567 million into "exit financing," a prerequisite for emerging from Chapter 11 protection.
Kodak filed for bankruptcy protection in January after struggling to adapt to the world of digital photography.


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We engage and connect nationally and internationally to share knowledge and tackle the most pressing challenges of the modern world. As Scotland's National Academy, we provide independent expert advice to government and inspire the next generation of innovative thinkers.


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