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Last week rapper Eve made her feelings known on a few topics regarding other female MC's currently in the game. Among the new crop of female rappers, Azealia Banks is at the top of the former Ruff Ryder's list. Iggy Azalea, not so much.
"I like Azealia Banks. I think her style is dope. If you listen to her lyrics, she knows how to wordplay and I think that's cute," Eve told The Women Of Hip-Hop. "I'm not really into the Iggy Azalea chick. I can't really f*ck with her music, but her look is crazy. I just can't believe it."
Iggy has responded to what some might consider a diss. In a new interview with XXL.com she says Eve doesn't know what it's like to walk in her shoes.
"I like Eve," she began. "Everybody is different, everybody hasn't lived out of the box and for you to even know if it's real, you have to kind of be an out-the-box person or somebody who likes something they're not suppose to [like]. A girl like her that raps is expected, so, how could you understand something so different?
"I'm not mad at [Eve] for not understanding it," she continued. "How could you if you've never been ostracized or loved something you weren't suppose to love? Everything you've loved you're allowed to love, so, how could you understand me? Thus, how could you know if it's real? I used to be like, 'It is real, let me prove it to you. Now, I don't care if you think it's real or not because it's what I love, it's my life. I don't put my story all out there for you because I don't need to put my story out there and prove it. I don't give a f*** if you think I am or not 'cause that girl in the crowd understand it and that's who it's for, if you don't then it's not for you."
Iggy is currently working with T.I. on her debut album The New Classic, which is due out later this year.
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2002 5:47 am
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I've got a nice pacemaker speed graphic w/ side mounted kalart rangefinder, and bellows in good shape. I'm thinking of treating them with a little neatsfoot oil, and then I looked at them closer and wondered if they were really leather, or some fancy vinyl substitute. What's most likely?
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They are vinyl. Use Pledge, or just a damp cloth.
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Not just any Pledge, Phillip. LEMON PLEDGE is the official Graflex bellows treatment!
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2002 7:45 pm
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Yep...I remember W.D. Service in So. Calif. using Pledge when I was in their shop back in 1980!
By the way Philp...I've been told that neatsfoot oil can be harmful on real leather bellows because it can cause damage to the glue. Something like Lexol is a better choice. Other may have further suggestions.
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2002 1:11 am
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I've used Mink Oil with great results on a number of vintage cameras. It's good for the leather covering as well as the bellows.
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2002 10:20 pm
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Lemon pledge, eh? I can manage that. It's interesting that the bellows, examined closely, has a texture that looks very much like leather -- lots of tiny variably spaced dimples.
Thanks for the thought on neatsfoot oil & leather bellows -- I'll look into the alternative you suggest.
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Yes, the bellows are NOT leather, just look that way. We don't use the mink oil down here in Alabama. Too hard to catch those critters, and if you're lucky enough to get one, they SURE don't like to be squeezed for oil!
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Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2002 3:47 am
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Just thought I'd get rid of some more sense, or cents by offering it here...
Neatsfoot is fine for leather, but in very small quantities. I use a neatsfoot/wax conditioner that can be applied like shoe polish. Almost impossible to use too much as long as you eventually wipe off the excess. Lexol makes some very fine products with a great reputation, but I haven't used them myself... Never thought of the glue problem, but it hasn't affected me, yet... I'm sure either product would be bad if the bellows was 'soaked' though.
Pledge should be fine for vinyl or leather. But don't spray the bellows. Spray it on a cloth and wipe the bellows. Same problem with 'soaking', unless it's vinyl wich doesn't absorb.
As far as the bellows being leather or not. I have what I truly thought was a Pacemaker Speed and it's got a leather bellows. I have two Crowns about the same age and a bit older than the Speed. One with leather, one with vinyl. Oddly enough, it's the vinyl bellows that has completely separated, the covering from the bellows itself. Still folds, works and light tight, so I'm not worried about it, but it has an odd look... I'm going to check to see if my Speed is really a PM or not now, but I sure thought it was, and it's deffinitely leather! Of course there's no way to know if it's original or not?
And gettin that mink oil out really isn't all that hard as long as you have ear plugs. They can sure scream
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I don't remember where I read this about the Neatsfoot Oil, but I know that it came down to waterbase versus oilbase...yes I do agree that light use will prevent problems (let's mention again that this applies to LEATHER bellows and not the VINYL bellows that the initial message was referencing). I have also read to too much conditioning will soften the leather to the point that it becomes weak and the leather will be prone to tear or holes/pinholes. My advise would be to research this subject beyond this forum and keep in mind that there are different forms of protection. Leather that is in good condition does not require a softening conditioner such as neatsfoot oil. A wax type conditioner will sit on the surface of the leather a protect it from the elements. This is a better alternative than softening since bellows are prone to a lot of movement. I remember reading that preservation of leather book bindings parallels bellows...again because of movement. Perhaps a "search" on the net will provide good advice. Lets face it, the owner of first edition classics are probabaly as fussy as us camera owners! That's my two cents. Take care.
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My response probably triggered the Lexan/Neatsfoot discussions for LEATHER body and bellows! Some recient posts have suggested a drowning of sorts, by applying to much to the bellows! IF any of you fellows have applied to much Neatsfoot to a bellows, and ruined a bellows by soak thru, or a to soft condition--it is really surprising to me!! I have restored over 30 Pre-Ann, Ann, and pacemakers in the last 20 years, and have yet had either of these conditions happen---and I really apply Neatsfoot in quantity, and let it soak in for 30 minutes or so before wiping off the excess! Pinholes of coarse would allow oil to get onto inner cloth, but I always check bellows BEFORE application of anything! I have presently in my collection (5) 2x3 Speeds (includes(1)Pace),(3)1929 style 4x5 Speeds (1)top handle 4x5 Speed, (2) 4x5 Pace Speeds, and (1)4x5 Pace Crown---The oldest Speed(in my collection)I have had for 18 years, the newest for 8 years---every one of them have had the Neatsfoot treatment, and all have survived! Bert
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That's very comforting to know as I had no idea what affect the oil might have on any glue used in the bellows. Although I would suspect that the glue would be water based which would be affected less by oil than a solvent based glue (I would think anyway?).
Do you use pure neatsfoot in liquid form or some mixture perhaps in non-liquid? I haven't seen pure neetsfoot ******* in quite a few years now? At least I feel safer now using my oil/wax mix
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liquid neatsfoot---and it has never affected the glue in any of my cameras--I apply the oil with my fingers, and wipe excess with a clean cloth! Must mention that several bellows that I made, were glued together with "rubber glue" (Tandy leather brand)are still holding together, after about 18 years! Bert
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Todd Jones: On the road with my son
Tigers closer talks about life on the road with a family
In late May, my son Alex had the opportunity to travel with the team and it was a big thrill for him. It was a big thrill for our whole family, really.
Some teams don't allow kids into the clubhouse, but we have a great relationship with our skipper, Jim Leyland, who lets us bring our kids into the clubhouse and onto the field. As long as the kids are taught that it's a privilege and not a right to be in here, it usually works out well.
This was Alex's first road trip with the team, and it was just him and me. We palled around the country for 10 days, going to Anaheim, Seattle and Oakland. We hung out a lot in the hotel and at the stadiums.
We really didn't plan to do much other than live the baseball life. We played video games, chilled out and ordered a lot of room service. Alex watched all of the games from the stands. We both flew commercial. That was a little bit tougher on me, but it was worth it. He stayed with me at the team hotels and we went back and forth to the stadiums together.
We live in Alabama, where school gets out early and starts early. Alex goes back to school the first week of August, so this trip came at the beginning of his summer vacation. The time away was a nice break for my wife, too, because she got a break from having the teenager in the house.
I also have a daughter, Abby, who is 11. When she comes to a game with her mom, we have an understanding that I'm going to bring her ice cream from the clubhouse after the game. That's what she likes the most so far.
Alex enjoys baseball. He plays third base on the seventh-and eighth-grade team back home. When he was a little kid, Alex's favorite player was Mark McGwire. Mark spent some time with him, and Mark has always been one of my favorites as well.
Among the current Tigers, he likes Magglio Ordonez and Marcus Thames. When I was with Florida, he liked Lenny Harris. It's pretty cool to see because he has a totally different relationship than I do with those guys. In some cases, he's been closer to their ages. It's an interesting dynamic.
Raising kids and trying to have a normal family life can be difficult as a player and this was an opportunity to make the most of our situation. Obviously, there are tremendous benefits to being a Major League player, but our wives and kids also make a lot of sacrifices for our careers.
Having changed teams like I have over the years, it can be difficult. You get the news and then you're suddenly off to a different city to join your new team. That really leaves your wife high and dry.
Our wives are often the backbone of our families in baseball. They keep our households in order and when you do change teams they shut things down, sign on for another place in another city and find a place to live.
It's a part of the business you don't hear about very often. Our wives and our families do a lot of things to put us at ease which, in turn, allows us to go out and perform to the best of our abilities every night.
Tigers closer Todd Jones has enjoyed a stellar 16-year big league career. He's approaching the 1,000 games-pitched plateau, and he had his 300th career save near the end of last season. The right-hander has 15 saves in 16 opportunities in 2008.
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The Big East Edition threads are for match-ups against the East's upper echelon teams. Each Big East Edition will feature a mini video mix of a particular Knick.
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The Bucks are notorious for crisp ball movement. If we lock the perimeter, we can take the W. Crucial, of course, is beating them on the boards. In Samuel Dalembert's absence VS Chicago the other night, the Bulls outrebounded the Bucks 54-40 including 20-10 on the offensive boards. But the real number was the seven offensive rebounds the Bulls claimed in the final 5:01.
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Don't think there's any real proof NY17 and 624 are the same person though.
What I found hilarious was those guys bashing you for posting too much, some of them had close to 20,000 posts hahahaha!! They are like the worst kind of nerdragers I've ever seen. Creating multiple accounts here and worrying about getting banned because it would ruin their evening of cyber-bullying!
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Reds phenom shows stuff, but strange seventh mars outing
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To add charm to the occasion, Chapman came on after Jose Conteras, his boyhood idol growing up in Cuba, had retired the Reds in order in the top of the seventh.With the Reds clinging to a 4-3 lead, Chapman made the long walk from the bullpen beyond center field at the start of the seventh to face the heart of the Philadelphia lineup. His first pitch to Chase Utley, who had singled for two runs his previous time up in the fifth inning, registered 100 mph on the radar, drawing gasps from the 46,511 in Citizens Bank Park. Chapman next set up Utley with an 87-mph slider, but then clipped him with a 101-mph fastball. Replays showed the ball may have missed Utley. "My catcher didn't say anything, and as it turned out, I heard that it didn't hit him," said Reds manager Dusty Baker.
Chapman definitely seconded that sentiment."I don't think at any time that the ball hit him," the lefty said through interpreter Tomas Vera. Utley tried to sell the contact by rubbing his hand, and it worked enough to be awarded first base. If it really hit him, you can bet it would have hurt a lot more. Asked if the Chapman pitch really hit him, Utley didn't exactly deliver his reply with confidence. "It was pretty close," Utley said. "I'm not sure." Ryan Howard fanned on three straight fastballs -- 100, 99, 101. Jayson Werth, after having a 100-mph fastball bust his bat, used the replacement stick to hit a grounder to third. Third baseman Scott Rolen's throw to second was too late to get Utley on a close play, creating a two-on jam for Chapman with only one away. The jam ate up Chapman when Jimmy Rollins followed with a line drive to right field on which Jay Bruce whiffed for an error. It wasn't for lack of effort.
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Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips' error on the relay from Bruce allowed a second run to score, as Utley and Werth both crossed the plate, giving the Phillies a 5-4 lead.
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Chinese ships used radar to closely monitor a Japanese military helicopter on January 19 and to track the Japanese destroyer Yudachi on January 30, and in both cases fire-control radar wasn't used, the ministry said .
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According to a new report just published by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ("PCAOB"), valuation of pension plan assets was one of the audit areas with "deficiencies attributable to failures to identify and test controls." Given the importance of having proper pension valuations carried out by knowledgeable and experienced persons, it is no surprise that this oversight organization devoted an entire section of its findings to the topic of valuation of pension plans assets. The problems they found include the following:
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- Testing of controls that were imprecise and therefore did not allow for an assessment of the risk of material misstatement by plan auditors;
- Failure to properly test the valuation of pension plan assets; and/or
- Relying on management or the person(s) who performed the reviews without seeking an independent assessment as to why "variances from other evidential matter" were occurring.
In response to these findings, a prominent ERISA attorney commented that the cited deficiencies were not surprising and that valuation problems will continue to grow for those retirement plans that are allocating more money to "hard to value" funds.
In his 2011 speech before the AICPA National Conference, Jason K. Plourde with the Office of the Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), talked at length about the role of pricing services and how securities that are not actively traded should be valued. He suggested that management "may need to perform different procedures and controls when considering the information from pricing services regarding the fair value of financial instruments..."
Concerns about how best to value pension plan assets and regularly test methodologies and controls related to said valuations took center stage in 2008 when the ERISA Advisory Council working group on "Hard to Value Assets" met to discuss how best to improve things. This blogger - Dr. Susan Mangiero - testified on the topic of "hard to value assets," emphasizing that poor valuations lead to a cascade of problems. For one thing, inflated valuations translate into higher fees paid by ERISA pension plans. Second, incorrect valuations make it difficult to properly review and revise any of the items listed below, each of which are critical to proper fund management such as:
- Asset allocation;
- Exposure to a particular sector or fund manager;
- Fee benchmarking for appropriateness of compensation paid to a manager;
- Type and size of hedges;
- Hiring and termination of an asset manager(s);
- Regulatory funding ratio and related cash financing; and
- Cost of pension plan de-risking for some or all of current defined benefit plan participants.
If you missed reading Dr. Susan Mangiero's September 11, 2008 testimony before the ERISA Advisory Council Working Group, click to read about "hard to value" assets in the context of ERISA fiduciary duties and pension risk management.
With more pension plans reporting large scale deficits, don't be shocked if further questions are asked about the integrity of asset and liability valuation numbers.


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Haren frustrated, but Nats have confidence
By Jeff Seidel / Special to MLB.com
WASHINGTON -- It was easy to see the frustration on right-hander Dan Haren's face after Monday's game. Haren went five-plus innings and gave up three runs in the loss to the Cardinals.
Haren has struggled throughout his first four starts. He's yet to record an out in the sixth inning this season and said after Monday's game that he wants to be more consistent and effective.
Manager Davey Johnson said after the game and before Tuesday's contest that he liked what Haren showed in that start. The skipper said he saw improvement.
In addition, Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said during batting practice before Tuesday's game that he's completely confident in Haren. He said the veteran's just working his way through the kind of early-season slump that's not much fun.
"I think that he's a consummate professional," Rizzo said. "He's been through these slumps before, and I think he is getting better each and every start. He knows how to pitch in this league. His track record speaks for itself."
Both Johnson and Rizzo are confident that Haren will be able to right himself and be the kind of pitcher the Nationals expected when they signed him during the winter.
Stammen impressing with early performance
WASHINGTON -- Nationals manager Davey Johnson didn't want to use Craig Stammen on Monday night. The skipper wanted to give Stammen a two-day break, but that didn't happen.
Stammen threw two scoreless innings in Monday's 3-2 loss to the Cardinals, and that left Johnson shaking his head again about how much the right-hander's been helping.
"He can give you a bunch of innings," Johnson said. "He's been a big part of the winning effort here."
Stammen entered Tuesday night's game with a 2-1 record and 3.38 ERA. He had already pitched in seven of the team's 19 games and was very strong in his last three appearances.
Stammen struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings over those three games. In Monday's game, Stammen threw a pair of scoreless innings and got out of a major jam in the sixth inning after coming in for Dan Haren, getting a 3-2-3 double play with the bases loaded and then, following an intentional walk, striking out Cards pitcher Shelby Miller to end the inning.
Rendon gives ball from first hit to mother
WASHINGTON -- Anthony Rendon was in the lineup again Tuesday, the third straight game he had started since coming up to the Majors on Sunday.
Rendon entered having batted .125 over the first two games, and he will likely get plenty of playing time while third baseman Ryan Zimmerman is on the disabled list (left hamstring strain).
The rookie said he got plenty of text messages after getting his first big league hit in Monday's 3-2 loss to the Cardinals.
"I got a good amount," he said. "I guess it's a good thing. I've got a lot of people behind me."
Rendon got the ball from that first hit (an RBI double) and did what any good son does. He gave it to his mother.
"You've got to," Rendon said with a smile.
Worth noting
• Johnson said he believed that closer Rafael Soriano was available for Tuesday's game. Soriano missed Monday as his wife had a baby boy.
• Johnson also joked about how the local broadcast showed the former second baseman doing some push-ups during Monday's game. "I was trying to get some blood flowing. I didn't know it was going to be televised," he said with a laugh.
• The Nationals (10-9) entered Tuesday as one of just three teams in the Major Leagues that had a winning record with a negative run differential; they were minus 15.
Jeff Seidel is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Time for a change
It shouldn't be acceptable that a deranged gunman can show up at a shopping mall in Tucson, Ariz., and shoot at a member of Congress and in the course of that, kill several innocent bystanders. It shouldn't be acceptable that someone with military-style assault weapons can walk into a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., and kill several people who were there for an evening's entertainment. And it clearly can't be acceptable that someone can shoot their way into a school building and kill 26 children and educators. Horrifying as that was it could have been even worse - far more worse - had the school's staff not been trained on how to react to this type of unexpected event. Otherwise, the carnage could have been much higher, mindboggling as that may seem.
All around the country in the wake of this, parents, educators and organizations of all kinds are asking the same question: what's to stop the same thing from happening right here, in our town?
The answer, at the moment it seems, on one level at least, is - sadly - not much. Yes it is certainly true that deranged or mentally ill people may not get the help they need in time, or warning signs may be missed, and then something happens to set them off. But relatively easy access to military-style assault weapons and the ammunition they fire is another component, and one, it seems we could actually do something about. The mental health issues that drive some people to extreme acts of violence may have complex, hard to understand and mitigate roots, but making it harder than it is for weapons designed for military use to be as accessible as they apparently are is within our grasp. As tortured as the debate over gun control has been in this nation for a long, long time, perhaps now is the time to finally get it through our collective heads that these types of weapons have no place in a 21st century civil society. Let's look at that part first, because it's not an easy sell.
Here in Vermont, where guns are so much a part of local culture and yet the instances of homicides or shooting rampages are relatively low, the point is often made that whether a state has relaxed gun laws (like Vermont) or tough gun laws, as were in place in Connecticut, evil or deranged people will still get their hands on weapons, and the focus should be on the individuals inclined towards violence, not access to guns. In short, restrictions on guns aren't effective at preventing such tragedies from happening in the future.
No question, the mental health and social issues play a large role, but we can't wait for the next Adam Lanza or James Eagan Holmes, the shooter in the Aurora movie theater, to have such an easy time getting their hands on rapid-fire assault rifles. We can make that more difficult, and illegal to own them. If one life is saved as a result, it's worth it.
Finding a middle ground between the most hard core, dug in stance of the most ardent members of the politically potent National Rifle Association (NRA), and those who would seek to ban guns entirely - aside from the police and military - might look something like this:
People who enjoy shooting for legitimate sporting purposes like hunting or target shooting should, after careful background checks, be allowed to own them and be obliged to keep them in a secure place when not using them. But those should be limited to single shot rifles or shotguns - pistols and handguns are a separate category and require tighter controls - and certainly the semi-automatic rifles capable of firing dozens of rounds of ammunition rapidly have no place in a true hunter's arsenal. Why ammunition for such weapons is even available to the general public is close to incomprehensible. You don't need that to go hunting. Those military-style assault weapons should be unavailable - no exceptions - to people who don't have any business owning or possessing them; in other words, everyone except the police and military personnel.
The counter-arguments to such a stance are all too familiar: Bad people will always get the guns, like the shooter in Connecticut did, from his mother's collection, for example. The Second Amendment gives ordinary people the right to keep and bear arms. Guns for self-defense purposes are valid and should be allowed.
Rebutting all of these points would take more space than we have to work with here and are complex and emotional for many people, but let's start that dialogue off with these thoughts:
There are a lot of troubled people around the world and within this country who wouldn't necessarily turn to violence for whatever their motivation might be - personal redemption or revenge, for example - and as a society we should consider strengthening those services and organizations set up to help those folks. And as a society, we should perhaps be more aware or sensitive to warning signs that maybe not all is right with someone we know. That's just a starting point. Mental health is a complicated subject, and we don't want someone who's just having a bad day to get hauled into the police station for questioning either, without valid cause. We can't throttle basic freedoms in pursuit of an impossible to achieve state of perfect security. No one can ever be perfectly safe, all of the time, in a free and open society.
The Second Amendment argument should be a little easier. The world has changed since the Bill of Rights was drawn up in the late 18th century. Leaving aside the question of whether the language of the Second Amendment allowing people the right to keep and bear arms applies only to militias like the National Guard, or private individuals as well, most of us don't have to go hunting for our daily meals anymore. We do so for sport and recreation. There's nothing wrong with that, assuming the proper safeguards are in place. But we don't need guns to provide food for the family, or even for self-defense. There may be the very rare occasion when having a weapon handy saves a life, but the overwhelming evidence is that weapons intended for self-defense, whether concealed or not, are more likely to cause more deaths or injuries when in the hands of untrained people. We know there are many people who are passionate about their right to own guns of all kinds. The end result of this need not be eliminating the rights to gun ownership. Properly used, guns have their place, and the overwhelming percentage of gun owners are responsible people who secure their weapons and take owning them seriously.
But it can't be the case that just because an organization like the NRA thinks any restriction on gun ownership means starting down the road to outlawing any and all gun ownership, that any kind of restriction on owning assault weapons is somehow "unconstitutional." That's nonsense. It's time to move beyond that and be serious. We've had this dialogue before and it's time to have it again.
We hope President Obama did have in mind "meaningful action" when he spoke eloquently to the nation shortly after this tragedy, and that he will bring to bear real leadership on this issue. He is free of electoral and political constraints, having won four more years in office last month. He has the freedom to be bold and advocate for the right thing; a balance of legitimate gun ownership with the illegitimate kind. Similarly, it would be nice to hear from our state's Congressional delegation - all of whom are as politically secure as any members of Congress can ever be - and hear them taking leadership positions to advocate for common sense restrictions on the immediate causes of shooting tragedies like this one, as well as the broader social questions they raise.
This whole tragedy is unspeakably sad and like everyone else, our hearts go out to the parents who have lost children, to the families of the slain educators who from all accounts acted heroically to protect the children entrusted to their care, and to the surviving children as well, who have had their childhood innocence taken from them at far too early an age.
Let us hope that this time, unlike after Columbine, unlike Aurora, unlike all the mall shootings, we hear the wake up call. As the President said to the grieving community of Newtown last Sunday, we need to change, and not just talk about it.
We welcome your reactions and counter-arguments. This is a dialogue that should continue until we find the answer.
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Today is 11th November...Birthday of Jiraiya
In tribute to the old Pervy Sage
Jiraiya knew what it means to be a true shinobi. He did not have any special Dojutsu , did not have a special bloodline like senju or uzumaki, he did not have any kekkei genkai but that did not stop him from being one of the greatest shinobi ever.
"There is only one thing that matters if you are a shinobi, and it isn't the number of techniques you possess. All you do need, is the guts to never give up."
Jiraiya has shaped Naruto in many ways. Jiraiya was the one taught naruto his signature jutsu Rasengan, Summoning Contract and many more. Jiraiya gave the key to Kurama's seal to Naruto which was left in his care.
But most of all he gave Naruto a purpose to live "to find true peace" . Jiraiya may have failed in finding true peace but he made is one step closer for naruto.
"Even I can tell that hatred is spreading. I wanted to do something about it … but I don't know what … but I believe… that someday the day will come when people truly understand one another!! If I can't find the answer, it will be up to you to do it!!"
Jiraiya is a man who chose to fight when he had a chance to escape . He chose to fight when he knew very well he might die. He chose to fight not because he loved fighting but because fighting was the right thing to do.
His last moments
"The true measure of a shinobi is not how he lives but how he dies. It's not what they do in life, but what they did before dying that proves their worth. Thinking back of it, my story is one full of failures. Tsunade rejected me every time. I couldn't save my friend, I failed to protect my student… and my teacher. Compared with the Hokage who came before me, my accomplishments have all been petty and insignificant. I wanted to die like them…"
"There, that ending… was a little better. The frog at the bottom of the well drifts off into the great ocean. Heh heh… yep… pretty damn honourable… pretty damn honourable… I guess it's time to put down my pen. Right… I need a title for the next book… let's see… Ah, got it… "The Tale of Naruto Uzumaki"… perfect."


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Dog bites are a problem for the postal service and our employees," USPS Customer Relations coordinator Leisa Tolliver-Gay said. "They can range from a nip to a fatal mauling."
The USPS released a statement earlier this week with several suggestions for pet owners to prevent potential attacks, including keeping the dog healthy; spaying or neutering the dog to reduce aggressiveness; teaching the dog appropriate behavior; avoiding aggressive games or extended periods of tethering the dog; not allowing the dog to roam the neighborhood and helping the dog become accustomed to different situations.
"We want to be proactive in addressing dog problems before they result in an attack, and that's why we try to get information out when we can," Tolliver-Gay said. "I know pet owners love their pets and don't think they would ever bite anyone, but it happens ... they may not be used to a carrier or it may be a new carrier on a route and they may attack them."
Tolliver-Gay said last year, nearly 5,600 postal service employees were victimized by dogs. Since Oct. 1, 2011, there have been 36 reported dog bites on postal service employees in Arkansas, she said.
"I know (Arkansas) isn't in the top 10 (states with dog bites), but even one bite is one too many," she said. "It can mar an employee to where they're not able to work for a while, and if a carrier is bit by a dog, it's the customer's responsibility to handle the health bill issues, because they're liable for that pet."
While dogs biggest risk to postal service employees when it comes to household pets, Tolliver-Gay said with Summer approaching, customers should also look out for wasp nests and bee hives and try to neutralize any threat the insects bring as soon and often as possible.
"This time of year, bees and wasps start making their nests — even in mailboxes — so we do ask customers to pay attention to that, as well," she said.


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Joba's return to 'pen 'like riding a bike'
Developing righty accepting of Yanks' decision for playoffs
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
Chamberlain chugged through the bullpen gates and charged up Yankee Stadium like old times on Wednesday, called upon to return to his familiar relief role and record one out in what became a 7-2 victory for New York over Minnesota in Game 1.
Everything went as the Yankees would have hoped, as Delmon Young chopped Chamberlain's second pitch on the ground to shortstop Derek Jeter for an inning-ending fielder's choice. The jog in from right field took longer than his outing.
Yankees at a glance2009 record: 103-59
2008 record: 89-73
AL champions
World Series matchup:
Phillies at Yankees
Postseason tix: Information
• Girardi: Confident in moves
• Vet quartet: On the verge
• Damon: Got his groove back
• Teixeira: D offsets slump
• Rivera: Has no equal
• Robertson: Invaluable
• Jeter: Legend grows
• Teixeira: Dependable
• Girardi: Fresh cup o' Joe
• Damon: What, me worry?
• Rivera: Stoic and steady
• Gardner: Finds his niche
• Teixeira: Fully adjusted
• Hughes: Difference-maker
• Chamberlain: Happy in 'pen
• Jeter: Ready to lead
• Sabathia: Deserves Game 1
• Swisher: A year wiser
• A-Rod: Nothing to lose
"It's great -- I forgot how long that was, though," Chamberlain said. "It's a bit longer than I thought it was. It was great just to get up and get in the game, and try to help us win in any role."
This wasn't the original plan for Chamberlain, of course. The 24-year-old right-hander reported to Spring Training being promised that he would finally get a chance to make 30 starts, and the Yankees made good on that deal.
However, there was a catch involved. With rosters expanding to 40 players in September, the Yankees scaled back Chamberlain's outings to keep him under a count of approximately 160 innings.
The plan didn't work with flying colors, as Chamberlain went 3-3 with a 7.15 ERA in his last six starts of the regular season. That hurt his final numbers, though they ended as a rather respectable 9-6 with a 4.75 ERA, and New York won 20 of his 31 starts.
With the Yankees opting for the longer ALDS schedule, the need for a fourth starter was eliminated, and manager Joe Girardi saw the opportunity to revert Chamberlain to his former assignment as a feared, fireballing late-inning option.
After a nine-pitch test run in the Yankees' season finale on Sunday at Tropicana Field -- a scoreless inning -- Chamberlain knew it would be all systems go for the postseason.
"It wasn't a routine I had to get used to," Chamberlain said. "I've done it before. I knew what to expect. I knew the feelings. The only difference was going to be warming up. It came back like riding a bike."
One advantage is that Chamberlain can unload his mid-90s fastball with abandon, not trying to conserve to get through a third inning of work.
"You have to be aggressive and take the same mentality," Chamberlain said. "It's 60 feet and six inches, no matter where you put it. It's just a little bit different trying to set guys up."
Chamberlain still envisions himself as a starter in the future, and he could be returned to that role as soon as the AL Championship Series. But for now, it's a time warp everyone seems to be enjoying.
"My first postseason, this is what I did," Chamberlain said. "I was in the bullpen. It's nothing different. It didn't really feel any different, which is great. It just felt like another game, and I think that's how we're going to approach it. It's going to take 25 of us to win that, and we all know it.
"That's the greatest thing about my time here -- that I've been put in a lot of situations, and I feel comfortable in a lot of them."
Perhaps this postseason series will have a happier ending for Chamberlain than the 2007 ALDS, which will always be remembered for the Game 2 "midge" invasion in Cleveland.
Chamberlain's 0.38 regular-season ERA that year did him no good that night, when he blew a save against the Indians, though his sweaty attempts to choke back the insects did eventually produce a few endorsement offers from bug-repellent companies -- none of which he actually felt comfortable accepting.
But unlike those off-the-field opportunities, Chamberlain knows the Yankees can get some special business accomplished this season if he is a part of it, one way or another. Whatever the Yankees throw at him, Chamberlain vows to be prepared to handle it.
"I'm cool with whatever they give me," Chamberlain said. "This team has been so special that just to be on this team is an honor. You've got to go out and accept your role and embrace it and go from there."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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First, read this (rather lengthy but excellent) comic.
I agree with a great deal of what is said there about the creative process. Sadly, I'm a bit more obsessive than the artist is–I do try to have something up every day, or nearly so. (Which, when you see his example of "if I had to produce a new comic every single day, this is what would happen", now explains quite a bit about the lack of quality control here at the Digital Cuttlefish.)
But that's not what I'm talking about today.
Even further down the comic… the talk about comments.
Anyway, I just wanted to say a sincere thank you, to all my readers and commenters, for not being typical of commentary on the internet. Hey, part of what I do is read the comments at news and opinion sites, and then write about that commentary. Sure, part of the difference in comment quality might be due to the nature of the topics… but it isn't. I don't much like reading about the sorts of things I don't write about. I don't write about, say, celebrity pop culture, so I don't get into those sorts of squabbles. I don't write about sports, because I'm a Cleveland Browns fan. And of course, people who don't like stuff written in verse have all the rest of Freethought Blogs to read from without clicking on my site, so I don't even get a lot of style haters. I write about atheism, skepticism, nature, science, love, politics…. and I have seen what the comments look like on news sites (CNN, FOX, etc.) on these topics.
So, yes, thank you all, for being the best group of readers/commenters I could possibly hope for. And thanks, also, to The Oatmeal, for reminding me of what it's like in the rest of the interwebs.


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By Naomi DillonIt's the end of October, and Charlotte Graves is still welcoming new students. Over the course of the school year, she'll enroll anywhere from a handful to two dozen kids a week into Smith Middle School, which draws most of its students from nearby Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas."It can get hectic for a counselor," says Graves, who handles the seventh and eighth grades. But while Graves does the paperwork, much of what goes into acclimating new students is largely out of her hands. Instead, Smith students make sure the newbies have someone to sit with during lunch, know how to get around school, know what to bring to class, know which teacher is the most strict, and get answers to the other unknowns that come with a new school. At Smith, every incoming student is offered a series of opportunities to get to know the school, which for sixth-graders can begin as early as the previous spring and continue with structured activities and gatherings throughout the year. "The first impression sets the tone for everything," Graves says. Unfortunately, not all schools understand the importance of creating a well-organized and well-thought-out plan to help ease the transitions kids make, especially between two of the most critical junctures in K–12 education: the move from elementary to middle school and from middle to high school. Would you like to continue reading? Click here to log-in or become a subscriber to ASBJ.com.
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One of those agony aunt columns received a request from a parent unhappy with the fact that her son was gay, asking for advice on how to get him to stop. So Amy gave her a very reasonable answer.
Weird, isn't it? The people who want to change others' sexual preferences all seem to suffer from a profound inability to empathize. Maybe opening their eyes like this will help.


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By Jon Todd, NHM London & Wolfgang Muller, Royal Holloway University of London
I'm Jon Todd, a scientist studying molluscs and based at the Natural History Museum, London. Together with Wolfgang Müller and Bill Wood, geochemists from Royal Holloway, University of London, we have formed a small exploration team. We set out with our driver each morning and explore around the available roads. The region around the town of Bontang where we are based is hilly and clothed in secondary rainforest, cut into by small farm plots, limestone and coal mines. Twenty years ago when the local map was made this area was sparsely inhabited rainforest with very few roads. So we use Google Earth and GPS units to map where the twisty roads run. As we drive around we look for the roadcuts and small quarries that pepper the landscape. When the rocks are freshly exposed they are grey or black and then we know that the fossil corals and molluscs will be well preserved. With time the rocks turn a more attractive orangey-red. Unfortunately the fossils are then very crumbly or sometimes have disappeared completely.
Yesterday, we walked up a track where we could see a few piles of mud that looked promising. At the end of the track we spotted a small drainage ditch maybe a metre deep which ran uphill. In the bottom of the ditch was dark lagoonal mud deposited, we think, about 10-15 million years ago. When the sea level rose a small coral reef of pencil-sized finger-corals grew directly on this mud. Today we returned to the outcrop with Emanuela, Sonja, two students, and Aries – a local palaeontologist from the Geological Survey of Indonesia in Bandung. They immediately started measuring the section, taking photographs and digging out big sacks of the corals and clams to be shipped back to Europe for study.
Tridacna, the Giant Clam, at one of our localities near Samarinda with camera case for scale
Wolfgang and I wandered off to look for nice specimens of the giant clam – Tridacna. This is the coral reef giant, up to a metre long, that legendarily clamps onto divers' feet and drowns them – a myth of course. We had found a few scraps the previous day and were hopeful for more. Half an hour later I spotted a small piece of shell sticking out of the clay. We started digging, as we dug the clay away more and more shell became visible. It looked like we had a whole half shell (valve) of the giant clam that we had been seeking. But something wasn't right – the shell was the wrong shape. A few more kilos of clay removed and it was clear we had a whole bivalved specimen. Now the challenge was to extract it from the ground. Two hours later, just as night fell and lightening sparked across the sky – we finally lifted the whole specimen from the ground. My job was over –now over to Wolfgang to tell you why this Tridacna might be very important...
Jon and Wolfgang hauling their heavy treasure back to the car
Well, Tridacnas for us (isotope) geochemists are essentially the perfect sample. In our quest to reconstruct the environmental conditions several million years ago, we use the hard parts of organisms to give us information about temperature, salinity, ocean productivity and so on. We call this 'measuring proxies' – namely, the concentrations of certain trace elements within the shell change systematically with temperature, salinity etc. And this is why Tridacna is so useful: we get more than a snapshot of life's conditions some 10-15 million years ago, instead we obtain environmental information over several decades, possibly even 100s of years. This is possible because these shells grow like tree rings, regularly depositing shell material with time. By using a laser-based technique, we can reveal seasonally changing temperatures or salinities across these rings from our very distant past. Using this technique we hope to learn much more about oceanographic conditions in the past. This will help us understand how the current marine biodiversity hotspot developed.


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25.2101 Duty of owner, lessee, or occupant of occupied building.Cite as [A.S.C.A. § 25.2101]
Every owner, lessee, or occupant of an occupied building wherever located, shall comply with the following:
(a) Whenever any building is infested, or becomes infested with rodents, adequate measures shall be taken in good faith to endeavor to eradicate such rodents by poisoning, trapping, fumi-gation or other appropriate means.
(b) Roofs, garrets, courtyards alleys, basements, cellars and any open spaces which are attached to and are adjacent to houses or buildings, shall be kept free from foodstuffs, garbage, forage, and other material which may serve as food or harborage for rodents.
(c) No rubbish, garbage, waste, or filth of any kind may be placed, left dumped, or permitted to accumulate or remain in any building or in the vicinity thereof, including any area between the property line and the road, in such a way as to afford a harborage or breeding place for rodents. All weeds and grass in the vicinity of any building, including any area between the property line and the road, must be maintained so as to avoid harborage or breeding places for rodents. In rural or village areas, the duty imposed by this section does not extend beyond the property line.
(d) Firewood, scraps, lumber, and other loose materials adjacent to or under buildings shall be piled in an orderly manner so as not to afford a harborage for rodents.History: 1972, PL 12-44 § 9.


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In a
special by the Public Broadcasting Service, entitled WikiSecrets,
people close to the drama will open up about what happened in the months
leading up to the arrest of Bradley Manning and in the months after.
The special offers a rich picture, with diverse commentary. Among the recap of previous coverage there's some new developments -- serious
questions about Wikileaks' behavior which the site's staunchest
supporters will doubtless dismiss the claims as conspiracy.
In this first piece we offer
comprehensive analysis of the new revelations.
In a second, upcoming piece we share an interview with Adrian Lamo, the man who turned in Wikileak's
hottest source and chronicle his recent discourse with a long time colleague
over his actions.
I. Wikileaks -- Journalism or Espionage?
Wikileaks has long held itself up as a journalistic institution.
Founder Julian Assange preached that his site was launching a new breed
of journalism. He billed the site as a unmatched platform for
In recent months, the site has certainly been busy. In July 2010 it
published a treasure trove of 92,000 U.S. Military field memos from
Afghanistan. That was followed by an October publication of over 400,000
Iraq field memos. And in November it began to leak the first of over
250,000 diplomatic cables. In April, the site leaked documents detailing
detainees at Guantánamo Bay.
Throughout these publications, questions have been raised about whether Wikileaks is
truly whistleblowing. After all, some of the documents seemed to indicate
wrongdoing or inappropriate behavior by American officials, but many seemed
merely embarrassing or leaked secret details about U.S. domestic and foreign operations.
In that light some of the published materials seemed to fall under the
umbrella of international espionage, rather than traditional whistleblowing.
Those questions will only get noisier in the face of accusations that Mr.
Assange pushed for the publication of potentially deadly secrets.
II. Assange Wished Death Upon American Allies in Iraq, Afghanistan
Mr. Assange has publicly stated that the site was very careful in redacting
details that might endanger lives and that it only published when it was sure
no one would be endangered. He dubbed this a "harm-minimization
But PBS cites "insiders within the organization" as
accusing Mr. Assange of only considering redactions as an afterthought and
performing them in haste before publication. The special contains an interview with Mr. Assange's former right-hand manand Wikileaks spokesperson, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, who has called out his former ally claiming he behaved negligently. Mr. Domscheit-Berg claims that Mr. Assange only agreed to redact parts of the 90k logs with four hours left before publication. The results were sloppy redactions, that may have exposed and harmed U.S. allies. Mr. Domscheit-Berg recalls being shocked and "horrified" by the media reporting that Wikileaks possibly endangered lives.
David Leigh of England's Guardian newspaper has
leveled a shocking accusation against Mr. Assange in the special.
He recalls a meeting he was invited to about the publication of the war memos.
He remembers pleading with Assange to redact the names of tribal elders
and U.S. informants who were exposed cooperating with the U.S. and could be the
subject of deadly retribution. He comments, "Julian was very
reluctant to delete those names, to redact them. And we said: 'Julian, we've
got to do something about these redactions. We really have got to.'"
"And he said: 'These people were collaborators, informants. They deserve
to die.' And a silence fell around the table."Mr. Assange seemingly denied the allegation calling it "absolutely false... completely false."But he qualifies, "We don't want innocent people with a decent chance of being hurt to be hurt."The possibility is left open that Mr. Assange views U.S. allies (such as cooperating tribal leaders) as culpable accomplices, and is obfuscating the fact that he indeed wishes them ill.
It is unknown whether the publications have caused any deaths, but Newsweek reported
last year that the Taliban, a violent Jihadist fundamentalist insurgency in
Afghanistan, were using the war memos as a rally cry. Allegedly they
brutally murdered a tribal elder, whom they claimed the leaked documents
exposed, and promised more executions.
Documents leaked by Wikileaks also almost tipped off Osama bin
Laden and his Pakistani Al Qaeda colleagues that the Americans were on to his
whereabouts and were planning a strike. Had he noted these details, the
famed terrorist could have yet again eluded the grasp of America's military.
III. A Vendetta Against America?
The trouble with Mr. Assange's comments, if accurate, is that they raise
serious questions about how much his efforts are a quest for the truth and how
much they are the manifestation against a personal vendetta against government
and its manifestation in the world's most power nation.
In the
seminal 1990s book on hacking, Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness
and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier by Suelette Dreyfus, which
Mr. Assange edited, researched, and contributed text to, an autobiographical
passage by Assange describes:
As he quietly backed out
of the system, wiping away his footprints as he tip-toed away, Mendax [Assange]
thought about what he had seen. He was deeply disturbed that any hacker would
work for the US military.Hackers, he thought,
should be anarchists, not hawks.
As he quietly backed out
of the system, wiping away his footprints as he tip-toed away, Mendax [Assange]
thought about what he had seen. He was deeply disturbed that any hacker would
work for the US military.
Hackers, he thought,
should be anarchists, not hawks.
Such a statement could be construed as off-the-cuff, but at
least one trusted source we've spoken to, who was a member of Mr. Assange's
Australian hacking circle and wished not to be named, confirmed that Mr.
Assange was extremely vocal in advocating such anarchic ideals.
DailyTech was the first major news publication to point to this
passage after the Wikileaks story broke and also was among the
first to point out that vast majority of Wikileaks documents
-- greater than 95 percent of them -- focus on the U.S., a disproportionate
scrutiny considering its population, GDP, military size, and government size.
When you add up these elements, serious questions emerge, questions the site's
staunchest advocates may be too uncomfortable to directly answer.IV. One Million DollarsAccording to Mr. Domscheit-Berg, Mr. Assange initially tried to sell journalists the "Collateral Murder" footage, which showed a U.S. helicopter gunship gunning down innocent civilians in Iraq. This surprised Mr. Domscheit-Berg as he had been told that the goal of Wikileaks was always "just publish".But Mr. Assange didn't want to publish the information -- not until he received a small ransom. He demanded a payment of $1M USD for exclusive access to the information.In the end, nobody bit. So Mr. Assange was forced to simply post the teaser to YouTube, eventually posting a longer, less edited clip to his website. In an interview Mr. Assange sounded remorseful about "missed opportunities" financially in the site's early history -- likely alluding to his failure to draw the $1M USD.
V. Manning Before and After Imprisonment
In the special, PBS does a remarkable job in connecting the disconnected coverage with various details of Manning's life leading up to his arrest. It covers how he was bullied in boot camp, and interviews his father about he was concerned about his son's pro-homosexuality posts to Facebook. It details how the young Army enlistee began frequent the Boston University hacking club of David House, and how the club first introduced Manning to Wikileaks. It details how Manning began leaking materials, but went for much bigger leaks after being demoted and breaking up with his boyfriend Tylor Watkins.
The special then turns to ex-convicted hacker Adrian Lamo, the man who turned
in Mr. Manning after the young man confided in him. Mr. Lamo is quoted in
the preview as saying, "I got the sense that Bradley was very
Still he recalls moments where the young man lit up with vengeance at what he
felt was U.S. injustice. In confirmed text logs Manning was shown to have
written, "Hillary Clinton and several thousand diplomats around the world
are going to have a heart attack when they wake up one morning and find an
entire repository of classified foreign policy is available, in searchable
format, to the public."Convinced that Mr. Manning was too great a threat to U.S. safety, Mr. Lamo turned in the young man, as Mr. Lamo recalls in an exclusive interview with DailyTech from last year.
Mr. Manning current resides in an Army brig in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
awaiting his first pretrial hearing this summer. The young man could face
the death penalty for his crime, but sources close to the case have indicated
to us that the death penalty will not be pursued, with the most likely outcome
being life in prison.
VI. Assange and Others Speak Out
The special will also include diverse accounts analyzing the effects of the
leaks. On the one side, will be U.S. authorities like former Director of
National Intelligence John Negroponte.
Mr. Negroponte states, "9/11 surfaced the fact that there was less than
adequate sharing of information across the government. We went from a
need-to-know philosophy to a need-to-share."
Another U.S. government official, former State Department employee Larry
Wilkerson comments, "Bradley Manning does not need to know what the
secretary of defense said to his counterpart in Paris."
In the middle you have the journalists involved. For example Wired's Kim Zetter claims that Mr.
Assange was desperate to get the logs of Mr. Lamo's communications with Mr.
Manning. She comments, "He contacted me, and he wanted the chat
logs. He said that he needed it in order to prepare Manning's defense. ... I
can only speculate, but I think that he was concerned about what was in the
chat logs about himself."The special alludes that Mr. Assange may have had direct contact with Mr. Manning -- in complete violation with his site's policy not to identify sources. Mr. Assange firmly denied this allegation. And at least one person interviewed in the special suggested that Mr. Assange used a go between -- likely someone in David House's circle of friends -- to pass information and limit Wikileaks/Mr. Assange's legal liability.
The special also interviews Mr. Assange's former right-hand man and Wikileaks spokesperson, Daniel
Domscheit-Berg, who has called out his former ally claiming he behaved
negligently. Mr. Domscheit-Berg is currently crafting his own leaks site
that aims for greater responsibility in publication.
And the special includes an interview with Mr. Assange himself, who currently
is under house arrest in northeast London, awaiting extradition to Sweden to
face sex crimes charge. Mr. Assange is quoted as saying, "History is
on our side. ... When you expose powerful organizations, there will be ad
hominem attacks. Yes, in my personal case, they've been rather hard. But it's
not an unusual circumstance. ... WikiLeaks is continuing to step up its
publishing speed, ... and it does good. We can see the effects all around
The WikiSecrets FRONTLINE special played Tuesday evening on PBS and is being rebroadcast online at:www.pbs.org/frontline/wikileaks


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The National Institutes of Health awarded the four-year grant to Kathleen Gilbert and Sarah Blossom. The researchers are studying how chronic low exposure to trichloroethylene, known as TCE, may contribute to diseases like diabetes, lupus and autoimmune hepatitis.
TCE is an industrial solvent that is present in some water supplies because of improper disposal.
The team has proven the link between TCE and autoimmune disease in previous studies.
Both researchers work at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' College of Medicine. Gilbert is a professor of microbiology and immunology and Blossom is an assistant professor of pediatrics.


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Weight Watchers will be hosting a Lose For Good® Open House event on Saturday September 15th at their location in the Times Square Center in Tyler from 2:00pm-4:00pm. Join us for this very special one-day-only offer, prizes, refreshments, recipes and more! The Open House will host a Lose For Good food drive to benefit East Texas Food Bank. So remember to bring a non-perishable item to donate. Weight Watchers is located at 5201 South Broadway, Suite 108 in Tyler.
T.G.I. Friday's bartenders from the East Texas area will begin their quest for the title as the World's Best Bartender by competing in the regional finals of the 2012 T.G.I. Friday's World Bartender Championship in Tyler, Texas. The winner of this competition, now in its 22nd year, will move onto the divisional competition which will take place later this year. The event will be held on Thursday, August 23rd at 8:00 pm at 4300 South Broadway Avenue. The World Bartender Championship, which started as a one-off challenge between two bartenders, today welcomes more than 8,000 bartenders around the world in a premier competition widely acknowledged among bartenders as the toughest international bartending competition. Finalists are selected based on their knowledge of the bar, the flavor of their drinks and their 'flairtending' skills. The Tyler Friday's is partnering with the local East Texas Food Bank to raise money for Feeding America as part of the event, which will include a raffle and silent auction. Feeding America feeds America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks who supply food to more than 37 million people each year, including 14 million children and 3 million seniors.
East Texans are asked to step up and help Fill the Banks, both the East Texas Food Bank and Carter BloodCare, by giving blood and food. The needs are greater than ever before. Across the nation and in our own community, the East Texas Food Bank and Carter BloodCare needs are near record levels. So to help those in need, we are asking for East Texans to help. During the month of January, join Representative Leo Berman, The City of Tyler and Smith County to help Fill the Banks.
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- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
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- 1 (4 3/4- to 5-pound) whole chicken, rinsed, patted dry
Recipe Preparation
Position rack in bottom third of oven; preheat to 400°F. Whisk butter, honey, cinnamon, and turmeric in small bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer 1/4 cup honey butter to small bowl; reserve.
Place chicken on rack in roasting pan. Brush with some of remaining honey butter; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast chicken until thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 165°F to 170°F, brushing occasionally with honey butter and covering loosely with foil if browning too quickly, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Transfer to platter. Serve with reserved honey butter.


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Do People Have 'Gill Slits' in the Womb?
by Brian Thomas, M.S. *
German zoologist Ernst Haeckel is perhaps most famous for defending evolution with the argument that creatures replay their evolutionary past when developing in the womb. Since Darwin's time, textbooks have reiterated that early embryos of many vertebrates, including humans, have tiny pouches that reflect an evolutionary fish stage. More recently, embryologists thoroughly refuted that concept, and others have shown that Haeckel's drawings were partially faked. And a new online video taken from 3-D scans of a developing baby's face should bury Haeckel's old and uninformed argument.
Embryologist and evolutionist Michael Richardson and colleagues dropped a bomb on Haeckel's long-held concept known as "embryonic recapitulation." He compared Haeckel's old drawings with actual photographs of the same embryos in a 1997 technical paper.1 The comparison showed that Haeckel's drawings were frauds.
Richardson's report revealed that in order to make animal embryos look more similar at a certain early stage of development, Haeckel had omitted limb buds and heart bulges and resized and selected certain creature's embryos.2 Since Haeckel had to manipulate data to conform it to his evolutionary notions, then perhaps embryos—including human—do not rehearse their "evolutionary past" after all.
However, textbooks have not yet reflected these findings. For example, the 2007 edition of a popular college biology textbook by Sylvia Mader features a Haeckel-like illustration and an explanation about embryo pouches—sometimes called "gill slits" by evolutionists—and how their presence supposedly supports evolution. Mader wrote:
At some time during development all vertebrates have a postanal tail [spinal cord-like scaffold] and exhibit paired pharyngeal pouches... In humans, the first pair of pouches becomes the tonsils, while the third and fourth pairs become the thymus and parathyroid glands. Why should terrestrial vertebrates develop and then modify such structures like pharyngeal pouches that have lost their original function? The most likely explanation is that fishes are ancestral to other vertebrate groups.3
But how does Mader know that the pouches "lost original function?" She doesn't—she makes the statement on the basis of evolutionary belief, not on scientific observation. She even lists the pouches' critical functions for human development. Since the pouches are tissues organized into folds and have known functions, then there is no scientific reason to even suspect that they reflect any evolutionary past.3
A new online video by New Scientist TV, captured by digitally splicing together scans taken during the first trimester of pregnancy, shows the remarkable transformation of these pouches into a human face and head. The pouches show no hint of any loss of function, past or present.
In fact, the caption accompanying the video states, "A close look at the animation reveals that a face forms from three main features that rotate into place, meeting at the philtrum, the groove above the top lip. The transformation occurs with very precise timing and delays can result in a cleft lip or palate."4
Very precise timing required an ingenious precision engineer.
In his zeal to promote evolution, Haeckel foisted faulty embryo sketches onto his readers, and the zeal of his followers has perpetuated those falsehoods for over a century. Now, not only is his sketch work on embryos "one of the most famous fakes in biology," but every pouch and fold of the human embryo itself is now known to be fully functional, precisely timed, and intricately arranged.5
The unaltered data provides accurate information—humans do not rehearse an evolutionary past during embryonic development. They do rehearse an intricate and expertly designed ballet of precise fit and timing.
Editor's note: Updated embryology specifies that the first pair of embryo pouches develops into the middle ear, not the tonsils as the above Mader quote states. "The first pair of pharyngeal pouches become the auditory cavities of the middle ear and the associated eustachian tubes. The second pair of pouches gives rise to the walls of the tonsils." (Gilbert, S. 2014. Developmental Biology, 10th ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc., 478.)
- Richardson, M.K. et al. 1997. There is no highly conserved embryonic stage in the vertebrates: implications for current theories of evolution and development. Anatomy and Embryology. 196 (2): 91-106.
- van Niekerk, E. 2011. Countering Revisionism—part 1: Ernst Haeckel, fraud is proven. Journal of Creation. 25 (3): 89-95.
- Mader, S. 2007. Biology, 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 97.
- Ceurstemont, S. First animation reveals how a face forms in the womb. New Scientist TV. Posted on newscientist.com July 4, 2012, accessed July 11, 2012.
- Pennisi, E. 1997. Haeckel's Embryos: Fraud Rediscovered. Science. 277 (5331): 1435. See also Jonathan, M. The Recapitulation Myth. Evolution News. Posted on evolutionnews.org June 29, 2010.
* Mr. Thomas is Science Writer at the Institute for Creation Research.
Article posted on July 20, 2012.
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Kacey Musgraves (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Katy Perry is headlining a special "We Can Survive" charity concert at the Hollywood Bowl this October, benefitting the Young Survival Coalition, a group that supports and helps empower young women who've been diagnosed with breast cancer. Perry has invited some of her favorite artists to perform on the bill with her, too, and the list includes country artist Kacey Musgraves.
"It's such a great cause," and it'll also be "a really amazing day of music," Musgraves told Riverside, Calif. station KFRG (a Radio.com station) during an interview this morning. "It's a cool thing to be part of."
Honored & excited about this big day with such amazing women! cbsloc.al/17WUSjX @katyperry @EllieGoulding @teganandsara @SaraBareilles—
KACEY MUSGRAVES (@KaceyMusgraves) September 23, 2013
Additional artists performing during the Oct. 23 event include Sara Bareilles, Ellie Goulding, and Tegan & Sara.
"These are all very powerful women that I really respect and look up to," said Perry, who spoke with Carson Daly this morning on L.A.'s 97.1 AMP (also a Radio.com station). "I wanted them to come together to promote this supportive message and have a fantastic night full of great music. There's so many great acts in this lineup."
As Musgraves explained to KFRG, she's not only going to share the stage with Perry, but the two have actually written together. "I've had the pleasure of going in the studio with her and kicking some stuff around. It was so much fun." She doesn't think any of the songs will show up on Perry's upcoming CD Prism, but admit that "down the road" fans may get to hear something. "We wrote a really great song," Musgraves said, and "there's no telling what we could do with it."
Tickets for "We Can Survive" go on sale Friday, Sept. 27 at 10am PT (1pm ET) through Ticketmaster. Pre-sale for Citi Thank You card-members begins on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 10 am PT (1pm ET), including VIP packages with exclusive access to Katy's pre-concert soundcheck.
Proceeds from "We Can Survive" will go to support Young Survival Coalition, the premier global organization dedicated to the critical issues unique to young women who are diagnosed with breast cancer. October marks National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the annual campaign to bring attention to, and share information on the disease.


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The Hotel Riu Plaza Panama is located in the heart of the financial district of Panama City, very close to many banks, shops and shopping centres.
The hotel rooms are spacious and include a sofa, desk, free wireless Internet , flat screen TV and fully equipped modern bathroom. From the upper floors you can enjoy spectacular views of the city.
With a focus on business guests, the Hotel Riu Plaza Panama offers 23 conference rooms with room for up to 1300 people, as well as wireless Internet access available in all rooms.
The hotel has a wide range of cuisine on offer: fusion dishes in Tastes Restaurant, as well as the Sushi Lounge, Arts Restaurant, Studio 50 and Ibiza Lounge (in the outdoor pool area).
The luxurious complex offers its visitors excellent facilities, such as a gym, a fabulous spa with health and beauty treatments and an outdoor swimming pool with a Jacuzzi-hydro massage.
In the vicinity of the hotel you can enjoy of all the cultural and leisure activities Panama City has to offer, with endless shops, restaurants and museums.
Enjoy the best offers of Panama and spend some relaxing time at the hotel.
Spring Break Policies: at least one person of 21 years or older is required in every room during March & April. During the remainder of the year, at least one person 18 years or older is required in every room. The hotel reserves the right of admission and may request clients to show passport or official ID to prove age. Guests can and will be removed from the property at their own expense in case of any disturbance or complaint from other guests or hotel staff. Parties in rooms are not allowed. Spring break groups or unruly behavior is not allowed all year round at any property.