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If you just got a home theater system or a pair of wireless speakers, you may require a few guidelines on properly setting it up if you don't want to contract an installer. I will outline the fundamental setup procedure and offer some tips in order to help stay away from some widespread problems. Your home theater system will normally have 5 or seven speakers – 1 main speaker, two front speakers, 2 rears and 2 sides (in case of a 7.1 system) as well as a woofer. It also comes with a central component. This component is going to drive every one of your speakers. This central element is the central hub of your home theater system. You are going to typically be able to control it through remote control. It will process the sound and split it into the sound component for every separate loudspeaker.
Select a place for the surround receiver. You might wish to place it where you have the largest amount of space. Then again, please also keep in mind that you will need to run speaker cable to every speaker, so do not choose a place which is too remote. Just be sure it is in a dry and safe place. Also, be certain that you can easily reach the receiver from your TV or DVD/Blue-ray player as you will need to connect those. Attaching the receiver to power and to your TV or Blue-ray player is pretty clear-cut. Most modern TVs have an optical output that connects directly to your receiver through a fiberoptical cord. This cable is generally included with your system. You may also get it a most electronics shops. After you have established the audio connection to your television set, you can now go ahead and attach your loudspeakers. This step demands a little bit more effort.
If you have wireless rear loudspeakers you will not require as much speaker cord and the install is going to be somewhat simpler. First of all, calculate how much speaker cable you are going to require. You may wish to add some extra length for safety. In most cases, you will not be able to run the cord in a straight line to your loudspeakers. You might need to consider carpets, furniture etc. Therefore make certain you include all of these additional twists in your computation. If you are planning to drive a lot of output power to your speakers then make certain you choose a cable which is thick enough to handle the current flow. The majority of subwoofers are going to have a built-in power amplifier and thus accept a low-level music signal. You can attach your woofer by using a shielded RCA cable.
Whilst connecting the loudspeaker cable, make certain that you attach the cord with the accurate polarity. Each loudspeaker has a color-coded terminal, normally red and black. Get a loudspeaker cord which is color coded in order to help ensure the correct polarity while connecting to the loudspeaker terminal. In the same manner, watch the right polarity while connecting the loudspeaker cable to your surround receiver in order to keep all of your loudspeakers in phase.
Cordless loudspeakers usually need to do some amount of audio buffering throughout the transmission in order to deal with wireless interference. This results in a brief delay whilst the audio is transmitted. This delay is also known as latency and should be taken into consideration during your install. The amount of latency depends on the cordless system. It is usually less than 25 ms. For best sound, all of the loudspeakers should be in sync. If you have wireless rears then the audio is going to by somewhat out of sync with your remaining loudspeakers. To keep all loudspeakers in sync you will have to tweak the receiver in order to delay the signal going to your wired loudspeakers. Check the user manual in order to figure out how to set a delay on specific channels. Home theater systems which were not designed for wireless rear speakers might not come with this ability. In this case you may wish to look for a wireless speaker kit which has very low latency, ideally less than 1 ms. This will keep all of your loudspeakers in perfect sync.


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Exodus 36
Then Bezaleel and Aholiab worked according to all that the Lord had commanded. And every wise-hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, worked according to all that the Lord had commanded.
And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work.
And they received from Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it.
And the people brought free offerings to Moses every morning. And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came from his work which they made;
Bezaleel and Aholiab (to Moses): The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make.
And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp.
Moses: Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained from bringing. For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
God gave instructions for the tabernacle in Exodus 26, in the rest of Exodus 36 the instructions are repeated as the people made the tabernacle exactly as God had instructed.

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Westminster Wednesdays: The Executive
In previous posts, we have discussed Parliament and the constitution – this week, we will consider the executive branch of government, so named because it is responsible for executing and enforcing laws. In the UK, this is centred on the Prime Minister and their cabinet, though it extends out to a host of other bodies. We look at these two key components in turn, and see how they relate back to the concepts and bodies we discussed previously, as well as trying to understand how they interact with each other.
Prime Minister
Whilst the post of Prime Minister sits at the very top of government, and commands considerable public attention, most of their powers do not come from statute or common law, but rather from convention. They are exercised on behalf of the monarch, who appoints the Prime Minister – who has traditionally been the leader of the largest party in the House of Commons. So long as they are able to retain the support of a majority of MPs, the Prime Minister and their government should remain in power – by convention, if they lose this support (known as confidence), they would resign. Their powers range from appointing ministers to head government departments, through to attending international summits, and on to dispensing patronage through the honours system (knighthoods, MBEs, and so on).
The most important of these powers is the Prime Minister's power to appoint and dismiss other members of the executive – ministers, who either head or help to oversee government departments. There are currently over 100 ministers, all of whom are appointed by the Prime Minister. By convention, these ministers are drawn from Parliament, and particularly the House of Commons – by necessity, it may be that the Prime Minister has to include certain MPs in government, in order to appease party factions, or may be forced to exclude others on political grounds. Nevertheless, this is a formidable power, and allows a Prime Minister to shape the government to suit their policy preferences and desired direction of travel for the country.
The next key power to consider is the Prime Minister's role as chair of the cabinet. In this role, the Prime Minister determines who can attend cabinet, when its meetings will be heard, what will be on the agenda, and will sum up its discussions. This is not a process that involves a formal vote – it is rather rare for Prime Ministers to seek a vote in cabinet on any point. As we shall go to see, the ability of a Prime Minister to mould their ministerial team and the cabinet as an institution has considerable importance.
The other powers of a Prime Minister include their ability to appoint senior civil servants – they decide who the senior civil servant will be in each department (the permanent secretary) and it is only with their approval that a minister can have a senior civil servant moved. They also represent the country at international summits, such as those of the European Council, granting them considerable influence over foreign policy. Finally, we should remember the media and political attention that comes with being Prime Minister – giving one access to a significant reserve of influence to try and shape the direction of the country, and of policy in Parliament.
There are, however, a variety of restraints in place on the Prime Minister. They attend a weekly questioning session in the House of Commons, known as Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs), as well as making annual appearances before a Parliamentary committee called the Liaison Committee. They are required to retain the support of a majority of the House of Commons – and the support of their party colleagues. If either of these fail, then they can find themselves removed from office, and often find the agenda set after their departure contrasting with much they had laid down.
The cabinet is the collective decision-making body that the Prime Minister chairs. It serves three key functions; finally determining what will be submitted to Parliament by the government, overall control of the executive in line with what Parliament agrees, and co-ordination between the many component parts of the state. It meets on Tuesdays, in the cabinet room in Number 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the Prime Minister in London.
Its composition is decided by the Prime Minister – who has broad scope to make and unmake the government departments that ministers run. For example, since 2007, the department responsible for overseeing universities has been, in order – the Department for Education and Skills, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and now the Department for Education. Very few departments do not experience this process, which is driven entirely by the Prime Minister's desire to shape government, with the exception of the Treasury. It is traditional that all the heads of government departments are members of the cabinet – the Prime Minister can also ask a range of other ministers to attend. Currently, there are 23 members of the cabinet, and 4 others who attend.
As with the Prime Minister, the cabinet's powers and functions exist by convention. Aside from the key functions laid out above, to which we will return in a moment, two other key conventions apply. The first is one already stated – if the government loses the support (confidence) of the House of Commons, it will resign. The second is the principle of collective responsibility, which states that once a decision has been made by cabinet, all members collectively accept responsibility for it, even if they disagreed prior to the decision being made. Ministers who cannot do this are expected to resign, or will be removed by the Prime Minister if they openly disagree after the decision is taken.
In executing its three key duties outlined above, cabinet faces a huge workload – the UK government is responsible for hundreds of billions of pounds of spending, almost 3 million public sector employees, and of course the executing and enforcing of a vast array of laws and regulations. As a single committee, cabinet and its members would struggle to cope with this workload – so two tiers of support are in place. First are junior ministers; every departmental head has a number of these, with whom they can share their workload, delegating particular areas of their department to the junior minister. Secondly, there are the cabinet committees – these are made of members of the cabinet, and perhaps some junior ministers as well. They are constituted by the Prime Minister, and assigned particular areas of responsibility. Like cabinet, they are there to assist in determining policy, ensuring it is implemented, and co-ordinating policy on a variety of areas – they act to clarify issues before the main cabinet decides them, dividing up the workload. Decisions of cabinet committees have the same power as those of full cabinet, and matters are only referred from them to the whole cabinet if the chair agrees.
We have seen that the UK's executive branch, particularly the Prime Minister, has considerable powers at their disposal to make and change government, and to set the direction of the country. We have also seen how they shape the cabinet, which in turn serves a key function at the heart of the executive – as a body to make decisions, oversee the operation of government, and settle disputes. When they operate together, government can deliver policy quickly, effectively, and with an assurance of easy passage through Parliament. Disunity between them, however, can lead to disorder and perhaps even the fall of ministers – or the Prime Minister themselves.


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We all know about the damned hype about Windows Vista.
"Oooh! Flip3D!" … ok…. Fedora has the compiz/beryl cube that rotates workspaces showing all your stuff.
"New Aero Glass!" Got me there, however there are better stuff out there, and WindowBlinds produces the exact same effects on XP because Stardock developed the theming engine for Windows XP and Vista. Fedora yet again can produce these effects with Beryl and compiz.
"User Access Control!" Umm, ever heard of limited and root accounts? Linux and UNIX have had them for years, decades before Microsoft even thought about multiuser environments!
Here, though, it is proven that most people don't see Vista as anything worth a grain of salt. We can see that Microsoft has had it coming. I agree that Microsoft is failing because they don't hold all the cards anymore. Mac OS X is now officially available on the Intel core, and many have gotten Tiger to work on a regular PC. Linux has been around for years, and recently, Ubuntu Linux (now at Feisty), has many headway on the desktop Linux platform with high usability and flexibility.
More people are seeing the alternatives available. For instance, Microsoft Internet Explorer held complete dominance until Firefox 1.0 came out. It spilled through the internet in waves, more and more people downloading and using it. I remember saying that I would never use Firefox back at its 0.9 release, and here I am now, using Firefox 2.0 to type up this post.
As long as there is demand for more quality, with the consumer in mind, Free/Open Source Software will always be around to try to satisfy these desires. WordPress, the software I am using now for blogging, is considered FOSS software. Many people use WordPress because of its simplicity and extensibility.
People wanted a cheaper alternative to Microsoft Office, and StarOffice was created from this desire. Sun Microsystems purchased StarOffice company and took it under its wing. It was extended, enhanced, and finally, released as FOSS code to improve. Now, we have OpenOffice.org 2.2, which the latest StarOffice suite is based on.
It is only a manner of time before people realize that there are alternatives out there, cheaper and free, just ripe for the picking.


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I decided to write about this because I'll be arriving in Seoul on White Day! So my travel mates, you guys should know that White Day falls on March 14th. 🙂 Those who are not familiar with the celebration might wonder what in the heaven's name is White Day? LOL.I'll explain it.
As the whole world know, Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th every year. It's the most romantic day on earth (or so I am told, hehe) where couples would buy gifts (often in the form of chocolates or roses) to their better halves. In Korea however, ONLY WOMEN would buy chocolates and give them to their partner. So what about the guys,you ask? Well, that's why we have White Day. 😉
It's like a 'payback' time. On White Day, women expect to receive the chocolates in return of what they've given the men on Valentine's Day. Sounds weird to you? But that's how it works in Korea. If the guys receive chocolates on V day, they are expected to return the 'favor' on W day. Whatever it takes, they must. Hehe.
More info of White Day can be read here. I hope to find something that can remind me of White Day, like the limited edition coke featured in this entry, or something like that. You might think the single people must feel so down for these 2 months of love 'show off'. Hehe.
No worries, exactly 2 months after Valentine's Day and a month after White Day, it's a SPECIAL day for SINGLE and AVAILABLE people. And you've guessed it. It's Black Day. Hahaha. I've blogged about it here.


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We've got some really nasty-lookin storms heading our way from our Alabama neighbors (thanks guys... :-/) There are tornado warnings floating around in Fulton County (about an hour, hour & a half, from me) and Walton County, where I live, is under a tornado WATCH till 9 (that means conditions are right for a tornado, but no funnel cloud has been spotted). It's gettin' windy out there (sure does make my flags fly right purty!!!) and I heard the first rumbles of thunder a minute ago. I luv me some thunderstorms, as long as they are just rain & thunder & nobody gets hurt. :)
Keep us all in yer prayers tonight, that no tornadoes are spawned from these charming storm systems. :)
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Welcome to Tornado Season
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I do hope lake Altoona and Lake Lanier are getting some of this water. stay safe
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Joe has announced a new Abundance Network after lunching with God. Hint: Joe has in the past announced television shows such as Expect Miracles, a radio show on CNN, and a TV show on CBS. He has announced bogus charities that do nothing but feed his ego and make him APPEAR to be generous, meanwhile doing absolutely NOTHING. My prediction: the abundance network will amount to Joe's pile of dirt.
Joe has announced a trip to fantasy island, but you have to pay him $50,000 and he's not even going to dress up like his alter-ego, Tattoo. Don't worry, he'll still look like Danny Devito, and your brilliant imagination skills can make up the rest. Friend of the Pyre, Cosmic Connie has details on that.
But look what Fireboy did. He got mentioned in a book called Redirect by Timothy D. Wilson, the Sherrell J. Aston Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. On page 45, no less. The shot isn't completely directed at Joe, there's lots of mentions of his cohorts in the "movie" The Secret. But Joe, our fearfilled leader, takes it upon himself to defend himself and the rest of the make-believers in the Law of Attraction. You see, Joe never said anything about thoughts creating your reality. It's about actions. Actions create your reality. That's it, that's the ticket.
Oh, and I love the way Joey shows off that he learned a big word in that blog post where he defends himself against the completely unconscious Timothy D. Wilson. But then again, small minded "Got Milk" types of hucksters trying to play superior games against well respected actual Ph.D. (not the pretend Ph.D. in "meta-physics Joe Vitale asserts that he has from a diploma mill) always have amused me.
So, real Dr. Wilson says that movies like The Secret and just-think-happy-thoughts self-help books and programs that not-Dr. Vitale put out actually cause more problems than they're worth.
Joe's response:
Let's talk a little bit about "glossing over facts," shall we? It's a common way to communicate in Joe Vitale's experience, and I agree. He experiences himself glossing over facts a lot. Like the facts about what he has really said.
Sometimes he tells us that we do things with our thoughts. Sometimes he tells us we need to set intentions. Sometimes he tells us we need to listen to specially designed audios to set our intentions. Sometimes he tells us intentions are for wussies. Sometimes he tells us we need to neutralize negative thoughts. Sometimes he tells us it's all in our unconscious and we need to hooponopononono on it, like he just did to Dr. Wilson. Sometimes he likes to say that it is little kid's fault for attracting their killers, like he did on Larry King.
OK, now I am tired. Apparently, Joe likes to gloss over what some truths and concentrate on whatever message might be most profitable in the moment. If he was telling the truth, he wouldn't contradict himself every other minute. He'd have some congruency in the products he puts out.
My order of Redirect is coming soon. I am hoping I get to see whether or not Dr. Wilson is congruent in his message in the book. I think there will be a lot of congruency in his message that self help materials like Joe Vitale's, like The Secret, do much more harm than good.


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Mia San Mia (We are who we are)
SrLuisGuilherme wrote:Coman out with an injury smdh
ramsej84 wrote:SrLuisGuilherme wrote:Coman out with an injury smdh
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Lukas wrote:MaCk0y wrote:Lukas, can you tell me why NI use England's anthem while Scotland and Wales don't?
I'm afraid I have no idea. I can answer another question though. Last time England played NI the anthem was played once and everyone sang together
ramsej84 wrote:prasun77 wrote:Real Madrid 9
Arsenal 4
Norwich 3
Barcelona 2 (even though msn are south american)
Atletico madrid 3
Bayern ONEEEEEEEEEEE..
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ramsej84 wrote:Borusse wrote:Is our squad quality much worse though? We have Krychowiak, Blaszczykowski, Piszczek, Lewandowski, Glik, Fabiański, Milik, we have good players as well. Plus I think we're more of a team than Portugal is, I believe in our chances in this game.
I mentioned him twice already but no one too notice... maybe I am thr only one... your #11 ia amazing.
re the three points; italy 1982 and won the final.
1994 lost the final
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Uber's surge pricing has always been a matter of controversy, around various cities worldwide. Whether be it New York, Beijing or even New Delhi, Uber has always been criticized for 'exploiting' customers with these exorbitant rates for their cabs.
The odd-even car pollution rule is on in Delhi till the 30th and Uber is the saving grace for a lot of office-goers. Once again, Uber is notoriously applying surge on their rides in Delhi and a lot of customers are complaining. So much so that these have concerned the Delhi Chief Minister, who on Monday called for a serious meeting regarding the Uber issue.
SEE ALSO: Apple iPhone To Go All Glassy: Here Are The Interesting Things!
In lieu of these events, Uber has apparently suspended their surge pricing for the time being. But, is the government intervention really necessary in this kind of complex business? Is Uber's surge pricing unethical or just a clever marketing tool?
Here are some pointers that will help you take sides between the Delhi government and Uber with their surge pricing.
What exactly is Surge Pricing?
Given the threat to the livelihood of our partners, at the expense of reliability, we are temporarily suspending surge with immediate effect— Uber Delhi (@Uber_Delhi) April 18, 2016
Let's start with the basics here. Surge pricing is a method of scientifically increasing the normal taxi fare, so as to match the supply and demand of a particular area. Uber claims that a surge in normal prices motivates more and more drivers to reach that location for picking up customers. This, in turn, improves the supply and helps the most important customers to get on first.
What are the cases FOR surge pricing?
- The inflated rates, whether 2x, 3x or 4x, go directly to the driver partner himself (after Uber's cut of course). The argument lies within the fact that their livelihood is on the line.
- It is a perfect tool for market management that completely takes over the forces of demand and supply. This is how an organization should function in a free market.
- Only the one, who needs the cab the most, gets it. For example; if you are booking a cab to get some dinner and there's another individual in an emergency. In the scenario where there is just one cab available, surge pricing will help the latter ensure him a cab for respite.
What are the cases AGAINST Surge Pricing?
- The Delhi government's argument is that surge is straight out illegal. Tampering with any kind of public or private transport pricing-after rate approval from the authorities-is 100% illegal and unethical. It is a sort of fraud with the customers.
- There is currently no clear-cut explanation as to why and when surge pricing is applied by Uber. As a result of the methods being vague, some claim that the taxi aggregator dupes customers on a daily basis.
- Another argument claims that if supply is the issue, Uber should get in more driver partners. This is quite possible in Indian markets and actually results in more revenue for Uber.
What are the consequences of the suspension?
As the suspension is self-applied by Uber, there is no news as to when it ends. But, after Delhi government's strict language over these practices, Uber would definitely want to avoid another ban in the capital. It is expected that this suspension would thus continue for the next couple of months atleast.
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If the city's residents are still able to take cars without much delay, then it could rip through the company's stand that surge pricing is an important component for their business. That, combined with customer pressure to protect individuals from price spiking could have a big impact on how the company operates worldwide as well.
Meanwhile, autorickshaws and e-rickshaws are another alternative to the taxi cabs and older players like Meru and EasyCabs also offer point-to-point taxis, but at a much higher rate.


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South Indian actress met with accident ?
Actress Laya met with an accident yesterday while travelling from California to Los Angeles. She was immediately admitted to a near by hospital and the treatment was given to her on time. She has suffered minor injuries and as per reports, her condition is stable at the moment.
The chirpy actress has not only made it big in Tollywood, but also has carved a niche for herself in other industries like Kollywood, Mollywood and Sandalwood. As a matter of fact, she has won Nandi Award twice for best actress. She has been missing from the silver screen for a long time now as she quit films after her marriage to Dr.Sri Ganesh Gorty. They have two children daughter Shloka and son Vachan.
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Welcome to rbeltech.wordpress.com. This is my first post in a little corner of the internet I'm temporarily reserving for tips & tricks I use in IT on a daily basis.
It's mostly for my own use, but if you find any content useful then happy days. 🙂
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Retro-Mama describes her decor with these lovely fabric eggs as "Barnyard Chic" Love that & ♥ these eggs! Click on her name to visit her site for instructions.
An eggs-cellent way to de-stash all those paper scraps! The instructions can be found at Two Hearts Together.
These just make me happy to look at them! The super easy instructions can be found here at All*You
Aren't these sweet?! Instructions with photos can be found at Chez Larsson.
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I think expats in Turkey are having a hard time understanding the existence of this ban in Turkey, which is both a democratic and a Muslim country. Even Christian countries refrain from imposing similar bans due to their attachment to fundamental human rights. They cannot do it.
The headscarf ban is a practice that best portrays the weirdness or absurdity in the functioning of the system in Turkey.
The message Turkey is sending to women intending to attend university is clear: If you plan to wear a headscarf, forget about getting a higher education in this country. If you have the money, go abroad for this.
Judges in Turkey have been parroting this message in their "reasoned decisions." They do not hesitate to twist or distort the Constitution just to reassert this message.
Neither Europe nor the US prohibits headscarved women from getting a higher education. Not a single democratic country that upholds the rule of law imposes such a ban on people intending to attend a university. Some people occasionally, but falsely, say that there is such a ban in France. No, there is no such ban in France. Limitations in that country apply to primary school students, not to university students.
No official in any civilized country can attempt to decide what an adult above the age of 18 should wear. And a person cannot be deprived of his/her right to higher education, a fundamental human right, under such a pretext.
Yes, getting a higher education is a universal human right.
And Turkey denies this right to its own children. Freedom of religion and the right to higher education are not conflicting concepts. Turkey's identity as a Muslim country cannot be used as a justification for such a ban.
Despite its efforts to school as many children as possible over the last 80 years, Turkey is telling women intending to study, "Do not go to school." The system in Turkey continues to manufacture crises with every single one of its critical decisions.
With Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu as the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), the party has started to show positive signals toward change on some basic issues, but in particular on the headscarf issue. Even if they have come up with a nonsensical proposal, aptly referred to as the "Iranian model," in which women are required to uncover some part of their head, this implies that they have eventually realized that this ban can no longer be maintained. This is a good development.
We can assume that Kılıçdaroğlu is facing resistance from the party. Still, even the presence of debates is important. Apparently, Turkey has set off on a road to consensus for lifting this ban. Mr. Kılıçdaroğlu must act resolutely because what he is doing is right and the CHP's pro-freedom attitude will be decisive when it comes to voters' perceptions about its new position.
Turkey can no longer live with this shame. It will certainly get rid of it.
Lifting the headscarf ban is important not only in terms of fundamental human rights, but also to ensure peace between the state and the nation.
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Mitt Romney ran for Governor of Massachusetts promising more jobs, decreased debt, and smaller government. Here's what Massachusetts got instead: Jobs: 47th out of 50 states in job creation Taxes and fees: Increased more than $750 million per year Long-term debt: Increased more than $2.6 billion Fact is, Romney economics didn't work then, and won't work now.
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Perfect! My inner RIVER is all about the vagabond! :)
nice acrostic
the riverz
You've managed to get quite a bit of meaning into very few words. Nicely done.
It's good to wonder and dream sometimes and picking lovely debris:) along the way.
Hi Kathe,
No blues for this river rat... Just reading the ripples. :)
Funny, just yesterday I was contemplating starting another blog titled; vagaries of a vagabond.
You piece says "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn to me.
drifting is the best part of summer, reminds me of my days out on the Lake
... a happy vagabond I'd be to be slipping along that river!
...ever rippling -yes.
ha i will always be a rolling vagabond...nice acrostic...smiles.
I surrender to such strong words!
I love a good acrostic and 'ever rippling' tells the tale.
Deftly done.
Nice acrostic...
Very well done.
Form and poem ~ neat!!
Vagabond - a wonderful vision for the footloose! :) I love it.
Plenty of movement there, Kath
A little here, a little there. But it sets thinking!
In five simple words you have captured the spirit and essence of the river. I love the 'rippling' which continues this poem eternally. Very snappy repartee, today Kathe. Thanks for sharing this. =D
I'd drift on your ripples, anyday...
You have captured it! Wonderful. : )
You expressed a lot in very few words...
Rippling, for sure!
Well spoken ripples Kathe! Love this! :-)


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Antawn Jamison has wrist surgeryPosted by Inside Hoops
Apr 30
Los Angeles Lakers forward Antawn Jamison underwent successful surgery on his right wrist Tuesday morning.
"(The surgery) went well," a source close to the 15-year veteran told ESPNLosAngeles.com. "No complications."
Jamison suffered a slight tear in his right wrist during the Lakers' 103-100 loss to the Washington Wizards on March 23.
Jamison played with the injury for the remainder of the season, appearing in the Lakers' final 12 regular-season games and four playoff contests.
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Here's what it leaves out:
Obama did vote for TARP, but so did McCain. It WAS Paulsen's project (hence sometimes-centrist Bushie David Frum'sb"non-ideological" fanboys crowing about its making a profit). The bank bailouts had wide support in 2008 among BOTH Republicans and Democrats. The fact that it was only opposed by a small minority of principled progressives and conservatives, and passed with majority support from both parties - overwhelmingly so in the Senate.
Medicare IS going broke, and the healthcare "reform" bill (which was watered down to the point of irrelevance by pandering to people in Congress who opposed it anyway) did little to change this. And this: " people who reach 65 live about the same number of years as they used to." is simply wrong. And if it isn't wrong, then all the money spent on Medicare to keep people over 65 healthy is being wasted.
Also, as I will not be retiring in the next 25 years, the fact that Social Security may not be solvent at that point is still an issue. It's just not an immediate one, and really it can be fixed by making the payroll tax less regressive by applying it to incomes over $90k per year. Obama actually proposed this as a candidate, but it went nowhere.
Lastly, its a basic principle of macroeconomics that government spending (and especially government debt) does generally crowd out private investment either by driving up taxes or interest rates. Instead of denying this with some non-sequiter about infrastructure spending (which, I agree, should have been a larger portion of the ARRA stimulus), he ought to argue the actual logic behind the Democratic stimulus policies - that there are times when private investment dries up for other reasons, such as in a recession, and the government needs to step in then to take up the slack.
You won't convince Tea Party Republicans this way, sure, but denying the facts to make your argument won't help you convince anyone else.


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Just to let you know, this is tough. I am struggling. I'm in a new place with two little children and very little sleep, and it's HARD. Some days I feel like I'm drowning, others that I'm wading. Sometimes I feel like I'm paddling. I never feel like I'm floating along. Sleep deprived in a country where my closest friend lives 3 hours away, a country from which all grandparents moved away within months of our arriving, I'm not lovin' it. (Quite ironic when I think that the proximity of grandparents was the one argument that swayed me in favor of moving here). And, yes, thank God and lhamdullah we have our health and our two awesome kiddiwinkles. Very grateful for many things. But that doesn't mean it's easy. It doesn't mean I don't sometimes want to rip everything to shreds and stick my head in the sand (or the oven) for the next 24 months or so… (sorry about the double negative).
So, anyway. Here are some photos of the last couple of months in which we all look very happy*. Or scary.
This is not just one Christmas tree, but 3 small ones, one each for the 3 houses in our Christmas story.
* Don't worry, we ARE happy. It's just hidden behind the bags under our eyes 😉


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Scattered thoughts on the morning of the Red River Shootout (thinking comics to calm my nerves)
- Winter Men takes about 6 months to come out between issues so when i finally get my hands on a new one i have little idea what exactly is going on (read last weeks issue a couple times and still feel lost). Doesn't help that the title has a well-written yet fairly complicated plot. Aside from complaints about the schedule though... WM is damn good.
- I ordered (from Amazon) a new work by George R.R. Martin, Ice Dragon, assuming it was the next in the INCREDIBLE Song of Fire and Ice series only to find out its a digest size kid's book. HUGE, HUGE bummer. I can't wait for the next in that series... I've heard Martin described as a modern day Tolkien and i'm inclined to agree... This is by far the best fantasy work i've read since LOTR.
- While we're talking about busted Amazon orders, let me complain about another one: I've been re-reading the Hellboy series since i read Seeds of Destruction for the first time last week and its gotten me thinking about Mignola again... so i picked up a book i'd never previously heard of: Zombieworld: Champion Of The Worms. Miggs wrote the book w/ accompanying art by a guy named Pat McEown, who's style is a bit too "saturday morning cartoons" for me. I wasn't feeling this book from the first few pages and i gave it to about halfway before i decided i wasn't even going to finish... Makes me realize just how much i appreciate Miggs ART as well as his writing for this genre.
- This past week i had two comics in my pile that wouldn't exactly be classified as Eisner candidate works, but good times NTL: Kirkman's Irredeemable Ant-Man #1, and Boom Studios Savage Brothers #2. Neither of these books take themselves too seriously, and both were fun reads (for different reasons). I've pretty much avoided Kirkman's "mainstream" work (while gushing over Brit, TWD, Invincible, and Battle Pope) but here's to hoping Ant-Man is successful... whether i'm reading it or not (though the cliffhanger at the end of #1 will def have me buying at least one more issue). Savage Brothers is just good fun... two thoroughly redneck brothers trying to make a living in a post-apocolyptic Zombie world. Good characters, fun story and art. I'd recommend this mini to all Zombie fans (and plenty of others)... even though we're getting tagged for $3.99 an issue.


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Thursday, April 7, 2016
Laura Geller Travel Size Spackle Primer FREE with ANY Purchase at Ulta ($10 value)
Did you know that right now you can get this Laura Geller Travel Size Spackle Primer ($10 value) FREE with ANY purchase at Ulta? Yep! As long as you have something else in your cart, once you add the Spackle to your cart it will be free. These types of offers tend to sell out quickly, so if you're plotting an Ulta order today, don't wait too long if you want this one.
Also, if your order is $40 or more, you can also get this Redken freebie, which is still in stock as of the time of this post. Kaylah mentioned that if you have already grabbed that freebie on a previous order, you won't be able to get again. It looks like it's one per customer, so check your cart to make sure you aren't being charged $40 for it!
If you're planning on taking advantage of the UD x Gwen deals today, definitely get these freebies while you're at it!
Thanks again for the hot tip, Kaylah!
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Thank you for posting! I've been adding things to my cart all day long, but was waiting to see if there was anything I could snag for free with my purchase.ReplyDelete
Nice! I wonder if the UD x Gwen lipsticks are also on sale in stores.ReplyDelete
Just FYI, the Redkin set adds to the cart but does not show up as free! It charges you $40 for it (I had over $100 in my card and it added the $40 for the set on top of the $100).ReplyDelete
I just don't want people to not check and end up paying the $40 for something they thought was free :)Replies
This happened to me. I will be returning this "free" item. Ulta customer service will not honor this even though in my order invoice it lists it as "FREE with $40 purchase" in the item description.Delete
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A Japanese company and a Malaysian company decided to have a canoe race on the Rejang River.
On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.
The Malaysians, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action. Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the Malaysian team had 4 governance personnel, a supervisor, a stamping officer, and an assistant offier which checks that the stamping officer has rightfully stamped the supervisor's decisions on how fast the single rower should row. Nobody really knows what the governance personnel do other than deliberating whether the rower is using the correct rowing technique from articles that they subscribe to from a rowing site. So the Malaysian management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion.
They also advised that there were too many people "not rowing" and while the processes and deliberations are important the number of people required can be reduced. The PM was sent the report and he immediately threw it aside.
He decided to let go of the 2 stamping officers, kept the supervisor and made the governance personnel dual role as stampers and governance. Which meant that now the governance people were referring to even more articles both on supervision and rowing. The PM increased the rowers to 3, placed his son and his 2 best friends in the team for exposure.
The next year, the Malaysian team won by two miles!
The 3 rowers were frat buddies with the Japanese rowing team and agreed that they would throw the race in exchange for a business deal. The 4 governance officers still debated only now each one of them felt that the other person was too stupid to understand where they're coming from. The supervisor on the other hand gave an emotional speech thanking everyone for their contributions and everyone got their bonuses. Especially the 3 rowers which immediately became senior managers and needed replacements for next year's race.
Happy and elated, they decided that the following year's team should be the same 4 governance personnel, a single rower, the stamping officer, the assistance stamping officer and the supervisor...
Because the lessons learned database would have enough information to beat the Japanese again
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Recently at home we have been experimenting with new dishes to make our meals more interesting. Yesterday we received 10 pounds of organic soba noodles from Amazon (about fifty percent cheaper than buying it in the store) and were surprised to see that they came loose, in a thick plastic bag. It was funny especially since I joked prior to opening the package that we had received one giant 10 pound soba noodle. After divvying them up into 5 - 2 pound ziplock bags we decided to make yakisoba that evening for dinner. I could pinch myself for not taking a photo of the end result, but let's just say it was really delicious! The soba are meaty and satisfying, and the vegetables we used were perfect crunchy additions to the dish.
Here is the basic recipe:
2 carrots, julienned
1 onion, diced
1/2 bell pepper, julienned
1 cup chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1 generous handful of romain lettuce leaves cut crosswise in 1/2 inch wide slivers. (We substituted Cabbage for this. It was great!)
1/2 cup sauce (see recipe below)
8 oz. cooked soba noodles
For the sauce:
We actually used a homemade soy-ginger dressing that I had made the night before for a salad. It was the perfect blend of flavors: (And please note: this makes a lot of sauce. You could use it as a marinade for chicken; for salad dressing; for another few nights of yakisoba, etc. OR you could halve or quarter the recipe.)
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger root
3/4 cup olive oil
1/3 cup rice vinegar
1/2 cup soy sauce (I used Tamari)
3 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup water
In a 1 pint glass jar or larger, combine the garlic, ginger, olive oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce, honey, and water. Cover the jar with a tight fitting lid, and shake well. Remove lid, and heat jar in the microwave for 1 minute just to dissolve the honey. Let cool, and shake well before serving. Store covered in the refrigerator.
(Source for dressing here.)
Cook Soba as per instructions, to al dente. Rinse with cold water and drain.
Meanwhile, saute the vegetables (sans lettuce) in a bit of neutral oil such as canola till softened. Add sauce, stir and cook a minute or two. Then add lettuce and wilt for a few minutes.
Finally, add the soba and stir till warmed. Serve hot or cold (the next day it's great too!). This serves two hungry people for dinner.
Since I haven't shown you any photos of the final product (again, my apologies), here is another picture of an entirely different meal. Definitely not as tasty, but serves as a very enjoyable lunch: hard-boiled eggs and ramen with tamari, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, sesame oil. So good.
24 February 2011
A recipe and a picture.
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With the rapidly growing beauty market, there seems to be a device to cope with almost all aspects of health and beauty. Bikini trimmers have become a popular alternative to waxing and laser hair removal. Getting rid of unwanted hair will give you the confidence to wear a bikini and even spice things up in the bedroom. The following are the factors that you need to consider when buying a bikini trimmer.
Things to consider
This is the most important factor that you need to consider in your quest of finding the perfect bikini trimmer. You should ensure that the blades are;*Sharp. This will reduce the amount of time that you'll take trimming your hairs.*Waterproof. You will be able to use the bikini trimmers in the shower without exposing them to rust or making them blunt if the blades are waterproof.*Hypoallergenic. This quality will reduce your likelihood of experiencing irritation after shaving.
Bikini trimmers come in different powering options. There are those that are battery powered, but you can also find some with an electric powering option. Battery powered trimmers are more convenient because you can use them anywhere that you choose. Another advantage of battery powered bikini trimmers is that you can use them in when you have no access to electricity.
The design of the bikini trimmer touches on two features including the weight and its physical appeal. A lightweight bikini trimmer will ensure that you don't have to strain while trimming your bikini area. A bikini trimmer that is light in weight will also enable you to carry it with you while travelling. When it comes to the physical appeal of the bikini trimmer, you need to choose one that is attractive in terms of color and style. Having an attractive trimmer will make your trimming session even more enjoyable.
The head
Choosing a bikini trimmer that has multiple heads will help you achieve better shaving curves. Additionally,look for one that has a pivot action on its head which will allow you to easily maneuver it on your body's contours hence reducing risks of hair pulling and cuts. Bikini trimmers that lack a pivot action can still be considered as long they have an angled head which will improve their efficiency. You might also want to consider whether the trimmer can be adjusted to different lengths to better suit your shaving preference.
If you have a limited budget, then the price of the bikini trimmer is the number one thing that you need to consider. You should look for a reasonably priced bikini trimmer that has the best features within your price range.


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The Orme Nursery
The Orme Nursery, as part of Newcastle-under-Lyme School provides the best start to an unbroken and coherent education for children from the age of 3 to 18. We achieve this by providing quality care and Early Years education to 3 and 4 year olds. The children are at the heart of all that we do; their, growth and happy development being our priority.
Our most recent ISI Inspection report was outstanding as this extract shows. The full report can be found in The School menu of this website.
"The overall effectiveness of the EYFS setting is outstanding. The children respond to this carefully planned and nurturing environment with a growing awareness of their own individual talents and interests. Personal confidence and respect for others are promoted at all times. The staff show excellent understanding of the children's needs and promote an environment where academic progress and pastoral care are well balanced. "
The Orme Nursery is open throughout the year, providing children with a high quality of care and education whilst offering parents a choice in how their children might attend. The curriculum is designed to ensure there is an appropriate framework for staff to create the most stimulating programme of activity for every child and yet offer parents the flexibility they require.
Age of admittance
The Nursery accommodates children from the age of 3. They are eligible for a place from the beginning of the term of their third birthday, the terms being 1 September to 31 December; 1 January to 31 March and 1 April to 31 August.
Hours of opening
The Nursery is open throughout the year excluding Bank Holidays. There is a 2 week closure over Christmas which covers the Bank Holidays and holiday period.
The day is divided into 2 sessions, morning and afternoon with lunch being considered as part of the morning session. We also provide a shorter day to allow parents to collect children at the same time as older siblings in the Preparatory or Senior School.
Parents may choose to structure the sessions in a variety of ways:
A mixture of mornings and afternoons
A mixture of whole days
Whole weeks
Term time only or 50 week provision.
Funded sessions only
Children are provided with nutritious, well-balanced meals and suitable alternatives are provided for those who have specific dietary requirements.
The Nursery Curriculum
Children develop rapidly during their early years: physically, intellectually, emotionally and socially. Our Nursery curriculum is designed to provide a supportive framework to extend their knowledge, skills, understanding and confidence. Well-planned and purposeful play activities are set out to build on what children already know and can do.
The curriculum encourages a positive attitude and a disposition to learn. We endeavour to provide a rich and stimulating environment where children feel included, secure and valued.
Areas of Learning
Personal, Social and Emotional:The curriculum helps to develop self-awareness and self-confidence; manage feelings and behaviour and make relationships.
Communication and Language:
The curriculum supports listening and attention, understanding and speaking.
The curriculum encourages moving and handling, health and self-care.
The curriculum will support and develop skills in reading and writing.
The curriculum will support the development of skills used when working with numbers, shape, space and measure.
Understanding the World:
The curriculum will extend their knowledge of people and communities; the world and technology.
Expressive Art and Design:
The curriculum will stimulate the children to explore and use different media and materials and be imaginative.
Working in Partnership
Our aim is to provide the highest standard of care and education for your child. We recognise the importance of a good partnership between staff and parents, or carers, and endeavour to keep you well informed of activities and your child's development. This will be accomplished through:
Communication with a key worker
Notice boards
Written reports
We fully understand that children need time to learn and develop appropriate behaviour patterns and most of such issues will be supported through our daily activities. However, it may on occasion be necessary to work together with parents or carers to encourage and enforce social ground rules and boundaries.
Equal Opportunities and Inclusion
It is our intention to promote equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all.
The Nursery has a rigorous policy that ensures that the health, safety and well-being of each child is paramount at all times.


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2011 Spirit Of Atlanta Audition Camp Information
The first audition camp for Spirit of Atlanta will be held December 3 – 5 at Douglas County High School:
8705 Campbellton Street
Douglasville, GA 30134
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Registration will begin at 6:00 p.m., with a full corps meeting at 8:00. (It is strongly recommended you arrive no later than 7:30 to allow yourself plenty of time to complete registration.) It's not too late to register online and reserve your spot at camp and receive a special edition Spirit of Atlanta Audition t-shirt. Visit the audition section now!
Read the rest of the article here.
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I began the Lupron injections four days ago as planned, so we are officially underway with the meds. I'm very happy that I have no noticeable side effects to report. Wahoo! I will hang out on the Lupron for a bit; we'll check the ovaries in a little over a week, then we can move on to prepping that lining!
Last week, the twins turned 5! C and I have been in touch a bit and we are hoping to get together when I head up for this transfer in April. They live very close to our clinic. Of course, we'll have to see if the timing works out for everyone, but I'm so excited at the idea of getting to see them as they get ready for Kindergarten in the fall! It really does seem like I just delivered them yesterday. They're so sweet - I can't wait!
My littlest is playing flag football for the spring. Daddy is coaching and I'm team mom'ing, so that'll keep us busy in the meantime!
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Overgrown Signpost :- The signpost gives three direction options which are Wealdway, Vanguard Way and (curiously) Wealdway + Vanguard Way. The post is situated in the ancient and historical village of Chiddingly in the Wealden District of East Sussex. The village is listed in the Domesday Book (1086) as Cetelingei and it's here that the "Chiddingly Boar" (a silver hat badge of a supporter of Richard III, lost somewhere around the 1480's) was found in 1999. If you are feeling extremely fit and up for a very long walk the Vanguard Way is a 66 miles or 106.21 kilometres walk which stretches from Newhaven on the South Coast to East Croydon, outer London. The Wealdway is also a long route to attempt as that runs between Gravesend in Kent all the way down to Eastbourne, also on the South coast.
Churchill & Fireplace :- What an impressive looking stone fireplace! It stands in the Lounge Hall on the ground floor of Bletchley Park Mansion in Milton keynes, Buckinghamshire. The mansion house was built in in the late 1870's and was bought by Herbert Leon (a wealthy stockbroker) in 1883. Somewhere around 1906 he had extensive work done on the house and the exquisite interior was added. I have no idea if the fireplace was already in existence when he bought the mansion or if it was Herbert leon who had it put in. Either way it's stunning. The bust of Winston Churchill (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955) is of course a direct reference to what Bletchley Park and the mansion ended up being used for. This was the home of the code breakers and a top secret site that helped shorten WWII by a few years. After a visit to Bletchley park in September 1941 Churchill said "Action this day make sure they have all they want on extreme priority and report to me that this has been done."
Phantasmagoria :- You take your chances when you venture out with a camera. You hope with all your heart that things will fall in place and that you'll get that 'Special' shot and image but 9 times out of 10 you don't. Someone once asked me how I get so many wonderful looking shots and images and I replied that the secret is to get out (in all weathers) as much as you can and point the camera at everything..then and only then will you get the chance of getting something worthwhile. The great shots are the tip of a rather large and underwhelming visual iceberg that's below the waterline. Intuition and instinct plays heavily on getting the shot too. On this day i was sitting at home, minding my own business when I happened to look out of the window which looks to the East. I couldn't see if there was a sunset (obviously) but I noticed very heavy cluds and also saw there was a faint glow about them. realising that the sun was about to do something rather fancy I grabbed the camera, jumped in the car and drove 5 minutes down to the beach at Ovingdean Gap where this scene was waiting for me. I didn't know it was low tide, I had no idea how dramatic it was going to be. But if I'd not looked out the window or decided to stay in then I'd not have seen it all all. Ovingdean Gap is (approx) 3 miles to the East of the City of Brighton.
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So, Barack Obama goes to Iraq and Afghanistan. It appears that Senator Obama does know what he is talking about after all. Maliki has clearly stated that the position of the Iraqi government is to have US troops out of their country by 2010. Wow. 2010. That sounds a lot like what Barack Obama has said. John McCain is now stuck. He has taken Bush's position which never made any sense to anyone who wasn't an insecure neocon.
From HuffPost: "Prime Minister Maliki is the leader of a country and I'm confident he will act as the President and the Foreign Minister both told me in the last several days," said the presumptive Republican nominee. "It will be directly related to the situation on the ground -- just as they have always said. And since we are succeeding, I am convinced, as I have said before, we will withdraw with honor, not according to a set timetable."
McCain has only a couple of positions as I see it -
1) He can state that the Iraqis really don't know what's going on. The US, like a protective mother, knows best. I just don't see this going over with anybody.
2) McCain can try and play this with a little body-English and say that the US wants to withdraw as soon as possible. We agree that the end of 2010 is a goal if conditions on the ground support that goal. This is somewhat transparent but it may be the best option that McCain has.
3) Senator McCain can pressure Admiral Mullen and General David Petraeus to say that conditions on the ground have improved enough to push a complete and total withdraw by the end of 2010. This is almost laughable since Petraeus hasn't come close to saying anything like this but it may have merit since McCain and Bush have held up Petraeus as all knowledgeable.
Actually, all 3 of those positions are very lame but that is the best that John McCain can do. He has painted himself into this corner. It is hard to see any easy way out.
Watch John McCain struggle through this interview on Iraq policy on the Today Show.


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Hi everyone! It's Sue Plumb back with you again today to share another of my D-lish creations for the month. Today I have gone in a bit of a different direction to yesterday, opting instead for a layout design that is crisp, clean and linear as opposed the more free-flowing one I posted previously. This one features a funny photo of my boys I snapped at the doctor recently, right after they had their immunisations.
In order to achieve the clean look I was after I wanted to use lots of white (including all white embellishments); minimal embellishing; and a grid-like design. I had lots of small paper scraps from the Cocoa Vanilla Studio 'Made of Awesome' collection that were waiting to be used, so I drew up a 9x9" square on my cardstock and began shuffling to fit. Once I had them all stuck where I wanted, it was time to embellish.
Most of the pieces I used were raw wood veneers, which I coloured white with my trusty Posca paint pen. The small circle with the pointing hand was actually a chipboard piece from Dusty Attic, from the Page Pebbles #7 pack.
The small wood veneer stars I used were from the Mixed Star Value Pack. I like that these come in a variety of sizes and there are plenty enough to last several projects for great price. The wood veneer glasses were from a previous Just Add Paper kit and I had been hoarding them for way too long (simply for their cuteness factor!) The "documented" word strip was from a Journal Its Wordfetti sheet.
The wood veneer moustache is a Corbett Creations piece from a previous Just Add Paper kit that I had also hoarded for its cuteness; and the "today" word is also by Corbett Creations and available in the store. Finally, I added a flair button from the "Defining Words - White" set (for the second layout in a row - it just goes to show you how versatile they are!)
Thanks for stopping by today. If you are looking for a scrappy challenge this weekend, the June cyber crop started over in our Facebook group The Scrap Suite last night. There are 4 awesome challenges on offer from the design team (including this one from me!) so make sure you pop over to check them all out. Challenges remain open for four weeks and there is a prize for each one up for grabs.
I will be back with you again tomorrow for my final share. Until then, happy scrapping!


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All the boys from One Direction are taking a couple...
"Never just your Average Girl♥"(One Direction Love story)
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- Updated: 10 Feb 2013
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Camila , Kayla , Jillian, Eliza , and Genesis have been friends with Kaitlyn for a while now.Yet Kaitlyn has a huge secret she never told anyone.She always thought people would use her.Yeah that's right, Harry Styles from One Direction is her brother.Kaitlyn never brought them to her house because of her brother and everything. One day he was going to be gone with the boys for a good few hours.Kaitlyn gets them over but after a few the worst thing can happen at the worst moment.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
TV Station Update; KPIX New 10 PM Newscast on CW Draws Early Chuckles; Ibanez and Inglis; PIX Gags Its Staffers; Wednesday Mid-Summer Mood
KPIX: The debut of the new 10 PM newscast on its sister station, KBCW, has drawn early considerable ridicule among staffers --I watched only a few minutes Monday night and switched out of unintended laughter--I expected actually worse but this was pretty bad. A hodgepodge of over-bloated visual minutiae --dumb, irritating, nauseating, really to the eyes and ears--I will hold off an actual review until I see one full show and make sure it's as bad as it is, or worse. VDLC? Don't ask.
KRON: A frequent chant from staff: "We come in, work, and get the hell out." And that's about right. Still waiting for the late move across town to share studios and offices at Channel 7, no one knows the long term future of the independent albatross and no one seems to care either. So sad.
NBC Bay Area, (KNTV): Still grappling with an identity--haven't we been down this road before? "Do we want to be a SF station or a San Jose/Silicon Valley outlet?" The money in Silicon Valley is huge but the city, with its growing tech sector and building en fuego is nothing to sneeze about. KNTV is relatively calm and quiet with a large decision looming: will Jessica Aguirre be signed to a new contract come the end of the year? We'll know soon enough.
ABC7NewsBayArea, (KGO-TV): Key personnel decisions exist in both the news and sports divisions: Ama Daetz, as we've noted here, is all but certain to become the permanent co-anchor alongside Dan Ashley at 6 PM. No formal decision has been made --expect the announcement in September. Meanwhile, Larry Beil is telling people, (again), he'd just as soon return to Hawaii and do sports anchoring, hence, KGO's talks with Mark Ibanez about moving over to Channel 7. The ND and her assistant are increasingly losing trust inside the newsroom, no shocker here.
KPIX has put a multiple gag order on a certain 415 Media blogger which means I'm thrilled because the more they gag, the more info I get...and speaking of PIX, why is their PR person penning potentially irksome posts on her Facebook page? Because she can get away with it--for the time being...
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- AnonymousJuly 23, 2014 at 7:38 AM
KNTV -- The have a bench of replacements and if you are going to go for the young hip crowd that is not watching local news anyway then Aguirre is outReplyDelete
KPIX -- that 10 o'clock thing is a disaster. I guess the close ups so we can see what is stuck in their teeth has something to do with watching it on your mobile device. I guess with all the free lance banter VDLC does I gather Liz will not be substituting for her since she lacks that skill.
- Andrew ReidJuly 23, 2014 at 7:57 AM
I made it through the whole "newscast" on Tuesday night- it wasn't too good. Seemed like VDLC was trying to play a character instead of report news. Too bad, cos I like her. Vern Glenn seemed lost at sea. Granted, at 59 I'm not in the demo they are trying to hit, but how many 18-34s even watch TV news?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 23, 2014 at 9:04 AM
You are not the only one. I don't get how taking your tie off makes you hip to the millennial crowd. Yes i thought VLDC was playing a character also and I'm 42.Delete
- ChristineJuly 23, 2014 at 8:46 AM
Dang, I missed the new new news for the young young young. Is it different than real news? Do they say "like, you know, like" a lot? Are they developing that special certain kind of premature neck droop because of their smartass phones?I'll bet the clothes are trendier and tighter than the real news people's togs. Is it amazing? awesome? and hilarious? Is the primary attribute necessary to do this snoozecast, tight pores? Inquiring minds want to know,maybe.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 23, 2014 at 9:27 AM
LOL! VDLC is my new BFF!Delete
- AnonymousJuly 23, 2014 at 4:52 PM
You're about as likely to get the young young young watching local TV news as you are getting them to listen to AM radio. The pie now has many, many slices, and TV is an old slice for old people.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 23, 2014 at 11:03 PM
Even though he makes mistakes every week, I like Fred Inglis. Sorry to see him go.ReplyDelete


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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Good News!
Just had to pop in and shout the good news! He's not home yet, but we're counting the days! Today hubby and I went to Texas to pick up a trailer and we stopped to grab a bite to eat. We had just taken our seats and pointed out that we were sitting right under a Marine flag, when he called! :) At least he's back on American soil. Praise God! Oh, I can hardly contain myself! Thank you all so very much for your thoughts and prayers. I am truly, truly grateful! Think I'll have all the happy tears cried before he gets here? Nah - me neither.
23 comments:
- Michigan Gal said...
I saw that on FB and am rejoicing with you! I understand only too well how it feels to have a child serving overseas and share in your joy at having him back on American soil. Praise God.
- September 12, 2012 at 5:43 PM
- Darlene said...
OK, now I'm crying - this is wonderful news. WooHoo! Yes, Praise God!
- September 12, 2012 at 5:44 PM
- Nancy said...
That's really good news!
Please tell him "Thank You" for serving his country. I am grateful for his service and sacrifice.
- September 12, 2012 at 5:52 PM
- tubilinha tiacarminha said...
Que boa notícia,girassol de Jesus, sua fé e oração protegeu seu menino.Que com o coração alegre do dever cumprido retorna ao seio da família abençoada.DEUS ABENÇOE E SEJA LOUVADO SEMPRE! estamos juntas.Beijo grande,e um abraço em seu filho de uma brasileira que ti admira muito.
- September 12, 2012 at 6:01 PM
- carol fun said...
So glad to hear he's back in the USA! You are totally entitled to a good cry - hugs!
- September 12, 2012 at 6:15 PM
- Staci said...
WONDERFUL NEWS! I am so happy for you! I know the kind of joy you are feeling.
I don't think there can every be an end to happy tears!
- September 12, 2012 at 6:53 PM
- ytsmom said...
That is such wonderful news!
- September 12, 2012 at 7:23 PM
- Hilachas said...
I'm so happy that your son is back safely on American soil. Tell him we appreciate him so much.
- September 12, 2012 at 8:05 PM
- Gwynette in NW Arkansas said...
You must be over the moon with happiness!!! I'm so glad for your sake that he is safe and sound. My brother and cousin were Marines and therefore, always a Marine!!! Semper Fi!!!
- September 12, 2012 at 8:11 PM
- Denise :) said...
Praise the Lord!!! I *know* how ecstatic you must be!!! :)
- September 12, 2012 at 8:11 PM
- sarapatch said...
I am VERY VERY HAPPY for YOU!!!!!
- September 12, 2012 at 11:38 PM
- Carol said...
That is the very BEST NEWS! I am so excited and happy for you all! Tears of joy for you!
- September 13, 2012 at 6:17 AM
- Pauline said...
I share your joy!
- September 13, 2012 at 8:03 AM
- JMF said...
Oh HAPPY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so glad your son is back home Praise the Lord.
I love Grandma Kate's quilt too. You are lucky to have been given it to take care of.
- September 13, 2012 at 8:07 AM
- Janie said...
I have goose bumps reading your post! Yeah! I was praying last night and was just going to email you today to find out if he was back yet! Praise God. Bursting with joy for your family. Love Janie
- September 13, 2012 at 10:31 AM
- Kristie said...
Oh that is wonderful news! I'm sure that is such a relief for you just to know he is back in the USA. Love and hugs.
- September 13, 2012 at 11:00 AM
- Quiltn Mama said...
WHOHOO! So happy for you mama and tell him 'Thank you, from Texas!'
- September 13, 2012 at 2:42 PM
- Doniene said...
You know - he may be your baby boy - but he is our hero!!! So thankful he is "home"!!!!
- September 13, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Blessings to you and your family! I am a new subscriber and a wife of an Army veteran. So thankful your son is home safe. For us, please tell him "Welcome Home"!
- September 13, 2012 at 3:30 PM
- Cow Pies & Mud Pies said...
Hallelujah! I have a few tears of joy myself! That is wonderful news...and I'm so happy for you!!!
God Bless!
- September 16, 2012 at 7:00 PM
- NaomiG said...
YAY!!!! So glad! Excited for you. :-)
- September 17, 2012 at 1:39 PM
- Karin said...
Thats great news!!! I´m soooo HAPPY for you guys!!!! God bless!
- September 21, 2012 at 5:51 AM
- Shelly said...
Wonderful news. So happy for you all. I know you can hardly wait to get to see him in person!
- September 26, 2012 at 1:22 PM


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|Jennifer is in charge of the margaritas.
I'll be back on Sunday. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
|Jennifer is in charge of the margaritas.
With J mixing there's no telling what will happen.
I am *totally* jealous! I love scrapbooking and have thought about planning a weekend like that with my friends. This makes me want to do it even more. Have a GREAT time!
Denise, Jennifer and I were the last ones to bed last night - I mean, this morning... ;-)
Go for it, Kendall. Apparently there are other places similar to this but closer to home. You won't be sorry!
I'm a huge scrapbook fiend!!! This sounds like a ton of fun, Pam. Definitely can't wait to see pictures.
Have fun!
How fun! I got a scrapbook case with a built in cart that I use for beading and cross-stitch stuff when I travel. Don't get me wrong, I have a bunch of pages done, some fancy, some not, in various scrapbooks, but it's a hobby that seems to have gone by the wayside.
Glad you got to have a great time!
Turned out I didn't take any more pictures, Tami. But I will share a couple of pages later this week.
I have spent years collecting supplies but doing very little scrapbooking, Julee. But I think that is going to change after this weekend. Like everything else, I have to find a way to incorporate it into my daily routine. Wish me luck!


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I don't think he's read the posts I have here about our conversation, but after I wrote a conciliatory email to him apologizing if my words had stung him and asking to please just drop the issue, my friend wrote to me in Gmail chat: "i still feel compulsive to have myself explained".
Forks, truer wards have never bespoken.
I must report, however, that my days as a blogger and Christian are surely numbered, since his parting words have called me out from darkness to light: "i don't know with whom or what i should be frustrated with… [one-minute pause] you or the years of brainwashing at church".
And there was much sighing in the land. Something about "with friends like these…."]
I recently posted commentary about an online conversation I had with a friend.
My friend has replied. Sigh.
You are not getting what I said. I guess I am gonna have to explain it to you when we meet.
I decided to have a little fun:
Yassuh, please do set me on yourn knee so's to he'p me unnnastand yaw highfalutin' logic right here. ;) I'll listen to what you have to say, but "there's no there there," at least based on how you've mounted your position so far.
Let me make this as simple as a Playdoh kit:
The best defense (x:B) is a good offense (A:y) = It is best for A to do y in order to do x against B.
The best way to start talking (A:x) is to shut up (A:y) = It is best for A to do y in order to do x.
There are two agents in the football slogan; there's only one in yours. Your disanalogy simply does not map.
The second mock slogan of yours is just as incoherent.
"The best way to stop your opponents from scoring is to stop them from scoring." =/= "The best way to prevent your points from being lesser than your opponent's is to score more points than your opponent."
Bark up a different tree, dude. You're bewitching yourself with your own quixotic crusade against the bewitchment of language.
While I was typing my reply, he added a further rebuttal:
[Quoting me:] "Coaches call certain "offensive" plays in order to score points, points which *function as* a defensive means against the opponent's offensive plays."
Pure bulls[...]t... it's almost like saying I am shooting someone dead "in advance" as a "preemptive strike", therefore that person whom I shot dead won't be a potential harm to me in the future. And then I testify in court that it was merely self-defense.
Offensive plays are offensive plays. Defense is defense. You accuse me of posting a heap of pretensious, sophistical prose?! What the f is that supposed to mean, dude? I am illustrating points. And it looks like you didn't grasp any of it.
I was feeling masochistic, so I replied:
It depends on how close in time the shot and my victim's action occur. Ten years apart, no. Ten seconds apart, yes. The football slogan swings both ways: it's a question of strategy within the span of a game. In chess, by analogy, each move can be made as an offensive move, until the opponent's offenses require a defensive sidestep. Or the player can mount a primarily defensive game and then strike offensively when the opponent is weakened. In football, what is technically an offensive move can be called with the coach's consciousness that it functions in a larger defensive strategy. Your confusion is to think I am saying that the best offensive *play* is identical to a good defensive *play*. I am talking about strategy, not tactics.
The reason I called your reply a) pretentious and b) sophistical is because a) reading it was like breathing from a large jar of rice vinegar: the density of thesaurus-derived verbiage made me squint and cough; and b) you used a couple hundred words to make the same incoherent point you had expressed in a couple dozen.
By now, it seems, my friend was so swollen with neo-Wittgensteinian angst that he couldn't resist confronting me in Gmail chat and the following is some of the gut-wrenching results:
FRIEND: i don't know what u don't get about it
when there are five around me who do
ME: cool, argument from consensus
F: no
i am asking u
M: having 5 friends confused in the same way doesn't help the failure of your disanalogy in this instance
F: u gotta cut the classical nonsense when we talk about these issues
i am not saying just because people agree with me, it's true
unlike religion ;)
i just don't know what u don't get about it
M: no, you're saying your point is true because you can't see beyond the lexical level to the semantic
F: ahh
now, i see
I: i've already pointed how the logical form doesn't map
F: u see what i have always set out to do was never for the purpose of setting the standard for expression
u see the expression "the best defense is good offense" is not "wrong"
it's "silly"
u r the one who is somewhat stuck back in the old days of Wittgenstein ONLY WHEN it comes to issues like this
[His point here to say I am still taking a "Tractarian" approach to Wittgenstein, whereas he is drawing more on the "later Wittgenstein" of the Philosophical Investigations. In his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Wittgenstein argued that all language has a logical form, corresponding to the logical form of the reality to which it refers, and that this basic formality can be shown but not said. Over the course of the next decades, Wittgenstein retracted this extreme position in favor of treating language less like a logical apparatus and more like a "game." This point will be significant later.]
M: dude, just because you can't understand how coaches and players use an expression in their own world doesn't mean you need to go on and on trying to justify your incomprehension
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F: that's no the problem
i do understand
it's stupid
M: but is it meaningless?
F: u talk about ends
M: is the expression meaningless?
F: one can get the same ends by instructing the players play by play with clear def
it's not meaningless
kinda like how bad English and bad Chinese can somehow still be understood
M: what is silly about a soldier saying the best way to stop his enemy is by shooting him?
F: the question is the "intelligence" of the languages we use
what is silly about a guy who does the same to another guy can call it "self defense"?
M: or a general to say the best way to protect his troops so they can advance the front is by blasting away at the enemy's frontline?
we're talking about two teams expressly out to defeat each other
not some random pack of people standing on a field who get bum rushed by NFL players
playing aggressively is just how some coaches like to protect their own team's interests
nothing silly about that
F: if that's the case
it should follow that there is no such thing is murder
everyone is killing to prevent oneself from being killed
offense is offense
defense is defense
M: a is a
b is b
just start using e-prime
[LINK, heheh] Since it may seem I am the pot calling the kettle black by posting the minutiae of what is already a very lilliputian debate, I want to explain why this issue is as important to me as it apparently is. I feel my friend is engaging in the worst kind of sophistry, the kind of verbal contortions that give dialectical reasoning a very bad name. I also think it is a pristine example of how "linguistic philosophy" can stumble into rabbit holes by its own desire to outsmart others; and, as I noted above, that's E-Prime all over.
This escapade also provides an opportunity to look at how dishonest "logical" people––self-styled rationalists, perhaps––can sometimes be about what their emphasis on logic means for them. Recall my friend's objection that I am "stuck back in the old days of Wittgenstein … [when] it comes to issues like this". Presumably, he is objecting that I am laying too much emphasis on the logical form of the expressions under debate, rather than paying enough attention to the silliness of the football slogan in the language game called sports. Yet it was he who opened the issue by rhetorically objecting that, "If the best defense is really just good offense…, does the logic follow that the best way to shut up is to start talking? … [T]his is exactly as meaningful as saying, "the best way to stop your opponents from scoring is to stop them from scoring!" Initially he objected to the illogicality of the football slogan, but when I demonstrated that his disanalogy fails––by failing to match the slogan in logical form––, he rebutted that I was paying too much attention to logical form. Quite a convenient play on his part. This is logicalism with soiled underwear.
It may be one of the worst consequences of Wittgenstein's impact––an impact which I feel has been misrepresented in surprising ways, and which I greatly respect as far as I can swallow it––is that many thinkers seem so willing nowadays to ignore logic. Presumably, in the wake of "the later Wittgenstein," saying something meaningful––or, being "authentic"––frees one from having to say something logical, and accusing something or someone of silliness exempts one from having to make logical criticisms. My friend is a case in point. He first insinuates that the slogan is meaningless, but, when pressed on the issue, admits it is meaningful and he understands it, adverting now to a gripe about how "silly" the slogan is. Not that his disanalogies have shown the logical flaw or flaws in the slogan; presumably, it suffices merely to register his personal distaste for the slogan as a case of being "slick."
Let us, then, examine the charge of silliness. My friend objects that the slogan is silly because it identifies two opposite notions, offense and defense. For him, saying, " [i] The best defense is a good offense," is as silly as saying, " [ii] The best way to stay home is by going outside," or, " [iii] The best way to go up is by going down." If we were obliged to stay at the purely abstract, lexical level of meaning, this would true and the slogan would be utter nonsense. Fortunately, however, since we have the ability to "mensch" our words into meaningful contexts of association and analogy, we can make sense of all of these expressions, if there is a possible context in which they might be used. First consider [ii]: Suppose my landlord told me the secret police were coming to raid the building, and were going to arrest me if they found me in my apartment. If I want to keep my apartment and domestic life, I need to leave and hide out somewhere. Hence, "The best way to stay [here in the long run] is by going outside [for now]." Next consider [iii]: Suppose I got arrested but eventually become friends with an old-timer in the prison who has been digging an escape tunnel for decades. Past escapees have tried to climb the fence or work their way out through the overhead air ducts. But his tunnel goes beneath all the prison's infrastructure and alarms, like a parabolic tube running from his cell down into the soil and then up again into the forest hundreds of yards beyond the prison. He tells me to break out with him while I still have a chance, but I am afraid of a tunnel collapse, or a flood, etc. He reassures me, "The best way to go [back] up [to freedom on the outside] is by going down [the tunnel]." These accounts may seem contrived, but they make the point that meaning is use in context, not in a dictionary, and thus show how the football slogan can and does make sense given a sensible account of its proper usage-context.
(Besides, if Wikipedia says it's a useful adage, it must be true!)
Having come this far along the path of alleged silliness, let us see how my friend's position fares. For him, "Offense is offense and defense is defense," and the slogan is as trivially (tautologically) true as saying, "The best way to stop an opponent from scoring is by stopping him from scoring." A reconstructed form of the slogan would, therefore, be, "The best offense is a very good offense" (and, of course, "The best defense is a very good defense"). It would further be true that "The best team has the best offense," or "The best team has the best defense," or, ideally, "The best team has the best offense and the best defense." This however amounts to saying that "The best team is the best team," which, while it may not be silly, in a ticklish way, it certainly lacks the musical persuasiveness and counterintuitive effectiveness of the original slogan. I wouldn't enjoy paying a doctor who told me, "The best way to improve your health is by improving your health." That would be silly. A doctor, on the other hand, who told me, "The best way to be healthy is by keeping away from toxic substances in small amounts and acceptable nutrients in excessive amounts," and then gave me particular tactics for applying his strategy, he'd get my money.
As an aside––though it relates to a line of research I would like to develop into a long essay or possibly even a book––, am I the only one who feels I am debating someone with autism? Many autistic people have great difficulty (by their own admission) understanding jokes, puns, poetry, metaphors, and riddles, because their grasp of language is unfailingly literal. An autistic person, for example, upon hearing, "The best way to a man's heart is through his stomach," might in all likelihood object, "Actually, it's through his ribcage," only he wouldn't see how his objection is a punchline. The point is that some hyper-logical thinkers––or, at least, some people who claim they strive to be logical above all else––suffer from the same cognitive deficits as autistic people do. The fundamental problem is an inability or unwillingness to invoke analogy as a key not only to language but also to reality. This is why I consider atheists and materialists to be "philosophically autistic" (e.g. as dramatized in this post). For them, it is illegitmate to see nature as a sign, icon, or analogy for God's existence, power, and glory, since "nature is nature" and "God is God," and ne'er the twain shall meet. Just as autists "simply can't see" how an abstract painting is a crowded street, or how a leitmotif is a duck, and how, in turn, a duck is a lush, so atheists "simply can't see" how a strong complex of rational arguments, transcendental longings and clues vouched for by the majority of humanity, a dead man on a Cross, an offering of Bread and Wine, or anything else is God (albeit 'is' God in varyingly analogical ways).
As I noted before in my initial lament, E-Prime is a defective attempt at discourse in so far as it rejects or minimizes analogy in language and reality. Korzybski said something along the following lines, "Say whatever you will about a pencil, but don't say it is a 'pencil'!" Korzybski objected to the copulative "is" as a root of many logical evils. For example, why say, "The heart is a lonely hunter" when you could instead say something more precise? Or why try saying that at all, and not simply admit the idea is incoherent? Korzybski's problem, or at least the position of his more extreme disciple, is (!) that his position ignores how the analogy of being shapes the analogical dimensions of language. A thing is both itself and an analogy for something else, indeed, an analogy for many things, depending how we refract it through the prism of analogia entis. My friend's objection is just as defective, and is but an oblique paraphrase of Korzybski: "Say whatever you will about offense, but don't say it is 'defense'!" If reality is not analogical, then offense is, and can only be, offense. Since, however, reality is analogical, we can understand how offense can both be offense, in itself, and be defense, on a higher analogical plane. We can see this, I mean, if we don't suffer from metaphysical autism.
The final reason I have spent this much time on this logical whitewash, is because I have a strong hunch that my friend is so passionate about this point because he feels it will secure a larger (liberal) victory in the debate about, say, the death penalty, or abortion, perhaps. If "offense is offense and defense is defense," then the death penalty is equivalent to cold-blooded murder: it's an act of offense, not defense. Conversely, if defense is defense is defense, then abortion is not murder, since it is merely a defensive act on the part of a female body. To say that I find this kind of argumentation grotesque is but a compact and oblique way of saying that I value the things the argumentation denigrates, namely, the good of the larger human social order and the inherent rights of the fetal body.


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Last night's game was probably boring to anyone but Packer fans. I'm guessing that the TV rating dropped precipitously in the second half. It was certainly boring to the 49er fans in the stands. They were pretty quiet throughout the game. In fact, on the way home, people were calling in to sports radio shows, complaining about how quiet the fans were, as if the "12th man" was the main problem for the 49ers. The other topic on the sports radio shows was who should start at QB for the 49ers next week.
There was a lot left to be desired in the game for the Packers. There was a lot of bending but no breaking on defense, and the offense only scored 2 TDs (plus 2 FGs) out of 5 trips inside the red zone. This could un-do the Packers in a different game. Here, I looked at it as a methodical, pretty conservative game plan on both sides of the ball, with the idea that this was a game they would win unless they screwed it up.
To put it differently, I had the impression that the Packers could have scored a lot more points if they wanted to by opening up the offense. But they decided to stick with a safer, conservative game plan, figuring that the 49ers would not score many points. Except for the first couple of series, the Packers seemed to me to be in total control of the game.
The long ball to Bradford was obviously not a conservative play, except in the sense that people have been throwing long against the 49ers with success all year. And if the defender did not tackle him it might have been a TD (you all must have seen that one better than I did, since they showed no replay of this play in the stadium). So 2 of the possible outcomes are good, plus it a long pass like this tends to loosen up the defense for the short passing game. Certainly in the second half the 49er defenders were playing way off the receivers.
As mentioned, the atmosphere throughout the game was subdued in the stands. There were a lot more Packer fans present than in the playoff game in January, as I had expected. The Packer fans were having a good time, tastefully at least in my area, and the 49er fans were mostly sitting on their hands. The paper here did not publish any "no show" statistics, but I can tell you that there were thousands of empty seats, even at the beginning of the game. The rain, which may have scared some away, did not start to any meaningful extent until the 4th quarter. Once it did, the stands started to empty out, and the percentage of Packer fans present increased dramatically by the end of the game. The Packers got a pretty hearty send-off from the Packer fans at the corner of the field on the other side, where the team goes on its way to the locker room.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
Report from 3Com Park
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