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Casting controversies aside, Broadway's dearth of drama will continue into the second half of the 1990-91 season.
Only three new dramas have set openings for the last third of the legit year. "The Speed Of Darkness," "Dancing At Lughnasa" and "Our Country's Good" will join the tiny roster of this season's dramatic openers and may or may not join the even tinier lineup of successes.
To date, latter "lineup" is a roster of one: "Six Degrees Of Separation," which transferred from Lincoln Center's off-Broadway Mitzi Newhouse Theater upstairs to the Vivian Beaumont, where it is a consistent sellout or near-sellout.
Remainder of the season should prove kinder to comedies. Circle in the Square will begin previewing the Alan Ayckbourn comedy "Taking Steps" Feb. 1, while Neil Simon's new "Lost In Yonkers" will be the cornerstone of the Nederlander Organization's spring lineup.
On shakier ground is Jujamcyn's presentation of the Stuart Ostrow-Andrew Lloyd Webber-produced comedy "La Bete," which began a pre-Broadway run in Boston last month to sluggish b.o.
Jujamcyn is rounding out its spring line with another comedy, "I Hate Hamlet," set for the Walter Kerr Theater in March, and a musical, "The Secret Garden," which previews April 5 at the St. James. "Garden" will replace "Gypsy" after 476 performances, and "Hamlet" takes over for the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Piano Lesson," closing Jan. 27 after 327 perfs.
At the Nederlander Organization, "Fiddler On The Roof has helped offset the flop of David Merrick's "Oh, Kay!" while "Jackie Mason: Brand New" and the limited-run "Peter Pan" have done solid biz. "Shogun" is so-so.
The rest of Nederlander's season includes "Our Country's Good," previewing at the Nederlander Theater Feb. 4; "Yonkers," previewing at the Richard Rodgers Feb. 12; and "Will Rogers At The Ziegfeld Follies," a tuner opening the company's refurbished Palace Theater March 25. "Lughnasa," a production of Dublin's Abbey Theater, is set for late March previews at an undetermined Nederlander house.
Although the Shubert Organization has only three shows set for winter/spring openings, the company lays claim to the record-setting "Miss Saigon." With casting disputes resolved and advance sales approaching $35 million, the Cameron Mackintosh-produced musical will open April 11 at the Broadway Theater.
"Mule Bone," a comedy with music, by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, will begin a month of previews at the Shubert's Ethel Barrymore Theater Jan. 15. "The Speed Of Darkness" previews Feb. 18 at the company's Belasco Theater. With "A Few Good Men" departing the Music Box Jan. 26, "Darkness" will be the Shubert's only drama.
Wild card is "Oh, Kay!" which Merrick says he intends to bring back to Broadway in April after limited runs out of town. Sources say Merrick hopes to land a name to star in the production to avoid a repeat of the dismal 77-performance run at the Rodgers.


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Legislation would create LTCH certification criteria
One major nursing home provider recently praised House legislation that would establish certification criteria for long-term acute care hospitals. U.S. Rep. Phil English (R-PA) and U.S. Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) introduced the bill."The English-Pomeroy bill goes a long way toward achieving the goal of ensuring that these medically complex patients have access to LTAC hospitals and at the same time would reduce Medicare expenditures by ensuring that patients who don't need LTAC services are effectively treated in lower cost settings such as inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) and skilled nursing facilities," said Paul Diaz, president and chief executive officer of Kindred Healthcare Inc.
In related news, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed extending the "25% rule" to long-term care hospitals. It also proposed a 0.71% increase in standard Medicare reimbursements for LTCHs for 2008. The so-called 25% rule currently reduces Medicare reimbursements for LTCHs located within acute care hospitals that accept more than 25% of their patients from the host facilities. Under the new proposal, the 25% threshold would include certain situations not currently covered under the existing regulations.

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From: Roberts, Chris ([email protected])
Date: Wed Feb 02 2000 - 05:34:06 PST
I know that this has been a topic of discussion previously on the list,
however, I have been unable to locate any such discussion in the archive
which only dates back to Oct. 1999. If there is a way to view older
archives I may be able to dig up the information myself.
I am currently evaluating signal integrity tool solutions for high speed PCB
design. While I have done some high speed design, up to this point I have
had limited experience with using software simulation to identify and solve
SI related problems prior to layout. I guess we still doing things the
"old-fashion" (i.e. multiple board revisions and lots of prototyping) way
with mixed results. I am would like to identify all available SI software
tools, and I would be interested to get any feedback on the capabilities and
limitations of any of these tools which you may be willing to share. Thanks
in advance for your assistance.
Chris Roberts
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Date: 2008-10-21, 8:29PM CDT
This is weird... I saw you at the park the other day- you know, the one by the school? You were over by that tree taking a leak and I thought that your coat looked GORGEOUS!! I wanted to sniff your rear end and ask if you use liver oil or fish oil supplements but then a bird distracted me (dunno- I think it was a crow) and I ran off. When I came back you were kinda busy eating some poop. Please please please lemme know...
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Oakland, Berkeley, And East Bay News, Events, Restaurants, Music, & Arts
A beautiful North African setting of tile, burbling fountains, and candlelight hosts a menu of organic comfort food from around the world. While many of the dishes could use more of the spicing that gives the restaurant its name, the house baked potatoes, the spiky coleslaw, the blackened red snapper with napa cabbage, and the slow-roasted pork shoulder are satisfying mealtime options. Impressive menu of loose-leaf tea blends.
Hours: Mon-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Sat. 5-10 p.m., Sun. closed
Tags: California Cuisine
Price: $$
Payment Type: MasterCard, Visa, cash
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Announced back in late May, the 41st series between the United States and Japanese collegiate baseball teams is fast approaching. A total of five games will be played across New England with the first three taking place in Massachusetts. Three games between the USA and Japan will take place in Massachusetts, with the third being a match-up between the United States and Future's Collegiate Baseball League's Prospect Team. The teams will play games at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field in Worcester, Campanelli Stadium in Brockton and Lelacheur Park in Lowell. The series is sponsored by the Future's Collegiate Baseball League, with the team's staying and training at Worcester State University. The games played in Massachusetts will occur from July 11 through July 15:
July 11: United States vs. FCBL Prospect Team, 7:05, Worcester. TICKETS.
July 13: United States vs. Japan, 7:05, Worcester. TICKETS.
July 14: United States vs. Japan, 7:00, Brockton. TICKETS.
July 15: United States vs. Japan, 5:35, Lowell. TICKETS.
Tickets for the two games in Worcester start at $5, while the game in Brockton has seats as low as $11 and seats in Lowell range from $7-10. Campanelli Stadium can hold almost 6,000 fans, while Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field holds about 3,000, and Lelacheur Park about 5,000, so be sure to purchase tickets as soon as possible.
Team USA will feature players from across the country and will be led by UCLA manager John Savage. Savage has had a legendary career at UCLA, becoming one of only six coaches in college baseball history to win a College World Series title, coach a #1 overall draft pick and have a Golden Spikes Award Winner. His assistant coaches come from baseball powerhouses in Long Beach State, Cal Poly, Florida State and Cal State Fullerton. The roster consists entirely on those who just finished their freshman or sophomore seasons in college. Fans will have the opportunity to see some local talent, as UConn's Tim Cate will be a pitcher on the US squad, hailing from Manchester, Connecticut. Cate has a 3.02 career ERA at UConn and also participated on this squad last summer. The Japanese squad will be led by manager Tatsuya Yoshinami, who will bring a talented roster to New England. These will be some of the final games of the summer for the US Collegiate National Team, who is 11-1 so far this summer.


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There are however many lovely and magickal Christmas movies that I encourage watching in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
I also have to warn you that I have never and will never endorse the viewing of A Christmas Story. I find it neither funny nor heart-warming, and I will stick to my guns (pun!) no matter who threatens to shoot my eye out (pun #2!).
|I love Christmas movies! Christmas movies are my favorite!
The Polar Express
|"Tickets, please!"
The Santa Clause
A classic. Tim Allen at his prime. Again, another interesting twist on the story of Santa Clause that gives us the message that family and believing in magick is important.
Any and All Christmas TV Movies
Okay, I know that they are kind of all the same, and some are really ridiculous, but there are a few gems in the mix like Secret Santa and Three Days. Plus, they are never in short supply and most never fail to be heart-warming, despite the corniness (then again, I'm a sucker for corniness).
What movies do you watch around this time of December?
All photos courtesy of IMDB


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Despite the bad press that Malay cuisine usually gets as a gravy choked coconut milk laden calorific dishes, represented best by the ubiquitous modern nasi lemak that now comes with a multitude of fattening side dishes, the healthiness of traditional Malay cuisine are actually quite similar to other cultural diets even the so called balanced diet. It is just that the current way Malay dishes are prepared especially in the nasi campur or mixed rice configuration may have inadvertently left out the balanced part of the meal, usually for the sake of convenience. A prime example is the Malay salads that consist of the aforementioned tauhu goreng, gado-gado, urap, kerabu, pecal and even the simple salada. See how simple it was for me to roll off six types of Malay salads and that does not even include the regional specialties like jelatah and achar. Tell me how easy is it for you to partake in any of this salad when you have a Malay meal nowadays. Actually difficult right.
It is the same thing with the soup course. Why do we only have soup when we eat at Siamese stalls? I have wondered why oxtail soup being promoted internationally as being Siamese as it is with their various tom yam variations until it dawns on you that the oxtail soup may actually be Siamese Patani style and who are these Patanis actually but of Malay stock too. So what happened to the spicy Malay soups of chicken, fish that even includes fish heads, beef, ribs, mutton and even the sourish soups like pindang? For one they do take time to prepare but more importantly do not really lend themselves to the normal style of mix rice presentation as they are difficult to keep warm. Soups are also difficult to match to the repertoire of the mostly sambal or gravy based dishes that are offered as lauk for a typical Malay meal seating. Thus is that Malay soups are fated to be relegated only to be eaten as sotos and lontongs or paired only with noodles.
Now remember that flour fritters for the tauhu goreng that I mentioned before? It needs a special method to fry so that you get a chewy centre with crispy edges that when you cracked it over the tauhu goreng, you get a variety of textures. But truthfully who really bothers to take the trouble when they cook nowadays. So is it any wonder that you may find components within a dish being left out, what more from a meal itself. Fess up! Discounting a Malay meal at an upscale restaurant or hotel buffet, who can actually say they had an easy time to pair their meal with a soup or salad. That is even if you can find these dishes being served at all, and not cold as is usually the case. Furthermore, when was the last time you can find an ulam tray of at least kacang botol, petai or pegaga, and fresh bouncy ones at that? Is it any wonder that we overload our plates with the more popular fat laden dishes instead? We have forgotten that our forefathers obtained longevity not only with cardio vascular work but also with their herbs and spice mix to balance out their gravy intake as their elixir of life. No need to look for any fountain of youth for them.
The sad thing is that it is not only the Malays that seem to be discarding their eating heritage. It has become similarly as rare to find the flour fritters in rojak buah even in


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An open check crochet stitch is featured in all three Everyday styles: beanie, bandana and headband. The crochet beanie is unisex - guys with buzzed or bald heads will appreciate the softness and comfort of lightweight cotton.
You will need 1 x 50 g skein of 4 ply fingering weight yarn for each project and a 3.00 mm hook. If you have ribbon yarn in your stash you may like to embellish the edge of the beanie for a pretty accent.
My favorite cotton yarn for a summer weight beanie or bandana is a 4 ply cotton from Brazil by Circulo Linhas called Anne. It is very soft and comes in a luscious variety of colors. Other yarn suggestions include: Fingering/4 ply weight yarn such Mandarin Petit by Norwegian Spirit, Sesia Baby by Sesia, Rowan 4 ply cotton, Panda Regal 4 ply and Heirloom 4 ply cotton from Australia.
You can buy the Everyday-style pattern bundle at BandanaHeads on Etsy


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"Like the nurse in Romeo and Juliet, the mobile was the romantic facilitator, a 21st Century substitute for the go-between, arranging assignations and delivering messages."
-Love blooms beneath shadow of war
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6 years ago
Economics, global development,current affairs, globalization, culture and more rants on the dismal science, and the society. "As usual, it's like being a kid in a candy store. I'm awed by the volume of high-quality daily links in general. Thanks!" - Chris Blattman


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This is what I think about budget cuts
I wrote something very long about economic crises, the fallacy of austerity as an end, and the harmful effects of over reliance on a skittish private sector to promote recovery, but deleted it so as to not alienate everyone. I'll end this post by saying that it is a huge shame that politicians are ignoring the needs of productive New Yorkers by promoting regressive taxes (a soda tax? Getting rid of the tax exemptions on items below $110? Cutting school budgets and 1 library day a week? Allowing tuition increases at public universities? To quote G.O.B. Bluth, "Come ON!"). Yo, tax-averse peeps in NY: keeping this city somewhat accessible and safe is GOOD for your property values, your safety, and your ability to sleep at night!
Finally, this relates to the blog because I want to draw on the political conditions as an impetus for my own actions. I will make a more conscious effort to buy less of everything, especially clothes. I am not the best remixer, but I continue to inspired by the personal fashion/style blogosphere everyday. Summer time is hard for remixing, with the heat, but now that it's below 90 in NY, I'm layering away.
Hope you all had a less ranty and frustrating Wednesday then I. Disagreements, thoughts, ideas are surely welcome.
Tunic: Alwin, Minneapolis (via Cliche)
Skirt: OU
Boots: Durango, via Beacon's Closet
Belt: thrifted
*I have a love/hate thing with the NYTimes. They do some good reporting, good local investigating, but they also cater heavily to the champagne Upper Manhattan crowd, which makes sense economically, but likely influences their views. Also, what's up with their obsession with describing their interview subjects' looks?


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Power Play Cashes in at the Right Timeby Rob Mixer / Columbus Blue Jackets
|Blue Jackets' Rick Nash celebrates with Anton Stralman after Nash scores a goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars Monday, Dec 6, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. Blue Jackets won 3-2 in a shootout.
(AP Photo/Terry Gilliam)
Over the course of a grueling 82-game schedule, every team will go through lapses and skids.
The same applies to special teams - good teams score power-play goals in crunch time.
It wasn't the prettiest of games against the Dallas Stars, nor was it the worst possible result. Mired in a five-game winless skid, the Blue Jackets accomplished what all good teams do: they found a way to win.
Their 3-2 shootout victory at Nationwide Arena was a fitting tonic to end a difficult stretch, going 0-4-1 in the previous five games. Getting back to doing the simple things was a focal point for the coaches, as the team heads into another important stretch of games.
"We had to stop the bleeding before we go into St. Louis," Blue Jackets head coach Scott Arniel said.
Most importantly, they found a way to keep the game alive.
"We had to get to the overtime," Arniel continued. "That was a big two points that we needed. I like the way we played tonight."
Trailing 2-1 late in the third period, Columbus put a string of several effective shifts together and had the Stars backing up.
Rick Nash put on a puck-protection clinic on a couple occasions down the stretch, and appeared to draw a penalty but the call was not made.
But then they got an opportunity.
R.J. Umberger barnstormed his way to into the offensive zone and disrupted Dallas defenseman Karlis Skrastins. The Latvian blueliner grabbed a hold of Umberger's arm, dragging him to the ice. The referee's arm went up, signaling the chance.
With goaltender Mathieu Garon on the bench for the extra attacker, Nash potted his team-leading 14th goal of the season with 46.1 seconds left in regulation.
Watch the Goal on Jackets TV
Rather than feeling like an exhale, the players saw the captain's power-play tally as a big boost.
"It's exactly what we needed as a team," Garon said.
"Our power play got us a big goal and our captain stepped up at the end. I think we needed that kind of emotion and obviously we got it tonight."
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My son even ate them as leftovers the next day. I was in shock! He doesn't go for beans but he ate these. I will make them again!
<^..^> Lori
I wear many hats...joint heirs with Christ, wife to Jim, mother to Hannah and Johnson are at the top of my wardrobe. I retired after working 33 years for a grocery chain. I worked as our church secretary for a couple of years. I help with Awana Club, Ladies Missionary Fellowship, Vacation Bible School, Mission Trips, volunteer as needed at our church, and the local retirement home. The list goes on...just like you...I keep busy!


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Right-wing forms of "basic" income advocacy reduce all too readily to visions of bare life without the rights, standards, and supports to ensure an actually legible scene of consent to the terms of everyday relations for the majority of the people. Game the minimum "sufficient" basic income into a state of near-precarity without recourse to any other pillars of equity-in-diversity and you've peddled feudalism as a universally emancipatory scheme -- in the drearily predictable right-wing manner.Now, Behold!
A wacky survey of basic income conjoined to bitcoinsanity, digital-sharecropping, and Burning Man-style good vibes on a planetary scale, man, has been provided in what seems a sympathetic post from the Foundation for Peer-to-Peer Alternatives. Some highlights (and you must forgive my occasional incredulous irrepressible eruptions):
Greg Slepak, for instance, is the sort of Bay Area software developer who reads the Yelp reviews of homeless shelters to learn about their conditions.
[And we all know what "sort" of Bay Area software developer THAT is.--d]
"We cannot say with a straight face that we provide welfare to Americans," he has concluded. "We don't."
[Actually, of course, we do, and to the extent that we do we make the world a better place -- and that we don't do enough is obvious and almost entirely because of the power simplistic libertopian rhetoric like his own in the hands of Republican anti-tax anti-welfare anti-commonwealth plutocrats.--d]
His response, of course,
[Of course!--d]
is software -- in particular, Group Currency, a specification for online currency systems that provide basic income-like
[To be clear, "like" here means: not really at all.--d]
distributions of funds to all their users. He believes that the technology underlying Bitcoin -- a database called a blockchain,
[Gadzooks, here they go again with the blockchain of fools.--d]
shared among its users without need for central authority -- makes this possible in ways that it wasn't before. When based on a blockchain, money itself can be a shared resource. "For the first time in the internet's history, mass ownership is possible," Slepak says. "It gives individuals back their self-determination, back their dignity, back their freedom."
[None of this is actually true in reality, of course, unless abetting fraud and arms sales and human trafficking is what you mean by "self-determination," and for an unusually high proportion of libertechbrotarian "Thought Leaders" from the good old days of the cypherpunks list to the present, that weirdly seems to be the case when a case is actually made beyond handwaving.--d]
... In San Diego, Alex Goodwin has more than just a schematic. The initial implementation of his idea, FairShare, is already up and running -- it uses a bot on Reddit
[Sounds Very Serious to me!--d]
to pass out portions from a stash of donated bitcoins. Payouts are still small,
[We call that an understatement, kids.--d]
but they're there for the taking.
[Especially if you're on the take.--d]
Slepak considers the FairShare specification "vague,"
[The hell you say!--d]
but Goodwin wants to develop the project through practice, not theory. He takes as his motto an utterance of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin: "We shouldn't delay forever until every possible feature is done." ... Perhaps the most eyecatching
digital basic income out there is the one associated with BitNation -- "a collaborative platform for do-it-yourself governance" led by Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof, a Swedish entrepreneur whose resume includes contracting stints in Afghanistan and Libya.
[Oh, "entrepreneur[ial] stints," were they?--d]
The idea is to use blockchain technology to provide opt-in, state-like
[There's that pesky "like" that doesn't mean like again.--d]
services free from the constraints of borders. Basic income is to be one of those services -- alongside pensions,
[Vaporware pensions are the BEST, y'all.--d]
marriage contracts,
[You provide the Elvis impersonator.--d]
and "contract enforcement"
[Pretend not to notice this is an endorsement of gangland warlordism and you too might be a future Thought Leader!--d]
-- though the program has fallen short of its initial $20,000 crowdfunding goal. Tempelhof is outright opposed to a basic-income scheme coming from a government.
[Of course she is. Anything from government is BAD, you know, democracy, rule of law, public goods, civil rights, all that jackboot stuff rich white sooper-businessmen can save us from like Ayn Rand sez.--d]
"At Bitnation
[Where's that, you ask? Everywhere, of course, and also nowhere.--d]
everything is done through voluntary means, rather than through forcing people through the use of -- or threat of -- violence," she says.
[Since we all know real world "voluntary" contracts are never duressed by inequity, fraud, misinformation, blackmail, precarity! This is the classic and enabling "free enterprise" disavowal/delusion.--d]
"We believe voluntary participation is the only morally defendable way of doing things."
[Just ask anybody who has voluntarily participated in wage slavery, not to mention human trafficking and serfdom.--d]
... For those wary of cryptocurrency,
[You know, Luddites and Statists who aren't riding the Wave of the Future.--d]
there are other ways to fund a basic income program that don't require an act of Congress
[Being agin' the gu'ment does seem to be the main thing, after all.--d]
... the organization GiveDirectly turns donations into direct cash transfers in poor regions.
[Ah, to warlordism and serfdom we now add the selective supplemental of largesse and patronage from certain high-minded aristocrats. Another forward thinking futurological policy proposal from our cherished bleeding edge tech culture progressives!--d]Follow the link for more in this vein. In case you are curious, my own sooper-statist-deathist-luddite "Pay-to-Peer" argument on this subject is here. Another taste:
I argue that the free creative content provision, collaborative problem-solving and editing, citizen journalism and criticism facilitated by peer-to-peer networks provides public goods the ongoing support of which more than justifies the provision of a universal basic income guarantee (BIG). I argue, further, that a long history of public subsidization of communications infrastructure (the post office, roads, telegraphy, telephony, WWW) and of public education to facilitate continental-scaled good governance among a well-informed citizenry since the founding era offers a congenial context for the comparable case for a public subsidization of "free time" for citizens in the expectation that enough of them would fill it with innovative problem solving and network maintenance that it would more than compensate the public investment.... In the absence of its public subsidization peer to peer collaboration is always accompanied by increasing precarity. Whenever and wherever peer-to-peer labor formations are celebrated (for their "open access," for their "flexibility," for their "resilience," for their "innovation"), but this celebration is not just as repeatedly and explicitly accompanied by the recognition that this provision of services and maintenance of public goods is almost certainly unpaid labor, then one must read such celebrations for what they are, as celebrations of exploitation. p2p means EITHER Paid to Peer OR it means Peers to Precarity. The politics are as stark as that, and the evidence of their urgency mounts by the minute.


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July 31-August 13, 2006
Vol. 11, No. 3
Alison Galloway named vice provost of academic affairs
Jean Marie Scott acting vice chancellor of Student Affairs
New workers' compensation claims coordinator
In Memoriam
Founding faculty member Bert Kaplan
History professor
Edmund Burke III on 'Remaking the Middle East'
Physicists explore the quantum enigma in new book
New book on teaching diversity through film
UCSC in the News
Rob Fairlie's research on entrepreneurship was
mentioned in the New York Times..... and more
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Women of Color Film and Video Festival August 5-6
More than two dozen films by directors from the United States and abroad will be shown at the 13th annual Women of Color Film and Video Festival August 5-6 at Porter College.
The festival, the longest-running event of its kind, will also feature art, photography, and spoken and musical performances. It will take place from 5:30 to 10 p.m. on August 5 and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on August 6.
The festival is designed to serve as a place for participating artists, filmmakers, and community members to network and dialogue with women of color engaged in a diverse range of activist projects. It is organized by the Women of Color Research Cluster, a UCSC-based graduate student group committed to bridging the worlds of art, academia, and activism. Professor of History of Consciousness Angela Davis, the group's adviser, will deliver opening remarks.
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NEA fellowships given to three local artists
While the arts world has focused in recent months ocongressional debate on the future of the National Endowment for the Arts, the NEA has been going about its business of awarding grants and fellowships. Earlier this month, it gave three of its most prestigious awards to Baltimore artists.
The three -- photographers Lisa Lewenz and Jeff Gates and sculptor Linda Bills -- were among 177 artists nationwide to receive the NEA's Visual Artists Fellowships. They were selected from more than 5,000 applicants and their work, in the words of NEA Chairman John E. Frohnmayer, "suggest a potential for enduring greatness."


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KingCast and Bill Christy share as brothers in Citibank misery as stock plummets!
Remember when Bill Christy was writing in last week about how everything was just hunky-dory at Citibank because they couldn't be corrupt because the U.S. Government was about to make some loot from its stock shares?
Not so fast dude.
Citibank suffers weak response to share offering
Posted: 18 December 2009 0026 hrs
NEW YORK : Citigroup stock took a beating on Wall Street Thursday after weak demand for a share offering that prompted the US government to delay the sale of its stake in the bailed-out banking giant.
Citi shares tumbled 8.12 percent in early trade to 3.17 dollars and have plunged some 20 percent over the past week. The market action came after Citi said late Wednesday its share offering saw prices of 3.15 dollars per share.
This was well below the average price paid by the US government as part of a multibillion-dollar bailout under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
That prompted the Treasury to delay its plans to divest an initial five billion dollars.
"The US Treasury announced it would extend its lock-up period on the sale of its 7.7 billion share common equity stake to 90 days from 45 days after the completion of this offering," Citigroup said in a statement.
In the Vikram Pandit cam post I ran it all down with information about the fact that almost every multinational banking scam involves Citibank. I've been listing Enron, Ohio, California, Mexico, Russia and some of the others here and at Citibankisracist blog, and of course we will see that Citibank lied when they are forced to produce the bank video in my racial discrimination case against them, MCAD will be requesting that video in the ordinary course of business even though my Motion to Compel it was denied. That denial actually works in my favor because it gives these liars less grounds for appeal should they get smoked at the Commission stage by a Probable Cause determination.
PS: Bill I received an interesting response from Senator Tarr's Office about the correspondence you sent them. I'll be discussing that matter with Senate Counsel next week. I'm chillin' with Oliver Ruff right now and we are really wondering what your role in the whole Franconia Shooting tragedy was really all about.


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Well, looky here!
John Chisholm, crusading clean-campaign guy, sucked up prima facie illegal campaign moneys.
Where's Francis Schmitz when you need him?
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Precious Metals Guide
Gold is one of the most precious metals on earth - and it's been a staple of fine jewelry for thousands of years.
But what exactly is gold – and how is it used to describe gold jewelry?
Gold is the most soft and malleable of all the precious metals that a jeweler could work with. Gold jewelry may mixed with other metals such as silver, copper, nickel and even palladium – these alloys work to increase the item's overall strength and durability. Gold purity is measured in karats. The purest gold is referred to as 24-karat gold.
Additionally, gold is measured in 24 parts, which can help the consumer determine just how much gold is present in their jewelry. Following this unit of measurement, 18-karat gold is comprised of 18 parts gold and six parts other metals. This means that the piece of jewelry is 75% gold.
White Gold:
White gold is comprised percentage of gold mixed with white metals like palladium, silver, zinc and nickel. This combination gives white gold its durability and strength. White gold is measured in 24 parts and karats.
- 18K White Gold: 75% fine gold, 10 % copper, 8% nickel, 4.5% zinc, and 2.5% silver.
- 14K White Gold: 58.5% fine gold, 12% copper, 8% nickel, 6% zinc, and 4.5% silver.
Yellow Gold:
Yellow gold is a gold alloy that consists of combining gold, copper and silver. This precious metal is always measured in karats. Yellow gold is the only type of gold that can be 24-karats, as white gold and rose gold require other metals in order to achieve their unique colors. A piece of yellow gold jewelry that is considered to be 24-karats means that it is 100% pure gold.
- 18K Yellow Gold: 75% fine gold, 15% copper, 10% fine silver.
- 14K Yellow Gold: 58.5% fine gold, 29% copper, 12.5% fine silver
What is Rose Gold?
Rose gold is a very popular alloy comprised of traditional yellow gold and copper, which lends a beautiful pinkish color to the metal. Rose gold can also be known as "red gold"; however, this term is misleading, as rose gold and red gold have different gold-and-copper combinations.
- Rose gold contains approximately 75% gold and 25% copper silver alloy while red gold has 58.5% gold and 41.5% copper silver alloy.
- Because rose gold is a man-made alloy, "pure" rose gold does not exist.
What is Platinum?
Platinum is one of the few precious metals that can be made into jewelry with a majority of its natural form; in fact, most platinum jewelry is made up of 95% and 90% platinum. Unlike white gold and traditional yellow gold, platinum is a strong and durable metal, which means it doesn't need to be mixed with other alloys to strengthen it. Additionally, platinum jewelry doesn't need to be plated with rhodium materials to give it its beautiful silver appearance. Platinum is an extremely difficult metal for jewelers to work with and will feel much denser on the finger. For these reasons, platinum is much more expensive than yellow gold or white gold jewelry. It is hypoallergenic, which means that consumers with nickel allergies won't have to worry about an allergic reaction.
- Mostly used platinum alloys are;
- 95.2% platinum, 4.8% iridium
- 95.2% platinum, 4.8% ruthenium
- 95.2% platinum, 4.8% cobalt
- 90% platinum, 10% cobalt
What is Palladium?
Palladium is the latest precious metal trend to hit the jewelry industry. Similar to platinum, palladium is a precious metal that has almost 95% purity; therefore, the majority of palladium jewelry will be almost entirely comprised of this precious metal. Like platinum, palladium is incredibly dense and strong, so it doesn't need rhodium plating. This makes it a great option for consumers who want to capture the look and feel of platinum jewelry.
- When mixed with white gold alloys, Palladium improves white gold alloys color.
18K vs. 14K Gold
You know that 18karat gold is more valuable than 14karat gold – but do you know why that is? It's simple: 18karat gold has a higher gold-to-metal ratio than 14 karat gold. Because gold is such a ductile and flexible metal, jewelers have to add certain metallic alloys in order to strengthen the gold jewelry and make it more durable. While 18 karat gold is less durable than 14 karat gold, it's for good reason: 18karat gold is made of 75 percent of yellow gold, while 14 karat gold only has 58 percent. The remaining amount is made up of metallic alloys such as copper and nickel. Only 24 karat gold is made of 100% pure yellow gold.
|Richer in color
Higher percentage of fine gold
25% more expensive
75 percent of gold
|58 percent of gold
More scratch-resistant
More durable
Contains a high percentage of alloy.
What's the difference between Karat and Carat?
Carat: A unit of measurement by which a diamond is weighed.
Karat: The measurement that shows the purity of the gold.
Precious Metals Measurement Conversion Chart
24 grains (gr) = 1 pennyweight (dtw.) = 1.5552 grams
20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz t.) = 31.1035 grams
12 ounces (troy) (t.) = 1 pound (lb t.) = 373.2417 grams
1 ounce (troy) (t.) = 1.09714 ounces
1 pound (troy) (t.) = 0.82286 pounds
The Metal Convert
Pennyweights to grams = pennyweights x 1.5552 = grams
Ounces (t.) to grams. = ounces (t.) x 31.1035 = grams
Grams to pennyweights = grams x 0.6430 = pennyweights
Grams to ounces (t.) = grams x 0.0322 = ounces (t.)
Legal standard of karat in:
USA: not less than 10K
Canada: not less than 9K
Mexico: not less than 8K


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We've all experienced this quandary: we swipe our credit card after stepping out of that salon chair and debate whether to leave a tip... or not. And then, once we walk away, we wonder if we've tipped too much or too little for the new 'do we're sporting.
Yes, tipping has become an anxiety-riddled activity. Thanks to credit and debit card machines programmed to specific denominations, the feeling of guilt may overwhelm some who choose not to leave a little somethin'-somethin' for their favourite barista or fabulous masseuse. And it seems many Canadians don't really understand proper tipping etiquette.
Part of the problem is there's a lot of confusion out there -- especially, it appears, in big cities like Toronto. Common practice has been to tip 15 per cent for service at restaurants, but now, some places across town, are implementing a minimum 20 per cent tip at the end of their bills. And if restaurateurs -- not personal choice -- begin to dictate how much we tip, where does that leave us in the grand scheme of things?
Some people believe if you're at a salon and get your hair cut by the owner, you should forgo the tip. But etiquette experts say tips should be anywhere between 15 and 20 per cent, and never below $5 -- no matter what the person's position is at the salon.
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When it comes to hotel services, 15 per cent is usually welcomed, with $1 or $2 given for each bag handled by the bellhop. For takeout, don't feel obligated to tip, and tip jars at coffee shops are usually there for regulars to drop in some change.
And experts suggest even when not completely satisfied with the service you've received, it's polite to leave at least 10 per cent.
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Been torn the last few days trying to decide between financial security and professional fulfillment. It's a crime that these to principles should ever be separated. While I know that professional fulfillment breeds financial security, and that in time there is no substitute, what does one do when immediate financial security eliminates as many daily pain points as the job that pays for it creates? Looking for answers I stumbled on this from the November 2010 Economist . Not what I expected to see. What say ye?
Daily chart
Money and happiness
Nov 25th 2010, 14:45 by The Economist online
Measured a different way, the correlation between money and happiness is surprisingly strong
DISMAL scientists who look at happiness often contend that, beyond a GDP per capita of just $15,000 (measured at purchasing-power parity), money does not buy happiness. Up to that point the correlation between the two is strong, but thereafter it falls away. If this is true then some heretical conclusions follow: rich America is no happier than poorer Brazil, so what is the point in people who live in rich countries working harder to get ever richer? Politicians should concentrate on maximising the mental health of their voters, rather than the size of their pay cheques. But plot the data another way, on a logarithmic scale where each increment represents a 100% increase in income per head, and the relationship between wealth and happiness looks more robust.


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Can you record them and play it back when they have guests round?ReplyDelete
In normal circumstances that might be a good idea, Patsy, but they make so much noise that they'd never hear it! any more than the owners of the Bassett hound that is howling as I write. :(ReplyDelete
This would actually kill me. My next door neighbour has 3 dogs, a westie cross and two jack russells, and she lets them out in the garden one at a time so they don't get all excited and start barking together. Very thoughtful.ReplyDelete
Have you tried writing her a note to explain how distressing it is for you? Say you are an author and the constant yapping is causing you writers' block and you must sue for damages if it continues? Ditto damages for the washing ruined by her yorkie's wee? Presumably she is leaving it on the balcony so it doesn't ruin her stuff in her house?
They sound like lovely neighbours :-/ReplyDelete
We had neighbour who used to howl along with their dog. All three of them, and the dog. Not fun. It too used to yap when alone - most often on a Saturday night when I had to get up early for work on Sunday.
It seems cruel to have a dog when it's at home alone for so much of the time.
They really shouldn't be allowed a dog if they're going to go off and leave it alone. That's why they're called 'companion' animals. They sound a real pain :(ReplyDelete


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From CNN:
ed Cruz and John Kasich are joining forces in a last-ditch effort to deny Donald Trump the Republican presidential nomination.Pathetic.
Within minutes of each other, the pair issued statements late Sunday saying they will divide their efforts in upcoming contests with Cruz focusing on Indiana and Kasich devoting his efforts to Oregon and New Mexico. The strategy -- something the two campaigns have been working on for weeks -- is aimed at blocking Trump from gaining the 1,237 delegates necessary to claim to GOP nomination this summer.
The extraordinary moves reflect the national strength Trump has shown and the inability of Republicans who oppose the New York billionaire to come together to stop him. Dividing up some of the remaining primary states by putting forward one strong alternative to Trump in each could be enough to take away delegates and curb Trump's run to the nomination.
Trump is the only candidate who can realistically get a first-ballot victory -- there's no mathematical path for Cruz or Kasich to clinch the nomination heading into the convention. The billionaire is poised for a strong performance Tuesday, when Republicans in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut and Rhode Island head to the polls.


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Robust and Generic Dynamics: A Phenomenon/mechanism Correspondence
If we consider that the mathematical formulation of natural phenomena always involves simplifications of the physical laws, real significance of a model may be accorded only to those properties that are robust under perturbations. In loose terms, robustness means that some main features of a dynamical system are shared by all nearby systems. In the talk, we will explain the structures related to the presence of robust phenomena and the universal mechanisms that lead to lack of robustness. Providing a conceptual framework, the goal is also to show how to provide a generic correspondence phenomenon/mechanism for all dynamical systems.
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Chef's Delight
Teresa Carpenter
Heather Brown has one stipulation when it comes to finding Mr. Right: anyone but the boy next door. Ex-SEAL Joss Stone may live next door, but he's anything but a boy. And he's the one thing standing between her and everything she's lost.
Here's an Excerpt:
Heather sighed as she watched Joss jog away, his fine tush showed to advantage in thin knit shorts. She was so hot for his bod and all she got from him was a peck on the cheek. Wasn't that the story of her life? Men thought of her as a friend or sister, rarely as a lover.
Maybe he was right. Maybe she was too nice.
And maybe she needed to do something about that.
A few weeks ago she wouldn't have done it. She'd be too timid, too nice to contemplate such a bold move. But the hurt she'd suffered and the resulting anger gave her an edge. She didn't really care if she provoked a little anger in exchange.
She climbed into her car, drove ahead of Joss, and leaned against her car waiting for his arrival. As she anticipated, he stopped when he reached her. Lord, he wasn't even breathing hard. But he had removed his shirt and his broad chest glistened with sweat.
He had a light dusting of dark hair on his pecs that narrowed into a thin line bisecting his abs. She licked her lips. Sometimes a girl had to go after what she wanted.
"What?" he demanded.
"This." And she threw her arms around his neck. Dragging his head down to hers, she plastered her mouth to his running her tongue along the seam of his lips.
Jillian: Steamy excerpt! I am thrilled to welcome Teresa Carpenter to GLIAS! Teresa enjoys a long and successful partnership with Harlequin Books, as well as her new relationship with Boroughs Publishing Group.
Teresa Carpenter believes with love and family anything is possible. The author of twelve romance novels for Harlequin, Teresa 's books have rated a Top Pick by Romantic Times and The Romance Review and The Sheriff's Doorstep Baby was nominated for Best Contemporary Romance of the Year (2012) on The Romance Review. She lives in San Diego surrounded by her large family. Her day job is in the exciting world of banking. When she's not writing, she's reading or attending one of her nieces or nephews sporting events. Her "Princess Camp" trilogy is based on fairy tales.
Jillian: Where do you read and how often?
Teresa: Everywhere and as often as possible. I love to read. It's one of my greatest joys in life. I carry my book with me wherever I go and whenever I have a few minutes, I'll read. Watching the kids in the front yard, in between innings at my nieces' softball games, in line at the store, waiting for the movie to start are all opportunities to get in a few pages. But my favorite time is a lazy Sunday morning in bed. Unfortunately, I don't get too many of those.
Jillian: What is your favorite tradition from your childhood that you would love to pass on or did pass on to your children?
Teresa: I have a large close-knit family and I think the best tradition that's been passed down is we love and support each other no matter what. In fact, my moto is With Love and Family Anything is Possible. I'm the main cruise director in our crowd and I hope what I've passed on is the importance of celebrating each other. Birthdays, holidays, special accomplishments need to be acknowledged and celebrate. It's a way of showing each other you're important to me.
Jillian: How often do you get lost in a story?
Teresa: Every day. In two stories, the one I'm reading and the one I'm writing. And when I'm not actually doing one or the other, it's always a good sign when it's the one I'm writing that occupies my thoughts. If not, it becomes a good news, bad news scenario, because it means the book I'm reading is really great but I have to push through and finish it because it's messing with my creative process.
Jillian: What's your favorite fairy tale?
Teresa: I love fairy tales. The whole idea of finding true love and overcoming impossible barriers to reach happily ever after is the basis for all romance stories. My favorite is Beauty and the Beast. What can I say; I just melt when a wounded Alpha male is tamed by a gentle beauty with spirit and loyalty. In fact my Princess Camp series for Harlequin Romance is a trilogy loosely based on fairy tales. My give away book, The Sheriff's Doorstep Baby the first in the series, is based on Sleeping Beauty. Of course I had to do Beauty and the Beast, which is book two, Baby Under the Christmas Tree. And in June 2013 is Rapunzel with The Making of a Princess. Love the cover. (you could insert picture of my cover here, this is from
Jillian: What's the first book you remember reading?
Teresa: The Flame and Flower by Kathleen Woodiwiss. I heard my mom talking about it with her friends and I thought it sounded really intriguing. Of course I had to read it under my covers because I was only thirteen and she would have had a fit. I loved it. And then I spied a Harlequin romance sample in the store for fifteen cents and talked my mom into getting it for me. I've been hooked ever since. My younger brother was named Brandon after the character in The Flame and the Flower. He's going to be 40 this year.
Jillian: Tea or coffee? And how do you take it?
Teresa: Iced tea, no sweetener, no lemon. You're probably thinking ugh. My family wrinkles their noses at me, but then someone is always stealing a sip! I don't care for the taste of mocha in anything drink, candy, ice cream. But I love the smell of fresh ground coffee beans.
Teresa has a question for readers: Who's your favorite fairy tale heroine? I'm giving away a copy of the first book in the Princess Camp series, The Sheriff's Doorstep Baby to one commenter drawn by randomizer. Good luck!
Previous Books:
Baby Under the Christmas Tree (Princess Camp)
The Sheriff's Doorstep Baby (Princess Camp)
The Playboy's Gift
The Boss's Surprise Son
Sparks Fly With Mr. Mayor
Sheriff Needs a Nanny
Flirting With Fireworks
Her Baby, His Proposal
Baby Twins: Parents Needed
Daddy's Little Memento
The Baby Due Date
Books Coming Soon:
Chef's Delight, Boroughs Publishing
The Making of a Princess, Harlequin Romance June 2013 (Princess Camp)
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Sep 30, 2013
Ted Kohuth Next Police Chief
4 comments:
Well it' s about time something positive happened here. I have known Ted for years, and he is the best choice. Extremely well qualified, with intimate first hand knowledge of our problems. Thank You Michael! This pleases both my wife and I, and many of our Allentown neighbors and friends will be happy too.....PJF
- September 30, 2013 at 11:22 AM
- michael molovinsky said...
pjf @11:22, i must clarify that this is a prediction. hope i don't hurt the man with my endorsement.
- September 30, 2013 at 11:26 AM
Michael, I am sorry that I misread the meaning of your posting.
Who knows my comment just might put a positive spin on the outcome....PJF
- September 30, 2013 at 3:20 PM
Ted would be a good choice. Of the other three, none are local.
Will be interesting to see the spin on the other three at the town meeting. Some buzz the New York guy would be a strong person to bring change to the cozy life in the APD. The other two don't have either local experience or strong backgrounds.
- September 30, 2013 at 4:13 PM


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Peugeot 508 SW (2011)
With the 508, Peugeot continues its international offensive: It will be produced in France for the European market, then in China for the world's largest developing car market. The Peugeot 508 combines strong design and emotion with:
* its new-generation e-HDi and HYbrid4 technologies;
* its streamlined, prestigious and dynamic appearance;
* its perceived quality and interior comfort;
* its unique driveability, based on the Marque's longstanding expertise.
the Peugeot 508 embodies the Marque's new expression in the segment of grand touring cars.
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Okay so don't judge but the chickens have been living in our house. NOT literally running around the house, eww gross, but in a large aquarium until they got bigger.
Well, when the twins came running through the house yelling, "a chicken is out a chicken is out" it finally came time to build their home. They are getting big and stinky, and boy are they messy.
I've been checking out http://www.backyardchicken.com/ trying to learn more and more about our chickens. From what I've learned I'm pretty sure they are Bantams, which for our purposes is not good. We want eggs, lots and lots of eggs, and Bantams are not good egg layers. From what I've read they're not good eating either, small and gammy. So what are they good for? Showing. Really?? I guess I could let the twins show one at the county fair but what a let down. We may have to get a couple good egg laying hens.
So here are some pictures of two major amatures building the chicken coop. We had only one small snafu when trying to stretch the chicken wire but once we got past that I think we did a pretty good job! I'm proud of our coop!!
|from firewood shelter, to Willy Jeep shelter, to The Chicken Shack
|Tall enough for my husband to walk in
|framing the door
|wow that looks aweful
|Keep pulling Eric but it's not helping
|straightened out and getting staples
|phew done with the chicken wire
|adding a metal sheeting back to protect the chickens from the elements
|Done just a few details but the chickens have their new home!
|their ramp
Meet Our Chickens
|Cute little girls holding cute little chicks, so much cuteness!
|just a week old such a cutey
|About 4 weeks old getting so pretty
|7 weeks old. Autumn is a rooster but he's so sweet we are hoping he keeps his sweet demeanor
|By far our friendliest chicken
Lady Gaga
|Our shy baby
|I think this is a hen, she's very busy and curious, so hard to get a picture of because she's always on the run
|I've been told he's a Rosecomb Bantam rooster. He's mean and bites a lot!


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Ban Ki-Moon and Susan Rice Call for End to Laws Around the World That Criminalize Homosexuality, Marking Human Rights Day(AP) U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon called for an end to laws around the world that criminalize homosexuality, stressing the need to pay more urgent attention to gay and gender identity rights on Friday as the world marked Human Rights Day.
"Today, many nations have modern constitutions that guarantee essential rights and liberties. And yet, homosexuality is considered a crime in more than 70 countries," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. "That is not right."
Ban said the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on Dec. 10, 1948, "is not called the 'partial' declaration of human rights. It is not the 'sometimes' declaration of human rights. It is the universal declaration, guaranteeing all human beings their basic human rights - without exception."
The U.N. chief said that during recent trips to Africa he urged leaders to do away with laws criminalizing homosexuality, and that in Malawi he was able to help secure the release of a young gay couple sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu also spoke by teleconference to the high-level gathering organized at U.N. headquarters by advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, comparing their struggle to the fight for an end to apartheid in his native South Africa.
U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice echoed Ban's remarks, and said that the United Nations must send a strong message that people should not be tortured and killed because they are gay.
Rice said she was "incensed" by a recent vote in a General Assembly committee that left out any mention of sexual orientation from a resolution condemning the extrajudicial killing of vulnerable people worldwide. Previous resolutions had included the mention.
The American ambassador said that the United States will sponsor a U.N. amendment to restore the reference to killings based on sexual orientation. "We're going to stand firm on this basic principle," she said.
Rights groups welcomed Rice's announcement, and called on all U.N. member states to support the amendment.
"Words do have a meaning at the U.N.," said Boris Dittrich of Human Rights Watch. "Reintroducing the reference to sexual orientation in the resolution could help put an end to the hateful killing of people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity."
Rice also said that she, like President Obama, "was extremely disappointed" on Thursday when Senate Republicans failed to repeal the U.S. military's 17-year-old ban on openly gay military troops.
The Senate's 57-40 test vote fell three votes short of the 60 needed to advance. Included in a broader defense policy bill, the measure to eliminate the so-called "don't ask, don't tell policy" passed the House last spring.
"That law violates fundamental American principles of fairness, integrity, and equality," said Rice. "We only weaken our national security and diminish our military readiness by depriving ourselves of the service of patriots determined to defend the country they love."
"Today as we celebrate the birthday of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we must recall that its drafters insisted that it be truly universal," said Rice. "We must all do our part, here at the United Nations and in our own countries, to ensure that no gay man need fear persecution, that no lesbian need fear discrimination, and that no transgender person need fear assault."


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This Roserade is a grass/poison-type Pokémon owned by Barry.
Roserade is the final of Barry's Pokémon that was seen in Barry's debut and the second that he used to battle Ash. Roserade is a very strong Pokémon and with its powerful Poison Jab, it managed to defeat Ash Ketchum's Chimchar. However, he was eventually taken down by Ash's Gliscor who also fainted resulting in a draw.
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Nine years ago, on a Friday night in March, a Penn State graduate assistant was putting some new sneakers in his locker in the Penn State football building. He heard some odd sounds from the shower, and curious, he walked over to look.
In the shower, according to a Pennsylvania grand jury, was former Penn State assistant Jerry Sandusky, who still had an office at the athletic complex, engaging in sexual acts with a 10-year-old boy. The grad assistant fled from the scene and called his father, who told him to report what he saw to Penn State football coach Joe Paterno.
Paterno called Penn State athletic director Tim Curley to let him know that the grad assistant had seen Sandusky "fondling or doing something of a sexual nature to the boy." The result? Sandusky was told not to bring any more children to campus. That's it. Keep your problem away from us. No report to police in town. No criminal investigation. Instead, Sandusky kept his office and continued to work out in the Penn State weight room.
Now, thanks to a later incident, Sandusky has been arrested for 40 counts of sexual abusing boys, many of which occurred after the 2002 incident. Curley, the AD, along with Gary Schultz, a university vice president, have been arrested for perjury.
And Paterno? He had a press conference scheduled today at which he should have retired. Instead, it was canceled moments ago. The New York Times is reporting, however, that Penn State may be maneuvering to dismiss the coach.
Paterno has thus far deflected blame, saying that Sandusky fooled him and others. But Paterno had talked to someone who said he saw Sandusky in a shower with a 10-year-old boy. The coach never went to law enforcement. He made the one call he was required to make, but not the one he was morally obligated to.
Said Pennsylvania state police commissioner Frank Noonan:
"I think you have the moral responsibility, anyone. Not whether you're a football coach or a university president or the guy sweeping the building. I think you have a moral responsibility to call us."That includes, by the way, everyone involved in the incident, including the grad assistant who saw the incident but also never apparently went to police. Each of them, including Paterno, did the easy and the wrong thing - they pushed the problem onto someone else. And so, more boys were likely molested.
For that, Paterno has to live with himself. He should do so in retirement, quickly.
Peter St. Onge


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A self-serving union crook
Labourers earning $2,000 a WEEK are not being paid "a liveable wage"???
IT WAS a $20 note and it came with the admonition from my father "not to spend it all in the pub". I was on strike at the time and down to my last few dollars. It was the last of the big newspaper strikes in an era when workers of all sorts went "out on the grass" in support of their claims for better wages and conditions.
I was on strike at the time and down to my last few dollars. It was the last of the big newspaper strikes in an era when workers of all sorts went "out on the grass" in support of their claims for better wages and conditions.
It was a time of great bitterness between workers and management and if you peer deeply enough into the hearts of those journalists who went through it, you might see the scar tissue still.
It was all a long time ago but I was reminded of the $20 note by Paul Howes, secretary of the Australian Workers Union, when he launched an extraordinary attack on the mining company Rio Tinto last week.
Howes, speaking at the union's national conference, announced he was declaring war on Rio Tinto and accused chief executive Tom Albanese of "sucking out the blood, sweat and tears of blue-collar workers". Monkeys, he said, would do a better job of running the company than its present management.
"I have got a message for Rio Tinto," he said. "You don't own this Government; you don't own this country any more. Your workforce has the right to be represented. You cannot hide behind the law. You cannot hide behind the lawyers.
"You cannot hide behind your slimy, grubby mates in the Coalition because we're coming after you. We are going to take Rio Tinto on, and we are going to make sure that they pay a liveable wage to the workers who make the wealth that these shiny arses sitting in the boardroom in London enjoy."
Howes wasn't wearing a sweat-stained blue singlet, shirts and work boots at the time. A suit is his preferred garb and he spends a lot of time sitting on his backside in an office, but his fiery rhetoric was calculated to illuminate a poster of an honest worker prostrate beneath the shiny jackboot of an overseas mining executive.
Howes was playing to the gallery, his eye-bulging theatrics designed to reassure his band of brothers that he was taking the fight to the enemy, those evil capitalists who ripped babies from the breasts of working-class mothers and sold them into child slavery.
It was an appalling performance and one that must have left many a union member, and I am one, squirming with embarrassment.
That Treasurer Wayne Swan should praise Howes as payback to him for helping organise the numbers in the move against former prime minister Kevin Rudd speaks volumes for his character.
The organised labour movement has come a long way since the days of class warfare for which Howes would have us believe he pines.
The days of workers downing tools, or computer keyboards, and walking off the job are gone. While Howes was ranting from atop his soapbox, labourers working for Rio Tinto in the Pilbara region were earning $2000 a week plus employer superannuation contributions. Truck drivers with no mining experience were getting $120,000 a year and train drivers $200,000.
Most work seven days on and seven days off and get free meals and accommodation, while only about 15 per cent of them think highly enough of Howes and his ilk to bother to join a union.
In Howes' world, however, they labour in William Blake's dark, satanic mills.
Rio Tinto made $14 billion last year, so you would have to concede that if Howes is right and monkeys could do better, for a bunch of idiots they're not doing a bad job.
You could also argue that the company, and others like it, should contribute more than they do to the nation's treasury.
They would be if Rudd and Swan hadn't comprehensively stuffed up the introduction of the mining tax, ambushing and enraging the industry by hatching the plan in secret and then declaring it was non-negotiable.
The miners fought back, the Government started to lose the PR battle, Rudd was sacked, Swan and Julia Gillard went to water and we now have, to borrow one of Howes' favoured anatomical references, a half-arsed tax.
That's a political failure and not one that can be laid at the feet of the miners, no matter how much Howes may shake his fist in the general direction of the Pilbara and shriek that he is "coming after" the mining companies.
In the 1970s, if a union representative walked into a newspaper newsroom and declared we were on strike, you got up and walked out the door. To do otherwise would see you labelled as a scab, the lowest form of life.
If one was to do so now, people would raise their heads for a moment to see who the crazy person was and then resume working.
People want to work hard and earn a better life. They are not interested in manning the barricades and burning the boss in effigy.
Howes' theatrics and his doomed attempt to fan the cold ashes of class warfare in this country are self-serving, designed to boost his profile and perhaps help propel him along the road to a nice, safe Labor Party seat in federal Parliament.
Once ensconced, he can put his feet up on the desk and as he tots up his perks and entitlements, sing the words to that popular "working class" song, the more memorable lines of which go: "The working class can kiss my arse, I've got the foreman's job at last."
NSW elections: Beware hard Leftists in Green clothing
It is true that there has been a move to the Greens in inner-city areas of the capital cities. But this has not spread to the suburbs, regional centres or rural areas. The latest Herald/Nielsen poll indicated that NSW voters who are proposing to junk Labor are moving straight across to Barry O'Farrell and the Coalition, by-passing the Greens. .
Interviewed this month on Meet the Press, O'Farrell was asked whether the NSW Liberals would give their preferences to Labor ahead of the Greens, as the Victorian Liberal Party did successfully in last November's state election. The Opposition Leader made the point that, unlike Victoria, NSW has an optional preference voting system and that it is not necessary for political parties to advise supporters about how to allocate preferences.
O'Farrell added that the Liberals in NSW "haven't preferenced the Greens in the past" and he could not "imagine us doing it in the future". He also advised that the Liberal Party's state director, Mark Neeham, "will make the decision [on preferences] in due course".
In the four years he has been Opposition Leader, O'Farrell has been very successful in unifying the Liberal Party and in cementing a viable coalition with the National Party. Both are real achievements. Also, during this time O'Farrell has obtained a significant grasp of detail over all areas of administration. However, he has yet to establish his standing as a conviction politician. This may occur if, as seems very likely, O'Farrell is elected premier on March 26. .
In the meantime, O'Farrell and his colleagues would be well advised to take a stance on the Greens. For starters, there would be some political benefit in acknowledging that some of Labor's candidates are preferable to the Greens. Then there is the fact that O'Farrell is closer to the Premier, Kristina Keneally, on a range of economic, foreign and social policy issues than he is to the Greens.
It is widely recognised that the Greens' best chances of winning seats in the Legislative Assembly turn on the electorates of Marrickville and Balmain - now held by high-profile Keneally government ministers Carmel Tebbutt and Verity Firth respectively. The mayor of Marrickville, Fiona Byrne, is standing against Tebbutt and the mayor of Leichhardt, Jamie Parker, is contesting Balmain for the Greens.
Any Liberal voter would be crazy not to preference Labor ahead of the Greens in Marrickville and Balmain. There are Greens who are primarily environmentalists - like Senator Bob Brown and Senator Christine Milne. And then there are hard-left Greens - like Senator-elect Lee Rhiannon, who graduated from the Communist Party to the Greens. Byrne and Parker are close to the hard-left Greens camp.
As mayor of Marrickville, Byrne has led the charge to sign up ratepayers to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel. This global movement, driven by the left, aims to boycott all goods made in Israel and prohibit all sporting, academic, government or cultural exchanges. The campaign does not distinguish between Israel's pre- and post-1967 borders and is aimed at Jewish and Arab Israelis alike.
Byrne and her Greens comrades seem unaware that Israel and increasingly Iraq are the only two democracies in the Middle East and that Arabs who are citizens of Israel have more democratic rights than Arabs domiciled in Arab nations. They also seem unaware that, historically, the left in Australia has supported Israel - as documented in Daniel Mandel's H V. Evatt and the Establishment of Israel and Philip Mendes's article in the November 2009 issue of Labour History.
The Liberal Party, like Labor, has always supported the right of Israel to exist within secure borders. It is the Greens, not Labor, who challenge Israel, question the Australian-American alliance and are soft on counterterrorism legislation. Moreover, the Greens are well to the left of Labor on economic and social issues.
It makes sense for Liberals in inner-city Sydney to give their preferences to Tebbutt ahead of Byrne and to Firth ahead of Parker.
Greenie disaster for Australian electricity users
The Gillard government's renewable energy scheme will saddle consumers with more than $1 billion in extra electricity costs this year, and uncertainty created by its failure to implement a carbon pricing regime is forcing power bills higher than they would otherwise be.
Research to be released today by the Australian Industry Group finds that a "well-designed" carbon price would ease some of the pressure on energy prices, which are forecast to rise over the next decade.
However, a carbon price of $26 a tonne is still estimated to increase electricity costs for households by 17.6 per cent in 2012-13, taking an annual bill for a Sydney home to $2000 from $1700.
But the report warns that a failure to implement a well-designed climate change policy could entrench higher power prices.
"Without decisions in this area over the next couple of years, damaging uncertainty is likely to lead to sub-optimal investments that leave both prices and emissions higher than they need be - with serious and uncompensated impacts on trade-exposed firms," the report says.
The research attacks the government's renewable energy scheme - particularly subsidies for household solar photovoltaics panels - as not offering value for money in terms of either emissions abatement or support for innovation.
The report comes as the government's multi-party climate change committee is locked in negotiations over the shape of a carbon pricing scheme, with the government preferring a fixed carbon price beginning from July 1 next year with an emissions trading scheme beginning three or four years later.
But the Greens and the government are on a collision course over compensation for energy-intensive, trade-exposed industries. Julia Gillard argues that she will not throw out the "good work" on compensation in her predecessor Kevin Rudd's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and the Greens have declared the levels negotiated in that regime unacceptable.
The AIGroup research concludes that a decision on carbon pricing could reduce the reliance on the government's "high-cost" renewable energy target scheme - which aims to source 20 per cent of the nation's power from renewable sources by 2020 - and break an "investment drought" in new electricity generation.
AIGroup chief executive Heather Ridout said the government's renewable schemes were splurging on the most expensive renewables instead of the cheapest and warned that the nation could "get stuck with the equivalent of a Rolls when a hatchback would do". The report - based on a survey of more than 150 companies - warns that consumers would be forced to pay $1.12bn in 2011 just to cover the cost of household-level renewable systems, particularly rooftop solar photovoltaic panels.
The government's scheme for small-scale generators such as household solar panels was "not offering value for money in terms either of emissions abatement or support for innovation", the report warns. If the same funds were invested in big wind farms, four times as much renewable energy could be produced each year. Investing the money in large-scale solar plants would produce twice as much energy, the report finds.
On top of this, the future costs of the government's scheme to encourage commercial-scale renewables would be "substantially higher" than forecast if a price was not eventually put on carbon.
The government last December moved to wind back subsidies to households installing solar schemes as it sought to lower pressure on electricity prices. The move followed a decision early last year to reform how renewable energy certificates were issued to deal with a glut caused by a flood of solar panel installations.
Under the new scheme, renewable energy certificates generated from solar panels and solar hotwater schemes were separated into a discrete market from those generated by large-scale enterprises, such as wind farms, in a bid to drive up the price of RECs to encourage investment in large-scale renewables.
And last month, in a bid to deal with the glut, the renewable energy regulator increased the number of certificates that power retailers had to buy - a move that would lift electricity prices by an estimated $5 a household each year.
The AIGroup research finds that while renewable-related costs have been "higher than necessary", they are only a "relatively small" driver of price rises because other factors are so significant. These include the need to fund tens of billions of dollars worth of investments in network infrastructure, as well as likely rising coal prices, and escalating labour and materials costs that would make new electricity supplies more expensive.
The AIGroup report urges the government to address climate policy and carbon pricing, and to use the introduction of a national policy to "trim the thicket" of inefficient green programs that are "adding somewhat to energy prices for insufficient benefit".
It also says that the government's energy white paper - which was promised in 2008, but delayed after Mr Rudd shelved his ETS last March - should be completed as soon as possible.
Ms Ridout said there was "no end in sight" to rising electricity and gas prices over the next decade. "Australian industry is already grappling with the challenges of a strong dollar and an economy nearing capacity." She said it was crucial a carbon price was well-designed because a badly-designed carbon price "will put even more pressure on energy costs" .
She stressed her group was anxious to work with the government to ensure its carbon policy protected the ability of manufacturers to compete with offshore rivals. While a well-designed climate change policy would "soften the blow" of a carbon price, it "would be a big hit on business".
As well as the findings on renewables schemes, the report warns that bankers are baulking at supporting coal-fired power stations because of the uncertainty around carbon policy. The problem with this is that there could eventually be a rush of open-cycle gas turbine generators rather than more cost-efficient baseload combined-cycle gas plants.
According to the survey, most companies were expecting electricity price rises of between 11 and 20 per cent over the next two years.
Camouflage uniforms (!) for prisoners
IF QUEENSLAND'S highest-security prisoners escape from custody, they could be difficult to recapture for one reason - their uniforms. Queensland Corrective Services has "camouflaged" 5470 of the state's 5631 inmates since issuing new-look green, khaki and denim uniforms last year.
The uniforms were designed by Brisbane TAFE students as part of a competition which provided $1000 prizemoney to three students.
While prisoners around the world are forced to dress distinctly to hinder their escape, Queensland prisoners could blend into their mostly rural surrounds. US prisoners wear orange or yellow jumpsuits and violent offenders wear red and white striped uniforms, while escape-risk inmates in the UK wear bright-coloured boiler suits.
But Queensland prisoners had the choice of a two-tone green T-shirt, singlet or jumper with shorts, tracksuit or cargo pants, which were made by prisoners at Lotus Glen, Townsville, Woodford and Brisbane Women's Correctional Centres. This colour scheme more closely resembles what armed forces wear to help them avoid detection in battle.
Opposition corrections spokesman Jarrod Bleijie said the gaffe was symbolic of the problems within corrective services. Mr Bleijie said escaped inmates would blend into the bushland surrounding most jails and would also be indistinguishable from non-prisoners in crowded spaces.
"Having just completed a comprehensive induction to Queensland prisons I was shocked to see first-hand the camo-like prison-issue uniforms," he said. "Many an eyebrow was raised when I mentioned the issue with prison staff and it was clear frontline prison officers had no input into the design. "You should be able to distinguish between an average `Joe Blow' walking down the street and a prisoner."
Corrective Services Minister Neil Roberts said the uniform would not be changed. "The words `Correctional Centre Issue' are clearly marked on the new uniforms in upper-case, white lettering, which is also slightly reflective," he said. [And those not in the know could well assume that the lettering describes STAFF!]
Mr Roberts said that some prisoners wore bright orange uniforms within workshops at high-security jails. "There has not been an escape from a high-security prison in Queensland since the Nationals were last in power in 1998," he said.
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