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We reviewed the top 3 machetes and found one surprising secret. Unlike most people, I'm sure you're looking for the best machete because you want to survive the Zombie apocalypse (or just cut down some stuff when hiking, either reason is good in my book). Well, after reviewing the top 3 best selling machetes, guess what? One of them just plain sucked.
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What makes a Good and Best Machete
These are features that you want in a good machete.
- Weight. Depending on your task, you might need a heavy machete (for cutting thick branches) or a lighter machete (for carrying on your hip during a long hike). If you don't know what you are gonna use a machete for, pick a middle of the road weight.
- Length. The longer the machete, the more it weights. Also, the longer the machete, the more you can cut with just one swing. In addition to that, the longer the machete, the harder it is to carry it around on your hip (not good for hiking).
- Sharpness. This is self-explanatory. You want a nice sharp blade that will remain sharp for years. Pro-Tip: If you're cheap and won't be using the machete a lot, just get a cheap machete and buy a cheap sharpener ;). This leads right into…
- Material. Different types of metals hold their sharpness differently. Some metals are quite soft and will get dull easily. Other metals are harder to dull but these types usually rust easy.
- Sheath. The machete will come with a sheath (it isn't safe otherwise) and the sheath should be of high quality. It is as important as the machete itself. You would want something sturdy. If you are going to a humid place, choose a synthetic sheath because it'll resist moisture better.
Ka-Bar Black Kukri Machete
Ka-Bar (pronounced K (like the letter 'K')-bar(like the place you buy drinks at)) is a classic name in survival knives. The company originally produced combat knives for the military but now has branched out into other cutting tools. This knife has a 11.5-inch blade and weighs 1.7 pounds. We found that this is just the right amount of weight and length to cut items in the woods behind our house with ease. Small branches were sliced in half with just one cut. It also did not become uncomfortable to carry around after an hour.
The handle is the classic Ka-bar grip. It is made of some type of plastic (I don't know what) but, don't worry, it won't slip out of your hands easily. The handle also has a little hole at the end where you can attach some 550 cord to give you a loop to place around your wrist–for those of us who are afraid we'll accidentally fling the machete across the room. You can also attach a whistle, fire starter, or mirror to the 550 cord.
The knife is very popular on the internet since it is the ninth best selling hunting knife on Amazon. Other Reviewers stated how the blade came razor sharp right out of the box. One even mentioned how he has abused his for years and it is still in great condition. Get the Ka-bar Kukri machete here.
Trademark Colossal 25″ Heavy Duty Machete
This machete is a little lighter than the last one at 1.28lbs and has a longer blade (20 inches long, or 8.5 inches longer than the last one). This one felt a lot lighter than the last one and, because of its length, it felt more adequate for cutting twigs and branches. The length gives this machete tons of power. I agree with one customer who stated that this machete is more like a sword–and it is!
Once again, this machete came razor sharp right out of the box. After a day of fooling around with my brothers, the machete got quite dull. I don't think this thing was meant to cut branches. Also, some reviews said that their machete came dull. Eh, this machete isn't winning a lot of people over.
I, right now, have almost no use for this thing. It is too long to carry on your hip but it would be great if you are going through the Amazon where the vegetation is leafy and not woody. I'm quite sure that they actually made this machete for the Amazon because the blade is made of stainless steel–it'll never rust in moisture. Most reviews online were mixed about this machete and, for that, I don't recommend this knife. You can read more about it if you really want to.
Gerber Bear Grylls Machete
Gerber is a name that any outdoorsmen knows. Bear Grylls is a former Special Forces member and, now, a TV host. The Bear Grylls machete was designed for survival and weighs almost 2lbs. This is the heaviest knife we tested. It has a 13.5″ blade. The weight and shortness of the knife made the knife a great tool for cutting down chunks of wood. In fact, we were bored and started chopping up some 2×4's in the backyard with it. The machete can be used as a hatchet if you find the need.
This knife was designed more for camping and survival than hiking. It is great for heavy duty work but I wouldn't carry it around all day on a long hike–too heavy. If you need a machete for the occasion vegetation clearing and utility work, this knife does both just fine.
The machete also has a really cool handle that grips like Spiderman. It comes with some cord at the end and you can get a fire starter for it if you like. The sheath is so-so in my opinion–nothing special but it gets the job done.
The reviews online stated that this knife is all right. There is also a recall for older models of this knife as of Fall 2012. Guess Gerber screwed something up at the factory because they recalled the Bear Grylls Survival Knife the other year as well. Read more about this machete.
The best Machete is…
Out of our test, what is the best machete? Well, first off, Bear Grylls has been accused of being a fake and, after testing out his machete (as well as knife) I believe them. This dude is just someone riding a wave of hype. Yes, the secret's out Bear Grylls. You think spending the night in a hotel during your "3-day survival" series won't spread around?
As for the Trademark Colossal, that thing is only good if you are going to the Amazon rainforest. I'm pretty sure only a small handful of the readers are going to the Amazon ;). If you want something cool to play around with in the backyard or at the campsite, avoid this machete because the blade is made of stainless steel–it will not hold up for long.
And, with all of that being said, I think the KA-BAR kukri machete is the best. It is heavy enough to chop thick branches as well as light enough to carry around on a trip. The blade lasts forever and it has a really good handle. The brand is also much more trustworthy than Bear Grylls.
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LAS VEGAS — The Miami Heat will not double-down in Vegas. The back-to-back NBA champs were seeking a Summer League title with a team whose roster is filled with young hopefuls that will not play for the 2013-14 Heat.
The only familiar face affiliated with the summer Heat has been that of coach Erik Spoelstra, who has watched the team perform from a front row seat throughout the week. Still, this Heat team deserves a lot of credit. Coached by assistant coach Dan Craig, a former Heat video assistant, just like Spoelstra used to be, Miami entered the inaugural Summer League tournament as the No. 18 seed and landed in the semifinal round.
But they seemed no match for the No. 3-seed Phoenix Suns, who feature three rotation players in P.J. Tucker, Markieff Morris and Marcus Morris, plus last year's No. 13 pick Kendall Marshall and this year's No. 29 pick Archie Goodwin. And new head coach Jeff Hornacek has been on the bench throughout the summer league.
The Suns led 60-40 midway through the third quarter before Miami's James Nunnally (24 points), a D-Leaguer in Bakersfield last season, James Ennis (25 points, nine rebounds), a long-shot draft pick out of Long Beach State, D.J. Kennedy (18 points, six rebounds), who logged two games with Cleveland in 2011-12, and Eric Griffin, who played in Italy last season, rallied the Heat.
Nunnally's 3-pointer with 3:51 to go put Miami ahead 84-83 and the Suns were getting burned to the point of embarrassment. It didn't sit well with Tucker, who quickly jacked up the intensity.
"We weren't losing that. We got too many roster players and we working too hard to get this done," Tucker said. "Me, Markieff, Marcus, Kendall, we got way too many roster players on this team I feel like to be losing. So for me, it was a little personal at the end to try to really get the win."
Tucker's two free throws and then a jumper put the Suns up 89-87 with 1:07 to go as he looked over to the Heat bench and directed a few words their way. The Suns (6-0) held on to win it 91-89 and will face the top-seeded Golden State Warriors (6-0) in Monday's championship game (9 p.m. ET, NBA TV).
The Warriors, led by roster players Draymond Green and Kent Bazemore, advanced with a 75-67 win over the No. 5 Charlotte Bobcats, who elected again to not play Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Bismack Biyombo and No. 4 pick Cody Zeller.
Kidd-Gilchrist will stay in Vegas for the U.S. Men's National Team training camp that runs Monday through Thursday. Both Zeller and Biyombo did not play in the last two games.
So Monday's matchup will be a battle of unbeatens in the first Summer League championship game with the Warriors looking to make it 14 straight Summer League victories. And if you don't think both teams — the Suns with their roster players and the Warriors with their winning streak — are taking this seriously, think again.
"It is for real for us," said Bazemore, a leading MVP candidate who had a tough shooting going 4-for-12 for 13 points, but also collected four assists. "We came out here and had a mini-camp where we were just working out, and we always look at each other like we work too hard to just get to a certain place and be satisfied. We always feel like we can win a game. We're probably the best de-… well, we are the best defensive team here. Defense wins championships."
Non-rookie of the day: Who else could it be other than the Suns' Tucker, who finished with 19 points on 8-for-11 shooting, plus rebounds and two steals.
Other notables: The Suns' Marcus Morris contributed 17 points on 6-for-9 shooting in 22 minutes, and Dionte Christmas had 10 points, three rebounds and three assists. Golden State's Green put up a double-double after three quarters and finished with 15 points, 12 rebounds and four steals.
Rookie of the day: The Heat's Ennis scored a game-high 25 points on 8-for-17 shooting in the two-point loss to the Suns. He also grabbed nine rebounds, an impressive six on the offensive glass, and had just two turnovers in more than 34 minutes of action.
Other notables: Big man Arinze Onuaku, a D-Leaguer last season in Canton, scored 10 points on 5-for-7 shooting and had four rebounds off the bench in just 14:40. Undrafted rookie Chris Babb out of Iowa State had nine points, four boards and four assists for the Suns in 17:42 off the bench. Miami's Nunnally went 5-for-6 from 3-point range and was 8-for-12 overall coming off the bench for 24 points. Former Syracuse guard Brandon Triche played prominently for the Bobcats with 13 points and five rebounds off the bench and teammate Troy Daniels, undrafted out of Virginia Commonwealth, had 13 points and seven rebounds. Two-year D-League vet Cameron Jones had 16 points for the Warriors.
Coming up: The final day of the 2013 Las Vegas Summer League will see its inaugural title game pitting the Warriors against the Suns.

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The Tragedy of MISS
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Recently, I read about the danger faced by cyclists and motorists on a narrow, winding road outside of Nashville. Some homeowners want cyclists banned. It's too dangerous to pass slow-moving bicyclists because motorists have to cross the road's centerline. What happens if there's an on-coming school bus or a station wagon full of nuns? The almost Pavlovian imperative to pass, regardless of the consequences, might require impaling the front end of a bus with a speeding Chevy Suburban, causing wide spread carnage and the end of civilization as we know it.
Conventional wisdom holds that cyclists have no place in traffic. They should not be on the streets - period. Most of those who insist that cycling is too dangerous are not themselves bicyclists. And while I appreciate the terribly exaggerated difficulty of passing something as small and slow as a bicycle and rider, I'm obviously opposed to a ban. We could ask these motorists if their driving skills are so abysmal as to constitute a threat to everyone else in the immediate vicinity. But no, when evaluating their own driving, Americans believe that they're ALL above average.
With the onset of spring, we can expect to see the usual crop of anti-cycling letters appear on editorial pages. Often, they begin with "I ride a bicycle too, but..." then go on to complain that bicyclists ignore stop signs or they should stay on the sidewalk. And why would anyone wear those silly clothes?
"Only gays wear clothes like that!" In the common imagination, 'gay' means someone is not truly masculine. On the schoolyard, 'sissy' is an equivalent pejorative, so cycling on the road then becomes an extremely dangerous activity performed by a bunch of sissies in spandex. Sissies are not generally known for their risk-taking behavior, a behavior more commonly associated only with real manly-men, yet the apparent cognitive dissonance goes unrecognized. (Now, as for female cyclists, I'm not sure how the 'gayness' epithet works and frankly, it makes my head hurt to think about it, so I'll simply ignore the whole issue.)
Perhaps there's an explanation for the inclusion of such polar opposites in one common stereotype despite the logical absurdity.
I've concluded that the very act of driving a motor vehicle induces a kind of schizophrenia. In fact, it has a name - Motoring Induced Schizophrenic Syndrome or MISS for short. These people cannot distinguish between reality and the lurid fantasies playing out in their heads. "You may be right," they scold cyclists, "but you'll be DEAD right." MISS sufferers can quote imaginary traffic law with genuine authority, saying things like, "Bicycles cannot legally be operated on city streets," "Bicycles have to stay on the sidewalk," or "Bicycles have to be ridden within 3 feet of the curb." They almost always solemnly intone, "It's the law!" after one of these statements.
It's sad, really, because they're otherwise rational people. Exposure to motor vehicles has had an enormous negative impact on their cognitive ability. MISS is found almost uniformly across the age spectrum and is independent of exposure time. Its etiology is unknown. MISS sufferers can recover if they receive extensive therapy supplemented by a drug regimen consisting of powerful laxatives. The drugs have a dual purpose, limiting driving exposure on one hand, while helping to clear the patient's thought processes on the other.
So the next time someone yells, "Get up on the sidewalk!" just give him a friendly wave and remember that he's suffering from a kind of mental constipation.
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Using Quanta as a Docbook Editor
Quanta is widely recognized as the
Writing documentation is a great way to start contributing to KDE. While the
If you want to learn about docbook, or don't know how to start, the
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If you want get your documentation contribution inside the upcoming KDE 3.5 release, act now, as the Message Freeze starts on September 5th.
It's all good, but...
I forgot to add the link to the actual article...
Or better yet, add this link to the:
"Quanta is a friendly editor for all SGML and XML documents" part of the headline.
Sorry... :)
By Carlos Leonhard... at Thu, 2005/08/25 - 5:00am
Re: It's all good, but...
done ..
By Fab at Thu, 2005/08/25 - 5:00am
Much appreciation
I can't begin to express my appreciation for Carlos' work here, as well as his support of our project. It has been my dream for some time that Quanta would be a useful tool for documentation and he has almost single handedly advanced this.
It's also worth mentioning that custom dialogs for Docbook are constructed with Kommander. This means not only that they can be enhanced or modified by users, but that it's easy to extend Quanta with visual tools to enable it to do what you want, and easy to share those tools. Many people may not realize that almost all of what it took to develop this support was done visually within Quanta/Kommander or editing XML files.
Most of all I want to thank Carlos for his great contribution to KDE and our project. Many people feel it is too difficult to contribute either time or money to an open source project. Not Carlos! I know the demands Carlos has on his time and he is one of the people I admire most in KDE. Thanks Carlos!
By Eric Laffoon at Thu, 2005/08/25 - 5:00am
Re: Much appreciation
Quanta is a great tool. Thanks!
My problem with KDE documentation is the lack of unification in structure and style. Probably a docbook template for quanta would improve this.
By Bertram at Fri, 2005/08/26 - 5:00am
Re: Much appreciation
The KDE Documentation primer tries to address this in the "what to cover" section. But in the end, it is up to the documenter to follow it. I think that KDE documentation is picking up, really. So maybe, in the future, we would be able to review all the docs to check for some kind of guidelines conformance. But at the moment, if the doc is good, (independent of the structure), it is probably a big improvement.
By Carlos Leonhard... at Fri, 2005/08/26 - 5:00am
Re: Much appreciation
One of our goals for Quanta has been the visual creation of XML docs using CSS or XSLT. Initially we thought CSS might already work, but I haven't seen that yet. XSLT would be the coolest. There are XSL files to make HTML docs from KDE Docbook and they look pretty much like the final results in the help browser. So you could identify your XSL file and then create docs with templates and toolbars similar to a word processing feel.
This type of functionality will very likely be in Quanta 4.0. The enhancements with Webcore and the work Frans Englich is doing with KDOM will mean that we should be able to do this without having to write most of the code needed. In my opinion what has been needed is a visual document creation tool. Yes, programmers can easily understand C++ and XML is not too hard for the average user... But in both cases this is some effort required. In the visual creation mode it is possible not only to instantly see the result of an edit, but it will also rigidly enforce the DTD.
Not to diminish what Carlos has done, because I think his work means there will be more and better documentation in KDE now, but I think when KDE 4 arrives there will be no excuse not to have documentation being generated by someone invloved with a project. I hope this gets more users involved.
By Eric Laffoon at Fri, 2005/08/26 - 5:00am
Re: Much appreciation
Isn't there also a K-XML-Tool?
Why do it with Quanta?
By Masert at Sat, 2005/08/27 - 5:00am
Re: Much appreciation
Why not?
By Andras Mantia at Sat, 2005/08/27 - 5:00am
Re: Much appreciation
There is KMXL editor, which can also operate as a plugin within Quanta. It breaks everything into nodes you can view, but it doesn't seem to particulary flow. Last I checked it also didn't do structural DTD based validation, custom editing toolbars, templates, entities and auto completion among other things. For working with relatively static files it is a nice tool with a tree mode, although Quanta does have a structure tree too. There is also Syntext Serena which can visually work with XSLT, but it's a commercial tool with a license cost to use it for any purpose. Kate can also be used with much of the functionality of Quanta but Quanta adds the toolbars and dialogs and can also use Kate's custom plugins.
So the answer to your question is that Quanta, with the docbook editing tools, is the most specialized tool to ease development on KDE, unless of course you want to buy a commercial visual tool. BTW Quanta will be competitive with that tool in KDE 4.
I would also like to say that if you're saying "Quanta is an HTML editor so why use it for Docbook" then I would say that is flat wrong. Quanta is not an HTML editor. It's an SGML/XML editor. It just has the most support packages for HTML, but even HTML isn't HTML any more. It's XHTML, XML, PHP and a lot of other things. Because people may think of Quanta as an HTML editor, like for instance NVU, we need to bring to their attention that it is designed with a broader scope. If we had made an HTML editor in the 3x series we would have been engineering future obsolescence.
So there is a reason to use Quanta for Docbook as well as a reason to make people aware that it has advantages.
By Eric Laffoon at Sun, 2005/08/28 - 5:00am
Re: Much appreciation
> and he has almost single handedly advanced this.
This is not true. Andras did most of the work. I just tested it, create the docbooks toobars, the doc primer package, and bugged him a lot :)
By Carlos Leonhard... at Mon, 2005/08/29 - 5:00am
Re: Much appreciation
> This is not true. Andras did most of the work. I just tested it, create the docbooks toobars, the doc primer package, and bugged him a lot :)
Just like I said... Andras is so awesome a coder you just get him music with a faster beat for more code... But you came along and aimed the steamroller of code and then did a nice job of putting the finishing touches on the work. In my experience it is the finishing touches that take disproportionally more attention for the amount of work. I'm pretty happy both of you took something we were close to and made it real.
By Eric Laffoon at Mon, 2005/08/29 - 5:00am
Documentation Transaltion
Carlos, can you point out translation/localization resources in this respect? AFAIK Docbook has issue with RTL languages (Hebrew, Arabic, etc.)..., though I never really used it.
By Uri Sharf at Fri, 2005/08/26 - 5:00am
Not your father's editor
I have been using Quanta for years. The entire contents of my Linux Tutorial (www.linux-tutorial.info) is written using Quanta. All the articles I write are done using Quanta. The two applications that are *always* open are Kmail and Quanta. Eric, we all owe you a debt of thanks.
By Jim Mohr at Sat, 2005/08/27 - 5:00am
Re: Not your father's editor
> Eric, we all owe you a debt of thanks.
Speaking of which... You were the first person to send me a check. I had recently sponsored Andras and discontinued *every* personal expense that wasn't absolutely essential at the time. I mean how many people in the US have to fiddle with rabbit ears to watch 5 channels of TV? I didn't know what to do with people wanting to send money. Thankfully I got myself satellite TV and Tivo for Christmas last year after 3 years, but I owe Andras money again. So thanks are welcome and the most cherished expression, but thanks with pictures of dead presidents keep Andras' electricity in his computer. ;-)
Anyone who wants to buy us dinner in Malaga I have a Paypal debit card...
BTW Jim also came all the way to the US from Germany, supposedly on vacation, but I suspect it was just to come harass me at the Portland Saturday Market. ;-) "Oh, you don't have a cat?" ... Uh-huh.
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School delinquency down, but minorities, disabled most arrested
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The Capital, Tallahassee, FL — A new study by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice shows delinquency on school grounds has dropped by roughly half in the last eight years.
But minority students and those with disabilities continue to get arrested at more than double the rate of other kids.
The DJJ report released this week found the number of all Florida youth arrested at school dropped by 48 percent between Fiscal Year 2004-05 and FY 2011-12. The arrest figures correspond to "a downward trend in juvenile delinquency in all categories across the state," according to the report.
Sixty-seven percent of all school's related arrests were for misdemeanors and 51 percent of arrests last year were for first offenses.
That prompted DJJ Secretary Wansley Walters to call for more alternatives such as civil citations, which give law enforcement officers the option of ticketing offenders for minor crimes instead of arresting them.
"While these numbers continue to move in the right direction, there is much work to be done to reduce unnecessary arrests in our schools," Walters said in a statement. "Youth who act up at school should not be referred to DJJ for 'punishment,' forcing them to enter the juvenile justice system needlessly."
Black youth accounted for 47 percent of all school's related arrests, although they represent 21 percent of Florida youth aged 10 to17. And Exceptional Student Education (ESE) students accounted for 29 percent of arrests on school grounds, although they represent 14 percent of Florida public school students.
"Both statistics are concerning," said Julie Ebenstein, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. "And also that there were so many arrests for misdemeanors… An arrest in school often stays on a child's record for the rest of their life."
"The Florida numbers are not unusual, but are also not acceptable," said Deborrah Brodsky, director of the Project on Accountable Justice at Florida State University. "Nationally, children of color are overrepresented at nearly every point of contact with the system – from juvenile to adult. Even when charged with the same offense, minority children are more likely to be incarcerated and even to serve more time than whites.
"These are unacceptable realities that need to be addressed in Florida and across the country," Brodsky said.
As to the higher rates of arrest for students with disabilities, Ann Siegal of Disability Rights Florida said such students are often arrested for behavior inherent to their condition.
"In the schools, students are being arrested for manifestations of their disability due to lack of either the appropriate supports or training," Siegal said.
David Utter, an attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center, lauded the drop in school arrests. But, he said, "the real story is the intransigence of the school-to-prison pipeline. The percentage of children arrested for misdemeanors has hardly budged – that's the issue here."
In 2010, he said, nearly 25 percent of students who were arrested at school had their charges dismissed outright by state attorneys.
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BOSS LADY RAY: There isn't much I can say about Edge and his shock retirement that hasn't already been said this week. We can't, however, let it pass without comment. The outpouring of love for Adam Copeland over the past seven days has been astonishing. I'm not for a second suggesting he doesn't deserve it. Quite the opposite. I just mean it's been a long time since I've seen such universal affection for a single wrestler.
At 3:00am on Tuesday morning, the wind blowing through a forgotten, open window woke me up. I was suddenly struck with insomnia. To entertain myself I opened Twitter to see if anything interesting was happening on Raw. Edge was retiring. I assumed it was a story. There have been so many false goodbyes in the WWE lately and there were no signs of injury at Wrestlemania. But the more my Twitter feed refreshed, the more it became apparent that it was a very real farewell. I resisted the urge to turn on the television. Feeling sleepy again I went back to bed. When my alarm woke me up I returned to Twitter to find it awash with mournful messages tagged with #ThankYouEdge. Clearly I hadn't just dreamt it. Before I'd even got up I navigated my way to YouTube on my phone and watched the speech North Americans had been reeling over four hours earlier. I had a little cry.
One of the things I've really been taken aback by this week is just how well respected and very much needed Edge is backstage. Curt Hawkins' video tribute was especially lovely.
It must be an incredible feeling to make the difficult decision to take your ship to shore for the final time, knowing that not only your audience are going to miss you, but that your peers will miss you even more. The extended send-off WWE sprung on Edge on this week's Smackdown was even more touching than his big announcement on Raw. And yes, I definitely cried.
The thought that keeps coming back to me is that Edge can't possibly retire because he's one of the new guys. But he isn't. He's 38 this year. He was already established in The Brood when I started watching some thirteen years ago. He's one of the most decorated Superstars in the WWE. So why do I keep thinking of him as one of the new guys? I've come to the conclusion that it's because Edge's retirement feels untimely. We're not used to wrestlers being given medical advice to quit and actually listening. We're not accustomed to seeing wrestlers retiring without their bodies and faces looking twenty years older than they really are. Sad as I am to see Edge go, I'm thrilled I won't be seeing him dragging a broken carcass around the ring ten years from now. I'm happy he gets to go hiking in the mountains with his good lady and a couple of dogs. Live the dream, make your money and get out while you can still enjoy it.
This is the first generation of wrestlers who have the sense and the future prospects to retire when their body tells them to. It's a relief to me. This is why Hulk Hogan's comments that there is somehow something weak about retiring before dropping dead in the ring are infuriating. Hogan's generation haven't retired because they don't know what else to do but wrestle. They had no options of second careers so they just kept going. Is this ideal? No. It's terrible for them and embarrassing to watch. So why on earth would Hogan feel the need to denigrate Edge's very sensible decision? Maybe envy, but probably just irresponsible stupidity. I could not despise that man more.
This new generation of educated and media savvy performers have something to fall back on at the end of their careers; whether that's at the end of an illustrious career or one cut short because of injury as Edge's has been. Once he's finished being off the radar, I have no doubt he'll be back in some way, shape or form. I only realised this week that Edge had been part of the creative team during the time he was recovering from the spinal fusion surgery he underwent seven years ago. My guess is that the door is very much open to him whenever he decides to walk back through it again.
Regardless of the fact that professional wrestling results are predetermined, what they do in the ring requires real physical effort. Wrestlers are athletes in every way apart from the fact that they know when they're winning and when they're losing. How many professional athletes do you know who continue in their sport beyond maybe their late thirties? A lifetime of athletic exertion takes its toll. In the words of that esteemed philosopher Kenny Rogers "You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, and know when to run." Edge is declaring himself out and walking away from the table with his body and his dignity fully intact. I couldn't be prouder. Thank you, Edge. This one's for you…….


text: Breadcrumb Home Scott Suttell Blog Editor's Choice December 17, 2012 01:30 AM EPA puts Cleveland on the clock to address soot pollution Scott Suttell Managing Editor Tweet Share Share Email More Print This will be quick today: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a new standard for soot pollution that The New York Times says will force industry, utilities and local governments — including Cleveland — "to find ways to reduce emissions of particles that are linked to thousands of cases of disease and death each year." The agency, acting under a court deadline, "set an annual standard of 12 micrograms per cubic meter of air, a significant tightening from the previous standard of 15 micrograms, set in 1997, which a federal court found too weak to adequately protect public health," The Times says. The new standard "is in the middle of the range of 11 to 13 micrograms per cubic meter that the EPA's science advisory panel recommended." Communities must meet the new standard by 2020 or face possible penalties, including loss of federal transportation financing. At present, 66 counties in eight states do not meet the new standard, including the metropolitan areas of Los Angeles, Houston, St. Louis, Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsburgh, The Times notes. The EPA estimates that by 2020, when the rule is fully in force, only seven counties, all of them in California, will still be out of compliance. The Times says the EPA based its action on health studies "that found that exposure to fine particles — in this case measuring 2.5 micrometers in diameter — brought a marked increase in heart and lung disease, acute asthma attacks and early death." The agency estimates the benefit of the new rule at $4 billion to $9 billion a year, and the annual costs of putting it into effect at $53 million to $350 million. Dr. Charis Eng, an oncologist and geneticist who leads the Genomic Medicine Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, is quoted in this Reuters story about an exciting new cancer study. "The cancer cells were not behaving the way the textbooks say they should," the Reuters story begins. "Some of the cells in colonies that were started with colorectal tumor cells were propagating like mad; others were hardly multiplying. Some were dropping dead from chemotherapy and others were no more slowed by the drug than is a tsunami by a tissue. Yet the cells in each 'clone' all had identical genomes, supposedly the all-powerful determinant of how cancer cells behave." That finding, published online last week in the journal Science, "could explain why almost none of the new generation of 'personalized' cancer drugs is a true cure, and suggests that drugs based on genetics alone will never achieve that holy grail," according to the news service. Scientists not involved in the study praised it for correcting what Dr. Eng called "the simple-minded" idea that tumor genomes alone explain cancer. She tells Reuters that the study is "very exciting" and that the finding "underlines that a tumor's behavior and, most important, its Achilles heel depend on something other than its DNA." Dr. Eng's own work has shown that patients with identical mutations can have different cancers, Reuters notes. Looking to sell your house in 2013? While the market is getting better, there are still a lot of pitfalls, so MarketWatch.com offers some suggestions, including one from a Cleveland broker. Among the tips: learn about the buyer's financing; consider cash offers; prepare for the appraisal; and commit to a tight timeframe. One section of the piece suggests that sellers "tackle title and inspection issues early on." Instead of waiting for the buyer's home inspection to turn up problems, sellers should get one themselves before listing, says Tony Geraci, a broker and owner of Century 21 HomeStar in the Cleveland market. That way, they can make needed repairs before the buyer requests them — or gets scared off, he tells MarketWatch.com. Matthew Moneymaker, co-host of Animal Planet's "Finding Bigfoot," shares with USA Today some spots where the legendary hominid may live, and one of them is within an hour of Cleveland. (To be clear, Mr. Moneymaker, who is president of the Bigfoot Field Research Organization, believes Bigfoot is a descendant of an Asian relative of the orangutan.) One possible site for Bigfoot spotting? Salt Fork State Park in Lore City, Ohio. "While some sites downplay their Sasquatch notoriety, this state park has even hosted a Bigfoot conference," USA Today notes. "Researchers have been coming for decades to this area about 60 miles south of Cleveland." Mr. Moneymaker tells the newspaper, "It has been going on there longer than anywhere else. Many people have encounters there." You also can follow me on Twitter for more news about business and Northeast Ohio. Recommended for You View the discussion thread.


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Steve Irwin Day went off like a frog in a sock, as usual, with a raft of entertainment and entertainers as we streamed the Crocoseum action live to Youtube allowing thousands of Steve's fans from all four corners of the globe to get involved. Khaki clad visitors enjoyed a sausage sizzle, trampolines, slides, workshops, traditional indigenous dancing, pony rides, The Blenders, lorikeet racing and STACKS more throughout the course of the day!
Xavier Rudd gave us an inspiring mixture of reggae, funk, blues, folk, and roots music. His love of nature, indigenous culture and the diversity and beauty of these great regions of Australia make his Australian shows an absolute treat for the global troubadour and a natural fit on such an auspicious occaision.
Rove McManus, Australian actress Tasma Walton joined William Zillman and Ashley Harrison from the Gold Coast Titans in the Crocoseum before Terri, Bindi, Robert and Wes put on a classic Wildlife Warriors croc show and the Veronica's left their handprints in our growing Walk of Fame.
Steve Irwin Day was also an appropriate time to announce the new names of our gorgeous two new Sumatran tiger cubs - welcome to Clarence and Hunter! Clarence picked his own name out of all the suggestions in the Wotif.com naming competition (keep an eye on our social media next week for photos of how we narrowed it down) and Terri, Bindi and Robert chose Hunter from our Australia Zoo Facebook competition.
Lucky visitors to Australia Zoo can get up close and personal with our twin boy while they're still this fun size, but they won't stay that way for long!
- Catch up with the Steve Irwin Day live stream and Gala Dinner photos at steveirwinday.org
- Now that they have names, we're delighted to announce that Clarence and Hunter are available in our Adopt An Animal program!
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That wasn't a fake-out in Modern Family's season finale: Gloria really is pregnant, and Jay really will be a father once again.
When the Emmy-winning comedy returns Wednesday (9/8c on ABC), Gloria (Sofia Vergara) and Jay Jay (Ed O'Neill) will reveal the big news to the Dunphy-Pritchett clan. In a moment of symmetry, the Dunphys will be dealing with the loss of one of their children, as Haley (Sarah Hyland) departs for college. To get the scoop on the new season, TVGuide.com talks to series co-creator Steve Levitan, who also clears up the recent Romney jab.
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1. Gloria's pregnant! How are she and Jay dealing with that?
Steve Levitan: The first episode of the season is actually the next day and it's everybody finding out about it, and how everyone reacts to that information. Then, throughout the course of the season, there are just a lot of different stages in pregnancy that we play, such as dealing with an ever-growing Gloria and her increasing discomfort, dealing with those kinds of issues, and also just their general preparation for the baby; not only theirs, but also Manny's (Rico Rodriguez).
2. Will Jay be having a hard time with Gloria's pregnancy this year?
Levitan: I don't think that necessarily sums it up. You know, there are good days and bad days, just like in anything else, just like in life.
3. Will Cam (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) be jealous? And are they really taking a break from trying to adopt?
Levitan: That is touched upon in the first episode. I think that all we're saying at this point is that they are taking a break, and it can go in any number of directions. Needless to say, it's an emotional thing that they go through in the first episode.
4. There's always been great comedy in the fact that Manny is Claire (Julie Bowen) and Mitch's stepbrother. How will they react to having an even younger sibling on the way?
Levitan: You know, there's a little bit of that. It's odd obviously when your father, deep into his 60s, has another baby. I think that brings up odd feelings. We try to deal with it in a number of different ways, but we don't want it to completely dominate the season, because that would get a little boring, so we deal with a lot of different issues this season. You know, Haley goes to college, for example, so there are a number of different story lines that we'll follow along.
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5. How does Haley fit into the show now that she's away at college?
Levitan: We see her the same way that I see my daughter, who is off to college, through video chat and FaceTime and all that, and then there are some episodes where she's gone, because that's part of life.
6. They still have Luke (Nolan Gould) and Alex (Ariel Winter) around, but this is the first time in about 18 years that they haven't had three kids under their roof. How are Claire and Phil (Ty Burrell) enjoying that?
Levitan: Well, we do an episode that deals with how the dynamics change when Haley is gone, but I don't know that they celebrate. Life goes on, and they still have two young kids, so they're not empty nesters.
7. And how does Alex feel with Haley gone? Haley was always the popular one, with Alex the geeky one. Do we see her fill a new role this year?
Levitan: We definitely see one aspect of that and how it affects her relationship with Claire.
8. If last season you were heading toward graduation and the possible adoption, what is this season heading toward? The birth?
Levitan: We're planning on the baby being born somewhere around the halfway point of the season. We have a vague notion of finishing with a very interesting trip, but we don't know for sure if that'll happen.
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9. Have you actually heard back from Ann Romney after offering to have her officiate Cam and Mitchell's wedding... once it's legal?
Levitan: No.
10. If she really took you up on that offer...
Levitan: Yes. Listen, from the bottom of my heart I'm very happy that the Romneys watch our show. I think that people with differing points of view find common ground in Modern Family is very flattering, and I'm appreciative of that.
Modern Family returns Wednesday at 9/8c on ABC.


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Fantasy Baseball 2013: 10 Best Relievers
There are few certainties in fantasy baseball. One certainty every season is that there isn't another position with more turnover than at closer.
Once the season gets rolling the position does an impersonation of Donald Trump's show The Apprentice. It seems like a guy ends up getting pulled from the job just about once a week once the season starts rolling, and I honestly wouldn't mind watching the Donald hit them with one of his patented "your fired" when it happens.
Heading into your fantasy draft you should do your best to get your hands on one proven top option. They typically enjoy much more job security. Then you can decide whether you want to spend another couple of picks on some of your riskier options or play the waiver wire in season for a replacement option.
Here are the ten best fantasy baseball relievers for 2013.
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Fernando RodneyTampa Bay Rays
Last season, Rodney set career best marks in ERA (0.80), WHIP (0.78), saves (48) and strikeouts (76). So naturally one might ask why he is only ranked 10th. My answer is quite simply his numbers are unsustainable. The Rays improved his mechanics making him a better pitcher, but his microscopic BABIP of .220 and LOB% of 89.4 are bound for correction closer to league averages.
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Mariano RiveraNew York Yankees
Best All-Time. I don't care if he is 43 and coming off reconstructive knee surgery. Mo is going to come back and continue to post incredible numbers in his farewell campaign. My only concerns with him are the Bombers may use him sparingly to start the year and may actually struggle to get him save opportunities in what very well could be a down season.
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Rafael SorianoWashington Nationals
Soriano parlayed filling in for the aforementioned Mo into a two-year, $28 million deal with the Nationals. His departure from Yankee stadium will definitely be kind to his numbers, but his high LOB% (88.0) means luck was on his side last season while donning pinstripes. I anticipating close to 40 saves here, but I also expect regression in both his ERA and WHIP.
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J.J. PutzArizona Diamondbacks
It must be tough for a manager to hit the bullpen phone and ask for Putz. Jokes aside though, nothing about what this guy does on the mound is a laughing matter. He has a career K/9 of 9.49 and BB/9 of 2.79. Two ingredients I search for in a closer are the ability to miss a bat and not to give away free passes. If he played for a squad with a top offense he would crack my Top-5.
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Joe NathanTexas Rangers
Nathan underwent Tommy-John surgery back in 2010 and for some reason people still label him as an injury risk. The fact that he is 38 probably aids that stigma as well. What I can tell you is the guy posted a K/9 of 10.91 while running his heater up to a steady 94 MPH last year. Those numbers are right in line with his career norms. He remains a rock-steady save option this season.
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Kris MedlenAtlanta Braves
If your league has specific slots for relievers, Medlen is exactly the kind of guy you should target -- Especially if your league has daily lineup changes. The ability to plug in a Top-30 starting option around 32 times a year will do wonders for both your win and strikeout totals while allowing you to replace him with a closer on days he is off. That in my mind makes him worth more than just about every closer.
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Jonathan PapelbonPhiladelphia Phillies
His first season closing for the Phillies was pretty much what we expected. He provided strong totals strikeouts, saves and mean stares. There are a few points of concern that lead me to expect a dip in his numbers this year. First he gave up a career worst eight homers last year; never a friendly stat for closers. Second, we saw a drop of 1.2 MPH in his fastball velocity. For a guy who has been steady in that department for the last four seasons it definitely raises an eyebrow.
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Jason MotteSt. Louis Cardinals
There is a lot to like when it comes to Motte. For starters the Cards are going to provide him with plenty of save chances. His 42 last season ranked him tied for third in the league. He also has posted back-to-back seasons with a sub 1.00 WHIP. Nothing drives success among closers more than keeping opposing batters off base. Being able to crank your cheese up close to 100 MPH also works wonders as well.
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Aroldis ChapmanCincinnati Reds
The Reds front office wants him to start. Chapman and manager Dusty Baker want him to close. This matter should be settled in the first week or so. As a reliever we can expect him to post similar numbers to last season. As a starter expect him to be coddled much like Stephen Strasburg was last year. He may end up struggling with free passes with more exposure, but he definitely has the goods to be a dominant starter if he puts everything together.
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Craig KimbrelAtlanta Braves
There are closers, and then there is Craig Kimbrel. To give you an idea of just how dominant he is let's look at his career numbers over his first 160.1 innings pitches. He has saved 89 games while posting a 1.46 ERA, 0.91 WHIP and 15.89 K/9. He has shown no signs of slowing down and should be viewed as the leagues premier closer. If you want him you better be prepared to grab him as early as the fourth round in standard 12-team mixed leagues.


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A song about the US president which parodies the Scottish comedy standard Donald Where's Your Troosers? has become a viral hit.
A song about the US president which parodies Donald Where's Your Troosers? has become a viral hit.
Hoodoo Zephyr penned lyrics to the Scottish tune mocking Donald Trump's personal life and politics.
The Aberdeenshire-based band's video has since had more than 24,000 views on its Facebook page.
Now the punk-folk group hope their song will be chanted by crowds at some of the anti-Trump demonstrations planned across Scotland during his visit this weekend.
"We will not be anywhere near where he's going to be, it would be lovely to have played at one of the protests," lead guitarist Geoff Sprinks said.
"We just hope enough people can see the video and can sing a bit of it - that would be lovely."
Gatherings and rallies are planned across the UK from Thursday, when Trump is expected to touch down in Britain.
With Trump set to travel to Scotland on Friday evening after meeting the Queen at Windsor Castle, a protest is planned for Glasgow's George Square.
A protest will also be held outside the president's Balmedie golf course on Saturday, and it is expected there could be further demonstrations at his Turnberry resort.
A national demonstration is planned at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Saturday, as well as a Carnival of Resistance in the Meadows area of the capital.
"Our vocalist, Freak, had a bit of a thing about Trump," Sprinks, who goes by the stage name Sprinkles, added.
"He keeps an eye on politics, with the golf course happening it became prominent.
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Joan, the War on Whistleblowers makes stronger whistleblowers in the same way the Survival of the Fittest makes stronger species: at a high cost.
Borrowing the title of a well-known book, America's government is an enemy of the people.
I blew a whistle on the company I worked for in Arizona. I was giving environmental info to taxpayer groups and company managers made a case that I had screwed up in my work. Happily, my immediate manager's reports said the opposite and I showed his reports to an attorney. The company heard that I had seen an attorney and started treating me very well--even raising my salary when I asked. For "insurance" I went public and ran in a Party primary for the legislature. (I didn't win but it was a terrific education in a reality few computer geeks see.) Company managers then used my information to pressure the State to buy a top-of-the-line computer suitable for high energy research in university science departments. I told an attormey I knew about it and the sale was canceled. One manager called me a traitor. I resigned after two years and moved to San Francisco where at 46 I started a low cost but long and WONDERFUL retirement. I met a few crooks in politics but I have met so many wonderful people that I will stay active until I stop breathing.
In the meantime we don't know if Snowden disappeared on his own or if some organisation made him disappear...
In Wikipedia, look for "Don Bolles" -- the reporter not the musician -- and read his story.
I knew him and his whistle blowing story. A few suggested it was a mafia killing but mafia hitmen are not as clumsy and don't leave trails that point to themselves. From newspaper clippings I'd saved, I added some info that points to others more likely to gain from the land fraud Bolles was exposing.
BTW: Bolles' brother Richard wrote the book "What Color Is Your Parachute?" for midlife job changers.
Okay ... before we start turning Edward Snowden into the King of the May, let's consider something:
All the revelations of secrets and so on that I've heard in recent days have been on the American's side of the ledger. Very simple question: WHAT ABOUT THE RUSSIANS? WHAT ABOUT THE CHINESE?!? Who is tipping their hand? Who is compromising their intelligence? Answer: No One That I Know Of!
Let's keep something in mind: the Cold War may be over, but that doesn't mean that all is lovey-dovey between the aforementioned powers. China is waging an unremitting cyber campaign against the US (probably among others), and Russia may be sponsoring a similar effort out of Bulgaria. The US has a considerable monitoring and defensive organization operating out of the NSA and may already have takent he offensive, themselves. Meantime, both Russian and China still have their covert intelligence organizations still operating, yet I don't see Julian Assange posting anything from either country's espionage agencies.
Snowden and Assange, among others, have compromised OUR intelligence efforts, which effectively give a competing country or organization a significant advantage over us, certainly in the public domain. When these two and the others like them want to take a shot at the other side of the coin, I may consider changing my opinion of them.
As it is, should either of them fall within the cross-hairs of someone's sniper rifle, I won't shed tear one.
Loren, I'm going to risk your anger.
Surely you know that terms like "King of the May" reveal emotions you are feeling but not disclosing.
While A/N doesn't require any of us to disclose our emotions, they do influence our views.
If Daniel Ellsberg, of Pentagon Papers fame/infamy, had fallen within the cross-hairs of someone's sniper rifle, would you have shed tear one?
You ask who is compromising Russian or Chinese intelligence and reply "No One That [you] Know Of!"
The Russian or Chinese governments won't tell you. Their whistleblowers and our government won't tell you.
Yep, something in the Snowden story has angered you
Okay, I'll take you from my verbal crosshairs and look at whistleblowers and their important functions.
There are few limits on the ambitions of those who rule nations. Because America's founders didn't want the fear of assassination to be the only limit on the ambitions of those who would rule, they devised a variety of checks and balances. Today we know they succeeded in part and failed in part.
Along with espionage, in both business and politics, whistleblowers serve to limit ambition. They moderate the excesses of competition.
Yes, some people benefit from tooth and claw competition. It's their ambitions the rest of us have to limit.
Tom, my only point is that, in large portion, Edward Snowdon and Julian Assange are being lionized for pulling the pants down on the American intelligence community in general and the NSA in particular. I submit that, by comparison with whatever took the place of the KGB after the Soviet Union fell and what the Chinese use for external intelligence gathering, those were easy pickings. The US, for all its secrecy, remains an OPEN SOCIETY, vastly more so than the other two examples I have cited. I'm still waiting for Assange to publish a highly classified document from either or both of them ... and I'm just about willing to bet a cup of coffee that that never happens, or that I don't live to see it.
As for Snowden ... well, let me tell a story to let you know where I stand. The NSA's Special Projects Laboratory at Fort Meade, Maryland was a customer of mine for a fair while. They had a pair of testers in a lab environment and another pair in the SPL cleanroom, three of which I did the installation on and all four serviced on a regular basis. Now ... ordinarily, once a computer or computerized device is connected to the NSA network, Only NSA Employees Are Supposed To Use Those Computers. If you ain't got a clearance, no touchie! The fact is, before 9/11 and after repeated visits for various reasons, my contacts there allowed me to run the necessary processes and diagnostics on those machines, sometimes even without their supervision. No, they didn't give out passwords; they had to log me in, but once I was in, to put it simply, They Trusted Me. I'm still astonished to even be able to say that, knowing how rigorous NSA security was even then. After 9/11, of course, no more doing my own tests. I could handle the hardware and take my measurements with my DVM, but someone else had to type in the commands at my direction. If I had wanted that same freedom after it hit the fan, SOMEONE would have had to spend somewhere between $25,000 and $100,000 to get me a clearance ... and there's enough screwiness to me that my guess is I wouldn't have been cleared.
Yet Snowden was cleared, probably considerably above the level I operated at ... and he violated the trust given him, and yeah, that irks me. I suppose that part of it is the fact that I had an established relationship with the people I worked with, from 1991 to 2006. They were good people, at least two of whom I considered friends as much as customers, and I felt honored that they trusted me during part of that time. Just a guess, but my take is that Snowden felt no such investment.
Now ... maybe it'd be great if NO ONE had to keep secrets ... EVER. The fact is that they do exist and at some level have to be kept. Having only one side forced to show its hand isn't just inequitable, it's fucking DANGEROUS, certainly with a former KGB goon like Putin in charge of Russia, and this new cat in China is likely little better. If Snowden is ever actually caught, more than likely we're looking at the judicial system in action. Ditto for Assange. If someone pulled the same crap in the PRC or the Russian Federation, an order for "termination with extreme prejudice" wouldn't surprise me in the slightest ... which is why Assange still hasn't done anything with Russian or Chinese intelligence and why I doubt he or his organization ever will.
Last thought: what if all those at the NSA and the NRO and the CIA decided to say, "Fuck it!" and spilled their guts to the New York Times or the Washington Post? How fast do you suppose our enemies would take advantage of that treasure trove and make us hurt for it? How much do you think they're running with it NOW? If we were talking about a level playing field, it would be one thing, but, again, even with our secrets, we play with one hand tied behind our back because We're An Open Society ... and they AREN'T.
Do me the favor of NOT trying to psychoanalyze the above. If you really want to piss me off ... that'll do it.
Loren, thank you for clarifying your views.
They are too well thought out and we probably agree on too much for me psychoanalyze.
We probably agree and don't need detailed support for the following:
1) open societies are more at risk from the outside than from the inside,
2) closed societies are more at risk from the inside than from the outside, and
3) the leaders of closed societies more easily "disappear" those they suspect.
We probably agree that societies in transition from open to closed are more at risk from inside than are societies that remain open.
We might not agree that since WW2 the USofA has been in transition from open to closed.
The source of the risk? Whistleblowers.
Who are angry?
1) People who don't want to lose their civil liberties, and
2) People who believe their leaders can do no wrong.
BTW, we probably agree that you use more colorful prose than I do.
Another point, Loren. I recall hearing or reading a few times that:
1) the American people are sovereign and the government serves the people, and
2) as the Declaration says, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, ....
When in 1953 the CIA overthrew an elected government in Iran, American foreign policy came onto a collision course with Americans' civil liberties.
Not because that was the first time America had interfered in a foreign nation, but because people from the part of the world in which America had interfered responded so devastatingly in America.
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text: I think having stations set up to do that ranging would be neat to have if nothing else for an education opportunity. As a student working on building and launching one of these little nano-satellites I would like to see one thing cleared up. These are NOT University satellites, they are student satellites. They are designed and built by students, funded through grants and donations arranged by students. Universities provide little more then an framework for organizing these sorts of projects. So if the university is going to chip in to some fund on behalf of those helping track the satellites, then it would be really nice for them to through some money at the building of the satellites. At my school the department sponsoring our project has to pay the university rent for the space we take up in a building "owned" by the department for a project made up entirely of tuition paying students. We may only pay around $7-15K in tuition, and another $5-10K in housing, food, books, etc. but most of us if we are lucky can make about half our yearly costs from summer jobs or internships. The rest we scrounge for scholarships and grants. We put in around 20 hours a week into class and labs, another 15-40 in other school work. What little free time we have we spend in research labs instead of watching TV, or drinking. We spend a lot of that time trying to keep the project funded to a level that allows us to continue. We are very aware of how much it costs to construct a station to track satellites, and to build the satellites, and to launch the satellites. If we are able to bring in any extra money we spend that right back into the students we have putting 20 hours a week that they could and probably should spend on something outside of school. We devote years into these little boxes of electronics, in the hope that it will someday fly in space. We reach out and connect with other students doing the same thing, we congratulate them for their successes, and console them on their losses. I personally was up all night watching this latest launch as one of the cubes (E1P) was to have been launch on the Glory mission in march which failed to reach orbit. It is now on orbit and doing fine, M-Cubed however seams to be having issues and I will track it every chance I get to help that team understand what is going on. I got into nano-satellites by first being a HAM, and if I have my way anything I put into orbit will be switched over to a BBS, APRS digi, or even voice repeater when the scientific mission is done. That time may not come in the operational life span of the satellite and it is very important that it complete the mission that someone has generously paid for. If nothing else then I hope what I learn from this endeavor will serve to further the collective understanding of something. I attend a state school as a student of Mechanical Engineering, I have been dumpster diving for parts, I carry two rolls of duct tape, I find a hammer can fix many problems, I have spent hours building things to replace tools I either cannot afford, or cannot afford to wait for. The moral is that these aren't multi-million dollar projects with blank checks, these are shoestring operations that have to take things one step at a time. If you don't want to help out the next generation of aerospace engineers and rocket scientists that's up to you. We won't turn down help, but many of us have grown to expect nothing from anyone. We will build a ladder so we can through our satellite into orbit if we have to. I'm sorry if I seam over passionate or long winded, but please keep in mind that I have watched for several years as budgets have been cut, my tuition and living expenses goes up, and my income and financial-aid remain the same. It is like a broken record (yes I know what records are) to hear people complain about a short term inconvenience and offer a solution that threatens long term progress. Anthony Odenthal KE7OSN President Amateur Radio Club at OSU On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 21:45, Dave Guimont <dguimon1 at san.rr.com> wrote: > > Very good, Peter, I was hoping we could get Jim to chime in!! > > 73 Dave > > > On 31.10.2011 21:17, jmfranke wrote: >> > To paraphrase Yoda in Star Wars: >> > >> > Whine not. Do. Or do not. There is no whine. >> > >> > John WA4WDL >> >> or just do it yourself.... >> >> http://www.amsat.org/amsat/**articles/g3ruh/123.html<http://www.amsat.org/amsat/articles/g3ruh/123.html> >> >> Sorry - I could not resist.. old AMSAT technology, almost forgotten >> by most people... >> >> 73s >> Peter DB2OS >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? 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Sustainability in Transportation
Ecologically Designed Parking Lots
WKU Parking and Transportation Services and Planning, Design and Construction Department incorporated sustainable features into parking lot designs at WKU to reduce stormwater run-off, the heat island effect, and energy consumption.
In 2009, the Chestnut Street North Lot underwent a complete renovation. In the new design, greenspace was expanded, which reduced the surface area of asphalt from 1.3 acres to 1.1 acres. Permeable concrete was utilized in the lowest section of the parking lot. These two features have reduced stormwater run-off from this parking lot by 47%.
|The Mimosa parking lot, with reflective coating and permeable pavement.
|How permeable pavement works.
Also in 2009, the Adams Street and University Boulevard parking lots also got makeovers, using rain gardens with native plants and permeable concrete to reduce stormwater runoff. In 2010, the Mimosa and Minton Lots were improved, with use of pervious concrete to reduce stormwater run-off and reflective coating to reduce the "heat island" effect. These improvements contributed to the LEED Gold status of Gary Ransdell Hall.
The structural parking lots have been improved too. PS1 and PS2 are more energy efficient with new high efficiency fluorescent, LED, and fiber optic lighting systems installed in 2010 as part of WKU's Energy Savings Performance Contract. The new lighting has reduced the electrical usage of these lots by 54%, saving 802,575 kWh annually. The project has improved safety while using far less energy.
|Lighting in Parking Structure 1
|Lighting in Parking Structure 2
Alternative Transportation Options
At WKU going car-free is becoming easy. A variety of transit services are provided
for the WKU community.
For complete information visit Parking and Transportation Service's "Car Free" webpage.
Topper Transit
WKU Topper Transit has a fleet of 11 buses providing on and off campus transportation services for Western Kentucky University. On-campus service is free to all students, faculty, staff and visitors. The three fixed routes (White Line, Red Line, Blue Line) move passengers from point to point around campus. Off-campus service (Shopping Shuttle/Green Line) is used to transport passenger to and from area shopping/recreation/housing centers. Para-transit service is provided for disabled passengers and requires an ADA boarding pass, which is available at the PTS office at no charge. Shuttle services are also available for special university events. Complete information, including routes and schedules, is available here.
GObg Public Transit
The City of Bowling Green offers public transit service to its citizens as GObg. The
GObg routes extend to the WKU campus with several popular stops. The new purple line
includes transportation to area supermarkets and local apartment complexes. Unlimited
ride bus passes, for a full semester, are available at the PTS office for only $10.00.
For more information on GObg Public Transit, visit their website.
Ridesharing with AlterNetRides
WKU has partnered with AlterNetRides to provide free ride matching services. Users
can arrange single trips, such as a ride home for the weekend, or repeating trips,
like commuting to work or school. Visit Parking and Transportation's AlterNetRides page to find a carpool, and their "Car Free" page to find carpool ettiquette, carpooling safety tips and carpooling general tips.
Big Red Bikes
The Big Red Bikes bicycle lending program refurbishes abandoned or donated bicycles for loan to students, faculty and staff at no cost. In 2007 GreenToppers started the program to promote bicycle use and awareness at WKU. Big Red Bikes remains a student-run program, and is managed by the Office of Sustainability in partnership with Parking and Transportation Services. Parking and Transportation Services provides the bikes, and funding support for a student bike mechanic to refurbish and maintain the bikes. The program is so popular that it is often a challenge to meet demand! For more information, visit the Big Red Bike webpage and for more information on biking in Bowling Green, visit Parking and Transportation Services biking webpage.
Sustainable Parking Eco Facts
Reduce Storm Water Run Off
Efforts to reduce storm water run-off also reduce the amount of oils and other contaminants that wash off the parking lots and into our streams. By reducing surface water run-off, we also reduce the amount of erosion that occurs in urban streams created by the volume and speed of run-off.
Design features which reduce storm water run-off include: permeable concrete (water infiltrates concrete and is stored below the parking lot until it seeps into the groundwater), landscaping islands (which reduce impermeable surface area), rain gardens (landscaped areas which collect rain water and feature native plants).
Reduce Heat Island Effect
Heat island effect is caused by asphalt absorbing heat of the sun during the day and releasing it at night. In urban areas, heat island effect changes micro-climates. In large urban areas, it actually changes weather patterns. To reduce the heat island effect, a highly reflective coating is applied to the asphalt. The coating reflects the sun and heat energy so that it is not absorbed by the asphalt.
Reduce Energy Consumption
High efficiency fluorescent and LED lighting systems reduce energy use in parking lots. During periods of low campus occupancy, such as winter and spring break, and over the summer, unused parking areas can be closed and lighting turned off or reduced to safety levels.
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- Selma Blair has parted ways with "Anger Management"
- Lionsgate confirmed Blair's exit on Tuesday, wishing her the best
- The actress tweeted that "life is good" amid speculation
Charlie Sheen's FX comedy "Anger Management" has lost a leading lady.
CNN has confirmed that actress Selma Blair has parted ways with the series, which stars Sheen as a therapist named Charlie with complicated problems of his own. Blair portrayed Kate, his fellow therapist and "best friend with benefits."
Recent reports have hinted at tension between Blair and Sheen, with TMZ suggesting that Sheen wanted the actress off the show because of alleged negative comments about his work ethic. On Tuesday, studio Lionsgate only acknowledged Blair's departure.
"We are confirming that Selma Blair will not be returning to 'Anger Management' and we wish her the very best," a statement said.
On Twitter, Blair has assured fans that she's doing fine.
"Life is good," she tweeted Tuesday ahead of Lionsgate's statement, following it up the next morning with a note of gratitude to her fans. "I thank you for support and love."


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In Sacramento, an old maxim holds true for some of the state's largest power brokers: Always be nice to the secretary.
And the legislative director.
And the committee consultant.
And the chief of staff.
In 2012, powerful interest groups lavished state lawmakers with high-dollar meals, trips and entertainment. But many of the same corporations and unions also showered legislative aides with meals, sporting tickets, concerts and rounds of golf, records show.
One reason? Term limits have made lawmakers themselves short-timers, while legislative staffers may transfer from lawmaker to lawmaker, committee to committee. They have power — and staying power.
Groups that spent the most on lobbying last year provided legislative aides with about $69,500 in gifts. A U-T Watchdog review showed that the same groups — from companies to associations and unions — bestowed roughly $70,500 in gifts to lawmakers.
Countdown: Top donors to lawmaker's aides
Many of the presents went to staffers standing in for their bosses at customary banquets or at meetings over breakfast, lunch or dinner. Many aides also received tickets to places such as Disneyland, the U.S. Open Championship and San Francisco Giants and Sacramento Kings games. They took in college bowl games, horse races at Del Mar and Professional Bull Riders.
Others were afforded meals, parking passes and entry to a range of shows and concerts, from Cirque du Soleil and Sesame Street Live to the Black Keys, Blake Shelton and Lady Antebellum. Staffers were also given craft beer valued at $5 and ice cream sundaes listed at $1.
"Corporations don't waste their money. They obviously think that they are getting something in return by doing this," said Bob Stern, a campaign finance expert who authored the state's political reform laws. "They are not going to spend it on the employee who is giving tours of the Capitol."
A ticket to a basketball game or concert gives the purchasers the kind of face-to-face access to staffers that can be hard to steal amid the bustle of the workday. Schedulers can be particularly helpful in a company's endeavors as they control virtually every minute of a legislator's tightly-packed calendar.
"Because of term limits, the staffs have become the institutional knowledge of the Capitol — other than lobbyists themselves," said Phillip Ung of California Common Cause. "It's not just staff getting gifts, but it's the relationship that's being built, the long-term investment that is being made by these entities into these individuals."
Ung and others argue that legislators should take a page from Congress, which has effectively banned gifts to staffers from lobbyists and their employers.
View the Video Watchdog Minute: Freebies for staffers
"The aspect of this that voters should be worried about is that these are public servants who are being influenced but are not subject to elections," he said.
U-T Watchdog approached several current and former legislative aides who received gifts and none agreed to speak on the record.
Gifts from registered lobbyists are tightly controlled. Most legislative staffers were subject to a $420 limit from a single entity last year.
One veteran staffer said it was well known among his colleagues that they could request tickets from representatives of lobbying firms who themselves are not registered lobbyists. Other times the nonlobbyists will call staff and ask them if they want to attend an event in their luxury box.
There's a general understanding among the aides that they aren't particularly well-paid and want to enjoy whatever ancillary benefits they can, another former staffer said.
Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, said if a gift has significant value, for example something more than lunch or a box of candy, it is reviewed by her or her chief of staff before approval.
"All final decisions on legislative matters are made by me," Atkins said. "A gift to a staff member has no influence on my work."
Assemblyman Brian Jones, R-Santee, said the Fair Political Practices Commission "has extreme oversight on these issues and I expect my staff to follow not only the letter of the law, but the intent as well."
Many of the top gift-givers are in highly regulated industries, among them AT&T, Sempra Energy, Edison International and Comcast. AT&T and its affiliates spent more than $27,000 on tickets for aides, including passes to Monster Jam, WWE Raw and Disney on Ice. The figure was nearly seven times what the company spent on lawmaker gifts.
Lane Kasselman, a spokesman for AT&T said the company follows all state laws and disclosure requirements. Kasselman sent along a link to a recent Forbes article on the country's 100 best corporate citizens, and AT&T was ranked No. 1.
Edison International spent nearly $4,700 on staff meals and tickets, Pacific Gas & Electric spent about $3,100 and Sempra Energy about $1,450.
Sempra representatives noted that officials with the company and its subsidiaries meet with public officials and their staffs in a variety of venues to discuss energy-related issues.
Southern California Edison's practice is that no registered lobbyist may provide gifts to legislators or their staff, spokeswoman Lauren Bartlett said. All interactions with legislative offices and staffers, whether by registered lobbyists or other company representatives, are guided by state law and strict adherence to the FPPC, Bartlett said.
Lynsey Paulo, a spokeswoman for PG&E, said the company participates in the political process on behalf of its customers, employees and shareholders because it wants to make sure that important issues get heard.
"I would say that part of the political engagement process is building relationships, not just with the lawmakers but with their staff, and especially the ones that work on issues that are going to be important to us and our customers and our employees," Paulo said. "Sometimes that engagement takes place in the context of a meal or an event or a reception. In the context of all of that, we really do hold ourselves to the highest standards of public disclosure and compliance."
She added that gifts to legislators and their staff are entirely paid for with shareholder funds and not utility customer dollars.
Walt Disney Co., which provided legislative aides about $5,500 in park passes and movie screenings, declined comment.
Josh Rubinstein, executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, which provided aides $2,800 in passes, said term limits played a role.
"It is important to keep staff informed and educated so they can be of benefit to their legislator, who in most cases is new to the process," Rubinstein said. "Someone from our executive team routinely meets with staff when they are in attendance at Del Mar. This 'one-on-one' interaction is key to informing staff members on matters that impact Del Mar and the California horse racing industry."
There is no question there needs to be greater restrictions on the types of gifts that elected officials can receive, said Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California. But the question of staff is a more difficult one, he said. It may make sense to draw distinction between appointed and civil-servant positions, he said.
"If you go to work for the state of California when you're 21, and work there for the next 44 years, it seems very restrictive to tell that public servant that he or she can never receive any gifts of any kind," said Schnur, a former head of the FPPC. "On the other hand, when you are the appointee of an elected official, and clearly doing that official's bidding, there may be room for further reform."


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FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. - A Flagler County mother has effectively "hired" a deputy for her daughter's elementary school because of concerns she had after the mass school shooting in Connecticut, according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.
A sheriff's spokesman said Laura Lauria wrote a check for nearly $12,000 to the Flagler County School District, which will reimburse the Sheriff's Office to station a deputy for 6 hours per day, 5 days per week, at Old Kings Elementary School in Flagler Beach.
Currently, school resource deputies are stationed at all Flagler County high schools and as many as 3 middle schools, but not at elementary schools.
The Sheriff's Office spokesman said Lauria funded the "hiring" through her police supply company, Police Services Inc.
Local 6 contacted the offices of Police Services Inc. in Ormond Beach on Monday, but Lauria could not be reached for comment.
The spokesman also said FCSO wants to put deputies at all schools in the county and is working on finding funding.
Flagler County parents tell Local 6 they support the addition of the deputy.
"If I had the money I'd hire 4 or 5," said grandmother Gwen Hadley. "To know there's someone there if someone comes in with a gun they could try and stop them before they kill more children."
Parent Lisa Howell agreed.
"I think it's going to make a lot of parents more comfortable that someone else is able to do that, and it's helping a lot of people," Howell said.
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Nokia recently announced the Nokia C2-03 dual-SIM phone with with Touch and Type technology at the Nokia Connection in Singapore.. The Nokia C2-03 is company's third Touch and Type device and the first device to feature a Dual-SIM functionality with the Touch and Type form factor. Nokia C2-03 comes with the Easy Swap feature which allows you to open the slot on the side of the phone and insert the new SIM, without the need to reboot the device.
"The Nokia C2-03 makes managing multiple SIMs simpler, without compromising on any other features. Why should consumers have to choose between touch and keypad, or forego a great web, map, entertainment or email experience? With the Nokia C2-03 we have made it all available on one affordable device," said Mary McDowell, the head of Nokia's Mobile Phones business unit.
Nokia C2-03 features a touchscreen display with 240 x 320 pixels resolution, Series 40 User Interface, microSD cardslot, 32 GB expandable memory, 2GB MicroSD card included, GPRS/EGPRS, Bluetooth v2.1 with EDR, micro USB 2.0, up to 35 hours music playback, up to 400 hours stand-by time, up to 5 hours talk-time and a 1020 mAh battery. This handset measures 103 mm x 51.4 mm x 17 mm and weighs 118 g.
This handset will be available in 3 colors – Graphite, Golden Buff and Lilac. The Nokia C2-03 will be available in Q3 2011 in India, China, SEAP, Eurasia and MEA. It comes with a price tag of €77 (approx. Rs.5,000).


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NEW YORK (AP) — Political commentator Dick Morris' prediction of a huge landslide for Mitt Romney didn't pan out. And now he's lost his job at Fox News Channel.
Network spokeswoman Dana Klinghoffer said Tuesday that Fox wasn't renewing its contract with Morris, who was steadfast throughout the campaign in his prediction of a big Romney win over President Barack Obama. He has made few appearances on Fox since the election.
Morris had also been criticized for accepting paid advertisements on his website from candidates that he discussed on the air at Fox.
On his website, Morris said he'll be appearing on CNN's Piers Morgan show Wednesday to talk politics.


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