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Fox Wins Straw-Man Argument Against Taxing Millionaires At 100 Percent
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Fox News is distorting President Obama's economic agenda by pushing the straw-man argument that taxing the entirety of millionaires' incomes would fund the government for less than three months. In fact, Obama has proposed no such thing, and this Republican talking point obscures the billions in revenue that would be generated from letting the Bush tax cuts expire for wealthy households.
Fox: "Taxing Millionaires At 100 Percent" Would Fund Government For About Three Months
Martha MacCallum: Taxing Wealthy At 100 Percent Would Fund Government "For About 2 And A Half Months, So That Hardly Feels Like A Meaningful Solution." Fox News host Martha MacCallum claimed that the "main focus of the Obama argument for how to fix things is this idea that the rich need to pay their fair share," adding that "serious economists" have said that "if you took not only the tax increases that President Obama wants but if you took every single penny and dollar that they made over the course of a year you'd only basically bankroll the government for about two and a half months." She concluded: "So that hardly feels like a meaningful solution." [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 9/24/12]
Steve Moore: "There Just Aren't Enough Rich People, There Are Not Enough Millionaires And Billionaires To Pay The Bills." Wall Street Journal editor and frequent Fox guest Steve Moore agreed with MacCallum's straw-man argument and stated:
MOORE: Right, and that assumes that people would still work and still invest and you'd still have rich people if you took 100% of their money. But you're right, there's just, and the problem of course, Martha, is there just aren't enough rich people, there are not enough millionaires and billionaires to pay the bills. [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 9/24/12]
Megyn Kelly: "Our Calculations Show That Taxing Millionaires At 100 Percent Would Now Run The Federal Government For Just Two And A Half To Three Months." Discussing the economy and Obama's jobs plan, host Megyn Kelly stated: "Our calculations show that taxing millionaires at 100 percent would now run the federal government for just two and a half to three months." [Fox News Network, America Live, 9/24/12]
Elizabeth MacDonald: "Taxing Millionaires At 100% Would Now Run The Federal Government For Two And A Half To Three Months." On a post on the Fox Business website, Elizabeth MacDonald quoted calculations by "Fox News analysts" that found that "taxing millionaires at 100% would now run the federal government for two and a half to three months":
According to calculations by FOX News analysts James Farrell and Mitch Kweit, taxing millionaires at 100% would now run the federal government for two and a half to three months. Specifically, the analysts took a crack at this question: "If you took all the adjusted gross income of all millionaires, how many months of federal spending would this pay for?" Here's what Farrell and Kweit found, based on IRS tax return and Treasury Department data:
* 2009: For calendar year 2009, taking all the adjusted gross income of filers making $1 million or higher would have paid for 20.67% of all federal spending during calendar year 2009 - approximately 75 ½ days, or 2 ½ months.
* 2010: For calendar year 2010, taking all the adjusted gross income of filers making $1 million or higher would have paid for 24.11% of all federal spending during calendar year 2010 - approximately 88 days, or approximately nearly three months.
Year Total federal outlays Total AGI of all millionaires
2009 $3.52 trillion $726.91 billion
2010 $3.48 trillion $839.58 billion (preliminary)
[FoxBusiness.com, 9/24/12]
Straw-Man Argument That Involves "Wildly Hypothetical Scenario" Is A Republican Talking Point
Rep. Paul Ryan: "If You Took All The Income From Every Millionaire In America Today, It Would Run The Government For About Four Months." In an NBC News Meet The Press interview in 2011, Congressman Paul Ryan stated: "If you took all the income from every millionaire in America today, it would run the government for about four months." He continued:
RYAN: I have a better idea. Instead of job-killing tax increases why don't we just stop subsidizing wealthy people? Let's go after the crony capitalism, the corporate welfare in the tax code, in spending. And why don't we income adjust our spending programs so we don't subsidize wealthy people as much? I think that's a better idea to get more savings in the budget, and get our debt down without doing economic damage. [NBC News, Meet The Press, 10/9/11]
PolitiFact: Taxing Millionaires At 100 Percent Is "A Wildly Hypothetical Scenario." In an article examining Ryan's claim about taking "all the income from every millionaire," PolitiFact pointed out that "Ryan uses a wildly hypothetical scenario" and noted that no politician would ever propose such a plan as "a 100 percent tax obviously would have negative effects and is a political non-starter." [PolitiFact, 10/9/11]
In Fact, Obama Has Proposed A Top Rate Of 39.6 Percent
Tax Policy Center: Obama's Proposed Budget Sets Top Tax Rate At 39.6 Percent. The Tax Policy Center created a guide to the FY2013 Budget Proposal from the Obama Administration, and notes that the provisions affecting highest income taxpayers "allow top two rates to rise to 36% and 39.6% after 2012," not 100%. [Tax Policy Center, accessed on 9/24/12]
Expiration Of Bush Tax Cuts For Wealthy Would Raise Billions
NY Times: Obama's Proposal To Allow Bush Tax Cuts To Expire For Wealthier Americans Would Raise $850 Billion Dollars. From The New York Times:
President Obama, drawing a contrast with what he called Republican trickle-down economics, called ... for temporarily extending the Bush-era tax cuts for people making less than $250,000 while letting the taxes of the wealthiest go up.
A one-year extension for people making under $250,000 would cost the government $150 billion in revenue, the administration estimates, an amount that would be added to the deficit. In a point of comparison, economists estimate that letting the cuts expire for people above that threshold would generate $850 billion over 10 years. [The New York Times, 7/9/12]
FY2013 Budget: Expiring Income Tax Cuts For Upper-Income Earners Projected To Result In $848.8 Billion In Revenue. The Obama Administration's proposed Budget for FY2013 projects revenue resulting from tax cuts for upper income workers at $848.8 billion. The total effect of expiring income tax cuts and restoring estate, gift, and GST tax parameters is projected at $967.6 billion. [Fiscal Year 2013 Budget of the U.S. Government, February 2012]
Economists Say That Bush Tax Cuts Continue To Contribute To Deficits
CBPP: "Virtually The Entire Federal Budget Deficit Over The Next Ten Years" Is Due To Bush Policies, Economic Downturn. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) Chief Economist Chad Stone said in testimony before the Joint Economic Committee in June 2011:
[T]he economic downturn, tax cuts enacted under President Bush, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq explain virtually the entire federal budget deficit over the next ten years. The economic downturn added about $300 billion chiefly from the operation of the automatic stabilizers (declining revenue and increased outlays for unemployment insurance and other pro-cyclical spending) and associated interest costs. Both the financial-market measures enacted under President Bush and largely implemented under President Obama such as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), and the Recovery Act tax cuts and increases in spending enacted under President Obama, were important drivers of the surge in deficits in 2009-11, but those measures will largely have phased out by the end of this year, leaving only associated interest costs in subsequent years. [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 6/21/11]
Robert Reich: "Why We Must Raise Taxes On The Rich." In a Huffington Post blog post headlined "Why We Must Raise Taxes On The Rich," former Labor Secretary Robert Reich argued that "[t]he only way America can reduce the long-term budget deficit... is by raising taxes on the super rich":
Here's the truth: The only way America can reduce the long-term budget deficit, maintain vital services, protect Social Security and Medicare, invest more in education and infrastructure, and not raise taxes on the working middle class is by raising taxes on the super rich. Even if we got rid of corporate welfare subsidies for big oil, big agriculture, and big Pharma -- even if we cut back on our bloated defense budget -- it wouldn't be nearly enough. [The Huffington Post, 4/4/11]
Tax Policy Center: "Tax Cuts For These High-Earners Will Do Relatively Little To Boost The Economy." In an August 31, 2010 post, Tax Policy Center economist Howard Gleckman pointed out that tax cuts for the wealthy generally do not go back into the economy. Gleckman noted: "We know that higher income households are more likely to bank the cash than spend it. As a result, tax cuts for these high-earners will do relatively little to boost the economy in the short run." [Tax Policy Center, 8/31/10]
Pew Research Center: "Raising Taxes on Rich Seen as Good for Economy, Fairness." A Pew Research Center report found that "[b]y two-to-one (44% to 22%), the public says that raising taxes on incomes above $250,000 would help the economy rather than hurt it":
By two-to-one (44% to 22%), the public says that raising taxes on incomes above $250,000 would help the economy rather than hurt it, while 24% say this would not make a difference. Moreover, an identical percentage (44%) says a tax increase on higher incomes would make the tax system more fair, while just 21% say it would make the system less fair. [Pew Research Center, 7/16/12]
Paul Krugman: "The Economic Record Certainly Doesn't Support The Notion That Superlow Taxes On the Superrich Are The Key To Prosperity." In his January 19 New York Times column, Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman explained that based on recent history, lower tax rates for the wealthy do not create more jobs.
[T]he low-tax status of the very rich is also a recent development. During Mr. Clinton's first term, the top 400 taxpayers paid close to 30 percent of their income in federal taxes, and even after his tax deal they paid substantially more than they have since the 2003 cut.
So is it essential that the rich receive such a big tax break? There is a theoretical case for according special treatment to capital gains, but there are also theoretical and practical arguments against such special treatment. In particular, the huge gap between taxes on earned income and taxes on unearned income creates a perverse incentive to arrange one's affairs so as to make income appear in the "right" category.
And the economic record certainly doesn't support the notion that superlow taxes on the superrich are the key to prosperity. During that first Clinton term, when the very rich paid much higher taxes than they do now, the economy added 11.5 million jobs, dwarfing anything achieved even during the good years of the Bush administration. [The New York Times, 1/19/12]
CBO: Extending The Bush Tax Cuts Would Increase Deficits By $2.6 Trillion Over 10 Years. In January 2010, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that extending the tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 would increase deficits by $2.6 trillion between 2011-2020. [Congressional Budget Office, January 2010]
Fox Has Repeatedly Dismissed New Revenue From Expiration Of Bush Tax Cuts For The Wealthy
Megyn Kelly: "The Amount That They Would Get From Those Tax Hikes Is A Teaspoon In The Ocean." On America Live, Kelly falsely claimed "It would help some, but the amount that they would get from those tax hikes is a teaspoon in the ocean." [Fox News Network, America Live, 7/18/12]
Jon Scott: "If You Boost Taxes On The Wealthiest Americans, You Get Enough Money In A Year To Run The Federal Government Operations For About Eight And A Half Days." Fox News anchor Jon Scott dismissed the president's proposal because the money it raises would run the government for a mere "eight and a half days":
JON SCOTT: What [Obama] didn't explain is how raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans is going to help create jobs, or do anything like that. Our brain room did - ah, took - a number crunching exercise and found that if the president gets what he wants, in other words if you boost taxes on the wealthiest Americans, you get enough money in a year to run the federal government operations for about eight and a half days. Ah, it's kind of a drop in the bucket.
SIMON CONSTABLE: I mean, that's nothing. That's a few weekends, basically. [Fox News, Happening Now, 7/9/12]
Fox's Dobbs Scoffs At Projected Revenue Because It "Would Pay For The Federal Government To Operate For Eight And A Half Days." Appearing on America Live with Megyn Kelly, Fox Business host Lou Dobbs laughed off the effect this new revenue would have:
LOU DOBBS: This is why President Obama is such a great leader. This tax would raise an estimated, estimated, $85 billion dollars in one year. That would pay for the federal government to operate for eight and a half days. Eight and a half days. Meanwhile, he's run up deficits and the national debt by about four and a half trillion dollars in three and a half years. This man is not making sense as the leader of this great nation. [Fox News, America Live, 7/9/12]
Fox Host Bill Hemmer: Revenue From Buffett Rule "Would Fund The Government For 7 Days." America's Newsroom co-host Bill Hemmer noted that the Buffett Rule "would raise $47 billion over the next 10 years." He then added: "$47 billion would fund the government for 7 days. So just more than one working week." [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 4/11/12, via Media Matters]
Fox's Eric Bolling: The Buffett Rule Will "Not Help The Debt." On The Five, co-host Eric Bolling dismissed the potential effects of the Buffett Rule on reducing national debt:
BOLLING: Warren Buffett does not say that a Warren Buffett tax will solve a darn thing. The only thing a Warren Buffett tax will do is create class warfare. Not help the debt, certainly not help the American economy. [Fox News, The Five, 4/11/12, via Media Matters]
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AUSTIN, Texas – Tessa Hoefle has been named to the Capital One Academic All-America First Team, announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America on Thursday.
Hoefle has shown exceptional progress not only as a member of the track and field and cross country squads, but also in the classroom.
"Tessa has led the way academically on a team that is known for our academic success," said Bill Taylor, director of track and field. "That is really impressive!
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A native of Winnebago, Illinois, Hoefle is an English major who possesses a perfect 4.0 GPA.
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The latest addition to the grand-sweeping PIrates of Drinax Campaign is here - Friends in Dry Places, a newly expanded patron encounter.
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The world of Kteiroa is the largest ihatei camp in the subsector, located just two parsecs form Drinax. Since eradicating this potential threat is not a viable option, the only course of action is to foster friendly relations. The usual trade-and-gifts approach is out of the question; ihatei respect strength and daring far more than wealth and largesse. The Travellers must impress their potential allies with deeds, which leads to particularly daring piracy.
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The mission of the Commemorative (formerly Confederate) Air Force is changing.
For nearly 50 years, CAF's mission has been to preserve and fly World War II aircraft as a tribute to those who flew, maintained or built them. However, in October members voted to expand the focus to include combat aircraft flown by the U.S. military during any conflict, along with certain aircraft of other nations.
"In its first 48 years, the CAF focused on the World War II era," said CAF President Bob Rice. "The fact that CAF members have now embraced the Korean, Vietnam and Gulf conflicts as well is terrific. It will be a privilege to have the men, women and aircraft from these conflicts become a part of the CAF's legacy of freedom."
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Benchmarking is the act of measuring performance and comparing the results to another system's results or a widely accepted standard through a unified procedure. This unified method of evaluating system performance can help answer questions such as:
- Is the system performing as it should?
- What driver version should be used to get optimal performance?
- Is the system capable of doing task x?
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Many tools can be used to determine system performance, the following provides a list of tools available.
Stand alone tools
glxgears (and why not to use this as a benchmark)
Glxgears is a popular OpenGL test that renders a very simple OpenGL performance and outputs the framerate. Though glxgears can be usefull as a test of direct rendering capabillities of the graphics driver, glxgears is an outdated tool that is not representative of the current state of linux graphics and overall OpenGL possibilities.
So to summarize, glxgears only tests a small part of what you typically see in a 3D game. You could have glxgears FPS performance increase, but your 3D game performance decrease. Likewise, you could have glxgears performance decrease and your 3D game performance increase. source
This benchmark application is designed to benchmark interactivity in Linux.
It is designed to measure the effect of changes in Linux kernel design or systemnconfiguration changes such as cpu, I/O scheduler and filesystem changes and options. With careful benchmarking, different hardware can be compared.
interbench is available in the AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2093
(n)ttcp measures point-to-point bandwidth over any network connection, the binary must be provided on both nodes between wich you want to determine bandwidth. nttcp is a a much more convenient rewrite of ttcp.
nttcp is available on the AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11469
The time command provides timing statistics about the command run by displaying the time that passed between invocation and termination. Time is available on most basic linux systems.
time tar -zxvf archive.tar.gz
unigine (Heavens, Tropics and Sanctuary OpenGL Benchmark)
Unigine[1] has produced several modern OpenGL benchmarks based on their graphics engine with features as:
* Per-pixel dynamic lighting * Normal & parallax occlusion mapping * 64-bit HDR rendering * Volumetric fog and light * Powerful particle systems: fire, smoke, explosions * Extensible set of shaders (GLSL / HLSL) * Postprocessing: depth of field, refraction, glow, blurring, color correction and much more.
unigine-heavens is available in the AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35901
unigine-tropics is available in the AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25420
unigine-sanctuary is available in the AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=45959
Software suites
This C++ rewrite of the original Bonnie benchmarking suite is aimed at performing several tests of hard drive and filesystem performance.
Bonnie++ is available in community.
HardInfo can gather information about your system's hardware and operating system, perform benchmarks, and generate printable reports either in HTML or in plain text formats. Hardinfo performs CPU and FPU benchmarks and has a very clean GTK UI.
hardinfo is available in community
Phoronix Test Suite
The Phoronix Test Suite is the most comprehensive testing and benchmarking platform available for the Linux operating system. This software is designed to effectively carry out both qualitative and quantitative benchmarks in a clean, reproducible, and easy-to-use manner. This software is based upon the extensive Linux benchmarking work and internal tools developed by Phoronix.com since 2004 along with input from leading tier-one computer hardware vendors. This software is open-source and licensed under the GNU GPLv3. The Phoronix Test Suite consists of a lightweight processing core (pts-core) with each benchmark consisting of an XML-based profile with related resource scripts. The process from the benchmark installation, to the actual benchmarking, to the parsing of important hardware and software components is heavily automated and completely repeatable, asking users only for confirmation of actions.
source: http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/?k=home
This suite is available in [community] and can be installed through your favorite package manager
pacman -S phoronix-test-suite
To enable the GUI
phoronix-test-suite gui
You need "php-gtk" from AUR for the GUI: php-gtk
Add the following line to /etc/php/php.ini:
Arch Linux Standardized Testing
To be able to compare results within the Arch Linux community in a standardized manner, the following standards have been set.
General System Information Script
When comparing results, it is essential to include a complete overview of your hardware configuration and such things as driver and versions thereof. To simplify this, a system information script will be written wich output all the basic information to a humenly readable format.
In the future, a script will be provided that invokes the installed benchmarking applications of your choise and compiles a list of results along with system information.
proposal: superpi with 1M digits (20 bit number) --stefanwilkens 22:27, 25 October 2009 (EDT)
proposal: phoronix-test-suite with a selection of tests aimed at graphics, preferably without having to provide a large number of dependencies.--stefanwilkens 06:40, 26 October 2009 (EDT)
list of tests:
- smokin-guns (req: openal)--stefanwilkens 06:40, 26 October 2009 (EDT)
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Hard Drive
proposal: a combination of nttcp and ping should do the job here--stefanwilkens 06:43, 26 October 2009 (EDT)


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ALL BALL NERVE CENTER — Just as important as any great dunk is the celebration that follows. And we aren't only talking about the way the dunker himself lets the world know he threw down, but the way his teammates get into the act and celebrate. To that end, let's take a look at a couple of recent bench celebrations and see which bench celebrated best.
1. Detroit Pistons
A few days ago the Pistons hosted the Atlanta Hawks, and Pistons big man Andre Drummond got a steal and a dunk on Elton Brand. It wasn't a dunk on as much as it was a dunk around as Brand tried to deliver a foul. Still, Brand went reeling, making it look worse than it probably was. Either way, as it was down the stretch in a close game, the Pistons bench turned in a celebration for the ages.
VIDEO: Drummond dunks on Brand
And how about that Pistons bench? Coaches and players alike went wild, although it's always hard to top Pistons assistant coach Rasheed Wallace…
2. Golden State Warriors
Last night against the same Pistons team, Golden State's Klay Thompson dunked on Kyle Singler. Singler's legs got tangled or went numb or something, and following the dunk Singler did a stiff-legged stumble into the photographers along the baseline.
VIDEO: Thompson On Singler
It's a bit tougher to see the bench celebration on this one, but even without Kent Bazemore there to lead the way, the Warriors bench knows how to be explosive after a big play. Watch this GIF of the play and see how the bench shows out. (There's also the great juxtoposition of the bench getting up as Singler goes down.)


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UNITED NATIONS, June 23 (UPI) -- Argentina took its claim over British-ruled Falkland Islands to a U.N. meeting on decolonization with the clear aim of capitalizing on the talks' agenda.
The usually placid annual session of the U.N. Decolonization Committee, C24, was given a populist political make-over in Argentine media as Argentina's newly designated Minister of Foreign Affairs Hector Timerman was announced as the leader of the team.
Argentine diplomats said Argentina would put forward a strong case for ending British rule over the Falklands during discussions Thursday and Friday. But there was no immediate news of an upcoming debate as suggested by the Argentine side.
British officials weren't available to comment on the meeting and Argentina's plan for turning the session into a "debate" over the Falklands.
Argentina and Britain went to war over the Falklands in 1982 after Argentina, backed by the ruling junta at the time, invaded the South Atlantic islands. Britain beat back the occupation and got Argentina to sign a surrender but Buenos Aires never gave up its claim on the islands. The 74-day conflict led to deaths of about 1,000 military personnel and three civilians.
Timerman, former ambassador in Washington and the first Argentine Jewish foreign affairs minister, has been preparing for the session with Argentina's U.N. envoy Jorge Arguello.
In the first comments after his appointment, Timerman spelled out his loyalty to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, saying he foresaw no changes in policy after the departure of his predecessor, Jorge Taiana, because the policy was set by Fernandez.
In Falkland terms, analysts said this meant Timerman would make a strong case for Argentina's claim over the Falklands.
He cited as main issues for Argentina the strengthening of its ties with Brazil, issues with Iran, stronger trade ties with the United States and sovereignty claims over the Falklands.
With Brazil "we are building a union based on a strong coincidence of interests, common positions in international forums and economic integration in the framework of Mercosur," the regional trade bloc, he said.
With the United States Argentina enjoyed "the level of links which we wish to have with the world's leading power" but thought there was room for improvement in trade, especially agricultural commodities.
On Iran, Timerman said he would pursue requests from the Argentine justice department to question and judge all those responsible for a 1994 attack on a Jewish center in the heart of Buenos Aires that killed 85 people.
"An Argentine federal court has requested the extradition of several Iranian officials allegedly involved in the attack. It is for Iran to have them extradited so they can face trial in Argentina," he added.


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CHAPEL HILL � North Carolina�s potent lineup never solved South Carolina starter Jordan Montgomery.
South Carolina knocked out starter Hobbs Johnson in the second inning for the worst start in his three seasons with the Tar Heels.
That led to South Carolina�s 8-0 rout of North Carolina in NCAA Tournament super regional action Sunday afternoon at Boshamer Stadium. The Gamecocks (43-19) improved to 8-1 in elimination games since 2010.
�Obviously the key to the game was Montgomery, he was sensational for them from the first pitch to the very last one,� said North Carolina coach Mike Fox. �Just a complete game for him and we couldn�t get anything going.�
Montgomery�s gem � a four-hit, one-walk performance � evened the best-of-3 series at 1-1 ahead of Monday's decisive Game 3. Monday's game will start at 7, with North Carolina playing as the designated home team with a trip to the College World Series on the line.
North Carolina (56-10) was shutout for the first time in 96 games � dating back to a 4-0 loss against Miami on April 8 last season. It is the third time the Tar Heels have lost by more than one run this season.
�Jordan was incredible,� said South Carolina coach Chad Holbrook. �To shut out a team like North Carolina, that�s an awfully hard task to do. � He�s an unflappable kid and he was in complete control (Sunday).�
Two of North Carolina�s four hits came on singles by Landon Lassiter (2-for-4). Cody Stubbs and Mike Zolk provided a single each for the rest of a quiet offense.
�He�s a good pitcher, he�s got three really good pitches,� Lassiter said of Montgomery. �He located his fastball, his changeup was low in the zone and he just had a good outing.�
Montgomery said the atmosphere of the elimination served as the motivation he needed.
�The elimination game kind of gave me a little more incentive to do good,� Montgomery said. �I didn�t want our seniors to go out that way, so I just wanted to get a win and try to get them back to Omaha.�
After stranding two runners in the first inning, South Carolina didn�t miss its chance to supply Montgomery with run support in the second inning.
A safety squeeze bunt to first that turned into a single scored the game�s first run. Then the Gamecocks added two-run hits by Joey Pankake and LB Dantzler � each with two outs � to drive the score to 5-0 before North Carolina had been through its lineup once.
South Carolina added a run in the fourth and two in the fifth to push its lead further out of reach.
�We just wanted to keep scoring � out of respect for North Carolina�s offense,� Holbrook said. �I�m not going to feel comfortable with any lead. They can score runs in a hurry.�
But a comeback seemed unlikely after the Tar Heels were constantly baffled by Montgomery. As Neil Diamond�s �Sweet Caroline� played in the middle of the eighth inning, Carolina blue-clad fans filed out of the gates.
The masterpiece painted by Montgomery served to swing bullpen favor in the Gamecocks� favor. On the other hand, the Tar Heels� bullpen has thrown 13 of 17 possible innings in the series, putting the pressure on Benton Moss (8-1, 3.78 ERA), today�s / tonight�s starter.
Moss has allowed 23 hits and 13 runs in his last 13 2/3 innings (three starts), including a grand slam against Florida Atlantic in the ninth inning of last Monday night�s game.
Fox said his message to the team following the game would be short, with an implied meaning.
�If I have to say a whole lot, they�re missing the picture here,� Fox said. �We knew this wasn�t going to be easy, our last two or three weeks hasn�t been easy. Less is more at this point.�
EXTRA BASES �:South Carolina freshman lefty Jordan Wynkoop (7-3, 2.92) will start today / tonight. � The Gamecocks have not used a right-handed pitcher in two games. Eight of North Carolina�s 10 losses have come against left-handed starters. � It was the first shutout in an NCAA Tournament game by a South Carolina starter since Chris Hernandez beat East Carolina 4-0 with a five-hitter in the first game of a regional series in 2003.


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The riots that erupted in several English cities in August of this year seem to have become very much yesterday's news, particularly as all eyes are now focused on the unfolding nightmare of the euro meltdown. Every now and then, the riots make it back on to the headlines as reports come out, such as when it was revealed a couple of weeks ago that shopkeepers who'd put in requests for the promised financial assistance from the state to make good the damage caused by looters had hardly received a penny – indicative of how the whole thing has slipped into oblivion.
If you do a Google search on 'English riots', you might be surprised how little variety and quantity of articles come up: quite a lot concentrated around the actual time of the riots, towards the beginning of August; but then, after that, you get little more than the occasional opinion article attempting to single out the ultimate cause or meaning of the riots – e.g. the pope linking them to 'moral relativism' in September; the Campaign for Social Justice deliberating in October on what 'sparked off' the riots; or the 'Scottish violence reduction unit co-director', no less, linking them to greed rather than anger in the pages of the Guardian this month.
You get a greater range of results if you search instead under 'UK riots' or 'British riots': more on the implications for policy, the courts and the law, the economy and business, and Britain's international reputation and the Olympics. This in itself would tend to suggest that the political and media establishment is more concerned about the riots as a potential challenge to the effective management of the British state, to law and order, and to business as usual than as a symptom of serious problems within English society that the state has a duty to engage with. There is a disconnect between the terms of reference and spheres of activity of the UK state and those sections of English society that did erupt into violence in August. And perhaps one of the main reasons for that explosion was the existence of that disconnect in the first place.
This week, David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, where the riots started and were probably more violent than anywhere else, has been publicising his new book: 'Out Of the Ashes: Britain After the Riots'. This seeks to analyse the causes of the riots and propose some policy changes that might help address them. As the name suggests, Mr Lammy shares the Labour Party's reluctance to say the word 'England': substituting 'Britain' for England, even though the riots were restricted to England and so should properly be regarded as an English issue. I've just been listening to Mr Lammy on BBC Radio 4's 'This Week' programme, and he again erroneously referred to the riots as having taken place in cities across 'Britain'.
Mr Lammy also believes that there is a limit to what the state can do to directly address the sorts of social problem that manifested themselves in the rioting. The MP points to the ineffectiveness of the Blair governments' obsession with trying to legislate social problems out of existence; and he points to how Gordon Brown's response to the break-down of inner city communities was his Tax Credits scheme, which would have looked like irrelevant "madness" to many of his constituencies. Mr Lammy's view is that the 'root causes' of the riots are greed and selfishness. These result from economic and social liberalism and individualism, the latter developing from the 1980s onwards, the former going back to the social and moral revolution of the 60s. One major issue, for Lammy, is fatherless families, with many young men from all ethnic backgrounds lacking the moral example and personal discipline that the presence of a caring and responsible father can provide. So Lammy proposes remedies such as personal mentors to try to give such rootless youngsters more direction and self-belief.
I in fact agree with much of what David Lammy says. But does it go far enough? Can radical change towards a greater policy focus on family, community values and personal responsibility really take effect without political will, and without a wholesale realignment of the British state's engagement – or lack of it – in English social policy? The break-down in families, communities and morality in many parts of English society may not be something that the state is best equipped to deal with, but it is a matter for the nation: specifically, the English nation. The problem is that the British state is unwilling and unable to take up its responsibilities as a government for the English nation, and confines itself to 'British' policy areas for which it has a more genuine democratic remit: law and order, economics, social security and international affairs.
By contrast, the British state has become increasingly both uninterested and disinterested in – disengaged from – social policy areas where its responsibilities are limited to England: education, health care, social services, families and communities, housing, economic development, and even policing. However, these are precisely the areas where an integrated policy response – co-ordinated with UK-level policy areas such as employment and benefits – is required to address the problems that manifested themselves in the riots: the poor educational experiences and employment prospects of many of those involved; the social and personal break-down that Lammy is focused on; the absence of decent, affordable housing, resulting in sink estates where youngsters are exposed to drug abuse, gangs and petty crime; and policing being often more about victimising and containing certain social groups rather than working as part of an integrated approach to taking youngsters away from crime and back into sustainable education, employment and communities.
Instead of regarding and responding to the riots as a national [English] phenomenon that requires a concerted and co-ordinated national policy response, the British state is in fact intent on transferring all of these policy areas and the social problems that pertain to them to the private realm: increasingly privatised, individualised, personalised and localised management, focus and provision of education, health care, social and community services, housing and policing; no national-level co-ordination around minimum-acceptable standards for shared, national public services and amenities based around a vision for what kind of country we want [England] to be. The attempt to isolate the locus and causes of the English riots, and of their possible solution, down to the individual and community level is another symptom of this inability and unwillingness to embrace a broader, national vision: it's left to individuals in isolation and 'society' in the abstract to heal themselves of the ills of selfish individualism and materialistic greed, rather than the nation as a whole trying to work together to create a better society where young people have something to offer and a stake in a future.
So the English riots arose in large measure from a vacuum: the absence of a nation – England – which English youngsters believe will offer them a future, an identity and a purpose in life. And any attempt to pinpoint the causes of the riot will itself be vacuous if they do not acknowledge, and thereby perpetuate, this absence of a meaningful England. Instead, all such prescriptions will embody the same vacuity of policy vision, understanding and discourse whereby the state transfers English social problems to a private realm beyond its direct sphere of action.
Sure, the riots reveal deep social, psychological, moral and indeed spiritual disorder and chaos within English society. They show that, for many English people – most of them young – life has little meaning, beauty or value. But we won't get close to understanding the meaning of that meaninglessness until we retrieve its specifically English character from the meaninglessness and intractability to which we have confined it by expelling 'England' from the realm of British politics, discourse and collective responsibility.
Many of our English youngsters experience their lives as meaningless. Giving them faith in their own country – England – is a critical part of the meaning we must help them find.


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Doc makes house call to Chatting Cage
Dwight Gooden received the nickname "Doc" from a friend of his father, a doctor who would attend Gooden's Little League games in Tampa, Fla., and yell from the stands, encouraging the young fireballer to approach the batters like a doctor operates on a patient.
Friday afternoon, Doc diagnosed the healing powers of Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler in Queens.
Dwight Gooden received the nickname "Doc" from a friend of his father, a doctor who would attend Gooden's Little League games in Tampa, Fla., and yell from the stands, encouraging the young fireballer to approach the batters like a doctor operates on a patient.
Friday afternoon, Doc diagnosed the healing powers of Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler in Queens.
"The time was right to give the Mets' fans some hope," Gooden said during a house call to the MLB.com studios, where he joined the Edward Jones Chatting Cage to field questions from fans. "Seeing Wheeler the other day -- seeing him and Harvey in that doubleheader -- for a Mets fan, that had to be a great thing to see -- your two top prospects doing what they're doing."
Entering play on Friday, Harvey leads the National League with 115 strikeouts and a 0.90 WHIP, and ranks fourth in the league with a 2.16 ERA and 9.95 K/9. Wheeler struck out seven and didn't allow a run in six innings in his Major League debut on Tuesday.
But Harvey and Wheeler are more than just rookies for the struggling Mets -- they're aces-in-the-making, standing atop the mound as beacons of hope, inspiring confidence that their presence can soon return the franchise to glory, as Darryl Strawberry and Gooden did in the 1980s.
Gooden arrived on the big league scene in 1984, and -- as Strawberry did in '83 -- he won the NL Rookie of the Year Award after going 17-9 with a 2.60 ERA. A year later, Gooden won the NL Cy Young Award, leading the league with 24 wins, 268 strikeouts, a sterling 1.53 ERA, a whopping 16 complete games and 276 2/3 innings pitched.
In 1986, just three years after finishing last in the NL East with a 68-94 record, the Mets were crowned World Series champions.
Gooden thinks the Mets should replicate what general manager Frank Cashen did in the '80s to turn this team around.
"We added Bobby Ojeda," said Gooden, who documented the magical '86 season in his new book, "Doc: A Memoir."
"For a young pitching staff, to bring in a veteran guy to show these guys the way, you have to have that. Then, you bring a couple of veterans in offensively that have been around, that have been on winning teams, that have that winning attitude, that have experience in that situation. I think that would definitely help."
Despite his favorite team's struggles this season, Gooden has enjoyed being a Mets fan. In fact, he wholeheartedly embraces the Harvey comparisons that have poured into social media, becoming a big proponent of the 24-year-old. During a few of Harvey's starts, @DocGooden16 has tweeted in celebration of his fellow right-hander via the hashtag #MattHarveyKCount, digitally replicating the "K Corner" to which he gave rise at Shea Stadium upon his emergence 29 years ago.
"Being a former pitcher, a power pitcher that gets strikeouts, it brings a lot of excitement to the city, and Harvey's doing that. I got caught up in all the stuff he is doing," Gooden said. "It's fun. My Twitter fans, they like it. So it's just interacting with them and having a good time [while] watching the game."
Gooden sat behind the backstop when Harvey faced off against the Nationals' Stephen Strasburg and the Yankees' Hiroki Kuroda earlier this season. Gooden was impressed with Harvey's heat, but even more impressed with his attitude.
"[Harvey] doesn't want to settle for just what he is doing now, and the success he is having now; he wants to continue to get better," said Gooden, 48. "His mound presence reminds me a lot of myself. [He's] basically still a rookie, but when he is out there, he is pitching like he is five or six years in, where he is not intimidated by the opposing hitters or anything like that. He is just out there, you know, pitching to his strength."
And though Gooden has seen Wheeler pitch only once, he thinks the 23-year-old phenom's curveball is the most like his among anyone in the game today.
On July 14, Gooden will return to Citi Field alongside Strawberry to play in the 2013 All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game. Gooden, who was the starting pitcher for the NL in 1986 and '88, hopes to see Harvey start the 2013 Midsummer Classic.
"He could easily have 12 wins with any type of run support," Gooden said. "But being that the game is in New York, and at Citi Field, it's like a showcase. Why not have Matt Harvey start? He deserves it. "
Pete Barrett is a contributor to MLB.com.


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When Scott Pioli left the Patriots to go to Kansas City, the Patriots brought in veteran personnel man Floyd Reese, but that arrangement has apparently reached its end.
According to Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston.com, Reese's contract is expiring and he isn't expected back with the club in 2013.
The split is described as amicable, and Reese and Belichick have a long relationship going back to their days as assistant coaches with the Lions.
Reese didn't have final say, but he did help the team with negotiations with agents, while Pioli replacement Nick Caserio worked from more of a scouting perspective.
While Pioli's still collecting checks from the Chiefs, it's easy to wonder whether he'll eventually come home the way old Patriots assistant coaches do.


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|{beanie c/o stio. photo by ashley merritt}
December 9, 2013
it's that time of year.
6 comments:
- Lornas wishing well said...
I love the hat! x
- December 9, 2013 at 10:13 AM
- Jane {In the Pink and Green} said...
Oooh I love all these beanies, so many cute options! I really fell in love with wearing one living in Tahoe, because it was actually practical there being it was a ski town/cold all the time, so the beanie totally made sense. Now that I live in Portland, I still see people wearing them all the time, even though here they are just hipsters...ha! But whatever the reason, I love a good beanie because it totally covers a bad hair day :)
- December 9, 2013 at 1:42 PM
- Kaysie said...
We just moved to Texas from Florida and I was all "I'm going to wear the same cute sweaters and my long luscious hair will keep my ears warm" and now I am rocking in the corner praying for warmer clothes. Moral of my story is, I will be getting a beanie and a huge jacket and thick gloves and I will care not that I may look part marshmellow. Some girls, you, look so good in a beanie but I have a feeling I will be that person who can't pull it off. Long comment... nice to meet you? :)
- December 11, 2013 at 11:10 AM
- Taylor said...
hello friend! looking beautiful in your beanie! love your relaxed mountain look. making me so glad it's winter :)
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Loving all of your beanie picks. Just perfect :)
xo TJ
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One of the things I like about an end of a relationship is it forces me to look inward for strength, self-definition, how to build a community, and to think of myself as whole and complete.
Years ago, as I tried to figure out how to solve some bad problems, I turned to my religious community. They offered what I now call the "Passive Gospel", yield, pray, obey, turn the other cheek, crucify myself daily, rejoice in my crucifixion in imitation of the crucified Christ. I also heard that I was like an egg; I represent the center and my husband represented the surrounding layer. To be whole, I had to be part of someone else.
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Thank you Joan for your discussion. It is wonderful that now you can educate others in that some relationships are not healthy. Being free of religion is the right step to becoming a more whole and complete person. I totally agree with you there. With religion you cannot flourish - only wither and die. It's good to break free from the shackles of religion. I am so glad that I am free. I can flourish.
To me, Joan, you are in a better place mentally, than you were, or than your religious community wanted you to be. However, as captain of your own metaphorical ship, you have learn all the skills of the seas and navigation etc., because you are in charge of your course through life. I think you are now making your way through life based on a realistic appreciation of how things really are.
I accept that some people find they need the religious path, and the captaincy by others, including "God", and using certain so-called holy texts, to be able to cope with navigating their way through life.
Oh yes, Gila, I am in a far better place. In fact, I can't even remember how long it took me to sort it all out and I did so much work here and with friends on Atheist Nexus. This has been a great support group for me; I am eternally grateful for all the wisdom and humor that springs from this fine community.
I told each of my family and friends they are welcome to block me if they don't want to read my stuff, and so far, no one has. In fact, I find I am in closer contact now than ever before. This surprises me. Yes, some people believe they "need the religious path"; however, those who do seem to be the ones reporting high levels of stress and anxiety. They seem to be holding tightly to a cloud of beliefs that supply them no comfort, peace or joy.
I appreciate your feedback.
Joan, thank you for this post. You have a great deal of wisdom, and love and caring.
For me, atheist took away both my safety net (that there would be another life if this one didn't work out, that there was a loving god) and my shackles and prison (that god would punish me for my human failings and desires and thinking for myself, that I had to live a life decided by other people with their own agenda, that I had to settle for living in a community of restriction and hate and hypocrisy and demonization.
Atheism allowed me to shed racism, so now I have my partner, and my closest friends and coworkers, and wisdom from books and history. It allowed me to discard wasted time reading the bible and religious works, so I can use time and resources learning about nature and science and humanity and biology. It allowed me to give up toxic relationships, and form new ones with interesting caring thoughtful intelligent experienced freethinking people. Atheist opened doors and windows.
I liken atheist to pulling aside thick dusty curtains and letting in the light.
I've made plenty of mistakes in life. Thought stupid things, acted on unwise impulses, and made bad decisions. That has all been part of the process of learning how to live. At least, I'm not wasting precious life following a fantasy god, living according to rules of evil false prophets, faking myself in community of religious fanatics and overbearing thought-control puritans.
Thank you for being there Joan!
And my thanks to you, Daniel. You staid with me on the crazy trail as I fought off ghosts and dragons. Your words and wisdom have sustained me these many months. I think we are both on much healthier, happier more productive lives.
Your new legal aspect of your relationship, being on paths that intermingle your lives in ways that could not be before, and hopefully public opinion changing to rejoicing for you will feel really good and allow positive outcomes.
Now, at the darkest time of the year, a time for contemplation, imagining, remembering, creating new images gets you ready for new shoots, both in your garden and in your home.
I know you aren't into rituals, but I stand, facing north, 1. remembering of all that I have learned and grown to understand this past year, 2. realizing I have work to do that enriches me and causes less harm to the planet, 3. I have a community of family and friends I love and who love me, and 4. I have the ability to think, reason, dream, and aspire, 5. knowing all of this while being connected to the earth and to the universe.
My thoughts are with you and your partner, and looking forward to that newly planted tree springing to life as the wheel of the year continues on its splendid path.
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Chalene Johnson 30 Day Challenge to Master Organization and Achieve Your Goals
Chalene Johnson is a Motivation Speaker, Fitness Celebrity and one of that Nations leading experts on fitness, business and coaching personal potential. Chalene champions the cause of helping others to live a fuller life. Through her motivational workshops and camps, personal writings, live internet chats, blogs and weekly video taped messages, Chalene has been able to help thousands change their life from the ground up.
Small Businesses, Start Up Entrepreneurs, Work from home moms & dads, Independent Consultants and any one else who needs help not just getting things done but getting the right things done every day.
People who want to better manage there tasks and have taken Chalene's 30 day Challenge
Chalene is having a 30 day challenge for people to create goals and tasks online every day for 30 days. over 2000 people have signed up for the challenge in just the first day it was announced.
We need the primary 3 pages designed for the web tasks
Excerpts from Chalene's Original Note...
First, I will create a quick video explaining how we will use several free resources to keep us on track (like to-do list apps, and a few forms that i use and will give you access to download). I will share with you my exact to-do list, the form I use to keep it and the super quick system that I personally follow to stay organized.
I will also give you the forms I use to develop my priorities and goals at the beginning of each new year!
This is an accountability group! No strings attached... Well.. just one! You will be asked to make a daily to-do list for 21 days and log in to "prove" that you made yours! But don't worry...I'm going to show you how to make one and master it in under 10 minutes a day.
I'll explain in detail how I organize and balance my responsibilities between work and family and share with your the system I use to create and then obtain my top 10 goals for the year.
NO matter what your goals are, financial, spiritual, family, business or fitness...when you use a system of accountability your only option is success!
Welcome Page
Registration Link - takes them to registration page
Log In Link - Log In Pop Up Screen
Video Introduction 1-2 minutes - Exit Graphic
Short Description - few words and graphics
Current Stats
# Tasks Created Total
# Total Taking the Challenge
# Checked In Today
Long Description
Car Smart Pack (people can buy the full length 3 hour audio of Chalene Explaining in DETAIL how to create each step of this)
1 Year Goals Page
Step 1 - Create 10 1 YearGoals into Text Boxes
Step 2 Select Top 3 & # 1 Most Important Goal
Step 3 Save
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Todays Tasks Page
Top Goal from Goal Page listed on top to remind people
3 Tasks specific to top goal
Seperation Element
Remainder tasks that must get done today
Tasks that should get done this week
Save & Print - Print version of task list with top goal
Submit to toodledo (replace with app)
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"Where in the New World" from the new AO Music album "Asha"
Our New Album "Asha" is Out Now!
AO Music Signs with Abbeywood Records!
We're pleased to share with you the news that AO Music has signed with Toronto based record label Abbeywood Records. We're excited to be a part of the Abbeywood Records roster and look forward to working with their team. Abbeywood will be releasing our new album this coming April and will represent our first four albums as well. We'll be revealing information about our new album in the coming days, so stay tuned!
AO Foundation International is Now Certified Non-Profit!
AO Foundation International is now officially certified as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Break out the champagne! …Now let's get on with the business of sheltering, clothing, feeding and educating these little lanterns from around the planet, some of whom you will hear on AOMUSIC's upcoming album "Hokule'a"!


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'Health First: An evidence-based alcohol strategy for the UK' sets out for the first time a series of no-nonsense recommendations to tackle the harm caused by excess drinking across the UK. It calls for the UK Government to prioritise Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP), amongst a set of key policies aimed at curbing the nation's drink problem. The strategy was developed by a group of experts independent from government and the alcohol industry under the auspices of the Alcohol Health Alliance.
Although the strategy was developed for the UK, it contains evidence and policy arguments which will be of interest to all researchers, advocates and policymakers across Europe who are seeking to address the harms of alcohol.
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The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) welcomes the opportunity to correct misconceptions about ethanol driving up food costs and encourages others to do so as well. It has developed four fact sheets: "The Real Reasons Food Prices Are Increasing," "Ethanol Production Means Fuel & Food," "The Real Cost of Food Has Very Little To Do with Ethanol," and "The Expansion of Ethanol Production & the Nation's Corn Supply."
"Crude oil got up to $147 per barrel briefly in 2008, during the last food spike. The food companies I spoke with said, 'Yes, we are paying more for grains, but what is really affecting our bottom line is fuel prices,'" Jay O'Neil, Kansas State University senior agricultural economist, is quoted as saying in one of the new fact sheets. "The greater dependence we have on international petroleum, the more sensitive our economy becomes to rising fuel prices — far more than to other commodity prices," he added.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion may have been the focus of the Night of Stars gala in New York, but actress Sarah Jessica Parker was more interested in talking politics.
"I think there's an enormous amount at stake, it concerns me," said the "Sex and the City" star of the U.S. presidential election. She said she would be in "great despair" if President Barack Obama lost the vote to Republican Mitt Romney.
"I'm speaking up for the 47 percent," she said. "For women in this country who rely upon social programs — not because they're lazy, not because they don't want to work hard, not because they feel entitled — but because they need access to basic health care that we all, the privileged few or many of us, sort of take for granted."
Parker was at the downtown soirée to present the Lord & Taylor Fashion Oracle Award to designer L'wren Scott, a celebrity favorite and staple of the red carpet.
Carolina Herrera won Fashion Group International's top honor, the Superstar Award, presented by her longtime friend and client, Renee Zellweger.
"I'm really lucky. We've collaborated for so many years and she's helped make the experience of being an actress and going to public events just extraordinary. Every event is memorable because of what she brings to it and the gift of these gorgeous gowns to help celebrate the occasions," said Zellweger.
Past recipients of the Superstar award include Donna Karan, Giorgio Armani, Valentino, Karl Lagerfeld and Oscar de la Renta.
Actress Viola Davis presented Nicola Maramotti of Italian fashion house MaxMara with the night's Heritage Award. But the Academy Award nominee said she is by no means a fashionista.
"No, not at all," said Davis. "I can answer that immediately. I have a very good stylist. But I have to say I'm getting better with the help of my husband and the stylists, I now feel like you know it's kind of my duty as a women to just feel beautiful when I walk outside. Not to compete with anyone. To stay in my lane, but to feel like I'm being my cutest self."


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You are hereHome | Learn About Wildlife | Defenders Magazine | Spring 2010 | Defenders in Action: More Protections Needed for Manatees
Defenders in Action: More Protections Needed for Manatees
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Sad record was set in Florida last year: the most manatee deaths—429—ever in state waters. And there's been even more bad news going into the new year: Because of unusually cold temperatures, more than 300 manatees died in the first six weeks of 2010. At the same time, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced in January that new critical habitat protections for the species are warranted but that funding limitations will prevent the agency from acting on that need.
"Last year's high death rate confirms that the Florida manatee needs help now," says Elizabeth Fleming, Florida representative for Defenders of Wildlife. "FWS has acknowledged this need, and now we need to make sure it translates into actual protections."
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Did you know manatees are related to elephants? Find out more fun facts—and see a video of a manatee eating—on your manatee fact sheet.
Manatees are threatened by coastal development, propeller scarring, dams, pollution and marine debris, including derelict fishing gear. Last year's death toll included 56 from cold-related stress and 97 from watercraft run-ins, while 114 newborns simply didn't survive.
"The death rate for this federally endangered species is unsustainable, according to FWS's own statistics," says Fleming.
FWS's recent decision came in response to a petition to revise the manatee's critical habitat filed by Defenders of Wildlife and other conservation groups. According to the petition, revised habitat protections are needed based on a vast body of science developed over the past three decades, which has better identified the areas essential to the survival and recovery of manatees.
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Find out how Defenders is working to save endangered manatees.


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About a week ago, the Trex content management system basically broke.
To me the internal workings of the server are a black box. I don't know how it works, and I do not know what went wrong. It was written by a programmer who left before it was finished. This happens sometimes in software. It totally sucks. Nothing to be done about it.
When this happened in July, I hoped we'd get a chance to do two things:
1. Use the software for a while.
2. Port it to some other environemnt.
No one knew how long #1 would be. And #2 pretty much proved impossible. node.js looked like the best candidate for porting. I asked around, a couple of people took a look at it, some programming happened, but as of October 7, 2013, this is not a possible way out.
Basically, we're at the end of this bit of road
1. Fargo itself does not depend on a server, so it runs fine. I'm using it right now to write this post. I've been using it to plan projects and trips, it's unaffected.
2. However, Fargo as a blogging system, that no longer works. And there are no paths forward that have it working again.
3. So if you're using it as a blogging system, you pretty much have to find a new way to publish your content.
4. However, there's no need to export any data because it was never stored on our servers. It's all sitting there in your Fargo folder.
5. There are developers working on a WordPress-based back-end. Hopefully when they're ready, they'll let us know how to hook in.
On behalf of Small Picture and myself, I apologize for this failure.
Software projects sometimes don't work out. I wanted it to be a big success. There are a lot of great ideas in Trex. But for now, there's no hope of it serving as a back-end for Fargo users' website.
If you're a Fargo user, if you were using it for a blog, let's see if we can find a way for you to publish your content elsewhere.
If you're a Scripting News reader, knock wood, the outage should be over. There are still some holes to fill in. But I think the site will be even more reliable than it was.
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I hate the way that the only way you can complain to a lot of institutions is by filling in prohibitively long-winded and poorly-worded forms on their website. Never a person to speak to. Without wishing to sound cynical, or wildly paranoid, I must say I fear the non-user-friendliness of these forms might actually be deliberate. There's nothing more likely to make a griping punter shut their traps and forget about it than a website that keeps logging them out. But I was determined. This was a serious issue. This was theft. And I didn't see why the Royal Mail should get away with it. So I persevered, and in the section asking me to describe my grievance, I wrote the following:
'The item in question was a small bottle of Vulva, the erotic vaginal scent of a desirable woman. This is apparently a feminine, tantalising, intimate scent and I was very much looking forward to it enhancing my increasingly dull fantasy life.
This is actually the second time that my Vulva has disappeared whilst in the care of the Royal Mail. The first time the entire package went missing, this time merely the Vulva itself. You must admit, it doesn't look good. Take a man's Vulva once, and he'll put it down to carelessness. Twice and frankly, it starts to smell fishy.
Please investigate this matter at once and if you cannot find my Vulva and return it to me intact, I would like to know that the postman in question has been thoroughly ticked off. It really is a sad state of affairs when a man's Vulva is not safe in the hands of a humble postie.
I am dismayed and seek immediate reassurance.'
The Royal Mail replied, and fairly promptly, but with a stock response. It's all 'robust processes' and 'appropriate action', and the concluding paragraph pretty much sums up their attitude toward my missing Vulva.
'Once again, please accept my sincere apologies on behalf of Royal Mail for the problem you've had, and our thanks for taking the time to make us aware of this. Please be assured that we take letting our customers down seriously and will use this information to make further improvements.'
Yeah, right. Meanwhile, down at the sorting office, two bottles of prime Vulva are changing hands like schoolboy pornographs.
Sniff your letters. And never trust a postman. Or woman.


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Every week Texas on the Potomac gives you a second glimpse of our most popular stories. Here are the most viewed stories from March 31 to April 6.
1. Photo op spirals out of control when Obama can't sink a basket. The president went 2 for 22 on the basketball court as part of Easter weekend events. Rick Dunham reports >>
2. Poe: White supremacist gang likely behind murder of Kaufman County DA, wife. The Humble area representative noted that attorneys in Kaufman were investigating the group at the time of the murders. Alison Sullivan reports >>
3. Rep. Louie Gohmert links gay marriage to bestiality. On a Tea Party conference call about gun control, the Tyler congressman lurched into connecting legalizing gay marriage with legalizing fornication with animals. Alison Sullivan reports >>
4. George W. Bush is costing the country more than other ex-presidents. The Congressional Research Service showed the recent ex-president costs taxpayers of $1.3 million per year. Joanna Raines reports >>
5. TexMessage: Sheila Jackson Lee takes on Ted Cruz on gun control. The Houston Democrat asked Ted Cruz and other Republican Senators to back down on their filibuster threat to gun control. Joanna Raines reports >>
6. Apologetic Obama in 'hot' water after dubbing California AG 'best-looking' in country; Greg Abbott makes list of 'hottest' AGs. Obama apologizes after criticism for remarks made during a two-day fundraising trip. Rick Dunham reports >>
7. Biggest talker in Congress? It's Sheila Jackson Lee, with Ted Poe and Louie Gohmert close behind. Houston area politicians topped the charts in a C-SPAN ranking. Alison Sullivan reports >>
8. The ten most popular political conspiracy theories (PHOTO GALLERY). A Public Policy Polling survey highlights some widely-held, if absurd, beliefs. Rick Dunham reports >>
9. TexMessage: Cruz nixes mention of climate change in International Women's Day resolution. The Texas senator said the mention of climate change inserted controversy into a statement that otherwise had unanimous support. Alison Sullivan reports >>
10. Stockman to 'persecuted' gun manufacturers and owners: 'Come to Texas!!!' The Friendswood congressman joined Gov. Rick Perry in calling for gun makers from other states to relocate. Joanna Raines reports >>


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Mayor rejects truckie snub claims
UPDATE: MAYOR Paul Antonio has rejected Transport Workers Union claims that key industry representatives were snubbed when invites for the Toowoomba Bypass forum were being distributed.
Cr Antonio said the claims were "totally wrong".
He said apart from senior ministers in the Federal Government and Opposition parties, invitations had also been sent to representatives from key industry bodies including the Australian and Queensland Trucking Associations, the Transport Workers Union, Department of Main Roads and Australian Railway Association.
"There are people from the industry all over who have been invited," Cr Antonio said.
"The focus of this forum is to touch people who can actually deliver it."
He was also disappointed by suggestions from the Transport Workers Union State Secretary Peter Biagini that funds from the $100-a-head forum may go towards his next election campaign.
Cr Antonio said the February 8 forum would feature a virtual drive through of the proposed Toowoomba Bypass route.
EARLIER: The Transport Workers Union has hit out at Mayor Paul Antonio for charging people to attend next month's Range forum and failing to invite the transport industry.
Cr Antonio will host the $100-a-head invitation only forum in February.
Transport Workers' Union state secretary Peter Biagini wants to know what sparked Cr Antonio to hold this event, why he hasn't invited key industry and community representatives, and where the money raised will go.
"Residents and motorists are fed up with this ongoing political football," Mr Biagini said.
"What has prompted Cr Antonio to now host this event?"
"Last week he could have attended the 500-strong community meeting discussing issues on the range, yet refused to and is charging people to attend his.
"What will the money raised go toward?
"Is the mayor going to use the money to start funding the new crossing?"
"Or simply fund his next campaign?"
"Toowoomba residents, motorists and transport companies alike deserve to know who is being invited to this forum, what will be discussed, and why money is being raised for it.
"If he was interested in his communities interests and wanted serious conversations about the range, he would have attended the range meeting last week about the development that will see a set of traffic lights be put on top of the range."
"To reignite a billion dollar solution because they stuffed up with a set of lights is ridiculous
"How can you have a transport forum without asking transport representatives to attend?"
"Is this event really about a solution or just Cr Antonio filling the coffers of his re-election campaign."
The Bypass Forum is scheduled for February 8.


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