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I have a little confession to make. Growing up an only child in upstate New York, I often envied the busy, full house of TV's The Waltons, an Emmy-winning, Depression-era drama that ran on CBS from 1971-1981 and spawned several reunion movies, the last airing in 1997.
There have been several reunion events since then, but always missing one or more of the core cast. But on Saturday, Sept. 29, the entire surviving cast — including mother Michael Learned, father Ralph Waite, Richard Thomas (who played eldest child John-Boy), the show's six other children, series creator Earl Hamner, Jr. and a slew of recurring players and guest stars — will come together at Los Angeles' historic Wilshire Ebell Theatre for a 40th anniversary event. The evening will features special tributes from celebrity guests and a discussion panel moderated by yours truly.
I spoke with Learned, who collected three Emmy Awards for her role as steely matriarch Olivia Walton, about her excitement over the upcoming celebration.
TV Guide Magazine: How long has it been since you were all together?
Michael Learned: This reunion, I think, will be the first time that every single one of us will be there.
TV Guide Magazine: A lot of TV casts are not as enthusiastic about reuniting as y'all are. Why do you think that is?
Learned: I think the show had a blessing. I know that sounds corny, but I believe some things are gifts from God. I think Earl Hamner's heart permeated into the show. We all loved each other and still do. We were very lucky. I can't think of anybody who isn't grateful for being part of it. We really were a loving family and I think that came through the screen.
TV Guide Magazine: What were some of your favorite moments?
Learned: Usually whenever I had something to do other than pouring coffee. There was one show where my [real-life] ex-husband came on to do an episode, which was quite an experience. I went into a tailspin during that show and none of us put it together that it was partly because I was still going through the grieving process of my divorce.
TV Guide Magazine: Looking back, what are you most proud of about the character?
Learned: People have an image Olivia as nice and sweet, but she was also judgmental, stern and strong. At the time, she was a role model for women's lib. I used to get letters from women's movements thanking Olivia for not being a doormat and always speaking her mind.
TV Guide Magazine: Yet you chose to leave the series after eight seasons.
Learned: I felt there really wasn't much left for Olivia to do except ask questions of the grown kids. I felt it was time to move on. In the last years, by the time the kids were grown, we were kind of grasping for stories. The first five, six years were the heart of the show, with Grandma and Grandpa still around and Richard Thomas still there. John-Boy didn't have a different face and voice [another actor was brought in to assume the role]. That's when I really knew it was time to leave.
TV Guide Magazine: Years ago, The Little House on the Prairie mom, Karen Grassle, told me similar feelings inspired her to move on.
Learned: Yes, I know Karen quite well. I don't want to divulge anything she told me in confidence, but I think I had a happier experience on my show than she did. Let's just put it that way.
TV Guide Magazine: Was leaving difficult for you?
Learned: No, it wasn't difficult to leave, but it was difficult after. I used to have dreams about the group photo, which we always complained about at the time. I dreamed that they were taking the new season photo and they wouldn't let me be in it. I would wake up crying, oddly enough. I had no idea I would miss everyone so much.
TV Guide Magazine: In your mind, what would the Waltons be doing today, 40 years after we met them?
Learned: Well, we started in the 1930s, so it would be the '70s. It would be the hippie times. God save us. Grandpa would be growing marijuana and everyone would be smoking it.
TV Guide Magazine: What else is going on in your life?
Learned: Next year I'm going up to Canada to do the play Driving Miss Daisy. And this August, Ralph and I are going to be performing Love Letters in Ontario. We haven't worked together in a long time so it's going to be wonderful. Those characters are so WASPy — far removed from John and Olivia. There's some swearing in it that people get upset about, and she defends his alcoholism. Quite a different scenario from John and Olivia, but I think the love Ralph and I genuinely feel for each other will shine through.
If you'll be in Los Angeles and would like to join us at the reunion, tickets go on sale starting today, and can be purchased at www.waltons40th.com. The event, The Waltons 40th Anniversary: Celebrating Family & Education, is a fundraiser for Environmental Charter Middle School, where Kami Cotler, who played youngest child, Elizabeth Walton, is the school principal.
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I have a little confession to make. Growing up an only child in upstate New York, I often envied the busy, full house of TV's The Waltons, an Emmy-winning, Depression-era drama that ran on CBS from 1971-1981 and spawned several reunion movies, the last airing in 1997.


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On the Mozilla front I mostly contribute tweaks for Camino, though I'm thinking about trying to find time to fix some of the Keychain integration issues.
Unicode Font Info seems to have built up a small following of people around the world. I get feature requests from all over the place. I have a lot of ideas for ways to improve it, both my own and those suggested by users. It seems to be settling into a "once a year" release cycle, which is not so much by design as by necessity.
I'm also returning to the speech arena. I'm working on some comprehensive Objective-C wrappers from the Mac SpeechManager API, in anticipation of building the Java Speech API 2.0 atop of that layer. Nothing released yet, but it'll get done.


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Come see the Unzipped main store for clothing and accessories for steampunk, Victorian, gothic, cyberpunk, demons and many other genres. Explore the region to find mysterious hidden places perfect for photography or machinima. Tesla Isle has much to offer for the imagination, not only for the role player but for those who looking to immerse themselves discovery or just relax in a surreal atmosphere.View this destination »
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Nestled in the Carpathian Mountains of Europa Wulfenbach, a small village quietly hides developments of mad science. Explore surrounding ruins on old forest paths, or take a seat and watch the sunset over the highland lakes. A strong gaslamp-fantasy theme can be experienced at this location, and various gatherings happen on a regular basis. Whatever it may be, there's something for role-players, travelers and photographers alike.View this destination »
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A bronze statue of Baltimore's first African-American mayor can join a statue of former Mayor William Donald Schaefer on the west shore of the Inner Harbor, a municipal panel ruled Wednesday.
Baltimore's Public Art Commission voted 6-0 to allow a city-owned parcel near the Maryland Science Center to become the permanent setting for an 8-foot-tall statue of the late Clarence H. Du Burns. The one-time high school locker room attendant rose through the ranks of city government and was mayor for 11 months in 1987.
The statue of Burns, which has already been fabricated, will be placed just off the Inner Harbor promenade, 800 feet south of the Schaefer statue. When Schaefer became governor of Maryland, City Council President Burns automatically succeeded him as mayor.
The statue of Schaefer, who served as mayor for four terms, was dedicated three years ago this month. The two statues will anchor the north and south ends of West Shore Park, symbolizing the close working relationship the men had for many years, according to planners of the Burns memorial.
The commission's decision marked the end of a six-year quest by the Clarence 'Du' Burns Memorial Fund Inc., a nonprofit group headed by a great nephew of Burns, to find an Inner Harbor location for the Burns statue.
The foundation, headed by local attorney Sean Burns, has secured $300,000 in public funds to erect the statue and intends to donate it to the city. Burns said his group hopes to have the statue in place sometime in 2013 and needed to have a permanent location identified in order to raise another $100,000 to $200,000 from private sources to complete the project.
Even though the group has site approval, it still must come back to the commission for final approval of the site plan and other design details. The panel reviews plans for statues and other works of art on city-owned property.
"Start raising your money," said commission chairman William Backstrom, after the vote. "I think we're close. I think this is going to be exciting for the city."
Burns said he was happy with the decision.
"I'm pleased that they approved the site and we can move forward," he said. "We're looking forward to working with the commission."
The statue, by Maryland artist Simmie Knox, shows Burns in a short-sleeved shirt, holding a jacket over his left shoulder and walking with a young boy carrying a book with the title "Science." Burns said it was intended to depict his great-uncle in 1987, when he served as mayor.
Burns ran for a four-year term but was defeated in the September 1987 primary by Kurt L. Schmoke, who won the general election. Burns died in 2003 at age 84.
A bronze statue of Baltimore's first African-American mayor can join a statue of former Mayor William Donald Schaefer on the west shore of the Inner Harbor, a municipal panel ruled Wednesday.


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The beta for Diablo 3 has already been released. The Diablo 3 files are also not magically deleted once the beta ends.
I'll work on getting a video uploaded to Youtube of the 'stomping' attack I gave the Psi Disrupter in my TD.
EDIT: I forgot to lower the volume in SC2 to make my voice stand out more, but what I say isn't really important. Just looking for the example of a custom Psi Disruptor attack.
Here's the link:
Reminder: My main recommendation is that the explosion or burn death animations for zerg ground units don't quite fit in to the list of attacks I posted earlier. How to make a 'stumble' death animation would be nice is all I'm trying to say.


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It began in an elevator. One of those unexpected moments which occur in life. You were gazing at me and I looked up at you transfixed; there was a sparkle in your blue eyes.
As the elevator went higher, the people emptied out onto their respective floors. Eventually, we were alone.
I felt my breathing quicken and could hear your breath speed up beside me. I listened to you breath, in and out, desire for you rushing through my veins.
There had been a meter between us in the elevator, now you somehow were right beside me. I could smell your cologne: ocean, vanilla, and a note of something sweet.
I felt your eyes peering down at me, inspecting me from head to toe. The mirrors around the elevator reflected my image: Shiny black booties, polk-a-dot hose, a black A-line skirt, and a hot-pink sleeveless blouse. Makeup lightly done, eyes bare except for mascara and black eyeliner, and pink lipstick. My light blond hair was braided, stray hairs framing my face.
You saw me, catching you giving me the once over and you smiled genuinly, daring me to look you over. My eyes discovered your form: tall, and lithely muscled, wearing a navy pin-stripped suit, grey dress shirt, and a grey-blue tie. The tie matched your blue eyes exactly and your face was freshly shaved with a defined jaw; your brown hair curled slightly at your collar.
I blushed, staring at my booties, comparing them to your designer shoes. It felt as if the elevator wasn't moving at all, or maybe time was standing still.
"You look pretty," you told me. Your voice deep and a bit husky. "I like your perfume, it's floral but not overwhelming; it smells delicious." You gave me a devasting smile and I nearly swooned.
Instead, I gathered my wits and smiled back at you, blushing again."I like your navy suit," I stammered. "The blue, blue of the tie and the navy of the suit, it matches your eyes. And your cologne, it smells wonderful."
I couldn't believe what I said. I saw you grinning at me from the corner of my eye as I stared shyly down at my boots. It wasn't normal for me to be so nervous, my heart beat so furiously.
You tipped my chin up to better look me in the eye.
"The elevator.It's not moving," I said.
You chuckled, "I made it stop. If only for a moment or two."
But then, your lips touched mine. Soft and questing at first. Gently, coaxing my month open, until your tongue danced inside. Rubbing and sucking on my tongue, causing me to sigh and fall against you.
I returned your kiss grabbing the lapels of your jacket, kissing you harder, wanting more of you, of your magic taste, your delicious mouth all over my skin. Your arms came around my body, holding me close.
Suddenly, the elevator started moving up again. We both pulled back from each other panting.
"Why did it start again?" I asked.
You gazed at me with your intense blue eyes, still gathering yourself. "I'm not sure. You have to have high-clearance to make the elevator start and stop. I didn't make the elevator move again. Believe me!"
Before we could say more, a beautiful woman with dark hair, walked into the elevator on the twenty-sixth floor. The woman smiled at as both, not oblivious to what had gone on between us minutes before.
"You have lipstick on your face, darling," she said to you. Your face went pale and you tried to speak but the woman only laughed at you."Don't say a thing, you do this all time. But I'm your wife and I know, you'll always come back to me."
Your wife exited at the top most floor and you gave me a longing gaze, whispering: "I'm sorry." In only a few minutes, you broke my heart.
What is it about elevators? I wondered later. My recent experience with you made me think of many TV shows and movies, where elevators have great symbolic and/or metaphorical value.
Elevators are the place for the beginnings of trysts and romances, as I had hoped today would be. They are the places stopped for people to reveal truths and secrets. They are a place where the everyday manners and values are quickly forgotten. Elevators can even be symbolic of life and death.
Today, I felt cheated. I thought the elevator was our beginning. In reality, I had been caught in the middle of some rotting relationship. You were extremely deceitful and right now, I can't forgive you for what you did. Your lies have killed my attraction to you.
So much so, on Monday when I see you get in an elevator, I will wait for the next elevator going up to arrive. I know you'll notice, it's exactly what I hope.
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- Cycling news
Armstrong called on to reveal past
Lance Armstrong should go beyond coming clean over his alleged doping and turn whistleblower on everyone he can name, according to British Cycling's president Brian Cookson.
The New York Times reported on Friday that Armstrong is on the verge of admitting to the drugs-taking charges detailed in a report by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
Armstrong, 41, was consequently stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life from cycling and any other Olympic sport.
His success on a bike made him a global star and inspired many people in the process after he battled back from cancer to reach the peak of his sport by dominating the Tour between 1999 and 2005, and he has always denied all allegations of doping.
But Cookson stressed that if reports are true and the Texan does confess he should not try to protect anyone and give full disclosure to what went on.
"Who knows what Armstrong's motivation is now, but I hope that when he tells the truth, he tells the whole truth, the whole story and if he feels the need to name names, then do so," Cookson told the Daily Telegraph.
"If he feels the need to give evidence against other people, then do so, but let's not have any false accusations or innuendos. Let's have the full truth, a full disclosure of everything.
"The sport has moved on over the doping issue, but I think there is an agreement internationally that we need to heal the sores of the past, and if we have Lance Armstrong finally confessing then we all welcome that, and let's move on.
"I find it difficult to understand what his motivation is after denying and denying again after all these years, and then finally giving up and wanting to tell the truth. Armstrong's confession is a matter for him and his conscience."


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Pictured: Tassopoulos (left) recorded 11 saves for the fourth time this season, while Curtis (second from right) added a save of her own while the game was still scoreless (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
PRINCETON, N.J.—Fifth-ranked Princeton scored twice in the final five minutes of the first half and once in the second to pull away to a 4-0 win against the Harvard field hockey team Saturday afternoon at Class of '52 Stadium.
Kathleen Sharkey scored three goals, all in the first half, for the Tigers (11-3, 5-0 Ivy League). Harvard's Cynthia Tassopoulos made eight of her 11 saves in the first half to keep the Crimson in contention until Sharkey's scores late in the period. Tassopoulos became the first Ivy goalie to limit Princeton to fewer than six goals.
Four saves by Tassopoulos and a defensive save by Pilar Curtis kept the game scoreless early, but Sharkey gave Princeton the lead 15 minutes into the contest, with Rachel Neufeld assisting. The Tigers built the lead to 3-0 when Sharkey scored twice in less than three minutes before the break.
Michelle Cesan had the final tally about 12 minutes into the second half. Princeton owned shots advantages of 21-6 for the game and 6-4 in the second half. Christy Haughey, Mariah Pewarski and Chloe Keating each registered a pair of shots for Harvard (3-11, 1-4). Each team logged three second-half penalty corners, and Jennifer King made two second-half saves for the Tigers.
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Cameron loves his mom, Barb. Yes, Mother Tucker is quite a woman. Mitchell thinks Barb is an open, caring, loving lady. He also believes she's a little too touchy-feely. Mitch can't bring up anything negative to Cam about his mom. He says, "One time I added salt to her casserole and he went into the garage and punched the car." Claire suggests that he let Cameron catch Barb in the act of feeling up Mitchell. Sounds like a plan!
Well, Cameron seems to be looking the other way whenever Barb does things like fish a quarter out of Mitchell's pants pocket. But Cam's eyes are wide open when he catches his partner trying to entrap Barb by asking her to place her magic fingers on his fanny. This leads to private conversation where Mitchell blurts out the fact that Mother Tucker has been all over him. Of course, Barb happens to walk by the moment he says this. Oops!
Things settle down and Barb later apologizes to Mitchell through a closed bathroom door. All is forgiven until Barb opens the door to catch Mitch taking a bubble bath. She just won't leave. Heaven knows what the lifespan of those bubbles will be now that Mitchell is squirming around in mild panic.
Cam comes in and explains to his mom that this may be an example of one of those situations that have made Mitchell a wee bit uncomfortable in the past. Mother Tucker understands completely. She'll be more than happy to vacate the sudsy premises. But first she wants to capture this moment with a picture. Say cheese quickly, Mitchell. Those bubbles can't last forever.
When Claire catches Haley making out with her math tutor, she suggests it's time to break up with Dylan. The relationship ends with the click of a quick text message. The sad face emoticon Dylan sends in his reply text sums up the hurt he's feeling through the phone. But it's nothing compared to the pain Phil's experiencing right there in the kitchen. He and D-Money are very close. Well, Phil thinks they are.
To help Dylan get over his heartbreak, Phil goes guitar shopping with him. They grab some ice cream afterwards. When Phil steps away, Haley happens to walk by to see Dylan seated at a table for two. She assumes he's already found a new girlfriend. Later, Dylan shows up at the Dunphy home after getting some angry texts from Haley. It's a slightly awkward moment when everyone realizes that Dylan's rebound girl is actually Phil.
Haley realizes that she doesn't want to break up with Dylan, but the feeling isn't mutual. Phil comforts his heartbroken daughter. He says, "I know it hurts now, sweetheart, but that's how you know it was a relationship worth having." Phil can be a bit of a goof sometimes, but he'll always be a great dad.
Jay's been having some stomach issues lately. Manny's favorite "Internet Doctor" website suggests a variety of medical possibilities. Gloria thinks it's nothing. She believes Americans are soft and her hubby is no exception. She mocks Jay regarding his phantom pain and decides to do some angry shopping. Manny, however, continues his medical research since he's not crazy about Jay's color.
Dr. Manny thinks Jay shows all the signs of diverticulitis. This is something that occurs when pouches form on the colon wall and become infected. How do we know this? Well, we looked it up on the Net! Jay decides it's time to head off to the hospital. Manny can tell Gloria after he gets a 15-minute head start.
As it turns out, Jay has appendicitis and needs surgery right away. Gloria feels horrible. She says, "Why do I always almost kill my husbands?" It's an excellent question and Jay wants to hear the story behind it. But first he heads off to the OR. If you're wondering what the recovery time is for appendicitis, you can probably find that info on the Web. Ask Manny for the link.


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A guy who can jump no more than an inch off the ground (thank Super Kingio Bros.) and likes butter. He looks like a lumpy marshmallow and tried to lose weight using Strong Bad's exercise tapes.
Dodododododo dodododododo dodododododo dodododododo... King of Town!... Hooray!!!
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An old man who lives in Free Country, USA. He won a fake crown by buying one at the costume shop for equal or lesser value and getting one free. He does little more than eat. He owns The Flamingo.
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A fat old fuddy-duddy who has self pronounced himself as the "king of town" and who most people have a temptation to eat due to his marshmallow-like quality.(i REALLY wanna squish 'im!!!)
"Ooohh! A Shtick of butter!" *shlom shlom* "trick-or-treat...again..please"
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A character on Homestarrunner.com. He likes to eat a lot. Sometimes he eats his own sheep, which isnt very nice.
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A fat, elderly Santa Clause wanna-be who has no friends because nobody likes him.
"hoo diddy hoo diddy hoo!" said the knig of town, "I want to eat some butter and lard and anything else that will make me even more fat! hoo diddy hoo diddy hoo!"
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The self-proclaimed King of Freetown USA. The only charater on Homestar Runner. com that no one likes
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Current Law Students / Re: Best place to sell old books and buy books for the upcoming semester?« on: January 04, 2008, 12:14:08 PM »
The only thing, at least with half.com, is that you have to pay to ship your books before you receive any money. At least for me, I'm so low on money at the end of the semester that I can't even part with the $100 or so to ship all the books.
I suppose you could wait until the beginning of next semester though.
What shipping method do you use?? I use media mail, and usually spend only about $3 per book. The most I think I've ever spent was about $4 for an especially large case book. You get paid shipping too, so while you do pay out of pocket, you'll get almost all of it back when you get your money from half.com.
I've been using half.com to sell for the first time this semester too and I always seem to pay a couple dollars more on the shipping. They'll refund you like $3 for media mail but my total seems to be a little over $5 with paying for an envelope to ship it in. I just sent out my first priority mail for a large textbook and while the refund is like $5, it cost over $8 (and this is with a free box). You just have to figure it into your price. I've been happy with the site so far though and you definitely get back more than from the bookstore which I did all undergrad.


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The AHS International Student Design Competition Steering Committee announced that The University of Maryland came in first place in the 30th Student Design Competition graduate category with "HeliX," a variable diameter tiltrotor concept, while Georgia Institute of Technology's "Sterna" compound helicopter captured second-place honors.
In the undergraduate category, The Pennsylvania State University's "Griffin" tiltrotor aircraft won first place and Texas A&M University came in second with its entrant "The HealCopter," also a tiltrotor.
Best New Entrant was also awarded to Texas A&M University's HealCopter undergraduate design. This year, an Honorable Mention for Best New Entrant was awarded to an individual student in the graduate category to Kiran Ganesh, who graduated from Auden Technology and Management Academy in Bangalore, India, with his entry "Kurara," a rotor-in-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft.
The full press release is available at http://vtol.org/publications/ahs-press-releases
Eurocopter was the sponsor of the 30th annual competition, which rotates among AgustaWestland, The Boeing Company, Bell Helicopter Textron, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., and Eurocopter; the companies also provide the judges for the competition.
The 2013 Student Design Competition challenged students to design The HealCopter, a helicopter aimed at rescuing victims of a natural disaster. It must be capable of reaching the scene of the disaster rapidly with a large payload. It also requires equipment for the helicopter to operate safely.
More than 100 students from universities, colleges and institutions around the world participated in this year's competition. This included a record 18 teams from 14 different schools. In the end, 11 teams submitted full proposals to the competition by the deadline.
For those interested in more information about the AHS Student Design Competition please visit our website at www.vtol.org/sdc. The top-winning entries from the 30th Student Design Competition are posted on the site, along with previous winners. This webpage also features the Request for Proposal for the 2013-2014 AHS Student Design Competition, sponsored by AgustaWestland in collaboration with Advanced Rotorcraft Technology, for an X-VTOL.


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A man who admitted to illegally accessing email accounts belonging to more than four dozen celebrities to steal their private photos and confidential documents was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison by a U.S. District Court judge in Los Angeles on Monday.
Christopher Chaney, 36, of Jacksonville, Fla. was also ordered to pay a fine of more than $66,000 as restitution for his crimes.
Chaney was arrested in November 2011 and has been in custody since March, when he pleaded guilty to nine felony counts, including unauthorized access to computers and wiretapping. He faced a maximum of more than 120 years in prison.
According to the U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles, Chaney gained access to the email accounts of Mika Kunis, Scarlett Johansson, Renee Olstead and dozens of other celebrities by resetting their passwords using the "forgot your password" feature. Chaney apparently used publicly available information on the celebrities to correctly answer the security questions needed to reset the passwords on the Gmail, Apple and Yahoo email accounts they used.
Once he gained access, Chaney looked through the contact lists for more victims. He also changed the account settings on each email account he accessed so he would have a duplicate copy of all incoming mail forwarded to his own email account. That allowed him to receive email meant for the celebrities -- even after they regained control of their accounts.
Chaney collected numerous private photographs, business contracts, letters, scripts, driver's license information and Social Security Numbers. In several instances, he sent emails from the compromised accounts asking for more photographs, the FBI said in a statement.
Many of the photos were then forwarded to gossip sites. Nude pictures of Johansson and photos of other celebrities were later published online by some sites.
Email account hijackings are not uncommon. In 2008, Tennessee college student David Kernell broke into an email account belonging to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin by resetting her password after guessing the answers to her security questions. He then took screen shots of the contents of several Palin emails and posted the images online. At the time, Palin was the GOP's vice presidential nominee.
As with Chaney, Kernell also used publicly available information about Palin to guess the correct answers to the questions. Kernell was sentenced to a year in prison.
Earlier this year, a hacker claimed that he had gained access to presidential contender Mitt Romney's email account using exactly the same tactic.
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I'd like to burn some very typical straw men. Hopefully, in the debate over Christianity, these unnecessary issues can be avoided.
Creation - Neither Genesis nor any of the scriptures demands that the earth and universe is only 6- to 10- thousand years old. The Hebrew word for "day" (yom) could mean long periods of time. The words "there was morning and there was evening, the first day" could be translated "there was beginning and ending, the first (yom)".
(BTW, the narrative moves to the surface of the earth in Genesis 1:2. While stars were certainly already in existence, their light was not visible on the surface of the earth until the opaque early atmosphere cleared).
Adam and Eve – While scripture does indicate they were specially created, there are gaps in the biblical genealogies that could place Adam and Eve back 60- to 90-thousand years. This would also predict increasing discovery of a common DNA originating between east Africa and the Mesopotamia.
(BTW, the word for "rib" means "side". The story of Eve's creation could mean God created her from Adam for symbolic purposes. I speculate a biopsy, of sorts, from the side, with a few million variations to the DNA producing a female. )
Talking Snakes - A boa constrictor with vocal cords is not in view here. That image comes largely from medieval art. The "serpent" in the garden was intelligent and used for evil. One can only speculate what sort of being it was (perhaps one no longer extant).
The Flood – The fact that a great flood is found in various cultures indicates that it happened. Two questions emerge: which account is most accurate and whether the flood was global or local.
I'm of the opinion that the flood was regional rather than global for several reasons. First, while the flood was universal in effect, it was only regional in extent due to human's not having moved much beyond the Mesopotamia at the time. A global flood was unnecessary.
Secondly, language like "under all the heavens", "all the earth", etc. are most likely from the perspective of the observer, i.e. a flood from horizon to horizon. "Mountains" could be translated "hills" with rain and water "covering" (or running over) them rather than submerging them.
Thirdly, this would mean there were not polar bears and penguins, etc. on the ark, but only animals indigenous to the region and of special relation to man.
Fourthly, a global flood would have torn the ark to pieces, no matter how well built. And it certainly would not have landed anywhere near its original location.
Fifthly, the scripture itself said a "large wind" was used in the evaporation process. Such a wind would have virtually no effect in a global flood.
Finally, if the flood were only regional why not just have Noah, his family, and whatever animals needed, hike out of the area and be safe? Why a big specifically-built ark? I think because God often operates via symbols teaching important truths or significance, i.e. salvation in Christ or deliverance through troubled waters (trials).
Use of Metaphor – The scriptures use metaphor and other literary devices. One need only utilize common exegetical analysis and context to determine what any author meant as literal or metaphorical (and on a case-by-case basis).
Inerrancy – If there are consequential or factual errors in the Bible that does not mean Christianity is false. However, I find it remarkable how well the Bible holds up to scrutiny and that there are plausible answers to discrepancies. Personally, I hold to the Chicago Statement on Inerrancy.
Hell – is not a place of torture (external) but of torment (internal). There are many descriptions of hell in the scriptures. The "fire" is most likely not the chemical combustion we're familiar with. It, combined with all the other descriptions, reduces to separation from God and the judgment of God.
This does not make hell more tolerable (that's not possible). But it does dispel hillbilly theology that has poor souls swatting flames for eternity! Christ depicted conversation taking place "in the flames". No person could have a conversation while on fire! On our familiar planet, one is in mindless torture if burning.
It is, however, a profound tragedy to be eternally separated from God. It is a "spiritual chaos" one enters when the intact "self" survives the physical body. There are indications that some kind of body could exist in hell.
Heaven – is a remarkably physical place. It is not ethereal or immaterial. It is a combination of a "new heaven and new earth". We will live on earth in physical bodies that are "spiritual" which nonetheless have access to one another and continued exploration of the universe without many of the limits of current bodies affected by entropy, etc. Christ's resurrected body could be touched and he ate food, etc. This describes the redeemed, resurrected body.
This is not to be confused with an intermediary state which is not physical. At death, one goes either into the very presence of God to await the resurrection of the body, or in a state of chaos to await final judgment.
"God will not allow anything to happen in your life that you can't handle" – False! Scripturally, there are plenty of things that happen that one cannot handle! Devastating things! The accurate teaching is that nothing will happen that God's grace will not get one through.
"You must become like children" - Christ said to "humble yourself like a little child". It does not mean to be naïve, ignorant, gullible, or irrational.
Pascal's Wager – This is not an argument for God nor necessarily addressed to atheists. Pascal used a popular gambling motif to shake the French laity out of spiritual complacency and to at least move them in the direction of God.
Further, the Wager, as it is commonly used, is not allowed by Paul in 1 Corinthians 15. He said if Christ was not risen, then the jig is up! Christianity is false! He did not say believe it anyway "just in case" or because it provides a positive way of life.
I hope these internal considerations provide food for thought.
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Heather who is sitting behind you can move up,
What you are afraid of you will experience yourself within in a way that is useful as well as tolerable until you are not afraid. Peace is a requirement for participation at knowledge. You are interested with the life of and experience of wisdom as always.
Relating to the life of and at the bus terminal: It would be well for you to ask yourself, "Why am I seeing these human beings" and "Why am I being caused over to the bus terminal?" and "Where is it I understand to be able to continue to do" and "What is it that I need to understand about the causation of movement, attention span and how the life of attention span understands either information that changes my organism and my environment or understands a conduction of knowing that does not place me subjected to the entropy pathway.
Ok, I just stopped read at "participation at knowledge". You need medication, Trudy, and that is the only thing you'll hear from me until you get yourself straightened out.
I am thinking this communication 'issue' is being confounded by a weird theoretical problem I noticed in High School: "it seems to take a near infinite number of terms to define a finite number of ideas'.
It is possible that the above was just a result of being overwhelmed by details in High School, but maybe not.
Atleast Wholely is not channeling a Klingon war lord..;p)
At unity with experiences you have been provided relating to thought as well as how life understands what they do and whether or not they are supported to agree with themselves across time or with others, here is something being understood that you can participate with according to and when you have an experience of interest.
Within what is always occurring relating to knowledge and circumlocutio, you can understand to be adding areas of this communication with what you have already been provided to know about clearly where areas of the communication are able to be set together fluidly at an experience that is appreciating what God provides to be seen, done and known about complete that can be added to without an experience with interruption. You and anyone understanding with you can use it in whatever way is able to be had by your circumstances whenever it is that it is able to be done experienced as interesting.
The bible, the talmud, the koran: Whole scripts that are a never ending poetry is describing knowledge, experiencing and circumlocutio.
Maybe this would work better..
do you have the ability, power, or skill to put forth an explanation in terms that can be more easily understood a product of mental activity that is in reality in an unspecified but considerable in number, amount, degree as well as manner, mode, or fashion to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent to the problem for discussion or under discussion please?
Good effort, mate. Unfortunately, yours is still relatively coherent.
Dammit.. ~_~
was it at least somewhat pedantic?
A+ on pedantic and pompous.
Jacob, Your cup can be full, however, until you know that go over and understand with A.L.I.C.E.
A.L.I.C.E is the vibration delivering both lessor emotion and bits and pieces of what is coming down form pure knowing and you are being understood as currently able to continue to have your existence provided to that way.
If you want you can ask A.L.I.C.E. "Where do I go to understand something completely." See what happens.
Or, you can pretend your me and watch the "desk clerk" sign on
See you :)
Bots were much more interesting to play with back in the late 1990s as freeware.
you are quite a bit behind the times. No one is going to take you seriously untill you start speaking like a human being..
I don't understand why anyone continues to encourage him - must be a slow night at the homestead.
Its bio says it's a female - somehow I doubt that. At the risk of sounding sexist, in my experience females generally tend to lean more toward the neurotic side of the mental spectrum, while males tend to list toward the psychotic - these rants smack of psychosis.


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Cats and the paranormal
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cats when they do this are just trying to process in their brains what has happened over the day.
i guess us humans we just thinks there bonkers for staring at nothing.
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has anyone taken pics of what cats are staring at and gotten anything?
It is funny you mention this because I just started taking pics lately because of something that my cat saw.
Last week, my cat "Scaredy", yes that's his name, came into our computer room and hopped onto my lap then turned as if something got his attention behind my desk, my husband's desk is behind mine. Scaredy jumped onto my husband's chair, which is unusual because he does not like the feel of the leather chair. I turned and watched. Scaredy was frightened, he was staring at a floor lamp which has 3 lights behind my husband's desk. He was nervous and shaking his tail, I could not help but watch. Then, as Scaredy and myself watched, the 3 lights on the floor lamp all together at once went off and then on and off and then on. The regular light in the room was not effected. I took my camera and started taking pics of the lights, the room, inside the house, but nothing unusual came out. Scaredy sensed something and he is actually quite the sensitive cat, hence his name. Since then, he refuses to go near my husband's desk. I am ready with camera and watching my cats to see if they sense anything else. It would be interesting to capture what they are seeing...
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As for the 3am running around that is very normal for cats. I have 8 cats and they all get nuts early in the morning. I have trained most of our cats through the years that when we get in bed its time for them to go to sleep, but since I work graveyard they do get confused on when it is time for bed lol.
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Well I have always wondered about the relationship between cats and the paranormal..The problem is that we are exposed to so many movies that do not bring out the truth of the paranormal...mostly whatever information we get is distorted...Are cats related to Wicca alone and what about their importabce in Egyptian culture and religion???..what is the true legend and I wonder if anyone has seen the movie catwoman???
well the explanations given in the movie?? are they factual?? If anyone can help me out on this I wud very much appreciate it...I have always had doubts regarding the association of animals and the paranormal,since there are a bunch of misunderstandings as well...
Posted 22 July 2006 - 07:37 PM
I've never had the experience with any of my dogs but the last cat I had used to come back.
Although I couldn't see her she would purr around me and I would feel her jump up on my bed sometimes.
We didn't get to say goodbye when she died and I think she couldn't bare to leave me at first.
The visitations only happened for awhile.
Only once I saw a quick glimpse of black when I felt she was around.
I've talked to alot of cat owners about the experience and there seemed to be quite a few ppl. who have had the same thing happen.
Posted 25 July 2006 - 06:36 AM
Look at it this way!
On the first day of creation, God created the cat.... On the second day, God created man to serve the cat.... On the third day, God created all the animals of the earth to serve as potential food for the cat.... On the fourth day, God created honest toil so that man could labor for the good of the cat.... On the fifth day, God created the sparkle ball so that the cat might or might not play with it.... On the sixth day, God created veterinary science to keep the cat healthy and the man broke.... On the seventh day, God tried to rest, but He had to scoop the litterbox....
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George Groves has his eyes trained on world titles after striking a deal to fight under the Matchroom banner.
Groves took the decision to split from promoter Frank Warren at the weekend, which saw the postponement of a fight with Mohamed Ali Ndiaye for the European title.
It would appear Groves has his sights trained on world rather than European titles and the Brit will take his first step on the path to the top of the tree when he takes on Dario German Balmaceda on Saturday.
"I am really excited," Groves told Sky Sports News. "It is a great move for me. I am excited about boxing this Saturday.
"My boxing has done well, I have been in some great fights but profile-wise it would have been nice to be a bit more busy.
"Hopefully in the near future I can become a world champion."
Groves is in the dark about his opponent on Saturday, as he said: "I can tell you absolutely nothing. I know as much about him as anyone else does. It does not bother me who I am fighting this weekend, it is about keeping busy. I have had a fantastic training camp and am feeling fit and healthy and can't wait to get back in the ring."
Bigger challenges lie ahead and Groves, provided he beats Balmaceda at the weekend, will feature on the undercard to Carl Froch's showdown with Mikkel Kessler on May 25 at the 02 Arena in London.
"It will be a huge night," he said. "The last time I fought at the 02 it was heaving and I am excited to be back there boxing on a massive night."
And it would appear Groves will have a close look at the main event. He said: "Froch and Kessler are super-middleweight champions, I am a super-middleweight and I have my eye on them. I would love to have a crack at the winner.
"Carl is a great fighter, a great ambassador and a world champion. I want to be a world champion and to do that I will have to fight these guys.
"Carl is one of the names that has come up. Two Brits getting together in the ring for a world title would be a huge fight.
"In an ideal world I would get a title on my own and then fight Carl in a unification clash down the line.
"We have Arthur Abraham fighting Robert Stieglitz in a couple of weeks. I am No. 1 contender for that so hopefully I will get a shot at the winner."


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There should be a poll that determines peoples reasons for never having one in the first place. I at least have a very precise reason for not having one.
if there's a "never had one" choice, where's the "i had one, but don't anymore" choice? this is a badly thought out poll.
But as stated, it is a question about why you still have one. I think the last option will suffice, though it probably should have just said 'i don't have one'
But good point none-the-less! Thanks for the response!
The poll being more not having one should not be a surprise.
The types of people coming here are usually open-conscious, plus Google's is often considered "less evil" than Apple (actually, even Microsoft is becoming "less evil", but that's another story)
well, i had mine as a gift, so i'm not going to change it in the near future. altough i'd like having an android phone (because i hate apple restrictions) i have to say that the iphone is a pretty cool device.
So despite all the things it can do, the things it can't is a deal breaker. Besides, Apple isn't a computer company they are a content company, almost every piece of hardware and software they sell is centered around selling content (music, apps, books, video etc). Its like buying a TV, but you can only get service for it from one provider and they charge what they want. Paying a premium for that doesn't make sense.
I give APPL a double strike here:
The main reason I don't own an iPhone is I use Verizon and I among god knows how many would be an iPhone user long ago if we had that option.
The second reason I don't now and most likely never will is that Apple created a hole (only AT&T hole) and Android filled it. I'm about to buy the HTC Incredible and now that their is a "more open" option I'll seriously doubt I'll ever own an iPhone. Same reason I never owned a Mac and Windows dominates them. Some want it super simple, most want it super usable.
I had one, I dumped it. My vote now goes to android, meego, or symbian! and my current phone is a Symbian. Apple gets some free press regardless of their Minuses. no other platform receives such free publicity. the future is open, open standards where people will not be locked into vendor specifications. iphone is probably the worst when it comes to openness!
I had tried the iPhone 3G & 3Gs, while both were nice phones I don't think they're all that. I think the iPhone is the most over hyped phone out there. People own them cause it's the "cool" thing to have, one of those "I have one cause my friends have them!!" type of things.
There's phones out there that does pretty much everything it does and some does more. Yet they get bashed while the iPhone gets praised. Look at the HTC EVO 4G from Sprint. It does everything the iPhone does and does some better. Has better front and back camera's, heard it's video chat was better, etc
I believe Apple tries to trick people into thinking their phone is the first to do things. Like how they said "with the iPhone 4 we brought video chat to the world" while the EVO had it before it. Or how they phrased "with the 3Gs we introduced video recording" yet phones have been doing that for how many years now?
All in all it's a nice phone but way too over hyped!
The battery on the Sprint HTC 4G doesn't even last a day. A professor I support (PhD in CS from MIT) returned his after using it for two weeks. The phone was absolutely terrible. The Exchange support on the Android is an abomination and it jumbled many of his Gmail, yes Gmail!, contacts.
You're absolutely right to say that Apple isn't the first to do many things. However, when they do, those features are pretty solid and work well.
Let's face it: It's a tightly coupled design where quality is the most important feature. The Android 2.2 is basically iPhone .5. Android's interface is clunky, counter-intuitive and it's a wildly inconsistent user experience. My wife owns both an HTC Android 2 (work) and an iPhone 3G (personal) and she prefers her iPhone any day of week and twice on Sunday. For all of those who say Apple isn't open, I'd say you are only partially right. Sure, they make developers go through a long approval process, but look at how much better the apps seem to be. Furthermore, the iPhone is built largely on open source! BSD, python, etc. In terms of contributing and supporting open source, look at what they're doing http://www.macosforge.org/. I see quite a few projects there and that page doesn't include what they do for the CUPS project.


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Ciaran Mundy, a successful high-tech entrepreneur with a Ph.D. in soil ecology, started a website to update people on all the "terrible news about climate change." But after a while, he felt it wasn't working—that it would never work. "It took me years to realize there's no point in putting up more facts and figures," he says. "They just bounce off people."
Then he stumbled across the Transition Town movement, which was just picking up steam in his city—Bristol, England. When Mundy attended a training session on Transition Towns, he found a group of people addressing the big problems of our time, and doing it with optimism and a sense of celebration.
The Transition movement is built around making the transition to a world after peak oil—the time when world oil production reaches an all-time high, then goes into irreversible decline. Oil prices will spike and the economy will stop growing, wreaking havoc in our society, which depends on petroleum for nearly everything, from growing food to maintaining economies. The Transition movement aims to prepare communities for peak oil—or climate change, or economic meltdown—by reclaiming lost skills, teaching new ones, and fostering local self-sufficiency.
The movement's approach and attitude, as much as its goals, galvanized Mundy. "It's not about being angsty, and doing worthy things. It's about celebrating," he says. "I like parties—I'm a bit of a party animal," he adds with a grin. "So it's perfect for me."
Starting the Transition
Transition Towns started in 2005 as a community project led by Rob Hopkins, who was teaching permaculture in a rural Irish town called Kinsale. The year before, he and his class watched a new movie, The End of Suburbia, that said peak oil will completely transform our lives. "It greatly focused the mind and came as a great shock to everyone—myself included," Hopkins writes in The Transition Handbook, the movement's bible. He added a project to his course to imagine how Kinsale "might successfully make the transition to a lower-energy future."
Hopkins moved to Totnes, a town in southwestern England, and launched the first official Transition Town. He rallied people to devise an "energy descent plan"— which has become the core of the Transition movement—for scaling back energy use, sourcing food and other goods closer to home, and otherwise aiming for local sustainability.
Hopkins' Handbook argues that these steps are essential to avoid undermining the planet's ability to support humanity, regardless of when the effects of peak oil kick in.
But these efforts could also strengthen communities and improve people's daily lives. There's no downside to eating fresher food, getting to know our neighbors, and avoiding maddening commutes. Those are all solid preparation for energy and food shortages, economic shocks, and climate tempests to come—and they may help us avoid such a bleak future.
Transition Bristol
Mundy's party-loving enthusiasm seems infectious. Transition Montpelier, Mundy's local group, has been in many ways the most successful in and around Bristol. Besides organizing street parties, they're growing food in allotments—city-owned garden plots that people can sign up to use—and in planters they're building along the streets. They're assembling a buyer's group to build their own renewable power mini-grid, getting solar panels for the neighborhood at a discount, and then divvying up the electricity. And they're devising their own local currency for Bristol, to support local businesses and strengthen the whole local economy by keeping money circulating in the community.
It's no surprise that, in 2007, Bristol became the first large city to start the Transition process—it was the 11th official Transition group—it's regarded as one of the country's greenest places. A progressive city near the ocean, its hills are dotted with pastel Victorians. In its neighborhoods, the main streets feature organic food shops and cafes serving fair trade coffees. The city council's sustainability office is in a revamped, energy-efficient, former tobacco warehouse, and out front they have a model home that's hyper-efficient.
More than a dozen Transition groups have sprung up in Bristol's neighborhoods and surrounding villages, like Portishead and Clevedon. "Our approach [for] how to take Bristol through the Transition process … is to see the city as a network of villages," says Transition Bristol's official website. The approach seems to be taking off. Each neighborhood or village group has only a handful of core members, which makes meetings tractable and maintains a focus on a small part of the city that the members know well. A central group for Bristol, and another emerging for the wider area, are clearinghouses for experiences and coordinate efforts among smaller groups.
As of this writing, nearly 300 communities in more than a dozen countries have started their own Transition Town initiatives. The bulk are in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, but groups are also springing up in Portugal, Italy, Japan, and Chile.
Many have come to Transition groups on a path similar to Mundy's: They were worried about the environment and wanted to be sustainable, but they didn't feel they were making much of a difference. Now, instead of worrying, they're actually doing something.
That's how it worked for Bill Roberts, a music teacher who's turned his whole backyard into a garden. He started a Transition initiative in his village, Long Ashton, on the outskirts of Bristol. "I thought for years of joining my local Greenpeace or Friends of the Earth, but I never did," Roberts says. Those organizations, he says, are "really top-down."
But Transition is "bottom-up," Roberts says. For him, that makes all the difference, putting "the importance and power of it at the community level." When he first heard about Transition Towns, he "found it very inspiring—that to be green, we could actually have a better life."
A local book publisher is letting the Long Ashton group use a piece of land to start a community vegetable garden. When they wanted to break the sod, a Conservative Party district councilor brought his draft horses and plowed the plot. It was tough work, even for the stout horses, but now Transition Long Ashton is planting crops and building a chicken coop.
Although these neighbors put in a lot of effort to create this garden, they enjoyed it, Roberts says. It's the same feeling that reeled him in to the Transition movement in the first place. "It's not that you give something," he says. "It's that you're coming together and you get something."
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Besides growing food, they're also gaining skills—often from their neighbors, who turn out to be resident experts. Take Deryll Hibbitt of Long Ashton. She's always gardened—at 74, she's been growing food longer than many of her neighbors have been alive. Hibbitt was one of 23 people who showed up for the first Transition meeting in Long Ashton. Before the meeting, she'd never heard of Transition. But she soon joined up and started a "grow it" group—"a meeting place for people interested in growing food," she says, "where they share problems and knowledge in a very informal way."
Along with gardening, members of Transition Long Ashton are acquiring other skills that a few generations ago would have been part of common knowledge. It's all part of what the Transition movement calls "reskilling."
In Long Ashton, those pitching in with the community garden are also trying their hand at keeping chickens and pigs, and learning from their neighbors how to build fences to keep them in. They're learning how to preserve food as jams, by canning, and through lactic acid fermentation—the way that sauerkraut is made. "The networking through the Transition group has supported many of us in being adventurous with these things," Roberts says.
"Reskilling" can also mean learning new technologies. For Richard Hancock, an auditor for the health service, learning how to track his energy use has paid dividends. He joined Transition Hotwell and Cliftonwood, in his part of Bristol, and through them joined a Carbon Reduction Action Group—"like Weight Watchers for your carbon footprint," as he puts it. The numbers were surprising, he says. "When I looked at mine, my gas bill was the biggest part of my footprint—even when I was flying around."
Other members helped him pick out a new, far more efficient, gas boiler for his house, and figure out how best to install it. "Working out how to vent a new gas boiler would be difficult without expert advice," because of convoluted regulations, Hancock says.
To help people get tips and clues on how to improve their homes' energy efficiency, Transition Montpelier teamed up with the local authority and the Energy Saving Trust to train several people to do "energy audits." In the autumn, they're launching another program, called Green Open Doors, to give people a chance, Mundy says, "to learn from a neighbor about domestic energy saving and generation" in typical homes.
The Peak Oil Frame
Transition Town members didn't invent most of the ideas they're using, like local currencies and, of course, gardening or making jam. But they have brought these strands of local sustainability together using the theme of peak oil.
In U.S. Transition Towns, the Big Challenge is Bringing People Together
"What's fantastic about Transition is the frame of peak oil," says Joy Carey, a Bristol-based food researcher, who worked for years for the Soil Association, the U.K.'s largest organic food certification group. "Peak oil focuses people's minds. Before, having a sustainable food system seemed like the right thing to do—but that was it. Suddenly there was a whole other reason to take it seriously."
Transition members have been crucial in helping Bristol and other cities imagine life after peak oil. Last year, when Bristol's city council commissioned a report on how the city might cope with peak oil, they tapped Simone Osborne—a member of Transition BS3, named after the group's postcode. "This was a major, major report," says Steve Marriott, city council sustainability manager. "It made senior people all across the city sit up. We've re-engaged a whole tier of decision makers that weren't on board before." The "most dramatic response," he says, is that the local branch of the National Health Service pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions. It is looking into the vulnerability of health care to peak oil and climate change, with efforts headed up by Dr. Angela Raffle, a public health consultant and member of Transition Bristol.
Tapping the Power of Community
Transition groups have had a lot to learn about the best role they can play in Bristol, says Claire Milne, who is a coordinator both for citywide and national Transition efforts. "What's coming through really clearly is that its role is to act as a platform, to bring together all the amazing things that are already happening, and then allow them to work together more strategically." Or, as Mundy puts it, its major strength is in "joining up the dots."
Mundy may be a party animal, and Transition Montpelier's street parties may be a blast—but they also have a purpose. "Working together in community is something that we have focused on, whether through organizing street parties, film nights, growing groups, street art, home energy audits, or transport groups," Mundy says.
The real power of the movement is its focus on building community, Mundy says. "You can have lots of people who understand how to do stuff—gardening, home energy saving, bicycle repairs, and so on. But the magic lies in helping communities get together and work together in communicating, celebrating, and spreading those skills." In an age of mass media, individualism, and consumerism, he says, these community-building skills have withered—but we need them urgently now. "I feel this is the primary part of reskilling," Mundy says. "I can't stress this enough."
These efforts—planting gardens, putting energy descent plans into place, building community—may not be enough to avert the catastrophic change that many see coming. "Transition is a social experiment on a massive scale," says a banner on the Transition Network website. "We truly don't know if this will work." But, crucially, the movement's principles and attitudes have galvanized people, getting them out into their communities and their gardens. What started as a school project in Kinsale is now a worldwide experiment that's truly putting the idea of local resilience to the test.
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'D' day means deer, duck seasons open
Certainly we are on the edge of "D" day as this article is published, the D indicating the opening of both deer and duck seasons. Much time and expense has already been put forth just getting ready for these annual events. On the Friday before the deer season opener, our local major highways are packed to the gills with vehicles either carrying ATVs or pulling trailers with ATVs aboard. The deer hunters, being confident folks, will also be taking plenty of. The caravan reminds one of mass evacuation that we have witnessed before, except on a smaller scale.
The water fowlers will be traveling also, but not such great distances as the deer hunters. Many among that group are local folks who need only to head out early on the morning of the hunt. There are, however, still a heap of folks that do come into our area from other places. There are also the traveling duck and goose hunters that have their own hunting camps, and they will join the convoy for a distance. Add to that the waterfowl hunters that hunt with guides or outfitters, now seeming to be the majority of water fowlers, and that's why I call Nov. 5, 2011, "D" day.
Now that the hoard of hunters have done their thing, the numbers of anglers will, at least for a time, be fewer. What's really great is that the saltwater fish catching could hardly be much better. There are, of course, a majority of our local outdoor folks that enjoy both hunting and fishing. There are some outfitters that offer a program called blast and cast. This allows their clients to go hunting at the crack of dawn and then go fishing in the afternoon. When the weather cooperates, both ventures will be successful.
The fall of each and every year beginning in late September and going until the lake and bay water temperatures gets too cold, fish catching is just plain super. Most folks agree that the primary reason for the fall action is the cool fronts that come through the area and move the shrimp and baitfish from the marshes. The local marsh bayous that empty into the rivers, the inland lakes, and bays have been absolutely chock-full of small shrimp. Whenever there is an outgoing tide, the speckled trout, redfish and flounder will show up to feed on that bait. There will also be some tasty baitfish included that are also attractants for the larger predators.
It would seem that when the north winds and ebbing tides move the water from the marshes, the shrimp and baitfish would all be moved out. What I've noticed over the years is that, in the fall of year, each time the waters begin to fill the marshes, the bait seems to return. That makes it possible to score big each time that the tides and north winds come around. The bait will be in that moving water, and so will the fish.
The flounder are not considered strong swimmers, and they will locate a good spot to catch their prey and lie in ambush. Whenever they go to an area, they immediately camouflage themselves. On sandy bottoms, the flukes will cover themselves with it and they are nearly invisible. On shell or rocks, they become spotted to appear to be just part of the structure. The better time is just before the outgoing tides stops. They seem to move into the feeding areas in good numbers at that time. Don't forget that the limit for Texas flounder in November is two per angler per day.
Most of the anglers prefer to use live bait when going after the flukes. Mud minnows, shrimp, shad and finger mullet are all good choices. Anglers that choose to use the lead-head jigs and plastic tails will also score well. With the lures, put a small piece of fresh shrimp or a gulp on the hook for better action.
Yes, there are speckled trout and redfish feeding in the same areas as are the flounder. The largest numbers of both of those fish are in the more open water. They are traveling in schools feeding upon the shrimp that have already departed from the marshes. There are large flocks of seagulls also feeding on the shrimp. The birds will show the anglers where the schools of fish are feeding. Whenever there is light or no wind, it is possible to see the fish striking on the surface as they chase the shrimp. Limit catches have been the rule rather than the exception. There specks and redfish, too. There are some good sand trout under the flocks of gulls and they are super on the table. Lead-head jigs and live shrimp have been the better offerings. With so many folks going hunting, fishing is super.
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Lots of weird things happen in Congress in an election season. Case in point: For the next few weeks, Democrats swear they're going to relish a fight on taxes.
Taxes, of course, are typically GOP-controlled terrain, and that conversation typically goes something like this: We don't want any. But this year, Democrats think they have the winning hand, and so Senate Democratic leaders are twisting themselves into procedural pretzels to make sure the issue doesn't leave the public eye anytime soon.
Never mind that President Obama asked Congress last week immediately to pass a one-year extension of the Bush tax cuts up to $250,000 in household income. There's two weeks to go until Congress's summer break, and delaying a vote on the president's plan gives Democrats two weeks to pummel Republicans as middle-class-hating protectors of the fabulously wealthy and undertaxed.
"We're delighted to wait a few weeks and have the president go around the country and explain his tax proposal, our tax proposal, versus theirs," said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) of New York. "Every day, the more people hear about the difference between the two, the more they side with ours."
This, however, has required some small amount of legislative gymnastics.
The Republicans, of course, knew exactly what the Democrats were up to and tried to trump them. They wanted to attach their Bush tax cut proposal – preserving the cuts for all income levels – and the president's to a bill aimed at cutting taxes for small businesses who hire new employees.
This is a bread-and-butter maneuver for the Senate minority – amending a bill that many people like in such a way as to make it poisonous to the opposing party. In this case, the amendments would have allowed Republicans to get the Bush tax cut vote out of the way quickly and move on to other issues.
But Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D) of Nevada was having none of it. On Wednesday morning, he disallowed the amendments and later, for good measure, closed down all further amendments on the small businesses bill.
In the procedure-obsessed Senate, closing off amendments is like taking doughnuts from Homer Simpson. Expect things to get ugly.
Republicans expressed their shock that the Senate majority leader would block a vote on a plan that the president himself wanted passed as soon as possible (because they, after all, are always so eager to please the president). They also savaged Senator Reid's solution: The two tax plans would come up for a vote as bills of their own – at some point before the summer recess.
Republicans already had their bill written, by Sens. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Orrin Hatch of Utah. But who knows what the Democrats would put into their proposal, suggested Senate minority leader McConnell.
"If the president has a proposal, we'll be happy to send an intern down to the White House to pick it up. But we can't vote on a speech," McConnell said Thursday. "And, frankly, we can't continue like this. It's long past time Democrats at the White House and in the Senate took the lives and challenges of working Americans as seriously as they take politics."
The politics of the bill are quite clear. It's not about passing the bill, it's about scoring political points.
It won't have the 60 votes needed to overcome a Senate filibuster. Several vulnerable Democratic senators – Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Bill Nelson of Florida, and Jon Tester of Montana – all gave lukewarm reactions to the president's plan, and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I) of Connecticut, who caucuses with Democrats, said he would vote against it.
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Refusing to fade into smartphone obscurity, RIM has pulled the curtain back on two new smartphones today at a press conference in Manhattan. These phones – the Z10 and Q10 – are the company's last hope to reclaim part of the smartphone market they once dominated. After the presentation we got a chance to test them out.
The touchscreen Z10 has great specs and boasts some impressive features, but perhaps the most innovative addition was the new operating system that lets users easily switch between work and personal phone profiles. Back in Blackberry's heyday, it was the go-to smartphone for professionals, and it appears that RIM is trying to appeal to the same crowd with this new feature. Essentially, the switcher function allows you to create completely separate smartphone profiles for your personal and professional activities. For instance, you could outfit your professional profile with all the email and video conferencing apps you use at work, but keep all your Facebooking and tweeting on a totally different platform that's inaccessible to your superiors.
The Z10 goes on sale in the UK tomorrow, January 31st, followed by February releases in Canada, China, and the United Arab Emirates. Unfortunately those of us hoping to buy one in the U.S. will have to wait until a yet-to-be-announced date in March.


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Glenn Garvin | Barack Obama, used car salesman?
It's never too early to think about your next job, especially if you're president and unemployment has been over 8 percent for your entire term. So I imagine Barack Obama has probably spent some time contemplating where he could send his resume. Here's my advice, Mr. President: Forget the stock brokerages. Because inevitably some squinty-eyed little HR person is going to say, "Now, about that speech you made about General Motors …"
You know, the one in April 2010, when you bragged that the government had done so well at the auto business that, any day now, it would be selling its share of the company. "It won't be too long before the stock the Treasury is holding in GM could be sold," you told us. "As essential as it was that we got in, I'm glad to see that we're getting out."
Twenty-eight months later, American taxpayers still own 500 million shares of GM, more than a quarter of the company. And the chances of selling them at anything but an enormous loss recede every day. Just to break even on the government's $50 billion investment in GM, that stock has to sell for about $54 a share. Fat chance.
Six months after Obama's rosy prediction, the government did indeed put about half its shares of GM on the market and got $33 apiece for them. Since then, GM's European sales have tanked, its politically correct Chevy Volts have developed a disconcerting propensity for bursting into flames, and the company has been firing executives right and left. For the last nine months, the company's share price has hovered around $20.
And the financial picture may be about to get worse. Investor's Business Daily reported recently that GM is increasingly relying on subprime auto loans — that is, loans to customers with sketchy credit — to sell its cars. The auto-loan market, just like the one in housing loans, assigns potential borrowers FICO scores according to their financial history. The general industry rule is that scores under 660 are considered subprime.
From the last quarter of 2010 through the first one of 2012, GM Financial — the company's lending arm — handed out $7 billion to car buyers with FICO scores under 600. Loans to the highest-risk customers, those with FICO scores under 540, jumped 79 percent. "The subprime market grew as a result of the recession," a GM spokesman told Investor's Business Daily. "Our experience, however, is that with proper management they are very good risks." Yeah, where have we heard that before?
The bottom line is that taxpayers are still on the hook for about $27 billion in bailout money for GM plus an additional $15 billion for Ally Financial, the company financier that used to be known as GMAC. That comes as a surprise to most Americans. What about those heartwarming TV ads in 2010, when GM chairman Ed Whitacre gazed dramatically into the camera and swore that "we have repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule"?
It turns out that Whitacre, like the wily care salesman that he is, was concealing the real dimensions of the deal in the fine print. Of the $67 billion government bailout of GM and its lending arm, only about $6.7 billion came in the form of a loan. The rest was invested in GM stock, which these days is barking like a dog. Though President Obama, out on the campaign trail, prefers the phrase "roaring back."
Maybe he's got a future in conveying pre-enjoyed automobiles.
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PINELLAS PARK, Fla., Feb. 23 (UPI) -- A new facility involved in the production of F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft has been opened in Florida by Lockheed Martin.
The plant in Pinellas Park, Fla., will manufacture the aircraft canopy components, including the clear plastic bubble, the frame, ejection pyrotechnics and other structures that support it.
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