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- Birthday 12/10/1991
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Fiesta Zetec MK7 Panther Black (2010)
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Some Questions About The Mk7's Please
Kris Eagling replied to KaFez's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubI've got the reverse camera on my Fiesta Centura, gotta say it is extremely useful! The fiesta isn't a big car by any means but I've found when using the camera and reverse parking sensors which come as part of it are brilliant, had no issues getting into spaces I wouldn't have tried before. The bluetooth is also fantastic, I have my most frequently used numbers saved, although it can get confused on occasions which I would expect. If I try to dial my friend Charlie, it thinks im saying cancel, and cancels the command... :) But for streaming audio, hooking up your phone for calls, or generally impressing friends with you Knightrider car it's brill! I found mine to be pretty good in the snow, handled pretty well, my area has a few small hills which it managed pretty well, it didn't like the little curb ramp to my drive though which is like cobbled, found that a tad of a challenge in the snow/ice. Brilliant little car all around!!
Ford Centura
Kris Eagling replied to Kris Eagling's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubHi All Goy my fiesta back this morning from the service department. I've got to say I'm very impressed with the DRL's they look absolutely fantastic! Definitely lift the front of the car, can't wait to see them on the drive home tonight!! Also the reversing camera was replaced and it is now perfect, no misting or clouding, just how it should be! I will post some pictures when the weather improves, the indian summer seems to have gone back to india here in London :) Thanks Kris
Ford Centura
Kris Eagling posted a topic in Ford Fiesta ClubHi all Just thought I'd post an update regarding my Fiesta Centura which I've had for little over a month now. It's going to the dealership tomorrow to have it's drl's fitted, they managed to order the wrong ones from ms designs and had to wait for a back order of the fiesta ones to come in. I am really loving the car to be honest, I had a 3dr '10 plate zetec before with a few extras on it, but with the kit I've got on the Centura it just makes it a fantastic little car. My old zetec was a 3 door, and to be honest I thought I preferred the stylings of the 3 door fiesta. However the 5 door has really grown on me and I like not having to keep moving my seat around. Although the size of the door itself on the Centura took some getting used too, as they are a lot smaller than their 3 door counterparts. I also love the new alloys on the car, they have been around for a while but from what I understand they were an extra, and a fairly pricey one too, so they aren't on many fiesta's at the moment. The only issue I have come across with it is the reversing camera, it constantly condensates inside the lens leaving what looks like eater droplets on the outside, however you can't wipe them off as they are on the inside if the lens. So the dealership said they will change the camera for me to see if it makes a difference and if it doesn't then we will have to devise another solution. I will post some pictures when I get the car back Tuesday afternoon, as she will be all washed and polished by the dealership :) I'm yet to see another fiesta Centura on the road and I live in North London, would be interesting to see if any of you fellow owners have seen any around, think there is 1000 in the UK. Thanks Kris
Centura Badges
Kris Eagling replied to Duke0779's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubI have got a centura, it has the titanium badges on the back.
Anyone Picking Up Their New Fiesta Tomorrow ?
Kris Eagling replied to FIESTA_MAD's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubPicked up my new Fiesta Centura at midnight :) Absolutely in love with it, although I need a name... Let the suggestions commence :) Kris
New Fiesta Mk7 Specs
Kris Eagling replied to GeorgeZS's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubHey All Just waiting to take delivery of my Fiesta Centura on 1st September, really looking forward to it :) Wish it had cruise control though. Will post some on the road pictures when I get it Kris
Fiesta Centura
Kris Eagling posted a topic in Ford Fiesta ClubHi All After looking to replace my Fiesta '10 plate for another Fiesta of a higher spec. I was looking at a Titanium 1.4 with a few extras but my local Ford garage kept bringing up cars that wern't spec'd to my needs because they basically wanted to get them off their hands. I had all but given up for now until I got a phone call from them saying they had found me a car, and it had everything that I need. (Will list these below) I was also told that it was a special edition Centura. It sounded exactly what I wanted so I popped down to have a look. • Metallic Panther Black paint • Chrome door mirror caps • LED daytime running lights • 16-inch alloy wheels • Automatic headlights and wipers • Reverse parking sensors • Rear-view parking camera They add around £1800 worth of kit for around a £1000 premium which is decent. After a little research I have discovered that only around 1000. I would upload some pictures but I'm having some issues, is there anyway to upload to this thread rather than photobucket, etc Any questions, fire away :) Kris
Ridiculous Insurance Quotes..
Kris Eagling replied to Kris Eagling's topic in Car Insurance DiscussionsHi All Just thought I'd let you all know what I finally went with, it's slightly long winded so bare with me. :) 2 weeks before my renewal I phoned up LV and asked them about my renewal price, I was paying something in the region of £2500 fully comp and at the time 0yrs NCD, they then said to me that my renewal would be £2900, I was shocked to be honest. So I told them thanks but no thanks and began shopping around. At the end of my policy I was going to get 2yrs NCD as they messed up my old insurance on my Punto. So I used various companies and found Aviva to be the best with a quote of £1900, this got me fully comp, courtesy car, covered for up to 15'000 miles per year and with legal expenses. I was set for that, on the day I was going to purchase the insurance from Aviva a letter arrived from LV containing my renewal quote for £1800. Just annoyed me that one person says one thing and another says something different, so I reckon they do make some of the stuff up. Anyway so I took that and now have 2 years NCB, courtesy car and legal cover. Not too bad but still damn expensive. Just so you all know I'm 19, live in N9, one of the highest risk postcodes in the country, and am employed in which I was led to believe is a fairly high risk job. Although it isn't and I don't see how it is. Airline Cabin Crew, my car is kept in what must be one of the securest car parks around. 6ft high barbed wire fences 24/7 patrols by airport security and armed police, to get in and out you need to keycard and passcode. There are cameras that photograph the driver and number plate recognition cameras. But the LV rep told me it is high risk... apparently. Also my misses who has had 3 claims in 2 years, drives a 1.6l car, lives in the same postcode and is 2 months younger than me still pays less..... Fair ;) Anyway rant/update over :) Thanks Kris Been nice seeing im not the only one being ripped off
I have found a few bugs with iOS 5 and the bluetooth. I have had trouble getting it to go onto the bluetooth playback, takes a few clicks of the "Aux" button before it decided to switch over. Also have found it doesn't like to connect to the phone function if you are already on a call and connect it to the bluetooth when you jump in the car. But an above poster is correct the EQ issue is a bug and will hopefully be sorted in the next build. If you find anymore bugs during daily use can you post back :) Kind Regards Kris
Who Wants A Carbon Style Stereo?
Kris Eagling replied to bigmcclarron's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubSounds interesting. But I'd definatley like to know prices and see some pictures etc Thanks Kris
Hi Just thought I'd report back with my findings. It paired fine, and now even displays the track name of the bluetooth screen of the fez which is a bonus. But I have found a few bad points, it seems to have changed the audio quality, as I used to have my iP4 set to bass booster and it sounded brill, but now it sounds very distorted and I have had to turn the bass right down in the car settings and change the iP4 EQ to Pop. I had to re-pair it on my return journey, with the passcode. Not sure if this is going to be a regular occurrence or not. Make sure you have a Developer register your iPhone's UCDID or whatever its called or your going to lose the phone functionality. Thanks Kris
I have just upgraded to iOS 5 and will be going to work shortly, so I will let you know how it works :) Kris
Sat Navs
Kris Eagling replied to ffiscool's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubI have a TomTom One IQ Routes Edition. Its a brilliant little SatNav that only cost me £90 from Halfords. But do you need one for use in Europe? As I only needed mine for UK use. I'm opposite to you, I've always favoured TomTom, but to be honest there isn't much I've found to diffretiate the cheaper SatNav's from one another these days. I really like the TT one IQ routes, it has live info on traffic and can re-route if needed, has up to date speed camera's, including speed traps on motorway roadworks, quickly finds and sustains a strong GPS signal, and has a pretty long battery life, around 7 hours. Hope this helps :) Kris
Ford Want To Buy My Car Back?
Kris Eagling replied to Kris Eagling's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubThat's the thing, I'm not being signed into another year, so I will still only have 2 years left on finance with them. Kris
Ford Want To Buy My Car Back?
Kris Eagling posted a topic in Ford Fiesta ClubHey Everyone Just a quick post... Ford have been in contact with me, offering me a brand new "11 plate fiesta like for like on my current "10 plate fiesta, the only difference being the new one is Frozen White rather than Panther Black and im saving around £30p/m on my finance deal. Incase anyone wants to know I have the following extra's : City Pack, Privacy Glass, Bluetooth. I think thats all of them. I don't understand how they are making money from this deal, the Frozen White fiesta is brand new, 0 miles on the clock, where as mine is approaching 1 year old with nearly 11k on the clock. Anyone able to shed some light on the situation? At the moment it sounds pretty tempting. Kind Regards Kris Eagling


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Why Sierra Fuel Treatments Make Economic Sense
High severity wildfires in California's Sierra Nevada pose a serious threat to people and nature. The 2013 Rim Fire in the Central Sierra Nevada burned nearly 257,000 acres, much of it at high severity, at a cost of more than $127 million, not including the costs to the economy and tourism. Although proactive forest management can reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire, the pace and scale of fuels treatments is insufficient, given the growing scope of the problem.
Wildfires, and the associated costs, are increasing in the western United States, but few studies have taken a hard look at the costs and benefits of fuel treatments. Using the Upper Mokelumne River Watershed as a representative case, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Forest Service, and a diverse set of other stakeholders sought to answer the following question: Does it make economic sense to increase investment in proactive forest management to reduce the risk of large, damaging wildfires?
Mokelumne Watershed Avoided Cost Analysis
- View the Complete Mokelumne Watershed Avoided Cost Analysis
- View the Mokelumne Watershed Avoided Cost Analysis Executive Summary
Links to individual chapters of the report are located at the bottom of this page.
The Mokelumne Watershed (in purple) was the focus of this study, and connects to East Bay water users (in blue) via a water pipeline.
Using state-of-the-art models for fire, vegetation and post-fire erosion, we analyzed the potential impacts of a landscape-scale fuel treatments program in the upper Mokelumne watershed. In addition, we examined who would benefit the most from investing in fuel treatments and reducing the risk of high-intensity wildfires. Our findings can help inform forest management not only in the Mokelumne watershed, but also in similar watersheds throughout the Sierra Nevada and the western United States.
These maps from the study indicate the change in wildfire perimeter and intensity when fuel treatments are applied:
Contents of the report:
- Introduction
- Process of the Analysis and Scenario Development
- Model Results – Fuel Treatments Effects on Fire Behavior, Erosion, and Debris Flows
- Fire Suppression Costs
- Postfire Infrastructure Damages and Values
- Electricity and Water Utilities in the Mokelumne Watershed
- Treatment Costs and Impacts – Timber and Biomass
- Carbon Analysis
- Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment
- Conclusion
A – Fire Modeling
B – Insects, Diseases, and Abiotic Factors
C – GeoWEPP Modeling – Hillslope Erosion
D – Debris Flow Modeling
E – FERGI – Estimated Postfire Gullly Erosion in the Mokelumne Watershed
F – Bathymetric Survey – Methods for Calculating the Volume of Tiger Creek Afterbay
G – North Fork Mokelumne River Sediment Budget Analysis
H – Bibliography on Wildfire, Fuels Reduction Treatment, and Prescribed Fire Effects on Runoff and Erosion
I – Bibliography on Hydrologic Effects of Meadow Restoration in the Sierra Nevada
J – Preliminary Assumptions
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The Tring Carnival is now just three days away – and thousands of people are expected to go to it.
The parade will begin outside of Bishop Wood School in Frogmore Street, Tring, before turning the corner onto the nearby High Street and going to Pound Meadow.
The parade begins at 11.30am and is due to have reached the park by noon.
And then there will be even more fun. The Tring Brewery bar will open and there will be food, a climbing wall, bungee trampoline, human gyroscope, a tug of war, dog show. and more. In total you can expect to find around 100 stalls and games
Heather Simms, who is helping organise the carnival on behalf of of Tring Together, said: "We usually draw between 3,000 and 4,000 people.
"The rain did not stop a great turn-out in 2013. We offer traditional fun for all the family, great live music, colourful displays and performances and more.
"Last year we had a great Tring Carnival: let's make this year's even better."
And if the carnival itself wasn't enough, tomorrow the Daniel Smith Blues Band will perform in Pound Meadow from 8pm.
Tickets cost £8 in advance, £10 on the door, or £5 if you're a student. They can be bought from The Chilterns MS Centre – where all the proceeds will be going, Tring Brewery, and Almar (Tring). Email firstname.lastname@example.com to learn more.
On Friday, Neil Harris' School of Rock will play in the Pound Meadow marquee and on Sunday the park will host brass and blues music and barbecue from noon.
Tickets to the Sunday show cost £5 for adults and £2.50 for children and can be bought from Tring Brewery or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com


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On October 5, the most important religious liberty case in decades will be argued before the United States Supreme Court. It is yet another instance of the influence of secularism in America, and it may result in a substantial reduction in religious liberty. At stake here is the ability of churches to operate without interference and control by the government, or whether churches will be treated as if they were mere secular organizations.
The case is entitled Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School vs. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. To understand why it is so important, I have to take a step back and explain a bit of constitutional law on religious freedom.
The phrase "separation of church and state" does not appear in the United States Constitution, but the basic concept is embodied in two clauses of the First Amendment, as interpreted by the Supreme Court. In a nutshell, the Free Exercise Clause guarantees that the government cannot intervene in the internal affairs of religous organizations, and the Establishment Clause prohibits the government from any "excessive entanglement" in religious matters.
These principles are essential to the guarantee of religious liberty — they protect churches from becoming mere creations of the state, subject to interference by the government. So, for example, under current law it would clearly violate both the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause if the government were to interfere in a church's selection of clergy, over how doctrine is taught, or how a church resolves internal ecclesiastical disputes. The First Amendment thus requires that religious organizations enjoy a considerable amount of freedom — a zone of privacy, if you will.
These basic principles have a direct impact on the ability of religous organizations to select their key staff members. The courts have long understood that religious organizations must have considerable autonomy in the selection of clergy and other staff members who have religious missions. They have also recognized that this autonomy occasionally conflicts with the provisions of anti-discrimination laws.
To address this tension, the courts long ago recognized what is called "the ministerial exception" to the anti-discrimination laws. This exception permits churches to select their spiritual leaders — even if that decision would have violated anti-dicrimination statutes had it been done by a business. So, for example, the Catholic Church's cannot be sued for sex discrimintion based on her all-male clergy. The courts also recognize that this should not be limited to formally-ordained clergy, since many lay staff members play crucial roles in the religious mission of churches — just think of the central role of parochial school teachers, directors of religious education, pastoral associates in parishes, etc. in spiritual life of the Church. Of course, not all employees of a religious organization are "ministers" . For instance, one could not justify classifying a school janitor as a "minister", since his job is clearly not spiritual in nature.
This brings us to the case before the Supreme Court. The facts of the case are fairly straight-forward. It involves a dispute between the Hosanna-Tabor School and one of their former teachers. The teacher alleged that she was fired in retaliation for threatening to file a disability claim, in violation of federal anti-discrimination laws. The school responded that she was a ministerial employee, whose job entailed a specifically religous mission for which she was commissioned by the church, and that as a result, the school's decision to terminate her was an internal matter and was not subject to the anti-discrimination laws.
The Supreme Court will be wrestling with those facts, and also with larger questions — whether to recognize the ministerial exception, determining what part of the Constitution it rests upon, and giving guidance on how it is to be defined. The biggest challenge is how to do all this without infringing upon the religious liberty of churches, and without getting the government entangled in internal religious matters.
Virtually every major religious organization — including the U.S. Bishops — has filed a brief in support of the Lutheran school, arguing for a broad definition for the ministerial exception rooted in the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
The Administration, however, has filed a brief that advocates for the virtual elimination of the ministerial exception. In the Administration's view, the exception — if it exists at all — is so narrow that it would only apply to clergy and disputes about doctrine. Moreover, the brief denies that the exception is rooted in the Establishment or Free Exercise clauses, but is instead supported only by a much weaker constitutional principle that is subject to being overridden by any neutral, generally-applicable law.
In short, the Administration is advancing a position that would treat religious organizations as if they were merely secular groups, subject to virtually any government oversight and control — no different from banks, oil companies, or airlines. If the Administration's position prevails, churches will be subject to endless litigation and regulation, aimed at influencing and changing their internal doctrines and practices. This is a radical and dangerous argument.
Religious liberty is one of the founding principles of our Republic. It is the reason that many of our ancestors came here, and the reason that many immigrants still long for our shores. We must all pray for wisdom on the Supreme Court — and await with trepidation the decision in this momentous case.


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The morning after my finals end always presents me with an odd mix of emotions: relief, worry about things I might have gotten wrong, excitement for the holidays, and the peculiar ennui that comes with having spent the last three or four weeks working nonstop, and suddenly having free time. I always feel a bit adrift and aimless on these days, and wonder what I did before I had to rise every morning and commence studying at the crack of dawn (I guess I edited books, and wrote CR!).
Fortunately or unfortunately, the sense of freedom never lasts long, because there's a blog to look after and a big test this spring and my clinical work. This morning, as I caught up on all of the things in my life that aren't my post-bacc, I was both grateful for the chance to feel productive and also very glad not to be staring at anything that resembles a chromosome, a Hardy-Weinberg calculation, or a Holliday junction. And I was especially grateful for this wonderfully sweet and spicy, raw vegan chai spiced hot chocolate:
This recipe grew out of my recipe for raw superfood hot chocolate, which you can find in the current issue of VegNews. Instead of a superfood blend, however, it features chai spice, resulting in a warming and unique blend. I created the recipe to serve four, but you can easily cut it in half.
The texture of this hot chocolate is a bit thick due to the cacao nibs and the dates. For that reason, it reminds me a whole lot of the super-rich, upscale hot chocolates—the kind that are practically melted chocolate in a glass—that you'll sometimes find at fine chocolatiers. Except this one is made with only almond milk, cacao nibs and powder, dates, and spice. A healthy spin on a decadent classic.
Raw, Vegan Chai Spiced Hot Chocolate (raw, vegan, gluten free, soy free)
Serves 4
4 cups almond milk
4-6 pitted dates (adjust according to preferences)
1 tbsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp cardamom
¼ tsp cloves
1/2 tsp allspice
1/3 cup raw cacao nibs
2 tbsp raw cacao powder
Blend all ingredients in a high speed blender till smooth. Heat gently over the stove before serving.
I really love the combination of chai and cocoa. If you wanted to use carob instead, though, I'm sure it would also be delicious. And for another use of chai spice, check out my chai spice mix and banana chai smoothie!
Before I go, remember that you have only two more days to enter my giveaway to win six cold-pressed juices from Cooler Cleanse. Enter now! And I'll see you tomorrow.


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Whats up guys and gals, this is my second sell and hopefully it will be successfull like my last one. I have RAM, Hardrives, CPU, and other various hardware.
2 x 20gig 54000rpm Maxtor HD. These drives work good and have only been used for about a month. Asking price $18 per drive, +$2 s&h
1 10gig 5400rpm Maxtor HD. Same condition as ones above, $15 +$2 s&h
1 6gig 5400rpm Maxtor HD. Same as others posted, $10 +$2 s&h
2 x 256mb DDR Mddules (I have 6 modules available but I am using 2 right now, i will trade all 6 modules for a some PC3200 DDR, atleast 1 gig, other trades also just pm me with them)
Manufacturer: SPECTEK
Speed: DDR333(PC2700)
Type: 184-Pin DDR SDRAM
Error Checking: Non-ECC
Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered
Cas Latency: 2.5
Support Voltage: 2.5V
Bandwidth: 2.7GB/s
Organization: 32M x 64 -Bit
Price: 1 stick $23 2 sticks $40 + $5 s&h SOLD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 x 2.4B Northwood
Model: Intel Pentium 4
Core: Northwood
Operating Frequency: 2.4 GHz
FSB: 533MHz
Cache: L1/12K+8K; L2/512K
Voltage: 1.525V
Process: 0.13Micron
Socket: Socket 478
Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2
Price is about $127 at most stored and sites. I want to sell mine for $60 + $5 s&h
I am looking to Buy a Raedon 9800 pro 128mb or 256mb DDR. I am willing to trade all the hardrives, the CPU, and 2 sticks of the Ram for a good video card. I will hear and listen to all trades and offers. Thanks. SOLD
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When word broke that the guy who directed "Cloverfield" was going to be remaking the 2008 Swedish film "Let the Right One In," a collective sigh could be heard in cyberspace, as people bemoaned the perceived pointlessness of remaking such a great film. But writer-director Matt Reeves is to be commended for largely remaining true to the original while skillfully retelling the story in 1983 America.
Chloe Grace Moretz stars as Abby, a 12-year-old ("more or less") who, along with a much older man (Richard Jenkins cast brilliantly against type) moves into a working-class apartment complex in Los Alamos, New Mexico, late one night. Watching the proceedings is Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee), who is struggling with his parents' messy divorce, his mother's steadily increasing religiosity and some vicious bullying at school. Soon after Abby and "The Father" move in, a local cop (Elias Koteas) finds himself on the trail of a serial killer who is draining his victims of blood.
Like all the good vampire films through the years, "Let Me In" isn't really about drinking blood. It's really a coming of age story, a romance – of a sad, inevitably tragic variety, and a meditation on the existence of capital-E Evil.
For all of you made seasick by Reeves' camerawork in "Cloverfield," fear not. This time he employs a sure and steady hand, moving the camera only when it moves the story -- there's a car crash that will leave you dizzy and breathless. Reeves has credited Smit-McPhee for periodically pointing out new and interesting camera angles, and to be sure the film is loaded with them.
Reeves also does a great job of recreating 1983 without making it feel shticky, with touches like calculator watches, the Greg Kinh Band and the video game Gorf sprinkled throughout. But his masterstroke is the inclusion of a speech given by Ronald Reagan that we see on a TV early the film that perfectly establishes the specter of doom that hung over the nation at that time.
Moretz continues to show remarkable range at an early age, having transitioned seamelessly from Joseph Gordon-Levitt's super-precocious little sister in "(500) Days of Summer" to foul-mouthed vigilante in "Kick-Ass" to world-weary vampire. One of the great challenges of the role is playing a character who is stuck at 12, but has lived for hundreds of years, a balance she strikes nicely.
Smit-McPhee is probably the only actor working who is Moretz's peer both in terms of age and talent. His Owen is living a tortured life, taking solace only in quiet moments alone in the courtyard gnawing on Now and Laters, while singing the candy's jungle. But as his relationship with Moretz develops, the layers slowly fall away until we see him burst into a smile at the mere sight of her.
There are sure to be fans of "Let the Right One In" who simply not will allow themselves to enjoy "Let Me In," insisting that it can't be as good as the original, and that's a shame, but this a very good film on its own terms. As a wise man once said, Don't compare, enjoy.
"Let Me In," rated R for strong bloody horror violence, language and a brief sexual situation, is in theaters everywhere


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"Pony Excess" omitted some Front Range/USOC ties
The legendary Pony Express _ former SMU running backs Craig James and Eric Dickerson _ never quite answered the question. If (cough, cough) they were among the former SMU players who were recipients of the generosity of those real life J.R. Ewing Dallas oil barons, well that's wasn't entirely made clear.
Nonetheless, ESPN's "Pony Excess" documentary on the SMU scandal and death penalty was a fascinating piece of history.
There were also some ties to the Front Range omitted.
First of all, Bob Hitch, the SMU athletic director, finally run out of Dallas, carried the same title at Wyoming in the late 70's and early 80's. That was a time when Wyoming was a jumping off point for the likes of Fred Akers, Pat Dye and Don DeVoe.
The man who coined the "Pony Express" phrase, sports information director Bob Condron, left in 1984 for the USOC in Colorado Springs. He is in his 27th year as director of media services. He shared some vivid memories in an email.
"I was at SMU for 14 years and we were on NCAA probation for seven of those years. I personally coordinator the announcements of three NCAA probations while I weas there."
He recalls total maness with coaches and boosters alike scramling for phones to share the news of signees. He also said he recognized every booster, coach and player in the documentary. "It was a coordinated effort with one goal … to get the best athletes in the country, to win he national championship …" Condron wrote.
The Front Range also figured into the postscripts.
Then there were a tidbit left out entirely. When SMU officials looked to restart the post-death penalty program, former Colorado coach Bill McCartney was the first choice. After he turned it down, it went to SMU alum Forest Gregg.
When SMU contributed to the disintegration of the entire Southwest Conference, the documentary glossed over the school's first post-SWC home in the Western Athletic Conference.
In a way, the private school in Dallas contributed to the breakup of two leagues, the SWC and the WAC. As part of the Texas/Tulsa expansion quadrant that never quite fit in with the established Rocky Mountain rivalries, SMU had a minor supporting role in the MWC schools leaving the WAC.
During the documentary, I thought SMU president R. Gerald Turner looked familiar. Then I remembered the WAC breakup meeting near Pebble Beach in when he led the remaining WAC schools.
SMU eventually left for Conference-USA.
Turner had his retribution in March, 1999 when SMU upset nationally ranked Colorado State for the WAC women's basketball tournament title. I can still recall Turner his smug glance at ex-CSU president Al Yates who led the creation of the MWC.
So now it comes full circle. Speculation has it SMU will be among those targeted in the next MWC land grab if the Mountain West goes to 12 schools for a playoff format.
And there are still no natural rivalries with the Eastern side of the Rockies. The western side (Utah, BYU) is moving on.


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Health Care Reform
President Obama signed legislation on March 23, 2010, to overhaul the nation's health care system and guarantee access to medical insurance for tens of millions of Americans. The measure will require most Americans to have health insurance coverage; would add 16 million people to the Medicaid rolls; and would subsidize private coverage for low- and middle-income people. It will regulate private insurers more closely, banning practices such as denial of care for pre-existing conditions.
The White House has a web page dedicated to inform consumers about the new laws and how some may be affected by the change. https://www.whitehouse.gov/
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The sister of murder and arson suspect James DiMaggio hopes the family of teenage kidnap victim Hannah Anderson will agree to a DNA test to rule out paternity rumors a family spokesperson said.
Lora Robinson, DiMaggio's only sister, is not contesting her brother's decision to leave thousands of dollars to a grandparent of the Lakeside teenager.
She wants to know more about the relationship between her brother and Hannah in the hopes it may offer answers into what caused the deaths of Christina Anderson, 44, and her 8-year-old son Ethan.
U.S. & World
"There's an odd similarity between Hannah and her appearance and Lora's appearance," DiMaggio family spokesperson Andrew Spanswick explained. "[DiMaggio] knew the family for over 20 years. It's possible he could have been the father of either child."
Robinson (pictured in comparison photo with Hannah below right) requested samples of DiMaggio's hair in the hopes of determining paternity, Spanswick said.
A family spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday night that Brett and Christina "Tina" Anderson had not met DiMaggio until they were already expecting a child.
"Brett and Tina Anderson did not meet Mr. DiMaggio until the sixth month of Tina's pregnancy with Hannah. Brett Anderson's DNA was used to identify the body of his dead son Ethan Anderson," the statement said.
Spanswick questions why Brett Anderson is returning to Tennessee and Hannah plans to stay in California. Instead, the teenager will stay with a grandmother in Lakeside where she attends El Capitan High School.
"What's going on with that family that the father can't keep control of his own daughter," Spanswick asked. "How does that point to the fact that Jim had to step in and act as the father figure all this time."
Several Anderson family members have said they considered DiMaggio an uncle figure to Hannah. He lived with the teenager's grandmother Bernice Anderson for several years while he saved up money to buy a home.
DiMaggio designated Bernice Anderson as the beneficiary of his $112,000 life insurance policy in 2011.
Once Hannah was recovered by federal agents, Bernice Anderson described DiMaggio as a nice guy and said she loved him.
"I keep asking myself and all of us, all of us who knew him and loved him are saying the same thing. How does this happen? What happened? What caused this to happen? We don't know and if we ever will know we're not sure," she said after learning of DiMaggio's death.
Spanswick said the choice was made because DiMaggio shared concerns with family members about the ability of Brett and Christina Anderson to manage the money.
Robinson also wants answers to what led to the death of her brother in a shootout with FBI on Aug. 10.
The family has not seen the rifle DiMaggio was said to be carrying when he was shot by federal agents, according to the family spokesperson. Neither the FBI nor the San Diego County Sheriff's Department have contacted Lora to go over the findings in the case, he added.
Robinson feels a responsibility to clear her brother's name.
"The whole thing just is sort of spiraling out of control continually. She's looking for more closure from the investigators," Spanswick said.
"As Hannah continues to make statements… her affect and behavior don't seem appropriate for someone that's been through trauma and just lost her mother and brother. We're beginning to become more suspicious about what really happened," he told NBC 7. "We definitely don't want to see James as the sole scapegoat in this story."
Spanswick also believes that James DiMaggio is being treated unfairly in the media, where television analysts have poured over details from search warrants — and jumped to conclusions he believes are false.
"It's trying a dead man in the media without giving him the right to any sort of due process of justice. Just because he's dead doesn't mean he still doesn't have rights to have his name cleared."
For Lora, whose kids played with Ethan and who was a longtime friend of Christina Anderson, she's looking for closure in the deaths as well.
"We find it very strange that nobody's talking about the double homicide. It's like it just got washed under the table and everybody's just concerned about Hannah who doesn't appear to really be a victim of anything more than the trauma of a double homicide," Spanswick said.
As for the letters listed as evidence seized by deputies from DiMaggio's Boulevard property on search warrants, Spanswick said those should be considered personal affects and returned to the family.
Sheriff's department spokesperson Jan Caldwell described the letters as those written by Hannah to DiMaggio. While the suspect's sister believes they may hold some insight into what happened to her brother, deputies say they will not be made public.
"It's an investigation we can't discuss in detail. We don't discuss any of our investigations in detail. Hannah is a minor and Hannah was a victim," said Caldwell.
Timeline: Hannah Anderson Abduction
The San Diego County medical examiner has reported Christina Anderson died of blunt trauma to the head. Homicide investigators have not released details on the cause of Ethan's death.
According to search warrants, detectives uncovered explosives and incendiary devices inside the log-cabin style home DiMaggio owned in Boulevard along with a map, handwritten letters and military-style ammo.
Firefighters were called out to the home on Sunday, Aug. 4 for a house fire that had spread to a detached 3-car garage. When they stumbled on a body in the rubble, they called in homicide investigators.
Investigators revealed Tuesday that the 40-year-old DiMaggio and Hannah Anderson were captured on the cameras at a highway checkpoint traveling westbound on Old Highway 8 at 12:10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 4.
"We knew he had about a 20-hour head start on us at that point," sheriff's spokesperson Caldwell told NBC 7.
On Saturday, Aug. 10, Hannah Anderson was recovered by federal agents at a campsite near Morehead Lake in northern Idaho. DiMaggio was shot "at least" five times according to a coroner's report. The FBI said it is weeks away from releasing details on the shooting.
In the days after Hannah Anderson returned home to Lakeside, she spoke publicly about her abductor and said he "deserved what he got."
She also appeared at a fundraiser held at the Boll Weevil restaurant on Aug.15 and at a carwash held Aug. 17. At the latter, she spoke to an NBC 7 camera saying "thank you" to those supporting her and her family.
Sheriff Bill Gore has said publicly that Hannah Anderson was a victim in the kidnapping and in the murder of her family members.
Her father Brett Anderson has asked the media to give Hannah time to heal from what he described as a "horrific ordeal."
A public memorial service for Christina and Ethan Anderson is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 24 in Santee.


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Countdown to Christmas: 25 Festive Food, Gift, and Decorating Ideas
Have a Ball
Turn ornaments into keepsakes by embellishing them with rub-ons, stickers, ribbon, colored tape, or bits of greenery and glue.
Other stickers and embellishments, available at craft stores.
Let It Snow
Talk about reinterpreting the classics—these paper snowflakes take on a modern vibe in cool color combos. Try pale blue and brown, red and orange, any shade that strikes your fancy. Use thin paper and fine-tipped scissors for best results.
Fiskars microtip scissors, available at craft stores.
Forgot how to make flakes? For folding techniques or cutting inspiration, visit instructables.com
It's a Wrap
Get creative. Instead of buying rolls and rolls of holiday paper, wrap gifts with kraft or butcher paper, then add a pop of color. Folded and fanned squares of tissue paper make a pretty rosette (for step-by-step instructions, see the following three slides); the recycled fronts of old Christmas cards lend a decorative touch; and little details like twine elevate the ordinary. Use strips of tissue as ribbon.
Make a Rosette
Stack four sheets of tissue paper together and cut out a rectangle that's a suitable size for your package. With the tissue still stacked, accordion fold the tissue, starting at one of the short ends.
Global Network
Shake up your celebration by including holiday traditions from other cultures. Here's a sampling of possibilities:
Finland: Fill the bird feeders before sitting down to Christmas dinner.
China: Make red paper chains—they symbolize happiness.
France: Instead of stuffing stockings, leave your shoes by the fireplace so Pere Noel can fill them with gifts.
Mexico: Decorate with lilies and evergreens, and serve tamales.
The Netherlands: With every gift you give, include a rhyming note about the recipient.
Door decor for the time-challenged: Insert a screw eye into the base of each pinecone and twist until tight. For 8 pinecones, cut 4 lengths of ribbon (3 of equal length and one slightly shorter). Thread each end of each ribbon through the screw eye on a pinecone and knot.
To finish, knot a short piece of ribbon around each screw eye and cut ends. Gather ribbons together and tie with another piece of ribbon. Hang on a nail or hook.
Counting the Days
A new take on a charming tradition, this magnetized Advent calendar is made from favor tins filled with candies. Print numbered circles (download below) onto label paper or card stock that can be taped to the lids with double-side tape. Cut out each circle with a circle punch, then attach to the lid.
Glue a magnet to the back of each tin and arrange in a tree shape on the fridge.
Two-inch circle punch, Fiskars scissors, and favor tins, available at craft stores.
Eggnog Mousse
Table Manner
How-to for a no-fail centerpiece: Arrange pinecones or sprigs of greenery in a pretty white dish.
Let It Glow
Get the look of designer candles at a budget-friendly price by covering plain glass votives, candle holders, or even straight-sided drinking glasses with glittered scrapbook paper.
If you like, decorate the edges of the paper using a paper edge punch. Attach to the glass using double-side tape.
Sugar-coated 12-x-12-inch scrapbook paper, paper-source.com
Edge and snowflake punches, Martha Stewart Crafts, michaels.com for info
Holiday Pantry
Keep staples on hand during the season to make quick, yummy bites for unexpected guests.
Marinated Bocconcini
— wrap with salami
— skewer with cherry tomatoes
— stir into warm pasta
Frozen Shrimp
— marinate, skewer, then grill
— poach and serve with dipping sauces
Spreadable Cheeses
— fill cherry tomatoes
— stuff chicken breasts
Olive Tapenades
— serve with grilled bread
— top grilled fish
— spread on crackers
Parmesan & Salami
— antipasto platter
— make mini sandwiches
— crostini
— cheese platters
— croutons
Bacon-Wrapped Dates with Goat Cheese
Sound of Music
Use CD label software to create a family photo label for a disc of holiday songs. Include a play list (download ours below) and embellish the cover with patterned papers or recycled holiday cards.
Diagonal folder enclosure card, paper-source.com
CD label software, surething.com
Holding Power
A neat trick for the buffet table: Corral flatware and napkins together in decorative envelopes. Print the downloadable template onto an envelope and cut off the top so that it measures 6 inches high.
Trim the edge with mini pinking paper edgers.
Mini pinking paper edgers, available at craft stores.
Get the Silverware Holder Template
Glad Hands
Forget stocking stuffers. These mittens filled with treats are charming beyond words. Thread a piece of ribbon through the top of each mitten to hang.
Green Greetings
Why buy cards when you can easily make them from ones you received in the past? Simply cut out graphic, bright pieces and arrange on colored card stock or blank cards, and adhere with glue.
Beacon 3-in-1 gel glue, available at craft stores.
Gingerbread Waffles
Fancy Feast
Treat your guests to a book of recipes from the big dinner or a few family favorites. Download cover art below, print recipes onto paper, fold, and trim as desired.
Staple pages together at the fold (or bind as desired, for example by punching holes and threading a ribbon through). To hide staples, glue the cover to the pages (or use thin double-side tape).
Get the Recipe Book Cover Template
Cover, Luxe Fino White cover-weight paper; interior, Luxe Fino White text-weight paper; paper-source.com
Pear, Pomegranate & Prosecco Cocktail
Getting Personal
Custom-create gift tags by downloading templates below. Cut tags into various sizes and shapes, then embellish with assorted trims, such as buttons, greenery, pinecones, ribbon, or paper scraps.
They're the Tops
Glam up gifts with glittered floral picks in lots of styles, including leaves, berries, and flowers. Cut desired pieces and tie onto package with ribbon or cord.
Glittered picks, available at craft stores.
Good Scents
Fill your home with a delectable, spicy fragrance. In a small saucepan combine 5 cinnamon sticks (broken), 1 tablespoon whole cloves, 1 tablespoon whole allspice, the rinds of 2 oranges, 3 bay leaves, and 3 cups water. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to its lowest setting, and keep at a simmer. Replenish periodically with water.
Create a jolly napkin ring. Simply thread a jingle bell onto a piece of ribbon, wrap around the napkin, and knot. Trim edges.
Bells, available at craft stores.
Sugar Plums
Festive chocolate bars for the table. Yum! Remove the paper from a foil-wrapped chocolate bar and cut a piece of gift wrap to the same size. Wrap it around the chocolate bar and tape the back. Embellish with ribbon, jingle bells, and other holiday ephemera.
Sweet Idea
Fill a jar with your favorite homemade hot cocoa mix. Choose from multiple label designs (get them below), and print onto sturdy cover-weight paper. To finish your gift, tie label on with a pretty ribbon.
Cold Comfort
A nifty way to fake the winter wonderland look? Ice crystal spray on mirrors and windows.
Santa Ice Crystal Spray, available at craft stores.
Originally published in the December 2010 issue of Family Circle magazine.
This piece was accurate at publication time, but all prices, offerings, and styles are subject to change.


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Over the weekend I happened to catch part of the This American Life program on National Public Radio. This weekend's program was called "Accidental Documentaries." During the program, host Ira Glass played excerpts of audio tapes from a variety of sources, including one found in a Salvation Army thrift store.
The recordings were rich with family stories, many obviously were never intended for the national audience delivered by NPR. They were riveting, if in a voyeuristic sense.
There was a time when I was deep into audio recording myself. Although I started using audiotape as a means of identifying radio stations, I soon expanded it to incorporate my music collection. It was a short hop to recording family events and conversations.
Although most of those recordings have been lost, I still managed to come up a few earlier this summer while working on my own family history. Included were tapes of my children at very young ages, snippets of phone conversations and radio station appearances and a complete cassette from my mother-in-law from back in the day when swapping tapes between out-of-town relatives was in vogue.
At one point, I bought a box of reels of tape at a garage sale with the intent of recording over them. Upon checking, however, I realized there were hours of giddy conversations among teenage girls from the 1970s, the golden age of mass reel-to-reel recording. I started to save parts of these conversations but soon realized I lacked the family context to make them relevant. How I wished I could have returned them to the rightful owner.
What about you? Do you have any "Accidental Documentaries" tucked away somewhere? Even if you don't, your relatives might. It's worth checking.
Larry Lehmer is a personal biographer who helps people preserve their family histories. To learn more, visit his web site or e-mail him.
Flickr photo courtesy of Status Frustration.


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In August 2011 I posted an article titled Academia Normalizing Pedophiles With Minor-Attracted Persons: Hebephile, Ephebophiles and Pedophiles. The Hebes and the Ephebs were new to me. "Hebe" was the goddess of youth and cupbearer for the gods; Epheb, also from Greek mythology, and generally referring to an adolescent, but who knew this ancient mythololgy could legitimize the abuse of our children in the 21st Century. I missed most talk radio this week, but a reader emailed and told me Rush Limbaugh was talking about Academia and Pedophilia and their attempts to drag it into accepted mainstream thinking, and the reader kindly mentioned my 2011 article. You see, if your are one of these three "philes," Ped, Epheb or Hebe, it is simply your sexual orientation, (certainly not a crime except in the eyes of the unreasonable). (See and Update below)
|Normalizing Pedophilia, Hebephilia, Ephebophilia
Stacey McCain responded to Rush's conversation this week by quoting his own article in The Washington Times in April 2002:
Promoting pedophiliaFrom McCain's article dated January 11, 2013, referring to Judith Levine's book referenced above:
Attempts to legitimize adult-child sex on rise
By Robert Stacy McCain
A new book that says child molesters are not a major peril to children is part of a larger movement within academia to promote "free sexual expression of children."
The movement to legitimize sex between adults and children is "gathering steam," warns Stephanie Dallam, researcher for the Leadership Council for Mental Health, Justice and the Media in Philadelphia, an organization that deals with prevention and treatment of child abuse.
"Some people view children as the next sexual frontier," Ms. Dallam says.
Feminist writer Judith Levine's book "Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Kids from Sex" has been condemned by those who say she excuses sexual abuse of children – a charge she strongly denies.
Ms. Levine says she was "misunderstood" after a news article last month quoted her saying a boy's sexual experience with a priest "conceivably" could be positive.
[Levine] said, "The research shows us that in some minority of cases, young – even quite young – people can have a positive sexual experience with an adult. That's what the research shows."Hebephilias are those who have a sexual preference for children in the early years of puberty, ages 10-14. Ephebophilias prefer children in the later years of adolescence. Pedophiles prefer prepubescent children. At this conference, there will be an effort to establish whether or not hebephilia is a mental disorder. Put them all together and this group is known as paraphilias.
Featuring a foreword by Clinton administration Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Ms. Levine's book endorses a Dutch law, passed in 1990, that effectively lowered the age of consent to 12. Ms. Levine cites research about "happy consensual sex among kids under 12," and writes: "America's drive to protect kids from sex is protecting them from nothing. Instead, often it is harming them." Read more…
My 2011 article centered around an August 2011 conference to exchange ideas WITH "minor-attracted persons," sponsored by B4U-ACT, a group of paraphilia activists. The American Psychiatric Association stated that it is important to have "accurate and complete scientific information" on the Ped, the Hebes and the Ephebs. Are the three a mental disorder, or are they not (note that Ephebophilia, attraction to older adolescents, is not considered a mental disorder by the American Psychiatric Association).
At the 2011 conference, Dr John Z. Sadler, a professo of Medical Ethics and Psychiatry, spoke on "Decriminalizing Mental Disorder Concepts – Pedophilia as an Example." His time at the podium examined this:
(2) If Pedophilia and related categories are to be preserved as legitimate,  nonmorally value-laden disorders, then they require a preponderance of nonmorally-value-laden diagnostic descriptors in their diagnostic criteria.B4U-ACT makes it clear that being sexually attracted to minors is an attraction the adult does not choose to have. It just happens. We don't know why diagnostically, and/or the person is a victim of a mental disorder, but Dr. Fred Berlin, quoted on the B4U-ACT website, clearly normalizes child predators:
Individuals whose sexual orientation is directed toward children manifest the same range of personality, temperamental, and character traits as individuals whose sexual orientation is directed toward adults. A recent Journal article documented that the vast majority of individuals with pedophilia showed no evidence of either antisocial or narcissistic personality disorder. It may be no easier for a person with pedophilia to change his or her sexual orientation than it is for a homosexual or heterosexual individual to do so.The key here is Dr. John Sadler's quest to put paraphilias into a "nonmorally value-laden disorder," and to achieve that goal, we need "nonmorally-value-laden diagnostic descriptors" to properly put the paraphilia into a normal sexual orientation.
Fred Berlin, M.D.
National Institute for the Study, Prevention, and Treatment of Sexual Trauma
Rush Limbaugh explains a Guardian (UK) article:
The argument being made in the piece is that the desire for sex with children is a natural part of the human condition. And, in fact, if we acknowledge it, and encourage it, we can actually somehow better protect children. That's in the story, too. It's the same thinking, if you remember back in the nineties, when we were told that kids are going to have sex, you can't stop them. And that's why we needed to give away condoms in the schools."Normalization" has to be great news, offering hope to pedophile priests and pastors across the globe, fathers who have abused their own children in this heinous way, female teachers who rape their young adolescent male students, and as Rush says, Jerry Sandusky. Once "nonmorally value-laden descriptors" are decided upon, published and sanctioned with the help of the American Psychiatric Association, The North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) can crawl back out of their dark hole…oh but wait, maybe they didn't make it all the way underground. The NAMBLA website, with childish colors and a sweet print of two young boys smeared with mud from playtime, lounging on a log near a seaport, greets visitors.
Remember we had stories from Long Island about parents who said that they willingly let their daughters' boyfriends spend the night because it was better if their daughter was gonna have sex in a clean bedroom rather than the backseat of a car. Well, same thing here. We can better protect children if we know that they're having sex with adults rather than it being done on the sly…
In fact, the article in the Guardian actually quotes some academics. (For those of you in Rio Linda, that's college professor types. These are the people you see that have leather arm patches on their sport coats.) Academics are quoted in the Guardian piece saying that sex with adults does not hurt children. Normalization. So Jon Henley decided he'd write a whole piece on this, normalizing pedophilia, where he quotes extensively and looks into it and finds out what this is all about. Read more at Rush Limbaugh
From Boston Magazine May 2001:
Boys flocked to the three-story, wood-shingled house on Mountain Avenue in Revere for the teenage version of the Holy Grail: an endless supply of beer and weed. Being drunk and stoned made everything-from the air hockey to the movie watching-significantly more enjoyable. There was also money to be had. The pocket cash came from the local men, who especially liked it when the local boys (hustlers, gay teens, straight teens) lounged around the house with their shirts off.The story wraps up what you need to know:
Then there were smiles all around.
There was also sex. The boys had sex with each other. The boys had sex with the men. All of this was done quietly, because neighbors would later say that they didn't see or hear anything unusual coming from the house. There were no naked boys loitering in the doorway, no drunken men stumbling in the back yard, no obvious signs of depravity. It was a normal house, the neighbors thought, until they learned that it wasn't.
In June 1977, police arrested the house's owner and announced that it was the national headquarters of a sordid, pornographic sex ring. It was a stretch to call it a "ring," but Suffolk County District Attorney Garrett Byrne declared that the arrests were just "the tip of the iceberg." There had to be other perverted people in other wood-shingled houses. And Byrne had a way to catch them: A hotline people could call with anonymous tips about molesters…
Everybody was talking about the case, which led to the indictments of 24 men. During an interview on a Boston television station, poet and outspoken boy-lover Allen Ginsberg joked about the scandal. "I had sex when I was 8 with a man in the back of my grandfather's candy store in Revere, and I turned out okay," Ginsberg declared before being hurried off-stage as the station cut to a commercial…
Could NAMBLA's founders have had any idea that they would become America's symbol of organized depravity? That a group founded mostly by eccentric, boy-loving leftists would come to be considered Public Enemy Number One in the nation's battle against child sexual abuse?
|NAMBLA for Obama
UPDATE 10:36 pm: The photo above is unattributed. A reader found it some time ago but cannot remember where.
Brings back rude memories of Kevin Jennings, Obama's Safe School Czar, doesn't it? Or ACLU President for 16 years, Nadine Strossen who kept convicted felon Steven C. Cunningham by her side, as as her Chief Aide (Strossen left the ACLU in 2008):
Steven C. Cunningham was convicted of the murky charge of Child Endangerment in the State of New Jersey. What is child endangerment? Did he fail to buckle a child's seatbelt? Did he leave a small child at home, unattended? Did he go shopping with a child and let the child wander away? Did he allow a child to assault another child – endangering the assaulted? Did he let a child play with a medicine bottle?The New York State Unified Court System page today says Steven Christie Cunningham "resigned from bar – disciplinary reason" but fails to give a date. The ACLU, at the highest level, 'normalized' pedophilia.
No, that's not what he did. He had three online chats with a boy that he believed was 12 years old, but was actually a police officer. According to charges filed, the phone calls were lewdly graphic and he attempted to meet "the child" somewhere. Cunningham was permanently disbarred in the State of New Jersey, but it appears that he is still licensed to practice in the State of New York and continues in the position of Chief Aide to ACLU President Nadine Strossen.
Since Strossen's office will not confirm or deny Cunningham's important position as her Chief Aide, why do I think he is still, indeed, with the ACLU? Here's why: A search of New York State Unified Court System eCourts site confirms that Steven Christie Cunningham is licensed to practice in New York. Is Steven Christie Cunningham the same convicted Steven C. Cunningham? I think so. After this morning's "no comment" from Strossen's office, I called the phone number for Steven Christie Cunningham given on eCourts website. That call was answered by the New York Law School voicemail. When I selected Cunningham's name from the list offered, the call was answered by Nadine Strossen's office – the same young man who took my first call this a.m. and refused comment.
So much for the ACLU's interest in your civil liberties or mine…our right to know if a man convicted of child endangerment is an integral part of the ACLU daily operations.
As Rush said: Don't pooh-pooh the Left's push to normalize Pedophilia. Graphic courtesy of Wizbang
The agenda of the Left is to destroy the morals of the people of the United States. First destroy marriage and chastity. Then accept Infanticide (aka Abortion) as a normal alternative to birth control. Then accept homosexuality as just "Another lifestyle choice". And now to accept the raping of our children.
In the Netherlands this is already acceptable. The age of consent is 12. A former Surgeon General and leading Doctors in this country endorse the idea. They cry we should allow children to be
What justice will there be for our children when this becomes legal and we are forced to turn our precious children over to the local molester for indoctrination?


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Cal won its 17th straight rugby match against Stanford 176-0 in the official reopening of Witter Rugby Field on Saturday.
The Bears, who retained the Scrum Axe, had 18 players combine for 28 tries.
Captain Seamus Kelly, Jake Anderson, Tanner Mohr, Ahmed Chehade (Aragon High-San Mateo), Jared Braun (Serra High-San Mateo), Kenny Bruzzone (Acalanes High), Max Shaulis, Josh Tucker, and Scott Walsh (De La Salle High) each had two tries.
Because of the renovation to Memorial Stadium, Cal (6-0) hadn't played a home match in 34 months until Wednesday's 81-0 win over Santa Clara.
"It was indescribable to run back out through those posts," Kelly said.
Stanford (1-2) last won the Scrum Axe in 1996.
Rae Lekness scored five times, leading No. 9 San Jose State (4-1) to a 9-4 win over Michigan in San Jose. Kiki Golden (Monte Vista High) had two goals for Michigan.
NBA D-League
Tyshawn Taylor had 26 points, leading host Springfield (8-15) to a 111-100 win over Santa Cruz (15-9). Maurice Baker and Darington Hobson led the Warriors with 15 points each.
Christian Ouellet scored twice, Taylor Nelson stopped 23 shots, and the San Francisco Bulls posted a 5-2 win over the Alaska Aces on Friday night in Anchorage. The teams played again Saturday night.


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So you don't have to sift through the whole document, we're gonna call out some key pages.
To us, this is the most amazing section of the whole Mitchell Report. Essentially, Dr. Robert Millman, the medical director of MLB, told a doctor who had criticized Mark McGwire's use of andro that "everyone in baseball is irritated with you" and "if you don't shut up, they're going to sue you.
And that's not all. Another great section:
Bill Stoneman, who retired in 2007 as the general manager of the Los Angeles Angels, had a similar recollection of a presentation by Drs. Millman and Solomon. He remembered wondering at the time why Major League Baseball had permitted the presentation, which to his recollection included the assertion that there was no evidence that anabolic steroids were bad for you. He said that the baseball executives in attendance were universally frustrated with the message of leniency that was being conveyed.
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In which issues concerning the profession of philosophy are
bitched griped about
Monday, June 28, 2010
--Mr. Zero
19 comments:
I've been there -- even longer, in fact -- so I hear you. I'm just leaving this comment to tell you to keep your head up. And do try to get out and have some fun before the academic year begins; there's so much more to life than the academic job market.
Hang in there.
- June 28, 2010 at 5:58 PM
And it does not get easier once you secure a TT position...then you have to continue to update your research statement, but it becomes part of a tenure review process, and then you have to write grant proposals and attend meetings where colleagues quibble and sometimes threaten each other for hours on end...then, all you can do is look forward to tenure, when the meetings get longer and the quibbling gets worse...then to retirement, when you suffer from so many stress-induced maladies you cannot even enjoy it...and then to death, aaaaah, finally, to be released from this mortal coil!
- June 28, 2010 at 8:08 PM
It's true that you have to keep updating your research statement, and at least where I am you keep doing it after you get tenure, too. And it's annoying. But it doesn't compare with the soul-crushing awfulness of gearing up to go on the market. So although in some sense "it doesn't get easier," it does get much, much less unpleasant when you land a tenure track job.
(I actually like my department meetings -- that's probably because we have few of them.)
- June 29, 2010 at 4:34 AM
What's involved in updating your research statement? How far out does it need to project? Do people check to see if you have followed through? Do they care if you change direction, but are still productive? My statement is far more cohesive than my output. I'm not really as focused on my main project as the description suggests. I was hoping that no one would ever notice.
- June 29, 2010 at 6:17 AM
One thing about updating your research statement that is much easier once you get on a TT line, I think, is that usually it's the case that you actually have an authentic research trajectory to write about. IMHO, it's hard for unemployed grad students to figure out what their research trajectory is or will be. They're generally coming off of an exhausting dissertation run and usually don't have any interest in continuing with their research in their dissertation area. (At least, I didn't.) So they've got to make something up, or try to find something that will really set them apart.
Once you're on a TT line, you have time and space to identify projects that are really exciting, that aren't full book-length gauntlets involving sometimes painful expository sections aimed not to advance one's own research program, but to satisfy one's readers.
No, I'm in agreement with Zero that the market is the worst phase of the whole career path. Make it through this phase, and life doesn't necessarily get easy, but it begins to feel a bit more secure.
- June 29, 2010 at 9:29 AM
On a related topic (i.e. teacher evaluations as a measure of employability), Stanley Fish has an interesting column in the NYT today:
- June 29, 2010 at 9:34 AM
Don't forget that in addition to being just as horrifyingly barren as last year, the upcoming market also promises to feature a veritable glut of talent from top programs as those able to afford the luxury of caution in 2009 find it priced out of their range in 2010.
Good luck navigating safely through what looks to be a Perfect Shit Storm of a job market.
- June 29, 2010 at 10:49 AM
Once I got on the TT, my research statement became more focused. Before I used a shotgun approach, hoping that I'd make a name for myself in one of the multiple areas I worked in. I still work in multiple areas, but to keep expectations low I only announce in my research statement that I work in one. It is a different kind of stress I feel on the TT, not as much self-imposed (as it was when I was a grad student and post-PhD as a traveling VAP), now more externally imposed, verified, checked, measured (by administrators and colleagues). Being on the TT removes the thrill out of being a scholar, now that you're expected to do what you would otherwise do because it's your passion. Of course, being on the job market for 5 plus years with no success can also kill your passion for doing philosophy.
- June 29, 2010 at 10:57 AM
- Mr. Zero said...
It's possible that this post conveyed a false sense of how down I am about this. I am obviously not looking forward to going on the market again, but as I've said before, I'm very happy with my career except for this one (huge) thing.
Greg LeMond says of cycling that it never gets any easier; you just go faster. If something like this, with a suitable metaphorical interpretation of going faster, is what anon 8:08 has in mind, then I might be inclined to agree.
But if 8:08 is suggesting that all the annoying things involved with having a tenure-line job are collectively as bad as all the annoying things you must do in order to get a tenure-line job (which in no way guarantee that you will get such a job), then I think that either he has completely lost all perspective, or is stupid.
Anon 6:17,
My research statement goes out as far as I have somewhat carefully thought it through. If they ask me about it, I don't want to have a bunch of wispy, half-baked shit to say. I want to display a concrete, clear understanding of what the problem is and what contribution I want to make. I want to have done some preliminary research, and have constructed at least an outline, if not a rough draft.
- June 29, 2010 at 12:08 PM
With all due respect Mr. Zero, it does sound odd coming from someone who has never been on the tenure track to claim that a person would have to be stupid to think that it's worse than struggling on the job market, especially when that person has struggled on the job market, gotten the tenure track job and been on the tenure track says that it is. That person appears to speak with more authority than you. Perhaps once you get on to the tenure track you can speak with the same authority. Perhaps you will realize that it was the process of getting there, not the disappointing outcome, that was the most pleasurable part of the experience.
- June 29, 2010 at 12:35 PM
I've been wondering what people were up to now that the hiring cycle is (or so briefly) over, so I appreciated the post.
I'll also say this (probably said it before): the interviews I've gotten have typically been for jobs I didn't think I was a prime candidate for, and the ones I thought I was a shoe-in for I never heard back about. From this I conclude that for the most part whether they like your application has relatively little to do with the things we tend to obsess about when we're writing all the little pieces.
That's not to say that the details don't matter, or that it's not worthwhile revising all your individual statements and such, but rather that if one part or the other isn't really perfect, it's liable to make a difference in terms of whether you get an interview. If they like you, they'll overlook imperfections. If they don't, you've got little chance regardless of how great your cover letter or research statement or teaching philosophy or sample syllabi or teaching evaluations or letters of recommendation are.
Word verification: maria
- June 29, 2010 at 12:45 PM
Mr. Zero makes an excellent point. The Research Statement is the last place you want to be making some half-assed, padded, or stretched claims. Getting a search committee all excited about your research plans only to fumble, stumble, or bumble your way through their questions about the specifics of those plans is about the easiest way to sink your candidacy.
- June 29, 2010 at 12:51 PM
- Mr. Zero said...
Hi anon 12:35,
I did not claim that the person would have to be stupid to think that having a tenure-line job is worse than struggling on the job market. I explicitly mentioned two possibilities. I ordered them by likelihood.
Also, it's not as though I have no idea what the tenure track is like. Almost all of my close friends are on the tenure track. Almost all of the people I work with day to day are on the tenure track. I know about the meetings. I know about applying for tenure--I know what it involves, how long it takes, and how shitty and stressful it is.
Are you really going to tell me that the faculty meetings are so bad that you'd rather spend the next four Christmases away from your family than go to them? I haven't spent the holidays within a thousand miles of my mom since 2006.
Are you going to tell me that it would be better to spend your own money (keeping in mind that I make $10,000 a year less than your typical AssProf) to fly to Boston in the middle of winter and stay five nights in the Marriott/Westin for a small number of interviews (for the fourth time or so) than to go up for tenure?
Those claims seem unbelievable to me. They seem like the claims of someone who has lost perspective.
(One thing to mention about going up for tenure is that tenure denials are a lot more permanent than job market strikeouts. If you don't get a job this year, you'll try again next year; if you don't get tenure this year, that's pretty much it. That's pretty crazy and would freak me out. But there is also a much stronger relationship between being qualified for tenure and getting it.)
- June 29, 2010 at 1:47 PM
I'm not going to give details (not out of worries about anonymity but because I don't want to get into a cred war), but I've definitely been-there-done-that on the tenure track and the job market. There is no comparison. Yes, trying to get tenure can be stressful. But the odds are strongly in your favor, and although there may be some arbitrariness in the tenure process it's much, much less than what you put up with in job interviews.
I do think 8:08 doesn't really believe what s/he wrote. It was a joke, or hyperbole, or posturing (can't tell, sorry 8:08, no offense intended).
Oh, and going to meetings is not on the same level. It's a minor annoyance. And apparently some people enjoy it :-)
- June 29, 2010 at 2:08 PM
You also have to keep in mind that some of us who secured a tenure line job recently got something that was sub-optimal, not a good fit, in a terrible location, colleagues we don't like, institution that sucks, etc., so we continue to be on the job market (and yes, all you newly minted Ph.D.s have to compete against us). Now, take the stress you feel on the job market and double it, since you also have to do everything that someone on the tenure track does in order to appear as if you're diligently pursuing tenure, even when you actually want to score a tenure track position elsewhere. Let's all agree: the poor job market hurts us all, not just those struggling to prepare their dossiers who have never held a tenure track position.
- June 29, 2010 at 2:31 PM
If people like 8:08 or 12:35 have bad jobs (of the type 2:31 describes) and that is why they are so down on "the tenure track", they need to just come out and say that they have bad jobs. If they really think there is something so bad about "the tenure track" itself such that it is, in general, worse than being a job-seeker, they are either A)nuts, B) in bad faith or C) have confused their crap job with tenure track jobs in general.
On another note--what is all this about a "research statement"? Do you mean the part of your cover letter that describes your research? (If so, don't waste too much time--my sense is that search committees don't care that much about cover letters.) Or do you mean some extra thing you put in your dossier that describes your research? I don't mean to be flippant--I really am not sure about this. I was on the market six to eight years ago, and never wrote (or really thought about writing) the second, stand-alone kind of research statement.
Furthermore, I have since been a part of three job searches, and I don't remember seeing such stand-alone statements in most dossiers. If they were there, I probably ignored them, and went straight to the actual research product (i.e. the writing sample). I will say, though, that I have found letter-writers' descriptions of candidates' research to be very helpful.
- June 29, 2010 at 8:34 PM
I think Anon 2:31 is dead-on. I had a stressful two years on the job market early 2000's and was ecstatic to land a TT position in a bottom-rate department but in a great city. I am recently tenured but found the TT process more stressful. The job market is full of rejections yes but I was one of hundreds of candidates rejected by departments containing people that I have usually never met and probably never will meet. The stressful thing about the tenure process is being much closer to the decision making. For example faculty meetings, committee work etc can be very difficult to deal with when you have to work with someone who is on a mission to get you fired.
- June 29, 2010 at 9:01 PM
- Mr. Zero said...
Hi anon 8:34,
Some places ask for a "statement of plans for future research" or something like that. I send mine only if they ask for it specifically. Probably 1/4 of the time. If you're not getting many of them, it's probably because you're not asking for them.
- June 30, 2010 at 7:35 AM
I think it's terribly unwise to compare the two different stress-qualities of the market and the TT. Here's my attempt to paint a still life in apples and oranges:
On the market, I constantly assumed the enterprise would fail. It was literally ulcerous, at least for me.
On the TT, and I hope this anecdote will convey what I experienced, my partner one day commented, about halfway through my TT, "We've lived in this house for three years." And I froze, because, seriously, I could not remember the last three years. I stood there in the kitchen, and I couldn't remember moving there, sleeping there, or how I spent my few weeks between sessions in the house.
I COULD, on the other hand, remember every class, most every student, and every conference and paper.
Amnesia, ulcers. Apples, oranges.
- July 1, 2010 at 3:34 PM


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Seller's permits are required for anyone engaged in business in California who intends to sell or lease tangible personal property that would ordinarily be subject to sales tax if sold at retail.
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Tips from your fellow racers!
Take two old T-shirts and cut seven pieces of cloth to make the pockets according to the drawing on the right. The pocket size will be just a little bigger than the Kool packs you purchase. Sew on the pockets as shown in the illustration. Purchase seven Kool medical gel packets, which are used for injuries like a sprained ankle. They come in different sizes, but you'll need the thin ones. The gel packets freeze and stay cool for hours. I freeze them overnight and put them on ice before the race. Be careful to try it first in practice-sometimes they get too cold. Add a blower to your helmet and you have it made in the shade in hot weather!
It adds a little left side weight-maybe 4 pounds-and is a little bulky at first, so you may have to readjust your shoulder harness a bit. But once you get used to it, it's really "Kool" for the right price!!
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When performing maintenance on your racecar's rear end, pull out the axles and paint a white line down the center of them. Then, the next time you do some maintenance, check the white line and see if it's twisted. If it is, throw out the axles and replace them.
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As part of a fast-paced, dynamic team, you will support our electronic commerce environment. Your previous experience along with your strong computer skills will ensure your success in this dynamic role. If you are looking for a great opportunity to pursue a rewarding career with a company known for quality and big savings, apply today!
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Single-Page Application built on Hello.js with Azure AD B2C
IMPORTANT NOTE: Silent renewing of access tokens is not supported by all social identity providers.
This sample shows how to build a web application using Hello.js that performs identity management with Azure AD B2C. It assumes you have some familiarity with Azure AD B2C. If you'd like to learn all that B2C has to offer, start with our documentation.
The app is a simple web application that performs sign-in, sign-up, and sign-out functions with signIn-signUp policies and also edit profile using EditProfile Policy. Once the user signed in sample GET request is made to an API. It is intended to help get you started with Azure AD B2C in a simple web application built on hello.js, giving you the necessary tools to execute Azure AD B2C policies & securely identify users in your application.
Please note that this functionality is still in preview
Hello.js is a client-side JavaScript SDK for authenticating with OAuth2 web services and querying REST APIs. For more details about hello.js, check out their documentation.
Microsoft has tested the hello.js library in basic scenarios and confirmed that it works with Azure AD B2C. Microsoft does not provide fixes for this library and has not done a review of the library. Issues and feature requests should be directed to the library's open-source project.
This application has been built with hello.js library version 1.14.1.
How To Run This Sample
Getting started is simple! To run this sample you will need:
- Visual Studio 2015 or Visual Studio 2017
- An Internet connection
- An Azure subscription (a free trial is sufficient)
If you don't have an Azure AD B2C tenant, you can follow those instructions to create one. If you just want to see the sample in action, you don't need to create your own tenant as the project comes with some settings associated to a test tenant and application; however it is highly recommend that you register your own app and experience going through the configuration steps below.
Step 1: Clone or download this repository
From your shell or command line:
git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/active-directory-b2c-javascript-hellojs-singlepageapp.git
[OPTIONAL] Step 2: Get your own Azure AD B2C tenant
You can also modify the sample to use your own Azure AD B2C tenant. First, you'll need to create an Azure AD B2C tenant by following these instructions.
IMPORTANT: if you choose to perform one of the optional steps, you have to perform ALL of them for the sample to work as expected.
[OPTIONAL] Step 3: Create your own policies
This sample uses three types of policies: a unified sign-up/sign-in policy & a profile editing policy. Create one policy of each type by following the instructions here. You may choose to include as many or as few identity providers as you wish.
If you already have existing policies in your Azure AD B2C tenant, feel free to re-use those. No need to create new ones just for this sample.
[OPTIONAL] Step 4: Create your own Web API
This sample calls an API at https://fabrikamb2chello.azurewebsites.net which has the same code as the sample Node.js Web API with Azure AD B2C. You'll need your own API or at the very least, you'll need to register a Web API with Azure AD B2C so that you can define the scopes that your single page application will request access tokens for.
Your web API registration should include the following information:
- Enable the Web App/Web API setting for your application.
- Set the Reply URL to the appropriate value indicated in the sample or provide any URL if you're only doing the web api registration, for example
- Make sure you also provide a AppID URI, for example
demoapi, this is used to construct the scopes that are configured in you single page application's code.
- (Optional) Once you're app is created, open the app's Published Scopes blade and add any extra scopes you want.
- Copy the AppID URI and Published Scopes values, so you can input them in your application's code.
[OPTIONAL] Step 5: Create your own application
Now you need to register your single page application in your B2C tenant, so that it has its own Application ID. Don't forget to grant your application API Access to the web API you registered in the previous step.
Your single page application registration should include the following information:
- Enable the Web App/Web API setting for your application.
- Set the Reply URL for your app to
- Once your app is created, open the app's API access blade and Add the API you created in the previous step.
- Copy the Application ID generated for your application, so you can use it in the next step.
[OPTIONAL] Step 6: Configure the sample to use your Azure AD B2C tenant
Now you can replace the app's default configuration with your own.
Open the index.html file and replace the applicationID, policy names, apiURL and scope
//applicationID created in AD B2C portal
var applicationId = 'e760cab2-b9a1-4c0d-86fb-ff7084abd902';
//update the policy names with the exact name from the AD B2C policies blade
var policies = {
signInSignUpPolicy: "b2c_1_susi",
editProfilePolicy: "b2c_1_edit_profile"
//API url
var apiURL = 'https://fabrikamb2chello.azurewebsites.net/hello';
var scope = 'openid https://fabrikamb2c.onmicrosoft.com/demoapi/demo.read';
Open the
aadb2c.js and replace the tenant name and policy names
var tenantName = "fabrikamb2c.onmicrosoft.com";
var signInSignUpPolicyName = "b2c_1_susi";
var editProfilePolicyName = "b2c_1_edit_profile";
var redirect_uri = "http://localhost:65328/";
Step 7: Run the sample
Open the
B2C-v2jsapp.sln in Visual Studio 2015 or Visual Studio 2017.
Clean and rebuild the solution, and run it.
You can now sign up / sign in / edit profile to your application using the accounts you configured in your respective policies.
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|Brentwood, Tenn.
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|M.L.K. Magnet
2012 Outdoor: Part of the 4x200m relay team that broke the school record with a time of 1:38.04 at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia... Anchored the 4x400m relay team to a bronze medal at the America East Outdoor Championships... Finished tenth in the 200m dash and 12th in the 400m dash at the conference meet in Maine.
2011-12 Indoor: Helped the 4x400m relay team set a school record and win a bronze medal at the America East Indoor Championships with a time of 3:48.54... Also finished sixth in the 400m dash at the conference meet in Boston... Led off for the 4x200m relay team which broke the school record with a time of 1:41.38.
2011 Outdoor: Finished fourth overall (56.72) in the 400m dash at the America East Championships... Also a part of the 4x100m, 4x200m, and 4x400m relay team... Named to the America East Honor Roll.
2010-2011 Indoor: Won a bronze medal in the 400m dash with a top performance time of 56.95 at the America East Indoor Championships… Also placed seventh overall in the 200m dash, (25.31) at the conference championships…Won the 500m run at the 10th Annual Gulden Relays with a time of 1:18.39.
Background: Won the 400-meter dash at the Tennessee State Championships in 2009-10… Helped lead M.L.K. Magnet to the state and city championship in 2010 and runner-up in Tennessee in 2009…
Personal: Daughter of David and Mala Jones… Has one sister, Ashlee… Majoring in management of aging sevices… Born July 3, 1992.