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Kids think they have all the answers. And maybe they do. We put a few to the test, sending out a Q&A to youngsters age 5 to 16.
Most of our participants were born after the millenium. They don't remember using payphones. They'll never know the frustration of dial-up Internet. But there's a lot of wisdom to glean from their young minds, as our questionnaire proves.
We asked everything from the serious (what would you do if you were president?) to the silly (if you could be a sound, what would you be?) and were surprised by many of the answers. It's true: Kids really do say the darndest things.
Photos by Cramer Photo
Boy wonder
Erik Rebhorn
Age: 5
Attends: Cale Elementary School
Likes: TV, candy, Star Wars.
Dislikes: His sister's puppy dog face.
What would you do if you were president? Make Leo [his friend from daycare] the mayor even though no one else in kindergarten knows him.
What advice would you give your parents? Be the guards of me and do nice things to me.
If you grew up to be famous, what would you want to be famous for? Looking up into space.
At what age is a person an adult? What makes you think so? 20, because the oldest teenager is 19.
What's the hardest thing about being a kid? Moms and dads get to do a lot of things that kids don't, like being the boss of a conference.
What do you think life will be like in five years? I can be the same size as my sister even though she is three years older than me and will be 13.
How do you know if you're in love? When I'm with my mom.
What do you know how to do that you can teach to others? Reading.
If you could be a sound, what would you be? A rifle gun blasting.
If you could choose a new name for yourself, what would it be? I like my name.
If you could invent something that would make life easier for people, what would you invent? Something that makes parents be kids so we could do whatever we want.


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Source: The Russian Federation in Transition : External Developments
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Temperatures are set to soar by the middle of July thanks to a rare weather phenomenon.
Forecasters have predicted temperatures could hit 30 celcius by the middle of the month - with the heatwave potentially lasting until August.
Although forecasters can never be certain - their prediction is based on the arrival of a phenomenon known as a 'Spanish Plume'.
It occurs when hot air moves to northwest Europe from Spain or the Sahara and can cause temperatures to soar.
As well as a dry heatwave, the warm air also has the potential to cause severe thunderstorms.


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There are an overwhelming number of websites and other ways you can book a flight. In this article we'll try to sort it all out and give you the best "insider" tips and tricks for finding the best deals. Figuring it all out may take a little effort, but the pay-off is worth it.
You may already know that booking your hostel with Hostelz.com's price comparison features is the cheapest way to find a place to stay, but here's how you can also save money on your flight. This is a simple step-by-step guide to everything you need to do to get the cheapest airfare possible.
When you're planning an overseas vacation, often your travel dates and destination are flexible, and you just want to know how you can get to Europe, southeast Asia, or some other general area for the lowest price possible. Currently there is just one way to do that, and it's one of the best "insider" tools available for researching flights. That tool is the website Matrix Airfare Search from ITA Software.
ITA is a software company (now owned by Google) that actually powers many of the flight booking sites like Orbitz, Kayak, HipMunk, and others. Because ITA is a software company, not a booking website, you can't actually book tickets on their site. But they do make the Matrix tool available for anyone to use to research flights, and it's extremely powerful. For example, using the "nearby" link when choosing your departure and destination, you can tell it to search for the cheapest flights from any airport within 100 miles of you, to any airport within 1000 miles of Paris. You can select "See calendar of lowest fares" to then see the lowest date the travel on. This is extremely useful for finding out when and where to fly to.
There is a belief that it's always cheaper to book your flight as early as possible to get the best price. This is often no longer the case. Prices for overseas flights are usually more expensive if you book too far in advance, and prices gradually come down, but then eventually spike upwards again as the travel date nears. The sweet spot for the lowest rates for international flights are typically 5-6 months before your departure date. For example, for peak season (summer) travel to Europe, the sweet spot to find the lowest fares is typically around February through April. But you'll usually still find rates that are nearly as low any time from 8 months before your flight up until about 2 months before. For domestic flights, the cheapest prices are typically 2-3 months before the departure date.
But if you're wanting to book a flight for a trip that is only a short time away, don't despair. There are often cheap tickets available for flights that haven't filled up in the last month or so before departure. But your options may be limited. You may need to fly to a city that isn't your primary destination and then take a short-haul flight or train, so check all of the possibilities with the ITA Matrix (see above) to find the best options.
Update: A new Wallstreet Journal article reports that you may find slightly lower fares if you make your booking on a weekend. Airlines make their lowest fares available on weekends for pleasure travelers, but keep the prices a little higher on weekdays when business travelers are more likely to be booking flights. But the difference is small, so if you're ready to make your booking today, it's probably not really worth waiting until the weekend.
What about being an "air courier" to fly for free/cheap? You may have heard stories about this online. You used to be able to volunteer as an air courier to get free or cheap flights overseas by carrying packages and documents for courier companies. But sadly, this type of courier business has been replaced by regular express mail in recent years, and this is no longer an available option.
Currently your best option for flying for free or reduced fair is using credit card miles, and it's easier than you may think. Many credit cards offer bonus points just for signing up. If you use a point-earning credit card for your daily purchases, most people are able to earn enough points for a free or reduced cost flight overseas every couple years or so. As long as you pay off your credit card balance in full every month, there's no reason not to use one of these cards to earn free air travel.
Our current favorite travel rewards card is the same one you'll see recommended by many travel experts, the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card. They give you a large sign-up bonus, and after that it's easy to earn points and use them to book flights. But a huge advantage of this card is that it's designed for use while you travel also. It has no foreign transactions fees (which is rare), and the card has a chip embedded in it, which makes it more useful in Europe where chip cards are often required (well, it's "chip-and-signature", which isn't as useful as "chip-and-pin", but it's still better than only having a magnetic stripe card).
If you're using credit card miles as described above, you'll use the credit card's rewards website to book your flight. But if you aren't using reward miles, you can book it anywhere. There are quite a few flight booking websites, but mostly you'll find their prices tend to be similar or often identical.
One exception is GetGoing. They offer an unusual "pick two, get one" deal where you pick two different cities you would want to fly to, and they don't tell you which one you actually got until after you book it. It sounds strange, but it's a technique for airlines to weed out business travelers and to give pleasure travelers lower rates. In some cases you can save 20% or so off what you would pay anywhere else for the same flight.
Update: Unfortunately GetGoing is no longer in business.
Aside from that, Kayak is a good starting point. It lets you easily find the cheapest price among the booking sites (similar to what Hostelz.com does for finding the best hostel booking price). Another one that may be worth trying is Skyscanner, especially if you are flying shorter routes such as between European countries.
We'll be updating this article over time, and we welcome your suggestions. Enjoy your trip!


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I have a project that I am working on. It is a game where the computer generates a random number between 1-100 and you get 6 oppurtunities to guess the correct answer. Everything seems to run just fine. My only issue now is that the program is not displaying the correct if statements. I do not know if my if else statements are wrong or if the computer is choosing a new random number each time. I tried to test this new random number generation by printing and displaying "r" which you'll see in the code. Can anyone point me into the proper direction or give me any help. I think I am 95% done this thing after this. Thanks alot! (btw I have my print out of "r" as a comment right now) - for future reference how could i test this properly? Attached is a screenshot of the compiler. The random number is getting printed after "Please guess a number"
import java.util.*; public class project2 { public static void main(String[] args){ Scanner in = new Scanner (System.in); System.out.println("Welcome, I am thinking of a number between 1-100. Take a guess!"); System.out.print("Please enter your number: "); Random r = new Random(101); int actual = r.nextInt(); //System.out.print(r); int totalcount = 6; int gamecounter = 0; while ( gamecounter != totalcount) { int counter = 0; int turncount = 1; int guess = in.nextInt(); while (counter != turncount) { if ( guess < actual) { System.out.println("You guessed " + guess); System.out.println("Too Low");} if ( guess > actual){ System.out.println("You guessed " + guess); System.out.println("Too High");} else { System.out.println("You guessed " + guess); System.out.println("YOU'RE PSYCHIC!");} counter++; } gamecounter++; } System.out.println("Game Over Please Try Again"); } }


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Roland DGA Announces imagiNation End-User Conference
Co-located with SGIA 2014 in Las Vegas, inaugural user event will feature a variety of educational sessions, a keynote address by Richard Childress. networking opportunities, and more.
Roland DGA has announced the launch of its imagiNation 2014 end-user conference, a one-day event designed to inspire, educate, and empower Roland inkjet printer owners and operators. The conference will be co-located with the SGIA Expo, on October 21, 2014, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
"Our customers love their Roland printers and printer/cutters, and they've helped us grow and establish ourselves in the sign market," says Roland DGA president Rick Scrimger. "This conference will not only assist Roland users in getting the most out of their advanced inkjets, it will also supply them with expert advice and innovative ideas they can apply in the real world to maximize overall performance, creativity, efficiency, and profitability."
Conference attendees will have the option of following one of four workshop tracks:
• Productivity and Business Management Track;
• New Applications Track;
• Software and Design Track; or
• Color Management Track.
Alternately, attendees will be able to create a custom curriculum. In all, Roland reports, the 16 individual sessions will cover a wide variety of subjects, ranging from "100 New Ways to Print and Cut with your Roland" and "Expanding into Apparel Decoration" to "Designing for Wide Format" and "Working with Spot Colors."
The imagiNation 2014 conference's keynote address will be by Nascar racing team owner and Roland user Richard Childress.
"It doesn't matter whether you're a small print service provider just starting out or a large operation, you'll walk away from imagiNation with new information and skills that will prove to be invaluable to your business," says event coordinator Dede Sabey.
Registration fee is $195 per person, which includes breakfast, lunch, and a cocktail reception; discounts are available for "early bird" registrants.


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Gianni Rodari (1920 - 1980) was an Italian writer and journalist, most famous for his books for children. The recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1970, Rodari is considered by many literary historians to be the country's most important writer of children's literature in the twentieth century.
"Gianni Rodari gave free rein to his imagination, with inspired panache and gleeful lightness. At the same time, he had a precise and meticulous love for detail, for rich and exact language, and so all of his inventions are set in a very concrete world with real form and action."
"Making a comedy out of a terrorist kidnapping is tricky stuff, but this book for both children and adults is a daring highwire act that works. In the shocking tradition of Roald Dahl, this hilarious Italian fairytale is peppered with scuba diving suits, submachine guns and custom sports cars. At times antic with goofy buffoonery, at times grisly with uncomfortable realism—Rodari has a sense of comedy that smacks of the Marx Brothers, but with a darker, post 9/11 edge more in keeping with the grimmer satires of South Park."
Recently, the literary air has buzzed with chatter about "readability": is a book that is easier to read somehow worth less than one that is more difficult? Should we automatically reward more challenging books over less trying ones?
No, I say! Definitely not, decidedly not!
Let's look at the fairy tale. This is, incontrovertibly, a stripped-down genre: good versus bad, action and reaction. But we tell and retell these basic stories because of their simplicity and the basic vibrations they stir within us. Gianni Rodari, an Italian writer and journalist, has been most celebrated for his children's books, but a few of his tales simply sing to us adults who long to be children again.
Lamberto, Lamberto, Lamberto is a simple and, yes, very readable story about a wealthy Italian baron and his search for immortality. Straying somewhat from the fairy tale model, no one in the story is particularly good (though several are particularly evil). Character depth concerns Rodari far less than character quirks, and the author's creative capabilities construct an unforgettably charming tale. As any good fabulist knows, the story is in the details.
The charm of numbers, for example, weaves its way throughout the narrative—so deceptively simple but used just right. The Baron Lamberto suffers from twenty-four maladies, a list of which his butler frequently consults.
"The baron gets his numbers mixed up sometimes.'
'Anselmo, I am really suffering from twenty-three today.'
'Your tonsils?'
'No, my pancreas.'"
Further on, twenty-four bandits named Lamberto -- the 24-L -- invade the baron's island. They demand twenty-four million dollars -- one million from each of the Baron's twenty-four banks. To help with this ransom, Lord Lamberto summons the twenty-four bank directors and their twenty-four assistants.
But the bulk of the story's wonder lies in its love of words. Through repetition of his name by a very well-paid group of six strangers, the Baron realizes his dream of vitality and is reborn -- the power of a single word. Rodari, delightfully exercising the craft of comedy, illustrates our own daily neglect in our lazy pronunciations. Signora Zanzi is "very careful not to draw out the second syllable [of Lamberto], to keep from bleating like a sheep." In general, when the staff pronounces Lamberto's name, one cannot hear the capital L, a problem that the Baron desperately tries to resolve. Just try not to smile about that.
The story itself is, perhaps, not so unbelievable. It's not quite science fiction or even fantasy. It's strange enough and, yet, just slightly not-strange enough that we can begin to believe in it. The quirks, the wordplay, those are for the grown-ups. The temptation to believe in what we know is not true, that's for the child. And is that not exactly what we want the best fiction to accomplish? Simple it may be, a quick read, certainly, but Lamberto, Lamberto, Lamberto delighted me in its playfulness. Rodari amended our world into one where even funerals have happy endings.
If you are looking for a book that transports you, that contains details you will return to for years to come, and that you may, someday, give to your children, it's this one. Simple does not equal simplistic or, worse, deficient.
I am thrilled to have discovered this book and Rodari's writing as an adult; they will both remain on my shelves, alongside the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, as a story and a storyteller that never grow old (much like the Baron himself). Readers: are there fairy tales to which you continually return? Moral tales, fables, creation stories? Do they remind you of childhood hopes, invigorate forgotten possibilities? I hope so.
Well, now I WANT this book, so thank you for this recommendation. I return probably yearly to "The Little Prince." But despite his popularity w/this little book for children, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a brilliant novelist. I am his biggest fan. I go back to three particular novels (in addition to Prince): "Night Flight," "Wind, Sand, and Stars," and "Flight to Arras."
I also adore The Little Prince! Thanks for recommending Saint-Exupéry's other novels — adding them to my "to read" list now.
His downed plane (WWII) was just recently (as in '04) found. Here, I found a blurb:
"Parts From Saint-Exupery's Plane Found
April 2004
By ANGELA DOLAND, Associated Press Writer
PARIS – It was one of French aviation's enduring mysteries: Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the pilot and author of the beloved tale "The Little Prince," took off on a World War II spy mission for the Allies and was never seen again. After 60 years, officials have confirmed that the twisted wreckage of a Lockheed Lightning P-38, found on the Mediterranean seabed not far from the rugged cliffs of Provence, belonged to Saint-Exupery, Air Force Capt. Frederic Solano said Wednesday. In France, the discovery is akin to solving the mystery of where Amelia Earhart's plane went down in the Pacific Ocean in 1937. "This was our holy grail," said Philippe Castellano, president of an association of aviation buffs who helped authorities identify the debris. "We never even imagined this." It was a stunning revelation: Teams have been searching up and down the coast for decades, and many experts believed the plane was probably too far out to sea to be recovered. Clues to the crash started coming together in 1998, when a bracelet bearing Saint-Exupery's name turned up in a fisherman's net near Marseille. Some reports said the find was a fake. "For six years, people had their doubts," said the fisherman, Jean-Claude Bianco. "People claimed I made it myself." But Bianco's discovery jogged the memory of a local scuba diver, who first saw the plane debris nestled in the ocean bed in the 1980s. The diver, Luc Vanrell, pored over records of downed planes. By 2000, he was convinced he had found the right one. But it took time to get permission from France's Culture Ministry to have the pieces brought up for analysis. The plane, smashed into hundreds of pieces, lies 100 to 300 feet below the surface, less than three miles from the coast between Marseille and Cassis. The key find was a tail piece bearing a tiny serial number, 2734 L — the same as Saint-Exupery's, Castellano said. A piece of the puzzle remains unanswered: the cause of the crash. Theories have ranged from hostile gunfire to suicide. The debris has so far yielded no clues. "It's impossible to say if he was shot down, if he lost consciousness, or if he had a mechanical accident," said Patrick Grandjean of the national Department of Subaquatic and Submarine Archaeological Research. Famous for his bravery, Saint-Exupery was selected for the dangerous mission of collecting data on German troop movements in the Rhone River Valley. His plane vanished in the night on July 31, 1944, when he was 44. He has become one of France's most admired figures, in part because of "The Little Prince," a tender fable about a prince from an asteroid who explores the planets and then falls to earth. Saint-Exupery's other works, which largely deal with his aviation experiences, include "Wind, Sand and Stars" and "Flight to Arras," about a doomed reconnaissance mission. Until the euro currency was introduced in 2002, the novelist's image appeared on the nation's 50-franc note. In Lyon, Saint-Exupery's hometown, the international airport is named after him. Castellano, president of the Aero-ReL.I.C. organization that helped identify the plane, said some Saint-Exupery fans resisted the efforts. They wanted to keep the mystery alive. "In the end, I think everyone is satisfied," he said. "We didn't find a body, so the myth surrounding his disappearance will live on."
This is a different choice, and I really appreciate that you shared it. Adding it to my reading list for the new year. I love playful writing and children's books — favorites that come to mind immediately would be "The Velveteen Rabbit" or "The Giving Tree" even though they are not necessarily fairy tales. I also watched 'Free to be You and Me' a lot as a kid and it had stories in it that really had a huge impact on me. Also 'The Point'!!!! Remember that one? Thanks 🙂
The Book of Job always comes to mind when I'm trying to make myself or others feel better about life. It's not that I believe it religiously (I stray as far away from that as possible); I just think it's an excellent story to remind us of how bad life COULD be. Also, I agree that these kinds of stories are USUALLY simple, but fables and fairy tales can be quite complex. For example, most Woody Allen movies deal with the gray areas of life (of course, he makes films, but he still weaves stories within them). I think the quality depends on the complexity of the moral implications and choices. Also, I do tend to think that more complicated things, if complicated for a reason rather than for show, are more worthwhile than simple – that goes for all forms of entertainment. This book certainly sounds intricate and deep (perhaps even brilliant – I'll have to read it to decide). There's definitely a stigma about fairy tales being simple stories for kids, and I think one could definitely find a lot of examples to disprove that.


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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Both the VCU Men's and Women's Track & Field program were selected to finish seventh in the Atlantic 10 Coaches Poll that was released Thursday. The poll is voted on by the league's coaches.
Rhode Island, who has won eight consecutive A-10 Indoor Track & Field titles, was selected to repeat as the men's indoor champion. VCU, competing in its first season in the A-10, finished fifth in last season's Colonial Athletic Association Track & Field Championships.
"We have added quite a few pieces on the men's side and we should be able to score points in a number of events," said VCU Track & Field Head Coach Jon Riley. "I also want the seventh place preseason ranking to motivate our guys to work harder. Our goal has always been to win the championship and we have a long way to go to be number one."
On the women's side, six time conference champion and reigning champ Charlotte was selected to repeat as well. VCU, coming off one of its best seasons in school history, finished second in last season's CAA Track & Field Championship.
"On paper, we have one of the best assembled teams since I have been head coach at VCU," said Riley. "That is a testament to all the hard work my coaches have put into recruiting and getting our athletes ready. With a second place finish in last year's CAA Outdoor Championships, it has only made our athletes hungrier for a championship. We are ranked seventh in the A-10 so that means we have to work a little harder this year if we want to win the title. All I can say is watch out because we will shock some people."
The Rams open the indoor slate with a meet at Christopher Newport on December 8. The 2013 Atlantic 10 Indoor Track & Field Championships will be held at the University of Rhode Island Feb. 16-17.
Men's Poll (Last Season's finish):
1. Rhode Island (1st)
2. Charlotte (2nd)
3. Temple (4th)
4. Fordham (3rd)
5. La Salle (5th)
6. Butler (4th Horizon League)
7. VCU (5th CAA)
8. Saint Joseph's (6th)
9. Massachusetts (8th)
10. Xavier (7th)
11. Richmond (9th)
12. Saint Louis (10th)
Women's Poll (Last season's finish):
1. Charlotte (1st)
2. Dayton (2nd)
3. Temple (4th)
4. Rhode Island (5th)
5. Duquesne (3rd)
6. Richmond (6th)
7. VCU (2nd CAA)
8. Butler (3rd Horizon League)
9. Saint Louis (7th)
10. La Salle (8th)
11. Massachusetts (11th)
12. Fordham (9th)
13. Xavier (10th)
14. Saint Joseph's (12th)


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The dalmatikon is a long outer vestment almost to the floor. It is fastened at the sides with loops and baubles. Usually edged in gold and carrying ecclesiastical motifs, it can be the colour of the day, and highly decorated.
The deacon drapes the orarion over the top of it.
Subdeacons also wear a dalmatikon but with shorter crossed orarion.
In the fourth century the imperial vestment, the dalmatikon, so named after the area from which it originated, started to be used in the universal Church. The emperor granted the right to wear a dalmatikon to particular high officials within the imperial bureacracy, and later extended the right to particular bishops, and some highly favoured deacons.
Over time, the dalmatikon came to be recognised as the vestment of bishops in favour with the emperor. When specific deacons were granted the right to wear the dalmatikon they were recognised as representing the emperor, or a highly favoured bishop.
Over the next few centuries, the dalmatikon then came to especially symobolise the archbishop's primary helpers, the patriarchal deacons. Still later it was adopted as the usual liturgical vestment of all deacons, both east and west.
As part of the enormous upheavals in the eastern Church caused by the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Church had thrust upon it the worldly responsibilities formerly exercised by the emperor over his Christian subjects. The Ottoman overlords made the bishops responsible for the material government of their own people, as well as the spiritual responsibility they had always exercised.
It was from this time that the eastern bishops relinquished the use of the divided mitre still seen in the western church today, and adopted the imperial crown as their episcopal headgear.
It was also from this period that the use of the word dalmatikon began to disappear from the liturgical vocabulary to be supplanted by a widened meaning of sticharion.
Today some jurisdictions still use the older word dalmatikon for the deacon's outer liturgical vestment, but most jurisdictions use the more generic term sticharion.


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Shanghai PPTV Grand Slam | 29 April - 4 May 2014
Shanghai, China, May 3, 2014 – Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo of Italy rallied past Latvia's Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins 2-1 (24-26, 21-18, 15-12) in a thrilling full-set final of the US$800,000 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Shanghai Grand Slam here Saturday afternoon for their second World Tour title in as many tournaments.
It was also the first Grand Slam title for the Italian duo, who had been crowned at the season-opening Fuzhou Open last week.
"It's incredible! All the best teams are here and we won the first Grand Slam for Italy. I'm very proud of us, very proud of our staff, hopefully we will continue like this," said Nicolai after clinching the match winner for his side with an ace.
Having reaped their first two World Tour titles in Fuzhou, Shanghai and some more medals from previous events in China, Nicolai/Lupo felt that this is the lucky place for them.
"We catch medal here every time, I don't know what it is, but I like China and I hope to play more tournaments in China," Nicolai said. "For us every time in China is our lucky tournament."
It was the second come-from-behind victory in one day for Nicolai/Lupo, who rallied past Pedro Salgado and Emanuel Rego 2-1 (18-21, 21-13, 15-13) in the first men's semi-final match Saturday morning.
They were taking a three-point lead in the first set of the men's final when the Latvians ran off three points to level it at 20-all. A serving error of Smedins and a Nicolai block against Smedins gave the Italians the edge at 24-23, but Smedins came back to tie it at 24-all with a smash before consecutive mistakes of Lupo awarded the opener to Latvia.
"We were playing good, but Latvia in the final played better than us. But we were focused on the match and we knew our potential and what we can do. And we tried to do that and at the finish we have the win," Nicolai added.
The second set was also hotly contested in the early stage, but Nicolai/Lupo suddenly pulled away from a 17-all draw and wrapped up the set with a 4-1 run to force the tiebreaker. In the third set, Nicolai/Lupo squandered a 5-1 advantage to allow the Latvians tie it at 9-all. After a dink of Lupo, a solid block of Nicolai against Samoilovs and an ace by Nicolai gave Italy another three-point cushion, Samoilovs scored one point from a long rally and Smedins had an ace to cut it to 12-11. The Italian tandem called a time-out and Nicolai came up big when the play resumed as he had two successful shots and served the match winner.
Having had a fantastic start to the new season, Nicolai/Lupo vowed to play better and win more. "For sure we can improve, because we had a lot of mistakes today and there was a lot of wind, and we had some problems with our passing, but we are playing good," he said. "Now we have the European Championships in Italy and other World Tour events, we also want to catch gold there."
In the bronze medal match, Jonathan Erdmann and Kay Matysik of Germany beat Pedro/Emanuel 2-1 (15-21, 21-19, 15-10).
"We had great groups and played very well in the beginning and only in the semi and small final we were not so good, but in the end we stabilized and we had a really good end," said Matysik.
"We want to make it step by step and get better and better," Erdmann added. "We want to have a lot of semis and hopefully a lot of medals, because we need to play really good on a high level and to practice with these perfect players for the Olympics."
The 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar features a record purse of US$10.2 million with a season that extends from late April to mid-December competing at 21 venues in 18 countries. This year's FIVB World Tour includes a record 10 FIVB Grand Slam events, the inaugural Grand Slam Finale and 11 FIVB Open Tournaments throughout the world, helping expand the door for development of the sport even further.
The 10 FIVB Grand Slam competitions, all double-gender, have eight with $800,000 in total purses while both The Hague, Netherlands and the Long Beach, Calif., USA event will have $1 million each in prize money, the most in FIVB Grand Slam history.
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Senior GOP Consultant Backs Gay Marriage
By Perry Bacon Jr.
Steve Schmidt, a top adviser to Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) 2008 presidential campaign, today laid out the case for gay marriage, warning that the GOP will continue to lose young voters and the Northeast as long the party opposes it.
At a meeting in Washington of the Log Cabin Republicans, a gay rights GOP group, Schmidt dismissed conservative arguments that allowing gay marriage would weaken the institution, as well as objections from religious conservatives, warning that they could turn the Republican Party into a "sectarian" party.
"For the party to be seen as an antigay, that is injurious to its candidates in places like California and Washington and New York," Schmidt said.
He called heterosexual marriage "a tradition,"not a "creed."
"It is not how we define ourselves as Americans," Schmidt, who first declared his support for gay marriage in March, said.
His support of gay marriage not only puts Schmidt to the left of the McCain, who has said he believes that marriage should be between a man and woman, but President Obama, who took the same stance during his presidential campaign.
Despite a flurry of states looking to legalize gay marriage, particularly in the Northeast, Schmidt's view remains in the distinct minority within his party, although McCain's daughter 24-year-old Meghan McCain also recently declared her support for gay marriage. A spokeswoman for Sen. McCain declined to comment on Schmidt's remarks.
Many major GOP party figures do not even favor civil unions, which Obama and most Democrats support.
Schmidt said his sister, who is a lesbian, motivated him to take his stance on gay marriage, which Schmidt said McCain was aware of during the presidential race.
Taking a new position on gay marriage could be critical to Republicans expanding their reach, Schmidt said, though he acknowledged he was unlikely to find many from his party rallying behind the cause.
"Social attitudes are changing very quickly on this issue, and I think there is a momentum behind the idea that same-sex couples ought to be respected," he said. But, he added, "I don't believe that any short amount of time the majority of Republicans are going to support same sex marriage."
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OK, so the "Traditional" Appeal did not fly...
I now join in with the "Where does the foolishness End?" Crowd!
Once we adulterate "Marriage" as being something OTHER than between a Man and a Woman;
Do I now have to get an Actual License because I am "Married" to my Job?
Beastiallity! Necrophobia! Mysocomy! Let's ROCK!
No, mo bettah we just leave it ALONE!
Posted by: SAINT---The | April 20, 2009 4:14 PM
It has always been fascinating how the holier-than-thou folks advocate how gay marriage will be the downfall of modern-day society. Last time I checked there were plenty of straight people out there willing to go through the bonds of matrimony! To me, the biggest threat to traditional marriage is NOT gay marriage...it's D-I-V-O-R-C-E. As for the procreation crap...there are a lot of straight couple that chose NOT to have children. My mother married for the 2nd time a few years back when she was 66. I honestly don't expect she & her husband to start presenting new siblings to me in the near future!
Posted by: cowboyjohn57 | April 19, 2009 10:30 PM
Looks like Christian Conservatives have worn out their welcome (usefulness?)in the party.
Welcome to the beta version of GOP 2.0, powered by Ron Paul Libertarians.
Posted by: JohnQuimby | April 19, 2009 11:53 AM
Do dis meen I can't be hetro & a republic can now, & do I have to find my own tea bagger??
Posted by: theemailman | April 18, 2009 9:18 PM
The GOP needs to send Steve Schmidt packing. Remember the phrase - exit, stage left? That seems to be the direction he is going anyway. He is sleeper agnet within the party?
I can't believe he would denegrate the sanctity of marriage between one man and a women to merely a tradition. It is the bedrock of our society and our only hope for the future.
While we should be compassionate to homosexuals, it is up to business and government to devise ways to ensure that they access to basic health care and benefits. Call it what ever you want, but the institution of marriage is not the vehicle to accomplish their means. Marriage is not a benefit. It is not a right. It is a God-given grace that allows a man and woman to become one.
Posted by: justtoomuch | April 18, 2009 11:35 AM
Repulicans want an amendment allowing them to marry money. The peerless love republicans have for money should be an inspiration to us all. They sacrifice everything for the hope of having more, they even sacrifice on our children so corporations won't lose money on cleaning up after themselves.
"The love of money is the root of all evil."
Republicans love money more than anything.
Please let them marry their money so they can take it to the next step and have sex with it. I can just see Rush, Beck, Rick Perry, O'Reily, lovingly rubbing money's genitals against their faces.
Those Godless perverts.
Posted by: rooster54 | April 18, 2009 10:57 AM
After the disaster of the republican "do as I say, not as I do" model of governance, to watch Barrack Obama use intelligence and humility to achieve the very things war and vitriol failed to accomplish gives me hope that America may yet reach that Camelot we strived for in my youth. Lets hope the Secret Service can prevent a repeat performance of their failures of the sixties. Frankly, I don't think todays real American will lay down for another power grab without full scale retaliation and patsy's like Earl Warren are long since dead and gone. Even Limbaugh and Hannity or Arlen Spector's magic bullets couldn't prevent the implosion that would result if something untoward were to occur. America's very survival depends on rising above the crimminal culture fostered by the actions of the republican past and present "leaders". We will suffer decades of higher taxes as the "left" "liberal" "socialist" democrats attempt to pay off the stupidity of the post WWII voters. Maybe Limbaugh will donate his salery for a year to show he really is an American and not just another pretender with an anal fixation on himself.
Posted by: anOPINIONATEDsob | April 18, 2009 9:50 AM
we can also include polygamy, marriage to my loving daughter, marriage to my loving son, marriage to my loving and faithful dog (he is stronger than any man and will protect my children very well), marriage to my TV,nice flower, etc. what kind of society do we want for ourselves? there are some human choices that are not human otherwise why do we complain about rapist,pedophiles,serial killers, murderers,robbers,etc they all made choices and we should also respect their choices. it all depends on the kind of society we want. freedom goes with consequences and responsibility. if we want a society that is truely human, we should encourage truely human choices, otherwise we can also prefer a society that encourages any choice and respects it. we have a lady in california now being convicted for her daughter's friend rape and murder, she made a choice and we should respect it or should we not? think about these things and lets go beyond superficial and parochial arguments. lets look into the future. this issues are not about religion or faith but about the kind of society we want for ourselves
Posted by: chuksemenalo | April 18, 2009 5:19 AM
First, we now know why McCain lost. This is the guy that probably told McCain to pick Palin. No offense to her just wasn't ready for National Pols. Second, the majority of Cal's voted for prop 8 not against it. In fact, it is judges and politicians that have been pushing this agenda not the voters. So if the GOP's goal is to be more judge friendly then maybe this guy has a point. Finally, just because someone does not support gay marriage does not remotely suggest that they are hate mongers. We are going to be finding out the implications of gay marriage within the next decade or less. Once it is sanctioned by the govt marriages performed by churches (or any other activity) will be forced to marry gays even if it is not consistent with their religious views. Just one example here. The issue is a lot more complicated than the people waving signs and calling Christains names portray.
Posted by: konadog | April 17, 2009 11:45 PM
so what will happen in a few years when the perversion du jour has gotten too tame, and the lawyers and phony rights activitsts who really just want to promote perversion start promoting something the next step out, like a person marrying an animal - how about that
should society be allowed to prevent a person from marrying a goat, cow, sheep, or a horse ?
if they (the person and say the cow really love each other, isn't that enough ?) should they not be deemed man and wife ?
would that satisfy the perverted lawyer activists ? would that be good enough ?
then the next step will be same-sex human/animal marriages
"oh it was destiny, they love each other"
"they should be married"
hey, why not
right ?
Posted by: snorfy | April 17, 2009 11:22 PM
The Republican party is the party of "HATE" With Limbaugh, Gingrich & Palin spewing hate filled opinions like Hitler did in the 1930s, The Republican party is an endangered species. Last November should have been a wake up call for them, but it wasn't. With their political future in doubt they continue to self destruct. It seems they need something to hate, isn't there any intelligent people left in the Republican party ?
Posted by: gatorsn09 | April 17, 2009 10:17 PM
I notice in other articles quoting Schmidt here that he refers to marriage, gay or straight, as being between 2 consenting adults. My thought is, if US society is in the business today of abandoning all traditional understandings of marriage in society (based in the Western legacy heavily influenced by Christian morality), then why not also allow marriage between any number or combination of consenting adults, including more than 2 people? In other words, why should polygamy or polyandry be excluded if it's entered into by so-called "consenting adults?" Once traditional moral anchors are discarded, the mind reels at the possible combinations that could one day be considered "marriage," even if beyond the pale by current societal standards. It would seem that in the name of enlightened, libertarian concerns, the motto "Anything Goes" is the wave of the moral future for the USA. We apparently should not be shocked at any future proposals for "marriage" that may continue to emerge in the future.
Posted by: jamesz87 | April 17, 2009 9:24 PM
I've heard of people selling their soul for lots of money, but, this guy sold his soul for GOP votes from the PC brainwashed youth & 'Escape from NY' & 'Escape from LA' Jesus-hating people of the North East and CA. The entire concept of marriage is Spiritual & Bible-based, meant for a man & a woman for life. It is symbolic of Jesus' spiritual marriage to his believers, his bride. The prophesied rapture is symbolic of the joy experienced on a honeymoon between 2 newly married celibate people since infinite joy will be experienced when all true believers are suddenly with Jesus in heaven. All this gay marriage garbage is more proof the rapture is close. Sadly most pro-gay people will have to experience the horrors of Revelation due to their hatred for the Bible & what it says.
Posted by: techsavvy777 | April 17, 2009 7:29 PM
"Marriage is a Sacrament meant for Couples who are Joined to Procreate!"
Are you suggesting that heterosexual couples that are unwilling or unable to procreate also be denied the right to marry?
I've been to more than a few weddings, and I've never heard anything mentioned about procreation being a requirement.
Posted by: madcow21 | April 17, 2009 5:45 PM
We all know that, while not promoted publicly, homosexual acts are very popular between consenting republicans. However, if money were to grow a penis they'd all be flamin'.
Posted by: rooster54 | April 17, 2009 5:18 PM
How about taking government out of marriage entirely?
Apply the term "civil union" to all.
Reserve the word "marriage" for creeds and religions -- and let each denomination make their own rules, unfettered by any government influence.
Those religions that bar homosexuals will be declaring their institutions exclusionary, and will pay a price among enlightened congregants who may choose to affiliate elsewhere.
This is an elegantly simple solution to a thorny, emotionally charged issue. Let the hate mongers show themselves for what they are -- but leave government out of it.
It's time to take down the torturers -- ALL OF THEM.
Here's why:
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Posted by: scrivener50 | April 17, 2009 5:06 PM
"There is absolutely no reason Gays need anything other than "Partnerships"
I love comments like this, it truely amazes me that someone would actually put into writing their prejudice. I'm very sure he/she does not know how ondescending they are coming off.
I wonder if this person has decided how much I should eat today, or how much I should earn as well, seems they passing judgement on me as a lesser being and deciding what I need and don't need.
Well I put up with that for a lot of years, and to your statement I can tell you many of us will pool our money and all our efforts to fight; both in courts and the state legislative branches. I will achieve what is rightfully mine, Equal Rights.
The simple Supremacy Attitude in that statement has me floored, wonder if we could vote on what he/she needs and explain to her that she/he doesn't need anything more, wonder how that would go over.
Posted by: MBER | April 17, 2009 4:49 PM
The GOP should not back gay marriage because they don't want to lose any votes. They should back it because it's the right position to take; there's no reason to prevent a gay couple from being married. Whose apple cart is going to be so upset by letting gay people marry? Certainly not mine. And I'm pretty damn conservative.
Posted by: KellerRacing | April 17, 2009 4:33 PM
This is one of the Great things about America!
It is also reflective about the GOP's desire to be inclusive!
However, even though everyone is entitled to their opinion;
Majority rules!
By catering to Groups, the GOP plays a losing game.
The Dimocrat Socialist Party, is and always will be;
The "Groups" Party!-Whether they are actually "Inclusive" of the Groups, or not!
There is absolutely no reason Gays need anything other than "Partnerships".
Marriage is a Sacrament meant for Couples who are Joined to Procreate!
What is so hard to understand about that?!
Posted by: SAINT---The | April 17, 2009 4:18 PM
He'll get burned at the stake for such blasphemy. The Republican Party must fully die to be resurrected. That won't happen until after the next election at the earliest. The choice is functional, competent government that focuses on what all Americans want and need or religious-based values politics which focuses on fear, hatred and division. We've spent 35 years in a culture war that shows that the later doesn't work.
Posted by: thebobbob | April 17, 2009 4:14 PM
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The reservoir holds 29 billion gallons of water -- more water than all the other reservoirs in the district combined. Morgan HIll and parts of San Jose could potentially end up underwater if the reservoir's aging dam falters in a strong earthquake.
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FS#108 - motion_blur feature similar to Megapov version
Opened by Thomas de Groot (ThomdeG) - Sunday, 02 May 2010, 14:42 GMT
Last edited by William F Pokorny (wfpokorny) - Thursday, 19 January 2017, 15:14 GMT
motion_blur which is a simple and effective feature to use in Megapov to simulate motion blur of, e.g. bird wings, propellers or running animals, would be a neat addition to version 3.7 and later.
In Megapov, the feature requires a line of code in the global_settings{} e.g.: motion_blur 10, 2
motion_blur { type 0 object{MyObject material{MyMaterial rotate x*clock*2}} rotate x*clock*10 }
type represents several types of pre-defined motions.
What is the legal status of the code of motion blur in Megapov regarding the license of povray ?
(Can it be incorporated as it is, or do we need the original author to step in ?)
Why a global setting ? Can it benefit from pushing these value in the motion_blur block ?
(when there is more than one motion_blur block, it would allow different values for each block... could ease a sample motion_blur demo/scale)
Numbered type ? what about using proper naming instead ?
Short of applying an offset/delta in the formula/curve for clock, is there really a need for multiple type ?
What about non-linear motion_blur (such as accelerating, decelerating, ... ?)
If we really do not care about them (or we could push a 1D-function from 0-1 to provide the mapping instead:
type 0 : f(x,shutter)= (x-1/2)*shutter
type 1 : f(x,shutter)= x*shutter
So it become easy to get a "f(x,shutter) = pow(x,2)*shutter" if wanted, or whatever would represent the micro-motion of the block during the shuttering blur.
Or just stick it to one current type (0 or 1), and let the user change the movement on clock at the object level itself ?
Any thought ?
[Just for general info: Megapov Documentation paragraph 2.5.2]
Apart from the legal status, it might be wise to contact Nathan Kopp in any case.
If possible, it would certainly be smart to push the motion blur global settings into the motion blur block for simplicity and easier use.
I don't think there is a need for multiple types. Just the original type 0 (default) would be enough imo.
Non-linear motion would certainly be an important addition when used in animations. Think of a starting propeller engine for instance.
I dived in the code of megapov for that evolution... I do not like it (it seems hard to make it fit the 3.7 architecture), and it seems to leave a lot of opened issues (such as the IOR of the blurred objects, if it changes as blur progress; the adaptation to the kind of camera: what is the right value for the deepness one ? for the normal-based one ?; it also seems that radiosity/photons is not considered from motion_blur points of view).
Different approach: If transmit was handled as an absolute % to remove/keep instead of a relative % (so that stacking 5 objects with an inversed-transmit of 20% each would lead to a ray's colour with 0% transmit left when the 5 objects get hit, and more transparent effect when less are hit), it could be easy to motion_blur by hand (and if you want 40 steps, just use 2.5% per step). But it probably should not be called transmit any more (blur_contribution ? density ?). I'm also afraid to push the colour in 6D (because blurred object might also be diaphanous with already some valid transmit), as it might impact a lot of things (<red,green,blue,filter,transmit,density> ?).
(density = 1 for normal object, they are 100% real; a faint object such as a blurred step has less reality: 0.1 for a 10 step blurring)
And it does not answer the question for the variation of camera (how would density interacts with depth-camera, normal-camera,... ?) nor with photons (might be easier to answer for that one: it takes some, not all of them)
I am no the best person to comment on this as I have no technical knowledge for this problem, so just consider this as mere thoughts by a user.
I am not surprised about the code not fitting well with version 3.7. IOR might be a serious issue, but I think that radiosity/photons can be considered secondary for the time being and be left for a later development stage.
The "different approach" looks like a fair alternative but needs another handling of transmit indeed.... Instead of "density" I would call it simply "blur", as density is already used as term in media, and we do not want to confuse the users.
"reality" might be an alternative to "blur". (but that's a bad initial letter also, b & r are already taken)
Back to expanding the colour space... 8D ? (3 RGB for reflection & ambient, 3RGB for filter, transmit, reality) ? That's big!
(and inaccurate anyway... metallic on the way, +3D to split ambient from reflection ?)
Not a move for tomorrow morning.
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Spelling and GrammarYou are going to have to use some words when you write a cartoon-in outlines and premises -which the audience never sees, and in dialogue - which the audience hears. If you spell badly and can't construct a sentence, then it's pretty certain that you'll have trouble constructing a paragraph, let alone a story. You also won't be able to write effective dialogue if you have trouble with language.
Spelling and grammar use the same kind of thinking that writing stories and doing storyboards does, so if you can't spell or construct clear sentences, you might want to give up on the idea of being a writer. You can still be a good artist. It's a lot harder to be an artist than a writer anyway.
You should be able to control your ideas in a way that the audience sees, feels and understands what YOU want them to see, feel and understand. You have to be able to present your ideas simply and clearly. Vagueness is a sign of poor writing.
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If you are writing an outline, write with short simple sentences that tell clearly what is happening. Do not try to impress the artists with fancy-ass flowery prose and inverted sentence structures. They won't be impressed. They will be frustrated and confused and will not do their jobs well.
NOTE! This is an 11 minute cartoon. The outline is just 4 pages long.
Clarity applies to every aspect of art and entertainment-to the telling of the story, to the posing, the sfx, the music, the acting. The best directors are the ones who state their ideas in the clearest non-ambiguous manner.
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The Ravens' rookie defensive draft class had a productive game against the Atlanta Falcons during a 27-23 win Thursday night at M&T Bank Stadium.
First-round safety Matt Elam, second-round linebacker Arthur Brown, third-round defensive tackle Brandon Williams and fourth-round outside linebacker John Simon combined for 16 tackles, one sack and two tackles for losses.
Elam was particularly impressive with six tackles, including tackling Jacquizz Rodgers for a six-yard loss in the second quarter on a quick pass to the running back. The former University of Florida consensus All-American also bear-hugged veteran running back Steven Jackson to the ground in the open field.
Elam, who's competing with James Ihedigbo for the starting strong safety job, sustained a minor ankle injury, according to coach John Harbaugh, but was barely limping afterward.
Brown, a former Kansas State consensus All-American and 2012 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, had three tackles, including dropping Rodgers for a four-yard loss on a second-quarter run. Brown ranks behind Josh Bynes on the depth chart at weak-side inside linebacker.
"It's a process which you are not in alone," Brown said. "You ride with your teammates. I'm recognizing that, really taking the time and being patient going through the process of acclimating and getting together with your teammates. I'm just thankful.
"My goal is to play my role and do it successfully and have an impact on this team. Whether that's special teams, second-team, first-team, whatever I am, I want to be a major impact and feel my role as a teammate."
Williams had four tackles, including two solos. Williams briefly left the game with a leg injury when a player fell on him from behind, but shrugged it off and went back onto the field.
"The game was moving a little fast in the beginning," Williams said. "I had to calm myself down."
Simon had a crisp inside spin move for a sack of quarterback Sean Renfree for a six-yard loss on third down in the fourth quarter. The 2012 Big Ten Conference Defensive Player of the Year from Ohio State finished with three tackles.
"We had a great comeback, and we wanted tocome back for the veterans as best we could, and we were able to do that," Simon said. "The way it ended was awesome, and it feels great to get the win."
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LONDON - Designer Stella McCartney has unveiled her designs for Britain's Olympic athletes with uniforms that make imaginative use of the familiar Union flag.
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The Aldrich Alert
A Publication of the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty
by Gary Aldrich - Volume 2, Issue 18
This article appeared on WorldNetDaily.com on Thursday, April 4, 2002.
It's ironic and a bit unfair that "vast right-wingers" like me are still hounded by individuals who insist that we drop the entire Bill and Hillary issue because "it's time to move on." A walk past the newsstand with a pensive Bill Clinton plastered on the cover of Newsweek seems evidence enough that it is not we who refuse to move on.
Inside, we find another puff-ball article that permits Clinton to put the best spin on every lousy thing he did. Clinton tries to blame his amazingly bad decisions on "politics," still unwilling to admit that he did anything wrong. He will admit that he made bad political decisions, but even that he excuses as victimization he was given bad advice.
In the article, we learn that the bad rap Clinton is now receiving is caused by the "permanent right-wing establishment" who "felt entitled to rule." Evidently, according to Clinton, "we live in an historical period when the fanaticism of America is on the right, and it has an apparatus to support it." He claims that the right wing has been determined "to deny his legitimacy as president from day one and sully every part of his record, even after he left office."
Now, why is it that he feels his record has been sullied? Is there reason for him and his victim wife, Hillary, to feel sorry for themselves? Have they truly been wrongfully accused by this now "permanent" (no longer "vast") right wing, victim to vicious attacks?
Let's take a minute to recall the record of our former president given so much attention in Newsweek.
The first time I ever spoke to Bill Clinton, he was trying to put a smiley face on Waco. The Branch Davidian complex had burned to the ground and 20 or more children of tender years had died a horrible death. Nevertheless, he told me that Waco was a mass suicide. I looked into his eyes and saw nothing. Well, virtually nothing. There was no sympathy, no remorse, no care, no feelings at all for the children. What I did see was a disconnected coldness.
I had seen that look before in the eyes of sociopath criminals who laughed as they stole the life savings of little old ladies. I put a number of these con-man types away. They were all the same they would not admit that they had done anything wrong, even in the face of overwhelming evidence.
Of course, we found out later that it was Clinton's White House who pushed Attorney General Reno to get the Waco standoff ended in a hurry. Why? Because Waco was causing Bill Clinton political embarrassment, and he wanted it over. So, a fumbled, hurried plan ended up killing the guilty, but not without many innocent lives lost.
But, can we condemn him for that? That was OK with Bill Clinton because it was all about politics.
I also recall Billy Dale, director of the White House Travel Office, being framed by the Clintons. In an effort to avoid firing him (for fear of media retaliation), they attempted to use the Justice Department and the FBI to send an innocent man to prison. Why? Because Dale got in the way of Hillary's political plan to staff the office with "her own people."
But Clinton didn't care that he was railroading an innocent man. He was doing it for political reasons, and that made it OK.
Osama bin Laden struck us in Somalia and then continued to kill our citizens all around the world. Clinton's response to these attacks was measured and timid actions that only encouraged bin Laden. But, you see, it was all about politics. Bill Clinton didn't do anything wrong. He simply took bad advice; so it must be somebody else's fault.
Perhaps we should overlook these wrongs, recognizing them as "just politics." But when "politics" is exonerated above our national security, I cannot, will not forget.
When I was able to get some answers to why a president of the United States would be so blasé about national security, I became more concerned. It was in this area, I believe, that Clinton became most dangerous. My fear for the nation's safety and my anger were so great that it caused me to "go public" about the administration.
He and his followers cultists, actually, when you consider that they would follow him anywhere and forgive him for just about anything were willing to trade our national security in an effort to seek a bigger, broader political agenda that had less to do with the United States and more to do with the agenda of the United Nations.
My background is not in foreign relations, but I could see how much the Clinton administration was giving away to hostile nations. For example, they gave away our best technology and the most advanced computer equipment along with access to our most closely guarded facilities. Meanwhile, they were busy downgrading, and in some cases abandoning altogether, the safeguards that prior presidents had built to protect American lives.
And, still they wonder what generates the keen interest of people like me who insist that somebody keep an eye on this amazing human being, Bill Clinton.
How can we let the Clinton matter drop when his friends in the media just cannot let him go? Why should we stand by silently and let the mainstream media airbrush Clinton's dismal record? Where is the virtue in remaining silent while his media friends try to rehabilitate this seriously flawed man's legacy?
As long as Clinton is praised for his legacy, we will continue to remind the public of the truth of this man's past. The fact that so many need to ask why we bother and why we can't move on, should do nothing but heighten our concern.
"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience; I have no way of judging of the future but by the past." Patrick Henry


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Spider bites, the bends, exposure to chemicals and chafing have all resulted in serious workplace injuries to Kiwi workers.
A detailed breakdown of more than 16,400 serious harm workplace accidents reported during the last three years reveals a painful litany of broken bones, disfiguring burns and horrific life-altering injuries.
The Department of Labour figures - which include dozens of workplace fatalities - were released to APNZ under the Official Information Act.
About 4500 workers suffered serious injuries from a fall, trip or slip - the biggest single cause of accidents.
Thousands of others were badly hurt after being hit by moving objects, falling from heights, hitting objects with parts of the body or becoming trapped between stationary and moving objects.
But others employees suffered more unusual injuries.
Forty workers were badly hurt "bitten or stung by an animal, insect or spider" and 37 suffered exposure to a "single, sudden sound or noise".
Fifty accidents involved "heat radiation or energy", while 25 workers were injured after contact with chemicals or other harmful substances.
"Rubbing and chaffing" was even implicated in seven serious harm workplace accidents, while five people were hurt through variations in pressure, altitude sickness or the bends.
More than 20 Kiwi workers have died on the job already this year alone with the forestry sector experiencing the highest workplace death rate.
New Zealand's woeful workplace health and safety record came under fire last month after the release of a damning inquiry report into the 2010 Pike River Mine explosion, which killed 29 West Coast workers.
It blamed both the mining company and Government for health and safety failing, prompting the resignation of Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson from her portfolio.
Shell Todd Service general manager Rob Jager, who is heading a task force to improve workplace safety, described current standards as extremely poor.
New Zealand's fatality rate was more than six times as bad as the United Kingdom and nearly twice as bad as Australia.
However, EPMU health and safety coordinator Fritz Drissner warned that many workplace injuries probably flew under the radar.
There were disincentives in place which discouraged incident reporting, he said.
Employers often imposed drug and alcohol tests on staff when workplace accidents occurred.
"[Workers] get a lot of grief and a lot of hassle if they report an injury.
"Very few employers acknowledge they've set up a dangerous situation."
Costs associated with injury reporting also presented problems, Mr Drissner said.
"If they report an injury their employer's bill goes up next year for ACC, so their levy goes up.
"There's quite a lot of disincentives that employers put in place and it's mainly around saving money on ACC."
Employers can face stiff penalties if workers are injured on the job.
A prosecution can result in a fine of up to $500,000 or a two-year prison term if an employer is found guilty of failing to ensure a safe work environment.
Fishing company Sealord was fined $63,400 last month and ordered to pay reparations of $12,500 to a fisherman who fell through a hatch and ruptured his spleen while was working aboard the Ocean Dawn in October 2011.
The largest penalty imposed during the last three year was on Kiwi Steel NZ. The company was ordered to pay $237,500 in March 2011 after failing to report that two workers had the skin stripped from their fingers, one worker had part of their finger amputated and another broke his foot when a piece of steel fell on it.
Despite the nation's woeful workplace injury statistics, the Employers and Manufacturers Association said many employers took health and safety seriously.
"Employers invest a lot of time and money in their businesses and their staff are the business," occupational health and safety manager Paul Jarvie said.
"They don't want to injure them."
Improvements in reporting incidents which resulted in "near-misses" rather than just actual accidents was needed, he said.
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* Hit by moving objects: 2804
* Falls from a height: 1329
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Do Investment Promotional Agencies Leave Investors Out in the Cold?
This week, the World Bank Group's Investment Climate Department hosted a stimulating discussion on the effectiveness of Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs). The panel discussion coincided with the launch of the Investment Climate Department's report on IPAs across the globe. MIGA co-sponsored the report and pioneered its methodology.
First, the bad news. This report makes for quite depressing reading for this startling finding: overall, the responsiveness of investment promotion intermediaries to investor inquiries is low, with 80% of IPAs not responding to sector-specific investor inquiries. This means that 80% of these organizations did not return a phone call or email from a foreign direct investment (FDI) "mystery shopper." This translates to missed investment opportunities that are particularly needed now as the competition for FDI is so fierce.


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So last Friday we sold our old clothes during Antwerp Fashion Night. I didn't know what to expect, but the turn out was overwhelming. I never expected that many people, but blogging network does reach far. So we saw many people pass. It was a nice evening, filled with cakes, drinks, jokes, clothes & money :D There's no denying it, money we made. In my case the money will probably be spent on something for our new house and maybe a new sweater or shoes. Still undecided about the spiked JC Lita's.
At the end of the sale our floor just swapped some pieces, so we ended up renewing our wardrobe too. Girls will be girls :)
At the end of the sale our floor just swapped some pieces, so we ended up renewing our wardrobe too. Girls will be girls :)
Well, anyhow, the Closet Sale was a success, so I hope there'll be a second edition soon!
My old faux fur found a new happy home with Sarah. Picture perfect!
I was eyeing this BCBG Max Azria clutch at Krizia's blog for a while and I got it for a very sharp price. So in love with it! Thanks, Kri!
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Free Tao all night, bliss! One of my favorite drinks.
And here're the pictures of what I wore that day
Wearing: Asos dress, Trésors du Sud bag, Lipsy leather jacket, vintage hat, Sacha boots, Pieces necklace.
If you follow me on Facebook, you probably know that my ombre finally turned green as from last week. I'm so loving it, wish I could dye my whole head in that emerald.
So adoring this satchel called Bohemian Traveller Large from Trésors du Sud. The turquoise is perfect to brighten up my dark fall outfits such as this one. Make sure to check out their webshop for more colors and models!
This Asos dress has been in my posession for at least 5 years and it's still one of my favorites.
My resolution to wear more hats is going strong. I bought this beauty 2 years ago at a vintage store. Surprised it didn't make an outfit post yet. Not only it looks great, but it's also pretty warm, so perfect for those cold days. Autumn witch is the way to go!
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