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Just watched this fight, really enjoyed it, a lot of good action going on. His groundwork was awesome as well, loved the way he slammed the Kimura on with authority. Think that deserve sub of the night more than BJ's RNC anyway, looked like it came out of nowhere to me.Originally Posted by Duff
Anyway am a big fan of Hendo personally but agree that Anderson would probably waste him quite badly again. I can't honestly see there being anyone giving Anderson any trouble outside of Lyoto, and we know that neither of them are interested in that fight. Well actually if he goes through with this plan to Box RJJ he might get put on his ass but I'm not gonna count him out as badly as some people are.
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McCarthy's Musings: Competition for places awaits Kei Kamara, Andy Najar and Brek Shea after European moves
Forgive the trio of Kei Kamara, Andy Najar and Brek Shea if the thought of consistent playing time hasn't cropped up much over the past few days.
And why should it? All three players have clinched dream moves across the Atlantic, furthered their careers and increased their wages significantly by engineering their exits from MLS over the past couple of days. The accomplishment deserves a fair bit of revelry.
When the glow wears off a bit, the practical matter of securing playing time will assume a more prominent place in their thought processes. Such concerns didn't crop up often for talented players in MLS, though Najar encountered a bit of it under Ben Olsen. The league simply does not possess the strength in depth to keep players of their caliber out of the team for any length of time.
In their new situations, these players will not enjoy such luxuries. Instead, they will encounter a significant battle to win a place in the team on a regular basis from the outset. None of them were signed with a guaranteed place in the starting XI assured upon their arrival. Their managers showed enough faith in them to bring them to the club, but the players themselves must prove they warrant a starting spot on the training ground.
Some new signings, however, start off with a bit of an edge in the competition. Shea likely falls into that category after he completed a $4 million move to Stoke City on Thursday. His physical characteristics – the size and the speed that carried a far higher price tag a year ago – fit neatly into Stoke's style of play. He isn't as imposing as the standard Tony Pulis signing, but he possesses the tools to make an impact for a side that prefers to play directly whenever possible.
Pulis' problems on the left side of the field offer more encouragement for Shea's immediate prospects. Although Shea does not necessarily project as a left back given his meager experience in the position and Pulis' penchant for robust defenders, he might offer an immediate upgrade over the limited Andy Wilkinson. Geoff Cameron's recent conversion to right back proves Pulis isn't afraid to slot players into unfamiliar roles. The new assignment might even allow Shea some time to hone his service to an acceptable Premier League standard.
Shea's inability to provide threatening crosses on a regular basis may impact whether he can knock Matthew Etherington out of the team in the near future. Etherington excelled over the past few seasons due to his delivery on the left flank, but his form has dipped considerably in this campaign. If Pulis feels Etherington needs a spell out of the team or wants more directness in that spot, then he could turn to Shea as a replacement. If not, then Shea might receive some time to heal his foot and manage his transition to the Stoke way.
Najar started his adaptation process during a brief loan spell with Anderlecht in January before securing a $3 million move on Thursday, according to the
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. The D.C. United homegrown player – the first player in that category to earn a transfer overseas – convinced the Belgian champion of his qualities and prompted it to pursue its interest for an immediate switch.
The concrete interest in his arrival may not translate into instant playing time, though. Najar finds both of his projected paths into the first team rather obstructed at the moment.
His preferred spot on the right side of midfield – and the place where he featured during his trial with the club – is currently occupied by Belgian youth international Massimo Bruno. The 19-year-old winger can point to his five UEFA Champions League appearances this season and his usual place in the team as ample evidence that he will continue as the incumbent for the moment.
The outlook isn't better at right back with Belgian international Guillaume Gillet in the fold. Gillet serves as the understudy to Ajax starlet Toby Alderweireld with the national team, but he remains a fixture in the Anderlecht side. Najar's defending – particularly in a tactical sense – isn't quite up to the level required to displace Gillet at the present time.
Although Najar faces a difficult road into the team at the outset, he will inevitably receive chances to impress given the crowded fixture list. Anderlecht usually balances Champions League group stage commitments with domestic cup and league tasks. Throw in the usual hiccups created by international selections and injuries and Najar will receive plenty of opportunities to emerge as a key player in the side in the months and years ahead.
Kamara won't benefit from the luxury of time as he attempts to turn his loan move to Norwich City into a permanent deal at the end of the season. The Sierra Leone international must somehow break into a fairly settled mid-table team and use his strengths – in this case, his physical approach and his willingness to shoot from everywhere (the Canaries don't produce many chances) – to impress boss Chris Hughton.
Hughton's current tactical setup hinders Kamara's chances for success. Norwich operates out of a 4-4-1-1 formation with Wes Hoolahan usually deployed behind target man Grant Holt. This team shape – and the presence of the influential Robert Snodgrass on the right flank – basically limits Kamara to fighting for Holt's somewhat uncertain place up front.
The burly target man's indifferent form (after a prolific first Premier League campaign last year) and poor fitness prompted Hughton to pursue Celtic striker Gary Hooper to address the concerns. Celtic's reluctance to sell ahead of the Champions League round of 16 affair against Juventus eventually forced Hughton to move down his list of targets and strike a deal with Leeds United for Argentine striker Luciano Becchio on deadline day to increase the competition for places.
Even with reserve striker Steve Morison sent to Leeds on loan in part exchange, Kamara finds himself no higher than third in the pecking order to win a spot that doesn't particularly suit him. As he has showed time and again with Sporting Kansas City, he operates well when deployed into space in wider areas and handed the brief to exploit the areas inhabited by a fullback. Unless Hughton changes shape for some reason, Kamara will instead have to operate as a center forward running through the channels and serving as the touchstone for the attack. He can function in that sort of role, but he probably cannot exceed the standard set by players more accustomed to featuring there.
The conditions suggest Kamara will likely have to make his mark off the bench. The role could suit him nicely given the different qualities he provides (especially if his arrival involves a change in shape), but it also limits his opportunities to impress to certain situations. He must take them quickly in order to ensure he gives himself the best possible chance to make his Premier League switch permanent.
Although Najar and Shea enjoy more security in their situations than Kamara currently does, they should take those sentiments to heart as well. Their hard work in MLS prompted their career-altering moves. Now the onus falls on all three players to fulfill the expectations heaped upon them and validate the faith placed in them by their new employers.
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The "votes" are "in," and the President of Red Sox Nation is ... oh, Jerry Remy. It's almost as if this whole thing was kind of dumb.
Our favorite part is that the second through fifth finishers were all "regular fans," and none of them were a dog.
We can all move on with our lives now. Thank you, Tim Russert, for alerting us to the true issues. Red Sox Nation makes our brain hurt sometimes.
Remy To Lead Red Sox Nation [MLB.com]
Red Sox Fans Try To Explain The President Of Red Sox Nation Thing [Deadspin]


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Going through the forest is my favourite part of the walk. My dog Benji loves it too. I'm Grace. I live on a farm with my parents and I take Benji for a walk most days after school. While Benji's playing, I stop to take a photo of a butterfly. I'm thinking about posting it on Facebook, but then I hear Benji barking. He's jumping and running around a boy. The poor boy looks worried. 'Benji, stop! Come here!' I call and throw him his ball. I'm about to say sorry to the boy, but he's gone.
It's cold today, so Benji and I are walking fast. As we go through the forest, it starts raining so I run. Suddenly, I fall and I'm on my back. OUCH! That hurt!
Then there's someone there and a voice asks 'Are you all right?' I look up and see the boy from yesterday.
'I'm OK,' I say and the boy helps me up.
'I haven't seen you at school. Do you live near here?' I ask.
'No, I'm from Manchester,' he says. 'Sorry! I have to go. Can you walk? Do you need help?'
'No, I'm fine. Thanks!' I say and the boy walks away.
'I'm Grace,' I call. 'What's your name?' but he's already gone.
At home, Mum's watching the news.
'Hi Grace. Do you know about this boy, Mark?' she asks.
'No, what boy?' I say.
'A boy from Manchester. He's run away from home. Look! This is his dad.'
There's a man on TV sitting with a policeman. He's crying as the policeman asks people to help. Then they show a photo of the missing boy. It's the boy from the forest. He's Mark. Should I say something?
'Poor man,' says Mum. 'I just hope they find his son soon.'
No, I mustn't say anything. If I tell Mum, the police will come and find Mark. What if he's run away for a good reason? I should talk to him first.
I can't find Mark, so I shout, 'Mark, where are you?'
No answer.
'Mark,' I shout again, 'I know about you.'
After a moment, he appears. 'What do you know? How do you know my name?'
'Your dad was on TV. The police are looking for you.'
He looks shocked. 'Did you say anything? Have you told them?'
'No,' I say. 'I wanted to talk to you first. What's happened? Why have you run away?'
'I had an argument with my dad. A bad one.'
'What about?' I ask.
Mark points to a fallen tree and we sit down.
'My mum died four years ago. It was a very difficult time for me and for Dad. He was sad for a long time, but then he met someone new. Mel's her name.'
'Oh, and don't you like her?' I ask.
'No, not much. She's not a bad person, but we don't really connect. She wants my dad for herself and she isn't interested in me.'
'But, what about your dad? Have you talked to him?'
'He tells me to try harder with her, but I can't. The night I ran away, he told me that we're all moving to London. Mel's from London, you see. Then he told me that he and Mel want to get married and have a baby. We both got angry and I told him I'm not moving to London. I took my tent and I left in the middle of the night.'
'But what will you do? You can't live here.' I tell him.
'I know, but my grandad and my friends are in Manchester. I don't want to move to London.'
'You might like London,' I say.
'That's what my dad says.'
I feel sorry for Mark, but I think of his dad crying on TV and feel sorry for him too.
'What are you going to do?' I ask.
'I don't know. I need time to think.'
Mark's waiting for me in the forest. I've got some news.
'The police came to the farm this morning. They're going to search the forest tomorrow.'
Mark looks sad, 'I didn't want this. My dad, crying on TV and the police looking for me. I don't know what to do.'
'I've got an idea. Why don't you live with your grandad in Manchester? Let your dad and Mel move to London and visit them in the holidays.'
Mark doesn't answer at first, then he looks at me and smiles.
'Can I use your phone?' he asks. 'I need to call my dad.'
Robin Newton
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Yes, I like this story. This story is very interesting..
spooky title!
great story
i enjoyed reading it!
yes i liked it's different from the others
It is enjoyable!!
I like the story,because it is interesting
yes, I really liked the story cause it's very interesting and Grace's solution for me was the right one
this was a really good story and i had no problem reading it, i totally understanded it
Yes, it a very interesting story Grace is such a smart girl,she handled the situation like an adult.
It was a good story.
I like this story. It's very interesting)
I really like this story and this website because it helps me to understand English with pleasure. Thank you)))
I really like this story.The writing is so clear and easy to read.It can easily take u to read until the end.The ending is also happy ending. As Grace adviced him, Mark should live with his grandpa in Manchester.I have a great time while reading it.I love to read more :)
yes, I like the story, because it's interesting, and good, and I like the character of Mark.
Grace had said, ''I've got an idea. Why don't you live with me for a while? Let your dad and Mel move to London and visit them in the holidays.' ??
I hope Grace and Mark will meet again in months for years away. I think they can be good friends, they were meant to encounter... !
Yes, I like the story and this part in particular: "we don't really connect. She wants my dad for herself and she isn't interested in me."
But hold on, if she got interested in Mark,what would happen?? A love triangle is no good......
I agree with Grace: "Why don't you live with your grandad in Manchester? Let your dad and Mel move to London and visit them in the holidays."
Happy Ending!
your site is very interested i admire it !!
Hi karina_23,
Thanks a lot! :)
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens team)
Again, it's a sentimental story.
I want to know further story!
The read was much interesting to me
Yup it's really awesome story..I love it
Wow, it is such a great to story for me. When I first moved to live in PP city, I didn't know much about renting a room to stay while studying at university. I asked one of my friends who sat behind me about this issue. But it is just his answer to make me smile. Finally, I decided to call my mom to help me and she actually wanted me to stay in the orphanage where she used to stay before.
Hey guys,
I´m thinking about Mark, he is in bad Situation! He don´t want to go to London, he want to live in Manchester becouse there are his grandfather and his friends. I think it´s not OK from his Father to live in London becouse Mark don´t like London. Grace´s has a prilliant idea he said to Mark he should live at his grandfather. But why didn´t speak Mark with his father about the Situation?
Can't wait to read a sequa to the story. For example, two years later... !
I like this story a lot! I would definitely want to read more of this particular story.
Yeah.... thinking back, Mark seems to be a very sensitive kid.
Me, either..., that's why I sometimes ride rusty.
Perhaps Mark can't stand Meg's insensitivity.....?!
I think it's very nice story. I like story and I also like fairy tale. My favourite fairy tail is The Curse of the Sad Mummy. Thanks to everyone for everything.
No, i didn't.
Hi aminetugcea
I'm sorry that you didn't enjoy the story ☹.
Would you be able to tell why you didn't like it?
Tina (LearnEnglish Teen Team)
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Arianna Huffington, co-founder of The Huffington Post, turned a blog into a multi-million dollar media empire in a few short years.
Huffington was interviewed at Business Insider's Startup 2012 conference in New York City in May about what she has done with her empire. She also had some intriguing advice for other entrepreneurs—especially women—who are out there trying to make it in the world.
The Huffington Post launched in 2005 and it was constantly criticized in its first few years of existence. It did a lot of news aggregation, and that wasn't a commonly accepted practice by a lot of traditional publications. Not only that, but people criticized the quality of the work being done there and its political skew.
"Don't be defined by the press," Huffington said at the conference. "The Huffington Post on day one was defined as an unsurvivable failure in one of the reviews."
Despite the scrutiny, Huffington and her crew pressed on, and the company was sold to AOL for $315 million in 2011. A year later, The Huffington Post became the first ever American online-only publication to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Change Your Perspective
According to Huffington, women have issues with success and power because they have the definition of power all wrong. She said that in the current business landscape, people think of power as the amount of control you have over other people, and then that level gets compared with others.
"Is my portfolio bigger than your portfolio? That's a very male way of looking at things," she said. "And we women—whether we are entrepreneurs or in any other field of life—we need to change it."
Huffington isn't blaming the startup culture for this, though, referring to the debate that has raged over the past few years about venture capitalists and angel investors being biased against women entrepreneurs. Instead, it's a problem that women need to look at and confront internally.
"We women are a little more risk-averse," Huffington said. "And we have a bigger problem with failure. Beyond whatever external factors there are, such as whether VCs really prefer men to women, I haven't found that."
Lose the "Obnoxious Roommate"
There is an "obnoxious roommate" living in your head, and it constantly puts you down, Huffington said. "It doesn't want you to fail because you're scared of becoming permanently identified with your successes or failures."
Huffington added that it's simple to say that people need to just try again after a big failure, but that is easier said than done. "When you fail, you feel terrible about it and you need to find some way to move on from that."
Be Childlike
Huffington's suggestion for dealing with failure is to see it through a child's eyes. "I look at the way children handle disappointment, whatever the disappointment is," Huffington said. "They cry. They get upset. And then they get over it. And then it's really over. They don't remember why they were upset. So for me that's really the dream, to be like a child."
Huffington also shared what made her and her publication so incredibly successful. She boiled it down to one big thing: DNA.
"Make your life about something that can make a difference in the world. Put the spotlight on what is working," said Huffington. "My Greek compatriot, the old philosopher Archimedes, said 'Give me a place to stand, and I can move the world.'"
How do you define power?
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Habits are hard to break. That's why the sooner in life we build good, healthy habits, the easier it is to keep them and stay as healthy as possible. And when good habits are in place, it's easier to resist bad ones.
The most important thing to remember is that you are your child's role model. Your habits affect your children's habits.
If your habits are unhealthy—smoking, drinking too much alcohol, or always expecting the worst, for example—your child is more likely to get those habits.
If your habits are healthy—eating a balanced diet, getting regular exercise, looking forward to tomorrow, for example—your children are more likely to build those habits in their own lives.
What follows is help and advice for building good, lifelong habits in four areas:
Get the facts:
Take action:
More healthy habit information:
Think positive:
Manage stress:
Prevent bullying:
Health Tools help you make wise health decisions or take action to improve your health.
This American Academy of Pediatrics website has information for parents about childhood issues, from before the child is born to young adulthood. You'll find information on child growth and development, immunizations, safety, health issues, behavior, and much more.
This CDC website is for children 9 to 13 years old. It gives kids the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices. There are interactive tools about fitness, safety, disease, stress, and more.
This Web site has information about things you can do to
help yourself and your family members be healthy. Topics address child
development, physical activity, healthy eating, reproductive health, mental
health, and more.
This website is sponsored by the Nemours Foundation. It
has a wide range of information about children's health—from allergies and
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offers separate areas for kids, teens, and parents, each providing
age-appropriate information that the child or parent can understand. You can
sign up to get weekly emails about your area of interest.
Other Works ConsultedErtem IO (2011). Child development. In CD Rudolph et al., eds., Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22nd ed., pp. 34–42. New York: McGraw-Hill.Kelly S, et al. (2011). Correlates among healthy lifestyle cognitive beliefs, healthy lifestyle choices, social support, and healthy behaviors in adolescents: Implications for behavioral change strategies and future research. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 25(4): 216–223.
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Free MarketsHealthU.S. Economy
Here we see two rival strategies to marketing healthcare services. The status quo is based on insurance payments and price secrecy. Walmart's strategy is based on price competition.
SocialismValue and Exchange
True economic value begins in the minds of individuals, and only individuals can predict, plan, and act in the marketplace.
Reformers wanted "higher quality" votes, so they actively sought to reduce voting by urban ethnics and others opposed to the puritanical "pietists" and their progressive successors.
World History
What is particularly scary is that the whole argument for the new law was not really about saving lives or reducing gun violence, but is really about Brussels ordering Switzerland to modify gun laws to comply with EU gun control standards.
Labor and Wages
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is aghast that some people like to pick up a few bucks doing work which brings no prestige. This is part of a larger obsession among politicians with de-valuing and working against unglamorous jobs that involve "dirty" work.
Political Theory
Families provide an example of social bonds without private property, prices, and "capitalist exploitation." So, it's odd that Marx wanted to abolish the family.
U.S. History
Many on the Left still cling to the idea that if they can only elect "the right people," everything will be fine. This is a doomed strategy.
Cleveland was a staunch critic of government subsidies and crony privileges. He saw no constitutional justification for welfare and famously stated: "Though the people support the government, the government should not support the people."


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The dissolution of Parliament took place on 6 November 2019. All business in the House of Commons has come to an end and there are no MPs. Every seat in the Commons is vacant until after the general election on 12 December 2019.
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A healthy guide to fighting your winter slump
New Year's celebrations are over, winter is fully upon us, and perhaps you're just now facing the prospect of returning to work after days off for the holidays.
Feeling a little blue just thinking about it?
"In a realistic way, expect that you are not necessarily going to be thrilled going back into the office," said Stephen Josephson, a cognitive behavioral psychologist. "It's a kind of erratic, exhausting time but we need to tolerate life and roll with the punches."
Unlike more serious cases of Seasonal Affective Disorder, which causes depression in those who suffer from it during this time of year, a common occurrence called "the winter slump" impacts people during colder months as well, Josephson said.
Let go of the negativity. Instead of dwelling on negative situations that you may have encountered while visiting loved ones during the holidays, Josephson says to drop it. Some of those "relationships are not as healthy or functional as we like," he said, but urges people not to obsess over "negative stuff like past regrets."
Don't set unrealistic expectations about the year. DePaul University psychologist Joseph Ferrari says people often get into a winter slump because they set unrealistic expectations that they think can be fulfilled immediately. Instead, Ferrari says people need to be more realistic about New Year's resolutions. "It's all about the small, baby steps," he said. "People try to create large goals, but in reality, they are long-term goals."
Also, keep track of your progress, says clinical psychologist and author Pauline Wallin. "At the beginning of your journey, focus on how far you have come. Then toward the end, focus on how much is left," Wallin said.
Increase your activity. Josephson recommends that you do what you love or try to do active things that you normally wouldn't. "Get out there and be more social and help your community," he said. "This will also make you feel even better."
Spend time with people you love. Josephson says people who don't make plans or spend enough time with friends or family tend to feel more isolated and alone. Taking a fun trip with loved ones may be a good way to bond.
Finally, improve your self-talk skills. Fulfilling our goals after New Year's can be challenging. Wallin says we need to watch what we say to ourselves. For example, saying, 'I can't go on vacation this year' sounds discouraging whereas saying, 'I'm not going on vacation since I need to put money down on a new car or house' is more positive and goal-oriented.


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Intel Adds PC Graphics Processor into Xeon Chips
The integrated graphics subsystem has 40 execution units and 128MB of embedded DRAM. The CPU and the GPU share memory resources.
Servers already harness CPUs and GPUs for delivery of online gaming and workstation applications. Nvidia has formulated the GRID server reference design specifically for that purpose, and the model combines x86 server processors with Nvidia's discrete graphics cards. Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM are offering GRID servers.
Intel has aso added graphics virtualization technologies, which speed up video encode and decode on the chips. The new technologies could provide direct access, share or virtualize a GPU.


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First, just a reminder that this Sunday, September 26, 2010, is our monthly exercise in folly, Savoy Cocktail Book Night at Alembic Bar. If any of the cocktails on this blog have captured your fancy, stop by after 6 and allow the skilled bartenders (and me) to make them for you. It is always a fun time.
Trilby Cocktail (No. 2)
2 Dashes Absinthe. (2 dash Lucid Absinthe)
2 Dashes Orange Bitters. (2 dash Angostura Orange)
1/3 Parfait Amour Liqueur. (3/4 oz Pages Parfait Amour)
1/3 Scotch Whisky. (3/4 oz Famous Grouse Scotch)
1/3 Italian Vermouth. (3/4 oz Carpano Antica Vermouth)
Shake (I stirred) well and strain into cocktail glass.
Wow, this is possibly THE least appealing cocktail I've made so far from the Savoy Cocktail Book. Not only does it taste and smell like Grandma Squeezins', but it is also a most unappealing inky black color, as if you had spilled squid ink into a glass. Who knew Grandma had such a black heart? I can't really think of anything to recommend it.
You know those folks who tell you to make a Martini by just looking at the vermouth bottle? They're wrong. But believe me, you'll be better off if you make a Trilby Cocktail (No. 2) by pouring yourself a glass of nice Scotch. Say, something like this Murray McDavid bottling from Clynelish suggested to me by Amy at Cask Store. Then just look at a roll of Violet Candies. Preferably from across the room. Actually, I think the candies are a little dangerously close to the Scotch in this picture, chance of violet contamination. Get them this close, at your own risk. If you're really feeling daring, maybe make yourself a Rob Roy, just leave the violets out of it.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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The Aldrich Alert
A Publication of the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty
by Gary Aldrich - Volume 2, Issue 43
This article was first published on TownHall.com - September 11, 2002.
Marketing gurus and psychologists understand that harmless radicals can be made to appear dangerous in the eyes of the general population if a PR campaign is clever enough. I submit that a storm of news articles, complemented with a choir of willing TV pundits expressing "alarm" and "outrage," can demonize any group – regardless of their true potential to harm others or negatively impact on national security.
And who holds great sway in determining the media's focus on alleged radicals from the opposite party's fringe, whether they choose to exercise this power or not? I believe a case can be made that this power falls, in large part, into the hands of whatever political party occupies the Oval Office.
After the demonization process is complete, the full forces of the federal law enforcement community – armed with new powers and fat budgets provided by a compliant Congress as a knee-jerk reaction – can then move forward to "eliminate the threat." A political jihad can be launched by the party in power to wound the opposition party if the allegations are broad enough and repeated often enough. Even though a fringe radical group has nothing at all to do with a legitimate, mainstream political agenda, their over-the-top statements and actions can be made to look like party ideology.
An honest political party in power would never stoop to such dangerous and underhanded tactics, unless that party had nothing left of value to offer the voters. Why would such tactics be dangerous? Because while the media and the nation is absorbed with the phony threat being hyped by the administration in power, real threats will be ignored. In the meantime, the real terrorists can grow in strength and numbers.
Several recent examples are available to support this contention. After taking office in 1993, Bill Clinton's Department of Justice, led by Janet Reno, convinced the nation that a rag-tag group of religious fanatics in Texas, cobbled together by a man exhibiting behavior not seen since the Jonestown massacre, were in a position to break out and threaten vast numbers of innocent citizens.
We were never told exactly how these fanatics would do this, and close examination has proven the absurdity of the claims, as this group was nothing more than a small band of deranged, confused citizens. In fact, a case can be made that many of these so-called members were held against their will by plain old-fashioned brainwashing, including verbal and physical abuse.
The Branch Davidians, living far away from any neighbors on a compound near Waco, Texas, had accumulated a stockpile of arms, some illegal. The ATF had obtained search warrants and were attempting to serve those warrants on the compound when a gun fight broke out. We have since learned that the ATF could have served the warrants in a safe, peaceful manner since David Koresh, the leader of this sect, often went to the nearby town alone. Both sides claim the other side fired the first shots. The nation cringed as four federal officers were slain by Davidian gunfire. The raid was broadcast on TV because the ATF had wanted to achieve a public relations coup, but their incompetence caused a chain of events that led to a massive loss of life.
The Clinton White House, suffering criticism from the botched and deadly raid, dumped the case on the FBI, who then sent in their Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) for the purpose of arresting the murderers of the ATF agents. Led by George Stephanopoulos, the Clinton White House went into full spin-mode to justify the killings. In order to do this, they had to paint the Branch Davidians as dangerous terrorists.
In fact, this group consisted of perhaps a dozen men, heavily armed, effectively isolated far from the nearest town, totally surrounded by hundreds of highly trained, well equipped federal, state and local law enforcement officials. In other words, they posed no threat, except to themselves and the law enforcement officers who held them in virtual captivity. There was no reason to storm the compound, unless it was to rescue hostages. If the goal was to rescue hostages, the FBI sure had a deadly way of going about it.
There is no doubt that there were dangerous men inside that compound, but the majority were women and children. Regardless of the obvious innocence of most of the complex's occupants, the Clinton White House worked in concert with a willing media to demonize all who were unfortunate enough to fall under the spell of Koresh – a modern day Jim Jones.
Instead of treating the women and children as innocent captives, at risk from a forced group suicide, the Clinton Justice Department pushed for an early end to the stand-off through the use of military-like violence, led by a former tank commander who was heading up the FBI's HRT. The extensive dangers of the raid were carefully explained to Janet Reno and relayed to the Clinton White House, but a green light was given anyway.
In order to justify this extraordinary level of violence by federal authorities on U.S. soil, it was necessary to dehumanize all who were behind those flimsy walls – not a difficult task. All the occupants were "religious fanatics" and most were white. They were "loony Christians" led by an "angry white man" whose top lieutenants were also "angry white men." And, they had exercised their Second Amendment rights – they were armed.
In other words, they were part of the "Vast Right Wing." According to the Clinton White House and Janet Reno's Justice Department, this was reason enough to allow a tank attack, crashing through walls and spraying large doses of toxic tear gas at kids.
When the FBI finally brought an end to the standoff in Waco, more than 20 children had died in a flaming murder-suicidal tragedy. But the Branch Davidians had been demonized by the White House and the media so effectively that many Americans seemed confused and didn't know whether to cheer or cry about the loss of innocent life. The standoff was over; the immediate threat was removed, but a new so-called major threat to our nation had been revealed:
Angry white men, who were part of a "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy."
Meanwhile, a terrorist attack of a real kind was underway, designed to take down the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center. While Janet Reno opened sweeping investigations designed to identify and arrest a vast network of Christians engaged in a conspiracy to commit violent acts at abortion clinics – a network that never existed – al Qaeda operatives in Somalia killed 17 of our U.S. soldiers. Did Bill Clinton know this was the handiwork of Osama bin Laden? If he knew, he never let on.
Two years after Waco, two young men, apparently seriously demented but not aligned with any political party anyone knows of, blew up a federal office building in Oklahoma City. Although there are a growing number of individuals who claim that Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols acted in concert with individuals described as "Middle Easterners" we were told that the bombing was all about "Angry White Men" aligned with others in this country loosely described as "the Militia."
As FBI agents fanned out to discover new pockets of religious fanatics, abortion clinic protesters and old men wearing flannel shirts with red suspenders who were oddly intent on protecting the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, Osama bin Laden, a real terrorist, moved his pawns into place, ready to inflict catastrophic damage.
An incompetent and dishonest Clinton, distracted by young interns, a wrathful wife and determined political opponents, failed to recognize the scope of danger bin Laden posed to our national security, leaving us vulnerable to even more devastating attacks. Clinton remained distracted, mired in his own muck, as Saddam Hussein chased our inspectors out of Iraq.
Now it appears that we'll pick up the Iraq "tab" as well, and it will be paid for with more American blood. Behold the Clinton legacy – it is truly terrible.
People say the Clintons were "so smart," but decent, smart people don't demonize others as "terrorists" simply because they want to maintain power and privilege. They don't want it, or need it, that badly. Only dishonest and dull-witted political hacks fear "the loyal opposition."


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Editor's Note: Paul Mason, economics editor for the BBC's "Newsnight," filed this blog from the U.S., updating his audience on the RV industry and President Obama's economic stimulus package.
When Barack Obama came to Elkhart, Ind., in February it was Ed Neufeldt who introduced him. "We want to work," Ed told Obama, who embraced him warmly.
The big, genial 62-year old used to build the motor caravans Americans call RVs, and Elkhart is the capital of the RV industry. But when credit dried up, the RV industry collapsed. Ed's been out of work since September, after 32 years in the industry – 27 of them without a single day's sickness, he tells me proudly.
Back then, in February, Obama's main problem seemed to be the Congressional Republicans, who were blocking and tinkering with his fiscal stimulus bill. Now things seem more complicated. The fiscal stimulus is taking a long time to kick in, and the very principle of it is deeply resented by men like Ed, even though he will benefit from it in unemployment pay and health insurance payments.
100 days into the Obama presidency I found Ed and his former colleagues hard at work building timber-frame homes for homeless families. It's a church-run project – they work for nothing. What they share with Obama, these men, is a deep religious faith. On almost everything else their attitudes reveal that this is not really Obama country.
"We want them to get out of the way and let us work," one tells me. Them being the government. "We don't want to be construction workers: what are we going to do? Be the man that holds the sign saying stop-go? We're not trained for anything else!"
To these men – as for many Republican politicians – spending taxpayers' money to get out of a recession seems wrong on principle. In Indiana the Republican governor has at least taken it – others, Sarah Palin included, have refused the money. But if it's to be spent at all they would have preferred it as tax cuts or simple cash giveaways. What the Elkhart men want is for Americans to start buying RVs again, not for the government to put them to work on building roads.
Of course that is only half the story of America; as we found out in the election it is, precisely, just under half. The other half of America bought the argument that state intervention, an end to "trickle-down" economics could put the country right. But even in this demographic there is trouble.
A few days after I visited Elkhart I found myself being pinned against the walls at a trendy book publishing party in Brooklyn by student activists who think Obama is just a sell out. Virtually everybody politically active on the liberal wing of the Democrats is involved in a perpetual one-note riff on the theme of Obama's timidity; his "capture" by Clinton-era machine politicians and Wall Street. "The Good the Bad and Geithner" was Arianna Huffington's memorable headline on her balance sheet of the first 100 days.
Among mainstream political journalists there is a certain insouciance about all this: if politics is just elections and polls, then Obama is flying high. His approval rating is good, he's just recruited a Republican senator, taking him close to the tipping point where he can get his laws through Congress with ease. But I can't help recalling what happened with the TARP in September.
Paulson's bank bailout plan enraged right wing, small town America – and that rage coincided with the rage of the liberal left. Both saw the bailout as wrong in principle, both pressured their representatives. The result was the final few weeks of the Bush administration found it trapped between left and right wing plebeian rage.
There is no rage right now – the tax tea parties were stunts organized by a Republican base layer whose top political leaders remain disoriented. But give it time. Ed and his colleages were mainly laid off last September. Six months unemployment, plus two Federally funded extensions, should take them to September 09. "That's when the rubber meets the road," says Ed. "People will lose their cars, their vehicles."
Meanwhile we have not yet seen the full shape of Geithner's bank bailout. While in Britain the failing banks were sternly ordered to take state money, and the government took a massive stake (if not control), in the USA there is still something of a fandango going on between Geithner and Wall Street; the banks are determined not to be recapitalized by the state, not to give up a major stake and have lobbied hard to make sure the coming bailout deal is highly favorable to them.
Not a day goes by without the leader writers and senior op-ed people at the New York Times, HuffPo, Truthout etc denouncing this as treachery and pronouncing that it will fail. We'll see: at my Brooklyn party there were also plenty of people prepared to believe that Obama is planning an unannounced coup against the banks that will leave Citigroup and Bank of America partially nationalized.
The nightmare for Obama is: what if the fiscal stimulus fails to deliver, while simultaneously enraging the small-town conservatives; meanwhile the bank bailout delivers only to the Wall Street elite, simultaneously enraging the urban left. And what if this coincides with Ed and his mates having their dole cut off, and my student radicals and their mates entering the jobs market to find there are no more jobs in Starbucks?
100 days is too soon to judge any presidency, certainly on the economic front. But America's media and civil society is alive with "Plan B" discussions. Many Republican governors are quietly implementing a Plan B version of the stimulus, allocating money to projects that reflect their own political and economic philosophies. In the pages of the New York Times it's more overt: from Krugman, Stiglitz and Robert Reich you have a daily dose of advice to Obama to cauterize the banking losses, spend the stimulus money faster and just generally to get on with it.


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February 2014
Feature Stories
A selection of your favorite photos.
Volunteers make and donate blankets to help children feel that somebody cares.
The Homestead Redhead finds a piece of land.
Those old cookbooks and recipe boxes yield traditional favorites.
Art by Chris Kennedy.
Even small family woodlots can benefit from smart management.
How to handle food after a power outage
Where will your electric power come from in the future?
By Bob L. McDuffie
In charge of the light brigade
How many does it take to change a light bulb?
How about less than 7 hours of electricity per day?
Safe electrical systems for older adults
Does your produce travel too far?
Shoemaker paintings and their stories
Charging your electric car at home
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It's game night. Fifteen minutes before the guys show up and you start rolling some dice and blowing off the stress of the work week. And, if you don't say so yourself, you've really outdone yourself in your prep work this time. You not only have a compelling adventure including an awesome, possibly recurring villain, but you've thought of all the possible ways that the PCs might conduct their assault on his lair and come up with contingencies within contingencies, but you have a full write-up of dialogue for the old man that's going to give them the quest as well as well thought-out answers to any questions the PCs might have for him. You sit down, and you introduce the scene.
Less than a minute later, it's all over like a bad date. The party leader looks you square in the eye and says, "We want to go talk to the high priest about this tower that's appeared outside of town."
In shock, a look of intense disappointment on your face, you ask him "You want to talk to who?"
"The high priest."
Looking down at your notes, you rifle through the various pages looking for something, anything that can help you out in this situation. You find nothing about a high priest. You're not even sure if this town has a temple much less what religion they are! The next decision will be crucial. Do you:
A) Curl up into a fetal position and start crying?
B) Angrily insist that your players go to the bar and do the adventure like you've written it?
C) Close your eyes and fervently disbelieve your players sitting around the table? or
D) Call for a five minute break and reach for your copy of Masks from the guys at Gnomestew.com you have in your bag for just such an occasion to pull out an NPC to play the high priest?
If you answered D, you're going to be just fine. If you answered any of the other three, it had better be because you don't yet own a copy of Masks. And if that's the case, then run, don't walk, to http://www.enginepublishing.com to order yourself a copy of this book.
Seriously, everyone who GMs or even thinks that they might want to GM sometime in the future needs a copy of this book. It is that good, and that invaluable a resource.
Like their last success, Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots, Masks is a gaming aid. It's designed to be system and (to a lesser degree) setting neutral in order to give the GM ready options should they find themselves stuck at the table for who the PCs should talk to or interact with. It's filled near to bursting with the skeletons of NPCs just waiting for you to hang the skin over and make your own, providing you with ways to roleplay them, give them proper motivation, and even a believable background to build on.
The first chapter is an explanation of how to use the book. More than that, it really goes into an explanation of what makes a memorable NPC well, memorable. It offers a variety of tips and tricks on how to fully utilize the various NPCs in this book, as well as make your own and give them that certain spark and staying power in your campaign world. It introduces and explains the various keywords that they use to describe their NPCs as well as gives insight into what I feel may be the most useful part of this book for some GMs- the Name Ribbon. On the bottom of every page containing NPCs is a list of names. On one page is a list of first names. On the opposite is a list of titles and surnames, all of them genre appropriate for the chapter they appear in. Did your PCs piss you off again by asking you the name of an NPC? Fret no longer! Just open to a page in the book and pick one out.
This chapter also gives some great advice on using the various NPCs in genres that they aren't necessarily designed for in broad strokes. For example, is the character defined by a ranged weapon, like a marksman or a warrior? Well, this weapon could be a crossbow in a fantasy game, a rifle in a modern game, or a zat gun or a laser cannon in a sci-fi game. The characters in this book are written in such a way that nearly all of them can be easily "reskinned" into any of the other genres, and are a good start for writing your own in a similar way.
The 1,000 NPCs (and yes, there really are that many), are divided into three chapters, each containing three sections. They are first largely divided by genre – fantasy, science fiction, and modern (a catch-all term for everything not clearly defined as either fantasy or science fiction). They are then further divided into one of three groups: Ally, Enemy, or Neutral. Each of those is exactly what it sounds like – friend, bad guys, and everyone else.
Each NPC is presented in the following format
Name – The characters name
Two Phrase Description – This is a capsule description of the NPC, a headline if you will. Things like Stupid Bouncer, Alien Warlord, or Power Mad Sorcerer to give you a quick mental image of the character.
Descriptive Quote – This is a piece of dialogue that you can use to help get an early image of the character. From the mysterious assassin who you hear chamber his next round to the roustabout calling for another pint, this can sometimes be all the more you need to start playing the character.
Appearance Notes – This section describes what the NPC looks like, what they wear, and gives a general description on some of his mannerisms.
Roleplaying Notes – This section of the NPC write-up gives you advice on how to play the character at the table. What parts should you play up, what parts should you play down? What can you grab from this character to really make them "pop?"
Personality Notes – Is this character a little bit country? Or are they a little bit rock and roll? Or are they just plain creepy. This is a small description of the character's personality and social mannerisms.
Motivation Notes – Characters don't exist in a vacuum. Well… let me rephrase that. Believable characters don't exist in a vacuum. What drives this character? What makes him want to do what he does?
Background Notes – "Jim was born to wealthy parents and was sent to the finest university where he promptly washed out, bought a bike, and started a gang." Okay, so they aren't that short, but that's the basic gist of this section. It gives you a little bit of insight into the character's history and as to why he is where he is today. This can also provide some great ideas should the NPC become recurring or a PC favorite.
Traits – This is a list of a few traits to describe the character in a few words that you can use at the table real quick. They are also one of the ways that the authors have indexed the NPCs at the end of the book. Looking for a beautiful young maid to woo one of the players? Flip open to the back of the book, find the "beautiful" trait and flip to the listed pages. The traits are described in further detail in the first chapter of the book.
So there you have it. Seriously. If you buy one gaming supplement this month, this year, make it this one. You may never read it cover to cover, but I guarantee that you will use it more than you think you will. Honestly.
Thanks for the book guys. I'm waiting on next years "1503 Items of Mystery." ;)
Here's where you can buy your copy of the book: http://www.enginepublishing.com/masks-1000-memorable-npcs-for-any-roleplaying-game
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The Department of Defense apparently wants �lean, mean fighting machines,� and that�s causing consternation for soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines.
It�s even sending some of them searching for plastic surgeons to perform a procedure usually used to cosmetically reshape bodies.
To determine who�s in shape and who�s not, the Pentagon measures people�s necks and waistlines to determine their body fat levels. The standards range from 20 percent for men and 30 percent for women 17 to 20, to 26 percent for men and 36 percent for women 40 and older.
Those who come up large on the tape test wind up in special nutrition and exercise programs to diet and sweat off the inches. Even if they eventually pass the test, their careers can be derailed because one failure can mean ineligibility for promotions in rank. Three failures will get them kicked out of the military.
The Air Force and Navy don�t keep records about fitness-related discharges, but the number of people kicked out of the Army has increased by more than 10 times between 2008 and this year, and the number of Marines kicked out doubled from 2010 to 2011 before tracking downward a bit last year.
Pentagon officials defend the tests as necessary to prove people are physically ready for combat and that those who fail typically don�t perform well in other fitness tests.
Service members � and fitness experts back them up � say the standards are antiquated and don�t take into consideration that Americans as a whole, even those who are quite fit, are bigger than they used to be
Also, if inches are all that matters, those who have large, developed necks and hips from weight training are going to be no better off than those with multiple chins and love handles from too many candy bars. The tape measure doesn�t differentiate between muscle and fat.
Some service members are undergoing liposuction � surgical fat removal � to try to make it through this battle of the bulge, at the cost of thousands of dollars because the procedure isn�t covered by insurance unless it�s a medical necessity (and preserving a career doesn�t qualify).
The military is downsizing because of shrinking budgets and a pullback from the Middle East, so it�s not surprising that it�s getting selective about who stays in. Plus no one wants to see troops wheezing across the battlefield, where there are few chances to stop and catch one�s breath.
If, however, this type of test is costing the military talented, skilled people, there ought to be revisions that more specifically quantify body fat compared to muscle and consider cardiovascular fitness and endurance.
That won�t be giving a pass to the out of shape. It will be better defining the term.
A version of this editorial first appeared in the Gadsden Times, a Halifax Media Group newspaper in Alabama.


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Richard Ben Cramer's masterpiece
I don't recall the first time I read "What It Takes," but I knew exactly where to find it on my bookshelf Monday night upon hearing the awful news that Richard Ben Cramer had died.
It's insufficient to say that Cramer's 1,047-page tour de force on the 1988 presidential race is the best book ever written about a campaign. It is that. But what makes it so valuable, so rewarding, just so much damn fun is that it illustrates why politics and journalism is so much damn fun.
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"What It Takes: The Way to the White House," the full title, isn't one of those pleasurable books you read once, enjoy and put down, out of sight and out of mind, when you finish. It's just as worthwhile to dip back in and read a few pages as it is to plow through the entire thing. The book is divided between six candidates: George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, Dick Gephardt, Joe Biden, Gary Hart and Michael Dukakis. And as with a classic movie, aficionados have their favorite characters in their favorite scenes that they love to watch again and again.
But also as with a great old movie, it's better to see it for yourself than hear it described. And nobody took the "show don't tell" maxim to heart like Cramer.
Take the morning Biden announced his candidacy in Wilmington, Del., and was about to head to the train station to do so when campaign adviser Pat Caddell spoke up.
"Joe was going to get the family together, but Caddell called him, called them all, to gather downstairs: There was something they had to hear," writes Cramer.
"'Not now, Pat,'"
"'No! Joe! You've got to hear this.'"
"So the Bidens stood in announcement clothes, while Pat, as the majordomo, flicked on the stereo and cranked it up to TEN, till it felt like the speakers were slapping them in the face.
"Do you hear the people sing
Lost in the valley of the night?
"'LISTEN TO THIS NOW…' Pat yelled through the music. This was important…the finale to 'Les Miserables'…and this was HOW THE CAMPAIGN HAD TO BE!"
It is the music of a people
Who are climbing to the light…
The best authors put you in the room and this, above all, was Cramer's gift. And not only could you see the scene, but you could hear the voices. I still can't listen to Bob Dole speak without envisioning one of Cramer's "aghs." Even if you were 11 in 1988, my goodness, you felt as though you had lived through that campaign after reading "What It Takes." It's a political junkie's best fix.
As a journalist, though, Mr. Cramer's opus is something else: intimidating.
The reporting, the writing, the depth, the breadth – who could ever match this standard?
And, a bit more jealously, who could ever garner this access?
Just as a previous generation of political reporters looked longingly upon Theodore White's behind-the-scenes stuff in "The Making of the President," my own has gazed with envy upon how close up Cramer got to the candidates, the families, the consultants.
"What It Takes" took Cramer over four years to write. It wasn't released until the 1992 campaign. And when it did come out, some of Cramer's contemporaries weren't impressed.
"What It Weighs," snarked one review.
But over time, politicos came to recognize Cramer's achievement.
Jack Bohrer was one of them. With smarts beyond his years, Bohrer became close to Cramer and his wife, Joan Smith Cramer, as a college student on Maryland's Eastern Shore, near Cramer's home.


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I'm heading off to a genealogy conference in a couple of hours and will be gone for the weekend. I've signed up for "Harvest Your Family Tree 2012", which is organized by Kelowna & District Genealogical Society of Kelowna, British Columbia.
My husband Michael and I are driving to Kelowna in the beautiful Okanagan Valley; it should take us about three hours. We'll meet a couple there from our local genealogy club.
It's the first time I'm attending one of KDGS's annual conferences, and I'm really looking forward to it. I've signed up for five workshops (one this afternoon and four tomorrow) given by Donna Potter Phillips, Dave Obee, Rick Roberts and Lyn Meehan. (Michael's signed up for 4 workshops of his own on Saturday.) Other speakers include Lisa Louise Cooke and Dwight Radford. There will also be vendors and exhibitors, as well as door prizes. Sounds like fun!
I won't post for the next couple of days, but should be back early next week. See you then!