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An ordained Southern Baptist minister, Huckabee asked the question in an article to be published Sunday in The New York Times, which released his quote Tuesday. Romney retorted that "attacking someone's religion is really going too far."
Huckabee apologized Wednesday, saying he had asked an innocent question during a lengthy conversation and was shocked to see it taken out of context.
"I was horrified when I read that, and I apologized to Mitt Romney, because first of all, I don't think that his being a Mormon or not being a Mormon has a thing to do with his being president."
Huckabee said his discussion with the reporter, Zev Chafets, lasted several hours. "He was saying, `But there are some different things about Mormonism.' He obviously knew more about it than I did. In the course of that conversation, honestly, I raised the question."
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The Times reported Huckabee's comments this way: "I asked Huckabee, who describes himself as the only Republican candidate with a degree in theology, if he considered Mormonism a cult or a religion. 'I think it's a religion,' he said. 'I really don't know much about it.'
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A spokeswoman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kim Farah, said Huckabee's question is usually raised by those who wish to smear the Mormon faith rather than clarify doctrine. She said Mormons believe God is the father of all.
Romney, asked earlier Wednesday if he thought Huckabee was speaking in coded language to evangelical Christians who support him, praised his rival as a "good man trying to do the best he can," adding, "I don't believe that the people of this country are going to choose a person based on their faith and what church they go to."
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A subpar 2013 season befell the Giants, but you wouldn't know it from the GIBBY nominations they received.
The Giants were well-represented among the GIBBY Awards finalists despite the club's first sub-.500 finish since 2008.
Major League Baseball's A-listers will take home 2013 GIBBY trophies -- the ultimate honors of the industry's awards season -- based on votes by media, front-office personnel, MLB alumni, fans at MLB.com and the Society for American Baseball Research.
This year's GIBBY Awards feature nominees in 22 categories. Individual honors will go to the MLB MVP, in addition to the year's best starting pitcher, hitter, closer, setup man, rookie, breakout hitter, breakout pitcher, comeback player, defensive player, manager, executive and postseason performer.
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Five Giants are under GIBBY consideration. Tim Lincecum's July 13 no-hitter at San Diego resulted in a pair of nominations -- Lincecum himself for top pitching performance by delivering a 148-pitch, 13-strikeout effort, and right fielder Hunter Pence for top play by making his sprawling eighth-inning catch of Alexi Amarista's sinking line drive that preserved Lincecum's gem.
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We knew 'Step Up' and 'Magic Mike' actor Channing Tatum can dance. But can he sing?
At the San Diego Comic-Con panel for the animated feature, 'The Book of Life,' rapper Biz Markie made a surprise appearance during the Q&A and began singing his 1989 hit, 'Just a Friend.' To the audience's delight, Tatum joined in with him to sing the familiar words. Click on the video above to check out the memorable moment.
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(AP) -- The United States didn't just lose a World Cup qualifier at Costa Rica. The Americans likely will be missing four players for Tuesday night's match against Mexico in Columbus, Ohio.
Johnny Acosta and Celso Borges scored as Costa Rica burst ahead in the first nine minutes, Joel Campbell added a goal on a late counterattack and the Ticos beat the visiting United States 3-1 Friday night at San Jose.
"Every time this process goes on it's never easy, always unpredictable," American midfielder Landon Donovan said after his first qualifier in 15 months. "There are a lot of ups and downs. We've been on ups recently, and now this is a down. We'll have to see how we recover and see what we're made of."
Avenging a March loss to the U.S. in a Colorado snow storm, Costa Rica ended the Americans' team-record 12-game winning streak -- three short of the world mark set by Spain.
Clint Dempsey, making his 100th international appearance, converted a penalty kick in the 43rd minute for the U.S. and nearly tied it with a 20-yard shot off a post in the 56th minute.
"We were just disappointed in the way we came out," American goalkeeper Tim Howard said. "They got their fair share of luck and we didn't help ourselves."
The Ticos (4-1-2) moved into first place in the final round of qualifying in North and Central America and the Caribbean with 14 points, one ahead of the U.S. (4-2-1) with three games remaining. Honduras (3-3-1) is third with 10 points after a shocking 2-1 win at Mexico (1-2-5), which is fourth with eight points. Panama (1-2-4) is another point back after behind held to a 0-0 tie at home by last-place Jamaica (0-4-3).
The top three nations qualify for next year's 32-team field in Brazil, and the fourth-place finisher goes to a playoff against New Zealand for another berth.
Despite dropping to 0-8-2 in Costa Rica, the Americans could clinch their seventh straight World Cup berth if they beat Mexico and Honduras wins or ties at home against Panama.
Jozy Altidore, Geoff Cameron, Matt Besler will miss the match after getting their second yellow cards in qualifying, which triggers an automatic one-game suspension. Altidore was given his for bumping Michael Umana in front of Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez during second-half injury time.
"It was absolutely not necessary," U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. "But it is what it is."
Midfielder Michael Bradley also figures to miss the Mexico match. Originally in the starting lineup, Bradley limped off the field during warmups after spraining his left ankle and was on crutches at the bench during the game. He was replaced by Cameron.
"Michael might be our most important player," Donovan said.
Klinsmann said Bradley's ankle swelled and he will be sent for an MRI after the team arrives in Columbus on Saturday. Klinsmann may call in additional players for the match.
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"I don't think it changes a lot," Klinsmann said. "We need to have our four points at least to qualify. We will get those four points."
Dempsey became the 14th U.S. player to make 100 international appearances. Michael Orozco started at right back, his first qualifying appearance since Oct. 15, 2008, against Trinidad and Tobago.
The game was played at 2-year-old Estadio Nacional, which has grass and a running track keeping fans far from the field. Previous qualifiers against the U.S. were at Estadio Saprissa, which has artificial turf and fans right near the sidelines.
Costa Rica attacked from the start, and Howard had to sprawl 85 seconds in to deflect an open 8-yard shot from Bryan Ruiz.
Campbell's corner kick in the second minute went to the near post, where Acosta outjumped Dempsey and sent a header in off the head of DaMarcus Beasley, who wasn't tight enough on the post. It was the first international goal for the 30-year-old Acosta.
Christian Bolanos then sent a long cross around Omar Gonzalez from Costa Rica's left flank, and Borges climbed over Beasley for a header to Howard's right from 6 yards.
"We just told the team to calm down and start playing," Klinsmann said. "Step by step, I think we came back in the game. Towards the end of the first half we actually looked very good."
Dempsey's kick came after Graham Zusi played a long ball into the area in the 41st minute, and goalkeeper Keylor Navas tripped up Fabian Johnson. Dempsey's hard shot on the penalty kick went in off Navas' body for his 36th international goal.
Altidore, who had scored in an American-record five straight games, didn't start after injuring his right hamstring during training with Sunderland but entered in the 71st, 13 minutes after Eddie Johnson.
Costa Rica scored the final goal after Altidore's shot was blocked by the defense. Jose Miguel Cubero played a long ball to Campbell, who beat Besler to the ball, held off the defender and slotted the ball through Howard.
"Unfortunately we fell asleep for one play and they got the goal," Donovan said.
Donovan earned his spot back on the team after a four-month sabbatical and a strong performance in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in July.
"Qualifying is all about ups and downs. It's never going to be easy. It never is. Every time is hard," Donovan said. "So we've got to get ourselves recovered physically, recovered mentally, and we have to beat Mexico now on Tuesday."
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Arson in places of worship was finally and dramatically reduced as a result of the efforts of many local, state, and federal agencies. The arrest and conviction of an individual who ignited more than 26 church fires in Indiana alone was a success story of enormous importance. Investigators in the branch played important roles in the effort to identify and convict the arsonist. In addition, the Indiana General Assembly adopted legislation that significantly increased the penalty for those who burn churches in Indiana.
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Christmas Comes Early in Spam Land
Spammers are getting more aggressive with their seasonal scheduling according to the October 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence report.
Halloween spam is appearing right on time, mostly pointing to pharmaceutical and other medical spam sites, but we're already seeing Thanksgiving and Christmas spam, Valentine's Day spam, and spam for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The Thanksgiving and Christmas spam is used heavily to sell knock-off watches. The Valentine's Day spam is also pushing drugs, and the World Cup spam is tied to 419-style scams.
The latest hot trend in phishing is fake tax rebates from the IRS in the US and HMRC in the UK. As a percentage of all phishing, tax phishing skyrocketed up almost to 70% in October.
E-mail containing actual malicious attachments is not as common as it used to be, as the trend in recent years has been to have spam link to a web page where the malware is stored. But MessageLabs reports a "dramatic rise" in spam containing the Bredolab Trojan, which arrives in a ZIP file attachment. MessageLabs includes an example fake UPS e-mail with the attachment purported to be an invoice.
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Samsung has today unpacked its 8.9-inch tablet, the imaginatively named Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9.
The Honeycomb tablet comes with a 1280 x 800 resolution display, 1GHz dual-core processor and front- and rear-mounted cameras.
All that is packed in to a chassis just 8.6mm thin, causing Samsung to bill its Galaxy Tab range as the 'world's thinnest mobile tablets'.
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The company has also shaved a few millimetres off the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1's hips, now also coming in at 8.6mm thin.
The larger slate now weighs slightly less and has a reduced rear-mounted camera rocking 3MP rather than the previous version's 8MP.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9's camera is a similar 3MP affair, with WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0, gyroscope, accelerometer, digital compass, ambient light sensor and GPS.
The new, smaller tablet is available in 16GB, 32GB or 64GB models and comes with TouchWiz for Honeycomb, as detailed on a leaked information sheet earlier today.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 UK release date and pricing is yet to be officially revealed, but the 10.1 Wi-Fi is on sale in the States in June, with the Galaxy Tab 8.9 Wi-Fi to follow in 'early summer'.
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State and power company begin tree removal effort
State, power and railroad officials targeting trees posing risks to nearby utility and power systems
On Thursday, a worker with a chain saw in a cherry picker carved off the upper boughs and branches of a sweet gum tree sending them toppling to the ground adjacent to Connecticut Light & Power's main transmission line.
While some smaller trees might be pared back, the sweet gum tree is among the taller group of trees that will need to come down to protect power lines, the workmen said.
The work was the beginning of a joint effort between CL&P, Metro-North Railroad, and the Connecticut Department of Transportation to select and cut down trees both on the state owned property as well as privately owned land that are a risk to damage the nearby utility and the railroad's power transmission systems and cause power and rail service outages, CL&P spokeswoman Tricia Taskey Modifica said.
Connecticut Light & Power's main transmission lines run parallel and power the New Haven Line's overhead catenary wires, both of which have been damaged by felled trees and branches in major storms in recent years, Modifica said.
Similar efforts along the New Haven Line will continue through June, according to Modifica.
"Since all of our systems are interconnected, this work is expected to improve reliability to all of our customers in lower Fairfield County," Modifica said. "This project is all about improving reliability for our customers in that part of the state, so all trees being trimmed or removed pose a direct threat to our electric system."
In addition to the New Haven Line, the transmission system supplies power to roughly 83,000 customers in Stamford and Greenwich, Modifica said.
While some higher voltage lines require greater clearance zones, the utility's guidelines call for maintaining an average clearance zone of eight feet along electric lines, 15 feet above the lines and 10 feet below, according to the utility.
Two weeks ago, owners of neighboring properties including residential customers were sent notices by the utility about the work, and CL&P representatives began meeting on an individual basis with private property owners about any planned tree removals on their land, Modifica said.
The work is part of a $300 million plan submitted by CL&P in July 2012 to the Connecticut Public Utility Regulatory Authority to protect infrastructure from storm damage that also includes measures to strengthen wires and poles in the transmission system from storms.
An 85-foot tree that fell during a storm last August knocked out power to about 30,000 CL&P customers and brought the New Haven Line to a halt.
Under the established process, private property owners who question the selection of trees for removal should contact the utility or the state Department of Transportation.
Connecticut Department of Transportation Commissioner James Redeker said that the effort will reduce the duration and cost to repair future storm related outages on the transmission line.
"Power and service disruptions are a major source of aggravation for commuters, not to mention businesses and homeowners and a major expense for us all when they occur," Redeker said.
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Our new neighbors across the street have a huge Mastiff. She's a beautiful dog, but she's afraid and shy. We have to be very careful if the greys are outside, on leash. That dog growled at them, a warning growl because she supposedly is afraid. Bella just wants to play.
" To the world you are just one more person, but to a rescued pet, you are the world."
"A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves!"
Oh yea Titus is a pussy but ya need to get beyond his size & looks to figure that out.The 21st century. The age of Smart phones and Stupid people.
It is said that branches draw their life from the vine. Each is separate yet all are one as they share one life giving stem . The Bible tells us we are called to a similar union in life, our lives with the life of God. We are incorporated into him; made sharers in his life. Apart from this union we can do nothing.
I have only done rescue or quasi-rescue (taken ownership of a dog who would soon be without a home). My next will probably be a military working dog rescue if possible although the list of potential homes for war dogs is long, I believe.
I say this because I want to promote the rescue route. Since you are Air Force, you might look into the MWD program at Lackland AFB. That is where they process retiring dogs. I do not know if they have Rotties, though. We are a Malinois family.
You must get some awesome rescue dogs from Lackland, I lived in San Antonio for 7 years and used to compete in obedience trials with my schnauzer. I never had a chance competing against some of the trainers from Lackland wo did the obedience trials with their own personal dogs.
DJones, you might try Purina Farms, but I think they have a long waiting list of dogs for adoption west of St Louis at the Farm.
" To the world you are just one more person, but to a rescued pet, you are the world."
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We'll have moved before we get a new dog. I want Anna to be atleast about a year old before I take on the task of training a new puppy.In most sports, cold-cocking an opposing player repeatedly in the face with a series of gigantic Slovakian uppercuts would get you a multi-game suspension without pay.
In hockey, it means you have to sit in the penalty box for five minutes.
The list of Rottie breeders is extensive and only by doing some homework are you going to be able to whittle that list down to something that you can manage.
Eventually, logistics comes into play at some point. You may have a bitchin' breeder up in Nome, Alaska, but getting there to visit the pup prior to pickup might be challenging.
A conscientious breeder will want to know a boatload about YOU. Your background, your intentions, your family situation, your environment (fenced yard? If not, that's a showstopper for some breeders.)
The more picky they are regarding YOU, the better your chances for getting the pup that fits you and your family best.
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The beautiful Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) calls are very quiet and very high-pitched (7500+Hz), making them difficult for some observers to hear. They have two songs: one is a delightful twinkling ramble, also sung very quietly. Both the calls and the song are on this sample, recorded 1/17/99 north of Phoenix, with the Telinga mic from only 20 feet.
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Happy 2nd Anniversary to Weathervane Wednesday!
I posted my very first weather vane on 24 August 2011. It was the gilded centaur seen at Mack's Apples in Londonderry, New Hampshire. I never thought I'd still be posting weather vane photos two years later, but this is the 110th photo on my blog.
Weathervane Wednesday is an on-going series of photographs I post weekly, usually of weather vanes in the Nutfield, New Hampshire area, but sometimes they can be from anywhere. Occasionally they are elsewhere in New England, or very historical weather vanes from anywhere else. Sometimes my weather vanes are whimsical, but all are interesting. Often, my readers tip me off to some very unique and unusual weather vanes, too! Today's weather vane is from Boston, Massachusetts.
Do you know the location of weather vane #110? Scroll down to the bottom to see the answer!
Today's weather vane is from the top of the steeple at the Old North Church in Boston. This is the church, and the famous steeple where the signal lights were hung for Paul Revere on the evening of 18 April 1775, when he set out on his famous ride to raise the alarm that "The Redcoats were coming!" This church is very difficult to photograph from the narrow streets. Below you can see church steeple photographed from the 33rd floor of 60 State Street, Boston (the old "Bay Tower Room" restaurant).
This weather vane is a six foot swallow tailed banner, made in 1740 by my relative Shem Drowne. Shem's father, Leonard Drown, married my 7th great grandmother, Mary Abbott, as her third husband. Only four surviving weather vanes can be attributed to tinsmith Shem Drowne. You can read more about Shem Drowne, our genealogy, and his most famous weather vane, the Faneuil Hall grasshopper, at this link:
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An email from reader Bill Olsen of Plymouth, Massachusetts
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The Witty and Glittery 'Beautiful People' Returns To Logo This June
Award-Winning BBC Original Comedy Series "Beautiful People" Returns with U.S. Premiere of Second Season on Saturday, June 12 at 10/9c on Logo
Returning Series Based on the Best-selling Novel "Beautiful People" By New York Observer Columnist and Barneys Creative Director Simon Doonan
NEW YORK, May 5 -- It's the summer of "the underdog" as the BBC hit comedy series "Beautiful People" premieres its second season Saturday, June 12 at 10/9c on Logo. The six episode, half-hour comedy series, based on the memoirs of style guru Simon Doonan's childhood, shows that the path to fabulous never did run smooth, especially if you have one very quirky and dysfunctional family. "Beautiful People" premieres Saturday, June 12 at 10/9c.
From the producer of "Absolutely Fabulous," "Beautiful People" offers a coming-of-age story through the glitzy, starry-eyed viewpoint of a young Simon Doonan as he and his best friend Kyle (or self-described as "Kylie") encounter misadventures in their suburban, working class town of Reading, England. Simon's youthful memories range from the surreal with musical numbers interjecting his youthful recounts to the glamorous with guest star appearances by Dannii Minogue and Broadway star Elaine Paige.
This season picks up after an adult Simon returns to his hometown in Reading after the break-up with his boyfriend in New York City. Simon immediately finds comfort from his supportive and loving, yet dysfunctional family including his peroxide whirlwind of a mother, Debbie, his quirky winemaker father, Andy, his now-pregnant sassy sister, Ashlene, and his blind, foul-mouthed "Aunt" Hayley. The return to his hometown immediately floods Simon with memories of his teenage years in the late 1990's -- the age of the boy band and "girl power."
Simon's memories recount his early teenage years as he and his best friend, Kylie, attempt to overcome the struggles of adolescence through rose-colored glasses and diva-sized personalities. As young Simon's search for the "beautiful people" continues, the Doonans receive a visit from the Virgin Mary, Kylie's absent father returns to Reading and Simon reveals his secret crush. Inspired by the memories of window-dresser and writer Simon Doonan, "Beautiful People" exuberates humor and dazzling energy as one boy learns that living amongst the "beautiful people" is a dream more attainable than we think.
The memorable cast returns including Olivia Colman ("That Mitchell and Webb Look"), Meera Syal, Aidan McArdle ("Goodness Gracious Me," "The Kumars at No. 42"), and Samuel Barnett ("The History Boys"). It also brings together youngsters Luke Ward-Wilkinson ("Wild at Heart") and Layton Williams ("Billy Elliot" in the West End), who steal the screen as the teenage Simon and his best friend Kyle (a.k.a. "Kylie").
In anticipation of the second season, be sure to catch up and watch Simon's search for the "beautiful people" from the very beginning. Go to www.logotv.com now to watch the entire first season (six episodes, half-hour format).
In association with Logo, "Beautiful People" is written by Jonathan Harvey ("Gimme Gimme Gimme," "Beautiful Thing") and based on the best-selling, wild childhood memoirs of Simon Doonan, Creative Director of Barneys, New York. The series executive producer is Jon Plowman (Absolutely Fabulous, The Office) and it is produced by Justin Davies.
The best-selling novel Beautiful People: My Family and Other Glamorous Varmints and 'Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You are available in trade paperback (Simon & Schuster Trade Paperback).
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Logo is the world's leading ad-supported cable, satellite, online, mobile and digital entertainment network from MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom ( VIA, VIA.B) for gays and lesbians, their families and friends. Launched in 2005, Logo's cable channel is in more than 46 million homes across the United States and is complemented by a federation of online properties, including LogoTV.com, TripOutGayTravel.com, AfterEllen.com, AfterElton.com, 365Gay.com, DowneLink.com and NewNowNext.com. Logo's content is distributed across all leading download-to-own, streaming and mobile services. The most influential brand for the most influential audience, Logo provides a mix of original and acquired entertainment as well as news, social networking and community building that are authentic, smart, fun, entertaining, and inclusive. Logo joins MTV Networks' roster of popular and highly targeted brands which include MTV, Comedy Central, VH1 and Spike TV.
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MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom ( VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world's leading creators of entertainment content, with brands that engage and connect diverse audiences across television, online, mobile, games, virtual worlds and consumer products. The company's portfolio spans more than 150 television channels and 350 digital media properties worldwide, and includes MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, Harmonix, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Noggin, The N, AddictingGames, Neopets, COMEDY CENTRAL, Spike TV, TV Land, Atom, Gametrailers and Xfire.


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AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation released two papers today that make the case for reform of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is using the Clean Air Act to transform our economy rather than to provide meaningful protection of human health, its reason for existence," said Kathleen Hartnett White, Distinguished Senior Fellow and Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment. "Air quality has improved dramatically over the last 20 years, although EPA rarely acknowledges this successful record of improvement. And while the elections create a less favorable climate for restraining the EPA's regulatory excess, unelected regulators at the EPA continue to promulgate rules of major consequence to the nation's economy-without the vote of Congress."
The first paper, The Clean Air Act: The Case for Reform, provides context and background for how the CAA has evolved over the past 40 years, and where we need to head in the future. The second paper, The Clean Air Act: Reform Proposals, focuses on five basic areas where the CAA needs to be modernized.
In addition to including Congress in major regulatory decisions, other CAA reform proposals include: restoration of state authority as originally established in the CAA; increased use of performance standards with measurable results in lieu of command and control dictates; application of rigorous, peer-reviewed science; and the institution of programs that apply to multiple pollutants at once to reduce administrative cost and increase regulatory efficiency.
"The Clean Air Act became law more than four decades ago," said energy and the environment policy analyst Josiah Neeley, "A law of such importance and impact on the nation should be periodically updated, but it has been 20 years since lawmakers last seriously amended it."
"We don't expect commonsense reforms of this magnitude to happen quickly in the current political environment, but they are still urgently needed," White added. "We must continue to push regulatory modernization both on Capitol Hill and among interested states and private sector groups-our economy and competitiveness demand it."
Kathleen Hartnett White is a Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment. White served a six-year term as Chairman and Commissioner of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the second largest environmental regulatory agency in the world after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Josiah Neeley is a policy analyst at the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment. Prior to joining TPPF, he worked as an Associate for the firm of Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom in Terre Haute, Indiana, specializing in constitutional litigation, and clerked for The Honorable Roger Vinson, a federal district court judge in Pensacola, Florida.
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The will of William Hankins was proven in Frederick County, Virginia on 4 Jun 1782.
In the name of God Amen I William Hankins of the County of Fredrick and Colony of Virginia former being very Sick and Week in body but of Perfect mind and Memory thanks be given unto God Calling to mind the Mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die I do make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testement That is to say Principally and first of all I Give and Recommend my soul to the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a Desent Christian manner at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General Resurection I Shall receive the same again by the Mighty Power of God and as ??????? such Worldly estate Wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give dismiss and dispose of the Same in the following manner First I give and bequeath to my beloved Wife Jane Hankins two cows and her thirds of all the Movable Estate her Life time and my Land I leave to my three Youngest sones Abel Asa Amases Hankins when they Come of age to be Sold and Equally divided amongst them unless Either of them Shall Chose to keep it and pay the others
I also Give and bequeath to my Son John Hankins one horse or Mare and two yearling calvs one ew and lamb and one weather [wether*] I also Give and bequeath to my Son Richard Hankins one horse or Mare two yearling calvs one ew and lamb and one weather [wether] I also Give and bequeath to my Son Abel Hankins one ewe and lamb and one third of my Land unless it is Sold and the money divided I also Give and bequeath to my son Asa Hankins one ew and lamb and an Equal Portion of the Land or Money I also Give and bequeath to my Son Moses Hankins one ew and lamb and and his Sheer of the Land or money I also Give and bequeath to Eldest Son William Hankins the some of one Shilling Sterling I also now leave the rest of my Estate to the Discretion of my Executors to pay all my debts and funarel Charges I also aknowledg this to be My Last Will and Testament as witness thereof I have Set my hand and Seal this Twenty fifth day of Frebruary 1782
William Hankins [signed by his mark]
I also appoint my beloved friends Peter Catlett and John Sherman Woodcock to be my Executors
Witnesses present
John Mead
Abraham Clevinger [signed by his mark]
John Sharp [signed by his mark]
*A few days ago when I was transcribing this will, I became stuck on an item that William was leaving to two of his sons. Both John and Richard were to receive one horse or mare, two yearling calves, one ewe, one lamb and one "weather." A weather? That made no sense to me. I tried searching but all I got was weather reports so I posted a clip of the will on Google+ and asked for help. It wasn't long before Carole Riley of Genealogy in New South Wales responded with the answer I needed. A "wether" is a castrated ram. Thanks again, Carole.


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I think this pretty much is it, should change the thread title from 'Fake nerd girls' to just 'Fake nerds', i think that would be a more interesting discussion overall
ans then you decide to argue with them with the full knowelge your bashing your head against a brick wall but you can;t stop
Yes, someone trying to cash in on a culture they have no actual interest in is a thing. And a bloody annoying one at that.
I never asked to be a nerd. That label was placed on me against my will as a derogatory term. Even today, when being a nerd is supposed to be socially acceptable, it's still used against me in a negative way. Bottom line, I paid a price to be called a nerd, I earned that title. So when I see people calling themselves nerds and expecting to receive praise and admiration because of it, it makes me sick.
Now, I'm all for more people being interested in the Nerdic arts and nerds becoming mainstream. But as far as I'm concerned, they can pay for it just like I did. If you really find enjoyment in video games/anime/comics/role-playing/etc., then through the scorn, you are simply going through the trials that countless other nerds before you had to endure. If you are faking interest, then do yourself a favor and pack up and go home.
It's the emotional scar that goes the deepest and takes the longest heal. If you want acceptance without facing the trials then do your best to mend the wounds of those who were forced to go before you.
Yeah, it's embarrassing that this is even apparently a "thing" with some people, can we please just be better than this? No more exclusionary, cliquey bullshit? Fuck, we all gravitated to games to get away from that kind of attitude didn't we?
I was a little hesitant to respond to this because I always hate disagreeing with essay writers.
Well, actually, I haven't seen guys being called fake nerds.
Right, and in what part of my post did I argue for nerd-exclusion, anywhere?
I'm confused at this.
This is also a bit gibberish to me.
But whatever.
I think that is is just awesome how you don't even read the posting... I am not bitter, I am ju8st saying that i understand the point of view.
Yea, I already figured, that you where just one of those guys who just went with the flow, you have no idea what this is about, so you should really stop talking about is ;).
Thank you so much for this one.
I think that the whole "fake nerd" thing stems from the fact that some of us discovered our beloved games and characters when we were every young though saturday morning TV, comic books, and cartridge games (floppy disk in my case). On the other hand other people discovered the same things through more mainstream channels. Of course, the knowledge of the latter can never been compared to the knowledge of the former. It is different to have grown up in the culture, and to have found it later in life. I welcome both of course, but I love to meet kindred spirits who grew up the same way I did.
I have never been accused of being a faker, but then again since I started video gaming with Rodland on the amiga 500, have a huge comic collection, speak and read Japanese fluently (hence a huge manga collection in the original language :D), multiple plushies and action figures. and an extensive knowledge of the marvel and DC universe...well...it would be pretty hard to find something to call me out on.
I do not know if these things make me a nerd or a fake or whatever, but I do not care (dives into huge totoro plushie pile)
so you decide who is a real gamer now? what puts you into such a position? and why should we consider you a real gamer?
Than is not what I said. I never used the term "gamer" but it is a fact, that you are just in it because it is now a cool thing. You lack the background and understanding. This does not make you a non-gamer or non-nerd, it just makes you someone who can not understand what is going on in this discussion. You are part of why things have gone that wrong and the way you argue makes this even more clear. You are now part of this culture, but you are not part of what this culture used to be.
will somebody just close the thread after this, please
you dont read too much huh? im a different person than vault101.
and do you want that 'that culture' never changes? what is that culture anyways? who is in it? when are you in it? how do you know if you are a nerd/gamer?
And do you seriously say that an open mind to change makes me not a gamer? ever heard the term 'fascism'?
I was not directing at you per se..just the attitude, even if it is somwhat justified its not healthy and I'd argue its part of some of the problems (like the sexism thing) its a "us vs them" metality...a "special club" mentality
"go with the flow"?
are you talking to me or jenvas now?
I dont think he knows who he is talking to...or what he is talking at all
Is this dead now? I hope so.
but I want a chance to flash my "nerd cred" card with rightous RAGE!
seriously I never get to do that :(
Actually from what I recall, the article was incredibly sexist, regardless of it's intended message. "A six trying to act like a nine? THE NERVE! LEARN YOUR PLACE, ATTENTION WHORE!"
Yeah it was pretty shitty.
I feel it touches on something that isn't acknowledged often enough. The hierarchy of nerdom that exists solely in the minds of people who think they're nerds/geeks/what have you. (Personally i'm a rank ten high commander dragon slayer of the council of geeks)
As to answer why girls always get interrogated by the geek inquisition? It's common knowledge that girls don't play vidya games or read comics or watch cartoons or are good at math or can have any hobbies that even slightly mirror my own.
Jesus, don't you know anything?
I think this is the issue. Guys who think they have a shot because they've finally found a hot girl that shares their (nerdy) interests, only to feel rejected when they find out the girl isn't that much into it.
Or, to put it in a more rude way, lots of horny men angry at women that won't sleep with them.
Sorry to be blunt. I can sympathize, believe me, I'm there too, I'd love to meet women with my admittedly nerdy interests, rather than feel like an alien when their interests are about wine, historical novels or interpretative dance. But seriously, shut the fuck up.
A woman, like anyone, has a right to wear or do as she likes. If she wants to pretend to be geeky, let her. If she wants to dress so slutty as to make Bayonetta blush, it's her right to do so. And none of these things should have any bearing on the respect granted to them as human beings.
All the best to Megan and Jared, hope ye have a great life together
Yea, seeing sexism as a problem is of cause part of the sexism problem... sorry, but no!
[quote]"go with the flow"?
Your English needs work. I am having trouble understanding your exact meaning.
Well, that's just it. Nerds are NOT "heroes of old". They were not "fighting for" anything, and especially not for nerdiness being mainstream, just wanted to be left alone as a subculture.
And that's why your analogy is inherently faulty. a civil rights activits who hates present kids having civil rights, is a HYPOCRITE, because his acts are going against his claimed goals.
But not every group can be expected to struggle for total inclusiveness.
For example, it would be pretty weird to say that the original punk rockers should feel happy about big corporations commercializing their mannerisms, and kids imitating their "popular" clothing and hairstyles. After all, these these would be pretty much directly opposed to their whole underlying ideology, about being anti-consumerist, anti-mainstream, and anti-normal.
Or that indie game fans shoul feel happy about Electronic Arts releasing a so-called "indie bundle". Even if it imitates typical indie games with cheap small games, the indie commnunity was also about something more than that, about independence, and free artistic thoughts, so EA of all things imitating them is pretty crude.
You are talking as if the mainstream trying to jump on a bandwagon by copying references, would automatically count as "winning the good fight", so we should all lay back. But that's not the case. Just because EA is publishing something that it calls an "indie bundle", doesn't mean that the indie movement defeated EA's corparate system, quite the opposite.
Likewise, just because now the most ordinary, popular, socially and phsysically attractive people are calling themselves "nerds" while they are watching the most popular movies of our times and playing on their phones just as the giant billboard ad tells them to, doesn't mean that the older underlying paradigm of the subculture that they imitate, has won. Quite the opposite.
Traits like being socially awkward, or being obsessive about a niche interest, are just as mocked as they ever were, it's just a shift of brandings, where the old nerds' identity was recycled for mainstream usage, and now we have to reclaim another insult for ourselves.
Well... Pokemon... :) ok ;)
I have not made any comments about what it takes to be a nerd or a gamer or whatever, you can be what you want. All I said was, that there is a difference and that there was a problem with nerd culture being part of the popular culture. I am not making assumptions about who does and who does not belong (except for obvious cases). this is not about the change of a culture, but about the destruction of one.
I am saying that there is a difference between an open mind and an open door for every one. If you go through with what you said you should be inviting everybody you meet into you home. You would never do that, so stop acting like you would ;).
In that case it is not my English that needs work, now is it? ;)
People started to join in who had no place there? like black people in the front of the bus?
and where have you been that entitles you so much? a certain epic D&D campain? vietnam?
WTH are you talking about?
It's not about me insulting you, it's about me not understanding what you're saying specifically. I really can only get a vague idea in regards to your post.
Okulossos, where were you? I'm really getting curious now. What exactly are you referring to? Did they take your legs and shot billy right next to you in the head?
oh please how can you say "sexism wasnt presant" thats anecdotal evidence at best
and in the past the internet and games were not so intertwined, and don't tell me your "typical nerd" isn't capable of being a trolling fuckwit..in fact I'd say a great many are
and the "sexism" thing comes from "seing the fairer sex as alien" which certian people are inclined to do, not to imply all "nerds" share this trait because thats not true....a whole spectrum of different people can enjoy "nerdy" things
who are thease people anyway? "no place being there" when it boild down toit, its entertainment and people can enjoy whatever the hell they want regardless of if it hurts your nerd sensibilitys
where have I not been? what do I have no Idea about? because I havn't been picked on for being nerdy?
The "fake nerd girl" thing is just the latest embarrassing escapade in the ongoing and painful process of dragging the underlying current of sexism in the geek community out into the sunlight where it can shrivel up and die. Sarkeesian, Bakhtanian, and controversies over the Hitman trailer and the Laura Croft rape thing, these are just some of the most prominant examples of what seems to be a weekly parade of embarrassment. A litany of shame that will continue until the tumor has been removed.
Because there's no going back. Nerd stuff is too mainstream now to just casually disregard or even directly alienate half of all potential consumers.
I'm allowed be angry at this for the same reason I can get mad at people who claim to be into electronica because they listened to a skryllex song. It's not that I don't want these girls to become gamers, but at this juncture, they are not. If one said "I'd like to get into gaming", not "lol I'm such a hardcore gamer lol", despite only having played casual games, that'd be a different story.
I ASSUME fake gamer girls are an "issue" because hardcore gamers will go "OMG HOT CHICK WHO LIKES GAMES!! MUST DATE/BANG!!!" And then it turns out they're not that into games (or they ARE into game, but not as much as them), and don't want to do gaming stuff 24/7 and the guy then goes "OMGFAKE!!! YOULIEDTOMEEEEEEEEEEEEE".
...At least, I think that's why there's outrage.
IME, close. It more frequently seems to be "OMG HOT CHICK WHO LIKES GAMES!! MUST DATE/BANG!!!", and then it turns out that while the girl is into games, she doesn't want to date or bang you. Maybe she has a boyfriend. Maybe she likes chicks. Maybe she prefers a guy who showers every week at least. Or maybe she didn't come to the convention to be hit on, thank you very much.
Oh, why is she dressed in a slutty costume? Maybe she likes cosplay, and there just aren't very many non-slutty options for female costumes to choose from in comics and games? Maybe the complainers should take that up with the creators? Does it really matter what she wears or why?
But in any event, it frequently seems to come down to hating on and attacking women who "gave" the dude a hard on, but don't want to "take care of it." The 'fake nerd girl' thing is just an excuse to attack them and tell them they don't belong. Because of course, the world revolves around the dudes, and anything any girl does in the vicinity of a dude was done specifically to illicit some response from him, and any response the dude conjures to a girl is of course the girl's fault.
Because that was their plan all along. To give you a boner. And you ... ... got one!
The other side of the coin is a persecution complex. Reference all the comments along the lines of "I earned my way into nerddom with all those swirlies I got from jock dudes and all the times a pretty girl rejected me / didn't magically pick up on my feelings for her that I was too insecure to voice in the first place". And while I can empathize with that - I certainly got my fair share of stuff thrown at the back of my head in high school, I was made fun of and tripped down the stairs and had my backpack stolen and worse - when it comes right down to it, it seems like a real shame to me that the only thing many guys in the geek and nerd community learned from the experience of being bullied was how to be bully themselves.
Right so I'm late to this thread so pardon me if this was mentioned already...
But... this is an issue for male gamers?
Every thing I saw that focused on this came from the female gamers. The ones who consider themselves true nerd girls and believe all the others are phonys who are either... making them appear bad or again, stealing attention.
Most recently, I read this webcomic with two huge panels. One had a "hot" girl dressed sexy and saying something about a fondness for videogames with the caption: "this is not a girl gamer."
Then the next panel has an average girl, dressed in around the house clothes in front of a game console saying that she'll sleep when Hyrule is saved. And above the caption: "This is a girl gamer."
And before that was this funny episode from this web series that's set in a game shop. And this gorgeous girl comes in wearing a tight shirt saying "I love videogames" and big dorky glasses. The sole female employed there goes into a rant about how she's not really a true nerd/gamer. It ends funnily when they get in an argument and employee snaps customer's glasses in two. Said lady can't see, wanders out of the store and gets hit by a car. When everyone stares at the employee, she says: "just because her glasses were prescription/real doesn't mean she's a true gamer!"
Having all these dudes be so offended by phony nerd girls is definite news to me.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Republican base saw the president as weak and beatable, but Mitt Romney's high command struggled to find a winning message.
"The bottom line is that the Obama campaign [had] a candidate that was very hard to lay a glove on because he was somebody that the American people, by and large, had decided that they just liked," said Romney's deputy campaign manager Katie Packer Gage.
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This conclusion, and many others, came during a conference sponsored by the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas on Thursday and Friday, which included senior officials from both campaigns.
"It was one of the most frustrating things in our campaign," Gage added. "In focus group after focus group, when you would sit down with this sort of narrow slice of voters — undecided female voters who had voted for Barack Obama in 2008 — they weren't ready to vote for Barack Obama yet, but when we would test message point after message point after message point, there was almost nothing that would stick to this guy because they just liked him personally."
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The Obama campaign representatives, meanwhile, believed they would lose the election if it was a referendum on the president. His team felt they needed to launch an expensive ad campaign attacking Romney immediately after he wrapped up the GOP nomination because the president was already a known commodity.
"We knew we had to make it a choice," said Jeremy Bird, national field director for the Obama campaign.
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Romney national political director Rich Beeson marveled at the customization of the Obama campaign. They tailored advertisements in key media markets to key constituencies, sometimes airing nine different spots on one day.
"We were going after it with a meat cleaver, and they were going after it with a scalpel," he said.
Here are some other takeaways from the conference:
The Obama campaign believed they needed to add more voters to the rolls.
That required beefing up a massive, costly field operation in 2011. "We had time, and that was very beneficial to us," said Marlon Marshall, the Obama campaign's deputy national field director. "We were able to figure out early on in a state like Florida we have to change the electorate in order to be successful. We spent a year, almost a year-and-a-half, registering voters … in order to keep Florida on the map."


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XBOX 720 aka Durango to have 16-Core IBM CPU & AMD Radeon HD 7000-series GPU
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"According to the latest issue of Xbox World magazine, devkits for Microsoft's next generation console are already in the wild, and were shipped to developers in March. The first devkits reached a select number of developers after Microsoft's hush-hush developer's conference in London on February 28, 2012. The purpose of the conference was to brief European representatives on the new hardware, which is codenamed Durango – the meeting was subsequently confirmed by a senior technical artist at Crytek, who tweeted that he was "enjoying the Durango developers summit in London. So far, great swag and interesting talks." Further meetings were held for American developers at the Game Developers' Conference in San Francisco, with Durango devkits shipping "shortly afterwards."
The publication states that current devkits will not mirror the final hardware in appearance, however, initial specifications are representative of the console set to ship in late 2013. Sources close to Xbox World magazine have revealed that Durango's devkit features a "monster" 16-core IBM PowerPC CPU, a GPU comparable to AMD's Radeon HD 7000-series graphics cards, and a Blu-Ray optical drive.
"Even if you had a 16-core processor in your gaming PC there are currently no games built to use it, but games for the next Xbox could put all sixteen cores to work on day one for a level of performance far in excess of current gaming PCs. It's a ridiculous amount of power for a games machine – too much power, even. But remember, Kinect 2 could chew up four whole cores tracking multiple players right down to their fingertips, so it'll need a lot of power."
Discrete sources at GDC also confirmed to the publication that developers expect Sony's Playstation 4 to be more powerful than the next Xbox, and that various studios are aiming to unveil their next generation software at E3 2012 in June, regardless of whether "Microsoft and Sony are ready or not."
"Regardless of whether the next Xbox makes it to E3, the arrival of those Durango devkits is the starting gun for the next generation and once again Microsoft have beaten Sony out of the gate by getting hardware into the developers' hands first. Sony keep denying any possibility of PS4 at E3 2012 too, but if they don't move fast Microsoft could roll into June's LA showcase with dozens of next-generation exclusives from third-parties. When Epic shows that first Unreal 4 demo they'll only have one console platform to talk about – call it Durango, call it 720, call it what you like, but if Microsoft move fast it might be the only game in town." "
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