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Nonresidents should know laws regarding transport through other states, as well
PRATT — The regular Kansas firearm deer season is winding down, but archery season remains open the rest of the year, and several whitetail antlerless-only seasons will be held in January. After a deer is taken, hunters must dress the deer out, cool it down, and get it to a place for processing — all of which is hard work. But before moving the deer, the hunter must fill out his or her carcass tag and attach it to the deer. There is more to this than meets eye.
"Hunters need to make sure they attach the carcass tag securely," says Mark Rankin, assistant director of Law Enforcement for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT). "We have problems every year when hunters get to a locker or are stopped en route and there is no tag on their deer, but they say they have tagged it. Follow-up often reveals that they did have a permit, but the carcass tag had blown off in the back of the vehicle. In that case, we have no choice but to investigate. In some cases, a citation may be issued."
The best way to tag a deer is to follow the directions in the 2011 Kansas Hunting and Furharvesting Regulations Summary, Page 16, available at KDWPT offices and license vendors, as well as the KDWPT website,www.kdwpt.ks.us.
Another issue regarding tagging affects nonresidents who may want to have their deer meat processed in Kansas and shipped home, but they want to travel home with the head and antlers. Or they may want to donate the meat in Kansas and travel home with the head and antlers. Kansas law requires that the carcass tag remain attached to the animal until processed and remain with the meat.
"In these cases, we suggest that the hunter keep the top part of their deer permit with the head and antlers," Rankin explains. "The carcass tag must remain with the carcass, but if the hunter keeps the top half of the permit with the head and antlers, he'll be within the law."
It's not just Kansas law that's at issue, however. Many states have adopted strict regulations to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD). Typically, these regulations do not allow the transportation of a deer head with brain tissue from a state with confirmed CWD cases (which includes Kansas). Hunters have been cited in other states and had their deer confiscated for not complying with the transportation laws of that state. Boned meat, as well a the cleaned skull cap and antlers, may be all that can be legally transported in some states.
Nonresident hunters should check the laws regarding transport of deer in all states through which they plan to transport any portion of a harvested deer.

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This section describes the contents and organization of this guide—WebLogic Server Type 4 JDBC Drivers.
This document is a resource for software developers and system administrators who develop and support applications that use the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API. It also contains information that is useful for business analysts and system architects who are evaluating WebLogic Server. The topics in this document are relevant during the evaluation, design, development, pre-production, and production phases of a software project.
It is assumed that the reader is familiar with Java EE and EJB concepts. This document emphasizes the value-added features provided by WebLogic Server EJBs and key information about how to use WebLogic Server features and facilities to get an EJB application up and running.
This chapter, Chapter 1, "Introduction and Roadmap," introduces the organization of this guide.
Chapter 2, "Using Oracle Type 4 JDBC Drivers" provides information about connecting to a database with Oracle Type 4 JDBC drivers.
Chapter 3, "The DB2 Driver" provides detailed information about the DB2 driver.
Chapter 4, "The Informix Driver" provides detailed information about the Informix driver.
Chapter 6, "The MS SQL Server Driver" provides detailed information about the Microsoft SQL Server driver.
Chapter 5, "The Sybase Driver," provides detailed information about the Sybase driver.
Appendix A, "JDBC Support" lists support for standard and extension JDBC methods.
Appendix B, "GetTypeInfo" provides results returned from the method DataBaseMetaData.getTypeinfo for all of the Oracle Type 4 JDBC drivers.
Appendix C, "SQL Escape Sequences for JDBC" describes the scalar functions supported for the Oracle Type 4 JDBC drivers. Your data store may not support all of these functions.
Appendix D, "Tracking JDBC Calls with WebLogic JDBC Spy" describes how to configure the WebLogic JDBC Spy, which logs JDBC usage.
This document contains JDBC-specific driver information.
For comprehensive guidelines for developing, deploying, and monitoring WebLogic Server applications, see the following documents:
Programming JDBC for Oracle WebLogic Server is a guide to designing and using JDBC connections in your applications.
Configuring and Managing JDBC Data Sources for Oracle WebLogic Server is a guide to JDBC configuration and management for WebLogic Server.
Developing Applications for Oracle WebLogic Server is a guide to developing WebLogic Server applications.
Deploying Applications to Oracle WebLogic Server is the primary source of information about deploying WebLogic Server applications.
Performance and Tuning for Oracle WebLogic Server contains information on monitoring and improving the performance of WebLogic Server applications.
In addition to this document, Oracle provides a variety of JDBC code samples and tutorials that show JDBC configuration and API use, and provide practical instructions on how to perform key JDBC development tasks.
MedRec is an end-to-end sample Java EE application shipped with WebLogic Server that simulates an independent, centralized medical record management system. The MedRec application provides a framework for patients, doctors, and administrators to manage patient data using a variety of different clients.
MedRec demonstrates WebLogic Server and Java EE features, and highlights Oracle-recommended best practices. MedRec is included in the WebLogic Server distribution, and can be accessed from the Start menu on Windows machines. For Linux and other platforms, you can start MedRec from the
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WebLogic Server optionally installs API code examples in
\samples\server\examples\src\examples, where WL_HOME is the top-level directory of your WebLogic Server installation. You can start the examples server, and obtain information about the samples and how to run them from the WebLogic Server Start menu.
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|Pulling Out Frames
As you get back into your hive to check your queen cage, try to notice how your colony is reacting and be prepared to check for laid eggs. This is still a weak colony and your outer frames might be bare with no drawn comb but as you move into the center of your hive you should notice frames in development. As you are removing the frames, be very cautious that the queen is not on the frame you are handling. Working your way from your outside frame, begin to check for nectar and laid eggs to make sure your colony is doing well and your queen is laying ( there is the possibility that you might see your queen). With everything checked out, remove the queen cage and reassemble you hive.
Your colony is doing well and you are on your way to becoming a better beekeeper.
That would be a nice scenario to go through but because honey bees don't follow a text book, everyone's experience is going to be different. Some things to be cautious of as you go back into your hive:
|Bees in Hive
1. If you notice that your queen has not been released but yet your are still seeing eggs within your frame, there was a queen in your package other than the one in the queen cage. You do not know about the queen (not in the queen cage) that came with your package: how old she is, is she strong, or how she will do with your colony. From this point there are many options that you can attempt.
- Pinch off the queen that was not in the queen cage and let your colony accept the other
- Release the caged queen and let them find a victor (this is not reliable because the weaker queen could fight off the stronger which would not be good for your colony)
- Remove the queen cage a create and split from another colony or re queen a separate hive ( more advanced but would end up giving you two colonies)
The queen that with your colony now is a working laying queen. They have accepted her and if there are eggs it is best to leave her be. The best option would be to remove the queen cage and introduce it to a separate colony or create a split from a different hive.
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2. When checking your frame you begin to notice queen cells. This indicates that your colony finds your queen insufficient and are trying to replace her. This can happen when introducing a new queen to a new colony. Your queen is caged and is not laying which projects to your colony that she is weak and needs to be replaced. Once she is released and begins to lay, she will kill off the queen cells and everything goes back to normal. Simply remove the queen cells and check to make sure your queen is properly laying.


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Lifestyle changes work when you choose something you love
A version of this commentary appeared in the Huffington Post, Hamilton Spectator and the Guelph Mercury
Now that we've kicked off a new year, not a day passes without some news outlet asking me for tips on healthy living. What do I need to eat more (or less) of? What type of exercise is best and how many minutes a day do I need?
My answer generally comes down to asking a simple question in return: Would you really want to give up something you enjoy? Or, even less likely, do you really want to start doing something you don't?
Let us assume that there is now conclusive evidence that playing just 20 minutes of violin a day substantially reduces your risk of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer's and even male-pattern baldness.
Based on these finding, Health Canada launches a major initiative proclaiming the benefits of violin playing for health.
There is now a whole industry of personal violin trainers, and you can sign up for violin sessions at your local YMCA (which has thrown out the exercise machines to make more room for the violin enthusiasts). Magazines and bloggers opinionate on whether it matters what music you play on your instrument and proffer expert advice on the best instruments and latest accessories.
There is a lively debate on whether playing the fiddle or viola has the same health benefits as the violin. Can it, perhaps, be any string instrument played with a bow? Does it matter whether the bow has real horsehair or the strings are catgut?
Does it matter whether you play for expression or speed? Alone or with friends? And why just 20 minutes? Wouldn't 40 minutes or perhaps even a couple of hours a day make you even healthier. How about signing up for a stringathon?
At your next annual physical, your doctor asks, "And how many minutes of violin do you get in every day?" If you admit you don't, here's a copy of Canada's Violin Guide extolling the many health benefits of violin practice.
And once you play regularly, you may even experience the violinist's high. You will be on the perfect path to violin addiction!
But now imagine that you happen to be someone who simply hates violin.
You have no sense of tone or rhythm, the very thought of picking up the instrument (any instrument) makes you want to stay in bed. Perhaps memories of the hated violin teacher ruined it for you in grade school. Perhaps you were the one always picked last for the class ensemble.
The people who love their violin do not understand. Why are you choosing not to play when everything points to the benefits? And it is just 20 minutes, is that too much to expect?
Interestingly enough, it turns out that you are by no means in the minority. According to the latest Canadian Community Health Survey, 95% of Canadians fail to achieve even the minimum 100 minutes of recommended weekly violin.
It is not that most Canadians do not like the violin. They do love listening to and watching violin concerts, they just don't like playing it themselves. In fact, over the past years several new violin channels have popped up on TV. There are now national and international violin competitions.
And yet, most people will simply refuse to pick up the violin. This, despite the tax credits offered to violin players. Do we really have to discuss taxes and higher health premiums for non-players?
Why are these people digging their own graves by simply refusing to pick up the violin? Don't these people get it?
Well, they get it alright. They simply don't enjoy the violin — no matter the health benefits.
Violins aside, here's the bottom line: If you want to improve your health this new year, make sure you take up something you love to do. If you choose something you despise, you'll only last a few weeks at most. For healthy habits to stick, they have to be in place for the long-term, regular – and fun (or at least, not unpleasant).
Choose small, attainable goals, regular habits that you'll enjoy completing. It might mean a 20 minute daily walk or an increase in delicious whole foods over processed foods. It might mean joining a team sport or making the time for more home cooked meals.
But it should always be something you enjoy doing, and something that you can probably stick with for a lifetime.
Arya M. Sharma, MD, is an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca, Professor and Chair in Obesity at the University of Alberta and Scientific Director of the Canadian Obesity Network.
February 2013
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Virginie V needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 48 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
SBR Leadership Awards recognizes companies and individuals in Singapore that have demonstrated exemplary leadership and commitment to excellence and competitiveness.
SBR Leadership Awards
The logo is the primary marketing image for a new awards programme to be launched from a best selling business magazine. Award winners will be senior executives from top companies. The focus is on competitiveness and financial supremacy. Issues such as corporate environment and employee welfare are a second tier theme.
The logo must present the themes of business growth, success and above all leadership. The idea is that the winning companies are examples of the best of breed for other companies to follow. To find out more about the company and magazine please log on to: http://www.charltonmedia.com look at Singapore Business Review
- An abstract design of a human form
- Holding an award with one hand and reaching for sky
- fluidity
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- modern and corporate
- inspirational leadership
- Design must not include text
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- anything in pink or pastels
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Economic Left/Right: -5.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41
Economic Left/Right: -5.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41
Last edited by Magrat Garlick; 12-11-2004 at 06:46 AM. Reason: 12-year-old mind...
A follower of the schools of Machiavelli, Bentham, Locke, Hobbes, Sutcliffe, Bradman, Lindwall, Miller, Hassett, Benaud and Thunberg
I had a glimpse of Eureka
Chewing me up, chewing me up and spitting me out
-jected, I was rejected
I wasn't good enough to be elected
Lava, it was like lava
Moving through my body like fire
Economic Left/Right: -8.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.67
I've moved from last time - probably due to more in-depth study of economics and IS/LM wrt Inflation.
Economic Left/Right: -9.88
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.46
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That's a completely unjust and unwarranted statement hak...Originally Posted by Samuel_Vimes
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That's a complete over-reaction.
Three words, first word begins with 'S', third word with 'H'.
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -0.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.21
If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a nonworking cat. - Douglas Adams
Was about to remove it..Originally Posted by Cloete
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -0.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.69
Anyone care to explain that to me in laymans terms..
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My scores were:
Economic Left/Right: -5.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.90
Thought I'd be a bit more left-wing than that. Knew I'd lose marks socially for being a fan of the rope, but economically I'm surprised. Maybe it's true what they say about getting more right wing as you get older!
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Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.77
Pretty much what I expected in all honesty, gone to the left with economy but I doubt I'll ever go left on many social issues.
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"People today have too big a devil and too small a God"
- Stephen Currie
"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27:1
i did this before...i think i was in the centre on both economic as well as social issues....
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 0.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.23
Think i was more to the right last time i did it
Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.26
Economic Left/Right: -1.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.87
That makes me a Libertarian Leftist.
Im very much Right wing in both aspects...
Economic Left/Right: 2.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.69
But I'm very anti-war, almost pacifist... Go figure that out, especially chris hinton and craig... Is a right wing pacifist possible?
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The proposed modernization plan is to renovate and expand the existing building while minimizing the risk associated with a major earthquake. The recommended seismic strengthening will include foundation improvements, new steel braced moment frames, new concrete or concrete block walls, plywood sheathing and anchors at both high and low roofs, and exterior wall glass replacement. The seismic strengthening work scope directly triggers disabled access, code upgrades, and environmental hazard mitigation work.
The building has two separate roof levels. A high sloping roof over the main reading room consists of metal beams spanning between steel girders supported by steel columns. Two high symmetrically placed concrete walls flank the reading room at each entrance. A lower roof covering all administrative areas and restrooms is constructed of plywood sheathing over wood joists supported by reinforced concrete block walls. The building envelope consists of floor to roof glass walls, masonry walls and masonry piers.
The new construction or alteration will meet State (Title 24) and Federal (Americans with Disabilities Act) guidelines. The disabled access scope will address path of travel issues as well as health and safety improvements. Existing restrooms will be reconfigured and new restrooms will be added. In addition, service counters and online catalog terminals will be made accessible.
The anticipated building code impacts involve updating the building to comply with current life safety related code requirements for exiting, heating, ventilation, plumbing, electrical, lighting and other control systems. The heating system will be evaluated for possible replacement or expansion.
Current law requires removal of asbestos-containing materials (ACM's) such as plasterboard walls, vinyl flooring, and roofing impacted by the seismic retrofit, disabled access, and modernization work. The removal of ACM's will require relocation of the building occupants to avoid potential health risks. The asbestos mitigation project will be done in advance of major construction work. In addition, lead that is impacted will also be removed during this time.
Modernization improvements include a building expansion to increase staff work area, increase the size of teen/children's area, collections, add a multi-purpose program rooms, and increase storage space. Other scope includes new lighting, new flooring, additional electrical/data outlets, refurbished work and public areas, reconfiguring all service points, and replacing or reconfiguring the windows.
- The high and low roofs act independent of each other and may collide during a major seismic event.
- The high columns and steel roof beams are not braced to resist major lateral forces.
- The connections between the concrete entry walls and the steel roof frame need to be strengthened.
- There are no shear walls to resist lateral forces acting in either direction along the perimeter wall.
Non-Structural Deficiencies
- Glass block in-fill walls between the high and low roofs could become potential falling hazards during a major seismic event.
- Floor to roof high glazing along exterior wall could potentially become falling hazards during a major seismic event.
- Strengthen connection between the roof framing system and the unsupported columns and concrete walls.
- Strengthen the span from column to column by adding steel bracing or moment frames.
- Provide seismic joints between the high and low roofs to minimize pounding effect.
- Provide in-fill walls as necessary to provide structural continuity along exterior wall.
- Remove glass block and replace with tempered or other type of safety glass.
- Remove high glass along perimeter and re-design fenestration to minimize falling hazards.
- The exterior and interior doors are either too narrow or do not have accessible hardware.
- Site access lacks a clear accessible path of travel and accessible parking.
- Steps leading to the rear entry lack an access ramp.
- Service counters and work areas are not accessible.
- Restrooms and other public amenities are not accessible.
- Define a clear path of travel to include accessible parking, ramps, and signs for wheelchair users.
- Replace all service counters and other amenities with accessible construction.
- Replace and relocate existing restrooms with accessible restrooms.
- Make service counters and work areas accessible.
- Make all entries, exits, and doors accessible throughout.
- Existing HVAC unit needs to be replaced.
- Existing slab heating system need to be removed or abandoned in place.
- Existing water heater needs replacement.
- Existing plumbing systems need upgrading.
- Replace and expand HVAC system.
- Abandon existing slab heating system in place.
- Replace water heater.
- Upgrade or replace plumbing systems as required.
- Telephone panel needs upgrading and to be separate from Rec/Park's panel.
- Main electrical panel is in marginal condition and needs replacement. In addition, the main panel needs to be separate from Rec./Park's electrical panel serving the adjacent building.
- Data/Communications are inadequate to provide for flexible layout.
- Lighting is outdated and in need of replacement.
- Replace and relocate telephone panel to be independent from Rec./Park's phone service.
- Replace and relocate electrical panel to be independent from Rec./Park's electrical service.
- Add data/communications distribution system and provide outlets to allow for flexible layout.
- Replace all lighting throughout.
- There are not enough emergency lights.
- Exit signs need to be upgraded and connected to emergency power source.
- The building does not have a central fire alarm system.
- There are not enough fire extinguishers.
- Smoke detectors are in need of replacement.
- The building lacks security grilles appropriate for its use.
- There is not enough security lighting.
- Add emergency lights and refurbish existing lights.
- Add emergency exit signs and refurbish existing signs.
- Add central fire alarm system.
- Add fire extinguishers as required.
- Add smoke detectors as required.
- Replace existing grilles and add new grilles appropriate for the building.
- Add interior and exterior security lighting as required.
- Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM's) are identified throughout the building.
- Where impacted by construction, abate asbestos in the wall and ceiling sheetrock joint compound, vinyl floor tiles and mastics, ceramic tile grout and mastic, window glazing putty, baseboard putty, and heating hot water piping and fitting insulation.
- Abate asbestos if found in built up roof and flashing, boiler insulation, fire door core insulation, glued on ceiling tile, terrazzo flooring, and transite piping.
- Lead that is impacted by construction shall also be mitigated.
- The entire design of the branch needs to be rethought to come up with a flexible layout to serve the modern needs of the library.
- Most of the floor, wall, and ceiling finishes are outdated and in need of refurbishment.
- Children's area needs to be expanded.
- The library is in need of a multi-purpose room for library program space.
- The library is in need of study rooms to allow for quiet study.
- Expand the building and reconfigure architectural layout to include a larger children's area, study rooms, and a multi-purpose program room.
- Separate Rec/Park structure/roof and roof drainage (add fire wall if required).
- The existing landscape is in need of refurbishment.
- Existing landscaping does not give the Library the visibility it needs in the neighborhood.
- Refurbish and modify existing landscape to make the library building more visible form the street.


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Spyderco Endura 4 Folding Knife 3-3/4" VG10 Satin Plain Blade with Wave, Dark Gray FRN Handles - C10PGYW
SP10PGYW: C10PGYW Endura 4 Emerson Opener
If knives could be created in the same way we choose players for fantasy football league teams, every hardcore knife knut would recruit features and characteristics they like best from different knife companies and combine them into their favorite knife. Spyderco will undoubtedly fulfill many knife knuts knife fantasy picks with the introduction of the Delica and Endura with Emerson's opening feature. These models combine all that's functional and performance-based in a Spyderco folder with the blade-opening feature made popular and patented by Ernest Emerson of Emerson Knives.
The Emerson opening feature is a hook curving out the top of the knife's blade. When removing the knife from a front pocket it catches the pocket's edge quickly opening the knife blade ready to use. The knife can also be taken out of the pocket without engaging the opening feature by pulling it straight up and out with your fingers on top of the closed blade.
Delicas and Enduras with Emerson's opening feature have screw construction making cleaning and adjusting easier. Their gray fiberglass reinforced nylon handles are molded with Bi-Directional Texturing® for traction and improved ergonomics. Inside the handle dual skeletonized stainless steel liners strengthen the knife without additional weight and create an anchor for external and internal components to attach through for more sturdiness and rigidity. Their VG-10 blades are flat saber-ground with a stronger tip and larger 13mm opening hole. Added to the blade's spine is slip resistant jimping. Phosphor bronze washers smooth out the open/close action and the clip is upgraded to a four-way tip-up, tip-down, left- or right-handed clip.
- Blade Length: 3-3/4" (96 mm)
- Cutting Edge: 3-7/16" (88 mm)
- Overall Length: 8-3/4" (222 mm)
- Closed Length: 5" (127 mm)
- Blade Thickness: 1/8" (3 mm)
- Blade Steel: VG-10 Stainless Steel
- Weight: 3.6 oz. (103 g)
- Made in Seki-City, Japan
UPC Code: 716104001583
The exotic steel Capital of the World, Japan produces and innovates some of the best products, from pocket to kitchen knives and everything in between.
A nylon polymer that is lightweight and extremely durable, Zytel can be shaped and textured to provide excellent grip.
Includes a pocket clip for easy accessibility and a more secure carry.
This Japanese super-steel is known for it's ease of sharpening, ability to take a super fine edge, and outstanding corrosion resistance making it one of the best bang-for-buck steels on the market.
The lockback system has been used for many decades. It can usually be found on the knife spine and it provides a strong lockup that will wear well.
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|9 cm x 7.5 cm x 5 cm / 4 in x 3 in x 2 in
Product Description
Design by Chico Bicalho
Here are some tips to enjoy your wobbling friend and get the most fun out of its flickering existence.
Sparklz thinks it is one of those Greek gods of lightning, but it's still working on the thunder and rain. Meanwhile, Sparklz just wobbles around aimlessly with its little rudder, looking for a meaning in life. A straight descendent of the Japanese Critters from Mxyplyzyk, Sparklz actually hates fire; it loves nature and water, dense forests, and the creatures that live in it. Just to be on the safe side, you should keep Sparklz away from any flammable liquids, or vapors.
To wind up Sparklz, hold its wheels in one hand, while turning the key with your other hand. it's that simple. Every once in a while, a bit of spray lubricant will keep the engine revving like crazy. Sparklz's favorite performing surfaces are marble or wooden tables; essentially any hard level surface will do. What it really loves is to wonder on the floor with other Sparklz. Two or more Sparklz together may make your pets very confused
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This is part 5 in an ongoing series about art and power
I've been reading and writing a lot about power, looking at some of the big power theories out there. But many of our everyday theories of power are not buried in academic libraries, but right in front of us in gleaming spandex. I'm talking about superheroes. If superhero comics are all about power, what kind of power are they talking about? What are they teaching us? Read on, true believer!
Power as the Ability to Act
Since Superman's first appearance in Action Comics, most superheroes have been defined by one or more powers: flight, invisibility, healing factor, vomiting, etc. In this sense, a power is an ability. This usage implies that we all have "powers," though ours are decidedly less super. I, myself have the power to walk, to breathe, to protest, and to blog. In their typology of power, Lisa VeneKlasen and Valerie Miller would call this kind of power "Power To…the unique potential of every person to shape his or her life and world." This use of the word power also assumes that power is something that an individual has and can use — though it can be taken away with some well-placed kryptonite.
Some community organizers, like Ernie Cortez Jr. of the IAF, speak about power in a similar way. Because they see building power in marginalized communities as positive, they separate the word power from negative ideas like oppression and domination. They often point out that power in Spanish — poder — simply means "to be able to."
Power = Responsibility
Perhaps the most famous line in comic book history came from Spiderman: "With great power comes…great responsibility!" Superheroes are those who take up this mantle of responsibility to others, while supervillains do not.
This resonates with the ideas of Steven Lukes. Lukes says that one of the reasons we need to talk about power is because we need to figure out who we can hold responsible. He defines the "powerful" as those to whom we can attribute responsibility — either for acting, or for not acting. Just like Spiderman holds himself responsible for not stopping a thief, who later killed his uncle, we can hold powerful people like CEOs and politicians responsible for not protecting the environment (for example) even if they aren't the ones doing the polluting. This is because they have the power (and thus the responsibility) to step in.
Power Corrupts
In one of my personal favorite comic book stories of all time, the Dark Phoenix Saga, the author (mis)quotes Lord Acton: "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." We see this corruption in action as Phoenix, who has the power to consume stars, turns into Dark Phoenix and does just that. In a more recent twist on this theme, the comic series Irredeemable shows how a superman-like character, with a bit of an inferiority complex, transforms into an unstoppable villain.
Today the casualness with which we approach corruption in government shows that we pretty much take this idea as a given. The "balance of powers" in governments like the US is an attempts to avoid absolute power and thus absolute corruption (though this balance seems to be deteriorating).
Money is Power
The X-men got their powers from genetic mutation, Superman from our yellow sun, and the Fantastic Four from "cosmic rays." But Batman was just really, really rich (and a little crazy). This was enough to land him a spot among the worlds most powerful superheroes in the Justice League.
In his classic, much reprinted book "Who Rules America," G. William Domhoff has thoroughly documented the connection between economic wealth and power over the history of the US. He doesn't quite say money is power, but shows that money is a resource for power, money can lead to power, and money is an indicator of where power lies — showing us just how unequal power distribution is. We now know people like Bruce Wayne as "the 1%."
Collective Power
While many comics celebrate purely individual power, there is also a strain of collective power running through the superhero world. The X-men in particular continually learn that while each has a specific, individual power, its usually only by combining their powers that they can succeed. As the recent Avengers movie showed, even the most powerful must unite when the big threats come down. Combining our powers makes us more than the sum of our parts.
The power of collective action is sometimes called "power with." Bernard Loomer writes about a similar concept of "relational power," which is the power that comes from true collaboration, from not only being able to change others but being open to change yourself.
What Comics Don't Teach Us About Power
While there are many types of power at work in superhero comics, it is perhaps more notable which types of power are absent. There is little to no talk of the power of systems and institutions, or the power of cultural forces like mass media. What if power is not something a person can "have" at all, but something that surrounds all of us, shaping not only what we can do but what we even think is possible? I'll be exploring some of these ideas in upcoming posts in this ongoing series.


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The Fitness & Recreation facilities on both campuses feature a wide variety of exercise equipment and the staff to support you in your workouts.
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- Change rooms, showers and lockers
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Rockies activate Rafael Betancourt from DL
DENVER — The Colorado Rockies have activated closer Rafael Betancourt from the 15-day disabled list and optioned righty Juan Nicasio to Triple-A Colorado Springs.
Betancourt was 1-3 with a 3.20 ERA and 11 saves in 22 chances before straining his right groin on June 1. He has converted on 52 of 70 save chances since he acquired from Cleveland on July 23, 2009,
Nicasio was 4-4 with a 5.31 ERA in 16 starts this season but has struggled lately. In his last start, at Boston on Tuesday, Nicasio allowed seven runs and 12 hits in 2 1-3 innings.
Rockies manager Walt Weiss said left-hander Drew Pomeranz will be recalled from Colorado Springs on Sunday to start against San Francisco.
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By Amanda Baltazar
Hourglass figures aren't only for Marilyn Monroe and a goal for women everywhere: Your cat should have an hourglass figure too.
Most cats these days are overweight, even if many of their owners are in denial about it.
"I don't think pet owners truly appreciate how important it is to have their cat at a healthy weight," says Ashley Hughes, DVM, a veterinarian at Friendship Hospital for Animals in Washington, DC. "I think people don't believe me or think I'm exaggerating when I tell them an animal's obese."
But cat owners should listen, since being overweight puts your cat at risk of many diseases, not least of them diabetes, cardiovascular disease and arthritis.
And while your vet may diagnose an overweight or obese cat, it's easy to determine for yourself, too.
The best way to determine whether a cat is obese is by using a system such as the body condition score, says Dr. Jim Dobies, a veterinarian with South Point Pet Hospital in Charlotte, N.C., and a member of the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association.
Body condition scores can be easily found online, where there are pictures of what your cat looks like and what his ideal body looks like. Most websites give scores of one to five or one to 10, and your cat's physique should resemble a picture of an animal in the middle numbers.
But you can also assess your cat without them, Dr. Dobies says.
The best way is to stand above cats and look down on them. "You should be able to feel their ribs but not see them. If you can see them, they are too skinny," Dr. Dobies explains. "If you can't see their ribs, and place your hands on the side of their chest and still can't, they're overweight."
Both cats should also have a nice taper at their waist (between the abdomen and where the hips go into the socket), he says. "If there is very little or none at all, they are too heavy and they'll be oval shaped. They'll be egg shaped rather than hourglass."
And a very obese cat, he says, "will have a pendulous abdomen, hip fat, and neck fat, all of which are very noticeable." But cats don't usually reach this point of obesity until they're aged at least seven, he adds.
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How do I choose bath towels and accessories?
When choosing towels for your bathroom, there are three primary factors to consider: style, material and size. Here are some suggestions:
|Go for color. Colorful, eye-catching towels are an inexpensive way to alter your bath's decor and downplay existing fixtures or tile you don't like. Or choose a whimsical pattern that's sure to capture attention!
|Mix and match colors to add a little excitement. If you're building around a pattern (for example, a bedding or shower curtain pattern), choose two colors from the pattern (both dominant and subtle colors will work nicely) and buy coordinating solid-color towels to accent the pattern.
|If your house features a master suite, you may want to continue your color scheme from the bedroom into the bath.
|A general rule of thumb is to buy the best quality towels you can afford; good towels can last for over 10 years -- or until you want to redecorate, of course!
|Most towels are made of cotton, but the quality of cotton varies (as does the cost). Towels made of tightly woven, high-quality cotton offer excellent value. All of the towels and other products The Company Store carries are of the highest value and quality.
|Decide whether you want thick, heavy towels; soft, fluffy towels; velvety towels or textured towels. Sturdy looped towels are more absorbent than and not as soft as velvety (sheared-loop) towels. The heavier the towel, the longer it will take to dry on the towel rack and in the dryer.
|Towels come in almost as many sizes as they do cottons. It's important to know what size ranges are available when deciding which towels to buy.
|Bath Sheets:
|ranges from 30" x 60" to 36" x 72"
|Bath Towels:
|ranges from 22" x 42" to 30" x 54"
|Hand Towels:
|ranges from 16" x 26" to 16" x 30"
|Wash Cloths:
|ranges from 12" x 12" to 13" x 13"
What bathroom basics should I buy?
As a general rule, you'll want to have extra towels on hand just as you would bed linens -- one set in the bathroom, one in the closet and one in the laundry. If you or family members use an extra bath towel every day, remember to double the number of bath towels to be sure you have enough on hand. And don't forget your guests -- always be prepared for at least two guests, more if you play host frequently or have a large family.
|Bathroom Basics Checklist
|Towels per person:
|Accessories per bathroom:
|3 bath towels
|2 bath mats
|3 hand towels
|2 shower curtains
|1 - 2 bath sheets
|2 curtain liners
|6 wash cloths
How do I care for my bath towels?
|The best way to launder a towel is to machine wash it in warm water with a mild soap. Only use bleach on white towels. Tumble dry on cotton setting and fold promptly.
|If you air dry your towels, shake them before hanging, and then shake them again when they're dry to fluff up the terry loops.
|When washing your towels, avoid fabric softeners since they contain silicones that coat the terry fibers, stiffen towels and make them practically water-repellent. Many towels will retain their soft texture for years without the use of fabric softener.
|Be sure to wash brand new towels before use; wash dark colors separately. Be aware that the first few times you wash deep-toned towels, they'll rid themselves of excess dye. This "bleeding" will stop after three or four washings.
|To freshen towels and keep them smelling sweet, add a half-cup of baking soda to the wash cycle.
|Another nice way to freshen towels is to add a lavender rinse to the wash cycle. People have used lavender for centuries for cleaning purposes due to its fresh scent and antiseptic properties. (To make the rinse: Fill a small muslin sachet with lavender flowers. Bring 3 cups of water to boil in a saucepan. Add the sachet to the boiling water. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the resulting infusion to the rinse cycle of the wash.)


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Buffies is proud to be a retailer for JOVANI, the top selling brand for evening wear and special occasion. Receiving the privilege of becoming a JOVANI retailer means that JOVANI recognizes Buffies as being an elite retailer with top-level customer service, an honest reputation and a longstanding loyalty to the brand. . Buffies is one of the few retailers who are allowed to sell JOVANI's designer dresses online, giving Buffies priority selection on the newest and most popular designs.


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Wayne needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 57 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
I would like to see some logo renditions for this site that are creative and a bit "edgy". They should be on the rugged side and draw the customer to wanting the logo even on gear or clothing.
Archery Southwest
Desired Color Scheme:
the website will be grey, black, yellow and orange so it would need to blend with those colors.
Desired Style:
rugged / edgy
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Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai)
This is my first time using this as a forum so I may need some feedback from those who have designed for these contests before. This logo will be represented on our website, clothing, hunting gear, and other similar areas. A storefront will likely be opened as well. A customer will be able to buy hunting equipment, clothing, gear, game calls, and other accessories. We will also be a place where they can schedule a guided hunt with registered hunting outfitters. I would like this logo to have an "edge" to it so it looks rugged, but desireable to be in fashion on clothing or gear. I have several ideas on how it may look, but I do not want to give too many ideas so I do not subdue your creativity.
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Bulletin HASKINS & SELLS 55
Book Review
Edie, Lionel D., and others. The Stabilization
of Business. (New York, The
Macmillan Company, 1923. 400 p.)
This is a timely book which is worthy
of engaging the attention of every business
man and of every individual who
attempts to serve business men. Wesley
C. Mitchell first states the problem of
controlling business cycles in a very clear
and readable way. Some of the factors
which affect the cycle, such as labor,
production, marketing, transportation and
money, are then discussed in their relation
to the cycle by several well known
economists, among whom are Fisher, Commons,
Seligman, and Andrews. What they
say, call it theory if you will, is made
understandable to the man of average
intelligence. The crowning glory of the
book is found quite appropriately in the
last chapter, where that apostle of good
common sense, Henry S. Dennison, shows
how some of the theory has been applied
in the business enterprise of which he is
the head.
The chapter by Edie, on co-ordination
of production and marketing, is of particular
interest to cost men. Full acknowledgment
is accorded therein to cost data as a
basic element in planning, controlling,
and administering. But as the author
points out, "To the extent that business
informs itself ahead of time of the price
turns, it is possible to retard or accelerate
production in such a manner as to stabilize
its profit margins."
The watchword of Dennison's discussion
of the applied technique of stabilization
is, "In time of peace prepare for
war." Save your advertising money when
times are booming; spend it when the
decline begins. Check credits severely
when the demand is heavy; be more
lenient when business begins to tighten.
Take something out of wages and profits
when they are high to provide for unemployment
when it comes. These are
but a few of the practical suggestions
which have the authority of successful
It may be truthfully said that the book
is full of red meat from cover to cover.
The contents are as intriguingly interesting
as they are timely.
Our office at Saint Louis will remove
on or about July 1, 1923, to the Planters
Building, Saint Louis, Missouri, where
larger and better space will facilitate the
conduct of our practice in that city.


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U.S. seaside hotels under $200
By Katrina Brown Hunt, Travel + Leisure • Updated 16th April 2014
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When Cristina Behrens travels to Santa Barbara, CA, to see clients, she likes to stay somewhere that's convenient for meetings and—almost more important—convenient to a morning jog on the beach.
After trying just about every top-notch hotel in the city, the L.A.-based investment manager was surprised that her favorite—the Hotel Oceana—cost as little as $139 a night. "My assistant booked me there for the first time about five years ago," Behrens says. "I have not stayed anywhere else since."
In most beach destinations, hotel rates rise exponentially the closer you get to the shore. But it's a mistake to assume that any place on the water will carry four-star prices -- or high-end accommodations. With that in mind, we collected a group of hotel gems scattered along both coasts that met two criteria: value and thoughtful charm.
Read on for a list of seaside hotels across the U.S. under $200.
SeaCrest OceanFront Hotel, Pismo Beach, CA
When the SeaCrest Motel first opened in the early 1960s, it was the only beachfront hotel in this dune-buggy-loving town. After various additions and ownership changes over the years, the 158-room SeaCrest reemerged in 2007 with a bright, retro-mod décor as well as a free breakfast, pool, fire pits, patio couches, and a staircase down to a quiet stretch of sand. Located on the Pacific 101, it also makes an easy launching pad for exploring the wine country or visiting Hearst Castle, 50 miles away. Even in the high-season summer, rates start as low as $219. Doubles from $119;
Hotel Oceana, Santa Barbara, CA
You don't really find hotels right on the sand in Santa Barbara, but this bougainvillea-covered boutique property is about as close as it gets: the beach is right across the street. Spread over six small buildings, the Spanish-style hotel has a shabby-chic vibe with rooms decorated in garden-like pinks, oranges, and greens and easy-open windows that let in the steady breeze. There are also lush courtyards, two outdoor pools, and complimentary beach-cruiser bicycles, and it's an easy walk or ride to the heart of downtown and the train station. Even though the lobby has a free breakfast, dinner fans may be tempted by the original (and last remaining) Sambo's—an old coffee-shop chain from the 1960s—right next door. Season does matter here: at the height of summer, rates start at $289. Doubles from $139;
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La Casa del Camino, Laguna Beach, CA
In a neighborhood with resorts that have starting rates of $600-plus a night, this little hotel is unique in more ways than one. The 36-room, Mediterranean-style property opened in 1929 as a Hollywood star magnet and today has sumptuous, Spanish-style rooms as well as a collection of 10 eye-popping, surf-inspired suites, such as the Billabong and the Roxy. Low-season rates for the Surf Suites inch a little over $200, and you can still get standard rooms at right around $200 even during peak summer months. Doubles from $139.
The Palms Hotel & Spa, Miami Beach, F
Low season in South Beach means easier access to this sleek, 251-room hotel with a sand-and-surf-inspired décor: a dark brown, cream, and orange palette, along with mosaic tiles and, in the bathrooms, rain-shower heads. The chic ambience extends to the cabanas by the pool and beach service that includes lounge chairs, umbrellas, towels, and fabulous cocktails (from raspberry mojitos to the popular Pain Killer, a mix of rum, pineapple juice, OJ, cream of coconut, and nutmeg). During peak season, starting rates run as low as $198. Doubles from $153.
Azul del Mar, Key Largo, FL
This six-suite, Art Deco villa exudes enough timeless elegance for Bogie-and-Bacall types, but it also has an earthy splendor. Lawns are covered with key lime bushes and frangipani, rooms come with their own granite-counter-topped kitchenettes, and you're just a few steps from the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. Look to the innkeepers to hook you up with scuba, fishing, and kayaking trips; if you happen to catch a nice mahimahi, they'll let you cook it up on the house grill. During high season, rates still start at a reasonable $229. Doubles from $139.
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B Ocean, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Ocean views are par for the course at this spare but pretty 240-room hotel—proving that hotels with hip one-letter names need not cost multiple dollar signs. Rooms have crisp, white-on-white furnishings with aqua-hued accents, and the hotel has an on-site gym, sushi bar, and free Wi-Fi. It also offers a fun twist on wine tasting: the B'stro on the Beach has an Enomatic wine machine, where a prepaid card (typically ranging from $5 to $20) entitles you to up to three self-serve pours, ranging from tastes to full glasses. Snowbirds, beware of seasonal sticker shock: winter-spring rates start at $299 a night. Doubles from $149;
Postcard Inn, St. Pete Beach, FL
This motel from the 1950s sits on a six-mile island off the Gulf Coast about a half hour southwest of Tampa International Airport. When the 196-room property was renovated into a boutique hotel in 2009, it took on a distinct hipster sensibility: rooms are decorated with vintage longboards, locally snapped surf photos, and groovy lamps. You can book packages that include kite-flying or stand-up paddleboarding; the hotel also has a pool, shuffleboard, and the PCI Bar and Grill, a gourmet comfort-food restaurant. Order the signature Sticky Ribs or the bacon flavor of the day, such as garlic herb or cherry whiskey. In spring, rates start at $229. Doubles from $129.
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The Georgianne Inn, Tybee Island, GA
This barrier island, a half hour from Savannah, has plenty of old-school activities, from bicycling along the sand dunes or the causeway, with osprey or herons overhead, to watching for dolphins from a sailboat or kayak. The charming seven-room inn dates back to 1910 as a home—a father built the beach house for his daughter—and started life as an inn in 1921. It's just three houses away from the beach, and stays include beach chairs, boogie boards, and bikes for guests' use. Five of the rooms are actually suites with full kitchens—perfect for extended-stay folks who like B&B charm but want breakfast-table autonomy. Even in the high season, rates start at a reasonable $125 a night. Doubles from $75;
The Ocean Lodge, Cannon Beach, OR
Even though this hotel on Oregon's rocky northern coast was built in 2002, its 1940s style—a stone-and-timber exterior and big verandas—evokes an old-school resort feeling. Its beach location is within steps of a 235-foot basalt monolith, Haystack Rock, and it's an easy walk into town. Rooms have fireplaces, balconies, and two distinctive bits of Portlandia-esque charm: you can bring your dog (designated pet rooms have direct beach access), and rooms are stocked with locally roasted Sleepy Monk coffee. Summer rates start at $249. Doubles from $199.
Dunes on the Waterfront, Ogunquit, ME
Thanks to a slew of homey white cottages, wide green lawns, and huge blue-sky views, this low-key escape has loads of repeat guests. Located in southern Maine on the Ogunquit River, the 12-acre Dunes has 17 rooms, each with a pair of Adirondack chairs, as well as 19 cottages that up the ante with their own screened-in porches. The beach is just across the river, which, depending on the tide, is either a short walk or rowboat ride away. The inn also has direct access to trails, fishing from the docks, and a trolley that will take you into town. Doubles from $175;
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"Turandot" Sunday at the Met
"PBS Great Performances at the Met" this week beams Puccini's last opera, "Turandot," with Maria Guleghina singing the title role in Franco Zeffirelli's production. Conductor Andris Nelsons makes his debut. Consider this pop-highbrow: Amazing sets, grand scale, an audience fave since its premiere at the Met in 1987.
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As you may already know, last November I had the privilege of photographing one of the photography greats, Annie Leibovitz. (Here) is an earlier post about my experience photographing her. Then just a few months ago, I found out my portrait of Annie was selected for AP25 (American Photography 25 silver-anniversary competition) which is a selection of the best photographs from 2008. The selected photographs will be compiled in a book this coming November. Having already written about this, I don't want to be too repetitive, but Annie Leibovitz is in the news again. This time, it was not because she offended someone, or got a celebrity to pose nude. New York Magazine came out with an article this week about Annie, and the hard times that she has come into. Not to make light of a difficult situation, but I am pleased that one of my portraits was licensed for this article. Here is a link to "How Could This Happen to Annie Leibovitz? The $24 million question" written by Andrew Goldman for New York Magazine. It is a fantastic story, and definitely worth reading.
With all of the news flying around about Annie, I decided to take a look at my portraits of her again. This picture in particular has always pulled at me. I have thought about showing it in the past, but there was something that always seemed to make me leave it alone. Looking at it again now, in light of what is going on, it seemed to take on new life. This was one of those moments that came and went in a split second. I had shot several frames already, including the one I have been showing. There was a moment where she didn't know what to do with her hands, and maybe felt a bit self conscious about being photographed. She quickly rubbed her eyes and pulled her hair back from her face and the moment was gone. I can't say I captured this image because of some magic of my own. In all honesty, I'm sure it was an accident I caught this. But in this portrait, I see so much honesty and vulnerability. Something not easily captured, regardless of the subject. A good lesson for me: a great portrait isn't always created by controlling my subject, but rather capturing an organic moment in a controlled setting.
New York Magazine "How Could This Happen to Annie Leibovitz?" http://nymag.com/fashion/09/fall/58346/
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Awhile back, Colorado Springs-based director Pete Schuermann and producer Nancy Theken sat talking about "Creep!" — their upcoming film project at Rooster & Moon Coffee Pub. (Yes, that was a shameless plug for my favorite local coffee house).
Their riff had the pleasant tang of a pitch meeting as the pair recounted the tale of wannabe director A. J. Nelson aka Vic Savage who made the 1964 horror flick "The Creeping Terror," which has been deemed the "worst movie ever." Though the competition for that prize is always stiff. (The movie is at the bottom 100 films on IMDB.com)


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Hope this isn't too much flamebait for a first post, but here goes...
Why bother entertaining 'conspiracy theories'? Besides the obvious stigma attatched to calling something a conspiracy theory (i.e. own over 20 copies of Catcher in the Rye, etc.), what value do these theories really hold? I'm asking this because on the front page of this forum, I see one 9/11 conspiracy theory, one about AIDS, and another rather active post about a nuclear attack against Iran. What good comes of these musings or microanalyses, in terms of a real politics or political stance? Isn't the conspiracy theory simply the consolation of the defeated, who takes comfort in the fact that she knows what 'really happened' or that however horrid a situation is, it's even worse because there's a devious set of masterminds controlling the whole thing? A quote, which I'm sure several here have seen:
-Badiou, St. PaulThere invariably comes a moment when what matters is to declare in ones own name that what took place took place, and to do so because what one envisages with regard to the actual possibilities of the situation requires it We will not ask for proofs and counterproofs. We will not enter into debate with erudite anti-Semites, Nazis under the skin, with their superabundance of proofs that no Jew was ever mistreated by Hitler.
In both of these cases, doesn't it seem that the conspiracy theory is simple antiquarianism? Isn't the holocaust denier much the same as the person who has collected scrap upon scrap of evidence to try to show that a 757 never hit the pentagon? Perhaps the 9/11 attacks were US government orchestrated for whatever reason, and perhaps the Holocaust was a conspiracy orchestrated by whomever as well. In either case, we lose sight, when we attempt to battle in the tiny minutiae, of any real truth that can be extracted from the situation.
Zizek has a similar bit in one of his lectures, if I recall, where he says that the moment that you get into a debate with a holocaust denier, you've already lost. You've conceded something at the moment you consider his pathology (pathological even if he's 'right') worth rational debate. This seems to be the difference between 'facts' and truth. What the former may give us is only further ground to argue, more fuel for our fire. However, the important thing would seem to be asserting a truth which explains the situation with regard to its consequences, what now is to be asserted, to be done, so that this sort of thing cannot happen again or so that we can approach the more serious, deeper rooted injustices, no?
Maybe this is too hasty, too idealistic even, but what virtue is there in approaching these huge situations with a magnifying lens to find out who did what where and what shadow-council of 20 controls the world when the greater injustices, the structural forces in one sense, are really the problem? Granted, even with that recognition there still comes the question of how to enact any meaningful change, but it would seem to me, ultimately, the only relevant means of going about 'doing' politics in any sense.
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A review team appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder to examine Detroit's troubled finances determined Wednesday that a "severe financial emergency" exists in the city, a finding that could lead to the appointment of an emergency manager should state and city leaders fail to agree on an alternative solution in time.
DETROIT — A review team appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder to examine Detroit's troubled finances determined Wednesday that a "severe financial emergency" exists in the city, a finding that could lead to the appointment of an emergency manager should state and city leaders fail to agree on an alternative solution in time.
Before the unanimous vote clarifying the depths of Detroit's fiscal problems, review team member and former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Conrad Mallett Jr. said the city's "old way of doing things has got to stop."
The panel's vote came one day after an Ingham County judge sidelined a state-appointed emergency manager for the city of Flint, putting the mayor and City Council back in charge because of open meetings violations. Michigan officials criticized the Flint ruling Wednesday and pledged to appeal.
"Personally, I think it was irresponsible," state Treasurer Andy Dillon said. "We were five days without anyone in charge of that city. There was no mayor in charge. There was no manager. The state wasn't even present in this courtroom when the order was issued."
Opponents of the law that gives Snyder the right to appoint a manager to take some powers away from struggling cities and school districts have been looking to local court victories like the one in Flint as a way of limiting the impact of the law while elections officials weigh whether to allow a statewide vote on repealing it.
Last month, a separate ruling temporarily removed the emergency manager for the Highland Park school district from office. Snyder was able to reappoint the emergency manager after the review team met in public and reissued its recommendations. State officials filed an appeal in that case Wednesday.
Time is running out in Detroit, the epicenter of the debate over whether the state should have the right to remove powers from local officials. The city, facing a budget deficit of about $200 million, is expected to run out of cash by the end of May without help.
Snyder proposed a consent agreement that would have a nine-member financial advisory board "oversee and supervise" the city's financial and operational restructuring. City officials swiftly rejected that offer, claiming it was essentially no different than an emergency manager. Dillon said the state received a counter-offer on Wednesday but declined to provide details.
Challenges to the emergency manager law create delays that do nothing to get rid of financial emergencies in the affected cities and schools, Snyder spokeswoman Geralyn Lasher said.
Andrew Paterson, a lawyer who successfully sued on behalf of a union activist and school board member in the Highland Park schools case, said Wednesday he thinks the Open Meetings Act could provide grounds for others to sue in other locations, but the cases may not be as clear cut.
"A lot of it has to do with timing," Paterson said. "It's a tough question to answer broadly."
It could be more complicated to file similar Open Meetings Act lawsuits in other places with emergency managers — the cities of Benton Harbor, Ecorse and Pontiac, along with the Detroit public school system. All are under state control with processes that started under former Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The state law that allowed appointing those emergency managers was replaced last year with Snyder's newer version.
In some of the locations, such as Pontiac and Benton Harbor, the emergency manager's work may be close to done and elected officials could resume power relatively soon no matter what happens with legal challenges.
Those challenges could be moot, though, if state election officials decide next month that a petition drive has produced enough valid signatures to force a statewide vote on the emergency manager law. If the board makes that ruling, the law would be suspended until after the election.
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The Debt Trap And Impoverishment
For all the highly-indebted poor countries, they should qualify for either a drastic reduction in the stock of debt which then would make the remaining debt payable or sustainable or simply agree to cut it out. Cut it out and let's start again.
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This week, we bring our readers another essay from Tanzania's late president Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere. Here he wrote about what was then described as the "debt crisis." Ironically some of the lessons from the hardships suffered by countries such as Tanzania due to the debt trap can inform contemporary society, including here in the United States.
Once you have borrowed and the fact that you did borrow, you have to pay. It is due and you have got to pay.
So you have to do it. But second, the government of Tanzania and other governments of these highly indebted poor countries, if you don't pay, you don't borrow any more. So you pay in order to qualify for borrowing.
Actually you pay in order to increase your capacity to increase your debt. And that is one of the real problems about paying debt. You pay not to reduce debt; but you pay in order to qualify for more debt, because you need the resources.
Somebody put the question to me 'Mwalimu can we default?' and I said 'no you can't default. How can you default?'
You need the money. All these governments including the Tanzanian government have no choice. They must squeeze themselves and pay in order to earn respectability to borrow more and so it is a problem and the donor community knows better than some of you people do.
This thing called 35% of government revenue, which government pays, does not represent the full debt due. Every year the government should pay X, if they pay fully. Well they don't. They can't pay X; so they pay X-minus and it is that X-minus that takes that 35%.
If they pay 100% of the debt due, it would take more; I don't know how much it would take.
When you consider the fact brought out by the Oxfam paper, the debt from multilateral institutions is about 40%; from the Paris Club lenders, is about 41%. Something like that.
Debt to the multilateral institutions is sacred. You must not touch it. Once it is due. I think it is within 60 days, you jolly well have to pay. That debt to the World Bank and the IMF; and that is what Tanzania basically is paying, the debt to the World Bank and the IMF.
I did put the question, I don't know whether I got the proper answer 'Is it ever, this debt to the international financial institutions, is it ever rescheduled?'
You don't reschedule. Paris Club, where you are dealing with bilateral lenders, that can be rescheduled. For sometime now Tanzania has never been paying fully.
These debts are virtually equal. Consider what would be happening if Tanzania was paying both of the 40% of the IMF and the international institution and the Paris Club. You don't reschedule; so that you pay.
At Paris Club, where you are dealing with the bilateral lenders, that can be rescheduled; and that for sometime now, Tanzania has not been paying fully.
These debts are virtually equal 40 % and 41%. It would be taking some 60% of the government revenue. For all the highly-indebted poor countries, they should qualify for either a drastic reduction in the stock of debt which then would make the remaining debt payable or sustainable or simply agree to cut it out. Cut it out and let's start again.
I am told that the problem the donors fear is precedent. The precedent. They don't like to set the precedent of wiping out debt for these countries. Debt, the need to borrow, has undermined the capacity to decide. It's gone. There is very little.
We were poor then; we are still poor now. We could say 'no' in those days. It is very difficult to say 'no' now. Very, very difficult. Very difficult. I don't want to blame debt, but there it is.
It is no use saying 'how did we get there?' We are there. It is really no good simply saying 'how did we get there?' Well we borrowed. In my case I could say we borrowed. I was in Brazil in 1998 and we were talking about the huge debt of Brazil, so I said, I was then traveling in my capacity as Chairman of the South, I wondered very much about the debt of Brazil, and Mexico and Argentina.
On my way back I asked Treasury I said 'what is our debt?' and they said $3 billion dollars 10 years ago. Today, it is nearly, $8 billion. The figure we got is $7.93 billion, so let's call it $8 billion. It does not represent money borrowed; not all of it. A lot of it is arrears.
You pay. The government pays what it can pay. You owe X; you don't pay X, you pay X-minus. That minus accumulates. It defines what you have borrowed and what you have failed to pay.
That debt defines partly what you have borrowed and partly what you have failed to pay; that failure becomes debt.
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