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Early sign of spring as Reds report to camp
Cincinnati's pitchers, catchers train with clean slate, new manager
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Since the day he took over as Reds manager in October, Bryan Price has waited for Spring Training to start with great anticipation. That day finally came on Friday when Reds pitchers and catchers reported to the club's spring facility.
Overall, Price viewed Day 1 as a success.
"It was good," said Price, who was promoted to replace Dusty Baker after four years as the team's pitching coach. "It's exciting, obviously, for me from a selfish standpoint. It's my first day with the pitchers and catchers as a manager and it's an unbelievable, exciting time for me. More importantly, the guys looked good. Catchers worked well with our group. Pitchers that threw today were sharp, all things considered for a first day of bullpens."
Partially because the season fell well short of expectations in 2013, and also because the winter was particularly brutal, the Reds' offseason probably felt longer and colder than usual to many of their fans.
"You get excited to get back in here and get things started, especially the way everything kind of ended up last year," reliever Jonathan Broxton said. "We'll get back here, start working hard. I think it will be really fun this year with Pricey."
Price will have 31 pitchers and six catchers in camp, and though he and much of his staff is new, the minutiae of the first day was very familiar. Before the first workout, players lined up for physicals and spent much of the morning moving from station to station being poked, prodded and tested. There were also plenty of players saying hello and exchanging pleasantries.
"It's like a little family reunion," said reliever Manny Parra, who re-signed with the club after being a free agent. "The nice thing is I know people this year. I know the organization. There are some new faces on the coaching staff I have to get to know. At least I know Bryan, Mack [Jenkins, the bullpen coach] and a lot of the players. It's great."
By early Friday afternoon, the actual business of baseball began with the first workout of Spring Training. Price admitted that he still had the urge to perform the duties of a pitching coach. Now he has his replacement, Jeff Pico, to work with the pitchers and an entire coaching staff under him.
"The difficult part was the instincts of wanting to kind of work my way around and make sure everything was flowing correctly," Price said. "I said, 'I already have people doing that.' ... There is nothing for me to worry about. But the instinctive part of wanting to go up to a guy and talk to him in the middle of his bullpen or discuss something with the schedule, I have to pull back. It's already in good hands. It's going to be hard to break the instincts of being a pitching coach, but I will get there."
There was also some bad news to start the day when it was revealed that starting pitcher Mat Latos needed left knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus after he slipped during a recent throwing session.
Prospects Neftali Soto, Daniel Corcino and Carlos Contreras didn't make it to camp because of travel issues due to bad weather in the east.
Cincinnati's full squad of 59 players is scheduled to report Wednesday, and the team will work out the same day. As has been the case in recent years, several players have reported early, including shortstop Zack Cozart and center fielder Billy Hamilton.
The Reds finished 90-72 in 2013, which was good for third place in the National League Central and the second NL Wild Card spot. But the season's end left all on the team dissatisfied, to say the least.
Cincinnati dropped its final six games of the year, including the NL Wild Card Game against the Pirates. It sped the dismissal of Baker as manager after six seasons.
The big question is whether the Reds can take the next step forward under Price after an offseason in which the club did not make many improvements to address holes -- especially offensively. The only free agents signed to big league contracts were utility player Skip Schumaker and backup catcher Brayan Pena. Both received two-year contracts.
Meanwhile, there were some key losses to absorb. Leadoff man and center fielder Shin-Soo Choo went to the Rangers in a $130 million blockbuster deal. When dependable starting pitcher Bronson Arroyo was not sought back, he signed with the D-backs earlier this week. Both are expected to be missed, but how much depends on the performance of their replacements.
The speedy Hamilton will get every chance to take Choo's place. Lefty Tony Cingrani, who was impressive as a rookie filling in for Johnny Cueto when the ace was injured last season, should be in the rotation full time.
"It's awesome," Cingrani said of the beginning of camp. "I wish we had Bronson; he was a good leader in the clubhouse. I'm ready to go. It's my second spring. It's a lot different than last year with a different manager and everything. It should be pretty interesting and fun."
Barring an injury or camp surprise, the starting eight spots are expected to be locked down. Core players such as first baseman Joey Votto, second baseman Brandon Phillips and right fielder Jay Bruce are back. Young regulars such as third baseman Todd Frazier and shortstop Cozart enter with another year of experience. So does catcher Devin Mesoraco, who will step up as the regular in place of Ryan Hanigan, who was traded to the Rays in December.
In left field, veteran Ryan Ludwick will seek improved health after a torn labrum in his right shoulder sustained on Opening Day cost him most of last season. Cueto, limited to 11 starts because of a strained right lat muscle, is also looking to show he is all the way back to form. Relievers Broxton and Sean Marshall were also hit hard with arm injuries last season and need to rebound in 2014.
"It helps we were good last year," Parra said. "We lost a couple of guys, but at the same time, we picked up some pieces. We've got good pitching and with pitching and defense, you can always win."
The Reds' first exhibition game is slated for Feb. 26 vs. the Indians at 3:05 p.m. ET at Goodyear Ballpark.
As camp progresses, playing time will be at more of a premium and the roster total will only shrink. General manager Walt Jocketty and Price must put together a 25-man roster by the end of camp. Opening Day is March 31 against the rival Cardinals at Great American Ball Park.
A lot can certainly happen between now and then. It all starts to come together Friday.


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Bridesmaid dresses…
Are almost never cute. Why can't every bridesmaid just wear her favourite little black dress? Makes for great photos. But brides are crazy. I KNOW because I was a bride and I was crazy. And I was a crazy bride with a crazy squawking chicken mother. Imagine.
Anyway, Katie Holmes wore a bridesmaid dress today on the set of The Romantics in New York shooting a wedding scene while towering over Elijah Wood. And as bridesmaid dresses go … well… that is one of the ugliest I've ever seen. It's so ugly that I'm starting to think she might have designed it. You know, because she's the new Alexander Wang.
The Romantics is about Anna Paquin who is marrying Josh Duhamel who may or may not have had a thing with her best friend Robo Katie. That explains the bridemaid dresses, I guess, but it still doesn't explain this. What the f-ck was the excuse for this?
Photos from Jackson Lee/Splashnewsonline.com

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Perfect for entertaining, this gorgeous torta—sheets of delicate crespelle layered with rich besciamella and sweet Italian sausage—won't disappoint. You'll be deliciously rewarded for your effort.
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- Makes 4 to 6 (main course) servings
- Active Time
- 2 hr
- Total Time
- 3 hr
- For crespelle:
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- For filling:
- 3/4 pound broccoli rabe
- 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon dried hot red-pepper flakes
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3/4 pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed
- For besciamella sauce:
- 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cups whole milk
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 ounce finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (1/2 cup)
- For assembly:
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
- 1/4 pound chilled Italian Fontina, coarsely grated (1 cup)
- 1 ounce finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (1/2 cup)
- Special Equipment
- an 8-inch (20-cm) round springform pan
- Make crespelle:
- Blend together eggs, milk, flour, and salt in a blender until smooth. Transfer to a bowl.
- Lightly brush a 10-inch nonstick skillet with melted butter and heat over moderate heat until hot but not smoking. Ladle about 1/4 cup batter into skillet, tilting and rotating skillet to coat bottom, then pour excess batter back into bowl. (If batter sets before skillet is coated, reduce heat slightly for next crespella.) Cook until just set and underside is lightly browned, about 30 seconds, then invert crespella onto a clean kitchen towel to cool completely. (It will be cooked on one side only.) Make 5 more crespelle with remaining batter in same manner, brushing skillet with melted butter as needed.
- Make filling:
- Cut off and discard 1 inch from stem ends of broccoli rabe, then coarsely chop remainder.
- Cook broccoli rabe in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water, uncovered, until just tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a large bowl of ice and cold water to stop cooking. Drain well in a colander and pat dry.
- Cook garlic with red-pepper flakes in oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 8 minutes. Add sausage and cook, breaking up sausage with back of a wooden spoon, until no longer pink inside, about 5 minutes. Stir in broccoli rabe and cook, tossing to coat with sausage, until heated through, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Make sauce:
- Heat butter in a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderately low heat until foam subsides, then add flour and cook, whisking, 3 minutes. Add milk in a slow stream, whisking, and bring to a boil, whisking. Reduce heat and simmer, whisking occasionally, 5 minutes. Stir in salt, pepper, and cheese, then remove from heat.
- Assemble torta:
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F. Invert bottom of springform pan (torta will be easier to slide off bottom when serving), then lock. Wrap outside of entire bottom of springform pan with a double layer of foil. Generously brush inside bottom and side of pan with butter, then sprinkle bottom with bread crumbs.
- Stir together Fontina and parmesan in a bowl. Put 1 crespella in bottom of springform pan, then sprinkle with one sixth of filling and drizzle with 1/3 cup sauce. Make 5 more layers each of crespella, filling, and sauce (end with a layer of sauce). Sprinkle cheese mixture evenly over top.
- Bake, uncovered, until top is bubbling and golden, about 25 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack 15 minutes. Remove side of pan and carefully slide torta off bottom of pan onto a plate. Cut torta into wedges.
Cooks' notes:
• Broccoli rabe can be cooked and drained 1 day ahead and chilled in an airtight container. Bring to room temperature before using.
• Sauce can be made 1 day ahead and cooled completely, uncovered, then chilled, covered.
• Crespelle can be made 3 days ahead and chilled, wrapped tightly in plastic wrap.
• Sauce can be made 1 day ahead and cooled completely, uncovered, then chilled, covered.
• Crespelle can be made 3 days ahead and chilled, wrapped tightly in plastic wrap.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories614
- Carbohydrates25 g(8%)
- Fat44 g(68%)
- Protein31 g(62%)
- Saturated Fat22 g(111%)
- Sodium879 mg(37%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
- Fiber2 g(9%)
- Monounsaturated Fat16 g
- Cholesterol168 mg(56%)


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This Sunday, it may be that women in swing states decide this presidential election and the fight for their vote heated up this week when a prominent Democratic strategist took on Ann Romney and created a firestorm.
His wife was has actually never worked a day in her life
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My career choice was to be a mother and i think all us need to know that we
need to respect choices that women make.
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I think it was an ill-advised statement by somebody on television.
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The fight for women voters and the gender wars is what kicked off this general election campaign.
We'll debate it this morning with Democratic senator from New York Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican former presidential candidate and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann.
Plus we'll analyze how the gender gap figures into the fall campaign with our roundtable. With us NBC's Savannah Guthrie, former Democratic Congressman Harold Ford, Republican strategist Mike Murphy, and NBC's Chief White House correspondent and political director Chuck Todd.
But first this morning, I'll talk to the president's point man on the economy, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, about jobs, your taxes, and fight over economic fairness in this campaign.
Good morning, the president is in South America for a trade summit but his visit has been overshadowed by news of alleged misconduct with prostitutes involving at least 11 secret service agents. The investigation continues and we'll have more on this story this morning.
Back at home, tax day is tuesday and with the general election now underway. The economy is still the number one issue to voters, but some troubling numbers for the White House.
6 out of ten Americans think the country is on the "wrong track." 12.7 million people remain unemployed and only 120,000 jobs were added in March, lower than expected
On Friday, I sat down with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and asked him why the economic recovery is so sluggish.
It's not surprising still. It's a very tough economy still. And people still are living with the scars of the crisis. You know, the worst crisis since the Great Depression. And you can see the damage still in high unemployment. Housing's still really weak.
So it's not surprising you see that. But consumer confidence is gradually getting stronger, business confidence gradually getting strong. And if you look at how the business sector is doing and, you know, the business of America is business, the business sector looks really pretty strong now. You know, high tech is strong, manufacturing pretty strong, energy a huge boom, agriculture pretty strong, exports are coming back, private investment's been growing. And those are all encouraging shr-- signs of strength.
You know, what hurt us in 2010 and '11 was the crisis in Europe, the crisis in Japan, and oil— that oil price shock. But as-- as fears of those things have receded a bit, the economy started to strengthen again and that's good. Now-- but we had a long way to go, a lot of challenges ahead. And what we should be doing is working with Congress to help get more people back to work, you know, by doing some concrete things right now that would make the economy stronger right now.
A lot of people look at the stock market and those gyrations and-- and wonder what to make of it. What-- what does the stock market tell us (particularly the way it's gone this week-- sharply down, and then-- and then back up, but we've seen a lot of down in the last two weeks) about the strength or-- or weakness of the economy?
I think, again, most of the available economic evidence we see is-- is pretty encouraging. It shows an economy gradually strengthening. And the strength looks pretty broad based. And obviously, you've seen a lot more people coming back to work. But if you look at the last six months or so, broader measures of confidence, broader measures of economic strength, job creation and the markets have improved steadily over that time. You know, again, we have a lot of risks out there still, a lot of work to do, a lot of challenges to do. And-- and, you know, we-- we live with the burden and the obligation of trying to make sure we do as much as we can to make this thing stronger, make this economy stronger.
What about your own money? Are you feeling safe in the financial market?
Oh, I feel-- I think Americans generally should be-- feel much more confident about the basic strength of the economy than they would have felt any time in the last-- four or five, six years. Again, if you look at the scale of what this president did and the speed and force with which he put out the financial fires and got growth starting again, and you look at the strength of the-- what are fundam-- fundamental measures of economic health-- it's-- it's very encouraging. So I think Americans should feel much more confident today than they felt any time in the last five or six years.
So let's talk about the political context here, because we have a campaign that's underway. And in part, it's about how are women doing in the country, in this economy? It's something that Governor Romney has taken head on, on the campaign trail. This is in part what he said this week.
The real war on women has been the job losses as a result of the Obama economy. And if we're going to get women back to work and help women with the real issues women care about, good jobs, good wages, a bright future for themselves, for their families, and for their kids, we're going to have to elect a president who understands how the economy works and I do.
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Romney made the point that 92% of the job losses during this president's administration have been among women.
That's a ridiculous and deeply misleading look at the economy. Remember the-- the recession and the crisis started at the beginning of 2008, more than a year before the president took office. And it caused a huge amount of damage to men, to women, to families. And the damage lasted-- for a time. You're still seeing the scars of that.
And if you look at-- the damage early on, you know, most of the early job losses were in construction and manufacturing and disproportionately affected men. But as the crisis intensified, as it did over the course of 2008, again, before the president turn-- came into office, the damage spread. And you saw state and local governments, for example, cut back into teachers, fire a lot of teachers, let a lot of teachers go. And a lot of women teach.
So you saw the composition of those job losses change over the-- over the course of the recovery. But the president's policies have been very focused on trying to ease the pain on working families, expanding access to health care, preventive care to women and families across the country, making sure that we're aiding the most vulnerable.
Those are very-- were very important policies at the worst moments of the crisis. And the Republican proposals, as you know, would cut very deeply into all those basic programs. So it's good we have a debate about what the best path for the economy going forward. But it's a ridiculous and misleading way of looking at the damage caused by the recession.
Let me ask you about gas prices. Because so-- we all feel-- high gas prices weighing down on us when we fill up our cars. Do you think that this gets worse before it gets better? Do you see a time when the price will start to level off?
Well, you know, what's happened to gas prices is fundamentally driven by what's happened to oil prices. And oil prices have risen quite a bit over the last six months, in part because people got more confident about growth around the world, which is a good thing. And in part, because concerns about Iran. And you've seen some encouraging signs recently, just this week-- more supply coming on to global markets. And that's helped calm some of the price pressures. And that's very encouraging.
But ultimately what happens to oil prices and to gas prices as a result could hap-- depends on how strong growth is around the world and the United States. And whether our broad efforts to-- to bring Iran to the table and deter Iran from pursuing its nuclear missions are-- are successful.
Aren't those two big unknowns, though, Mr. Secretary?
Both that you're going to have better than average growth around the world, with everything that's going on and Iran?
Yeah, they're-- I mean, but those are the realities we live with. And that-- that's--
This is a lot more unstable, a lot more unpredictable, you think?
No, well, I-- those are inherent uncertainties. And you just have to acknowledge them. But we're in a much better position to deal with those pressures than we have been. Again, if you look at overall costs of energy to the average family, even over the last five months or so, because the costs of utilities have gone down, because natural gas prices are so low, even as gasoline prices have gone up, and because we had a very warm winter, the overall cost of energy to the consumer have actually come down, not risen very much.
And of course, the payroll tax cut gave everybody a pretty substantial additional cushion to deal with those costs. So we're in-- we're-- obviously, it's an uncertain world. It's inherently uncertain. But we're in a much more stronger position to deal with these things than we have been.
I want to ask you one other question about the broader economy and what sort of holds us back. And a lot of people I talked to, asked to me what's the most basic question, which is, "What role does the debt really play?" Because here's the fact about the debt under this administration and the prior administration. If you go back-- the debt increase for the tol-- total Bush presidency was about $5 trillion, which is about the increase in the debt for just this president's-- first term, about $5 trillion. Is the debt so big that it keeps the economy from breaking through?
No, there's no evidence and no basis for concern that those-- long-term problems about our fiscal sustainability are hurting the economy today. But let me just go back to your statistics, David. The president's policies in the-- the design to put out the financial fires and rescue an economy in-- in crisis caused only about 12%, a very small fraction of the increase in debt you've seen over this period of time.
The vast bulk of that increase in debt is the result of the policy choices made by his predecessor to finance some very expensive tax cuts by borrowing, to finance two wars by borrowing, and to finance a big expansion of Medicare by borrowing, not by cutting other-- other spending or raising taxes.
And those are the-- that's the bulk of the contribution combined with the effects of the crisis. So it's a slightly misleading figure. But on the broad challenges we face as a country, they are mostly about how to get the economy growing, how about to expand opportunity for middle-class families. Now of course, as part of that, over the long run, we have to bring down our long-term deficits. But we have to do that in a way that's going to be good for growth and good for opportunity, protect the safety net and protect retirement security for-- for retirees.
But there are others, Tom Coburn's just written a book, and he said, "If we don't deal with some of-- these debt problems, we're going to be Greece in two years." Do you not see the debt--
No, no, no risk of that.
No risk of that?
No, I mean-- it's true, we have a lot of challenges. But it would be a mistake to say the only challenge facing the country and the most important challenge that's facing the country and the solution to all our problems are to pull forward right now all those challenges we have to face and bring down our deficits. We're going to have to do that, but how we do it is really more important. And what-- as you know, we proposed to do that in a way that provides a balanced reduction of spending savings and tax reforms, phased in over time, so this economy can heal and come out of this crisis.
You don't see a debt crisis?
If Congress over-- in-- over a period of years will fail to act, then we would face a potential damage to growth, in true faith. But--
But-- so what's the timeframe, Mr. Secretary? Because this president said, "We want to cut the debt in half--" you know, in the first two years of his presidency-- in the first term of his presidency. But that hasn't been accomplished. And you say, "Well, the bulk of the problem is really the prior administration."
Well, the-- the president's policies, if they were enacted by the Congress would reduce our deficits from about 9% of G.D.P. today to below 3% of G.D.P. over the next several years. And that would start to bring down our debt as a share of the economy. And it would be better to start that process sooner, but you have to do it in a way that's balanced and fair.
And you gotta make sure you're protecting and preserving investments necessary to help us grow, like in education. You have to make sure you're protecting the safety net for the vulnerable. And you have to make sure you're protecting and preserving retirement security for our seniors.
At the end of the year, the debt limit's going to have to be raised again, is that right? What is your message to congressional leaders--
Well, the--
--about that?
This is Congress's obligation to do, as they've always done in the past. And it would be good for the country, if this time, they did it with less drama and less politics and less damage to the country-- than they did last summer.
What was the damage done by last summer?
Oh, it was terrible damaging. I mean, you saw-- a precipitous drop in consumer confidence and business confidence, you know, at a very fragile time for the global economy. You know, those drops in confidence were like what you saw in a typical recession. It was very damaging, completely unnecessary, and very avoidable. And, you know, it's good-- it'd be good if they don't put the country through that again.
I want to ask you about taxes. Tax day is coming up. A dreaded day for all of us who play (SIC) taxes. Now the 1040 short form is two pages long. And yet, we've put this together. This is actually just the instructions. I think it's 88 pages to fill out the two pages. Somethin's wrong here, right?
Yeah, we-- we could use a simpler system, as the president said. The right strategy for the country is both for individuals and for businesses to put in place reforms that would simplify the system, make it easier for people to meet their obligations as citizens, lower rates, and-- and broaden the base. That's the-- that's the right strategy for the country.
But then why hasn't the president produced real tax reform suggestions, a real plan? Because the-- the focus this week, "The Buffet Rule" is to tax wealthier Americans, to ensure, you know, your vision of fairness in the tax code. But you're not taking a broad-based approach to tax reform. Why not?
We've had-- we have a detailed set of comprehensive proposal on tax policy, both for individuals and for businesses. We think are going to be up to-- a necessary part of any responsible solution to deal with our long-term fiscal problems. On the business side, as you know, we're proposing to clean up a bunch of the corporate welfare in the tax system and use that to lower rates, so we can be more competitive and improve incentives for investment in the United States, who are creating and building things here.
On the individual side, there's lots of way to do this. But the only way to do it is by doing things that will put a modestly larger burden on the richest Americans. And The Buffet Rule you referred to is a way to make sure they can't take too much advantage of deductions in the tax code and end up paying a smaller share of their income in taxes than a middle-class family. That's the--
But we're still talking about $5 to $7 billion a year. We're not talking about a huge impact. Isn't this more political argument than-- a real fiscal fix--
No, I-- I don't--
--in the-- in the scheme of the problem?
First of all, we proposed this as part of a incredibly detailed, comprehensive set of-- spending savings and tax reforms. And it's only in that con-- it's in that context we laid this out for the country. Now-- just because Republicans oppose this does not mean it's not the right thing to do and not the right thing to push for.
Remember, look at what they've opposed. They've fought everything we did to rescue the economy from the crisis. They fought giving millions of Americans access to health care, preventive care. They fought all the things we did to keep more teachers and first responders on the job. They fought the payroll tax extension. Just because they're against it does not-- doesn't mean it's not the right thing. And we're going to keep pushing for the things that are important for the country. And this is one of them.
Is the emphasis that this president has on fairness, making the rich pay their "fair share" in his words, more important than economic growth? Because, you know, Republicans make the argument that the reason why you-- you treat dividends or earned income differently is because you want people to save, you want people to invest. And that fairness does away with the prospect of economic growth.
Let me ask the-- let me answer this way. How did it work out for the country to have a long period where we cut taxes deeply for the richest Americans and lower them on investment to the levels they did under President Bush? Look what happened to the record of growth for the American economy and investment over that period of time. There is no basis of evidence and experience across countries that these proposals will be damaging growth.
And think about it this way, David. If you're not going to ask the most fortunate Americans to pay a slightly-- a modest share of their income, additional share in taxes, who are you going to ask to bear that burden for debt or deficit reduction? Are you going to ask other Americans to pay higher taxes? Or are you going to cut their benefits in Medicare? Or are you going to cut deeply into things-- because that's the tradeoffs we face. And when you govern, you have to make those trade-offs. And it is not responsible to sit here today and offer the American people the prospect of some path to greater economic strength by extending tax cuts for the rich we can't afford.
I want to ask you one final question about accountability. Slow economic growth. It's not a jobless recovery, but it's certainly not-- it-- the level of job creation is not what anybody thinks that it should be. And certainly not helping people get back to work at the appropriate level. Housing is still a big problem. What is the appropriate level of accountability for this president in his management of economic recovery, which is incredibly slow by historical comparisons to other recoveries from recessions?
Well-- we all share that responsibility. The Congress shares that, 'cause they have the power of the purse. And they write the laws of the land that-- that can make a difference in this case. And of course, the president shares some of that. And the president's policies were remarkably effective. If you look at this recovery and this-- the effectiveness of our crisis response relative to any in recent memory, dramatically effective, at much lower cost than people expected.
Very successful, very tough politically for us to do in that context.
In terms of the president's stewardship of the economy, this is a success story?
Oh-- the president inherited, again, as you know, the worst financial crisis since The Great Depression, a crisis caused by a shock larger than what caused The Great Depression. And he did the necessary, deeply damaging, deeply politically hard things to get growth started again. And then he's done everything he could to convince a reluctant opposition to join him in doing things to make the economy stronger. And we're going to keep doing that, even if they're against it. Even if they don't like it.
But you call it a success story?
Oh, absolutely, this president's policies were remarkably successful. And if you measure what we did relative to the record of the United States in past crises and the record of other countries, history will judge what he did as remarkably effective crisis management at a deeply dark time for the world economy.
Mr. Secretary, thank you.
Nice to see you.
Coming up, the fight for women voters in this campaign got off to a contentious start this week. A debate over the fallout coming up...
Joining me - Democratic Senator from New York Kirsten Gillibrand and former Republican presidential candidate - Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann.
And later, part of my PRESS pass interview with Bill Cosby on and President Obama's performance in office.
They have no idea what he inherited -- it's as if he had the surplus, when he moved into office. And this is, this is sad.
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What you have is Mitt Romney running around the country saying, well, you know, my wife tells me that what women really care about are economic issues. And when I listen to my wife, that's what I'm hearing. Guess what, his wife has actually never worked a day in her life. She's never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing
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Yes, that was the sound bite this week from Hilary Rosen, Democratic strategist close to the White House that got all of this started this week. Hilary Rosen was supposed to be a guest with me this morning and declined to appear, cancelled her appearance on Friday, wanting to avoid sort of the firestorm over this. But that was the conversation about Mitt Romney trying to close the gender gap. Ann Romney responded to that on Twitter right away saying, "I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work."
And so the debate about the gender gap got a lot more personal. It's not just political science and poll numbers, the real debate is out there. Joining me now, two working moms. One, a key voice in the Democratic Party when it comes to focusing on women's issues, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. And the other, former Republican Presidential Candidate, Minnesota Congresswoman, Michele Bachmann. Welcome to both of you.
Thank you.
Good morning.
Glad to be here.
Congresswoman, we had a slight delay. Always be careful about that. But I want to start with you and ask you your thoughts after you heard all of this on both sides this week.
Well, I thought it was shocking and insulting. I'm a mother of five. I've been at home full time with our children. I've also worked full time as a federal tax litigation attorney. And one thing I know, when women are home full time, they probably have a better pulse on the economy than even their husbands have, because they're the ones who are directly impacted by the price of groceries, by the price of gasoline, by the price of dealing with banking, and with all the other factors of running a home.
Ann Romney certainly understood the economy. And I think women all across the country were highly insulted, and the should be, because women have borne the brunt of the failed economic policies under Barack Obama. Just one example: women are paying $2,000 a year more for gasoline than they did the day Barack Obama came into office. That's just one example.
And when 92% of the women who-- when 92% of the people under Barack Obama's failed economic policies are women who've lost jobs, that's an unbelievably shocking number. Because 858,000 women have lost their jobs under Barack Obama. That's direct opportunity that's lost for them.
And especially your previous guest, Secretary Geithner, he continued to blame George Bush for the current economic woes, for the current debt woes. But at a certain time, Barack Obama has to take responsibility. And there's no question, his economic policies have had a disproportionate negative impact on women. And that's why I think women are going to be very upset with this current administration.
Senator, was there a broader context to Hilary Rosen's remarks that got overshadowed by her saying that Ann Romney's never worked a day in her life?
Well, Hilary apologized for her remarks. And her remarks were wrong and they were inappropriate. As a mom, I know one of the toughest jobs in the world is being a parent. But this election is not going to be about Ann Romney or Hilary's remarks.
What this election is going to be about is which candidate fights for America's women. Which candidate actually cares about women's economic opportunity? This has been a very tough economy. But it's Barack Obama whose first bill he ever signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which allows women to fight for equal pay for equal work.
Women are still making only 78 cents on the dollar. Mitt Romney, his hero is the governor from Wisconsin who just got rid of the equal pay laws there. This president has focused on women's economic opportunity. One of the biggest challenges for women to own businesses is access to capital. President Obama has focused on increasing access to capital.
Women start their businesses with eight times less capital than men. President Obama's also focused on education. Pell Grants are often used by women. He's increased the number of Pell Grants for women, over two million. It's an enormous investment in women's future and potential.
And when you look at the health care debate, overwhelmingly it affects women. If you look at Medicare and Medicaid, both disproportionately used by women. Mitt Romney would like to privatize Medicare and Medicaid. that's not going to help women. Under President Obama's health care policy--
David? David? Those are--
--he's been able to get six--
--statements that are being--
--hundred dollars for-- let me finish, I'm almost done. $600, and then laughed. Under President Obama, being a woman is no longer going to be a preexisting condition.
David, those are-- David, if I can get in.
Go ahead.
These are patently false statements that are being-- David, if I can get in. These are patently false statements that are being made about Mitt Romney. He has not come out and said that he's going to do with the Senator is stating. In fact, just the opposite.
I think one thing that women are saying is that Mitt Romney is an extremely smart guy. He's been successful in creating jobs in the private economy. And that's something that Barack Obama has not been able to do. Mitt Romney also understands how to turn around companies.
The United States government needs to have a turn-around person who knows how to be successful. Not only has Mitt Romney proved how smart he is on job creation, he has a very optimistic message also. That's why I think women are trusting him when he speaks.
One thing that the Senator had mentioned is that women start jobs. That's true. Women start two thirds of all small businesses. But the problem is, under the Dodd Frank Bill, there's a denial of access to credit. The other thing, under health care, President Obama promised us that our health insurance premiums would drop $2,500 per year. Instead, this last year, health insurance premiums have skyrocketed the highest that they have in the last ten years. On every measure, women's lives are worse under President Obama than they would be under a Mitt Romney as president of the United States.
That's the difference. Do women want to pay $2 or $2.50 a gallon for gasoline? Or do women want to pay $5 or $6 a gallon for gasoline? Do they want to pay lower prices for groceries or higher prices for groceries? Do they want to pay less for health insurance premiums or more for health insurance premiums?
That's the difference that they're looking at when they go into the voting booth. Their lives will be far more improved with a proven, smart, successful businessman like Mitt Romney than someone like Barack Obama--
--who can only blame his predecessor for his current economic poor choices.
I want to ask you both, because I think what you both are talking about is so important in terms of all voters' perceptions of the economy and particularly women. And that's what really is so important about the conversation. But there's an aspect of this, Senator, too, which is I guess the cultural element, some of the gender wars, very difficult subjects for women about working in the home, pursuing a career.
And as I talked to women this week, one of the things I heard is, "You know, it's just like a lot of-- you know, Democratic woman heard the debate about contraception and said, 'Really? Are we turning the clock back to something that seemed settled?'" And in this case, you had a similar reaction, perhaps, among a lot of women, Republican and Democrat, particularly Republicans who think, "Wait, we're now turning back the clock, you know, 20 years to this debate?" Because it was reminiscent, if you call it 1992. On the campaign trial, Hillary Clinton saying this.
You know, I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession, which I entered before my husband was in public life.
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Is this the conversation that we're going to have again in the course of this campaign?
I don't think so. But I think women's voices are going to be so important in this election. This is an election where I believe that women have to be heard. And, you know, one of the reasons why I started to put my campaign off the sidelines is to ask America's women to participate, to vote.
A lot of younger women aren't voting. We want to make sure younger women are voting, making sure women are heard on the issues they care about, making sure women are holding elected leaders accountable. But in politics today, women don't have a strong enough voice. We only have 17% women in Congress. We only have six governors.
And I like to joke with my friends, if we had 51% of women in Congress, do you think we'd be debating contraception? I don't think so. I think we would be talking about the economy. We'd be talking about the best ways to get more money into women to own small businesses and other small businesses, the best way to increase our manufacturing, increase entrepreneurialism and innovation. So I think women's voices are very fundamental to this election.
Let's remember the backdrop of this well, Congresswoman Bachmann. Here is the gender gap numbers in the latest polling that you see between Governor Romney and President Obama. And the president has a big advantage on the numbers. But I want to ask you this question, because frankly, to me, it often seems condescending to say, "Well, what is the conversation that women care about? What are the issues that women care about?" And yet, there are issues that women are particularly listening for. What kind of conversation would you like to see ensue in this campaign?
Well, certainly not the kind of conversation that you just rolled the tape from with Hillary Clinton, where there's insulting women who make the choices to stay at home and care for their children. I think we need to lift up women that take on the most difficult job in the world. But the women who stay home and care for their children, the women who choose to go to work, both have a common area that they're concerned about.
And that's the cost of living. And that's what's happening under Barack Obama is that life has gotten increasingly difficult. So women are really caring a lot right now about the price that they're paying at the pump. And again, we're talking a $2,000 increase per year. And at the average income, this $50,000, and you've seen it spike, and $2,000 in your cost of gasoline, that's really pulling you back from advancing your economic wellbeing, especially if you've seen your price of health care increase 9%. That's hurting women. That's the point, David.
Here's the other thing that we can't forget to say today. Your previous guest, Tim Geithner, was in a hearing in the House Budget Committee, when the government statistic came out that, effectively, 15 years from now, our economy will effectively shut down because we're going to be smothered in debt. That's the story. Young women need a future and a chance and a hope. And they won't have it if President Obama's big spending policies, big debt-accumulating policies continue.
That's not going to help women. That's not going to help their children. We have to stop the big spending ways. And Barack Obama hasn't put forward one plan, and Harry Reid hasn't put forth one budget, to solve the out of control spending or the problems with Medicare. Because Medicare will also--
--collapse. President Obama told us that his future under Medicare is Obama Care. Senior citizens will no longer have Medicare. There'll be an Obama Care. Senior citizen women don't want Obama Care. They want Medicare.
Let me just, because I want to get you both on.
I'd like to respond.
Yes. On another news matter here. But before you respond, this question of do you think Ann Romney has any inability to connect to working class women in the country because she's wealthy and has stayed at home?
Not at all. I think Ann Romney's voice should be part of this campaign, as all women's voices should be part of this campaign. But I just want to comment on one thing Michele said. What's insulting to women is that the Republican Party and the House of Representatives had made it part of their agency that they want bosses to tell women what medicines they're eligible to take. Nothing could be more insulting. 99% of America's women take birth control in their lifetime. This is a debate that has long been settled. But this Congress, starting with HR-1, has made an effort--
--false portrayal of where the House of Representatives-- that's a false portrayal. What we want is women to be able to make their own choices. And there's constantly been--
That's not what the bill says, Michele. Michele says--
We want women to make choices. That's why, on health care--
Not when your boss tells you you can't.
--we want women that health savings accounts and the ability to be able to make their own choices in health care. You see, that's the lie that happens under Obama Care. The president of the United States effectively becomes a health care dictator. Women don't need anyone to tell them what to do on health care. We want women to have their own choices, their own money. That way, they can make their own choices for their future on their own bodies.
Can I just get in here one second, because I'm running out of time. Congresswoman Bachmann, first to you, are you fully behind Mitt Romney for president at this point?
Well, I'm very seriously looking in the endorsement for Mitt Romney. As you know, Rick Santorum just got out of the race this week. I think we're seeing a uniting and a pulling together around our eventual nominee. And I have said that I want my voice to be one of uniting our party, the Independents, the mainstream, the conservatives, evangelicals, the Tea Party movement. I want to unite our party. And so I'm waiting for our party to come together and help in that process.
And to both of you, if you can get a quick comment, Senator, you first, on this Secret Service story coming out of South America and the President's trip, misconduct apparently involving prostitutes, what is your next question about where this goes?
Well obviously, we need a very full investigation. And I understand the Secret Service responded quickly and sent those alleged to do the improper behavior home immediately. These are serious issues, and we can't tolerate them. And so it needs a full and complete investigation.
Well, Americans should be outraged. The Secret Service has a wonderful reputation. This is outrageous. It can't go on. There's even stories that this has been spread into the military. And I think the White House clearly was embarrassed by this, and this is not good. We have to make sure this never happens again.
All right. I'm going to leave it there. Both of you, thank you very much.
Thanks, David.
Appreciate it.
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Combining the tools of cutting-edge GIS technology with the resources of modern curatorial practice, Collection Researcher was created through the collaborative efforts of the Arboretum's curation and information technology staffs, in partnership with Harvard's Center for Geographic Analysis. Application development was directed by Brian Morgan, a former Putnam Research Fellow at the Arboretum, GIS expert, and founder of the Alliance for Public Garden GIS. "Collection Researcher is a giant leap forward in disseminating living collection data," says Morgan. "It provides a foundation for the eventual integration of powerful research tools and even multiple collections."
Exploring Collections Researcher begins with a satellite view of the Arnold Arboretum landscape and its surrounding Boston neighborhoods. Navigation tools enable visitors to pan across the map or zoom in to examine finer detail. Separate layers—including aerial photographs, plant locations, a wayfinding grid, and even color-coded phylogenetic and evolutionary histories of the collections—can be turned on or off, or shifted in transparency. Click on any one of the nearly 15,000 dots on the map representing accessioned plants to display basic collection details. "We see Collection Researcher as a revolutionary new way for scientists and casual visitors alike to study our plants," notes Curator of Living Collections Michael Dosmann. "In fact, its very name evokes our legacy of exploration and discovery."
Among the innovative features of Collection Researcher is its search widget, which allows the visitor to query the collections by scientific or common name, by accession number, or by selecting locations on the map. Search results appear not only as pinpoints on the map, but also as a listing with additional data and direct links to information repositories from around the world. For instance, search results for a selected plant may direct users to photographs in Google Images and scientific papers in Google Scholar. Additional links reveal such resources as herbarium specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria and DNA sequences uploaded to GenBank, the genetic databases of the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Search results can be exported for further analysis in a spreadsheet or text editor or saved for future reference. According to Arboretum Application Programmer and Web Developer Donna Tremonte, "Version 1.0 marks a beginning. Next we envision integrating additional databases—like image repositories of leaves and bark, for example—and introducing a mobile version to foster onsite exploration in our landscape."
Collection Researcher represents a landmark development in the Arboretum's efforts to improve the management of its collection through technology. The Arboretum began digitizing its plant records in an electronic database (BG-BASE) in 1985; by 2001, a searchable living collections inventory on the Arboretum website provided virtual access to visitors. Also in the 1980s, mapping the collections advanced from paper to software (AutoCAD), and took another leap in 2009 with the deployment of a suite of Esri Desktop and Mobile GIS software. Collection Researcher offers the functionality of these technologies to online visitors, and promises to complement the work of Arboretum staff. "With this tool, my colleagues and I can quickly and easily audit georeferenced or mapped features, for our own use or to assist visiting scholars," comments Kyle Port, Manager of Plant Records.
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The DARE Elementary School Program is now a ten week program. With added lessons on bullying, prescription drugs and a peer lesson where students from high school (peer counselers) answer questions
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text: I'm Indian and I didn't like the IPL much at all. I hated the commercialism, the Bollywood influence and the average standard of cricket. Plus I really don't have a team to support so it didn't interest me at all. On the other hand the T20 World Cup has been so entertaining and has produced some wonderful cricket. It's been fantastic to watch countries battle it out to become the World Champions. There is no comparison, T20 World Cup has been far greater than the IPL.


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OK I haven't posted in so very long. I could hardly remember my login. I watched Julie and Julia at the weekend, which was a rather syrupy movie but also fun, and watching one of the title characters (hint: not Julia Child) blog made me realize that I've missed blogging lately. Facebook updates have been happening, but it's been ages since I've written anything lengthy. So I'm going to start by quoting someone else's blog.
There's been a lot of nonsense lately (non-sense) about a group planning to open an Islamic center near the former site of the World Trade Centers in New York City, and the center has ridiculously been dubbed the Ground Zero Mosque. Lots of people, from conservative politicians (who you'd think would want to uphold the Constitution, specifically about allowing freedom of religion, but we know perfectly well that all pols, and especially the right-wingers, only love the Constitution when it suits them. Like the Bible really) to even the Anti Defamation League renouncing the decision to have an Islamic center so close to the site of a terrorist act by some unhinged Muslims.
So to counter this, there has been a comedic movement to imagine what else offensive we could put next to the Islamic center. I saw a link to Chris Mohney's blog, where he suggests the following:
Continuing the chain of imaginary offensiveness to stereotypes, I plan to open a Babies R Us next to the gay bar next to the mosque next to Ground Zero. Next to the Babies R Us I will open a pornographic bookstore, and next to that I will open a police station. Next to the police station I will open a hip-hop recording studio, and next to that I will open an Applebees. Next to the Applebees I will open a TGI Fridays (those guys HATE each other) and next to the TGI Fridays I will open a methadone clinic. Next to the methadone clinic I will open a crack house, and finally, next to that, I will open a Catholic church adjoining a daycare center for attractive boys, adjacent to which I will just blow up whatever's there so I can erect a memorial, and next to that memorial I will open a community center dedicated to a locally inconvenient ethnicity that I hired to blow up the original structure on the memorial site. Next to that I'm just going to put up some condos.


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MSN Health is running a story about folks who have shed weight, but not the fantasy of being thin. The article – saddled with a terribly clown hornian title "Skinny Dream Bubble Burst" – had all the greatest hits of TFOBT.
That said, it was incredibly heart breaking to read this early in the morning with snow falling gently over Vermont.
Here's how the article's main subject Jen Larsen is described:
Despite being a self-described "accomplished fat girl," with a master's degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco, a great job working in the school's academic library, a slew of friends and a loving boyfriend, Larsen thought her life had hit a plateau. By age 32, she believed she'd be writing a book, "doing something important," she says. The only thing holding her back, she thought, was weight. […] Larsen thought skinny came with a mega-boost of self confidence. And a huge dollop of happiness. She thought she'd be dynamic and brave and ready to take on the world, just because she was thin.
Larsen states:
"I think fat people are sold a fantasy, and then get no support in the reality, because we're simply supposed to be grateful that we're no longer fat,"
The article stops short of suggesting anything approaching FA or HAES. In fact, it suggests the way to dealing with the disco fame hangover is to tamp down expectations once weight goals are achieved. I don't know about you, but I'm just not sure people work that way.
There's a lot of chow chow about naughty media preying on folks and we've all heard that before. But nothing approaching a serious analysis. (fortunately, that's what SP does!) The article seems unaware of the extent to which culturally sanctioned messages telling us getting thinner impact fatties, regardless of whether or not they diet. It's clown horn journalism at its finest.
Or as Kate put it:
The question is, who do you really want to be, and what are you going to do about it? (Okay, two questions.) The Fantasy of Being Thin is a really convenient excuse for not asking yourself those questions sincerely — and that's exactly why it's dangerous. It keeps you from being not only who you are, but who you actually could be, if you worked with what you've got. And that person trapped inside you really might be cooler than you are right now.
She's just not thin.
Just another reminder of why I love FA so fucking much.
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You must add a due-date of your contest, then after the due date, you judge it.
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You must add a due-date of your contest, then after the due date, you judge it.
RULES: The rules of this contest are:
You can compose for any 18th Century instrument or Orchestra. Such as Horns, Oboes, Flutes, Clarinets, Piano, Strings, Ex.
Award: 2 Winners will get a favorite, comment & follow (from me).
Say "I" if you love 2set then comment your fav 2set video
Mine is Franz Joseph Haydn
I also have a music competition
Except it's with performance.
Got ya attention now eh?!
You can also post general discussions (as long as they are not spam). You can ask questions, upload scores, ask for advice, ex. Just keep it family-friendly.
Welcome to the official Classical Music Contest Group.
Composing Contests:
Any can upload their score to a contest as long as it fits into the contest description. You can also make your own contests as long as it is not a spam. Do not spam your compositions into a contest. Anyone who spams or trolls will be kicked out of the group. So please do not spam. You can only upload 3 or fewer scores per contest. Follow these rules & you can be in this group. Tell your friends, family, even people you don't know, about this group. But wait. There's more, join within the next 15 minutes & you will become a group admin, just pay separate processing & HANDELing. I hope you enjoy this group.
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You can also post general discussions (as long as they are not spam). You can ask questions, upload scores, ask for advice, ex. Just keep it family-friendly.
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Some folks have wanted to know, "who is chinadoll?" These one or two folks are musescore members with an abundance of free time and curiosity about trivial issues that have nothing to do with music composition. That said (written), let us (me, this is confusing) be clear, they are very nice people and chinadoll is deeply touched (in the head, most likely) by their interest. So here goes.
Chinadoll has beautiful glossy golden brown hair, large soft eyes, a very quiet shy disposition along with an exceptionally sweet and gentle nature. Chinadoll loves loves fresh fruit (especially bananas) and vegetables. Yes, chinadoll is a Syrian Hamster with a bit of a talent for composing music. Late at night when everyone is asleep, chinadoll will tap out the notes on the home computer using her little paws. She loves attention and lots of gentle petting (especially if you give her a treat).
I'll keep it short and sweet: I orchestrated a waltz here, and spent a lot of time on it. Feel free to take a look at it :) https://musescore.com/user/31989152/scores/5899962
Hello. This is my first composition and I'd like to have some feedback. https://musescore.com/user/33591373/scores/5890090
A remake of Desert Outbreak, a score I composed some time ago. I incorporated a lot more instruments this around and made some other changes. https://musescore.com/user/31293714/scores/5898621
Let me know what you think.
This is Vash Hartman's alternate account because google hates me.
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Eastside Road, Healdsburg, July 31, 2009—IT'S A CLASSIC, though I'm not sure it qualifies for the Hundred Plates: steak and beans. Cowboy food.
I began by chopping up myrtle — Myrtus communis compacta, a small-leafed myrtle growing as a short hedge in the garden — with a clove of garlic, the grated zest of a lemon, and a little black pepper. I'd salted the hanger steak (I prefer that spelling to "hangar," who knows which is right) as soon as I brought it home and put it in the refrigerator for a few hours.
Steak, rubbed both sides with the myrtle mixture, was grilled over charcoal and grapevine cuttings until done. Meanwhile, Lindsey had shelled beans, some from a nearby farm, some from the garden, and cooked them simply in water. Pythagorus would not like this.
A drizzle of olive oil on the sliced steak and the beans. Sliced tomatoes on the side. Green salad, of course.
Var, La Ferme Julien red, 2007


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Microsoft announced a new "Spark" program targeted at small web development shops with fewer than 10 employees. WebsiteSpark provides the following Microsoft development and production software licenses:
- 3 licenses of Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition
- 1 license of Expression Studio 3 (which includes Expression Blend, Sketchflow, and Web)
- 2 licenses of Expression Web 3
- 4 processor licenses of Windows Web Server 2008 R2
- 4 processor licenses of SQL Server 2008 Web Edition
- DotNetPanel control panel (enabling easy remote/hosted management of your servers)
These licenses are provided at no cost for the first three years. After this term, the web development company, or individual consultant for that matter, must decide whether to continue using the licenses for $999 or $199 per year. There's an option to stop using the licenses all together. But after three years of building skills with the Microsoft stack, I don't see a significant portion of participants leaving the program.
To monetize the WebsiteSpark program, Microsoft will help participants find a hosting provider for the website/web application developed for their end clients. Hosting providers offering a Microsoft runtime stack pay software license fees to Microsoft. Even if the web development company decides to leave the WebsiteSpark program after the three year term, their clients whose website/web application is already running will continue to pay for hosting. As a result, Microsoft will continue collecting license fees from the hosting providers.
Additionally, since there are only 3 licenses of Visual Studio, Microsoft could also generate license revenue from the fourth through tenth employee at the web development company.
So who exactly should care about this program? Well, early-stage web development companies or a consultant just starting out is probably the target. This company or consultant likely has .NET skills, but would prefer to see their business take off before paying for software licenses. In other words, they are Microsoft customers to lose. In the past the company or consultant would have been forced to look at (L)AMP because of the upfront cost consideration.
The response on ScottGu's blog announcing the program has been overwhelmingly positive. Again, that's because the target are Microsoft friendly ISVs or consultants who now have one less reason to look at (L)AMP.
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President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle charmed the country once again Monday, infusing the Inauguration Day celebrations with overt displays of romance and affection rarely seen by other presidential couples.
Over the past four years, the Obamas' marriage has become a key White House asset, earning the President positive media coverage even when his personal approval ratings were at their lowest. Obama mentions Michelle in almost every speech he gives, and often seems unable to resist showering his wife with PDA, even when the cameras are rolling.
Meanwhile, the once politics-averse First Lady has emerged as an effective surrogate for the President, and has taken on an increasingly active role in his administration, acting as a White House ambassador and spokeswoman when her husband is absent and spearheading her own policy initiatives to combat obesity and support military families.
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New York, May 12, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists called today for the Belarusian government to drop all charges against Irina Khalip, the Minsk-based correspondent for the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, who has been imprisoned since December.
Khalip's trial on politicized charges of organizing unrest started on Wednesday at the Zavodskoi District Court in Minsk. She is charged with "organizing and preparing activities severely disruptive of public order" in connection to protests in Minsk over the flawed December 19 presidential vote. If convicted, Khalip faces up to three years in jail.
Khalip covered the elections for Novaya Gazeta. At the Wednesday court hearing, she denied the charges, saying she attended the protests as a reporter, not an opposition activist, local and international press reported.
"We call on Belarusian authorities to drop these ridiculous charges and release Irina Khalip at once," CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Nina Ognianova said. "Khalip's only 'crime' is doing her job, and doing it well in a country well known for muzzling independent voices."
The Belarusian security service, known as the KGB, imprisoned Khalip on December 19, following the fraudulent presidential vote that she covered for Novaya Gazeta, and initially charged her with "organizing mass unrest." In late January, following an international outcry and protests, including by CPJ, authorities released Khalip from prison and put her under severely restricted house arrest.
Two KGB agents are permanently stationed at Khalip's apartment, and monitor her movement and actions. She is not allowed to make or receive phone calls, answer the door, have visitors other than her parents, or write letters, Khalip's mother, Lyutsina Yuryevna Khalip, told Novaya Gazeta.
Khalip has long been at odds with Belarusian authorities in retaliation for her critical reporting, CPJ research shows. Khalip had her home office raided and reporting equipment seized by police; she received anonymous death threats; and had two of the independent newspapers she edited and contributed for closed by the government.
Following the December 19 presidential vote--declared rigged by international observers--Belarusian authorities began a relentless campaign of repression against the opposition media and critical journalists. The KGB, police, and prosecutors detained independent journalists for interrogation, imprisoned critical reporters on fabricated charges, raided their apartments and newsrooms, and confiscated their reporting equipment.


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|006. Like a Prayer by Madonna
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|008. Sucker MC by Run-DMC
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|035. Crosseyed and Painless by Talking Heads
|036. It Takes Two by Rob Base
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The death toll in Libya has reportedly risen above 200. In Benghazi, where Qaddafi's sons Khamis and Saadi are charged with crushing the uprising, police and army forces are picking off demonstrators with sniper and artillery fire. The State Department has gone so far as to express "grave concern," while the EU is "very worried." That's how bad things are.
So this is probably as good a time as any to revisit the sagacity of Human Rights Watch Middle East and North Africa Director Sarah Leah Whitson, who in 2009 was granted access to Libya and duly announced the unfolding of a "Tripoli Spring." HRW had just spent a year in relative silence as Qaddafi's thugs neglected to death long-imprisoned dissident Fathi al-Jahmi. In the aftermath they neither called for an independent investigation nor held the Libyan regime directly responsible for the death. But lest you think they were totally unmoved by al-Jahmi's plight, Whitson did namecheck him in the first paragraph of her gushing report on Libya's burgeoning civil society:
What Fathi al-Jahmi died for is starting to spread in the country. For the first time in memory, change is in the air in Libya. The brittle atmosphere of repression has started to fracture, giving way to expanded space for discussion and debate [and] proposals for legislative reform… I left more than one meeting stunned at the sudden openness of ordinary citizens, who criticized the government and challenged the status quo with newfound frankness. A group of journalists we met with in Tripoli complained about censorship… [b]ut that hadn't stopped their newspapers… Quryna, one of two new semi private newspapers in Tripoli, features page after page of editorials criticizing bureaucratic misconduct and corruption… The spirit of reform, however slowly, has spread to the bureaucracy as well… the real impetus for the transformation rests squarely with a quasi-governmental organization, the Qaddafi Foundation for International Charities and Development.
Of course the entire article was written in a tone of "liberal changes are oh-so fragile" equivocation, the increasingly frayed rhetorical insulation with which Middle East experts coat their apologias for repressive Arab and Muslim regimes. But given the choice between emphasizing the Libyan government's irredeemably autocratic character or its potential for reform, Whitson emphasized the latter. If Qaddafi falls in an insurrection after murdering hundreds of Libyan citizens, it won't be because some kind of vaunted public sphere liberalized exploited legislative reforms. It'll be because the suffocating choke of government control — which Whitson and her ilk insisted was loosening — finally became unbearable, and was met with violence to overthrow entrenched thugs.
Whitson actually made the same move a few months later when she applauded Hamas for promising to investigate its Cast Lead war crimes. Sure the eliminationist Iranian proxies were only lying so they could could enable Western apologists to highlight the Goldstone Report, but at least they were helpfully lying. So they got supportive praise and a gold star.
Unrelatedly, HRW released their libelous White Phosphorous report a few months after Whitson's article. In any case, this is usually where it'd be appropriate to remind readers that Whitson cut her teeth as an intifada-era pro-Palestinian activist and as an apologist for terrorism, and to gesture toward Alana's comprehensive roundup of how HRW spent 2010 ignoring terrorist crimes and rogue regimes while demonizing Israel. But insofar as the organization is now hiring actual senior Palestinian terrorists to help campaign against the Jewish State, previous HRW terrorist enabling seems almost quaint.


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