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Despite the political rancor in Washington, there is a growing consensus that the U.S. economy cannot have a sustained recovery and grow rapidly over the longer run unless and until our entrepreneurial dynamism returns.
Historically, it has been firms less than five years old that have accounted for virtually all net job growth in this country. But America's entrepreneurial engine is sputtering — the number of startups is down since the recession, as is the number of jobs created per startup. The economic repercussions will be severe and lasting if we don't try to reverse this alarming trend.


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Thanks to Links to LAMP, Perl, etc., it occurred to me that I should release the notes from my LAMP presentation on 2003.02.12 at the Columbia Linux User's Group. The talk was an introduction and example of how to build web applications using Perl and the HTML::Template module on a Linux/Apache/MySQL server.
The paper, a combination of whitepaper/howto/slides, can be downloaded from my website in PDF, TXT, or viewed online.
I plan on revising it to translate more of the slide overviews to real instructions and to expand on some of the advanced (cgi sessions, cgi security) sections. But it should be fairly informative as is, for now.
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Ricotta toasts with rocket & pine nut salsa
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal279
- fat26g
- saturates6g
- carbs3g
- sugars2g
- fibre1g
- protein8g
- salt1.22g
- 3 anchovy fillets from a can or jar, drained and roughly chopped
Silver, slender salty little fish found mainly around the Black Sea and the Pacific and Atlantic…
- ½ or 1 garlic clove, roughly chopped, depending on your taste
- 50g bag wild rocket
Rocket is a very 'English' leaf, and has been used in salads since Elizabethan times. It…
- 20g pack basil, leaves only
Most closely associated with Mediterranean cooking but also very prevalent in Asian food, the…
- 1 tbsp capers in brine, drained
Capers are the small flower buds of the Capparis shrub that grows in the Mediterranean. As they…
- zest 1 lemon, juice of half
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra to serve
- 1 tbsp toasted pine nuts
- ½ 200g tub ricotta
Ricotta is an Italian cheese made from whey and traditionally a by-product of…
- sourdough bread, to serve
Put the anchovies, garlic, rocket, basil leaves, capers, lemon zest, juice and olive oil into a food processor and pulse until you have a slightly chunky, bright green sauce. Stir most of the pine nuts through the sauce, spoon into a serving bowl and scatter the remaining pine nuts over the top.
Put the ricotta into a mixing bowl, season, then whisk until it becomes billowy and soft. Spoon into a serving bowl, drizzle over a little olive oil and add a grind or two of black pepper.
When you're ready to eat, heat the grill to high. Cut thin slices of bread, each big enough for a couple of bites. Spread evenly over a baking sheet and grill for 2 mins on each side until golden and crisp. Drizzle a little oil over each piece of toast, sprinkle with a little flaky sea salt, then serve with the ricotta and salsa.
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Fresh off their denunciations of Russia for recognizing South Ossetia and Abkhazia's wish to free themselves from being bombed in the middle of the night by their Georgian neighbors for no reason whatsoever, the people at the State Department have apparently given the go-ahead to their man in La Paz, Philip Goldberg, to crack Bolivia wide open.
Goldberg has just been declared Persona Non Grata by the Bolivian government.
Since the BBC and its fellow major media outlets are too mystified by the fascist violence taking place in Bolivia right now to explain its connection to Goldberg's finally being tossed out of the country, Machetera brings you this report straight from Bolpress. Don't say she never brings you any breaking news.
The Bolivian Government Declares the U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg Persona Non Grata
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Today, President Evo Morales declared the U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, Philip Goldberg, "persona non grata," accusing him of financing the civic coup by the extreme right which took place on Tuesday in Santa Cruz.
Morales has repeatedly denounced the U.S. government for advising seditious groups in the eastern part of the country. In recent days he revealed that certain employees of the Embassy were financing the landowners' demonstrations and road blockages.
Goldberg met in secret with the Prefect Rubén Costas, the leader of the separatists hardline wing, days before the outbreak of violence in the Cruceña capital. The Foreign Ministry called urgently on the diplomat to explain his reasons for the meeting, recommended that he comport himself "more carefully" and reminded him that diplomats may not involve themselves in internal political affairs.
Despite this warning, Goldberg went on to visit with the Prefect of Chuquisaca, Savina Cuellar, linked with the civic business part of the separatist movement, and it's known that he also met with the opposition prefects of Beni, Pando and Tarija.
Movement toward Socialism (MAS) legislators accused the United States ambassador of financing the civic coup d'etat in the prefects which threatens to break apart Bolivia's territorial integrity.
Senator Ricardo Díaz said that the takeover and looting of public entities in Santa Cruz at the direction of civic leader Branco Marinkovic and Prefect Costas received direct support from the Embassy of the United States.
The hordes of separatists looted public institutions in the Santa Cruz capital on Tuesday, just a few hours after Marinkovic returned from a trip to the United States. According to the deputy René Martínez, Brankovic returned "with economic resources to finance the demonstrations targeting different capitals in the region."
Goldberg has a bad reputation and is recognized in Bolivia as a "specialist in the division of countries." Legislators, authorities from the President's office, and social leaders said that the separatist ambassador who worked in Kosovo now wishes to break Bolivia in two, through an alliance with a minority of agribusinesses and landowners.
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A night watchman is employed to patrol a builder's yard overnight. He needs to provide his own clothing and this includes a warm waterproof jacket that he keeps at the yard and only wears at work. The jacket has a reflective surface so that he can be seen in the dark.
No deduction is due for the cost of the jacket or any of the other clothing that the night watchman wears. The jacket is ordinary clothing but of a type dictated by the nature of his job. It provides him with warmth and cover and the cost is not incurred wholly and exclusively in the performance of his duties, see EIM32455.


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Q: Will I be able to get debts written off without declaring myself bankrupt?
A: A number of new arrangements will be available, without having to declare yourself bankrupt in a court.
Q: What exactly is involved in getting mortgage debt written off?
A: People who have debts that they cannot pay - including mortgage debt and other personal debts - may be able to get a deal from their creditors. They will have to be in a situation where they are unable to ever again be in a position to meet the repayments. They would approach a personal insolvency practitioner (PIP) and honestly outline their financial situation. Every asset would have to be disclosed and the true extent of their income laid out.
The trustee, regulated by the State, would work out a plan. The new process is called a personal insolvency arrangement (PIA).
Q: Does the bank have the final say?
A: The PIP would put the plan to the bank. If those lenders who are owed most of the debt agree, then the plan will be put in place.
The plan is likely to see the consumer repay as much as they could for between five and seven years, with the likelihood that a chunk of the debt is written off. Mostly, it will be non-mortgage debt that is written off.
The family would probably be able to stay in their home. If they were to be turfed out by the bank, there would be little incentive for the family to meet the payments. After five to six years of the deal the family would be free of all their non-mortgage debt.
Q. What's in it for the bank?
A: With the personal insolvency arrangement, there is a good chance of the bank recovering a chunk of the debt over time without having to repossess the home or go through the costly bankruptcy process.
Q: What are the conditions?
Banks will have to agree to the deal, there must be no prospect you will recover financially, and you have to be honest about your finances. If you are not honest, then you could be pushed into bankruptcy.
Q: What about people with small amounts of debt that does not include a mortgage?
A: Consumers who have no income and no assets may be able to get their debts written off under what is to be known as a 'debt relief notice'. What they owe will need to be under €20,000. You approach MABS (Money Advice and Budgeting Service) about this.
If the insolvency service is satisfied, then a certificate will be issued. There will be a period when creditors will be unable to chase the person for money. After a year, the debts will be discharged.
Q: Any other options for those who do not want to go to court and who can manage their mortgage repayments, but not other debts?
A: For people who owe more than €20,000 in non-mortgage debt, there will be the option of a debt settlement arrangement.
You go to a personal insolvency practitioner (PIP). The trustee will check out your finances. If the state insolvency service agrees, then a protective certificate will be issued protecting you from your creditors for 30 days.
The debt deal will be put to the banks and other creditors.
If the deal is approved by creditors who are owed at least 65pc of the debt, then the arrangement is registered.
If the consumer keeps to the deal their debts will be discharged after the five to seven year term of the deal.
There will be yearly reviews of the deal by the PIP. A consumer would not be able to apply for another debt settlement arrangement within a 10-year period.
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• By John F. Chisholm •
I am refilling the woodshed.
It holds around four and a half cord. Obviously I'm not refilling all that in one day. In fact, the older I grow the longer it takes me to refill it. This year will take even longer. That's because during a normal winter I cut the replacement wood and pile it out back, ready to split and stack come spring. Unfortunately, as we all know, this past winter was anything but normal. The snow was far too deep to neatly or, much more importantly, safely fell trees. If a tree decides to go the wrong way, how fast are you going to get out of the way, wading through four feet of snow?
In other words, I still have to bring in wood. Fortunately, there's a lot down. As mentioned, it was a hard winter. That's true from any number of perspectives, including the trees'.
That reminded me of the old saw: You always know when winter in Maine is finally over when the residents start preparing for the next. It's true. You can't burn out of your woodshed when it's full of green wood seasoning. Sure, there's plenty of dry wood in the barn, but that's a farther haul. The result? I don't even begin refilling the shed until I'm confident the heating season is over.
That time is finally here. Whew. I'm so-o-o glad. But I still have to refill the shed. That changes my attitude. In a hurry, too.
It's all perspective, isn't it? Our woodshed isn't anywhere big enough while we're burning out of it. It takes more than four and a half cord to heat this house through a winter. In fact, it takes about another cord to a cord and a half beyond that. Even more if my wife is home.
On the other hand, that shed is way-y-y too big come time to refill it. Come lend a hand splitting and stacking wood if you don't believe me.
I wipe the sweat from my brow and think about that.
Far too often we lack the opposing perspective when we look at issues. That's particularly true when we look at other people and other people's problems. Sure, the wood's right in front of me as I'm stacking it ― or bringing it into the house to burn. That makes this issue crystal clear to me, especially right now. But that doesn't mean I'm clairvoyant. However, it does strike me as oddly profound:
Isn't it curious how the most menial tasks carry their own lessons? Ones that can only be learned by being part of both ends of a process.


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Most people who approach us wanting to print something, already have a CAD file of some kind and it is usually quite straightforward for us to help them iron out any glitches, in order to produce a good finished object.
However, on some occasions we receive inquiries from people who have the brilliant idea, but nothing digital. D2W have an architect, a product designer, a model maker, a games designer and an artist working within the office, so we have lots of skills, but often we do not have the resources in order to take on any significant CAD work from scratch. Very often these types of inquirers also have limited budgets to produce the necessary digital design files and cannot afford the services of qualified professional designers.
It breaks our hearts to see ideas go unrealized solely due to lack of finances. Therefore, D2W are using our ever growing network of student designers as a resource for inquirers who need some help producing their CAD design files. This is already working extremely well, whereby the inquirers are commissioning students to work with them on the CAD development of projects.
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Mitt Romney romped to a commanding victory Saturday in Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses, posting a second consecutive win and laying an impressive marker in a battleground state both parties will vigorously contest in November.
The strong showing, on top of Romney's landslide win Tuesday in Florida, boosted his delegate count and enhanced his standing as the overwhelming frontrunner in the fight for the GOP nomination.
Trailing far behind were former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who were vying for second place. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who eked out a win in Iowa but has faded since, was a distant fourth.
It takes 1,144 delegates to win the nomination and Romney has staked an early lead in that count. But more meaningful was the momentum he gains from strong back-to-back showings, which will carry him forward to the next round of balloting Tuesday in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri.
Romney, who won Nevada overwhelmingly four years ago, enjoyed several advantages on top of his Florida momentum. More than a quarter of the GOP electorate Saturday was Mormon and more than 9 in 10 of that group voted for Romney, who shares their faith.
But Romney's strong performance was built on more than religious affinity; he garnered broad support across most of the GOP, as he did in Florida and New Hampshire, the other state he won.
Entrance polls showed him carrying just about every category of caucusgoer Saturday, save the youngest, the secular and those making the least money, who preferred Paul.
Nevada saw a truncated campaign that disappointed many here who anticipated the state's turn on the national stage and a chance to introduce Nevada's woes and Western issues, like water and land use, into the presidential discussion.
Although Nevada has the nation's highest unemployment rate, 12.6%, and leads the country in foreclosures, the candidates never discussed the housing collapse in any detail.
The one debate here took place back in October, when businessman Herman Cain was a front-runner and Gingrich, in the role of peacemaker, stepped up to defend Romney from other candidates' attacks.
There were a few only-in-Nevada moments; Paul's hotbed of support in the state's legal brothels was widely noted. But there was little else to distinguish the contest from those that preceeded. (Blink and you would have missed Donald Trump's endorsement of Romney on Thursday at the former's glittering Las Vegas hotel.)
In part, that resulted from Nevada's being pushed back from fourth on the campaign calendar to fifth, after Florida elbowed its way ahead and staged its mega-primary on Tuesday. But it also reflected the state of the race, with the front-running Romney largely gliding above the competition and declining to engage his opponents in the kind of raucous debate that marked the contests in South Carolina and Florida.
Instead, he spent most of his time focusing on President Obama, laying the groundwork for what promises to be a hard-fought campaign between the parties for Nevada in the fall.
Gingrich continued to hammer at Romney, seizing on a comment he made Wednesday -- "I'm not concerned about the very poor" -- to open a new front in efforts to paint the former governor as the ideological twin of Obama. Romney said later he misspoke. But both, Gingrich said, are over-reliant on government programs to lift the poor, rather than creating opportunity.
But Gingrich was late setting up his Nevada campaign and suffered from unfortunate timing: Registration for the caucuses was cut off Jan. 20, the day before the big South Carolina win that resuscitated his campaign and positioned Gingrich as the main rival to Romney.
Compounding his problems were a series of snafus -- at one point he stood up Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who stayed neutral in the contest. That further undermined Gingrich's efforts in the state.
Nevada held out more promise to Paul, who waged a vigorous campaign after walking away from Florida. The congressman finished second in the 2008 caucuses and boasted a loyal core of supporter in the tea party movement, a significant power in Nevada politics, attracted by his anti-tax, limited-government platform.
But here, as elsewhere, Paul suffered from a perception that a vote for him amounted to little more than a protest or a pointless statement, given the extremely long odds against his winning the nomination.
Paul had already moved on Saturday, campaigning in Minnesota, which holds its caucuses on Tuesday. In a CNN interview, he ruled out any chance of quitting before Super Tuesday on March 6, when nearly a dozen state vote. "I think we're doing so well, there's no reason to even think about that," Paul said.
The cash-poor Santorum also stumped a bit in Nevada, but his main focus appeared to be Missouri, which holds a nonbinding primary Tuesday. Gingrich failed to qualify for the ballot there, and Santorum hopes a strong showing will bolster his claim to be the anti-Romney alternative.
Republicans will lose if they simply nominate the candidate with the most money, or the most moderate record, Santorum told supporters at a campaign stop Saturday night in Greeley, Colo. "We will win ... if we have someone who goes out and paints bold contrasts," he said.
With Romney's enormous advantages in money, momentum and organization -- he never really quit campaigning after winning the caucuses in 2008 -- the outcome in Nevada never seemed in doubt, which took much of the edge off the brief campaign.
So, too, did the time difference.
In keeping with their libertarian instincts, Republicans allowed each of the state's 17 counties to set their own caucus rules. That resulted in different start and finish times at 125 caucus sites and a staggered release of vote totals.
In addition, a special after-dark caucus was held for those observing the Sabbath, which further delayed announcement of the final results. Local Republicans said the accomodation was made for a single individual, Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul and a major Republican Party donor, but he insisted he had asked for no special treatment.
Regardless, the lateness of the hour meant the results came long after interest lapsed for many, especially on the East Coast. That meant a smaller audience for the candidates' televised speeches and many headlines in Sunday newspapers that hedged the outcome.


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Ever since Trump announced his plans to "give abortion back to the states," whatever that means, women across America have been rightfully angry.
For decades, one of the largest proponents against abortion has been the Catholic Church. But now that our president may also be a threat to reproductive rights, the Church seems to have changed its tune. Today, Pope Francis ruled all women may be forgiven for abortions. Before the Year of Mercy, which ended Sunday, Catholic women could be immediately excommunicated for having one. Now, the Pope has extended his ruling on the subject, giving priests the ability to offer forgiveness to women who confess to their abortions.
"I wish to restate as firmly as I can that abortion is a grave sin, since it puts an end to an innocent life," he wrote in this year's apostolic letter. "In the same way, however, I can and must state that there is no sin that God's mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled with the Father."
Today's news is a huge step for both Catholic women and a culture inextricably linked to the Church, despite its denials. That being said, abortion must stop being religiously viewed as a sin or women will inevitably continue to endanger themselves by trying to get them discreetly. Getting an abortion should not require an apology, and the longer women are shamed for their sexuality and told how they have to treat their own bodies, the further we remain from true equality.


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Stupefyingly Oblivious
All of the fundie organizations that I follow have been opposed to health care reform from the beginning. That's because Jesus taught us to leave the sick, the poor, and the less fortunate in the woods for the wolves to eat.
Today I received an email from Liberty Counsel, which is yet another fundie anti-ACLU. It's titled "Florida Court Rules 'Obamacare' Unconstitutional". It opens with:
Today Judge Roger Vinson of the U.S. District Court in Pensacola, Florida, issued a 78-page ruling that the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" is unconstitutional.
It becomes an instant fundie classic when it says:
No one wants the federal government or a pencil-pushing bureaucrat in Washington policing private medical decisions.
Hey! That's what we've been saying for decades!
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Parrotlover77 Says:
February 1st, 2011 at 6:29 am
The decision itself is judicial activism, in the real sense of the word, not the fundie "I don't agree with this law" sense. So far everything I've read says that this judge is smoking crack.
The Obama administration is publicly very confident in appealing the decision.
Where it gets scary is that this decision is just a hop, skip, and a jump from one of the most conservative supreme courts in modern history deciding this whole issue.
I'm torn on my paranoia over this.
On the one hand, the justices could go all tea bagger, leading to a complete repeal of the health care law. It may be imperfect, but it is worlds better than what we had previously. Pre-existing conditions will be back with a vengence.
On the other hand, the court has proven itself a good dear loving kind whore to corporate interests. The supreme court gives out better hand jobs to corporate interests than any other entity I know. That's bad right? YES. But, it conflicts directly with the teabagger opposition to the health care bill: the mandatory insurance provision. This is actually the part of the law the judge used to strike down the entire law. And it is also the key provision that the insurance companies want kept, since it positively helps their bottom line.
It's really hard to say which way the supremes will go on this because since they don't have an election to content with, they can either continue giving fantastic handjobs to corporations like the insurance industry, or they can go full teabagger out of some twisted interpretation of the constitution. It's all up to the conservative five.
If it's overturned, it's bad news for a lot of people. I can't help but think that it won't last. People will be getting pretty comfortable with the parts of the health insurance law they liked by the time it ceases to exist. A new bill would almost assuredly have less corporate protections if that part is ruled unconstitutional. Honestly, if I was an insurance company, I'd be pretty fucking worried about the future.
Jeff Says:
February 1st, 2011 at 7:57 am
I've never understood how the liberalish justices can stand to serve on the same court with people like Roberts, Alito and Scalia. Or Thomas – all political arguments aside, he simply shouldn't be there, period.
Ginsberg, Breyer, Stevens – for them to have spent all these years, going in day after day, facing these vile excuses for human beings – it just floors me. It bespeaks a level of maturity that I simply don't possess. If I didn't quit, I'd have been up at the White House every day, screaming at Bush, "Are you f*cking KIDDING me?!"
Dale Says:
February 1st, 2011 at 12:24 pm
The fundie irony is at its finest here. BOO HAA HAA!
Imroy Says:
February 1st, 2011 at 11:58 pm
No one wants the federal government or a pencil-pushing bureaucrat in Washington policing private medical decisions.
But a company trying to maximise profits is okay!
Parrotlover77 Says:
February 2nd, 2011 at 11:09 am
Jeff – I don't see how they do it either. Maturity is part of it, sure, but I think there's also professional respect. I can't respect Roberts, Alito, Scalia, or Thomas. Not at all. But politics is always an exclusive club where loyalty to the construct is greater than the loyalty to the philosophy. Every once in a while, an outsider makes his or her way in, but all in all, it's just the modern version of nobles.
The two sides of the court don't agree on much, but they definitely agree that they got the awesomest job in the world (to them) and don't want anybody upsetting that train for them or their colleagues. Fuck core values when there is a golf course tee time already booked!
It's truly strange, but that's how it is. I can really respect liberals in positions of power I agree with and even understand why you don't rock the boat often. But at the same time, I just don't get the "decor" aspects that go along with it that they all seem to really enjoy, and the respect that they have for even their worst enemies on policy who are truly and utterly insane!
Jeff Says:
February 3rd, 2011 at 1:21 am
I think you're right, although I'm not sure it applies to Stevens. Unlike the others, he was never to be found at cocktail parties. He didn't socialize with the other justices or with anyone in Washington. I understand he used to go up to his home in New Hampshire every weekend, and that's where he is now. He never had any use for the social aspects of the job.
jen Says:
February 3rd, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Somehow "we don't want the government mucking around in medical issues" loses a lot of credibility when the same politicians using that argument against health care reform turn around and legislate when health insurance can pay for a therapeutic abortion.
Lindsay Says:
February 12th, 2011 at 7:32 am
That's right Jen. The whole "forcible rape" wording proposed for medicare paid abortions has me in a dither. WTF…ALL rape is forcible. Considering how few rapists actually get charged and convicted, will they now force women to go on with an unwanted pregnancy until the rapist is jailed?
I really just don't get it. Does no one think here? What if it was your daughter, niece, wife, mother that was raped…would you think they would really say "too bad, so sad you have to carry this baby from a horrible act of violence." Is this the way these people really feel about their beloved family members? Personally, I don't need people who love me like that in my life.
sue blue Says:
February 12th, 2011 at 8:44 am
So, basically, according to the "forcible rape" tripe now being proposed, you can only claim to have been "raped" if you are a three-year-old white Christian virgin who was innocently sleeping in your little bed, dressed in a full-length nightie that completely covered your vile, tempting female body from neck to toes, and your assailant broke in through a locked window or door, and you screamed and fought violently to prevent penetration. All y'all other sluts deserved it! Does that about cover it?
So, finally, we get down to the real reason these "conservatives" are anti-choice – not "saving the lives of the innocent unborn", but controlling the sex lives of the women they hate. Religiously-inspired misogyny is the I-beam that supports all the other warped planks of their political platform.
Jeff Says:
February 12th, 2011 at 9:10 am
not "saving the lives of the innocent unborn", but controlling the sex lives of the women they hate. Religiously-inspired misogyny is the I-beam that supports all the other warped planks of their political platform.
That's about the size of it.
Parrotlover77 Says:
February 14th, 2011 at 4:30 pm
WTF…ALL rape is forcible.
Well, statutory rape might not fall in that bucket. In fact, I personally think that is what they were aiming for. But even giving them that benefit of the doubt, that still means that if a dude fucks his mentally handicapped 12 year old daughter without "force" (for example), abortion would not be a recourse for this individual who was deemed, by law, to require statutory protection because she is/was (legally) incapable of granting consent for a sexual act. It's totally ass backwards! If we give special protection on one side of the law, why is it taken away on the other? Very confusing.
What concerns me even more than distinguishing statutory and "forcible" is how that word could be skewed to possibly apply to a woman who did not fight back sufficiently for an activist conservative judge. A very legitimate rape survival strategy is sometimes to simply allow the act to progress without fighting in order to not sustain further injury and hope it ends sooner. Now… Is that considered not "forcible?"
Truly frightening language.
Ron Britton Says:
February 15th, 2011 at 8:41 am
I guess burglary is now legal, because it isn't "forcible robbery".
Parrotlover77 Says:
February 15th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
That's pretty awesome. I'm going to have to remember that one…
sue blue Says:
February 15th, 2011 at 7:55 pm
Icing on the cake – here's an absolutely repulsive serving of outrage from South Dakota. Right-Wing Amurka…now you're really in the Twilight Zone.
tamarion Says:
February 19th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
dont get me started on the fundies. they need to keep their hands off the abortion thing…along with judging who we can love. taking away women's choice of what to do with THEIR bodies because others believe they shouldnt have a choice, is insane.
sue blue Says:
February 19th, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Planned Parenthood now on the block…because saving the paltry few million in government funding for this "abortion mill" is soooo crucial to reducing the deficit when you don't want to have to take a penny out of the pockets of the rich or the MegaMotherFucker Corporations. Yep, what's a few social services when it comes to funneling some cold hard cash right into our Wall Street buddies' pockets. And those dirty baby-killing lesbian liberals can get back in the kitchen and bedroom where they belong, squeezing out future slave-laborers and cannon-fodder. It's win-win all around, fellow Repuglicans and bloated plutocrats!
Jeff Says:
February 20th, 2011 at 4:16 am
They never take money away from the military. Never. They only ever take it away from liberals and poor people.
I am thoroughly sick of this country.
Parrotlover77 Says:
February 21st, 2011 at 5:36 am
I think its backfiring, though. Wisconsin has done made me proud. I had almost written off that state after the last election, but apparently it was just a sleeping giant waiting to be woken.
I'm not sure when the critical mass will be reached on the abortion issue, but I feel we are close. Despite abortion's legality, it's damn near de facto illegal for tens of millions of women. I think it's easy for social issues to get lost in the mix when there is so much economic strife, but there will be a point where political confrontation on that issue will occur. That much is all but certain. It might take the activist supremes upholding some ridiculous state level abortion law. It might take another doctor murder. Heck, axing planned parenthood funding might do it. We will see.
Lindsay Says:
February 23rd, 2011 at 4:45 am
I think the axing of PP's funding has to be approved by the Senate, right? In that case I think we're ok on this round…but it's pretty obvious to me that the new guard Republican's first agenda item is to negate the progress of the feminist movement.
Also, haven't lawmakers learned from Prohibition/War on Drugs/etcetera? Just because you make something illegal doesn't mean people aren't going to do it anymore. Not to mention the fact that social programs like WIC are facing massive cuts as well…so theoretically, we're going to have more mouths to feed with less help.
I know a lot of women who are upset about PP's funding being cut, and I've been making sure to sign every petition I can going around. When I can I'll make charitable contributions as well. This organization is too important to women everywhere.
Ron Britton Says:
February 23rd, 2011 at 9:21 am
it's pretty obvious to me that the new guard Republican's first agenda item is to negate the progress of the feminist movement.
It goes beyond that. They're trying to negate all liberal progress of the last 100 years. This is the most radical agenda the Republicans have ever been on. They're drunk with power.
They managed to so thoroughly destroy the economy during the Bush plague that they've gotten most of the populace to finally notice that the ship is on fire and sinking, and they're blaming the new captain for it.
Now the unwashed masses are so panicky they'll do anything the Republicans tell them.
Parrotlover77 Says:
February 23rd, 2011 at 1:14 pm
Now the unwashed masses are so panicky they'll do anything the Republicans tell them.
I'm not so sure. The polls are pretty clearly favoring "liberal" policies (if one can call allowing employees to bargain for livable wages "liberal" — it seems like it should be non-partisan) by a large margin.
It's pretty important to remember that elections are not won as much on large portions of the population constantly switching their views (although there are some like that). Elections are won based on voter apathy. Which ever side has the most apathetic voters will lose. That's pretty much the last 50 or so years of American politics in a nutshell.
Sometimes it's not even a fully conscious decision. It's very easy to procrastinate when you are not very excited about an election. Then, before you know it, the polls closed and you comfort yourself by repeating, "one little vote wouldn't have made a difference."
Anyway, I digress. The Republicans are going to try to destroy the last 100 years of liberal policies, that much is all but certain. Some of it will pass. Some of it won't. The massive union-oriented protests are really helping put some in the "won't" column. Even if Wisconsin loses, several other governors are backing away from previous hints of union busting. This is good.
I wrote my state legislature and told them that Wisconsin has inspired me and I don't want NC to be a "Right to Work" state. My local Democratic house representative was happy to hear that. (He's pretty awesome. He actually replies to his own emails. I know!) My state Senator (a douchebag Republican) has not replied. Normally, when I write him, I get a form email reply within 24 hours. Not this time. Coincidence? Maybe. Or maybe he figures it's better to let sleeping dogs lay rather than argue with me. He's argued with me over email before. It was fun calling him out.
Jeff Says:
February 23rd, 2011 at 4:41 pm
They're trying to take away my public television – one of the few things that's made my life worth living these past few decades. Bastards.
They'll be at their clubs with their corporate cronies, having their gin and tonics, while I'm home watching CSI or some damn thing because Masterpiece Theater has been shitcanned.
I have no words to express the loathing and contempt I feel for these people. I keep seeing Boehner's lugubrious faces, looking as though he's about to burst into tears, as he takes away as much as he can from poor people and liberals, whining all the while about his working class childhood…
Is there a Republican on the face of this planet who isn't a thoroughgoing, irredeemable piece of shit? I don't think so.
Lindsay Says:
February 24th, 2011 at 4:50 am
Jeff, I'm with you on PBS as well (and NPR to boot). The only radio and tv worth paying attention to is in danger. I think what the government spends on PBS doesn't even begin to touch the spending of say, a more efficient way to kill people in the Defense Department.
I will be PISSED if my Dr. Who reruns on Sunday nights go away.
Jeff Says:
February 24th, 2011 at 5:53 am
Exterminate! Exterminate!
Parrotlover77 Says:
February 24th, 2011 at 7:07 am
You still get classic Who?? My PBS stopped airing that in the 90s. As far as I can tell, the PBS where I live now has never aired it. I'm pretty much done with Fawlty Towers reruns, and with BBCA, all the good British stuff goes there instead of PBS, so I haven't watched PBS in years. I think the last time was when Nova had something interesting on.
Don't get me wrong, I think PBS and NPR both need funding — more funding than now, even. Maybe more money would bring in more new content! But I've mostly lost interest in what PBS has to offer right now. And I fear most other people have too.
What will save PBS is Sesame Street. Seriously. Ron mentioned the "think of the childreennnnn" political ploy in a new post recently. Threatening that Republicans want to kill Sesame Street is something that will win politically with left, center, and even quite a few on the right.
Ron Britton Says:
February 24th, 2011 at 8:25 am
The local PBS stations carry different stuff, depending on what gets them the most pledges. Out here, in the geek capital of the world, they run a lot of Dr. Who. Before KTEH got bought out by KQED, Sunday night was pretty much Who, Red Dwarf, anime, plus assorted random sitcoms. I'm not sure what they do now. I stopped watching when they dropped Red Green.
What might save PBS isn't the liberals but the conservatives. Killing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would hurt red states more than blue states.
That probably won't matter, though. The Republicans frequently hurt their own rank-and-file supporters (who keep voting for them anyway!). The only Republican voters who have any influence are the ones who vote with million-dollar campaign contributions.
Jeff Says:
February 24th, 2011 at 10:18 am
What might save PBS isn't the liberals but the conservatives. Killing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would hurt red states more than blue states.
Yes, but you know they don't care 'bout no fancy book lernin'.
Parrotlover77 Says:
February 25th, 2011 at 8:08 am
Yea you both called it. It may hurt them more (interesting, I didn't know that), but low to middle class self-interest is nonexistent to conservatives. What's important is only what makes life easier and more enjoyable to our wealthy galtian overlords.
I still think PBS can be saved by savvy campaign featuring Big Bird and Cookie Monster.
As for that Sunday Night line-up, that was Saturday Night for me growing up on my local PBS. But they don't do that anymore. I live in a big geek area (Silicon Valley of the East) but I guess since it's all young professionals who are out of college now and starting families, classic Who isn't important to them.
I wish BBC would just put classic Who on the intertubes. The DVDs are too expensive and I have no interest in owning. Plus, they are incomplete. But putting all the episodes on the web would be trivial in comparison. Put it behind a paywall (say, $0.50 per half-hour episode) and I bet it would rake in the cash…
I almost forgot about Red Green. That show was awesome.
Lindsay Says:
February 26th, 2011 at 6:52 am
Isn't Sesame Street too liberal though, with all those minority children and liberal values?
No classic DW…right now airing David Tennant episodes. But I kind of have a thing for David Tennant as who, so that might explain part of my desire to watch :-p
I'll have to ask my husband what the program he uses is to watch the videos on the UK BBC website (they have a lot of content that is not available on their international sites)…I want to say it's called Expat Shield. I believe there are certain tv shows you can watch full episodes, but not clear on the classic stuff.
In Chicago we have a Chicagoland PBS, Northern Indiana PBS and an Illinois PBS station available…and it's all fairly different content-wise. Sunday nights are almost exclusively Britcoms, but scattered throughout the week are random series (Hustle, Doc Martin, and some CSI type show in which the name escapes me at the moment). And shitloads of Danny O'Donnell fundraising shows (he's kind of an Irish Neil Diamond).
RunawayLawyer Says:
February 26th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
We've been enjoying Need to Know on PBS – if you haven't seen it, it's worth looking into.
And as far as this post subject – it makes me want to bang my head against something hard. Why conservatives vote consistently against their and their family's own self-interests is beyond me.
Jeff Says:
February 26th, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Why conservatives vote consistently against their and their family's own self-interests is beyond me.
Why do lemmings rush headlong, en masse, over a cliff?
Ron Britton Says:
February 26th, 2011 at 11:43 pm
Why do lemmings rush headlong, en masse, over a cliff?
They don't. In other words, little rodents with 1cc brains have more sense than rank-and-file Republican voters.
Jeff Says:
February 27th, 2011 at 2:25 am
Good lord. We were lied to again.
I'll have to find another metaphor. "Sheep" is getting old. How about turkeys? http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/turkey.asp


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Yes, this is it! the new site went live this evening although you may still be seeing the old one until the Domain Name Servers around the Internet get updated with the new location.
Sorry for another computer-technical post, but after spending a lot of energy on a couple of problems I had setting up the new site, it would definitely be a shame not to share them. These tips are very specific to Lunarpages and the second one is even more specific to my site, but just in case you run into this as otherwise you could spend hours and not even get to the bottom of it.
My first problem was in setting up my database server. Turns out that the excellent myLittleAdmin interface that Lunarpages provide to manage your MS SQL Server 2005 database is not accessed through the Plesk control panel but via a separate URL. However (and this is the important bit) you still need to create your first database through the Plesk interface and add your users at the SQL server level in order to be able login to the admin interface. This is kind of logical when you think about it because this is what you do in fact when you set up users on your database with Management Studio. First you add them to the server and then select them and add them to the database.
The second problem was a more difficult one. I have an AJAX page method call on my homepage that makes an asynchronous call to the RSS of this blog as soon as the HTML comes up but while the page is loading. This is to prevent the page taking time to load just because of delay retrieving the RSS while rendering the page server-side.
Anyway this wasn't working. I started looking into it and found that the page method was returning the full HTML of the page instead of the string of HTML rendering of the RSS. It was as if the callback was ignoring the method call and just re-calling the page. After a while I got the idea of checking with Fiddler (an incredibly useful tool when debugging AJAX code) what the difference was between the requests that the AJAX code was sending in my test site and that which it was sending on the production server.
It turned out that what was happening was this. I was viewing the site through the site preview URL that Lunarpages had given me because I didn't want to switch the DNS until I was certain the site was up and running. What the site preview was doing was sending a 301 redirection for every request I sent with a modified URL. AJAX Callbacks like regular ASP.Net postbacks are sent as HTTP Posts. When the browser receives the 301 back, it resends but this time as an HTTP Get and without any of the posted fields and therefore the callback isn't made. Instead the server renders the page again and sends it back to client. Below is the HTTP conversation that was going on (with a few bit blanked out for privacy/security):
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Forum Post: The Liar's Master Class -- Is Romney a pathological liar?
Posted 7 years ago on Oct. 16, 2012, 9 p.m. EST by nomdeguerre
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"Mitt Romney might be the most brazen political liar since James Polk. Polk, who was the 11th U.S. president (1845-1849), . . . Polk had the same audacious, "lying is part of what I do," disposition as does our current Republican candidate. . . .
Is it Pathological?
Romney's lying is so pervasive, so ever-present, that one starts to wonder if it is pathological.
There is a mental illness characterized by habitual lying. It goes by the name of Pseudologia Fantastica. Here are some of the characteristics of this ailment:
a. The lies told "are not entirely improbable" and "upon confrontation, the teller can admit them to be untrue, even if unwillingly." In other words, the liar is aware that he or she is lying.
b. The lies told cast the teller in a favorable light.
c. The tendency to lie is a long-lasting one and not the product of the moment. It reflects an innate trait of the personality.
Well, Romney fits this pattern when it comes to the first two traits. It is hard to tell about the third. We will have to await the in-depth biographies that are certain to hit the market in short order. However, there is no doubt that the man has an easy facility for lying. One doubts if it keeps him up at night."


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Whether fundamental visual attributes, such as color, motion and shape, are analyzed separately in specialized pathways has been one of the central questions of visual neuroscience. Although recent studies have revealed various forms of cross-attribute interactions, including significant contributions of color signals to motion processing, it is still widely believed that color perception is relatively independent of motion processing. A challenge to this belief is 'motion-induced color mixing' (Nishida et al., 2007, Current Biology), in which moving bars, the color of which alternates between two colors (e.g., red and green), are perceived as the mixed color (e.g., yellow) even though the two colors are never superimposed on the retina. This phenomenon suggests that color signals may be integrated not only at the same retinal location, but also along a motion trajectory, as in the case of trajectory integration of pattern signals (Nishida, 2004, Current Biology). It is possible that this neural mechanism helps us to see veridical colors for moving objects by reducing motion blur. In line with this hypothesis, we also found 'motion-induced color segregation' (Watanabe & Nishida, 2007, Journal of Vision), in which temporal alternations of two colors on the retina are perceptually segregated more veridically when they are presented as moving patterns rather than as stationary alternations at the same rate. Additionally, this improvement of objective temporal resolution is similar to subjective motion deblurring (Bedell & Rott, 1996, Current Biology) in that both effects are enhanced when an observer views a stationary object while making a pursuit eye movement, in comparison with when an observer views a moving object without moving eyes (Terao et al., 2008, VSS).
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Goodbye Dear Friend
by Kayla Worden
Had to say goodbye to a dear, dear friend today. Hope has departed on Valentine's Day and leaves me and many others with broken hearts. Though she departed this world gently just after enjoying her favorite snack of honey crisp apple slices, our hearts are heavy knowing this beautiful individual and blessed companion is gone too soon after having her life abbreviated and inflicted with disease by a notoriously callous industry. We tried so very hard to help her and the veterinarians really did their best to save her as well. She endured two surgeries which left us hopeful for a time. But, in the end, the cruelties of the dairy machine left Hope with a compromised immune system which led to her series of medical challenges which proved to be too much for her poor little body. The skilled, caring vets at both Auburn and Cornell agreed that humane euthanasia was the caring choice for our beloved young bovine girl. Hope was initially rescued, along with her neglected herdmates, from a dairy farm in the northeast. Our vets surmise that, as is typical in the dairy industry, Hope was torn from her mother early in life and was not allowed enough of her mother's milk to help build her immune system sufficiently. Many of her herdmates suffered from pneumonia in fact. Hope paid the price with infections and deformities in her stifle joints along with a cataract in one of her eyes.
She is survived here at Full Circle by her friend, Matthew, who came to us via the same rescue from the same horrid dairy farm. Fortunately Matthew is doing well and is happy and healthy. The rest of our bovine herd here at the sanctuary will miss their treasured friend no doubt, including baby Scarlett with whom Hope bonded and clearly regarded as part of her beloved family.
Hope touched many, many hearts during her all-too-short life (she was under a year old) from the northeast to the southeast and beyond. We shall never forget her and plan to scatter her ashes in the fields where she once frolicked with her friends here at the sanctuary. We plan to christen our memorial garden the "Hope's Bridge Garden of Remembrance" in honor of this precious, tenderhearted angel.
We hope you will join us in saving many more cows and other innocent, feeling animals being exploited, manipulated, harmed and murdered in the vile animal agriculture machine which is a cold, brutal system devoid of compassion. Whether on large factory farms or small "local" farms, the dairy industry tears families aparts, rips babies from their mothers, shatters hearts and horrifically ends lives in bloody, violent ways. I know. I grew up on a small family farm and have known many farmers and have witnessed so much routine, ingrained systemic and widespread cruelty and suffering on these farms throughout the years. Please don't be a part of this needless cruelty and violence. Won't you choose the compassionate VEGAN lifestyle today thereby sparing beautiful sentient beings senseless suffering and misery? I thank you....Hope thanks you....all these wondrous, feeling beings who deserve our very best thank you #GoVegan#FriendsNOTFood
*It's true that heartbreak brings us to our knees for a time but then it brings us back to our feet again, ever stronger in our resolve to help the deserving voiceless ones who need us so. ***BE BRAVE: BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS, A HERO FOR THE HELPLESS.***
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I have mixed feelings about 'the Reverend Richard Coles', whose new memoir I have just read. It's great that a vicar has such high visibility – and why shouldn't there be one or two luvvie-priests, who mix smoothly with celebs? And I have no doubt that he combines this with being an excellent parish priest, preaching great sermons, patiently attending to the needy (in a way that the rest of us don't).
And yet…how shall I put this? It's not totally ideal that the most famous vicar of our day represents the camp-smug-gossipy wing of the church. His love of vestments and incense and saucy humour is in a long and venerable-ish Anglican tradition. And he is a nice, gentle, wise face of this tradition: he's well aware of its potential ghastliness. And yet, he exemplifies its air of complacency. He gives the impression that the C of E is fundamentally in fine fettle – for look what a fun existence it can support! Look what old-fashioned larks we clergy (we in this particular clique) have! Look what a rich flavour of gossip we enjoy!
Am I having a go at gay clergy? Partly: there is an air of self-righteousness in this subculture, which overlaps with gay-rights culture in general. At one point he relates being at a wedding at which the bride's father 'made a speech expressing the view that life came down to this: the bringing together of man and wife in holy matrimony, for the begetting of children, in the turning circle of life. I was sitting on the gay table and a friend whispered in my ear, "It's not really for the likes of us, is it?".' For me this sums up gay chippiness. Is it illegitimate to celebrate heterosexual love these days?
My wider niggle is that he is too comfy in the culture of high-church Anglicanism. I suppose this niggle stems from my own ambivalence. I admire this tradition, but in an anxious way. I see it as a glorious thing that is failing to renew itself, that needs radical reinvention of some sort. For these old forms are inadequate communicators of Christ to our culture – they are not working well enough. Should we not strive to reinvent them, rather than rejoice in their quirky beauty? I approve of priests who are committed to these old forms, but I particularly approve of those who, while serving them, are uneasily aware of how alienating they can be.
As it happens I have also just read an excellent new book of essays in which vicars do reflect on exactly this: on the uphill struggle of their calling, and the need to admit that certain inherited forms are dying (For God's Sake, edited by Jessica Martin and Sarah Coakley). The best of these essays are written by vicars who cheerfully affirm their tradition, but refuse to find it a comfy little niche.
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Fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai (薄熙來) admitted "some responsibility" yesterday for embezzled public funds and making mistakes in connection with his wife's murder of a British businessman, his first confessions in a dramatic trial.
Bo denies embezzling 5 million yuan (US$800,000) intended for a local government construction project, but said he "should take some responsibility" for the money ending up in his wife Gu Kailai's (谷開來) bank account and for failing to investigate.
"I feel ashamed. I was too careless, because these are state funds," he said according to transcripts that the Intermediate People's Court in Jinan, China, is providing on its account on Sina Weibo (新浪微博), a Chinese microblogging service.
The courtroom scenes come after a lurid scandal triggered by the death of British businessman Neil Heywood — for which Bo's wife Gu was convicted of murder — that rocked the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
He also admitted mistakes relating to the investigation into Heywood's killing, although he denied charges of abuse of power.
A picture showed him staring at Wang Lijun (王立軍), his police chief and right-hand man in Chongqing, the megacity he headed, as Wang testified in court against him.
Bo admitted slapping Wang and sacking him as police chief after he told him Gu was responsible for Heywood's murder.
Days later, Wang fled to a US consulate to seek asylum, blowing the scandal wide open, and Bo said his errors had "tarnished the reputation of the Party and the country."
"I failed to handle this incident at a critical point in a calm way and I made a serious misjudgement," he said.
Until the admissions, Bo's performance had been defiant, denying charges of bribe-taking and embezzlement totaling 26.8 million yuan.
Earlier, Bo launched a scathing attack on a key witness, saying even the most stupid official knew not to discuss bribery where they could be overheard.
Wang Zhenggang (王正剛), a former planning official in Dalian, where Bo was mayor in the 1990s, told the court the politician had telephoned Gu in front of him in connection with the 5 million yuan.
The claim did not make sense, Bo said.
"It is not even what the most stupid corruption offender would do. Corrupt offenders with even the lowest IQ would ask who else in Dalian was aware of the money," he said.
The scandal erupted in advance of a generational shift of power atop the factionalized CCP, and Bo's feisty performance during his trial has astonished a public unfamiliar with the open airing of top-level intrigue.
Revelations of private jet flights, luxury villas and rare animal meats have held Chinese Internet users spellbound, while Bo has showed open disdain for prosecution witnesses, including Gu, whom he derided as "insane."
The trial was widely expected to last only two days, but will move into a fourth day today, although analysts still believe a guilty verdict and long prison sentence for Bo were decided beforehand.


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In class this week, we focused on tools (open architecture and Web 2.0 applications) and culture (of participation, collective intelligence, etc.)—these two facets of convergence that are driving the internet we know today. Think of this part of the course as scaffolding work: once we understand how the Web works, at a conceptual level, then we can begin to figure out best strategies for doing journalism in this new context. It's about speaking the language of the Web—and that requires some fundamentals up front.
So, our next step is to investigate what this convergence/digital culture means for (1) communities, social action, and information-sharing at a broad society level; and (2) for journalism in particular. In other words, how do these changes in tools and culture play out in the media realm in which you're going to operate?
Clay Shirky's book Here Comes Everybody is perhaps the best book to answer that question. For Tuesday, read chapters 1-5 and come ready to discuss the key principles and how they apply to media/journalism. In the meantime, in lieu of a comment here on the blog in response to this reading, I'd like you to experiment with doing your response in another forum—on your own personal Tumblr or Posterous blog.
Yes, this leads us to this weekend's social media assignment. It's pretty simple:
1. Sign up for Posterous and learn how to use it (hint: it's dead-easy blogging). Create some content (photos, text, whatever suits your interests), and otherwise just try to get the hang of it. Perhaps just think of it as a public diary, and try posting at least once a day for 3-4 days. Play around with different forms, with links, etc.
2. Ditto for Tumblr, which has a slightly different structure but offers some similar easy-to-post options and other ways to incorporate flows from elsewhere (like your Twitter feed). Guides like this might also help. The key here is just to become familiar with both blogging options.
3. IMPORTANT: Of your posts on either blog, make at least one in response to the Shirky reading, just like you normally would have done so here on this blog.
4. Then, in the comments section here (below), please drop a line that includes links to your Posterous and Tumblr sites so we can see each other's work.
Finally, keep up with your RSS readings as you go … in fact, I would encourage you to take cool items you find via RSS and integrate them into your blogging streams, if you can … OK, have a great weekend!


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Dec. 16, 2016
You love your sports, you love your teams, and you're always looking for more news about them.
Legendary TNT NBA sideline reporter Craig Sager unfortunately passed away at age 65 on Thursday. Many are already mourning his death.
Sager's son, Craig Sager II, posted this awesome tribute in his father's memory:
"Time is simply how you live your life" ????We packed a lifetime and then some into these 28 years together. Pay it forward time! #SagerStrong pic.twitter.com/aEiDb2n0Ki— Craig Sager II (@CraigSagerJr) December 15, 2016
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I did a quick search for meditation threads and really only came across one interesting one:
I even found some YouTube videos but none have clicked with me so far.
I would like to start meditation. I must learn first. Does anyone have any good resources that they have personally used to learn?
Any tips from those that currently meditate successfully?
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Horwath Porter Wigglesworth Ltd has produced a 118c valuation of the shares in Shotover Jet Ltd, 15c more than the price Ngai Tahu has offered for the outstanding shares in the company.
It's the 3rd valuation in a contentious takeover and would affect 1.2 million shares Ngai Tahu bought after issuing an acquisition notice at the end of February.
Grant Samuel issued its 2nd independent expert's report in December, valuing Shotover in a range from $41.9-47.9 million, or 97-110c/share, with a midpoint 103c/share matching the offer price for the 8.5% of the company Ngai Tahu didn't own.
On 26 February, Frankham Lyne Ltd came up with a valuation range of 102-112c/share, which put the bid at the bottom of its "fair & reasonable" range.
Horwath Porter Wigglesworth considered the performances of individual business which currently either trade at an ebit loss or break even. "In particular, we regard the Hollyford Track and Rainbow Springs entities as under-performing business units worthy of specific attention."
The consequence of that assessment was a $51.05 million valuation of the whole company. It adjusted the Hollyford Track value upward by $1.84 million, or 4.2c/share, gave Rainbow Springs an alternative use value of $2.5 million, or 5.8c/share, and added $2.2 million, or 5.1c/share, for ash surplus to operational requirements.
Horwath Porter Wigglesworth was required to produce a single-point value rather than a range.


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The Head and The Heart's debut album never connected me on the first few listens. That was back in 2010. In 2011 I was fortunate to see them live at the Calgary Folk Music Festival and by the end they had won me over. They managed to create a concert experience unlike one I've ever been at. Everyone was dancing, everyone was singing, everyone could feel the emotion and you could tell the band was too.
There was a song they played called 'Rivers and Roads' that I had never heard and when I looked at the version of the album I had the song was nowhere to be found. It turned out that they had re-released the album in 2011 with 'Rivers and Roads' as an extra track. It suddenly made the album more poignant and enhanced the tracks around it. I still don't like the whole album but the middle of it is pure gold.
Shaun recently texted me about how 'Rivers & Roads' had been featured in Chuck and How I Met Your Mother. Shaun and I both had this song in our Top songs of 2011 (which you can find here and here on the blog). Usually I'm upset when a song I love is brought into the mainstream, but this song is just so beautiful and heartfelt that it needs to be heard. It's a song of longing, distance, love, happiness, sadness that can really take over your emotions. It is a track of many guises. This is what makes it so successful and why anyone should be able to relate to it.
Very few lyrics this year hit me as hard as the, "but I miss your face like hell", especially the way it is used in the song. I'd have to think that this song really hits the band close to home as you can almost always see Charity Rose Thielen cry during the refrain.
Check out the video above and read the lyrics below:
a year from now we'll all be gone
all our friends will move away
and they're going to better places
but our friends will be gone away
nothing is as it has been
and i miss your face like hell
and i guess it's just as well
but i miss your face like hell
been talking bout the way things change
and my family lives in a different state
and if you don't know what to make of this
then we will not relate
so if you don't know what to make of this
then we will not relate
rivers and roads
rivers and roads
rivers 'til i reach you


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The limited liability company (LLC) is a relatively new creation. It offers the pass-through earnings ofsole proprietorship and partnership while limiting member liability for the debts and liabilities of the company. Because of the limitation on liability, an LLC can only be formed by filing Articles of Organization and other required documents with the Arizona Corporation Commission. Arizona does not limit how many members an LLC has. Nor does it limit who can become a member. Contact a business attorney to learn more about filing requirements.
A significant advantage of the LLC is its centralized management structure. The members themselves can manage the company or hire a manager to run it on their behalf. If a single member LLC, the company is run like a sole proprietorship with the single member having all management authority. Where there are multiple members, the business is operated like a partnership. This is a distinct advantage over the corporate form, which requires a board of directors to manage the company and officers to handle its day to day affairs. Running an LLC is also less cumbersome that a corporation as there are fewer formalities and no annual reports to file in Arizona. To learn more about managing an LLC, contact a business attorney.
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An LLC, like a partnership, is a pass-through entity. All profits and losses pass through to the members. A single member LLC is much like a sole proprietorship where all profits and losses pass-through to the sole member who reaps the rewards for his/her labors. Unlike a sole proprietorship, however, the sole member is not personally liable for the debts and liabilities of the company. A multi-member LLC is similar to a partnership where the profits pass through to the members who share in the profits. Unlike a partnership, LLC members are not personally liable for the debts and liabilities of the company. Multi-member LLCs also give the members flexibility to determine how profits and losses are to be distributed. This is unlike a corporation, which distributes profits based on the number of shares held by each owner. As discussed in more detail here, LLCs can elect to have their profits taxed as S-Corporations. To learn more about how LLCs distribute profits and losses, contact a business attorney.
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