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Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann points to the recent Northeast storm that dumped more than 30 inches in some places. He said it was the result of a perfect set of conditions for such an event: Arctic air colliding with unusually warm oceans that produced extra large amounts of moisture and big temperature contrasts, which drive storms. Those all meant more energy, more moisture and thus more snow, he said.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
HackMaster Basic
I've never really quite figured out how to take HackMaster. It's too goofy to be serious, but also too serious to be goofy, if that makes any sense. But I have to admit: this one looks tempting. Maybe I can finagle a review copy out of them somehow ...
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Once again, Mr. Otus delivers. Glad to see he's still got it. :) I wonder what he's been doing since he left TSR?ReplyDelete
I know exactly what you mean. I tried it for a couple of sessions, but it was way too much work and not nearly funny enough.ReplyDelete
Yeah, but that cover is nuts.ReplyDelete
That cover is a thing of beauty. Frankly, I'm half tempted to pick it up for that alone.ReplyDelete
Never tried Hackmaster though -- I had originally thought it was a kind of satire or elaborate in-joke, but then I saw all those Hacklopedia volumes come out and I had no idea how to take the game.
I certainly agree, HackMaster doesn't gel properly. You know they wanted HackMaster to be serious, but they were compelled by the WOTC license to insert parody elements, right? (So as to not present competition to mainstream D&D.) It's little wonder that the elements are in conflict with each other (it was literally a legal disput that brought it about).ReplyDelete
Erol Otus rocks so bad it hurts. He infects my dreams daily.
...and he corrupts my spelling.ReplyDelete
@Delta - I didn't know that. Unfortunately, a serious game along the lines of AD&D is exactly what I don't want in an RPG, whereas as beer-n-pretzels parody game could be good for sessions where we don't have a quorum. I was really more hoping to play Knights of the Dinner Table rather than Hackmaster as played in Knights of the Dinner Table.ReplyDelete
That makes me a bit less likely to pick up Hackmaster Basic
Read the history section here for one reference (2nd paragraph): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HackMaster#HistoryReplyDelete
I also saw that confirmed by one of the principals of K&C on their forums a while back.
Correction: It was Mark Plemmons responding to a question of mine over on ENWorld a while back.ReplyDelete
That cover looks brilliant! Kenzer has one guaranteed sale based on it alone.ReplyDelete
People should know that this is the cover for the Basic rules (covering levels 1-5) for the *new* edition of Hackmaster ('5e', but really 2e). All connection with WotC has been severed, so it will no longer be a 'parody' game (although presumably it will not take itself too seriously).
The rules previews look pretty interesting, although perhaps a bit too rules heavy for my tastes. However, I'll definitely check out the Basic rules.
Make that two sales. It must be mine!
That is one awesome cover.
- AnonymousApril 22, 2009 at 6:25 AM
I like the cover and it is a great variant on his 1980 basic cover, but do they need to keep the Hackmaster parody angle going with all of the retro-clones thriving as they do?ReplyDelete
I will be buying a copy as well, the cover simply rocks.
Hackmaster is a valid and interesting game. It has a lively and active community. It may not be for all tastes, but KenzerCo knows how to design a game (check out Aces & Eights). They took advantage of WotC with a legal loophole and used it to keep 2nd edition alive in a new form and then evolve it into its own thing. 5th edition is just the next step in that evolution and promises to be interesting and satisfy the playstyle of a certain group of gamers, those who like it crunchy and competitive. I find the dismissive attitude of some of the commenters here to be ignorant and uninformed. Play the game, get to know the community a bit before making judgements. Check out some of the hackmaster modules for rich, updated versions of TSR classics. The Little Keep on the Borderlands or Against the Giants, for instance. Pretty good quality stuff.ReplyDelete
I think just the fact that they are the only gaming company that has re-engaged Erol Otus demonstrates where KenzerCo's head and heart is at.
This looks promising. It's nice to see an established moving in this direction. I hope the spirit of the game matches the cover.ReplyDelete
Yeah, I'll buy just to help out EO.ReplyDelete
In regard to Hackmaster, no way I'd ever run it, for a couple of reasons: 1) I have my AD&D books; 2) Too much 2e-era influence; 3) too much extra work tracking infractions, etc..(though I could toss all that out, I guess) 4)I don't like the bennie/hindrance thing or whatever it is called.
What it is for me though, is sort of a wha-hoo set of sourcebooks to flip through during downtime. Once in a while I find a monster or germ of an idea I can use.
I'm interested to see what HM5 is like, actually.
"they are the only gaming company that has re-engaged Erol Otus"ReplyDelete
Actually, he's done several covers for Goodman Games, too.
This cover has me worried that the new edition of Hackmaster is still going for the ultra-violent slapstick angle, which I'm not too interested in.
I wonder what he's been doing since he left TSR?Like everyone else, he's been doing computer games :)ReplyDelete
where KenzerCo's head and heart is at.I definitely know where their heart is and I love them for that. It's their head that sometimes baffles me. Now, obviously, they know their market better than I do, but, judging by the previews I've seen of HM Basic, it looks as if it'll be a mite more complex and persnickety than I like my games these days. That's not a knock against them by any means. Like Pathfinder, though, I just feel as if they're a bit far off the mark when it comes to meeting my expectations.ReplyDelete
Brilliant cover. Am I the only one who thinks that Otus is doing some kind of parody of the five-headed dragon?ReplyDelete
It's hard to say if I would buy it though, I really have gotten to the point where like others here, I already have so many games, and more than ever, a willingness to bend them to my will. HM Basic would have to have some really neat rules to convince me that it would be worth getting for rules mining.
Still, it is a really great cover.
This cover has me worried that the new edition of Hackmaster is still going for the ultra-violent slapstick angle, which I'm not too interested in.ReplyDelete
Why do you say that? The cover is clearly a pastiche of Otus's earlier Moldvay Basic Rules cover.
Still, it is a really great cover.ReplyDelete
I agree; it's absolutely gorgeous. I also think it's much better than the covers he did for Goodman, which felt almost like parodies of his old TSR work rather than homages to them. This one, though, is just awesome.
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I also think it's much better than the covers he did for Goodman, which felt almost like parodies of his old TSR work rather than homages to them.And in reference to the five-headed worm, maybe parody is the wrong word. It's more like an "Otus-Take" on the five-headed dragon. As I've EO's art, monsters should be anything but ordinary.ReplyDelete
That is a TRULY rocking cover. I have paged through Hackmaster books, but they were always more expensive than I wanted to pay. From the page-throughs, I just never quite "got" what it was about (which is why the expense always overwhelmed the curiosity).ReplyDelete
"Why do you say that? The cover is clearly a pastiche of Otus's earlier Moldvay Basic Rules cover."ReplyDelete
Right, I get that. The thing that throws me off is that this edition of HackMaster was supposedly going to be less of a parody/tribute to D&D and more of a "serious" game. The cover, however, follows in the tradition of HM covers, which is to say it's a revamp of an old D&D image with added gore.
I'm sure that's proven to be a successful formula for Kenzer, and obviously I'm in the minority for not being a huge fan of Otus' art, so maybe I should just keep my mouth shut. I'm just a little surprised at how much this seems like standard "wacky" HackMaster style.
I'm just a little surprised at how much this seems like standard "wacky" HackMaster style.ReplyDelete
The funny thing is that I never considered the HM covers to be "wacky." Some of them hew a bit too closely to their inspirations to be considered "good," but they don't feel like parodies to me. Certainly this Otus piece doesn't. It manages to transcend its origins, I think, and is a fine old school cover in its own right.
I guess for me HackMaster ultimately failed to be funny (probably because I don't find KotDT or other "gaming comics" funny) and was ultimately an excuse to pay more for a softcover AD&D rulebook than one would for a less irritating hardcover one. Truly pointless.ReplyDelete
Man, I miss Wormy. That was a great example comic closely tied to gaming that wasn't meta-gags about experience points and how gamers are such nerds.
"The funny thing is that I never considered the HM covers to be 'wacky.' Some of them hew a bit too closely to their inspirations to be considered 'good,' but they don't feel like parodies to me."ReplyDelete
Surely you didn't miss the supposed humorous intent behind old D&D illustrations with dismemberment and fountains of blood added?
I just find that really hard to believe.
Man, I miss Wormy.ReplyDelete
I miss Tramp.
I just find that really hard to believe.ReplyDelete
I guess I never really paid as much attention to the covers as I ought to have, since I never once thought of buying HM. I think the Kenzer guys are great, but KotDT never did it for me and I just assumed that HM would be more of the same.
This cover is magically delicious.ReplyDelete
If you want to see Erol Otus artwork in a computer game, Check out "The Ur-Quan Masters", which is the Open Source version of Star Control 2.ReplyDelete
I can't help but agree with Will. Chief example: the K&C DM screen that parodied the original AD&D one, taking Tramp's fighter-character (my favorite depiction of a D&D fighter of all time), and making him be parodically gored through the chest, eyes bugging out. That literally pissed me off.ReplyDelete
Maybe I spoke too soon then. As I said, I never looked too closely at any of the HM cover. Perhaps that's a good thing.
Based on the comments in this thread, I'm not sure that people are aware that HM 5e will be a different game from HM 4e (which I never really got into). HM 5e will not have the 'parody' elements that HM 4e (although it will be somewhat lighthearted in tone), and will not be based directly on AD&D 1e&2e. Rather, I believe "Aces & Eights" has had a major influence on HM 5e.ReplyDelete
I'm not saying that HM 5e will be a good game (although I hope that it will be). I am saying that one shouldn't judge 5e on the basis of 4e.
... why wasn't Hackmaster 5e done with S&W or something and therefore compatible with everything else?ReplyDelete
... why wasn't Hackmaster 5e done with S&W or something and therefore compatible with everything else?I suspect because Kenzer believes a) that their rules are better suited to the feel they want to convey and b) that they consider HackMaster a valuable enough property that it ought to have its own rules independent of anyone else.ReplyDelete
I think both notions are completely valid.
Well, I'm a fan of HackMaster and we run in overall as a serious game. I find it like I wish 3rd edition had been... closer to 1e (with some 2e) but with some great stuff added. (And some other things I don't use).ReplyDelete
As for HackMaster Basic... the cover ROCK! Also, from the details they've let out about it, it sounds like a great system which is gritty but fun and still keeps the "feel" of 1e without the same rules (since they can't use them). Besides, for $20 US for the complete HMB game, you can't go wrong. :)
The cover is great though and I think captures the feel. I don't find it nearly as violent as some of the previous HM ones have been either... I think it a great throw back to the "old days" and makes me think of adventures from my youth.


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"In Government We Trust?" was the question at hand during the University's annual "Symposium on New Jersey Issues" Friday morning. Panelist Nick Acocella did not hesitate with his answer. "Do we trust government? No," he replied. " Should we trust government? Now, that's a harder question."
Acocella, who has edited and published Politifax: A Weekly Electronic Newsletter on Politics in New Jersey since 1997, argued that our current system was built upon Americans' extreme distrust of government following the Revolutionary War, and therefore is inherently untrustworthy.
A panel of nine speakers with academic and professional expertise in New Jersey government opened Friday's symposium. Keynote speaker Clifford Zukin, director of the Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University's Eagleton Institute of Politics, opened his discussion with two seemingly contradictory realities: We, as American citizens, strongly believe that the values of our political system are just and that our government will, in the long run, take care of us. Just as strongly, citizens distrust government's basic daily function and believe that political officials do not necessarily act in our best interests.
"The citizenry has low day-to-day trust in its government," said Zukin, "but high end-of-the-day trust." Zukin laid the blame on the negativity with which the media distribute information about politics, as well as civic education's failure to teach children about the nature and purpose of politics.
The panelists who responded fell generally into three camps: those who maintain that this distrust is the fault of government actions, the media's portrayal or the public's involvement.
Barbara Lawrence, cofounder and executive director of New Jersey Future, blamed government officials for a tendency to "overpromise" that creates a "gap between rhetoric and reality." Judy Shaw, a senior partner at Hodes Shaw Bodman Gluck and former chief of staff for Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, said government isn't doing enough to educate the public about how its processes work. "When government keeps its lamp under the bushes," Shaw said, "it keeps the citizenry in the dark."
Michele Tuck-Ponder, president of Ponder Solutions and former mayor of Princeton Township, said people of color, women and immigrants have had reason to mistrust government in the past, and this lack of trust is keeping them from participating now. "It is the challenge for those in office today to understand and deal with the mistrust and fear created years ago," she said.
Other panelists held the media responsible. Ingrid Reed, director of the Eagleton New Jersey project at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, said the media atmosphere makes it impossible for political consumers to get unbiased information.
William Watson, executive director of the John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy at Thomas Edison State College, said the media paint government in a bad light. "It's the messages that we send to people that cause them to think that government is not doing the right thing," Watson said. "We need to figure out how to get the good stories out to people, too."
However, Roland Machold, former New Jersey state treasurer, insisted that before we ask if we trust in government, we must first ask if we trust ourselves, since a government is merely a reflection of its people.
Finally, John Weingart, associate director at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University and a former New Jersey state official, said that the public has a habit of handing the most unsolvable problems to the government and then criticizing it when it fails to create miracles.
The discussion was followed by a response from a panel of New Jersey legislators later in the morning. The event was held in Dodds Auditorium and sponsored by the Princeton University Office of Community and State Affairs and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The huge West Antarctic ice sheet is starting a glacially slow collapse in an unstoppable way, two new studies show. Alarmed scientists say that means even more sea level rise than they figured.
The worrisome outcomes won't be seen soon. Scientists are talking hundreds of years, but over that time the melt that has started could eventually add 4 to 12 feet to current sea levels.
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Rignot, who also is a scientist at the University of California Irvine, and other scientists said the "grounding line" which could be considered a dam that stops glacier retreat has essentially been breached. The only thing that could stop the retreat in this low-altitude region is a mountain or hill and there is none. Another way to think of it is like wine flowing from a horizontal uncorked bottle, he said.
Rignot looked at six glaciers in the region with special concentration on the Thwaites glacier, about the size of New Mexico and Arizona combined. Thwaites is so connected to the other glaciers that it helps trigger loss elsewhere, said Joughin, whose study was released Monday by the journal Science.
Joughin's study uses computer simulations and concludes "the early-stage collapse has begun." Rignot, who used data that showed a speed up of melt since the 1990s, said the word "collapse" may imply too fast a loss, it would be more the start of a slow-motion collapse and "we can't stop it."
Several outside experts in Antarctica praised the work and said they too were worried.
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The Rignot study sees eventually 4 feet (1.2 meters) of sea level rise from the melt. But it could trigger neighboring ice sheet loss that could mean a total of 10 to 12 feet of sea level rise, the study in Science said, and Rignot agreed.
The recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change don't include melt from West Antarctic or Greenland in their projections and this would mean far more sea level rise, said Sridhar Anandakrishnan, professor of geosciences at Pennsylvania State University. That means sea level rise by the year 2100 is likely to be about three feet, he said.
Even while the West Antarctic ice sheet is melting, the much larger East Antarctic ice sheet seems stable because it is cooler, Scambos said.
Climate change studies show Antarctica is a complicated continent in how it reacts. For example, just last month Antarctic sea ice levels - not the ice on the continent - reached a record in how far they extended. That has little or no relation to the larger more crucial ice sheet, Scambos and other scientists say.


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Touchscreen computers of all flavors suffer from a notable ergonomic problem: reach. A traditional computer, unlike a tablet, is always used with input peripherals, and that means the screen is often kept beyond arm's reach. Simply slapping on a touchscreen, without addressing the problem of reach, forces users to sit hunched in front of their PCs with arms awkwardly stretched forward. Many will simply give up and go back to using the touchpad or an external mouse.
All the hybrid computers we've reviewed so far have addressed this issue by letting users turn their PC into a tablet. Though it solves the problem, it also introduces a host of new user input issues and reduces functionality. These trade-offs are just as frustrating for those who want to use their PC as a PC and not an iPad that runs Windows.
This is the kind of computer you could use as a weapon in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
An Ultrabook sold at this price with the R7's specifications would seem a good buy, and the fact that this is a unique design makes the on-paper value seem better still. Let's see if reality lives up to the hype.
A solid effort
Taking the Aspire R7 out of its packaging for the first time is an unusual experience. Because it can be used as a tablet, there's an expectation that the R7 will be small, like the company's own Iconia W700 tablet/all-in-one. But this hybrid's DNA derives from the desktop replacement laptop, not tablets and ultraportables, which means it packs a 15.6-inch display and weighs over five pounds.
The Ezel hinge, which articulates both at its attachment to the base and its attachment to the display, enables the hybrid's many uses. This type of design can easily feel cheap, so Acer wound the joints tightly and added a grippy coat around the display bezel. Both features keep the screen where the user places it, but also make the display difficult to move – expect to use two hands when adjusting the hinge.
Acer uses an aluminum unibody to construct the system's lower half, and the benefits are obvious. This is the kind of computer you could use as a weapon in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
A little blood wouldn't mar the laptop's looks, either, as it's a somber affair. The gunmetal aluminum will probably stand up well to the test of time, but its dull finish doesn't inspire passion or excitement.
Respectable connectivity
A look around this hybrid's flanks will reveal three USB ports (two 3.0), HDMI, DisplayPort, and a combo headphone/microphone jack. This is an average selection of connectivity for a system sold at this price.
Also included is the Acer Converter Port, which can be used with add-on accessories to enable additional connectivity, such as VGA. That's better than nothing, though we think it'd be more useful to have that port replaced with ThunderBolt or even DisplayPort.
The touchpad takes a back seat
Acer designed the unusual Ezel hinge to make the R7 usable with the display close to the user or reclined in a traditional laptop orientation. As a result, Acer switched the position of the touchpad and keyboard. That's right; from the user's perspective, the touchpad is above the keys.
Did you just feel your knee jerk? We don't blame you. But, having used the device, we understand why Acer made this choice. The touchpad exists only to offer legacy support for software that simply doesn't work with a touchscreen. Otherwise, the R7 is designed for use with the display in the forward position, and the system is much more pleasing to use for touch input as a result.
The focus on touch doesn't mean the keyboard has been slighted, however. Instead of trying to cram in a numpad, Acer has axed it in favor of a simple, spacious layout. Many laptops claim to have keyboards of similar size to a desktop, but the R7 actually delivers on that promise. Backlighting is standard, too, and there are two brightness settings (besides off) available.
Barely a tablet, but the display is beautiful
Reclining the Ezel hinge entirely puts the device into what Acer calls "pad" mode. The use of "pad" rather than "tablet" is telling, because in this mode the display does not entirely recline but instead remains at a slight angle.
The R7 can be used like a tablet despite this, but the hinge gives "pad" mode an effective thickness of around three inches and adds even more bulk to the already chunky design. Using this system as a tablet is doable, but don't think for a second that this is an iPad replacement. This is only a good-enough solution for people who don't want to buy numerous devices but still want a couchable touchscreen.
And what a screen it is. In our tests, the display managed to render 97 percent of the sRGB gamut while also posting deep black levels, high contrast, and brightness just over 300 nits. This results blow away most Ultrabooks and Windows tablets and rival the best all-in-one desktop PCs. Better still, the display's 1080p resolution is a very good fit for the 15.6-inch display area. It's high enough to provide sharpness, yet keeps scaling problems to a minimum.
Audio quality is another high point thanks to a pair of speakers that provide good clarity across a broad range of volume. At its loudest, the R7 is actually too loud for a quiet room, and bass is reproduced with a hint of punch. The only problem is sound staging. Like almost all
No performance surprises
Our review unit arrived with a Core i5-3337U processor clocked at 1.8 GHz, a part commonly found in devices ranging from
… Perhaps the company's boldest move to date – and among the most successful.
3D performance, provided by Intel HD 4000 integrated graphics, proved a weak point. In our tests, the Aspire R7 managed a score of just 3,749 in the Cloud Gate test and 510 in the Fire Strike test. These are dead-on with the average among systems with this graphics solution but also represent a computer that can't handle modern games at high resolution and detail settings.
Not the perfect travel companion
Though certainly more portable than Dell's mammoth XPS 18, the Acer Aspire R7 is a large device that's obviously not built with long-distance travel in mind. Its relatively chunky design and five-pound weight make for a hybrid that can fit in most backpacks but is difficult to use in tight quarters.
Users who attempt to travel with the R7 will find its battery isn't up to the task. It lasted just five hours and 33 minutes in our light-load reader's test, a figure reduced to just over two hours under heavy load in the Battery Eater test. Web browsing put endurance at barely over four hours.
Our power tests actually left us impressed that the small 4-cell battery managed to last as long as it did. We found the hybrid consumes about 16 watts at idle and up to 41 watts at full load, which is a lot for a mainstream laptop. An average 13-inch Ultrabook, for example, consumes around 10 watts at idle and no more than 30 watts at load.
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The unique design of the R7 could have caused a cooling disaster, but Acer's engineers were on top of the problem. Our IR thermometer never read an external temperature higher than 97.3 degrees Fahrenheit, and temperatures hover around 86 degrees at idle or near idle. These are competitive figures relative to
And don't think the cooling system works just by cranking the system fan to max. Our decibel reader never recorded more than 42.4 decibels from the system, a figure that's lower than many all-in-one desktop computers. The fan is barely audible when the system is at idle.
In December 2011, Acer's CEO, J.T. Wang had an epiphany. He told Dow Jones that his company would switch its strategy to improving profitability and stop "pursuing market share blindly." The results of this decision became apparent within months, and now, a year and a half later, Acer has matured. Once known as a company that builds bland, boring boxes, Acer has become a serious competitor in the hybrid and Ultrabook segments.
The Acer Aspire R7 is a powerful, versatile hybrid with a beautiful display and a low price.
But this hybrid's true strength lies in execution rather than theory. The R7 is competitive with similar devices in every area – from performance to build quality – and some features (like the display) are among the best available. Even the system's weakest point, portability, is competitive with other 15.6-inch computers.
And then there's the price. Acer will be selling the exact model we reviewed at retail for $999, which seems almost too good to be true. Most hybrids and Ultrabooks with similar hardware sell for much, much more.
Overall, the Acer Aspire R7 is a powerful, versatile hybrid with a beautiful display and a low price. There's no competitor today that offers more for less.
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James Risen'sApril 14 article for the New York Times on Iran's Supreme Leader's nuclear-weapons intentions — or lack thereof — has attracted much attention. Ayatollah Ali Khameinei, he writes, "often uses religious language when he talks about the nuclear issue, which can jar Western analysts trying to gauge the meaning of such strong statements." It's well known that he once issued a fatwa against the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Iran. As recently as February, Risen writes, Ayatollah Khameini said: "Iran is not seeking to have the atomic bomb, possession of which is pointless, dangerous and is a great sin from an intellectual and a religious point of view."
Here are further excerpts from his pronouncements, about which I recently posted (Iran Tries to Take the Moral High Ground on Nukes). More from the February speech (the translation on his official website):
Nuclear weapons are not at all beneficial to us. Moreover, from an ideological and fiqhi perspective, we consider developing nuclear weapons as unlawful. We consider using such weapons as a big sin. We also believe that keeping such weapons is futile and dangerous, and we will never go after them.
In 2011 Ayatollah Khameini spoke about nuclear weapons at greater length.
Iran is not after an atomic bomb, and it is even opposed to possession of chemical weapons. Even when Iraq used chemical weapons against Iran, we did not try to manufacture chemical weapons. Such things are not in line with the principles of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Furthermore, he declared that nuclear weapons "are useless except for intimidation, massacre and a false sense of security based on pre-emptive power resulting from guaranteed annihilation of everyone." Citing the atom bombs that the United States dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Risen quoted him saying (emphasis added):
The use of nuclear weapons resulted not only in large-scale killings and destruction, but also in indiscriminate massacre of people. … Therefore, using or even threatening to use such weapons is considered a serious violation of the most basic humanitarian rules and is a clear manifestation of war crimes.
Risen points out, though, that:
… those comments are not only at odds with some of Iran's behavior but also with. … remarks Ayatollah Khamenei made last year that it was a mistake for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya to give up his nuclear weapons program.
Referring to Colonel Qaddafi, Ayatollah Khamenei said that "this gentleman wrapped up all his nuclear facilities, packed them on a ship and delivered them to the West and said, 'Take them!' "
"Look where we are, and in what position they are now," he added.
Risen, however, fails to note that those remarks sound less like Ayatollah Khamanei expressing his personal feelings, than stating a fact. Risen then writes:
Complicating matters further, some analysts say that Ayatollah Khamenei's denial of Iranian nuclear ambitions has to be seen as part of a Shiite historical concept called taqiyya, or religious dissembling. For centuries an oppressed minority within Islam, Shiites learned to conceal their sectarian identity to survive, and so there is a precedent for lying to protect the Shiite community.
In response to Risen, Juan Cole examines taqiyya more closely.
Imam Ruhullah Khomeini, who led the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, demanded that taqiyya be abandoned in favor of holy war or jihad. Shiite expert Rainer Brunner argues that pious dissimulation has "completely lost its importance" in contemporary, Shiite-majority Iran.
So the idea that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the theocratic leader of a Shiite-majority Islamic Republic, would give a dishonest fatwa about a key principle in Islamic law (the prohibition on killing innocent non-combatants in war) is a non-starter. Khamenei, being in Khomeini's tradition, is bound by the latter's hostility to dissimulation.
That may well be, but considering his brutal record, Ayatollah Khameini's ethical code can only be judged as selective at best. In 2009 accounts by a defector from his private guard provided insights into his ruthless policies, as well as his lavish lifestyle. For instance, the defector — considered credible by many — provided:
… new information that links Ayatollah Khamenei to the brutal assault on protestors following the presidential elections in June. The man [named Hossain Taeb] alleged to have [been] carrying out interrogations of prisoners at the notorious Kahrizak detention centre, where at least three people were tortured to death, is a key part of the inner circle. [He] is said to have run an extensive surveillance operation for the personal use of Ayatollah Khamenei for almost 15 years. Each evening the leader is said to listen to recordings of senior officials and colleague talking about him in a compilation that normally lasts 20 minutes. [Meanwhile] the leader's second son… played a prominent role in organising the Basij militia that has meted out violence against protesters. [Like the Stalinesque touch where the emphasis is added? — RW]
But Gareth Porter provides more evidence that Ayatollah Khameini sought to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
When the IAEA passed a resolution demanding that Iran suspend enrichment and adopt an intrusive monitoring system in September [2003]. … hardliners were arguing publicly that Iran should withdraw from the NPT rather than make any effort to convince the West that Iran did not intend to make nuclear weapons.
Sometime in September and October, Khamenei ordered the designation of the Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Hassan Rohani, who reported directly to him, as the single individual responsible for coordinating all aspects of nuclear policy. … It was Rohani himself who announced on Oct. 25, 2003, that Khamenei believed that nuclear weapons were illegal under Islam.
Still, it behooves us to revisit some of Ayatollah Khomeini's comments for a moment.
… we do not possess a nuclear weapon, and we will not build one. … Iran is not seeking to have the atomic bomb. … using or even threatening to use such weapons is considered a serious violation of the most basic humanitarian rules and is a clear manifestation of war crimes.
Ayatollah Khomeini addresses the possession and use of nuclear weapons, but neglects to mention developing or acquiring the capability to build nuclear weapons without actually manufacturing and deploying them. One might be inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that denouncing what's known as "latent" or "virtual" deterrence is obviously implied in condemning the use of weapons.
First of all, though, even though he was never a marja (a grand ayatollah empowered to make decisions in religious law), it's a mistake to overlook the fondness for hair-splitting that theological authorities of all stripes share with lawyers (the "How many angels can fit on the head of a pin?" syndrome). In other words, Ayatollah Khameini may see actual nuclear weapons and their deployment as a sin, but not the capability to manufacture them.
Let's return now to Risen's statement that he "often uses religious language when he talks about the nuclear issue, which can jar Western analysts trying to gauge the meaning of such strong statements." The "jarring" or disconnect may occur because of a natural tendency on our part to hold a religious leader — who just happens to be the leader of a state — to a higher standard. The truth is, Ayatollah Khameini probably hedges and equivocates like any ruler. His disinclination to live up to the ethical and spiritual standards to which a religious leader ought to aspire shouldn't serve as an excuse to avoid treating him and his people like statesmen and negotiating with them in good faith.


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Despite Katy Perry's best efforts, one cannot domesticate the Wild Striped Douchebag, and John Mayer is no exception. Like the Countess Elizabeth Báthory, best remembered for bathing in the blood of virgins to retain her youth, it was only a matter of time before Mayer found the latest zeitgeisty female It-person and tried to suck the publicity out of them.
He was spotted at the Jane Hotel on Friday night with Girls star Allison Williams, his arm around her waist. Williams is reportedly dating Mayer's friend Ricky Van Veen, the founder of College Humor. So I guess one could argue that this incident is a harmless friend hang, but that's kind of like saying otters like a little oil spill in their water!
Afterwards the two had Mexican food in the West Village with a third dude, and "seemed to be in an intense conversation the entire night. They stayed pretty late until the restaurant was clearing out." Mystery solved: HE'S the wound. [NYDN]
Amy Poehler is writing a book! Amy Poehler is writing a book! "Her original twist on the conventional memoir will have universal appeal," says publisher Harper Collins, explaining that it will be "an illustrated, non-linear diary full of humor and honesty and brimming with true stories, fictional anecdotes and life lessons." Drops 2014. [Vulture]
Approximately half the hands imprinted in the pavement outside Grauman's Chinese Theater have touched the boobs of self-professed 1970s starfucker Carole Mallory, who was rebounding from a broken engagement with Pablo Picasso's son Claude. She wrote about her sexploits in a new tell-all for anyone interested in Peter Sellers' body hair.
Robert Deniro: "During lovemaking, he never stopped looking in my eyes. He had a butterfly tattoo that I later realized matched his flighty spirit. So did the fact he left his socks on."
Peter Sellers: "I kissed him all over his hairy body. He had hair everywhere. He even had it on his back. I liked it. He reminded me of a giant panda bear."
Richard Gere: "His gymnastic skills were apparent. He made love his way . . . He didn't withhold. He was Valentino in the flesh. A sex symbol not to be forgotten. Not to be lumped in with all the others, but to be remembered for his uniqueness. His thoughtfulness. His caring."
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In which Rihanna premieres her new fashion line for River Island, inspired by London street fashion and meant for "young women. Young, sassy personalities. [...] My style is definitely inspired by by mood." Do you have moods, Rihanna? I didn't know.
The array of Super Bowl celebrity afterparties is pretty spectacular, but here is my favorite one.
...hot LA Club Beacher's Madhouse will take over the Lounge 88 at the W Hotel for a red- carpet event with performances including 49ers versus Falcons midget wrestling, mini Ke$ha, mini Kanye West, plus "live goats and monkeys running around.
Pictured: Pharell Williams with "mini Ke$ha."
Okay. I think the correct term is "little person." I also think that sounds like a deleted scene of one of those creepy, jaded parties from La Dolce Vita that just makes everyone feel dead inside. But here is a Craigslist ad if you want to dance for it. [Page Six]
- James Deen gives Lindsay Lohan a (verbal) spanking. "In porn I am used to working with professionals who are courteous to others. But Lindsay was like a child lashing out." [The Sun]
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler (Meadow Soprano!) got engaged to a dude by the interesting name of Cutter Dykstra. [Us Weekly]
- Tina Fey revealed what's next on the menu after 30 Rock: a stint in London to film the second Muppets movie, and then a movie called Mail Order Groom with Steve Carrell. [Us Weekly]
- Adele's deadbeat dad wants back in now. (Of course.) [Us Weekly]
- Justin Bieber's new song is supposedly an ode to the Sturm und Drang of dating Selena Gomez: "That's in the past now / We didn't last now." [Us Weekly]
- The new woman who Tim Tebow is not putting his one-eyed friction whistle inside is a church-going young lady by the name of Callie Blaine Balzano. [Celebrity Dirty Laundry]
- Frank Ocean wants to press charges against Chris Brown for Sunday's parking lot brawl. [Bossip]
- Bradley Cooper clears up three rumors floating around the Internet: he won't be playing Lance Armstrong in a biopic, he's not dating Taylor Swift and the moon is not, in fact, made of blue cheese. [Page Six]
- After filming the UK's Celebrity Big Brother, Speidi plan to stay in Britain and have a kid, which is obviously late comeuppance for King George's dickishness/the Revolutionary War. [The Daily Mail]
- Tim Burton broke the 18th century porcelain strung together with piano wire that supports his arm and shoulder. Mournful Goth movie about the difficulties of opening a car door coming in 2015. [Express]
- Anne Hathaway was overheard telling people that she met "a lot of bad ones" (specifically, con artists!) before hooking up with Adam Shulman. [People]
- January Jones says that her hair has been dyed so often that it's falling out. I'm sure guys will still like her for her personality. [People]
- Anna Wintour's longtime boyfriend Shelby Bryan owes $1.2 million in back taxes. [Page Six]
- Supposedly Demi Moore was supposed to star in A League Of Their Own before Bruce Willis knocked her up. [NYDN]
- Taye Diggs singlehandedly apprehended a burglar who was robbing the house he shares with Idina Menzel. Do not fuck with anyone from the original cast of RENT. [NYDN]
- Diane Sawyer may be retiring from ABC World News this year. [NYDN]
- Newsanchor Chris Cuomo is leaving 20/20 for CNN. [Gossip Cop]
- Ryan Lochte forgot his shirt, and his pants, and most of his underwear. Luckily, he remembered the toned, godlike Christmas hams that most of us refer to as thighs. [E!]
- Massive slideshow of stars without makeup. Thanks, New York Daily News. [NYDN]
- Jon Hamm + This photo of Tony Danza 4 E and E and E. [Buzzfeed]


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Swimwear designer, age 19, makes debut at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim in Miami Beach
It was nearly show time as designer Francesca Aiello snapped pictures backstage of models in her latest swimwear designs. This was Frankie's Bikinis' debut show for the 19-year-old designer at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim in Miami Beach, but Aiello is a pro when it comes to social media.
"I was nervous at first ... of all the attention. But I'm excited," she said before posting the photos on Instagram and Twitter, where her brand started just a couple years ago and has since taken off.
She is the youngest designer to ever present at the shows in Miami Beach, organizers said.
Aiello (pronounced ah-YELLOW) is a California girl who grew up wearing bikinis in Malibu. With help from her mom, she'd launched the swimwear line by age 17.
"I don't know how to sew, but my mom does and after her first attempt didn't work out, we began our trial and error process of finding the people to help make the right bikini," she said. The pair found a pattern maker and factory in Los Angeles where the pieces are now made.
"They're not stopping me because I'm only 19," Aiello said. "I've always said that it's really important for young girls to know that they shouldn't let their age stop them."
That carefree attitude is present in her (now) third swimwear collection, with bohemian designs and suits in lavender, blue and bright orange.
"I'm always watching the girls on the beach," she said of her inspiration. "I wanted to make suits for every girl."
Her collection fuses the Hawaiian shoreline with southern California style in feminine and flirty pieces with low-cut bottoms and revealing crochet designs. Bikini tops with crisscross backs are ideal for the beach lifestyle and the surfer girl.
Aiello embodied the surfer-chic look as she took to the runway after the show in a white crop top and pants, her long dirty blonde hair bouncing off her perfectly tanned shoulders.
The line can be purchased from online sites like ShopBop and from some boutiques.
Next for the designer: expanding the brand to include clothing that can be worn in places other than the beach — and keeping up those social media posts.
"It's also important for me to share big moments with our followers," she said, "because some of them have watched our company grow and I think it's just as exciting for them as it is for me."


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25 Creative Garden Containers
Ladder planters
Wooden ladder planters (with zinc troughs) from A&B Home provide an easy way to achieve vertical gardening in small spaces such as patios. These troughs hold varieties that can handle partial shade: pink and white wax begonias, 'Wasabi' coleus, Pentas 'Butterfly Deep Rose' and 'Pink Crystals' ruby grass.
Garden on wheels
Plant a rainbow of annuals in a wagon for a portable garden. Be sure to drill a hole in the bottom of the wagon to provides drainage.
We used these annuals for a bright color mix: Horned violet (Viola cornuta 'Sorbet Plum Velvet'), French dwarf marigold (Tagetes 'Bonanza Orange'), Lobelia erinus 'Riviera Midnight Blue', variegated Swedish ivy (Plectranthus coleoides 'Variegatus'), sunflower (Helianthus annuus 'Big Smile'), floss flower (Ageratum houstonianum 'Blue Danube') and Petunia milliflora 'Fantasy Red'.
Woodland container
Early spring flowers—multihued pansies planted in a hollowed-out tree stump—enhance the charm of a wooded yard.
DIY street-sign window box
Pair a vintage street sign with a salvaged container for a window box brimming with charm. See our step-by-step instructions for this project.
Aged pots
Plain terra-cotta garden containers gain weathered-over-time style with easy DIY techniques. Create a speckled effect, chipped charm or tough texture, then seal with a clear coat.
Case goods
Give a flea-market find—an old beverage bottle case—new life as the home for tall, silvery ghost plants (Graptopetalum paraguayense) and burro's tail (Sedum morganianum).
Lunch box
Turn old wine crates into DIY vegetable gardens. Line the containers with landscape fabric or black plastic with drainage holes to help retain soil and moisture.
In the back container, pretty 'Starfire' marigold blooms over an 'Ozark Beauty' strawberry patch. In the container at front, 'Romeo' and 'Babette' carrots grow behind 'Kestrel Baby' beets.
Cool container
An old cooler holds flowering tobacco, star flower, hedgerow crane's-bill, Helichrysum and blue daze.
Mosaic magic
Create a one-of-a-kind flower container with your broken pottery, glass and porcelain.
For this DIY garden project, start with a terra-cotta pot and gather decorative materials, such as broken dishes or glass pebbles. Click on the link below for step-by-step instructions on making the project.
Cooker gardens
The homeowners at this Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, garden love unusual displays and containers. Here, impatiens in slow-cooker liners hang from a rope pulley.
Basket trio
Inexpensive baskets make cheery flower containers. Tuck in plastic or terra-cotta pots, or line the baskets with landscape fabric. We used a variety of tuberous begonias, including 'Nonstop Apricot', 'Nonstop Bright Red' and 'Nonstop Yellow'.
Bountiful birdbath
A colorful arrangement blooms from this weathered concrete birdbath.
'Pink Champagne' rubygrass bursts like a fountain; 'Blushing Emily' chrysanthemums and Tiny Toes coleus offer pops of red. Green kale, yellow-green Golden Globes loosestrife and bronze 'Dolce Crème Brulee' coral bells round out the mix.
Bike basket
Create an unusual garden container from an old bicycle. Use the bike's existing basket (or attach one) for flowers. Line the basket with moss, and fill with dirt. Make sure to allow for drainage. If your bike is in a shady area, fill with flowers such as colorful impatiens and let ferns and ivy dangle over the side.
- Photo by Karyn Spencer.
Recycled tires
Old tires become eyecatching—and colorful—flower containers on a barn or shed.
Sink of succulents
A retro sink becomes an eye-catching planter for succulents. Cover the basin with rocks and leave plug open for drainage.
Handyman garden
Recycle a handsome toolbox into a planter. Drill holes for drainage and fill with soil and flowers.
Floral delivery
Bring new life to an old vegetable carton with flowers. This portable garden brightens any patio or porch. Fill with sunny yellow blossoms and a pop of pink flowers.
Barrel of foliage
A sturdy half wine barrel anchors deep purple plumes of fountain grass and bright orange Tropicanna cannas blooms. Tiny flowers from firebush (Hamelia patens), lantanas and zinnias bloom in the foreground.
Jar bouquet
Transform a traditional flour jar into a handsome garden. Delicate flowers from a purple-blue petunia and 'Sungal' aster spill over the rim. 'Shenandoah' switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), donkeytail spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites) and tricolor sage add texture.
Recycled tiles
Inexpensive drainage tiles hold a variety of small plants.
Beauty in broken items
Damaged and broken items may no longer be useful for their original purpose, but they make great garden art. Here, a damaged birdbath becomes a succulent garden. Add a base of soilless potting mix, plant with succulents and finish with a mulch of Spanish moss. Decorate with your choice of accessories, such as this candy dish planter, compass and spoon.
Colander container
A vintage colander makes a great container garden—it already comes with drainage holes! This one includes parsley and polka dot plant.
Boot it up
Perfect for a small accent at your front or back door, an old shoe holds a miniature herb garden of chives, tricolor sage and thyme.
Bucket list
Petunias and periwinkle spill out of an old bucket. Wire the handle to a fence for an easy above-the-ground container garden.
Cream of the crop
Pack lovely seasonal hues into a repurposed antique cream separator.
The earthy colors of the antique container complement the flowers: red cockscomb celosia, yellow pansies, orange 'Peter Pan Mix' zinnias and 'Deep Orange' pansies. Fill in with greenery, such as blue fescue (Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'), 'Pink Pewter' lamium and rosemary.
Step it up
Turn a short stepladder into a garden focal point with a coat of bright paint, then decorate the steps with your favorite potted combinations in cans. Look for old ladders at garage and estate sales, thrift stores and flea markets.
Just the right size
An old drawer is a perfect fit for this miniature container garden and its tiny birdhouse and birdbath, garden chairs, watering can and pretty arch.
Plants in this garden include thyme spilling out of the front left corner, 'Chocolate Chip' ajuga behind the thyme and variegated boxwood in the back left corner. Wire vine forms the arch in the middle, and a dwarf Chamaecyparis makes an evergreen mound in the back right corner.
Metal appeal
These vintage compotes' mottled colors complement the dusty hues of succulents.
In the container at left, we paired the ruffle-leaved Mexican hens (Echeveria shaviana) with ghost plants (Graptopetalum paraguayense). On the right, a collection of hens-and-chicks (Sempervivum spp.) circles the fanned leaves of a Cotyledon spp.
Fall garden container
This wheelbarrow highlights seasonal purple mums, purple flowering kale and the purple-tinged leaves of bugleweed. 'Fox red' curly sedge adds a dramatic spray behind the mums. Other plants include trailing bacopa, spurge and spiky santolina.
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A cheap-o sampler for the kids. 30 bands for $5.00 – that's $0.1667 a song! The Ecstacy of The Agony contains 30 tracks maxing out the CD length at around 78 minutes from 2000's roster of Alternative Tentacles artists. Artwork is by Winston Smith!! It is a great cross-section of the eclectic recordings found on Alternative Tentacles, from hardcore, demented pop, political spoken word, new wave, country, punk, and simply put: rock.
Aside from containing new songs from artists having been on the label for quite some time such as Nomeansno, Half Japanese, Wesley Willis, the Ecstacy of The Agony shows off some of the newer bands from the AT stable such as: The Causey Way, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, The No WTO Combo, & SNFU.
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