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Monday, February 18, 2013
Saving 1 Billion People From Themselves
The Muslim world has two approaches to the West; underhanded deceit and outright terror. The practitioners of the former are considered moderates and the latter extremists. The West has two approaches to the Muslim world, regime change and love bombing. With regime change we bomb their cities to save them from their rulers and with love bombing we shamelessly flatter and appease them in our own cities to save them from themselves.
Muslims are religiously and culturally antagonistic to the West. Whether a John McCain or a Barack Hussein Obama is in the White House; America is still a great non-Muslim power. That very fact, in contradiction to the promises of the Koran and its deity, will continue to bring forth a xenophobic response no matter how much America flatters the Muslim world.
Westerners focus their animus on Muslim leaders, on a Saddam, a Gaddafi or an Arafat-- not recognizing that the hostility comes not from the leaders, but from the people. We can remove all the leaders of the Muslim world and replace them with muppets, and it won't noticeably change the underlying bigotry of the Muslim world. And very soon the muppets will also start chanting, "Death to America" because it's the popular thing to do.
Regime change, whether through armed force or democratic revolutions, won't save the Muslim world.
The Muslim world is not backward by their standards, it is backward by our standards. It refuses to make the social and political changes that the West did, but that is because it does not like the trade-offs that come with those changes. And that is a choice that each Muslim country and society has to make. Individualism, freedom and tolerance are not acceptable values in the Muslim world. And totalitarianism, theocracy and repression are not acceptable values in ours. The Muslim world has no obligation to accede to our cultural standards, but we accordingly have no obligation to accede to theirs.
There is always a gap between civilizations, but rarely has the gap yawned as starkly as it does now. We are as eager to bring the Muslim world into the light, as they are to drag us into the darkness. And the momentum is on their side. We don't have the answers that we think we do. Democracy is not the solution. Neither is embracing Muslim culture with open arms. They don't have the answers either, but they have something better; unrestrained violence that is fueled by the moral desperation of a failed culture struggling against the tidal pull of that failure. Like a drowning man, if we try to save them, then they will pull us down with them.
How does one protect them from the damage that they do to their own character? And how does one save people from their own hate?
We are not so wise and so perfect that we can claim to know how to save 1 billion people from themselves. Right now we are having a good deal of trouble saving us from ourselves and we cannot be expected to shoulder the burden of reforming the Muslim world as well. Whatever spiritual or cultural redemption waits for them, can only come from themselves and through themselves. It will not come through a change of government or lavish praise. Only through a growing moral awareness. There is no telling when or if such an awareness will come. There are animal rights campaigns in China and anti-rape campaigns in Africa-- but no progress on human rights in the Muslim world. It is likely that China will be vegetarian before non-Muslims are treated as equals in the Muslim world.
If the Muslim world has raised up a wall of sand against freedom, tolerance and the recognition of our common humanity-- then it is best for their sake and ours that they remain on their side of that wall of sand.
If they refuse to coexist with us, either locally or globally, then that is their choice. They may have their paradise of hefty-bagged women, towering mosques and cowering infidels-- so long as their bigotry and oppression remains on their side of the wall of sand. When they breach that wall, then they have to live by our laws, not theirs. If there is no room for our laws in their lands, then there is no room for their laws in ours.
Thinkers and politicians talk on of how to save 1 billion Muslims from themselves. Remove their tyrannies, some cry. But what will they replace them with? More tyrannies. Governments reflect their peoples. If 1 billion Muslims really wanted to be free, they would be. The tyrants are expressions of their condition, not repressions of their moral will. The Muslim world does not differ on whether there should be tyranny, but on what manner of tyranny it should be. The Arab Spring has proven that.
The most fundamental error of the West toward the Muslim world is that of condescension. Western governments may see Muslims as minorities, but they see themselves as majorities. And throughout the world they are majorities. Muslims in the West do not see themselves as minorities, but as natural majorities who have the right to impose their will and their way of life on a minority that functions as a majority only because it has not yet been overrun and conquered. Unlike refugees who come from cultures where they are minorities, Muslims come expecting to have things done their way. And when the West accedes, that only affirms the Muslim sense of privilege.
The West's missionary impulse toward the Muslim world is not only misplaced, it is positively dangerous. How can the West convince the Muslim world to believe as it does, when it no longer knows what it believes?
The Muslim world lacks such weaknesses. It cannot be crippled by moral quandaries, ideological contradictions, philosophical crises or doubts about the future. Its members do not recognize contradiction, rather they embrace them, until those contradictions explode in violence.
Western codes are black and white, Muslim codes combine all shades into one. When the Muslim world is confused or in doubt, it resolves these feelings with violence. The West does not resolve them at all. While the West broods, the Muslim world slits throats. The problems of the Clash of Civilization cannot be postponed much longer. They are our problem. We cannot save 1 billion people from themselves, but we can save ourselves from them.
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I hope and pray you are right, Daniel.ReplyDelete
"Governments reflect their peoples."
That right there is just sad...
I really don't see any progress being made until things hit rock bottom in the West, and I mean rock bottom. The poem First They Came begins with the Communists. An odd choice to put first as a priority but it's going to take an attack on even the most liberal of liberals, the most symapthetic of sympathetics to the evil of evils before things are taken seriously.ReplyDelete
Only when the West is forced into alliances with even our enemies will we have the will to truly fight this evil. At this point, the evil of Islamic terrorism still seems incomprehensible to a whole lot of people. Something that can be reformed and reigned in.
We can bury our heads in the ground and pretend that such evil is impossible, but such evil and an is happening again before our very eyes.
As evil as Communism is there remains greater evils in the world. Islamic terrorists will only tolerate these sympathizers for so long. After that they are SOL.
There is a knock-down, drag-out discussion on my own site, Rule of Reason, about the immigration issue, whether or not to endorse "open immigration" (especially of Mexicans looking for a richer teat than the Mexican government's to latch onto) or to establish controls on who might be allowed to enter the country. I left this comment in reply to one correspondent's remarks on the foolhardiness of the "open borders" policy.ReplyDelete
Grant: Good response. I would've posed the question, re your remark about Pakistanis moving here: Why would Pakistanis move here in such numbers? Are they tired of being Pakistanis? Is there something wrong with Pakistan that their citizens would move here in such numbers? And if they moved here, would they all begin to study American history, memorize Patrick Henry's give-me-liberty speech, become conversant in the Federalist Papers, and repudiate Islam, a totalitarian ideology?
But if they move here and spit on American history, call Henry a raciest, piss on the Federalist Papers, and remain loyal to Islam, and at the same time insist that Sharia law is coequal with the Constitution, or superior to it, and that Americans must adapt to them and their religion/ideology, and not the other way around -- would that not constitute an invasion? And "invasion" is precisely what our own government has been sanctioning and encouraging for decades, one governed by the preferential quotas established by policymakers, quotas based on race and national origin.
As for their moving here en masse to find a better life and better economic conditions – that motive can't be questioned, except that they think they'd move here expecting that the prosperity would magically continue and it not occur to them that their primitive culture and religion, which they'd want to preserve, are precisely what impoverishes Pakistan and Egypt and Somalia and Mexico and will continue to impoverish those countries and leave them in states of fetid stagnation. They're as ignorant as our policymakers.
But some of our policymakers aren't so ignorant. Like Obama, they're nihilists, out to destroy the country because it is the good. They don't know how to create. But they have expert advisors who guide them in the policies of destruction.
It's the government that practices discrimination and racism. And it's the policymakers behind that practice who welcome "huddled masses" of their choice with the intention of keeping them huddled and grateful to them as dependents on government favors. They are expected to vote welfare and controls and soaking the rich and middle class every time, and they don't disappoint. Ted Kennedy was one of the worst racist policymakers (aside from his wanting to impose socialized medicine on the country, together with the Clintons and Obama and their predecessors going back decades). Ted Kennedy thought the country was "too white, too European." That is the premise of the Clintons and the Obamas, as well, not to mention many others in government. Who are the racists here?
There must be a better solution to the immigration question than just letting everyone in, and I don't see it being addressed here, except by a few individuals. And when they raise the realistic quandaries we have been put in by the government, they're attacked.
- Jerry G19/2/13
Another excellent article about the danger of Islam and also the danger in the belief that Islam is a religion hijacked by an extremist minority.When will the Western world wake up?ReplyDelete
I'm a Catholic Crusader and a sworn enemy to Muslim expansion. I went to a church service Sunday where new Catholic converts were being accepted into the church at the cathedral. There must have been 500, at one service, out of the three that day in one place. The same service was going all over the country. The Catholic Church is strong and united despite what the media claims. We will fight on all fronts when the time comes. What the Liberals don't understand is that in their acceptance of Muslim tactics, they sign their own death warrants if the Muslims ever take over. They won't be able to reason with them over issues. I asked a Liberal why they don't picket Muslims for their stance on gays and women. The Liberal hems and haws and provides no answer except naked fear. Catholics are easy targets. They know we won't kill them in the name of our God just for being different.ReplyDelete
"The tyrants are expressions of their condition, not repressions of their moral will."ReplyDelete
On such deft observation turns a world of Truth!
Once again, my comment has run blog-post length, so I will spare your readers and indulge myself in the obscurity of my own blog pad.
I think your previous post on The Murderer's Honor is the perfect complement to this one. Together they answer a world of political conundrums posed by the Muslim dilemma.ReplyDelete
K.A. indeed, just look at the Arab SpringReplyDelete
Edward, what people don't seem to understand is that if half of Country A moves here, they take Culture A, including its political culture with them.
Joan, you're always welcome to comment in full
Muslims unlike other people are not troubled by contradictions between their worldview and reality. I'm currently watching Obama's remarks on automatic spending cuts, and he is not troubled either.ReplyDelete
@ Igor: Zing!ReplyDelete
Dennis Latham, I, too, am a Catholic an a crusader in exposing the injustices committed by people acting on their Islamic beliefs. It is with a sad heart I disagree with you regarding our church's willingness to fight. Within the past few weeks, a bishop in (I think) retracted an invitation for Robert Spencer to speak lest he offend Muslims. That more Catholics aren't outraged about this is enough to make me consider leaving the Catholic Church.ReplyDelete
My apologies. The previous post should have read "and a crusader" and specified in "Massacusetts."ReplyDelete
Only 10 - 12 % of the world population ever lived in countries where true freedom ruled and that includes Europe which never had the full American scope of enlightenment. Because with freedom came individual empowerment and endeavour we had the illusionistic impression for 150 - 200 years of being in the majority, wake up, we are not, the barbarians are!ReplyDelete
What kind of crisis will it take for the non-Muslim world to wake up and do what it should have done a hundred years ago,namely, take steps to eradicate Islam as a threat?ReplyDelete
MindRider, indeed, that's a very important point that people need to rememberReplyDelete
One should seriously question any group,government,religion or organization where death is the ultimate penalty for leaving.ReplyDelete
Only when the Muslim wife,mother,sister and daughter break the hate filled repressive shackles that bind them will Islam ever be viewed by the world as anything other than just another tyrannical tool of control.
Even the "Gods" give people a choice.
- Verity19/2/13
I have been suggesting for around two or three years now that we annex the oilfields in Saudi and other ME oil producing countries, plus their ports, roads to the ports and surrounding oil infrastructure.ReplyDelete
This would remove their trump card.
We wouldn't annex their money, just the running of the oilfields and oil export infrastructure. We would return the oil revenues to them, less expenses and management fees. We would merely ensure that they could not wreak revenge when we deport millions of allah-freaks to their own creepy countries.
We should naturally, of course, invite fellow Commonwealth countries to join us in the enterprise. For example, Australia has had a lot of problems with islamics and might like their cracking armed forces to join us.
Daniel: That was the point I was trying to get across to people, that if "half the population of country A moves to country B, they take their culture with them." But, some heads are thicker than others, and will never get the point.ReplyDelete
A wiser policy toward the Islamic world would be:ReplyDelete
"We could not care less what you do to each other; however, if you screw with US, we will "thin the herd" considerably."
Dennis Latham said " They know we won't kill them in the name of our God just for being different."ReplyDelete
Really? The Church has done it before:killed in the name of god.
I wonder if one day Islam will say what you have said here.Replies
- PC Geek19/2/13
The crimes and missteps committed by the Church are a tiny fraction of those wrought by Islam...and in contrast to Islam those crimes were done in violation of Christianity whereas what the Muslims did was totally in keeping with their beliefs.Delete
You cannot even begin to compare the two.
Trying to stay on the wsstern side of an imaginary "sand wall" will not work. Because the Islamic side does not recognize borders, and will try to impose sharia regardless of western isolationism.ReplyDelete
Removal of regimes is different than regime change. Remove tyrannical regimes but do not replace them. Give political anarchy a chance in Dar al-Islam.
Regime removal can be done militarily, but can more efficiently and indelibly be accomplished through removal of their money. Taking out oil export facilities is easy and cheap (for us). For them, loss of nationalized oil will de-fund their Jihad and their regimes.
The coincide of the rise of radical Islam and high oil prices/volume is not just coincidence. There is a cause-effect between stolen money and Jihad. This has been so ever since Muhammed raised the caravans to Mecca.
Is the current Muslim situation that much different than Europe in the time of the Crusaders through the Inquisition? Leaders of religion are often corrupt and fanatical. They often use torture, I do not blame the Revelations of Christ or Muhammad. They actually improved people's lives. However, the clerics twist metaphors into meanings not literally intended. The solution would be a religious organization teaching good morals, as taught by all the prophets, but lacking a clergy to foment hatred.ReplyDelete
This is practically psychological projection. Islam is on the warpath, trying to conquer the world? No, liberalism is on the warpath, trying to conquer the world. Take an hour and get caught up on recent history.ReplyDelete
Why oh why does anyone give a shit if Muslim women can't get a divorce? Why does anyone give a shit that any woman can't get a divorce? It's the progressive religion. It's infected the minds of most of the West and now it wants the whole world. Religions are like that, you know.
And we somehow expect the Muslims to say "oh, what a nice religion you have, I'll gladly convert." A modest perusal of history or the academic study of human psychology should zap that ignorant ass thought right out of your brain.
And even if people were not people as we know them, but these rational machines which judged the utility of religions when making their pick, why should they prefer ours over theirs? Why is sexual liberation good exactly? Why is a society wrought by divorce, childlessness and pornography preferable to one without these delights?
As you say, if those people wanted freedom, they would have it. But you fail to understand that those people are people, and they don't want freedom because in their judgment what we call freedom is not desireable. I wonder if they are equally stupid, that they don't understand that in our judgement what they call Sharia is not desireable.
Here's what a rational west would do.
1. Stop giving a damn about "human rights violations" anywhere outside our own nations. It's none of our business anyway and we gain nothing from the capital we expend meddling in the affairs of others.
2. Ban all immigration from Muslim nations. Europe probably needs some mass deportation. Good fences make good neighbors. If we want to make exceptions here and there for some especially talented surgeon or engineer, so be it.
3. Let the fact that a billion people would rather die than convert to the progressive religion sink in to our thick skulls. Perhaps, here and there, they have, you know, a point.
Read the rule on profanity after posting. Apologies to all, if a moderator wants to delete my last post it would seem appropriate. Here's a civil version:ReplyDelete
Islam is not on the warpath, trying to conquer the world? Liberalism is on the warpath, trying to conquer the world. This is the honest take on recent history.
Why oh why does anyone care if Muslim women can't get a divorce? Why does anyone care that any woman can't get a divorce? It's the progressive religion. It's infected the minds of most of the West and now it wants the whole world. Religions are like that, you know.
And we somehow expect the Muslims to say "oh, what a nice religion you have, I'll gladly convert." A modest perusal of history or the academic study of human psychology should zap that thought right out of your brain.
And even if people were not people as we know them, but these rational machines which judged the utility of religions when making their pick, why should they prefer ours over theirs? Why is sexual liberation good exactly? Why is a society wrought by divorce, childlessness and pornography preferable to one without these delights?
As you say, if those people wanted freedom, they would have it. But you fail to understand that those people are people, and they don't want freedom because in their judgment what we call freedom is not desireable. I wonder if they are equally naive, that they don't understand that in our judgement what they call Sharia is not desireable.
Here's what a rational west would do.
1. Stop complaining about "human rights violations" anywhere outside our own nations. It's none of our business anyway and we gain nothing from the capital we expend meddling in the affairs of others.
2. Ban all immigration from Muslim nations. Europe probably needs some mass deportation. Good fences make good neighbors. If we want to make exceptions here and there for some especially talented surgeon or engineer, so be it.
3. Let the fact that a billion people would rather die than convert to the progressive religion sink in to our thick skulls. Perhaps, here and there, they have, you know, a point.
Clash of Civilizations should read Clash for Civilization. Islam is barbaric. Muslims are barbarians. Nothing they bring has anything to do with civilization.ReplyDelete
Stop Islam? SimpleReplyDelete
Pull the plug on their fuel supply.
Seize Arab Oil.
The solution to the Islamic problem was explained very clearly in this PDF article by Henry Kissinger in 1975
Then watch the Islamic Serpent slither back into the cesspool it's been skulking in for most of the past thirteen hundred years.
Are you seriously advocating invading Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran and attempting to control the oil supplies and facilitate their export?
Islam was a problem in 2000 because of Islamic oil money. Islam was not a
problem in 1900 beause of its proverty.
In 1800, the prosperity afforded to some Muslims by the piracy trade feeding on European and American Atlantic shipping caused a middling level of violance and trouble. This was solved by the formation
of the US Navy.
The solution is to impoverish, not to develop, the Muslim nations and people.
The best way to do this is to seize the oil fields.
It is past time for all those who want to survive as an individual other than a slave to Islam had better review history and learn why the Catholic Church succeeded in keeping allah chained for centuries and why Western civilization is on its way to extinction or succumbed completely by Islamic rule.ReplyDelete
IMO oil is nothing but a fulcrum. The US could have taken Russia's lead when it comes to oil in the arctic.ReplyDelete
I wouldn't rule that out even though it would be an unusual alliance among northern nations. Will this battle be fought on the northern seas?
We don't or at least didn't have to rely on Arab oil as much as this when there is so much so close to home, even though environmentalists would pitch a fit.
That said--this is a war being fought on an entirely different battle field. Hitler was localized to Germany, invaded, and ultimately fought other nations.
Allies invaded some countries and liberated others.
The tables are turned now. Islamic terrorism is not entirely localized but there are Islamic regimes (countries perhaps a better term) promoting and facilitating the international terrorism.
So how do we fight this? Invade countries and "liberate" them from Islamic regimes only to have these regimes replaced by more militant ones?
Intelligence and apprehension of individual terrorists or organizations? Key operatives?
Or an Israel/Hamas situation? Strike-retaliatory strike/operation/war/strike etc.
All of the above? Reducing our reliance on Arab oil is a good first start along with strict immigration reform. It's tragic though that immigration reform will also result in a lot of dolphins getting caught in the tuna nets.
There a many legal immigrants in my community who truly do want to live the American dream and escape persecution:(
"We cannot save 1 billion people from themselves, but we can save ourselves from them. "ReplyDelete
With G-d's help and wisdom. Purim:)
- rabenu babelu20/2/13
the"dear arab brothers" are busy massacaring one another but join with many europeans to chorus israel is the obstacle to peaceReplyDelete
i find the idea that muslims do not see themselves as minorities but as nascent majorities very poignant. this explains their reluctance to abide by the host countries' laws.ReplyDelete
- Raymond in DC22/2/13
DG - "And throughout the world they are majorities. Muslims in the West do not see themselves as minorities, but as natural majorities who have the right to impose their will and their way of life on a minority that functions as a majority only because it has not yet been overrun and conquered."ReplyDelete
In this regard, Muslims are the mirror opposite of Jews. The idea that "the law of the land is the law" comes from the Aramaic "dina d'malkhuta dina", reflecting the Jewish approach to their existence as a minority people under the Babylonians. Since then we've had some 2,500 years of experience as a minority people.
That's not the case with Muslims who,for most of their history, have been either a majority people or the people "in charge" after conquest, over time becoming the majority. So for them the natural order is that Muslims set the rules. When they're *not* in charge, we see how they work to become the folks in charge. In some cases, that means fighting for autonomy, even independence. That often involves a resort to arms. In Western countries we see both demands for "sensitivity" and accommodation to their cultural demands and values and the emergence of semi-autonomous "no go zones".
DG - "If the Muslim world has raised up a wall of sand against freedom, tolerance and the recognition of our common humanity-- then it is best for their sake and ours that they remain on their side of that wall of sand."
This brings up a notion not considered: quarantine. We simply need to be more selective in who we allow in our country and more circumspect in dealing with countries whose values are simply deemed beyond the pale. Only a few decades ago, our immigration policy was changed to give preference to countries deemed "underrepresented", so we ended up getting more from underdeveloped and failed states. And too many have brought their broken cultures to our shores. It's time to begin undoing that preference.
- Anonymous22/2/13
A proper war automatically creates conditions where each side in the war migrates to where he is comfortable. The war can be either hot, cold or both, but it must be real.ReplyDelete
Slowly but surely we are moving to that situation.


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Johnson City, Tenn. -- The UNC Greensboro Spartans held off a seventh inning charge by East Tennessee State to defeat the Buccaneers 4-2, and sweep the three game series.
The Spartans (26-17) took the lead, 1-0 in the top of the first as Kim Benningfield hit a line drive over the head of ETSU (8-29) centerfielder Rhea Holler. After Holler dove for the ball, Benningfield hustled around the bases and earned an inside-the-park home run.
The score remained 1-0 until the top of the fourth, when UNC Greensboro manufactured a run to take a 2-0 advantage. Penny Thompson led off the inning with a single to right field. Following a walk and a sacrifice bunt, Joy Stogner hit a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring Thompson.
The Spartans would strike again in the top of the sixth, scoring two runs to make the game 4-0. The first run crossed the plate as Thompson scored when Amanda Johnson put down a bunt with the bases loaded that ETSU pitcher Tiffany Vandergriff could not handle. The final Spartan run would score as Andrea Harrison would score on a grounder to second by Jesse Norris.
The Buccaneers would make a spirited comeback in the bottom of the seventh. With one out, Melonie Collins doubled to right field and subsequently stole third. She would score as Judith St. Clair hit a double to left field. Then with two outs, Julia Chance hit a single to centerfield, scoring St. Clair. However the rally would come to a close as Holler popped out to first base for the final out of the game.
UNC Greensboro starting pitcher Amy Poole (12-10) had a solid afternoon, allowing two runs on five hits, striking out five. Vandergriff (7-15) pitched her SoCon leading 19th complete game, allowing four runs on eight hits, striking out two.
Thompson, Poole and Norris led the Spartans with two hits each. Chance led the ETSU charge with two hits and an RBI.
The Buccaneers return to action Wednesday at 3 p.m. as they travel to North Carolina A&T.

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At Market in October, the star of Holly Holderman's LakeHouse Fabrics booth was her Dolly Dresses quilt on display. To showcase her upcoming Dolly Dresses 2 and Dolly Dresses 3 lines, she asked us to participate in this Dolly Dresses blog event. I love a challenge so we said YES!
We're the first in Holly's Doll Dresses blog series, and each day she'll be posting the link to a different designer blog to show off their Dolly Dresses quilt. Each designer has used the LakeHouse Dolly Dresses 2 and Dolly Dresses 3 lines to create a completely unique doll dress quilt! And, Holly will have details on her blog on how you can win these Dolly Dresses panels too! We're really excited to see everyone's quilts and to show off ours!
I was inspired to create a quilt with Courthouse Steps Blocks with simple borders with prairie points as accents. Our quilt finishes at 74 1/2″ x 74 1/2″ and is the perfect size to display on my sewing room wall!
As a child I cut out paper dolls for hours on end, and when I was old enough, I started making clothes for my dolls so this was the perfect project for me. Each dress on the doll dress panel has its own personality with endless possibilities for embellishments. I gathered together lots and lots of rick rack! Then I gathered tiny buttons and a little extra ribbon to use as bows at the neckline! Holly designed the doll dress panels with swatches of fabric along the sides of each doll dress panel are that are just the perfect size for collars, cuffs, bias trims and button plackets.
I matched the threads to each dress (we have Mettler thread at the FQS now in all the perfect colors for this project!). And the designing began…cuffs here, collars there, buttons down the front and on the cuffs, bias border at the hemline topped off with rick rack…and on and on it went!
I'm sure you all will have so much fun with these panels! I even buttonhole-stitched around some of the jackets to make it look like they were appliquéd on (cheeky, I know)! All embellishments were sewn down securely so this quilt would be safe for little girls to play on.
Then came the Courthouse Steps Blocks in all those wonderful Lakehouse colors! I used scraps of old Lakehouse lines for my blocks so yours will not be identical, but Dolly Dresses 2 arrives in March and Dolly Dresses 3 in May, so sign up at that link to be notified when they get here!
We know some of you will be itching to make this quilt with Holly's wonderful fabric, so we made a tutorial for my quilt for you to use when it arrives. You can use the Fat Quarter Bundles of these groups for your Courthouse Steps Blocks, but know that since I used older LakeHouse fabrics your blocks will vary from mine.
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We hope you enjoyed our month of covering transportation related exports in July. We talked about everything from the Farnborough Air Show to how remanufactured goods (including autos) can save your wallet and the environment.
During August, we will be highlighting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. APEC may not be a familiar topic outside international trade circles; however, it plays a vital role in the U.S. economy.
APEC was founded in 1989 to promote trade liberalization in the Asia-Pacific Region. Today, APEC has 21 members, including the United States and some of its largest trading partners such as Canada, Mexico, China and Japan. Together, the region is home to 40 percent of the world's population, but accounts for approximately 54 percent of the world's gross domestic product (GDP) and 44 percent of world trade.
Originally, APEC was founded because of the growing interdependence of Pacific Rim economies. Over the past two decades, this interdependence has only increased, giving the organization growing importance each year. The broad goal of APEC is to decrease trade and investment barriers, facilitate business in the region while working to raise living standards across the region through sustainable economic growth and ultimately lead to a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific.
Between 1989 and 1992, APEC met at a senior official and Ministerial level. In 1993, President Bill Clinton established the practice of an annual APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting. Since then, APEC leaders have gathered annually during "Leader's Week" to meet and discuss economic and trade issues in the region. In 2011, the U.S. hosted the APEC meetings on a variety of topics ranging from addressing business ethics and standards to small and medium-enterprise growth and women's issues.
Last year, Leader's Week took place in Honolulu, Hawaii. This year, Russia is set to host the meeting in Vladivostok, the largest Russian port in the Pacific. There have been several ministerial meetings throughout the year, but Leader's Week is scheduled to take place September 2-9.
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Kitami Mountains, Japanese Kitami-sammyaku, mountain range in northeastern Hokkaido, northern Japan. It extends generally northwest-southeast along the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk before broadening southward into the rugged Daisetsu volcanic group in the interior of the island. The total length of the range is about 180 miles (290 km).
The range is basically an uplifted block—except along the western slope in the north, where it drops abruptly to the Teshio River valley. Elevations are generally between about 2,500 and 3,100 feet (750 and 950 metres). In the south-central part of the range, however, the Wenshiri horst (a block of the Earth's crust set off by faults) protrudes above the surrounding area and rises to Mount Teshio (5,112 feet [1,558 metres]).
The highest elevations occur south of the Ishikari River in the Daisetsu group, where the erosion remnant of Mount Ishikari reaches 6,453 feet (1,967 metres). Geologically active volcanoes near Mount Ishikari include Mount Tokachi (6,814 feet [2,077 metres]) to the southwest and Mount Asahi (7,516 feet [2,291 metres]) to the northwest, the latter being the highest peak in Hokkaido. All in the group are within Daisetsu-zan National Park, which has an area of 873 square miles (2,260 square km) and is Japan's largest national park.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Quick quiz: Who won the 1979 Daytona 500?
The answer, of course, is Richard Petty.
But very few people — if any — equate that race with "The King" grabbing the sixth of his seven Daytona 500 victories. That race is instead infamous for the last-lap crash between Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough as they raced for the lead. The crash sparked a three-man fight after Allison's brother, Bobby, pulled up to the accident scene.
The brawl in the closing moments of the first race to be broadcast live in its entirety was a monumental moment for NASCAR, and the lasting image as the traditionally Southern sport officially announced its arrival on the national scene.
Fast forward 35 years later to Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway, where tempers flared after the race. It seemed much ado about nothing when Brad Keselowski stomped down pit road to angrily wag his finger at Matt Kenseth in a scene that was just enough to keep viewers from changing the channel, but not enough to generate any real excitement.
Then things got really interesting.
An overhead camera happened to catch Casey Mears confronting Marcos Ambrose in the garage. About? Who knows. The two were racing each other for 18th place and Fox hardly had its cameras tuned to that battle.
But something happened between the two to get Mears upset, and his anger only grew as Ambrose seemed to dismiss him and turn away. So Mears grabbed the Australian, shoved him a bit and Ambrose responded with a right hook to Mears' eye. It was hard enough to draw blood and knock Mears' hat from atop his head.
NASCAR is reviewing the incident and considering whether to discipline either of the drivers in its Tuesday penalty notices.
If the sanctioning body is smart, it will close the file and move on to Talladega without taking any action against either driver.
Forget for a minute that it was a fight that put NASCAR on the national map, and that hard-scrabble, passionate drivers who aren't afraid of confrontation are the bedrock of the sport. To this day, it's those incidents that generate the most conversation. Joey Logano's late pass of Kenseth, Keselowski and Jeff Gordon to win the race didn't garner many national headlines on Sunday, but Ambrose's shot to Mears' face most certainly did.
The decision to leave Ambrose and Mears alone isn't about the attention that a fight draws to the sport.
It's about short-track racing on a Saturday night and the emotions that come from driving hard on tight tracks and in close quarters. Fans watch Bristol and Martinsville and Richmond fully expecting to be treated to bumping and banging and the post-race confrontations that come from explosive tempers.
The incidents are celebrated and find their way into promotional materials for the tracks and NASCAR itself.
Taking that into account, Mears can't be punished for confronting Ambrose after the race. Something happened on the track that infuriated him enough to seek out Ambrose.
That conversation happened to take place in the garage, NASCAR's version of the office place, and it happened in a flurry of frenetic, post-race activity. Drivers return their cars to the haulers after the race, and at Richmond, the haulers are lined up in tight quarters. Crews are working furiously to pack up the car and the equipment, fans are milling about trying to chase down their favorite driver, reporters are rushing to seek out interviews before the parties slip away in the darkness.
In that setting, Ambrose was grabbed and then shoved by a fellow driver. He reacted violently with a punch that might have startled Floyd Mayweather Jr., let alone Mears.
Should Ambrose be punished for defending himself? For reacting in a heated moment? Absolutely not. It wasn't a sucker punch, it didn't put any crew members or fans in danger, and Mears himself seemed to take it in stride.
The morning after he was punched, Mears ran in Jimmie Johnson's charity race and acknowledged Ambrose "got me pretty good with that shot" in an interview with NASCAR.com.
"Out of all the NASCAR fights or punches or when you see people swinging, usually it's a lot of fly-swatting. He actually connected so that was pretty good," Mears said. "Everybody gets mad after those races when everybody is trying so hard. It's a passionate sport, obviously. It's tough when you first get out of the car, when you don't have a good chance to cool off, it escalates pretty quick."
Indeed, the culture of short-track racing is an expectation of post-race fireworks.
Unless NASCAR wants to remove that element and expectation, it should leave Ambrose and Mears alone.


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Why do we currently have the massive debate over the question of whether Obama is constitutionally qualified to be President? On properly vetting Obama, our own political leaders, institutions, political parties, and main stream media have failed the people miserably and they should be taken to task after this is all said and done. One example of this failure can be seen from the August 12, 2008 interview by Hannity & Comes of Howard Wolfson, FOX News contributor and former
Some concerned and well-informed Americans realize that our leaders have failed us in this regard and so have themselves demanded some straight answers-call it a vetting by We the People. These concerned Americans, in this time of crisis, have petitioned their government and political and legal institutions for help in resolving the question of whether Obama is Constitutionally eligible to be President. Their efforts have so far been in vain. Fortunately, these Americans have exercised their First Amendment right of free speech and have not had to rely on their government and these other institutions to have their grievance heard.
The internet has revolutionized society by giving individuals greater ability to guide their own destinies by participating in and benefiting from collective intelligence. Hence, concerned Americans have used the internet to bring to the fore the issue of Obama's eligibility to be President and have placed their hope in the U.S. Supreme Court to decide that issue. Some brave attorneys and pro se litigants, who have had the courage to put their necks on the line, have helped these concerned Americans. We the people should be forever grateful to them, regardless of what the Supreme Court decides. This whole process shows that we the people will not be fooled so easily. We will and must stand up and fight until we get a straight answer.
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The Under $10 Quest Continues
During round one of the Under $10 Quest, I stated that we drink a lot of wine. I listen to my twitter friends go on and on about specific wines and then I look them up only to choke at the $50 price tag (or more). I thought my day job paid me pretty good green, but I guess it's not enough to afford the purple that my friends are drinking. Thus, the quest continues.
As I mention in the video, the goal of these reviews and videos are to provide you a resource of trustworthy wines. I want you to walk into a store confident in your pick of a specific wine label. Life is too short to drink crappy wine. Why waste your money on 3 or 4 cheap wines in search of the jewel when you can rely on others to do so.
Basically, I'm in search of a starting line-up of dependable wines that I can go to on a daily basis. I need designated hitters, relief pitchers, and pinch hitters to come into the game when the game is tight. Tonight's lineup includes a rookie and two veterans called up from Triple A to show their stuff.
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2007 Arbor Crest Sauvignon Blanc
- The Stuff: 100% Sauvignon Blanc from Columbia Valley, WA (Bacchus Vineyards), never oaked
- The Swirl: Super clear with a mild golden delicious apple tone
- The Sniff: Cut open a pineapple, squeeze some lemon and spray a small spritz of vanilla room spray and you have the nose of this wine.
- The Sip: Strong acidity on the upper palate with a smooth citrus and lemon peel flavor across the tongue. There is no tartness and the alcohol is not hot. Not overly huge in structure but has great flavor for the price.
- The Score: $11 retail but only $7 at Cost Plus World Market, I score this a 4+ (out of 5) for value and flavor.
The wine reminds me of summer. When my wife and I were first dating we enjoyed a few bottles of this wine on the deck as we shared our stories and got to know one another. This is definitely a player who will be added to the roster for a crisp summer wine or a wine to pair with light seafood or poultry dishes.
2008 Root 1 Cabernet Sauvignon
- The Stuff: 85% Cab and 15% Syrah from Colchagua, Chile. Vineyards are original non-grafted wine stocks brought over from Europe – sounds pretty cool. Neat looking bottle, taller than average with a real cork enclosure.
- The Swirl: Moderately opaque plum with watery edges
- The Sniff: Was difficult to pinpoint at first but the fruit was immediately overwhelmed by evergreen tree, minerals, rocks, and musky dirt. With much effort could smell the black currant.
- The Sip: Overwhelming minerality on the back immediately took over the fruit that was trying to come through. Very chalky, like eating dirt.
- The Score: At $9, there are way better value Cabernet Sauvignon's out there. I score this a 3-. Could be the youth of the wine, but I'm not going to cellar a $9 wine. (See update below)
This wine strikes out and not only doesn't make the team but gets sent back to Single A ball. UPDATE: After spending some time in Single A (24 hours) this wine is starting to show some promise. The minerality is nearly gone and most of the chalkiness has subsided. Decent fruit flavors of red currant and cherry along with leather. Root1 has moved up to AA ball, but I'm still apprehensive.
2007 Dancing Bull Zinfandel
- The Stuff: 100% California Zinfandel from various sourced vineyards. Synthetic cork enclosure
- The Swirl: Deep dark opaque plum, slightly cloudy with hints of ruby and garnet. Strong legs indicating high residual sugar.
- The Sniff: Good strong nose that leads with strawberry, vanilla, tobacco and cocoa
- The Sip: The wine was slightly disappointing as it came across as one-dimensional. The nose was a tease and the palate did not deliver. After two hours in glass, the flavor profile did open up. One dimensional is not bad, just not super interesting.
- The Score: At just $8, this wine scores a solid 3+. You won't go wrong getting this wine and the predictable taste may score well with beginning wine drinkers.
This Zinfandel doesn't make the starting team but is sent down to Triple A to potentially be called up as an injury replacement.
So far the team is struggling. I have a few good recommendations from fellow wine bloggers that I hope to try soon. If you have suggestions, please leave comments. I'm looking to field my team with a variety of wine styles.
2010 is the year of buying local! I want to strongly encourage you, when possible to buy your wine from a local retailer (wine store, wine shop) or directly from the winery. Doing this helps keep profits directly in your community.
Life is meant to be shared with friends. Share life over a glass of wine and DRINK.HAPPY!
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14 comments on "The Under $10 Quest Continues"
Ben Simons
Interesting to see your notes on the Root 1. I've had a couple of bottles of this and actually thought it was a bit of a fruit bomb. I wonder if there was something wrong with the bottle that you had. I thought that it was a pretty decent value for $10, and have even recommended it to some friends who really enjoyed it. Not my favorite cab, but didn't hate it.
I thought I heard good things too, but this was the 2008, just released and very young. The 2007 scored a Bronze in S.F. Wine Competition. Overwhelming back end minerality. If I find a 2007 somewhere, I'll purchase to compare.
REVIEW UPDATE: After letting the 2008 Root1 Cabernet sit for a full 24 hours the bottle is drinkable. The minerality that I spoke of in the video is mostly subsided. There are now ample flavors of red currant and cherry with some licorice and leather. I am going to update the review to a 3 but would be apprehensive about buying another 08 and drinking immediately.
Randy Watson
Value wine is always tricky because personal taste really tends to be at play. Love the concept though! Great job!
So, Mr. Randy and Mr. Ben – what other wines would you recommend I try? Criteria under $10 and widely available. I'm making a list for future purchases and reviews.
Weekly Wine Journal(Tim)
Great Idea for a post! But wow it's going to be hard to field a proper team for under $10 a bottle. Bad News Bears perhaps? I agree that Root One was not very good. Boring.
Weekly Wine Journal(Tim)
sorry forgot to suggest a team member. Chalone Vineyards Cabernet…$9.99 with a Fry's VIP shoppers card. Does that count?
Seattle Wine Gal
Nice post Josh. I love me some every day drinkers. The further into the wine world I go, the higher the 'every day drinker' price point goes. I do have a few at the $10 range, for the same reason as you- I drink A LOT of wine! In the $10 range, I steer towards Argentina, Spain, and Chili. What I always recommend to people for their best bet at $10 or under is to ask your local wine shop staff what, in their opinion, is the best wine in your price range. Now tastes vary of course, but they will most likely steer you to something that has good balance for the money. -SWG
Kevin Glowacki
Here are some of my favorites.
– Segura Viudas Brut Reserva for bubbly
– Segura Viudas Aria Brut (slightly yeastier style)
– Big House White (2008, can't speak for other years)
– Garnacha del Fuego
– 2008 Redtree Pinot Noir (I didn't like as much as WS, but for $6.99, it was not bad)
– Brancott Sauvignon Blanc
– Stump Jump Shiraz
– Feudo Arancio Nero d'Avola, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Grillo are all nice – they also bottle a Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinot Grigio, but I've not had those.
– Bogle Petite Sirah (usually a nice burger or BBQ wine)
Keep up the great work.
Wow, Kevin, I think you fielded the whole team for me. There are a few names I recognize from local stores here. I'll have to make a call to the scouts to bring them in.
Jack Colby
Good segment! $10 wine is where it is. I expect a $30 or more dollar wine to be great and when it is your satisfied, but if its just ok you are disappointed. On the other hand a great $10 wine is find a steal and you're happy. As Ms SeattleWineGal pointed out you can check out some Spanish or Italian wines try some different grapes and styles all in the $10 range, good stuff!
Keep it up!
Jack twitter=@NWWines
Jim Wilkerson
I was pleasantly surprised by Cypress Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2007. It's from J. Lohr and suggested price is $10, but I'm sure you could find it cheaper (I found it for $6). It's not capital-A Awesome, but it's a nice juicy little wine cookout wine. At $6 it's like the utility infielder you pay the league minimum who can fill in when one of your starters needs a rest.
Others I like in the $10 and under category are:
– Galevan Cotes du Rhone 2007 ($8 at Costco) I know you couldn't find it at your Spokane Costco, but I'm including it for your readers. A STEAL. (check my blog for the complete gushing review.)
– Evodia Old Vines Garnacha 2007 ($10) from Calatayud, Spain. This one has a definite minerality which may not be your bag, but I dig it.
– Angeline Sauv Blanc 2008 Russian River Valley ($10 on sale at grocery store, regularly $12)
– Finca El Portillo Sauv Blanc 2008 Mendoza ($8.50) Crisp clean everyday SB
Jim Wilkerson
Oh, another one I recommend Cline Zinfandel, the California appellation bottling. It's usually $9 or $10. (Their other Zins, Ancient Vines and the single vineyard series, are more expensive.)
Excellent. I'm making a list to keep with me when I go to the wine stores. I have seen and tried the Cline series. They may be definite contenders during a future episode.
Thanks again, Jim!


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WWE Writer Allegedly Dishes Racist Smackdown
There's no doubt that using the n-word is stupid -- but allegedly using the n-word in front of a guy that's over six-feet-tall, weighs nearly 400 pounds and calls himself "The World's Strongest Man" is beyond idiotic. Enter WWE writer Michael Hayes.
TMZ has confirmed that Hayes, the head writer for WWE's "Smackdown," has been suspended for 60 days -- allegedly for using racist language in front of wrestler Mark Henry. Michael's haymaker was supposedly thrown while out drinking at a party during the weekend of Wrestlemania, where ProWrestling.net reports Hayes told Henry, "I'm more of a n----- than you are."
It's unknown whether or not Hayes was subsequently hit in the face with a metal chair.
A rep for the WWE released this statement: "Due to inappropriate behavior, Michael Hayes was suspended for 60 days with no pay. In order to return to work, Michael Hayes will be required to undergo further evaluation."


text: Just four days after Adobe Systems patched a vulnerability in Flash Player, the exploit was adopted by cybercriminals for use in large-scale attacks. This highlights the increasingly small time frame users have to deploy patches.On Saturday, a malware researcher known online as Kafeine spotted a drive-by download attack done with the Magnitude exploit kit that was exploiting a Flash Player vulnerability patched Tuesday.The flaw, tracked as CVE-2015-3113 in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database, had zero-day status -- that is, it was previously unpatched -- when Adobe released a patch for it. It had already been exploited by a China-based cyberespionage group for several weeks in targeted attacks against organizations from the aerospace, defense, construction, engineering, technology, telecommunications and transportation industries.It is not unusual to see zero-day exploits for Flash Player and other popular applications being used in highly targeted cyberespionage attacks. That's because the goal of the attackers behind them is to compromise organizations that sometimes have sophisticated defenses and to remain undetected for as long as possible.On the other hand, while zero-day exploits have been used in more indiscriminate, large-scale attacks, such incidents are rare. That's because zero-day vulnerabilities are extremely valuable and it doesn't make financial sense for attackers to burn them in noisy campaigns where they'll be very quickly discovered and patched.Therefore, it's much more common for the creators of commercial exploit kits like Magnitude to integrate exploits for already patched vulnerabilities. For them it's a numbers game and there's always a large number of users who fail to install updates in a timely manner if at all.But it seems that while computer users have not significantly improved their patching times, the exploit kit creators are aggressively reducing the time they need to integrate exploits.The new Magnitude attacks left users with only four days to install the Flash Player patch for CVE-2015-3113, a very small time frame especially for organizations that typically deploy updates according to predetermined schedules that are often more than one week apart.Earlier this year the authors of another exploit kit, Nuclear EK, integrated a Flash Player exploit a week after Adobe patched it, signaling a trend toward increasingly smaller patch windows.The new Magnitude attacks that exploit CVE-2015-3113, if successful, install the Cryptowall ransomware. However, the payload could be changed by the attackers to something else at any time.


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Apple considered buying stake in Sharp to aid development of television - report
It was announced last month that Foxconn bought a 10 percent stake in Sharp to help boost the company's money-losing LCD business. As part of the deal Foxconn will utilize Sharp's state-of-the-art LCD factory that opened in Sakai in 2009.
But before Foxconn stepped in and invested in Sharp, Apple considered buying a stake in the company, according to analyst Brian White with Topeka Capital Markets.
White was relayed the information while attending a technology trade show in China this week, and he revealed it in a note issued to investors on Friday. He said Apple "originally debated" whether it should invest in the LCD market, but ultimately decided against it.
"In our view, if Apple was willing to consider investing in the supply chain to exert influence in an area deemed important to the company's future, we wonder what else the company might consider," White said.
Reports out of the Far East have suggested that Foxconn's partnership with Sharp will give both companies an opportunity to produce IGZO displays for Apple's anticipated television set. By teaming up, it is believed that both Foxconn and sharp have a better chance of receiving orders from Apple.
The news that Apple apparently considered investing in Sharp comes as the company announced on Friday that it has begun production of the world's first LCD panels incorporating IGZO technology. IGZO displays will allow Sharp to produce thinner and more power efficient LCDs.
The initial run of IGZO screens will come in three sizes: 7 inches for tablets, 10 inches with 300 pixels per inch for high-definition notebook PCs, and 32 inches at a resolution of 3,840 by 2,160 pixels for LCD monitors.
As for the possibility of Apple further investing in its supply chain, White suggested that the company could try to exert influence over management at Foxconn by taking a position on their board. This would send a signal that initiatives at it and other partners are being closely monitored.
"With growing concern around treatment of workers at Apple's suppliers and heightened media coverage, we believe one option for Apple to better control the worker controversy is to have an Apple executive on the board of directors of certain suppliers and help manage the situation," White said. "This would send a clear message that Apple is deeply concerned with the treatment of workers at suppliers."


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Identity verification startup Trulioo, has announced today it has received US$6 million in a Series A financing led by New York based Tenfore Holdings, with participation by BDC Venture Capital and Blumberg Capital. This brings the startup's funding total to over US$8.3 million.
Trulioo provides software that scores Internet identities as authentic, machine generated or fraudulent. The software is targeted for use by websites and mobile applications that support social login. Social login adoption is rapidly growing and a recent study by Gartner, projected ecommerce adoption to hit 50% by 2015 due in large part to the ease of use within mobile apps. Trulioo's software called TruDetect, which originally only supported Facebook login, now also covers Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter as well as traditional login using an email address. The software enhances social login by verifying the identity of website or mobile app users without introducing additional friction. Developers can make use of the product through Trulioo's API with just a few lines of code, or through leading user management platforms like Gigya and Janrain among others.
FundRazr, a leading community crowd funding platform and a Trulioo customer, requires users to login using Facebook, LinkedIn or Google. "We initially looked to social login to help us drive new user registrations and optimize campaign visibility. Now in working with Trulioo, social login is also helping us to fight fraud and keep our user community safe," said FundRazr's CEO Daryl Hatton. "We are a global platform and we needed a global fraud solution – that had been hard to find previously," said Hatton.
Trulioo recently surpassed over 100 million cyber identities scored, most in North America and Europe. This round of funding will be used to accelerate expansion into developing and emerging markets where traditional identity verification products are largely unavailable. David Blumberg, Managing Partner at Blumberg Capital states, "Trulioo's software is a unique and effective tool to help make social login safer for users and more valuable for customers globally. We think the company is well positioned to build out the biggest business in the vertical, as it continues to lead the market."
As a pioneer in social verification, Trulioo aims to continue disrupting online identity verification with new technologies such as the recent project announcement Mobilekey, a mobile application designed to replace traditional student ID cards.
"We are excited to have this new group of top investors and partners on board, that share our vision and bring the additional domain expertise we need to grow," said Trulioo's Founder and CEO Stephen Ufford. "Trulioo created the market for social verification. This additional investment helps ensure we continue to be the leader and top brand to work with in the space by delivering the best product."
Dan Levine of Tenfore Holdings has joined Trulioo's Board of Directors.
Trulioo provides advanced analytics based on global Internet identity information and user behavior from sources including social login providers, ad networks, mobile applications, e-commerce websites, social networks and customers. Launched in 2011 and based in Vancouver B.C., Trulioo specializes in scoring Internet identities as authentic, machine generated or fraudulent. The Company was recently selected as one of Canada's top 20 technology startups. www.trulioo.com
Blumberg Capital is an early-stage venture firm that works closely with innovative entrepreneurs to build exceptional companies. The team has over a century of relevant experience collaborating with disruptive technology companies in Software, Digital and Social Media, Mobile and Consumer Internet. Blumberg Capital is headquartered in San Francisco with team members located in New York and Israel. Portfolio includes: Hootsuite, Lenddo, Nutanix, Creo to name a few. For additional information, visit www.blumbergcapital.com
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2 cups arepa flour (precooked cornmeal)
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Pulled Pork
1 tsp. cayenne
1 tsp. coriander
1½ tsp. cumin
½ tsp. allspice
1 tsp. dried oregano
½ tsp. black pepper
2 tsp. kosher salt
6 cloves garlic
1 medium onion, diced
Olive oil
Pinch red pepper flakes
2 bay leaves
1 lager beer
1 cup chicken stock
¼ cup orange juice
Pickled onions:
1 medium onion, cut in half, and then sliced thin
½ cup apple cider vinegar
1 tsp. kosher salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
Tailgate assembly:
4- 5 lb bone in pork shoulder, trimmed of excess fat
Lime wedges for garnish
Queso fresco
Pickled onions
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Combine arepa flour and salt in a medium bowl. Make a well in the center and add 2½ cups of warm water. Using a wooden spoon, gradually incorporate dry ingredients, stirring until no dry lumps remain. Let rest 5 minutes to hydrate.
Knead dough a few times in bowl, and then divide into 8 pieces. Roll each piece on work surface into a ball, then gently flatten to about ½ inch thick.
Heat 1 Tbsp. oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add 4 arepas, cover, and cook until golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Uncover, flip, and cook (keep uncovered) until other side is golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer arepas to a wire rack. Repeat with remaining 1 Tbsp. oil and dough.
Pickled onions:
Combine all ingredients and let marinate atleast overnight.
Pulled pork:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Coat trimmed pork shoulder with spice rub. In a cast iron pot with a little olive oil, brown pork on all sides. Transfer to platter or cutting board. Sauté onions, garlic, and a pinch of red pepper flakes in pot until sautéed and onions start to brown. Return pork to pan. Add beer, chicken stock, orange juice and bay leaves to the pot. Cover and place in oven to cook for 3 ½ - 4 hours. The pork will start to fall apart. If it doesn't when you attempt to prod it with a couple of forks…..leave it in a little longer.
Once finished cooking, transfer pork in batches to cutting board. Pull out any bits you don't like (i.e. any extra fat), and pull meat apart with two forks. Transfer meat to disposable tray and continue with remaining pork from pot. Once you have all the pork removed from the pot, strain the cooking liquid and season to taste. You could add a little heat or salt and pepper if it needs it. Then pour over the pulled pork.
Tailgate assembly:
Once you get to the game, place your tray of pulled pork covered over your preheated grill. Warm your arepas a couple minutes on each side. Top arepas with pulled pork, queso fresco, pickled onions and cilantro.


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Bug Princess 2 Review
There are shooters and then there are bullet-hell games. Yes, we've said it before, but CAVE's long-running obsession with placing players against impossible odds is well known to iOS gamers now, but even amongst fans there's a game that remains utterly daunting. Bug Princess 2, the 2006 Arcade sequel to the classic original, takes no prisoners thanks to its ridiculously scaling up modes of difficulty. By almost all other accounts, Bug Princess 2 is easy to pick up thanks to its famil…Watch The Video Review
DoDonPachi Blissful Death Review
While DoDonpachi Blissful Death (or Dai Ou Jou) was the fourth title in the DonPachi series, it was also considered the first true sequel to DoDonPachi. For those on iOS devices, it's CAVE's second release of the series for the platform, and for those following the story of the series this makes it an interesting release as it puts you in control of the very ships and dolls that went on to become your enemies in 'Resurrection'. The tangled, weaving storyline of the DonPachi series is…Watch The Video Review
Bug Princess Review
Each release from CAVE on the iOS platform has been like a little treat, at least for those cashed up enough to own them thanks to their generally heavy hardware requirements and initial cost. This aside, their shoot'em-ups have been almost second to none on the App Store thanks to their slick visuals, frustrating (yet fair) difficulty, and incredibly varied mechanics. Their latest release, Bug Princess, takes us back in to the world of Mushihimesama, bringing back to life the game tha…Watch The Video Review
DEATHSMILES Review
By now it's hardly worth pointing out what genre the latest release from CAVE falls under, but for those who have missed out on their earlier titles, Deathsmiles is yet another shoot'em-up title, albeit a little different from the rest of the pack. We've seen their bullet-hell titles, mostly in the form of vertical shooters and in one particularly amazing case a unique adventure-game style shooter, but this one takes a little side-step as it drops the bullet-hell and…Watch The Video Review
Mushihimesama BUG PANIC Review
PLEASE NOTE: Mushihimesama BUG PANIC is currently restricted to 3rd gen or higher iDevices; please ensure that your device is compatible before purchasing this title. Mushihimesama BUG PANIC by CAVE is the third in a series of titles following the adventures of Reco, a princess that has a telepathic link to the bugs of the Shinju Forest. In typical fashion for the developer, the first two titles were vertical shoot'em-ups, however this latest title takes a risk as it departs from the…Watch The Video Review
Dodonpachi Resurrection Review
NOTE: This game requires 3rd gen or higher devices (3GS, iPad, iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 32/64gb) - CAVE recommends you try the LITE version when available to confirm compatability if you are unsure. As developer CAVE puts it in their description of Dodonpachi Resurrection, this shoot'em-up (shmup) is bullet heaven. But one man's heaven can be another man's hell so perhaps I should point out that this isn't going to appeal to everyone because 'manic' doesn't quite come close to how inte…Watch The Video Review
ESPGALUDA II Review
ESPGALUDA II by Cave is the real deal when it comes to 'bullet hell' shooters and despite being five years in the making for this adaption, nothing is lost from the 2005 Arcade original. This is the sort of game that makes regular shooters look like a stroll in the park and despite its fierce looks, this is a game that can be enjoyed by gamers of all levels. ESPGALUDA II opts for several control levels with left and right hand variants to give players a fighting chance to learn the ga…Watch The Video Review


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A new international trailer for Bond has just been released. Javier Bardem looks terrifying. And you have already seen Bardem be terrifying in No Country For Old Men. It was the breathing and it was that f-cking hair. Maybe the key for him is the hair. Because his hair in Bond is frightening too. Then he starts hissing at 007 about mommies and I feel it, I really do. I feel like we may have finally found a proper villain for the year.
Is it just me or did they cut it on purpose to draw the parallel? In the trailers for The Dark Knight Rises, Anne Hathaway keeps going on about how Bane is the scariest dude of all. And here, this woman keeps going on about the fear -- "not like him".
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The Year of the Woman at Milken Institutes Global Summit
Kudos to the Milken Institute for putting on an amazing Global Summit this year. Yes, they do a great job every year, but this year was special. They chose to place an emphasis on girls and women, both in their programming and in their attendance. 30% of the attendees were women this year, a significant increase from prior years. Day 2 of the conference was particularly impactful as the lunch program (which everyone attends) was a 2 hour program that featured Patricia Arquette speaking about pay equality, Frida Pinto discussing how to help advance young women in India, and Willow Bay moderating a panel called "What Would You Do to Make the World Better for Women and Girls? A Conversation and Call to Action".
I was honored to be on a panel alongside a handful of powerhouse women called "Women Challenging the Status Quo." Check out the video below:Diversity/Equality Founders/Startups