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What was the best music you ever made?
When I was around 14, my best mate and I started an AC/DC covers band. He played guitar, I sang and played the snare drum (too poor to afford a full kit).
It was probably the weirdest music I've ever made, and the best. Squalling guitars, spoken vocals (I can't really sing), Mo Tucker style drumming, riffz, things that were very much not AC/DC, long solos (he'd just got into Hendrix). We'd've been DiS favourites.
Last time I saw him, his girlfriend had got him listening to Jessie J.
So, what were you proudest of in your glittering musical career?
do you have a recording of this?
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probably this. The track clocks in at 18 mins 31 secs and took ages to write/piece together. Recording it was staggeringly frustrating but I'm well chuffed with it.
Maybe this...
Especially the first track. It's short and simple, but I really love it.
When I was 16 I played bass in a band called The Riffage (name owing to the 3 guitarists). We were really unproductive, and there were a lot of egos involved.
Staying at my brother's place one night
He was out, I was stoned. I fired up his Tascam 4-track and created a cover of The Velvets' I Can't Stand It, using nylon string acoustic guitar, drum machine, Roland SH101 synth, spoons (metal and wodden), thumb piano and a bunch of pedals. I had no idea what the fuck I was doing, and the result was pure unalloyed lo-fi demented genius. Years later as a "serious" musician I still wish I could come up with something half as good as that.


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According to USA Today, studio executives are wondering whether the film can broaden its appeal beyond the rabid fanbase and become a hit. The film is expected to take in $50 million at the box-office this weekend, but with a budget of $120 million, it will take a strong box-office run to break even and/or be declared a hit.
"I'm not sure it's an unabashed home run," said Anne Thompson of Variety.com. "If you're not familiar with the graphic novel, people may feel like they're on the outside looking in."
After the success last year of "Iron Man" and "The Dark Knight," "Watchmen" will have big shoes to fill in terms of box-office success. And the film does have some factors the could keep it from reaching "Iron Man" like box-office numbers. One is the film's rating. The movie is R-rated, while last summer's comic book fare was PG-13. "Watchmen" also boasts a lesser-known cast and has no marquee names. "Iron Man" had Robert Downey, Jr. and "Dark Knight" had the momentum of the first Batman reboot.
Of course, "Watchmen" has at least one ace up its sleeve: director Zack Snyder, who took another brutally violent graphic novel in "300″ and turned it into a smash in 2006.
"They said '300; was going to be a flop, too," said Gerard Butler, the star of the sword-and-sandal epic. "Zack made me what I am today. I've got no doubt he's going to do it again."
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Even competing studios are braced for a hit. "I think it's going to be huge," said Steve Rothenberg of Lionsgate. "If you look at the big movies this year, it's not with A-level stars getting $20 million paychecks."
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Learning to Measure through Action and Gesture
Eliza L. Congdon and Susan C. Levine (Co-PI)
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Learning through physical action is an effective way to help children acquire new ideas and concepts. Gesture is a type of physical action, but it differs from other kinds of actions in that it does not require interacting directly with external objects. As such, gesture provides an interesting comparison to action-on-objects, and allows us to identify the circumstances under which physical interaction with objects (and it's associated effects on the external world) may be either beneficial or harmful to learning. In the current study, we ask whether individual differences in first grade children's prior knowledge about a foundational mathematical concept – their understanding of linear units of measure -- might interact with their ability to glean insight from action- and gesture-based instruction.
Measurement is an important early mathematical concept that young children consistently struggle with, making it an important focus of research on math learning. In fact, measurement remains the only domain of mathematics in which elementary school children in the US consistently perform lower than the international average (TIMSS, 2011). Furthermore, we know that children consistently and robustly make one of two interesting errors on shifted-object linear measurement problems (see Figure 1 for sample shifted problem).
Figure 1. A sample "shifted problem" test item. Children make mistakes on problems like these throughout elementary school.
In a hatch-mark counting error, children count the hatch mark lines on the part of the ruler that is aligned with the object being measured instead of the intervals of space that fall between an object's left-most and right-most edges. In a read-off error, children simply read off the number on the ruler that aligns with the rightmost edge of the object no matter where the object's left most edge starts on the ruler. Notably, both errors provide the correct answer on typical measurement problems where the object-to-be-measured is aligned with the zero point of the ruler (e.g. Blume, Galindo, & Walcott, 2007; Kamii, 1997; Lehrer, Jenkins, & Osana, 1998; Solomon, Vasilyeva, Huttenlocher, & Levine, 2015).
One hundred and twenty-two first grade children answered 10, "shifted object" multiple-choice questions at the beginning of the session so that we could determine their dominant measurement strategy (N = 59 used a hatch mark counting; N = 36 used a read off strategy; N = 27 were correct and were excluded from further analysis).
During the training session, an experimenter showed children how to measure colorful wooden sticks with a 9-unit paper ruler and either 1) discrete plastic unit chips or a thumb and forefinger gesture and 2) shifted objects or unshifted objects (see Figure 2 for photos).
Figure 2. A photograph (in gray scale) of each of the four training conditions. A – Unshifted unit chip training condition; B – Shifted unit chip training; C – Unshifted gesture training; D – Shifted gesture training
Immediately after training (Posttest) and one week later (Follow-up), all children answered 10 more "shifted object" multiple-choice measurement questions. For children in the hatch-mark counting group, performance improved after training with shifted objects, irrespective of the type of movement: both actions and gestures were beneficial for learning (Figure 3). However, for children in the read-off strategy group, only the shifted unit chip training condition was effective.
Figure 3. Average performance by starting strategy and training condition across the three sessions. Bars represent +/- 1 standard error of the mean when the data are aggregated by participant.
First, this study underscores the importance of providing children with instruction involving shifted-object problem types (also see: Showcase August 2009: Improving Children's Understanding of Units of Measure: A Training Study). These types of problems can not only reveal children's misconceptions about measurement in a way that unshifted problems do not, but they also seem to encourage the development of a more flexible and conceptually rich understanding of measurement.
Furthermore, the current study offers revealing new evidence about when and how children can best learn new ideas through hand movements. We argue that far from being a cure-all solution, gesture appears to be a double-edged sword. Though there is good, compelling research showing that gesture can promote learning, generalization, and retention (e.g., Cook, Mitchell & Goldin-Meadow, 2008; Novack, Congdon, Hemani-Lopez & Goldin-Meadow, 2014; Goldin-Meadow, 2014), the current findings emphasize the need to consider the learner's current level of conceptual understanding, as well as the nature of the target concept, before using gesture-based instruction. The very same properties of gesture that differentiate it from action and facilitate long-lasting and flexible conceptual change may in fact make it inaccessible to some learners or inappropriate for some types of problem-solving contexts.
- ♦ Blume, G. W., Galindo, E., & Walcott, C. (2007). Performance in Measurement and Geometry From the Viewpoint of Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. In P. Kloosterman & F. K. Lester (Eds.), Results and Interpretation of the 2003 Math Assessment of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), chapter 5 (pp. 95-138). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
- ♦ Cook, S. W., Mitchell, Z., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2008). Gesturing makes learning last. Cognition, 106, 1047–1058.
- ♦ Foy, P., Arora, A. & Stanco, G. M. (Eds.). (2013). TIMSS 2011 User Guide for the International Database. Lynch School of Education, Boston College: TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center.
- ♦ Goldin-Meadow, S (2014). How gesture works to change our minds. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 30, 23.
- ♦ Kamii, C., & Clark, F. (1997). Measurement of length: The need for a better approach to teaching. School Science and Mathematics, 97, 116-121.
- ♦ Lehrer, R., Jenkins, M., & Osana, H. (1998). Longitudinal study of children's reasoning about space and geometry. Designing learning environments for developing understanding of geometry and space, 1, 137-167.
- ♦ Novack, M. A., Congdon, E. L., Hemani-Lopez, N., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2014). From Action to Abstraction: Using the Hands to Learn Math. Psychological Science, 25, 903-910.
- ♦ Solomon, T. L., Vasilyeva, M., Huttenlocher, J., & Levine, S. C. (2015). Minding the gap: Children's difficulty conceptualizing spatial intervals as linear measurement units. Developmental Psychology, 51(11), 1564-73.


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It was a fluke that I found these pictures today. We are in the process of moving. Things were taken out of the loft, had a garage sale a couple of months ago and today there are only a few boxes left on the garage floor.
Mike, my husband said " is this important?" YES! In the 80's my mother asked us girls to come over and pick out some things that were my Grandma and her sister Edna's stuff. Otherwise she would throw it away. At the time - I was not into genealogy and so I picked out a few things. These pictures found in the box today, I remember were hung in my Grandma's guest room. I saw them everytime I went to her house as a young girl. I'm sure my sisters will remember as well. They are interesting.
Here is what it says on the back of them.
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These truly beautiful creations are done in an exclusive hand process (right on the glass) exactly duplicating the world famous "Butterfly Wing" pictures. The delicate colors transferred directly to the glass prsent a pearly quality which makes them spring to life, and the glass itself seems to radiate an elusive ligbht.
Nothing has ever been offered before in America with such fineness of line, detail and rich coloring, and the "Butterfly Wing" effect process creates a brilliance not to be matched by any other type of decoratoin. In these very modern frames they will do credit to any room, and the particularly attractive when hung in pairs
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The picture on the left is "Old Fashioned Garden" and the one on the right is "Blossom Time".
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Yaya Toure has reaffirmed his commitment to Manchester City and said he wants to stay at the club for "as long as possible".
The Ivory Coast international has been persistently linked with a move away from Eastlands this summer after his agent Dimitry Seluk suggested the 31-year-old felt he had been treated disrespectfully by the club.
Toure then suffered the heartache of losing his younger brother Ibrahim to cancer, while his country's World Cup campaign floundered, but the former Barcelona midfielder now feels composed and ready to focus on City again.
"It was not a case of leaving the club. It was difficult because my situation was quite difficult," he told the club's official website.
"For me I was always quiet and my decision, if you want to say it like that, is that I will stay at Manchester City for as long as possible."
Given he was the linchpin in City's title winning midfield last year that will be music to the ears of their fans who are hoping they can do it all again and also push on in Europe.
Toure, who signed a new four-year deal last season, is also targeting more trophies and wants to see reinforcements arrive in the next few weeks to make it easier to fight on multiple fronts.
"I hope a couple of players sign in because we need to try to build a massive club because if we want to be the best we need to win every trophy possible," he added.
"We are looking for the Champions League - that is an important title this year and the Premier League is going to be a battle as well between Chelsea, United, Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool too.
"I think it's going to be very open. We know we are the team to beat but we have the confidence and we have the fantastic players coming and I hope this year's going to be the same."
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Zarkex01 posted a topic in Nintendo Switch,A gamer called Luis Fernando Mendoza Arias has apparently got his hands on a copy of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate two weeks before its official release date.
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Nintendo Switch Online - You get what you pay for
FamiTom posted a topic in Frontpage News,I know, I know, It's really popular right now to shit all over Nintendo's new online program. But that's not what I'm here for. In fact, I think it's pretty good. I'm here to set the record straight.
Nintendo Switch Online is only $20 USD for an individual membership, and way less if you split the cost of a family membership. For a third of the price of its competitors (at the most), I don't really care what else NS Online has to offer. I can play my games online, and I can do it for cheaper than PS4 or XB1 users can.
It gave us designated servers for MK Deluxe and, later on, Smash Bros, and while, for some reason, Splatoon 2 didn't, I never really noticed connection issues while playing. Peer-to-peer isn't really bad at all, unless your friends have really bad connections. And most of the third party games we play don't have designated servers anyways.
You also get a pretty cool ever - expanding library of NES games, which is an added bonus. Now, I get that this is a shitty replacement for virtual console, and that many people have bought these games many times and might not want to buy them again, the library comes at no additional cost with an online service that is already affordable.
Some people seem to think that charging customers for online is a crummy thing to do, but these companies want to make money. It sucks, but when you have an additional service for a product, it's a bad business strategy not to charge.
The only legitimate problem I have with NS Online is the voice chat. Only Fortnite supports it without the use of your phone, and even then you need a wired mic. For me, this is a big let-down because I think it's something that can easily be fixed. All Nintendo have to do is release a wired-to-Bluetooth audio port adapter, which I've found on Amazon for $16, and release a software update. If you're someone who really wants voice chat to communicate with teammates, the price is more than justifiable. Using your phone is really clunky and definitely not an option.
That being said, as the title of this topic indicates, I really do believe you get what you pay for. When you're paying $2-20 a year for online, I can move past these things. I think the real reason we're all complaining is the Osborne effect. I think Nintendo advertised the fact that we would have to pay for online service way too early. I was ready to pay for this a year ago. I was ready to pay for this in January. But the truth is, we all got comfortable with playing online for free and how well it worked. We all took it for granted as something that shouldn't be monetized and when the time came to pony up, it took us by surprise.
I'm really interested in knowing what the general consensus is with this, who bought it and who won't. Feel free to leave us your opinions, and who knows? Maybe this'll help some people that are on the fence to go either way.
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Mini Classic Consoles: Yay or nay?
Jonny B. Goode posted a topic in General Gaming,Sony announced its Playstation Classic today and somewhat surprisingly I have been reading some threads of people who are not at all excited by this. Now, I am a Playstation man, through and through, so my opinion may be somewhat biased, but overall I really like the idea of the retro mini console and having it stocked with games. Older consoles, controllers, and especially game carts and discs become worn and useless as time goes on. Experiencing older games on a crisp new screen with responsive brand new controllers sounds great to most of us, but to many it will never live up to the original experience of untangling the controller cords, blowing the dust from your cartridge and switching the TV input over to RGB. I totally see both sides of the argument and I think that these retro consoles are not for everyone. I had serious plans to purchase the SNES Classic but never got around to it and now it seems as though many of those games I would've bought it for will end up on the Switch at some point anyways. Even the PS Classic is kind of lost on me now considering Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9, 10, 10-2, and 12 will all be out on the Switch soon. So what do you all think?
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I AM the Hollow Knight.
Jonny B. Goode posted a topic in Nintendo Switch,Hello fellow Radarians! It has been a while since I have posted anything new so I figured.... I would do exactly that! This post concerns my newest obsession: Hollow Knight. Man, oh man. What a game this is! I am a major metroidvania fan, so games like Axiom Verge and Owlboy already appeal to me, and Hollow Knight is no different. There isn't a ton to mention as far as what makes this game special to me or stand out in a major way, but it is special and it does stand out. I like everything about this game. The art style is simple and unique. The gameplay is very simple and easy to handle, however, the enemies and bosses are anything but. This game challenges me in the same way I am challenged by a Dark Souls title. You fight, you die. You fight again, you die again. You try and level up, return to fight, die again. It's really a smashing good time. Something about the lore of the story has me drawn in as well. This underground kingdom of bugs, that has this tragic and mysterious past, is tons of fun to explore and master, searching every nook and cranny for new things. The other bugs you meet all have distinct and engaging personalities and voice acting, although they are speaking "bugish" and we cannot understand them without reading the text on screen, that somehow just fits perfectly and sounds right 100% of the time. My favorite bug voice is of the cartographers wife, Iselda, and her bored sounding sigh of "bafanada..." This game is hard as hell and super engaging. I highly recommend it for its playability and the way it translates from big screen to handheld. Some metroidvania games are best viewed on a smaller screen(Axiom Verge is a great example of this; on my 66" screen the game looks silly), but that does not apply to Hollow Knight. I love the way it looks on my TV and it is perfect and cozy in handheld mode. I bought this game while it was on sale for around $8 and I had a few hundred points, too. It cost me maybe $5 in the end and I have enjoyed it far more than Octopath Traveler(which I was SUPER excited for) that I paid $59.99 for.
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Who's your Smash Main?
FamiTom posted a topic in Topics and Polls,So now that Smash Ultimate has been announced and EVERY SINGLE Smash fighter ever (and some extras) are a part of the roster, I'm curious to find out who everyone's main might be.
Personally, I'm excited to try out Little Mac now that air dodges improve recovery. I hope that might help to balance out his attacks without occasionally falling off the map with no control whatsoever. I also want to try out the Ice Climbers and how their two-in-one combo fares against some of the newer fighters.
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ROTC Scholarships are not based on financial need. Instead, they're awarded on merit. Merit is exhibited in academic achievement and extracurricular activities, such as sports, student government or part-time work.
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GDI+, the new Windows graphics API, comes with a ColorMatrix. It's a pity that ColorMatrix is just a simple struct, without any member functions. And it's also a pity that Microsoft's documentation is very, very sketchy. It's a pity, because you can do some really nice things with color matrices. Some of these things are near to impossible with other means. That's why I wrote an extension class, QColorMatrix, to open up the possibilities of color matrices in GDI+.
What Is a Color Matrix?
Just as the co-ordinates x, y, and z define a single point in 3D space, the three color components R (red), G (green), and B (blue) define a single point in color space. In 3D geometrics (and in 2D geometrics as well), matrices can be used to transform the position of a point, and, more importantly, the position of a group of points. Change the matrix, apply the matrix to a group of points, and all the points are moved together. If you apply the matrix to all the points in a specific scene, the whole scene is transformed.
A color matrix works the same way in color space. With a color matrix, you can change one specific color, say dark blue into light red, but you can also change all colors together, in a co-ordinated way. Just like a scene in 3D space, you can scale, translate, rotate, and shear the color space, or apply any combination of these basic transformations to it.
For technical reasons, points in 3D space are transformed with 4x4 matrices. A color in RGB color space can also be transformed with a 4x4 matrix. But as GDI+ works with a fourth 'color', A (alpha, or opacity) throughout, ColorMatrix is defined as a 5x5 matrix of REALs:
typedef struct { REAL m[5][5]; } ColorMatrix;
Microsoft leaves it to us to fill in the 25 REALs of ColorMatrix, which is no easy task for even a simple rotation. My class, QColorMatrix, adds some useful member functions to put meaningful values in the matrix. You can scale, translate, rotate, and shear the color space in one step. There are also two member functions for more complex, but very useful operations: one to set the saturation of the color space, and one to rotate the hue, while preserving the luminance. Better than trying to describe what this all means, I'll let you have a look at the pictures (yes, that's me!).
Tinter is a mini-application, demonstrating what you can do with QColorMatrix. It is even a small tool in its own right, for correcting bitmap pictures—or disforming, if you like. You can change the contrast, brightness, saturation, and hue. You can even change the gamma, although this has nothing to do with color matrices. I just threw it in for free.
Tinter is built in MFC 7.0. Of course, your system must support GDI+, which currently only XP does. However, Windows 98 and later versions can be upgraded.
More Information
There is not much information on color matrices on the Web. I leant heavily on a rather dense, 1993 article by Paul Haeberli, published by Silicon Graphics. Also, the documentation of SGI's Color Matrix Extension for OpenGL may come in useful.
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Gluten Free Dining Adventures- Berkeley/Oakland Part Two: Cafe Mariposa Bakeshop
Posted By yum On June 13, 2007 @ 8:18 am In Bay Area, Ca, Gluten Free Dining, Gluten Free bakery, Oakland | 2 Comments
[1]Cafe Mariposa
5427 Telegraph Ave, Unit D3, Oakland, 94609
(this is at 55th & telegraph ave, right next to leo's audio)]
Monday – Friday 8am – 4pm and Saturday 10am – 4pm
www.mariposabaking.com [2]
As I mentioned, this weekend we went on an epic gluten free quest to not one but three gluten free destinations. The first was Cafe Gratitude, the all gluten free, all vegan, and mostly raw restaurant in Berkeley, California. The second stop was a recently opened gluten free cafe and bakery called Cafe Mariposa in Oakland, California. I first heard of the Mariposa brand when I saw their packaged biscotti in my local Whole Foods. I was interested, but the biscotti was a little pricey, being Whole Foods, and I generally make my own following Bette Hagman's recipes. So, I hadn't actually tried their products when I heard on the local CeliacBayarea group on yahoo that Patti, the owner, was opening a retail gluten free cafe and bakery. DH and I immediately made it a point to make a Saturday trip down to the bakery. The cafe is housed in a charming, historic red brick building next to a wine shop. [3]Look for a sign pointing to the parking lot- you can't see the storefront from the road. There were no clear windows into the cafe, just an opaque frosted glass window, but there was a sign saying open on the door so we went right in. Inside, it is a simple warehouse with two tables, an attractive wooden counter, and a bookshelf in the dining area, with extensive baking facilities in the back. I was happy to see an espresso machine and coffee, with a nice gluten free beverage menu on the wall. There were also several muffin sets and a plate of day old goods, if regular gluten free prices make you hesitate. There was a good sampler of their various biscotti flavors on the counter, and the opportunity to buy their attractively packaged biscotti sets. However, I was most interested in the baked goods not available in stores. At the time I visited, there were * chocolate chip cookies (GF, DF) * coconut lemon squares (GF, DF) * morning muffins (GF, DF) * blueberry muffins (GF)* brownies (GF) * biscotti (GF, DF) * blueberry tea loaf (GF) and a * yogurt, berry and biscotti parfait (GF). I tried a sample of the coconut lemon squares and was impressed- they were like pecan pie, minus the pecans, in a bar form. Really delicious and unique. I would give them a 9/10. Although they did make me thirsty, they were a really yummy treat. In store, we also tried the day old bundt cake (a bargain at $2 rather than the fresh cake at $4) and a day old chocolate chip cookie. [4]The bundt cake was a big hit with both of us. I love the idea of an individually sized cake, and the flavor was good, with powdered sugar adding additional interest and sweetness. I would give it an 8 or 9, and DH (who is not GF) would give it a 8- only because, as he explained, it was good, but would be even better with a frosting/glaze. Boys! What can you do.. It was nice to try a chocolate chip cookie I hadn't made myself, but I think we cheated ourselves by trying the day old cookie, as it was a little dry. Also, it's really hard for any pre-made cookie to compete with our favorite homemade chocolate chip recipe and all its bad for you ingredients. Nevertheless, who can beat a gluten free chocolate chip cookie with a latte? No one, that's who. I also ordered chai, which was unfortunately made from powder. It's probably my Seattle/Northwest roots, but I was introduced to Chai in Portland, Oregon with the Oregon Chai [5] company and can't help but feel that the best coffeehouse chai is made from liquid chai. [According to the company as of 6-13-07 all of their products (with the possible exception of one) are gluten free! The only iffy one is the Vanilla dry Mix, which may contain some gluten in the flavoring, so they are still researching this drink.] Of course, authentic chai in India is made with spices and tea from the cook's home recipe that can't be beat- but if that is not an option, liquid chai is my personal favorite. [6]I later tried the breakfast muffins, a dark grained muffin with carrots, apples, and raisins- it was tasty but through no fault of my own is not my favorite kind of muffin. I also tried and enjoyed the blueberry muffins, which somehow captured my heart by looking so cute in their little cupcake wrapping. Probably the hand down star of the show had to be those coconut lemon bars that I described in such detail above. They were perfect because they were really decadent tasting desserts, I'd never had anything like them, and I wouldn't know really how to make them myself. *I just tried the triple chocolate truffle brownie and I may have to revise my above statement. That brownie was the best I'd ever had! In general I'm not a huge brownie fan because I don't like cake-like, heavy brownies but the Mariposa brownie is wonderfully chocolately and fudgey. I'd give it the coveted 10/10 and will be looking for those brownies in my local whole foods- hope they carry them!!! *One difficulty with visiting many gluten free bakeries is that I bake so often at home that for me to buy it on a regular basis, the product has to be something unique that I feel that I can't or don't want to make at home for whatever reason. The coconut lemon bars had the highest "wow" factor, and really seemed like something special. Our experience at the Mariposa bakery was quite good, and we had a pleasant outing. Perhaps because it has newly opened, there were some snags- it took a lot of time for beverages to be made and baked goods to be handed out to their respective recipients. Some customers ended up leaving without getting anything, possibly with the intention of coming back when it was less busy.We wondered if maybe ringing customers up, handing them their baked goods to keep them busy, and then having a second person (if available) make the beverage as time allows might help keep customers in the store. Having samples out for visitors is a great idea- those little bites of lemon coconut bar definitely inspired me to buy some, and they're addicting. All in all, I would say that our gluten free options in the Berkeley, Oakland area just keep getting better! Because Oakland is a bit far for me, I probably won't go to Cafe Mariposa very frequently, but (hint hint) I bet I could be enticed back if they do develop a savory/sandwich menu as currently planned. For those more local, I envy you and hope that you take advantage of this new wonderful gluten free option in your neighborhood! Congratulations on a beautiful new site to Patti and her family!
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It's a club's worst nightmare. A member suddenly collapses during a workout and doesn't respond to CPR. That was the scene at TCA's Midtown Athletic Club in Rochester, NY, four years ago when an athletic, middle-aged father of two passed out while running on the treadmill. After calling 911, a personal trainer retrieved the club's automated external defibrillator (AED) and rushed over to the victim, whose heart had stopped beating. A doctor and a nurse, who happened to be working out at the club at the time of the emergency, placed the AED's electrodes on the man's chest and delivered an electric shock.
The member survived because an AED was used within minutes of the cardiac arrest, says Glenn William, general manager of the 125,000-square-foot multipurpose club.
"He would not have had a chance at all without the AED," William says.
About 340,000 Americans die from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) each year, and some of these incidents occur within fitness facilities. If fitness professionals use AEDs within the first minute of a SCA, they can increase their members' survival rate by up to 90 percent. A victim's chances of survival drop 7 percent-10 percent for every minute without defibrillation, and more than 95 percent of cardiac arrest victims die before reaching the hospital, according to the American Red Cross. Even though some clubs may perform CPR on a cardiac arrest victim, call 911 and wait for the ambulance to arrive, the defibrillation may be delivered too late to ensure survival. CPR can keep the blood circulating, but only an AED can deliver the shock necessary to restart the heart during ventricular fibrillation, a short-circuiting of the heart that prevents the heart from effectively pumping oxygen to the brain.
The American Heart Association estimates that at least 20,000 lives could be saved each year by the prompt use of AEDs, which were once used primarily by paramedics but are now being deployed to public locations like airports and health clubs. Nine states have passed legislation requiring health clubs to install AEDs (see map on p. 24), and many more states will require them in the future, says Richard Lazar, president and CEO of AED Risk Insights, a Portland, OR-based firm that provides information about AED laws and legislation. Health clubs that lack emergency equipment or employ staff untrained in CPR or AED use face legal consequences or fines if one of their members is not treated for cardiac arrest on site. For example, a Florida health club without an on-site AED settled a lawsuit for $2.25 million when a 42-year-old member fell into a coma after a cardiac arrest. Florida is not one of the nine states requiring the placement of AEDs in health clubs, yet the plaintiff argued that the community expected the club to have an AED. The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association counters that no legal standard of care exists requiring AEDs to be in all health clubs, but Lazar says lawyers are increasingly identifying health clubs as a target in AED cases.
"The health club industry is under fire, and it is more difficult for clubs to argue they do not have a duty to buy AEDs," he says. "Legal duty arises in two ways — a legislature passes a mandate or a standard of care develops. Clubs may come kicking and screaming, but juries, judges and legislatures are arguing that a standard of care should emerge that requires health clubs to have AEDs whether they want to or not."
The Bottom Line
Since 1996, the number of AEDs distributed annually has increased from 20,000 to 200,000. Many club owners, however, aren't installing AEDs in their clubs for two reasons — cost and liability.
Clubs can expect to pay on average $1,500 to $2,000 to buy an AED and about $35 to $100 per employee for training costs. Training employees in the proper use of an AED and making them aware of its location is just as important as having an AED on site, Lazar says. For example, Town Sports International (TSI) saved six lives in 18 months by not only deploying AEDs to all 141 of its clubs but also by empowering its employees and others to serve as responders in an emergency.
All of Midtown's employees are trained in CPR, and the 34 members of William's management team became certified to use an AED via a two-hour CPR/AED course offered by the American Heart Association. The AED training and certification costs $37 per employee, he says.
Nonprofit fitness facilities also are investing in AEDs and training employees to use them. The Saddleback Valley YMCA in Mission Viejo, CA, recently bought two AEDs, has installed them in visible locations and requires its staff to be trained in AED use and get refresher training every three to six months.
"Although they are very easy to use, it is good, like with CPR training, to carry out in-house training and dummy incidents and scenarios to keep staff on their toes and confident in safety issues," says Bex Conran-Dunham, the Saddleback Valley Y's associate executive director.
Beyond the cost for training employees to use an AED and the purchase cost of the device, fitness facilities must invest in maintaining the AED. Fitness facilities typically pay between $75 and $230 every two to five years to replace the lithium batteries and $40 to $170 every two years to replace the electrode pads, which stick to the victim's chest, according to the American Red Cross.
"The gel needs to have enough thickness to conduct the electrical current," says Kathryn Danaher of the American Red Cross' Michigan chapter. "If it doesn't, it won't be able to analyze the heart rhythm, and it would never get to the point of providing a shock to the victim."
To avoid such a scenario at his health club, William makes sure the AEDs are serviced twice a year, the electrode pads are replaced annually and the batteries are replaced every three to four years.
"They're used on average once every five years, and with all the staff and member turnover in a health club, you need to find a way to have a sustainable AED program," he says.
Clubs also must stay on top of AED recalls. Even if a health club changes the batteries and regularly maintains an AED, the device can still fail under dire circumstances due to a malfunction. Between 1996 and 2005, the Food and Drug Administration issued 52 advisories for AEDs. Most of those recalls involved moisture or corroded wiring, and only a handful involved AEDs that didn't work, says Paul Weinberg, a lawyer for Weinberg and Garber, P.C., who has represented four families in AED lawsuits against clubs.
"The number of failures given the number of AEDs is miniscule," he says.
Liability Concerns
By having an AED on site, a club reduces its risk of being sued, but if it doesn't maintain its AED or act responsibly in an emergency, the club could be worse off than it was to begin with, Lazar says. The federal Cardiac Arrest Survival Act provides some protection under the Good Samaritan law to businesses that buy an AED and to rescuers, but it doesn't guarantee protection, Lazar says.
"The perception that Good Samaritan laws will protect AED users is not always the case," he says. "One should not assume that you have guaranteed protection as an AED user today."
In some cases, victims still die from a cardiac arrest despite the rescue efforts of fitness professionals in health clubs. The combination of CPR and AED use doubles a victim's survival rate as compared to CPR alone, but less than a quarter of victims were saved when the rescuers used an AED and CPR, according to a 2004 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. In other words, individuals who go into cardiac arrest have a 75 percent chance of dying even if an AED and CPR are used in the emergency.
"The public is under the perception that the devices are magic bullets," says Brian Heermance, a partner in the New York office of Morrison Mahoney LLP, who has represented several clients in the health and fitness industry. "If you have one and use it, they think they'll survive, but the study shows that's not the case."
Other public venues, such as airports, malls, public sports facilities, golf courses, ferries and train terminals have a higher incidence of cardiac arrests than health clubs, according to a report titled, "Public Locations of Cardiac Arrest — Implications for Public Access Defibrillation." However, the chance of experiencing a cardiac arrest increases 20 times during and after vigorous exercise, says Michael Danko, a lawyer for O'Reilly and Danko, who has represented plaintiffs in cases against 24 Hour Fitness.
"You're going to have an extremely high number of cardiac arrests in clubs, which is why they need AEDs," Danko says.
However, another study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that one sudden death occurs per 1.51 million episodes of exertion at a health club, and another study found that less than 15 percent of all cardiac arrests occur in public venues. Most happen at home, Heermance says.
"It's remote [to have a heart attack in a club]," he says. "The literature shows that the best chance of having one is at home. Even ordinary activities like shoveling snow can get the heart pumping."
While some club owners may be concerned about the cost-effectiveness or usefulness of an AED, others may resist purchasing an AED because they think it will be difficult to use in an emergency. The argument that AEDs are hard to use, however, is a non-issue, Lazar says.
"Even untrained sixth graders can use the AED within 90 seconds," he says. "I've never heard of where one was misused."
With a voice prompt, an AED walks a rescuer through the necessary steps and indicates when to press the shock button, stand clear and check the heart. The computerized medical device, which is about the size of a phone book, analyzes the heart rhythm and advises the rescuer when a shock is needed or not needed.
"It's completely idiot-proof," William says. "You can't shock someone who doesn't require a shock."
In 1998, Midtown became the first club in New York to have an AED. Now, all 12 of the TCA facilities nationwide have at least one AED on site.
"We decided that the benefits of AEDs far outweighed the downside, and it was in our members' best interest to get these," says William, who first read about the benefits and liabilities of AEDs in the New York Times and organized a meeting with an AED manufacturer at TCA's headquarters in Chicago eight years ago. "We all worry about liability, but in this case, it made a lot of sense."
The Indian Creek Racquet Club, a TCA club in Overland Park, KS, with 1,000 members, stores an AED in an office shared by the tennis pros and membership director. Every two years, all 50 employees are trained to use the AED in an on-site AED/CPR class offered by the American Heart Association. While the club isn't required by Kansas law to have an AED, Indian Creek has seen an increase in business due to having the on-site AED.
"I've had three people ask me if we had an AED on site because they had a heart condition," says Brad Houx, membership director. "From a business standpoint, it helps that we have one available."
Court Case
Health clubs without AEDs on site may be targets for wrongful death lawsuits if a cardiac arrest occurs at their facility. Just ask the nation's two largest fitness chains — Bally Total Fitness and 24 Hour Fitness — which have both been sued by family members of cardiac arrest victims who died at their clubs. In a case that has yet to go to trial, a mother of a 46-year-old land surveyor filed a lawsuit against Bally after her son died from a cardiac arrest at a Gaithersburg, MD, club. According to the complaint, bystanders performed CPR until the paramedics arrived. When the EMS team delivered the first AED shock, it was too late, and the man died.
"Bally decided in 2002 to put in AEDs throughout the country, but only in places where they were required to do so," says Weinberg, who is representing the mother of the victim. "According to testimony from other cases where they were deposed, they saw the problem clearly and decided to fight the legislation mandating AEDs in health clubs."
Bally has since installed an AED in the club and is deploying AEDs at clubs nationwide.
In another court case, a mother sued a Los Angeles 24 Hour Fitness club after her son suffered from a cardiac arrest during his workout. The 41-year-old allegedly got off the treadmill and collapsed. A member later found him, and an employee began CPR. When the victim began to vomit, resuscitation efforts ceased while the employees searched for a mask. The paramedics arrived 11 minutes after they were called, but it was too late to revive him, Danko says. When the case was taken to trial, the judge dismissed it based on a release that the member had signed.
"The membership contract contained a standard clause releasing the club from liability for negligence," says Danko, who appealed the ruling. "Our position was that under California law, you don't release gross negligence to not have the AEDs that are standard in the industry."
California health clubs are now required by law to have AEDs on site by July 2007, and 24 Hour Fitness has complied by deploying the devices in not only its California clubs, but also in all 360 clubs in 13 states, says Shannon May, spokesperson for 24 Hour Fitness.
Some other large health club chains like Gold's Gym are also opting to place AEDs in their clubs nationwide as part of their corporate policy. Gold's 47 corporate-owned clubs in Washington, DC; San Antonio; St. Louis; and Los Angeles all have AEDs, and some of the chain's franchisee-owned clubs are starting to install AEDs as well, says Dave Reiseman, spokesperson for Gold's. Deploying AEDs is a way for club chains like 24 Hour Fitness to provide an effective emergency response to their members and guests in their time of need, May says.
At least one 24 Hour Fitness club has already used an AED to save a member's life. However, the deployment of the AEDs at 24 Hour was too late to save many other cardiac arrest victims, Danko says, referring to the fitness chain's opportunity to participate in an AED program five years ago. As part of the program, a manufacturer offered to train the 24 Hour Fitness employees how to use the device and provide some AEDs free of charge, he says.
"The cost of AEDs at that time was $1,600, which was less than the cost of an exercise bike," he says. "AEDs are also fool-proof. If someone has a cardiac arrest, CPR is extremely ineffective, and an AED is very effective. Without an AED, in the event of cardiac arrest, the victim faces pretty close to certain death."
William knows this all too well. After losing two members who suffered from cardiac arrests on the tennis courts, the club's management team installed one AED 100 feet from the tennis courts and another between the cardio area and the fitness room. Since then his staff has saved the lives of two of its members — a man in his mid-50s and an 18-year-old woman with a heart abnormality.
While some club owners view AEDs as lifesavers, others consider them liabilities. Regardless of their stance on the AED debate, however, more health clubs are being required by law to have AEDs on site, train their employees, maintain the devices and act properly in an emergency to keep their members' hearts pumping and serve as an effective link in the chain of survival.
Legislation on AEDs Inside Health Clubs
Recently, New Jersey, Michigan, California, Oregon, Rhode Island, Louisiana, New York, Arkansas and Illinois have passed legislation mandating the placement of AEDs in health clubs.
The laws in New Jersey, Michigan, California, Oregon, Rhode Island, Arkansas, Louisiana and Illinois provide clubs with liability protection.
The New York law excludes clubs with fewer than 500 members.
Legislation requiring AEDs in fitness centers was passed in Suffolk County, NY; Weston, FL; and Montgomery County, MD.
Legislation is pending in Connecticut, Missouri, Kentucky and Washington, DC. Massachusetts is also considering a bill to require AEDs in every club in the state as well as staff AED training.
Warning Signs of a Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac arrests, which are the number one killer in the United States, can strike individuals of any age or gender, but they most commonly happen to men over the age of 50. A cardiac arrest can strike one of your members suddenly and without warning. Here are some of the symptoms.
Cardiac arrest victims often collapse and pass out due to a lack of blood flow to the brain and other vital organs.
Victims also often have no pulse, stop normal breathing, and their fingers, toes and lips can turn blue.
Source: American Heart Association
Five Tips for Creating an Effective Emergency Plan
Develop a written emergency policy and review it every three months. Fitness facilities should determine where the AED will be placed within the facility, address the internal and external emergency notification systems, follow an AED maintenance schedule and have periodic AED drills.
Identify your response team members, and have them trained to do CPR and use an AED. To find classes near your club, check the Web sites for the American Red Cross (www.redcross.org), the American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org), the American Safety and Health Institute (www.ash.org), EMP/America/Medic First Aid (www.medicfirstaid.us) or the National Safety Council (www.nsc.org).
Review your state laws regarding AEDs. Laws vary from state to state, and some laws require nationally recognized training, coordination with emergency medical services, medical direction or record keeping. For more information on state laws, visit www.ncsl.org/programs/health/aed/htm.
Keep a phone close to the AED so responders can quickly call 911. To save time, place a disconnected but charged cell phone inside the cabinet housing the AED.
Make the AED visible in the facility. Put AED signs at the entrance of the club and above the AEDs. Also mention that your club has AEDs in your member newsletter, and discuss how to use them in an emergency. Don't keep your AED in a locked office or storage room. Otherwise, it may be inaccessible in an emergency.


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would you please open a thread in the off-topic area to openly discuss things not teasing others who want to focus on their puppy derivatives?
[not going to discuss here I only answer you something, actually I don't believe what you believe, so if I respect what you believe it would be ignorance of what I believe on my own side, as you mentioned, but the point is that I respect you the person not your believe, so I would be polite and respectful, answering back every detail questions that I think you have misunderstood about. You are a human, a son of Adam and Eve (PBUT), a creature of the same God, if you have had worth in the eyes of God to be created and fed then you have worth in my eyes to be treated as a human being as well, anyway you was born in a christian family and I was born in a shia muslim family and none of us had the choice where to be born, not the family, not the town, not the country, these are what God has set for us to live a life that ends toward himself. And only one point, a big point of difference between us, God is uniques and not three, this is obvious in many respects that you may want us to discuss about, Jesus PBUH was a prophet as was Moses and Muhammad, Adam and Ibrahim and Noah, they were all human sons of humans, they were all eating food, drinking water, walking around in their town's streets and etc., they needed what every human need to remain alive, and I don't prey a God who is limited as a creature full of needs, a human like myself, who can be killed and teased, Jesus had no father as Adam had no father and also no mother, as Moses' serpent (the rod) and lamb given to Abraham as the sacrifice had no parents, a God who created Adam from dust with no parents was able to create Jesus with no father as well, Jesus had miracles as Moses had his and others had their, Jesus gave life to a bird hand made of himself from mud in the name of God not on his own (you said He is either God or ,totally insane , or a demon with powers from Satan, but we say a prophet with powers from God), he gave back life to someone died lately within a few days and Uzeir (or Ezra? I'm not sure of his name) did the same about a number of people killed hundred of years before (
unfortunately Jews think of him as the son of God as you think Jesus was the son of God, PBUT both, and of course God has no parents, no wife and no son, this is not just a simple idea, not a theory, not a mere saying, but it has rigorous reasons behind that
), and that the rod of Moses changed into a living serpent doesn't mean he should be God, as you may accept. And the last point our God is not a god of war, he is the only God, the one who created potential for both love and hate, potential for both war and peace, potential prophets and demons, the one who created potential goods and bads and left the choice to us what to select, and said I show you the way and you choose what's the best for you but only know something, as I just don't need anything so if I order you something that's for yourself and whatever that you acquire you have acquired it for your self, be it good or bad, and that this world is a place to pass through so don't stick to it like you have created to live here eternally, get ready for the long journey of your life both in this world and the world following it …, my prophets are to show you the way and no one is responsible of what you acquire other than yourself. And this is now my comment that it is not justice for a guy to be treated on the behalf of all those who chose to live the wrong way doing any arbitrary sin that they wish for the sake of money or power or fame, we are responsible for our choices not our prophet, and not God himself. Do you really accept God to come to earth, if possible at all, and be teased and then killed on behalf of Hitler for example? Can you accept a person that has chosen the easy way and have many wrong behaviors be the same as a person who has always chosen to bear the life's difficulties but remain on the right way? That's kindness or injustice? Then why to be good, do whatever you like and your God would come to pay for it! Hitler being forgiven as easily as another person being punished and killed is really a sign of love? If we believe that Jesus is not a son of God, or God himself, it's not strange because it is impossible for God to be placed in a skin of blood and muscles. It is not impossible because God is weak, no, beacause the thing itself is impossible in this world; the world is created based on its own rules and axioms and the one beyond such axioms cannot fit inside it, it is just as impossible as the answer to this question: Can God create a stone as heavy as he cannot himself lift it up? He cannot create this but not because of a weakness in God as creator but a weakness of such a stone as the thing to be created, note that creation has two ends, one is the creator with no weakness and the other is the thing to be created. If God could come on the earth then why to send prophets instead? Maybe Moses and all previous prophets were also God himself? Everything is created by him and he is not bounded to any of his own creations from nothingness, not time, neither space, he is beyond such this-world-concepts …, hope that I have not bothered you]
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Occupational hearing loss is damage to the inner ear from noise or vibrations due to certain types of jobs.
Alternative Names
Hearing loss - occupational; Noise induced hearing loss
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Over time, repeated exposure to loud noise and music can cause hearing loss. Occupational hearing loss is caused by long term exposure to loud vibration or sound.
Sounds above 80 decibels (dB, a measurement of the loudness or strength of sound vibration) may cause vibration intense enough to damage the inner ear, especially if the sound continues for a long time.
- 90 dB -- a large truck 5 yards away (motorcycles, snowmobiles, and similar engines range from 85 - 90 dB)
- 100 dB -- some rock concerts
- 120 dB -- a jackhammer about 3 feet away
- 130 dB -- a jet engine from 100 feet away
A general rule of thumb is that if you need to shout to be heard, the sound is in the range that can damage hearing.
Some jobs carry a high risk for
- Airline ground maintenance
- Construction
- Farming
- Jobs involving loud music or machinery
In the U.S., the maximum job noise exposure is regulated by law. Both the length of exposure and decibel level are considered. If the sound is at or greater than the maximum levels recommended, protective measures are required.
The main symptom is partial or complete hearing loss. The hearing loss will likely get worse over time with continued exposure.
Sometimes hearing loss is accompanied by noise in the ear (
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A physical examination will not usually show any specific changes. Tests that may be performed include:
Audiology/audiometry CT scan of the head
- MRI of the brain
The hearing loss is usually permanent. The goal of treatment is to prevent further hearing loss, improve communication with any remaining hearing, and develop coping skills (such as lip reading).
Using a hearing aid may help you understand. Other devices to help with hearing loss can also be used.
A key part of treatment is protecting your ears from any further damage and hearing loss.
Protect your ears when you are exposed to loud noises. Wear protective ear plugs or earmuffs to protect against damage from loud equipment.
Be aware of risks connected with recreation such as shooting a gun, driving snowmobiles, or other similar activities.
Learn how to protect your ears when listening to music at home or at concerts.
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Hearing loss is often permanent. The loss may get worse if you dont take measures to prevent further damage.
Calling your health care provider
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if:
- You have hearing loss
- The hearing loss gets worse
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- Protect your ears when you are exposed to loud noises. Wear protective ear plugs or earmuffs to protect against damage from loud equipment.
- Be aware of risks connected with recreation such as shooting a gun, driving snowmobiles, or other similar activities.
- Do not listen to loud music for long periods of time, including using headphones.
Lonsbury-Martin BL, Martin GK. Noise-induced hearing loss. In: Cummings CW, Flint PW, Haughey BH, et al, eds. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier;2010:chap 151.
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Skip to comments.Shapiro Talks 'Bullies' To Heritage Foundation - MUST SEE!
Posted on 02/05/2013 4:42:29 PM PST by STARWISE
Heritage Foundation: A book event- While the Left likes to pretend that they oppose bullying with all their heart and soul, Ben Shapiro, editor-at-large of Breitbart.com, argues that in reality the Left is the greatest purveyor of bullying in modern American history.
Bullying has morphed into the go-to tactic used to quash opponents through fear, threat of force, violence, and rhetorical intimidation on every major issue facing our nation. Whether playing the race card, the class card, or the sexism card, any and every means is invoked to demonize the opposition.
By creating a climate of fear, ordinary Americans are forced to abandon their principles, back abhorrent causes, or simply remain silent. In Bullies, Shapiro examines the hypocrisy of the Left and shows that no target is off limits in the campaign to shut down political debate in the name of political correctness.
Ben Shapiro, editor-at-large of Breitbart.com, is a summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UCLA (which he entered at the age of sixteen) and Harvard Law School. At seventeen, he became the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the United States. He is the author of the national bestsellers Brainwashed, Porn Generation, and Project President, and currently runs Benjamin Shapiro Legal Consulting based in Los Angeles.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Hi, my peeps. Not up to speed yet .. in almost every way .. but I HAD to make sure this got out there. Ben's totally on target. I urge you to take the time to hear the entire talk .. he's brilliant and courageous... thank the good Lord, another fearless Andrew in our midst. God bless and protect us all and preserve our dear nation.
The speech:
The Obamite Left is Saul Alinsky, in practice, on steroids.
Obama learned well from the master marxist tactician and now his marxist minions are spreading their poison throughout the land.
Shapiro has framed the problem. Now it is time that we came up with realistic solutions, and then kick the shit out of the Left to the point that we will needs several new pairs of shoes and socks.
(And if we take down some RINOS like Boneless Boehner and Karl Rover, the Al Sharpton of the Right, and Crispy Cream Christie, so be it).
The Obamite Left is Saul Alinsky, in practice, on steroids.
Obama learned well from the master marxist tactician and now his marxist minions are spreading their poison throughout the land.
Shapiro has framed the problem. Now it is time that we came up with realistic solutions, and then kick the shit out of the Left to the point that we will needs several new pairs of shoes and socks.
(And if we take down some RINOS like Boneless Boehner and Karl Rove, the Al Sharpton of the Right, and Crispy Cream Christie, so be it).
The "media" need to be smacked down very, very hard.
The left-wing media establishment -- whether it's "news," entertainment (and there's less and less difference between those two branches these days) or propaganda films disguised as documentaries -- are in the habit of digging up dirt on any Republican candidate or public figure, but will ignore any dirt on any Democratic candidate. That's how Matt Drudge made a name for himself -- by picking up some dirt on Bill Clinton that had first been offered by Monica Lewinsky to the mainstream media, which ignored it.
Good talk, but Shapiro had four chances to correct Piers Morgan on the "assault" weapon lie and failed doesn't speak to good tactics. That said, he walked into the lions den and put Piers on the defensive on his own show. For that he deserves a lot of credit. Let's go on the offensive.
I have a hard time describing libs as bullies or that we live in fear of them. We just haven't been pushed far enough. We know we can squash liberal punks like bugs. We just choose not to, in perhaps a naive desire to see them come to their senses.
Nice to know someone troubled themselves to write a book portraying the obvious.
Thanks for the ping, STARWISE.
the feces anal sex homostapo are the clear fact of how they try and silence people opposing them and use NAZI tactics to shut anyone down.
Sadly many on our side can;t even defend marriage to their family , friends, neighbors because they;ve become cowards on issues like this
our side should have gone after the media decades ago and very much so in the last 8 years.
If we had gone after them then the left, feces sex homo's and left over hipies would not have advanced their agenda to the ignorant masses we have today.
Our side wiht a voice should be going on their shows and calling them out in front of their viewers minus MSNBC NBC, they can piss off.
Say why do you ask me that but you have not informed your viewers why obama and his admin gave guns to drug lords and now calls for our guns to be harder to get?
you mention homosexuality and yet you never once put on your screens how the homosexuals live unhealthy, have more diseases, from feces, mock religious figures on their parades or even how they have public sex on the streets at the folsom fair, why is that, is it because you don;t want your viewers to know what is really happening under obama and how your agenda might be hurt if your viewers find out
Thank you so much, my Shining Star. Shapiro certainly can get to the heart of the matter.
Get well soon.
Ben Shapiro, editor-at-large of Breitbart.com, argues that in reality the Left is the greatest purveyor of bullying in modern American history.
"We know we can squash liberal punks like bugs. We just choose not to"
Isn't it time that we stop blaming them, or anyone else but ourselves for the country we've encouraged, voted for, tolerated, and have now settled for? Or is it time to shake off the punch in the face that we repeatedly keep putting our face out to get?
The left-wing media establishment -- whether it's "news," entertainment (and there's less and less difference between those two branches these days) or propaganda films disguised as documentaries -- are in the habit of digging up dirt on any Republican candidate or public figure, but will ignore any dirt on any Democratic candidate.The "media" are the worst. Bad-mouth their selected boy-king and they will dig up anything and everything on you (legally or illegally) and spin it in the worst possible light (Sarah Palin emails?), all while ignoring anything bad by the Left. The "media" need to be smacked down very, very hard. - jeffc
To me, the fundamental thing to understand about the media is that its a fools errand to try to hold fictional entertainment accountable for bias. Granted that there is the occasional nonfiction documentary which is actually fiction, the linchpin of propaganda support for leftism is objective journalism. Without support from objective journalism, the other forms of leftist propaganda would IMHO matter less than they do, perhaps almost not at all.
So to me the question is how to oppose the leftist slant in journalism. People dont want to face up to that challenge; they prefer to say the media because they are afraid to challenge journalism as such. They expect to be called an opponent of objectivity. The good news is that intellectually/philosophically objective journalism is actually a juicy target, for three reasons:
- journalism is a monopoly in America. Absurd? No, it is observable and demonstrable both empirically and philosophically. Philosophically, Adam Smith famously observed that"People of the same trade seldom meet together even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public or some contrivance to raise prices."You would be hard put to name a trade in which people . . . meet together more than journalism. The least of it is that the output of every newspaper and broadcast news organization is in the public domain, readily accessible to all of the others. But that is the least of it because the mainstream media journalistic organizations are all members of the Associated Press. As such, the AP newswire constitutes a virtual meeting of the mainstream media which has been in session continually since the middle of the Nineteenth Century.
- So unless journalisms interests are inherently congruent with the public interest, we have every reason to assume to the mainstream media thereby engage in a conspiracy against the public. But are journalisms interests inherently congruent with the public interest? Just ask them, and they will take offense at the very idea that that could be in question. But what are journalisms interests? The question must be seriously addressed and, if that is done, we will see that they are indeed easily distinguishable from the public interest. The interest of journalism is, quite simply, to attract attention for fun and profit. If they do not attract attention, they will not get paid. And if they do attract attention, they gain influence and thus the satisfaction that come with being taken seriously. Who among the general public has never wished for the influence which journalists take for granted?
The methods of journalism easily distinguish journalisms interest from the public interest. The famous blind, deaf, and dumb monkeys see, hear, and speak no evil - but journalists wouldnt have much to say if they emulated that. It is more true that they see, hear, and speak no good. No news is good news because good news isnt news. The things which happen according to plan do not often make the news. It is rather the things that happen which are unexpected - the proverbial man bites dog - which makes the attention-grabbing headline. It can of course be argued that the identity of the winner of a lottery is a surprise, but if the lottery is drawn it is expected that someone is going to win. But other than the identity of the winner of a lottery, or a sports championship, positive news on a major scale is seldom seen. But a house can burn down in a matter of hours, providing an unexpected change in someones fortunes.
Big changes which are bad news are the staple of journalism. They undoubtedly interest the public, precisely because the facts represented by bad news are detrimental to the public interest. The fire department of the local community is an embodiment of the public interest in preventing the loss of buildings to fire. The destruction of a building by fire becomes a great story for journalism while the public interest suffers for it.
- Furthermore journalism, colluding against the public, claims that journalism is objective even as journalists sully the reputations of those upon whom the public depends to get things done. But journalisms testimony in favor of journalists is tendentious and self-serving in the extreme. Journalism is a mutual admiration society for generating propaganda in favor of journalists. You cannot join such an organization, knowing how it behaves, and be objective. For the simple reason that it is no different than claiming objectivity for your own self - and no one can actually know that they are objective in fact. It is possible and laudable to attempt to be objective - and even to say so - but the discipline of attempting objectivity requires you to be open about any possible reason why you might not be objective. And you cannot submit to that discipline while claiming that you actually are objective.
Also, since the rise of "investigative journalism" stemming from Watergate (mostly), "reporters" have had visions of Pulitzer Prize sugar plums dancing in their heads.
Compound that with the "belief" of those going into Journalism of "changing the world", and you have a prescription for liberals that make university journalism professors (who are leftists themselves) salivating at training a whole army of mushy-headed lefty "reporters" who have no real interest in just reporting the "news".
Since those on the Right tend to be more thoughtful, reflective, and actually respect the idea of free speech and real freedom, they rarely push back hard on the Lefty's in-your-face radicalism, hence we seem to be either non-existent or readily accepting of whatever agenda the Lefties push (as we seem always to be out-numbered and out-"gunned" in liberal strongholds - universities and newsrooms).
Either way, they tend to not have any respect for those on the Right. How do we go about changing that? Arguing with a liberal is like the old computer saying, "nailing jelly to a tree". Lefties are hard to pin down as they jump from one straw man argument to another when they see they're losing. And that's if they even hear what you say; once they realize you're on the Right, they tune you out, close their minds and babble like a cretin. Hard to fight or work against.
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