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"The best laid plans of mice and men", and so went the idea of getting this posted by the end of Friday evening. Hum this seems like a trend as of late, although there was a post earlier on Friday so at least I can say I did write something on Friday. 😀
With Aunt Carra's recipe ingredients all typed out, I came to the assembling part of the recipe, the recipe called for the biscuits to be nuked! Now that does not sound like an old family recipe to me. How about you? So I put a call into Mom, after all it was her Aunts recipe, to ask if she had given me the correct recipe. Now mind you Mom is usually home in the evening, but you know when you go out for the night every one has left you a message on the phone. I received a call from her around 11 ish last night and to say the least she was perplexed! When did you get your first microwave she asked, I said," well about 1979 or 1980″, next question was when did Aunt Carra pass away? In my records it says March 3, 1988, so if that is the correct date, she could well have transferred it to a microwave recipe.
One memory that my Mom did mention about these biscuits was that Grandma always removed things such as soda and backing powder from boxes and put them in jars with tape on them to name the contents. Aunt Carra made these biscuits once at Grandma's home and accidentally put baking soda in the mix instead of baking powder, guess they were pretty yucky they laugh about it now, not sure if the did then.
Hoping I translated it correctly here is Aunt Carra's Baking Powder Biscuits
1/3 c. shortening
1/4 c. all-purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 t. salt
+ – cup milk
paprika topping =1 tablespoon butter + 1/8 teaspoon paprika
Cut shortening into flour, baking powder, and salt with a pastry blender until crumbly (fine) Stir in milk so dough leaves the side of the bowl and rounds into a ball. To much = stick not enough to dry.
Turn dough into "lightly floured board" knead 10x , roll to 1/2″ cut with 2″ biscuit cutter. Arrange with sides almost touching in a circle on a 10″ microwave plate, brush top with paprika topping. Microwave uncovered on 100% heat 1 minute turn repeat till not doughy.
Note: after microwaved biscuits can be broiled if desired, brush top with margarine or butter. Broil 2″ from heat 2-4 minutes.
Bon Appétit!


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News Features
Tigers sustain three-pronged strategy
Positional warfare, guerrilla attacks and terrorism used to
pursue LTTE goal
chimera in Greek mythology was a fire-breathing monster with a
lion's head, goat's body and a serpent's tail. According to the
mythical tale, the hero Bellerophon killed it with the help of
the winged horse Pegasus.
Nowadays, the word chimera is used at times when referring to a
thing of hybrid character. Chimerical is the adjective derived
from the noun chimera.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) organisation is
ostensibly fighting for the goal of national liberation. The
LTTE wants to set up an independent state called Tamil Eelam,
comprising the Tamil dominated Northern and Tamil majority
Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka.
Trilateral aspects
The Tigers are often chimerical in the methods used to pursue
their goal. Their mode of armed struggle has trilateral aspects.
The LTTE adopts positional warfare like a conventional army or
militia when it is trying to capture or defend territory. It
engages in guerrilla attacks when it targets the armed forces or
Police. And it indulges in terrorism when innocent civilians are
killed in bomb attacks or while assassinating democratic leaders
and officials.
The Tigers have in the past used all three modes. This mixed
methodology makes it difficult to 'label' the Tigers
effectively. Friend and foe would selectively pick what they
want and brand the LTTE accordingly.
Some treat each act of the LTTE on an individual basis. In what
seems to be a very simplistic approach, each instance is treated
on a case by case basis and categorised accordingly. Events of
the past weeks have demonstrated the LTTE's tri-fold dimensions
In the north, the LTTE is engaging in positional warfare to
defend the territory it holds. The Tigers have been fighting the
armed forces on multiple fronts in Mannar, Muhamaalai and Manal
The high watermark in this was the manner in which a military
push by elements of the 53 and 55 Divisions were beaten back on
the Muhamaalai front.
As for guerrilla attacks, there was the landmine attack in
Thutuwewa killing two Special Task Force personnel and the
pressure mine explosion at Kalmadhu in which Capt. Bandara, Lt.
Ratnayake, Cpl. Wickramaratne and Pvt. Padmasiri of the 6 Vijaya
Regiment, travelling in a tractor, were killed.
Spectacular attack
The more spectacular attack was done by air when the LTTE's
fledgling Air Wing known as 'Vaanpuligal' dropped three bombs in
the Manal Aaru / Weli Oya region. Once again Tiger aircraft were
able to drop explosives and get away safely despite the
reportedly set up air defence systems.
The LTTE received much kudos for its fighting prowess in
Muhamaalai and its Air Tiger exploit in Weli Oya / Manal Aaru.
Both demonstrated that the LTTE was a fierce fighting force and
could not be written off lightly.
Yet, whatever its gains in the positional warfare and guerrilla
attack spheres, the LTTE lost it all by exploding a bomb in a
bus at the Piliyandala bus station. The gruesome incident, in
which 26 innocent civilians were killed and 38 injured, was a
blatant act of terrorism.
Acts of terrorism in which innocent civilians are victimised
must be condemned. This goes for acts of state terrorism also.
If the Tigers had hoped to prove a point or two by the tenacious
militaristic display at Muhamaalai, their brutal act of
terrorism at Piliyandala turned the tables on them.
The LTTE strategy may have been to show that it was capable of
inflicting a military defeat in the frontlines as well as
infiltrating a Colombo suburb and planting a bomb but the end
result was counterproductive.
Both the national and international media publicised the
pathetic plight of the civilian victims locally and abroad.
Given the overwhelming international and national mood against
terrorism, the bus incident got more coverage than the
battlefront debacle.
Had the LTTE refrained from the terrorist action of killing and
injuring innocent civilians in a bus, the case of those arguing
against the march of folly towards a military solution could
have gained more strength.
Peace doves weakened
Once the LTTE exploded a bomb with terrible consequences, the
proponents of a political solution were effectively silenced.
One cannot advocate political dialogue over military
confrontation in the aftermath of a brutal terrorist attack.
A Colombo-based diplomat told this columnist immediately after
Muhamaalai about a tentative plan to meet President Mahinda
Rajapaksa and emphasise the need to suspend war and promote
peace talks. The move was aborted after the Piliyandala bomb.
"Our position on the need to suspend war and engage in talks
still remains the same. The fighting in the north and the
explosion in the south strengthen our stance that the solution
can only be politically evolved and not militarily imposed. But
timing is important in matters like these. Friday's Piliyandala
bombing has screwed up matters," the diplomat said.
Despite the Muhamaalai debacle, the Rajapaksa regime's hand has
been strengthened further. There is very little pressure on the
government to call off the war.
To the contrary, the hawkish sections in the corridors of power,
who had been dumbstruck after the Muhamaalai debacle, have begun
reasserting themselves. More war seems to be on the agenda.
Each time the LTTE engages in an act of terrorism, the
hard-liners get reinvigorated. The underlying justice of the
Tamil cause gets undermined. The terrible situation of the Tamil
people is overlooked. The Tamil problem is easily distorted into
a terrorist problem.
Battle hawks strengthened
The LTTE plays into Colombo's hands by such acts. The
government's so-called war against terrorism gains wider
acceptance. The peace doves are weakened. The battle hawks are
Meanwhile, Police sleuths investigating the April 25 bombing of
the bus at Piliyandala claimed to have made a distinct
breakthrough when they arrested three persons in connection with
the incident. Two relatives of an arrested suspect are also
being questioned.
According to informed sources, two of those arrested were Tamils
and the third a Sinhalese. One of those arrested is suspected of
being a seasoned Tiger operative. The identity card in his
possession says that his name is Lawrence David Raju. It is
doubted whether that is really his name.
This man had allegedly placed the deadly bomb in the bus at
Piliyandala bus station. He is known by the name 'Appan' and has
also used the names Prakash and Vasanthan.
The Sinhala accomplice who allegedly took 'Appan' to the bus
station is a 21-year-old youth called Ranasinghe Aarachilage
Buddhika.He is being interrogated intensively.
The third person arrested is also a Tamil who was residing at
210/2, Horana Road, Piliyandala. The man named Devendran
Sinnaiah has a brother, Vijayendran Sinnaiah, in Kilinochchi.
Vijayendran is a hardcore Tiger and has been involved along with
his brother Devendran in transporting LTTE cadres to Colombo and
suburbs. Another brother, Rajendran Sinnaiah, is being held at
the Negombo jail for a weapon related offence.
A fourth brother is a Police sergeant attached to the Traffic
Division at the Colpetty Police station. His wife is a Police
inspector. Both are being questioned now.
Though investigations are still incomplete, this columnist was
informed by knowledgeable sources that two lines of inquiry are
being pursued.
'London link'
One is that of a 'London link.' Apparently the attack was
conceived of and coordinated by Tiger bigwigs in Britain. The
LTTE cell operating in Piliyandala was being handled via London,
it is suspected.
The modus operandi seems to have been that of 'communication'
between the Kilinochchi command and the Piliyandala cell being
conducted by telephone via London.
It was only a few days ago that three persons aged 46, 39 and 33
were arrested in London by the British authorities for suspected
LTTE links.
A high level Police delegation may leave for London shortly to
pursue investigations regarding both the London link in the
Piliyandala explosion as well as the Tiger involvement of the
trio recently arrested by the British Police.
The second line of inquiry being pursued is whether the
Piliyandala cell had originally intended to target a businessman
named Kumar Rajapakse in the Mount Lavinia-Dehiwela area,
allegedly involved in the arms and armament dealings.
It is suspected that there was a sudden change of plan after the
killing of the Catholic priest cum human rights activist, Fr.
Mariampillai Xavier Karunaratnam on April 20 in the LTTE
controlled Wanni region.
Fr. Karunaratnam was targeted at Ambaikulam between Vavunikulam
and Vannivilankulam through a claymore device in what was a
deliberate killing perpetrated by a special assassination squad
run by Military Intelligence.
Spotlight shifts
While fighting continued between the security forces and LTTE
along many fronts in the Mannar-Vavuniya area, the spotlight has
been shifting gradually to the Manal Aaru / Weli Oya region.
The Manal Aaru region comprises areas from the Mullaitivu,
Vavuniya, Anuradhapura and Trincomalee Districts. Tamil
inhabitants from 28 villages and 40 hamlets and farm settlements
were driven out in the 80s of the last century in a flagrant
exercise of ethnic cleansing by the United National Party (UNP)
regime under Junius Richard Jayewardene.
The region was then settled by Sinhala agriculturists and
fisher-folk brought from different parts of the country. A
network of military camps was established to 'protect' the new
settlers, many of whom were trained as home guards.
The area has been rapidly Sinhalaised with the ancient Tamil
names being changed to Sinhala. Names like Mankindimalai,
Kurunthumalai, Thannimurippu, etc., have gone out of use. There
are new militarised settlements like Janakapura, Kalyanipura,
Parakramapura, etc.
Even streams and rivers known by their old Tamil names have been
translated into Sinhala. Thus Paalamai Odai has become Kiri
Iibban Wewa. Aanai Vizhulunthaan Aaru is now called Ali Wetuna
The process began in the 80s itself when Manal Aaru became Weli
Oya just as Kudumbimalai is now becoming Toppigala.
The sad irony in this that both the Tamil and Sinhala names have
the same meaning in many instances, except where new militarised
settlements have sprung up.
Aanai Vizhunthaan Aaru and Ali Wetuna Wewa, for example, mean in
English, 'the river that the elephant fell in.' So too is Weli
Oya and Manal Aaru, meaning sandy river or stream.
The creation of Weli Oya in the Manal Aaru region is a
politico-military project. The ethnic cleansing of Tamil
inhabitants along with the militarised Sinhalaisation of the
region was a calculated scheme to interdict territorial
contiguity between the Tamil dominated Northern Province and
Tamil majority Eastern Province.
Escalation of military activity
The Weli Oya / Manal Aaru region has seen an escalation of
military activity in recent times. The 59 Division, under the
command of Brig. Nandana Udawatte, is stationed there.
LTTE cadres drawn mainly from the Imran-Pandiyan Infantry
Division and Sothiya Women's Brigade are stationed at the Manal
Aaru Kalamunai (Weli Oya battlefront) under the command of
'Col.' Balraj.
Balraj, a former member of the People's Liberation Organisation
of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), hails from Puthukudiyiruppu and is an
original son of the Wanni soil. He was at one time a protégée of
ex-LTTE Deputy Leader Gopalswamy Mahendrarajah alias Mahathaya.
Balraj rose rapidly in the ranks and was responsible for early
victories of the LTTE in Kokavil and Mankulam. He was made
Deputy Military Commander of the LTTE and played a crucial role
in the war for Elephant Pass in 2000.
'Col.' Balraj led a sea-borne invasion that landed at Kudaarappu,
which made its way clandestinely to the A9 Highway and
interdicted supplies at Inthaavil between Elephant Pass-Iyakkachchi
and Eluthumadduvaal. This was the turning point, which paved the
way for the ultimate defeat.
Balraj, who underwent severe injuries to his leg, walks with a
slight limp at times. He also underwent an operation in Colombo
during the ceasefire.
In recent times, two senior LTTE leaders, 'Col.' Sornam and
'Col.' Bhanu, have been sent to the Manal Aaru / Weli Oya region
to assist and supplement the efforts of 'Col.' Balraj.
The frontlines are about 12 km in length extending from
Aanaivizhunthaan Aaru in the interior to Kokuthoduvaai along the
coast. An elaborate complex of military installations and
forward defence lines has been set up along this 12 km line of
There have been many skirmishes and 'limited' offensives by the
armed forces in recent times. There have also been intermittent
exchanges of artillery fire.
Army infiltration
The Army has also infiltrated into Tiger territory in small
groups and engaged the LTTE. The Army has succeeded in injuring
some Tigers through landmines, including a senior Tiger leader.
Basically, the 59-3 Brigade has been active along the
Kokuthoduvaai-Alambil front; the 59-2 has been active in the
Naayaaru-Kumulamunai front; the 59-1 is concentrated along the
Janakapura-centred FDLs.
Though not spectacular, some significant advances have been made
by the 59 into Tiger territory. An area of about four-and-a-half
to five km has been seized from the LTTE, although the overall
strategy at this juncture is not to acquire real estate.
The 59 Division has been actively engaged in combat from January
1, this year. According to military reports, the 59 Division
claims to have killed 537 LTTE cadres in the period between
January 1 and April 30.
It is also claimed that 653 Tigers were injured during this
period. The bodies of 47 LTTE cadres were recovered by the
soldiers in these four months.
It is apparent that the strategic importance of this front is
likely to cause increased military activity in the near future.
The fact that LTTE Supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran has
'transferred' two senior leaders, Sornam and Bhanu, from Mannar
to Mullaitivu denotes this fact.
'Col.' Bhanu is in overall charge of the Kittu Artillery Corps
as well as the Kutty Sri Mortar Unit. Both Kittu and Kutty Sri
took their lives and sank with the LTTE ship Ahad on January 16,
1993, when surrounded by the Indian Navy in international
There has been a departure in the pattern of artillery-mortar
fire after Bhanu moved in. Instead of targeting FDL positions
alone as in the past, the LTTE is now targeting the Army's area
headquarters positions and field command posts also.
The Tiger artillery shells have also fallen into civilian
settlements like Parakramapura and Sinhapura. This has resulted
in a minor exodus.
Marked increase
There has been a marked increase both quantitative and
qualitative after 'Col.' Bhanu entered the scene. On April 26,
for instance, a total of 37 shells were fired within a
relatively short period. Six soldiers were killed and 13
The Army gauged that the shells were being fired from a point in
the Nedunkerny area. The Army retaliated by using Multi Barrel
Rocket Launchers (MBRL).
It is not known whether the Tiger artillery was hit but the
TamilNet claimed that two civilians, an elderly man and woman,
were injured in Nedunkerny. The Army, however, states that
intercepts of radio messages reveal that 29 Tigers were killed
and 53 injured in the firing.
Military circles have noted with concern that there has been a
conspicuous increase in artillery and mortar firing by the LTTE
in the recent past.
At one point the LTTE was using its artillery and mortar very
economically due to the difficulties it was facing in procuring
regular supplies via sea. The Navy and Air Force had succeeded
in circumscribing marine supply routes, it was said.
However, in recent times, the LTTE has been very 'liberal' in
using mortars and artillery. Apart from using its homemade
'Ragavan' artillery shells and the mortar shells named Paseelan
and Kumarappa, the Tigers have also been using 'imported' stuff.
This is visible in multiple fronts in Mannar, Mullaitivu and the
Muhamaalai region.
Apparently, the Tigers have succeeded not only in getting a
fresh supply of artillery and mortar shells but also have
procured adequate 'raw material' to manufacture their own
varieties. The induction of fresh supply of shells was confirmed
in two recent intelligence reports.
Fresh supplies via sea route
The State Intelligence Service in a report submitted to the
Joint Operations Command stated that two LTTE ships had unloaded
arms and other military related supplies on February 16 and 17,
this year.
The vessels were stationed deep sea and the unloaded stuff was
fetched to different points along the Vettrilaikerny-Challai
coast by trawlers. A firsthand account has been obtained from
'persons' who had purportedly been involved in carrying boxes.
In another report presented by the Military Intelligence
Division to the National Security Council, it was said that
another LTTE ship, on March 28, had brought war materials, fuel,
medicine, etc., from the Indian coast to Nachikudah, along the
Mannar coast.
The fact that three LTTE ships have reportedly broken through
the naval cordon was not a pleasant fact to digest. There is
also the possibility that more ships may have transported
additional armaments and war material.
While the Navy is going on with its sea patrols, focusing mainly
on the Trincomalee-Mullaitivu coast, there has been visible
lethargy in taking pro-active initiatives.
Some defence circles believe that the December 2007 incident of
a Navy Fast Attack Craft (FAC) being destroyed by the LTTE in
the Neduntheevu seas, the February 2008 'seizure' of a naval
water jet in the Talaimannar seas and the recent demolition of
another FAC through a submersible device in the Nayaaru seas
have altogether had a cumulative effect on the Navy.
There is also the additional deterrent of explosive-laden boats
manned by Black Sea Tiger suicide cadres accompanying LTTE
flotilla. All this has led to a slackening of proactive naval
activity and has led to breaches in maritime naval cordons, it
is felt.
There is also suspicion that the 'international' support
provided in curtailing LTTE maritime movement is not readily
forthcoming as in the past. If correct, this may be related to
growing international displeasure over the gung ho policies of
the Rajapaksa regime.
Flying high
The LTTE also 'scored' politically when it reactivated its
hibernating Air Wing, described as the 'Tamil Eelam National Air
Force.' Two small Ziln planes carrying two bombs each flew up
from a clandestine airstrip along the Mullaitivu coast.
They were targeting an artillery pad and a military command post
in the Weli Oya / Manal Aaru region. Three of the four bombs
exploded but failed to inflict any serious damage.
The important point, however, was the fact that the Tiger planes
were able to come from nowhere, drop bombs and return safely
without any problem in spite of the elaborate air defence
systems said to be in place. It is said that a Tiger helicopter
was also scouring the skies simultaneously in what may have been
either a diversionary tactic or aerial surveillance mission.
There have been a number of reports in the media about the Air
Force having destroyed several LTTE airstrips and related
installations. The latest attack shows that the Tiger Air Wing
is not merely alive and kicking but flying and dropping.
In a separate development, the LTTE sustained a 'cultural' loss
when Subramaniam Kannan alias Major Silambarasan a.k.a.
'Kuttikannan' was killed in the fighting. Kuttikannan, hailing
from the Trincomalee District, was a well-known singer of Tamil
nationalist songs.
His most famous number was Aandaandu Kaalamathaai (For Many,
Many Years of Our Time). He was called Kuttikannan to
differentiate between the senior musician Kannan and him. LTTE
Political Commissar Balasingham Nadesan presided over the
special funeral ceremony.
These then are the fluctuating fortunes of war. The bloodshed
and mayhem goes on relentlessly. Even as the armed opponents
pursue the illusion of a military solution, the helpless
civilians continue to bear the brunt.
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Well is there any entrepeneurs or entrepeneur-minded folks? Even if not, what is your dream? Would it rely on open source or just whatever is highly profitable?
Well is there any entrepeneurs or entrepeneur-minded folks? Even if not, what is your dream? Would it rely on open source or just whatever is highly profitable?
I would start a computer company.
And yes it would be open source stuff.
I have thought about doing laptop/desktop repair, refurbishing, or re-purposing after I retire in order to get some extra income. Due to demand, 95% of the work would probably not be an open source operating system; however, open source might play as much as a 50% role in applications. If you look at my signature below, then you will see that I am OK with that.
Use whatever OS or desktop works for you. Dual boot or use VMs if you want. Backup your computer regularly, and definitely before upgrading, partitioning, or installing an OS.
No support requests by PM please.
If I had the chance, I would start a costume creature shop, personally, and have all the office computers built from used parts and running Ubuntu or Redhat exclusively. =P I also want to get into refurbishing old game consoles, even replacing aging electronic components in their MOBOs with fresh ones, and reselling them at a reasonable price for consumers with a love for anything retro.
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I also have a bigger dream which can conquer the world (seriously). I only have to hire qualified workers/partners and get some investor's money. It's superb but not completely unique idea from what i've learned -it's in use on some part of world but those have quite poor outcome compared to my ideas.
It's still worth a try. Even if many things goes wrong, it's worth couple millions revenue in here where I live. It also completely relies on open source software so everybody wins. Only problem is we are in recession right now so start would be too risky, as business always is, but you don't want extra risk straight from the beginning. In a year or two I'll be an entrepeneur.
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AMD A4, A6 or A10
Intel i3, i5 or i7
with Ubuntu 12.04. Also couple of HP printers, RAM options and one or two different AMD/Nvidia GPUs if customers want more processing power. Also Steam pre-installed for gamers. Advantage would be that you don't need big warehouse for these. I think this would work on a bigger city but not in a small town where I live; Microsoft Windows is still a synonym to Operating System. I've done my best to make a change from windows to linux, but it's difficult. 27 PCs so far from Vista/7 -> Ubuntu 12.04.
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I know it is probably assumed to be the answer of most-
I would really created a company aimed at linux support. (of course i would definatly need to take some type of professional class on UNIX first because i sure do not know everything- but like to think have great experience) Whereby i would build custom computers that run linux and set the customer up with the linux OS of their choice- after a conversation on the types of distros out there they might like to tryout, and if need be basic help of how to get started. I would also allow customers to bring in retail machines that i deem to be compatible with Linux. I will of course freely back up their windows/OS X partitions- from there they can decide to ditch the preinstalled OS or dual-boot, eitherway i would have a backup of the machines original state for them.
The other option, is leasing skills to developers to help make their games cross platform.
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Second is to create a proprietary trading company. Apart from cooking and pastries, finance/economics is a passion of mine (and I've devoted alot of time, effort and money into trading in the last several years - I've also gone back to University, funded by my trading activities).
If that's slightly too ambitious (which is most likely is, as I have nowhere close to enough capital) then I'd like to create a web app and a company based around it which provides up to date worldwide economic and financial data that could help businesses plan their operations based on market conditions (I've found alot of business managers, especially in small businesses, are ignorant of macro issues).
As for open source technology in my potential business plans, I definitely would incorporate it. Not because I care about the FSF or even freedom, but because it's a great pragmatic choice - for building a system from the ground up Linux and open source tools are the best.
I'm not sure what the business itself would be, but it would have to be one where I made obscene amounts of money, did very little and got to yell at people a lot.
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-----Original Message----- From: email@example.com [mailto:email@example.com] On Behalf Of Bob Regan Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 6:59 PM To: firstname.lastname@example.com Cc: Andrew Kirkpatrick; Roberto Scano (IWA/HWG) Subject: RE: R: NEW: Issue #1544 I know this is going to get me more nasty emails privately... So to be clear, in order to meet WCAG and Italian law, content needs to be screen reader accessible in other browsers and other platforms? This would be a particularly prescient move on the part of the Italian government given the fact that most of the configurations beyond Windows / IE have been released in the last few months. Roberto Scano: You are referring accessibility to the only access by screen readers. I suggest to read something about WAI: http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.php And this: http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/PWD-Use-Web/#diff We have: - Visual disabilities - Hearing Impairments - Physical disabilities - Speech disabilities - Cognitive and neurological disabilities - Multiple Disabilities - Aging-Related Conditions This is also inside some ISO documents, not only inside WAI. Also I wanna remember about WCAG 1.0. You said: "So to be clear, in order to meet WCAG and Italian law, content needs to be screen reader accessible in other browsers and other platforms?" Please note that italian Law is inspired to WCAG 1.0 and to this area of WAI: http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/. WCAG 1.0 has a normative appendix regarding the metodology for valutation: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/#validation 2. Use a graphical user interface (GUI) browser(such as Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, or Opera) and examine the selection of pages while adjusting the browser settings as follows [...] If you also read the WCAG 1.0 Checkpoint 8.1: "Make programmatic elements such as scripts and applets directly accessible or compatible with assistive technologies [Priority 1 if functionality is important and not presented elsewhere, otherwise Priority 2.]" is clear that having an object that respect these specification only in a browser and only in an OS - this object don't conform to WCAG 1.0 (and, if important, also without reach level A). Bob Regan: This does not alter the fundamental question. In a situation like this one where code validity creates a problem for the overwhelming majority of screen reader users, what do we consider more important? The overwhelming majority of end users today are trying to access content using Windows / IE / JAWS. Dropping the <embed> object will cause a significant use case to experience serious problems. At the same time, keeping it does not disrupt any of the existing use cases. The choice then for the group is validity versus accessibility. Roberto Scano: Sorry, but the choice now is: wanna we create a precedent (so also other vendor should in future made pressure in the name of "accessibility" for not change their products for conform with last century specifications) or wanna ask to these companies (and you are a big representative of Macromedia) to start developing following web standards? I suggest to take the same position of who develops for MathML: http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/tech/accessibility.htm "If math accessibility is important to you, contact your screen reader vendor so that they will consider supporting some of the planned accessibility enhancements to MathPlayer. Without your input, vendors may not make math accessibility a priority." I think that WCAG Working group should work for the web (all) and not for preserve market position and preistoric position of AT developers. Yes, I can agree that the AT producers are strong and they monopolize the market, but we should work for "accessibility for all" and not only for "accessiblity for blind": otherwise we need to change our charter. Bob Regan: I think this is the best example of a case where validity breaks accessibility. We can also talk about a much longer list of cases where validity does not result in accessibility. In all cases, the reasons are complex and require cooperation among standards groups, AT vendors, authoring tool makers and browser makers. How do we sustain this dialog? How do we realize the potential in valid code? Roberto Scano: If all these companies emulate "Hearing Impairments", i think that the end user should start to press: we need simply to create a baseline for let all the part involved to work for develop: - web contents that are accessible and that respect reccomandations - authoring tools that develop accessible and valid content - user agents that are able to handle valid code and invalid code - OS developers that are able to create API for let AT to work with application GUI - AT developers that are able to integrate their solutions using OS Accessibility features and APIs. Bob Regan: I do not pretend to know the answer. However I suspect it will require, at a minimum, a sober look at the cause and consequences of the individual decisions underlying the issue. Roberto Scano: Yes, but our decision should not be influenced by previous bad decision... Cheers Roberto ScanoReceived on Saturday, 13 August 2005 17:28:48 UTC
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How much did you spend?
How much did you spend on gifts, meals, etc for Father's Day? Do you think you spent a typical amount or more/less than the average person spends? Did you spend more, or less, than you have in past years?
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Maybe $10 extra for food. I didn't buy gifts or cards. Pretty typical for us, dunno about compared to other people.
by Silver Member on Jun. 15, 2014 at 4:24 PM
We went to brunch and his was free - so I paid $33 for the rest of us to eat. I made him a floating frame from supplies I got off Amazon with SB GCs...so technically that was free. We were going to have a barbecue but he got called in to work. Bummer.
$7 on a gift but nothing really different for dinner.
by Silver Member on Jun. 15, 2014 at 4:26 PM
$0 my father has passed and im not married. Fathers day seems to be geared more toward food then presents or is it just me? lol
$60 ish on gift, dinner and cards. I had a WAHM custom engrave a bottle opener $28. $15 on steak, $6 on cards, and $6 for a diesel mechanic decal for DH's truck.
by Adrienne on Jun. 15, 2014 at 4:58 PM
For hubby a card for $2. For his dad we got him a book and b and noble gift card. Book was $10 card was 20 so $32 in total
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Less than $60 for husband and FIL combined. I assume most people spend lots of money because guys tend to like expensive gadgets.
by Member on Jun. 15, 2014 at 6:40 PM
$50 ish..we went to a movie and out to lunch
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about 8. used my cvs extra bucks to save on some headphones. he was excited for them since he expecting a cheapie pair from the dollar store. and we made pizza at home and used leftovers for supper, so that was just out of regular food spending.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Abuse of discretion. The Second Circuit has held that abuse of discretion is the appropriate standard of review to apply to a district court's ruling on a motion to reduce a sentence, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(2).
The decision in Unites States v. Borden can be found here.
The decision in Unites States v. Borden can be found here.
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Googled. The Second Circuit has ruled that Google must face a trademark infringement lawsuit for selling keywords that trigger ads. The decision in Rescuecom v. Google can be found here.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
New Judge. President Obama has nominated District Judge Gerard Lynch of the Southern Distirct of New York for a seat on the Second Circuit.


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By Joe Nelson
Posted 05/12/2008 at 01:17 PM
Mayo-gate is dominating sports media today as a 'shocking' development was released on Outside the Lines. USC star freshmen O.J. Mayo allegedly received thousands of dollars in gifts and cash that was allegedly tied through the BDA sports agency. The accused go between Rodney Guillory was linked to past illegal activity at USC and some are calling for the death penalty on the school's athletic programs that have risen back to prominence in the past decade.
The sad part is that this is not a surprise at all. After Mayo signed with USC if anyone doubted that Mayo would likely be accessing some NCAA violating funds in his one-year stay in college they would be accused of being truly naïve. There is no promising solution to this situation. No one can really be held accountable and delivering proof in these cases is next to impossible. This is a slick operation and most are aware it is going on but there is little that can be done.
The players that accept money can not really be penalized. After the revelations come out they are typically out of college sports already. The pro teams certainly don't care about a situation like this. Sure it would be great to maintain the integrity of college athletics and many college athletes do just that, but the perception is pretty widespread that this type of thing happens regularly at schools around the country. Year after year a new case arises and there are rarely any real punishments levied. Perhaps a scholarship is taken away or a program is put on some type of probation but the days of truly meaningful penalties and NCAA sanctions appear top be far past gone.
Maybe that's okay. We're probably better off continuing to turn our head's and allow the NCAA to turn away from the continuing infractions. Some want to blame sports agents, and they rightfully own a slimy, greedy, reputation but they are simply running their profession to the best that they can. Whatever rules are set, smart people will find ways to make the best use of them, this happens in every line of business there is.
The schools can't be blamed for wanting a star player, even for a year, as the exposure gained and financial gains can be tremendous. The USC coaches and players certainly had to be aware that Mayo was getting money from somewhere but as long it was not from people with direct ties to USC and there was no explicit knowledge, did they really break any rules that can be proven and punished?
Some want to blame the age-limit in the NBA in this instance, but there will be one-year college players that go pro regardless even if the most hyped players go straight to the NBA. Carmelo Anthony is a perfect example of a player in that situation before the age-limit as he was a borderline high NBA pick out of high school and played his way to elite status. Mayo was the most hyped player and assumed to be a sure-fire one-and-done college player now that the age limit is in place, but several other college freshmen outshined him and will be picked higher.
It is time to just accept this side of college sports, it won't be going away anytime soon and there simply is no way to thoroughly regulate it. Where there is an advantage to be gained, someone will take advantage, and people will just continue to do an even better job of it.


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WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say one man is dead following a small plane crash in the Tampa Bay area.
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Walter Wagner was the notary who married Adolf Hitler to Eva Braun in the Führerbunker on 29 April 1945.
Wagner was a lawyer, and a member of the Nazi Party. He was known to Joseph Goebbels, who had previously worked with him in Berlin. As the Allies approached Berlin he had been drafted into the army. When Hitler told Goebbels of his intention to marry, Goebbels had Wagner summoned to the bunker. When he arrived on 28 April he discovered that the proper paperwork was not available. Later that evening he had obtained the documentation and was able to perform the ceremony just after midnight.
The event was witnessed by Goebbels and Martin Bormann. Immediately afterwards Wagner rejoined his unit. He was killed only a few days later during the Battle of Berlin.
I only came across the story of Walter Wagner by chance.
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Andrew Sachs played Walter Wagner in Hitler: The Last Ten Days is a 1973 British-Italian biographical drama film depicting the days leading up to Adolf Hitler's suicide.


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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, George Georgalis wrote:
Just occurs to me. I've never heard of modules in BSD. Do they exist? Is the vr0 driver something that can be compiled, added and removed without rebooting?
Sure. Man {kldload, kldunload, kldstat}.
# locate if_vr.ko /modules/if_vr.ko
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If you're part of a team that delivers pitches to win new business, you're keenly aware of the value of the brief and precious time you have to meet in person with your prospective clients.
Yet, with millions often at stake in new and recurring revenue, you would be surprised to learn that many organizations don't invest much in making sure their in-person pitches are as effective as they can be.
Some of the most common mistakes that sales teams make when they pitch are:
- Doing the same thing they've always done, because it worked in the past
- Orienting the pitch around them, rather than their audience
- Neglecting the primal role of emotion in decision-making
- Starting and closing with a whimper rather than a bang
- Losing control of the narrative arc of the pitch
If you've fallen into any of these familiar ruts, it's time to shake things up and freshen up your approach.
Here are 3 things you can do to begin:
- Start with a "black box." Let go of the past and view your block of time and physical space like a black box theater, stripped away of everything you've done before. What could you do here that's completely new, fresh, interesting and effective? How could you use projected image, sound, lighting, props, infographics and video to craft a well-designed, immersive experience? What would it look like if you were to transform the pitch environment from a stuffy room into an engaging theater of persuasion?
- Do a mind meld. If you still have slides with headlines that read "About Us," "Our Capabilities" and "Our Team," it's time to send those back to 1999 where they belong. Instead, create a new set of slides that your team uses internally for planning and strategy, with a photo and profile of each decision-maker involved in the approval process, both inside and outside the pitch room. Print the slides, tape them to a wall, and discuss with your team: What do we know about these individuals who will be in our audience? What's going on in their minds? What are the reasons they would say no to our proposal? As you merge minds with the real and specific people who will be in the room, it will become easier to distill and tailor your content specifically to their needs.
- Anchor in a story. With your audience profile complete, it's time to orient the entire narrative arc of your pitch around taking them from Point A (a challenge they face) to Point B (where they want to be). It will take the collective smarts of your team to come up with the single best story that will drive your pitch from a strong start to a strong ending. Once you find it, you'll have the clear direction that helps you decide what goes into the live meeting, and what remains in printed materials. A winning story makes the audience the main character, appeals to emotion, accelerates understanding, clearly articulates benefits, increases memorability, and makes it easy for those in the room to advocate for you when the pitch is over.
Are you willing to throw out your current corporate sales pitch, if it means the possibility of winning more business?
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A precise sense of timing and engagement becomes clearly apparent in his humorous portraits of animals; alongside the satirical naming of his artworks throughout the series.
A full-time artist originally from Belgium, Dominique has been living and working in Ireland for over 25 years.
The commercial silver halide series which is loved by locals and visitors alike is well known but it has been the fine art carbon edition that has set him apart where he combines his practice as a painter and interest in alternative printing processes on proven age-old natural art materials. Works that are best experienced in situ rather than the digital medium.
Dominique was awarded the prestigious RDS Freyer Art Award in 2012 overseen by judges from the RDS, National Gallery of Ireland, RHA and IMMA. Works has been collected and widely shown both nationally and internationally.
His "Dublin Town" project recently featured in the Irish American Heritage Museum on Broadway, Albany, New York. December 2015
Works are available from the small to the very large. There's an open mind about projects that might interest him which doesn't necessarily depend on a big budget
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Shayna is amazingly talented. Not only is she a fantastic actress but is also a great musician/song writer. If you are interested in more info visit her website at www.shaynarose.com.
Here is her bio from that site:
Shayna started performing and singing professionally when she was only eight years old. Throughout her career she has appeared in countless regional musicals. Starring roles included, Mary in "The Secret Garden", Little Red Riding Hood in "Into the Woods", Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz", Heidi in "Heidi", and Young Violet in "Violet". Shayna also appeared in several dramas including her starring role as Mary Tilford in "The Children's Hour", which earned her a nomination for best supporting actress by the Denver Drama Critics Circle. You may have also spotted her in numerous national commercials like Ford and McDonald's.
Shayna moved to Los Angeles in 2002 after turning down a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston. It was not easy moving to such a big city at such a young age. The fierce competition and challenge of the entertainment industry was a far cry from the comforts she had known in the Mile High city.
Shayna tried to juggle her acting, singing, songwriting, auditions, and two jobs. The usual frustrations accompanied this process: finding an agent, looking for managers, being unable to submit "unsolicited" music materials, learning who's who and who's not, hearing no and no and no…again, and of course – how do I pay my bills and eat?
Although success did not come quickly, it did slowly trickle in. Shayna started to land a few co-starring roles in such series as "Gilmore Girls", "Medium" and "Commander In Chief". Her musical showcases and songwriting also began attracting more interest.
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Inspired by the popular Q&A session at BarCampApache Sydney, this session will walk through all aspects of navigating the Apache Incubator, including:
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text: Perhaps Guido Van Rossum's legacy is not the creation of celebrated and equally hated Python Programming language. It is his steady fast adherence to the three great virtues of a programmer: laziness, impatience, and hubris. Rossum talks about the history of python programming language design and implementation in this lecture. A must watch even if you don't use Python.


text: On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Rik van Riel wrote:>> That's fine with me, but _who_ do I send VM patches to if> I can't send them to you ?The VM stuff right now seems to be Andrea, Dave or you yourself (right nowI just wish you would split up your patches like Andrea does, that way Ican cherry-pick).> There is no maintainer for mm/* or kernel/*, it's just you.As to kernel/ there are actually maintainers for some sub-areas, the mostnoticeable being Ingo on the scheduler. The rest of kernel/ hasn't everbeen much of a problem, really.The VM is a big issue, of course. And that one isn't likely to go awayanytime soon as a point of contention. And it's not easy to modularize,apart from the obvious pieces (ie "filemap.c" vs the rest).You may not believe me when I say so, but I personally _really_ hope yourrmap patches will work out. I may not have believed in your patches in a2.4.x kind of timeframe, but for 2.6.x I'm more optimistic. As to how toactually modularize it better to make points of contention smaller, Idon't know how.At the same time, while I can understand your personal pain, I don't thinkmost of the problems have been with the VM (maintenance-wise, that is.Most of the _technical_ problems really have been with the VM, it's justthe most complex piece). Linus-To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to firstname.lastname@example.com majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlPlease read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/


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are you effing kidding me you tw*twaffle!!!
Edit. I called the store, spoke to the front lines manager. She said she would handle it.
Omg you didnt say anything!! I had the SAME thing happen to me only I was with my baby cousin and she said "hi sir!" the cashier said " uhh do I look like a fuckin sir" with the worst attitude. I was heated!!!!!!!!! I told her "If you werent so damn ugly maybe you could pass for a girl, bag my damn groceries before I get your ass fired for talking shit to my 2 year old" She just rolled her eyes and bagged my groceries. As we left my little cousin says "youre not happy hu?" lol! Made the rest of my day. I told her it wasnt her fault, I couldnt tell if she was a guy or not either.
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Just give her a coupon. What? Don't they take coupons there?
I would have shown her nasty. No, I am not generally confrontational in front of my children, but that would have set me off.
What a bitch! And she didn't say sorry either!
You should tell the manager, it isn't too late.
stick up for your child, and children of others.
call kroger and ask for a manager.
I would never let anyone get away with someone calling my kid nasty, are you kidding me?
I would have said something, it's an innocent mistake a child can make.


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Bullring and Holy Week processions in Seville
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We found the Bullring not very far away, it was a big circular structure in bright yellow, red and white , and we had walked right by it the night before. We bought tickets, and took a tour of the ring, and the museum. The guided tour went to the stadium of the bullring first, where we could see the seating stands, and the various entries where the bulls, and the bullfighters enter the ring.
After the tour, we walked along the river, crossed the bridge to Triana again, while watching people preparing to go on processions. They were the bands for the processions, and were getting suited up and off to the processions. We could see people going into the old town to see the processions, it was very festival in atmosphere, definitely fun and exciting. So we went back to the hotel to catch the procession which went right in front of the hotel about 3pm.
The street in front the hotel was getting really crowded, and we got back just in time.
The procession started with someone carrying a huge cross. The people in each procession had their own uniform, in the form of a cloak and a big tall pointy hat covering their heads and faces, only holes were made for their eyes. Almost looked like the KKK, but obviously not evil! There were young people, kids in the processions too, and young girls also. They were carrying huge candles which looked like big sticks.
After the procession went past our hotel, the crowed dispersed and we went out again. This time we went past the Cathedral, stopped at the bar Las Teresas which we saw last night (with the hanging hams!) on Calle St Teresa for a little snack of tapas, then we walked further east and I was hoping to see the Plaza de Espana. Except another procession was going that way, so we went with the flow, and stopped to look at this procession on ground level. We were at the big Plaza Don Juan de Austria, so there was plenty of room to stand and the crowds were not so dense. It was interesting to see the processions at ground level, we felt like we were participating, even on the sidelines. The procession stopped often, and we saw kids, lots of them along the street watching.
It was getting late, and we decided to get fried seafood to go at the famous establishment called Freiduria La Isla. People would stand at the little tables in the restaurant to eat, but we couldn't get a free table, so we took our order back to the hotel to eat. We must say it was quite a deal, lots of variety of seafood, delicious and inexpensive.
We watched our first procession coming back to the church around 11pm, I am sure these people must be exhausted after such a long day of walking and carrying the floats.
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Change in Length of Hospital Stay due to Hospital Infections: a counterfactual approach to deal with time-dependent confounders
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Introduction / Background: The length of hospital stay (LOS) is presumably affected by hospital-acquired infections (HI). Quantifying the extra stay due to HI is complicated because infection status changes over time. Furthermore, LOS and the risk of HI depend on health status and other patient's conditions. If those factors vary over time, they might act as time-dependent confounders. For example, the use of artificial ventilation affects LOS and is also associated with the occurrence of HI. Additionally, HI might increase the need for artificial ventilation. This means, after HI has occurred, the causal relation between ventilation and infection status is reversed.
Materials and methods: We analyze data from a prospective cohort study of hospital infections in intensive care units (ICU). Baseline characteristics and daily measurements of clinical variables are available. We address pneumonia as one of the most frequent and severe hospital-acquired infections.
To quantify the impact of HI on LOS, we use a method proposed by Robins which includes time-dependent confounders in an appropriate way. There, modeling is done within the counterfactual framework.
We give an introduction to counterfactual variables and review Robins' approach with focus on handling time-dependent confounders. To assess the extra stay, we take advantage of counterfactual variables and define the change in LOS as comparison to never having acquired HI.
Results: Of 1876 admitted patients, 151 obtained hospital-acquired pneumonia which lead to an estimated mean extra stay of 5.3 days (95% confidence interval [1.3;9.1]).
Discussion / Conclusions: The counterfactual approach avoids overestimation, is interpretationally appealing and allows adjustment for confounders. An extension to address the competing endpoints discharge and death is discussed.
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Press Release Date: October 7, 1998
A child given intensive care for a serious respiratory illness or other life-threatening disease has a significantly better chance of surviving now than he or she would have as recently as a little over a decade ago, according to a new federally sponsored study in the journal, Critical Care Medicine.
The study, which was jointly sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), indicates that the death rate of children admitted to hospital pediatric intensive care units for such killer diseases as asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia declined by 45 percent between the early to mid-1980s and 1993.
According to the researchers, who were led by John M. Tilford, Ph.D., of Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, the study suggests that the falling death rates are the result of improvements over time in the quality of intensive care, such as better ventilation technology.
"The findings clearly show the pay off from investing in better quality of care. Thanks to it, children who would have died 15 years ago can now survive and grow up to be healthy adults," said AHCPR's Administrator, John M. Eisenberg, M.D., M.B.A. "Health services research studies, such as this one, play an important role in understanding and improving quality of care."
"Specialized health care for children with pediatric emergencies is a matter of life and death," said HRSA Administrator Claude Earl Fox, M.D., M.P.H. "This study shows that national standards for training and care developed through our Emergency Medical Services for Children Program are working."
The researchers also examined mortality risk by age, regardless of condition, and found that death rates declined the most for younger children. The death rate of infants less than one month of age treated in hospital pediatric intensive care units dropped by 39 percent, while that of babies one to 12 months of age fell by 28 percent. The death rate for children as a whole treated in hospital pediatric intensive care units during the period declined by 15 percent.
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InfoWars: Bundy tape was edited to exclude his 'pro-black, pro-Mexican' comments
An article at InfoWars published Friday alleged that racist comments made by scofflaw Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy were unfairly used by the media to discredit him and his supporters.
A writer at the Alex Jones' conspiracy website argued that video of Bundy was edited to exclude comments that would soften the racist nature of his statements.
"The full clip illustrates how the original New York Times report edited out statements made by Bundy both before and after his supposedly 'racist' remarks, which when taken in their full context actually constitute a pro-minority position," wrote Paul Joseph Watson.
Bundy was shown in the video pontificating about the Watts riots of 1965.
"What I seen is civil disturbance. People are not happy, people is [sic] thinking they did not have their freedom; they didn't have these things, and they didn't have them," said Bundy.
"We've progressed quite a bit from that day until now, and sure don't want to go back; we sure don't want the colored people to go back to that point; we sure don't want the Mexican people to go back to that point," he said, before launching into his now-infamous rant about black people in the U.S. who "abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never, they never learned how to pick cotton."
Later in the video, Bundy said that "Spanish people" who "come over here against our constitution and cross our borders" aren't so bad because they're hard workers and "have better family structure than most of us white people. When you see those Mexican families, they're together, they picnic together, they're spending their time together, and I'll tell you in my way of thinking they're awful nice people."
This attitude, in InfoWars.com's eyes, counts as a ringing endorsement of Latino people and their cultures, never mind that "Spanish people" come from Spain, and Spanish-speaking immigrants to the U.S represent a variety of nations and ethnicities.
"While Bundy's use of terms such as 'negro,' 'colored people' and references to picking cotton are undoubtedly politically incorrect (though not unsurprising for an 80-year-old farmer)," said Watson, "when taken in its full context, his argument is actually anti-racist in that it laments the plight of black families who have been caught in the trap of dependency on government."
Watson also described Bundy's remarks as "vehemently pro-Mexican."
Users of the white supremacist forum Stormfront, a website that has been linked to nearly 100 recent homicides and has deep ties to the "sovereign citizen" movement, have a different view. Racist commenters are expressing their support for Bundy, who became a conservative folk hero thanks to his canonization by Fox News' Sean Hannity and others.
"Cliven Bundy 2016!" wrote one commenter.
"Guess the truth is racist now," said another, while one reader opined that "Everything he said is exactly true. Every [sic] since the negro came to this country the question has been, what shall we do with them?"
Watch InfoWars' video of Bundy's "full, unedited" remarks, embedded below:


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BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) – Police say speed was a factor in an early morning car crash that killed two people in southwest Ohio.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol says the driver of a car lost control and it ended up running off the road and into a creek area. Authorities say the driver and his passenger were dead at the scene.
The accident occurred at about 5 a.m. EDT Saturday near Batavia, in Clermont County just east of Cincinnati.
The crash was still under investigation and names weren't released immediately.
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Teen gets $1,000 after manhole damages car
Updated 11:40 pm, Tuesday, February 26, 2013
SEYMOUR -- A town teenager is getting a financial reward after he said a Botsford Road manhole damaged his car, and he replaced the cover. He claims it caused $2,700 in damage to his 1995 Chevy pickup in late December.
The Board of Selectmen last week, in a 5 to 1 vote, approved the $1,000 "contribution" for Joshua Tilton, 18, of 82 Great Hill Road, even after it was determined the town had no liability in the matter. Selectman Gary Bruce, Tilton's neighbor, said he brought the matter to light at the Feb. 19 meeting because he felt Tilton deserved some compensation because, by replacing the manhole cover, he probably prevented other drivers from suffering a similar fate.
"I just brought the matter to light and the other members ran with it," Bruce said Tuesday. He abstained from voting on the motion that approved the funds.
"I felt it was the right thing to do," he said. "It didn't matter who did it, a neighbor, or any kid. My main concern was that a hazard had been mitigated."
First Selectman Kurt Miller agreed the action taken was unusual, but said the selectmen looked at the case "a little bit differently" because Tilton did get the manhole cover back on.
"We wanted to assist the young man by making a payment based on what the deductible (to repair the damage) would have been," Miller said Tuesday. He said that "regardless of the legal responsibility of the town, the town does have a responsibility for its residents."
Miller said that "it's important in these challenging economic times" that the town assist residents whenever possible.
"A thousand dollars is not a lot of money. It's a fair amount." Miller said the funds will come from the town's legal claims account.
"It's very generous of them and I'm thankful for that," said Tilton, who wasn't at the Feb. 19 meeting. "I'm a college student and really couldn't afford (the repair bill) right now."
During the meeting, Bruce said it was "unfortunate" that Tilton was "on the hook" for the entire repair cost. He added it was his "personal opinion" that selectmen should "do something."
"Define something," Miller said. Should it be half, a third or two-thirds of the total amount of damage, he asked selectmen. They eventually agreed on $1,000.
Town Attorney Rich Buturla said that because Tilton's claim was denied by the town's insurance carrier, that amount would have to be paid out of town coffers.
"It's your choice," he said, once again telling them they had "no legal obligation" in the matter. He also cautioned that approving the funds could create a "slippery slope."
Selectman Al Bruno, who opposed the motion, agreed. He said he'd "rather not open the door" for similar claims down the road, adding it would be like opening "Pandora's Box." He cast the dissenting vote.
Tilton, in the police incident report, said he was traveling south on Botsford Road, near Davis Road, on Dec. 26 when his pickup struck an open manhole with the left rear tire of his vehicle.
He said that his tire "went completely into the manhole" causing the rim to bend and his tire to push into the fender.
"Joshua's fender was dented and it appeared that his axle was bent permanently," the police report said. Tilton said he placed the manhole cover back onto the manhole prior to the police officer's arrival around 8:37 p.m. and that he also removed the damaged tire. Digital photos of the vehicle's damage and the manhole cover were included with the police report.
Tilton told the officer that the resident at 118 Botsford Road came out of his house and told him that the "manhole cover frequently gets knocked off by the plow trucks because it sticks up over the top of the roadway's surface."
However neither Miller nor Buturla were aware of any prior issues with the manhole cover, in particular that it had caused damage to any other vehicles.


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In response to this filing, your lawyer needs to file an explanation to the court on the grounds that the verdict without going through the trial process can not be granted. Your lawyer should be able to show you the factual questions, and that the judge or jury really needs to decide the case through the trial process. The solicitation that your lawyer submits should contain sufficient information that a judge or jury has the possibility of dropping a decision in favour of your party at the hearing. For that reason, you and your attorney must present evidence supporting the application, based on information collected in the discovery process. Typically, you may get a response form submission form for this court filing from the website of the relevant judiciary. Fill out the form completely and accurately, and attach all necessary documents.
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After wading through 646 pages of narcissistic gush and breathtaking vulgarity in the accents of Dr Kissinger and Dr Strangelove, I am consoled by the thought that the ordeal has not been entirely a waste of effort. Frequently able to put the book down, yet obliged every time but one to lift it up again, I have found the exercise has wonderfully enlarged, defined and beautified my deltoids, trapezii, latissimus dorsi and other muscles too intimate to mention. Now, like Arnold Schwarzenegger, I can gaze into looking glasses with intensified Gemutlichkeit.
If I obey 'Arnold's Rules' — especially the advice, 'When someone tells you "no", you should hear "yes" ' and 'Don't overthink' — will I, too, in the brief period at my disposal, be able to become a champion bodybuilder? Will I also become a shrewd dealer in real estate, a multimillionaire action hero in motion pictures, a political leader of the free enterprise system, an author of an autobiography like this one, which he calls 'an international event', and a master of 'joke-telling skills'? Perhaps not. Arnold's world is divided into two sorts of people, sweethearts and assholes, and there is always a danger of falling into the lower category, a risk of terminating as a bionic bore, a cyber schmuck, as he keeps demonstrating.
All his successes, he says, have been brought about by his charm, strength and determination. The few glitches along the way have been caused by other people's faults. His father, a Nazi police sergeant, was paternally harsh and unimaginative when Arnold was born, in 1947, and brought up in Thal, a village in Austria, where they had to draw water from a well and there were food shortages.
Bodybuilders, who compensated with overeating and anabolic steroids (then legal in their bizarre sport) should not have encouraged him to go for the Mr Universe title, which is presumptuous, and maybe false, as there are probably even more grossly inflated physiques somewhere else, if not in our own galaxy. Arnold could not help it, right after migrating to the United States, when President Nixon inspired him to swear everlasting allegiance to the Republican Party, confusing him when he married Maria Shriver, a devout member of the Kennedy-Shriver clan of Democrats. She failed to dissuade him from becoming a Republican Governor of the State of California, with its unfair-to-Arnold left-wing legislature and incurable budget deficits.
After Milton Berle had taught him to jazz up his conversation, Arnold uttered his most famous wisecrack, when he first met Eunice Kennedy Shriver, his prospective mother-in-law. 'Your daughter,' he said, 'has a great ass.' Fortunately, no Kennedy-Shriver could be easily shaken, even by this epitome of Schwarzeneggerism. 'That's very nice,' Mrs Shriver replied.
At the age of 18, while serving as a conscript in the Austrian army, he won the title 'Best Built Junior Athlete of Europe' and 'felt like King Kong'. He arrived in America at 21, with a 57-inch chest and a 32-inch waist, and appeared in his first movie the following year, Hercules in New York, which most people have been kind enough to forget.
His second starring role was in Conan the Barbarian, almost certainly the most tedious swordplay epic ever filmed, which Dino De Laurentiis, the producer, presented as an expression of Nietzschean philosophy and Arnold enjoyed as 'a fun ride'.
From then on, he never left home without $1,000 in cash and a no-limit credit card. Maria's family was loaded and she was making top dollar in network television news, but he never touched her money. The Conan sequel led to the Terminator series, worldwide adulation and election to the California governorship, all together providing the autobiography with so many photographs of the author, dressed and mostly undressed, that fans can appreciate his story without actually having to read the words.
He remembers an early mistress-in-residence who didn't work out:
We usually got along very well, and had lived together for more than three years. But she was a normal person and wanted normal things, and there was nothing normal about me. My drive was not normal. My vision of where I wanted to go was not normal. The whole idea of a conventional existence was like Kryptonite.
She moved out.
Years later, when Maria went on a trip, leaving him alone with their housekeeper, he made her pregnant. What did his wife expect? He was known for 'groping' women he wasn't married to. And how was he supposed to know that when she discovered he was the father of the housekeeper's child there would be a divorce? After all, he did say he was sorry. For a while, his telephone stopped ringing; but it soon rang again, when Sylvester Stallone wanted him to co-star. Hollywood gives any number of further chances to a schmoozer who is boffo at the box office.


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Photos courtesy Mullin Automotive Museum.
French cars – at least, those of the deco and streamline eras – are renowned for their innate artistry and their aesthetic excellence, so it stands to reason not only that they be curated in a museum as pieces of artwork themselves, but that they be displayed alongside relevant sculptures and paintings. The Mullin Automotive Museum already took care of the former goal when it opened a few years back, and now it has added a Galerie d'Arts to celebrate the art of the French automobile.
Featuring items from the Peter and Merle Mullin personal art collection, the display includes pieces from artists such as Rembrandt Bugatti, Geo Ham, Tom Hale, and Rene Lalique. "I see the gallery as one of our most valuable additions to the museum to date," museum founder Peter Mullin said in a press release. "It provides visitors with even greater insight into the way that art, design, and engineering interact and how the explosion of creativity and mobility in the 1920s and 1930s continues to influence us today."
The Galerie d'Arts officially opened in November and is expected to display a rotation of artwork from the Mullin collection. Entrance to the galerie is included with museum admission. For more information, visit MullinAutomotiveMuseum.com.
Wonderful to see such taste and elan in the hobb. Can somebody tell me where Mullin is? Thank you
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Thank you for joining us for an AMAZING Zinefest! We welcomed nearly 900 visitors and raised over $600 for We are Family / Positive Force!
Thanks especially to our amazing volunteers — we couldn't have done it without you!
Thank you for joining us for an AMAZING Zinefest! We welcomed nearly 900 visitors and raised over $600 for We are Family / Positive Force!
Thanks especially to our amazing volunteers — we couldn't have done it without you!
We are excited that there will be 2 great panel discussions at DC Zinefest 2017.
12:00pm – DISCOURSES OF COLOR IN SELF-PUBLISHING
Moderator: ANDY WENTZ is an artist, writer, and publisher, originally from the Chicagoland area. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, focusing on both independent and collaborative creative projects. He hopes to own a pet of his own one day but will dote on his plant babies for the time being. Website: andywentz.com
1:30 pm – ARTS & ACTIVISM
Moderator: C.S. MALERICH lives and works near the District of Columbia. Her speculative fiction has appeared previously in Ares Magazine, The Again, and the Among Animals anthologies from Ashland Creek Press — a publisher of eco fiction. "Phoenix Cross," her contribution to Among Animals 2, was nominated for a 2017 Pushcart Prize. Most recently, her short story "It Wants to be a Swamp" appeared in the Mother's Revenge anthology from Scary Dairy Press, to raise funds for environmental causes. An avid fan of skillful drawing (which she can't do), she collaborates with artist-storyteller J. Hollister Conroy on an ongoing series of comic zines. C.S. is part of local writers' group the Speculative Wordsmiths, and a founding member of DC Stampede, a collective for activists and organizers on behalf of animals, people, and the planet.
As of late May, our wait list has over 70 zinesters on it. Nevertheless, our tabler registration is still open! Why? Well, sometimes a tabler has to cancel at short notice, and some waitlisters who are higher on the list are unable to accept. If you would not be able to accept an table invitation on short notice (say, 1-2 weeks before the Fest), it may not be a good idea to apply.
Following the example of Richmond Zinefest, we will be offering a grant to help elevate the voices of people that are often marginalized in the zine community:
Each grant includes a $50 stipend and a quarter table at Zinefest 2017. Grant applications are included as part of the online registration form. If you've already applied through mail-in registration, we will ask you about your interest when we get in touch about tabling information.
We will award eight grants, thanks to donations from the DC Zinefest community. If we receive more than eight qualifying projects, we will use a lottery to determine recipients.
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They are mind vampires creatures with the psychic ability to use humans: read their minds, subjugate them to their wills, experience through their senses, feed off their emotions, force them to acts of unspeakable violence.
Each year three of them, Melanie, Willi and Nina, meet to discuss their on-going competition of vampirism and slaughter. But this year something goes wrong and they, and their innocent victims, are plunged into a struggle that will determine the future of the world itself.
Ranged against them are a handful of normals: Saul Laski, psychologist and concentration camp survivor, who has devoted his life to tracking down the Nazi vampire von Borchert; Natalie Preston, who father inadvertently and fatally crossed the path of the ancient and deadly Melanie; Sheriff Bobby Joe Gentry, dragged in while investigating a series of bizarre murders.
Together they create a strange and vulnerable alliance against evil.
Original title: Carrion Comfort
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Genre: Fiction→ Horror→ Vampires
Fiction→ Science Fiction→ Species Evolution→ Psionic Powers
This work is a revision to the following works : Carrion Comfort (1983) [Short Story] Author: Dan Simmons


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When our intuition kicks in and we don't pay attention to it, then we tend to over think, need to trust ourselves more. ~ J D Smith
Let's not over think things…it only leads to worry. Enjoy your life and let God do the worrying.
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I have the following problem,
on a node I have some tables an a MV_master (done with FAST refresh) build over these tables. I have to bribg this MV_master on the DB servers but It's not possible to do this using snapshot log on MV_master and building the MV_slave's using the refresh FAST (you get the ORA-12015); so I could use only the COMPLETE refresh but it's too long for me. How can I workaround this problem?
Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance to all.
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
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