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A couple weeks ago I linked to my list of the top 12 environmental books over at my EnvironmentalTrends.org site, but then yesterday I noticed that our pal Kathryn Jean Lopez, writing over at the Corner, wondered what list of books a young conservative should read, and linked to Jonah Goldberg's top ten book list from several years ago.
It's been a while since anyone asked me for my top ten conservative book list, but it seems like something we ought to do every so often, in part to see how and whether changing circumstances or getting older changes our perspective on what books should be considered essential reading. I know I used to keep a top ten list, but can't seem to find it. Has the collapse of the Soviet Union and the demise of Communism changed what ought to be considered essential reading for our time? I think not, for reasons I hope to explain in a long magazine article I'm slowly working on right now. All such lists are bound to be idiosyncratic or subjective, and no one can top G.K. Chesterton's great answer to the query about what one book he'd take to a desert island (Hawkin's Complete Guide to Shipbuilding). Be that as it may, here's what I'd recommend to any young conservative as essential reading to understand out time:
1. C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man. This very short but elegant book exposes the problem with moral relativism by reference to trends in English literature, and it coolly anticipates what we recognize today as "post-modernism" decades before it became apparent where we were tending. Lewis went on to illustrate the moral problems of moral relativism in his novel That Hideous Strength, the third of his celebrated "space trilogy" of novels that began with Out of the Silent Planet, and to my mind the best of the anti-utopian novels of the mid-20th century—way better that Orwell's 1984. (Indeed, Lewis suggested That Hideous Strength was a companion to The Abolition of Man.) The Abolition of Man could also be read as a preface to Leo Strauss's most famous book, Natural Right and History. Jonah wimps out in his book list by saying "I avoid Strauss's books like an all-you-can-eat buffet at an Indian-run Motel Six," but he shouldn't (I'll have to take this up with him), and neither should you. (And how clever of me: I've managed to get in three books in one entry here, which may be cheating.) [Amazon]
2. Harry V. Jaffa, Crisis of the House Divided. This is the book that Hadley Arkes (no slouch as an author himself) describes as his one indispensible desert island book. It is one part history and one part Socratic dialogue, tracing its central issues all the way back to The Republic. Of all the hundreds of books about Abraham Lincoln, Crisis plumbs the rich depths of Lincoln's thought and political practice better than any of them, while also shining a light on the relevance of Lincoln's insights for our own time. This book will be read centuries from now, like Gibbon or John Locke. [Amazon]
3. Russell Kirk, The Conservative Mind. I agree with this book's many thoughtful critics (Whittaker Chambers's famous remark to Bill Buckley comes to mind: "Would you storm the beach at Tarawa for that conservative position? And neither would I!"), but it nonetheless contains the most comprehensive distillation of the Continental/Anglo roots of the American conservative tradition. [Amazon]
4. Kenneth Minogue, The Liberal Mind. This is not the companion to Kirk's Conservative Mind, but is rather a diagnosis of how modern liberals think and act. Minogue is a much overlooked author (at least here in America)—his Oxford Press Very Short Introduction to Politics is extraordinarily well done, too. [Amazon]
5. Paul Johnson, Modern Times. Whoever said that "history is philosophy teaching by example" would have found this axiom fulfilled in this splendid "analytical narrative" (as I described it once to Johnson, to his approval) showing the results of the deadly combination of moral relativism and the will to power of the 20th century's worst political figures. [Amazon]
6. Whittaker Chambers, Witness. My witness for the continuing relevance of Witness is David Mamet, who has described how reading the book not too long ago contributed (along with Hayek) to his conversion to conservatism. Witness is about much more than just an account of the famous Hiss case. (I'm currently re-reading the entire Chambers corpus for a sprawling essay that I just can't get out of my head, completely on spec, which is something I almost never do any more.) [Amazon]
7. Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon. Any top ten list ought to have a novel on it, and I always thought Koestler's fictional treatment of the purge trials was the best of the mid-century anti-Communist novels, even though Koestler would not be considered a conservative in any recognizable sense. Again, this might seem a relic of the Cold War, but I still say it captures the perversions borne of the will to believe of modern utopian ideologies. Some day someone will produce the equivalent piece of literature for the phenomenon of Islamic extremism. [Amazon]
8. F.A. Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty. The Road to Serfdom is Hayek's most famous book, but it has some flaws, which even Hayek came to recognize implicitly. The Constitution of Liberty, published 17 years after Road, is his best book and represents his more mature and complete thought. [Amazon]
9. G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy. You don't need to be an orthodox Christian—or even an unorthodox one—to profit from this short work, which conveys the conservative spirit of paradox with a writing style rich with wit that is the model for the best of modern conservative journalism. [Amazon]
10. Winston Churchill, My Early Life. This is a tough call, as I could just as easily recommend Churchill's Thoughts and Adventures, which he called his collection of money-making "pot boilers," yet offering a number of profound reflections on the challenges facing modern statesmen (including one essay that bears on the difficulties of our new "supercommittee" that will try to work out the budget cuts of the debt ceiling deal; I'll reflect on this in a separate post). Pay special attention to Chapter 9, "Education at Bangalore," where one can see the virtues of a self-education in politics, history, and philosophy. It is in this famous chapter where Churchill tells one of his noble lies, "a man's Life must be nailed to a cross either of Thought or Action"—a noble lie in his case because his life combined thought and action at the highest level, thereby providing a model of human excellence as well as the model for statesmanship. [Amazon]
I could go on for another 25 or more essential books, or maybe even 100. Maybe I'll do some sequels on slightly more specialized but nevertheless truly important books (like Alasdair Macintyre's After Virtue). Everyone will have his or her own favorites; comments welcome of course. Perhaps this list dates me. I read all of these books in my teens and 20s (I read The Abolition of Man in high school), when most people are forming their adult views. If I were starting out today, would I still regard Witness or Darkness at Noon as indispensible books? Maybe not, but I'm not sure any more recent books stack up to the same intellectual and moral height.


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A while back, Intel and Micron jointly announced the beginnings of 20nm flash memory production, promising a 50% increase in die count per wafer (or a 50% reduction in per die production cost, depending on how you slice it). This shrink only did just that - shrink the die. Capacity remained at 64Gbit (8GB).
A few days ago IMFT also announced another way to shrink that die, but this time keeping with the now 'old' 25nm process. It turns out they have refined 25nm to the point where consumer-grade TLC flash can be produced. TLC is Triple-Level-Cell. While SLC (Single) holds 1 bit per cell, and MLC (Multi) holds two, TLC holds 3 bits per cell. Compared to the MLC 25nm dies, this gives a capacity increase without changing much else. IMFT, however, is happy with the 8GB 'sweet spot', so instead of jumping to a 12GB die of the same physical size, they are opting to instead shrink the current 25nm die to 131mm^2.
25nm TLC die, same 8GB capacity, but less area than the 25nm MLC die.
This gives Intel and Micron two options for ultimately reducing the price of flash - either by shrinking the process and getting more 8GB MLC dies out of a 20nm wafer, or by squeezing more bits into each cell of existing 25nm flash.
This is good stuff. Let's hope it gets even more SSD's into even more machines this holiday season.
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Xbox One Owners Dispatch 3B Zombies, Drive 90M Miles
Microsoft has released a fun little infographic celebrating the first few weeks of the Xbox One's life, and the numbers might surprise you.
Over on Xbox Wire, Microsoft has been sharing bits of info about the Xbox One launch, but this latest graphic shows just how busy all the early adopters have been in exclusive launch titles. More than 3 billion zombies have already been dispatched in Dead Rising 3. People have already driven some 90 million miles in Forza Motorsport 5. Even with only a few characters, players have pulled off 150 million combos in Killer Instinct. The Romans stand a much better chance since 186 million enemies have been vanquished in Ryse: Son of Rome. Most importantly of all though, gamers have wracked up 415 million more points for their respective Gamerscores.
"We are humbled and gratified by the overwhelming response from our fans to the launch of Xbox One. Eleven days in we are seeing record breaking sales and are selling every Xbox One we can make. Demand is far exceeding supply in the 13 countries we've launched and we are sold out at retailers around the world. We are seeing incredible usage from our engaged fans who have purchased Xbox One with more than 50 million hours spent on Xbox One games and entertainment," said Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President of Strategy and Marketing, Xbox.
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AbeBooks periodically publishes a list of the most stunning books recently sold. These lists provide a remarkable insight in the world of rare book collecting and reveal what the big spenders are adding to their libraries. First editions of books that made literary history, books signed by the worlds most influential figures, stunning art books illustrated by the greatest artists, ultra-rare Bibles and Korans, collections, trilogies, fine press copies, limited editions, antiquarian books in French, Latin and Arabic, and much, much more they all appear on these fascinating lists.
Holding together July's list of bumper sales are a pair of bronze Scottie dog bookends sculpted by Marguerite Kirmse. Between the dogs are signed first editions and the very first Rupert Annual, published in 1936.
Topping May's list is a deluxe facsimile edition of Flemish illuminator Simon Benings Da Costa Hours. Rounding out the list are first editions from Twain, Wilde, Milne, and Emily Bronte. The first American edition of Bronte's only novel, Wuthering Heights, is bound in three-quarter leather with marbled boards.
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John Claude White was part of a military expedition to Tibet in 1904 and his pioneering photographs detailed the culture and landscapes of the Himalayas. Last month, a book of his photography sold for £18,589 on AbeBooks and topped our most expensive sales.
Emily Dickinson was unheralded during her lifetime but today, 127 years after her death, the poet's work is treasured by collectors. Three volumes of her poetry were sold last month on AbeBooks and became our most expensive sale of the year so far.
March's list had some absolute gems, including a guest book from an Austrian stately home which contains the signatures of an amazing array of people, including Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Peter Sellers and Yves Saint Laurent.
A rare limited edition of Salman Rushdie's 1988 novel sold during October. The book sparked protests from Muslims as blasphemous to Islam. AbeBooks also sold a first edition of Ian Fleming's second book, Live and Let Die. The sale coincides with the 50th anniversary of the first Bond film.
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Senate Democrats forced their GOP colleagues Wednesday to vote on a House Republican budget, getting most of those Republicans on record as backing that budget's unpopular plan to privatize Medicare.
Next week in the GOP-run House, a similar show vote is planned, asking lawmakers to raise the debt ceiling — with no strings attached — a move that could put Democrats in a tight spot.
When House Republicans approved the spending plan drawn up by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) last month, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) made no move to bring it up for a vote. But that was before GOP House members went back to their districts and took a lot of heat from angry constituents for backing the plan, which would privatize Medicare a decade from now.
Polls also show sizable majorities rejecting that plan. And when Democrat Kathy Hochul won a House seat in a special election in a solidly Republican district in upstate New York on Tuesday, Democrats credited that upset victory to her Republican opponent's embrace of Ryan's Medicare proposal.
'All About Political Fodder'
When Reid called for a vote Wednesday on bringing up the House budget in the Senate, he zeroed in on Medicare, saying, "The Republican plan to kill Medicare is a plan to make the rich richer and the sick sicker."
But the top Republican on the Budget Committee, Alabama's Jeff Sessions, said Democrats just don't get it.
"They think they can scare people by saying we're going to end Medicare, and they're going to vote on it," he said. "And the vote in our Democratic politicians' mind is that 'we defend Medicare and all of you oppose Medicare.'
"The American people are getting too smart for that. I don't believe they're going to buy that path any longer."
Republican Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska said it was simply campaign politics.
"These votes, I guarantee, are all about political fodder for next year's election season," he said.
Five Republicans — two of them up for re-election next year — broke ranks with their party and voted with Democrats to block the Ryan budget, 57-40. Alaska's Lisa Murkowski was among them.
"The Medicare reform piece is not one that I am 100 percent with, maybe I'm ... looking for the perfect here, but anyway, I'm voting no," she said.
Pointing to this week's victory in the New York House district, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee chairwoman, said it's clear the GOP Medicare plan is giving pause to many other Republicans as well.
"I'm confident that Senate Democrats will be able to play offense in races across the country by remaining focused on Republican efforts to end Medicare in order to pay for an almost 30 percent tax-rate reduction for the wealthiest Americans and big corporations," she said.
Ryan was dismissive about Senate Democrats putting his budget up for a vote before offering a plan of their own.
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That's exactly what House Democrats are saying about the Republicans' plan to hold a vote next week on raising the debt ceiling — without attaching any debt-reduction measures that would make such a vote politically safer for both sides. Democrats have backed off earlier demands for a vote simply on raising the debt limit, which has already been reached. But Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), the House Republican Conference chairman, said that vote is going ahead.
"This is something that the secretary of Treasury has requested. It's something that I think it's a 100, perhaps 150 different House Democrats have requested," he said. "We don't believe that's the way to go, but I think it's important to let the president know that that is not where the support of Congress is.
"So this will let him know that the votes aren't there and hopefully hasten negotiations."
New Jersey House Democrat Rob Andrews said Republicans are playing a very dangerous game with this vote.
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When asked if he would vote to raise the debt ceiling, Andrews said he "probably will."
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How many of you have volunteered at some point in your lives? Were you glad you did it?
Right now schools across Maine are looking for 200 volunteers to tutor, mentor, run before- or after-school activities, and help increase parental and community involvement. The volunteers may also create projects, such as summer enrichment or volunteer reading programs.
As part of a $2.2 million AmeriCorps grant, the Portland-based nonprofit LearningWorks is looking for volunteers for six specific schools that are undergoing a concerted effort to improve: Ellsworth High School, Sumner Memorial High School in Sullivan, Spruce Mountain High School in Jay, Carrabec High School in North Anson, and Portland's Riverton and East End elementary schools.
The volunteers must commit to 300 hours over the next year, and in return they will each receive $1,000 toward college. The volunteers may be any age over 17; older adults can pass the education award on to a relative.
AmeriCorps already has volunteers working in Maine schools, and I talked to two of them recently. Under a separate grant, Alex Bertoni and Kristin Rogers, both 23, are volunteering full-time to turn the REAL School on Mackworth Island in Falmouth into a mecca for service learning.
They are two of 13 AmeriCorps members currently volunteering at the alternative and special education-based school, which serves 60 students in seventh through 12th grade, to push service learning to the center of the curriculum. They make school fun by applying math, history and reading skills to hands-on projects that have meaning to communities.
Though the school for kids with extreme social, emotional, behavioral, and academic needs is just starting year two of the three-year grant, it's already seeing changes.
It's a good example of what can be done with an army of well-placed volunteers. All measures of engagement at the school have increased, including attendance and time on task. Students also report they're enjoying school more, said Craig Haims, who coordinates the AmeriCorps members at the REAL School.
"Our kids who come here are gravely at risk of dropping out of school. One hundred percent of them report that without our school they would not be high school graduates. So we're getting them invested in engagement and learning, and the results so far after a year are promising," he said.
Engaging students is crucial. If you can't get kids interested in what they're learning, they're not going to learn much. In a 2006 survey of American high school dropouts, half of them said they dropped out because their classes were boring and not relevant to their lives or career aspirations. For kids with disabilities or emotional or behavioral problems the need can be even greater to keep their attention.
Bertoni of Yarmouth said he wanted to become an AmeriCorps member and work at the school to do something helpful and good. He came after graduating from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, with a degree in English literature and film studies. AmeriCorps members receive a basic living allowance, but it basically only covers rent.
"I feel like not everybody gets the opportunity to go to college or is afforded a proper education. The responsibility of those who can do that and can afford that is to give back. That's just my personal philosophy," he said.
Last year he worked with his students to develop a 10-minute documentary called "Learn." It tells the stories of the students and explores how service learning has helped them overcome some of their struggles. Now creative and multimedia director, this year he's developing one-on-one art projects with his students. Their end product will be a portfolio with a strong thesis.
Students do service learning in the morning and then have their more structured classes. In the afternoon, Bertoni helps teach English. He loves the work.
"It's one of the best experiences of my life," he said.
Rogers of Portland graduated from Bowdoin College in 2012 with a degree in psychology and Africana studies and a minor in education. She wanted to gain experience working with at-risk students and said she was "really excited to jump in" at the REAL School. She co-teaches social studies.
Last year she helped facilitate a veterans history project. Her students interviewed veterans to learn history from first-hand sources and created video footage. The project culminated with a trip to Washington, D.C., to the Library of Congress where the interviews are archived.
Some of the students, who come from 18 different districts in southern and central Maine, have special education needs. Others have learning disabilities or behavioral issues. Others have simply not been successful in their previous schools.
The volunteers make it easier to provide one-on-one support, and many of them are young, allowing students to relate. Good volunteers can build relationships with students, which also helps boost engagement.
"I definitely think it allows schools to do some more of this creative planning and to offer some more individualized support," Rogers said.
Volunteers under LearningWorks' grant won't be working in the REAL School, but they will be pursuing similar goals. If you're interested in volunteering in Portland, Sumner, Ellsworth, Jay or North Anson, call LearningWorks at 775-0105 or email Lynne Davis at email@example.com.


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Take a car to the Berakas Coastal Park on the highway (marked by giant concrete pitcher plants). Turn in and follow the road towards the left (do not go right because thats the jogging track). Drive until you hit the car park. Get your stuff out and walk down the stairs to the beach.
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Alternative name Taman Berakas
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FrequencySometimes break
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9.) Westside schools. There is hope that the new superintendent is going to work with teachers and parents to boost performance in economically challenged areas.
8.) CdM stadium. The school board and boosters are working toward a $3.8 million fund-raising goal to get a new stadium built.
7.) Newport Beach dock fees. Though the council approved an increase to "market-rates," we hear the battle isn't over, and that alternative proposals could still come forward.
6.) Costa Mesa staffing. The City Council rescinded the layoff notices and now plans to work with organized labor, presumably on cost concessions, but some services could still be outsourced, and an employee lawsuit lingers.
5.) Newport Beach outsourcing. The city is considering privatizing a sacred cow — trash pickup.
4.) Bicycle safety. Newport Beach is considering a host of options to improve bicycle safety and reduce rider deaths.
3.) Costa Mesa P.I. Police referred a case involving a private investigator tailing two Costa Mesa councilman — one of whom was called in for DUI, even though he had not been drinking — to the district attorney.
2.) Fire rings. The Newport Beach council approved their removal, but the state asked for more information. The issue has yet to be resolved.
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Our ratings of area appliance repair services reveal substantial quality differences between companies. Several appliance repair services were rated "superior" for overall quality by at least 90 percent of their surveyed customers. Several others received such favorable ratings from fewer than 50 percent.
Fortunately, some of the area's lower priced companies are among the highest rated for service quality. In fact, on average, lower priced companies rate higher on service quality than their higher priced competitors.
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(CNN) -- Roma became the first team in Serie A history to win its opening 10 games of the season after a 1-0 victory over bottom feeder Chievo, a result that also restored the Giallorossi's five-point advantage at the top of the table over Juventus and Napoli.
Roma bossed possession -- amassing 65% overall -- but when the hour mark passed and the match remained scoreless it appeared as if Chievo would engineer an upset and take a point in the Eternal City. Club legend Francesco Totti couldn't bail out Roma, since he was out injured.
Marco Borriello, however, struck in the 67th minute with a header to put an end to Chievo's resistance.
Read: Are Roma the best team in Europe?
Borriello's effort was one of 18 shots for Rudi Garcia's Roma, while Chievo only mustered two.
Roma ground out a 1-0 win at Udinese on Sunday to make it nine in a row and match the feat of Juventus during the 2005/06 season. Juventus was later stripped of its title that campaign as part of a match-fixing scandal.
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Days after pledging his international future to Spain instead of Brazil -- the country of his birth -- Diego Costa scored again as Atletico Madrid beat Granada 2-1 to keep the pressure on Barcelona in La Liga.
Costa moved ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo in the scoring charts on 12 goals when he converted a penalty in the first half and ex Barcelona front man David Villa also found the back of the net from the spot in the second half. Villa won both penalties.
Granada pulled a goal back in injury time after Atletico's Filipe Luis was sent off in the 89th minute for a second yellow but Atletico hung on for a vital victory despite not playing at its best.
"What really makes me happy is the effort made by the players," Atletico manager Diego Simeone told the club website. "It's not easy to win, win, win and keep winning."
Atletico improved to 30 points, one behind the Catalans, after improving to 10 wins and a defeat.
Despite Lionel Messi's month-long scoring slump in the league, Barcelona beat city rival Celta Vigo 3-0 away on Tuesday to temporarily move four points ahead.
Real Madrid completes the top three. In a hole following a Clasico defeat to Barcelona on Saturday, Ronaldo bagged a hat-trick and Gareth Bale scored his first goals at the Bernabeu in a 7-3 thrashing of Sevilla on Wednesday.
Impasse continues in France
A strike by clubs from Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 moved ever closer after French President Francois Hollande refused to budge on plans to hit high earners with a hefty 75% tax rate for two years.
A meeting with club owners did little to change Hollande's mind Thursday, meaning the teams look certain to sit out games between November 29 and December 2.
The scheme, which could be implemented next year, was initiated to help reduce France's budget deficit although the clubs argue they're unfair targets since many of them are struggling financially.
"Club representatives have not been heard despite several constructive proposals," the Union of Professional Football Clubs said in a statement on its website.
"This tax, which was initially meant for the richest, will in our case impact companies in debt."
Those who earn more than 1 million euros ($1.38 million) a year would have to pay the 75% rate. But it's the clubs, not the players, who would have to cough up the funds.


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|2004-08-16, 19:50
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Coordinated Insanity
These Cartoon Strips gave me some good laughs
and since AVP was recently released, a retrospect on face huggers-
|2004-08-18, 13:18
|Link #227
eh~ come on you guys... Strongbad? you can do better.
<Zybl0re> get up
<Zybl0re> get on up
<Zybl0re> get up
<Zybl0re> get on up
<phxl|paper> and DANCE
* nmp3bot dances -<
* nmp3bot dances |-<
* nmp3bot dances /-<
<[SA]HatfulOfHollow> i'm going to become rich and famous after i invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet
<Donut[AFK]> HEY EURAKARTE
<Donut[AFK]> INSULT
<Eurakarte> RETORT
<Donut[AFK]> COUNTER-RETORT
<Eurakarte> QUESTIONING OF SEXUAL PREFERENCE
<Donut[AFK]> SUGGESTION TO SHUT THE FUCK UP
<Eurakarte> NOTATION THAT YOU CREATE A VACUUM
<Donut[AFK]> RIPOSTE
<Donut[AFK]> ADDON RIPOSTE
<Eurakarte> COUNTER-RIPOSTE
<Donut[AFK]> COUNTER-COUNTER RIPOSTE
<Eurakarte> NONSENSICAL STATEMENT INVOLVING PLANKTON
<Miles_Prower> RESPONSE TO RANDOM STATEMENT AND THREAT TO BAN OPPOSING SIDES
<Eurakarte> WORDS OF PRAISE FOR FISHFOOD
<Miles_Prower> ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND ACCEPTENCE OF TERMS
t0rbad> so there i was in this hallway right
BlackAdder> i believe i speak for all of us when i say...
BlackAdder> WRONG BTICH
BlackAdder> IM SICK OF YOU
BlackAdder> AND YOUR LAME STORIES
BlackAdder> NOBODY HERE THINKS YOURE FUNNY
BlackAdder> NOBODY HERE WANTS TO HEAR YOUR STORIES
BlackAdder> IN FACT
BlackAdder> IF YOU DIED RIGHT NOW
BlackAdder> I DON"T THINK NOBODY WOULD CARE
BlackAdder> SO WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT FAG
*** t0rbad sets mode: +b BlackAdder*!*@*.*
*** BlackAdder has been kicked my t0rbad ( )
t0rbad> so there i was in this hallway right
CRCError> right
heartless> Right.
r3v> right
<tatclass> YOU ALL SUCK DICK
<tatclass> er.
<tatclass> hi.
<andy\code> A common typo.
<tatclass> the keys are like right next to each other.
<mage> what should I give sister for unzipping?
<Kevyn> Um. Ten bucks?
<mage> no I mean like, WinZip?
<kow`> "There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't."
<SpaceRain> That's only 2 types of people, kow.
<SpaceRain> STUPID
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|2004-08-18, 13:26
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I would like to comment on the dysfunctional styles and schemes of people's blog today. I have read many blogs recently since my boss is out of town in Arizona and I have nothing to do but rot my mind with some people's mindless-drivel blog entries.
If the superintendant read some of the crap you people write, he'll be out of a job faster than I can finish typing the rest of this sentence.
1. Imagine if our "beloved" president had a webpage dedicated to his life or journal entry that has him type like this: "hI meeZ NaMe iSz gEoRgE W. bUsH. (do you people not find this embarrassing to yourself for writing garbage like this?). The problem with this, is that it's really hard to read because our eyes aren't used to it. Hell I'll even admit that I used to think that style of typing is "cool" until I realized I didn't want a job flipping frozen meat over a hot steel plate.
2. I am now going to return back on topic as to why some people's blog sucks. One site i read was with a grey background onto a really light white text. That is impossible to read you idiot. I know the reason why you actually did that...It is so that you can hide the disgusting level of english grammar you have so that no one would actually be able to think that you suck in writing. Hence, if you don't understand what i just wrote, and I'm sure 99% of you don't...this is my example...i'm going to turn this into a chinese saying. People cannot judge you if they cannot understand you.
|2004-08-18, 13:34
|Link #229
ahaha. forgot one.
<Beeth> Girls are like internet domain names, the ones I like are already taken.
<honx> well, you can stil get one from a strange country :-P
|2004-08-18, 13:53
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|2004-08-19, 11:17
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okay, i will give you guys the better ones.
-[Conroy_Bumpus]- OH FUCK ME
-[Conroy_Bumpus]- I FORGOT TO PICK UP MY 7 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER FROM SOCCER PRACTICE
-[Conroy_Bumpus]- 9 HOURS AGO
-[Conroy_Bumpus]- HOLY SHIT
-[Conroy_Bumpus]- BYE
<Raven> I tried setting my hotmail password to penis.
<Raven> It said my password wasn't long enough.
<link>once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
<hokage> *cries*, scary....
<@Chin^> My sister caught me jacking off the other week and calls me a pervert
<@Chin^> just the other day i walked into my room and caught my sister masturbating
<@Chin^> So she calls me a pervert again?!?
<@Chin^> there is no justice in the world...
<_kr4m3r> so many fucking criminals, its bullshit
<foniks`> heh, if we sent all the criminals to some empty continent and just left them there to die
<foniks`> and showed up like 50yrs later like, "sup?"
<foniks`> whatd u think they'd say?
<FoSZoR[bg]> something along the lines of, "G`Day mate"
<Mikkel> If you went camping and you got REALLY drunk with your friend and you
woke up the next morning with a condom stuck up your ass would you tell anybody?
<Celestya> i dont think so
<Mikkel> Wanna go camping?
|2004-08-19, 12:11
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Lord Chairman God King
I wonder how many of her sex fantasies were written in her books. Now I know why the books are so popular and all, what with now she just created book sex. Congrats, you lonely girl. There was a reason why we drew the line at cyber sex, so we couldn't have this spawn in the world.
:Sigh: So much for it being a childrens book.
In English: OMG! Fear the amp kitty!!
I might be off by a letter or two in the translation.
|2004-08-19, 23:07
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Netherlands, Maastricht
Age: 33
Only one ^^
OMG! Fear the awp kitty!!
(awp is a weapon in Counter-Strike)
|2004-08-21, 11:28
|Link #237
Lord Chairman God King
Now here's Your Moment of Zen brought to you by Purplehaze9:
|2004-08-21, 16:20
|Link #238
Pirate Girl Nyuu
I demand more IRC chat logs Hobo-san.
Btw, Razer_2mb, I love your sig! That was one of the funniest Strongbad emails I ever saw.
Whaddaya know, Haddi-man.
Annoying things to do in a bathroom stall
1. Stick your palm open under the stall wall and ask your neighbor, ''May I borrow a highlighter?''
2. ''Uh-oh, I knew I shouldn't put my lips on that.''
3. Cheer and clap loudly every time somebody breaks the silence with a bodily function noise.
4. ''Hmmm, I've never seen that color before.''
5. ''Damn, this water is cold.''
6. Grunt and strain real loud for 30 seconds and then drop a cantaloupe into the toilet bowl from a high place and sigh relaxingly.
7. ''Now how did that get there?''
8. ''Hummus. Reminds me of hummus.''
9. Fill up a large flask with Mountian Dew. Squirt it erratically under the stall walls of your neighbors while yelling,''Whoa! Easy boy!!''
10. '' Interesting....more sinkers than floaters''
11. Using a small squeeze tube, spread peaunt butter on a wad of toliet paper and drop under the stall wall of your neighbor. Then say,''Whoops, could you kick that back over here, please?"
12. ''C'mon Mr. Happy! Don't fall asleep on me!!"
13. ''Boy, that sure looks like a maggot''
14. ''Damn, I knew that drain hole was a little too small. Now what am I gonna do?''
15. Play a well-known drum cadence over and over again on your butt cheeks.
16. Before you unroll toliet paper, conspicusly lay down your ''Cross-Dressers Anonymous'' newsletter on the floor visiable to the adjacent stall.
17. Lower a small mirror underneath the stall wall and adjust it so you can see your neighbor and say, ''Peek-a-boo!''
18. Drop a D-cup bra on the floor under the stall wall and sing ''Born Free.''
Allegedly drawn by an 8-yr-old passenger on a Quantus flight:
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|2004-08-30, 07:54
|Link #240
Evangelist of the Kazoo
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: AnimeSuki Forums
News story
Sexually frustrated chimp takes up smoking
Sun Aug 29, 7:47 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - Sexual frustration has turned a Chinese chimpanzee from a mild-mannered simian into a problem primate who smokes cigarettes and spits at visitors, the Xinhua news agency says.
Feili, a female chimp in the city of Zhengzhou in the central province of Henan, picked up her nasty habits by imitating visitors who behaved "improperly" around her, Xinhua quoted zoo director Liu Bing as saying on Sunday.
But, Liu said, the root cause of Feili's transformation from a "gentle girl" into a "shrew" lay with the inability to find her a satisfactory mate.
A male chimpanzee at the zoo has failed to live up to Feili's sexual demands, and she has snubbed other potential suitors.
Zoo officials said Feili was not addicted to nicotine, but the chimp has also demonstrated clever -- if not desperate -- behaviour to score a smoke.
"The chimp is spitting at tourists and smoking," Xinhua quoted a boy visiting the zoo. "Just now a tourist threw a cigarette butt to just outside the cage, she tried to get the butt with a stick."
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Wolves Are No Match For Thunder
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Kevin Durant scored 26 points, Russell Westbrook added 23 and the Oklahoma City Thunder overpowered the outmanned Minnesota Timberwolves 106-84 on Wednesday night.
After losing its last game on a buzzer-beater against a last-place Washington team saddled by injuries to its three top players, Oklahoma City left nothing to chance with the Timberwolves missing All-Star forward Kevin Love and four others.
The Thunder took control with a string of seven straight points early in the second half and stretched their lead to 24 before pulling Durant, Westbrook and the other starters with 5:44 remaining.
Alexey Shved scored 18 points for Minnesota, which announced earlier in the day that Love would miss eight to 10 weeks after breaking his right hand for the second time.
Nikola Pekovic added 17 points and 10 rebounds in the opener of a four-game road trip for the Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves were also without guard J.J. Barea (back spasms), who has given the Thunder fits since the Western Conference finals two seasons ago. Chase Budinger, Brandon Roy and Malcolm Lee were already sidelined with knee injuries for Minnesota.
Kevin Martin chipped in 19 points off the bench for Oklahoma City, which had a 12-game winning streak in the series snapped last month in Minnesota.
After a slow start on offense by both teams, Oklahoma City used a 12-2 run to move ahead in the second quarter, also getting above 30 percent shooting in the process. Westbrook converted a jumper and a three-point play, then set up Serge Ibaka's two-handed slam that made it 36-24 with 5:15 left before halftime.
Luke Ridnour had back-to-back steals against Durant to set up fast-break dunks and fuel a comeback as Minnesota tied it at 42 before giving up the final five points of the first half.
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Indiana lawmakers can add confusion over the federal health insurance law to their already overflowing plate when they return for their 2013 legislative session in January.
If it wasn't an issue in Indiana's 2012 Statehouse races, it quickly became an issue for the victors when President Barack Obama was re-elected, dashing any hopes of repealing the measure and leaving states with an immediate deadline for answering how they would build the exchanges through which residents will buy insurance plans.
Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma punctuated its importance last week when he tapped the top health policy expert in his caucus to run the House's most powerful committee next session. State Rep. Tim Brown, a Crawfordsville physician, will move from his post atop the House public health committee to run the budget-writing House Ways and Means Committee.
"With so much of the state's focus not only currently, but in the next several years, being on health care and health care-related initiatives including the affordable care act -- which many hoped would be just a fond memory after Nov. 6 -- it's clear that the role of health care is taking an increasing role in the Ways and Means Committee," Bosma said in introducing Brown.
Governor-elect Mike Pence answered an immediate question last week when he said Indiana would not run its own exchange and effectively shut the door on running an exchange in cooperation with the federal government. But he has until Feb. 16 to actually close that door.
Pence's antipathy to the federal health care law is well-known and has been starkly put before. Last summer, he compared the Supreme Court ruling affirming the law to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in a closed-door meeting of congressional Republicans. He later apologized for the remark.
But even some of the nation's most conservative governors, including Wisconsin's Scott Walker and Florida's Rick Scott, have warmed to the idea of building a hybrid exchange in partnership with the federal government.
A bigger question may stand for lawmakers tasked with writing the budget: Will Indiana expand its Medicaid roles via the federal law? The Supreme Court struck down a provision of the law requiring that states accept additional residents into the federal program.
Indiana's Medicaid actuary, the group providing detailed analysis for Gov. Mitch Daniels' administration, tagged the cost of doing nothing at $612 million combined over seven years based on an assumed "woodwork effect": poor residents are driven out of the "woodwork" by the individual mandate to seek Medicaid coverage and other residents are dropped from their employers' health care plans.
Milliman, the state's actuary, estimated that a full expansion of Medicaid would cost the state $2.6 billion over that same time.
Former Senate Minority Leader Vi Simpson, a Bloomington Democrat, questioned the validity of the report, noting that it leaves out estimated savings from spreading risk across a greater pool of insured residents -- the key concept Democrats have argued would "bend the cost curve" of unmitigated health insurance premium spikes in the last decade or so.
"What we really need are cost estimates from a third party that's unassociated with, or independent of the state, in order to get real numbers," said Simpson, who studied the federal law before running with Democrat John Gregg against Pence.
But any increase in spending is likely to ruffle lawmakers eyeing another two years of austere growth in tax collections matched with increasing demands from state agencies and universities that tightened their belts in recent years.
And questions about the actual cost of the law are met with even more questions from confounded lawmakers who say they can't get a straight response from the federal government.
"I don't know if the General Assembly is ready to take any action," said Sen. Pat Miller, chairwoman of the Senate's health committee. "If we could get some of our questions answered, I could tell you."
Some of lawmakers' key concerns, Miller said, deal with the level of coverage from any plan and details like whether adult and children's dental visits will be paid for.
As the questions continue to swirl, one thing is clear: Indiana's lawmakers are bracing for something big. They're just not sure exactly what yet.


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It started, as all the best road trips do, in a traffic jam on the M6 just outside Stoke. For when the Good Lord gives you three V12 supercars, a hunting lodge in the Highlands and the promise of decent weather for three days, he must also give you a monster logjam on a particularly unpicturesque section of Midlands motorway. A beauty, this one was: a two-hour, inch-by-inch crawl down the outside lane, after a dairy lorry had overturned, dumping thousands of gallons of milk across the road. As the Highways Agency dispatched a crack team of kittens in hi-vis jackets to lick the carriageway clean, this afforded much time to calculate exactly how much power and fastness were being stymied by a few spilt pints of semi-skimmed.
Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, Lamborghini Aventador Roadster and Aston Martin Vanquish, then: 36 cylinders and 20 litres of displacement, not a turbocharger between them, a combined value well north of £800,000. The last three naturally aspirated V12 supercars on the planet, stuck fast, the Ferrari and Aston quietly draining their tanks of super unleaded, the Lambo chuntering irascibly and occasionally pretending to mislay first gear. Nearly 2,000 horsepower on tap, and nowhere to use it. Alanis Morrissette would have declared it ironic.
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Shoppers roamed the aisles of Gadsden Variety Friday afternoon looking for their favorite items and taking advantage of a 20 percent inventory sale, following the announcement this week that the store is closing.
Shoppers roamed the aisles of Gadsden Variety Friday afternoon looking for their favorite items and taking advantage of a 20 percent inventory sale, following the announcement this week that the store is closing.
Store Manager Ryan Gauthier, who has worked for owner Gene Briner for more than 10 years, said customers are sad about the closing.
"People like to come downtown to shop, I used to come down here when I was younger," said Gauthier, who is 40.
He said they have a lot of loyal customers who "like the feel of an old-timey store, not the big box store."
Gauthier said customers like the atmosphere of wooden floors, old pop music playing and the old counters at the store, which he said has been a downtown landmark for years. "It just sends them back in time," he said.
Judy Silvey has worked at Gadsden Variety for 11 years and said the location has housed a store for 93 years. She said she understood McLellan opened there in 1920.
Gauthier said a lot of customers have been buying hard-to-find items since the closing was announced.
Ramona Oliver, 78, of Gadsden said she has shopped there "a long time," dating back to when the store was McLellan.
Oliver said the store has "different things" than other stores and at a good price. "Plus they always play good music," she added.
She was buying a flag and said the store carries a good selection of those.
Suzette Brittain Tommie, 53, of Hokes Bluff, was shopping with her 5-year-old granddaughter, Shannon Hayes.
Tommie said her father owned a nearly business when she was a child. This was the first store she was allowed to visit by herself, and she went there frequently. She said she made a special trip Friday after a friend called to tell her it was closing.
"I just love this store, I can't believe it's closing," she said.
Tommie said she wanted to bring her granddaughter to the store again before it closed, and the youngster enjoyed shopping with her.
"It's like a wonderland, she's loved it," she said. "I've had to say 'no, no, no' 500 times."
Rheaunette Holdbrooks, 73, of Glencoe, was buying several flags, a flag pole and water pistols for her grandchildren.
"It really reminds me of the old-timey five-and-dimes when I was a child, and I just really hate to see it closing," she said.


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With the "Breaking Bad" series finale coming this weekend, it's certain that a flurry of spoilers are going to be plastered across Facebook and Twitter.
But there is a way to avoid seeing them without having to spend Sunday night under a rock.
A free iPhone and iPad app that launched this week called Spoiler Shield claims to be able to block spoilers from "Breaking Bad" while still giving users access to other content on their Facebook and Twitter feeds.
Besides "Breaking Bad," Spoiler Shield can also block spoilers from about 30 other TV shows as well as NFL and Major League Baseball results.
After installing the app, first-time users will be guided through set-up, and once that's done they'll be prompted to connect the app with their Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Then users can tap the Shields tab to tell the app which spoilers it should block. Users who want to block "Breaking Bad" spoilers, for example, can tap on "Television and on the next page they can turn the show's toggle to "on." There are also blockers for other shows, the NFL and MLB.
Users can then use the Spoiler Shield app Sunday evening to access their Facebook and Twitter feeds instead of using the social networks' apps. By looking at their feeds through the Spoiler Shield app, they will not be exposed to any spoilers their friends might post.
Spoiler Shield will show all the posts users would normally see, but if there is a post that contains a spoiler the app will instead show a blue rectangle that says "'Breaking Bad' shield." Curious users can tap the shield to reveal its spoiler or simply continue going through their feeds without ruining the surprise.
The app blocks spoilers using an algorithm that detects subject matter that may be related to the show a user is trying to block. Spoiler Shield co-founder Matthew Loew said the algorithm allows the app to block posts that are obviously about "Breaking Bad" as well as those that are more specific to a character or actor.
"We've spent a lot of time and effort in developing a series of algorithms that allow us to try to determine the intent and the context of an individual post," he said.
Co-founder Josh Solt said he and Loew tried to time the release of the app to coincide with the start of the NFL season as well as the finale of "Breaking Bad." The two began working on the app earlier this year following the Red Wedding episode of "Game of Thrones." After users posts on social media spoiled that episode for others, Solt and Loew decided to make the app.
"We're huge sports fans and television enthusiasts who hate having our favorite shows spoiled," Solt said. "We decided that this app needed to happen."


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etnies is celebrating its 25 year anniversary in the city where it all began, Paris, France, by looking forward and conceptualizing what skateboarding could be like in the next 25 years. Pierre-André Senizergues, founder of etnies, hand-picked three creative minds from the brand's history—Gil Le Bon Delapointe, Mike Manzoori, and Yogi Proctor—to create compelling concepts that demonstrate what living, moving, and thinking could look like in the future. The artists' pieces are on display at La Gaîté Lyrique Public Domaine, skateboard culture exhibition through August 7. We were lucky enough to get a personal walkthrough by Pierre and all the artists. Check the video and photos below.
Video & Photos by Blair Alley. Additional footage courtesy of etnies.
etnies has full bios on its artists and their work here. The rest of the exhibit also contained wooden OGs from Girl, video installations from French Fred, Donny Miller, and an amazing concept video of classic animated board graphics from Natas Kaupas (see more here), photographs by Mike O'Meally and Deanna Templeton, a Neckface wall and installation room, chandeliers by Adam Wallacavage, the best collection of controversial board graphics we've ever seen, and so much more. This really is the best collection of skateboard art we've ever seen. If you can get to Paris this summer, try your hardest and check out Public Domaine.


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Regulatory Issues: Nutrition labeling moves north of the border
Canada now joins the U.S. in a small fraternity of countries that require labels to disclose the nutritional content of foods
On January 1, 2003, Canada published extensive new regulations addressing three concerns: nutrition labeling, health claims, and nutrient content claims. American food manufacturers that market food in Canada will need to bring their labels into compliance with the new requirements, which generally take effect December 12, 2005.
Notably, Canada has established mandatory nutrition labeling. We've had this in the U.S. in the form of the nutrition facts panel since 1993, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implemented the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA). Canada now joins the U.S. in a very small fraternity of countries that generally require label to disclose the nutritional content of a given food. In Europe and in many other countries, food labels must bear nutrition labeling only if they bear a nutrition claim, such as fat free or low calorie.
Health Canada has not yet issued a summary of the nutrition labeling requirements or other forms of guidance. For now, food manufacturers looking to understand the requirements must resort to the 249 pages of regulatory text published in the Canada Gazette on January 1, along with the existing Food and Drug Regulations that are amended by this text.
Basic requirements
In the area of nutrition labeling, the basic requirement is that all prepackaged foods include on their labels a nutrition facts table that provides the following information: serving size; energy value (calories per serving); fat content (grams per serving and percent daily value per serving); saturated fatty acid content (grams per serving); trans-fatty acid content (grams per serving); the sum of saturated fatty acids and trans-fatty acids (percent daily value per serving); cholesterol content (milligrams per serving and optional additional statement of percent daily value per serving); sodium content (milligrams per serving and percent daily value per serving); carbohydrate content (grams per serving and percent daily value per serving); fiber content (grams per serving and percent daily value per serving); sugar content (grams per serving and percent daily value per serving); protein content (grams per serving); and the content of vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and iron (percent daily value per serving).
The regulations also provide for the sometimes-voluntary inclusion of additional information in the nutrition facts table. For example, the amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids may be stated in grams per serving. This declaration becomes mandatory if a claim is made regarding the polyunsaturated fat content of the food, either on the label or in advertising. Twenty-one vitamins and minerals are included among the nutrients that may be included somewhat voluntarily in the nutrition facts table. If they are added to the food, they must be declared. If they occur naturally in the food, declaration is voluntary.
As with FDA's nutrition labeling regulations, Canada specifies in great detail a standard format that must be followed in preparing the nutrition facts table. There is also a simplified standard format, a bilingual simplified standard format, a bilingual simplified horizontal format. You get the picture.
The question on many minds is whether a nutrition facts panel designed to comply with FDA's regulations will be acceptable in Canada. The immediate answer seems to be "not really." There are several minor differences between the Canadian and U.S. requirements. For example, Canada has established "recommended daily intake" values (RDIs) for vitamins and minerals that differ from those included in FDA's regulations. Also, Canada's handling of saturated fat and trans fat differs from FDA's current proposed regulation for trans fat labeling. Considering the nature of these differences, though they are minor, it is difficult to conceive of a label that could satisfy both sets of rules simultaneously. But these differences may be ironed out at some point in the future.
Nutrient content claims
Canada's new regulations update -- rather than inaugurate -- the criteria for making nutrient content claims such as low fat. Forty-seven nutrient content claims are authorized. The regulations specify the basic conditions that must be satisfied for each specific claim. For example, if a food is claimed to be low in sodium, it must contain less than 140 milligrams of sodium per serving, with certain exceptions. The regulations also establish the exact wording that is acceptable for each claim (e.g., low sodium, low in sodium, little sodium, low salt, etc.)
Among Canada's 47 defined nutrient content claims, there are likely to be some minor differences between U.S. and Canadian criteria.
Health claims
Canada's new regulations introduce five permitted health claims that may appear on food labels. For the most part, these claims may be characterized as "risk reduction" types. The permitted claims specifically relate to the associations between (1) a diet high in potassium and low in sodium and a reduced risk of high blood pressure; (2) a diet with adequate calcium and vitamin D and a reduced risk of osteoporosis; (3) a diet low in saturated and trans fats and a reduced risk of heart disease; (4) a diet rich in a variety of vegetables and fruit and a reduced risk of some types of cancer. In addition, statements such as "does not promote tooth decay" are permitted on certain sugar-free confectionery items.
For the most part, these five claims are a sub-set of the health claims currently authorized by FDA. Canada examined the FDA-approved health claims and decided not to permit all of them, at least not initially. Thus, Canada appears to be taking a more restrictive approach to health claims. FDA's approach has been affected recently by legal challenges under the free speech guarantee of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Canada's policies regarding health claims on food labels are obviously not affected by the U.S. Constitution and the commercial speech doctrine developed by U.S. courts. Thus, while the U.S. appears to be headed toward more liberal use of health claims on food, Canada may not be joining it anytime soon.
One day, the U.S. and Canada may work toward harmonizing their food labeling requirements. A worthwhile objective of such an effort would be to allow food manufacturers in each country to develop a single label that would be legally acceptable throughout the combined territory of the two countries. This objective could be accomplished in more ways than one. The regulatory authorities in both countries could sit down and iron out the minor differences in the nutrition labeling rules. For example, a single set of RDIs for nutrients could be agreed upon. Alternatively, a "mutual recognition agreement" could be reached, whereby each country would agree to permit the marketing of prepackaged food that originates in the other country and is labeled in compliance with the requirements of that country.
In any event, U.S. manufacturers planning to market products in Canada will need to provide bilingual French/English labeling, a sensible requirement that certainly won't go away any time soon. If the label is required to disclose high fat content, that might not sound good in either language.
DAVID JOY is a partner at the Washington DC law firm of Keller and Heckman LLP. He specializes in food and drug law with emphasis on the domestic and international regulation of food, food additives, food labeling, antimicrobial pesticides, and medical devices. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry. For more information about Keller and Heckman, visit the firm's web site at www.khlaw.com.
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May 3, 2007
The Bulldogs look to improve upon last year's fourth place finish this weekend at the annual Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track & Field Championship. Competition will take place May 5 and 6 at Princeton's Weaver Stadium.
Yale has a number of athletes looking to make a mark this year both on the track and in the field:
100-meter Dash: The Bulldogs will be represented by Katrina Castille, who is ranked second in the league with a time of 11.84.
200-meter Dash: Castille is seventh in the league with a time of 24.80, while teammate Jessica Pall is ninth with a time of 25.07.
1,500-meter Run: Lindsay Donaldson is ranked fifth in the league with a time of 4:27.46.
5,000-meter Run: Third in the 3,000-meter run last year, Donaldson currently leads this event with a time of 16:17.21.
400-meter Hurdles: Third in this event last year, Katherine Dlesk is ranked seventh in the league.
3,000-meter Steeplechase: Having qualified for NCAA regionals earlier this season, Elizabeth Calle will be looking to make her mark as she is currently ranked seventh with a time of 10:48.45.
High Jump: Jennifer Lin cleared a height of 1.64 meters during indoor season and this mark puts her at ninth in the league.
Long Jump: Olakitan Awolesi has jumped 5.70 meters so far this season, putting her at ninth in the league.
Triple Jump: Awolesi is ranked fifth in this event at a distance of 12.11 meters, which she jumped during indoor season.
Pole Vault: Having jumped 3.65 meters so far this season, Ashley Nolet is ranked seventh in the league.
Shot Put: Erica Davis is ranked third with a distance of 13.86 meters and placed fourth in this event a year ago.
Discus Throw: After breaking her own school record numerous times, Davis will be looking to improve on her mark of 49.66 meters set this season, putting her rank at second.
Relays: Second in the 4x100-meter relay last year, Yale will be looking to improve on their time of 47.39, which is ranked third in the league. The 4x400-meter relay team is ranked sixth this year at 3:48.92, which was run during the indoor season.
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Lil Wayne Steps on American Flag During 'God Bless Amerika' Video Shoot
UPDATE: Weezy states that the flag trampling was an accident.
Alrighty, get ready for the firestorm to start because Lil Wayne was none too nice to the stars and stripes while he was shooting his video for 'God Bless Amerika' in New Orleans. We have a feeling there is going to be some backlash.
The rapper is shown in the video rapping on the backdrop of an American flag, when Old Glory drops the the ground to reveal a crowd of NoLa locals standing behind it. That's when the potential drama starts. Weezy proceeds to walk all over the flag, but it's not really clear whether it's on purpose or not. Once the video for 'God Bless Amerika' drops, it might be a little more apparent whether the flag on the ground is still in the frame. Purposeful or not, the production crew on the video should have been a little more mindful of the placement of the flag.
To be clear, the track doesn't have much anti-American sentiment, but rather more airing distaste with the lack of spirituality in the country these days. Wayne raps on the chorus, "God bless Amerika / This ole' godless Amerika / I heard tomorrow ain't promised today / The end of time is like a hour away."
Either way, Weezy is sure to get an ear-full from Americans in all shapes and sizes for his obvious oversight.


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Mentoring Organization Application
This page provides a workspace where we can prepare our application. Here's a link to our application from last year: Google Summer of Code 2012 Application Questions
Organization information
ID: clojure_dev
Name: Clojure/dev
Veteran/New: Veteran
Backup Admin: dnolen
If you chose "Veteran" above, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation. Please also list your pass/fail rate for each year.
Last year was our first year as GSoC mentoring organization. We had four students, who all passed. I think the most important success from our participation from last year is the work that was completed by our students which has gone on to be further developed (such as Typed Clojure and the ClojureScript improvements from Clojure/Lua) or used by people to do real work (like Clojure/Android). We believe that our students have helped to grow the Clojure community in addition to their software contributions.
Despite the successes from last year, there is still plenty of room for improvement. We think it is important that people know about our student's work, so we will plan on making it easier for the community to keep up to date about our student's progress. Additionally, we will ensure that students publish short updates about their work for the community. We also ran into some difficulties with one of our student/mentor pairings, so we will try to avoid some of these problems by ensuring every project has a couple of mentors.
Why is your organization applying to participate in Google Summer of Code 2013? What do you hope to gain by participating?
The Clojure community has been growing at a healthy rate since the initial language announcement in 2007. The Clojure mailing list now has over 7500 subscribers, the Freenode IRC channel sees greater than 400 participants, and there were three conferences scheduled last year dedicated to Clojure. At these conferences, the question is no longer 'Do you get to use Clojure at work?' but 'Are you using Clojure in production?' All of this activity means many open source initiatives in the community need help, from projects for development of web and mobile applications using ClojureScript to advanced creative authoring environments like Overtone. This coupled with evident interest from students and mentors on the mailing list has encouraged us to apply again for GSoC 2013.
What is the URL for your Ideas list?
What is the main development mailing list for your organization?
What is the main IRC channel for your organization?
#clojure on Freenode
What criteria did you use to select your mentors for this year's program? Please be as specific as possible.
We select mentors based on their prior participation in the Clojure community. A mentor for a given student project will usually be a lead developer for an existing open source project related to the student's project. This will help ensure the mentor has both an interest in success of the GSoC project as well as the necessary expertise to be an effective mentor.
Our mentors are generally leaders within Clojure community who have been involved in the development of the programming language more than three years. These community leaders have shown a dedication and level of involvement that is simple to verify.
What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students?
The most critical aspect is of course preventing such a scenario entirely. This needs to happen at the selection of the proposal, the selection of the mentor, and the selection of student. A proposal of proper scope, a dedicated mentor, and a student with a visible history of seeing projects to their end is critical to success. Also critical is observing their involvement in the community prior to the student selection process. We prefer students who have already started developing a working relationship with their mentor and interacting with the community. Finally, a proper interview is probably required in order to find out whether the mentor/student pairing is ideal and whether the student will be free of time conflicts during the GSoC time period to see their project to completion.
What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors?
Ideally, all projects will have at least one backup mentor. Even so, mentors are selected from the community precisely for their history of involvement in the community and the issues surrounding proposal.
What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your project's community before and during the program?
We will be clear that community involvement prior to selection will be a strong factor for being considered for a proposal. Our experience last year taught us that those students with the strongest community/mentor involvement before the program performed the best. We believe that open source contribution is not solely a summer time affair. Students should be talking with mentors from the start in order to develop the adequate understanding and material required to tackle the proposal. This may include, but is not limited to, showing familiarity with an API, submitting patches, and reading papers and discussing them with mentors. We believe that a well considered proposal/mentor/student combination reinforces student engagement during the GSoC period.
We will strongly encourage students to provide updates to the community at large about the work they are doing on a weekly or semimonthly basis. To increase the effectiveness of this, we will make it easy for the community to be able to follow our students' progress. Last year, a number of students were interviewed in community electronic publications, and we would like to encourage that once more.
What will you do to encourage that your accepted students stick with the project after Google Summer of Code concludes?
Most of the proposal are significant enough that students should feel a sense of ownership about their accomplishment. At the same time, the proposals are significant enough to the Clojure community that community members can provide support once the intensive GSoC period is done and the student must focus more time on academic responsibilities. We will encourage students to submit talks about their work to community conferences, and we will take the opportunity to use GSoC's travel stipend to get our students to conferences.
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Damian Lynn returns to the stage with his new album "Truth Be Told", which is out today on Phonag! With the release of "When We Do It", the first single off the new album, earlier this year, Damian Lynn already delivered a great earworm. Now the multitalent from Lucerne is showing a whole range of musical strenghts on his long awaited second album "Truth Be Told".
A young man full of action, lust for life and above all with a lot of music in himself. It's for a reason Damian Lynn is considered a shooting star in the Swiss music scene. Thanks to simple arrangements and a fine sense of lyrics, the charismatic singer-songwriter is able to reach his listeners directly. With bold charm and without melancholy, he sings the inner life of a young man in the middle of his twenties.
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