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More than 75 percent of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say they believe the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups for closer scrutiny was politically motivated.
IRS officials admitted that conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status were singled out for special scrutiny. The acting IRS commissioner has been replaced, and the head of the IRS division on tax-exempt organizations was put on administrative leave.
Allegations of targeting by the IRS date to February 2012. Last summer, the Treasury's inspector general for tax administration launched an audit of the IRS at the request of lawmakers. His report, released May 14, blamed IRS managers for allowing "inappropriate criteria" to be used in scrutinizing groups such as those with "Tea Party" or "Patriot" in their name. The inspector general's report included no findings that the extra scrutiny had been motivated by political bias or that anyone outside the IRS influenced the criteria.
President Barack Obama said in a statement that "the report's findings are intolerable and inexcusable." The administration has ordered a federal investigation to determine whether IRS officials broke any criminal laws.
Congressional Republicans, however, have expressed skepticism that IRS staffers acted on their own. They have launched inquiries to find out if the White House or others in the administration influenced the IRS targeting of conservative groups.
Most RBJ Snap Poll respondents think it's likely the White House had a role in the IRS decision to target conservative groups for closer scrutiny. Seventy percent say it's likely—and of those 55 percent think it's very likely.
The plurality of respondents—43 percent—gave Obama's response to the scandal a failing grade, compared with 13 percent who graded him an A.
The law places tight limits on political activities by non-profit groups. Section 501(c)(3) organizations are barred from any political activity. Other organizations, including 501(c)(4) "social welfare" organizations, can engage in only a limited amount of political activity. The IRS has said the inappropriate criteria were used as a "short cut" because of an increase in applications.
The IRS receives roughly 70,000 applications for tax-exempt status each year.
Nearly 800 readers participated in this week's poll, which was conducted May 28.
Do you think the IRS targeting of conservative groups for closer scrutiny was politically motivated?
Yes: 76%
No: 24%
In your opinion, is it likely or unlikely that the White House had a role in the IRS decision to target conservative groups for closer scrutiny?
Very likely: 55%
Somewhat likely: 15%
Not very likely: 14%
Not at all likely: 16%
How would you grade President Barack Obama's response to the inspector general's report on the IRS targeting of conservative groups?
I cannot believe low-level IRS agents did this on their own. Someone of power is behind this. There is more to this than we are being told, or will be told!
—Harold H. Ley, Appliance Associates of Buffalo
The behavior of this president, the White House staff and the entire administration is pathetic at best and illegal at the worst. People now distrust—even fear—the government. What a sorry state for America.
—Bob Worden, Penn Yan
A short cut for analysis, created by lower-level civil servants, with no crime committed is what it is. Not a crime or a political scandal, which the conservative right is trying to tie to the White House. Someday we may get lucky; they will do their job and govern rather than pontificate, obstruct and make everything a "scandal."
—M. Zukerman
He wags his finger but takes no accountability or action. He's hoping the Teflon kicks in once again.
—Dom Pullano
Hope and change … Chicago style.
—Doug Strang
While I doubt if there were "orders" given from anyone in the White House—as was done with Watergate—there was certainly an attitude that saw those groups as political enemies. Remember, this was going on before the presidential election of 2012. More than likely there were midlevel managers who saw this as a way to protect or help out the president in his re-election.
—Keith E. Griswold, Rochester
Why do we ignore common sense so much today? Of course it was politically motivated. What concerns me is that we are actually asking the question. There are a great many of us that still look at things in black and white and not the gray fog the progressives would have us embrace.
—Todd Baker, Henrietta
The IRS has been enjoying zero oversight by any other agency for years and years. There is nobody to question anything they do. This is yet another example of how they operate. I recall reading horrifying stories of people committing suicide because of IRS investigations that just kept digging—over not much. Stories of innocent people being hounded and hounded after they were audited and nothing found.
—Kathy Keady
This is abhorrent behavior from the most powerful of government agencies. It is truly scary and should be a wakeup call to all Americans, regardless of political affiliation. These people are now in charge of our health care and private health records! God help us!
—Joe Dattilo
Maybe. How would I really know? But this isn't actually the right question. This question translates to: "Do you trust the administration?" and is not related to the actual truth. The right question is: Why would the government ever allow groups with a partisan agenda, regardless of their ideology, to register as tax-exempt non-profits? Why should taxpayers subsidize any such groups and reward their contributors?
—Gary Bogue, consultant
Once again it shows this White House will break any law it needs to in order to bankrupt this country morally and financially.
—Michael Higgins, Rochester
Do you really even need to ask this question? All trust in this administration is long gone. I am having trouble keeping track of all the corruption and scandals. America is at a turning point, and the masses better wake up. God bless America! Oops! Am I still allowed to say that?
—P. Casines, Penfield
Everybody knows it was politically motivated. It just shows what the current president will do to stay in power.
—Dan Zarpentine
As info comes out, we see that in the end no conservative—and almost no other groups—were denied tax-exempt status. Your premise that 501(c)(4) may engage in some political activity is not the law. Though the law has been applied that such groups must be "primarily" engaged in charity or social welfare activity to be granted tax exempt status, the law states "exclusively." This is not ambiguous. All political groups under the law must be denied tax-exempt status and then they would have to disclose their donors. Such transparency is required by democracy. For conservative or Tea Party groups to claim they were not political advocacy groups is absurd in the extreme. Most of the money from millionaires and billionaires went to conservative groups and where it went to a Democratic Party group, they should also be denied tax exempt status so donors would see the light of day. This type of tax exempt status is all about corruption of the political process, and when investigating corruption you "follow the money." The majority of that money and political corruption leads directly to Tea Party and conservative groups funded by the likes of the Koch brothers, Trump, Adelson, etc. Poor billionaires, so harassed and discriminated against. These never ending claims of victimhood by the rich and powerful are both laughable and sickening.
—Jim Bertolone, AFL-CIO
The Obama Administration is filled with devotees of Saul Alinsky, the former bagman for the Chicago mob who went on to inflame Rochester on his famous visit here and author of "Rules for Radicals," which is the playbook of the Obama crowd. (Community organizer and writer) Alinsky famously championed targeting your political opponents by isolating them, demonizing them and then politically killing them by whatever means available. In the case of the IRS, they isolated them by selecting applications which used words like "Tea Party," attempted to demonize them by searching out donor lists and micro-examining their activities, and delayed approvals in the hopes they would wither on the vine.
—Bob Sarbane
The approach used to validate nonprofit status was wrong. Selective "word searches" should have included similar progressive political groups. The IRS must validate that an organization is truly distinct from a political organization.
—Mike Bleeg, Strategic Results
A real leader takes reasonability for what happens under his watch. I have not seen that yet with this president, and don't expect to for the rest of his term.
—Mike Gooding, president, Good Vibrations Inc.
The IRS is the enemy of the people and control of it comes directly from the White House. Obama may not have SS or "brownshirts," but the IRS works just fine. They are experts at extortion and intimidation. The IRS can ruin a person or persons. By illegally targeting conservative and religious organizations and others who disagree with Obama and his policies, his administration is using the IRS to attempt to silence dissent. There are only a few Constitutional reasons for impeachment and "high crimes and misdemeanors" is appropriate and fitting in the case of this president and his administration.
—Michael F. Kloppel, chairman, Ontario County Conservative Party, Canandaigua
Of course it was politically motivated. Why is there any surprise that a party in power was using tools at its disposal to keep the other party from obtaining power, it is done every day. Plus Lois Lerner's history of harassment including lawsuits against conservative religious groups indicates that this scrutiny wasn't done by just a couple of rogue workers in a back office. Did the president know exactly what was taking place is a question for which we'll probably never have the answer. With that said, I would be amazed if political advisers close to the president weren't involved.
—Sam Messer, Applied Measurement & Controls Inc.
Look, folks, this is simple. In 2009 and 2010, Tea Party groups were popping up all over the country and filing for tax-exempt status. The IRS division in charge of tax-exempt status wanted to make sure they caught all of these groups—regardless of political affiliation—to make sure they received extra scrutiny. To find them, they used a few keywords that were common in the names of the groups being created at that time. The majority of groups targeted by the IRS were conservative because the majority of groups applying were conservative. That's all. It's a fake scandal.
—Matthew D. Wilson
The Obama administration is the most vile, corrupt assembly of socialists ever to have power in our country. Of course the scandal of violating Constitutional rights was directed straight from the White House. With the czars and advisers embedded at the White House, it is very likely your elected officials are irrelevant to this administration. Impeachment and imprisonment is in order for much of this merry band of communist clowns. The complicity of the mainstream media is the fuel, if not totally with blame, for the degradation of our Constitutional rights and freedoms that were the impetus for the founding of this great country. Perhaps something akin to the McCarthy hearings are in order to purge our government of socialists and communists. I think the genius political move of Obama was to pick Biden as vice president. The populous is more comfortable with a socialist at the helm then the dimwitted vice president. The oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States is being violated every day by this administration and should be dealt with accordingly by law.
—Lou Romano
What I don't understand is why this bureaucratic abuse is getting so much press, when it has been routine practice through the years.
—Ken Maher
Everything in Washington (and Albany) is politically motivated! During the George W. Bush administration, labor unions came under increased scrutiny by IRS and other federal agencies. This is our government, regardless of the party.
—Tom Gillett, NYSUT
I cannot see anything happening in this country today that is not politically motivated. What a sad state of affairs and tyranny should now deserve a capital "T."
—Daniel Mossien, architect
The IRS targeting of conservative groups is too widespread to not be politically motivated. It is very likely the White House was involved. Did the president know or was he involved with the decision? All I can say is this administration continues to cover up and withhold information to the American people. What happened to Obama's pledge to have a transparent government?
—Mike Hogan, Information Packaging
The targeting of conservative organizations is appalling but not surprising. Any group that advocates for (among other things) smaller government is threatening to entrenched big government bureaucrats, who are all unionized and left-leaning to begin with. Top it off with the most dishonest president and administration in memory and you have the makings of the perfect storm. This is the moment that all Americans should wake up to the fact that big government is a bad thing, and needs to be cut down to size now!
—George Thomas, Ogden
The federal government has become so expansive, powerful and motivated by a political agenda that American citizens are being denied the freedoms guaranteed by the Founders. Bureaucrats, political appointees, regulators, and the intelligence community have all marched to the politically correct agenda of the day. Especially during the election season that agenda included protecting and advancing the progressive interests of the Obama administration by attacking and marginalizing its critics on all fronts. This administration may call the current trio of scandal political overreach by the Republicans, but clear thinking Americans know that there are simply too many instances of abuse of power for it to be contrived.
—Kathleen A. Wright
Obama and many in his administration cut their teeth on dirty Chicago politics. In my view, he has taken the best tactics used from the Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon administrations and used them in his playbook.
—Mike Kaser, Penfield
I don't understand why the 501(c)(4) groups get any tax exemption at all, particularly when we're cutting federal budgets. They all seem politically motivated and many abuse the privilege (e.g.; Karl Rove's group).
—Art Maurer, Penfield
It is possible that IRS staff were trying to find a way to deal with numerous applications. But, as soon as IRS administrators learned what was happening, that should have ended the slowdown. The fact that the slowdown did not end means the tone from the top administrator, President Obama, led the IRS to believe they could continue this activity without violating any ethical position or laws.
—Linda Hunt, citizen
I find nothing wrong (lie) with what the IRS did (wink, wink, nod, nod). I am sure they will (will not) find a reasonable explanation (like pure stupidity) to explain this entire mess (mess? they do this every day). I am sure (not) that this will prove (seriously?) to be just another (like there ever was one) example of the right (left) wing conspiracy at work.
—Bill Lanigan
We don't have all the facts yet on the IRS matter concerning how groups were processed when they requested non-profit status. Certainly, clearer guidance should be offered to the IRS on what should constitute such a status. I would favor making this designation tough to get.
—Carolyn Phinney Rankin, president and creative director, Phinney Rankin Inc.
What a surprise! Staff people from the federal agencies who are members of the party in power sucking up to the people up the pay grade who are in turn sucking up to the people further up the pay grade. In a Republican administration, there is probably "bullying" of liberal groups. Let us not think that this bullying is confined to only the IRS. What makes anyone sure that every federal agency doesn't do bullying too from time to time? Did the president know? Probably not. Did the assistant to the assistant to the under-assistant whose desk is in the West Wing know? Undoubtedly. That person probably did it too when they were a staff person.
—Jay Birnbaum
Of course they were. The director said she was. It was in her inter-office correspondence.
—Karl Schuler
In today's IRS brouhaha, the issue is the so-called "targeting" of conservative Tea Party groups who sought and were granted tax-exempt status. Groups that win tax exemption are not permitted to engage in politics, but they can be "social welfare" issue groups who can keep their donor lists confidential. The IRS, indeed, has a fiduciary responsibility to investigate those applying for tax-exempt status to determine if they meet the legal requirements. But in today's IRS "scandal," the IRS was not investigating groups that already had tax-exempt status, nor was the agency sharing their information in order to discredit their political agenda, nor were the Tea Party groups facing potential jail time. The IRS was merely giving extra scrutiny to the virtual explosion of potential 501(c)(4) groups that were created after Citizens United. The so-called scandal resulted from the IRS being overwhelmed with new applications for tax exempt status. They were unable to process all the applications using their normal evaluation process, so they started giving many groups approval with less scrutiny than usual, and used certain key words (which they, reasonably enough, took to be good indicators that the groups were political in nature and therefore would not qualify for the tax exemption) to determine which groups would get the normal level of scrutiny. It wasn't just right wing groups that were "targeted" for normal levels of scrutiny in their evaluation process, it was any group deemed likely to be political in nature—left, right or center—based on these key word searches. It changes the picture on this ridiculous "scandal" quite radically when these details are introduced, doesn't it? Funny how these crucial bits of information got lost in the corporate media frenzy over this. And very curious indeed to see Obama cave in to the howling right wing mobs, even though they knew of course the administration would have full knowledge of these details, and had ample opportunity to lay them out for the public and defuse the whole absurd charade.
—Steve Lipson
Of course the IRS scandal is political! We should have listened to FDR who was against public sector unions because it puts another barrier between the taxpayers and the government class. Public sector unions create an atmosphere for this type of scandal. Many IRS workers are part of the National Treasury Employees Union who contribute mainly to Democrats. Although the higher level leaders at the IRS may not be members of NTEU, they tend to support Democrats and other advocates of big government to perpetuate their agency's power. Since Conservative groups tend to favor the reduction of big government, certain IRS individuals acted improperly, immorally and most likely illegally.
—John Rynne, president, Rynne, Murphy & Associates Inc.
The most transparent administration ever? Ha! What a joke. IMHO, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
—Frank Gerham Jr., Westminster Financial, LLC
The House and Senate have been after the IRS to increase its attention to requests for tax exemptions. This pressure is put on to any applicant. The IRS followed this pressure. I doubt that any IRS employees would gamble their jobs for partisan reasons. Of course, the Republicans are now trying to put the blame on the IRS and the president. Good politics, but bad governing. Who checked if the applications were not properly filled out and the proper responses given? Who knows if the Tea Party applicants did not mess this up to provide the scandal? The same argument can be brought up for any applicant. I think that the whole "scandal" is a storm in the teapot. Instead, the whole affair should be checked out without hurting innocent bystanders. Re-applications to the IRS by the complaining people might be a good start to protect those who were not turned down.
—Ingo H. Leubner, Crystallization Consulting
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Today's WTF moment comes courtesy of the cover of this week's New Yorker. The illustration is a little nudge that reminds us how difficult it is to savor the moment, given our umbilical ties to everything tech.
Appropriately titled "The Top of the World", the illustration shows two pretty people, clearly a well-heeled couple all decked out in chi-chi skigear, at the crest of what looks to be an alpine ski slope. But instead of admiring the view, reveling in their good fortune for what looks like one killer vakay, or just getting into the Zen of it all — pick one — what are they doing?
You guessed it. He's taking a photo, undoubtedly to post on his facebook page. She's on her cell phone, presumably sharing the moment, rather than living it. The only thing missing is an iPhone or crackberry so they can text some BFFs before their downhill run.
Well, ugh. It would be kind of funny, but ain't it the truth. And it makes me wonder: Is this uber-connection to our cyber-lives and cyber friends and god-knows-what-all-else keeping us from being fully present in our own here and now? From appreciating what we have — rather than jonesing for what we don't? Does the fact that we have one foot in our own life and the other in about a hundred others make us continually wonder what we're missing?
All those distractions! All those choices! No wonder we're always angsting over that greener grass — because the other side of the fence is always up in our face.
And it may only get worse (or I guess, better, depending on your point of view), according to a story in Saturday's New York Times. In a piece aptly titled "The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by their 20s", reporter Brad Stone ponders not only whether his two-year old daughter's worldview will be shaped by the technologies she grows up with, but if her generation — and each succeeding one — will be totally different from those that preceded it:
Researchers are exploring this notion too. They theorize that the ever-accelerating pace of technological change may be minting a series of mini-generation gaps, with each group of children uniquely influenced by the tech tools available in their formative stages of development.
"People two, three or four years apart are having completely different experiences with technology," said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project. "College students scratch their heads at what their high school siblings are doing, and they scratch their heads at their younger siblings. It has sped up generational differences."
One difference that's already apparent in older kids is the way they communicate, Stone writes:
Larry Rosen, a professor of psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and the author of the coming "Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn," has also drawn this distinction between what he calls the Net Generation, born in the 1980s, and the iGeneration, born in the '90s and this decade.
Now in their 20s, those in the Net Generation, according to Dr. Rosen, spend two hours a day talking on the phone and still use e-mail frequently. The iGeneration — conceivably their younger siblings — spends considerably more time texting than talking on the phone, pays less attention to television than the older group and tends to communicate more over instant-messenger networks.
Dr. Rosen said that the newest generations, unlike their older peers, will expect an instant response from everyone they communicate with, and won't have the patience for anything less.
Or for taking the time to savor the view, or each other, from the top of the world. Which brings us back to the New Yorker cover. You gotta wonder: if you skied down a black diamond without texting any cyberpals about it — did it ever really happen?

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GLC is an ALSA & OpenGL capture tool for Linux. It consists of a generic video capture, playback and processing library and a set of tools built around that library. GLC should be able to capture any application that uses ALSA for sound and OpenGL for drawing. It is similar to Fraps on Windows.
To install GLC, simply install the glc package from AUR.
If you want to record 32 bit programs such as Wine on a 64 bit system, you will also need to install lib32-glc.
The basic usage is simple. Just run this:
glc-capture [application]
Press Shift + F8 to start and stop recording. By default, it will save a (large) .glc file in your home folder. You can then play or encode it. For complete list of available options see
glc-capture --help
To play a captured stream directly, execute
glc-play [stream file]
ESC stops playback, f toggles fullscreen and Right seeks forward.
In order to use the videos outside of glc-play, you will need to encode it. Here are two scripts that work well for encoding, one for the open source WebM format, and one for the popular H.264 format. There are endless ways to encode .glc files, and these are just two of them, so experiment with them until you get what you want.
For either script, run with the following context (assuming it's saved as glc-encode.sh):
glc-encode.sh filename.glc
WebM: This script requires the following packages: vorbis-tools, ffmpeg, and mkvtoolnix
#!/bin/bash glc-play $1 -a 1 -o - | oggenc - -b 128k -o glc.ogg glc-play $1 -o - -y 1 | ffmpeg -i - -vcodec libvpx glc.webm mkvmerge -o output.webm glc.webm glc.ogg rm glc.ogg rm glc.webm
It will output as output.webm
H.264: This script requires the following packages: ffmpeg
#!/bin/bash glc-play $1 -a 1 -o glc.wav glc-play $1 -o - -y 1 | ffmpeg -i - -i glc.wav -acodec libfaac -ab 128k -ac 2 -vcodec libx264 -vpre hq -crf 22 -threads 0 output.mp4 rm glc.wav
It will output as output.mp4
Note: Sometimes when recording WINE, the audio stream you want won't be #1, so you'll have to find out which one it is and experiment, and edit the encoding script accordingly.
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Give me a reason why you think
The money ain't coming in
I run and spend like it's right before the bar close
A lot of niggas see me up in them bar clothes
It's summertime, but I'm still cooler than ?
Why hoes threaten on me like I ain't shit?
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When they hit the crib, they couldn't picture this painting
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technicalguys.co.uk needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 27 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
St Saviours Care Home
I'm just the coordinator - however the customer is a Residential Care Home who have to produce a brochure to hand out to prospective residents and their families.
Target audience is prospective residents of the elderly care home and their families. The brochure will be given out to enquirers whom visit in person and contact the home via the telephone. It may be the case that the prospective residents family may also be involved in making the decision and as such they too could be considered the target audience. If the local authority is involved then it may be that the prospective resident is shown the brochure without seeing the home and makes their choice from a selection of brochures alone. Prospective residents are always elderly who can and some who cannot look after themselves without care assistance. The home promotes active wellbeing and encourages varied activities throughout all the residents subject to their personal preferences.
Company colours to be used as per the logo which is attached.
You only need to produce the printed outer folder and if you wish a single page template for the brochure which will be fixed inside. The finished product will be a printed folder and an eight page inner brochure. The folder will have a folder back cover to allow inserts and letters to be placed inside and a die cut business card slot.
You do not need to design a logo - the company already has one.
You do not need to use studio shots as we've taken some today.
You do not need to layout the 8 page inner brochure - you only need to do one single page of the inner brochure as a template page to match the feel of the outer folder.
You do need to layout and design the outer folder which comprises of front page, inner cover page, back page and inner back page.
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The artwork is to be supplied in photoshop or in-design and should be produced such that it would be suitable to send to the printers without any modifications.
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My Naked Art + the truth
There is no such thing as an artist – I am a painter, I create decorations for walls.
There you go the truth is out – I have never been a true artist, I am stuck out in the margins, balancing life on a knife's edge…
The pointlessness of producing art for decoration and pleasure is a perverted masturbation fantasy and process for the deluded mind. Art and its prettiness have no place in any intellectual society – it has no place in a capitalist society … Continue reading →
The naked truth is I have been and still am a liar.
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So which Republican had a family member at this massacre?
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KEN wrote:"So which Republican had a family member at this massacre?"
What`s your point?
Kerry Tobin wrote:Just to clarify, this is NOT what democracy looks like!
Kerry Tobin wrote:Lets talk about how some Assembly members couldn't even get into the Capitol 30 minutes before the session was supposed to start yesterday morning.
Kerry Tobin wrote:Lets talk about how they wouldn't provide a summary of the changes to the bill so people knew what those changes were.
Kerry Tobin wrote:Lets talk about them not letting the press into the building while they dragged protesters outside (apparently including a woman in a wheelchair). Or how press was blocked from entering when a press conference was scheduled. Lets talk about handcuffs on the doors.
Kerry Tobin wrote:Lets talk about the lies told about the protest such as its going to cost $7.5 million to remove the tape THEY told the protesters to use or that windows were shattered and locks broken so protesters could get in when now it comes out that the total bill will be under $400,000, the union that does the cleaning is volunteering their time so that's high too, and no windows or locks were broken.
neup99 wrote:Was all press restricted from entering or were they only allowing a certain amount of reporters and cameras?
neup99 wrote:Lying and getting incorrect quotes are two different things. It sounds to me like a worst case scenario was given and the media ran with it. Both sides of the media. If you can provide some sort of information showing intent to mislead for some sort of gain, link away. As far as people volunteering to clean up, it's possible, but I'll believe it when I see it.


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15 October 2001
On 14 and 15 November, the city of Edinburgh will host the eighth ministerial-level meeting of the European Space Agency's Council. The ministers responsible for space activities in ESA's fifteen member states and Canada will be setting the course for Europe's space programmes for the period ahead. They will be invited to endorse the next stages of a series of ongoing programmes (Launchers, Space Science, Earth Observation, Telecommunications, Satellite Navigation, Human Spaceflight etc.), and also to commit to the start of new programmes that will keep Europe at the forefront of space activities.
Surrounding this conference, the City of Edinburgh, with support from ESA and the British National Space Centre (BNSC), is organising a programme of space-related events in Edinburgh for people of all ages, including a week-long festival of space activities for kids at the "Our Dynamic Earth" visitor centre; "Europe in Space", a major new exhibition tracing three decades of European cooperation in space at the City Art Centre; and the Edinburgh Lecture Series on the theme of "Frontiers" from 6 November through to February next year.
Hard to miss will be an 11-metre full-scale model of ESA's Envisat satellite on display in front of Our Dynamic Earth from 13 October until 18 November. Envisat, the world's largest and most sophisticated Earth observation platform, is to be launched in early 2002 by Ariane 5 and will monitor planet Earth, giving the first three-dimensional pictures of the processes which shape the global environment.
On Thursday 18 October, ESA will celebrate "Space Day" in Edinburgh by conferring on the city the "European Space City" award. ESA astronaut Claude Nicollier, a veteran of four spaceflights and two spacewalks, will present the official certificate to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Rt. Hon. Eric Milligan, at a ceremony at Our Dynamic Earth at 17:00.
ESA has recently created the "European Space City" award to honour a city for exceptional contributions to the promotion of European space activities. In conjunction with this award, ESA will launch an educational initiative with the City of Edinburgh and schools in the Edinburgh area under which classes will build the "Kid's Corner" web pages for ESA's portal. ESA's objectives in creating this award are to foster a long-term relationship with cities that are keen on space and to develop a network of "European Space Cities".
During his day in Edinburgh, astronaut Claude Nicollier will return the official tartan of the City of Edinburgh, carried into space last August, to city officials. He will also have a "space lunch" with 20 young contest winners and give a public talk in the evening.
To know more about all these activities, please contact:
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Ysabel Duron goes off camera for great 2nd act
Her Latina cancer center gets honored with Purpose Prize
After 42 years in the television news business, more than half of them at KRON-TV, Ysabel Duron decided in April to call it quits. At the age of 66, she had another career to pursue - or what a prominent social enterprise organization recently honored her for: a "second act for the greater good."
Duron, founder of Latinas Contra Cancer in San Jose, was one of seven winners of the Purpose Prize, awarded annually by Encore.org, a San Francisco nonprofit that helps people over 60 find new careers. Another honoree, a retired marketing executive works with a North Carolina organization focused on housing for disabled veterans. A former nanny is now national organizer for a domestic workers advocacy group. A retired international public health official is putting her energies into eliminating human schistosomiasis, a tropical disease estimated to affect 200 million worldwide.
"These individuals come from all walks of life, but hold one thing in common: Each is changing the world in what was once seen as the 'leftover' years," said Marc Freedman, CEO of Encore.org, who presented the awards last month.
Duron knows plenty about the disease she'd like to see gone. Diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 1999, she underwent 12 weeks of chemotherapy and four weeks of daily radiation, a "pretty horrific" experience she documented for viewers, bald head and all.
"But when I started looking around the infusion center I noticed I was the only Latina in the room," she said.
Incidences of cancer in the Latino population are projected to increase as the U.S. Latino population grows - another hurdle for a community that's been disproportionately uninsured and underserved.
"I was lucky. I had a great health plan, a great oncologist, a clear path to treatment, and I spoke English. And I had a job waiting for me," said Duron, whose cancer is in remission. "But clearly, there was a huge need for cancer services for low-income Latinos."
In addition to returning to work, Duron launched Latinas Contra Cancer in San Jose, focusing initially on Latinas with breast cancer in Santa Clara County. After working part time and as weekend anchor at KRON for several years, she announced her retirement to viewers on her 66th birthday in April.
"I decided I didn't need to do this anymore. I was at a stage where I though I could add value in another arena."
With an annual budget of $500,000 and corporate contributors including Kaiser Permanente, Safeway, Genentech and Wells Fargo, Duron and her part-time staff of 11 have launched a number of educational and support services, including help with hospice care for men and women in the Bay Area. They have also convened a series of National Latino Cancer Summits in San Francisco.
"Now we're looking to mobilize around the country and promote our resources as replicable programs," said Duron, who received the top $100,000 Purpose Prize. And she's totally in tune with Encore.org's slogan for the over-60s - "Don't just leave a legacy, live one."
"We have so much to offer social enterprise. I told Marc we have to raise the whole issue of health, and keeping the mind and body engaged. It's not just about aging. It's about what we want to leave in this world."
-- Duron is speaking at the Personalized Medicine World Conference 2014 Silicon Valley, which focuses on cancer, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Jan. 27-28. (www. 2014sv.pmwcintl.com). For more information and videos on Purpose Prize winners visit www.encore.org/prize.
Andrew S. Ross is a San Francisco Chronicle columnist. E-mail: email@example.com Blog: www.sfgate.com/blogs/bottomline Twitter: @andrewsross


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- Expands the exceptions to the prohibition on an employer paying an employee a wage less than an equal of the opposite sex is paid to include a bona fide factor other than sex, such as education, training or experience (Part A, Sec. 1).
- Prohibits the exception from being based upon or derived from sex-based differential in compensation and from being unrelated to the job position held (Part A, Sec. 1).
- Authorizes the State Commissioner of Human Rights or a court to award "reasonable" attorney's fees to any prevailing party in a housing discrimination lawsuit and claim of employment or credit discrimination where sex is a basis of such discrimination (Part C, Sec. 1).
- Prohibits a respondent from being liable for more than for attorney's fees if he or she has been found liable for having committed an "unlawful discriminatory practice" in cases of employment discrimination (Part C, Sec. 1).
- Defines "unlawful discriminatory practice" to include familial status, whereas existing law only defines it as discrimination against an individual's age, race, sexual orientation, sex, creed, national origin, domestic violence status, color, military status, disability, or predisposing genetic characteristics (Part D, Secs. 1-3).
- Prohibits an individual, firm, or corporation owning or managing a building used for dwelling purposes from refusing to rent a residential unit and discriminating terms and conditions for rental based on an individual's domestic violence status (Part E, Sec. 1).
- Defines "domestic violence victim" with "domestic violence status" as an individual who is, or has been a parent accompanied by a minor child or children who are or have been in a situation in which such an individual is a victim of a violent felony offense, or a family offense alleged to have been committed by a member of the same family or household (Part E, Sec. 1).
- Requires an Order of Protection or Temporary Order of Protection to remain in effect and hold notice even if the protected party consents to having contact or communication with the party against whom the order is issued, which can only be modified or terminated by the court (Part F, Secs. 1-14).
- Authorizes the Chief Administrator of the courts, with the approval of the administrative board of the courts, to publicize rules to establish and implement a pilot program for the filing of petitions for temporary orders of protection by electronic means (Part G, Sec. 1).
- Expands the definition of "sexually motivated felony" to include the aggravated patronizing of a minor for prostitution (Part H, Sec. 1).
- Classifies "aggravated patronizing of a minor for prostitution" as the following felonies in the following circumstances (Part H, Sec. 14):
- If the patronizing individual is at least 21 years old, and the patronized minor is less than 17 years old; a Class E felony;
- If the patronizing individual is at least 18 years old, and the patronized minor is less than 15 years old; a Class D felony; and
- If the patronizing individual is at least 18 years old, and the patronized minor is less than 11 years old; a Class B felony.
- Classifies the patronizing of an individual for prostitution in a school zone as a class E felony (Part H, Sec. 12).
- Expands the definition of "reasonable accommodation" in the workplace to include a "pregnancy-related condition," whereas existing law only includes a disability (Part I, Sec. 1).
- Prohibits the state from denying a woman's ability to obtain an abortion within 24-weeks from commencement of her pregnancy, or when necessary to protect a woman's life or health as determined by a licensed physician (Part J, Sec. 1).
Legislation - Reintroduced (House) - Jan. 8, 2014
Title: Requires Equal Pay
Legislation - Referred to Committee (Senate) - June 20, 2013
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (98-47) - June 20, 2013
Legislation - Introduced (House) - June 17, 2013
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Between designing helicopters, collaborating with Snoop Dogg, and issuing preposterous pronouncements on everything from Adele's weight to prostitution (he's in favor, in case you were wondering), it's easy to forget that Karl Lagerfeld actually designs clothes.
In addition to his coveted collections for Chanel, he also designs the lower-priced Karl Lagerfeld line featuring youthful, glamorous pieces in a Karl-approved palette of black, white, and silver — color is so passé, hmm? And while his Chanel designs bring to mind the elegant allure of Coco herself, the inspiration for his diffusion line is ... well, himself. High, ornamental collars and fingerless black leather gloves directly channel Karl's brand of eccentric glamour.


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Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Title VII
June, 2004
Ann Hopkins, was the plaintiff in the seminal case, Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins. Ms. Hopkins proved that gender-based stereotypes played a substantial, motivating role in her employer's refusal to admit her to the partnership. Ms. Hopkins, the only person ever admitted to a partnership under Title VII by judicial order, retired from Price Waterhouse in 2002. She is the author of the book, So Ordered: Making Partner the Hard Way (Univ. of Mass. Press 1996), and regularly lectures on her experience to business and legal groups.
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Jam Cruise 12 was a year of changes, as we moved from Fort Lauderdale to Miami, and from MSC Poesia to the MSC Divina. Also new was the Masters Camp at Sea Program, giving Jam Cruisers a chance to learn from musically and interact with a handful of participating artists. After two days at sea we stopped in Falmouth for some fun that included the Positive Legacy Day of Service, local eats, and excursions that fed our adventurous side. We then spent two more days at sea sailing through the Bahamas before we eventually made our way back to PortMiami to wrap up another memorable Jam Cruise! The performances to remember were-a-plenty, including sets from Thievery Corporation, Les Claypool's Duo De Twang, Bootsy Collins and the Funk Unity Band, Lotus, Gigantic Underground Conspiracy, Warren Haynes, and many more! Jam Cruise 12 also featured a ton of themes and activities, including the WTFunk Games, Purple Night and Jamcousteau/Underwater Night, as well as the first ever JAM Talks with Rob Garza, Wheel of Fortune Cookie with Col. Bruce Hampton and John Popper, and yet another Ivan Neville Texas Hold 'em Tournament.
Les Claypool's Duo De Twang • Thievery Corporation • Bootsy Collins & The Funk Unity Band • Warren Haynes • Galactic • Karl Denson's Tiny Universe • Robert Randolph & The Family Band • Lotus • The Wailers • Keller Williams • Keller & The Kimocks • Gigantic Underground Conspiracy • Conspirator • Lettuce • Dumpstaphunk • John Popper & DJ Logic w/ George Porter Jr., Stanley Jordan, and Adam Deitch • The New Mastersounds • ALO • Rob Garza (Thievery Corporation) DJ sets • Anders Osborne • MarchFourth Marching Band • Orgone • Pork Tornado • Bonerama • Robert Walter's 20th Congress • The Revivalists • Monophonics • Mike Dillon Band • Eric Krasno Band • Everyone Orchestra • Alan Evans Super Jam • DJ Logic • Luke The Knife • Beard-o-Bees • D-Hastie • Skerik's Bandalabra • Solo Performers: Stanley Jordan, Nathan Moore • Special Guests: Cyril Neville, Bill Evans, Will Bernard, Alecia Chakour, Allie Kral, Jennifer Hartswick, Chris Chew, Roosevelt Collier, Joel Cummins, Tom Hamilton, Zach Deputy, Dela, Paul Hoffman, Anders Beck, Billy Iuso, Terry McDermott, Jans Ingber • Masters Camp at Sea Featuring: Victor Wooten, Butch Trucks, Luther Dickinson, Cody Dickinson, Col. Bruce Hampton, Kofi Burbridge
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Nathan Edmondson (Image Comics' The Light and Who Is
Jake Ellis?): THE BIRDS because its execution is flawless and its viewers are left clawing after, but at the mercy of the mystery in the end. THE SHINING because those halls will never lose their dread.
Jimmie Robinson (Image Comics' Bomb Queen): This is harder [than books] because, and I'll be honest... I'm pretty desensitized to horror films. Nowadays I search for the most obscure, extreme and surreal horror because it takes a lot to get my motor running. It's not that I need to see the knife going into the eye without cutting away, I also want to see and feel something unique and horrible. Most horror is made for an audience that already knows the rules. Sure, some films have bent those rules but not many have completely broken them and replaced them with a new language of horror.
But if I must pick something perhaps the French film, MARTYRS could float my raft off a deserted island. Not just for the violence, but for the deeper meaning found in the twist ending -- which makes an impact after sitting through an hour of torture porn. It's an interesting take on the subject of gore, plus the horror aspects dwell in the extremes that some people justify for *their* cause -- whatever it may be. It also keeps you guessing to the end and that's brilliant.
Erik Larsen (Image Comics' Savage Dragon): PLANET TERROR from GRINDHOUSE comes closest.
Mahmud Asrar (Marvel Comics' Shadowland: Powerman): I think I'd go for THE RING by Gore Verbinski. Although I watch a lot of horror movies and have many favourites, The Ring was really a movie that terrified me especially came at a time when I gave up on the horror cinema. Great visuals, lots of atmosphere and that said I do enjoy a wide variety of horror films from the likes of ROSEMARY'S BABY to NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET to ALIEN to THE DESCENT.
Hector Casanova (Image Comics' Screamland): It's hard to have a single favorite horror movie, especially for a horror movie fan. So I am breaking it down into subcategories, as the Horror genre really is much too diverse. I am a HUGE fan of certain subgenres of horror, like Creature Features and Magical Realism, whereas I do not care at all for others, like Torture Porn or Slasher flicks... and then there are the ones that could go either way: Vampires, Haunted House, Dark Fantasy, etc.
SO, favorite Creature movie: THE HOST (2006) by Joon-ho Bong- A giant walking fish monster that swallows its victims whole only to vomit them up again later back in its den for slower enjoyment? A 10-year-old girl survives regurgitation and tries to escape? There is nothing not-awesome about this movie. Plus, it has the most realistic, freakiest, grossest creature I've seen yet, and just enough slapstick humor to keep you from being completely traumatized. If all creature movies were this good...
Tomm Coker (Marvel Comics' Daredevil Noir and Image Comics' Undying Love): THE EXORCIST is the scariest film ever made. William Friedkin approached the subject matter with an almost documentary style, playing the situations as real rather than fantastic, and in doing so grounded the story in a way that was believable and relatable and therefore more frightening.
David Hine (DC Comics' Azrael and The Spirit, Image Comics' Bulletproof Coffin, and Radical Comics' Ryder on the Storm): ERASERHEAD because it's the most innovative and disturbing film ever made. The Radiator Lady alone would have made it a classic, or the embryo/baby, the chicken dinner, Jack Nance's hair!
Harold Sipe (Image Comics' Screamland and IDW's Garter and Ghouls): My favorite horror movie in forever was THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE. There are such horrifying subtleties in that film. The scene where you first see the ghost still gives me chills to think about.
Phil Hester (Image Comics' Firebreather and Top Cow's The Darkness and Boom! Comics' The Anchor): I find NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD to be the scariest, mostly for the matter of fact presentation, newscasts, and claustrophobia. For newer stuff, I really dug THE RING, but not the sequels and knock offs. I should also add that my favorite monster movie is AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. Perfect blend of horror and humor.
Alex Grecian (Image Comics' Proof: Endangered) : I'm gonna go ahead and be conventional and say that THE EXORCIST is still the scariest film I've ever seen. I saw it when I was a little kid and it kept me awake for weeks afterward, terrified that I might end up possessed by a demon. (Or worse, visited by a priest in my bedroom.) On the other hand, I also saw the first HALLOWEEN film and Kubrick's THE SHINING when I was a kid and thought they were great. The Shining was amazing fun and Halloween was just the right amount of creepy. Speaking of creepy, there was a scene in SALEM'S LOT with a little boy vampire hovering outside another kid's window that prompted me to keep my curtains closed at night. More recently, THE RING gave me goosebumps. (I know a lot of horror fans make fun of that film, but who isn't scared of little girl ghosts?) And LET THE RIGHT ONE IN was a wonderful movie on nearly every level.
Reginald Hudlin (Marvel Comics' Captain America/Black Panther: Flags of our Fathers): Hmmmm, I guess 28 DAYS LATER because it felt really logical and totally terrifying.
Shaky Kane (Image Comics' Bulletproof Coffin): When it comes to movies it changes all the time. Although saying that as far as impact goes it would be hard to beat THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE. Its a 'once in a life time' idea, and what a great character Dr Heiter is.
Visionary and fucked-up I loved every thing about this movie.
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A traveller travels in his 4 wheel drive along the remote Canning Stock Route. A fuel drop supplies from with the much needed fuel for his vehicle. He fills every possible container with the precious fuel and leaves what he cannot carry. This fuel must last him for the next 800 kilometres (500 miles).
There are no kangaroos in Austria. We're talking about Australia, the world's smallest continent. That being cleared up, let's dive right in! Australia is a sovereign state under the Commonwealth of Nations, which is in turn overseen by Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth. The continent was first sighted and charted by the Dutch in 1606. Captain James Cook of Britain came along in the next century to claim it for Britain and name it "New South Wales." Shortly thereafter it was declared to be a penal colony full of nothing but criminals and convicts, giving it the crap reputation you may have heard at your last cocktail party. This rumor ignores 40,000 years of pre-European human history, especially the Aboriginal concept of Dreamtime, an interesting explanation of physical and spiritual reality. The two biggest cities in Australia are Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney is more for business, Melbourne for arts. But that's painting in very broad strokes. Take a whirl around the panoramas to see for yourself! Text by Steve Smith.


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Dance DJ Deadmau5 is heading down the aisle after proposing to his on/off girlfriend Kat Von D – in a post on Twitter.
Just weeks after the couple's short break-up in November, Deadmau5 popped the question on the social networking site on Saturday.
The star tweeted, "I can't wait for Christmas so… Katherine Von Drachenberg, will you marry me?" and posted a photo of a diamond engagement ring, adding, "Changing the diamond to a black diamond FYI. Sorry for the jpg (photo)… they'll finish the actual ring soon I hope. I love u."
The celebrity tattoo artist took to her own page to answer yes, writing, "Mi corazon (my heart)!!! Thank you all for the lovely congratulations! Please excuse me while I go squeeze the hell out of my fiance!"
Deadmau5 later told followers, "Holy f– s–. Im engaged and stuff! Thanks for the well wishes and support from the horde and everyone else! BRB while I spend the rest of my evening with my future wife."


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Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA)
The Board of Zoning Appeals will hold worksessions on the 2nd Wednesday of the month and hearings on the 4th Wednesday of the month if needed. Meetings will be located in the Town Hall Meeting Room at 1410 Ridge Road, Hinckley, Ohio.
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The inside of the trunk is mainly double running stitch (Holbein stitch) ,split stitch and chain stitch using anchor stranded cotton.
Some time back, Meri had generously gifted me some art silk threads (vegetable silks).I used those for the outline.The napkin bag in the background is also from her :)
The brown one in the above pic is Meri's and the green is mine. Notice the difference in twist? The brown thread seems to be untwisted. In the green the twist is more visible .I could split the Portuguese silk to eight strands .It frayed a lot,but never twisted itself to tangles like rayon.
What do you think? Are these untwisted silks? Have you ever used them? Do you feel that it makes any difference to your embroidery?
This question is specially for Indians -Where do we get to buy them in India?
Coming back to the embroidery ,I've left out the branches,that'll be done along with the greenery. What do you think the top part is going to have? :)
hint...26 ;)
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There are gaps spanning several years. The most complex experiences survive only as basic sensory reactions — smells and sounds, especially. Etched in my nostrils even now is the aroma of burning leaves.
Before sparks turned to flames, I would splash through piles taller than I was, burying pine cones and needles. Nature's firecrackers fell from the only kind of tree I knew growing up in east Texas. I don't know how old I was, but I can still hear that sound. Continue reading
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Yes, & that's why I said "pretty good statistically."
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>I think one of the things that makes expert guesses, even with physics so
>ineffectual is the observation (of someone whose quotation I can't find
>right now), that one can't predict the trajectory of a ball in a
>gravitational field unless you can predict what life will do. A batter
>hits the ball, and you can predict the trajectory up until the point at
>which a hand in a glove attached to a living being catches it and changes
>the trajectory.
> Any system which has life in it, is hugely unpredictable.
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>> Glenn -
>> Very quickly, & as far as I have anything to contribute winding this up
>> for now -
>> It's necessary distinguish between two things. (a) The basic dynamics
>> of a complex system which, to the extent we can model it mathematically,
>> require nonlinear equations, and (b) the analysis of some important data
>> about the system which may use various math approximations. Think of the
>> difference between Newton's laws and Kepler's. Many (though not all)
>> nonlinear systems display sensitivity to initial conditions so that we
>> can't predict the future state (i.e. the precise values of positions &
>> velocities for mechanical systems) far into the future. But we can
>> analyze data using various approximations and assumptions in order to
>> estimate certain important facts about the future bahavior of the system.
>> The latter seems to me to be what Hubbert did quite successfully.
>> (BTW, it's easy from the math at the site I gave to see why the peak
>> occurs at the point where half the initial reserve has been exhausted -
>> in this approximation of course.)
>> About the other systems (elections, MLB) I didn't say I "wanted"
>> equations. I said earlier that I don't think we can have a complete math
>> description of such things. But to the extent we do, or can use a math
>> metaphor, they're nonlinear. & there are knowledgeable people who can
>> make predictions that are not perfect but are pretty good statistically.
>> They don't do that by solving equations though. I agree with Plato that
>> God is a mathematician but he has other interests as well!
>> Shalom
>> George
>> http://home.roadrunner.com/~scitheologyglm
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>>> Hi George,
>>>> Again you of course know a lot more about oil production than I. But
>>>> when I take a quick look at a discussion of Hubbert's math at
>>>> http://wolf.readinglitho.co.uk/subpages/hubbertmaths/hubbertmaths.html
>>>> I see a slightly wavy curve of P/Q vs Q and the phrase "Let us fit a
>>>> straight line to this set of dots from 1958 on ..." . Now I understand
>>>> that Hubbert's original analysis was more complex but what's being done
>>>> here looks like making the simplest - linear - mathematical description
>>>> of what is really a pretty complex phenomenon in order to predict, not
>>>> the precise future state of the system but one crucial feature of
>>>> particular interest. I would be very surprised if the real dynamics of
>>>> oil production - if we could have a precise mathematical description -
>>>> is really describable with strictly linear equations. If it is, please
>>>> enlighten my ignorance by showing me that it is or referring me to an
>>>> appropriate source.
>>> .
>>> I will absolutely grant that you know more math than I. But, Hubbert's
>>> equation works and it is linear. The situation in oil production is
>>> complex only because of political decisions made by country leaders to
>>> restrict production or open the taps. Hubbert predicted a world peak
>>> oil in 1995. The only reason that that prediction didn't happen was
>>> because in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the world became incredibly
>>> more energy efficient due to the high prices of oil. But all that did
>>> was push the peak back about 10-15 years. I think we have peaked
>>> because of the current down turn. We will never catch up again with the
>>> decline because we are not drilling as much now. we were barely keeping
>>> up with production when we were drilling all out. Now that we aren't,
>>> world oil supply, defined as the amount of oil coming to market per day
>>> will decline rather quickly. Buckle your belts.
>>>> Similarly for the other systems I mentioned. What is the justification
>>>> for saying that the dynamics of a presidential election or a MLB season
>>>> are linear? To the extent that the term is meaningful, I suspect that
>>>> the dynamics of all complex systems involving human beings are
>>>> "nonlinear." A group of 50 Indians confronting 50 Pakistanis isn't
>>>> just 50 times a 1 on 1 meeting between an Indian and a Pakistani.
>>> I didn't say that the presidential election was linear.
>>>> In discussing elections it's significant that you put "equation" in
>>>> quotes - and never actually write down any. That's because you don't
>>>> have any. You have relationships that to some extent are
>>>> semi-quantitative but you don't have A = B relationships. & unless you
>>>> do, the terms "linear" & "nonlinear" can be used only in the loose (but
>>>> I hope meaningful) way I did in the previous paragraph. & since you
>>>> don't have real equations, the concepts of chaos theory can also be
>>>> applied only in a loose way - which is not to say that they might not
>>>> be of some value if you're careful.
>>> George, those are the kinds of systems that Tetlock studied--those
>>> lacking the kinds of equations you seem to want. That is why experts
>>> aren't any good.
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First unveiled during IFA 2012 in Berlin, Germany, the IdeaTab A2109 is one of tworecently released Android 4.0 tablets from Lenovo.
Currently, it's available at Best Buy for about $300, but despite its inexpensive retail value and zippy quad-core processor, the device isn't up to par compared with other tablets within the same price bracket.
For starters, its screen quality is ho-hum, its rear-facing camera is mediocre at best, and while the build itself is sturdy, it has a bulky build. These setbacks don't make up for the A2109's speedy experience, and they're what keep this tablet from being a real winner.
Held in landscape mode, the Lenovo IdeaTab A2109 is 6.45 inches tall, 9.33 inches wide, and 0.46 inch thick. Weighing about 1.26 pounds, it's comfortable to hold with two hands and it can fit easily in a small shoulder bag or backpack.
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The device has rounded corners, tapered edges, and a silver-grayish plastic build. Though I am a fan of the smooth brushed-chrome finish (which gives it a more luxurious feel), the whole design is reminiscent of the first-generation iPad. And after spending time with it, I discovered that the A2109 is bulky, which doesn't make it great for butterfingers. The backplate's slick surface, in combination with the device's thick profile, prove to be slippery and unwieldy. I almost dropped it a few times while fussing with it.
To the left are a volume rocker, an orientation lock toggle switch, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Up top is a sleep/power button and on the right are a Micro-HDMI port and a Micro-USB port.
The back houses two speakers and a 3-megapixel camera, which can shoot in 1080p video. To gain access to the microSD card slot, use the small indentation at the top of the tablet to pry off the darker-colored strip of plastic that covers the speakers and camera lens. Though I was able to eventually figure out where the microSD was, its hidden location isn't intuitive and it can leave many users confused.
The IdeaTab A2109 has a 9-inch LED 4-point touch screen with a 1,280x800-pixel resolution and a 16:10 aspect ratio. Above it is a 1.3-megapixel camera.
The device's build quality is fairly sturdy, and I didn't see any loose seams or uneven component edges. If you press against the back hard enough, you will notice screen warping; especially near the center of the display. However, all in all, the A2109's construction is on a par with its price tag. It definitely doesn't look like a high-end tablet, but it's solid enough to survive daily use.
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Out of the box, the IdeaTab A2109 natively runs Android 4.0.4, so expect the usual slew of Google apps including Chrome, Gmail, Latitude, Local, Plus, Messenger, Maps with Navigation, Play Books, Movies, Music, and Store, Talk, and YouTube.
There are also a few uncommon apps like Lenovo's app portal; the mobile office suite, Docs To Go; Evernote; the gaming portal, GameTanium; a movie editor; the magazine app Zinio; an optional second keyboard user interface from Go Keyboard; and the popular game, Cut the Rope.
In addition, Lenovo overlaid its own skin on top of the vanilla Ice Cream Sandwich user interface. While I do enjoy the cube-like home-screen motion, I personally find some of its widgets to be extremely unattractive. They had a boxy design, and the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi widget shortcuts looked especially dated and drab.


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According to reports out of China, a man in Guangzhou phoned the police because he thought the Spicy McChicken he ordered was too darn spicy.
After getting his food, the man sat down and took a bite. Website The Nanfang reports that the man seemed surprised by his sandwich, so he called over a McDonald's employee to take a bite. Then, supposedly, the hot-mouthed man called the police!
When the police arrived, the officer tried to get the man to calm down. The McDonald's even went the extra mile, giving him a cola and some grilled chicken legs.
As The Nanfang points out, most people online in China think this guy has mental problems (or maybe he just thought he ordered a regular McChicken?), but did note that he was able to score two meals for the price of one. Don't forget internet fame—he got that, too!
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Four Nebraskans Living Big 12 Wrestling Dreams
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Mark Manning says Saturday's Big 12 Championship meet at the NU Coliseum is the wrestling equivalent of a BCS Bowl game, and Nebraska's head coach can't help but see an extra sparkle in the eyes of four of his 10 starters.
Redshirt freshman Andy Pokorny (125), redshirt sophomore Matt Vacanti (133), senior Brandon Browne (174) and junior Craig Brester (197) have extra incentive to perform before what's expected to be a near sellout crowd and a regional television audience on Fox Sports Midwest.
All four are native Nebraskans – Pokorny, a three-time state champion from Bennington; Vacanti, a four-time state champion from Papillion; Brown, a two-time state champion from Plattsmouth; and Brester, a two-time state champion from Howells.
Interestingly, Brown (24-3) and Brester (27-3), a pair of walk-ons, are two of the three highest ranked wrestlers on Nebraska's fourth-ranked team.
"They epitomize what this program is all about," Manning said of Brester, who's ranked second nationally and Brown, who, like 157-pound teammate Jordan Burroughs (28-0), is ranked third nationally.
"Brandon and Craig are walk-ons whose stories are similar to the ones you always hear about in football," Manning said. "They weren't the most talented guys when they walked into the room, but they've developed themselves through great commitment and sheer heart. They're just hard-working, down-to-earth young men who reflect those good, old-fashioned, Midwestern values.
From Walk-Ons to All-Americans, Title Contenders
"They've made themselves better and are absolute joys to coach," Manning said. "They've worked hard to become All-Americans and have a good chance not only to win a Big 12 individual title, but an NCAA championship as well."
Manning says both Brown and Brester now belong in the same gifted category as Bryan Snyder, Nebraska's only four-time Big 12 champion (1999-2000-2001-2002) who also won All-America honors four times.
"I say that only because Bryan Snyder came here (from Easton, Pa.) as the top 134-pound recruit in the country," Manning said. "Don't get me wrong. Bryan was a joy to coach, too. I'm just saying there's more than one way to get to the top, and Brandon and Craig have both come up the hard way. Brandon's already won a Big 12 title (last year), and Craig has a great chance to win this weekend after finishing second as a freshman and sophomore."
Brester can't help but chuckle when he hears his name in the same sentence with Snyder's. "I was in grade school when I started coming to Lincoln to see Brad Vering wrestle," he said. "Since he was from Howells, he was the No. 1 figure for me, but I was always asking Bryan Snyder for his autograph, too. I'd come to every dual and ask him to sign something again and again and again."
Now, Brester is the one whose name is on the marquee. The two-time Academic All-Big 12 first-team selection and 2008 All-American is now looking up to only one wrestler. Iowa State's Jake Varner is ranked No. 1 nationally at 197. Brester is ranked second, and Missouri's Max Askren is ranked fourth.
All three are juniors, so something has to give Saturday. "I've been in the Big 12 finals the last two years, but I haven't won a Big 12 championship yet," said Brester, who estimates that more than 100 fans will make the trip to Lincoln from his hometown.
"Maybe our fans will get wild and crazy and get the Coliseum going like they do for volleyball games," Brester said with a laugh. "That would be cool."
Huskers Are Used to 'Sticking Our Nose in There'
Five of the top 11 NCAA wresters in Brester's weight class are in the Big 12. "Like Coach Manning says, Saturday is a mini-national tournament," Brester said. "That's what's so great about this conference. We wrestle tough guys and tough teams every week, so we know we can stick our nose in there and wrestle anyone. It's just a matter of going out there now and being disciplined enough – and tough enough – to lay it all on the line."
Manning's intense practices are designed to make sure that happens. By the time they're over, even the head coach is sweating because some of his instructional pointers become live physical contact.
No wonder Brester had battle scars on his left eye Tuesday. "We go at it hard here," he said. "I've been wrestling different guys all week. Romero Cotton's athleticism has definitely helped me. So have Josh Ihnen and Cameron Browne. All of them push me hard, and we're just now starting to taper off for the tournament."
Nebraska athletic officials announced Wednesday that nearly 2,500 Big 12 wrestling tickets have been sold in advance. "With a nice walk-up crowd, we might push 3,500," said Nebraska Associate Athletic Director Bob Burton. "Capacity is 4,000, so it should be a great atmosphere."
And feature great wrestling. "Over the last four or five years, the Big 12 has been the toughest conference wrestling tournament in the country," Manning said. "Fans will definitely get their money's worth. When they come to this meet, they'll see several potential world and Olympic champions. This is a great time for the Big 12 to showcase wrestling, and here we have it right in our own backyard. We're going to end up with more than 37 national qualifiers. If I was a betting man, I'd be all in on that one."
Cyclones Favored Over Huskers, Tigers
Third-ranked Iowa State is favored, but the fourth-ranked Huskers and fifth-ranked Missouri have enough talent to challenge the Cyclones. "It's going to be a dogfight," Manning predicted. "There will be big matches right out of the gate. In some classes, it's going to be a war for fourth and fifth seeds not only because they'll help determine who wins the tournament, but also because of who goes to nationals."
In Brester's weight class, all five wrestlers already have qualified for nationals, so it's more a matter of seeding than the pressure to qualify.
Pokorny (9-16) and Vacanti (18-14) will be bucking considerable odds to qualify, but both young Huskers are at least healthy.
Last season, heart problems sidelined Pokorny, and an anterior crucial ligament knee injury forced Vacanti to redshirt.
"I'm just excited to compete," Vacanti said. "Like Craig, Brandon and Andy, I've been a die-hard Husker since I was a little kid. We're all living our dreams, and all we can do is the very best we can."


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British companies have grown more optimistic about the economy in recent months as a recovery, increasingly aided by a central bank funding scheme, is gathering pace, a leading business lobby said on Monday.
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said businesses' view of the future had shifted slightly, although it kept its forecasts for the country's economic growth unchanged from February at 1 percent in 2013 and 2 percent in 2014.
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"Amongst CBI companies, there's a general sense that the forward mood has brightened a little," John Cridland, CBI director-general, told reporters.
His assessment that the economy is moving "from flat to growth" chimes with surveys showing a strengthening in the services, manufacturing and construction sectors in April, building on a rebound in gross domestic product in the first three months of the year.
The CBI predicts that quarterly GDP growth will speed up from 0.3 percent in the first and second quarters of the year to 0.4 percent in the third and fourth and to 0.5-0.6 percent in 2014.
The Funding for Lending Scheme has had a positive, if so far uneven, impact on the economy and will support it further as the year goes on, according to the lobby, whose members employ around a third of Britain's private-sector workforce.
The Bank of England launched the scheme last year, providing banks with cheap funding to encourage them to lend in the hope it will boost the flow of credit to households and businesses and ease what it sees as a major brake on Britain's recovery.
Policymakers rejigged the scheme last month, giving banks greater incentives to lend to small and medium-sized firms, which complain they are starved of credit. They also extended it by another year until the end of January 2015.
Cridland welcomed the extension in particular, noting that it "inevitably" took longer for the money to affect loans to small firms than was the case with mortgages.
"But when I talk to small businesses, they are already seeing the benefit on cost (of credit), and lower cost leads to more availability," he said.
"And when I talk to banks ... they are quietly optimistic that, as the months go on, for them the Funding for Lending enables them to do more lending."
A majority of economists polled by Reuters after the lending scheme was revamped also said it would be effective.
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