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Demons of "Stupity"
I'm sure this will be shocking to absolutely none of you, but I've always been a big Dilbert fan. Probably because he reminds me so much of my Dad, who I think is an engineer, but to this day I couldn't tell you exactly what he does for a living. (Words like "quality" and "resource" and "Brillouin-Scattering Centro-Symmetrical Birefringence" factor in there somehow, I believe.)
Anyway, for those of you not familiar with the strip, Dilbert's dog Dogbert likes to go around exorcising people of their stupidity, like so:
Which is pretty hilarious, and also what Leni's coworkers wanted on their department manager's birthday cake.
Instead, they got this:


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This eerie patch of blackness in the middle of a busy star cluster may look like a rather misshapen black hole, but it's actually something even stranger. It's also quite possibly the loneliest, darkest, coldest place in the entire cosmos.
This is Barnard 68, and it's what's known as a dark molecular cloud. Basically, the dust and gas that makes up Barnard 68 is so tightly packed together that it blocks out all the light behind it. The result might look like some alien civilization tore apart the fabric of the universe and opening up a gateway to the howling void, but thankfully - or unfortunately, I guess, depending on how you feel about the howling void - it's just gas. Make that a lot of gas.
Here's some additional info on this particular patch of darkness:
The eerily dark surroundings help make the interiors of molecular clouds some of the coldest and most isolated places in the universe. One of the most notable of these dark absorption nebulae is a cloud toward the constellation Ophiuchus known as Barnard 68, pictured above. That no stars are visible in the center indicates that Barnard 68 is relatively nearby, with measurements placing it about 500 light-years away and half a light-year across. It is not known exactly how molecular clouds like Barnard 68 form, but it is known that these clouds are themselves likely places for new stars to form. In fact, Barnard 68 itself has been found likely to collapse and form a new star system.
It should be pointed out that this molecular cloud only looks pitch black in the optical wavelengths that are familiar to us. Venture into different wavelengths, such as infrared, and you can see the stars behind Barnard 68 just fine, as you can see here.
Via NASA. Photo of Mesopotamian rock relief by dyanmosquito on Flickr.

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All twitchers will experience it at some stage or another. That most dreaded of disappointments. The dip. For those that might not fully comprehend, the birding slang-term to "dip" or to "dip out on" a bird is to go looking for a particular species and not find it. That bird can then be referred to as a"dip", the noun version of the word. There are small dips, big dips, memorable dips, disastrous dips, expensive dips, exhausting dips, sad dips. You get the picture. Dips are not cool. They can be interpreted mathematically by this simple equation: Bird: 1 ; Birder: 0. Dips are spoken about in hushed tones, if spoken about at all. Some competing birders take delight in the dips of fellow twitchers. And many a birder has been given the death-stare by his/her fellow birders for even mentioning the word on a twitch for a particularly rare species. But some dips are so significant that they become the stuff of legend. Most birders prefer not to recollect their biggest dips but I convinced a few well-known birders to share theirs. And I'll start with mine, although it literally pains to recall…
It was 2003 and a Common Redstart was reported from the Nossob Rest Camp in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in northern South Africa. I was only one bird shy of the magical 800 number for my Southern African bird list and this was a species that would allow me entry into the exclusive 800 Club (with unlimited access to any airport lounge across the globe, free First Class upgrades on 72 different airlines and a free meal at KFC). So I pleaded with the wife, who was well-pregnant with our first child, and she reluctantly agreed to let me go as long as I was back soon. No problem. It was only 750 miles away from my home in Cape Town. Nothing that couldn't be achieved through dogged determination and Redbull! Off I went. The bird had been reported the very day I left and I made surprisingly good time, arriving in Nossob in the evening after about 15 hours of straight driving. Two days later I was still searching. Nothing. And then my wife called to say she was in hospital in premature labor!! Back in the car, back to Cape Town at break-neck speed. An unhappy wife, 1,500 miles later and the biggest dip of my birding career! When I finally got to 800, all club benefits had been cancelled due to some loophole in the 800 Club benefits program. Common Redstart 1; James Currie 0.
Common Redstart by Frank Mclintock
Gavin Bieber reports his biggest dip as follows. It was late October 1999 and Millennium Fever was in the air. But there was something else in the air too, Twitching Fever. And Gav had a severe dose of the latter. A Eurasian Dotterel had been reported from Ocean Shores, Washington. This bird had only been recorded in the United States a few times and was listed as a Code 4 by the American Birding Association (Code 4 translates into "make plans to twitch now" for many American birders). Problem was Gavin was in Victoria, Canada over 500 miles away. A different country separated by lots of water. Not to be deterred he drove from Victoria to the ferry. Then paid $60 for the ferry to Vancouver. Then crossed the border and drove the remaining 300 miles or so to Ocean Shores where he arrived at midnight and slept in the car. The next day the bird was nowhere to be found. It was seen every day for two weeks on either side of that one fateful day in late October 1999. Eurasian Dotterel 1, Gavin Bieber 0.
Not to be outdone by Gavin, Paul and Anita Guris were outfoxed by a Cuban vagrant not once but twice! In fact it was two weekends in a row in March of 1995. The bird in question was a Cuban Pewee that had showed up in Spanish River Park, close to where I now live in Palm Beach County Florida. Unlike Gavin's bird, the Cuban Pewee was an ABA Code 5 (translates into "forget about any plans and leave immediately" for many hard-core birders). This was in fact the very first record of Cuban Pewee in the ABA area and would have been classed back then as a once-in-a-lifetime Mega-tick! And these two frenetic birders were all over it! This is how it worked out for Paul and Anita:
Chase #1: Drove from Blue Bell, Pennsylvania to Boca Raton, FL. Roughly 1,200 miles and 18 hours. The bird was seen the day before. Drove back 1,200 miles and 18 hours.
Chase #2: Bird was spotted again. Drove to Philadelphia. Int'l Airport, flew to Orlando, FL on a discount airline full of screaming kids and drunken parents headed for Disney so it felt like weeks. To quote Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny, "Oh my gawd! What a frikkin' nightmare!". Then drove four hours to Boca Raton, FL. Missed the bird AGAIN. Anita still makes impolite noises when the name of this species comes up. Cuban Pewee 2; Paul and Anita Guris 0
Mike Freiberg couldn't believe his luck when he had the opportunity to chase two Code 4 rarities not too far from his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I say not too far because he only had to drive several hundred miles for both birds, spending fourteen hours searching and driving like a mad man. First he drove to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware to twitch a possible Little Egret that had showed up. No luck but Mike knew he could get the "predictable" Kelp Gull at Sandgates, Maryland as the tide began to pull out at Bombay. The predictable Kelp Gull never showed up in the four hours he spent at Sandgates. At that point, the tide was changing to high tide in Delaware so he wisely decided to chase the Little Egret, again. As he was pulling into Bombay Hook he met some birders who told him that the egret roost ahead of us had the bird in question. He pulled up, the only birder there besides his uncle who had come along for the ride. Well, as he got out the car he inadvertently slammed the door and 300 egrets took flight. Major disappointment. Little Egret 2; Mike Freiberg 0. Kelp Gull 1; Mike Freiberg 0.
Kelp Gull by Duncan Wright
Dave Faike lived up to his last name when he went on a fake dip. Its one thing to dip. But a fake dip! C'mon, how much worse can that get! Dave writes as follows, "I vividly recall driving for a couple of days one January, over icy roads through intermittent snows during bitter cold temperatures and bracing winds, from Central Idaho across 630 miles (one-way) of sagebrush-covered high desert in the middle of nowhere to whatever refuge was located in S.Oregon in order to search for an RBA-posted, confirmed Whooping Swan, spending hours observing virtually every swan from various vantage points around a mostly frozen refuge, four-wheeling down snow-covered roads, freezing ears, noses, lips toes and fingertips off, staying overnight in that ratty little motel .. only to conclude that somebody had misidentified a Bewick's Tundra Swan. I also remember watching a car loaded with birders arrive the following morning, use their window-mounted spotting scopes from the confines of their vehicle without ever turning off its motor, eventually spot the same Bewick's Swan, high-five each other and drive away." C'mon! Bewick's Swan 1; Dave Faike 0.
Rich Hoyer, like Paul and Anita, dipped twice in close succession. The bird in question? A Fork-tailed Flycatcher. Rich acidly writes the following, "Total miles driven in two attempts: 720. First time left Bandon Oregon late morning. Next day from Corvallis, Oregon. Destination: Ilwaco, Washington. First drive was 7 hours, there 3.5 hours back. Second was 3.5 hours each way, total 17.5 hours driving on the 13th and 14th September 2005. Bird was found on the 12th, and again after I left there on the 13th. So I returned the next day but it was never seen. I still haven't seen it in the U.S." And all this – just for a Code 3 bird. Talk about a nemesis-bird Rich! Fork-tailed Flycatcher 1; Rich Hoyer 0.
A Fork-tailed Flycatcher by Corey Finger
And lastly, I had to include Richard Crossley's two biggest dips. Both for the same beautiful bird – a Ross's Gull. Way back when he was still young and handsome, he hitchhiked from Plymouth, England to Cley, Norfolk – 750 miles round-trip. Always concerned with his own personal safety, he only hitchhiked at night so he could bird during the day. Needless to say he dipped. His second attempt for Ross's Gull was to Filey Brig in Yorkshire. It was a freezing night. After some great hitching, he arrived in the middle of the night, frozen and shaking like a leaf and was left with no choice but to 'borrow' someone's car til daybreak. After spending all day there without seeing the bird, it was a long 350 miles back. (700 miles total). His third try for Ross's Gull was from Plymouth to Thurso – from the southern tip of England to the northern tip of Scotland (1,600 miles round-trip). After about a total of 3,000 miles hitching on freezing winter nights, he finally got it but not without sacrifice.On the way home from Thurso he got propositioned for his troubles by a male driver looking for love who generously offered him 50 pounds. Richard writes that even though he was flat-broke, he didn't give in! On this occasion at least. Of course, a few years later a Ross's Gull turned up 400 meters from where he lived in Plymouth. Ross's Gull 2; Rich Crossley 1; Creepy Driver 0.
We would love to hear your dips so comment below!
Hey Jimbo, my biggest dip nightmare always happens in early autumn, when I head down to the atlantic seaboard beach of llanduhdno in search of the african red breasted tits, only to find that they've migrated for the winter, that really makes me twitch like mal.
My nightmare bird has been Little Gull. It is a good but not major rarity here in California. I have chased Little Gulls 10-15 times and missed every time. The most memorable was on a rarity chase trip I made to Southern California in 2004 with a friend. There were TWO Little Gulls wintering at Prado Regional Park on the lake along with over a thousand Bonaparte's Gull. On the day we arrived the birds had been seen daily for a few weeks(and would reappear for weeks after) and we set up to scope the Bonys. After 4-5 hours of scoping every gull on the lake, during which time we relocated a Black-legged Kittiwake that had been seen by only one observer, and wasting most of that day of chasing we gave up. I still have not seen a Little Gull. Little Gull: 10; Cliff Hawley: 0.
Never heard of them called "dips", although I have certainly had my share. But the term still doesn't capture the sense properly for me – maybe Homer Simpsons "Doh!" is closer…
As a birder of over 40 years, my enthusiasm has variously waxed and waned, and my life lists remain modest by current standards (>520 in US lower 48; >1130 worldwide). The upside, I feel, to such intermittent passion has been that my compulsion has not gotten too far out of hand.
Not to rain on any parties, but I personally have a conflict with being a "bird lover" who adores the object to death. That the observer impacts the phenomena is a scientific truth, a practical fact, and a moral consideration. So I have incorporated into my birding the goal of trying to see more birds for fewer resources, particulary miles of excess travel (i.e., added global footprint). My lifetime average is now about 33 miles and $14 per tick. I have thereby convinced myself that my birding is pretty reasonable indulgence, as modern entertainment goes.
The average cost, of course, only increases, but the average mileage has actually declined somewhat in recent years. Average mileage has gone down as I decline to chase local rarities, strive to make the most of day-to-day opportunities, and take the occasional bird-rich vacation to a new and distant locale. I find it less stressful and more satisfying to see a common species where it is common (and in settings more interesting) than to see it as a vagrant that has crossed some arbitrary geopolitical boundary.
This strategy allows me to always have another great (if not BIG) year of new birds to look forward to – in case passions run high!
Cheers and good birding!
Bob Fuld, CT USA
A few years back I ditched a friend's birthday party to chase a Smew near Sonora, California. I drove half the night and was at the pond at the crack of dawn. I stuck around until noon, then I figured that the bird had left and it would behoove me to make the 6.5 hour drive home in the daylight. Of course the thing showed up a half hour after I left!
That's my only savage dip to date, and I know I'm overdue for another one after knocking out some of our better rarities in the last few years, including Ross', Ivory, and Little Gulls.
We dipped on a Dipper in the UK last time we were there in 1994!
I was once o for 3 chasing a Northern Hawk Owl in upstate New York, but finally got it.
My worst "dip" has to be the Smith's Longspur on Long Island a few years ago. Corey Finger and I had made plans on Presidents Days to drive down from Albany and find this bird which had been very reliable both before and after the day we were there. Man was it cold, and we found many Lapland Longspurs, but the Smith's was not found. It was also the day I got to meet the famous Mike Bergin for the 1st time. So maybe it wasn't a complete loss…
@Dingo Behavior I got that Smew in Sonora. Of course that was after missing the bird that had been in Tracy a couple of years earlier. I sat under that gross bridge that smelled like urine for a few hours hoping for a fly-by and saw no diving ducks at all.
California's first Ross's Gull was at the Salton Sea. Ryan Terrill, Leigh Lindstrom and I arrived at Red Hill Marina shortly before day break to see tens of birders jumping up and down and waving while we drove in. We parked, got out, and were asked excitedly "Did you see it? Did you see it?" Apparently the bird flew over our heads while we were driving in, and was never seen again, despite an all-day vigil. So, The Ross's Gull saw me, but I did not see it.
[…] after two visits and trekking the entire 2.8 miles around the lake, we lost the bet and "dipped" on the redpolls. Redpolls 1; Us […]
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The Wedding Music Around The World's
Here Comes the bride to be might be performed at each wedding you attend, but that is and not the situation all over the world. Wedding music traditions change from nation to nation, as well as in one religion to a different inside the same country.
Here Comes the bride to be continues to be a popular for that bride's walk lower the aisle, but Pachelbel's Canon in D Major has turned into a close contender. Songs include hymns, popular music, and classic music…essentially regardless of the couple desires, as lengthy because the event venue does not stop it. In The Usa, weddings might be held anywhere, as lengthy like a minister or justice from the peace conducts the ceremony and proper documents is filed using the government.
Much like in the usa, Here Comes the bride to be may be the song preferred by the bride's entrance. British weddings are extremely walked in custom and tradition, a lot of brides might want to use a harpist. In England, law requires weddings to become locked in an authorized place-mostly places of worship. Like Americans, British weddings could have a mixture of music, but British events are often very traditional and formal.
Pachelbel's Canon in D Major is popular here, along with lots of the standard love ballads used at wedding events in the usa. One factor that differs around australia may be the signing ceremony, that also can involve music. In the finish from the ceremony, the pair signs the marriage certificate while everybody watches. British events may incorporate instruments for example bagpipes along with a didgeridoo.
The standard Japanese wedding is known as a shinzen shiki, a ceremony conducted with a Shinto Priest along with a shrine assistant. The wedding couple either can put on an outfit and tuxedo or traditional Japanese wedding garb, with a kimono and hakama. These traditional weddings use flutes and drums. Summer time Candle lights and Dolphin Ring by Anri are generally popular wedding songs. Much like American and British weddings, Japanese weddings include sappy love songs.
As the Mexican marriage ceremony might be serious and traditional, the reception is really a full party, with salsa and mariachi music getting everybody on their own ft. Mariachi music involves a multitude of music, including guitars, drums, as well as violins. Canon in D Major can also be popular for that bride's processional here.
It ought to be no real surprise that bagpipes are famous Irish weddings. A lot of couples are selecting to recognition their country's wealthy tradition, so Celtic music is extremely famous Irish weddings. The Irish Wedding Song is frequently performed at receptions and Danny Boy and Irish Eyes Are Smiling will always be popular at gatherings in Ireland.
White-colored gowns don't have any place in a Hindu wedding. The bride to be typically wears an attractive red sari so they cover her ft and hands in henna tattoos, referred to as henna staining in India. Music plays a leading role within the Hindu marriage ceremony and lots of popular wedding songs (including Aaj Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai) happen to be utilized in Bollywood movies. The marriage ceremony and publish-ceremony are extremely involved and could serve you for a couple of days, such as the bride departing her groom to participate her new family and also the wedding ceremony welcoming the bride to be to her new house.
Music offers the backdrop for those wedding events. Wherever the wedding is placed, the sensation of wealthy tradition remains the same. Came From Here Comes the bride to be to Aaj Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai, brides around the globe are celebrating their love with music.
The Music Story of the 70s
The 70′s exactly what a great decade for music as well as for music enthusiasts too. Music from the 70′s has already established lots of affect on the background music we pay attention to today not to mention there are several people who still have several the most popular 70′s records and pay attention to them still. A few of the genres that actually arrived to their very own within the 1970′s are Classic Rock, Disco, Southern Rock, Punk Rock, and also the birth of Heavy Metal And Rock even though it was initially referred to as Hard Rock too. Whether you had been born right into a more youthful generation there's most likely a 70′s song or album that you simply pay attention to so lets consider some good albums from the 70′s.
Most likely, concerning the music from the 70′s the background music genre most carefully associated with that American decade is Disco, which really came on strong within the mainstream following the film "Saturday Night Fever". The soundtrack from that movie continued to get among the finest selling albums ever too. Moving Stone magazine in 2003 placed the album on their own 500 finest albums of occasions list, as well as in exactly the same year, VH1 known as it the 57th finest album ever. With songs like "Remaining Alive", "Night Fever", "Basically Can't Have You EverInch, and "Boogie Footwear" it is no wonder this album soared to the peak.
Another genre that actually elevated in recognition throughout the 1970′s is Southern Rock. There have been an entire slew of Southern Rock bands within the 70′s that actually exploded onto that music scene too. Bands such as the Allman Siblings, The Outlaws, and Molly Hatchet made some good music, but those who elevated the bar of Southern Rock music from the 70′s is the one and only Lynyrd Skynyrd. Lynyrd Skynyrd had four platinum albums within the 70′s, three which went double platinum. Street Survivors however, showcased the three-guitar attack of Gaines, Collins, and Rossington behind Ronnie van Zant that other artists attempt to copy today making Street Survivor their most significant album within the 70′s.
The genre of Progressive Rock is yet another type of music that although born of Psychedelic Rock within the 60′s, made its bones on the rear of earlier artists within the 70′s. Bands like ELO, Utopia, Kansas, and Hurry moved in to the forefront from the genre maintaining the main of the listeners, while making Prog Rock Top 40 friendly too. Of all of the bands pointed out Hurry is really the conventional through which other Prog Rock bands are measured by. Possibly their most critical contribution in vinyl to music from the 70′s may be the bands album "2112″, and also the boss track with that album "Passage to Bangkok"
All of the the genres we will discuss is obviously Heavy Metal And Rock, which assaulted Rock 'n roll and went mainstream within the 70′s Motorhead, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden found a house inside the genre making fantastic music, however the band that managed to get all possible is obviously Black Sabbath. The album "Black Sabbath" may be the undisputed father of Heavy Metal And Rock music from the 70s in addition to Heavy Metal And Rock 70′s records. The 3 tracks that everybody mentions when discussing this musical masterpiece are "N.I.B.", "Black Sabbath", and "Warning" and all sorts of agree this album may be the finest ever from the 1970′s Metal scene.
How Has Technology Influenced Music
The 1990s observed probably the most rapid rates of technology within the twentieth century. A movement which spurred a rise in the supply of media and helped usher within an era where music was formed by emerging technologies, transforming not just the songs from the 90s, but altering the field of music for that decades ahead.
In the epicenter from the new wave of technologies within the 90s was digital revolution. Bulky, single-purpose cell phones were substituted for smaller sized devices loaded with a lot of embedded functionality. The web increased tremendously from anonymity to become digital communication and knowledge web adopted by 50% of Western Countries. Assisting to boost the dominance from the internet was Intel's development of the Pentium nick. For his or her part, computing devices manufacturers added staples for their pc choices for example CD burners and CD Rom drives.
Using the onslaught of recent technology came a change from the songs from the 90s. The 1990s heralded the beginning from the boy band, teen pop sensations, commercial and sampled hip-hop music tracks. Even armchair musicians would obtain a opportunity to make higher musical contributions using the glut in musical technology because it grew to become feasible for a broader quantity of musicians to create electronic music. What began out sounding like dance music was progressively less targeted for the dance-floor audience and much more towards home listeners. This genre later grew to become referred to as "Electronica", or perhaps in its slower manifestations, "Chill-out" or "Ambient music".
At the end of spring 1998, the very first Music player was launched, plus the 32 and 64MB Audio players. Through the mid 2000′s the Mp3 format would overtake the CD player in recognition. Early adopters from the technology – mostly more youthful music audiences could be because of the chance to endorse their preferred music tastes — the pop songs from the 90s, catapulting celebrities in to the place-light. Unsurprisingly, between 1997 and 1999, American teen celebrities and groups were extremely popular, with a few of the popular functions to be the Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, 98 Levels, Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears. This scene targeted the more youthful people of Generation Y.
Today, technology is constantly on the play an important role in deciding which music we allow into your own space. The web and new media have built on the top from the foundations set within the 1990s getting better use of talent that may go undiscovered previously. Songs from the 90s stimulate a feeling of nostalgia of possibly the last decade where the dominant music genres nowadays remained as within their infancy.
How Does Music Influence People's Behavior?
It's not obvious how music influences the person. Some experts insist that music and musicians influence youthful people. Other sources insist that particular individuals react to particular kinds of music and musical expression. In either case, today's youth can easily see how their most favorite musicians dress and behave, in public as well as in private, through the multiple media sources that are constantly monitoring the earth's celebrities. Youthful people may then want to change their very own appearance and behavior to mirror the music performer and musical style they most recognize.
Two separate, but related, theories let you know that individuals connect with and go to town through music. Social identity theory signifies that individuals "borrow" their identity in the society that they live. People adopting of the group identity through music is really a method for that individual to adapt towards the ideals, goals, and norms from the society in general. The alternative of social identity theory states that a lot of people want to behave in a fashion that is unlike societal norms. These folks choose to adopt their very own style and stand out from everybody else. This really is known as personal identity theory. These theories are interrelated because, despite the fact that personal identity theory identifies the person facets of expression, the individual continues to be identifying as part of a sub-group.
Youthful people are more inclined to sign up for different types of identification through music especially individuals forms that my not comply with the bigger society. As youthful people undertake the adolescent many into youthful their adult years, they are more inclined to explore and test out their very own identity through music than seniors, who've likely settled into one genre they recognize. Searching at music in this manner causes it to be simpler to determine the way it happens to be, and stays, a socializing agent a means for youthful individuals to explore their independence because they escape from the authority of the parents.
This angle on music can hide the influence that music is wearing children. The background music of history century has performed a huge role within the lives of youthful adults, yet music might be getting a growing impact on people who are even more youthful. Keep in mind that music happens to be a fundamental part of every society. Youngsters are socialized through songs which are distributed to them at many ages. Children's songs is often as simple as songs that educate fundamental information, for example ABC's and 123′s, plus they can educate social skills and acceptable behavior (think Sesame Street and Barney). Still, children have the same music that youthful adults get access to and often this music isn't age-appropriate. This phenomenon has ushered within the debates if contact with certain musical influences is getting a dangerous impact on the country's youth.
Interestingly, one study finds that females are more inclined to be affected by music than males, although both genders find expression through music satisfying. This can be because females are usually socialized as people of the societal group and men're typically asked to be self-sufficient. The study's authors think that the socialization process makes females weaker to musical influences than males.


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"Scenes in Central Park" by Chinon Maria
"Scenes in Central Park" by Chinon Maria
Hand embellished antique engraving
Dimensions 6.5" x 9"
Frame 14" x 16.5"
Signed and dated by artist
Chinòn Maria was born and raised in the Green Mountains of Vermont. She first began cultivating her creative path by secretly drawing and painting on the walls of her home. She attended the Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art in France, undergraduate programs through the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated with a BFA from Montana State University. Previously a professional alpine skier, Chinòn Maria began a career in the arts immediately after her retirement from competitive sports at 24.
Her Colombian roots have greatly impacted her use of a vibrant colorful palette while her life long influences of drag queens, urban street art, textile design, the golden age of animation and the fashion industry are present throughout her work. Committed to the social responsibility of being an artist, much of her work sheds light on topics concerning the perceptions of gender, race and sexuality. An advocate of art education for children, Chinòn Maria regularly involves communities to be part of her murals to actively inspire youth through creativity.
Today, she splits her time between New York and Europe. She likes to skip, wear big bows, and sometimes red lipstick.
Chinòn Maria has exhibited her work internationally in galleries and on walls throughout North America, South America and Europe.


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The Fastest Growing Emerging Economies Are Also Those With The Weakest IP Laws
from the like-exactly-the-opposite-of-the-talking-points-no-one-believes-anyway deptEvery time the major players in the copyright industries kick off another push for more legislation, enforcement or protection, they make grandiose claims about how much IP-intensive industries contribute to the economy. "Millions of jobs generating billions in revenue, a small portion of it taxable!" they shout proudly in the direction of the nearest legislator or ICE agent. If IP protection was weakened in the slightest, the nation's entire economy would likely collapse.
IP is innovation, according to these industries. Weak IP laws lead to weak economies. This entertainment industry trope, filled with questionable numbers, is used to justify the endless push for draconian IP enforcement and stiff legal and civil penalties for infringement. But evidence to the contrary continues to mount, punching holes in the IP industries' favorite narrative.
Kevin Smith, Duke University's Scholarly Communications Officer, came across two recent articles which, when combined, seem to draw exactly the opposite conclusion: strong IP laws may very well be detrimental to economic growth. (via The Digital Reader)
Yesterday, Reuters news service ran an article about a rating of eleven countries based on their enforcement of intellectual property rights. The index was prepared at the behest of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by a group called The Global Intellectual Property Center, and it ranks the U.S. at the top of the list in terms of strong IP protection (23.73 points on a scale from 0 – 25). But what is interesting is who scored lowest (out of the eleven countries that were ranked). The four "worst" countries for providing the strong IP protection important to the Chamber of Commerce were the four countries known as BRIC — Brazil, India, Russia and China.Now, Smith points out that this connection is nothing more than correlation, but a few conclusions can be drawn. A lack of solid IP protection does not necessarily doom economies to subpar performance and increasing IP protection does not necessarily lead to a robust economic future. IP industries have relied on the credulity of legislators to pass off the "stronger IP enforcement results in more innovation, jobs, etc." argument, usually packaged with the "no copyright protection means no incentive to create" lie that conveniently ignores years and years of creation pre-copyright and thousands of new artists surfacing at a time when piracy is "rampant."
So what else do we know about these four nations? In fact, why were they originally grouped together under the acronym BRIC? The answer is that the term was coined because these four countries were the fastest growing emerging economies, showing growth rates between 5 and 9 percent in their gross domestic products (compared with US growth averaging 3.2 over the past 65 years). The source of these averages for the BRIC nations is this report from PriceWaterhouseCoopers, dated February 2012, which contains this conclusion: "We expect the BRIC economies to continue to drive world economic growth in 2012."
So the four countries driving economic growth are also the four countries with the weakest IP protection regimes, amongst those 11 rated by the Chamber of Commerce report. Doesn't the conclusion seem simple, that weaker IP enforcement is part of the picture for economic growth?
There's tons of evidence that contradicts the rationale driving the "need" for more IP enforcement. Smith goes on to list a few examples of artists thriving with little or no protection, including "Nollywood," Nigeria's film industry, which has exploded over the last 20 years despite truly rampant infringement, and K-pop star Psy, who's looking at $8 million earned without having to rely on the protections of copyright. So, as has been suggested here time and time again, the real "enemy" of innovation and creativity ISN'T piracy, it's the industries themselves.
[I]P protection is, at least a double edged sword. Piracy can reduce revenues, but it also helps to create distribution channels and grow markets. So creative industries seeking to grow in the digital economy need to do more than try, futilely, to eradicate piracy, they need to seek ways to shape their markets and their marketing to exploit the audiences that it can create."New business model," anyone? This has been pointed out again and again. Attempting to defeat something that it at least partially beneficial is, at the very least, short-sighted. On a larger scale, battling piracy with enforcement and legislation rather than by increasing options and providing better services is more than short-sighted -- it's dangerously self-destructive. There's very little evidence that enforcement efforts are making any real dent in file sharing -- certainly nothing that would justify the time, money and effort expended.
Smith concludes his post with these thoughts:
So, slippery as such conclusions can be, I feel comfortable with these two assertions. First, creative people and creative industries can thrive without strong IP protections. In fact, if you are continually looking to the government to increase IP enforcement on your behalf, your industry is probably already in bad trouble. Second, it is perfectly possible to over-enforce IP rights to the point where creativity and economic growth are stifled. There is good evidence that the US has passed that point, and the example of the BRIC nations should suggest to us that we need to reverse our course.At this point, the legacy industries are too firmly entrenched to expect any sort of nimble maneuvering or backtracking on existing IP laws. A suggestion for just such a reversal, briefly posted by the Republican Study Committee, met a swift, ignoble death at the hands of Hollywood's lobbyists, who also pressured its author, Derek Khanna, out of a job. No matter how much evidence contrary to the copyright industries' talking points is presented, the response is always the same: more enforcement, legislation and protection. It will take a severely weakened entertainment industry to give any quarter, but as long as its aims remain self-destructive, that day seems inevitable.
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Are you unhappy with the choice between big-spending incumbent Barack Obama and the Republican Mitt Romney, who refuses to outline any significant spending cuts over Obama's agenda? Take heart! In November, you'll likely have one or more alternatives on the ballot for president who provide real differences from the two major-party candidates. In fact, third-party candidates not only provide a choice instead of an echo for those who see the race between Obama and Romney as picking the lesser of two evils, these third-party candidates could help shape the debate and even tilt the election. But even if they don't, they at least offer an alternative for those who cannot in conscience vote for either Romney or Obama. It's a factor that both the Romney and Obama camps are reportedly watching closely.
Time magazine speculated August 1 that Constitution Party nominee Virgil Goode could "cost Mitt Romney the presidency." Reporter Elizabeth Dias wrote that "Goode is pulling fully 9% of Virginia's vote, according to a mid-July Public Policy Polling survey, leaving Obama ahead of Romney 49% to 35%. In a tight election where Virginia's 13 electoral college votes could make or break Romney's candidacy, even 2% for Goode could pull enough Republicans away to hand the historically red state to Obama in November." Likewise, Green Party nominee Jill Stein could slice off tens of thousands of key Obama votes.
But regardless of who actually wins the election, the constitutional powers of the presidency will continue to be less important than those of Congress, which possesses all legislative powers. As important as it may be to elect a good (constitutionally minded) president, electing a good Congress is far more important.
To better inform our readers, below we profile three third-party presidential candidates likely to make the ballot in a majority of states. They are profiled on four key issue areas: fiscal agenda, foreign policy, civil liberties, and social issues.
Libertarian Party:
Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson (Running mate: former California Judge Jim Gray)
Gary Johnson (pictured) served as New Mexico governor from 1995-2003 as a Republican and promises a different path from Romney and Obama under the campaign slogan "live free." In a campaign ad, the former Republican presidential candidate says: "Give me one term as your president, and I will give you four years of peace, four years of fiscally conservative, socially accepting leadership."
While the Johnson campaign has not posted a progress report on ballot access, the Libertarian Party typically makes the ballot in 45-50 states. So nearly every American will be able to check off Johnson in the ballot booth.
Fiscal Agenda: As governor, Johnson was labeled by the conservative Club for Growth "one of the most anti-spending governors in New Mexico history."
Nevertheless, the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute only graded Johnson's governorship as "B" throughout his tenure, largely because he was unable to entirely overcome an overwhelmingly Democratic state legislature. It wasn't for lack of trying, however. Johnson became known as "Governor No" for his 750 vetoes in his two terms as governor, vetoing more than a third of the bills crossing his desk and using the line-item veto heavily on many of the rest of them. "Johnson sports a libertarian attitude toward government," the Cato Institute said of Johnson's governorship back in 2002. "He favors school vouchers, term limits, privately run prisons, lean budgets, and deep tax cuts."
Johnson pledges to send a balanced budget proposal to Congress for fiscal 2014, the first budget of his presidency. He would do this by spending cuts, seeking entitlement reform, and an end to "excessive spending, bloated stimulus programs, unnecessary farm subsidies, and earmarks." Johnson would work toward abolition of the U.S. Department of Education, arguing that it actually inhibits funding for education: "The Department of Education grants each state 11 cents out of every dollar it spends on education. Unfortunately, every dollar of this money comes with 16 cents of strings attached. States that accept federal funding lose five cents for every dollar spent on education to pay for federal mandates and regulations, taking millions of dollars out of the classroom."
Johnson also favors a thorough audit of the Federal Reserve Bank.
Foreign Policy: On foreign policy, Johnson would cut military spending by withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Europe. He does not regard Iran as an imminent threat to the United States, and would not engage in sanctions against the Persian nation. He supports free trade as a foreign policy, and is generally supportive of NAFTA and the WTO, regarding them as successful implementation of his pro-free-trade agenda.
Civil Liberties: Johnson's positions on civil liberties (what traditionally have been called God-given "inalienable rights") are the strongest of any candidate expected to be on most ballots in November. Johnson wouldn't have signed the NDAA (which allows presidents to indefinitely detain American citizens), is against the Patriot Act and warrantless surveillance, is against torture, and is for what he calls "due process" for terror suspects. He remains open to special military tribunals (instead of regular trial by jury) for certain terrorist suspects, however. Johnson is a solid supporter of the Second Amendment's individual right to keep and bear arms.
Of the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision, which allows citizens to associate into corporations and spend money to persuade voters without federal government permission, Johnson takes a strong First Amendment stand. "I think it comes under the First Amendment, that they should be able to contribute as much money as they want." Johnson makes the argument that more political speech by those outside of the half-dozen corporations that control most of the mainstream media "makes politicians more accountable, not less accountable."
Social Issues: Johnson is generally pro-abortion, saying to a May 5, 2011 GOP debate audience in South Carolina, "I support a woman's right to choose up until viability of the fetus, as governor of New Mexico, I would have signed a bill banning late term abortion." Johnson opposes government funding of abortions.
On immigration, Johnson says that the federal government should make legal immigration easier and "should focus on making it easier and simpler for willing workers to come here with a temporary work visa, pay taxes, contribute to society, and fill jobs as the market demands." Johnson also supports "workable employer verification systems" for illegal immigrants, a position that is not in sync with the traditional Libertarian Party open-border philosophy.
Johnson favors so-called "same-sex marriage" recognition, but has indicated that he ultimately favors taking marriage out of the hands of government. He has called for the immediate legalization of marijuana and an end to the drug war.
Constitution Party:
Former Virginia Congressman Virgil Goode (Running mate: attorney Jim Clymer)
Labeled "Mr. Independent" by his home newspaper in Virginia, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, former six-term Virginia Congressman Virgil Goode has demonstrated a willingness to change parties when his principles did not comport with his party. Goode was elected to the Virginia state Senate as a Democrat, and served his first two congressional terms as a Democrat. But he became a political independent in the year 2000, and was reelected twice as an independent before switching to the Republican Party. Goode may have a major impact on the November race, as the former Virginia congressman is currently polling between five and nine percent in Virginia. Virginia is a key swing state in the presidential race, and support for Goode could tilt the outcome of the state in the race more than any other third-party candidate.
Goode left Congress after narrowly losing a reelection bid in the 2008 Democratic landslide for Obama. In his last term in Congress (2007-2008), this magazine's "Freedom Index" congressional scorecard rated him at 72 percent. Now running for president, he has already qualified for the ballot in at least 17 states in November (but will probably qualify for twice that number).
Fiscal Agenda: As a congressman, Goode reliably voted to cut foreign aid and other wasteful spending. He even voted against his own party's appropriations bills on some occasions.
Goode promises to introduce a balanced budget immediately by cutting spending. "Nearly every department and agency will face significant cuts and some will face elimination," Goode says on his campaign website. Goode plans to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and No Child Left Behind, and to cut the Department of Education and foreign aid. He would pursue a full audit of the Federal Reserve Bank.
Foreign Policy: Goode favors a strong military that is substantially disengaged from unnecessary foreign wars, which is a change from his earlier vote in favor of the Iraq War (roll call 455, 2002). He now says, "I do not believe we should be involved in wars that have not been declared by Congress as specifically provided in the U.S. Constitution, so we must come home from Afghanistan. And I don't think we can afford — nor is it strategically necessary — to have military bases all over the world. We owe too much money to underwrite the stationing of so many troops all around the world. Finally, I am against placing our armed forces under United Nations command."
Goode strongly opposes multilateral free-trade agreements as job killers, voting against CAFTA — the Central American Free Trade Agreement — (roll call 443, 2005) and calling for the end of NAFTA and the WTO. In such calls, he could be contrasted with the libertarian-leaning Rep. Ron Paul, who supports genuine free trade but opposes the trade regimes as centralizing forces and threats to national sovereignty rather than as job-killers. Goode makes no claim to support free trade as an objective good.
Civil Liberties: As a congressman, Goode voted to allow warrantless searches (roll call 502, 2006) and for virtual civil immunity for telecommunications firms that provide private subscriber information to intelligence services (roll call 437, 2008). He also voted for military tribunals for terrorist suspects (roll call 491, 2006), tribunals that flatly contradict the Sixth Amendment requirement for a jury trial for all criminal suspects.
Goode says he has learned from his years in the private sector, noting in his acceptance speech at the April 21 Constitution Party national convention that one of the most important votes he made a mistake about was his vote in favor of the Patriot Act (roll call 398, 2001) and its reauthorization (roll call 414, 2005). "I made some mistakes in the House on votes," Goode said in his acceptance speech, "and one in particular — several but one in particular: I voted for the Patriot Act. And most in this room are very much opposed to that measure. I want to say that my association with the Constitution Party over the last three plus years has given me a better perspective of analyzing legislation from a constitutional viewpoint. And I want to say that I made a mistake in voting for this measure."
But in his very next words, Goode demonstrated that his improved view of civil liberties had yet to be brought up to the level of actual constitutional understanding. He would only seek to repeal the Patriot Act "as it applies to U.S. citizens in this country and to legal permanent residents. I do not favor, though this may not comport with all federal court decisions, extending constitutional rights to persons from foreign countries or those illegally in the United States." Of course, the Constitution does not limit rights to U.S. citizens, nor can it. Rights are inalienable gifts from God. Moreover, the Bill of Rights makes no distinctions between citizens and immigrants — legal or illegal. The Sixth Amendment demands that a trial by jury is a right in "all criminal prosecutions." It allows no exceptions.
Goode is, however, a solid supporter of the Second Amendment (A+ rating from Gun Owners of America). And Goode says he favors repealing provisions of the NDAA that allow the president to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without trial.
Social Issues: On social issues, Goode has a solid conservative record. He is pro-life on abortion and supports traditional marriage. "I've always supported the proposition that marriage should be between one man and one woman," he said in his April 21 acceptance speech for the Constitution Party presidential nomination.
Goode's social focus is on immigration, making his campaign slogan "citizenship matters" a strong contrast to the establishment candidates Obama and Romney, as well as Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson.
Goode has called for a repeal of that portion of the 14th Amendment that courts have interpreted to mean that children of illegal immigrants born in the United States are entitled to automatic U.S. citizenship. Goode has called for a moratorium on even legal immigration (with few exceptions) until the immigration issue can be solved, a contrast with all the other candidates for president.
Rep. Goode has a strong record against marijuana legalization, contrasting with the Libertarian Johnson and Green Party candidate Stein.
Green Party:
Dr. Jill Stein (Running mate: community organizer Cheri Honkala)
The Green Party presidential nominee, Jill Stein, is a medical doctor by trade, graduating from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, and has sought numerous Massachusetts state political offices over the past decade.
The Green Party has already gained ballot access in at least 23 states and the District of Columbia, and as a registered write-in in at least four additional states. Stein will probably be on the ballot in 30 or more states and a qualified write-in virtually everywhere else.
Fiscal Agenda: The Green Party platform promises that "Greens will reduce our national debt." The party promises to raise taxes to as high as 90 percent in some areas and enact a 50-percent cut in defense spending. It also promises to "end corporate welfare." By themselves, these changes would close the deficit gap, assuming the additional taxes don't destroy the economic activities being taxed, but Stein has also promised a massive new wave of spending under the slogan "The Green New Deal for America" that would far outpace any spending cuts and tax increases. Thus, it's not surprising that Stein's campaign website doesn't supply a spreadsheet of how it would budget funds.
Stein's January 2012 "Green New Deal for America" manifesto is based upon Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1944 "Second Bill of Rights." Stein explains: "The Green New Deal begins with an Economic Bill of Rights that recognizes our rights to an economy that serves people. This means that everyone willing and able to work has the right to a job at a living wage. All of us have the right to quality education, health care, utilities, and housing." The Green Bill of Rights constitutes a giant economic make-work agenda guaranteed to bankrupt the nation and put 16 million more people on the government payroll. (Stein would implement it at the state and local levels.)
The Stein/Green Party economic philosophy can strictly be categorized as fascist, in that the Green Party would redirect corporations to support the goals of the government, and the government would support the new corporate structure with tax dollars. The Green Party platform calls for "federal chartering of corporations that includes comprehensive, strict and enforceable social responsibility requirements." The new corporate model under a Green regime would be the cooperative: "The Green Transition Program will provide grants and low-interest loans to grow green businesses and cooperatives, with an emphasis on small, locally-based companies that keep the wealth created by local labor circulating in the community rather than being drained off to enrich absentee investors." Stein proposes creating "a Corporation for Economic Democracy" to teach Americans the wonders of cooperatives.
Stein would nationalize all utilities and enact far-reaching environmental regulations (increasing Corporate Average Fuel Economy rules for auto manufacturers and a "zero waste" policy). The Green Party additionally proposes a government-run "highly centralized food system" where government sets food prices according to "the health effects of eating processed foods."
The Green Party would nationalize the Federal Reserve Bank, and it calls for "ending what's known as the fractional reserve system." Greens would partially pay for their new spending with government monetary inflation that "will be created and spent into circulation by the U.S. Government."
Foreign Policy: Some of Stein's foreign policies would attract constitutional conservatives: Stein notes that "Washington and Eisenhower, both generals who became president, warned us about the military industrial complex. They warned us about the dangers of empire. The Green New Deal includes a 50% reduction in military spending and the withdrawal of U.S. military bases from the over 140 countries in which our military is now located. It calls for restoration of the National Guard as the centerpiece of our system of national defense." Informed constitutionalists recognize that huge cuts in military spending can be made without endangering national defense since much of the military budget is based on empire building and foreign adventurism, not national defense. Moreover, even a 50-percent cut in military spending would leave U.S. "defense" spending three times greater than China's, the world's next largest spender on the military.
However, the Green Party platform would undermine U.S. security and sovereignty if its plans were implemented. It calls for dismantling all U.S. nuclear weapons unilaterally, plus international controls: "The U.S. … must allow foreign teams to visit the U.S. for verification purposes at least annually." The Green Party platform argues that "the U.S. is obligated to render military assistance or service under U.N. command to enforce U.N. Security Council resolutions." The Greens would seek to give up the U.S. veto at the Security Council of the United Nations and "urge our government to sign the International Criminal Court agreement and respect the authority of that institution." Put simply, the Green Party supports global governance under the United Nations.
The Green Party seeks to repeal international trade regimes such as NAFTA and the WTO, but would replace them with revised agreements that "protect the labor, human rights, economy, environment and domestic industry of partner and recipient nations," — that is, a more encompassing and powerful NAFTA and WTO.
Civil Liberties: The Green Party platform officially calls for "strict enforcement of our First Amendment rights of speech, assembly, association and petition," but in reality would end each of those freedoms. The Green Party would enact federal censorship by creating laws to "carve up the big media conglomerates, and follow up with vigorous anti-trust enforcement," "reinstate and strengthen the Fairness Doctrine," "ensure net neutrality," and "establish substantial public interest obligations for broadcasters and hold them accountable, and revoke licenses from outlets that fail to satisfy these obligations."
The Green Party would seek a constitutional amendment to repeal the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which freed American citizens to associate, incorporate, and engage in political speech outside of the six media conglomerates that control 95 percent of mainstream media. The Green Party says, "We urgently need to amend our Constitution to make clear that corporations are not persons and money is not speech," though corporations are nothing more than assemblies of citizens exercising their First Amendment rights together. The Green Party's solution is to have government become the gate-keeper of all political opinion: "Replace big money control of elections with full public financing and free and equal access to the airwaves."
The Green Party is generally supportive of gun control — even for police — as the party's 2008 platform called for limiting police possession of guns and even non-lethal weapons such as Tasers, tear gas, and pepper spray. "We're not arguing that nobody should have a gun — but public safety should factor into constraints," Stein told OnTheIssues.org website December 21, 2011.
While the Green Party is hostile to the First and Second Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, the party platform is strong on the rest of the Bill of Rights, calling to:
• "End illegal government spying, including the use of warrantless wiretaps;"
• "End torture;"
• "Restore habeas corpus;"
• "End the use of indefinite detention without trial;" and,
• "Repeal … the USA PATRIOT Act."
Social Issues: The Green Party is socially liberal, favoring federally funded, legalized abortion. The Green Party also favors government recognition of "same-sex marriage" and applauds the abolition of the "don't ask, don't tell" rules for the military.
On immigration, the Green Party favors amnesty for illegal aliens and open borders with Canada and Mexico, allowing anyone from either country to move to the United States. The Green Party would repeal the Real ID law, noting that "a national ID card system is one of the hallmarks of a totalitarian government or police state."
Greens seek to "end the failed war on drugs," grant amnesty for all non-violent drug offenders, and "implement a step-by-step program to decriminalize all drugs in the United States."
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These three candidates are the only three likely to achieve ballot status in a majority of states, but they won't be the only candidates on the ballot in every state. The fractious Reform Party (of Ross Perot legacy) may field a candidate. Several candidates are vying for that party's nomination. And the Peace and Freedom Party may end up nominating comedienne/actress Roseanne Barr for president and anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan for vice president. Both parties could obtain ballot positions in some states.
The other wildcard in the presidential election is a candidate who isn't even running: Texas Congressman Ron Paul, who won possibly as many as 100,000 votes in the 2008 general election (the official tally was 42,426, though most states don't report unregistered write-ins to the Federal Election Commission). With the unfolding of the Ron Paul "revolution" over the past two years, Paul will likely receive more write-in votes than four years ago.
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Did Ansar al-Sharia carry out Libya attack?
A little-known Islamist group has been blamed for the attack on the US consulate in the city of Benghazi.
The attack led to the death of the US ambassador to Libya, J Christopher Stevens, and three other US officials.
Libya's deputy ambassador to London, Ahmad Jibril, named Ansar al-Sharia as the perpetrators.
The group apparently took advantage of a demonstration against a trailer for a controversial American film, Innocence of Muslims.
Although the trailer has been around for a year, an Arabic version was recently uploaded to the internet.
According to accounts, a group of people were demonstrating outside the US consulate on Tuesday when they were joined by members of an Islamist group in pickup trucks.
The number of fighters was reported to be anything from as many as 80 to as few as 20.
"The Libyan government provides security to all diplomatic missions in the country but I don't think they were prepared for an attack like this," said Mr Jibril.
"The Libyan security services did not have the ability to counter these people."
'Lacking experience'
A Libyan reporter in Benghazi, Osama al-Fitri, told the BBC World Service he had seen militiamen armed with AK47 assault rifles and 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine guns.
Other eyewitnesses spoke of seeing rocket-propelled grenades.
The attackers were keen to hide their identities. Al-Fitri said one threatened to shoot him unless he turned off his camera.
The attackers raised the black flag - a Jihadi symbol - over the US consulate.
According to Libya expert, George Joffe, Ansar al-Sharia is one of several Islamist groups active in Cyrenaica, or eastern Libya.
Although its members are most probably Libyan, and the group emerged from the armed Islamist opposition to Col Muammar Gaddafi, Ansar al-Sharia also has links to foreign groups. Last year, without success, it attempted to set up an Islamic state in the eastern part of the country.
They are a relatively new group to Libya and, seemingly, lack battlefield experience.
"They were not known [in] Libya before the revolution. We had the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, we had the Muslim Brotherhood, we had Salafists but this group we did not hear about until recently, until after the revolution started," said Mr Jibril.
Ansar al-Sharia is blamed for crimes committed in eastern Libya. "The group has carried out several terrorist attacks within the last few weeks and also the killing of some Libyan officials, especially in Benghazi," said Mr Jibril.
However, with the current confused situation in eastern Libya, pinning the blame on any single group will be difficult.
Precision attack
Although the attack on the US consulate has been linked to the US film, Libya experts have also suggested a different reason.
"This was a precision attack," said Mr Joffe. "One that would have required a degree of planning. It may well have been inspired by the call by al-Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri to avenge the killing of Abu Yahya al-Libi."
Al-Libi was a Libyan-born al-Qaeda commander killed in June by a US drone strike in the North Waziristan-Afghan borderlands.
It is difficult to know exactly who carried out the consulate attack but there are plenty of people in eastern Libya with the will, equipment and battlefield experience to carry out an operation of this kind.
Ahmad Jibril also suggests that the Islamist groups now operating in Libya enjoy the protection of elements of the state.
"Libya's Supreme Security Committee has some elements from these groups. So sometimes there is a conflict inside the institutions, inside the Security Committee in Libya, when these groups have the upper hand in some cities. Unfortunately, I think Benghazi is one of those cities."
The success of this attack shows there is a serious security vacuum in Libya.
"That is a fact, not just speculation," says Mr Jibril. "This is the tip of the iceberg of the very many serious challenges that the Libyan government is facing at the moment."
Mr Jibril says it is vital for the Libyan government to re-establish control of security in eastern Libya by facing up to groups such as Ansar al-Sharia.
However, it cannot be taken for granted that Libya can defeat them. He suggest international assistance may be necessary.
And he has a warning for those who would avoid the fight.
"If the government does not take the necessary steps to encounter these challenges, then I think we are heading towards disaster."


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Alumnae reconnected and socialized with old friends and new, in addition to attending discussions, workshops, lectures, and other events during this year's reunion weekend. The Alumnae of Color Dinner on Thursday honored the legacy of Dr. Vera Joseph Peterson '32. At Friday's President's Luncheon, Debora Spar outlined future plans to ensure the College's continued growth. And Saturday night's festive Gala Dinner featured food and music from alumnae-owned enterprises. Breaking records were the Class of '62, highlighting their 50th reunion with $515,000 for scholarships, and new attendance records set by the 30th, 20th, 10th, 5th, and one-year reunion classes. To the reunion committee, chaired by Patricia Tinto '76, good show!


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The Society sings of Old Ironsides, a Boston Harbor ghost, the Massachusetts State Schooner Ernestina, the Massachusetts State Heroine Deborah Samson, and the Great Sea-Serpent of Cape Ann. The six-person band layers vibrant vocals and hearty harmonies with 16 different instruments, including fiddle, flute, banjo, tin whistle, accordion, mountain dulcimer, and guitar. Founder David Rosen plays the age-old delights of bones, spoons, bodhran, and pogocello. The group trades off on an unusual four-string washtub bass, which adds a most amazing thump to the sonic landscape.
The band enjoys performing around New England at concerts and coffeehouses, museums and historic sites, maritime festivals and outdoor summer series, and private events. Three members are from Boston (South Boston and Jamaica Plain), two from Arlington, one from Waltham, and none from Gloucester (despite our name).
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Former UND players appear to make cut Herald Staff Report Three former UND football players have cleared Saturday's deadline where NFL teams must trim their rosters to 53 players.
Offensive lineman Chris Kuper and tight end Chad Mustard appear to have made the final roster for the Denver Broncos.
The Broncos also placed Bismarck native and former University of Minnesota offensive lineman Greg Eslinger on injured reserve.
Tight end Jim Kleinsasser is on the roster for the Minnesota Vikings. Kleinsasser is entering his eighth season with Minnesota.
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⏰ For any reservation or painting request made less than one (1) full day/24 hrs in advance, you will choose a painting upon arrival at the studio for your session, from hundreds of options. Choosing from our online painting library is not an option. Please arrive a half hour early so that you have time to choose. ⏰ For Reservations Made a Full 24 hrs or More in Advance Only: YOUR PAINTING SELECTION IS DUE IMMEDIATELY after making your reservation. You can choose from thousands of 2 hr canvas paintings from Our Main Painting Library at https://tinyurl.com/lrpaintings OR click "Private Events|Painting Library" in above navigation menu. Your painting selection must be one that is not on our upcoming calendar. Painting selections are due immediately, so please respond to our Confirmation Email right away with the name of the painting; otherwise, you will need to choose upon arrival from our in-studio options. We will notify you if your selection is not an option but due to time constraints we are unable to send reminders regarding painting selections.
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In which Johnny valiantly searches for the Grand Unifying Theory (GUT) that will lay bare all the world's conspiracies to his mighty intellect. Once armed with this knowledge, and an array of Insanely Destructive Devices, Johnny plans to forge his vision of the future for humanity. Or at least to get to meet Elvis, in Vegas, for a cheeseburger and fries.
We're cockroaches living under a kitchen sink and we don't even realize there's a city around us.
The way the world is...
The Forever WarAsked to define `victory' in the war against terrorism last week, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld had difficulty coming up with a concise answer. After 500 words of hovering, he landed on his definition. `I say that victory is persuading the American people and the rest of the world that this is not a quick matter that is going to be over in a month or a year or even five years,' he said.- Washington Post, Sept. 23, 2001, Page A03
...for some definition of lifetime.
In case you asked about my politics... we should
have this for the UK...
Guns and Dope Party
And check out...
J.D. Tuccille
A statesman is a dead politician. Lord knows we need more statesmen.
The word `politics' is derived from the word `poly,' meaning `many,' and the word `ticks,' meaning `blood sucking parasites.'
- Dave Barry
Check out the ``social contract'' you ``agreed'' to
On August 19, 1934, 95% of the Germans who were registered to vote went to the polls and 90% (38 million) of adult German citizens voted to give Adolf Hitler complete and total authority to rule Germany as he saw fit. Only 4.25 million Germans voted against this transfer of power to a totalitarian regime.
- William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side?
And hain't that a big enough majority in any town?
- Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn
Competition is fierce in Edinburgh's ``Pubic Triangle.''
``If you need me I'll be at the nudie bar.''


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Zome for G4G9
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A beautiful day for Zome Building
Our platform covers what was once an old mine shaft.
A view from within the nearest neighbor
Beautiful flowers abound nearby.
The preliminary gravel ground cover and pathway
The Zome is in good company
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Canopy of Gold
Canopy of Gold
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Each Limited Edition photograph is light exposed to the finest printing material available. After meticulously inspecting each photograph himself, Michael signs and numbers the print, where it is then finished with the options below:
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- Michael believes that framing is an incredibly personalized process and only uses the highest quality materials to enhance the beauty of his photographs, all while preserving their longevity. As each photograph resonates within the space it is presented, as should the framing. Michael will assist you throughout this process, customizing the framing to match not only the piece, but also to complement room in which it will be hanging. To begin this process, contact Michael to customize your new piece.
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|System: PS Vita
|Dev: Sandlot
|Pub: D3 Publisher
|Release: January 8, 2013
|Players: 1-4
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Animated Blood, Mild Language, Violence
by Josh Wirtanen
Having to review an Earth Defense Force game is always somewhat awkward. You see, the EDF series has always been famously bad while still being legitimately fun to play. And that makes it a difficult thing to have to tack a numbered score onto.
This matter is more complicated by the fact that these games almost revel in being bad. This isn't a case of, say, Black Ops: Declassified, where we're led to believe that, at some point in time, someone started out with the intention of making a legitimately good game. But EDF is intentionally bad (or, at least this is the impression I got back when I talked to the guys at D3 Publisher about it), and that's something different entirely.
In fact, playing EDF almost feels like you're being trolled by its developers, and anyone who gives an EDF game a terrible score is probably just bitter that they aren't in on the joke.
So you can imagine the aneurism of existential dread that hit me when a copy of Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable slid across my desk and landed in my review pile. Now, I should point out that this isn't a brand new game, but an upgraded portable version of the 2007 Xbox 360 game of the same title (minus the word "Portable" of course.) For the sake of full disclosure, I'll be honest and say that I never did play the 360 version, though I did play Insect Armageddon with the folks at D3 a couple years back.
So let me start by saying that if you're looking for a serious triple-A blockbuster, or another example of games as art, you're going to want to look elsewhere. If you're looking for something that will kill your brain cells while you giggle like a schoolgirl and drool, then you might actually be interested in this. In fact, there's another demographic that I think this game would truly be appreciated by: those in school for game development. You see, EDF stands as an example of exactly how not to make a game.
The premise is simple: You'll embark on a series of missions as a part of the world-famous Earth Defense Force as you battle an army of giant bugs from space. Later on, you'll even have to bring down UFOs and gigantic walking mechs. Yes, it's absurd, but that doesn't mean it's not entertaining.
It all has this campy feel, like a 1950s monster movie taken to the extreme. This fact is underscored by the voice acting, which is downright terrible. Not only does the dialogue feel like it was written by a five-year-old, but the voice actors deliver it with an ironic cheesiness that almost tops the early PSOne era. Remember how bad the original Resident Evil's voice acting was? Well, EDF sounds just as bad. And to make it even worse, the ambient dialogue is randomized, more often than not causing soldiers to say things that don't even make sense in the context of whatever's happening on your screen. It's gloriously bad.
The graphics don't disappoint. By this, I mean they're just as bad as any of the game's other elements. The polygon counts are absurdly low, making the giant bugs look like monstrosities from the PSOne era and the playable characters look like lanky, deformed humanoids of some sort. Of course, the giant robots and flying battleships actually don't look all that bad, which is really just more confusing than anything else.
And the controls are terrible as well. Dear lord, they're awful. Whoever decided to assign jumping to a shoulder button should either get fired (if they did this obliviously) or a massive pay raise (if they did this ironically). It's a bad enough design decision to be legitimately hilarious. There are vehicles available to pilot in some stages—like mechs, helicopters, and hoverbikes—but you'll most likely pass them by rather than try to figure out how to use them. You see, the controls for each vehicle are radically different, and they practically feel random in some instances. They're so, so bad.


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FLIRT! Fall Fairytale Style Box./
If only life were more like a fairy tale and less like real life...
These last few weeks have been an adjustment. I started high school, and it's been tough. Going from a school with 800 students to one with over 2,500 is challenging to say the least. I am exposed to new people, new places, new routines, new languages (why am I taking Latin?) and, well, I could go on and on. But you get the point. I am also on the Volleyball team. I am pretty new to the sport, but I like it, though I am sore in places that I didn't even think there were muscles!
All in all, being in high school and on a sports team is taking up so much of my time, more so than what I would have thought. I have NO TIME to get pretty, so I am looking for time savers any which way I can. This new Style Box from FLIRT! is saving me time and helping me dream, if only for a few minutes, that I am living a fairytale life. Funny how it is called the Fall Fairytale Style Box for Eyes and Cheeks!
Can you believe just how pretty those colors are?
The style box has three limited edition whimsical eye shadows, one radiant cheek color, and application tips to help create the perfect look. The eye shadow shades include Kiss at Dusk, a light mauve shimmer for all-over cover; Blue Belle, that is a beautiful light blue shimmer for highlighting, and finally Deep Minx, which is a deep mauve shimmer for the crease of the eyelid. The Peek-a-Blush is a perfect shade of cheek color called Heart Candy. It is the perfect shade of "flush" as I like to call it. Natural, like a little flush or pinch to the cheeks.
I love the colors, but I should say that while it is convenient to have all of these great colors boxed up, it is not that practical to tote around a box of this size. I am hoping FLIRT! continues to make these great style boxes, but maybe in a smaller plastic case, or in a compact that would be much more portable.
This FLIRT! Fall Fairytale Style Box is for sale at Kohl's stores and on their website too. It has a regular retail price of $25, but when I was back to school shopping, I spotted it on sale for $12.99. Such a great deal!!!


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For quite a while now I have been working to put together a stand up comedy show that is for and by bartenders…well, I can finally say that I have done it!
Proud to announce that the first show will be Sunday, October 14th in the back room at Bar Lubitsch. Very happy with the team of comics set to perform and hoping that if you are in LA you can join us! If you aren't in LA, I will be working on posting a podcast. But no firm date on that, I still have a lot to learn about it.
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|Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!
|(滝隠れの死闘 オレが英雄だってばよ, Takigakure no Shitō Ore ga Eiyū Dattebayo!)
|Release Date
|December 20, 2003
|May 19, 2007
Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (滝隠れの死闘 オレが英雄だってばよ, Takigakure no Shitō Ore ga Eiyū Dattebayo!) is the second Naruto OVA.
Set in-between the Prologue — Land of Waves and the Chūnin Exams (Arc), Team 7, along with Kakashi Hatake, were assigned a C-rank mission escorting a ninja named Shibuki, to his home Takigakure. Shibuki's parents were the leaders of his village Takigakure. Recently his father passed away, leaving Shibuki as Takigakure's leader. After arriving at the entrance of Takigakure; Shibuki was approached by children of the village asking him if he would help them pick up trash. He then offered Team 7 a separate new mission helping pick up trash outside the village. Kakashi accepted the mission and stated that the payment should be delivered later and Shibuki agreed.
Soon after accepting the clean up mission a messenger hawk from Konohagakure arrived for Kakashi stating that there was an emergency jōnin meeting and to head back to Konohagakure immediately. Rather than wait for his team to finish Kakashi decided to leave without ordering them to head back to the village after their cleaning mission was complete. Meanwhile, Suien, a jōnin missing-nin from Takigakure and Shibuki's former teacher, recruited ninja from Amegakure. Teams Kirisame, Murasame, and Hisame infiltrated Takigakure meeting up with Suien who showed them how to enter.
After completing the clean up mission Naruto sat down and decided to eat lunch, but Shibuki insisted that Team 7 leave because he had no intention on showing them how to enter Takigakure. As Team 7 leaves a woman appears in distress. One of the children assisting in the clean up yells mommy; she informs them that the village is under attack and then she passes out. Sasuke then commands Sakura to take the lady and kids somewhere safe; shortly after they get captured. Shibuki, Naruto, and Sasuke then enter the village where soon after Sasuke gets captured as well leaving only Shibuki and Naruto to fight off the enemy. Shibuki then leaves Naruto to go get the Hero Water.
They soon met up in a cave where they watch the enemy touchier the hostages. Shibuki, a coward is too afraid to engage in any part of the situation so Naruto decides to go at it alone however, Naruto is easily defeated. Due to the circumstances surrounding his father's death Shibuki is afraid to drink Takigakure's secret bottle of Hero Water. The water imbued whoever drank it with a dramatic, albeit temporary, increase in chakra at the cost of a shortened lifespan. Soon after Naruto was defeated, Shibuki had no other choice but to drink the Hero Water.
After drinking the Hero Water Shibuki easily defeated Kirisame, Murasame, and Hisame leaving only Suien to defeat. Soon after fighting Suien Shibuki was defeated; Suien soon after took the bottle of Hero Water and drank it. After seeing Suien stomp Shibuki into the ground Naruto got on his feet and attacked; Shibuki then untied Sasuke. Naruto then transformed into his Nine-Tails' cloak, and Sasuke's Sharingan appeared as well. They then defeated Suien saving the villagers. Soon Kakashi returned and they returned home.
Print Versions
As with many movies in the series, Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! is also available in several print versions:
- An ani-manga version. It was released in Japan on May 2, 2005 (ISBN 978-4-08-873735-5).
- A light novel adaptation written by Masatoshi Kusakabe. It was released in Japan on December 15, 2003 (ISBN 978-4-08-321084-6) and in the US on October 16, 2007 (ISBN 978-1-42-151502-1).


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World Vital Records Australasia has about 50 million names for Australia and New Zealand in a variety of databases. These include directories, government and police gazettes, some electoral rolls, death records, war records, regional and general histories and more. Some of these, especially for Queensland, are in structured databases. However 90% of the current Australasian content is scanned images of books and periodicals.
This is the first of our blogs on World Vital Records Australasia. These will include announcements of major content additions and site developments as well as tips and advice to get the most out of the site. World Vital Records Australasia is now up for subscription and access to 50 million records for Australasia and over 1 billion world wide. However a little more fine tuning is being done before it is widely announced, hopefully in a few days.
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Here are the results of our second Unlock the Past poll. 82 votes were cast. With multiple choices allowed the number of voters would have been somewhat less.
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'Other' votes that people have entered in the poll.
Here are some photos of the Central Highlands Historical Association Family and Local History Expo at Ballarat last weekend.
I hope to see some of you at the Western Victoria & South Eastern South Australia Family History Expo at Stawell, Victoria this coming weekend. Come along to see about 30 societies and other exhibitors. Look out for special offers and prizes. Listen to presantations from six speakers.
Carol Baxter is one of our Unlock the Past speakers. Within 5 weeks of raising the possibility of turning her talks into booklets she has produced her first. Amazing!
Shauna and I will be on the road at two events in Victoria and two in Queensland over the next few weeks. We will be exhibiting as Unlock the Past, World Vital Records Australasia and Gould Genealogy & History at the first three and speaking at some. If you can get along, please make yourself known and ask us about Unlock the Past and World Vital Records Australasia which is about to launch with 50 million Australasian records online – and much more.
Here are the results of our first Unlock the Past poll. 172 votes were cast by 116 people, a good number, given this was an early poll on a site that has just started.
Unlock The Past is an exciting new venture that began with discussions between Shauna Hicks (Shauna Hicks History Enterprises) and Alan Phillips (Gould Genealogy & History, Archive Digital Books Australasia) in June of this year.
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Yet there is something problematic about the very notion of "great oratory". For a start, it is an almost entirely male category. I doubt that there have been many, if any, "great" female orators, at least as "great oratory" has traditionally been defined. Margaret Thatcher may have delivered some memorable soundbites to the party faithful ("The lady's not for turning"), but she did not give great persuasive speeches. In fact, when a few years ago the Guardian published its own collection of great oratory of the 20th century, it obviously had a problem with the female examples.Beard makes it clear that the problem doesn't lie with women. On the contrary, she notes:
I'm not meaning by this that women have in some way "failed" to master the art of public speaking. Not at all. The point is that "great oratory" is a category that has been consistently defined to exclude them – and the more you search for the roots of our own oratorical traditions in the classical past, the more obvious that exclusion becomes. In ancient Greece and Rome the ability to speak in public and to persuade your fellow (male) citizens was almost as much a defining attribute of the male of the species as a penis was. Men spoke, women kept quiet – that's what made them women. "Great oratory" even now has not shaken off its male, "willy-waving" origins. We are not even sure, I suspect, what a great woman's speech would sound like. Thatcher tried to get round the problem by lowering her voice an octave, but she ended up sounding more like a woman pretending to be a man.
The article shares a good summary of the history of classic oratory, and if you're not familiar with the long history of public speaking and great oratory, it's well worth a read. I'm delighted to see Beard correcting the record, as her points about the exclusion of women from public speech throughout so much of our history are rarely made.
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