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Can I offer another generally neglected work? Hannah Arendt's 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' published in 1951 has been regarded as amongst the most influential non-fiction works of the twentieth century. It remains a delight to read. I suggest as an example:
It was Disraeli who had discovered that vice is but the corresponding reflection of crime in society. Human wickedness, if accepted by society, is changed from an act of will into an inherent, psychological quality which man cannot choose or reject but which is imposed upon him from without, and which rules him as compulsively as the drug rules the addict. In assimilating crime and transforming it into vice, society denies all responsibility and establishes a world of fatalities in which men find themselves entangled. The moralistic judgement as a crime of every departure from the norm, which fashionable circles used to consider narrow and philistine, if demonstrative of inferior psychological understanding, at least showed greater respect for human dignity. If crime is understood to be a kind of fatality, natural or economic, everybody will finally be suspected of some special predestination to it. "Punishment is the right of the criminal," of which he is deprived if (in the words of Proust) "judges assume and are more inclined to pardon murder in inverts and treason in Jews for reasons derived from . . . racial predestination." It is an attraction to murder and treason which hides behind such perverted tolerance, for in a moment it can switch to a decision to liquidate not only all actual criminals but all who are "racially" predestined to commit certain crimes. Such changes take place whenever the legal and political machine is not separated from society so that social standards can penetrate into it and become political and legal rules. The seeming broad-mindedness that equates crime and vice, if allowed to establish its own code of law, will invariably prove more cruel and inhuman than laws, no matter how severe, which respect and recognize man's independent responsibility for his behaviour.A full online text is available HERE for those can comfortably read books on screen.


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Search For Jimmy Hoffa: Is The Answer In The Soil Of A Michigan Home?
ROSEVILLE, Michigan (CNN) — Authorities were expected to announce Monday if soil samples taken from a Michigan home once owned by a bookmaker yielded evidence of the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa.
Two soil samples were taken from a home in the suburban Detroit community of Roseville last week after a tipster claimed he saw a body buried on the property a day after Hoffa disappeared in 1975.
The samples were taken from beneath a storage shed and sent to a lab at Michigan State University after a search last week failed to turn up any "discernible remains," such as bones, body parts or other evidence, Roseville Police Chief James Berlin said.
The search of the Roseville property is the latest in an on-again, off-again search for Hoffa, whose disappearance 35 years ago captured the public imagination.
Hoffa, then 62, was last seen on July 30, 1975, outside the Detroit-area Machus Red Fox restaurant. He was there ostensibly to meet with reputed Detroit Mafia street enforcer Anthony Giacalone and Genovese crime family figure Anthony Provenzano, who was also a chief of a Teamsters local in New Jersey. Giacalone died in 1982; Provenzano in 1988 in prison.
The tipster, a former gambler, once did business with a man tied to Giacalone, said Dan Moldea, author of "The Hoffa Wars." Moldea said he first spoke to the tipster in March, and then sent him to police.
Despite those links, Moldea said it seems unlikely that anyone would have been buried at the site, in full view of the neighborhood. And if a body had been buried there, little would remain, he said.
The lab tests being conducted on the soil samples will be able to determine if human remains were buried at the site, but will not identify them, Berlin said. If human remains are discovered, investigators would have to return for a more complete excavation, he said.
Even so, Berlin doubts any possible human remains discovered at the house would be those of Hoffa.
"It would be great if it was, because I would like to bring closure to his family and the tens of thousands of Teamsters that idolize this man, and just the southeast of Michigan," said Berlin, of the Roseville Police Department.
"This is kind of like an open wound that won't go away. Every couple of years this happens, and all you guys come out here and we have to relive it."
But Berlin said the "timeline doesn't really add up."
Hoffa was of the most powerful union leaders at a time when unions wielded enormous political sway. He was forced out of the organized labor movement when he went to federal prison in 1967 for jury tampering and fraud.
President Richard Nixon pardoned him in 1971 on condition he not attempt to get back into the union movement before 1980.
Hoffa believed Giacalone had set up the meeting to help settle a feud between Hoffa and Provenzano, but Hoffa was the only one who showed up for the meeting, according to the FBI. Giacalone and Provenzano later told the FBI that no meeting had been scheduled.
The FBI said at the time that the disappearance could have been linked to Hoffa's efforts to regain power in the Teamsters and the mob's influence over the union's pension funds.
Police and the FBI have searched for Hoffa intermittently.
In September 2001, the FBI found DNA that linked Hoffa to a car that agents suspected was used in his disappearance.
In 2004, authorities removed floorboards from a Detroit home to look for traces of blood, as former Teamsters official Frank Sheeran claimed in a biography that he had shot Hoffa. Sheeran died in 2003.
Two years later, the FBI razed a horse barn in Michigan following what it called "a fairly credible lead."
Urban lore long suggested that Hoffa was buried around the end zone at the former Giants Stadium in New Jersey.
CNN's Chuck Johnston and Stephanie Gallman contributed to this report.
From Susan Candiotti- CNN
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After Monday night's game against the Jets, the Texans feared that linebacker Brian Cushing suffered a torn ACL.
An MRI has confirmed those fears.
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As James Palmer of CSNHouston.com explained during an appearance on today's PFT Live, Cushing is the most important member of the Texans' defense. Palmer said that defensive coordinator Wade Phillips recently raved about Cushing, explaining that Cushing means even more to the unit than defensive end J.J. Watt.This video is no longer available. Click here to watch more NBC Sports videos!


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Upgrading to Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.04 - no title bar or window decorations
I upgraded from UNR 9.04 to 10.04 the other day, and found that the window decorations such as the title bar and close/maximize/minimize had disappeared from all windows (even in "GNOME" log-in sessions).
My particular problem seemed to be caused by saved GNOME session state. I've attached a suggested resolution to Launchpad bug #576696.


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The great thing about the Winter Olympics — and the reason we should have them every year — is that they fill up those otherwise empty and boring weeks between the Super Bowl and March Madness.
The not-so-great thing about the Winter Olympics is that that those are the same weeks we normally use to get up to speed on what's happening in college basketball. Conference tournaments are upon us, the NCAA tournament's close behind, and I'm not even sure if the old alma mater is in the tournament, on the bubble, or heading for the NIT.
It's times like these that make me appreciate the world's most useful nerds: the bracketologists. Thanks to their tireless research and clever use of computer programs, I can go from knowing nothing about the game to knowing every one of teams likely to be in the tournament and which of those I should pay attention to.
I'm not talking about which team is ranked No. 1. Who cares? It's not like college football, where rankings determine whether you get to play for the championship. There's a tournament, and even if you're not in the Top 25, you get to play.
What I'm interested in is where those top teams are likely to go, where they're likely to be seeded and at which point I can start writing off teams.
And most importantly, is my team going to the big dance?
This is stuff sports fans actually need to know. And if it has to be done with a bunch of acronyms like RPI and SOS, so be it.
Normally I don't have a lot of use for people who can't appreciate a thing of beauty unless they can put a Fibonacci number on it, especially when they apply it to sports. And people who spend their lives attempting to predict the NFL or NBA draft or to rank college recruiting classes really have far too much time on their hands. Draftees and recruits don't become important until they show whether they can actually play.
But bracketologists are a different breed of numbers wonk. These guys actually perform a useful function. I can step into the final week of the college basketball season, go to some Web sites — or just use this one's — and have a pretty good idea of who's a contender, who's a pretender, and who hasn't figured it out yet.
They won't get the full tournament field and all the seedings right, but at least they're in the ballpark. And when you need to cram for the coming tournaments these are good things to know.
Bracketologists aren't telling you how anyone's going to play or even if it's good that they are playing at all. They're just trying to tell us if they're going to play and where they'll be placed in the bracket.
Some of it isn't any more reliable than a five-day weather forecast. It can't be. Trying to predict what human beings will do on any given night on an expanse of hardwood flooring in their underwear isn't an exact science and never will be. If it were, we'd just let the computer tell us who won and forego playing the game altogether at a considerable savings in time.
There are bracketologists who will tell you exactly which 65 teams are going to make the tournament, and in what order they will be seeded. Just don't get too comfortable with those rankings, because as soon as another game is played, they rearrange the furniture, tossing some teams out and letting others in and moving the sofa from in front of the windows to in front of the door.
And then when the selection committee finally has its say, they tell you why they didn't get every team exactly in its place.
But which 20-win team doesn't make the field isn't really important, anyway. None of the so-called bubble teams are going to win the tournament anyway. I want to know who the real players are, and the bracketologists are the ones who will tell me.
This is important information to the average fan. Don't take my word for it. Take Google's.
Search "bracketology" and Google hocks up more than half a million matches. Type in "draftnik" and you get a mere 8,400.
That's gotta be significant, because, as any numbers wonk knows, the bigger the random number you can put on something, the more important it is.


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The grand American traditions of nostalgia, baseball and Priority Mail come together for the latest edition of Your Postal Podcast. You'll also hear about the new Forever Stamps honoring our National Parks' 100th Anniversary in our regular news roundup segment.
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1. Re: Code Coverage ToolsJan Papousek Feb 9, 2012 10:19 AM (in response to Richard Kennard)1 of 1 people found this helpful
Hi Richard.
Well, I am trying to set code coverage for RichFaces project consisting of a lot of modules. The way I've chosen is
- execute tests with code coverage in each module using jacoco-maven-plugin -> this generates jacoco.exec file for each module
- combine jacoco.exec files to one HTML report using org.jacoco.ant.jar - this part is tricky, because you need to have access to
- jacoco.exec
- *.java source files
- *.class compiled files
2. Re: Code Coverage ToolsJan Papousek Feb 9, 2012 10:30 AM (in response to Jan Papousek)1 of 1 people found this helpful
Here is the project providing combination of jacoco.exec files from RichFaces modules into one HTML report - https://github.com/papousek/richfaces-code-coverage
3. Re: Code Coverage ToolsDan Allen Feb 9, 2012 4:03 PM (in response to Richard Kennard)
I would think that the lack of a combined report is perhaps something that could be solved by an Arquillian extension (if not in the long run, then certainly as a short term fix). That extension would tie into the report generation part of the lifecycle.
4. Re: Code Coverage ToolsDan Allen Feb 9, 2012 4:05 PM (in response to Richard Kennard)
Both Max and Jason agreed that jacoco is the way to go right now. The challenge, of course, is the lack of merged reports. I'm glad to see that Jan has proposed something to start playing with today.
5. Re: Code Coverage ToolsMickael Istria Feb 20, 2012 4:59 AM (in response to Richard Kennard)
Jacoco in indeed the way to go: it provides coverage report without needing instrumentation and then without adding steps to build process. It is just about setting a -Djava.agent system property. No effect is visible on performance.
About reports, there are 3 ways to get some, AFAIK:
* Using the Ant task to generate HTML reports
* Using EclEmma Eclipse plugins to see reports in your IDE and editor
* Using Sonar, which supports jacoco.exec files to integrate reports in its quality report dashboard. http://www.sonarsource.org/
IMHO the best way to go for JBoss is to set up a Sonar instance (Sonar is a quality analysis and reporting tools, well integrated with Jacoco, Jenkins and Maven - able to report coverage, checkstyle, findbugs...). It is a really useful tools for developers and really helps in improving code and fighting technical debt.
6. Re: Code Coverage ToolsSamuel Santos Feb 20, 2012 5:38 AM (in response to Mickael Istria)
And since version 0.5.6 jacoco-maven-plugin can be used together with maven-site-plugin.
It will be available in the next version of Arquillian Jacoco Extension:
7. Re: Code Coverage ToolsMickael Istria Feb 20, 2012 5:57 AM (in response to Richard Kennard)
A very nice step ahead for usage of Jacoco would be the Jenkins-Jacoco plugin to see Jacoco reports in Jenkins:
https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-10835 -> You can vote for this issue, hoping it will motivate Jenkins guys.
8. Re: Code Coverage ToolsDan Allen Apr 17, 2012 4:09 AM (in response to Mickael Istria)
Perhaps having even more weight than voting on the issue, there is an open GSoC proposal in the JBoss Community that involves fixing this plugin.
"Add a solution for creating series of snapshots of Java coverage data over time, so the developer can track the code coverage trends and have more information about the project. Currently the Jenkins plugin is not ready. I would like to make some improvements to bring the software to a more stable version and to finish the switching from the Emma plugin."
I've put in my vote for the project to move forward, but we'll find out if it makes the cut in a week or so.
9. Re: Code Coverage ToolsMickael Istria Apr 24, 2012 9:54 AM (in response to Dan Allen)
Good news!
The Google Summer of Code about Jacoco reports in Jenkins was accepted: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2012/ognjen/25001
It will be done by Ognjen Bubalo and is mentored by Jonathan Fuerth.
A dedicated mailing-list will appear soon, I'll post the link.
10. Re: Code Coverage ToolsDan Allen Apr 24, 2012 1:50 PM (in response to Mickael Istria)
Very good news indeed! Congratulations Ognjen!
11. Re: Code Coverage ToolsOgnjen Bubalo Apr 26, 2012 5:33 PM (in response to Mickael Istria)
Thank you!
So as Mickael said, we created a mailing list.
The URL: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/jenkins-jacoco-plugin-mailing-list
The Mailing list: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Sure, we urgently need to repeal the sequester. (You can tell your Representative that here.) But it's even more important to repeal the insane thinking that led to the sequester.
That means repealing the deficit babble that still dominates Washington (and provided the theme for the President's weekly Saturday address). It means repealing a conservative Republicanism which is based, not on economic philosophy, but on an atavistic hatred for government in any form.
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Most of all, it means repealing the politics of deprivation and replacing them with the politics of growth. We've learned that contractionary policy based on government cuts is … well, contractionary. And that expansion policy is needed if we want the economy to expand.
The argument shouldn't be about where we should be cutting, but about where we should be spending more money.
Have You Hugged a Keynesian Today?
Pity the poor Keynesian. This benighted economist has been vilified, ridiculed, and marginalized for decades. What was the Keynesian's crime? To imagine that the proven economic principles which fueled our post-Depression and postwar growth were still proven economic principles.
The assault on Keynesian thinking went hand in hand with other mythologies of the New Economy: You don't understand our new theories, the Keynesians and neo-Keynesians were told. You're mired in the thinking of the past. You don't understand the information economy. You can't grasp financial innovation.
And your old models of government action in recessionary times are obsolete because they're not creative enough. (That's an especially objectionable word in this context. This is economics, not a university extension course on "Self Expression With Clay.")
We now know "information economy" is a euphemism for "Internet bubble." Sure, the Internet has changed the economy, but money still needs to change hands in order for it to be – what's the word? – economic. If that was better understood, maybe people wouldn't have been such suckers for the Facebook IPO.
It also turns out that "financial innovation" wasn't all that innovative. Some of it was just unregulated lending. Some of it was unregulated insurance. And a lot of it was old-fashioned fraud.
Jon Stewart joined the troglodytes when he mocked Paul Krugman for endorsing the "trillion-dollar coin." And that phrase brings up the next area where we're being told that old-fashioned economists "just don't get it":
(Or we think of it, "digital tulips.")
No Economist Left Behind
There are economists who reject not only Keynes, but half a century's successful economic policy – and the evidence of their own lying eyes. They cling to austerity even as austerity cuts ravage the European economy and ignore the contractionary effect of government cuts on the American economy. And they reject the overwhelming and growing body of evidence which shows that, yes, you get a terrific growth multiplier from government spending in times like these.
They're the same economists who ignore the complete discrediting of Carmen Reinhart's and Ken Rogoff's pro-austerity "findings," which took place after world events discredited their forecasts and those of like-minded economists. Some economists seem professionally incapable of incorporating data and real-world experience into their worldviews. (Yes, OECD, we're looking at you.) They seem unable to execute their profession's most essential function, that of gathering and interpreting data.
That's partly because economics schools have been seeded with ideologues of the right, like those science-fiction movies where aliens seed the military and government with simulated humans. Think tanks offer other ideologues comfortable jobs with good tenure. Corporate and government leaders seek out their advice – and pay for it.
And yet, with a charming naïveté, theirs is a profession which continues to believe that all human beings are economic actors at heart … except other economists.
Unchanged Melody
So the mantras of mad austerity continue to be chanted in the halls of power. The President used his weekly national address to push his "compromise" austerity budget, Social Security cuts and all. And as we mentioned yesterday, he even entitled that address "Time to Replace the Sequester with a Balanced Approach to Deficit Reduction."
It's as if the White House hadn't received the memos: That the Reinhart/Rogoff paper's been discredited. That contractionary policy kills economies … and dreams. That the jobs picture is still lousy, but that Keynesian economics still works so we can create some.
Twelve months ago, at least policy makers could claim to these issues werestill unresolved. Not anymore. So, with all due respect, Mr. President: Really? "A Balanced Approach to Deficit Reduction"?
That's so 2012.
Not that the other party's a reasonable alternative. Today's Republicans are to the functions of government what Guy Fawkes was to the Parliament building. They're there to blow things up, and for other reason.
Whacko-economics – the conversion of self-serving and illusory ideas into an academic-paper format – was just another excuse for destroying the institutions they despise. To them economics is nothing more than a fuse for their incendiary budget cuts, a cover story for their fiscal Gunpowder Plot.
Why aren't these folks meeting with more resistance from their political opponents? Perhaps it's because politicians are economic actors, too.
Repeal the Whole Damn Thing
So, yes, repeal the sequester. Repeal deficit babble, from the President or anyone else. Repeal the Visigoth Party's right to ruin the economy. And repeal Tom Friedman too, just on general principle.
Name and shame each every corrupt Visigoth Republican – which is pretty much all of them. Slam every Democrat who repeats the babble and doesn't explicitly reject austerity and demand pro-growth spending. That includes any Democrat who won't sign a pledge to vote against cuts, especially to Social Security, and then keep it. Let them know today that they'll pay a political price.
Be prepared to organize primary challenges, and to march in the streets again. (It's about time, isn't it?)
Grow, Baby, Grow
Above all else, demand growth.
The economic principles which predicted austerity's failure are the same principles which show us how to grow our way out of this horrible economy – with government spending on infrastructure, education, science, postal services, and a whole host of other functions. That spending should include WPA-like programs of real boldness and vision, as well as the proposals we've already seen outlined.
Those programs can be funded through more reasonable taxation levels for the wealthy and corporations – and yes, they can be funded through debt. At a time when investors are essentially paying the government to borrow, it's irresponsible and insane not to do so.
So yes, let's repeal the sequester. Then let's repeal the insanity, so we can get to work building a better economy.


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A Doctor Who-themed day was held at Long Close School in Slough to herald the beginning of half-term. A special poster replaced the school emblem, pupils wore costumes, time travel stories and quantum mechanics got a look-in on the curriculum, a Dalek, Weeping Angel, Cyberman, and Tardis made an appearance - and even headteacher David Brazier got in on the act by dressing up as the Ninth Doctor! [Slough and South Bucks Observer, 17 Feb 2012]
Daleks helped raise more than £1,000 for the British Heart Foundation when they appeared as part of a fund-raising day at the Ashley Centre in Epsom. [Epsom Guardian, 20 Feb 2012]
Twickenham Film Studios has gone into administration, with very little likelihood of it making movies again. Due to celebrate its centenary next year, it is, instead, being wound down between now and June. It was also host to TV productions over the years, including the BBC drama serial Our Friends In The North, which co-starred Christopher Eccleston, and Coupling, the BBC comedy created and written by Steven Moffat. On the cinematic front, An Education, which was filmed there, featured Carey Mulligan in her first leading role, while trivia buffs may like to know that the Amicus Films offering The Terrornauts featured shots of the Dalek flying saucer model from the same production company's Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. A partial Twickenham filmography is available here. [BBC News, 20 Feb 2012]
(With thanks to Jeremy Bentham)
United StatesAn outdoor advertising campaign by BBC America that uses Doctor Who among its references has proved to be an internet smash. Billboards and commuter transit ads have been appearing in the New York City area to promote the network - among them posters on all three suburban commuter train lines that say "My other commute is in a TARDIS" (which has reportedly been downloaded 1,000 times) and "If you were a Time Lord, you would be home by now or 700 years ago". The channel has also logged more than 12,500 posts and likes on Tumblr, plus nearly 500 tweets of photos or comments. [Multichannel News, 10 Feb 2012] [BuzzFeed, 8 Feb 2012]
Writing for Washington University's independent newspaper in St. Louis, David Sargeant rates Doctor Who amongst the best of British shows: "Arguably the most popular British show of all time, Doctor Who is the easiest show to jump into and the sole entry on this list still in production. The Doctor is an alien with a time machine, a fondness for humans and an out-of-this-world personality. He travels through time and space with a human companion, confronting various alien menaces and setting an example of tolerance and cool logic. The franchise is approaching its 50th anniversary but has yet to show its age." [Student Life, 20 Feb 2012]
Andrea Shelton reflects on her experience at the GallifreyOne Convention that took place in Los Angeles last weekend: "This weekend I made my first trip to the 23rd installment of Gallifrey One – a Doctor Who convention held annually in LA – and it was nothing short of OUTSTANDING. The defining characteristic of this event is that it is 100% fan-run. This means every staff member and volunteer is participating out of sheer love and enjoyment of the series, and it shows in every detail of the programming. The charm of this convention goes beyond the quality of programming. Just as important to the overall experience is the character of the fans. I am pleased to say I have never been surrounded by so many friendly, enthusiastic, and kind people that I immediately felt a connection with. This convention has everything a Doctor Who fan could ask for, and I am already counting down the days until next year. It is a trip worth saving for, and I can't wait to see what they have in store for next year's 50th Anniversary special." [What Culture, 21 Feb 2012]
Lastly, a selection of photos taken at the convention. [LA Weekly, 20 Feb 2012]


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State officials may end up refusing some of the federal stimulus dollars flowing from Washington because of the strings that come with them.
State officials may end up refusing some of the federal stimulus dollars flowing from Washington because of the strings that come with them.
State Sen. Gary Nodler told business leaders and the public on Friday that some of the conditions attached to some of the federal money would obligate the state to make changes that would require the state to raise taxes.
"Our obligation as responsible stewards of the people's money is to make certain we take advantage of every reasonable opportunity we can identify from this federal package," Nodler said. "I am not in favor of refusing money that we can reasonably accept, that will be helpful, that will allow us to meet the needs of the people of the state as long as it is done in a way that are sustainable for the future, for fiscal years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and so on. Some of those opportunities do exist and the state of Missouri will benefit from this package really in terms of hundreds of millions of dollars. I don't know that we'll get to the billion-dollar figure, but we probably will, but I wouldn't be surprised if we don't turn away hundreds of millions of dollars of funds that are offered that are unsustainable that obligate us to major expansions of state spending."
Nodler gave the additional unemployment funds included in the stimulus package as an example of some money the state may have to refuse.
He said the state announced that Missouri's unemployment fund would go broke this month and would have to borrow money from the federal government to pay benefits.
"That happens historically when we have recessions, that fund falls short and then it goes back to the federal government and borrows against a federal line," Nodler said. "Then when we have a recovery and we have a better revenue picture, then we go back and we pay back those unemployment obligations.
"Well there's a substantial amount of money in this federal bill to help with unemployment, so you'd think okay, this is a good deal, the federal government's going to bale us out from this little trough and literal bankruptcy of our unemployment fund. The problem is the strings attached, because the federal government gives you this money, but in order to get it, it requires you to expand your benefit structure. So to get the money, you have to commit to pay more into perpetuity in expanded unemployment benefits."
Nodler said Missouri's constitution makes it even more difficult for the state to accept money that obligates it to more spending in the future.
"Now Missouri, because of our constitution, because of the Hancock Amendment, is more restricted than most states in our ability to raise taxes, so here's the dilemma," he said. "We have this bundle of money and we say, okay, we're going to accept it we're going to use it we're going to spend it and we're going to obligate ourselves to these accelerated spending demands over time and we don't have the ability to raise taxes to pay for it later. That's a real problem."
Nodler said there may be other examples of stimulus money that the state may refuse, but no one really knows how much money that involves or even how much money the state will get under the stimulus package because federal regulators are still writing the regulations governing how the money will be distributed to the state.
"I just cite that as one of many, many examples of where this package from the federal government may appear on the surface to be seductive, but at its core it could be cancerous because it obligates a path to future spending demands above the ability of the state of Missouri to maintain them without future tax increases."
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Another long and hard winter?
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January 18, 2012
Can Scotland coach Andy Robinson further his Lions ambitions in this year's Six Nations? © PA Photos
Andy Robinson and the rest of the Scottish management team will sit down some time in the next week or so, order a big takeaway and work out their starting XV for England come February 4.
They will take several hours deliberating out their best forward pack, Ross Ford verus Scott Lawson, Al Kellock versus Jim Hamilton versus Fraser Mackenzie and Ross Rennie versus John Barclay? Do they start David Denton in the back-row or bring him off the bench? They have options, they have issues.
After they have argued over the big men the selectors will take approximately 7 seconds to select the backline on the basis of last man standing. Not for the first time in modern history the Scots will have a very useful forward pack and a very average back line in the upcoming Six Nations.
Robinson wants to play a quick, fluid, attacking, ball-in-hand style more akin to the Aussies than the Springboks but he's got to ask himself if he's got the personnel to do it? For years the Scots did alright by kicking the ball in the air and chasing it and some would argue that this big Scottish pack, Jim Hamilton, Richie Gray, David Denton, Ross Ford and Euan Murray are as big and powerful as anyone in the championship, can take England on up front in an arm wrestle and come away with the spoils.
It doesn't happen often that the Scots outgun their ancient enemy up front but a glance at the likely line-ups come the opening weekend in February will persuade many that the Scots are bigger and more battle hardened than their English counterparts whoever gets the nod from Stuart Lancaster.
So why not pick the tactical kicking genius Dan Parks, 34 in May, ahead of the running option of Ruaridh Jackson? Well, partly because the Cardiff-based Parks would hear the groans of disbelief all the way down in Wales; the Scottish public have never really warmed to the individual Aussie and never mind that there is a Test to be won. The Scots will feel that Parks is a step backwards and so he is but the alternative is Jackson (or a complete rookie in Duncan Weir) who's kicking game can be good but very often isn't.
To highlight Robinson's woes the two centre spots may be filled by club wingers. The Scarlets' Sean Lamont, is a contender for the number twelve shirt and Joe Ansbro from London Irish is a live prospect for the outside centre slot because Graeme Morrison and Nick De Luca's form has been as patchy as a home-made quilt.
Elsewhere the Glasgow teenager Stuart Hogg proved himself a very good footballer with a rare turn of pace against Leinster in the Heineken Cup but he also made two crucial mistakes that might have cost his side the match. Does Robinson really want a lightweight, teenage debutant at 13 patrolling the most difficult channel on the field to defend especially when he's spent most of this season playing fullback?
It would be a high risk strategy and when the Scots hope to match (at worst) England's big men why take an unnecessary risk when a lack of options in the backs means you are taking several enforced ones?
Well, partly because Robinson sees it as part of his task to move Scotland on, to adopt a more rounded rugby strategy, to win with total rugby. He has always had a good idea of how he wants his teams to play the game and it may be too much to ask him to turn his rugby philosophy on its head especially if only for a matter of weeks.
In the back of Robinson's mind will the RaboDirect try machine that is Tim Visser. He becomes available for Scotland this June when the coach will surely want to move the ball wide to give his star winger a chance to show what he can do. And the elephant in the room is, of course, the Lions' post that Robinson's dismisses like a pesky fly every time the topic is raised but there is no doubt in most people's minds that he would sell his first born for a shot at leading the tour to Australia.
To have any chance of coaching the composite team Robinson needs two wins (and preferably three) in the Six Nations which won't be easy. Scotland have won exactly one match in each of the last two Championship seasons.
England are first up and at least there is a nice symmetry to the coaches Stuart Lancaster represented Scotland (at age group level) and Andy Robinson turned out for England in another era. It's not often you can say this but England might take time to adapt to a new coach after years playing to orders. They may just be a little vulnerable.
Scotland hope so because they, and their ambitious coach, need to kick off with a victory or endure another, long and hard winter.
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I intend for this to be the first of a handful of posts on common grammatical foibles intelligent people make that cause me to want to scream.
Grammar is important. It helps us communicate efficiently and precisely. It makes us sound smarter too! Let's face it: nothing says "grammatical ignoramus" more splendidly than a triple (or quadruple!) negative with slang. ("I ain't not never gonna do that no more.")
I'm not the only one who is aggrieved by the necessity of reading a very long chapter in a grammar book that uses the very grammar I'm not yet supposed to know. For Pete's sake, just tell me how to do something in words I already understand and allow me to get on my merry way!
So here is one chapter of the Quick-See Grammar Book by me—a homeschool* mom who would much rather be baking or building a treehouse with her daughter than sloughing through tedious manuals. However, over the past few years I've had to do a lot of studying. Rejoice! The legwork has been done for you! These posts are intended as a favor to all those who have better things to read (like Brian Melton's Waverly Hall series). This is grammar at its easiest, so send your kids and students to this post before you frustrate the livin' tar out of them!
First up for our perusal (drum roll, please): the humble homophone.
Simple Definition: A homophone is a word that sounds like another word but has a different meaning.
Here's how to correctly use the most common ones out there:
|YourYour feet stink.
|You're (you + are)You're a strange person.
|YoreI was a child, way back in the days of yore.
|TheirTheir pool is filled with alligators!
|They're (they + are)They're going to call animal control.
|ThereThere will be no pool party today.
|BuyBuy me a drink, please.
|ByeDon't forget to tell Grandma, "Bye!"
|ByThe beach is by the sea.
|KnowDid you know we have alligators?
|NoNo alligators live here.
|PeacePeace, goodwill toward men.
|PieceMay I have another piece of pie?
|Piece (slang for "firearm")Wave your piece around like an idiot and you're liable to be arrested!
|ToWe are going to the ball game.
|TooDo you want to come too?OR
The tickets cost too much.
|TwoThe tickets cost more than two hundred dollars!
|WhereWhere are you going?
|Ware(s)I'm going to sell my wares.
|WearI will wear my hat.
|ThenI will kill the alligators, then I will go swimming.
|ThanIt's more relaxing to go swimming than to kill alligators.
|WhetherWhether or not I go swimming depends on the alligator population.
|WeatherIf the weather is warm, I like to go swimming.
|HereGet over here now!
|HearDo you hear that weird sound?
Keep an eye out for these in your writing. Most people will use them incorrectly one time or another in the heat of composition–which is why careful editing is a must.
*I refuse to write "home school." The word "homeschool" is common enough now for it to graduate to being an official compound word (like backpack and skyscraper).
**For those grammar ninjas out there, I acknowledge that these homophones are only the tip of the iceberg, and that the subject of homophones has only been slightly touched upon. Please don't come after me. You will rue the day (or night) you do. I've hired Chuck Norris–it just so happens he likes my baking, and we were able to work out a barter.


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Sony's PlayStation 4 Versus Microsoft's Xbox One: A Timeline
A review of the dramatic run-up to the latest generation of video game systems.
Ladies and gentlemen, the next round of the video game-console match between Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Sony (NYSE:SNE) is thoroughly underway. Though much has been said about the end of console gaming -- and the rise of mobile gaming on Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android devices -- there's still enough consumer interest for Microsoft and Sony to continue to push the envelope and compete with each other.
The new systems, the Xbox One from Microsoft, and the PlayStation 4 from Sony, have joined the latest generation of consoles, launched by the somewhat disappointing WiiU by Nintendo (OTCMKTS:NTDOY). (It was released in November 2012.) The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 feature incredibly detailed graphics, way-more-than-capable processing power, and multimedia functions that push them out of the narrow console category. Last year saw several controversies and dramatic moments leading up to the November launches of the systems. We recount that tale for you here.
February 20, 2013: Sony announces the PS4 at the company's "See the Future" event in New York. The device itself is not seen, however -- only discussed.
May 21, 2013: Xbox One is announced and revealed. Microsoft Corporate Vice President Phil Harrison explains in an interview with Kotaku that the Xbox One is "fundamentally designed to be expanded and extended by the Internet as many devices are today." He adds that the system has to connect with the Internet every 24 hours.
June 6, 2013: Trying to deal with controversy and confusion over the new online-required feature, Microsoft officially confirms that every game that runs on the Xbox One, online or off, will have to check in online every 24 hours.
June 10, 2013: Microsoft announces further details on its November launch, including that its system will be priced at $499. Meanwhile, Sony reveals the PS4 at E3, and also the crucial fact that it will not require an Internet connection to run, and that it will allow used games.
June 11, 2013: In an interview with Spike TV at E3, the video game industry's major trade show, Xbox Executive Don Mattrick calls the $499 console a "future-proof choice."
When asked how gamers without Internet access will be able to play the new Xbox One, Mattrick answers, "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity. It's called Xbox 360."
June 19, 2013: Microsoft announces that it is reversing certain policies for the Xbox One and that the system will no longer require an Internet connection to play offline games. The company also announces that the software compatibility will not be restricted to only new games.
July 1, 2013: News leaks from an AllThingsD report that Don Mattrick will be leaving Microsoft and taking the position of CEO at online social-gaming company Zygna (NASDAQ:ZNGA).
September 5, 2013: Microsoft launches its first Xbox One ad. Instead of showing gameplay, the ad focuses on the multimedia aspects of the system, depicting fans watching football, not gamers playing games.
October 15, 2013: Sony launches the first TV ad for the PS4. The ad, like Microsoft's first, shows no actual gameplay but instead involves two friends in a series of fantastical competitions and battles. While they fight, race, and wage war, they sing the song "Perfect Day," written by Lou Reed in 1972. Lou Reed would later pass away on October 27, less than two weeks after the premiere of the commercial.
October 25, 2013: Sony announces that the PS4 would require a 300MB day-one patch to unlock many of the system's much-touted features.
November 15, 2013: Sony launches the PlayStation 4. Microsoft sends its congratulations, the image of which (shown below) is shared across the Internet.
November 17, 2013: Sony announces that the PS4 sold 1 million units in its first 24 hours of release.
November 22, 2013: Microsoft launches the Xbox One. Later that evening, the company announces that 1 million systems have already been sold. (It should be noted that Microsoft hit that million mark in less than a day by launching in 13 countries at once, while the PS4 hit 1 million in 24 hours with only the US and Canada receiving the early launch.)
December 3, 2013: Sony announces that 2.1 million PS4s have been sold since the November 15 launch.
December 11, 2013: Microsoft announces that Xbox One sold 2 million units in its first 18 days on the market.
December 12, 2013: Microsoft announces that Xbox One is the fastest-selling console in the USA, based on numbers from the NPD Group. In response, the NPD Group releases this statement: "PlayStation 4 sales included an additional week within the November data month compared to Xbox One. When looking at sales on an average per-week basis, Xbox One led PS4. Keep in mind, however, that supply typically becomes constrained in the second week after launch."
January 6, 2014: Microsoft announces that the Xbox One has sold 3 million units since its November 22 launch. Analysts and console-war nerds await the next numbers from Sony, though many believe Sony has also sold 3 million units by this point.
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Santa Loves The New York Jets
This was a team that saw their true potential by operating and executing efficiently in all three phases of the game: offense, defense and special teams.
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Christmas came late - The Jets are in the playoffs! And for all those New York Jets' fans who suffered from heart palpitation, indigestion, and anxiety this season – redemption comes in a big package.
It couldn't have come more neatly package than a dominating 37-0 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, a team who had lost three of their last four games, and the team that the Jets will face next Saturday in the playoffs.
But this was a different Jets' team that stepped unto the frigid tundra and bitter wind of the Meadowlands.
This was a team that saw their true potential by operating and executing efficiently in all three phases of the game: offense, defense and special teams.
The momentum was set early in the opening drive, when quarterback Mark Sanchez connected with wide receiver, Jerricho Cotchery for the first down. Then the Jets ran the ball twice, setting the stage for Brad Smith and the Wildcat offense.
"The hard work is starting to pay off," said Smith, who ran for 57 yards to the one-yard line, a career high. "We ran it and did it every once in a while and had some success with it, but I think the guys up front have really committed to it."
The Jets went on to score a touch down on a one-yard run by running back Thomas Jones.
"Obviously, this is a huge win for us and it was a total team effort," said head coach Rex Ryan. "I don't think I've ever seen an offense really control the ball the way ours did in that first quarter into the wind. It's easy to play defense when you run the ball like that, but I don't want to slight our defensive effort because it was outstanding."
The zero stapled at the end of the game under the Bengals' moniker is no fluke. The Jets' defense is rated number one in the league, as well as their running game. But the question mark is their rookie quarterback, Sanchez, who finished the game 8-for16 for 63 yards.
We had an early completion, stayed ahead of the sticks, and Brad Smith busted a huge run, and Thomas Jones punched it in. That's been our game," said a jubilant Sanchez. " We're going to need something similar to that next week to play well on their field."
He did not throw an interception. And the Jets held the ball for 24:50 in the first half and ran 46 plays for 250 yards.
"We're very dangerous - I said it and I still believe - You have to be able to run the football this time of year, and you have to be able to play defense, and we can do that better than any team in the League," said Ryan. "That gives us a chance in every game, no matter who we play."
On any given Sunday.
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HIV-like viruses in non-human primates have existed much longer than previously thought
Viruses similar to those that cause AIDS in humans were present in non-human primates in Africa at least 5 million years ago and perhaps up to 12 million years ago, according to study published January 24 in the Open Access journal PLOS Pathogens by scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Until now, researchers have hypothesized that such viruses originated much more recently.
HIV-1, the virus responsible for AIDS, infiltrated the human population in the early 20th century following multiple transmissions of a similar chimpanzee virus known as SIVcpz. Previous work to determine the age of HIV-like viruses, called lentiviruses, by comparing their genetic blueprints has calculated their origin to be tens of thousands of years ago.
However, other researchers have suspected this time frame to be much too recent. Michael Emerman, Ph.D., a virologist and member of the Human Biology Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Alex Compton, a graduate student in the Emerman Lab, describe the use of a technique to estimate the extent to which primates and lentiviruses have coexisted by tracking the changes in a host immunity gene called APOBEC3G that were induced by ancient viral challenges.
They report that this host immunity factor is evolving in tandem with a viral gene that defends the virus against APOBEC3G, which allowed them to determine the minimum age for the association between primates and lentiviruses to be around 5 or 6 million years ago, and possibly up to 12 million years ago.
These findings suggest that HIV-like infections in primates are much older than previously thought, and they have driven selective changes in antiviral genes that have incited an evolutionary arms race that continues to this day. The study also confirms that viruses similar to HIV that are present in various monkey species today are the descendants of ancient pathogens in primates that have shaped how the immune system fights infections.
"More than 40 non-human primate species in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with strains of HIV-related viruses," Emerman said. "Since some of these viruses may have the potential to infect humans as well, it is important to know their origins."
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