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One case in point is the recent analysis of the firm's active project database focusing on the Northeast Region, which indicates that industrial project starts in the second quarter of 2008 in this area are expected to near $10 billion, an increase of 39% over 2007 projects' total investment value (TIV). In the Northeast, the $9.6 billion in forecast spending is sourced out of 186 projects. This figure translates into a project average of $51.6 million, compared to $42 million the same time last year.
Looking at individual states, Pennsylvania has slipped past New York to claim the top spot in the region for the second quarter with $5.1 billion spread over 77 projects. In fact, the Keystone state is currently responsible for 53% of all of the region's spending for the quarter and is carrying an average project TIV of $66 million. New York is a fairly distant second in terms of TIV, with 63 projects worth $2.3 billion.
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Welcome to Conservapedia!
A family-owned American company takes the same stand that Saint Peter, and Saint Paul after him, had to take. [1] While a Tea Party activist writes a legal analysis that the lawyers for this company might use. [2]
Time, eternity and the beginning of the universe. [3]
As the fiscal cliff negotiations stall, "Obama governs 'like a visitor from a morally superior civilization,'" observes the New York Times columnist David Brooks. [4]
The Obama-supported change in Egypt has resulted in a collapse of the value of its currency: "Egypt pound hits record low under new currency regime." [5]
Conquering Darwinism with the help of a key Christian organization and through collaborative efforts.[6]
7 reasons why the Question evolution! campaign will be a boon to single women and a bane to homosexual activists. [7]
Also, the ladies love the Question evolution! campaign.[8][9]
An activist with experience in setting up a Christian school shows you how government schools poison their pupils' minds—and how to stop them. [10]
A leftist lawyer who represents Occupy Wall Street intends to cash-in on the Sandy Hook tragedy. [11]
Despite liberal claims and bad science, oil doesn't come from dead animals: "Astronomical techniques have thus produced clear and indisputable evidence that hydrocarbons are major constituents of bodies great and small within our solar system." [12]
The Tea Party activists who filed the most comprehensive challenge to Obamacare now predicts: Obamacare is dead-on-arrival in 2013. The decisio by Hobby Lobby to perform an Acts Chapter Four act of defiance might be the trigger. [13]
A new study confirms the obvious, despite the liberal denials of truth: "The more that people play violent video games, the greater their levels of aggressive behavior." [14]
Were dinosaurs created on day six of God's creation?[15]
The most popular Wikipedia article of the year 2012 was the one on Facebook.[16] No, users were not really trying to read an encyclopedia article on Facebook. They were searching for Facebook, and stumbled on a Wikipedia article by mistake.
Why the YouTube creationist Djw0071 is excited about the Question evolution! campaign and how he is going to help advance the campaign. [17] The video is available at: Question Evolution!?
Evolutionists, watch the video and learn how real science works.
Russia, fed up with how liberals export their homosexual agenda, bans adoption by Americans and prohibits political activity in Russia by American groups. [18] And the lamestream media are still clueless about the underlying conflict.
China's atheist leaders and intellectuals are panicking about the rapid growth of Christianity in China.[19]
Conservapedia is proven right again. Atheists are timid little bunnies with no backbone: Atheism and cowardice
Gender gap and feminism in American politics: "a welfare state that provides an unmarried young woman with the possibility of having kids without a husband is not going to last very long."[20]
What is the biblical view of women?[21]
True vs. false humility. [22]
Also, Thomas Sowell on the vulgar pride of intellectuals.[23]
The atheist and evolutionist PZ Myers falls deeper into the abyss of obscurity. Global Christianity and creationism see explosive growth.[24]
Imagine how obscure PZ Myers will be after he dies. Like the atheist Paul Kurtz, it doesn't appear as if he will leave a legacy.[25]
Atheist Sam Harris, it doesn't pay to be naughty during Christmas! Jesus smites you again! Repent and be saved![26]
"I once wanted to become an atheist but I gave up . . . they have no holidays." - Henny Youngman
Liberal hypocrisy abounds after the Newtown Incident. Liberals are hypocrites in three separate ways. [27]
The smiling face of liberal hate: An Austrian professor wants the death penalty for global warming deniers.[28] [29]
Putin plans to sign into law a ban on Americans adopting Russian children. [30] Is this punishment for how the Obama Administration pushes the homosexual agenda on Russia? (The lamestream media would never admit that.)
The Tea Party and the Republican establishment are at all-out war. That war broke out last week, when members of the Tea Party in the House of Representatives refused to pass a corrupt bargain. Now prominent people on both sides have drawn their knives. [31]
The first volley of the second and much larger wave of Question evolution! campaign videos to come has been fired and it is spectacular! [32]
Evolutionists, are you ready for an onslaught of new creationist YouTube video makers such as Shockofgod and PPsimmons that are approaching on the horizon? Djw0071 is going to train them!
The liberals who want gun control can't handle the truth: [33]
NBC flaunts a gun ammunition magazine in order to engage in demagoguery for gun control, and now it is being investigated for violating gun control for possessing it in D.C.! But expect the liberal double standard to allow NBC executives to avoid gun-control punishment inflicted on ordinary citizens.
Richard Dawkins, it doesn't pay to be naughty during Christmas! Jesus smites you again! Repent and be saved![34]
With Dems running the country, the "U.S. to hit debt ceiling on Monday." [35]
Virginia plans to nominate three movement conservatives for its statewide elections in 2013, with conservative Ken Cuccinelli leading the ticket - and the liberal media fear they will win. [36]
"The Gates of Hell: the Assault on the Enemy Kingdom," by Bishop Bert: [37]
The BIGGEST LIE of 2012. It's not the media's reporting of Mitt Romney's number 47, as they love to claim; it's the media's mis-reporting - and Obama's distortions of - the attack in Benghazi, in which four Americans were killed: [38]
The liberal war on Christmas has a new victim: Santa Claus: [39]
Sam Donaldson thinks it's not OK to be a conservative Republican; thinks it's not OK to be a Tea Partier. [40][41]. But he thinks it's OK to drive drunk: [42][43]
Best of the public triumphs again: "Wis. man's Little Free Library copied worldwide." [44]
A liberal newspaper removes some common sense, tosses the Second Amendment in the trash, throws in some hate, and stirs the pot to make it easier to be a criminal: they publish the names and addresses of law-abiding gun owners in two New York counties. [45] And they might have laid themselves wide-open for lawsuits. [46]
Christmas celebrations begin in Europe, but the liberal media criticize the Pope even at this special time by saying he is "elderly" and "frail". [47] Funny, the media do not use those terms to describe the aged liberals in Congress.
Aside from who should guard a school, Wayne LaPierre got it right when he said,[48]
|The one thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun.
"Ron Paul no fan of NRA gun plan ... 'Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety as a worthy ideal, because it would require total state control over its citizens' lives,'" Ron Paul observed. [49] For an in-depth analysis: [50]
Is the forced-removal of God from public schools the real reason behind the Sandy Hook tragedy? [51] "The Founders believed that religion and morality were necessary for a government of limited authority, which provides a lot of freedoms," said Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. "Without religion and morality as the base, they knew the government would devolve into chaos. We have to be a self-restrained people with morals. And the way people would be moral is through the teaching of Judeo-Christian values and beliefs and that there is a God to whom they are accountable."
Young earth creationists are happier than atheists during Christmas. Darwinism never has inspired joyous songs, but has merely inspired misery.[52]
Downward spiral continues for labor unions: the "twinkie" company folded due to a union, then Michigan voted against compulsory union membership, and now 97% of NHL players vote for allowing the dissolution of their union. [53]
2012 has been a very BAD year for Richard Dawkins's website according to Quantcast.[54][55]
Will 2013 prove to be even a bigger disaster for Richard Dawkins, Darwinism and global atheism/agnosticism?[56]
Physics vs. the evolutionary hypothesis - Physics wins![57]
First there was PPsimmons, Shockofgod, MultiArchangel, PiltdownSuperman, Onceforgivennowfree and the 13 year old Cecil B. DeMille of creationism.
They were forerunners to the Question evolution! campaign video making machine Djw0071 and the pack of Question Evolution! video makers to come![58]
Socialized medical care in Britain: "Hospital apologises to 38 families for appalling care that saw a patient starve to death." [59]
Another pro-life victory: Planned Parenthood drops its challenge to South Dakota's 3-day waiting period prior to an abortion. [60] Many choose life if given time to think about it.
Club for Growth helped sink the RINOs' "unacceptable combination of tax increases and phony spending cuts" known as Plan B, and the group is not making any apologies for its principled stance. [61] It's up to liberals now to show some leadership for a change.
The fictional Big Bang today relies on a growing number of hypothetical entities, things that we have never observed — inflation, dark matter and dark energy are the most prominent examples.[62]
What new fiction will Bing Bang propagandists dream up to keep their fantasy alive? Leprechauns popped the universe into existence? Fairies caused the Big Bang?
Six out of ten universities can't figure out the First Amendment. It isn't conservatives who are running these centers of higher "learning"; it's liberals. [63][64]
The end of that Mayan Calendar "doomsday" myth. [65]
They bungled Benghazi in more ways than one. [66]
The warped thinking of liberals dictates that the way to end gun violence is to shoot everyone supporting the NRA: [67] Talk about hate speech!
The secret Soviet air and naval missions to Moneron Island and to KAL 007: The Russian ruse: [68]
Conservatives defeat the RINO leadership in the House by rejecting the "Plan B" tax increases, and the House adjourns for Christmas. [69] Now it's entirely up to the liberals who control the White House and U.S. Senate if they want to avert the fiscal cliff.
Passing out Question evolution! campaign tracts in front of British Free schools in 2013 and asking creationist schoolchildren in these schools to pass them out to their friends.[70]
Apparently, British evolutionists and atheists are not familiar with Sir Isaac Newton's laws of motion. To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction.
Unable to win creation vs. evolution debates, UK evolutionists and atheists are taking desperate measures and attempting to indoctrinate British Free School children into believing evolutionary pseudoscience.[71]
A new version of the Bible alters the passages critical of homosexuality. [72] Fortunately, the Conservative Bible Project rejects any such departures from the Bible's original meaning.
Republican Scott Brown has a big lead to win John Kerry's U.S. Senate seat in the Democrat stronghold of Massachusetts, reports the left-leaning Politico.
"Video game lobby silent" now; it spent "$4.4 million lobbying Congress" in 2011, allowing video games to continue to desensitize kids to extreme violence like that inflicted by the young mass murderer in Connecticut. [73]
Fast and Furious just added another twist to the scandal. Ex-ATF agent buys gun - illegally - and this gun ends up at the murder scene of a Mexican beauty queen. [74]
When it comes to guns [75] or Robert Bork [76], Democrats and liberals just have to "tweet" as much hate as possible.
Adam Lanza had a basement lair, to which he would retreat to play violent video games every day: [77] Are his favorite games on this list? [78]
A public school district in Texas has "allowed staff members and teachers to carry concealed weapons" since 2008, and never had a problem. Some other school districts do likewise, yet liberals won't allow it where it is needed most - where neighborhood kids play video games all day. [79]
A veteran Tea Party activist offers a sobering perspective on gun control as certain Representatives and Senators pursue it. [80]
American Christians: Inoculate your church's young people against atheism/agnosticism and doubt! Have your church invite Dr. Jonathan Sarfati to your church for his Christianity for Skeptics tour in the United States.[81]
Invite all your village atheists acquaintances to your church when he speaks there! Remind them that atheism has no proof and evidence supporting it.
The rise of teavangelicals in American politics. Teavangelicals may play a bigger role in the 2016 or 2020 U.S. Presidential election. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio: Democrats Worst Nightmare. [82]
"Give me liberty," said Patrick Henry. It's worth remembering why he said that. [83]
Against the raw emotional appeal of the liberals to gun control, some facts to remember about mass killings and how to stop them. [84]
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) joins the Shameless Squad of gun control promoters. Of course, he shed not a tear for the victims of Operation Fast and Furious. [85]
Your liberal radio host Ed Schultz, and the lack of respect he has for the nation's founders. "The idea that we need to be stuck in the mud of a different generation because some dead people think that's the way we oughta live 200 and some odd years later, I'm not there." [86]
Are you a wise man? Are you seeking Him?[87]
Yes, you can legitimately blame liberals for the Connecticut school shooting. Why? Months before Adam Lanza played with guns for the last time, the liberal ACLU STOPPED Connecticut Senate Bill 452, which they claimed would have infringed on the rights of the mentally ill without their consent. [88] So, we have a liberal organization saying you can't forcibly medicate someone who's nuts without their consent. As opposed to killing children without their consent?
The usual suspects scream for gun control. We really need evil control. [89]
"US school gunman was 'obsessed' with violent video games" - an India news headline tells the truth that the lamestream media fail to admit. [90]
A message from Gary Bates the CEO of Creation Ministries International USA (CMI-USA) about the Question evolution! campaign and the year 2012.[91]
The evolutionists have become so angry about not being able to answer the 15 questions for evolutionists, they have even threatened to disrupt CMI meetings in churches!
Creationists laugh at the threats of evolutionists! Expect the Question Evolution! Campaign to expand considerably in 2013.[92]
A gun incident ignored by the major media: A concealed gun permit holder prevented a larger tragedy at a shopping mall. [93]
This Christmas season, let's remember that Jesus Christ is the Lord of time and creation. [94]
The Rt. Rev. Stanley Ntagali was yesterday enthroned as the eighth Archbishop of the province of the Church of Uganda, at a function where President Museveni urged leaders and the public to desist from promoting homosexuality.[95]
Liberal denial: instead of admitting that violent video games probably incited the unspeakable rampage by the young mass murderer, the authorities plan "to interview the youngest survivors of the school shooting as they try to determine the motive of the gunman." [96]
The meme of atheism and obesity is spreading WIDELY across the internet. Google USA estimates that there are 126,000 search results for "atheism and obesity".[97]
A Christian apologetics article at Beacon Apologetics mentions "atheism and obesity".[98] At Yahoo Answers India someone wrote that people are starving in the world because obese atheists are consuming too much food.[99]
"KAL 007's After-attack Escape from Destruction:" [100]
"Exit polls: Conservative party wins Japan election." [101]
The Christian apologist Mariano Grinbank reviews the movie IndoctriNation: Public schools and the decline of Christianity in America.[102]
When Christian private schooling and homeschooling was predominant in America, there wasn't a significant problem with children killing children. Don't send your kids to the ungodly public schools.
Alex Jones has a show on the documentary IndocriNation which demonstrates that American public schools are not only unsafe in terms of violence, but they have significant problems in terms of molestation and indoctrination into filth/leftism/anti-Christian rhetoric/evolutionism.[103][104][105]
Dynasty Warriors: that was the violent video game preferred by the young mass murderer several years ago. [106] Why won't authorities say what he was doing on his computer in the days leading up to his Connecticut massacre of schoolchildren?
Dems "open to relaxing federal marijuana laws." [107]
Rampage in another school leaves 23 injured, but this time it involves a knife: [108] And why is the liberal media largely silent on this story? Is it because there's no guns involved?
Officials withhold from the public the evidence they seized from the killer's computer. [109] Authorities and the lamestream media may never disclose what the young mass murderer was really doing leading up to his rampage.
Labor unions were once champions of liberty. Today many of them act like instruments of tyranny. And the United States government is taking a mis-cue from them. [110]
Liberal claptrap for gun control begins within hours of today's tragic murders, which would not have happened if laws banning guns for self defense in public school were repealed.
Why do liberal politicians, who ban the most common foods and drinks, press so hard to legalize marijuana? Could it be because this drug destroys initiative in the user? [111]
Incredible: Barack Hussein Obama gets his own portrait bust, commissioned by a big-city mayor, specifically of Trenton, New Jersey. Does he now think he is Julius Caesar? [112][113]
Pennsylvania becomes the 28th state to reject the ObamaCare exchanges. [114] Is ObamaCare the biggest legislative failure in history?
Among the targets of the union violence of December 11: a hot dog seller. Happily, the local community has rallied to him. And shame on the goons who wrecked his business. [115]
Atheism drops England lower on the European standard of living ranking, as the UK falls below the less atheistic Germany and Austria. [116] "Atheism" = "stop trying," which is why there are almost no atheistic sports stars.
Roots are important. Your ancestry affects your life now. Unless your past is rooted with dignity, being made in the image of God, then what difference does it matter what happens to you?[117]
"Taxation without representation!" A battle cry during the American Revolution. And is it relevant again today? [118]
Poll: Obama support mirrors Bush after reelection. [119] And then it declined, and declined, and declined.
Two years ago, a Tea Party group in New Jersey tried to recall their Senator. So why didn't they work actively against his re-election? Because his suggested replacement would have been his near-clone. The head of Recall NJ explains. [120]
Is union violence the real face of organized labor? The reaction to Michigan's new right to work laws makes that plain. You can also play the incriminating footage of the incidents. [121]
The quid pro quo in Michigan: [122]
A Tea Party/third party activist accuses Democrats and Republicans of hypocrisy about the "fiscal cliff." Included: a shocking video to illustrate the US debt ceiling, which Congress will raise again. [123]
"A right to carry firearms in public may promote self-defense" -- with those words the Seventh Circuit invalidates Illinois' ban on carrying weapons in public. [124] The federal appellate court recognizes the right to use weapons for self defense in public.
A Question evolution! campaign blog has now received over 275,000 views. This is merely the beginning of things to come. Wait until the all-out assault on evolutionism arrives![125]
Shoot down of Korean Airlines Flight 007: the transcripts [126]
The GOP-led Michigan legislature passes right to work, which ends compulsory union dues; many public school teachers walked off the job to protest at the capital. [127] Unions don't support real "freedom to choose."
"The Ruling of the Baby Killers." [128]
Woman could face up to a year in jail for faking victimization by an anti-gay hate crime. [129]
Federal court rules that Choose Life license plates are unconstitutional unless North Carolina also offers pro-abortion-rights plates. [130]
RINOs are worried that conservative Tom Price may challenge the weak John Boehner for Speaker of the House. [131] One congressman nominated Newt Gingrich to return as Speaker, which is allowed by the rules.
One thing you can be very sure of: The world is approximately 6,000 years old.[132]
Hosing the influence of evolutionist rats out of Britain before more British college women enter the sex trade! Also, news update: Gentlemen, if you want to marry a nice girl, marry a lady where biblical creationism is prevalent or growing![133]
"Cuba stays silent about deadly cholera outbreak." [134] Leftist regimes are not known for telling the truth.
The liberal media continue to prefer failure rather than support playing the conservative Tim Tebow. Today the Jets barely squeaked by the 2-11 Jaguars. [135] There will be no playoffs for the Jets if they continue to play this poorly without Tebow.
Unchivalrous and evolution loving British liberal elites are looking the other way while British young women are being used as exploited sex workers. In the last year, sexually related work has doubled for college students in the down British economy - an economy no doubt oppressed by failed liberal economic policies. [136]
2010 research suggest that one in four British students know someone who had worked in the sex industry to fund their college studies – up from three per cent in 1990. British women working in dangerous conditions reported physical/verbal harassment from customers.[137]
British college women are paying their way through college by being whores, pole-dancers, strippers, lap-dancers and escorts.[138] The UK brought us evolutionism which has been linked to a loss of morality.[139]
New research conducted by Professor Ron Roberts at the Kingston University found that six percent of students are obtaining jobs in sexually related sector of the British economy and universities are receiving between £600,000 and £3 million from the sex industry.
China, Russia, and France, which are countries with a recent past of secularism and/or have current secularistic societies, have lunatics panicking over the supposed end of the world according to the Mayan calendar.[140]
In addition, there are Americans buying survival shelters (no doubt Barack Obama supporters and/or American evolutionists!). See: Irreligion and superstition
"Two killed at alleged Washington pot house on first day of legal weed." [141] Didn't Democrats claim that legalizing pot would reduce crime?
The harmful impact of ObamaCare is beginning to be felt: at the Cleveland Clinic, considered one of the better facilities, a doctor sees ten patients at the same time to save money. [142]
Atheist serial killer from Alaska did not repent of his atheism and committed suicide in jail.[143]
See also: Atheism and mass murder and Atheism and suicide
Self-worship by liberals has no limits: "Obama to take corporate cash for inauguration." [144] Teleprompters are expensive!
The Russians give a big NYET to homosexuality.[145][146]
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, it's the only word that can describe FEMA under the Obama Administration: [147]
"Armageddon's terrorist prison: home to the earliest known church," essay by Bishop Bert [148]
Conservative African American Tim Scott is the front-runner to replace Jim DeMint in the U.S. Senate for South Carolina, but GOP governor Nikki Haley will make the appointment. [149] DeMint becomes president of the Heritage Foundation. [150]
The Great Tea Party Purge just had another consequence: the Fire Boehner campaign, to remove Representative John Boehner (R-OH) as Speaker of the House. [151]
Human beings in the evolutionary scheme are reduced to the status of mere animals, at the mercy of their various lusts and appetites. Yet leading theistic evolutionists, such as Kenneth Miller, downplay or altogether ignore these points in their teachings.[152]
The Great Tea Party Purge from the House of Representatives might have given House Speaker John Boehner more than he bargained for. He pulled four men from key committees, for voting conservative when he didn't want them to. And he's not fooling anyone. [153]
Not even $42 million -- the most of any congressional candidate -- was enough for Democrat Elizabeth Warren to defeat Republican Scott Brown in liberal Massachusetts; Warren begs with donors to help her pay down the additional debt she incurred. [154] And Warren is a bankruptcy law professor!
Conservatives save American sovereignty by defeating a U.N. Treaty that would regulate disability. [155]
Record early sales for Black Friday fell flat the following week, just as the liberal gimmick of early voting decreases overall turnout in elections. [156]
Liberal consequences: "Manufacturing Declines to Weakest Level Since July 2009." [157]
A sports announcer parrots the old logical fallacy about gun control, after an NFL linebacker killed his girlfriend, then himself, with a gun. His remarks were as disgraceful as they were absurd. [158]
Broadcasters who make millions from the NFL blame others for the harm it causes.
"Peace-making, God-style, in Alexandria, Egypt", by Bishop Bert. [159]
The 4-7 Jets were losing to one of the worst teams in the league when the coach finally replaced their quarterback, but still refused to play the conservative Tim Tebow. [160] This time the excuse was a minor rib injury, but the reality is that the liberal media want to exclude the pro-life Tebow.
A leading African American conservative, J.C. Watts, considers running against RINO Backer Reince Priebus for the chairmanship of the RNC. [161]
The Mercury ice could not have stayed on Mercury for 4.5 billion years, or even 3.2 million years. The meteors and dust that bombard Mercury constantly should have blown it away. It did not. So it got there recently—thousands, not billions, of years ago. [162][163][164]
Does Barack Hussein Obama want to go over the fiscal cliff? Maybe. Maybe he wants a rerun of the Cloward and Piven Strategy. [165]
It appears the lamestream media may succeed in driving conservative Tim Tebow out of the New York City media market. "Tebow, likely along with much of the current Jets roster and coaching staff, is almost certainly gone this offseason," writes a prior supporter. [166] The Jets would rather lose than play a conservative who would win.
"Obama's Now Borrowed More Than All Presidents from Washington to W." [167]
The goofy atheist Stephen Hawking goes off the deep end with his "little green men" fantasies.[168]
The ice on Mercury, found by NASA's MESSENGER probe, has provoked a lot of controversy. Specifically, a creation-oriented correspondent asserts that the Mercury ice confirms the Hydroplate Theory of the Great Flood. Here's why no other theory can account for the Mercury Ice. [169][170][171]
Ronald Reagan proposed to "starve the beast." Now a Tea Party activist proposes to slay the beast. That beast is larger than government, which is only part of it. [172]
The United Nations votes to call Palestine a "State." But what does that really mean? Does it do anyone any favors? [173]
"The Message and its Music: a marriage that sticks," by Bishop Bert [174]
NASA's MESSENGER probe today found ice on the planet Mercury. Enough ice, in fact, to bury Washington, DC in two and a half miles of ice. But where did it come from? The best answer is that it came from Earth during the Great Flood. [175]
The Eighth Circuit issues an injunction against a key ObamaCare mandate. [176] One possible reason: the mandated drugs could harm the women who take them! [177]
Warren Buffett is not only a hypocrite, but he also spouts total nonsense about how people invest. [178]
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer rejects ObamaCare by declining to set up a health insurance exchange there. [179]
An atheist who loses a debate admits that "most homosexuals are atheists".[180][181]
No wonder why so many young earth creationists are better in sports that atheists! More Olympic gold medals will be coming to America and the UK!
Fifteen questions the Mainstream Media should ask of Barack Obama, but won't, this as Obama uses a woman (United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice) to shield him, while pretending to defend her: [182]
Those foolish enough to buy a Powerball lottery ticket will be better off if they lose than if they win. "A West Virginia man who won $315 million a decade ago on Christmas later said the windfall was to blame for his granddaughter's fatal drug overdose, his divorce, hundreds of lawsuits and an absence of true friends." [183]
A British ex-atheist/evolutionist writes to Creation Ministries International: "I am overwhelmed by the quality of information you guys put out and overjoyed to have discovered what a fraud the unbiblical theory of evolution is."[184]
An example of liberal hate on the air: Mike Malloy goes on the air to "pray" for the execution of anyone in the Tea Party. [185]
Conservative Rand Paul affirms that he'll honor his anti-tax pledge, asks why liberals plan to break the pledge they made to the American people. [186]
Just who is it that really wants to execute homosexuals? [187]
Millions fall for the fool's gold of the Powerball jackpot, now that it reaches $500M in payout. [188] The lottery losers are mostly Obama supporters.
RINO Backers Fox News Channel and John McCain strike again: Folks "like me" should leave the abortion issue alone, McCain declares on Fox. [189] Jesus didn't keep quiet in standing up for life.
Religious makeup of the chambers of the 113th U.S Congress. Atheists still mistrusted by many.[190]
Are you an American atheist? Maybe you should start off small and run for dog catcher!
The 19-year-old star of the "Two and a Half Men" comedy calls the show "filth", and he begs people to stop watching the show. [191] Teenagers are increasingly repudiating the garbage pushed on them by the Left.
The U.S. Supreme Court clears the way for a new challenge to ObamaCare, by Liberty University with respect to the mandate imposed on employers to buy insurance. [192]
Liberalism: is it psychosis, evil, or based in ignorance? [193]
"Millions Struggle With High College Debt and No Degree." [194] The Worst College Majors pushed by liberal colleges can leave students with misinformation and massive debt.
Uganda's president begs forgiveness for his sins, his country's sins, and dedicates his nation to Jesus Christ: [195] "This incident is also important as a contrast to the picture being painted of Uganda by the godless left of a backwards, violent and savage culture intent on murdering homosexuals," Rev. Scott Lively said. "On the contrary, Museveni is calmly and confidently setting the course of his nation by the guidance of the Bible, in a way that also shows great courage and resolve."
"Abortions Down 5%, Biggest Decline in a Decade." [196]
How evolutionary belief has harmed science and society.[197]
A shrill evolutionist was clearly rattled by the scientists at Creation Ministries International.
An unholy trinity has replaced the system of checks and balances of our Constitution. A Tea Party activist reminds us of what comes of that, and what to do about it. [198]
The gimmick of early shopping for Black Friday is as senseless as the liberal stunt of early voting for elections: "Low Black Friday turnout at big-box stores in" a Pennsylvania town. [199]
My two dads and my two mommies have one thing in common: their kids ain't so happy and gay. [200]
Ahhh, Planned Parenthood. Want that abortion? Fine. Want the "doctor" to mess up your innards? Fine. Want the staff to call 911? Fine. Want the staff to say you're "fine" at the same time? [201]
More than 4 times as many Americans would like to have pro-life Tim Tebow as a Thanksgiving dinner guest than Barack Obama. Only 5% want Obama to join them today for dinner. [202]
Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill was officially added to their Parliament's schedule on November 21, 2012.
The Uganda speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga was greeted with a hero's welcome at Entebbe International Aiport for her staunch support of the proposed anti-homosexuality bill. VIDEO
Why didn't the Republicans challenge the rampant voter fraud in the 2012 Presidential election? Because 31 years ago, they signed away their right to do so! A Tea Party activist explains, and vows to take up the challenge. [203]
Why do those who dislike unemployment insist on voting for socialists? "London students protest youth debt and joblessness." [204]
Conservapedia proven right, again: Some Dems would rather fail than accept conservative reforms. Union bosses refuse to allow a secret ballot for workers, thereby causing the maker of Twinkies to terminate nearly 18,500 jobs and liquidate in bankruptcy. [205]
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Not really. I expect double digit wins this year, as much as 11.
Didn't read the whole thread, but I'd be quite disappointed at 8-8.
With 5 games left, they have work to do.
theENGLISHseahawk wrote:Is it acceptable to be one win better off than 2010 and 2011? Would it be considered a failure this year? Or would you see it as progress, however minor?
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I know it's way too early but looks like 2013 also reads 8-8.
oregonhawkfan wrote:After my initial "DAMN we suck", kick the dog, pull my hair out emotional response I take a few deep breaths and revert back to the "this was layed out as a 4 year total rebuild plan" thought process. We are 75% done and we all get our hopes up so high for playoff chances and some nice performances. I think we still have some great (and pathetic) football yet to play this year as we roller coaster our way thru the ups and downs of a young team still learning and missing a couple pieces.
To answer your question: To me it is more about developing better chemistry, the Oline gelling better, and figuring some way to fix our recently exposed defensive flaws. I would hope to see us closer to the 10 win mark as a win/loss mark of progress but I am more interested in how we get there rather than the end result at this point in time.
One think I would like to see changed is pulling some of the stops out offensively and "playing to win" the game rather than the "playing not to lose" feel our games (especially on the road) seem to have to them. Sometimes you just need to gamble and I think we need to start thinking more along those lines now.
Hasselbeck wrote:theENGLISHseahawk wrote:Is it acceptable to be one win better off than 2010 and 2011? Would it be considered a failure this year? Or would you see it as progress, however minor?
Failure. Team is too talented to be 8-8, couple this with the fact a rookie QB actually has outperformed his expectations and is seemingly getting better.. and that adds to it.
Jazzhawk wrote:Would 8-8 be acceptable for this team?
No. Neither is 9-7 frankly.
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
The Grandmother I Never Knew
I never knew my grandmother. She died at the age of 23, a few weeks after giving birth to my father and his twin sister. Had she lived to old age I'm certain that our lives would have intertwined, even if only through letters and occasional visits.
I sometimes wonder what it would have been like to have grown up knowing two grandmothers. I wish I knew what Beulah's personality was like. Was she cheerful? Did she have a sense of humor? Was she very serious? All I really know of her personality I learned from her younger sister, Brendice. Aunt Brendice said that Beulah was a "little on the quiet side but friendly." She said Beulah liked people but not confusion or fussing. She also said, "As I remember Beulah she was very reserved and I guess I don't remember her so much because she was my friend and didn't boss me around. I shed bitter tears when she left home." (Brendice said the sisters who were older than both her and Beulah were very bossy.) Brendice was 16 when Beulah left home and married in December, 1911.
Happy Birthday, Gramma Beulah.
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Oh, so very sad that she died at such a young age, and leaving two little babies behind. How tragic!ReplyDeleteReplies
Jana, it's even sadder. My father's twin sister died 3 days after the twins were born. It was hinted that my grandmother was over-wrought at her baby's death and went out too early for too long in the early March winter, which brought about her own death. Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment.Delete
How sad, Nancy. Your grandfather must have been very distraught - losing a child and then his wife.ReplyDelete
I wish you had been able to know both your grandmothers,also. Until this post, I don't think I realized how fortunate I was to have both of mine while I was growing up.
I appreciate your comments and look forward to reading what you have to say. Thanks for stopping by.


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BrooklynWebTech needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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Parkers Jewellers
Our client retails pre-owned vintage watches such as Rolex, Omega, Patek Phillipe etc to the public, and has been established as a business since 1883. We are currently creating a brand new e-commerce site using the Magento open e-commerce platform.
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On Wednesday night, James Stewart and Troy Lee unveiled their brand new joint venture, Seven, to the public. The event was held at TLD's boutique shop in Laguna Beach, California, and hundreds of invited guests showed up to see what the two MX icons had to say about their project.
In case you missed it, here is the exclusive Seven sneak peek that we posted last night.


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Kendrick, Phillies overpowered in home opener
PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies spent more time and energy on fundamentals in Spring Training than they had in recent memory.
Every day, they emphasized the importance of pitchers keeping the ball down in the strike zone.View Full Game Coverage
PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies spent more time and energy on fundamentals in Spring Training than they had in recent memory.
Every day, they emphasized the importance of pitchers keeping the ball down in the strike zone.View Full Game Coverage
They knew they would need to play crisp and clean baseball in 2014 to have a chance to win, but their past two losses have been anything but spotless. They allowed three home runs to Ryan Braun, three unearned runs and committed three errors in Tuesday's 10-4 loss to the Brewers in their home opener at Citizens Bank Park.
"We didn't execute in a lot of ways," Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said.
Their poor play on Tuesday followed one error and four unearned runs in Sunday's five-run loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
"Well, we'll continue to work," Sandberg said. "In a lot of ways, we have been playing good defense. Hopefully this is a one-game thing. It's not a good way to have an Opening Day, that's for sure. It was sloppy."
Sandberg rattled off examples of the sloppy play he worked so hard to prevent in Spring Training: Kyle Kendrick could not execute a sacrifice bunt in the second; errors from Kendrick and Cody Asche in the third led to four runs, handing the Brewers a 5-1 lead; Asche could not turn a double play in the fifth; Ben Revere dropped a catchable ball in center field for the second time in two games, giving the Brewers a 7-4 lead in the seventh.
But Braun torched the Phillies.
He started it with his glove, too. The Phillies had runners on first and second with two outs in the second when Braun made a fantastic diving catch in right field to end the inning.
"It was huge," Ryan Howard said. "Obviously, it kind of changed the momentum. That ball gets down, or gets past him, two runs possibly score on that. And then we also have an opportunity to get even more."
Phillies fans booed Braun heavily during pregame introductions and every time he stepped to the plate. Major League Baseball suspended Braun for the final 65 games of the 2013 season for his connection to Biogenesis.
Maybe Phillies fans should stop booing.
"I love it," Braun said. "It's great. Seriously. As a competitor, I really do enjoy it. For all of us, it's a challenging game, a long season, and playing in an atmosphere and environment like this is certainly something that's motivating."
Braun hit a three-run home run to left field in the third inning on a sinker down in the strike zone to give the Brewers a 4-1 lead. He smacked a solo home run to right field in the fourth to make it 6-1. His three-run homer against right-hander Brad Lincoln in the eighth turned a three-run deficit into a blowout.
"Obviously, today was his day," Kendrick said.
Braun, who set a career high with seven RBIs, entered the game with an inflamed nerve between his right thumb and forefinger. It has caused pain for nearly a year, but recently has turned into numbness throughout the rest of the thumb. Braun entered the series hitting .150 (3-for-20) with one walk and three strikeouts in five games, but he looked perfectly healthy against the Phillies.
"I think it's motivating for me to get that adrenaline going, helps make the thumb feel better," Braun said of the hostile reception.
The Phillies tried to chip away at the early five-run deficit. Jimmy Rollins doubled off the top of the right-field wall in the fourth to score Revere. Asche's two-out single to right-center in the fifth scored Domonic Brown to make it 6-3. Revere tripled and scored on Rollins' single to left in the sixth to make it 6-4.
But Revere dropped the ball at the wall to allow a run in the seventh, which halted the Phillies' comeback.
"It definitely got up in the jet stream a little bit," Revere said. "It was doing some funny stuff in the sky. I was about to catch it right when I smashed into [the wall]. I hit right onto the chain link [fence]. I saw how the old boy [former Phillies center fielder Aaron Rowand] broke his nose on that thing a long time ago."
The Phillies played pretty solidly in their first five games, taking a 3-2 record into Sunday's series finale against the Cubs. Since then it has been the opposite. They hope Phillies right-hander Roberto Hernandez can turn the tide on Wednesday.
"There are going to be mistakes," Howard said. "Everybody makes mistakes. Generally we've played well. Today just didn't go our way."
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A reader ponders yet another mystery of advising, in this case graduate students:
One of the prospective grad students who would likely have worked with me if he had come to my institution accepted another offer instead. That's fine but I heard later that my current students were very relieved that he didn't accept our offer because they thought the guy was a total jerk and they didn't want him in the group. The fact that I wanted to work with him therefore meant that either didn't know he was a jerk (meaning I am clueless) or that I didn't care (meaning I think that as long as someone is smart, it's OK if they are a jerk). Either way this was bad for morale in the group. Or so I am told.
I did know that the prospective student was arrogant and I do care about group morale, but I don't think we can really tell what someone is like based on a short visit on a recruiting weekend. Should I use this as a teachable moment and explain that to my group? It occurred to me that I might end up wrecking their morale even more if I explained myself because wouldn't it be like saying I actually don't care what they think? There is a grain of truth to that, but just because I don't agree with their grad recruiting opinions doesn't mean I don't respect their opinions in general. In fact, I thought some of them were jerks when they visited, but they work well in the group and we get along well, I think. So it's complicated and I'm thinking of just not saying anything and assuming this is just one of those things that grad students need to complain about but it isn't a vital issue I need to address with them. Your thoughts?
This reminds me of something. It reminds me of when I was a grad student and a prospective student visited to check the place out. He was obnoxious, even by the standards of a department that was already overpopulated by gigantic egos and extreme levels of arrogance. His visit became notorious among the grad students, and we all hoped he would accept another illustrious offer that he made sure to tell us about.
But he didn't. He came to Our University. And he turned out to be a very interesting person with a great sense of humor. He was well-liked and made a lot of friends. Reader, I married him.
So, I come down on the side of believing that you can't really tell a lot about a grad student from their behavior during a recruiting visit. I am sure that some who display jerkish behavior during such an event are in fact pervasively obnoxious people and will be forevermore, but that is not necessarily true of all who give that impression.
Anyway, the main question is whether the advisor should have a chat with the grads about their grumblings on this particular issue (assuming the source of information is reliable about such grumblings) or assume this is a nano-tempest that can be ignored while you focus instead on the 57,892,345 more important things that need to be done now, or yesterday.
I guess I'd be tempted to ignore the issue, though it might be good at some point to devote a group meeting to general issues of Doing Research/Working With Others etc. Maybe there are issues that need explanation or discussion, even if you have no intention of justifying all your decisions about grad recruiting and advising.
That suggestion, which may or may not be helpful, is based on the assumption that the research group is overall functioning well, with most or all students progressing towards their degree with no more than the usual amount of anxiety and complaints. If, however, this bit of unhappiness is symptomatic of something more serious, then the question becomes: How do you (the advisor) know if that is the case, and what can/should you do about it, if anything?
Advisor-readers: How do you know what the general mood is of your advisees, as a group? Can you tell from a general sense of camaraderie (or lack thereof)? From the number of complaints? Do you ask directly whether some/most/all group members get along? Do you gauge the mood by getting indirect information (for example, from someone who tells you what so-and-so said at the pub)? I am not asking whether you care (although that might be interesting as well), but whether you have what you think is a reasonably accurate sense for group dynamics among your advisees and between your advisees and you, the advisor.


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Veggieman needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 82 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Kamis Imprinted Products
I consult with clients to identify effective promotional products that are on brand and support the client's objective to remain top of mind with their clients. I do not merely order pens because they tell me to buy pens. All products are sourced to adhere to key philosophy points of long shelf life, high perceived value and brand consistency. I have 20+ years of knowledge/experience in advertising and marketing. I counsel clients in the planning of a program and a selection of its promotional products.
Upper management of regional insurance agencies, law firms and banking industry.
1. Logo for professional products company in 2/color using green as one of its colors in a subordinate manner.
2. Tag line under logo......Where Creative Solutions Grow
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Two More Arrested After U.K. Soldier Killed
Two more people were arrested by U.K. police as they continued their investigation into the killing of Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old soldier who once served in Afghanistan. WSJ's Cassell Bryan-Low brings us up-to-date.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Universal law underlying veganism
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Dear ones, we bear witness to your suffering, we take action to permanently end it, and we continually send out an energy field of love and compassion to comfort you and to transform the hearts and souls of those who support this violent oppression.
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Canada More Or Less Admits Its Copyright Reform Plan Is Driven By US, Following DMCA Exemption Rulings
from the why-wait-until-now? dept
While I'm glad that Canadian politicians may be reconsidering their awful digital locks provision, it seems odd that it would take a US rulemaking for them to do so. After all, one of the key talking points by Canadian politicians is that this is a "made in Canada" approach to copyright, rather than being driven by the US. So, why would a US rulemaking matter? While it's good that this rulemaking is in a good direction, the fact that Canada didn't think to include similar exemptions in its copyright law until this rulemaking is more or less a confession that the copyright law was based on US rules and US interests, rather than Canadian interests.


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Israeli Woman Fined $140 Per Day For Refusing To Circumcise Son
Pictured above: A Plastibell device which can be used to circumcise young boys. Photo by David Levene
An Israeli woman who refused to "physically harm her son" by having the now one year old circumcised has been sentenced by a religious court to pay a fine of $140 per day until the procedure is performed.
According to a report by Haaretz, the child's mother Elinor stated:
"The baby was born with a medical problem, so we couldn't circumcise him on the eighth day as is customary. As time went on, I started reading about what actually happens in circumcision, and I realized that I couldn't do that to my son. He's perfect just as he is."
We wish the story was as simple as a mother sticking up for her kid, but unfortunately, things get a little tricky (and messy)...
According, to Elinor, her husband originally supported the decision to not circumcise their son, but as they began discussing their divorce in rabbinical court (part of Jerusalem's justice system that oversees matters of religion, including marriage and divorce), he changed his mind. However, Jerusalem court judges believe that Elinor could be using the infant (and his boy parts) as a pawn in making headway in the divorce proceedings.
By Jewish Law, if one parent wants their son to be circumcised, the other parent can't prevent it from taking place unless it's medically dangerous for the child.
This case is the first time a religious court has slapped a fine on a parent for refusing the procedure that is in line with Jewish Law.
Elinor, whose fine is now up to $700, plans to appeal the case to High Court of Justice in an effort to annul the rabbinical court's decision.
Let's hope they can reach a resolution soon! This is one procedure that most men would prefer to not have memory of.
Tell us Instincter's, which side of the knife are you on in this debate?
The elephant in the hospital...
This is a blood sacrifice to YHWH, the god of the jews. BTW, was Moses even cut? This mom is a saint in the making and not the only jewish parent against this genital mutilation of boys who have no say in the matter.
Female genital mutilation?
Foot binding?
Of course not, that would be inhumane.
Watch this vid, you will be glad you did.
Circumcision alters sex dramatically. HIS body, HIS decision.
The logic of the court is so faulty it's silly. "Every" boy does not get cut obviously. 3% of Israel's Jewish families do not circumcise. In places like Sweden only 40% of Jewish families circumcise.
And to say it's been done for long time, like that's a reason? NOT circumcising has been for a lot longer time, by the vast majority of humans.
Hundreds of thousands of men are enduring a multi-year process of non-surgical foreskin restoration to undo some of the sexual damage of forced circumcision.
This is an issue of a person's right to privacy. Parents as the legal guardians of the child should be given the right not to be forced to have their son circumcised. The state's role as parens patriae only steps in when the parent is obviously not capable of rearing for his child. I believe the mother was exercising what is for the best interest of his child in accordance with international standards and human rights, particularly the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and as well as the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Israel is a party to both treaties and it could be seen as violating both by forcing the parent to have the son circumcised and for fining her.
It's not a matter of circumcision or not circumcision. The matter is about a religious court imposing punishments on citizens for not following religious rules. And that's not just a problem with Israel; in muslim countries it is more widely spread and the punishments are much worse (such as beheading).


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Futures leap after surprisingly strong jobs report
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures rose sharply Friday after the U.S. reported stronger-than-expected hiring for June.
Dow Jones industrial futures rose 192 points to 15,108. The broader S&P futures tacked on 21 points to 1,630. Nasdaq futures added 33.75 points to 2,970.25.
U.S. employers added 195,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said, and hiring for April and May was revised higher.
The revisions are important because they suggest that job growth, which has come in fits and starts, is accelerating.
The report sent the dollar rocketing higher and stock futures extended their gains.
The price for a barrel of crude also climbed with the prospect of an economy on the mend and in need of more energy.
The unemployment rate remained at 7.6 percent, however, which leaves open the door for extended stimulus measures that have been undertaken by the U.S. Federal Reserve.


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The command line interface, which you can access from the console or through a secure shell connection to the server, provides a subset of the operating system functionality that is available through the operating system user interface.
This appendix describes commands that you can use on the Cisco IPT Platform to perform basic operating system functions. The Cisco IPT Platform Administration GUI application also makes these functions available.
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SuicideGirl of the Day — Flux [PICS]
Meet Flux, a SuicideGirl who loves big, throbbing brains and doing deadlifts.
Name: Flux
Age: 28
Location: Georgia
Stats: Compact and blonde.
Body mods: Some things but nothing too interesting.
Gets me hot: Big, throbbing brains.
Fantasy: An infinite library, a beach on Fiji and a well-built dude talking to me about Sophocles in between bouts of rutting.
Most humbling moment: I find the entire damn universe pretty humbling.
I lost my virginity: Semi-tragically…for him, not for me.
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Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and of the new book "Governing America."
(CNN) -- Avoiding the fiscal cliff can be a moment of truth for Congress as an institution. The ability of Congress to reach a deal on its own, rather than relying on tax hikes and spending cuts by default, would be a powerful push back against the loud chorus of critics who for almost a decade have been decrying dysfunction on Capitol Hill.
According to a recent Gallup poll, Americans consider legislators to be some of the least trusted professionals in the nation. Car salespeople ranked only slightly lower.
This is not the first time that Americans have felt this way. During the early 1960s, Congress was widely derided as a broken branch of government. A bipartisan alliance of Southern Democrats and Republicans used the committee process to bottle up legislation for years. "The sapless branch," Sen. Joseph Clark called Congress in an outburst of frustration with his colleagues. But this period of gridlock was followed by a huge burst of legislation that resulted in tax cuts, voting rights, civil rights, Medicare and Medicaid, education policy, a War on Poverty and much more.
Though it would be far short of a New Deal or Great Society, a budget deal would allow Congress to prove that the critics are off. Most important, Congress could show that it can make unpopular decisions with little or no political payoff.
The thing about this budget deal is that nobody would be happy with the outcome. If Democrats win, they walk away by raising some people's taxes. If Republicans win, they will cut deep into the spending of programs that are enormously popular throughout large parts of the electorate. The willingness of representatives and senators to take unpopular action is the best sign that the institution can fix national problems and not simply reward constituents.
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A budget deal could also show that bipartisanship is not impossible in our current era of polarization. The inability to achieve bipartisan legislation has been one of the biggest failings of Congress. When there has been bipartisan agreement in recent years on domestic policy, it has usually meant that two or three people come on board from the other side of the aisle.
The era when Republican Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen could bring over 20 or more colleagues for legislation proposed by a Democratic president, back in the 1960s, seems long gone.
The virtue of bipartisan deals is that they create bills that are more durable over time and have the imprint of a broader portion of the American public. Bipartisan votes on legislation demonstrate that support for a bill is not red or blue, but red, white and blue.
Boehner & Obama talk one-on-one
Lessons on how Congress can compromise
A budget deal could show that it is possible to have responsible partisanship. In recent decades, public debate has revolved around whether it is better to have a partisan divide, where Democrats and Republicans offer voters clear alternatives, or bipartisanship, where both sides find areas of agreement.
The alternate path is responsible partisanship, whereby the parties are willing to sign onto bills where each loses something significant. They must abide by Senator Dirksen's maxim: "I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times." Responsible partisanship would offer voters the best of both worlds -- a partisan system with the capacity for governance.
So the budget deal can be a big deal, not only for the nation but also for restoring public trust in Congress. If Congress fails to reach a deal on its own, or if it tries to kick the issue down the road by extending the deadline, the chances are that the terrible perceptions of the legislative branch will only get worse.
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We are "ETSU"
The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable.
Bucs add to postseason resume
The ETSU men's basketball team has enjoyed its share of postseason success and ranks as one of the nation's most prestigious basketball programs ... The Buccaneers have earned berths to the NCAA Tournament nine times (1969, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010) and NIT twice (1983, 2007) ... This will be the Bucs first ever appearance in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, and the program's 12th postseason tournament appearance all-time.
Bucs only Div. I team playing in Tennessee
While teams such as Memphis, Belmont and Tennessee earned trips to the postseason earlier this month, the ETSU men's basketball team -- by virtue of its win last week against Furman and a bye in the second round of the CIT -- are the only NCAA Division I program still playing basketball for this 2010-11 season.
ETSU "only" A-Sun team picked among nation's best "Prestige" programs
Since the beginning of the modern era for NCAA Division I-A basketball - marked by the expansion of the NCAA Tournament field to 64 teams in 1984-85 - the ETSU men's basketball program ranks in the Top 30 percent of the 300 programs that were eligible for the postseason at that time, this according to ESPN.com's "Prestige" ranking released back in 2008 ... Since that time, the Bucs have only added to their list of prestigious honors � The Buccaneers, who have enjoyed nine NCAA Tournament trips, one NIT berth, 11 20-win seasons, and a slew of conference regular season and tournament championships since 1984-85, ranked tied for 82nd out of 300 teams, meaning they were in the Top 27 percent of schools making the list. ETSU was ranked ahead of every current Atlantic Sun Conference team, as well as former Southern Conference rivals Appalachian State, Western Carolina, Georgia Southern and UNC Greensboro. In addition, the Bucs ranked ahead of SEC schools such as Tennessee, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Georgia, Mississippi and Auburn, as well as other major programs such as Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, DePaul, Bradley, Clemson, California and Florida State.
The series versus Iona
The Bucs and Gaels have only met once all-time, with ETSU winning a 92-88 game back during the 1988-89 season ... That game was played in the Syracuse Carrier Dome, as part of the Carrier Classic Tournament.
Last time out
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 22, 2011) - Senior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) scored a season high 27 points and fellow senior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) posted a double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds, as the ETSU men's basketball team dropped Ohio University 82-73 in the quarterfinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament Tuesday evening inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. ... A raucous crowd of 2,203 looked on as the Buccaneers improved to 24-11 and made history by becoming the first ETSU team to win multiple postseason games in the same season. The Bucs are also the first A-Sun team to win multiple postseason games since Arkansas-Little Rock won three games in the 1987 NIT. ... The Bucs did not get the win without a fight however, as Ohio managed to rally from an 11-point second half deficit to actually take the lead at 71-70 on a 3-pointer from D.J. Cooper with 2:17 left on the clock. However, from there ETSU recaptured the edge at 72-71 on a jumper by Adam Sollazzo (Tampa), and went on to outscore the Bobcats 10-2 the rest of the way. ... That final surge by the Bucs was highlighted by a two-handed slam from Smith that made it 80-73 and put the game away. Sollazzo finished with 12 points and seven rebounds off the bench ... Tubbs - who matched his career high with seven 3-pointers - was the story of the first half, hitting on 5-of-8 from beyond the arc and scoring 19 points before the break. His efforts helped ETSU overcome an early 9-3 deficit to ultimately lead by as many as 11 at 41-30 with just under a minute left in the half. The Bobcats managed to score five points in the final minute and ultimately trailed 43-35 at the break.
Smith wants to keep playing at home
The scoring production at home for senior Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) is bordering on the ridiculous ... In the Bucs last six games, Smith has set new career scoring highs four times ... His previous single-game high was 25 points, but since the Bucs' win over Kennesaw State on Jan. 29, this has been Smith's production:
Date Team Points
Jan. 29 Kennesaw State 27
Jan. 31 Mercer 28
Feb. 13 North Florida 29
March 15 Furman 32
March 22 Ohio 24
Smith's recent scoring has helped catapult him up some ETSU record lists, including single season scoring ... He now stands at 608 points on the season, which is 8th on the all-time list.
Bartow on Skip Prosser "Many of the Year" list
ETSU men's basketball head coach Murry Bartow has been named one of 16 finalist for the 2011 Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award. ... The award, which is awarded by CollegeInsider.com, was established in 2008 to honor those who not only achieve success on the basketball court but who display moral integrity off of it as well. ... The winner will be announced at the CollegeInsider.com awards banquet on April 1 in Houston, site of the men's basketball championship. ... In eight seasons at ETSU, Bartow has posted a 162-98 overall record and his .623 winning percentage ranks is the best in school history. His teams have averaged over 20 wins a year and have made five postseason tournament trips ... In addition, his program has consistently posted strong academic and graduation numbers, and is consistently involved in community service.
Brown ties single season block record against Ohio
With his six-block performance against Belmont, ETSU junior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) matched the program's single-game record ... At the time, Brown joined six other ETSU players who have had six-block games, including former standouts Brad Nuckles, Eryk Thomas, Jerald Fields, Zakee Wadood, Greg Dennis and Greg Hamlin ... He continued to swat away, and with his three blocks against Ohio (3/22), Brown tied the school's single-season block record at 70, which was set in 2003-04 by former ETSU great Zakee Wadood.
Home Sweet Dome ... against non-conference teams
Since the 1996-97 season, the Buccaneers are an amazing 143-45 overall inside Memorial Center, good for a winning percentage of 77 percent ... But when looking at the past 10 years, the Bucs are an even more impressive 42-3 against non-conference opponents ... This year, the Bucs are currently 13-1 at the Dome.
The Bucs' "magic" number is 70
The Buccaneers are 15-0 this season when the score 70 or more points ... This statistic is more telling in regards to the Bucs' defensive play, which has been consistently good this season and has held opponents to an average of just 63.9 points per game ... When the Bucs struggle offensively and score less than 70 points, they are just 9-11.
Johnson makes most of his opportunity
As a walk-on two years ago, senior guard DeShaud Johnson (Bristol, Va.) knew his opportunities to play may be limited ... However, as the Bucs prepared for the first round of the CIT, Johnson was as surprised as anyone else when he saw his name in the starting lineup for the game against Furman ... Instead of buckling under the pressure of his second career start (the first came on senior day back on Feb. 13), the 5-foot-9 point responded by setting career bests for points (5), field goals (2), 3-pointers (1), assists (4) and minutes played (22) ... He also started against Ohio (3/22) in the CIT quarterfinals, and will likely start again against Iona (3/26).
Buccaneers place two plays on Sportscenter
The ETSU men's basketball team is making a habit of garnering airtime on ESPN Sportscenter's Top Plays. ... Just three weeks ago, senior Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) was selected as the No. 1 play of the day with his 360 degree slam dunk against Lipscomb on Jan. 21 in the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. Well, the Buccaneers took it a step further against Jacksonville, placing two plays in the Top 10 and once again taking No. 1 ... Senior Micah Williams (Manchester) threw down a one-handed, alley-oop. That play was picked fourth in the countdown. ... Meanwhile, Tubbs again took the show after receiving a pass from junior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa). ... Tubbs again executed the same 360-degree slam with even more flair. The Sportscenter hosts described it as a Winter X Games style dunk.
Smith's 20/20 vision leads Bucs over FGCU
With his 20-point and 20-rebound effort against Florida Gulf Coast on Jan. 8, 2011, senior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) made history ... According to the statistics available to the ETSU media relations office, Smith was the first Buccaneer since Feb. 14, 1959 to post a 20/20 effort ... The last was Buc great Tom Chilton, who scored 35 points and grabbed 25 rebounds in a win over Wofford during the 1959 season.
Williams eclipses 1,000; Smith moving up list
While senior Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) was already a member of the 1,000-point club, fellow senior Micah Williams (Manchester) joined his roommate on the list against Kennesaw State (1/29) ... With a 3-pointer from the left wing at the 17:55 mark of the second half, Williams went over 1,000 for his career, becoming the 33rd ETSU player all-time to reach that number ... Meanwhile, Smith joined another select group by eclipsing 1,500 points for his career in the win over USC Upstate (1/25). Here is where they stand:
Name Place Points
Mike Smith No. 7 1,765
Micah Williams No. 20 1,157
Bartow gets wins No. 250 overall and 150 at ETSU; ranks among best coaches in last five years
With his team's win over Florida Gulf Coast on Jan. 8, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow picked up his 250th career victory ... He then collected his 150th win at ETSU when the Bucs downed Jacksonville on Jan. 15 ... When looking at coaches across the country, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow stands among a select group ... Of those coaches that have been at their current school for at least five years, only 24 have averaged better than 20 wins a season ... That list includes coaches such as Dayton's Brian Gregory, Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, UConn's Jim Calhoun, Florida's Billy Donovan, Michigan State's Tom Izzo, Duke's Mike Kryzewski, Louisville's Rick Pitino, Kansas' Bill Self, Maryland's Gary Williams and North Carolina's Roy Williams ... The list also includes Bartow, who is average 20.2 wins a year since 2005-06.


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Welcome to the Preseason Fire Drill of the season, for this, Calgary's first warmup season game on September 15, 2009.
Yes, it's here. But we're gonna do things a bit differently as far as the Fire Drills go, at least for the preseason. Now now, don't lose your cool just yet. Allow me to explain.
Last year, we asked five questions before every game Who, When, Where, What (to hate about the competition) and Why. This month, I don't want to do it, mainly because it gets tedious and you probably knew most of the info, but also partly because A) you're going to be seeing a fairly new roster every night, and B) I have no clue who's playing for the hated Oil.
So in the interest of familiarizing everyone with these rosters, comprised almost entirely of kids, at least for tonight, let's get into this: "Better Know a Prospect (or whatever)!"
Meet the Centers
Dustin Boyd — Hey you know this guy. He's the one that scored those goals last year. They need him to score more this year. Right. Him. He's gonna try to weasel his way into more ice time. My guess is he will be unsuccessful.
Jamie Lundmark — A Darryl Sutter reclamation project that worked! He's throwing out elbows to make a solid case for himself as a useful third-line center.
Garth Murray — He's a veteran of 100-something NHL games and is 27 years old. Don't worry about this fella, he might not even make it in Abbotsford.
Greet the Wings
Kris Chucko — I think it's cute that he believes he can make it to the NHL for more than a handful of games this year. The bright-eyed optimism of youth, I suppose. I used to think I could be a doctor. But the fact that I'm a lazy idiot held me back. The fact that Chucko can't skate will do the same.
Cam Cunning — Like, zero shot of making the team. Unless there is a horrible accident.
Nigel Dawes — Oh I think I'm gonna like this kid. He's NHL-ready and I bet he can surprise a few people this season. This is my darkhorse for shockingly-good-relative-to-the-expectations-upon-him player of the year.
Kyle Greentree — One of the Flames' several AHL/NHL tweeners. Just about a point a game in the "A" last year, and a chance to earn a full-time spot in the big time this year. Not that I think he'll do it, but he'll be comepting.
Jason Jaffray —See the Greentree entry.
David Moss — This is his go-for-it year, no question. He scored a decent amount last year, and the Flames will need him to score even more to make up for the absence of Mike Cammalleri. I think he'll acquit himself well.
Eric Nystrom — Ny's gotta make a real convincing case that he belongs on the roster every night this year, given the Nystrom-level players Sutter brought in this year. A lot more guys will be capable of putting up 10 points in 70-something games this year, that's for sure.
Brandon Prust —He's gonna try to punch his way onto the roster. If he gets in fewer than two fights tonight, I'll be shocked.
Colin Stuart — He was the throwaway bit in the trade that sent Wayne Primeau to Toronto. Have fun in British Columbia this year, buddy!
Step right up and meet the D
Staffan Kronwall —Given his point totals at the AHL level, it seems like this is one of those guys Sutter loves. Big, physical and capable of chipping in a bit of offense. It's too bad he's not from Western Canada. If it's any consolation, though, he'll get to drive by a lot of it on the bus this year.
John Negrin —I doubt he'll make the team, even if he did go right from juniors to the NHL for three games last year. I don't really remember him doing anything of note, good or bad, though. Regardless, he'll enjoy beautiful British Columbia this season, I'm sure.
Brett Palin — This is probably his put-up or shut-up year. Four seasons in the AHL. Only one in which he played more than 70 games. If he can't make it this year, he can't make it any year.
Adam Pardy —Well, all you 24-Hour Pardy People, you boy's makin' the big team as a defenseman this year behind the obvious Top 4 of Jay Bouwmeester, Robyn Regehr, Dion Phaneuf and Cory Sarich. He'll compete with Mark Giordano (and to a lesser extent Anton Stralman) for the 5-6 spot. I'd bet a decent amount of money on it.
Matt Pelech —Top-pairing guy in the AHL for sure.
(Also there are some goalies)
Leland Irving —Not that I think he'll challenge Curtis McElhinney for the NHL door-opener job, but he's the clear No. 1 guy in Abbotsford.
Matt Kettley — His jersey might as well say "AHL backup" above the numbers.
Oh and hey, feel free to chit chat in the comments section about the live stream being featured on calgaryflames.com tonight. It's only available if you're in Western Canada, I think, so feel free to keep me apprised of whether or not Staffan Kronwall kills anyone.


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Sam Oatman could have complained, but he never did.
Entering his sophomore year of eligibility in the fall of 2002, the 6-foot-2 guard was expected to start at the point and direct the offense for an
While Oatman watched, Smith helped lead the Buccaneers to back-to-back NCAA Tournament trips in 2002-03 and 2003-04. While he had not played poorly in those first four games of 2002, Oatman was now simply playing behind a teammate who would become one of the most talented offensive point guards in the country.
"Looking back, things didn't go the way I thought or expected them to," said Oatman, a native of
And most surprising is the relationship that now exists between the two guards. The two complement each other exceptionally well on the floor, and Oatman is full of compliments for Smith.
"He's just a great player," Oatman said. "He's got a great attitude, he's an extremely hard worker, and he's a winner. You always see him working on his game and that makes you want him to succeed."
Finding himself in a reserve role was not the first disappointment for Oatman since coming to ETSU. As a sophomore, he suffered a major knee injury in the fall of 2001 and was forced to take a medical redshirt that season. Now in his fifth year at ETSU, Oatman still considers his college experience to be a gift.
"We were coming off an 18-10 season with a 13-3 record in conference play," Oatman said. "I was really excited about the possibilities, but things didn't work out. Even with all that, though, I feel blessed to have been given the chance to play Division I basketball and to say I've been a part of two championship teams and two trips to the NCAA Tournament."
When looking back at the ups and downs of Oatman's career, it's not surprising to find that he is an extremely spiritual person who relies on his faith in God to see him through tough times. In addition, the fifth-year senior married Laura, his high school sweetheart, on
But make no mistake, being a married man, going to college, and playing major college basketball is not an easy chore.
"Laura and I started dating when we were 15," Oatman said. "She won 11 letters playing sports in high school and she played college soccer, so she understands what athletics is all about. If not for having her here and having her support, I don't know if I would have been strong enough to stick it out. She really is my soul mate. I know people throw that term around a lot, but she really does make me a better man and being married to her has been great."
When Sam does get some free time from his basketball and school responsibilities, he enjoys helping Laura, who works for Campus Crusade for Christ. The two have worked hard to influence the lives of ETSU's students.
"Sam is so supportive of me and he loves what I do," Laura said. "I'm glad to have him involved as much as he's able, because our goal is to win students over to Christ and I love having him with me as much as possible."
Sam is glad to do his part.
"The Lord has used Laura in so many ways," Sam said. "I respect her love of the Lord and her love of people. She's really been a great influence on the students here."
The Oatmans are even thinking about continuing their work with young people following Sam's graduation in May. The two are exploring options with both Campus Crusade for Christ and Athletes in Action. The AIA option would allow Oatman to continue to play basketball.
"Being able to play is something I would like to do," Sam said. "We're just exploring the options right now."
For all the good that the Oatmans have brought to ETSU, it is appropriate that Sam has enjoyed an increasing amount of playing time this season. Currently, Oatman is listed as a starter and is seeing an average of 18.5 minutes a game. He is averaging 5.3 points a game and he currently ranks second in the Southern Conference for 3-point field goal percentage at 46 percent (11-of-24).
"Even though my minutes are up, it's been a tough year," Oatman said. "I think I can play better, and I think the team can play better. It's still a long season and I know every person on this team is hopeful we can turn it around. Whatever happens, going to college in
"I never once wanted to leave."
And ETSU fans are glad he didn't.
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MACON, Ga. - Men's soccer players Omar Djabi and Micah Bledsoe picked up Atlantic Sun honors after leading the Bisons to victories over Jacksonville and North Florida this weekend.
Djabi earned Co-Player of the Week after picking up three goals, including two game-winners. He found the net twice in the Bisons win over Jacksonville on Friday. Djabi also added the only goal for Lipscomb in the 1-0 win over North Florida.
Djabi now has eight goals for the season, a total that is tied 11th nationally and leads the A-Sun. The Player of the Week award is his second of the year.
Bledsoe earned A-Sun Defensive Player of the Week after collecting 10 saves and guiding Lipscomb to 2-0 record. The Bisons are in a tie for second place in the A-Sun with nine total points. Bledsoe ranks second in the A-Sun with 46 saves on the year.
Against North Florida on Sunday, Bledsoe recorded his third shutout of the season and lowered his goals against average to 1.06, which ranks second in the A-Sun.
Lipscomb will return to action this Saturday when Northern Kentucky visits the Lipscomb Soccer Complex for a 7 p.m. matchup.


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Demi Moore didn't just get up on stage at the Snoop Dogg show in Las Vegas this past weekend ... she got down and dirty!
And in case you think her hubby Ashton Kutcher might be jealous -- he was right there, cheering her on!
Demi clearly hasn't lost her "Striptease" moves.
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