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IRVINE, Calif. – Dec. 6, 2016 – Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC), a world leader in storage technologies and solutions, will hold its Investor Day today, where senior leadership will detail progress of the company's ongoing transformation, strategy and business model to address unabated data growth with its unique and differentiated platform. The company will also demonstrate new flash- and disk-based technologies and products at the event, including a 12TB Helium HDD, high-performance SSDs for data center applications and a 256GB commercial microSD card using 3D NAND. The presentations will be webcast live and a recorded archive will be available beginning later in the day on December 6 at investor.wdc.com.
Western Digital has leveraged the strengths and resources of legacy HGST, SanDisk® and WD® to create a powerful platform for growth and long-term industry leadership. The strategic platform is aligned with the company's vision for the continued, rapid expansion of the data ecosystem and the increasingly valuable role data plays for both businesses and consumers. With leading portfolio breadth and capabilities across the full spectrum of flash and disk-based technologies, Western Digital is uniquely positioned to deliver the possibilities of data. The company continues to drive leading innovation across the storage ecosystem, from advanced flash and HDD technologies to a broad spectrum of client devices and solutions, as well as powerful systems for cloud-scale data centers.
"We are pleased to host the investment community for a strategic update on our core business and growth opportunities, and for a discussion on how we continue transforming our capabilities to expand our strategic role in the storage ecosystem," said Steve Milligan, CEO, Western Digital. "Western Digital has built a powerful strategic platform with growth drivers and unique competitive advantages that will allow us to expand the value we deliver to customers and strengthen our long-term leadership position in the storage industry."
Today the company will reiterate that its transition to 3D NAND technology continues to progress as planned. SanDisk Edge™, a commercial grade microSD™ card leveraging 3D NAND storage technology will be displayed at the event and is currently shipping to OEM customers worldwide in capacities up to 256GB. The card is designed for OEM use in surveillance and dash cameras, drones and other commercial applications requiring the higher capacities 3D NAND technology helps enable, and can store nearly 60 hours of Full HD video.
In a separate announcement, the company introduced new high-performance SSDs for the data center, as well as new HDD device capacities. Achieving random-read performance of up to 1.2 million IOPS, the HGST-branded Ultrastar® SN200 Series NVMe PCIe SSD, as well as the company's fastest and highest capacity SAS SSD to date, the 7.68TB HGST-branded Ultrastar SS200 SAS SSD, are currently shipping to select OEM customers. For the capacity data center market, the company is now sampling its new, helium-filled 12TB HGST-branded Ultrastar He12 PMR hard drive with select cloud and hyperscale customers. In addition, the company will be extending its helium-based lineup with a 14TB model, which deploys Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) technology to achieve the new maximum capacity. The 14TB drive is currently being sampled with select customers. More than 12 million HelioSeal™ helium hard drives have been shipped to date.
Leveraging the company's unique expertise in high-performance, high-capacity flash technologies, the company also revealed in a separate announcement a new, ultra-performance flash platform technology. For "fast data" cloud-scale applications and utilizing industry-standard NVMe SSDs connected to multiple servers via PCIe in a 2U rack, Western Digital has achieved 18 million IOPS – the highest performance per rack unit in the industry. The company said this all-flash platform would be made available in the first half of calendar 2017.
About Western Digital
Western Digital is an industry-leading provider of storage technologies and solutions that enable people to create, leverage, experience and preserve data. The company addresses ever-changing market needs by providing a full portfolio of compelling, high-quality storage solutions with customer-focused innovation, high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Our products are marketed under the HGST, SanDisk and WD brands to OEMs, distributors, resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and consumers. Financial and investor information is available on the company's Investor Relations website at investor.wdc.com.
© 2016 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Western Digital, WD, SanDisk, HelioSeal, SanDisk Edge, and Ultrastar are registered trademarks or trademarks of Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates in the US and/or other countries. microSD is a trademark of SD-3C, LLC. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.
One GB is equal to one billion bytes and one TB equals 1,000 GB (one trillion bytes). One PB is equal to 1,000 TB (one quadrillion bytes). Actual capacity will vary depending on operating environment and formatting. Usable capacity will vary from the raw capacity due to object storage methodologies and other factors.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements, including statements related to HDD, SSD and 3D NAND technologies, including development, capabilities and capacities, performance improvements, transition to 3D NAND technology, applications, timing and availability of products, commercial volume production, and customer product sampling and shipment. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate including, among others: volatility in global economic conditions; business conditions and growth in the storage ecosystem; impact of competitive products and pricing; market acceptance and cost of commodity materials and specialized product components; actions by competitors; unexpected advances in competing technologies; our development and introduction of products based on new technologies and expansion into new data storage markets; risks associated with acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures; difficulties or delays in manufacturing; and other risks and uncertainties listed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the company's Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on Nov. 8, 2016, to which your attention is directed. The company undertakes no obligation to update the information in this release in the event facts or circumstances change after the date of this release.
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Cavanaugh Reading Series: Idra Novey
NPR Best Book author Idra Novey will read from her most recent novel, Those Who Knew, during St. John Fisher College's 2019 Cavanaugh Reading Series.
Date: April 11, 2019 - April 11, 2019
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Wilson Formal Lounge, Haffey Hall
Sponsored by the English Department
Sponsored by the English Department, the reading is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, in Wilson Formal Lounge, and is free and open to the public.
Novey is the author of Those Who Knew, a New York Times Editors' Choice, and Ways to Disappear, which received the 2017 Sami Rohr Prize, the 2016 Brooklyn Eagles Prize, and was a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize for First Fiction.
Her poetry collections include Exit, Civilian, selected for the 2011 National Poetry Series, The Next Country, a finalist for the 2008 Foreword Book of the Year Award, and Clarice: The Visitor, a collaboration with the artist Erica Baum. Her fiction and poetry have been translated into 10 languages and she's written for New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NPR's All Things Considered, New York Magazine, and Paris Review. She is the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Poets & Writers Magazine, the PEN Translation Fund, and the Poetry Foundation.
Novey has also translated the work of several prominent Brazilian writers, most recently Clarice Lispector's novel, The Passion According to G.H. She has taught at Columbia University, New York University, the Catholic University of Chile, and in the Bard Prison Initiative. Currently, she teaches fiction at Princeton University.

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Aida-America Corp., Dayton, OH, has introduced a new servo-press version of its ULX-series precision stamping press, the ULX-D. It adds the firm's direct-drive ServoPro technology to the ULX presses, which feature a rigid nine-point support system, zero-clearance slide gibs, and a no-connecting-rod design. This combination of features, the company says, has allowed manufacturers to shift from secondary machining processes to precision near-net-shape metalforming.
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We are pleased to announce our newest release, A Treasury of German Baroque Music. A splendid gift for holiday listening, this recording was made possible by a generous grant from the Liebergesell Foundation and is now available through MSR Classics.
While many classical recordings are encyclopedic, consisting of one genre by a single composer, this one is notably different, presenting a variety of works by seven different composers. The selection is based upon the instrumentation of our chamber group, featuring the versatility of Kent Tritle as both an organist and harpsichordist. The inclusion of a number of solo organ works was influenced by the hall in which we record, the Mary Anna Fox Martel Recital Hall at Vassar College, which houses a superb tracker organ by Paul Fritts. The design of this organ is based upon historic North German Baroque models. We also have chosen to include two of the handful of existing chamber works which combine the transverse flute (Querflöte) with the recorder (Blockflöte). Two outstanding flute duets, by Quantz and Telemann, round out a stylistically rich program.


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Throwing a monster bash this Halloween? Here are five quick and easy Halloween treats to get you and your guests into the spirit of things. Be sure to save on everything you need for your festivities at Coupons.com.
Cheese Pumpkins
8 T. smoked cheddar cold pack cheese food (from 8-oz. container), well chilled
2 tsp. finely chopped nuts
4 pretzel rods or sticks, broken in half
16 small pieces fresh parsley leaves
- Line small serving plate with waxed paper.
- Roll each tablespoon of cheese food into a ball and place on serving plate.
- Refrigerate 10 to 15 minutes.
- With end of toothpick, draw ridges around balls to resemble pumpkins.
- Dip bottoms of cheese balls in chopped peanuts, or use a round cracker as a base.
- Just before serving, insert pretzel halves into cheese balls for pumpkin stems.
- Decorate with parsley for leaves. Store in refrigerator.
Boo-riffic Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries
30 fresh strawberries
8 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped
1 teaspoon shortening
1/8 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- Wash strawberries and gently pat with paper towels until completely dry.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt white chocolate and shortening at 50% power; stir until smooth. Stir in extract.
- Dip each strawberry in chocolate mixture and place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet, allowing excess chocolate to form ghosts' tails. Immediately press chocolate chips into coating for eyes. Freeze for 5 minutes.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt remaining chocolate chips, and stir until smooth. Dip a toothpick into melted chocolate and draw a mouth on each face.
For a different variation, decorate chocolate-dipped strawberries with black and orange sprinkles, or add food coloring to the melted chocolate mixture to create autumn colors.
Oozing Monster Apple Mouths
This is quick and easy! You just need apples, peanut butter and marshmallows.
- Cut an apple (red or green) into eight slices. Rub with lemon to keep them from turning brown.
- Spread creamy peanut butter on one slice and dot with mini-marshmallows, flat side down.
- Spread peanut butter on a second piece of apple and place on top of the marshmallows to complete Frankenstein's smile. If you want an oozy, gooey smile, spread the peanut butter on thick.
Nutter Butter Ghosts
1 (1 lb.) pkg. Nutter Butter cookies
60 (or so) semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
12 oz. white chocolate chips
- Melt white chocolate in a microwave or double boiler.
- Lay a Nutter Butter cookie on a small plate or other washable surface.
- Spoon melted white chocolate over front of cookie.
- Press two mini chocolate chips into white chocolate for eyes. Refrigerate on waxed paper to set.
- Repeat with remaining cookies.
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THE BREITBART/O'KEEFE-IZATION OF AMERICAN POLITICS, PART MCMLXXVII — I haven't been able to watch the Benghazi hearings, but I've checked my Twitter feed, and the lefties who've been watching are 100% convinced that Hillary Clinton has been wiping the floor with the Republicans who are trying to take her down.
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard: Clinton Shouts: 'What Difference ... Does It Make?'
Donald Douglas / American Power: What Difference Does It Make? — I am watching the testimony today …
Donald Douglas / Theo Spark: Hillary Clinton #Benghazi Hearings
Meredith Jessup / TheBlaze.com: It makes a big difference, Madame Secretary
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: Liberal Blogger: 'How Dare You Smear Hillary by Quoting Her Accurately!'
Dan / Riehl World News: Idiot Liberal Blogger Dishonestly Defends Hillary Clinton and Falsely Attacks the Right
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Ron Johnson: Hillary Clinton Planned To Get Emotional To Evade Questions — "I think she just decided before she was going to describe emotionally the four dead Americans, the heroes, and use that as her trump card," the senator tells BuzzFeed. — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pounds …
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Pema Levy / Talking Points Memo: The Latest Conspiracy Theory: Clinton Plotted To Avoid Tough Questions On Benghazi
Noah Rothman / Mediaite: GOP Senator Who Battled Clinton Claims He 'Embarrassed' Her, Forced Her Off 'Rehearsed' Talking Points
Morgan Whitaker / msnbc.com: Rush and the right rip Hillary for emotional 'theatrics'
Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton Erupts At GOP Senator Over Benghazi Attack — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday fired back at Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) over accusations that the Obama Administration misled the public by claiming the Benghazi attack was the result of a spontaneous protest.
Discussion: TheBlaze.com, New York Times, The Maddow Blog, National Review and Fox News Insider
Madeleine Morgenstern / TheBlaze.com: ANGRY CLINTON EXPLODES AT QUESTIONING ON LIBYA PROTEST: 'WE HAVE FOUR DEAD AMERICANS …
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times: Clinton Cites New Security Steps After Libya Attack
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: 'What difference, at this point, does it make?'
Nathaniel Botwinick / National Review: Hillary Clinton: 'What Difference At This Point Does It Make?!'
Washington Wire:
Text of Hillary Clinton's Senate Testimony on Benghazi — Here is the prepared text of Hillary Clinton's testimony on Benghazi. — SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS — WASHINGTON, DC — Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Hillary: What difference does it make if there were no protests in Benghazi?
The Lonely Conservative: Clinton: What Difference Does It Make? I Prefer To Do Other Things On Sunday Mornings!
Dakinikat / Sky Dancing: Hillary's Testimony and a Face-off with Crazy
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: Hillary Clinton Chokes Up During Benghazi Testimony - Defends Response After 4 Americans Murdered (Video)
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: Secretary of State Clinton's Stunningly Incomplete Opening Statement on the Benghazi Attack
Jeff G. / protein wisdom: Hillary: the truth is somewhere in my cankles. Gaze upon them if you dare.
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Ron Johnson: Hillary Clinton evaded with 'theatrics'
Ron Johnson: Hillary Clinton evaded with 'theatrics'
Sarah Parnass / ABCNEWS: Hillary Clinton Endures Brusque Questioning at Hearings
Paul Steinhauser / CNN: TRENDING: What Benghazi hearing could say about 2016 White House race
Julian Pecquet / The Hill: GOP critics get opportunity to grill Secretary Clinton on Benghazi
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Paul to Clinton: 'I would have relieved you of your duty'
Paul to Clinton: 'I would have relieved you of your duty'
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Meredith Jessup / TheBlaze.com: Video: Rand Paul lays the verbal smackdown on Hillary Clinton
Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton, Ron Johnson Engage In Heated Exchange At Benghazi Hearing (VIDEO)
Hillary Clinton, Ron Johnson Engage In Heated Exchange At Benghazi Hearing (VIDEO)
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Lorraine Devon Wilke / Addicting Info: Hillary Clinton Tears The GOP A New One In Heated Exchange At Benghazi Hearings (VIDEO)
David Ferguson / The Raw Story: Clinton slams Rand Paul in Benghazi hearing: 'I have taken responsibility'
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Some Algeria Attackers Are Placed at Benghazi
Some Algeria Attackers Are Placed at Benghazi
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Olivier Knox / Reuters: Choking up, Hillary Clinton says Benghazi is 'personal'
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs: Unhinged Clinton: "What difference does it make!?!" why Americans were killed
Duncan Gardham / Telegraph: Algeria BP attack terrorists 'also took part in Benghazi US consulate attack'
The Lonely Conservative: Finally, Hillary Clinton Will Be Questioned About Benghazi - Updated - Hillary Speaks
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard: From Benghazi to Algeria? — Ahead of Secretary of State …
Matthew Cooper / NationalJournal.com:
Why Benghazi Hasn't Brought Down Hillary Clinton-and Won't
Why Benghazi Hasn't Brought Down Hillary Clinton-and Won't
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Nice Deb: Summary of Hillary's Senate Testimony on Benghazi: "What Difference Does It Make?" (Video)
Meredith Jessup / TheBlaze.com: Will Benghazi scandal have any effect on Hillary Clinton's legacy?
New York Times:
Updates: Clinton Testifies on Benghazi Attacks
Updates: Clinton Testifies on Benghazi Attacks
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Jon Cohen / The Fix:
Hillary Clinton reaches new heights of political popularity
Hillary Clinton reaches new heights of political popularity
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Lisa Crivelli / msnbc.com: Biden vs. Clinton in 2016?
Abby Livingston / Roll Call: West Virginia: New GOP Poll Shows Capito in Strong Position
Nile Gardiner / blogs.telegraph.co.uk: Hillary Clinton flounders on the Benghazi front
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: WaPo/ABC poll shows Hillary Clinton popularity peaking ...
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn: Clinton's showstopper at Benghazi hearings
Washington Wire:
Excerpts: Heated Exchanges at Benghazi Hearing
Excerpts: Heated Exchanges at Benghazi Hearing
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: Hillary Gets Bitchy on Benghazi: 'What Difference, at This Point, Does It Make?'
Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton Wrangles With Senators Over Benghazi Attacks
Hillary Clinton Wrangles With Senators Over Benghazi Attacks
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Obama Speech Leaves G.O.P. Stark Choices — WASHINGTON — President Obama's aggressive Inaugural Address on Monday presented Congressional Republicans with a stark choice over the next two years: accommodate the president's agenda on immigration, guns, energy and social programs and hope …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: The Morning Plum: GOP's magic debt ceiling plan won't solve the problem
Laura Clawson / Daily Kos: Republicans scramble to make debt limit vote look like something other than surrender
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: Ongoing 'West Wing' Fantasies
Prairie Weather / The Moderate Voice: We Could Always Try "No Taxation Without Representation"
Thereisnospoon / Hullabaloo: If it's a center-right country, why cheat? by @DavidOAtkins
Greg Sargent / Washington Post: Keep letting Boehner twist in the wind
Matt Mackowiak / Pundits Blog: Gun issue could decide midterm elections
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
House votes to suspend debt limit
House votes to suspend debt limit
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: The House GOP's Strange, Hollow "Victory"
David Weigel / Slate: "No Budget No Pay" Passes the House, Minus 33 Republican Votes
Paul Gattis / Real-Time News from Huntsville: Rep. Robert Aderholt supports raising debt ceiling, cites no pay for Congress
Jonathan Capehart / PostPartisan: Now we can talk about spending without fear of default
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: GOP exchanges debt limit fantasy for budget fantasy
Laurence Vance / LewRockwell.com Blog: House Votes to "Suspend" Debt Limit
Alex Pareene / Salon:
The brilliantly stupid new plan to raise the debt ceiling without raising it
The brilliantly stupid new plan to raise the debt ceiling without raising it
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House Votes to Extend Debt Limit to May, Averting Fight
House Votes to Extend Debt Limit to May, Averting Fight
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: House Votes To Extend Debt Ceiling
Tim Fernholz / Quartz: Republicans authorize $450 billion in new debt to avoid crisis and set up for a shutdown
Ginger Gibson / Politico: Harry Reid: Senate will pass House debt ceiling bill
Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
GOP Jiu-Jitsu — I don't quite see why the Republicans' move …
GOP Jiu-Jitsu — I don't quite see why the Republicans' move …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard: House Passes Bill to Suspend Debt Ceiling Until May 19
Lolita C. Baldor / bigstory.ap.org:
AP SOURCES: PANETTA OPENS COMBAT ROLES TO WOMEN — You are here — Home » United States government » AP sources: Panetta opens combat roles to women — WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat …
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Meteor Blades / Daily Kos: Panetta said to be lifting military's ban on women in combat
Katie J.M. Baker / Jezebel: Breaking: Military Lifts Ban on Women in Combat
Military to open combat jobs to women — By Chris Lawrence, with reporting from Barbara Starr — The U.S. military is ending its policy of excluding women from combat and will open combat jobs and direct combat units to female troops, CNN has learned. Multiple officials confirm to CNN …
Discussion: Hot Air, Taylor Marsh and The Political Carnival
Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
Pentagon to remove ban on women in combat
Pentagon to remove ban on women in combat
Discussion: American Prospect, The Moderate Voice, Right Turn, Wonkblog and American Forces Press Service
Paul Waldman / American Prospect: Women to Serve In Combat Units
Dorian De Wind / The Moderate Voice: Breaking News: Pentagon to Lift Rule Excluding Women From Combat
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn: A new kind of military: Who's going to lead the transition?
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog: The most satisfied military employees? Black women. Least satisfied? White men.
Luis Martinez / ABCNEWS:
Pentagon to Allow Women in Combat
Pentagon to Allow Women in Combat
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Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo: Defense Department To Lift Ban On Women In Combat
Ginger Gibson / Politico: Duckworth: Women in combat 'win for our nation'
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Boehner: Obama's goal is to 'annihilate' the Republican Party — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he believes the primary goal of President Obama's second term is to "annihilate the Republican Party." — "Given what we heard yesterday about the president's vision for his second term …
Discussion: CNN, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Democratic Daily, Booman Tribune and Stinque
Deirdre Walsh / CNN: Boehner says Obama's focus is to 'annihilate the Republican Party'
BooMan / Booman Tribune: A Blind Squirrel Finds a Nut
Nojo / Stinque: For Whom the Bellwether Tolls
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Boehner: Let's Destroy Math Instead of the Economy
Boehner: Let's Destroy Math Instead of the Economy
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Justin Sink / The Hill: DAY'S END ROUND-UP
Jake Sherman / Politico: Boehner: House to vote on budget
Digby / Hullabaloo: Balance in 10 years
Walter Hickey / Business Insider: For Paul Ryan To Balance The Budget In 10 Years, He's Going To Have To Crush Most Government Social Programs
Robert Costa / National Review: Boehner Commits to 10-Year Balanced Budget
Morgan Whitaker / msnbc.com: New GOP budget may have unprecedented spending cuts
Damian Paletta / Washington Wire: House GOP to Take Aggressive Stand on Deficit
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Everything You Think You Know About Health Care Spending Is Wrong — This is the chart that I think ought to dominate the conversation about public-sector health care spending in the United States, and yet it is curiously ignored. The data show government health care spending per capita in the United States and Canada.
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Mississippi Governor: 'There Is No One Who Doesn't Have Health Care In America' — In an interview with Kaiser Health News on Wednesday, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) explained he remains a staunch opponent of Obamacare because health care reform is unnecessary.
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David Weigel / Slate:
Virginia State Senate Moves Ahead on Electoral College-Rigging Bill — Congressional clerks open certificate envelopes from different states during a joint session of the 113th Congress to count the Electoral College votes January 4, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Associated Press, The Political Carnival, Business Insider, The Maddow Blog and msnbc.com
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online: How to Win States and Disenfranchise People: The GOP's Electoral-Vote Plan
GottaLaff / The Political Carnival: VIDEO: "We have moved from the War on Women to the War on Voters."
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: Mitt Romney Would Have Won Virginia Under The Electoral College Plan The GOP Legislature Is Trying To Implement
Laura Conaway / The Maddow Blog: Virginia GOP takes pity on seniors trying to vote
Laura Conaway / msnbc.com: Virginia gov would really like everyone to stop talking about GOP's sneak redistricting now
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Virginia Republicans Move Forward with Mass Disenfranchisement
Virginia Republicans Move Forward with Mass Disenfranchisement
Discussion: The Atlantic Online, www2.wsls.com and Michigan Radio
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online: The Party of John Calhoun
Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon:
So what if abortion ends life? — I believe that life starts at conception. And it's never stopped me from being pro-choice — Of all the diabolically clever moves the anti-choice lobby has ever pulled, surely one of the greatest has been its consistent co-opting of the word "life." Life!
Discussion: Liberal Values, msnbc.com, LifeNews.com, National Review, Mother Jones, Care2 Causes, Twitchy and Guardian
Ned Resnikoff / msnbc.com: Philosophy and the moral issue of abortion
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com: Salon Article Says Unborn Baby is "A Life Worth Sacrificing"
Asawin Suebsaeng / Mother Jones: Poll: Record High Support For Legal Abortion in the US
Thisistwitchy / Twitchy: Salon writer: Abortion is killing, and I'm OK with that
Jill Filipovic / Guardian: Roe v Wade at 40: what American women owe to abortion rights
Joe Biden 'intoxicated' by 2016 run — Joe Biden summoned more than 200 Democratic insiders to the vice presidential residence Sunday night to chat about the 2012 triumph — but many walked away convinced his rising 2016 ambitions were the real intent of the long, intimate night.
Discussion: Associated Press, Michelle Malkin, Raleigh News & Observer, The Week, American Prospect, Weasel Zippers, Post Politics, Twitchy, The Fix, Taylor Marsh, NBC Politics, Reuters and CNN
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin: Barbara Boxer tries to launch Hillary's 2016 campaign at Benghazi hearing
Felicia Sonmez / Post Politics: White House defends Secretary of State Clinton on Benghazi
Chris Cillizza / The Fix: Joe Biden is running for president
Michael O'Brien / NBC Politics: Biden not shying away from 2016 speculation
Arlette Saenz / Reuters: Biden Hints at Presidential Run
Paul Steinhauser / CNN: Biden's moves spark talk of a 2016 presidential bid
Greg Holyk / ABCNEWS:
Clinton More Popular than Biden; Let the 2016 Handicapping Begin
Clinton More Popular than Biden; Let the 2016 Handicapping Begin
Discussion: Business Insider, Political Capital, ABCNEWS, msnbc.com, Politico, Ballot Box, Shakesville, Taegan Goddard's …, CNN, The Political Carnival and The Hill
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: Hillary Clinton Is Surprisingly Popular With Conservatives And Republicans
Z. Byron Wolf / ABCNEWS: Biden, Clinton and the Medicare-Eligible Primary That Could Be
Abby Borovitz / msnbc.com: Hillary Clinton takes on the Hill
Katie Glueck / Politico: Poll: Hillary Clinton more favorable than Joe Biden
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box: Poll: Clinton more popular than Biden
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: Take Your Boobs to the White House Watch
Paul Steinhauser / CNN: Clinton faces hearings with numbers on her side
Amie Parnes / The Hill: Biden undecided on 2016 White House run
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sen. Durbin: Democrats lack votes to pass talking filibuster reform — Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.), a leading liberal, said Wednesday Democrats do not have enough votes to implement the talking-filibuster reform. — He said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) …
Discussion: CNN, Wonkblog, Politico, Slate, Daily Kos, The Political Carnival and LifeNews.com
Ginger Gibson / Politico: Senate Dems introduce gun bills
David Weigel / Slate: Are the Democrats going nuclear on filibuster reform?
GottaLaff / The Political Carnival: Senator Durbin: Democrats lack votes to pass talking filibuster reform
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com: Democrats May Not Have Enough Votes to End Filibuster
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
2/23/2013 Will Be A Day of Resistance — "The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to." — Thomas Jefferson Yes, Barack Obama did beat Mitt Romney in 2012. But, he was reelected as President- not king.
Discussion: American Power, "The Lid", Moonbattery and Vox Popoli
Jeff Dunetz / "The Lid": Feb. 23rd 2013 Will Be a Day of Resistance
Dave Blount / Moonbattery: Day of Resistance — Gun Appreciation Day caught moonbats by surprise last Saturday.
Jgalloway / Political Insider:
Your daily jolt: GPB producer resigns over hiring of Chip Rogers — News that former state Sen. Chip Rogers has been given an executive position at Georgia Public Broadcasting with a hefty starting salary of $150,000 has prompted the resignation of a longtime executive producer at the network.
Discussion: The Raw Story, Mother Jones, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite and The Hill
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story: Rep. Paul Broun says Obama upholds the Soviet constitution
Asawin Suebsaeng / Mother Jones: GOP Rep. Paul Broun Says Obama Upholds the Soviet Constitution, Doesn't Specify Which One
Alan Colmes' Liberaland: Rep Paul Broun: "The Only Constitution That Barack Obama Upholds Is The Soviet Constitution"
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: GOP Rep: 'The Only Constitution That Barack Obama Upholds Is The Soviet Constitution'
Daniel Strauss / The Hill: Rep. Broun: Obama follows the Soviet Constitution
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Contemplating Obama's Place in History, Statistically — With President Obama's second term under way, we have begun to see more reflections on how he might come to be regarded historically. — As common sense might dictate — and as the statistics will also reveal — it is far too soon to conclude very much about this.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Aretha Franklin 'Really Laughed' About Beyonce Lip-Sync Controversy — Beyonce sings the National Anthem at the inauguration, Jan. 21, 2013. ; Singer Aretha Franklin performs during the inauguration ceremony for President Obama at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009.
Discussion: ABCNEWS, CNN, The Week, Reuters, Guardian, The Hinterland Gazette, theGrio, New Jersey Online and Gawker
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS: Hillary Clinton's Challenge (And Opportunity) (The Note)
Jim Acosta / CNN: First on CNN: Inaugural audio boss on Beyoncé: 'It's something that Beyoncé should disclose'
Caitlin McDevitt / Reuters: Aretha sticks up for Beyoncé — Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin …
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: Aretha Franklin on Beyoncé Lip-Syncing: She "Did A Beautiful Job with the Pre-record"
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WARNING: SOME IMAGES CONTAIN GRAPHIC CONTENT OR NUDITY From the uprisings across the Arab world to the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan, there was no lack of news in 2011. Reuters photographers covered the breaking news events as well as captured more intimate, personal stories. In this showcase, the photographers offer a behind the scenes account of the images that helped define the year. 100 PHOTOS


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 248 diseños de 81 diseñadores freelance.
Doctor's Contacts - "Convenient Contacts you can Trust"
Doctor's Contacts is a new service for the patients of optometrists. We provide a portal for ordering contact lenses for direct delivery to one's home. It will be used by the members of a Canadian optometric buying group Doctor's Eyecare Network and will appear on hundreds of individual optometrist webpages.
The slogan says it all - "Convenient Contacts you can Trust". We are attempting to provide all the convenience and cost savings of services like 1-800-contacts without the un-easy feeling that one is taking the choice of a choosing prescription device into one's own hands.
Our audience is the patients of optometrists as well as the optometrists themselves.
For patients the winning logo will invoke a feeling of trust, happiness, quick delivery and simplicity of use. The typical online contact lens patient is 20-35 years old, hip and into social networking.
For optometrists the winning logo will invoke a degree of caring for ones patients, professionalism and friendly technology.
Please incorporate both the name of the company Doctor's Contacts and the slogan "Convenient Contacts you can Trust" into the logo.
I like images of with shapes of contact lenses, movement and networking.
I want to avoid eyeball logos (they're over-used and un-original in our field)
Here are several logo's that are almost there from the premade logo portion of the site. A good place to start is to modify some of these to be more contact-lens like.
Good luck! - ( I Can't wait to see what you come up with!)
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Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self
Riverhead Books, 2001 - Social Science - 320 pages
In a memoir about the power of race to share one's personal identity, the daughter of Jewish father and African-American mother recalls her confusing but ultimately rewarding life lived between two conflicting ethnic identities. When Mel Leventhal married Alice Walker during the civil rights movement in the late 1960s, his mother declared him dead and did not reconcile until after the birth of her first grandchild. After Mel and Alice divorced, their daughter, Rebecca, alternated homes every two years, spending time in Mississippi, Brooklyn, San Francisco's Haight Ashbury, Washington, D.C., the Bronx, and suburban Westchester. With each new place came a new identity and desperate attempts to fit in: as white or black, as Puerto Rican or Jewish, as a party girl, a fighter, or a lover. Confused, and mostly alone, she turned to sex, drugs, books, and a cast of dangerous and thrilling characters. Black, White, and Jewish is the story of a child's unique struggle for identity and home when nothing in her world told her who she was or where she belonged. Poetic reflections on memory, time, and identity punctuate this gritty exploration of race and sexuality. Rebecca Walker has taken up the lineage of her mother, Alice, whose last name she chose to carry, and has written a lucid and inventive memoir that marks the launch of a major new literary talent.
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More than $4 million worth of knock-off Nike sneakers, North Face jackets, True Religion jeans and other clothes bearing fake designer labels were confiscated during a six-week operation at Los Angeles International Airport and Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport complex, federal authorities said Thursday.
Dubbed "Operation Holiday Hoax II," the mass seizure targeted counterfeiters attempting to cash in during the bustling Christmas shopping season.
The local effort was part of a larger seizure of more than $80 million worth of fake perfumes, purses, toys and electronic items found in the United States, Mexico and South Korea between Nov. 1 and Dec. 16.
The international crackdown was coordinated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Consumer Product Safety Commission.
"You're dealing with international crooks who operate just about everywhere," said CBP spokesman Jaime Ruiz.
"This is also a message to the American public to be aware of these counterfeit products and to avoid purchasing them during the holiday season," Ruiz said. "Consumers should pay attention to where they buy merchandise and how much they pay."
The largest local seizure was reported Dec. 1, when CBP officials at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport complex discovered 15,000 items of clothing bearing fake labels for Gucci, True Religion and North Face. If the apparel was genuine, the shipment could have sold for more than $3.6 million, CBP officials said.
The Chinese shipment helped investigators uncover a smuggling scheme at a Santa Fe Springs warehouse. While searching the facility, federal authorities found 246 cartons of counterfeit Nike shows, which would have sold for more than $430,000 if the label was real.
Two years ago, the first "Operation Holiday Hoax" netted more than $26 million worth of fake goods. Counterfeit seizures have increased nearly 25 percent over the past year, Ruiz said.
"We are seeing an increase of counterfeiters and smugglers every year," Ruiz said. "They're getting smarter, but this just goes to show you how large the problem is."
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Truckfighters – probably the best band in the world! Truckfighters were formed ten years ago with the intention to make fresh music with a solid foundation in the heavy rock legacy. An intention that still applies and that have been proven by a steady progress of the bands sound and songwriting over the years. TF's never been afraid of mixing different styles or trying unconventional ideas whilst song writing. Truckfighters sound is a unique take on modern rock. "MANIA" (2009) was Truckfighters third full length album. Prior to this record the band released the full length "Phi" (2007) and "Gravity X" (2005). All three albums have been received with arms wide open by trade press / fanzines. Total live gigs is up over 300 and counting. First US tour was done in July 2011 and the second is planned for March 2012. Truckfighters is a band on the brink of stepping with both feet out of the underground.
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Month by Month: August
Month by Month: August
by Amanda Probst
BE MOVED. Do you have big vacation plans this summer? Can I come along? For many of us, August finds us on the go after a more laid-back summer. We're squeezing in those last vacation days and flitting to and from the store for back-to-school supplies. As you travel, though, don't neglect where you're starting from.
This month's layout from my Month-by-Month Scrapbooking book is one of my absolute favorites. For one thing, it features 409 photos. Yes, really. I printed most of them as small contact-print sized images and used the photos as background patterned paper on a dare from my fabulous book contributors who didn't think I could fit that many photos on a layout. (I had been lamenting to them about having to pick just a few and wishing I could use them all.) The other reason I love this layout, though, is that it was intentional. That particular summer, a "real" vacation wasn't in the cards for our family, so we opted to take a day and make our own vacation . . . acting like tourists in our hometown. I love that we took the opportunity to do things we might otherwise have missed, and we learned more about our hometown in the process.
Hometown Adventure by Amanda Probst. Supplies Cardstock: Prism Papers; Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye; Letter stickers: American Crafts; Chipboard shapes: Scenic Route; Font: Tahoma; Adhesive: Scotch, 3M.
Here are three more ideas to consider this August:
1. Ride a coaster. I love roller coasters! August seems a perfect month for heading to an amusement park. Challenge yourself to capture the pure exhilaration of park rides . . . and try not to get sick, okay?
2. List places you've lived. As you head out on vacation this month, don't forget where you've been. Though I still hope to make a mini album one of these days about all the places I've lived, a single layout listing them will do for now.
3. Go to Graceland. Okay, maybe not actually. But the second week of August is Elvis Week (who knew?). While Graceland isn't on my list of dream-vacation destinations, stop and consider places you've thought about going to but haven't yet. Making a list or layout is definitely a start.
It's challenge time again! For August, I challenge you to scrapbook your own hometown. Make a mini album. Make a single layout. I don't care how you scrapbook it-just document it! Join in the fun, and you'll have the opportunity to win a copy of my book, Month-by-Month Scrapbooking! Find out more at the Month-by-Month Scrapbooking group.
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SEATTLE -- The U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians during nighttime raids on two villages last year deferred entering a plea Thursday to charges that could bring the death penalty. The judge ordered a review of his sanity before he can present any mental health defense.
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales faces 16 counts of premeditated murder and other charges in the attack, which caused such outrage that the U.S. temporarily halted combat operations in Afghanistan.
The judge, Col. Jeffery Nance, took up arguments over whether Bales can present a mental health defense or testimony from mental health experts, given that he has not yet participated in a "sanity board" review.
The judge ordered that to take place, but made no decisions about the conditions for the review or what information from it would be turned over to prosecutors -- something prosecutors and defense attorneys have been arguing about.
Such reviews are conducted by neutral doctors tasked with discerning a defendant's mental state at the time of the crime and whether he's competent to stand trial.
Bales was serving his fourth deployment, and his lawyers said he may have suffered from a traumatic brain injury. His mental health has been expected to be a key part of the case.
"An accused simply cannot be allowed to claim a lack of mental responsibility through the introduction of expert testimony from his own doctors, while at the same time leaving the government with no ability to overcome its burden of proof because its doctors have been precluded from conducting any examination of the very matters in dispute," prosecutor Maj. Robert Stelle wrote in a Jan. 3 motion obtained by The Associated Press.
Bales' attorneys have said a traumatic brain injury may have been sustained when he was knocked out by an improvised bomb explosion during one of his tours in Iraq.
One of those attorneys, John Henry Browne, said Thursday that the defense has obtained medical records from Madigan Army Medical Center in Washington state indicating Bales had suffered from TBI and PTSD, but he described those records as incomplete.
The attorneys have thus far refused to let him take part in the sanity board because the Army would not let him have a lawyer present for the examination, would not record the examination and would not appoint a neuropsychologist expert in traumatic brain injuries to the board.
"These are not independent doctors; they're doctors who work for the Army, and the Army is trying to kill my client," Browne said after the hearing.
However, Browne also said Bales might participate -- as long as only certain information about the results are forwarded to prosecutors. Prosecutors should promptly receive findings about his current competence, but nothing about his mental state at the time of the attack, they said.
To allow the sanity board to share the basic results of the examination -- the "short form," with answers about his mental health diagnosis and mental state at time of the attack -- would be to provide prosecutors with information based on compelled statements from the defendant. That could violate his right against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, defense co-counsel Emma Scanlan told the judge.
The Army isn't entitled to such information unless the defense makes an issue of Bales' mental health at trial, which they haven't yet done, she said.
The judge said he would rule later on the conditions of the sanity review and when the prosecutors could have access to the results.
Prosecutors said Bales, a father of two from Lake Tapps, Wash., had been drinking before he slipped away from his remote outpost in southern Afghanistan to attack the villages. Soldiers testified at a pretrial hearing in November that Bales returned to the base alone, soaked in blood, after the shootings.
Bales' lawyers have criticized the base at Camp Belambay where Bales was stationed, saying that Special Forces members there gave him banned substances including alcohol, Valium and steroids. They insist that by seeking the death penalty the Army is ignoring its own responsibility for sending him to war.
Prosecutors also argued Thursday for setting the trial quickly -- for June 10 -- because many witnesses remain in a volatile part of Afghanistan. Two possible witnesses have already been killed in separate and unrelated attacks, they noted, and as American troops withdraw, access to those witnesses is only going to get tougher and more dangerous.
Browne said the prosecutors neglected to mention one thing about the two witnesses who were killed: They were on a list of insurgents, and were actually killed by U.S. forces.
Scanlan said setting a trial this year is unrealistic, given how much time the defense team needs to review more than 30,000 pages of discovery materials, and find and interview witnesses -- not to mention getting their own client to open up. The defense has suggested a May 2014 trial date.
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Anti-government protests have been a semi-regular occurrence in Venezuela for quite some time, but they've gained steam in recent weeks with high-profile murders galvanizing protesters to continue their opposition.
As in Ukraine, the politics on the ground can be difficult to understand as an outsider, but as one activist explained to Business Insider, the people really just want a stable economy, safety in their communities, and trust in the government.
Sadly, none of them are present in the Venezuela of today, as Reuters reports.
Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was arrested on Tuesday on charges of "fomenting unrest" that led to the deaths of at least four people, but that has only brought tens of thousands of his supporters onto the streets.
"In just six days, things have gotten absolutely out of hand," a source under the pseudonym "Manuel Gutiérrez" told Business Insider in an email. "Detainments, injuries, murders, all these at the hands of either government officials or (secretly) government-supported civil armed groups. As we speak, the streets of all major cities are plagued by outspoken criminals, burning fires, and military presence. It seems we have reached the point of no return."
Gutiérrez offered the following explanation about what has been happening on the ground in Venezuela and what the protest movement hopes to achieve (slightly edited for clarity):
"The situation is as follows: The so-called Socialism that reigns Venezuelan policy has never been efficient. The government, nevertheless, maintained a very solid grip on power based upon three things: 1) Hugo Chavez's extreme charisma, 2) Empathy from 'the people' who identify the government as more similar to themselves than the opposition, and 3) A very elaborate system of clientelism, populism, and unmeasured public spending. Economically, all this was miraculously sustained by skyrocketing oil prices."
How Chavez' death accelerated public unrest
"Ever since the death of Hugo Chavez and subsequent rise to power of Nicolás Maduro, stability has faltered. The economic crisis has taken an unstoppable downward spiral, to the point where the dollar's official, government-regulated price is 11 Bolívares while its black market, actual price is around 80 Bolívares. Insecurity rates have skyrocketed. Venezuela suffers from more violent deaths than countries at war or civil war such as Somalia or Iraq. All these and countless other factors have contributed to the rise of public unrest."
So what is the police response to the crime?
"There is widespread police and military presence," Gutiérrez told BI. "But they act as though they are oblivious to criminal presence, and rather choose to focus on either rounding up or dispersing student protesters."
The country leads much of the world in homicides: 39 deaths per 100,000 in 2013 (compared to 4.7 per 100,000 in the U.S.), according to Reuters.
"We want a change in government. Honestly, we want to see a profound change in the attitude of the whole people, but a change of government is imperative. We are terrified of government retribution. Even as I write to you, I'm doing all I can to find out about a close friend who is being chased down by the National Guard. This government is unrealistic, dictatorial and violent. Everyone we know — us included — is at risk. We need the world to find out."
Meanwhile, the Maduro government has put the blame on the protesters being in league with "small fascist groups" and the U.S. government. And for now it seems willing to resort to hardline tactics rather than listen to the demands of the thousands in the streets.
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Last school holidays we went on a family trip to Tasmania. Tasmania is an island, off the bottom of Australia. Best known for its majestic wilderness, wildlife and fresh produce.
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This is the back using Menagerie cows in lime. I left one side of the pillow with the cows upside down as my 6 yo thought it was hilarious that the cow had a head on both ends.
A bit of fancy fish quilting.
I use many types of medium for my 'papers' – freezer paper, light cardboard, Floriani Stitch n Wash – but for this project I used printer paper and basting.
For the centre hexagon, I made an irregular 9-patch with borders and cut the hexagon shape from my block, making sure it was centred. The outer hexagons were cut from 2 strips of fabric sewn together. Once again, I aligned the centre of the hexagon along the seam and cut out.
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Missed call sways Matheny to expanded-replay camp
CINCINNATI -- You can now count Cardinals manager Mike Matheny as a solid proponent of expanded replay.
The Cardinals believed that they were victimized by a bad call in Saturday night's 4-2 loss to the Reds. Replays conclusively supported their position.View Full Game Coverage
CINCINNATI -- You can now count Cardinals manager Mike Matheny as a solid proponent of expanded replay.
The Cardinals believed that they were victimized by a bad call in Saturday night's 4-2 loss to the Reds. Replays conclusively supported their position.View Full Game Coverage
But Matheny's discussion of the topic on Sunday was much more thoughtful than angry.
"You just want the right thing to happen," Matheny said multiple times.
Matheny has had reservations in the past regarding expanded replay, and he still does, to an extent. But this episode moved him into the pro-expanded-replay position.
With two on and two outs in the ninth inning and the Cardinals down, 4-2, on Saturday, Carlos Beltran hit a smash to Todd Frazier at third. Replays showed that Frazier's throw to first baseman Joey Votto pulled Votto off the bag. But first-base umpire Phil Cuzzi called Beltran out. Instead of the Cardinals having the bases loaded and Matt Holliday at the plate with the tying run in scoring position, the game was over.
"I've given this a lot of thought," Matheny said. "It's just a shame. How does that game turn out if that call is reviewed? If it's reviewed, they overturn it. I think there was enough evidence. We've got their closer [Aroldis Chapman] with our third-hole hitter and that's just great baseball."
Where Cuzzi was positioned on the play, behind first, he essentially had to look through Votto to see the ball. Matheny ran onto the field to ask Cuzzi to request help from other umpires who may have had a better view of the play. Cuzzi, however, proceeded to leave the field.
"You just want the right thing to happen," Matheny said. "That's what I was trying to explain [Saturday] night. You've got a chance before you guys walk into your locker room to get together and try to figure out the right thing. The system isn't allowing it.
"I've always been kind of, 'I don't know,' [on expanded replay], because once you open up Pandora's box, it can get pretty dicey what that ends up looking like and then logistically how to pull it all off. Where do you draw the line?
"But to get something, moving forward, for a play like that, it dictates a game. And I think you've seen enough of them this year. Major League Baseball would probably say we've seen too many of them. I think it's one of those years when the writing is on the wall.
"And I know they're making moves, they're doing tests all over the league, they're trying to get their hands on how it would look. But it's fresh enough in our minds that it's obvious we'd like to have it."
Matheny favors a system in which an official who is not part of the umpiring crew would rule on replays.
"I think you need to have him separate from the [umpiring] crew," Matheny said. "There's so much loyalty in the crew and I get that, I want that in here [the clubhouse], so I don't know why they wouldn't want that out there."
The current situation, Matheny said, with replay cameras showing umpiring mistakes puts the umpires under the spotlight, but the mistakes going uncorrected creates a difficult set of circumstances for the umpires.
"This is not a good situation for them, either, because the game is so hard on [the umpires] now," Matheny said. "I mean, everything, it's amazing what these cameras can do now.
"I get it that they're in a tough spot. But we've got guys fighting against one of the nastiest pitchers in baseball, trying to put something together. So we're not going to have a whole lot of sympathy. We only want what's right.
"There's not going to be a perfect science, but I think making steps in using the technology, I don't know why it wouldn't [work]. And I think it would help the umpires, too. It would take some of the pressure off them. I imagine they heard from somebody [Saturday night]. That influenced the course of the game.
"I just think this helps the game out, the review process. I knew what I saw and I had no hesitation in going out there. If you know you're right, why would you keep your mouth shut? I saw the foot off the bag."
And so, Matheny, a man who is not at all drawn to controversy, did not keep his mouth shut.
Sunday night, the Cardinals, with the best record in the Majors at 41-22, defeated the Reds, 11-4, in 10 innings. In the course of the evening, Cuzzi and Matheny had a between-innings discussion that was described by the manager as "civil." Saturday night's episode was far from forgotten, but it was closed.
"We had an opportunity to talk about last night and put that behind," Matheny said of the discussion with Cuzzi. "I commend Phil on that. I've had discussions with umpires where we've reminded each other that we've worked together and we haven't had trouble. He wanted to talk about his side and I wanted to talk about mine, and it was civil."
At this point, when someone of Matheny's character takes a position in favor of expanded replay, it cannot be viewed as anti-anybody. It is essentially pro-baseball.
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com.


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One of the side effects of linebacker Brian Urlacher's retirement from the Chicago Bears is that Lance Briggs now will be calling the defensive plays.
The weakside linebacker volunteered for the duty usually reserved for the middle man.
Briggs said Tuesday he has made a concerted effort to be a leader on a team that lost several veterans.
"I'm just more vocal now," Briggs said, via the Chicago Tribune. "We have a lot of great players, so for me it's just getting guys aligned and getting them in the best position to compete."
Briggs is coming to grips with the fact that for the first time in his 11-year NFL career, Urlacher won't be there to run the show.
"It's very different," Briggs said. "I didn't call the plays before, and now I am. I just have a lot of respect. I've been spoiled for the last 10 years."
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The Bears brought in several young linebackers -- Jon Bostic and Khaseem Greene -- who they hope will join with the veteran to form the next Urlacher-Briggs combo for years to come. Briggs said he's looking forward to mentoring the young players so they can be ready to contribute heavily this season.
"These young guys are wide-eyed, flying around, very smart guys," Briggs said. "You'll get to know more about them once we put pads on but they're soaking it in really fast, picking it up, so I'm excited to see what they're going to do."
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"An uplifting read that informs, enlightens and satisfies."– Kirkus Reviews
In addressing both man against nature and the nature of man, Ness's novel raises challenging questions about the balance between hunting for sport and hunting for survival.
Survival of the fittest plays out with personalities and past regrets in sharp relief, as hunter and hunted confront unforgiving nature in the remote Yukon. The story skillfully weaves together the lives of seemingly disparate individuals into a conflict-ridden tapestry of self-discovery. The principal storyline centers on high-profile eco-warrior Hannah Weinberg. Her mission: to confront and raise public awareness of the wealthy trophy hunters who scour the remote Yukon Mountains in search of grizzly bears. The titular figurehead of a save-the-bears group called Grizzly Watch, Hannah meets her perceived nemesis in Dan MacKay, an unemployed, half-Indian moose hunter who lives in a small First Nation community. Dan runs into a lost Hannah while hunting moose on the Macmillan River. Elsewhere, Dan's attorney, Susan Field, is driven by conscience rather than cash to uncover the truth about Dan's ex-wife, Tara, and her suspicious pedophile boyfriend, Gary. Seems Gary has taken an interest in Dan's preteen daughter, Starla. Another intersecting storyline revolves around Hannah's husband, David Hellman. Rich and powerful, he cheats on Hannah, but when she's reported missing, David swings into action and hires Yukon mountain experts to accompany him on the search. At times, details in the supporting storylines run too deep and risk overwhelming the central story. Thinning them a bit in favor of the Dan–Hannah relationship, and how their initially opposing views slowly begin to dovetail, could improve the novel's focus. Adding an extra dimension to the narrative are the internal dialogues of several animals. Raz, Dan's loyal, well-trained hunting dog, expresses his own feelings and insight about "his Dan" and the new girl, Hannah. Raz eventually becomes indispensable to both the hunt and Dan's survival. There's also a "talkative" raven who provides some whimsical observations about human "bobbleheads" and their strange habits, and several moose express their feelings and various sexual pangs. Finally, there's the heartbreaking struggle of a gut-shot bear, lumbering through the forest to find relief from the pain that accompanies his every step. Richly detailed and generously storied with characters both sympathetic and loathsome, this is the action-adventure novel for wilderness enthusiasts.
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Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from trench (noun)
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long, narrow ditch or hole
military excavation
trench (third-person singular simple present trenches, present participle trenching, simple past and past participle trenched)
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- Shee is the Judge, Thou Executioner, Or if thou needs would'st trench upon her power, Thou mightst have yet enjoy'd thy crueltie, With some more thrift, and more varietie.
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A new competition to find the best place to live in Ireland has announced a long list of 25 villages, towns, cities and districts with the winner to be announced at the end of June.
The Irish Times newspaper is running the competition to find Ireland's best location with the judging panel headed by the paper's environment correspondent Frank McDonald.
The current list of 25 candidates will be narrowed down to category winners and an overall champion.
The long list includes five villages, 10 towns of varying sizes, four regional cities, one rural district and five suburbs or urban villages.
The paper has announced the contenders as follows:
The villages are: Ardara, Co Donegal; Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary; Eyeries, Co Cork; Fourmilehouse, Co Roscommon, and Portballintrae, Co Antrim.
The towns are: Skerries, Co Dublin; Clonakilty, Co Cork; Killarney, Co Kerry; Westport, Co Mayo; Greystones, Co Wicklow; Birr, Co Offaly; Carrick-on- Shannon, Co Leitrim; Abbeyleix, Co Laois, and Athlone, Co Westmeath and Sligo town.
There are five Dublin suburbs: Rathmines, the Glenbeigh Road area in Cabra, Clondalkin, Sandymount and Ranelagh. The four cities are: Cork, Derry, Galway and Waterford.
The Dingle peninsula also features on the list of the final 25.
For the Best Place To Live award, the Irish Times invited people to nominate the place they lived and explain its appeal.
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The competition attracted 563 entries from the public, across 32 counties.
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Why I'm Supporting Charlie Rangel -- Adam Clayton Powell IV
Adam Clayton Powell IV with Charlie Rangel for Congress
[Op-Ed: Elections 2014]
I've served El Barrio/East Harlem. As a district leader, City Councilmember, and State Assembly Member, I've seen the hardships our community faced.
Poverty, unemployment, violence, and now the East Harlem Explosion but through it all, there's been one man in Congress who has fought for us: Charlie Rangel.
We've worked together to create good jobs, build affordable housing, and improve our schools. Charlie Rangel has been a leader for us, standing up for our values in Congress and delivering what we need.
So it's obvious why I'm endorsing Charlie Rangel and why you should, too. We've stood together for our neighborhoods and I stand with Charlie today.
Public service brought us together and that's especially poignant after the debate last Thursday at Abyssinian Baptist Church, my father's old congregation. When he was in Congress, one of my father's proudest accomplishments was the bill to raise the minimum wage. As chair of the Ways and Means Committee, Charlie Rangel enacted the law to increase the minimum wage for the first time in a decade and now he is once again leading the effort to ensure that all Americans earn a fair wage.
For the last seventy years, Uptown has sent leaders to Congress to fight for us. Whether it's in support of raising the minimum wage, ensuring that everyone has healthcare, fighting for good schools or affordable housing, we've made our voices heard. Charlie Rangel has passed more laws than any other currently-serving member of Congress and whether you're my neighbor in El Barrio or you live in Norwood, Inwood, Washington Heights, Harlem, or anywhere else, he's made a difference for you.
That's why I'm backing Charlie Rangel and am hosting an East Harlem Family Reunion in his honor on Wednesday, April 23rd at 6 PM at the Taino Towers Senior Center in East Harlem (2383 2nd Ave; between 122nd and 123rd Streets).
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In the NY Times Opinionator, Gary Gutting indulges in a little public philosophical masturbation: did Zeus exist? And he concludes that we can't decide that he didn't.
On reflection, then, I'm inclined to say that an atheistic denial of Zeus is ungrounded. There is no current evidence of his present existence, but to deny that he existed in his Grecian heyday we need to assume that there was no good evidence for his existence available to the ancient Greeks. We have no reason to make this assumption. Further, supposing that Zeus did exist in ancient times, do we really have evidence that he has ceased to exist? He may, for all we know, just be in hiding (as Heine's delightful "Gods in Exile" suggests), now that other gods have won humankind's allegiance. Or it may be that we have lost the ability to perceive the divine. In any case, to the question, "May we properly remain agnostic about whether Zeus ever existed?" the answer is "Yes, we may."
I'd tear that up, except I don't have to: The Digital Cuttlefish beat me to it, and includes a poem, too.
Two things, then. One, I'm surprised that a philosophy prof is conflating ideas of belief with ideas of knowledge. Disbelief in Zeus is absolutely grounded. Without convincing evidence (this is where "knowledge" comes in, and where his objections actually matter), Zeus has not passed the threshold for my belief. I have no obligation to believe in something that has no positive evidence for it, just because there is no evidence against it.
Which leads to my second thing. Presuppositional arguments may be logically airtight, but this example shows why good logic can lead to bad conclusions. It is absolutely true that science has to presuppose that there are no supernatural entities intervening, in order to examine the natural world. And we, therefore, cannot conclude there is no supernatural, since that would simply be circular logic, assuming our conclusions. And since our conclusions about the supernatural depend on our assumptions, the logic is no help at all.
I have two things, too, though. One is that DC is using philosophy to argue against Gutting, so let's not make this a blanket condemnation of all philosophy.
The other is a point of disagreement: "It is absolutely true that science has to presuppose that there are no supernatural entities intervening". I disagree strongly with that. If they are intervening, they are having an effect on the natural world that can be examined with the tools of science, even if the supernatural entities themselves are completely invisible to us. If every time I mumbled a magic word before throwing a die, it would come up six, and this effect was statistically robust and worked with such reliability that I could clean up at the craps table in Vegas, I'd have to postulate a force outside of our understanding to explain it. I'd still be able to investigate the effect scientifically, however, and clearly it would demand extensive replication…say, a grand tour of every casino in the country.
I agree that we cannot conclude that there is no supernatural that is operating outside of our universe. We can conclude that there has been no consistent detectable supernatural phenomenon meddling within our universe.


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Heading to Meetings, first base Crew's top priority
MILWAUKEE -- Two months into the offseason, the Brewers' situation remains essentially the same. Besides the standard goal of getting better and the annual task of reconstituting the bullpen, first base is the team's most glaring need.
The options to fill that need, general manager Doug Melvin said, remain "wide open."
MILWAUKEE -- Two months into the offseason, the Brewers' situation remains essentially the same. Besides the standard goal of getting better and the annual task of reconstituting the bullpen, first base is the team's most glaring need.
The options to fill that need, general manager Doug Melvin said, remain "wide open."
So it is with an open mind that Melvin will travel to Orlando, Fla., for the second time in a month, this time to attend baseball's Winter Meetings at Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista with a larger club contingent than attended November's General Managers Meetings.
He has made splashy Winter Meetings moves before, from the Carlos Lee acquisition in Anaheim in 2004 to the Lyle Overbay trade in Dallas in 2005 (which opened first base for a kid named Prince Fielder ) to a four-year agreement with free agent Randy Wolf in Indianapolis in 2009. Melvin does not expect to make any equally gaudy moves this time -- but you never know.
"We're on the watch for any talent that can make our club better," Melvin said.
The easiest place to do that would be first base, where the Brewers ranked last of the 30 teams in 2013 production while Corey Hart recovered from surgeries on both knees. Hart, who belted 30 home runs in 2012, is a free agent, and is expected to have an offer in hand from the Brewers before the Winter Meetings begin.
A deal could make sense for both sides. Hart is comfortable with the Brewers, who made him an 11th-round Draft pick in 2000, and hitter-friendly Miller Park would be an excellent venue to rebuild value for one year before trying free agency again next winter. The Brewers, meanwhile, could get a discount on a player they know and like, while giving first-base prospects Hunter Morris and Jason Rogers another year of Minor League seasoning.
Hart is represented by Jeff Berry of CAA Sports, who negotiated with Melvin on Hart's three-year extension during the summer of 2010. Hart has said that the Rockies, Rays and Red Sox have also showed some interest this winter. Cost would be an issue for the Brewers, who already have nearly $75 million committed to 11 players, including estimates for arbitration-eligible pitcher Marco Estrada and corner infielder Juan Francisco. Last year's entire 25-man Opening Day roster cost about $85 million.
So far, Melvin and Berry have had two conversations, though Melvin declined to characterize their progress.
"Obviously, first base is the one area of focus," Melvin said. "We talked about a maybe a bullpen piece or so. But we're still always open to [other ideas]. A lot of times, a club like ours that is not engaged in all the free agents, we sit back and study other ballclubs and see where they're at, identify their strengths and weaknesses, and be ready in case something comes up."
In other words, the Brewers are open to trades. They have an excess of Major League-ready outfielders, including leadoff man Norichika Aoki if Ryan Braun moves from left field to right, and could seek deals for a first basemen or bullpen arms. The Mets (Ike Davis and Lucas Duda ) and Rangers (Mitch Moreland ) look like potential trade partners on paper, and the White Sox (Adam Dunn ) or Phillies (Darin Ruf ) could also make sense.
Unlike last year, the Brewers will not be actively shopping for a starting pitcher. Melvin said he has Estrada penciled into next year's rotation, so four spots are tentatively spoken for with Kyle Lohse, Yovani Gallardo, Wily Peralta and Estrada. That would leave one spot for a young pitcher like Tyler Thornburg, Johnny Hellweg or Hiram Burgos.
"I think our pitching is better than what people perceive," Melvin said.
After a disastrous May, Brewers pitchers combined for a 3.48 ERA from June 1 through the end of the season, seventh-best in baseball. After the All-Star break, Brewers starting pitchers were fourth in MLB with a 3.36 ERA.
"For our ballpark and the division we're in -- a very good division with the Reds and the Cardinals being two of the top hitting teams in the league -- our pitching is still fourth-best," Melvin said. "But we have to find ways to score runs. Our biggest free-agent signing will be getting Ryan Braun back."
Braun was suspended on July 22 for the remainder of the season for violations of MLB's Joint Drug Agreement and Basic Agreement. He was reinstated to the roster on Oct. 31.
"That's a big addition," Melvin said.
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy.


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