text:
While not a major topic of consideration when designing and maintaining facilities in past years, code-enforcement bodies have become increasingly aware of the danger of arc flash incidents associated with working on live electrical gear. As a result, facility managers and their consulting engineers are paying more attention to arc flash analysis.
While the National Electrical Code (NEC) requires only a generic label to warn of the possibility of arc flash danger on all equipment that is subject to arc flash hazards, NFPA's "Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace" (NFPA 70E-2004) goes a step further, requiring that, "A flash hazard analysis be done in order to protect personnel from the possibility of being injured by an arc flash." This standard also requires that the analysis include a calculation of the flash protection boundary of each piece of equipment and determination of the required personal protective equipment (PPE) at the appropriate working distance for each piece of equipment.
Both NFPA 70E and IEEE 1584, "Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations," prescribe their own methods of calculation for determining the available arc flash energy at a particular piece of equipment. However, for both methods, typical working distances are given in Table 3 of IEEE 1584-2002.
Calculating arc flash energy
There are two distinct mathematical methods of calculating the available arc flash energy present at a specific piece of equipment — both of which are detailed in Annex D of NFPA 70E.
The first method, commonly referred to as the NFPA 70E equation for an arc flash in a cubic box, is:
EMB = 1038.7 DB-1.4738 × tA [0.0093 F2 0.3453 F + 5.9673]
Where EMB is the arc flash energy, DB is the working distance (from Table 3 of IEEE 1584), tA is the duration of the arc, and F is the short-circuit (or fault) current. This equation uses inches for distance measurements, and gives results directly in calories per centimeter squared (cal/cm2).
The cubic box is the commonly used equation (as opposed to the open air equation) because this equation most accurately approximates the behavior of an arc flash event within a standard piece of electrical equipment (switchgear, fused switch, etc.). However, this equation is only valid over the limited range of conditions where the short-circuit current (F) is between 16kA and 50kA.
A broader range of short-circuit values is effectively modeled by using the IEEE 1584 set of equations:
log [En] = k1 + k2 + 1.081 log [Ia] + 0.0011 G and E = 4.184 Cf × En (t ÷ 0.2) × (610x ÷ Dx)
Where E is the arc flash energy, En is the normalized arc flash energy, Ia is the arcing current, Cf is the calculation factor, t is the duration of the arc, D is the distance from the arc to the person (from IEEE 1584, Table 3), X is the distance X-factor, k1 and k2 are constants, and G is the conductor air gap.
A more rigorous method of calculating arc flash energy, this set of equations uses metric units, gives results in Joules per centimeter squared (J/cm2), and is valid over the range of 0.208kV through 15kV — and a short-circuit current of 0.7kA through 106kA.
Arc flash energy vs. fault current
In examining either of these equations, it becomes clear that the energy of an arc flash is dependent upon the length of the flash, the available short-circuit current (or bolted-fault current), and inversely (and exponentially) related to one's distance from the origin of the flash.
Figure 1 (click here to see Fig. 1) shows the relationship between arc flash energy and bolted fault capacity. Note that this relationship is quite linear for the IEEE 1584 equations and somewhat logarithmic for the NFPA 70E equations. Further examination also indicates that over the range of valid values (above 16kA for NFPA 70E), the IEEE 1584 method is calculated more aggressively, and the NFPA 70E method is more conservative.
Figure 2 shows the relationship between arc flash energy and the duration of the arcing event, which is linear for both methods of calculation. However, it should be noted that the IEEE 1584 method is once again more aggressive than its NFPA 70E counterpart.
It's important to note that when using either set of equations, the "working distance" is considered to be fixed, based upon the voltage and type of equipment on which the technician will be working. Therefore, the dependent variables will be the available short-circuit current and the duration of the arc. The short-circuit current will be determined by the configuration of the electrical system, and the fault duration will be determined by the trip properties and settings of the upstream protective device. However, it's usually assumed that the outer limit for the arcing time is no more than 2 seconds. Although this is not a hard and fast rule, it accounts for the likelihood that the arcing material in an arcing field will likely be either burned off or expelled by the force of the blast. In any case, this would extinguish the arc event.
Figure 3 shows typical trip characteristics for a 400A, molded-case circuit breaker and a 2,000A, LSI solid-state breaker. Inspection of these trip characteristics shows that for certain regions of the curve, where the short-time region meets the instantaneous region, for example, there are great swings in the operating time of the circuit breakers. This point is at approximately 16kA for the 2,000A breaker and 2.8kA for the 400A breaker.
Figure 4 (click here to see Fig. 4) shows the calculated arc flash energy for the 2,000A breaker, using both IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E calculation methods. As you can see from the graph, the available arc flash energy peaks at two points: 7.5kA and 16kA. As you might expect, these points coordinate with the "break" points of the trip curve where there is transition from the long-time to short-time trip region and at the transition from the instantaneous to short-time trip region. These peaks are not replicated on the NFPA 70E curve because that equation is not valid in the associated trip range for the 2,000A breaker. However, where larger currents are used, these peaks will occur using the NFPA 70E equation as well.
Figure 5 (click here to see Fig. 5) shows the calculated arc flash energy for the 400A breaker, using both IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E calculation methods. For this size of breaker, the NFPA 70E equation results are nearly useless, as the NFPA 70E equation becomes valid at 16kA (40 times the trip rating of the breaker). However, the IEEE 1584 results indicate a large spike at 3kA, which is in the area of transition between the instantaneous and short-time trip regions.
Based on these figures, it's clear that calculating arc flash energy does not necessarily mesh with the "conservative" approach of calculating the worst possible case of short-circuit capacity (i.e., the highest value of short-circuit capacity). In many cases, a lower short-circuit capacity may produce a much larger arc flash energy level. For this reason, IEEE recommends that the arc flash energy be calculated both at the calculated arcing current and again at 85% of the arcing current (also known as the second-arcing current) — and that the higher arc flash energy value be used. Note that the arcing current is based upon the bolted-fault available short-circuit capacity, and is calculated for systems below 1kV as:
log [Ia] = K + 0.662 log [Ibf] + 0.0966 V + 0.000526 G + 0.5588 V log [Ibf] 0.00304 G log [Ibf] Or for systems over 1kV as: log [Ia] = 0.00402 + 0.983 log [Ibf]
Where K is a constant, V is the voltage of the system, G is the air gap between the conductors, and Ibf is the bolted-fault available short-circuit capacity.
After calculating the arc flash energy level, an appropriate selection of PPE is made using Table130.7(C)(11) from Table NFPA 70E.
What are the "tables" in NFPA 70E?
In addition to using the calculated methods for determining the arc flash energy and required personal protective equipment (PPE) described above, there is a third method of determining what type of protection to use when working on live equipment. This method is the direct application of Table 130.7(C)(9)(a) from NFPA 70E. This table is intended to be a conservative application of the principles of Annex D, without the need for performing a complete arc flash evaluation and study. However, this table is based on several assumptions:
- For panelboards and switchboards rated 600V and less, the available fault current is 25kA, and the clearing time of the protective device is 0.03 seconds (two cycles);
- For 600V class motor control centers and other such equipment, the available fault current is 65kA, and the clearing time of the protective device is 0.03 seconds (two cycles);
- For insertion or removal of starter buckets in motor control centers as noted above, the available fault current is 65kA, and the clearing time of the protective device is 0.33 seconds (20 cycles); and/or
- For 600V class switchgear containing fused switches or power circuit breakers, the available fault current is 65kA, and the clearing time of the protective device is 1 second (60 cycles).
Although this table is a useful guide where there is no other information available, it is clear that the assumptions listed above are not necessarily applicable to the systems you may be analyzing. As such, they will often lead to overclassification of protective gear for work on a specific piece of equipment. However, it is of even more concern that there is a potential for underclassification of the protective gear recommended for work on a specific piece of equipment.
In a recent arc flash study of a facility that encompassed more than 700 pieces of equipment, it was found that in 7% of cases, the application of Table 130.7(C)(9)(a) without an appropriate system study, would lead to the use of insufficient protective gear when working on live equipment. In addition, it was found that the PPE requirements of Table 130.7(C)(9)(a) were in excess of those determined through calculation 62% of the time. Therefore, although the tables are of benefit when working at a location where there is no existing arc flash study, they are no substitute for a complete and up-to-date arc flash study.
A useful method
When computer-based arc flash evaluations are run, the calculations of the software should not be blindly accepted. In many cases, the NFPA 70E equations are applied outside of their applicable range, and the results are given with only a footnote to indicate that the calculation is "out of range" (i.e., invalid). Therefore, it is important that the software output be thoroughly reviewed and applied as is appropriate to the necessary systems.
Also, it is important that both the NFPA 70E and IEEE 1584 equations be used correctly. By using both sets of equations, a conservative set of values can be assembled. It is good practice to calculate the flash energy using both methods, and to use the valid value (where only one set of equations is valid) or to use the more conservative value (where both sets of equations are valid).
Some facility managers prefer to compare the NFPA 70E and/or IEEE 1584 calculated values to Table 130.7(C)(9)(a) from NFPA 70E and to use the most conservative flash protection equipment recommendation. However, this is not a requirement of NFPA 70E, and there is debate as to whether overprotection in the form of flash suits is appropriate, as it is cumbersome for the worker.
A consolidated procedure for performing an arc flash analysis
The following steps outline a suggested procedure for performing an arc flash analysis of a facility. Although this is not the only possible procedure, it does cover a wide range of conditions, and takes a conservative approach to the application of both IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E equations.
- Assemble existing as-built documentation — Start by collecting all of the relevant, existing as-built documentation. Include power floor plans showing locations of electrical equipment, and single-line diagrams indicating the overcurrent protective devices and cable sizes for all relevant areas.
- Field verify existing conditions — Because conditions may have changed since the original installation, it's critical that the existing conditions be field verified to ensure that the arc flash analysis is performed using accurate breaker settings and field conditions.
- Obtain the available utility fault current (range) and X/R ratio — The serving utility should be able to provide this information. Note that the utility normally guarantees a range of short-circuit current, and that the highest arc flash energy value may occur anywhere within the range of available short-circuit current values.
- Perform a short-circuit analysis — The short-circuit analysis must be performed to obtain the available bolted-fault and arc fault currents at each point in the system.
- Perform an NFPA 70E arc flash analysis — Perform the arc flash analysis using the NFPA 70E equations and parameters.
- Perform an IEEE 1584 arc flash analysis — Perform the arc flash analysis using the IEEE 1584 equations and parameters.
- Repeat steps 4 through 6 for the entire range of possible values — The short-circuit and arc flash studies must be repeated over the entire range of valid utility fault capacities. The studies may be performed in a range of fault increments to ensure that the highest arc flash energy value is captured at each component. For example, a system that has a fault value ranging from 3,000A through 12,000A may be run in 1,000A increments.
- Repeat steps 4 through 7 for all likely operating conditions — The report must be run for all likely operating conditions for the facility, including normal operation, load shedding modes, parallel operation, tie breakers open and closed, and operating on standby power. It is important that all configurations be fully evaluated to ensure that the worst-case scenario is developed for each piece of equipment.
- Eliminate invalid data — Export the arc flash reports to spreadsheet software, and delete invalid values because they do not fall within the range of valid conditions for the equation set used (i.e. NFPA 70E values calculated from short-circuit currents that are not between 16kA and 50kA as required).
- Sort the worst-case values for each component or bus — Using a spreadsheet, the remaining valid values may be sorted and the worst-case extracted for each component within the system. This value will be considered the available arc flash energy at its associated point in the system.
- Assemble the comprehensive report — The final report should indicate the available short-circuit current used at each component, the available arc flash energy, the category of PPE required to safely work on the equipment, and which set of equations was used to determine the available energy. The report should also include the working distance used in the calculation, and the flash protection boundary (generally the threshold where the available energy exceeds 1.2 cal/cm2). In addition, any information that your specific client requires (duration of arc, closing time of breaker, equipment required for safe operation, etc.) should be included in the report.
All of this information, along with the building's single-line and short-circuit capacity diagrams, should be collected in a coherent fashion and presented to the client in a binder for their use.
This method is straightforward, and keeps the report's focus on safety. Most importantly, it reminds the engineer to evaluate his equations independently, to ensure that the report contains information that is accurate, valid, and useful. With proper preparation, arc flash analysis is a tool that can prevent needless accidents and injuries in the facility for which it is prepared — the intent of NFPA 70E's requirement.
Medich is a senior electrical project engineer at Ballinger in Philadelphia.


text:
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release: Employment Situation
Construction employees in the construction sector include: Working supervisors, qualified craft workers, mechanics, apprentices, helpers, laborers, and so forth, engaged in new work, alterations, demolition, repair, maintenance, and the like, whether working at the site of construction or in shops or yards at jobs (such as precutting and preassembling) ordinarily performed by members of the construction trades.
To obtain estimates of women worker employment, the ratio of weighted women employees to the weighted all employees in the sample is assumed to equal the same ratio in the universe. The current month's women worker ratio, thus, is estimated and then multiplied by the all-employee estimate. The weighted-difference-link-and-taper formula (described in the source) is used to estimate the current month's women worker ratio. This formula adds the change in the matched sample's women worker ratio (the weighted-difference link) to the prior month's estimate, which has been slightly modified to reflect changes in the sample composition (the taper).
The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).'
The source code is: CEU2000000010
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Women Employees: Construction [CEU2000000010], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CEU2000000010, October 22, 2019.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Julietta Plus Size Bridal by Morilee 3215
- Brand: Julietta Bridal by Morilee
- Style #: 3215 - Quick Delivery*Quick Delivery*
- Availability: In Stock
The name of this Julietta Plus size Bridal Gown is Mila. Frosted Alen�on Lace Appliqu�s on Net with Crystal Beaded Waistband
Quick Delivery:
- Ivory/coco: 28, 32
*A style on our web site listed as in-stock can usually be shipped today or next day for immediate delivery or quick delivery. An item listed as "Ships Today" can be sent the same business day as long as the order is placed before the cutoff time.


text:
Continuing a recent crackdown on the kind of behaviour that gives the game a bad rap (at least amongst those who don't play it religiously), League of Legends developers Riot have permanently banned two prominent eSports players for their "toxic behaviour in-game".
Ilyas Hartsema, aka enVision, whose "peak harassment score placed the account among the worst 0.06% of all European accounts this month", according to Riot, was banned having "established an undeniable record of in-game harassment, abuse, and poor behaviour." Amazingly, it's not the first time he's been punished by Riot; a previous account he held "registered one of the highest harassment scores ever recorded". Charming.
Damien Lorthios, aka Linak, is the second player banned, for much the same reasons, and amazingly he's been censured for having displayed this poor behaviour outside of games as well as inside them.
In closing, the game's tribunal says of both players that they displayed a "persistent tendency to engage in verbal abuse, insults and offensive behaviour is unacceptable for any player, especially a high-profile eSports competitor who has a regular opportunity to lead the community by example."
eSports Competition Rulings: Suspensions of mouz enVision and aAa linak [League of Legends]


text:
California Home May Be Second Most Expensive Property Ever Sold
(NEW YORK) -- The $117.5 million estate of a financier in Northern California may be the second most expensive property ever sold in the U.S., according to SF Luxe.
SF Luxe reported that financier Tully Friedman, the previous owner, sold the property on Nov. 27, 2012, according to public records.
The four-bedroom home was created by architect Allan Greenberg, and has 360-degree views of the Woodside Mountains. It sits on nine acres and was built in 2005.
If the home was sold for $117.5 million, it would outrank the nearby estate that Russian entrepreneur and venture capitalist Yuri Milner bought for $100 million in 2011, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The most expensive estate sold in the U.S. is likely a Montana ranch that was listed for $132 million but sold for an undisclosed price last year to real estate billionaire Stanley Kroenke. He also owns the NBA's Denver Nuggets, the NHL's Colorado Avalanche, and the NFL's St. Louis Rams.
Copyright 2013 ABC News Radio


text:
Welcome to the ShrimpNow !!!.
All members please introduce yourself here! Tell the rest about yourself, and your invertebrates and how do you get to know us.
Everything and general TECNINICAL discussions on shrimps, tankmates and others. WTB, WTS and Chit Chat cannot be posted here.
3rd May 2018, 01:44 PM
29th Oct 2017, 02:02 AM
26th Mar 2018, 07:47 PM
Discuss shrimp tanks setup here, including gravel. Post your shrimps and/or shrimp tank pictures and video clips in My Shrimp Tank and Shrimps.
Adding new soil to existing...
29th Aug 2018, 03:46 PM
24th Jan 2018, 06:54 PM
Any knowledge of reverse flow...
26th Mar 2018, 08:16 PM
Shrimps are senstive to water parameters, discussion water preparation, condition, changes and management here.
16th Aug 2019, 07:06 PM
Talk about Crystal Red Shrimps here. Post your picture and video clips of CRS in My CRS and CRS Tank.
26th Apr 2018, 10:50 AM
For all type of neocaridina shrimp like Fire Red, Yellow, Rili and more
16th Apr 2018, 01:23 PM
Taiwan Bee Shrimp is also known as shadows, king kong and pandas. Discuss them here.
24th Jan 2018, 06:57 PM
These beautiful shrimps and invertebrates deserve a sub forum on its own. Let share info on keeping them here. Post your picture and video clips of Sulawesi in My Sulawesi Tanks and Shrimps.
Is someone still here? Newbie...
26th Mar 2018, 08:00 PM
Discuss and talk about keeping of tiger shrimps and their variation like Blue Tigers, Black Tigers, Red Tigers and more...........
My royal blue (blue diamond )...
24th Jan 2018, 06:58 PM
24th Jan 2018, 06:59 PM
21st Mar 2018, 11:56 PM
If you like to sponsor a sub forum here, do contact us. This sub forum can be used as support for your users and new products news.
2nd Jul 2018, 04:37 PM
Gday matey, anyone knows good...
24th Jan 2018, 07:00 PM
For reporting of portal related issues, and suggestions of forum/portal improvements.
24th Jan 2018, 07:01 PM
There are currently 20 users online. 0 members and 20 guests
Most users ever online was 631, 16th Jul 2013 at 01:42 AM.
The most posters over 24 hours was 83, 17th Jul 2013 at 12:07 AM.There are no posters to list at this moment.
Welcome to our newest member, esuc


text:
Difference between revisions of "BackupBuddy: Hosts"
|Line 1:
|Line 1:
==[http://1and1.com 1and1]==
==[http://1and1.com 1and1]==
* Servers sometimes overloaded causing browsing sites hosted on them to take a very long time to load or time out.
* Servers sometimes overloaded causing browsing sites hosted on them to take a very long time to load or time out.
Revision as of 18:21, 26 July 2011
The information contained here is for shared hosting accounts unless specified otherwise.
- Servers sometimes overloaded causing browsing sites hosted on them to take a very long time to load or time out.
- Problems reported with sites above 450mb (with zip compression on; off increases limit).
Overall BlueHost hosting seems to be somewhat hit or miss. Many customers have found that BlueHost is slow and often returns 404 and 500 server error messages for no reason periodically. These can not only cause a bad experience for viewers of your site but also break BackupBuddy backup functionality. Though in general BackupBuddy should work the lack of consistency among the experiences of users of this host results in us not being able to recommend this host.
PHP memory limit is 128MB at MOST. This is low. Hostgator for example provides 256MB which is double.
On the boards, a few people have complained about BackupBuddy timing out during backup. To resolve this, support recommends editing your php.ini file to change max execution time to 600.
According to response from tech support these are the limits on how long a process can run before being killed off and are based on whether the customer has a dedicated IP address or uses the shared address.
- Apache/Web (HTML/PHP/Downloads): With Dedicated IP: 12 Hours | Without: 10 Minutes (up from 5 minutes)
- SSH/Shell: With Dedicated IP: 2 Hours | Without: 1 Hour
- Cron Jobs: With Dedicated IP: 30 Minutes | Without: 30 Minutes
- Deamons: With Dedicated IP: Unlimited | Without: 10 Minutes
- Extremely slow.
- No cPanel (uses custom system)
- No native command-line zip. BackupBuddy will enter the slower, less reliable compatibility mode.
- Problems reported with sites above 22mb (with zip compression on; off increases limit) due to slow processing.
- Can create a custom php.ini to extend PHP timeout to increase BackupBuddy run-time.
- File Manager (allows for manual unzipping): https://webftp.dreamhost.com/
- Custom control panel. Some changes take up to hours to take effect.
- Slow site load times on some servers.
- Some servers overloaded not leaving processing power for backups.
- System actively kills any PHP process working too hard or too long (ie backups).
- Fast. Command-line zip available for best BackupBuddy experience.
- CPanel.
- Top technical support.
- Recently changed PHP runtime limit cap to 30 seconds for shared hosting.
- Possible work-around: http://ithemes.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5519-hostgator-timeout-fix-available/
- Only causes issues with large sites ( ~1GB or more )
- Slow page loads.
- Problems reported with sites above 85mb (with zip compression on; off increases limit).
Minimal issues.
Told a customer that they don't support linux command line zip.
Minimal issues.
Rackspace Cloud Hosting
- Currently fails path/directory detection preventing backups.
- We are working with Rackspace to try and get this issue resolved.


text:
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Heart attack patients with a stressful life may have a worse long-term outlook than their less-stressed counterparts, a new study finds.
Researchers found that of people hospitalized for a heart attack, those who'd felt stressed out recently were 42 percent more likely to die over the next two years.
It's not clear whether the stress is to blame, said lead researcher Dr. Suzanne V. Arnold, of St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri.
But she suggested that heart attack patients take some simple steps that could ease their stress and do their hearts good - like regularly going outside for a walk.
Many studies have looked into the link between chronic stress, like job strain, and the odds of developing heart problems. In general, they've suggested that highly stressed people face a greater risk.
But another question is whether chronic stress could affect people's prognosis after a heart attack.
In the new study, researchers followed 4,200 U.S. adults who'd suffered a heart attack. While they were still in the hospital, they answered questions about how much stress - such as job and marital stress - they'd felt in the past month.
Overall, people who reported the most stress were more likely to die over the next two years. Of more than 1,600 patients with moderate to high stress, 13 percent died.
That compared with just under nine percent of less-stressed patients, the researchers report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
The numbers don't prove that stress dims a person's prognosis after a heart attack, Arnold said in an interview.
"It's really complicated to drill down," she said.
There are a lot of possible reasons that certain people find their lives stressful. They may be low-income, or suffer from depression, or have a generally negative disposition, for example. And all of those factors are tied to poorer heart health, too.
Arnold's team tried to control for as many factors as they could. They found, for example, that even among people without depression symptoms, high stress was linked to a greater risk of dying.
But it's still hard to "isolate" stress as the root cause of the higher death risk, Arnold said.
The findings are based on 4,204 heart attack patients at 24 U.S. hospitals. They all answered four questions on perceived stress - asking, for example, how often they felt "overwhelmed by difficulties piling up" and how often they felt able "to control important things."
People who scored in the top 40 percent were considered to have moderate to high stress levels.
The stressed patients were more likely to smoke, have depression symptoms, be obese or have high blood pressure or diabetes.
But even when the researchers factored those things in, chronic stress was linked to a 42 percent higher risk of death over the next two years.
"I think there probably is a real effect," Arnold said.
And that could mean direct or indirect effects, she noted. One direct way, in theory, could be through elevated levels of "stress hormones" like cortisol, which boost blood pressure and blood sugar.
Indirectly, stress could "absolutely" affect people's ability to manage their health, Arnold said. They may find it harder to exercise or stick with their medications, for example.
So should doctors start measuring heart attack patients' stress levels? Arnold said "it would be a stretch" to suggest that.
And so far, there's little evidence that therapies for tackling depression or chronic stress actually improve heart attack patients' long-term outlook - though they might get other benefits, like a better quality of life.
For now, Arnold suggested that heart attack survivors who feel stressed out try to take some simple measures. One would be to get regular, moderate exercise - particularly getting outside for a walk.
That's already generally recommended for your heart health, Arnold noted, and it might help lift your mood.
She said people could also try some type of stress management class, if they're interested. Whether that will affect your heart disease prognosis is unclear, though - and, of course, it costs money.
"Unfortunately," Arnold pointed out, "many of the people at risk (of high stress) are of low socioeconomic status. And they're least likely to be able to take a class."
SOURCE: bit.ly/T4rLG3 Journal of the American College of Cardiology, online October 3, 2012.


text:
Matthew Lickona and the Reader
San Diego wine and Porsche fans, Janet Flanner, Antiochian Orthodox church, Charger fans
Matthew Lickona 8:30 a.m., Oct. 20
Even if it weren't my job to go out and look for new places to eat, I still wouldn't be able to eat the same thing over and over again.
I rarely visit any place on the regular. It's just not in my nature, as I'm always looking for something new. The following list includes a few of the spots I just can't stay away from as well as a few restaurants everybody should try at least once. None of them are fancy — most are the opposite — but they've all delivered a memorable meal or two.
4075 Park Boulevard, University Heights
Big Front Door
I dig this combination deli and wine shop in University Heights as a place to grab a sandwich or salad and a special soda for lunch. The remodel that Steve "Sheep" Riley and company put the place through was just short of a miracle for the formerly dingy space. Now, the titular door swings open wide, and it's like a giant patio inside; great for sitting, and the staff will let you on the WiFi if you ask. The small selection of wine for sale (take-home only) has some cool choices, too.
4404 Texas Street, University Heights
Kiko's Place
Kiko's got its start in Baja in the '80s, and the Kiko's truck in the Texas Food and Liquor parking lot in University Heights sells the same Mexican mariscos for short money. The marlin tacos are outstanding and the aguachiles, clamatos, and seafood cocktails all deliver pure seafood joy. Buy drinks in the liquor store first (the truck has none for sale) and don't try to go on Sundays (10–7 any other day). Bringing cash is a good idea, but if you want to risk it, they have Square running sometimes to take cards.
928 Ft. Stockton Drive, Mission Hills
Izakaya Masa
A lot of people ask me, "Where should I eat?" Izakaya Masa is my number-one recommendation. The compact sake house in Mission Hills has more charm and poise than half of uptown's restaurants put together. Best of all, the kitchen's open until 1:00 a.m. in the tradition of Japanese izakaya. The exceptional tonkotsu ramen isn't available until after 9:00 p.m., but it crushes the competition like Godzilla on a bad day. Japanese tapas and sushi make up the rest of the menu, but I just can't say no to sake and ramen. Make reservations — it's small.
4134 University Avenue, City Heights
Que Huong
The only thing that's not on the menu at this Vietnamese spot in a City Heights strip mall is vegetarian food. Everything else that flies, runs, or swims gets cooked up sooner or later. You want crocodile? They got that. Little, bony fish that're so hard to eat, the waiter shakes his head and warns you to pick something else? They got that, too. You can cook and wrap your own spring rolls — working through a forest of fresh herbs and greens in the process — or just pick one of the 200+ items you've never seen before on the menu.
1st Street 123 1825, Zona Centro, Baja
Ostioneria Napoles
For the reckless gastronome: walk right under the arch and keep on going down Calle Primera for a few blocks. Past the intoxicatingly meaty carniceria (stop there later) and a few seedy-looking bars. The oyster house will be on the left. Seven Seas Soup is the specialty of the house, but oysters and cockles are under $10/dozen. Shrimp cocktail costs about the same. Go crazy with "La Negra Salsa Marisquera," a soy-and-chili sauce.
3416 Adams Avenue, Normal Heights
Blind Lady Ale House
The beer selection is neither the biggest nor the weirdest, but the tap list is composed with a care and finesse that no other place in town matches. I have it on good authority that company policy calls for rigorous flushing and cleaning of beer lines when kegs are changed out; a practice that's not as common as many people surmise. For every tasty brew at Blind Lady, there's an equally well-executed food offering. It's the best place to go to for moules frites (mussels and french fries) and cured meats.
2911 El Cajon Boulevard, North Park
Coffee and Tea Collective
Sure, there's a solid dose of Portlandia hipster smugness courtesy of the tank-tops, vintage track bikes, and expensively hand-made lamps. But that's tempered by one very important development: the Collective has sold me some of the best coffee I've ever had. And they sold it to me for a reasonable price. The guys at the Collective are sourcing, roasting, and applying boiling water to coffee beans with a Captain Ahab–like single-minded intensity that some people might call crazy, but I call it admirable.
2123 Adams Avenue, University Heights
Cueva Bar
Cueva has grown much in the past two years. The bar has stockpiled some good wines and beers, and the kitchen has pinpointed which flatbreads and tapas are working out. But the real gem at Cueva is the staff. Chef Oz still makes time to chat with tables. Jo and Cory at the bar, who apparently never stop working, are great at remembering faces and always friendly. I like small places, and Cueva feels as small as it gets.
3448 30th Street, North Park
4030 Goldfinch Street, Mission Hills
Lefty's Chicago Pizzeria
Yeah, Lefty's pizza is a little wacky. It's practically upside down and it's three times thicker than pizza has any right to be (even if that is how they do it in Chicago). But it's totally good. The "stuffed" pizza that takes a full hour to make is probably the only pizza rightly called "pie." I approve.
Plus, everyone there is nice and they remember people's orders with surprising accuracy. "Best pizza" is a tough call, but best pizza place is a no-brainer.
4607 30th Street, North Park
Señor Mango's
Just remember this phrase: cottage-cheese cup with mango, watermelon, salt, muchas chiles, and lime. You'll thank me. Now, go forth and experience the greatest fusion of Mexican and Gringo cuisine there is! Sorry, California burrito, you had your day in the sun.Time to let the juice bar shine.
4646 Convoy Street, Kearny Mesa
Shabu Shabu House
Fact: anywhere along Convoy Street in Kearny Mesa is going to be a pretty cool meal. Shabu shabu just has the advantage of being more fun to do. It's a Japanese style of cooking where diners get a boiling pot of broth and swish meats and vegetables through it in a self-cooking frenzy of scorching soup. Good times. The shabu shabu is fairly mild — just a basic miso broth — so if you're into a bigger meal, go with sukiyaki. It's just as fun, but the sweet, salty sauce is more filling. Beware the hot drops! ■
More Feast 2012: Eats for Freelancers | Spirit of Family Dinnertime | More Than Dish or Deal | Accessible Gourmet | Lunchtime in Kearny Mesa | Best Fried Chicken
Great information here! I'm new to San Diego and just recently started my own business, Crave Connection which is a 3rd party catering company. I've been reading around about food in San Diego to get a gist of some possible vendors I might contract for my company. The ones listed here are great! I'm a big sandwich guy myself so I'm definitely trying out Big Front Door some time this week.
Cool. Glad you found this a useful survey of some local spots for sure.
What about price-plate-exceptionaly value?...these were Mitt Roomey reviews...
Lots of spots there will feed you for under $10!


text:
This class is designed around the needs of MS and other neurological challenges, but also appropriate for anyone who might need an especially gentle, chair-friendly and wheelchair-friendly class. Standing and floor work is optional, and all of the practices are adapted to the needs present.
Back to All Events
Earlier Event: July 15Gentle/Restorative on Vashon
Later Event: July 16Gentle Yoga & Wellness at Swedish Medical Center


text:
North Korea Postpones Family Reunions
Pyongyang Backs Off Agreement Reached Last Month, Blames Seoul's 'Confrontation Racket'
SEOUL—North Korea pulled the plug on a key project of inter-Korean cooperation, chilling cross-border relations that had warmed up in recent weeks.
Pyongyang on Saturday announced the indefinite postponement of reunions that had been scheduled to resume Wednesday for hundreds of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War. The emotionally charged reunions had been halted after the North's deadly artillery attack on a South Korean island in 2010....


text:
August 28, 2014, 9:53 am
WATCH: Columbine football against Melbourne Central Catholic
For those of you looking to catch the Columbine football game Thursday and you're not in Kissimmee, Fla., you're in luck.
There's a live stream of the game, which can be found here.
The Rebels are taking on Melbourne Central Catholic (Melbourne, Fla.) at 7 p.m. at the Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex.
Columbine, ranked No. 4 in the Associated Press Colorado media preseason poll, is 0-1 on the year, having lost its season opener 12-7 to Fountain-Fort Carson on Aug. 22.


text:
WAN optimization has been effective in pushing the industry toward a data center without boundaries, but it doesn't address all IT challenges in the branch. A new approach called edge virtual server infrastructure (edge-VSI) helps to bring the vision a step closer by allowing IT to consolidate and manage all edge servers in the data center with LAN performance at the edge, all at up to 50 percent of the cost of managing traditional distributed environments.
Download this informative white paper to learn everything you need to know about edge-VSI and Riverbed GraniteT, the industry's first edge-VSI appliance.


text:
September 14, 2017
"Redwood Regional Medical Group is very fortunate to work with Empire College for the placement of externs and new graduates with our organization. We find that they are always prepared, professional and eager to work."
– Debbie Reid, Human Resources Generalist
"I have been very satisfied with the quality of the graduates from Empire College. They are capable, smart, hard working, helpful, and friendly. I have utilized Empire's paralegal interns, and all of our law clerks have been Empire law students."
– L. Steven Turer, Attorney at Law
"I love my job in the wine industry; people come in a good mood and leave in a better one. Thanks to Empire, I was able to begin my new career within eight months."
– Marty Paradise, Tasting Room Manager
"Empire College has played a significant role in building Connections IT's information technology staff and purchasing department."
– Victoria Carlson, Co-owner, VP Operations/Sales/HR
or fill out the form below
By submitting this form, you give Empire College your consent, without obligation to purchase services from Empire College, to be called and texted using automated technology regarding educational services at the number provided above. You can also call 1-877-395-8535.
Empire College 3035 Cleveland Avenue Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Sonoma County, CA 1-877-395-8535
© 2017-2019 Empire College. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy | Disclosures


text:
Monday, March 31, 2008
skippy's monday nite music club
james "the king" brown - elvis presley sings nirvana 'come as you are'
james "the king" brown is not the godfather of rock n roll, but rather a postman from belfast, ireland, who sounds exactly like elvis.
but, as evidenced by this interesting video, he's not a campy lounge act. rather he actually attempts to reach the tone and depth of the original elvis' voice, playing it all straight, not for giggles.
yes, if you close your eyes, it actually sounds like elvis presley singing nirvana. and we like to think that, if elvis and kurt had both stayed around, they would have shared a few drinks and pills sometime.
Labels: skippy's music club
internet activism
put your money where your mouth is
instead of sniping at each other here in blogtopia and yes, we coined that phrase; instead of writing snarky posts about the candidate you don't like; instead of starting or perpetuating flame wars on blogs that are firmly pro-one-or-the-other candidate...
why not donate some money to the one you support?
give some money...any amount will help.
actions speak louder than words.
and we know both campaigns would appreciate any donations you have to give.
so, really, bloggers...put up or shut up.
donate to sen. clinton
donate to sen. obama
Labels: clinton, hillary, obama, prez campaign
from the 'we have no words' dept.
Labels: blogtopia, sexscapades
deep in the (insert organ of your choice) of texas
Labels: feminism, right hypocrisy, sexscapades
can we bill
the cia leak probe cost $2.58 million, the government accountability
office disclosed monday, wrapping up an investigation that ensnared vice
president dick cheney's chief of staff for perjury, obstruction and lying to the
fbi. - ap/yahoo
he calls a spade a...whoops...
he catches himself in time, but it's a great example of the pot calling the kettle...uh...we mean, it's funny.
Labels: multi-millionaire media, racism, right hypocrisy
the other black person in bush administration resigns
mr. jackson, a former top housing official in texas, washington, d.c., and missouri, has consistently denied any improper behavior while leading hud. still, his poor relationship with democrats has hurt the white house's efforts to broker deals in response to the housing crisis. for example, democrats have criticized the way he handled public housing after hurricane katrina, an issue that has dogged him ever since.
addendum: nicole belle at c&l tells us jackson is under criminal investigation:
housing and urban development secretary alphonso jackson announced monday he was resigning after seven years on the job.
jackson, 62, is under criminal investigation and has been fending off allegations of cronyism and favoritism involving hud contractors for the past two years.
he also was under intense pressure from democrats to resign.
the fbi has been examining the ties between jackson and a friend who was paid $392,000 by jackson's department as a construction manager in new orleans after hurricane katrina. jackson said he needs time to attend to personal and family matters.
Labels: aWol, housing bubble
Sunday, March 30, 2008
skippy's sunday nite music club
red hot chili peppers - love roller coaster
the peppers take on the ohio players' bit hit, quite nicely, too, we may add.
plus, beavis & butthead! you can't beat that!
Labels: skippy's music club
got ballots?
it's a simple question with no simple answer: why do polling places across america keep running out of ballots when it's no secret that this contentious primary season keeps breaking voter turnout records?hawai'i certainly had a problem.
for one, even the best-made plans have gone awry; officials in state after state have ordered more ballots, only to see turnouts exceed their most ambitious estimates. - ap/yahoo news
hawaii's democratic caucus attracted record numbers of voters this evening, with overwhelmed sites running out of ballots and registration forms.
the large turnout swamped precinct volunteers throuought the islands. even the caucus site at kapaa neighborhood center on kauai saw close to 1,000 voters, eager to vote for hawaii-born sen. barack obama or sen. hillary rodham clinton.
by comparison, about 4,000 voters cast a ballot in the 2004 caucus for the entire state. - star bulletin
Labels: election, election integrity, hawaii
political shenanigans
the milford bakery that riffed on a fruitless search for jimmy hoffa is now tackling the text message scandal involving detroit mayor kwame kilpatrick and christine beatty, his former chief of staff.
cookies shaped like cell phones and decorated with text messages saying "busted" and "i'm sorry" went on sale for $1.75 thursday at the milford baking co., said owner laura hedwig.
"we wanted to have some fun with it," she said.
...in milford, hedwig sold thousands of cupcakes with green hands poking out of chocolate frosting in 2006 when the fbi was searching for hoffa's remains on a horse farm in the community. - freepress
Labels: food, politicians, sexscapades
what's a penny worth?
Star of the kitchen
Originally uploaded by Rune T
please add your name to the petition to stop the servitude.
nearly a year ago, burger king's top competitor, mcdonald's, signed a groundbreaking agreement to pay a penny more per pound to workers harvesting tomatoes, which means the workers get 72 cents to 77 cents for every 32-pound bucket of tomatoes they pick, up from 40 cents to 45 cents.but burger king, the world's second-largest hamburger chain, has rejected working with the ciw to improve farm workers' wages and conditions. - aflcio and indybay
all right, hillary supporters, let's see you caption this one...
Labels: clinton
a funny thing happened on the way to obscurity (part seven of ten)...
that, however, is what makes it all worthwhile. it's much like putting a big jigsaw puzzle together. for the longest time, you seem to be getting nowhere. but if you work at it long enough, the pieces begin seeming to put themselves in their proper places.
and then there's what i do for a living: running a printing press. in this capacity, i would call myself an arch-conservative. taking chances is the closest thing to anathema to me when i'm on the clock -- i go with what i know for a fact works. ostensibly, i run the press, but in fact, the press runs me -- i have a years-long reputation at the print shop for running sound quality work, and i have been told by my bosses, repeatedly, to just keep doing whatever it is i've been doing, and that is what i intend to keep doing. this doesn't completely stop me from taking chances. i've worked twelve-hour nights beginning at 6:30 pm for years. for the longest time, i had no supervisor. not surprising -- you have to be a lunatic to want to work those hours. (see: jim yeager.) so i ended up making bunches of management-level calls over the years. but i only did so when, being an arch-conservative press operator, i believed i had no choice. and most of the time, i made the right call.
again, the whole process was like piecing together a big jigsaw puzzle. the trick was to figure out what worked and what didn't, and this took years. it wasn't until 2007 that i started taking real chances with my print work based on what i'd already learned -- i had to build up a body of printing knowledge first, a process which takes years all by itself. but i couldn't have done it if i hadn't started with an arch-conservative mentality toward running a press. it wasn't easy. but it worked.
finally, there's life. this puzzle i've yet to complete. i'm not even sure either of the two approaches i know work -- the liberal blogger tack or the arch-conservative printer formula -- apply here. but a funny thing happened on the way to obscurity: i noticed that there were more potential solutions than actual problems.
why i didn't notice this long before, i have no idea. maybe it's because i'm a lunatic. but at least i noticed it...
Labels: it is what it is, life, random thoughts
Saturday, March 29, 2008
skippy's saturday nite music club
skeeter davis - the end of the world
Labels: skippy's music club
first the freeway blogger....
Labels: protest, san francisco
a federal judge in atlanta sided tuesday with a conyers man whose satirical web site likens wal-mart to the holocaust.but, unfortunately, wal-qaeda won a court case against one of it's former employees....a former employee who is brain damaged, living in a care facility unable to maneuver without a wheelchair, who's husband had to divorce her so that she would be eligible for financial assistance from medicaid, who's son was killed in iraq....
..the 50-year-old computer store owner from conyers, ga., said wal-mart is "taking over the world." he set up the walocaust web site, and later a wal-qaeda web site, to make his point. on the site, smith said: "when I came up with the word (walocaust), i was thinking of all of the destruction that has been taking place in the world in the last few years. massive layoffs, jobs and investment capital going over seas, record bankruptcies, lost pensions, millions of uninsured, and wars. behind most of this destruction lurk giant corporations - wgcl atlanta
...eight years ago, shank was stocking shelves for the retail giant and signed up for wal-mart's health and benefits plan.
two years after the accident, shank and her husband, jim, were awarded about $1 million in a lawsuit against the trucking company involved in the crash. after legal fees were paid, $417,000 was placed in a trust to pay for debbie shank's long-term care.
wal-mart had paid out about $470,000 for shank's medical expenses and later sued for the same amount.
... in 2007, the retail giant reported net sales in the third quarter of $90 billion.
...jim shank, 54, is recovering from prostate cancer, works two jobs and struggles to pay the bills. he's afraid he won't be able to send their youngest son to college and pay for his and debbie's care.
"who needs the money more? a disabled lady in a wheelchair with no future, whatsoever, or does wal-mart need $90 billion, plus $200,000?" he asked. - cnn international
the ceo of wal-qaeda, mr. h. lee scott is paid millions upon millions of dollars. perhaps he can explain why the company can afford to pay him a total compensation of $10.46 million and the company take in billions of dollars in profit, yet take all the money a former employee had in the world and leave her and her family nothing.
"i am happy to report that wal-mart stores incorporated had another record quarter and fiscal year. let me begin with our record sales. total net sales for fiscal year 2008 reached $375 billion dollars an 8.6 percent increase for our company. we added approximately $30 billion dollars in sales which is more than many retailers generate over the course of an entire year."
..."said another way, $30 billion dollars would be the equivalent of a fortune 75 business. for the 4th quarter we topped a hundred billion dollars in sales. the first time in history that a global retailer has reached this milestone in sales in a single quarter." - ceo h. lee scott. - pridedepot.com
"the real key is taking care of customers," says scott.
well, mr. scott. perhaps you can see to it these customers are taken care of. that would be key.
(my future husband keith o has named wal-qaeda the worst peeps in the world, too....)
Labels: debbie shank, lawsuits, wal-mart
plus a year's supply of turtle wax, and a home version of our game!
the travails of new york gov. david paterson have opened up a new potential career path for clinton, according to well-informed democratic party insiders who refused to allow their names to be used when discussing contingencies. they want her to consider the option if she concludes after the april 22 pennsylvania primary that she cannot overtake barack obama for the party's presidential nomination. hillary clinton, while fully committed to continuing her presidential campaign, was said to be open to discussing the idea, while bill clinton rejected it out of hand.
with former new york mayor rudy giuliani now reported by the new york post to be weighing a race for governor, voters could see a clinton-giuliani matchup after all.
it's not a small question. because if the story is based on sources that didn't like clinton, then it should also be seen as part and parcel of the ongoing attempt to have her quit the race early. for the early part of the campaign the motif was clinton's "inevitability." in this phase, in many quarters, it's obama's "inevitability."
apart from that, this is a fascinating report since it again underscores the fears among many democrats that while clinton and obama are battering each other john mccain has a big head start in unifying his party, doing image-enhancing photo-ops, campaigning for the general election, working to raise funds for his party, and blasting the democratic party and obama and clinton.
Labels: clinton, democrats, hillary, obama, prez campaign
on saturday, march 29, 2008, earth hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in their local time zone. on this day, cities around the world, including copenhagen, chicago, melbourne, dubai, and tel aviv, will hold events to acknowledge their commitment to energy conservation.
given our company's commitment to environmental awareness and energy efficiency, we strongly support the earth hour campaign, and have darkened our homepage today to help spread awareness of what we hope will be a highly successful global event. - google and mashable
earth hour. 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
the green daily has some ideas on what you can do to celebrate...
- hold a candlelight al gore impression contest. award a paper-mache nobel prize to the winner.
- roam the neighbourhood pretending to be a zombie.
- go eco-looting.
- get drunk alone in the dark, like every saturday.
- congratulate yourself on your dogged perseverance for going an hour without playing wii.
- take the kids trick or treating. tt's worth a shot.
- trip over the cat. curse.
- huddle in the basement with a shotgun and a case of canned ravioli and pretend it's the apocalypse.
- worry that the aliens won't be able to find your house in the dark.
Labels: earth, earth hour, environment, google
Friday, March 28, 2008
skippy's friday nite music club
rafael kubelik conducting the czech philharmonic orchestra - vltava (die moldau) by smetana
part one
part two
vltava, or the moldau (the german name, as its more popularly known), is one of six pieces in the symphonic poem ma vlast (my country) by bedrich smetana. the whole piece is a tone poem, describing with music the countryside of what used to be known as bohemia, now in the czech republic.
this movement paints the picture of the vltava river, starting out as trickles from mountain springs (the opening flutes), driving down thru the farmlands and forests, past the rapids and thru prague (as the music swells) and ending in a wide rolling crescendo, at the elbe river. more than any other music piece, save perhaps the blue danube, this music evokes the rhythm and pace of a river at all of its stages.
it is truly a maginificent work, and here it is interpreted the area's own countrymen, the czech philharmonic orchestra, led by rafael kubelik, who himself was born in bohemia. this youtube, recorded in 1990, shows kubelik conducting at the prague spring festival in 1990, a festival he himself founded in 1946 before czechoslovakia fell to the communist regime.
this also represents one of his last performances, as the great maestro died in 1996.
Labels: skippy's music club
anagram cracker
Labels: music, pop culture
the media didnt' listen.
Labels: blogtopia, mccain, multi-millionaire media
the man with the plan
downloading the full plan [pdf], i saw these three points, which neither dem candidate is pushing:
no use of iraq as a military leverage point for the u.s. in the middle east.
iraq study group recommendation 22: the president should state that the united states does not seek permanent military bases in iraq. if the iraqi government were to request a temporary base or bases, then the u.s. government could consider that request as it would in the case of any other government.
no u.s. domination over iraqi oil.
iraq study group recommendation 23: the president should restate that the united states does not seek to control iraq's oil.
no protection of profits for war profiteers.
contractors who have abused u.s. taxpayers and iraqi citizens by failing to deliver on their contractual obligations, by delivering substandard goods or services, or by working counter to the interests of the u.s. and the iraqis should be held to account. at a minimum, profits made by such contractors at the expense of the u.s. taxpayer and the iraqi people should be refunded.
so, let's do a little test marketing. here's a challenge:
are you man, or woman, enough to join me in signing on to the responsible plan, pressuring your candidate to sign, and posting here that you did?
to our hillary, er, supporters:
same question.
Labels: action alert, clinton, hillary, iraq war, obama, prez campaign
kangaroo blogging friday
Boxing kangaroos 2
Originally uploaded by aaardvaark
Thursday, March 27, 2008
skippy's thursday nite music club
carl anderson - superstar
carl anderson as judas sings to ted neely as jesus from the film jesus christ superstar.
[*ed. note: the grumpy forester correctly points out this moment from the film would work more appropriately for good friday. we stand corrected]
Labels: skippy's music club
yeah...feeling so much safer...
usda might limit meat recall information. under pressure from the food industry, the agriculture department is considering a proposal not to identify retailers where tainted meat went for sale except in cases of serious health risk. - ap (and altoona mirror.)
Labels: food safety, usda
recession right around the corner
a recession may be looming, but a group of investors thinks americans are ready to pony up $35 for a movie ticket.they should change the name to village idiots roadshow.
village roadshow ltd., act iii, lambert entertainment and the retirement systems of alabama pension fund have partnered to bring the luxury cinema circuit village roadshow gold class cinemas to the u.s.- variety
the question of the day....
Citizen McCaw Movie Advertising
Originally uploaded by santa barbarian
here in santa barbara, we have an ongoing feud with the woman who purchased our local pulizer winning newspaper, the news-press.
now, there's a movie out that is a must see, not only for santa barbarians, but anyone who is interested in what happens when the news no longer serves the community it is supposed to.
obama girl, interrupted
what's more, when they asked the participants to pick a word that described their emotional response to the new video, many chose "irritated" and "embarrassed" to characterize their reactions…
this is from the hcd press release:
among the study findings:
among political parties, the emotions most felt by democrats while watching the video were "irritated" (51%), followed by "embarrassed" (41%), compared to republicans, who reported "irritated" (52%) and "skeptical" (35%) as the emotions most felt, and independents who reported "irritated" (42%) and "embarrassed" (36%) as the emotions most felt.
a majority of all respondents (71%) reported that if they saw the video online, they would not forward it to family or friends.
Labels: internets, obama, prez campaign
oh what a beautiful mourning
Labels: aWol, supporting our troops
mad about john 'maverick' mccain
stamp this one tragic
1.1 million residents are currently on food stamps, double the number of participants in 2001. unemployment (the jobless rate is up from 4.4 % in 2001 to 5.3%), the low pay of available jobs and the rising costs of food and gasoline are contributing factors. it is estimated that another 500,000 residents are eligible but not currently enrolled in the program...
that is $100 per person per month, not per household, but that still is not nearly enough money to feed a family on. food banks and soup kitchens are having trouble keeping up with the demand for their services.
the increased demand coupled with rising food costs and fewer donations have forced the food bank to reduce the five-day supply of food it had been giving out to a three-day supply.
"milk is up 25 percent," said mid-ohio president matt habash. "applesauce, a big staple at food banks, has gone from $9 to $15 a case."
Labels: economy, food stamps
on a surge safair with me
an interior ministry official told the associated press that three of spokesman's bodyguards were killed. the official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the information.
the officials said sheikhly, a sunni who often appeared with u.s. military and embassy officials at news conferences to tout the successes of the crackdown that began in baghdad and surrounding areas more than a year ago, was abducted from his home in baghdad's al-amin neighbourhood at around 2:30 pm (1130 gmt).
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
skippy's wednesday nite music club
blink 182 - i miss you
Labels: skippy's music club
fdl on cnn asap
attention, angry whites...
when black americans form lynch mobs, kick in the doors to the homes of white people, drag them to the nearest tree, and string them up out of race hatred...
when groups of black cops break down the doors of white people's homes and beat them within inches of their lives out of unmitigated swinishness...
when the citizens of all-black towns start putting up signs reading "whitey, don't let the sun set on your lily ass in this town"...
when the white population of american prisons exceeds that of the general population and the bulk of violent acts against white prisoners are committed by black officers...
and when, after all this comes to pass, the word "peckerwood" finally has the same bloody, violent, and ugly history behind it as the word "nigger" has for black people...
then i'll listen to what you angry white folks have to say about racism. but until then...
just shut up.
Labels: america, racism, random thoughts
photoshop phun
the maker of the popular photo-editing software photoshop on thursday (ah...tomorrow....) launched a basic version available for free online.photoshop express.
photoshop express will be completely web-based so consumers can use it with any type of computer, operating system and browser. and, once they register, users can get to their accounts from different computers.- ap/yahoo
Labels: internets, technology
maybe not the happiest place on earth
the children's place retail stores inc. said late wednesday that the company's subsidiary that operates the disney store chain has filed for bankruptcy protection as part of its previously announced plan to exit the disney store business and focus on its core brand.
...the disney stores recorded an operating loss of $92.1 million for the three months that ended feb. 2 and $107.3 million for the fiscal year - ap/yahoo
Labels: disney, economy, wall street
from the department of "up is down"
pentagon press secretary geoff morrell said it showed that the iraqi government and security forces were now confident enough to take the initiative against shiite extremists in the southern port of basra…
at least 20 people were reported to have been killed in two days of fighting in basra and another 20 in clashes in the sadr city district of baghdad, a bastion of shiite militias that follow radical cleric moqtada al-sadr.
the violence raised fears that a unilateral ceasefire called by sadr last year, which us military officials have credited with helping to bring down last year's high levels of violence in iraq, was coming apart…
"this has just begun this week," he said. "but i think at this early stage, it looks as though it is a by-product of the success of the surge," referring to the sharp hike in us troops in iraq from earlier last year to quell violence.
he said it was a success "in the sense that the iraqi government has grown and increased in capability to the point where they now feel confident going after shia extremists in a part of the country that they had not exerted great influence over."
we'd like to see david tennant in the last temptation
addendum - strictly for fangeeks (all others please ignore): here's the trailer for the new series beginning in april in britain, w/donna noble, martha jones & rose tyler, plus capt. jack harkness, as well as a few old friends, a few old enemies, and a few old doctors:
Labels: religion, television
happy birthday
bob and ray - the stoa
last saturday was bob elliot's 85th bday.
Labels: birthday, entertainment
news from the cookie
latimes: eastwood's termination: 'somebody got a bee under their bonnet'
the actor says he was surprised at his removal from the state parks board in the wake of his opposition to a toll road. but he says he holds no hard feelings toward schwarzenegger.
scientific american: china's three gorges dam: an environmental catastrophe?
even the chinese government suspects the massive dam may cause significant environmental damage
Labels: california, china, environment, governator
love and death
the show is hosted by actor peter coyote, along with welton gaddy, air america radio host and president of the interfaith alliance, and barry lynn, executive director of americans united. their combined specialties run the gamut from theology to law, spirituality to broadcasting, and back again. the event presents facts, fallacies, and heart crushing stories that exemplify the huge amount of work that this country will have to do in the wake of eight years of fundamentalist rule. featured guests are comedian and aar host, marc maron, musical group the bacon brothers, actors dan luria, wendie mallick, and catherine dent, one man show, roy zimmerman, singer/songwriter catie curtis, and living legend, dear to my own heart, jack klugman.
Labels: religion
mccain's f.e.c.-al matter
as you'll see from the video, jane handed over the official complaint to the fec yesterday to get the process going:
"john mccain is a campaign finance criminal who is flouting the very regulations he championed," jane hamsher commented while delivering the complaint. "he believes the law is for someone else, not him. it's the height of hypocrisy."
if you'd like to join in, please sign the complaint letter here.
addendum: steveaudio was on the phone w/jane as she went to file; his account of it is here.
and what about jared?
margaret sanger. remember, you can't spell "get an abortions" without s-a-n-g-e-r (altho the tenses don't really work, but cut us some slack here, she's our hero). and it's not just the slaughter of innocent pre-born lives that make us sing a song of sanger, but her insistence on overall eugenics as well. kill kill kill, especially white babies, that's our motto!
Labels: propaganda, snark, supporting our troops
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
skippy's tuesday nite music club
public image ltd. - this is not a love song
as neil young once said, the king is dead but not forgotten, this is the story of johnny rotten
aka john lyndon, who, with ex-clash guitarist keith levene and jah wobble (john wardle), formed this "anti-punk" group in the late 70's, after his stint w/the sex pistols. tho the band stopped performing in '92, lyndon considers them to be "on hiatus" rather than broken apart.
Labels: skippy's music club
celebrated chef paul prudhomme was setting up his cooking tent on the practice range at the on tuesday morning when he felt a sting in his right arm, just above his elbow.
prudhomme shook his shirt sleeve and a .22 caliber bullet fell to the ground, a spokesman for the jefferson parish sheriff's office said.
....witnesses said the bullet cut prudhomme's skin on his arm and put a hole in his white chef's coat. but prudhomme continued cooking until he left the course about 3:30 p.m.- ap/yahoo news
Labels: guns, new orleans
omg! an l.a. media outlet is covering something
knx radio covers los angeles water crisis
the future looks dry and expensive. knx 1070's michael linder has three investigative reports on la's worsening water crisis. - aquafornia
Labels: los angeles, radio, water
say hello
Labels: say hello
"did i say bullets? i meant, little girls"
she can expect editors to look at every nook and cranny of the clintons' tax returns and research future statements of experience on specific issues or dramatic anecdotes. and she can probably expect the footage of contradictions to surface in a campaign ad by democratic presidential nomination front runner barack obama because the bosnia revision puts the underlying issue on the table.
the clinton campaign had argued that the press needed to vet obama more thoroughly, but this incident likely means clinton will come under closer media scrutiny: if the press sees smoke and fire, it sniffs to see if it can detect more smoke and find another fire.
he also provides us w/this cbs news report which definitely contradicts what sen. clinton said:
this fiasco, along w/other recent missteps, does not bode well for the clinton campaign.
as sharyl attkisson says on the video, "memories should always match the videotape."
Labels: clinton, hillary, multi-millionaire media, prez campaign, war
apocalypse whoops
washington - the pentagon said on tuesday that it mistakenly shipped non-nuclear ballistic missile components to taiwan from a u.s. air force base in wyoming.
it said the items have been returned to the united states.
at a news conference, air force secretary michael wynne said that the misshipped items were four nose cone assemblies for ballistic missiles. he also said it was sent instead of helicopter batteries that had been ordered by taiwan, he said.
wynne said the matter is under investigation.
ryan henry, the no. 2 policy official in the office of defense secretary robert gates, said president bush was notified of the mistake and the actions to recover the items. henry called the mistake "disconcerting" and intolerable.
Labels: military, nuclear weapons, pentagon
Monday, March 24, 2008
skippy's monday nite music club
billy bragg - waiting for the great leap forward
very funny zelig video.
Labels: skippy's music club
how do you handle a problem like obama
Labels: snark
free tibet!
...meanwhile in the chinese capital, an activist who wrote an open letter urging "human rights, not the olympics" was sentenced to the maximum five years in prison on a charge of subverting the power of the state.why do national symbols get better treatment than human beings?
...fhree frenchmen from the paris-based group reporters without borders were detained by greek authorities and charged with the misdemeanor count of offending national symbols, according to the ap- wapo
say hello
Labels: say hello
got leftover peeps?
Peeps S'mores--Just out of the microwave
Originally uploaded by cakespy
Labels: food, funny stuff
forget the "escort"
....predatory lending was widely understood to present a looming national crisis.
...not only did the bush administration do nothing to protect consumers, it embarked on an aggressive and unprecedented campaign to prevent states from protecting their residents from the very problems to which the federal government was turning a blind eye.
let me explain: the administration accomplished this feat through an obscure federal agency called the office of the comptroller of the currency (occ). the occ has been in existence since the civil war. its mission is to ensure the fiscal soundness of national banks. for 140 years, the occ examined the books of national banks to make sure they were balanced, an important but uncontroversial function. but a few years ago, for the first time in its history, the occ was used as a tool against consumers.
in 2003, during the height of the predatory lending crisis, the occ invoked a clause from the 1863 national bank act to issue formal opinions preempting all state predatory lending laws, thereby rendering them inoperative. the occ also promulgated new rules that prevented states from enforcing any of their own consumer protection laws against national banks. the federal government's actions were so egregious and so unprecedented that all 50 state attorneys general, and all 50 state banking superintendents, actively fought the new rules.
but the unanimous opposition of the 50 states did not deter, or even slow, the bush administration in its goal of protecting the banks. in fact, when my office opened an investigation of possible discrimination in mortgage lending by a number of banks, the occ filed a federal lawsuit to stop the investigation. - wapo
this administration doesn't seem to like facts that dispute their lies.
since the democrats are so spineless and, quite frankly, stupid in getting caught with their pants down, can the american public bring civil charges against members of this administration for their flagrant disregard of laws and our constitution, or as awol put it...that "piece of paper?"
Labels: mortgages, sexscapades, true crime
whatever the market will bear stearns
jpmorgan raised its all-stock bid to win the support of bear shareholders who were threatening to vote no and kill the deal. the new deal does have one feature that slightly betters the terms for the fed. jpmorgan is now agreeing to absorb the first $1 billion in losses if the collateral posted by bear for a loan turns out to be worth less than bear claims. the fed is on the hook for the remaining $29 billion, instead of the entire $30 billion as originally planned.
to be sure, the chance that the fed will actually lose money on the loan is fairly small because the bear assets were priced conservatively and are likely to recover in value eventually once the housing crisis is past. the fed can hold them for 10 years, or even longer if it chooses, waiting for them to regain value.
while j.p. morgan's agreement to cover the first $1 billion in losses is "a good first step ... the question is whether j.p. morgan is paying $10 a share for bear stearns or $10 per share in order to get the benefit of a $30 billion guarantee from the fed," asked dean baker, co-director of the center for economic policy research
"in other words, would j.p. morgan be willing to make the deal without the guarantee?" he asked…
but baker said regardless of the ultimate outcome, taxpayers should not have "to write a blank check." taxpayers should receive something in return for their funds, perhaps a limit on compensation for top executives of j.p. morgan, he suggested.
Labels: economy
it's ok to slap a woman around if it's for a christian purpose
while the steelers are getting quite the rep for violence against women as of late, the team managers have turned a blind eye to a player slapping his girlfriend because what he was trying to do "was really well worth it."
while cedrick wilson was released from the team for punching his ex-girlfriend on wednesday night, james harrison was decidedly okie dokie to stay after assaulting his girlfriend earlier this month.
"what jimmy harrison was doing and how the incident occurred, what he was trying to do was really well worth it," rooney said of harrison's initial intent with his son. "he was doing something that was good, wanted to take his son to get baptized where he lived and things like that. she said she didn't want to do it."(emphasis mine)
Labels: feminism, religion, sports, violence, womens issues
notes from the underground
last week, more than fifteen hundred progressives descended on the nation's capital for tba's sixth annual get-together, my third. no longer a newbie, i navigated the route from lodgings to hotel with ease and was no longer paralyzed by rooms full of hundreds of unfamiliar faces. nevertheless, there was a distinct sense of disappearing down a rabbit hole, a day at a time. sessions started early and ended late, sunlight was a rare commodity, and the winding corridors and numerous stairways appearing at random further contributed to the image.
this year's conference differed from the other two that i attended in that the emphasis was not on the candidates. a year ago, there was a full field and each and every one of them spoke before us. it was an efficient way to compare and contrast their style and content. this time, the sessions zeroed in on our goals for the near future and were characterized by a notable degree of passion and energy.
Labels: economy, progressives
the turmoil in the world's most populous arab country, a top u.s. ally, is a stark sign of how rising world food prices are roiling poorer countries.
government bakeries sell subsidized versions of the flat, round bread that is a staple of people's diets. acute shortages of subsidized bread, which is sold at less than one u.s. cent a loaf, have caused hours-long lines and violence at some sites in poor neighborhoods in recent weeks.
at least seven people have died, according to police. two were stabbed in fights between customers in line, and the rest died of exhaustion or other medical problems aggravated by waiting in the spring heat…
"our life has become so miserable," said one worker, saber ahmed, who spends up to four hours daily in bread lines to get 20 pieces of bread for colleagues at the cafe where he works. the 17-year-old, wearing a ragged t-shirt as he stood in a long line, said he and co-workers can't afford unsubsidized bread, "or any food to eat with it."
Labels: food supply, middle east, violence
mad about the presidential election
Labels: mad kane, prez campaign
from the emails we never finished reading dept...
you were recently appointed as a biographical candidate to represent your industry in the who's who among executives and professionals, and for inclusion into the upcoming 2008-2009 "honors edition" of the registry.
we are pleased to inform you that on march 21st, your candidacy was approved. your confirmation for inclusion will be effective within five business days, pending our receipt of the enclosed application.
[ed. note: maybe they meant "bull kristyl."]
Labels: internets, snark, technology
let's go out to the lobby
of the 66 current or former lobbyists working for the arizona senator or raising money for his presidential campaign, 23 have lobbied for telecommunications companies in the past decade, senate lobbying disclosures show.
mccain has netted about $765,000 in political donations from those telecom lobbyists, their spouses, colleagues at their firms and their telecom clients during the past decade, a usa today analysis of campaign-finance records shows.
Labels: lobbyists, mccain, prez campaign, right hypocrisy
a funny thing happened on the way to obscurity (part six of ten)...
in fact, this democracy of ours often looks like it's modeled after a business, a place where the marching orders flow in one direction -- down. sure, there's a suggestion box provided for your convenience, but who's falling for this ruse? if you really want to give the workers a genuine say in the direction the company they work for is headed (and this is a subject i don't hear very much about in this election season), there's only one proven way to do it.
yeah, i know, good luck with that. the business sector definitely won't go for it -- not after the union-busting orgy they had during the reagan years. neither barack obama nor hillary clinton seem too keen on the notion, either. but sadly, neither do the regular american joes and janes. having worked for three union shops in my life, i think i can see why.
all three shops had the same pay system in place, and i grew to despise it. (that this all occurred during my conservative years didn't help the matter any.) whatever your job description was, you started out making x an hour. after six months at that job, your pay went up to y. after twelve months, it went up to z, and so on every six months. this was a bad system for at least two reasons: 1) it encouraged slackers to slack off as much as possible without getting canned, and 2) it engendered a lot of resentment among those who did their jobs well. i strongly believe that a key part of the reason the business sector got away with killing off much of the union movement is because unions, at least as i knew them, were designed to fail.
but that labor climate was still superior to the one we have now. if unions ever have a second coming in this country (and they just might -- people who feel they have no voice have an uncanny way of finding one when they get fed up enough), i would recommend that all union reps negotiate for a wage system that combined cost-of-living increases, merit pay, and bonuses rather than just flat rates across the board. simply put, some people do their jobs better than others, so they ought to receive more money for their superior efforts. and if the lesser workers don't like it, let them learn to do their jobs better, and they'll get more money, too. everyone wins as far as i can see.
and who knows? if union workers start seeing their efforts rewarded, maybe they'll be more inclined to take part in the political aspects that help make the company run. and from there? maybe they'll get this idea in their heads that this same thing can work with their government, too.
the powers that be won't like it one bit. but if those bozos actually knew what they were doing, i wouldn't be writing posts like this one, would i?
*: the sailor asked a really good question (in the comments to one of skippy's posts):
...why does [mark] penn's company work for hillary and mccain?
{*whistles loudly*}
Labels: america, labor, random thoughts, union
Sunday, March 23, 2008
skippy's sunday nite music club
the astronauts - firewater
Labels: skippy's music club
surgin' past 4000
the statement on monday said one u.s. soldier was wounded in the attack on the patrol.
what impact the grim milestone will have on a war-weary american public and the u.s. presidential campaign will be hard to assess in the short term, but war critics are likely to seize on it to bolster their case for u.s. troops to withdraw.
Labels: iraq war, supporting our troops, violence
happy easter
ten commandments peep style
ooops...we bad
...meanwhile, the junior connecticut senator is not only backing the republican nominee for the presidency, sen. john mccain of arizona, but appears to be making a contest of trying to get into every photo and tv news video with him. perhaps sen. lieberman is taking delight in needling the chairman of the democratic party, howard dean, his 2004 opponent for the presidency, whose leadership he once dismissed as a "ticket to nowhere."
rather than building the bridges the day expected when it endorsed sen. lieberman, he appears busy burning bridges with the party of which he is allegedly still a member.
Labels: lieberman
write a risque memoir....
Labels: big brother, homeland security
environmental stories sunday
how kennecott concealed warnings of a possible disaster from the people of magna. in 1988, the company found out its billion-ton tailings pond would breach in a strong quake, burying nearby homes in a deluge of mud. instead of warning people, the copper giant decided secrecy was the best policy. salt lake tribune
residents said they were kept in dark even as kennecott quietly bought up homes. while kennecott officials insist the risk is minuscule, internal company correspondence reveals that it knowingly left a subdivision of more than 200 homes in peril. salt lake tribune
plan to cut toxic reports blasted. democratic lawmakers are questioning a bush administration plan to eliminate requirements for farms to disclose air pollution from animal waste. detroit news
dirty old mines. thousands of mining claims, prospects, abandoned mine sites and metal deposits dot southeast alaska. often little is known about how much contamination is leaching into soil or water. juneau empire
what's in your water? it's widely recommended that we drink at least eight to 12 cups of water daily to remain healthy and hydrated. but, to most of us, it was disconcerting to hear that traces of 56 pharmaceuticals -- including drugs for sexual health, asthma, epilepsy, mental illnesses and heart problems -- were found in metro detroit's water supply following an associated press investigation earlier this month. detroit news
melting glaciers will trigger food shortages. the irrigation water vital for the grain crops that feed china and india is at risk of drying up, as global warming melts the glaciers that feed asia's biggest rivers. new scientist
salmon numbers fall, but possible explanations grow. a chronicle story in 2006 warned of a deteriorating marine food chain off the california coast that has since led to the collapse of salmon stocks. san francisco chronicle
california desert omitted from conservation bill. a six-million-acre "glitch". that's what us senator diane feinstein called a huge swathe of california desert left out of a major us conservation bill. new scientist
Labels: climate change, environment, food supply, water
cc drudge, taylor marsh, huffpo, josh marshall; bcc rove, stone, penn; cya atwater
but when reynolds sends an item link to a posting of the easter poem "dulce lignem dulce clavo" by instapunk contributor "chain gang," i don't see where glenn greenwald is justified in tying reynolds to the racist rant posted on the same site by a different contributor, "old punk."
glenn reynolds sometimes says, and links to, silly and offensive stuff (for example this swipe at oprah, which greenwald points to in an update) and i haven't been backward in criticizing him. but he didn't endorse "old punk's" diatribe, even by implication, and i thought our side tried to be above guilt-by-association. has that changed?
somehow i keep missing these crucial memos.
but to mark's question: yes, you did miss the memo, mark. the left side of blogtopia (and yes, we coined that phrase) did agree a few months ago to abandon principled debate in favor of duplicitiousness, invective and logical fallacies in lieu of actual points and structured argument.
we're sorry, we didn't keep the memo, so we can't really tell you exactly when this was decided, but we're pretty sure it was sometime early in the primary season.
that's when lefty's decided it was not only all right to utulize the same unprincipled screaming tactics to pollute public discourse as the righties, but it was also quite acceptable to use them against fellow progressives.
we can't say for sure whether it was the obamabots or the hillarybots that fired the first shot, and we certainly don't care. but both sides have been terribly remiss in gracious behavior, let alone adult and productive debate.
therefore we are not at all suprised that one of the leading writers of left blogtopia and yes, we coined that phrase, would use the same sort of tactics, this one being "guilt by association;" (see: wright, jerimiah) on the right side of blogtopia (y!wctp!).
we're sorry you didn't get the memo, mark; but feel free now to no longer be constrained by the actual need to be fair, transparent, logical and calm in your writing. in fact, apparently the crazier you can sound, the better (see: kos, daily).
we would link to various examples of this bad behavior, but the sad truth is, it's being performed by writers we heretofor had considered to be good friends of ours. and the other sad truth is, one doesn't have to click very many links to find examples of such; it has permeated all of blogtopia, and yes, we coined that phrase.
addendum: let us be clear, since apparently all these various posts are eliciting emotions high enough to cloud everyone's judgement.
yes, the post at instapunk was incredibly racist. but it was written by someone different than whom instapundit linked to.
i am simply agreeing w/mark, in that it's not particularly fair to hold reynolds responsible for a post he didn't link to, and thereby endorse.
sure, the right is full of racism. but greenwald could have easily written a post about the racism of the right, and and racism of that writer at instapunk, without bringing reynolds into the mix. but that wouldn't have gotten as big a response, and that duplicitous sort of writing is what we are objecting to.
if we can't, as mark implies, remain above the same sort of debating tricks that we deplore when the right uses them, are we any better than they?
Labels: blogtopia
get a rise out of it
Saturday, March 22, 2008
skippy's saturday nite music club
blondie - heart of glass
Labels: skippy's music club
one for the books
the michigan-based bookstore chain, which has two stores in nashville, has hired jpmorgan securities and merrill lynch & co. to assist in exploring its strategic alternatives.
borders (nyse:bgp) says it is borrowing $42.5 million from its largest shareholder, pershing square capital management. under the agreement, the hedge fund has made an offer to purchase certain portions of borders' international businesses.
Labels: books, capitalism, economy
lol roo
Labels: snark
where has all the money gone, long time passing?
honestly, these 2 candidates have little separating them, he has health care plans, she has health care plans. they both are fine. howard dean likes to say if you want to elect a candidate who matches your own beliefs, run for office. look there are plenty of things about barack obama that i do not like, but i will keep them to myself until we kick john mccain's ass. as far as hillary, it's not her i don't like. it's that campaign. it's those consultants, the whole lot of them.
that is why we have to beat that campaign. it's not about clinton or obama. we have to whip these worthless "media consultants." they are the ones who book the candidates on russert, and matthews and keep them relevant. they are the ones that keep the sunday bobblehead circuit running. they give money for advertising, instead of organizing a precinct. tell candidates to run to the right. tell them to seek the endorsement of some crazy bastard like hagee…they won in 2004, they beat dean bad, but in the end they lost, like they always do. kerry lost, and in that we got rid of shrum his media consultant campaign manager. we have to beat this campaign because we have to beat these people, mark penn and all the rest of them. it's the first step in taking this fight to the media. if we get rid of the media enablers, we can start to focus on the media.
of course she is out of money. penn was getting millions a month. millions. now we know why she went "grassroots" in pennsylvania, and why obama went on the air with an ad first. she can't afford to do more. like i said, i don't dislike her, but she sat at this table. she hired these people to represent her. lobbyists and media consultants. dean threw all of these people out of the dnc. we need to do the same.
Labels: clinton, hillary, prez campaign
passport to sneakiness
Labels: prez campaign, scandals
well, he's kind of lucky he wasn't in line to see "texas chainsaw massacre"
but he was expelled.
"expelled," subtitled "no intelligence allowed," is the controversial film that argues schools should be teaching creationism as an alternative to evolution. myers, an associate professor of biology at the university of minnesota-morris — and, more to the point, a prominent atheist — was interviewed for "expelled" last april, although he says he was told the film was an evenhanded look at the intersection of science and religion and was to be called "crossroads."
myers was in the twin cities this week for the american atheists conference 2008 in minneapolis and, coincidentally, he learned there was to be a free screening of "expelled" at the mall of america thursday night. so he registered to attend with his wife, mary, along with what myers called "a whole parade of atheists," including internationally famous science writer, richard dawkins, whose books include "the god delusion."
they all got in, but myers did not.
addendum: physioprof provides a fine list of links of other blogs describing pz's expulsion.
double addendum: drs. dawkins and meyers discuss their nite at the movies here:
Labels: evolution, movies, right hypocrisy, science


text:
Covered Area: 1500 Sq-ft
Who can contact: Individual, Agent, Builder
Preferred Localities: Kankipadu
Contact Now View Contact Details Report Problem Bookmark
Water connection to every plot
Electrical lines with street lights
Open drainage system
We deal with all kind of property
I'm a real estate agent
A premium real estate brokerage firm from South India
SHRIYANSH INFRACON PVT LTD are selling Plots in very chipest rate with at Lucknow to sultanpur Road.....
We are dealing properties in coimbatore area , we ll give mutual satisfaction.no brokarage
I required 5-10 acres of agri land/farm land in Balasore/mayurbhanj/sonepur/soro . The land has to be.....
Dholera Sir Residential Plots with 170 Acre Township, 1200+ Luxurious Plots with Ultra Modern Amenities......
Location Highlights:
100 Feet Road Facing
30 minutes' drive from the city-centre
15 minutes'.....
New Project work started Shree Balaji Jungle Resort Soon
Lowest Price Holiday home🏠 and Investment.....
🏛 *अब तलाश हुई पूरी..* 🤗✌🏻
*मिल गया.. मिल गया.. तुरंत रहने योग्य पाएं अपने सपनों का JDA Approved.....
Other-Residential For Sale in Bajipura
Residential Plot / Land For Sale in Kothur
Siri Bhoomi GroupHyderabad
Creative Property ConsultantSatna
Ishas RltHyderabad
Hanu Reddy RealtyChennai
Shriyansh EstateLucknow
Individual ConsultantKolkata
Pudami Builders And DevelopersHyderabad
Gateway Devcon Pvt LtdIndore
Individual ConsultantJaipur
This is an internet portal dedicated to meet every aspect of the consumers needs
in the real estate industry. It is a forum where buyers, sellers and brokers can
exchange information, quickly, effectively.
This is a high-end property portal that caters to a global market with its unique
services and novel online features.
Our design is based on rigorous research, unique product developments, and innovative
initiative which has been readily accepted by users. In an attempt to best serve
the users, features on the site realty portal are constantly invented, evaluated
and upgraded.
This is an online real-estate service committed to helping you make wise and profitable
decisions related to buying, selling, renting and leasing of properties, in India
and key global geographies. This will provide a fresh new approach to our esteemed
users to search for properties to buy or rent, and list their properties for selling
or leasing.


text:
Mount Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant Community Information
Welcome to Mt. Pleasant, SC, the perfect destination for those looking for mt pleasant homes for sale and comfortable South Carolina real estate options. Often referred to as the "pleasant side of the river," Mt. Pleasant is a city of approximately 60,000 residents located across the Cooper River from historic Charleston, SC. In 2006, Mt. Pleasant was named by Money magazine as one of the top 100 places to live in the U.S. Homes in the area average in the mid-$400,000's.
Mt. Pleasant is the third-largest city in Charleston County and the fifth-largest city in the state. Primary access to Mt. Pleasant is made via the eight-lane cable-stayed Arthur Ravenel Bridge built in 2005. The bridge – one of the longest of its kind in the U.S. – offers breathtaking views of the Cooper River and surrounding tidal marshes.
Mt. Pleasant was founded in 1680 by English settlers, but was originally occupied by the Sewee Indians. Used as the secret training ground for the confederate submarine credited with sinking the U.S.S. Huosatonic, Mt. Pleasant now has the Hunley on display at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, SC.
Owning Mount Pleasant SC real estate was once known as something only wealthy Charleston residents had. The area known as "Old Village" is still the setting for spectacular homes built in the 1800s, with the "Avenue of Oaks's" Boone Hall Plantation serving as the scene for many made-for-TV movies.
Today, Mount Pleasant attracts tourists to Patriots Point, a naval and maritime museum, as well as Towne Center, an upscale shopping center with more than 65 national and local storefronts.
Want to learn more about Mt. Pleasant real estate, historic buildings or fun things to do in the area? Contact the professionals at Carolina One Real Estate today.
Mount Pleasant Market Update
Community Listings
Average List Price: $798,515
Average Days on Market: 108
617 Pitt Street Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
206 Haddrell Street Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
148 Wando Reach Court Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
1986 Sandy Point Lane Mount Pleasant, SC 29466
80 On The Harbor Drive Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
124 Wando Reach Court Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
2682 Egrets Landing Court Mount Pleasant, SC 29466
6 Saturday Road Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
179 E Shipyard Road Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
515 Reid Street Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
53 Isle Of Hope Road Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
1204 Clonmel Place Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
201 listings found. Showing 12 per page.


text:
Muircheartach Mac Lochlainn (died 1166), was king of Tír Eoghain, and High King of Ireland (c.1156-1166.) Together with sixteen of his closest allies, he was killed and was succeeded by Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair.
Niall Mac Lochlainn (died 1176) was a king of Cenél nEógain and Cenél Conaill, son of Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn.
|Popular Products
|Armorial History With Coat of Arms
|Coat of Arms & Surname History Package
|Family Crest Image (jpg) Heritage Series - 300 DPI
|Coffee Mug
|Armorial History with Frame
|Framed Surname History and Coat of Arms