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Upset? Viewpoints? Farrell goes for a lightweight, breezy tone, making no effort to engage with his critics, who -- I dare say -- aren't going to believe that Farrell is paying "much attention to what makes for a quality educational experience."
I wish I could link to the article on Barrett in the Isthmus (a local paper), which ends with his expressing complete certitude that anyone reading the evidence would have to believe that the U.S. government carried out the 9/11 attacks. Where is the educational experience in learning from someone who is teaching completely outside of his field of expertise and expressing certitude in an obviously wrong theory? Ironically, Farrell's scholarly expertise is engineering.
Farrell relies on private conversations he had with Barrett, but Barrett's remarks in the Isthmus make it damned hard for ordinary Wisconsin citizens to believe that he could have given the appropriate assurances. And to tell us that we just aren't "paying attention" is insulting. I simply can't understand why Farrell doesn't take the criticisms seriously and speak to the citizens who are so outraged about this. If examining controversial ideas is such a "quality educational experience," why aren't the citizens of Wisconsin entitled to a little of it? Why brush them off and tell them that they just don't get it, they are not paying attention?
Sixty-one state lawmakers sent a letter Thursday calling on University of Wisconsin-Madison to fire [Barrett].Oh, yeah, it's all just politics. Sorry, forget it. Nobody actually cares about students and education in any kind of a principled way. Now, go. Get out of here. Go pay attention to some damned thing.
The letter signed by 52 Assembly representatives and nine state senators, including Republican leaders, condemns a decision earlier this month by UW-Madison Provost Pat Farrell allowing Kevin Barrett to teach an introductory class this fall on Islam.
Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, said the letter, which called Barrett's views "academically dishonest," sent a strong message to top UW leaders....
The lawmakers sent the letter to the governor, university leaders and Barrett instead of approving a formal resolution offered by Nass during the last day of their session last week. Republicans did not take up the resolution, saying it was not the right day for political bickering.


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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Sloganeering masquerading as analysis
E.J. Dionne is outraged by the work this term of the Supreme Court's new additions, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito. It's predictable enough that the liberal Dionne would end up unhappy with the non-liberal Roberts and Alito, but Dionne's attack is largely incoherent. Dionne is most upset by the decision striking down the McCain-Feingold law to the extent that it banned several ads by a right-to-life organization, aired fewer »
The race-based school assignment cases — the MSM coverage
I haven't paid much attention to MSM coverage of the Supreme Court's decision this week striking down two race-based school assignment systems. My information has come from the opinions of the Justices and from a few law blogs. However, the MSM blurbs I've seen seemed more designed to alarm than to inform. So too with This story in the Washington Post. For one thing, it states that "the court's four-member »
Some Bumper Sticker
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The race-based school assignment cases — Justice Stevens' dissent
In his short dissent Justice Stevens seems more interested in walking down memory lane than in dealing with the facts of these cases. Moreover, the reliability of Stevens' historical musing is subject to doubt. Stevens concludes with this line: "It is my firm conviction that no Member of the Court that I joined in 1975 would have agreed with today's decision." Stevens offers no survey of the jurisprudence of any »
The Iraq/al Qaeda Story, As Told By George Tenet and Paul Pillar
Tom Joscelyn wrote to point out this piece in today's Washington Post by former DIA intelligence analyst Christina Shelton. Shelton says that George Tenet misrepresents a presentation authored by her in his book, At the Center of the Storm: That day I summarized a body of mostly CIA reporting (dating from 1990 to 2002), from a variety of sources, that reflected a pattern of Iraqi support for al-Qaeda, including high-level »
Terror Attack in Scotland
The would-be dual car bomb attack in London has been followed up by an apparent terrorist attack at Glasgow's airport: An apparent car bomb attack has been attempted at Glasgow Airport's main terminal a day after police foiled a possible al Qaeda plot to detonate two car bombs in central London. Witnesses have reported that a blazing Cherokee jeep containing two Asian-looking men appeared to ram the terminal building at »
Iraqi Sought in London Bombings
There were two car bombs in London's West End yesterday; as the Sun reports in its inimitable style, the apparent al Qaeda plot was foiled by "a drunken reveller, a hero cop and a car clamper." Thanks to London's network of security cameras, it is being reported that the police have a clear video of a would-be bomber fleeing the car that was discovered next to a well-known night club. »
Could We Have Some Balance Here?
I think the Democrats are making a bad mistake by trying to resurrect the "Fairness" Doctrine. It's a political loser for them, and obviously unconstitutional to boot (not that they mind that). This cartoon is by Paul Nowak; click to enlarge: »
The immigration bill: What happened?
I have yet to see a fair retrospective on either round 1 or round 2 of the immigration bill fiasco. I spoke this week with senior Senate staffers on background and with Senator Norm Coleman in a telephone press conference following the failure of the bill in its second incarnation. I asked Senator Coleman about the "cramdown" process that was used to advance the legislation in the Senate. Senator Coleman »
Born American, but in the wrong place
Last fall we drew attention to Peter Schramm's essay "Born American, but in the wrong place." Peter and his family left Hungary after the Communist revolution and made their way to America, thanks to the sagacity of Peter's father: [W]ith the revolution failing, everyone expected that the Communist boot was going to come down harder than ever. But before we had more opportunities to experience it, an odd accident set »
The race-based school assignment cases — Justice Kennedy's opinion
Justice Kennedy refused to join two parts of Chief Justice Roberts' opinion. One of the parts consists of Roberts' take-down of Justice Breyer's dissent. There, Roberts (for the plurality) shows how Breyer "selectively relies on inapplicable precedent and even dicta while dismissing contrary holdings, alters and misapplies [the] well-established legal framework for assessing equal protection challenges to express racial classifications and greatly exaggerates the consequences of today's decision." It's hard-hitting »
The race-based school assignment cases — Chief Justice Roberts' opinion
I've had some time to reflect on the Supreme Court's decision in the race-based school assignment cases. Collectively the five opinions add up to more than 180 pages. So in the interest of readability, I'll divide my discussion among several posts. The case involves two school assignment plans: one for high school students in Seattle and one for elementary school students in Kentucky. In Seattle, 41 percent of the students »
He's Back? It Looks That Way
From Taiwan's Taipei Times: Former US vice president Al Gore will not be able to make it to Taiwan this September to address the issue of global warming, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Tien Chiu-chin (田秋堇) said yesterday. Tien, who invited Gore to visit Taiwan to promote awareness on global warming, told reporters yesterday that she received an e-mail from the Harry Walker Agency, which has the exclusive right to arrange »
London Bomb Narrowly Averted
Late last night, London police discovered a car near Piccadilly Circus that was packed with gasoline, propane and nails. An ambulance crew saw smoke coming from the vehicle, which led to the discovery. Authorities say the car bomb, which was parked outside a large night club, could have killed hundreds of people. The photo below is of the vehicle, a Mercedes, being towed away. UPDATE: The London Times has more »
Alusi's drama
Yesterday in "U.S. shields an accused killer," Eli Lake told the story of the American refusal to participate in the apprehension of the Iraqi culture minister charged in the attempted murder of Iraqi parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi and the murder of his two sons. Today Lake follows up with a story here. The New York Sun declares this "A moment of truth." Michael Ledeen elaborates: Alusi »
The greatness and decline of American oratory
This morning we conclude our previews of the new (Summer) issue of the Claremont Review of Books (subscribe here). The issue is up to the CRB's usual standards and full of good stuff. Even the ads are good. Hillsdale College announces that it is republishing the multivolume authorized biography of Churchill (including the companion document volumes) by Martin Gilbert. The CRB itself announces that it is looking for an assistant »
In the shadows…of the Senate
Kathryn Lopez draws attention to the New York Times photo taken in the Senate yesterday (caption: "Day laborers from the Washington area gathered in the Senate to wait for the results of the immigration cloture vote"). Kathryn asks: "Do idiots run Washington?" I believe that the distinguished gentleman looking down from the portrait is none other than the original Grand Bargaineer himself: Henry Clay. If so, the photo is a »

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Barring, of course, the final police report on Bay To Breakers.
A Taiwanese runner and two Chinese teammates fell ill in Iran, about halfway through the "Silk Road" ultramarathon, 6,000 miles from Turkey to China. The original suspect was food poisoning, but the real culprit turned out to be flunitrazepam, aka Rohypnol, aka the date rape drug.
The runners suspect a disgruntled team employee. A disgruntled, horny employee.
Ultramarathoner Kevin Lin falls ill in Iran during event [Taipei Times]
Taiwanese ultra-marathoner suffers suspected food poisoning [Focus Taiwan]


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT men's lightweight crew began its spring season Saturday with positive but mixed results against Dartmouth College and University of Pennsylvania. In a light headwind and slightly choppy water, the Engineers posted their first win for 2010 in the Freshmen Eights event while the Varsity squad lost to both the Quakers and the Big Green.
In the varsity tilt, MIT lost ground in the second half of the race, finishing third (6:30.4) behind Penn (6:24.5) and Dartmouth (6:22.4). But the team was bolstered by a strong performance from the freshmen who posted a winning time of 6:38.2, ahead of an exciting finish between Dartmouth (6:42.7) and Pennsylvania (6:42.9). The Engineers led from the start and took a strong boat-length advantage at the midway point of the race which they did not relinquish.
MIT's fours recorded a solid performance, finishing behind Dartmouth in the Second Freshman Fours event and behind Penn in the Third Varsity Fours race.
The Engineers host Yale University and guest Georgetown University on Saturday, April 10 in the 38th running of the Joy Cup.


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Jenn Annis admits she is among a declining number of proud Canadian "CrackBerry" addicts, but she is convinced the much-hyped new handsets running on the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, which debut Wednesday, will lure smartphone users back to the home team.
"BlackBerry isn't a status symbol anymore. I get ribbed all the time," said the 32-year-old radio host in Kitchener, Ont., who has been a BlackBerry enthusiast since that interminable red light beckoned from her father's first smartphone 15 years ago.
"There aren't a lot of us who are chest-thumping 'I'm very happy to have my BlackBerry,' and there seems to be a lot more of those for Android and Apple."
Annis is on the waiting list to be among the first Canadian owners of the latest iteration of the BlackBerry. But after years of waiting for new devices, many once-loyal users have moved on to iPhones or Androids as their contracts expired and their old BlackBerry models became antiquated.
Research In Motion, the Waterloo, Ont.-based company whose BlackBerry was once the sector leader, now claims only four per cent of the crucial tech-savvy North American market.
It has been on a steady decline in the past few years as competitors such as Apple and Samsung scooped up consumers by ramping up the "cool factor" of their gadgets while BlackBerrys continued to operate on an outdated platform.
Meanwhile, over the span of 2012, RIM ousted its former CEOs, faced service outages, pushed back the launch date for its new make-or-break devices and laid off about 5,000 of its 17,000 employees, a head count that had already been cut from 19,000 in 2011.
Combined with disappointing sales of its PlayBook tablet and declining BlackBerry sales, the latest woes sent RIM's stock price tumbling to a low of about $6 a share in September. Share prices have nearly tripled since then, however, as analysts' confidence improves amid BB10 previews and takeover rumours.
Annis is confident the BB10 operating system will put the company back in the smartphone race.
"For me, all of this talk of death and foreboding for RIM seems premature. It seems like, in Canada, we're really quick to turn on our own.
"I think the 10 will win over people who are kind of on the fence and people who are contemplating leaving but haven't left yet and people who have left and aren't happy."
It may, however, be too late for RIM to win back former CrackBerry addicts such as Virve Aljas, who lost her phone on a plane and signed a three-year contract for an iPhone in October.
"I was a little wary of signing on with something that may not be quite in existence in three years," the Toronto-based graphic designer said of her decision to abandon the BlackBerry,
"But I like the fact that it's a Canadian company, and if I knew that they were looking at a little bit more stability, then I might switch back for that reason."
RIM's problem is that there are simply too many consumers like Aljas who could not hold out for a new generation of BlackBerrys, says Zeus Kerravala, a tech analyst at ZK Research in Boston.
"They're working from behind here, and they've got to go and create their own demand, and it may take a while. It may take some promotions where they buy people out of contracts; it may take just time to work people through their contracts."
In the United States – the world's second-largest smartphone market (falling behind China in 2012) – BlackBerry market share fell as low as 1.6 per cent in October, compared with 8.5 per cent in the same month of 2011, according to the latest sales data from Kanta Worldpanel ComTech.
Even in its home country, RIM has fallen from grace with smartphone users.
BlackBerry lost the title of Canada's most popular smartphone brand in August to Apple's iPhone, according to the most recent Ipsos Reid Mobil-ology study.
BlackBerry's market penetration shrank from 41 per cent in spring 2011 to 27 per cent by the fall of 2012, while Apple grew to 29 per cent from 23 per cent, and Samsung doubled its share to 18 per cent from nine per cent over the same period, Ipsos Reid found.
And the outlook for Canadian BlackBerry sales isn't any rosier – at least as of October, when the survey was completed.
Among Canadians in the market to get a smartphone, those considering a BlackBerry purchase declined from 58 per cent in spring of 2011 to only 29 per cent last fall. Meanwhile, the percentage of those eyeing a purchase an iPhone was stable at 56 per cent, and Samsung increased to 42 per cent.
However, a series of sneak peeks and leaks into what the new BB10 devices will offer – a large touch screen, user-friendly interface and wider selection of apps, as well as the BlackBerry Balance feature that allows users to switch between business and personal interfaces – that have come to light since the survey was completed have met with overwhelmingly positive reviews, which could sway buyers' intentions.
And that appears to be spooking some of RIM's competitors.
Samsung recently launched a commercial mocking BlackBerry users in an office setting in an effort to target the enterprise space that RIM once dominated.
Kevin Michaluk, who runs the RIM-friendly CrackBerry website, says Samsung, Apple and other competitors have reason to fear the comeback of the Berry.
"It's going to come really strong out of the gate," he said."The bigger question is: Three months, six months out, after the initial successful launch, are they going to be able to keep continuing with this?"
"It seems like RIM's working hard, they've talked about going after six devices this year and they're talking about going after the different price categories, so I think once they come out and they kind of re-kickstart everything, it's going to be like the dark days are over and they're firing on all cylinders again."
As enthusiastic as Michaluk is about RIM's ambition to regain status around the world, he doesn't think it is going to beat Samsung or Apple any time soon.
"You can have a massively popular business being No.3," he said.
"Samsung and Apple are going to be your number one and number two. The real goal for RIM isn't to overtake iOS or Android, it's to be probably a number three or four manufacturer – even number five in a sustainable position – and I think that's a very plausible goal, because once you look beyond Apple and Samsung, who's your next bet? And I think RIM's as good as anybody."
Tech analyst Kerravala, another BlackBerry ship-jumper, says that, while there is only a slim chance RIM can regain the market presence it once held, he is "cautiously optimistic" about RIM's odds of becoming "a third strong vendor" in Canada and the U.S.
"It's the best device they've had in a long time," and telecom operators across North America have shown support for the BB10, he added.
"But they've had opportunities before, and it hasn't exactly gone their way."
Still, he believes there is hope for RIM that BlackBerrys can be considered cool again.
In order to succeed, he says, not only does RIM have to position its product as different, it also needs to make a more concerted effort to attract app developers to create demand among non-business users who use their phones primarily to connect socially.
"For RIM to do this, they need to execute well, they need to have the device, and they need to hope that social really does become that anchor application," Kerravala said.
"I think there's a good chance it does, but they also have to hope that Apple and or Android slip up a little bit."


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25 March, 2011
Singing in Brussels . . .2 Incredible Nights in Brussels ... Especially Brussels 2 & Meeting the Band Near the Grand Place ...
19 December, 2010
Great!!!Tanks for all! It was the most beautiful concert i have seen.
23 October, 2010
THANK YOUIt is just incredible how beautiful you are. Your shows are like the most beautiful dreams.
14 October, 2010
a once in life timei've been to both shows and seen the first show from far so i could be amazed by the wonderful stage lightshow. Second day had the wonderful honor to be in the red zone. realy a once in a life time experience. Hope i'll reincarnate ;-) my brother took some picture. keep on going guys U2 rocks !!!!
01 October, 2010
My first U2 concert. It was great!My first U2 concert in Brussels thursday 23 september. It was a great. Very special. The milky way, the words of Bono before the last song Moment of Surrender, very impressing. Thanks U2.
30 September, 2010
Brilliant!Brussels missed out on Leg 1 but both shows on Leg 2 surely made up for that. Brussels 1 had the widely expected setlist but was a class delivery, Brussels 2 was clearly up there on a different level. On day 1 the GA queue was a great day out with fellow fans, baking in the sun. 82nd in the queue and I managed to get outer circle front rail centre. Met the Boys when they came out to meet fans with Edge & Bono being kind enough to autograph my concert ticket. On day 2 after having arrived late I still managed to get into the circle back centre rail. Memorable, Thank You U2 and a special thanks for BAD.
29 September, 2010
Excellent night in brusselsHi all, I was there at thursday 23 september and all i can say it was m-a-g-n-i-f-i-c-e-n-t !!!!Best moment for me was when the edge started playing "where the streets have no name"...it gave me shivers all over my body !Still one of the best songs of U2 i think. U2, you are great and i hope you will visit belgium very soon again.I will be there for sure !!
28 September, 2010
U2 with familyI was there with both my sons of 9 and 12 years. It was the most beautiful experiments to their lives. Five days later, they do not have yet recovered and would like to invite Bono and his band for their birthday ... because they would liked to hear "Sunday Bloody Sunday". See you at the next tour.
28 September, 2010
A very special night in BrusselsIt was a wonderful night even with the rain!
27 September, 2010
OUR U2 TOURU2 gave us an UNFORGETTABLE show on a rainy evening thursday night in Brussels. And when U2 let us all singing in the rain togther we became one. The U2360° concert was a beautiful end of our U2 TOUR MINI WEEK! That we've started on Monday in Dublin with visits to Bonavox, The Savoy cinema, The Clarence Hotel, The project arts centre, The wall of fame, Hard rock Cafe, thunder road cafe and an Irish pub where a coverband played some U2 songs . On Tuesday morning we went to Fitzwilliam Place (the sweetest thing street), the Stephen Green shopping center and Captain America's, on Tuesday afternoon the owner from The Unforgettable tour of Dublin/U2, Kevin Woods took us on a trip to Croke Park, Mount Temple school, Ceaderwood, the houses where The Edge and Adam lived, The house where Larry now lives(no didn't go in:-)) The U2 tower and The sound studio. Later on the evening we went to The Clarence Hotel (The Octagon Bar), Nude and Lillies Bordello. Wednesday morning we fly back to Belgium, drived home to pick up the mobile home and than we drove to Brussel for the first concert from U2. We didn't have tickets for that evening so we stayed outside of the stadion just to here the music. And Yesterday we went to the U2360° tour concert, it was my first one, my boyfriend went to Amsterdam last year. That was our U2 TOUR mini week and we miss them already! So we say to U2,... 2 hearts, One beat on U2, one beat on us all 2 hearts beat as ONE, 2 hearts beat on LOVE, 2 hearts beat as ONE LOVE So We Will Follow U2 Until The End Of The World Just because we LOVE U2!!! THANKS for the joy you all bring in our lives U2 earned A BIG KISS XXX
26 September, 2010
MAGnificent !!I'm still lost for words, still haven't recovered from the Paris and Brussels concerts, and don't want to recover from them !!! Thank you SO much U2 for these amazing nights... the concerts were all outstanding, and will stay in my mind forever (and thank you for having Interpol as support, they're the best "U2 support band" I've ever seen!!!). A lot of love from Paris ;-)))
26 September, 2010
Explosion od emotions2 days in Brussels - like 2 beautiful dreams...no words to explain. I think that you enjoyed as much as we did. It was obvious from your beautiful faces. Every song is special, every moment is so particular...Bono's voice during Miss Sarajevo is just glorious. Magnificent!!! Thank you for giving us special moments. natasa
26 September, 2010
Brussels - Amsterdam: 2 - 0Second time in Brussels, first time at the opening concert of Vertigo and last thursday for the second time. Again I saw a very powerful performance, great atmosphere, but not so great weather (did it rain???). The only complain was that the setlist didn't contain any new songs (Glastonbury back on the set?), but the energy easily made up for that. As a Dutchman I have to confess: Brussels won again!
26 September, 2010
How WONDERFUL !!!!!!Oh my God !!! My 6th concert of the 360° Tour and the best show i've ever seen !! Great ambiance, i was just in front of Bono, under the rain, i was completely wet but it was just WONDERFUL...Thank you for New year's Day, Angel of Harlem, BAD (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), Pride and all the show! The best concert with Dublin II and Paris last week! All the best for the end of the year, i'll see you probably next year in Europe! Thank you for all that you made for us... We're amazing!! I'm a french fan filled with hapiness! =)
26 September, 2010
Very special!This day was special to me! First we saw U2 at the Amigo Hotel. And later on, the concert! We were very close at the backside of the stage. The songs were great and the weather also made this night special. My highlights were Angel of Harlem and Bad, did not expect to hear them since i saw them in Amsterdam, Gelsenkirchen last year and this year in Hannover and Paris. What a great band, what a show. Thank u U2.
25 September, 2010
shockingSorry, still in shock ........ comment in any month ...
24 September, 2010
Fantastic show (23.09)It was a rainy night but a fantastic show. 4 people like us giving us so much enthusiasm, so much pleasure, so much poetry, so much believe in what they do, but with so much simplicity. That's it. Thank You for all of this, for such a beautiful night, such a passion. It has also been a special night for us !
24 September, 2010
23 sept brusselsAmazing power, amazing show. Best concert I've ever seen. State of the art. There was magic between the audience and U2. It was pure, natural, powerful, funny, surprising. 70.000 people in ecstasy. and deepest respect for your support to charities and activist communities worldwide. Together we can change this little blue planet in to a better place. Thank you U2, you are are a gift. I wish you al the best.
24 September, 2010
Best Show EverIt was pure magic last night. The Band, the weather, the people, the setlist. I have seen U2 9x and every Show is special but the yesterday was mind blowing! It can't be better. Thank you U2 for everything-especially for BAD!!!
24 September, 2010
Great show!!!!I saw the 360show eight time en yesterday it was the first time in the rain. I didn't care. It gave the show extra magic. Bono was in good shape en mood. Great singer (especially Miss Sarajevo). Great band!. Great Show! Great night! Thank you so much. Please come back to Europe next year. Wherever you play. I Will Follow.
24 September, 2010
Memorable nightI did both shows but sep23 in the Red Zone, with the band 5 meters from me was AMAZING !!! I'm still in the clouds ! Fan since ages, it was a long time ago I ever felt so much emotions, complicity ... Bono walking a 5 meters from me was incredible !! Thanks to you all and hope to see you again very very soon !
24 September, 2010
BJ Thomas- Raindrops Keep Fallin'...Perhaps compiling a list of rainy day snippets might be in order given the statistics. On a brighter note... maybe the constancy of the rain might be explained as tears of joy from universal onlookers of past generations...maybe they're just happy to see the way music is uniting hearts and minds for the greater good. 'Singin' in the rain'--does it get any better?
24 September, 2010
In a little whileI knew already that Bono could sing, But what a cracker he was when he sing 'in a little while'. Well done! Liz
24 September, 2010
Dutch in BelgiumIf the band doesn't come to the Netherlands, the Dutch have to go to Belgium. And it was worth the trip! Thanks for having us over Brussels!: great stadium, great sound, great bars and great beer! And, of course, the greatest band ever! Great set list to!: Last year in Amsterdam we were the first to have 'Bad' in the set list, last night Brussels gave us 'Bad' again, for the first appearance in the second leg.
24 September, 2010
still the shivers...I was there on the 23rd. Like expected it was a great show,amazing lights, good sound. Very profesionnal. Maybe too professionnal. I think it's a shame Bono always says nearly the same words before or after a song, same gimics... Nowadays with the internet, you can watch alittle bit of everywhere they play. I was really happy that Edge had a technical problem introducing the rif of Elevation. This wasn't really planed and it gave a little bit of human touch.We are sure now this is not a sample!!! I really love U2 since 1989, but be carefull guys: routine kills love between lovers. Thanks to U2, don't blame me for the critic but in french: "Qui aime bien, châtie bien" See you soon...
24 September, 2010
HighlightSaw both shows. The first show was so amazing. But the second show..........whow,..... it was an absolutely highlight. Rain?... no problem for the Band and the fans. After 22 shows I saw from 360° Tour, I can say, that the second Brussels Show was one of the best.
24 September, 2010
Walk On - we're Not SleepingAnother Great night in Brussels - rain coming down like crazy tonight but the music made it one of the best showers ever : ) Many highlights but especially surprised and amazed by the great version of 'Bad' and also the heartwarming version of 'Walk On' Thank you - U2 !
24 September, 2010
best show i've seenafter 2 times amsterdam, i visit brussel. I have to say, what i night! A lot of funny things happend, great setlist and great sound! The rain was even great. This was a show whit a lot of energy. U2, thanks for this great night!!


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The Titans are over rated people....they will lose the first round of the playoffs...been saying it for some time.
They were on a hot streak just like the Jets are on now.
They are so over rated its not even funny.
Put them up against The Giants and you will see dead men in green jerseys all over the field.
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Logging is both a crucial technique during development and a great tool for investigating problems which arise while running software on a client's system. One of the major benefits of logging is that users of software can provide helpful information to software maintainers by simply delivering the logged data — a job for which they don't need to know anything about programming languages, debuggers, and the like.
Of course, there are numerous implementations of logging, which begs the questions "So why do we need yet another logging utility?" One reason is that many logging tools suffer from drawbacks of one kind or another:
- Logging can consume a lot of resources even if it is fully disabled in release builds. Log messages are still part of the build and in case of special debug messages (e.g., for a proprietary algorithm) it enables reverse-engineering of your code. Moreover, the logging framework can be ever present, due to disabling logging only at runtime
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So, I have been less productive this month than I had hoped, but I did finish two of the WIPs from my list. This week's finish was LHN Sunflower Inn. The house was a bit time consuming, but overall it was a very enjoyable stitch.
I am working on several projects that are series this year (BBD Anniversaries of the Heart, EM Sampler book, BC Christmas Mantle and Halloween Branch). These have actually made my progress seem slower than I had hoped. I listed these as single projects, when they are actually multiple projects on one piece of fabric. I think that if I can get through one (maybe the BC Christmas Mantle) I will feel like I am making progress. That's my goal this month.


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Hi Everyone!
I mentioned in a previous post that I had just starting using the Poll function within WordPress.
The Poll is appearing at the very top of the right sidebar of the blog. At least 13 of you have easily discovered this poll either from my advertising of it or having seen it just jump out at you.
I also mentioned earlier that I had personally left 2″test" comments for myself to see how the process works and sure it enough I discovered something was not working quite right. I always set "Comments" to come to me to look at before I release the comment. This is to prevent ungodly amounts of spam automatically posting as comments. You cannot believe how much spam is caught by WordPress before I even see it ! There is still a high amount that does still come through the filters of WordPress and appears on my blog before you ever see anything as a comment. I delete all of these "advertising comments" with no mercy.
I wanted to do the same with the Poll comments and thought I did so until I realized the comments being left were actually going to PollDaddy and not coming back to me via WordPress.
All I had to do was log into PollDaddy, get to my Poll and there sitting unscathed were my two original "Test" comments. I have since deleted these two "Test" comments and created a new one from me that made sense to release. You will now see my "real" comment on the Poll so you can gauge what it looks like should you choose to create a comment that I let post.
However, you will still see that there are "3" comments on this first poll. My first two "test" comments have been deleted so there is really one "real" comment. PollDaddy still keeps track of the original count of "3" that appears even though 2 are deleted and never appeared for viewing.
As of now you will still see only 1 comment for this Poll on Lineage Software even though the counter says 3!
I am glad I now know how much of this works with PollDaddy.
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Steven is an only child born in Sydney in 1943. He spoke only German until six when school introduced him to English. High School was under the discipline of the Jesuits. University brought the study of psychology and a lifelong partnership with Kathrine, a Singaporean Chinese.
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Lots of time with nature on Sydney Harbour and in the nearby Blue Mountains. Travel overseas to Europe, Asia (mainly Singapore) and the United States.
Work with aboriginal people doing community development for several university departments. Spent time with the elders who recognised his clairvoyant skills - before he knew about them - they tried to bring them out.
Than about 20 years ago a move was made to Canberra and a public service job. Shortly after another move to nearby Galong village where an alternative lifestyle meant lots of time for reading and doings. Steven and Kathrine now live on 600 acre farm overviewing central Canberra. The house is big, they share it with a daughter-in-law, two boys, two grandchildren and four Chow dogs.
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Almost-Famous Honey-Roasted Peanuts
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- Cooking spray
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Kosher salt
- 2 cups unsalted raw peanuts
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 30mins
Adapted from foodnetwork.com
Step 1
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F with a rack positioned in the middle of the oven. Lightly coat a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. Combine the sugar, honey, 3 tablespoons water, the vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large heavy-bottomed pot. Cook over medium heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, until the sugar dissolves completely. Add the peanuts and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture begins simmering, about 1 minute. Increase the heat to medium high and continue cooking, stirring constantly, until the sugar mixture starts to dry out and clings to the nuts, 2 to 4 more minutes. Pour onto the prepared baking sheet and spread in an even layer.
3. Bake the nuts until the sugar coating begins melting, about 5 minutes. Continue baking, stirring occasionally, until the nuts are golden brown and glazed in spots, 6 to 8 more minutes. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and stir the nuts to distribute the caramel. Let cool on the baking sheet. Store, covered, at room temperature for up to 1 week.


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Right now I am in the Russian Arctic as part of a Greenpeace factfinding mission. We are near a town called Pyt'-Yah, in the Khanty-Mansi region of Siberia, which is surrounded by Rosneft oil fields, the largest public oil company in the world. This is the oil producing capital of Russia, a country where oil provides 25% of the national budget, while creating terrible inflation and total dependence on oil markets.
We are in the middle of a large bog covered with a slime of thick, black oil — there's no way to keep your clothes clean here. This is the hidden side of the raw-material economy, hidden from the eyes of European consumers and the big spenders in Russia's major cities.
Just a few hours before we arrived at the Mamontovskoe field (one of the 10 largest oil fields in Russia), a pipeline ruptured. Dozens of workers and machines are hurrying to amend the pipe so that they can continue production. The swampy soil under our feet is literally bubbling: toxic liquid from the broken pipe is spreading and the chemical smell is sticky and suffocating.
None of the workers are paying attention to the oil spilling just 100 meters away. And it did not just appear today; oil has been leaking from a rusty pipe here for several years and formed a black "lake" several hundred meters long that is expanding year by year.
But these oilmen do pay attention to our appearance: two security cars approach and demand that we leave this "private area immediately." They are nervous and keep muttering: "How did you learn about the accident?" But in the Khanty-Mansi region where Rosneft is responsible for 2,700 leaks each year, it's not hard to find several without even trying.
Here in the depths of the Siberian forests, oil companies don't need to care about their image. The government has failed to establish regular control and supervision over their activities, and most of the small accidents go unnoticed. For larger spills, Rosneft pays only paltry fines.
The Russian oil industry spills over 30 millions barrels of oil on land every year, equivalent to seven Deepwater Horizon disasters. Of more than 20,000 single accidents annually, half are Rosneft's, making this reckless company the global leader in oil spills with a staggering 10,000 incidents on its books.
Watchdogs point out that 97 percent of pipeline ruptures happen as a result of corrosion, which occurs because of old age and misuse of equipment. Most of these pipes are more than 30 years old, and were never intended to last that long.
We see pipelines just lying on the ground or even in water streams getting rusty with wet soil and snow; we see pits left open after repair work, now filled with black oil. Thousands of hectares of forests around are slowly dying from toxic contamination and fires, water basins shine with oil slick. Some spills are several kilometers long and many years old — they appear around leaking pipes and just grow larger and larger each year. We see many dead birds and small animals. The locals say they saw dead elks in the middle of oil-covered bog.
Even if supervisors find the spill, it does not mean it will be cleaned up. A company often just imitates the process of land reclamation, burying the oil under the soil and covering their mess with sand — out of sight, out of mind. After several years of this, most of the natural vegetation dies off. And many generations will come and go before the natural landscape recovers in these severe subarctic conditions.
Indigenous Peoples of this area — Khanty, Mansi, and Nenets — are forced to abandon their traditional lifestyle. The oil here that our country is so proud of means less game in the forest, no fish in polluted rivers, and that reindeer pastures — traditional hunting grounds of the Indigenous Peoples here — are being replaced with roads and oil fields.
This environmental disaster is simply the daily routine of this oil giant that is now rushing to exploit the Arctic. Instead of replacing its leaky, rusty pipes in Siberia, it plans to invest billions of dollars into Arctic shelf exploration. With strong support from the government, Rosneft now has the rights to exploit over 1 million square kilometers of the Russian Arctic, and plans to expand further.
At international conferences and top-level meetings, Rosneft often talks about its advanced technologies and sustainable development of the Arctic. But we are here with our boots sunk deep in an oil spill and we can see how far from the truth these declarations lay.
Together we can stop these companies from destroying the offshore Arctic the way they're destroying northern Russia. Join us.
Aerial of an oil spill at the Rosneft oil field, Pyt-Yakh. Disastrous oil spills is a daily routine at Rosneft fields near Pyt'-Yah, Khanty-Mansi region, Siberia.
© Denis Sinyakov / Greenpeace
Zhenya Belyakova is an Arctic campaign coordinator at Greenpeace Russia.
(Unregistered) Jette
Well spotted..
10 June, 2013 at 20:26
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Robin Jones
good pictures that show the need to do something about this destructive business ; keep up the good work
12 June, 2013 at 13:28
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(Unregistered) Alex
Is it OK, that the Article called "Russian Arctic" and the Pyt-Yah is -near the Nefteugansk - Western Siberia? Zhenya - stop it. The info at...
Is it OK, that the Article called "Russian Arctic" and the Pyt-Yah is -near the Nefteugansk - Western Siberia? Zhenya - stop it. The info at the article is the same quality... All of the pictures are made several Years ago I think. Rosneft has a lot of problems (becuase of their size - main and the biggest oil company), but they has a proffesional staff and a lot of equipment to eleminate the oil spills. I know that, becuase I am an ecologist and I'm selling them the OSR equipment.
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