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FOOD- THE DISH- $199 sign scam: Local innkeeper sleuths it out
Acorn Inn co-owner Kathy Versluys says she's naturally skeptical and not inclined to fall for bogus sales pitches or scams. But the call she received on Monday sounded so official, so legit, that she found herself taking the bait.
"I received a very official sounding call from a person claiming to be a representative of the U.S. Department of Agriculture," says Versluys, "who knew our name, address, income and number of employees."
The caller, a woman, told Versluys they (she runs the Nellysford-area bed & breakfast with her husband, Martin) hadn't responded to an important notification sent out in May concerning new regulations for all businesses involved with food, but especially small ones like theirs that serve baked goods. Due to the current rise in food-born illnesses, the woman said, even kitchens not subject to restaurant regulations were now federally required to post food-borne illness warning signs in their kitchens. She added that the USDA would be conducting stricter inspections as of August 1, 2008, and imposing fines on all businesses without the signs.
"I asked if I could download the warning signs from the USDA website and laminate them," says Versluys, "but she said that federal regulations require that the signs be official. And given the date and the August 1 deadline, they should be sent out rush."
The package they were to receive, Versluys was told, would contain three certified signs that cost $199, which they would be given 30 days to pay.
"When I balked at the cost, she assured me that small businesses would be reimbursed for the full amount when we filed our taxes," says Versluys. "She said the Federal government didn't want to burden small businesses, but that the food-borne illness scares lately had created an emergency regulation."
Versluys was told she would receive a second call to verify the order. Sure enough, she received another call from a woman claiming to work for Federal Medical Supplies, a legit company, as it turns out. But when Versluys started asking questions, she was told that Federal Medical Supplies had simply been contracted to distribute the signs. If she had any questions, the woman said, she would need to contact the U.S. Department of Agriculture again and was given a toll-free number.
Suspicious, Versluys called the Virginia Department of Agriculture in Richmond, only to find out they knew of no new law with an August 1 deadline. Next, she spoke to Nelson County's local health department and found out that they hadn't heard of the new August 1 regulation either. Then she called the Albemarle food safety/health department and heard the same story.
However, no one confirmed it was a scam until she phoned the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Omaha, Nebraska, where an official told her there was no way the USDA would be capable of phoning individual businesses, that the topics covered were more a health department concern, or an FDA issue, and such signs would never cost anything.
The official recommended she call back and cancel the order, then notify the Better Business Bureau and newspapers, which Versluys promptly did.
According to Sandy Soule, a marketing rep with BedandBreakfast.com, an industry advocate, innkeepers across the country have been receiving similar calls, most recently from callers claiming to be with the U.S. Department of Labor informing them that they were required to post Employment/Safety Rules posters on their premises. Cost? You guessed it– $199.
"I'm glad my irritation about yet another bill led me to sleuth it out," says Versluys. "And here I thought it was a really creative way to pay for those tax rebates."
A few days after we spoke, Versluys contacted the Dish to say a staff officer at the USDA called to inform her that her report about the scam was forwarded to the Congressional Public Affairs office, which sent it on to the office of the Inspector General for a full investigation of Federal Medical Supplies.
Buy local for a good cause
Wendy Harrison, who runs The Farm at Red Hill in North Garden, tells us that every time you buy something from them at the first four Charlottesville Saturday City Market dates in August, 10 percent of the proceeds will go to the Women's 4-Miler (to be run August 30 at 8am) in support of the Breast Care Center at UVA. Last year, says Harrison, she and her daughter Rachel ran in the 4-miler, and were so moved by the event that they wanted to try to do as little more this year.
"August is a great month for local produce, and we hope everyone will take the time to come by the City Market and help support this wonderful cause," says Harrison. "Last year, Rachel and I finished in the mid-800s out of 2,800 runners, which we thought was pretty good for a first time. This year, we are aiming to do even better!"
Savour open
Savour, the mystery restaurant on Emmet Street that has been undergoing renovations for nearly two years, finally made its debut last week. The verdict? Well, we haven't sent The Eater yet (see page XX), but local writer Faith Andrews Bedford says the food was "terrific, reasonably priced, and beautifully presented.
"After watching construction for two years, we were fascinated to see what it was like," says Bedford. "We were not disappointed."
Have you gone? What did you think? Visit our blog at readthehook.com/dish and let us know!
Say 'Si' to tapas on West Main
Looks like Mas and Bang will have a little competition.Dish has confirmed that Richmond restaurateur Mo Roman, who owns Si, the trendy tapas restaurant and bar in the Fan District, has purchased the former Starr Hill Restaurant & Music Hall building on West Main and plans to bring his Spanish-style tapas and hipster late-night scene to Charlottesville sometime in August (which often means more like September or October). Roman did not immediately return our calls, but we'll keep trying. Be sure to check upcoming editions of the Dish for more!
Que and Cruz 2008
Small Country Campground and the Trevillians Volunteer Fire Company are hosting the first annual "Que and Cruz" on July 18 and 19 in Louisa. According to organizer Bill Small, it counts as a Virginia State Championship, KCBS-style BBQ contest sanctioned by Mid Atlantic BBQ Association, and so far there are over 30 teams signed up. Of course, there will be plenty of barbeque available, as well as live music. Adult tickets are $5; kids under 10 get in free. Contact Small at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
All this food news was first reported online. Check it out at readthehook.com/food/

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The Union Butterfield 4533 high-speed steel straight flute chucking reamer (also called a machine reamer) is an uncoated (bright) round shank tool with a 45-degree bevel lead, commonly used for general-purpose reaming of uninterrupted cuts. This tool is often used in a drill press, screw machine or lathe. Straight flute reamers are useful for uninterrupted cuts in general-purpose applications. They make small, circular, and precise enlargements to through holes (extending through the workpiece) and blind holes (with only one opening). They can be used on a wide variety of materials including cast iron, aluminum, and tool steel. High-speed steel is a general-purpose steel for cutting tools and is compatible with many metalworking materials. It is often lower in price than other cutting tool substrates. Like most non-tapered chucking reamers, the Union Butterfield 4533 has a 45-degree bevel at the cutting tip that facilitates entry to a pre-drilled hole. In the Union Butterfield 4533 series, reamers 0.0400 to 0.1540" diameter have four flutes reamers 0.1562 to 0.5312" diameter have six flutes, and reamers 0.5469 to 1.5000" diameter have eight flutes. Tolerances for reamers up to 0.5000" are +0.0002 to -0.0000"; larger than 0.5000" and up to 0.7500" are +0.0003 to -0.0000", and larger than 0.7500" up to 1.5000" are +0.0004 to -0.0000". There is an exception for reamers that are dowel-pin sized, in which cases tolerances are +0.0000 to -0.0002". Reamers are used to finish existing holes. When holes are created using common applications such as drilling or punching, they often have minute imperfections. Their roundness may be flawed, or their diameters may be slightly smaller than required. Reamers are made to exacting tolerances, so they can correct such errors and create precisely round holes with exact dimensions. Reaming is often used before tapping screw threads. Union Butterfield manufactures a range of machine tools, including drills, reamers, taps, dies, end mills, and made-to-order items. Formed in 1913, the company is a subsidiary of Sandvik, a Swedish machine tool corporation. Union Butterfield offices and manufacturing facilities are located in the United States.
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China's Internet: It's Not Personal, It's Business
Jul 21, 2014 2:00 PM PT
The Internet adoption rate in China appears to be slowing, based on a report that shows the lowest six-month increase in the number of Internet users in eight years.
The total number of Internet users in the country reached 632 million by the end of June. That includes the 14.4 million people who joined Internet user ranks in the first half of the year, according to the China Internet Network Information Center's (CNNIC) biannual report.
There is still a distinct lack of Internet penetration in rural areas, where around 450 million people are not online. That vast, Internet-free population means that China has total Internet penetration of 46.9 percent. The U.S., meanwhile, has a penetration level of about 87 percent.
'Less Educated'
"While the Internet remains highly popular among those living in urban areas, usage is not penetrating rural regions where people are poorer and less educated," Charles King, principal at Pund-IT, told the E-Commerce Times.
"Unless China's government develops a workable strategy for reaching out to those areas and improving schooling, I expect Internet adoption will continue to lag," he added.
Most of the growth in the number of Internet users over the last decade (the total was 94 million 10 years ago) has taken place in urban areas. Most of those who use the Internet in China are now doing so via mobile devices.
The country had 527 million people, or 83 percent of all Internet users, who used mobile phones and tablets for access in June. The number of people using mobile devices to access the Internet increased from 500 million at the start of the year.
It marked the first time that the number of people using a mobile device to access the Internet outstripped the number of people using a PC to do so. That number stood at around 81 percent of total Internet users.
Largest Smartphone Market
China has the world's largest smartphone market, and it is expected to account for 600 million shipments -- approximately a third of the worldwide total -- by 2018, according to IDC.
Among the top services for Chinese Internet users are news, search engines and messaging services. However, the popularity of social networking sites is waning somewhat, partly because of a failure to innovate and meet the demands of users, CNNIC observed.
Social networking user numbers have dropped by 7.4 percent to 257 million since the start of the year. Many Internet users instead have turned to mobile messaging services, which are considered more secure and less likely to put them in less risk of retribution from authorities for expressing themselves freely.
"It's hardly news that China rigorously clamps down on Internet usage and users, largely because the government fears the exchange of information or opinions it does not officially condone," Pund-IT's King pointed out.
"That stance contradicts behavior in almost every other country and region," he said, "and it's uncertain whether China will be able to fully capture the benefits the Internet offers if it continues to apply virtual handcuffs to online exchanges of information."
'A Tricky Thing'
"The Internet is important for China's economy as a means to streamline business interaction with suppliers -- and as a means to provide mobile services to Internet users," said Joe Clabby, president of Clabby Analytics.
"The use of the Internet in China is a tricky thing: The government focuses on social stability, yet the Internet provides a platform for free opinion. So the growth in the Internet in China is not taking place in the area of free speech, but rather in the types of business services and solutions that the Internet can provide," he told the E-Commerce Times.
The number of people using mobile devices for shopping rose 42 percent over the six months. Payments (at 63.4 percent), banking (at 56.4 percent) and travel booking (at 65.4 percent) all saw dramatic increases of mobile Internet users over the same period. Music, video, gaming, search and group-buying also all saw double-digit increases in mobile user numbers from the start of the year.
"The Chinese people understand that the Internet is not to be used for social commentary, but it is to be used for promoting business and providing business services -- especially mobile services," Clabby said.
"As long as citizens can operate under these constraints, the use of the Internet for business and for services will continue on a strong growth path," he predicted.
"The stakes are huge culturally and economically, and the smart money currently rests with whoever has the most and biggest guns," Pund-IT's King noted. "If it happens, change will likely occur slowly, like any generational shift. However, technology represents a tangible wild card, especially if something emerges that allows Chinese citizens to effectively sidestep government watchdogs."


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With just one weekend of the Flat season to go, courtesy of a terrific card at Doncaster, the mindsets of most punters are now switched on to the Jumps game. And it's a time of year when many of us draw up horses to follow through the winter and on to the big festivals at Cheltenham, Aintree and Punchestown next spring.
But I've decided to come up with a horses-to-follow list with a difference. Of 2yos to have caught the eye, primarily at the backend of the Flat campaign, and to be remembered once those National Hunt festivals are over. Too often, come April and May, punters find themselves scratching their heads trying to catch up on the pertinent action from the previous autumn. Here is a rundown of 20 juveniles that you can print off and safely store away:


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About Project HEADWAY PM Process
The Project HEADWAY PM Process is:
- An exclusive feature of PMI Membership .
- A step-by-step project management WBS that follows PMI standards. Drop in tasks you want to complete, and the resulting plan keeps you on track the PMI way.
- Built in MS Project, so your project managers can follow "the PMI way" in the tool they typically work in. Team roles, techniques, inputs, outputs and dependencies are all integrated into the template.
- Supported by hundreds of project management templates.
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PMI's PMBOK® Guide is the "what"
The PMBOK® Guide was created by the Project Management Institute (PMI). It is probably the most widely used set of project management standards. It comes in book form, covering all of the Knowledge Areas that PMI feels are essential to a project.
It is not a process or a methodology.
Project HEADWAY is the "how"
Project HEADWAY tells you what should be done, when to do it and a broad range of advice and examples on how it should be done. You just drop your project-specific work into one of three (small, medium, or large) MS Project templates and suddenly you have a very robust and well supported project plan.
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like and do what you'd rather not."
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AUSTIN, Texas — Twelve graduating seniors have been named Dean's Distinguished Graduates. Each year the College of Liberal Arts honors 12 seniors with the Dean's Distinguished Graduate Award for their leadership, scholarly achievements and service to the community. The students will be honored at the College of Liberal Arts spring commencement ceremony on Friday, May 17.
The 2013 Dean's Distinguished Graduates are:
This year marks the 33rd anniversary of the Dean's Distinguished Graduate program, which has yielded more than 380 alumni who represent the best and the brightest graduates of the College of Liberal Arts. In 2009 the College created the Dean's Distinguished Graduate Alumni Association in an effort to better connect alumni to one another and the college. Visit this website for more information.


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Director of Opera, Kasper Holten said, "La Duchesse de Crakentorp is a non-singing comic role in Donizetti's La Fille du régiment. The part requires a strong personality, and has in the past been played highly successfully at The Royal Opera by actress and comedian Dawn French. In the spirit of casting a personality renowned for their work on the non-operatic stage, Ann Widdecombe proved to be an irresistible option, and we think she will be very suitable for this small, but important role in Donizetti's opera."
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Karl Mechtler - Head of Protein Chemistry Facility
- Office: IMBA 5.11
- Phone: #4280
- Mail: mechtler(at)imp.ac.at
Elisabeth Roitinger - Deputy Head of Protein Chemistry Facility
Elisabeth is working part-time and supports Karl in running the mass spec service. This includes discussing the analytical questions, possible analysis strategies and the obtained results with the costumers and our operators. In addition, she is mainly involved in establishing workflows for quantitative large scale phosphoproteomics studies.
- Office: IMBA 5.44
- Phone: #4298
- Mail: elisabeth.roitinger(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at
Ines Steinmacher - Sample Preparation / Mass Spectrometry
welcome to our lab. You can bring your samples to me and I will prepare them for nano-LC-MS analysis. Additionally, I am responsible for evaluating, calibrating and maintaining a QExactive HF mass spectrometer coupled to a nano-RSLC.
See you
- Office: IMBA 5.44
- Phone: #4298
- Mail: steinmacher(at)imp.ac.at
Susanne Opravil - Sample Preparation / Mass spectrometry
Susanne is the main operator of two QExactive HF mass spectrometers and involved in the preparation of the samples. Besides, she takes care of the ordering business and handles the shipments.
- Office: IMBA 5.44
- Phone: #4298
- Mail: opravil(at)imp.ac.at
Karel Stejskal - Quantitative Mass Spectrometry
Karel is the main operator of the Orbitrap Fusion Lumos Tribrid mass spectrometer, which belongs to the newest generation of the Orbitrap instrument family. He is establishing and testing different methods on the new instrument, mainly for multiplexed relative quantitation of TMT-labelled samples and measurement of posttranslationally modified peptides and chemically cross-linked peptides. Apart from that, Karel is mainly involved in specific projects, such as targeted relative quantification of proteins of interest. In addition, Karel is involved in testing different mass spectrometric accessories, e.g. to improve the stability of the nanospray process.
- Office: IMBA 5.44
- Phone: #4288
- Mail: karel.stejskal(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at
Gabriela Krssakova - Chromatography
Gabi is in charge of all LC systems in our lab to obtain high quality and reproducible performance.
Another important part of her work are applications using special LC set ups, such as SCX or HILIC for peptide separation. Additionally, she is taking care of our monolithic column LC systems for quality control and protein separation.
- Office: IMBA 5.44
- Phone: #4298
- Mail: krssakova(at)imp.ac.at
Michael Schutzbier - Quantitative Mass Spectrometry
Michael is the main operator of one QExactive HF mass spectrometer. Additionally, he is taking care of the Waters Synapt G2 mass spectrometer, which is used for intact protein measurements. Furthermore, he is in charge of the AB Sciex 5500 Triple Quadrupole Mass spectrometer where MRM Assays are set up for absolute quantification.
Another main topic of Michaels work is relative quantification with isobaric tags such as TMT.
- Office: IMBA 5.44
- Phone: #4298
- Mail: Michael.Schutzbier(at)imp.ac.at
Richard Imre - Bioinformatics
Richard is doing a big part of the sample identifications using bioinformatic tools and programs. If there is demand, he is also looking for potential post translational modifications, especially for phosphorylations. Storing and managing of measured data falls in his field of responsibility too.
- Office: IMBA 5.10.01
- Phone: #4281
- Mail: richard.imre(at)imp.ac.at
Otto Hudecz - Bioinformatics
Otto is bioinformatically dealing with high mass accuracy data mainly deriving from Q Exactive HF Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap and Orbitrap Fusion Lumos Tribrid Mass Spectrometers running in data dependent acquisition mode. After 4 years of focusing on characterization of mitotic protein complexes and phosphorylation site mapping on identified subunits within the MitoCheck project he extended his main interest to identification of all kind of post-translational modifications.
After more than 10 years of working in the field of proteomics his focus now lies in relative protein quantification and in cross linking. Beside data interpretation and statistics he is also constantly testing publicly available as well as in-house written proteomic tools and software packages.
- Office: IMBA 5.10.01
- Phone: #4282
- Mail: Otto.Hudecz(at)imp.ac.at
Mathias Madalinski - Peptide Synthesis / Antibody Purification
Mathias Madalinski is performing the peptide synthesis and antibody purification.
- Office: IMP (old) 2.floor, room 2.46
- Phone: #3718
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Chapter 8
How Apuleius was cruelly beaten by the Mother of the boy that was slaine.
In the meane season, while the Parents of the boy did lament and weepe for the death of their sonne, the shepheard (according to his promise) came with his instruments and tooles to geld me. Then one of them said, Tush we little esteeme the mischiefe he did yesterday, but now we are contented that to morrow his stones shall not onely be cut off, but also his head. So was it brought to passe, that my death was delayed till the next morrow, but what thanks did I give to that good boy, who (being so slaine) was the cause of my pardon for one short day. Howbeit I had no time then to rest my selfe, for the Mother of the boy, weeping and lamenting for his death, attired in mourning vesture, tare her haire and beat her breast, and came presently into the stable, saying, Is it reason that this carelesse beast should do nothing all day but hold his head in the manger, filling and belling his guts with meat without compassion of my great miserie, or remembrance of the pittiful death of his slaine Master: and contemning my age and infirmity, thinketh that I am unable to revenge his mischiefs, moreover he would perswade me, that he were not culpable. Indeed, it is a convenient thing to looke and plead for safety, when as the conscience doeth confesse the offence, as theeves and malefactors accustome to do. But O good Lord, thou cursed beast, if thou couldest utter the contents of thine owne mind, whom (though it were the veriest foole in all the world) mightest thou perswade that this murther was voide or without thy fault, when as it lay in thy power, either to keepe off the theeves with thy heeles, or else to bite and teare them with thy teeth? Couldest not thou (that so often in his life time diddest spurne and kicke him) defend him now at the point of death by the like meane? Yet at least, thou shouldest have taken him upon thy backe, and so brought him from the cruell hands of the theeves: where contrary thou runnest away alone, forsaking thy good Master, thy pastor and conductor. Knowest thou not, that such as denie their wholsome help and aid to them which lie in danger of death, ought to be punished, because they have offended against good manners, and the law naturall? But I promise thee, thou shalt not long rejoyce at my harmes, thou shalt feele the smart of thy homicide and offence, I will see what I can doe. And therewithall she unclosed her apron, and bound all my feete together, to the end I might not help my selfe, then she tooke a great barre, which accustomed to bar the stable doore, and never ceased beating me till she was so weary that the bar fell out of her hands, whereupon she (complaining of the soone faintnesse of her armes) ran to her fire and brought a firebrand and thrust it under my taile, burning me continually, till such time as (having but one remedy) I arayed her face and eies with my durty dunge, whereby (what with the stinke thereof, and what with the filthinesse that fell in her eies) she was welnigh blinded: so I enforced the queane to leave off, otherwise I had died as Meleager did by the sticke, which his mad mother Althea cast into the fire.


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Creative industries add more than $500 billion to the U.S. economy according to a study released yesterday from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analyisis and the National Endowment for the Arts.
XML Tools we use
While we create XML files from publishing tools such as Adobe InDesign, or from documents created in Microsoft Word, when we need to edit and manipulate XML files, we turn to oXygen XML editor from SyncRO Soft.
Boston area Adobe Creative Cloud Users Group
American Graphics Institute is pleased to sponsor the Adobe Creative Cloud User Group in Boston. For more information about upcoming meetings, visit their website.
Aura HD: New HD eBook reader from Kobo is easy on the eyes
You might not remember Kobo. They were the digital book partner of the now defunct Borders bookstore chain. Proving they still have some wind in their sails, they have created a high resolution eBook reader - the Aura HD. While no longer connected to Borders, the Kobo has a large book store with millions of titles.
Windows 8 UX design workshops at AGI
I've been traveling the world to teach UX design workshops for Windows 8 app design. I recently blogged about UX design workshops I delivered in India.
eBook training and ePub training
Traditional publishers are increasingly moving their content into digital and using the ePub format and the Kindle eBook formats to distribute their content.
Learn web design and development skills at crē8 conference
This year at the crē8 conference in Miami the majority of my sessions will be focused on skills for web design and development. I'd like to think I've got all bases covered: the past, present and future of the Web.
Using HTML5 wisely
The attention given to HTML5 in the last year is well-deserved. Despite the jockeying for a competitive advantage in the marketplace, the major players (Google, Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla and Adobe among others) have committed to the road map of HTML5 support.
Adobe discontinues development of mobile Flash
On November 9, Adobe announced that it was discontinuing development of the mobile version of the Flash Player for smartphones and tablets. What does this mean for the web in general and more importantly what does this mean for web designers and developers?
How does HTML5 fit in the mobile device landscape?
Native apps for mobile devices such as the iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone 7 and Android devices have received a great deal of attention recently, and for good reason, they represent a new way to interact online and the best apps use device features such as cameras and GPS in ways that you can't easily duplicate on your desktop or laptops. So where does HTML5 fit in the picture?


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>by Stephen Lendman
sjlendman.blogspot.com (December 18 2010)
Three earlier articles addressed the issue, the most recent accessed through the following link: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/08/net-neutrality-threatened.html
Net Neutrality is a defining issue of our time. It's essential to keep the Internet free and open, letting users access all content without restrictions, limitations, or discrimination, maintaining an online level playing field for everyone.
It's the essence of democratic free speech. Without it, the Internet will resemble cable TV, letting corporate predators game the system, deciding what web sites, content and applications are available at what price and speed.
Giant cable and telecom companies are lobbying Congress and the FCC furiously for that right. A leaked September 2010 House Energy and Commerce Committee draft bill, if enacted, will let them establish higher-priced premium lanes (two Internets), effectively destroying Net Neutrality, compromising the last free and open space. New FCC provisions may do the same. More on that below.
An October 2007 global measure, overriding national sovereignty, also threatens Net Neutrality, consumer privacy, and civil liberties. Called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), secret negotiations seek to subvert them, ostensibly to protect copyrighted intellectual property, including films, photos, and songs. ACTA remains a work in progress, but developments going forward bear watching, especially if a global agreement is reached.
New FCC Proposal Threatens Online Freedoms
In early December, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski proposed new regulations to be voted on December 21 saying:
They're "consistent with President Obama's commitment to keep the Internet as it should be – open and free". As a candidate, he pledged it. As president, he consistently yielded to big money demands and appears ready now to surrender Net Neutrality. Genachowski's plan is a scheme to subvert it. More information on it can be accessed through the following link, but full details so far remain confidential: http://www.freepress.net/press-release/2010/12/1/fcc-peddling-fake-net-neutrality
However, according to Save the Internet Coalition, his proposal:
"is riddled with loopholes, and falls far short of what's necessary to prevent phone and cable companies from turning the Internet into cable TV: where they decide what moves fast, what moves slow, and whether they can price gouge you or not – a shiny jewel for companies like AT&T and Comcast". Specifically:
— it doesn't restore FCC authority over Internet service providers (ISPs);
— it lets cable and telecom companies split the Internet into fast and slow lanes;
— it lets ISPs charge content providers more for faster movement across the Internet than others; and
— it excludes wireless service, giving providers full control over customers with regard to pricing and conditions of operation.
If Genachowski's proposal is adopted, Net Neutrality will be compromised. Cable and telecom giants will take control, and another Obama promise will be broken, sabotaging the last free and open space, subverting digital democracy for profit and the ability to block unwanted content.
The 1934 Communications Act "regulat(ed) interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States a rapid, efficient, nationwide, and worldwide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges …" It established the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to "execute and enforce the provisions of this Act".
Key to Genachowski's scheme is not classifying broadband Internet service under the Communications Act as a Type II telecommunications service that would subject it to tighter control. As a result, any FCC action may be legally challenged and will be if unfavorable to industry giants. In addition, as mentioned above, wireless service would be exempted from most new rules, a serious flaw given how fast it's becoming the most popular Internet access method of choice.
Corporations and lobbyists responded favorably to Genachowski's plan. National Cable and Telecommunications Associations President Kyle McSlarrow said that previous negotiations had "produced a rough consensus on a number of points, which we believe are reflected in" his proposed rule changes.
The CTIA Wireless Association added:
While we maintain our belief that any action in this area is unnecessary in the dynamic and rapidly evolving wireless environment, we understand and are pleased that the proposed rules have moved away from broad Title II regulation and toward a more tailored approach that recognizes the unique nature of wireless services.
Telecommunications giant AT&T was practically jubilant saying:
While any final statement of position by AT&T must await a careful reading of the actual order and rules when issued, we are pleased that the FCC appears to be embracing a compromise solution that is sensitive to the dynamics of investment in a difficult economy and appears to avoid over-regulation.
The five-member FCC is composed of three Democrats and two Republicans firmly opposed to regulation. If a majority backs Genachowski, Net Neutrality will be seriously jeopardized unless a groundswell of consumer opposition demands the administration and Congress prevent it.
Report Saying New Rules Will Be Approved
On December 15, Reuters headlined, "Approval of Internet traffic rules likely – analysts", saying:
Genachowski's proposal will likely "be adopted without radically veering from a proposal unveiled earlier in the month, telecommunication policy analysts said on Wednesday".
They expect Democrat commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael Copps will back Genachowski, believing "There aren't really any better options (despite) their preference for tougher rules".
Another analyst agreed, saying at most minor modifications might be made but no major ones. December 21 is decision day. With little time left, it's crucial that consumers act, demanding Congress and the Obama administration preserve Net Neutrality and not allow Genachowski's proposal.
Free Press.net Letter to the FCC
On December 10, its five commissioners were sent a letter to "preserve the Open Internet, promote universal broadband access, and protect consumers in a concentrated (industry dominated) marketplace". Doing so is essential "for democratic participation, commerce and innovation".
The FCC itself acknowledged that "The Internet's openness, and the transparency of its protocols, have been critical to its success". It's time to show it by enforcing Net Neutrality rules.
"However, adopting limited protections while giving tacit approval to other harmful practices will not adequately preserve the open Internet. If the current draft Order is adopted without substantial changes, (ISPs) will be free to engage in a number of practices that harm consumers, stifle innovation and threaten to carve up the Internet in irreversible ways".
Moreover, the Order is legally shaky, undermining not only Internet policy, but also "the Commission's entire broadband agenda".
Free Press listed five specific problem areas:
(1) Paid Prioritization: It's "the antithesis of openness. Any framework that does not prohibit such economic discrimination arrangements is not real Net Neutrality". Unless these practices are prohibited, ISPs will exploit the rules to their own advantage, effectively creating two Internets.
(2) Adequate Protections for Wireless: Earlier, Genachowski himself said, "It is essential that the Internet itself remain open, however users reach it". Yet his proposal "leaves wireless users vulnerable to application blocking and discrimination … permanently enshrining Verizon and AT&T as the gatekeepers for all new uses of the wireless Web".
(3) Loophole-Free Definitions: "The draft Order's definition of Broadband Internet Access Service could easily be exploited by ISPs seeking to evade or exempt themselves from the rules … Reasonable network management cannot be a loophole used by network operators to evade the rules".
(4) Specialized Services Cannot Undermine the Open Internet: Last summer's announced Verizon-Google agreement "met with fierce public backlash in part because the deal would have allowed ISPs to split the public, open Internet into two 'pipes' (by) creat(ing) a carve-out from Net Neutrality rules for so-called 'managed' or 'specialized' services". If they're offered, they should be separate from Internet ones.
(5) FCC Broadband Policy Must Be Based on Sound Legal Footing: Genachowski's proposal violates the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit's "rejection of the FCC's use of Title I ancillary authority in Comcast vs FCC". He wants new authority around the ruling, instead of protecting consumers and Net Neutrality as a fundamental right in new policy.
Each of the above items demands fixing. Failure to do so "will jeopardize the Internet's historic openness and (will) undermine Obama's promise to deliver meaningful, real Network Neutrality protections". However, his failure to publicly endorse this shows another promise made may be broken, the latest in a long disturbing list affecting everything vital to working Americans.
Nineteen supportive digital democracy organizations joined with Free Press in opposing Genachowski's proposal. It bears repeating. Otherwise, Net Neutrality will be irreparably compromised.
A Final Comment
On December 8, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF) Corynne McSherry cited the following Net Neutrality and Genachowski proposal concerns:
— fear that open-ended FCC Internet regulatory authority may "create barriers to entry for the next generation of … innovators", especially for wireless now getting much attention;
— whatever's suggested in principle, the devil lies in the details, "especially exceptions and loopholes for non-neutral behavior that may be" broad enough to subvert a larger proposal; and
— Genachowski's plan is especially worrisome; so far, it's details are confidential, "which itself doesn't bode well" and might be a dagger in the heart of Net Neutrality.
When his proposal in full is released, it will be crucial to examine destructive loopholes and exemptions. For example, will "managed services" or "additional online services" subvert a free and open Internet? Will wireless exemptions be as bad? Will other provisions effectively gut Net Neutrality freedom so essential to preserve?
After the December 21 FCC vote, we'll know more. But advance word suggests cable and telecom giants won at the expense of free speech, Net Neutrality, and the public interest. Stay tuned, and demand Congress act quickly during the lame duck session to reverse all destructive FCC provisions approved. It's our Internet and our choice about its management, functions and freedoms. They're too important to lose.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10 am US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening at http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/the-progressive-news-hour/.
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Targeting Net Neutrality and Privacy
Obama maintained Bush administration policy, expanding intrusive government surveillance, including by monitoring personal Internet communications. Moreover, despite a campaign pledge to support "network neutrality to preserve the benefits of open competition on the Internet", he reneged across the board. As a result, a free and open Internet is now threatened, including under provisions of S 3804: Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) if enacted with a similar House bill.
It aims to break the Internet one domain at a time, by requiring domain registrars/registries, ISPs, DNS providers, and others to block Internet users from reaching certain web sites. In other words, if passed, COICA will let Washington suppress free speech and block access to non-infringing and other material, inflicting enormous constitutional damage in the process.
In addition, a leaked September 2010 House Energy and Commerce Committee draft bill, if enacted, will let cable and telecom giants establish, among other provisions, premium higher-priced lanes (two Internets), effectively destroying Net Neutrality, compromising the last free and open space. Despite his campaign promise, Obama supports these measures. If enacted, they'll institutionalize thought control, the main weapon of police state authority.
Note: Net Neutrality is a defining issue of our time to keep the last public space free and open, letting users access all content without restrictions, limitations or restrictions, maintaining a level playing field for everyone.
On December 21, that ended when the Democrat-controlled FCC bowed to giant cable and telecom demands, compromising Net Neutrality. Corporate interests got control. Another Obama promise was broken, subverting digital democracy for profit and the ability to block unwanted content.
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More than 25 years after the boys and their families were victims of sexual abuse by two local priests, an eternal flame of anger burns within them. It flares when they see another adult – such as former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky – allowed to put himself in a position of authority and trust so he can feed his appetite for young boys.
"It brings back everything," says Catherine Westfall of Port Jervis. Her son Patrick was sexually abused by Francis Stinner, a now defrocked priest who served at St. Mary's Church in Port Jervis and taught at John S. Burke High School in Goshen in the 1980s and '90s, where he also coached soccer.
The memories of sexual abuse come flooding back for Patrick Westfall, left, and his mother, Catherine, because of the Jerry Sandusky case.
Photo:DAVID DOONAN/For the Times Herald-Record Just days before Sandusky is scheduled to be sentenced for sexually abusing at least 10 boys, some local victims of sexual abuse by Stinner and Edward Pipala, another defrocked priest who served in Goshen and Monroe, say there isn't a prison sentence severe enough to extinguish their rage. "He (Pipala) got seven years. We got life," says one victim of Pipala, who served his time in federal prison after he abused some 50 boys while serving at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Monroe and St. John the Evangelist in Goshen in the '80s and early '90s. The victim first said that after Pipala was released from prison in 2000. He repeated it last week. "Every time I hear there's a homicide in Mount Vernon, (where Pipala lives as a registered sex offender), I hope it's him," adds the victim, whose mother gave Pipala a T-shirt that said "Trust Me, I'm a Father" – before he abused the troubled son. "Whatever he (Pipala) got, it will never ever be enough," adds the father of one more victim who has passed away. He's one of several victims who have died since the abuse. The causes have included suicide and drug abuse. That anger isn't just aimed at abusers like Stinner, who abused altar boys as he was helping them on with their white cassocks, or Pipala, who plied young teens with Jack Daniels and St. Pauli Girl beer in his club called The Hole – where masturbation in front of the priest was initiation. An excerpt from a letter to former priest Edward Pipala by a mother of a boy who belonged to his club, "The Hole," where initiation was masturbation. It's aimed at the church that allowed the abuse to occur – by moving the priests from one parish to another after receiving reports of past abuse, instead of reporting it directly to the police. "You change the name of the institution and everything's the same," says Patrick Westfall, 47, son of Catherine, who was abused by Stinner. "The playbook is straight from the Vatican."
As much pain as some of the victims have endured – including those deaths – their families have suffered wounds that are still raw to this day.
Many are still prisoners of guilt. Fathers and mothers trusted these priests to take their sons on overnight trips to the New Jersey shore and to a Catskills cabin. They invited them to eat dinners in their homes and sleep overnight on their couches. One father even gave Stinner a cigarette pack wrapped in rubber bands and thick paper to deter him from smoking.
And then the priests abused their sons.
"The pain just doesn't go away," says one mother who let her son go to Wildwood, N.J., with Pipala.
And for good reason, says one expert who's treated young victims of Pipala and other sexual abusers, as well the abusers themselves.
"The hurt is very, very deep because all your defenses have been breached," says Jim Potter, who headed the Child Study Center in Goshen. "There are some wounds that never heal."
After all, the priests worked their ways into the everyday lives of the boys and their families – just like Sandusky – in a process that sexual abuse experts call "grooming."
Pipala, who was youth minister in Monroe and Goshen, offered shelter and guidance to troubled boys like the 13-year-old who was cutting school, smoking cigarettes and drinking. Since the boy's father wasn't around, his mother wanted Pipala to become a father figure. So she had the priest over for dinner and encouraged her son to spend nights with the priest. She even gave him the T-shirt that said, "Trust Me, I'm a Father."
Stinner did the same. He made sure Westfall got good grades at John S. Burke – without studying. He also made sure he made the soccer team – without that much talent, Westfall says. And then, after the priests abused the boys and their parents reported it, the families learned from news reports that there had been previous reports of that abuse in other churches and schools where the priests had served. Yet the church still let the priests near children. So as much as the abuse of the boys hurt, that pain drilled even deeper because the priests destroyed something the victims held most sacred – their belief in God – and his representatives on earth, those priests. "When an institution that was a conduit to God betrays you, Oh God, what do you have left?" Potter says. So while many of the victims and their families have moved on – raising families, holding jobs, even attending church – others remain prisoners of that burning pain. It's a pain that's ignited when they pick up a newspaper or turn on the TV and learn of yet another case of hushed-up abuse, by Sandusky and Penn State, by the Boy Scouts, by a church or any religious group. That's why one mother of a boy in Pipala's sex club, who named him the godfather of another younger child, demanded that the church "take his g..damn name" off the registry (of godparents). Other once devout victims and parents haven't set foot in church for years. One victim, now a father, won't join his family in blessings before a meal. Another victim, abused by Stinner when the former priest coached soccer at a high school in Rockland County, can no longer stand the game he once loved. A mom won't let young relatives go away to sleep away camp – or shower in a locker room with only the coach around. "There's almost no place to turn," says one mother thumbing through a folder of worn newspaper clippings of abuse cases. "It's with you every day. Every single day." email@example.com


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Loyola shot 7-for-17 from the free-throw line in the second half, and 12-for-26 in the game, and host Marist took advantage to pull away for a 69-64 victory Sunday afternoon.
In the second half, the Greyhounds missed both of two free throws twice, 1-of-2 three times, the front end of 1-and-1 twice and once after making a basket.
Marist conversely, made 25 of 37 free throws in the game and 18 of 25 after halftime.
"Anytime you go 12-of-26 from the free-throw line on the road, you're not going to be successful," Loyola coach Jimmy Patsos said. "We had a nice win on Friday night, but we did not handle the success well. Sometimes, [the players] think they can just hit the reset button the Xbox and make up for things like missed free throws, but you can't do that in life."
Loyola (17-9 overall, 9-5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference), which led by as many as seven in the first half, went up by four on a layup by Dylon Cormier (Cardinal Gibbons) with 17:10 to play in regulation, but Adam Kemp scored the next three points on free throws for Marist, and Eric Truog gave the Red Foxes (7-18, 4-10) a 35-34 lead with 15:29 on the clock.
Kemp, a senior, finished with game highs of 23 points and 13 rebounds, as he shot 7-for-8 from the field and 9-for-14 from the free-throw line.
Chavaughn Lewis added 21 for the Red Foxes.
Erik Etherly provided 22 points for Loyola, and he matched Anthony Winbush and R.J. Williams (St. Frances) for team-high honors with seven rebounds. Robert Olson, with 10 points, was the only other Greyhound in double figures.
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Same Job but Less Pay for a MotherJune 09, 2014
When Melissa's position in city government was eliminated due to a slowdown in new construction, the city offered her a different job. She gladly accepted, without knowing she could negotiate her salary or feeling like she was in the position to do so. She and her husband had a house payment and a 1-year-old son. They needed the income.
Melissa's salary as the city's new historic preservation planner was $34,000 a year. She learned that her predecessor had made about 32 percent more, $45,000 a year. Her job — in title and duties — was identical to the job he'd had, but the position description differed slightly.
"They actually rewrote the job description to give it to me like that," she said. "They told me it was because I didn't have planning credentials, but I have always wondered if they didn't rewrite it so they could justify the lower wage."
Although she did not have a degree in planning, Melissa had a master's degree in a field relevant to her new position — heritage resources.
"I still knew what was going on and how to do all the work," she said.
In Graduating to a Pay Gap, AAUW found that just one year out of college, when workers are virtually equal in age, education, and family responsibilities, a gap of almost 7 percent already exists between women's and men's wages in the same occupation. This gap exists after controlling for factors known to affect earnings, such as major and hours worked.
"I wish I had known his salary when I took the job, because I would have said, 'No, this is wrong. No, thank you,'" she said. "I didn't know any better, and I had to feed my family."
At that time, Melissa was her family's primary earner, as are four in 10 mothers today. Melissa's husband bartended at night and stayed home with their son during the day because they could not afford child care.
Unfortunately, working mothers often experience a gender pay gap. It takes almost an extra six months — or until June 12 in 2014 — for working mothers' wages to catch up with working fathers' wages from the previous year. Working mothers typically are paid 69 cents for every dollar working fathers are paid.
The pay gap Melissa experienced had huge ramifications for her family's future. Her family ultimately left that city to move to her husband's home state of Louisiana.
"If we would have been making that much more a year, we wouldn't have had to do that," she said.
Not only did her family move to Louisiana, but she also became a stay-at-home mom for a few years, and now Melissa is in school at Louisiana State University, Alexandria, to be a veterinarian. At LSUA, she's involved with AAUW because her experience with the gender pay gap ignited her passion for being a champion for women.
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Learn how robots were first conceptualized in ancient Rome and see how their use has evolved over the centuries, from the calculator to the Roomba. Then, take a sneak peek at what future robots will be able to do.
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The American obsession with striking out on our own, with poster children as varied as John Wayne and Mary Tyler Moore, appears to be at odds with our other current obsession: saving the planet.
This is the gist of a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. When lead author Jianguo Liu compared divorced households (those headed by a divorced adult) with married households, he found that per capita, divorced households use 46% more electricity and 56% more water than married households. As for physical space, the study reported that the average divorced household in the U.S. offers a sprawling 3.7 rooms per person, while married people and their kin must make do with 2.5 rooms per person.
In other words, the splintering effect of divorce results in fewer people living under one roof -- and often one person living alone in a house. And as enticing as that may sound to anyone who's tired of sharing the television remote control, Liu's conclusion suggests this is equivalent to driving around in a gas guzzler all by yourself with the air conditioner on full blast and a cellphone needlessly plugged into the charger.
But laying blame on "divorced households" and lionizing marriage is also a bit of a canard. The study did not analyze resources used by never-married solo dwellers, people who cohabitate with partners or people who live with roommates or family members. Still, it seems safe to assume that the more elbow room we make for ourselves, the bigger our carbon footprints.
After all, it takes about as much energy for a single householder to preserve one container of Chinese take-out in the refrigerator as it does for the family of eight next door to maintain a supply of cold cuts and milk, if the refrigerators are created equal. It stands to reason that divorced people, living under two roofs rather than one, gobble extra resources, if only because they each have to have their own version of "Guitar Hero."
Of course, the real news here isn't that divorce is bad for the environment but that living with other people, whether or not they happen to be our spouse and/or offspring, is good for it.
So if we really want to save the planet, we should live in communes, bunk with roommates, rent out our basements to weird guys (who, we'll later tell the police, "pretty much kept to themselves") or, in a custom long practiced by unemployed philosophy majors, live with our parents until a) we finally give up and go to law school or b) someone marries us out of sheer pity.
The problem is, more Americans live by themselves than ever before (according to Census figures, 26% of U.S. households in 2005 consisted of one person, compared with 17% in 1970), and we're starting to see it as a choice we're all entitled to. With the exception of those who live in exorbitantly expensive cities like New York -- where having a roommate well into middle age does not signify being a loser as much as being unwilling to spend 80% of one's income on housing -- living alone is synonymous with being a grown-up. It's viewed as a crucial stop on life's journey, an essential precursor to marriage or domestic partnership or, in the absence of those institutions, as a far better option than living indefinitely with your buddies.
Having your own place accrues status points too, especially if your place is so large and well-appointed it could just as easily house a family of five. In the same way that SUVs convey assertiveness and a rugged, off-road lifestyle (not to be confused with actual ruggedness or off-road driving that really takes place off road), residing in a space that's larger than you need has become a hallmark of personal success and liberation. And although SUV drivers are losing their rough-hewn brio, the person who has three bathtubs but only one body to bathe is still considered god-like -- and not just because he's clean.
Even with a plummeting real estate market making possession of all that space a little less enviable, a lot us still think life is not sustainable without a walk-in closet the size of Gambia. So it's hard to imagine we'll be willing to get roommates, move back into our childhood homes or stay in bad marriages as a way of staving off global warming. Like the question of whether or not to have children (and remaining childless is one of the best conservation methods around), for most of us, the question of whom we live with is too personal to view in terms of carbon footprints.
Besides, a better case for staying married came not from a science journal this week but from Mississippi, where a man's wedding ring deflected a bullet and saved his life when his antique shop was robbed. "I knew being married was a good thing," Donnie Register told ABC News. "I just didn't know it was that good."
It might be even be better than 3.7 rooms of one's own.


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Thursday, November 15, 2012
The Art of Being a Happy Warrior
Eight years of Obama is bad, no doubt. But try sixty-nine years of Communism on for size. That's what generations of Russians had to live through. Ask some of the conservative activists in Europe who have never had any of the freedoms that we still take for granted whether they've given up hope. Ask people from countries where criticism of Islam can mean a jail sentence and homeschooling is illegal, whether they've given up hope.
There are countless tales of courage over the last century of men and women who did not stop fighting, who did not stop teaching their children so that they would not stop resisting. And those stories have not ended. They are taking place today in Europe. They are taking place in South America. And those people would envy the conditions under which we fight, where we can protest without being shot or sent to prison, where we can at least have a shot at winning elections if we try hard enough. Where we are, compared to 100 percent of the rest of the world, still free.
We face a hard fight, not only for our freedom, but the freedom of the world. The international left has made America its special project. It knows that if it can extinguish the hope of liberty in this land then it will drive the rest of those who hope for freedom across the ocean deeper into despair. And it wants your despair. It wants you to give up so that the rest of the world gives up too and bows under its chains.
And yet this fight is a glorious one. This fight is our birthright. And we should be thankful for the fight.
It would be more pleasant if there were no Obama or Axelord. If Alinsky had never been born and Marx had never been whelped. It would be nice if we lived in a world where red were just a color and the Democratic Party were a rural movement suspicious of the Federal government and dreaming of an agrarian utopia. But then so would never having to work for a living or getting up out of bed.
Life is challenge and we face all kinds of different challenges. We get up early out of bed in the morning and drive to work. We rise in the middle of the night when the baby cries and we go to the hospital when our loved ones need us there. We do dreary things and terrible things that seem so different from the life we imagined as children. And we do them not only because they are duty, but because these challenges make us who we are.
Besides these prosaic challenges, the daily routines and the occasional tragedies, there are uncommon challenges that we face when the foe comes to our gate and demands that we bow and become slaves. This is the challenge that we face as a society, a nation and a people. It calls to more of us and in that it also ennobles us. It makes us a great people and a great nation, rather than only another people who seek to live in comfort with no thought for anything else.
Good emerges in response to evil. We need our enemies to remind us of who we are and what we can do when our backs are against the wall. We need evil to remind us of the good that we are capable of. As a whetstone sharpens a sword, so evil sharpens us into a weapon against it. It makes us morally stronger and teaches us the stark truths that we cannot take refuge from evil; we must confront it.
If there were no left, would there be nearly as much patriotism among true Americans as there is now? And if there were no left, how many of us would really contemplate the core principles of freedom and free enterprise? If there were no left, how many of us would ponder what we truly believe and what compromises we are willing and unwilling to make? If there were no left, would we be the same people that we are today?
For those of us who believe in the Bible, the Lord created both darkness and light. And if it were not for the darkness, would the light be nearly as precious to us? Imagine a world without sunrise or sunset, where the sight of rays of light clearing away the darkness would have no meaning? And then remember that things are treasured to the extent that they can be taken away from us.
Would we value freedom as much if we did not have to defend it? Would we hold it as dear if we did not fear that it would be taken away? Would we even be aware of what freedom is and what a free people must be if not for the dark hand of those who wish to strip us of those freedoms?
It is the left's opposition that has added urgency to a hundred issues, from the national debt to the War on Terror to freedom of speech and of religion. It has made us think about those issues, to take them out of the back of our minds and hold them up to the light as a reminder of how important they are and what must be done about them.
The left's corruptions remind us of the need for purification. As it gathers the worst of all around it, we find ourselves called to be better than we are. As the left works to doom our country, and as we suffer defeat after defeat, these defeats only serve to remind us that we must be better, that we must do more, learn more and become more in order to save our country.
War is the great teacher and this is a political war, short on bodies and heavy on minds, it is a war in which casualties are not taken in the chest or the arm, but in the mind, in reason and emotion, and against these weaknesses, we can and will prevail.
As you sit around your tables, thinking of all that you have gained and lost this year, remember and be thankful for the left, for though the winter ice gives way to the summer sun and bitter defeat gives way to sweet victory, it is defeat and hardship that teaches better than comfort and ease. We can learn more from our defeats than we ever could from our victories. Our defeats teach us endurance and fortitude, they teach us that defeat can be borne and that its sting can be turned into the weapon that unseats the foe. And our foes make us who we are.
Their evil teaches us to find the good within ourselves. Their strength teaches us to find our own strength. And their plots against what we have teach us how many treasures we have, not least of these being the full value of our freedom and our happiness that they wish to take from us. Their war on America is teaching us to be better Americans.
It may not feel that way right now, but we are privileged to have this opportunity and this fight.
We should be thankful for the left, its assaults on us are teaching us how to fight and its plots against our freedom are teaching us how to be free.
28 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Well said.
- 15/11/12
- larrhal said...
It is nice that you believe in America so religiously. At the same time, as a Jew who came to Israel from America, it is a bit sad to see how thoroughly you have 'crossed the waters.' It is also a sign of how subjective most perceptions are - in your writings about Israel, you seem to write the country off based on the Left's degree of control (which is excessive, to be sure). With regard to the US, the same phenomenon does not have the same effect on your soul.
There are many things to admire about the US, and a lot of things I miss. But, in the end, 'reality' often comes down to what makes us feel warm and homey.
- 15/11/12
- Saleslady371 said...
So many good points here. Thank you.
- 15/11/12
- james wilson said...
Yes, well said and all true. The positive is more productive than the negative. But for the grounded citizen to explore and discover the positive within this environment, the Republican Party and Conservative Inc. must first be seen negatively.It is a holding tank for the runoff of toxic leftist waste. We thank them for their service, but the tank is full.
- 15/11/12
- OldAFSarge said...
You have greatly boosted my morale. I am now ready to wade back into the fight for our country. Things looked grim to me after the election, but you're right, we need to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and get back into the fray. They've won a battle, they have most assuredly NOT won the war. Thanks!
- 15/11/12
- Anonymous said...
Thank you for this - it is sorely needed to boost our spirits!!!!
- 15/11/12
- VA_Rancher said...
While I basically agree with you, I MUST admit that part of me does not want "Happy Warriors" I want highly skilled and P!SSED OFF Special Operators to roll in and...
- 15/11/12
- Earlybird said...
Inspirational. Thank you Daniel.
He with faith who fights is doubly armed. ~Earl
- 15/11/12
- Anonymous said...
Well, it's certainly working for you, Daniel. You've been on a serious roll ever since 11/7.
- 15/11/12
- Anonymous said...
Thank you! Great stuff, needed these words to get back in the game. Time to Cowboy the (blank) up!
- 15/11/12
- Papab46 said...
You keep posting like this and I promise never to give up. I must repost this with all due credit to you.
- 15/11/12
- Steve D said...
'But try sixty-nine years of Communism on for size.'
But they had America as a shining beacon. What do we have?
- 15/11/12
- Daniel Greenfield said...
We have America.
- 15/11/12
- Shruly Keller said...
Steve D. What do we have?
Some of us look forward to the kingdom G-d himself will establish on earth.
- 15/11/12
- Jewish supporter said...
We need to replicate their propaganda system. It's not that difficult, but you need dedicated feet on the ground: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2233709/Sir-David-Bell-public-s-right-know.html
- 15/11/12
- Jewish supporter said...
And this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2233716/Dark-arts-links-Masters-Spin-.html. Look at the interlocking organisations. And note the quote regarding how to sideline opposition to their "cause".
- 16/11/12
- dee said...
Excellent piece as usual, Daniel. But for me, if one is to fight at all then it should be with the values and principles of the enemy, with sleeves rolled up and talons drawn.
Never mind the moral high ground. There is nothing moral about sacrificing the freedoms of future generations piecemeal, and in the case of Islam garnished with random batches of lives, whilst mitigating our cowardice with the resolve to cling to the moral high ground.
To paraphrase Churchill on Chamberlane, he had the choice of war or dishonour, and chose dishonour, and got war.
- 16/11/12
- thatsitivehadenough said...
David, this was just what the doctor ordered for me. I've been feeling defeated and lost, and nearly hopeless. But your words shined the light on something greater than my own misery. And I see the light of a candle in the darkness.
Thank you, again!
- 16/11/12
- Unknown said...
There is a difference of retreating from a battle and withdraawing from the war. I still maintain Republicans should retreat for the time being and let America see first hand the destruction of Liberalism. Rather than sticking around and suppling the Progressives with a willing scapegoat. As long as the current Republicans fight to keep the Constitution completely intact, we can reverse anything that happens in the next 4 years, and after the vast majority of Americans see what the Progressives have been striving to Progress towards first hand, we will end up with a large volume of David Horowitzs (former Liberals who recieved a wake up call).
- 16/11/12
- Daniel Greenfield said...
In this case the end result will be the same.
And if there is no one out there representing an alternative, then there will be no place for anyone who wakes up to go.
- 16/11/12
- Keli Ata said...
This was beautiful, Daniel:) Thank you
- 16/11/12
- Keli Ata said...
It's interesting--one of the chief reasons I vowed to myself that I would not vote for Obama was his indifference to the sufferings and protests of the Iranian students. Students/young people angry over a rigged election. Not that it's what they were fighting for but the rigged election was what got them to the streets.
The same with the protests in Russia. Right now Russians are protesting under crimson banners, black and yellow banners and even red/white/blue ones. Who can say what the final banner will be? For now, they simply want Putin out. It's a place to start.
- 16/11/12
- Anonymous said...
I came to the (ink)well
for a replenishing drink
I read about finding good and
it gave me pause, made me think
I remember the great men pictured here
and realize their link
to us who live on after them
remains in the Happy Warriors fight
~ arasina ~
- 16/11/12
- Anonymous said...
Encouragement when we need it most.
thank you.
- 16/11/12
- Ex-Dissident said...
Thank you.
- 16/11/12
- Ex-Dissident said...
Daniel, I needed to read your post and I have also struggled with this bleakness and decided to fight these bastards. I must tell you that the outlook is grim. Russians went through over 70 years of this hell and when they came out, they went into another hell. They did have USA to look towards, and as you said so do we. Most young Russian women viewed prostitution as a reasonable lifestyle in 1990's. I don't know if you have children or nieces, but this is frightening. These bastards want to create a state of slaves. Do achieve their goals, they need a helpless, immoral, and thoughtless population. It exists. I don't want to drown along with them.
I will continue to fight.
- 16/11/12
- lgstarr said...
I am grateful for your message, it's much needed now. Thank you for the great gift of "perspective." Not being a Jew, I am confused by the message that Larrhal posted here. I can't explain it correctly because I don't understand it, but it feels unsettling and somehow demeaning. It's as if he finds it disgusting that you value freedom in the context of our constitution and declaration...wish I could explain why I find it upsets me so much.
- 17/11/12
- Sandy said...
Now it Gets Ugly
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51130 Great article by Erik Rush
The last 24-48 hours I have been reflective on reconciling four to five years of a fictitious undocumented Obama.
Our runaway explosion in government that has become lying, murderous, and full blown outright tyranny.
An election that I have personally invested 70 to 80 hours posting into spreadsheets ballets counted, uncounted, official, unofficial, recorded, unrecorded, lost, found from counties and states that are adjusted or updated on a daily bases from many different sources. Just to discover like Obama facts and truth are under-seal and just not available.
With over 70,000 reports of voter fraud in the first 8 hours my hope was Romney would step up in the next few days or week and protest the theft of an election from over 330 millions Americans.
Each and everyone one of us has criminally and fraudulently been violated and disenfranchised of our rights under the constitutional republic which we live.
Again like many times in the past few years hopes vanish into disappointment as Romney did not speaks out in protest on massive fraud, and how he personally is going to oppose this injustice perpetrated on the American people. Instead he spoke of reasons why he lost. I am not going to judge but just maybe this criminal cartel that has usurped our government has threatened his beautiful family his greatest strength and possibly his biggest weakness.
Through the fog of Benghazi, Petraeus, Syria, Israel, Iran, Egypt, Hummas, Kadaffi, Mubarak, Saddam Hussein, Arab spring, TSA, CIA, FBI, EPA, IRS, FEMA, FDA, GSA, NSA, EEOC, DEA, DIA, CDC, CBO, ATF, fast and furious, fiscal cliff, trillions, trillions, trillions and yet more trillions only God could make a greater fog,
Yet my mind and heart think and feel clearly passionately about my true birthright. My father fought in WW2 wounded 3 times yet survived to gift me life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
With this clarity of mind if It be, I am the last person that understands the concepts and principles of this constitutional republic, then it is with the passion in my heart, I know the truth, and everyone does not.
As long as I continue to think and feel, I know that there are others like me. We are never alone we
will never loose the TRUTH.
No Matter How Ugly, They Make It.
- 18/11/12


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In 1975, she left Thursday to join New Zealand's brand new second television channel, South Pacific Television, working first as presenter on the magazine show Speakeasy, then returned to her reporting roots to edit their award-winning News at 10. In 1986, she used her combination of news and television skills to help win a warrant for the private third channel, TV3, and became chief of TV3 News from 1987 to 1990.
She was also an award-winning documentary-maker, working on projects that were both popular and critically acclaimed, such as Landmarks (1978), and The New Zealand Wars(1996), for which she won the SPADA award for best scriptwriting in 1999. Her four part series, Revolution (1997), which cast a critical eye on the reforms of the fourth Labour Government, won an award for Best Factual Series for 1997, and went on to be published in book form. In recognition of her work, Russell was awarded an OBE for her services to journalism in 1996 and became the first recipient of the Academy of Film and Television Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.
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About Michael Bazelewick
With 30 years debt finance experience have a real insight into business process and how it can be enhanced with technology.
Provide "subscribers" easy access to additional online information, information that can only be accessed with the hard copy in hand ... enter a keyword link that appears in print and the related information is opened instantly. A simple example would be to tag a baseball story with a keyword link to a free Red Sox screen saver ... no online links, you need the printed keyword to get to it. Or, a link to coupon for deal of the day ... additional pictures, video links, backgrounders ... tons of other examples that could give readers a RTB.
Reminds me of what the guy in the patent office said around 1900 ... "we might as well close, everything has been invented." Saturday delivery could be stopped without hardly a whimper ... and anything wrong with pricing a service to cover costs plus a reasonable rate of return ... an efficiency evaluation by the private sector would probably be in order. In Canada any subdivision built in the last 20 years no longer has door to door delivery, only community mail boxes for every 20 - 30 homes ... a short daily walk for people isn't necessarily a bad thing ...and don't gripe about the disabled, the neighbor would be very happy to do the job. I also have a theory that the USPS could be in the check clearing business ... does the model customer prepares check, mails payment, post office picks up, sorts, transports and delivers, vendor deposits ... sound efficient?
I have been speaking with retail marketers trying to convince them that offline keyword links, not just to expanded product information, but content that might be of interest to a prospective purchaser ... it's like talking to a TV set.
Take a camera retailer for example, a direct link to the specs is nice, but why not to information on how to capture a lightning shot, or tips for shooting in the snow? Explain to me online the difference between an "F" stop and a bus stop. I know some sites have the information, but for some reason like to keep it a secret. Ever seen a sporting goods retailer offer up information on how to properly teach your kid to throw a ball, skate or hit a baseball?
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Hey BBQ retailers ... "can I get a look at an assembly video BEFORE a purchase?" and planked salmon is great ... any info on how to do it right?
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