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The sense of lost opportunity in the New York Rangers' dressing room was as obvious as the thick accents of their legion of fans in and around L.A. Live on Wednesday night.
Their was regret in the air, and it hung ominously as the Rangers peeled off their uniforms and plotted the remaining hours of an utterly frustrating night.
They let the Kings off the hook in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.
They knew it, the Kings knew it.
And everybody who filtered out of Staples Center into the heat of an early summer night in downtown Los Angeles knew it.
The Kings weren't ready to take the ice in Game 1, at least not in the sense of opening night on hockey's grandest stage.
Their legs were holed up somewhere between Chicago and L.A., the result of their taxing Western Conference final against the Blackhawks that tapped every bit of resolve they had.
The rest of their bodies were stuck in quicksand.
Maybe it was the after affects of three consecutive Game 7s to get to the Stanley Cup Final, or perhaps it was just one of those days when the head demanded one thing but the bodies offered something else entirely.
"It happens like that sometimes," Kings defenseman Willie Mitchell said.
Whatever it was, the Kings were slogging around the ice for most of the first period, neither physically nor mentally sharp enough to keep up with the rested, speedy Rangers.
And their New York foes seized on their sluggishness to build a 2-0 lead 15 minutes into a game that seemed to be shaping up as a Rangers victory.
"We had a really strong start to the game," Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist said.
But rather than build on the momentum, the Rangers eased up on the accelerator.
Instead of finishing the Kings off, they allowed them to hang around.
First came a goal by Kyle Clifford that cut the lead to 2-1 late in the opening period.
Then came Drew Doughty's equalizer just over six minutes into the second.
Followed by missed opportunity after missed opportunity, a little bit of apathy and a whole bunch of magic by Jonathan Quick in front of the Kings goal.
Until finally, Game 1 moved into overtime, and there the Rangers skated head-first into the uncanny clutch factor of Kings winger Justin Williams, who broke free just long to hoist a shot beyond the reach of Lundqvist to propel the Kings to victory and send the frustrated Rangers searching for answers.
"Right now it's just disappointment," said Rangers forward Brad Richards.
Or as Lundqvist explained: "It's disappointing when you lose. Especially when you're that close."
The Rangers were close alright, and even the Kings conceded afterward they probably stole a win.
"We kind of got an ugly one," Mitchell admitted.
It only added to the Rangers' dismay.
You need four wins to claim hockey's greatest prize, and to let even one of them slip from your grasp is a crime sometimes punishable by a lifetime of regret.
The Rangers didn't just let a winnable game elude them, they also whiffed on a chance to wrestle away home-ice advantage from the Kings.
Nearly as important, they let the Kings beat them on a night the Kings' bodies and minds were decidedly out of sync.
Chances like that don't present themselves too often.
Opportunities like that are meant to be capitalized on, not squandered.
The Rangers needed to play a complete game. They ended up producing just a partial one.
And it cost them a chance to take early control of this seven-game series.
"I feel when you play against such a good opponent that has all that strength, you need to play a full game," Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said.
But the Rangers didn't, slowing down to end the first period, allowing Doughty to knot it up in the second and all but disappearing in the third.
"We turned pucks over, didn't play north-south and gave them momentum," Richards said.
And in the process, allowed the Kings to re-set, re-engage and seize the moment.
"That's a good hockey team on the other side," Rangers forward Martin St. Louis said. "They're going to force you to make mistakes."
But the Rangers have mostly themselves to blame.
They had control of Game 1.
And they let the Kings slither away, only to come lunging back in overtime and bite them with a stunning loss.
"We'll forget tonight, think about what we did right and wrong and we'll work on those for the next game," Richards said.
They better.
They already let one win slip away. They can't afford another.


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In middle of it all, Puig feeling no pressure
LOS ANGELES -- For all of the mystery surrounding Yasiel Puig's journey to the United States and the questions about his aggressive and sometimes reckless style on the field, at least two things are certain.
First, Puig is always going to be in the middle of the action. Second, he's never going to apologize for the way he plays the game.View Full Game Coverage
LOS ANGELES -- For all of the mystery surrounding Yasiel Puig's journey to the United States and the questions about his aggressive and sometimes reckless style on the field, at least two things are certain.
First, Puig is always going to be in the middle of the action. Second, he's never going to apologize for the way he plays the game.View Full Game Coverage
On Sunday, the rookie right fielder did not disappoint, going 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBIs in the Dodgers' 13-6 victory against the Braves in Game 3 of the National League Division Series. The Dodgers are one victory away from clinching a spot in the NL Championship Series and everyone should expect Puig to be back in the spotlight Monday in Game 4 at Dodger Stadium at 6:30 p.m. PT on TBS.
After all, he always is.
"[Monday] we are going to come out and do the best we can against the best pitcher they send out there," Puig said. "We have Ricky Nolasco and we are hopeful we can have the same results as we had [Sunday]. We want to win here and not go back to Atlanta and then prepare for the next round."
After Sunday's victory, Puig was asked if he felt any extra pressure to perform in the postseason games. The rookie smiled.
"I don't feel any pressure out there," Puig said. "My teammates come out there, we are all working together and there is no pressure."
When he was asked to expand on the pressure issue, Puig didn't waver on his stance.
"We just continue to prepare for whatever pitchers are thrown at us," he said. "I know that they are good pitchers, but we are prepared for whatever they do when they are on the mound. We are ready."
Puig's actions back up his words. If the young outfielder is nervous, he sure doesn't show it.
What's more, the rookie's teammates also believe everyone should stop questioning the young man's moxie and baseball IQ. Yes, Puig makes mistakes. Remember, they say, this is his first year not just in the big leagues, but also in the United States.
"He really understands the game," Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez said. "He gets it. He's just too good. People just want to talk about the negative when you are this good."
Puig is certainly good. He's also predictably unpredictable.
The right fielder led off the second inning with a single and advanced to second on another single by Juan Uribe. He moved to third base on a walk to catcher A.J. Ellis and eventually scored his club's first run on Hyun-Jin Ryu's sacrifice fly to cut Atlanta's lead to 2-1.
In the third inning, Puig hit a ground ball to Atlanta third baseman Chris Johnson, who threw to second base to force Gonzalez at second. In typical Puig fashion, he motored to second base on an errant throw from second baseman Elliot Johnson when the Braves failed to turn the double play.
Puig eventually scored on Skip Schumaker's single to give the Dodgers a 6-4 lead.
"I saw the ball get away and I immediately knew I had a chance for second base," Puig said. "Like in life, you have to take advantage of the opportunities you are given. They made an error, and we made them pay for it."
In the fourth inning, Puig drove home Hanley Ramirez with a single and later came home on Uribe's two-run home run to give the Dodgers a 10-4 advantage. His RBI single in the ninth extended the Dodgers' lead to seven runs.
"Puig knows what he is doing," Gonzalez said. "He's a good baseball player."
Jesse Sanchez is a national reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @JesseSanchezMLB.

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Bolstering the cheering section for pressure cookers, here's a shriek and a sigh for pressure cooking beets.
Yes they are also outstanding when roasted, but for this judge the gold medal in flavor and texture comes from utilizing the intense steam that builds inside the locked vessel of the pressure cooker. This unique piece of cooking equipment can muster temps of around 250 degrees. That means less time needed to cook. Also less flavor and nutrients escaping through steam or into water. After a trip to the extreme steam room inside my PC, beets are rendered tender, relaxed, almost buttery. Their skins just slide off with a gentle push from your fingers. Students often confess that they have always hated beets until they slipped a pressure cooked one between their lips. Case closed.
This week students are fashioning sexy beet slices as a side dish served with Peasant Kasha and Potatoes, Blanched Asparagus and a Poached Egg this week. For a sweet ending to this savory brunch we're making Chocolate Covered Coconut Macaroons and using the yolks (macaroons need egg whites) to make some hollandaise sauce for the asparagus. Those ruby red slices also shine in a Luscious Beet Salad with Toasted Pumpkin Seeds and feta by the by. Are you enticed?
Pressure Cooked Beets
3-4 beets
Olive oil or butter
Balsamic vinegar
Remove leafy tops and wash beets to remove any dirt. Do not cut off the root or the nubby stems (the crown). If you do, the beets will "bleed" into the water they are cooked in and lose flavor and nutrition.
Place whole beets in pressure cooker with enough water to cover the bottom half of the biggest beet. Secure lid. Bring heat to high. When cooker has reached pressure, lower heat to medium low, maintaining pressure, and cook 20-25 minutes.
Remove from heat and let pressure come down naturally. Beets should be quite tender when pierced with a fork. When cool enough to handle, slip skins off under cool running water. Trim ends off. Slice beets. If desired, dress warm beets with a teaspoon each of olive oil/butter and vinegar and serve.
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This past Friday, I was honored to have the opportunity to speak at the 3-Day Institute on Advanced Law Enforcement Practice in Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. There, veteran law enforcement officers were given the opportunity to learn about cutting edge/best practices in responding to domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and dating violence.
The training, which ran from Wednesday to Friday last week, was funded by a grant from the EOPSS Office of Grants and Research and was a collaborative effort between EOPSS and the Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC), in coordination with Jane Doe, Inc. The timing was quite fitting, given that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
I could not have been more pleased than at the end of the training, when I was approached by two veteran Boston Police Officers who wanted me to know that it was the best training they had attended in the past several years.
Throughout my career, whether as a prosecutor, as Executive Director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association, or in my current role as Secretary, I have seen firsthand how domestic violence and sexual assault cases are among the most complicated and difficult that law enforcement encounter, and because of that, I am extremely proud that over the last few years, we have been able to make a number of advancements in this field.
Specifically, the Massachusetts Policy for Law Enforcement Response to Domestic Violence was updated and promulgated and the Sexual Assault Law Enforcement Guidelines were created, both of which have been broadly disseminated to law enforcement across the Commonwealth.
Additionally, this year, Governor Patrick signed two important pieces of legislation into law- the first gives greater protection of victims of sexual abuse and intimidation by allowing victims to obtain criminally enforceable restraining orders against any offender, regardless of their relationship with the victim, and the second expands and updates the use of victim compensation funds to provide greater relief to victims, including extending compensation for reasonable mental health counseling obtained as a result of the crime.
Finally, despite facing difficult budget choices caused by the worst recession in generations, this administration has recognized the importance of the MPTC and proposed to increase funding for it three times in the last two years. We will continue to push for the resources they need.
Though there is still so much work to be done, I am proud to say that we are moving in the right direction, with increased trainings, standardized best practices and guidelines, and legislative changes which provide better protection and services for those who need it most.


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Only if meat is directly killed for you, or you specifically kill the animal yourself, is it wrong to eat meat.chownah wrote:.....
If I have a friend in Switzerand download something legally and then send my brother (in the USofA) a copy is that breaking the 2nd precept?
If my brother(in the USofA) uses a proxy server located in Switzerland to download something at his home (in the USofA) is that breaking the 2nd precept?
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I finally got some time to finish up some personal paintings. One is being used for Concept Design Academy brochure - Thanks Kevin =)
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Gov. Peter Shumlin is sticking to his guns in the face of inaction in Washington to address gun violence, saying Vermont needs no changes in its firearms laws.
Shumlin reiterated earlier comments that Vermont does not need background checks for gun buyers, limits on assault weapons or the sizes of ammunition clips. He earlier had said those issues should be addressed on a national basis by Congress.
A bill calling for background checks for gun buyers stalled in the U.S. Senate last week, so the sort of 50-state solution Shumlin says he would favor appears not to be on the immediate horizon.
Shumlin says despite that inaction in Washington, there's no need for legislation in Vermont.


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W is for Writer's Block
From early on, I decided that W would be for Writer's Block in this series. After all, what problem is more universal for writers than sitting down in front of a big white screen or piece of paper–and have no words come. It's something all writers understand.
And then, when I sat down to write this…nothing. I was verbally impotent. I swear this has never happened before. Not to me. It's kind of…you know…could we talk about something else?
The truth is, while writer's block can be caused by a lot of different things, one of the chief causes is that the writer's frame of reference has become too narrow. It's all right. It happens to everyone. You shouldn't feel bad.
The truth is, there are mountains of words to still be written about writer's block. It's just that my frame of reference was too narrow to consider them. I thought about all the other things I've considered before–writer's block sucks, it means I need to research more, it means maybe I need to consider another genre, or maybe it's time to put down my work.
But it call also mean that my–and I'm sorry to use this word–paradigm is too narrow. It's something that can happen to all writers, especially when they are competent and have faith in their approach.
In baseball over the past ten or fifteen years, you'll often see a team employ a shift against certain hitters. For instance, against a right-handed hitter, you'll see the short stop move over about halfway between second and third and the second baseman play almost directly behind second base. The entire right side is open.
And more often than not, you'll see the hitter pull the ball so the shortstop can field a grounder and throw him out. It would be easy to hit the ball the other way, where there's a big opening between first and second. But the batter doesn't do it. By hitting the ball between second and third, the hitter's more likely to generate power and hit a double off the wall or a home run over it. Hitting the ball in that direction has always worked, so the hitter's less likely to go the other way.
The same thing can happen to skilled writers. You see things one way and it always works. Then, sometime when it doesn't work, it's too hard to go another way. It's too hard to reset your frame of reference to find another way to go.
Of such things, batting slumps are made.
And writer's block.
Suzanna Crean permalinkNovember 25, 2012 10:50 am
When making comparisons, why do so many people…read that "men"…use sports analogies?
When I read what you said about baseball, I didn't have the faintest notion what you were talking about. Guess what…many of us writers are female, and we know nothing about sports and couldn't care less.
I continually face this problem with the sports comparison thing. I find it…dare I say the word…SEXIST. No…I'm not being prissy…but seriously…I see this all the time and simply cannot relate to it.
November 25, 2012 7:11 pm
I'm female, and I love baseball. I also love tennis, which is a lot like the way dialogue should work. Quick, quick, quick, long, quick… back and forth with the occasional jab or pass shot. Basketball is also interesting. But baseball – baseball is intellectual, a game of numbers. As for writer's block, well, mine comes from obsessive perfectionism. If defining the problem is half the cure, I've been 50% for a long time now.
November 26, 2012 5:58 am
Hi Chris. There's some great advice in this post. When I've had problems with writers block in the past, I find the best thing to do is to get out of the house and socialise. It really helps me to gain some perspective on the work, and interacting with people is a great release for tension tension. I find my whole mindset (which can related to the problem of writers block) changing. Allow others to stimulate your mind in different ways and then before you know it, you'll be able to tackle the writing from a different angle. Maybe you'll find a way to "unlock" the prose which you hadn't seen before.
Best wishes, Alex
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My question is - has anyone worked/operated such converted burners/boilers. If so for how long and has there been any operational issues, such as flame-throw/control, ignition issues or any such trouble. With all assurances, parts warranty from manufacturer, other than obvious maintenance, the procedure should not affect plant operation in general. The procedure is not new. Normally #2 is easier to work with than #6. Any information is appreciated.


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All incoming 7th graders must have the shots to start school. Clinics will be held Aug. 6 and Aug. 13
All incoming 7th graders are required to be immunized against whooping cough, and the Kern County Public Health department is going to hold two low-cost immunization clinics in Taft before school starts.
The clinics will be held on Aug. 6 and Aug. 13 at the public health services department in room 150 at the county building, 315 North Lincoln.
The clinics will run from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1-3 p.m.
Parents or guardians must be present and bring the child's immunization record.
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Churchill Museum to Host Homeschool Day
FULTON - The National Churchill Museum in Fulton said it sees the need to help local homeschool families.
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Six warrant items moved to the March ballot at Hudson school deliberative sessionBy April Guilmet
Union Leader Correspondent
February 12. 2013 10:58AM
HUDSON - All six of the Hudson school district's proposed warrant articles were moved to the March ballot without amendment during Monday night's school deliberative session, district Business Administrator Karen Burnell said.
Approximately 80 voters attended Monday night's meeting, which had initially been scheduled for Saturday morning but was postponed due to Blizzard Nemo.
Article 1, the proposed $47,731,629 operating budget comes in just over $500,000 more than the default budget.
Also moved forward was a collective bargaining agreement between the district's teacher's union and the Hudson School Board.
If passed by voters next month the new contract would cost $460,595 next year and peak at $502,532 in the following year to reflect salary increases and employee benefits.
Hudson voters will also decide on a new contract for the district's support staff. If passed, the new contract would cost $37,488 next year and peak at $52,164 in the following year.
Other items include Article 4, a $150,000 addition to the district's existing expendable trust fund for employee health benefits (with funds coming from the last year's balance resulting in no tax impact next year); Article 5, a $250,000 feasibility study to determine future facility needs in Hudson; and Article 6, which would allow school officials to create a district contingency fund using unassigned general funds remaining in the coffers at year's end.
The contingency fund would be available for use in the event of emergency expenditures that arise during the coming year.
Voting on all warrant items will take place on Tuesday, March 12 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Hudson Community Center.


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Monday's Inside Higher Ed carried a good recap of the publication of "The Israel Lobby" paper by University of Chicago Professor John Mearsheimer and Kennedy School Dean Stephen Walt: "War of words over paper on Israel." The article reports:
In a phone interview, Walt said that the authors stood behind their work and looked forward to scholarly discussion of it, but he also declined to respond to specific criticisms being raised.
He said he wasn't surprised by the strong reaction the article is receiving. "Anybody who writes on a controversial topic is bound to face criticism and may also face personal attacks of various kinds," he said. "Our purposes in writing the piece was to open up a broader discussion of American policy in the Middle East. We hope people will read what we wrote and engage in a serious discussion of the arguments."
Variations of that response have further angered some of the authors' critics.
"So let me get this straight: the authors have written and published a paper because they want to provoke an open debate — and then decide not to respond to any of the critiques made of the paper," wrote Daniel W. Drezner, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago.
In today's Los Angeles Times, Max Boot picks up the Mearsheimer/Walt-style evidence that links Walt himself to the Israel Lobby:
After finishing their magnum opus, I was left with just one question: Why would the omnipotent Israel lobby (which, they claim, works so successfully "to stifle criticism of Israel") allow such a scurrilous piece of pseudo-scholarship to be published? Then I noticed that Walt occupies a professorship endowed by Robert and Renee Belfer, Jewish philanthropists who are also supporters of Israel. The only explanation, I surmise, is that Walt must himself be an agent of those crafty Israelites, employed to make the anti-Israel case so unconvincingly that he discredits it. "The Lobby" works in mysterious ways.


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Punch line: The NFL blows itEDITORIAL
July 30. 2014 11:35PM
The NFL suspended Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice for two games and fined him more than half a million dollars. His offense? He allegedly punched his fiancee (now wife) so hard he knocked her unconscious. And this is all he gets?
Rice pleaded no contest to aggravated assault and struck a deal with criminal prosecutors, which allowed him to avoid a trial. The NFL could have dropped the hammer on him to both impose harsh consequences and set an example for other players. It chose not to.
In the fall, the NFL will make its players wear pink uniforms for one game, supposedly to raise awareness of breast cancer, but really to gain more female fans. The league's official messsage to women is: We care about your well-being. The unstated message is: unless you are dating a player.
On the field, there is a mandatory 15-yard penalty for striking with the fist. Off the field, the punishment is up to the commissioner. That the penalty for cold cocking a woman is less than the penalty for abusing alcohol says all a fan needs to know about the league's priorities. Substance abuse can diminish a player's value on the field. Punching a woman, well, that doesn't hurt the player at all.


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This is for the ladies, this is for the fellas
This is for the babies and the crazy storytellers
This is for the losers this is for the winners
This is for the enders and this is for the beginners
This is for my niggas, creatives on a mission
This is for the women not behaving like some bitches
Hold your fingers up, wave em' for the haters
This is for the nows, this is for the laters
Where you from little homie where you from? 4x
[Verse 1:ForestPunk]
L.A this is where the mutant niggas movie starts
School of hard knocks where the supervisions usually armed
"Rockies" in prison so its pugilism through these bars
Means our punchlines are like 2 fists giving bruising scars
Space cadet fugitives is shooting stars
Full of shrooms and spliffs doin' stupid shit and looting cars
Fuck the world and the lubricant is cootie SARS
So I made her sick when I was smoochin all her beauty marks
Stoner mad brain is packed with a mix
Of vulgar bad taste and magnificence
Rob the cash safe and laugh, trickin pigs
And bought a fat plate of caps, with some chips
Comic book robin hood blazin kush, yes!
Take a look and your friendly neighborhood threat:
It's Iggy Pop meets H.R, up in Dexter's Lab
Get the cash a clique of goonies with treasure maps
So I represent....and be smart 8x
Knock em out the box punk .... Stupid ass
Knock em out the box punk...be smart x4
This is for the ladies, this is for the fellas
This is for the babies, cuz' they crazy storytellers
See we are not no losers, see we are only winners
We are the enders so we are only beginners
This is for my niggas, creatives on a mission
And this is for the women not behavin' like some bitches
Hold yo fingers up, wave em' for the haters
This is for the nows, this is for the laters
Where you from lil homie where you from? x4
[Verse 2:ForestPunk]
L.A come and meet the stupidest wise guys
Because the youth are pissed we're all some hooligan Einsteins
Groin kicker of the federal and corporate pigs
Joint twister like a flexible contortionist
Monkey rappin' a lot for money bags on the spot
Smart alick cuz' all you dummies ask for a lot
Tummies packed with caps and skunky gas from the pot
Walkin' on dubsteps like 20 sacks in his socks
Life's a movie like if David Lynch made a flick
About a bunch of faded kids inside the city's craziness
Brainy 90s babies and the raiding by the shady pigs
We take a piss on they lawns, blaze a swish' and raise a fist, huh?
Academy of mutants what they grade me with?
An easy A for Anarchy, Atheists and Aliens
So all the basements and the speakers that they play me in
Rebellion is viral, I'm the sickness that they made me with
Mutant Academy!
Feel free to find your designated riot area!
This song was a free song released by ForestPunk to promote The Boy With The Monkey Tattoo EP. The song is about being who you are in all its crazy aspects, and ForestPunk spreading chaos through music…or something like that. Be Smart. Use your Brain.


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I'll be honest, I don't like the impression he gives. His ideas and views are more than welcome and controversy is brilliant for debate and he seems intelligent enough to offer something and in that sense I can understand why some people find him charming, but he strikes me as arrogant and petty, which he doesn't need to be and I don't understand why he has a stick up his arse (because he was banned? *shrugs*). Unless he refuses to stick to forum rules then I have no issue him being here, but of course, if he continues being a douchebag, then don't expect me to get along with him. He was told there would be no restriction on what he could say, that suggests he's being given special treatment. I find it hard to tolerate the arrogant theists we get on here, so there's a chance I won't tolerate his behaviour either. Though of course, my impression could be wrong, I don't know the guy, so it's difficult to say anything based on impression. Maybe he'll show why he's more valuable than every other member on this forum in time, I mean, if the mods have given in to his demands, there must be something special, right? *shrugs*
And that s**t he said to the paperback chick was bitchslap worthy where I come from.
Atheists are spectators in a grand battle of stupid ideas. Sadly, these ideas get people killed in the name of a loving god on both sides of the delusion.
I'd hate to have him gone over something petty.
Quote from: MadBunny on January 21, 2011, 01:19:05 AMI'd hate to have him gone over something petty.Guess I'd like to know what's "petty".
Edited: I see that he has +20 respect points and he's only been back here a short time. That's already more than I have so he must be doing something right that I haven't read yet. I now have an inferiority complex....
A Redlands, Calif., high school teacher who allegedly gave birth to a baby fathered by a teen student has been arrested for having a sex with the male pupil.
Well, I'm not overly interested in his rhetoric... I'm interested in why people would put up with the Napolean Complex. I get that a lot of old schoolers seem to think he's really "intelligent", but who cares? It's not like there's a deficiency of wisdom or insight here. Does he really have enough positive s**t to bring to the table, that it will outweigh the tectonic plate on his shoulder?This isn't a recruiting center for millitant atheists, last I checked... It's a forum for discussion. Civil discussion, ideally. Kind of why I joined in the first place. I guess I'm a little concerned. I'm not inclined to hang around much if I have to listen to King NoGod telling me to KISS THE RINGS all the time. I don't care if he's the most brilliant mofo since Elmer Fudd, dude comes across as an unbelievably beligerant dick... Like a freaking cartoon character of all the worst atheist stereotypes rolled into one. I have zero patience for that s**t. It doesn't do anybody any favors, and I don't see myself behaving very well when he inevitably hops on the megaphone and starts screaming "PUSSY!" at me. I see myself getting banned with a quickness, actually. And I don't want to see that happen. edit: I suppose I could just not interact with him, obviously, but A.)That's a punk move, just staying quiet to keep the waters still, and B.)It pisses me off just as much to see him treat OTHER people like s**t when it's completely uncalled for.
but being an asshole[1] myself-Nam 1. but not of his magnificent caliber
Holy crap! You guys really scared me until I saw this was from 2011.


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Stories and photos about life along the Continental Divide in Montana between the Clark Fork (westslope) and Big Hole (eastslope) Rivers. Fresh back from a Fulbright in South China, I am looking at American culture/nature through new eyes. Backpacking, cross country skiing, fishing, hunting, hiking... this is the story of a 4-season outdoors person.


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|2012-08-26, 02:23
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If anything bothered me in the episode sexism-wise, it was the way Asuna hid behind Kirito when Kuradeel appeared. I could've lived without that.
|2012-08-26, 02:33
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Kirito: "What's is it, Asuna?"
Asuna: *Looks at Kirito with cute eyes "Asuna is scared."
Kirito: *hugs Asuna "Ahhh.. Asuna... KAwAii!!!!"
|2012-08-26, 02:57
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Athens (GMT+2)
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Very nice episode, lizardman and skeleton fights were good enough to get my weekly fight fix. Asuna said the A.I. gets better after 70F, that should deter quite a few people from venturing any further for a while. The rabbit stew cooking was also played out well imo, I wonder if high-rank rare food also increases max stats or something...it sure tasted good though
Asuna maxing out her cooking skill shouldn't be so surprising - food is one of the few pleasures in Aincrad, it's only natural that people would be drawn to unknown flavors that they could only dream of experiencing in the real world. Plus, it's been two years since they started playing, so of course people would have a secondary skill or two (in Kirito's case, I think he's got a bit of everything on decent levels).
What I didn't understand was Kirito's progression. He told Asuna he's a slacker who grinds while keeping a safe margin, but we saw him in 74F at the beginning of the episode AND at the end, with the boss room intact, meaning he's actually in the front lines. Maybe he's LV85 or something...
Kradeel feels so out of place. A guy in his fifties who stalks a little girl and is butthurt because Kirito was a beta tester, not admitting blatant defeat, etc...it would have been much better if he was 12 or something.
I like how Aincrad is becoming a good world to live in, rather than the prison that it was in ep.1...less than 500 people now give everything they've got to clear the game and nothing is pointless - they'll be here for a long time, so getting your own house, cooking or just walking around all have their own meaning. I wonder if Kayaba's goal was to see how many people will want to escape his world, eventually...
Laughing coffin dude smiling at the duel...no comment, highly doubt they can even touch Kirito or Asuna.
Complaint of the episode: no ridiculous faces overwhelmed with the pleasure of rabbit stew, Toriko-style
|2012-08-26, 03:05
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Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 26
We're talking about the same writer here that wrote AW. You know Haru and how he tends to depend on KYH at points of the story for psychological support and what not? Is this sexist against males now too?
Construing this as a sexist portrayal of women is laughable at best and isn't really grounded in anything. Sorry Enzo, I think you're stretching it here way too much.
When the story starts mentioning anything about gender roles in an overt way, then we can talk.
|2012-08-26, 03:11
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Seems more likely that they want to stop the clearing group from advancing cause they don't want to return to the boring real world. Best way would be to cause internal strife.
|2012-08-26, 03:17
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They're scared to return because of the expenses and the crime they had already committed...
|2012-08-26, 03:24
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It's possible the system is where one needs to set a flag that one can be susceptible to another attack. It's also possible that the duel can be forcefully cancelled. The fight already kinda ended, after all at that point.
To me it just seems like a simplification of a game element, aka the natural conservation of detail that is mandatory for storytelling. Since it's a small detail, it doesn't warrant an explanation either, though they could have done it better.
|2012-08-26, 03:59
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Initially, I found it odd for Asuna to say what she did, because it's incredibly obvious that she'd be attracting the attention of other guys. So her being genuinely annoyed at marriage proposals strikes me as very possible, so my initial interpretation was to take it as a totally sincere complaint, coupled with not wanting Kirito to add on to her frustration.
But now that I think about it more, Asuna bringing it up likely is a tease because it's self-evident. In other words, there's no other practical reason to bring it up. Kirito is hardly the sort of person to casually make marriage proposals, even given the circumstances.
You know, I find your line of argumentation (and similar ones on this thread) a bit strange. I mean, source material fans had to take in the events of this episode without the benefit of the side stories (when they were reading the actual light novels). Did source material fans have huge problems with the content of Episode 8 without having read the side story content first? If not, then why would anime-only viewers?
So partly for this reason, I disagree with the general consensus on this thread that the adaptation approach taken was the best one.
After seeing the first eight episodes, I honestly would have preferred it if we had went 1, 2, and 8 (i.e. this episode would have actually been the 3rd). I think that approach would have created a much greater sense of narrative cohesion. And it's closer to how this narrative was initially meant to be experienced.
Episode 2 was based on a side-story, but it still feels like an episode focused on the main plot, due to how the episode is all about clearing a boss. Episode 2 also introduces the concept of "beaters" - Without knowing this concept, many of the insults thrown at Kirito by Kuradeel wouldn't make any sense at all. So I see some value in Episode 2 coming before Episode 8.
But some of the in-game mechanics stuff explored in Episodes 3 through 7 could be explained without too much difficulty here in Episode 8, while other bits of it could have waited until later.
I think that the SAO anime would have been better off going 1, 2, and 8 for the first three episodes, and then handling side-arc stories in flashback episodes down the line.
Have a later episode begin with something like...
Asuna: I don't get why you're so insistent on being a solo player. It's like you had a bad experience with guilds or something...
That could easily segue into a flashback episode showing everything that was shown in Episode 3.
Another later episode could have begun with Silica and Kirito randomly running into each other in Agil's store, and the two acting friendly with one another, raising Agil's eyebrows.
Agil: That girl seems to really like you, but I've never heard you talk about her before!
Kirito: Well, I only met her once before.
Agil: Just what happened during that one meeting? This I gotta know!
That could also easily segue into a flashback episode showing everything that was shown in Episode 4.
And you could use this approach for other side-stories, scattering them about at good break points in the main plot.
Personally, I think that much of the fun of a time-skip is the mystery that it brings with it. It can be very fun to see the curtain slowly pulled back on just what happened during the time-skip. I think that the anime adaptation of SAO could have played that up really well if it hadn't went with the side-arcs first approach.
SAO is a very good anime, but I don't think it took the best possible adaptation approach. I really do think it would have been better to spread out the side stories more, rather than to front-load them all like this. And just to be clear, I write this as an anime-only viewer.
|2012-08-26, 04:48
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Every episode had a different level range around it though...going from LV2 to LV74 in one go would be very wtf. Also, each episode covered a different aspect of dungeon experiences - traps, secret items, PK zones, material hunting while at the same time shedding light on the different ways the game can be played (in guild/parties/solo/duo) and how they affect the gaming experience.
|2012-08-26, 04:59
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|2012-08-26, 05:02
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All in all, I think this was a good episode. Not really much that I will add except that this was well done, I quite like it and I just wish they could have had a longer fight, but I know they need to save the budget fr the next ep.
Also Asuna is win. Absolutely win.
|2012-08-26, 05:08
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|2012-08-26, 05:09
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I really enjoyed this episode, pretty near perfect to me. It's nice to finally be on the main story now, but unlike many others I enjoyed most of the sides >->.
I like the pacing of the episode itself has me looking forward for whats to come in the next few eps.
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Missouri American Water (MAW) apparently has finally taken "no" for an answer.
Missouri American Water (MAW) apparently has finally taken "no" for an answer.
The privately-owned company, which reportedly has been expressing interest in acquiring the city's water system, has been told the city has no interest in selling by City Manager Jeff LaGarce and the Missouri Public Utility Alliance (MPUA).
"Our sister utility at Missouri Public Utility Alliance told them to back off," said Cindy Livesay, director of communications for the BPW. "MPUA said it would aid in whatever fight it would take to get them to back off and to leave our municipality alone."
"The threat is past," reported Bob Stevenson, general manager of the BPW, during a meeting of the BPW Board Tuesday afternoon.
The BPW had scheduled a press conference for Tuesday to discuss developments, but cancelled the event after a "flurry of activity" Tuesday morning.
"They knew we were serious about this and we not just going to give up our water system," said Livesay. "We got in contact with them today. They got a letter from our City Council stating that we are not interested in selling and in return they sent us a letter stating they would back off and put this to rest."
According to Livesay, since this spring MAW had been holding public meetings with "influential leaders in our community."
"We've politely told them we're not interested in selling and they still proceeded with meetings," she said. "We had a 'game plan' in mind to sort of fight back, if you will, on what we should do to discredit what they were doing and about why we should keep our municipally-owned system. That's what we were going to discuss at the press conference."
Stevenson cited two primary reasons why turning over control of the city's water system was not a good idea.
"One is value," he said. "The true value of our water system is $200 million, which is what it would cost to replace it right now, and we have been investing in that for over 125 years. Nobody would offer us that, but they would offer something, maybe 10 cents on the dollar. That's not a good deal when you look at it that way.
"The second thing has to do with local control. We like it when we can set our own rates. When I say 'we' I mean our citizens in Hannibal. What we wouldn't like is for somebody - the Public Service Commission in Jefferson City - setting our rates for us. We'd lose control over what our water costs. We would also lose control over things we want to do with our water system such as how and when we expand, or repair it."
According to its website, Missouri American Water serves "approximately 1.5 million people in more than 100 communities," including Mexico, Jefferson City, Joplin, Warrensburg, St. Joseph, Brunswick, St. Charles County, St. Louis County and Platte County/Parkville in Missouri.
Overall, MAW operates in more than 30 states and parts of Canada.


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Logizomechanophobia: The fear of computers impacts lives
According to Gadgetopia, a geek and gearhead website, a large percentage of the world's population is deathly afraid of computers and their capabilities.
Known by a number of names, the condition's official name is "logizomechanophobia," or "fear of computers." The problem often significantly impacts the quality of life for some individuals.
A Gadgetopia spokesman said that the condition has also been known to cause panic attacks and keep people apart from loved ones and business associates.
Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, nausea and overall feelings of dread, although everyone experiences computer phobia in their own way and may experience different symptoms.
I don't know what the big deal is; I know guys who have worse symptoms when they discover that they're down to their last two beers and the stores are closed.
Nonetheless, fear of computers is a real thing, although the fears generally originate from misinformation and are unwarranted. Those of us who work with computers on a regular basis have an understanding of their capabilities and applications.
Those who perceive computers as mystifying foreign objects, over which they have no control, often resist involvement with computers or anything that is computerized – again because of misconceptions.
A woman in the Midwest actually purchased a microwave oven and called the store as soon as she arrived at home and took it out of the box.
"Where is my computer?" she asked.
"The computer is in the microwave," the clerk replied.
"I am looking in the microwave now, and there is no computer inside," the woman insisted.
Although frustrated, the clerk did his best to explain that the microwave was run by microprocessors that are located behind the buttons on the control panel.
"Whenever you press a button to set the clock, control the power or set the cooking time, you are using the built-in computer," the clerk said.
"The microwave I have now does that," the woman shot back.
"Yes," the clerk agreed. "All microwave ovens are computerized. The computers are singletask microprocessors programmed specifically to run microwave ovens."
"What you're tryin' to tell me is that I can't send e-mail, or shop on the Internet with this computer," the woman said, her annoyance evident in her voice.
"That's correct," the clerk said. "It isn't that kind of computer."
"Then I don't need it. You should tell people that they're not getting a real computer," the woman insisted. The store refunded her money and the woman went away thinking that the merchant was falsely advertising his products.
Ask any appliance dealer and you will hear similar frustrating stories. One clerk said, "If they don't understand that their appliance is run by a built-in computer, they think that 'computerized' means they can run the device with their home computer."
He went on to say that he has had several people who purchased everything from dishwashers to washers, dryers and stoves, call and complain that no instructions were included explaining how to run their appliance from their computer. He said that at first he was dumbfounded and had diffi- culty maintaining his composure to keep from laughing.
"It sounded so absurd, I didn't know what to say," he said. "It didn't dawn on me until it happened several times, that many people, through no fault of their own, have no idea of how computers
work." One man went into a car dealership and said to the salesman, "I've been a mechanic all my life and I like to do the maintenance and work on my cars myself. I want to buy a car that doesn't have any computers. I repair cars, not computers."
The salesman promptly told him to go to an antique car dealer then, because cars have come equipped with at least diagnostic computers for more than a quarter of a century.
The man said, "My wife has a computer. Can't I just hook it up to the car and do the same thing? Why do I have to buy another computer just because the car comes with one? I don't need more than one."
Again, the salesman was rendered speechless.
Fortunately, the number of older people slipping through the cracks who did not participate in the advent of the computer age is dwindling. When your children come home from school excited about computer class, be grateful. Unfortunately, they are being trained to embrace the computer age while they live in a system they can't understand.


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DENVER (AP) - Adam Wainwright pitched effectively into the eighth after a shaky start and helped himself at the plate with three hits as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Wednesday night to expand their lead in the NL Central race.
Wainwright (17-9) gave up two runs in the first and then found his groove to earn his 17th win, second-most in the NL this season.
He went 3 for 3 with a double and two RBIs to help the Cardinals stretch their lead to two games over Pittsburgh after the Pirates lost 3-2 loss to San Diego. St. Louis also reduced its magic number for clinching a playoff spot to three with 10 games to play.
Tyler Chatwood (7-5) allowed four runs in six innings before being lifted for a pinch hitter. Chatwood is rounding back into form after missing nearly a month with an inflamed right elbow.


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A unique name. Most people with this name are fun, pretty, out-going, down to earth, sweet, caring, they have a bubbly personality, and they care more for others than they do prior to themselves. They have a positive out-look on life, and they go out of their way to make someone happy. Most people they posses this name are very talented within the art and acting departments. Overall, people that have the name Asyia, are really happy people with out-standing personalities.
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Sorry, guys– family emergency this weekend = no blogging.
Glad I am not a physician, glad other people are, and nurses are the best people on Planet Earth.
While Im sitting here in the ICU, Id really appreciate some funny videos/links/anything to distract me. Everything is fine (fine-ish?) now, but Im going nuts. Everything is taking longer than the physicians initially said (not for 'bad' reasons, just because shit doesnt always go as planned), and when you combine that with my natural impatience, and my extreme frustration in situations where I cant do anything (Im a doer, not a talker, especially not a sit-and-waiter) I am going fucking nuts.
(might do some posts on genetically manipulating humans to fight HIV-1 and endogenous non-retroviruses in bats just to distract me later)


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|500 Strong: Wabash College in the Civil War
More than 500 Wabash men fought in the Civil War, and on Friday the College and Crawfordsville community gathered to honor those men, commemorate the 150th anniversary of Wabash's involvement in the War, and to celebrate the publication of 500 Strong: Wabash College Students in the Civil War, edited by Professor Jim Barnes and his wife and research associate,Patience Barnes.
One of those 500 strong was Lt. Col. I.C. Elston, pictured here in a daguerrotype given to the College by Gordon Beemer H'96 and which was part of Wabash Archivist Beth Swift's display for the event.


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Rutger Hauer Autographed Great AIDS Ceremony Photo!!
What a strikingly beautiful photo. It shows Rutger during and AIDS Ceremony, wearing his 'AIDS Ribbon' jacket!
This special color photo measures 12" x 8.5" (30 cms x 21 cms) and it is printed on glossy photographic paper.
Rutger has autographed it in permanent light blue ink.
Thank you for your support to Rutger's Starfish!
The Rutger Hauer Starfish Association is the real source for Rutger's autographed items. Fans and autograph collectors can find here the widest choice of original autographed materials, all coming directly from Rutger's own archives:


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Assessing your current level of health is an important first step in learning more about your overall health. Once you have identified your health strengths and weaknesses, you will have the necessary information to plan for healthy lifestyle change. Research tells us that healthy people have greater satisfaction with life and healthy employees are more productive on the job. There is no time like the present to begin to learn more about your overall health!
One way to begin is by completing a health risk appraisal (HRA). HRAs are questionnaires that measure your past, current, and family medical history. Reports generated following completion of an HRA provide useful information on positive health care practices and the areas which need some attention. Group and individual reports will provide initial information about changes that you or your organization might need to make. Taking this type of test provides baseline data for later outcomes measurements.
HRAs may be conducted by your health care provider or another outside organization. One of the easiest sources is the internet where a variety of online assessments are available for your use. A few of sources include:
Many healthcare insurers and benefit plans now offer HRAs to employees covered by their insurance plan. Investigating those available options is another route to pursue.
There will be a section within the report you receive which identifies those areas in which you are doing well and the areas in your life that need more attention. You may receive your results in hard copy or via email depending on the type of assessment you completed. You may want to bring those results to your next health care provider visit, or share them with an internal health resource within your company. Your health care provider and/or company health resource may be able to help you obtain assistance in making lifestyle and/or behavioral changes. Looking carefully at those recommendations, and learning more about each area in the "Topics" section of this website, will give you great information with which to start to make healthy lifestyle changes.
Encouraging your employer to formally establish an assessment process within your worksite is a great way to begin addressing the health of the whole work force. Many associations, organizations and vendors exist which can guide you in establishing that type of program and related services. Some of these may be found via the internet such as the National Wellness Institute and the Wellness Councils of America.
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Paradox Basin Resources is seeking to develop potash resources in an area consisting primarily of private land near the Colorado border and US Highway 191.
The initial area of focus is on approximately 35 square miles of mostly private ground between the Colorado border and Eastland and on both sides of Highway 191.
Dutra told the Chamber members that with the price of potash at $600 per ton, the estimated three billion tons of potash in the area is of significant value.
"We are a year or two from actual production," said Dutra, who added that details of the project are still being developed.
Paradox Basin Resources is part of a joint venture with Cennen to develop the potash, which is used primarily as a fertilizer.
Dutra explained that the process to mine potash has a very low impact on the surface of the ground. Salt water is injected from deep wells 2,000 meters into the potash formations. The resulting slurry is then pumped to the surface and evaporated to extract the potash.
The potash deposits developed when a shallow sea dried up and left deposits 22 separate times. "The potash from these deposits is very high grade," continued Dutra. Dutra said that a salt solution is used and not the fracking liquids that is the focus of some controversy in the oil and gas fields.
Dutra added that the location of the evaporation ponds to extract the potash has not been determined. He added that Paradox Basin Resources is interested in possibly using the Intrepid evaporation ponds at the Intrepid potash operation in San Juan County near Moab.
An Auistralian-operation, K2O, is pursuing permits on BLM and state trust land sections in Dry Valley
Cennen is a Canadian company.


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CLARKE, Robert Lee (April 17, 1922-December 22, 2005)
Robert Lee CLARKE died early Thursday morning of cancer. He was born in Vermilion, Alberta on April 17, 1922 to Harold J. CLARKE and Leonora Opfergelt CLARKE. He was educated in Vermilion, then at the University of Alberta (1939-1943), where he received the Governor General's Medal upon graduating with a Bachelor of Science. He went on to McGill University (1945-1948) to receive a Ph.D. in Physics. He worked at the National Research Council from 1943 to 1945, and Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. from 1948 to 1968. He then joined the Physics Department of Carleton University where he served as department chair in the 1970s. He formally retired in 1987, but continued to work in Medical Physics research as Professor Emeritus, and served on university committees, right up until the month before he died. In addition, he spent many periods of research at the Institute of Cancer Research at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Belmont, Surrey, United Kingdom. He was instrumental in setting up the medical physics research section at Carleton University and assisted in setting up the Ottawa Medical Physics Institute in 1989. On the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Ottawa Medical Physics Institute, the Robert Clarke Graduate Scholarship in Medical Physics was set up. Devoted to Canada and to physics, Bob was a member of the Canadian Association of Physics from the beginning and enjoyed many professional and personal Friendships.
In 1943 he met Vera POWELL at N.R.C. They were colleagues in the Optics Section, and were married in 1945. There are four children: James (Betty LAM,) Gwyneth (Craig LEWIS,) Alan (Madeline WELD,) and Brian (Sandra COONEY.) There are eleven grandchildren: Owen (Carolina IBARRA), Roger (Becci GINDIN) and Edwin CLARKE, Brandon, Denise (Mike BILLY), Eleanor and Anna LEWIS; Ansel and Derwin CLARKE; and Liam and Colleen CLARKE; and three great grand children: Catherine, Reeva, and Mike Billy. Bob will also be remembered by Betty and Lloyd STACKHOUSE, Patricia CLARKE (late Donald), and nephews and nieces. His many Friends enriched and broadened his life.
Bob's interests were wide-ranging. He enjoyed games of tennis, and later squash until early 2005. For many years he flew small airplanes, in the United Kingdom and in Canada. He bicycled around Ottawa and took grandchildren boating on Dow's Lake. He enjoyed concerts at the National Arts Centre, attended Wednesday meetings at Riverside Kiwanis and delivered Meals on Wheels, where his regular Christmas delivery will be missed by many. He travelled extensively in Canada and in the United Kingdom and in many other parts of the world from Nigeria to Japan and places in between.
The family would like to thank Dr. BHIMJI and the staff on A5 at the Ottawa Civic Hospital for their care and compassion.
There will be a Private Family Funeral Service, and a Public Memorial Gathering at Carleton University at a date to be announced. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to the Robert Clarke Graduate Scholarship in Medical Physics, care of Carleton University, or a charity of your choice.
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Apis florea
The dwarf honey bee (or red dwarf honey bee), Apis florea, is one of two species of small, wild honey bees of southern and southeastern Asia. It has a much wider distribution than its sister species, Apis andreniformis.
This species, together with A. andreniformis, is the most plesiomorphic honeybee species alive. Separating roughly about the Bartonian (some 40 Mya or slightly later) from the other lineages, they do not seem to have diverged from each other a long time before the Neogene.[2]
These two species together comprise the subgenus Micrapis, and are the most primitive of the living species of Apis, reflected in their small colony size, and simple nest construction. The exposed single combs are built on branches of shrubs and small trees. The forager bees do not perform a gravity-oriented waggle dance on the vertical face of the comb to recruit nestmates as in the domesticated Apis mellifera and other species. Instead, they perform the dance on the horizontal upper surface where the comb wraps around the supporting branch. The dance is a straight run pointing directly to the source of pollen or nectar the forager has been visiting. In all other Apis species, the comb on which foragers dance is vertical, and the dance is not actually directed towards the food source.
Both the bees were generally identified as Apis florea, and most information still relates to this species prior to the 1990s. However, the distinctiveness of the two species A. florea and A. andreniformis was established unequivocally in the 1990s. A. florea is redder and the first abdomen is always red in an old worker (younger workers are paler in colour, as is the case in giant honey bees); A. andreniformis is in general darker and the first abdomen segment is totally black in old bees.[3]
Aside from their small size, simple exposed nests, and simplified dance language, the lifecycle and behaviour of this species is fairly similar to other species of Apis. Workers of A. florea, like those of the species A. mellifera, also engage in worker policing, a process where nonqueen eggs are removed from the hive.
Queenless A. florea colonies have been observed to merge with nearby queen-right A. florea colonies, suggesting workers are attracted to queen bee pheromones.[4]
The main parasites of both A. andreniformis and A. florea belong to the mite genus Euvarroa. However, A. andreniformis is attacked by the species Euvarroa wongsirii, while Euvarroa sinhai preys on A. florea and colonies of imported A. mellifera. The two species of Euvarroa have morphological and biological differences: while E. wongsirii has a triangular body shape and a length of 47–54 μm, E. sinhai has a more circular shape and a length of 39–40 μm.
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- ^ Maria C. Arias & Walter S. Sheppard (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships of honey bees (Hymenoptera:Apinae:Apini) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37 (1): 25–35. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.02.017. PMID 16182149.
Maria C. Arias & Walter S. Sheppard (2005). "Corrigendum to "Phylogenetic relationships of honey bees (Hymenoptera:Apinae:Apini) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data" [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 37 (2005) 25–35]". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40 (1): 315. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.002.
- ^ Y. R. Wu & B. Kuang (1987). "Two species of small honeybee - a study of the genus Micrapis". Bee World 68: 153–155.
- ^ Wongvilas, S., et al. "Interspecific and conspecific colony mergers in the dwarf honey bees Apis andreniformis and A. florea." Insectes Sociaux 57.3 (2010): 251-255.
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March 3, 2011
Rolling Stone has a new piece on radio host/patriot Alex Jones, casting him as a paranoid, fringe conspiracy theorist who attracts lunatics in Hollywood and across the land. It is not a total hit job, though. Alex gets to speak his mind, and the writer lays out the history of Alex's rise into the mainstream pretty well, but like other media portrayals of Alex, the buzzwords "conspiracy theory" and "paranoid" are used, almost automatically, to describe Alex's special brand of populist-constitutionalist political speech. Salon's Alex Pareene called Alex an "all-American nut-job," on March 1st, saying that he is "about as fringe a character as exists in our politics."
But Alex is not fringe at all. He is attracting an army of listeners because he speaks common sense facts, and doesn't play the false left-right game like Glenn Beck and so many other clowns on television. Instead of blaming republicans or democrats for the problems in America, Alex is attacking both, as well as the American ruling elite, the political-corporate-financial traitors on Wall Street and Congress, and the global ruling elite.
And Alex is catching on because he is telling the truth. The new mainstream view is that the United States has a shadow government which spies on the American people, commits terrorist attacks in America (9/11), starts fake wars for resources and imperial control, and wants to destroy America's constitutional republic in order to establish a dictatorial global government upon its ruins.
Anybody who sincerely researches the topics that Alex covers on a daily basis comes to the conclusion very quickly that Alex is far from a paranoid nut-job. Alex Jones is in fact an American hero. Barack Obama talks about hope on the campaign trail, but Alex's voice represents hope. He is a modern-day American pioneer and revolutionary, leading the American political awakening. He is the heart and soul of the movement to expose the real criminals behind the 9/11 attacks, and bring them to justice.
I and others have written about America's political awakening, and the larger global political awakening. Here is what I wrote a few months ago:
It says a lot about the state of American democracy that the country is confronting the same issues of government secrecy and official deception today that it did forty years ago. But although reality has remained the same, public perception about government lying and trickery has changed. A massive political awakening is occurring in America, and it is similar to past political awakenings in other countries that also suffered under a system of authoritarian propaganda and government treachery for a prolonged period of time. The difference this time is that the awakening is happening around the world.
Indeed, the nature of America's political awakening is beyond anything else seen before in history. Its political ramifications are huge, and we are only beginning to realize them. Three things stand out in particular, 1) the global scope of the awakening due to America's cultural dominance around the world, 2) the incredible acceleration of the awakening, and, 3) the eventual impact the awakening will have on the development of mankind and human civilization. What makes it a truly historical awakening is its size, and the fact that it can't be manipulated or diverted by the ruling elite. It is a totally organic and independent process, and it is causing the evolution of politics and modern democracy.
Without the internet this awakening would've been restricted to the fringes of American and global society. The truth about the September 11 terrorist attacks, and false-flag terrorism in general would have never seen the light of day if it was not for the opening of the public airwaves that is symbolized by the free and open nature of the internet. Political leaders around the world, whether in Iran, China, Russia, Europe, Australia, Canada, or America, are scared about the fact that for the first time in history a real and vibrant press which the internet represents can help regulate the actions and aims of governments. The days of government deception and the manipulation of public perception are over.
Alex and millions of others in America and around the globe aren't paranoid, but conscious and knowledgeable of the fact that America was taken over by a cabal of anti-democratic tricksters and murderers. And this corporate-military take over of America goes back to the assassination of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. They were the voices of hope and freedom in their era, but they were assassinated by America's cunning ruling elite who control the CIA, FBI, and the entire state apparatus.
"Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts," said William S. Burroughs. Alex is talking about facts, and exposing the ugly substance of modern political reality in the United States. He is using his voice and media platform to wake people up to the truth that America and the West is under financial-corporatist-police state tyranny, not filling people's minds with conspiracy-laden jargon as he is being accused of by Rolling Stone and other media publications. He deserves to be recognized for the titan of truth and liberty that he is, not demeaned as a conspiracy theorist and paranoid freak. As I said in America's Political Awakening:
"In the two years since Barack Obama stepped into office the political awakening has kept pace. The popularity of Jesse Ventura's truTV show conspiracy Theory, and Alex Jones's two documentaries, The Obama Deception, and Fall of The Republic, as well as other revelatory documentaries like Charles Ferguson's Inside Job, are an indication of the American public's appetite for the truth, however ugly it may be. People inherently know that a country can only be ruined by lies, not governed by them. Anybody that defends lies, or ridicules the truth for whatever reasons, is naturally an enemy of freedom, peace, and justice."
In reaction to the new Rolling Stone piece about him, Alex said on his broadcast on March 2nd, 2011:
The reason this radio broadcast and my videos, and the other media systems we use are rising so fast is because we've got our finger on the pulse of the world. And we know the globalists inside and out, and we understand their program. And yes it's shocking, it's frightening to know all of this is happening, but it's better to be able to know the threat is coming and meet it, and face it down.
The plan to establish an authoritarian global government by the global elite is very real. The globalist financiers and their cadre of supporters defend the idea of an authoritarian global government because they believe that globally centralized institutions will be able to address all the problems that our age faces, but many of us know better. Tyranny is not a solution to mankind's ills. Look at what happened in Germany and Russia in the last century. Those countries were ruined because people looked away as their government assumed total control of their societies. Many people even cheered the government's goons on as they killed, and enslaved dissidents, and other marginalized groups in society.
America faces complete national breakdown and a globalist takeover if the American people do not cast out the war criminals, traitors, and control freaks in their government. In fact, the whole West is facing such a fate.
Freedom or slavery: Which path will we choose? What kind of society do we want to live in? What type of government do we want to live under? These are questions that the people of North America and Western Europe must face now. What's happening in the Arab world need not concern us. We have our own problems and questions to resolve. Do we want a global authoritarian government that rules by terror, propaganda, and lies, or local, decentralized, transparent, and democratic governments?
This is not a time for meek and spineless men. In another lifetime I would be happy to hold my peace, and stay at home. My personality fits that way of life. But these are challenging times. We must speak up and use our voices to bring change. Humanity is at a crossroads. This is make or break time. We can decide if freedom lives forever or dies forever as this crisis unfolds. Will we carry on tradition and make sure freedom survives in the West? Or will we mindlessly deny the truth about 9/11, the financial collapse, the construction of a global government, and other issues?
We should be grateful that Alex is awakening millions of people every day to the stomach-turning truths of our age. His star will continue to rise, and deservedly so, because he is an authentic voice of truth, justice, and freedom.
"In a nation run by swine," said Hunter S. Thompson, "all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: Not necessarily to Win, but mainly to keep from Losing Completely." If Hunter S. Thompson were alive and wrote a profile of Alex Jones for Rolling Stone he would not cast Alex as paranoid and crazy, but agree with him on almost every point because he too had his "finger on the pulse of the world."
Alex Jones is more of a journalist than Tom Brokaw, or any other media figurehead. He tells the truth boldly, and lays out the facts. Isn't that the job of a journalist? True, he's not objective about it. His goal is to free America from the tyrants and traitors who currently control the country. So he's not a traditional journalist. But traditional journalists are the ones who mindlessly repeat to the public the government lie that 9/11 was done by Al-Qaeda, which is why nobody listens to traditional journalists anymore. Alex is a muckraking journalist. A trailblazing journalist. Those are the type of journalists who change public opinion and reform societies. As H.S.T. said:
If you consider the great journalists in history, you don't see too many objective journalists on that list. H. L. Mencken was not objective. Mike Royko, who just died. I. F. Stone was not objective. Mark Twain was not objective. I don't quite understand this worship of objectivity in journalism. Now, just flat-out lying is different from being subjective.


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Ted Siefer's City Hall: A dust-up over Common Core, and kudos to custodiansBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 30. 2013 8:40PM
The city's decision to create Manchester Academic Standards has been viewed both as a bold rejection of Common Core and a validation of the learning benchmarks, which have been the subject of fierce debate across the state and the nation.
In fact, there's quite a difference of opinion on this question within the Manchester Board of School Committee itself, and that was made clear at Monday's meeting.
It began with a somewhat cryptic statement from MayorTed Gatsas about how he's heard talk that the Manchester Academic Standards are really just Common Core by another name.
"I'm hearing some people are talking, in a tongue-in-cheek way, about Common Core, that what's coming forward is just a wolf in sheep's clothing. I know and I believe ... that Common Core isn't going to have anything to do with this (the Manchester Academic Standards), except as a base," he said, adding, "If you know who you are, you can chime in."
Chime in she did. Gatsas was referring to at-large school board member Kathy Staub and her recent appearance on the local cable access show "Progress Report," hosted by Bob Backus, who also had as a guest fellow Democratic state Rep. Mary Stuart Gile, the chairman of the House Education Committee.
"What I said was Common Core standards would serve as a jumping-off point. They're limited to (English language arts) and math. The Manchester Academic Standards would include other things, like arts, science and social studies," Staub said. "I personally think some of the (Common Core) things, like teaching second-graders what a verb is, is good regardless of what you call it."
Later, Staub told me she wasn't sure why Gatsas called her out publicly for expressing her views, which often diverge from those of the mayor.
"I just want our teachers to be able get back to work," she said, while adding (jokingly), "Maybe he was mad at me because I got more votes than him."
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A group of school employees who are often overlooked got some love last week, or at least their employer did. Aramark, the district's custodial contractor, was recognized at Monday's school board meeting for being the first company to step up to support the newly unveiled STEAM Ahead program at West High.
Gatsas hailed the company's $62,500 donation, which will be made over three years. "This is how public-private partnerships come together, and they're coming together for the students," he said.
It so happened that the next day, Aramark's new contract was up for a vote at the Building and Sites Committee.
There was more good news in the contract, as Facilities Manager Kevin O'Maley explained to the committee.
Its cost would essentially hold steady for the next three years, going down slightly next year, and up 1 percent in 2016. The current contract costs about $4.3 million, O'Maley said. In addition, the company would undertake a facilities assessment, which O'Maley has long sought, and it would invest an additional $100,000 in new cleaning equipment and technology.
Ward 10 board member John Avard praised Aramark's work. "I was proud to lead tours through the schools; they're clean, and every principal has had praise for them.
"The more money we save on any of these line items, the more we can put into the classroom," he said.
Ward 9's Art Beaudry also had kind words for Aramark - and he insisted it had nothing to do with the STEAM donation. "I'm more concerned with what's going on in the buildings; I want to thank Aramark and the employees for their good work," he said.
One wonders whether all the praise for Aramark will prompt district officials to take a second look at outsourcing its food service to the company, as it had a couple of years ago. After all, with the latest outcry over students ditching meals just to get a carton of milk, the current operation hasn't exactly been basking in good press.
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Hopefully, their Thanksgiving meals have been well-digested because the aldermen have a full plate of meetings this week, and there are some potentially upsetting topics on the agendas.
The Committee on Public Safety on Monday will take up the proposal to hire more police officers, which emerged during the election amid rising concerns over crime.
And the full board meeting on Tuesday could offer the latest installment in the feud between Ward 10 Alderman Phil Greazzo and Alderman-At-Large Joe Kelly Levasseur.
You may recall that at the last aldermen's meeting, Greazzo invoked a section of the charter to have the mayor review his allegation that Levasseur had improperly disclosed confidential information - and he later expanded the list of alleged charter violations.
A member of Gatsas' staff had proposed possible dates for a meeting last week. Greazzo indicated he would be available to meet at the mayor's convenience, while Levasseur wrote that he would "be good" in January. By then, of course, Greazzo, who lost his bid for reelection, will no longer be on the board.
Levasseur has also said he has no intention of submitting to the review and letting the mayor be the judge of his actions.
In any case, Gatsas is now referring the matter, as per the charter, to the city solicitor. "I have requested that a review be completed in a timely manner and prior to a new board being seated," he wrote in a letter to the board.
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A day earlier, angry protesters had blocked buses carrying immigrant detainees from reaching a Border Patrol processing facility here.
On Wednesday, while the rancor in Murrieta had eased, some remained adamant that they would fight any attempts to settle, even temporarily, young immigrants and their guardians from Central America who crossed the border illegally.
And officials and townspeople in Riverside County and elsewhere in border states wrestled with the correct response to the arrival of those immigrants and the backlash it has created.
Carol Schlaepfer, an activist from Pomona who helped block the buses Tuesday in downtown Murrieta, said she and others will...