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We feel impatient with Royal Academy stuff of that sort because really the makers of it ought to have learned by this time that a copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned thing is ample.—Rebecca West, "The Strange Necessity" (1928?)
Sunday, January 29, 2012
If not excessive.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Just a quiet place to get a little work done
Is that, as the Mirror claims, Hitler's study in his private apartment? Or is it his study in the Reich Chancellery?
Trick question: he lived in the Chancellery.
But I'm not buying that this was in his "private apartment." IIRC, Hitler liked to receive visitors in this huge space, which suggests it was quasi-official. (400 square meters, says Wikipedia.)
Anyway, cool to have a color photograph; click through for a couple of color shots of the old bastard himself.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Dickinson v. Dickinson
While I do think it is appropriate – indeed, prudent – for this Court to carefully consider a governmental agency's application and understanding of an ambiguous statute, that is as far as it goes. Taking an agency's interpretation into account – even giving it great weight – is one thing; but deferring to the agency's interpretation is quite another.Hon. Jess Dickinson, 2008, in Hill Brothers Construction Co. v. Miss. Dep't of Transportation, 42 So. 3d 497:
And as for this Court deferring to the Commissioner's interpretation of the statute, I can think of no more dangerous perversion of our system of government than to say that the executive branch of government should interpret its own powers. Next thing you know, we'll be deferring to our law enforcement agencies' interpretation of the Fourth Amendment.
This Court has held that the "interpretation given [a] statute by the agency chosen to administer it should be accorded deference." Williams v. Puckett, 624 So. 2d 496, 499 (Miss. 1993) (citing Gill v. Mississippi Dep't of Wildlife Conservation, 574 So. 2d 586, 593 (Miss. 1990)).... This is not the first time we have found Presiding Justice Dickinson to be of interest on standards of review.
Frankly, I'm surprised she even appears on film
EN BANCHaving had my own appellate-record adventures with that office, I welcome this move, while anticipating that little or nothing will change as a result.
T. Jackson Lyons & Associates, P. A. v. Precious T. Martin, Sr. & Associates, PLLC; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-10-140; Ruling Date: 12/09/2010; Ruling Judge: S. Harrison; Disposition: The "Motion to Compel Circuit Clerk to Transmit Complete Record and to Stay Briefing Schedule" and the "Appellant's Response to Circuit Court's Findings on Remand and Motion for Further Remedial Relief" filed by T. Jackson Lyons & Associates, P.A., are granted in part and dismissed as moot in part as discussed herein.
On or before March 20, 2012, Honorable Tomie T. Green, Circuit Judge for the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, shall calculate and impose the sanctions against the circuit clerk for her failure to comply with Rules 10 and 11 of the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure. This amount shall be paid by Dunn personally and shall not be paid from an account containing public funds.
Barbara Dunn immediately shall provide adequate training and education for all of the employees in the office of the Circuit Clerk of Hinds County, Mississippi, as provided herein. The circuit court shall conduct an additional hearing to determine whether Wells falsely testified and, if so, take appropriate action. The Clerk of this Court shall send copies of this order to Barbara Dunn, Circuit Clerk of Hinds County, as well as her employee, Loretta Wells.
The Clerk of this Court shall spread this order upon the minutes of the Court and shall forward a true certified copy hereof to West Publishing Company for publication as soon as practical in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter, Third Series (Mississippi Edition). Waller, C.J., not participating. Order entered.
Possibly Dunn's best ploy is to sue for ADA relief, on the grounds that she suffers the disability of being one of the Un-Dead and is thus hampered in her ability to supervise the clerk's office during normal business hours.
And there was that near-fatal accident when some new employee forgot to draw all the shades:
That was a close one.
... Proof of Dunn's vampiric state! According to the Clarion-Ledger in 2004, Dunn had "413/4 years" of state service. That adds up to 110 years as of now, not even counting her lifespan before entering state service.
I mean, what's more likely: that she's a vampire, or that the Clarion-Ledger would print a typographical error?
... More photographic evidence:
Is she hypnotizing Judge Gowan with her mesmeric stare?
Professor Gingrich
Yes, invading an American country and installing a puppet emperor might strike some dispassionate minds as an "overt violation of the Monroe Doctrine."[Quoting: Gingrich] vowed to keep Iranian bases out of the region [i.e., Venezuela], averting the potential "first overt violation of the Monroe Doctrine since the 1820s."The foreign policy ideas are bad enough, but Gingrich couldn't resist making what sounded like a learned historical reference that was complete nonsense. There were already some perceived violations of the Monroe Doctrine in the 19th century, including the French invasion of Mexico, and the Venezuelan boundary dispute of 1895-96.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Theophrastus on brief-writing
He used to say that it was better to trust to a horse without a bridle than to a discourse without arrangement.—Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
Monday, January 23, 2012
Padilla appeal bounced - no remedy when the feds invoke spoooooky security issues
The short of Judge Wilkinson's analysis is encapsulated within the following two passages:So one might've thought.
Special factors do counsel judicial hesitation in implying causes of action for enemy combatants held in military detention. First, the Constitution delegates authority over military affairs to Congress and to the President as Commander in Chief. It contemplates no comparable role for the judiciary. Second, judicial review of military decisions would stray from the traditional subjects of judicial competence. Litigation of the sort proposed thus risks impingement on explicit constitutional assignments of responsibility to the coordinate branches of our government. Together, the grant of affirmative powers to Congress and the Executive in the first two Articles of our founding document suggest some measure of caution on the part of the Third Branch. . . . When, as here, these two branches exercise their military responsibilities in concert –- Congress by enacting the AUMF and the President by detaining Padilla pursuant thereto—the need to hesitate before using Bivens actions to stake out a role for the judicial branch seems clear.
In other words, once Congress triggers the use of military force, Bivens should not generally be available if government officers violate the rights of U.S. citizens while ostensibly acting under such authorization. And if that logic wasn't clear enough, Judge Wilkinson concludes:
Padilla's complaint seeks quite candidly to have the judiciary review and disapprove sensitive military decisions made after extensive deliberations within the executive branch as to what the law permitted, what national security required, and how best to reconcile competing values. It takes little enough imagination to understand that a judicially devised damages action would expose past executive deliberations affecting sensitive matters of national security to the prospect of searching judicial scrutiny. It would affect future discussions as well, shadowed as they might be by the though that those involved would face prolonged civil litigation and potential personal liability.
I've written before about why this line of reasoning is utterly incoherent in the context of whether to infer a Bivens remedy, since these are the very issues that are usually resolved through application of either the state secrets privilege or the qualified immunity defense. Indeed, this was the logic behind the dissents by Judges Sack and Calabresi in the en banc Second Circuit's decision in Arar, only here, we have alleged mistreatment of U.S. citizens within the territorial United States…
Thus, to hold, as the Fourth Circuit does, that these factors categorically cut against the availability of a Bivens remedy is to forswear any Bivens claim challenging any governmental abuses committed in the name of protecting national security, even those in cases in which state secrets or qualified immunity would not bar relief – that is, cases in which there is no realistic potential for the disclosure of classified national security information and it is clear that what the government officers did was unlawful at the time of their conduct. Whether or not that was true in Padilla's case, this is a disturbing result going forward. In my view, at least, we should want government officials to worry that their mistreatment of detainees while in custody (especially U.S. citizens held without charges) might subject them to legal liability.
... Also via Lawfare: CIA officer John Kiriakou is indicted for "leaking classified to a journalist concerning interrogation at GTMO, including the identity of persons involved in interrogation sessions." Yes, this is the same Kiriakou who talked to ABC about waterboarding.
Another illustration that Obama cares nothing about prosecuting torture and war crimes, but oodles about prosecuting leakers.
... Kiriakou allegedly was a source for this NYT article that exposed the name of a CIA interrogator, Deuce Martinez (no, not an Elmore Leonard character). We noted Mr. Martinez, now employed with the pseudo-experts Mitchell & Jessen, a while back.
MS Republicans act out their own stereotype
And yes, as it turns out, that does seem to be the plan.
Legislative budget writers want to slash the state general fund appropriation for the state Department of Health to $20.7 million - the lowest level it has seen since 1990, when it received $20.3 million. * * *TBA is not well informed as to the merits of this proposed cut, but we're amused that the Republicans' self-image matches up so precisely with their stereotype.
In fiscal 2010, the Health Department received about $29 million in state funding - less than a tenth of the $325 million that Alabama has for its state public health budget.
(Note that, because the story is by Pulitzer-Prise-winning super-journalist Jerry Mitchell, it's about as clear as mud. The above quote contrasts "$29 million in state funding" with "the $325 million that Alabama has for its state public health budget"; but Mitchell also writes that, due to federal matching funds and who knows what other sources, MSDH actually has a "$351 million budget." So is the Alabama number properly compared to the general-fund appropriation, or to the total MSDH budget?)
Thirteenth Amendment not "flexible" enough, says Apple
Apple's executives believe the vast scale of overseas factories as well as the flexibility, diligence and industrial skills of foreign workers have so outpaced their American counterparts that "Made in the U.S.A." is no longer a viable option for most Apple products. * * *Not since some decades ago, anyway.
Apple executives say that going overseas, at this point, is their only option. One former executive described how the company relied upon a Chinese factory to revamp iPhone manufacturing just weeks before the device was due on shelves. Apple had redesigned the iPhone's screen at the last minute, forcing an assembly line overhaul. New screens began arriving at the plant near midnight.
A foreman immediately roused 8,000 workers inside the company's dormitories, according to the executive. Each employee was given a biscuit and a cup of tea, guided to a workstation and within half an hour started a 12-hour shift fitting glass screens into beveled frames. Within 96 hours, the plant was producing over 10,000 iPhones a day.
"The speed and flexibility is breathtaking," the executive said. "There's no American plant that can match that."
Some other points in the article bear thought: America needs more engineers, and the Chinese government subsidizes costs for many industries. But the bottom line seems to be that with armies of indentured laborers, China makes it possible for Apple to make last-minute decisions (having insufficiently thought out its product) and still get its product out on time.
Read the whole article; it's also discussed at TNR (which latched onto the same quote I found so remarkable).
Crank call?
I received a telephone call one day at the graduate college at Princeton from Professor Wheeler, in which he said, "Feynman, I know why all electrons have the same charge and the same mass." "Why?" "Because, they are all the same electron!"From a discussion of this "one electron" theory.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Philbin to Phins
Hard to say the team could've done any better. The hope is that Matt Flynn will follow him, tho I'm sure the competition for Aaron Rodgers' understudy will be fierce.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Ta-Nahesi Coates misses the point
As I've said before, I think filming The Great Gatsby in 3-D is a pretty bad idea ....Thus says TNC, whose post however goes on to reveal that the person whose bad idea that was is the film's director ... Baz Luhrman.
You want to hear a REALLY bad idea? Baz Luhrman filming The Great Gatsby.
Things I do not understand
You can do all those things, but is it a good idea to run for president in that case?
Now, is this comparable?
Although it is not apparent on his financial disclosure form, Mitt Romney has millions of dollars of his personal wealth in investment funds set up in the Cayman Islands, a notorious Caribbean tax haven.Sure, a tax shelter in another country is legal. But isn't it a trifle sleazy? Less than completely patriotic? Getting away with everything you can?
Or is that just me?
... In comments, veteran commenter Ugh is skeptical that there's any savings to the Cayman funds. Political Wire now links to a WSJ (!) story saying Romney is indeed deriving a tax advantage.
As with any such story, there are two unrelated questions: is it true, and who's pursuing their advantage by arranging to promulgate this story?
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Scotland Yard: U.S. tortured British subject
The British government admitted today that a terrorist suspect whose case has drawn international attention was interrogated by U.S. officials and tortured during the two years he was held in Morocco.More here. N.b. that the Brits participated by supplying the U.S. with "information about Mohamed" and suggested questions to ask, but the investigation found "insufficient evidence" to charge any British spooks with a crime. Funny how that happens.
The findings, resulting from an investigation by England's highest criminal prosecution agency, contradict the obfuscation, stonewalling, and denials by American officials about the case of the suspect, Binyam Mohamed.
At one point, the Obama Administration threatened to cut off intelligence sharing with the UK if a British court ordered the release of classified documents in the case.
Mohamed was picked up in Pakistan in 2002, and U.S. officials alleged that he had undergone training at al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and was preparing to detonate a "dirty bomb" in the United States.
After 18 months of interrogation in Pakistan, the CIA secretly transported him to Morocco as part of the Bush Administration's "extraordinary rendition program," according to Mohamed's lawyers, a claim that appears to be corroborated by the flight records of the CIA-chartered planes. He was later taken to Guantanamo.
The CIA has never admitted that Mohamed, an Ethiopian-born British citizen, was ever held in Morocco, and has routinely denied all allegations of torture.
An American military lawyer who represented Mohamed has said that the torture he endured makes waterboarding "look like child's play."
While being interrogated, Mohamed was hanged from a wall with his feet unable to reach the floor, according to his lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith, director of Reprieve, a London-based human rights non-profit. Then, naked women were paraded before him.
On more than one occasion, Mohamed says, men in black masks and military trousers made cuts on his chest and genitals with a razor.
At one point, a woman in the group who spoke with an American accent arrived. She took pictures of his wounds, Mohamed told his lawyer.
This just in
Rick Perry said in Monday's South Carolina debate that Turkey may have been taken over by "Islamic terrorists" based on their ruling Islamic party. The answer came in response to a question over whether Turkey should remain a NATO ally, which Perry said was a conversation worth having.You can read here about Turkey's "Islamic terrorist" ruling party, which has been working to bring Turkey into the European Union ... because that's their terrorist plot! And here about their prime minister and his achievements while in office ... which are suspicious for their utter concealment of his terrorist agenda!
"Obviously when you have a country that is being ruled by what many would perceive to be Islamic terrorists, when you start seeing that type of activity against their own citizens, then, yes," he said.
"Not only is it time for us to have a conversation about whether or not they belong…but it's time for the United states, we look at their foreign aid, to go to zero with it."
... The Turks retort. Money shot: "Indeed, Turkey is a strong and growing trading partner with the U.S. in general, and with Texas in particular, creating thousands of jobs throughout that state." Why is Texas providing material support to terrorism?
Also, Larison looks briefly at how Turkey became safe for GOP candidates to demonize.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Dep't of Ewwwwwwww
Mrs. Santorum, 51, apparently wasn't always committed to the cause. In fact, her live-in partner through most of her 20s was Tom Allen, a Pittsburgh obstetrician and abortion provider 40 years older than she, who remains an outspoken crusader for reproductive rights and liberal ideals. Dr. Allen has known Mrs. Santorum, born Karen Garver, her entire life: he delivered her in 1960.TBA goes on record as favoring the outlawing of sexual relationships between doctors and the people they actually delivered. Because some things are just wrong.
... Bunny Garnett wasn't quite as bad, but close:
He was present at the birth of Grant's daughter, Angelica (by Vanessa Bell, and accepted by her husband Clive Bell), on 25 December 1918, and wrote to a friend shortly afterwards, "I think of marrying it. When she is 20, I shall be 46 – will it be scandalous?". When Angelica was in her early twenties, they did marry (on 8 May 1942), to the horror of her parents.Then again, Garnett had also been Duncan Grant's lover.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Wow. Just wow.
(And both Packer TDs enabled by bogus calls. Scott Lemieux catches that Bill
... I think the Giants can beat the Pats. I'm not sure they can beat the 49ers. And today's Ravens have as much chance against the Pats as Tebow and the Broncos did last night. But Flacco is kinda random: on a good day, with a good defensive effort, they could startle the Patriots.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Seventh Circuit takes judicial notice of Bob Marley's dreads
Judge Posner got all pictorial on us last year as well. This time, no one's feelings are likely to be hurt by the picture. Which, btw, is not an early hit on Google Images. Maybe it's from Posner's personal collection?
Thursday, January 12, 2012
When is a publication a publication - and whom does one ask?
NMC has been all over this, and reports that Jim Hood has obtained a TRO on the basis that some of the pardons may not've complied with Section 124 of the state constitution, which requires 30 days' notice via newspaper publication prior to a pardon's issuing.
Not at all my area of the law, but Justice Ethridge's dissent in State ex rel. Boone v. Metts, 125 Miss. 819 (1921), bears quotation:
For instance, he is limited in granting a pardon to such cases as where publications have been made for thirty days in a newspaper of the county, but his decision as to whether the publication was made is not open to judicial review.Ethridge - one of the more respected justices of his day - makes this statement without citation, as if it were too obvious to need support. I don't see where the majority disagrees.
What kind of limit Section 124 sets, if the governor is himself the judge of whether the limit doesn't apply, is a question I wish I could ask Justice Ethridge; but given the paucity of law on the subject, it seems worth mentioning.
Just holy enough to fire.
The Synod classifies teachers into two categories:"called" and "lay." "Called" teachers are regarded as having been called to their vocation by God through a congregation. To be eligible to receive a call from a congregation, a teacher must satisfy certain academic requirements. One way of doing so is by completing a "colloquy" program at a Lutheran college or university. The program requires candidates to take eight courses of theological study, obtain the endorsement of their local Synod district, and pass an oral examination by a faculty committee. A teacher who meets these requirements maybe called by a congregation. Once called, a teacher receives the formal title "Minister of Religion, Commissioned."Unmentioned in the opinion is that the Missouri Synod, which operates Hosanna-Tabor, does not believe women can be ordained as pastors.
But, hey! if labeling female teachers as "called" helps the church evade federal antidiscrimination law, then surely Jesus approves!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Great moments in oral argument
Roberts jumps in to add, "People who want to expose their children to broadcasts where these words are used, there are 800 channels where they can go for that. All we are asking for ..." he stops himself. "What the government is asking for, is a few channels where you can say they are not going to hear the S-word, the F-word. They are not going to see nudity."Dahlia Lithwick.
Best review ever?
You may decide for yourself; if you are lucky, I think, you will be able to decide without seeing the movie.
Personally, the best movie review I've ever read is this one. But then, I actually had to take my kid to see Transformers 2, so I had a lot of mental trauma to heal.
Annals of faint appellate praise
The conflict of punitive damages law perceived by the chancellor was a false one. However, he cured his mistake by torturing the choice of law rules to yield the same result.Valley Forge Ins. Co. v. Strickland, 620 So. 2d 535, 539 (Miss. 1993).
One must live and write restlessly, with the help of the new reserves that life offers. I am weary of this notion of faithfulness to a point of view at all cost. Life around us is ever changing, and I believe that one should try to change one's slant accordingly - at least once every ten years. The great heroic devotion to one point of view is very alien to me - it's a lack of humility.-- Boris Pasternak, interviewed by the Paris Review
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The appellate equivalent of three and out
The only slightly remarkable thing is that it was 8-1 not 9-0, but Justice Thomas could not bring himself to vote to reverse. The op by Roberts makes short work (barely 4 pages) of that:
The State and the dissent advance various reasons why the jury might have discounted Boatner's undisclosed statements. They stress, for example, that Boatner made other remarks on the night of the murder indicating that he could identify the first gunman to enter the house, but not the others. That merely leaves us to speculate about which of Boatner's contradictory declarations the jury would have believed. The State also contends that Boatner's statements made five days after the crime can be explained by fear of retaliation. Smith responds that the record contains no evidence of any such fear. Again, the State's argument offers a reason that the jury could have disbelieved Boatner's undisclosed statements, but gives us no confidence that it would have done so.
Monday, January 09, 2012
Scene from the Superdome
Takin' it home to Tuscaloosa.
... First ever shutout in a BCS bowl, let alone championship. Okla. State # 2?
I didn't think it could get less exciting than their last game. I was wrong.
Big fuckin' deals!
From "Osaka's Shinsaibashi Shopping Street." Language Log, via Volokhia.
Déjà vu all over again
(H/t J.L.)
Saturday, January 07, 2012
What is this Lion doing?
Poppies and cornflowers
Before a cornfield he said:And here is "Poppies in October" from Plath's Ariel, a poem she wrote the same day as "Ariel" itself:
The fabled fidelity of cornflowers
is a fine motif for women painters,
but I prefer the profound opera of the poppy.
It makes you think of blood clots and menstruation.
Of suffering, spitting up, going hungry, kicking the bucket—
in short: of the murky path of man.
Even the sun-clouds this morning cannot manage such skirts.Leaving aside the evident appeal that Benn ("brutal honesty of an unprecedented perception," said Walter Kaufmann of his work) would have for Plath, I am not buying an accidental juxtaposition of poppies and cornflowers in her poem. I'm pretty sure she had at least a reading knowledge of German. And that stunning image of the woman in the ambulance is comparable to some of Benn's early poems about his morgue work.
Nor the woman in the ambulance
Whose red heart blooms through her coat so astoundingly —
A gift, a love gift
Utterly unasked for
By a sky
Palely and flamily
Igniting its carbon monoxides, by eyes
Dulled to a halt under bowlers.
O my God, what am I
That these late mouths should cry open
In a forest of frost, in a dawn of cornflowers?
The preference for poppies over cornflowers is evident in both poems; Benn spells out what they represent, which is less explicit in Plath's poem, where the hue and emotion of the poppies is contrasted with a dullness of both color and soul. To the extent that Benn's poem echoes in Plath's, there's her rejection of being a "mere" woman artist in favor of the male "path" (tho how Benn appropriates menstruation for men is a great mystery indeed).
The temporal juxtaposition to "Ariel" fits into that male/female tension:
And IAs often noted, this passage "rhymes" with the part of The Bell Jar where Buddy's mother says "What a man is is an arrow into the future and what a woman is is the place the arrow shoots off from," and Esther thinks to herself that she wants to be the arrow instead.
Am the arrow,
The dew that flies
Suicidal, at one with the drive
Into the red
Eye, the cauldron of morning.
(Wikiquote reminds me of another poppy passage, also in The Bell Jar:
When they asked some old Roman philosopher or other how he wanted to die, he said he would open his veins in a warm bath. I thought it would be easy, lying in the tub and seeing the redness flower from my wrists, flush after flush through the clear water, till I sank to sleep under a surface gaudy as poppies.Plath finished The Bell Jar in August 1961 and wrote "Ariel" and "Poppies in October" in 1962; she reuses lots of images in her poetry and prose in this time, a reminder of how short her active career was.)
Corporations are people too, if you don't know how to read
Justinian: So if you have more corporations in your state, you get more representatives in the legislature?More at the link, including the "invisible ink" theory of legislative intent.
John of Salisbury: No, no, no! "Persons" in Section 2 refers only to human beings...
Edward Coke: And "persons" at the start of Section 1 refers only to human beings...
John of Salisbury: Only "persons" at the end of Section 1 refers to legal persons, i.e. corporations, as well as human beings...
Friday, January 06, 2012
The GOP: Looking out for the 1%
Okay, I lied. You weren't surprised at all, were you? But really, I *was* surprised: tax rates *decline* for millionaires as compared to those eking it out on $200K or $500K a year? Pretty egregious.
As Drum notes, Romney's plan lamentably fails: it's not generous towards the lower/middle classes, while coming nowhere near the giveaways to Mr. Moneybags offered by his rivals. But since he's Romney, I'm sure he will have another position to offer.
Talk to the sock puppet
In the linked post, his thesis is that Marilyn Monroe's sexuality is some sort of secret that's been covered up. No, not like "she's a lesbian" sexuality; I mean as in being sexy, liking sex, etc. No really, that's his point. Yes, that Marilyn Monroe.
For fun, you can look at the comments and try to guess which Siegel posted himself. "A truly fascinating piece. Thought provoking and unexpected in many ways"? But probably not this one: "Wow. Lee Siegel, the first writer to notice that Marilyn Monroe was sexy."
(My comment drawing readers' attention to the Reason story linked above did not meet the high standards set by the NYRB's moderator.)
... I'd forgotten this great ObWi post by Hilzoy, which casts some light on Siegel's erotic daydreaming about Monroe: a relatively healthy obsession, by comparison.
There's a sort of low moan that goes up periodically from the English departments at colleges and universities across the country over the fact that most students, even the good ones, can't write a lick - not a love letter or a suicide note, much less an essay or a term paper. It's nothing new, but according to the teachers who have to read this crap for a living, the further we get into the computer era the worse it's becoming. So at places like Harvard and Yale and Brown, they're holding faculty conferences to hash the problem through; they're designing bonehead writing courses and setting up special peer-group tutoring problems in an all-out, last-ditch effort to ensure that their graduates will at least be able to fill out applications for day labor without embarrassing themselves.As the Datsun reference indicates, this first appeared in the 1980s, in Playboy as I recall.
They haven't gone so far as to suggest that a student be required to write, say, one short coherent paragraph in order to graduate, but there are signs that they're getting a little desperate. For one thing, they're hiring more and more writers, and I don't mean just the cocktail-party lions of big fiction, either. They're actually cleaning out the mop closets to make office space for journalists and other freelance grubs who have spent most of their careers below decks, sweating and wiping the greasy pipes in the engine room of the profession.
Somehow, I haven't been asked. I am qualified, though; at it almost 20 years with nothing to show except a world-class alcohol/tobacco habit, debt that follows me like a huge pet rat and a small, used Olivetti with a leatherette case. Credentials, in other words. And I know some things about writing that others are not likely to tell you; ugly things. I think I could cram most of them into the first lecture, which, given the size of the problem, would probably have to be held in a fairly large room. If I did it right, though - if I were honest with my students - I think we could most likely hold the second class in a Datsun and get everybody in comfortably.
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Train wreck in the Orange Bowl
Between 13:25 and 0:04 in the 2d quarter, WV scored five touchdowns. I wonder whether any other team, college or pro, has scored five TDs (or more!) in fewer than 13:21.
*Note: it wasn't that close.
... NFL record in one quarter is four TDs, but that's one player (WR Don Hutson in 1945).
The 1987 Redskins scored 5 TDs in the 2d quarter of Super Bowl XXII against the hapless Broncos; that's a Super Bowl record, but I can't find a TDs/quarter record for the NFL generally, or for the NCAA.
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
The myth of Apple's design brilliance
Monday, January 02, 2012
Lilla on conservativism
What we have not seen much of, except on the fringes of American politics, are redemptive reactionaries who think the only way forward is to destroy what history has given us and wait for a new order to emerge out of the chaos. At least until now.... Yglesias links to a critique* of Lilla's review, and himself poses a test question: if Lilla is right and Robin wrong, then why is low taxes for the super-rich the cornerstone of the GOP platform? (My metaphor, not Y's: do platforms *have* cornerstones?)
The real news on the American right is the mainstreaming of political apocalypticism. This has been brewing among intellectuals since the Nineties, but in the past four years, thanks to the right-wing media establishment and economic collapse, it has reached a wider public and transformed the Republican Party. How that happened would be a long story to tell, and central to it would be the remarkable transmutation of neoconservatism from intellectual movement to rabble-rousing Republican court ideology.
And the story here seems to be very much in line with Robin's framework. High income individuals have never been excited about progressive income taxation, and over the past few decades they've mobilized politically against it. At the same time, income inequality has grown and over the past 10-15 years it's grown very specifically with a concentration in the hands of a very small number of people. Naturally, in a political democracy if "the one percent" end up with a larger and larger share of national resources you're going to see a coalition mobilize to try to take those resources for various purposes. The richer the one percent get, the more attractive they become as a target and the more they counter-mobilize on behalf of their own interests. And conservatives in American politics today are largely united by a decision to embrace the one percent's side of the argument.A blog debate between Lilla and Robin would be useful.
(Also, if I'm not mistaken, Slate pays someone to proofread Yglesias's blog posts. Good idea.)
... Sheri Berman also regrets Robin's book, and points out something so obvious that we forget to notice it:
The questions Robin and his ideological confreres should really be asking themselves is why the contemporary left has been so bad at this, particularly in contrast to the contemporary right. Why, in an era of extreme unemployment, rising inequality and social dislocation, is it the right rather than the left that generated a movement like the Tea Party? Why are mass protests railing against tax increases rather than demanding more progressive and activist government?Indeed. The ability of the GOP to mobilize voters *against* their economic interests is masterful.
(I don't think Occupy Wall Street etc. are really counterexamples; how many OWS candidates are there for public office? Sixties-style "protests" play into the opposition's hands, is my fear.)
* Call me a sissy, but I would refuse to subscribe to a magazine that uses a guillotine victim as its promo art, even if it is called Jacobin. That's just despicable.


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حروب الرسول انسانية بامتياز
الرجوع إلى الحق فضيلة
كونوا ربانيين
أسباب قلة البركة
حلاوة الإيمان
أضغط هنا
The religion of the Shiah was founded by a Jew from Yemen called Abdullah bin Saba'. This religion has started with the assassination of the rightly guided Khalifa Uthman and branched into many sections. Uthman ruled for twelve years. The first six years were marked by internal peace and tranquility, but during the second half of his caliphate a rebellion arose. The Jews and the Magians, taking advantage of dissatisfaction among the people, began conspiring against Uthman, and by publicly airing their complaints and grievances, gained so much sympathy that it became difficult to distinguish friend from foe.
It may seem surprising that a ruler of such vast territories, whose armies were matchless, was unable to deal with these rebels. If Uthman had wished, the rebellion could have been crushed at the very moment it began. But he was reluctant to be the first to shed the blood of Muslims (especially Sahaba), however rebellious they might be. No one would ever expected what happend later. He preferred to reason with them, to persuade them with kindness and generosity. He well remembered hearing the Prophet say, "Once the sword is unsheathed among my followers, it will not be sheathed until the Last Day."
The rebels demanded that he abdicate and some of the Companions advised him to do so. He would gladly have followed this course of action, but again he was bound by a solemn pledge he had given to the Prophet. "Perhaps God will clothe you with a shirt, Uthman" the Prophet had told him once, "and if the people want you to take it off, do not take it off for them." Uthman said to a well-wisher on a day when his house was surrounded by the rebels, "God's Messenger made a covenant with me and I shall show endurance in adhering to it." After a long siege, the rebels broke into Uthman's house and murdered him. When the first assassin's sword struck Uthman, he was reciting the verse: "Verily, God sufficeth thee; He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing" [2:137]
Ali accepted the caliphate very reluctantly. Uthman's murder and the events surrounding it were a symptom, and also became a cause, of civil strife on a large scale. All governors gave the pledge to Ali except Muawiya, the governor of Sham (Great Syria). Muawiya declined to obey until Uthman's blood was avenged. His decision was based on the fact that he is not required to obey the Caliph until he (Ali) is able to enforce the rule of Allah. Muawiya was the cuisine of 'Uthman, so he was the responsible of asking Ali to bring the murderers to trial. The Prophet's widow Aisha also took the position that Ali should first bring the murderers to trial. Due to the chaotic conditions during the last days of Uthman it was very difficult to establish the identity of the murderers, and Ali refused to punish anyone whose guilt was not lawfully proved. The pretext for the meeting of the armies on the day of the Camel and the day of Siffin was the demand for `Uthman's killers on the part of `A'isha and Mu`awiya, but the winds of war were fanned by the followers of Abdullah bin Saba' the Jew, from inside all three camps until events escaped the control of the Companions. It is related that `Ali, `A'isha , and Mu`awiya often expressed astonishment at the dissension and opposition that surrounded them.
After that some shia declared Ali as a god. He then burned them alive with fire. After the killing of Abdullah bin Saba', Shia were divided into many new sects. Each one has its own Imam.
The Seveners or Isma'ilis, like all Shiites, believe that the descendants of Muhammad, through his daughter Fatima and her husband Ali the fourth Caliph, are the rightful rulers of the Muslim world. Thus the descendants of Ali are considered infallible and as divinely guided as Muhammad himself. This sect derives its name from Isma'il, the eldest son of the sixth Imam, Jafar as-Sadiq. In 762 CE, Isma'il died before his father, which resulted in bitter disputes of succession. The minority of Shiites regarded the old line of Imams extinct and chose Isma'il's eldest son as the new Imam. Thus they proclaimed a cycle of seven Imams, Ali being the first and Isma'il the seventh, and thus the seventh Imam after his line of Imams would be the Mahdi, or Messiah, or the seventh after him, etc..
The Isma'ilis have usually been small in numbers, but well organised and disciplined. Soon they developed into a cult, borrowing various ideas from Jewish mysticism, Greek philosophy, Babylonian astrology, Christian Gnosticism, etc.., When secular sciences were being employed in the Abbasid Empire, the Isma'ilis were thriving, and managed to recruit a large number of followers, who formed a well organised guerrilla army. By combining their scholarly skills and extraordinary underground network of spies, the Isma'ilis established their anti-Caliph in Egypt during the 10th century. They named his dynasty after Muhammad's daughter, and thus the name Fatimids emerged. In reality they are the dynasty of a Jew called Abdullah bin Qaddah, and that was they were called Abidi too. The Abidi State in Egypt quickly expanded and soon the Isma'ilis controlled western Syria and a large part of North Africa, killing thousands of Muslims. They also built a new capital, Fustat, near the ancient Pyramids, which in a few centuries grew to be the largest city in the Muslim world, under the name of Cairo. When the Abidi dynasty was destroyed by the Abbasids, the Isma'ilis split into two sub-sects, Tayibiya and Niziriya, named after two Abidi princes. The former sect was soon transformed into a esoteric cult, which moved its activities underground and became invisible. The Niziriya sect transformed itself back into the pre-Abidi Isma'ilism, developing a network of agents and spies all over the Muslim world. The best known organization within the Niziriya was probably the drug-abusing Assassin sect, notorious for assassinations all over the Muslim world. Today, however, the Niziriya sect has turned pacifist and increasingly Westernized.
Out of the Assassin stronghold in Syria, two heterodox sub-sects have survived, the Alawite and the Druze. The Alawite sect is militant and combines radical theories from both Isma'il and Ithna Shia. The Druzes, on the other hand, have until more recently been more pacifistic, waiting for the return of their Mahdi, the psychotic Abidi Caliph al-Hakim, who 'disappeared' when he burned down his capital around 1000 CE. In the 13th century the Druzes closed their sect, and became a distinct tribe or nation. They serve today in the Israeli army against Palestinian Muslims.
The largest sect within Shia is the Ithna or Twelver, which follows the original line of Imams. When the Seveners chose the son of Isma'il to become the Imam, the majority of Shiites chose Isma'ils younger brother, Muza al-Kazim, as the seventh Imam. The Ithna adopt their 'Twelver' name from their belief in the twelfth Imam, Muhammad ibn al-Askari, who 'disappeared' one day and thus became the hidden Mahdi who would return to earth at the end of days. The 'Twelvers' worship their Imams, sometimes as the incarnation of Ali or Hussain. They form the vast majority of Shiites, including most Iranians and almost 50% of the Iraqi nation.
The third largest body in Shia is the Zaydi sect or the Fivers, prevailing in Yemen and among some Bedouin tribes in Saudi-Arabia. The Zaydi sect is more or less the deification of the 7th century Arabian culture, and it fiercely denounces the semi-divinity of Imams, contrary to the Twelver. Their founder was the fifth Imam, Zayd ibn Abidin, who was a rationalist and thus denounced his alleged divinity. The Zaydi Imams are more like Bedouin sheikhs than divine authorities, and thus reject hereditary leadership, and are only visible during warfare.
There are said to be more than 70 small Shia sects all around the world. Probably the best example of these was the Bahai sect, which has been persecuted and refuted as anti-Islamic, but grows fast as a separate religion, basing its doctrines on 'world peace and harmony' and the unity of all religions. The center of the Bahai sect is in Israel!
The History of the Shia history shia
Jazaki Allahu Khairan. Wonderful information. By the way Dr. Ragheb ElSergany wrote a series of articles on the history of Shia, in the last of which he advised us how to deal with them. He also wrote a series of articles on the history of Hezbollah and how to behave toward it. Below are the links:
The Story of Hezbollah 1/3
The Story of Hezbollah 2/3
The Story of Hezbollah 3/3
Islamstory > Articles > History and Reality> Origins of Shia
Shia's Dominance
Islamstory > Articles > History and Reality> Origins of Shia
Our attitude toward Shia
Blessing my brother
إن لله عباداً فطناَ، طلقوا الدنيا وخافوا الفتنَ، نظروا فيها فلما علموا أنها ليست لحي وطنَ، جعلوها لجة واتخدوا صالح الأعمال فيها سفناَ.
عبد العزيز من باريس المغرب

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Among other social media apps, Facebook is the oldest and most useable app. The main reason is its user-friendly features and its privacy policies, which protect a user's information. Facebook is most preferable because it vastly facilitates users. A person can convey their messages to their friends, followers, or others
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The mother died back in November, remember?
She'd made clear her wishes (as all of us ought)
But, sadly, this happened in Texas, the nexus
Of Christian intrusion in government thought
Her will was denied, for a baby that maybe
Would live for an hour, with help from machines;
The state says "we've got to complete us a fetus"—
To rescue the baby, whatever the means.
The judge, as the calm voice of reason, who sees, in
This case there are people, not robots instead,
With that, saw some facts had eluded–concluded
Essentially, mother and fetus are dead.
The statute, though not found unlawful, is awful;
A woman's autonomy, Texas denies
The one thing that no one's denying is… crying.
That's kinda what happens when somebody dies
Without ruling on the constitutionality of the law (I am of two minds here–I wish it had been slapped down [can't imagine it would be upheld], but this family has been through too much already, and I suspect this is a quicker and quieter end), a Texas Judge has found that Marlise Munoz is dead, and that her fetus is not viable, and has ordered that she be removed from the machines that turned her body into the state's incubator. Which is what Ms. Munoz had expressed, what her husband and extended family had wanted, but which Texas law, as interpreted by the hospital, had seemingly denied.
My sympathies go out to the family. I know this is not an end, because these things never actually end… but at least it is the close of a particularly horrible chapter. And much as I would want to see the law overturned, holding your family hostage over that is every bit as bad as what the state just did, so that will have to wait.
After all this time… only now will the family be able to begin actual funeral plans. Texas should be ashamed, but I think the politicians there are immune.
Edited to add… perhaps the saddest thing I have read in years, the testimony of the husband, as reported by the NY Times:
"When I bend down to kiss her forehead, her usual scent is gone, replaced instead with what I can only describe as the smell of death. As a paramedic, I am very familiar with this smell, and I now recognize it when I kiss my wife. In addition, Marlise's hands no longer naturally grip mine for an embrace. Her limbs have become so stiff and rigid due to her deteriorating condition that now, when I move her hands, her bones crack, and her legs are nothing more than dead weight."
Maybe it's just me, but I am a very smell-oriented person. I know exactly what he is saying, and it breaks my hearts.


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Scale Of Online Fraud
Dark Web Price Index reveals vast scale of online fraud
Fraudsters on the dark web could buy your entire personal identity for just £820, according to the UK's first Dark Web Market Price Index by Virtual Private Network (VPN) comparison service Top10VPN.com.
Top10VPN.com's team of security experts reviewed tens of thousands of listings on three of the most popular dark web markets, Dream, Point and Wall Street Market.
The research found that while bank details will fetch in the vicinity of £168 and Paypal logins with a healthy credit balance around £280, many important personal details are changing hands at a much lower price point.
Dark web bidders can get hold of your passport details for as little as £40, while access to online shopping accounts such as Amazon and Tesco are rarely worth as much as a £5 lunchtime meal-deal.
Simon Migliano, head of research at Top10VPN.com, says: "Our research is a stark reminder of just how easy it is to get hold of personal info on the dark web and the sheer variety of routes that fraudsters can take to get hold of your money. This really underlines the importance of two-factor authentication and more generally, secure use of websites and apps."
Source: Finextra


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This post has been updated for i-Tree version 5 applications.
i-Tree version 5 offers users a new option to use a mobile data collection system with devices such as smartphones and tablets with internet connectivity. In addition, the older PDA utilities are still available in Streets & Eco with compatible devices running the Windows Mobile 5.0 -6.5 O/S. There is more information regarding the Mobile data collection systems on the i-Tree website http://www.itreetools.org/mobile/index.php
i-Tree does not recommend specific devices as we are limited in testing units and therefore rely on user feedback. The following web page http://www.itreetools.org/installation/index.php lists current system requirements and information on some devices
Aside from the operating system, there are no particular requirements. In choosing your model, you should consider price, additional features, and accessories that increase functionality for field data collection:
· Weatherized models can be a great advantage where rain can be expected during data collection.
· A back-up media slot facilitates data transfer and protects against lost data.
· Protective slipcovers or carrying cases can add extra protection.
· High capacity batteries or a power pack add extended operating time.
· Screen protectors protect the screen from dust and repeated stylus tapping.
· Spare stylus avoids unnecessary down time.
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was out talking to my friend Hong on the bridge between buildings, and across in Harris Hall, the figure drawing class had a nude model. beautiful. even through the dusty glass I could tell. wow. a little pick-me-up just when things were starting to drag.
Reminds me of one of the models we had in my freshman drawing class. Not physically, but just the sublime breathless inspiration that can come from trying to do justice to beauty.


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I am currently writing from the seat of a Greyhound bus. Much has changed since my last bus tour – namely wifi and power outlets. I would not have expected to find both at my seat. Awesome!
We have about 3 days of travel to get from Vancouver to Toronto – which means we will arrive to our destination tired and dirty.
Sound like fun? It's not for everyone, but with the new amenities, we may actually be able to enjoy this bus tour.
I know last year I said I would never trek across Canada again by anything other than plane, but I have a special reason for changing my mind – my daughter is moving back east and asked me to accompany her for the trip.
Of course I said yes.
Also, this is my first iPad post, and I have to admit I have no idea what I am doing! If I can handle it, this development could change the 'face' of the Habitual Runaway…
*UPDATE* I have to admit that I am not impressed with the iPads capacity to update. It was confusing, didn't align properly and left me to re-do upon returning home. There will be no immediate change to the Runaway format!
So here we are, just outside Kamloops on the Trans Canada, enjoying a friendly driver, some wifi and bad bus station coffee – now THAT'S how you do it!
Talk soon!
Ana 🙂
You can follow this tour by heading to the 'Crossing Canada' section. For more photos, head to the Habitual Runaway on Facebook.


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Eventually, the developer has to perform manual registration of test users with temporary e-mail boxes, spending a lot of time to create these postboxes on free mail services like Gmail or Yahoo. Using temporary mail services can greatly facilitate testing process, because it doesn't require time wasting registration.
How it works?Open www.temp-mail.org and you'll get temporary mail box without inputting any registration or other information. You'll see a page with the control buttons for your temporary mail box and temporary email address at the top of the page (in this example - .email@example.com).
Incoming messages in this temporary mailbox are valid only for 60 minutes, then it'll be deleted. You can reload page in your browser or close it and then reopen it again – your temporary mailbox won't be destroyed. There are only 4 control buttons on the page, but it's enough for using temporary mailbox.
- Press "Copy" button to copy an address of your mailbox into clipboard and paste it in your program code or e-mail module settings.
- Click on "Refresh" button to receive incoming mails, if it doesn't appear automatically in an incoming email list.
- "Change" button allows user to input any desirable email address for temporary mailbox.
- Press "Delete" button to delete current temporary mailbox and to create new temporary mailbox.
It should be noted, that you can't send mail from temporary mailbox. This feature is disabled to protect users from hacking attacks, fraud and spammers, who immediately start using temporary mailbox to send users unnecessary information.
More examples of using temporary mail by web developersWeb developers often implement additional functions on their websites, which automatically sends users email messages and this feature has to be manually tested.
For example, almost every website has a feedback form, which can be used to send some messages to developer or administrator by e-mail. This form has to be tested using temporary mailbox to prevent attacks on administrator's real mailbox before implementing all necessary security features. It's highly recommended not to disclose your real mailbox during functional testing of the feedback form and to use temporary mailbox on www.temp-mail.org
Another good example is implementing mailing function to inform registered users about some events. At first glance, this simple function doesn't require any functional testing, but there are some special features, that should be tested with temporary mail: delivery schedule, subscribe and unsubscribe feature, support of different charsets, using of standard headers to bypass spam filters, personalization features, etc. As you see, mailing function can contain a dozen different options, which must be tested using disposable mailbox on www.temp-mail.org.
When web developer creates online store, he combines all above mentioned features and has to test sending mail function and waste a lot of time to register test mailboxes. Disposable mailbox from Temp-mail.org can help developer to save a lot of time and speed up the testing process.


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E-Class Coupé
The most beautiful way to drive an E-Class: with its exciting, sporty design, the Coupé is a masterpiece of Sensual Purity. The powerful temperament excites drivers in the style of a Gran Turismo.
Makes gazes inescapable.
The uniquely slender roof line flows into the athletic tail end. This bestows a contemporary, breathtaking aesthetic appeal on the coupé. Let down the frameless windows in the doors and the rear side windows, open the panoramic sliding sunroof and experience driving more intensively than ever.Design
Dynamic and powerful.
The expressive coupé line and the powerful tail end are impressive, but not merely in visual terms: they are the embodiment of outstanding aerodynamics. They ensure better efficiency, optimum roadholding and the prevention of wind noise.Performance
Performance with high-tech.
With its clear, aesthetic lines, the E-Class coupé appeals equally to the heart and mind. It combines contemporary luxury, agile sportiness and high-tech engineering into an automotive personality with spirit, offering exclusive, refined driving pleasure.Technology
Invitation to an exciting world.
The new E-Class turns heads and this starts with the newly styled front section. The interior also impresses with its 3-tube instrument cluster, new centre console with an analogue and central display featuring a contemporary flat screen look. Technologies such as the DIRECT STEER system, the ATTENTION ASSIST, the COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST the PRE-SAFE® anticipatory occupant protection system make the vehicle as sophisticated as it is safe.Features
Stylish and sporty
With its perfect proportions, the coupé exhibits a puristic, surface-accentuated design with reduced lines and sensual forms. Both hot and cool, the reduced design idiom represents beauty and elegance while emphasising the coupé's sporty and luxurious personality.Gallery
The E-Class Coupé models.
There's always been something special about taking to the road in a Mercedes-Benz coupé - and the E-Class is no exception. Striking to look at and exhilarating to drive.Models


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Posted Monday, September 25th, 2017
Local Artists Show Off New Expressions of Nature
Enjoy a special day filled with scenic nature, beautiful art, and the Masters behind it on Sunday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Morris County Park Commission's Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morris Township.
Spend the day strolling the exquisite gardens and meeting local artists. Admire the stunning, seasonal blooms, and watch firsthand as the artists create original masterpieces based on the Arboretum scenery.
Flourish your creativity by interacting with the artists at work, learning about their techniques, motivations, and unique styles as they interpret their surroundings. Artwork is available for purchase as well.
Admission to this event is FREE. Rain date is Sunday, Oct. 15.
For more information and directions to the Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morris Township, visit www.morrisparks.net or call 973.326.7601.


text: Opposition supporters call on Prime Minister Edi Rama to resign in Tirana [Visar Kryeziu/AP] Thousands of people protested in Albania's capital Tirana, calling for Prime Minister Edi Rama to resign over his cabinet's alleged links to organised crime. Supporters of the centre-right Democratic Party and allied opposition parties gathered at Tirana's main Boulevard, Martyrs of the Nation, on Saturday, shouting anti-government slogans such as "Rama go" and "No to narco-state". Protesters also carried portraits of Rama and former interior minister Saimir Tahiri, who is under investigation on charges of corruption and collusion with cannabis traffickers. Rama, whose Socialist Party won a second term in parliamentary elections in June last year, has denied links to the illegal cannabis trade. Lulzim Basha, the leader of the Democratic Party, called for "an anti-Mafia government that will secure free and fair elections" as a precondition for Albania's integration into Europe, according to Albania's official news agency. Albania, among Europe's poorest countries, was granted EU candidate status in 2014. Accusing the government of rights abuses, Basha said: "On behalf of all Albanians and the opposition, we ask that Edi Rama and his illegal government leaves". Protesters carried portraits of Rama and his former interior minister [Gent Shkullaku/AFP] More than 10,000 people turned out for the rally, according to local journalists, but an opposition spokesman told Albanian Daily News that some 500,000 Albanians took part in the "protest against the government of crime, drugs and corruption". The rally, which took place under a heavy police presence, ended peacefully after speeches from opposition leaders. Rama's government sacked its national police chief earlier this month and vowed to crack down on the country's illegal-but-lucrative cannabis industry. SOURCE: Al Jazeera News Europe Albania


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Instagram Ads seem to be all people can talk about lately in the social media space. Larger brands have been experimenting with it for some time now and we are sure you have seen an increase in Ads targeted at you in your feed lately. The network is about to fully roll out their platform to companies of all sizes by October 2015 and brands have been anxiously awaiting its arrival.
As Gary Varynerchuk always says,"marketers ruin everything" and the hope is that this will not be the case on 'The Insta" too. MANY eyeballs are on the platform and Ad dollars will always go where the people are – this is nothing new. This platform has been able to remain pure for a long time and thus has been a safe haven for people from all walks of life, to engage without brands and businesses bugging them. Now we are embarking on a new chapter and it will be interesting to see how it plays out.
From a marketer's POV (since that is what we do) we are (at least for the now) buyers. We love the idea of advertising here, since you have access to attention from a lot of people. We also love that Facebook (Instagram's Owner) will be driving the functionality and targeting foundation making it a smart and intuitive interface. We plan to experiment with reach and pricing and then report back after we have some experience under our belt. Stay tuned…
The piece on AdEspresso serves up a nice, simple breakdown of what you need to know for now. Give it a read.


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As The Duran reported earlier today, one of the major mysteries of the Russiagate scandal looks to have been finally solved with an apparently well-sourced article in the Washington Post confirming what many had long suspected: that it was the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign who funded the "research" which resulted in the Trump Dossier, and who were therefore the ultimate clients of Christopher Steele, the British ex-spy who compiled it.
Via Zerohedge…
Following the shocking (to some) revelations from WaPo with regard Hillary Clinton and the 'old' Democratic National Committee's financing of the infamous "Trump Dossier," the 'new' DNC has rushed out a press release denying any involvement as Democrats begin rapidly distancing themselves from this un-fake news.
Here is the awkward statement from DNC Communications Director Xochitl Hinojosa,
"Tom Perez and the new leadership of the DNC were not involved in any decision-making regarding Fusion-GPS, nor were they aware that Perkins Coie was working with the organization."
The DNC also stuck to its Trump-Russia line, so as to keep appearances in check, for the time being…
"But let's be clear, there is a serious federal investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, and the American public deserves to know what happened."
The DC rats are beginning to jump ship.
Fox News' Brooke Singman tweeted…
Former @HillaryClinton press secretary on #dossier : https://t.co/9kzuxIofyk
— Brooke Singman (@brookefoxnews) October 25, 2017
NEW: @DNC on @washingtonpost : "new leadership of DNC were not involved in decision-making regarding #FusionGPS" what about old? #dossier pic.twitter.com/gHftnFHF0x
— Brooke Singman (@brookefoxnews) October 25, 2017
Source familiar w/ House Intel mtg where #FusionGPS plead the Fifth:
"Now we know what they were trying to hide."
— Brooke Singman (@brookefoxnews) October 25, 2017
The Trump White House is jumping on WaPo revelations…
The real Russia scandal? Clinton campaign paid for the fake Russia dossier, then lied about it & covered it up. https://t.co/kR8z2zsZ7Q
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) October 25, 2017
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Duran.


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Shortly after the tapes were destroyed at the order of Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., then the head of the C.I.A.'s clandestine service, Mr. Goss told Mr. Rodriguez that he "agreed" with the decision, according to the document. He even joked after Mr. Rodriguez offered to "take the heat" for destroying the tapes."Context"? What possible "context" could that be? ... And shouldn't there be a "but" between those two "According to ..." sentences?
"PG laughed and said that actually, it would be he, PG, who would take the heat," according to one of the document, an internal C.I.A. e-mail message. * * *
According to former C.I.A. officials, Mr. Rodriguez ordered the tapes destroyed in November 2005 because he feared that if the tapes were to become public it would put undercover C.I.A. officers in legal and physical jeopardy.
According to one of the e-mail messages released Thursday, Mr. Rodriguez told Mr. Goss that the tapes, taken out of context, would make the C.I.A. "look terrible; it would be devastating to us."
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Taken out of context, it might look like torture or something
The NYT has some tidbits on CIA's destruction of its videotapes of "enhanced interrogations":
Thus blogged Anderson ... on or about Thursday, April 15, 2010
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Do you have a business and want to organize an corporate event that is fun, original, different, and only for girls? We propose you, a Makeup Party at work!
This time they contacted us from Nakpil-Bueno orthodontics in Marbella, they wanted to learn they emplyess some basics of makeup at the same time they where having fun, and who is better than Pretty Day Eventos to host a corporate event like this, so we went there and we prepare for them a beautiful Makeup workshop, the Nakpil-Bueno girls did´nt expected it so it was a great surprise for them.
Our Makeup Parties are Makeup workshops, where we teach all the tricks, techniques and latest trends in makeup, all this accompanied of course with music, cava, decorations etc. The Best thing is that we can organize it for you whatever you want, in your house, garden, a venue for events, for a corporate event, in the office, etc…
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We all know that during the cold and freezing winter months our skin needs better care, because it can be easily damaged as a result of strong winds and low levels of moisture in the air. That's why you must treat it in the best way you can which means that you should use some beauty products, like body lotions, creams, butters and of course body scrubs! Here is a list of Top 10 DIY Body Scrubs which are perfect for this season. Make this suggestions and you'll have shiny, hydrated skin all winter long!
DIY Lavender Sea Salt Scrub
Recipe via centsationalgirl.com
Coconut, Brown Sugar & Rose Body Scrub
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Simply Sweet Skin Softening
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Luxurious Lemon Sugar Body Scrub
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Dry, Peeling and Weak Nails
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Continuous nail enhancement services, inadequate diet, erratic hormones and repeated contact with water and detergents result in brittle nails that are prone to splitting.
The Cure:
Go easy on the extensions, eat a diet rich in calcium and other nutrients, take a multi-vitamin and wear gloves when handling harsh chemicals. Consider a Milk Aid treatment – a protein-rich milk soak that nourishes the cuticles while a rosemary-infused collagen gel penetrates the nail tips through the ends of adorable little finger gloves.


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"Breeding-back" aims to restore or immitate extinct animals by selective breeding. This blog provides general information, the facts behind myths and news from various projects.
Saturday, 17 October 2015
Life illustration of the Indian aurochs
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- Anonymous23 October 2015 at 00:05
There's an article that might interest you: Cross-breeding have let several large chunks of the genome of the extinct Floreana giant tortoise survive in some giant tortoises on Isabella Island. The admixture appear to be only one or two generations back, which will allow for relatively efficient back breeding. Of course, with giant tortoises we are talking about a breeding program lasting a century or more:ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous30 October 2015 at 10:35
Well, there are some taurine domestic breeds with white rings around the eyes, like this Gelbvieh cow from Germany:ReplyDelete
Yes there are. I consider it possible that it is a juvenile trait in taurine cattle, as there is no evidence for this in wild B.p.primigenius.Delete
What would the name of a bred back aurochs zebu be called if such a project were to take place?ReplyDeleteReplies
I think that would be up to those people who do the project. On a similar note, I always thought it would be nice to use "wild zebu" as a second common name for the Indian aurochs. But maybe not the best idea, people would think of it more of a zebu than an aurochs.Delete


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A new Liberal ad is on YouTube. I cannot believe that Stéphane Dion and the Liberal Party could stoop to such distortion. I know I've seen this sort of big-lie propaganda somewhere before, wonder where that was…? What a foul gang the Grits are turning into. With lack of leadership, the Grit backroom gang has gone out of control.
What a desperate group they have become to be using the deaths of fellow Canadians to so distort an attempt at humour by a Tory cabinet minister, who has already apologized.
Black humour followed by one of the blackest moments in the history of the party of Lester Pearson. Shame on the Grits! The current gang dishonours all those who came before them.
Ms. Martha Hall Findlay, what say you now about Stéphane Dion's integrity? Mr. Bob Rae and Mr. Michael Ignatieff, you most be very proud now to see the true nature of the gang you've thrown your lot in with.


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A Word About Waxing
A Word About Waxing Children
Young ladies seem to become interested in their appearance around the ages of 12 to 13 years. If your daughter should express a desire to have her brows shaped, that is precisely the time to bring her to me. Heaven forbid she picks up tweezers and tries it herself! I am very conservative with young ladies and will remove the least amount of hair possible. This way I can satisfy her desire for glamour, while showing her how good naturally shaped brows should look. Please note that anyone, of any age, coming in for a waxing appointment must want to be waxed. I will never allow anyone to be coerced into waxing. At Miss Humphreys, the person on the table makes the rules.
A Word About "Movie" Waxing
No drama at Miss Humphreys. No one has ever had cause to scream or shout here. I always make new clients aware that they can tell me to stop at any time and that I will charge them only for what I have done. I am pleased to report that I have been asked to stop only 4 times in 28 years. I well understand that waxing is not for everyone. You have to want to get waxed!
A Word About "Brazilian" Bikini Waxing
I will not perform Brazillian Bikini Waxing because the procedure has an unacceptable risk of infection. Read more, if you need convincing.
A Word About a New Risk That We Both Must "Face"
If you are using any product for acne or wrinkles you must tell me, preferably when you call to make your appointment! There are steps we both can take to ensure the safety of your skin. Read more about mixing these skin treatments with waxing.
A Word About How NOT to Prepare for Waxing
Do not "EXFOLIATE" your skin before waxing. Do not scrub with any thing or any product. This is not only unnecessary it is DANGEROUS to do before waxing!


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She was able to dance in Cole Porter's 1960 movie entitled
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The promise of cardiac tissue engineering is in the ability to design replacement muscle for clinical therapy. Refined techniques for deriving cardiac muscle cells from stem cells coupled with advanced scaffolding techniques and 3D bioprinting are paving the way for a new generation of simulated cardiac tissues. Recent success, ongoing challenges and the role for industrial innovation in this growing field will frame the content of this talk.


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The new year is already five days old. I put everything else on pause today to write my thank you notes.
I'm going through my image files and pulling out some fun graphics I've created this past year. After putting them in an Illustrator file, getting things into the right size and fiddling with the colors endlessly, I eventually get to hit the print button, let my computer do the work, then finish these cards up with a bit of real world cut and paste.
Am determined to finish them up tonight. Tomorrow I drive my daughter back to college 😦 so that'll be the end of holiday season for me.
I can feel the days getting longer already.


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FOREIGNERS are returning to terrorist hit-lists in Indonesia amid fears of more attacks in the wake of competition between different extremist factions.
And a new report reveals that the January 14 attacks in central Jakarta, which killed eight people, were planned and orchestrated from behind bars by a terrorist prisoner known as one of the country's most dangerous ideologues.
The report, from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict, headed by terror expert Sidney Jones, reveals that the targets of the January attacks were foreigners and police and warns of further terrorist attacks in Indonesia.
"More terrorist attacks in Indonesia are likely as local ISIS leaders compete at home and abroad to establish their supremacy," the report says.
In fighting and competition between the country's different Jihadi groups, including those currently in Syria "will produce an increase in terrorist plots that regional law enforcement agencies will be hard-pressed to contain", the report warns.
"Targets are also more diversified, with foreigners coming back to terrorist hit lists, in addition to police officers and Shia."
The report looks at disunity among Indonesia's ISIS supporters, of which there is plenty, and at the January 14 attacks at a Starbucks Café and the Sarinah department store which left four civilians and four terrorists dead, all of them Muslim.
"The targets were clearly foreigners and police. There had been no attacks on foreigners since the Jakarta hotel bombings in 2009 but this time the attackers appear to have deliberately chosen Starbucks, perhaps as an icon of the West, and once inside aimed at the foreigners sitting there," the report says.
2016: The year terrorism makes a comeback?
Prior to this the main target of terrorists had been police.
The Jakarta attack was carried out by a group called Partisans of the Caliphate or Jamaah Anshar Khilafah or JAK, which is lead by terrorist prisoner Aman Abdurrahman, who is Indonesia's leading pro-ISIS cleric.
Abdurrahman is jailed at Nusakambangan, the island jail where last year drug traffickers were executed by firing squad.
From here he is said to control his terrorist group, translating propaganda and communicating via social media with his followers, including ordering the Jakarta attacks, despite being in a supposedly high-security jail.
Abdurrahman is jailed with fellow cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir, with whom he has had a recent falling out. Both were jailed for their role in a terrorist training camp in Aceh and Bashir is currently running a judicial review of his case.
ICYMI, last week our director @sidneyIPAC wrote about the "steadily growing pull" of ISIS in Indonesia http://t.co/AOrOSPgYZ5 @ASPI_org— IPAC (@IPACJakarta) July 21, 2015
Two of the shooters in the January attacks were also former prisoners.
The IPAC report says the Indonesian Government needs to do much more to clean up the corruption that pervades the country's "woefully lax" prison system.
"Inmates like Aman (Abdurrahman) continue to expand their influence through regular meetings with friends and followers. Plots are hatched in prisons and materials — and sometimes people — are smuggled in and out with ease," the report says.
And it warns that competition and disunity between the different groups of ISIS supporters makes more violence likely.
The difficulty in crossing from Turkey into Syria means there are likely to be more potential fighters who want to bring on the war at home that in the past two years. At the end of last year more than 215 Indonesians had been deported home by Turkey.
The report labels the recent Jakarta attack as "amateurish" — the weapons were poor, one was homemade and the bombs were crude — and says the shooters were poorly trained and could not even hit targets at close range.


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We writers start with that mess and then throw on our novels and stories and plots and characters and themes and so much other fictional flotsam and jetsam that our poor gray matter is ready to blow a neuronal fuse. (from Becoming Layla)
Since I am not anywhere near publishing anything I have written, I appreciate the blogs and articles written by those who have been published or are about to publish for the first time, when they share the PROCESS, and not just dole out 'writer's tricks' or 'advice on grammar and style'.
I am not crazy.
I am not stupid.
I am not inconsiderate.
I am not a scatter-brain.
I am a writer.
So thank you, Helena for sharing your 'insanity' with me :D


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Come September, Wine Country is packed with grape stomps, vineyard picnics, and harvest celebrations. The good news? Everyone's invited. Whatever your pleasure, plan to book in advance as most parties sell out.
Image of Las Posadas Vineyards, courtesy of Pine Ridge Vineyards
Amphora has a wine school party of sorts on their calendar. Winemaker and owner Rick Hutchinson will spend the afternoon teaching guests about grape harvesting and winemaking. After time in the vineyard, students return to the winery for a close-up view of the crush and sampling of fresh run juice, before tasting from the barrel and bottle. Light snacks and wine tasting included. RSVP required, $40 per person, limited to 20 people. September 14, 10 am to 2 pm
Pine Ridge Vineyards is commemorating the kickoff of their 35th harvest with a dinner at the source. Kick back and enjoy a three-course meal paired with Pine Ridge's finest wines in their Las Posadas Vineyard, located 2,000 feet above the Valley floor. Price also includes a two-pack of featured dinner wines $275. Saturday, September 21, 5– 9 pm
Tradition at Fritz Underground Winery means paella. Tapas and wine start flowing at 5 pm, followed by two styles of paella with side dishes at 6 pm. The Dry Creek Valley view from the patio is bound to make you linger long after dinner is served. RSVP required, $50 per person. September 21, 5 to 8 pm
The same fabulous folks who give us Clif Bars and monthly bike rides through Napa Valley host an annual Harvest Party at their Clif Family Winery. Along with wine tastings and live music (Winery founder, Gary Erickson is also known to occasionally join the band on his trumpet), the party offers garden tours and guests are able to pick fruits and vegetables from the garden. RSVP required, $60 per person, $20 ages 20 and under. A portion of the proceeds support the Community Alliance with Family Farmers. September 28, 4 to 9 pm
Image courtesy of Sequoia Grove
Sequoia Grove takes wine seriously, but lets loose to celebrate harvest season. Here you'll get a bit messy competing in a grape stomping competition. Then you'll strap on your bib and finish the job in a Lobster Feed, brought to you by Napa's infamous Lobster King. $115. Saturday, September 28, 4:30 – 8 pm.
Bell Wine Cellars invites you into the vineyards to pick grapes and crush 'em in a contest for prizes. Get your courage up with a glass or two of wine and then enjoy sips of all they offer, paired with tasty treats prepared in their outdoor oven. $30. Sunday, October 6, 4 pm.
More Napa harvest events here.
Image Courtesy of St. Francis Winery
St. Francis Winery is hosting a Zinfandel Harvest BBQ, and is the place to be for all Zinfandel lovers. In addition to special Zinfandel pricing and pre-release tastings, St. Francis offers Zinfandel barrel samples and even live music from crowd favorite band, The Zins. $45, Saturday, September 14, 2– 5 pm.
Image courtesy of Landmark Vineyards
Landmark Vineyards Harvest Festival features an abundance of outdoor fun, wine, and food. Grab a pizza from the Tuscan wood-fired pizza oven, dance to live rock n' roll, take a vineyard tour on a horse-drawn carriage, or play a few games of bocce. $30, Saturday, October 5, 11 am– 3 pm.
If you simply don't want to commit ahead of time, Dutton-Goldfield has a party every weekend in September. Here you can sample current releases, check out the harvested grapes and processes, and even try some fermenting juice. The official party is on October 19, when they'll offer food and perks in celebration of 15 years of winemaking. $15 (or free with wine purchase) Saturdays in September, 10 am – 4:30 pm.
If biking through Wine Country sounds like a nice way to spend a day, this Harvest Party is for you. Pedroncelli Winery turns their Harvest celebration into a daylong affair, culminating in the Club Ped Harvest Dinner. It's fun for a good cause, and you'll work up an appetite at the Asti Tour De Vine before dinner. The 25k, 50k, 100k, or 100m (century) bicycle tour in Northern Sonoma County is a fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Cloverdale. All are invited to register and ride along, or cheer other riders along before heading to the winery for Bocce, wine and dinner. RSVP required, $60 per person. October 19, 5 to 9 pm
If you've never been to Quivira Vineyards in Dry Creek Valley, this should be tops on your list. This organic and Biodynamic winery is loaded with long list of unexpected extras that pay tribute to Sonoma County's rich agricultural history, like a garden with 120 raised produce beds, honey bees, a dozen heirloom chickens and the queen of the farm, Ruby the pig. The Figs & Pigs Festival will focus on three things: wine, figs and pork. The Fig Buffet will be loaded with fig and bacon dishes, and tutored wine tastings will be held beneath the 135-year-old fig tree in the middle of their vineyard. There's even a Grape Stomp Competition planned. RSVP required, $50 per person. October 19, Noon to 4 pm
It's also worth a call to the wineries featured last year, as many will be rocking out again.
Text by Dana Rebmann and Ian White