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The AFL-CIO bused in protesters from Boston, Ohio and other out-of state to the Capitol in Charleston today to make it appear as if 7,000 West Virginians were up in arms over the Republican Legislature's attempt to straighten out 80-plus years of union bosses running the Legislature.
— David Gutman (@davidlgutman) March 7, 2015
Dave Gutman of the Charleston Gazette knew that this was an Astro-Turf rally. He tweeted it.
Gutman failed to report this in the Gazette's online story on the rally. They did quote Rich Trumka -- who never lived in West Virginia -- decrying "out of state corporations."
This is hilarious. Never thought I would live to see the day when the AFL-CIO couldn't get enough West Virginians to protest in Charleston.
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The October 2012 issue of Mind (posted today here) has an extended discussion section where mathematical fictionalists of various stripes respond to Colyvan's earlier article "There is No Easy Road to Nominalism". The discussion concludes with a detailed reply by Colyvan. While I am a fan of neither Colyvan's explanatory indispensability argument nor its fictionalist critics, I look forward to reading this discussion and engaging with it soon!
The contents:
Jody Azzouni Taking the Easy Road Out of Dodge Mind (2012) 121(484): 951-965
Otávio Bueno An Easy Road to Nominalism Mind (2012) 121(484): 967-982
Mary Leng Taking it Easy: A Response to Colyvan Mind (2012) 121(484): 983-995
David Liggins Weaseling and the Content of Science Mind (2012) 121(484): 997-1005
Stephen Yablo Explanation, Extrapolation, and Existence Mind (2012) 121(484): 1007-1029
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On March 19, 1965, the Bill Evans Trio stopped by the BBC studios in London to play a pair of sets on Jazz 625, the now-legendary program hosted by the British trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton. The combo--which featured Evans on piano, Chuck Israels on bass and Larry Bunker on drums--played two sets, including most of the songs from their just-completed album, Trio '65. The two 35-minute programs (shown consecutively in the video above) take us back in time to see and hear one of the most brilliant and influential jazz pianists of all time, at work in a tightly integrated trio.
Set One:
- "Five," by Bill Evans
- "Elsa," by Earl Zindars
- "Summertime," by George Gershwin
- "Come Rain or Come Shine," by Harold Arlen
- "My Foolish Heart," by Victor Young
- "Re: Person I Knew," by Bill Evans
- "Israel," by Johnny Carisi
- "Five," by Bill Evans (reprise)
Set Two:
- "Five," by Bill Evans
- "How My Heart Sings," by Earl Zindars
- "Nardis," by Miles Davis
- "Who Can I Turn To?" by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse
- "Someday My Prince Will Come," by Frank Churchill
- "How Deep is the Ocean?" by Bill Evans
- "Five," by Bill Evans (reprise)
Related content:
The Universal Mind of Bill Evans: Advice on Learning to Play Jazz
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I had the chance to drown in your knowledge
I pulled away for reasons we will both never hear
I feel your smile as if its stained upon me.
My letter to you
you are not alone
I keep all the the voices in my head
we talk, I scream and they listen…reluctantly
a bit like you and me.
I'm still here to keep
I won't be leaving anytime soon
but I can't be yours as much as you were never mine.
I never cried as hard as you would have wanted, in fact i couldn't cry at all
I just stared intensely at this page for months until I found a weapon.
My heart never shattered into pieces
I was never fragile enough for that, even if I wanted to be
I still beckon to be hurt by you
It would be easier to let go of our nothing we shared.


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I feel bad for the conservative/Tea Party political women who haven't gotten past the kind of high school behavior most of us hated. It takes soooo much energy to keep that whole "mean girl" shtick going while trying to work and raise a family in the real world.
Even though middle school and high school are a couple of decades back in my rear view mirror, I still remember the taunting and teasing I took at the hands of my school's mean girls. But as I made my way to graduation, I figured there would come a day when, as grown-ups, we'd move past that.
When it comes to today's political world, I couldn't have been more wrong. Mean girls are still out there and loaded for bear (though not their beloved mama grizzlies).
According to a vocal few, conservative women are "hot" and progressive feminists are ugly "freaks of nature." Liberal women are "fat and nasty." And, apparently, we're a LOT stupider than Tea Party women, who believe they're the keepers of common sense. Progressive women are "trust fund socialists" and liberal feminism only involves a bunch of irrelevant older women.
WHEW! I need to put on some Kevlar for those kind of attacks!
Some "smart girls" want people to think they're the only women who know anything about politics and that the rest of us should just be ignored. For some reason, the most vocal of the bunch are apparently afraid of a little actual political conversation. Which is too bad, because I know plenty of women who don't always agree with me on politics but they're never catty, rude or mocking in the way that a vocal handful of conservative standard bearers have become. I don't know who created The Real Housewives of 2010 Politics, but it's getting old — I guess just like us!
A Newsweek article a few months ago by Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabes (which was the basis for the movie Mean Girls), as well as Mean Girls Grown Up: Surviving Catty and Conniving Women, commented on the left-over mean girl tactics that growing numbers of women are resorting to:
"In our culture … we get rewarded for mean-girl behavior, so we see adults behaving in ways that we typically assign to teens … Getting attention is the most important thing."
The funny thing about mean girl behavior, though, is this — it turns out that if you're talking about what nature expects, the mean girl mantle is something we're supposed to outgrow by our mid-twenties. The current group of political mean girls seems to be enjoying the attention they're getting from their heckling and I don't see any sign of it slowing down, even as they march toward their idea of what an "older woman" is. If the media would stop giving these mean girls the attention they crave, I bet we could actually have some multi-partisan female discussions!
I just want to give these gal flame-throwers a little head's up on one thing — we live in a flavor-of-the-day world, so the attention they're loving now will surely be gone as quickly as it came. So if they want to make a difference for whatever they believe, some other tactics might be in order. But the women who stand out as the worst mean girls in the bunch aren't about real change. They're more concerned with the bright spotlight of celebrity.
One other thing. The new crop of "smart girls" needs to be careful about tossing around phrases about irrelevant "older women." It won't be that long before they cross over into the world of oldsters, and generations of their daughters and granddaughters will be more than happy to remind them of that. Unless, of course, they've got pictures hiding in their attics. But we all know what happened to Dorian Gray in the end.
As for mean girls, things don't usually end well for them, either.
UPDATE: It turns out I'm not the only one ruminating on the whole political mean girl phenomenon. My fellow mom pundit Jill Miller Zimon has a few things to say at her place, Writes Like She Talks!


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The music for Spring Awakening is masterfully composed and selected so as to ground the play in contemporary reality. The score employs folk-infused rock with a tinge of alternative rock. Directed by Michael Mayer and choreographed by Bill T. Jones, Spring Awakening the musical has earned a myriad of distinctions. Awards include a total of eleven Tony nominations, out of which it won eight, consisting of awards for direction and featured actor. The musical won the coveted Grammy for Best Musical Show Album in addition to Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score, plus a plethora of other prestigious theater awards such as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Music, Outstanding Lyrics, the Outer Critics Award for Outstanding Musical and Outstanding Score.
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The dancers come through the aisles and there isn't a whole lot of space. I took a smaller purse so I didn't have to worry about anything being in the way.
I wore heels and a cute top.
There is parking directly across the street behing the bank where you can stop and get some cash to tip the performers as well!
Street parking is free on Sundays!
The pitcher of Mimosa the better deal if you are sharing with at least one other person! Don't be shy to ask for a stack of $1 bills, because tipping the queens is FUN!
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The food was great!!
The weather was November-Cold but sunny.
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|Bear in the Big Blue House
|October 20, 1997
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|Chuck Vinson
One morning, Bear finds Ojo playing pretend, having created a tent that's she's pretending is her home. Her imaginary home gets Bear thinking about his real home, the Big Blue House. Bear decides to take us all on a guided tour of the home. He takes us to the kitchen, which we learn is Tutter's favorite room. The bathroom is the favorite haunt of Pip and Pop. Treelo likes Bear's bedroom, mainly because of the bed. Shadow retells the story of the little old lady who lived in a shoe. Finally, Bear also enjoys going up to the attic, because he gets to talk there each night with his friend Luna, the moon.
- Noel MacNeal as Bear
- Vicki Eibner as Ojo
- Peter Linz as Tutter and Pip
- Tyler Bunch as Pop and Treelo
- Tara Mooney as Shadow (voice)
- Lynne Thigpen as Luna (voice)
Video releases
- Bear in the Big Blue House: Volume 1
- Hong Kong VCD
- Home is Where the Bear Is (Hong Kong DVD)
- In the first "What Do You Think?" segment, kids talk about their homes (or fantasize about them).
- Pip and Pop perform their short bath song to the tune of the classic opera song La donna è mobile.
- This being the first episode, Bear's asking of Luna if she'll sing the "Goodbye Song" is a bit different than other episodes. He asks her if she'll sing a goodbye song with him, rather than the "Goodbye Song." A subtle difference in phrasing to note that this is a routine that is being established.
- This episode, as the premiere, features the first use of the opening theme, "Welcome to the Blue House" and the "Goodbye Song." There are also two other original songs "(It's) Great to Be at Home" and "No Place Like My Bedroom." The first song is Track 11 on the album Songs from Jim Henson's Bear in the Big Blue House and is titled simply "Great to Be at Home" on that album. It is Track 4 on the first Playhouse Disney album and is titled "It's Great to Be at Home" on both that album and the closing credits for this episode.
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Song & Dance
Chinese propaganda is not, nor has not always been exclusively concerned with mobilizing the people into huge mass movements. On the contrary, over the decades many posters have appeared that illustrate how happy the Chinese could be. In 1959, for example, when the People's Republic celebrated its tenth birthday, a celebratory poster was issued (above).
In the early 1960s and during the Cultural Revolution, there were few opportunities to really rejoice. The revolutionary operas (yangbanxi), sponsored by Jiang Qing, were among the few moments where people could enjoy music and dance. Many scenes from these operas made their way to posters. Of course, many other posters were published which showed the people praising the merits of socialism.
When the Gang of Four was arrested in October 1976, and the Cultural Revolution was officially called to an end, the people did go out in the streets to celebrate. Not necessarily because they were pleased with Hua Guofeng's rise to power, as below, but because they were convinced that things would now improve.
Before the situation did improve, with Deng Xiaoping taking over from Hua in 1978, the Chinese still had to endure some leftover movements from the past. One of these was the official campaign to go out and celebrate the publication of the fifth volume of Mao's Selected Works, as the poster below illustrates.
Once Deng embarked on his policy of modernization and reform of the economy, things truly did change. New attention to science and technology, culture and the arts succeeded in revitalizing Chinese society. The famous Peacock Dance, illustrated below on a 1980 calendar, was quite the official rage in the early 1980s, showing a boundless faith in progress.
As a result of the reforms, Chinese society did truly change. People engaged in activities that had been unthinkable only a few years earlier. One of the crazes that swept China in the mid-1980s was disco (disike) dancing and music. I have never understood whether the 1986 poster 'Youthful dancesteps' was intended to show the people that henceforth, they were allowed to dance, or to signal to local functionaries that dancing from now on was accepted.
Towards the end of the 1980s, many people considered disco already old-fashioned. Inspired by Japanese business people, and following the custom already fully developed in Hong Kong and Taiwan, karaoke became the favored pastime for many. The popularity of this type of sing-a-long only exploded in the following years. A visit to a karaoke bar, with or without K-ladies, is the way to spend an evening with friends or business acquaintances.
The Party adroitly put this new technology to its own uses. The poster 'Party oh party, beloved party', part of a set to commemmorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the CCP, illustrates that people have the Party's blessing to engage in singalongs. That is to say, they should preferably sing along with tunes that have been approved by the Party. Even in the 00s, many songs from earlier periods of political upheaval can be found in the karaoke-computers. Many a karaoke machine carries tunes praising Chairman Mao. Another all-time favorite is the "anthem" of the Cultural Revolution, Dongfang hong [The East is Red 东方红].
Emily Wilcox, Revolutionary Bodies: Chinese Dance and the Socialist Legacy (Oakland: University of California Press, 2019)
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It's Friday and the Chat & Chews will soon be upon us. All shows air on Sunday (or should), check your local listings.
We'll start with ABC's This Week.
Lance Armstrong, Seven-time winner, Tour de France
Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq
Joining the Brothers George will be "Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, ABC News' Martha Raddatz." The topics will be:
. . . shifting American opinions about the war in Iraq, the administration's mixed signals about the duration of the U.S. troop deployment there, and this week's constitution deadline. The looming nuclear threat in Iran, and this week's Israeli pullout from Gaza will also be on the table.
As surely as you can expect George Will (he's the older twin) to show up in a bow tie, you can count on him to grimace and derail the topic. If the ratings continue to flounder (and they do), ABC might want to rethink the Brother Will?
Why do we always start with NBC's Meet the Press? That's a question Bonnie had. Because NBC's Meet the Press knows their line up the soonest. Bonnie wondered if I was endorsing Meet the Press by placing it first and the answer is no. Nor am I endorsing CBS' Face the Nation by putting it last. (Which actually would be more likely for me if I were doing an endorsement.)
So what's coming up on Meet the Press?
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq
Ranking Member, Foreign Relations Committee
Washington Post Columnist
National Review
Roundtable topic?
. . . will have insights and analysis on the political ramifications of the war in Iraq, the sparring interest groups surrounding the John Roberts nomination, and the big news in New York politics: a new challenger for Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY).
Insights and analysis? They're so hopeful each Friday. I'm reminded of a Joni Mitchell song.
After the rush when you come back down
You're always disappointed
Nothing seems to keep you high
Drive your bargains
Push your papers
Win your medals
F**k your strangers
Don't it leave you on the empty side
("Woman of Heart and Mind" written by Joni Mitchell, on the album For The Roses.)
Now for CBS' Face The Nation:
CBS Evening News Anchor Bob Schieffer
War in Iraq; Democratic Party; Politics
Howard Dean
Chairman, Democratic National Committee
John Harris
The Washington Post
If I had to watch, the question that's so popular, which one would I watch? If a gun was to my head, I'd choose Face The Nation for the same reasons stated every week, it's only a half-hour, and it's a little more serious in it's approach (I'm sure the Russerts are very impressed that Timmy can josh and joke onscreen but as a viewer, it does nothing for me). Watch one, watch all. Or watch none and just check out Bill Scher's Liberal Oasis Monday to find out what happened (without grimacing and without commercials!).
Thanks to Jess for inserting a link I wrongly thought was in the post immediately prior. Thanks to Jess and Ava for all their help this week. I've got one of those "thought pieces" that members have been requesting but I'm holding it until tomorrow. I'm hoping that with some rest (and hopefully without the huge headache I currently have) there will be no need to post it.
But this is going to be it for tonight. (Shirley checked to see if Air America Radio had their weekend schedule up and they don't yet. Thank you Shirley.)
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Too Many Zoos, an amazing, powerful horn-based trio with a very big sound, performs to commuters in the 14th Street-Union Square subway station in New York City in this video captured by Jake Dietrich. Their digital album is available for purchase and you can follow them on Facebook and Twitter to find out when and where they'll be playing next.
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I'm going to skip over the Young Earth Creationism debunking in the book because that has already been done and because the debunking in the book is based not on the science but on the Bible. This is a bit like debunking a work of fiction by turning to the front and reading the passage that informs you that 'any resemblance to any persons – living or dead – is purely coincidental'.
Moving on then, Chapter 2 is entitled:
'Does Muhammed Have the Keys to Your Grave and to Eternity'.
A fight between Muslims and Christians (of any kind) is usually quite fun because if they were as sceptical about their own religions as they were other peoples'… well, neither would exist. Let's see what it has to offer.
As a case in point of the kind of thing I mean, the book says this:
"At the end of the day, what do we have left? The claims of one man: Muhammad—a man who died and was buried over one thousand years ago."
At the end of the day what does Christianity have left? The claims of one man: Saul of Tarsus – a man who died and was buried nearly two thousand years ago.
This is the pattern for the whole section. Upbraiding Muslims for the self-same failing and moral problems that exist within the Biblical texts. Murder, lies, paedophilia, rape, slaughter, all exist in both books but the reason to dismiss both Bible and Koran are their incorrect claims, fallacious claims and fictional nature. Not that they outrage our morals – though inconsistency is rife in both.
We can skip over this section.
Chapter Three is tearing down Mormonism, a worthy goal but when you're coming from a Christian position, simply hypocritical. Again, a dose of self-scepticism to the degree shown to another faith (or faith variant) would be a pretty healthy thing to do. As with the Muslim section, this is the flaw and thus we can skip over it.
Chapter Four does the same for Jehovah's Witnesses and yet again, the irony in tearing down one version of Christianity for beliefs no crazier than those found in the Bible is not lost on me. Again, we can skip over.
Chapter Five seems to move on, finally and is titled:
Do You Want Religion or Immortality?
Definitely not the first, unsure about the second.
There is a common phrase used by Christians that theirs is not a religion, but a relationship with Christ. What these non-denominational Christians fail to understand is that Christianity is the religion, the particular sect is just that, a sect, or Church. It should be a warning sign that they want to cast themselves adrift from the word 'religion' since it has become so toxic.
Lest we forget, the definition of a religion is this:
A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
Christianity, even non-denominational Christianity, still fits this definition.
I'm an atheist, quibbling and arguing over interpretations of the Bible isn't going to convince me otherwise, it merely cements the vagueness and fallibility of the text. While the actions of sects and Churches often outrage my moral sensibility, this is not the reason I reject the concept of god. Even arseholes can be right about things. I reject them because there is no evidence for god. That many of these people and organisations are doing great harm to the human species based on their faith and their teachings is a reason to fight theism, not to reject the god concept itself. That I do on its own merits, not on the basis that it is used (though it is so EASILY used) by charlatans, exploiters and pious liars.
Supposedly, according to the book, the keys to immortality are:
KEY: Death of Jesus—we repent (i.e., death to our old sinful ways)
KEY: The burial of Jesus—we must be buried in the name of Jesus Christ (i.e., be born of water)
KEY: The resurrection of Jesus—we must receive the Holy Spirit. (i.e., be born of Spirit)
I still haven't been given any reason to believe in Jesus, god, the veracity of the Bible, any of the foundational assumptions that go into this and yet the book says this is the 'meat' of it and there's only about forty pages to go. I skipped back to make sure I hadn't missed anything, but I hadn't.
After much of this, still without any evidence or anything for me to talk about, given the foundational assumptions haven't been supported, we finally get to something testable.
Speaking in tongues.
While the writers seem to be a little coy about using that term, contextually it's fairly obvious.
Here's the problem though, speaking in tongues isn't a language and whether people realise it or not, they're fairly obviously making it up.
Here's TWO good ARTICLES about it and why it isn't what some would like to claim it to be.
The part that I find particularly interesting is that while the babbling is void of informational content or organisation it can induce – in some – a trance-like state and different congregations develop different 'dialects' where they mimic each other's babble.
Anyway, moving on…
The section Deciphering Jesus of course, presumes Jesus' existence which – as a provisional mythicist – I'm going to need evidence for.
Nor do I care about the Trinity, because again – I'm yet to be given any reason to believe in a god.
And that's the end of the book.
Did it present any evidence for anything?
Did it convince me to give up my wicked ways and no longer be an atheist?
The constant references to the Bible do nothing for me as a non-believer because I don't believe its claims and, as a sceptic, I recognise that you can't use a claim to prove itself. Ultimately this book is just another, different interpretation and – if the authors are very 'lucky' – the emergence of yet another sect or grouping calling themselves non-denominational.
All I can really welcome from it is that this is another shuffling step towards defeat of religion by reason since it stands against YEC. That's not really enough to be happy about though.
I was told there would be empirical evidence for god and Jesus and the claims – supposedly – thereof and as usual I cam away disappointed.
If the authors wish to continue the dialogue on this blog I invite them to do so.


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I am always on the hunt for an old apothecary table, I finally found a totally awesome one this weekend in Newport! Of course as luck would have it I drive a small car and had three other passengers.
It was a really hard to walk away from this unique piece! I know persistence is key and if I keep on searching I will find one that I can actually bring home and love forever! In the mean time I can admire other bloggers functional apothecary finds.
Until next time!


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Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.
The Ark Pod is an object that appears in the Sonic the Comic series published by Fleetway Editions. It is a vehicle utilized by B.A.R.F. to transport Badniks.
The Ark Pod is a large, flying vehicle, much larger than the Barfmobile. Like the aforementioned vehicle, the Ark Pod is yellow in color. Its design resembles a fish, having fin-like protrusions for its wings and has a face resembling that of a shark's.
Features and traits
The Ark Pod is capable of flight and can transport multiple passengers. A key feature is its the ability to attach itself to the Barfmobile. When the Barfmobile and Ark Pod are attached, Cam and Bert can operate the combined transport from the Barfmobile but it will be the Ark Pod's thrusters that are used.[1]
Following Dr. Robotnik's orders, B.A.R.F. took the Ark Pod to the Palmtree Panic Zone to transport the local Badniks to the Green Hill Zone.[1] After B.A.R.F. convinced the Badniks to board the Ark Pod, the vehicle took them to the Green Hill Zone, where the new Badniks claimed the Green Hill Zone and destroyed many native Badniks. Having no choice, B.A.R.F. evacuated Green Hill Zone Badniks to the Ark Pod and took off.[2]
After a quick flight to the Miracle Planet and back, B.A.R.F. took the Ark Pod to the Badnik Development and Research Facility to create the Seven Badniks.[3] The Ark Pod would later drop the Seven into the Green Hill Zone, where they rounded the rebel Badniks into the ship for B.A.R.F. to fly them back to the Palmtree Panic Zone.[4]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sonic the Comic #59, "The Seven Badniks, Part 1"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #60, "The Seven Badniks, Part 2"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #61, "The Seven Badniks, Part 3"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #62, "The Seven Badniks, Part 4"
External links
- Ark Pod at the Sonic the Comic Wiki.


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Recent developments have seen forest landscape restoration (FLR) become widely recognized as an important means of not only restoring ecological integrity at scale but also generating additional local-to-global benefits.
This report has been prepared as part of an effort by IUCN to define its position on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and plan for future work to advance this concept and support effective implementation of NbS to enhance ecosystem services provision and address societal challenges. The report propos
Many sectors, including biofuels, are targeting degraded lands yet there is no singular definition of what constitutes degraded lands.
This report builds on the outcomes of the Ghana REDD-plus readiness field dialogue, held in Ghana in November 2009. Chapter 2 captures the context and status of REDD-plus readiness in Ghana. Chapter 3 highlights lessons learned from international and local experiences.
The first practical hands-on guide to repairing the damage done by irresponsible forest activity, explaining how to increase the resilience of landscapes and the communities they support.
This book looks at the rationale for addressing the links between conservation and poverty reduction, arguing that such a focus is both ethically essential and a source of opportunities.
Análisis de las razones del por qué quienes se dedican al desarrollo, no pueden ignorar que muchas poblaciones pobres dependen de los recursos naturales.
Recent innovations in Sustainable Forest Management and Ecosystem Approaches are resulting in forests increasingly being managed as part of the broader social-ecological systems in which they exist. Forests in Landscapes reviews changes that have occurred in forest management in recent decades.
Despite endorsements of the concept of sustainable development and the linking of sustainable development with the Millennium Development Goals, progress towards the eradication of poverty has been disappointing.
Mitigating the impact of climate change presents governments and communities throughout the world with one of the main environmental challenges of our times.
Forest loss and degradation carry a heavy human and environmental cost throughout tropical, temperate and boreal regions.


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The War on Drugs
The War on Illiteracy
The War on Teen Pregnancy
We Americans sure love our wars, don't we? Why do we always gravitate toward this metaphor to solve our problems? Why haven't we figured out that it never works?
War is a strategically planned series of violent encounters between one aggrieved party and another. While one could posit that war is never productive ("War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing"), at least traditional war involves two parties in opposition and a conclusion where one party is victorious over another. That is why true wars are finite. Nation X declares war on Nation Y and the war continues until one is the victor or both sides agree to stop fighting.
However, when we declare "war" on an ideology or a concept, we're in for an endless struggle with no satisfactory conclusion. War on a concept is an infinite war. The latest case in point is our "war on terror". On NBC's "Meet the Press" last Sunday while discussing the war on terror, Newt Gingrich stated that "war is over when the terrorists disappear". Well, just how ridiculous a statement is that? Terrorists have always existed and will always exist. So long as there are aggrieved parties who, for whatever reason, find it impossible to express their frustration through legal means, there will be terror. Are we really to believe that our military should be in an endless fight against this "enemy".
When Tim McVeigh bombed the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, did we send the military after him and his co-conspirators? No, we treated him like a criminal. Al Quada and the Taliban are not national entities against whom we can declare war. They are criminal organizations. Every terror network is a criminal organization. The fact that they may be politically motivated (so was McVeigh) is irrelevant. The way to pursue criminals is with law enforcement officials, not the military.
In a prior post, I defended the part of the Bush Doctrine that stated that countries who knowingly harbor terrorists are our enemies. We should take diplomatic steps with these countries to get their cooperation. We should use sanctions if necessary. We certainly can't declare war on them when they have not formally attacked us.
While we pursue terrorism as a criminal matter, we should also take steps to reduce the incentives for terrorists. The incidence of homegrown terrorism in the United States, Canada and other wealthy western countries is low for a reason. The level of desperation in these countries is lower than in others. We must use our influence to help countries like Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan to improve the standard of life for their citizens. International efforts to stamp out poverty and increase education are the way to go. (By the way, these are the very same efforts that would help in our struggle against drug dependency and teen pregnancy, i.e. a concerted effort to reduce poverty and increase education.)
Folks, we need to stop declaring war on everything we don't like. Concepts and ideologies don't die because you try to kill everyone holding the particular concept. Concepts change when you make an effort to change hearts and minds. Communism in Russia did not die because of military action. It died because the people realized it no longer served their purposes.
When it comes to ideology, war is good for absolutely nothing.


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The Katzen Arts Center houses the Department of Art, Department of Performing Arts, and the American University Museum. Bringing all the visual and performing arts programs at AU, the Katzen Arts Center is designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in the arts. The center provides state-of-the-art instructional, exhibition, and performance space for all the arts disciplines.
The center features the extraordinary 30,000 square foot AU Museum, directed by Jack Rasmussen, with a variety of gallery spaces for exhibition of exciting contemporary art from the nation's capital region and the world, along with AU's own Watkins Collection and the collection of Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen.


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Technical Education
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Storage Area Network (SAN) is a high performance oriented dedicated and consolidated data storage network, whose principal function is to communicate with computer servers and to facilitate data access to them. The SAN can be located offsite and may comprise of disk arrays, robotic libraries, tape libraries and optical jukeboxes. But it appears as local data storage to the operating system on the servers, which access it. As there is a growing number of network topologies, which are having physical and architectural properties, SAN doesn't need to depend on Fibre Channel or Ethernet or any other specific interconnect technology.
Storage Sharing
Storage Area Network offers universal connectivity of storage devices and computers as it depends on the client/server model of communication. Let us take a paradigm, to understand the situation completely. By deploying a number of multiple servers, an organization creates a number of unconnected islands of information. Each server island is accessible by one computer, but cannot be accessed by others.
Under these circumstances, if computer B needs to communicate with the data of computer A, it needs a copy of the data from the server A. In this situation, the moving of data between two computers depends on three popular techniques which are file transfer, interprocess communication and backup, which is a criterion. Let us assume that the data transfer from computer A to B is established. But the computer B will face a situation, in which it has to work with the data that is out of date simply because the copied data was not in a timely fashion. The copying of data may also cause costly errors, due to the extra operational complexity, taking place in between the two servers.
At this point of time, a SAN architecture concept will be offering a perfect solution for this entire situation. In a Storage area framework, all the servers are physically connected to all storage devices. If server B needs some data from server A, instead of requesting for a copy of data from server A, it can access the data directly from the devices, on which server A has stored the data. This is possible, when the data storage acts as a common access point to all servers, instead of a single server. Hence, as SAN operates on universal storage connectivity, it has power implications on Information technology.
SANs universal connectivity eliminates the need of scheduling data transfers in between the servers. It also eliminates the need for purchase and maintain of temporary storage, meant only for a data transfer to take place to another server. If two servers are running different applications, one need not worry about the sync of the data copies as they are working on the same content.
Since SAN storage only offers block level operations, it doesn't provide file abstraction. But if the file systems are structured on top of a storage area network, then it can also provide file access and is known as SAN file system or shared disk file system.
In large enterprises, storage area network is seen as a storage pool for the servers, which are connected via a network. It simplifies administration, as it is better than managing each storage media, for each server. This will also make the maintenance of the storage easy and the scheduled backups will also be simple and can be managed in an easy way. In order to support data continuity, SANs are often deployed in remote locations and are maintained in conditions, which can offer instant disaster recovery.
SAN Infrastructure
Storage area network often relies on Fibre channel topology, which is specifically designed to handle storage communications. As Fibre channel provides faster and more reliable access, it is used as basic protocol in SAN infrastructure. A Fibre channel also known as Fabric relies on the concept of local area network. However, they are certain distance related limitations for Fibre channel topology and so it connects to off-site locations via the Ethernet powered iSCSI structure.
But from the past few years, due to the highly expensive Fabric Infrastructure, most of the SAN architecture is being laid on iSCSI protocol. This has not only brought the cost in establishing a SAN infrastructure, but also will be flexible to work with as it is ubiquitous.
Self-Healing Benefits Offered by SAN Storage
Self healing SAN storage is a data storage, where restoration of storage and data is done from a failure, before RAID rebuilds the data of a failed disk. Moreover, end to end error detection and repair is offered without the need of replacing hard drives throughout the systems warranty period.
It is a known fact that hard disk drives are the storage media, which are usually used in SAN. By having a self healing storage network, elimination of potential cause of drive failures can be observed. To reduce drive failures, heat reduction and vibration reduction need to be observed, which improves drive's reliability. Vibration can cause drive failures and also can instigate skipping of writes and reads, of adjacent drives. No matter, how efficiently the drive manufactures design the drives, still the vibration can cause failures, which can result in downtime. However, this problem can be overtaken, by building individual drive housing, so that there is uniform rigidity throughout the system. This can be done by installing drive shelves front to back, alternating throughout the array shelf. This is known as counter mounting.
Coming to minimizing the heat, this can be done by increasing the airflow in the drive enclosure. By placing the drives in a side by side position in front of the drive bay, tight packing of the components can be avoided. This will not only improve airflow and decrease heat upsurge, but also will reduce vibration.
If a storage system takes measures to resolve erroneous disk drive failures, this saves a lot of money, time and also eliminates the risk of facing downtime. By changing the physical design of the hardware, reduction in drive failures can be observed. When the drive shows initial signs of failure, one can reset or power cycle the drive in an automatic way, which doesn't show any impact on the regular system operations. When the drive seems to be well enough to be restored, then it can be restored to normal operations. If still the drive power cycles are unable to correct the problem, then self healing system will be having the ability to perform a full remanufacturing process.
In most of the cases, almost 70% of the drives deployed in SAN architecture can be repaired. So, as a result, one can save money, reduce data vulnerability and can make sure that mission critical operations can achieve high performance levels.
Pros and Cons of a Storage Area Network SAN Storage
First, let us go for the benefits of the SAN storage and the later on trace out the disadvantages of SAN storage.
Storage Area Network Benefits
- Disk utilization is utmost – in a SAN architecture the disk utilization is utmost, as all the storage media are offered as a centralized storage and can be managed as a single entity. This makes the IT admin to assign the storage in a more intellectual way for the servers. In the absence of SAN, buying tons of disks and sticking to assigning of data will be an expensive.
- Mission critical solutions get Dr assistance – When multiple servers dealing with mission critical applications are deployed in the data center, then recovery of data becomes tedious, in the event of catastrophes. But in SAN environment, data continuity is available as a quick solution. This helps in reducing the downtime for mission critical applications, to be accessed by users.
- Availability and scalability – every enterprise expects availability and scalability from their data centers. SAN architecture is designed in such a way that, it offers mission critical applications enriched by availability and scalability. It is sophisticated enough, to alert the IT administrator, about its ill health, if in case, one of its parts are going bad soon. Moreover, the algorithms used in SAN are consistent enough to protect the data from all kinds of risks leading to downtime. Moreover, its scalability option can be flexible enough according to the data growth of the organization.
- SAN offers quick backup – a quality backup of data, can save an enterprise during disasters. But if the backup is taking a lot of time, usually, most of the IT managers schedule it once in a week or neglect its existence, as it is too time consuming. But this can incur losses for an enterprise if situations deteriorate. But SAN offers speedy backup and so it will be a major benefit for an organization.
Storage Area Network Benefits
When right expertise, budget and business requirements are allotted to the data storage, then SAN architecture will be much beneficial. If in case, SAN storage requirements fall into the below mentioned scenarios, then going for a SAN storage doesn't make sense.
- When an enterprise has only few servers which are inexpensive – Enterprises which have hundreds of servers will find SAN storage much beneficial, as it offers centralized storage and management. But those organizations, which only have few servers, will find SAN storage expensive. It is a known fact that, SAN offers the same features, irrespective of the size of the organization or number of servers. But justifying its cost against its existence is also needed as the equipment to establish a SAN framework is too pricey.
- When disaster recovery is essential for only a single application – disaster recovery is essential for an organization and so SAN offers complete protection to the data accessed by application through its RAID influenced hardware. But having SAN installed for single application will be unwise, as the data recovery, during a disaster can also be done by a software. Software based solutions run on the servers, where data needs to be mirrored to a primary location. When this can be done by software, then utilizing SAN is almost expensive for single application.


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Small businesses, no matter how small, in fact because they are small, need to account for their financial transactions carefully: small businesses need accounting software.
Since accounting has many subdivisions, such as sales, banking, payroll, but your small business may not require accounting of all these concerns, you will want to obtain that software which satisfies only your business requirements, especially if you're purchasing the software as opposed to getting free software (which is available if you search for it).
While you'll start off by obtaining only those accounting subdivisions you must have, you'll also want to anticipate future growth and diversification; you'll want to start with an accounting software package that can be expanded from a basic set of necessary functions to include those you expect to need in the future as your business grows and diversifies.
When reviewing what accounting software packages are out there in the market, ascertain that first, the package comes in modules that can be custom combined, and, second, that you can purchase and use the modules without having to obtain all parts. An extremely good accounting package that gives precisely this versatility is "Microsoft's Office Accounting Express (2007-2009)", an accounting software package you've got to see to believe.
When we think about Microsoft, we think paying for whatever software they're selling, but here's the good news: if you happen to consider purchasing Microsoft Office Accounting Express when they're having a market push, you can probably get their basic package for free!
We're talking about an accounting software system that is tailored for small businesses, that starts you off with a sophisticated basic package what will not only allow you to account for one small company, but for many small companies, that is especially suited for eCommerce (they've got a Paypal component that integrates its sales, accounts payable, and accounts receivable with your Paypal account).
It also provides the essential accounting functions that handles either a sales or services company and that can be further built upon. The last point is the catch (not a regrettable one if the basic stuff is free). You'll have to pay for additional modules and upgrades thereafter, at least as it now stands.
Still, look at what you get for the basic system: a complete accounting system that handles basic financial accounting, including accounts payable, equity accounting, accounts receivable, sales, fixed assets, banking, vendors, online sales (wow!), and all the reports you'll need for even a medium-size business. This is just the "Express" accounting system; the upgrade is the "Office Accounting Professional".
It will allow you to handle employees, inventory, project management, multi-user sharing, and foreign currency sales. This system will take your accounting practices from a small to a medium-size business with ease at a cost you cannot afford to ignore.
Finally, we're talking about an accounting software system that is so user-friendly, even those who have no experience in accounting will find it easy to use. It's graphic interface is truly artful, and it's help and documentation makes it the perfect accounting system for those with little or not accounting background.
Go to Microsoft's site and check it out for yourself. If you're on time, maybe the free Express edition is still available. Microsoft and free? This must be a revolution in the software industry. Don't be left out. Go now!


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"May is National Bike Month, sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists and celebrated in communities from coast to coast. Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling — and encourage more folks to giving biking a try."
–The League of American Bicyclists
Whether it's commuting to work, or fixing up a friend's bike–May is the time to encourage those around you to make bikes a bigger part of their life.
Many ENOpians are also bicycle enthusiasts. Whether you have a beater you like to play around on, mountain bike, or are a road biker–May is the time to celebrate bicyclists everywhere! Bicycling elevates happiness, contributes to a healthier environment and is just plain fun.
Even though you pack light before you hop on a bike, there's always room in the backpack for your hammock. What better way to rest and relax after a good ride? The benefits from regularly bicycling is a long list, read on to learn some of them.
The longest mountain bike race in the world was a ride from Canada to Mexico. With 2700 miles over the continental divide in the Rockies.
If the average person biked to work or shopping once every two weeks instead of driving, we could prevent the pollution of close to one billion gallons of gasoline from entering the atmosphere every year.
For a 150-lb woman, bicycling at less than 10 miles per hour, burns about 300 calories in 60 minutes.
Since 2000, bike commuting has grown by 62 percent.
Bicycling just 20 miles per week reduces women's risk of heart disease by 50%.


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Barry Zanck, owner of a small mortgage company in Newport Beach, California, says he had never had a complaint lodged against his business. So he was shocked when he was named, along with a dozen other mortgage-related companies, in lawsuits filed last year by a prominent southern California law firm.
"The unlawful, unfair and fraudulent business practices and false and misleading advertising of defendants . . . present a continuing threat to members of the public," the lawsuit stated. "Plaintiff and other members of the general public have no other adequate remedy of law. As a direct and proximate result of the aforementioned acts, defendants received and continue to hold ill-gotten gains belonging to members of the public."
What Had Zanck Done?
His company had run a series of advertisements in a real-estate advertising magazine that showed properties for sale along with approximate monthly payments, including principal and interest. At the bottom he explained the basic terms of the loan: 10 percent down at 7 percent with 7.388 percent APR. But Zanck didn't print the length of the loan-30 years-and didn't include his mortgage-license number, as required under federal lending regulations. Other companies named in the lawsuit had left out similar information in classified advertisements.
Soon after the lawsuit was filed, Zanck's attorney received a settlement offer from the law firm that filed the suit. The information it included was frightening: "Conceivably, your client could be required to return all profits earned over the past four years resulting from a violative advertisement." The law firm was willing to make the whole problem go away for a mere $13,000.
Zanck is a feisty guy and a successful businessman. Unlike many who fear the legal system and lack the resources to fight back, he decided to defend himself. When his attorney began playing hardball, the price of a settlement started dropping. But Zanck wasn't eager to settle. The matter ended up in court–something that rarely happens in cases like this. (He believes the plaintiff attorneys wanted to teach him a lesson after the Orange County Register wrote an editorial about the case.)
The judge ruled in Zanck's favor, saying, "I'm looking at those ads. I see them all the time. I'm a reasonable consumer. And if I picked up the phone and called and asked about those things . . . he would tell us what the price would be. . . . So judgment for the defense. There will be no injunction because there's nothing to enjoin."
Zanck's "victory" cost more than $10,000.
Judging Regulations
It's an old saying, but it's generally true: If you want to gauge the true effect of any proposed law or government regulation, ignore the promises and expect the exact opposite to come true. The War on Poverty? Figure it will cause government dependency and exacerbate poverty. The War on Terror? Figure it will create new grievances that lead to more terrorist attacks.
This basic principle is playing out today in California, as the state's consumer laws, designed to protect the "little guy" from unfair business practices, are providing unethical predators the tools to unfairly take advantage of those least able to protect themselves. The biggest losers are the consumers, who must pay more for products they wish to buy, and the small mom-and-pop businesses that are viewed as easy marks by entrepreneurial trial lawyers who exploit the state's unfair-business-practices law for private gain.
"They've sued bowling alleys, alleging that 'ladies night' discounts are unfair to men," reported the Los Angeles Times. "They've sued software manufacturers on the ground that their bulky packaging tricks consumers into thinking they're getting more than a small computer disk. . . . A small band of litigators has struck gold in the fine print of laws intended to protect Californians from hazardous chemicals, discrimination and business scams. They blanket the business world with hundreds of lawsuits at a time, often making claims that appear fanciful, even absurd."
Most Americans are familiar with the well-publicized abuses of the legal system. In January, a judge ruled that McDonald's could not be held liable for the obesity of children who–stop me before I eat again–couldn't help but stuff their faces with Big Macs. Despite the sanity of the ruling, this insane lawsuit was of a type that has become increasingly common. Companies are sued these days for the misuse, or overuse, of their products by consumers even though there is nothing wrong with the products themselves.
The basic goal: Score big monetary awards from gullible juries, who are moved by sob stories rather than by traditional legal theories. What's less commonly known is a form of legal abuse–legal extortion, really–in which the smallest businesses are targeted by trial attorneys for small sums of money. It's the low-rent version of the process described above by the Times.
Instead of seeking multimillion-dollar settlements, trial attorneys typically seek a few thousand dollars from scores of businesses at a time. Their goal isn't to get before a jury, but to exact settlements from small companies that know it is too costly to fight. It's cheaper to pay $5,000 in extortion than it is to hire an attorney and spend $20,000 to $30,000 to "win" in court.
One tool used to hammer businessmen is Section 17200 of California's Business and Professions Code, which deals with so-called unfair business practices. "Any person who engages, has engaged, or proposes to engage in unfair competition may be enjoined in any court of competent jurisdiction. The court may make such orders or judgments, including the appointment of a receiver, as may be necessary to prevent the use or employment by any person of any practice which constitutes unfair competition."
The section is vague about what unfair competition is, but it includes being in violation of any law. So Zanck–being technically in violation of federal advertising standards–could be said to have been engaged in unfair competition. But one needn't be in violation of any law to be accused of an unfair business practice.
At least 200 immigrant-owned nail salons in the Los Angeles area have been accused of unfair business practices by enterprising lawyers because the salons reuse nail polish on different customers. Never mind that there's no evidence showing harm from this perfectly legal practice and that the state's Bureau of Barbering and Cosmetology says there's nothing wrong with it.
In January, Los Angeles-area restaurant owners were sued for unfair business practices after their county health-department ratings on cleanliness and other health standards were downgraded from "A" to "B." In one case the cause of the lower grade was a malfunctioning refrigerator, which, according to the owners, was quickly fixed. But that one mistake led to a lawsuit from a Beverly Hills firm that specializes in 17200 actions. A restaurant with a "B" grade is allowed to keep operating, but to attorneys looking for shakedown opportunities, it's enough reason to file suit.
Some official state websites list regulatory violations by businesses, such as expiration of licenses. Attorneys scour those sites for companies to sue. It's another example of how the regulatory state leads to unfair practices against law-abiding citizens. It's one thing to be sued for harming consumers, quite another to be sued because you didn't cross every "t" on reams of state-mandated paperwork.
Basis of Tort Law
The tort system is flawed, but most people have no problem with the basic idea underlying it. If through negligence an individual harms another person, that individual should be forced to pay whatever damages the negligence caused.
Sell a consumer a toaster that, instead of toasting, blows up in the consumer's face, and the tort system is designed to provide redress. Most trial attorneys and consumer activists seem to believe that were it not for potential lawsuits and consumer statutes, companies wouldn't care if their products maimed or killed customers. They forget that any toaster maker that provided singed hair instead of nicely browned bagels wouldn't be in business very long.
But these days suits are filed against companies even though their products function properly. For example, a gun maker was sued after a man shot up a San Francisco office building; the suit was based on the dubious idea that the company had marketed its guns to criminals. In a similar vein, the parents of obese children didn't sue McDonald's because the burgers were adulterated; they sued because their kids ate too many of them. This clearly was an abuse of the process.
The 17200 lawsuits take the abuse one step further. At least in the cases just mentioned there were actually injured parties (though they weren't injured by the defendants). In the 17200 lawsuits there literally are no victims. No prospective homebuyer complained that Zanck's advertisements lacked all the necessary information required by federal regulation. No customer of the nail salons complained that they caught a disease from the reused polish. No diner claimed to have gotten ill at the restaurants with the "B" rating.
In the late 1970s the plaintiffs' bar managed to insert a provision into the business and professions code that is the heart of the extortion-lawsuit racket today. The original law allowed the attorney general, local district attorneys, and city attorneys in larger cities to use 17200 to file lawsuits against businesses that were deemed to be using abusive or fraudulent tactics. But the amendment allowed any member of the public to serve as a plaintiff in a lawsuit, even if he had not been wronged by the defendant, and it allowed private attorneys to bring cases in the name of the public.
Although many other states have consumer statutes similar to 17200, only California has such glaring incentives for abuse.
In the Zanck case the plaintiff wouldn't say under oath why so many lawsuits had been filed in her name. She couldn't even say how many lawsuits there were. Such a plaintiff is the law firm's stooge. Sometimes a firm creates a small "consumer" organization to serve as a plaintiff; it might be nothing more than the wife of the attorney. Since anyone can be a plaintiff, the only reason to create an organization is for the public-relations value.
Because no one alleges any harm in these suits, the money received in the settlements goes straight to the law firm. Despite a settlement, other law firms can sue a company over the same alleged violation, and the same law firm can sue a company over another similar mistake.
Repeat Victims
At a January hearing conducted by members of the state assembly in Santa Ana, many owners of small companies said they had been repeat victims of the practice. The tactics often are crude, resembling the sort of shakedowns perpetrated by mobsters: pay now and the price is $3,000, but wait until Monday and it goes up to $8,000; we know your books aren't right, so if you don't pay up we'll make you open your tax records, and we might contact the IRS in the process.
The California Bar Association is investigating this abusive practice, but few observers believe that the plaintiffs' bar, which gives seminars on how to build a law practice based on 17200 lawsuits, will do anything to put an end to this profit center. A few legislators are angry about the problem, especially because of the harm it's doing to immigrant businessmen, but state legislators rarely say no to the trial-lawyer lobby.
Attorney General Bill Lockyer has criticized the abuses, but consumer "protection" has been his forte, and his representative at the Santa Ana hearing was hooted down by angry businessmen because he spent his entire presentation lauding 17200 for allowing the state to go after miscreants such as–he really said this–Joe Camel.
To supporters of the free market, stories of entrepreneurship do the heart good. Yet in California today, traditional entrepreneurs are leaving the state to escape a crushing tax burden and a regulatory system that treats them like criminals. In their place are legal entrepreneurs who scour statutes to find ways to make profits on the backs of legitimate businesses. Instead of creating jobs and opportunities, these attorneys destroy them.
It's the antithesis of freedom and enterprise. Companies that actually harm people need to be held accountable. But when the legal system strays from its basic mission of sorting through grievances based on traditional legal precepts, the result can be harrowing. Instead of helping an individual to have his day in court, this system makes him vulnerable to the ravages of legal sharks.
It's the opposite of what consumer protection is theoretically about. Then again, given the long history of government regulation, why am I surprised?


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Okay, I don't mind the fanservice too much since they are idols and a part of the job is gravure shoots and making yourself alluring to the audience. However, I will admit sometimes it's a bit absurd.As for the main trio not getting too much attention, I think that actually plays to ML's benefit. A big issue I have with CG sometimes is that for such a big cast, they have a very unnatural bias towards their main trio, which after a while gets sickening. The very first election CD and the One for All DLC are the absolute worst offenders of this. ML's main trio not getting as much attention as others actually helps them not be shilled and overshadow the rest of the cast, so my opinion on them is much higher than New Generations as a group. They feel as more a part of the bigger picture rather than what everyone should only be paying attention to.
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So what was it this time that freaked everyone out? Democrats can blame Hank Paulson's intraday "covered bonds" speech. Republicans can blame Barack Obama coming home from his world tour to host a Paul Volcker sponsored "economic summit". Portfolio Managers can blame their analysts. Traders who bought into the "buy the banks" call from last week, can blame themselves. John Thain can blame himself.
The reality is that it is month end this week, and we have an oversupply of "Fast Money" chasing weekly and monthly performance. What happens to fast money when oil and fertilizer stocks stop working? Buy the Financials? Nice try. All of a sudden nothing is working, and the market factor that remains most misunderstood is that which you will not see until it has unwound. Do people out there legitimately think that this bear market is not going to take down a massive equity levered hedge fund? C'mon. Tail risk in this market continues to intensify.
It's time to get real here. Even Bush and Obama will agree with each other now on that. Bush called Wall Street "drunk" last week, and Obama called it "irresponsible" this week. Make no mistake – this is the brave new world of US Election year populism. In the end it's going to equate to higher cost of capital and less access to it. Re-regulation will follow. After that's all said and done, the market's headlines will be littered with 30 something year olds who blew up hedge funds, alongside 50 something year old sell siders like Vikram Pandit who launched his and did the same.
Obama is too young and naïve to be President, but the 51 year old Pandit Bandit is old enough to run America's largest bank? Tech wrecks, Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman weren't good enough to keep their respective stock prices from falling, but now they're good enough to advise team McCain on solving this economic mess? Whitman is 51 and Fiorina 53, fyi. Volcker is the only one in this political circus who is older than John McCain. He and McCain should team up – together they're 151 years old!
This has nothing to do with age. Going forward, this is going to have everything to do with integrity and sound judgment. Who is going to mark their assets to market? Who is going to put the principles in their business ahead of principal? When a handshake means something again, we'll all be better off.
Don't look for that from Merrill's new CEO, John Thain, who assured investors on his July 17th conference call that ``we believe that we are in a very comfortable spot in terms of our capital''. This morning Thain has Merrill taking another $5.7B write-down and raising $8.5B worth of stock. Are you kidding me?
Asia took that Merrill news and pounded both stocks and currencies. Chinese equities (which I am long) were down -1.8%. Japanese equities (which I am short) closed down another -1.5%. There was no economic news out of China, but Japan reported its highest unemployment rate since September 2006. Japan is re-entering the dark hole of negative real growth. Meanwhile India raised rates by a higher than expected 50 basis points to 9%, and investors ran for the exits again, closing the BSE Sensex down a sharp -3.9%. Taiwan lost -3% and Korea was down -2%. A crisis of confidence in the leadership of the US banking system is not going to help any asset class, globally.
John Thain now joins Vikram Pandit (Citigroup) and Dick Fuld (Lehman) as the current CEO flag bearers of Wall Street. In a 'You Tube'-less and internet-less world, where transparency wasn't such a powerful real time accountability tool, they may actually have gotten away with this kind of 'say one thing - do the other', behavior. Now, the rules are changing, and the whole world is watching. Who do you trust?
So what was it this time that freaked everyone out? Democrats can blame Hank Paulson's intraday "covered bonds" speech. Republicans can blame Barack Obama coming home from his world tour to host a Paul Volcker sponsored "economic summit". Portfolio Managers can blame their analysts. Traders who bought into the "buy the banks" call from last week, can blame themselves. John Thain can blame himself.


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Robert Rubicco - Have You Always Want To Learn How To Cook?
Sadly, many people consider meal preparation a monotonous chore. Actually, cooking can be really enjoyable. This is an easier way to live healthy. As a first-rate cook always seeks to expand their skills, read on to gain some Robert Rubicco useful tips which can help you increase your knowledge and your enjoyment of cooking.
Before attempting to prepare food with skewers, take a few things to heart. Using metal skewer types will increase your chances of success when compared to wooden options.
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Raw potatoes should rest in chilly water for approximately 30 minutes. This will help them to be crispy and delicious. Robert Rubicco helps to make the fibers within them stronger, which makes them better able to handle the heat during frying.
This seasoning works well on non-meat foods, too. Try using it to season roasted potatoes or chickpeas. People will notice a different flavor than usual in your dish, and wonder what it is.
When you need to store dry ingredients such as flour, or sugar in your kitchen, use airtight containers. By storing foods in airtight containers, Robert Rubicco says you can ensure its freshness and prevent any contamination. Thankfully, you can grab some affordable, quality airtight containers practically anywhere.
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For better seasoning results, use smaller applications of seasoning at frequent intervals throughout the cooking process instead of dumping it all in at once. This makes the flavor of the food the best it can be and you will get everything out of each individual ingredient.
Measure cooking oil out. Make sure you measure out your oil to cut some of the fat that you cook with; do not pour it straight from the bottle. This should enable you to carefully watch how much oil you are cooking with.
Never cook with wine you haven't tried. If you select wine that you do not enjoy or use a bottle that you have never tried, you may not like how your food turns out. Robert Rubicco tips is possible to find wines that are meant to be used in cooking.
In order to keep herbs and spices fresh and flavorful, keep them stored in a cool, dark area. Heat will cause flavor loss in your herbs and spices; therefore, they should be kept away from heat sources such as stoves.
Directions should be followed closely when you are making macaroni and cheese. The macaroni will turn out great and when you melt the cheese on top, it is even better. A solid spoon should be used when serving the macaroni masterpiece. A little bit of pepper can add surprising dimension to this simple dish.
To give your pasta sauce some additional flavor, use some of the water that the pasta was cooked in. Save about one quarter cup of this water. The water should be added to the sauce and pasta mixture by the Robert Rubicco instructions. Amalgamation will help the starch in the pasta to add a creamy quality, and extra body to your sauce.
As was previously noted, a good cook is always learning. Enjoyment of cooking encompasses not only the act of cooking, but also the excitement derived from learning about new foods and cooking techniques. Sharing your cooking skills with others is also part of being a good cook. Sharing everything from your unique recipes to your finished food will give you a sense of well-being.


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East coast's unsung wonders
The country's best-kept secret is bound to get out, warns York Membery
The giant flowerpot-shaped rocks reaching to the sky above me were among the weirdest-shaped geological formations I had ever seen. There again, Hopewell Rocks, on the Bay of Fundy, are one of the unsung wonders of the world.
Long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the Bay of Fundy tides were in action – sculpting cliff sides, carving rock formations of staggering proportions, and creating one of the world's most unspoilt ecosystems. But much of the world knows very little about Atlantic Canada or one of its best known geographical features.
I have visited the country many times over the years. I have seen the big cities, forests and mountain ranges, but it is the quiet, laid-back charms of one of its least visited regions, Atlantic


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Lair of the Evildoer PC Beta: Call for Testers
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Edit: For those who have contacted me already, I'll be following up in the next few days with the first build.
Work is wrapping up on the PC version of Lair of the Evildoer and the time has come to share the build with a few willing guinea pigs. That's right, it's PC beta test time!
What I Need From You
You need to have:
- A Dropbox account, to download the game (they're free! Sign up with this link and we both get extra space)
- A willingness to try out the game. Mostly looking for bugs, but all feedback is welcome!
You don't need any special software or hardware. The game should run on just about anything (although performance can be poor on low-power laptops with integrated graphics). All software prerequisites should be included in the installer.
What's In It For You
- Play the updated game before it comes out, for free!
- Get your name in the credits as a beta tester (if desired)
- Get that Warm Fuzzy Feeling(TM) for helping out an indie developer
What You Need To Do
Send an email to beta [at] goingloudstudios [dot] com with the following info:
- Your name
- Your PC specs, including OS, video card, CPU and memory
- Whether or not you have a gamepad (360 or otherwise)


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I, as a child, put Megatron above all other Transformers. He was cool, bad and I could use him as a gun in my other play! But I always had a real soft spot for Soundwave. In the cartoon he had a cool voice and was Meg's right hand man. He came with cassettes that ejected and were his minions. His head looked like the Decepticon logo. His batteries changed into GUNS!! How cool is that.
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Suit filed over woman's death after being jailed in Missouri
DES PERES (AP) — A father has sued over his daughter's drug overdose death after she was found unconscious in a suburban St. Louis police station holding cell.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the suit filed last week in St. Louis County Circuit Court alleges that the failure to provide immediate medical care caused the death of Jennifer Newman. The 37-year-old Rock Hill woman was being held on traffic warrants in a Des Peres cell in September 2014 when she was found unconscious.
Paramedics gave her the overdose drug Narcan and began CPR before taking her to a hospital, where she later died.
The lawsuit alleges that four officers failed to investigate whether she was fit for confinement or required immediate medical care. A city attorney says he doesn't comment on pending litigation.


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Lunar Eclipse
Astronomer Stephen Edberg captured this sequence of the full moon as it enters Earth's shadow and then is completely covered by it on August 28, 2007. The moon's passes through nearly the same portion of Earth's shadow during the total lunar eclipse on April 14-15, 2014 but the coloring may be different. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra (shadow). This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, a lunar eclipse can only occur the night of a full moon. The type and length of an eclipse depend upon the Moon's location relative to its orbital nodes. When the Moon travels completely into the Earth's umbra, one observes a total lunar eclipse.
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Jinna Cabrera
No doctor in his right mind wouldn't want Jinna Cabrera on a follow up visit. It might be against the Hippocratic Oath that physicians would invent things to say just to see Jinna one more time. Scratch that, it's totally against that old dude's oath. Can't blame them though because this model is just hotness personified. What's not clear though is her bio because her personal website doesn't say much about her beginnings. Go on and follow her on Twitter to find out which professional would love to see her more.
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Arlington Forest
Arlington Forest
Arlington Forest, named for the mature treed- lots and neighboring parkland that define the area, is a popular community of single family homes in west-central Arlington. Its bounded by Carlin Springs Road, George Mason Drive, North Henderson Rd, North 2ndStreet, Pershing Drive, Route 50 (Arlington Blvd) and Glencarlyn Park and the W&OD trail.
Most of the approximately 800 homes were constructed 1939-1949 by the same builder, so there is some innate homogeneousness in the original all-brick Colonials that align the planned, curving neighborhood roads.
Since then, many residents have expanded through elaborate additions, but the character of Arlington Forest has been preserved and maintained to this day.
The Arlington Forest Civic Association website has a copy of the original builder brochure, advertising "standard" 6 Room Houses in the FHA-approved Arlington Forest community for as little as $5,990. Pay particular attention to the "gleaming black and white tiled walls with tile floor to match" in the new Forest bathrooms, as the signature black and white tiled floor still remains in many homes throughout the Forest.
Residents boast of the best of both worlds – they are a walkable mile from the Ballston Metro, but enjoy the tranquility and outdoor opportunities of their proximity to Lubber Run Park – Arlington's first public Park. It's home to the Lubber Run Community Center (built on the site of the former Henderson House, Arlington Forest's first residence), as well as the Lubber Run Amphitheater, a county fixture since the late 60s (for more on the Amphitheater, see this June 2011 blog post).
The neighborhood streets closest to Arlington Blvd have entrances to the W&OD bike and walking trail (which follows old railway routes from Shirlington all the way to Purcellville, VA). Via the trail, residents can easily walk to Bluemont Park, Bon Air Rose Garden, a covered picnic pavilion, multiple playgrounds, and the Long Branch Nature Center. There's also a small neighborhood park located on Edison Street in the heart of Arlington Forest.
Arlington Forest also features its own small neighborhood shopping center. Constructed in 1941, it originally was home to a deli, A&P, hardware store, beauty shop, dry cleaner, and an ESSO gas station. Today it's still home to a dry cleaner, and beauty shop, as well a nail salon, Brooke Rental Center, Brick's Pizza, Crystal Thai, and an Outback Steakhouse.
The active citizens association puts out a regular newsletter, the community hosts annual yard sales, stream clean-ups, and block parties, and there's a baby-sitting co-op in place since 1961!
Homes on the north side of Route 50 feed to Barrett Elementary, Kenmore Middle School, and Washington-Lee High School. Homes to the south feed to Barcroft Elementary, Kenmore, and Wakefield High School. Make sure to verify this information for specific residences using the Arlington School Boundary Locator
Arlington Forest has been designated a National Historic District since 2005.
Are you looking to buy or sell a home in Arlington Forest? Do you have additional photos or documents you would like to add to this page? Contact Arlington Unwrapped today!