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Washington (CNN) - Nearly half of all Americans have an unfavorable view of the tea party movement, putting it in the same company as the Democratic and Republican parties, according to a new national poll.
A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday indicates that 32 percent of the public has a favorable view of the two year old anti-tax movement, which also calls for less government spending and a more limited role for the federal government. The 32 percent favorable rating is down five points from December.
Forty-seven percent of people questioned say they have an unfavorable view of the tea party, up four points from December and an increase of 21 points from January 2010. That 47 percent is virtually identical to the 48 percent unfavorable ratings for both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party in the same poll.
"This is the first time that a CNN poll has shown the tea party's unfavorable ratings as high as those of the two major parties," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "It looks like the rise in the movement's unfavorable rating has come mostly among people who make less than $50,000."
The tea party movement's unfavorable rating rose 15 points since October among lower-income Americans, compared to only five points among those making more than $50,000. Roughly half of all American households have incomes under $50,000, and half make more than that.
"It's possible the drop among lower income Americans is a reaction to the tea party's push for large cuts in government programs that help lower-income Americans, although there are certainly other factors at work," adds Holland.
The tea party was born in early 2009, as a protest movement against the Troubled Asset Relief Program, better known as TARP or the Wall Street bailout, which was implemented by President George W. Bush in the autumn of 2008, and against the federal stimulus plan, officially known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Barack Obama passed through Congress in early 2009. The grassroots movement became a player in Republican Party politics over the past two years and tea party activists were instrumental in helping the GOP win back control of the House and narrow the Democrats' majority in the Senate in last November's midterm elections.
According to the poll, 46 percent have a favorable view of the Democratic Party, with 48 percent saying they see it in a negative light. Forty-four percent of those questioned say they have a favorable view of the Republican Party, with 48 percent saying they hold an unfavorable view.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey was conducted March 11-13, with 1,023 people questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.
- CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report
Koch boys' fake "grassroots" movement is petering out. What's new? Angle,ODonnell and Miller were joke candidates.Now they want Herman Cain.
It was only a matter of time once the people found out that electing people with absolutely no or very little concept of how government works is not really the best idea to come down the pike. There are many ways to cut spending, and the government should be implementing them, agecies that are redundant, or have outlived their usefullness, but, these tea party people want drastic cuts, but only in areas that affect the lower or middle class. They have not (as far as I know) demanded that big businesses pay their fair share of taxes, nor have they demanded that the higher income people pay their fair share of taxes, minus the loopholes.
The tea party was a good thing and then out of no-ware it got hijacked by a bunch wacko republicans !! This was a party for Independents who had a belly full of the TWO PARTY SYSTEM and started a party for the good of the country but leave it to the republicans to send in the snakes with money and put a hammerhead face (Sarah) on it and presto a party for nut jobs!!
Seriously, you are going to call this a grass roots movement, when it was funded lock, stock and barrel by the Koch Brothers and Dick Army and other organizations that receive millions of dollars from CEO's and Oil Barrons? Really? I am glad to see that Americans are starting to wise up and see that when you support the tea party you are cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Just look at these people.They look like"possesed" Zealots,that can,t wait to sling mud at the President,make racial statements and "posters". Thank the powers of "common sense" people to " Vote them Gone! They will have the "Legacy" of the party who tried to kill the middleclass,and rob the "Poor and Unemployed. Good Bye.
As intelligent, rational thinking Americans see the tea-baggers for what they are, a bunch of middle class white racists, the tea party will go the way of the dinosuars. The poll findings give me hope that this country will move away from the republican/tea-bagger politics of hate, fear and division.
The only thing that is surprising is that their unfavorable ratings are only at 47%...my guess is this goes up as people realize this group merely a front for the ultra-wealthy to curb government oversight and regulations, while taking away things from the working class.
To date, the Tea Party has been responsible for electing officials who have spent an inordinate amount of time trying to stop abortion, make women's health care less accessible, overturn a bill that extends health insurance coverage to more Americans, bust unions and reduce the pay and benefits of average Americans, all the while fighting to remove safety and financial regulations and to lower taxes for corporations (the top 25% of whom basically already pay no federal tax) and the wealthiest among us. If anyone has a favorable opinion of the Tea Party, it can only be that they are all wealthy – or too dumb to understand that then policies they espouse will hurt rather than help Americans.
Down because of how the media portrays them. The Tea Party will still have a huge impact on elections because the taxpayers are fed up with the overspending of their hard earned $$.
Roughly half of all American households have incomes under $50,000, and half make more than that.
Gee, ya' think? Thanks for the clarification CNN.
Meanwhile..... The Tea Party, if the truth were EVER told on this venue vis-a-vis this subject, was a reactionary movement borne out of the fact that a Black man was duly elected President of the United States. Period. End of subject. Stop the spin.
Next week, I will meet with my accountant, and file my income taxes. Thanks to the efforts by the tea baggers and the republican party to shut down government, my refund will be delayed as long as they play their stupid games. There is no leader with common sense in the republican/bagger party. Fire Boner in 2012!
Any vote for any back by the TEA PARTY , you will end up with no right and making Mim. Wage and they will lower that. And the Middle Class and the poor will be living on the street. The Koch's Brother only care about how the Rich can get Richer. Look at Wisconsin the Tea Party back Republican all ready trying to take your Collective Bargaining right a way. And that Against your first Amendment under the U.S. Constitution of America.
Looks like people are FINALLY LISTENING to what the "partiers" are saying. My biggest problem in understanding their ideas is they say "stay out of our personal lives", but then come across with some of the most personal decisions a person ever has to make-abortion #1 in my mind, can they not see the difference between pro-life and pro-choice??-freedom of religion-does our constitution not give citizens the right to worship as they choose? I've been a Christian over 55 yrs. but that doesn't mean I want to take away any individuals' right to choose. STRONG BELIEVER IN SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE! I prefer to let my faith be shown in my daily living as I treat my fellow man as I would like to be treated.
Well, that didn't take long. I guess when you say less government out of one side of your mouth while advocating so much government intrusion out of the other side, people realize you're little more than one more hyper-conservative hypocrite...
My contacts with TP members has been pretty much negative. They don't know facts, they live by the words of Glenn and Rush. If you contrdict them look out! They get nasty.
What took Americans so long to see that the Koch brothers and their ilk, created the bagger movement and used ignorant people who were afraid of a black president, to elect candidates who want to destroy workers and the middle class? Oh, now I remember, it was the lies and misinformation from Fox (Sammans and Hannity should be fired) and the 24/7 fear and hate cycle of the extreme media.
It's because they are unwilling to compromise, which is something that HAS to be done in a country of over 300,000,000. Their my way or the highway attitude just does not work and only benefits those that have money. Plus, the ever more apparent it becomes that the billionaire brothers are behind the entire movement, the less enthused poor people are for fighting the fat cats to stay fat at the cost of middle america.
It makes sense. They are not in favor of lower taxes because they do not pay taxes. They take from those that do.
"The tea party movement's unfavorable rating rose 15 points since October among lower-income Americans"
You mean you folks finally figured out that the interests of the billionaire Koch brothers really doesn't coincide with your own interests?
About time.
This isn't surprising. Reality is sinking in. Americans are in favor of reduced government until they find out that they are the targets of the reduction.
You know that when the Kochs, Armey and the Turd Blossom Rove are involved, these manufactured groups do not have the best interests of Americans at heart, as they are rich people looking our for their own monetary well being.
maybe people are starting to understand what the rhetoric really means in application??? bigotry, racism, fear mongering, limiting/eliminating choices that they disagree with etc.


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COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Gary Acuff, director of the Texas A&M Center for Food Safety and a professor of food microbiology in the department of animal science at Texas A&M University in College Station, has been elected Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology.
Dr. Gary Acuff, director for the Texas A&M Center for Food Safety and a professor of food microbiology in the department of animal science.
Acuff will be recognized May 20 at the academy luncheon during the general meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Boston, Mass.
For the last 50 years, 2,700 distinguished scientists have been elected to the Academy. Fellows are elected through a highly selective, annual, peer review process, based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology. A committee on elections, consisting of Fellows of the Academy who are elected by the membership, reviews all nominations for Fellowship and recommends to the Board of Governors what action should be taken.
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Acuff directs activities at the Texas A&M Center for Food Safety, which is an interdisciplinary collaborative effort revolving around food safety research, training and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service activities.
Acuff received a bachelor's of science degree in biology from Abilene Christian University and his master's degree and doctorate in food science and technology, specializing in food microbiology, from Texas A&M University.
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Renovation Road Trip: A New Backsplash at Turtle House
In our second stop on the Renovation Road Trip we met up with Katy and Brandon from Turtle House in Ypsilanti, MI. They're a fun couple of teachers with a mostly finished home, who felt they needed a backsplash to really set off the area behind their stove. So we helped them.
After clearing the area of all obstacles and removing the outlet covers, we gave the painted surface a quick sanding with 100-grit sandpaper.
Then we got to work laying the subway tile out on the kitchen table to see how it would look. The top and bottom boundaries were just slightly larger than nine full tiles. That meant we had the option of doing nine tiles and a sliver, or we could float the tiles to leave slightly more space top and bottom. We chose the latter method, since cutting a 1/8" sliver is difficult and not particularly attractive.
We mixed up some thinset and and let it slake for 10 or 15 minutes. Since we were laying the tile on a vertical surface, we chose to mix the thinset a bit on the thicker side (more like peanut butter than pancake batter) to prevent the tile from sliding during installation.
Our layout allowed us to work left to right. (If we'd been using large, square tiles, we would have started with a tile on the center line.) For our 2×4″ tiles, a ¼"-square notch trowel was perfect.
We worked in sections that could be laid in ten minutes (so the thinset wouldn't dry up on us), first troweling on a workable amount and then setting the tile (then repeating the process).
Troweling on thinset can be a messy job. It's always good to have a bucket of water and sponge on hand to clean up drops. When applying thinset to the wall, your first goal is to get enough on the surface. Some like to use a margin trowel for this purpose, while others use the flat side of a notched trowel.
Once the thinset is on the wall, you can then start building your notches by dragging the notched side of the trowel against the wall at a 45 degree angle. (I like to have all my notches running horizontally; there's less chance of the tile sagging before it sets.)
To set the tile, start from one edge of the sheet and lightly press the tile into the thinset, even as you are rolling the sheet onto the wall.
I like to use a grout float to press the tiles into place, because it produces a flatter finished surface. Adjustable 'wedge' spacers will help you achieve even grout lines.
TIP: Working around obstructions like electrical outlets? Remove tile(s) that will obstruct the outlet before setting the tile sheet in place. Once set, line the loose tile up and draw a notch where it overlaps the outlet. Cut using tile saw, grinder, or tile nippers and set in place.
Make sure you don't dump any excess thinset down the sink or toilet; throw it in the trash.
We could only be at the Turtle House for a day, which meant grouting wasn't in the cards, but Katy will tackle that project in a day or two. The usual procedure is to mix the grout to the consistency of toothpaste, let it slake, and then apply it with a grout float at a 45 degree angle to the grout lines.
Our little project for Katy and Brandon only took about half a day, but it made a huge difference.
Read every dispatch from the Renovation Road Trip right here.
For more on kitchen backsplashes, consider:
5 Great Backsplash Ideas
How To: Tile a Backsplash
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Hefner's gem boosts Mets past Brew Crew
MILWAUKEE — Jeremy Hefner no longer has to worry about the prospect of being sent down to the minors.
Hefner allowed one run on two hits over seven innings and the New York Mets turned two throwing errors by Milwaukee third baseman Juan Francisco into two unearned runs and a 2-1 victory over the Brewers on Sunday.
"I was maybe one or two bad starts from being in (Triple-A) Las Vegas, "said Hefner, who lost his first five decisions and did not win until his 10th start on May 29. "Something had to change. Obviously the mechanical adjustment was key. And, I'm making pitches."
Josh Satin had two doubles and a single for the Mets, scoring one run and driving in the other to extend his hitting streak to 11 games.
Hefner (4-6), who matched his career-high with eight strikeouts, allowed two runners in the second when he hit Rickie Weeks with two outs and Sean Halton followed with a single. But Hefner struck out Logan Schafer to end the inning. Hefner has a 1.64 ERA since June 4.
"I think he's proven himself," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "His stuff is good enough. He's a legitimate guy in the rotation."
Bobby Parnell, who came on with a runner on first and two outs in the eighth, finished for his 15th save.
Reliever Tom Gorzelanny (1-2), pressed into his second spot start of the season to give Wily Peralta a couple extra days to rest his ailing left hamstring, allowed two unearned runs on eight hits in six innings, striking out a season-high eight.
The Mets hustled across an unearned run in the fourth. With two outs, Satin doubled to center, narrowly sliding in ahead of the throw from center fielder Carlos Gomez. Francisco then barehanded Andrew Brown's slow bouncer, but his hurried throw eluded Halton at first, allowing Brown to reach and Satin to score.
On the replay, it appeared that second baseman Weeks missed the initial swipe, but tagged Satin higher on the leg before he reached the bag.
"I'm not saying that was an easy call," said Brewers manager Ron Roenicke, who went out to ask the umpires about the call. "He gets to look at the first swipe that he misses him on. And, it's pretty tough to stay with him and see the next part."
"It's easy to see when you go back and look at the replay, but he doesn't have that," Roenicke said. "When it's in fast motion, it's tough to see, but it hurt us."
Francisco's second throwing error on almost identical play set up the Mets second run in the sixth. With one out, he again barehanded a slow roller by Marlon Byrd and threw wildly past first, sending Byrd to second. Satin followed with an RBI double off the wall in right.
"I just pretend I'm playing every day," said Satin, hitting .382 since being called up from Las Vegas on June 11. "I hit in the cages a lot. I'm comfortable with my role."
Francisco had started 29 games this season for the Atlanta Braves before being acquired by the Brewers on June 3. He has started 21 games at first for Milwaukee, but was making only his third start at third base.
When asked if Francisco should have held the ball, Roenicke said, "You don't want to eat it. If he makes the throw online, he's going to beat the runner. I think both times and if you throw it and put it online, they're out."
NOTES: Ruben Tejada returned from his rehab assignment with Triple-A Las Vegas, was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list and then optioned back to Las Vegas. ... Hefner has allowed two earned runs or fewer in his last seven starts, the first Mets pitcher to do since Johan Santana had 13 straight in 2008-09. ... Norichika Aoki's eighth-inning single was his 22nd infield hit, third-most in baseball.


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Stars are born, stars age, and stars die. But they don't all die quietly. Astronomers have recently discovered evidence of four white dwarfs wreaking havoc on their surrounding planets, which could be Earth-like.
Their findings, say the researchers, could give us a glimpse into our solar system's distant future, and a sneak preview of what might one day be Earth's violent undoing.
When a low-mass star like the Sun ages, it passes through what is known as the red giant phase of its life cycle. In doing so, the star swells; its radius expands several hundred times over, and the nearest of its orbiting planets are engulfed.
Astrophysicists are confident that, in our own solar system, Mercury and Venus will likely be swallowed up by the Sun's expansion when it becomes a red giant in 5 billion years, but they're less certain about the fate of Earth. However, new findings suggest that even if Earth does manage to avoid being consumed by an expanding Sun, it could still meet a violent end — first in the form of planetary collision, and later at the hands of a white dwarf.
In a forthcoming issue of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, astrophysicist Boris Gänsicke and his colleagues hypothesize that any planets that managed to escape the reach of an expanding star would have their orbits destabilized, even as their dying parent star took the form of a dense white dwarf. Destabilized orbits, reason the researchers, could lead to violent planetary collisions. In the aftermath of these collisions, the planets' fragmented remains might eventually find themselves orbiting close enough to the center of the solar system to be sucked in by the white dwarf and devoured.
To test their hypothesis, the researchers used the Hubble Space Telescope to search the atmospheres of 80 white dwarf stars for elemental traces of planets — planetary crumbs, if you will, on the faces of these hungry white dwarfs. Since the atmosphere of a white dwarf usually comprises only light elements like hydrogen and helium (heavier elements being drawn inward by the star's incredibly dense core), traces of heavy elements could be indicative of a recent planetary meal. National Geographic's Rachel Kaufman describes the researchers' findings:
The team found four stars whose atmospheres contain oxygen, magnesium, iron, silicon, and a small bit of carbon-just the elements expected if the stars are absorbing dust from former planets.
"The abundances we find are almost exactly the same as those of the entire Earth," Gänsicke said. "If you could shred the Earth into dust and put it into the white dwarf, it would match the chemical composition."
In other words, perhaps T.S. Eliot was wrong. Maybe the world does end with a bang... followed by a one-way trip to the core of a hungry white dwarf. Read more over on National Geographic.


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Gran Quivira National Monument (now Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument), New Mexico
Gran Quivira's site history began ca. AD 800 with a sedentary native population dwelling in pithouses. Archaeological evidence indicates that by 1300 AD the rise overlooking the southern Estancia Basin was inhabited by Tompiro-speaking peoples who built the culturally distinct pueblo masonry architecture, called Las Humanas by the Spaniards, that so fascinates us today. Living in a land with scarce water, these early peoples subsisted from hunting, gathering, and agricultural activities, allowing them to develop trade relationships with the Apaches and other tribes. It was into this delicate balance of subsistence that the Spanish entered.
In 1598, while exploring the territory he had claimed for Spain, Don Juan de Oñate arrived at Las Humanas and administered an oath of obedience and vassalage to the Humano Indians, precipitating a tumultuous relationship between the natives and the Spanish conquerors that would last for nearly one hundred years. He also left behind the indelible marks of a collision between cultures. The later shift in colonial interests from mineral wealth to the conversion of the native inhabitants resulted in lasting effects in the role of the church versus the role of the civil authorities that pinned the Indians between the competing Spanish factions and their plans for the land and its people.
Missionary activities at Las Humanas began in earnest and around 1626 the pueblo was designated as a visita of San Grégorio de Abó mission. By 1629 Las Humanas had its own resident priest, Fray Francisco de Letrado, who in 1631 began construction on a new church and convento. Although Letrado was transferred before the new church was finished, his successor, Fray Francisco de Acevedo, supervised the completion of a small church that was dedicated to San Isidro in 1629. As Las Humanas fought to gain full mission status, a second and larger church was begun by Fray Diego de Santandér upon his arrival at Las Humanas after 1659.
Trouble soon followed, as tensions that had long been mounting between the civil and ecclesiastical authorities were exacerbated by the fight over who among the Spanish had the right to direct the labor of the Indians. Governors sought native labor to increase their personal wealth while undermining the authority of the priests among the Indians. Secular authorities captured Apaches for use as slave labor or for sale to the northern areas of New Spain, causing retaliatory attacks by the Apaches upon spiritual centers which were located in outlying areas like Las Humanas. By 1660 amidst this turmoil, Humano inhabitants found themselves in the grip of drought and famine without government aid, surviving only on food brought into the Salinas Basin from other missions. Persistant drought plagued the area, eventually leading to the starvation deaths in 1668 of over 450 Humano Indians. A mass grave of more than 450 individuals in the cemetery at Gran Quivira illustrates the ravages of disease and famine on the native population during the late 17th century. In September 1670, Apaches raided Las Humanas and destroyed the mission and pueblo leaving eleven dead and taking thirty inhabitants as captives. By 1672 the site was abandoned.
The pueblo remained vacant for over a hundred years until a new wavw of explorers rediscovered the imposing ruins of the mission and pueblo mounds. In 1773-74 John Rowzée Peyton, a Virginian traveling up the Rio Grande valley, found his way to the east side of the mountains and left one of the first descriptions of Gran Quivira after its abandonment. Later travelers, such as James W. Abert in 1846 and Major James Henry Carleton in 1853, would also visit the site and leave descriptions and views of the ruins complex. In 1883 archeological studies began with Adolph Bandelier who described, photographed, and mapped the ruins.
President Taft established Gran Quivira National Monument on November 1, 1909 to preserve "one of the largest and most important of the early Spanish church ruins" as well as "numerous Indian pueblo ruins in its vicinity" (Proc. No. 882). Today, Gran Quivira is part of the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, which includes 1071 acres. Almost 50,000 visitors come each year to walk through the ruins of Gran Quivira via an interpretive trail. A series of archeological excavations and stabilization efforts have cleared away fallen debris to reveal the walls of the Spanish church of San Buenaventura, the unfinished church, the convento as well as the mounded ruins of the Indian village.
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Secondly, people argue and debate about how changing or stopping advertisements that are discriminatory might not necessarily change skin colour perception in the country. When we underestimate the effectiveness of the ASCI guidelines we are denying the obvious powerful influence of the media on young minds in both literate and illiterate contexts. While we know that skin colour bias was not initiated by the media we are firm in our focus to see change in the way colour prejudice is portrayed and reinforced by the media.
Media is a powerful tool and has the potential to help a society recover from its negative practices and harsh prejudices.
Changing how media influences the nation's psyche of beauty based on skin colour is part of the Dark is Beautiful campaign's focus. However, we are always conscious of the need to change mind sets and societal attitudes towards skin colour.If you believe in our mission then be our ambassador by empowering those around you.
Engage with your community by organizing a DARK IS BEAUTIFUL doodle event, photo booth, or just a simple discussion around the dinner table.
We all need to be in this together to see visible change. I urge you to welcome and support ASCI's first step in introducing the guidelines to check discriminatory advertisements.


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I made the command decision that I would only cook things that could be made with the ingredients on the island. After a few days of Pasta Roni, Corn Bread Muffins, and Grits I missed cooking. Cooking is what I do. The loneliness was beginning to set in and I wanted something to take my mind off the fact that my husband was gone, so I hit the Internet for a recipe. What could I make with zero fresh ingredients? Shortly after I settled into my search I found this recipe and decided to give it a try. I have never made homemade hush puppies and luckily I had and onion in the fridge. These "puppies" were delicious and just what I needed to get my cooking fix.
By the way, my husband didn't technically "leave me" leave me. We are moving home to New Orleans soon and he had a job opportunity that he needed to take in New Orleans before I could leave D.C. So I am living alone and cooking for one, but I am not exactly single ;-)
Hush Puppies
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- 4 cups of Peanut Oil
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup cornmeal
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 3 tablespoons grated onion
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
1. To prepare hush puppies, heat 4 cups of peanut oil to 385 degrees in a dutch oven. Lightly spoon 3/4 cup flour in dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
2. Combine 3/4 cup of flour and remaining ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
Mix ingredients together until incorporated.
3. Drop batter 1 tablespoonful at a time into pan; fry at 375° for 5 minutes or until browned, turning frequently.
Remove hush puppies from pan using a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels.
Serve hot with butter.
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After a Major Paper Guts Its Arts Coverage
Over on ARTicles, I have an interview with Anne Bothwell, director of the Art&Seek initiative in Dallas, which combines radio, television and online cultural coverage at KERA public media. The nearly two-year-old project began in the wake of significant staffing cuts at The Dallas Morning News. Bothwell and some of her team are Morning News veterans, transferring their skills to new media. She talks about that and more:
The biggest challenge: shifting from telling a story that's read to one that's heard or watched. Radio is a much more intimate and conversational form of storytelling, a voice in your ear. With radio and television and our Web videos, we're learning to resist the urge to "explain" and let the visuals and audio do the talking. Sounds simple enough but to folks who've been writing for the page for years, it can sometimes feel like putting your pants on inside out.
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As part of NYU's Global Network University (GNU), whose 13 academic study centers worldwide have made it a global brand, NYU dental students have virtually limitless opportunities to participate in public health initiatives in a global setting. For our students, this goes directly to the human dimension of doing something good with one's life. Also, NYU's global brand is reflected in the fact that NYU dental graduates practice in every city and state in the nation and in every country in the world.
NYU Dentistry's global reach is possible because of our participation in the NYU Global Network University. The GNU allows students and faculty to gather in a set of key locales around the globe to forge new ideas, advance the questions we ask about the world, and create solutions for the problems that beset us all.
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Sorry about the title. Almost makes me want to say "Made you look!"
But if my co-bloggers here can post pictures of cats and other cute animals, I can post pictures of cute animals.
This is Pepper (I may have had her pic up here before). She used to come up on my back deck and gaze out over the hillside where she and her brother Toot lived and played. (More pics of Pepper and other beasties HERE.)
I thought of her today when I saw this video. You may not know it, but red foxes just may be the most beautiful critters inside fur. I call 'em "jewelry that walks around on four legs."
Which is why I loved this video: Continue reading "Dog Eats Fox Alive!"


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My syndicated column today takes on the rise of President Obama's best new Big Labor buddy, Richard Trumka — whose looming presence on the political scene I first flagged in April. As we noted last week, he's got a combined $88 million war chest with his labor alliance and a Marxist get-out-the-vote force behind him. When they are through, they'll make the SEIU Purple Army's political expenditures (and its thuggery) look like a pittance.
On a related note, the NLRB (with SEIU attorney Craig Becker recess-appointed onto the catbird's seat) is set to launch an assault on workers' rights to a secret ballot to remove an unwanted union. See here. Card check through the back door. Who needs the legislative front door?
And yesterday on Megyn Kelly's show, I noted that union members can opt out of having their hard-earned dues used for political purposes. Several readers e-mailed that they had never heard of the process by which this was possible and wanted to know how they could do it. Here are your rights as a union worker. Here is a backgrounder on the permissible use of forced dues. Here's my 1999 column on how public school teachers in Washington state challenged their union over their political dues power grab. Free speech not only means the freedom to voice your political views, but also the freedom from being forced to pay for someone else's. U.S. Supreme Court precedent established by the D.C.-based National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation guarantees the right to full financial disclosure from a union and a right to challenge the figures in court if they disagree. Spread the word.
Big Labor's legacy of violence
by Michelle Malkin
Copyright 2010
To mark Labor Day 2010, President Obama will join hands with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in Milwaukee and pose as champions of the working class. Bad move. Trumka's organizing record is a shameful reminder of the union movement's violent and corrupt foundations.
The new Obama/AFL-CIO power alliance — underwritten with $40 million in hard-earned worker dues — is a midterm shotgun marriage of Beltway brass knuckles and Big Labor brawn. Trumka warmed up his rhetorical muscles this past week with full-frontal attacks on former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. He indignantly accused her of "getting close to calling for violence" and suggested that her criticism of Tea Party-bashing labor bosses amounted to "terrorizing" workers.
Trumka and Obama will cast Big Labor as an unassailable force for good in American history. But when it comes to terrorizing workers, Trumka knows whereof he speaks.
Meet Eddie York. He was a workingman whose story will never scroll across Obama's teleprompter. A nonunion contractor who operated heavy equipment, York was shot to death during a strike called by the United Mine Workers 17 years ago. Workmates who tried to come to his rescue were beaten in an ensuing melee. The head of the UMW spearheading the wave of strikes at that time? Richard Trumka. Responding to concerns about violence, he shrugged to the Virginian-Pilot in September 1993: "I'm saying if you strike a match and you put your finger in it, you're likely to get burned." Incendiary rhetoric, anyone?
A federal jury convicted one of Trumka's UMW captains on conspiracy and weapons charges in York's death. According to the Washington, D.C.-based National Legal and Policy Center, which tracks Big Labor abuse, Trumka's legal team quickly settled a $27 million wrongful death suit filed by York's widow just days after a judge admitted evidence in the criminal trial. An investigative report by Reader's Digest disclosed that Trumka "did not publicly discipline or reprimand a single striker present when York was killed. In fact, all eight were helped out financially by the local."
In Illinois, Trumka told UMW members to "kick the s**t out of every last" worker who crossed his picket lines, according to the Nashville (Ill.) News. And as the National Right to Work Foundation (pdf), the leading anti-forced unionism organization in the country, pointed out, other UMW coalfield strikes resulted in what one judge determined were "violent activities … organized, orchestrated and encouraged by the leadership of this union."
Trumka washed off the figurative bloodstains and moved up the ranks. As AFL-CIO secretary, he notoriously refused to testify in a sordid 1999 embezzlement trial involving his labor boss brethren at the Teamsters Union. No surprise. Thugs of a feather: Trumka's violence-promoting record echoes the riotous Teamsters strikes dating back to the 1950s, when the union organized taxicab companies to target workers with gas bombs, bottles and fists.
And now, Trumka is spearheading a Democratic Party get-out-the-vote campaign by far-left groups — publicized in the revolutionary Marxist People's World — to "energize an army of tens of thousands who will return to their neighborhoods, churches, schools and voting booths to prevent a Republican takeover of Congress in November and begin building a new permanent coalition to fight for a progressive agenda."
Take those as literal fighting words. The bloody consequences of compulsory unionism cannot be ignored.
Related Labor Day weekend reading: Compulsory Unionism as a Fraternal Conceit? Free Choice for Workers: A History of the Right to Work Movement by Harry G. Hutchison, UC Davis Law Journal.


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In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place. – Mahatma Gandhi
Last week I published "A Necessary Evil", in which I pointed out that, though neither circumstances nor numbers can wholly turn an evil action good, they can make it better than the alternative. Killing someone in self-defense isn't good, but it is an evil that is excused by circumstance; likewise the collective theft we dignify with the euphemism "taxation" to disguise the fact that it is both involuntary and accomplished via the threat of violence. In an ideal world, good people would always have the choice to do naught but good, and any evil actions they committed would be the result of moral weakness or loss of emotional control. But in the real world, good people sometimes have to consciously decide to commit evil acts in order to prevent or combat a greater evil; a whore, for example, might have to lie in order to prevent her discovery, abduction, brutalization and confinement by government thugs who might then impoverish her and consign her children to the hell of state custody.
The slope is a slippery one, and the excuse of "necessity" is often used by tyrants and lesser criminals to rationalize the most monstrous of crimes, such as the wholesale trampling of civil rights modern regimes have enacted under the aegis of "security" and "protecting the children" and the all-important "keeping people from enjoying themselves in ways that don't benefit the rulers." The faculty which determines whether an evil act is truly necessary or just a cloak for selfish motivations is that which we call "conscience", and those whose moral compasses are either missing or underdeveloped are the world's greatest enablers of evil because they subordinate their own personal consciences to the pronouncements of external authorities. In other words, they excuse or even participate in behavior they know to be wrong because an "authority" pronounces that behavior to be "right" in order to further his own purposes.
Of course, the opposite can happen as well; some people accepted as authorities by others have dependable moral compasses, and such people can accomplish tremendous good by helping other good people to recognize evil but popularly-accepted or officially-sanctioned behaviors for what they are. I don't just mean great philosophers or spiritual leaders, either; every parent, teacher, writer, celebrity or other person with an audience, however small, has the moral responsibility to ensure that any moral pronouncements he makes truly come from his conscience rather than from a misguided need to advance an agenda at the expense of others' freedom, happiness and physical needs. Bloggers obviously fall under this stricture as well, so I always think long and hard about complex moral issues before taking a stand on them one way or another, for fear of inadvertently influencing people to embrace a wrong merely because it might advance a cause in which I personally believe. Well, there's an issue I've been mulling over for a year and a half now, and I've finally decided it's time to share my judgment on it. In my column for November 5th, 2010 I wrote:
Interrogators have long understood something which both terrorists and pacifists alike fail to understand, which is that human nature tends to respond only to BOTH the promise of reward and the threat of punishment used in tandem. Terrorism fails because it offers only violence, and pacifism fails because it offers only the reward of keeping the non-violent protesters happy, but the classic "good cop, bad cop" scenario works because it offers both. Not even children consistently respond to the promise of the carrot without the threat of the stick; why then should we expect adults to, most especially the self-important adults who set themselves up over their fellows? The civil rights movement worked because Martin Luther King and other peaceful protesters offered an attractive alternative to the race violence which had escalated since soon after the Second World War, but without the looming specter of race war their peaceful protests might never have accomplished anything. In more recent times the peaceful activism of mainstream "gay rights" groups offered an attractive alternative to the disruptive antics of groups like ACT-UP and the quiet violence of "outing". Perhaps one of the reasons that the prostitutes' rights movement has languished in futility for four decades is that there is no threatening alternative; maybe the "good girl" activists like those of SWOP, Desiree Alliance and myself need a few "bad girl" groups who run around outing politicians, disrupting fundamentalist religious services and neofeminist meetings, hacking prohibitionist websites and spying on police to publicly expose "stings" so the government will have some compelling reason to consider the reasonable alternative of decriminalization.
As of now, I'm officially removing the "perhaps". The lies of prohibitionists, the oppressive laws, the police brutalization, and the official propaganda have to end; the sick need to control what individuals choose to do with their own bodies, energies and property is such a great evil that, in my deeply-considered opinion, the use of lesser evils in combating it is justified. Not lies, mind you; lying to advance the cause of sex worker rights will in the end only harm us. I was thinking more in terms of fighting lies with truth, namely truth about our oppressors. Though I've always believed it was wrong to "out" clients under any circumstances, I have had a change of heart: the situation has become so grave that I will now hail any outing of the sexual practices of prohibitionists, even by the sex workers who would otherwise have the ethical duty to keep their clients' secrets. This doesn't mean I will approve of whores' exposing clients who have made no public stand on the subject one way or another; what I'm encouraging is the outing of politicians, judges, actors, journalists, preachers and other public figures who have publicly harmed or encouraged oppression of sex workers by their laws, rulings, writings, speeches, interviews and the like. It's time the public knew the truth about the men who publicly condemn us or work to make our lives miserable while secretly forming a large segment of our clientele.
Unfortunately, I can't start the ball rolling myself; when I retired only six years ago prostitution wasn't nearly as big an issue as it has become, and I'm unaware of any anti-prostitution actions committed by any of my regulars. I will, however, do this: if any working girl wants to expose such a figure, I'll be happy to give her space in this column in which to do so. The crusade against people engaging in mutually-beneficial consensual private behavior has to stop, and I'm willing to accept the karmic burden of encouraging and enabling harm against the crusaders in order to hasten the day when it does.
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"May Updates (Part One)" reports instances of bad cops and bad customers raping whores, a proposal to decriminalize prostitution and drugs in Detroit, and the effects of drug decriminalization in Portugal.


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Research dealing with sex predetermination in swine and other livestock, to provide the producer with faster genetic progress and greater flexibility, has been a priority of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Germplasm and Gamete Physiology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, for more than a decade.
After several years of preliminary research, an effective method of separating X- from Y-chromosome-bearing sperm was developed and reported in 1989. The method uses the greater DNA content of the X-bearing sperm (3.6% in the pig) to differentiate it from the Y-bearing sperm. This method is known as the Beltsville Sperm Sexing Technology. The method has been applied to most farm animals with a resultant shift in the sex ratio so that 90% or more of the offspring are of the predetermined sex.
The technology relies on the use of flow cytometric analysis and cell sorting (See Fig. 1). Each sperm is identified for the amount of DNA it contains as it passes a laser beam. The sperm are then directed to collecting tubes, one tube for X sperm and one tube for Y sperm. The sperm are differentiated according to how much light is detected from the fluorescent dye that is proportionally bound to the sperm's DNA. Consequently, X-bearing sperm with more total DNA glow brighter than the Y-bearing sperm when hit by the laser beam.
According to Larry Johnson, ARS researcher, a drawback of the original method was its low efficiency. Less than 10% of the original sperm were recovered in the tubes containing X and Y sperm with that method. "In the past year or more, we have found a way to overcome some of that inefficiency and raise the recovery rate to more than 30%, while at the same time increasing the production rate of X and of Y sperm by 10 to 15 fold," Johnson says. That translates into the following improvements: an increase from 0.4 million of both X and Y sperm per hour, to 5 to 6 million per hour of both X and Y sperm.
The dramatic improvement came about through two developments. First, the ARS scientists developed a new nozzle that improved how sperm were oriented to the laser beam (orientation is essential for accurate differentiation between X and Y sperm). Instead of only 20-30% of the sperm being oriented properly, the oriented population was changed to 65-70% of the total. This improvement alone increased the sorting speed from less than 0.4 million per hour to 0.8 to 1.0 million sperm per hour using a standard speed sperm sorter.
Next, the new orienting nozzle was adapted to fit the newest technology in the cell-sorting field, the high-speed cell sorter. This adaptation to high-speed sorting was successful in increasing the speed again by several fold. The current rate of X-bearing sperm production is 5 to 6 million sperm per hour. The Y sperm hourly production rate is about the same.
"Our earliest report (1991) with sexed sperm and intra-tubal insemination by surgical intervention in the pig produced litters with significantly skewed sex ratios," Johnson says. "In the past couple years, we have combined the use of sexed sperm with in vitro fertilization (IVF) using eggs recovered from slaughterhouse ovaries."
The researchers were able to produce litters of piglets with highly skewed sex ratios from embryos produced from sexed sperm and subsequently transferred to recipient gilts in several studies. The first study combining IVF and sorted sperm produced two litters of pigs from embryos that were transferred into recipient females after being produced from X-sorted sperm. All the pigs were female.
Ninety-seven percent of the piglets from six litters of pigs were female (33 of 34 pigs) in a more extensive recent study. Control gilts into which embryos from non-sexed sperm were transferred produced 25 pigs in three litters. The sex balance of these offspring was about equal (52% males and 48% females).
Other experiments have been conducted in which sperm has been sorted at Beltsville, MD, and shipped by air to the University of Missouri for use in their IVF system. Results from these experiments were also very encouraging, showing a 97% female proportion in five litters produced from X-sorted sperm and 100% males in three other litters produced from Y-sorted sperm.
Improvements in sorting efficiency decreases the number of sperm that are needed, but more importantly it broadens the applications for sexed semen usage in the pork industry, Johnson relates.
Sorted, sexed sperm can be used for intra-tubal insemination, either by surgery or laparoscopy, to produce offspring, or they can be used for IVF.
Sexed sperm may also have application for modified artificial(AI) approaches with improved methods of sperm delivery to the site of fertilization that will allow lower sperm numbers to be used per dose. "At the present time, its use within conventional AI is doubtful, however, due to the current high numbers of sperm required per insemination," Johnson explains. "If the development of low sperm number insemination techniques for the pig are successful, sexed semen on the farm has definite potential. Reduced sperm numbers per dose would be as helpful to the use of sexed sperm as it would also be to the efficiency of conventional AI, now being used so extensively in the United States as well as other countries of the world."
Researchers: Larry A Johnson, Wim Rens, Glenn Welch, Charles Long, Detlef Rath and John Dobrinsky, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD. Phone Johnson at (301) 504-8009, or email: [email protected]


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Hired by the Dutch East India Company, Henry Hudson in 1609 explored the area around what is now New York City and the river that bears his name, to a point probably north of Albany, New York. Subsequent Dutch voyages laid the basis for their claims and early settlements in the area.
Like the French to the north, the first interest of the Dutch was the fur trade. To this end, the Dutch cultivated close relations with the Five Nations of the Iroquois who were the key to the heartland from which the furs came. In 1617 Dutch settlers built a fort at the junction of the Hudson and the Mohawk Rivers, where Albany now stands.
Settlement on the island of Manhattan began in the early 1620s. In 1624, the island was purchased from local Indians for the reported price of $24. It was promptly renamed New Amsterdam.
In order to attract settlers to the Hudson River region, the Dutch encouraged a type of feudal aristocracy, known as the "patroon" system. The first of these huge estates were established in 1630 along the Hudson River.
Under the patroon system, any stockholder, or patroon, who could bring 50 adults to his estate over a four-year period was given a 25-kilometer river-front plot, exclusive fishing and hunting privileges, and civil and criminal jurisdiction over his lands. In turn, he provided livestock, tools and buildings. The tenants paid the patroon rent and gave him first option on surplus crops.
Further to the south, a Swedish trading company with ties to the Dutch attempted to set up its first settlement along the Delaware River three years later. Without the resources to consolidate its position, New Sweden was gradually absorbed into New Netherland, and later, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
In 1632 the Calvert family obtained a charter for land north of the Potomac River from King Charles I in what became known as Maryland. As the charter did not expressly prohibit the establishment of non-Protestant churches, the family encouraged fellow Catholics to settle there. Maryland's first town, St. Mary's, was established in 1634 near where the Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay.
While establishing a refuge for Catholics who were facing increasing persecution in Anglican England, the Calverts were also interested in creating profitable estates. To this end, and to avoid trouble with the British government, they also encouraged Protestant immigration.
The royal charter granted to the Calvert family had a mixture of feudal and modern elements. On the one hand they had the power to create manorial estates. On the other, they could only make laws with the consent of freemen (property holders). They found that in order to attract settlers -- and make a profit from their holdings -- they had to offer people farms, not just tenancy on the manorial estates. The number of independent farms grew in consequence, and their owners demanded a voice in the affairs of the colony. Maryland's first legislature met in 1635.
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Miller mocks Laich's playoff guarantee
Sabres goalie Ryan Miller had a candid response when informed of Capitals forward Brooks Laich's guarantee that Washington was going to make the playoffs.
''I don't think he's Mark Messier,'' Miller said.
Miller, of course, was referring to Messier, the former Rangers captain, who famously guaranteed a win with New York trailing New Jersey 3-2 in the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals. Messier then scored a hat trick in Game 6, and New York won the series in seven before going on to beat Vancouver in a seven-game Stanley Cup Final.
Laich made his ''We're making the playoffs'' comment earlier Wednesday in an interview with Washington's The Fan radio. Informed that it sounded like a guarantee, Laich responded with a half laugh but made no further comment.
And Miller went further in suggesting Laich's remark might create a distraction among his Capitals' teammates.
''Some guys don't react well to that. Guys might tighten up,'' Miller said. ''Maybe their young goaltenders aren't going to react well to a guaranteed victory by their veteran guy.''
Buckle up, folks, because the thrilling, topsy-turvy weeks long race between Washington and Buffalo to secure one of the Eastern Conference's final playoff spots is showing no signs of letting up in the closing days of the season.
The Sabres are suddenly back in the hunt after completing a frantic comeback by rallying from a pair of two-goal third period deficits in a 6-5 overtime win over Toronto on Tuesday. That pulled Buffalo even with Washington.
Both teams have two games left, with the Capitals holding the tiebreaker.
Southeast Division-leading Florida is also in the mix. The Panthers can clinch a playoff spot with one point in their final two games, including a showdown at Washington on Thursday.
The Sabres refuse to be counted out in having mounted a remarkable second-half surge in which they've gone 20-7-5 in their past 32.
It's a run that added another thrilling chapter with their win over Toronto. Buffalo overcame a 3-0 first-period deficit and a pair of two-goal third-period deficits before Derek Roy sealed the win 3:29 into overtime in the Sabres home finale.
Now they turn their attention to closing the season with road games at Philadelphia on Thursday and Boston on Saturday.
''That's a big win for us,'' Roy said. ''We've got to take that momentum from last night and bring it into tomorrow night's game.''
Veteran defenseman Robyn Regehr never lost faith, even with the Sabres trailing 5-3 before Alexander Sulzer jammed in his own rebound with 5:03 left, and Jordan Leopold forced overtime 3:10 later by digging the puck out of a tangle of bodies during a wild scramble in front.
''I think that tying goal is kind of the stereotypical way that we approached that game,'' Regehr said. ''We had all those guys in there just digging away, just not stopping, and continuing on. And eventually the puck gets knocked in the net.''
The never-say-die approach has gotten the Sabres this far after they sat 10 points out of contention following a 7-2 loss at Philadelphia on Feb. 17.
Buffalo has a chance to join the 1994 New York Islanders in becoming the NHL's second team to rally from a 10-point deficit in mid-February to make the playoffs. New York was 10 points back on Feb. 18 before surging to finish eighth.
Sabres coach Lindy Ruff senses destiny could be on his team's side.
''You would like it to be that way,'' he said. ''There's a lot of good stories, and we'd like to have one of those written about us.''
Ruff recalled how the Philadelphia Flyers clinched a playoff spot on the final day of 2010 season and went all the way to the Stanley Cup Final, which they lost to Chicago.
As for Laich's guarantee, Ruff shrugged it off.
''Those are all predictions that you live with, you die with, you hope to motivate your team with,'' he said. ''He probably believes sincerely that they're going to make it.''
Ruff also believes in Buffalo's chances.
''We've got our work cut out for us. They've got theirs,'' Ruff said. ''Our thoughts are on making the playoffs, too.''
NOTES: After Ruff suggested on Monday that Tyler Myers (foot) had a chance to return this week, the Sabres coach is now saying the defenseman is out indefinitely, and will miss at least another week. ... The line of Tyler Ennis (eight goals, 11 assists), Drew Stafford (seven and nine), and rookie Marcus Foligno (six and seven) has combined to score 21 of Buffalo's 47 goals over the past 12 games.


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TN 523 is a painting by Japanese contemporary artist Hachiro Kanno.
This artwork belongs to an abstract register and draws its influences from Japanese calligraphy. The brushstrokes, vigorous and yet elegant, are clearly visible and suggest the painter's gestures. The black and white colors intersect on the canvas, creating layers and transparencies. This painting, created with ink and acrylic, seems to spread a sort of energy and at the same time it invites to meditation.


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Redi, Francesco
Redi, Francesco fränchās´kō rā´dē [key], 1626?–1698?, Italian naturalist, poet, philologist, and court physician to the dukes of Tuscany. Through controlled experiments he demonstrated that certain living organisms, notably maggots in rotting meat, did not arise, as had been alleged, through spontaneous generation. His Generation of Insects (1668, tr. 1909) is included in the nine-octavo edition (1809–11) of his complete writings. His chief poetical work was the dithyrambic ode Bacchus in Tuscany (1685; tr. by Leigh Hunt 1825).
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Treasure Coast teen Cole Taschman bitten by shark
High school student returns to school Monday
Cole Taschman is recovering after he was bitten by a shark off Bathtub Beach on Sunday afternoon.
The 16-year-old has a soft cast that covers a hole left in his hand.
Taschman said his friends were going to take pictures of him surfing in a friend's T-shirt for charity when he was bitten.
"I was just walking out, I was in about waist-deep water and all of a sudden something just hit me from the side, and I looked down and I saw it was a shark," Taschman said.
The teen said he looked down to make sure all his fingers were still there, and then he fought back.
"It didn't like actually bite and hold on," Taschman said. "My initial reaction was to fight, so I just hit it with the board."
The shark swam away, and Taschman ran to shore and called 911.
Doctors used a dozen stitches and bandaged his arm. He was back in school Monday.
He said he was never scared and, believe it or not, it didn't even hurt.
"You don't really realize you have a gaping hole in your hand," Taschman said. "It cut a nerve, so you don't feel anything. It's not painful and it doesn't really hit you until you are in the hospital getting stitched up that you are like, 'Wow, I just got bit by a shark.'"


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Knee still a question for surging Nadal
U.S. OPEN: Knee injury has hampered 12-time major title winner
Ask Rafael Nadal how his famously troublesome left knee is feeling on the eve of the U.S. Open, and he'll balk a bit while formulating a response.
"I am ..." the 12-time major title winner began, haltingly, during an interview with The Associated Press.
"You know ..." he resumed, before smiling sheepishly and pausing again.
Eventually, Nadal offered something of a complicated answer.
"I have to say that I am very well, because the results have been amazing since I came back," he said. "If I say something else, (it) will sound strange."
That's because when the year's last Grand Slam tournament begins today, none of the players setting foot on the blue hard courts of Flushing Meadows possesses as much momentum -- or is in as fine form -- as the No. 2-seeded Nadal. He's won his past 10 matches heading into the first round against the 97th-ranked Ryan Harrison of the United States.
Another past U.S. Open champion on today's schedule is 2000-01 winner Venus Williams, a former No. 1 now ranked 60th who will be taking on recent Wimbledon semifinalist and 12th-seeded Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium. At night, Williams' younger sister Serena, the defending champion, plays 2010 French Open winner Francesca Schiavone of Italy, while 17-time major champion Roger Federer faces 62nd-ranked Grega Zemlja of Slovenia.
The biggest curiosity when it comes to Nadal these days is how his knees will hold up. They've presented recurring problems for him over the years, particularly the left one, which kept him out of action from late June 2012 until February 2013. He missed the London Olympics, last year's U.S. Open and this year's Australian Open.
"I feel more comfortable now than six months ago, that's for sure," Nadal said, then quickly added: "But I still have pain some days."
He was asked whether he thinks that might be the case for the rest of his career.
"Hopefully not," the 27-year-old Nadal said. "Hopefully not."
Hard courts could exacerbate the matter because of the pounding legs take on the unforgiving surface. Nadal himself maintains that there should be more tournaments played on other kinds of courts.
Yet he's been successful everywhere, winning the Australian Open and U.S. Open once each, along with Wimbledon twice, to go along with his record eight championships on the slower red clay of the French Open. Nadal is 15-0 on hard courts in 2013, with his current run of victories built en route to titles at Montreal and Cincinnati.
"He's on a great streak right now. He's playing fantastic tennis. He's playing as well as anyone in the world right now," said the 21-year-old Harrison, who will be making his Arthur Ashe Stadium debut against the tournament's 2010 champion. "So I'm going to have to bring a really high level out."
Nadal's rivals at the top of the game have taken note, too, of course.
Summed up defending champion Andy Murray: "He's going to be very difficult to beat here."
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic, who won the 2011 U.S. Open, said: "Nadal is definitely back, and he's playing maybe the best tennis that he ever has played on hard courts. ... He seems like he changed a little bit the game. He stepped in a little bit more. He knows that now he has to be a bit more aggressive than he usually is because of, I guess, his knees and everything and because hard court is not clay. It's not his favorite surface; it's faster. I'm sure he worked on that."
Nadal agreed with that assessment: He is making an effort to hit balls earlier than he used to. He is trying to be more aggressive.
"I'm clearly very impressed, especially seeing him play really well on the quicker hard courts. ... He's someone to be reckoned with. There were a lot of question marks when he came back. Especially, people thought he was just going to play on the clay courts, or most of it, and just some hard courts," said Federer, the champion in New York every year from 2004-08.
All told, Nadal is 53-3 with a tour-leading nine titles, more than twice as many as any other man. He reached the final at 11 of the 12 tournaments he entered.
A year ago, when Murray beat Djokovic in five sets in the U.S. Open final, Nadal was at home on the Spanish island of Mallorca, watching the tournament on television.
Nadal wasn't particularly concerned about missing this particular tour stop, he said, as much as he fretted about when -- and, really, whether -- he would get back to playing his best.
"I was worried about the recovery, not about being here," he said. "I was more worried about when I will have the chance to be back, how will the knee improve. ... Emotionally, there were ups and downs. It is hard when you are working every day and you don't see the improvement on the injury. That is the hardest moment, the toughest moment."
The last time he was seen in Grand Slam action, at Wimbledon in June, Nadal was being beaten by 135th-ranked Steve Darcis, the only first-round loss of his career at a major tournament. That also was Nadal's only defeat in his past 33 matches.
If he and Federer both win four times at the U.S. Open, they will meet in the quarterfinals. They own a combined 29 Grand Slam titles, have faced each other 31 times (Nadal leads 21-10), including in eight major finals (Nadal leads 6-2) -- and have never been on opposite sides of the net at Flushing Meadows.
"We deserved a final here in the U.S. Open. Yeah, that is strange that it didn't happen. I remember Roger having match points in the 2010 semifinals, 2011 semifinals -- so we were one point away. ... I missed it in 2009; I missed it in 2008," Nadal said. "Hopefully this time will be the good one."
SURFACE: Hard courts. SITE: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. SCHEDULE: Play begins today. The women's singles final is Sunday, Sept. 8; the men's singles final is Monday, Sept. 9. ON COURT TODAY: No. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. Ryan Harrison, No. 4 David Ferrer vs. Nick Kyrgios, No. 7 Roger Federer vs. Grega Zemlja, No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Francesca Schiavone, No. 5 Li Na vs. Olga Govortsova, No. 15 Sloane Stephens vs. Mandy Minella, No. 30 Laura Robson vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino. DEFENDING CHAMPIONS: Men's: Andy Murray. Women's: Serena Williams. –Associated Press


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If you take a drive from Fairbanks, Alaska, an hour down Richardson Highway, through Delta Junction, you will arrive at 1379 Milepost. There you will turn onto a solitary road. At the end of that road is a religious commune with a history so horrible, the average person can only listen with radical acceptance, in order to grasp the total truth about the roots of this cult. Child Abuse. Sexual Molestation. Mental Brainwashing. Torture. Public Humiliation. Sleep Deprivation. Control. Triangulation. All orchestrated in a patriarchal society of narcissists.
Three years ago, a couple of young reporters made a trip out to two of the Alaska compounds. At the 1379 Milepost compound, where I lived from the ages of seven to fourteen, they were met by a man named David Johnson, Their eyes were wide with disbelief. What my fellow survivor and I had told them was in fact, truth. There are compounds deep in the Alaskan woods, secluded, patrolled and controlled, a place where they were not allowed to step foot anywhere, except the office inside of the Tabernacle. A tour of that compound was out of the question, according to David Johnson.
The compound I was on had several names including, but not limited to, Dry Creek, Living Word Ministry, The Farm, or as we referred to it when we lived there, "The Land". They quit claimed the deeds back and forth, most likely to avoid taxes, changing names, hustling land parcels together. Douglas McClain, Jr was just a child on this compound with me. His father, Douglas Sr, groomed him on a path into prison, where he sits today, awaiting appeal. They were hustling a drug derived from goat's blood. You can read the actual court complaint here:
Security and Exchange Commission vs Stephen D. Ferrone, Douglas A. McClain, Jr., Douglas A. McClain Sr., and et al.
This is just one of several deeds I have showing the quit claim sell of The Land between Douglas McClain and George Harris.
The words the main reporter used to describe his brief visit to the compound felt familiar to me:
"The energy was so thick and heavy it could be cut."
"An air of sadness hovering."
Indeed. I nodded. I know. I remember David Johnson, with his slit eyes and foul energy. He doled out a few beatings. Many of the adults where abusers. It was, after all, God's will to strip a child of its flesh, as Brother Sam Fife would instruct. If we weren't being punished, we were being humiliated, gossiped about, and any sexual abuse that was found out in later years is blamed on the victim. Still today, the mentality remains the same. Religion cloaking forced insanity. We were monitored, lived in continuous fear and told the "night watchmen" were there to keep the bears out. Yet, the compound was so large, it was impossible for them to watch everything at all times, hence my brother's success on his second escape.
Three years ago I was there as an adult, hunkered down in Fairbanks, Alaska, just miles away from so many people who had either abused me directly or who I had witnessed abuse other children. I wanted to drive onto that compound myself. I remember the layout like the back of my hand. I could navigate it in the dead of night. I wanted to find Marilyn Hagley and ask her why she beat me so much when she was my teacher. Maybe if abusers experience what they have doled out onto children, they will get a notion of the affect it leaves behind.
Not far from The Land at 1379 Milepost is another compound owned by this cult. It is controlled by a man named Bill Grier. Whitestone Farms is located not far from The Land. Some cult apologists have adamantly denied being associated with Sam Fife. Yet, Whitestone is on the cult's Convention schedule, and Bill Grier's criminal record began in the 1970's. Their website proudly boasts about the man who helped broker their land; a man named Doug McClain. When the pieces fit, they fit. When the puzzle reveals the picture, it's existence cannot be denied.
I remember conventions. Six, sometimes eight hours of sitting with no breaks or food. My mother sometimes kept mints in her purse.
"To give us all a little sugar so we won't get faint." She'd say.
Conventions are hardcore mind control sessions with the Elite Move Leaders all gathering, vying for the position to preach their sordid interpretation of Biblical text. None of it matters. It's all just long sessions of angry preachers feeding the fear of Hell and counter love bombing with the concept of Heaven and God for the good people.
Conventions provide a chance for the Movite "big wigs" to cavort with one another and shake their peacock feathers to impress the gathering of cult members, who often travel thousands of miles to attend the conventions and participate in lengthy frenzies of speaking in tongues, singing and serving their religious Handlers who feed their minds controlled instruction.
I wonder if the poor children still have to sit like we did for hours, on hard, backless benches or folding chairs. We sat so long, our hips ached. Do they at least break for meals now?
There are mini countries inside of America. They make their own rules. They abuse children and swindle their "citizens". They are mind terrorists who get away with abuse under the guise of religious freedom, and American citizens have chosen to look away for too long.
I wonder when people will begin to care about the cult no one ever talks about?


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Network security firm Sophos recently published a study on what it terms WiFi "piggybacking," or logging on to someone's open 802.11b/g/n network without their knowledge or permission. According to the company's study, which was carried out on behalf of The Times, 54 percent of the respondents have gone WiFi freeloading, or as Sophos put it, "admitted breaking the law [in the UK]."
Amazingly, accessing an unsecured, wide-open WiFi network without permission is illegal in some places, and not just in the UK. An Illinois man was arrested and fined $250 in 2006 for using an open network without permission, while a Michigan man who parked his car in front of a café and snarfed its free WiFi was charged this past May with "Fraudulent access to computers, computer systems, and computer networks." On top of that, it's common to read stories about WiFi "stealing" in the mainstream media.
It's time to put an end to this silliness. Using an open WiFi network is no more "stealing" than is listening to the radio or watching TV using the old rabbit ears. If the WiFi waves come to you and can be accessed without hacking, there should be no question that such access is legal and morally OK. If your neighbor runs his sprinkler and accidentally waters your yard, do you owe him money? Have you done something wrong? Have you ripped off the water company? Of course not. So why is it that when it comes to WiFi, people start talking about theft?
The issue is going to come to a head soon because more and more consumer electronics devices are WiFi-enabled, and many of them, including Apple's iPhone and most Skype phones we've used, come ready out of the box to auto-connect to open WiFi networks. Furthermore, as laptop sales continue to grow even beyond desktops, the use of open WiFi is only going to grow along with it.
Steal this WiFi connection!
When you steal something, there's typically a victim. With WiFi, Sophos thinks the ISPs are the victims. "Stealing WiFi Internet access may feel like a victimless crime, but it deprives ISPs of revenue," according to Sophos' senior technology consultant Graham Cluley. Furthermore, "if you've hopped onto your next door neighbors' wireless broadband connection to illegally download movies and music from the 'Net, chances are that you are also slowing down their Internet access and impacting on their download limit." In Sophos' view, then, both ISPs and everyday subscribers can be victims.
In one fell swoop, "stealing WiFi" gets mentioned in the same breath as "illegally" downloading movies and music. The fact is, people join open WiFis for all manner of reasons: to check e-mail, surf the web, look up directions to some place, etc. Those don't sound like nefarious activities, however, and certainly not activities which are likely to get someone in trouble. Of course if you run an open WAP (wireless access point) and it is heavily used for just e-mail, you could still hit your bandwidth cap (if you even have one), but that has to happen only once for that user to figure out what's up, and fix the problem. And let's be honest: it is their problem. No one forced that user to install a WAP or to leave it wide open. We'll get back to this in a minute.
The argument that using open WiFi networks deprives ISPs of significant revenue is also a red herring. Take the case of public WiFi hotspots: official hotspots aren't that difficult to find in major cities—every public library in Chicago has open WiFi, for instance. Are the public libraries and the countless other free hotspot providers helping defraud ISPs? No, they're not. There's no law that using the Internet requires payment of a fee to an ISP, and the myriad public hotspots prove this.
Really, there's only one time when you could argue that an ISP is being gypped, and that's when someone is repeatedly using his neighbor's open WiFi in lieu of paying for his own service. Is this really wrong? Let's consider some parallel examples. If the man in question were given a key and told that he could enter his neighbor's house whenever he wanted to use a PC to access the Internet, would this be wrong? Of course not. They key here (pun intended) is the "permission" given by the owner of the home. Our leeching friend would clearly be in the wrong if he were breaking into the house, of course, because he would be sidestepping something clearly set up to keep him out. If he has permission, I suppose one could argue that it's still not right, but you won't find a court that will punish such a person, nor will you find too many people thrilled at the idea that someone else can tell them who they can and can't allow into their homes for what purposes.
Some people leave their wireless access points wide open deliberately. A friend of mine and recent seminary graduate lived in a campus-owned apartment building. In addition to being a man of the cloth, Peter is a longtime Linux user and open-source advocate. While living here in Chicago, he got his DSL from Speakeasy and shared the connection with others in his building... and anyone else who needed a quick Internet fix (Speakeasy even encouraged this). He even positioned his router so that anyone in the church across the street could pick up a signal.
Obviously, not everyone is like Peter. But despite easy-to-read instructions and a plethora of warnings about the need to secure your WAP, some people just can't be bothered to enable the most basic security settings.
To the person with a laptop and a sudden need to check e-mail or surf the web, it's not possible to tell who is leaving their access points open deliberately and who just plain doesn't care. The access point is there and the virtual doors are unlocked, so why not take advantage of it if you're in need?
A couple of caveats: be familiar with the law of the land. As the examples at the beginning of this story show, it's illegal to access a WAP without permission—even if it's wide open—in some places. Also, you should never use an open point for anything illegal or even unneighborly. Don't log onto the first "linksys" WAP you see and fire up a torrent for your favorite, just-released Linux distro.
And as always, don't leave your own 802.11b/g/n router wide open unless you're comfortable with random surfers using your 'Net access for their own purposes.
Open WiFi is clearly here to stay.


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Apple attempts to take down in-app purchase hack
On Friday, we broke the news on some worrying tips we received about an "in-app proxy" hack that allowed even novice users to illegally install paid in-app purchase content for free. In updates to our original story, we noted the hack's developer, Alexey V. Borodin, said in an interview that Apple's method of validating receipts for developers would not protect apps from the hack. Apple followed up with a statement that claimed it is investigating the issue. Today, we get an update from The Next Web that further claims Apple began taking action over the weekend:
Over the weekend, Apple began blocking the IP address of the server used by Russian hacker Alexey V. Borodin to authenticate purchases.
It followed this up with a takedown request on the original server, taking down third-party authentication with it, also issuing a copyright claim on the overview video Borodin used to document the circumvention method. PayPal also got involved, placing a block on the original donation account for violating its terms of service
Unfortunately, the service is reportedly still operational with Borodin apparently moving the server to a location outside of Russia. He told The Next Web that the new service has been "updated and cuts out Apple's servers, 'improving' the protocol to include its own authorisation and transaction processes. The new method 'can and will not reach the App Store anymore, so the proxy (or caching) feature has been disabled'"https://twitter.com/alastairh/status/224834890665967616
While Borodin also claimed he has changed the process to force users to sign out of their iTunes account (to ensure users he is not stealing personal/credit card data), there are more than a few reasons to still be concerned. Developer Alastair Houghton told us that he thinks Borodin's method could be used "intercept traffic intended for any other secure website":


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This Number Line Worksheet will produce a blank page of Vertical Number Lines for various types of scales.
You may enter whole numbers, negative numbers or decimals numbers for the starting and ending numbers. You may select increments that are whole integers or fractions.
If you select a large range with a very small increment you will not be able to read the graph under some cases. Twenty five points with labeling is probably the most you will be able to read. You can produce number lines with more than 25 points just label the zero, start and end numbers.
All Marked Points ( Will Not Work if 25 Numbers Are Being Displayed )
Zero and All Integer Points
Zero, First, and Last Points
First and Last Points
Only Zero
You may enter a message or special instruction that will appear on the bottom left corner of the Number Line Worksheet.
Now you are ready to create your Number Line Worksheet by pressing the Create Button.


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This is possible under GNU/Linux only .
% vls -vv -d udp:192.168.0.42 dvd:/dev/dvd --ttl 12
where :
/dev/dvd is the name of your DVD drive or the directory where you copied your DVD ,
192.168.0.42 is either :
the IP address of the machine you want to unicast to ;
or the DNS name the machine you want to unicast to ;
or a multicast IP address .
12 is the value of the TTL (Time To Live) of your IP packets (which means that the stream will be able to cross 11 routers) .
If you want to stream the DVD continuously, add the --loop option .


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YPAS - Youth Justice IAG Service
The Youth Justice IAG Service provides Information Advice and Guidance to young people who are at risk of becoming involved in the criminal justice system. Referrals are directly made into YPAS via the Liaison Diversion Team Mersey Care
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- Young Person's Advisory Service (YPAS)
- Telephone
- 0151 707 1025
- firstname.lastname@example.com
- Website
- https://ypas.org.uk/
Where to go
- Name
- Young Person's Advisory Service (YPAS)
- Address
36, Bolton Street
- Postcode
- Notes
We have 3 Community hubs across Liverpool:
- YPAS Central Hub 36 Bolton Street, Liverpool, L3 5LX
- YPAS Plus North Hub Croxdale Road West, Liverpool, L14 8YA
- YPAS Plus South Hub Lyndene Road, Liverpool, L25 1NG
Time / Date Details
- When is it on
- We offer appointments across the week. Please see our website for the latest opening information
Other Details
- Other notes
YPAS provides mental health and emotional wellbeing services for Liverpool's children, young people and families.
Established in 1966 YPAS is a charitable sector organization that supports children, young people and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties. The delivery of our citywide services includes: primary schools, secondary schools and across three locality community hubs.
Our Wellbeing Services provide a range of services that are designed to help you with your practical issues: offering various groups, drop-ins and individual information, advice and guidance.
Our Counselling and Psychotherapy Services provide a wide range of therapeutic interventions that are designed to help you address those issues that are impacting on your mental health and emotional well-being.


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My husband Dan has a small but dependable repertoire of dishes he likes to make. These breakfast potatoes are on that list, and he cooks them up pretty much every Sunday.
As he got started with preparing them last weekend, he told me I should put these potatoes on my blog. And since I always listen to my husband (ok not always, but a lot), here you go.
Dan likes to use small red or white potatoes, but we recently discovered that it's nice to add some sweet potatoes, too. This ups the "healthiness factor" and makes the finished potatoes look really pretty, too.
We have a big "island" where the prepping happens, and Maddie always pulls up a stool to help. Dylan generally sleeps right up until breakfast is ready: I don't want to be 12 again but I will admit I kind of miss doing that…
We've found that cooking a leisurely breakfast is a great time to involve Mads in the process of putting food on the table. It's also a great time to practice knife skills…
…and math!
We like our potatoes with lots and lots of onions, which are sauteed in the drippings leftover from cooking pastured bacon (use organic butter or olive oil if you don't do bacon).
Before adding the chopped potatoes to the pan with the onions, Dan likes to add them to a pot of cold water and bring it to a boil. He doesn't watch cooking shows or read cookbooks, so I am not sure where he picked up this tip, but we've got an old issue or two of Cook's Illustrated in the bathroom so that's probably it :)
When making these breakfast potatoes, you need to work a little at finding the perfect balance between moving the contents of the pan around so everything cooks evenly/nothing burns, and pressing everything down so you get those desirable golden brown edges.
I know there are lots of lots of ways to make breakfast potatoes, but these happen to be our favorite; we love them alongside crisp bacon and eggs from our backyard chickens.
What about you? Do you have a favorite breakfast potato method we should know about? Or a favorite Sunday breakfast tradition? Let me know!
More Yummy Breakfast Potatoes:
Purple Peruvian Potato Hash from Amateur Gourmet
Bombay Breakfast Potatoes from Kayotic Cooking
Cheesy Bacon Breakfast Potatoes from Created by Diane
Recipe For Our Favorite Breakfast Potatoes
- *3 cups chopped organic potatoes we use small red and/or white potatoes
- *1 cup chopped organic sweet potato
- *1 1/4 cup chopped onion
- *2 tablespoons minced garlic
- *2 tablespoons olive oil
- *1 tablespoon fat from pastured bacon or use butter or more olive oil
- 1. Add chopped potatoes and sweet potatoes to a pot with enough water to cover them. Bring to a boil, then take off the heat and drain. Set aside.
- 2. If you've cooked bacon (like we often do on Sundays), discard all but about 1 tablespoon of the fat, and add 2 tablespoons of olive oil (if you don't eat bacon or don't want to use bacon fat, use 1 tablespoon butter plus 2 tablespoons olive oil, or use all olive oil). Heat whichever type of fat(s) you want to use over medium-high heat, and add the chopped onion and garlic. Cook, stirring frequently, until very soft and fragrant, about five minutes.
- 3. Add the potatoes, and cook for another 8-10 minutes. Alternate stirring the contents of the pan around so nothing burns (well to be honest, we like it when the onions burn a bit), and pressing everything down with a spatula so the potatoes get somewhat brown.
- 4. A liberal sprinkling of coarse sea salt and several grinds of the pepper mill finishes these potatoes off nicely; serve with eggs and optional bacon, doused with a little hot sauce, if you like.