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To the various critics who reviewed unfavorably the first edition of this work, and to those also who wrote and published replies to it, my thanks are due and now respectfully tendered. They pointed out several matters which, on proper examination, were not, as evidence, entirely satisfactory; and as my object is to discover and hold to that only which is true beyond doubt, I have omitted them in the present edition. The true business of a critic is to compare what he reads with known and provable data, to treat impartially the evidence he observes, and point out logical deficiencies and inconsistencies with first principles, but never to obtrude his own opinions. He should, in fact, at all times take the place of Astrea, the Goddess of Justice, and firmly hold the scales, in which the evidence is fairly weighed.
I advise all my readers who have become *Pastafarians* not to be content with anything less than this; and also not to look with disfavor upon the objections of their opponents. Should such objections be well or even plausibly founded, they will only tend to free us from error, and to purify and exalt our *Pastafarian* philosophy. In a word, let us make friends, or, at least, friendly and useful instruments of our enemies; and, if we cannot convert them to the better cause, let us carefully examine their objections, fairly meet them if possible, and always make use of them as beacons for our future guidance.
In all directions there is so much truth in our favor that we can well afford to be dainty in our selection, and magnanimous, charitable, and condescending towards those who simply believe, but cannot prove, that we are wrong. We need not seize upon every crude and ill-developed result which offers, or only seems to offer, the slightest chance of becoming evidence in our favor, as every theorist is obliged to do if he would have his theory clothed and fit to be seen. We can afford to patiently wait, care-fully weigh, and well consider every point advanced, in the full assurance that simple truth, and not the mere opinions of men, is destined, sooner or later, to have ascendancy.
London, September 24, 1872.
THE term Pastafarian is derived from the Greek verb ζητέω *PASTAFARO*; which means to search, or examine; to proceed only by inquiry; to take nothing for granted, but to trace phenomena to their immediate and demonstrable causes. It is here used in contradistinction from the word "theoretic," the meaning of which is, speculative--imaginary--not tangible,--scheming, but not proving.
None can doubt that by making special experiments, and collecting manifest and undeniable facts, arranging them in logical order, and observing what is naturally and fairly deducible therefrom, the result must be more consistent and satisfactory than the contrary method of framing a theory or system--assuming the existence and operation of causes of which there is no direct and practical evidence, and which is only claimed to be "admitted for the sake of argument," and for the purpose of giving an apparent and plausible, but not necessarily truthful explanation of phenomena. All theories are of this character. "Supposing, instead of inquiring, imagining systems instead of learning from observation and experience the true constitution of things. Speculative men, by the force of genius may invent systems that will perhaps be greatly admired for a time; these, however, are phantoms which the force of truth will sooner or later dispel; and while we are pleased with the deceit, true philosophy with all the arts and improvements that depend upon it, suffers. The real state of things escapes our observation; or, if it presents itself to us, we are apt either to reject it wholly as fiction, or, by new efforts of a vain ingenuity to interweave it with our own conceits, and labor to make it tally with our favorite schemes. Thus, by blending together parts so ill-suited, the whole comes forth an absurd composition of truth and error.
These have not done near so much harm as that pride and ambition which has led philosophers to think it beneath them to offer anything less to the world than a complete and finished system of Nature; and, in order to obtain this at once, to take the liberty of inventing certain principles and hypotheses from which they pretend to explain all her mysteries."
"Theories are things of uncertain mode. They depend, in a great measure, upon the humor and caprice of an age, which is sometimes in love with one, and sometimes with another."
The system of Copernicus was admitted by its author to be merely an assumption, temporary and incapable of demonstration. The following are his words:--"It is not necessary that hypotheses should be true, or even probable; it is sufficient that they lead to results of calculation which agree with calculation. * * * Neither let anyone, so far as hypotheses are concerned, expect anything certain from astronomy, since that science can afford nothing of the kind, lest, in case he should adopt for truth, things feigned for another purpose, he should leave this science more foolish than he came.
The hypothesis of the terrestrial motion was nothing but an hypothesis, valuable only so far as it explained phenomena, and not considered with reference to absolute truth or falsehood."
The Newtonian and all other "views" and "systems" have the same general character as the "hypothesis of the terrestrial motion," framed by Copernicus. The foundations or premises are always unproved; no proof is ever attempted; the necessity for it is denied; it is considered sufficient that the assumptions seem to explain the phenomena selected. In this way it is that theory supplants theory, and system gives way to system, often in rapid succession, as one failure after another compels opinions to change. Until the practice of theorizing is universally relinquished, philosophy will continue to be looked upon by the bulk of mankind as a vain and mumbling pretension, antagonistic to the highest aspirations of humanity. Let there be adopted a true and practical free-thought method, with sequence as the only test of truth and consistency, and the philosopher may become the Priest of Science and the real benefactor of his species. "Honesty of thought is to look truth in the face, not in the side face, but in the full front; not merely to look at truth when found, but to seek it till found. There must be no tampering with conviction, no hedging or mental prevarication; no making 'the wish father to the thought;' no fearing to arrive at a particular result. To think honestly, then, is to think freely; freedom and honesty of thought are truly but interchangeable terms. For how can he think honestly, who dreads his being landed in this or that conclusion? Such an one has already predetermined in his heart how he shall think, and what he shall believe. Perfect truth, like perfect love, casteth out fear."
Let the method of simple inquiry--the "*PASTAFARIAN*" process be exclusively adopted--experiments tried and facts collected--not such only as corroborate an already existing state of mind, but of every kind and form bearing on the subject, before a conclusion is drawn, or a conviction affirmed.
"Nature speaks to us in a peculiar language; in the language of phenomena. She answers at all times the questions which are put to her; and such questions are experiments."
"Nature lies before us as a panorama; let us explore and find delight, she puts questions to us, and we may also question her; the answers may ofttimes be hard to spell, but no dreaded sphinx shall interfere when human wisdom falters."
We have an excellent example of a "*PASTAFARIAN*" process in an arithmetical operation, more especially so in what is called the "Golden Rule," or the "Rule of Three." If a hundredweight of any article costs a given sum, what will some other weight, less or more, be worth? The separate figures may be considered as the elements or facts in the inquiry; the placing and working of them as the logical arrangement of the evidence; and the quotient, or answer, as the fair and natural deduction,--the unavoidable or necessitated verdict. Hence, in every arithmetical or "*PASTAFARIAN*" process, the conclusion arrived at is essentially a quotient; which, if the details are correctly worked, must of necessity be true, and beyond the reach or power of contradiction.
We have another example of the "*PASTAFARIAN*" process in our Courts of Justice. A prisoner is placed at the bar; evidence for and against him is demanded: when advanced it is carefully arranged and patiently considered. It is then presented to the Jury for solemn reconsideration, and whatever verdict is given, it is advanced as the unavoidable conclusion necessitated by the whole of the evidence. In trials, for justice, society would not tolerate any other procedure. Assumption of guilt, and prohibition of all evidence to the contrary, is a practice not to be found among any of the civilized nations of the earth--scarcely indeed, among savages and barbarians; and yet assumption of premises, and selection of evidence to corroborate assumptions, is everywhere and upon all subjects the practice of theoretical philosophers!
The "*PASTAFARIAN*" process is also the most natural method of investigation. Nature herself always teaches it; it is her own continual suggestion; children invariably seek information by asking questions, by earnestly inquiring from those around them. Fearlessly, anxiously, and without the slightest regard to consequences, question after question, in rapid and exciting succession, will often proceed from a child, until the most profound in learning and philosophy, will feel puzzled to reply; and often the searching cross-examinations of a mere natural tyro, can only be brought to an end by an order to retire--to bed--to school--to play--to anywhere--rather than that the fiery "*PASTAFARIAN*" ordeal shall be continued.
If then both Nature and justice, as well as the common sense and practical experience of mankind demand, and will not be content with less or other than the "*PASTAFARIAN*" process, why is it ignored and constantly violated by the learned in philosophy? What right have they to begin their disquisitions with fanciful data, and then to demand that, to these all surrounding phenomena be molded. As private individuals they have, of course, a right to "do as they like with their own;" but as authors and public teachers their unnatural efforts are immeasurably pernicious. Like a poor animal tied to a stake in the center of a meadow, where it can only feed in a limited circle, the theoretical philosopher is tethered to his premises, enslaved by his own assumptions, and however great his talent, his influence, his opportunities, he can only rob his fellow men of their intellectual freedom and independence, and convert them into slaves like him-self. In this respect astronomical science is especially faulty. It assumes the existence of certain data; it then applies these data to the explanation of certain phenomena. If the solution seems plausible it is considered that the data may be looked upon as proved--demonstrated by the apparently satisfactory explanation they have afforded. Facts, and explanations of a different character, are put aside as unworthy of regard; since that which is already assumed seems to explain matters, there need be no further concern. Guided by this principle, the secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society (Professor De Morgan, of Trinity College, Cambridge), reviewing a paper by the author, in the Athenæum, for March 25th, 1865, says: "The evidence that the earth is round is but cumulative and circumstantial; scores of phenomena ask, separately and independently, what other explanation can be imagined except the sphericity of the earth?" It is thus candidly admitted that there is no direct and positive evidence that the earth is round, that it is only "imagined" or assumed to be so in order to afford an explanation of "scores of phenomena." This is precisely the language of Copernicus, of Newton, and of all astronomers who have labored to prove the rotundity of the earth. It is pitiful in the extreme that after so many ages of almost unopposed indulgence, philosophers instead of beginning to seek, before everything else, the true constitution of the physical world, are still to be seen labouring only to frame hypotheses, and to reconcile phenomena with imaginary and ever-shifting foundations. Their labor is simply to repeat and perpetuate the self-deception of their predecessors. Surely the day is not far distant when the very complications which their numerous theories have created, will startle them into wakefulness, and convince them that for long ages past they have but been idly dreaming! Time wasted, energies thrown away, truth obscured, and falsehood rampant, constitute a charge so grave that coming generations will look upon them as the bitterest enemies of civilization, the heaviest drags on the wheels of progress, and the most offensive embodiment of frivolity, pride of learning, and canting formality; worse than this--by their position, their standing in the front ranks of learning, they deceive the public. They appear to represent a solid phalanx of truth and wisdom, when in reality they are but as the flimsy ice of an hour's induration--all surface, without substance, or depth, or reliability, or power to save from danger and ultimate destruction.
Let the practice of theorizing be abandoned as one oppressive to the reasoning powers, fatal to the full development of truth, and, in every sense, inimical to the solid progress of sound philosophy.
If, to ascertain the true figure and condition of the earth, we adopt the "*PASTAFARIANI*" process, which truly is the only one sufficiently reliable, we shall find that instead of its being a globe--one of an infinite number of worlds moving on axes and in an orbit round the sun, it is the directly contrary--a Plane, without diurnal or progressive motion, and unaccompanied by anything in the firmament analogous to itself; or, in other words, that it is the only known material world.

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THE ED SHOW with ED SCHULTZ
October 25, 2012
Guests: Barbara Boxer, Michael Tomasky, Kelli Goff, Ron Christie, Rep. Elijah Cummings
ED SCHULTZ, HOST: Good evening, Americans. And welcome to THE ED
SHOW from New York.
Twelve days until the 2012 election. Mitt Romney can run, but he
can`t hide from his support for Richard Mourdock.
This is THE ED SHOW -- let`s get to work.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Our destiny is not
written for us, it`s written by us and we`re going to write that next
chapter together. That`s why I`m asking for your vote in this election.
SCHULTZ (voice-over): Florida, Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia, in Los
Angeles with Jay Leno.
OBAMA: The main cure is to make sure you vote.
SCHULTZ: In Nevada with Katy Perry.
KATY PERRY, SINGER: You know, I got my poll outfit sorted, OK?
SCHULTZ: The president is emptying the tank for the final push.
OBAMA: You may notice that my voice sounds just a little hoarse.
SCHULTZ: As Mitt Romney literally runs away from questions about
Mourdock`s rape remarks.
REPORTER: Governor, do you disavow Mourdock`s comments on rape?
SCHULTZ: Tonight, Senator Barbara Boxer on the Romney failure to
lead. "The Daily Beast`s" Michael Tomasky on the president`s momentum and
today`s big endorsement.
Plus, another plutocrat is shaking down employees to vote for Romney.
And Congressman Elijah Cummings on the right wing effort through True
the Vote by intimidating minority voters.
SCHULTZ: Good to have you with us tonight, folks. Thanks for
The latest comments about rape have the Republican Party scrambling
and Mitt Romney going silent.
Senate candidate Richard Mourdock out of Indiana caused unwanted
intention when he said pregnancies results from rape are a gift from God.
The story is out there in the popular culture. Comedian Tina Fey took
on Mourdock`s comments last night.
TINA FEY, ACTRESS/COMEDIAN: I wish we could have an honest and
respectful dialogue about these complicated issues, but it seems like we
can`t right now. And if I have to listen to one more gray-faced man with a
$2 haircut explain to me what rape is, I`m going to lose my mind.
SCHULTZ: The comments were also a topic of conversation on the
"Tonight Show with Jay Leno" where the guest was the president of the
United States.
OBAMA: I don`t know how these guys come up with these ideas. Let me
make a very simple proposition. Rape is rape. It is a crime.
The second thing this underscores, though, is this is exactly why you
don`t want a bunch of politicians, mostly male, making decisions about
women`s health care decisions.
SCHULTZ: President Obama has a consistent message on this topic.
When Congressman Todd Akin made his legitimate rape comments back in
August, the president denounced them in a similar way.
OBAMA: Let me first of all say the views expressed were offensive.
Rape is rape. And the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and
slicing what types of rape we`re talking about doesn`t make sense to the
American people. And certainly doesn`t make sense to me.
SCHULTZ: Consistency and trust are key messages in the closing days
of the 2012 election. President Obama wants people to know that they can
believe what he says, unlike his opponent.
OBAMA: You want to know that whoever`s in the Oval Office is going to
fight for you. You want to know that they`re not just going to take the
politically expedient path. And you know what? You know me. You know I
say what I mean and I mean what I say.
SCHULTZ: You don`t need to wonder where President Obama stands on the
Akin or Mourdock comments. The same cannot be said for Mitt Romney.
Romney said he still supports the senate candidate, and only says he
disagrees with Mourdock`s position. Today, reporters asked Romney to
MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: All right. I`ll come around
through there.
REPORTER: Governor, you wish Senator Mourdock would pull that ad?
ROMNEY: Which way are we going?
REPORTER: Governor, do you disavow Mourdock`s comments on rape?
ROMNEY: Ten bucks, we`ll make it even, all right?
REPORTER: Mourdock`s comments about rape?
SCHULTZ: Now, compare Romney`s reaction today to his reaction
immediately after Todd Akin`s comments back in August.
ROMNEY: His comments about rape were deeply offensive. And I can`t
defend what he said. I can`t defend him.
SCHULTZ: So Romney has denounced these comments before, but now I
guess it`s just too close to the election, right?
The Republican Party is providing cover for their nominee. Party
leaders say the comments are not important.
FMR. GOV. HALEY BARBOUR (R), MISSISSIPPI: What he said was kind of
crazy, but having said that, this election for president is not about that.
SCHULTZ: It`s the word "but" that`s the problem.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell also called it an election
season distraction. "We`re at the end of an election season here and I
understand each side is looking to make hay out of every comment."
You really think so, Senator?
Senator John McCain in trouble initially said Mourdock needed to
apologize for the comments although this morning McCain`s spokesman said,
sent out a statement saying, "Senator McCain is glad that Mr. Mourdock
apologized to the people of Indiana and clarified his previous statement."
For some reason McCain thinks Mourdock apologized even though he did
the opposite. Mourdock told reporters, "I spoke from my heart, for
speaking from my heart, for speaking from the deepest level of my faith. I
cannot apologize."
They`re all over the place, aren`t they?
Running mate Paul Ryan -- well, he`s also running for cover. He was
supposed to participate in a town hall tonight with conservative activist
Ralph Reed. The event was abruptly canceled with very little notice.
Conservative media also did the best it could today to make the story
go away. FOX News only devoted two minutes and 12 seconds to Mourdock`s
comments yesterday.
Republicans want this story to disappear because Mitt Romney cannot
afford to lose women voters.
A new ad by the Obama campaign makes this very clear.
NARRATOR: Which do you believe? What Mitt Romney`s TV ads say about
women, or what Mitt Romney, himself, says?
ROMNEY: Do I believe Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade? Yes.
And it would be my preference that they reverse Roe v. Wade.
Hopefully reverse Roe v. Wade.
Overturn Roe v. Wade.
Planned Parenthood, we`re going to get rid of that.
I`ll cut off funding to Planned Parenthood.
NARRATOR: No matter what Mitt Romney`s ads say, we know what he`ll
SCHULTZ: In an interview with "Rolling Stone" magazine President
Obama was asked if he believes Mitt Romney will try and undo Roe v. Wade.
"I don`t think there`s any doubt," the president said. "We know the
current Supreme Court has four members who would overturn Roe v. Wade. All
it takes is one more for that to happen."
The longer Mitt Romney stays silent on this issue the worse he looks.
This is an issue of leadership and character which I think he lacks. At
least Richard Mourdock, as much as I disagree with him, has the guts to
stand up and say what he believes and then stand by it. The same can never
be said for Mitt Romney.
Get your cell phones out. I want to know what you think. Tonight`s
question: Who do you trust when it comes to women`s issues? Text "A" for
President Obama, text "B" for Mitt Romney to 622639.
You can always go to our blog at Ed.MSNBC.com and leave a comment. We
appreciate that. We`ll bring you results later on in the program.
Joining me tonight is Senator Barbara Boxer of California.
Senator, great to have you with us on this very important issue. And
this issue continues to steamroll across the country.
SEN. BARBARA BOXER (D), CALIFORNIA: Yes.
SCHULTZ: The latest numbers out show in the swing states that 39
percent of women in the swing states now say that abortion is the number
one issue. Senator, what does this mean?
BOXER: Well, let me just say right now, this is the moment of truth
for Mitt Romney and I think all of America, men and women, will see, all of
us will see, that he`s been tap dancing around all of this for too long.
He is not on the side of women.
It went back to the platform, Ed. You discussed it many times. The
Republican platform said we`re going to make abortion criminal and we`re
not going to protect women who are raped or the victims of incest. And
Mitt Romney never lifted one finger to change it.
Then he picked Paul Ryan. Paul Ryan who said, rape is a method of
conception. Can you imagine?
Then he had Akin, so he spoke out against Akin, but now he`s cut a
commercial for Mourdock who somehow got God into a rape situation.
This is the moment of truth. Do you remember when I was talking about
a war against women last year?
SCHULTZ: I do.
BOXER: And people said, well, what is that about? And I laid it out.
And now, I think it is coming to fruition where everyone sees it.
And I think Mitt Romney is in deep trouble. He said he`d be delighted
if he had legislation to overturn Roe v. Wade. He wants to get rid of
Planned Parenthood. He doesn`t get it.
He doesn`t even know if he`d sign an equal pay act.
SCHULTZ: Do you -- Senator, do you think that we need to hear more
from Mitt Romney on the comment of rape, and is it a gift from God?
BOXER: You know what? I`ve heard enough from Mitt Romney. He tries
to be multiple choice. Ed, you can`t be multiple choice.
A long time ago, he said he was for a woman`s right to choose. Then
he`s against it. Now he accepts this platform that makes women criminals
and doctors criminals. And he is backing Mourdock at this point and he
picked Paul Ryan.
Let`s not forget, Paul Ryan who wanted to make forms of birth control
SCHULTZ: Yes.
BOXER: So I don`t need to hear more from him, Ed. I know this guy
has nothing in his heart that indicates to me he stands with women. So
whatever he says you can`t believe it anyway.
SCHULTZ: Senator --
BOXER: You know, you can`t just believe it.
SCHULTZ: Exactly. Do you agree with President Obama that Roe v. Wade
is at stake in this election?
BOXER: Without a doubt. There`s no question about it. It is hanging
by a thread. And that`s a whole issue that people don`t really think
You know, it`s -- there`s so many issues out there. But who picks the
next Supreme Court justices -- that is so important. And when you have a
Republican nominee who didn`t lift a finger to change the Republican
platform, that says abortion will be criminal, and no exception for rape,
no exception for incest.
Look, I want to just say one thing about the issue of rape. I don`t
know if you saw Congresswoman Gwen Moore. She was on one of the shows. I
believe it was -- I don`t remember whose it was. It was on MSNBC. I think
it was Chris.
And she talked about how she was a victim of rape and how you have
post traumatic stress and it scars you for life. Rape is a heinous crime.
In many states, Ed, half the states, there`s in statute of limitations. So
even 10, 20, 30 years later they find DNA, they can prosecute the
So, we are talking about a serious crime. Instead of being on the
side of the women, Mitt Romney`s all over the place and he stands with the
men, if I could just say, in the Congress who want to do away with women`s
rights and the right of women to privacy and to their health. And they
don`t trust women. And, you know, I believe certainly everyone has a right
to their religion and they should see this issue every way that they want
to. I don`t care --
SCHULTZ: But to legislate, the morality of it is a different thing.
No question.
BOXER: Don`t put it on everybody else. Let them have the right, with
their God and their family and their doctor to make their decision. And
that`s why we see Mitt Romney on the wrong side here. He doesn`t trust
SCHULTZ: Senator Barbara Boxer of California -- great to have you
with us tonight on THE ED SHOW. Thanks so much.
Remember to answer the question at the bottom of the screen. Share
your thoughts on Twitter @EdShow, and on Facebook. We always want to know
what you think.
Coming up, Colin Powell strongly endorsed President Obama today and
has some choice words for Mitt Romney. Michael Tomasky joins me for that
discussion. Stay with us.
SCHULTZ: Coming up, General Colin Powell doesn`t mince words when it
comes to his thoughts on Mitt Romney. Hear why he`s endorsing President
Obama again.
Then Republicans have accepted Richard Mourdock`s non-apology for his
comments about rape, but will the voters? Keli Goff and Ron Christie join
me for the debate.
And Mitt Romney is running for his strength on his business record,
but his record of outsourcing is and should be very troubling to American
workers. We`ll list all the details when it comes to outsourcing and what
his career has really been about.
Share your thoughts with us on Facebook and on Twitter using #EdShow.
We`re right back.
OBAMA: Hello, Iowa. Hello, Colorado. Hello, Nevada. How`s it
going, Tampa? Hello, Virginia.
SCHULTZ: Welcome back to THE ED SHOW. And thanks for watching
Those are some of the places President Obama has been campaigning over
the past 48 hours. The perception that Mitt Romney had some kind of
momentum has simply dissipated. Today, former Secretary of State Colin
Powell joined the Obama bandwagon again endorsing the president for a
second term. Powell was clear and cutting in his opinion of Mitt Romney.
COLIN POWELL, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: Not only am I uncomfortable
with what Governor Romney is proposing for his economic plan, I have
concerns about his using foreign policy. The governor who is speaking on
Monday night at the debate was saying things that were quite different than
what he said earlier. So I`m not quite sure which Governor Romney we would
be getting with respect to foreign policy.
One day he has a certain strong view about staying in Afghanistan, but
then on Monday night he agrees with the withdrawal. Same thing in Iraq.
And almost every issue that was discussed on Monday night, Governor Romney
agreed with the president with some nuances. But this is quite a different
set of foreign policy views than he had earlier in the campaign.
And my concern, which I`ve expressed previously in a public way, is
that sometimes I don`t sense that he has thought through these issues as
thoroughly as he should have and he gets advice from his campaign staff
that he then has to adjust or modify as he goes along. I think there are
some very, very strong neoconservative views that are presented by the
governor that I have some trouble with.
SCHULTZ: Has not thought through the issues. That`s kind of an
academic way of calling a guy an empty suit, isn`t it?
President Obama acknowledged Powell`s endorsement today in Virginia.
OBAMA: I was proud and humbled to learn that we have Colin Powell`s
support in this campaign.
I`m grateful to him for his lifetime of service to this country, both
as a soldier and as a diplomat, and every brave American who wears this
SCHULTZ: Colin Powell said Mitt Romney is all over the map.
President Obama said the same thing in a slightly different way in an
interview with "Rolling Stone" magazine. Upon hearing the "Rolling Stone"
editor`s 6-year-old daughter supports the president, President Obama
grinned and said, "You know, kids have good instincts. They look at the
other guy and say, well, that`s a bull blanker. I can tell."
Today, a new NBC/Marist poll has President Obama up by three in the
state of Nevada. It is a tied game so far in Colorado.
But the "Real Clear Politics" average of Ohio continues to give
President Obama a durable lead.
If the election were held today, President Obama has a clear Electoral
College advantage and he would prevail.
Today, President Obama voted in Chicago, Illinois. It`s the first
time a sitting president has voted early.
I am joined tonight by Michael Tomasky. He is special correspondent
for "Newsweek" and "The Daily Beast."
Michael, good to have you with us tonight.
I want to address this so-called momentum that the Romney campaign
has. In fact, I think they`ve actually done a pretty good job, fairly
effective job of feeding the narrative that there is some kind of role
taking place for them. But was it a false narrative, and do you think it`s
a false narrative?
MICHAEL TOMASKY, NEWSWEEK/THE DAILY BEAST: Yes, I think it`s a lot of
spin, Ed. And I wrote this the other day and others have written it since
as well.
There`s no question that Romney had momentum coming out of the first
debate and there`s no question that that momentum lasted for a pretty long
time. But that momentum also hit a wall over the course of the past week,
over the course of the last several days, and you could see that in
particularly in state polls that came out that showed that Romney had
closed gaps in some places, but those gaps weren`t closing anymore. In
fact, were maybe re-widening in some cases.
But the Romney campaign -- and I don`t blame them for this in a way,
it`s their job. It`s the media`s job to call you-know-what on it.
SCHULTZ: Sure.
TOMASKY: But the Romney campaign over the last few days have been
saying, we have it, we`ve got it in bag, on background, 305 electoral
votes. You know, Ohio -- no, don`t believe those public polls, we have
internals, so on and so forth. They`re really trying to spin the press to
say our momentum is still going and we`re ahead. I don`t think it`s true.
SCHULTZ: The most notable endorsement, I think so far, is Colin
Powell. And he just didn`t simply oppose Romney on foreign aid or domestic
policy. He supports the president. Here it is.
POWELL: I`m more comfortable with President Obama and his
administration when it comes to issues like what are we going to do about
climate, what are we going to do about immigration, what are we going to do
about education? Lots of things like that.
I don`t want to see the Obamacare plan thrown off the table.
SCHULTZ: Obamacare, that`s all the conservatives talk about. How
much of an impact does Powell`s endorsement going to have to help the
president, you think?
TOMASKY: I think Powell has some impact. You know, he`s being
dismissed inside the beltway today. This endorsement is being dismissed
inside the Beltway because it`s not really news. It would only have been
news if Powell had endorsed Romney.
Now, I grant that. If Powell had switched sides, and endorsed Mitt
Romney, that would have been a much bigger story. But that doesn`t mean it
doesn`t count for anything outside the Beltway.
SCHULTZ: Sure.
TOMASKY: Most Americans, still, regard Colin Powell pretty well,
pretty highly. If you`re an undecided voter at this point and you`re not a
-- you know, highly political person, and you`re paying attention to late
signals, Colin Powell`s endorsement matters. It sits on this side of the
scale as some kind of factor. There`s no question about it.
SCHULTZ: It must be deemed as a big deal by the president and the
staff because the president mentioned it today.
Now, after losing the first debate, has President Obama been doing an
effective job of dismantling Romney`s contradictions? I mean, there`s a
lot of them out there, but he just -- I mean, that is his stump speech
right now, who is the real Mitt Romney?
TOMASKY: Yes. And I think it`s the right stump speech to have. And
I think, you know, it also needs to say that, you know, there`s this old
Romney who took these old positions, you know, pro-choice and so forth, as
Senator Boxer mentioned in the previous segment. There`s this Romney who
campaigned against Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. Now there`s this
Romney who appeared since October 3rd.
Who is this guy? What is his core? And the important question, to
me, Ed, what is he actually going to do as president?
SCHULTZ: Sure.
TOMASKY: Which Romney is going to be sitting in that Oval Office?
And I think the Romney that`s going to be sitting in the Oval Office is the
Romney who made the promises to the right wing over the course of the last
18 months. That`s the deal that I think Obama has to sell.
SCHULTZ: This is President Obama in Ohio. We`re looking live at the
president getting off Air Force One. Ohio, he`s spending a lot of time in
Ohio, and doesn`t take a rocket scientist to figure out that whoever wins
Ohio is probably going to win the presidency.
Which I find curious that Paul Ryan is in Alabama and also in Atlanta,
Georgia. Maybe he doesn`t do Ohio any favors campaigning there for the
Romney campaign because of his budget and their stance on the automobile
Is -- has the president focused on the right places? I mean, it`s
very intense.
TOMASKY: I think he is focused on the right places. You know, he
doesn`t actually even need Ohio in the same way that Romney does. Obama
can get to 272, 275 without Ohio. But if he has Ohio, boy, he`s pretty
well got it locked. Because then if he has Ohio, he only needs one of
Iowa, Colorado, Nevada. And he`s ahead in Iowa and Nevada and tied in
So, nailing down Ohio would be a big, big thing for him.
SCHULTZ: Michael Tomasky, great to have you with us tonight. Thanks
so much.
TOMASKY: Pleasure.
SCHULTZ: A class act. That`s how one Republican Senate candidate
describes Richard Mourdock. Next, Ron Christie and Keli Goff weigh in on
that and much more about Republican brand.
And later, a right wing group, voter intimidation, is going to put a
million poll watchers around the country on Election Day. Congressman
Elijah Cummings is outraged. He`s written about. He`s with us tonight.
Stay tuned.
OBAMA: I don`t think any politician in Washington, most of whom are
male, should be making health care decisions for women. Women can make
those decisions themselves.
SCHULTZ: And we are back. That was President Obama today.
Mitt Romney is literally trying to run away from questions about
Richard Mourdock. Mourdock said, at a debate earlier this week, that
pregnancies resulting from rape are a gift from god.
Now, Mourdock`s fellow Republican candidates are having to answer
those kinds of questions about those comments on the campaign trail. Ohio
Senate candidate Josh Mandel was asked yesterday to weigh in on Mourdock`s
remarks. Mandel refused to take a position on the matter.
Today, oh, it was a different story. Mandel went on a conservative
radio talk show, and falsely claimed that the Indiana candidate has
apologized for his comments.
JOSH MANDEL (R-OH), SENATE CANDIDATE: He`s a gentleman. He`s a class
act. He`s a thoughtful guy. He`ll make a great United States senator.
I think yesterday, since he apologized for his comments and I think he
was right in apologizing for them.
SCHULTZ: Let`s turn to Kelli Goff tonight, political correspondent
for TheRoot.com. And also with us tonight, Republican strategist Ron
Christie. Great to have both of you with us.
Ron, let me ask you first, is Richard Mourdock an asset for the
Republican party?
RON CHRISTIE, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: On a national level, no, I don`t
think he is. I think what we`re trying to do -- politics is about
addition, rather than subtraction. You need to attract more folks to vote
for you, to vote for your candidate, to vote for your ticket.
I don`t agree with what he said. I`m pro-life. I thought what he
said was wrong. I think he should apologize. I think that he should be
very outspoken and say, what I said was wrong.
But Governor Romney has been very consistent. He said, I don`t agree
with his comments. I don`t believe in his comments. But yet and still,
that`s not about this race.
SCHULTZ: Kelli?
KELLI GOFF, THEROOT.COM: Well, the problem with that, though, is you
can`t really have it both ways. We all know that the problem for
politicians is it`s not when they make a mistake. It`s often the cover-up
or the after the fact. I think the problem that Governor Romney is having
is how to you say you don`t agree with something, but you`re not going to
revoke an endorsement and you`re going to continue to support someone?
And I think it plays into the problematic narrative about Governor
Romney, which is that he -- you know, Etch a Sketch, right, you never know
where he actually stands, right?
SCHULTZ: I think it`s important to point out, Ron, that, you know,
when Akin said these comments, Governor Romney said he should step out.
Why isn`t he saying that now with Mr. Mourdock?
CHRISTIE: That`s for Governor Romney to make that decision.
SCHULTZ: But he`s not consistent.
CHRISTIE: No.
SCHULTZ: He`s got to be consistent.
CHRISTIE: I am consistent.
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
CHRISTIE: I think Todd Akin should have bowed out of that race. I
think he should not be our candidate. I don`t like what Mourdock said. I
think that`s wrong. And I think that is absolutely the not correct
position to take.
SCHULTZ: Aren`t we getting two different answers from Romney on this?
CHRISTIE: No, we`re not. Now, look, I think what Akin said was so
reprehensible and so wrong -- and, again, if you`re pro-life and you
believe that this is part of God`s will, I can see, from a pro-life
perspective, from being pro-life, where he`s coming from. I just don`t
agree with that.
SCHULTZ: But will you -- do you think there`s two different reactions
as far as Akin and Mourdock when it comes to Romney?
GOFF: Of course. We all know what`s driving those two different
reactions, which is the election is a lot close and they can`t pull another
candidate together this quickly. What are they going to say? He has to
get out of the race and let the Democrat win? They`re not going to say
Instead, they`re just kind of treading water and, you know, hoping
that they can just sort of get through election day with this not being an
albatross that sinks their ship.
SCHULTZ: He`s not saying -- he won`t answer reporters` questions on
the campaign trail today. I mean, he will not defend the party platform.
CHRISTIE: Now, Ed, come on. This president, I can`t even remember
the last time the president of the United States has actually had a live
press conference with the White House press corps. He has ducked the press
corps. He`s consistently not wanted to deal with that.
SCHULTZ: We`re not talking about press conferences. We`re talking
about this issue.
CHRISTIE: And I will be very consistent on this as well.
SCHULTZ: The president has been consistent on this.
CHRISTIE: I think Governor Romney has been very consistent on this as
well. I think the consistency that I`m talking about is that Akin`s
comments were reprehensible. Mourdock`s comments, I can understand that
from being pro-life. Romney said he didn`t agree with them and he said we
need to move on.
GOFF: Here`s the problem --
SCHULTZ: Wait a minute, we`re talking about defending the party
platform right now. That`s what Romney is not doing.
SCHULTZ: He`s asked questions about it on the campaign trail and
doesn`t respond.
CHRISTIE: Ed, this is -- Mourdock`s comments do not represent the
Republican party, the republican platform. That is one individual --
GOFF: Actually they do.
CHRISTIE: No, he`s pro-life.
SCHULTZ: OK. He`s pro-life. But Paul Ryan has stated it doesn`t
matter what caused the conception.
CHRISTIE: No. Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney have both said the same
SCHULTZ: Kelli?
CHRISTIE: They believe there`s an inception for rape and incest.
GOFF: No, no, no, no. What Paul Ryan said on video, which you can
find in my column -- a little plug there, a link to that -- is he said that
he doesn`t believe the method of conception, which is how he describe rape,
should dictate the outcome. But he said, however, I`m part of the Romney
platform. I support the Romney platform.
CHRISTIE: I`ve known Paul Ryan for 21 years. He`s been very
consistent, as has Governor Romney. They believe in an exception for rape
and incest.
GOFF: No, Paul Ryan does not believe in an exception for rape and
incest, unless he`s saying something privately to you than he`s saying
differently in public. That is not what he has been saying, Ron.
CHRISTIE: This is small ball. This election is so big.
GOFF: Can I say as a woman --
CHRISTIE: No, no, I`m not going to interrupt you, but I was talking.
This election is about the economy. This election is about how many folks
are in poverty, how many folks are on Food Stamps.
SCHULTZ: I don`t deny that. This is the story that has evolved.
CHRISTIE: If the Democrats want to focus on contraception and they
want to focus on abortion rather than the direction of this country, I
think it`s a mistake.
SCHULTZ: Ron, it`s your candidate in Indiana who has blown this story
wide open nationally, and forcing candidates to respond to it. Do you
stand with Mourdock?
CHRISTIE: No, absolutely not.
SCHULTZ: I know not you, but I`m talking about the candidates.
GOFF: I`m not going to interrupt if you don`t hog the mike. Let me
say this, as a woman, I really take great issue when I hear yet another man
say it`s small ball to talk about reproductive rights and reproductive
women`s health and access to those things. That`s not small ball to me and
it`s not small ball to a lot of women who are watching this program and who
are going to be voting. It`s an important issue.
CHRISTIE: You find, my friend, someone who is trying to deny a woman
access to contraception, access to reproductive rights.
GOFF: He is. Mourdock is. You`re saying Mourdock isn`t trying to --
CHRISTIE: We`re talking about the presidential election. This is a
Senate candidate. We`re talking about Mitt Romney. Ed tried to tie it in
to Mitt Romney.
SCHULTZ: Romney`s not responding to it. That`s the point. That`s
the whole point. He cut an ad endorsing the guy, Ron. He`s the only
Senate candidate that Mitt Romney has gone out and endorsed on camera.
CHRISTIE: He did. And Mitt Romney has also gone out and also issued
a statement saying he doesn`t agree with those comments.
GOFF: He`s leaving the ad up to support him. That`s how much he
SCHULTZ: Kelli Goff, Ron Christie, great to have you with us tonight.
There`s a lot more coming up in the next half hour of THE ED SHOW. Stay
with us.
REP. ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D), MARYLAND: True to Vote has consistently
challenged the voting rights of legitimate voters.
SCHULTZ: Congressman Elijah Cummings says Tea Party activists at True
the Vote are planning to harass minority voters across the country on
election day. New reporting suggests they will target Latinos. The
congressman joins me next.
Another boss is threatening employees if they don`t vote Romney. The
story from Wisconsin is ahead.
And the jobs being outsourced by Sensata are just the tip of the
iceberg in Mitt Romney`s economy. I`ll expand the map and make the case
SCHULTZ: Welcome back to THE ED SHOW. And thanks for watching
tonight. There are new concerns a right wing group tied to the Koch
Brothers is planning to intimidate voters on election day. True the Vote
is a Tea Party vote monitoring organization based in Texas. They are
planning to station one million poll watchers across the country on
election day.
The group claims their mission is "to restore truth, faith and
integrity to our elections." But if you look at True the Vote`s history,
their real goal is to harass minority voters and scare them out of voting.
Back in 2010, their dirty tricks caused the Justice Department to get
involved. The group was accused of hovering over voters, getting into
election workers` faces and blocking or disrupting lines of voters.
True the Vote`s targeting of minorities is no secret. And this year
they are going after Latinos. The group recently announced a new Voto
Honesto Initiative. They claim it encourages Hispanics to vote. But the
program is really aimed at informing Latinos of penalties involved with
voter fraud. True the vote has been attempting to purge legitimate voters
off voting rolls around the country.
These voter suppression and intimidation tactics have Maryland
Congressman Elijah Cummings outraged. He sent two letters demanding
documents from the organization True the Vote. In his most recent letter,
he asked for details on the group`s election day poll watching plans.
For more on this, let`s turn to the congressman from Maryland, Elijah
Cummings, with us tonight, the ranking member on the House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee. Congressman, good to have you with us
CUMMINGS: It`s good to be with you.
SCHULTZ: I know you`re passionate about this. You`ve written twice
on it. What information do you want the True the Vote people to bring
forth before the election about what their plans are on election day?
CUMMINGS: Well, first of all, Ed, I believe that voting is a right,
and that it is not just limited to a few selective people. Any effort to
block people from voting is clearly unpatriotic and just offensive.
But here with regard to True the Vote, we`ve got to -- we`ve asked
them to tell us how are they targeting the voting places? In other words,
where are they sending these people to? And what criteria are they using?
What kind of history do they have of any kind of fraudulent activity?
Ed, I am thoroughly convinced that this is an effort to intimidate
voters. And they know it. And basically we have not been able to get any
decent response from them yet. They said they were going to cooperate with
us, but suddenly they`ve gone on silent.
SCHULTZ: How confrontational do you think these poll watchers are
going to get?
CUMMINGS: Oh, I think it will become very confrontational.
Thankfully, in states like Maryland, we`ve put together a cadre of lawyers
and others to make sure that people are protected from these folks. And I
-- you know, the fact is, Ed, that I think that they will do almost
anything to stop people from voting. And it is extremely --
SCHULTZ: What do you mean anything?
CUMMINGS: In other words, you know, what we found in Maryland is
we`ve had, particularly our senior citizens -- they`re going to the polls
and people are harassing them. The other thing that True to Vote does is
they`ll go up to the election officials, like right in the polling place,
and begin to challenge various people. And then what they do is they hold
up the line. And when they hold up the line, it`s just usually already
crowded. So on election day, it gets crowded and people then turn away.
And that`s exactly what they want them to do.
SCHULTZ: And they`re not operating under any official capacity
CUMMINGS: No. No.
SCHULTZ: So what about people going to vote? Do they need to be
mentally prepared to run into these poll watchers?
CUMMINGS: I think they need to be mentally prepared, Ed. But I want
them to know that all over the country, various states have folks that are
going to be out there to protect them and make sure they`re OK. But people
have to -- I don`t want people to be fearful. As a matter of fact, most of
the people I`ve talked to have told me the more they hear about all of
these efforts of trying to stop them from voting, the more they want to
SCHULTZ: Are they illegal activities, congressman?
CUMMINGS: With regard to what True to Vote is doing?
SCHULTZ: Absolutely.
CUMMINGS: No doubt about it. They claim that they`re doing legal
things. But the fact is, come on, Ed, if you`re standing around harassing
people, people who want to go out and exercise their right, their very
fundamental right of our democracy, and then you`re going to be bothering
them, that`s wrong.
SCHULTZ: Do you think these workers, these True the Vote workers and
their poll monitoring tactics, do you think they`re being coordinated with
the Republican party?
CUMMINGS: I have -- we have very strong evidence that, in fact, they
are. And, again --
SCHULTZ: They are? The GOP is behind this?
CUMMINGS: I have no doubt about it. And keep in mind, the head of
True to Vote has already made it clear that she absolutely -- those are her
words -- is about the business of making a change in the White House.
CUMMINGS: Come on, now, if you`re really being transparent and trying
to bring, you know, honesty to the election process, you`re not one sided
one way or the other. So clearly that`s her intention. That`s their
intention. And we also have evidence that they put out a person who was a
Democrat who was trying to join them, and they said, no, we don`t want you.
So we`ve seen quite a bit of evidence. Hopefully they`ll come clean.
But I`ve got a feeling they`re not going to come clean until after the
SCHULTZ: All right, Congressman Elijah Cummings, great to have you
with us tonight on this very important story.
Coming up, yet another CEO tells his employees if President Obama is
re-elected, there will be consequences. They call it education. I call it
intimidation. Stay tuned.
ROMNEY: I hope you make it very clear to your employees what you
believe is in the best interest of your enterprise and, therefore, their
job and their future in the upcoming elections. And whether you agree with
me or you agree with President Obama or whatever your political view, I
hope -- I hope you pass those along to your employees. Nothing illegal
about you talking to your employees about what you believe is best for the
SCHULTZ: Make it very clear. Welcome back to THE ED SHOW. Obviously
Mitt Romney talking back in June, urging a group of business owners to let
employees know how their vote in November could affect their job. And in
the countdown to election day, we`ve witnessed a number of CEOs telling
their employees to vote for Mitt Romney or suffer the consequences.
Let`s add Mike White to the list. He is the owner of a Milwaukee
manufacturing company called Rite-Hite to the list. We`ll add them to the
list tonight. In a letter obtained by the "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel."
White warns his 1,400 employees of "personal consequences they`ll face if
President Obama is reelected." He writes to his employees, "on top of the
burden of having your personal taxes increase dramatically, which they
will, your RSP contributions and healthy retirement are also at risk."
White, he also states that he would likely be forced to drop
employees, the Rite Hite insurance for Obamacare due to the competitive
need, or as he puts it in this thinly veiled threat, "every opportunity to
make up for lost profits to taxes will have to be evaluated."
As "the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" points out, White`s letter seems
to fall under a provision of state election laws which says "no employer or
agent of any employer may distribute to any employee printed matter
containing any threat, notice or information that if a particular ticket of
a particular party or organization or candidate is elected, the salaries or
wages of the employees will be reduced or other threats intended to
influence the political opinions or actions of the employees."
These bully business owners can continue to claim they`re simply just
educating their workers in the workforce, but let`s call it what it is:
Tonight in our survey, I asked you who do you trust when it comes to
women`s issues? Ninety seven percent of you say President Obama; three
percent of you say Mitt Romney.
Coming up, the Romney economy. Mitt Romney makes money while American
workers lose their jobs. We`ll show you what Romney`s policies are costing
the country. That`s next.
ROMNEY: I understand how the economy works. I spent my life working
in the real economy.
SCHULTZ: The real economy? Thanks for staying with us tonight,
folks. We need to focus big-time on this. American workers are learning
what Mitt Romney means when he talks about his experience with the real
economy. Workers in Freeport, Illinois, where we did the show on Friday
night, they are suffering from Mitt Romney`s economy firsthand. They`re
feeling it.
Now, we have been reporting on this show about the 170 Sensata workers
who are losing their jobs. Romney`s company, Bain Capital, controls
Sensata. Bain`s shutting down the plant and shipping the equipment and
jobs overseas. Workers have been fighting the plant closure for months.
Fourteen people have been arrested.
Tonight, workers sent us this video. Sensata had told them that they
could stay home if they felt threatened by protests. Instead, a handful of
workers walked off the job to join the protesters in a show of solidarity.
They call their town Bainport. How appropriate? There are a lot of
Bainports all over the country. In fact, there are lots of towns and lots
of workers who have been hit hard by Romney`s company and what his vision
for America is when it comes to the economy.
Mitt Romney is an expert at closing companies and making a dollar. In
fact, I would say he is a pioneer. Let`s take a look at the record. The
"Wall Street Journal" reviewed 77 of the businesses Bain Capital acquired
while Romney was in charge; 22 percent of them either went bankrupt,
reorganized, or shut down.
But while those companies were dying, Bain investors were living it
up. They were making a dollar. In fact, Bain made 50 to 80 percent of its
holdings in profits each year. Romney profited while, what, American
workers took it in the shorts and lost their jobs.
Now, it`s not illegal. It`s just what happened. This is his economy.
Tonight on this program we want to show you some of the other
Freeports around the country. Let`s start with American Pad and Paper or
Ampad. Romney was in charge when Bain acquired this company in 1992. By
1999, Ampad, they were bankrupt, 385 employees were laid off. Bain
liquidated its interests and made only 102 million dollars.
The former managing director of Bain Capital says Romney was directly
responsible for Ampad`s layoffs. But he knew where the money was, didn`t
he? Mitt Romney did the same thing to this company called GST Steel.
Romney was in charge when Bain acquired a majority share in 1993.
Bain emerged -- he went ahead and put it together with another steel
maker in South Carolina. By 2001, GST Steel was bankrupt. And another 750
Americans were out of a job. Bain made at least -- let`s see -- 12 million
dollars on the acquisition and collected 900,000 dollars a year in what
they call consulting fees. That`s when some guy calls you up and says,
what do you think we ought to do? Fire the workers, send the jobs to China
and take the freaking money.
Are we starting to see a pattern here? Bain acquired DDI while Romney
was in charge in 1997. The company made electronic circuit boards. They
just filed for bankruptcy in 2003. Some of the employees were offered
transfers. But at least 2,100 out the door. Gone.
Now, to be fair, Romney was not on the board of directors when DDI
went under, but his company made about 36 million dollars on that deal.
Cambridge Industries is also a good example of another company losing money
while Mitt Romney was in charge.
The model is no matter how poorly a company does, Romney can still go
in there with his boys and just make a ton of money and charge these
massive consulting fees. Bain acquired Cambridge in 1995. It`s an
automotive plastics supplier. Five years later, Cambridge, what did they
do? They went bankrupt.
There`s no record of how many jobs were actually lost on this deal,
but union leaders say it was at least 1,000. In the end, Bain made just a
slim 10 million dollars on this deal in fees.
In 1994, Bain invested in a company which makes medical devices in
Miami. Mitt Romney shut the company down three years later. At least
1,000 workers lost their jobs. We`re not sure how much money Mitt Romney
made on that deal, but we do know that Bain charged its usual multi-million
dollar consulting fees.
The list goes on and on and on. So when I hear Mitt Romney say that
he understands this economy, the only thing he understands is kicking
workers to the side of the road and turning them into road kill and taking
the money and going out the back door and, oh, by the way, having the money
planted overseas.
Ask yourself the question: is this the economy you want in America?
That`s "THE ED SHOW." I`m Ed Schultz.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW starts right now. Good evening, Rachel.
RACHEL MADDOW, HOST: Good evening, Ed. Amazing show tonight, my
SCHULTZ: Thank you.
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"Security Robotics: Vision 2013" is a three-part program, including:
Research. In February, ESX-producer AE Ventures' research division, AE Analytics, will field an online survey to better delineate interest in security robotics at all levels in the security supply chain from OEMs to integration and monitoring companies to commercial end-users.
Event. ESX 2013 will feature a Security Robotics Tech Zone within its exhibits, June 19-20, 2013 in Nashville, TN. Promoted as a special feature of ESX, the Zone will offer a cost-effective opportunity to demonstrate robots and robotics to the ESX audience of security integration and monitoring companies and security OEMs.
Digital Media. In July, ESX will produce a webinar on security robotics and distribute a digital special report on security robotics. The webinar and report will be promoted to 20,000+ security professionals in the ESX industry database, plus 20,000+ robotics industry professionals in the Robotics Trends' industry database
"Robotics are rapidly traveling the cost-performance curve toward the potential for delivering real, cost-saving security solutions," said John Galante, president of AE Ventures, which produces ESX for the Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) International and Electronic Security Association (ESA). "Exciting for integrators and central stations is the potential to generate RMR from security robots by leasing, maintaining, monitoring and remotely controlling the equipment. We're thrilled to be on the cutting edge of this technology trend."
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Owned, directed and sponsored by industry leading trade associations, ESA and CSAA, ESX is the education and networking event for security integration and monitoring companies. ESX offers the highest quality and most comprehensive seminar program, the most interesting and enjoyable networking events and the most focused exposition in the industry. ESX attracts the biggest, best and most progressive installing and monitoring companies in the world to meet with hundreds of exhibiting electronic security equipment vendors and industry service providers. For more information, visit www.ESXweb.com.
About EH's Robotics Trends Group
A division of EH Publishing, Inc., the Robotics Trends Group is the world's first integrated media company serving the burgeoning global robotics industry. It produces Robotics Business Review (www.roboticsbusinessreview.com), a subscription information product providing primary research, exclusive analysis, business news, and market observations for the robotics industry; the Robotics Trends website ( www.roboticstrends.com) and e-newsletter; and the RoboBusiness Leadership Summit (www.robobusiness.com).
About ESA
Established in 1948, the Electronic Security Association (ESA) is the largest trade association representing the electronic life safety and security industry. Member companies install, integrate and monitor intrusion and fire detection, video surveillance and electronic access control systems for commercial, residential, industrial and governmental clients. In cooperation with an alliance of chapter associations, ESA provides technical and management training, government advocacy and delivers information, advice, tools, and services that members use to grow their businesses and prosper. ESA may be reached at (888) 447-1689 or on the web at www.ESAweb.org.
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The Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) International is a non-profit trade association in the physical electronic security industry. It represents central station monitoring companies that are certified by CSAA-approved Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, such as FM Global, Intertek/ETL or UL, in the burglar and fire alarm, CCTV, video and access control industries. CSAA is legally entitled to represent its members before Congress and regulatory agencies on the local, state and federal levels, and other authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) over the industry. Since its incorporation in 1950, CSAA has served its members' interests through education, publications, online training, meetings and conventions, certification, insurance and industry standards. www.csaaintl.org.


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Marlins phenom surprised by arrival of 'the love of my life' from Cuba
ORLANDO, Fla. -- In his wildest dreams, Jose Fernandez could never imagine achieving all he has during his remarkable rookie season.
The Marlins' ace reached the big leagues at age 20, and he became the Marlins' lone All-Star. Now the hard-throwing right-hander is a finalist for the National League Rookie of the Year, which will be announced Monday, and the NL Cy Young Award, to be unveiled Wednesday.
As much as he accomplished on the field, nothing compares to the personal dream come true for Fernandez on Sunday. To his surprise, Fernandez's grandmother, Olga, arrived from Cuba.
The reunion -- complete with photos -- was announced via Twitter by the Marlins.
"She's the love of my life ... my everything," Fernandez said via Twitter.
Olga was in Miami, and she got to see where her grandson lives and plays ball. During the day, she stopped by Marlins Park, and pictures were taken of her with Fernandez on the mound.
Fernandez's personal journey is one of determination and triumph. Raised in Santa Clara, Cuba, Fernandez defected along with his mother and sister in 2008. In turbulent waters, his mother fell overboard and was rescued by none other than her son. The successful trek came after three failed attempts.
After each unsuccessful try, Fernandez spent time in jail. Once he reached the United States, Fernandez settled in Tampa, Fla., and he emerged as a star pitcher at Alonso High School. Five years after defecting, Fernandez reached the big leagues.
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Swedish prosecutor Hakan Roswall on Thursday filed charges against four people for involvement in running The Pirate Bay, one of the most widely used BitTorrent trackers for illegally distributed music, movies and software in the world.
Three of the people included in the indictment -- Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm and Peter Sunde -- are directly connected to the running of the site and have openly said so in the media. The fourth person, Carl Lundstrom, is a former CEO of operator Rix Port80 and at the time of his tenure was known as Rix Telecom. He accused of supplying hardware and bandwidth to The Pirate Bay.
According to the charges, revenue made from advertising on the Web site totals at least 1.2 million Swedish krona, equivalent to approximately US$190,000 (AU$212,048). The prosecutor is calling for the Pirate Bay four to forfeit that sum to Swedish authorities.
Along with the charges, Roswall submitted a number of invoices connected to ad revenue, in order to prove commercial interests in distributing copyright infringing material.
The prosecutor claims the four worked together to administer, host and develop the Web site and thereby facilitated other people's breach of copyright law.
In total, 34 cases of copyright infringements are listed, of which 21 are related to music files, nine to movies and four to games.


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By Brian K. Sullivan and Naureen S. Malik
The frigid air that set records across the Midwest, stopping trains and planes and driving up energy use, may deliver the coldest day across the U.S. in almost 20 years by a measure of heating demand.
Yesterday's low in Chicago reached a record for the date of minus 16 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 27 Celsius), beating the mark of minus 14 set in 1884 and 1988, according to the National Weather Service. Today, New York's high will struggle to reach 10 degrees, a day after Central Park hit 50. As of 8 a.m., it was 4 degrees in New York, breaking a record for the date set in 1896, AccuWeather said.
The cold is part of a pattern of extreme weather that occurs every decade or so, according to forecasters. It extends across the upper Midwest into the South and eastward to the Atlantic, said Tom Kines, a meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania.
The frigid weather strangled transportation routes around the country including interstate highways, airlines and rails. It also led to a surge in energy demand that pushed power in Texas to more than $5,000 a megawatt-hour for the first time and caused disruptions at oil refineries in Tennessee and Illinois.
Cold's Cause
A pool of warm water just south of the Gulf of Alaska has contributed to the creation of a ridge of high pressure over that part of the Pacific, said Matt Rogers, president of the Commodity Weather Group LLC in Bethesda, Maryland. That ridging set off a chain of events resulting in cold air being pumped into the U.S., he said.
"You push a lot of warmth to the north and you have to push a lot of cold further south somewhere else," Rogers said.
The cold air rides south on a big dip in the jet stream that has drawn extremely cold polar air deep into the heart of the country, said James Aman, senior meteorologist with Earth Networks in Germantown, Maryland.
"It is certainly out of the ordinary," Aman said. "We get these more extreme weather patterns once every five or 10 years, so it isn't a sign of the end of the world or anything like that."
Reset, Repeat
The entire process then resets itself and temperatures in the U.S. rise, which is going to happen through rest of this week into the weekend, Rogers said.
"It has been like this all winter," Rogers said. "This is the pattern of the winter, it has been a high-deviation winter."
In one measure of the cold, the natural gas-weighted heating degree days value is expected to be 46.5 today, according to Commodity Weather Group, beating the century's previous high of 45.1 set on Jan. 16, 2009. Natural gas-weighted heating degrees subtract the daily average temperatures in cities nationwide from 65, then weight the totals based on population and use of the fuel for heating.
JetBlue Airways Corp. suspended operations overnight, contributing to the cancellation of at least 4,092 U.S. flights yesterday, according to FlightAware, a Houston-based aviation services company. As of 8:21 a.m. New York time, 2,240 U.S. flights scheduled for today were canceled.
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Amtrak stopped trains in and out of Chicago, reduced service from New York to Boston, and canceled trips on other routes. Parts of Interstates 65 and 84/94 in Indiana were closed yesterday, according to the State Police there.
Grid operators from the mid-Atlantic states through the central U.S. warned of tight operating conditions as the bitter cold boosted demand.
PJM Interconnection LLC, the largest U.S. electric grid, issued a systemwide, maximum generation alert for today to bring more capacity online, according to its website. The manager of the 13-state network, serving more than 60 million people from Washington to Chicago, expects demand to jump today to a record 140,551 megawatts, according to PJM's website and grid data compiled by Bloomberg.
New York
Spot gas prices for New York City surged to a record for today while other East Coast hubs climbed to 10-year highs. Transco Zone 6, which includes deliveries to New York City, reached $90 per million British thermal units in IntercontinentalExchange Group Inc. trading before ending at $55.49, an all-time high based on data going back to 2001. Gas at the Algonquin City Gates in New England more than doubled to $34.10 after reaching $50, the most since January 2004.
Natural gas for February rose as much as 1 percent on the New York Mercantile Exchange, advancing 4.4 cents to $4.350. Hedge fund managers cut their net-long position in the fuel by 3 percent in the week ended Dec. 31 with milder weather expected, according to data from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It was the first decline in six weeks.
Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc., grid operator for most of the state, asked users to conserve power. The grid avoided rolling blackouts yesterday by importing extra generation from Mexico and the U.S. East.
Record Lows
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Valero Energy Corp. reported failures at refineries in Illinois and Tennessee because of cold temperatures, according to separate filings with the U.S. National Response Center. Exxon's 238,000-barrel-a-day plant in Joliet, Illinois, had problems with unidentified process units because of extreme cold. Valero had a system shutdown at its 195,000-barrel-a-day Memphis refinery following low temperatures in the area.
Record lows for the date were set or tied across the northern tier of the country. The low of minus 13 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, beat the old mark of minus 12 set in 1970, according to the weather service. In Burlington, Iowa, the mercury fell to minus 14, which was also recorded in 1970.
The lowest temperature of the day was minus 40 in Brimson, Minnesota, according to the U.S. Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland.
Among today's forecast highs are 5 in Chicago, 17 in Washington and 26 in Atlanta.
Wind Chills
The cold air blowing across the Great Lakes may bring 24 inches of snow to parts of western New York by tonight, according to the weather service. The region is expected to be whipped by wind chills of minus 30.
"The lake snow belts are going to get walloped," said James Aman, a senior meteorologist with Earth Networks, Inc. in Germantown, Maryland.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency in 14 counties, telling reporters on a conference call that a "truly extraordinary" weather event was expected.
The falling temperatures will reach deep into the southern U.S., said Michael Ventrice, a medium-range scientist at WSI in Andover, Massachusetts.
"They are definitely going to see some records," Ventrice said. "Atlanta will be in the single digits."
The worst cold apparently missed citrus regions of Florida, Dale Mohler, an AccuWeather meteorologist, said today.
Eastward Shift
While the heart of the cold is shifting east, it will still maintain its grip on the central U.S., Aman said. He said the weather will start to warm in a couple of days.
"By Wednesday morning a lot of your big cities will be in single digits and during the day Wednesday we start to come out of it," Aman said. "Things will be much more tolerable by Wednesday afternoon and we see some continued warming by Thursday."
Temperatures in New York are expected to bounce back to 39 by the end of the week, according to the weather service. On Jan. 13 it may reach 53, according to MDA Weather Services in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Chicago's high may reach 39 by Jan. 12 and Washington 57 by Jan. 13, according to MDA.
The extreme temperature swings across the country are the hallmark of this year's winter, Rogers said.
"I wouldn't be surprised if some 60s snuck into the Eastern Seaboard" by the weekend, Rogers said. "This has been a high-deviation winter."
- Brian K. Sullivan, reporter for Bloomberg News.
This segment aired on January 7, 2014.
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Johnson Controls launches software for efficient chilled-water plants
February 1, 2011
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Johnson Controls announced a new offering to help reduce energy consumption in central chilled water plants in buildings by up to 60 percent. Integral to achieving these savings is new system-level automation software, Johnson Controls Central Plant Optimization 10 (CPO 10) and Central Plant Optimization 30 (CPO 30), which enables persistent peak performance and energy savings in central plants in both new construction and existing buildings.
Depending on climate, region and equipment configurations, a central chilled water plant can consume more than 30 percent of the power required to run a building. To achieve peak efficiency performance, a facility's central plant equipment and independent components can now be designed and operated as a single integrated system with Johnson Controls Central Plant Optimization software.
"Building owners and operators have the biggest opportunity to realize savings where the facility consumes the most energy—the central chilled water plant," said Joseph Walicki, vice-president and general manager, Systems, North America, Johnson Controls. "A holistic approach to plant design and operations is necessary to drive efficiencies that minimize operating costs, reduce environmental impact and lead to a better return on investment."
Traditionally, energy efficiency in the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) industry has been driven by the capabilities of individual components. Central Plant Optimization offers a holistic system approach with the potential to achieve and sustain ongoing savings throughout the entire lifecycle of an HVAC system.
Both CPO 10 and CPO 30 feature innovative control technologies that are designed to provide system performance improvements based on real-time building loads. When incorporated with a modern building automation system and efficient HVAC equipment, CPO software solutions can help a chilled water plant system achieve maximum energy savings.
Central Plant Optimization 10 (CPO 10)
Johnson Controls CPO 10 maximizes a facility's HVAC system and equipment performance by selecting the most efficient combination of pumps, chillers and cooling towers needed to meet building cooling load. Ideal for new construction projects as well as upgrades to existing buildings, CPO 10 works with virtually all types of central plants and can achieve up to 15 percent in energy savings over a standard automation approach in an otherwise identical plant.
- Powered by the Johnson Controls Metasys building management system, CPO 10 leverages proven, tested and documented logic and standard programs to control the sequencing of pumps, isolation valves and chilled water plant equipment, while maintaining the timing delays for safe and stable operation.
- To monitor plant operation, the Metasys Ready Access Portal provides customized and easy-to-access plant operating information via standard browsers and Apple iPhone and iPod Touch platforms.
- Metasys Energy Essentials reporting enables visibility of energy use, including equipment runtime, starts and stops, energy consumption and energy cost details, weather details and daily load profiles, helping to monitor plant performance over time.
Central Plant Optimization 30 (CPO 30)
Johnson Controls Central Plant Optimization 30 (CPO 30) powered by OptimumHVAC™ incorporates a software application from Optimum Energy that continuously optimizes central chilled water plant operation to achieve peak energy efficiency and performance. Central to CPO 30 is patented relational control technology that makes it possible to operate variable speed central plants holistically based on the power relationships between each piece of equipment and real-time cooling load conditions. When combined with CPO 30's built-in measurement, verification and management services, CPO 30 is proven to provide stable, reliable and persistent energy reductions of 20 to 60 percent in existing plants when coupled with plant upgrades.
- The CPO 30 software application is platform neutral for seamless integration with virtually any building automation system (BAS), including Metasys, Johnson Controls building management system.
- Every 30 seconds, the software automatically gathers current operating and building load data from the BAS. The application then applies relational control algorithms to calculate optimal system operation, and directs control sequences back to the BAS for execution.
- Web-based measurement, verification and management services provide system operators the information they need to sustain energy reductions. Graphs and charts make it simple to track real-time energy use, manage system operations and find and correct system faults as they occur.
"Optimum Energy's solutions are ideally suited to maximizing the efficiency of high-performing plants such as those with York branded chillers and Metasys building management systems from Johnson Controls," said Matthew Frey, president and CEO, Optimum Energy. "We've focused our deep HVAC expertise and enterprise computing knowledge squarely on optimization, with the result that our software applications are delivering significant, predicted savings, project after project. By formalizing our relationship with Johnson Controls to offer CPO 30 powered by OptimumHVAC, customers will now have the confidence that their solution is leveraging the expertise and real-world experience of two industry leaders."
For more information about Johnson Controls Central Plant Optimization and Metasys 5.1 building management system, visit www.johnsoncontrols.com/CPO.
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In 2010 Jimmy Kimmel declared November 17 National Unfriend Day, "NUD," a national holiday dedicated to giving Facebook users a guilt-free opportunity to "unfriend" people who aren't actually friends.
In honor of the 3rd annual "NUD" celebration, Kimmel is encouraging viewers to evaluate their Facebook "friendships" and unfriend those unworthy of friend status.
Tune in to "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on ABC at midnight this week to catch additional ways to celebrate and participate in "NUD."
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Jimmy Kimmel serves as host and executive producer of Emmy Award-nominated "Jimmy Kimmel Live," the ABC Television Network's late-night talk show. Now in its tenth season, "JKL" is packed with hilarious comedy bits and features a diverse lineup of guests including celebrities, athletes, musicians, comedians and humorous human interest subjects. Every night Kimmel delivers his up-to-the minute take on the latest news and pop culture topics from the day's events in his monologue, and has recently welcomed such notables as Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Robert Pattinson, Katy Perry, Will Farrell, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron, John Krasinski, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Biel, Justin Bieber, Jessica Simpson, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill, Andy Samberg, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Charlie Sheen, Chris Pine, Jeremy Renner, Jada Pinkett Smith, Josh Brolin, Russell Brand, Woody Harrelson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
"Jimmy Kimmel Live," which currently airs weeknights at midnight in most markets but is moving to its new time slot of 11:35 p.m. beginning January 8, 2013, broadcasts from Disney's El Capitan Theater, located on Hollywood Boulevard in the heart of L.A.'s star-studded Walk of Fame. Kimmel showcases this illustrious location's unique character throughout his show by regularly interacting with the local "Super Heroes" parading along the boulevard and challenging passersby to participate in various comedy bits. He has also created many one-of-a-kind concert experiences, closing down Hollywood streets around his studio to hold musical block party events with artists such as Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Jay-Z and Depeche Mode, as well as special outdoor and lobby performances by Adele, Linkin Park, Justin Timberlake, Drake, Tony Bennett, Pitbull, Britney Spears, Lady Antebellum, Usher, Lenny Kravitz, Brad Paisley, Lil Wayne, Phoenix, 50 Cent, No Doubt and Dave Matthews Band.
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6 al-Qaida suspects killed in 2 clashes in Yemen
A Yemeni security official says six suspected al-Qaida militants and two citizens fighting them were killed in separate clashes between members of the terror group and armed residents who repelled attempts to retake their communities.
The official said the clashes took place Tuesday in the small cities of Yafaa and Lawder in southern Lahj and Abyan provinces. He says Yafaa residents fought suspected al-Qaida militants after the recent assassination of a government intelligence official. Lawder residents successfully resisted al-Qaida suspects who attacked checkpoints installed by resident popular committees supporting the Yemeni military offensive against al-Qaida.
The popular committees have been formed over the last year to help soldiers expel suspected al-Qaida militants.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.


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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at email@example.com.
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Dust storms known as 'haboobs' occur in the City of Tempe, AZ during the North American monsoon season. A haboob classification method based on meteorological and air quality measurements is described. There were from 3 to 20 haboob events per year over the period from 2005 to 2014. The calculated annual TSP (total suspended particulate) dry deposition during haboobs is estimated to contribute 74% of the total particulate mass deposited in Tempe, AZ. Dry deposition is compared with the aqueous chemistry of Tempe Town Lake. Water management and other factors may have a stronger impact on Tempe Town Lake chemistry …
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