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Saturday, May 31, 2014
South Park's authors created a movie which begins by following the 'children' of 2 couples thru several generations. One couple is basically a professional, MBA/Managerial couple, planning the perfect child, and the other is SNAP/EBT high school dropouts. By the 3rd generation (less than 1 adult lifetime) the professional couple have NO children and hte other couple are the scions of about 20 kids, grand kids and great grand kids, the president of the USA during the film appears to be a WWE graduate as his sole accomplishment.
Recently, amid a twitter argument over the US simply LEAVING Afghanistan as is by the next presidential election here (for rather obvious reasons), one Obamanoid proponent claimed in a Paulista like rant that we had too many serious problems here. When he was reminded of 9/11 he pointed out that OBL was found in Pakistan, which seemed to me to be a rather obscure way to argue (the person conceived of himself as 'smart' and knowledgable'. When it was pointed out that we had a large presence during the 80's, and drew down in the period 89-92 until we had no further interest or people, and that the result of that WAS 9/11, a blank wall was the response. He and his supporters had no idea of what occurred, never heard of Shah Massoud or what the timing of his assassination meant (since they had no idea who he was)
Later, someone SUPPOSED to be smart, one Peter Beinart, formerly of the New Republic, now the Atlantic, asserted in 2 articles that Obama = Eisenhower, and in a really comedic and tortuous path of denial that numbers show we we are better off in the world (i.e. Obama not only HAS a foreign policy, but that it is helping us). Worth a read.
These views are characterized by views so incredible that it seems as if facts have not been cherry picked, but INVENTED when needed to justify the unjustifiable, and not unreasonable but the UNBELIEVABLE.
Similarly the EPA in a truly ASTONISHING self extension of their (and therefore ANY PRESIDENT'S executive dept) is now calling ponds in your backyard …from the kid's in rural areas bass ponds, to your JAPANESE GARDEN POND to your five Lilly pads in a garden pond, .. VERNAL POOLS. This gives the federal govt authority next to your grill. ( the EPA claims that material from his pond is being discharged into other waterways ????????) Not the town code guy. Not the county agriculture committee, not the state land board or state EPA … THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA and his appointed minions, and THEIR appointed and promoted minions. Like the BLM, and Dept of Agricutlure, they are probably ARMED. I assume when challenged by exposure to sunlight they will have jargon filled nebbish like endless invented stories and stats to justify their increased and obnoxious authority in order to make those who oppose them appear as MORE stigmatized SCIENCE DENIERS, because the GOVT KNOWS BEST.
This morning I watched the president of the USA describe his pen authored destruction of the economies of WV and Eastern KY (via the EPA and it's administrative rulings) and their coal industry by warning that those opposing him would warn the economy would be damaged and thus demonstrate a lack of faith in America. Of course he doesn't live there, nor does he have to compete for the more in demand (i.e. MORE EXPENSIVE) oil and natural gas to heat his home. He said it was a lack of faith in our ingenuity to circumvent problems. What about the lack of faith in our ability to find a way to burn coal cleanly?
Of course we have also now seen that in terms of global warming the touted 97% agreement of scientists which justified the 'settled science' argument be SHREDDED by accepted peer review articles pointing out that was false, and that in fact it was more like 0.3% agreement. Likewise, those attempting to find and use the data of the paper which MADE the original 97% claim are threatened with suit both IF the publish the methodology and data, and if they QUEST FURTHER, or FIND that information.
Those who question, JUST QUESTION are called SCIENCE DENIERS.
'By doubting we come to questioning, by questioning we might come to belief' - Peter Abelard
Are the American people now rolling over for this?
Because it takes energy and effort to oppose efforts to SKIRT the Constitution, based on what seemed like a good idea at the time?
Because the quest for real facts and knowledge is lost?
The Magic Mountain - The Culturist Review
Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain is a classic of Western literature. Starting just before World War I, it follows a middle class bourgeois, Hans Castrop, to a tuberculosis sanitarium on the top of a mountain (hence the title). His intended 3-week visit to his cousin turns into a seven-year internal odyssey among the sick.
The Magic Mountain is written as a bildungsroman – a genre wherein the main character develops his character via experience and help from guides. In this version, an advocate of Enlightenment values Settembrini and the Nietzscheian Naphta fight over Hans's soul.
Settembrini is working on an encyclopedia of suffering in order to help expunge suffering from the world; Naphta dreams of returning to Middle Ages values in which people knew their place and accepted suffering and shortcomings as a part of life. Settembrini's dreams are based on science and progress; Naphta's require and celebrate a bit of violence and oppression to keep man in order.
And this battle for Hans's soul reflects the battle over the Weimar Republic that Mann faced as he wrote The Magic Mountain. Many bought Naphta's appeal to save Germany via order during the inter-war period; they killed communists by the hundreds and spawned the Third Reich. In turn, the Weimar Republic called for calm and appealed to Settembrini's enlightened republican (small r) values.
Want to know what lessons this book holds for today's cultists?
Labels: culturist, magic mountain, mann, thomas mann, weimar republic
Islamic Style Chivalry: Top Egyptian Islamist Issues Fatwa Telling Husbands To Abandon Their Wives To Rapists If His Life Is In Danger
From Human Events:
Islam permits Muslim husbands to abandon their wives to rapists in order to save their own lives—so says Dr. Yassir al-Burhami, vice president of Egypt's Salafi party, the nation's premiere Islamist party since the Muslim Brotherhood was banned.
Indeed, the many fatwas of Dr. Burhami, a pediatrician by training, include banning Muslim cab and bus drivers from transporting Coptic Christian priests to their churches, which he depicted as "more forbidden than taking someone to a liquor bar"; permitting marriage to minor girls; banning Mother's Day—"even if it saddens your mother"—as a Western innovation; and insisting that Muslims cannot apostatize from Islam—a phenomenon often in the news.
Now in his most recent fatwa—that husbands are permitted to forsake their sexually-assaulted wives in self-interest—Burhami relies on qiyas, or analogy, based on the rulings of a prominent twelfth century jurist: according to Imam 'Azz bin Abdul Salaam, a Muslim should abandon his possessions to robbers if so doing would safeguard his life.
Based on this logic, Burhami analogizes that the Muslim husband should abandon his wife if defending her jeopardizes his life—as she is just another possession that can easily be replaced.
Friday, May 30, 2014
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Carney, We Hardly Knew Ye
But it's obvious as hell, you don't know yourself.
An Infidel Farewell Fuck you to Jay Carney.
Hillary's Campaign Offensive
What Difference Do I Make?
Report: Clinton defends response to Benghazi
Note the photo on cover of book is about as representative of Hill/currently as some dating sites with photos from 20 years earlier.
UNREAL: Hillary Clinton Blames YouTube Video For Benghazi Attack In New Book… via WeaselZippers
Hillary: House GOP is "playing politics" on the backs of dead #Benghazi Americans via sistertoldjah.com
Coalition of Hillary supporters meeting in DC tomorrow to plan Hillary Benghazi defense via TheRightScoop
"Megyn Kelly reports tonight that a 'coalition of Hillary supporters',
otherwise known as Hillary's hacks, are meeting in DC tomorrow morning to start planning on how to defend Hillary against claims from the Benghazi Select Committee.
She also reports on a 'secret meeting' today between Hillary Clinton and Obama that was made 'unsecret' when Time Magazine tweeted it out…and then quickly deleted it.
UPDATED --- Stunning: The Media is Finally Catching On? Reporters Laugh At State Dept. Official Who Tells Them, "The President Doesn't Get Enough Credit" For His Foreign Policy
When asked, what exactly he does not get enough credit for, her answer is, "For engagement."
She repeats that assertion several times.
This is emblematic of the Obama Administration. If they are talking, they think they are doing something.
Actually accomplishing something is another matter, and it is not one that is measured by their barometer of success.
Talking is the measure.
Obama talks, or orders someone else to talk for him, VOILA, SUCCESS!
By the way, I love dumb chicks. I don't know what it is. It's something primal in me that tells me, I can have my way with this chick and she'll do whatever I ask.
This woman sets off every primal bell. I can not watch this video without getting a raging stiffy.
If I met her, I'd HAVE to ask her for a date. I would not be able to help myself.
JEN PSAKI: I would argue the president doesn't give himself enough credit for what he's done around the world. And that's how the secretary feels too. We would not be engaged in comprehensive negotiations with Iran, which is where the program is stalled, and is rolling back, if it were not for the role of the United States, along with the P-5 +1 partners certainly. In Ukraine, we've been engaged more or as much as any other country in the world in supporting the elections process, supporting the government, and supporting efforts moving forward. Yes, there's more work that needs to be done, the point is we need to continue to stay at it.REPORTER: Is this a potential mission accomplished statement?PSAKI: Absolutely not.MATT LEE: You would argue the president doesn't give himself enough credit, how much credit would you give him?PSAKI: I would give him more than he has given himself. So would the secretary.LEE: Like 200 percent credit? For what? Iran negotiations?PSAKI: I mean...REPORTER: What specifically are you saying he doesn't get enough credit for?PSAKI: For engagement in issues like Iran, what we've done on Ukraine. Efforts to dive in and engage in the world.REPORTER: Russia has still annexed Crimea. Iran, there are ongoing negotiations, but is that the success here that your talking?PSAKI: We're talking about engagement in the world and taking on tough issues that present themselves, and the United States continues to play a prominent role doing that.
Kerry: Obama Doesn't "Take Enough Credit" For His Foreign Policy "Successes"
First Quarter GDP Adjusted All the Way Down from +0.1% to -1.0% Real CNN Headline: U.S. economy shrinks, but it's not a big deal
President of the United States, Barack Obama
Scientists Say They Have Found A Way To Fight SARS And MERS
From Business Insider:
An international team of scientists say they have identified a compound that can fight coronaviruses, responsible for the SARS and MERS outbreaks, which currently have no cure.
Coronaviruses affected the upper and lower respiratory tracts in humans. They are the reason for up to a third of common colds.
A more severe strain of the virus, thought to have come from bats, triggered the global SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) epidemic in 2002 that killed nearly 800 people.
The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a new strain discovered in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and thought to have originated in camels. More deadly but less contagious, it has so far killed 193 people across 636 confirmed cases.
But now a team of scientists led by Edward Trybala from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, and Volker Thiel from the University of Bern have discovered a compound called K22, which appears to block the ability of the virus to spread in humans.
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Thursday, May 29, 2014
"Belgian authorities are investigating whether the terrorist who murdered four people Saturday at the Brussels Jewish Museum is tied to the Lebanese Hezbollah terror organization.
Israel's Channel 10 television news reported Tuesday that Belgian intelligence is looking at the date of the shooting – May 24 – and the official date of Israel's military withdrawal from southern Lebanon: May 24, 2000."
via: Times Of Israel
Belgian Jewish activist says he received death threat
via: Times Of Israel
Belgian Jewish activist says he received death threat
"Belgian Jewish activist Joel Rubinfeld said he received an online death threat for speaking about the Brussels Jewish museum killings. "…"We absolutely need to shut Joël Rubintrickmachine's fat mouth," read the text, which was posted on the LBCA Facebook page. "His defamations, his grotesque generalizations make me want to commit murder."
Rubinfeld said he would file a formal police complaint about the posting, which appears to have been spurred by his many media appearances following the slaying of four Jews on Saturday at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in central Brussels. Rubinfeld has called on Belgian authorities to take a firmer stance against minor and major incidents of anti-Semitism, referring to the French government as a role model."
via: JTA.org
via: JTA.org
"…the museum attack's victims — Emanuel and Miriam Riva, a married couple in their 50s from Tel Aviv; Alexandre Strens, an employee of the museum in his 20s; and Dominique Sabrier, a French volunteer at the museum. . ."
. . .
"Security camera footage from the museum showed the killer approaching the entrance to the museum quickly but calmly while carrying two bags and wearing a baseball cap that obscured his eyes from the lens. Placing one bag on the ground, he produced an automatic rifle and entered the museum for approximately one minute. Inside, he opened fire, hitting his victims in their heads and necks, before making his escape. Counterterrorism experts said the man's apparent calm, quick getaway and selection of target — the museum is one of the few Jewish institutions in Brussels that is not under permanent police protection — suggest meticulous preparations and perhaps some training.
Labels: all muslim men are total faggots, Belgium, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, Jewish Museum, Terror Attack
Directive outlines Obama's plan to use the military against citizens
From Will at THE OTHER NEWS:
Directive outlines Obama's plan to use the military against citizens.(WT)
A 2010 Pentagon directive on military support to civilian authorities details what critics say is a troubling policy that envisions the Obama administration's potential use of military force against Americans.
The directive contains noncontroversial provisions on support to civilian fire and emergency services, special events and the domestic use of the Army Corps of Engineers
The troubling aspect of the directive Outlines presidential authority for the use of military arms and forces, including unarmed drones, in operations against domestic unrest..
A 2010 Pentagon directive on military support to civilian authorities details what critics say is a troubling policy that envisions the Obama administration's potential use of military force against Americans.
The directive contains noncontroversial provisions on support to civilian fire and emergency services, special events and the domestic use of the Army Corps of Engineers.
The troubling aspect of the directive outlines presidential authority for the use of military arms and forces, including unarmed drones, in operations against domestic unrest.Read the full story here.
U.S. military lists North Korea, Iran as major threats of missile strike
From Will at THE OTHER NEWS:
U.S. military lists North Korea, Iran as major threats of missile strike.(NCRI).
WASHINGTON, May 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military identified the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran as the leading threats of a missile attack to the United States in future, a high-ranking U.S. military officer said Wednesday.
Speaking at the annual global missile defense conference held at the Atlantic Council's Center on International Security, James Winnefeld, vice chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the assessment was based on the fact that both the DPRK and Iran boast nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
The United States has to take such threat seriously,"even though neither nation yet has a mature capability," the senior officer said.
He added the DPRK is closer than any other adversary to being able to reach such a threshold, as Pyongyang could test a missile capable of reaching the U.S. homeland at any time.
However, Winnefeld warned that if either the DPRK or Iran launches a missile attack at the United States in future, it will be met with an "overwhelming response."
He said that the U.S. priority of missile defense is deploying ground-based interceptors that aim to take out incoming missiles as part of its expanding missile defense system.
Moreover, the United States places an emphasis on building regional missile defense, by closely cooperating with a number of key partners in different regions, he noted.
Winnefeld also urged Russia and China to persuade the DPRK and Iran to drop their ballistic missile programs.
At the same, the general noted that the United States is making progress in investing in promising technology programs" to ensure the missile defense program will be fully capable of defeating complex threats we expect to see in the future."
This Week On The Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm Radio Show, hosted by WC and Always On Watch.
The show broadcasts live for 30 minutes every Friday beginning at noon, Pacific Time.
The call-in number is 646-915-9870. Callers welcome!
Our scheduled guest this week is Mr. Ducky.
Listen to the May 30, 2014 edition of The Gathering Storm Radio Show, live or later, by CLICKING HERE.
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The show broadcasts live for 30 minutes every Friday beginning at noon, Pacific Time.
The call-in number is 646-915-9870. Callers welcome!
Our scheduled guest this week is Mr. Ducky.
Listen to the May 30, 2014 edition of The Gathering Storm Radio Show, live or later, by CLICKING HERE.
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How big is the footprint of the fire that's been keeping me awake for the last week or so?
So if it had happened to a major city instead of scaring the bejesus out of the residents of Southcentral Alaska...
NEW YORK -- Brooklyn, the Bronx, Hoboken, Manhattan, Newark and everywhere in between
LONDON -- All of London
So if it had happened to a major city instead of scaring the bejesus out of the residents of Southcentral Alaska...
NEW YORK -- Brooklyn, the Bronx, Hoboken, Manhattan, Newark and everywhere in between
LONDON -- All of London
WASHINGTON D.C. -- Say goodbye to the Beltway...
more cities here
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The Muslim Brotherhood in North America (Canada/USA)"
From Will at THE OTHER NEWS:
The Muslim Brotherhood in North America (Canada/USA)" HT: GMBR.By
Terrorism analyst Tom Quiggin has published a new and comprehensive report on the Muslim Brotherhood in North America with an emphasis on Canada. The report concludes:
- Canada has a significant presence of Muslim Brotherhood adherent individuals and organizations. Their values and actions are frequently the antithesis of the Canadian Constitution, values and law. Despite statements to the contrary, the Muslim Brotherhood considers itself above local laws and national constitutions.
- The Muslim Brotherhood's use of settlement and the 'process of civilization jihad' has proven effective. The long term aim is to globally impose a virulent form of political Islam to the exclusion of other faiths or systems.
- Internationally, the Muslim Brotherhood is realigning under pressure as old alliances crumble and opportunities arise. An aggressive posture is re-emerging which has used extensive political violence in the past.
- The policy and process of denial is deeply rooted in the Muslim Brotherhood.
- Muslim Brotherhood adherent groups should not be given governmental accreditation, access to public grants nor should they have charity status.
- Canada's stance against Muslim Brotherhood adherent organizations in recent years has been more aggressive than the USA, especially in financial areas."
The GMBDW welcomes this highly useful report which, among other things, draws from the Hudson reporton the US Muslim Brotherhood written by the GMBDW editor.
China Has Mass Sentencing of Islamist Separatists in Football Stadium
That's the way you do it!
A spectacle designed to show their resolve against terrorism, Chinese authorities held a public sentencing in a football stadium in the northwestern Xinjiang region of 55 people convicted of violent crimes.
More than 7,000 people filled the stadium stands in Yili prefecture during Tuesday's sentencing and videos were distributed by police Wednesday to Chinese media.
It was an unusually public display in a country where court proceedings are normally closed to the public.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
MTV Partners With CAIR To Fight "Discrimination"
I wasn't aware MTV even existed anymore, but ok ...
MTV is including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entity with a history of radicalism, in its "world-class coalition of expert partners" for a campaign to combat discrimination and inequality.
CAIR has a history of tarring its opponents by calling them "anti-Muslim" or "Islamophobes."
The multi-year "Look Different" campaign will use celebrity activism, television shows and social media to influence the over 500 million households that MTV is available in.
While well-intentioned, MTV unfortunately chose to include CAIR, an organization with an extremist history that tars every opponent as an anti-Muslim bigot.
The Justice Department designated CAIR an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorism-financing trial in U.S. history.
The government listed CAIR as an entity of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, specifically its secret Palestine Committee; a body set up to covertly support the Hamas terrorist group.
The designation was upheld by a federal judge in 2009 because of "ample" evidence to show that CAIR is part of the Muslim Brotherhood's pro-Hamas network in America. After the designation, the FBI formally ended its use of CAIR as an outreach partner "until we can resolve whether there continues to be a relationship between CAIR or its executives with Hamas."
In 2004, CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad said in an interview with Al-Jazeera that CAIR does not consider Hamas and Hezbollah to be terrorist organizations. He said, "We do not and will not condemn any liberation movement inside Palestine or Lebanon."
The Shahada
Funny River Wildfire
The situation has improved for homeowners, but fire crews still face a major challenge with the 182,000-acre blaze -- now the nation's No. 1 priority wildfire -- at more than 180,000 acres.
All evacuations have been lifted -- people and families evacuated from over 1,000 homes can now return home. Most evacuation readiness advisories have been lifted although not all and ALL residents are told to remain alert and vigilant just in case. This isn't over by any stretch but they are getting a handle on it.
Governor Parnell visited the area yesterday and stayed in Soldotna overnight to attend this evening's residents meeting and show his support for the community.
Haven't heard from my kid for over a day now. Which doesn't surprise me if the danger has subsided (at least for now).
Raise a glass to the crews who backburned dozed and used shovel and pick to build the containment lines that saved the communities of Soldotna Sterling Kasilof Skilak Lake Pollard Loop and others.
And who found a wolf den on a dozer line and rescued five pups.
So this thing is a long way from over contained or secure BUT the situation is a good bit less desperate than it was 36 hours ago.
Please keep the residents and fire crews in your thoughts and prayers.
All evacuations have been lifted -- people and families evacuated from over 1,000 homes can now return home. Most evacuation readiness advisories have been lifted although not all and ALL residents are told to remain alert and vigilant just in case. This isn't over by any stretch but they are getting a handle on it.
Governor Parnell visited the area yesterday and stayed in Soldotna overnight to attend this evening's residents meeting and show his support for the community.
Haven't heard from my kid for over a day now. Which doesn't surprise me if the danger has subsided (at least for now).
Raise a glass to the crews who backburned dozed and used shovel and pick to build the containment lines that saved the communities of Soldotna Sterling Kasilof Skilak Lake Pollard Loop and others.
And who found a wolf den on a dozer line and rescued five pups.
Light rain has helped dampen grasses and raise humidity. None of which will put the fire put but it does help crews fight it.
So this thing is a long way from over contained or secure BUT the situation is a good bit less desperate than it was 36 hours ago.
Please keep the residents and fire crews in your thoughts and prayers.
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And this is just the beginning. Just think how will this list look like in, let's say, ten years...
PS (Socialist Party)
- Yvan Mayeur, Mayor
- Faouzia Hariche, Alderwoman
- Karine Lalieux, Alderwoman
- Philippe Close, Alderman
- Mohamed Ouriaghli, Alderman
- Ahmed El Ktibi, Alderman
- Pascale Peraïta, City councillor
- Fatima Abid, City councillor
- Mohammed Boukantar, City councillor
- Sevket Temiz, City councillor
- Mounia Mejbar, City councillor
- Mustapha Amrani, City councillor
- Jean-Marie Amand, City councillor
- Rebecca Overloop, City councillor
- Khalid Zian, City councillor
- Naima Maati, City councillor
cdH (Humanist Democratic Centre)
- Bertin Mampaka Mankamba, City councillor
- Said El Hammoudi, City councillor
- Christian Ceux, City councillor
- Joëlle Milquet, City councillor
- Hamza Fassi-Fihri, City councillor
- Mohamed El Hamrouni, City councillor
- Didier Wauters, City councillor
- Fatima Moussaoui, City councillor
- Yusuf Ergen,City councillor
MR (Reformist Movement)
- Alain Courtois, First Alderman
- Marion Lemesre, Alderwoman
- Geoffroy Coomans de Brachène, Alderman
- Alain Nimegeers, City councillor
- Jacques Oberwoits, City councillor
- Frédérique Ries, City councillor
- Céline Vivier, City councillor
- David Weytsman, City councillor
- Clémentine Barzin, City councillor
ECOLO (Francophone Greens)
- Marie Nagy Patino, City councillor
- Zoubida Jellab, City councillor
- Catherine Lemaitre, City councillor
- Liesbet Temmerman, City councillor
- Michaël François, City councillor
FDF (Francophone Federalist Democrats)
- Fabian Maingain, City councillor
- Amina Derbaki Sbaï, City councillor
Groen (Flemish Ecologists)
- Bart Dhondt, City councillor
- Malika Abbad, City councillor
Open VLD (Flemish Liberals and Democrats)
- Els Ampe, Alderwoman
- Dominique De Backer, City councillor
sp.a (Flemish Social Democratic Party)
- Ans Persoons, Alderwoman
- Pascal Smet, City councillor
CD&V (Flemish Christian Democrats)
- Bianca Debaets, City councillor
N-VA (New Flemish Alliance)
- Johan Van den Driessche, City councillor
...anyone still think the Brussels Jewish Museum shooter(s) will be located - despite eye witnesses, video evidence and obtaining the getaway vehicle - will they ever be brought to traditional Western justice?

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Koers (Online) vol.80 n.1 Pretoria 2015
Editorial: Koers Volume 80, No 1, 2015
Prof Annette Combrink
Editor-in-Chief, Koers. Research associate, Department Languages and Literature, North West University
As indicated in the first issue of Koers in 2014, there has been a fairly radical shift at the journal. In this, the eightieth year of its existence, it has been fairly hard going to keep "koers" and stay on track.
The former editor, Helena Hoogstad, has in the meantime resigned as editor, as her life has changed, what with her studies in Canada and her husband obtaining good employment in Canada. I have therefore been asked to take over as editor and will keep you informed about developments.
Apart from changing horses in midstream, as it were, the Koers Society had also last year decided to change from one online service provider to another, and this has also not been without a few hiccups. However, we are pleased to announce that the first issue will be online in the first week of September, and the next one towards the end of September. The full complement of the year will be published before the end of the year. I am pleased to be able to say that we have enough material coming in to keep the journal running and keeping readers informed about what is happening in the field of scholarship informed by world view. The website has been redesigned, and you are invited to visit it (www.koersjournal.org.za).
The articles in this issue come from some authors whom we have long known, as well as some contributions from new contributors. It is always gratifying to find new authors working in the field and keeping the interest in this form of scholarship alive and vibrant.
Because this is such a significant birthday year, we will be publishing one or more commemorative issues next year. More information about this will be provided in the next issue, so that scholars can begin to generate their ideas and participate in the celebration of such a landmark in the existence of a journal - officially one of the very oldest journals in the country, and one that has been published continuously, sometimes under very serious constraints, financial and otherwise, for 80 years.
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What's in your bag, Mr. Boyle?
The punk of the literature scene's The Road to Wellville and The Tortilla Curtain are on the syllabus in many U.S. schools. His latest book, The Terranauts, is about eight scientists trapped in an ecosphere. Lufthansa Magazin took a look at the 68-year-old's luggage at Zurich Airport.
T.C. Boyles Booklist
Black Robe – Brian Moore
Dog Soldiers – Robert Stone
Disgrace – J. M. Coetzee
For more about T.C. Boyle, see tcboyle.com.


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Kurt Nimmo
September 14, 2020
Gold has surged to a new high as the prospect of inflation reared its ugly head in the United Kingdom on bad news from a report indicating a weaker-than-expected eurozone industrial production. Germany and France, despite sovereign debt fears, have been able to manage anemic growth but today's data signals a slow down.
|Gold traded as high as $1,261.90 on Tuesday. Photo: Bullion Vault.
On Tuesday the gold price traded as high as $1,261.90 and as low as $1,246. "The U.S. dollar index was adding 0.03% to $81.90 while the euro was losing 0.19% to $1.28 vs. the dollar. The spot gold price was rising $14.30, according to Kitco's gold index," writes Alix Steel for The Street.
Silver also experienced a boost today. The precious metal was up 14 cents to $20.31. Earlier this month, spot silver trading reached its highest point since March 2008.
"While silver has many of the same investment attributes as gold, it enjoys the added advantage of industrial demand. And as a currency alternative, silver is more practical. It's been used as a currency, most notably by the United Kingdom (pound sterling). The French word for money is argent, or silver. In fact, the United States and Great Britain were both on a silver standard up until the 1800's," explains Gabriel Wisdom, writing for Forbes on September 8.
Market observers believe silver prices will soon rise on speculation that JP Morgan is in the process of winding down its proprietary trading operations. "In the past years, compelling evidence of silver and gold price manipulation by JP Morgan has been found," writes Elisheva Wiriaatmadja.
"JP Morgan was not just an accommodative good corporate citizen in the illegal transfer of the manipulative silver (and gold) COMEX short position. In addition to undisclosed government guarantees against loss, JP Morgan was given free reign to liquidate the COMEX short position at their discretion, knowing full-well the regulators would look the other way, no matter what dirty tricks were necessary to cause the price to collapse," MarketWatch noted over two years ago.
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Corrections and Clarification Appended: February 19, 2008
Lawrence King, an eighth grader who identified as gay and wore makeup and nail polish, was 15 when he was declared brain dead on Feb. 13. The day before, he had been shot in the head in an Oxnard, Calif., classroom full of students. Police have charged a sweet-faced boy called Brandon McInerney, 14, with first-degree murder and with a hate crime. According to the Los Angeles Times and KTLA, McInerney and some other boys accosted King about his sexuality on Feb. 11. Students apparently often taunted King, who didn't even have a safe home to return to after school: he was living in a shelter for abused and troubled children.
The crime, a chilling execution carried out in a typical suburban school allegedly by a boy who probably hasn't started shaving has shocked Oxnard and captured the attention of gay and transgender activists around the country. On Friday, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force released a statement saying, in part, "Our hearts go out to Lawrence's family and to all young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender kids who are right now, right this minute being bullied and beaten in school while adults look the other way." Another group, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) called for passage of the Matthew Shepard Act, which would dramatically increase the power of the federal government to prosecute hate crimes.
But while King's short life and violent death are surpassingly sad, it's not clear that officials at E.O. Green Junior High, his school, "looked the other way." What's more, the task force is exaggerating the frequency of assaults on gay kids, the vast majority of whom make it through school safe and happy.
GLSEN itself has published a great deal of survey data showing that most gay kids aren't suffering the way King did. Though the organization paints a still overall grim picture for young gays, fully 78% of gay and transgender kids say they feel safe at school, according to a 2005 GLSEN report. According to another GLSEN survey released in 2006, only 18% of gay and transgender students said they had been assaulted in 2005 because of their sexual orientation (only 12% probably many of the same kids said they had been assaulted because of the way they express their gender). By comparison, according to a 2007 Centers for Disease Control report, 18.2% of male students and 8.8% of female students reported being in a physical fight at school in the last year. Of those in the GLSEN report who had been harassed or assaulted, more than one-tenth 13% said the incident wasn't serious enough to report. When they did report the incidents, the response from school staffs was positive about 70% of the time. That's not enough it should be 100% but it belies the dire picture painted by gay groups in the wake of King's killing.
True, 66% of gay and transgender kids said they had heard homophobic remarks. But roughly the same proportion 62% had heard sexist remarks. Some 16% of gay and transgender kids said they had been harassed because of their sexual orientation, but 18% said they had been harassed because of "the way you look or your body size." (Teachers reported they heard sexist comments more often than homophobic ones, and they also saw more harassment based on appearance and weight than on sexual orientation.) It's difficult to imagine the teenager who has never been painfully teased about something. We forget sometimes that to be a teenager any teenager is to learn to cope with the turbid, inchoate bigotries of still-developing minds.
Of course, King wasn't just teased he was put to death. But GLSEN has found that the frequency of anti-gay harassment and assault at schools has dropped steady through this decade. Fully 57% of gay and transgender students now say they are comfortable raising gay and transgender issues in class, and 71% have discussed those issues with a teacher at least once. Perhaps the most encouraging statistic: 57% of all students in public schools now say they know a kid who is gay; 20% have "a close personal friend" who is gay. Those numbers were unimaginable even 20 years ago. As I have pointed out more fully before, research from Cornell's Ritch Savin-Williams has shown that most gay teenagers are thriving and happy most of the time. They are periodically confused and depressed, but what teen isn't?
Still, it's hard to look at the photo of King's fragile little face and not want to do something. Expanding federal power to prosecute hate crimes sounds like a good idea, unless you are (as I am) opposed to the whole enterprise of criminalizing people's thoughts. Others have made this argument at greater length (here's one example), but in reading about the King tragedy I was reminded of Robert Kolker's fascinating New York magazine piece last fall about the case of Anthony Fortunato, who was sentenced to seven to 21 years in prison for his role in the death of Michael Sandy, a 29-year-old gay New Yorker. Fortunato and three friends lured Sandy from a gay chatroom to their neighborhood with the promise of sex. Instead they wanted to rob him, and they beat him up and chased him onto a parkway where he was hit by a car.
Fortunato, who was 20 at the time of the crime, was charged with a hate crime, but in court a wrinkle emerged: he said he is bisexual and had visited gay chatrooms for sex many times. As a bisexual who had regular sex with men, did Fortunato really hate gay men? So much so that he would target one for robbery and beating? Possibly. As Kolker wrote, "Lots of gay hate crimes are committed by confused, self-loathing gay people." Or was it more likely that Fortunato picked Sandy for robbery merely because he knew a convenient place on the internet where he could find guys with pot and a willingness to meet a stranger? The law is not capable of reliably discerning what Fortunato was thinking at the time (on the stand, Fortunato himself was still struggling with his feelings about sexuality, including his own). That's why we should punish crimes, not the vaporous intentions that lead to them.
We may never know the real motivations for King's murder. McInerney, the alleged killer, is being charged as an adult and, if convicted, will likely spend the rest of his childhood, and most of his adulthood, behind bars. He deserves harsh judgment. But his victim's heartbreaking life and death should be occasions for mourning, not legislation.
The original version of this story has been amended. It now makes clear that the conclusions of the two cited GLSEN reports are at variance with the writer's own conclusions from studying the same statistics. Also, the story originally described the second GLSEN report as "released the same year," that is, in 2005, but GLSEN says it was released in 2006. Lastly, the story originally reported that 22% of gay and transgender students who claimed that they had been assaulted because of their sexual orientation said the incident wasn't serious enough to report; the actual figure is 13%.


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Today in the French papers: "Libération" takes a look at a new kind of terrorist. Meanwhile in France, January sales officially don't start until Wednesday, but some stores have opened their doors early.
The paper "Liberation" looks at terrorists and alleged terrorists, saying they are acting more and more on their own.
Why is this important?
For 2 reasons: One, if they no longer act as a group or network, who do fight?
Second, the article says it that the Al Qaeda network is in some kind of crisis.
This is the first time, the article says, that Al Qaeda networks are claiming responsibility for failed attacks. Like the alleged terrorist that tried to blow up a plane of the way to the US on Christmas Eve.
These people are no longer receiving orders, but they are influenced by Islamist networks all over the world, driving them to commit these acts.
The newspaper "La Croix" reports that 2010 is the officially anniversary of 50 years for independence for West African states.
The article talks about a very paradoxical relationship between the former colonies and the former "occupiers"
A lot of these countries still face economic difficulties. And France, for example, is Niger's biggest economic partner. The problem is, if the former colonial powers are too involved in the former colonies politics, they are accused of neo-colonialism. But, if they are just let them be, they are said to be indifferent.
The Figaro reports that France, along with Ireland, the UK and Spain is gaining water. They are all getting an extra part of the Atlantic Ocean. These countries already own quite a big part of ocean territory where they hold the right to everything on the bottom of the ocean and in the water.
That's not the case for this new territory. So it has sparked a spat between France and Spain, both of which have a large fishing industry.
And lastly, the sales are about to begin in France. Officially, the kick-off is not till 8 am Wednesday, but internet sites and even smaller stores have already let VIP customers take a peak, opening their doors on Saturday. They hope that these early bird specials will push people to buy more. Overall, they are expecting a 2 percent increase (159 Euros) per customer since 2008.
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New images from the Japanese infrared space telescope AKARI have revealed giant star-forming regions on the edge of the spiral galaxy M101. The findings suggest M101 is something of a special case, since star formation more usually happens in the denser central part of spiral galaxies.
The galaxy is roughly twice the size of our own Milky Way, and located roughly 27 million light years away in the Great Bear constellation.
The team made cross-spectrum observations with AKARI's Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS), plotting the temperature of the galaxy's dust. Dust in galaxies is heated by nearby stars, and tends to be warmer in star-forming regions where there are more hot, young stars. Regions populated by older, sun-like stars tend to be relatively cool.
In the image above, the cold dust is shown in blue, while the hotter dust is red. (Cunning, we're sure you'll agree).
But unusually as the distribution of star formation is in M101, there is an explanation.
Dr Stephen Serjeant from The Open University explains: "M101 had a near collision with a neighbour, and it could be that it yanked material out of its neighbour which is now raining down on one side of galaxy and triggering this star formation. It is unusual to find so much star formation at the edges of a galaxy - we normally expect this at the centres."
M101 is known to have had a so-called "tidal" interaction with a companion galaxy, and observations show that gas is indeed falling onto the outer edge of the galaxy. The scientists say that how and why this is happening is not fully understood, but that future observations of other galaxies in the region should help fill in the details.
The results (more details here) will be presented in the Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan in September 26th-28th, and reported in the Publications of Astronomical Society of Japan. ®
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NFL Combine: The story behind Johnny Manziel's blazing 40-yard dash
INDIANAPOLIS — If you thought Johnny Manziel was a great athlete before the NFL Combine, his display of speed and quickness on Sunday reminded NFL teams he has a whole other gear.
Everyone expected the former Texas A&M star to be fastest quarterback on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium, and his back-to-back unofficial times in the 40-yard dash didn't disappoint. His times: 4.63 and 4.56 seconds.
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It wouldn't have been possible, however, without the help of ace strength and conditioning coach Ryan Flaherty.
Manziel, along with his favorite Aggies wide receiver, Mike Evans, worked hard with Flaherty before the Combine, treating it like a championship track meet. With his background in track and field, Flaherty's goal was to help them carry their football speed into their sprints, in turn making them more dangerous pro football players.
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"The hard part is, what people don't understand, is that Johnny, he just can't wake up and do that in the 40, there's technique that's involved," Flaherty said. "Quick is still more what the game is all about, and that's where he stands out. He's been developing his quickness for a while."
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"His athleticism makes it easy to train a guy like him," Flaherty said of the Heisman Trophy winner, who started coming to Flaherty as a redshirt freshman. "He knows his body, and once he gets comfortable with his reps, he gets obsessive with getting them right. He picks things up quickly, and he's so strong."
As he pushed Manziel with the athletic side to complement what quarterback guru George Whitfield does on the football side, Flaherty got to know just how competitive Manziel is about everything, from agility drills to games of H-O-R-S-E. He also saw Manziel mature off the field in the past two months.
"We've spent 24/7 together as I've had a bigger role with him. He's learning who he should and shouldn't have in his life," Flaherty said. "The past 45 days have been a awesome transition for him in terms of growing up, that's it's time to put the childish ways behind and start making the right decisions for him as a man."
Evans also is a surefire first-round pick because of his hands and frame of 6-4 3/8, 231 pounds. Flaherty was not surprised by the wide receiver's 40 times of 4.50 and 4.47, terrific for that size.
"The reason why scouts told me they had Sammy Watkins ahead of Mike in the draft was just flat-out speed, because they expected him to run 4.6, and Sammy was running at 4.3," Flaherty said. "Mike's got the more vertical game that translates better to the NFL, and I've been told a 4.4 would put him No. 1 on most boards."
Another key to helping Manziel and Evans run so well was a calculated approach based on their much different body types.
"Based on a guy's height and stride length, you can tell exactly how many steps they need to run for the time they want to run" Flaherty said.
Manziel at 5-11 is more compact and thus must take more steps to match the much taller Evans. Given their best 40 times on Sunday, it took Manziel 20 in comparison to Evans' 19.
Flaherty, 32, who has worked with recent No. 1 picks Cam Newton and Andrew Luck, compares Manziel to "Dennis the Menace" in terms of unique tenacity. As a coach, he knows the Combine necessity of the 40 is just one part of the package, but also something that can still boost what teams already know about Manziel.
"They've seen the film, he played in the SEC, the best conference in football,, ahd now Johnny made guys miss week in and week out. The biggest thing with his development was the understanding he can't continue to rely as much his athleticism.
"That's what we've been working on; not just changing the way he plays, but just getting faster and quicker. He's been committed to doing that."


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A liberal political fundraising group in Kentucky is being tied to a secret recording of a campaign meeting held by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell in which his aides disparaged actress Ashley Judd.
The leader of Progress Kentucky and a volunteer were outside of the February campaign meeting and "never left a public hallway," said attorney Ted Shouse, who is representing the group's executive director, Shawn Reilly. The attorney said Reilly met with the FBI and is cooperating with the bureau's investigation. The volunteer was Curtis Morrison.
"One, we're innocent. Two, we're at most a witness to Mr. Morrison's criminal activity," Shouse said. "There was clearly a recording. I can tell you that Mr. Reilly never entered Mr. McConnell's office."
Shouse did not explicitly say that Morrison made the recording. Morrison has not been charged with any wrongdoing. He has not returned phone calls or email and no one answered the door at his home Friday.
The recording was leaked to the liberal magazine Mother Jones and published earlier this week. Mother Jones said the recording came from a confidential source. It posted audio and a transcript of the meeting online.
On the recording, the Senate Minority Leader and his aides talked about opposition research into potential Democratic challengers, including Judd. Aides discussed Judd's past bouts with depression and how the campaign might use that against her if she decided to challenge him in the 2014 election. The aides laughed about Judd's depression, as well as her political positions and religious beliefs.
Judd, a former Kentucky resident now living in Tennessee, announced last month that she wouldn't seek the Democratic nomination. Political observers are waiting to hear if Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, a Democrat, plans to get into the race.
In the recording, McConnell began the meeting by telling aides the campaign had entered "the Whac-A-Mole period" and explained that means "when anybody sticks their head up, do them out." That is the only time McConnell was heard speaking.
His campaign asked the FBI to investigate how the recording was made. Campaign manager Jesse Benton charged that liberals had bugged the office where the strategy session was held, likening it to the 1972 Watergate break-in of Democratic offices by President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign.
Under federal law, it is illegal to use an electronic device to secretly record someone without their knowledge if the recorder is not also a party to the conversation. Kentucky has a similar state law.
Generally, well-known public figures have an expectation of privacy when they speak in their homes or other private retreats. The law prohibits bugging a room, secretly monitoring telephone conversations or intercepting computer communications. However, the publishers, in this case Mother Jones, may disseminate illegally taped conversations if they didn't break any law in getting the recording.
McConnell opened his campaign headquarters on Feb. 2 on the second floor of the 10-story Watterson Towers, on the west side of Louisville. About 75 people attended.
To get to McConnell's office, visitors must pass by a security guard to get to the elevator. The main entrance into McConnell's suite has a half-inch gap between the bottom of the door and the floor.
McConnell opened the headquarters nearly a year earlier than any of his previous campaigns, promising the "biggest and best campaign this state has ever seen."
"They want to take me out," McConnell said then. "This is the only race in the country with any national significance. And that's why we're up and running this far in advance."
Progress Kentucky is a Louisville-based Political Action Committee with the singular goal of ousting McConnell, according to its website.
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The group's treasurer, Douglas L. Davis, resigned Tuesday, the same day the recording was published. Davis' attorney, Brian Butler, said Davis was in Orlando, Fla., on the day of McConnell's meeting.
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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day.
• If there's really a hockey player named Masterb who wears the No. 8 somewhere, the marketing possibilities are limitless. If not, dude here one-upped "Therapist" Steelers jerseys at the expense of being labeled a self-pleasure enthusiast for the ages. [E-Phemera]
• Speaking of Therapist, Grendon Bailie, a seventh-grader at Truman Middle School in Tacoma, Wash. became a hero to Stealer nation — and a likely litigant in some sort of freedom-of-expression lawsuit. You see, rabble-rousing Grendon opted to wear a Pittsburgh jersey on a day when kids were only allowed to violate the school's "strict dress code" with Seahawks gear.
"Not everyone is a Seahawks fan — and if they got to wear their team stuff then I should, too," Grendon said. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
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• Some really old guy thinks Tiger Woods lost his mojo. Thanks for that, really old guy. [Golf Channel]
• When you sideswipe a stretch limo taking some Packers to see the Bucks with an '89 Sable, there will be hell to pay. Or, some traffic fines. [Journal Sentinel] (H/T Don W.)
• Tipster Sara K. figured there was something we could do with that there picture of the moment Kevin Love "grabbed a rebound" against Washington [Star Tribune]. Kevin like ball.
• David Beckham might be allowed to practice with Tottenham, but Tottenham doesn't seem to think he'll be in match shape anytime soon. [Daily Mail]
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• A young lady got canned from her gig at a Minnesota McDonald's because she allowed Adrian Peterson to use the bathroom [The Consumerist]. Peterson felt "terrible," but not as terrible of the unemployed lady [Twitter]. An unemployed lady who apparently isn't unemployed anymore [Twitter].
• The Panthers/Predators game featured a stick to the face, just like Panthers/Predators games always do.
• Chelsea vs. Blackburn at 10 a.m. EST. [Telegraph]
• The Mets learned nothing from L.T., what with the "Mets Sniffing Around Young, Bush" headline on a team-news website. [Mets Today] (H/T Zack G.)
• And, finally, from the "Hickey's Biased" coverage files … John Fox, good hire [Denver Post]. Philadelphia Flyers, great team [Flyers]. Sixers, eh, they won [Sixers].
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Washington — The activity level of a large group of American children dropped sharply between the ages of 9 and 15, when most failed to reach the daily recommended activity level, according to findings from a long-term study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Researchers evaluated the children to determine whether they achieved the recommended minimum 60 minutes per day of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA).
At age 9, the children averaged roughly three hours of MVPA on weekdays and weekends. By age 15, however, they averaged only 49 minutes per weekday, and 35 minutes per weekend.
Girls' level of physical activity dropped below the recommended level at 13 years old during the week and 12 ½ years old on the weekends. Boys fell below the recommendation at 14 ½ years old on weekdays and 13 ½ on weekends.
"Lack of physical activity in childhood raises the risk for obesity and its attendant health problems later in life," says Duane Alexander, M.D., director of NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
The analysis was conducted on data collected for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, a long-term study of more than 1,000 children from ethnically and economically diverse backgrounds. The study collected information on various other aspects of children's health and development. It was geared toward gathering information on children's experiences in various child care arrangements but did not constitute a nationally representative sample of the United States as a whole.
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Good evening, I'm trying to calculate what kind of impact force a falling object would have once it hit something. This is my attempt so far:
Because $x= \frac{1}{2} at^2$, $t=\sqrt{2x/a}$
$v=at$, therefore $v=a \sqrt{2x/a}$
$E_k=\frac{1}{2} mv^2$, so $E_k=\frac{1}{2} m(2ax)=m \cdot a \cdot x$
Since $W=E_k=F_i s$, $F_i=E_k/s=(m \cdot a \cdot x)/s$
For an object weighing about as much as an apple, $0.182$ kg, falling $2.00$ m straight down and creating a dent of $0.00500$ m, this would result in:
$$F_i=(m \cdot a \cdot x)/s$$
$$F_i=(0.182 \cdot 9.81 \cdot 2.00)/0.00500=706 \, \text{N}$$
Does this make any sense? I wouldn't be surprised at all to find out I'm missing something here.
Any input would be appreciated,
thanks in advance!


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Today is an important day for USGBC and for green building. It marks the culmination of more than six years of work to turn a crazy idea into a tangible, attainable reality.
Today, the nation's leading code developer, which emerged from the legacy regional code bodies, has published a model green building code. The International Green Construction Code (IgCC) was developed by almost everybody and, importantly, approved by the Code Council's membership of code officials. It includes the second fully-published version of a green building standard that USGBC dreamed up with ASHRAE at Greenbuild in November of 2005.
Today we also celebrate the 12,000th LEED certified commercial building, totaling more than 8.4 billion square feet of LEED certified space, and the beginning of a final stage of development of LEED's next version. After nearly 20,000 comments during three rounds of public review, today begins the effort to respond and fine-tune LEED 2012 prior to member ballot this summer.
I'd like to travel back to that early moment in 2005 when the crazy idea of a green building code was first conceived. At that time, dozens (soon-to-be hundreds) of local governments were searching for a prescriptive, code-intended tool that could extend protections from the human and environmental health risks illuminated by greener building practice. LEED was taking off at an amazing trajectory, and new rating systems were under development for both homes and core & shell buildings to add to the LEED suite of new construction, existing buildings and commercial interiors rating systems.
The initial conversation took place alongside Greenbuild 2005 in Atlanta, GA. Atlanta at that time shared a lot in common with many American cities. After several decades of urban flight, its urban core was growing again. In it, there was an early excitement for LEED buildings in its downtown, and a growing understanding of green building practice thanks to a regional green building organization headquartered in town. Its city-wide sustainability efforts were fledgling (at least compared to today), and leaning largely on the state's building energy code that – like anywhere else – was doing what it could.
As a city, its sustainability future looked reasonably promising, but amazingly daunting.
It was a November morning, not far from Centennial Olympic Park. The air was crisp, but not bitter, and missing the more familiar smells of magnolia, pine and peach trees with a heavy dose of humidity. The city was swarming with green building professionals in town for another record-breaking Greenbuild event. It was the perfect setting for inspiration.
I wasn't there, but here's how I think the conversation probably went over breakfast that morning between Brendan Owens, head of LEED technical development and ASHRAE leadership:
Owens: "Hey, ASHRAE."
ASHRAE: "Hey, USGBC."
Owens: "Can you imagine a world where today's green building practice is so commonplace, so accepted, and so well understood that it's just the way buildings are built?"
ASHRAE: "You mean like part of the building code?"
Owens: "Sure. But building codes don't address any of this right now. How do we speed this up?"
ASHRAE: "Well, we're already leveraging codes to drive energy efficiency into the mainstream in an unparalleled way with Standard 90.1."
Owens: "Could we speed up the adoption of greener building practice if we wrote a new standard that draws from the best practices that already define certain elements of high-performance buildings?"
ASHRAE: "And then define and standardize areas of energy, site, water, materials, indoor environmental quality and building operations that haven't yet been standardized?"
Owens: "And this could drive future code and standard development, which would be referenced in construction contracts, enforced as code and applied universally for all buildings, making it easier for these projects to strive for leadership and even pursue LEED certification?"
ASHRAE: "Yes, I think we can do that. Our partners at IES, with whom we write Standard 90.1, are sure to be excited."
Owens: "We could change the world, or at least change it so much more quickly..."
About three years later, the International Code Council had a similar conversation with AIA and ASTM. I won't re-enact it for you, but they were dreaming up a similarly-intended code document for use primarily by ICC's member code officials.
By March of 2010, the conversations had merged toward a common vision through partnership – one unlike the building industry had ever seen. The first, ANSI-approved version of ASHRAE Standard 189.1 was published, the first draft of the IgCC was released and the world breathed a surprising sigh of relief as these six organizations stood side-by-side to usher in a more sustainable future… together.
It's now two years later. LEED 2012 is in its final stages of development. The 2012 IgCC is now released. A previously unimaginable partnership of six leading building industry organizations stand beside it. USGBC has established advocacy campaigns to engage in the improvement of better building codes (see: Build Better Codes) and to promote and reward Leadership with LEED.
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The pressure in my house seems to have dropped, so I called my City Water department. They came out and tested it, and said my regulator must be bad. So I dug it up, and found it's one I've never seen. It doesn't have a screw/bolt on top. It could have broken off, but it's hard to tell with the dirt. There is something that looks like it could turn, if you had a special star/hex/torx/allen bit.
In general, it looks similar to a SharkBite 3/4 regulator. I did make a letter P on top, right were it starts to curve down.
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MONT VERNON — It has been an unimaginable journey to stardom for Mont Vernon native Alex Preston, whose quest to become the next American Idol was cut short on Thursday night.
The 21-year-old singer and songwriter failed to secure enough votes to make it into the "American Idol" finale as one of the two remaining contestants. Instead, Preston finished the intense television competition in third place, but will still participate in the Idol summer tour.
It was a challenging week for Preston, who tweeted Thursday that he was suffering from bronchitis.
"I am on two antibiotics and lung steroids. But, I tried my best," posted Preston, a 2011 Souhegan High School graduate and a student at the University of New Hampshire.
Preston opted to keep his health condition private until the day after his three onstage performances, unlike one of his competitors who shared during Wednesday's show that he also was sick.
Despite the bronchitis, Preston had a strong night on Wednesday, singing three songs that at one point placed two celebrity judges on their feet with a standing ovation.
The quiet, dark horse in Fox's music competition has been a consistently strong contestant throughout the past several months, managing to stay out of the bottom vote-getters all but once.
But for the remainder of season 13, two power-house competitors — Caleb Johnson and Jena Irene — will vie for the prestigious title.
During a visit to Mont Vernon last weekend, Preston told the New Hampshire Union Leader, "I never thought I would make it this far. Now that it is the top three ... whatever happens after this is just all good."
Preston stepped out of his comfort zone this week, playing the drums on stage and veering away from the microphone stand to greet the audience.
"It was a different Alex," said judge Jennifer Lopez, praising Preston for his "elevated" stage presence during his version of Bastille's "Pompeii."
The judges provided their most positive feedback after Preston's performance of "Stay" by Rihanna.
"I knew that you would sing the heck out of that song," said Lopez, who described Preston's version as beautiful, and all his.
Preston also performed an up-tempo cover of "Story of My Life" by One Direction, which was chosen by New Hampshire residents in a poll initiated by Gov. Maggie Hassan.
"I feel like they know who I am as an artist," Preston said of his home state fans, acknowledging all of the final contestants are a little homesick after spending the past weekend visiting with friends and family.
"Your hometown really cares about you," agreed Harry Connick Jr., who said Preston's last performance of the night was a classic.


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In the context of global warming, intensity and frequency of rainfall events is expected to increase and cause more severe transnational floods. Developed for ECs Flood Directive, assets mapping (AM) services address the needs of pan-European disaster preparedness. Eurosense developed its AM services in the frame of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Services and Applications for Emergency Response project (SAFER).
No technology can prevent natural hazards, but, Earth Observation (EO) maps and services can support the multiple phases of disaster management (prevention, early warning, in-crisis or post-crisis). By monitoring the hazards impacts, these generic and multi-risk assets mapping services help in preventing risks and deaths and in setting up responsible prevention measures. Assets mapping services comprise multiple criteria: either quantitative (e.g. economical damage and affected people), or qualitative by analysis of the impact (e.g. on the environment).
EO based geo-models integrated in spatial data infrastructure combine EO data with ancillary data such as population census, socio-economic statistics and land-use maps. Three scales of generic products are proposed within SAFER: pan-European, regional and local. Challenges in the development of AM maps are (i) the harmonization at European level and outside the EU, (ii) multi-risk transferability, (iii) the access to input/source data, and (iv) the delivery of dynamic multi-media to interact with users. The validation of these assets mapping services follows a strict quality check protocol (in relation to reference data). The accordance to the directive and relevance in terms of users requirements are part of this validation.
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Favorites and duds from today's commenting.
Favorites, in no particular order:
I enjoyed this simple gag from pkellen2313 in the Geno Smith post. Smart and funny, with a well-constructed delivery. Good work.
I'm gonna go ahead and guess RMJ=H was giggling when he put this thing together, in the Jeff Triplette post. It's good for a giggle. I like a joke that effectively recontextualizes a post's art. Later, I chuckled at this twisting and turning joke in the Chris Kluwe post. There's an awful lot of action here for such a short little joke: an obvious pun, a mocking tone, and then, lo! It turns into a bit of an Idiot joke there, pointing inward, undoing the pun, introducing an extra layer of silliness. This is great.
Along the same lines as RMJ=H's Jeff Triplette joke, I laughed at this translation from BlairWalshProject in the Hockey Taunting post. What the hell. It's funny. Something about the word traditional. I don't know.
Here's a strong dig at Packers fans in the Playoff Blackouts post from Carrie Hunt and the Spoonerisms. It takes advantage of a common stereotype of Wisconsinites. I should probably feel bad about that kind of humor, or fat-shaming, or something, but instead I'm smiling. I'm an awful person.
Here's a right-place-right-time kinda joke from DougExeter in the Chris Kluwe post. It's an excellent joke, juuuust subtle enough, and dropped like chum into whatever sort of situation goes bananas when rotten fish guts are introduced. Ever notice how the idiots who don't get the joke all always come back with the whole it's not funny thing? I love that. The only measure of whether a joke is funny, apparently, is whether or not the dumbest person in the room understands it. I just love that.
This recontextualization, from ClintonPortishead in the Chris Kluwe post, is wonderful. Some recontextualizations require a single-pass: quick uptake of the italicized text, followed by a punchline that lies inside the presentation of the new context. For the purposes of this discussion, we'll think of the punchline as the specific point in the consumption of the joke where all the pieces click together and the reader laughs. So, a single-pass recontextualization might have a delivered punchline, in that everything clicks together as you first learn of the new context. And then there are other recontextualizations, where the punchline isn't so much delivered as it is gathered, after you've learned the context, when you sweep the italicized text a second time to place it within that context. In this joke, ClintonPortishead uses a lot of language in his line, enough that it more or less obscures the italicized line. And look how beautifully that works out! The italicized line is short and rhythmic and sweet and functions perfectly as a punchline. It just so happens that it clicks together during the second pass. And I love that. So? This is the Comment of the Day.
Total Fucking Duds
Lotta duds today. Whole lotta duds. These were the few who made the cut before my eyeballs boiled out of my head reading through comments on the Kluwe piece and a Jamboroo.
There's something undeniably charming about this utterly hapless flaming disaster from DubiousGoalsPanel in the Geno Smith post. It's just all over the goddamn place. It's practically word salad. What in blazes. I mean, I almost kinda love it. Almost.
Here's some pointless crap from robertogreen in the Incredible Cricket Catch post. Hey, blockhead: blow it outta your ass.
I'll just leave this here, from Hit Bull Win Steak in the Playoff Blackouts post, and you can decide for yourselves whether it's a brutal, brutal hack of one of Deadspin's all-time greatest comments.
Hey, you. You! You have one hell of a great night.


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