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C2E2 begins Friday in Chicago, and I'll be there mooching table space from co-Conspirator DANIEL J OLSON—table C-11 to be precise. Actually, by the time you read this I'll be in a car with Dan, his wife/writing partner AJ, and my wife Nichole on our way there. Please don't rob our houses.
Here's the new cover for MANLY TALES OF COWARDICE #4, featuring the new streamlined look and KEVIN CANNON's sweet logo. You'll be able to purchase it, the issue it encapsulates, and the 5 other issues of MANLY TALES (all with new covers) in one affordable package at C2E2. In fact, for a full list of EVERYTHING Dan and I will be selling at C2E2, continue scrolling down. But first…
WHAT'LL BE UP WITH STAPLEGENIUS.COM FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO: My guess is that I won't really be able to post much of anything while in Chicago, so I'll most likely be maintaining blogio silence until we return. Hopefully I'll be back with a shite-ton of pictures I can caption-up with patented and much loved smarm as a wrap-up report of C2E2 sometime early-to-mid next week. I'll also be posting a new CAPTAIN CONFEDERACY cover next weekend. I'll be back in full force on the 26th as I begin posting MANLY TALES OF COWARDICE #5, the Daily Goal Sketches, and whatever else crosses my path. Until then: Crass commercialism!!!
** The aforementioned MANLY TALES OF COWARDICE 1-6 pack, and the MANLY TALES specials pack. I'll also bring a few other things with "just in case"….oh, unlikelihood….
** All three issues of Dan and AJ's SUPER MAXI-PAD GIRL, including the ALL-NEW issue #3 which features a story written by me and drawn (as every story is) by Dan. There will also be a new (and some old) SMPG buttons, and the rarest of collector items–the hand-made SMPG dolls!!!
** The CONTINUITY GUY graphic novella by BUD BURGY (art) and myself (story). And don't forget, while technically table-less, Bud will be around and happy to sign a copy for you!
** FALSE WITNESS: THE MICHELE BACHMANN STORY–including the all-new issue #3. Every issue is written by BILL PRENDERGAST, and features a ton of great art by LUPI McGINTY, JAMES POWELL, RYAN DOW, DANIEL J OLSON, and myself.
** SUPER FANTASTICA COMIX — Dan's wonderful four-issue anthology series featuring art and stories by just about everyone I know, and few people I don't. Dan will also have some of his 24 Hour Day mini-comics on hand as well.
** BIG FUNNY — Last years collaborative project between the CARTOONIST CONSPIRACY, ALTERED ESTHETICS GALLERY, and about 45 wonderful cartoonists. An old-fashioned, over-sized comic pages insert like those of yester-year is a STEAL at $5 and must-have collectors item. Seriously…we really need to unload these…
** SKETCHES!!! What would a con be without sketches?! Dan and I will both be doing them. The sizes will vary based on price, but rest assured while they will all be of the highest quality, they will be relatively dirt cheap.
** And if there are any weird-o complete-ists out there I'll be more than happy to sign your copies of TRANSFORMERS: BUMBLEBEE. I doubt this will happen, but you never know…
I think that's it…wish us luck…and if you're in the Chicago area between Friday and Sunday, Dan and I hope to see you at C2E2! Just look for these smiling faces:


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Fun for Instructors
Group exercise instructors are frequently overlooked when it comes to hiring, training and motivating. Yet they are very influential employees. Instructors have the ability to "turn on" or "turn off" a large group of your members several times every day. That's why we have come up with several strategies at Clubfit to keep our instructors motivated and connected to the club.
Assigned Classes
In an effort to provide variety to the members, we had been rotating the schedule on a weekly basis. While this kept the members happy, it was difficult because the instructors were teaching at all different times and all different classes.
We decided to give them assigned classes for six- to eight-week time periods with the options to change around once in awhile. The outcome was great! The instructors could perfect their routines and get to know the members who attended their classes. Member and instructor retention went up.
Pre-Choreographed Routines
The most successful programming idea has been in effect for several months now, and the instructors love it! Clubfit offers a pre-choreographed resistance training class five times per week. The instructors who teach the class get together every eight weeks to choreograph the different body-part routines. They even select the music for the class.
The instructors appreciate that they can participate in the design of the program. The best benefit is that the instructors don't have to make up a new routine for each class.
Another idea that the instructors enjoy is a class that we call "Dancercise." It's similar to the old way aerobics was taught in the early '80s. The instructors meet every eight weeks and choose songs to which they choreograph four different movements. The moves are easy to follow. The class is fun, the members get a great workout and the instructors don't have to choreograph new routines all the time. It's a great feeling when you look into a packed class and everyone is having a great time!
Incentive Points
We offer special incentive programs to help instructors pay for continuing education workshops and seminars. When the instructors attend another instructor's class, go to a meeting and/or help to choreograph new routines for the above-mentioned classes, they get points. Each point is equal to $1, which they use for continuing education. Once they accumulate enough points for a workshop or convention, they have an evaluation and then they can cash in their points.
Instructors Jam Session
Once every quarter we invite all the instructors to come and teach a class together for the members. Each instructor teaches for approximately five to 10 minutes. We break the class into several different parts: warm-up, low impact, kickboxing, step and cooldown.
The members love this class, and it brings the instructors together all at one time. Usually, it's difficult to get them together because they all have busy schedules. This gives them a chance to communicate and makes them feel as if they are part of a group.
The best way to get and keep your group exercise instructors is to make them feel important, needed and appreciated. Give them a sense of responsibility for the program, and they will give you their all.
Alison Boyd and Shannon Salisbury are sisters. Boyd owns Clubfit in Mechanicsville, Va., and Salisbury is the general manager. They both teach group exercise classes. They can be reached at (804) 730-3390.

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i hate taking time out from my usual routine of thinking/reading/writing about all-things-altruistic, especially when it means thinking/reading/writing about iq, 'cause 1) i'm far, far from being any sort of expert on iq, and 2) i'm not really interested in the topic (although i know, i know — iq is interested in me!) — but ron unz's latest on iq (which i'm sure you've all heard about if you haven't actually read) has forced me, ever so unwillingly, out of my comfort zone. plenty of folks smarter than me have already pointed out some of the ways that unz has got his thesis wrong — the thesis being that mexicans will catch up iq-wise to european-americans any day now just like previous immigrant groups to the u.s. did — but i'm going to add a couple of more to the innerwebs anyway.
here they are in no particular order:
– who are these irish-americans unz is talking about?
in his original article, unz makes a big deal out of the low-iq scores of irish people back in the 1970s and earlier versus their higher scores today. for example, unz says:
"The evidence today is that the tested IQ of the typical Irish-American — to the extent it can be distinguished — is somewhat above the national white American average of around 100 and also above that of most German-Americans, who arrived around the same time."
a lot of "self-identified" irish-americans that i have met are, in fact, scots-irish folks (not that there's anything wrong with that!). scots-irish people are a whole other kettle of fish than the native irish, and they're not really found in the republic of ireland where, as i'll talk about below, the modern pisa scores for "the irish" come from. rather, the scots-irish are found in ulster which is part of the u.k. so you'd have to weed out those irish-americans who are scots-irish and not native irish in order to compare irish-american iq scores with irish iq scores.
you'd also have to weed out anglo-irish scores from both irish-americans and the irish back in ireland 'cause they, too, are a whole other kettle of fish, and an awful lot of them have been quite clever so they might inflate either the irish-american or the irish iq scores if there were too many of them included in one of those groups.
also, like peter frost said:
"As for Irish American IQ, just what is an 'Irish American'? Is Mariah Carey Irish? (She's one quarter Irish, like me). It all comes down to self-identification and interest in Irish culture, music, etc. That factor alone would bias your sample towards the better educated."
– who emigrated from europe?
unz dismisses the idea that there might've been any "self-sorting" amongst the immigrant groups that he talked about — southern italians, greeks or irish:
"Even if we ignore all contemporaneous evidence and argue that 19th century European immigrants to America and elsewhere somehow constituted the IQ elite of their originating countries, the theory of selective migration still remains implausible. It has long been established on both theoretical and empirical grounds that IQ scores generally follow a mean-reversion pattern, in which the children of outlying individuals tend to regress toward the typical levels of their larger population or ethnic group. So even if we hypothesize that the Irish, South Italians, Jews, and Greeks who immigrated to America constituted the smartest small slice of their generation — rather than, as seems more likely, often the poorer and most miserable — roughly half their relative IQ advantage would have dissipated after a single generation. Thus, the apparent one standard deviation gap between American Irish and Ireland Irish a few decades ago would have required an initial gap of something closer to two standard deviations at the time the immigration occurred, a difference so large as to be totally implausible."
so unz doesn't think that, perhaps, smarter individuals may have emigrated from europe leaving dullards behind, something which could account, for example, for the very low irish iq score of 87 from the 1970s. he thinks it more likely that it was "often the poorer and most miserable" — and presumably, therefore, those with the lowest iqs — that emigrated.
but that wasn't the case. at least not according to thomas sowell, who unz actually referenced in his article (pgs. 22-23):
"Although the cost of a trip to the United States in the hold of a cargo vessel was less than ten pounds sterling (less than fifty dollars at contemporary exchange rates), the poorest of the Irish could not afford even that, so that immigration was very low from the poorest fourth of the Irish population. Those a notch above them on the economic scale emigrated in large numbers, often by selling their belongings, using up savings, and spending money sent by relatives already in America. From one-third to three-quarters of the Irish immigrations to America in the 1830s and 1840s was financed by money sent from North America."
so it was not those with the least resources who immigrated to the u.s. — nor was it the "smartest small slice of their generation" either. the wealthy and, therefore, likely smartest people would probably have had little reason to leave their native countries. no. nineteenth century european immigrants to the united states were people who could afford passage to the new world — people with some resources — but also people with a reason to leave. in other words, most likely people with average-ish iqs. not on the top, but not on the bottom either.
emigration from ireland to britain, the u.s. and australia went on for 150 years (and counting!). and the population in ireland hit rock bottom in the 1960s and 1970s — just when lynn's average iq of 87 for the irish was obtained (as part of a master's thesis, btw):
iq scores started going up in ireland from the 1970s onwards not (just) because living standards improved (although better nutrition has probably helped), but because smarter irish folks chose to remain in the country (especially since the nation joined the e.u. which created more economic/job opportunities).
the irish iq score of 87 from the 1970s most likely reflects the fact that a vast majority of the average-to-bright irish individuals had left the country between roughly 1840 and 1960. the increase since the 1970s probably does have to do with some sort of regression to the mean (whatever it is). but it's not obvious that this increase should give anyone hope that the same thing will happen in the mexican population since, afaik, they haven't experienced the same sort of brain drain that ireland did.
– who's taking these pisa tests?
unz said:
"Furthermore, the most recent 2009 PISA international student academic tests sponsored by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development provide us with results that raise further doubts about the correctness of the Lynn/Vanhanen IQ scores from a wide range of European countries…. During the early 1970s, a huge national sample had placed the Ireland IQ at 87, the lowest in all of Europe, but today Ireland's PISA scores are about average for the continent and roughly the same as those for France and Britain, while Irish per capita incomes have pulled a little ahead."
i wondered over @evoandproud about which irish kids in ireland have been taking the pisa tests. i was concerned that perhaps the pisa tests were mostly conducted in and around dublin which would bias the sample (i.e. include more anglo-irish and smarter folks who had moved to the city), but i've read (quickly) through the 2009 pisa report for ireland [opens pdf] and the samples seem to have been drawn from around the country, so … never mind!
however … there does seem to have been a slight bias in the selection of participating schools which may have resulted in an inflation (perhaps only slight, i dunno) of the 2009 irish pisa scores.
there are, apparently, different sorts of high-schools in ireland: voluntary secondary schools, vocational schools, and comprehensive or community schools. the breakdown of what percentage of students attends each type of school looks like this:
voluntary secondary schools = 57%
vocational schools = 28%
comprehensive/community schools = 15%
but the breakdown of schools included in the 2009 pisa tests looks like this (pg. 129 – opens pdf):
voluntary secondary schools = 61.5%
vocational schools = 23.1%
comprehensive/community schools = 15.4%
so, 28% of high-school age kids in ireland attend vocational schools — you know, where you can learn a trade — but the kids at these schools only made up 23% of the pisa test takers. the missing 5% seems to be over in the voluntary secondary schools which are privately owned.
somehow i imagine that more well-to-do parents in ireland prolly try to get their kids into such private schools rather than vocational schools. i smell a bit of a bias in the irish pisa scores. maybe they wouldn't be quite as high as they are without this bias. dunno for sure. just a thought.
furthermore — re. who's taking these pisa tests? — unz also said:
"During the early 1970s, a huge national sample had placed the Ireland IQ at 87, the lowest in all of Europe, but today Ireland's PISA scores are about average for the continent and roughly the same as those for France and Britain, while Irish per capita incomes have pulled a little ahead."
indeed, the overall 2009 pisa scores for france, britain and ireland were (respectively): 496, 494, 496. so, yeah, the irish are just as smart nowadays as the french and the british, right? not necessarily.
today's "french" population includes ca. 19% (11.8M) foreign born immigrants or their direct descendants, about one-third (4M) of whom are from north africa. and the u.k. had 7.86% minorities as of the 2001 census (and it's well known that those rates have gone up since then). ireland just had ca. half that as of 2011. in other words, we're just not comparing apples with apples here. it's very possible that the average pisa/iq scores of ethnic french or british kids are higher than their current national scores and, therefore, higher than the pisa score for ireland.
you don't think the immigrants in these countries could bring down the pisa scores? think again. the irish have actually experienced this even with the comparatively small number of immigrants they have (pg. 188 – opens pdf):
"There have been some marked demographic changes in the school-going population in Ireland since 2000. One such change was the increase in both the percentage of students with immigrant status and the percentage who spoke a language other than English or Irish at home (Table 9.2; see also Tables 6.19 and 6.20). Furthermore, the relationship between immigrant status, language spoken at home and achievement changed since 2000. In 2000, immigrant and 'other language' students had higher mean scores than native students, while in 2009, immigrant students and 'other language' students did significantly less well than native students. This is likely to be due to the differing composition of these two groups in 2000 and 2009 (e.g., in 2000 'other language' students had a higher socioeconomic status than the students who spoke English or Irish whereas in 2009 the socioeconomic status of the two groups did not differ) (Cosgrove, et al., 2010)."
so, the more immigrants ireland got, the lower their pisa scores became. terrific.
– what about new mexicans?
plenty of other people have pointed this out in comments elsewhere, but what about the success rates — or lack of — of the mexicans that have been in new mexico for several generations now? steve sailer has repeatedly written about this (see here and here for example), and the awesome epigone found that new mexico ranks 49th as far as average state iqs go (just in front of mississippi and washington d.c.). why haven't the mexicans in new mexico caught up with european-americans given they've been here for several generations now?
– what about african americans?
african americans apparently haven't caught up with european-americans iq-wise either even after a couple hundred years. why not?
and given those last two points, why would ron unz conclude that the average iq of mexicans in america will increase to match those of european-americans? even if that did happen with the southern italians, greeks and irish, which is by no means certain, we already have examples of that not happening with mexicans (and african americans) so … well, i dunno … i don't know what he's thinking.
i'm not a "hard hereditarian." environment matters. nutrition matters. neglecting kids when their brains are developing seems to matter. the flynn effect is a real phenomenon. h*ll, evolution happens! — so a population's average intelligence is hardly written in stone for eveh. but different populations are different because we've had different evolutionary histories. differences that prolly won't be overcome overnight — or even in a generation or two, no matter how much ron unz (or i) would wish that to be possible. and it seems very cavalier to me to risk an entire society on the basis of a wish.
and don't forget: iq isn't the only thing to consider when thinking about the immigration of masses of people.
tomorrow … back to the regularly scheduled programming.
footnote: pardon me for indulging for a sec in one of those annoying innate behaviors that women (apparently) possess: shaming.
in this debate over his article, ron unz has resorted on more than one occasion to personal attacks on commenters. example:
"All in all, it appears that an enthusiastic interest in engaging in IQ debates is no strong sign of actually possessing much of the attribute under discussion."
unnecessary and uncalled for. the points of the discussion — the evidence — will stand or fall on merit. there is no need for argumentum ad hominem.
that is all.
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SL beat Pakistan to enter ICC World T20 final
Colombo: Sri Lanka produced a clinical bowling display to beat Pakistan by 16 runs and storm into the final of the ICC World Twenty20 here on Thursday.
After managing a modest 139 for four on a slow Premadasa track, Sri Lankan duo of Lasith Malinga and Ajantha Mendis stifled the Pakistan batsmen in the final overs to restrict them to 123 for seven.
Pakistan needed 32 runs off last three overs which is considered to be quite achievable by Twenty20 standards but Mendis and Malinga held their nerves giving only five and four runs respectively of the 18th and 19th over.
Nuwan Kulasekara, who bowled the 20th over, didn't have any pressure on him as he gave only seven runs to sent the capacity crowd into a tizzy.
Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath used the conditions to perfection as he recorded the best figures of three for 25 in four overs. Malinga gave only 19 runs in his four overs while Mendis was also impressive with figures two for 27.
Chasing a target of 140 was a tricky one on the slow Premadasa track as batsmen often got confused whether to attack or rotate the strike.
Imran Nazir was in his element as he tried to hit each and every ball out of the sight but failed to connect most of them before he dragged one off Mendis onto his stumps. Nazir made 20 with the help of three fours.
Then it was Angelo Mathews who got Sri Lanka back into the game trapping in-form Nasir Jamshed leg before and then deceived Kamran Akmal with a slower one.
From 57 for three, Pakistan soon became 64 for four, as Herath bowled Shoaib Malik with a classical left-armer's delivery. He flighted one to invite Malik for a drive and the ball turned a shade after pitching to knock the batsman's off-stump.
Having got a reprieve at 24, Hafeez who till now was happy to play the waiting game, chanced his arms. First he pulled Mathews for a boundary and then reverse swept Herath. He followed it up with a straight six.
But Hafeez finally departed for 42 when he was stumped trying to give Herath the charge.
Shahid Afridi's woeful time with the bat continued as Herath cleaned up in the next ball to register his third wicket.
Pakistan were tottering at 91 for six at that stage and from there victory became out of question.
Earlier, electing to bat, some scratchy batting by opener Tillekaratne Dilshan hampered Sri Lanka's chances of putting up a big total as they managed only 139 for four in their stipulated 20 overs.
While skipper Mahela Jayawardene had provided the right start with a 36-ball-42, Dilshan struggled throughout the middle overs as he managed only 35 off 42 balls.
The Lankans managed 16 runs of the final over when Thisara Perera hit a couple of fours while Angelo Mathews also managed a thickish edge.
Shahid Afridi, Mohammed Hafeez, Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal got a wicket each but more importantly didn't go for too many runs.
The decision to promote left-hander Jeevan Mendis above Mathews and Perrera was baffling as the former played a lot of dot balls that added to the pressure on Dilshan.
Jayawardene's batting was a treat to watch. He perished trying to play the sweep shot one too many but till he was executing it with ease in the first 10 overs, there was no better sight.
A shrewd thinker, Jayawardene saw that off-spinner Ajmal, with his doosras, leg-spinner Afridi and slow left-arm orthodox Raza Hassan were all spinning the ball away from him.
In the circumstances, he found the reverse sweep as the safest option and he played it with consummate ease.
He started with a slog sweep of Hassan and then got a couple of boundaries off Ajmal – first one was a lap shot over short fine leg and then a reverse sweep.
Watching Jayawardene take charge, Dilshan, who had started off on a rousing note with two boundaries in the first two overs, played the second fiddle.
The Lankan captain first reverse swept Afridi for a boundary and then in the bowler's next over, the Lankan skipper hit him over extra cover for another boundary as it brought up the 50.
Such was Jayawardene's dominance that he scored 34 of the first 50 runs with Dilshan's contribution being only 15.
In the 11th over, Afridi finally got his man when Jayawardene shuffled across the off-stump to play another lap-shot but it didn't have the power to clear Hassan stationed at short fine leg.
Jayawardene's 42 came off 36 balls during which he struck boundaries.
New man in Kumar Sangakkara started on a positive fashion hitting three lovely fours but perished trying to be over-ambitious being holed out at long-on off Hafeez's bowling. Sangakkara managed only 18.
The home team reached 100 at the end of the 15th over but their struggle started after that.
Dilshan and left-hander Mendis played too many dot balls in that phase which increased the pressure on the home team.
In fact Dilshan's struggle was to such an extent that it took him 31 deliveries to hit his third boundary having hit the second one in the second over.
Umar Gul, introduced in the 16th over, bowled fast and full to both Dilshan and Mendis to make their life miserable.
Mendis was adjudged leg before to a delivery that pitched on blockhole but TV replays showed that Gul had overstepped and the decision was reversed. Finally, Gul ended Dilshan's misery with another fuller delivery that the batsman missed to be adjudged leg-before.
The Dilshan-Mendis duo could add only 33 runs in the five overs they played together. Mendis was then stumped off an Ajmal delivery when he tried to give the charge after struggling for 18 deliveries to score his 15.


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Kitchen confidential: Landon Saul, Vivace
The secret to great cooking is... using the highest quality ingredients you can get your hands on.
The secret to success in the restaurant business is... patience with everyone (employees and customers) and consistency in your product.
The secret to making Vivace's Veal Marsala is... it always turns out better when you can use baby portobello mushrooms and the best quality veal.
Vivace's Veal Marsala
4 veal cutlets, 4 oz. each
2 tsp. extra virgin olive oil
1 cup mushrooms (wild, portobello, and baby portobello all work well)
1/2 tsp. roasted garlic
1 cup Marsala wine
1 handful chopped Italian parsley
1 tsp. softened butter
1/4 cup veal demiglaze (beef broth reduced by half works, too)
Seasoned flour
-Pound each cutlet in a plastic wrap until close to paper thin
-In medium to hot olive oil, brown each side of each cutlet
-Let cook with the garlic, the wine, and salt and pepper to taste. Add the demiglaze and cook on low for 2-3 more minutes.
-Top with chopped parsley and butter. Serves two.


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As a field hockey player, Jill was used to twisting her ankle. She'd always been able to walk it off and get back in the game. But one day she stepped on another player's foot and turned her ankle badly. It hurt a lot, and she had trouble walking and putting weight on it.
After the game, Jill went to her doctor and had him look at her ankle. It was bruised and swollen and felt unstable when she tried to walk on it. The doctor told Jill she had a grade 2 ankle sprain and would have to sit out for 4 to 6 weeks before she could play again.
A sprained ankle is a very common injury for teens — athletes and non-athletes alike. It happens when the ligaments that support the ankle get overly stretched or torn. Sprained ankles can happen when you step in a hole, slip walking downhill, or just put your weight down on your foot awkwardly.
Some sprained ankles are minor injuries that heal with little treatment. Others can be more serious, though. The three grades of ankle sprains, based on how much damage is done to the ligaments, are:
If your ankle hurts enough after an injury that you need to call a doctor, the office staff will probably ask questions over the phone about how you injured it and what it feels like. They may give you advice on treating the injury by yourself.
If your doctor wants you to come in for an office visit, he or she will examine your ankle to see which ligaments have been injured. This involves moving your foot in various ways to check for stability and determine the grade of the sprain. You may also need to get X-rays to see if any bones are broken.
In rare cases, an ankle sprain involves a severe injury to the ligaments or joint and your doctor may order an MRI to evaluate the injury in more detail.
Most ankle sprains happen when people turn or twist too fast and too far, or when the foot rolls onto its side, injuring the ligaments that connect the ankle and leg bones. You don't have to be playing hard to injure an ankle: sprains can happen just from taking an awkward step or tripping on the stairs.
The most common type of sprained ankle is called an inversion sprain, or lateral ligament sprain. With this type of sprain, the ankle turns so the sole of the foot is facing inwards, stretching and possibly damaging the ligaments on the outer part of the ankle.
When you turn your ankle the other way, so that the sole of the foot is facing outward, this is called a medial ligament sprain. This damages the ligaments on the inside of a person's ankle. Medial ligament sprains are fairly rare.
If you repeatedly sprain the same ankle or feel pain for more than 4 to 6 weeks, you may have what's called a chronic sprain. This type of lasting sprain can flare up and be made worse by activities that involve rolling or twisting the feet, like running, dancing, or playing sports.
It's impossible to prevent all ankle sprains. But everyone can take precautions to make sprains less likely.
The best way to prevent ankle sprains is keeping your ankles flexible and your leg muscles strong. Your coach, doctor, or PE teacher can give you some easy at-home exercises to build muscle strength (which protects ligaments) and joint flexibility.
Here are some other ways to protect yourself against ankle sprains:
Treatment for a sprained ankle depends on the grade of the sprain. Most sprains heal within 4 to 6 weeks if you protect your ankle well and follow your doctor's instructions.
Some things you can do to help a sprained ankle include:
Rest. Limit the amount of walking you do, and try to avoid putting weight on your ankle if your doctor recommends this.
Ice. Use a bag of ice wrapped in a towel or a cold compress to help reduce swelling for the first 48 hours after the injury. This should begin as soon as possible after the injury and then every 3 to 4 hours for 20 to 30 minutes at a time until the swelling is gone.
Compress. Your doctor may place your ankle in a splint, like an air splint, or an elastic wrap. Follow instructions closely and don't remove these until your doc says it's OK.
Elevate. When you are sitting or lying down, keep your leg elevated.
Grade 2 sprains will benefit from wearing an elastic bandage or an air splint (a cushioned plastic brace). Grade 3 sprains require a splint, cast, or brace to help immobilize the ankle.
Even ankle ligaments that are completely torn can often heal on their own if they're properly immobilized. On rare occasions, though, a sprained ankle may require surgery.
Doctors usually try immobilization and other treatments before recommending surgery. But if your doctor decides surgery is the best option, he or she may start with arthroscopy. This involves inserting a small camera device into the joint through a tiny cut. It allows the doctor to look inside the joint to see what's going on — like if part of the ligament is caught in the joint or there are bone fragments in the joint — and treat it if necessary.
In very rare cases, doctors will recommend surgery to reconstruct a torn ligament. It's unlikely that most teens will need this type of surgery for a sprained ankle, though. Your body will probably heal on its own as long as you don't overdo it too quickly.
Not overdoing things is key when it comes to sprains. So follow your doctor's advice and don't push yourself or feel pressure to get back into sports or other activities too soon. Sprains usually heal well, but they need time to get fully better.
Reviewed by: Larissa Hirsch, MD
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an emotional theoryHansen, Flemming; Percy, Larry; Hallum Hansen, Morten (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The paper is concerned with the measurement of emotions and the study of the role of emotions in consumer choice. Contemporary neurological findings suggest that emotions may play a role in its own right, quite different from the way in which they have been considered in traditional consumer choice behaviour theory. A large-scale study including 800 respondents, covering 64 brands, provide findings on emotional response tendencies for the brands, and relate these to involvement, type of need gratification, purchasing behaviour, etc. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6657
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Abstract: The paper describes Danish 5-18 year olds children's situation in year 2000 based on TNSGallup's quantitative annual children- and youth index. The focus is on the following topics: Children's economy and saving ability, children and the emerging electronic world, brand awareness, transaction knowledge and shopping, media use and, interest and activities. Keywords Children's consumption, children's money spending, children's purchasing, children's interest and activities URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6655
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Percy, Larry; Hansen, Flemming; Randrup, Rolf (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
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Hansen, Flemming; Bech Christensen, Lars (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Using pure single-source data, this paper provides evidence for the existence and magnitude of long-term advertising effects across FMCG product categories. Furthermore, we focus on the difficulties that arise for wellestablished brands when new products are introduced into the market and product innovations take place. Our research shows that such occurrences drastically alter the relationship between share of voice and share of market in any given FMCG market, hence making it pivotal for marketers to focus on such relationships in order to maintain market position. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6641
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Abstract: The paper reports findings from a larger study of sponsors and their relationship to sponsored parties. In the present reporting, the focus is on sponsors. Rather than evaluating such sponsorships in traditional effect hierarchical terms, a conceptual Sponsor Value Model is specified as a structural equation model where the drivers are attitudes towards the sponsorship and emotions towards the sponsorship. It is found that the two classes of variables describe different aspects of the perception of sponsorships, and that they both contribute significantly to the overall value of sponsoring for a particular company. In the present paper, two cases are shown for two major sponsors. The specified Sponsor Value Model is estimated by a partial least squares (PLS) method. It is found that the two sponsors are perceived differently, both in terms of emotional and attitudinal responses. It is also found that the emotional responses aroused by the sponsorships are at least as important as those ascribable to attitudinal elements. Key words: Sponsorship, emotional response, attitudes towards sponsorship, structural equation model URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6642
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Måling, modeller og styringHansen, Flemming (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
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Colorful, a Chinese firm specialising in Nvidia cards, is bringing us this. The iGame GTX 680. It's ostensibly just a single GTX 680, currently Nvidia's flagship single-GPU card. But look at it.
The iGame GTX 680 doesn't have a fan like just about every card on the planet. Instead, it packs its own pair of giant aluminium heatsinks, which include 20 heatpipes and a total of 240 aluminium fins.
While this would likely take up half the inside of your PC, if you've got a window or transparent panel, it does look pretty badass. Like something Commander Shepard would find lying around before wondering to himself, wait a minute, since when did my guns need ammo?
Colorful plays with fire, plans passive GeForce GTX 680 [Hexus]


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Park it! Americans need to end their reliance on cars
Our culture's addiction to automobiles is driving us down the wrong path
By Thomas Massaro, S.J., a professor of moral theology at Boston College.
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Time and again, I run into evidence that we Americans just cannot think straight about how and when to drive our cars.
I recently overheard two young professionals discussing their daily routine, which included early morning trips to the gym. From what I could gather, each was in the habit of driving a vehicle a distressingly short distance (five blocks? A quarter mile?) to reach the site of his vigorous workout. I could barely contain my burning desire to interrupt with the obvious suggestion: leave the car where it is and incorporate a brisk round-trip walk or run into your exercise routine. Is there any more contradictory practice than burning precious gasoline while driving to the gym to get exercise?
Of the myriad ways of getting around in the course of a day, most Americans gravitate disproportionately to the car, even when it makes no sense to rely on an automobile. I keep encountering folks who simply refuse to be dissuaded by the downside of driving from place to place. Even more, they usually drive alone in vehicles that are generally much larger than the trip requires. We seem constitutionally incapable of calculating the gains and losses of gratuitous car use, or conducting an honest cost-benefit analysis.
Living in a congested area, I often hear boasts from self-proclaimed parking warriors--otherwise gentle souls who take inordinate pleasure in beating the system of parking meters and zone restrictions. Some urbanites giddily portray the quest for 15 feet of unoccupied curb space as the last vestige of the hunter-gatherer society. But we too seldom ask whether the spoils are worth the cost of the hunt, in time and dollars and mental energy. The hassle of finding parking in crowded urban zones could actually play the constructive role of pushing millions of us onto a bus or train, at least on those occasions when these options are easily available. Sadly, Americans have proven impervious to such incentives.
Then there is the sheer financial cost of operating a vehicle. Households that have multiple cars take on a much heavier burden than makes sense, especially given the rising cost of fuel, maintenance, and insurance. Beyond these obvious costs are the serious harms rendered to the environment, since building and driving more and larger cars leaves a huge carbon and resource footprint. The ecological bill for excessive auto use will eventually come due, especially given the growing aspiration for Western lifestyles in parts of the globe where car ownership was, until recently, quite rare.
I am hardly the first to rail against the indulgent American love affair with the automobile, but repeated calls for change never seem to yield effective reform. An array of cultural forces such as individualism, apathy, and sheer laziness lock our population into counter-productive behaviors. Americans unreflectively insist on maneuvering several thousand pounds of metal, glass, and rubber through the landscape at high speeds to reach destinations that are often within walking or biking distance or on public transportation routes.
So far, I have been talking about "them," laying the blame for irrational behavior at the feet of others. As a Jesuit priest who has never actually owned a car, and as one of the lucky few who lives within an easy walk to my workplace, I can boast of well-below-average reliance on automobiles. But when I reach for an explanation for how Americans came to be so needlessly car-dependent, I think of my personal history and have to admit my own complicity. The car culture affects my psyche as much as anyone's.
One of the peak thrills of my adolescence was striding up to the counter at the local Department of Motor Vehicles and laying claim to my first unrestricted driver's license. My burning eagerness to do so (on the very first day of legal eligibility!) is emblematic of how Americans view driving a car as far more than a utilitarian activity, a simple means of getting from point A to point B. Operating a vehicle evokes overtones of romance, personal freedom, and the validation of one's maturity. Cruising down an open highway (though harder to find nowadays) is an iconic American experience, one that I admit to indulging in even when alternate means of transportation would have made more sense.
Granted, cars will always have some legitimate role to play. There are places families cannot go without a private vehicle and vital economic functions we could not fulfill without a car. Hauling around children and heavy shopping loads often requires a vehicle, at least on occasion. And I do not mean to make urban life, with its proliferation of transportation options and high population density—both critical in reducing car reliance—the normative situation to the exclusion of all other settings. But I do want to add my voice to those who have long encouraged Americans, wherever they live, to muster up some creative imagination and consider ways they can become less car-dependent.
Besides the millions of individual decisions we make every day about whether to fire up the car or find an alternative mode of transportation, there are pivotal communal decisions made by policymakers who determine the shape of future transportation options. If we have any hope that broader, non-auto options will be available to us in the coming decades, it is to urban planners and public officials that we must turn.
Our hopes for a more responsible future lie in forward-thinking policies such as investing in public transit and high speed rail, and planning denser neighborhoods instead of allowing zoning practices that perpetuate suburban sprawl. The key to better transportation policies depends upon getting the incentives right. If urban planners and transportation officials follow the path of least resistance and continue to facilitate unnecessary car use, then we will remain locked into this unsustainable relationship with the automobile. But if our policymakers bite the bullet and actively discourage our wasteful reliance on cars by providing cheaper, faster, and more environmentally sustainable options for transportation, then we may find ourselves on a trajectory for real change.
Even prior to considering society-wide planning, appeals to personal discernment and spirituality are especially promising, even crucial. Each of us could benefit from some profound soul-searching about wasteful reliance on cars. A good old-fashioned examination of conscience might put us in touch with our transgressions and prompt healthier choices. A daily practice of asking hard questions ("How many miles did I drive today? How many were unnecessary?") will likely make us uncomfortable, but it would constitute a modern saintly discipline. The ultimate goal is to forge a set of virtues, to establish laudable habitual behaviors that will lead us to reach for the car keys only when truly necessary.
While a certain level of car usage may be justified, bringing our obligations to God and creation more explicitly into the equation will lead us to loftier standards of stewardship, maybe even a long overdue practice of asceticism regarding transport options.
Members of religious communities with a strong appreciation for God's gift of the natural world should be in the forefront of the movement to curtail wasteful over-reliance on the car. I, for one, ardently hope that there are no Catholics among those driving to their morning workouts in the gym just down the street.
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Hello, and welcome to GTA Wiki! Your contributions are greatly appreciated, and I hope you intend to stay. Please do not hesitate to let me or any of the other staff members (Gboyers, Guild Knight and Eganio) know if you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, etc. We are here to help! In the meantime, have fun and happy editing. A-Dust 17:32, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your suggestion regarding an 'Official GTA Wiki Photographer'. Before we can make a decision on this, I'd like to see you prove the concept. Perhaps you could create a page for people to request screenshots. Also, I suggest you have a look at Category:Images Needed and provide images for those pages. If you can prove that the role of an official screenshotter is useful, then we will consider creating an official position for it. However, I'm sure you can understand that anyone can contribute to this wiki, and anyone can upload images - you don't have to be staff to be able to do that. Gboyers talk 00:38, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
- I can see that you have added images to those pages (which is good), but so have thousands of other people [1] . What makes this worth a staff position? Staff are here to help other users, and be a first point of contact for anyone with a question or problem. There could be a screenshotter on staff if they regularly went to find images for other people, and had a system set up to do this. I'd want to see this working before making it staff. Also, you need to show your willingness to help (with various things), and your expertise with images (including Copyright templates).
- Two other things - don't forget to sign your name on talk pages with
~~~~. Also, when you upload images, you need to leave the file extension on the end - eg "Image:Starfish Island.jpg" otherwise they won't work in some situations.
- The alternative to a staff position is a photographer/screenshotter group, like Group:Games. This way a lot of users could get involved, and there would be an easy way for other users to ask the group for a screenshot of something. Gboyers talk 10:53, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm still not convinced that you have to be staff to do that. I agree that it needs to be done, and I agree that there are people better at it than others, and I agree that we can make it official and recognise the people that do good work. However we don't add people onto staff just because they write good text, or are good with categories. On another note, please use the "Show preview" button instead of hitting save a hundred times on the same page - you end up clogging up the history and recent changes logs. Gboyers talk 17:21, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
- I see your point, but remember that Staff is not a reward. It is the job of making sure this wiki runs smoothly. ANY user can edit pages and upload videos and fix things. Sometimes you need someone to have the authority to make a decision (eg in an argument) and sometimes you need additional tools (such as suspending users). We do keep the staff team small, simply to minimise the risk, and because we simply don't need more people with the administration tools. Remember that EVERYONE can moderate this site, everyone can fix pages, everyone can add content; and the Staff have a small number of additional tools for more serious problems. Also, I don't think gta4.net qualifies as one of the most important sites on the Internet, and even if it is it isn't because of the number of staff. You seem to think Staff is a reward or something, rather than a job. Yes I understand that it is an honour, and partially for that reason I'm not going to give it to a newcomer to this site who doesn't know how it functions internally. You can do everything you suggest without being given adminsitrative privileges, which I'd like to see you continue to do. Gboyers talk 20:05, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
I have noticed you have been attempting to copyright images you upload to this wiki to yourself. We have determined that screenshots of GTA games are copyright to Rockstar, not to the screenshotter or uploader. Please just use the {{screenshot}} template when uploading screenshots, and do not add a contradicting copyright tag. Gboyers talk 00:52, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, are you really Italian? If so: ciao, sono un helper italiano di Wikia. Stavamo cercando di reclutare utenti per prendersi cura della wiki italiana di GTA che è in uno stato di abbandono, soprattutto che si dedicassero alle pagine di GTA5 in preparazione all'uscita del nuovo capitolo. Avresti volgia di provare a dare un'occhiata? Per chi è interessato e dimostra di dedicarsi alla wiki seriamente, può considerare l'idea di adottare la wiki. Fammi sapere se sei interessato o se conosci altri utenti di Wikia che potrebbero esserlo.
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This week, Christians begin a new liturgical year and enter into the rich and ancient four-week season of Advent. For most American Christians, Advent passes virtually unnoticed, as the celebration of "Christmas" as a secular and intensely commercial feast begins the day after Thanksgiving. Yet the time of Advent offers us an opportunity to dive deeply into a counter-cultural time of quiet reflection, a space of hopeful and patient waiting and discernment about how God's incarnation has meaning and is at work in our world today.
Before the middle of the fourth century, there were no liturgical seasons, such as Advent or Lent, or any idea of a "liturgical year," something many Christians take for granted today. The great Paschal Easter feast was the central focus of the Christian year, along with the Sunday gatherings, considered "little Easters." Advent is first noted around the year 350, about the same time Christmas is first mentioned as being celebrated. The date of Christmas might well have been placed near the winter solstice as a replacement to the pagan solstice celebrations of the Roman Empire.
The liturgical year, with its broad seasons of Advent-Christmastide and Lent-Eastertide, evolved within this world of the Roman Empire -- a northern hemispheric world. People living in the empire identified and adapted parallels between the natural world they inhabited and the words, music and images of their sacred time in worship. As the daylight dwindled, they yearned and leaned toward the return of light. And as they saw God's hand in the rhythm of the seasonal changes, they believed and proclaimed that the birth of Jesus, "the light of the world," would herald that longed-for return of light that presaged God's reign of peace and harmony (Isaiah 2:1-5, from Advent 1 in the "A" cycle).
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As in the other yearly liturgical cycles, the readings of this Advent season reflect a movement through the four weeks from an apocalyptic and cosmic in-breaking of God in the first Sundays to the more intimate stories, including Mary as a central figure, in the fourth Sundays that prepare us for God's incarnation in the most unexpected and unpredictable manner -- as an infant in an occupied country to a poor and unwed teenager.
All three of the readings this Sunday are messages of encouragement and future hope. Jeremiah prophesies to Israel and Judah that God's appointed one will bring in a reign of justice, righteousness and safety. Paul, writing to the fledgling Christian community in Thessalonika (and believing, like them, that Christ's second coming was immanent), prays they might be strengthened in their faith and abounding in love as they patiently wait. While Jesus' words of warning in the Gospel might seem stern, they are not nearly as harsh as the same message from Mark (read last Advent). Jesus' encouragement in Luke's Gospel includes, "... [when these things take place] raise your head, because your redemption is drawing near." One of the challenges in choosing and introducing Advent music is to be faithful to be these texts with their diverse images while working to create a sense of prayerful engagement in the midst of a hectic time of the year.
Even though the carols and hymns of Advent are not as familiar as Christmas carols, there is a long, diverse and beautiful repertoire of texts and music available to us. When I was working full-time as a parish musician, I often dropped much or all of the instrumental accompaniment for the hymns, songs and chants at Mass through the entire season up to Christmas, just as all singing in worship was unaccompanied for more than the first thousand years of the church. Our planning team also tried to add more silence and less artificial lighting throughout worship. It was an attempt to reflect the quietness of the natural world and help people connect to the cycles of light and darkness. Many times, members of the community showed appreciation for creating a meditative and attentive space within worship during a time when the rest of life was filled with activities, responsibilities and events.
"Conditor Alme Siderum" ("Creator of the Stars of Night") is a beautiful Advent hymn used by religious communities for Vespers services in Advent. The original text dates to the sixth or seventh century, set to a lilting and gentle chant. The text was substantially revised in the 17th century; however, the first few lines provide a beautiful echo of both Jeremiah's vision and Jesus' call to be aware.
Here are the first lines of the original Latin and a prose translation:
Conditor alme siderum,
aeterna lux credentium,
Christe, redemptor omnium,
exaudi preces supplicum.
Loving Creator of the stars,
eternal Light of believers,
O Christ, redeemer of all,
hear the prayers of supplicants.
"My Soul in Stillness Waits" was written at my first full-time job as a parish music director. I wanted both the music and the text to quiet and deepen our sense of waiting within worship. The text is a very loose adaptation of the "O" antiphons (best known in the hymn, "O Come, O Come Emmanuel"), which were prayed in religious communities each evening of the week immediately before Christmas.
The music of Advent should reflect both the cosmic dimension of Christ's reign coming in its fullness (as proclaimed last week on Christ the King Sunday) and the immanence of an incarnate God, as close as our next breath. And so we begin this holy season, in which the secular world is as frantic as any time in the year, with strong messages of hope and a call (to Israel, to early Christians in Thessalonika, to Jesus' disciples, to us) for true awareness and a deepening of faith and love in our lives and in our communities.
[Marty Haugen is a composer of liturgical music for Roman Catholic and Protestant congregations, with more than 400 compositions published by GIA, Augsburg Fortress and other publishers.]


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What surprised you most about the race?
You mean the rest of the country is not covered in white, fluffy snow at this time of year? The course was beautiful, but allowed for no day dreaming (roots were ready to trip you up at every step). It felt so good to be in the presence of so many supportive and enthusiastic Dreamchasers.
What advice helped you achieve your goal?
Enjoy where you are, doing what you are doing – it hit me in lap two that I was running on a beautiful sunny day, with wonderful, warm friends all around me – what a great place to be.
Did you meet any new friends on the course?
I did meet some new friends and was thrilled to see some familiar, loving faces.
Is there something you learned that you'll use in future races (good, bad, or ugly!)
I really thought I was holding back in the first lap, but alas, I once again can't seem to grasp going slow to go fast – and I paid for it, especially in lap two when it was pretty warm (at least compared to Wyoming at this time of year). Thrilled to report that I got my nutrition right and my stomach didn't stage a revolution part way through the race.
Any words of advice for others thinking about doing an ultra?
Have a race plan and follow it (easy to say, not always easy to do)
Train in similar terrain if you can
Have fun and be in the moment


text: Since we have family in different parts of the country, traveling is a must for us, so I am always looking for products that might make the trip, or being away from home, a little easier. And I have to say the Go-Pod (pictured) was the number one product this summer for our vacations to see family and introduce our new little one. This portable, lightweight activity seat folds up easily – a must when packing up the family roadster – but it is so convenient, I use it every day around the house as well. You can read all about it here, but I want to know, what was your must-have product for travel this summer, for your babies or young children?


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Fallaci set the pace for a daring life when she joined Italy's anti-fascist resistance as a teenager during World War Two, then showed the same fearlessness as a war correspondent.
She covered conflicts in Vietnam, the Middle East, and Latin America at a time when few women braved the front lines, and was shot and beaten in 1968 during student demonstrations in Mexico.
Later, she succeeded in fiction with novels including "A Man," inspired by her love affair with Greek resistance fighter Alexandros Panagoulis.
Her exchanges with Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, the Shah of Iran, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and other leaders, collected in her book "Interview with History," stood out for her provocative, uncompromising questioning.
In her interview with Kissinger, Fallaci needled the U.S. statesman until he agreed that the Vietnam War was "useless."
Kissinger later wrote that her interview with him was "the single most disastrous conversation I have ever had with any member of the press."
September 15, 2006
Strong women are dying this week.
8 comments:
- David said...
The world is less for the loss of these two women. Their wit and intelligence put them heads above their peers, whether male or female, and inspired the rest of us to live our lives to a higher standard.
They spoke truth to power with class, dignity, and style!
- Bruce Hayden said...
Being a partisan, I was somewhat put off by Ms. Richard's comments about Bush's silver spoon or whatever. But then, a couple of years after she had lost the governorship to Bush the younger, I was on the same flight with her from Austin to Dallas (or Houston?) A not very big woman with huge silver hair was up in 1st class as I came aboard, and I didn't recognize her. But 1st class means that they disembark first, and there she was as I finally did so, working the passengers as they got off the plane. I got my hand shook and 30 seconds of her time.
Nevertheless, what I came to find out by living in TX was that she was the same type of dying breed there of grande dames, like Lady Bird, that so typify an older Texas. And I became accustomed to her type of humor more as I lived there and heard it around me all the time.
So, by that time when I finally did meet her at the airport, I was much more kindly disposed to her, and, despite my political leanings, was quite impressed.
- Bruce Hayden said...
Let me add that living in Colorado for the bulk of my life, I, along with most life long Coloradoans, had a love/hate with Texans. They live relatively close by, and come here a lot for vacations. But they aren't westerners, no matter how they style themselves. We view them much more as somewhat westernized southerners.
And it was that loud brashness that is so typical of the more traditional Texans that I think so turned me off to her before I moved to Texas and acclimated. By the time I left there, I could enjoy her humor.
- Meade said...
Oriana Fallaci in the New Yorker earlier this year. She walked out on Muhammad Ali, mid interview, after he belched in her face. The section on her interview with Khomeini is not to be missed:
...Upon leaving Khomeini's house after her first interview, Fallaci was besieged by Iranians who wanted to touch her because she'd been in the Ayatollah's presence. "The sleeves of my shirt were all torn off, my slacks, too," she recalled. "My arms were full of bruises, and hands, too. Do believe me: everything started with Khomeini. Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion..."
- David said...
You gotta love it!
- LoafingOaf said...
From that New Yorker piece:
Fallaci continued posing indignant questions about the treatment of women in the new Islamic state. Why, she asked, did Khomeini compel women to "hide themselves, all bundled up," when they had proved their equal stature by helping to bring about the Islamic revolution? Khomeini replied that the women who "contributed to the revolution were, and are, women with the Islamic dress"; they weren't women like Fallaci, who "go around all uncovered, dragging behind them a tail of men." A few minutes later, Fallaci asked a more insolent question: "How do you swim in a chador?" Khomeini snapped, "Our customs are none of your business. If you do not like Islamic dress you are not obliged to wear it. Because Islamic dress is for good and proper young women." Fallaci saw an opening, and charged in. "That's very kind of you, Imam. And since you said so, I'm going to take off this stupid, medieval rag right now." She yanked off her chador.
Kinda puts Mike Wallace's interview of President Amadamnjihad (sp?) and Dan Rather's interview of Saddam Hussein to shame.
Towards the end of the U.S. edition of The Force of Reason she goes off on the "plague of a combined new nazi-fascism" - the Islamic nazism combined with the Left's McCarthyism - and is reminded of how she witnessed fascism take over Italy:
Not by chance, when I say these things, I really feel as a Cassandra who speaks to the wind. Or as one of the forgotten anti-fascists who seventy or eighty years ago warned the deaf and the blind from a couple called Mussolini and Hitler. But the deaf remained deaf, the blind remained blind, and both of them ended up with bearing on their foreheads what in The Apocalypse I call The Brand of Shame and Infamy.
When I first read The Rage and the Pride and The Force of Reason I thought she was saying a lot of truthful things that needed to be said, but that she also was a little too extreme for my tastes. Going through those books again today, they seem even more truthful and...not so extreme. Which worries me. But I thank her for speaking her mind. RIP Oriana Fallaci
And the day after her death, Musims who don't much protest the atrocities done in their name are rampaging at the Pope for saying things that also seemed to have some truth in them. I see on Drudge a Turkish lawmaker is comparing him to Hitler.
Meanwhile, Mein Kampf is a bestseller in Turkey: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4361733.stm
I love Fallaci. Is it sexist to say she had balls? Perhaps, but ovaries just doesn't sound cool.
The fact is, many women have balls and many men do not. And I'm not talking about transsexuals.
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Oriana Falluci is gone?


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Occupy Wall Street (Inter) National Gathering: decolonize the 99%
Attendance encouraged by all Occupiers and interested parties. From August 21 to 25, 2013, Occupy Kalamazoo will be hosting the second annual Occupy National Gathering, building on last summer's historic Occupy National Gathering in Philadelphia, PA. This first gathering culminated in a visioning session based on the question "what does a democratic future look like to you?" on July 4, 2012. This year, there is a focus on bringing together the Occupy movement with people of color, indigenous peoples, and those too often marginalized, even within the movement. Even our name is controversial—Occupying Wall Street is one tactic, but we recognize that America was occupied by colonizers and the struggle for liberation from colonization continues. We believe that it is time to figure out how to work together against "the 1%"—those unreconstructed corporatists who refuse to acknowledge the harm that has been done to the Earth and her residents, and that is ongoing. To that end, we came to consensus on a new name for our event: the Occupy Wall Street (Inter) National Gathering: Decolonize the 99%. This name recognizes our roots with Occupy Wall Street as well as acknowledges the injustice the United States' forbears brought to this continent and our solidarity with decolonization.
The National Gathering Working Group 2013 (NGWG2013); a coalition of Occupy movements from cities around the world, uniting in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street and with Occupy and peoples' movements worldwide is planning an InterNational Gathering of peoples' movements worldwide, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. We aim to assemble collectively and embrace our different ideologies and perspectives; to find our common visions; to share our strategies and actions; to learn from each other, and to leave this gathering with steps we can all take in both agreement and diversity for ourselves, our communities, our nations, and for all of us across the world.
Our convergence will begin on Aug. 21 and continue for five days of Community-and-Movement building exercises, and free-flowing open discussions.Turtle Soup Kitchen of the Rainbow Family of Living Light will be feeding the people and being the peace in Kalamazoo—we expect Rainbows from other tribes as well. Speakers include Cindy Sheehan, David Cobb, Bill Moyer and Julia Trigg Crawford. There will be structured teach-ins, presentations and activities throughout the week as well as space for Occupy-style self-organized activities each day.
We believe that the people of the world need to speak openly to each other about how to make a better world. We ask you to join with us, bringing your ideas, your struggles, and your voice—come to Kalamazoo! There will be a special focus on indigenous peoples, race, gender, and class throughout the convergence, considering the particular perspectives of these communities on each of the main topics of the individual days.
We are pleased to announce our host venue for the week is the Lamplighter Inn in Kalamazoo. This venue has everything – indoor space, outdoor space, a large parking lot. We have also been offered safe space by the Quakers, as they so graciously did last year in Philly.
Venue Facebook Video from Occupy Natgat
Many people ask why Kalamazoo? Very simply, as Bill Moyer said, Michigan is a hotbed of activist activity at this moment in history. Environmental issues plague the state and the Great Lakes; the political situation rallied tens of thousands as Governor Rick Snyder eroded the state's unions; there are Drones bases and a solid anti-war base, and Kalamazoo has a reputation for being the sixth-meanest city in the country towards its homeless population. A homeless Bill of Rights is being worked on by Occupy Kalamazoo.
On July 25th, 2010, the Kalamazoo River was destroyed as more than 1 million gallons (as publicly stated) of Tar Sand Oil, along with 40% of that volume in benzene, was pumped into our river at high pressure for more than 17 consecutive hours, killing everything in the river for almost 40 miles. Tar Sand Oil (literally the most harmful kind of oil possible) is so dense that it sank to the bottom of the river. There most of it still sits, loosely covered by sand in the bed of the Kalamazoo.Countless animals and plants are dead, and several deadly health complciations are arising. The Canadian oil company Enbridge found a cover-up to be more cost efficient than addressing their mess. Enbridge employees were covered in protective gear and would be sent home the spill breached a 500-yard perimeter, whereas residents of trailer parks and homes within 500 yards were simply told to shut their windows.
There will be a Tour of the Kalamazoo River – Home of the Enbridge Oil spill in 2010, "The Largest inland oil spill in U.S. History".
The focus of the Occupy National Gathering will be leadership building and people-powered training, education, and actions, to empower people with trainings to take back to their community and spread positive and effective change in their communities. There is emphasis on Local struggle and how all our struggles connect on a global level.
Aug 21st: Renew Kalamazoo and your community.
Aug 22nd: Making and Supporting Free, Unfettered Media
Aug 23rd: Fixing Fossil Fuels and Creating an Environmentally Sustainable Future
Aug 24th: Economic and Trade Justice, Equal Access and Ending Corporate "Personhood", Asserting the People's Sovereignty
Aug 25th: Ending War and Our Police State, Building Peace and Cooperation
A Global Conversation
A multi-month building action, starting with the Plant Three Seeds solidarity action on Earth Day, working collectively with international groups like Via 22, the GlobalSkillsXChange, and participating in the recent How can we connect now our struggles and squares to create a global change? 27 June 2013 transnational meeting of 80 activists on mumble.Each day will also have a global component and conversation based on the needs and issues of the global community, roughly paralleling, but by no means restricted to, the daily themes. A more structured digital conference, with room for presentations and skillshares will take place August 22nd. The Global work, like NatGat2 itself, is a work in progress and will be developed by participating groups. Please join our global partner, Via22, for monthly mumble meetings 22nd of each month on the occupytalk.org server, Via22 room.
More info on facebook and the Via22 website and Hub on InterOccupy.
At the Gathering:
We hope to be offering multiple housing and recreational spaces. Sign up if you need either or have housing or a ride to offer. We encourage Occupys, individuals and organizations to self-organize Occupy Caravans from your city or region to Kalamazoo. Join the Team to help with organizing Housing and Transport.
We are donating time on Co-op farms, and outreaching with local business and farmers, gathering natural and healthy food to provide during the event. Food and Support teams forming! Join the team! Already signed up are Turtle Soup Kitchen of the Rainbow Family of Living Light, who will be feeding the people and being the peace in Kalamazoo—we expect Rainbows from other tribes as well
There will be nightly entertainment, including featured artists, poets, musicians, and DJs, as well as a campfire and drum circles. Also planning a benefit concert, and encourage artists of all mediums to inquire for space for expression.
Occupy Wall Street (Inter) National Gathering: decolonize the 99%, like all Occupy events, strives to be as cost-free as possible and to provide Mutual Aid for essentials like food, water, sanitation, housing, transport, media, and support. All services are provided free by volunteer teams and participants. Donations to defray unavoidable costs accepted through our fiscal sponsor, AfGJ.
Watch the conference on Livestream:
OccupyDetroitOfficialChannel: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/occupy-detroit
Occupy Kalamazoo: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/occupykalamazoo
Join One of Our Weekly Planning Conference Calls:
Every Wednesday at 8pm EDT until the Occupy(Inter)NatGat2013
Every Monday at NOON EDT until further notice. One registration gives you a personal identification number (PIN) for both calls.
Help Plan Events and Activities, Offer to Speak, Teach, Run a Workshop. Join the Team to help with one of the many aspects of Support.
Participants/Endorsements So Far:
Alliance for Global Justice | The A9 Network | Battle Creek Oil Spill | Bill Moyer and the Back Bone Campaign | Code Black | Dept. of Peace | Earth First | Food and Water Watch | Global Revolution Media | Idle No More Michigan | Kalamazoo City of Compassion | Kalamazoo Non-Violent Opponents of War (KNOW) | Louisiana Shrimp Alliance | March against Drones | The Media Consortium | Michigan Ban Fracking | Michigan Home Defense | Michigan Tar Sands | Move To Amend Coalition/David Cobb | Mutual Aid Dcats | National Homeless Coalition | National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP) | New York Against Fracking | Air Occupy | Occupy Bergen County | Occupy Boston | Occupy Buffalo | Occupy Ohio Cozhocton | Occupy Chicago I Occupy Detroit | Occupy Enbridge | Occupy the Environment I Occupy Frederick I Occupy Global Media (GOM) | Occupy Grand Rapids MI | Occupy Hilo | Occupy Homes | InterOccupy | Occupy Love | Occupy Petaluma | Occupy Raleigh NC | Occupy the Roads | Occupy Royal Oak | Occupy Sandy NJ | Occupy Sandy NYC | Occupy Staten Island | Strike Debt | Occupy Traverse City | Occupy Tucson | Occupy Vision I Women Occupy | #OpOK | Dr. Ricki Ott | People United for Sustainable Housing (P.U.S.H Kalamazoo) | The Poor Peoples Campaign | Public Citizen Global Trade Watch: Stop the TransPacific Partnership | Road to USSF 3 | Shut Down Palisades | Unfuck The World, Featuring the Summer Support/Love Takeover Tour | United States Social Forum | Via 22 | Wesleyan Peace Center
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The latest trailer for the non-jingoistic Assassin's Creed III celebrates the war for American independence, which is commemorated annually by the good, old 4th of July. There's a lot of fighting in this Independence Day clip... plus a reminder of that hallmark of true independence: retailer-specific pre-order incentives.
If GameStop was selling the Declaration of Independence, do you think they'd bundle in the Articles of Confederation if you pre-ordered?
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Kathleen Parker fancied herself most clever as she bragged about leading the charge to destroy Governor Palin. In an interview with John Ziegler, she made the assertion that she was not only a willing participant, but the spearheader of "the assassination of Sarah Palin."
Apparently, while spending her time focusing on how to get rid of the Governor–something she obviously failed miserably at accomplishing–she was "duped" by then-candidate Obama, although, for some reason, she was not as quick to admit to this particular point.
Via NewsBusters, here's the Parker Spitzer exchange between Ziegler and Parker:
JOHN ZIEGLER: So you didn't buy into the Obama moderation myth?
KATHLEEN PARKER: I did.
ZIEGLER: You were duped by the media —
PARKER: I was one of those people who thought this is a guy who is talking about not a red, not a blue America, and who's going to bring the country together.
ZIEGLER: So you were duped.
PARKER: I was at that 2004 Democratic convention.
ZIEGER: Were you duped?
PARKER: No, I'm not going to say I was duped, I'm saying —
ZIEGLER: So you stand by that.
PARKER: Listen to you: I'm the interviewer here. [Nervous laughter] This is fun; this is fun. But I wrote critical things of him, and I still write critical things of him.
ZIEGLER: You endorsed him. You endorsed him before the election. And you took pride —
PARKER: I did not endorse. I did not endorse.
ZIEGLER: You took part in the targeting of Sarah Palin. You essentially took part in the assassination of Sarah Palin 1.0. That person is dead; she doesn't exist any more.
PARKER: No, no, no. Actually, I did not take part in it: I led it. Let's be clear. Let's get our facts straight.
Read this interview here.
While Kathleen Parker feels oddly proud of herself for her leadership role in what she perceives to be the taking down of Governor Palin–while she celebrates herself–she falls short, it seems, of recognizing or admitting that she failed miserably in her so-called leadership role. No one has killed Governor Palin. No one has destroyed her message, either. In fact, she is standing taller and has emerged stronger since the pitiful attempts to cut off and assassinate her character, her career, and her–dare I say–cajones.
The Governor spoke to this yesterday via Twitter.
Parker: appreciate your admittance. Now, I'm still standing;Standing by family, faith & flag. Who do u stand by today? http://bit.ly/d5p72x
It's this type of response from Governor Palin that drives both the Left and the Right crazy. She is still standing. None of the attempts to destroy her–no matter how coordinated and committed–have yielded any rewards. She is not only still standing; she's moving forward and shaping the current political conversation in America. What drives people even crazier is the fact that she can confront these self-professed opponents, as she did yesterday, and point out that they are utter failures. How odd it is that Kathleen Parker would even admit to something that shows her to be such a complete loser in this effort.
It'll take more than a Kathleen Parker, or a lamestream media, to assassinate Governor Palin. She knows it–and she reminds them of it. They know it, too. And this is precisely why they hate her.
Instead of fighting a losing battle, perhaps at some point these haters will come to realize the wisdom in the old saying, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em."
* Speaking of "family, faith & flag" that the Governor refers to in her tweet, be sure to order her book by the same name and join her at one of her book tour stops.