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Munich, 26 July 2012 - Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today announced the launch of, VERISEQ® Nucleation, an innovative cryogenic technology to control the formation of ice crystals during the lyophilisation - or freeze drying - process. Using a sterile cryogenic ice "fog" the technique results in enhanced lyophilisation cycles and improved product quality.
"Until now, there has been no commercially feasible way of achieving uniform ice nucleation, which has resulted in prolonged operating cycles, reduced yield and overall uncertainty in scale-up", said Art Shirley, Head of Chemistry and Energy, Linde Gases Division. "Linde's VERISEQ® Nucleation technology will provide end users a new degree of control leading to more robust lyophilisation cycles."
Biologics like proteins, vaccines and other injectables must remain effective from manufacture to patient administration. These substances are expensive, fragile and can lose their efficacy during storage. Lyophilisation is a dehydration process for stabilising these valuable medical substances that is conducted in highly controlled environments and in compliance with strict regulatory guidelines. The temperature at which a vial freezes – the ice nucleation temperature - is critical in the process in order to optimise production times and improve quality of the final product.
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Connecticut police are investigating a possible case of police impersonation after a man pulled a woman over and told her she was beautiful.
The woman was driving on an interstate in the town of South Windsor around 2:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve when a black Chevy Impala turned on flashing red and blue lights behind the windshield, police said.
The woman stopped and a man approached her car and requested her license and registration.
He asked a few questions, told the woman she was beautiful, then gave her back her papers, returned to his car, then continued to follow her onto Route 5 and Sullivan Avenue, police said.
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The woman reported the incident several hours later and police said there is no record of her registration or license being run by a police agency.
The woman described the man as about 5-feet-10, with a medium build. He was wearing dark jeans, a black shirt, a black hooded sweatshirt and had some type of badge on a chain around his neck and a handgun on his hip, police said.
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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Navigating around downtown L.A. will require a little extra planning on Wednesday due to several May Day marches and rallies.
Tens of thousands of people are taking to the streets of downtown to demonstrate for comprehensive immigration reform.
At least three separate marches were planned, and they will create traffic tie-ups throughout the day.
Streets and intersections will begin closing at 6 a.m., and some won't reopen until as late as 9 p.m.
A pair of marches are planned along Broadway. The primary march is scheduled to begin at noon, and a second march kicks off at 4:30 p.m.
The midday march, planned by the ANSWER Coalition, begins at Olympic Boulevard and Broadway.
From there, it will head north on Broadway to Cesar Chavez Avenue and east to Main Street before ending near Olvera Street.
A large rally is planned on Main Street between Temple and Alameda streets.
The second march, organized by the Southern California Immigration Coalition, will go from Olympic and Broadway north to Broadway and Third Street.
A third march is expected to begin around 3:30 p.m. at Central Avenue and Seventh Street. It will proceed along Fifth Street to Broadway, then north to First Street.
Some of the planned street closures include:
- Broadway between Olympic and Cesar Chavez
- Main between Alameda and Temple
- 101 Fwy off-ramps at Spring and Broadway
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation posted a list of DASH detours for Wednesday, starting at 11:30 a.m.


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Image by Emily Prince.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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Disturbing Salem witch.
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Game #65: Jays at Giants pregame
Toronto (30-34) at San Francisco (30-34)
at 3:35 p.m. ET at AT&T Park
Today's lineups:
Howie Clark, 1B
Alex Rios, CF
Matt Stairs, RF
Troy Glaus, 3B
Aaron Hill, 2B
Adam Lind, LF
Royce Clayton, SS
Jason Phillips, C
Dustin McGowan, P
Dave Roberts, CF
Nate Schierholtz, RF
Randy Winn, LF
Ryan Klesko, 1B
Ray Durham, 2B
Pedro Feliz, 3B
Kevin Frandsen, SS
Guillermo Rodriguez, C
Tim Lincecum, P
NOTES: Prior to the game, the Jays designated veteran catcher Sal Fasano for assignment and purchased the contract of RHP Lee Gronkiewicz from Double-A New Hampshire. … RHP A.J. Burnett (strained right shoulder) underwent an MRI exam before Wednesday's game, but the results weren't immediately available. Toronto manager John Gibbons said Burnett will likely skip his next start, and Josh Towers would take his place against the Nationals on Sunday. … Since last homering on May 20, Vernon Wells has hit .188 with no home runs and nine RBIs over 21 games. He was given the day off on Wednesday.
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What luck – we lose the first two of the series by a run each, and today we're up by 7 in the fourth inning.
I've just read all the fans' stupid comments over the last week and the only guy who had anything good to say was the guy who called Gibbons an idiot!!! What a complete joke this man is. He must have some good dirt on Riccardi to have a job in professional baseball. Imagine a guy who knows nothing about managing a baseball team who can't really even speak english making 600,000 dollars a year. The guy should be bolting bumpers on cars in some plant for 20 bucks an hour. Biggest joke in all of sports.
To email@example.com. You unloaded on Gibbons but not on Riccardi.Are they not 2 peas in a pod.As long as they are with the Blue Jays we will never see the playoffs.I for one agree with your comments although a little harsh
Gibby has good points and bad points. We have to remember Gibby just makes out the lineup-he doesn't swing the bat-Frank and Vernon do. To me Frank has lost bat speeed which is the reason he isn't hitting. I think he's likely brought Vernon down as Vernon has tried to hard to make up for Thomas's lack of performance.
Where I have a problem with Gibby is how he handles the pitchers. Burnett is a special starter-one of the best in baseball-but when you bring it at 97 or 98 there is a lot of wear and tear-so you have to handle him carefully-he is fragile. That does not mean leaving him in here to throw 125 pitches, when in his previous two to three starts he'd been over 110.
We have the 2nd best bullpen in the American league and arguably the best when League gets back. Use them-don't leave the starters out there the way he has. It's a long season-take them out sometimes when their pitch count gets to 75 or 80-give them a bit of a breather once in a while. We now have 4 very good, extremely capable starters-that is a precious commodity-take care of it.
Over usage is when the injuries occur-and this one to AJ has been caused by Gibby's handling. Cross your fingers it isn't serious and hope Gibby's learnt his lesson.
Gibbons is not to blame. Its the team that isn't playing well. Well their offense mainly. There bullpen everyone has to admit has been better then expected. Their offense is what's killing them. The starting pitching has been phenominal as of late. I'd sure hate to have to play the Jays when they get their offense going.
Now for a side note, with front office. Why would you even sign Clayton. You have Johnny Mac. Sure he isn't an offensive threat but his defense is outstanding, especially at short. Clayton is no slouch either but it makes no sense to pay a guy, when you already have the same type of guy there. There other big signing Thomas. What were they thinking giving this guy 9 million/year, and a multi year contract at that. Seems the Jays paid Thomas for what he was worth about 10 years ago. He is a good bat and no doubt will get better this season, but 9 million? Ridiculous.
Anybody that gets down on Riccardi and Gibbons obviously doesn't remember all the years that Gord Ash was treading water here. Our farm system is full of talent, and all that basically started when Riccardi came on board. McGowan, Marcum, Hill, Rios et al were all drafted by Riccardi, and there is more coming down the line. If anybody thinks we should be winning more games, how would you like to be a Yankee fan, with their payroll, and their record? You just have to put it all into perspective.
I have 2 questions: When will the injuries stop? When will Thomas and Wells start hitting? That's what's hurting the team, not management.
you forgot to mention that wells and halladay were drafted by riccardi too?? sorry but mcgowan and rios were not drafted by riccardi
OK, call me a liar, but that's nit picking. It's still safe to say that the team and the farm system are in far better shape than they have been for a long time, and promise to be that way for the future. One of the reasons that we have won as many games as we have is the greater depth we have this year. It's injuries to key personnel that is keeping us from winning more games, not poor management.
If you could tell Riccardi how to prevent injuries, then you could take over Gibbon's spot with my blessing.
I agree with you on Riccardi, I think he's done a great job in building the minor system. I also think he's done a good job on the trade market with the trade of that a…… Hillebrand and Chulk to San Fran for Acccardo being the biggest steal of the year. I particulary like the first two draft choices this year. When they're combined with Snider from last year, we will have some home grown pop.
I also agree that injuries have severely hampered our chances this year. I think the injury to Johnson will likey be the most damaging when 2007 is over and we all look back.
However, Riccardi doesn't manage the team-Gibby does. For the most part I like Gibby-don't get me wrong. I just think the way he handled Burnett recently and other pitchers in general is ridiculous and leads to injury.
That has to change.
Its not nit picking, its knowing what your talking about.
I dont mind riccardi but our farm system is not in that great of shape. Its ok, and Riccardi has done an ok job drafting so far. There are some positives and negatives, using Aaron Hill and Russ Adams Respectively as examples. I don't understand how can you like the draft choice before they have even played one game of professional ball or before they have even signed!? Wait and see how they preform with wood bats and better competition before you make judement. The scouts can say all they want about them but untill they actually prove it, it means nothing.
Yes, Gibbons manages the team. But seriously, when you have so many **** injuries and people not performing, you have to do what you THINK might work. I bet not a single one of us, could do a better job right now. Gibbons has to try different things to try and put some spark into his offense. SO, for that reason, you are going to see more things happen. I doubt Burnett was FORCED to play so many innings, so wouldn't that make it his choice as well??? And like all the analysts say, Reed Johnson is the "Spark Plug" of the Jays lineup. he is the missing link right now, but they got to get Wells and Thomas to do what they did last year.
How we all wine about Gibbons and Riccardi one day and pat them on the back the next day when we win one.If we go on another loosing streak all of the above will call for there heads.As far as the draft goes Riccardi is only a small part of it.I stick to my guns they both have to go or we will never be in the playoffs.As for New York a team i hate all we will see from now on is their dust.Also we may finish last.As for Wells every player has a bad year.As for Thomas i think he is trying to hard to bad because this man can hit.I still say at least we still have the Blue Jays
Sorry i meant whine not wine
"Its not nit picking, its knowing what your talking about"
**Well, in case you haven't noticed Travis Snider is batting .342 and was just chosen as the first team All Star in the Midwest league. Last year he won MVP in the Appalacian league-leading the league in home runs, rbi's and second in BA.
In terms of wooden and aluminum bats, both the top two draft choices played with both this year and were scouted numerous times. Maybe you missed this release from the Jays:
TORONTO — The Blue Jays have no question that Kevin Ahrens can handle a wood bat. The prep star needed just one swing to convince Toronto of that last fall, when he belted a mammoth home run during a showcase event at Blair Field, the home of the Long Beach State baseball team in California.
"It's cavernous," said Blue Jays director of scouting Jon Lalonde, describing the dimensions at the 69-year-old ballpark. "He hit an absolute missile out of there, which college kids barely do with aluminum bats. This kid did it with wood in game competition."
The financial investment taken to sign top draft choices demands souting them multiple times to ensure the investment.
Of course even after all that-it's still a gamble-but in these two-I like our chances, just like Snider.
So I guess you are right-it's knowing what your talking about". Lol
You can get news, stats etc. on all the minor league teams and players at:
Check out our guys, then you'll truly understand the quality of job Riccardi has done building it back up.
I agree totally on the injuries and it's confirmation of the depth of this team built through the minor league system that has kept us close, which in my view is proof of the quality job done by Riccardi. It is also a compliment to Gibby that he has managed to keep us this close.
I doubt, if Boston or New York lost their closer, 8th inning guy, two to three starters, lead off hitter and first baseman, they'd be as close as we are.
However, Gibby manages the team not Burnett, Halliday or any other player and it's Gibbies responsibility to protect these guys from injury-not the players. Their responsibility is to follow Gibby's orders and perform as well as they can with that direction.
I stand by my origional comments-to leave Burnett out there for 125 pitches was stupidity-and that was Gibby's decision-not Burnett, Riccardi or anyone elses..
gsumner You have an ally. If the players dictate the game why in the **** do we need a manager. I guess we were short in the bullpen couldn't one of the FOUR catchers pitch?????
Hey how about Thomas or Wells-at least we wouldn't see 4 pop ups and or 4 ground outs per game.
One thing for sure if we didn't complain or heap praise on the manager or GM what would we talk about. Hey i know how about Rios what a player and Hill a real gem. Can you imagine Hill at short O.Dog at second just a dream now.Wells is not hitting nor is Thomas nor is Lind three big bats gone quiet
Too bad this kid wasn't a bit further down the road; if he was he'd likely have been a good replacement for Overbea.
First baseman Josh Kreuzer was named Dunedin's player of the month and also the Toronto "Organizational Player of The Month". Kreuzer was crushing the ball during May, hitting .347 with eight home runs and 17 RBI. He also had 10 doubles and had a .458 on-base percentage.
Well the release on the Jays web site today says something about Hill: "Hill, who ranks first in the Majors with 225 assists and second with 342 total chances." Hill is ahead of the Odog in fielding percentage, assists, total chances, hr's, rbi's and only trails him in batting average where Hill is .276 and the Odog is .295. That trade ended up being a good trade for both teams-but with Hill's rapid improvement-it's like we got Glaus for nothing.
Although I never thought we'd see someone replace the Odog; Hill is already better and has more upside. All that being said, I doubt if Hill will ever play shortstop again, or at least no permently. He's an All Star at 2nd right now-they'll never move him back to short.
Rios, is about to become a superstar. Leads all outfielders with 15 Hr's projecting to 35 to 40 this year. He's also developed into a good clutch hitter this year. What more can you say-he does it all.
Lind-like every other rookie is going through an adjustment. When he first came up, pitchers pitched him on the lower inner half and he pounded everything. The pitchers adjusted and started pitching him high and outside and found his weakness-as they always will.
Lind appears to be adjusting and when he does he will be a batting force similar to Rios.He still needs some work on defense, mostly in getting good starts on balls and running the right pattern to catch them-although he has yet to commit an error in a Blue Jays uniform.
All Star Voting
Hey if you guys all feel the same way I do about seeing Rios and Hill in the All Star game-this is what you do to help them win.
The rules state you can vote 25 times on each of the 30 MLB sites with each email address. That means with each email address you can vote 750 times.
You can open up multiple email addresss at hotmail. gmail, yahoo and countless others and vote 750 times per email address.
So if we all want them to win-we need 100 fans, opening 100 email address and voting 25 times on each MLB website. That equates to 7,500,000 votes per player.
Stupid rules, I agree but believe me the NY and Boston fans have already figured it out-so should we.
I still don't think it's fair to blame management for all the team's woes, and for not getting to the playoffs. We have to remember that we are a middle market team with a middle market budget. We can't simply buy a playoff berth like New York and Boston can. The good news is that a lot of middle market teams have won the World Series lately, and the lineup we have will get us there if all the stars line up correctly. As for Gibbons, I like the idea that he DOESN'T over-manage, and lets the players go out there and play their own game, the way it was meant to be played. Plus– Ozzie Guillen didn't pick him for his bench coach in the all star game for nothing–when he could have had his choice of any other AL manager.
As for Burnett, I hope he only misses one start, but now at least Gibby has some ammunition when he suggests that AJ may have done enough for one game. He will likely be on a pitch count for a while.


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Ex-Hastert aide John Feehery calls for ending the "rule" his boss initiated. I concur, and will have more thoughts on this soon:
I think John Boehner won't have much of a choice in these first several months of the 113th Congress. He has to get stuff done. He had to schedule the vote on the tax vote extension. He had to schedule a vote on Sandy relief if he was going to maintain any credibility for the GOP majority. And he will have to extend the debt limit.
None of this is pleasant for the Speaker or for his majority. But my guess is that there are plenty of his colleagues who are more than happy to see all of these things pass and are just as happy to be able to vote against them.
I think the Speaker should give the President his debt limit extension, without any additional spending cuts included. But he should let the Democrats pass it on their own and have enough of his colleagues take a walk or vote present to let it get a majority.


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We had friends over for Halloween last night, and this was our dessert; Baked figs with brown sugar/cinnamon syrup, a rich vanilla icecream (Carte d´or) and chocolate mud-cake bats. A collegue of mine served baked figs for us last month, and i already made them twice since. They are so my kind of dessert; Super easy and extremely tasty!
Recipe: Wash and halve the figs - top with 1 teaspoon brown sugar (or more :-)- sprinkle with cinnamon - bake for 25 minutes at 180degrees. The sugar will soak through the figs and transform into a thick syrup.
For Trick or Treater´s coming round; Witch´s dead fingers.
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Chris Sale felt much better about his final tuneup for opening day than Matt Harrison did.
Sale was sharp in his last Cactus League outing and Dayan Viciedo homered to help power the Chicago White Sox past Harrison and the Texas Rangers 11-3 on Tuesday.
Brandon Short hit his first two home runs of the spring and Angel Sanchez also connected for the White Sox. Sale struck out five and allowed a solo shot to Geovany Soto in four otherwise perfect innings.
"You want to go out there today and simulate a real game," Sale said. "It's time to kind of get away from the working stage and prepare for the regular season. I wanted to treat this as a regular-season game as much as I could."
Harrison, also prepping for his first opening day start, yielded four runs -- three earned -- and seven hits in 3 1-3 innings. He needed 81 pitches to get 10 outs.
"This was the last game of the spring. It's over with," Harrison said. "Now come the preparations for the first start and getting ready for that and preparing myself mentally and physically. You strive to be the best pitcher you can be and it's a great honor to start opening day for your club. It's something that might only happen once."
Harrison was followed by Derek Lowe, who was told earlier on Tuesday that he had made the team. Lowe came to Rangers camp after signing a minor league contract on March 6. The 39-year-old right-hander has a 175-157 career record in 16 seasons with six teams.
"To think where I was three weeks ago, taking my son to Little League games," Lowe said. "I give them credit for backing up their word. They told me I could come in here and have a chance to come in here and compete and you never know how those things work out.
"It's something I'm proud of, to be able to come in here and pitch well enough to make the team."
Sale retired the first six batters he faced and the final six, with Soto's long home run to straightaway center sandwiched in between. The left-hander was 17-8 with a 3.05 ERA and 192 strikeouts in 192 innings last year, finishing fourth in the AL in wins and ERA.
"It's all about how you prepare," Sale said. "I'll clear my mind as much as I can, not try to have too many thoughts rattling around up there. Sometimes you can beat yourself mentally. That's one thing I'm going to focus on the most is I feel fine. I feel ready physically."
Adam Dunn gave Chicago a 1-0 lead in the first with an RBI double against Harrison. Short made it 4-1 in the fourth when he followed an error and Sanchez's single with his line-drive homer to left-center.
Viciedo keyed a five-run sixth with his third home run of the spring.
Sanchez went deep in the ninth.
Game Notes:
- Rangers major leaguers played their final home game of the spring. Texas has one game left in Surprise, on Thursday afternoon against Arizona, but only minor leaguers will play while the big leaguers are in Arlington to face the Mexico City Red Devils.
- The White Sox placed left-handers John Danks and Leyson Septimo on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 22. Septimo has a strained left shoulder while Danks is recovering from shoulder surgery last August. Chicago also reassigned LHP David Purcey to minor league camp.
- Texas announced plans to send four players to Triple-A Round Rock: SS Jurickson Profar, C Eli Whiteside, OF Joe Adduci and LHP Nate Robertson. General manager Jon Daniels also said Nick Tepesch will begin the season in Round Rock and make one start before being recalled to the Rangers to start against Tampa Bay on April 9.
- The game was delayed briefly in the bottom of the third when a picnic-table umbrella blew onto the field from the right-field concourse. Short eventually grabbed the skidding umbrella and handed it to an usher.


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This series consists of weekly discussion sessions on foundations of quantum Theory and quantum information theory. The sessions start with an informal exposition of an interesting topic, research result or important question in the field. Everyone is strongly encouraged to participate with questions and comments.
In this talk I address the problem of simultaneously inferring unknown quantum states and unknown quantum measurements from empirical data. This task goes beyond state tomography because we are not assuming anything about the measurement devices. I am going to talk about the time and sample complexity of the inference of states and measurements, and I am going to talk about the robustness of the minimal Hilbert space dimension. Moreover, I will describe a simple heuristic algorithm (alternating optimization) to fit states and measurements to empirical data.
I will introduce the unitarity, a parameter quantifying the coherence of a channel and show that it is useful for two reasons. First, it can be efficiently estimated via a variant of randomized benchmarking. Second, it captures useful information about the channel, such as the optimal fidelity achievable with unitary corrections and an improved bound on the diamond distance.
I'll present new approaches to the problems of quantum control and quantum tomography wherein no classical simulation is required. The experiment itself performs the simulation (in situ) and, in a sense, guides itself to the correct solution. The algorithm is iterative and makes use of ideas from stochastic optimization theory.
Inspired by quantum information approaches to thermodynamics, we introduce a general framework for resource theories, from the perspective of subjective agents. First we formalize a way to think of subjective knowledge through what we call specification spaces, where states of knowledge (or specifications) are represented by sets whose elements are the possible states of reality admitted by an observer. We explore how to conciliate different views of reality via embeddings between specification spaces.
For isolated quantum systems fluctuation theorems are commonly derived within the two-time energy measurement approach. In this talk we will discuss recent developments and studies on generalizations of this approach. We will show that concept of fluctuation theorems is not only of thermodynamic relevance, but that it is also of interest in quantum information theory. In a second part we will show that the quantum fluctuation theorem generalizes to PT-symmetric quantum mechanics with unbroken PT-symmetry.
We study the separability of quantum states in bosonic system. Our main tool here is the "separability witnesses", and a connection between "separability witnesses" and a new kind of positivity of matrices--- "Power Positive Matrices" is drawn. Such connection is employed to demonstrate that multi-qubit quantum states with Dicke states being its eigenvectors is separable if and only if two related Hankel matrices are positive semidefinite.
From the general difficulty of simulating quantum systems using classical systems, and in particular the existence of an efficient quantum algorithm for factoring, it is likely that quantum computation is intrinsically more powerful than classical computation. At present, the best upper bound known for the power of quantum computation is that BQP is in AWPP, where AWPP is a classical complexity class (known to be included in PP, hence PSPACE). This work investigates limits on computational power that are imposed by simple physical, or information theoretic, principles.
We introduce a technique for applying quantum expanders in a distributed fashion, and use it to solve two basic questions: testing whether a bipartite quantum state shared by two parties is the maximally entangled state and disproving a generalized area law. In the process these two questions which appear completely unrelated turn out to be two sides of the same coin. Strikingly in both cases a constant amount of resources are used to verify a global property.
The Elitzur-Vaidman bomb tester allows the detection of a photon-triggered bomb with a photon, without setting the bomb off. This seemingly impossible task can be tackled using the quantum Zeno effect. Inspired by the EV bomb tester, we define the notion of "bomb query complexity". This model modifies the standard quantum query model by measuring each query immediately after its application, and ends the algorithm if a 1 is measured.
From Feynman diagrams via Penrose graphical notation to quantum circuits, graphical languages are widely used in quantum theory and other areas of theoretical physics. The category-theoretical approach to quantum mechanics yields a new set of graphical languages, which allow rigorous pictorial reasoning about quantum systems and processes. One such language is the ZX-calculus, which is built up of elements corresponding to maps in the computational and the Hadamard basis.


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Steve Watson
April 4, 2012
A TSA screener working at JFK Airport in New York was arrested after launching a cup of hot coffee into the face of an airline pilot who asked her to stop swearing in the terminal.
Off duty pilot Steven Trivett was leaving terminal 8 at JFK early in the morning last week when he encountered a group of TSA workers engaged in what was described as a "profanity- laced conversation".
Concerned that passengers, including young children could hear the screeners, Mr Trivett asked them to tone down the exchange.
Mr Trivett advised the screeners that they should "conduct themselves more professionally in uniform and not use profanity or the n-word," Port Authority police sources said.
The sources then described how one of the screeners reacted to Trivett, telling him to "mind his own business" and cursing him out.
Mr Trivett then attempted to get a closer look at the screener's ID tags, presumably in order to report the incident. The screener, 30 year old Lateisha El, then reportedly shoved the pilot and hurled a full cup of hot coffee at his face.
Police said that Mr Trivett thankfully walked away without being seriously hurt. El, from East New York in Brooklyn, was arrested and charged with harassment and misdemeanor-assault.
Details of the incident, which occurred last Wednesday, emerged today with a report in the New York Post.
This incident once again serves as a reminder of the kind of people that the federal government is empowering and trusting with the security of major airports and transport hubs.
Thuggish and violent oafs with no manners and even less brains have been given carte blanche by big government to order Americans around while freely groping them and ogling their naked bodies.
Perhaps Lateisha El applied to work for the TSA after seeing a similar ad to one published on Craigslist this week bragging about the federal agency's mission to create an "imperious" security team.
Disrespecting a pilot and throwing a hot drink in his face is a minor offense, compared to the other criminal activities of TSA agents now reported on a daily basis.
Recent behavior on behalf of TSA agents ranges from running prostitution rings and using child pornography, to drunkenly firing guns and trashing hotel rooms. And that was just last week.
We've previously documented numerous examples where TSA agents have been caught committing crimes both on and off the job, from molesting children, to stealing, to kidnapping, to assault, to drug smuggling. The list of cases is growing to biblical proportions and gets larger with each passing day.
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.net, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
NCS Luminaries: John Cullen Murphy
"Born in N.Y.C. 1919, raised in Chicago. Studied at Art Institute age 9. Moved east 1930, studied with Booth, Rockwell, Bridgman, Dickson, etc. Did covers for Liberty, Collier's. Spent 6 years in army, '40 - '46."
"After war, illustrations, covers for Sport, Holiday, Look, etc. Started 'Big Ben Bolt' with E. Caplin '49."
John Cullen Murphy, in his own words from an interview in The Comics Journal #253, when asked why he switched from magazine illustration to comic strip art:
"I saw that most of the advertising dollars were being pulled from magazines and going into television. The strip work was steady income."
When interviewer Brian M. Kane asks how he approaches black and white illustration, Murphy replies, "I look for the drama in the panel. It's like being a stage director. You're competing for the reader's attention so you need to get in some good blacks -- some high contrast."
Kane asks, "What would you say is your trademark? If someone looked at a John Cullen Murphy pen-and-ink piece, how would they know immediately that it's yours?"
Murphy replies, "I would hope it to be that the drawing's all there -- the figures, the hands, the faces, the emotions."
You'll find a thorough interview and plenty of art by John Cullen Murphy at Keefe Studios.com
My John Cullen Murphy Flickr set.
* An addendum to yesterday's post on Hank Ketcham:
Jason Chalker discovered a rare old WWII U.S. Navy newsletter with some very cool early Hank Ketcham cartoons on it. Many thanks to Jason for sharing these with us... he has posted the scans here.
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it's interesting, Leonard Starr gave the exact same reason for getting out of illustration and into his syndicated comic strip, On Stage, in the 1950s. He looked at the magazine illustration market beginning to taper off as television gained momentum and decided that in the long term, a syndicated strip would provide a more stable source of income.ReplyDelete
I worked at King Features on staff when John Cullen Murphy was the artist on Prince Valiant. Always looked forward to his originals when they arrived - the packages still had the scent of pipe tobacco. The artwork on the originals was FAR superior to the shrunk, cut up and reformatted version that ran in the paper. A fantastic artist.ReplyDelete


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Dining Out
L2 Grill (Fantasyland Hotel at West Edmonton Mall)
Location: #2385 8770 170th St.
Reservations: 780-444-5538; l2grill.com
Expectations: dinner for two, without wine or tip, $100-$150
EDMONTON - It's not often I'd call a salad the highlight of a meal — and it's not intended as a slag against the rest of the food at L2 Grill — but man, these guys know how to make a Caesar.
It's done old-school, tableside, on a cart surrounded by little bowls of ingredients and assembled by our waiter who assures us he's legendary around the Fantasyland Hotel for his salad-making skills.
Call it time-worn, retro or brilliant, there's no denying the appeal of a well-made Caesar with fresh, authentic ingredients: anchovies, egg, lemon, olive oil, garlic, capers and Parmesan tossed together to make the most unlikely of delicious dressings.
For sheer entertainment and nostalgia value alone, the salad is worth the $22 price tag. And while it was supposed to serve two, it easily served four of us, generously, which may be part of the reason I was less wowed by the rest of my meal — I was already full after the appetizer.
The salad is among the offerings on the hotel restaurant's new menu, introduced by its new chef Ganesh Subra when he took over the kitchen at L2 from former chef Shane Chartrand.
The room is attractive, both warm and modern, with red leather booths and dark wood. A surprising number of families with children were in it on the Thursday night we visited, given the menu and the price point.
The list of appetizers offers a number of classics with a contemporary twist, like a prawn cocktail ($15) and crab cakes ($14).
The cocktail looked beautiful — four plump prawns hanging from a martini-style glass with a colourful collection of allegedly pickled vegetables in the centre, but tasted far less exciting — like little more than cooked shrimp and raw vegetables.
The crab cakes were simple, accompanied by a nice pineapple-corn relish and the pleasantly crunchy addition of fried capers.
A complimentary amuse-bouche of a tiny taco stuffed with musk ox and goat cheese was a nice touch, but again, only served to further take the edge off my enthusiasm for my entree.
I ordered short ribs ($32), a hearty meal at the best of times, and found I barely made a dent in them. The ribs were braised in a root beer jus, served with a tomato polenta and vegetables forgettable enough that I really can't remember what they were.
The bison rib-eye ($39) was well-cooked, that is to say, not well-cooked at all, but instead quite rare to prevent the lean meat from becoming dry and tough. It came with Roquefort mashed potatoes that were as decadent as they sound.
The rack of lamb ($40), too, came rare — so rare as to be borderline raw and certainly not medium rare, as ordered. It came with some spicy Merguez sausage, a sweet potato purée and mint jus.
The lemon tilapia ($28) was delicate and flavourful in a lemon and white wine sauce, with the colourful addition of a green pea and mint risotto.
The mixed platter for two seemed to be a popular choice among our fellow diners though we didn't try it, loaded down with beef tenderloin, Cajun chicken, prawns and a lobster tail, plus potatoes and veg.
The retro theme continued on the dessert menu with tableside Crepes Suzette, which, sadly, we were too full to order, despite the dangerous allure of anything being flamed right at our table.
While menu items like these are playful and fun, they really do seem to be the most exciting part of dining at L2.
The entrees themselves, though decently prepared, came with few surprises. For some hotel diners, those looking for a solid, quality meal, that is likely a good thing. But for those of us hoping for more from a higher-end restaurant with prices to match, it was a little disappointing.
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ASOS bomber jacket, Free People scoop tank, American Apparel skirt, Alexander Wang 'Marion' bag, Rebecca Minkoff 'Edie' loafers.
Am I being optimistic, or have the last year's trendiest trends proved themselves worthy of surprising permanence? The bomber jacket craze is still going strong (just ask my closet), and fall/winter collections are serving up some awesome twists on summer's hottest trend. This jacquard bomber from ASOS has a little more weight to it than the ones I bought throughout spring, and the periwinkle faux fur collar gives it feminine, winter-wonderland flair. There's a limitless selection of bomber jackets available now, but fur trim makes me smile, as evidenced by my previous post. It's a statement piece, for sure, but this jacket can be styled into extremely different vibes. Here, dolled up with a polished pleated skirt and metallic loafers, I feel like an editorial version of Lorelai Gilmore (—yes, I am counting down to this month's Netflix revival). I could create an edgier, more laid-back look by wearing this jacket with some ripped black skinnies and sneakers. To land somewhere in between, this outfit would have worked with black Nikes instead of silver loafers, too.
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A timeout from our usual content
As anyone who even remotely follows this blog knows, our whole existence is essentially related to the arts. However, in the wake of the intense and tragic storm now devastating parts of the East Coast of the United States, I thought it appropriate to step away form the usual topics for a moment.
This horrible storm is likely to be the worst hurricane ever to hit the United States and is expected to effect more than 80 million people – that's about one quarter of the country's population.
As I watch the news this morning, I see far too many flooded streets and even more than 50 homes in New York City up in flames.
In our everyday lives, we often get complacent about things. We worry and complain about little things like the battery life of our cell phones or having to wait an extra five minutes in backed up traffic. It isn't until something like this occurs that we stop to put things into perspective.
Keep the victims of Hurricane Sandy in your thoughts and prayers.


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- June 18, 2010 Dodgers vs Red Sox at Fenway Park - Part 1 - {linked here}
- June 18, 2010 Dodgers vs Red Sox at Fenway Park - Part 2 - {linked here}
- June 20, 2010 Fenway Park Tour {linked here}
- Racists in Boston? {linked here}
We left Cambridge and got on the T-line (subway version) As I mentioned before, you will a lot of Red Sox advertisements around the city. Boston supports the team.
It was raining in Cambridge... but when we arrived in Boston, I didn't expect to see this when we got off the T-line
I wanted to cry. It was raining so hard that I didn't think there was going to be a game. We hid under a roof. The rain stopped about 40 minutes later... Thank God!
We started to walk towards Fenway Park... Like Friday, we got there early. We're not the only ones. Fans get there early.
Fans eating, buying Red Sox merchandise, just having a good time. It's great getting there early. It's like a pre-game party.
About to enter Fenway Park...
All seats were wet. But this nice usher was cleaning and drying your seats.
The lucky seat. This is where Ted Willam's longest Home Run landed. The seat in the right field bleachers is painted red to mark the spot where the longest measurable home run ever hit inside Fenway Park landed. Ted Williams hit the home run on June 9, 1946 off Fred Hutchinson of the Detroit Tigers. The blast was measured at 502 feet. Legend says that the ball crashed through the straw hat of the man sitting in the seat — Section 42, Row 37, Seat 21.
Dodgers training
Red Sox fans loved the shirt.
Vicente Padilla running away from the Sandinistas
I have to do a part 2. This post is getting too long.


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Car seats: How to shop smart and safety tips every parent should know
posted by: Mile High Mamas
Long after your little one has outgrown his crib or stroller, he will still be strapping in to a special seat for car rides. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all children be in a child safety seat or belt-positioning booster until they are at least 4 feet 9 inches tall. Most children reach that milestone between ages 8 and 12, according to the AAP. It's also the law: All 50 states and the District of Columbia require the use of child restraints, though age and height requirements vary by state.
"When they are properly installed, car seats have an outstanding record for protecting children," said David Strickland, a certified car seat technician and an administrator with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. "It's the best investment in safety you can ever make."
There are lots of options, from infant carrier seats to convertible infant/toddler seats to backless boosters. For your child's early years, it's important to choose something that will keep him comfortable and safe on the road until he is ready for a booster seat.
Safety tips
— Get help from a pro. Have your seat installed by a certified child passenger safety technician or have one inspect the seat once you've installed it. Visit the NHTSA Web site at icsw.nhtsa.gov/cps/cpsfitting to find a certified technician or a car-seat check event in your area. This service is free and often performed at police or fire stations.
— Face the back. Keep your child in a rear-facing seat until he is at least 2 years old. Longer is even better, said Strickland. "Children even older than 3 can use the support of a rear-facing seat," Strickland said. "We're still talking about neck and back structures that are very weak at that age and can use support in a crash."
— The middle is best. If possible, put the car seat in the center of your back seat to minimize impact from a side collision, said Scott Adler, managing editor at Babycenter.com.
Operating tips
— Strap position matters. Make sure the clip on a five-point harness goes across the child's chest, not her stomach. If your child is in a belt-positioning booster seat, the shoulder belt should cross her shoulder and breastbone instead of her neck, and the lap belt her hipbones, not her stomach, Strickland said. All harnesses and straps should be snug against your child.
— Find the perfect fit. Check the seat's instruction manual for the height and weight guidelines to make sure your child is the right size for his seat, Strickland said.
— Car seats expire. Don't use a seat that is more than six years old, or one that you do not know the history of, Strickland said. Always replace your car seats if you have been in a collision, and don't use a hand-me-down car seat that has been involved in a crash.
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A team of experts at Target recommends three infant/toddler convertible car seats at different price points.
— Cosco Apt Inner Circles. Children can remain rear-facing in this seat until they reach 40 pounds and 43 inches tall. The maximum weight for forward-facing children is also 40 pounds. It has an adjustable five-point harness and two cupholders. The seat, which costs $54.99, has extra side impact protection and is available in stores only.
–Eddie Bauer XRS. This seat is safe in a rear-facing position for children up to 40 pounds and 40 inches tall. It is safe for front-facing children up to 65 pounds. It also has an adjustable five-point harness and side impact protection and is available in stores and online for $129.99.
— Graco Headwise 70 with Safety Surround. This seat has a removable pad for cleaning, energy-absorbing foam to ease the impact of a collision and a reclining seat. It is safe for rear-facing children up to 40 pounds and forward-facing up to 70 pounds. It is available online and in stores for $199.99.
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Shop Smart
1. Find out which seats have worked best for other people who have the same model of car. Adler suggests that parents talk to other parents or visit online communities to see what people are saying about their car seats before buying one.
2. All car seats meet federal safety standards. To help differentiate between different models, NHTSA has a site that rates seats by their ease of use. Visit www.nhtsa.gov/Safety/Ease-of-Use to see ratings on a seat's instructions, labels, vehicle installation features and child restraints.
3. Register your seat with the manufacturer. Fill out the card and send it in by mail, or register your seat online so the manufacturer can reach you if there is a safety recall.
By Mari-Jane Williams, The Washington Post


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October, 2011. On our second trip to Kenya, I couldn't wait to go back to visit the elephants and keepers at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. We help foster three baby elephants – Tumaren, Turkwel, and Kainuk – and spending time with them was at the very top of the list.
The Sheldrick trust based in Kenya is known worldwide for its superior care and protection of elephants. Today, unfortunately, the need for care and protection of elephants and rhinos is at an all time high. Officials in Kenya say Chinese demand for ivory has prompted a surge in elephant poaching and the illegal smuggling of elephant tusks.
In a Voice of America article written by Gabe Joselow, he reports that illegal ivory is on the upswing. He quotes a dealer at the art market in downtown Nairobi, "The ivory trade is very much illegal here in Kenya, and we normally see tourists, especially Chinese, who are very much interested in ivory. But we normally tell them straight and up front that we don't deal in ivory because it's an illegal trade, but to them they always insist and try and tell us just get me any type of ivory, I'll buy at any price, but we always try to tell them up front that is very much impossible."
China won permission to import ivory in 2008 from an international wildlife trade convention known as CITES, after implementing a certification system labeling each legal ivory item with an official identification card. (How on earth could they let this happen?)
And elephants in Africa are increasingly threatened as a direct result. Today the whole continent is littered with one of the saddest sights in the world - that of dead elephants with their tusks removed.
Dr. Esmond Martin conducted a study of the illegal trade in conjunction with the British conservation group Elephant Family. He said ivory is typically smuggled out of the country raw and in bulk. It is taken to factories in China where it is carved and then sold out in the open. Martin said since the ban was partially lifted, demand has increased in China, and he has seen evidence that more illegal ivory is making its way into the markets.
In his own surveys, Martin has seen a 50 percent increase in the number of ivory items being sold in parts of China since 2004, and that the majority of these are being sold without identification cards. (I have heard anecdotally that many Chinese people who crave ivory are not aware that the elephant must be killed, and think this is a tooth which is extracted and will grow back.)
Kenya is takeing a leadership position to protect elephants with the Kenya Wildlife Service, although most agree the government sanctions need to be strengthened even more. The government recently had a massive burning of the illegal tusks which were confiscated at airports. Other countries, with less organization and less funding, with less education to the native peoples about the importance of wildlife, are seeing an enormous killing field. Stephanie Vergault of SOS Elephants of Chad reports the killing of 30 animals per day. Since the Libyan war she is especially worried about the remaining ones. ""
As if slaughtering elephants for their tusks weren't horrific enough, it is compounded by the fact that besides killing the magnificent and endangered creatures- the murderers leave behind helpless babies who are as dependent as human infants and suckle from their mothers for at least two years.
In any part of the country, when an infant elephant is found alone, often by the Kenya Wildlife Service, they notify the Sheldrick team who jumps into action. The rescuers rush to the site. After making sure there is no adult elephant help for the baby, they capture, tie down and administer any immediately needed veterinary care. Then the traumatized baby, who often has witnessed its mother and possibly herd being massacred, is flown back to the orphanage in Nairobi.
At the orphanage, the orphan will receive an abundance of love and care. They will be fed a special formula of infant milk flown in from the U.K. every three hours, will be mothered by a caretaker who stays with them and even sleeps with them, will be taken for daily walks with caretakers and other baby elephants, two times a day in Nairobi National Park, be given a special time for mud baths, and take possession of their own sleeping stable with a blanket around them to help prevent pneumonia. They are named, and their individualities are appreciated by all the staff. Even so the babies mourn for days, weeks or even months. Some do not survive.
There is limited visiting of the nursery by humans two times daily, and hopefully the baby will be adopted by plenty of adoring foster parents to help pay for the $800/month cost of raising a baby elephant. But for only $50/year minimum, one can choose their own baby to adopt and receive monthly photos and updates of how their baby is doing.
It was heartwarming to visit our two year old Turkwel. We met her when she was a timid and thin one year old. Now newer adoptee Kainuk has adopted Turkwel as her big sister and will go no where without her. It is touching and thrilling to see the incredible bond which as developed between these two elephant children. Their relationship has helped Turkwel to have more confidence and behave in a more maternal and matriarchal way. She has also grown into a good size and stature for her age.
We also met Rombo whose face was severely sunken in from malnutrition on the first day of our trip, and eleven days later we could see a marked improvement in his features. Poor little Kasigau arrived with an arrow in his face. A special green clay is applied daily and on our last visit his wounds had cleared immensely. At first he trusted no one and woud not drink milk from the bottle, It had to be administered to him in a bucket. After ten days he was going for walks with the other orphans, although still looking quite sad.
When the orphans reach about three years old they are sent to a remote campsite in Tsavo East Park were they are still dependent on keepers for milk but very slowly weaned and the caretakers no longer sleep with the individuals. When they go on walks in the park, they will be introduced to wild elephant herds. It generally takes between 5 to 10 years before an elephant is adopted back to the wild and comes under the protection of a wild herd. The wild ones generally teach the young to be less trusting of humans so as time passes they are expected to become completely wild. Re-connecting with our Tumaren and her friends there was an unbelievable experience we will never forget
The Trust was started by Dame Dafne Sheldrick to honor David O. Sheldrick, her husband and pioneer in the work of protecting and caring for wildlife in Kenya. Sheldrick left a legacy in his work, and also in the example of his fight to create a real wilderness sanctuary. Central to his efforts was a belief that wildlife and wilderness were "not to be guarded simply for their own sake, but they were a wellspring for our spiritual refreshment - yours and mine and that of future generations."
From The Wilderness Gurardian" a field manual and text book throughout Africa today, are direct quotes from Sheldrick's field notes regarding the requirements for a good national park warden: "He must have administrative ability ….He must have an understanding of ecology, be able to fly an aircraft, …, be familiar with the habits of wild animals, … He should be an ambassador of national parks at all times and show initiative and resourcefulness greater than that called for in most professions. Above all, he should be absolutely dedicated and of the utmost integrity".
David Sheldrick exuded all these skills and more. He also established the Tsavo National Park, which is the largest wildlife refuge and with the most elephants in all of Africa. Sheldrick was also the first human to make a detailed study of all the plants that were being eaten by the elephants. I am sure his influence is one of the reasons the Kenya Wildlife Service is as strong and effective as it is today.
Dame Dafne Sheldrick is a recognized international authority on the rearing of wild creatures and is the first person to have perfected the milk formula and necessary husbandry for both infant milk dependent elephants and rhinos.Since the death of her husband in 1977, she has lived and worked in the Nairobi National Park, courtesy of the Kenya Government, in the grounds with the orphans' nursery. It is here that she has successfully hand-reared over 130 newborn elephant orphans, some from just hours old, the first time this has ever been achieved. Having completed their two milk dependent years, these orphans, together with the human family of keepers who replace the lost elephant family, grow up in the Tsavo National Park, where they mingle freely and at will with the wild herds and eventually become fully integrated back into the wild community. Today many of the operations of the orphanage are being overseen by her daughter Angela.
Some of Daphne's orphans have now had wild born young, which they have brought back to show their human family. Daphne has also successfully raised and rehabilitated over a dozen black rhino orphans. Her expertise has been instrumental in helping many other elephants Africa wide, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Uganda and Cameroon. She spends time daily with the babies, and especially comforts the new traumatized ones who come, giving them her fingers to suck.
The Sheldrick Trust is the best place in the world to raise an orphan baby elephant. But it is heartbreaking that there are so many elephants being slaughtered.The international community must become aware of this problem and find a way to create effective education and sanctions in China for people to stop demanding ivory and to realize they are killing our heritage. When we kill off nature we are killing ourselves. After spending time with the elephants who seem so very human, this all comes home in a very real way.
Please see article part 2
and part 3, Latest Articles:
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Georja Umano is an actress/comedienne and animal advocate.
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Juxtapositions: Today is Martin Luther King day. Tomorrow, we inaugurate the nation's first black President, Barack Obama. Yes, to some folks, technically, he's only half-black - but the whole concept of racial identity is a myth. Yesterday, a relative sent me the following (verbatim):
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Red versus blue counties - 2008 Presidential election
Interesting Statistics
Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out facts of 2008 Presidential election:
Number of States won by:
Democrats: 19
Republicans: 29
Square miles of land won by:
Democrats: 580,000
Republicans: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by:
Democrats: 127 million
Republicans: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Democrats: 13.2
Republicans: 2.1
Professor Olson adds:
"In aggregate, the map of the territory Republican won by Republicans was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country.
Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare.
Professor Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegal's and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years
Pass this along to help everyone realize just how much is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.
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This morning I watched a replay of MLK's "I have a dream" speech from 28 August 1963 (the year I graduated from high school). He talked of America "becoming" a great country when it began to live up to its stated ideals: liberty and justice for all, all men are created equal, and so on. Will the United States of America ever live up to those ideals? I certainly don't know.
The divisive propaganda so deeply embedded in the email forwarded to me by my relative seems to bode ill for us ever achieving that goal. Fear has been the watchword of the outgoing GWB administration. Fear of many things characterizes the bigoted America I grew up with and where I now live, deeply embedded in a "red" state (somewhat ironic, that choice of color - given the now obsolete fear of communism that permeated my youth through to my high school graduation). I seem to live on a tiny atoll of blueness amidst a surrounding ocean of red.
Juxtapositions: Rednecks, Commie reds, red states and counties, the red Menace, red dirt, red blood, the red-white-and-blue, white power, black power, bloods and crips, bluebloods
During the past 8 years, it seems that we as a nation have been goaded by fear-mongers into surrendering our civil liberties in the name of security. The only seemingly inviolate right is the 2nd amendment – are gun-bearing societies all that secure? Do we really feel safer as a result of these measures? Was this undermining of freedom and the encouragement of gun proliferation the best way to "save" the USA? From where I sit, these measures are steps toward reducing the difference between the USA and those nations (and movements) around the world that crush any hint of dissent amongst their own people and use violence freely to further their own political ends.
Martin Luther King was inspired by the nonviolent methods of Gandhi, and his dream was to achieve social change the same, nonviolent way. He was gunned down – a fate he shared with Gandhi – and violence continues to be the American way, it seems. Look at our movies – surely a mirror of our national psyche – if you're wronged, virtually any violent response is justified. Gang violence is spreading dramatically. Terrorism as a threat has increased, not decreased, as a result of the "war on terrorism" started by GWB and his cronies. We live in a perpetual state of yellow/orange threat. But I'm not so sure the threat is external ...
Even now ... as our national economy collapses from moral corruption in our monetary institutions, our national infrastructure crumbles for lack of investment, environmental degradation threatens the future of the world, an energy crisis looms on the horizon, our sons and daughters are dying or coming home - crippled in mind and/or body - in a pointless occupation and insurgency after a war justified for reasons that proved without foundation ... we mostly seem more concerned about ensuring our personal comfort and entertainment than in tackling our national issues. Can our new President change all of that? I don't know, but it seems vastly more than any one man can do.
Our new President is a symbol of something good in America, but I'm not so confident America really believes in its own ideals enough to do something about those things that threaten our future. I don't know if "red" America even understands the significance of our national problems – they've been lied to and bamboozled by the outgoing administration, to the point where these serious problems have been marginalized in the name of corporate welfare. Welfare for poor people is bad, but welfare for corporations is just fine. It's critical for propping up the teetering mess we call our national economy. The division between haves and have-nots grows, with inevitable consequences …
It's hard to be optimistic that America will become "great" by the standard set by MLK before it collapses from the multiple blows it's setting itself up to experience. We would be better off embracing the contributions from all our citizens, rather than bigotry toward those not like us – blaming them for our problems, just as dictators like Hitler have done since time immemorial. Am I justified in such a dark vision for our future? I don't know … I hope I'm wrong …
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March 28, 2011
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
I had a really great weekend. Ernest Hancock, the of the libertarian radio show 'Declare your Independence' invited me to his 50th birthday party at his home in Phoenix after our interview on Friday; I happily accepted and hopped a flight.
I've met few people in my life who love freedom as much as Ernie does, and the people in his circle definitely fall in the pro-liberty camp.
I remember attending the Libertarian National Convention in 2004 in Atlanta, Georgia. I met Aaron Russo (who died just one year later), the filmmaker who produced 'America: Freedom to Fascism' and Michael Badnarik, who eventually secured the party's nomination that year.
What struck me about the 2004 convention was that the attendees, while devout Constitutionalists and hardcore advocates for liberty, were mostly dreamers who were happy to simply complain about the rise of big government… but never take any action. It seemed like the entire thing was just an intellectual exercise, nothing more.
Conversely, I met some really fascinating people at Ernie's party who understand that their freedoms and currency have been steadily eroded by the government, and they're taking steps to reduce the risks.
Ernie himself has been raising livestock and cultivating a small garden; he already has his own water supply, and he has plans to install solar paneling soon.
These actions will increase his self-sufficiency and reduce his overall dependence on major systems (food, energy, water) which are controlled by a small, elite group of companies and heavily influenced by the government.
To a lot of people, it sounds crazy. "Grow your own vegetables?!?! You must be nuts!"
Sure, it might seem farfetched in western suburbia, but personal, small-scale agricultural production is still the norm in much of the world, from China to South America to Central Europe. One day (probably soon) these ideas will become the norm once again in the west.
I intend on taking the concept much further; I've written extensively, both in this forum and to Sovereign Man: Confidential members, about burgeoning plans to design a resilient community overseas.
This is a place that is capable of generating its own food, water, security, energy, and economic activity… and hence withstand major shocks to the system.
The best part about it is that, while casting a wide net, the community will attract people who share common values. It's a heavy burden to go through life alone, especially in the Age of Turmoil. Developing strong relationships with people of similar mind is tremendously important.
On that note, I want to tell you about the biggest letdown of my weekend. I read an article in the New York Times about a man named Charlie Engle, 48, who was recently convicted, sentenced, and incarcerated in a federal prison for committing mortgage fraud– as a borrower!
The IRS moved heaven and earth to find something, anything, to put this guy in jail. They succeeded. The government's star witness, a shady mortgage broker who himself had been convicted of fraud, asserted that Mr. Engle provided false information and overstated his income on a 'stated income' liar loan application. Pot. Kettle.
The jury didn't buy it and acquitted Mr. Engle on the charge of providing false information. Yet somehow, they still managed to find him guilty for mortgage fraud (which is based on providing false information!)
The doublethink is unparalleled… and exceptionally unfortunate. It's shocking to me how 12 Americans could side with the government and ruin this man's life, and I think it's a sign of things to come.
This is one of the biggest reasons why I think it's important to build strong relationships– there is an overwhelming mass of people who are rapidly becoming a tremendous danger to freedom, happily towing the line and supporting Big Brother all the way in exchange for false promises of hope and prosperity.
That's why, in the resilient community, the 'community' part (focus on building relationships) is just as critical as the 'resilient' part (focus on self-sufficiency and withstanding system shocks).
I've been talking over my plans and getting feedback this weekend with several friends of mine who are influential Atlas 400 members. More to follow soon.
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I can't remember when this site was created (I think 2004 not sure) but I joined the fray back in 2006 by pure chance. I started watching "other" animes besides the typical ones you get introduced to even though Eva was my first one, I started wanting to know what others thought about it and came across FTV.
The site in my opinion started to die back in 2008 (yup a decade ago), there was a multitude of reasons for this such as the quality of anime we were getting after such a great year of it in 2006 and 2007, it went down because of the moeblob crap. Another thing was the FTV Staff Members were kinda strict or just difficult people, which rubbed people the wrong way and people left because of that. However, the biggest reason is social media, you can find recommendations for anime as well as get intrigued by a random post on twitter, insta, reddit, etc which makes the site hard to be relevant to casual anime watchers.
A through and through anime website that does well to stay relevant is MAL I think because it has a core in the sense it shows your stats as an anime watcher.
I have an idea but it is a bit silly and not too sure if it will work but perhaps using an incentive to get people to use FTV to watch anime, by downloading and streaming on the site (not sure if FTV still does that or not), the incentive I'm talking about is an "anime-score" like gamerscore for Xbox. Putting a value on an anime, so watching an anime that is rarely watched gives you more points per episode you watch on FTV.
I use a site called trueachievements and I'm completely hooked on it because of how the site is built on solutions as well as giving you a "Grade/Point Score" somewhat to show that you are neither a noob or a gamer that goes for achievements.
P.S. Didn't know that my status had changed to Retired lol....I mean it is true though.
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St. Tropez Microvelvet Dutchie Dog Bed
Product Description
This tropical bed is the perfect way to turn your pup's bed into the garden of Eden. Your dog will love lounging in this gorgeous bed, and you will love how fantastic it looks in your space.
These overstuffed bolsters are amazingly comfortable. They come with zippered covers that are machine washable. you can ever put the cushions in the washing machine! The cushions are quite comfortable. They are made from high memory polyester that forms to the shape of your pooch making nap time even more comfortable.
The bolster must be hand washed to keep the shape. The cushions should also be tufted so the fabric doesn't clump.
The microvelvet covering makes it resilient to pet hair. This bed will repel the pet hair and dirt excreted by the moisture. Just vacuum or shake out the bed to remove the hair. But, if you do decide to wash it, the microvelvet gets softer every wash. This is the perfect bed for your pooch!


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David Letterman's not one for sentiment and seems uncomfortable with displays of affection, at least in public.
But the gap-toothed host smiled unabashedly and hugged Edison Peña, after the Elvis-loving rescued Chilean miner stood up and belted an impromptu version of The King's "Suspicious Minds" on CBS' "Late Show" Thursday.
It marked another genuine, exhilarating moment, that – along with Peña's triumphant finish Sunday in the ING New York City Marathon – reminded us why we love the story of the miners, whose rescue provided the best, most literally uplifting spectacle witnessed by a world audience in years.
Forgive us for having a suspicious mind, but we're somewhat less charmed by news that filming of the first movie about the miners began just five days after the first trapped man returned to the surface.
The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the story about the movie, notes there is already major interest in the project, to be called "The 33 of San Jose."
The film probably won't be the last movie about the miners, who are a hot property, one ripe for exploitation. It's not just the entertainment world that stands to benefit: Time magazine reports that Chilean President Sebastián Piñera already has ridden the sooty coattails of the 33 miners to a political rebirth.
The quick-move movie reflects the times we live in. The miners, after all, spent part of their 69 days a half-mile below the surface talking about how to portray their story as their families reportedly discussed various deals.
There's a certain value in being first, especially in this ripped-from-the-headlines world. But there are times when fictionalized depictions of real events don't work well only weeks or months after fact. Nearly two decades later, we're still pretty sure the country didn't need three Amy Fisher TV movies.
In far more sober and recent examples, movies touching on 9/11, while largely respectful, might have come too soon for some tastes. There's something to be said for allowing time to pass in hopes of bringing new insight and perspective to major events.
The miners' story, of course, remains a feel-good tale – at least until detailed accounts about what must have been some dark moments come to light.
It's impossible to tell, of course, whether "The 33 of San Jose" will be any good. The Hollywood Reporter reports the filmmakers have acquired rights to much of the TV news footage surrounding the drama, which give us both cause for hope and another reason to ask, why bother?
The real-life images, still fresh nearly a month later, seem impossible to exceed in our collective memory. And more memories are sure to be made, whether in interviews with the miners or new appearances by the irrepressible Peña, whose life-affirming Letterman stint might be the best coda of all to the saga. Check it out below:
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NY City News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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You thought the war dog craze of '11 was over, didn't you? Surprise! KitUp's got a nice little look at soldiers in Afghanistan, and the strategic strays they befriend. This video contains both puppies and a SAW machine gun.
The soldiers describe how the animals—usually found in pretty rough shape—come to be more than just friends. They're invaluable at detecting bad guys in the dark while on patrol, though barking can be a battlefield liability during stealth situations. Either way, it must be nice to have a break from explosions and blood and just pet a dog for a little bit. [KitUp!]


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Included is a comprehensive set of Web UI elements that are intended to help designers save time, money, & headaches when they are mocking up web pages. Having spent countless hours mocking up websites myself, I've learned that there are some elements that I re-use quite a bit to speed up the design process on non-creative elements.
Specifically, I have broken out all of the standard web ui elements that web designers use on a regular basis & recreated them in separated layers that are ready for quick placement, restyling, & scaling.
Each individual UI element is on it's own layer, ready for you to drag and drop into your own PSD. Some of the elements that commonly require scaling are already separated by element (ie: scrollbars each have a top arrow/bottom arrow/scroller/track).
Here's the full list:
4 Mouse Cursors
3 Styles of check boxes (on/off)
3 styles of radio buttons (on/off)
5 Styles of Next/Prev buttons (left/Right)
10 styles of Form Fields
5 Dropdown Styles
10 Button Styles80
20 Miscelleneous Elements (toggles, arrows, close buttons, etc.)
4 Tooltip styles
10 Scrollbars
Fonts Used: Lucida Sans – Standard Web/System Font
Check out some of my other stock elements:Premium Wordpress Themes
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A few years ago I read something that prompted me to stop using deodorant. It was a quick little post from a mom on a website that she stopped using deodorant when breastfeeding because the thought of chemicals entering her body in the area where her baby was nursing made her uncomfortable. Since at the time I was tandem nursing twins ~ I felt the power of that statement and decided to go 'au natural'! There of course, are also the rampant rumors of the connection between underarm antiperspirants or deodorants and the link to breast cancer. As I'm not a scientist, I checked with the National Cancer Institute's website and they go on the record saying they haven't received conclusive evidence of this fact. Although they do point out an interesting fact about what scientists do know about the ingredients in deodorants and antiperspirants. Here is the quote about aluminum-based compounds and parabans:
Aluminum-based compounds are used as the active ingredient in antiperspirants. These compounds form a temporary plug within the sweat duct that stops the flow of sweat to the skin's surface. Some research suggests that aluminum-based compounds, which are applied frequently and left on the skin near the breast, may be absorbed by the skin and cause estrogen-like (hormonal) effects. Because estrogen has the ability to promote the growth of breast cancer cells, some scientists have suggested that the aluminum-based compounds in antiperspirants may contribute to the development of breast cancer. Some research has focused on parabens, which are preservatives used in some deodorants and antiperspirants that have been shown to mimic the activity of estrogen in the body's cells.
So – although I'm no longer breast feeding, I've continued my journey in life not wearing deodorant. I have never tried an all-natural deodorant before; partially because nobody I know has been able to recommend a brand that actually works and until lately I didn't think I needed any help. However in the last few months I think my body chemistry has changed and regulated to the fact I'm not using anything and I find myself needing some help. Particularly on the days I'm running around like a mad-woman with 4 kids in tow. No wonder I'm sweaty and stinky!
But being a creature set in my ways..I refused to go back to traditional deodorant. I've simply become wary of any mainstream beauty products. So I put out my question to the many people I connect with via Twitter and my answer came from Tanya @islandregency. She has been using the recipe from Passionate Homemaking. I finally tried the recipe with a few tweaks thanks to the comments on the recipe and Tanya's agreement on the modifications ~ I'm very happy with the results. I can use this homemade deodorant and it not only lasts until I take a bath and wash it away, but it stops any underarm odor. I had my husband try it too since I'd like him to be a little more chemical sensitive, but he thinks it wore off by the end of the day for him. I can only speak for myself and since I found out the hard way after using his deodorant when we attended a Christmas party with dancing..that his does not work on me. So maybe the case can be made that women and men sweat and react to deodorants differently. I thought that women's antiperspirants were rumored to be more toxic anyway with the aluminum agent so I encourage all my Mommy Footrprint readers to give this recipe a try! Thank you to Passionate Homemaking for posting and Tanya for sharing!
5-6 Tbsp Coconut oil
1/4 cup baking soda
1/4 cup arrowroot powder or cornstarch
Combine equal portions of baking soda & arrowroot powder. Then slowly add coconut oil and work it in with a spoon until it maintains the substance you desire. The modifications to this recipe that Tanya suggested (and that I followed) are using 1/8 cup baking soda and 1/4 + 2 tbsp cornstarch instead of the half and half ratio that's called for in the recipe. I keep the ball of deodorant in a sealed jar, wrapped in parchment paper so I don't get my hands sticky when applying. Also, when it got a little melted in texture from our hot bathroom, I put it in the fridge to harden for a few hours.
As a side note to this article, a very cool tip was offered from Crystal Di Domizio via the Mommy Footprint facebook fan page. Crystal is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Prenatal Wellness Coach and Birth Doula and wrote an article about the many benefits of coconut oil. I had no idea that cooking with unrefined coconut oil is much healthier than olive oil. Crystal pointed out that olive oil should be used in low temperature recipes (salad dressings, etc.) and coconut oil is great to cook with because it doesn't become damaged with heat. She wrote a great article that I'd like to share about coconut oil. I've since been using my coconut oil to cook with and it's much kinder to the 'sticking' on my stainless steel pans than olive oil and you cannot taste a difference. Thank you for posting Crystal!


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A couple of years ago, I wrote an application to reverse-engineer a CRUD matrix for tables in an Oracle database.
I've since used it quite a lot for impact analysis and have refined it a fair amount. I'm now happy enough with the new version to let it take it's first steps into the wider world….where doubtless people will be able to find some of the bugs that I've missed.
UPDATE October 2015 – the latest ( and let's face it, least buggy) version of this application is now avaiable on GitHub.
At this point, if you're wondering what a CRUD matrix is, you can have a look at the original post here. Continue reading


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Bunnytots gave the best advice.
Lanthroviel's was good as well. Don't post unless you have something worthwhile to say, and no this isn't a good place to spam so you can see what the words which magically jumped from your fingers look like on the screen. Use fucking notepad or something to do that.


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