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The Politics of Constitutions
It's Manly Man Summer at the Claremont Institute
Randal Hendrickson is the host of PODOPTICON, a politics, history, & philosophy podcast.
The Claremont Institute, a conservative think tank in southern California, came to prominence during the Trump years. Founded in 1979, the organization aims to deliver high-sounding lessons about America to leaders and to its various fellows, who have included such luminaries as Laura Ingraham, Ben Shapiro, and Pizzagate conspiracy theorist, Jack Posobiec. Its lessons lately are about manliness, or the "masculine virtues," and that's what I want to discuss, but first a few words on what we're dealing with here.
Claremont Institute authors apply a coat of scholarly legitimacy to pronouncements from the top. They tend to be unhistorical, even some of the historians, who write the sort of pablum that Encounter Books might publish. They operate not as thinkers thinking; rather, they work according to a partisan script that has no room for real doubt or deviation. Just have a look at the Claremont Institute's YouTube channel; read through its publications, American Mind and the Claremont Review of Books. Debate, where it exists, exists in the finer details. I guess it is a think tank, after all.
Intellectuals and academics gather at various Claremont Institute events to preach to the choir and teach participants "how they ought to think about America," as its president, Ryan Williams, put it in an interview with Michael Anton, whom you might know as the author of the "Flight 93 Election" essay. Anton–seen here bemoaning California's "anti-masculinity" as he longs for Texas–caused something of a stir when he described the 2016 election as existential crisis. There was no choice then but to charge the cockpit and vote for Trump. Go thymos!
That brings me to the crisis du jour: manliness is said to be under attack at the moment we need it most. The moment? It's a "cold civil war," where heroes are pitted against an "enemy" with whom they can't be reconciled: the "woke communists." These are terms taken from Thomas Klingenstein, chair of the Claremont Institute's board and one given to the histrionics that characterize the organization he heads.
In a piece titled "Men and the Future of America," Klingenstein praises senator Josh Hawley for a speech trumpeting the "masculine virtues." And what are those? They are, according to Klingenstein, "stoicism, competitiveness, conquest, achievement and aggression." These are qualities to be managed, not repressed, because repressing them turns them toxic, into "dysfunctional behaviors—crime, drugs, pornography, and the like." Nothing like some free-wheeling causal reasoning to precede grandiose statements on the nature of politics and the human being.
We see soon enough what all the fuss is about: "woke communists" mean to "destroy traditional sex roles as part of their project to destroy America." These "woke communists"–who somehow manage to control the Democratic party, run most corporations, and spend billions funding "wokeism," all while making white men scapegoats for society's sins and ills–want the wrong kind of equality. They want outcome equality, which should have real Americans suiting up for battle. "For to achieve outcome equality," he says, the woke "must destroy the American way of life and all that it stands for." It's very hard not to read this as a wealthy person worried about taxes and thus going all-in on the culture war hyperbole. I almost hope this to be the case, as the alternative is his believing the American fever dream he describes, a bizarro world where communists run corporations and human nature–but not nature, itself–is under threat.
One has to deduce what Klingenstein means by "the American way of life," but it's not that hard to do. Men will be manly and married to women who stay home with the children, which, after all, is the fondest wish of the "feminine soul." Men will work and "provide," as their manly impulses, dangerous when suppressed, will be channeled to serve the common good. Another way to put this: let's preserve a certain hierarchy, where what's best is male dominance. But that "American way of life" is ever threatened by the Left, which hates America. So naturally the Claremont Institute has created a Center for the American Way of Life in Washington, D.C.. I feel safer already.
One of that center's speakers, and one among the macho, is Glenn Ellmers. He recently derided Benjamin Kleinerman, editor of The Constitutionalist, for his take on the Declaration of Independence. Kleinerman is a conservative, but not the right kind. What the Claremonsters (as they don't mind calling themselves) call for is a "counter-revolution" animated by a "new conservatism." This will not be Kleinerman's weakling conservatism. The latter is seen in action as Kleinerman dwells on the Declaration, giving it a line-by-line read that manages to add a touch of reverence to its reasoning. What he draws out is the prudence he sees at play in the authorship of the Declaration. But that just won't do for the Rambos among us.
Ellmers, a frequent contributor to various Claremont Institute media, couldn't let Kleinerman's milquetoast take on the Declaration stand. His problem with Kleinerman's reading of the Declaration seems to be that it includes no car chases or explosions. Kleinerman's Declaration is "boring." This much Ellmers writes in a piece at American Greatness, an outlet apt to induce a fatal case of eye-rolling.
Ellmers imports Aristotle's "great-souled man" (surely the opposite of Kleinerman on this telling) to adduce what the American founders were after in their revolutionary spirit. He's a sterling example of how one can ape the language of learning to provide cover for a flimsy grasp on the things one purports to know and discuss. Drop an Aristotle quote, add a dash of Madison, and say "first principles" once in a while. You'll appear lettered, and those in the echo chamber will clap.
What he's most upset about is Kleinerman's failure to make the authors of the Declaration into assertive bad asses. There's little else to say about the piece, as Ellmers doesn't so much write as hyperventilate. But he has published more, I'm afraid, including a book on Harry Jaffa that I can't speak to, as I haven't read it. (Based on the quality of his reasoning elsewhere, I won't.) It's published–surprise, surprise–by the partisan press, Encounter Books, with a foreword by Larry Arnn, previous Claremont Institute president and current president of Hillsdale College. I did, however, lose a few minutes to another of Ellmers's essays, this one titled "'Conservatism' Is No Longer Enough." It appears in American Mind, and it's suffused with the sort of machismo that Klingenstein is looking for.
It's here that Ellmers calls for that "counter-revolution" and "refounding," a Machiavellian notion imparted with none of the Florentine's verve, style, depth, or wit. I'd say it's unfair to compare an ordinary guy to Machiavelli, but Ellmers invites it by donning the robes of philosophy, as when he opens an essay with "No philosopher, I suspect, ever returned to the cave with greater reluctance than I[.]" What allows someone to cough up such a remark and not wipe it from the table before anyone notices? One yearns for that kind of self-confidence, or confident ignorance. At any rate, why does America need a refounding? Well, don't forget the "cold civil war" Klingenstein thinks he has identified. Ellmers essentially describes the Klingenstein view without using the term. (As it happens, his preferred term might be "holy war.")
We need a "refounding" because the "United States has become two nations occupying the same country." It's time, then, that we "accept that most people living in the United States today—certainly more than half—are not Americans in any meaningful sense of the term." Of course, now I'm intrigued: what makes an American in a "meaningful sense of the term"? Ellmers's reader can read on, but be warned: "If you are a zombie or a human rodent who wants a shadow-life of timid conformity, then put away this essay and go memorize the poetry of Amanda Gorman. Real men and women who love honor and beauty, keep reading." Despite my feebleness, I read on.
It turns out I didn't find much, besides the bits of false profundity that seem common to Ellmers's work. The better part of the thing reads as an advertisement for the Claremont Institute. But it closes with some manly advice for the counter-revolutionaries, as Ellmers offers up a weight-trainer's aphorism for the studs among us: "Strong people are harder to kill, and more useful generally." Serious stuff here.
What, then, does embodied manliness look like? It looks like Donald Trump. So says Klingenstein, and so says David Azerrad, Hillsdale professor and author of "Trump's Manliness," an American Mind essay whose accompanying image is a pair of boxing gloves–one red, one blue, and both sporting American flag designs. It's a remarkably shallow piece of writing. To summarize: Trump's manliness is his courage, especially courage in the face of "political correctness." In Azerrad's essay, this boils down to the courage to say ugly things about Mexicans. Manliness as pwning the libs, then. Klingenstein is even more gushing, and somehow more urgent. He takes Azerrad's "we're in an all-out bar brawl" with the Left and turns it up a notch to a "war," as I've already said. Trump is the manly man to guide us real Americans through the war against "woke communism."
In a talk titled "Trump's Virtues," Klingenstein makes his view clear. "In war, you must make a stand. For that, we need strong men. Trump is a manly man. When manhood is being stripped of its masculinity, traditional manhood, even when flawed, is absolutely essential." Like Azerrad, he admires Trump's "courage" against "political correctness." Wasn't it courageous, after all, when Trump called Haiti a "shithole"? Klingenstein thinks so. Trump's manliness has also "smoked rats out of hiding places," which sounds cool, but it's not at all clear what Klingenstein is talking about. Deep state, something, something. Trump shows manly resolve, too, as he "has not let go of the claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him." You read that correctly. Trump's big lie is an emblem of his virtue. There's little need to go on summarizing after that. Klingenstein's talk amounts to an embarrassing display of admiration for strongman politics.
This is all perfectly in keeping with the Claremont Institute's more academic output these days. It's not a place to be taken seriously intellectually, but it's not a place to be ignored. The Claremont Institute gained influence under Trump, and that influence is worth addressing. But to engage its authors in ordinary debate is to confer some dignity on their position. It has none.
So what's at stake in all of this? The appeal to manliness insists on a certain hierarchy that's offensive on its face and positively repressive when made real. How, for instance, should one consider a position that operates on the premise that the aspiration of universal childcare is part of a ploy to destroy America? You might say the right has always needed some potentially oppressive and conniving Left; it has long been a rhetorical strategy. The Claremont Institute takes it to a higher pitch with this manliness discourse. It's not serious stuff, but it's not safe. Strongman politics never is. Nor is a call for male dominance, however it dresses itself. While it's all somehow laughable, we might ignore it at our peril.
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Journal of Sport Biosciences
The Relationship between Serum Levels of Alpha and Beta Salusins and Lipid Profile, Insulin Resistance, Cardio-Respiratory Fitness and the Effect of Interval Training with Different Intensities in Overweight/Obese Women
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Maryam Nazari 1
Vazgan Minasian 2
Silva Hovsepian 3
1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Exercise physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Metabolic Liver Disease Research Center, Imam Hossien Children's Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
https://doi.org/10.22059/jsb.2021.315548.1450
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between serum levels of salusins and lipid profile, insulin resistance, cardio-respiratory fitness, body composition and body fat percentage after a period of selected interval training with different intensities in overweight/obese women. In this study, 40 sedentary women were divided into 3 homogeneous groups purposively: control (BMI=30.2±2.8 kg/m2, n=14), moderate-intensity interval training: 75-80% HRmax (BMI=31.2±3.3 kg/m2, n=13), and high-intensity interval training: 90-95% HRmax (BMI=30.19±3.4 kg/m2, n=13). The subjects of experimental groups participated in the interval training (pedaling) with different intensities for 8 weeks. Blood samples were collected 48 hours before the first training session and 48 hours after the last training session. The research variables were measured under similar conditions. Pearson correlation coefficient test was used to statistically analyze the data (P<0.05). The findings revealed significant positive relationships between salusin β levels and total cholesterol, salusin α and HDL and salusin α and cardio-respiratory fitness; there was a significant reverse relationship between salusin α and body fat percentage. It seems that interval training with different intensities can influence the improvement of cardio fitness and general health of obese individuals. Since there is a considerable relationship between the intensity of interval training and the improvement of cardio-respiratory fitness, insulin resistance and lipid profile, high-intensity interval training is recommended to improve well-being of this group of people.
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Nazari, M., Minasian, V., & Hovsepian, S. (2021). The Relationship between Serum Levels of Alpha and Beta Salusins and Lipid Profile, Insulin Resistance, Cardio-Respiratory Fitness and the Effect of Interval Training with Different Intensities in Overweight/Obese Women. Journal of Sport Biosciences, 13(1), 91-107. doi: 10.22059/jsb.2021.315548.1450
Maryam Nazari; Vazgan Minasian; Silva Hovsepian. "The Relationship between Serum Levels of Alpha and Beta Salusins and Lipid Profile, Insulin Resistance, Cardio-Respiratory Fitness and the Effect of Interval Training with Different Intensities in Overweight/Obese Women". Journal of Sport Biosciences, 13, 1, 2021, 91-107. doi: 10.22059/jsb.2021.315548.1450
Nazari, M., Minasian, V., Hovsepian, S. (2021). 'The Relationship between Serum Levels of Alpha and Beta Salusins and Lipid Profile, Insulin Resistance, Cardio-Respiratory Fitness and the Effect of Interval Training with Different Intensities in Overweight/Obese Women', Journal of Sport Biosciences, 13(1), pp. 91-107. doi: 10.22059/jsb.2021.315548.1450
Nazari, M., Minasian, V., Hovsepian, S. The Relationship between Serum Levels of Alpha and Beta Salusins and Lipid Profile, Insulin Resistance, Cardio-Respiratory Fitness and the Effect of Interval Training with Different Intensities in Overweight/Obese Women. Journal of Sport Biosciences, 2021; 13(1): 91-107. doi: 10.22059/jsb.2021.315548.1450

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UIC is the key to Chicago's vision of a 21st century economy that will help drive progress for the city, the state and the nation. It provides a transformative education for large numbers of young people; produces the highly skilled workforce to meet the needs of nextgeneration companies; molds the well-rounded citizens who are essential to a vibrant, progressive global city; and fosters the breakthrough discovery that fuels new waves of innovation. We are committed to leadership that will build on our success, and expand UIC's capacity to serve society and solve its most pressing challenges.
UIC is well aware of the expectations it has placed upon it, and it welcomes them with open arms. The future can be scary; the unknowns, the uncertainty, and the anxiety about things out of your control, can cause some people and institutions to fail. UIC is not one of them. Over the course of the last 10 years they've slowly, but consistently, been preparing themselves for this opportunity. They've known that the future was going to look different than the past and they wanted to place themselves in the driver's seat of that future. It hasn't always been the easiest road, true change and success seldom are, but it's a road that has already begun to show reward. UIC knew that to embrace the coming changes they would have to change the course of the university in a very meaningful way.
First, they cemented their status as one of the premier research universities in the country. Under the current research classification by the Carnegie Foundation, UIC is one of only 96 American universities to receive the highest designation ("RU/VH"). This allows them access to a tremendous amount of federal and private grants, and makes UIC a desirable place for some of the best and brightest minds. One of the primary beneficiaries of this designation is the medical college. They currently operate the largest medical school in the U.S. and research is one of the byproducts of over $412 million in yearly expenditures. A perfect example of this is the groundbreaking new program, Innovation Medicine (IMED). The program looks to prepare students for working at the cutting edge of where medicine and technology meet. They're looking at making significant contributions towards the cures for Type 1 Diabetes, Cancer, and Alzheimer's. Interdisciplinary research has the potential the reshape the world in ways we haven't envisioned yet.
Another big step was focusing on who was studying at the university; the students. The changing demographics in Chicago, and the U.S., has been on the minds of many in the ivory tower of academia for a long time. UIC saw the writing on the wall and decided to act in a way that put them ahead of the curve. They placed a heavy emphasis on recruiting Hispanic students, particularly first generation college students. By offering a range of financial support, academic assistance, and on-campus clubs, UIC was able to encourage young Hispanic students to enroll. After reaching an enrollment of more than 25% Hispanic students the university was able to receive the Federal designation of a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). This allows them access to grants from the Department of Education that aren't available to non-HSI universities. By serving an underserved population UIC hopes to transform who receives college degrees and offer them an opportunity to contribute from their own unique experiences to society at large, after they graduate. Higher education provides a great platform from which these graduates can stand on as they attempt to better the world.
Finally, one of the other aspects they have paid particular attention to regarding student enrollment was increasing the percentage of students who are low-income or come from low-income families. In the Fall semester of 2018 over 53% of new freshman came from homes where the income was less than $37,000 yearly. By providing a way for these students to get access to an education that they may not have otherwise received, they are changing the future. A college degree has long been statistically linked to a more satisfying, and rewarding, life. It's also been proven that once one person in the family goes to college, every generation that comes after them is more likely to go. It's a perfect example of how setting standards motivates people around you. Low-income, first generation students are who America needs to help set her on the best path going forward.
It doesn't end there. The university is building a new engineering building, new classroom space, and renovating or replacing dorm rooms. You can't have a cutting-edge school with outdated facilities. Continuing to grown and improve will help attract the type of talent that they are looking for. But UIC knows it's more than a numbers game, it's about the social and moral obligation they have to the community. UIC has made a point to emphasize that they are a public, land-grant university. Chancellor Michael Amiridis has stated that this is a special designation and that UIC has an obligation to meet the expectation that come with such honor. By revamping their recruiting process and focusing on research, they have done exactly that.


Chelsea are weighing up a swoop for Bayer Leverkusen striker Javier Hernandez when the transfer window reopens in January in order to bolster their ailing strike force this term, as per IBT.
The Blues have, in their ranks, Diego Costa, Loic Remy and Radamel Falcao but all have failed to make any meaningful impact this term as Jose Mourinho's side currently sit 16th in the Premier League, after losing 7 out of their 12 league outings this season.
Hernandez, 27, spent the 2014/15 season on loan at Real Madrid from Manchester United. And after his return to Old Trafford in the summer, he was not deemed fit for the plans of manager Louis van Gaal and the Red Devils sold him to Leverkusen.
Since moving to the Bundesliga, "Chicharito" has bagged 10 goals in all competitions for Leverkusen and, Chelsea are now set to bring in the Mexican footballer in the mid-season transfer window.
Costa was instrumental to Chelsea's Premier League and Capital One Cup triumphs last term as he had a quick impact in England after making a switch from Atletico Madrid in the summer of 2014. However, the 27-year old has struggled for form this term – with just two league goals to his name.
Falcao also joined Chelsea on a season-long loan from Monaco in the summer and the Colombian has not had any real impact for the Blues, while Remy has seen his playing time limited as Mourinho prefers Costa to lead the line for the Blues.
With Costa now failing to replicate his form of last season, Mourinho is scouring Europe for a proven goalscorer and the Portuguese has earmarked Hernandez to help him get the goals as Chelsea have clearly struggled to find the back of the net this campaign.
As per the Mirror, an offer of £8.5m would allow Leverkusen part ways with Hernandez in the New Year. Having played in the Premier League for Man United, the Mexico international should have no problem hitting the ground running – should he join Chelsea.


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The Grattata pasta (gratings) belongs to the minute pasta family to be cooked in broth.
In Friuli Venezia Giulia, in the province of Trieste in particular, but also in other regions such as Tuscany and Basilicata, this type of broth was used as a starter at important meals, like wedding receptions, for example. It was thought that it stimulated the appetite in readiness for the rich, hearty dishes that were to follow.
In Umbria, on the other hand, it was cooked for nursing mothers in goose or pork broth.
Grattata pasta is especially good for preparing clear soups such as broths or consommé, enhanced with croutons or vegetables cut in julienne strips.
This pasta can be used in thick creamy or velvety soups.
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Fusilli n° 34 Integrali
Fusilli come from Campania and belong to the short, straight cut family of pasta.
In the past, Fusilli were made by hand according to a method that was passed down from one generation to the next. You had to rapidly twist a strand of spaghetti around a knitting needle with a skilled hand. The ability required to perform this procedure is reminiscent of that of spinners and as a matter of fact, the term "fusillo" comes from "fuso" (spindle) which was the tool used by spinners.
This pasta is particularly good with meat and fish based sauces or with condiments made with ricotta. It is also perfect with vegetable sauces too that are prepared with a tomato sauce with peppers, aubergines, olives and capers.
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International Law VS Domestic Law
At a very basic level, international law and domestic law differ in magnitude. Domestic law governs the behavior and actions of individuals within the United States, whereas international law governs the behavior and actions of bodies of government: states or countries.
by Thomas Hall on April 17th, 2013
Domestic law, which can also be called national law or municipal law, come from legislature and customs, whereas international law consists of treaties and customs. Legislature is a body of people who are able to make or enact laws. Treaties are formal agreements among and between countries. Customs are practices which are deemed normal for individuals or states.
Enforcement of International Law and Domestic Law
The most obvious and, arguably, the most important difference between international law and domestic law is how they are enforced. International law lacks a common executive, which means that there is no power which can make a state or nation accept a court decision. Thus, the states or countries operating under international law often have a weak sense of community, meaning that obeying the law will often come second to that which is seen necessary for survival. Domestic law, on the other hand, consists of all three branches of government – executive, judicial, and legislative. As you probably know, these three branches are separate from each other and are based on a system of checks and balances. This limits the power of each branch so that no one becomes too powerful. Unlike international law, those who violate domestic law will receive a punishment deemed fit by a court executive, and this punishment will be enforced.
Cohabitation: Monism and Dualism
As is described above, dualism is a doctrine which clearly separates international law and domestic law. The subjects of international law and domestic law are different, regulated by separate legal orders. Under this doctrine, one legal system – international or domestic – does not have the undeniable right to challenge or alter the rules set in place by the other.
Monism, on the other hand, is much less common. This doctrine views international law as more important, and thus all of the citizens of that nation fall under the rule of international law. This is created by an environment in which fairness – the standard upon which most international law is based – is seen as the most "natural" law, and thus is supreme. This may seem very utopian, but it ultimately contradicts itself, undermining the doctrine of separation of powers upon which a democratic society is based and denying individual states a legal capacity.
Keeping international law and domestic law as separate entities, then, is important. A state under the dualist doctrine may deal with the consequences of international law (typically it affects that state's position among other international entities) without having the validity of its internal laws undermined. Conversely, a state's domestic law may not be used at the international level in order to defend its actions. If a legal issue arises which international law doesn't cover, then a state's domestic law can be referenced, but not enforced at the international level.
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Jake Evans: Great post Thomas. Does this
Great post Thomas. Does this apply to all nations or do some nations handle their international law differently? Also, how does this tie into maritime law?
Simon: Hi Jake,
Hi Jake,
You may know or not know this but each Country/ Government decides whether they are going to sign a treaty of a particular international law i.e; Agreement on extradition between the European Union and the United States of America. Morocco has decided NOT to sign an extradition treaty with the United States of America.
That is just one example.
I hope this answers your question.
Lesley Tebogo Rakhibane: Enforcement of International law
Countries only comply with provisions of International Law in instances where their interests are deemed protected, either than that they remain aloof even when it's obvious..........
new york: domestic, foreign or international?
My question is which name does a state of the union fit?
If domestic means the United States and Italy is foreign, then where does the a state of the Union fit? Foreign?
Don: Customs
My question is, What s the different between international law and customs under domestic law?


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El DeBarge Arrested for Felony Vandalism
TMZ reports that singer El DeBarge was arrested in L.A. for felony vandalism on Friday (July 13).
Law enforcement claims the "Rhythm of the Night" singer got into an argument with a man, who he chased out of a house. The man reportedly ran to a nearby RV and DeBarge followed with a wrench. The man said DeBarge allegedly hit the windshield of the RV, and that's when he called the police.
The 54-year-old singer was arrested for felony vandalism. He reportedly spent one night in jail, posting $20K bail.
The singer/producer has struggled with a drug habit for decades since finding success with his R&B family group, DeBarge in the '80s. In addition to "Rhythm of the Night," the group delivered hits including "All This Love" and "Stay With Me" before El went solo.
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By Cecilff2,
April 14, 2011 in Community
I would've loved for Nintendo to make NSMBU with online multiplayer. If that was the case, I would have actually bought it. I have a couple friends that I'd love to play through with, but they live roughly an hour away from me so it's not like I can drop by there often enough to make it matter. I get the feeling that the programmers at Nintendo don't have enough experience in programming online games so they avoid it at all costs.
Yeah. I was actually shocked to hear that it didn't have online play. The game looks great and eventually I will probably get it anyway. Just a bit of wasted potential there. I'm sure the game is good though, just not as good as it could be. At least the local multiplayer will be good, as its predecessor on the Wii was a blast.
Thoughts on the new Mario welcome here. How would you compare it to quality of the Wii version? Does it make any strides, and would you consider it a valid purchase for someone who has played and mastered the Wii game?
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Pikachu Libre is kind of a lame addition when we have several pokemon that personify wrestling that aren't getting used (Hawlucha and Hariyama come to mind), but I'd welcome another fun fighter for th
Bleck
It's a lot better than NSMBW. The level design is more spacious, satisfying and above all, accommodating for the multiplayer aspect. The Flying Squirrel Suit is the best jumping/flying powerup in any Mario sidescroller, because it manages to be satisfying like the Cape or the Tanooki Suit, but without giving you the ability to skip nine-tenths of the game. The boss fights are a bit more challenging (and harder to cheese), and the music is a bit better than NSMBW (though not by much, unfortunately). Oh, and the team in charge of the art clearly heard all the complaints about the New Super Mario Bros. series having drab art, because they kick it up a few notches in this game.
All in all, I'd say this entry is the best in the NSMB series, and definitely one of the best Mario sidescrollers.
Calpis
I'd agree on most points with Bleck, but I wouldn't say it's one of the best Mario sidescrollers. It's a solid experience, but not one of the best for me. I wish the music was more lasting. Granted, I've only really played it together with buddies so I didn't have much time to listen to the music, but it sounded kind of generic to me.
The levels are much more spacious, and longer as well. However, for me, bosses are pretty simple (only played up until just after Iggy, so if they get harder, I wouldn't know). The levels are challenging enough for me though. I did notice that they used 16 bit Yoshi sounds in lieu of Yoshi's Story stuff, which was surprising given that the GBA port of Yoshi's Island did the opposite.
Edited December 3, 2012 by Calpis
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NSMBU needed more secret levels!!
Wargh I can't keep it to myself anymore!
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I like NSMBU as a game but the soundtrack is kind of lacking, especially the rehashed castle/tower/ghost house/underground/water themes. Come to think of it, the only new music is probably the overworld theme and the map theme.
NSMBU is great but it could have been even better if they'd applied the same production values as say, Galaxy 2, especially in the area of soundtrack.
OceansAndrew
so is it possible to play virtual console games on the tablet controller, and does the wireless signal work through floors? So like, if the Wii U was upstairs, could i play Secret of mana on the tablet down in my room?
Swifthom
At the moment 'anything' that was on the original Wii will only work on the TV. I 'hope' they find a way to shift the view to the tablet, but it's not confirmed.
I really hope they do sort that
As for floor, not tried, but I was pleasantly surprised when I decided I needed a drink, took my tablet to the kitchen and carried on playing whilst the kettle boiled.
I only realized what i'd done 'after' I was back on the sofa, didn't occur to me at the time this was a momentous moment and something that was impossible before.
Gameplay SO immersive I don't have to pause to make a cup of tea
Mirby
yeah, wii software won't work with the tablet controller. it's basically the same as gamecube games being incompatible with the wiimote; they aren't programmed to utilize technology that didn't exist at the time of the game's creation. yeah i suppose there could be an update to support it, but then it wouldn't exactly be a wii game.
then again, they've been pulling games from the Wii VC (like all three DKC games) so maybe they're just updating and rereleasing for Wii U VC in a format that WILL support the tablet and the Pro controller.
Well, yesterdays' Nintendo Direct was a little of a let-down. Did the Pikmin 3 release get silently pushed? I was under the impression that it was going to be sometime in February, and now it's "Spring 2013".
Spring 2013 is February, March and April, so around then.
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I usually take spring to be April 1 through June 30, not January 30 through April 29. I think Pikmin 3 will take about 2 months longer you expect, ocre. Personally, I think it'll take until June (the last month of Q2, and if you ask me, the last month of spring.)
To Mirby: It's my understanding that it's too expensive to run servers for both Wii and Wii U, so it would make sense if they were just moving Wii Virtual Console games to the Wii U's VC.
Edited December 6, 2012 by GTAHater836
Spring is March 21st (equinox) to June 21st (solstice).
Let's stick to actual definitions, and not argue opinionated perception of the seasons, plz.
I think my confusion came in because before I heard "Q1 2013" and now it's "Spring 2013".
jnWake
Pikmin 3 will be released on the Wii U U or whatever the hell Nintendo comes up with next. F-Zero UU and Star Fox UU will be the other launch titles
If you stick something like Mother 4 on there, it might just be the worst selling Nintendo console of all time!
Hope is so low for Mother 4 that I can't even include it there
http://mother4.andonuts.net/
Not official, but looking pretty nice regardless.
Shigesato Itoi actually already said that if a Mother 4 game is made, he won't be involved with it. He said something about wanting to see the series made by someone else.
Don't wanna double-post, but I wanted to share this:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/05/wii-u-revolutionizes-social-gaming
Really awesome article. I personally don't care for trophies/achievements so I think that's why I like the Miiverse system. It's not annoying, and I actually use it of my own free will because it's as non-intrusive as it can get.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-12-07-nintendo-blocking-18-rated-wii-u-eshop-content-at-certain-times
Uuuuuuuuh huh
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nintendo-blames-german-laws-for-wii-u-adult-content-download-restrictions/0107854
That wasn't a bashing of the Wii-U, just pointing out something rather.... stupid.
So "night" is only four hours long in Germany? Not say, 8 P.M. to 5 A.M.? And given that I seriously doubt you can only go to a brick and mortar game store to buy Diablo III between 11 P.M. and 3 A.M., I think it's a rather moronic "law."
Edited December 10, 2012 by The Coop
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Raikkonen: Lack of payment forced me to leave Lotus
By Luke SmithSep 19, 2013, 2:45 PM EDT
Kimi Raikkonen has admitted that Lotus' current financial situation was the determinant factor in his decision to leave the team at the end of 2013 in favor of a move back to Ferrari.
The Finn was announced by the Scuderia last week as completing their line-up for 2014, joining Fernando Alonso in Maranello. Reports had suggested that a lack of pay had helped Raikkonen make up his mind, but the 2007 world champion has finally confirmed this in Friday's press conference for the Singapore Grand Prix.
"The reasons why I left from the team is purely on the money side," Raikkonen said. "They haven't got my salary so it's an unfortunate thing but like I said, I want to try and help the team as much as I can and I like to race."
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OU-Tulsa Study Shows Impact of COVID-19 on Local Families, Teachers
The OU-Tulsa Early Childhood Education Institute conducted a recent study of Tulsa-area first graders to understand how COVID-19 impacted the financial, physical and mental health of students, parents and teachers during the first three months of the pandemic.
The study, "Parents, Teachers, and Distance Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Snapshot from Tulsa, OK," reported that nearly half of responding parents lost their job or had hours cut, and 60% reported a decrease in household income. Additionally, 49% of families experienced food insecurity, with families of color reporting relatively higher levels of income loss and food insecurity according to the study.
"Responses from teachers and parents in this study indicate some clear wins along with many struggles during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic," said Sherri Castle, assistant director of research at the ECEI, Oklahoma's only early childhood institute focused on equity in early childhood. "Schools were successful in distributing devices to many students and in providing abundant opportunities for accessing meals. However, despite these provisions, many families still struggled with food insecurity, internet access and other household stressors. Importantly, structural inequities that are rampant in society were illustrated in these data as well."
While one in four parents reported experiencing symptoms of depression since the beginning of the pandemic, food-insecure parents were twice as likely to experience depression. Nearly half of parents – 46% – reported increased emotional or behavioral problems in their children.
In response to these findings, Diane Horm, director of the ECEI and George Kaiser Family Foundation Endowed Chair of Early Childhood Education at OU-Tulsa noted that these findings are worrisome.
"Our study's families' pervasive reports of food insecurity and depressive symptoms are cause for concern," she said. "The accumulation of these and related stress factors have been shown in previous research to hamper positive parenting. The parental reports of increased emotional and behavioral problems in their children likely reflect increased stress for both the children and their parents."
Teachers also struggled with many of the same issues as the parents.
One in five teachers reported food insecurity, while one-fourth of them experienced depressive symptoms. Nearly half of those teachers reporting food insecurity also reported feeling depressed.
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The Manila Times – Time to change our laws on election protests
By Antonio P. Contreras | The Manila Times
SEN. Imee Marcos, chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms, should begin the process to change the laws covering election protests. It's about time we overhauled a system that favors the commission of election fraud, which is treated as an administrative matter requiring a mere administrative procedure instead of court proceedings with penal consequences.
It is simply a travesty that electoral protests take a long time to settle, and that they impose an enormous financial burden on protesting candidates. We have seen real winners proclaimed just months or weeks, even days, before the terms of office of the post they are contesting expire. There are even cases in which the terms have expired but the controversy had yet to be settled. In effect, we have a system that is stacked against a protestant, structured in a way that, if one were to apply game theory, it pays to win by cheating since the chances of being unseated is lower.
What makes this equation more favorable to cheating candidates is the fact that under our laws there is no penalty for someone who is proven to have cheated. There is no prison term, no fines and no serious consequences such as perpetual disqualification from holding public office. Cheating candidates are not even required to return the salaries and benefits that they received while occupying a post they are eventually proven not to have deserved. And their names will not even be expunged from the roll of persons holding such position.
It's about time we hold automatic recounts when the margins are below a certain threshold. Machine recounts, where ballots are again fed into the vote counting machines, should be mandatory when the margin is less than 2 percent of the votes cast. A manual recount should be automatic when the margin is less than 1 percent. And this should be done without any petition filed, and should at the state's expense. Any petition for recount for higher margins, however, can be filed but with the petitioner paying for the cost. This process of ballot recount can be considered an administrative procedure and can be handled by the Commission on Elections and the electoral tribunals, for which no punitive consequence is imposed on the candidate and the party that benefited from a flawed ballot count.
However, considering the fact that election fraud goes beyond the ballot, and would therefore not be revealed by a machine or manual recount, it is important to have another venue by which the integrity of our elections can be protected. Filing cases of vote buying, ballot box and ballot tampering, pre-shading of ballots, and electronic tampering of the automated election system, in addition to those acts now treated as violation of election laws, should be an option that should be given losing candidates. This can be filed as a separate action from a mere recounting of ballots, and should be treated as a criminal case handled by special election courts.
In this way, a cheating candidate who engages in electronic manipulation, or in a massive pre-shading of ballots operation, will not be allowed to get away with the crime. Thus, they can no longer exploit the outdated system of relying mainly on ballot recounts for settling election-related cases.
What would be more important in this system is that cheating candidate will now be held accountable for his actions, or for benefiting from illegal acts. At present, elected officials have been unseated for violating election laws such as exceeding the allowed expenses set by law, or by not having the qualifications. But what the system provides is that these candidates are not criminally penalized, and they are allowed to run again in the next election cycle. Furthermore, the vacated seat is given to the next in the line of succession, and not to the candidate with the next highest votes.
It's about time we change this system. The cheating candidate should be perpetually disqualified from holding public office, and should be fined and/or imprisoned. Those who enabled or participated in the cheating should be punished, and if these are incumbent officials, then they should also suffer the penalty of perpetual disqualification from holding public office. In Thailand, the leaders of a political party found to have engaged in an election offense are also penalized. We need to adopt a similar policy.
And since the offense was committed during the elections, and denied the people their rightful leaders, it is but just that the system should not award the vacated seats to the next in line, or call for an election to fill the vacancy. It is only fair that the seat should be given to the person who garnered the next highest number of votes.
Thus, we would be spared from a system where ballot tampering happens, or elections are not actually held and instead the ballot boxes are filled with pre-shaded ballots, or that massive vote buying, or voter intimidation occur. These are things that will never be caught or detected by a mere ballot recount. After all, the machine or manual recounts will still count ballots, even if these are products of fraudulent acts.
Electoral tribunals are not mandated to address the criminal aspect of election controversies. Hence, there is a need to create special election courts since the determination of the existence of election fraud, unlike a recount, is not a mechanical, administrative matter. It would be evidentiary in nature, and would require the presentation and testimony of witnesses and experts.
Many have been pushing for the reinstatement of the death penalty for heinous crimes. We are having debates on lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility. If there is one act that should warrant our collective disgust, it should be election fraud since it assaults the very core of our political community.
Manila Standard – The Marcos-Robredo electoral protest
The Manila Times – Hybrid election system heats up


I've retaken possession of my DJR badged 'Dave Russell' which has been kept in my parents garage for the last 20years.
Short of needing a good service and the replacement of a few perished parts, the dry storage has kept it quite healthy.
However I have a niggling feeling about it's authenticity, and wondered if there is a register of Dave Russell frame serial numbers, or if the sequencing/ length of numbers is in keeping with known genuine examples.
The serial number is 48788, and here's a shot of the bike straight out of storage.
Looking at the bike in this thread - viewtopic.php?f=12&t=390717 - which has the same transfers as yours I would say that it is also a 'Twyford' Dave Russell. According to the entry on Classic Lightweights, Dave used the customers' initials as part of the number but neither of mine do. Mind you, one was built for Harrogate Show but the other was built for me - but neither was built by Dave himself. Dave's son was involved with the after effects of Dave's passing but whether or not there was a frame number listing I've no idea. Where did you get yours from? I'm assuming that, as you're asking this question, you didn't buy it new from Dave?
It should clean up OK - and well worth doing I reckon.
Thanks Old Ned, the bike in the thread link you have provided could almost be a sister bike to mine!
As I recall, mine came from the Twyford shop - though carries a Slough reference on the diamond shaped head tube decal (not the swan logo). The components are of similar age i.e. very late 80's, early 90's, and I have evidence of the bike in use in '92/'93.
My doubts on authenticity arise because neither I or my brother can remember buying the bike new, and we were going through quite a few back then. Also, we had a frame repaired by Dave and resprayed and we can't recall if that was this one or another (since sold on). The fact that this frame doesn't carry the typical custom build serial numbers of initials and 4 digits, but strikes a considerable resemblance to the bike in the other thread would lead me to believe it is one of his 'off the peg' builds.
I used to hang about his shop a bit in the late 80s. My recollection is that "DJR" branding does indeed mean off the peg, and "Dave Russell" stickers means custom made, so that fits with your thoughts on the serial number.


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Montgomery, Ala. – June 21, 2018 – South Carolina-based RePower South (RPS) has reached an agreement with the City of Montgomery, Ala. to operate the City's state-of-the-art Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). RPS will invest $12 million in the newly named City of Montgomery Recycling and Recovery Facility. RePower South has partnered with Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) and Loesche Energy Systems to revamp the existing recycling system to also produce a low carbon renewable fuel that will be sold to industry, cement, and utility customers to replace coal in the production process.
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In the same City Release, Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange said: "We call our city the Capital of Dreams, and today is yet another milestone fulfilling that promise. Our agreement with RePower South will again enable Montgomery residents to actively participate in enhancing the sustainable practices of our city, reducing the amount of trash that goes into our landfills while simultaneously enhancing economic development and job creation. Today's announcement is a win for Montgomery."
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RePower South (RPS) is an advanced recycling, recovery and renewable energy company, helping transform communities toward a sustainable waste and energy future. We recover recyclable materials from the waste stream typically landfilled and further extract non-recyclable papers and plastics to manufacture a low carbon, renewable fuel to replace coal. Repower South holds an exclusive regional license from Accordant Energy, LLC for the development, manufacture and sale of ReEngineered Feedstock fuel, an EPA determined non-hazardous secondary material. RePower South increases community recycling, diversion from landfill, and use of clean energy.
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Headquartered in Eugene, OR, BHS is a worldwide leader in the innovative design, engineering, manufacturing and installation of sorting systems and components for the solid waste, recycling, waste-to-energy, and construction and demolition industries. Wholly-owned subsidiaries include Nihot (Amsterdam), NRT (Nashville, TN) and Zero Waste Energy (Lafayette, CA). BHS is also the home of Max-AI® technology, a breakthrough artificial intelligence that identifies materials, makes intelligent decisions and directs equipment such as robotic sorters. Clients around the globe choose BHS because of its experience, dedication to cutting-edge technology, quality construction and durability, and unmatched customer service. BHS has built some of the largest and most durable MRFs in the world – and they are achieving the highest throughput, recovery, and purity rates in the industry.


Kansas is big. So very, very big. It takes a long, long time to drive I-70 all the way across the Sunflower State.
And somehow I ended up doing that twice in 2017, first in April and again in August.
You can see pictures from far western Kansas here, and from central Kansas here.
Now hear all the audio from both trips, new in the markets we dubbed Colby-Goodland KS, Great Bend-Hays KS, Salina-Manhattan KS and Topeka KS – most of them getting their first updates since Greg Coniglio rolled through way, way back in 1995.


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Yesterday I finished hooking up my duct collector and installed the "cross cut extension" on my table saw. I made some test cuts on the saw, jointed a board and ran it through the planer. The planer is leaving a funny mark on the board – at first I thought it was a nick in the blade, but it always happens in the same spot on the board regardless of where it's run through the planer. I'm going to assume it's just something weird in the wood for now. I'll take some pictures later this morning once I clean up and haul yet another load of junk to the dump.
While I'm having coffee I started figuring out my tool cabinet. I have an initial mock up, now I need to more closely measure my tools and refine this a little more. Overall Dimensions are 48″ tall x 52″ wide x 14″ deep. The depth is completly driven by fitting my Stanley #8 on a 60 degree ramped till. I'd like to have it be a little shallower, I'll check my till layout to see if I can improve that. I'd bet I can lose at least an inch in depth and be OK — but I need to make sure I have enough depth for the moulding and joinery planes. I don't think any of those are more than about 10″, but I'll double check.
I also need to look at my tools and decide what I can put in the drawers. Maybe a drawer with my most common layout tools? Then I can take the whole drawer to the bench as a tool tray? Maybe a drawer for my auger bits. Should I store fasteners here? Cut nails and screws? Biscuits and dowels? Lions and tigers and bears? Oh My.
My thinking right now is that the doors will be about 2″ deep and have hangers to hold chisels, gouges, spokeshaves and larger layout tools.
More research and planning to do, but this looks workable and it should hold all of my hand tools with room to spare.
First off, I need some kind of out-feed support for the table saw. I don't want to waste a lot of floor space there, so probably a fold-down support will be the ticket. If I can buy one that's probably the best option. I don't want to waste a lot of time on that – I am so busy with work and family that I don't get much time in the shop as it is.
I also need to build some storage for hand-held power tools and table saw accessories like extra blades and fixtures. My current thinking is that I'll put that under the side right side table extension.
Finally, I'll need to set up some sort of router table. I used to have a really fancy router cabinet setup based on the Jointech fence and their cabinet design. It was pretty handy in that it had storage for bits and fixtures, everything had a home. I bought the Jointech setup because at the time I couldn't imagine making dovetails by hand. The cabinet was a fun project, MDF screwed together with red formica and Oak banding (the picture isn't the one I built, but mine looked just like this). The problem is that it took up floor space and I was constantly moving it out of the way. I don't need (or want) anything this elaborate, but I do want a router table setup of some sort. Mostly for pattern routing parts, but I'm sure I'll use it to do some joinery or edge work too.
Ideally I'll try to combine a couple of these needs together. For example, the out-feed table could be on wheels and incorporate a router table and fence. Or storage cabinet under the table saw extension could be on wheels and double as a router table. Lots to think about.
Time for another cup of coffee and then I'll get out to the shop.
As I'm coming down the home stretch on getting my new shop space operational I'm thinking about projects I want to start, and details I want to improve to make my new space more efficient.
My current "system" for organizing my hand tools is a pair of roll-around utility carts. It's not ideal, but is a huge improvement over my previous "system". Which was, to have them piled on my welding bench, until I needed to weld something. Then I would move them all onto my bandsaw, until I needed to cut something, when I would move them back. Downsides of the roll-around carts are they waste floor space and catch dust. It's also just a glorified (albeit mobile) pile.
I had planned to build a Schrawzian tool chest to store my hand tools — and I probably will still build one just for fun. There are two downsides, for me, to the Anarchist's Tool Chest: The first is that it takes up floor space which I never seem to have enough of — and I do have available wall space in the new shop. The second downside to the traditional tool chest is self-inflicted. I don't think it will hold all of my tools. It's my fault because I have more tools than is perhaps necessary. No one needs one of every size Stanley plane, but I like tools and don't want to get rid of any just to fit everything into a tool chest. My bad.
First, I need to fit any design into my available wall space. In particular, the cabinets need to be located near my workbench, which is going to be along the back wall where the generator and blacksmithing power hammer currently live. I also need to build a doghouse for the generator so it can live outside, but that's another story. I have a good 50″ width to the right of the window — even allowing for trimming out the window — by 48″ tall (or more). Just guessing, that's way more space than I need for my planes. In fact, I could probably fit my planes, saws and chisels all in that space. I also have room to the left of the window for a 24″ wide cabinet, with space to spare, between the outlet and the dust collector.
Second, I need to make the design fit the tools I need to store. I've looked at a number of tool cabinets that are beautiful, but when you open them the tools don't really fit nicely. Either it's crammed, or sparsely filled or just inefficiently used. To my eye a tool cabinet needs to look full and make good use of space. The tools need to fit in neatly. Here are the planes I've accumulated, I also have a dozen or so moulding planes. And, this will surprise you, I plan to add more. I've got a few odd hollow and round planes that I've picked up piecemeal. They need to be sharpened (some need to be re-ground because the blade doesn't match the profile). I'd like to get a proper set (well, matched and ready to go half set).
Just eyeballing this, it looks like the planes and saws will fit comfortably in the space to the right of the window, even if all I do is a simple open till. I need to als fit in my chisels, layout tools and other odds and ends.
Which brings me to design and construction. Designs can range from (relatively) simple open tills like this.
To Fancy cabinets, which is my inclination.
I like the style on this one, but the way it's set up for storage isn't adequate. I'm not sure having a lot of drawers is the right thing for me either. Drawers tend to accumulate junk.
I like the "ramped" plane till in this one, as well as the galley for smaller planes below. But look on top — tools that don't fit.
The last consideration is material and construction techniques. I like the idea of a case with lots of nice had work details made out of solid wood. But at the same time, I want to move on to other projects beyond setting up the shop. Planks or Plywood? I need to think on that one some more.