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"Only 49% of the production made it into the 2010 Mouton Rothschild, which has a strikingly beautiful label by Jeffrey Koons. This is a truly great...
Pavie Macquin 1994, 750ml
"The 1994 Pavie-Macquin is a backward, yet promising star of the vintage. The saturated ruby/purple color is followed by sweet aromas of black-cher...
Margaux 2010, 750ml
"The 2010 is a brilliant Chateau Margaux, as one might expect in this vintage. The percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the final blend hit 90%, the...
"The 2016 Mouton Rothschild is a blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, with the Cabernet Franc and Pe...
"Made from a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot and 4% Petit Verdot, this spectacular 2003 hits all the sweet spots on the palate. A glor...
Mouton 2005, 750ml [wine stained label]
"The 2005 Mouton Rothschild (85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc) has a sensational nose of crème de cassis and incense as wel...
Le Dome 2015, 750ml
"Composed of 80% Cabernet Franc and 20% Merlot, the deep garnet-purple colored 2015 Le Dome has a drop dead gorgeous perfume of violets, black fore...
Latour 2000, 750ml
"The 2000 Latour (a relatively abundant 14,000 cases compared to what they produced in 2009, 2008, or 2005) is "packed and stacked." The extremely ...
"The 1987 would appear to be a sure bet for the wine of the vintage. It remains the most complete and backward 1987 Medoc, with at least 10-15 year...
"After less than persuasive performances in two potentially great years, 1989 and 1990, Mouton-Rothschild appears to have settled down, producing f...
"This wine remains one of the legends of Bordeaux. It has thrown off the backward, youthful style that existed during its first 25 years of life, a...
"Tasted from magnum and presented by Baron Philippe Sereys de Rothschild, the 1989 Château Mouton-Rothschild might not reach the ethereal heights o...
"I had this wine both in Seoul, Korea in February, and from my cellar in December, 2008, and it was remarkable how identical the wines smelled and ...
"The 2015 Chateau Margaux is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Medium garnet-purple colored, th...
"The 2005 Latour (87% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Merlot and Petit Verdot) is a spectacular effort from Château Latour. It has an inky plum/pur...
"After stumbling over some wines I thought were high class Bordeaux, I nailed this wine in one of the blind tastings for this article. In most tast...
Haut Brion 2012, 750ml
"The 2012 Haut Brion (65% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc) is certainly one of the candidates for the wine of the vintage, with a...
Petrus 2012, 750ml
"One of the stars of the vintage, the wine (100% Merlot) has exceptional concentration, stunning purity, an inky purple color and a broad, expansiv...
Lafite 1986, 750ml
"The 1986 possesses outstanding richness, a deep color, medium body, a graceful, harmonious texture, and superb length. The penetrating fragrance ...
"The 2009 Mouton-Rothschild is as concentrated as the 2010, but it presents itself in a more consumer-friendly, seductive style. Opulently textured...
"The 2014 Haut Brion is a blend of 50% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc and 39% Cabernet Sauvignon picked between 11 September and 10 October, cropped at...
"The last time I tasted the 1996 Mouton Rothschild (maybe a couple of years ago?), I recall it was a bit broody and closed. This showing was anythi...
Cheval Blanc 2000, 750ml
"This closed, backward blend of 53% Merlot and 47% Cabernet Franc boasts a saturated purple color along with a reticent but striking bouquet of bla...
Belair Monange 2015, 750ml
"This perhaps somewhat controversial marriage between the estates of Chateau Belair and Chateau Magdelaine—both Premier Grand Cru Classé Saint-Emil...
Gruaud Larose 1982, 750ml
"A massive wine that is clearly of first-growth quality in this vintage, the 1982 Gruaud Larose remains a youngster. A broodingly dense, thick, unc...
"This is an interesting as well as great vintage for Latour. As indicated in my barrel tasting report, Latour's 1994 possesses an atypically high p...
"Tasted three times since bottling, the 1996 Lafite-Rothschild is unquestionably this renowned estate's greatest wine. As I indicated last year, on...
"What a blockbuster effort! Atypically powerful, one day, the 2009 Haut-Brion may be considered to be the 21st century version of the 1959. It is a...
Beausejour Duffau-Lagarsosse 2009, 750ml
"This big wine (nearly 15% natural alcohol) is a blend of 77% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon. It boasts an opaque blue/purple...
La Mission Haut Brion 2000, 750ml
"One of the wines of the vintage, the 2000 has barely budged in its evolution since it was bottled and released in 2002. After ten years in bottle,...
Ausone 2000, 750ml
"Two bottles were badly corked, which is certainly a scary situation for a wine where only 1,000 or so cases were produced. However, a third bottl...
"Haut-Brion's 2001, which was bottled late (the end of September, 2003), possesses an unmistakable nobility as well as a burgeoning complexity. Plu...
"As for the 2010 Haut-Brion, it does not have the power of Latour's 2010 or the intense lead pencil shavings and chocolaty component of Lafite-Roth...
Montrose 1990, 750ml
"The final blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc was harvested between September 14 and October 3. The spring was cold,...
"Since I gave this wine a perfect score, I suppose some could see this as a downgrade. I found everything still there for a perfect rating, but I w...
Leoville Barton 2010, 750ml
"A splendid showing, much stronger from bottle than it was from barrel, the Leoville Barton is one of the spectacular wines of the vintage. Inky pu...
"The main reason the 2009 Lafite Rothschild did not receive a perfect score is because the wine has closed down slightly, but it is unquestionably ...
"The 1996 Chateau Margaux, a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc, must be a strong contender for win...
L'Eglise Clinet, Pomerol 2010, 750ml
"Deep garnet colored, the 2010 L'Eglise Clinet begins unassumingly with gentle notions of fragrant dried flowers and wild sage leading to savory nu...
Deep garnet colored, the 2009 Latour is unashamedly youthful with bold blackcurrants, black cherries and warm plums notes plus nuances of cedar che...
"As for the 2012 La Mission Haut Brion, this wine (41% of the total production) continues to perform as it has for nearly a century. At first-growt...
L'Evangile 1982, 750ml
"A blockbuster, dark plum/garnet-colored wine, the 1982 L'Evangile reveals a decadent, extravagantly rich nose of caramelized fruit, plum, licorice...
Haut Brion 1989, 750ml [nicked capsule]
"This continues to be one of the immortal wines and one of the greatest young Bordeaux wines of the last half-century. Consistently prodigious and ...
"A candidate for the -wine of the vintage,- the 2008 should have been purchased before it began to soar in value because of the significance of the...
"The 1988 Chateau Margaux is a wine that was always overshadowed by the succeeding pair of vintages and like many 1988s, appeared rather conservati...
"Absolutely compelling in two tastings of this vintage, the 2000 Margaux is composed of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Merlot. The extraordinary se...
"This is a denser version of the 1990 that stylistically reminds me of what the young 1959 probably tasted like. Still backward with a deep ruby/pl...


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Ashworth Elementary celebrates International Day of Peace
Fills front lawn with Pinwheels for Peace
Arlington ISD > Ashworth Elementary celebrates International Day of Peace
Posted in District News on September 24, 2021
Ashworth Elementary celebrated International Day of Peace alongside members of the south Arlington community with decorative pinwheels and performances on the front lawn. The United Nations and countries around the world observe the day annually on Sept. 21 to encourage peace and non-violence.
Pinwheels for Peace was started in 2005 by two Florida art teachers who wanted to promote world peace at their school. Several years later in 2009, Ashworth picked up on it, and the school has been participating in the tradition ever since.
Hundreds of pinwheels were decorated in all shades of colors and intricate designs by the elementary students, and members of the Seguin High School Key Club went to their neighboring school to stick the pinwheels in the ground at 6 a.m.
"We want to make the world a better place through kindness, peace and acceptance of all people," said Ashworth principal Stacey Maddoux.
Police cars and fire trucks lined the front of the school with flashing lights as officers and firefighters stood in solidarity with students and staff.
Seguin's drumline also joined by providing upbeat tunes accompanied by principal Ray Borden and the Seguin Starline's jazzy dance moves throughout the event. To close out the program, Ashworth's sixth-grade choir gave an incredible performance.
"Our heart is to spread love and peace through art and music while coming together as one in the community," said art teacher Karen Piveral.
Administrators from the Arlington ISD Center for Visual and Performing Arts were also in attendance to show their support for the celebration of peace.
"The pinwheels the students have created are a reflection of what the district believes in – peace and unity," said Linh Nguyen, Arlington ISD assistant director of fine arts. "We couldn't think of a better way to recognize this special day, and we hope that more schools will begin to participate in the years to come."
APD officer Dale Horton has a personal connection to the event since his coworker Officer Jillian Smith, a former Ashworth student, was killed in the line of duty while protecting a child.
"Her sacrifice while serving the community was not in vain and that's exactly what Pinwheels for Peace represents," said Horton. "Our department will be here every year so the community knows we're standing with them for peace in our neighborhoods."
For more pictures from the event, please visit our Facebook page.

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from __future__ import absolute_import

import os.path

from ..job import ImageModelJob
from digits.utils import subclass, override

# NOTE: Increment this everytime the pickled object changes
PICKLE_VERSION = 1

@subclass
class ImageClassificationModelJob(ImageModelJob):
    """
    A Job that creates an image model for a classification network
    """

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        super(ImageClassificationModelJob, self).__init__(**kwargs)
        self.pickver_job_model_image_classification = PICKLE_VERSION

    @override
    def job_type(self):
        return 'Image Classification Model'

    @override
    def download_files(self, epoch=-1):
        task = self.train_task()

        snapshot_filename = None
        if epoch == -1 and len(task.snapshots):
            epoch = task.snapshots[-1][1]
            snapshot_filename = task.snapshots[-1][0]
        else:
            for f, e in task.snapshots:
                if e == epoch:
                    snapshot_filename = f
                    break
        if not snapshot_filename:
            raise ValueError('Invalid epoch')

        # get model files
        model_files = task.get_model_files()
        download_files = [(self.path(filename), os.path.basename(filename))
                          for filename in model_files.values()]

        # add other files
        download_files.extend([
            (task.dataset.path(task.dataset.labels_file),
                    os.path.basename(task.dataset.labels_file)),
                (task.dataset.path(task.dataset.get_mean_file()),
                    os.path.basename(task.dataset.get_mean_file())),
                (snapshot_filename,
                    os.path.basename(snapshot_filename)),
            ])

        return download_files

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I've only seen part of this flick, but there's some song I'd like to know the title of being played toward the end of when Madonna and that dude are on the island and they're laying around all over each other. It's some woman singing. I checked the soundtrack listing on amazon.com but that's mainly just the score. Anyone know what song I'm talking about?


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The art of marble-carving is an expression of the cultural identity of Tinos. Marble craftspeople possess empirical knowledge of the composition and structure of marble-bearing rock, the properties of each kind of marble, and the manipulation of its veins. Marble-carving workshops produce a range of traditional motifs, patterns and symbols such as cypresses, flowers, birds and ships. These draw from and perpetuate a shared symbolic system of religious, magical and oral traditions. Motifs on buildings, road signs, churches and cemeteries ensure propitiation and deflect evil influences, while those engraved on everyday marble vessels and fanlights emphasize fertility and prosperity. Craftspeople sometimes form teams to carry out large projects and individual masters occasionally work alone undertaking minor commissions. Transmission follows longstanding traditions. Workshop apprentices start with menial tasks, such as arranging the master's tools and cleaning the workshop, before graduating to learning the craft and drawing. Each master supervises and mentors one or two apprentices, usually family members. Once they complete their training and earn the title of master craftsperson, apprentices are presented with a small chest containing a set of tools. Almost one quarter are now women, representing a significant shift in the tradition of marble craftsmanship, which until recently was a male-only activity.
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Daughter's BF is getting a mex Strat for crissy, they both have smart phones and so I am sure there is a tuner app?
Any particular platform, or should we chose our own?
The Boss tuner app is quite good. Available for ios and Android. Also its free!
Mine's the Peterson iStroboSoft app, it is very good. There are various free tuners. I did have the TC app as well, but preferred using the Peterson one. It has the benefit of showing you which octave the note is on e.g. A4, which is very useful when tuning a guitar with all-new strings on, so you've got no other pitch reference.
I've stopped using my TC Polytune mini pedal as the individual tuning mode badly disagreed with the all-string mode, and it kept switching to all string mode when I was playing a single string.
TC PolyTune here too for (relatively) quick and simple but I use (and prefer) the Peterson iStroboSoft for ultimate accuracy. An acquired taste but once you have the knack it's more accurate than your guitar's tuning system.
I use the boss one but it's definitely just for back-up. Though to its credit, it does a half decent job on the upright bass, which a lot struggle with.
Cleartune is a good one, only a couple of quid and works really well.


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Metropole's 10 Films to Watch At the Viennale 2020
Cinema, Events, Top, Where to go / By Binu Starnegg
So far, 2020 has given Vienna's cinephiles little to smile about, with movie theaters shut down for months on end, this year's Diagonale Festival of Austrian films cancelled and Vienna Shorts moved online – to say nothing of the near total stop put on film production.
But a silver lining is on the horizon – shimmering all the more for our fear of losing it: The Viennale, Austria's largest film festival is going forward today, with its signature mix of local and international features, shorts and documentaries, as well as a special program honoring the late German filmmaker and enfant terrible Christoph Schlingensief and even several films salvaged from this spring's Diagonale. The usual festival center at the MQ may be closed due to COVID-19, but with five additional cinemas – Admiralkino, Blicklekino im Belvedere21, Filmcasino, Le Studio and Votivkino – to aid in social distancing and a comprehensive safety plan in place, moviegoers are in for a treat. Here are METROPOLE's 10 picks for the 58th Viennale:
10. Le Sel des Larmes (The Salt of Tears)
Philippe Garrel(France/Switzerland) 2019; French with English Subtitles. Oct 24, 20:30, Votiv; Oct 25, 20:30, Admiral; Oct 30, 23:00, Gartenbau; Oct 31, 17:30, Gartenbau; Nov 1, 18:00, Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus
Fitting seamlessly into his nouvelle vague background, veteran French director Philippe Garrel's latest relationship drama explores the tribulations of a young carpenter who travels to Paris for a few days, falls in love with three women and is eventually torn asunder by the consequences of his actions.
Siberia/(C) Viennale
9. Siberia
Abel Ferrara (Italy/Germany/Mexico) 2020; English with German subtitles. Oct 26, 14:30 & Oct 27, 20:30, Gartenbaukino; Oct 31, 18:30, Urania
Inspired by Carl Jung's Red Book and starring frequent collaborator Willem Dafoe, celebrated American director Abel Ferrara embarks on a feverish, 92-minute sojourn into dreams, beginning in a decrepit bar in Siberia and escalating into visually powerful, highly symbolic explorations on family, regret, desire and life in general. Director Abel Ferrara will attend the screening.
(C) Filmgalerie 451
8. Schlingensief – In das Schweigen hineinschreien
(Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence)
Bettina Böhler (Germany) 2020; German with English Subtitles. Oct 23, 17:15, Gartenbaukino & Oct 25, 12:30, Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus
Gone far too soon after succumbing to lung cancer in 2010 at age 49, German filmmaker, theater director, and all-around agent provocateur Christoph Schlingensief endures as one of the most visible and divisive artists of the early 2000s. If you missed him, Bettina Böhler's thoughtful cinematic portrait is a good place to start: featuring only the voice of the artist himself, it showcases his career from Bürgerschreck to national treasure, outlining his love-hate relationship with Germany and bourgeois values.
Director Bettina Böhler and producers Irene von Alberti and Frieder Schlaich will attend the screening.
7. Aufzeichnungen aus der Unterwelt (Notes From the Underworld)
Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel (Austria) 2020;Viennese with English subtitles. Oct 23, 20:30, Gartenbau; Oct 24, 20:45, Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus; Oct 25, 14:30, Gartenbau; Oct 29, 20:30, Votiv; Nov 1, 18:00, Admiral
Drawing from the not-so-distant past, Austrian directors Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel take on the seedy underbelly of 1960s Vienna in this series of interviews with the retired Heurigen musician Kurt Girk and his friend, the infamous gangland figure Alois Schmutzer – both put away for involvement in illegal gambling and prostitution. A look at a rapidly-disappearing part of the city's history. The directors will attend the screening.
Mainstream/(C) Viennale
6. Mainstream
Gia Coppola (USA) 2020; In English. Oct 27, 21:00, Urania; Oct 28, 23:00, Gartenbau; Oct 30, 11:00, Urania; Nov 1, 11:30, Gartenbau
After turning heads with her directorial feature debut Palo Alto in 2013, director (and granddaughter of Francis Ford) Gia Coppola takes on social media and public/private personas in this scathing satire featuring Andrew Garfield as an over-the-top guru who achieves internet stardom and unprecedented influence via a series of Youtube videos.
Epicentro, Hubert Sauper, …Österreich/Frankreich/USA 2020, V'20, Features
5. Epicentro
Hubert Sauper (Austria/France) 2020; in Spanish with German or English subtitles. Oct 25, 17:30, Gartenbau (German); Oct 26, 15:15, Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus (German); Oct 27, 11:00, Urania (English)
Academy-award nominated documentary filmmaker Hubert Sauper (Darwin's Nightmare) captures contemporary Cuba at a pivotal time, picking up the many clichés, contradictions, hopes and dreams of an island caught between the great revolutionary experiment, emerging mass tourism and dreams of Florida and Disneyland. The director and several crew members will attend.
(C) Viennale
4. First Cow
Kelly Reichardt (USA) 2019; In English. Oct 24, 23:00, Gartenbau; Oct 26, 20:30, Gartenbau; Oct 28, 15:30, Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus; Oct 30, 18:30, Urania; Oct 31, 18:00, Filmcasino
One of American independent cinema's most prominent filmmakers, Kelly Reichardt offers a quiet and visually stunning meditation on friendship and the American Dream: Set in 1820s Oregon, the down-on-their-luck pioneers Cookie and King-Lu start their own biscuit-baking business, by stealing milk from the only cow in the territory.
3. Sheytan Vojud Nadarad
(There is No Evil)
Mohammad Rasoulof (Germany/Czechia/Iran) 2020; Farsi with German or English Subtitles. Oct 24, 21:30, Urania (German); Oct 28, 20:30, Votiv (German); Oct 30, 11:30, Gartenbau (English); Oct 31, 17:30, Blickle
Winner of the Golden Bear at this year's Berlinale film festival, dissident filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has crafted a stark appeal against the death penalty by showing its far-reaching implications within Iranian society through four standalone stories – particularly compulsory military service, which sometimes includes aiding in executions.
2. Kajillionaire
Miranda July (USA) 2020; English with German Subtitles. Oct 26, 21:15, Urania; Oct 28, 13:00, Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus; Oct 29, 18:00, Filmcasino; Oct 31, 23:00, Gartenbau; Nov 1, 16:00, Urania
Quirky and emotionally complex, American multi-talent Miranda July's low-stakes heist comedy follows a family of grifters and con-artists around Los Angeles on their decidedly unglamorous schemes, exploring family and intimacy with an excellent cast featuring Evan Rachel Wood, Richard Jenkins, Debra Winger and Gina Rodriguez.
1. Druk (Another Round)
Thomas Vinterberg (Denmark) 2020;Danish with German or English subtitles. Oct 23, 14:30, Gartenbau (English); Oct 25, 23:15, Gartenbau (German); Oct 29, 6:30, Gartenbau (German); Oct 30, 18:00 (English), Admiral; Nov 1, 18:00, Votiv (German)
Best known for co-founding the minimalist Dogme 95 movement and making its first film, Festen (The Celebration), Danish director Thomas Vinterberg revisits the little white lies the bourgeoisie like to tell themselves in this comedy about a group of male friends that seek to escape the monotony of their lives by keeping their blood alcohol levels consistently at 0.05% to measure the social and professional effects of being constantly buzzed. Initially highly successful, their "experiment" predictably goes off the rails, creating a darkly hilarious take on humanity's favorite drug, starring a brilliant Mads Mikkelsen – magnetic even when absolutely hammered.
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by Chris Bertram on May 29, 2004
I just read "a particularly egregious column from Jonah Goldberg":http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,482-1126901,00.html in the London Times. The Times is only freely available to people within the UK, so I thought I'd surf over to the National Review Online to see if the content was also posted there. I didn't find the Times piece, but I did happen upon "Goldberg's take on the Instapundit-Yglesias spat":http://www.nationalreview.com/thecorner/04_05_23_corner-archive.asp#032783 which concludes:
bq. Yglesias would improve his arguments if he stopped his recent habit of increasingly asserting bad motives on anyone he disagrees with.
Back to the Times, where Goldberg begins thusly a column aimed at critics of the administration's Iraq policies in general and Anthony Zinni in particular:
bq. HERE we go again. It is time to blame the Jews. That seems to be this month's explanation for the Iraq war. Obviously, this is hardly a new idea on either side of the Atlantic, particularly for readers of, say, The Guardian or Le Monde. But in America, the emphasis on the theory has reached almost French proportions
"[A]sserting bad motives on anyone he disagrees with" ?
nick 05.29.04 at 11:45 am
Goldberg is truly the last person to be offering instruction on how to improve one's arguments.
Barry 05.29.04 at 12:39 pm
Whenever the right accuses the left of anything, it almost always means that the right is doing it several times as much. With the only exceptions being if the right hasn't had a chance of doing it themselves yet.
It seems to be a requirement of that psychology.
antirealist 05.29.04 at 12:49 pm
Fabula.
John Isbell 05.29.04 at 12:56 pm
Goldberg has asserted that his mode of argument allows space for two propositions which contradict each other. Are you asserting that this instance of that phenomenon indicates hypocrisy on his part? That, surely, would be imputing bad motives, and we know how much Goldberg disapproves of that tendency; except when he doesn't.
You'll have to get up pretty early to catch old Goldberg out, though he has yet to state that his moode of argument does not require a basis in reality, and I think we've got him on that one. Reel him in.
q 05.29.04 at 1:10 pm
Chris-
In the interests of fairness to all concerned, we need to stay on topic. I will reprint Matthew's first and last paragraphs of his column to try and get a sense of where he is going:
_Take a look at the morning paper nowadays and it's clear that America has a lot of enemies. Two or three different brands of insurgency are operating in Iraq. North Korea has nuclear weapons and Pakistan is selling them. Our former best friend in Baghdad turns out to be an American spy. Al Qaeda, of course, is still out there. All this notwithstanding, some commentators on the right seem to have decided that the real enemies aren't the ones they read about it the papers, but the people who write them._
_The image of an "unpatriotic" press hell-bent on wrecking Bush's war couldn't be further from the truth. Indeed, we got into this mess in no small part because of the media's reluctance to apply a proper degree of scrutiny to the administration's claims about weapons of mass destruction and the likely postwar situation. With the original rationale for war long since having bitten the dust, we've now shifted to a campaign designed to bring American freedoms to Iraq. It's a campaign that will likely fail, not because it's being undermined by a hostile media, but because the president has steadfastly refused to commit the resources necessary to achieve his grandiose vision. As if the consequences of the fateful mismanagement of the war weren't bad enough, we now face that prospect of losing the very liberties we set out to spread._
And now the same for Jonah GoldBerg on the website:
_Matt Yglesias employs an odd new version of argument ad Hitlerum in a column for the advocacy group the Center for American Progress titled "The Return of the 'Stab in the Back.'" He says the critics of the press's one-sided coverage of American setbacks in Iraq are laying the groundwork for "a new version of the 'stab in the back' myth that helped destroy Weimar Germany"_
_Yglesias offers some other strange points in his essay, including his suggestion that it was the press' excess of patriotic fervor which drove the faulty coverage leading up to the war. But it's his — granted, novel — invocation of the "our enemies are Nazis" nonsense that is so disappointing and perhaps revealing. At least the Vietnam analogy, so flawed in so many ways, would be far more apt here. Yes, many of us are blaming the media for a host of transgressions. But we are not plotting a Nazi coup and Yglesias would improve his arguments if he stopped his recent habit of increasingly asserting bad motives on anyone he disagrees with._
I would summarise
MY as: "Shooting the messenger" is becoming dangerously fashionable,
JG as: Current "shooters" are unlike the Nazis.
If you have ever had to deal with a bully who believes in fascism (with a small f), you will agree that both positions at the moment are equally plausible.
Intellectual bullying takes many forms, insinuation is one.
Maybe Instapundit insinuates that people pointing out government flaws should be silent?
Maybe Matthew insinuates that Instapundit is on the road to being like a fascist.
Jonah picks up Matthew for making insinuations but not Instapundit. I can find no explanation for this discrepancy. Instapundit "ably" defends, while Matthew has a bad "habit".
So it would appear that if Instapundit and Matthew are guilty of being dishonourable in debate, Jonah is applying an analysis, which without further evidence is often known as PREJUDICE or BIAS.
nick 05.29.04 at 1:35 pm
q: you could have avoiding wasting that effort on such a facile argument by summarising thus: 'Jonah Goldberg attempts to defend Reynolds' silly, hypocritical position with something even sillier and more hypocritical.'
What, exactly is strange about MY's argument? The press gave Bush a free pass, and helped create a climate that both fuelled and was fuelled by the right-wing pundit class; now that the press deigns to report the facts on the ground, said right-wing pundits speak of a media conspiracy to undermine the war effort, and talk in not very veiled terms of violence and sedition charges.
And Goldberg, like Reynolds, castigates Yglesias for asserting bad motives on those he disagrees with? Fucking priceless. I recommed a strong dose of Matthew 7:3-5.
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I don't know enough about Reynolds to accuse him of being hypocritical. Just because you threaten government critics does not make you hypocritical, merely authoritarian, and liable to accusations of fascism. Maybe Reynolds thinks fascism is a good idea!
Your quotes from Matthew-7 are superb especially "Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?". Makes you realise why the book was such a bestseller!
liberal japonicus 05.29.04 at 2:14 pm
Goldberg is truly the last person to be offering instruction on how to improve one's arguments.
Gee, I dunno, he seems to embody a multitude of faults, so he can certainly speak from experience
Matt McGrattan 05.29.04 at 2:27 pm
If I had a pound for every time some right-wing American trots out the 'anti-Semitic' Old Europe line I'd have… quite a few pounds.
It's a ludicrous charge advocated by people who clearly have little idea knowledge of what they are talking about.
The Guardian is hardly a bastion of rampant anti-Semitism and nor are its readers. At worst a couple of shameful 'diary' columns by Richard Ingrams have trod very close to the anti-Semitic line.
I can't speak for Le Monde as I'm not a Le Monde reader.
It IS true that some of the Guardian columnists are vocal opponents of current Israeli policy. It's equally true that other columnists are supporters of Israeli policy.
Big deal… as has been repeated so many times it's boring, criticism of current Likud-driven policies in the West Bank and Gaza does not an anti-Semite make.
Despite this I've regularly read dismissals of any presentation of European views (more or less whatever they are) as the views of anti-Semites.
It's a cynical attempt by the right to use the rhetoric of anti-racism and (anti-) anti-Semitism — rhetoric so often associated with the political left — as a tool to discredit and silence their opponents.
While we decide who is fascist, hypocrite or prejudiced, real world events continue …
There exists the growing possibility of either an overthrow of the US-backed Saudi Government, or (as a compromise) the breakdown in cooperation between the US adminstration and the Saudi Royal family to prevent a revolution. The US government has been irritating the Saudis for the last 30 years, but the Royals have mostly remained fairly gentle in their criticism. Hence the popularity of Usama. There has been talk of elections in the Arab world recently, and if there was an election tomorrow in Saudi Arabia the elected representatives would be a lot more forthcoming in their views. The latest incident is an attack in the Eastern Province.
BBC – Saudi security forces have reportedly stormed an oil company housing compound in the eastern city of Khobar
If this happens, then this might keep the Coalition Army in Iraq permanently, in order to keep a military presence in the region, and debates about the aims of the new Iraqi liberal democracy will have a new angle. A troop presence of 400,000 is conceivable. Or just abandon the region.
Thomas 05.29.04 at 4:03 pm
Let's see: MY compares conservatives to Nazis in Weimar Germany. Goldberg objects. Senator Hollings and others suggest that the war was fought because Jews in the US wanted the war fought. Goldberg objects.
Yep, he's a hypocrite all right.
fyreflye 05.29.04 at 4:07 pm
Yglesias, for the benefit of those who don't know, is himself Jewish. Jonah will have to switch over to the "self-hating Jew" argument.
Chris Bertram 05.29.04 at 5:26 pm
MY compares conservatives to Nazis in Weimar Germany.
Except, of course, he didn't. That's just Goldberg's spin on Yglesias, just as "blame the Jews" is Goldberg's spin on Zinni (not to mention the Guardian and Le Monde).
Giles 05.29.04 at 7:31 pm
Matt I'd be interested on your take on this story
about a Guradian story headed "Hungary foils 'Jewish' terror plot."
which turned out ot be about
"On April 13, the Hungarian police arrested three Arabs suspected of planning to attack a Jewish museum in Budapest…..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1227171,00.html
Possibly an "innocent mistake" but I think it also says something about the culture at the guardian that this slipped through.
_Possibly an "innocent mistake" but I think it also says something about the culture at the guardian that this slipped through._
What do you think it says?
norbizness 05.29.04 at 8:21 pm
Looking to Jonah for consistency is like looking to "Manos: The Hands of Fate" or "Plan 9 From Outer Space" for seamless continuity.
Matt 05.29.04 at 8:27 pm
Jonah's little hissy fit might be a bit easier to take if professional ex-Leftist David Horowitz hadn't made precisely this "stab in the back" charge, using precisely that phrase, a few months ago in a column about Iraq.
No Preference 05.29.04 at 11:42 pm
Did you bother to read the omsbudman's explantion, giles? The header was a first draft written by a sub-editor, and was published in a single edition of the Guardian by accident.
This is a silly puffed-up controversy.
q 05.30.04 at 12:24 am
_JG: But it's his — granted, novel — invocation of the "our enemies are Nazis" nonsense_
Just in case it is not clear, MY made no reference to Nazis and did not invoke or use the phrase "our enemies are Nazis". JG misrepresents MY.
Sandals 05.30.04 at 3:11 am
MY is OK but JG is FUBAR and IP/PGR is SNAFU.
Marco 05.30.04 at 4:35 am
"assert on"?
Bzzzzt! Next!
roger 05.30.04 at 6:38 am
Goldberg's problem seems to be that he doesn't know enough about Weimar Germany. It wasn't only Nazis that ascribed to some version of the "stab in the back" thesis — it was a standard, conservative nationalist platitude. It wasn't only the Jews that were the 'stabbers in the backers' — although in most versions, there was a strong anti-semitic tinge, if nothing else. It was the communists, the socialists, the left in general, and so on.
Similarly, after France was defeated in the Franco-Prussian war, there was a strong current in the French right that thought France was stabbed in the back by: decadents, socialists, the working class, and, eventually, Jews.
Jews, thank God, have been eliminated from the candidate pool of potential stabbers in the back by the American right, but otherwise the pool is about the same: liberals instead of socialists, the press instead of novelists, Hollywood, et al. The pschyo-drama that links the right to fascism is played out around a virile body that is mysteriously weakened by some vampirically caused degeneration. However, the American right has always been self-limited by its fundamentally democratic orientation, and these images are slightly foreign to it. Even peak periods of paranoia — the McCarthy era comes to mind — the tendency to make degrading one's opponent through a rhetoric of extremism created doubt even in the right's own constituency.
Oops, that last sentence should read "the tendency to degrade…"
nick 05.31.04 at 1:39 am
Oh, Goldberg has posted a response to this thread in best 'cover-your-ass' fashion, first blaming his copyeditor, and trying to pin the blame back on MY:
Saying I'm a hypocrite for attacking motives while criticizing others who do the same doesn't excuse Yglesias for doing it and it doesn't rebut my charge either. It's a non-defense defense.
Um, Jonah, we're glad that you admit your hypocrisy, but are you really that dense? I don't think so.
I don't say that Zinni is anti-Semitic…
But you do say, Jonah, that '[i]t is time to blame the Jews.' That seems rather like a super-set of what you're denying, masked only by a rather sneaky use of the passive voice. More importantly, anti-Semitism pro se is irrelevant to the substantive argument of MY's original piece — in spite of Goldberg's best attempts to make it so.
But it's his — granted, novel — invocation of the "our enemies are Nazis" nonsense that is so disappointing and perhaps revealing.
No, Jonah, that's your own invocation, and by itself it's disappointing and definitely revealing. For the right-wing punditocracy to single out the press for blame in an attempt to divert attention from the fuckups in Iraq — a press corps that was at best passive, at worst encouraging in the run-up to war — is bad enough; for hacks such as Goldberg to fall back on the old reliable of 'anti-Semitism!' as some kind of defence is dishonest in the extreme.
rxb 06.01.04 at 10:26 pm
Why do we care about the political opinions of someone who thinks 'assert on' is English?


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New York has set a goal to eliminate AIDS in the state by the year 2020. Communities throughout the state are coming together to work on ways to implement the plan. Public health organizations met in Rochester recently for one such meeting to come up with their regional plan.
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Care and Development Organization (CDO)
CDO is a non-government, non-profit organization in Nepal, dedicated to relieving the distress of people living in extreme poverty. CDO works to improve the lives of underprivileged people, children working in brick and carpet factories, internally displaced people and women in need by providing medical care, health awareness & training, both formal and informal education, and empowerment of through skill development. CDO provides support for whole families, and special attention is given to the welfare of women and children.
When visiting Nepal, the abundance of natural beauty and cultural treasures make it easy to overlook the dire poverty that exists here – not only in the villages of the difficult-to-access mountain regions, but also in plain view of every tourist in and around Nepal's capital city Kathmandu. During the years of the Nepalese Civil War (from 1996 until 2006), more than 15,000 people were killed, and many people left their remote villages which were devastated by the conflict. They sought shelter in the country's capital, and thus an estimated 100,000 to 150,000 people – many of them women and children – were stranded with nothing in Kathmandu. These so-called internally displaced persons – i.e. refugees within their own country – became a common sight in the city: People barely dressed were begging in the streets and orphaned children were fending for themselves without anyone to take care of them. Without the possibility of sustaining themselves in their native villages, the majority of the displaced people stayed in the Kathmandu valley even after the end of the war, and many of them eventually found work as seasonal laborers in one of the numerous brick factories that have sprung up there within the last decade. Brick factory work, however, is low-wage, and very physically taxing, and entails carrying heavy loads of bricks all day long, six days a week. Furthermore, their constant exposure to the dust of the bricks makes this work very unhealthy.
CDO was founded in 2005, in order to support these displaced persons. Five Outreach Programs have been started, addressing the needs of different groups of people. Two of these outreach programs offer health care to the workers of the brick factories and provide education for their children. Another outreach program targets inhabitants of remote villages. Further programs are directed at the empowerment of single women and the care of displaced children.
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Yeah, well...Biden throws it down in a day or two. We'll see how the media treats it...I reckon they'll be licking his gooch.
Also, I don't see another "mystery" person showing up...I think the Dems are going to let this one go because Trump can't be beat...kinda like Romney/Ryan in '12. Sacrificial victims.
Creepy Joe just postponed his "roll out"..... Biden might never even make it into the race.
Have you ever heard of Pete Buttigieg?
If I was betting today that's who I'd place my money on winning the Democratic nomination. If you are betting Buttigieg is currently chasing Sanders and Biden for the best odds. Buttigieg has already passed Pocahontas, Spartacus and Heels up Harriss in the odds.
My point is that the Dems are looking to put up anybody BUT an old white guy. Which is why they've been endorsing Kamala, Booker, Beto, and Warren.
It's not necessarily racist, but they're trying to identify themselves as a more racially diverse party, and endorsing an old white dude isn't accomplishing that.
I've seen several articles labeling him a "latino".


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National Bank, HFSF and Piraeus still lacking key decision-makers
Yiannis Papadoyiannis
National Bank of Greece, the country's oldest, remains without a president, an issue that will be revisited in the coming days. At the same time, its main shareholder, bank bailout fund HFSF, is also effectively headless.
On Thursday evening, during an NBG governing board meeting aimed at ratifying the selection of Panayiotis Thomopoulos as the lender's new president, the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund asked that the meeting be adjourned for three days.
The HFSF representatives stressed that all necessary measures would be taken to safeguard the fund's rights – which sounded like a threat to convene an extraordinary general meeting to vote against the new president, who is not the HFSF's choice.
The request for an adjournment followed the board's decision to choose someone other than the HFSF's recommendation for NBG president. The HFSF controls over 40 percent of National's shares. In Thursday morning's session the fund proposed Dimitris Tsitsiragos for president, but the NBG board members chose Thomopoulos by a big majority (12 against two).
Despite the HFSF's veiled threat of a general meeting in the afternoon, the board went ahead with an evening session for the ratification of its new composition and Thomopoulos as its president. Still, the HFSF opposition remained strong, tensions mounted and the fund forced the adjournment of the session.
Besides the questions that arise as a result of this clash between the NBG board and the HFSF, it also seems strange that there was no prior communication to find a solution without all the noise, but that is likely explained by the administrative gap within the HFSF. Last summer both CEO Aris Xenofos and his deputy Giorgos Koutsos were forced to resign even though no one had been chosen to replace them. The only stable factor in the fund is chairman Giorgos Michelis, but he has no executive authority.
Therefore, along with that at National, there is also a serious management crisis at the HFSF, given that the new CEO, Vassilis Katsikiotis – announced last week by the government – has not taken over the running of the fund. According to sources, this is because the government and the country's creditors (which hold the purse strings at the HFSF) have gone back on the agreement reached regarding his salary and the length of his mandate, which according to the Government Gazette expires on June 30 (i.e. after just seven months).
At the same time Piraeus Bank, Greece's biggest in terms of assets, also remains without a CEO, as the process to that end has been repeatedly postponed since January, adding to the problematic picture in the credit sector.
Panayiotis Thomopoulos elected new National Bank of Greece chairman
ECB lowers ELA cap for Greek banks
Greece's Piraeus Bank appoints new board chairman
Alpha to sell Hilton hotel to TEMES-Dogus consortium
No decision on management of National and Piraeus
Greek bank deposits drop to 13-yr low in September


Young Jordan finally comes through today with his long awaited Extended Play dubbed Slicey.
The brand new Mixtape houses a total of 9 tracks and has apperances by Lil Uzi Vert, Young Thug, Mal, and Gunna. Stream Slicey below.


We see a lot of LEGO models that attempt to create very life-like scenes seen through an almost documentarian lens. Rarer, however, is the build that takes a more artistic approach, such as this pair of ballet dancers by Nicolas PICOT. Using a flat style with lots of curved bricks across a few planes of depth, Nicolas has emulated a photograph, and the dancers' frozen-in-motion pose is conveyed perfectly.


Punters old and new flocked to Wolverhampton's £4.9 million market on 17th July as it opened to the public for the first time.
The new market was teeming with customers on its first day of business since the move from Market Square to opposite the Wulfrun Centre on Cleveland Street.
And, despite some controversy over the market's shipping-container entrance, there was a feel-good factor among both shoppers and stall owners, who were optimistic about their new surroundings.
Market trader Munir Hasson, who sells a range of clothing, said: "It's really nice, it's spacious and light, really great.
"I was at the last location for about four to five years and I did like it there, but I think this one is just as good.
Fruit and veg stall holder Richard Latham said: "It looks fantastic, it's much better. The old market looked tired and needed a refurb.
Richard's fruit and veg competition Julie Emery added: "We like it a lot, it's absolutely fabulous, much better than the old location and we have all the buses and transport links here.
Butcher Robin Newby from Codsall said: "It's a lot better here, we're more central and it's pushing trade.
"The place looks great, it's up to date but has a rustic feel.
Taking in the bustling stalls and array of colours and smells, customers complimented the new market – but some were still sceptical about the entrance, which is made up of one large blue container resting on top of two others.
Angela Iguodala from Wolverhampton agreed about the positive transport links.


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'London needs a Junior Bicycle Mayor,' says Dutch cycling policy adviser
London Evening Standard) MARK BLUNDEN Amsterdam 1 day ago A dutch cycling policy adviser has proposed London mirrors Amsterdam in adopting a young "bicycle mayor" to help improve safety. Officials in Holland say young cycling campaigners should be encouraged to get involved with urban policy to improve safety, along with adding practical solutions such as… [Read More]
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MARK BLUNDEN Amsterdam
A dutch cycling policy adviser has proposed London mirrors Amsterdam in adopting a young "bicycle mayor" to help improve safety.
Officials in Holland say young cycling campaigners should be encouraged to get involved with urban policy to improve safety, along with adding practical solutions such as removing traffic lights to promote respect between cyclists and pedestrians, more eye contact between road users and putting countdown screens at bike crossings.
It comes after the appointment of Amsterdam's first Junior Bicycle Mayor, eight-year-old Lotta Crok, who was selected from a group of "bicycle heroes" who campaign in schools to improve cycling. The city's safety measures also include bike classes for children after they first learn to ride aged four, and give-way road markings for cyclists.
Amsterdam is considered one of the world's cycling capitals, with 500 miles of bicycle paths. Cornelia Dinca, a senior consultant for Amsterdam's Smart City project, tasked with improving cycle safety, said cities should focus on cutting speeds to protect children and families from cars and "middle-aged men in Lycra" zooming past them.
Dutch surveys showed cyclists failing to stop at traffic lights was also among children's concerns.
Ms Dinca believes improving safety by segregating cyclists more on main roads, where speed limits are more than 20mph, is an important first step. But she warned that major changes might not be achieved for generations.
Early radical ideas from Amsterdam residents included "guerrilla bike lanes" painted by residents in the Sixties, which police tolerated and were eventually absorbed into the city's road network.
Now innovations include an underground, digitally-controlled cycle park, along with a crackdown on bikes chained in public places. Lorries take them to an out-of-town "bike cemetery" and owners must pay €30 (£26) to retrieve them.
Ms Dinca said: "You need to focus on routes to schools, thinking about how we can grow cycling for children. This is part of the behavioural change so people are more used to cycling as a team.
"Then you can get to the point of taking out traffic lights, which is when you have really high volumes of cyclists and very low volumes of cars, that's when it starts to work well." But she thinks it "will most likely take a couple of decades" to create a complete bicycle network.
London's own Walking and Cycling Commissioner is Will Norman, who was appointed by Mayor Sadiq Khan in 2016 to advise on policy and promote participation. The number of cyclists in London increased by eight per cent last year, with TfL launching "Quietway" routes from Newham Way to Stratford High Street, and from Wanstead Flats to Barkingside, to help cyclists.


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Loving the Country and Dumping the Demagogue
Trump says he will not commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election. He says he wants to "get rid of the ballots." A very scary and detailed article in The Atlantic describes Trump campaign plans to subvert or derail the electoral college process.
The common thread of all of Trump's threats and plans is distraction. Trump's most outrageous statements take attention away from real issues: like hundreds of thousands of people dying from COVID-19, like the racism that he inflames and amplifies, like his ongoing effort to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, like the profits that billionaires are raking in during the pandemic, like his refusal to respond to climate change.
Trump's most outrageous threats are no more than sound and fury. They are meant to distract from the issues, from his sagging polling figures, and from his failures as president. They are meant to inspire fear and despair.
Remember the booming voice and overwhelming power projected by the "great and powerful" Wizard of Oz? Remember when Toto pulled back the curtain to reveal a little man pulling levers and speaking into a megaphone? That's Trump.
A day after Trump's most egregious threat to the election (so far), even leading Republican allies pushed back, with Mitch McConnell saying there will be an orderly transition, Lindsey Graham saying it will be peaceful, and Mitt Romney saying "any suggestion that a president might not respect this Constitutional guarantee is both unthinkable and unacceptable."
Not even his own party will support a coup.
Apart from Trump's bluster and bullshit, real threats to the election exist. Today's news brought a story from North Carolina, where four percent of Black absentee ballots are being disqualified, twice the rate of white ballots. Even there, disqualified ballots do not mean the end of the story: those voters will be notified and will have a chance for a do-over. (Also of note: about 55 percent of the nearly 200,000 ballots received so far in North Carolina come from Democrats, and only 16 percent from Republicans.)
Most of the North Carolina ballots that have been disqualified come from voters who are voting by mail for the first time. That underlines the importance of both early voting and careful attention to detail.
In every city, town, and township in the United States, the important work of safeguarding the election and democracy goes forward. Every mail carrier delivering ballots, every election official safeguarding the process, every election judge risking their own health on election day, every voter making sure they are counted, by mail or in person is doing that work. Every journalist naming the president's raving about ballot fraud as a lie is doing that work. Every voter reading the directions three times before voting, signing, and sealing the envelopes is doing that work.
The biggest threat to the election and the country comes from the actions of Trump and others to undermine faith in the electoral process and in democracy itself. While Russian interference is widespread and ongoing, according to the CIA, FBI, NSA, and every other intelligence agency, the biggest threat comes from within. As Vox reports, Russia only needs to amplify the lies the conspiracy theories, lies, and even the legitimate fear that the president and his allies are spreading.
Russian actors amplify the president's repeated lies about ballot fraud. They amplify the crazy QAnon conspiracy theories about Democrats drinking the blood of children. They amplify the fear created by the administration's attempt to sabotage the postal service, and by the president's threat to throw out ballots. But we can fight back.
African-American philosopher Danielle Allen wrote in the October issue of The Atlantic about the Constitution that "formally converted the worth of my great-great-grandfather Sidiphus into three-fifths' that of a free person." Fully recognizing and decrying the flaws in both country and constitution, she nevertheless insists that she loves both:
"The Constitution is a work of practical genius. It is morally flawed. The story of the expansion of human freedom is one of shining moral ideals besmirched by the ordure of ongoing domination. I muck the stalls. I find a diamond. I clean it off and keep it. I do not abandon it because of where I found it. Instead, I own it. Because of its mutability and the changes made from generation to generation, none but the living can own the Constitution. Those who wrote the version ratified centuries ago do not own the version we live by today. We do. It's ours, an adaptable instrument used to define self-government among free and equal citizens—and to secure our ongoing moral education about that most important human endeavor. We are all responsible for our Constitution, and that fact is empowering.
"That hard-won empowerment is why I love the Constitution. And it shapes my native land, which I love also simply because it is my home. The second love is instinctual. The first comes with open eyes."
We live the love of country and constitution by resisting tyranny, by fighting like hell to dump Trump in November. We fight back every time we resist fear and despair. We fight back every time we look away from the loudmouthed little man behind the curtain and look instead to the promises and plans of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and the future we plan to build together. We fight back by refocusing on the issues, working to get out the vote, working to reclaim our country. We can do it. We must do it.
As Benjamin Franklin walked out of the hall where the Constitutional Convention was held, a lady called to him, "Doctor, do we have a monarchy or a republic?" Franklin famously replied: "A republic, if you can keep it."
We can keep it.


Only worn once for a photo shoot. Almost brand new.
Too small for me. Still in good condition. Only worn 3-4 times for short distance.
Very good condition. Some signs of wear but still very good. No trades. Free NM.
Just wear for once time only. Conditon 9/10 .the size too big for me.


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Sándor Palace
Sándor - Palace
Sándor-Palace
Less than four years after the Pál Teleki committed suicide at this same place in his despair over the impending war and the future of the nation, a fleet of aircraft approached the Buda Castle district and showered the historic buildings here with a barrage of bombs. All what was left of the Sándor Palace was a miserable heap of stones. Whatever was left of the Sándor Palace that was of value was taken abroad as war bounty. Although the building was not bulldozered, it was disregarded until the change of the political system. It was thanks to a few devoted experts that a roof was erected over it and its walls were supported. The prestigious building housing the Office of the President of the Republic today was renovated in 2002. It has been sitting atop the city with its low-keyed tranquillity.
Historic curiosities
The palace built in 1806 was commissioned by Count Vince Sándor. It is still contested if its architect was the Vienna-born Johann Aman or Mihály Pollack, the famous designer of the National Museum, the Vígadó Concert Hall in Pest and the Evangelical Church on Deák-square.
In his study Péter Farbaky describes the Palace as "an elegant, fine and puritan building without major accentuated elements". He suggest that those interested when walking in the Castle-district should spend some time gazing at the buildings standing side-by-side here, portraying a nice timeline of architectural tastes. The puritan elegance of the Sándor Palace is for example the complete opposite of the luxurious grandeur of the Royal Palace, but is quite low-keyed even in comparison with the copf style of the Castle Theatre built few decades earlier: "Reserved dignity, elegance, a low-keyed application of classical ornamentation subordinated to architectural forms" – said Ferenc Dávid and also Ferenc Batári.
Modern convenience in the 1800s
The renovation in 2002 was conducted on the basis of the original blueprints, which were thankfully recovered in 1983 and the detailed illustrations of contemporary maps. One cartographer, Frank Schams was so captivated by the building at the time that he gave a detailed account of it in his diaries, in which he speaks in fine detail about everything, from the magical flowers of the observatory to the rooms finely decorated with silk and gold. We also know from him that at this time already there was steam heating and running water – considered to be rare at the time - for the convenience of those living here.
A devilishly talented horseman
It was not the name of the old Count Sándor – who is reported to have been more of a philosopher – that national legendry preserved, but that of his son Móric Sándor who outraged the people of Pestbuda and Vienna with acrobatic equestrian feats and was therefore dubbed at the time a "devil rider" in Pest and the "equerry of the devil" in Vienna. His colourful personality was liked by many in aristocratic circles. His greatest critic, István Széchenyi also relented when at a more mature age he offered half a year's worth of his revenues for the construction of the Chain Bridge.
The buildings in the square were populated with government offices after the Freedom Fight. Prince Albrecht, the governor from the Vienna-court lived in the building at the time. The most prestigious tenant of the house was Prime Minister Gyula Andrássy, who leased it for the government from the Pallavicini family in 1867 (later he obtained ownership rights for the state through a property swap).
Andrássy renovated the house, which by then was badly in need of repair with the help of Miklós Ybl and had offices installed on the ground floor, whereas the Prime Minister's residence was established on the first floor.
Princess Sisi arrived through a secret tunnel
Purportedly a secret tunnel led from here to the Castle Theatre at the time, from where the tenants returned with Sisi on more than one occasion for a farewell cup of tea. Later on the more puritan minded Kálmán Tisza used the house more for business than societal life. He even received congressional delegates here.
The first tenant of the house after the Trianon Treaty was Count István Bethlen. Europe at the time was dominated by a fashion of decadent-playful secessionism. However, in the post-Trianon mood, Hungarians opted instead for an earlier, more dignified style for this important public building. This was why they decided on the empire-classicist style.
When Empress Sisi was stabbed in the heart in Geneva harbour by an assassin, the shocked Hungarians wished to erect a monumental memorial for her, which they envisaged here, in place of the Sándor Palace. Luckily demolishment did not happen, but this provided an opportunity for a photographer, György Klösz to shoot photographs - still intact today – about the interior halls, which today's interior designers used as reference.
The façade of the Palace suggests a noble culture. Visitors can enter the building through the vaulted southern main gate and the main staircase.
The main staircase is like an extraordinary jewel box. Those entering here are escorted by mellow sparkling surfaces and the elegant harmony of the gold-plated cast iron railing.
The walls of the lobby are covered with a simply striped silk damask tapestry; the biedermeier chairs line the walls in accordance with function.
The inlaid flooring of the Round Salon with its snow white walls is precisely identical to the 1928 flooring designed by Rezső Hikisch and was reproduced based on old photos.
The so-called Small Empire Salon originally linked the private and the public spaces. Today smaller meetings and talks are held here, for example with representatives of NGOs and with smaller delegations.
The most exquisite one in the series of rooms has always been the Blue Salon with its baroque style furniture, sometimes called the Gobelin or the Boucher Hall. Its relaxed and soothing atmosphere provides a wonderful backdrop for less formal meetings.
The Red Salon is undoubtedly the most elegant one. At the time it hosted a painting of Maria Theresa, which has disappeared since. The picture on the wall now displays the Empress in her dress worn on the day she was crowned the Queen of Hungary. The Salon is adorned with the stuccos designed by Miklós Ybl.
The lavish rococo-style Mirror Hall is usually the venue of especially austere events: this is where for example Ambassadors accredited to Hungary hand over their credentials, this is where the most stately protocol events are held, as well as gala dinners for the Diplomatic Corps.
President of Hungary


Sea Scouts is a youth maritime training program, and is part of the Boy Scouts of America. The crew on the SSS Propeller typically ranges from 12 – 20 Scouts, male and female, ages 14 to 21. We currently have 14 youth members.
We operate the SSS Propeller year-round, meeting weekly and offering several weekend events each month. Our crew trains to run all aspects of the ship, including engineering, deck work, navigation and helm, and even working in the galley. During weekend cruises we live on board the boat and visit places around Puget Sound. In the summer, we take an extended cruise to the San Juan Islands and places further north.
Included in our alumni are 2 captains for Holland America Lines, a USN Submarine Captain, Coast Guard commissioned and petty officers, Army pilots and mechanics, Chief Engineers aboard commercial freighters, business owners, electrical engineers, many deckhands and AB Seamen, and the list goes on and on. Many alumni come back to the program and volunteer, often stating a desire to give back to the program they received so much from.


For the last couple of weeks Rick and I both have been struggling to just breathe!
Coughing and congested ... the CRUD!!!
OMW!!! This has literally kicked our butts!!! We haven't been this sick in a LONG time!!!
Rick took a round of antibiotics but couldn't tell it made a difference at all.
Delsym morning and night just to get a little relief from the coughing.
Lifesavers to help keep the throat moist.
Throat isn't sore - more raw from all the coughing.
Sinus drainage that makes us feel like we are choking all the time.
Tried Mucinex-D - but since that targets the congestion in the lungs ... and the lungs are clear - well ... couldn't tell we took it. Maybe it helped ???
Rick is taking Coricidin - day and night time ... that seems to be helping him more than anything else he has found.
Drinking as much water as we can to help stay hydrated, and keep all the "junk" thin.
Not much of an appetite - soup is better tolerated than most anything else.
Drinking some juice to help with the Vitamin C ... eating fruit and veggies as much as possible.
Rick had his first Iron IV yesterday - Feraheme ... He tolerated it very well. No side effects. Praise God!!!
He has another IV next Tuesday.
Then, more blood work the following week - to check all his numbers. Dr. Cochran said that he would go over all the test results and call us to discuss the next step.
If the Iron IV works (and we pray it does!) - then the usual course is to begin the shots to help rebuild Rick's red blood cells.
Rick has another appointment next month with the kidney specialist ... and one with Dr. Arneke.
Still working to get his blood pressure down and more stable - Please help us PRAY for wisdom and for direction. Not only for diet and exercise wisdom - but for lifestyle changes wisdom, for medication wisdom.
His blood sugar is doing better. He is learning what to eat and not to eat, as well as when and how much. Some things (such as saltine crackers) he can eat - but has to eat earlier in the day, not after about 4 p.m.
Please continue to pray for HEALING.
And for God to find the way to use us for His honor and glory thru all this.


Passages ~ "Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable" (Isaiah 40:28).
"He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name. Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite" (Psalm 147:4-5).
"For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Colossians 2:1-3).
"For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things" (1 John 3:20).
"His disciples said to Him, 'See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech! Now we are sure that You know all things, and have no need that anyone should question You. By this we believe that You came forth from God" (John 16:29-30).
"He said to him the third time, 'Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?' Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, 'Do you love Me?' And he said to Him, 'Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You'" (John 21:17).
Significance ~ "There is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account" (Hebrews 4:13). "The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile" (Psalm 94:11). "As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever" (1 Chronicles 28:9). "There is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account" (Hebrews 4:13).
Comment ~ "O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. You have hedged me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it" (Psalm 139:1-6).
additional remark: For a different look and fuller understanding of the Omniscience of God see chapter 9, entitled "Seeing Is Knowing" in the international award winning book GOD LIGHT: Sunlight Sonlight (find details by clicking on the God Light tab above).