In my last post (link above)I looked at the links between Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS) and Progressives for Obama (PFO).
Both organisations link former members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and its terrorist splinter Weather Underground, with Marxists from the Communist Party USA, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism and Democratic Socialists of America.
All of these groups are using their influence in the Democratic Party, media, unions, churches, academia, protest organisations and social movements to make Barack Obama the next president of the USA.
This post looks at two MDS activists from Texas, Thorne Dreyer and David Hamilton.
Both are former members of the original SDS and are endorsers of the Progressives for Obama website.
Dreyer and Hamilton are very active MDS members and have made their Austin Texas branch, one of the most active in the US.
The Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS) is a multi-issue activist organization affiliated with the newly revived Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Many of its members are veterans of the New Left in the 60's and 70's. The goal of MDS is the creation of a more egalitarian society in both the political and economic spheres. MDS believes in participatory democracy, the expansion of human rights, universal healthcare, the rejection of discrimination based on race, gender or sexual preference, the preservation of the earth's environment, the expansion of workers' rights, a more equitable distribution of wealth, and the rejection of militarism and war as a way of resolving differences among peoples and nations.
Both men are dedicated, practical supporters of Barack Obama. Hamilton has served as an Obama delegate at a Travis County Democratic Convention.
Both believe that Obama, is like them, a socialist and that an Obama presidency would place more socialists in key governmental positions. They believe that communist/socialist/Democratic Party unity is necessary to elect Obama and to change society. They accept that Obama will have to lie about his true beliefs in order to get elected.
We believe the election of a progressive Democrat at this time in history would result in a quick end to the tragic War in Irag, the introduction of such progressive measures as universal (or virtually universal) health care, and would produce judicial and other governmental appointments that would make a very real difference in people's lives.
This would result in real, tangible changes in the lives of struggling lower income citizens, of racial minorities, of those rotting in jail because of race or victimless crimes, and, significantly, of oppressed peoples in other parts of the world.
And, taking into account that both major parties, in the long haul, represent similar if not identical vested interests, we believe that the Republicans, with their corporate masters, with their oppressive and mean-spirited politics at times verging on the neo-fascist, must be stopped.
It is of critical importance that we never latch on to a political candidate in this electoral system and herald him or her as some kind of a savior. Bottom line, the problems in this country are not based in who runs the system. The system itself is the problem. The shameful disparity in distribution of wealth between the obscenely rich and those left to struggle for their daily needs.
All that taken into account, we believe that there is much to like about Barack Obama, and that there are substantial and valid reasons to work for his election.
In 1936, the French Communist Party ended years of conflict with the French Socialist Party and established a united front that elected Leon Blum as the first socialist prime minister of France. That united front passed reforms that have characterized the socialist aspect of French society ever since.
I am not a Democrat. I have not voted for the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party since 1972 and have not participated in their primary process since the Jackson campaign of 1988.
Purists who reject him have no alternative other that "build an anti-imperialist movement." That is a false dichotomy. In November, hopefully you will have the opportunity to vote for Barack Obama for president. The ideal anti-imperialist won't be on the ballot. Relate to that reality. He may disappoint somewhere along the way, but he is by far the best major party candidate I've ever seen.
Thorne Dreyer and David Hamilton are not MDS bosses. They are not in the league of Bernardine Dohrn, Mark Rudd, Bill Fletcher, Tom Hayden, Carl Davidson, Robin DG Kelley, Charlene Mitchell or Gerald Horne.
They are good soldiers, working hard for Barack Obama and the revolution.
Trevor, you might want to do an Obama file on Obama supporters being linked with some hackers known as Anonymous which I refer them as Fascist Anonymous because for just simply no real reason they seem to hack websites they disagree with and also protest Scientology which I'll never follow but I ask the question why the online persecution then?
You may wish to take a gander at Gawker.com for starters which was one of the many rabid left-wing sites which promoted Sarah Palin's private email messages and contacts. The same site in question also displays, and linkens Obama to Superman but they make every charge against any remote right-winger to not dare misuse their political leanings to promote to be more than greater than life itself.
Also, feel free to use the Obama "=" Superman photo on my blog if you want to do another Obama file on Leftist Internet sites such as Gawker.com.


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One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
By: Jim Fergus
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 0-312-18008-X (hc)
ISBN: 0-312-19943-0 (pbk)
Reviewed by: Michelle Hutchinson
Review Date: July 2008
In 1854, President Ulysses Grant attended a Native American peace conference during which a Cheyenne chief named Little Wolf offered to trade 1,000 of his horses for 1,000 white brides for his tribesmen. Little Wolf hoped that the white women would help his people assimilate to the white man's way of life before there were no more buffalo to hunt. Grant rejected this proposition, but Jim Fergus' novel, One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd, follows what would have happened if Grant's response had been in the affirmative. Grant's fictional approval was based on the hopes that the women would convince the Cheyenne to move to reservations so that white settlers could peacefully live upon land formerly inhabited by the Native Americans and exploit the land for its resources.
May Dodd is in the first group of white women to marry and live among the Cheyenne. She writes in her journal, "...we are contractually obligated to bear but one child with our Indian husbands, after which time we are free to go, or stay as we choose. Should we fail to become with child, we are required to remain with our husbands for two full years, after which time we are free to do as we wish...or, at least, so say the authorities." All the women who sign up for the Brides for Indians program do so voluntarily, some to escape poverty, others to win freedom from jail, and still others, like May, to win release from a lunatic asylum. May, a woman of good breeding, had been committed to the asylum by her parents who felt she must be insane after she cohabitated with a man below her social stature and bore him two children.
Through diary entries and letters, Fergus' story traces the adventures of May and her new-found friends as they leave Chicago bound for the Nebraska prairie and their Cheyenne husbands. May's writings vividly capture the colorful personalities of her companions, along with their dialects--the Irish brogues of the Kelly sisters, the southern drawl of Daisy Lovelace, the Swiss cant of Gretchen Fathauer.
While the women hope to teach American customs to the Cheyenne, as months pass, it is apparent that for some, the reverse occurs: Many of the brides adopt the Cheyenne way of life, though others find reasons to defect.
Through brilliant writing that includes romance, violence, and the challenges of Mother Nature, Fergus shows us May's inner struggle of straddling the worlds of the white man and the Cheyenne.
Quill says: This story will raise emotions you never knew you had. Read it.

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Board set to decide Baxterville School issue
Ellen Ciurczak
American Staff Writer
Amy Barham has strong feelings about recent talk from some Lamar County School District officials regarding sending sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade Baxterville students to Purvis Middle School. Barham grew up in Baxterville and attended Baxterville School.
"They need to keep our kids in Baxterville," she said. "Our kids go over to Purvis, and they get picked on. It upsets me."
At present, Baxterville School is Pre-K through eighth grade, with students moving on to Purvis High School in the ninth grade. But over the past three months, the school board and Superintendent Tess Smith have been seriously exploring sending the students in grades 6-8 to Purvis Middle School to help them acclimate to the Purvis school system and to improve the dropout rate at the high school.
The issue will likely be decided Monday, with the school board set to vote on the matter. Smith said at that meeting she will present the school board with three options:
1.) Move grades 6-8 to Purvis Middle School.
2.) Do not change makeup of Baxterville School, but take action to improve Baxterville students' graduation rate.
3.) Continue to monitor the educational data and allow Baxterville students to move to Purvis Middle if they wish.
The latest district data show 21 Baxterville students entering the ninth grade at Purvis High, but only 12 graduating from the school.
"It's a great school and community," Smith said. "The teachers and staff truly care about the students. At issue is when they leave Baxterville — that's when we see a good many students take alternative paths instead of staying in school and getting a regular diploma.
"I do understand you need these alternate paths, but as an educator you want that number (of regular diplomas) to be as high as it can be."
But Barham isn't buying that argument.
"I don't understand why they want to take our sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders because once they do that, it's just a matter of time until they take the whole thing," she said in a previous interview.
But school board member Mike Pruitt, who has been on the board for 11 years, said closing the school is not an option.
"I'll tell you right now — that is not part of what this current administration or this current board wants to do," he said. "That is not on the table."
Pruitt said Smith decided last year that if the proposal to move grades 6-8 was still being bandied about, it was time to look at all the facts and put the issue to rest one way or the other.
"(Smith) is the third superintendent that I have had the opportunity to serve with, and the discussion about bringing students to Purvis earlier than we do now — that's something that's been discussed since I've been on the board," he said. "(Smith) had the vision to say if this has been the discussion, let's talk about it, let's hear from the professionals."
Smith said she remembers the issue being discussed for the last six to eight years.
"It's one of those things — if we're not going to make this change with Baxterville, that's fine," she said. "But I think this is something that needs to be decided so we all can move on."
At the Dec. 7 school board meeting, Smith invited a representative from SchoolStatus, a non-biased third party, to present some educational data. Among the findings presented — Baxterville's 2013-14 graduation rate was 84 percent, while Purvis Middle School's was 83 percent. Its 2012-13 graduation rate was 77 percent compared to Purvis Middle at 88 percent.
The 2014 MCT2 scale scores for sixth-graders in language arts were higher at Baxterville than Purvis Middle, with Baxterville posting a 151.87 and Purvis Middle a 148.13. Eighth-grade scores, though, were lower with Baxterville at 148.52 and Purvis Middle at 150.26.
2015 average daily attendance shows Baxterville with a 94.72 percent for sixth-graders and Purvis at 94.81 percent. Seventh-graders are at 95.11 percent in Baxterville compared to 95.99 percent at Purvis.
At that same meeting, Smith also presented a survey of Purvis faculty, which asked, among other things, if they had heard negative comments about Baxterville students. The survey was optional and anonymous, with about 50 percent of teachers responding. The overall results painted a positive attitude toward Baxterville students.
Purvis Middle School's principal administered a survey one week before Smith's survey, which had 100 percent teacher participation. Among its findings — 100 percent of staff strongly agreed, agreed or somewhat agreed that Purvis Middle students would welcome Baxterville students with "positivity and friendliness."
Baxterville teacher Melissa Saucier gave her own presentation at the Jan. 7 school board meeting. Saucier found fault with Smith's survey, saying Baxterville teachers should have been questioned as well. She also said state test scores showed Baxterville students performing better than some Purvis students.
Saucier was also concerned about the lengthy bus ride Baxterville middle schoolers would have to take to get to Purvis.
An alternative proposal, distributed by Baxterville constituents at the meeting, called for a sister school relationship between Purvis Middle and Baxterville.
"The children learn to work together rather than against one another," the document stated. "This alliance would help build student relations in the future as they transition to high school together."
It also suggested the guidance counselor at Baxterville School start in seventh and eighth grades role-playing and modelling scenarios to teach children how to properly handle themselves. An orientation day at Purvis High School for eighth-graders from both schools was also proposed.
Baxterville School Principal Martha Smith seems to think transferring the sixth- to eighth-graders earlier makes sense.
"Currently, the entire school is based on middle school schedules and activities," she said in an email. "The (earlier) transition would allow our school to focus deeper on best practices that would allow unique advantages for our 4- to 10-year-old children."
Martha Smith said whichever way a school board vote goes, she believes the school and community will adapt.
"Anytime change occurs, it affects how people feel because of the unknown," she said. "The community has many strong people who will overcome whatever change is placed before us.
"Our children are respectful, responsible and always ready to learn. Whatever the school board decides, the students of Baxterville will do well."
With the school board meetings packed and interest high, Pruitt said he doesn't know how his fellow members will vote come Monday.
"I know there is a lot of emotion involved," he said. "But we're going to arrive at a conclusion that is best for the kids, for the district and for the community."
What: Lamar County School Board votes on Baxterville School proposal
When: 6 p.m. Monday
Where: Jefferson Todd Education Center, 424 Martin Luther King Drive, Purvis


This past weekend was a nice one! Friday night we watched Utah State beat BYU, then Saturday we drove up to Logan to see the babies and go to a baby shower. The colors in Sardine Canyon were so pretty! On the drive home, Brandon mentioned a drive called the Alpine Loop that he had heard about. We did that on Sunday and it made Sardine Canyon look like nothing!! It was seriously so pretty. We stopped probably five or six times to get out and take pictures; we just couldn't get enough!


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Gorod - _A Perfect Absolution_
(Listenable Records, 2012)
by: Aly Hassab El Naby (7.5 out of 10)
Acts like Gojira, Benighted, Hacride and Gorod have been raising the French flag high and proud on the international metal scene for some years now. Gorod in particular took the world by storm in 2009 with a most punishing album entitled _Process of a New Decline_. I wouldn't go as far as calling it a game changer, but it was something quite exceptional. It had an obscure blend of technical and melodic death metal that just seemed to work. The jazz fusion influences are there, but in a crude sense. They might be seen as influences from Atheist and Cynic, from back in the days when they opened our eyes to the possibility of even having jazz fusion influences integrated into metal.
So, next up in the unfolding adventure that is Gorod's discography is 2012's _A Perfect Absolution_. "Birds of Sulphur" opens the album with a theatrically ominous introduction that gives way to an array of dizzying riffs and pulsating drums. A bit more than a minute into "Sailing Into the Earth", an awesome transition will slap you in the face and wake you up while maintaining the same feel of the riff before it. The whole thing is not completely in the technical vein. Melody is also present throughout _A Perfect Absolution_ as you'll find on the likes of "The Axe of God" and my personal favorite "5000 at the Funeral". It's a sharp, focused and well rounded album that doesn't even cross the forty minute mark but will undoubtedly have you coming back for more.
2012 has already seen some tough competition in terms of tech-death output. Sweden's Spawn of Possession ended a six year silence with a colossal album in _Incurso_; Italians Hour of Penance unleashed another beast entitled _Sedition_, while Australia's Psycroptic amped up the ferocity with _The Inherited Repression_. Now the French have arrived. With _A Perfect Absolution_, Gorod are signaling the arrival of the French Death Metal Armor Battalion to the worldwide death metal battlefield. I can already imagine studded line-ups in death metal festivals around Europe this summer. Which one are you attending?
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/gorod


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* Giuseppe Ricciardi (Politiker) (1808–1882), italienischer Schriftsteller und Politiker
 Giuseppe Ricciardi (Bischof) (1839–1908), italienischer Geistlicher, Bischof von Nardò
 Giuseppe Ricciardi (Fußballspieler) (* 1984), italienischer Fußballspieler

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A trip to the beach isn't as simple as getting wet and drip drying. There are plenty of things you'll want to grab to make your next surf as fun as possible.
Starting with the most essential piece, a towel. If the entire point of your day out is to splash around you'll want a towel for afterwards. Grabbing a snack and getting home will be much easier once you're dry. At the end of the day, any towel will do the trick but there are some things to think about. How big is the towel? Bigger people will naturally want a larger towel. Are you going to lie on it and sunbathe or just dry yourself off? Maybe bring a spare towel to avoid scratching yourself with the sand or a larger one for lying down.
After covering up with sunscreen it's worth having some shade set up too. It's easy to forget to reapply sunscreen but once you've got an umbrella or sun shelter set up it'll stay up and able to protect you from some of the suns radiation. An umbrella is better for a small cover and is typically more portable but if you want to cover more area a shelter will be what you want.
1. Water. If you're out for a long time in the sun you'll want to stay hydrated. Grab a few bottles of water and maybe an esky to keep it cool. Spare water is also helpful to rinse off the sand and salt once you're ready to go home.
2. Chairs. You can always throw a towel over the sand and make that a seat but if you want to relax and read a book it might be easier with a folding or collapsible chair.
3. Games. Once you're done splashing around why not have a game of rugby or volleyball (as long as you're not kicking sand on other people).
So what are you waiting for? Get out and get sandy!


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Cardinal in the class of '62
8th April 2005 at 1:00am
Cardinal Francis Arinze, one of the front-runners in the race to become John Paul II's successor, trained as a teacher at London university's institute of education in the 1960s.
The cardinal did his teaching practice at an RC grammar school in north London, and is believed to have stayed at an RC presbytery, rather than in student accommodation.
Percy Evans was his tutor on the PGCEcourse that focused on education in tropical areas. which the cardinal attended in 1963.
Mr Evans told The TES: "He had a lovely sense of humour and was always laughing. He was very nice, very meetable - which will come in handy.
"If he is successful, I will write to him and congratulate him."
Cardinal Arinze, who is Nigerian, is one of the top five papal candidates and on the conservative wing of the church.
In February, he said pro-abortion Roman Catholic politicians should not be allowed to take Holy Communion, while people who act upon homosexual tendencies would be condemned by the Church.
In 2003, the cardinal angered some staff and students at Georgetown university in the United States, when he said: "In many parts of the world, the family is under siege. It is opposed by an anti-life mentality as is seen in contraception, abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia. It is scorned and banalised by pornography, desecrated by fornication and adultery, mocked by homosexuality, sabotaged by irregular unions and cut in two by divorce."


While reports claim Navjot Singh Sidhu has been dropped from The Kapil Sharma Show, he himself isn't aware of any such development.
The recent terror attack that struck Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district has created massive ripples that can be felt in all spheres of life. In the aftermath of the attack by terror group Jaish-E-Mohammed, Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar called off their visit to Karachi for the centenary celebrations of Shabana's father, late poet Kaifi Azmi. Politician and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is a part of The Kapil Sharma Show, also faced strong backlash after he said no particular country could be blamed for terror attacks. Host Kapil Sharma though was quick to condemn the attack on Twitter.
Various media outlets reported that Sony TV, the channel that broadcasts the hit show, had dropped Sidhu from the show after his comments earned outrage all across the internet. However, Sidhu says he is unaware of being dropped from the show and missed shooting two episodes since he had to attend a Vidhan Sabha session.
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"I had to attend Vidhan Sabha's session due to which I couldn't go for the shoots of The Kapil Sharma Show and they got somebody else in my replacement for two episodes. I have no intimation about my termination from the channel," he told Hindustan Times.
Aware of the reactions his comments had irked, Sidhu later addressed the media and said he would stick to his statement, today and tomorrow.
"Nations cannot be held responsible for the dastardly acts of terrorists. The terrorists do not have deen, mazhab (sect and religion). There are good, the bad and the ugly. Every institution has them. Every nation has them. The ugly need to be punished. But individuals cannot be blamed for the dastardly act," he had earlier said during a media interaction immediately after the attack.
When contacted, the channel said it hadn't yet confirmed Sidhu's exit from the show.
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VIDEO CNN's Beinart Accuses Israel of 'State-Sponsored Bigotry'
By Brad Wilmouth | February 13, 2019 9:53 PM EST
Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's CNN Newsroom to debate whether there is an equivalence between Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar blaming Jewish donors for Congress's support of Israel, and past comments made by several Republicans, liberal CNN contributor Peter Beinart smeared Israel by accusing the Jewish state of practicing "state-sponsored bigotry" against Palestinian Arabs in the West Bank and "violating human rights."
VIDEO They Can't Stand You: Cuomo, Lemon Hurl Vitriol at Trump Supporters as Backing Racism
By Curtis Houck | January 16, 2019 5:48 PM EST
Showing how little respect and general goodwill they have for the humanity of Trump supporters, CNN hosts Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon hurled more venom between their respective shows on Tuesday toward those who aren't onboard with The Resistance because, if not, you're at minimum endorsing bigotry and racism. A quick NewsBusters search of Lemon items would rate his claim as pants on fire.Of course, at no point in their seven-minute-plus discussion did either mention the growing problem on the left.
VIDEO MSNBC's Wallace Lamely Claims 'There Isn't a Strain of Racism on the Left'
By Brad Wilmouth | January 16, 2019 11:48 AM EST
On Tuesday's Deadline: White House, MSNBC host and former Republican Nicolle Wallace was in denial about the existence of racism within her new home on the left as she ridiculously claimed that "there isn't a strain of racism on the left." Her comments came during a discussion of Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King's flirtations with white nationalists that have drawn condemnation from fellow Republicans.
VIDEO MSNBC's Sharpton Slams Steve King's 'Racially Tinged Cruelty,' Suggests 'Evil'
By Brad Wilmouth | July 17, 2017 10:00 AM EDT
On Sunday's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, during the show's regular "Gotcha" segment, host Al Sharpton was imagining racist dog whistles as he complained about "unmitigated, racially-tinged cruelty" from Congressman Steve King, and suggested that those who think like the Iowa Republican are "evil."
VIDEO CNN's Camerota Bristles at GOP Guest Suggesting Cut in Food Stamp Program
On Wednesday's New Day on CNN, during a discussion of how to pay for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall, co-host Alisyn Camerota seemed taken aback that Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King suggested shifting money from the food stamp program to help pay for the wall. Camerota fretted: "You want to take food from people that are s -- the people who are on the lowest rung in terms of the nation's safety net and their children -- in terms of food stamps, you're happy to take -- you're willing to take money from them to build the 1.6 or to give the 1.6 billion to the border wall?"
CNN Double Standard: Steve King's Latest Remarks vs. 2011 Tea Party Comments
By Jackson Richman | March 14, 2017 2:15 PM EDT
On CNN's New Day Tuesday, co-host Chris Cuomo recapped his interview on the show yesterday with Iowa Representative Steve King as the Republican congressman "just trying to provoke conversation." This comes in the midst of King facing backlash over a tweet, agreeing with far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders.
VIDEO CNN's Cuomo Presses Against ObamaCare Repeal, Confuses 'Coverage' with 'Access'
By Brad Wilmouth | February 28, 2017 11:30 AM EST
On Tuesday's New Day, as Chris Cuomo debated Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King over the issue of ObamaCare repeal, the CNN host seemed unaware that technically having health insurance "coverage" on paper does not always guarantee that one will actually receive the health care one needs if a patient is unable to find a doctor or other health care provider to actually do the work. After Rep. King argued, "you could have coverage, you can have a cadillac plan, but if they won't take your policy, if you're on Medicare that's not being honored, if you're on Medicaid that's not being honored, If they won't accept your policy, then you don't have coverage," Cuomo seemed confused as he responded: "Wait. Who's 'they'? If you have coverage from a company, then you're getting care. What do you mean, 'If they don't accept the policy'? How does that work?"
VIDEO CNN's Cuomo Turns Discussion of Trump's Daycare Plan into Gay Rights Debate
By Brad Wilmouth | September 14, 2016 12:58 PM EDT
When Iowa Republican Representative and Donald Trump supporter Steve King appeared as a guest on Wednesday's New Day to discuss Trump's plan to use the tax code to assist families with children, host Chris Cuomo managed to redirect the conversation off to a discussion of gay rights for a significant portion of the interview. The CNN host insisted that research shows that homosexual couples "are doing just as well if not better than" families with both a father and mother in raising children, and declared: "There is not a reason to believe that you have to have a man and woman to do that...."
VIDEO MSNBC Guest April Ryan: Steve King Is 'Stunted Mentally,' Doesn't Understand Racist U.S. History
By Curtis Houck | July 20, 2016 8:10 PM EDT
Two days after a tense exchange on MSNBC involving race and American history, American Urban Radio Networks correspondent April Ryan returned to the network's set on Wednesday night to declare her opponent from Monday in Republican Congressman Steve King (Iowa) is "stunted mentally to be honest with you."
VIDEO CNN's Cuomo and Steve King Debate Guns, Gays & PC in Orlando Terror Case
By Brad Wilmouth | June 15, 2016 5:33 PM EDT
As Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King appeared as a guest on Tuesday's New Day to discuss the Orlando night club terror attack, CNN host Chris Cuomo pressed him over the issue of gun laws and also over whether Republicans should be making a point of specifying that it was a gay club that was targeted when speaking of the attack.
The two also got into a debate over whether political correctness has made it more difficult to head off Islamic terrorism by pressuring people into keeping silent about suspicions toward Muslim acquaintances.
VIDEO CNN's Cuomo Frets US Will 'Help ISIS' by Barring Refugees, 'Blaming the Victims'
By Brad Wilmouth | November 24, 2015 1:47 PM EST
On Tuesday's New Day on CNN, as co-host Chris Cuomo debated Republican Rep. Steve King on whether Syrian refugees should be allowed into the U.S., the CNN host absurdly suggested that barring refugees might "help ISIS" because it would be "playing into ISIS's hands" by "showing that you are against these people who are desperate."
As he closed the interview for breaking news, he also got in a last-minute dig as he suggested that opponents of bringing refugees to America were "blaming the victims."
VIDEO CNN's Cuomo Compares Interracial Marriage to Same-Sex 'Marriage'
By Matthew Balan | July 1, 2015 4:48 PM EDT
On Wednesday's New Day, CNN's Chris Cuomo again carried water for the left's social agenda as he interviewed Republican Congressman Steve King. When Rep. King contended that "no one who voted to ratify that Fourteenth Amendment gave...a thought" to the Supreme Court writing "same-sex marriage rights into that," Cuomo retorted that "you could say the same thing about race and anti-miscegenation laws." He later wondered, "How does this [decision] hurt you that it's fueling this outrage among conservatives and Christians?"


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from theano.tensor.nnet import conv2d

import numpy

rng = numpy.random.RandomState(23451)

# instantiate 4D tensor for input
input = T.tensor4(name='input')

nr_channels = 5

# initialize shared variable for weights.
w_shp = (nr_channels, 4, 9, 9)
w_bound = numpy.sqrt(4 * 9 * 9)
W = theano.shared( numpy.asarray(
            rng.uniform(
                low=-1.0 / w_bound,
                high=1.0 / w_bound,
                size=w_shp),
            dtype=input.dtype), name ='W')

# initialize shared variable for bias (1D tensor) with random values
# IMPORTANT: biases are usually initialized to zero. However in this
# particular application, we simply apply the convolutional layer to
# an image without learning the parameters. We therefore initialize
# them to random values to "simulate" learning.
b_shp = (nr_channels,)
b = theano.shared(numpy.asarray(
            rng.uniform(low=-.5, high=.5, size=b_shp),
            dtype=input.dtype), name ='b')

# build symbolic expression that computes the convolution of input with filters in w
conv_out = conv2d(input, W)

# build symbolic expression to add bias and apply activation function, i.e. produce neural net layer output
# A few words on ``dimshuffle`` :
#   ``dimshuffle`` is a powerful tool in reshaping a tensor;
#   what it allows you to do is to shuffle dimension around
#   but also to insert new ones along which the tensor will be
#   broadcastable;
#   dimshuffle('x', 2, 'x', 0, 1)
#   This will work on 3d tensors with no broadcastable
#   dimensions. The first dimension will be broadcastable,
#   then we will have the third dimension of the input tensor as
#   the second of the resulting tensor, etc. If the tensor has
#   shape (20, 30, 40), the resulting tensor will have dimensions
#   (1, 40, 1, 20, 30). (AxBxC tensor is mapped to 1xCx1xAxB tensor)
#   More examples:
#    dimshuffle('x') -> make a 0d (scalar) into a 1d vector
#    dimshuffle(0, 1) -> identity
#    dimshuffle(1, 0) -> inverts the first and second dimensions
#    dimshuffle('x', 0) -> make a row out of a 1d vector (N to 1xN)
#    dimshuffle(0, 'x') -> make a column out of a 1d vector (N to Nx1)
#    dimshuffle(2, 0, 1) -> AxBxC to CxAxB
#    dimshuffle(0, 'x', 1) -> AxB to Ax1xB
#    dimshuffle(1, 'x', 0) -> AxB to Bx1xA

output = T.nnet.sigmoid(conv_out + b.dimshuffle('x', 0, 'x', 'x'))

# create theano function to compute filtered images
f = theano.function([input], output)

from PIL import Image

# open random image of dimensions 639x516
img = Image.open(open('../../data/pics/venus.png'))
# dimensions are (height, width, channel)
img = numpy.asarray(img, dtype='float64') / 256.

# put image in 4D tensor of shape (1, 3, height, width)
img_ = img.transpose(2, 0, 1).reshape(1, 4, img.shape[0], img.shape[1])
filtered_img = f(img_)

import pylab

# plot original image and first and second components of output
pylab.subplot((nr_channels + 1)/2, 2 , 1); pylab.axis('off'); pylab.imshow(img)
pylab.title("Original image")
pylab.gray();
# recall that the convOp output (filtered image) is actually a "minibatch",
# of size 1 here, so we take index 0 in the first dimension:
for i in range(nr_channels):
    pylab.subplot((nr_channels + 1)/2, 2 , i +2)
    pylab.title("Random filter " + str(i))
    pylab.axis('off'); pylab.imshow(filtered_img[0, i, :, :])
pylab.show()

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Lunar: The Silver Star
Platform: Sega CD
Tags: RPG, Turn-Based, Fantasy
Developer: Game Arts
AKA: Lunar: Silver Star (JP)
Working Designs
12/??/1993
Game Arts
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Zigfried says: "Lunar is not an epic. There are no warring factions, political agendas, or corrupt religions. The game's not even long — it can be completed in a day. Lunar is a short story for children and children-at-heart, full of knights, dragons, damsels in distress, and brave damsels in dress."
CptRetroBlue says: "Fly me to the moon..."
overdrive says: "A classic RPG that's still pretty good after over two decades."
True says: "I remember the good old days. Days where arcades were more popular than home systems. Days where cartridges dominated most systems and days where Working Designs actually published good games. Hell, great games. And I remember every single one. Especially Lunar: The Silver Star. It was the first and perhaps even the best. "
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The manufacture of gramophone records commences a process known as cutting the master disc. Technologically, this is a precision maching process in which a modified lathe (left) is used to cut a groove into an aluminium disc coated with nitro-cellulose lacquer by a worm-driven cutter-head and cutter-chisel modulated by a moving-coil assembly similar to that of a conventional loudspeaker.
The mineral corundum (Al2O3) is normally used for the cutting chisel in the form of synthetic ruby or sapphire. Blue sapphire is usually considered the best material for the record-cutting as these gems may be manufactured without grains or impurities and can by shaped very precisely; with clean, sharp edges. The dimensions of the sapphire stylus in an Ortofon lathe are illustrated. Note the radius of the tip of the stylus (less than 4µm).
The accelerations required to drive the cutter-chisel are immense, and the amplifiers for cutting records were the height of audio engineering during the heyday of gramophone records.
In processing, the lacquer disc (sometimes called an acetate) is electroplated with nickel. The original lacquer is subsequently removed; yielding a negative nickel impression of the original master disc - in which the groove has become a ridge. This is known as the master.
When only a few hundred discs are required, the first nickel master, grown from the lacquer original, may be used as a stamper which is to say, used as a mould for the production records, the ridges in the stamper leaving the impression of grooves in the heated, soft vinyl.
If production runs exceed about 1000 discs, a process is undertaken in which an intermediate mother is produced from the master. This metal mother has a groove and may be played just like a normal disc (and, in fact, is played to check it). Multiple, negative discs (stampers) may then be formed from the mother disc.
Vinyl records are pressed by placing a hot, soft slab of raw PVC material weighing just a little more than that in the finished record between opposed stampers in a hydraulic press. The PVC plastic material in this form is called a biscuit or a puck. The puck is usually about three inches (75mm) in diameter and about 1 inch (25mm) thick at first. It is introduced into the middle of the press with the record labels above and below it (see photograph).
The stampers are then heated with steam to about 140℃ and the jaws of the press close on the biscuit which is squeezed out to flat disc shape in the press under great pressure. During the course of this pressing treatment, the plastic material is forced into conformity with the ridges of the stampers in the press. A visual indication that the plastic has flowed is given by the excess PVC which "splurges" beyond the edges of the press creating a rim of rough, unmoulded plastic known as flashing. After a few seconds, the steam is replaced with cold water. This allows the record to become firm enough to be removed from the press once the jaws of the mould open. The duration of the heating, pressing and cooling cycle is 20 to 30 seconds. The record is then placed on the trimming turntable, where the excess vinyl (flashing - usually about an inch around the edge) is cut away to leave the 12" disc.
When squeezing a lump of PVC out to flat, disc form, it must be squeezed everywhere between the faces of the stampers. Unfortunately, it often happens that the outwardly flowing plastic does not completely fill in the leeward side of a ridge. Hence, one or more portions of the outer shoulders of the sound grooves in a finished record are missing and the result, if not spotted and rejected in QC, is a portion of the record in which there is a loud "rasp" on replay. This defect is called no-fill. It is very common to hear no-fill on the lead-in of many records and is sadly apparent in many new releases.
Pimples are due to impurities in the PVC stock which cause damage in the form of a small dent to the stampers. These dents become small bumps the main playing surface of the moulded record. For some reason, period American discs seem more prone to this than European-manufactured records (perhaps due to the higher proportion of recycled vinyl used, see below). Many times, the small bumps are relatively harmless, but the worst can make the stylus "jump".
Of the other issues which beset vinyl, many are caused by the cooling phase. If this is too fast or too slow, the finish of the disc may be affected or it may bend or warp. If the disc is removed from the mould before it is fully hardened, the disc cannot support its own weight and a permanent set takes place in the form of a narrow wrinkle known as pinch-warp. This fault too is unfortunately relatively common in commercial discs.
But, by far the most common fault with gramophone records of all eras (including today's audiophile releases) is eccentricity due to the spindle-hole not being in the exact centre of the groove spiral.
The RIAA dimensional specification for phonograph records is oddly silent on the tolerance of the position of the centre of the hole from the centre of the Archimedian spiral formed by the recording grooves. There is a requirement for the disc to balance on a diameter of ≤0.437" (111 mm) which thereby specifies the tolerance of the position of centre-hole in terms of its relation to the disc's centre of gravity. But this isn't really the same thing and the requirement is partially self-fulfilled as the record is spun on the trimming turntable about its centre-hole when the flashing is trimmed. An earlier NAB standard1 requires that ..... the disc center hole be concentric with the recorded groove spiral within 0.005 inches (125μm). But is this ± 0.005"? In any case, we have discovered have discovered many examples of the centre-holes of manufactured discs to approach 0.040" (1mm) offset from the true centre.
Even in the best case, the centre hole dimensions are 0.286 ± 0.002 inches. And, so as not to foul on the PVC, the normal spindle diameter is 0.275". So it is quite possible to place a "perfect" LP on a perfect deck and still have it sit so that its rotational centre is >0.013" from the true centre of the groove spiral.
We can calculate the effect of this degree of eccentricity on the speed variation (wow) of the medium2. Consider the illustration.
0.05 ⁄ 2.5π = 0.0064, or a pk to pk speed variation of 0.64% which is certainly audible, and unpleasantly so!
Even in the heyday of vinyl records, when new pressing equipment was available and easy to maintain, the number of rejected discs as a proportion of total manufactured pieces was surprisingly high (and it's even higher today with old, tired presses). Given this rejection ratio, the practice of re-grinding up the rejects to make PVC stock for new discs developed on economic grounds. However, it is usually considered that this recycled PVC produces more surface noise than brand new (or virgin) plastic because it contains fragments of paper from labels and other contaminants.
If a very high proportion of recycled PVC was used in the production of a record, it may be detected visually by careful inspection of the run-out groove area. With new PVC, this area is shiny and reflective. If a significant proportion of recycled vinyl is present, this area will have a slightly milky quality due to the thousands of very tiny specks which break up the otherwise high-gloss surface. Contemporary producers of "audiophile" discs eschew re-ground PVC for this reason.


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Out With the Old: In With the New
Melissa McKenzie Posted on POSTED 12:00 AM, March 9, 2011
Before fans and local dignitaries, San Jose City Councilman Sam Liccardo, channeling former President Ronald Regan, demanded San Jose Earthquakes' managing partner Keith Wolff instruct Devcon Construction to 'tear down this wall'. It was a phrase Earthquakes fans had been waiting to hear. After losing the Quakes to Houston, then bringing them back to the Bay Area, fans and front office staff alike have dreamed of a stadium to call their own. On March 3, the first step toward that dream became a reality when the Quakes broke ground on the new field by tearing down buildings at the old Food Machinery Corporation site, adjacent to the Quakes' Nutrilite Training Center, off Coleman Avenue in San Jose.
While the Quakes currently play at Buck Shaw Stadium on the campus of Santa Clara University, it isn't 'home'. The locker room is located offsite in the Leavey Center, the pavement could use work, the parking is horrendous, and despite being a decent field, the SCU campus isn't what most would consider a great sporting venue. However, because of last Thursday's Demolition Day ceremony, the Quakes should soon have a place to call home.
Demolition Day kicked off the first leg of deconstructing the buildings on the FMC site. The event started with a welcome speech from Earthquakes' President Dave Kaval, General Manager John Doyle, and addresses from members of the San Jose City Council. Then the fun began. To the tune of the A-Team theme song, an M2 Bradley tank rolled in carrying members of the Earthquakes including Golden Boot Winner Chris Wondolowski. Soon after, a PC750LC excavator shocked attendees by pounding its massive claw into the pavement and creating a "did you feel that?" earthquake moment.
The demolition was staged. After a wall on the north side of the factory was torn down, the excavator reached into the newly created hole and pulled out what appeared to be a refrigerator. The operator delicately placed it on the ground before pummeling it into bits. The machine then went back into the hole, grabbed a round office table and dropped it to the ground. The spectacle sent a wave of snickers throughout the crowd.
The process of tearing down the FMC buildings will take approximately 12 weeks and cost $3 million. During that time, the Earthquakes will continue to secure funding for the new stadium, which will cost around $60 million and is set to be one of the few privately funded fields in Major League Soccer. Once built, the venue will be intimate, much like current Buck Shaw Stadium, and seat approximately 15,000 fans with 3,000 standing room only "seats".
In the meantime, the Earthquakes will play the 2011 season at Santa Clara University. The season is set to kickoff on Saturday, March 19 against Real Salt Lake.
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In November, the voters of Yarmouth approved a $52 million bond for the expansion of all four Yarmouth schools, and a complete renovation of the Elementary School. Since that time we have been taking steps necessary to begin construction in the fall of 2019. A Building Committee has been formed and has begun meeting to oversee this work on behalf of the School Committee and the Yarmouth community, and Harriman Architects and Engineers has been hired to complete the design documents and manage the lengthy permitting and construction bidding process.
Over the next 8 months, construction documents will be completed, proper permits will be issued, and final designs of the interior and exterior of each building will be decided upon. It is anticipated that groundbreaking will occur in October, though the phasing of the four projects will be decided at a later date. It will take approximately one year from groundbreaking to complete work at Rowe and Harrison Middle School, one and a half years at Yarmouth High School, and two full years at Yarmouth Elementary School. During construction, there will likely be temporary classrooms at HMS and YES, and we are working with the architects to develop a construction schedule that will provide the lease interruption while yielding the safest, most efficient path toward completion.
Please stay apprised of this work by viewing our construction webpage, where you will find concept plans and agendas and minutes of our Building Committee meetings.


Shoppers Stop launched its 5thstore in the city at Acropolis Mall in Kasba. The store was inaugurated by actress Ms.Raima Sen along with Mr. Manohar Kamath, Customer Care Associate & Chief Operating Officer, Shoppers Stop Ltd.
At the new store, customers will find the most stylish brands namely US Polo, Ed Hardy, United Colors of Benetton, RS by Rocky Star and many more. In addition to these, Shoppers Stop offers a wide variety of merchandise across categories under its exclusive brands Stop, Kashish, Life, Haute Curry, Elliza Donatein and Vettorio Fratini.
With this new store, Shoppers Stop brings HomeStop to Kolkata for the very first time. It is the ultimate destination for home innovations, offering an enormous variety of products across all categories in the home segment including home adornments, bed and bath, kitchen appliances and accessories, home storage and window fashion, amongst others.
The new store also houses Mothercare, a world-renowned brand for maternity, baby and childcare products. Known for its uniformly high standard of quality worldwide, Mothercare stocks a variety of products for mothers and babies, toddlers and children till eight years of age, the focus being on style, function and safety.
Emphasis is given to customer convenience with escalators at every level, customer friendly signage, ample and spacious trial rooms, large cashiering banks, alteration desk, customer service desk with complimentary gift wrapping service, the First Citizen lounge, to name a few. The store is also equipped with special trial rooms for physically challenged customers on all levels.
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Blue Reflection | 'Story Trailer' - Use a Potion!
Find out more about Koei Tecmo's upcoming JRPG Blue Reflection in this newly released story trailer.
Relationships are a key part of the game, and the closer Hinako gets with her friends the stronger their Bond becomes. This is extremely important, as Hinako will have to rely on their support when she fights the devastating Sephira. These friendships can be cultivated further via individual Bond Episodes, which take place on the school premises after class ends, or Date Events, which occur in locations such as the movie theatre, the culture festival, the general store etc., each of which represent a particular character's unique and quirky personality. Socialising in this way will open up a selection of options for Hinako, including Essential Missions, which progress the narrative; Important Missions, which focus on character interaction; and Common Exploration. Successfully completing a mission forges a stronger link with particular characters, and grants experience which unlocks powerful new abilities.
Outside of personal contact, players can also choose to return home and relax before another challenging day. There, they can spend time around the house and learn more about Hinako's past, as well as browse in the popular FreeSpace! App, an indispensable tool for connecting with friends and planning activities which has become commonplace at Hoshinomiya Girl's School.


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Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, half of the Austin band S U R V I V E, traveled back in musical time to soundtrack the biggest pop culture phenomenon of 2016: the Netflix series Stranger Things. The duo's dreamy, throwback score helped sell the nostalgic ode to when Carpenter and Spielberg were the tastemakers of the horror/fantasy genre. Series creators The Duffer Brothers fell in love with the band's albums, which spin classic synths into a distinctly modern sound—and the resulting alchemy produced the most talked-about soundtrack of the year that garnered a Primetime Emmy Award win for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music, two Grammy nominations for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, an ASCAP Composers' Choice Award nomination for TV Composer(s) of the Year, and a World Soundtrack Award nomination for TV Composer(s) of the Year. The duo completed work on Stranger Things 2 in 2017, which Pitchfork commented, "while staying true to the series' airtight aesthetic, Dixon and Stein continue to find ways to push beyond." They are currently working on the third season of the series.
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"You Should Be Ashamed": Rahul Gandhi To Sam Pitroda For 1984 Remark
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Sam Pitroda had used the words "hua toh hua (what happened, happened)" while trying to dismiss questions on the anti-Sikh riots last week.
All IndiaEdited by Shylaja Varma (with inputs from ANI)Updated: May 13, 2019 5:25 pm IST
Rahul Gandhi reiterating his stand on the controversial remarks made by Sam Pitroda.
Fatehgarh Sahib:
Sam Pitroda's remarks on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots last week is "absolutely wrong and he should apologise to the nation for it", Rahul Gandhi said today, reiterating his stand on the controversial remarks made by the Congress leader.
"What Sam Pitroda said about 1984 is absolutely wrong and he should apologise to the nation for it. I told him this over the phone, I told him what he said was wrong, he should be ashamed and apologise publicly," Mr Gandhi said at an election rally in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib.
Mr Pitroda had used the words "hua toh hua (what happened, happened)" while trying to dismiss questions on the anti-Sikh riots last week, triggering criticism from political parties cutting across ideological lines. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it showed the Congress' "character and mentality", Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh termed the remark as "shocking".
He apologised shortly after his party distanced itself from his comments and warned all its leaders to be careful."What I meant was move on. We have other issues to discuss as to what the BJP government did and what it delivered. I feel sorry that my remark was misrepresented, I apologise. This has been blown out of proportion," Sam Pitroda told news agency ANI.
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Non-catalytic and substrate-free method to titania-doped W 18O 49 nanorods: Growth, characterizations, and electro-optical properties
Hsuan Ching Lin, Cherng Yuh Su, Yuan Hsiang Yu, Chung Kwei Lin
In the present study, titania-doped (Ti-doped) W 18O 49 nanorods have been prepared using a modified plasma arc gas condensation technique. Characterizations by field-emission gun scanning electron microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicate that the as-prepared nanorods with a singlecrystalline monoclinic W 18O 49 phase are of 20-100 nm in diameter and several micrometers in length. The Raman peaks of the Ti-doped W 18O 49 nanorods show a red-shift Raman peaks, and an additional greenemission peak at 497 nm is observed in the photoluminescence (PL) spectrum compared to pure W 18O 49 nanorods. Field-emission (FE) measurements reveal that the turn-on (E to) and threshold (E thr) voltages of the Ti-doped W 18O 49 nanorods are 2.2 and 3.4 V/lm, respectively. A vapor-solid process that does not involve the use of catalyst is proposed for the nanorod growth mechanism. Experimental results show that the additional defects resulting from titania doping are responsible for the enhancement of the optical and FE properties of the pure W 18O 49 nanorods.
Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Nanorods
Field Emission
High Resolution Spectroscopy
X-ray Spectroscopy
Photoluminescence
High resolution transmission electron microscopy
Doped
Field-emission property
Tungsten oxide
Modelling and Simulation
Lin, H. C., Su, C. Y., Yu, Y. H., & Lin, C. K. (2012). Non-catalytic and substrate-free method to titania-doped W 18O 49 nanorods: Growth, characterizations, and electro-optical properties. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 14(1), [665]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-011-0665-8
Non-catalytic and substrate-free method to titania-doped W 18O 49 nanorods : Growth, characterizations, and electro-optical properties. / Lin, Hsuan Ching; Su, Cherng Yuh; Yu, Yuan Hsiang; Lin, Chung Kwei.
In: Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Vol. 14, No. 1, 665, 01.2012.
Lin, HC, Su, CY, Yu, YH & Lin, CK 2012, 'Non-catalytic and substrate-free method to titania-doped W 18O 49 nanorods: Growth, characterizations, and electro-optical properties', Journal of Nanoparticle Research, vol. 14, no. 1, 665. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-011-0665-8
Lin HC, Su CY, Yu YH, Lin CK. Non-catalytic and substrate-free method to titania-doped W 18O 49 nanorods: Growth, characterizations, and electro-optical properties. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 2012 Jan;14(1). 665. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-011-0665-8
Lin, Hsuan Ching ; Su, Cherng Yuh ; Yu, Yuan Hsiang ; Lin, Chung Kwei. / Non-catalytic and substrate-free method to titania-doped W 18O 49 nanorods : Growth, characterizations, and electro-optical properties. In: Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 2012 ; Vol. 14, No. 1.
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abstract = "In the present study, titania-doped (Ti-doped) W 18O 49 nanorods have been prepared using a modified plasma arc gas condensation technique. Characterizations by field-emission gun scanning electron microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicate that the as-prepared nanorods with a singlecrystalline monoclinic W 18O 49 phase are of 20-100 nm in diameter and several micrometers in length. The Raman peaks of the Ti-doped W 18O 49 nanorods show a red-shift Raman peaks, and an additional greenemission peak at 497 nm is observed in the photoluminescence (PL) spectrum compared to pure W 18O 49 nanorods. Field-emission (FE) measurements reveal that the turn-on (E to) and threshold (E thr) voltages of the Ti-doped W 18O 49 nanorods are 2.2 and 3.4 V/lm, respectively. A vapor-solid process that does not involve the use of catalyst is proposed for the nanorod growth mechanism. Experimental results show that the additional defects resulting from titania doping are responsible for the enhancement of the optical and FE properties of the pure W 18O 49 nanorods.",
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N2 - In the present study, titania-doped (Ti-doped) W 18O 49 nanorods have been prepared using a modified plasma arc gas condensation technique. Characterizations by field-emission gun scanning electron microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicate that the as-prepared nanorods with a singlecrystalline monoclinic W 18O 49 phase are of 20-100 nm in diameter and several micrometers in length. The Raman peaks of the Ti-doped W 18O 49 nanorods show a red-shift Raman peaks, and an additional greenemission peak at 497 nm is observed in the photoluminescence (PL) spectrum compared to pure W 18O 49 nanorods. Field-emission (FE) measurements reveal that the turn-on (E to) and threshold (E thr) voltages of the Ti-doped W 18O 49 nanorods are 2.2 and 3.4 V/lm, respectively. A vapor-solid process that does not involve the use of catalyst is proposed for the nanorod growth mechanism. Experimental results show that the additional defects resulting from titania doping are responsible for the enhancement of the optical and FE properties of the pure W 18O 49 nanorods.
AB - In the present study, titania-doped (Ti-doped) W 18O 49 nanorods have been prepared using a modified plasma arc gas condensation technique. Characterizations by field-emission gun scanning electron microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicate that the as-prepared nanorods with a singlecrystalline monoclinic W 18O 49 phase are of 20-100 nm in diameter and several micrometers in length. The Raman peaks of the Ti-doped W 18O 49 nanorods show a red-shift Raman peaks, and an additional greenemission peak at 497 nm is observed in the photoluminescence (PL) spectrum compared to pure W 18O 49 nanorods. Field-emission (FE) measurements reveal that the turn-on (E to) and threshold (E thr) voltages of the Ti-doped W 18O 49 nanorods are 2.2 and 3.4 V/lm, respectively. A vapor-solid process that does not involve the use of catalyst is proposed for the nanorod growth mechanism. Experimental results show that the additional defects resulting from titania doping are responsible for the enhancement of the optical and FE properties of the pure W 18O 49 nanorods.
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Review of Randy Roach's "Comebacks"
Written by Greg Sushinsky Greg Sushinsky
Randy Roach has done it yet again. In his new book, "Comebacks," which is the first book in Volume III of his "Muscle, Smoke & Mirrors" saga, he has achieved a minor bodybuilding masterpiece.
The book follows the 1980 and 1981 Mr. Olympia contests, or more precisely, the firestorm that surrounded the returns to competition of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Franco Columbu and their controversial, unpopular wins.
To those that remember these contests and the events that surrounded them, they'll recall the highly emotionally charged times they were. Everybody had their favorite alternative winners: Dickerson, Mentzer, Coe, Platz, etc. While most bodybuilders, fans and observers of the sport have a variety of opinions as to what and why things happened, most felt it was one of the darkest times in the sport. Simply put, the bodybuilding world by and large thought the two contest verdicts were outrageous; the popular belief was that the outcomes were pre-determined. Yes, that means fixed.
As with all of his work, though, Randy Roach invites us to take a deeper look into things. He shines light on this darkness. The hallmark of his work, which shines all the way through the rest of Muscle, Smoke & Mirrors, is that he never accepts the superficial interpretation, the easy answer, as there is usually more to things. One of Roach's greatest skills is uncovering that "more," whether it's in the development of bodybuilding nutrition or the personal history of bodybuilders, trainers, or the rulers of the cultic world of muscle such as the Weiders, the Hoffmans, et al.
What readers will find out is that while there is plenty of blame to go around for both Olympia debacles, it's not so clear who the villains are. There were legitimate differences of opinion as to who really had the best physique. As it turns out, there were many procedural and structural errors within the IFBB's way of running contests, and many if not most of the judges attempted to arrive at a fair contest verdict. That they didn't, by most accounts, leads to Roach's fascinating many-sided investigation and explanation of why this happened. Most honest readers, despite what they may have felt initially, will come to see the complexity of events and interaction of the players in the dramas. Roach doesn't excuse the darkness, but he shows how the contests and the judging happened.
Roach lays it all out, leaving the reader to his own conclusions. Randy Roach's thoroughness and depth of investigating is unparalleled in the small amount of journalism that is done in the sport.
Randy Roach continues to shine his brilliance on the sport he loves, illuminating it brightly for those who care about it.
Again, a brilliant book by a brilliant writer.
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By Richard Gamble | October 13, 2010 at 08:00 PM
The process of joining SWIFT should start with an internal cost/benefit analysis, says Bryan Kirkpatrick, vice president, senior product manager for treasury services and SWIFT expert at Bank of New York Mellon. What do you want to use SWIFT for? How much would it cost to do that? How much would you save? Some of those answers will come from talking with SWIFT sales or consulting people. Some may come from treasury peers. Together, you should be able to figure out if the business case is there.
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Dan Jaffe, group executive vice president of the Association of National Advertisers in Washington, D.C., discusses the push for national privacy laws, and the obstacles faced by the effort.


We, The DC Film Freaks in the presence of YOU our fellow freaks promise to ALWAYS provide our DCFF faithful with OPEN, HONEST and most importantly ENTERTAINING CONTENT on Film, TV and yes even LIFE!
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The Film Freak talks about new TV and Movie News including Grimm's Cancellation, Stranger Things' Renewal, and Ben Affleck's Deathstroke Reveal. Reviews include Mechanic: Resurrection, Morgan, The Light Between Oceans and More!
The Film Freak talks about Amazon's Jack Ryan and The Departed reboot. Justice League Dark and The Monolith. Reviews Ben-Hur, Kubo and the Two Strings, Imperium, Don't Breathe, Southside With You, and Hell or High Water. He also addresses the controversy surrounding Nate Parker and The Birth of a Nation.
In this episode the Film Freak talks about The Flash, Arrow, Mr. Robot, and Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan. Sherlock and Watson, Guillermo Del Toro's new film, and the new Superman Suit. Reviews: Sausage Party, Florence Foster Jenkins, and Stranger Things. Rants/Thoughts on Rotten Tomatoes vs. Suicide Squad, the mediocre Summer Blockbusters of 2016, and a challenge to fellow members of The DC Film Freaks.
The guys tackle the controversy around Birth of Nation director and how its related to Mel Brooks cult classic Blazing Saddles. Also, find what famous feud Charles might have played huge part in crushing the beef!
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First of all I am a fan of the first series of Ghostbusters movies. I loved the interaction and comedy between Murray and company. I even was a fan of the second movie which some people did not like. So I had a good deal of trepidation about the new Ghostbusters movie and a lot of questions. 1. Is this a sequel or a remake? 2.Will this movie have any connection to the first series? 3. Why are they making this movie?
I know, I know. Lately, I have been a naysayer to the whole 3D experience. I felt that it has used up its cycle of relevance and needs to be placed back on the shelf to wait for the next revival from a future generation. But Ghostbusters used their 3D in excellent ways. Slime! Proton streams! Ghosts reaching out! Wow! The visual experience in itself was delightful. Special effects were incredible in this movie.
But the films storyline, action and humor were spot on. There were no dead spots in the movie where you were not entertained. Wiig and McCarthy are their usual comedy gold but the spotlights shine on Kate McKinnon and Chris Hemsworth. These two performance kept you rollicking on the floor through the whole movie. I have to see the movie more than once because of the outright, out loud laughter generated by them throughout this movie. Hemsworth continues to show that he is more than a guy with a hammer and McKinnon shows why she is one of the only reasons that SNL is remotely funny anymore.
Question number one. This is not a sequel. This is a total remake. Everything starts with these ladies. The names are different. Their roles are similar but the similarities end there. Which brings me to the one small criticism I have of this movie. I know Leslie Jones is fulfilling the role that Ernie Hudson played in the first movie but why couldn't the sister be more than street smart? Not a problem but I'm just saying. Question number two. There are a couple connections to the first series however, they are homages only. That being said, every major character from the first Ghostbusters except for Rick Moranis is in this movie. Even the song is back (who said it wasn't?).
This movie is clever and incredibly fun and good for most of the family. Beware, there are a couple of intense scenes involving ghosts, of course, and one possession scene that may make this movie a little too much for children under 7. Otherwise, this movie was one of the best experiences of the year and is definitely a top ten. By the way, stay through the credits!
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After witnessing the travesty of the list provided by my cohort on this website, I was challenged to provide a more accurate (or should I say rational) list of the best of 2016 to this point. I used the first six months of the year as the benchmark. So anything coming out in July would not be eligible for consideration (which is fortunate because the July movies so far would not have even cracked the list).
10. Eye in the Sky - This is a deliberate and thought provoking drama where issues of right and wrong, come into play in the new arena of high-tech warfare. How far is too far? How much collateral damage is acceptable? Helen Mirren leads a stellar cast including the late Alan Rickman.
 9. 10 Cloverfield Lane - John Goodman submits a sublime performance as a man you just can't trust. Again you just have to question who's right and who's wrong.
8. The Nice Guys - Shane Black has a way of making great not-really-buddy movies, Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang and now this. Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe are great together as detectives in this twist-filled, comedic romp through '70s Los Angeles. Let's have a sequel!
7. Batman v. Superman: The Dawn of Justice - For as aggravating and full of holes as this movie was, we got to see Batman (a murderer) and Superman (wimpy) in lights that we had not seen before. A definite cinematic tour-de-force. Hopefully the ultimate edition will make it more cohesive.
6. Deadpool - So what it's R-rated. This movie rocks! Ryan Reynolds plays the role he was born to play as a wisecracking, love-making superhero.
5. Jungle Book - OK, I was wrong about this one too. Disney makes another great live action version of a beloved animated feature.
4. Captain America: Civil War - No one's list is complete without this movie. The action, the drama, the story. So what it wasn't like the book. Neither was BvS, the Jungle Book or Suicide Squad for that matter. This was clearly the best of the comic book movies of the year so far.
3. Sing Street - This little independent film blew me away. Set in Ireland in the '80s, this coming of age tale of rock and roll and young love was refreshing and beautiful. By the way, the soundtrack is totally awesome, dude!
 2. Green Room - Another sleeper hit. Patrick Stewart shows his range playing Darcy, a more than evil owner of a Skinhead bar, who is trying to kill the members of a rock band that has seen too much.
  1. Zootopia - With its super intelligent mix of adult and child humor and themes, this is the go-to movie for family fare and a clear frontrunner for the animated Oscar title. Could there be a crossover into Best Picture?
2016 has been a very strange year for movies. Audiences seem to be more perceptive about the big, dumb, CGI, noisy blockbusters that just a few years ago would have been successes but at the same time there also seems to be a lack of passion about smart, low-budget, indie films either. 2016 has also been the year of movies that stir up debate: Do critics sometimes get caught up in the popular opinion of their peers? Does branding still work? Can you like average movies despite their flaws or must everything be 100% good or 100% bad? Should the Rotten Tomatoes score matter at all? Whatever your answer to these questions these are my personal Top Ten movies of 2016 so far. I'm not saying top ten best technically or works of film or what have you. Some of them I believe (Esp. Number 1) are the best but most of them are my personal favorites based on my opinion.
10. Finding Dory: A worthy Pixar sequel that wasn't as good as the first but still better than the last several Pixar movies. Still only the second best animated movie of the year though.
9. Eye in the Sky: Reminiscent of Good Kill but a much broader look at drone warfare while at the same time making it much more tense and disturbing. Sure to spark debate wherever watched. RIP Alan Rickman.
8. Deadpool: A long awaited Ryan Reynolds passion project that is all about fan service. The story may be formulaic but the character defies formula.
7. The Finest Hours: An underlooked but entertaining true story about the largest Coast Guard rescue in history. Harkens back to when Disney cared about live action, family friendly, action adventures.
6. The Jungle Book: A fun, rollicking live action update to the classic Disney tale. It has the songs, it has the action, and it has Bill Murray and Christopher Walken as singing bears and orangutans.
5. 10 Cloverfield Lane: The second best close quarters thriller of the year. John Goodman chews scenery and a first time director makes his mark with a tense, shocking film.
4. Green Room: The Best close quarters thriller of the year. Patrick Stewart chews scenery and Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin) directs another great movie. RIP Anton Yelchin.
3. Eddie the Eagle: This and the next are almost purely personal picks. I love this story, Taron Edgerton and Hugh Jackman are wonderful, and the ending brings tears to my eyes every time. Fly like an eagle guys.
   2. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: I could (and have) written full articles about this and why it's underrated but for me personally all I need: Luther's schemes, Supes and Bats fight, and WONDER WOMAN GUYS!!! Loved it. Watch the Ultimate Edition. Enough said.
1. Zootopia: The best animated movie since I don't know when, and one of my all time favorites. This is a kids movie that has: a Godfather tribute, an effective Jump Scare, a neo-noir mystery, a kid friendly message about racism, discrimination, and tolerance. Affirmative action, the 80s drug crisis, and racial bias in law enforcement are in this movie. A Breaking Bad reference and a joke about the N word are ALL in a kids movie with fuzzy animals. WHAT? It's amazing.
After months of talk The Freak Out is here! Isaac, Charles and Mike are here to totally Freak Out about the very controversial War Room! Check it out and dont be afraid to FREAK OUT!


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We Have Met the Beast and He Is Us
Somehow this is still a thing. Christian politicians and pundits routinely make fearmongering overtures about the identity of "the beast," "the antichrist," the cosmic boogeyman who will bring about the End Times™ and also happens to be their ideological opponent. Just pick a public figure you don't like, label them "dangerous," throw in a vague appeal to "biblical prophecy," and you're good to go.
Even as we roll our eyes, we think we know exactly which Bible prophecy is being abused: the book of Revelation and its warning of a coming antichrist. But it's not simply that the words of Revelation are being misappropriated as political fodder, they have been completely misread and misunderstood in the first place. If we take an educated and careful look at the relevant passages, a very different picture comes into focus. Spoiler Alert: there is no singular "antichrist" figure in Revelation. There are several metaphorical "monsters" in the text, but the nearest contemporary analog for the "beast" in question is not a Muslim warrior, a popular Pope, or a socialist President. It's something much more familiar and far more insidious.
(Actually) Reading Revelation
I get a little twitchy when uninformed Christians rant about "what it says in Revelation" concerning "the antichrist." For starters, the word "antichrist" never appears in the text. It's not there. Something like it can be found in John's epistles, but not here. There is a "beast" in Revelation, a few of them in fact, and to put them into proper context we'll need a quick overview of the whole thing.
The final book in the New Testament canon, Revelation was written as a coded message to first century churches from an exiled pastor named John. It's an apocalypse, a sort of ancient political cartoon, imagining the imminent destruction of the Roman Empire and the vindication of Jewish-Christian martyrs who had been killed by the state. Apocalyptic literature allowed its authors and recipients to express their true feelings about Rome without incrimination, using cryptic metaphors and bizarre symbolic imagery instead of openly political language.
Revelation plays out as a pageant of symbolic tableaus. The martyrs entreat the heavenly throne for justice, Jesus (depicted as a slain lamb) opens a scroll containing God's purposes, and bowls of consuming wrath are poured out onto the armies and superpowers of earth. In the end, the great Whore of Babylon (a.k.a. Rome) is defeated and God's kingdom is established in its place, a glistening (earthly!) city called New Jerusalem. The end.
So where does "the beast" figure in?
Dragon and the Beasts, This Fall on ABC
The chapters in question are Revelation 12 and 13, wherein the narrative shifts and the Bible suddenly goes all Harryhausen. A "great red dragon" falls to earth and summons two "beasts" (or "monsters"), one from the sea and one from the land, who do the dragon's bidding. The first monster speaks "blasphemous words" and "makes war on the saints," while the second one "deceives" the people of the earth into worshiping the first monster. This is the beast that "marks" humans with a number permitting them to "buy and sell."
The text explicitly identifies the dragon as "the satan," the evil power which animates the two earthly monsters. The first monster is the Roman Empire, with its temporary authority to rule over the tribes of the earth and its thirst for the righteous blood of the martyrs. Who then is the second beast, the one which so preoccupies dispensationalist Christians that they've forgotten all the other apocalyptic critters? He represents the religious and economic systems that feed the ambitions of the first beast. He makes images of his counterpart to be worshiped and brands citizens for participation in the marketplace. And what is the "number" that this beast stamps on the people's hands and foreheads? 666, the numeric name of Nero, the great persecutor of Christians. This beast dupes God's people into bankrolling their greatest enemy.
Hitting Close to Home
This is the dreaded beast of Revelation: imperial consumerism that lulls people into working and buying and selling and worshiping against their own interests. Revelation wasn't a warning to the future about the rise of a bad guy from an enemy camp, it was a clarion call to first century Christians against capitulation and collusion with the powers-that-be. It was an anti-establishment screed, reminding its hearers that Christians do not play at power and war and money like the beasts do. In a bottomless pit of irony, those Christian gatekeepers who most loudly sound the "antichrist" alarm in our own day tend to be those who are most sold out to nationalism, capitalism, and the established imperial order.
In context, the monsters of Revelation confront us with an unexpected threat. It's easy to exploit weird, cryptic prophecies for personal gain, fearmongering, and drumming up the donor base. It's easy to imagine some far off, foreign enemy who threatens to take our freedom away and disrupt our lifestyle. It's quite another thing to imagine that our very lifestyle itself might have all the markings of a beast.
For a more detailed breakdown of Revelation, check out this podcast.
This entry was posted in Blog and tagged antichrist, apocalypse, apocalyptic, beast, empire, end times, jesus, monster, politics, revelation on May 5, 2015 by JoshWay.
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I know Sufjan wrote all these songs because he didn't care much for the season, so maybe what he's saying is that it doesn't really feel like Christmas until they make it feel that way. by singing, laughing, dancing. Sheet Music and Tabs for Sufjan Stevens. Sufjan Stevens (pronounced" SOOF-yahn" ; born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and from Petoskey, Michigan.
Chords for Christmas In the Room - Sufjan Stevens. Play along with guitar, ukulele, or piano with interactive chords and diagrams.
Includes transpose, capo hints, changing speed and much more. Sufjan Stevens ( SOOF-yan; born July 1, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter and His debut album A Sun Came was released in 2000. Christmas Unicorn by Sufjan Stevens Chords Different Versions Chords, Tab, Tabs.
Key Variations. Play Advices. Chords Diagrams. Guitar Tabs Universe This is from the album Silver& Gold, a beautiful Christmas album with 58 great tracks like this. To support Sufjan Stevens and Asthmatic Kitty Records, you. Dec 9, 2014. I set the Sufjan christmas in the room chords Stevens Christmas playlist on infinite loop.
. 1, Christmas In The Room, Volume 8: Christmas Infinity Voyage. and transforms a couple major chords into minor ones, giving the song a more haunting vibe. I'd sell my shoes I'd give my body to be back again In the rest of the room.
F C F. You chords. Sufjan Stevens. Only At Christmas Time chords; Sufjan Stevens. Christmas in the Room Lyrics: No travel plans, no shopping malls / No candy canes, no Santa Claus / For as the day of rest draws near / It's just the two of. Nov 16, 2016. Accurate Sufjan Stevens guitar, bass, drum, piano, guitar pro and power tabs at. Sufjan Stevens chords& tabs. Christmas In The Room. Sufjan Stevens guitar tabs. A Little Lost chords Barcarola You Must Be A Christmas Tree chords Carrie Lowell chords Casimir Pulaski Day chords Christmas In The.
All Delighted People tab (version 1) by Sufjan Stevens at GuitareTab. com. A Bm Bm7The clouded out disguises put you in the room. E DAnd though I. Sufjan Stevens - Christmas in the Room Lyrics. No travel bags, no shopping malls No candy canes, no Santa Claus For as the day of rest draws near It's just the two of us this year No sil Christmas In the Room (Single) Lyrics: No travel plans, no shopping malls / No candy canes or Santa Claus / For as the day of rest draws near / It's just the two of us this year / No silver bells.
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buy: Christmas stickers, temporary tattoos, lyric sheets and chord charts. Sufjan Stevens chords& tabs. Add to favorites. 547tabs. 19, 087views nov 16, 2016last updated Top tabs. All types. Christmas In The Room. 1 tabs: 1. Sufjan Stevens-I Walked chords. epithet C Em Am I am sorry that the worst has arrived D For I'm on the floor G C Em Am In the room where we made it our.
Christmas In the Room (Single) Lyrics: No travel plans, no shopping malls / No candy canes or Santa Claus / For as the day of rest draws near / It's just the two of us this year / No silver bells. Sufjan Stevens - Christmas in the Room Tabs& Lyrics: No travel bags, no shopping malls No candy canes, no Santa Claus For as the day of rest draws near It's just the two of us this year No silver bells or mistletoe We'll kiss and watch our TV show I'll come to you, I'll sing to you Like it's Christmas in the room I'll dance with you, I'll laugh with you Till it's Christmas in the room No.
Nov 11, 2014 · Intro: F C F C Em G Em G (x2) / F C F C Em No travel plans, no shopping malls G Em G F No candy canes. No Santa Claus C F C Em For as the day of rest draws near G Em G F It's just the two of Intro: F# C# F# C# F# C# F# / F# C# F# C# I saw three ships come sailing in F# C# On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; F# Sufjan christmas in the room chords F# C# I saw three ships come sailing in F#.
It sounds to me like a couple staying home for Christmas. I know Sufjan wrote all these songs because he didn't care much for the season, so maybe what he's saying is that it doesn't really feel like Christmas until they make it feel that way. by singing, laughing, dancing. Gonna try this Christmas approach out this year.
Chords for Christmas In the Room - Sufjan Stevens. Play along with guitar, ukulele, or piano with interactive chords and diagrams. Includes transpose, capo hints, changing speed and much more.


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Nike and the Timberwolves released two of the four new uniform designs — the darker "Icon" and the lighter "Association" — last week, with blue and white serving as the primary colors. That satisfied some clothes fanatics, but it led to curiosity about what the final two designs — to be revealed at a later date — will look like.
There is a leaked version of a Wolves jersey that features a lot of bright green, so I asked Wolves CEO Ethan Casson about it.
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