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In Defense of Melissa Harris Perry 3
by teresamac0 • Blogging, Media, Philosophy, Politics, Presidential Politics • Tags: com, David Sirota, FDL, Gene Lyons, Joan Walsh, Professor Melissa Harris Perry, progressive blogosphere, Racism, racism in progressive blogsophere, Salon, The Nation
It all began with a Michael Moore visit to the View. It was nothing short of appalling. So we will call it Exhibit 1:
For the longest time I just didn't know what to say about that clip, I'd certainly read all of the criticism of Moore after this episode. I've been formulating what I want to say since then, and reading as much as possible about onslaught of commentary that followed his outburst of what can only be called blatant racism. And in a sense I think Professor Harris Perry (ProfHP), was really responding to this, after being exposed to much of the diva outbursts that attempt to denigrate the Presidency of Barack Obama, in the so-called progressive blogsophere. I am going to introduce this clip as the penultimate example of racism in the so-called progressive community, and I am using Moore's gaff first because it is a blatant example of employing a stereotype to describe ones disappointment in the President. Does Moore really believe this? Moore definitely caused an avalanche virtual debate. I did read much of it. However as a white person, I still believe I have much to learn about racism and how it manifests in the most blatant and subtle ways. Ultimately in order to bridge our racial divide white people have to listen. But in a deeper sense first and foremost ProfHP does have some real hard evidence of racism in the so-called progressive community and that begins with Michael Moore's statement on The View. That does constitute evidence, it really does. Why would you stoop to a stereotype to register your already well-known disappointment in the President? So we have one significant piece of evidence or outright racism, because unlike what Joan Walsh writes, evidence that is not in the form of a poll can also be relevant and serve as examples of racism at work, because most progressives don't believe they are racist! They would never admit to it to a pollster, and that means we have to have other means of gathering data, come on, this isn't that hard.
Exhibit 2: So after ProfHP's original piece appeared in The Nation, Joan Walsh weighed in, with an okay blog, but it didn't tell the entire story, and her blog required proof of racism via poll data. Poll responses about subtle racism cannot be supported without actual working evidence, which is often the things people say and write. Joan Walsh used the conservative talking point, there is no evidence to conclude such things, when in fact there is evidence, first and foremost Michael Moore.
Exhibit 3: The leader of the group New Progressive Alliance, Anthony Noel, told an African-American blogger to get over being black and to start debating like a human. What? OMG, I don't know how to respond to that kind of racism and I can't believe this is actually happening and this does constitute evidence, cold hard factual evidence of racism among the so-called progressive blogosphere.
Exhibit 4: David Sirota's response to ProfHP: Boy that guy is one mad upper middle class employed talk show radio host isn't he, I had never read him prior to this, so I delved into his stream of consciousness, and that is what it was a stream of consciousness wrapped in white-hot anger. So let's get to Sirota's criticism, to which he claims not one person has taken on his so-called facts to challenge him, people have just called him a racist. Well Dave if the shoe fits buddy, I guess you will have to wear it. Sirota wrote this:
By seeing this record and then explaining away declining liberal support for President Obama as a product of bigotry, Harris-Perry exhibits the ultimate form of both denialism and elitism.
But does she really exhibit the "ultimate" form of both denialism (which is not a word for the record) and elitism, (hello pot, meet kettle). Because there is ample evidence of her thesis. Sirota doesn't want to acknowledge it, but that doesn't mean there isn't evidence. First of course this elitism crap is being carried too far, Sirota by definition is a liberal elitist, he should quit pulling the faux populism card. But what does account for the declining support of so-called progressives? Hell according to politifact.com the President has accomplished many of his campaign promises, in fact he has accomplished 147 of his campaign promises. Why are his accomplishments never acknowledged or if they are they are written off as tiny and not worthwhile and doesn't make him progressive etc and so on. The list of his accomplishments are here: Politifact.com. Was Clinton a surrender monkey when his health care bill failed and he never talked about universal health care again? Health Care was huge, and because of it more people are covered.
Let's go over more examples of racism in the Progressive community and these do constitute proof, the proof folks like Walsh, Sirota and Lyons are demanding.
Exhibit 5: 2011 article by Robert Kuttner: Black and Bleak
The problem is less Obama's failure to target black unemployment per se than his weakness on the jobs issue generally. Race comes into the equation because of an almost pathological aversion to conflict on Obama's part, which has been widely attributed to his wish to bridge racial and ideological gaps.
What? It is as though Kuttner doesn't realize that the President through policy implementation has successfully "strengthened Small Business Administration programs that provide capital to minority-owned businesses, support outreach programs that help minority business owners apply for loans, and work to encourage the growth and capacity of minority firms." So actually the President is working to help minority communities by supporting the growth of business, which can only serve to help any given community by providing more jobs. So that makes Kuttner's analysis not just wrong, but weird. Is it direct racism? Maybe not, but it is subtle, if Kuttner had done his homework he would see the President is implementing the same kind of policies the Clinton Admin for minority owned business. These were programs that were immediately ended when Bush took office. No doubt African-Americans have suffered a great deal during this terrible recession, greatly. However, this is a statistic that never changes, it doesn't matter who is in office or what his color might be. African-Americans have always suffered more during economic downturns and as a people we should attempt to address and make corrections. It is all our responsibility, and we should start by getting Republicans out of congress. So when I read this particular line made me feel uncomfortable; is it subtle racism? It makes me think Kuttner believes the President is just looking for approval of white, protestant men, otherwise, why is up with the sloppy statement based on some sort of ESP?
Race comes into the equation because of an almost pathological aversion to conflict on Obama's part, which has been widely attributed to his wish to bridge racial and ideological gaps.
Exhibit 6: FDL sometimes is a hotbed for subtle and outright racism. Case in point: This is a blog post about labor unions, but then there is this the last line in the blog:
The basic problem is that the Rich ate all the pie. What do you intend to do about it? Snuggle up to their Democratic Party incarnation some more in the hope of getting some crumbs? There used to be a term for that, on the plantations. House N****r.
No one is going to tell me this isn't evidence of racism amongst so-called progressives. Was it necessary to head directly to plantation talk? Was it? How can anyone write that there is no evidence of some divisive racial language used by some people on the left?
Exhibit 7: Now let's get to Gene Lyons, who perhaps responded like a bully and then pulled his own race card. Lyons in retaliation asserted that ProfHP was a fool, and that was bad enough, but then came the most troubling paragraph:
Furthermore, unless you're black, you can't possibly understand. Yada, yada, yada. This unfortunate obsession increasingly resembles a photo negative of KKK racial thought. It's useful for intimidating tenure committees staffed by Ph.D.s trained to find racist symbols in the passing clouds. Otherwise, Harris-Perry's becoming a left-wing Michele Bachmann, an attractive woman seeking fame and fortune by saying silly things on cable TV.
If I didn't know better, I would have figured this was written by one Rush Limbaugh, not just denigrating the Professors expertise but making a claim that she used her blackness to intimidate tenure committees, OMG, and yet there is no racism in the so-called white progressive community. This type of commentary makes me nearly speechless. I said nearly. When the President was elected I was naive enough to believe that so-called progressives would never ever stoop to racially insensitive speech. I.Was.Wrong.
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1036alan says:
Having read most, though not all, of the various posts orbiting this dispute, I continue (somehow) to be amazed at the ignorance, hostility, and generalized churlishness lurking below the surface of the "progressive" crowd.
That said, I can't believe anyone anywhere takes Sirota seriously. If he could write, then the only thing I would say is that he expresses bad ideas well. He can't so he expresses bad ideas badly. He has days when he's worse than Greenwald.
teresamac0 says:
Worse than Greenwald… hahahaha, yes I think he is Alan!


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Critic Reviews for The Salton Sea
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Repellent yet intriguing, brutal yet funny, wicked yet strangely compassionate, The Salton Sea is more about mixing genres and styles than illuminating a credible reality.
August 23, 2002 | Rating: A-
Bruce Westbrook
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Sacrificing content for style, Caruso gives us a lot to look at but little to ponder.
July 20, 2002 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Robert K. Elder
For what it is, it's well-done -- a stylized-beyond-reality derivation of Natural Born Killers, perhaps. Or a more gonzo version of Go or Blow. But the heart has been stylized out of it.
July 12, 2002 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Steven Rosen
Denver Post
If there's no art here, it's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days.
Sam Allis
A solid piece of dirty work.
June 30, 2002 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
A thriller with an edge -- which is to say that it doesn't follow the stale, standard, connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world.
May 21, 2002 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Cynical, devious and even deviant, The Salton Sea is one psychological thrill ride you don't want to miss.
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Debbie Lynn Elias
The overall voyage on The Salton Sea is an uneasy one hampered by a confusing story that admits out loud it doesn't know where it's going.
December 17, 2010 | Full Review…
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views
Com boas atuações de Kilmer e D'Onofrio, o filme tem um roteiro razoável, mas sem foco. Salva-se graças ao interessante personagem principal.
July 25, 2003 | Rating: 3/5
Pablo Villaça
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Marked by an ambitious style and solid performances, but hampered by a story that buries its primary focus until late in the game.
July 16, 2003 | Rating: B | Full Review…
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Is authenticity too much to ask? It's not as if the various drug subcultures don't have enough humor and tragedy built in that you need to take a detour into Fantasyland.
December 8, 2002 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
Patrick Starkey
Film Threat
It's a sort of rollercoaster ride through the salvaged wreckage of a hundred similar movies.
October 27, 2002 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
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Audience Reviews for The Salton Sea
Fans of "Drive," take note: A small movie from 2002 that got far less attention than it deserved, "The Salton Sea," starring Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Peter Sarsgaard, is a moody, gritty neo-noir worthy of comparison to "Drive." It's nowhere near as good as "Drive," but it's pretty darn good, with a haunting, brooding performance from Kilmer that will stay with you and a scary performance from D'Onofrio that reminded me of Dennis Hopper in "Blue Velvet." Like "Drive," this film has a lot of toughness and violence, but also an immense amount of heart -- and some moments of dazzling, jazzy style. Summarizing the plot runs the risk of spoiling the many surprises that the story contains. So I'll just say that the main character (Kilmer) is a loving, easy-going jazz musician who stumbles into a den of vipers and has to find the wherewithal to defend himself against their depredations. It's a rare treat to find a thriller (or any movie, really) built around a protagonist who's a musician. The weaknesses lie in the film's editing. It's just a bit too languid too often. Also, the central tragedy at the center of the plot is presented in a gauzy, sentimental way, giving this dark film an almost sugary center. This central tragedy also struck me as too much like a hackneyed plot device. It just felt a bit too conventional. But "Salton Sea" is definitely worth your time and deserves something of a cult following. I keep hearing D'Onofrio's meth-fueled pig sounds somewhere in my head. I can't make it stop. I also keep hearing the sound of the beautiful jazz trumpet that the main character plays as his home burns around him. Bravo to the whole cast and to director D.J. Caruso ("Taking Lives," "Disturbia").
William Dunmyer
Really great. The plot is really smart, just when you think you know what's going on, it flips around completely. Val Kilmer was amazing, I haven't seen him give a performance like this since his Jim Morrison. DJ Caruso is great at giving these really personal stories that, under someone else's hands, might come off as corny. He makes his films have a true sense of meaning, as well as a decent amount of fun.
Conner Rainwater
If You're Looking for a nice MOVIE you are on wrong address. This Movie is Horrible, I dont want to go in to details. The plot of messed up, the bad guys. Val Kilmer was Awful. Just Terrible Movie.
Wahida K
Val Kilmer playing the trumpet with fire on the background, in sloooow motion, can't sustain an entire movie. The cast is good and could have been used for something way better.
Tsubaki Sanjuro
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California is preparing for coronavirus surge in the coming week.
The health experts are anticipating a surge in COVID-19 cases in the coming week that can overwhelm the healthcare system. The mayor has warned that people have to prepare for how they are going to isolate themselves at home without infecting others.
Mayor Eric Garcetti has urged people not to rush to the hospital unless they have serious symptoms. He asked the 4 million residents to think about how they are going to separate themselves from others while quarantining at home. He said that physical distancing might sound hard for people living in tight quarters, and local officials are working on setting up safe quarantine space for the patients.
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Video showing officer punching 14-year-old boy under the scanner, the investigation started.
A police officer from Northern California is under investigation after a video has surfaced in which he was captured punching a 14-year-old black boy. He had pinned the boy to the ground. The video was posted by the family and friends of the boy on Twitter. It showed an officer from Rancho Cordova that is a city in the east of Sacramento holding him in the dirt at the point with his hand on his neck and striking him several times in the chest. The boy was cited for possession of a tobacco product, according to the police, and released to his parents. A person who identified themselves on Twitter as the boy's sister said it was a Swisher Sweet, a type of cigar.
The rural-urban is divided into California over COVID-19 infection rates.
Governor Gavin Newsom is signaling every now, and then that economy in California will begin to reopen soon but slowly. He compared it to sliding a dimmer switch incrementally on. He said that the state is now a single geography. The assault COVID-19 had on the state has hit different parts at different levels.
A Sacramento Bee review of the infection along with the death rates in 58 counties of California, showed that there is a vast difference in the depth of the crisis, especially between lightly-hit rural and harder-hit urban spots. Notably, the infection and death rates in the state as a whole, as measured against the state population, show that California, as of this week, has done much better than the nation.
California scaled up 1st-In-US Electric Truck Sale Proposal.
The regulators of California strengthened a proposed first-in-the-nation rule that would force automakers to sell more electric delivery vans and work trucks. The state has the country's worst air quality. The updated government proposed by the California Air Resources Board has asked the automakers to sell a certain percentage of zero-emission trucks per year.
By 2035, the board estimates at least 20% of these trucks on the road would be electric. Paul Cort, an attorney for Earthjustice's Right to the Zero campaign, said in his statement that this would be transformative. At some point in the future, these makers are going to realize that it does not make sense to make zero-emission trucks and combustion trucks to serve the same market.
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California beaches packed with thousands despite COVID-19 concerns.
Tens of thousands of people visited southern California beaches during the weekend. It reignited the fears that large crowds in public spaces may reverse progress to contain COVID-19 in the US. Photos of gatherings in Newport Beach, Orange County, during a weekend heatwave, sparked intense backlash, and comparisons with Florida were released.
Beach and park reopenings have also prompted debates and public health concerns in Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and other regions looking to re-emerge from lockdowns. The governor urged beach-goers to practice physical distancing, but it all went unheard during the weekend.


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"At RIC, I was able to work on muscle groups that I hadn't used in nearly a year."
Ethan Menges was enjoying his work as a healthcare consultant after graduating from Northwestern University. Then, in January 2015, an infection led to a life-changing outcome.
"One minute I was at the Bulls game, and the next I was on life support, "said Ethan.
Treatments to save Ethan's life resulted in a loss of blood flow to his limbs and a subsequent quadruple amputation. That fall, Ethan arrived at RIC under the care of Mark Huang, MD, where he spent several hours each day in both physical and occupational therapy. In these sessions, he worked to regain his strength and relearn once routine and automated daily activities that most take for granted.
"At RIC, I was able to work on muscle groups that I hadn't used in nearly a year," said Ethan. "I had an opportunity to practice everyday skills, from cooking grilled cheese sandwiches to shopping for groceries in downtown Chicago."Ethan Menges. He was also fitted for and trained to use prosthetics. In just over ten days following his arrival at RIC, Ethan was walking.
By Christmas, he was ready to go home, but not without a personal mission to raise awareness about people with disabilities.And, just this month, Ethan married the love of his life, Jordan, in front of his friends and family.
"Everything I went through taught me to approach life with renewed vigor," he said. "I hope my story inspires others and reminds them of what's possible."
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Q: Using logical operands in javascript with objects I came across the use of the logical operand && with objects however would like to know whether expressions are evaluated in the manner below only when dealing with objects.
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var sampleObject = {
            size: 10,
            shoe: {
                make: "nike",
                model: "air jordon"
            },
            color: "red"
            }

    console.log(sampleObject.size && sampleObject.shoe.model);

The out of console.log(sampleObject.size && sampleObject.shoe.model); returns air jordon. My understanding is that because the first condition i.e. sampleObject.size evaluated to true and isn't falsely it returns the value contained in the object sampleObbject.shoe.model.

A: The Javascript && operator first evaluates its left operand.  If it's a falsey value, it is the value of the entire expression.  If it's a truthy value, then the right operand is evaluated, and it is returned.
Zeros, empty strings, undefined, and false are all falsey values.  Your sampleObject.size value is 10, a truthy value, so the right operand is evaluated and used as the value of the entire expression.
Note that none of this depends on the values being objects.

A: The || and && operators run from left to right. In the case of ||, the first truthy value is returned. For &&, it's the first falsy value. In both cases, the last one is returned if no suitable return value is found.
So, in this case, the fact that it returned a truthy value for the expression means that both sampleObject.size and sampleObject.show.model are truthy values.

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Q: Cygwin Perl CGI with Xampp Recently I installed XAMPP (Apache) server for running CGI script on windows machine. As you know, XAMPP has the option to install PERL but i didn't select it, i want to use Cygwin's PERL for executing those.
Problem is when I'm trying to run a basic CGI script , I get the following error
[Tue Sep 20 19:51:10.473825 2016] [win32:error] [pid 12420:tid 1848] [client ::1:57051] AH02102: C:/xampp/cgi-bin/perltest.cgi is not executable; ensure interpreted scripts have "#!" or "'!" first line`enter code here`

[Tue Sep 20 19:51:10.473825 2016] [cgi:error] [pid 12420:tid 1848] (9)Bad file descriptor: [client ::1:57051] AH01222: don't know how to spawn child process: C:/xampp/cgi-bin/perltest.cgi

Meaning the Cygwin Perl path is not vaild. However , I did change the path and put a shebang still its now working . This is the one i'm using:
#!C:\cygwin64\bin\perl.exe

Any help is appreciated

A: The shbang concept doesn't exit on Windows. Apache is known to have emulated the concept of shbang on Windows (by reading the first line of the script), but still there may be problems.
Better thing is just use Windows batch files (.bat files) on Windows as CGI scripts (you can also use .vbs).
Just do the SetHander (or AddHandler) for the particular type of script in Apache's configuration and then use a batch file like HelloWorld.bat.
@echo off
echo "content-type: text/plain"
echo.
echo "Hello World"
dir

In place of dir you can substitute any other binary (such as perl.exe).

A: While pasting or changing the shebang, it moved to the second line and was making it not work, but it's working now.


Take a scenic journey through the English countryside to Stonehenge, the most prehistoric monument in the world.
Your London Cabbie will collect you from your Hotels and drive to The most famous prehistoric monument in the world, and now a world heritage site, Stonehenge stands alone in the vast empty tract of Salisbury plain. Its origins date back nearly 5,000 years and it has been home to pagan religion and spiritual worship, not to be mention public debate ever since. What was this vast collection of stones intended for? Was it observatory of the moon, a temple to the sun, or an elaborate cemetery? Who were the people who carried and carved these 40 ton rocks? Come and unlock the secrets for yourself and marvel at this remarkable ancient Monument.
The 15th century Castle surrounded by 1000 acres of stunning parkland, pasture and woodlands with the river Lugg running alongside predates Hampton Court Palace by some 80 years.
The land was granted by King Henry IV to Sir Rowland Lenthall at the time of his marriage to Margaret Fitzalan, daughter of the Earl of Arundel, a cousin of the King.


South Carolina QB Jake Bentley told reporters on Thursday he is in awe of his fellow young SEC quarterbacks.
When asked why he didn't bring any defensive players to SEC Media Days, South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp had a surprisingly funny answer.
"But, honestly, the last time we brought our defensive guys to Birmingham, it didn't go real good," Muschamp joked.
Though JUCO CB Keisean Nixon, OT Jordon Carty and OT Jordan Rhodes have yet to arrive in Columbia, Muschamp expects all three to arrive in the coming weeks.
The South Carolina coach told reporters on Thursday that the trio of "missing" 2017 signees should be with the team when they report on July 30.
When asked who the fastest player on the team was, there was one constant in Bentley, WR Deebo Samuel and TE Hayden Hurst's respective responses: Freshman WR Shi Smith.
Smith, along with fellow wide receivers Chad Terrell and OrTre Smith, are just three of the freshmen skill position players the Gamecocks will be counting on in 2017.
Terrell's already been turning heads in the weight room, according to Hurst.
Class of 2019 OT Chris Akporoghene enjoyed his time at camp with the Gamecocks in June.
Auburn S Tray Matthews remembers his time with Muschamp fondly, as the South Carolina coach served as Auburn's defensive coordinator in 2015.
Samuel's do-everything versatility gets a lot of publicity, but his sure hands don't receive enough love. The rising junior has the lowest drop rate among returning SEC receivers, according to Pro Football Focus College Football.
Lowest drop rate from a returning SEC WR?
Muschamp put on a show for the media on Thursday, passing on the boilerplate coach speak for something a little more exciting and different.
Coach was on fire today!
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The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committees said Sunday that they stand for "sport free of harassment, abuse or discrimination of any kind," after a CBC investigation reported that more than 200 coaches involved in amateur sports in Canada have been convicted of sexual offences over the last two decades.
The CBC investigation, published Sunday as the first of a three-part series, reported the number to be "at least 222 coaches" convicted from 1998-2018.
"We are committed to the health and safety of all who play or work for the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic teams and to doing our part to ensure safe sport is the standard," the COC said in a statement released Sunday night.
"We look forward to meeting with the Minister of Sport and our partners in the sport system to advance this important conversation and to take action to better safeguard those in sport today and into the future," the statement said.


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La Confederación de Sistemas Independientes (en la versión original inglesa: Confederacy of Independent Systems o CIS), también conocida como La Alianza Separatista o Separatistas, es una organización política ficticia que aparece en el universo fantástico de Star Wars, agrupando los planetas que querían liberarse de la República Galáctica y que fue apoyada por numerosas organizaciones relacionadas al comercio y las finanzas.

Historia
Fundada en el 24 ABY, la Confederación de Sistemas Independientes estaba compuesta por organizaciones pequeñas y sistemas estelares enteros que tenían la intención de abandonar la República Galáctica y crear un nuevo gobierno. Muchas corporaciones importantes en la galaxia, como la Federación de Comercio, el Clan Bancario InterGaláctico, la Asamblea Minorista, la Tecno Unión, el Gremio de Comercio y la Alianza Corporativa se unieron a la organización.

En sus últimos años, la República se había vuelto inoperante y corrupta, con los sistemas periféricos recibiendo pocos beneficios a pesar de pagar pesados impuestos. Miles de sistemas decidieron abandonar la República, liderados por el Conde Dooku, un ex-jedi, desencantado con la Orden. Pero lo que parecía ser una crisis política era en realidad algo peor: en Geonosis, Dooku se reunió con jefes de poderosos grupos de comercio galáctico, que le prometieron sus ejércitos y créditos para su causa.

Así la guerra envolvió a la galaxia, con el señor de la guerra cyborg, el general Grievous liderando los ejércitos droides separatistas en contra de la República. La República contraatacó con ejércitos de soldados clones comandados por Jedis, que habían abandonado su papel tradicional como fuerzas de paz para liderar tropas en la guerra.

Nadie sospechaba que el conflicto era una farsa: el Canciller Supremo de la República, Palpatine, que también era un Lord Sith, Darth Sidious, era quien dirigía a Dooku. A medida que avanzó la guerra, Palpatine acumuló más y más poder. La derrota separatista al final de la guerra fue pre-ordenada. Los líderes de la alianza separatista fueron ejecutados en Mustafar en el 19 ABY, y los grupos comerciales que habían apoyado la causa se convirtieron en parte del nuevo Imperio, que nació de la antigua República.

Líderes

 La Federación de Comercio, dirigida por el Virrey Nute Gunray.
 El Gremio de Comercio, dirigido por la Presidenta Shu Mai.
 La Tecno Unión dirigida por el Emir Wat Tambor.
 El Clan Bancario Intergaláctico, dirigido por el Director San Hill.
 La Alianza Corporativa, dirigida por el Magistrado Passel Argente.
 Las fábricas de droides Geonosianas, dirigidas por el Archiduque Poggle el Menor.

La CSI también contó con senadores que se rebelaron contra la república, incluyendo a:

 El Aqualish Po Nudo, dirigente del Cartel de Hyper-Comunicaciones.
 El Quarren Tikkes, dirigente de la Liga de Aislamiento Quarren.
 Lott Dod, continuó en el Senado de la República aunque apoyaba a la Alianza Separatista de manera secreta y no oficial.
 Otros, como el Senador Rogwa Wodrata.

El Conde Dooku era el dirigente político central de la alianza y jefe de Estado.

En cuanto a las fuerzas armadas el mando supremo lo ejerció el General cyborg Grievous.

Algunos de los comandantes de las fuerzas de las CSI fueron:

 Asajj Ventress, especie Dathomiriana.
 Almirante Trench, especie Harch.
 General Lok Durd, especie Neimodiano.
 Capitán Mar Tuuk, especie Neimodiano
 Riff Tamson, especie Karkarodon
 Darts D'Nar, especie zygerriano
 Osi Sobeck, especie phindiano
 Whorm Loathsom, especie Kerkoiden
 General Kalani, super droide táctico

Fuerzas Armadas

Ejército de la Confederación
Los ejércitos de la Confederación fueron sobre todo de orden robótico (incluyendo a milicias de algunos planetas):

Droides de combate:
 Droide de batalla B1: provienen de la federación de comercio. Construidos por las fábricas Baktoid, los droides de combate son la unidad principal de la CSI debido a su bajo costo y rápida construcción. Los droides de combate solo están equipados con un blaster modelo E-5 de Baktoid. Su programación para el combate era bastante simple, lo que no los hacia muy hábiles en batalla. Estos droides de batalla no fueron diseñados para ser inteligentes: fueron diseñados para abrumar a los ejércitos de la república a través de los números. Al ser el tipo más numeroso se les asignaron diversas tareas como reconocimiento, francotiradores, pilotos, armas de repetición, armas pesadas, conductores de vehículos, etc., así como armamento en función de aquello. Contaron con algunas variantes más especializadas:
Droide Garra B1: variante del B1, especializada en el combate cuerpo a cuerpo.
Droide cohete B1: otra variante especializada la cual poseía cohetes en su espalda y una linterna en su cabeza, lo que les permitía realizar operaciones en el espacio. Tenían una coloración naranja con partes negras.
Droide bombero B1: variante equipada para combatir incendios en las naves confederadas. Presentaban una coloración negra con rayas amarillas.
 Superdroide de batalla B2: supuso una mejora del droide de combate, es más resistente, mejor armado, pero su costo y su tiempo de construcción son mayores. El armamento del super droide de combate consiste en un par de bláster dobles de alta repetición en las muñecas de sus brazos.
Droide Garra B2: variante especializada del B2 para el combate cuerpo a cuerpo, por lo cual no disponía de bláster.
Droide B2-HA: versión del B2 en la cual uno de sus brazos era un poderoso cañón. Servían como comandantes de los B2 estándar.
Droide B2-RP: modificación del B2 que posee cohetes o jetpacks en su espalda, lo cual le daba la capacidad de volar. Su coloración era igual al modelo estándar pero con franjas azules en su pecho, brazos y piernas.
Super Droide de batalla con cohetes: versión mejorada del B2-RP. Tenían jetpacks más grandes que el modelo original y poseían una mayor número de blásters en sus muñecas, lo que los hacía más rápidos y letales en combate que sus predecesores. Presentaban una coloración gris con marcas rojas.

Droideka (o droide destructor): es uno de los droides más letales. Esto se explica por 2 pares de blásters ultrapotentes y un escudo deflector que la protege de los disparos. Las droidekas son los únicos con un escudo portátil, ya que esta tecnología es altamente radioactiva. La excelente concepción de la droideka explica su alto costo. Se desplazaban trasformándose en una esfera, pero no pudiendo atacar en este modo.
 Droide Francotirador: variante especializada de la droideka. El droide francotirador tiene solo un arma: un cañón bláster largo finamente calibrado.
 Acuadroide: droides acuáticos más angulosos y estilizados que los droides de batalla estándar, eran excelentes nadadores y estaban equipados con un cañón láser retráctil.
 Droide de seguridad ala-D: droides de apariencia similar a un B1, poseen alas plegables. Poseen blasters integrados con los cuales atacar al enemigo.
 Droide Comando BX: muy flexibles, estos droides le costaron la vida a varios soldados clones. Muy rápidos y ágiles, lo que les permite a veces portar una vibroespada, útil cuando el enemigo es tomado por sorpresa. Como fuerza de élite eran demasiado caros para producir en grandes cantidades.
 MagnaGuardia IG-100: Estos droides de élite protegían a los líderes separatistas clave, como el general Grievous. Armados con electrobáculos, podían seguir combatiendo decapitados o con algunas extremidades cercenadas. Fue uno de los droides más avanzados.
 Droide Táctico serie T: fueron droides construidos con una programación avanzada y solían coordinar las tácticas de batalla.
 Super Droide Táctico: Mejora de los droides tácticos de la serie anterior. Eran altamente inteligentes y estratégicos, cualidades que les permitían ser comandantes magistrales para el ejército separatista durante las guerras clon.
 Droide de combate LR-57 o droide de la asamblea minorista: droide bípedo con cabeza de barril, armado en sus brazos con dos cañones bláster.

Droides especialistas:
 Droide de demolición o de infiltracion: droide que se asemejaba a droides de mantenimiento pero tras infiltrarse en el campo enemigo se transformaban en droides de batalla armados con cañones láseres y una vez encontrado el objetivo pasaban a convertirse en cargas explosivas.
 Droide de sabotaje Pistoeka o Droide zumbador: droide de aspecto insectoide diseñado para sabotear naves enemigas. Son lanzados a los cazas rivales a través de misiles especializados.
 Droide asesino separatista: droide de apariencia arácnida, constaba de ocho patas con cuchillas, siendo especialistas en el sigilo. Poseía múltiples fotorreceptores. Si eran destruidos desplegaban una serie de versiones más pequeñas de ellos a través de aberturas en su cabeza. Su misión principal era acabar con personajes clave.
Droide Millicreep: Droides asesinos de forma insectoide, desarrollados por los umbaranos y usados por la Milicia Umbarana. Daban una descarga eléctrica que mataba a los enemigos.
Droide sonda Separatista: Droide de reconocimiento, se desplazaba mediante repulsores.

Caminantes:
 Droide Cangrejo LM-432: droide con una apariencia de crustáceo, equipado con 4 o 6 poderosas patas con garras que le permiten un gran desplazamiento y luchar en combate cuerpo a cuerpo. Posee dos cañones bláster en la parte delantera.
 Droide Araña Enano: Caminante ligero, equipado de un cañón-láser  ubicado en la parte delantera de su « cabeza ». .
 Droide araña buscador OG-9 : Caminante de gran tamaño, de cuatro patas y cuerpo redondo. El armamento se compone de un lázer buscador  en la parte superior y un arma láser antipersonal en la parte inferior. .
 Droide octuptarra: caminante de tres extremidades con forma de virus. Armado con una torreta con tres cañones láser. Estaba disponible en variantes de distinto tamaños.

Artillería:
 Cañón de protones J-1: tipo de droide artillería semiautónomo, de desplazamiento independiente pero asistido por otros droides en la carga de proyectiles.
 Cañón sónico LR1K o Cañón sónico geonosiano: como su nombre indica fue un arma que producía una explosión de energía sónica. Utilizados por la Casta Guerrera geonosiana en la defensa de su planeta.

Vehículos de combate:
 Tanque Blindado de Asalto: llamado también AAT, es un carro de asalto sobre répulsores. Una tripulación de droides de batalla conduce el tanque de batalla y opera el armamento del vehículo..
 Tanque droide IG-227 clase Hailfire: Tanque droide armado con dos baterías lanzamisiles y un cañón láser. Es impulsado por dos grandes ruedas.
 Tanque droide NR-N99 clase Persuasor : Impulsado por una rueda dentada que cruza toda su longitud, se estabiliza con 2 orugas laterales. Rápidos y bien blindados, se adaptaban bien a una variedad de terrenos y tenían una potencia de fuego considerable..
 Tanque Oruga Umbarano: Utilizado por la Milicia Umbarana. Es un vehículo pilotado de apariencia de oruga. Posee una gran cantidad de cañones bláster.
 Aero-Tanque Umbarano o Tanque Flotante Umbarano: Utilizados por la Milicia Umbarana. Consta de una cabina central y con una especie de tenazas fijas en los lados, que poseen cañones de plasma electromagnéticos. Se desplaza mediante sistemas antigravedad. Son devastadores contra la infantería.
 Cañón Móvil Pesado Umbarano: Utilizados por la Milicia Umbarana. Es un vehículo tripulado de tipo tanque-caminante. Posee 6 patas, un cuerpo en forma de cúpula donde esta la cabina, y en la parte superior un poderoso cañón de plasma electromagnético articulado. Constaba además de blásters antipersonales en la parte inferior. Excelentemente blindados, provocaron el caos en la fuerzas republicanas en la batalla de Umbara.

Otros vehículos:
 MTT: (Multi Troop Transport, en español:Transporte Multi-Tropas) vehículo de transporte de droides, cuya protección se basaba en 4 cañones-bláster .
 STAP: también conocido como plataforma aérea monoplaza (en inglés:single trooper aerial platform), fueron vehículos ligeros de reconocimiento y patrulla utilizados por los droides B1, utilizando tecnología de repulsores. Estaban armados con un par de blásters

Prototipos de armas:
 Tanque Defoliador: desarrollado por el general Lok Durd, se trataba de un tanque AAT modificado para disparar proyectiles que creaban un radio de aniquilación de toda materia orgánica dejando intactas a la fuerzas droides.
 Diezmador orgánico: fue un prototipo droide esférico fabricado por la tecno-unión, que se desplazaba mediante repulsores. A través de escáneres de energía podía detectar organismos biológicos, para luego poder pulverizarlos, también poseía un cortador láser capaz de cortar materiales sólidos. El único prototipo fue destruido por una fuerza de comandos clon.
 Súper tanque: vehículo de combate experimental, que poseía una forma similar al MTT. Se desplazaba a través de repulsores y estaba excelentemente blindado. Su armamento constaba de cañones láseres en la parte frontal (al igual que el MTT), una torreta de lasérs gemelos en el centro y un sistema de lanzamientos de ojivas retráctil en la parte superior. Estos vehículos fueron destruidos en la segunda batalla de Geonosis por una fuerza jedi.
Otros:
 Medusa hidroide: es un arma biológica mejorada cibernéticamente, fue desarrollada por los Karkarodon de Karkaris. Fueron usadas en la batalla de Mon Cala.

Armada de la Confederación
Naves:
 Nave de control de droides clase Lucrehulk: estación espacial de combate separatista. Sirvieron como naves de transporte antes de convertirse en una pesada nave de combate.

 Destructor estelar clase Providence: nave capital capaz de combatir con cualquier nave de la República, incluso a los temible destructores clase Venator y Victory I, gracias a su devastadora potencia de fuego.

 Crucero pesado clase Subjugator: conocido por sus inmensos cañones de iones, que se convirtieron en una grave amenaza para la flota republicana a principios de las guerras clon. Un representante de este tipo de nave fue el famoso Malevolencia, comandado por el general Grievous.

 Destructor ligero clase Recusant : producidos en gran cantidad, se trató de una nave económica y fácil de construir y reemplazar. Resultaban más eficientes cuando eran desplegadas en número.

 Fragata clase Munificent: estas fragatas estelares provenientes del clan bancario eran la punta de lanza de la flota separatista. Podían hacer un muy buen papel frente a las grandes naves de guerra de la República.
 Nave de suministros separatista: nave de transporte para refuerzos, suministros de energía, armamento y otro material esencial en el frente.
 Nave Núcleo: nave de forma esférica de la federación de comercio, utilizada para transporte y el aterrizaje planetario. Se acoplaban a las naves Lucrehulk.
Cazas:
 Droide Tri-caza: caza estelar droide de forma triangular. Poseía una gran velocidad y maniobrabilidad.
 Droide caza clase Buitre: caza estelar droide que puede transformarse en caminante para combatir en superficies.
 Caza geonosiano Ginivex: caza que poseía una vela solar. Estaba armado con dos cañones bláster.
 Caza geonosiano Nantex : caza de las fuerzas de defensa de Geonosis. Su armamento consistía en un cañón blaster central.
 Caza estelar umbarano: caza utilizado por la Milicia Umbarana. Tecnológicamente avanzado, destaca su cabina central.
 Interceptor Mankvim-814
 Caza Belbullab-22: caza del célebre general Grievous.

 Otras naves:
 Bombardero droide clase Hiena: basado en el diseño del droide buitre, los bombarderos hiena tienen un casco más ancho y resistente con alas más grandes. Están equipados para bombardeos con municiones pesadas. Al igual que el droide buitre, se puede reconfigurar su forma para adoptar el modo de caminante.
 Cañonera droide o droide gunship: unidad droide de apoyo aéreo fuertemente armada y protegida. Además de apoyo en el ataque, servía para el transporte de droides de combate.
 Nave de asalto clase Trident: extraña nave de combate en forma de cefalópodo, utilizada para desplegar grandes cantidades de tropas cuando perforaba una estructura o nave enemiga.
 Nave de abordaje clase Droch: nave de abordaje que poseía cuatro púas capaces de aplastar a los objetivos capturados.
 Lanzadera de escolta neimoidiana o de clase Sheathipede: nave pequeña, ligeramente armada, para transporte de corto alcance.
 Lanzadera clase Maxillipede: tipo de lanzadera neimodiana similar a la anterior, pero con dos alas dorsales en vez de una.
 Nave de transporte C-9979: nave perteneciente a la federación de comercio, utilizada a menudo durante invasiones de planetas. Está equipado cañones láseres sobre las alas inferiores. Transporta generalmente AAT, y vehículos de despliegue de tropas MTT.
 Transporte clase Hardcell: era una nave de transporte, fabricada y utilizada por la Tecno-Unión.

Referencias

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Q: Report which element is being processed in a for loop Suppose I have a directory with some subdirectories and some files within those I'm gzipping.
Here's the command I use:
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    echo "Processing *.idat-files in folder ${DATA}...";
    gzip -v ${DATA}/*.idat;
    echo "========================";
    echo "";
done

I know how to report back which element in the list of DATA is being processed. But my question: can I get a number with that? So the report back would be something like: "processing directory number 1: 9372161117", "processing directory number 2: 9372161118" etc.

A: Yes you can. Keep the iteration number in i then print & increment it on every iteration:
i=1;
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Meet the Women Who've Served Up 40 Years of Feminist Food — But Can Their Restaurant Survive?
Bloodroot, a vegan, feminist, activist restaurant, owned by lesbians Selma Miriam and Noel Furie in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has thrived for 42 years. Now Miriam and Furie fear for the current state of both politics and political food, and worry whether the torch they've carried will be blown out.
By Jacqueline Raposo
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In the late 1960s, Selma Miriam attended the party of a well-known art teacher. The man talked on about how teachers could help stop racism and why he thought that was such a good thing. "Then, he started telling Polish jokes," Miriam remembers, eyebrows arching in wry disbelief. "I didn't say anything. I never invited him to my house, but I know he didn't know why. And I thought, I'm never going to let that happen again."
Her restaurant, Bloodroot, put that promise into action.
One evening, an employee delivering alcohol to a celebrating group returned to the kitchen shaken: a man was (again) telling Polish jokes, and this woman was Polish. Miriam marched to the table and told them they couldn't do that. They mocked her lack of humor. She doubled down: "You can't do that here; this is a feminist place." The man warned that with that attitude, she'd be closed within a year.
This was 1977. Bloodroot's doors stand open today.
"It's not everywhere you can do that because you don't have that power," Miriam reminds me. "But we have that here. It's ours."
We did not want a new piece of the pie. We wanted a new recipe altogether.
Miriam grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut with parents who were Jewish, but atheist — they found no comfort in how separatism compounds racism over generations. "They wanted to make clear that this was bad. Evil. And to be conscious of it," Miriam says. She studied biology and psychology at Tufts and spent Sundays exploring varying religious services in an almost anthropological sense. When pregnancy from improperly placed birth control led to marriage, she built a landscape design business and explored cooking international cuisines. "It just seemed important to know about other people's religions, food, and culture," she says. "As a Jew, I know how badly people can be treated. No way do I want to be part of that. I'm going to do everything I can and if I fail, I feel terrible. Because that's what feminism is for me."
Noel Furie was also a mother in a heterosexual marriage in the mid-'70s. A former model, second-wave feminism awakened in Furie a rejection of Andrea Dworkin's brothel/farm analysis of the patriarchy, where the only positions offered to women are prostitution or reproduction. Meeting at their local National Organization for Women (NOW) chapter, Miriam and Furie came out as lesbians and radical feminists — those who call for a thorough reordering of society which eliminates male supremacy in all contexts. Newly separated, Miriam starting hosting weekly women's nights to discuss feminist issues. She called them Bloodroot.
"Feminists were really angry," Miriam reflects of the time in an essay for Lesbian Ethics. "We thought that we'd suddenly discovered something that we'd explain to men and everything would change."
Women breaking into fields dominated by men were exceptions to the rule — and those fields protected inequality and sexual abuse. Homosexuality, race, or future motherhood could take any job off the table. Patriarchal social customs encouraged mating competition amongst friends. "It was practically illegal to be a lesbian," they say. Women rarely dined out alone because the brothel/farm model dissuaded them.
"We did not want a new piece of the pie. We wanted a new recipe altogether," they write in their Best of Bloodroot Vol 1 cookbook.
Bloodroot Vegetarian Restaurant
By the late '70s, around 150 feminist bookstores nationwide offered community spaces. Women's collectives sought to remake society: Afrocentric black feminists of the Combahee River Collective challenged racism within the feminist agenda. See Red Women's Workshop combated negative images of women in art and media. College groups like the University of Connecticut's Free Women's Collective opened women's centers. "We are different from what is out there, so we are a haven," Miriam writes in that Lesbian Ethics essay of creating a lesbian feminist space with a focus on collectivity.
She looked to extend Bloodroot as a business that would wholly incorporate their feminist beliefs and personal pleasures. "We wanted to have a business that put ourselves—all our energy, our money, everything — where our values are," Furie tells me of this intentional endeavor. "Where our heart was," Miriam adds. A restaurant-cross-bookstore could do all.
Miriam bought a waterfront building at the end of a residential street — it would not inspire walk-in business, but it a had room for a garden and patio, and a breathtaking view. They built a kitchen with a window open to the dining room, set down heavy wooden tables, and hung antique photos of women on the walls. They filled bookstore shelves with the feminist books they most wanted to discuss. Believing in subliminal messaging, they played music only by (mostly lesbian) women. They reserved space for knitting and weaving, enjoying the weaving of feminine shapes and the feminist history of such work.
Enlightened by NOW friends and animal rights activists Priscilla Feral and Jim Mason, they transitioned to intellectual vegetarianism: Feminists should not enslave or abuse (largely female) animals in the same model the patriarchy enslaves and abuses women. Being that seasonal harvests also tune into women's agricultural and religious histories, they decided to serve only seasonal vegetarian cuisine. But well-seasoned and satisfying, it would not be "health food." A sign still hanging above the kitchen warns calories are not to be counted; all bodies are welcomed and equal.
We are different from what is out there, so we are a haven.
Ownership would always reflect Collective members' equal participation of 60+ weekly working hours. (Members have varied over decades; now only Miriam and Furie remain.) No one in the kitchen would ever hold a title of chef. They estimate around 200 women from Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Ethiopia, The Congo, and elsewhere have worked at Bloodroot, mirroring Bridgeport's diversity. To level power between staff and customers, guests pick up their food from the kitchen window and bus their tables.
Furie points out that the sign over their door — Bloodroot Vegetarian Restaurant and Feminist Bookstore — acts as both a welcome and a sieve. Guests know what Bloodroot is about.
In the early years, women would line out the door for women-only Wednesdays despite sleet or storm "because it was the only place to come to," Miriam reminds. Then Thursdays, the dining room would fill with single men. Miriam had dealt with sexism when securing the building: she was rejected for mortgages and had salesman constantly asking for her husband. But the men who dined at Bloodroot surprised her: "I thought, 'Oh gee, I guess there're more nice men in the world than I knew before,'" she says. "We hear terrible things that men do. But the guys who come in here are not like that." "Many men have a softer side that heretofore was not acceptable, and some had a certain kind of loneliness," Furie explains. "We treated them warmly."
They hosted cooking and weaving classes, and feminist book talks. In 1980, they published their first Political Palate cookbook. Constantly expanding their menu, five more followed. They found ongoing pleasure in what feminist Mary Daly describes as the "presence of absence," foregoing entertainment of the patriarchy in favor of gardening in the summer, knitting quietly in deep winter, and discussing ideas in the kitchen year-round. But they recognize this life might be too insular and physically demanding for others.
Fellow feminists started experiencing burnout in the '80s: The Combahee River Collective disassembled in 1980, the See Red Women's Workshop in 1990. Those who had sought community now had greater social access, and the economic boom implied things weren't that bad. Recognizing dwindling attendance, Bloodroot ended women-only nights in the early-'90's: "It got to a place where that just wasn't necessary," Miriam says. "But we still needed this place for us."
Inside Bloodroot Vegetarian Restaurant.
Around Bloodroot's 30th birthday, pamphlets still advertised regular events. But now they don't: A general lack of interpersonal interaction greatly threatens their bottom line. "Just the other day, I was so deeply conscious that four or five humans were enjoying each other's company. You could feel the energy!" Furie says. "That's what's being lost. That's how you learn about each other, how you communicate, and there's great joy in that."
When I question adjusting their business model, they're quick to correct: Theirs is a model of values, and potential changes often work against those beliefs. They barely use the internet because it discourages genuine conversation. They've won't sign up for a delivery service. "If we can't get people to come here, then just forget about it. That's what we want," Furie says. Community and collectivity is the point.
One recent evening, I observed two women at least three decades apart in age confidently dining alone. There was an older couple welcomed by name, and a fresh-faced young couple in for the first time. Over the years, I've observed boisterous friends and deep winter hushes. A new wave of feminists is finding them, too.
It's very exciting for me to see young women as angry as they are, and electing people.
"We call them our granddaughters," Furie says of the young women activating their feminism and newly exploring their homosexuality. "It's very exciting for me to see young women as angry as they are, and electing people," Miriam adds. Both are excited by the wave of diverse women recently elected into office. "These young women very much feel the way we used to feel in the '70s. A lot of that went away. But we didn't change, you see. We didn't change."
The restaurant looks much as it always has. The bookstore is practically an antique; their niche collection can't compete with online sales. If practical, they would close — they're partially subsidizing the restaurant as it is. "But we've never been practical," Miriam says. They cook daily, curiously exploring new regions and ingredients. At night, they're welcoming guests and filling orders. They get tired, but neither feel burnt out. Staying home does not interest them.
"Our daily lives have to be a satisfaction in themselves, for us to continue, as we do," they wrote in their first cookbook. That statement holds. Bloodroot is their everything. And so the feminist model of values remains open for service, six days a week.
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Hitchcock faces tough task of getting Flyers…
Hitchcock faces tough task of getting Flyers ready for playoffs
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That might sound silly, seeing as the Flyers still have a shot to finish in first place overall in the conference, or at least the division. However, the team's poor play over the past two games and the task of fitting players back into the lineup will test Hitchcock's coaching finesse.
Over the course of the season, the Flyers and many other NHL teams have been battered by injuries. In the NHL, the common practice is to write off injured players as if they do not even exist and go about your business of accumulating points.
When the injured player can come back to the team, only then does a coach figure on the new line combinations, defensive pairing, or the manner in which the team plays. There is no such thing as simply holding a place for a player and sort of treading water.
Ironically, a short-term problem occurs when injured players pile back on the team wagon. Usually, it is only a matter of a few games before everybody is back in sync, and the team is far better off for the additions.
However, there is a period of adjustment, and one of the worst times for any sort of adjustment is just before the playoffs, or actually in the playoffs. The nice problem facing Hitchcock and his staff is the task of fitting Jeremy Roenick, Keith Primeau, Eric Desjardins and Vladimir Malakhov back in the Flyers' lineup.
More to the point, Hitchcock and his staff are going to have to adjust the ice time of other players such as Donald Brashear, Claude Lapointe, Alexei Zhamnov and others. He is also going to have to literally change the lineup for games to make sure the best players who are coming off injury get enough time to gear up for the playoffs, and have a smooth entry into the playoffs.
The end result might be a few bumps along the way. If you needed any proof that their could be bumps along the way, all you have to do is watch the tapes of the past two games in which the Flyers basically lost to a minor-league goalie playing for the New York Islanders and a team of minor-league talent in the New York Rangers.
It should be noted that Roenick made his return from a jaw injury and concussion to play in both of those games. No doubt that the poor play of Robert Esche in goal was far more a factor than fitting a star back into the lineup, but it was a part of the team's uneven play.
The Flyers start their end-of-the-season journey Thursday night in Montreal, and then play the Ottawa Senators in Philadelphia on Friday. They will then wrap up their season on Sunday afternoon on Long Island against the New York Islanders.
At this point there will be a temptation to judge the team on the number of points it accumulates in the three games, and whether it can somehow catch Tampa Bay, or at least finish ahead of the New Jersey Devils to win the division. The downside is that they could actually wind up with over 100 points, and draw the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference.
The points will be important, but the more important issue is the way the team plays over the final three games. If the power play flops, the penalty killing falls apart, and all of the chemistry created with the addition of Zhamnov evaporates, it will be time to worry about a quick playoff exit.
What the team needs to be ready for next week is a strong showing by Primeau, steady play by Desjardins, along with big faceoff wins, impact hits and smooth plays from Roenick.
And the goalie? Robert Esche has to make everybody believe the past two games were an aberration.
Otherwise get ready for Phillies baseball.
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Carl Lewis Back in Court
By Angela Delli Santi	• Published May 10, 2011 • Updated on May 10, 2011 at 11:56 am
A federal judge who will decide whether Olympic superstar Carl Lewis has lived in New Jersey long enough to run for state office says he may leave parts of the case up to a jury.
Judge Noel Hillman discussed procedural issues Tuesday in a case that has the nine-time gold medalist unchallenged on the June primary ballot, but hasn't determined the Democrat's eligibility to run in the November election.
Lewis has been fighting to keep his fledgling candidacy alive since Republicans challenge his candidacy for state Senate. They claim the 49-year-old lived in California until recently and doesn't meet the state's four-year residency requirement for candidates.
New Jersey's Republican secretary of state issued the initial ruling against Lewis.
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We are a medieval society interested in re-enacting the period 1450 to 1490 covering the Wars of the Roses. We can boast a large and varied authentic camp complete with banners, drummers and craft workers.We have connections with European societies for events on the continent.
Also we are members of the Wars of the Roses Federation which has large groups of like minded enthusiasts. We portray the household of John de Vere Earl of Oxford.