Doctor Who Series 9 finale review- Whu?
So, Series 9. I realise I haven't done a review since Before the Flood. Truth is, I've been too busy to write reviews, but I will have an overview of the series soon. But, with this being the finale, I thought I would review another episode individually.
As usual, major spoilers ahead.
So, Hell Bent. To be honest, none of the finales have been perfectly satisfactory to me. They've all had major major problems, and while I loved Death in Heaven, upon reflection there are holes and the plot is a mess. None of the finales have successfully wrapped up the characters and plot in a 100% way, to me anyway. I was hoping that Series 9 would be the first to have a brilliant finale through both parts, especially after Heaven Sent. Uhhh, no. While this episode isn't the worst finale, it is still an underwhelming episode to a very consistent series.
Let's talk about Gallifrey first. The big twist of Heaven Sent was the return of Gallifrey, a story arc which had been built up from the very first series. I was hyped to see the Doctor return to Gallifrey and it really didn't add much to the story. The Doctor arrived, moped for a bit and then used the Time Lords to rescue Clara. Not only is this stupid, as the Doctor would never really do something like that (why didn't he do it with Adric if this whole "freezing heartbeat" business is allowed?), but it also robs the Time Lords of any power. If the whole reason for Gallifrey returning was so Clara could not die (more on that later) then what was the point of making such a big deal out of it? It was a huge waste of Gallifrey.
So, Clara's not dead. Well, she is, but not really. She's flying around in an American diner for a million years before she faced the raven. Urgh. In my opinion, the episode fell apart the instant Clara was rescued. But, I remained positive as this episode could have established the themes in Heaven Sent about letting go of Clara.
So, here's a what-could-have-been: the Doctor rescues her, but through the episode Clara is determined for the Doctor to let her go. In the end, with the universe at stake and the Time Lords ready to destroy the Doctor, he lets Clara return to Trap Street and she dies. He ends the series furious at the Time Lords but optimistic and ready for new adventures.
Except that's not what happened. Instead, the Doctor left in a 60's Tardis and the rest of the story is spent talking in the Tardis. There's already been three talky episodes this series, we didn't need another one. Why this doesn't work is because the themes being discussed betray the themes of the series. This series is all about consequences and choice, and Clara's death in Face the Raven was the pinnacle of the emotional arc of the series. Here, the episode ends with no consequence. Clara still has to die, but she has any time she wants, and the Doctor has no memory of Clara or what he went through emotionally. The Doctor, for some reason, thinks the memory wipe is the best option, but unlike Journey's End, Clara's life wasn't at stake. Why was the memory wipe in the episode? The conflict should have been about the Doctor letting go of Clara and the Time Lords ripping the universe apart to try and threaten the Doctor.
So let's talk about the memory wipe. As I've mentioned, the mind wipe was really poorly executed. Now the Doctor has no remorse or guilt over the events of the series, which means Series 10 will either have a guitar playing, rocking Doctor with no character growth for no reason or a snarly, angry Doctor for no reason. This is really annoying, but thankfully the new companion should shake up the show in a new way.
The final big problem is the plot and the resolution to the Hybrid arc. The Hybrid should have been a physical threat, and through Heaven Sent the Doctor was protecting the secret, and it was even the reason why he fled Gallifrey. With all that hype, the reveal that the Hybrid was the Doctor and Clara together was incredibly underwhelming. As a result, the episode had no threat and the plot wasn't that engaging.
So overall, this episode wasn't the best. It certainly wasn't the finale that I was expecting, but it didn't make me want to stop watching the show. I'm just really annoyed that the series ended on a low. At least the Christmas special looks fun and Series 10 will hopefully bring a new direction to the show.


Red Carpet Report: Golden Globes 2012. The Good, The Bad and The Brilliant!!!!
Oh happy days are here again! It's award season, and for most fashion lovers, watchers, followers and bloggers this is the prime of our hunting season. Nothing is bigger than fashion style and trend spotted at the award shows. Being the Holy Grail of all fashion seasons, it is blatantly aped, extensively written about and pretty much analyzed to infinity.
Like most fashion addicts, I too have always loved award season and most importantly the red carpet fashion parade. Since the awards' live telecast in my country is at the crack of dawn, as a kid I used to wake up at 5:30AM to see them(Yea I was one of those crazy ones). That's how much I love them! Thanks to the internet I don't have to do that anymore. Anyhoo, whilst watching the 'ahh' and 'OMG' moments and well-timed tears, I would spend my time studying the important stuff. Who Wore What and How!
Here's presenting you the good, the bad and the brilliant of Golden Globes 2012.
These looks are the epitome of the phrase 'elegantly stylish'. Form the tip of the hair right down to the shoes, everything was immaculately well styled. Kudos, ladies!!
"Oh my, what was she thinking?" Really with all the wonderful dresses and stylist in the world you managed to pick this! Looks gone so bad, we literally have nightmares about it. These looks were classic poster child for 'What Not to Wear', ever!
There are always those who will risk it. All or nothing! These ladies took some major style risk, that seriously paid off. Form daring slashes to sizzling sparkle, they picked the piece that made everyone sit up and take notice. Love it or hate it, they made us do a double take. These are hands down the stand-out statement looks on the Golden Globes 2012.
Who are your favourites? Tell me what you think. Share your view and thoughts with me in the comment section.
Don't you just wish you could somehow wear your pretty summer dresses in the cold season! That there was a magical garment that would look great paired with skirts and shorts while keeping you warm and winter chic at the same time. Well ladies, the fashion Gods have heard our prayers and granted us with winter seasons must have accessory- Bright Coloured Tights.
Trust me,nothing says hot quite like a pair of bright coloured tights. Thanks to winter's hottest trend we can ingeniously carry forward our summer wardrobe into the chilly winter season.
You ask, what makes these simple been-around-for-ages piece of hosiery a sudden must have item?
For starters, unlike the old-school sheer skin tone tights, the bright coloured ones are opaque, making them convenient to pair with dress, shorts and skirts in the winter months. Along with being inexpensive, they also are very easy to play around and mix and match with. The same pair can be worn with a number of clothes, on a number of ocassions and still offer a fresh look. From bold and vibrant shades to demure and subtle tones, this trend has something for everyone.
Girls, what are you waiting for! Don't hide your legs this winter. Flaunt them colourfully!!
How's a girl to choose between so many oh-so-fab and stunning colours,'sigh'. So, is this trend gonna be your winter style statement? Are you ready to rock a pair of bright coloured tights? Share your views regarding this trend in the comment section.
Resolutions are not my thing. I can't keep them, follow them or abide by them. But, on the other hand we all need to have goals in our lives; without them its hard to get somewhere if you don't know where you're going.
My collage literally is a 'mood' board. It perfectly captures my mood and communicates my emotions and hopes for the new year. It helped me visualize all that I wanna achieve for myself and my baby:my blog, 'Fashionopolis'.
For once in my life, I am starting the new year off with setting goals(not resolutions) for myself.
So do you have a New Years resolution? Or are you going with the flow? Do share your hopes and aspiration for 2012 with me in the comment section.


Alright, I think this is a very relevant subject in both an urban discussion context as well as its relation to the city of Memphis. It's a very high honor that MLB has given Memphis, and this article states that Selig wasn't shy about stating MLB wants to make it an annual event in Memphis. Great news. Did anyone happen to go?
Enjoy and comment, especially if you attended!
I was out of town when the game was played, but did see parts of it on ESPN. Their camera shots of downtown from the left field bleachers back toward the First TN and Sterick buildings were very impressive. For people who are unfamiliar with DT Memphis, ESPN's shots really gave the impression that our downtown has quite a bit of vertical development and density on par with downtowns of larger cities. So while we all wish for more growth downtown, the current setup does photograph quite well.


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Q: How to place svg shapes in a circle? I'm playing a bit with D3.js and I got most things working. But I want to place my svg shapes in a circle. So I will show the difference in data with color and text. I know how to draw circles and pie charts, but I want to basically have a circle of same size circles. And not have them overlap, the order is irrelevant. I don't know where to start, to find out the x & y for each circle.

A: Here's another approach to this, for shapes of arbitrary size, using D3's tree layout: http://jsfiddle.net/nrabinowitz/5CfGG/
The tree layout (docs, example) will figure out the x,y placement of each item for you, based on a given radius and a function returning the separation between the centers of any two items. In this example, I used circles of varying sizes, so the separation between them is a function of their radii:
var tree = d3.layout.tree()
    .size([360, radius])
    .separation(function(a, b) {
        return radiusScale(a.size) + radiusScale(b.size);
    });

Using the D3 tree layout solves the first problem, laying out the items in a circle. The second problem, as @Markus notes, is how to calculate the right radius for the circle. I've taken a slightly rough approach here, for the sake of expediency: I estimate the circumference of the circle as the sum of the diameters of the various items, with a given padding in between, then calculate radius from the circumference:
var roughCircumference = d3.sum(data.map(radiusScale)) * 2 +
        padding * (data.length - 1),
    radius = roughCircumference / (Math.PI * 2);

The circumference here isn't exact, and this will be less and less accurate the fewer items you have in the circle, but it's close enough for this purpose.

A: If I understand you correctly, this is a fairly standard math question:
Simply loop over some angle variable in the appropriate step size and use sin() and cos() to calculate your x and y values.
For example:
Let's say you are trying to place 3 objects. There are 360 degrees in a circle. So each object is 120 degrees away from the next. If your objects are 20x20 pixels in size, place them at the following locations:
 x1 = sin(  0 * pi()/180) * r + xc - 10;  y1 = cos(  0 * pi()/180) * r + yc - 10
 x2 = sin(120 * pi()/180) * r + xc - 10;  y2 = cos(120 * pi()/180) * r + yc - 10
 x3 = sin(240 * pi()/180) * r + xc - 10;  y3 = cos(240 * pi()/180) * r + yc - 10

Here, r is the radius of the circle and (xc, yc) are the coordinates of the circle's center point. The -10's make sure that the objects have their center (rather than their top left corner) on the circle. The * pi()/180 converts the degrees to radians, which is the unit most implementations of sin() and cos() require.
Note: This places the shapes equally distributed around the circle. To make sure they don't overlap, you have to pick your r big enough. If the objects have simple and identical boundaries, just lay out 10 of them and figure out the radius you need and then, if you need to place 20, make the radius twice as big, for 30 three times as big and so forth. If the objects are irregularly shaped and you want to place them in the optimal order around the circle to find the smallest circle possible, this problem will get extremely messy. Maybe there's a library for this, but I don't have one in the top of my head and since I haven't used D3.js, I'm not sure whether it will provide you with this functionality either.

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Home › Adware › How to remove Uod2quk646.com redirect [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]
How to remove Uod2quk646.com redirect [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]
Myantispyware team September 4, 2018 No Comment
The Uod2quk646.com is a web-site which can be used to display annoying advertisements or redirect the Firefox, IE, Google Chrome and Edge to other unwanted pages. If the Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Edge and Internet Explorer opens automatically to the Uod2quk646.com, then most probably that adware (sometimes called 'ad-supported' software) was installed on your system.
http://uod2quk646.com/ …
Adware is designed for the purpose of displaying lots of ads without the user's consent or permission. If you want to remove Uod2quk646.com pop up advertisements, you will not succeed, because the adware is very stubborn. But with the help of the following guidance, you surely can remove Uod2quk646.com advertisements completely from your web-browsers.
The adware that causes intrusive Uod2quk646.com pop ups is the part of the software that is used as an online promotional tool. It is made with the sole purpose to display dozens of pop up advertisements, and thus to promote the goods and services in an open internet browser window. The adware can substitute the legitimate sponsored links on misleading or even banners that can offer to visit harmful webpages.
That is, it's obvious that ad-supported software can steal your privacy info such as: your ip address, what is a web-site you are viewing now, what you are looking for on the World Wide Web, which links you are clicking, and much, much more. Even worse, the adware may monetize its functionality by gathering privacy data from your surfing sessions. This confidential information, later, can be easily transferred to third parties. This puts your confidential data at a security risk.
Thus, the adware is a potentially undesired program and should not be used. If you noticed any of the symptoms mentioned above, we recommend you to perform tutorial below to remove the adware and remove Uod2quk646.com ads from your web browser.
How to remove Uod2quk646.com pop-up ads
In order to delete Uod2quk646.com redirect from the IE, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome and Microsoft Edge, you need to reset the browser settings. Additionally, you should look up for other questionable entries, such as files, programs, web-browser extensions and shortcuts. However, if you want to delete Uod2quk646.com pop ups easily, you should run reputable anti malware utility and let it do the job for you.
The below guide for devices using Windows, for Android phones, use How to remove virus from Android phone, and for Apple computers based on Mac OS use How to remove browser hijacker, pop-ups, ads from Mac
To remove Uod2quk646.com, execute the steps below:
How to manually delete Uod2quk646.com
Remove potentially unwanted software through the Windows Control Panel
Remove Uod2quk646.com redirect from Google Chrome
Get rid of Uod2quk646.com pop up advertisements from IE
Remove Uod2quk646.com pop-up advertisements from Mozilla Firefox
Run free malware removal utilities to completely delete Uod2quk646.com pop-ups
Use Zemana Free to remove Uod2quk646.com
Remove Uod2quk646.com popup advertisements and malicious extensions with HitmanPro
Run Malwarebytes to remove Uod2quk646.com pop up advertisements
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How to avoid install of Uod2quk646.com pop-up advertisements
To remove Uod2quk646.com pop-ups, ad-supported software and other unwanted applications you can try to do so manually. Unfortunately some of the adware won't show up in your program list, but some adware may. In this case, you may be able to delete it through the uninstall function of your MS Windows computer. You can do this by completing the steps below.
Some applications are free only because their setup file contains an adware. This unwanted apps generates revenue for the authors when it is installed. More often this ad supported software can be removed by simply uninstalling it from the 'Uninstall a Program' that is located in Microsoft Windows control panel.
Windows 8, 8.1, 10
First, press Windows button
, then press Search
. Type 'Control panel'and press Enter like below.
After the 'Control Panel' opens, click the 'Uninstall a program' link under Programs category as shown in the figure below.
You will see the 'Uninstall a program' panel as shown on the screen below.
Very carefully look around the entire list of software installed on your PC. Most probably, one of them is the adware that causes a large amount of intrusive Uod2quk646.com pop-ups. If you have many apps installed, you can help simplify the search of malicious applications by sort the list by date of installation. Once you have found a dubious, unwanted or unused application, right click to it, after that click 'Uninstall'.
Windows XP, Vista, 7
First, click 'Start' button and select 'Control Panel' at right panel like below.
Once the Windows 'Control Panel' opens, you need to click 'Uninstall a program' under 'Programs' like below.
You will see a list of applications installed on your computer. We recommend to sort the list by date of installation to quickly find the programs that were installed last. Most likely, it's the adware that responsible for web-browser redirect to the undesired Uod2quk646.com web-page. If you're in doubt, you can always check the program by doing a search for her name in Google, Yahoo or Bing. Once the program which you need to delete is found, simply press on its name, and then press 'Uninstall' as shown in the following example.
Like other modern internet browsers, the Chrome has the ability to reset the settings to their default values and thereby recover the web browser's settings like new tab, search provider and homepage that have been replaced by the ad-supported software which causes undesired Uod2quk646.com ads.
Open the Google Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal dotes (
). It will open the drop-down menu. Select More Tools, then click Extensions.
Carefully browse through the list of installed addons. If the list has the extension labeled with "Installed by enterprise policy" or "Installed by your administrator", then complete the following instructions: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy otherwise, just go to the step below.
Open the Chrome main menu again, click to "Settings" option.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the "Advanced" link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, as shown below and press the "Reset settings to their original defaults" button.
Confirm your action, press the "Reset" button.
In order to recover all browser start page, newtab page and default search provider you need to reset the Microsoft Internet Explorer to the state, which was when the MS Windows was installed on your PC.
First, launch the Internet Explorer, then click 'gear' icon
. It will display the Tools drop-down menu on the right part of the web-browser, then press the "Internet Options" as displayed below.
In the "Internet Options" screen, select the "Advanced" tab, then click the "Reset" button. The Internet Explorer will open the "Reset Internet Explorer settings" dialog box. Further, click the "Delete personal settings" check box to select it. Next, click the "Reset" button as shown on the screen below.
After the task is done, click "Close" button. Close the IE and restart your machine for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your browser's new tab page, default search provider and start page to default state.
If the Mozilla Firefox browser is re-directed to Uod2quk646.com and you want to recover the Mozilla Firefox settings back to their original state, then you should follow the step-by-step tutorial below. It'll keep your personal information like browsing history, bookmarks, passwords and web form auto-fill data.
First, launch the Mozilla Firefox. Next, press the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (
). It will show the drop-down menu. Next, click the Help button (
In the Help menu click the "Troubleshooting Information". In the upper-right corner of the "Troubleshooting Information" page click on "Refresh Firefox" button as shown below.
Confirm your action, press the "Refresh Firefox".
The manual guide above is tedious to follow and can not always help to completely remove the Uod2quk646.com popup ads. Here I am telling you an automatic method to get rid of this ad-supported software from your personal computer completely. Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM), MalwareBytes and Hitman Pro are anti malware utilities that can look for and delete all kinds of malware including adware which cause undesired Uod2quk646.com pop ups to appear.
You can download and use the Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) for free. This anti malware tool will scan all the Windows registry keys and files in your computer along with the system settings and web-browser plugins. If it finds any malware, adware or malicious extension that is responsible for redirects to Uod2quk646.com then the Zemana will get rid of them from your machine completely.
Zemana can be downloaded from the following link. Save it on your MS Windows desktop or in any other place.
Once downloading is finished, close all apps and windows on your PC system. Open a folder in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that's named Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup.
Further, click Next button and follow the prompts.
Once installation is finished, click the "Scan" button . Zemana AntiMalware program will scan through the whole PC system for the adware related to Uod2quk646.com pop ups. This process can take some time, so please be patient. When a malicious software, adware or PUPs are detected, the number of the security threats will change accordingly. Wait until the the checking is finished.
As the scanning ends, Zemana Free will show you the results. Make sure all threats have 'checkmark' and click "Next". After finished, you can be prompted to restart your computer.
HitmanPro is a free program that designed to get rid of malware, PUPs, browser hijacker infections and adware from your PC system running Microsoft Windows 10, 8, 7, XP (32-bit and 64-bit). It will help to identify and get rid of ad supported software that causes web browsers to show undesired Uod2quk646.com pop ups, including its files, folders and registry keys.
Please go to the link below to download the latest version of Hitman Pro for Microsoft Windows. Save it on your Desktop.
Update: June 28, 2018
When downloading is finished, open the directory in which you saved it and double-click the HitmanPro icon. It will start the Hitman Pro utility. If the User Account Control dialog box will ask you want to launch the program, press Yes button to continue.
Next, press "Next" to perform a system scan for the ad supported software responsible for Uod2quk646.com pop-ups. This process can take quite a while, so please be patient.
After HitmanPro completes the scan, Hitman Pro will show a screen which contains a list of malicious software that has been detected as shown on the screen below.
When you are ready, click "Next" button. It will display a dialog box, click the "Activate free license" button. The Hitman Pro will get rid of adware that responsible for internet browser redirect to the annoying Uod2quk646.com web-page and move threats to the program's quarantine. When the cleaning procedure is complete, the utility may ask you to reboot your PC.
We suggest using the Malwarebytes Free that are completely clean your machine of the ad-supported software. The free tool is an advanced malicious software removal application designed by (c) Malwarebytes lab. This program uses the world's most popular anti malware technology. It is able to help you delete undesired Uod2quk646.com pop up ads from your internet browsers, PUPs, malicious software, hijacker infections, toolbars, ransomware and other security threats from your computer for free.
Visit the page linked below to download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM). Save it on your Microsoft Windows desktop.
When the download is complete, close all software and windows on your machine. Open a file location. Double-click on the icon that's named mb3-setup.
Once install is complete, press the "Scan Now" button to perform a system scan for the adware that causes web browsers to show undesired Uod2quk646.com pop ups. Depending on your machine, the scan can take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour. When a malicious software, adware or PUPs are detected, the number of the security threats will change accordingly.
Once MalwareBytes Anti Malware has completed scanning your PC, MalwareBytes will open you the results. In order to remove all items, simply click "Quarantine Selected". When that process is finished, you may be prompted to restart your computer.
The following video offers a steps on how to remove hijackers, adware and other malicious software with MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM).
To put it simply, you need to use an ad-blocker tool (AdGuard, for example). It will block and protect you from all unwanted web pages such as Uod2quk646.com, advertisements and pop ups. To be able to do that, the ad blocker program uses a list of filters. Each filter is a rule that describes a malicious web site, an advertising content, a banner and others. The ad-blocking program automatically uses these filters, depending on the websites you are visiting.
Download AdGuard on your system by clicking on the following link.
After downloading is complete, start the downloaded file. You will see the "Setup Wizard" program window. Follow the prompts.
Once the installation is done, click "Skip" to close the setup program and use the default settings, or click "Get Started" to see an quick tutorial that will help you get to know AdGuard better.
In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you run your computer, AdGuard will run automatically and block popup advertisements, Uod2quk646.com redirect, as well as other malicious or misleading web sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon named AdGuard, that is located on your desktop.
It's very important to pay attention to additional checkboxes during the installation of free applications to avoid installing of potentially unwanted programs, adware, browser hijackers or other unwanted software. Never install the additional applications that the program wants to install with it. Inattentive freeware download can result in setup of unwanted program like this adware responsible for redirects to Uod2quk646.com.
Once you've done the guidance outlined above, your system should be clean from this adware and other malware. The Internet Explorer, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome will no longer open intrusive Uod2quk646.com web site when you browse the Internet. Unfortunately, if the few simple steps does not help you, then you have caught a new ad-supported software, and then the best way – ask for help.
Please create a new question by using the "Ask Question" button in the Questions and Answers. Try to give us some details about your problems, so we can try to help you more accurately. Wait for one of our trained "Security Team" or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem with the annoying Uod2quk646.com pop-up advertisements.
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your future, look into your present actions." ~Buddhist Saying.
demand and shrinking supply that has done anything else than drive price much higher.
death results from this banker faux-Kabuki theater.
This leaves us with monitoring the measure of price "reality" found in the charts.
therein lies the most important element, that of timing.
information a chart can and does convey.
as they develop, each and every day.
telling the world is that the manipulators have been in control, and still are.
certain resistance levels. That has not happened, in large. The same holds true for silver.
that information with what the charts are revealing.
prices go higher, first you have to see them stop going lower. It could not be any simpler.
Within this context, here is our read of the charts.
there are signs of weakening.
of a change in market behavior. While the trend is down, it has weakened, but not ended.
is one of the measures.
the opening week of September. This is a red flag for the bears.
Weekly charts are not used for timing. We need to look at a daily chart for more detail.
comes from knowing the trend. At "B," we were seeing the early stages of a trend higher.
and not a single straight line or single price level. One has to be more flexible.
Would the "D" cluster be a pause, or would it reverse the down trend, while at support?
on increased volume, "E." At the same time, the trend line off the August high was broken.
market feedback that will reveal the character of the trend at that point.
of the physical metal, without any question.
The point is to use a chart to provide a context for viewing fundamental considerations.
trend, [past], tells us not to expect too much from rallies until there is proven change.
an easier time going up, and a harder time declining.
able to move the market more readily.
the future. There are both rhyme and reason to be found in the charts. Nothing is hidden.
Everyone gets to see the developing information at the same time.
see higher prices next week.
and that has been the case since the 2011 highs.


A court ordered the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday to follow through with a request from the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which asked for papers regarding a cybersecurity pilot program via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request back in July of 2011.
The Department of Justice additionally requested the ability to "claw back" documents that they determine, at a later time, to have breached their classification or jeopardize the program in any way. The court denied this request.
Judge Gladys Kessler noted the DHS did not take EPIC's original request seriously and it wasn't until the Center filed a lawsuit against the government agency in March of last year that they began to process any documents.
The program in question is a joint effort by the Department of Homeland Security and National Security Agency to prevent cyber attacks on government contractors and their ISPs. The program has yet to be given a public name, but the NSA partnered with AT&T, Verizon, and CenturyLink (all ISPs) to intercept defense contractors' communications.
The NSA denies any "direct" monitoring of the networks, but the Department of Justice has expressed concern about, once again, the legality and ethics of such monitoring. It also appears that such activity necessitates scanning all information, which could, hypothetically, then be translated, surveyed, and assessed.
The one-of-a-kind program would include surveillance of the contractors' e-mail correspondence and other traffic, according to The Washington Post's original report on the pilot program in 2011. The topic has since all but disappeared from discussion.
Apparently, this was because the "pilot program belongs to another agency." The DHS referred the request to the appropriate agency, which sits under the DHS, called the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD). EPIC was not contacted until January 23, 2012, by phone, with no official response ever transmitted to the center.
The DHS continued to request more time to begin handing over information to EPIC, including one 16-month delay.
Now, almost a year and a half later, EPIC has yet to receive a single page of documentation for review. Interestingly, only last week, the 2013 National Defense Authorize Act (NDAA) was signed into law. This year's budget includes a provision that distinctly calls out defense contractors' obligation to hand over to the government any cybersecurity threats, breaches, and all subsequent relevant information regarding such activity.
The protective order attempted by the DHS is, according to the director of EPIC's open government program, in blatant violation of FOIA and contrary to the law which makes public information about government activity available. A slow erosion of government transparency is more dangerous than a sudden 180, for it is such subversion of civil liberties that leaves them lost for good.


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Just a quickie from me today, I'm teaching this morning, But before I do that, I wanted to share this cutie from the latest release from Whimsy Stamps. How adorable is Hedgehog Love? I do love a cute hedgehog. Anyway, before I scoot off, Hedgehog Love, along with the rest of the release will be in store at Dies to Die For tomorrow. Just sayin'!
How stinkin' cute is this Faye Girl. Lovin' me some hedgie!


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Book review: 'Congo Shadows'
Jun 4, 2018 by David Augsburger
The story of the Democratic Republic of Congo casts a long, disturbing shadow. The legacy of colonialism thrusts malevolent roots into the kingdoms of the Congo basin, which sustains the second largest country...
2017 Review: Congo suffering, North American realignment
Dec 18, 2017 by Paul Schrag and Mennonite World Review
While North American Mennonites sped the pace of change in their church structures, Mennonites in the Democratic Republic of Congo dealt with matters of life and death. Ethnic and political violence drove at...
Anabaptists respond to violence in Congo
Aug 17, 2017 by Mennonite Central Committee
A collaborative Anabaptist response will soon reach some of the 1.4 million people displaced by armed conflict in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo with food, household items and shelter...
Violence escalates in Congo
Aug 7, 2017 by Lynda Hollinger-Janzen, Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission and Mennonite Mission Network
KIKWIT, Democratic Republic of Congo — Violence continues to leave suffering and destruction in its wake in Congo's three Kasaï provinces where most of the Mennonite churches are located. The situation...
U.N. investigation could shed light on Congo deaths
Jun 26, 2017 by Tim Huber and Mennonite World Review
Three months after their son Michael J. Sharp was killed while leading a United Nations investigation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, parents John and Michele Miller Sharp continue his efforts seeking...
Congo Mennonites suffer 'major wounds'
May 29, 2017 by Lynda Hollinger-Janzen, Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission and Mennonite Mission Network
The Mennonite Church of Congo has sustained "major wounds" to its people and infrastructure, said Adolphe Komuesa Kalunga, the church president. Komuesa was reporting on the annual administrative council...
What big numbers hide
May 8, 2017 by Tim Huber
The numbers betray the humanity within them, because they are simply too big. Some 4,000 members of 30 congregations in Communautês Mennonite au Congo (Mennonite Communion of Congo) are hiding in the forests...
Michael J. Sharp's unfinished peace mission
Apr 24, 2017 by Linda Espenshade and Mennonite Central Committee
Four months after Michael J. Sharp moved to the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2012, he joined a small delegation that for six hours climbed a mountain in South Kivu Province to meet a leader of a major armed...
5,000 Congolese Mennonites in hiding to escape violence
Apr 7, 2017 by Lynda Hollinger-Janzen, Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission and Mennonite Mission Network
Mennonite church members report increasing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Central Kasaï Province, where Michael J. Sharp, an American Mennonite, died on a United Nations peacebuilding...
We are still willing
Mar 31, 2017 by Stephen Kriss
I remember Michael J. Sharp (MJ) as a rambunctious junior high kid from the time we overlapped life at Laurelville Mennonite Church Center and Scottdale in Western Pennsylvania. I've been aware of his work...
A life in pursuit of peace
Mar 29, 2017 by Tim Huber and Mennonite World Review
Helping people lay down weapons was a thread running through much of Michael J. Sharp's life. From work with U.S. military personnel in Germany seeking conscientious objection discharges to developing trust...
Bodies found in Congo; U.N. worker dead
Michael J. Sharp, a Mennonite worker with the United Nations kidnapped in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was found dead March 27. Multiple media outlets reported Congo communications minister Lambert Mende...
First woman to direct Congo Bible school
Aug 15, 2016 by Lynda Hollinger-Janzen and Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission
Holy Spirit fire dances in Bercy Mundedi's eyes. It sets aflame the ministries to which she has been called — the most recent being to lead the Kalonda Bible Institute in Democratic Republic of Congo. She...
Book review: 'Crossing the Loange'
Mar 14, 2016 by Ardie Goering
One has to have one's eyes open, one has to ask questions when they come to mind, or one finds oneself finished with a two-year term not knowing what kind of people you were amongst all the time. — John M....
In a reversal of Babel, languages no barrier to building church in Congo
May 11, 2015 by Lynda Hollinger-Janzen and Mennonite Mission Network
A global village came together in February to raise the rafters of a new building that will house Kanzala Mennonite Church in Tshikapa, Congo. Three years ago, high wind and torrential rain destroyed the...
Rwandans head home with Congolese help
May 26, 2014 by Patrick Maxwell and Mennonite Central Committee
BUKAVU, Congo — In spite of tense relationships between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring Rwanda, two Mennonite Central Committee partner organizations are working together to support the...
Hilaire Louis Jean came home from the Democratic Republic of Congo admiring the Mennonites he met there. "I feel that the African Mennonites are more Mennonite than people in Mennonite churches in the...
French speakers develop their network's potential
Apr 28, 2014 by Neal Blough and Mennonite World Conference
KINSHASA, Congo — With 235,000, Congo is the only country with a large number of French-speaking Mennonites. Otherwise, francophone Mennonites are usually small minorities in their countries. Through the...
Modern 'Mirror'
Mar 21, 2014 by Elizabeth Miller and Goshen College
GOSHEN, Ind. — A Congolese pastor who forgave the armed men who had forced him to dig his own grave. A Ukrainian Mennonite Brethren family displaced to labor camps throughout the Soviet Union and...


A 2012 Trend? Bishops to silence dissent busters?
Archdiocese of Detroit asks Michael Voris to stop using the name 'Catholic' | LifeSiteNews.com.
ARE THE BISHOPS ON A CAMPAIGN TO SILENCE DISSENT BUSTERS?
Is the *hit going to hit the fan in 2012? Are dissent busters going to rise up in large numbers in 2012? And do you wonder whether Father Frank Pavone has been bumped off? How about Father Euteneuer?
Archdiocese of Detroit has called on someone to stop using the name 'Catholic' – but it's not someone who is fighting against the morals or faith of the Catholic Church at all. It is in fact an individual who has devoted the last several years to vigorously defending and promoting authentic Catholic principles – Michael Voris, known best for his hosting of The Vortex on the website RealCatholicTV.com.
For a list of dissent organizations, look in the far right column of the website.


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Japan to play Malaysia, Syria in Olympic qualifiers
Soccer: Japan to play Malaysia, Syria in Olympic qualifiers
TOKYO, Sept. 16 Kyodo
Japan will open their qualifying campaign for the Beijing Olympic soccer tournament in the second round against Malaysia, Syria and the winner of the first-round tie between Hong Kong and Bangladesh in Group B, the Japan Football Association said Saturday.
The second round will be played between Feb. 28 and June 6 next year and the top two teams advance to the final round scheduled to be held between Aug. 22 and Nov. 21. Japan received a bye in the first round.
Only the winners of each of three four-team groups in the final round will qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Both the second and final rounds will be played on a home-and-away basis.
Elsewhere in the second round, Asian powerhouses Saudi Arabia and Iran have been drawn into a tough Group D, which is also expected to feature Australia, who face minnows Taiwan in the first round.
Following are second-round groups in Asian qualifiers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics soccer tournament:
Group A — Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Singapore or Pakistan
Group B — Japan, Malaysia, Syria, Hong Kong or Bangladesh
Group C — Oman, Lebanon, Vietnam or Afghanistan, Indonesia or Maldives
Group D — Iran, Saudi Arabia, Jordan or Kyrgyzstan, Australia or Taiwan
Group E — Iraq, North Korea, Turkmenistan or Thailand, Myanmar or India
Group F — South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan or Tajikistan, Yemen or Palestine
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Worthwhile Canadian Initiative: Isn't Chuck Norris American?
You can call Chuck Norris a confidence fairy if you like. But he seems to be a very powerful confidence fairy when he is put to work in other countries. Why couldn't Chuck Norris be equally powerful in the US and Japan, if you put him to work there?
It sounds utterly bizarre to my Canadian ears to hear Americans dismiss Chuck Norris as an impotent Tinkerbell, who only exists if we all believe in him. Up here in the frozen North we've been watching Chuck Norris/Tinkerbell in action for the last 20 years. The Bank of Canada has a very clearly-stated 2% inflation target. We believe that the Bank of Canada will carry out its threat to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to bring inflation back to the 2% target. And we've watched it carry out that threat, on the rare occasions it needed to. So we expect 2% inflation. Of course we believe in Tinkerbell. We've seen Tinkerbell beat up people who didn't believe in him.
If Chuck Norris works fine outside the US, why couldn't he work fine in the US too?
I've stolen this idea from Stephen.
One might have thought that the Fed would have earned that reputation after the Volcker deflation, but somehow it didn't. Perhaps the lack of a clear mandate was to blame?"
Yep. Nobody knows what the Fed is trying to target. So it can't make credible threats about what it would do if people didn't expect it to hit its target. Nobody knows what that target is. It can only thrash about impotently.
One thing that Japan and the US have in common (and the inflation targeters you mention don't) is that they are f-ing huge. A small open economy can make a very credible threat to raise the inflation rate by driving capital into other currencies. And of course, when Chuck Norris does this, he doesn't necessarily have to carry out the threat, and you may not see dramatic movements in the exchange rate. But for a large economy like US or Japan, the threat is not nearly as credible. I'm sure it would be credible for the US if the Fed had the authority to initiate foreign exchange intervention on the scale that China does, but this is where the Brando problem comes in. Legally, as I understand it, the answer to "What have you got?" for the Fed doesn't include foreign exchange unless the US Treasury requests it or unless the Fed can find some kind of excuse. It can't count on having enough excuses to make a credible threat. And being a large economy, it can't count on being able to do enough in the bond market to get the capital to leave voluntarily.
Andy: IIRC, AFAIK, the Bank of Canada has not done any forex market intervention since the early 1990's? It states that it will not intervene in forex markets, except in rare circumstances when trading becomes "disorderly" (or something like that).
Not sure about the other IT countries.
The Loonie has been much stronger than normal against the USD (our biggest trading partner by far) over the past 4 years. It dipped 15% for a few months in late 2008, but then came straight back up again in mid 2009.
"It sounds utterly bizarre to my Canadian ears to hear Americans dismiss Chuck Norris as an impotent Tinkerbell, who only exists if we all believe in him."
We do not have a Chuck Norris at this time. Bernanke has chosen a collegial approach with the rest of the Fed, so that the Fed does not speak with a single voice. Left to his own devices, Bernanke would presumably have done for the U. S. what he recommended for Japan. But he has not. In addition, when the Fed had room to take decisive action, back in late '08 and early '09, it, like both the Bush and Obama administrations, focused on preventing an economic meltdown, not on recovery. At present, neither the Fed nor the Presidency has credibility, and the Congress only has credibility in seeing that nothing gets accomplished.
Or rather than the Regional Federal Reserve Banks ceased to exist and the only person who could speak to the public would be the Chairman. Voicing dissenting opinions in public would be cause for instant dismissal.
Determinant: I'm trying to imagine a deputy governor at the BoC saying (in public) "We should set a different interest rate because I think we need 1% (or 3%) inflation". It would never happen.
In private I'm sure they say "I think we should raise/lower the interest rate to hit our 2% target". It's their job to say that. And I can also imagine them saying "At the next renewal, we should switch to a 1% (or 3%) inflation (price level, whatever) target". Again that's their job.
But otherwise, they sing the party line.
Is chuck norris a popular actor in Canada?
He is hardly present in the US for ten years now. There is a delicious irony in your choice of illustration.
Jon: I don't think he's any more or less popular here than in the US. It's all the Chuck Norris jokes I see on the internet that inspired the metaphor. A running theme of the jokes is that things just happen without Chuck actually doing anything. "Chuck Norris walks into a restaurant. All the women are immediately pregnant".
Nick Rowe: "(Pity the US rejected the monarchy ;) )"
Chuck Norris is 71. He doesn't do much of anything anymore.
Lord: No. Chuck Norris is not 71. 71 is Chuck Norris.
Canada doesn't need Marlon Brando, but the US does. Forex intervention isn't necessary for a small open economy, because you can get investors to abandon your currency voluntarily by making assets denominated in it sufficiently unattractive. Changes in Canadian interest rates (actual or expected) can induce portfolio shifts pretty quickly, because nobody outside Canada feels any particular need to hold Canadian bonds in their portfolio if they can get a better deal elsewhere. It's a lot harder for a large economy, especially one like the US, whose currency is perceived as a safe haven.
Actually, though, the example of Switzerland kind of suggests that we're both wrong. The SNB seems to be having a lot of trouble meeting its objectives in spite of its forex intervention, and in spite of presumably high credibility (and Switzerland has arguably been below the zero lower bound for a while now: if you make a large deposit in a Swiss bank, don't expect to be able to withdraw the entire amount). I would argue that, financially speaking, Switzerland is treated somewhat like a large economy even though it's actually small.
Last I heard, Canada and Australia have commodity booms driven by U.S./China demand. Not sure their CBs need do anything. What happens to Canada/Australia if world commodity demand collapses? Would you be willing to bet the BOC alone could keep rates above the ZLB?
How did Canada's fiscal stimulus compare in magnitude per capita to the US's? Arguably Canada had the ability to increase debt loads more than the US did, through insured home loans and increasing household debt (almost all of it in effect backstopped via government insurance or low LTV) as well as a marked increase in federal debt. The US/JP could not lever up housing because their real estate markets were already overindebted.
So though I don't have the #s in front of me I think there's a good case that fiscal stimulus in Canada was meted out in a way that would make even Keynes blush. The rebounding commodity boom didn't hurt either, of course, but the "wealth effect" due to levering up housing was one of the most effective ways I've seen, in the history of non-war stimuli, of increasing GDP after a severe recession. I think what Canada did should be published in textbooks under "When Chuck Norris invokes Keynes".
The BoC can be credible I think because its other half -- the fiscal half -- stepped up to the plate like a boss.
What trouble are you talking about? They're certainly hitting their target, the exchange rate has been spot on ever since they announced they would buy Euros in whatever amount it takes to keep it at or above 1.20 to the Franc. Do you mean they actually had to intervene, as opposed to just threatening to?
The critical issue that the US exchange rate is controlled jointly by the Kindom of Saudi Arabia and the peoples Republic of China. The price of the currencies of the other countries that your mentioned are market determined.
But the BoE isn't hitting its inflation target, is it? I thought it was actually completely missing it.
vimothy: Well, that's debatable. Current inflation is certainly well above target. Whether that's mostly just temporary price shocks due to VAT increase, that a forward-looking inflation targeting central bank should ignore, is what the debate is about. But it would be very hard to claim that the BoE hasn't been able to loosen monetary policy to prevent inflation falling *below* target.
I second Oliver's question. The SNB annouced a floor of 1.20 and the currency moved instantly to that level (a drop of 8%) and has not fallen below it despite ongoing stress in the euro zone and a rally in other safe-haven currencies like the JPY. If the SNB annouced tomorrow that it was moving the floor to 1.30, do you really doubt that the market would move there instantly?
It's just like when FDR and his team annouced what the new price of gold would be, gold moved to that level.
I see the mostly excellent Andy Harless already made the same point as I was making above (with rather less snark).
You should see how much the SNB had to increase its balance sheet in order to hit the 1.20 floor.
Assets rose from CHF250B to CHF366B in one month. So as Andy says, they definitely had to expend some energy to achieve this.
"The SNB seems to be having a lot of trouble meeting its objectives in spite of its forex intervention, and in spite of presumably high credibility."
High credibility? They've been saying they'd "act decisively" to prevent any appreciation of the CHF for two years almost, and it kept rising.
I didn't mean the SNB was failing to achieve its (only recently instituted) exchange rate objective but that it has been having trouble generally, over the past several years, achieving its general macroeconomic objectives (hence policy has had to become more and more aggressive -- the Swiss Chuck Norris has had to keep beating people up for three years and we still aren't sure if the room will be cleared).
My impression of "high credibility" refers to the SNB's long-term record. But perhaps that credibility is only one-sided. Indeed, this may be a general problem, that having more credibility against inflation leads to having less credibility against deflation, which is contrary to the way Nick and Stephen would presumably see it.
I suppose the Swiss Chuck Norris would be called something like "Chuque Noiresse" and one can kind of imagine why he would have credibility problems.
Just discovered that the "politically correct" counterpart of Chuck Norris is Puff, the magic dragon - to whom kings bowed and pirates brought down their flag!
"You should see how much the SNB had to increase its balance sheet in order to hit the 1.20 floor."
showed an 11% increase in reserve assets as valued in CHF, which was tiny compared to the movement in the CHF vs the EUR and USD.
The ECB has $55b in Greek bonds, $156b in total PIGS bonds. A 50% haircut on Greek debt would cost them about $10b (their bonds were bought below par). ECB capital is $5.3b. So a Greek "credit event" would force the ECB to go to national governments for more capital. In a European double dip scenario, fiscal losses would escalate for EU governments as a result of the ECB "SMP" (asset purchase) program.
Fiscal losses caused by ECB PIIGS holdings expose the fact that asset purchases are fiscal policy unless they create demand for bank reserves. Asset purchases don't necessarily produce new a equilibrium. Granted, you could accuse the ECB of being too "tight" and blame monetary policy, but this accusation would be no different had member governments bought those bonds rather than the ECB.
Britmouse, you're right, the data is end of August. The number was so big when I first looked at it I just assumed it was end of September.
Mind you, given the huge rise in SNB foreign assets in August and the collapse in CHF/EUR beginning Aug 9 - this before the peg was even announced - the SNB was surely "beating up people" ahead of the peg announcement. Build up credibility first, then announce, it seems to me.
Britmouse and JP: Wow! If I understand you two correctly, you are saying that the data seem to suggest that all the beating up had little effect *before* the announcement. And very little additional beating up was needed after the announcement?
"...if the Fed were to target inflation it might not work, and if it didn't work, then everyone would lose faith in the Fed, and that would then hurt efficacy of the Fed's actions going forward."
In other words, the Fed fears that Bruce Lee might appear from nowhere, and beat Chuck Norris to death in Roman Colosseum. And if people believe that might happen, that is, if they suspect liquidity-trap dragon might be stronger than the Fed, the threat the Fed is going to make would be neutralized - at least to some extent.
We keep coming back to the fact that the Fed is constrained by the Federal Reserve Act; Congress has told Chuck he can't run around beating-up whomever he likes.
What about the BoC? Say something happened that got us stuck in a liquidity trap (maybe one of our big banks somehow failed and blew-out a chunk of the economy). To maintain the inflation/NGDP level target can the BoC just print money and start buying whatever it wants?
Nick, I'm not sure you can say the beating up had little effect before the SNB announcement.
"We believe that the Bank of Canada will carry out its threat to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to bring inflation back to the 2% target. And we've watched it carry out that threat, on the rare occasions it needed to."
Nick, do you have any examples of the BoC carrying out its threat?
Wasn't the Great Canadian Slump (1990-!996) a good beating to remember and believe the threat?
I was just a kid!
What exactly did the BoC threaten and who got hurt?
6 years of subpar growth. And a good excuse to slash education and social budgets?
The SNB data is now out for September.
Expansion of forex reserves went from CHF 255bn in August to 282bn in September - a 10.6% rise. The CHF devalued 7% month-on-month against the EUR, 11% against the USD, and 12% against the JPY, those three make up 90% of the SNB foreign currency reserves.
Value of forex reserves in USD actually fell. I'd say that's good evidence not much beating up was required. Interesting to see future months.
Another point to consider is that in addition to purchasing forex the SNB has also been buying back SNB debt certificates since early August. So you also have to consider the decline in liabilities outstanding (specifically column 22) as part of the entire expansionary purchase program.


#Nassau, April 14, 2019 – Bahamas – Minister of State for Grand Bahama, Senator the Hon. Kwasi Thompson, said that the new proposed Carnival Cruise Port, slated for development in East Grand Bahama, was announced to over 11,000 people within the cruise industry, during a recent conference in Miami, Florida, April 8-10, 2019. It was during one of the opening sessions of the Seatrade Cruise Global 2019 conference that President of Carnival Cruise Line Christine Duffy told the over 11,000 participants at the conference about her company's major development in Freeport, Grand Bahama.
Over 100 people attended that particular function — executives from the cruise lines and maritime industries, as well as customers, partners and subcontractors with the Shipyard. "Again, that event and the opportunity to speak there, gave us another opportunity to promote Grand Bahama as a maritime center.
Header: Minister of State for Grand Bahama, Senator Kwasi Thompson (fourth from left), joined by representatives of the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and the Bahamas Maritime Authority at Seatrade Cruise Global 2019 Conference in Miami, Florida, April 8-10, 2019.
Insert: Grand Bahama Shipyard was one of major players with a booth, at Seatrade Cruise Global 2019 Conference in Miami, Florida, April 8-10, 2019. Minister of State for Grand Bahama, Senator Kwasi Thompson and Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Harcourt Brown stopped by the GB Shipyard booth along with representatives from the Grand Bahama Port Authority. Minister Thompson is pictured third from left; Mr. Brown, second from left; Vice-Chairman of the Grand Bahama Port Authority Sarah St. George, centre.


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Geraldine Ferraro, R.I.P.
I was saddened to hear that Geraldine Ferraro has died.
I certainly did not vote for her, but she always struck me as a decent and kind person, with a grace and sense of humor sadly lacking in much of the political debate that goes on today. She was a relatively unknown three-time Representative from New York when Democratic-nominee Walter Mondale picked her to be his running mate in the 1984 presidential campaign. She became the first woman vice-presidential candidate of any major party in American history. The selection of the attractive and articulate Ferraro gave Mondale's otherwise hopeless campaign a bit of luster and a brief bump up in the polls (not unlike McCain's Palin pick 24 years later.) Despite the MSM's fawning over her, in the end she could not help Mondale defeat probably the best American political campaigner of the 20th century, Ronald Reagan. She tried hard and loyally, and, as noted, with grace and humor, but the numbers were just not there. She struggled not only against the Reagan juggernaut, but against the bland man at the top of her own ticket, her own husband's somewhat unsavory reputation, and her pro-abortion stance that put her in opposition to her professed Catholic beliefs.
Her politics were the standard, somewhat unimaginative "New Deal" liberalism that was rapidly being overwhelmed by Reagan and reality. In later years, while she remained a moderate liberal, she seemed to put some distance between herself and the increasingly wacky left and the violent Bush-bashers. She objected to the vile treatment of Palin by the media and the political left, and she joined Fox News as a political contributor.
She was a throwback to a time that now seems so distant; a time when you could have a vigorous debate, without getting personal. She seemed to love politics and appreciate and love her country: not a bad combination.
49erDweet March 27, 2011 at 2:21 AM
She turned out to be quite a lady. There are other liberals like her out there, but most of them were relegated with her to the back of the Dhimmocratic bus.
When Geraldine Ferraro Said No to U.N. Israel-Bashing
This article by Anne Bayefsky appears today on National Review Online.
>From 1994 to 1996, Geraldine Ferraro was the American ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva. I was an adviser to the Canadian delegation to the commission and had the opportunity to watch Ferraro in action behind closed doors in meetings of the "Western European and Others Group" (WEOG).
At WEOG meetings, Western states hammered out shared policy on issues of common interest before stepping into the full morass of the U.N.'s top human-rights body. At that time, one quarter of all the resolutions adopted by the commission that were critical of specific states condemned Israel alone, while the commission remained silent on almost all egregious violations of human rights around the world. For 25 years, the formal agenda of the commission, which governed every meeting, had contained one item devoted to demonizing Israel and one item to human rights on the almost 200 other U.N. members.
This was the environment into which Ferraro stepped. In addition, she found herself in the middle of an attempt at U.N. "reform."
The reform effort of that era came to a head in one memorable meeting of WEOG when it became clear that the Europeans had caved to Arab and Muslim states and were prepared to agree on proposals for "reform" that left the Israel-demonization agenda item exactly as it was. In walked Geraldine Ferraro. I don't remember her staying long or saying much. She just said no. Such a reform sham was not consistent with American values and the United States would not be part of it. She couldn't be bullied by the multilateral pressure to appear "cooperative."
With extraordinary poise and straight talk she put everyone else in that room to shame. I remember having to restrain myself from jumping up and clapping in that stuffy chamber, composed almost entirely of men who had spent their careers clawing to the top of foreign offices by being exactly the opposite of Geraldine Ferraro.
In a twist of fate, only a day before she died, virtually the same scenario played out in Geneva 15 years later. A "reform" package was before the Human Rights Council. Again it was a sham. And again it left the same demonization-of-Israel agenda item in place. Only this time, President Obama and Eileen Donahoe, a former fundraiser and his ambassador to the council, desperate for the approval of an un-American audience, waved it through by consensus. Today among Democrats the moral courage necessary to withstand the U.N. hordes is in short supply. Ferraro will be missed.
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Eye Witness Collected Edition
Writer/artist Robert Luedke's excellent Eye Witness series is now available as a complete collection, from next month. That's good news. Official details below.
This November, just in time for the holiday shopping season, Head Press Publishing will release a limited edition slipcase collection of the award-winning Eye Witness graphic novel series. This will offer many fans of Christian fiction their first exposure to all four books in this highly acclaimed indy graphic novel series, since publicity surrounding it has grown with each subsequent release and many fans came on board a few years after the 2004 premier of the first book in the series.
In an literary format that has largely been overlooked in the Christian marketplace, Luedke's time-hopping Biblical based action-adventure story truly stands out from the crowd! Through years of research, Luedke, has effectively (in a fictional sense) filled in the gaps in the Biblical narrative from the Passion week through the Book of Acts and combined it with a compelling and nail biting modern day action-thriller. "The storyline combines elements of Indiana Jones, a gripping New Testament story, time travel, espionage and dramatic scenes that rank among the best in American comic artistry," stated Journalist, David Crumm, on his Readthespirit.com, website.
Luedke made the commitment to begin the Eye Witness series in 2002, as a way to share the spiritual, historical and dramatic nature of the Gospels, in a way that would draw the attention of teens and young adults…especially those who may have never read a Bible or attended church, but loved reading comics and graphic novels. "I intentionally designed Eye Witness' unique mixture of Biblical adaptation and modern day thriller to make the story of the New Testament exciting, attractive and fun for today's readers, "states Luedke. "My goal was treat the Book of Acts like Cecil B. DeMille treated the book of Exodus in his Ten Commandments film…by adding characterization, dramatization and connecting the dots for those not familiar with the original narrative."
The series has generated coverage by major media from coast to coast and the praise of many religious leaders as well as comic veterans alike. According to Paige Patterson (President Southwest Baptist Seminary), "I do not believe I have ever seen anything like it. This is a great way to present the Gospel."
Eye Witness (Book Three): Rise of the Apostle (which was released in August 2008) was awarded a gold medal in the category of graphic novels at the 2009 National Best Book Awards, sponsored annually by USABooknews.com and was named a finalist in the FOREWORD Magazine book of the year awards.
Eye Witness (Book Two): Acts of the Spirit (released, August 2006) was honored as the best comic/graphic novel at the 2007 Hollywood Book Festival. The book also took a silver medal at the 2007 Independent Publisher Magazine Awards, as well as being named a finalist in the FOREWORD Magazine book of the year awards.The Eye Witness slipcase collection will be available through book and comic stores nationwide the week of November 15th (as well as most major retailer's online stores). There will be a limited edition of 200 sets signed and numbered by Luedke and only be available at his personal appearances and through the Head Press website. For more information, visit: www.HeadPress.info
Categories: New To Comics?, News . Tags: Christian comics, Robert Luedke . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: Leave a comment
Do It Yourself Doodler
Want artistic inspiration or a quirky creative exercise? David Jablow's site is a great place to begin. Using a simple template as a springboard for some wild and intricate drawings Jablow has created dozens of original sketches, and you can too. It reminds me of the classic Aussie TV show Mr. Squiggle, but it would be great to see other artists works shown, or different printable templates too.
Thanks to Abduzeedo for the heads up.
Categories: Art . Tags: doodles . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: 2 Comments


Our Fall Sports Kick-Off and Pep Rally event hosted by the Warrior Club will take place Thursday, August 16th, at the football stadium at 6:00 p.m. We are excited to officially kick off our fall season with this "Warrior Family All School Pep Rally. Each fall team (from elementary to varsity) will be introduced as they walk onto the field. The Warrior Club will also be providing a Chick-fil-a meal for each CHCA PLAYER and COACH. Come join us as we meet our new Warrior teams and coaches!
Make plans to continue to support ALL of our Cottage Hill Warrior sports teams this fall. We look forward to another year of success. It is a great time to be a Warrior and see the plans God has for our school both on and off the field.


Such luxe, elegant, classic looks.
Ooh, it looks cold! I love the black and white coat and little green bag in the first shot. Is that Garance in the background of #2?
Great shots…I especially love the first one, she looks perfect!!!
Loving all those beautiful coats – especially the first one!
Love, love, love everything from head to toes in the first photo.
They're perferct and your pictures are so natural so spontaneus. Really great job.
Looking very chick… but still manage to dress warm! Beautiful!
So cool! I love these outfits so much…can't say more.
I love the brown and purple combo in the second pic.
Love the brown coat… looks precisely the kind of thing you can wear to any event depending on what you wear it with. And it looks warm!
oh! I loooove the first one! she looks so glamorous and comfy at the same time!
WOWW, amazing photos! Love that first look!
Looks like it's really cold in NY!
oh these coats are beautiful! Esp the brown one in the middle!
Nice pictures. I love Fashion weeks.
Everyone looks so cold! But the first picture is Alessandra! I LOVE LOVE that coat!
its nice to see ladies dressed warmly during NYFW.
does anybody know which shoes?
I have been loving this Cranberry colour for the last couple of years. Friends would laugh at me, but whose laughing now.. Great use of Cranberry, pretty shots.
Loving them grey boots in the 3rd picture.
Hope to see you pop by my blog.
I bet the DVF show was great but I'm loving the fashion show going on here on the streets! Totally fab!
I love the second outfit! And I love NYFW, because of the wearable chic!
SO chic I loveee… awesome captures !!
Is the one in the second picture wearing knee pads?
Loving the fur look, especially with a bright color underneath!
That first coat is GORGEOUS! Love the brown boots in the second pic, too.
LOVE the first look!! The shoes, the coat!!.. Tres chic!
This gorgeous winter street style kills me! I've got to get back to the city for the last few days of NYFW!!!
LOve all of them. The raspberry and grey combo in the last pic is especially wonderful.
very nice looks! LOVE the first one!
It's always neat to come across a familiar face on a strangers blog. I love Sasha's (first photo) coat!
Love these pictures! Especially the 3th look is amazing!
love the first coat…simply elegant.
Beaut snapshots! Does anyone know who the maroon bag in the third shot is made by?
I especially like the second look. Her coat is beautiful but her hair in the wind is even better.
OH MY GOD, these women are fierce. FIERCE!!! The first woman made me gasp.
If I had to choose one of these looks, I´ll prefer the fist one…She looks perfect, I love her coat.
Love it! In particular the second!
With the image of the woman with the long billowing blond hair… I think you got fellow fashion blogger Emily Schuman of Cupcakes and Cashmere! Does anyone else think so?
Great post, I love all the layers!
oh well I can't decide which is my favourite!
The black and white coat is absolutely luxurious.
A striking stance on the first quadrant.
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Well, I can't say that these looks are very pretty, It seems to me that they didn't think a lot when preparing for such an event.
I am an Asst Buyer in outerwear and I love all of the shots!
The brown wool coat in the second pics is stunning!
These coats look fabolous… The second one is a Marina Rinaldi coat!
The blond girl is so cool and sauvage… fabulous!
I am loving the gray booties!
Beautiful fur is for animals, not for ugly people!.