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Teddy Roosevelt National Park and BAT to the Rescue
We've had a pretty good couple of days here in Medora visiting Teddy Roosevelt National Park.
Sunday we had to punt on attending Mass this week as there isn't a church here with mass in the morning and we missed the one in the community center on Sunday afternoon. So…we got up early and ran our Honda portable generator a couple of hours to charge up our batteries to about 80% then left for our scheduled drive/hike around the South Unit of the park. The South Unit is one of 3 sections of the park and is located here in Medora; the North Unit is about 50 miles north of here and is more isolated and rugged, and the Elk Ranch Unit is west about 30 miles…Elk Ranch was established by Teddy Roosevelt in his attempt to become a rancher but eventually failed as a ranch due to losses of cattle during winters and became just a hunting lodge for him.
First up is a couple of photos from our campground…a view of the ridge line to the east of us, Medora is on the other side of this ridge and also some nice sunset backlit shots of the horses in the campground with us…the horse noises give us some local color that we're really liking this week.
Our first stop Sunday morning was the visitor center where we watched the 17 minute movie on the park and TR's involvement with it…he spent time here twice in the late 1800s…he first time was shortly after his wife and mother died and he came here to restore his spirit and rejuvenate his desire for a political career after his stint with the now famous Rough Riders at San Juan Hill.
The Maltese Cross cabin…Roosevelt's first home in the Dakota Territory. It was moved from it's original location about 6 miles south of Medora and toured the country during his presidency then spent some time at the State House grounds once North Dakota became a state…and was relocated again to it's location at the Medora visitor center once the park was named after him.
From there we took the loop road around the South Unit…about 30 miles or so total but it ended up taking the rest of the day by the time we hiked, overlooked, had lunch, and watched the wildlife. Here's photos of the day…brief descriptions added where needed but mostly they could have just said "epic scenery": and it woulda been pretty close.
Château de Mores…the home of the Marquis de Mores built in 1883. He came here to establish a cattle round up and shipping facility that persisted for 3 years until it collapsed due to drought and price competition from facilities further eastward.
Prairie dogs standing guard around their town. They make cute little barks…especially when starting to become alarmed…and then eventually the whole group skedaddles down their burrows only to reemerge 100 feet away and resume watching and feeding.
Cattle Corral Flats…home of a prairie dog town and also a bowl where cattle were gathered for transfer to the de Mores cattle facility back in the day.
Pronghorn antelope across the way…even with Neil's bird lens and cropping way in it's still a long way over there…must have been 600 or 800 yards over to where this buck was feeding.
Looking down the Wind Canyon towards the Little Missouri River. This is a really strangely wind/rain sculpted canyon in the ridge.
A Bull Snake that slithered across the path between Neil and Connie walking…she was about 20 feet ahead of him and must have walked within 5 feet right before it slithered out. Non poisonous and the largest snake in the park.
Looking back up Wind Canyon from the river overlook.
Oxbow bend in the Little Missouri River…although this is a pano shot it actually really does curve back on itself like it appears in the photo.
Hollowed out rock from erosion.
Wind Canyon again.
Wildflowers by Connie.
Bison patties…they burned these for fuel back in the day…but had to make sure they weren't fresh before picking them up.
Coyote that ran across the road infant of BAT.
Another wind carved rock.
We decided this was a White Throated Sparrow based on the head coloration even though it isn't quite sparrow shaped and we thought it was a little bigger than that…but nothing else really matched the coloration except a Meadowlark but there wasn't any yellow chest that we could see.
A blooming prickly pear cactus…first one of these we've ever seen. There's actually a bee down inside but you can't see it from this angle.
Wild horses up on the ridge. We spotted these because we came around a corner and encountered a stopped car…which meant they were looking for something so we looked around and spotted them.
Herd of bison looking down from the highest accessible point in the park…mother, calf and some adults.
Another wild horse…very long mane and tail.
Brilliant colored and layered mounds up in the badlands area of the park.
A pair of dung beetles struggling with getting a hunk-o'-dung back to the nest.
With that our day was ended so we headed home…got parked and opened up the house for some ventilation.
Dinner was the last of the venison backstrap that Bryan's father in law gave us last fall…it was really good. Grilled it on the barby and while it was cooking fried up some 'taters and set them aside. Sautéd some mushrooms and onions in a skillet on the grill then added red wine, cream and dill to make sauce then added the 'taters and sliced venison to coat everything. Man…talk about some good eatin'.
After dinner we had the BAT to the rescue excitement for the day. We had finished eating and were sitting around when all of a sudden we noticed some smoke drifting past our windows. We looked up to find a car on fire over by the river next to one of the horse camping sites…and noticed a very anxious young man running over looking for some water. Neil grabbed our grill storage bin and we hoofed it over to the water spigot then carried water and the hose over towards the fire.
The young lady who owned the car (the guy was her fiancé) had parked the car in some tall grass and gotten stuck in a rut. Instead of getting help to push her out of the rut she rocked it back and forth digging herself deeper and deeper until the heat from the muffler or catalytic converter caught the grass…and then the car… on fire. The water wasn't getting the fire out and the flames were approaching the gas tank…so Neil took over the response at the scene since nobody else was doing so and he learned about that back in his Navy days. He yelled if anybody had a tow strap and it turned out that one of the horse trailer ladies had one that her husband left in their truck. Neil ran and got BAT while they attached the strap…got into 4 wheel drive and low gear and rumbled through the tall grass. The rest of them hooked it up to our trailer hitch and got the car into neutral then BAT yanked that sucker right out of the rut and out into the road…just in time. He unhooked the strap and got BAT out of the way just in case things went from bad to worse and we got the grass fire and part of the car fire extinguished. Someone had already called 911 and the volunteer fire department showed up and finished getting the fire out with their truck. The young lady was burned somewhat on her hands and forearms…first degree so painful but not permanently damaging…and she was hauled off for medical attention.
The worst part of it for her was that the sheriff's deputy who was investigating found empty beer cans in the car and on the ground nearby and witnesses reported that she was the driver when it all started…so she's likely going to get charged in addition to having her car totaled and being burned. Here's a shot of the burned up car and then a wider one showing how close it was to us.
After everybody left we came home and watched TV until bedtime.
We got a few new Alex grand baby pictures this week for his six month birthday…we can't decide which of these two is our favorite but I'm thinkin' the second one. Cute li'l bugger, ain't he?
Monday we got up early and after generator running to charge our batteries and coffee/breakfast we headed off for a trip to and around the North Unit of the park. We had heard that it was more scenic and rugged than the South Unit and reports were that there was more wildlife up that way…so we decided to head on up. We didn't think it was more rugged…that title clearly goes to the South Unit…but it was more open grassland type terrain rather than the Badlands terrain that the South Unit has. There was some of the latter but more open rolling grasslands than down south. Wildlife…eh, not so much. We didn't see all that many creatures but what we did see was pretty cool. Hard to beat yesterday though.
We drove east about 15 miles then north 52 to the entrance to the North Unit to the park…from there we had a straight shot (more or less at least except for the windings of the road) 14 miles westward. We stopped at pretty much all of the overlooks and such…taking pictures and seeking nice stuff to see. It was a cool, sunny day…we stopped about 1/3 of the way over at the campground in the North Unit. This was one of our potential spots that we passed on because it was at the North Unit pretty far from anything…but we drove through to scope it out for any future visits to the area. The verdict on this campground is that the trees are fine and we wouldn't have any issue getting into the campground…but only sites 42, 43, and 44 would get much solar power…and with no hookups that's pretty much mandatory. So…it would do in a pinch if you were willing to be way, way out in the boonies and could reserve one of the sites that would actually have enough sun for decent power generation…otherwise it would probably be 6-8 hours of generator usage a day for us with our residential fridge.
Ok, on to the pictures…
Painted Canyon Overlook.
Red Winged Blackbird male…Connie got this one out the window as he landed right where we were driving by…she tried to get the female he was courting as well but she flew off. Playing hard to get I guess.
Cannonball concretions…these are formed when minerals coalesce around a buried piece of something (usually organic material of some sort) then after it's hardened the surrounding softer material erodes away…this one is about 4 feet across.
Badlands section showing the layers…the blue/black stuff is a clay that flows when wet and causes the slumped sections of terrain.
Here's a picture of what it looks like after it slumps…the foreground piece slid downhill from the ridge behind, above, and to the left.
The end of the road…as far west as you can go and be on the road and looking towards the west.
More cannonball concretions
The Howard Payne Memorial Dead Tree photo…our friend Howard from RV-Dreams frequently takes pictures of dead trees and posts on his blog…so Neil periodically takes one in his stead.
Buffalo…these were about 300 yards away but were the closest we had seen one in the park.
Texas Longhorn cattle grazing in the park…don't know if they're wild or belong to a rancher…probably wild as there aren't any ear tags or brands visible.
And finally…a buffalo closeup. This guy was just sitting there right alongside the road just as we were about to leave the park. We had finished our slow drive out to the end of the road and were basically heading back eastward to the entrance…and had given up hope of seeing one close up. Didn't even have to get out of BAT for this one…Neil just aimed the camera out the driver's window. He's still got some of his winter coat that hasn't been worn off by rubbing on trees and rocks.
Shortly after the one above we got to the entrance and headed home for the day. For the second day in a row we didn't get much clear sky down at Medora so our solar output was less than spectacular. Had some pork ribs and corn on the cob on the barby and then watched TV until bedtime. Got up early this morning after overnight rain and it's supposed to be rainy and cloudy most of today…which again means not much solar…which means we'll just run the generator a bit this morning and probably again late this afternoon.
Today Connie's got a little work to do before we head into Canadia tomorrow and have to depend solely on wifi as our Verizon MiFi Internet device won't work outside the US…at least not without an obscene bill…Canadian data prices are ridiculous. We did have some email with our friends Bill and Linda the past couple of days…they're crossing the border a bit east of here and will meet us in Saskatoon on Saturday afternoon. We probably won't have another blog update until Friday or Saturday after we have some Fun Stuff™ to report on from Saskatoon. Will grab photos at targets of opportunity and at our CG in Regina tomorrow night but the post would just say we traveled most likely anyway unless we see something interesting to stop for.
Dinner tonight will be at the Little Missouri Saloon…it's got those swinging doors and everything. We ate there t'other night and had brews and elk burgers that were pretty outstanding…elk tastes like really lean beef. We'll sit at the bar again and talk to the locals. Our other option is the Boots Bar and Grill…but it looks a lot more touristy and trendy so most likely we'll stay out of there and eat at the saloon again…after all, any place with those doors and saloon in the name can't be all bad. I'll grab a shot of it tonight and put in later.
1 Response to Teddy Roosevelt National Park and BAT to the Rescue
Skydreamer says:
Such pretty pictures:) thankyou

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Police took away five senior Zhongrong executives to assist in the investigation, officials said, without providing details.
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Workplace safety is a major problem in China, where safety regulations are often ignored and enforcement can be lax. In June 2013, 119 workers were killed when a fire raced through a chicken processing room at a poultry plant in the northern province of Jilin. The fire appeared to have been sparked by an explosion caused by leaking ammonia, officials said.
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Occupation: Lakeside Wealth Management Group.
In April 2010, a Republican caucus elected Nick Walding to the 3rd District seat on the Chesterton Town Council resigned by Dave Cincoski on his appointment to position of Police Chief.
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Q: Nested TabView in NativeScript Angular2 I'm trying to create a tabView on one of the pages in my application which is reachable by sidebar. I think that I have misunderstood the concept of TabView since I get this message:
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The html code for creating the TabView is working if I paste it in my root html file (app.component.html).
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I installed e-Newsletter, but when I try to import a .csv file with more than 5,000 address it always give "302 error".
I enabled wp-debug, but I don't know where check the log.
Greetings and thanks for your post. How are you today ?
There isn't a limit on the number of emails you can import. This might be a configuration issue. If you try importing again, does it always stop on the same email address? Is it possible that there's an issue with an address in your import file?
Also, this could be a php execution time issue, or memory limit issue. I've not seen it happen with a 302 error before, but it's a possibility.
Can you kindly upload the attached file (after unzipping it) to the root of your site so that the link is yoursite.com/phpinfo.php ?
I updated the plugins, but the error come again.
I'm attaching a screenshot of the phpinfo, hope this help.
I have sent it over to my lead developer for his advice. Sorry for the delay in response.
Also, can you send me the list via email (goobindia at gmail dot com) with a link to this thread so that I can try and import that on my lab site to see if I can replicate the error ?
Marking this one as resolve so that you can continue there.


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United Rentals announces Q2 2010 results
July 22, 2010 - United Rentals has announced financial results for the second quarter 2010. Total revenue was $557 million and rental revenue was $450 million, compared with $615 million and $454 million, respectively, for the same period last year. Operating income was $59 million, compared with $5 million for the same period last year.
July 22, 2010 – United Rentals has announced financial results for the second quarter 2010. Total revenue was $557 million and rental revenue was $450 million, compared with $615 million and $454 million, respectively, for the same period last year. Operating income was $59 million, compared with $5 million for the same period last year.
On a GAAP EPS basis, the company reported second quarter 2010 net income of $12 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $17 million, or a loss of $0.28 per diluted share, for the same period in 2009. In the second quarter 2010, the company revised its estimate of full-year projected income (loss) and the resulting effective tax rate. As a result, the company's net income for the quarter reflects an income tax benefit of $9 million. Adjusted EPS for the quarter, which excludes the impact of special items, was $0.25 per diluted share, compared with a loss of $0.24 per diluted share the prior year. Adjusted EBITDA margin, which also excludes the impact of special items, was 32.1% for the quarter, compared with 24.4% for the prior year.
Second Quarter 2010 Highlights
• Time utilization increased 4.1 percentage points compared with last year to a second quarter record of 65.4%, reflecting an increase in demand and more effective management of a smaller fleet. Rental rates declined 2.0% compared with last year. Dollar utilization, which reflects the impact of time utilization and rental rates, increased 1.8 percentage points to 46.7%.
• Free cash flow was $8 million, compared with $70 million last year. To meet increased demand, the company raised its outlook for net rental capital expenditures (defined as purchases of rental equipment less the proceeds from sales of rental equipment) to a range of $160 million to $180 million, from its previous estimate of $100 million to $120 million. The company also reaffirmed its outlook for full year free cash flow of a range of $200 million to $225 million.
• SG&A expense decreased by $11 million, compared with last year. The company has reaffirmed its outlook for full year SG&A expense reduction within a range of $40 million to $50 million.
• Cost of equipment rentals, excluding depreciation, decreased by $4 million compared with last year. The company has updated its outlook for full year expense reduction to a range of $30 million to $50 million, from its previous estimate of $70 million to $90 million.
• The company sold $80 million of used fleet on an original equipment cost basis and generated a positive gross margin of 24.3%, compared with $271 million of used fleet sold at a negative gross margin of 9.5% for the same period last year.
CEO Comments
Michael Kneeland, chief executive officer of United Rentals, said, "This was a strong quarter with a number of positive trends in the underlying metrics. Our same-store rental revenues increased 2.7%, with year over year growth in six of our nine operating regions. We reported the highest time utilization of any second quarter in our company's history. Rental rates, while down year over year, improved sequentially each month. We are also running the business much more efficiently and spending capex where it counts, purchasing fleet that we are confident will be in demand by our target accounts."
Kneeland continued, "While we continue to expect a choppy recovery, we believe that we are seeing the early stages of a cyclical upturn on top of the normal seasonal benefit. As contractors take on work with limited access to capital, they are choosing to rent rather than buy equipment. We find it encouraging that demand is coming from more than one source as we move into a recovery. Our branches are meeting these opportunities head-on with a powerful strategy focused on larger construction and industrial accounts, pricing discipline and customer service excellence."
Six Months 2010 Results
For the first half 2010, the company reported total revenue of $1,035 million and rental revenue of $830 million, compared with $1,209 million and $902 million, respectively, for the same period last year. Operating income was $57 million for the first half 2010, compared with $23 million for the same period last year.
On a GAAP basis, the company reported a net loss of $28 million, or $0.46 per diluted share, for the first half 2010, compared with a net loss of $36 million, or $0.60 per diluted share, for the same period in 2009. Adjusted EPS, which excludes the impact of special items, was a loss of $0.28 per diluted share, compared with a loss of $0.56 per diluted share the prior year. Adjusted EBITDA margin, which also excludes the impact of special items, was 28.4% for the first half 2010, compared with 24.4% in 2009.
Free Cash Flow and Fleet Size
For the first half 2010, free cash flow was $107 million, including the receipt of a previously announced $55 million federal tax refund, and after total rental and non-rental capital expenditures of $186 million. By comparison, free cash flow for the first half 2009 was $199 million after total rental and non-rental capital expenditures of $164 million.
The size of the rental fleet was $3.765 billion of original equipment cost at June 30, 2010, compared with $3.794 billion at June 30, 2009, and $3.763 billion at December 31, 2009. The age of the rental fleet was 45.0 months on a unit-weighted basis at June 30, 2010, compared with 42.4 months at December 31, 2009.
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
Return on invested capital was 2.0% for the 12 months ended June 30, 2010, a decrease of 3.0 percentage points from the same period last year. The company's ROIC metric uses after-tax operating income for the trailing 12 months divided by the averages of stockholders' equity (deficit), debt and deferred taxes, net of average cash.
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All-Women-IIT? Do we really need it?
After the talks of new IITs and increasing the number of seats in the existing ones, HRD ministry is mulling over a proposal to setup an all women IIT, at Amravati near Nagpur .
The suggestion to start India's first all-women IIT at Amravati near Nagpur in Vidarbha had in fact been mooted by Saint Gadgebaba University vice-chancellor Kamal Singh. Patil followed it up when she became the country's first woman president last July.
The decision is not yet out, but I will be damn surprised to see an all-women IIT.
The basic issue I have with govt.'s approach is their (probable) understanding that girls do not apply to IITs because of boys!
Well, such issues needs to be evaluated with bottoms-up approach, i.e. solve the decreasing female student number in schools/lower education – understand why they are quitting instead of pumping your vote bank.


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Studies in Intelligence Vol. 65, No. 4 (December 2021)
Unclassified articles and reviews from Studies in Intelligence 65, No. 4.
Dr. Robert Jervis, PhD (1940–2021)
Lessons in Intelligence Analysis
Voice of Experience: Principles of Intelligence Analysis
Robert Levine
Intelligence History: Cuba's Strategy in Latin America: Intelligence Estimates and the Historical Record
Matthew D. Jacobs
Looking for More "Imagination": Fostering Creativity in the IC: Insights from Four Decades Ago
James D. Marchio
Intelligence and the Political Process
From an Oversight Perspective: Interview with Former US Senator Gary Hart
Interviewed by CIA's Chief Historian David Robarge
Intelligence and Congress: The Nomination of George H. W. Bush as DCI
Timothy Ray
Intelligence in Public Media
The American War in Afghanistan: A History
Reviewed by J. R. Seeger
Clarity in Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the CIA
Reviewed by Mike R.
Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away
Reviewed by J. E. Leonardson
Agents of Influence: Britain's Secret Intelligence War against the IRA
Reviewed by Joseph W. Gartin
Intelligent Analysis: How To Defeat Uncertainty in High-Stakes Decisions
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Intelligence Officer's Bookshelf—December 2021
Compiled and reviewed by Hayden Peake
Books Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence in 2021
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Matthew D. Jacobs works in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and is currently serving on the President's Daily Briefing staff.
Robert Levine is a former CIA analyst, instructor, and product evaluator in CIA's Quality Evaluation Program.
James D. Marchio is a retired Air Force officer, former product evaluator in the Office of Analytic Integrity and Standards in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and former faculty member at the National Intelligence University.
Tim Ray is a Distinguished Graduate of the US Army War College and holds a PhD from Texas A&M University.
David Robarge is chief of CIA's History Staff. His interview subject, Gary Hart, is a former Democratic senator of Colorado.
Joseph W. Gartin is managing editor of Studies in Intelligence.
J. E. Leonardson is the pen name of an analyst in CIA's Directorate of Analysis.
Hayden Peake served in CIA's Directorates of Operations and Science and Technology. He has contributed to the Intelligence Officer's Bookshelf since 2002.
Stephen Mercado is a retired Open Source Enterprise officer and regular reviewer of foreign-language media for Studies.
Mike R. is a member of CIA's History Staff.
R. Seeger is a retired CIA paramilitary officer and a frequent reviewer of books for Studies.


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Spotlight on Meraki and Cisco's Tactical Operations
A special visit to Meraki HQ shone a light on a noble use case for Meraki technology
Last Wednesday was a day with a difference at Meraki HQ as we played host to the Cisco Tactical Operations team, affectionately known as TacOps. This inspiring group within Cisco responds to some of the world's most challenging disasters, both natural and man-made, bringing communications capabilities to the unconnected.
The Meraki team are very proud of their contribution to this group. With its fast time to deploy, Meraki technology is perfectly suited to a role like this, making it possible to bring up a complete wired and wireless network within minutes.
To give those of us working at HQ a chance to see this work up close, and talk to those directly involved on the ground, the TacOps team brought one of their Network Emergency Response Vehicles (NERV) to the office for tours and discussion. A beautifully sunny March day encouraged members of the team to head outside to tour the NERV, which was operating just as it would in the field, providing data and voice communications via a dedicated satellite link.
For Merakians interested in learning more from the team, a presentation went through some of the emergencies the team has previously responded to, including the earthquake in Haiti and the Syrian refugee crisis on the borders of Europe. In every case, re-establishing communications is vital – even life-saving – to those affected or displaced by these terrible tragedies. There's always more that can be done, so the TacOps team shared some ways in which Cisco employees can contribute today.
It's hard to overstate the importance of this work. TacOps updates can be found on Twitter and Facebook.
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Partner Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity
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As a partner in the New York office, John Kuehn's practice focuses on venture capital investments, growth equity investments and leveraged buy-outs in the media, telecom and technology industries. In those transactions, he typically finds himself wearing many hats, from advising investor clients about advantageous acquisition terms and structures to developing and negotiating employment and incentive equity arrangements for portfolio company management. His clients include private equity and venture capital investment funds and operating companies. John began his career in Kirkland's Chicago office, where he was a summer associate and where he served with diligence (if little on-field success) as the manager of the Firm's Lawyers League softball team. He moved to the New York office in 1996. Until recently, John was the Hiring Partner for the New York office and he is quoted in the article, Interviewing 101, which gives pointers to law school students going through their screening and callback interviews.
Prior Experience
Buy-outs and sales of specialty publishing companies, business services companies and television and radio station groups; mezzanine and equity investments; media and related industries.
Singing waiter, Wisconsin Dells, WI, 1983–85
Frequent participant in panel discussions and workshops sponsored by Placement Offices of New York and Northeastern-U.S. law schools, on topics such as interviewing do's and don'ts, the pros and cons of "branch" offices of large firms, and the day-to-day life of a transactional lawyer.
Admissions & Qualifications
1998, New York (retired)
1988, Illinois (inactive)
University of Wisconsin Law SchoolJ.D.1988
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Wolfgang Peter Selzer (ur. 25 czerwca 1946 w Torgau) – niemiecki lekkoatleta chodziarz reprezentujący NRD, medalista mistrzostw Europy.

Specjalizował się w chodzie na 50 kilometrów. W wieku 20 lat wystąpił w tej konkurencji na mistrzostwach Europy w 1966 w Budapeszcie, gdzie zajął 11. miejsce. Był drugi na tym dystansie w pucharze świata w chodzie w 1967 w Bad Saarow. Na igrzyskach olimpijskich w 1968 w Meksyku zajął 4. miejsce na 50 kilometrów. Na mistrzostwach Europy w 1969 w Atenach zdobył srebrny medal w tej konkurencji, za swym rodakiem Christophem Höhne, a przed Wieniaminem Sołdatienko z ZSRR. Zajął 4. miejsce w pucharze świata w chodzie w 1970 w Eschborn. Na mistrzostwach Europy w 1971 w Helsinkach na podium stanęli ci sami zawodnicy, co dwa lata wcześniej, ale w innej kolejności: zwyciężył Sołdatienko przed Höhne i Selzerem.

Na igrzyskach olimpijskich w 1972 w Monachium Selzer zajął 5. miejsce. Zajął 6. miejsce pucharze świata w chodzie w 1973 w Lugano. Na mistrzostwach Europy w 1974 w Rzymie zdobył brązowy medal, za Höhne i Ottonem Barczem ze Związku Radzieckiego.

Selzer był mistrzem NRD w chodzie na 50 kilometrów w latach 1966, 1967 i 1973, wicemistrzem w 1968, 1969, 1971 i 1972 oraz brązowym medalistą w 1970.

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Nycole Turmel
On May 5, 2000, Nycole Turmel became the first woman in PSAC's history to be elected National President.
Nycole held a variety of local, regional and national positions in the PSAC's Canada Employment and Immigration Union (CEIU), including National Vice-President of Québec and alternate National President while working as an Employment Counsellor Assistant in Alma, Québec. In 1990, she was the first person to be elected to the new CEIU National Executive Vice-President position.
Before becoming National President, Nycole served as PSAC National Executive Vice-President from 1997 to 2000, as First Executive Vice-President from 1994 to 1997 and as Fourth Executive Vice-President from 1991 to 1994.


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Track A11 is not listed on the cassette back cover (Hidden Track).


Seriously, I'm not even going to work today. Just gonna blog and watch this video over and over until I pass out.
Abi has a lot of videos that are mesmerizing, but this was the first time I found myself completely out of breathe watching a 10 second video clip. Like I just stood there with my mouth open gasping for air for 5 minutes straight. Kind of feel like I just got hit by a bus. Don't really know what to do besides watch this video over and over again until I die.
PS- Just when you think un-clipping a bra from the back was hard enough, try un-clipping Abi's bra from the front. That's like if the X-Games of bra un-clipping.
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To embroil Belarus and Russia trying external forces, not the government of the neighboring country.
In an interview with journalist Konstantin Semin, the correspondent "Politnavigator" said Belarusian political analyst Alexey Jerman.
According to him, Ukraine and the neighboring EU countries are trying to resist the unification of Russia and Belarus, presenting it as an occupation.
"The government does not work on the gap with Russia. But work by external forces. For example, it is no secret that Poland has deployed a network of influence, propaganda. This channel, which exists on government funds, this network of bloggers, they already appear and their telegrams channels. This influence I would not be underestimated. There is Ukraine, which works on the gap to Belarus away from Russia and draws her to him. And the Baltic States", – said the expert.
"We're surrounded, in fact, on three sides, very unfriendly States, who do not like our Union, and they are trying any crack to make it so that either Russia occupied Belarus, which causes resentment, confusion, or that Belarusians fully formed, they don't need to pay attention to is completely Pro-Russian regime. That is, trying to manipulate public opinion, creating a tense atmosphere and the negative" – said Jerman.


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Excel's PivotTables are great, but sometimes we get subtotals within subtotals and you want to lose only the 2nd subtotal.
Extracting email address from a text string in Excel can be tricky. I made a video demonstrating three methods of extracting the email addresses.
There are over 10 reasons to use Tables in Excel instead of a data range. Here are five reasons along with a training video. There is part of the free course I created for the GSCPAs.
The CTRL key is used to select non-adjacent ranges which is a handy feature for charts and summing ranges. You can now deselect with the CTRL key. Huge improvement in Excel.
Create a break-even analysis with multiple products in Excel. Create a contribution margin income statement using a product mix.
To master Microsoft Excel, you must know how to use array formulas. Array formulas can perform calculations that you can't do by using non-array formulas.


As 87 million users had Facebook data compromised from a single Cambridge Analytica app.
But CA could have used at least two other apps to access data.
Former CA employee Brittany Kaiser testified before a committee of U.K. Parliament members.
She said CA's culture was a bit 'Wild West' when it came to scraping and reselling user data.
She also said other companies were doing similar things, with different apps.
An investigation by Canadian regulators found that Facebook did not protect user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal and has ignored recommendations since.


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Mike Pompeo and Jeremy Hunt meet at the U.S. State Department in Washington, U.S., August 22, 2018. © Chris Wattie / Reuters
Follow RT for news and updates on the relations between the UK and the US. The two countries historically have very close ties, and have been asserting their relationship to be the "most important bilateral partnership throughout the XX century, " according to the governments of both countries. Find news on RT on the different phases of US-UK relations – starting from wars and rivalry to becoming economic and military allies, which includes NATO partnership. Get news from RT on the meetings and negotiations between the representatives of the UK and the US. In July 2018, US President Donald Trump met UK Prime Minister Theresa May, as well as Queen Elizabeth II. Follow RT on the US-UK military alliance and military interventions and joint operations in other states, for example, in Iraq and Afghanistan. Check RT.com to get news on UK and US relations with Russia. Recently they have been opposing Russia in many areas. For instance, the US has been supporting UK government in their actions and statements on the Skripal case. Find the news on RT on that matter.
'Troubling precedent'? US balks at UK extradition request for wife of American diplomat charged over British teen's death
Washington has rebuked the UK for its extradition request for the wife of an American diplomat over her role in a fatal car crash which killed a British teenager. She has refused to return to the country to face charges.
'There are international conventions': British PM Johnson warns US against bombing Iranian cultural sites
Boris Johnson has issued a veiled warning to Donald Trump after the US president threatened to destroy 52 Iranian cultural heritage sites, insisting that "there are international conventions in place" that forbid such actions.
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Assange CANNOT be extradited because of treaty between US-UK argues legal team
Lawyers for journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will argue that a treaty between the US and UK explicitly bans extradition for political offenses when his hearing begins in early 2020.
'Looking like a big win!' Trump congratulates Boris Johnson on imminent election victory
US President Donald Trump commended his British counterpart Boris Johnson for a "big win" after a landslide Conservative victory over Labour's Jeremy Corbyn and other opposition parties.
'Typical of her': Hillary Clinton takes to UK airwaves to warn about, yep, Russia… but not everybody is impressed
Not content to beat the 'Russiagate' drum in the US, Hillary Clinton has used a book tour in the UK to sound the alarm about supposed Russian interference in British politics. Critics say her tour is election meddling in itself.
London 'reviewing' diplomatic immunity rules after wife of US diplomat killed 19 yo in car crash & fled UK
Rules on diplomatic immunity are under "review" in the UK after the wife of a US diplomat killed a motorcyclist in a fatal crash and then proceeded to leave the country, citing her husband's status as a US intelligence officer.
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Leading radiator manufacturer Stelrad Radiators is embracing BIM and has extended the number of its radiator products on BIMStore ready for architects, engineers and contractors to integrate into future projects. By 2016 all public government buildings must comply with a mandatory regulation enforcing the use of collaborative 3D electronic models for all projects.
BIM has been developed to support architects to ensure all future developments comply with the regulations. Stelrad has invested in several core ranges designed in the format for BIM with the aim of becoming shared knowledge resources for architects, contractors, designers and engineers to support decision-making about a facility from the earliest conceptual stages, through design and construction, through its operational life and eventual demolition.
As a result of the BIM activity Stelrad has put in place, specifying Stelrad radiators has never been easier. Architects and building designers simply select the product they want to use from BIMStore, 'drag it' into their design document and 'drop it' in place.
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is an integrated process for collaboratively exploring a project's key physical and functional characteristics digitally. It allows those planning a project to visualise and utilise real components at the planning stage. The components can remain in the project workflow throughout its lifetime, from planning to design and into construction and operations.
Stelrad's radiator products will be hosted at www.bimstore.co.uk and stelrad.com and are available for subscribers to download and utilise in projects.
Continued investment for the future. Stelrad embraces BIM to support architects with electronic model regulations.


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Lifelong Learning Lab
Design, Inspiration August 31, 2017
Accommodating Design: minimal, warm, and perfect.
Making statements with sustainable fashion
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Brutalist architecture is a movement in architecture that flourished from the 1950s to the mid-1970s, descending from the modernist architectural movement of the early 20th century.
The term originates from the French word for "raw" in the term used by Le Corbusier to describe his choice of material béton brut (raw concrete). British architectural critic Reyner Banham adapted the term into "brutalism" (originally "New Brutalism") to identify the emerging style.
Art Nouveau got its inspiration from nature. The Bauhaus got its inspiration from engineering. P. J. O'Rourke
Brutalism became popular with governmental and institutional clients, with numerous examples in Britain, France, Germany, Japan, the United States, Italy, Canada, Brazil, the Philippines, Israel and Australia. Examples are typically massive in character (even when not large), fortress-like, with a predominance of exposed concrete construction, or in the case of the "brick brutalists," ruggedly combine detailed brickwork and concrete. There is often an emphasis on graphically expressing in the external elevations and in the whole-site architectural plan the main functions and people-flows of the buildings.
In its ruggedness and lack of concern to look comfortable or easy, Brutalism can be seen as a reaction by a younger generation to the lightness, optimism, and frivolity of some 1930s and 1940s architecture. In one critical appraisal by Banham, Brutalism was posited not as a style but as the expression of an atmosphere among architects of moral seriousness. "Brutalism" as an architectural critical term was not always consistently used by critics; architects themselves usually avoided using it altogether. More recently, "brutalism" has become used in popular discourse to refer to buildings of the late twentieth century that are large or unpopular – as a synonym for "brutal."
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Zeljko says:
Minimalism has become quite popular over the years as a design philosophy and way of life.
Sinisa says:
The beauty of minimalism is that it forces you to distinguish between needs and wants. That the stuff you own is simply that; stuff. Most possessions only feed an undying urge to buy more and more.
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Love how the Post Bauhaus movement is mixed with Brutalism to create lightness and optimism.
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Deep.
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Kuldhara: what mysteries does the cursed village of death, inhabited by ghosts, hold?
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It is located in Rajasthan, not far from the provincial Indian town of Jaisalmer. The long-abandoned city of Kuldhara is located in the state of Rajasthan. The "City of Ghosts" is also known as the "City of Ghosts," it is a popular tourist destination. A sandy, twisting road goes up to it, and it passes through arid plains with sparse vegetation on each side.
The settlement appears out of nowhere, almost like a mirage, on the route. Houses that have fallen into disrepair are filled with light from the relentless sun. Despite the inhospitality of these locations, travellers flock to Kuldhara in large numbers. Every element needed for a fantastical adventure of any magnitude is present here: a mystery, captivating mythology, and much more.
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The Indian settlement of Kuldhara, which was abandoned two centuries ago, seems in both story and actuality to be almost identical.
Aspects of the mythology of Kuldhara are reflected by the reality of life in rural India. Of course, the narrative that has been handed down from generation to generation for ages has gotten so entangled with many colourful details and conjectures that it has become hard to distinguish between the truth and the lies. What has happened has taken on the appearance of some kind of horrific fairy tale, deserving of the honours of a horror film. In an infamously complex narrative with a surprise conclusion, ghosts, unstoppable evil, and a terrible curse are all part of the deal.
From all of the legends that have been told about Kuldhara that this was a village where Paliwali Brahmins from Rajasthan settled. Salim Singh, the state king, was enormously wealthy, crazily wicked, and entirely devoid of any morality or sense of responsibility. He came upon Elder Kuldhara's daughter, who he thought was breathtakingly lovely. The almighty wealthy man is used to receiving anything he wants on the same day he requests it. 'I demand that this young lady be handed to me as a wife,' he said.
The father was adamant. Salim Singh then hiked taxes from the village to the highest point in the sky and claimed that if the girl was not delivered to him, he would kill all of the residents of Kuldhara, which they refused to do. The monarch, enraged with anger, granted the Brahmins time to reflect till the next morning. The locals met together, discussed their options, and ultimately chose to leave this location. They all left their houses at the same time, in the middle of the night, without a word. They cursed Kuldhara for the rest of their lives before departing. Anyone who attempts to establish a permanent residence here will now suffer an unavoidable death.
The cursed village
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According to legend, it is still a mystery where the people of Kuldhara disappeared and what happened to them to this day. The reality is that there were more than one and a half thousand individuals in attendance, and nobody noted the entrance of such a large number of people. Scientists have made several explanations, including those involving earthquakes, starvation, and war. There is no evidence to support any of the claims made above. Even though the settlement had been abandoned for a long time, individuals often attempted to settle in it for the first time, but every time, something horrible occurred. Since then, the community has become well-known due to its activities.
Several homes have been renovated to give visitors an impression of the structures in their previous incarnations.
Someone believes that the villagers did not leave their homes and that Salim Singh murdered all of them. Then they turned into ghosts, and they may still be seen roaming the remains. Others believe that the dishonoured girl committed suicide and that her spirit is cursed to walk the streets of this town for the rest of her days. Several desperate explorers made their way to one of the nearby adobe houses to spend the night. After then, they claimed to have seen shadows moving about in the darkness. Some claim to have felt the chilly touches of ghosts on their bodies.
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Whether it is due to a curse or the ancestors' faith, the community has remained abandoned to this day. As a result, the town's architecture has stayed almost unchanged for generations, and it dates back to a period that has long since passed away and been forgotten. The mud-brick walls that support the shattered roofs of Kuldhara's modest dwellings are still standing. The open courtyards have withstood the test of time and the elements, and the upper floors of the homes are high enough to afford spectacular views of the surrounding area. The travellers are greeted with deafeningly quiet stone pavilions. In the heart of the village, a grand antique temple rises majestically from the ground.
The Archaeological Survey of India has taken custody of the remains of Kuldhara, which were previously under their authority. Even in the absence of such thrilling stories, the surrounding areas enchant with their great natural beauty. On the other hand, Locals provide a lot of colour to the ghost town by telling a variety of fascinating stories about the town's strange history.
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ARI's Point of View on Regulation in a Free Society
The government's sole function, according to Ayn Rand, is to secure and protect the rights of the individual. Proper laws define the crimes and other actions that violate rights and establish the rules by which government may prosecute these crimes and settle disputes among men. Proper laws thereby place the government's use of force under objective control.
But when laws are non-objective, they enslave rather than liberate. The best example of non-objective laws today are the thousands and thousands of pages of impenetrable regulations, whose meaning and purpose you as a citizen must try to guess and whose actual enforcement is determined by the whims of some bureaucrat, which you must try to predict. "Non-objective law," according to Rand, "is the most effective weapon of human enslavement: its victims become its enforcers and enslave themselves."
Rand provides a glimpse of how this regulatory process works in "Have Gun, Will Nudge." In this essay she discusses the actions of the FCC in the early 1960s to pressure broadcasters to "improve" the quality of their programming. Rand's observations about the destructive impact of that by-now-forgotten episode of non-objective law apply to the hundreds of other regulatory agencies — from the FDA to the EPA to the SEC — that control an ever greater part of our daily lives.
It is for this reason that ARI makes a sharp distinction between law and regulation. Laws that protect individual rights are necessary and proper. But in a free society there is no place for regulation: for any attempt to control the individual's thought, production or trade.
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Mr. Newton N. Minow, Chairman of the F.C.C., is performing a great, educational public service — though not in the way he intends. He is giving the public an invaluable object lesson on the nature and results of a "mixed economy."
The basic evil in any theory of a "mixed economy" — an economy of freedom mixed with controls — is the evasion of the fact that a government holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force and that political power is the power of coercion. While a dictatorship rests on a blunt acknowledgment of this fact, on the motto that "might is right" — a "mixed economy" rests on pretending that no such distinction exists, that might and right can be safely scrambled together if we all agree never to raise this issue.
The current policy of the F.C.C. has provided a spectacle of not raising that issue, on a grand scale.
First, Mr. Minow announces that any television or radio station which does not satisfy his unstated criterion of an unspecified public service, will lose its license, that is: will be silenced forever. Then, while the victims mumble feeble protests, vaguely referring to censorship, Mr. Minow assumes an air of injured innocence and asserts that his sole intention is "to nudge, to exhort, to urge those who decide what goes on the air to appeal to our higher as well as our lower tastes." And President Kennedy declares: "Mr. Minow has attempted not to use force, but to use encouragement in persuading the networks to put on better children's programs, more public service programs."
No one has stepped forward to ask Mr. Kennedy whether his word usage is correct; and, if it is, whether we should claim that a holdup man who points a gun, is not attempting to use force, but to use encouragement in persuading a citizen to hand over his wallet.
No one has challenged Mr. Minow's description of censorship: "I dislike censorship as much as anyone else. Yet today we have censorship in a very real sense . . . There is censorship by ratings, by advertisers, by networks, by affiliates which reject programming offered to their area. I want to free expression rather than stifle it. All sections of the community should be served rather than have them cut out by censorship which decrees they cannot see or hear something." (Show Business Illustrated, September 19, 1961.)
Let's see whether we can adopt Mr. Minow's concept of censorship: it would mean that the failure of a bad play is "censorship by the box office" — that the frustration of a lady who, weighing three hundred pounds, does not get a chance to model filmy negligees, is "censorship by advertisers" — that the plight of an inventor who finds no backers for his perpetual motion machine, is "censorship by bankers" — that the bankruptcy of a manufacturer who offers us gadgets which we don't buy, is "censorship by consumers" — and that free expression is stifled, whenever a manuscript molders in its author's trunk, cut out by "the censorship of publishers" who decree that we cannot read or hear something. What, then, is non-censorship? Mr. Minow's edicts.
So long as people evade the difference between economic power and political power, between a private choice and a government order, between intellectual persuasion and physical force — Mr. Minow has reason to assume that he can safely stretch their evasions all the way to the ultimate inversion: to the claim that a private action is coercion, but a government action is freedom.
It is true, as Mr. Minow assures us, that he does not propose to establish censorship; what he proposes is much worse. Censorship, in its old-fashioned meaning, is a government edict that forbids the discussion of some specific subjects or ideas — such, for instance, as sex, religion or criticism of government officials — an edict enforced by the government's scrutiny of all forms of communication prior to their public release. But for stifling the freedom of men's minds the modern method is much more potent; it rests on the power of non-objective law; it neither forbids nor permits anything; it never defines or specifies; it merely delivers men's lives, fortunes, careers, ambitions into the arbitrary power of a bureaucrat who can reward or punish at whim. It spares the bureaucrat the troublesome necessity of committing himself to rigid rules — and it places upon the victims the burden of discovering how to please him, with a fluid unknowable as their only guide.
No, a federal commissioner may never utter a single word for or against any program. But what do you suppose will happen if and when, with or without his knowledge, a third-assistant or a second cousin or just a nameless friend from Washington whispers to a television executive that the commissioner does not like producer X or does not approve of writer Y or takes a great interest in the career of starlet Z or is anxious to advance the cause of the United Nations?
What makes it possible to bring a free country down to such a level? If you doubt the connection between altruism and statism, I suggest that you count how many times — in the current articles, speeches, debates and hearings — there appeared the magic formula which makes all such outrages possible: "The Public Interest."
What is the public interest? No specific definition has ever been or ever can be given by anyone. Since the concept is not used in its literal meaning, to designate the personal interest of every citizen of a country, but is used to imply and establish a conflict, the opposition of private interests to public interest — its use can convey only one meaning: the right of some men (those who, by some undefined criterion, are the public) to sacrifice the interests of other men (of those who, for unspecified reasons, are not the public). Once that collectivist formula becomes the moral standard of a society, the rest is only a matter of time.
Mr. Paul Rand Dixon, F.T.C. Chairman, has announced: "Private rights are important but the public interest is a greater right."
An article entitled "His Master's Voice?" by Shirley Scheibla in Barron's magazine for January 1, 1962, offers the following warning: "The [Communications] Act gives the [Federal Communications] Commission a broad grant of authority to regulate broadcasting 'in the public interest.' Since neither Congress nor the courts ever have been able to agree on a working definition of what constitutes the 'public interest,' the commissioners need only decide that it is served by the way they happen to vote."
That such is the ultimate goal of our present trend, is indicated in Mr. Minow's "vast wasteland" speech of May 9, 1961. While all the concrete-bound, range-of-the-moment modern mentalities have been clamoring over the issue of Westerns versus spelling-bees, the ominous key-sentence of that speech has been passed by in comparative silence: the threat to "those few of you who really believe that the public interest is merely what interests the public."
Here is an open declaration that the public is not competent to judge its own interest. Who, then, is? Who will be its guardian and determine its interest, which supersedes any individual rights? Mr. Newton N. Minow.
Consider the implications. If the public is not competent to judge television programs and its own entertainment — how can it be competent to judge political issues? Or economic problems? Or nuclear policies? Or international affairs? And since — on the above premise — the answer is that it can't, shouldn't its guardians protect it from those books and newspapers which, in the guardians' judgment, are not consonant with the public interest and would only confuse the poor incompetent that's unable to judge?
Today — when rule by precedent has all but replaced rule by law, and nothing protects us from enslavement but the fragile barrier of custom — consider the consequences of a precedent such as Mr. Minow is seeking to establish.
Bear in mind what I said about the issue of Antitrust last month, when you evaluate the significance of the following: the article "His Master's Voice?" mentions that General Electric and Westinghouse have both applied for renewal of their broadcasting licenses, and: "Although FCC officials are unable to explain how they would improve program quality by forcing these two companies out of the field, the Commission currently is pondering whether the applications should be turned down on the ground that both firms have been convicted of antitrust violations."
Do you observe the nature of the pincer-movement or the squeeze-play — and the nature of the possibilities inherent in non-objective law?
For the special consideration of all those who are engaged in any branch of the communications industry, I submit the following: In January, 1961, in a case involving censorship of motion pictures (Times Film Corp v. City of Chicago), the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the censor, by a majority of one (in a five to four decision). The dissenting opinion, written by Chief Justice Warren, stated: "The decision presents a real danger of eventual censorship for every form of communication, be it newspapers, journals, books, magazines, television, radio or public speeches…. I am aware of no constitutional principle which permits us to hold that the communication of ideas through one medium may be censored while other media are immune…. It is not permissible, as I read the Constitution, for government to release one movie and refuse to release another because of an official's concept of the prevailing need or the public good."
That is the reason why one should fight against the terrorization and enslavement of television. That is the issue at stake in the F.C.C. hearings — not the issue of whether today's television programs are good or bad (most of them are atrocious, particularly in the public affairs department) — not the issue of whether some cowboys, gangsters and private-eyes should be sacrificed in favor of more newsreels, slanted documentaries and panel discussions of political topics, with big close-ups of selfless public servants from Washington.
Learn more about Ayn Rand's life and writings at AynRand.org.
Ayn Rand, "Have Gun, Will Nudge," The Objectivist Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 3 (March 1962), 9.


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Ferrick entertains Quinnipiac students
Amy Codagnone
Solo artist Melissa Ferrick rocked the Quinnipiac community at Alumni Hall last Saturday night. The event was sponsored by Gay, Lesbian and Straight Supporters.
Ferrick, dressed comfortably in jeans and a t-shirt, gave Alumni Hall a relaxed feel as she took the stage and played for an hour and a half. She kept the audience laughing, clapping and very entertained.
"This was the best show I've seen of her," Middletown resident Rebecca Nesbitt, 22, said. "It was very interactive and very high energy. It wasn't promoted a lot, so I'm surprised that as many people turned up as did."
There were over 100 people in Alumni Hall, and most seemed to be fans of Ferrick. She said she loves doing college gigs and was especially pleased with the turnout at Quinnipiac and the new Alumni Hall sound system.
"As a college it had all of the requirements and the vibe was really good from everyone," she said.
Ferrick considers herself a backwards artist. She started out with a major record label in her early 20's, then moved to an independent label and currently owns her own label.
She was the youngest unsigned artist to ever play in Madison Square Garden and she considers that her first life.
"Because I'm backwards I suggest my fans to go that way too," Ferrick said.
She suggests her newest music to her fans. Ferrick has released eight CD's and does about 250 shows a year, yet still has not lost her energetic, animated personality.
Her versatile voice and quick guitar playing kept the audience entertained as well as her jokes between songs.
After the concert, Ferrick received a standing ovation. The members of G.L.A.S.S were pleased with the turnout. In previous years, there hasn't been such support.
"I think they should have more G.L.A.S.S events on weekends," Nesbitt said. "It's a culture that is worth experiencing. It can give people a positive vibe."