The Great Piggy Bank Adventure inside Innoventions West was always one of those attractions that I noticed, but never made time for. I always wanted to do it, but it was one of those things that would inevitably get bumped down the list of must-dos. During a recent visit, I decided to change that, and made sure I had it at the top of my list. In hindsight, I'm so glad I did- because alas, word recently broke that this experience will soon be retired.
The Great Piggy Bank Adventure, presented by T. Rowe Price, is an interactive experience designed to teach about finances, saving, and spending decisions. It also features the most adorable pig around.
Seriously, how cute is this little guy?
At the start of your adventure, each participant is asked via touch screen to identify a goal they'd like to save toward. Choices include a dream vacation, college, a bedroom makeover, and retirement. Naturally, I chose the vacation. I received my porcine companion, and headed into the gaming area. Here, you travel from station to station with your pig, playing money-related activities, sending the pig through conveyor belts, tubes, and all kinds of fun experiences. The screen-based games are designed to teach saving and spending lessons. You have a chance to earn and save money through each activity, working toward your goal. But beware! A wolf is following along, trying to thwart your efforts, with pesky real-life situations that often derail savings.
After you and your pig complete the activities, you take her to the weigh-in station and bid her farewell. She disappears inside the machine, and the total amount that you've earned toward your goal is calculated for you. The whole experience took about 15 minutes, and really was a lot of fun. Though geared toward children, it actively engaged and entertained this solo adult.
But you know what I really appreciated about this activity? The ending. Instead of being easily rewarded with a vacation upon completion- my results after weigh-in showed that I wasn't even close to what I needed. My screen gave me the sage reminder, "It takes time." I think that's a good lesson, especially while standing in a vacation mecca in Central Florida!
This looks fun! But it's tough to compete with Test Track and Mission Space...this would be great as a traveling educational activity at a local museum or library. Let it live!


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Digital Society vs. Digital Economy Act
Here's an interesting move:
Britons will be forced to apply online for government services such as student loans, driving licences, passports and benefits under cost-cutting plans to be unveiled this week.
Officials say getting rid of all paper applications could save billions of pounds. They insist that vulnerable groups will be able to fill in forms digitally at their local post offices.
The plans are likely to infuriate millions of people. Around 27% of households still have no internet connection at home and six million people aged over 65 have never used the web.
Lord Oakeshott, a Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman, said: "We must cut costs and boost post offices as much as we possibly can, but many millions of people – not just pensioners – are not online and never will be. They must never be made to feel the state treats them as second-class citizens."
As an out-and-out technophile, I have a lot of sympathy with this move. After all, it's really akin to moving everyone to electricity. But it does mean that strenuous efforts must be made to ensure that everyone really has ready access to the Internet.
And that, of course, is a bit of a problem when the ultimate sanction of the Digital Economy Act is to block people's access (even if the government tries to deny that it will "disconnect" people - it amounts to the same thing, whatever the words.) If, as this suggests and I think is right, the Internet becomes an absolutely indispensable means of exercising key rights (like being able to communicate with the government) then it inevitably makes taking those rights away even more problematic.
So I predict that the more the present coaltion pushes in this direction, the more difficulties it will have down the line with courts unimpressed with people being disadvantaged so seriously for allegedly infringing on a government-granted monopoly: this makes a response that was never proportionate to begin with even more disproportionate.
Labels: copyright, digital, government, UK
A brave and intelligent decision by the government: Put the entire population's personal info, bank details, driving licences, passports, etc, into a giant database built by company that submits the lowest tender. What could possibly go wrong?
Glyn Moody said...
Yes, that's a good point. But I think the key words are "giant database", which has shown itself to be about the most stupid thing you can do in a networked environment.
Distributed, federated databases are your friend...
zotz said...
I like the point but the tweak will be a whitelist surely. Sites that you can always get to even after you have been booted. Of course who is going to pay for such a limited connection?
@zotz: true, but no white list will be able to keep up with changes, so people will always be shut out from something important.
Dave Levy said...
I think you're right. It's broader than the last throw of the entertainment industry though.
Govt's need their citizens online and entertainment copyright and profits get in the way.
Govt's need cheap software, and software copyright and profits get in the way.
Who you going to call?
@Dave: here's hoping...
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Q: Flash crossdomain.xml in a non-root directory I have a web service running in http://server/abc/service which is being accessed by Flash from a different domain. I deployed a cross domain policy file to http://server/abc/crossdomain.xml and made the Flash load it using:
 flash.system.Security.loadPolicyFile("http://server/abc/crossdomain.xml");

in the constructor of the main movie clip. However, when the Flash starts, it requests and loads this file (observed in Firebug), but then it also requests it from the root of the server (i.e. from http://server/crossdomain.xml) which does not exist. Subsequent HTTP requests don't work reporting security cross domain errors. When I put the policy file to the root of the server, it all works.
Why does it request the policy file from the root as well even thought it loads it from the subdirectory? Why the subdirectory policy file is not enough?
I should also note that the two policy files are loaded before any application HTTP requests are issued.

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Randy Edsall to retire @ end of season
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king conn
noeynox said:
This roster is much better top to bottom.
You've had some great posts the past few days, but I'm just going to go with the tape. It doesn't have to be the players or the coach. It can be both, the coach and the players the coach brought in.
A defense that can't stop the run or pass, can't tackle, catch up to or cover people. That cannot stop an fcs offense. That can create their own blooper reels on a weekly basis
An offensive line that can't move an fcs defense off the line of scrimmage. WR's that can't create separation except for the occasional broken coverage. And I won't even mention the QB situation
The only standout recruiting class he brought in - and that's relative- is the one that hasn't arrived yet.
What evidence is there that this roster is better, I won't even ask much better, than when he started?
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uconnfan68 said:
$3mill? Is CT going demand tithing?
I'm tired of hearing how little money UCONN has to throw at a new coach. For the first time in many years Ct. is flush. We are l bumping against the legislative cap on the rainy day fund. If you haven't noticed Lamont is funding all kinds of programs. He controls the UCONN board. There is no reason he cant direct funds to UCONN to hire a top notch coach.
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Hoophound
The roster is "better" in that it is faster and somewhat more talented. Unfortunately, our two best offensive players are out for the season.
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If Steven Krajewski gets the start he will have to play flawlessly. He is being put in a no win situation. He will have only one week to practice with the ones, the team morale is at an all time low, first career start against a Big10 team (who defeated Oregon State), top two receivers are out and Randy Edsall is still the coach. Whoever starts on Saturday will have to be smart, quick and accurate. Good luck Huskies
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Bongo Fury
Hoophound said:
Definitely not better but the season is young.
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Butch said:
I actually think this would be an attractive job for someone. Team gets media coverage and pays. UConn being a national brand has a huge amount of value.
Just hire Chesney at the end of the season.
hardcorehusky
Lost patience with the garden variety UConn fan
king conn said:
You have 4 really good running backs (if they stay) for next year. Carter is a stud. You have some really good wide recievers (Drayton, Ross, Marion at the least). You had good TE's then and now. There is talent on the O line- it needs to be coached properly. You have much better special teams and I think there are some players on D to build around(Watts, Nick Harris and McCarthy)
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FfldCntyFan said:
BL, it was great seeing you yesterday.
I've avoided posting for quite a while (got tired of every post turning into an argument). I also wrote most of this post this morning, before the news of RE's imminent retirement and.
Yes, the football program's trajectory over the past decade is a massive problem. Sadly, until things change at a level far higher than the athletic department, there will never be much to look forward to in terms of sustained success, or even success at all.
For reasons that I've never been able to comprehend, any time that UConn has had aspirations (in any field), it has been met with resistance by people within the school, elected officials, people who had some access to media (before the information age and subsequent social media) and private citizens who didn't mind getting loud while voicing their complaints. The idea of the school having ambitions makes a lot of people uncomfortable. This is what needs to change and until it does change we will be climbing a greased rope when trying to build a football program.
I'd wager heavily that when Jim Calhoun said "it's doable" in response to being questioned about the possibility winning a national championship here, if people actually believed it could be done, they would have sabotaged his career here before it began. Hell, we had to lie about the size of (then yet to be named) Gampel prior to approval.
Yes, we need a change in leadership in the football program but if all we do is hire a new head coach every few years, hoping he can accomplish something we'll never get anywhere. Diaco had to go, he had to go weeks, months before DB pulled the trigger. I'm not sure that anyone who is still allowed unsupervised in public is as detached from reality as Diaco was back then. Benedict unfortunately also has his hands tied at the time he brought RE in. He had extremely limited resources, he needed someone who understood the unique challenges of building a program in the northeast (yes, all programs face challenges, they don't necessarily face the same challenges) and he felt finding someone who had been through it before and had some level of success (something nobody else did here) was at worst a way to stabilize the program. He also placed two young coordinators on the staff (contrary to popular boneyard belief, Crocker was DB's decision, not RE's) to be potential replacements for RE somewhere down the road (for different reasons, neither lasted).
A few things that DB didn't realize:
How truly depleted (in terms of athleticism) the roster was due to Diaco's recruiting. This played a major role in losing Lashlee (I will address later).
The manner (almost identical to his first run here) that RE would manage the rebuild (which I had initially hoped he would accomplish a year or so quicker than the original, but unfortunately appears to be running a couple years longer than that one).
The incompatibility of the talent/athleticism of our defensive personnel with the defense Crocker attempted to install.
The incompatibility of Lashlee's offense with a defense that couldn't get off the field (Lashlee grudgingly agreed to slowing it down for the sake of the team).
Temple (and Memphis) were able to endure decades of inept football, land a great hire, reach heights they never could have imagined, lose that great hire and then slog, along hoping to one day find their next great hire. We've floundered for a decade (with a minor bowl appearance in that decade) and have been hearing the "we need to drop to FCS" talk for a few years. If our great hire doesn't come soon, those who want football to fail here (and there are far too many that should want success who would greatly prefer failure) will get their wish.
There are things that I really don't get about the current state of the football program. I realize that resources for the football program currently aren't what we'd like (and until the KO settlement happens this won't change) so the idea that we could have landed Joe Moorhead (currently with Oregon) is ridiculous. I do not however understand why we couldn't have landed his protege (Andrew Breiner, arrived at UConn before Moorehead) who currently works for Butch Davis at FIU.
I don't get that we weren't even able to outplay an FCS school in the trenches. Yes, they had a 300lb guard and a 290lb tackle, rarities for their level but even including them, we faced a team who's linemen (offensive and defensive) were 20-30lbs lighter per man and less athletic than what we will normally face. What happened on both lines of scrimmage yesterday baffles me (and it will be much worse against nearly everyone left on our schedule).
I am amazed at how difficult it is for us to find a QB. The kid HC played at QB (true soph from NY State) is better than anyone we've had here in years and bigger than all but Leon on our roster. When he had to come off the field (his helmet came off), the kid they brought in (also a true soph) had more poise than our starting QB.
I don't get how, with two starting LBs who are really 210lb safeties, we didn't have sufficient speed at LB to stop an FCS school.
After what we've seen the past two weeks it would be insane to continue with Jack Zergiotis at QB. One sad reality is (contrary to boneyard opinion), going into this season there was zero reason to believe that he wasn't clearly the best option. Shy some miracle, our answer at QB is/will be during Tyler Phommachanh's redshirt sophomore season (it would be unreasonable to believe he'd be ready earlier) and with what we currently have on the offensive line, he'd get killed before the middle of next year at the earliest.
Our roster is flush with what appears to be a lot of very young talent. Our next head coach should have a good amount to work with. It will be far easier to increase excitement, enthusiasm towards the program thinking the new regime needs year two to be truly competitive than being told the current regime will get there in two more years. I don't believe that this would be anywhere near as impactful on the players as most believe and it will be entirely for those outside of the roster, but the kids who will be returning next season won't be carrying the baggage of RE's first run with the program, his departure after the Fiesta Bowl, the P years, the Diaco years or the first couple of years of RE II.
We need to make a change but it can't merely be change for the sake of change. Hopefully DB has already been working on a list. While I'm sure that he will be able to communicate the 'difficulties' inherent with the job (having experienced them himself), hopefully the hire will understand them well enough prior to facing them that they won't undermine his ability to succeed. I believe DB can also communicate the positives that success here can bring, hopefully the best candidate will have sufficient vision to see this as this is where we will or will not sell the position.
If you want to be angry about the position we are in, be angry with those who were running the school decades ago that felt competing in the Yankee conference offering fewer football scholarships than many schools offered in basketball was acceptable. Be angry with those who were completely dismissive of the idea of moving up to play 'big boy football' for more than a decade after the D1-D1A split and spent the following half decade ignoring the idea. Be angry with those who responded with enmity when the idea of modeling UConn after the University of Michigan was presented (I saw this first hand in the late 1980's). Be angry with the fact that we were basically rudderless for a decade when we were achieving our greatest success (had either a lame duck, interim or looking for greener pastures president), allowing Hathaway to squander a massive amount of perception capital built by head coaches who despised his lack of support and his efforts to claim credit for what was accomplished in spite of him, not because of him.
We can't go part-way, thinking we can try something, if it doesn't work, try something new, ending up on a treadmill similar to the past ten years. We can't do a lazy search (Hathaway hiring P). We can't do a cost-effective retread (RE II) no matter how logical it may appear and we absolutely cannot afford someone with a lot of style but little substance (Diaco), even if he doesn't become completely detached to avoid realizing he is in over his head. Contrary to what the naysayers are preaching, there is enough here for us to be competitive in the not too distant future and, at some point become highly competitive. We will however need more than merely a new coach, we will need to fight (and defeat) those who are against the idea of our competing at this level in football.
what an amazing essay ... thought I was reading THE NEW YORKER
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noeynox
The DL is a plus IMO. QB, OL, amd maybe DB need upgrades or better coaching. WRs are as good as we have had as a group. RBs are decent. LBs are so so. I stand by it. Compared to what was here when Randy got here the talent is better, but more importantly the roster has been constructed with enough depth and not just a hodgepodge of players like Diaco left.
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Ajs120102 said:
I mean that's the frustrating part right? Edsall has a team that he can win with but he isn't starting some of the right players
No one is winning with this OL. The team overall is still very young and we're paper thin at LB.
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Cam Ross is a baller bro, He creates his own separation. Cam was top five in pretty much every category nationally for true freshman WRs. Durante Jones from Georgia is another one that is looking to have a stellar true freshman season, he can ball too, he's always around the ball and a vocal leader as a true freshman. Nate Carter has some speed and agility to his game, i wanted to see more of him against Holy Cross, the kid stood out to me and played better than mensah. I think we have a lot of good players, but I think it's more coaching than talent. I think the roster as a whole isn't great but we do have talent.
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JMick
Loyal said:
The last time the team was undeniably good, we had a murderers row of good coaches on the sideline.
RE 1.0 had a great eye for talent - both players and coaches.
Really don't know what happened. Did he lose it, or was he not able to make the hires he wanted to make due to financial constraints?
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Yup! said:
Jalon Ferrell has looked good at the other safety. I get it. We just lost to an FCS squad, who can claim we are any good right? But there are pieces here for sure.
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crazyUCfan23
Long live the Civil ConFLiCT
JMick said:
Probably a combination. Edsall definitely deserves credit for the first go around, but he also surrounded himself with great coaches then and that certainly isn't the case now.
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It could be financial constraints, but also his approach to the game is just ancient. Yes we pinned HC at t he 1 and defense blew it by letting the HC QB scramble for the long gainer, but I was shocked he punted from the HC 41 in that spot.
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but I was shocked he punted from the HC 41 in that spot.
It's HCRE, Jake
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College FBS level football has changed in 10 years. Edsall has been unable to keep up with the change. That is why we need a coach who can lead a team in the current situation.
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DB definitely needs upgrade or better coaching. Again yesterday there were at least two instances where our DB was running step by step with the receiver. Our DB had no idea where the ball was until it was in the hands of the receiver.
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You're right. He's the last of the Mohicans coaching that way and I shouldn't have been shocked.
I want to believe you guys, the last thing I want to see is another 4 years in the crapper while a new coach has to rebuild.
So far it looks like another rerun. I'm going to hope it's just youth and not playing last year, and we hire a coach that isn't shy about jucos and the transfer portal. Enough of this program building. Winning builds programs
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It's too bad our last game this year is at home. If it was on the road, we coulda told Randy to get his own ride home.
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I mean it has to be prerequisite of the interview process. Once you talk about rebuilding and recruiting "your guys" you void your buyout. Every one is going to recruit. The message to the fanbase should be we will do everything in our power to win day 1. These kids currently in the program deserve that much.
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Definitely need to hit juco and the transfer portal hard.
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isn't that part of the problem? that UConn admissions won't let them in for the most part?
You also have to be really careful with the JUCO kids. One of Kansas' biggest issues historically is that they've taken a bunch of JUCO kids and as soon as a coach gets fired or a class goes bad, they have like half a roster
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Especially since the vultures are probably already contacting our recruits. And there is not going to be a new coach named before the signing period to combat it.
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I'm only haranguing you on this because I get annoyed at so many people spreading mis or disinformation on social media. I think we all should be
Fair enough. Point well taken.
bkox 2020-08-28 19:05:38 UTC #466
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Film made by evangelical leaders warns that the world will end if Trump isn't...
Evangelical and social conservative supporters of Donald Trump have made a film warning that the world will end if Trump isn't reelected.
bkox:
But... but...
I thought the evangelicals want the world to end. I mean, they're pining for the end of the world, and the return of their Savior. I would think they would absolutely delight in the prospect of Biden bringing about Armageddon, and Trump standing in the way of same.
I mean, it's all rubbish - the whole "imminent second coming" nonsense. But these people profess to believe it.
Or do they? Is it all just a sham? Is that what their "concern" now about the end of the world is really telling us? They do not want the world to end; they do not want the second coming. Evangelical leaders are fat and happy (thanks to the gullibility of their followers), and they want the gravy train to continue running.
Truth will out.
Im not an overtly dramatic person... but does anyone else feel like there is a civil war coming? Especially if trump loses and his followers go off the rails? I don't know how it will work.. its not a North va south thing. But I just feel like we are just seeing the beginning of the unrest.
xogfog 2020-08-29 04:32:11 UTC #469
It's is mostly a North/South thing.
I dont think it is.. look at wisconsin.. oregon.. i live in Central Illinois. The state is safely dem thanks to Chicago and some of the other cities.. but the towns surrounded by farm land would be very comfy in the deep south..Central Pa is a right wing haven
If you look at fb comments on political posts (very scary thing) and then look at where people live... they are coming from everywhere.
Trump got nearly 63 million votes in 2016. If you subtract 15 million for ppl that just vote straight gop and one issue ppl that vote gop because of abortion.. thats still 48 million ppl that didn't have an issue with his platform. Even deep blue states like California and NY he got over 30% of the vote. Some of the deepest red states (ND, Montana and Idaho) border Canada. Remember he won Michigan and pa and Ohio and Wisconsin.
The Trump blight is in every state of the union. And the millions that follow him are going to get scared if they lose their leader and now fear that there is an enemy in the white house who's gonna destroy America like trump and fox News has been telling them.
allentown 2020-08-29 11:39:52 UTC #471
Trump's core is white Evangelical Protestants. The national split is largely religious/cultural.
allentown:
And, to some extent, urban/suburban vs rural. Or, as I see it, if Trump wins. we may be headed into an apartheid system based on these divides. The rural/cultural conservative demographic is increasingly becoming a demographic minority but a political majority.
Whoever said civil war, truth is, we've probably been in a "cold civil war" since 1/20/1993. Our country's been in them before (think the Jeffersonian-Hamiltonian battle after Washington, the 1850's, and 1960-1980). They either end with a comprehensive victory by one side or in a "hot" civil war.
Personally, I've come around to thinking that the nation needs an amicable national divorce. Yes, break the country in two.
Facebook has become a toxic rightwing cesspool. Bottom line is that it is the new talk radio. Where angry conservative people once turned on their radios, they now pick up their smart phones and scroll their Facebook feed. It was created by Millennials but once it got popular with the older crowd, it ceased to be cool for the younger crowd as nd they left. The end result is that Facebook is older, whiter and more conservative than the nation as a whole. But, it probably feeds conservative opinion that they are the so-called "Silent Majority" since they see so many people on there agreeing with them. The reason Facebook doesn't crack down on conservative falsehoods on the network is that Zuckerberg, et al. know who Facebook's core demographic is--middle age and senior white people who tend to be conservative--and they want to keep them happy.
German41 2020-08-29 17:09:30 UTC #474
Most of what I see on Facebook from my friends is left wing, progressive stuff. Guess it depends where you look.
Stupidly, when I first joined Facebook over a decade ago, I added like 2000 ppl for games. So I get a pretty good cross section of both sides. But ive been pissing off the right wingers lately so about 20 have unfriended me in the last month. Turns out they hate it when you confront em with facts
Well yes, that is completely true. We self-select when we "like" posts and join groups or buy things. Facebook then makes suggestions of others with similar mindsets. The only cross-reaction is intentional trolling of public sites that allow anyone to join and see and non-Internet friends and family who repost from those with like minds. What is sad is that I have some people who I have known for years block me or restrict my seeing of their posts. Politics is increasingly dividing people and isolating us. It's very scary. It really is like bubbles as I see posts that are outrageous like Trump's claims of what Democrats want. These are from good people, in my area, they aren't evangelical, they are Catholic. We don't want to hear viewpoints or facts that differ from our own. At least here we can mostly have good debate and hopefully realize people with other viewpoints aren't the devil.
WATCH NOW: 'You cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat,' La Crosse priest says
In a video published by a far-right media outlet, a La Crosse Catholic priest attacks the leaders of the church, and degrades practicing Catholics who are Democrats, calling them "Godless"
This stuff is unconscionable. It will be interesting to see how the Church deals with this.
The Church will ignore it, I expect.
Bishop Strickland (Tyler, TX) has already praised this video. Strickland is one of the more conservative, traditionalist Bishops in the US - he's one of the ones who praised Vigano when that gentleman attacked Pope Francis.
The USCCB isn't going to crack down on this priest, given that some of the more right-wing bishops are already endorsing what he said.
The American hierarchy is still over-populated with second- or third-rate minds, elevated in the JPII and Benedict years because of their "orthodoxy" (meaning subservience, frankly), as opposed to their intellectual capabilities.
The U.S. Church is hemorrhaging young followers, and it's no wonder. Second-rate leadership, lack of real understanding or commitment to pastoral care (as opposed to clericalism and "respect for authority").
Overall, the hierarchy has sold itself to the Republicans, IMHO, and they're reaping the inevitable harvest of that. But I have to note that this is not really surprising. Catholic prelates tend to be authoritarian and conservative - they're the men who play the hierarchical game of church politics and climb the ladder of authority, and have a strong belief in an "unchanging" church - a very conservative outlook.
It's a short hop from instinctive respect and obedience to higher church authority to similar kowtowing to conservative secular authority. It's no wonder that so many of them tend to identify with authoritarian conservative secular leadership; it's their comfort zone. (Even when that secular leadership is horrific, there's a tendency to cut it slack - witness the number of Catholic clerics who supported Franco, and Mussolini, and even Hitler.)
VoteForKalas 2020-09-08 21:50:08 UTC #479
Outrageous. Biden of course is Catholic.
The Church should not ignore it; they should be very public about how ignorant and reprehensible such beliefs are and that the Church condemns them.
The Church's reputation and integrity rest in the non-political service to all of their followers, not just white male Republicans. If they have already lost that, then the faithful have every right to question the leadership.
Unfortunately, this is also the Church who covered up and protected priests who abused children all over the U.S. and world for decades.
VoteForKalas:
The hierarchy's reputation and integrity are pretty much shot. Moreover, the "leaders" who were willing to look the other way (assuming they weren't participating) for decades are still largely in place. There is a coterie of younger bishops who aren't so benighted, but they're still a distinct minority - and pretty much all the first-class men who predated JPII's focus on conformity and conservatism over quality have passed on.
I don't know if the Church hierarchy in the United States can recover its former reputation. I do know that it's going to take a long time, at best - and it won't happen until all the rot is cut out... and we're a long way from that.
During John Paul II's papacy, he specifically targeted the Catholic Church in the US for the appointment of aggressively conservative prelates, figuring that having such voices in the American church would give the conservative side particular heft. Abroad, the Catholic Church in the US has the reputation for being very fundamentalist. Not scriptural fundamentalist but fundamentalist in terms of church dogma and traditional teaching. Francis is doing what he can to root that out but it is very ingrained, especially since American seminaries are in that mindset, too.
The Jesuit priest, Fr. James Martin, S.J. has had some great responses to all of this.
Jesuits are the enlightened in the Church.
Update: Diocese of La Crosse condemns priest's attack on Democrats, promises...
"Canonical penalties are not far away if my attempts at fraternal correction do not work," the Diocese said in a statement.
Good to see the diocese of LaCrosse step up and condemn the remarks by their renegade priest. It seems that there should have been more than a discussion with the priest for his comments.
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Designed by the architect brothers William and T.R Millburn, the Dominion opened on 3rd October 1929 and is a Grade II listed building. The site on which the theatre sits was previously the home of a brewery and a funfair. Much like the Apollo Victoria theatre, the Dominion was originally built as a mega-cinema with 3 tiers. Today the third tier of seats has gone and the originally capacity reduced to just over 2000.
After the first few years of 'talkies', the theatre become the home of opera, variety acts and dance performances. In the 1950s and 1960s it presented long runs of musicals films including The Sound of Music and South Pacific, as well as presenting huge, lavish concerts by famous people like Judy Garland, Maurice Chevalier, Sophie Tucker and Shirley MacLaine.
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In 2002, Ben Elton's musical We Will Rock You, based on the music of rock band Queen, opened at the Dominion and has gone on to become the longest-running show ever at the venue. The production was hit and miss with the critics, but the public voted with their feet and made it one of the most popular West End musicals.
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Spence: If You Saw Any Flaws, Call Al Haymon
In his first title defense, IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. forced Lamont Peterson's corner to concede, giving the Texas native the TKO victory.
Saturday's victory at Barclays Center in Brooklyn was officially scored as one second into the eighth round after Peterson's corner failed to send the former champ out for the eight round.
Spence knocked down Peterson during an action-filled fifth round and controlled the pace throughout the fight.
Following the fight, Spence explained that his strategy from the start was to target the body of Peterson, break him down and then come in with the heavy shots in the second half.
"It's more about I took the shot and it didn't hurt, and I just smile, because I know my opponent is in trouble if I take a shot and it doesn't hurt," said Spence to BoxingScene.com.
"It's a good investment [to go to the body], especially if you go early in a twelve round fight. You know it's going to pay off in the later rounds. You got to the body early. Even if it doesn't hurt, it still takes a little bit out of you in the later rounds. It's boxing.
"You're going to get hit. If anybody thinks they see flaws in my game and they think they can capitalize on it, call Al. I love great performances, and I believe to get the ultimate win, it's to get a knockout. So that's what I want, and it looks good on your record too. 23-0 with 20 knockouts."
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Chevreuse is located south of Paris, in the middle of a regional natural park, Parc naturel régional de la haute vallée de Chevreuse. The Yvette river flows through the area, forming the fertile Vallée de Chevreuse.
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my version of the derivation tools, so I'll let you do it.
OpenSSL.rand.cleanup() was missing TEX documentation.
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> In the doc directory only pyOpenSSL.tex is original, and the rest are derived from it, right? The committed pyOpenSSL.txt is out of date even before my changes. The HTML source gets a bunch of trivial changes from my version of the derivation tools, so I'll let you do it.
Right. I was rebuilding the docs for every trunk commit for a while, but I'm giving up on that. I plan to just do it before releases (and maybe get rid of all the generated files from the repository).
> What is our policy on referencing OpenSSL C function names, so users can consult that documentation if need be?
It's probably a good idea to do that.
Looking at the RAND_bytes man page, it looks like this function can fail. rand_bytes should probably be checking its return value and raising an OpenSSL Error of some sort if it does.
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GOYO: Ang Batang Heneral: Does It Work?
POP CULTURE, TV & Film
Does GOYO: Ang Batang Heneral live up to all the hype?
In 2015, Jerrold Tarog directed a small historical film by the name of Heneral Luna. Within five weeks, the film broke even (AKA made thrice as much as its cost), despite it being one of the most expensive historical movies ever made for Philippine cinema. Critics loved it; viewers praised it.
Heneral Luna was funny, thought-provoking, well-produced, well-made, well-acted and spoke to an audience that was thirsty for its theme. It made our sad and yet often times over-glorified history something to question and revisit. It's an understatement to say that the success of Heneral Luna had us excited for its follow-up, GOYO: Ang Batang Heneral.
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GOYO is a look into the life of Gregorio del Pilar, known best for being one of the youngest generals during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War. He had his successes, but he had his faults, too. He was young, hailed as a womanizer and stubborn to boot. Rightfully, the film glorifies and critiques the Batang Heneral.
Like its predecessor, GOYO: Ang Batang Heneral is impeccably shot, with plenty of scenes you wish you could just photograph and hang up. The uniforms and the styling bring you back to a time you once only imagined, yet the themes are still incredibly relevant today. It helps that the film gives insight into the thoughts of different historical figures.
Paulo Avelino gives Gregorio del Pilar more depth as his infamous egotistic nature is subdued by self-doubt and actual fear. Meanwhile, we see Apolinario Mabini, played by Jeffrey Quizon, at an unseen low, yet still with enough hope and wisdom that could save the Philippines as a whole. There is also Mon Confiado's Emilio Aguinaldo, who is both selfish and deceitful. And then there is Arron Villaflor's Joven Hernando, the film's main narrator—engaging, compelling and naive to a degree.
The acting is superb as each character shines in the right moments, delivering both serious and comedic lines with knockout timing. So much so that, even if you know the historical outcome, you'll still be caught off guard when the inevitable happens.
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But much like its titled character, GOYO: Ang Batang Heneral has its flaws, too. The pacing of the film could have been more heart-pumping and the character development could have left less to the imagination. The love story that was so pivotal could have been more fleshed out and, at the risk of getting a higher LTFRBC rating, del Pilar's womanizing could have been more blatant. After all, didn't Heneral Luna have less-clothing-more-nudity scenes as well?
And let's face it, Paulo Avelino is a sight to see in uniform, but seeing that uniform discarded on a chair or on the floor would have been equally worthwhile.
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At its core, however, GOYO delivers on its promises. The film is a historical piece that entertains as much as it provokes and makes its audience laugh as heartily as it makes them cringe, question and gasp.
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The Man Who Served R. Kelly A Jailhouse Beatdown Gets LIFE
The man who put the paws on R. Kelly a few months ago has been sentenced to life.
It doesn't seem like his involvement with beating up R. Kelly has anything to do with it, the inmate had bigger fish to fry. As reported on Hot New Hip Hop, the Latin Kings inmate, Jeremiah Shane Farmer, was sentenced to life in prison for his role in a racketeering case that included two murders.
Back in 1999, Farmer played a role in the brutal murders of two seniors, Marion Lowry, 74, and Harvey Siegers, 67. The victims were repeatedly hit with a hammer.
Farmer admitted to attacking the disgraced R&B singer, however, he claims, "the government made him do it." Farmer claims he wanted to shed light on corruption happening in the jail.
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As for the "Bump N Grind" singer, a judge denied early release after the attack and he remains behind bars as he awaits trial.


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These Brawny Pickups Can Tow More Than 10,000 Pounds
by Sarah Brennan on December 19, 2020
Odds are, if you're shopping for a new pickup, you're after one that can manage a pretty heavy load. And why not? After all, that's what pickups are meant for. But what are the options if you're in the market for a pickup that can tow more than 10,000 pounds? Check out just a handful of them below.
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The 2021 Chevy Silverado 1500
If you're after a pickup that can tow more than 10,000 pounds, you might want to consider the 2021 Chevy Silverado 1500. Available with a 420-hp 6.2-liter V8 engine under its hood, this year's Silverado can tow a maximum of 13,300 pounds when properly equipped. And if you're after a pickup equipped with a diesel engine? You can expect a Chevy Silverado 1500 equipped with the available Duramax 3.0-liter inline-six turbo-diesel engine to tow up to 9,500 pounds. While that won't give you enough power to tow upwards of 10,000 pounds, it's still pretty impressive.
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The 2021 Ford F-150
The Ford F-150 has long been known for its impressive towing capabilities. Now in the 2021 model year, the Ford F-150 is still one of the most capable pickup trucks in its segment. Opt for the F-150's available 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine and the Max Trailer Tow Package, and this year's F-150 can easily tow more than 10,000 pounds. In fact, the 2021 Ford F-150 can tow a maximum of 14,000 pounds when properly equipped.
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The 2021 Chevy Silverado HD
If you thought that the 2021 Chevy Silverado 1500 was strong, then prepare to be really impressed by the Chevy Silverado HD. While the Chevy Silverado 2500 HD boasts a maximum towing capacity of up to 18,510 pounds, the Chevy Silverado 3500 HD is able to tow a maximum of 36,000 pounds when properly equipped. Add in towing technologies like a comprehensive suite of cameras and a segment-first Advanced Trailering System, and this pickup makes for a great choice if you're after a truck that can tow more than 10,000 pounds.
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The 2021 Ford Super Duty
According to Ford, the 2021 Ford Super Duty boasts the best maximum available gas conventional tow rating in its segment. Ford isn't wrong either. When it comes to towing more than 10,000 pounds, the Ford Super Duty is an absolute beast. According to Car and Driver, the strongest Super Duty is more than capable of towing up to 24,200 pounds when outfitted with a conventional trailer hitch. And if that's not enough brawn for you, opt for a Super Duty with a fifth-wheel and a gooseneck hitch you can expect the Ford Super Duty to haul an impressive 37,000 pounds.
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The 2021 GMC Sierra 1500
While the 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 can't tow quite as much as other pickups on the list, it can tow more than 10,000 pounds when properly equipped. Opt for the GMC Sierra 1500's available 6.2-liter V8 engine, and this truck can tow approximately 11,800 pounds. Keep in mind, however, that you will need to opt for a GMC Sierra 1500 equipped with the available Max Trailering Package to achieve such a high towing capacity too.
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georgia moodie
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Georgia Moodie is a reporter and producer at Australia's ABC Radio National, where she makes long-form stories for RN's documentary programs, Earshot and The History Listen.
Since she began at RN in 2012, she has worked as a literature and arts reporter for Books and Arts, and as a producer on RN's national evening news and current affairs program, RN Drive.
She has reported everywhere from remote Indigenous communities to the world's largest literary festival in India, and her work has appeared on the BBC and on public radio in the United States.
She was awarded ABC RN's 2017 Tony Barrell Fellowship for imaginative and risk-taking long-form audio features, and was a runner up in the 2018 Whickers Documentary Audio Recognition Award, a UK award for original and innovative audio documentaries. Her work was featured at the 2019 International Features Conference in Cork, Ireland, a conference which celebrates the best audio documentaries from around the world.
Georgia holds a Bachelor of Arts with majors in history and Australian studies from the University of Melbourne, and Honours in History from Monash University. In 2010, she was awarded a scholarship to study radio documentary at the Salt Institute of Documentary Studies in the United States. In 2007, she began at SYN, Melbourne's youth-run community radio station, where she worked as a presenter, producer and trainer, before serving on the Board of Directors.
Contact: georgia.moodie [at] gmail.com
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It would be easy, if somewhat boring, for me to blog about the hotels we've stayed in. But on this occasion I am going to tell you about Hotel Rolle in Ribadeo, and for good reason.
Jose Carlos Rolle Vijande is a brilliant host, keen to please, eager to chat, and highly knowledgeable about the Ribadeo area and Galicia/Asturias. The smart beige and cream decorated hotel is tucked away on a back street, off the main square and just up the steep road from the harbour. It is conveniently situated on the edge of town and on week-nights it is warm and quiet with welcoming rooms and free wi-fi Internet access (a boon to the travelling digital addict). The breakfasts are top-notch with a nice big cup of strong coffee and home made cake.
But the main reason I mention it is the wonderful job that Jose Carlos and his builders have done in renovating a shell into such a delightful hotel, with many features similar to those that we'd like to have in our Casa Rural. Starting with the bathrooms, bright, modern, well lit and with top-of-the-line installations such as this amazing multi-function walk-in shower.
The rooms have exposed hand-pointed stonework and the windows are double glazed with these brilliant hand-made shutters which fit snugly into place and keep out any daylight and street noise.
Finally, each room has a theme and a unique name which owes something to the framed photographs taken by the owner and some point in his long and illustrious past.
This really is a nice place to stay, not overly expensive and certainly far cheaper than the Ribadeo Parador which, to be honest is a bit of a disappointment. The only word of caution with Hotel Rolle is to avoid Friday and Saturday nights as the hotel is reputed to be next to (we've never been there to validate the claim) one of the noisiest all-night clubs in Ribadeo. But on any other night the loudest sound you'll hear is a car traversing the cobbles, or Amanda and I returning to our room after one too many glasses of Albariño.
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Did someone mention cake for breakfast ?
Sounds like a civilised man, let me introduce the concept of Yorkshire cheese and cake to him.


If you haven't been watching the Brexit debates in the House of Commons I envy you. I've had to sit through them and the same things keep getting said. Time ticks by but we don't get any further forward and too many politicians are busy trying to work out what will win them votes instead of doing what they think is right.
The Prime Minister's EU Withdrawal Agreement (her deal) has been voted down twice now – with huge majorities against it. It was a terrible deal for Scotland so I and my SNP colleagues voted against it, as did some other Scots MPs – including all of Edinburgh's MPs.
We also voted to say that we shouldn't leave the EU without getting a deal in place and to extend the Article 50 negotiation period. Theresa May's response was to say that she would bring her deal back for a third go. She keeps coming back to ask MPs whether they've changed their minds on Brexit but she isn't polite enough to ask the voters whether they might have changed their minds on Brexit.
I think leaving the EU is the wrong thing to do. I think leaving without getting a deal in place will be catastrophic for Scotland's people, businesses and culture. I think the deal we were offered isn't much better than no deal at all. I think we need to ask for an extension to the negotiation period and take the time to have a proper discussion about where to go now. I think the UK Government has failed and that it is time to wind this whole thing back in and see what the position is.
The Prime Minister and her Government are continuing in this unproductive rut simply because they don't have the imagination to find a better way to do things and that is no good for any of us. Repeating her defeats in Parliament while the EU watches time ticking down to Brexit Day does nobody any favours.
It's time to stop and take stock because carrying on as we are will not only cause enormous damage in the meantime, it will cause lasting damage that will last for decades. Trade negotiations and negotiations on our future relationship with the EU will only start after Brexit – we have all of that to look forward to – and getting things wrong now will mean they stay wrong for a long, long time.
All kinds of industries have warned how bad leaving without a deal would be but here's something that makes it very clear. A friend of mine runs a restaurant in Edinburgh and her suppliers say prices will go up without a deal – wine costing 20 per cent more immediately, for example. Small businesses will face massive challenges, big businesses will just move away.
Take a breath, Prime Minister, take a breath and pause. Whatever path we decide to take next we shouldn't be stumbling down it and hoping for the best.


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2019 Chron15 Pioneer: Duke Electric Vehicles
By Nico Hotz | 02/06/2019
For more than seven years, the Duke Electric Vehicle team, formerly named Duke Eco-Marathon, has worked on finding solutions for more sustainable transport by inventing future electric vehicle technologies. The team's battery-powered vehicles have successfully competed in the Shell Eco-marathon Americas, winning the competition for battery electric cars in 2017 and 2018. Typically numbering 15 to 20 students, the entirely student-run team went one step further last year and added an additional vehicle type to their team: a fuel cell car powered by hydrogen.
In its first year working with this novel technology, the Duke Electric Vehicle team won the Eco Marathon and set a new Guinness world record for the most fuel-efficient car in known human history, reaching more than 14,500 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent. With the equivalent of one gallon of gasoline, the team's car could drive from New York to Los Angeles more than five times! On the way to this world record, the team invented pioneering and groundbreaking new technological solutions, which are publicly available and can be used to design better and more sustainable cars in the future.
Nico Hotz is an assistant professor of the practice of mechanical engineering & materials science.
Editor's note: This profile is part of our annual initiative called The Chron15. We are highlighting 15 people and groups who are defining what it means to be at Duke this year. Read about the project and more of our selections.
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In the aftermath of the destruction of the chained city of Deepgate, the Spine militia struggle to halt the exodus of panicking citizens with brutal force. Rachel and the young angel Dill are captured and taken to the Temple torture chambers, but they are in greater danger from what lurks in the shadows outside the Temple stronghold.
The god Ulcis' death has left the gates to hell unguarded, and all manner of foul things are rising from the abyss below the ruined city. In the skies above, the god of brine and fog is coming to join forces with his remaining brothers to avenge Ulcis, and Rachel and Dill will find themselves caught between two opposing forces, as men and gods, archons and slaves are forced into desperate alliances in a battle they cannot hope to win.
Scar Night was a magnificent debut, and Campbell doesn't disappoint with the sequel. Iron Angel is an utterly spellbinding, richly Gothic tale of angels, gods and demons. We catch up with Rachel and Dill, fleeing for their lives, and are introduced to a host of new characters: Cospinol, the decaying god of brine and fog, and John Anchor, the giant who hauls his skyship across the land; handsome Rys, the god of flowers and knives; Silister Trench, the dead archon; Alice Harper, dead engineer and reluctant servant of King Menoa, lord of hell (and easily the most terrifying creature yet encountered); and the mysterious Mina Greene.
Campbell's characters are dark, sinister, frequently grotesque, and always complex. For example, Alice Harper would seem to be nothing more than Menoa's faithful, if reluctant servant, but the author shows us that Alice's reasons for obeying Menoa are multi-layered and completely human, no matter what monstrous form he has currently forced her into. Cospinol is a very human god: capable of human emotions, such as fear. Ultimately, everyone in Campbell's world is flawed.
The plot tears along, teeming with infernal machines, grotesque experimental creatures, warped humans and tattered angels. The author brings his world vividly to life; at once squalid and magnificent in its decay.
Despite the undoubted darkness and repellent nature of much of his creation, he succeeds in making us really care about what happens to his characters: from Dill, the young and damaged angel; to Carnival, the scarred angel who is just as much a victim of others' machinations as Dill is. No one in Campbell's world can ever really be labeled absolutely good or utterly evil, and that is, in part, what keeps his writing so gripping: it is almost impossible to predict what will happen next, or how a character will evolve.
A beautifully written, darkly realized, mesmerising read. The wait for God of Clocks will be unbearable!
Very highly recommended. Not a typical fantasy, Iron Angel is a must-read for absolutely everyone.


In a perfect storm of animation that didn't come from Pixar this time, Sony Pictures Animation delivered a hilarious and fantastic movie in the form of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs back in 2009. We know that a sequel was put into development back in April of 2010, but directors Phil Lord & Chris Miller wouldn't be back to direct (they're on 21 Jump Street). Since the film was loosely based on the children's book of the same name, it was said the sequel book, titled Pickles in Pittsburgh, would inform the sequel. However, 24 Frames reports the sequel will instead be an original story, and there are new writers attached.
Apparently the writing team of John Francis Daley (formerly a star of "Freaks and Geeks" and "Bones") and Jonathan Goldstein are writing a new draft of the script. The duo have been on a hot streak lately having written Horrible Bosses and the upcoming magician comedy Burt Wonderstone starring Steve Carell. Since the first film deviated so much from the original children's book, I'm not surprised the sequel won't be using the second book at all. Honestly, since Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs found a great comedic niche, I can't wait to see how the sequel turns out. As for who might direct, no names were given, but apparently the studio is looking to bring up someone from the first film who worked on developing the story to take over.
Wait wait wait...a movie based on a book with no follow up is going to have a sequel and it's going to be ORIGINAL!?! ZOMG!!!!!1111!
What? No, the book does have a sequel, as is clearly in the text.
Let's hope the sequel can't run away from its own shoes. Cloudy was such a surprise for me—and I love the book—I felt as though the movie stood on its own, I was thoroughly impressed and enjoyed the hell out of it. I can only hope the sequel has the same comedic vibes and brings us something just as good as the original.
The first movie was utter crap.
The first movie was great fun, and I enjoyed it much more than any Pixar film since The Incredibles.
get Kurt Russell ! Escape from Chew-and-swallow!!!


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Places → North America → United States → U.S. politics
Some guy just named his baby daughter "Sarah McCain Palin"..honest! What do you think about that?
by RosieGHM Jetpacker 3 hours ago
NotAnonymous
I feel sorry for the kid
Lori K still ignores stalkers and trolls
It's got "Moon Unit Zappa" beat 9 ways to sunday.
I think that is seriously disturbed. Clearly, some people should not have children.
Yeah, I heard that. I swear some people should not be allowed to reproduce
Hyptocraces missing that boy like crazy
Thats ridiculous, what if the child grows up to be a democrat?
Nasiswand
I think it would be funny if she grew up to become the first woman president, and was a Democrat.
wheelburt
I think that's great and creative. The names of the future president and vice president!
ENigma is hale and hearty once more
Lets hope the girl does not grow up and sue the parents. Sarah is a great name, I like it too but Sarah McCain Palin...
Spicy Hot
Someone that is looking for their 15 minutes of fame.
QueenR eats the Terminator for breakfast
I don't give a damn. It's his daughter.
That is so sad for the child.
SoldierAngel when do i wake up
Why should I care? They can name their kids whatever they want! If he had a son named Barack Biden Obama, would you be making such a big deal over it? : )
weatherman taking week or so off
Why do parents do this kind of thing? Examples of (ordinary) people I have met include a Richard (Dick) Devine, Robin Hood, Kenny Rogers, and Glen Campbell. Do these parents give a hoot? Not to mention what some of the celebrities have done.....
Sounds like a good idea to me. Why not have a daughter with the same name as a future president? PALIN IN 2016!
Grammy Robin
How original!! Maybe he was drunk!
i mean it IS just a name but if they're doing it cause they're politcian fanatics then their assholes for going to that extent!!!
ALPHAMALE
Publicity stunt.
Rickster is victorious
Poor kid!!! omg!!!
redcatt63 is freezing....
I heard that on the radio and just shook my head. Whatever! At least it's not some off-the-wall names like Palin named her kids. Would serve him right if she grew up to be a democrat, or legally changed her name! Some parents just don't think.
misskitty3681
Kind of neat, but also creepy in a way. Where was the woman who allowed that choice?
KayJ
Sarah is a beautiful name. I'm sure by the time she is old enough to care about her name, it won't be a big deal. I wanted to name my son Clinton, but at the time I was pregnant, Bill Clinton was going through that whole "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" and my husband did not want everyone to think of that when they heard our sons name. By the way, I did not want to name our son "after" Bill Clinton, I just liked the name.
Ruby21103
I think this guy's gonna feel stupid when McCain and Palin lose.
Kiwi girl aka jeanie16
I think we know who he'll be voting for !! LOL
BeautifulStranger
That's embarassing - shame on him AND his wife!
MrJosh
Wow, did that really happen? Imagine the story she will have to tell in about 10 years when people start asking her why she was named that.
John McCain just announced that he wants to delay the Friday debate because of the "economy". Says he wants to put the campaign aside and work on the economy. Hmm. What do you think?
I think Palin is a clone of Cheney. Why? She is arrogant and ignorant. What do you think?
Would it make any difference to you if Sarah Palin has smoked pot?
First..McCain..Experienced, knowledgable, good commander-in-chief..that didn't work..then McCain/Palin..Mavericks..nope, didn't work. Attack Obama's character..that was a disaster. Now McCain the underdog! Will that work?
"We want our country back"! The plea of white racists who cannot abide being led by an African American. They want to go back to "white rule".....like Apartheid. What do you think "we want our country back" means if not that?
McCain graduated 894 in his class of 899 at the Naval Academy...Obama graduated with honors from Harvard. Is that information meaningful to you or not?
I have been friends with this guy for very long. He is 41 and I'm 30. I enjoy his company. We slept together last week and I got emotional about it and freaked out. I really miss his friendship and want only that. What do I do. Do you think men and women can be friends again after sleeping with each other.
What do you think is the best way Bush can serve his country in his remaining days as President?
What city do you think of as "Sin City"?
What do you think of Sarah Palin's description of Britain's NHS as 'Evil' and a 'Death Panel'?


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New York City Fights to Help Ban Fracking
Clare Donohue, founder of an anti-fracking group called Sane Energy Project, said that out of the eight million people living in New York City, "You can walk up to anyone on the street and they haven't heard about fracking yet." But if New Yorkers knew more about what fracking could do to their city, she believes it would blow their minds, literally.
On June 25, 3,000 people from around the state gathered outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's fundraiser at the Plaza Hotel. Organized by Clare Donohue, they rallied in hopes to try and convince the politician to outlaw something called fracking. Short for hydraulic fracturing, fracking is a method of tapping into previously unreachable deposits of gas by injecting the ground with hundreds of gallons of water laced with toxic chemicals. The anti-fracking movement has been growing steadily each year, and with the possibility of lawful fracking coming to New York, activism has skyrocketed all over the state. Although there are many hazards that fracking can impose on people's health, there is one consequence that may bring some people to their boiling point.
Donohue told The Indypendent that fracking has recently caused a dangerous water pipe explosion in a small suburban town near San Francisco called San Bruno. Although San Bruno is not dense enough to put many people in danger, she said that the pipes that exploded are the same size as the one's used in New York. According to Donohue, "If you translate that kind of destruction into the West Village, into Harlem, it is insane. In New York, you blow up the pipeline, then you blow up the cars, then you blow up the boilers; it is explosion, explosion, explosion."
But as time goes on and New York begins facing the realistic threat of having these fracking facilities in their own backyards, more and more people are starting to get involved. In fact, the rally outside of the Plaza Hotel was not the only protest that happened that month. Protesters and celebrities also gathered on June 17 to call on Gov. Cuomo in Albany. Among the 2,000 people in attendance were singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, actress Debra Winger, and Josh Fox, the director of an influential documentary about the horrors of fracking called Gasland.
Although there are many groups in and around NYC who plan to organize more events to help fight hydrofracking in the future, there are many ways you can get involved right now. Clare Donohue's Sane Energy Project is just one of many anti-fracking groups in New York who are striving to make a change. Some of the other groups who protested outside of the Plaza Hotel included New Yorkers Against Fracking,United For Action, Credo, Food & Water Watch, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Frack Action, Occupy the Pipeline, VeRSE (Vestal Residents for Safe Energy), Brooklyn for Peace, and Environmental Action.
In addition to holding public demonstrations, members of these organizations and other anti-fracking activists leave hand-written or phone messages to politicians, urging media outlets to spread the word, and informing the general public. On August 10 and 11, the Sane Energy Project is planning a trip to Jones, Rockaway, and Long Beach in order to inform beachgoers about the opening of a proposed Liberty Natural Gas Port.
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Qantas facing profit drop after shock cuts to capacity
There are signs the cost of flying around Australia is falling as airlines respond to lower demand by dropping prices and putting the brakes on domestic flight growth.
Patrick HatchReporter
Updated Apr 19, 2016 – 9.14am, first published at Apr 18, 2016 – 4.52pm
Qantas full-year profit could be as much as 7 per cent lower than expected after the airline blamed sluggish demand and the spectre of the federal election for its decision to revise its plans to boost capacity.
Qantas shares tumbled by as much as 14 per cent after the airline said it had revised plans to increase seat capacity in April, May and June because customers were flying less.
"Some softness in demand, related to the upcoming federal election and a recent drop in consumer confidence in Australia, began to emerge over the peak Easter and school holiday period in late March and continued to be seen in forward bookings," Qantas said in an update to stock exchange.
The stock recovered slightly to end Monday down 10.8 per cent to $3.62 at market.
Qantas said it would now boost domestic capacity between 0.5 per cent and 1 per cent during the first six months of 2016, instead of about 2 per cent as originally planned.
The airline also warned that further cuts to its 2016 capacity plans may be needed.
Qantas said that cutting capacity growth would defend its revenue-per-available-seat kilometre (RASK), an important measure of an airline's efficiency and profitability.
Total Qantas group RASK for the financial year to date was lower compared with the year-earlier, with lower international results negating strengthened domestic results, while total revenue per seat edged up 0.8 per cent on last year. The airline does not provide specific numbers as part of its quarterly updates.
It would not comment on how the capacity roll back would affect revenue or earnings.
Qantas' domestic capacity growth will be up to 1.5 per cent lower. Glenn Hunt
However, UBS said Qantas' March traffic figures suggested RASK was down about 5 per cent for the quarter.
It said it would need to revise its full-year revenue forecasts, with every 1 per cent drop translating to a $120 million fall in full-year pre-tax profit.
UBS said Qantas' update could drive a 6 to 7 per cent downgrade to UBS's 2016 and 2017 forecasts.
It is currently forecasting earnings of $1.2 billion in 2016 and $1.5 billion in 2017.
Deutsche Bank said on Monday that domestic airfares were showing signs of softness due to reduced demand over the final three months of the 2016 financial year.
Qantas economy domestic flights booked for April had fallen about 8 per cent and flights for May had fallen about 15 per cent compared to last year, Deutsche told clients, noting this came after nine months of strong fare growth.
"Moving into 4Q16, fare growth is showing evidence of weakening with fares falling behind the prior period for [Qantas] and [Virgin] domestically and for [Virgin] internationally," Deutsche Bank analyst Cameron McDonald wrote.
In the first three quarters of 2016, Virgin Australia's domestic and international fares grew less than the previous corresponding period.
Virgin's business class prices, however, have grown, which Mr McDonald said likely highlighted the "weakness in the underlying domestic demand environment and the company's shift away from the resources sector."
Flight Centre spokesman Haydn Long said "once-in-a-lifetime" low prices on airfares to destinations like New York and London was one issue likely affecting domestic demand.
Mr Long said falling demand was normally met with discounting, but it was unclear if that would eventuate, especially given Australia has recently been through a period of cheap airfares.
Qantas said its combined capacity would increase by 5 per cent to 6 per cent in the second half, driven by growth from Jetstar's international B787 Dreamliner and increased use of Qantas International's fleet.
UBS analyst Simon Mitchell, who has a target price of $4.60 and a buy rating on the stock, said the market had not properly priced Qantas based on its consensus earnings forecasts.
"However, we recognise airline share prices are highly reliant on earnings sentiment and the uncertainty presented by this announcement is likely to weigh on sentiment," he wrote in a note to clients.
Mr Mitchell said UBS' prediction of Qantas unit revenue being flat in 2016 would have to be revised down in light of the airline's negative comments about forward bookings for the final quarter.
Deutsche Bank said airlines' earnings were being protected by lower fuel prices.
The price of Brent crude has risen by more than 50 per cent since hitting 12-year-lows in January, but the collapse of negotiations between OPEC and other oil-producing nations to limit supply could see collapse again.
Virgin Australia said it would announce any capacity changes when it releases its quarterly results on May 11.
Patrick Hatch is transport reporter at The Age and a former business reporter. Connect with Patrick on Twitter.
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