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Wow. I thought he was just a mathematician.
http://www.addall.com/author/2012277-1
Haaaa, yeah, I know...he meant Charlie Bronson.
...normally when one cuts/pates they usually provide a link...
Pate sausage?
Man I had know idea.
The networks have posted his picture all over the country. Glad to hear he was identified. What a horror of a problem.
Edit: Here's the story:
http://test.denverpost.com/news/ci_4533419
See if you can play it again Sam.
now the left is just setting up their usual disenfranchised excuse if they lose again
I think elections need to be perceived as fair by the electorate (that means left AND right). It's articles like this that give me pause about all-electronic systems without paper trails...
Confidential Voting Information Leaked; FBI To Investigate
POSTED: 8:59 pm EDT October 20, 2006
UPDATED: 9:13 pm EDT October 20, 2006
HOWARD CO., Md. -- The security and integrity of the voting process is being questioned after a longtime critic of the state Board of Elections said she received confidential codes that are key to hacking into the computers.
Former state Delegate Cheryl Kagan said she was surprised to see three computer disks labeled Diebold in the mail. She said she also wondered if other people had received them and if it might compromise the election.
She said she considered the disks she received a serious security breach in Maryland's election process.
"Maryland stepped forward in going electronic several years before I think it was wise. These machines are still not adequately tested and secure, and as we see today, we don't know who has access to possibly messing with our systems," Kagan said.
The new concerns come two weeks after election officials tested the electronic voting system being used at the polling places following problems during the primary.
Kagan said she also received a note critical of the state Board of Elections. The note said the disks were picked up accidentally while at the board.
The FBI was contacted, and it said it is looking into how the disks got to Kagan.
"I contacted the attorney general's office. I did nothing to solicit this. It was left for me, and I have no idea who would have sent this. There's nothing I did wrong. I think the public has the right to know. At the same time, I'm a good American and I will be cooperating with any federal investigation," Kagan said.
Diebold Elections Systems, the company that makes the electronic voting machines Maryland will use in the upcoming elections, called the information on the disks dated and said it wasn't in use.
The company president said the availability of the software poses no threat to the safety, security and accuracy of elections in any jurisdiction using its voting machines.
However, others are still skeptical.
"There's a difference between safe and working. It's possible to test the machines so they won't crash like they did in the primary, but that doesn't mean that these machines are secure," said Avi Rubin, a computer scientist.
Ross Goldstein of the state Board of Elections said, given the new security features, testing and control of the software, the board has a high level of confidence in the accuracy and security of the system.
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/10124941/detail.html
Nope. A special permanent ink pen with a flat round tip that slides through a guideway to make a black dot on a readable card.
Good article on ice shelf from last year is here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4315968.stm
Article has good embedded images and links.
Not pencil. Ink dot. No hanging chads <g>.
Ahh, political boards...two posts, same poster...15 minutes apart...
Personally I don't think it will, but if the Demorats get enough votes anything could happen.
Labels are sometimes used as a subtitute for intellect.
I hope that the vote count will be as accurate as possible and that there will be no serious glitches, but this is the first time such systems will be used on such a wide scale, and of course with the balance between the two parties on a teeter-totter, proven fraud will do serious damage to public perception of fairness.
Without a paper trail, I have serious concerns. Optical scanning of a paper ink-marked ballot is used where I vote. That gives me more comfort than an unverifiable all-electronic medium. jmo.
Why would this election be any different than the others?
For one, the potential for perception of, or actual fraud from suspect electronic voting machines without a paper trail.
Survey: Restaurants dishing out extra-large portions
Updated 10/21/2006 5:33 PM ET
By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY
A banana split at Tony's I-75 Restaurant in Birch Run, Michigan, which is known for its large portions
BOSTON — Most restaurant chefs are dishing out portions that are two to four times bigger than the government's recommended serving sizes.
They know these large amounts are supersizing their diners, but they believe customers expect big platefuls of food when eating out, according to a survey of 300 chefs presented here Saturday at the annual meeting of the Obesity Society.
A typical restaurant meal has at least 60% more calories than the average meal made at home, according to the NPD Group, a market research firm. And Americans purchased 209 meals a person from restaurants last year, both eating at restaurants and buying takeout, NPD says.
Portions served at restaurants have steadily increased since the 1970s in tandem with the rise in obesity rates, says Barbara Rolls, a nutrition professor at Pennsylvania State University.
Researchers at Pennsylvania State University and Clemson University in South Carolina surveyed chefs at several national culinary meetings. Many were executive chefs with degrees in culinary arts. A third worked in elegant restaurants; others in more casual eateries, company cafeterias and fast food places.
Almost all believe that the amount of food served in restaurants influences how much people eat and that big portions are hard on people watching their weight.
Overall, 60% of chefs serve steaks that are 12 ounces or larger. A serving of cooked meat is three ounces, according to the government's dietary guidelines. Most dish up one to two cups of pasta with a meal; a serving is half cup. When it comes to vegetables such as steamed broccoli, chefs are closer to a serving with 1/2 cup.
"Not everybody is a plate cleaner, but as the size of the steak increases, you are probably going to eat more," says Julie Flood, a Penn State doctoral student.
The survey also shows that veteran chefs tend to serve smaller portions, and younger chefs dish larger ones. One possible reason: "The older chefs were trained a couple of decades ago when portions were smaller," Flood says. "The younger ones grew up at a time when the cultural norms were bigger servings."
Other findings:
76% of chefs say their portions are "regular" sized; only 17% described them as large or extra large.
58% say if customers are served a huge amount of food, it's the diners' responsibility to eat the appropriate amount.
86% say customers would notice if the restaurant decreased portions by 25%.
About 60% say customers would not notice 10% to 15% decrease in portion size.
A few years ago, Lisa Young, a nutrition professor at New York University, measured food in restaurants and found that portions were far larger than the recommended servings. "Now that we are in agreement, we need to figure out ways to scale back.
"Portions didn't get this big overnight so we need to scale back slowly — 10% to 15% at a time would be progress. And we need to change customer expectations," says Young, author of The Portion Teller.
Kurt Hankins, vice president of menu development for Applebee's, the nation's biggest casual dining chain, says portion sizes are determined by asking guests to rate meals for their size as well value and taste. "A simple portion reduction for no apparent reason would not be well accepted."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-10-21-portions-restaurants_x.htm
Anger? No anger, laughing at the moronic self serving no-it-all ...
Your right, the're.
TOS'd for improper use of "there".
TOS'd for improper use of "your".
Ergo, to answer your question about deletion of your "off topic wit" posts, yes, it has happened here, but only once, and very recently.
Looks like today is not the day...
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=vrwc
Someone about to get fired?
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U.S. official admits "arrogance" in Iraq
22 Oct 2006 13:28:17 GMT
Source: Reuters
Iraq in turmoil
More By Claudia Parsons
BAGHDAD, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The United States has shown "arrogance" and "stupidity" in Iraq, a senior U.S. diplomat said in an interview aired on Sunday, after U.S. President George W. Bush said he was flexible on tactics, if not strategy.
U.S. military deaths in Iraq in October reached 78 this weekend, making it the most deadly month for Americans this year and raising pressure ahead of Congressional elections in November where Bush's Republican party could lose its majority in both houses halfway through his second term as president.
"We tried to do our best (in Iraq) but I think there is much room for criticism because, undoubtedly, there was arrogance and there was stupidity from the United States in Iraq," senior U.S. State Department official Alberto Fernandez told Al Jazeera speaking in Arabic in a broadcast heard on Sunday by Reuters.
The State Department -- which has long been at odds with the Pentagon over Iraq according to several recent books -- had said earlier that a translation of the comments posted on Al Jazeera's English language Web site had misquoted its director of public diplomacy in the bureau of Near Eastern affairs.
"What he (Fernandez) says is that it is not an accurate quote," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. Asked whether he thought the United States would be judged as being arrogant, McCormack said "No".
Al Jazeera's English language Web Site also quoted Fernandez as saying Washington was ready to talk with any Iraqi group except al Qaeda in Iraq to end violence.
The Shi'ite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has been meeting Shi'ite clerics this week to enlist their support in calming militia infighting in southern Iraq as well as sectarian violence between Shi'ites and Sunnis.
Disarming militias such as the Mehdi Army, loyal to powerful young cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, is seen as crucial by the United States but has proved difficult for Maliki who relies on the support of the political groups linked to the militias.
BUSH SAYS FLEXIBLE ON TACTICS, GOAL UNCHANGED
On Saturday Bush held a videoconference involving Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, top White House officials and U.S. military officials in Iraq, who have admitted that a two-month plan to secure Baghdad has failed to rein in violence and that the strategy is under review.
In his radio address on Saturday, Bush said: "We will continue to be flexible, and make every necessary change to prevail in this struggle."
He added, "Our goal in Iraq is clear and unchanging."
The White House has drawn a distinction between flexibility on tactics and a big overhaul of the strategy in Iraq, and officials have suggested such a broad revamp was not imminent.
Longtime Bush family friend and former Secretary of State James Baker is leading a panel that is preparing recommendations for alternative strategies in Iraq.
But the Iraq Study Group's report will not be issued until after the Nov. 7 elections, at which some polls suggest Republicans could lose control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, where Democrats and some Republicans are already saying it is time to reassess U.S. policy in Iraq three years after the invasion.
Some have suggested the administration might use the bipartisan group's findings as cover for an exit strategy.
Jeffrey White, an analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, suggested a substantial policy revision was being weighed.
"It looks to me like this supertanker is turning," he said. "It takes a long time but I think the turn is beginning to be made."
Bombs rigged to bicycles followed by a barrage of mortars killed 16 people and wounded 60 on Saturday in a market in Mahmudiya, a town in the Sunni insurgent "Triangle of Death" bastion south of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
Gunmen killed a man there on Sunday who the police said was responsible for the attacks, a Reuters photographer in town said.
That came after several days of Shi'ite infighting and sectarian clashes in towns such as Amara and Balad, both of which were handed over to Iraqi security forces in recent months as part of U.S. efforts to gradually transfer responsibility.
There were reports of several roadside bombs, car bombs and shootings in Baghdad and around the country on Sunday, but it was a relatively calm day ahead of the Eid holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which is expected to start in the coming days.
A roadside bomb under a vehicle killed three people and wounded six, including a police officer, as they were shopping in a market in Al Rashid street in central Baghdad ahead of the holiday, police said.
(Additional reporting by Ibon Villelabeitia, Mariam Karouny, Aseel Kami in Baghdad, Caren Bohan in Washington and Ghaida Ghantous in Dubai)
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22772920.htm
Re Nobel Peace Prize nominations...[note, from 2002]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1801773.stm
Tuesday, 5 February, 2002, 09:56 GMT
Nobel nomination for Bush and Blair
Observers say the pair are unlikely to win
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W Bush have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by a Norwegian politician. Harald Tom Nesvik, a member of the right-wing Party for Progress, said that he had nominated the two world leaders for fighting terrorism and promoting world peace.
"The background for my nomination is their decisive action against terrorism, something I believe in the future will be the greatest threat to peace," he told the Associated Press news agency.
"Unfortunately, sometimes... you have to use force to secure peace."
'Unlikely'
However observers say that the pair are unlikely to win the award because Bishop Gunnar Staalsett, one of five members of the secretive Nobel committee, has spoken out against the air strikes in Afghanistan.
The UN and its Secretary General Kofi Annan won the prize in 2001
Although the committee does not divulge the names of those nominated, those who put names forward may reveal their choices.
Mr Nevik has the ability to nominate because he is a member of a national legislature.
Nominations for the prize were due in to the Nobel awards committee by 1 February, however as long as they are posted before the date they can still be accepted.
Prestigious
The Nobel Peace prize, named after Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, has been awarded in a glittering Oslo ceremony every October since 1901.
Last year a total of 126 individuals or organisations were nominated for the prestigious award, the winner of which receives just under $1 million.
It is expected that the events of 11 September will prove influential in this year's award, and some observers are predicting nominations for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and architect Guy Tozzoli, who designed the World Trade Center.
My car gets 41 MPG...the other two suck litterly.
Alternative energy?
Fred, Nobel Prize factoid: apparently George W. Bush and Tony Blair were nominated for a Nobel prize in 2002. It went to Jimmy Carter. Go figure.
...my neighbor does farming and a chemical expert.
Hmmm...
Not nappin' -- trying to find which Nobel prize he was nominated for. Got any ideas?
We had gangs on our hoods,...
Reminiscent of "Rebel Without a Cause"?
oohh, that's biting.
Not at all. Just louse-y spelling.
Nit picker.
"No one complains more than you, NO ONE! Starved for attention is the only thing I can figure. That's calling the kettle black!"
I disagree. He just does a damn good job of it.
Damn good job of complaining? Perhaps.
they give you the coodies?
Lousy spelling?
I hope you scrolled to the bottom. That letter is "confidential".
I would suppose reasonable minds could differ. Some might think that even promoting the Judeo-Christian God over, say Eastern religions, atheism, or being Moslem, is divisive to the country and has no place in government. BWDIK.
I know certain Christian groupings will disagree. What I'd like to hear from is others. Whatever.
O.K., you seem to be putting a fine point on...
i have a challenge out there for six years -- link to a post where GWB has ever, in one of his speeches, press conferences, what ever, wherein he has mentioned his belief in CHRISTIANITY, CHRIST
I only supplied the quotes I thought you asked for. I'll leave the debate to others, but you don't have to be a liberal to think that (Judeo-Christian) religion in government is a highlight of this administration.
Was your challege satisfactorily met? #msg-14117701
Oopsie from the BBC. Headline: Rice N Korea tour heads to Seoul
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6064690.stm
Here's two for you. If you spend some time doing quote searches I'm sure you will find others.
When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart. --
George W. Bush
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgewbu145057.html
Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgewbu145055.html
Well, if he's not getting older, and likes baseball, #msg-14117341.
(Oh, and check the stock out <g>)
Coffins to bear logos of baseball teams By PATRICK WALTERS, Associated Press Writer
Wed Oct 18, 5:32 PM ET
Many crazed baseball fans have said they would die for a championship. But are they willing to take that devotion to the grave? Major League Baseball and a company that makes funeral products will soon find out just how many fans want to be decked out for all eternity in tribute to their team.
Starting next season, fans of the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers will be able to have their ashes put in an urn or head six feet under in a casket emblazoned with their team colors and insignia.
MLB has entered a licensing agreement with Eternal Image, which hopes to eventually make urns and caskets for all 30 teams. The company also hopes to have similar agreements with NASCAR, the NHL and the NFL, but baseball was the first to sign on.
The $11 billion-a-year funeral industry is adding more personal touches, from Harley Davidson-themed caskets to ones featuring the cartoon character Betty Boop.
Kurt Soffe, a spokesman for the National Funeral Directors Association, said the baseball products are part of a trend of trying to capture "the life and the passions of the person that has passed away."
"More and more families are wanting to have something that respects the personalities," Soffe said.
Eternal Image, based in Farmington Hills, Mich., also makes a line of Vatican-themed products. Chief executive Clint Mytych said the company "wanted to break into a sports venue of some kind," and baseball is "the all-American sport."
He said he has received at least 1,000 inquiries since June.
Susan Goodenow, an MLB spokeswoman, said the league and clubs have received requests for several years for urns and caskets with team logos.
"Passionate fans express their love of their team in a number of different ways," Goodenow said.
The National Funeral Directors Association is meeting in Philadelphia this week and giving its members a sneak peak of what the baseball urns will look like. Eternal Image says urns for the six teams should be available by opening day 2007, and caskets for those teams should be ready later in the year.
The products have not been made yet and the exact cost has not been set.
The Phillies urn was the first to be designed. Each urn will feature recognition of the deceased's passionate support, stamped with a message that says "Major League Baseball officially recognizes (person's name) as a lifelong fan of (team)."
David Griffin, funeral director at L.J. Griffin Funeral Home in suburban Detroit, said the caskets and urns could be a hot commodity.
"Looking at it as a consumer, I was thinking this is some pretty interesting, unique stuff," Griffin said.
Nevertheless, funeral homes will have to be careful to not offend clients.
"They are a little bit hesitant because of what others might think," Soffe said.
The manufacturer also will have to make sure the products aren't too expensive. People who choose cremation, for example, often do so partly because it is cheaper.
"I guess it's going to be interesting to see how it's accepted," Griffin said.
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On the Net:
http://www.eternalimage.net/
Clean sweeps leave a power vacuum. One party in control of both the Executive branch and both houses of Congress invites abuses. jmo.