This is interesting ...
2009-06-30
In a decision that creates broad immunity for Saudi Arabia in terrorism lawsuits, the Supreme Court yesterday let stand lower-court rulings that the desert kingdom and senior members of the Saudi royal family are not liable for the 9/11 attacks. As is typical in such cases, the court offered no explanation for its decision not to hear an appeal of a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act barred terrorism lawsuits against foreign governments unless they had been designated terrorism supporters by the State Department. In the case of Saudi Arabia, there has been no such designation.
This law sounds like an excellent reason to vote some folks out ...
2009-06-29
Seems unfair that this guy writes better on climate than nearly any other lefty commentator around -- and it's not even his field.
Hmmm ... that explains the lack of citations and other formal trivialities ...
Hmmm ... that explains the lack of citations and other formal trivialities ...
2009-06-24
This is a little exercise that is used for people who want to be able to feel chi.
1. Press your palms together and rub your hands intently for a minute, shifting your palms back and forth against each other. While rubbing, thinking about the heat within your hands. There is a lot of energy being generated that is concentrated in this one area.
2. After a minute, separate your palms by an inch. Keep your palms facing each other.
3. Begin breathing while concentrating on the heat between your palms. Inhale and exhale a few times.
You will begin to feel pressure against the palms of your hands without your hands touching. Your hands may begin begin to move as you are inhaling and exhaling. The energy that is concentrated between your hands is chi.
Whenever we become content to leave our security in the hands of others, i.e. the police, military, etc., it's just a matter of time before we start to take on the appearance of 'lunch' for some predator. The only legitimate way to avoid violence is to be READY to confront it head on at a moments notice. There is no way to fake that readiness and once you have it the predators recognize it and go look for easier prey.
2009-06-23
2009-06-22
It's a foregone conclusion that retailers will be getting along with less help going forward. What will probably end up happening is that costs will go up to cover shrinkage until a new equilibrium is found. The 'leaders' will be those that come up with the loss control strategies that work best at the margins.
2009-06-21
It's important to make sure you understand exactly whose security is improved using surveillance in the above two examples. The casino patrons are allowing their own invisibility to be reduced in the hopes that the more costly invincibility that the casino has for itself will spill over to the benefit of the patron, and that is frequently a decent trade-off. On the other hand, if the agency is compromising the citizens invisibility so it doesn't have to provide any invincibility, it's hard to imagine any of the citizen's benefiting from it.
The couple exchanged wedding vows and rings -- with some difficulty -- and fumbled their kiss flying weightless inside the padded fuselage of a specially modified Boeing 727-200 aircraft, G-Force One, operated by Zero Gravity Corp, or ZERO-G, a company offering weightless flight experiences.Hmmm ... the kids will be able to say that insanity runs in the family ... but in a good way.
2009-06-20
The slower I went and the longer I stretched out a motion, the calmer I felt. Paradoxically, I gained more self-control. There was no limit to how slow you can go, the way there is with how fast you can go. That seems to be tai chi’s challenge. Slowing down a simple motion like walking into its infinitesimal parts baffles a mind set on auto-pilot. Tai chi walking, a set of three postures, became so abstract that my mind simply shut off. It was a delicous moment. I can call up that sudden feeling of stillness from my speeding life and feel like the calm at the eye of the storm.
“I do not believe I should give up my constitutional rights each time I choose to travel by plane. I was doing nothing illegal or suspicious, yet I was treated like a potential criminal and harassed for no reason,” Bierfeldt told the ACLU. “Most Americans would be surprised to learn that TSA considers simply carrying cash to be a basis for detention and questioning.”Don't you get it? Explosives don't bring down planes, wads of twenties do?
2009-06-18
A school boatbuilding project that has taken 10 years and the input of 1,000 students from Bolton School has finally taken to the water in the form of a 48ft ocean-going boat made mostly from concrete. The 20-tonne vessel named ‘Tenacity of Bolton’ has completed successful sea trials and is now being used by students for training and educational purposes.If college was always this much fun, everyone would go ...
2009-06-17
2009-06-13
2009-06-11
Home Invasion Roundup:
Hardin County - I do so love it when they fight back ... with guns!
Bolingbrook
Lawrence County
Glenn County
McDuffie County
St. Joseph County
HOUSTON
PORTLAND
Kent County
Bronx
Hardin County - I do so love it when they fight back ... with guns!
Bolingbrook
Lawrence County
Glenn County
McDuffie County
St. Joseph County
HOUSTON
PORTLAND
Kent County
Bronx
It would be useful in judging your statements to know whether the business structure was such that even if everyone in the joint was content to continue working there doing the same thing, the place would still have to close forever.
If it could have continued on profitably without Tiller but the terror of the act was just too much for everyone, then it might be legit to say it resulted from the act of terrorism (although terrorism is usually directed at government policies rather than individual enterprises.)
On the other hand, if the act of Tiller dying doomed the enterprise then it's rather opportunistic and unethical to go on and on about the terrorism winning when it was in fact the plain old criminal murder that actually did the job.
If it could have continued on profitably without Tiller but the terror of the act was just too much for everyone, then it might be legit to say it resulted from the act of terrorism (although terrorism is usually directed at government policies rather than individual enterprises.)
On the other hand, if the act of Tiller dying doomed the enterprise then it's rather opportunistic and unethical to go on and on about the terrorism winning when it was in fact the plain old criminal murder that actually did the job.
The terrorism message is also illustrated with a re-telling of the story of Guy Fawkes, saying that his strong views began forming when he was at school in York. It has been designed to deliver the message of fighting terrorism in accessible way for children.Maybe they could show them V for Vendetta at the same time, just for some balance.
2009-06-10
2009-06-09
With High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography, you can create pictures with greater detail in shadows, sunlight, and subject. This allows you to explore your image’s tonal detail through wider sets of exposures. HDR Photography incorporates advanced set of photography techniques to open up new lighting and tonal possibilities. You can experiment on what digital photography can do to capture the intensity levels found in natural settings, or you can create impressive pictures rich in emotion and detail.
Plus some cool HDR pics ...
2009-06-08
Home Invasion Roundup:
Evansville - I do so love it when they fight back!
Cannington
Kenner
CINCINNATI
South Bend
Norwalk
Middletown
Evansville - I do so love it when they fight back!
Cannington
Kenner
CINCINNATI
South Bend
Norwalk
Middletown
The Security seemed competent enough ... I think they may have spent a little too much time wishing they weren't going to have to wrestle with a douche before they got around to getting on with it, but, on the plus side, they didn't get sucked into a wild goose chase where the baddie goes back around and gets to the principal a SECOND time with no Security around to protect him 'cuz they all chased after him. I'd call it a pretty solid performance based on the video attached to the story.
2009-06-05
And yet, this is, by far, the BEST security method in use for securing planes. Forget about no fly lists and all the other security theater. If you get on a plane without the means to interfere with the flight, you aren't a security threat. It doesn't matter who you are or what you've done in the past. If you can't, you won't.
Home Invasion Roundup:
New Castle
Webster
Redlands
CLARKSDALE
COEUR D’ALENE - I do so love it when they fight back!
HAPPY VALLEY
New Castle
Webster
Redlands
CLARKSDALE
COEUR D’ALENE - I do so love it when they fight back!
HAPPY VALLEY
2009-06-04
2009-06-03
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