Music Video Code provided by MySpace Video Code”
There will be a quiz after.
This works for me in IE but not FoxFire. I don’t seem to have the right plugin and it’s not downloaded automatically. I guess a hunting I must go.
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P.S. fixed this so it doesn’t autoplay, I hope…3April06
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Dance, of course!
I’ll be Contra Dancing in Medway tomorrow (Saturday) evening. I enjoy this a lot. It’s great to be able to get out and dance without any pressure. All dances are taught here and the people are very friendly. I might be about the average age at this dance. The Worcester Contra Dance is bigger and often much younger. Remind me to tell you about the evening spent dancing with bunch of first year medical students.
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According to the AP:
MANALAPAN, Fla. - Musician Yanni won’t be charged with domestic battery in an alleged dispute with his girlfriend, authorities said Friday.
The full AP report says it was a classic of he said she said. She, it seems, also had a bloodly lip.
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There was a day (ok, a week maybe) when I listened to Howard Stern. He’d just come to a local station and I wanted to hear what all the noise was about. It was about noise. I like stuff that pushes boundaries as much as the guy, but how much of the same stuff can one person handle?
I’m figuring Howie yet have to figure this out. He’s upset that only 4 million of his 20 million fans followed him to pay-radio.
“It’s insulting to me that everyone hasn’t come with me. I take it personally,” he says.
Personally, I’m thrilled not to accidentally hear him in the morning.
Now, if we could just get all misogynistic Hip Hop music on pay radio, I’ll be good to go.
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It’s been suggested that blog anonymity could be very important if I was ever to seek a new job. The concept is that a potential employer could Google me, find my blog, and use this information to help determine if I’d be a good fit for their organization. I could definitely see this being a problem as my pending application for White House Counsel is being reviewed.
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Thank God for MarketBasket!
I eat about 1.5 pounds of fruit at day, 2.25 pounds of veggies and assorted meats and cheeses. I get lovely apples for 0.99 a pound. Tomatoes for between 0.99 and 1.29 per pound. Broccoli crowns (short stems) for 0.99 per pound. When I look at other local markets like Shaws or Stop and Shop, the prices on average are 50% more, or higher.
I think I have to put this near the top of my gratitude list.
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Our friends in the UK appear to be building a national database with the DNA records of every criminal suspect that crosses their threshold. Being found not guilty is not an excuse. If you get arrested, you get cataloged. There is something wrong with this in my mind. What is to stop the police from finding some reason to stop everyone, eventually, for purposed of DNA collection? Morals? Good intentions? I think not.
But wait! No need to worry. The UK Home Minister says there is nothing to worry about.
Me thinks I don’t want to be arrested in the UK, not that this is a change of my thinking you understand, it just seems a little more important now.
What do we do in the USA I wonder? According to Privacy International:
In conjunction with internal State developments in the 1990s, a national DNA database was being established by the FBI. Statutory authority to create this national database was provided by the federal DNA Act, contained within the Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act 1994 and led to the creation of the National DNA Index System (NDIS). This contains samples from convicted offenders, crime scenes, unidentified human remains and victims of crime. The DNA records contained in the NDIS are purportedly protected from unauthorised access.
So it seems the data is more limited. You have to be convicted of a crime to be held on file. I wonder if victim DNA is disposed of after conviction and appeals are exhausted?
So my plan for today:
Good plan.
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Filed by misterimpatient at 3:55 pm under Justice, sometimes
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I feel for these fish. According to a story seen on Science A GoGo, fish have a lot in common with Engineering schools here in the USA.
The study, appearing in Environmental Science & Technology, found that oxygen depletion, primarily caused by agricultural run-off and pollution, could spark the development of far more male fish than female, thereby threatening some species with extinction.
Could lack of oxygen explain the huge disproportion of male engineering student? Is the air cleaner and more oxygen rich at enclaves of the liberal arts like Williams and Amherst?
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Man these people talk fast. If the rule of law is interesting to you, listen to this:
Hamdan_v_Rumsfeld.mp3
Just right click and select “Save Link As”
It sure seemed to me that more justices were siding with Hamdan, the plaintiff in the case. I’d forgotten how these things go but these cases aren’t just ONE argument per side. Each side presents a whole platter of means through which the court can find for their position. By the time a case gets to this court, the arguments are not about guilt or innocence. The arguments are focused on procedure, jurisdiction, interpretation of law and fundamental constitutionality.
What you hear, loud and clear, in this case is a court that would like to avoid dealing with any issue of constitutionality. Sort of. I think many of the justices would like to find as narrowly as possible which could be as narrow as the military tribunals just not being ok for Hamdan. That’s narrow when you consider there are hundreds of other case pending in the system. The court could simply find that the Hamdan is entitled to be handled according to the Geneva Conventions or they could conclude that the Universal Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) applies to Hamdan.
Or, they could decide that this really is a different sort of war and different rules apply.
As a left leaning person on most things related to personal liberty, I’m thrilled its taken 4+ years for this case to reach the Supreme Court. Any attempt to rule here while in the full glow of the 9/11 events, would certainly have biased the case against Hamdan. Of course, this isn’t really about Hamdan. It’s about an executive branch attempting to exercise powers which they’ve not exercised in the past or which has been prevented from being exercised in the past.
Anyway, listen to the arguments. It’s very cool stuff.
Oh yes, I forgot to mention this. Justice Roberts is not sitting for this case. He ruled against Hamdan when he sat on the lower court so he recused himself. Can you imagine a 4-4 tie? In that circumstance, the ruling of the lower court stands.
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Filed by misterimpatient at 7:58 pm under Justice, sometimes, Slightly left of Center
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I hope this works. Everyone should hear at least one Supreme Court arguement before they die. This one should be pretty good. The case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld is the classic, “I’m the president, I can do whatever I want to! Nah Nah Nah” case.
This New York Times article has a link on the left under MultiMedia which will feed you the 90 minute argument. I’ve got it streaming now and once I have it all captured I’ll post an MP3.
Lots of good issues at play. I’ll write more on it later, but for now, savor the prospects of grilled attorney with a nice sweet and sour glaze. Marvelous.
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