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What does grade-level mean anyway?

Talk radio discussion topic from this evening’s drive:

Some school district is setting goals to increase reading proficiency for students from X% of students reading at their grade level to Y%.

The discussion was about the different goals set for different races and how that sends the message that it’s okay to underachieve to folks from races with lower goals.

However, that’s not what I’m writing about. I was more concerned with obvious oversight.

In the old days, to move up to the next grade you had to demonstrate your mastery of various things expected at that grade, including reading at grade level.

If you couldn’t demonstrate sufficient mastery of your grade-level expectations, you were held back. That was a darn good motivator for students and their parents to try hard.

In one population cited on the radio, 38% of that group could read at grade-level.The easy way to fix that is to hold the 62% who are not reading a grade level back until they are.

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  1. This is an easy problem to fix by simply redefining “grade level.” OK, that was a joke. On a serious note, this is just one more example of relativism run amok. Absolutes exist and are necessary for a civilization to maintain itself. Even agnostic/atheist conservatives generally acknowledge that the US has succeeded largely because of our Judeo-Christian heritage and that is one based on certain moral absolutes. Standards should be set for grade advancement and they should be set by local school boards not by the federal government. When the feds get involved, grade advancement becomes more a game of disguising the fact that certain groups and individuals either cannot or will not keep up. As a result, the dumb hold down those who could and would otherwise achieve great things. IMHO school boards would be wise to set an absolute and tough standard for advancement from one grade to the next. It serves no good long-term purpose to set easy standards or pass kids who haven’t mastered the materials only to have the child discover as an adult that the last 12 years were wasted or to have employers realize that they’re better off hiring those who graduated from a school that did set standards.

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[ANIME] Chrono Crusade

Chrono Crusade

Chrono Crusade is set in the height of the Roaring Twenties, where jazz is king, bootleg liquor flows freely, and the mob rules the streets. It is a time of prosperity, luxury and decadence, and the division between rich and poor grows even wider in the wake of the First World War. It is at such times of great change and upheaval that the dark things that lurk below the world of man can come to the surface. In the world of Chrono Crusade, a fictional organization known as the Order of Magdalene (or more specifically, the characters of Sister Rosette Christopher and her soul-bound demon partner, Chrono) exists to fight the demonic threats that appear with increasing regularity across America. Both Rosette and Chrono are revealed during the course of the story to be driven by a shadowy past, centered on a search for Rosette’s lost brother Joshua who is shown to have been taken from her by the sinner, Aion, a demon who shares a dark and bloody history with Chrono. He seeks nothing less than to overthrow the delicate balance between Heaven, Earth, and Hell (in the manga it is the demons hierarchy he wished to destroy).

There are 24 episodes.
Year: November 24, 2003 to June 10, 2004
Genre: Action-Adventure, Drama, Romance, Supernatural

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{twd} and like that, I’m back

I think. I don’t know. 2010 was an, um, educational
year for me. I’m still learning. I still have a lot to learn. I’m
better than I was a year ago. I have a ways to go. All I know is
that 2011 is going to be better, blah, blah, blah, and all
those platitudes and other things I say to myself don’t
really mean anything unless I get up and do something about it.

I decided to jump back into the blogging world with
Midnight Crackles, the first Tuesdays
with Dorie
recipe for 2011. It marks the
3rd anniversary of the baking group which influenced me to start
blogging. The Midnight part of the name
refers not only to the dark color, but also the time when you are
tempted to sneak down to the kitchen and eat more (so says
Dorie Greenspan). For me it also
refers to the time I baked them. I woke up at 2 am one night
because I couldn’t sleep and decided to bake them (the dough was
already chilling) to bring them into work {much} later that
morning. Yay, insomnia! Anyway, people liked them.

Thanks to Laurie of Slush
and Jules of Someone’s In the Kitchen for co-hosting this week. For the
recipe, visit here or buy the book.

(IPhone picture because I broke my camera when I fell during a hike on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. Yeah, I shouldn’t complain.)

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  1. It’s always good to have something tucked away in the freezer for those sleepness nights! Except I would then proceed to eat them and not have any by the time work rolled around!

  2. Welcome back Wendy, and Happy New Year! Hope to see more of you in 2011 🙂 I don’t think I’ve ever woken up and baked in the middle of the night, but I bet your coworkers were glad you did!

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Obnoxious Relatives? Call the Spanking Santa!

By Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes

The most wonderful stressful time of the year is upon us. Long lines, visiting relatives, and credit card bills that give bankers a warm, fuzzy feeling in their wallets. But fear not! Bayard & Holmes Holiday Survival is back once more to help you navigate this cauldron of tension without beating anyone bloody with a turkey leg.

A spook and a belly dancer. Not us. Image from The Man with the Golden Gun.

We, a pragmatic author/belly dancer and a spook who solves most of life’s problems with sex, C4, or hollow points, are clearing our schedules so that we can assist you with your holiday survival questions. In fact, we’ve had a few pleas for assistance already.

Sarah Broogenstegler in Research Pod 3, Antarctica, sent us this desperate missive.

Dear Bayard & Holmes:

My husband, Clyde, and I love the Holidays. Unfortunately, six years ago, after a ten-year stint in Joliet Prison for a Ponzi scheme that bankrupted twelve hospitals, Clyde’s Uncle Harry started showing up uninvited on Christmas Day. We tried to be charitable the first year, but he drank all of our alcohol and mouthwash and fell in the punch bowl. It splashed on the Christmas lights and shorted them out. The ensuing fire nearly burned down the house.

Clyde is a pacifist and made me sell my .45 Colt automatic years ago. Rather than reintroduce firearms into our lifestyle to deal with Uncle Harry, we relocated to Antarctica. Last week, though, we got a radio message that Harry had somehow acquired our GPS coordinates and was hitching a ride with Greenpeace activists to get down here for Christmas.

I’m in tears! Please help!

Bayard & Holmes:

Dry your eyes, Sarah. We’re sending a bottle of Spanish sherry and our Little Holiday Helper to you at this very moment.

While the rest of the nation wasted summer days fretting over politics or battling squash bugs in their gardens, our talented staff here at Bayard & Holmes created a tactical solution to the Uncle Harrys of the world. Today, we proudly unveil the new Bayard & Holmes Spanking Santa* and His Band of Merry Elves.

Spanking Santa and his Band are hand-picked, highly trained Allied combat veterans whose specialty is conflict resolution, and they are here to serve you. When Harry rings the doorbell on Research Pod 3, our Spanking Santa Team will arrive moments later, fully armed with state-of-the art wooden paddles and ready to give Harry the Over-the-Knee Session of his life.

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Yes, yes, we know . . . Harry was unarmed and you did let him in voluntarily. Not a problem! Santa’s Merry Elves are experienced federal witnesses. Once they’ve entertained the Judge with their sworn testimony as to how Harry threatened your lives—they heard it themselves—Harry will be carted off to spend the Holidays visiting his old friends in Joliet Prison.

It’s win/win for everyone. Harry finally gets the stable family life that he has always craved, and you get to laugh all night about how Santa “took him to the woodshed” like he’s always deserved.

On the same line, Charlie from the Shetland Islands asks . . .

What about my brother, Filbert? He loves being spanked and often pays pricey women in London to do that for him. Wouldn’t a visit from Spanking Santa just make him show up more often?”

Bayard & Holmes:

An excellent question, Charlie. Our Spanking Santa Teams are well trained to spot any “patients” who might be enjoying the medicine a little bit too much. For those tough cases, our Spanking Santa Teams are authorized and prepared to administer electroshock therapy. Let us know if Filbert likes that too much, too, and we’ll recruit him as a test subject at our laboratories.

Then there was this slightly awkward question from “Kelly” with no last name or return address . . .

Hey, can you send Santa over to spank me?

Bayard & Holmes:

Well, Kelly, we don’t know if you are male or female or some combination thereof, but we’re afraid that if you’ve been well-behaved and simply enjoy this sort of thing, you’ll have to convince your significant other to take care of that. We hope you have fun and remember to play safe. Use a Nerf paddle. We have some at a great low price.

What survival issues are you struggling with this Holiday season? Remember. No question is out-of-bounds, but some of our answers might be!

*Spanking Santa Teams come fully equipped for all contingencies. Video cameras and DVD copies sold separately.

12 comments on “Obnoxious Relatives? Call the Spanking Santa!

  1. “Santa’s Merry Elves are experienced federal witnesses”. The perfect gift idea.
    Are gift cards for them available? (No expiration date, right?)

  2. Lin Bee says:

    I sent this to about five friends. I’ll let you know if I have any left after they’ve read it. I suspect so; I don’t choose my friends for their lack of sense of humor.

    • Piper Bayard says:

      Thank you! Perhaps you and your friends could get the obnoxious relatives together in one place to have a Spanking En Masse. If you’re good enough friends to share this post, then you have probably wanted to issue spankings on their relatives at one point in time or another. Could be a case of The More, The Merrier.

  3. Mike Lince says:

    How I wish I had heard of this service before now! A few years ago, in order to escape our overly-familiar and, I assume, well-meaning relatives, my wife and I surreptitiously moved to a new city without telling anyone in either of our families. We spent what I thought was an exorbitant amount obtaining new identities and living for some time off the grid.

    We are now happy in our new setting, but it would have been so much simpler to have Santa and his elves joyously spank the crap out of a couple of uncles or cousins to set the tone for all our Christmases to come. Who knew?

    Merry Christmas! – Mike

    • Piper Bayard says:

      Does Witness Protection know about this comment?

      Spankings can certainly help avoid or at least delay mass migrations. Sorry you had to go to so much trouble, but in your case, we can offer the Retroactive Helping Hand. Just let us know how many you’ll need, and Santa can surprise those uncles and cousins without blowing your cover.

  4. Don Royster says:

    Have been looking for an occasion for this one and now I have the perfect occasion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8fPvODASoI

  5. Ha, ha, ha!!! This is fantastic! I could have used spanking santa over Thanksgiving!! For Christmas, we expect a quiet house since my relatives will not be here! I am sure i could find a couple of neighbors deserving of a mad spanking! 👋

  6. K.B. Owen says:

    What a wonderful public service! Are Spanking Santa and Slapping Medicine Man acquainted with one another? Just wondering.

    Merry Christmas!

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South America IR Detector Market Grows with a CAGR of 8.2% from 2014 to 2019

New Market Research Report on “South America IR Detector Market by Technology (Mercury Cadmium Telluride, Indium Gallium Arsenide, Pyroelectric, Thermopiles, and Microbolometers), by Spectral Range (SWIR, MWIR, and LWIR), and by Country – Analysis and Forecast (2014-2019)” adds to

The South American IR Detector market is estimated to grow with a CAGR of 8.2% through the forecasted period. The growth of South America IR Detector market is driven by factors such as rising security concerns and the growth in the demand of contact less temperature measurement’ and motion sensing’ in consumer electronics application – which have boosted the IR detector market. In the overall IR detector market, the people and motion sensing application is expected to be the highest revenue generator and lead the market, from the demand side

 In this report, the South America IR Detector market has been broadly classified by technology such as Mercury Cadmium Telluride, INGAAS, Pyroelectric, Thermopiles, and Micro Bolometers. The smart homes and motion sensing application segment is growing at a fast CAGR of 8.8% and 9.4% respectively.

 Complete report available @ .

 The IR detector technologies enable the systems that help to interact with the outer world without touching it. It mainly detects the radiations from the objects around it. This report gives a detailed analysis of these detection technologies, and their broad existing and emerging markets. The various application segments for the IR Detector in the South American region are people and motion sensing, temperature measurement, fire and gas detection, spectroscopy, bio medical imaging, smart homes, and other application.

 There are number of players in South America region for IR Detector market which makes it competitive. As of 2014, the South America IR Detector market has top market players such as Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Flir Systems, Inc., Excelitas Technologies Corp., and Omron Corporation. Currently, two companies dominate the IR Detector market: Excelitas Technologies Corp. & Murata manufacturing Co. Ltd., both, account for a majority of the market share.

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Table of Contents

 1 Introduction

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3 Executive Summary

4 Market Overview

5 South America Ir Detector Market, By Technology

6 South America Ir Detector Market, By Spectral Range

7 South America Ir Detector Market, By Application

8 South America Ir Detector Market, By Geography

9 South America Ir Detector Market: Competitive Landscape

10 South America Ir Detector Market, By Company

10.1 Flir Systems, Inc.

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Synopses Are to Me as a Bulldozer is to a Swan-Shaped Meringue

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Me: I am trying to write a full-length synopsis and it is terrible. So I am going to go to hockey and sulk. Well, maybe sulk and then hockey. Hockey should be fun. I can always sulk more after. Rick: No sulking during date night. Me: (sigh) Fine. Rick: I will hug you until you […]

I’m Not Saying Anything. But if I Was to Say Something, This is What I Would Say.

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There are two parts of this chart that are the same blue. I don’t know which is which. Or… maybe they are the same? WHAT IF THEY ARE THEY SAME? Can you get hangovers from writing query letters?

Lying on the Floor and Bitching at the Ceiling is Part of my PROCESS

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This is my motivational penguin (care of Chibird) because I am writing query letters and synopses at the moment and they make me crazy. Well. Crazier. I seriously seem to spend an equal amount of time trying to convince myself that the procrastination I am involved in is a perfectly valid part of the process […]

Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Writers

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Reassurance and Validation: These Are the Things That Publishers Are Made of?

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I spent four days last week at the SCBWI Summer Conference in LA (writers, agents and publishers, oh my). It’s a conference I always enjoy. In large part because it’s one of the only places I can stare at the twelve hundred people surrounding me and mutter, My people. (I mean, obviously, I could do […]

How You Write a Synopsis

May 16, 2013 by

First you spend an entire day writing (and rewriting) three hundred words. Then, just at the point where you’re going crazy and starting to see things in the text that aren’t there you ask someone else to read it. Hopefully they will say something nice like, I’d read that. Hopefully they won’t say things like, […]

How to Get Someone Else to Synopsise Your Work: A Study in Whining

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I just remembered I have to write a synopsis for Drink Me* in the next few days. So basically I’m whining and procrastinating and considering how to make lemon flavoured brownies. Honestly, this shouldn’t be that hard. It’s high-concept! The plot is very straight-forward! There are only two characters! Arkem: Drink Me is a rollicking […]


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Samurai Shodown V

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The sequel to Samurai Shodown IV and the first game in the series after the Playmore division took over SNK.

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Sunny with a Chance of Dance

10 Jun

In addition to KBAK 29 Eyewitness News’ Aaron Perlman’s weather casting ability, Aaron has been entertaining Bakersfield with is personality, sense of humor, and dancing skills since June 2013.

Stay Cool in the Pool

17 May

A cool and refreshing way you and your family can beat the heat this summer is at one of Bakersfield’s many different pools and spray parks.  Sandra Forsythe, secretary of recreational parks & spray parks for the city of Bakersfield explains that McMurtrey Acuatic Center, Jefferson, Martin Luther King & Silver Creek are all options.  “Jefferson, Martin Luther King & Silver Creek are just pools.  No slides”, Forsythe said.  Then there’s the spray parks which are completely separate from the pools and the aquatic center.  For someone who is not familiar with “spray parks”, they are parks, not pools that have toys that kids can pray water at each other with, according to Forsythe.  According to Forsythe pets are allowed only outside the parks and with a leash.  If you’re looking for a place to have your child’s birthday party or simply want to have a party,the pools and the aquatic center can help you out.  “It opens June 3rd to August 9th.  It’s open 7 days a week, 1-5pm”,Forsythe said about McMurtrey Acuatic Center.  This refreshing way to stay cool, is affordable for the family as  McMurtrey Aquatic Center charges $3 per person, or $10 for groups of 4 up to 6, according to  More information on the Bakersfield pools and spray parks can be found at, or you can call the city of Bakersfield recreation & parks phone number at (661)326-FUNN(3866), or the McMurtrey Aquatic Center phone number at (661)852-7430.  With this big variety of spray parks and pools, you don’t have to shlep hundreds of miles to find water fun for your children.  It’s here right in your own backyard.

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Interview with KAXL 88.3s Matt Pelishek

13 May

Photo taken from Matt Pelishek Life FM 88.3’s Facebook page.

Matt Pelishek is the host of the “Afternoon Joy  Ride” from 2-6pm on KAXL 88.3 Life FM.  KAXL is Bakersfield’s Christian radio station located at 110 S. Montclair # 205. Bakersfield,CA 93309.  KAXL can be contacted at (661)832-2800.

Murray Family Farms is Cherry on top this Mother’s Day Weekend

11 May

Photo taken by Alex Horvath / The Californian

With many different events to do in Bakersfield this weekend, one outdoor event you can enjoy with your family is the Cherry Festival at Murray Family Farms.  You can enjoy the Bakersfield sunshine while experiencing all things cherries with your Mom on her special day.  Murray Family Farms is hosting its second annual Cherry Festival this Saturday, May 11th.

Pete Tittl of the Bakersfield Californian gives us more information about the Cherry Festival, and gets first-hand information from Abel Varela, produce supervisor at Murray Family Farms.

“On Saturday, prepare to celebrate all things cherry with a variety of fruit and sweets, a seed-spitting contest, entertainment and more. The only thing you won’t be able to do is pick your own cherries — but they’re working on it.

“On our property, we bring cherries in (from our other location on Copus Road). We’re growing trees to pick. It’ll be about another year to mature. They’re 2-year-old trees; it’s a minimum three years (to maturity).”  (Murray Family Farms)

Murray Family Farms is hosting their cherry festival earlier this year.  It is strategic, based on what they learned from last year’s response.  Varela says,”Cherries came into season about a week and half ago. Last year we had it later, in late May. We want to have it earlier (this year), bring in more people. We wanted to get people excited about cherries.”

Even later in the season, last year’s turnout was impressive, according to media coordinator Jennifer Smith, who counted 1,000 attendees.”  (Cherry Festival)

With a variety of different types of cherries, Murray Family Farms has wide selection  of cherries and pastries and fruits to choose from this Mother’s Day weekend.

Run Like A Roadrunner

2 May

California State University, Bakersfield is hosting a 5K Run/Walk as part of the Celebrate CSUB week on campus.  The 5K race is taking place on Saturday, April 27 at 8 a.m.  The 5K will start at the Student Recreation Center, and through the CSUB campus, and end back at the Student Recreation Center.  The entry fee is $20 for the April 22, 8 a.m. pre-registration deadline, and $22 on race day.  The cost includes a T-shirt, a post-race breakfast, and a raffle ticket to win prizes.  The race is available to anyone in the community who would like to run.  Kris Grappendorf, the race organizer, said CSUB is hosting the race to provide an event that brings the community on campus, and that encourages people to be active.

For people who would like to run in the race, but don’t have child care, CSUB has child care available.  While the race is in progress, kids 5 to 10 years old can enjoy organized physical activities from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. in the CSUB Old Gym.  The Old Gym is located on the other side of the CSUB Police Department from the Student Recreation Center.  Runners can pick up their kids after the race.

“The proceeds of the race go to CSUB’s Department of Physical Education and Kinesiology,” said Grappendorf.  The 5K race is part of the annual Celebrate CSUB day that the school holds every spring quarter.

“We’ve done it every year that we have had Celebrate CSUB.  I believe six years” said Grappendorf.

Deborah Burks, an assistant in the CSUB Office of the President is going to be at a booth at Celebrate CSUB.  Burks will be running a contest at her booth.

“We have trash cans that have been painted by art students, and we are going to have people passing by vote for the best trash can.  The winner will receive a prize basket full of goodies, and an award certificate,” Burks said.

According to Burks, Celebrate CSUB has become bigger and bigger.  All the booths, music and food give Celebrate CSUB a carnival atmosphere.

“We have robots, rocket ships, something for everyone,”  Burks said.  “Just about every department participates, to show off their wares.  That’s the idea behind Celebrate CSUB, said Burks.

“Celebrate CSUB” occurs every spring quarter at the CSUB campus, and takes place immediately after the morning freshman student orientation.  This is so new students and their families get to know the school better and for the school to get to know the students.  The new students can find out information about the different clubs at the school, and sign up for clubs as well.

For more information or to sign up for the race call Kris Grappendorf at (661) 654-2378 or email her at

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

28 Apr

One family fun event people can do in Bakersfield is attend a California State University, Bakersfield baseball home game.

Photo one:  The Scene Setter shot

Photo taken by David Kaplan.

The CSUB Baseball field,Hardt Field,in between batters as CSUB takes on Dallas Baptist on Friday,April 19th.

Photo two:  The Medium shot

Photo taken by David Kaplan.

Dallas Baptist catcher (second to right) reacts after getting hurt on a play against CSUB at Hardt Field, on Friday, April 19th.

Photo three:  The Portrait shot

Photo taken by David Kaplan.

Superfan,Jordan Lovett  23, poses during CSUB’s baseball home game at Hardt Field, against Dallas Baptist, on Friday,April 19th.

Photo four:  Detail shot

Photo taken by David Kaplan.

The CSUB flag lets opposing teams know that they are in Roadrunner country.

Photo five:  Action shot

Photo taken by David Kaplan.

Photo taken by David Kaplan.

CSUB player, #1 Jordie Hein gets a hit, in CSUB’s baseball game against Dallas Baptist,at Hardt Field on Friday, April 19th.

The Drama in Bakersfield

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There is plenty of family friendly entertainment in Bakersfield to keep the family busy all year long.  When it comes to community theaters in Bakersfield, you have a variety of three community theaters to choose from.  There is Bakersfield Community Theatre, The Empty Space, and Spotlight Theatre.

First on center stage,Bakersfield Community Theatre.  Bakersfield Community Theatre a has long and successful history in Bakersfield.  According to BCT’s website, the theater is the longest running community theatre in Bakersfield stemming from 1927.   The first play ever presented by BCT was Frank Cravern’s  “The First Year”, performed at Bakersfield’s High School’s auditorium.   However BCT’s current venue, the BCT Playhouse was not built until 1961.   “In 2010, BCT was selected by the readers of the Bakersfield Californian as BEST OF: FAVORITE LIVE THEATRE.  Our shows keep getting better and our houses keep getting bigger,” according to the BCT website.  BCT’s next play is the children’s novel “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, showing Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00pm-8:30pm from June 7th-22nd,and Sundays at 2:00PM-3:30PM from June 9th-June 23rd.  General Admission is $12.00 for adults,$10.00 for children under 12,and free for children under 5.  BCT is located at 2400 S. Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93304, and can be contacted at 661-831-8114.  (BCT)

Next,The Empty Space. According to the Empty Space website The Empty Space which opened in 2003,has a reputation as the edgy theatre in town.  “The Empty Space” is the only community theater in Bakersfield that is free.  However,the theater does suggest a $10 donation for students, and $15 for adults.  The Empty Space is also the only community theater in Bakersfield to have a weekly improve night.  “Major League Improv” is at 6pm, every Saturday evening.  The next play showing at The Empty Space is the drama on teenage issues,”Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead”.  The play has it’s final two showing this Friday April,26th, and this Saturday April 27th,both at 11pm.  The Empty Space is located at “706 Oak Street Bakersfield, CA 93304,and can be contact at 661-327-PLAY (7529).  (The Empty Space)

With the spotlight now on “Spotlight Theatre”, this community theater in Bakersfield has shown classics,dramas,comedies,and musicals since 1999.  SpotlightTheatre as well as “BCT” offer a youth theatre department (children staring in plays).  (Spotlight Theatre) tells us how the Spotlight Theatre is the only theatre to have Marvin Ramey’s Dance experience.  Spotlight Theatre has no upcoming plays at the moment.  Spotlight Theatre is located at 1622 19th St, Bakersfield, CA 93301,and can be contacted at 661-634-0692.  (Spotlight Theatre)

With a selection of three community the theatres to choose from, Bakersfield has a wide selection of community theatre plays.  Both BCT and Spotlight Theatre offer internships, to people in the community.  BCT is online at,  The Empty Space website is,, and Spotlight Theatre’s website is


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A TV report showed how people of Madagascar buried their dead and then, later, took the bodies out again, separated the bones, and kept these in a family tomb, which they visit regularly for an elaborate and emotional yet happy festival and festivity to celebrate the dead, even dancing with them, and later replacing the bones in their places in the tomb. They can identify each dead person too.It seems that whenever in trouble, or suspense over things like infertility of a new wife, etc, the ancestors are thus celebrated to get on their right side for good luck and to keep them happy.There is no fear involved as the dead are anyway supposed to have gone to a better place after death.
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"But I'm not a designer..." What is Design Thinking? More specifically: Bloom's Taxonomy Consider for example: that is, if we consider Bloom's revised taxonomy of learning objectives along with the 5 principles of Design Thinking then... And so if we merge the two Design Thinking Design Thinking destroys groupthink.

"Not surprisingly, researchers from the University of Minnesota discovered that the language most often used within an organization is a cultural signal of how innovative it is. What has been observed is dissenting opinions get sidelined for a myopic consensus – i.e. groupthink. Design Thinking helps to change the way we approach the issues so all ideas get voiced and tested." -David Jakes Design Thinking is a methodology to enable innovation. or "Why should I care about this?" in an image, Design Thinking is the ability to: can become more easily adapted for us as educators and for our students as problem-solvers, and not necessarily as "designers". Thinking As Pedagogical Model Design Bloom's classification of learning objectives (1950's)
and revised list (1990's) But before we delve too deeply into Design Thinking... Let's for a moment revisit Bloom's Taxonomy Creating-
Designing, constructing, planning, producing, inventing, devising, making, programming, filming, animating, blogging, video blogging, mixing, remixing, wiki-ing, publishing, videocasting, podcasting, directing/producing Evaluating-
Checking, hypothesizing, critiquing, experimenting, judging, testing, detecting, monitoring, blog/vlog-commenting, reviewing, posting, moderating, collaborating, networking, refactoring, alpha/beta testing Analyzing-
Comparing, organizing, deconstructing, attributing, outlining, finding, structuring, integrating, mashing, linking, tagging, validating, reverse-engineering, cracking Applying-
Implementing, carrying out, using, executing, running, loading, playing, operating, hacking, uploading, downloading, sharing, editing Understanding-
Interpreting, summarizing, inferring, paraphrasing, classifying, comparing, explaining, exemplifying, advanced searches, Boolean searches, blog journaling, twittering, categorizing, commenting, annotating, subscribing Remembering-
Recognizing, listing, describing, identifying, retrieving, naming, locating, finding, bullet pointing, highlighting, bookmarking, social networking, social bookmarking, favoriting/local bookmarking, searching, googling Design Thinking, also known as lateral thinking, right-brain thinking, systems thinking, integrative thinking, or futures thinking, is in it's simplest form a "human centered" approach to problem-solving as a design challenge. It does this by:
• Supporting the build-up of ideas and outside-the-box thinking
• Taking risks at early stages
• Eliminating fear of failure (on major assessments)
• Deeply understanding the students and their goals, behaviors and attitudes
• Testing various assignments/types of assessments early on to gain immediate feedback (are my students learning the material to the best of their abilities?)
• Challenging an assignment's utility, feasibility and perceived value Tim Brown calls for a shift to local, collaborative, participatory “design thinking.”
-TED 2009 DT: A Case Study From Wikipedia: Herbert Simon, in the "Sciences of the Artificial" (MIT Press, 1969) has defined "design" as the "transformation of existing conditions into preferred ones" (p. 55). Design thinking is, then, always linked to an improved future. Unlike critical thinking, which is a process of analysis and is associated with the 'breaking down' of ideas, design thinking is a creative process based around the 'building up' of ideas. There are no judgments in design thinking. This eliminates the fear of failure and encourages maximum input and participation. Wild ideas are welcome, since these often lead to the most creative solutions. Everyone is a designer, and design thinking is a way to apply design methodologies to any of life's situations. 1: Define the problem
2: Create and consider several options
3: Refine selected directions/approaches
3.5 Repeat (optional)
Design thinking may require looping steps 2 and 3 until the right answers surface.
4: Choose a design
5: Execute An Introduction to Design Thinking
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H.R.4405: Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012

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This bill was introduced in the 112th Congress
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Sponsor Jim McGovern, D-Mass.
Total Cosponsors 80 (41 Democrats, 39 Republicans)
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Restricted U.S. Army Access Control Handbook

The following document was posted online in October on the file-sharing website 4shared.

TC 19-210 Access Control Handbook

  • 137 pages
  • Distribution is authorized to US Government agencies only to protect technical or operational information from automatic dissemination under the International Exchange Program or by other means.
  • October 2004

This handbook provides installation commanders with the basic information necessary for effective access control to their installations. It does not discuss the technical issues involved with standards and designs. Information regarding standards and designs is evolving and will be resolved by the Headquarters (HQ) Department of the Army (DA) PS Review Board (DAPSRB) and the PS integrated concept teams. This handbook provides commanders with the legal and jurisdictional issues associated with the inspection procedures at an ACP. Additionally, this handbook equips operators (which includes military police [MP], DA police, and sentinels of augmenting units) of an ACP with the various vehicle inspection criteria and measures necessary to conduct an effective ACP.

The openness of the United States (US) society provides an opportunity for our enemies to operate with more freedom than they would have in more restrictive venues. Also exacerbating the threats is the global proliferation of cheap weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and the means to disseminate knowledge about such weapons. Few US cities are fully prepared to deal with incidents involving WMD. Critical infrastructure and the US economy are becoming increasingly more reliant on information and computer-based technologies that are vulnerable to covert attacks. Many military installations and facilities are key force projection platforms and are susceptible to attacks from terrorists using WMD, from unconventional special forces formed from elements infiltrated into the United States, or from indigenous hostile elements.

As a result of recent events, Army installations have increased their force protection (FP) readiness through increased access control operations. Access control is a major implied security mission that supports the installation FP program. The FPCON determines the level of operation at an ACP, and thus, the ACP must be able to quickly and easily enhance security under an increased FPCON. ACPs serve as the access point for all personnel, vehicles, and deliveries to an installation. The ACP becomes the first chance for forces to inspect incoming personnel, vehicles, and cargo in order to detect, assess, and deter an incident.

Installation commanders must establish installation access control procedures that comply with Department of Defense (DOD) and DA policies. In addition to these policies, installation commanders must consider—

  • Manpower availability.
  • FPCON.
  • ACP layout.
  • Other factors, all of which will influence a commander’s manning level for an access control operation.

When considering installation access control, commanders must reflect on its purpose, the impact on the surrounding community, and the end state. The purpose of access control is to identify, reduce, or eliminate installation and in-transit vulnerabilities to threats and to enhance the overall FP posture while minimizing the impact on normal operations. The end state is to protect the forces through a myriad of measures that are addressed in the installation access control plan. FPCON levels and access control measures are established in a graduated scale based on the intelligence provided by a threat fusion cell.

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12:10 pm EST:  Primary (green) count wave ii-(3) of minor 3 of major [3]-P5-C1 underway with a 50%/62% retrace target of 2233/2222.   Wave ii may be in the process of completing a wave b-ii triangle (15-min chart), however a break above 2272 would indicate that wave ii completed at 2248.  Once wave ii-(3) completes, wave iii-(3) of will head above 2272 toward the minute (3)-(1) target at 2318. The minor 3 target is 2332, at the 1.23 Fibonacci extension of the minor 1 wave.  The major [3] target is at 2375, at the 1.23 Fib extension of the major [1].  Finally the P5=P5 target is 2513 to complete the Cycle 1 (C1) wave of Super Cycle V (SC-V).

Alternate (blue) count P5-C1 ending diagonal has topped at 2278 just below the 2286 maximum.  SPX price must break 2188 and 2084 in order to confirm the Cycle 2 (C2) wave down towards 1500-1600 is underway.

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5 takeaways from the second Democratic debate

With the presidential election less than a year away, the race for the nomination is heating up on both sides of the aisle.

Republican candidates met on the debate stage last week for their fourth debate of the primary season. Last night, the three remaining Democratic candidates met at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, for their second debate.

The race for the Democratic nomination has dwindled to three candidates since the last debate, as Senators Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee dropped out earlier this month. Now the battle for the nomination is between former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, with all three meeting on the stage last night.

Without further ado, here are five takeaways from the second Democratic debate:

 1) Debate in the Shadow of Tragedy

Early in the day on Saturday, the last thing on the minds of many Americans was a presidential debate. The tragic events of Friday evening in Paris dominated the news worldwide on Saturday and captivated the hearts and minds of people around the planet.

While the debate went on as scheduled in spite of the attacks, the tragedy had a major impact on the structure and dynamic of the debate.  The candidates, moderators and spectators held a moment of silence for the victims prior to the debate. Candidates also offered their condolences in their opening statements.

As many expected would happen in light of Friday’s tragedy, the debate began with an intense and thorough discussion on foreign policy and how the U.S. is and should be dealing with foreign and domestic terrorist threats. Candidates offered their views on how to confront ISIL and other dangers that face the world in 2015 and what they would do if they were elected president to help rid the world of terrorism.

2) Clinton Hit Hard on Iraq War Vote

In the previous Democratic debate, candidates were generally in agreement on most of the issues discussed and — for the most part — refrained from directly attacking their opponents. Saturday’s debate took a bit of a different trajectory, and it started with an attack that Clinton knows all too well.

As mentioned earlier, the first part of the debate focused on foreign policy. When the debate turned to discussing instability in the Middle East, the conversation inevitably touched on the War in Iraq and both Sanders and O’Malley took shots at Clinton for voting in favor of the war during her time in the Senate.

Clinton’s vote, which she has since called a mistake, hampered her in her 2008 bid for the Democratic nomination and has come up many times in this election cycle as well. Sanders, who believes the war was one of the biggest foreign policy mistakes in U.S. history, said that the instability in the Middle East today is directly related to the invasion of Iraq. O’Malley also said Clinton’s decision to vote in favor of military intervention was a “big mistake.”

“I don’t think any sensible person would disagree that the invasion of Iraq led to the massive level of instability we are seeing right now.”

-Sen. Bernie Sanders

Given Clinton’s commanding lead in the polls, it’s unlikely that renewed attacks on her infamous vote in favor of the Iraq War Resolution will have much of an impact on her campaign. That being said, there’s no doubt that the decision continues to haunt Clinton even 13 years after the fact, and it’s likely a criticism that both Sanders and O’Malley will continue to level against her as the race goes on.

3) Candidates Go On the Attack

Foreign policy was not the only issue the three candidates disagreed on in last night’s debate. Indeed, unlike the first Democratic contest, all three candidates went on the offensive on several issues.

Candidates exchanged barbs on gun control, Wall Street, the minimum wage, campaign financing and more, with all three candidates landing blows on their opponents. Of course, the main recipient of attacks was Clinton, who is well ahead of both candidates in national polling.

While there was still general agreement on most of the topics discussed, the increased number of attacks in Saturday’s debate might signal a change in the campaign.

As the Iowa caucuses get closer and Clinton continues to solidify her lead, both Sanders and O’Malley are showing a willingness to go after the former secretary of state. And, as she showed in the debate, Clinton is not afraid to punch back:

4) Martin O’Malley Plays Larger Role

Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley entered last night’s debate polling at under 3 percent, according to polling averages on Real Clear Politics. The Governor was unable to break through in the first debate and his campaign was in desperate need of a good performance in Saturday’s contest. Fortunately for O’Malley, he had one of his best performances of the race.

While far from perfect, O’Malley was very solid in Saturday night’s debate. He launched steady and forceful attacks at Clinton and managed to insert himself into the conversation all night long.

O’Malley once again touted his accomplishments and executive experience, arguing that he had actually executed the goals that other candidates can only talk about. He received constant and hearty applause from the crowd all night long and even earned a personal insult from Donald Trump — an accomplishment for any Democratic candidate.

Of course, things still aren’t looking great for the Governor and it’ll take more than a good debate to catch Clinton and Sanders. But O’Malley’s campaign needed him to put on a strong performance, and that’s exactly what he did last night.

5) Does Bernie Sanders Want to Win?

For the second debate in a row, Bernie Sanders was offered an opportunity to attack Hillary Clinton on her use of a personal email server during her time as Secretary of State. For the second debate in a row, he refused to take it.

In the last debate, Sanders famously declared that he was “sick and tired of hearing about [Clinton’s] damn emails.” Saturday night, the Des Moines Register’s Kathie Obradovich gave Sanders a chance to clarify what he said and take advantage of  Clinton’s biggest vulnerability. Instead, he said this:

“That’s just media stuff,” Sanders answered. “I was sick and tired of Hillary Clinton’s e-mail. I am still sick and tired of Hillary Clinton’s e-mails.”

In one of the biggest surprises of the primary season, Sanders has all but singlehandedly pushed the email controversy out of the political conversation, at least as far as the Democratic nomination is concerned. Sanders’ proclamation in the first debate (and his reaffirmation of it last night) shifted the campaign back to the issues, which is what he wanted. But it also gave Clinton a virtual free pass on arguably the biggest obstacle facing her on her path to the nomination.

Yes, Sanders’ decision not to attack Clinton on the email controversy has helped the candidates debate the issues that people want to hear about. But given the fact that Clinton’s campaign was struggling mightily before Sanders essentially pardoned her on emails and has since rebounded, it makes you wonder if he really wants to win.

The next Democratic debate will be Dec. 19 in New Hampshire.

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Putnam Valley Boys’ Basketball Starts Season at 1-1

After battling through a tough non-league schedule, the Putnam Valley High boys’ basketball team opened league play by splitting a pair of games. More...

Lacrosse Club Signup in Putnam Valley

Putnam Valley Lacrosse Club will hold signups on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the High School Gym hallway. More...

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The accolades for Haldane’s state champion volleyball squad keep coming, as the Lady Blue Devils were named volleyball “Team of the Year” by MSG Varsity. More...

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django-brake 1.3.0

Cache-based rate-limiting for Django.

Latest Version: 1.5.2

Django Brake provides a decorator to rate-limit views. Limiting can be based on IP address or a field in the request–either a GET or POST variable.

If the rate limit is exceded, either a 403 Forbidden can be sent, or the request can be annotated with a limited attribute, allowing you to take another action like adding a captcha to a form.

This is a fork of Django Ratelimit, to support:

  • Django 1.3 and above
  • Multiple buckets (e.g. separate endpoints)
  • Allow for multiple time thresholds (periods) per bucket
  • Analyze which functions were limited, and what their counts were.

The intention is to remain API compliant with Django Ratelimit.

Using Django Brake

from brake.decorators import ratelimit is the biggest thing you need to do. The @ratelimit decorator provides several optional arguments with sensible defaults (in italics).

ip:Whether to rate-limit based on the IP. True
block:Whether to block the request instead of annotating. False
method:Which HTTP method(s) to rate-limit. May be a string or a list. all
field:Which HTTP field(s) to use to rate-limit. May be a string or a list. None
rate:The number of requests per unit time allowed. 5/m
increment:A callable that will accept the request and response as arguments and, when called, will return True or False. If it returns False, the current request is not counted against the limit. Useful for only counting invalid login attempts against the limit, for example, and not valid ones. None

def myview(request):
    # Will be true if the same IP makes more than 5 requests/minute.
    was_limited = getattr(request, 'limited', False)
    return HttpResponse()

def myview(request):
    # If the same IP makes >5 reqs/min, will return HttpResponseForbidden
    return HttpResponse()

def login(request):
    # If the same username OR IP is used >5 times/min, this will be True.
    # The `username` value will come from GET or POST, determined by the
    # request method.
    was_limited = getattr(request, 'limited', False)
    return HttpResponse()

@ratelimit(increment=lambda req, resp: resp.count)
def login(request):
    resp = HttpResponseRedirect()
    if login_is_correct:
        # Do not count correct logins against the limit.
        resp.count = False
        resp.count = True
    return resp

def login(request):
    # Only apply rate-limiting to POSTs.
    return HttpResponseRedirect()

@ratelimit(field=['username', 'other_field'])
def login(request):
    # Use multiple field values.
    return HttpResponse()

def slow(request):
    # Allow 1 reqs/min, 10 per hour, and 100 per day.
    return HttpResponse()

## Example Login Code to *only* block login failures

def login(request):
    """Just a regular django login flow."""
    from brake import utils as brake_utils
    # minute, hour, day periods.
    periods = (60, 60 * 60, 24 * 60 * 60,)
    # 'login' is whatever your func.__name__ attribute would be
    # for the function that is decorated
    limits = brake_utils.get_limits(
        request, 'login', 'username', self.PERIODS

    # Check limits before we even see if the form is valid.
    # This way, even if the attacker stumbles on the
    # correct passphrase, they're locked out.

    if limits:
        request.flash['error'] = 'You have been ratelimited'
        return http.HttpResponseRedirect(urlresolvers.reverse(

    form = forms.AuthenticationForm()
    if form.method == 'POST':
        form = forms.AuthenticationForm(data=request.POST):
            # Login information was not correct.
            if form.is_valid():
                # Proceed with login process, and redirect to next page.

            # If our form is invalid, we increment counters manually
                'username', # Username value.
            # Return to login page
            # Optionally, you can pass in the form context
            return http.HttpResponseRedirect(urlresolvers.reverse(

# If you're interested in which endpoints failed, and what the
# counts were:

@ratelimit(field='username', method='POST', rate='1/m')
def login(request):
    # Limits is a dict that looks like this:
    # {'period': 60, 'field': 'username', 'count', 1}
    # This can give you more insight into how to deal with
    # the ratelimiting issue.
    limits =  getattr(request, 'limits', {})

    if limits:
        return http.HttpResponseRedirect(urlresolvers.reverse(

Implementation Details:

Some Required Customization

By default we only track the IP that we get form request.META[‘HOST_ADDR’]. Unless your webservers are sitting directly on routable IPs and have no loadbalancers or upstream proxies, this is probably not what you want!

Since this is a deployment detail, we leave this up to those who choose to implement Django Brake. You do so with a simple bit of Inheritence and override.

# In its own module, or in your view module; however you like:

from brake.backends import cachebe

class MyBrake(cachebe.CacheBackend):
    def get_ip(self, request):
        return request.META.get(

# Now in your

RATELIMIT_CACHE_BACKEND is now a string of the path to a class. The class itself should be the last in the chain.

RATELIMIT_STATUS_CODE is another setting you might set if you’d like the decorator to return something other than 403 if block=True.

These are variables which you do not need to modify directly, but are essential to the functioning of Brake

function_name:This is the name of the function decorated with Brake; this allows us to separate into different “buckets” for each view. This is automatically added and doesn’t need to be specified.
period:This is derrived from the rate information passed in as a string. It’s the number of seconds for which the increment on a bucket + period will be valid. It sets the TTL in memcache.

The cache key structure from one bad login attempt from our example above would look something like this:

# The form value derived counters:
rl:func:<function_name>:period:<60>:field:<username>:<sha1 of username>
rl:func:<function_name>:period:<3600>:field:<username>:<sha1 of username>
rl:func:<function_name>:period:<86400>:field:<username>:<sha1 of username>
# The IP derived counters:

All period numbers are equivilent to the TTL for that key.

If any of these thresholds are passed, then the view will 403. This is a huge improvement in terms of usablity and security of many existing ratelimiting applications.

To run the test you need to simply run:

virtualenv django-brake
cd django-brake
. bin/activate
python develop

There’s no slick test runner since we’re trying not to fully integrate with Django. See brake/tests/ for more code examples.

Thanks to James Socol (jsocol) on Github. A vast majority of the work on this project is his (django-ratelimit).

Also thanks to Simon Willison’s ratelimitcache, on which Jsocol’s version of this library is largly based.

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Almost 3 years later…

…dang!! Somehow I stumbled upon my blog today. It’s been that long since I made an entry. Life has changed. I met a woman, got married, and have a stable job.

I have achieved few of my goals that I had in mind for the 30s. I got to find a time to write blogs about music album reviews. It’s my soul man, my outlet.


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Mystery Date! OoOoooOoo~~

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This is a real commercial for a real board game from 1965, “Mystery Date.”

If you ask me, those girls look a little too young to be going on any date at all, much less a “mystery date.”

An updated version was made in 1972 (to replace all those squares with dudes of the longer-haired vest-wearing variety, I bet). It kept getting updated, adding multicultural boys and other stuff. “Mystery Date 2000,” which I remember, had a fake phone where the dude would call you or something.

And here’s the obligatory shameless parody (click to view fullsize):

gee I hope I don\'t end up with Mick Jagger!

The photographer is the main character from Blow-Up, notorious for his treatment of women. John Entwhistle was the extremely talented bassist for the Who. And yeah, I do play bass (and I prob’ly would steal Entwhistle’s bass).


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Mini Apple Tarts
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Mini Apple Tarts

Instead of a whole pie, try making bite-size tarts. The diminutive desserts cook quicker and are automatically portion controlled. Plus, they're easier to make for a crowd, and there's no need for a fork and plate.

Submitted by CHEF_MEG

Carbs: 24.9g | Fat: 4g | Fiber: 1.6g | Protein: 0.5g | Calories: 124.3
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These brownies have a few secret ingredients that boost the nutrition, while the dark cocoa powder and mini chocolate chips keep the rich flavor that you crave in a brownie. Submitted by STEPFANIER

Carbs: 32.7g | Fat: 3g | Fiber: 9.2g | Protein: 6.1g | Calories: 146.3
Chocolate Covered Pretzels
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Large hard pretzels are drizzled in chocolate for a decadent treat! Submitted by STEPFANIER

Carbs: 31.9g | Fat: 4.9g | Fiber: 3g | Protein: 3.7g | Calories: 169.7
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Draining The Swamp, Kicking Money Out of Politics: Trump Boots Koch Brother from Golf Course

 2 Jan 2017 by Katie McHugh

President-elect Donald Trump told a critical biographer and guest of billionaire David Koch to leave his West Palm Beach golf course on New Year’s Eve, forcing Koch to leave with him.

Trump’s gesture was another slight against the pro-amnesty, pro-“free trade” billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, who opposed Trump during the Republican primary season and refused to help him during the general election. It also signals Trump will not necessarily play nice with the GOP political establishment and Beltway right.

The Kochs swooped in during the Tea Party revolt in 2010, training amateur political activists and trying to channel populist energy against the Obama administration into supporting the progressive-business alliance that wanted more cheap labor and lesser sentences for drug traffickers, under the umbrella term of “smaller government.”

But the “grassroots army… was not controllable,” as one former Koch staffer lamented, and the Kochs appeared curiously unwilling to make any concessions to Americans who wanted populist, nationalist policies, and relief from the relentlessly eroding forces of mass immigration and globalization. A majority of voters— some of whom saw more demographic change take place in their communities than many countries saw in a millennia—want immigration slashed in half or reduced to zero. Trump captured that energy and it propelled him to the White House, much to the Kochs’ and their network’s chagrin.

The Kochs wanted candidates amenable to their will, and Trump didn’t fit the bill. They considered him a distraction before he rocketed to first in the polls, and even toyed with the idea of spending tens of millions of dollars to attack him.

Trump mocked the Kochs while on the campaign trail, calling their preferred candidates “puppets” enacting their donors’ agenda:

Koch’s guest: Harry Hurt III, who authored the 1993 book, Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump, which stated Ivana Trump accused her ex-husband of “raping” her in a sworn deposition during their divorce.

In a Facebook post published on the same day, Hurt recounted the incident in third person:

Donald Trump personally booted the author of an unflattering biography off Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach on Friday. Harry Hurt III, who penned the 1993 biography, Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump, had come to play with billionaire industrialist David. H. Koch, a Trump club member, and two other golfers. Hurt, who has a scratch handicap and plays in colorful knickers, walked over to Trump on the practice range prior to his group’s assigned tee time, only to suffer a tongue lashing from the president-elect. “I said, ‘Congratulations, sir,’ and shook his hand,” Hurt recalls. “Trump said, ‘You were rough on me, Harry. Really rough. That shit you wrote.’” Hurt says he looked Trump in the eye, and said, “It’s all true,” to which Trump rejoined, “Not in the way you wrote it.” Among the juicy tidbits in Hurt’s tome was Ivana Trump’s allegation in a sworn deposition that Trump had “raped” her during their divorce battle. Trump told Hurt it was “inappropriate” for him to play at the club, and had his security detail escort Hurt, Koch, and their playing partners to the parking lot. “David [Koch] was appalled,” says Hurt. “He branded Trump ‘petty’ and vulgar.’ We played Emerald Dunes instead, which is a much, much better golf course than Trump International.”

Accusing Trump of “raping” his ex wife, Ivana Trump, was a false media accusation arising early in the Republican primaries—and a weapon the Democratic Party planned to use in the general election after Fox News’ Megyn Kelly and the Daily Beast “rushed it on air” and into print, using Hurt’s book, before bothering to check with Ivana about its truth.

It backfired spectacularly when Ivana slammed the allegations and endorsed her ex-husband for president. ““I have recently read some comments attributed to me from nearly 30 years ago at a time of very high tension during my divorce from Donald. The story is totally without merit,” she said in a July 2015 statement. “Donald and I are the best of friends and together have raised three children that we love and are very proud of. I have nothing but fondness for Donald and wish him the best of luck on his campaign. Incidentally, I think he would make an incredible president.”

Breathless media coverage of the New Years’ Eve encounter between Trump, Koch, and his guest framed it as Trump having little tolerance for criticism: Nearly every headline focused on the biographer and his critical book, not Koch.

Read Politico’s report, including more from Hurt and a transition official’s account, here.

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14 Responses to Draining The Swamp, Kicking Money Out of Politics: Trump Boots Koch Brother from Golf Course

  1. hocuspocus13 says:

    I do believe they are going to need a bigger can of salve 😉

  2. MsLM says:

    Awesome! Great post!

  3. MsLM says:

    Reblogged this on A Concerned Conservative and commented:
    Trump already is fulfilling his promises even before he takes office. Cant see why the left cant see this man is a great man whom means what he says.

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