Monthly Archives: September 2012

Iranian News Agency Plagiarizes The Onion

The world is going to shit, and the media is taking us there . . .

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/iranian-news-agency-plagiarizes-the-onion/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Last Updated: Saturday, 6:13 p.m. Apparently unaware of the unwritten rules of both ethical journalism and satire, an Iranian news agency published an edited copy of a report from The Onion on Friday, without crediting the original or acknowledging that it was fiction.
The Fars News Agency, which is close to Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, posted its version of the report on its English-language Web site under the same headline used by The Onion for the original four days earlier: “Gallup Poll: Rural Whites Prefer Ahmadinejad To Obama.”

TSA Gun Check

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/business/tsa-is-finding-more-guns-at-airport-security-checkpoints.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&hpw=&adxnnlx=1348930555-BE1Fm8d+gxuqAp/o84Tktw

The list of potentially lethal weapons was certainly eye-opening: 47 guns (38 of them loaded, including six with rounds in their chambers), three inert hand grenades, supplies of black powder, hunting knives, timing fuses and a sword.

A firearm that was found in carry-on baggage. Airport officials said hundreds of guns and other weapons are found each year. Then, consider that the list was compiled by the Transportation Security Administration, of weapons found in airline travelers’ carry-on bags in the seven days that ended on Sept. 20.

TSA Gun Check

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/business/tsa-is-finding-more-guns-at-airport-security-checkpoints.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&hpw=&adxnnlx=1348930555-BE1Fm8d+gxuqAp/o84Tktw

The list of potentially lethal weapons was certainly eye-opening: 47 guns (38 of them loaded, including six with rounds in their chambers), three inert hand grenades, supplies of black powder, hunting knives, timing fuses and a sword.

A firearm that was found in carry-on baggage. Airport officials said hundreds of guns and other weapons are found each year. Then, consider that the list was compiled by the Transportation Security Administration, of weapons found in airline travelers’ carry-on bags in the seven days that ended on Sept. 20.

Eric Hoffer

From the Wikipedia entry on Eric Hoffer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Hoffer

Hoffer believed that rapid change is not necessarily a positive thing for a society, and too rapid change can cause a regression in maturity for those who were brought up in a different society. He noted that in America in the 1960s, many young adults were still living in extended adolescence. Seeking to explain the attraction of the New Left protest movements, he characterized them as the result of widespread affluence, which, in his words, “is robbing a modern society of whatever it has left of puberty rites to routinize the attainment of manhood.” He saw these puberty rites as essential for self-esteem, and noted that mass movements and juvenile mindsets tend to go together, to the point that anyone, no matter what age, who joins a mass movement immediately begins to exhibit juvenile behavior.
Hoffer further noted that the reason why working-class Americans did not, by and large, join protest movements and subcultures was that they had entry into meaningful labor as an effective rite of passage out of adolescence, while both the very poor who lived on welfare and the affluent were, in his words, “prevented from having a share in the world’s work, and of proving their manhood by doing a man’s work and getting a man’s pay,” and thus remained in a state of extended adolescence, lacking in necessary self-esteem, and prone to joining mass movements as a form of compensation. Hoffer suggested that this need for meaningful work as a rite of passage into adulthood could be fulfilled with a two-year civilian national service program (not unlike programs during the Great Depression such as the Civilian Conservation Corps). He wrote: “The routinization of the passage from boyhood to manhood would contribute to the solution of many of our pressing problems. I cannot think of any other undertaking that would dovetail so many of our present difficulties into opportunities for growth.”

Well, there you have it.

Eric Hoffer

From the Wikipedia entry on Eric Hoffer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Hoffer

Hoffer believed that rapid change is not necessarily a positive thing for a society, and too rapid change can cause a regression in maturity for those who were brought up in a different society. He noted that in America in the 1960s, many young adults were still living in extended adolescence. Seeking to explain the attraction of the New Left protest movements, he characterized them as the result of widespread affluence, which, in his words, “is robbing a modern society of whatever it has left of puberty rites to routinize the attainment of manhood.” He saw these puberty rites as essential for self-esteem, and noted that mass movements and juvenile mindsets tend to go together, to the point that anyone, no matter what age, who joins a mass movement immediately begins to exhibit juvenile behavior.
Hoffer further noted that the reason why working-class Americans did not, by and large, join protest movements and subcultures was that they had entry into meaningful labor as an effective rite of passage out of adolescence, while both the very poor who lived on welfare and the affluent were, in his words, “prevented from having a share in the world’s work, and of proving their manhood by doing a man’s work and getting a man’s pay,” and thus remained in a state of extended adolescence, lacking in necessary self-esteem, and prone to joining mass movements as a form of compensation. Hoffer suggested that this need for meaningful work as a rite of passage into adulthood could be fulfilled with a two-year civilian national service program (not unlike programs during the Great Depression such as the Civilian Conservation Corps). He wrote: “The routinization of the passage from boyhood to manhood would contribute to the solution of many of our pressing problems. I cannot think of any other undertaking that would dovetail so many of our present difficulties into opportunities for growth.”

Well, there you have it.

Marin Tennis Courts

San Rafael

  1. Albert Park, 2nd Street & Lindaro – 4 lit courts. Key required.
  2. San Rafael High School, 3rd Street @ High Street
  3. Boyd Memorial Park, B+Mission Sts – 1 lit court.
  4. Grestle Memorial Park, S.Rafael Ave+Clark Str. – 1 lit court.
  5. Maria B. Freitas Memorial Park, Montecito Rd.+Trellis – 2 lit courts

Terra Linda

  1. McInnis Park, at the end of Smith Ranch Road, left just after the railroad

Tiburon

  1. Del Mar Courts, Tiburon Blvd. @ Miraflores
  2. Lagoon Courts, Lagoon Road across from Lyford Drive
  3. Beach Road Courts, Beach Road @ Tiburon Blvd.

Corte Madera

  1. Town Park, Pixley @ Tamalpais Drive+Eastman Ave- 2 lit courts
  2. Granada Courts, Prince Royal @ Granada KEYS ARE NEEDED FOR BOTH OF THESE COURTS.

Kentfield
    1.      College of Marin. College Avenue. 6 courts   
Fairfax

  1. Fairfax Tennis Courts, Park Road @ School Street

Larkspur

  1. Piper Park, Doherty Drive, one block off Magnolia Street
  2. Magnolia Avenue Park, Magnolia & Alexander
  3. Redwood High School, Larkspur

Mill Valley

  1. Boyle Park, East Blithedale @ East Drive – 5 lit courts.
  2. Tam High School, Mill Valley

Novato

  1. San Marin High (San Marin Drive & Novato Blvd.)
  2. Pioneer Park, 1007 Simmons Lane – 4 lit courts

Ross

  1. No public courts in Ross, one site only for residents with keys.

San Anselmo

  1. Memorial Park, Sunny Hills Drive @ Sir Francis Drake Blvd. 2 lit courts
  2. Red Hill Tennis Courts, Red Hill School, Shaw Drive off Sir Francis Drake Blvd.

Sausalito

  1. Martin Luther King School, Coloma @ Bridgeway
  2. Marin Ship Park, Harbor Drive @ Marin Ship Way
  3. North Street Park, North Street @ 4th Street

Marin Tennis Courts

San Rafael

  1. Albert Park, 2nd Street & Lindaro – 4 lit courts. Key required.
  2. San Rafael High School, 3rd Street @ High Street
  3. Boyd Memorial Park, B+Mission Sts – 1 lit court.
  4. Grestle Memorial Park, S.Rafael Ave+Clark Str. – 1 lit court.
  5. Maria B. Freitas Memorial Park, Montecito Rd.+Trellis – 2 lit courts

Terra Linda

  1. McInnis Park, at the end of Smith Ranch Road, left just after the railroad

Tiburon

  1. Del Mar Courts, Tiburon Blvd. @ Miraflores
  2. Lagoon Courts, Lagoon Road across from Lyford Drive
  3. Beach Road Courts, Beach Road @ Tiburon Blvd.

Corte Madera

  1. Town Park, Pixley @ Tamalpais Drive+Eastman Ave- 2 lit courts
  2. Granada Courts, Prince Royal @ Granada KEYS ARE NEEDED FOR BOTH OF THESE COURTS.

Kentfield
    1.      College of Marin. College Avenue. 6 courts   
Fairfax

  1. Fairfax Tennis Courts, Park Road @ School Street

Larkspur

  1. Piper Park, Doherty Drive, one block off Magnolia Street
  2. Magnolia Avenue Park, Magnolia & Alexander
  3. Redwood High School, Larkspur

Mill Valley

  1. Boyle Park, East Blithedale @ East Drive – 5 lit courts.
  2. Tam High School, Mill Valley

Novato

  1. San Marin High (San Marin Drive & Novato Blvd.)
  2. Pioneer Park, 1007 Simmons Lane – 4 lit courts

Ross

  1. No public courts in Ross, one site only for residents with keys.

San Anselmo

  1. Memorial Park, Sunny Hills Drive @ Sir Francis Drake Blvd. 2 lit courts
  2. Red Hill Tennis Courts, Red Hill School, Shaw Drive off Sir Francis Drake Blvd.

Sausalito

  1. Martin Luther King School, Coloma @ Bridgeway
  2. Marin Ship Park, Harbor Drive @ Marin Ship Way
  3. North Street Park, North Street @ 4th Street

New Shoes

Robert’s new shoes have arrived from Walmart.  Sick of paying high prices, he bought a pair of tennis shoes online at Walmart.  $13.99. Including shipping.  Woo Hoo!! They even say “Starter” on the side.

Robert will take them for a test drive.  If they work out well, this may be conclusive proof that he is a genius.

New Shoes

Robert’s new shoes have arrived from Walmart.  Sick of paying high prices, he bought a pair of tennis shoes online at Walmart.  $13.99. Including shipping.  Woo Hoo!! They even say “Starter” on the side.

Robert will take them for a test drive.  If they work out well, this may be conclusive proof that he is a genius.