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Editor's Note: An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. ABC News and Brian Ross apologize for the mistake, and for disseminating that information before it was properly vetted.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/aurora-dark-knight-shooting-suspect-identified-james-holmes/story?id=16818889#.UAl230R8s9t

Even with an armed audience, the shooter might have survived this one.

"Holmes was wearing a bullet-proof vest and riot helmet and carrying a gas mask, rifle, and handgun, when he was apprehended, according to police. "

source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/mass-shooting-colorado-movie-theater-14-people-dead/story?id=16817842#.UAlanjtwZvx

Before we have to drop giant blocks of ice in the ocean...

Done. Too soon to see if this one will help. The previous, and larger ones didn't seem to change much.

No, this is a PR nightmare. And just like with super-sized drinks, removing it from their menu "had nothing to do with" this information hitting mainstream media.

I agree with everything except the bullying confessions and convicting everyone.

First the bullying. If someone commits a crime, they are looking at the max sentence regardless of the judge being tough on crime. The do not make sentence guidelines up on the spot and they are available to being known well in advance of the crime. I find complaint about getting the max sentence for a crime someone is convicted of to be a non sequitur. It is like complaining that you purchased a 12 pack of beers and there was only 12 beers in it.

Now the convict everyone who comes before you. This simply does not happen unless there is enough evidence to get a conviction in which case it is already proper. No matter how tough on crime a judge wants to appear to be, if his judgement is constantly getting overturned on appeal, or there are thousands of complaints or wrong doing, he will look like an imbecile. If he looks like an imbecile long enough, the state bar or other jurisdictional body will seek punishment or sanctions including removing the right of the court he serves on to hear cases and in some cases publicly recommend his impeachment to the governing legislation body. It all depends on the extreme nature and how much of a solid case they have. If a pattern of gross misconduct is present (convicting everyone whether they are guilty or not), his immunity from civil liability can be removed too.

Those possibilities are all reasons why they won't do that- or do it for very long. This is a story of a juvenile judge in PA who was tough on crime doing exactly this with the exception of getting kickbacks from the private jails and detention centers. http://abcnews.go.com/US/mark-ciavarella-pa-juvenile-court-judge-convicted-alleged/story?id=12965182

Believe it or not, there are watchers watching the watchers.

Income appears to be somewhat correlated with speeding.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=96698#.UABqtPVH1yY

I love how the Rushtards never can quote actual economists to support their pet theories.Actual economists agree: the cause of much of the current crisis is Republican policies and deregulation fervor.

Republican deregulation created Enron.
Republican deregulation created the housing crisis.
Republican deregulation created the credit/banking crisis.

Republicans have been on the wrong side of economics for at least 30 years.

Except that Medicare is running out of money in 12 years: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/social-security-and-medicare-could-run-out-sooner-than-expected/ Just a couple of years before I qualify, thanks federal government! Yeah, there is Medicaid, good luck getting an appointment under 6 months that isn't a quack, if there are any none quacks still accepting new Medicaid patients.

And then you take her home and catch incurable gonorrhea.

And iOS 6 builds the Facebook apps into iOS, so you won't be able to remove it OR deny it access to your contact information, because it will literally be part of Contacts.app!

Wait, shit.

Drinking decaffeinated coffee did not have the same benefit, pointing to caffeine as the protective agent. Indeed, caffeine from sources other than coffee like cola and chocolate was also linked to a decreased risk of basal cell carcinoma, according to the study.

Missed the chocolate.

* FISA wiretaps peaked in 2007 at ~2400. The past few years have averaged ~1600, an increase of ~75% since before the WTC attack.
* NSLs =/= wiretaps. From the site you linked:

What Types of Information Can Be Obtained by NSLs?
Telephone and E-mail Records: "Toll records," a historical record of calls made and received from land lines, cell phones, and other sources, of a specified phone number, as well as billing records associated with that number. E-mail records, including e-mail addresses and screen names associated with the requested account and the e-mail addresses and screen names who have contacted that account. Also includes billing records and methods of payment for each account.
Financial Records: Financial information, including open and closed checking and savings accounts, from banks, private bankers, credit unions, thrift institutions, brokers and dealers, investment bankers and companies, credit card companies, insurance companies, travel agencies, casinos, and others. For a full list, see 31 U.S.C. 5312(2).
Credit Information: Full credit reports, names and addresses of all financial institutions at which the consumer has maintained an account, and identifying information of a consumer (limited to name, address, former addresses, and past and current employers).

* You're comparing the number of NSLs in a single year to the number of NSLs in three years put together.
* Those three years are 2003-2005. According to more recent information:

The new Justice Department letter dated April 30, 2012 also notes that the FBI issued 16,511 National Security Letters (NSL) to obtain certain records and information in investigations. The letter asserts that the requests were for investigations relating to 7,201 different US persons. The number of National Security Letters declined dramatically from 2010 when the FBI had sought 24,287 NSLs.

You might want to adjust that tinfoil hat; it seems to be cutting off circulation to your brain.

Yep-
Not a tax: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2009/09/obama-mandate-is-not-a-tax/
Tax: http://money.cnn.com/2012/06/28/pf/taxes/health_reform_new_taxes/

It's not a tax. Obama even said so. We have a honest man in the house. Why are you all doubting him?

It's not a tax... it's a penalty for not paying into the health insurance system you will inevitably use. We all end up paying for health care, one way or another.

It's not a tax. Obama even said so. We have a honest man in the house. Why are you all doubting him?

Alternatively, that's a load of old bollocks.

Operation Lucky Bag

I recall seeing a much earlier (as in years) version of this story where it was naked money that they dropped, but the wallet is close enough.

So when you come to Europe and have a beer at 18, it's perfectly all right that you be arrested on setting foot in the US if they saw your vacation photos on Facebook ?!? Cancun is gonna close shop.

Legally, yes. In practicality, everyone knows the 21 year age limit on alcohol use is retarded, which is why it's not enforced.

And why I explicitly said in my prior post, "Or else try to change the laws in this country."

So get involved, and get the drinking age lowered to 18 where it should be.

Unlike some other former presidents who during from 1/01-01/09 spent a great deal of time relentlessly attacking the then President and attempting to undermine him... 43 seems to have opted to allow the current president to succeed or fail on his own.

No, he delegates the undermining to former VP (and part cyborg) Cheney.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2009/10/at-bush-administration-reunion-cheney-attacks-obama-again/
http://www.americablog.com/2011/01/cheney-attacks-obama-for-doing-what-he.html
http://www.alan.com/2012/04/15/cheney-attacks-obama-as-unmitigated-disaster/

How about attacks agaisnt gass pipelines? http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/dhs-hackers-mounting-organized-cyber-attack-us-gas/story?id=16304818

Jailed? Not that I'm aware of. Snooped on? Yes - let me find at least two links to stories that come to mind - - -

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/secret-service-investigates-ted-nugent-remarks-on-obama/

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-03-23/louisiana-comment-obama/53741346/1

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2012/06/terry_jones_hangs_obama.php

http://gawker.com/5498597/obama-death-tweeter-being-investigated-by-secret-service

That should be enough, I would think. I was looking for a couple others - one was a crusty old redneck, the other some black guy from a southern city, each of who made similar comments to those linked to above.

Before you ask - I think the Secret Service is basically doing the job they are supposed to do, in each of these stories. But - there is a very thin line between doing their job properly, and becoming something like the KGB or the Stazi. Very thin line, indeed. Recent events have shown that the Secret Service is NOT incorruptible. It is improbable, but possible, that the SS could be turned into a tool of the administration to round up people like Ted Nugent, and to "silence" them, in whatever manner. Ted would have to be handled very carefully. Some redneck from Backwoods, Nowhere could just be snuffed, and his family told that he "resisted arrest".

"Snooped on" is common, these days. No less common than it was during the McCarthy days. Less public than in the McCarthy days, but just as common.

This discussion is drifting towards more and more topics, not a bad thing imo, but I'm going to address them as best I can.

anyway, what you speak of is still rather rare because it costs money (often requires lawyers because progeny and prosperity have links in our civilization)

Well, that's why there's such a push for gay marriage. If the lesbians are married, and they've acquired the sperm from a sperm bank with appropriate paperwork, they won't need a lawyer for anything, just a session with a medical professional who can carry out the "turkey-basting" all official-like. Likewise, married gay couples can adopt if they are not rich enough to afford surrogates. Adoption is another thing the fundies are blocking gay people from doing.

I know quite a few L & G couples, none have children.

happily harping about the one in one hundred thousand that happens to act the in the way they think people of an ideal world would function.

Some couples want children, some don't want children it doesn't matter if they're straight or gay. This link shows that roughly a quarter of all same sex households are raising children. And this is without widespread gay marriage or pro-adoption laws. Social conditions that would allow the widespread existence of a openly same sex household are fairly recent, so it is reasonable that as time passes, this percentage will rise as these new-fangled relationships mature.

They are rather oblivious to the fact that their culture has a negative population growth, the old-fashioned and brutal are indeed inheriting the earth right from under them. I'm talking about Spanish & Islamic cultures where men beat their wives and keep them subservient, they are the ones with the positive population growth: it is obvious though very regrettable that is the future.

This is really not involved with gay couples and children, but I'll bite. The thing is, the planet does not need population growth. We might need growth at replacement rates to keep our societies stable but certainly not much more of an increase in our population. These spanish and islamic cultures have something common to them: poverty and low education rates. When knowledge and skills become more important (such as in a post-industrial one like western civilization), a larger investment in a smaller number of offspring is more efficient than a rabbit-like pumping out of as many babies as possible before death. And it has been shown time and time again, that even in these brutal societies, if the women are educated and empowered, their birthrates will fall, preferring fewer, better quality offspring. What countries like France should do is ensure that their islamic immigrants are deeply and effectively enculturated, and ensure the islamic women especially are educated about the rights they have in france that they don't have in their homelands.

I myself come from a culture with high birthrates, low education, male dominance and poverty. My parents are both university graduates and decided that two children were enough. Because they had fewer children to spend their resources on, at every stage we were more accomplished than our paternal cousins; I went to university, and my younger sibling is well on they way. Most of our paternal cousins in the village with 8 siblings apiece have never been to university, and the few that have either failed out because of insufficient mental preparation from their parents, or ran off and gotten married and had 6 kids, like their parents before them. These cultures who seem to be "inheriting the earth from under us" in numerical terms are not going to birth any great thinkers or scientists like more measured cultures will. And if they do, it will be in spite of themselves, rather then because of it. Quality is more important than quantity.

No, the Mythbusters were never locked up, not even when they used a cannon.

State records show the average vacation payout for Corrections employees is $25,000. But in 2010, a $97,000-a-year-parole agent received a lump sum of $269,000 for unused leave, a $119,000-a-year administrator got $243,000 and a $70,000-a-year parole agent got $176,000.

Because never in all of history has someone in America been arrested without good reason. And certainly no one has ever been charged with "resisting arrest" and nothing else.

For example:
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13686438
http://articles.philly.com/2010-06-29/news/24962922_1_wawa-officers-civilians

And your word of caution. No it doesn't matter if you are right. If I shoot a cop who was trying to arrest me without valid cause, the fact that he didn't have a valid cause isn't going to stop the "large body of law enforcement officers out to cease my free movement". Just look at the cases of the non-knock warrant being served on the wrong house and the people inside doing what you say and getting shot because they dared defend themselves.

For example:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18328267/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95475

No court system in the world has any jurisdiction over "private contractors", or they won't be "private contractors"

Either you are trolling or there is a huge gap between your understanding of the law and what the situation actually is. I suggest you talk to a lawyer before you test your theory in real life.

I hope you aren't mixed up in this nonsense: Sovereign Citizens: Radicals Exercising 'God-Given Rights' or Fueling Domestic Terrorism?
That would be unlikely to end well. Sovereign Citizens - A Growing Domestic Threat to Law Enforcement

>Now when we see cipro resistant plague, then you can panic.

No doubt it's on it's way. Tuberculosis has been steadily growing in resistance, and there have been cases of TB now resistant to all antibiotics that were tried. And just recently, gonorrhea is also becoming multi-drug resistant: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/06/06/drug-resistant-gonorrhea-spreading-says-world-health-organization/

And stay away from any and all bacteria and viruses... whoops, you just got an allergy. Oh, and stay inside, too, because that bus causes cancer.

Sorry, but you must be very young and gullible. "The best way to good health is to eat good foods in reasonable portions, exercise, and keep the weight off" is absolute bullshit. Yes, those things are all good for you (having good genes is even better) but they won't stop you from catching cold or the flu or e-coli.

You WILL get sick. You WILL die. Living a healthy lifestyle may stave it off, but it will happen.

Now excuse me, my arthritis is acting up and I need an aspirin or a Naproxin. Yeah, I'm old. Yeah, I'm healthy. Except for arthritis.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we shall die. You have exactly one life, don't waste it trying to stay healthy, because you're not going to no matter what you do or how hard you try.

It's part of us. I would be interested to know if white people's blond hair, blue eyes, and large noses have Neanderthal origins. After all, they lived in cold climates far longer than modern humans.

The issues from TFA shed light on a the ethical complexity of genetics. Personally, I want a copy of my genome. I have some specific health related reasons I want it, but it would be cool to do things with it, like find out roughly what percentage Native American I am (I'm at least 1/32nd Cherokee), if that's even possible. Where have my mitochondria evolved most recently? Do I have the cheating gene?

Hungary has it wrong on two counts. First, they outlawed extracting genetic information except for health reasons. That's got to put a real damper on genetic research, and the Libertarian in me is crying foul. It's my genes, and I should be free to do what I want with them. Second, they're going after the genetics lab over this dumb law, rather than going after the MP for racist behavior. Let's hope we have more success in the US in drafting legislation to protect peoples right to genetic privacy, while giving people full access to data about themselves, and promoting genetic research.

Not an apples-to-apples comparison. Clinton won by a landslide if i recall correctly. His proportion of just about any demographic category would need to be skewed to the high side in his favor when compared to a much closer race like that of Obama v. McCain. Now, if the proportion of black voters going Democrat in a similarly close presidential election are also in the high 90's then your point would be valid.

Besides, I think the more telling measure of his black support is the record turn out of black voters (15.9 million in '08 vs. 13.8 million in '04 according to Pew, or 65.2% of eligible black voters in '08 v 60.3 in '04) combined with his winning almost every single black vote. According to ABC News most of the 5 million vote increase in 2008 over 2004 is attributable to minority voters (which of course includes blacks), with whom Obama, in particular, and the Democrats, in general, do very well. It becomes even more compelling of an argument when you look at Young Black Voters who's participation jumped from 8% in 2004 to 55% in 2008.

Not that I see anything wrong with it, BTW. Just pointing out a better metric to show his record breaking support from the black community. Voting for someone frequently comes down to ephemeral decisions about a persons character, how likely you would be to have a beer with them, or some other equally vague criteria. That being black made young black voters like him more is no worse than any of the other reasons, and arguably better than the refusal to vote for someone becuase of he is black.

Easy, just use my patented DPUTFP method.

Don't Pick Up The Fucking Phone.

Right. And it's no surprise that that is what the NTSB is recommending. From the article:

The National Transportation Safety Board hasn’t weighed in on any apps. Its recommendation is a human solution: Just don’t use your phone at all while driving, even if you’re using a hands-free device.

I'm glad to see that their prosecution efforts are coming to fruition. Now we just need to get the word out that, like drinking and driving, this is socially unacceptable and a harsh negative stigma should be associated with it. If you do it, fuck you, you're endangering people's lives. They're finally looking at cell phone records for the time periods surrounding crashes, just like BAC and sobriety checks although most people are probably lying to escape any ability of police checking those records.

Indeed - welcome to the Nanny state

It's odd to me that a potential tax on sugary drinks triggers a reaction like this. From my perspective, the fact that they're not talking about outright banning it is a good sign.

You want to complain about the nanny state of California, how about the new requirement that children be in carseats until the age of 8? Need to take a taxi from the airport and have a 7 year old? I guess you're supposed to put him or her in the trunk. From what I can tell, there's no exceptions for taxis.

Given the shit the nanny state is doing, banning things that are bad for you, and making you buy things that are good for you, a mere tax on something you can buy is pretty low priority in my book.

> whats wrong with the real small claims court?


Real small claims court doesn't spend much time on investigating claims. To clear cases quickly the judge quickly weighs up sides and makes a snap decision. Under the adversarial system of justice its not about finding the truth, but about who deciding presents the best arguments. That's easier for the judge, but it shouldn't be confused with justice. In some jurisdictions you can't appeal or even be told the reasons. The judge makes a mistake (they are human so it happens) you won't even know.

Small claims court weren't created because they are better than the bigger courts, but as a way of offering the little people cheaper although less reliable justice. The bigger courts are worse though since they are extremely expensive charging rates that cannot be justified. Whoever has the most money to fund the most appeals and buy the better lawyers wins.

Arbitration is in theory a great idea, but a big problem is that the arbitration system is taken over by judges and lawyers charging the same rates. It's sold as a cheaper alternative, but it has many traps. One problem is a big company who nominates an arbitration company (yes, they are companies) will pick one that gives them favorable results or they won't get repeat business. I loved Erin Brockovich the movie, but the arbitration system they used has been severely critcized by some of their clients. If you loved the movie then don't read this:

http://www.salon.com/2000/04/14/sharp/
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=8169252&page=1#.T875jlK6SSo
http://www.givemebackmyrights.com/bma-faq.htm
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-05-21/consumers-may-see-new-limits-on-mandatory-arbitration
http://www.homeloanbasics.com/articles/FirstTimeHomeBuyers/MandatoryArbitrationClausesStripHomebuyersofSuitableRecourse
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x301912
http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/website-aims-to-boost-50m-arbitration-industry-2351246.html

The justice system badly needs reform, but you have many politicians and lawyers doing very well out of the current system who won't give it up.

They're hardly the first to try to reproduce tourist destinations and landmarks. Tokyo has an Eiffel tower and a Statue of Liberty.

  Isn't there a lot of stuff in Las Vegas as well? (They're not the original Pyramids, I suspect...)

Not to mention Disney's EPCOT where they have an Eiffel Tower, a Chinese Temple, a geodesic representation of the entire Earth, etc.

They're hardly the first to try to reproduce tourist destinations and landmarks. Tokyo has an Eiffel tower and a Statue of Liberty.

  Isn't there a lot of stuff in Las Vegas as well? (They're not the original Pyramids, I suspect...)

Not to mention Disney's EPCOT where they have an Eiffel Tower, a Chinese Temple, a geodesic representation of the entire Earth, etc.

Interestingly enough: this article on sugar addiction states that most scientists are not yet convinced that sugar addiction exists. However, this published research paper, which could have been the source for your link, makes a pretty eye opening case, at the least worthy of more research.

Having stated my skepticism on sugar addiction, I personally have cut my consumption of excess sugar, don't eat much prepared or fast food, and probably am 90% on the way to the "sugar free diet" that some articles profess has all sorts of good health effects. I'd agree that not consuming an extra 3500+ calories a week really does result in not gaining that extra pound. I can concur on one item listed in one article - I no longer eat nearly as much pasta and other starches. However, that may due be as much to the aging process and its associated metabolic slowdown as anything else. Unfortunately, my personal experiences are related directly to rational scientific cause and effect or are inconclusive and do not support any type of argument for "sugar addiction". Also, I don't use sugar substitutes (something about artificial chemicals tasting sweet doesn't ring true to me, just like GM food with customized genes that do not naturally occur in at least the same order or class, but that's a different topic).

Lastly, I've also seen what happens when Type II diabetics finally take their condition seriously and change their diet: the effect of a low to moderate sugar diet is not small. Refined sugar, in moderation is fine for most people. Unfortunately, "moderation" as most perceive it is really consumption on an excessive scale to their bodies. Just one of those 48 ounce cokes is massively excessive. The soda companies had the proportions right originally when they came in 8-10 oz containers, and were expensive enough to be a luxury item enjoyed on rare occasions. They were also made with sucrose, not high fructose corn syrup, the latter which is pretty much like main-lining sugar into your bloodstream.

Sugar is indirectly psychoactive, at best. The pharmacology is far from subjective.

Sugar is psychoactive. So right there, we have a disagreement as to the effect of a simple, everyday, legal drug. It is highly subjective.

-=Geoskd

Maybe IE10 could also automatically add you to the Do Not Kill list. Microsoft can use all the incentives it can find to coax people into using IE.

Eh, pink can look nice, some people like it, it's their business if they do. They just shouldn't be stuck with it, nor saddled with the meanings sometimes attached to it. One of the next comments after "buy her pink" was more or less, "buy her a cheap Toshiba and paint it pink." So, if we're talking about a high-powered customized dream machine and it's also pink, that's great. But if "pink" is code for "insultingly cheap so long as it looks cute, because she won't know the difference," that's something else again. Me, I'm Gen-X, likely older than some of you here, and in my generation, "you should wear pink" was code for "you should stifle your dreams." If that isn't true any more, well, color me impressed. But I kinda think it sometimes still is. Hey, the four-year-old said it better last winter, do watch her video if you haven't: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/12/girl-4-blasts-companies-for-pushing-girls-to-buy-pink-stuff/

Those types don't last long. In fact, they specifically reject those who perform well on intelligence tests because they don't want to invest in training someone who is smart enough to realize just how fucked law enforcement actually is and flee.

They need to get out of the airplane manufacturing business... although, bases on the moon may require slightly higher precision and quality control.

http://en.ria.ru/world/20120523/173624567.html

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/remains-45-russian-plane-crash-victims-idd-16392707

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Lokomotiv_Yaroslavl_air_disaster

http://www.airsafe.com/events/airlines/fsu.htm

All your base, are belong to us.

No it's not something he pulled out of his butt. Here is an example http://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836

Here, this will make you feel better.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/05/zuckerberg-bride-not-your-usual-billionaires-wife/

As cynical as I am, this is actually kind of a cute, romantic story.

One of the studios was planning a "Dallas" movie a few years ago, with John Travolta and then Ben Stiller as J. R. Ewing, but apparently they've given up.

Meanwhile Dallas the TV series reloads for another season, with 80-yr old Larry Hagman as J.R.

1. Bill Gates, age 39. 2. Larry Page, age 34. 3. Sergey Brin, age 33. 4. Steve Jobs, 36. 5. Larry Ellison, 23, 33, 39, 59 (currently divorced).

Lot of comments here saying that the SpaceX rockets are pretty much the same old technology as the 1950s, and why aren't we focusing on carbon fiber scramjet single-stage spaceplanes or flying saucers powered by dark energy?

Because two-stage kerosene-and-oxygen rockets *work*. It's proven technology, you *know* it's going to work, and you don't have to spend billions on aerodynamics research to figure out if it's going to outfly its own skin. From there, you can add in high-tech electronics, advanced manufacturing, etc., as SpaceX has done.

This sort of practical solution to real-world problems using tried-and-true technology is something every engineer should appreciate. Including an engineer you all know and love..

FWIW Toyota and Honda have cars that are 80% made in USA by content (including the parts). At one point they might even have been the most American cars ;).

http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story.jsp?section=top&subject=ami&story=amMade0611
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/american-cars/story?id=13801165

Probably not the best example you could have provided. Self defense is, arguably, the most compelling reason to own a firearm, no?

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2009/11/the-100-million-health-care-vote/

And Wesley Snipes thought is was voluntary too

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-N.H., called the company's move "corporate greed at its worst." He added, "This is an insult to the U.S. soldiers and taxpayers who paid the tab for their no-bid contracts and endured their overcharges for all these years. At the same time they'll be avoiding U.S. taxes, I'm sure they won't stop insisting on taking their profits in cold hard U.S. cash."

Very clever Mr. Schumer!