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On spending, Congress can’t agree on easy stuff
Congress is once again allowing shutdown politics to bring the federal government to the brink of closing.
For the second time in nine months, lawmakers are bickering and posturing over spending plans. The difference this time is that everyone agrees on the massive barrel of money to keep the government running for another seven weeks.
“It is embarrassing,” Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., admitted Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Warner asked: “Can we, once again, inflict on the country and the American people the spectacle of a near government shutdown?”
At issue is a small part of the almost $4 trillion budget intended for an infrequent purpose: federal dollars to help victims of floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters and whether some of the expense should be offset by cuts in other government spending.
This sort of crisis management has cost Congress credibility in the eyes of the electorate, with about eight in 10 Americans disapproving of the institution’s performance after this summer’s debt crisis. A major credit agency downgraded the nation’s ratings as a result, unnerving the world’s financial markets.
The current standoff raises a question: If lawmakers can’t even agree to help victims of natural disasters, how are they going to strike a deal to cut $1.5 trillion in spending this fall in the white-hot climate of presidential and congressional politics?
The uncertainty isn’t helping officials in Joplin, Mo., desperate to rebuild homes and put people back to work after a devastating tornado in May.
“We can appreciate the efforts to get our national economy in better order, but we’re concerned about how that’s going to affect us,” Joplin Mayor Mike Woolston said Friday, as Congress headed home for the weekend, the standoff unresolved.
Woolston said he thinks lawmakers will come to an agreement before the Federal Emergency Management Agency runs out of money this week; FEMA officials said it had just $175 million in its coffers.
“But the devil’s in the details,” he said. “How long will it take, how much disaster funding will there be?”
That depends on whether the closely divided Senate and Republican-controlled House can find reason to agree, and then do it — a tall order against a history of nick-of-time accords over the budget in April and raising the debt limit in late July.
This time, even the promise of a scheduled vacation this week couldn’t break the impasse. Lawmakers instead backed themselves into a new standoff Friday, requiring at least the Senate to come back in session part of this week.
On Friday, the Democratic-controlled Senate blocked the House bill that would provide stop-gap federal spending, plus aid for people battered by a spate of natural disasters. The legislation also calls for $1.6 billion in spending cuts to help defray the disaster costs.
The House, meanwhile, left town for a weeklong recess and the Jewish holidays.
What remained was a familiar so’s-your-mother partisan spat, with trillions of federal dollars — more than $3 billion for disaster victims — at stake.
Democrats complained that it’s unprecedented and unfair to insist that spending cuts accompany badly needed emergency aid. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., who earlier in the week had said passage of the bill was urgent, on Friday put off a vote until Monday. The only option, he said, was to “capitulate to the job-destroying bill” from the House.
While Warner joined those blaming tea party-driven House Republicans, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., pointed to Reid. “He manufactured a crisis all week about disaster when there’s no crisis,” Alexander told CNN. He accused Democrats of “chest-pounding and game-playing.”
yes it is easy..CUT SPENDING..get rid of all the benies your favorite CONGRESS gets..including salaries/healtcare/retirements…then get rid of ALL contract-civil at Military bases..turn back over to military.(already paying them to do the job..no need for it.).ONE tax..sales/state-fed..(too easy to watch)–only exception is no tax on food..all contracts will not be paid if contracts over due.re-eval all contracts.Unions–BACK OFF–if not kick off ALL military reservations.>> do not belong there anyway..
@SpatialOrientation — the private sector creates jobs all the time — in India and China and other Third World countries where they don’t have to pay living wages to their employees, where there’s some kind of national health program. | {
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The fifth episode of Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 4, All or Nothing, launches tomorrow, January 8. With the fate of the world hanging in perilous balance, players will need to rally the combined forces of Tyria to defeat the Elder Crystal Dragon Kralkatorrik in a monumental final battle.
All or Nothing introduces a multitude of new content and features, including:
A new fractal, Siren's Reef, in which players will work to break the isle's curse while surrounded by an army of ghost pirates
A new map, Thunderhead Peaks, in which players return to the dwarven fortress of Thunderhead Keep from the original Guild Wars
The legendary longbow Pharus that calls down the power of cosmic light
A new mount mastery, Bond of Faith, that launches players out of the saddle, allowing for a seamless transition from mount riding to gliding and opening up new exploration possibilities
The new "Diviner" gear stat set
The new upgradeable "Dragonsblood" weapon set
Additionally, Episode 5 promises an intense and fast-paced storyline that picks up immediately after the conclusion of Episode 4. With Aurene's visions of her own death at the hands of Kralkatorrik boding ill for all life in Tyria, players are thrown into a high-stakes race against time. Defiant and undeterred, the Commander and allies must strike at the heart of the titanic, primordial beast once and for all.
All or Nothing is free to access for players who own Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire. Play-for-free players who log in while the episode is live will be able to claim it once they upgrade to Path of Fire. For those who don't own it yet, Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire is available by visiting: buy.guildwars2.comâ€Ã...½. In addition, the standard and deluxe editions of Path of Fire and the Guild Wars 2 Standard Collection and Deluxe Collection are all 50% off until January 14. | {
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NB: as of 23 September 2008, all new artSMart articles are being published on the site news.artsmart.co.za.
KZNPO CONCERT: JUNE 23 2005
(article first published : 2005-06-24)
This KZN Philharmonic Orchestra's concert offered a programme of Spanish music by non-Spanish composers, three Frenchmen and a Russian.
The high point was a delightful performance of the Symphonie Espagnole by Edouard Lalo. The “symphony” is in effect a five-movement violin concerto, and the young Russian violinist Sergey Ostrovsky gave a beautifully judged interpretation of this exotic and fascinating music. Displaying a sweet and accurate tone, he played with style, verve and a good deal of fervour and passion, and he was rewarded with prolonged applause from the rather small audience.
He responded with an encore of extreme virtuosity, a composition by Paganini which my spies told me was his Introduction and Variations on a theme from Paisiello’s opera La Molinara. Not the kind of thing you would sing in your bath, but a wonderful display of dexterity on the violin.
The orchestra, conducted with brisk authority by Naum Rousine, opened the proceedings with a bright account of Chabrier’s very well known Espana, and after the interval came an arrangement of Bizet’s Carmen Suite by the contemporary Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin. An overblown programme note, some of which appeared to have come directly from the composer’s agent in Moscow, quoted “the world press” as praising Rodion Shchedrin in extravagant terms and said that this particular Carmen Suite was played somewhere in the world every day.
Maybe. I don’t know how people arrive at these conclusions. Shchedrin is a prolific composer and the Carmen Suite is his best-known work (it has, I think, been recorded by Naxos, whereas the composer’s other recorded works seem to be all under the Russian label Melodiya). The suite is scored for string orchestra and 20 percussion instruments (handled by five players), including drums, chimes, marimba, cowbells, cymbals, sticks.
In the KZNPO performance the percussionists had a lovely time, sometimes drowning the tunes played by the strings, but I thought that the work as a whole was no more than an interesting novelty. - Michael Green | {
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You may not realize it yet, but the U.S. is in trouble. By the time you finish reading this article, you will understand why.
Consider these facts:
The Federal Reserve was created in 1913 to bring monetary stability to the U.S. However, since its creation,the U.S. dollar has declined in value by over 95%.
The price of food is going up, the price of gasoline is going up. Yet, home values are continuing to go down.
Throughout the world, 1 billion people go to bed hungry each night.
An increasing number of investors are betting that the U.S. government will default on its debt.
Japan currently manufactures 5 million more automobiles than the U.S. does.
China has become the world’s largest exporter of high technology products.
The U.S. government owes China 895 billion dollars, and is constantly begging them for more money.
The number of jobs gained by the U.S. economy during the past decade (2000-2010) was less than any other decade since World War II.
In Osceola County, Florida 66.5% of all home mortgages are underwater. In Clark Country, Nevada 71.1% of all home mortgages are underwater.
There are 28 million Americans that would like full-time jobs, but don’t have them.
The American Journal of Medicine states that medical bills are a major factor in over 60% of personal bankruptcies in the U.S.
The fastest growing portion of the federal budget is interest on the national debt.
During Barack Obama’s first two years in office, the U.S. government added more to the national debt than the first 100 U.S. Congresses combined. The previous record was held by George W. Bush.
The Obama administration and the Federal Reserve both declare the U.S. economy is in recovery, yet a record 43.6 million Americans were on food stamps in November, 2010.
Now that you understand these things, what can you do about it?
You can’t do anything about the Federal Reserve’s policies. You can’t do anything about Congress’ policies. Here’s the secret most people don’t realize: we have lost representational government in the U.S. Because of that, the United States’ fate has been sealed.
The Fed is buying U.S. Treasury debt because no one else wants it. This practice can not go on forever. The day is coming when it will no longer prop up the U.S. economy. That is the day when the U.S. Dollar will collapse.
You can only control your own family’s destiny. You can store a supply of food and water. If you are worried about your savings being destroyed when the Dollar collapses, you can also buy some gold and silver. However, food is the most important because you can’t eat precious metals.
A lot people don’t want to hear someone tell them to get an emergency food supply. They may have done so before Y2K and felt they got burned when nothing happened. They think nothing happened then, and nothing may happen now. If you feel that way, you must think there is a downside to having a supply of food.
But really, when you think about it, what is the worst thing that could happen?
Nothing, and you would be forced to actually eat the food you have stored!
Personally, I would be happy if nothing happened and all I had to do was eat my food storage.
Photo: YouTube
U.S. Military knows the day of reckoning is coming
If you are still not convinced, then know this. The Pentagon is training troops for economic collapse. Why are they doing that? They must know something that you and I don’t know.
There are many choices when it comes to emergency food storage. But, Mountain House Freeze Dried Food has been the #1 emergency food supply for decades. There’s a reason.
Freeze Dried Food lasts for 25+ years. It doesn’t take much space, and you only have to add hot water to prepare your meals. No cooking, less cleanup, requires less water than other emergency food types.
Stop, look around, and you will clearly see what you need to do.
Cause for. Buy an emergency food supply for your family today and lock-in the price of your food.
Donald Trump was interviewed on Newsmax.tv recently and he made some very piercing observations about what is going on in the U.S. Now, not everyone likes Trump, but you have to admit he’s a great businessnessman.
As you read the 11 points he made in the interview, you’ll understand why the U.S. is in trouble:
“If oil prices are allowed to inflate and keep inflating, if the dollar keeps going down in value, I think there’s a very distinct possibility that things could get worse.”
“You’re going to pay $25 for a loaf of bread pretty soon. Look at what’s happening with our food prices. They’re going through the roof. We could end up being another Egypt. You could have riots in our streets also.”
“I think gold will go up as long as people don’t have confidence in our country.”
“The banks have really let us down. They did some bad things and caused some bad problems. If you have something that you want to buy, like a house, they’re generally not there for you.”
“I see $3.50 for a gallon of gas for cars, and I see cars are lined up trying to get it at $3.50. It’s a shame, a ridiculous shame.”
“I think the biggest threat is that our jobs are being stolen by other countries. We’re not going to have any jobs here pretty soon.”
“We’re like a whipping post for other countries. We’re standing there and just being beaten by South Korea, by Mexico, by China, by India.”
“All of our jobs are going to China. We’re rebuilding China and other places.”
“We are a laughingstock throughout the world.”
“The federal government has no money.”
“I hate what is happening to this country.”
I hate what’s happening to this country too. My biggest fear is hyperinflation. My biggest fear is going to the grocery store and not being able to afford to buy food for my family. However, if Federal Reserve continues its current course of U.S. Dollar devaluation, we will be paying more than $25 for a loaf of bread.
Now you understand that there will come a day when most people won’t be able to afford to buy food. It’s not a question of if, but a question of when. It’s just a matter of time.
You can secure your family’s future today by locking in the price of your food.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As a powerful winter storm complete with significant accumulation of ice and snow, high winds, and bitterly cold temperatures approaches the central U.S., staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMA) Region VII office continue to take steps to coordinate with state and local officials in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as they prepare for the storm. FEMA also encourages residents to quickly complete their preparations for the approaching weather.
The rioting in Egypt raises several important issues. Let’s look at the situation:
The US Dollar is the World’s Reserve Currency.
The US Dollar has been going down in value for quite some time.
Because of the Dollar’s fall, global food prices are skyrocketing.
If the unrest in the Middle East continues, the Suez Canel may be shut down.
If the Suez Canal is shut down, oil prices will go through the roof. To a degree, they already have.
The Egyptian people are rioting for many reasons, one of which is the skyrocketing cost of food.
All these factors add up to a future that is very uncertain. In the photograph above, we have two scenarios. The one on the left shows the food riots in Egypt. The one on the right shows a typical American family enjoying a meal at the table. The question you need to ask yourself is this:
Which scenario do you want for your family? The one on the left or the one on the right?
If you ignore the signs and always think that food will always be available and affordable, what will you think when the next crisis happens in America, and you can’t afford to buy food? What will your family do?
Demand for emergency food is at an all-time high. Demand for freeze dried food from Mountain House Food is especially high. Order now while wait times are still reasonable.
Buy emergency food for your family which it is still available, and while you can still afford it.
Better fitness is one of my goals for the new year, so I was excited to find this yummy recipe in Shape Magazine for low-cal, high protein, whole grain pancakes. I think it’s a great way to use oats from food storage! No need to grind the oats into flour. Just use a blender or food processor to combine ingredients below. (I used a Magic Bullet) Then cook batter like pancakes for 2 minutes per side. These are great served with fresh fruit and a drizzle of agave nectar (I like Xagave brand)! They taste a little bit like French toast.
Emergency Food is an essential part of your family’s preparedness plan. If you are interesting in buying any type of emergency food storage, you need to know this:
Demand for any type of Emergency Food is at an All-Time High
Don’t take my word for it. Here are the words of Harry Weyandt, President of Nitro-Pak Preparedness Center:
“The nations emergency food suppliers have all been slammed with dealer orders, so much so that Mountain House has discontinued taking orders from ALL dealers except NITRO-PAK and a couple of others. Our customers have priority status in receiving their orders. We are currently alloted a large amount of food shipped to us each week, and Mountain House and our other suppliers are working feverishly to fill our orders ASAP.
Orders with #10 can foods (freeze-dried & dehydrated), food reserve units or modules are processing in about 15-38 business days due to the EXTREMELY HIGH DEMAND that has been caused by our nation’s current political & economic uncertainty as well as high inflation fears. We anticipate prices will soon rise as are all food prices worldwide.
I personally recommend locking-in what you can NOW! before prices increase and availability vaporizes. When word of these shortages reaches the general population via the News, wait times will GREATLY INCREASE as the demand grows. Please understand, this is no hype…just gut instinct as one friend to another.” | {
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I definitely support this. Building on to it: have bosses always drop named items, named after themselves, that is: something like "Ogryang's Sword(+1 sword)", or "Zanzibar's... uhm, axe? Or something.(+1 weapon or something with some kind of bonus.)". | {
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'EOS is my standard kicking dog' Charles Hoskinson says in interview
Charles Hoskinson, famed co-creator of Ethereum and founder of Cardano gave an insightful interview during the Beyond Blocks summit in Bangkok where he discussed his vision, aspirations and what he thinks about EOS as well as the future of blockchain. Enjoy this interview with Charles Huskinson who many call the next Steve Jobs.
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Steve Jobs -- LOL!!! Hoskinson is a scammer and that is why nobody would work with him. Real bull shitter with a shady past, I suggest everyone do their research on him -- I was fooled for a while, but I woke up. Do not trust this guy. | {
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The Innocent Man
By John Grisham
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence.NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES“Both an American tragedy and [Grisham’s] strongest legal thriller yet, all the more gripping because it happens to be true.”—Entertainment Weekly
In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a young cocktail waitress named Debra Sue Carter was savagely murdered. The investigation led nowhere. Until, on the flimsiest evidence, it led to Ron Williamson. The washed-up small-town hero was charged, tried, and sentenced to death—in a trial littered with lying witnesses and tainted evidence that would shatter a man’s already broken life, and let a true killer go free.
Impeccably researched, grippingly told, filled with eleventh-hour drama, The Innocent Man reads like a page-turning legal thriller. It is a book no American can afford to miss.
Praise for The Innocent Man
“Grisham has crafted a legal thriller every bit as suspenseful and fast-paced as his bestselling fiction.”—TheBoston Globe
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from John Grisham’s The Litigators.
Reviews
Fantastic book
5
By Treez783
When I read this book it was hard to put down! Very well written and sad.
The Innocent Man
5
By Donnie55r
After reading 16 of John Grisham's fictional books, in the past six weeks, this was an awesome read! I give great credit to the author for his tremendous research. I also give credit to the families involved as well as all the others who were wrongfully convicted. I encourage anybody who believes in the believes in the death penalty to read this book.
Court room drama
4
By prbreez
This book is all you can come to expect from John Grisham. Great read!
Disappointing Read
2
By Lejs1155
At first the pace of the book made up for the tedium. Eventually, as I kept waiting for the point of the ending, I was just happy happy to have it finally be finished. I would not recommend his book - it's important to The Innocence Project - but not typical of an otherwise good author.
Honestly really good!
5
By BenjaminSiegel
It had some "slow" parts in the beginning, but being has how this is a true story, you'll be hooked in no time to see just how things turned out for this innocent man. A must read in my opinion!
AMAZING
5
By Lauren612
One of the best books ever love his series ..... If u like crime and detail John Grisham is the man for you :)
What got me into reading his books
5
By Zach Hamilton
This book started it all for me. I love his works. But the reason I'm submitting my review is it seems people are unaware that this IS A TRUE STORY. Knowing that, read it again and you'll see it differently
Not good
1
By Robquix
I'm very disappointed in this book. Having read several books by John Grisham, and found them great, this is a major failure!
So much crazy and unbelievable police and legal work. It is bizarre to say the least. Maybe the book is a spoof on police and lawyers? I must have missed the humor.
An Innocent Man by John Grisham
1
By TorieGal
I find it hard to believe this was written by the same man who wrote all those wonderful books of fiction. Perhaps Mr Grisham got lazy or just writes better using his imagination, because this was amateurish, repetitive and boring.
The Innocent Man review
4
By B2pears
It's easy to call for the death penalty in the case of horrendous murders. This book reminded me that only God should be the judge when it comes to deciding who lives and who dies.
And if one was not aware of the time period you would think you were reading a story that took place in the 1930s. This highlights how even today justice is not always the result of our legal system.
And last, even if only half of what was written about the Oklahoma prison system is true, the state should be ashamed and embarrassed. | {
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
MISSED OPPORTUNITY?
The Mormon missionaries materialized from the falling snow. I
had been focused on my iPhone under an umbrella while posting a picture on
Facebook. When I looked up to the riverside path, there one was, stopped on his
bike, all natty and smiley in his missionary-for-Joseph Smith-and-Jesus outfit.
He made some neutral comment on the weather, and I noted how
beautiful the scene. My first thought of his wholesome appearance had been gay?, but then his look-alike partner
rode up. They appeared interchangeable, with identical blue bikes and helmets."We're Mormon missionaries," he said,
superfluously."Oh my God, you're out in this weather?" I
blurted, then caught myself and grinned, "Excuse my language.""We love what we do," one of them explained. "Do you have friends or family who are Mormons?"
he asked pleasantly.I took a long pause, staring at him, then at his other,
thinking of my now-dead Mormon lunatic mother-in-law. At her memorial service, Mormon Bishop
Hickman had explained our place in the universe: We all come from a spirit
world and chose to come to Earth solely to gain a body. (I guess we didn't get
to pick which one, however, judging by the number of ugly ones around.) Anyway,
our good works will determine where we end up. The ultimate goal is to be
reunited with our families -- "one big happy family," as the Bishop
put it.
Aargh. I sure hope not. But then, I suppose I'm not in much danger of going to
the place the good Mormons go.
Snapping back to reality and the missionary twins, I asked
myself, Is there enough entertainment
here to justify engaging these boys?There wasn't, I decided, so politely excused myself and went
my way. Unfortunately, I think I missed an opportunity this morning.I've been wanting to ask a real, live Mormon if they truly
believe that Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden in Missouri,
6,000 years ago. Or that the Angel Moroni in the 1820s told Joseph Smith where
to find these golden plates buried in upstate New York.
Or that Smith translated the plates' secrets from a mysterious Egyptian
language and wrote it all down in the Book
of Mormon, revealing the otherwise-unknown history in America
of pre-Columbian civilizations of Jaredites, Nephites, and Lamanites. And what
about Jesus' one-time visit to America
after he was resurrected following his crucifixion and trip back to Heaven? I
wish I had asked the missionary-twins about these mysteries.The Mormon guy-who-wanted-to-be-President believed this same
nonsense, apparently. You can't know for sure, though, since none of the "lame-stream"
news reporters -- reputed, ironically, to be in the pocket of God-hating, socialist
liberals -- ever asked him. So we'll never know what Romney really thought
about that nutty stuff. Not that it's all that much crazier than mainstream
religious dogma -- seas parting, immaculate conception, water to wine, that
kind of stuff -- but then, that's just me. Lots of people find a way to believe
it all as bona-fide true facts.Including one of the other white guys-who-wanted-to-be-President,
Mike Huckabee. Just hours after the Connecticut
school massacre, he was bloviating in his cranky, Well, what did you expect? tone of voice on Fox. Spouting simplistic
aphorisms about the tragedy being linked to society taking God out of classrooms.
Of course, he didn't actually say that the shooting was directly caused by this
sinful drift, but that certainly was how most anyone would take it. Which many did, giving him an earful. Then what did this
potential-President do in the face of completely predictable public outrage? He
doubled down on his arrogant godliness, attacking his "amateur and
professional critics" as ignorant, left-wing bigots.Huckabee had to know that the timing and the harshness of
his words -- linking the profound tragedy on Sandy Hook to
his shame-on-you,-America
moralizing -- would enflame people, still in grief over recent events. Yet,
he did it anyway. What a smug, self-centered huckster!I'm sure there are diehard Huckabee fans willing to forgive
his blather -- after all, isn't that the Christian thing to do? Father, forgive them for they know not what
they do?
Besides, many of
the anyone-but-Obama fans will whine, we
tried to tell you that Obama was going to take away our guns.
Obama didn't plan to do that, I'm sure. No one had the
stomach for that political rumble. But that was then; this is now. Things
changed.I shot an assault rifle the other day. It's a thing of
seductive beauty, the AR-15. It's as much like an ordinary rifle as an iPhone
is like Sonny Crockett's shoe-sized car phone on Miami Vice reruns. It's sleek. Cool. Deadly accurate. No kick.
What's not to love?The answer, of course, is obvious, even though making up
rules for gun ownership that can prevent Sandy Hook
tragedies is a will-o'-the-wisp. Still, you gotta try, don't you? I think that will happen now, and the paranoid Obama haters
can cry all they want with their I told
you so's. It's time to toughen up gun laws, even though to think in any way
of this moment of community mourning as an opportunity
is obscene. But there you have it. I hope it's an opportunity not missed. | {
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I worked with the design team at the New York State Museum in Albany, New York to help them create background murals for their new long-term Ice Ages Exhibit. (Find more information about visiting here.)
The larger of the two murals I created for them shows extinct species that were endemic to New York during the later part of the ice age (during glacial recession), inhabiting an ecosystem known as Boreal bog. The habitat is mostly coniferous forest punctuated by glacial ponds and wetland. The mural features American Mastadon, Flat-headed Peccary, Megalonyx (Jefferson's ground sloth), Castoroides (Giant Beaver), and Cervalces (Stag-moose), as well as several extant bird species including a pied-billed grebe, oriole, and California condors. | {
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Are you exhausted in your search for the perfect corner lot home located in a gorgeous, idyllic neighborhood on the Central Coast, California? This enormously stunning single level, 4-bedroom, 4-bath property offers 4,178+ square feet of living space and a lot size of 2.25 acres. An entertainer’s dream is fulfilled with the modern yet classic open floor plan featuring two fireplaces plus three en-suites. The light and airy kitchen is home to Wolf appliances, granite counters, a walk-in pantry and a utility sink close at hand. Floor to ceiling windows bring in the soft light from the private garden surrounding the outside built-in BBQ and sunken hot tub. Lemons, cherries, avocados, figs, persimmons and more, cover only a small portion of the 2.25 acre parcel that allows for an expansion to include a separate guest house. Your family and loved ones will enjoy private guest quarters and an oversized three car garage – perfect for a boat, trailer, workshop, or for extra company to park. Located only a short distance from three championship golf courses, the Pismo Beach pier, Monarch butterfly groves, shopping, restaurants, and the the gorgeous Pacific ocean. Come take a look at this beauty and don’t miss out. | {
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Have always loved romance fiction, especially historical romances, and now have discovered paranormal and all kinds of different scenarios. After all, romance told against any background and in any configuration is grand!
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Review: Precious and Fragile Things by Megan Hart
Megan Hart is one of those authors who gravitates toward the hard-core edge of human experience and she is not afraid to make those issues and situations the context of her novels. There are quite a few kidnapping novels and stories about the Stockholm Syndrome, but Ms Hart has not necessarily written a story that replicates those. As a testimony of her creativity she has crafted a story that is significantly different.
What actually happens when a young mother, frazzled and tired, truly weary of being the work-horse of her family, overwhelmed with laundry and crying kids and vet visits and husbands who can pick up and take a business trip without creating any ripple in the family life while any time away for her is a major undertaking. Gillian Solomon, or Gilly as she is called in this story, is a woman who has always wanted a family of her own, loves her husband dearly and deeply, yet has this insane desire to run away--to be free of all the hands that pull at her, free to finish tasks that forever go undone, free to just be. On a fateful day in January she stops at her bank's ATM, and in just a few moments her life changes forever. As she is returning to her car she finds that a carjacker has slipped into the passenger side, is holding a lethal knife to her throat and ordering her to just drive. Nothing she offers makes any impression. He won't even stop to let her children out of the back seat. Somehow she manages a quick stop and drops them off at an Amish home, knowing that they will be cared for. Even when they stop for gas she doesn't run. There is a part of her that doesn't want to go back.
For the next three months Gilly and Todd are holed up in his uncle's mountain cabin in Pennsylvania, totally and completely snowed in with drifts up to the roof. He has taken some of his inheritance money and fully stocked the cabin with food. There is sufficient wood and propane. Even when Gilly wrecks the car trying to escape they know that they will not freeze or starve. In a moment of weakness Gilly tries to kill herself and contracts pneumonia for her trouble--a terrible illness that Todd nurses her through. Yet there is always this tension. At first she begs to be let go. He can't do that--he knows she will tell them who he is and where he is--he just can't go back to prison. He is not unkind; he never attempts to assault her; he forces her out of her depression; he is not an uncomfortable companion. He just won't let her go.
This story is one of those that the reader knows must end but how? It is like a huge boulder rolling down the mountainside, but the bottom of the canyon is hidden by thick mists. Where will it land and what will happen when it does? Gilly must deal with her own feelings about her husband and children, about the relationship her feelings now have to do with her growing-up experiences, dealing with dreams and nightmares and trying to find a way to get through one boring day after another. Todd is terribly troubled--he isn't really bad or stupid or uneducated. He has been traumatized in his early childhood by the loss of his parents and siblings; he has survived the foster care system but not without wounds and scars and with responses to life's situations that may be predictable but are still sad and uncomfortable. He had intended to kill himself at the cabin. He never intended to have Gilly there. He makes some surprising discoveries about himself and his family that are very hurtful. But what is one more blow for this man? Yet as the weeks go by he is not sure he wants to end his life now. It becomes apparent that Todd is beginning to care deeply for Gilly, and even when she rejects his tepid romantic advances, he works through his anger and hurt without hurting her. He is not a really bad man. But where does this all leave them?
This is a wonderful novel and once again displays Ms Hart's skill as an author and her expertise in crafting a story many writers would never attempt. This is not beauty and life, it is not love, hearts and flowers. It is sad and hurtful and raw and gutsy. But there are moments of gentleness and caring, demonstrations that Gilly's orientation in her traditions and her depth as a mother and caring person bring some peace and understanding to this troubled man. It is not an easy book to read, but I have to admit I couldn't put it down--read it all, word for word, in one sitting. I felt like I was falling down an emotional well and when I reached the end, I was surprised while not being surprised. It's almost like waiting for the other shoe to drop and when it does, it is still a surprise. There is a sense of the inevitable but the reader has no clue how it will all end.
So if you are a Megan Hart fan, you will like this book. It is not one of her erotic novels--no sex except for Gilly's memories of her times with her husband--but this is an incredibly in-depth novel and a very good read. I give this book a rating of 4.75 out of 5. | {
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Playing her first Grand Slam tournament in 19 months, wildcard Sharapova earned a 4-1 lead in the first set. The 27-year-old Sevastova came close to taking the set after recovering from the deficit, but the Russian stole the set with two amazing forehands in the 12th game. A single break in the second set was enough for Sevastova to force a decider, in which she quickly went 3-0 up, eventually winning the match by mixing up her shots and producing mighty defense. Final result: 5-7 6-4 6-2.
Since the encounter happened in the day session, Sharapova retains the perfect 20-0 record in night matches at the US Open.
Until last year’s run to the last eight, Sevastova had not contested the US Open main draw since 2011, as she fell in qualifying in 2012 and 2015, while she missed the event in 2013 and 2014 due to retirement from tour.
Next up for Sevastova is American Sloane Stephens, who has now won 12 of her last 14 matches with the fourth-round victory over seed No.30 Julia Goerges.
Bruce Fraser, it’s been proven Maria was not using the drug for health reasons…just google the info. That’s why she got the ban and lost her appeal. She and her team got the emails about Meldonium being banned, so she is guilty of just what was proven (hint: doping). Therefore, Maria who????? Glad she got dismissed today by Sevastova. “Go, Sevastova! Congrats to you, Sloane, and Venus on your win!!” #VENUSWILLIAMS:LIVINGLEGEND!
Obviously, she doesn’t need Meldonium to proof everyone that she is still a strong player and could reach 4th Round as she had performed in the past slams…..
Congratulations on a great run for your first slam!! It is not easy to win a slam on your first major after a while…not Azarenka, Kvitova and even Serena….. Getting to the second week and beating no.2 in the world in such an achievement and I congrats you Maria … and to those who doesn’t know who…it’s Maria S…H…A…R…A…P..O…V…A… ,
Good one, Sabey! Love it! Wake up from your slumber, Ferondi. Again, Maria who?????? She gets the “L”…the dream is over. She’ll never reach Serena’s level of play or anything near her accomplishments, N-E-V-E-R!! How about that other living legend, Venus Williams? The phenomenal 37-year-old just dismissed my girl Kvitova to reach the semi-final. Simply amazing! “Sorry, Petra, but I was cheering for Venus this time around.”
Claire, I love your response as well! Indeed, we all are witnessing how poorly Maria who? plays without her crutch drug. And then to lie repeatedly when questioned is what made me lose all respect for her. | {
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Etiquette tips for travellers
The Definitive List of Dos and Don'ts While You’re Travelling
Some occasional retailers, bakeries and different institutions have tip jars on their check-out counters. These became additional current in recent decades and there’s some confusion, even contention regarding them.
On the off chance that you have an escalated stop, mull over a short taking a gander at outing. This especially is shrewd in urban areas with brilliant open transportation decisions, grant numerous opportunity to urge back through security.
Visit the bar
Play a game and among the few edges of flight postponements has valuable leisure time constrained upon you. Watch a flick or scenes of an all around preferred network show, or discover that new diversion your youngsters perpetually cite. extravagant the likelihood to like careless, faultless, fun.
Testing maybe a couple of different wines ANd requesting a tidbit is likewise an appreciated break. figuring on the landing strip, you’ll prepared to notice a fabulous spot to possess a glass of wine and a couple of scrumptious snacks.
Everything from dish to truffled waterproof and cheddar. With a waste of time investigation, you’ll have the capacity to locate a dynamic bar or a tranquil table to unwind though holding up. take a gander at the FlyInStyle application from iTunes.
On the off chance that you have an escalated stop, mull over a short taking a gander at outing. This especially is shrewd in urban areas with brilliant open transportation decisions.
With a waste of time investigation, you’ll have the capacity to locate a dynamic bar or a tranquil table to unwind though holding up. Grant numerous opportunity to urge back through security, and keep mind that your voyage may value you prior flight chances to your destination. inside of the universe of standby travel, you need to be blessing to win. | {
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EXPERIENCE A GREAT HOTEL BY DAY WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE NIGHT STAY
In Japan, love hotels have a history of over years. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Located in Da Nang, 2. Too many people abbigliamento for a great amount of depth and unpredictability in animation movies -but THAT is a bit unrealistic no pun intended -think about it: Hotel Rwanda 8. Larger, higher-priced hotels may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pool, business centre with computers, printers, and other office equipmentchildcare, conference and event facilities, tennis or basketball courts, gymnasium, restaurants, day spa, and social function services.
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Albergo operations vary in size, function, complexity, and cost. Review Amazingly beautiful new hotel on the first beach line. He was really helpful. Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google. We're sorry, but there was an error submitting your comment. Retrieved 22 April Good service, the owner and the staff are all friendly and helpful. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. The wi-fi works fine.
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Da Nang is one of the best places in Vietnam for family holiday. Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to room type. Despite the Belgians having placed the Tutsis in a higher position during the Belgian rule, they have placed the majority Hutus in power after independence. What guests said about Da Nang: Please check your email and click the link to reset your password. Sign in or create an account to see all your bookings.
Boutique-hotels. And great places nearby
It was really cheap and they allowed me to check in a few hours earlier, which is a proof that the staff is doing a great job, even tho they are nowhere near fluency in English. Rate this property Very bad Excellent 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Da Nang is one of the best places in Vietnam for family holiday. But anyway it was pretty fine experience with them. The hotel is super cheap for the services it provided. When guests stay at the property they check out how quiet the room is, how friendly the equipe are and more.
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They pretend to be blurred and took you sight-seeing the Dragon bridge and other attraction before bringing you to your albergo. Our room had a balcony and was on the 7th floor with an amazing view over the city and mountains. They have cheap motorbike rental on site and the location is just perfect, 3 mins to the beach on foot Show more Show less. This classification is based upon the quality of facilities and amenities offered by the hotel. For a period of about years from the midth century, coaching inns served as a place for lodging for coach travellers in other words, a roadhouse. Hyatt Regency Danang Resort and Spa.
A number of hotels have entered the public consciousness through popular culture, such as the Ritz Hotel in Londonthrough its association with Irving Berlin's song, ' Puttin' on the Ritz '. Guests can enjoy free WiFi in entire property. Tika Sumpter Is 'Nobody's Fool'. Check prices and accommodation for: Facilities offering hospitality to travellers have been a feature of the earliest civilizations. They have cheap motorbike rental on site and the location is just perfect, 3 mins to the beach on foot Show more Show less. Though hotels have always been built in popular destinations, the defining characteristic of a resort hotel is that it exists purely to serve another attraction, the two having the same owners. Food is also tasty and free from chemical. Shrunken Heads voice Brian Stack | {
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Time Warner Cable board rejects Charter bid
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Time Warner Cable Inc.
TWC, +5.88%
said late Monday that its board of directors "had unanimously rejected a third grossly inadequate proposal" by Charter Communications Inc.
CHTR, -1.85%Earlier in the day, Charter announced it would offer Time Warner Cable shareholders about $132.50 a share in cash and stock, with the news sending the latter's price rising to $134.84 in after-hours trading. "Charter's latest proposal is a non-starter. ... It substantially undervalues TWC and would represent an EBITDA multiple of approximately 7X, well below past transactions in the cable sector," Time Warner Cable Chief Executive Officer Rob Marcus said in a statement rejecting the offer. Marcus also said that "because a significant portion of the purchase price would be in Charter stock, the actual value delivered to TWC shareholders could be substantially lower given the valuation, operational, and significant balance sheet risks embedded in Charter's stock."
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New Year’s resolutions CAN be achieved, here’s how:
It’s resolution season, which means many of us are putting pen to paper and writing down goals we want to achieve in the new year.
Isn’t it funny how amazing it feels to just make the goals? Like, half of the fun is planning how amazing and fun and productive your life is going to be!
….Then there’s the other half. You know, the part where you actually have to keep up
with all your resolutions?
Goals can be scary. I avoided goals for a long time, because, HELLO! that means you HAVE TO DO THEM! But if you don’t set a goal, you don’t HAVE to do anything, which means you probably won’t.
You NEED to make a plan for how you will achieve those goals. You NEED to start a dialogue with yourself about how you’re going to stay motivated.
Below are some tips to get you started. You can apply these methods for New Year’s resolutions specifically, or goals you set for yourself throughout the year:
Assess your level of accountability
Some people (HI!) do better when they are held accountable to something/someone else.
For example, when the alarm goes off for a 5:30 am workout I’m planning on doing alone…..you better BELIEVE I’m pressing that snooze button.
BUT, if there is a class I’m already signed up for, or if I’m meeting someone at the gym for a work out, I’m up and out the door.
Don’t beat yourself up for being one way or another, just use the knowledge of your personality type to your advantage!
Make your goals SMART
Mental health professionals, business professionals and others ascribe to the SMART goal method. The SMART method says that in order to be successful, your goals need to be:
Specific: Make sure you are as specific as possible!
Measurable: How are you going to measure your goal?
Attainable: With the knowledge and resources you have, is it possible?
Realistic: Is the goal realistic for you?
Time constrained: Set a time limit and schedule if you can for your goal.
The best way to understand this is through an example.
Maybe one of your resolutions is: “Get in Shape”
Well…what the hell does that mean!? “In shape” enough to run a marathon, or “in shape” enough to walk up a flight of stairs without breaking a sweat?
How will you know you’re “in shape?” Will you look in the mirror one day and say, “YEP there’s that shape I was looking for!”
This is also missing HOW you’re going to get in shape.
If we were to going to transform this into a SMART goal, it would look something like this:
“I will decrease my body fat percentage by 2% a month by going to bodypump classes three times a week for the next 6 months.”
You don’t need to put yourself down to build yourself up
Shaming yourself won’t help you reach your goals. On the contrary, you are much more likely to fail.
This is especially pointless if you are a perfectionist or have the tendency to beat yourself up as it is. Reminding yourself of small “failures” like not getting up in time to work out won’t motivate you to do it the next day. In fact, you’ll more than likely keep pressing the snooze button, because why not? You’re a failure anyway, might as well keep it rolling!
I’m not saying there isn’t a place for toughness and grit. I mean, “JUST DO IT” is the phrase of a multi-billion dollar business for a reason. However, there is a difference between talking down to yourself and motivating yourself. Something like, “C’mon Alyson, you can do this!” is different from “Just GET OUT OF BED YOU LOSER! YOU ALWAYS DO THIS! IF YOU DON’T GET UP YOU’RE A FAILURE!”
Keep a weekly goal journal where you chronicle how it’s going or tweaks you need to make.
Don’t burn out in the first month
If you have a fitness goal and go to the gym every day for a month straight, come February 1st, the last thing you’re going to want to do is go to the gym again. Remind yourself that you’re in this for the long haul! Try not to expend all your energy at once.
Remember: the goal is about the lifestyle change, not the goal completion itself.
Meeting your goal is a marker that you have done really good work, it’s not an indicator that you’re finished.
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Love this! I’m the perfectionist that beats herself up and says “well I screwed this up” day 21 in to 31 and feel like it’s over. Going to keep in mind your last reminder of the goal being about a lifestyle change and not the actual completion of the goal! Great advice and as always incredible writing
I like your ending “the goal is a lifestyle change, and not the goal completion itself”. You are making a good point here Friend. It is true and I agree that we need to have detailed steps on how we are going to achieve our new year goals. However, every new year comes with its own twist and turns. The new year resolutions sometimes will have to be tweaked in response any ongoing situations. When it comes to improving our life in general, we also need to commit our actions into God’s hands. God has the power to put the right things in place for us. The right things that would make our situation better. God has the power to transform situations. God is still in the business of making things work, and he is always merciful in extending his hand of blessings to us. If you do not have a relationship with God, I would suggest that you begin one. God is real, he is awesome, and prayers work. | {
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\section{Future of NRAO}
\subsection{Response to the Senior Review}
The committee is heartened by the positive steps being taken by
NRAO in light of the results of the NSF Senior Review. Jim
Ulvestad is to be commended for his pro-active role in seeking
outside funding for the VLBA. In the same vein we also commend
Nicole Radziwill and the e2e people for their innovative approach
to grantsmanship.
NRAO's mission statement, of not only providing telescopes, but
also training scientists and engineers and promoting astronomy
to the public, is important to broadcast as it showcases the
breadth and depth of NRAO's role within the US astronomical community.
There was some question among the UC about whether the mision statement
was new, official, or widely publicized.
The UC notes that there is pressure from the NSF
to reduce non-ALMA operating budgets within NRAO.
We suggest that NRAO ask users for feedback on essential
vs. nonessential user support as one way to address
some of the shortfalls in operations that would come under
a flat budget profile.
The UC stresses that
the EVLA and SKA are of general interest as well (not just ALMA).
and ease of use applies to these facilities as well as to ALMA.
Ease of use for non-radio astronomers is key to the success of
ALMA, but also to the EVLA.
\subsection{New Initiatives/Outside Funding Sources}
The UC reiterates its commendation about the positive steps being
taken by various members of NRAO's staff to seek outside funding.
There was extensive discussion amongst members of the UC about
the impact of seeking outside funding sources, particularly
as it impacts observing time on telescopes. There seems to be
a tension between the Open Skies policy mandated by the government
and the impact of securing additional funding for operating
expenses. There was no clear consensus of the UC about what
level of resource commitment in terms of telescope time would
be detrimental to the telescope user base. The UC recommends that
NRAO keep the UC and the user community as a whole informed as
decisions about outside funding get made which impact observing
and access to telescopes.
Several members of the
UC noted that other organizations have a role designated specifically for
the purpose of identifying sources of outside funding. The UC
recommends that NRAO consider having a grants development person
to assist Jim's and Nicole's efforts in finding appropriate
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Big Data, Big Rewards: Unlock The Power of Real-Time Analytics
It’s no secret that the amount of data businesses must manage is growing dramatically. Business applications, sensors, consumer devices, and social networks are generating a huge volume of information— a trend known as “big data”— at a faster pace and with greater variety than ever before. On top of this mountain of data, customer expectations are shifting dramatically.
Consumers no longer make purchasing decisions based on great advertising or on information from a single source. Today, consumers have access via social networks to feedback from numerous existing customers. In order to succeed in this new world of empowered consumers, companies must be able to sift the gold out of big data and use it to rapidly respond to their customers.
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A host of new and increasingly forward-looking signals (around customer sentiment, business uncertainty, and other non-financial information) is available through big data to help inform business decisions. Yet most companies are still using the same lagging signals (financials in the form of income statements and balance sheets) that businesses have used for the last 100 years—information that’s inadequate for supporting the sophisticated decisions that are necessary today.
There’s been a distinct evolution in the approach to business intelligence (BI). Over the past two decades, organizations have invested in traditional BI tools (such as query, reporting, and analysis) that are designed to answer questions about what has happened and why. But it’s no longer sufficient to focus on analyzing the past.
Fortunately, with new analytics functionality like visual exploration and predictive analysis, companies can identify the signals that will have the biggest impact on their business and quickly turn this information into a competitive advantage.
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Could thiazolidinediones increase the risk of heart failure in Friedreichs ataxia patients
Movement Disorders, 04/08/2011
Garcia–Gimenez JL et al. – The possible fatal consequences must be taken into account when peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor–gamma agonist drugs are considered as possible therapeutic agents for Friedreich's ataxia patients.
Clinical evidence and the recent decisions of the European Medicines Agency and the Food and Drug Administration challenge the safety of thiazolidinediones treatment.
Recently, this treatment has been suggested for Friedreich's ataxia because thiazolidinediones improve neurological symptoms.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most prevalent cardiac feature and the cause of premature death in Friedreich's ataxia patients.
The authors recommend that therapy with peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor–gamma agonists like thiazolidinediones be taken with caution, as they cause a decrease in the number of fast fibers and an increase in mitochondrial biogenesis in cardiac muscle because of the induction of peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor–gamma coactivator–1(alpha).
The incidence of heart failure may increase when thiazolidinediones are combined with insulin, and moreover, they produce cyclooxygenase 2 inhibition, inducing a thrombotic response. | {
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Lindsey Wixson and Sasha Pivovarova appear in the Alexander McQueen spring 2011 campaign surrounded by Monarch butterflies.
The feminine touch of creative director Sarah Burton is obvious in this ad. While it is quite eerie (like most of the ads of the McQueen era) there is something lighter...
I think we can all agree: winter is harsher than ever this year, and there's nothing like a little premature Spring fashion to cheer us all up. Enter H&M. If it's up to the beloved retailer, your Spring/Summer look will consist of florals, hearts and clogs. The Spring 2011 campaign features a...
Hollywood actress, Megan Fox is ready to set every man's heart on fire with her latest Ad campaign for Armani. Megan Fox is the face of Armani Underwear Spring 2011 Ad Campaign. Armani released its Spring 2011 campaign featuring Megan Fox and handsome hunk of tennis, Rafael...
the spring 2011 campaign of mulberry is a colorful affair with featured models, lindsey wixson and nimue smits surrounded in a room of flowers and sunlight shot by tim walker. wearing the labels girly and elegant designs which i adore so much. the bags are just so immaculately beautiful - me...
Brazilian beauty Gisele Bundchen gets a tough makeover for Balenciaga 's Spring 2011 campaign, as captured by Steven Meisel. Featuring the fashion house's statement designs, Gisele wears a quilted gilet over a sleeveless printed sheer shirt for one of the images, also donning a slick short... | {
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While Noctourniquet was, in typical Mars Volta fashion, written by Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and produced by Rodriguez-Lopez, the 13-track album explores musical territories previously uncharted in the duo’s 20 or so years of creating music together. The spectrum of musical and emotional textures conceived and created by Rodriguez-Lopez ranges from the opening bombast of “The Whip Hand” to the menacing crawl of “The Malkin Jewel” punctuated throughout by hypnotic melodies and borderline electro-ambient washes, most notably in the epic “In Absentia.” The bold diversity of the new material combined with Rodriguez-Lopez’s most confident and refined performances to date make Noctourniquet an early contender for this year’s most challenging and rewarding listen. | {
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W3C unveils standards to improve Web privacy
New proposed standards aim to protect and warn users of cookies and sites tracking personal data, as part of efforts to establish better consumer protection in light of expanding Web and rising privacy concerns.
In a bid to address rising concerns about online privacy, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published two first drafts outlining standards that will allow users to express preferences related to online tracking.
To help users control how they want their personal data managed, W3C on Monday unveiled the Tracking Preference Expression (DNT) which defines mechanisms for the online user community to express cross-site tracking preferences and for sites to indicate whether they honor these preferences. The consortium also released the Tracking Compliance and Scope Specification which defines the meaning of a "Do Not Track" preference and sets out practices for Web sites to comply with these guidelines.
These documents are early works of a broad set of stakeholders in the W3C Tracking Protection Working Group which includes browser vendors, content providers, advertisers, search engines and experts in policy, privacy and consumer protection. Participants in this group currently include Apple, Facebook, Google, IBM, Mozilla Foundation, Microsoft, Yahoo and Stanford University. Invited experts include representatives from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The Tracking Protection Working Group was chartered to address privacy concerns of users and regulators, as well as offer recommended Web business models which rely heavily on advertising revenue.
"Smarter commerce and marketing strategies can and must coexist with respect for individual privacy," Matthias Schunter, a member of IBM Research and co-chair of the Working Group, said in a statement. "Open standards that help design privacy into the fabric of how busines and society use the Web can ebale trust in a sustaible method."
These new standards will also enable users to express their preferences regarding how data about them should be collected for tracking purposes, establishing a new communication channel between users and services to prevent surprises, and re-establishing trust in the marketplace.
Additionally, the proposed standards will define mechanisms for sites to signal whether, and how, they honor these user preferences and provide a mechanism for allowing the user to grant site-specific exceptions to DNT.
"We know there are many types of users--some eagerly welcome the benefits of personalized Web services, while others value their privacy above all else," Aleecia McDonald, Mozilla Foundation and co-chair of the Tracking Protection Working Group, noted in the statement. "'Do Not Track' puts users in control so they can choose the tradeoffs that are right for them."
Advertisers that play an important role in Web business models want to customize ads based on user behavior--similar to how market data is used for placing ads in print media and TV commercials. Web site owners also want to understand traffic and purchasing patterns accordingly and social networking widgets gather personal data that users volunteers, the consortium added.
On the other hand, powerful search engines make it easy to aggregate information and identify potentially sensitive data. Hence, various organizations routinely collect data from such content and from user visits to a site.
Many users appreciate the personalization made possible through such data collection, such as improved user experience, reduction in irrelevant or repetitive ads, and avoidance of "pay-walls" or subscription-only services. However, others perceive such user-targeted messages as intrusive, incorrect or amounting to junk mail, and reflect strong negative feelings when data collected at a trusted site is used or shared without user's consent. | {
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Common use
Cycrin is used in treatment of irregular or absent menstrual periods, or abnormal uterine bleeding. Also it can be used to descreased the risk of endomentrial hyperplasia while taking estrogens. It active component medroxyprogesterone is progestin. Progestin is a female hormone that regulates ovulation and menstrual periods. Also it can be used to prevent overgrowth in the lining of uterus in postmenopausal women in estrogen replacement therapy.
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Take Cycin exactly as prescribed by your doctor. It is usually given for a few days in a row each month. You may need to start taking the medicine on a certain day of your menstrual cycle. Follow all doctors instructions. Regularly exam your breast for lumps. The medication can cause unusual results of certain medical tests.
Besides allergic reactions such as hives, swelling of your face, lips, tongue and throat, difficulty breathing, you can experience the following serious side effects: sudden headache, cough, numbness or weakness, especially of one side of the body, confusion, problems with vision, speech, balance, chest pain or heavy feeling, wheezing, rapid breathing, fast heart rate, pain or swelling of one or both legs, pain spreading to the arm or shoulder, nausea, sweting, general ill feeling, vaginal bleeding, if you have already had menopause, a breast lumps, symptoms of depression such as sleep problems, dizziness, mood changes, headache , fever, swelling of your hands, ankles or feet, jaundice.
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An Open Letter to Kim Jong-Un
Let me preface this letter with a message to friends and family back home. Despite what you are hearing in the news, things are fine here in South Korea. I’ve received an email from the U.S. Embassy stating there is no reason to worry and I personally don’t feel unsafe at all. Everyone here is working during the day and partying at night as normal. I hope you’re all doing the same back home. That being said, if there is something up Kim Jong-Un’s ass don’t worry, I’ll take care of it.
An Open Letter to Kim Jong-Un:
Yo Kim Dawg –
What’s up bro? How’s the weather to the North? It’s been holding steady around 50 degrees here in Seoul (or I suppose that’s 10 degrees to you. Americans and their damn fahrenheit, am I right?). While that temp isn’t too bad, I have to admit I’m wishing for summer weather soon. This pale skin of mine needs some color, you know what I mean?
Anyway, the real reason I’m writing this is I wanted to talk about the “headlines” you’ve been forging in the recent weeks. To say they have been causing quite the ruckus would definitely be an understatement. Now I don’t know all the politics of the situation and I’ve only lived in Seoul for a little over a month, so I won’t act like I’m an expert. But while we all need a little panic in our lives, I think we can both agree this may be a bit of overkill on your part. However, I’m not here to yell at you and return the threats back. I want to help. I realize that sometimes all you want is just someone to talk and sympathize with you. We’ve all had a bad day before. Let’s turn that frown upside down.
I want to start with something I’m sure is a sensitive subject. You’re going through a chubby phase. Ugh, tough times right? I’ve done the chubby phase thing myself and it definitely sucks. I can only imagine how difficult it must be to try and lead an entire country’s army while you’re spouting orders with those round baby face cheeks. I mean let’s be honest, it looks like the little boy scout from Pixar’s Up is making nuclear threats to the rest of the world. It’s a little ridiculous. Unless these threats really are just you trying to earn your ‘Make the World Panic of Nuclear War’ badge for North Korean boy scouts. If so, then all i can say is ‘Nailed It’!
But if not, then let me assure you that threatening the world with nuclear war won’t help. You’ll feel better at first (I know I would), but in the end it’s only going to cause more problems. How about being a little more constructive? I’m assuming you have easy access to plenty of food. And I’ve also heard that your citizens are in a state of poverty, sometimes even starving to death. Now I completely believe you that this is just a nasty rumor, probably started by America. I mean how hard is it to go to a grocery store and buy food, right? But why not be the bigger man and give some of your rations away to the people? Help the citizens and make America look like a dick. Two birds, one stone. And if it’s exercise you’re looking for, I’m always looking for a workout partner. Let me know if you ever want to hit the pavement here in Seoul or good ole’ NK (do you have pavement up there?).
I also want to talk about your social circle. Even I would find it tough to turn down a friendship with a sports star, but Dennis Rodman? Really? I’m sure he has some interesting stories to tell and he probably showed you some funny tattoo on his ass. But you chose to be friends with him in the wrong decade man. It actually just comes off as a little creepy. Why not someone a little younger and fresher. Someone that might help North Korea and South Korea see their differences. Maybe someone else going through a chubby phase? You’re damn right I’m talking about Psy! You guys could go down as the peacemakers of the Korean Peninsula. And imagine the tail that guy is pulling right now. I’m sure he would wingman some serious hotties for you. And when Psy is out of town, feel free to hit me up. I’d add you on Facebook but from what I understand the internet is blocked there? I’d get that fixed fast. Arrested Development is back May 26th! You look like a Never-Nude if I’ve ever seen one.
Lastly, I also understand it must be tough to have lost your dad last year and with you being so young. But again I think we can be constructive with this. Imagine the genes passed on to you from this guy. His birth was foretold by a swallow and heralded by a glorious double rainbow with the appearance of a new star. And he could control the weather. Damn. That’s some serious shit. And I don’t even have to mention his golf skills (18 hole-in-one’s?!?!?!? SHIT SON!!). You have to at least have some natural skill on the course. Just pick up a seven iron and give it a swing. Even if you’re half as good as the old man, PGA tour watch out! You’ll be droppin’ hole-in-one bombs on the golf course! Haha, get it? Droppin’ bombs?
Anyway, I hope my advice is helpful or at the very least put some things in perspective. Because in the end, the whole power and greed thing just isn’t important. It won’t even matter to you. And I don’t mean that in a ‘True happiness is in the little things’ kind of way. I mean that in a ‘I hope you realize the United States can and will blow you the fuck up’ kind of way. Just something to think about. | {
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In April 2017, the IFRC published a joint report with UNDP: A Socio-economic Impact Assessment of Zika Virus in Latin America and the Caribbean: with a Focus on Brazil, Colombia and Suriname
COMMUNITY-BASED SURVEILLANCE
Community-based Surveillance (CBS) is a participation strategy for the community and various social actors. It looks to empower the community to identify its health conditions, risk factors and most vulnerable groups.
Watch a video on CBS in Panama
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) is a participation mechanism and a commitment to provide communities with timely, accurate and actionable information, in order to save and improve lives. It also looks to promote dialogue and twoway communication by constructing a trusting environment with and among communities.
See how we share key messages with communities in this video
CEA MATERIALS AND CAMPAIGNS
We have an extensive library of materials from community engagement produced throughout the region.
Plus, watch this cartoon on how to protect yourself from the Zika virus, created by the Bolivian Red Cross.
#BEATZIKA: RIO 2016 OLYMPICS CAMPAIGN
“For the Mosquitoes, You Are the Main Attraction”; with this message the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent promoted a Zika Virus prevention campaign during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
To prevent the spread of the Zika Virus, volunteers from the Brazilian Red Cross mobilized to distribute mosquito repellent, leaflets and condoms both to international travelers and local population with a special focus on pregnant women, the elderly and children.
The campaign reached over 1 MILLION people.
Watch a video summary of the campaign:
VECTOR CONTROL
The main goal in vector control is to reduce the mosquito population, avoid breeding sites and prevent vector contact with humans. The area looks at both biological interventions and socio-cultural aspects related to vector control.
Here is what taking action against mosquitoes looks like in El Salvador
VECTOR CONTROL MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya Prevention Toolkit
PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT
The Zika virus can severely affect communities in many ways. Individuals and families who face neurological complications associated with the virus may be vulnerable because of social stigma and discrimination, which leads to further anguish and isolation. Actions in Psychosocial Support (PSS) help alleviate these potential issues.
Learn this woman's story from Paraguay - her baby was born with Microcephaly as a result of the Zika virus
CAPACITY BUILDING
The Zika Operation, with support from the Reference Center for Institutional Disaster Preparedness (CREPD) and the Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Reference Centre (CADRIM), develops training tools to allow National Societies (NSs) and the IFRC to improve the quality of their actions with volunteers and communities. | {
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Given Their Recent Past, Phils Must Retain Hamels
Signing Cole Hamels should be the number priority of the Phillies, starting today. (AP)
Yesterday, Corey Seidman outlined for youwhy it would behoove the Phillies to trade Cole Hamels before the upcoming July 31st trade deadline. Today, I’m here to tell you why, instead of trading Hamels, the Phillies must do whatever it takes to retain him.
Over the last decade, the Phillies have morphed from a somewhat competitive team with a modest payroll to a powerhouse with the second highest payroll in baseball.
But now there is doubt about whether the organization will be able to do the same with their home-grown left-hander, Cole Hamels.
As a team that has been so willing to spend big money on other players, how can they possibly justify drawing the line with their youngest and most-talented core player?
The answer is they can’t.
There’s only one logical reason for trading Hamels: If the team feels they can’t retain him, it is better to get prospects in return than to watch him walk on the open market and get nothing. That argument, however, is contingent on the idea that the Phillies are unable to re-sign Hamels.
This team now has no choice but to re-sign Hamels, no matter if they think they can be competitors in the immediate future or not.
Say, for example, Amaro believes the Phils can be competetive once again next season–a notion that isn’t that far-fetched, considering the fact that, assuming no one is traded, they’ll still have Halladay, Lee, Worley, Papelbon, Rollins, Utley, Pence, Ruiz, and a healthy Howard, among others, under team control. In that case, re-signing Hamels makes what the organization believes to be an already competitive bunch that much stronger by adding a young, left-handed stud to the rotation.
On the other side of the spectrum, if Amaro believes this team needs to enter a rebuilding stage next season and beyond, who better to build your team around than a young ace reminiscent of Steve Carlton just entering the prime of his career? There are few better options out there.
I don’t think anyone would disagree with either of these points. Admittedly, though, neither of them take into account the type of money Hamels will command in free agency, which has the potential to be record-setting.
Many suggest paying Hamels that type of money will handcuff the team from making other necessary moves this winter because of salary restrictions.
This is another fair point. However, it also has a contingency. The idea that the Phillies cannot–or, at least, will not–cross over the luxury tax threshold with their payroll is one created by the organization. There is no rule against spending more than $178M on team salary, and the Phils are a team that is generating more revenue than ever before. If crossing the luxury tax threshold means re-signing Hamels, then the Phillies must cross it.
There is, of course, the supposition that the Phillies could trade Hamels, and still re-sign him this coming winter. If you could assure me that this would happen, then I think it makes a lot of sense. However, there is no such assurance.
If the Phillies trade Hamels, he is no longer their property, and his return isn’t guaranteed. There’s also no guarantee that the prospects you get in exchange for him will develop into big league ballplayers, let alone talents on the level of Hamels.
So, instead the Phillies should look to deal their other movable pieces to revamp the farm system and sign Hamels today. You give him a huge deal and be done with it.
The Phils have established themselves as a big market team with a massive payroll. As much as some may not want to hear it, they’ve become the Yankees of the National League. Over the last few years, this method of operation has been full of frivolity, a product of an atmosphere constantly centered around winning.
During those more joyous seasons, the team handed out elephantine contracts like they were a t-shirt giveaway at a Sunday afternoon game. They’ve set the precedent of spending big, often to a fault. Now they find themselves in a position where they’re on the precipice of losing their most valuable player for the future–there’s literally no player currently in the organization more valuable to the future of the Phillies than Hamels–because of the irresponsible spending of the past. They cannot allow that to happen.
They’ve started down the road of big market, big spending baseball. This is who they wanted to be. Now there’s no turning back. | {
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But as Perry and No. 16 Miami struggled through the first half, Richt couldn’t help but wonder if maybe, the veteran quarterback who last year beat the Seminoles in Tallahassee might be the one to pull the Hurricanes out of their offensive funk.
Yes, Perry had thrown a first-half touchdown pass to Lawrence Cager, but the young quarterback had missed open targets, was facing intense pressure from the Seminoles defense and was just 7-of-18 for 89 yards going into the locker room with the Hurricanes down two touchdowns.
Meanwhile Malik Rosier, whose final-minute touchdown pass to Darrell Langham last October lifted Miami to a stunning 24-20 win over FSU and snapped the Hurricanes’ seven-game losing streak to their rivals, waited.
Aided by two turnovers forced by the Hurricanes defense, Perry and the offense rallied, scoring 21 unanswered second-half points that gave the Hurricanes a 28-27 win.
The young quarterback didn’t put up incredibly impressive numbers, finishing 13-of-32 for 204 yards, but he connected with both Cager and Jeff Thomas for a pair of third-quarter touchdowns. And in the fourth, his 41-yard touchdown pass to Brevin Jordan proved the eventual winner.
Hurricanes receiver Ahmmon Richards, a former Wellington High standout, will not play football again after sustaining a neck injury, Miami announced on Sunday...
All of that, Richt said Monday, gave Perry invaluable experience with the Hurricanes (5-1, 2-0 ACC) now preparing for a key stretch that will include four of their next five games on the road, starting Saturday night at Virginia.
“There’s no doubt [changing quarterbacks] crossed my mind,” Richt said Monday morning during his weekly radio appearance on WQAM-560’s Joe Rose Show. “You have to, especially when you have a guy like Malik that’s been through these kinds of wars in the past. But we hung in there. I got a little help from my quarterbacks coach [Jon Richt] on that decision. We stuck with Kosi and he came through for us.
“We just know his ceiling is so high, and this kind of helped his confidence. I don’t know if it is the defining moment in his career, but it’s certainly a huge moment and he played big when he had to. We’re real proud of him.”
Ahmmon Richards to stay with Hurricanes
Also Monday, Richt touched briefly on Miami’s future plans for receiver Ahmmon Richards, who the school announced on Sunday has been diagnosed with a career-ending neck injury.
“The knee injury did happen. He did hurt his knee [against LSU] and that was immediately what was the issue,” Richt said. “I don’t want to get too much into it, but, it’s kind of a chronic thing that became … to the point where the doctors felt it wasn’t safe. So that was it. We love Ahmmon, we want his health above all else, and he’s going to stay with us, he’s going to stay on scholarship until he gets his degree. He’ll probably help us coach and we’ll help him get a great job. Anybody who’s looking for one of the finest kids in America, who’s a great competitor and knows how to communicate and that kind of thing, he should have job offers coming left and right. He’s that kind of kid.”
Punting woes continue
As the Hurricanes continue preparing for Saturday’s game at Virginia, it’s likely they’ll be putting some extra focus on their special teams work, particularly on punts and punt coverage.
Miami has already made a change at punter, with Jack Spicer now starting ahead of Zach Feagles. But Spicer had some issues against FSU, too, with two of his punts going less than 30 yards. And FSU capitalized on one punt, returning it 74 yards for a touchdown that put the Seminoles up 27-7.
“We struggled punting it, where it was supposed to be punted, how high it was supposed to be punted, the hang times. We did not cover well. They flat-out outhustled us and we take so much pride in how hard we play,” Richt said. “You can live with some mistakes. But you can’t live with somebody giving greater effort than you, and it was by a big margin, in my opinion. When I saw the film, I was embarrassed.
“That’s the one thing I really [told] those guys in the team meeting. It’s one thing to get beat by [FSU defensive end Brian Burns] coming around the edge, one of the best ends in America, or making a mistake here and there. You don’t give the effort that it takes to win, and we take so much pride in that. That hurt me probably more than anything, so, I let them know. We’ll get better.” | {
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Kewaunee Waterfront Presentation
On January 10-11, twelve community development, planning, and architecture professionals from UW Extension and private practices across the State descended on Kewaunee for a Community Design Charrette. Known as the Design Wisconsin Team, their charge from the City was to illustrate concepts and design ideas for high priority areas as identified by the community.
Click here to view the presentation the Design Wisconsin Team presented to over 40 community members at a public presentation on January 11.
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The 2018 Century and Sesquicentennial Farm or Home applications are now available.
2018 Century Farm or Home Application
2018 Sesquicentennial Farm or Home Application
Please download the appropriate form, complete and return it to:
Jill Albanese
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If you have any questions about the Century Farm or Home program please call Jill Albanese at 414-777-0580 or email [email protected].
Compost is a great alternative to dairy farm manure management. Whether you create compost in a barn, or outside in rows, both methods require precise management.
Join UW-Extension biosystems engineering specialist, Dr. Becky Larson, and Senior Outreach Specialist Dr. Jamie Patton to learn more about managing compost on the farm and in the field.
The meeting will take place at Junion Homestead Farm and be followed by a farm tour of the compost barn facilities. Don’t miss this opport
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Diane Staudte and the Power of Poison
In 2012, 62-year-old Mark Staudte resided with his wife Diane and their four children in a modest neighborhood in Springfield, Missouri. The couple had met years ago at a small Lutheran College in Kansas. While active in the church, Diane and Mark kept to themselves. A man with strong political opinions who regularly wrote letters to the editor, Mr. Staudte had never been very good at holding down a steady job. He eventually stopped trying and devoted most of his time to family matters and playing in a band he had formed called "Messing With Destiny."
Mark Staudte's 51-year-old wife Diane played the organ at church and unlike her husband, never had much to say. The couple's oldest child, 26-year-old Shaun, suffered from a mild form of autism. Sarah Staudte, 24, was having a hard time finding a good job. Rachel Staudte, two years younger than Sarah, was a dean's list student at Missouri State University. (At least according to her Facebook page.) She played the flute at church. The youngest member of the family was an eleven-year-old girl.
On April 8, 2012, Easter Sunday, Mark Stuadte died suddenly at home. To the emergency personnel who rushed to the house, Diane explained that her husband hadn't been feeling well. He had recently experienced three seizures. When asked if her husband had a history of this kind of thing, she said he had not suffered seizures in the past.
The Greene County Medical Examiner, Dr. Douglas Anderson, without conducting an autopsy or ordering toxicological tests, ruled Mark Staudte's manner of death as natural. The forensic pathologist did not identify specifically what had caused this man to die. Pursuant to Diane Staudte's instructions, her husband's body was cremated. At his memorial service, friends and family couldn't help noticing that Diane's demeanor bordered on jubilant.
On September 2, 2012, almost five months after Mark Staudte's sudden and mysterious passing, tragedy once again raised its ugly head at the Staudte house. This time it was Diane's oldest child Shaun who became ill and suddenly died at the age of 26. Once again, Dr. Douglas Anderson, without the aid of an autopsy or toxicological tests, ruled the death as natural. The medical examiner did not, however, identify the disease that had taken the young man's life. Diane made sure that Shaun's body, like his father's, was consumed by fire. For a woman who, within a period of five months had lost her husband and her oldest child, Diane seemed unfazed by the unexpected deaths. Indeed, her spirits seemed to have been lifted.
On the day after Shaun's passing, the Springfield police received an anonymous tip from a man who said he was a friend of the Staudte family. According to the caller, Mark and Shaun Staudte had been poisoned to death by Diane. The police, however, did not act on this tip. According to the medical examiner, both men had died natural deaths. Without a finding of homicide, there was nothing to investigate.
Sarah Staudte fell ill on June 10, 2013. Paramedics came to the house and rushed her to a nearby hospital. The next day, as the 24-year-old fought for her life, the Springfield police received a second anonymous tip in which the caller accused Diane Staudte of poisoning the third member of her family. This time the Springfield police sent a detective to the hospital to question doctors and nurses.
According to hospital personnel who were caring for the young woman, her mother had visited the patient briefly during which time she joked around with the medical staff. One of the nurses informed the detective that Diane Staudte told hospital personnel that she wasn't going to let her daughter's illness ruin a Florida vacation she planned to take in the near future. A physician described Sarah's condition as "very suspicious." The doctor told the investigator that in his opinion, this patient had been poisoned.
On June 20, 2013, after being asked to appear at the Springfield Police Department for questioning, Diane Staudte, following a short interrogation, confessed to poisoning all three members of her family. Over a period of days before the deaths of her husband and son, she had spiked their drinks with the sweet taste of antifreeze. Diane had poisoned her husband's Gatorade simply because she "hated" him. She had laced Shaun's Coke with the poison because she considered him "worse than a pest." Diane told her interrogators that she had poisoned her oldest daughter Sarah because the girl "would not get a job and had student loans that had to be paid." Diane insisted that in murdering Mark and Shaun, and attempting to kill Sarah, she had acted alone.
When detectives questioned Rachel Staudte, the 22-year-old college student, she admitted that she had helped her mother commit the crimes. The two of them had used the Internet to research how to administer antifreeze as a poisoning agent.
On June 21, 2013, a Greene County assistant prosecutor charged Diane and Rachel Staudte each with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree assault. The judge denied both women bail.
According to doctors, while Sarah Staudte survived her poisoning, she would suffer the neurological effects of the antifreeze for the rest of her life. The eleven-year-old Staudte girl was living with relatives. With her father and brother dead, her mother and one of her sisters charged with murder and assault, and the other sister permanently disabled, this girl's family no longer existed. Such is the power of poison.
In May 2015, Rachel Staudte pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree assault. She agreed to testify against her mother in the event her case went to trial. The judge sentenced the 25-year-old to two life prison terms plus twenty years. Under the terms of this sentence, she wouldn't be eligible for parole until she served 42 years.
On January 20, 2016, Diane Staudte pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder in the death of her husband and one count of first-degree assault in the poisoning of her daughter, Sarah. Pursuant to the plea deal she avoided the death penalty, but was sentenced to spend the rest of her life behind bars.
In May 2016, ABC News acquired video tapes of the police interrogation of Diane Staudte and her daughter, Rachel. As part of her confession, the mother said, "I'm not a perpetual killer. I'm just stupid. I regret doing it. I really do. I've screwed up everybody. I've screwed up my whole family."
The GE Mound Case
SWAT Madness and the Militarization of the American Police: A National Dilemma
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LITERARY QUOTATIONS: GENRE
LITERARY QUOTATIONS: GENRE is a compilation of informative and entertaining quotes by writers, editors, critics, journalists, and literary agents on the subject of literary genre. The quotes also touch on the subjects of craft, creativity, publishing, and the writing life.
Contributors
A graduate of Westminster College (Pennsylvania) and Vanderbilt University Law School, I am the author of twelve non-fiction books on crime, criminal investigation, forensic science, policing, and writing. I have been nominated twice for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allen Poe Award in the Best Fact Crime Category. As a former FBI agent, criminal investigator, author, and professor of criminal justice at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, I have been interviewed numerous times on television and radio and for the print media.
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This post originally appeared on SafeNet’s The Art of Data Protection blog prior to Gemalto’s acquisition of SafeNet.
One of the intriguing topics that is cropping up more and more in customer and industry forum discussions is Bring-Your-Own -***, where we the users, whether acting as customers or as employees, now control much of the technology used to conduct personal and business interactions.
Bring-Your-Own-Identity (BYOI) represents an evolution in authentication schemes by offering a better user experience and security than the use of multiple passwords for different services.
For those who are unfamiliar with the term, BYOI often refers to the use of “social login” or, in other words, using a 3rd party cloud service identity to access multiple services. The option to push a button and login with “your favorite social ID” now found on many consumer web sites is attracting users simply because passwords are too much of a headache and a security issue for most of us.
The ability to use a single credential to access a wide range of services often increases security since a user only has to remember one [strong] password instead of multiple passwords. In some cases, it also enables the user to turn on two-step authentication for a single trusted provider, leveraging one time passcodes as an extra security measure.
Furthermore, the approach of trusting a reputable cloud service provider is often more secure than spreading and storing passwords in many different sites. All you need to do is to note the password hack of the week to realize how a breach of one service triggers a chain of compromised accounts in other services, as users often use the same passwords for several sites.
In addition to social login, another example of a BYOI approach is the ability to use a credential issued by a public service.
In countries where national ID is practiced and an eID credential is issued to citizens, I see increased interest in using a government-issued ID card or a health card with a smartcard chip, which provide a high level of user assurance, to access online services or even enterprise and corporate networks.
Although convenient and secure, using a single identity provider also brings in a slew of privacy concerns, as the use of the same identity over multiple services opens the door to tracking and the correlation of user activity over multiple services.
In a recent post, we mentioned the growing need for an interoperable and universal authentication framework. BYOI schemes are an integral part of this. In this regard, I’m glad to see more good news coming our way: The Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance.
SafeNet recently joined the FIDO Alliance as a sponsor member, and I was recently able to attend the quarterly meetings of the alliance. FIDO is all about developing a universally flexible authentication framework for consumers and businesses alike. I came away with a good impression of a few elements that are key in the FIDO concept and protocol design:
Improving the user experience by allowing the user to utilize alternatives to passwords and have a consistent experience across multiple services and user devices.
Improving security by using a multi-factor scheme that involves something you have (a user device that you use or a pluggable authenticator) and another method of user verification – which could be one of many different options – a device password or a PIN, or a biometric mechanism such as fingerprint scan or voice recognition.
Maintaining user privacy by keeping biometric data on the user device and using distinct authentication keys for different services. In this way users cannot be tracked and their identity correlated by the different services they use.
These points indicate how the FIDO protocols and specifications complement BYOI approaches by allowing users to maintain privacy without compromising security.
Moving forward, there are more opportunities for solution providers and businesses to benefit from an emerging broader identity framework. The use of cloud BYOI approaches, a national identity, or a FIDO Alliance-enabled scheme translates into greater trust, better security, and getting over our password headaches.
In this ebook, the challenges of a complex authentication environment are brought forth as encountered per enterprise stakeholder – including executives and HR, CFOs, CIOs, CSOs, and users – together with how these challenges can be redressed. Download the ebook now. | {
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The Silliest and Most Outrageous Taxes in America
Updated at 1:11 am, April 9th, 2012
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — If you take the tax codes of the 50 states and apply a magnifying glass, you’ll find that here and there, hidden amongst the small print, are specimens that many would consider outrageous.
Take for example, a tax on fur, nudity or bagels (if sliced, but not if intact).
New tax marvels are being born daily. New York tax expert Barbara Weltman, publisher of Big Ideas for Small Business, points to one new one, imposed by Mississippi on salt produced from that state’s lands or waters.
“Unique, weird taxes are states’ creative ways to increase revenue in a way consistent with their population and products,” she says. Some oddities arise from the circumstances of the moment: The feds, for example, have begun taxing arrows and other “archery products” — an innovation she suspects has arisen in light of the popularity of The Hunger Games.
Here are some of the wildest taxes levied by the 50 states — some supplied by Weltman, some coaxed from states’ websites and others found by eFile, GoBanking, TurboTax/Intuit and the Corporate Tax Network:
Blueberries: Maine produces all but one percent of the wild blueberries sold nationally and taxes them every which way: Anyone growing, handling, processing, selling or purchasing blueberries pays a tax of a penny-and-a-half per pound.
Fur: Minnesota imposes a tax of 6.5 percent on the sale of fur apparel.
Nudity: Any business in Utah employing “nude or partially nude” workers must pay a tax of 10 percent on services sold to patrons.
Tattoos: Arkansas doesn’t just tax tattoos (six percent of sales); the Natural State applies the same tax to body piercings and electrolysis.
Playing Cards: In Alabama, your purchase of a deck of playing cards will be subject to a tax of 10 cents per pack.
Candy, Sodas: Illinois applies to candy a surcharge of five percent over and above its 1.25 percent sales tax on food. But candy isn’t candy — at least not for tax purposes — if it contains flour. Malted milk balls thus would be exempt. In Chicago, a soda served from a soda fountain is taxed nine percent; the same soda drunk from a bottle or a can is taxed 3 percent.
Litigation: New York taxes litigation; any New Yorker involved in criminal or civil proceedings pays a flat $25.
Bagels, Pets: In Durham, N.C., residents who own a cat or dog must pay tax, since the state considers pets to be personal property no different from, say, a TV or stereo. The tax on spayed or neutered pets is $10, but on animals intact, it is $75. This is the reverse of New York’s bagel tax, which applies an eight cent charge to altered bagels (ones sliced and schmeered) but not to ones uncut.
Balloon Rides: Kansas wisely distinguishes between tethered balloons and balloons set free. The latter, says efile.com, “are considered a legitimate form of air transportation.” Thus rides in the former are taxed as amusements, rides in the latter are not. | {
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Protection and control
Protection and control
Registered names of Geographical indications (GI) are legally protected against imitation and misuse. Controls and legal actions against misuse of GI are carried out by national authorities.
Contrary to other intellectual property rights such as trademarks or patents, GIs are available to all producers whose products originate in a defined geographical area and comply with the specifications set out for the GI.
The legal concept of a "geographical indication" is a way of providing legal protection against imitation for food and agricultural products. Protection through geographical indications focuses on preventing the misuse of names which could mislead consumers as to the origin of agriculture products and their quality or characteristics.
Member States take administrative or judicial measures to prevent or stop the unlawful use of geographical indications that are produced or marketed in their territory. The competent authorities of Member States carry out controls to verify the compliance of product specification and to monitor the market in order to detect possible cases of usurpation. When the national competent authority identifies non-compliance, it takes action to ensure that the operator remedies the situation by taking appropriate administrative or judicial measures.
Protecting EU geographical indications at international level
Outside the EU territory, EU geographical Indications are protected only if and insofar such names are covered by an international agreement. Therefore, outside the EU, the protection of each geographical indication depends on which country is taken into consideration. | {
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Mary Lynn Rajskub Quote
The more I get to do this character, the more I realize that she's not just annoying. It's that her strength is not interacting with people socially. She just doesn't have time because she has so much going on in her brain. | {
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Hood – ‘The Negatives’
Making your own decisions?
Ultimately, it’s perceived as a precondition of adulthood. Take control of life, learn your path and tread it consciously, be willing, be adaptable, do it your own way for God’s sake. You can heed The Golden Rule beyond your own personal pale, and yet inflicting a decision upon others you would not want to hear yourself is a paradox.
In my such case, I’m choosing to not see my family and friends at home; I want to pursue my own path which takes me away from anyone I knew.
It requires a certain type of person, I must admit. And I suppose I always knew I was that type. Many pilgrims enter arduous globe-trotting, sometimes for years at a time, albeit, all the while with eyes on the return trip, eyes on the fuel gauge.
Have I escaped what I needed to? Have I finally bared my soul? Have I learnt what I wanted? Usually, we take what we get, and move on. We go on, and go back to where we can rest our head in comfort surrounded by family, friends, those who’ve accepted us.
To many, it’s unfathomable to want something different. Indifference is more painful than even hate, at least then there’s an urge, a thing that can be unpicked like a knot. Yet, indifference is recognisable, but when the thing isn’t even that, then these beloved ones face an abyss they’re unable to face.
For example, questions arise when inflicting this particular kind of pain on those you may consider irreplaceable in your heart. If you can leave them, then you do not love them; springs to mind with little meditation.
This paranoia is entirely dispensable and worthy of no one. A single moment can transform velocity and time. No matter the absence or presence of a thing or person, it is self-righteous to believe your being will affect any great change in our disinterested existence.
That is to say, presence does not communicate meaning like wise intention. So much is lain upon near-sighted evocation, and even though many only know this way of living, these few others are content with delivering in the ways they know best.
In the best times, a prescient eye is able to lovingly present salves to their beloved’s everyday.
At the worst, they become unrecognizable and reviled.
It’s up to these other’s conduct.
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Strange to be writing something new on here, it’s by accident and embarrassment in most cases, but when something is on your mind, something is on your mind. This record was rediscovered by accident too, making the pairing apt. Released in 2005, the entire record, Outside, Closer, is considered a thing of beauty although that’s hard to commit to seeing as it’s a little haphazard stylistically. | {
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Californians for Energy Independence. California Drivers Alliance. Save Our Jobs. Just a few grassroots groups playing their role in American civil society, right?
Here's the thing: Those and more than a dozen other groups are actually run by one of the largest oil and gas lobbying groups in the U.S., and they're trying to gut California's climate change laws.
That comes from Western States Petroleum Association's presentation, which ended up being leaked to the NPR-affiliated Northwest News Network. The leaked documents show a web of grassroots-sounding organizations created by the oil lobby to fight "aggressive anti-oil initiatives in the west."
The slideshow: The organization's PowerPoint presentation begins by telling members that it's the best of times, and it's the worst of times. (Those are the actual headings on the first few slides.) It's the best of times because U.S. crude oil production is at its highest point since 1997. It's the worst of times because, as the photos in the presentation show, people are protesting the fossil fuel industry all over the country.
The web of "grassroots" organizations is a response to that. As the presentation says, "In 2014 WSPA has activated a significant number of campaigns and coalitions that have contributed to WSPA's advocacy goals and continue to respond to anti-oil initiatives in the West."
While people had previously accused WSPA of astroturfing — the term used when a large group bankrolls what's made to look like a grassroots campaign — it's another thing to see the strategy laid out in the group's own plans.
WSPA President Cathy Reheis-Boyd has pushed back, saying in a statement that the slides were used in a presentation and there's nothing secret about them: "The fact we are engaged in partnerships with a large array of business and consumer coalitions isn't a secret to anyone familiar with our active engagement on behalf of our members in all of the states for which are responsible."
What it means: The big focus for the group is California's AB 32, an environmental bill passed in 2006 that created new greenhouse gas and other emissions standards. A new cap-and-trade program is going into effect next year as part of those regulations.
WSPA and its smaller groups are calling it a "hidden" gas tax and calling on people to complain to their representatives and stop it from being passed. There's a bigger fear here — if cap-and-trade succeeds in California, it could spread to other nearby states that WSPA works in, like Oregon and Washington.
Not many things are hard if you're a giant oil industry group. But connecting with voters does seem to be one of them.
Matt has written for Mother Jones, the Washington Examiner and Chicago Public Radio among many others. He's a resident of Washington, D.C., but much like Bruce Springsteen and pork roll he is a product of New Jersey. | {
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News and Press Releases
How Two Colleges Have Helped Plattsburgh Become Montreal’s U.S. Suburb
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Sept. 17, 2013) — As envisioned in the North Country Regional Economic Development Council’s Strategic Plan, the North Country is leading the economic renaissance of New York’s small cities and rural communities by attracting and nurturing entrepreneurial pioneers; mobilizing the creativity and capacity of the faculty, students and graduates of its outstanding institutes of higher education; and catalyzing the highest per capita rate of small business start-ups in the state.
The North Country community is invited to join in a dialogue with leaders in business, government and academia at two exciting forums designed to celebrate and expand how the North Country is deploying its universities and colleges as economic drivers.
On Thursday, Sept. 26, "How Two Colleges Have Helped Plattsburgh Become Montreal’s U.S. Suburb" will be hosted at Clinton Community College with SUNY Plattsburgh 5 - 7 p.m. in the Stafford Theater, Stafford Center for Arts & Technology, 136 Clinton Point Drive in Plattsburgh, N.Y.
On Monday, October 7, "Building the North Country’s Innovation Economy Through Technology Commercialization & New Business Start-Ups" will be hosted at Clarkson University with the North Country’s colleges, universities and institutes. An innovation showcase and reception kicks off the program at the Student Center Forum on Clarkson’s Hill Campus at 1:30 p.m. and runs through 4 p.m.
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Recent policy debates underscore the role of higher education in the economic vitality of our states and nation. Through cultivation of a rigorous teaching, learning and research environments; workforce development; creativity and innovation; knowledge transfer; and community engagement, these institutions produce prospective employees, assist regional businesses, promote the commercialization of new products and service development, attract new industries and enhance quality of life.
The North Country community is invited to learn more about the ways in which the colleges, universities and research institutes across the region contribute to the economic renaissance of the North Country.
Jason E. Lane, co-editor of the book “Universities and Colleges as Economic Drivers” and deputy director of research at The Rockefeller Institute of Government, will join regional leaders in business, government and higher education at both events.
Their collective insights will reveal the ways in which small business, the service sector and industry leaders benefit from the economic contributions of the region’s many colleges and universities.
The goal of the two events is to continue the dialogue on furthering workforce development opportunities, entrepreneurial creativity and technology innovation across the region. | {
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Observational cohort study of adult patients who had an in-hospital cardiac arrest from January 2000 through December 2014 included in the Get With The Guidelines–Resuscitation registry, a US-based multicenter registry of in-hospital cardiac arrest. Patients who had an invasive airway in place at the time of cardiac arrest were excluded. Patients intubated at any given minute (from 0-15 minutes) were matched with patients at risk of being intubated within the same minute (ie, still receiving resuscitation) based on a time-dependent propensity score calculated from multiple patient, event, and hospital characteristics.
Exposure
Tracheal intubation during cardiac arrest.
Main Outcomes and Measures
The primary outcome was survival to hospital discharge. Secondary outcomes included return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and a good functional outcome. A cerebral performance category score of 1 (mild or no neurological deficit) or 2 (moderate cerebral disability) was considered a good functional outcome.
Results
The propensity-matched cohort was selected from 108 079 adult patients at 668 hospitals. The median age was 69 years (interquartile range, 58-79 years), 45 073 patients (42%) were female, and 24 256 patients (22.4%) survived to hospital discharge. Of 71 615 patients (66.3%) who were intubated within the first 15 minutes, 43 314 (60.5%) were matched to a patient not intubated in the same minute. Survival was lower among patients who were intubated compared with those not intubated: 7052 of 43 314 (16.3%) vs 8407 of 43 314 (19.4%), respectively (risk ratio [RR] = 0.84; 95% CI, 0.81-0.87; P < .001). The proportion of patients with ROSC was lower among intubated patients than those not intubated: 25 022 of 43 311 (57.8%) vs 25 685 of 43 310 (59.3%), respectively (RR = 0.97; 95% CI, 0.96-0.99; P < .001). Good functional outcome was also lower among intubated patients than those not intubated: 4439 of 41 868 (10.6%) vs 5672 of 41 733 (13.6%), respectively (RR = 0.78; 95% CI, 0.75-0.81; P < .001). Although differences existed in prespecified subgroup analyses, intubation was not associated with improved outcomes in any subgroup.
Conclusions and Relevance
Among adult patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest, initiation of tracheal intubation within any given minute during the first 15 minutes of resuscitation, compared with no intubation during that minute, was associated with decreased survival to hospital discharge. Although the study design does not eliminate the potential for confounding by indication, these findings do not support early tracheal intubation for adult in-hospital cardiac arrest. | {
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Archive for June, 2010
Tax Rollercoaster The tax rollercoaster on Furnished Holiday Lettings continues. The previous government had stated that the furnished holiday lettings (FHL) rules would be withdrawn with effect from 6 April 2010. However it has been announced at the Emergency Budget that this change will now not take place. The rules will allow holiday lettings that meet certain conditions to be treated as a trade for some specific tax purposes. This is great news for all the individuals, partnerships, trustees and companies who let furnished holiday accommodation situated within the UK or anywhere else within the European Economic Area (EEA). So what are the advantages? Income Tax advantages Losses from a qualifying Furnished Holiday Let (FHL) can be set against other taxable income in the current or previous tax year. For a property rental not qualifying as a FHL a loss incurred can only be set against other rental income rather than all taxable income. Profits from a FHL are treated as earnings for pension contribution purposes. Capital allowance claims for expenditure on furniture and furnishings are available on a FHL. Such items as washing machines, kitchen equipment, bathroom and sanitary wear, central heating, furniture, furnishings and insulation will qualify for either Plant & Machinery allowances or Integral Features allowances. The existing rules allow the first £100,000 of qualifying expenditure for Capital Allowances to obtain the “Annual Investment Allowance” and a 100% tax write off. Currently the FHL profits or losses do not necessarily have to follow the ownership of the property. This can have tax…
New rental property on West Coast of Scotland – Summer 2010 availability We welcome this 4 bedroom (sleeping 8 in comfort) property to Which Cottage this luxury house, Seabank, is situated near the small village of Benderloch on the West Coast of Scotland. Just 10 miles north of Oban and under an hour’s drive from Fort William this is an ideal base to explore the delights of Argyll and the islands off the West coast. Seabank Lodge is an architecturally designed, luxury cottage which offers spacious and extremely high quality self catering accommodation with one of the finest views on the West coast of Scotland. It has an outdoor Jacuzzi hot tub in the garden and is a wonderful place to escape to and relax with family or friends. The house is suitable for assisted wheelchair users as it has a double bedroom on the ground floor with an en-suite wheel-in wet room with power shower. Activities – there are endless activities nearby, from walking in Glencoe to cycling on the island of Lismore. As Seabank is close to the sea, there is an abundance of sea sports available such as sea kayaking, sailing, windsurfing and scuba diving. In fact, as the house slopes down to the shore of the sea loch, it is ideal for launching small boats or kayaks. For the more adventurous there is downhill mountain biking at the Nevis range. Any keen ‘Munro baggers’ or climbers will also find ample opportunity to climb some in Argyll. Given the proximity to Oban…
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They had at lest 1 child ( my mother ) Lydia Duplessis born: 10th August 1937 Baie St-Anne ( Northumberland ) N.B. Lydia had a total of 11 to 13 children ( I am one of them ) 9 were given for adoption in between 1955 to 1970. I would like to know if Joesph and Léona ( grandparents )had anymore children. | {
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Overall, I enjoyed the challenge. As usual, I leaned heavily on shoes, scarves, and jewelry to make the outfits look more unique. I wore 9 different pairs of shoes over the course of 14 days. :) I would have liked a few more layering pieces - I missed my denim jacket and cardigans! I also would have liked another option or two for really hot weather. My favorite part of the challenge was knowing exactly what I was going to wear every day. I liked this so much...that I am doing a 20x21 remix for most of the month of July. It's hosted by teachthriftwear on Instagram. Check out our capsule outfits on Instagram!
If you've read this blog for any length of time, it's no secret that I love thrifting and purchases that give back - purchasing with purpose is my favorite! I bought my first items from Schoola a little over a year ago and have purchased several times since then. If you're not familiar with Schoola, here's a little background: Schoola provides a unique way to fundraise for schools. People send in their new or gently used clothing to Schoola, and instead of receiving money back from those clothing items, 40% of the proceeds from items sold are donated to the school of the donor's choice. Individuals that buy from Schoola get to an environmental, ethical, and educational impact with their purchases as well.
Recently, I reached out to Schoola to collaborate on a blog post, and they graciously sent a box of goodies for myself and my daughter! Our favorite pieces from the box were perfect for festive Fourth of July looks!
I am married with one daughter. I work part-time as a youth services librarian but am primarily a stay at home mom. I enjoy writing about all aspects of my life - books, sewing, fashion, baking, family activities, frugality, running, my faith, and more! | {
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B-Greek: The Biblical Greek Forum
Tell us about interesting projects involving biblical Greek. Collaborative projects involving biblical Greek may use this forum for their communication - please contact [email protected] if you want to use this forum for your project.
I've been in communication with a handful of grammarians/linguists over the past year or two about the possibility of developing a sort of Working Papers project for students and perhaps also professors to have an opportunity to get broader feedback and comment on papers related to Greek grammar.
Working Papers are an extremely common in the field of linguistics. They're generally viewed as somewhere between simply a school paper and a full fledged journal article. One of the challenges for biblical studies students in writing papers on grammatical topics is a lack of access to expertise on the subject. Most Greek professors, while they do a fine job teaching exegesis and the basics of grammar and syntax simply do not have the background in the broader fields of grammar to give adequate enough support for papers on grammatical subjects.
Goals:1) Provide students and scholars with a broader group of grammarians and linguists to receive feedback on their work.2) Contribute toward introducing those interested in grammatical study to the key texts and resources available as well as the specialized literature relating to the topic of their papers through peer-review.3) Create a new outlet for the promotion of the study of the Greek language at an academic level.
Challenges:1) Would there be enough students and professors interested in contributing to such a work?2) Are there enough even places where papers on grammatical subjects are written for students to have enough contributions?3) Would there be enough qualified people who would be willing to give feedback on such papers?
This project would be entirely online--perhaps with an additional electronic resource via one or more bible software companies. We have a location on the internet already chosen, but we're not prepared yet for moving forward. Minimally, we'd want to get in contact with professors who teach Greek and assign (or simply allow) for papers on grammatical subjects in their classes in order to gauge interest. Briercrest, Biola, Houston Baptist University, DTS, GIAL, TWU are all possibilities schools that have come to my mind, but if anyone could suggest others that fit the bill, I'm all ears. These three are all places where I know there's either a grammarian/linguist teaching or they provide a class that focuses specifically on "advanced grammar."
cwconrad wrote:Incredibly? You didn't expect any response at all? I personally think that hosting such "working papers" as you describe would
(a) perform a function of immense value not only to serious students of Biblical Greek but to serious Classicists concerned with the whole development of the Greek language, and at the same time
(b) provide vital assurance that the B-Greek Forum can serve the interest of advanced Hellenists as well as those of beginners in Biblical Greek.
One of the people I've been discussing this with is Micheal Palmer and currently, we had imagined using his website http://www.greek-language.com to host it--the visibility of his website on the interest has a lot of potential. But I'm sure it would be possible to leverage both the new B-Greek forums and his website together in a useful manner, because you're right, there is plenty of potential for remaking B-Greek as an extremely useful tool for the advanced Hellenist once again with this project.
Right now I'm working on a list of people to contact who might be interested in helping contribute papers either themselves or through their students and classes and also people who would be willing to review papers.
For projects in this forum, I don't think it matters so much where the results are published, as long as they are published on the Internet somewhere, for free, with appropriate intellectual property rights (e.g. a Creative Commons license).
I suspect we'd be happy to have any forum that meets those criteria use our forums to coordinate and communicate.
And if a project is looking for a place to publish their results, or advice on licensing the results, we can definitely help them out.
Jonathan Robie wrote:For projects in this forum, I don't think it matters so much where the results are published, as long as they are published on the Internet somewhere, for free, with appropriate intellectual property rights (e.g. a Creative Commons license).
Most of the time, Working Papers projects seek toward publishing in progress research with an aim to published their work in full-fledge peer review journals. I don't know if that would be an issue here...
mwpalmer wrote:I think it would be a good idea to also contact departments of linguistics where students have previously done theses or dissertations on Hellenistic/Biblical/Koine Greek.
That's not a bad idea.
-Ohio State University (Brian Joseph is on faculty)-Northwestern University (Mari Olsen wrote her aspect dissertation there).-The University of Texas at Arlington (there's a lot that's come out of here because of the school's relationship with SIL).-University of Pennsylvania (or wherever Ann Taylor is currently teaching--assuming she is teaching).-University of Minnesota (Dr. Friberg did his dissertation there, but I don't know if there would be any faculty interested).-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign?? (Hans Henrich Hock is professor emeritus there and though he is more broadly interested in PIE, there are likely grad students who would be interested).
That's a great list. Even if those schools don't currently have anyone working on Hellenistic Greek, making them aware of the project may lead to submissions in the coming two or three years as new grad students reach the writing stage in their programs.
I would be glad to work jointly with the b-greek forum on the issue of hosting. The server on which the working papers reside physically is of little consequence as long as it's secure. We can use mirroring or cross-linking to make the papers available from both locations. | {
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Simon Harwood is a murderer and he will always be a murderer!
Met police officer cleared of manslaughter over death of bystander hit with baton and pushed to the ground
PC Simon Harwood has been acquitted over the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in 2009. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA
A policeman has been acquitted of killing Ian Tomlinson during G20 protests in London by striking the 47-year-old bystander with a baton and pushing him to the ground as he walked away from police lines.
The jury at Southwark crown court on Thursday cleared PC Simon Harwood, 45, a member of the Metropolitan police's elite public order unit, the Territorial Support Group, of manslaughter following one of the most high-profile cases of alleged police misconduct in recent years.Harwood told the court that while in retrospect he "got it wrong" in seeing Tomlinson as a potentially threatening obstruction as police cleared a pedestrian passageway in the City on the evening of 1 April 2009, his actions were justifiable within the context of the widespread disorder of that day.
The jury's verdict, after four days of deliberations, brings about something of a legal contradiction: 14 months ago another jury, at the inquest into Tomlinson's death, ruled that he was unlawfully killed by Harwood. The inquest ruling was made on the same burden of proof as a criminal trial, that is, beyond reasonable doubt.
Neither jury heard details of Harwood's prior disciplinary record, which can only be reported now.
This includes how he quit the Met on health grounds in 2001 shortly before a planned disciplinary hearing into claims he illegally tried to arrest a driver after a road rage incident while off duty, altering his notes to retrospectively justify the actions.
Harwood was nonetheless able to join another force, Surrey, before returning to serve with the Met in 2005.
He allegedly punched, throttled, kneed or threatened other suspects while in uniform in other alleged incidents.
The verdict will come as a huge disappointment to Tomlinson's family, following a saga that began when the father of four, who was stepfather to his wife's five other children, collapsed as he tried to make his way home through police lines. It followed a day of protests connected to the meeting in London of leaders from the G20 group of nations. He died shortly afterwards.Tomlinson had been an alcoholic for some years and was living in a homeless hostel. It was initially presumed he died from natural causes, a conclusion supported by an initial postmortem examination, which gave the cause as heart failure.
But six days later the Guardian published video footage, shot by an American in London on business, which showed a policeman in riot gear striking Tomlinson on the leg with a baton before shoving him violently to the pavement, minutes before his final collapse.
Three pathologists involved in two further postmortem examinations said Tomlinson instead died from internal bleeding associated with his liver and consistent with being pushed to the ground. While the officer was soon identified as Harwood, prosecutors initially decided against charging him, changing their mind only after the inquest verdict.
The trial hinged on two key questions: firstly, whether Harwood's actions amounted to a criminal assault; then, whether they directly led to Tomlinson's death.
The first issue was simple, the prosecution argued: Harwood carried out "a gratuitous act of aggression", Mark Dennis QC told the jury. Harwood had recklessly abandoned the police van he was designated to drive to arrest a man seen writing graffiti on another vehicle. Humiliated when the man wriggled free, he opted to join a line of other officers clearing a pedestrian passageway by the Royal Exchange complex.
But in his evidence Harwood said he had been separated from his van by a threatening crowd before following orders to clear the passage. He insisted his actions towards Tomlinson were correct at the time, a version of events supported by two other officers at the scene called as defence witnesses.
The issue of cause of death saw the testimony of the first pathologist, Dr Freddy Patel, who reasserted his belief that Tomlinson died from heart failure, placed against that of Dr Nat Cary, who told the court that even a relatively small amount of internal bleeding would have caused death. The jury was not told that Patel has twice been suspended by medical authorities for mistakes in other postmortem examinations and is no longer on the Home Office's register of approved pathologists.
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The Dawning Begins in Destiny 2
PRESS RELEASE
London, UK – 19th December, 2017 – Today, The Dawning, Destiny 2’s holiday event begins. Welcome in the new year with a celebration for all players to enjoy.
The festivities include seasonal decorations and activities in the social spaces, the return of ‘Mayhem’ multiplayer mode in the Crucible, and snowballs for players to throw at their enemies in Strikes. Every week, players who complete milestones can earn new rewards, including ‘Dawning’ gear.
More from Bungie’s blog:
Happy Dawning to AllIt may be cold outside, but there’s a warmth in the air. As the year comes to an end, the Tower and Farm are decorated with festive cheer. It’s a time to celebrate your Light.
Snowball FightsGuardians aren’t just arming themselves with weapons. There are snowball piles everywhere you look. In the Tower and at the Farm, you can tag your friends for bragging rights. In Strikes, you can blast an enemy with a snowball to stun them and deal big damage. Stay frosty out there.
Mayhem in the ColdKeep your blood warm and your heart pumping in the Crucible. Mayhem is back, so your abilities recharge faster. Point values are cranked up enough to melt the ice. It’s anarchy—and it’s awesome.
Milestones of WinterEngage in Crucible Mayhem or become legend in Strikes and you’ll be rewarded. Every week, complete a milestone for a Dawning engram. Get in the giving mood with new consumables that give rewards to everyone you’re playing with. If there’s a specific Dawning item that you have your heart set on, Tess will refresh her inventory each week, enabling you to use your Bright Dust reserves for your holiday shopping. On one week or another during the three-week event, you’ll find every Dawning-themed exotic (ship, ghost, sparrow, emote) and every Dawning-themed legendary armor piece on her shelves.
Gifting and ReceivingPick up a Dawning Gift Schematic from the Bazaar. Venture to other worlds and craft a unique gift for the vendors and agents you find in the Tower and beyond. Then, give the lucky recipient their gift and receive a gift in return. You can participate in the season of giving every day of the event.
The Dawning begins on Tuesday, December 19 and The Dawning ends on Tuesday, January 9. | {
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Energizers
and Ice Breakers
4 Jacks / Small Group - Card Game / Energizer
This card game is a huge success
with all age groups. Deal out the deck of cards to each
of the players in your group. Keep the cards face
down. Each player will turn over one card at a time and
place them in a pile in front of them. The player
turning over the First Jack gives a number from 3
to 5. The Second Jack will give a location in
the area (under the table, in the corner, in the shower,
etc.) The Third Jack gives the direction of what
is to be done (jumping jacks, stand on a chair and cluck
like a chicken, shout-out “The British are coming, the
British are coming!” The player turning over the
Forth Jack has to go do all the above. It might be
10 push-ups while singing the Barney song under the
conference table. This can be very silly, but so much
fun.
10 Boom / Getting
to Know You Activity / Posted 1-7-2010Make a
circle of players and select a player to start the
activity. During this activity a player may say 1 or 2
numbers when it is their turn. The selected leader
might say “1, 2.” The next player can say 3 or 3, 4.
This process continues around the circle until it gets
to the 10 player. After a player says, “9,” everyone
says “Boom!” This let the next player know they where #
10. When a player is number 10, they need to share
something about themselves with the group. After
sharing, this player begins the count at 1 again.
Change the “go to” number from time to time. The leader
might say, “We are counting to 21 this time.” Another
way to do this activity is to have the 10 Boom player
pay a forfeit of some kind. They might have to sing a
song, or say a poem or a joke or maybe even have to do
10 jumping jacks. Let the group decide how they want to
play this easy game.
An Item I’m Like Posted 2-3-2010
Have the group scatter
around the area and ask them to find an item they are
like. After a moment or so, bring them back and ask
them to mingle around and tell others why they are like
the item they selected. Encourage the participants to
think positive during this disclosing activity. I might
look around and find a pencil. I pick it up and mingle
around telling others why I’m like this pencil. After
telling the other player about the item you have, listen
to them and let them explain why they are like the item
they found. After a few minutes of exchanging info, ask
the group to stop and replace the items where they found
them and return to the leader for more fun and games or
more instructions.
A to Z Intro / Posted 5-2-10
This is a tremendous
mixer that is non-threatening and fun! The object of
this introductory game is to see how many letters of the
alphabet you can find using the letters of other
player’s names. Each player will start looking for an
“A.” Players mill around asking other players if they
have an “A” in their first, middle, or last names. If a
player says, “Yes I do – my name is Michael so you can
use the “A” in Michael.” The player is now looking for
a “B.” All participants mill around the room looking
for these letters by asking others if they have the
letter they are looking for. If they do have that
letter, then they move to a new person trying to find
the next letter in the alphabet. This continues until
someone reaches the letter “z,” or time is called.
Allow all the players to skip 2 letters of the alphabet
if needed. If a player gets stuck and can’t find a
certain letter, they can pass it up and move on to the
next letter. More letters can be found if you allow the
players to use their parent’s names, sibling’s names,
grandparent’s names or even pet names.
Band of Birds /
Posted
11-12-10
Divide into groups of
three, each picking a different bird sound such as
"coo-coo," "tweet-tweet," or "chirp-chirp." One
person conducts the band to the tune of a common song
such as "Mary had a little lamb." As the conductor
points to a group, they chirp or tweet to the tune in
progress. It sounds crazy and young kids love it.
Singing and conducting are equally fun.
When I was a young boy, my
best friend’s mother taught me this and told me it was
the Chinese alphabet. Of course, I believed her and for
years I thought I was so smart. As I grew older and had
the opportunity to study the Chinese language, I soon
realized that my early lesson in Chinese was just a
“just for fun” kind of thing. Anyway, I found a way to
use it during my many workshops around the world. I ask
the group to say it with me several times. I then ask
them to say it and do as I do. This is where the
facilitator can get very creative with his/her actions.
I usually use motions like bowing, playing ping pong,
taking tiny steps, Karate type movements, etc. This
will make the group laugh, giggle and using the actions
will help them retain this neat little activity.
Celebration Circle / Ice Breaker / Introductory Posted 3-2-2010
Equipment: None
Make a big circle and make sure all the players meet
their neighbors. The leader of the session will call
the months of the year either individually or in
groups. If your birth month is called, start walking,
skipping, jammin’ around the inside of the circle
showing and telling everyone how special your birth
month is. The leader could call, “July, April and
March, Go!” Everyone with birthdays in that month
should come into the circle and proclaim their special
month. Make sure all the months are called.
Do and Don’t Dots
/ Posted
5-2-10
Have your students
get in a small group of 5 to 8 and give each group 1
die. Each player will roll the die in turn. If a
player rolls an even number they will tell the group
about themselves starting each sentence with, “I do
____________.” If a 4 was rolled, they need to tell the
group 4 things. Example: I do like to travel, I do want
to go to the movies this week end, I do homework every
night, and I do have a dog named Jake. If a player
rolls an odd number they must start each statement with,
“I don’t ____________.” Let’s say they roll a 1. This
player might say, “I don’t like cold weather” and pass
the die to the next player. Play as long as there is
interest and then move on.
Eek! / Posted 11-12-10
Send one unsuspecting
individual out of the room. The rest of the group
picks out one object in the room. Tell them that
when "it" touches that object, they are to make the
loudest, most horrible sound they can make. Kids
love to make their worst screeches and to see the look
of astonishment on the hunter's face!
Goddag
(Good Day!) / Energizer / Ice Breaker / Sweden
I
was taught this unique game from Sweden way back in the
late 70s from a group of touring PE teachers. It
is an outstanding way for group members to introduce
themselves in a non-threatening and creative way. Begin
by having participants spread out in an open area.
Next, select a way to break this larger group into 2
smaller equal groups. Instruct one of these groups to
extend their right hand out in front of their bodies in
a normal handshake position and put their left hand
behind their backs. Ask the other group's members to do
the reverse: to extend their left hands extend their
left hands out in front of their bodies in a handshake
position and place their right hands behind their
backs. Explain to the two groups that on the signal
"Go," everyone is to mill around the room looking for
another person that has the correct hand extended to
complete a complimentary handshake (right hand to right
hand/left hand to left hand). Upon meeting, they shake
hands with the other person and say, "Goddag!" (Swedish
for "Good day") and give their names. After shaking
hands and exchanging their "Goddag" greetings, they
switch hands so that the hand that was extended now goes
behind their backs and the hand that was behind their
back is now extended out in a handshake position. Each
participant searches for another person who has the same
hand extended and repeats the greeting. This continues
for a short time or until everyone has had ample time to
greet all the others in the room.
Good
News Greeting / Energizer / Posted
4-24-2010
Have
your group mingle with each other as they share some
good news. Have them shake hands and then each person
share a bit of good news with the other player. I’d
like to share that I am a Great Grandpa as of 12-19-08.
His name is Shaun Thomas. What’s your good news?
High
Roller - High Writer or "6" / Dice Game /
Spiller Original
This is an exciting little game that will turn a quite
classroom into a hall of noise and laughter. Divide
your group in smaller groups of 4 to 6 players each.
Give each group one die, one pencil, and an index card
for each player. Place the pencil in the center of the
group and give the die to a selected player to start the
game. Rolling of the die should be in order around the
circle. Nothing happens in this game until a six is
rolled. The player that rolls a six must yell "SIX,"
pick up the pencil and start to write numbers from 1 to
as high as he can get before another player rolls a six,
yells "SIX," and takes the pencil away from the player
writing and starts to write his own numbers. The first
player to write to 50 is the winner. All rolls should
be quick to stop the person from getting to 50. A
question asked frequently at workshops is: Do we have to
start over, from 0, the next time we roll a six? The
answer is NO. Continue to write your numbers from where
you were when the pencil was taken from you. This games
gets loud and the players get very excited, but remind
them that the pencil has a point and to be careful when
taking it from another player.
High-Shake-Down /
Posted 4-1-10
This is
an interesting low risk group-mingler that helps
participants connect with one another while having fun! Begin
by sharing that all participants will be welcoming each
other using a repeating series of three different
physical and verbal greetings. The
first physical greeting of the cycle used is the classic
“High 5,” the second, a regular handshake, and the third
a “Low 5” (hand below waist with palm forward). Explain
that all physical greeting will be accompanied by a
verbal greeting. When
“High 5-ing,” participants will greet the person with a
“Hi!” When
shaking hands, participants say: “What’s Shakin,” and
when “Low 5ing,” participants say: “wazzz goin’ dooooown!” Start
by having all participants in the “High 5” position and
then remind them that the greetings are done in a cycle
(High 5, hand shake, Low 5, High 5, Hand shake, Low 5,
etc.) and that the greeting position must be held until
finding another participant with the same physical
greeting before cycling to the next greeting. Look
for smiles and laughter to accompany this creative way
to have participants introduce themselves to others!
Initial Contact /
Spiller Original
Twenty years ago, I was tired of all the same old Ice
breakers so I came up with this one. It works well
and is an opens the door to quick conversations.
In this pair and share introductory activity,
participants will be disclosing 2 things about
themselves that they would be comfortable sharing with
others. The stipulation is that the
2 things they are going to share must start with the
first letter of both their first and last
name - example used in training: “Hi, I’m Mike Spiller
and I like Mountain Hiking and Swimming!"
After
explaining the above, pair up all participants (one
group of 3 is fine to start with if your
group has an odd number) and ask them to share their
information with each other. Upon
completion, instruct pairs to separate, raise their hand
in a high 5 position and find another
participant with their hand raised. Slap hands with the
new partner and say “Hi” and once
again share information with them. Participants will
continue this mingling and sharing for a
set amount of time or until all have had a chance to
pair and share.
Labado / Spiller Original
About 20 years ago I discovered
this Action - Song and Movement activity and have used
it many times with great success.
This is a wonderful way to have your group come together
with a simple song and a variety
of tactile actions. Begin by selecting a leader that
will stand in the center of the circle and
give the group commands.
The remaining participants form a large circle by
standing hip to
hip with their arms around each others' shoulders. Once
this has been completed, teach
the group the "Labado Song." The tune is sung to "Mary
had a little lamb."
We can do the Labado, Labado, Labado,
We can do the Labado, Labado is Great,
HEY!!!
As the song is being sung, have all the participants
shuffle to either the right or left
(whichever way the leader in the center of the circle
directs). When they reach the part of
the song where they are to shout, have participants drop
their arms from the other
persons' shoulders, take a step forward with a raised
hand and shout out, "Hey, We Don't
Do Drugs!" This dance should be done again and again,
each time changing direction, singing
the song in a different cadence, and placing
participants' hands on different parts of their
neighbors' bodies (keep it "G" rated, please). For
example: sing in slow motion, moving to
the right, with the right hand on the neighbors foot and
left hand on the top of the other
neighbors' head. Have the group watch each other during
the dance for a good laugh!
Variation:
The three-syllable word "Labado" can be changed to any
word or phrase that fits or is
associated with your organization or activity.
M&M Ice Breaker /
Getting to Know You Activity / Posted 6-20-2011
Cut open the corner
of a bag of M&Ms and pour-out 3 to 5 M&Ms to each player. The players will then
tell the others about themselves according to the colors they have been given.
If you have a Red M&M = tell about your family. If you have a Green M&M = tell
about your school. If you have a Blue M&M = tell something personal about
yourself. Use the other colors and select other things to talk about. Have a
snack and learn about each other at the same time.
My Biggest
Fan
Building a fan
base is easy in this high energy competitive game! This
game puts a creative twist on the
classic “rock, paper, scissors” game we all know and
love. To begin have all participants
partner up and explain the rules of “rock, paper, and
scissors.” To ensure
understanding,
have partners compete against each other a few times
prior to beginning the contest. Once
everyone demonstrates an understanding of the rules and
who wins, it’s now time to crown the
“rock, paper, scissor” champion. Explain that the winner
of each challenge moves on and
partners with another winner; however, (and now for the
twist . . .) instead of the loser sitting
down, s/he becomes the winners biggest fan and cheers
them on in their next “rock,
paper, scissor” challenge. This continues with the
winner of the challenge gaining all
people (including the loser) who now become the winner’s
biggest fans and cheer them on in the
next challenge. This culminates with 2 people
challenging each other for the crown and all
other participants cheering for their representative in
the final round. This is a quick, loud
energizer that is one of my favorites and is sure to
rock with all your participants!!!
This is one of those games that
will test the self-control of individual campers or
students. Divide your group in half. One group will
scatter out around the gym and stand in place with a
straight face. His/her objective is to NOT laugh or
smile when being tested. The other half of the group
will scatter and select a standing player to challenge.
This player will ask the standing player a silly
question – trying to get that player to smile or laugh.
The standing player must answer with a straight face,
“Sponge Bob Square Pants” without the slightest curl of
the lip or laugh. This is a no-contact activity so
remind the players of this. If a player laughs or
smiles, he/she will now become one to question others as
well. Several players can and will be around one of the
standing players trying to make them laugh. Play until
you have just a few self-controlled people standing.
Ask them to share what their secret was during this
event. Switch rolls and let the other ½ stand in place
while being questioned.
Variation: Allow players to do
whatever they will to make a player laugh or smile.
They can make faces or do silly stuff, but remind them –
No Touching allowed.
The Tibetan Memory Trick / Posted 1-21-2010
Your goal is to remember and repeat aloud as much of
the tricky sentence as possible. Keep a copy of this to
go by and for all to use. This activity usually last
about 5 minutes at most. How to play: One person is
chosen to be the reader and another player volunteers to
go first. The reader recites sentence one and the
player repeats it. Easy enough. Then the reader reads
sentence two, which adds something to sentence one.
Still easy. Most players, however, find that it gets
difficult by about sentence five or six. The slightest
slip-up or pause and the player is replaced by another,
who begins with sentence one. Play as many rounds as
you like, keeping track of how far each player gets each
time around the room. The player who gets the farthest
wins. It takes years of play before most people tire of
this game. Here are the sentences:
1One hen.
2 One hen, two ducks.
3One hen, two ducks, three squawking geese.
4One hen, two ducks, three squawking geese, four
Limerick oysters.
5… five corpulent porpoises
6… six pairs of Revlon tweezers
7… 7,000 Macedonians in full battle array.
8… eight brass monkeys from the ancient sacred
crypts of Egypt.
9… nine apathetic sympathetic diabetic old men on
roller skates with a marked propensity toward
procrastination and sloth.
10…10 lyrical spherical diabolical denizens of the
deep who stalk about the corners of the cove all at the
same time.
Have your group make a big circle
and have them introduce themselves to their neighbors.
The leader stands in the middle with a list to read
from. Each statement starts with an IF… For example –
if you are in the 5th grade, if you have a
brother, if you love baseball, if you have ever been off
the high board, if you have been to the top of the
Empire State building, etc. The players in the circle
listen and if the statement pertains to them, they take
a couple of steps into the circle, turn around and wave
to the others in the circle. The players in the circle
will applaud the ones in the circle. The leader will
continue the activity for about a minute and then asks
something that will bring them all into the circle.
He/she might ask, if you love being out of school! This
usually will bring all the campers into the middle of
the circle where they applaud each other while they
scream and shout!
What Time Is It? / Mental Magic
Posted 1-23-2010
Gather some friend
around for this great little mind trick. The Psychic /
Magician will have one of the players in the group as a
confederate (helper) and this player will direct the
magical moment for the group. Send the psychic from the
room while the rest of the group decides on an hour of
the day. When the psychic comes back into the room, he
listens to his partner / confederate’s remark and is
able to guess the correct hour that the group chose.
If four o’clock were the
chosen hour, the helper might say to his psychic
confederate, “Don’t worry, you’ll get it.” The
guesser would know from the first letter in the first
word that he should guess four o’clock, because this is
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If its gathering dust then sell it, what makes you think time will change your opinion? The 24-70ii is a beast compared to the 24-105.The 24-105 was great because its a 'good' all rounder lens at a cheap kit price.I've sold mine after getting the 24-70ii also, don't miss it at all unless you're planning to shoot video.
I just did a complete refresh of my gear, but I kept three items (7d, 24-105 and 70-200 F4L IS) because they were too good to sell. Also too useful as backup equipment. The 24-70ii and 70-200ii are my main lenses now. The 24-70ii took a bit of getting use to, but don't miss the IS as much as I initially thought. It is sharp, sharp, sharp! Kept the 24-105 for a walk about lens because of IS and wider focal range, for those times I only want to carry a single lens.
I did the AFMA on focal, but I've never been able to get true sharpness from this lens in darn near any situation. My prior workhorse was a Canon 17-55mm 2.8 on a T3i, and I didn't observe signiciant difference in the "upgrade" to the 24-105 (although, I felt color was noticeably better).
17-55 to 24-105 is actually a bit of downgrade in my opinion IQ-wise (although the converse is true for build quality and ergonomics). The 'upgrade' from APS-C to FF however more than makes up for this deficit.I tried my 24-105 (when I owned it) both on a FF (5DII) and on my APS-C (7D), and the results were clearly better on the FF. So if you noticed more flaws after you switched to the 5DIII, you probably had a bad copy.$ 800! Nice deal!
I love my 24-105. It's an absolutely fantastic lens with sharpness, color, and focal range that leave me stunned every time I use it (it's currently my main lens, so I use it a lot!). Perhaps I have a better copy than most, as I've tested it against a 24-70 2.8 Mk I and I thought it was sharper than the faster zoom, both wide open on the go and stopped down in the studio.
However, I'd sell the 24-105 in a heartbeat if I had the 24-70 II as I do a lot of low-light event shooting and the extra stop helps immensely. But for all my work where I need an f/4 or smaller aperture, I know I have a single lens I can take that will cover all the focal lengths I'll need... the 24-105.
I use my 24-105 at weddings, and find that for indoor portraits, eg at the bride's house, I use it at 80-105mm and get better results bouncing flash from ceilings. Being further away gets a more flattering light across people's faces. And even at f4, it's quite sharp enough in the centre and blurs backgrounds nicely. Works for me.
Thanks for all the feedback. It seemed like a really good price for a not-spectacular copy (but in all fairness, it was also in pristine condition). The buyer was also at a point in her hobby where I could see the 24-105mm as a big step-up in quality. Her enthusiasm made me feel good about selling it.
Maybe someday there will be an amazing mark ii version which can be the ultimate walkaround lens, but I'm plenty happy with my other current options. Now, if I can find some takers for my 17-55mm, 50 1.4, an old 18-200mm(!), etc...
I doubt you would have hard time selling 17-55 and 50 f1.4. Those are great lenses.
Thanks for all the feedback. It seemed like a really good price for a not-spectacular copy (but in all fairness, it was also in pristine condition). The buyer was also at a point in her hobby where I could see the 24-105mm as a big step-up in quality. Her enthusiasm made me feel good about selling it.
Maybe someday there will be an amazing mark ii version which can be the ultimate walkaround lens, but I'm plenty happy with my other current options. Now, if I can find some takers for my 17-55mm, 50 1.4, an old 18-200mm(!), etc...
I doubt you would have hard time selling 17-55 and 50 f1.4. Those are great lenses.
There is no comparison between the 24-70ii and the 24-105 is...24-70 is just incredibly sharp! All serious photographers need the 24-70ii and the 70-200ii in their kit!
Hmmm, suddenly I feel ... half-serious since I have only one of the two lenses...
I must be another of the half-serious ones, as I, too, only have the 70-200ii! But, I also have the 16-35ii, which I consider more useful than a 24-70 when I'm in a 2-lens situation. What falls between 35 and 70 seldom seems important to me. Then again, I've never considered myself "normal", at least photographically!
I do, though, have a 24-105, and, from what I read on here, mine must be one of the better copies. It's not as sharp as my 70-200 and certainly not as good as my 300/2.8, but I've never received complaints from clients. In fact, my tough critic (myself) is happy with its results almost all the time! And, for what I paid for it, I'm more than pleased. It's turned out to be much better than the earlier 24-70 I'd had.
I'm sure there is a great deal of truth in that. Still, forums are the new meeting place for photographers since the days of going to the lab several times a week become a distant memory. That was a great place to have quick conversations with other photographers. It can be quite an isolated profession.
But that's getting off-topic. I've kept my 24-105 f/4is after getting the amazing 24-70 f/2.8II. There are occasions where the IS is valuable, for events work the extra reach is valuable and it makes a great travel lens. I prefer to travel light and generally go with one body, a de-gripped 5D3 and the 24-105. After working all year with a dozen high class lenses within reach, vacationing with just the 24-105 is creatively stimulating as you are constantly pushed to make new decisions about how you're going to approach a subject. It's fun. Some hard working, busy photographers will travel with just a body and a 35 or a 50 prime, maybe with a Leica....or a Sony RX1!
$800 for a pre-owned 24-105 is a very high price. You may want to take it. But I'm certainly keeping mine.
I have 24-105 as kit on my 5D3 since day 1.Cannot afford the 24-70 II Due to copy variations, the Canon 24-70 mk1 and Tamron are not necessarily optically superior.Most of us use lightroom so I doubt you would be able to tell sharpness differences in post.
Thanks for all the feedback. It seemed like a really good price for a not-spectacular copy (but in all fairness, it was also in pristine condition). The buyer was also at a point in her hobby where I could see the 24-105mm as a big step-up in quality. Her enthusiasm made me feel good about selling it.
Maybe someday there will be an amazing mark ii version which can be the ultimate walkaround lens, but I'm plenty happy with my other current options. Now, if I can find some takers for my 17-55mm, 50 1.4, an old 18-200mm(!), etc...
I doubt you would have hard time selling 17-55 and 50 f1.4. Those are great lenses.
The question is, what are you going to do with the money?
1. 1D X2. 300 f2.8 IS II4. 400 f2.8 IS II5. 200-400
Get some Nikon lenses with EOS adapter maybe
I'm having a hard time selling the 17-55. Damn thing is in mint condition, cleaned by Canon inside and out and shoved straight back in the box. $799 but nada. I wonder if the Sigma 18-35 is swaying peoples decision?
I'm having a hard time selling the 17-55. Damn thing is in mint condition, cleaned by Canon inside and out and shoved straight back in the box. $799 but nada. I wonder if the Sigma 18-35 is swaying peoples decision?
I've had the exact same problem for probably six months. Still no takers at $700. I think part of my problem is I am in a small market. I can't tell you how many people have asked why it is so expensive even though it is "almost the same as the kit lens".
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A few bodies, some flashes, a tripod here and there, a handful of lenses. Plenty of equipment, a lot of perseverance, but not enough talent (yet).
I'm having a hard time selling the 17-55. Damn thing is in mint condition, cleaned by Canon inside and out and shoved straight back in the box. $799 but nada. I wonder if the Sigma 18-35 is swaying peoples decision?
I've had the exact same problem for probably six months. Still no takers at $700. I think part of my problem is I am in a small market. I can't tell you how many people have asked why it is so expensive even though it is "almost the same as the kit lens".
Tell them to put the kit lens on in AF then try and turn the focus ring. That will break it and they'll have to buy the 17-55! Haha! Also, they've now learnt about Full Time Manual focus! See? Educational as well!
So I have a buyer lined up through CL to sell off my hardly-ever used 24-105mm for $800. Ever since purchasing the 24-70mm mk2, it has been gathering dust. I'm not lacking anything over that FL range, so it shouldn't bother me, but...
I just wonder, am I missing something obvious about this lens? I have wanted to love it since I bought it over a year ago. So many people on this forum and others extoll its virtues (IQ, versatility, IS). To be frank - I just haven't seen it. And I think it sounds great on paper - good FL range, IS, compactness. It SHOULD be my go-to walkaround lens. But it isn't.
I did the AFMA on focal, but I've never been able to get true sharpness from this lens in darn near any situation. My prior workhorse was a Canon 17-55mm 2.8 on a T3i, and I didn't observe signiciant difference in the "upgrade" to the 24-105 (although, I felt color was noticeably better).
I'd hate to have seller's remorse if there is some secret to its awesomeness I just haven't unlocked yet. Or maybe I just have a crap copy. I suppose since I'm getting about the same as I paid for it. No loss, and hopefully prices will be similar in the future if I want to try to jump in again. What do you think; will I regret it?
I've sold it three times and never a hint of seller's remorse! (buyer's remorse three times though, quick too, as no copy lasted more than 7 days in my house)
And man $800 for it? SELL IT SELL IT FAST! It's virtually impossible to get that much a new copy now, never mind used! Many used copies go $600 these days, even $550!!
Thanks for all the feedback. It seemed like a really good price for a not-spectacular copy (but in all fairness, it was also in pristine condition). The buyer was also at a point in her hobby where I could see the 24-105mm as a big step-up in quality. Her enthusiasm made me feel good about selling it.
Maybe someday there will be an amazing mark ii version which can be the ultimate walkaround lens, but I'm plenty happy with my other current options. Now, if I can find some takers for my 17-55mm, 50 1.4, an old 18-200mm(!), etc...
I doubt you would have hard time selling 17-55 and 50 f1.4. Those are great lenses.
The question is, what are you going to do with the money?
1. 1D X2. 300 f2.8 IS II4. 400 f2.8 IS II5. 200-400
Get some Nikon lenses with EOS adapter maybe
I'm having a hard time selling the 17-55. Damn thing is in mint condition, cleaned by Canon inside and out and shoved straight back in the box. $799 but nada. I wonder if the Sigma 18-35 is swaying peoples decision?
The 17-55 experiences more depreciation than some of canon's lenses. I sold a good condition (some dust inside) lens for 750 on amazon, and my take away was around 690. I actually bought it for 575, so I made a nice little profit off of it, but considering how much it costs new, it seems surprising. | {
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Black Map “Ruin” new video
This is Black Map.
The San Francisco based three-piece comes with a built in pedigree. The trio consists of Ben Flanagan (The Trophy Fire) on bass and vocals, Chris Robyn (Far) on drums and Mark Engles (Dredg) on guitar.
The band is supporting their second full length, “In Droves” that came out in March 2017.
A new video for ‘Ruin’ just hit the airwaves just for you.
“The lyrics are from the perspective of someone who thinks they see the world collapsing around them and wondering the whole time what the true nature of their reality is,” says vocalist/bassist Benjamin Flanagan.
Of the Frank Door-directed clip, the singer continues, “When we shot the video it was important to have something with tension and unnerving to match the subject matter of the song. We shot the footage all in one long day at Mt. Davidson in San Francisco. The actor is a 6-year-old kid Frank found who got to run around the woods wielding an axe in a giant custom crow mask. This video will probably mark the only time in our career you will ever see anyone in Black Map wearing make up.”
Another tight rocker, ‘Run Rabbit Run’ was the first single released from this latest album.
The band has a previous album out called, “…And We Explode”. One of the standout songs is the Rival Schools-esque ‘I’m Just The Driver’.
And the opening track of that first album was this jagged tear of a rock song called, ‘Code’.
And if you are really feeling what Black Map are doing, here is an in depth feature on the band.
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Dear all,
Please find below my comments (on behalf of DERI Innsbruck) on the
current use case and requirements document.
As for our vote whether to publish this version as a first draft:
I understand that the working group wants something out, and it is in
principle fine as a first draft. However, we would like to emphazise
that we would like to see the next version soon (possibly we could agree
on a concrete tentatvie date already in tomorrow's phone conf).
This next version should include the newly proposed use cases
as needed and address the following two points:
1) We think that some of the uses cases on business rules and
constraints alignment could be merged (i.e. the overall use case
"exchange and alignement of business rules and constraints" is a bit
overrepresented), this affects use cases 1.1, 1.4, 1.5.
2) The use cases still vary a lot in detail and motivation. Whereas some
completely miss a single example "rule" and consist only of a very
superficial scenario description (1.8), other ones are still into
technical detail with out giving sufficient background to be considered
self-contained (1.7)
Detailed comments:
1.1
I would rewrite
"widget" to "ordered good" or "purchase order item"
"food stuff" also sounds sloppy to me.
I see the overall message of this use case already covered by
1.4 and 1.5 which are more detailed and think this can be dropped.
1.2 fine, nice use case on policy negotiation.
1.3
The only problem I have with this use case is the last paragraph which
talks about web service QoS/SLA rules. While this is a nice application
area, agreed, it does not add so much to this section.
Actually, I think a good SLA use case could superseed the current use
case in 1.3, but at the moment/for this version maybe better just drop
this paragraph?
1.4 As mentioned before, I think that either this or 1.1 shall be
dropped, I don't see the added value in having these both. It should
have maybe one or two more example "rules" to make clearer the kind of
rules which are meant here.
1.5 Another use case on business rule exhchange and alignment.
The diffferences of aspects covered here and in 1.4 should be made
clearer, the use case itself is fine.
1.6 a bit long compared to the others but nice.
1.7 This use case shoul be extended in terms of the narrative and
motivation, too technical. It is an important use case though!
1.8 This use case is "narrative only", it should have some example
flavor added, to make clear what kind of rules it talks about.
It seems to talk about merging/sharing mapping rules, intergation rules.
I think that our recently proposed use case is more concrete/clearer in
this respect, and particularly I feel the sapects we mention there not
covered in the current use case document.
best regards,
axel
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There are eight teams left in the World Cup Finals. Which should be Tablet Magazine’s official team, since Tablet Magazine’s original official team was defeated Saturday? Let’s have a look at the nominees:
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Oracle – for when it was like that when you got there
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ORA-1810 and Other Dating Disasters
During a recent difference of opinion, my girlfriend said to me “Ooohhh, you’re so logical!” The atmosphere was not improved by the fact that she had to then explain to me that this wasn’t a compliment.
All of which has nothing to do with the purpose of this post (although it may help to solve the mystery as to why I was single for so long).
The other day, someone asked me over to have a look at why they were getting an error when running a particular query. Now, as quizzes seem to be en vogue in the Oracle world at the moment ( have a look at that nice Mr Feuerstein’s site ), here’s a quick one for you. See if you can spot what’s wrong with this query
At this point, I should come over all knowledgable and say something like “of course the answer is that the date format is incorrect and this will return ORA-1810 : format code appears twice”.
The fact of the matter is that I spent some considerable time looking at this before, in desparation , I wrote the query out again, and got it to run. It took me a while to spot that the Minutes format was specified as MM rather than MI and the query should look like this :
This will actually return a different error – ORA-1816 – month may only be specified once.
Now, you’d expect this to work the same way if you’re converting a date to a character string as the other way around…
As we can see, the value to which the string is converted does rather depend on the NLS_DATE_FORMAT setting in the database the query is run against.
You could of course issue the alter session command in every date script to make sure that the conversion is as you expect. However, this does rather rely on you having the ALTER SESSION privilege on each database that you’d want to run this on.
The only way to be absolutely sure therefore, is to explicitly convert the date, specifying the format you want to convert to.
Hot Dating Tips
Number 1 – when meeting a lady for the first time, do not try to impress her with your literary prowess by boasting “I really enjoy a good Dickens”.
Number 2 – Dates are numbers. This fact is so widely known it’s almost forgotten. What it means is that there are a whole host of number functions that can be applied to dates.
If you want to return all records where the date is within a given date range, you could do this :
TRUNC is another very useful function, particularly if your database is riddled with records entered from a Forms application which habitually stripped the time element off the date to default all date information to midnight.
Phew. That’s better. Note that you don’t have to TRUNC the meeting_time column…provided your confident that the data in it will never have a time element ( i.e. always be set to midnight).
If you do find yourself needing to do this on date columns that are indexed, you may want to consider adding a function based index.
Some other useful date stuff
A few other odds and ends to wrap up with…
LAST_DAY will return the last day of the month of the date you enter :
SELECT LAST_DAY(SYSDATE)
FROM dual
/
Now, there is no FIRST_DAY function, but that’s not much of a problem really…
ADD_MONTHS returns the date plus the number of months you specify. This is quite handy as it will also take a negative number …
SELECT ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE, 1), ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE, -1)
FROM dual
You can add and subtract from dates. By default, the numeral you specify will be treated as the number of days. So….
SELECT SYSDATE – 1
FROM dual;
will return SYSDATE from 24 hours ago. If you wanted to work in hours ( e.g. you want to query all the entries in a log table made within the last hour), you could do something like …
SELECT *
FROM my_log_table
WHERE log_timestamp > SYSDATE – (1/24);
If you want to look at timing information in PL/SQL, there’s always the handy DBMS_UTILITY.GET_TIME. Have a look here for an example of how this works.
I’m sure that any Oracle gurus reading this ( hello German) will have their own helpful hints to add, but in the meantime, I’m off to make myself presentable for the big night. Now, should I go au naturelle, or should I really shave my palms ?
round(sysdate,’yyyy’) will return the start of the year (1st jan) closest to the current date. This means july-2010 becomes 1/jan/2011, while june-2010 becomes 1/jan/2010. This is really helpful for Australian financial years (which run 1-july to 30-june) because extract(year from round(sysdate,’yyyy’)) will give you the financial year number for the date.
Also don’t forget the months_between function. Handy for calculating a person age (divide result by 12). | {
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WATCH: SpaceX Launches Rocket for First Time Since Blast Destroyed Israeli Satellite
15 Jan 2017
MIAMI (AFP) — SpaceX blasted off its Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday, marking its first return to flight since a costly and complicated launchpad explosion that destroyed Israel’s Amos-6 satellite in September.
“Liftoff of the Falcon 9,” a SpaceX commentator said as the tall white rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 9:54 am (1754 GMT), carrying a payload of 10 satellites for Iridium, a mobile and data communications company.
Moments after the Falcon 9 soared into the sky, the rocket’s two sections separated as planned, sending the satellites to orbit and the tall portion, known as the first stage, of the rocket back to Earth.
Cheers erupted at SpaceX mission control in Hawthorne, California as live video images showed the first stage powering its engines and landing steady and upright on a platform marked with an X in the Pacific Ocean.
SpaceX has successfully landed multiple rockets this way, on both land and water, as part of its effort bring down the cost of space flight by re-using multimillion dollar components instead of jettisoning them in the ocean after launch.
The platform, or droneship, was labeled “Just Read the Instructions.”
“This is fantastic,” a SpaceX spokeswoman said.
Though the landings garner plenty of excitement, SpaceX’s primary mission was to safely deliver the payload of satellites to low-Earth orbit.
It was the first in a series of launches planned to upgrade Iridium’s global communications network.
September’s blast destroyed a $200 million satellite Facebook had planned to use to beam high-speed internet to Africa. Another explosion in June 2015 two minutes after liftoff obliterated a Dragon cargo ship packed with goods bound for the astronauts at the International Space Station.
The incidents cost SpaceX dearly, possibly pushing the privately owned company into the red, the Wall Street Journal reported this week.
“That June 2015 disaster, followed by months of launch delays, contributed to a quarter-billion dollar annual loss and a six percent drop in revenue, after two years of surging sales and small profits,” the paper said after a review of internal financial documents from 2011 to 2015, forecasts for the next decade and interviews with former SpaceX employees.
Three weeks after last September’s accident, the company removed a long-standing phrase from its website saying it was “profitable and cash-flow positive.”
That “suggest(ed) both profit and cash flow had moved into the red for 2016,” the Journal said, noting that it found an operating loss for every quarter in 2015 and negative cash flow of roughly $15 million.
SpaceX, headed by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, declined to comment on the findings and is not obligated to release its financial figures because it is a private company.
“The company is in a financially strong position and is well positioned for future growth,” with $1 billion in cash and no debt, SpaceX chief financial officer Bret Johnson was quoted as saying.
Fueling concerns
The June 2015 accident — in which the unmanned Dragon cargo ship exploded in a massive fireball two minutes after launch — was caused by a faulty strut that allowed a helium tank to snap loose, SpaceX said.
Last September’s explosion, during a test a day prior to a scheduled launch, was traced to a problem with a pressure vessel in the second-stage liquid oxygen tank.
SpaceX said it will change the way it fuels for now and redesign its pressure vessels in the future.
But a report out this week by a top NASA advisory group also expressed concerns about the way SpaceX fuels its rockets, particularly since it plans to start launching astronauts to space in the coming years.
SpaceX uses super chilled liquid oxygen, and since the temperature must stay so low, it plans to have astronauts inside the spacecraft atop the rocket before fueling is complete, known as a “load and go” approach.
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel urged NASA to scrutinize this process closely, saying its risks may not be “adequately understood.”
Musk, who cofounded PayPal and also owns Tesla Motors, has lofty goals, including colonizing Mars and revolutionizing the launch industry by making rocket components reusable.
Founded in 2002, SpaceX logged 18 successful launches of the Falcon 9 before the 2015 accident.
The company has a $1.6 billion contract with NASA to supply the International Space Station using its Dragon space capsule, which is the only cargo ship that can return to the Earth intact.
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America's first bond saleswoman
At a time in our country's history when women rarely worked outside the home—before women had the right to vote, even—Merrill Lynch made history in the beginning years of the women's liberation movement by hiring America's first bond saleswoman.
LIBBY O’CONNELL: In the 1970s, for every three dollars that a woman earned a man earned five dollars for the exact same job. Think about it, less than one hundred years ago, women weren’t full citizens. They didn’t have the right to vote until 1920.
JULIAN ZELIZER: With the right to vote women gained new expectations about what their rights were.
LIBBY O’CONNELL: One of the first businesses that reached out to women was finance.
JULIAN ZELIZER: The Bank of Italy starts a women’s department in Los Angeles.
LIBBY O’CONNELL: They recognized that when you don’t allow women to bank you are ignoring a big part of the population.
JULIAN ZELIZER: Grace Stoermer is put in charge. She had been very involved in the suffrage movement.
LIBBY O’CONNELL: Later, in the sixties and early seventies it was hard for women to get credit cards, for them to get a loan in their own name. They have lots of battles they are going to have to fight for full equality.
ANNOUNCER: In the 1920’s, the Bank of Italy helped women achieve a new level of economic empowerment by offering them access to banking services. Today, this commitment to economic empowerment for all Americans continues as Bank of America helps low and moderate income families across the country get the financial skills and education they need.
ANNE WILSON: With the United Way’s One Stop Financial Fitness Centers, we are actively collaborating with a family. Meeting them where they are to help them repair their credit, build assets, improve their income and ultimately move up the economic ladder.
JOSEPHINE ROBINSON: Bank of America has provided the leadership, the funding and the knowledge to help grow this concept.
ANNE WILSON: Family by family we change neighborhoods and we change communities. The impact is multi-generational and long term, and it’s very exciting.
ANNOUNCER: Today, Bank of America’s commitment to the United Way’s One Stop Centers is helping provide financial stability and economic opportunity to those in need. Bank of America, fueling progress and opportunity throughout our history. Bank of America: Fueling progress and opportunity throughout our history.
In 1870, Victoria Woodhull opened the first woman-owned brokerage firm. In 1872, Woodhull was arrested because she ran for president of the United States at a time when women could not legally vote. That same year, Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in the presidential election. These events sparked the beginning of a movement leading women across the country to stand up and fight for their right to vote and own property.
When Susan B. Anthony died in 1906, women still did not have the right to vote. A protest staged at the White House 11 years later, in 1917, resulted in 16 arrests. Protests continued, and the women's liberation movement gained momentum.
Annie Grimes grew up during the early decades of the women's liberation movement, watching the generation ahead of her fight for women’s rights. Empowered with ambition, Grimes pursued a degree in business and economics at the University of Chicago. In 1914, she graduated and moved to Manhattan, where she found no prospects in the world of finance. Grimes eventually took a job as a publicist, a job she did for several years while searching for an opportunity that would utilize her qualifications and aspirations in finance.
By 1918, any Wall Street jobs for women were administrative roles.
In 1919, Annie Grimes interviewed for a job with Charlie Merrill, who had only recently formed his firm, Merrill Lynch. Annie impressed Charlie so much that he hired her on the spot. He didn't hire her for a minor role in the firm, either—he hired her as a true woman of Wall Street, America's first bond saleswoman.
Grimes went to work alongside other prominent members of the firm, rising stars like Win Smith and Herbert “Pop” Melcher. She was treated as an equal among the men and was told by the sales manager to “hang up your hat and get to work.” Grimes proved successful in her role, using her experience and savvy to sell new bond issues.
The year after Annie was hired, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granting women in America the right to vote.
After 13 years selling bonds, Grimes was up for a new challenge. In 1932, Charlie Merrill asked her to help launch his idea of a grocery store based magazine for women shoppers of Safeway Stores, which Charlie helped advise during this period. Safeway was one of the largest grocery chains in California, and eventually became one of the largest in the United States.
Through Grimes’ efforts, that same year, Family Circle magazine was born. The magazine was a success and eventually reached a circulation of more than four million subscriptions per year. Grimes remained at Family Circle, leading the advertising sales unit, until 1955. That year, she phoned Charlie Merrill to announce her retirement. When Charlie heard the news, he responded, “Don’t be silly. You won’t be happy sitting around the house, Annie. Come on back home.”
And so Grimes returned to Merrill Lynch to fill a role created just for her, as goodwill ambassador, spreading the good name of Merrill Lynch around the Stamford, CT, area, where she lived, promoting the firm to civic and women’s groups, organizing investment seminars and calling on potential clients. Annie’s impact was wide and deep, helping to forge a broader career path for women on Wall Street. Just as important, she was a beloved and respected figure at Merrill Lynch and her career is a testament to the heritage of our company.
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Can the Badgers be a nine-win team in 2019?
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The Wisconsin Badgers had been one of the most consistent college football programs in the country heading into the 2018 season. They had just come off a season in which they won the Orange Bowl and lost only one game, coming within one win of making the College Football Playoff. The Badgers were expected to be very good yet again. They had developed a clear formula for winning, and they were expected to replicate it… but they didn’t. Wisconsin stumbled early in the season and never really found its footing. The Badgers were able to make a bowl game, but it was a small game in the Pinstripe Bowl against the same Miami team they beat in the Orange Bowl the season before. It was an immensely disappointing season. Now Wisconsin will try to bounce back and regain its mojo.
Regular Season Win Total: 8.5 Wins
Odds: Over -134 Under +110
Changes From Last Season
The Badgers won’t undergo a ton of changes. Their offensive line, the heart of the program, is always deep and has players who are ready to play when asked. Wisconsin has depth at that position and has used that depth to fuel its program’s rise over a longer period of time. Jonathan Taylor is back at running back. Like Melvin Gordon in 2014, Taylor should make a serious bid for the Heisman Trophy this season.
The defense is losing some starters from 2018. However, the 2018 Wisconsin defense and those departing starters got injured a lot, which meant that a lot of young players received considerable amounts of playing time. That accumulation of playing time from players who were lower on the depth chart means that the players higher up on the 2019 depth chart will have played several dozens if not hundreds of meaningful, live, in-game snaps. This means that the larger group on Wisconsin’s 2019 defense, not just the starters but also the main backups, will have a lot of seasoning. What hurt the program on defense in 2018 should really help in 2019.
The names of the Week 1 starters will be different, but the familiarity of the roster with coach Paul Chryst’s system and defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard’s play calls will be considerable.
2019 X-Factor: Graham Mertz or Jack Coan
These are the two main candidates for the starting quarterback job. Last year, Alex Hornibrook returned at quarterback after a strong 2017 season. He was a clutch passer on third downs. He made the right throw and the important play when Wisconsin needed it. Last year, he unraveled and turned the ball over regularly. Wisconsin depends on ball control to succeed, so the offense crashed and burned, sabotaging the season in part with the flood of injuries on defense. Mertz or Coan have to return ball security to the offense and restore Wisconsin’s offensive identity. This is a central need for Wisconsin – the Badgers can’t win without a low-turnover offense.
Schedule
The Badgers have some tough games – Michigan, Michigan State and Iowa – but they are at home. Wisconsin should be able to win two of those. The game at Ohio State is a likely loss, but most of the tough games are at home. As long as Wisconsin wins two of its three big home games and wins at Nebraska, it should go over the number this season. The non-conference games are not hard. | {
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The Cakery
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Though it's not baking king cakes, south city bakery the Cakery is offering custom-made, Mardi Gras-themed sweets including mask, bead and confetti decorated cookies, cakes and cupcakes for its guests. | {
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Perfect local Topton Eatery
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Vacation Letting, Villas With Pools
Are you the sort of individual that looks forward to a vacation every year, knowing you are going to at last get away from it all and sit back and have a break? Perhaps you are a hot weather lover and you cannot wait to get to the beach. There are only so many times through the year that you can take your trip, though. Several times, the rates for travel and somewhere to stay rise and fall and you may perhaps not be able to hit upon decent travel deals. Are you going to let this mess up or abandon your vacation to paradise? I don't think so, it isn't necessary, when you can rent vacation villas with pools.
Sure we all adore to stay in hotels and resorts. Some times, it's the single occasion we get any luxury, specially when we have families to look after. When you are going on holiday, you should have to take it easy. It is a very big financial load to try to obtain adequate rooms to contain your party, no matter how large or small they are. When you put in in the expense of meals to the price of a hotel room or suite, it may deter you from doing all of the activities that you are looking forward to on your vacation.
Do not miss the fun activities. Did you realize that you can rent a vacation villa, nearly anyplace in the country, for a large amount less than you would spend to stay in a hotel? You can in fact get 5 * villas everywhere from the coast of the Aegean sea to Disney Land, for less than you'd pay to stay in a 2 * hotel.
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Vacation rental villas are private residences that are offered to you, for your trip taking bliss. These private residences are being offered to families just like yours, each time of year in every part of the world. Many times, we constrict ourselves to the spots that we can holiday, whether by country or city, since we recognize we merely can not manage to pay the cost of staying in a far-off town. The little renowned secret of comfortable villa rental seems to be unknown, at least for the time being.
Take benefit of this huge prospect to holiday in freely any destination you feel like, knowing that you will have a safe, comfy and economical location to reside and dine. These villas with pools and some without, the selection is totally yours, will give you every one of of the services that you are familiar with at the recognized, high end resorts not including all of the added outlay.
You can make your own food, a few or every one of them, or if you want, not any of them, in the serenity of your very own holiday rental villa. Quit throwing money away on refreshments at the local attractions. Go to the nearby supermarket and get all of the necessities that your family requires to keep them contented. Stock them in your villa refrigerator and let the kids feel like they are really at home, even when they're on holiday.
The kitchen will be totally equipt with all of the things you use at home. From cutlery to microwave ovens and further, you'll have every kitchen tool that you need to cook and provide food for your family. If you don't fancy catering, you can even order a pro chef service in several locations.
Consider what facilities are on hand. If you want to be spoiled, you may even be able to rent in villa spa facilities like massages and pedicures. There is something for everyone when you decide to leave the franchise accommodation behind and let your children have a brilliant time, swimming in the exclusive swimming pool at your vacation rental.
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How to Draw Cartoon Dogs, Puppies, and Wolves
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Offers advice on drawing various breeds of dogs, discusses facial expression, movement, and postures, and shows how to rework cartoon ideasOffers advice on drawing various breeds of dogs, discusses facial expression, movement, and postures, and shows how to rework cartoon ideas
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Last night, after an endless parade of promos involving hockey pucks and Saturday Night Fever recreations, Jimmy Fallon officially took over as host of The Tonight Show. For New York Magazine’s recent cover story, writer Jada Yuan spent three hours on the town with Fallon while he was preparing to hand over the Late Night reins to fellow SNL alum Seth Meyers and bring NBC’s storied Tonight Show franchise back to its original home at Rockefeller Center for the first time since Johnny Carson relocated it to California in 1972. But there were just too many random fun facts and telling quotes to be contained by a magazine feature, which can only mean one thing: bonus Fallon. Here, culled from hours of transcripts with the latest Tonight Show host and those who know him well, are 39 more things to know about Jimmy Fallon, including his thoughts on fatherhood, mayonnaise, and golf do-overs, and what his fallback plan is if he bombs in his new gig.
The Tonight Show news was on such tight lockdown, Fallon didn’t tell his parents until the night before the press release came out. His wife, Nancy Juvonen, knew from the beginning, though. “Nancy, she’s great,” he says. “She can keep a secret.”
Moving to an earlier time slot means Fallon can worry less about his parents’ well-being. His mom and dad used to go to bed at 10 and set an alarm for 12:30 a.m. so they could watch every episode of Late Night live — until Fallon insisted on buying them a DVR and programmed it himself. “I was like, ‘You guys don’t look healthy. You’re not getting enough sleep. You have to tape the show.’” Now they’ll get to go back to watching it live. “It’s a big deal for them,” he says. “I think it’s going to be much healthier for them.” Fallon’s mom also calls him every day with notes.
He plans on using “everything I’ve learned in my whole life” to get the show to work, including his first college major. “If there’s a computer-programming sketch, I will somehow make that happen,” he says. (He switched to Communications, and dropped out the College of Saint Rose in Albany a semester shy of graduating, but got an honorary degree in 2009.)
It’s a good thing the show didn’t move to L.A., because “I’m the worst driver in the history of the world,” says Fallon. “My wife does all the driving. I can drive, like, technically, but I’m awful. You don't want to be in the car with me. I drive slow, I use my blinkers, I'm really nervous. My parents are from Brooklyn so they don't know how to drive and they taught me how to drive, so it’s like a second-generation gap.”
Plus, if he were in L.A., he’d miss his favorite part of New York nightlife: drunk people coming up to him. No, really, if you see him, say hello. “I kind of enjoy it. It puts you in a good mood when people are happy to see you. It makes you feel like you’re doing a good thing. So I kind of take it as a really positive thing, and if they want to take a photo or an autograph, it’s easy.”
He loves meeting fans so much that he’s kind of impossible to go out with. According to his friend Mario Batali, the five-block walk between Lupa and Babbo can take an hour with Fallon. “He’s honestly interested and loves everyone and meets everyone, and smiles and takes every picture, and doesn’t put his head down and pretend he’s not out there, which a lot of my high-celebrity friends do,” says Batali. “He’s happy to engage with everybody, and I’ve never seen him in a hurry so much that he had to brush by them or give them anything less than what they ask for. Which is a remarkable characteristic.”
Seth Herzog, his friend and the show’s warm-up comedian, says Fallon will sometimes text him to meet up at a bar, and by the time Herzog’s showed up, Fallon is too deep into an argument about ’60s music with some random guy at the bar that he can barely talk to Herzog. “He’s like, ‘Come meet me at this place,’” says Herzog, “and I end up talking to other people because he’s just in it with whoever was there.”
Fallon credits a moment with Robert De Niro during his Saturday Night Live days for making him realize that his job as host is to make guests look good on his show. “I remember Robert De Niro was asking me where to stand in a sketch, and I was like, ‘I’m not gonna tell you what to do. You’re Robert De Niro!’ But he was like, ‘But, yeah, I just don’t know where to stand, though.’ ‘Oh, here.’ ‘Thanks.’ It was like, I don’t know, here I am talking to a legend, but he’s smart. He’s like, ‘Yeah, this is your show, not mine. You're not coming on my movie set, I’m coming on your television show, so please help me out. Where do I stand?’ I was like, ‘Okay, gotcha, everybody wants this to work.’”
One part of SNL training that comes in handy now was constantly having to talk famous people into making fun of their own image. “The [SNL] host, if he doesn’t want to do something, he just won’t do it,” says Horatio Sanz, Fallon’s frequent SNL sketch partner and former drinking buddy. “You have to make it fun for them or else you’re not on the show.” Sanz thinks that’s directly tied to why Fallon can get celebrities to play such silly games on his show. “I'm sure 90 percent of him having people do that is him selling it.”
But Fallon still gets nervous when big names come on his show. “You know, I don’t feel like we’re equals and stuff because I’m still just a fan. I love pop culture. But I think maybe I know a little bit more than the average host would know just starting off, because I’ve been on the other side of the couch, and so I know what it’s like. Like, some people like hate doing talk shows and I try to make it easy as possible. I’m like, ‘Oh, this will be easy. You can do it.’”
His 20s were a lot like yours (except for skyrocketing to fame as the hot kid on SNL). Fallon and Sanz did live-band karaoke Wednesdays at the Village Vanguard. They went out to see the Strokes play a midnight basement show one Friday night, and stayed out drinking till four or five in the morning, even though they had to do a show the next night. Another time they rented a beat-up limo to go to a Bruce Springsteen concert. They emulated their idols: John Belushi, Adam Sandler, and Chris Farley. “We actually took what we thought being on SNL was, what people think is awesome about it, and we made it happen,” says Sanz. “We pranked around, we drank, we partied. We were all aware of what it was to be on SNL and to be a little out of control, and we definitely fed into the fact that being out of control is good on that show.”
The first time Fallon went to Siberia, a now-defunct legendary dive bar that was in the 50th Street subway station, he and Sanz didn’t have any cash on them. “There’s a guy shirtless behind the bar, and I go, ‘Hey, can I open a tab?’” says Fallon. “He goes, ‘You want to open a tab? This is a dive bar. What’s wrong with you?’” The owner gave his okay, though, so Fallon started a tab and even borrowed a few bucks so he could play the jukebox. The next day, he came back and paid up, and became a regular after that.
He and Sanz did a lot of stupid, destructive stuff. Fallon had a “Charles Lindberg edition” CD player/record player/radio on his desk that Sanz says was “a piece of shit.” So after months of Sanz bitching about it, they decided to throw it against a wall to destroy it. But it was a month after 9/11, so when they threw it against a wall and people heard the boom, they thought it was another attack. “People were screaming. One woman started crying,” says Sanz. “We were both like little boys, Oh, no, look what we just did! But it was so funny how people reacted to us destroying a Charles Lindberg boombox.” Also, one time, Tom Brokaw yelled at them because they were playing baseball in the hallway while he was trying to edit something. “We heard like, ‘Knock it off!’ And it was Tom Brokaw,” says Sanz. “Tom Brokaw yelled at us because we were goofing around too much.”
What’s his relationship like with now-rival host, Jimmy Kimmel? “Right now we’re friends,” says Fallon. “I think we probably have until February 17th before we not speak anymore, but right now we have a good rapport. I think it’s going to be a friendly rivalry, but it’s good to have someone to compete against because it makes you, it pushes you to do more stuff.”
And David Letterman? “I think it’s a bummer that I have to go up against him,” he says. Fallon’s also bummed he can’t appear as a guest on Letterman’s show anymore now that they’re on the at the same time. But there’s no rivalry there. “Oh, no, I don’t think he’s worried about me at all. I don’t think he cares about me,” Fallon says, laughing. His only gauge on Letterman’s feelings is the Christmas present he gets from Letterman every year, “and he didn’t skip out on me this year. That shows I don’t think he’s angry.” The present, by the way, is always a nice varsity jacket reading “The Late Show With David Letterman.” “He has different colors every year,” says Fallon. “I probably have six winter coats from David Letterman.” (Fallon says that he wants to send out smoking jackets for Christmas this year.)
Letterman once came backstage to check out Fallon’s Late Night when Paul Shaffer was a guest. “We were all freaking out, like, ‘Oh my god, that’s so cool!’ Because this is the show that he started,” says Fallon. Letterman couldn’t stop commenting on how much nicer the studio was than when he’d worked there. “He was like, ‘We had none of this!’ And I’ll never forget this line, it was so funny to me. He goes, ‘I mean, I’m jealous of your linoleum.’ I’ll never forget that, ‘I’m jealous of your linoleum.’”
Here’s how he got the Roots to be his band: In the planning stages for Late Night, Fallon’s friend Neal Brennan, who produced Chappelle’s Show, asked him what he was going to do for music. “[Brennan] goes, ‘You should ask the Roots,’” says Fallon. “I go, ‘You think the Roots would do my show?!’ He goes, “No, no, no, they won’t do it, but they know a lot of musicians from Philly that can come up.’” But Fallon couldn’t get the idea out of his head. He went backstage at a concert in L.A., did a cheerleader pyramid with the guys (“Questlove was not on the pyramid”), and pitched them the idea. Then he sent an email to their manager and didn’t hear back for a month, which he took as a no; it turns out they were just in Europe. Fallon met with them in Lorne Michaels’ office because he wanted to impress them, and gave them his spiel. “I remember Questlove was like, ‘Alright, I have two questions for you,’” Fallon says. “'One, what if, like, Herbie Hancock’s in town, can he sit in with the band?' I go, ‘Yeah. Of course he can sit in with the band.’ And he goes, ‘My other question is, this is Lorne Michaels' office, why isn’t there popcorn here?’ And I’m like, Oh, he’s a comedy nerd! He knows that Lorne has this big basket of popcorn before SNL. I couldn’t believe he knew that. So I go, Oh, I like this guy. He’s a comedy nerd, and also an audiophile, which I’m a bit of. He’s an encyclopedia. I trust him over Google.”
Fallon still finds it surreal that 11.6 million people follow him on Twitter. “I remember being like, ‘Dude, I’m almost up to 1,000 people on Twitter! Isn’t that crazy? Wild! What if we get up to like, 5,000?’ I wish I’d written it down or something, like, ‘This is what it feels like to get to 1,000.’”
He spends his time commuting thinking of round objects on which to put The Tonight Show’s new moon-shaped logo: coasters; DCT Blistex containers; the bottom of coffee mugs, so when you sip, people will see it. (“No one ever decorates the bottom of a mug.”) The inside of an umbrella. Compact mirrors. Light-up Aerobie Frisbees. Ping-pong balls. Golf balls. Dishware. A giant circular bath towel. A giant moon beanbag chair. “A moon pie would be genius, right? When people look at the full moon, I want them not to see the full moon anymore, they just see our logo.”
He also dreams up inventions. Here are four ideas he’s hatched: 1) Pits, “where you put team logos in armpits, so when you’re at a game you’re like, ‘Yeah! We did it!’ and your armpits say New York Yankees. I think people would buy this!” 2) Individually wrapped cranberry slices, like Kraft singles, “so if you’re making the turkey sandwich with the turkey and the stuffing, you don’t have to open up the can and scoop it out or anything. I offered [it to] Ocean Spray but they said no.” 3) Yogaroma, an aromatherapy sticker you put on your yoga mat “so it doesn’t smell like everyone’s feet.” 4) The Love Coaster, a connected double-coaster. “You put it on the bar, your beer’s on one and the one’s empty, so if you’re talking to someone, they can put their beer on the other coaster, ‘Hey, how’s it going? Can I share your coaster?’ Right? It’s like a talking piece, at least for Valentine’s Day.”
Does the ever-enthusiastic Fallon have a dark side? “I don’t think so,” he says. “I have a dark sense of humor sometimes, but nothing shady or seedy. There’s gotta be something in there, but I don’t want to find out what is driving me to want everyone to like me. There’s gotta be something in my brain, but I’d rather not know what it is.”
The week I visited the show, Fallon had pot jokes in three out of five monologues, along with a very convincing stoner impression. Is that from experience? “I’ve tried it, but I’m not a pot guy,” he says. “I just can’t get into it. Smoking cigarettes, I can’t do that either. It just doesn’t fit with me. Next time I see you, give me a cigarette, I’ll show you me smoking a cigarette and you will be like, ‘Dude, stop.’ It’s embarrassing. I can’t do it. I can’t hold it right, I can’t inhale it right. Next time I see you I’ll do it, I swear. I’m terrible at it.”
He’s a foodie, but don’t try to serve him mushrooms or eggplant, and especially not one condiment in particular. “I hate mayonnaise,” he said, asking that it be left off our sliders at Turntable Mad for Chicken, the Korean restaurant where some of the interview took place. “I’m disgusted by it. I can’t stand it. Blechhhh. I could function [if it’s on my food], but I won’t be happy.” Kimchi, though — pile that on!
He’s gotten a little self-conscious about weight after being on television. “I mean, you see some pictures of yourself, you’re like, ‘Aaaah, dude. Like, you’re on television, come on!’” The worst was watching his “Best Of” specials and feeling at some points that he looked like he had three chins. That was right after his “fat period” between doing movies and Late Night, when he’d been a full ten pounds overweight. “Ten pounds is a lot on TV,” says Fallon. “It’s 20 pounds, right?”
Still, he’ll never stop being a foodie. “He loves good food. Not fancy, but I mean, he loves great stuff,” says Batali. “And Jimmy’s the kind of guy who will go back into the kitchen and shake every person’s hand every time he has dinner. Because he loves to know them, and he loves them to know how important, how good he feels about what he just had.”
He got his first set of golf clubs at a garage sale, then went into his family’s backyard in Saugerties, New York, where his grandfather taught him how to swing. “My grandpa was like, ‘This is a sport you can play the rest of your life.’” His goal is to start entering pro-am tournaments. He also calls a mulligan “a Carey Mulligan.” “It’s a do-over that nobody talks about,” he explains. While we were hitting golf balls at his gym, Manhattan’s Golf & Body, Fallon dreamed up a kinder, gentler golf tournament, where everyone is given 30 mulligans to spend however they wish over the course of the game.
His typical day: Wake up; play with his baby; work out at Golf & Body from 9-10; head to 30 Rock at 10:30; check messages; run down sketches and ideas with head writer and producer at 12:30 p.m.; eat lunch at desk from 1:30 to 1:45 (“Usually a salad. I have the same salad every day. But I’m smiling as I eat it. It’s not that sad.”); go over the stories guests will tell at 2 p.m.; cut down monologue jokes at 2:30 p.m.; dress rehearse the monologue at 3:15; shower; do hair and makeup; says hi to his guests; gets mic-ed; “then I go stand behind the curtain and Higgins introduces me, the Roots play awesome music, and the curtain opens and the show starts.”
He makes it a point to visit each guest to say hi before the show starts, and writes out thank-you notes each morning to leave in their dressing rooms. It’s a trick he learned from Jay Leno. Whenever Fallon was a guest on The Tonight Show, he says, “There’d always be a nice note from Jay like, ‘Thanks for being here. —Jay’ or like, ‘You’re back for the third time, cool. —Jay.’ It was really nice. It takes ten minutes to write someone a thank-you note, but it means a lot.”
Fallon and Juvonen struggled to conceive, having their six-month-old daughter Winnie via a surrogate. “It’s not easy, you know,” says Fallon. “Probably people have struggled harder than we have, but we tried for about five years and it’s really hard, I mean, my wife is a trouper and I love her, but it’s not fun and it’s really, you know, it’s emotional. It’s tough. So anyone out there, I say, like, stick with it, and I send them the best vibes, and it will happen. It will happen.”
Speaking of his daughter, Fallon’s completely and totally obsessed with Winnie. “She’s so cute, I mean, oh my god, it’s the cutest baby on the face of the earth. I just love her so much.” He shows me baby photos and videos. Here’s Winnie trying to lick the phone. Here’s Winnie in a bear costume like the one Fallon wore on SNL. Here’s Winnie as a turkey for Thanksgiving (his wardrobe department made it; “she’s going to be so embarrassed when she’s older, but look at her little turkey feet”). Here’s Winnie as a chicken for Halloween (he bought it off Etsy; “it’s totally not approved for babies, it’s so dangerous, she could totally choke on those feathers”). “We had to stop,” he says. “Because I was like, I could dress her up as a Christmas goose — that’s too many bird themes. It’s getting weird.” He jokes that soon she’ll have her own three-piece cream Barry Gibb suit.
He always makes sure to get home in time to give Winnie a bath, “because bath time is really cute, super fun. She loves it. She’s just at a perfect age now, she’s just really, really juicy. She’s over the licking phase now, now she’s teething and drooling. Like an old lady or something, sticking her chin out, grinding her gums.”
He has a very cute dog, named Gary Frick, who played a political-pundit puppy they dressed in a suit and Fallon debated on the show. Gary Frick turned out to be up for adoption, and also turned out to be a girl, but the name stuck. “I was like, ‘I’m gonna surprise my wife and give her a dog,’” says Fallon, “which is not a good thing to surprise your spouse with. It’s like saying, ‘Here, here’s something you have to take care of for 12 to 15 years! And it’s in training!’ My wife, she just started bawling. I think she [was] thinking of, like, ‘Oh my god, this is so much work.’ And we were trying to have a baby and all that stuff. But it’s the best thing ever now. We love the dog so much.”
Where did Winnie get her name? Fallon proposed to Juvonen at Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, where her family has a house. “It’s kind of because of Lake Winnipesaukee, because we love that lake, but Winnipesaukee is too long of a name for a little girl. So we went with Winnie. It’s also because we were trying to have a baby for a while. So, a couple meanings. And Winnie Cooper is the coolest character ever played on TV. Everyone loves Winnie Cooper.”
When Fallon goes on vacation, he likes England best because he can walk around and they don’t really know who he is. “I wouldn't really want to go to a resort anymore,” he says. “It feels like I’m being paid to be on a cruise. It's like, ‘Hey, Jimmy Fallon's in the pool. Let's go hang out with him.’”
He can’t karaoke in public anymore, unless he gets a private room (he turned down my suggestion that we go singing in Koreatown after eating at Turntable Mad for Chicken), but he does have a microphone hooked up to his computers at both work and home so he can YouTube any song and sing along. His song is usually Pete Wingfield’s “18 With a Bullet,” since he likes the falsetto. His staff is way into "Drift Away" by Dobie Gray.
He offered to personally convert to DVD a set of VHS recordings I made in high school of Phil Hartman—era SNL sketches, or even get me the high-res versions of each individual sketch. “I’d love to do that. It would be my pleasure.” He also took my cell-phone number and promised to call me during curling matches, since it’s our favorite Olympic sport. Still waiting by the phone, Jimmy. Still waiting.
He doesn’t see the institution of late-night talk shows as in danger of extinction. “I think people will always have the need for talk shows, because you just need someone to lighten the mood, you know?” he says. “You need a comedian. I mean, that's why there's so much competition now [from other networks], because people found out there is a need for it. So I'll be around for as long as they want me.” He laughs. “I mean, who knows, in the future it might not be TV, it might not be NBC. It might just be a cloud service. Maybe everyone will be wearing goggles, watching the shows on that. I don’t know what the future’s gonna be, but for right now, probably for the next five years, we’ll be doing this. I think. And by ‘we,’ I mean America will be doing this. Not me. I don’t know if I’ll be here in five years. I hope I am.”
He’s already getting gray hairs, but he doesn’t want to dye them. “My grandpa had all white hair, so I think that’s what I’m going to have.” Still, he’s boggled by the passage of time. “It just happened so fast. You go, ‘What? Fifteen years? Is that when I got hired [on SNL]?’ Like, ‘Oh my god, that’s how many years? That’s three high-school classes of seniors!’ I wish I wrote it down in a diary so I could remember it. So much stuff has happened. The last five years have been the fastest so far.”
He’s come to terms with his potential future career paths. Lorne Michaels has said that The Tonight Show will be the last job Fallon will have. “He’s right,” says Fallon. “If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.” But he does have a backup plan: “I’ll sell reruns of Late Night on DVD on infomercials,” he says. “If it doesn’t work, the good news is I’ll be able to go on Letterman. Maybe. If he’ll have me.” | {
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Dark Spies
Dark Spies
By: Matthew Dunn
How did you feel about books like the Bourne Trilogy? Did you love the pulse pounding action or the complexity of the plots, in the way that everything seemed to be tied together in some crazy ‘I never would have thought of that’ way? Then I’ve found your next book. Matthew Dunn’s Dark Spies is a new spy thriller that will leave you shell shocked and begging “Please sir, can I have another”. This book is a fresh new take on the time honored genre, and is a story all it’s own. Matthew Dunn is a spy novel master and this, his latest work is a testament to how creative and talented he really is. Dark Spies is a fast paced read that you’ll work through quickly, trying to frantically keep pace with the characters as they try to work themselves out of one of the most precarious positions a spy could find themselves in. Dangerous and motivated politicians, duplicitous agents and a mysterious operation that everyone keeps mentioning but no one is talking about. There’s a ton to love in Dark Spies.
No stranger to the intelligence community himself, Matthew Dunn recruited agents for MI6 and coordinated special operations, while also taking an active role in deep cover ops around the world. Dunn brings his wide range of experience to his unique character, Will Cochrane. An American born, MI6 operative who fought for the French Foreign Legion before being trained for an extremely intense, lone-wolf position with MI6 where he also worked in conjunction with the American CIA. Operating in Norway, Will butts heads with the CIA when they tell him to stand down, which means allowing their agent to be murdered in the field. After disobeying the orders, Will finds himself on the run and being blamed for a failed operation. Authorities on both sides claimed that Will went rogue and must be brought in – dead or alive. What ensues is his thrilling journey back to the United States in order to find out more about this mysterious opp and to clear his name. | {
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Enforcement of environmental law and changing perceptions of harm
Why is it that we do not, in the eyes of many, have effective enforcement of important legal principles governing our financial system and our environment, health, and safety?
One answer given by Flatt is that
environmental despoliation and impacts on human health in the 1960s and 1970s were obvious and visible, and were thought to impact all people.
Now, however,
the impacts of environmental harm have come to seem less immediate and threatening, and therefore are seen as less of a threat to the social order. In such circumstances, the public zeal, which is expressed in calls for better laws, better enforcement, and public pressure, generally has waned....
Perhaps even more important is the erosion of the equitable idea of society, which has been happening in the United States since at least the 1980s. This erosion has allowed certain segments of society to separate from the shorter- and longer-term environmental harms that we now face. In other words, our “community,” which was essentially the majority of the public when the major U.S. environmental laws were passed in the 1970s, is now fragmented into smaller communities and interest groups with newly outsized conceptions of the role of the individual. | {
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Contrast-enhanced MRI could play a key role in differentiating between common types of arthritis
...Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may help physicians...Rheumatoid arthritis is a long-term disease that leads to inflammation...The study performed at the University Hospital of Tubingen in Tubinge... In the past the treatment strategy for patients with psoriatic arthr...
Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may help physicians differentiate between rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis in the hand and wrist enabling more targeted therapies unique to each condition, according to a study in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. Contrast-enhanced MRI uses contrast media to improve the visibility of internal bodily structures.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a long-term disease that leads to inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissues. Psoriatic arthritis is associated with psoriasis of the skin and is usually confined to the knees, ankles, and joints in the feet. "Clinically, it may be difficult to distinguish psoriatic arthritis from rheumatoid arthritis because the symptoms of both diseases are similar and the diagnostic tests currently available to aid in the differentiation of psoriatic and rheumatoid arthritis are not always sufficient," said Nina F. Schwenzer, MD, lead author of the study.
The study, performed at the University Hospital of Tubingen in Tubingen, Germany, included 45 patients (31 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and 14 with psoriatic arthritis) who were imaged using contrast-enhanced MRI. "The perfusion (or uptake) of contrast media in psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis is presumed to be different," said Schwenzer. Typically, one will not be able to see a difference until after 15 minutes after the contrast material is given. "Our study revealed a significant difference in perfusion between those patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis after 15 minutes. However, since it was a small group of patients and there was an overlap in perfusion values between both types of arthritis, a diagnosis could not be led by contrast-enhanced MRI alone. Our results are nonetheless promising though," she said.
"In the past, the treatment strategy for patients with psoriatic arthritis was based on that for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Recent research indicates that the therapeutic management, including medication and therapy monitoring, has to be adapted for each type of arthritis," said Schwenzer.
"As our study suggests, the use of contrast-enhanced MRI could play an important role in differentiating psoriatic arthritis from rheumatoid arthritis," she said.
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Eligibility for Symbiosis Law School Nagpur Integrated Law Admissions 2019
Intake Capacity:
The total intake is 240 seats [inclusive of 120 seats of BA. LL.B and 120 seats of BBA. LL.B]
Separate Merit Lists for BBA. LL.B and BA. LL.B programme will be prepared and published. At the time of SLAT registration, it shall be mandatory for the candidates to clearly indicate the programme to which they wish to apply.
Note: It is suggested that the candidates who have studied arts/social sciences subjects for their qualifying examination may apply for BA. LL.B programme.
Similarly, those candidates who have studied commerce/accounts/mathematics/sciences may apply for BBA. LL.B programme. Further, the candidates are also free to make their own choice of section of the programme depending on their ability, interest and opportunity. Please note that these two programmes differ only in the First Degree contents (either Humanities OR Business Studies), whereas the Law courses are offered in both the programmes are the same.
Graduates in both streams are eligible for diverse legal careers and opportunities in Corporate, Litigation, Civil Services, Advocacy, Judiciary, Academics, jobs in International Organizations, International Admissions and others.
Selection Process for Symbiosis Law School Nagpur Integrated Law Admissions 2019
SLAT 2019
Symbiosis Law Admission Test shall be conducted at different centres across the India. SLAT will be an online admission test for 150 marks. Structure of test includes 150 questions for 1 mark each covering Logical Reasoning, Legal Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning, Reading Comprehension and General Knowledge. A Total time of 150 minutes shall be given to candidates to solve the questions. | {
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Applying Christian ethics to religion, politics and culture
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Republicans Unite: #NeverTrump
Last night, the Donald again displayed the most important factor that disqualifies him from being president: given a choice between the best interests of the country and his self-interest, he will choose the latter every time.
His life has been devoted to himself. He has shown no ability or inclination to change that focus. A president needs to have the capacity to put the country first. He does not.
We most recently see this in his explicit threat to throw the country into turmoil over the election results (note that today, he did say he would not dispute the results, “if I win”). We have seen this in his lifelong pursuit of fame, fortune and celebrity. We even have seen in this election cycle in two new ways. First, in how easily his thin skin is pricked into absurd reactions, most notably his belaboring the “size of his hands” and vouching for the size of his penis. Second, last Spring during the Republican primaries, when he questioned the results of primaries that he lost.
Even good Republicans who quiver at the thought of another Clinton presidency need to wake up to this. They need to vote for Hillary. Do they want a self-centered egomaniac making decisions about war and peace when his foremost considerations as president will revolve around his ego?
Would he sell out allies if Putin stroked him around the ears? Would he use nukes if North Korea belittled him? Would he jail political opponents? Shut down press outlets? Deport American citizens?
We do not know how far his hubris might reach. We should not try and find out. | {
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A blast that ripped through a residential street in north-west London, killing a man and injuring a 17-year-old girl, may have been caused deliberately by a group of teenage girls settling a feud with one of the occupants, police said yesterday.
Two girls were seen pouring a purple liquid through the letterbox of a ground floor flat in Stanley Road, Harrow, hours before the explosion levelled three terrace houses, killing Emad Qureshi, 26, and burying a teenage girl in rubble on Wednesday evening.
The girl, who police believe was the target of the attack, was hauled from the debris and taken to hospital, where she is being treated for severe burns.
At the scene yesterday, Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton cast doubt on an early theory that the blast was caused by a gas leak, saying the focus was on tracing the purple liquid.
Sutton said: "We still haven't ruled out a gas explosion but experts say it is unlikely to be the cause. We are aware that at some point during the course of Wednesday there was a substance put through the letterbox of No 21. There may well be a connection between this liquid and the cause of the explosion. If it were a volatile liquid and in a confined space it could evaporate into an explosive mixture."
At about 11am on Wednesday, police received a complaint about two girls causing a disturbance in Stanley Road. Investigating officers believe the 17-year-old victim knew the two girls who had been causing the disturbance, perhaps from school or college.
"They are obviously people she knows, who were there to do her some harm. Whoever did this, if it is what we think it is, it was targeted - it was not a random person going around blowing up flats in Harrow," Sutton said.
Forensic experts were last night hunting for clues to the cause of the blast but were unable to access the epicentre, believed to be 21 Stanley Road.
Explosives expert Professor Hans Michels, from Imperial College London, said the liquid could be an agricultural diesel which causes an explosive vapour cloud if left in a confined space for several hours.
He added: "If this was diesel that was left for 10 hours then it would fill a large area, which definitely could cause a huge explosion. Something as simple as central heating going on or a tiny spark could be enough to set it off." | {
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How to disassemble HP Tablet - HP Pro Slate 10 EE G1 – How to remove the battery – how to remove the cover – Tablet repair and service
Category: Tablet Repair and Service
Contents of this article
How to remove the battery
How to remove the back cover
How to remove WWNA Module
HP Pro Slate 10 EE G1
DISASSEMBLING PROCEDURE
How to remove Back cover
Before disassembling the tablet, follow these steps:1. Turn off the tablet. If you are unsure whether the tablet is off or
in Hibernation, turn the tablet on, and then shut it down through the operating
system.2. Disconnect the power from the tablet by unplugging the power cord
from the tablet.3. Disconnect all external devices from the tablet.
Remove the back cover:
1. Place the tablet on a flat
surface, display panel side down, with the docking connector toward you.2. Open the I/O cover (1).3. Remove the screw cover (2).4. Remove the Torx5 TM2.0×4.7 screw (3) that secures the back
cover to the display panel assembly.
5. Use the notch (4) inside
the I/O area to release the back cover (5).
How to remove Battery
Before removing the battery, follow these steps:1. Turn off the tablet. If you are unsure whether the tablet is off or
in Hibernation, turn the tablet on, and then shut it down through the operating
system.2. Disconnect the power from the tablet by unplugging the power cord
from the tablet.3. Disconnect all external devices from the tablet.4. Remove the back cover
Remove the battery:
1. Disconnect the battery cable
(1) from the system board.2. Detach the battery (2) from the display panel assembly. (The
battery is attached to the display panel assembly with double-sided adhesive.)
How to remove WWAN module
Before removing the WWAN module, follow these steps:1. Turn off the tablet. If you are unsure whether the tablet is off or
in Hibernation, turn the tablet on, and then shut it down through the operating
system.2. Disconnect the power from the tablet by unplugging the power cord
from the tablet.3. Disconnect all external devices from the tablet.4. Remove the back cover
Remove the WWAN module:1. Disconnect the WWAN antenna cables (1) from the terminals on
the WWAN module.
2. Remove the Phillips
PM2.0×4.1 screw (2) that secures the WWAN module to the system board.
(The WWAN module tilts up.)3. Remove the WWAN module (3) by pulling the module away from the
slot at an angle.
4. Remove the WWAN module
How to remove Rear-facing webcam
Before removing the rear-facing webcam, follow these
steps:1. Turn off the tablet. If you are unsure whether the tablet is off or
in Hibernation, turn the tablet on, and then shut it down through the operating
system.2. Disconnect the power from the tablet by unplugging the power cord
from the tablet.3. Disconnect all external devices from the tablet.4. Remove the back cover 5. Disconnect the battery cable from the system board
Remove the rear-facing webcam:1. Release the zero insertion force (ZIF) connector (1) to which
the rear-facing webcam cable is attached, and then disconnect the rear-facing
webcam cable from the system board.2. Release the rear-facing webcam (2) from the molding built into
the display panel assembly.
3. Remove the rear-facing
webcam and cable.
How to remove Wireless antenna
Before removing the wireless antenna, follow these steps:1. Turn off the tablet. If you are unsure whether the tablet is off or
in Hibernation, turn the tablet on, and then shut it down through the operating
system.2. Disconnect the power from the tablet by unplugging the power cord
from the tablet.3. Disconnect all external devices from the tablet.4. Remove the back cover 5. Disconnect the battery cable from the system board
Remove the wireless antenna:1. Disconnect the WWAN auxiliary antenna cable (1) from the WWAN
module auxiliary terminal.2. Release the WWAN auxiliary antenna cable from the retention clips (2)
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How Much Better Are Best Endeavours Than Reasonable Endeavours?
November 22, 2012
How Much Better Are Best Endeavours Than Reasonable Endeavours?
Clauses requiring a party to a contract to use ‘reasonable endeavours’ or ‘best endeavours’ in its performance are common, and while ‘best’ clearly implies something beyond ‘reasonable’, the lack of clarity in these terms has been the source of many legal disputes.
The economics of low-cost airlines such as Jet2 demand that they keep their planes in the air as much of the time as possible, which in turn means that flights are often scheduled for departure and landing early in the morning or late at night.
Jet2 arranged for flight operations to be conducted at Blackpool outside the airport’s normal operating hours and this continued for four years. In time, the airport realised that it was operating at a loss with regard to these. In 2010, it informed Jet2 that it would no longer accept flight operations outside its usual hours.
The two parties had entered into a 15-year agreement, which included the obligation that the airport should use ‘best endeavours’ to promote the services of Jet2 from the airport. It was silent about permitted hours of operation. The issue was whether or not this meant that the airport was required to operate at a loss in order to fulfil the ‘best endeavours’ clause.
The Court ruled that even though the effect of the agreement was to create a trading loss for the airport, the best endeavours clause required it to provide the out-of-hours service that Jet2 demanded. If the clause had been for the use of ‘reasonable endeavours’, the decision would almost certainly have gone the other way. | {
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Police sting helps catch drug dealer
A MAN who was peddling hard drugs in the town centre three weeks after being released from prison is back behind bars.
Kevin Dunn was selling bags of heroin to users in the pedestrian areas of The Parade and Canal Walk outside busy shops.
But the 37-year-old did not realise one of his ‘customers’ was an undercover police officer sent in to infiltrate users and dealers.
Tessa Hingston, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court how the sting operation was run from August to October last year.
She said an officer, using the name Stan, was introduced the defendant as ‘Kev’ on Tuesday September 24.
“He gave the officer his mobile number and said he was ‘On 24/7 for light and dark’. That means he would supply heroin and crack cocaine any time,” she said.
The following day Stan called the number he had been given and was directed to Tesco, in the town centre, where he met the defendant.
She said he produced a clear bag from his pocket, which contained five separate packages, and sold him a wrap of cocaine.
The day after he again phoned him and was told to meet him outside McDonalds where he again bought a deal of the drugs.
He called him for a third time on Wednesday, October 2 where he met up with another user on the street waiting to buy from Kev.
Dunn, of Laburnum Road, Pinehurst, pleaded guilty to three counts of supplying class A drugs.
The court heard he has 139 previous convictions, including numerous for burgling houses, but nothing for drug dealing.
“At the time of these offences he had relatively recently been released, I think it was indicated last time some three weeks before, from a three year sentence given at Swindon crown court in May 2012 for dwelling burglary,” Miss Hingston said.
Tony Bignall, defending, said the news his client had been involved in drug dealing came as a surprise bearing in mind his history and that he had just come out of prison.
He said he only had a small amount of stock on him when he was dealing as it is all the people controlling him trusted him with.
“This was something that went on for a short period of time and something he did in desperation having been out of custody for a short time,” he said.
He said it turned out he was doing well with his addiction on the sentence he was serving but did not get off drugs and had little support when he was released.
“The irony of all this is he has now got his problem under control. Though he is still being treated, that is under control with the right medication.”
Jailing him for two years and three months Recorder Alastair Malcolm QC said: “You are aware that these are serious offences and you are well aware of the tariff set down by the sentencing council.
“I hope what you said in the letter is correct and you will be able to kick your habit and on your release not go back to heroin.”
Thoughtfulness wrote:
be fair - he had served a full fifteen months of his last three year sentence.....
don't criminals even need to serve half of their sentence any more?
They only ever have to serve half - if they 'behave well' (ie, don't murder any other inmates) they get even earlier release.
Still, good to see this latest 15 month's worth of expensive, cutting-edge 'rehabilitation' programmes, devised and delivered by experts, worked out so well.
The truly disgraceful aspect of this case is that the latest sentence handed down, so, about the 150th in this career criminal's case, was even more unduly lenient than the last - utterly pointless - unduly lenient sentence.
[quote][p][bold]Thoughtfulness[/bold] wrote:
be fair - he had served a full fifteen months of his last three year sentence.....
don't criminals even need to serve half of their sentence any more?[/p][/quote]They only ever have to serve half - if they 'behave well' (ie, don't murder any other inmates) they get even earlier release.
Still, good to see this latest 15 month's worth of expensive, cutting-edge 'rehabilitation' programmes, devised and delivered by experts, worked out so well.
The truly disgraceful aspect of this case is that the latest sentence handed down, so, about the 150th in this career criminal's case, was even more unduly lenient than the last - utterly pointless - unduly lenient sentence.ChannelX | {
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Ivory coast to sell more cocoa as crop beats estimates
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Ivory Coast sold an additional 200,000 metric tons of cocoa from the current crop after arrivals from the harvest’s first two months exceeded the period’s pre-allocated deals by more than a third, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Le Conseil du Cafe-Cacao, the industry’s regulator, disposed of the extra volumes through direct sales after farmers produced more than the 450,000 tons that were auctioned prior to the season’s beginning at the start of October, said the people, who asked not to be identified because they’re not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. The additional sales didn’t cover any default contracts, which will be tallied and reviewed by the middle of December, said the people.
Cocoa for March delivery slid 2.9 percent in New York to $2,126 a ton, the biggest drop in three weeks for a most-active contract.
Producers in the world’s top cocoa grower sent an estimated 676,509 tons of cocoa to ports from Oct. 1 to Dec. 2, compared with about 504,000 tons a year earlier, according to a person familiar with government data. The recent sales lifted Ivory Coast’s obligations for the bigger of the two annual harvests, which ends in March, to 1.7 million tons from 1.5 million tons, said the people.
While the cocoa harvest in West Africa got off to a record start, farmers’ fortunes will depend on the intensity of the looming Harmattan, desert winds in the Sahara that usually bring dryness to growing regions from December to February. Weather forecasters have also warned of the risk of an El Nino formation, which may affect the pace of deliveries for the rest of the season. | {
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It is a typical weekday morning. As usual, I wake up 30 minutes after my alarm clock goes off and I am forced to hastily get out of bed, get quickly dressed and rush out of my apartment. I hit the road and as I drive my daily route to work, I get caught up in late morning traffic. I stop at a traffic signal which just turned red and I have a moment to think about my day ahead. It only takes a few seconds of self-reflection to start remembering a morning just like this one, when my life took a completely unexpected turn.
It was a Tuesday morning in September 2009, when I was stopped by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while driving through my neighborhood in downtown Long Beach. At the moment I was being pulled over, I immediately assumed it was Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) officers.
Perhaps I had unknowingly incurred a minor traffic violation. One of the officers approached me and as she walked over to the passenger side of my car, strangely she looked familiar. “Are you Nancy Landa?” she asked, to which I responded affirmatively. The officer continued, “Do you know why we are stopping you?” But before I could answer, she began to say those dreaded words “We have an order for your removal.”
As I step out of the car and begin to regain my composure from the initial state of shock I found myself in, I recognize the female ICE agent and couple of officers standing just behind. I had seen the three agents the day before inside my apartment complex. We had coincidentally crossed paths in the center courtyard as I was heading toward my car garage. Apparently, they were not aware it was me they were looking for and it didn’t dawn on me that they were sent on a mission to capture me.
Before I knew it, I was locked inside the back seat of the ICE van. As it started to take off, I turned around to get a last glimpse of my car now stranded in the middle of the street left to be towed as we were headed to the detention facility in Los Angeles.
En route, the agent driving asked me, “What did you do to get a deportation order?” I did not have an answer. All I knew was that my parents had worked hard to adjust our legal status since I was nine years of age without any luck. Growing up, I tried to live my life in what is considered to be of “good moral character.” Unfortunately, we had become victims of an inflexible immigration system and fell prey to notary fraud which led to the issuance of my Order of Removal without my knowledge.
No explanation was necessary. Any answer would not change the fact that I was being labeled a criminal and treated as such. Instead of replying, I sat quietly and tried to remain calm but in thinking of all the unknowns that lay ahead, I was overcome by a sense of panic.
I worried about my family, my parents and my younger brother. How was I to communicate with them? Had ICE gone after them as well? Was I going to be able to halt my deportation or will I find myself in a country I had not set foot in almost 20 years?
Upon arriving at the detention facility, I was subjected to the routine questioning. The officers took my photo, got my fingerprints, and then locked me in a cell to be held under custody with other detainees as I waited for them to decide on my fate.
Now, three years later, the stoplight turns green and as I drive past the traffic jam in the streets of my hometown in Tijuana, I continue to ponder: How different my life would be if President Obama’s Deferred Action plan had been in place before ICE had come for me?
Nancy Landa is a deported honors graduate and former student President of California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Nancy resides in Tijuana since her deportation in 2009 and has shared her story to highlight the need for comprehensive immigration reform in the U.S. You can follow Nancy on Facebook and Twitter @mundocitizen. | {
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Hudson River Almanac March 14 - March 20, 2014
OVERVIEW
With this issue, on the first day of spring, we concluded the twentieth year of the Hudson River Almanac. The focus this week moved from the air to the uplands to the river, with coyotes, fish, and a seal.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
3/20 - Croton Point, HRM 35: By far the highlight in a brief stop at Croton Point this morning was a seal dining on a fish not far offshore, popping up and down and drifting toward the rocky northwest point.
- Larry Trachtenberg
[Larry was unable to ascertain enough field marks to make a positive identification, but a cell phone image showed a fully dark head leading us to believe that it was a harbor seal. Seals, in particular harbor seals, tend to show up in the estuary from late winter through late spring, coinciding with the river herring spawning run. Tom Lake.]
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES
3/14 - Fort Edward, HRM 202: A male northern harrier that DEC personnel had marked with pink dye was spotted on 3/10 in Coxsackie during the winter raptor survey. The next night, 3/11, DEC surveyed in Fort Edward and saw the same harrier. That's a movement of about 78 miles in one day.
- John Kent (Hudson Mohawk Bird Club)
3/14 - Town of Wappinger, HRM 67: I thought I had seen the first snake of the season, a brief look at a small garter snake before it disappeared into the leaf litter, until Krista Munger told me she had seen a snake three days earlier.
- Tom Lake
[3/11 - Red Hook, HRM 96.5: Temperatures reached 50 degrees Fahrenheit, yet I was totally surprised to find a 30 inch long milk snake basking on the front stoop this evening. It tried to shy away and moved a few feet staying on the warm concrete as the sun set. As the air temperature plummeted, I threw a towel over the snake and left it for the night. The next day it was gone. Krista Munger.]
3/14 - Furnace Woods, HRM 38.5: This interminable winter has us eagerly scanning the landscape for signs of a new season. Fox sparrows, scratching among purple crocus that only yesterday pushed through snow and sodden leaves, was tops for today on the Good News List.
- Christopher Letts
3/14 - Croton-on-Hudson, HRM 35: A large, healthy-looking German shepherd-sized canine loped through the woods at the edge of my yard. It was the tan-and-gray of a coyote, but too big to be one. It made its way over a rock wall to the road and disappeared down the slope to the Croton Reservoir. I caught glimpses of it running across the frozen expanse. I hope it made the other side safely as the reservoir was beginning to thaw in places. It was probably the same critter that made larger-than-coyote prints all around my back door each fresh snowfall. I was always armed with my guide to animal tracks but never made a satisfying identification.
- Robin Fox
[Identifying animal tracks in snow, unless they are extremely fresh, can be very tricky. The walls of the print tend to move, melt, or crumble, generally increasing in size. This description sounds like a healthy eastern coyote ("Woyote"). Tom Lake.]
3/15 - Stillwater, HRM 171.5. This afternoon we witnessed a pair of very white, black-billed tundra swans on the river. They were beautiful flying in for a landing. At first we thought they must be snow geese. In the water the pair held their necks up long and straight.
- Pat Newman, Bill Newman (HMBC)
[Tundra swans are often called America's native swan. Their common name refers to their summer nesting range north of Hudson Bay in the Arctic tundra. They can usually be heard calling long before they are seen, which leads to another frequently used colloquial name, whistling swan. In his widely-used field guides, David Sibley remarks that distant flocks sound like "baying hounds." Tundra swans are occasional visitors to the Hudson Valley during spring and fall migrations. Tom Lake.]
3/15 - Dutchess County, HRM 96: My little dog and I traveled our usual haunts in search of "nature" for a photo-a-day challenge. We made our way to The Fly, a wetland just north of Pine Plains, and spotted a male belted kingfisher with a redfin pickerel in its bill. There were at least 600-800 Canada geese there, with more streaming in.
- Debi Kral
3/15 - New Paltz, HRM 78: Spring seemed to be in full swing despite the heavy snow cover. I heard several woodcock calling and flying just before dusk.
- Roland Bahret
3/15 - Town of Poughkeepsie: An immature bald eagle made an unexpected, and apparently uninvited, visit to NY62 today landing in the nest and creating quite a stir. The adult male, incubating, made a huge racket until the youngster flew out.
- Bob Rightmyer
[Immature eagles, especially yearlings, remember and tend to associate a busy nest with "free food" It is possible that this immature was from last year's fledge. Tom Lake.]
3/15 - Furnace Creek, HRM 38.5: This is the time we generally see hooded mergansers moving through, mostly on small ponds and sloughs along the Hudson. However, those are solidly iced up this year. The six pairs that I spotted this morning were on moving water, the males a striking sight in bright patterns and with crests erect.
- Christopher Letts
3/15 - Croton Point, HRM 35-34: Charlie Roberto led nineteen participants on a woodcock walk this evening. All got to see three woodcock including one very cooperative bird.
- Larry Trachtenberg
3/16 - Northumberland, HRM 171.5: On the river today I counted a drake canvasback, two drake redhead ducks, 26 greater scaup, four lesser scaup, 35 ring-necked ducks, three buffleheads, and many common goldeneyes and common mergansers. As one of my elementary students might say, this was "the best birding day ever!"
- Ron Harrower (HMBC)
3/16 - Orange County, HRM 41: Birding the Pine Island-Black Dirt area, we managed to find four snowy owls with a probable fifth. Goose numbers had increased ten-fold in the past few days and, while sifting through one flock, I located six greater white-fronted geese.
- Curt McDermott, Matt Zeitler
[Greater white-fronted geese breed in the Arctic and winter in Texas, California and Mexico with a few wandering to the eastern US. While uncommon, a few show up in our area most winters. Barbara Butler.]
3/16 - Haverstraw Bay-Tappan Zee, HRM 36-34: It was only yesterday that I counted 33 eagles, most singly and in small groups, riding the ice floes out in the tide. Today, a cold front and the accompanying northerlies delivered a different aspect. The wind had pushed the ice floes onto the lee shore where some eagles were gathered. Most were soaring, playing, and cavorting in the northerly gusts. To have this much ice at this season 50 years ago was not unusual, but bald eagles were a rare sight in those times. We feel like we are enjoying a look into the past this March - eagles by the score on an abundantly-iced estuary.
- Christopher Letts
3/16 - Staten Island, New York City: Some very good waterfowl was seen today at Arbutus Pond. Anthony Ciancimino found a pair of tundra swans and Seth Wollney found a greater white-fronted goose on the pond with a flock of Canada Geese.
- Isaac Grant
3/17 - Town of Poughkeepsie: Day 21. The adults in eagle nest NY62 continue to participate in their incubation duties and switch-overs like clockwork. In the last two days, an uninvited adult and two immatures have either visited the nest or perched close by.
- Tom McDowell
[It is not uncommon to see an unattached adult eagle, usually a male, make a fly-by of an occupied nest. Their intentions are not clear. If their mate has been lost they might be drawn by there by familiar activity; or they might simply be looking to supplant the resident male. Tom Lake.]
3/17 - Town of Wappinger, HRM 67.5: One of the surest signs of spring for us is the upriver surge of blackbirds. Large flocks of blackbirds, cowbirds, and grackles leap-frog through the forest, creating an unmistakable clamor as they work their way north.
- Tom Lake, T.R. Jackson
3/18 - Hyde Park, HRM 82: A banded adult bald eagle was feasting on a Canada goose along Crum Elbow Creek near Route 9G. I could not make out the number. I always wanted to see one take a duck, but this one had a goose.
- Peter Fanelli
[This might have been a scavenge rather than a kill. It's uncommon to see eagles taking geese along the Hudson mainstem. Ducks are far easier. Pete Nye says that eagles in the Catskills, particularly at the reservoirs, will take down a goose, drive its head under water, and drown it. Geese are far too heavy to move. Tom Lake.]
3/18 - Town of Poughkeepsie: The male of eagle nest NY62 was on eggs in midday of Incubation Day 22. We sensed that a switch-over might be near. Every so often he would poke his head up above the side, look around, and then duck back down. One of many mysteries that shape the relationship of mated eagles is how they plan their day, how they decide to divide the duties.
- Judy Winter, Tom McDowell, Tom Lake
[In recent days, both adults have been seen carrying sticks, twigs, and softer material into the nest. At the same time, the sides have been rising incrementally to a point where you cannot see into the nest unless they stand up. This may be the first time in thirteen years that we've seen this behavior during the incubation season. It could be that the unusually harsh winter with serious wind-chills has prompted precautions. Tom Lake.]
3/19 - Rensselaer County, HRM 146: This afternoon I watched the beautiful "ballet flight" of a short-eared owl flying low over an open field on the north side of Route 43 in North Greenbush. Coincidently, I was on my way to Robert C. Parker School to present a bird program for their first grade class.
- Heidi Klinowski
3/19 - Columbia County, HRM 132: There are some great views of Kinderhook Creek as you travel north on Route 66, with many open fields between the creek and the road. Flying alongside me over the fields was an adult bald eagle carrying a small branch in its beak. How exciting to think there may be a nest nearby on this stretch of the Kinderhook.
- Fran Martino
3/19 - Gardiner, HRM 73: It was only 38 degrees F, but after one of the first hard rainy nights, the spring peepers were out!
- Rebecca Houser
3/19 - New Hamburg, HRM 67.5: The tide was dead low in late morning and the delta of the tidal Wappinger Creek was strewn with jumbled ice floes and exposed mud flats. An adult bald eagle was hunched over a carcass in the mud while three immatures took up observation posts around him (he may have been the adult male from NY62). The prey was a dead common carp and appeared to have been at least five pounds live weight. It was almost certain that this was a scavenge rather than a kill.
- Tom Lake
3/19 - Croton Point, HRM 34.5: John Grant saw and Christine McCluskey photographed (for positive identification) a Wilson's snipe on the sports field at the entrance to Croton Point.
- John Grant
3/19 - Westchester County, HRM 35-34: Wood ducks had taken possession of whatever bays and backwaters had opened in the past couple of days. Against the seasonal drabness, they were gaudy in breeding plumage. At Croton Point, the first killdeer of the season were inspecting the few bare gravel patches. And in a winter that has given us many robin sightings, I heard the first honest singing, that wonderful, cheerful caroling that always puts a smile on my face.
- Christopher Letts
***** Spring arrived with the vernal equinox at 12:57 p.m. *****
3/20 - Rosendale, HRM 84: I bounded out of bed this morning at dawn, joyfully awaking to the beautiful song of a winter wren, so fitting on this first day of spring.
- Kali Bird
[Bill Schlessinger suggested that this may be a fairly early winter wren occurrence, even though e-bird says someone in New York State spotted one in January. Kali Bird]
[While not common here in cold months, this wren's winter range extends north to the Mohawk Valley. However, those we find in that season rarely sing, so in that sense this observation could be a first spring occurrence. Steve Stanne.]
3/20 - Town of Poughkeepsie: The midday switch-over at NY62 occurred at 12:30 p.m. As has been rather common over the last week, there were several uninvited eagle visitors. Across the daylight hours I counted four interlopers, two adults and two immatures. The most noteworthy occurred when the female was returning from her break and was accompanied by another adult, presumable a male. When she was about 300 feet from the nest she began acting aggressively to her "tail." After chasing the bird away, she relieved the incubating male.
- Tom McDowell
3/20 - Hunter's Brook, HRM 67.5: At low tide on the vernal equinox a half-dozen gizzard shad were pooled up in the shallows at the mouth of Hunter's Brook. This has historically been a prime hunting time for eagles as gizzard shad seek out warmer and often shallow pools - they do not do well in very cold water. The river was 33 degrees F; the pools at the mouth of Hunter's Brook were 37 degrees - still very cold but enough of a difference to lure cold-blooded animals.
- Tom Lake, T.R. Jackson
3/20 - Westchester County, HRM 43-34: I went looking for spring. Well, it felt like March - blustery, a tease of blue sky and warmth - then a polar gust across Haverstraw Bay. Patience. Overnight, Haverstraw Bay and the Tappan Zee had been all but cleared of ice floes. Even Peekskill Bay, yesterday a field of white, was now open water. As I moved north from Croton, counting eagles, I was surprised at the scanty numbers. Where I had recently tallied 41, by the time I had reached Peekskill I had seen just a dozen. A partial answer was provided when I carefully examined the far north shore of Peekskill Bay: eighteen birds were strung out along a half mile of shoreline, making the most of the remaining ice.
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Landlords on the Naughty List
Worst landlord, Silvershore’s tenants and their allies rallied outside of the Brooklyn Housing Court to ask the court to step in to address dangerous conditions in June of this year.
In mid-November Public Advocate Letitia James released her list of the 100 landlords to make the 2017 Worst Landlords Watchlist just in time for them to get on Santa’s lump of coal list. You can view the entire list here: www.landlordwatchlist.com.
Jonathan Cohen-Silvershore Properties is number one on the naughty list. Of his nineteen properties that made the list, six are in North Brooklyn. These six buildings have racked up 306 of Silvershore’s 1090 NYC Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) violations, and 12 of their 15 NYC Dept. of Buildings (DOB) violations. St. Nicks Alliance Community Preservation has been assisting the tenants of two of these six buildings (318 Humboldt Street and 196 Kingsland Avenue) who were dealing with hideous conditions get needed repairs. “There’s still more to be done, but conditions have improved,” said St. Nicks Alliance’s Laura Hoffman. Silvershore has also flaunted rent regulation laws in New York, by failing to register rents in several buildings. Tenants at 318 Humboldt had to petition the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) to have their rent-regulated status recognized.
The Worst Landlords Watchlist was started by then-Public Advocate Bill de Blasio in 2010. The effectiveness of this list could be viewed in the how the list changes in following years. Nine of the landlords on last year’s top ten list are no longer included in the top ten, and six of these landlords are no longer on the list. One landlord, Harry Silverstein, passed away and no longer appears on the list. However, many of his buildings are now owned by his son, Eric Silverstein, who is number five on the list. The two remaining of the nine, moved lower down the list due to improvements they made in their buildings.
“No New Yorker should be subjected to live in a hazardous home, yet bad landlords in our City are forcing too many tenants to live in dangerous and indecent conditions,” said Public Advocate Letitia James. “The Worst Landlords Watchlist is a powerful tool to put these unscrupulous landlords on notice and gives tenants the tools to hold them accountable.” | {
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CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
THE STRANGER AGAIN ARRIVES IN THE VALLEY--SINGULAR INTERVIEW WITH HIM--ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE--FAILURE--MELANCHOLY SITUATION--SYMPATHY OF MARHEYO
'MARNOO, Marnoo pemi!' Such were the welcome sounds which fell upon my ear some ten days after the events related in the preceding chapter. Once more the approach of the stranger was heralded, and the intelligence operated upon me like magic. Again I should be able to converse with him in my own language; and I resolve at all hazards to concert with him some scheme, however desperate, to rescue me from a condition that had now become insupportable.
As he drew near, I remembered with many misgivings the inauspicious termination of our former interview, and when he entered the house, I watched with intense anxiety the reception he met with from its inmates. To my joy, his appearance was hailed with the liveliest pleasure; and accosting me kindly, he seated himself by my, side, and entered into conversation with the natives around him. It soon appeared however, that on this occasion he had not any intelligence of importance to communicate. I inquired of him from whence he had just come? He replied from Pueearka, his native valley, and that he intended to return to it the same day.
At once it struck me that, could I but reach that valley under his protection, I might easily from thence reach Nukuheva by water; and animated by the prospect which this plan held, out I disclosed it in a few brief words to the stranger, and asked him how it could be best accomplished. My heart sunk within me, when in his broken English he answered me that it could never be effected. 'Kanaka no let you go nowhere,' he said; 'you taboo. Why you no like to stay? Plenty moee-moee (sleep)--plenty ki-ki(eat)--plenty wahenee (young girls)--Oh, very good place Typee! Suppose you no like this bay, why you come? You no hear about Typee? All white men afraid Typee, so no white men come.'
These words distressed me beyond belief; and when I had again related to him the circumstances under which I had descended into the valley, and sought to enlist his sympathies in my behalf by appealing to the bodily misery I had endure, he listened with impatience, and cut me short by exclaiming passionately, 'Me no hear you talk any more; by by Kanaka get mad, kill you and me too. No you see he no want you to speak at all?--you see--ah! by by you no mind--you get well, he kill you, eat you, hang you head up there, like Happar Kanaka.--Now you listen--but no talk any more. By by I go;--you see way I go--Ah! then some night Kanaka all moee-moee (sleep)--you run away, you come Pueearka. I speak Pueearka Kanaka--he no harm you--ah! then I take you my canoe Nukuheva--and you run away ship no more.' With these words, enforced by a vehemence of gesture I cannot describe, Marnoo started from my side, and immediately engaged in conversation with some of the chiefs who had entered the house.
It would have been idle for me to have attempted resuming the interview so peremptorily terminated by Marnoo, who was evidently little disposed to compromise his own safety by any rash endeavour to ensure mine. But the plan he had suggested struck me as one which might possibly be accomplished, and I resolved to act upon it as speedily as possible.
Accordingly, when he arose to depart, I accompanied him with the natives outside of the house, with a view of carefully noting the path he would take in leaving the valley. Just before leaping from the pi-pi he clasped my hand, and looking significantly at me, exclaimed, 'Now you see--you do what I tell you--ah! then you do good;--you no do so--ah! then you die.' The next moment he waved his spear to the islanders, and following the route that conducted to a defile in the mountains lying opposite the Happar side, was soon out of sight.
A mode of escape was now presented to me, but how was I to avail myself of it? I was continually surrounded by the savages; I could not stir from one house to another without being attended by some of them; and even during the hours devoted to slumber, the slightest movement which I made seemed to attract the notice of those who shared the mats with me. In spite of these obstacles, however, I determined forthwith to make the attempt. To do so with any prospect of success, it was necessary that I should have at least two hours start before the islanders should discover my absence; for with such facility was any alarm spread through the valley, and so familiar, of course, were the inhabitants with the intricacies of the groves, that I could not hope, lame and feeble as I was, and ignorant of the route, to secure my escape unless I had this advantage. It was also by night alone that I could hope to accomplish my object, and then only by adopting the utmost precaution.
The entrance to Marheyo's habitation was through a low narrow opening in its wicker-work front. This passage, for no conceivable reason that I could devise, was always closed after the household had retired to rest, by drawing a heavy slide across it, composed of a dozen or more bits of wood, ingeniously fastened together by seizings of sinnate. When any of the inmates chose to go outside, the noise occasioned by the removing of this rude door awakened every body else; and on more than one occasion I had remarked that the islanders were nearly as irritable as more civilized beings under similar circumstances.
The difficulty thus placed in my way I, determined to obviate in the following manner. I would get up boldly in the course of the night, and drawing the slide, issue from the house, and pretend that my object was merely to procure a drink from the calabash, which always stood without the dwelling on the corner of the pi-pi. On re-entering I would purposely omit closing the passage after me, and trusting that the indolence of the savages would prevent them from repairing my neglect, would return to my mat, and waiting patiently until all were again asleep, I would then steal forth, and at once take the route to Pueearka.
The very night which followed Marnoo's departure, I proceeded to put this project into execution. About midnight, as I imagined, I arose and drew the slide. The natives, just as I had expected, started up, while some of them asked, 'Arware poo awa, Tommo?'(where are you going, Tommo?) 'Wai' (water) I laconically answered, grasping the calabash. On hearing my reply they sank back again, and in a minute or two I returned to my mat, anxiously awaiting the result of the experiment.
One after another the savages, turning restlessly, appeared to resume their slumbers, and rejoicing at the stillness which prevailed, I was about to rise again from my couch, when I heard a slight rustling--a dark form was intercepted between me and the doorway--the slide was drawn across it, and the individual, whoever he was, returned to his mat. This was a sad blow to me; but as it might have aroused the suspicions of the islanders to have made another attempt that night, I was reluctantly obliged to defer it until the next. Several times after I repeated the same manoeuvre, but with as little success as before. As my pretence for withdrawing from the house was to allay my thirst, Kory-Kory either suspecting some design on my part, or else prompted by a desire to please me, regularly every evening placed a calabash of water by my side.
Even, under these inauspicious circumstances I again and again renewed the attempt, but when I did so, my valet always rose with me, as if determined I should not remove myself from his observation. For the present, therefore, I was obliged to abandon the attempt; but I endeavoured to console myself with the idea that by this mode I might yet effect my escape.
Shortly after Marnoo's visit I was reduced to such a state that it was with extreme difficulty I could walk, even with the assistance of a spear, and Kory-Kory, as formerly, was obliged to carry me daily to the stream.
For hours and hours during the warmest part of the day I lay upon my mat, and while those around me were nearly all dozing away in careless ease, I remained awake, gloomily pondering over the fate which it appeared now idle for me to resist, when I thought of the loved friends who were thousands and thousands of miles from the savage island in which I was held a captive, when I reflected that my dreadful fate would for ever be concealed from them, and that with hope deferred they might continue to await my return long after my inanimate form had blended with the dust of the valley--I could not repress a shudder of anguish.
How vividly is impressed upon my mind every minute feature of the scene which met my view during those long days of suffering and sorrow. At my request my mats were always spread directly facing the door, opposite which, and at a little distance, was the hut of boughs that Marheyo was building.
Whenever my gentle Fayaway and Kory-Kory, laying themselves down beside me, would leave me awhile to uninterrupted repose, I took a strange interest in the slightest movements of the eccentric old warrior. All alone during the stillness of the tropical mid-day, he would pursue his quiet work, sitting in the shade and weaving together the leaflets of his cocoanut branches, or rolling upon his knee the twisted fibres of bark to form the cords with which he tied together the thatching of his tiny house. Frequently suspending his employment, and noticing my melancholy eye fixed upon him, he would raise his hand with a gesture expressive of deep commiseration, and then moving towards me slowly, would enter on tip-toes, fearful of disturbing the slumbering natives, and, taking the fan from my hand, would sit before me, swaying it gently to and fro, and gazing earnestly into my face.
Just beyond the pi-pi, and disposed in a triangle before the entrance of the house, were three magnificent bread-fruit trees. At this moment I can recap to my mind their slender shafts, and the graceful inequalities of their bark, on which my eye was accustomed to dwell day after day in the midst of my solitary musings. It is strange how inanimate objects will twine themselves into our affections, especially in the hour of affliction. Even now, amidst all the bustle and stir of the proud and busy city in which I am dwelling, the image of those three trees seems to come as vividly before my eyes as if they were actually present, and I still feel the soothing quiet pleasure which I then had in watching hour after hour their topmost boughs waving gracefully in the breeze. | {
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1.1 These test methods cover the determination of nickel, vanadium, and iron in crude oils and residual fuels by inductively coupled plasma (ICP) atomic emission spectrometry. Two different test methods are presented.
1.2Test Method A (Sections 7 – 11 and 18 – 22)—ICP is used to analyze a sample dissolved in an organic solvent. This test method uses oil-soluble metals for calibration and does not purport to quantitatively determine or detect insoluble particulates.
1.3Test Method B (Sections 12 – 22)—ICP is used to analyze a sample that is decomposed with acid.
1.4 The concentration ranges covered by these test methods are determined by the sensitivity of the instruments, the amount of sample taken for analysis, and the dilution volume. A specific statement is given in 15.2. Typically, the low concentration limits are a few tenths of a milligram per kilogram. Precision data are provided for the concentration ranges specified in Section 21.
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. .
1.5.1Exception—The values given in parentheses are for information only
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Pro-life Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), who will be retiring after 20 years of service in Congress, will be awarded the inaugural March for Life Achievement Award at the 34th annual Rose Dinner on January 22nd following the march.
Every life is precious & deserves protection – I am proud to stand for #prolife policies in Congress #whywemarch
Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund, praised Pitts, saying, “We are pleased and honored to present the March for Life Achievement Award to Congressman Joe Pitts.”
“The pro-life movement will be losing a true leader in Congress with the retirement of Congressman Pitts,” she added. “We praise his leadership as head of the Values Action Team, a coalition of pro-family Members, and as chair of the Health Subcommittee in Energy and Commerce. We are also deeply grateful for the example he has set for other Members of Congress in approaching his position with courage and humility.” | {
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Random Thursday
This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays. - Douglas Adams
Thursdays are usually my Mondays. I just feel tired on Thursdays! So I'm just going to write about a bunch of random things that intrest me, yet wouldn't be long enough for a full post.
First off, It's official. I'm a geek. HA! That's alright though, I married an even bigger one. I'm super excited today! 13 people from Canada helped capture particles of Antimatter. As long as the ever elusive "they" use it correctly, it is a great discovery. The big excitement of this? The possibility of using antimatter as rocket fuel. Essentially, antiparticles make up antimatter just like particles make up matter. From Wikipedia: "For example, a positron (the antiparticle of the electron) and an antiproton can form an antihydrogen atom in the same way that an electron and a proton form a normal matter hydrogen atom" Link Here. Once you mix matter and antimatter, there can be high energy photons! And further on down the line we get fuel out of it. Here is the original article.
Sean is super into comics. As in, I didn't have a linen closet for the longest time because it was filled with comics. He is more into Marvel Comics, but lately with our Smallville obsession he is definitely starting to tolerate DC even more!
This movie is going to be great though. Ryan Reynolds is a great actor, and he will be a great Hal Jordan. He even looks like Hal Jordan!! See picture on Wikipedia here. I'm really curious whether or not the Flash is going to have a wee cameo. This is going to be one of those movies we will have to see just because of it's correlation to Smallville. See info about the movie on IMDB. | {
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Joanne Mjadzelics has been cleared of all charges over child sex images. She addressed the press outside Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday
After more than 14 hours of deliberations, the jury at Cardiff Crown Court cleared her of four counts of possessing indecent images of a child, one of inciting Watkins to send her illegal photographs and two of sending pictures to Watkins.
The court heard that Mjadzelics embarked on a three-year campaign to try and bring Watkins to justice.
Outside court, a tearful Mjadzelics thanked her legal team for believing in her when "no one else did".
Her trial heard she reported Watkins to police and social services in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 to raise the alarm over his child sex crimes.
Speaking to reporters, she said: "It's been me against the world, really. Me protecting the kids when everyone else called me liar, psycho - everything else - lie after lie.
"Let's just see how many kids could have been saved if the police had done their job.
"I've nothing to say to the police. This was a vicious prosecution."
Her solicitor Dale Harris said the jury's verdict confirmed his client had a legitimate reason for her actions.
He said: "This was a spiteful prosecution of a woman who, over a four-year period, single-handedly and doggedly pursued a campaign to force the sleeping authorities to wake up to the reality of the appalling crimes against children she feared Ian Watkins was committing.
"In December 2008, Mjadzelics first reported Watkins to both South Wales Police and to social services.
"But instead of taking her claims seriously, the police rejected them and dismissed her allegations as those of a disgruntled ex-partner with mental health issues.
"The initial flawed inquiry infected every subsequent report she made to the police."
The Crown Prosecution Service said while it respected the jury's verdict, it still was right to pursue the case against Ms Mjadzelics in the first place.
Catrin Attwell, Senior Crown Prosecutor, said: "The full circumstances surrounding this case have been aired in court.
"The jury considered the matter for a considerable period of time and found Joanne Mjadzelics not guilty of the possession and distribution of indecent images of children. We of course respect that decision.
"Our role is to consider the evidence gathered by police investigations and decide whether there is a realistic prospect of a conviction in court.
"When making charging decisions, we are required to comply with the Code for Crown Prosecutors, which sets out the evidential and public interest test that criminal cases need to meet.
"It should be noted that any decision by the CPS does not imply any finding concerning guilt or criminal conduct."
South Wales Police said the investigation into bringing Watkins to justice - Operation Globe - which also saw Ms Mjadzelics arrested and charged, had been "extremely challenging and complex".
Deputy Chief Constable for South Wales Police, Matt Jukes, added: "Operation Globe is still continuing and we will work tirelessly to identify victims and help them seek the justice they deserve.
"During the trial, police actions prior to the most recent investigation were discussed.
"In 2012 South Wales Police initiated its own review into the sequence of events prior to the arrest of Ian Watkins.
"We identified that there were issues of concern and voluntarily referred the matter to the Independent Police Complaints Commission who is currently carrying out an investigation into these issues.
"We are committed to reviewing cases in this way and have already completed further reviews into supervision within public protection and our intelligence processes to improve our identification of risk."
Mr Harris added he hoped the focus of public attention would now shift to the "actions and inactions" of the authorities concerned.
He said: "As the court heard, in private, the police thanked her for bringing Watkins and his accomplices to justice.
"In public, however, they shunned her and, instead, they prosecuted for the efforts she made to ensnare him.
"Watkins is currently serving a 35 year extended sentence of imprisonment for the most serious sexual offences against children.
"His two female abusers received sentences of 14 years and 17 years for abusing their own babies.
"There have been many who, ignorant of the facts, have been quick to rush to judgment about Miss Mjadzelics.
"Let us not forget there is an ongoing investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission into the alleged misconduct on the part of a number of police officers across several forces areas.
"It will then be for others to judge whether children could have been spared the horrific abuse to which they were undoubtedly subjected had the police taken seriously the concerns of Miss Mjadzelics some six years ago." | {
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Our osteopaths have over 25 years experience treating many different neck problems.
Neck problems comes in many many different ways, maybe it's a sharp pain or a dull consistent ache, maybe a neck that won't turn properly or move at all.
Often it can even cause pain down into your shoulder and arm and of course neck problems and can even cause headaches and fugginess of throught
And what's true for nearly all neck problems is that they really strongly effect your ability to function properly, and this can make us tired and even grumpy.
Getting Effective and Lasting Relief
Of course this is the whole key to treatment - to
Get you out of pain quickly
To restore your normal movement.
To get both of these to last and not have your neck problem return.
This can be no easy task especially if your problem has been going for a while. It's why we always spend an hour with you on your first visit. That time is needed to fully work out what's going on with your muscles, ligaments and bones. That time is also of course needed to accurately and precisely treat the areas that will make a real change for you.
Different People Like Different Treatments
It's important to work out the exact type of treatment your neck needs. We do that by examining your muscles and spine and by talking with you. As some people love having their neck 'cracked', however many others hate it. And there's even a third group who 'put up' with neck 'cracking' because even they don't like it they think it's the only option that works.
From many years of treating necks we have seen over and over that there are many other ways of treating necks, in fact for long standing problems we have found that 'cracking' is far less effective than other treatments. These other treatments vary from gentle to strong, but they are applied slowly so that we can work with your body and get release through the muscles and joints.
The videos below are short snippets of this type of neck treatment.
Of course we see lots of other problems as well as neck pain including back, knee, hip andankle problems as well as shoulder and rib pain and headaches. | {
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Learning from Germans
In April the Justice and Peace (J&P) Commission of the archdiocese of Cape Town was fortunate to have an information-sharing session with a visiting German Church delegation, led by Bishop Stephan Josef Ackermann of Trier. Bishop Ackermann is the chairman of J&P in Germany, and also the bishop assigned to deal with sexual abuse cases in Germany.
Pilgrims pray at last year’s “Katholikentag”, the biennial German Catholic Church assembly which is organised by the national laity council.
The German delegation was impressed that in South Africa we have J&P commissions in our parish commissions. In Germany J&P exist only on a national level, under the Zentralkomitee der deutschen Katholiken (ZdK), the official council of the German Catholic laity.
The ZdK was founded in 1848, was banished under Bismarck and again under the Nazi regime, but gained public respect mostly during the Cold War. Its secretary, Dr Stefan Vesper, was among the visiting delegation.
The ZdK is a representative body of lay people. It unites diocesan councils, Catholic associations, institutions of lay apostolates, lay movements and communities.
It serves also as a forum of opinions on political issues and the Church. From what I understood, the ZdK represents the concerns of Catholics in the public arena. It has a division that operates like our Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office in participating in public dialogue and in the houses of legislation in shaping public policy. It advises the German Catholic Bishops’ Conference on issues of social, political and religious life.
Most of us showed deep interest in ZdK works, especially in the light of the media reports about some of our church leaders on topics such as sexual abuse and homosexuality. The ZdK seems to be a good forum for dialogue and a fountain of sharing ideas between bishops’ conference and general laity, so that the Church can truly speak with one voice.
It was refreshing to notice that the bishops and ZdK actually speak with one voice, albeit from different perspectives, about the social teachings of the Church, and that no noticeable tension exists between hierarchy and the lay body.
For instance, I had a short discussion with Aloys Buch, a leading professor of moral theology and a deacon, about the gay marriage discussions that are currently a hot topic throughout Europe.
Apparently the German Catholic Church makes a distinction between civil unions and marriage. Prof Buch argued that the widespread demand for gay marriage, as opposed to civil unions, is not about natural justice, but about the desire for a “biopolitical tyranny to destroy marriage and the family as the most basic and crucial mediating social institution”. I later discovered that Bishop Ackermann holds similar views.
So there is a clear distinction made between gay marriage, which the German Church—like the Church everywhere—opposes, and same-sex civil unions, which would give homosexual couples all the rights of matrimony, except to call that union a marriage.
While the legislation of gay marriage is not acceptable to the Church, for the reasons Prof Buch outlined, the legal construct of civil unions of same-sex couples appears to be tolerable.
I was embarrassed to admit there is a certain squeamishness about talking about these things as openly in the Southern African Catholic Church. | {
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A boy dances in the rain during a heavy tropical shower in a
street of Havana, Cuba on July 19, 2010.
Warning: Some of the images after the jump contain graphic
content that some of you may find distressing.
A statue and a torn Thai national flag remain in front of Bangkok's
Central World shopping mall, which was gutted by fire after army
soldiers advanced towards an encampment of thousands of "Red Shirt"
protesters who had been occupying parts of Bangkok on May 19, 2010.
A man steps carefully through lifeless bodies piled outside the
morgue in Port-au-Prince on January 14, 2010, following a
devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti on January 12. Haiti's
government has placed the final death toll at over 230,000.
The collapsed Borde Rio apartment building is seen in Concepcion,
Chile, Thursday, March 4, 2010. On February 27th, a devastating
magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Chile, one of the strongest
earthquakes ever recorded.
Injured Pakistani blast victims and dead bodies at the site of a
suicide bomb attack in Quetta, Pakistan on September 3, 2010.
At least 22 people were killed in the attack targeting a Shiite
Muslim rally in the southwest Pakistan city of Quetta, police said.
Spanish matador Julio Aparicio is gored by a bull, its horn
piercing his throat, during a bullfight at the San Isidro Feria
in the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid on May 21, 2010.
Aparicio underwent surgery and is out of critical danger.
An Israeli motorist runs down a Palestinian youth who was standing
among a group of youngsters throwing stones at Israeli cars on
October 8, 2010 in the mostly Arab east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan.
A crowd of Cambodians are pushed onto a bridge during a stampede
on the last day of celebrations of a water festival in Phnom Penh,
Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Thousands of people celebrating a
water festival on a small island in a Cambodian river stampeded,
killing nearly 350 people. Hundreds more were hurt as the crowd
panicked and pushed over a bridge to the mainland.
A visitor stands on the artwork "Floor" created by South Korean
artist Do Ho-suh at the Hong Kong International Art Fair
on May 28, 2010.
A boy with his face decorated with thanaka paste waits outside a
local school for children of migrant workers from Myanmar, near
Mae Sot in northwest Thailand October 15, 2010. Myanmar's long
standing political crisis has forced millions of people across the
border for a better and safer life. Some 140,000 refugees live in
official camps along the Myanmar-Thailand border,
according to the U.N. refugee agency.
"I would also like to take this opportunity to squash the persistent rumours about mysterious 'disappearances' and emphasize that rural and urban areas are now enjoying a life of harmony and peace. I'm sure you're glad to hear this. And I'm happy you're glad." | {
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There’s no getting around it, for a multitude of reasons 2016 was a pretty dreadful year. However in amongst the gloom, there was still a great deal of fantastic music being produced. As per my own strange yearly ritual, I have once again run through my iTunes library grabbing my favourites and collected them all together in… Continue Reading | {
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Tens of thousands of cars and vans will face the daily charge, with the extended area measuring 18 times larger than the central zone.
Any diesel cars built before 2015 will have to pay up plus pre-2006 petrols.
The zone includes an area up to the North and South Circular roads and will kick in from October 25, 2021.
Mr Khan made the announcement as he launched a new study of more than 3,000 primary school children in polluted areas of London and Luton, Bedfordshire, to test if policies to improve air quality help their health.
"Air pollution is a national health crisis and I refuse to stand back as thousands of Londoners breathe in air so filthy that it shortens our life expectancy, harms our lungs and worsens chronic illness.
"I promised hard-hitting measures to tackle our shameful air pollution and today City Hall is confirming the next stage of our plans to expand the ultra-low emission zone up to the North and South Circular roads."
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But perhaps her most important achievement and something that really impacted me as a kid was the recording and the 1974 TV special Free to Be Hes been a valued member of the NBC News and MSNBC family since 2010, and were thankful for his contributions and Emmy Award-winningbut there were still key clips that seemed be impossible to find: Vaughn playing young Teddy Roosevelt in an obscure Western TV episode called Law of the Plainsman, his performance as Harry S. Truman in the 1974 TV special The Man From Independence and his Emmy-winning role as the GRAMMY-nominated musician Greg Phillinganes won a 2015 Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction for his role as musical director for the television special "Stevie"Living For The City" won Best Rhythm Blues Song honors for 1974 at the 17th GRAMMY Awards. Enemies Of The People (Emmy Award Winning Documentary) | Timeline.In 1974, the first Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony was held to specifically honor achievement in national daytime programming.Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special. The television special first aired March 11, 1974, on ABC, earning an 18.6 rating/27 share and went on to win an Emmy.The special appeared occasionally on HBO in the 1980s, and more recently, on the cable channel TV Land. Chris Bearde, who won an Emmy as part of the Laugh-In writing team, createdAiring on December 3, 1968, the resulting program was the top-rated TV special of the year andBearde shared seven Emmy noms for the show, but its stars were having marital strife, and by 1974 they were separated Moore, who won seven Emmy Awards for her television work, died in the company of friends and her husband, Dr S Robert LevineMoore won an Emmy in 1993 for the TV movie "Stolen Babies," giving her a total of seven for her career, including one special Emmy in 1974 as actress of the year. Roberta Flack, Michael Jackson and Marlo Thomas starred in the 1974 Emmy- winning "Free to Be You and Me" TV special. Moore, who won seven Emmy Awards for her television work, died in the company of friends and her husband, Dr. S. Robert LevineMoore won an Emmy in 1993 for the TV movie Stolen Babies, giving her a total of seven for her career, including one special Emmy in 1974 as actress of the year. Lily Tomlin, perfectly showing the fashion of her time, accepts her award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special in 1974THE LILY TOMLIN SPECIAL Wins Outstanding Writing Emmy | Emmys Archive (1976) - Продолжительность: 1:25 Television Academy 1 375 просмотров. Moore, who won seven Emmy Awards for her television work, died in the company of friends and her husband, Dr. S. Robert LevineMoore won an Emmy in 1993 for the TV movie Stolen Babies, giving her a total of seven for her career, including one special Emmy in 1974 as actress of the year. Lily Tomlin reminisces over winning her first Emmy in 1974 and her most memorable awards night, a decade later, when Ernestine was nominated.TV Review: Knightfall on History.
In 1974, Lily Tomlin was nominated for two Emmy Awards for her CBS variety special entitled Lily — variety special Three-time Emmy-winning director Joseph Sargent, known for helming the 1974 thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and MacArthur, died at the age of 89 on Monday.The 1973 TV movie The Marcus-Nelson Murders earned him his first Emmy Award.Special. Bollywood. She won seven Emmy awards over the years. Emmy - winning actress Mary Tyler Moore , who brightened American television Moore s eponymous showMoore won an Emmy in 1993 for the TV movie "Stolen Babies," giving her a total of seven for her career, including one special Emmy in 1974 LOS ANGELES — Television great Mary Tyler Moore, the beloved star of The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore ShowHer work in the two series brought Moore five Emmy Awards, in 1965, 1966, 1973, 1974 and 1976. She won another Emmy for 1993 TV special Stolen Babies. Tatiana Maslany recently won a Best Actress Emmy for her work in Orphan Black. Maslany plays multiple clones with different accents and looks in the show.Daily Planet takes you behind the scenes to see the special effects behind the clone conspiracy. Neil Diamond 2001 Interview with Jay Lenofantas4. Hace 7 das. Neil Diamond "Robert Hillburn" Interview (Midnight Special, 1981)Joel Ross.Neil Diamond - Im Glad Youre Here With Me Tonight -- 1977 Full TV Showdosnohacenuna.
Moore, who won seven Emmy Awards for her television work, died in the company of friends and her husband, Dr. S. Robert LevineMoore won an Emmy in 1993 for the TV movie "Stolen Babies," giving her a total of seven for her career, including one special Emmy in 1974 as actress of the year. The Emmy Award Winning Mitzi Gaynor TV Specials (1968-1978): Mitzi (1968) Let Go: Mitzis 2nd Special (1969) MitziThe First Time (1973) MitziA Tribute to the American Housewife ( 1974) MitziAnd a Hundred Guys (1975) MitziRoarin in the Twenties (1976) MitziZings into Spring Moore, who won seven Emmy Awards for her television work, died in the company of friends and her husband, Dr S. Robert LevineMoore won an Emmy in 1993 for the TV movie Stolen Babies, giving her a total of seven for her career, including one special Emmy in 1974 as actress of the year. 50th Annual Emmys (1998) clips of Classic "Goodbyes" including Carol Burnett, All In the Family, Walter Cronkite and Mary Tyler Moore Show. Also includes a vintage clip of Lily Tomiln winning an Emmy in 1974. Because we all know Matthew McConaughey will win an Emmy for his stunning work on True Detective later this year, I took a look back to see whichTommy Lee Jones Oscars: Supporting Actor for The Fugitive (1993) Emmys: Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Special for The Executioners Song (1982). Most wins by a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special. The Kennedy Center Honors 15 [3]."Game of Thrones Now Has the Most Emmy Wins Ever". TIME. Retrieved September 18, 2016. Moore, who won seven Emmy Awards for her television work, died in the company of friends and her husband, Dr. S. Robert LevineMoore won an Emmy in 1993 for the TV movie Stolen Babies, giving her a total of seven for her career, including one special Emmy in 1974 as actress of the year. Its been 40 years since the musical special "Free to Be You and Me" aired on ABC in March 1974. The made-for-TV version of the book and album starred Michael Jackson and Roberta Flack, among other stars.You and Me," which went on to win Emmy and Peabody awards. "I had (Oliver) in my pool," Damon says. "Tell your mom I like them apples." 9:47: Comedian Patton Oswalt gets his first Emmy win — for outstanding writing in a variety special — for his Netflix special Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping. It was to be the last of Johnsons distinguished cinema films, but he continued to produce outstanding work for television, for which he received 11 Emmy nominations, winning twice.With Martin Sheen starring, he made The Execution of Private Slovik (1974), a heart-rending account of the trial of the How an Emmy is Won. Governors Award.Penning Pennsylvania Avenue. 2017 Faculty Seminar. The Power of TV - American Masters: This is Bob Hope.1974 - 26th. 1973 - 25th. 1972 - 24th.
Documentary Or Nonfiction Special. Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking. Lamont Johnson, an Emmy-winning director who was honored for his work on the TV programs " Gore Vidals Lincoln" and "Wallenberg: A Heros Story" during a wide-ranging career in television, film and theater, died of congestive heart failure at his Monterey home Sunday, his son, Chris, said. Most wins for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special. The Kennedy Center Honors 7 (1994, 1996, 20092013) [3]."Emmy Awards: Whos Won the Most? — Network With Most Emmy Wins: NBC".In addition, International Emmys are awarded for excellence in TV programming produced Catch up on the Emmy Awards red carpet style and interviews then follow along to find out which of your TV show favorites won big. - Emmy nomination for outstanding television movie for All the Way (2016) as executive producer. - Emmy nomination for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for Breaking Bad (2013).- Won Emmy for outstanding variety, music or comedy special for Lily ( 1974). Watch Emmy Rossums movies 2016 online free, Emmy Rossums tv- shows list of great movies of star Emmy Rossum.Reality-TV. Romance. Sci-Fi. She won her first Emmy Awards in 1974 for writing and producing her own television special, Lily.It was her first appearance in that city, though she did tape an Emmy- winning TV special, a spoof of Las Vegas called Lily: Sold Out which premiered on CBS in January 1981. These are the 10 most award-winning TV shows of all time.In a list dominated by comedies with extensive runs, it could eventually become the most Emmy-winning show ever. Here are the top 10 shows with the most Emmy wins ranked drama The Best Emmy Winning Dramatic Series. Originally by Ranker TV. 1.9k votes 237 voters 3.3k views 39 items Follow Embed.Upstairs, Downstairs Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh Years Won: 1974, 1975, 1977 Upstairs, Downstairs is a British television drama series originally Chris Bearde, who won an Emmy as part of the Laugh-In writing team, createdAiring on December 3, 1968, the resulting program was the top-rated TV special of the year andBearde shared seven Emmy noms for the show, but its stars were having marital strife, and by 1974 they were separated That year, The Doctors won the first Best Show Daytime Emmy.When NBC hosted the awards shows, it would air special one-off episodes of their soap operas, such as Another World: Summer Desire.Award ceremonies. 1st Daytime Emmy Awards (May 21, 1974 NBC). Comedy Series Drama Series Variety, Music or Comedy Series Miniseries Made for TV Movie Variety, Music or Comedy Special DirectingCBS (1974): 44. Performers with the most Primetime Emmys. Carl Reiner won a total of nine Primetime Emmy Awards, five of which were for his work on Eleanor Sanger (September 15, 1929 March 7, 1993) was a 7-time Emmy-award winning television writer and producer, who was the first woman Network Sports Producer.[1]. a b c d Times Woman Producing TV Sport Special, NY Times, January 8, 1974. Animation, comedy. Peter decides to make "Family Guy" more like Emmy- winning shows so it can finally win TVs highest award. Lamont Johnson, an Emmy-winning television director known for bringing an understated touch to delicate subjects, died on Sunday at his home in Monterey, Calif.Mr. Johnsons direction of The Execution of Private Slovik (1974) was nominated for an Emmy. Moore, who won seven Emmy Awards for her television work, died in the company of friends and her husband, Dr. S. Robert LevineMoore won an Emmy in 1993 for the TV movie Stolen Babies, giving her a total of seven for her career, including one special Emmy in 1974 as actress of the year. Director: Larry Eliakann. One of the most famous and celebrated entries in the 24-year saga of the ABC Afterschool Special series, My Moms Having a Baby handles a delicate subject with intelligence and impeccable taste. Most wins by a network in a single year. CBS 44 (1974) [3].Categories: Primetime Emmy Awards. American annual television specials. Murphy Brown was special because it used its comedy to reveal its characters internal lives, and it provided a template for dozens of shows that would follow.It deserved every Emmy it ever won, and the legacy it has created is an enduring one. Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award. Won - Writers Guild of America Award ( TV) Childrens Episodic Specials: Joey Mazzarino for Elmos Christmas Countdown.The Muppeteers at the 1974 Emmy Awards. Ron Leibman and Jessica Walter. Walter won her Emmy for playing the title character in the miniseries Amy Prentiss in 1975. Four years later, her future husband (they wed in 1983) won for playing the title character in the crime drama Kaz, which lasted one season. She won her first Emmy Awards in 1974 for writing and producing her own television special, Lily.It was her first appearance in that city, though she did tape an Emmy- winning TV special, a spoof of Las Vegas called Lily: Sold Out which premiered on CBS in January 1981. Moore, who won seven Emmy Awards for her television work, died in the company of friends and her husband, Dr. S. Robert LevineMoore won an Emmy in 1993 for the TV movie Stolen Babies, giving her a total of seven for her career, including one special Emmy in 1974 as actress of the year. | {
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