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Pumped up on conservative steroids, many Republican legislators in Kansas and Missouri want to send a message to Washington, D.C.
It goes something like this: You can't tell us what to do.
It's silly and embarrassing talk, the kind that elected officials on both sides of the aisle too often get involved in.
This time, it's the GOP, mostly because the two states' lawmakers can't stand the fact that President Barack Obama and Congress have passed a health care bill that will affect the states and because Washington might change existing gun laws.
Those two hot-button issues have led lawmakers to introduce bills in both states, essentially aimed at trying to nullify federal laws dealing with health care and guns.
Unfortunately for the state lawmakers, a host of legal scholars point out that these bills would be unconstitutional, a huge waste of time to fight in the courts.
The issue of whether the federal government has the power to do what it's doing was settled in the Civil War. Remember that event?
And that point was re-emphasized during the segregation of the 1950s and 1960s, when states tried to prevent black people from having the rights to vote or go to integrated schools. The feds had to step in there, too.
A lot of the current talk about nullification is empty rhetoric, thrown out by legislators trying to make themselves look big in front of their constituents.
But in reality, the lawmakers lack the courage to take a real stand on nullification.
Here's how they could do that:
Tell the federal government that Kansas and Missouri are going to turn down the federal money sent their way for roads, education and other governmental programs.
Tell the federal government that, yeah, Kansas and Missouri don't like what Washington is doing, so we're going to have to stop following some of the laws you set and, in the meantime, we won't be a financial burden to you.
Right, that's going to happen.
Kansas and Missouri are part of the United States of America - with the emphasis on "United."
All this empty rhetoric about nullification just makes GOP legislators in Missouri and Kansas look like a bunch of idiots, not the best selling point for the states to the rest of the nation.


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Failures of Aging Devices Threaten to Leave Gap in Key Data
The main U.S. weather satellite watching the eastern seaboard malfunctioned last month for the second time in a year, underscoring the hazards of aging satellites that monitor the planet as a threatening hurricane season gets under way.
Engineers got it running again. But the difficulties with the seven-year-old weather satellite, called GOES-13, are a symptom of a broader problem, federal, congressional and university analysts say. Scientists are losing one by one their orbital eyes on Earth, at a time when space-based sensors...

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Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., on Tuesday shot back at a Democratic colleague with whom he pursued a bipartisan budget deal in 2011 on the unsuccessful super committee. Toomey labeled as "cynical" the suggestion by some Democrats that Congress should do nothing to head off the coming expiration of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts rather than sign onto a plan that fails to raise revenues.
Toomey was invited to appear before a panel of tax and budget experts at the Brookings Institution after Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaking there on July 17, characterized Toomey's 2011 proposal to break the fiscal stalemate as "offensive" for containing "vague loophole closings [and] fuzzy revenues." Murray called Toomey's plan a "gimmick, a bait-and-switch."
In describing his own proposal for avoiding the series of tax, spending and debt deadlines known as "the fiscal cliff," Toomey said: "We need to have an honest debate on facts, which means history, arithmetic and actuarial tables. Then, if we can find common ground, we end up with a deal, not just another fight."
The key, in Toomey's view, is curbing entitlement spending. He quoted President Obama from a July 2011 press conference agreeing that changes were needed to stabilize Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Their growth -- about 5 percent annually in Social Security and Medicare and 11 percent in Medicaid, Toomey said -- is "pretty close to the definition of unsustainable, and no significant program can grow faster than our economy."
Going into the super committee talks, Republicans were willing to consider new revenues, but only if the agreement included "architectural entitlement reform," Toomey said. "I didn't feel revenues were fiscally necessary, but I did recognize they were politically necessary, essential for our friends on the other side."
But Republicans were disappointed with the Democrats' counteroffer, which Toomey described as $1 trillion in tax increases, $1 trillion in mostly unspecified spending cuts (mostly to health care providers) and no entitlement reform. So he asked himself whether "there was another paradigm for common ground," and the Republicans "gave up on architectural entitlement reform, a big concession," he said.
He then designed a $1.2 trillion package that, while avoiding any increases in marginal tax rates, included "meaningful entitlement curbs," such as means testing Medicare and recalculating the inflation adjustments for Medicare and Social Security benefits (the so-called chained Consumer Price Index). The plan offered revenue raisers in the form of fees and asset sales along with spending cuts -- the "low-hanging fruit"-- drawn from the work of previous fiscal commissions and study groups, all at the same 3-1 ratio of spending cuts to revenue hikes that the Simpson-Bowles fiscal commission called for in 2010.
Toomey described his tax plan as "progressive" in that it would raise revenue only from the top two brackets, though it included a previous Senate proposal to reform and trim the estate tax. "I'm being candid here, and you cannot say it would be taking from middle class to pay for tax cuts for the rich," he said. "We met the Democrats halfway on the scoring of revenue." He called all the components "dialable," meaning they can be adjusted. The plan "would have demonstrated to American people that we are capable of governing," Toomey said.
The Democrats' decision to balk, he said, shows that they were "motivated by politics and ideology and a certain level of cynicism." Their flirtation with allowing all the impending tax and spending cut deadlines to expire at the end of this year "would do unclear damage" to the economy that might be difficult to reverse, he said, and it could easily cause a new recession.
The best solution now, Toomey said, is to extend all the current tax rates one more year and "use the time for pro-growth" tax reform. "I know I won't get my way on everything, but we do have to agree on the fundamental problem," he said. "A strong economic recovery is well within our reach, but it's up to us."


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Do you lock your Android device? If so, how tight is the security? There are plenty of reasons for locking a device, but no matter your reason it's still a pain to unlock that way. Sure, it's probably worth the trade-off. But if you had an easier way to protect your stuff, wouldn't you use it? I was drawn to a recent post on the xda blog about App Lock, which allows you to protect specific apps rather than your entire device. That might make life a little easier for you.
With three modes of unlocking — numeric password, gestures, and swipes — you can protect any application on your device. In many ways this can work better than just protecting your device. This way you can enter in your key only when you go into a protected app, rather than every time you unlock the device. I'm not sure about everyone else, but I end up unlocking my phone dozens upon dozens of times per day. I'd much rather tie the password to specific apps than to the whole device. And that's just the first advantage of the app.
Within the app's main screen you can add and remove apps from the lock list easily. Don't want people accessing your contacts, SMS, email, or other sensitive information? Just add 'em to the list. You'll have to gesture or enter a password each time you use them, but that might be worth the security trouble. Again, I unlock my device in general more often than I access my email.
What's more, the app has two modes, visitor mode and master mode. In visitor mode the locks work as normal, but in master mode your device runs with no restrictions. This is helpful if you're going to be using your device a lot all at once. It is, of course, unhelpful if you leave your device in master mode and then lose it, or otherwise forget to turn on visitor mode when you lend it to someone. There have been calls on the app thread for a notification bar toggle. This would be a wonderful addition, really bringing together the app.
As with many Android apps, there are paid and premium versions of this. You can download the App Lock APK from xda. That's free and ad-supported. The full version, ad-free, is $1.99 in the Market.
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PRINCETON — Open Prairie United Church of Christ will host its fourth Christkindl Markt (German Christmas Market) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free to the traditional holiday celebration featuring local artisans selling unique handmade items, traditional German treats, international cookie bazaar, beautiful Austrian Christmas tree, a free gingerbread house craft for children and more.
The German Brathaus will serve lunch featuring brats, franks, cabbage rolls and spaetzle, potato soup, chicken noodle soup and sauerkraut.


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A team from the University of Texas at Arlington, led by assistant professor Samarendra Mohanty, created the device.
The business end of the fiber-optic spanner consists of two optical fibers, which are situated end-to-end with a small gap between them. A beam of laser light is emitted from each of these fibers – when the two beams are lined up, the force of the streaming photons is sufficient to trap a microscopic object such as a cell between them. If the fibers are slightly offset, however, and their beams hit that cell on either side, they can actually spin it around in place.
By changing the orientation of the fibers, the cell can be turned on any axis. It's similar to the technology used in "optical tweezers," although those are used more just for pushing or holding microscopic objects, not for rotating them.
Along with its use for examining cells, the researchers believe that the fiber-optic spanner could also be used for applications such as untwisting DNA strands, guiding neurons within the spinal cord, or mixing fluids in lab-on-a-chip devices.
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Yeah, I don't really believe they've "evolved" on the issue. It would be refreshing if that is the case, but what I think is more likely is that they are starting to believe that they're never going to gain any ground on this issue with the way things are trending demographically, so they had better get something done right now before they lose even more ground.
Sean Hannity?
Do we care what this guy thinks?
Latino commits a crime? Lock his ass up. Just like a person of any other color or creed should be locked up.
As a proud Latino of Puerto Rican descent, I wish someone would say what you said to my face. Really really do. So I give them the response they so badly need. Won't happen, though. Too many keyboard warriors.
Every perpetrator who commits crime should face the full force of the Law, the punishment for that crime.Latino commits a crime? Lock his ass up. Just like a person of any other color or creed should be locked up.
Including Illegal Immigration.
You mean like guys who post empty e-threats about wishing they were face to face with other posters.Too many keyboard warriors.
Give it rest tough guy. Any dumb chucklehead can e-fight with his e-fists.
Fight with words and ideas.
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La verdad duele...¡Si se puede...ser parásitos!
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If Republicans want to change their stance on immigration, they should do so on the merits, not out of a belief that only immigration policy stands between them and a Republican Hispanic majority. It is not immigration policy that creates the strong bond between Hispanics and the Democratic party, but the core Democratic principles of a more generous safety net, strong government intervention in the economy, and progressive taxation. Hispanics will prove to be even more decisive in the victory of Governor Jerry Browns Proposition 30, which raised upper-income taxes and the sales tax, than in the Obama election.
And California is the wave of the future. A March 2011 poll by Moore Information found that Republican economic policies were a stronger turn-off for Hispanic voters in California than Republican positions on illegal immigration. Twenty-nine percent of Hispanic voters were suspicious of the Republican party on class-warfare grounds it favors only the rich; Republicans are selfish and out for themselves; Republicans dont represent the average person compared with 7 percent who objected to Republican immigration stances.
I spoke last year with John Echeveste, founder of the oldest Latino marketing firm in southern California, about Hispanic politics. What Republicans mean by family values and what Hispanics mean are two completely different things, he said. We are a very compassionate people, we care about other people and understand that government has a role to play in helping people.
And a strong reason for that support for big government is that so many Hispanics use government programs. U.S.-born Hispanic households in California use welfare programs at twice the rate of native-born non-Hispanic households. And that is because nearly one-quarter of all Hispanics are poor in California, compared to a little over one-tenth of non-Hispanics. Nearly seven in ten poor children in the state are Hispanic, and one in three Hispanic children is poor, compared to less than one in six non-Hispanic children. One can see that disparity in classrooms across the state, which are chock full of social workers and teachers aides trying to boost Hispanic educational performance.
The idea of the social issues Hispanic voter is also a mirage. A majority of Hispanics now support gay marriage, a Pew Research Center poll from last month found. The Hispanic out-of-wedlock birth rate is 53 percent, about twice that of whites. The demographic changes set into motion by official and de facto immigration policy favoring low-skilled over high-skilled immigrants mean that a Republican party that purports to stand for small government and free markets faces an uncertain future.
Just because a person is poor, Hispanic, African American, Gay, White Woman or 'other' should their vote be less than anyone who is not in those categories?
(Est. November 8, 2012) where losing an election by 1% of the vote is being "left in the dust"
Ideologues like B. Hussein don't de-queer their sociopathies to suit conservatives, why should conservatives pollute their decency and normalcy?
besides, the libs need the conservatives work ethic to stay intact to pay for their stuff
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This is a good thing. The GOP needs to run a Presidential Candidate who is closer to the political center. This is good for the USA. The choice between a moderate Democrat and a 'fire and brimstone' Republican too many in the electorate is no choice.
Whether this move can or will happen is another question.
Also, if the GOP moves a little left will they lose their 'pro-life', NRA, "small-government", "rape is really a good thing", immigrants are bad for the US...one issue voters?
If so will losing these voters hurt them in the Electoral College just as much as only have the white male demographic?
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Issue #1: Abortion. The "Compromise" is 100% legal abortion on demand.
Issue #2: Illegal Immigration. The "Compromise" is the Pathway to Citizenship and increased legal immigration from Mexico and points south, a de facto Amnesty Program and 20 million new voters voting 70%+ (D) and more every year. Empoty promiuse to "secure the border made, never carried through, i.e. the Reagan Amnsety.
Issue #3: Gay Marriage. The "Compromise" is 100% legalized, full equallity Gay Marriageand forced acceptence (not just tolerence).
Issue #4: Healthcare. The "Compromise" is and has always been a full State controlled single-payor Euro-style system Anything less is a stepping stone only.
Issue #5: Womens Rights. The "Compromise" is absolute equallity in pay, despite obvious real-world differences in productivity and attendence, a de-facto quota system to punish those not hring "enough" women, and all set without actual performence being a factor. Oh, and free condoms on deman, paid for by taxpayers.
Issue #6: Taxes. The "Compromise" is same as it's ever been, higher taxes now and a promise to "Cut spending" that will either not be met at all, or will be met via blaoted initial budgeting (i.e. 10% increase y-t-y proposed) "cut" to "only" a 8% increase in spending y-t-y.
Issue #7: Entitlements. The "Compromise" is no change in anything, period. No new enforcement, no action to stop fraud and abuse, and more funding across the board. More funding, more programs, more redistribtion.
Issue #8: Diversity and Affirmative Action. The "Compromise" is that we accept that people will continue to be given opportunity because of their skin tone only, not the content of their character or the content of their resume. Diversity > All Else.
Issue #9: Energy. The "Compromise" is nothing related to Oil and Gas, higher taxes on oil, gas and coal, and massive new investments in gree energy that requires massive direct-payment subsidy to get 2% of the marketplace, in the name of climate change, while other Countries ignore the issue completely (China, India, Brazil, etc).
There is no compromise. There is only capitulation described by (D) as "moderate compromise".
Where (D) has won, IMO, rather clearly is the war of words and language. Depsite very little actual "extremism" or "far right" policy positions, the left has won in getting the majority of voters to see them as a de facto American Taliban of Race Hatred, Poor Hatred and in it only for the rich banksters and special interests.
Wait and see how the fothcoming "compromises" work.
But I'll be honest, HERE Is where I WOULD "compromise". Whatever tax rate (D) wants to set on those making over 1 million per year, I'd give it to them. Whatever tax rate they want to set on Capital Gains, I'd give THAT to them as well. And whatever cuts they want to make to the millitary, I'd ok that too (we always have the nukes for actual defense).
As a party, I'd simply no vote (i.e. abstain) and let them pass without a yes/no vote from (R). The (D) can own it.
And however it turns out, it turns out. If it works, (R) is proven conclusivelt wrong anyway, and it was the rght choice. If it fails, it's owned wholesale by (D). Thats my compromise (well, and I'm all for gay marriage too tbh amonsgt a few other things, mostly social).
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Teamlist Tuesday is here with #NRL Teamlists and officials for Round 12 confirmed.
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Queensland may have belted NSW in the second half of last night State of Origin match but Nine dominated the opposition all night, from the pre-match to the postmatch wrap-up, all of which was cunningly coded as separate programs to boost the ratings.
The pre-match averaged 1.402 million from 7.30pm to just after 8pm (and 921,725 in regional areas, making a total audience of 2.3 million).
The match itself averaged 1.982 million in the five capital cities and a very solid 1.231 million in regional areas, for a national figure of just over 3.2 million viewers (it was especially strong in regional NSW and Queensland).
And the postmatch coverage averaged 1.851 million in the five metro markets and 1.117 million in regional areas, for a total audience of just over 2.96 million. But as impressive as these figures are they disguise the fact the audiences were almost entirely on the east coast.
The game started at 10.30pm in Adelaide and averaged just 38,000 people and at the same time in Perth it averaged just 30,000. If WIN got control of Adelaide and Perth, would it network the Nine feed and put it to air in both cities at the same time as it was showing the game in regional areas next year?
The big boost came from showing the game live in Melbourne where 358,000 people watched, the biggest game one audience in Melbourne ever, because it was live. The last game of the 2006 competition was shown live in Melbourne and averaged 363,000.


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The project includes replacing nearly 68,000 crossties, spreading 29,600 tons of ballast and renewing the surfaces at 114 crossings.
UP also plans to improve Wyoming's transportation infrastructure by investing nearly $10 million in the rail line that runs between Rawlins and Green River.
The 134-mile project includes replacing more than 75,000 crossties, spreading 34,600 tons of ballast, renewing the surfaces at 11 crossings and replacing a total of nearly two miles of rail in various curves.
Projects in both states are underway and scheduled to be completed in December.


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In this program, you will gain this expansive knowledge and the broad skill set required for effective public management. Courses emphasize topics such as community planning, organizational theory, public personnel, public policy and public budgeting.
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Students may select a thesis or non-thesis option. You may also be required to complete a public service internship if you have not previously worked in the public or nonprofit sectors.


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Yea, you can't kill to a Win OS without stain you of blood.
One thing rounded my head about, it's that maybe you removed the high encryption for IE.Quote
and one thing i didnt mention. i have my windows brutally reduced and cleaned up by 98lite, so its possible that the dll i am looking for is included in normal installation of windows 98, but i am sure its also part of ie 6 package (previous message)
Before you do the actual install, here is a checklist to make sure you have your PC ready for K-Meleon:
1. If your PC has Windows 95, you may have to update some of the DLL files in "c:\windows\system\" folder. The K-Meleon read-me file tells you how to do this, but I can tell you the precise files that I used (I have an old Win95 system for testing purposes). I copied these files across from my Win98 system: MFC42.DLL (973K, 8June00), COMCTL32.DLL (557K, 20Oct00) and COMMCTL.DLL (152K, 19Jun01). I can't guarantee that anything else is needed, but this seemed to do the trick.
Also, you can install IE5, then uninstall it, to leave behind the updated DLLs -- see my "Project PC" page for instructions on how to do this -- I've also put some notes on this further down this page.


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WESTWOOD (AP) — A northern New Jersey school superintendent has resigned amid criticism that he took home a district-owned generator after Superstorm Sandy and left it there while he went to Florida.
The Westwood Regional Board of Education on Thursday voted unanimously to accept Geoffrey Zoeller's resignation. It's effective April 25.
Zoeller generated criticism after he took the generator and used a district-owned truck for his 40-minute commute home to Boonton.
In November, a teachers union took a vote of no confidence in the 44-year-old Zoeller, who had been superintendent for six years.
It was reported that Zoeller had not been seen in his office since Nov. 16 and the school board last month appointed an interim leader.


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The Parramatta Eels have completely outclassed the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs by 54-0 at Parramatta Stadium tonight.
With Brad Drew playing at half back, the Eels carved through the Rabbitohs who now look certain to inherit this year's wooden spoon.
But the win has come at a cost with Daniel Irvine assisted from the field in the 25th minute with a suspected broken ankle and fullback Brett Hodgson dislocating his shoulder in the 55th minute.
Parramatta opened the scoring after 15 minutes with a try to Luke Burt. The flood gates opened soonafter and at half time it was 22-0.
With Nathan Hindmarsh leading from the front, Ben Kusto and Brad Drew directed play against an often woeful South Sydney defence.
The victory is a timely one for the Eels who were in danger of losing a top eight position.
7:30PM, Saturday 10 August 2002 Parramatta Stadium Referee: S Hayne
Parramatta Eels 54 (Tries: Hodgson 2, Petersen 2, Burt 2, Moodie, Buettner, Widders, Vaealiki. Goals: Hodgson 5/6, Burt 2/4) defeated South Sydney Rabbitohs 0


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Pomeranz will replace the struggling Juan Nicasio. The Red Sox punished Nicasio in his last start, inflating his ERA to 5.31 this season.
A roster move to activate Pomeranz is not required until Sunday's game.
Pomeranz, who was acquired in the Ubaldo Jimenez trade nearly two years ago, has pitched well in his last three starts at Colorado Springs, putting him in a spot to earn a promotion.
The left-hander is 8-1 with a 4.20 ERA this year. He has 96 strikeouts against 33 walks this season in Triple-A.
When asked what has been Pomeranz's biggest improvement, manager Walt Weiss said: "I think it's his ability to use his secondary stuff and not be so reliant on the fastball. It sounds like he's done that. He's mixed it up and mixed in his secondary stuff. He's been a little more efficient.
"He's always had the deception and the good finish to his fastball. That makes it tough on hitters."
Nicasio barely held on to his rotation spot over the past two weeks and lost two starts on a recent road trip, at Toronto and Boston.
Nicasio is likely to resume starting in Triple-A, but no decision has been made.
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Julie Shannon, a resident of Glenview and the composer and lyricist of the beloved Chicago holiday musical "The Christmas Schooner," died Wednesday from cancer, said John Reeger, her longtime friend and collaborator. Also a former schoolteacher in the Deerfield public schools, Shannon was 71.
"Julie had a passion for human decency, kindness and social justice," said her husband Bill Geller. "We have developed lifelong friends, members of our family, from our work on Julie's shows. For Julie, there wasn't much of a line between life and art."
"Julie's shows were her children," Reeger said. "She kept every word that was written about them. The way 'Schooner' became such a part of the Chicago Christmas has meant so much to her."
The show most certainly occupies a special place in the city of its birth, just as its composer was beloved in the theater community.
"The Christmas Schooner," the story of the so-called Christmas tree ships that once plied the treacherous waters of Lake Michigan in winter to bring Christmas trees to homesick Chicago immigrants, was first professionally produced by the Bailiwick Repertory Theatre in 1995. The piece honored the selflessness of the turn-of-the-century captains and crews from Northern Michigan and Wisconsin who risked their lives, more for duty than profit, on a lake they knew like the backs of their hands, but that could easily ensnare them.
Each holiday season — first at the Bailiwick, then at Theatre at the Center in Munster, Ind., and most recently at the Mercury Theatre on Southport Avenue — "Schooner" made its welcome return, captivating Chicago-area audiences with Shannon's rousing, moving melodies, such as "What Is It About the Water?," "We All Have Songs," and "The Blessings of the Branch (Pass It On)." It is an uncommonly emotional piece and, for some, an annual sign that Christmas has arrived again in Chicago.
Cecily Strong, who this weekend joins the cast of "Saturday Night Live," got her early theatrical break playing one of the young roles in the show.
The show has since been licensed and produced nationally, becoming one of the most often staged musicals to come from Chicago. There have been, Reeger said, more than 150 productions in the last few years. Shannon (who also went by Julie Shannon Geller) also composed a show titled "Stones" (starring Felicia P. Fields), another collaboration with Reeger, as was her "Let the Eagle Fly: The Story of Cesar Chavez." Their latest collaborative musical, "The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes," was in the workshop process. Geller said Thursday that he hoped that latest show would still reach full production.
"Julie was such a sweet, sweet human," Reeger said, noting a quality that sails every Chicago Christmas with her warmhearted show, which will be back at the Mercury this Christmas in what now is likely to be an especially resonant production.
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GRAYSON COUNTY, TX -- Across the U.S and right here in Texoma food pantries are bare. Now a local motorcycle group is revving up the efforts to help.
Kaye "Stormy" Elliott dropped off a box of goods at the Grayson County Shelter Tuesday afternoon. She is a member of Texoma ABATE, a motorcycle rights organization that is speeding up efforts to fight hunger in Texoma.
"We've got people hungry right here. And that's just really sad because we are in America," Elliott said.
The group has been donating to shelters bi-weekly over the past several months, but after hearing about the desperate need.
Now, they plan to donate every month. A good thing, because with school out Grayson County Shelter Case Manager Michelle Holcomb more families are coming to them for help and they are running out of food to give.
"Here in the last I'd say couple of weeks or month it's picked up. We've gotten more kids. Younger kids," Holcomb said.
Elliot says thinking of hungry children breaks her heart. She says any little bit could go a long way.
"A dollar a week outta do a pretty good dent if every biker out there was to actually pull that out of their pocket and help. I mean I can't image what I would feel like if my grand babies and to go hungry at night. I mean that's got to be a pretty helpless feeling," Elliott said.
With about 40 people knocking on the shelter's doors every week Holcomb says they appreciate any donation and so do the people in need.
"They are really I guess humbled and grateful," Holcomb said.
Elliott says she hopes other people will be inspired to pitch in.
"I would just like to challenge everybody out there not just the bikers, but everybody. Put in a dollar. Go somewhere. Drop it off," Elliott said.
If you would like to help donate visit http://www.abatetexoma.com/.


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Annual Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Job Fair to be held on March 24
One hundred positions available for the Apprenticeship ProgramHonolulu Community College
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The public is invited to the annual Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Job Fair to learn more about the application process for positions available in the Apprenticeship Program at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. More than 2,000 job seekers are expected at the event, Saturday, March 24, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Honolulu Community College Marine Education Training Center, 10 Sand Island Access Road.
Those selected for the 100 positions available will earn $17 an hour while also earning a government-sponsored associate degree in applied trades from Honolulu Community College.
To be considered for the 2008 class, interested individuals should fill out an online application at https://acep.hawaii.navy.mil beginning March 24 and submit the application by midnight H.S.T. on April 8, 2007. Applicants should be a U.S. citizen, 18 years old by Jan. 6, 2008, and a high school or GED graduate.
People are encouraged to view the announcement link, news and information on the Pearl Harbor website for the latest updates and information.
Computers are available at Oʻahu Work Links Centers, the neighbor islands one-stop centers and at Honolulu Community College. Individuals with questions can call Pearl Harbor at 473-8000, ext. 2749 or Jeannie Shaw at 473-9430 or 845-9492.
All applicants will be notified of their acceptance via email during the time period April 16-20, 2007. Applicants who are accepted must then pass a timed hour and a half ASSET Test that will be given during the time period May 14-25, 2007. The exam will test English writing, reading comprehension and math skills.
Honolulu Community College is offering an eight-hour workshop on "How to Prepare for the ASSET Test." For information on the class, which costs $90, call 845-9296.
Those applicants who have passed the test will go on to the interview phase, and once past that, move on to the final phase, preprocessing, which includes a physical exam and security clearance. The individuals selected will work alongside journeymen and women and be paid $17 per hour while learning the trade. In addition, participants will attend trade theory and other related classes to earn a degree in applied sciences from Honolulu Community College. All classes are held at the Pearl Harbor training facility.
Pearl Harbor is expecting a huge exodus from its federal workforce in the next five to 10 years and the job fair is designed to minimize the effects of this situation. It is also believed that the work will substantially increase when the deployed vessels return from the current conflicts.
In addition to personnel from the shipyard, representatives from Honolulu Community College will be at the job fair promoting various programs and services.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – The Yale men's golf team surged through the pack on the second day of play at the Adams Cup Tuesday, leaping up the leaderboard at the Newport National Golf Course to finish the tournament in third place.
It was an outstanding effort from a team that sat in sixth place after the first day's play, with all members contributing vital second and third round performances. The final result represents a significant improvement over last year's result, when the Bulldogs closed play in ninth place. The only schools to place above Yale this year were UCF and the University of Georgia.
Leading the way for the Elis was sophomore Sam Bernstein, who fired a final round 67 (-4) to ascend the leaderboard and finish in a tie for fourth place overall. His stroke play on Tuesday recalled the outstanding performances that powered him through the last season and won him the Ivy League Rookie of the Year Award.


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BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University women's team dropped a 5-4 decision to the University of Findlay on a cool, breezy September afternoon in Bluffton. The Beavers dug a deep hole when they lost all three of the doubles matches to open the contest, but with four singles' victors Bluffton clawed itself back into the match the hard way.
Courtney Hodson (Washington Court House/Washington Sr.) dominated her match at no. 3 singles as she swept without dropping a game. Rachel Huckaba (Perrysburg/Perrysburg) also made short work of her opponent at no. 5 singles, dispatching her, 6-2 and 6-1. Bluffton picked up singles victories by Chelsey Wenger (Bellefontaine/Bellefontaine) and Lisa Cherry (Whitehouse/Anthony Wayne) before surrendering the match to the Oilers by a final match score of 5-4.
The Beavers return to action on Saturday, Sept. 23, when they host conference favorite Manchester and Mt. St. Joseph in the final HCAC tri-match of the season.
Findlay 5, Bluffton 4
(1) Devin Games (F) def. Jenna Leichty (BU) 6-1, 6-3
(2) Chelsey Wenger (BU) def. Liz Blosser (F) 6-3, 6-3
(3) Courtney Hodson (BU) def. Lana Pahl (F) 6-0, 6-0
(4) Lisa Cherry (BU) def. Pam Bullock (F) 6-4, 6-4
(5) Rachel Huckaba (BU) def. Jenna Lemle (F) 6-2, 6-1
(6) Courtney Kahl (F) def. Jenna Kauffman (BU) 7-5, 6-2
(1) Games and Blosser (F) def. Leichty and Wenger (BU) 8-1
(2) Pahl and Lemle (F) def. Hodson and Cherry (BU) 8-5
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Tonight there's something a little different – it's a memoir, or part of one. Lillian Smith, the author of such classics of civil rights literature as Strange Fruit and Killers of the Dream, wrote this memoir of her childhood Christmases that goes a long way to explain how this Southern white woman became a crusader for the civil rights of all people.A good song to go with it is Almost Day, the Seeger family's version of Leadbelly's song On a Christmas Day.
The song is associated with Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter) and some say he wrote it. Ledbetter may or may not have worked on a chain gang like the Christmas guests in our story, but he definitely served time in Southern prisons. Afterwards, he made part of his living entertaining at children's parties until he was discovered by folklorists John and Alan Lomax.
If you'd like something a little more antique, try this story that I recorded in 2006, the chapter "The Festival of St. Nicholas" from Mary Mapes Dodge's Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates. At the time, the only Dutch carol I could find was King Jesus Hath a Garden, sung by the Clare College Choir. Here's another version by the Wells Cathedral Choir, in an arrangement by John Rutter.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The top-ranked University of Oklahoma men's gymnastics team suffered its first loss of the season, falling to No. 2 Illinois on Saturday, 349.800-347.700. No. 7 Michigan scored a 339.100 to take third place in the triangular meet, held in Champaign, Ill.
Oklahoma led the Fighting Illini through the first five of the six rotations before Illinois scored a 61.400 on high bar to knock off the nation's No. 1-ranked team. The tri-meet marked the Sooners (6-1, 1-0 MPSF) first regular-season loss since falling to Stanford on March 7, 2010.
"Illinois had a pretty electric atmosphere," said OU Head Coach Mark Williams. "The home team took advantage of that and came away with the victory because they wanted it more. We gave things away, little by little. We started well in the first few events but then we started to have some uncharacteristic mistakes. We have to do better at finishing and being the team that wants to win."
Despite taking second in the overall meet, the Sooners still took event titles on floor and parallel bars. OU junior Jake Dalton claimed three event titles - floor, rings and parallel bars - along with the all-around title with an 88.400. Through three meets, Dalton has accumulated two all-around titles and 10 event titles.
The Sooners began the night by posting a 59.200 rings to take an early lead. Dalton led Oklahoma with a 15.300 followed by junior Chris Stehl (14.900) and freshman Michael Squires (14.600). Junior Presten Ellsworth tied a career best with a 14.400.
Oklahoma totaled a 60.200 on floor behind a 15.900 from Dalton and a 15.200 for sophomore Raymond White. Senior Michael Heredia set a career high with a 14.700.
Freshman Dylan Akers posted a career-best 13.900 on pommel horse to lead the Sooners in their 55.000 showing on the apparatus. Freshman Jacoby Rubin scored a 13.900 and White earned a 13.700.
On high bar, the Sooners scored a 57.500 with Dalton claiming the team's best score of 14.900. Freshmen Rubin (14.600) and William Clement (14.400) each scored career highs.
After four rotations, Oklahoma led Illinois by a narrow margin of 232.200-231.400. The Sooners put together a 58.100 on vault after White notched a season-best 14.900 to extend their lead to 290.300-288.400 with one rotation remaining.
Oklahoma concluded the meet with a 57.400 on parallel bars, but it wasn't enough to match the Fighting Illini's 61.400 on high bar in the sixth rotation. Illinois' high bar total, fueled by C.J. Maestas' 15.600 and Paul Ruggeri's 16.000, gave the Illini their first lead of the meet and with it, the victory.
"Obviously, we have to get better," said Williams. "There are events that, as a team, we did poorly. We can't give things away like that and expect to be in the hunt at the end with the best teams."
Up next for the Sooners, select gymnasts will compete individually at the 2012 Winter Cup Challenge Feb. 2-4 in Las Vegas, Nev. The annual USA Gymnastics event determines the field for the 2012 Visa Championships later this year.


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Please bear with me trying to puzzle out the following problem, it concerns in situ hybridization on paraffin embedded slides:
I am looking for expression of gene A with a probe which I know has worked for gene A previously (in whole embryos).
I know that gene A is highly expressed in the liver, and not very highly expressed in my tissue of interest.
My positive control for my ISH experiments is thus liver with anti sense (AS) probe - works perfeclty and I get a nice strong signal after 2hrs of exposure (I use NBT/BCIP with DIG labelled probe). My negative control, liver with sense (S) probe, is also clean.
However, in the tissue of interest (where expression of gene A is so low that I need to develop overnight), I see an increase of both AS probe signal, and S probe signal across various ages of my mice (not the same strength as AS, but still, the same increase over various ages).
I am really at my wits' end, since I think this can't be probe contamination, as my liver is negative with the S probe? Or can the sense probe be contaminated with AS, and not come up in the liver but in the tissue of interest? I have been doing this again, from scratch, to see if it is still the same, and how repeatable it is, but how can it be a contamination of the S probe with AS if my liver S is so CLEAN?
Please, any ideas/help highly appreciated!
Ps. Is there any (tiny) possibility that in my tissue of interest an AS transcript exists of gene A, and I am picking this up with my S probe? Or is this utterly utopic?
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Election 2012: The Musical Dream Candidates Brian Stokes "Stobama" Mitchell and Marc "Dopple-Romney" Kudisch React
The stars offer their thoughts on the production.
In the end, it wasn't even close.
TheaterMania's (imaginary) Election 2012: The Musical incumbent presidential candidate, Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell (aka "Stobama"), beat Tony nominee Marc "Doppel-Romney" Kudisch by a hefty few thousand or so votes.
We invited the actors to respond to their casting, and the election results themselves, in character. Here's what they told us.
"I am honored to have gained the popular vote as President Barack Obama in TheaterMania's imaginary Election 2012: The Musical," Stobama replied.
Not to be outdone, Doppel-Romney Kudisch had this to say:
"Thank you, thank you free citizens for your support, thank you for even thinking of me; I certainly wasn't. Thank you for exercising your God-given right to nominate the fella you most believe can lead this great country forward...
I wish it had been me.....
I truly wish it had been me. I'm not completely sure why I wished this, but gosh, I really would have liked to have found out. I'll bet I would have been good."
Not surprisingly, the gentlemen politicians are in complete agreement about how the future needs to progress. Stobama added, "A Broadway musical is an impossibly complex collaboration between all kinds of different folks -- producers, investors, directors, writers, crew, designers, actors, dancers, and musicians -- working together to make something wonderful happen that is much greater than 'self.' C'mon, Washington...if WE can do it so can YOU!!!"
Doppel-Romney said, "It's about working together now, listening to the needs of others, and finding common ground. Wow, I just said that. And you know what, I'm gonna say it again: IT'S TIME TO WORK TOGETHER. Yessir, that felt good! It felt…right. Why didn't I think of that before?"
Meanwhile, political pundit James Carville, played by Tony Award-winner Michael Cerveris, (heretofore known as Carbon Copy Carville) weighs in:
"Obviously I am deliriously overjoyed with the performance of Election 2012: The Musical. My sweet wife, conservative pundit Mary Matalin, and I watched the results from our separate bedrooms and, when the furious shrieks from her end of the house finally gave way to mournful sobs, I cautiously knocked on her door. It took a bit of effort to push the door open, mostly because she had stuffed her wedding dress under it to keep the scent of her herbal consolation (go Colorado!) from drifting to the kids' rooms, but I eventually found her curled on the floor, passed out, her Book of Mormon Original Broadway Cast Recording squawking faintly from her iPod. We spooned til dawn...Geaux Bama!"
Elaine Stritch's Stool from the legendary actress' award-winning Elaine Stritch at Liberty, who portrayed Clint Eastwood's Empty Chair in Election 2012: The Musical, had three parting words for TheaterMania:
"I'm still heeeeeeerrrrrreeeeeee!"
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Organic farming authors to lecture at UHM campusUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Ronald is a geneticist and professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of California at Davis, as well as an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her husband, Adamchak, is an organic farmer, and the market garden coordinator at the certified organic farm on the UC Davis campus.
The event, part of a nationwide book tour by the authors, is sponsored by the UH Mānoa Chancellor's Office. Tomorrow's Table is published by Oxford University Press, and will be available for purchase at the book-signing.
According to the publisher, "Written as part memoir, part instruction, and part contemplation, Tomorrow's Table argues that a judicious blend of two important strands of agriculturegenetic engineering and organic farmingis key to helping feed the world's growing population in an ecologically balanced manner."
The lecture, book-signing and reception are free and open to the public. Tomorrow's Table will be available to purchase for $29.95. Cash and check (made out to Hawaiʻi Crop Improvement Association) will be accepted.
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Sunday's game between the Buffalo Bills and the Jacksonville Jaguars will be blacked out on local television after the home team announced on Wednesday that more than 15,000 tickets remain unsold.
The Bills have lost four of the last five games after a 3-3 start, and at 4-7, are all but out of playoff contention. The Jaguars (2-9) have lost eight of the last nine games and are in last place in the AFC South.
"It is tough," Bills running back Fred Jackson said. "You definitely want a full crowd to play in front of. But we will come out and play and try and put on a show for the fans that are in the stands. That is just about it, come out there and do what we can and show up and play football. The fans that are coming out to watch, hopefully we can go out and get a win for them."
More than 15,000 tickets also remain for the Dec. 30 game vs. the New York Jets and more than 10,000 are available for the Dec. 9 game with St. Louis.


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Don McKinnon to launch Commonwealth memoir in London
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Don McKinnon to launch Commonwealth memoir in London Book presents his candid view of Commonwealth leaders and issues behind events Click for big version. Sir Don McKinnon, former Commonwealth Secretary-General, will launch his memoirs detailing his eight …Don McKinnon to launch Commonwealth memoir in London
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Sir Don McKinnon, former Commonwealth Secretary-General, will launch his memoirs detailing his eight years at the helm of the intergovernmental organisation in London, UK, on 26 February 2013.
The event will be held at Marlborough House, headquarters of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Sir Don who served as Commonwealth Secretary-General from 2000-2008, presents a candid view of the events behind the scenes of some turbulent times in the history of the modern Commonwealth, which groups 54 countries from across the globe.
He shares his insights on players in the political ring within the Commonwealth, with the posturing, the plotting and the sparring for power and influence nationally and internationally. Sir Don unveils the political intrigues which have put the Commonwealth in the news.
He examines the descent of Zimbabwe into chaos through poor governance and disregard for the law, and the country's spiral into violence, deepening ethnic distrust and polarisation. He speaks with regret about the great hope of Zimbabwe for a future of promise to have taken a turn into hopelessness and despair among its people.
In the book, Sir Don also shares his thoughts about the situation in Fiji that has been plagued by coups and the impact these have been on socio-political and economic progress in the country and the region. The former New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister also talks about his interactions with Pacific leaders, including the leaders of Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga.
The research and writing of the memoirs took five years since Sir Don left office as Commonwealth Secretary-General in March 2008.
"I spent a lot of time going through my notes, both personal notes and official briefs. And I thought long and hard about what to say and not to say in my book. At times, I thought it necessary to be diplomatically reticent on some comments as I felt it would be prudent not to put emphasis on certain issues at this stage," said Sir Don.
Is he keeping some details for a second book?
Sir Don said he's pleased with his labour of love and has no immediate plans for a sequel to his memoirs as he is busy with other projects.
Sir Don is Chairperson of Regional Facilities Auckland and Chair of the New Zealand-China Council to promote bilateral trade and investment. He also serves as the Commonwealth Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Maldives, handling peacebuilding efforts between the government and the opposition.
The global statesman has his diary filled with attendances at international conferences on peace and security, as well as audiences with political leaders past and present to help promote peace for development.
"If I can use my experience and knowledge to help make a difference, I can find time for that even if it means having to traverse the globe to start the dialogue for peace. It is a process that requires a lot of patience and determination. It is a journey with many junctions that lead you somewhere from the place you had started off from. The challenge is to steer the course to a favourable situation that will bring positive results for the greater good by building confidence and consensus along the way that involves all concerned parties," said Sir Don.
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I joined Brand Alley* a while ago, because I noticed that Stila was on sale there. I bought this Stila Talking Eye Palette in Smoky – I have wanted it for a while but it retailed for about £30-£40 I think. I got it for about £8 from Brand Alley…
I like Stila but I don't love it. I do adore the Convertible Colours but that's about it. Still a bargain is a bargain:
The smoky eye palette comes with four complimentary colours and it talks! It has a holographic front! What more do you need!
In this palette you get a base colour, a lid and crease colour and a liner. They are all grey/black shades – probably the most obvious colours for a smoky eye.
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So you press the button in the lid and the lady talks to you, telling you how to apply a smoky eye. A gimmick of course, but some people may find it useful.
The four shades are beautiful in the pan – the perfect graduation from light to dark….
Hmmm. The pigmentation is not all that. As you can see from my swatch, they aren't as gorgeously buttery as they normally are:
I pretty much followed the eye and did a really quick smokey eye. It applies much better than it swatches (esp the crease colour) and the overall effect is what I wanted. I didn't exactly collapse and have a happy fit though:
The palette is ok. Its not essential – you could go to nearly any counter and get three or four shades to do a smokey eye for around the same (retail) price of this palette but its a cute palette to own anyway.
Do you have/like this palette?
Very briefly, Brand Alley is a discount shopping site that you join for free. The brands and what they stock change from week to week – so far I've had an ok experience with them although they takes an age to dispatch (the product comes direct from the manufacturer).


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Does anyone know where or when the "wear green or get pinched" thing started? My family is partly Irish on both sides and I never heard of this custom until here at Ehell. And I'm in my 50s. Can't figure out if I just missed that it was going on all around me or if it's a regional thing or what.
This year I'm going to be in Austin for it, no idea what happens there. In the past, I've gone to South Boston for the parade (not fun due to to crowds). I love this time of year, though, because corned beef goes on sale and boiled dinner is one of my favorite meals. I stock up on it. The whole "wear green or get pinched" thing annoys me. I'm 3rd gen Irish-American/Canadian so I usually say I'm already Irish; I don't need to wear green.
Thanks Nibsey PS: You forgot p!ssed, snookered, wrecked, blitzed, tanked, blasted, sloshed and ****faced LOL
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If you like sunrises and sunsets, the planet Mercury would be an interesting world to visit. The planet has no atmosphere, so there's none of the vivid color that comes with sunrise and sunset here on Earth. But Mercury has something that Earth doesn't. It can have two sunrises and sunsets, or two sunsets and sunrises, all within a few hours of each other — and all at the same point along the horizon.
Mercury is visible for a few days through the glow of our own sunrise. It's quite low in the east about 30 or 40 minutes before sunrise. It looks like a fairly bright star, but you need a clear horizon to see it. It's easier to find tomorrow morning, because it's close to the lower left of the Moon.
The odd mixture of sunrises and sunsets is a result of Mercury's long day and its orbit around the Sun. Mercury spins slowly, so on average, it's about six Earth months between one sunrise and the next. But Mercury's orbit is stretched out, so its orbital speed varies.
As a result, the Sun moves across the sky at an uneven pace. It can stop and even reverse direction — creating the odd sequences of sunrises and sunsets.
Although there's no air to create twilight, the sky would brighten a bit before the Sun climbed into view — the result of the Sun's hot outer atmosphere, called the corona. The silvery corona would form a hazy dome of light above the horizon — one more reason to enjoy a sunrise on the little planet Mercury.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Faerie Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Work in Progress View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Faerie" faeklonememberMember #Joined: 03 Apr 2002Posts: 215Location: Calgary Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:47 pm Just wanted to share this, because I was staring at it earlier and couldn't decide what to do. This is a sketch from my sketchbook (hence the odd tilt). The Faerie is trapped in a bubble of magic or glass, I haven't decided which yet. I haven't decided what the bubble is sitting on, or even the background. Although I was thinking about a black background with monster hands coming out to get the girl looking at the Faerie. Anyway, if you have any ideas that would be great. I don't know if I'm going to finish it or if it will just become a random sketch in my sketchbook. _________________"It's not the tools you use but how you use them that counts." Back to top HevyDevyjunior memberMember #Joined: 05 Sep 2007Posts: 33 Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:00 pm Ok, no bugger can be arsed to reply to you dude so I'm gonn give a couple of ideas cos I think it's important that if this random sketch has spoken to you enough to want to work on it further then you should... Firstly the main correction I would make is to his left eye...being that you've drawn at an angle, or at least I assume you have...if you turn it so that the face is straight you'll see that eye is alot higher and at quite an extreme angle...also the eye shapes and general facial features could do with a gentle attendence...it's an aged suggestion but get some photo reference of faces....not to copy essentially but just to help understand the structure of the face more. As for the composition, yes you could add hands but currently the dynamic of the picture is a little one dimensional following that same diagonal line from left to right. Try doing few thumbnail sketches of various compositions using the elements you have then blow them up to see if you can find a better answer... Also, giving the Faerie a more interesting pose would help break this diagonal feel you have...act it out! Imagine you're trapped in a ball, and note your body shape and thought process. It'll help, much like this helps animators to get into character... Lastly, I would say when painting this piece, be consious of having a focus point for the eye to find naturally as opposed to having many in the one image...this can be achieved even with the image as is by using light to bring out what you think is the most important part of this image that you want to convey to the viewer. I could assume this would be the faerie in the ball/orb as opposed to the face, as the figure imprisoned seems to tell the story more over the imprisoner. It will also add the necessary emotion to your subject matter I think...as for choice of colour...I would again look at other artwork and photos that speak to you and convey the same mood that you are hoping to achieve. Try and then emulate this in your own painting This is also a good thing to rough out in thumbnail form to save you spending precious foundation ideas on the final image and becoming discouraged should it not work the first time ...but seriously, do pursue this piece, and if for nothing else, treat it as a learning experience... Apologies for my grammar...I'm a bit pissed! Good luck and post your next update! All The Best HD p.s. Draw those Faerie hands dude! Don't be frightened of them...dive in! _________________Life is all dynamics... Back to top faeklonememberMember #Joined: 03 Apr 2002Posts: 215Location: Calgary Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:24 pm Thanks for the crit Devy, it was exactly what I was looking for. A kick in the butt. I like what you said about the composition of the picture being a little too symmetricial, so in my sketching for this picture I've made sure to deliberately bring things a little off center, just to add that visual interest. Anyway, this is the sketch that I ended up liking the best of the dozen or so in my sketchbook and elsewhere (This one on the back of a reciept). I took exact measurements from this image and transferred it into my sketchbook, finding when I scanned it that I didn't measure close enough. This image is what it looks like at the moment, I have to fix up the face something fierce, it's the low point of this picture so far, and I have to get my ass in gear and get a background together before I totally continue on with this. I got a little too interested in the figure to work on the background. The faerie is going to be in the ball up top, and is emitting light and is suspended in the air by magic of some kind. I'm thinking I like my sketch so much I may end up just blowing it up big and painting over it in photoshop. So other than that, on the image I have in pencil so far, can anyone see anything I've missed, other than no hands (I'll get to them eventually), the head, and the seam in the corset being a bit different from drawing to sketch. And no I"m not looking for the differences in the drawing to the sketch. I can see those already._________________"It's not the tools you use but how you use them that counts." 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DANNY P. SMITH: MSU's Mullen wants winning to be the norm
Mississippi State football coach Dan Mullen wants to get the program to the point where getting wins like the one Saturday night against Florida become the norm.
That's why, despite the Bulldogs beating the 22nd-ranked Gators 10-7, Mullen didn't want to consider it an upset.
"Our team expected to win this game," Mullen said.
Still, it's difficult not to play up the importance of what the victory means to MSU.
The Bulldogs went to Gainesville and won, which is something they haven't done since 1965. Not to date myself, but that occurred the year before I was born. You can do the math.
MSU came close to beating Florida at home last year, but didn't have quite enough punch to overcome Tim Tebow, despite the two picks for touchdowns by former East Webster player Johnthan Banks.
Tebow wasn't around to bail out the Gators this time and the Bulldogs totally out-played them in front of their fans. The MSU defense showed a bend-but-don't-break style and the offense scored just enough points to come out on top.
When the final score came down the line, it was considered a surprise to many across the country along with some of the other upsets in the Top 25. Don't count Mullen as one of those.
It doesn't matter whether it's Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss or any other team on the schedule, Mullen believes his squad should win every time it steps onto the field. He has an attitude for winning and it rubs off on those around him.
The Bulldogs go about their business with the idea of beating any team that stands in their way.
MSU lines up on offense as if to say, 'we're going to run the football and it's up to you to stop us,' and the defense is getting better under the attacking style of coordinator Manny Diaz.
By beating the Gators, the Bulldogs are only one more win away from becoming bowl eligible. There are five more opportunities against UAB, Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas and Ole Miss to get that accomplished. There's a reason to believe there's at least one more win in that stretch.
MSU has come a long way in a short amount of time. It's funny the think that only a month ago the Bulldogs were 1-2 overall and 0-2 in the SEC. That had some people, including myself, shaking their head.
With consecutive wins against Georgia, Alcorn State, Houston and Florida, MSU, now 5-2 overall and 2-2 SEC, has earned its first national ranking (24th in The Associated Press and USA Today polls) since the 2001 season.
The Bulldogs have set themselves up for a really nice end of the season.
It will be interesting to see how it plays out.
Danny P. Smith is sports editor and columnist for the Starkville Daily News. The opinions in this column are his and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Daily News or its staff.


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Honestly, I dont think anything you say will make a difference. By that I mean regardless of what you say, youll be given an excuse, maybe an apology, and youll be known as difficult and impatient. Or they will check and come back to tell you itll only be a few minutes. Yeah, right. In your situation where waiting beyond a few minutes creates a problem for me what Ive done is go up to the check-in desk or whatever and said Apparently X is running behind schedule. I have to leave. Then reschedule, or find another provider and dont go back.
Not always. Sometimes telling them (or the Doctor responsible) about this, will help.
QuoteNot always. Sometimes telling them (or the Doctor responsible) about this, will help. Maybe sometimes, but usually not and certainly not always.
If you took the first appointment slot, at 9am, how could they be finishing up with someone else before you? Not doubting you, just saying that strikes me as an odd excuse to give--not very credible.Although they should make every effort to keep the appointments going on time, I personally never set my schedule such that I need to be in and out quickly. There's just too much potential for delays, I think. I always think to myself, "Well, I want them to take their time with me, so I can't blame them for taking their time with others." That is just me, though; I don't blame others for being irritated, letting appointments routinely run late is unprofessional, and not everyone has a flexible schedule.
The doctor called me that evening and apologized saying he had been called away for an emergency, I asked why didn't your receptionist just say so to begin with?
the "teaser wait," when they put you in a room,
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I want to thank the participants in our first annual All Souls Day Procession in Sunnyside.
I recommend that people do research about this very spiritual and peaceful celebration. A local science teacher informed me that her research dates back to France, where the French celebrated it, as well as the Spaniards.
Prior to our event, I attended a symposium on the migration of butterflies at the National Science Teachers Association Conference. They referenced that the time frame of migration to Mexico corresponded with the celebration, and they symbolically believed the Monarch butterflies to be the souls of children that passed, returning to their loved ones.
The weather wasn't great for our procession, and the crowd wasn't huge...but as I told my mom, quality over quantity is better.
Interestingly, the St. Joseph's Church bells began to toll just as we arrived. Thank you to Father Tom and St Joseph's Church for working with us, hosting the food booths in their gym, and creating the beautiful altar. I was so touched that some people actually already had folded letters written for their loved ones. Everyone was very moved by the symbolism of burning those, and watching the smoke rise.
Thank you to Pam Turner and Trina Alvarez for their time and effort to make this event happen. I was also impressed by all the people that attended mass that evening. Thank you, too, to the Sunnyside Police Department.
I look forward to making this event even bigger and better next year!
/s/ Teri Alvarez-Ziegler, Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce, President
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November 22, 2012 - Huffington Post - Jonathan Greenberg
The populist campaign to label genetically modified food has been successfully Swift-Boated by Monsanto and the largest pesticide and junk food companies on earth. Our consumer movement made the costly mistake of arming itself with peace signs and love beads for what turned out to be a gunfight with a ruthless, assault rifle-equipped enemy.
What can we do about it? We can learn from our mistakes for the next necessary round in our struggle for food safety and environmentally responsible agriculture....


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BNSF's 2012 capacity enhancement projects in Texas include expansion of rail capacity at Tower 55 in Fort Worth, the realignment of BNSF's mainline for the extension of the Alliance Airport runway just north of Fort Worth, replacement of the Galveston Causeway Bridge, installation of wheel detectors in Galveston, improvements to BNSF's Amarillo car shop, as well as significant signal upgrades for federally mandated positive train control.
BNSF will also continue its robust track maintenance program in Texas, which will include 1,341 miles of track surfacing and undercutting work and the replacement of 84 miles of rail and about 563,000 ties.
"BNSF's investments will improve our ability to provide rail freight services to Texas businesses and communities and will expand opportunities to create more jobs and growth for the Texas economy," said Matthew Rose, chairman and chief executive officer.
The planned capital investments in Texas are part of BNSF's total 2012 capital commitment of $3.9 billion.