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Thanks, Simon! Extension updated with a fix.
PS: neat testcase
Thanks, Simon! Extension updated with a fix.
PS: neat testcase
Thanks for the quick fix! It works perfectly.
As the name suggests - ComboBox is not my Select component. The first two components (ComboBox) are put there in order to compare the formal ComboBox with my Select component.
Concerning the situation you are presenting - no bug in the component. Just a tippo in the testcase. Fixed in the zip now, and later on the live demo page.
Andrei, again a a fantastic widget. I've found that it works perfectly when I'm using it in a form.
Only one issue that I've found, and I'm not sure if is to do with your component, or with Ext itself... When I try to use this in an EditorGridPanel (V. 2.0) I can set the values with it correctly to start with, and by using editor.field.getRawValue () I'm returning the values when I render the grid cell. The problem is that when I go to edit that cell again, what's displayed is the value fields, and not the display fields as they should be. Also, the selected entries aren't displaying as selected in the drop-down list. This lets the selections get added two or more times to the selections list. From what I can see, this is because of the editors actions when it closes the field after editing, but I'm not to sure of how to get around it.
I've got fields with the same definitions working fine in a form, but not working in the editable grid. Not sure if there is anything that can be done about this.
'Once again, fortune vomits on my eiderdown'
- Edmund Blackadder
@catacaustic - so apparently it's not working as perfect as you say it is
I don't know what to say. I have made a small testcase inside a grid, based on the Ext2 example - http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?p=83945#post83945 - it seems to work ok. If you can please post the config for the Select, or even bring a small testcase, or if you feel comfortable with it - message me in private with the link to your application.
As of now, I'm cleaning the code a bit, and improving some functions in order to publish v0.4 soon.
As I said, it works perfectly when I use it in a form.
Your editable grid example works fine... when the select box a single select. When I add in the config item of "multiSelect: true" to make it a multi-selectable ComboBox it displays the same problems that I've described. It doesn't remember (or doesn't display) the selections, and just keeps on adding selections even if they are already there. As I said, I'm pretty sure this is to do with the Editor trying to set the value of the select box when editing closes. This will set the values as a string, as it is returned from the select box, but the select box doesn't seem to parse that string into an array properly, so sees the full string as one single item. For some reason it also brings in a blank item at the start, probably also doe to the editor trying to set something that it shouldn't be doing.
The setup for the column with the multi-select editor that I've got here is:I hope this can help a little bit with some "fixing". I'm going to see what I can come up with too and if I get any results I'll post here again. Once again, thanks for your help, and helping everyone here.Code:{header: "<span ext:qtip=\"Tags set on this footprint\">Tags", dataIndex: "tags", width: 100, sortable: false, hidden: false, renderer: CF.Render.renderFootprintTags, editor: new Ext.grid.GridEditor (new Ext.form.MultiSelect ({ store: new Ext.data.Store ({ proxy: new Ext.data.HttpProxy ({ url: "api/api-json.php?f=getTags", method: "POST" }), reader: new Ext.data.JsonReader ({ root: "tags", id: "id" }, [ {name: "id", mapping: "id"}, {name: "name", mapping: "name"} ]) }), name: "tags", listWidth: 200, allowBlank: true, emptyText: "All tags", valueField: "id", displayField: "name", editable: false, forceSelection: true, triggerAction: "all", title: "Tags", loadingText: "Loading tags", multiSelect: true }))}
'Once again, fortune vomits on my eiderdown'
- Edmund Blackadder
I think I've got something worked out here. It looks like it's working in my system, so see what it can do from your end.
I've done some small changes to the setValue() function and it looks like it works. My changes are set out here:What was happening was the editor was trying to set values as single values of a string instead of a single ID or an array, and it was throwing everything out. By adding these changes in, it works well with editors as well as not being affected when it's used as a stand-alone field in a form. The "if" statement checks that there is actually a value being set as the editor initially wants to see a value of "undefined" as there's nothing selected in the component. The "else" statement clears the list of selected items so that when it is used in an editable grid it shows up with no selections for a field that doesn't have anything set. That isn't quite working right yet, but I'm trying to get it going unless anyone else can come up with a better solution.Code:setValue:function(v){ // Don't set anything if the value isn't defined if (v !== undefined) { var result = [], resultRaw = []; if (!(v instanceof Array)){ // Split a string into an array // v = [v]; v = v.split (","); } if (!this.multiSelect && v instanceof Array){ v = v.slice(0,1); } for (var i=0, len=v.length; i<len; i++){ var value = v[i]; var text = value; if(this.valueField){ var r = this.findRecord(this.valueField, value); if(r){ text = r.data[this.displayField]; } } resultRaw.push(value); result.push(text); } v = resultRaw.join(','); text = result.join(','); this.lastSelectionText = text; this.valueArray = resultRaw; if(this.hiddenField){ this.hiddenField.value = v; } Ext.form.ComboBox.superclass.setValue.call(this, text); this.value = v; if (this.view){ this.view.clearSelections(); this.selectByValue(this.valueArray); } if (this.oldValueArray != this.valueArray){ this.fireEvent('change', this, this.oldValueArray, this.valueArray); } this.oldValueArray = Ext.apply([], this.valueArray); if (this.history && !this.multiSelect && this.mode == 'local'){ this.addHistory(this.getRawValue()); } } // if () else { // Clear everything to start with this.valueArray = []; } // else }
Check this for yourself, and see if this works for you as well. I think I may be pretty close
'Once again, fortune vomits on my eiderdown'
- Edmund Blackadder
I think I've got it. Small change to the "else" statement...That should do it. It's working great for me now with those changes.Code:else { // Clear everything to start with if (this.view) { this.reset (); } // if () while (this.valueArray.length > 0) { this.valueArray.pop (); } // for () } // else
'Once again, fortune vomits on my eiderdown'
- Edmund Blackadder
@catacaustic - it figures that it has to do with that, but there's one thing: in case of multiSelect, the value given to setValue should be an array (when going to v0.3 I deliberately took out the "," separator)
So.. basically, in your record, the field tags should be an array, and not string.
But your experience will probably take me to re-implement the separator. It seems logical to have it - at least optional. - Most probably this evening.
PS: thanks for your great input - all your post put me little by little in the right direction without looking at the source, which saves time


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Hi all
Sorry if this should go in the mobile forum.
I've got an old Tosh Sattellite 4030CDS laptop with a celeron processor, 4gb hdd, and 64mb (yes!) of ram. Its got a CD reader and floppy disk as well.
I got a copy of PCLinuxOS from the web, and a copy of Mandriva on LXF June.
Sadly, neither of them are small enough, and install fails due to lack of memory.
Is there a small (DSL?) distro which is plug-and-play? I am an ignoramus newbie, so I dont have the expertise to chop bits out of standard distros to make it fit.
My ultimate project is to create a Carputer - touch screen, all the bits.
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(9) Anonymous, January 11, 2010 1:50 AM
Its also the people who we are closest to annoy us the most
Which is why they are related to us. I guess the tension of love and cohesiveness can unfortunately cause friction. We should learn to love the people we take for granted but we should recognize and respect one's personal space and privacy. If we maintain a certain distance, it would help us appreciate the people we love rather than view them as being a perpetual nuisance.
(8) Chaya, January 10, 2010 4:33 PM
far away?
Every time someone complains or laments to me about his /her child moving far away from home, I stop to think..of my four children, 2 are very nearby, 1lives in Israel for 15 yrs and 1 is with HaShem for more than 21 yrs....so how do you measure distance? It's who is in your heart, your soul and your mind forever....that's what counts! Just be grateful to have had these people in your lives and pray that they are with you always and they can be.
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Being Kind To Others Comes Back Tenfold By D.K. Milgrim-Heath Being kind comes back to others tenfold- Those types of memroes both new or old. Kindness memories improve one's perspective- As they're always beling relived and selective! When thinking back seeing what you've done- Makes happy thoughts appear for everyone. While counting life's blessings we do share- Kindness memories for others everywhere
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For LORI , You are always fantastic on Video and I look forward each week to listen to your cheerful face and messages so full of wisdoms. What you were trying to say was " Man proposes and Gd disposes" or in German " Der Mensch denkt und G-TT lenkt ( man thinks and Hashem leads). This week was a most wonderful message and Oh! so very TRUE! Thanks for your "not to be missed" messages---- they are wonderful, Anne Ruth COHN ( as of today ALIVE!!!!!) Best wishes and Kol Tuv,
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2008 Penner-Ash Pinot Noir "Dussin Vineyard"
It's a beautiful Pinot Noir from
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Save this bottle for dinner with someone who will appreciate its finesse. I'd serve it with roasted chicken with truffle butter, or even better, truffles slipped under the skin. Or, forgetting the truffles, roasted chicken with Tuscan bread stuffing (bread, chicken livers, onion, prosciutto and sage) from Daniel Boulud's "Café Boulud Cookbook." And since it's that time of year, the Thanksgiving turkey would love a Pinot like this.
— S. Irene Virbila
Region: Willamette Valley, Ore.
Price: About $45
Style: Coolly elegant
What it goes with: Roasted chicken or other birds, a nice roast
Where to find it: Packing House Wine Merchants in Claremont, (909) 445-9463,
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Thought the board would get a kick out of this: According to an except from the about-to-be-released Paterno book, the BSD conspiracy theorists who are still outraged over the ending of the '05 Michigan-Penn State game had some company from their favorite coach (link):
"Following PSU's controversial 27-25 last-second loss at Michigan in 2005, the Lions' only blemish on an 11-1 season, Paterno was furious that officials put a few seconds back on the clock, possibly allowing Wolverines QB Chad Henne enough time to throw the game-winning TD pass on the final play. According to Posnanski, Paterno told friends he was considering pulling the Lions out of the Big Ten as a result."
It was all the Big Ten's fault, apparently. Or Michigan's fault. Or something.
Either way, the delusion wasn't limited to fans. Too bad Paterno didn't follow through with that threat.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/20/amazon_app_store/
Amazon's app store spotted outside US
Downloading ANYTHING proves tricky
Posted in Personal Tech, 20th September 2011 12:19 GMT
Amazon users around the world are reporting that the retailer's Android store is now selling apps worldwide, despite the company's denials and our own failure to buy anything.
Amazon's alternative app store was launched in the US only, and the company tells us that this remains the case. However users from Australia, India, the UK, Africa and everywhere in between are claiming to have installed the app store and successfully downloaded applications.
Sadly, we had no such luck in our own tests:
The application store has to be installed because Android's security is based on certified applications; the store brings the necessary certificates with it. If one has an account with Amazon.com (as opposed to, or in addition, to Amazon.co.uk) then one can download the store, but applications won't be distributed outside the USA to customers as Amazon has yet to set up shop elsewhere.
Given the plethora of accounts knocking around, it seems the reports of access are genuine, but perhaps limited to specific regions or quickly patched up.
So you'll just have to stick to Google's Marketplace, SlideMe or use a decent US proxy (and credit card) if you really can't live without Amazon's free app of the day. ®


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Alan Alda challenged scientists to explain what a flame is to an 11-year-old. Three months and more than 800 entries later he is back with the winner of the contest. Ira Flatow and guests discuss the winning entry and why the contest was an effective exercise in science communication.
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My baby is 17 days old. She was eventually delivered by c-section when I developed high blood pressure and headaches two weeks before her due date. One week before her due date, my doctor admitted me to try and get the blood pressure under control using Magnesium. Once my blood pressure was okay we decided to try inducing labor and attempt a vaginal birth. After ten hours of unproductive labor, and my blood pressure spiking again, the decision was made to do the c-section. I had an epidural and my daughter was born a week early. My blood pressure continued to flucuate and so I was kept on magnesium an additional day at which time I was switched to an oral blood pressure medication, Procardia, and sent home two days later.
My headaches had stopped by the time I left the hospital and our nursing was going very well, with my mother's coaching. Three days later I developed severe headaches and my blood pressure shot up again and we were admitted back into the hospital. I was able to keep my daughter in the room with me, so there was no break in the nursing. My milk came in while in the hospital.
Following a series of tests, including EKG's and a CT scan, and after getting my blood pressure back under control, my headaches were still unbearable. Three doctors saw me. My OB/GYN, the Anestheiseologist and a Neurologist. They all concluded that my headaches did not appear to be epidural induced and that a blood patch would not help. i was discharged with instructions to see my PCP.
Although the headaches have gotten less frequent, when they hit they are really bad. I have at least one and usually two or more a day. Since I am breast feeding, my PCP is reluctant to treat them with anything more than tylenol and has referred me to another neurologist to determine if they are migraines. Two additional complications are that I am post gastric bypass by three years and cannot take slow release medications. I am also a recovering alchoholic, (23 months, 7 days sober!), which limits the pain medications that I can use.
Now to my question; Can my headaches be nursing induced? I am drinking water and fluids all day long and feel I am well hydrated, but I am also nursing all day long. Has anyone ever had headaches as a "side effect" of nursing? And what did you do about it?
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Save. Shoot. Die. Reload save. Take cover. Save.
While many players love the brutal nature of Iron Man mode in XCOM: Enemy Unknown, many other players chose to exploit the game's quicksave options. By saving in between every action, players could always revert to an earlier save if a tactical decision ever goes awry. And in XCOM's case, that is probably very often.
However, in Enemy Within, the dice rolls have already been set when you save the game. So, if you miss a 50% shot to hit an enemy, you'll always miss that shot, no matter how often you reload the game. That feature is going to change in Enemy Within with the "save scum" option.
"It's called Save Scum," lead game designer Anand Gupta told PCGamesN (via RPS) "It resets the random number seed whenever the game is loaded. For people who really want to keep shooting until that 80% shot hits."
So, feel free to abuse the save system in Enemy Within. Just be mindful that Firaxis won't think very highly of you. There is a reason why it's called scum, after all.
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"The real question is not whether these cities shrink – we're all shrinking – but whether we let it happen in a destructive or sustainable way," said [Dan Kildee, treasurer of Genesee County, Michigan, where Flint is located]. "Decline is a fact of life in Flint. Resisting it is like resisting gravity."...Nobody will be forced to move? People will enjoy living near a forest or meadow?
Choosing which areas to knock down will be delicate but many of them were already obvious, he said.
The city is buying up houses in more affluent areas to offer people in neighbourhoods it wants to demolish. Nobody will be forced to move, said Mr Kildee.
"Much of the land will be given back to nature. People will enjoy living near a forest or meadow," he said.
Mr Kildee acknowledged that some fellow Americans considered his solution "defeatist" but he insisted it was "no more defeatist than pruning an overgrown tree so it can bear fruit again."
First, I'm sure people will be forced to move if this thing gets going.
Second, you can't just return to nature by removing the streets and buildings. What will these non-urban buffer zones really look like? Even if it is something like a forest — made of very fast-growing trees? — or meadow, what sorts of animals — rodent and human — will run wild there?
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Friday, August 20, 2010
A Classic Cartoon Face In Real Life
Unfortunately, in these glamor photos you don't see them quite as well as you can in her movies. I think the publicity department went out of its way to try to hide her most interesting features.
She has a profile that's very exaggerated.
It's like her lower face sticks out way past her forehead.She has a long nose that sticks out and up at a cartoony angle. Again, it's not as evident in these publicity shots.It reminds me of the way Owen Fitzerald drew Starlet O'hara in the 40s comics.I wish I had this comic. Someone scan it and post it!
They also seem to be hiding her overbite. Her upper teeth really stick out and overlap her lower lip.
I love the color in the old photos. Colors seemed to be a lot richer back then. They especially had a way of bringing out fleshtones. Probably with an airbrush, but even in the color movies they did it.Modern movie photography (from the 70s to today) and even publicity shots are dull, bland and flat. I guess anti-glamor is the fashion.
Anyway, Ingrid has a great face to draw but I'll want to do it from a dvd where I can freeze frame the most interesting angles and expressions.
Another thing they tried to hide in the 40s publicity shots was the fact that she has a relatively small forehead compared to her cheeks and jaw. Not what you would think are normal proportions for a pretty girl, but it works.
You can see it in this early photo.
She has exaggerated "nordic features". Can I say that?
Her face got more interesting as she got a bit older. I love how she looks in the Italian films like Europa 51. Maybe losing some baby fat brought out her dynamic skull stucture.
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- RooniMan said...
Shes a fine woman, with very distinctive features to boot.
- Law said...
wow! she's one of my buddy's favorite actresses, but I never knew how splendid was until this post. Thanks for sharing your observations! She's on my list of interesting people now :]
I look forward to seeing the drafts of your character study.
- TheGhoul said...
Nordic girls tend to have high cheek bones and have an angular face.They also tend to be tall.Imo there the best looking girls.
- Roberto Severino said...
Why John. I didn't know you were an Ingrid Bergman fan yourself? I love drawing her face whenever I watch one of her films and enjoy listening to her lovely Swedish accent. She was such a sophisticated and skilled actress, but yet again, a lot of the female actresses at that time, like Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn, Irene Dunne, Barbara Stanwyck, and many others were also this way. So many different acting styles and techniques to study from just from those five names alone.
Are there any modern movie actresses that you like by the way? Just wondering.
- Ron Ferdinand said...
I agree totally about Ingrid. A stunner! Another non-traditional beauty was Alice Faye. I know she was one of the inspirations for the look of Alice Mitchell.
- Shawn Dickinson said...
Excellent post
- EalaDubh said...
'Modern movie photography (from the 70s to today) and even publicity shots are dull, bland and flat.'
I assume it's because everything gets overlit. This was particularly bad in BBC productions in the 1980s, when directives from on high absolutely forbade the studio lighting to drop below a certain level for the clarity of viewers at home. So you'd get bland, white, sterile episodes of Doctor Who with bland, white, sterile actors walking about bland, white, sterile installation sets, trying to evoke the atmosphere of something like Alien but couldn't be less like it if it tried.
Bonus points if you can guess EXACTLY which stories I'm talking about. :)
- fabiopower said...
I like Stromboli!
- Rothello said...
I wonder what'd it be like if they still made comics about famous actors in this day and age...
"John C. Reilly's Kooky MidWest Adventures"?
"Clint Eastwood 4 Kidz"
"Mel Gibson Gospel Stories"
And Ingrid Bergman should be on everyone's 'interesting people' list. Wonderful post.
- Bill said...
The dullness in todays publicity photos is from the common de-sturated effect that you see in alot of todays movies. Its done to make films look more serious even though I don't know how making almost everyone pale is serious.
- cartoonretro said...
Illustrator Earl Oliver Hurst drew that type of face, with the real sculpted noses.
- SparkyMK3 said...
Hey John, have you ever considered making your own Rifftrax's or audio commentaries of shorts and movies you like? That way, you won't get into copyright disputes, because the commentaries have to be used alongside the short its commenting on by the listener. I've seen bigshot internet celebrities like James Rolfe of Cinemassacre and Doug Walker of the Nostalgia Critic do it, so do you think you could do that? I LOVE your commentaries of Looney Tunes Vol. 3 with Eddie, so insightful and fun!
Also, what are your ten favorite Popeye shorts?
Thanks if you reply back! I'll appreciate it!
- Adam Gunn said...
Women use to have more interesting eyebrows in films back then. I think thick eyebrows can look very attractive on the right girl.
- kurtwil said...
Nice study of a talented classic actor!
JK, I'll bet you prefer the look of Kodachrome over Ektachrome photos any day. Although it produced flatter, less dynamic color, Ektachrome won out because it proved far less difficult to process and had greater sensitivity to light.
Heck, Disney's shooting of DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE on dye-transfer Technicolor took so much studio light that the Burbank power substation overloaded and shut down during production!
- Elana Pritchard said...
Great eyebrows!
- ther1 said...
The way her eyes sparkled in Casablanca puts any anime character to shame.
- Andrés Sanhueza said...
I can't speak for the 70's, but I'm pretty aware that with the digital quality of color happens something similar with the digital quality of sound, compared to analogous media. In the parabola shaped 1931 color space chromaticity diagram, the minimum shape you can place "primary" colors is a triangle where each corner is a "primary" color (red, green and blue for light, cyan, magenta and yellow for pigment) and its area contains all the color it can make, but you always end with ton of subtle shades of colors that you just can't get with three colors, so screen colors (with are under a RGB system) is always limited.
In printing you can still can get more colors, though, because you can add more "primary" inks with ease. The default system has cyan, magenta, yellow and black; some others also add light magenta, light cyan, green and orange; and you have the whole Pantone system that add much more inks to create custom specific colors, so working with print in computer is always cumbersome, since you need a printed catalog for reference.
- zmerrill said...
"Modern movie photography (from the 70s to today) and even publicity shots are dull, bland and flat. I guess anti-glamor is the fashion."
No, I don't think anti-glamor is the fashion. I think that the photographer for the promotional shot was too cautious, and lapsed into formula (as usual). Most of those not as artistic or as aware of art (including photography), such as the actor usually accept that as "glamor."
Ingrid Bergman with cartoony features, I'd definitely agree there!
- Robert said...
The point of the Anchorman poster is to show the contrast between how he imagines himself and how he really is.
He poses himself dramatically but we can see he's still just a pale doof. That's the core concept of the film.
Photographing him with more vivid color or more exotic lighting wouldn't serve the message the poster is trying to get across.
- Bec said...
That first image is absolutely stunning!
Some more great images-
I find it so heartbreaking to see film photography and the art of the movie poster all but disappear. The abandonment of creative lighting, shadow and colour- basic compositional interest even, takes away all the drama. Mainstream films today will not have the same legacy, not just because of the films themselves but also the generally terrible, lifeless promotional material.
There's nothing worse than the straight-on stare by character/actor... especially if they're raising that one eyebrow....
- Steve Hogan said...
She definitely looked like a girl who washed up with Ivory soap and ice cold mountain stream water. I can't believe she'd ever cut a fart, but if she did it would smell like peppermint and true love.
Her daughter was pretty foxy too, although it's diminshed a bit. I think avclub.com ruined it for me a bit in a recent interview with Kids in the Hall's Kevin McDonald where they asked "You're working with Isabella Rossellini. Do you think she looks like Dave Foley in drag? "
- HemlockMan said...
Damn, she was gorgeous.
You should do some character studies of actress Susan George.
- Trevor G. said...
Those photos are gorgeous. Digital cameras are complete and utter garbage. I've never seen one take a good picture in my life. I don't know if its because they make the lenses to curved or what but they are trash.
I think they curve the lenses more so that you can take pictures from closer up, just by zooming out, and it causes really ugly distortions. The lights are too hard and kill any and all color that might have been captured.
But I honestly have to confess I really don't know why they aren't as well made or what it is specifically that makes their pictures come out trashy.
I really feel a lot about the point you made about the colors being completely killed in modern photography. You are right, they were rich and now they are garbage. I honestly wish someone would figure it out.
Maybe the digital conversion of the colors kills it. Because old cameras use negative which simply capture real life light, right? Forgive me if I'm completely wrong about the technical I confess don't know anything about cameras.
But its very easy to see how digital cameras suck hard and how colors were absolutely murdered.
- Victor Resistor said...
Apart from the quality of modern photographic images (which is tailored towards mass production) and printing (which is mostly all digital now and hence even if you have a beautiful image it will still be reduced in quality) the style of popular faces have changed over time.
I think sexuality and attraction make up a big part of cartooning which influences us at an early stage. Our preferences of attraction lead us to want to draw certain kinds of faces, I can see that in your art. The things you find cute in your art - the high forehead, the overbite etc. are things that you enjoy drawing and make you happy to see in your pictures and I would guess reality. For me drawing people that someone has dictated the designs and which have faces that you do not find interesting is a pretty painful task.
I think your beautiful people pics shows this in a way. You don't look like you are having that much fun doing most of them as they are not 'character' faces. The films used to be full of character faces, now there are not so many: I guess it's all tailored towards mass production and a reduction in quality.


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Celtic Nights to perform at Cranston's Park Theatre on St. Patrick's Day
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with traditional and contemporary Irish music and dance as Cranston's completely renovated historic Park Theatre welcomes straight from Ireland, the renowned ensemble Celtic Nights and their new presentation "Journey of Hope" on Sunday, March 17. There could not be a more festive evening to take in the sights and sounds of Irish culture than from a performance endorsed by England's leading daily, The Guardian, as "An unmissable two-hour spectacular that has brought audiences to their feet all around the world."
Visiting North America on an extensive tour, Celtic Nights is a unique show featuring the finest male and female vocal talents of the Celtic world - showcased against a thundering backdrop of six of the most accomplished step dancers in the world and the country's finest musicians.
In this stirring tale of the Celtic experience, the audience is invited to travel along on a journey of hope, transported in time through traditional ballads, vivid choreography and the story of a people struggling to find their place in a changing world. The dancers create an exhilarating picture of a proud people who dared to dream big and doggedly carved out a home in the New World. In Celtic Nights, their story is told through the power and majesty of music and the hypnotic fury of dancing feet.
The show will feature many old Irish favorites, such as "Danny Boy," "Isle of Hope" and "Galway Bay." Yusuf Gandhi, Executive Director of the Park Theatre explained, "We're thrilled to bring this great story of the rich Irish heritage to Rhode Island on Saint Patrick's Day. It's guaranteed to be a very festive and exciting evening."
Celtic Nights - Journey of Hope will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 17. Tickets are priced at $35, $45 and $55, and are currently on sale. Tickets are available by calling the Box Office at 467-7275 or through the Theatre's secure website, www.ParkTheatreRI.com.
The Park Theatre is located at 848 Park Ave., Cranston. Free parking is available for all shows. Built in 1924, the Park Theatre served as a cultural landmark for nearly eight decades until its closing in 2002. Following seven years and nearly $10 million in renovations, the Park Theatre has been reborn as Rhode Island's newest theatre and performing arts center. As a fully-equipped, state of the art multi-purpose facility, the Park Theatre features concerts, comedy, theatrical performances, opera, dance recitals, children's and family shows, and more. Through its extensive renovations, the Park Theatre boasts a larger, deeper stage and 1,000 plush seats that feature significantly more legroom between rows than most theatres. The facility also includes the Stage Door Restaurant and Lounge, a pre-show destination that offers a unique environment for guests to indulge in dinners, appetizer offerings and cocktails before a performance. Free parking is available for all events. For more information, visit www.ParkTheatreRI.com.


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More important than assigning blame in the garment factory building collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 400 workers and injured more than 2,500 is ensuring that such preventable tragedies don't happen again.
Not that there's not plenty of blame to go around: the owner of the shoddily constructed building; the factory managers who sent workers back into the building after cracks were discovered; a country whose government is accused of having insufficient and rarely enforced safety regulations; and Western companies that have steadily been shifting production from China to Bangladesh in search of the lowest labor and production costs.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni told Al Jazeera that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed's government, which took over in 2009, has been working to improve labor standards and working conditions, but that the industry's problems couldn't be solved overnight.
The European Union is already putting pressure on European retailers and warning of trade sanctions against Bangladesh.
That might help, but it's also up to clothing companies with suppliers in Bangladesh to ensure that their clothes aren't being made in dangerous sweatshops.
A CNN Money story notes that many large companies whose clothing brands are made in Bangladesh have health and safety guidelines for their suppliers, and they claim they audit those suppliers. But apparently those audits aren't made public, so there's no accountability. Consumers have no way of knowing whether their favorite retailer's low-price clothing is contributing to misery and death for workers in Bangladesh or elsewhere.
Larger retailers and clothing companies can do better and be more transparent. And since they make up such a large part of one of Bangladesh's largest industries, they can wield enormous influence in pushing Bangladesh's government and garment industry to improve working and safety conditions.
Maybe that improvement can't be done "overnight," but it should be done before the next preventable catastrophe happens.


text: Is it a full moon tonight somewhere? AT&T has released a OS update for a BlackBerry device. If that's not strange enough, it's for the BlackBerry Torch 2 9810. I must say I was overjoyed to see this until I noticed the build. AT&T decided to go with .583 even though a .585 had been leaked online already. Nevertheless, it's always better to have an official build so if you have a Torch 2, download it, install it on your PC, delete the vendor.xml file (if you're not on AT&T), install it on your device, and let us know what you tihnk!


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Linked by Kroc on Thu 30th Aug 2007 13:03 UTC
I hear often that when something new appears that "competition is good". The primary reasons competition is seen as good, are: it drives down prices; it gives consumers more choice; it pushes technology forward, quicker. Competition is not good because: competition is why consumers have to choose between HD-DVD and BluRay; competition is why DRM exists; and more. In this article, each of the supposed benefits of competition will be looked at in more detail.
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what you are saying
by Redeeman on Thu 30th Aug 2007 13:18 UTC
doesent seem to be that competition is not good, rather that another, entirely different thing, is better - which is true.
but take this example.
what if there were only 1 vendor, there'd be no "friendly competition"(aka flavour of the same standard), which would mean, as your IE example, that NOTHING happens at all.. which most certainly is not as good as two vendors trying to beat each other to death.


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STOCKTON - A man accused of savagely beating and stabbing a female neighbor to death and dumping her nude body near a trash bin gave a complicated account of that night to a jury, blaming someone else for the slaying and saying that man then forced him to help get rid of the body.
STOCKTON - A man accused of savagely beating and stabbing a female neighbor to death and dumping her nude body near a trash bin gave a complicated account of that night to a jury, blaming someone else for the slaying and saying that man then forced him to help get rid of the body.
Deputy District Attorney Thomas Testa has been laying out evidence against 42-year-old Rajesh Kumar for two weeks, charging him with the murder and torture of Valida Raynette Irvin.
Kumar took the stand in his own defense Tuesday, first telling his side of the story and later trying to answer for contradicting statements he has made.
And if Kumar was telling the truth, Testa proposed, then why in all the opportunities hadn't he called police?
Kumar and Irvin rented separate units at Cypress Apartments in the 1100 block of Rosemarie Lane, and, according to Kumar, they were good friends.
Kumar, dressed in a blue suit and tie, said he asked Irvin on the night of April 30, 2011, to give him a ride to the Galt flea market the next morning. Because he was unemployed, he planned to sell a collection of wares at the market to help pay his rent. He also said Irvin had given him shoes, jewelry, old coins and other items to sell about two weeks prior.
Kumar said he visited Irvin twice on the day of the slaying - about 4 or 5 p.m. and again at 9 or 10 p.m. In between, he rode his bicycle to get food and during that trip, he sustained injuries in a fall from his bike.
Kumar said the two hung out that evening, watched television, drank wine, smoked cigarettes and discussed the trip to the flea market.
They ended up in Kumar's apartment.
That's when, according to Kumar, the night turned violent after a man he said was Irvin's boyfriend or ex-boyfriend entered his apartment and began to argue with the victim.
"I decided to leave them alone," Kumar said. He said that when he returned to the living room from his restroom, Irvin was bleeding from her nose and lip.
Kumar said he grabbed the man in a headlock, at which point Irvin bit Kumar's right bicep acting in defense of the other man.
"I said, 'Why did you do that?'" Kumar testified. "And she had no answer."
Kumar said he then left them alone to work it out. This time, he went outside to smoke. Sometime later, he heard: "Raj, help me ... somebody (expletive) help me."
When he walked in, Kumar said, "At that time, I remember, she was totally nude and had tape on her mouth." He said that's when he witnessed the man slash her throat.
Kumar admitted to being the one in surveillance video loading Irvin's car. Kumar placed her body in a plastic box, placed the box in her car, dumped her body near a trash bin and then drove away in the car, he said. But he described his actions as being orchestrated by the other man.
"He said, 'You are next if you don't listen to me,'" Kumar said, speaking in a matter of fact tone and using hand gestures.
The other man "said 'I take this (expletive) with me' or something," Kumar said. Kumar said he was shocked, scared of the man who was armed with a knife and a gun, and that he has high blood pressure.
Why didn't Kumar try to get away? Defense attorney Jeffrey Hirshfield asked.
"How can I get away? My legs were shocked ... nobody runs faster than bullets."
Kumar said the man told him: "If you tell anybody, I will come back to you." And then the man dropped him off near a 7-Eleven store.
Kumar said he walked home after making a stop at 7-Eleven. He wiped a bloody knife with a cloth and placed it in the dishwasher; he placed a bloody carpet in the bathtub with bleach; and he threw away Irvin's bloody clothes.
But Kumar's account is not believable, prosecutors said.
Testa began an intense and skeptical line of cross-examination.
"You say this man did all of this," Testa asked. "He's just done this in your apartment ... and do you run for help?"
Testa further asked why, when Kumar went to Irvin's apartment after her attack to grab her car keys, as he said he was ordered, he didn't he instead go to a neighbor, or lock himself up, or look for Irvin's phone to call police.
Kumar said he was too afraid that the man would come back for him, and then he was scared he would be arrested for the murder.
"This whole idea of shadowing, you're just making that up today aren't you?" Testa asked, to which Kumar insisted he was not lying.
"We don't see this man in the video, do we?" Testa asked
Kumar maintained the man, although he didn't appear in surveillance footage, was around watching.
Testa also peppered Kumar with inconsistencies between the defendant's court testimony and statements he had made to police.
Testa continues his cross-examination today, and attorneys are expected to give closing arguments Thursday. So far, the trial is on schedule to come to a close Friday.
If convicted of the charges, Kumar faces a potential maximum life term in state prison.
Contact reporter Jennie Rodriguez-Moore at (209) 943-8564 or email@example.com. Visit her blog at recordnet.com/courtsblog.


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The Great Glen Way is a 73 mile (118 kilometre) hike between Fort William and Inverness, in the Scottish Highlands. It follows a major geological fault that runs east-west across the width of Britain. The walk takes you past the famous Loch Ness, where you can scan the waters for the Loch Ness Monster.
The Route
It is generally recommended that you walk the route starting at Fort William and ending in Inverness, because this direction means you have the sun and the prevailing wind at your back the whole time. The walk passes through Gairlochy, Loch Lochy, Laggan, Fort Augustus, Invermoriston and Drumnadrochit. There are also diversions along the route to the Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge, and several former castles/museums.
There are at least some accommodation options in each of the towns that the Great Glen Way passes through:
Buying Supplies
There are Tesco outlets at Fort William, Drumnadrochit and Inverness. Apart from this, if you need to buy supplies along the way you will need to plan ahead and pick them up at the first opportunity. Invermoriston has a small convenience/grocery shop. Fort Augustus has some good cafes and supermarkets.
Maps and Guides
There are several guides for purchase, and at least one comprehensive website for the Great Glen Way, but it is possible to walk the route without a map (there are route markers at all key intervals) and without accommodation bookings. [1] [2]
The Great Glen Way has some fairly strenuous sections in which you are walking into or out of the valley, but most sections can be broken into 11 mile parts. It should take 4 to 6 days to complete. The official end/starting point of the walk is the Castle at Inverness.


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The big difference between Apple and Adobe is that Apple has an OS, hardware sales, and media sales as well, while Adobe only has its software.
Obviously, both companies are looking to what is better for themselves. Should we expect anything else? I don't think so. And if we should say that open source is different, it's not. We see these same kinds of conflicts in the open source community.
Adobe is trying to sell tools to write Flash Ads, pages, deliver video etc. It's where they make their money. And we might notice that only they can write the tools or a Flash plug-in or player. That's pretty controlling.
Jobs gave Adobe notice before the iPhone went on sale almost 4 years ago now, that Flash would only appear on the phone when it worked properly. Adobe said, confidently, that they would have it in a few months. "It's easy", they said. 4 years later, and it's just on a small handful of phones, and still doesn't work as well as it should.
Apple is interested in protecting what they see is the performance of their products. Adobe wants to get the software on all products. Who is right?
It seems to me that the major function of flash on small mobile devices is to present video. Flash enabled sites are far less useful on phones, and even tablets. Flash Ads, well, I think we all feel the same way about that! I'd rather not have my phone burdened with them.
But for video, HTML 5 is catching up. 54% of all video is now on HTML 5, as opposed to 16% just 6 months ago. Do we doubt that 6 months from now HTML 5 will pretty much have caught up with Flash? Flash has been at about 75% for ages, and it's not going to get higher.
So when HTML 5 catches up, will most people care about flash on their phones?
Even a powerful tablet like the new Samsung Galaxy functions poorly when Flash is on, and much better with it off, which shows that this has nothing to do with Apple, but rather Adobe, and the technology in general.
That isn't the only galaxy review that states this about Flash on the device.
I know I won't be the only one to be happy to completely say goodbye to Flash someday.
That is obviously a skewed stat due to the amount of video that youtube provides. However Google uses Flash for video rentals which says enough.
Flash isn't going anywhere and I say this as a longtime Flash hater. It has a 97% install base and some key advantages over HTML5 video like DRM and layered advertising.
maybe you can blame it on designer clocking their flash at 120 fps (!!!) or 60fps in the best case to try to squeeze the fluidest experience possible when only 30-10 fps would be sufficient.
Some of the HTML5 experiment easily fire up the processor fan for me, and make my old laptop crawl.


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He's still got the pipes.
Sweet...he's not drunk.
He's still got the pipes.
I need Ballad of Brenda and Eddy or I'm gonna be a sad panda
I saw Billy Joel at the garden in March '02... 6 months after 9/11. He dropped f-bombs left and right in between songs directed towards Bin Laden and al-Qaeda. Brought the house down. He's the ****ing man.
This guy is the best. GREAT song.
I hope Kanye is embarrassed right now.
Extend the end time if you're recording it as it was scheduled to end at 12:00 which is 5 minutes from now.
River of dreamsssss no wayyyy by far my favorite Joel song
Billy couldn't have opened with a better song.
I love how he mugs with his band members in the middle of the song. The crowd eats it up and the look on his face is like, "I can't believe they still go for this."
This thread is too long to read, but how sick was Kanye?
Is he closing the show?
he's goin' down SMOOTH like $32K scotch!
Wow, this is an awesome set.


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Residents who enjoyed last week's snowfall may be up for another treat Friday.
Residents who enjoyed last week's snowfall may be up for another treat Friday.
The National Weather Service in Raleigh is forecasting Davidson County will see one to two inches of snow Friday. This comes about one week after residents in Silver Valley, Denton, Thomasville and northeast Davidson County reported seeing the most snow, with accumulations anywhere from two to four inches. About an inch fell in Lexington.
Shawna Cokley, a NWS meteorologist in Raleigh, said the wintry event should start as snow between 10 a.m. and noon before changing to freezing rain in the evening. She expects the precipitation to end around midnight.
Cokley said the temperatures should be between 27 and 28 degrees when the event begins Friday, so anything that falls should stick.
The meteorologist said the high temperature for Friday should be 31 degrees and the low for Friday night into Saturday morning should be 22 degrees.
There is an 80 percent chance of precipitation for the county Friday, the NWS reports.
Cokley forecasts the high for Saturday to be 39 degrees.
Cokley said the impact from the storm should be minor but residents should still travel with caution.
North Carolina Department of Transportation crews will perform a salt-brine treatment on bare pavement routes throughout the county Thursday, which includes North Carolina highways, United States highways and interstates, said Mark Crook, Davidson County maintenance engineer.
"On Thursday, people will see trucks out and about on Interstate 85, N.C. Highway 52 and other major highways," Crook said.
DOT officials will continue to monitor the development of the storm system, Crook said. If a wintry mix or snow event occurs, they will work with other DOT and contract forces to clear the roads Friday morning.
"In the last couple of years, the National Weather Service in Raleigh has really reached out to DOT, the school systems and other transportation departments in their coverage area," Crook said. "They do a lot of webinars about any severe weather event."
Darrick Ignasiak can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 217, or at firstname.lastname@example.com. Reporter Nash Dunn contributed to this story.


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I just read an article that talks about why Bourn is a perfect match for the Mets.
I know a huge concern for Bourn is losing the 11th pick. But signing him to a deal could also make him trade bait at the deadline if this team is out of contention.. We could possibly get a better value (a more MLB-ready prospect with similar potential.. ala Wheeler/TdA) than that 11th pick by trading him.
And.. Let's say this team with Bourn becomes a contender, then next offseason the Mets are only an OF piece away from being a legit team.
I think the 11th pick is a little overvalued when compared to the value of Bourn to the Mets by a landslide


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|1 year 20 weeks ago
|Orange Bowl
My wife, son and I went to the Orange Bowl as we just happened to be in the area. As an experience, it was much closer to an NFL game than to a college football game. We were practically deaf walking out of the place from all the loud music, etc. And the time between plays was unreal. Even worse than a typical game.
My son (he's 8) wanted to leave and "watch the game at home" almost immediately. Other than the actual football, which he loves, about the only other things he really liked were the band and when the FSU horse fell over.
Something is going to give, because the fan experience, even in Michigan Stadium, is going downhill.
|2 years 40 weeks ago
|Yes, but...
I don't think you should use an ancient clipping as support for "golden maize" when it also describes Michigan blue as "azure blue."
|4 years 36 weeks ago
What's the fastest way to own a small business? Start with a large business and put a Spartan in charge of it.
|4 years 36 weeks ago
|More Slo-Mo
Yes, it is a positive. More!
|4 years 45 weeks ago
|Sorry, one more
Brendan Morrison's OT winner in 1996 against Colorado College to win the National Championship / Frozen Four, where I think I hugged 3-4 people I didn't know.
|4 years 45 weeks ago
|Mercury Hayes 1995 Pigskin Classic
This one was the opener against Virginia (and Tiki Barber) in which Michigan went down 17-0, scored 3 TD's in the 4th Q and on the last one had to wait for a ref to signal whether Mercury was inbounds or not. I may or may not have sprained something in the celebration afterward.
|4 years 45 weeks ago
|The Desmond Show
Desmond and "The Catch", and his punt return / Heisman pose against OSU.
|5 years 44 weeks ago
|My take
These are my take on the % chances of M winning:
Alabama - 20%
Air Force - 100%
UMass - 100%
Purdue - 95%
Illinois - 95%
Nebraska - 60%
Minny - 100%
Northwestern - 85%
Iowa - 80%
Ohio - 40%
Expected value, 8.9 wins rounded up to 9.
|5 years 44 weeks ago
This is the only truly acceptable response to the current situation from a Penn State sports blog right now (some derivation of these core concepts.)
1. What happened was horrible and unconscionable
2. Joe Paterno could've stopped it, didn't, and is therefore morally culpable in the single biggest test of his character he ever faced
3. The Penn State community needs to perform a serious evaluation of the culture that got us to this point so that it never happens again
That's it. Anything else at this time is pretty much unjustifiable.
Also, I take zero schadenfreude in this situation. Zero. All I think through any of this stuff as I read it is "what if that were my son?" There is no joy in any of this, in any way.
|5 years 50 weeks ago
|Not surprising
As long as you have a minimum price worked in somehow, it's the best way to extract maximum revenue. I hadn't realized it was already being used though.
|5 years 50 weeks ago
|This will be tried someday
Someday soon in our internet age, you will login to your account. You will type in the largest amount you would be willing to pay for next season's tickets, along with everyone else. The highest 114,000 per seat bids will get the seats in the order of $'s bid (highest $ bid gets 50 yard line, 20 rows up, etc.)
The end.
(We're headed there, deep down you all know it.)
|5 years 50 weeks ago
|Desmond Howard
Not to state the obvious, but Desmond's Heisman campaign was amazing. I remember watching just thinking that every play should be run to him and he wouldn't ever drop a pass. Grbac to Howard was the whole season that year.
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|Lone Survivor
Anyone interested in the Seals should read Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell. Great book about Seal training (these players got off easy!) and a mission that went wrong. Highly recommended.
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|He is an excellent writer
I actually think this is the perfect spot for Albom to write. He is a really good writer, and while he doesn't cover the day to day of sports very well he captures the whole of something like Lidstrom's career perfectly. Albom has perspective, and he can capture something human in just about any worthy story. He couldn't do a UFR for anything, but he is certainly worthy to eulogize a life or a career.
Didn't think when I woke up today "I'm going to have to defend Mitch Albom a little", but there you go.
|6 years 2 days ago
|As a victim myself
Having your tonsils and adenoids removed is a horrible, hellish experience. No joke. You can't really sleep, can't really eat, can't take the pain meds you want to take (only Tylenol, no aspirin or Advil.) Your throat bleeds pretty much constantly for a week... It really, really sucks. I wasn't right for 2 weeks myself. The no sleeping is the worst.
I thought the same thing before I got my surgery, "I'll just eat ice cream for a couple days, this'll be a snap." Not a snap. Horrible & hellish. I'm shuddering just thinking about it.
On the bright side it does solve the problem of getting sore throats constantly, but don't hammer the kid for that. It sucks.
|6 years 3 days ago
|You forgot
You forgot to mention "contact lens wearer" which I still find one of the most perplexing things ever. How did/do we not test everyone's eyes once a year? Dukes, York, Chesson, get thee to an optometrist please.
|6 years 1 week ago
|It's all about travel
I still say that a B1G fan who is facing (for example):
Indianapolis in early December for the B1G Championship game
Pasadena on January 1st for the semifinal
Miami on January 14th for the National Championship
or an SEC fan who is also facing
Atlanta / New Orleans / Miami
Isn't going to make all 3 of those games. Unless you are retired, a 1%'er, and have an extremely accomodating wife, you aren't going to all 3 of those games.
TV ratings will be through the roof, but come on. I was at the Sugar Bowl, and I couldn't believe that a 10-2 Michigan team playing in an awesome city after three years of misery couldn't sell out the building. As much as I loved the experience, there's no way I could justify two of those trips in one year.
These AD's and conference commissioners are crazy.
|6 years 1 week ago
How is Indiana not #1? They have nothing to be excited about, ever. There is no joy involved at all.
While PSU is going through a tough time, they'll be back. There is hope. But IU? Always sucked, always will suck. (They don't even have a single football recruit at this point.)
It's a football disaster area.
|6 years 1 week ago
|Of course I would
In my opinion the health risks associated with football are being inflated by the NFL's current issues. From Pop Warner to the NFL there is a vast difference of experience. The NFL has the largest people on the planet hitting each other nearly continuosly through training camps, countless practices, 20 games, etc. It's a lot more hitting than even college, by a lot bigger, stronger men.
My son has zero chance to ever play in the NFL, and probably not much chance to play in college, at least under scholarship. His risk of serious injury is virtually nil. Of course I would allow him to play, and as far as his talent would allow him to progress.
The benefits of playing in a structured team sport, learning a role, discipline, etc. far outweigh any risk.
|6 years 2 weeks ago
I clicked through just because I didn't quite believe the concept. But it's even worse than you'd think. She probably knows that there's no crying in baseball, but I think this other team doesn't realize that.
|6 years 2 weeks ago
|Bronze Uni's
Remarkable how well this mascot works with those horrid Nike Pro Combat bronze atrocities.
|6 years 2 weeks ago
|Rest in Peace
Given my pic, I figured I should add that I hope he has
Sailed off through night and day,
And in and out of weeks,
And almost over a year...
|6 years 3 weeks ago
|Vada Murray
Didn't Vada Murray suffer from lung cancer? Apologies, but I didn't understand that reference.
|6 years 4 weeks ago
|We all know why
This is a classic case of using stupid reasons to justify the real reason that you can't say. And that is that warm weather teams don't want to potentially play at a cold weather site. They all currently mostly play near home and don't want to give that up.
I think the B1G should stand firm. Home games are the only way.
One other thought, who would want to go see a Semifinal, then turn around and head to the Championship Game a week or two later? People will wait and see if they can just go to the Championship Game and semifinals might actually not sell out (even though the TV ratings would be through the roof.)
|6 years 6 weeks ago
|He's doing a Hoke
Just as Hoke teaches the fundamentals every year and doesn't assume that everyone remembers everything, Seth is doing the same. I say thanks, even as someone who has watched football for almost 30 years now I appreciated the refresher.
|6 years 12 weeks ago
|Just hope for...
Just hope we win the B1G title. That's all you have to say. However that works out, hey, stuff happens.
|6 years 12 weeks ago
|Plays too
Since the whole point of this endeavour will be to reflect back in a few years on what we have loved in Michigan sports, I would also suggest we strongly consider adding 3-5 plays as well as players. The players need to be honored, certainly. But consider the 2015 you looking back and reading a write up these specific plays (just off the top of my head):
2012 Football - ND v MIchigan - Robinson to Gallon - The Cloaking Device
2007 Football - Wisconsin v Michigan - Threet rumbles for 50+ yards
2006 Football - Michigan v Penn State - Branch destroys QB
2011 Football - Michigan v ND - Robinson goes 84 yards
2012 Football - Nebraska v Michigan - Mike Martin forces a pitch on an option play as NT
2012 Basketball - Ohio V Michigan - Trey Burke scores over Sullinger
Etc. You get the idea.
Again, this is not at all to take away from the players, but also to capture those specific moments that made us all giddy beyond belief. I would probably go back and read that page once a month.
We could also include the UFR of the play to give it that MGoBlog connection (or have the best UFR description of any play.)
|6 years 17 weeks ago
|Air Force
Off we go, into the wild blue yonder, climbing high, into the sun...
|6 years 22 weeks ago
|Coin flips are too arbitrary
It'll never happen, but the OT order should be decided by what yard line you are willing to start from (keeping in mind that the team to go first will start from the 25.) So would you make it the 40? Your own 35? Removes the arbitrariness and adds another element of strategy. How much is knowing what you have to do worth to that team in that OT?
The type of auction could be fun too. It could be that each head coach gives their auction number to a different linesman who then communicate it to the head ref and the winner is the furthest back. That would be my preference. But a straight up back and forth between captains would also be interesting (it might take a bit more time which is why it's not my preference.)
The NFL OT could probably replace the OT coin-flip with a similar auction and still keep a sudden death OT going. It would take luck out of it.
|6 years 35 weeks ago
I'm curious to know what Bacon thinks Michigan's 2008 record would have been if Lloyd had stayed. Do Mallet, Boren, Arrington, etc. still leave? Does that matter?


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As we enter the final 25 days of this campaign we wanted to make a few statements. There has been rumors which are false that we have dropped out of the race for Governor of Tennessee. That is the farthermost from the truth and we want to set the record straight that we are on the ballot November 2, 2010 and we plan to campaign and fight hard for the people of Tennessee till the very end. A fellow independent candidate took it upon himself to send out a false press release claiming we were quitting and joining him in endorsing another candidate. He did that without our consent and knowledge and has yet to issue a full retraction even though we have asked him to. The other candidate involved, Brandon Dodds contacted us and acknowledged he was sorry for the mix up as well. Bottom line is this -come November when the people decide who they want to run their state, THEN and only then we will officially say our run for Governor is over, not a second before then.
The two main candidates in the race Bill Haslam (R) and Mike McWerter (D) were in Knoxville last night on the U.T. Campus for one of their last few debates before November 2, 2010. It was noted that only 400 people attended the debate last night in Knoxville between the two main candidates in this race. That is a real shame that two big named politicians with money, name recognition and the party backing couldn't muster but 400 people to come hear what they have to say. Could it be people don't care what they are saying because they are SICK of BOTH parties??? We 're not running a campaign based on the good old boy system of politics or the "I'm running on daddy's name system." We're out here in the trenches talking to YOU the people of Tennessee daily. We're not putting up slick ads that make it seem we're something that we're not. To hear people talk about Bill Haslam you'd think he shouldn't be running for governor, but for sainthood. Let us assure the people of Tennessee that there are no saints running for office no matter how big their bank accounts. Our question is where was Mr. Haslam's sainthood status two years ago here in Knoxville when gas prices zoomed to almost $5.00 a gallon and his family owned Pilot oil company was single handedly called on the carpet for price gouging? He's put nearly $20 million into this campaign to promote himself. And you know, no matter whether it's his own money, which he can do with what he pleases, it still makes one shake their head to wander how someone could spend that amount of money for signs, bumper stickers and self-promoting commercials. It's this type of attitude that has made the Republican party such a party of disconnect with so many in 2010. The idea Republicans are coming back is only real because most of the Republicans who are running are NEW Republicans who have booted the old establishment out of power with conservative, Tea-party backed ideas.
Then you have Mike McWerter the Democrat who seems to have not even tried to reach the people of East Tennessee but is banking on people remembering his daddy Ned McWerter who was Tennessee's governor years ago. Memo to Mike – times have changed pal and it's not who you are that matters this coming election – it's what you are going to do when you get into office.
Our campaign is not big. It is however full of the heart and soul that these two candidates lack. We've hit the ground as hard as ever talking to the people of this great state in person and listening to what they have to say. When we speak, we talk TO you about YOUR needs and concerns! Have you noticed that in all their ads both candidates talk AT us and not "TO" us? Have you noticed that they have other people on their ads telling you how great they are and not one of them can look you in the eye and tell you WHY they really want to be Governor of the finest state in the Union? You can buy into the Republican and Democratic party line if you like. You can mock and make fun of the Independents running in this year's race if you like. But with a double-digit unemployment rate and a federal government that is closely resembling Bejing and not Washington, can we afford to keep doing things the same way and walking down the same path?
Being independent doesn't mean you don't have a brain or are not qualified to run. It means you can weigh BOTH sides of an issue and see what is best for the PEOPLE of Tennessee, not for the best interest of the party you are representing. When elected, Carl Twofeathers Whitaker WILL DO JUST THAT. He will base ALL his decisions on what is best for the PEOPLE of Tennessee of all spectrums of life, not just for the chosen few elitists the Democrat and Republican parties represent and have for so long. Tennessee, we ask you once more 25 days out of electing your next governor – ARE YOU TIRED OF THE TWO PARTY CONTROL OF YOUR STATE??
We need your financial help like never before and we appreciate your vote and support come November 2.


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I fell way behind too many hitters. For me, it's going to be important to get that game started on a good foot, establishing that strike zone, getting ahead and pounding that strike zone. ... My body felt outstanding, my arm felt outstanding. Everything physically felt really good, and that's a big, big plus for me. Getting my body into that stamina I need to get. Everything building up to becoming a guy that can go 7-8 innings.In the same game, Joel Pineiro allowed two hits but no runs in 1.1 innings. ... In a minor league game, Tim Wakefield pitched five scoreless innings (5-2-0-0-4) while Brendan Donnelly allowed five runs in only .2 of an inning.
Jon Lester will probably start the season in Pawtucket. ... Dustin Pedroia was hit by a pitch below the knuckle of his left pinkie finger; x-rays were negative. He missed a month last year when he was hit in a similar spot on his right hand.
Mike Timlin played catch for 10 minutes (tossing from up to 90 feet) on both Friday and Saturday and reported no soreness or stiffness. He won't throw off a mound for another three or four days. Since the team is adamant about not rushing him back, he'll most likely begin the season on the DL.
Hideki Okajima, on the team's St. Patrick's Day jerseys: "The green uniform made me feel like an inchworm." Earlier this spring, when asked about toiling in Daisuke Matsuzaka's shadow: "I don't mind being a hero in the dark."


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Jade - Don't worry dear. Carlisle's POV may be boring for you but it is essential to read so you know what is really happening with Carlisle and Esme and why they made the dissisions they made for Bella and Edward.
Now...because I have never offically does this yet...
*stands up and goes to front of room*
Hello darlings. My name is Ashley and I am a Wide Awake addict. And I am also known on the boards as one of 'The 3 Sailors'/Tomato/and now that Jazz Girl has made is official Keeper of the Names.
I found out about WA through many people, but it was Jazz Girl who gave me the link and got me hooked on it by the second chapter. Since then I have become a WA addict and made a petition, so now we have this lovely thread.
*walks back to seat and sits down, waiting for the next addict to admit their addiction*


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Sterling College in Vermont announced on Tuesday it will soon become the third college in the United States to divest its endowment from 200 fossil fuel companies identified by the environmental group 350.org. Unity College in Maine and Hampshire College in Massachusetts were the first two schools to divest. Divestment campaigns are ongoing on more than 200 other campuses. "I think it's no surprise, really, that young people are starting to say, 'We've got to spend another 60, 70 years on this planet. We better do something fast,'" says Bill McKibben of 350.org. "And that something means standing up to the fossil fuel industry that's been in the way of rational change for a quarter-century now." McKibben is helping organize a Presidents' Day rally against the Keystone XL pipeline later this month, one he predicts will be the "biggest climate rally probably ever" in the United States. [includes rush transcript]
Bill McKibben, longtime environmentalist and founder of 350.org.
Aaron Mate: We end today's show looking at a different divestment campaign, this one about climate change. In recent months, college students at over 200 campuses have begun pushing administrators to divest from fossil fuel companies. On Tuesday, Sterling College in Vermont announced it will soon become the third college in the U.S. to divest its endowment from 200 fossil fuel companies identified by the environmental group 350.org. Unity College in Maine and Hampshire College in Massachusetts were the first two schools to divest.
Amy Goodman: Well, for more, we're joined by 350.org's founder, Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet. Last June, he wrote an influential article for Rolling Stone called "Global Warming's Terrifying New Math." It went viral.
Welcome back to Democracy Now! You're just coming from Cooper Union last night, where the place was packed, this historic building where President Lincoln spoke—talking about what?
Bill McKibben: Well, talking about this burgeoning divestment movement. It's been kind of amazing to watch in the last six weeks as the number of campuses has mushroomed to the point—at 234 campuses now. The Nation said last week that this may be the largest student movement in several decades. In one sense, it came very quickly out of nowhere. In another sense, you know, last year was the hottest year we've ever seen in America. We watched the drought, we watched Sandy. I think it's no surprise, really, that young people are starting to say, "We've got to spend another 60, 70 years on this planet. We better do something fast." And that something means standing up to the fossil fuel industry that's been in the way of rational change for a quarter-century now.
Amy Goodman: What do mean by divest from fossil fuel companies? Which companies are you targeting?
Bill McKibben: We have a list of 200 companies with the largest carbon reserves in the world. The argument that was in that Rolling Stone piece, and in a sort of tour that we did around the country all fall about it, was that these companies now have—this industry has five times as much carbon in its reserves as the most conservative scientists on earth says would be safe to burn. Once you know the numbers, there's no longer any sort of doubt about how this story comes out: Unless we rewrite the script, if we follow their business plan, the planet tanks.
That's why there is this upsurge, not only around divestment, but around things like the fight against the Keystone pipeline. You know, we're going back to Washington for the biggest climate rally probably ever in this country a week from Sunday on the Mall in D.C. It's—it's coming up fast, and it's got to come up fast, this movement, because unlike other problems we face, there's a time limit on this one. If we don't get it right soon, then we don't get it right at all.
Amy Goodman: What's Obama going to do around Keystone XL? He put off the decision, said he would put it off 'til after the election. That's come. He said now spring. What do you believe will happen?
Bill McKibben: I believe what will happen will depend entirely on what kind of movement we build. My sense of Washington is that when you push, sometimes things happen. It took 1,253 people going to jail, the largest civil disobedience action in 30 years, to slow down this northern portion of the Keystone pipeline. It's going to take a real effort to stop it. But that real effort is being made by people in all 50 states and by our brothers and sisters in Canada. It's been exciting to watch over these last 15 months. Something's building. I'm not certain that it's building fast enough to catch up with the physics of climate change. But watching those campuses, watching those kids, it's awfully exciting.
Aaron Mate: So, Obama has now delayed his decision twice. Do you think that's linked to these protests that you've been involved in?
Bill McKibben: I think everyone—as Van Jones said the other day, this was a done deal 18 months ago. We've managed to make it come undone for a while and, in the process, kept 400 million barrels of oil in the ground that would otherwise have gone out. So, that's, you know, worth going to jail for, but it's not going to stop global warming. We've actually got to start leaving carbon permanently in the ground.
Amy Goodman: We only have 10 seconds. What's the plan for February 17th, this rally in Washington?
Bill McKibben: It's going to be exciting. And if you go to "forward on" — if you Google ""http://act.350.org/signup/presidentsday">forward on climate," you'll find out all the logistical details.
Amy Goodman: Bill McKibben, I want to thank you for being with us, co-founder and director of 350.org, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet.


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You may have noticed that I've been gone for 6 whole months now + that I haven't even popped in for a quick hello or mention of a simple recipe. But alas! I have returned + I have BIG news to share!
You ready?
Santa is coming early this year...with a little sister for Chloe! :) I'm pregnant!
These photos are from when I was 18 weeks pregnant.
Gluten Free recipes, though they are an obvious staple in my every day life, fall short in excitement in comparison. I'm sure you all agree. ;)
As to how I've been doing? I'm delighted to report that I've been feeling great + that I even got through my first trimester without one-single-episode of morning sickness. Can I get a hallelujah? And hell-to-the-yes I'm embracing that fact loudly + proudly, knowing how rare such instances can be. At first, I worried that not being sick meant something was wrong, because who in the world gets pregnant but doesn't get sick? Apparently...this girl. But my doctor assured me it was all good + fine. She said to just go with it + enjoy it, so that's exactly what I've been doing.
Sure, I felt nauseous. And yes, the saddest part was I didn't enjoy baking OR cooking throughout my entire first trimester + 6 weeks into my second trimester. And you all know how much I LOVE to do that. It's my biggest vice! So I was bummed. But that passed + my love for cooking and baking has returned...and now, so has my blogging.
I'm now 32 weeks into my pregnancy + my second and third trimesters have been just as uneventful. I feel very much like myself, which is odd to type, let alone think, when I look like I'm hoarding a large basketball under my shirt. ;) I'm definitely more tired + moving at a slower pace, but all of that is to be expected. The worst thing I've come across in this pregnancy is carpal tunnel (which has zero effect on the baby and will go away after I deliver) + high blood pressure. The high blood pressure just showed up 3 weeks ago + so now I'm on a little bit closer watch. From what the doctor has informed us, that is also common.
As for Chloe, she's very excited about the baby + we'll catch her often sneaking over to my belly, reaching out her little hand to touch it, and saying "baby". It makes Stanton + I melt every time! And though I know it's highly likely that she doesn't quite understand the full concept behind what all this baby stuff means (or as I've been jokingly saying to her that she'll have to "be ready to share her throne" lol), we are certain that she will make for a fabulous big sister + that in the long haul, a sibling is exactly what she needs. :)
As for Stanton -- he enjoys telling everyone that passes by him just how excited he is. The day I told him I was pregnant + had him unwrap this little onesie, he ran across the street to get gas in his car and told the entire gas station that he was going to be a Daddy again.
He keeps a copy of the baby's first ultrasounds in his office + he likes handing me folded up "I love you" notes on the fly that include his own illustrated pictures of my baby bump and the name of our baby to be. So yes...she does have a name. :)
Emma Joy Hartsfield
Emma means "complete" and Joy is my grandmother's maiden name (on my mom's side). So in other words, her name will mean "complete joy". We felt it was very fitting + our hearts have already expanded in preparation for her big arrival. We can't wait for her to get here!
...and then there were FOUR. :)
I'm about to get back into the swing of things when it comes to blogging, so be ready for some new recipes in the near future. I've got all sorts archived on my computer, ready to go.
In the meantime, head over to my Instagram (@house054) to see the most recent updates + recipes I'm cooking up!
I hope you're all doing well + until next time...
Happy GF Cooking + Eating!


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OK, we've poked enough fun at Williamson County's Agricultural Expo.
Well, maybe.
Lumps in a couple of mats, caused by the surface upon which they lay, resembled a divot-filled golf course just played by area high school wrestling coaches Jim Higgins, Ben Smith, Jake Yost, Alan Morris and their army of assistants.
OK, enough of that.
The Ag Expo, and, yes, we'll still call it the Cow Palace, is in many ways the ideal option for the Tennessee state wrestling tournaments. The list of logistical problems gets smaller every year, the arena floor is big enough to accommodate at least 12 mats, and once they go entirely to trackwrestling.com for match results and team scores, it could be so fan-friendly.
The biggest problem for coaches seems to be the lack of shower facilities for participants, and we have been assured that the TSSAA is looking into the feasibility of bringing in portable facilities.
It's a must.
I know for a fact that no fewer than four Chattanooga-area teams were free and clear of skin problems at the state duals but had outbreaks the following week. They'd had no problems all year until the duals, and all of the programs to which I refer mop their mats twice daily, fog their workout areas and even wash the wrestlers' gear. A couple of them also have the ozone machines to clean headgear and shoes, and all of them use the pre- and postmatch skin lotions.
With skin afflictions being such an issue in the sport and the normal use of Williamson County's Ag Expo, showers are the next step for the state association to take.
(Now if they could just do something about the I-65 construction that has impeded traffic flow to and from the Expo.)
Iowa governor Terry Baanstad has launched a website where you can sign a petition to the International Olympic Committee to keep wrestling as an Olympic sport. The website is www.letskeepwrestling.com. As of Monday afternoon more than 10,000 had signed the petition.
Spread the word.
All too often we dwell on the negatives, but remember trying to park at UTC's McKenzie Arena? It might cost you $5 at the Cow Palace but it's safe and close, no meters to feed and no campus police getting carried away writing tickets.
Once there you might be a captive audience for eats, but the food, which will never be featured on "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives," is passable. And the folks operating the stand are both courteous and friendly as only Southern folks can be. That's a plus.
Must say here, though, that a fellow media member (AKA "Moose") spent all afternoon grumbling about the small cookie he got with a meal -- even though the meal was provided.
Another plus -- there are few restrictions on coolers. (Just leave the beer in the car, please.) The coolers are a must, though, for wrestlers who've spent the season eating the right foods and needing to maintain that carbohydrate balance. It's for sure there are no cooler Nazis at the door as was the case before the tournament moved out of Chattanooga.
Another plus -- heard one coach complain about the bathrooms not being clean, but not once did I see a dirty bathroom, nor did I hear anyone else grumbling. The folks who work at the Ag Expo, from janitorial to electricians, were very friendly folks.
Another plus -- There are wide-open spaces, appropriate for a facility built for 4H clubs, stock shows and rodeos, but the sight lines are pretty good, even from one end of the arena to the other.
A suggestion or too, though. Raise the mat-side scoreboards another foot or two so they can be seen over table workers; add another work table along press row for the duals (especially on the Division I side); and the coaches at the state duals still want team benches across from each other rather than side by side.
(A word to the wise: Fellows, your friendly TSSAA rep first saw this at the NCAA duals, and he has no intention of giving in. You guys are just going to have to watch what you say and make sure your JV guys are closest to the other team.)
And for tournament workers -- you guys who were breaking down the mats Saturday afternoon before the finals -- leave that door at the far end of the arena closed till all the mats are ready to be loaded. Bet the temperature dropped 30 degrees in less than two minutes.
Schuyler Larue of Maryville Heritage went to Franklin last week with hopes of winning a gold medal.
He didn't, but he left as an All-American in many minds.
The junior 182-pounder probably saved a life, performing CPR on a man who collapsed in one of the restrooms. The man, 68-year-old Kingsport resident Ron Bussy, was transported to the hospital and was reported later to be in stable condition.
The Clarksville wrestling community, specifically Clarksville High, may not be as strong as it has been because decades-long supporter Artie Manning is stepping out.
Manning, who basically organized and ran the state duals for the TSSAA for a number of years, has been an avid supporter for Clarksville and high school wrestling.
He is in good health, so no worries there. However, he is the primary care-giver for his aunt and a longtime friend, plus he wants to spend more time with his 10-year-old grandson.
He's another one the TSSAA should consider for its Hall of Fame because he has been an outstanding contributor.
A certain Chattanooga referee who's been described as a big- and slow-footed lawyer was moving faster Saturday than his days as a Southern Conference wrestling champion.
He thought he was going to have to work the championship finals in his Keds or his socks.
The lawyer left his shoes out all day, and another official, who we'll only identify as an assistant principal who drives up and down Signal Mountain daily, hid those size-15 1/2 clodhoppers. After watching the lawyer's frantic search, and most everybody knew what was going on, the Signal driver finally gave in and told him where the shoes were.
But as official goes, the lawyer was probably better off than the educator who worked a finals match with his fly open.
'Nuff said.


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This is the reason why I never got a second iPhone. As good a device as it is, the fact that I have no control over the way I transfer my files to it is a major con. I don't use iTunes and I sure as hell am not going to purchase a copy of what I already have from it just so it can play on my phone.
I have no qualms using iTunes to play my media on the actual phone, but it's daft to expect me to have iTunes installed on my Linux/BSD boxes (and no, I don't see using some Mono-infested gtkpod app as a viable solution).
Well, the good thing about iOS5 is that you don't need a PC/Mac with iTunes to update the phone, at least. But please, let me transfer my ripped/encoded tunes the way I want!!
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Unthinkable. That's the only thing you can say about the tragedy that struck an elementary school last week in Connecticut.
And yet it's a scene that's played out far too often in the past several years, starting with Colombine and continuing until today.
Setting aside arguments about gun control for another day, it's better to focus on how parents can reassure their children they are safe and secure.
And for the most part, they are. If you just look at the intense focus on ending bullying from our schools (a number of school shooters said they had felt bullied), that's a tremendous gain from a few years ago when a child was routinely told that the best way to stop a bully was by taking boxing lessons.
Demoney Elementary principal Justin Bouse told the Estherville Lincoln Central Board of Education Monday night that a lot of children hadn't heard about the Connecticut shootings because their parents had kept them away from hearing the news.
And that's an excellent idea, according to a child psychologist who was on NPR not long after the shootings.
She said young children may have difficulty distinguishing a single incident from multiple incidents (imagine War of the Worlds broadcast endlessly for an entire weekend). The child can then be traumatized several times to the point of sustaining a form of PTSD.
Parents who keep the television and radio turned off may be doing a lot more good than they realize. They're saving themselves from having to console their children from a tragedy well over a thousand miles away, which in a child's mind, could be just next door.
Better to show your children the love and affection the need and deserve. They'll find out how harsh the world is soon enough.
In fact, this might be a good opportunity to pull out those board games that have been gathering dust on the shelf. You know - the ones you played with Grandma and Grandpa?
This just might be a good time to renew some old traditions.


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Apprenticeships should be equal to degrees, a report commissioned by the government has urged, although public opinion remains divided.
Entrepreneur and Dragons' Den star Doug Richard, who undertook the independent review said he wanted to hear of more teenagers rejecting Oxbridge in favour of apprenticeships.
"We need to make sure that apprenticeships are the success story they deserve to be," he said, following the publication of the report on Tuesday. "No matter who I speak with, everyone agrees that apprenticeships are a good thing – but only when they are 'true' apprenticeships.
"I want to hear about an 18 year old who looked at their options and turned down a place at Oxbridge to take up an apprenticeship if that is the right path for them.
"And," he added, "I want to hear that their parents were thrilled."
The Richard Review follows calls from former Labour schools minister Lord Adonis, who said there should be as many apprenticeships on offer to school leavers as there are university places.
"Our basic problem for the 50% that do not go to university is there's nothing like university that acts as a magnet for them in terms of aspiration to get on or getting out of bed in the morning," he said earlier this month. "My own view is the only way we'll crack this is if we have a revolution in apprenticeships."
In the face of rising tuition fees, more young people are questioning the value of university, with many saying it is simply "not worth it".
The National Union of Students has welcomed the review, with the president of the Scottish arm telling HuffPost UK:
Toni Pearce, vice president of NUS England, said there is "no doubt" an increased number of apprenticeships is a positive step but they have to be accessible to all.
"Asking those aged 24 and above to pay up to £4000 a year to work as an apprentice could clearly act as a tremendous deterrent, and could see the number of older apprentices fall dramatically. The government must back up its support for apprenticeships by investing in apprentices of all ages.
"Increased focus on the outcomes of apprenticeships and creating industry standards would improve quality and ensure they are a valuable pathway for those entering industries where skills are required."
Business secretary Vince Cable supported Richard's suggestions, which he said echoed the government's vision to put employers in the driving seat of apprenticeship programmes.
"This will be vital to ensure the skills of our workforce fit with employer needs," he continued. "His recommendations will help us to build on the current successes of our apprenticeships programme and tailor a programme which is sustainable, high-quality and meets the changing needs of our economy in the decades to come."


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