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Yes, I know I can Google, but a one sentence description would've made the summary far more useful.
Wel basically it's a display server, like X11/X.org, except it's optimized to run locally, unlike X11/X.org which has it's origins in networked environments and tries its best to work either locally or remotely.
Except that X has been tinkered to work for desktop systems for so long that there little of that network oriented code left around, yet W, or Wayland, tries to get rid of that aspect completely.
Except that X has been tinkered to work for desktop systems for so long that there little of that network oriented code left around, yet W, or Wayland, tries to get rid of that aspect completely.
From the 10,000 ft view it sure looks like wayland is just reinvention for reinvention's sake and is likely to run into a whole host of problems that X figured out 20+ years ago.
Wayland is designed to fix a lot of the problems that X has. X, for historical reasons, does a TON of things. It has network transparency, it's responsible for input, for setting up the graphics card's memory and registers, drawing various primitive shapes, font rendering, etc.
But today 99% of the time people don't use the network transparency stuff in X, they run locally. But all sorts of memory has to be shuffled around. X mandates all sorts of bitmap formats that must be supported. Today the kernel, through KMS, can setup the graphics card. We have libraries like Cairo to draw basic shapes. Then there are all sorts of weird things that have been hacked into/onto X to support common features like resizing and rotating your desktop.
Wayland basically started with a blank slate. The kernel can setup the video card, so it won't do that. Most people don't use network transparency, so it doesn't do that (you can run an X client on Wayland, for when you still need the feature). The GUI toolkits and OpenGL libraries already draw everything, so it doesn't do that stuff.
LWN had an article [lwn.net] from two years ago about what Wayland set out to accomplish. Things may have changed since there, here are two [lwn.net] updates [lwn.net] from LWN describing Wayland earlier this year.
Wayland is an attempt to remove the network transparency of X... in a world where everything is networked.
Some people might consider this utterly retarded.
Wayland is an attempt to remove the network transparency of X... in a world where everything is networked.
I just don't get why they are so keen to get rid off that faeture... When I was in uni (just four years ago) our department had a powerful Sun server that mostly powered the computer lab's thin clients but also allowed ssh access from the outside. Being able to log into that server via ssh with X forwarding and run Maple, Mathematica,
I just don't get why they are so keen to get rid off that faeture...
They are not. This is not about replacing X, it's simply about splitting the graphics and input code out of X and moving it over to the kernel and Wayland. You can still run X11 apps under Wayland. So it's really more a pragmatic approach to getting the Xorg code based cleaned up, then an abandonment of network transparencey.
Also in general X11 network transparency is bit overrated in my opinion, as while it is good for things such as basic thin client computing, it is completely useles for basic everyday uses like screen sharing or moving applications from one display to another. It's also rather useless for multimedia, be it video due to the lack of bandwidth or sound due to the X11 simply not handling sound. Wayland won't solve them, but a clean code base means that it will be easier for other people to attack those problems.
What overhead? Show me the data that suggests that network transparency is what slows down X, and not the bloated toolkits people use (and will still use on Wayland). When X is used locally, it's as fast as anything else.
I think Wayland is meant to move X and other legacy stuffs out of the local rendering path, making X second-class (and optional) citizen. This is one (big) difference between Wayland and previous attempts is that it is actually meant to work with X. Rather than removing X, It replaces X's position from being the center of the rendering universe. I don't know if Wayland would succeed, but it would satisfy both the network transparency AND the local desktop crowd. It seems like a very sane way to progress to
Wayland supports X11 in the same way OS X does. There is an X server running as a Wayland client. It would work like a normal X server, doing all it's own compositing, etc., and then send the output to Wayland to be composited with all the other programs/windows.
If you launch the X client, normal X programs should continue to work.
I believe they specifically decided not to even try to make Wayland network transparent. I think you'd either have to run the program on the remote host and transfer everything VNC style, or implement your own GUI/processing separation and handle the networking between the two yourself.
There are people who use X forwarding, you're obviously one. I believe Wayland was designed from the ground up to make things easier for the client.
you already generally have to use something like VNC or xpra (layered over X, not really using it) in order to get reasonable performance or to detach and reattach remotely.
X might seem like the answer until you try to use it... it isn't good enough because it's nowhere near usable as GNU screen.
Quite apart from the fact that terminals are a heck of a lot simpler than a GUI system, there are plenty of cases where high performance and detaching simply aren't needed. So what if the program goes away when you close the connection? You can run it again when you connect again, no problem. That's worked fine for all the cases in the past 5 years where I've needed remote X (such as installing engineering simulators or running certain types of performance monitors).
But the fact that you're comparing X11 to
The big piece of evidence is the failure of network transparency to become a killer feature of Linux. I started using X in '88 and was using it daily by '92. I thought X was amazingly cool the ability to send windows around change displays. I've seen corporate settings where these features are integrated into applications and made real use of. And certainly for system administration the ability to run X applications remotely has been useful particular to monitor. I thought this would be Linux's killer
I agree that the "unneeded and unused" is BS. The people who support Wayland are proposing eliminating network transparency in exchange for other advantages having to do with higher refresh rates. I agree with you it would be more honest to just say they believe on balance this is the right trade off. X existed when most modern GUIs which made the same tradeoffs were built. Wayland supporters are just saying that Commodore, Microsoft, Apple, IBM (OS/2),... were right and SGI, Sun, Digital, HP, IBM (AIX).. were wrong in figuring out the right balance of features. Wayland supporters are basically saying that ultimately, even in 2012, its all about ramming as many triangles through the video card as possible, and doing that with predictable timings; that anything that slows down those triangles, like networking must go overboard.
Similarly X has 30 year history of really really doing a bad job of delivering a smooth GUI experience. That while in theory the network protocol shouldn't cost much, in practice it often seems to complicate design tremendously. X supporters IMHO and experience have trouble often admitting how many GUI projects fail or take 10x longer than they should because of the complexity of working with the X / multiple window manager / multi GUI stack.
If everyone were putting their cards on the table, then we could have an honest conversation about tradeoffs. Because X servers can run on top of X it might be possible to even come to an agreement about which applications should remain network transparent and which shouldn't. I suspect most supporters of network transparency could care less if games and video editing software went local only. And I suspect that most supporters of wayland could care less if server monitoring and server installation software remained X forever. Longer term though the tradeoffs become real. Gnome and KDE will either be built around Wayland or built around X, its going to be impossible for them to do both well. If around Wayland then Linux will be a system of local GUIs with at best a few networkable applications. If around X then Wayland will be a hack run in place of the GUI or only in full screen mode, for real time rendering.
I suspect most supporters of network transparency could care less if games and video editing software went local only.
I agree that I don't care about those
I agree that I don't care about those
You live with something like VNC. The people who use those types of software have decided remote management isn't a feature they care about enough to sacrifice performance.
I'd rather have the mechanism for the user to do either.
You aren't really addressing the problem. Choosing to use X is making policy. Its making the policy to drop lots of frames in the
Similarly X has 30 year history of really really doing a bad job of delivering a smooth GUI experience. That while in theory the network protocol shouldn't cost much, in practice it often seems to complicate design tremendously. X supporters IMHO and experience have trouble often admitting how many GUI projects fail or take 10x longer than they should because of the complexity of working with the X / multiple window manager / multi GUI stack.
That's an interesting assertion you're making there, that supporting a networked protocol causes excessive complication in the server. Would you care to provide (or point to) some evidence for that?
In my experience, the hard parts of making GUI code are dealing with multiple platforms (why would you want to write code for a single platform?) and going from functional-but-dull to snazzy-and-usable. The networking side of things (or not) is nowhere on that map.
Have you any actual experience with a networked server? The actual protocol is easy enough to do. Sending data from one party to another and parse it is easy.
The real problem is that you go from a situation where all components can talk to each other quickly to a situation where everything you do must be carefully analysed because each time you cross the boundary between local and remote you take a possibly big hit from latency and possibly also bandwidth if it's a lot of data.
I have a Master's degree in di
In my experience, the hard parts of making GUI code are dealing with multiple platforms (why would you want to write code for a single platform?) and going from functional-but-dull to snazzy-and-usable. The networking side of things (or not) is nowhere on that map.
I don't write software where I have to push large numbers of frames through per second either. On the other hand I use software where large numbers of frames per second matter. Interestingly enough I just got the mac retina. Because the retina is doing virtual adjustments (i.e. there are several virtual screens being drawn to by applications and those those are re-rendered to another virtual screen which gets pushed to the physical screen) I could easily see frame rate problems in even day to applications like video inside a web browser while scrolling before the driver improvements in OSX 10.8. What Apple did in 10.8 to get rid of those problems, would be impossible under X.
Kristian Høgsberg who wrote a lot of the X acceleration you are probably using was the one who started Wayland. He was frustrated about what he couldn't do. Under X applications are not able to control rendering. They cannot make decisions required to avoid visible tearing. They cannot force the X client to draw potential windows in advance to avoid lag.
Another problem is either the client and server (to use X terminology) share a video memory buffer or they don't. If they don't you pick up a lot of time passing information between them. Your CPU is probably no more than a few gigabytes per second, that is the maximum speed you can get data from one buffer to another under best conditions. And with screens that are 5 mega pixel x 4 bytes of color per pixel, every one way trip is is 1/100th of a second under perfect conditions. You aren't getting perfect conditions and 2 round trips is common. And if X wanted to implement something like the resolution system Apple for retina then it would be worse (though the CPU speed for memory is likely about double) because you could be rendering virtual screens as large as 14 megapixel with some round trip being 4 hops.... you could be talking flicker over 1/10th of a second.
I hope these two examples help. They have a good discussion: http://wayland.freedesktop.org/architecture.html [freedesktop.org]
If everyone were putting their cards on the table, then we could have an honest conversation about tradeoffs.
Sometimes it seems like people don't even know what cards they're holding. All these arguments are missing the point from a usability perspective.
When I type "ssh -X", I don't actually care what protocol is used. All I care about is that it works on every single computer *by default*. The solution is obvious: modify the Wayland spec to demand that every system that implements Wayland also includes VNC integrated with SSH. Problem solved, everyone can be happy.
Yes, performance won't be exactly the same, the specified protocol might not end up being VNC, etc. but these endless arguments about Wayland are much worse. We have the software to implement this, so let's just please standardize on *something* so we have usable systems out of the box. It's not going to prevent someone from manually installing a better network protocol in the future, so Wayland trying to remain neutral on network protocols is just ideological posturing.
modify the Wayland spec to demand that every system that implements Wayland also includes VNC integrated with SSH. Problem solved, everyone can be happy.
I don't know if it should be part of the spec nor do I know if Wayland can demand anything but...
I think that's a great idea for a strong suggestion! Wayland be default should support VNC. ssh by default should use vnc (-v is taken, I think -X should remain with X11/X12 but I have no problem with -Z which is free). That solves most of the problem. I a
But in the end, X network transparency doesn't work very well over Wan. It doesn't work very well over MPLS. In general it doesn't work all that well for the situations where you couldn't just be using some sort of remote solution.
X works very well over a LAN, and, as bandwidth becomes cheaper, problems running over a WAN will go away.
X wasn't able to handle the security problems and so the whole infrastructure of remote X and remote shells has gotten more complex and thus less useful.
Now you are showin
X works very well over a LAN, and, as bandwidth becomes cheaper, problems running over a WAN will go away
Its not generally a problem of bandwidth alone. Even with tons of bandwidth latency is a problem over WAN. IPv6 will make that somewhat better by reducing latency. Moving to fiber will make it somewhat better. On the other hand introducing more satellite, over the air, and wifi will make it worse. Now an MPLS will solve jitter but if jitter it gets even worse.
Now you are showing that you are out
X works very well over a LAN, and, as bandwidth becomes cheaper, problems running over a WAN will go away.
No, it won't. The problem with X over a WAN is latency, and no amount of technology is going to change the fact that light can only go so fast.
The company I work for has a *very* fast WAN between offices, and X over the WAN is still a dog. The problem is that X is to a large degree synchronous, and operations involve multiple round trips. So no matter how much bandwidth you have, you get killed by laten
The solution to this is to either use a framebuffer-based protocol (VNC and friends) or to use an asynchronous compressing X (NX). Neither of which is really taking advantage of the network features of X.
Actually, the solution is a combination of X and VNC. I have a persistent VNC session on the LAN, to which I send the display from mulitple X11 apps running on many differnet machines, and then, I connect to the VNC session either over the LAN or over the Internet (VPN or tunnelled over SSH).
The idea o
The big piece of evidence is the failure of network transparency to become a killer feature of Linux
I don't know about you, but that IS the killer feature that got it placed onto everyone's desks in my workplace. A lot of scientific and engineering software that needs some CPU power behind it never got ported to MS Windows. A lot of it makes more sense running on big noisy stuff in server rooms instead of desktop PCs anyway.
I don't know about you, but that IS the killer feature that got it placed onto everyone's desks in my workplace. A lot of scientific and engineering software that needs some CPU power behind it never got ported to MS Windows. A lot of it makes more sense running on big noisy stuff in server rooms instead of desktop PCs anyway.
That's easy enough to implement as client server. You have a display client and a server which does the noisy stuff.
Of course, this means that the graphics card has to be on the same machine as the applications, and that it has to have kernel drivers that support not just KMS but also DRI2 graphics acceleration. Without DRI2 support, there's no way to pass images of windows to the compositor and therefore no way to actually display anything. Precisely none of the existing closed-source drivers support the KMS or DRI2 interfaces that Wayland needs, so they can't run on it. In fact, for licensing reasons they can't actuall
(you can run an X client on Wayland, for when you still need the feature)
X, for historical reasons, does a TON of things. It has network transparency
That's not there for historical reasons. That's there because it's extremely useful.
I don't think TPP was asking you to run Google for him. He was giving the editors a hard time for not answering an obvious question (WTF is it?) in their summary.
Not that Googling did you much good, since the Wayland web site is also sloppy about describing what they're doing, and you came away with the weird impression that it was about reinventing X on a different model. Not even close. Here's a much better summary from the Ubuntu site:
Wayland is a new protocol that enables 3D compositors to be used as primary display servers, instead of running the 3D compositor as an extension under the (2D) X.org display server.
Or, in layman's terms, it assumes you're using a 3D desktop from the start, instead of bolting on 3D capabilities to an 2D framework.
Except that X has been tinkered to work for desktop systems for so long that there little of that network oriented code left around
It was never there to start with because the design is to use local sockets for local stuff and network sockets for network stuff. The big thing with X is network stuff can work as if it's on the local screen, but for some reason some people get that virtue backwards and assume that means local stuff is double handled.
Wayland is a different way to get stuff in the framebuffer w
For those of us who use the network transparency of X11, its a attempt to 'return' to a simpler less functional time where your windowing sub-system assumed that you were all alone and had no friends.
A throwback, an abomination. It should have never been allowed to get this far, and the people responsible taken out back and 'dealt with.
Every time I see a screenshot of Wayland, I see rotated windows. Is that its only feature?
Try harder.
Is it just me or do some of those screenshots show significant rendering bugs like a failure to erase text correctly? (That's in the VTE demo.) Aside from that, are there any impressive demos?
It's so far from ready, this is what its currently achieving. When you are remaking a compositor from the begging these are significant steps.
I have been waiting from this announcement from Ubuntu since they said they were trying to use it next release. It might be close to being ok for a 2d no accel window manager but trying to run unity was never happening in 6 months.
The usual Ubuntu practice is to jam incomplete, beta quality changes (grub2, upstart, plymouth, unity, etc.) into release and fix them them in subsequent
releases. This decision is a welcome change.
Or maybe Wayland is so un-ready that even the usual Ubuntu powers-that-be couldn't allow it to be foisted on users, in which case we'll see beta quality Wayland in 13.04.
I'm betting on #2.
Not that I'm complaining, but there is wisdom in adopting realistic expectations.
way more pragmatic answer, if they switch to wayland they will piss of valve who is working on porting their games onto ubuntu. they piss of valve there will be no games, as a consequence there will be no year of the linux desktop for a long time. linux as a big force in the desktop space is ubuntu's goal. so no xserver means no valve means no steam no games and now no games.
My understanding of Wayland says that it wouldn't bother Valve at all.
If you use a toolkit that has been ported to Wayland, you use the toolkit and nothing changes.
If you use a toolkit that hasn't been ported, you'd just run the X server that runs as a Wayland client, so things keep working.
But the important thing is running OpenGL, which works just fine in Wayland (which is built on OpenGL).
Unless Valve is writing their own rendering directly against X (which seems like it would be an idiotic thing to do in general, especially considering Wayland has been coming for over 2 years), I wouldn't think this would really effect them. In fact, they could decide to go Wayland only (assuming it's done enough at that point) and avoid whatever hassle X might have given them.
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The usual Ubuntu practice is to jam incomplete, beta quality changes (grub2, upstart, plymouth, unity, etc.) into release and fix them them in subsequent releases.
Usually desktop Linux distros are so buggy that they would count as alpha quality by commercial software standards. In that bunch Ubuntu+Unity is actually quite solid.
They should call it by another name. I'll see if I can think up one.
As long as there's Kubuntu and Xubuntu they can do whatever the hell they like. I haven't touched standard Ubuntu since Lucid.
No doubt this is a stupid question (I'm not really that familiar with the technical details of the Linux graphics stack), but why is middleware like X11 or Wayland needed at all? Why can't the desktop/window manager talk directly to OpenGL, which in turn talks to the graphics hardware via a driver? Intuitively, it would seem like this would give better performance and fewer places for bugs to crop up. Why do there have to be 20 different layers in the rendering stack? Is this just abstraction for abstraction's sake or is there actually a good reason?
This is almost exactly what Wayland is doing. Wayland is a communication protocol between compositors and the things they composite: usually, between window managers and applications. This means that the window manager is responsible for communicating with applications, and for pushing video data on to the screen (via OpenGL + Kernel Mode Setting). So instead of launching X, then launching a window manager on top of that, you just launch the window manager.
This is the primary advantage of Wayland: it's simple. Really really simple. It's basically just OpenGL and a protocol for delegating render surfaces to other applications (to render on to using OpenGL). By comparison, an X server needs font rendering, shape rendering, and a ton of other things that aren't used today anyway because everyone uses freetype and cairo and such. Wayland leaves those out and expects you to get that from other places (like, say, freetype and cairo).
(Wayland is also the name of a C library implementing the Wayland protocol. The Wayland project also produces the Weston compositor, as a reference implementation of a simple "window manager".)
Everything that Wayland does is possible under X, it just might be hard to write the X code to do it.
The biggest point to Wayland is that it is extremely simple (compared to X... X is huge), and it's capable of doing 95% of what people use X for. The other 5% is network transparency, a feature I hold dearly but one that I acknowledge not many people care about.
So what's so great about simple? For one, it's easier to maintain. It's also easier to write clients for, since it's almost entirely OpenGL (the Wayl
For Weyland to work applications will need to support it and nVidia & AMD will need to support it. It needs to be available via a fairly simple install before I'll try to port my applications to it. I'm hoping the Weyland developers are actually talking to nVidia and AMD and Cannonical doesn't release this until they have at least beta drivers.
I'm not too worried about the network transparency even though I use it everyday. Most of the applications I use remotely are things like emacs that are a bit slo
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A performance studies scholar and artist, Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington, Bothell and the Director of the UWB 2013 Innovation Forum: Engaging Design. Her primary research and artistic focus is on trandisciplinary design and artistic research. Other work focuses on disability and deaf theatres; theatre, water and the environment; Afro-Asian theatres; and the transnational avant-garde. Having published Hearing Difference (2006) and The Exquisite Corpse (as lead editor, 2009), her most current book projects include a set of short books designed to go together: Artistic Research: In the Field; Collaboration, Performance Art, and Performance Studies; Transnational Avant-Garde Asian Performance Histories (with Iris Tuan at the National Chiao Tung University); and Performing Blackness: Afro-Asian Theatres and Cultural Alliances. These books consider the role of embodiment and memory in processes of artistic research and creation.
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Mr. Northcroft has a long history as a collaborative leader in both the public and private sectors. Mr. Northcroft previously served as Director of Business Relations & Economic Development for King County in the State of Washington, and worked as the Director of Treasury and Cash Man-agement for Nordstrom. Additionally, Mr. Northcroft served as the Director of the Department of Executive Administration in King County. He was appointed as GSA Regional Administrator in 2010.


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- By Dean Jay Williams
Have you ever received email asking you to "validate" or "re-validate" your mailbox or your email account? Messages like that are phishing scams that attempt to steal your UVM credentials -- your Net-ID and password. A message some people received recently comes with a Subject of "Validate Your Mailbox" and warns that "Your mailbox is currently running 20.9GB, and you may not be able to send or receive new mail until you re-validate your mailbox." Please do not click on the link in the message; simply delete the email.
This message, like any other email that asks you to to enter your UVM password on a non-UVM web site, is a phishing scam. Do not click links in such messages and do not reply.
UVM will never ask you to enter your UVM Net-ID and password on a non-UVM web page -- even if it looks like a UVM page, and even if it's on a reputable site, such as Google Docs, 123contactform.com or contactme.com, or if it contains UVM graphics and you've been directed there by an email that appears to come from a UVM email address.
At UVM, only the Inbox has a quota; there is no quota or limit on other mailboxes. You can always check your email Inbox quota on the Net-ID account management page.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Awesome Belle Ready for Saturday Turf Test
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (April 26, 2012) – Jacks or Better Farm, Inc.'s Awesome Belle, last year's homebred winner of the $300,000 My Dear Girl Division of the Florida Stallion Stakes and a career earner of over $250,000 on dirt, will switch surfaces for Saturday's $100,000 Calder Oaks, a move trainer Stanley Gold believes can be more than a one-race experiment.
"Her half sister (Bayou's Lassie) won stakes on this turf course (including the 2006 Calder Oaks) and was a graded stakes winner on grass," Gold said when asked about the decision to move Awesome Belle to the turf. "So we have every reason to think she'll handle the turf. At this point, we know she likes dirt, but we think she will go on to be pretty good on turf, too."
Still in contention through the final turn, the filly drifted out considerably while backing up at the head of the stretch, a development Gold attributes to fatigue.
"She was just dead tired," the trainer explained. "She wasn't fit to go a mile that day. In her first start back going six furlongs (in the Grade 3 Old Hat) she was a little short, and when we stretched her out for that turf race, she was short again. Plus they had gone a pretty good clip that race, which she was close to. That wore her out."
Gold figures Awesome Belle to be fit for Saturday's Oaks, and is encouraged with the way the filly has handled her morning preparations for the race, working three times since her last start, all at five furlongs, including a bullet drill on April 20.
"It's actually a little tempting to try and sprint her," Gold stated. "She went 1:00 (the other day) and galloped out in 1:13. But the thing about two turns is that she can carry her speed comfortably without getting buried. She can show speed, without needing to show speed. And I know (jockey) Luis (Jurado) will be able to put her where she needs to be."
Awesome Belle is not the only 3-year-old stakes-winning filly in the Gold barn that is preparing for an upcoming stakes appearance at Calder. Redbud Road, last year's winner of the $100,000 J J's Dream and the $75,000 Desert Vixen Division of the Florida Stallion Stakes, is scheduled to make her sophomore debut in the $75,000 French Village Stakes May 12.
"She's ready to run," Gold said of the filly that has not started since a third-place finish in last year's $300,000 My Dear Girl. "Unfortunately there really isn't a prep race for her, so we'll have to go right into the stakes.
Redbud Road has been working out with some regularity since mid-February and has posted seven official morning moves in preparation for her return. One of those works came this past Wednesday when the filly covered five furlongs in 1:01, the fastest of six at the distance.
"Last year after the Stallion Stakes we decided to give her a rest," Gold said. "But her works coming back have been good. We had her breeze again yesterday, and she'll go back to the track tomorrow morning to jog. And we'll just continue on the same pattern leading up to the race."
Nominations for the $75,000 French Village Stakes, to be run over six furlongs of Calder dirt, will close Saturday, April 28. Also closing that day is the $75,000 In Summation for 3-year-olds at six furlongs.
Apprentice jockey Jonathan Gonzales entered last weekend with just one victory in his young riding career, but after visiting the winner's circle on Saturday with Mr. Hadif for trainer Angel Medina, the young Peruvian native returned to win three races on Sunday, all for conditioner Luis Duco, to shed his 10-pound apprentice allowance in favor of a seven-pound weight break.
"He's been working for me as an exercise rider for about a year and he's a real hard worker," Duco said. "I think he's going to be a pretty good rider and I plan to use him and help him out any chance I can."
Gonzales' first victory on the Sunday card came in race four aboard Criolla Linda. The young jockey returned to the winner's circle with Barra d'Oro following the sixth race before coming back one race later to tally his third victory of the day, and his last as a 10-pound apprentice, when guiding Gimmeawinkpoppy through the wire first.
Through the completion of the Sunday card, Gonzales had catapulted his way to seventh in the jockey standings while Duco's three wins placed the conditioner in a four-way tie for third in the trainer's table.
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Memorial University Medical Center officials today announced creation of a program to reduce injury and violence through research education and outreach.
The M. Gage Ochsner MD Institute for Injury Research and Prevention will seek ways to reduce the impact of injury and violence with a goal of reducing trauma injuries within two to three years.
And Maggie Gill, president and CEO of Memorial Health, announced a campaign to cover the $1 million in start-up costs, adding that half of that has already been covered through gifts to the Memorial Health Foundation. The remainder will be made with donations to the foundation, she said.
The new institute is expected to be up and running by the middle of 2013, officials said.
The institute is the vision of Ochsner, chief of trauma services and surgical critical care at Memorial, who said the program "will have a single focus, that is to reduce trauma- related death and suffering in our region through research, education and outreach efforts."
Memorial is the region's only Level One trauma center and last year treated 2,700 traumatic injuries.
"It can happen at any time, Gill told a group gathered at Memorial's Heart & Vascular Institute lobby for the announcement.
"But what if we could reduce the number of injuries?" she asked.
Hospital officials want to pursue a "proactive approach" to reducing those numbers, she said
Based on trauma center volume, Ochsner said Memorial will admit 250-320 patients, of which 18-20 will probably die, between now and the end of the year.
He said trauma gives no warning and impacts regardless of age.
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Update 12:42 p.m. ET: Getty Images confirms to us that all three of these pictures tell the story of one badly wounded soldier. From the photographer: "All the same incident. He suffered life threatening wounds from a blast. Condition unknown but was awake when we dropped him off." Sullivan has been with a MEDEVAC unit for some time, and you can see much more of his work on Getty's site.
Original post: The storm of news out of Washington around Gen. McChrystal's departure from command seems a long way from the pictures Justin Sullivan took today, which do still remind us of what is at stake for our troops in Afghanistan. For an in-depth look at medical operations in Afghanistan, see this picture story by freelance photojournalist Erin Trieb. Also worth a look is C.J. Chivers and Tyler Hicks' June 12 story from The New York Times, which describes in detail how busy chopper crews are in Marja.


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The Big C Game Competition 17
Thanks to Slamdance for its submission. Coming up at The Slamdance Film festival in Park City, Utah - Jan. 21 to 28 2005, programmers can compete in The Big C Independent Game Competition. "The Big C is calling for entries of all new games from emerging talent. Selected games will compete and be judged by festival attendees, with a Jury Award and Audience Award that include cash and prizes presented at the end of the festival. Game submissions should have an early-postmarked deadline of Oct. 1, 2004 and a final postmarked deadline of Nov. 14, 2004. Entrants may submit games on disk or provide a URL for judges to download." The event has an entry on the Gamasutra Calendar, for additional info.


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Amanda Beth wrote:I don't think they'll actually introduce all of the characters of the visiting vampires... it's too much for a movie goer to take in. I mean, SM put a guide in the back of the book for us to keep them straight. I bet they'll have extras there, maybe introduce them in passing, but the main parts would be the Denali coven, Zafrina, maybe Benjamin, maybe Garrett. I bet they won't talk about Charlotte and Peter, unless they've written their story into Eclipse. I bet Alastair won't be mentioned-- he's pretty irrelevant besides the fact that he dips out. Amun and Kebi don't really need to be vocal players. The Irish coven isn't REALLY necessary besides the fact that Carlisle thinks Siobhan has the power to change the outcomes of things and Maggie can tell a lie--but again they don't want to overwhelm people with too many characters. I wonder even if the Romanians will be there or just talked about--if at all.
The Dark Knight wrote:So for I would agree on the casting being pretty good...
So who would you like to play what special character for BD?
debussygirl wrote:The Dark Knight wrote:So for I would agree on the casting being pretty good...
So who would you like to play what special character for BD?
I was actually thinking about that, and I thought Heath Ledger would have been a great Garrett!( ) Even if he was still alive, he probably wouldn't take such a small part.
Amanda Beth wrote:Welllllllllllll according to E! Online they have gotten confirmation from Summit that Breaking Dawn is officially a go:
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/the_awf ... _Dawn.html
Although I know E! is a reliable source, I would still like to see something from Summit...
lady4string wrote:I'm anxious to see how the Denali clan is cast. Rachelle would have made a great Tanya, but I doubt her and Summit would reunite.
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Drew Cline: NH's campaign finance laws are a nonsensical messDREW CLINE
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 06. 2014 7:12PM
As demonstrated last week, New Hampshire's campaign finance laws are a vague and confusing mess that can throw election-changing decisions to the office of the politically appointed state attorney general. Anyone who cares about the integrity of our state elections should insist that legislators do a thorough rewrite of the laws to make them simpler, less advantageous to incumbents, and harder to violate without consequences.
On Friday, Attorney General Joe Foster settled a dispute between the state Republican Party and the campaign of Gov. Maggie Hassan. His decision was as confusing as the law it tried to settle.
Hassan declared her candidacy on June 12. Why so late? She's the sitting governor; did she not know she was going to run again? No, she knew. She waited so long because the law encourages candidates to wait until the last possible minute to declare.
A candidate can form a political committee to raise money without declaring that he or she is actually running. It is called an "exploratory committee," and it may raise unlimited sums of money from individual donors and political action committees (PACs). But once a candidate declares that he or she is definitely in the race, state law restricts donations to no more than $5,000 if the candidate agrees to state-set spending limits, or $1,000 if the candidate rejects the spending limits.
If Joe Blow announces, "Hey, y'all, I'm thinking about running for dog catcher," then he is free to accept daily $1 trillion checks from Harry Hound or the Cats Are Evil and Must Be Stopped PAC. As soon as he says he is in, the checks are limited to between $5,000 and $1,000. So Joe is going to wait as long as possible to announce. That creates an advantage for incumbents, who already have high name recognition and a built-in reason for people to give them money (they're already in power, so cozying up to them is a safer bet).
Supposedly, campaign donation limits exist to prevent corruption, or the appearance of corruption, in political campaigns. Isn't it strange that under state law a person is presumed to be entirely incorruptible until the day he or she declares for office?
This is the law that tripped up Gov. Hassan's campaign and three national union PACs. The day Hassan announced she was running, two PACs donated $10,000 to her campaign, and another donated $25,000. The law was vague enough that Hassan and the unions thought they had complied with it, but the GOP argued that they did not. Do the contribution limits take effect the day a candidate announces, or the next day? Foster ruled that they took effect at midnight, effectively the next day. Was that what legislators intended? Maybe. Without that clarity in the law, though, Hassan was able to accept donations 10 times the legal limit on the day she became a candidate.
Foster also let Hassan keep $21,000 even though the PACs had all given it illegally. They donated before registering with the state, which is a felony. But the law does not state that donations made in violation of that provision must be returned.
If the sitting governor and three national labor unions, which have huge legal teams, did not understand the law, how can a low-budget challenger be certain he or she complies? When the law is so vague that the attorney general gets to decide what it says, then the law has given the attorney general the power to shape the outcome of state elections. Surely legislators did not intend that.
The chapter governing campaign finance (RSA 664) is 23 sections long. It is complex, often vague, and sometimes outdated. For instance, a section from 1983 requires the secretary of state to "give or send by mail a copy of this chapter" to everyone who files to run for office. Does emailing each candidate a link to the chapter as posted on the state website count?
One section lays out campaign finance expenditure limits to which candidates can voluntarily adhere. Anyone who does can accept contributions five times as large as candidates who do not ($5,000 vs. $1,000). But the spending limits are so low that no one agrees to them. For the governor's office and U.S. Senate, the limits are $625,000 in the primary and the same for the general election. For perspective, Hassan raised $1.9 million for her 2012 campaign, and Republican candidate Ovide Lamontagne raised a little less than that. Why would anyone ever agree to be outspent by that large a margin?
The spending discrepancy is worse when independent expenditures are added. Outside groups spent $11 million on behalf of Hassan and $8 million on behalf of Lamontagne in 2012. A challenger who agreed to the spending limits would agree to unilaterally disarm amid a barrage of negative ads. The useless law should be repealed.
The individual donation limit of $1,000 cannot be bad, though. Right? It prevents big donors from financing state campaigns. True, but what they might have given directly to a candidate, they give instead to outside organizations, which fill the airwaves with all of those negative ads you hate. The donation limit is successful only under the Charlie Sheen definition of winning.
In seeking to regulate campaign spending for the supposed purpose of discouraging corruption, we have heavily advantaged incumbents, encouraged the participation of outside organizations (which everyone claims to hate, but I think are fine) and given the attorney general a great deal of influence over campaign activities. This cannot be the best way to ensure that campaigns are financed fairly and transparently.
Andrew Cline is editorial page editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader. His column runs on Thursdays. You can follow him on Twitter @Drewhampshire.


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Constructions of Deviance Social Power, Context, and Interaction, by Adler, Patricia A.; Adler, Peter
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Packed with the most recent and relevant articles in the field, this textbook is the industry standard for publishing the most recent and relevant articles in the field of deviance, by showing students how to apply the concepts and theories of deviance the world around them.
The text's current, comprehensive coverage includes both theoretical analyses and ethnographic illustrations of how deviance is socially constructed, organized, and managed. Seasoned authors and award-winning professors, Patricia Adler and Peter Adler cover a wide variety of deviant acts--challenging you to see the diversity and pervasiveness of deviance in society. This textbook presents deviance as a component of society and examines the construction of deviance in terms of differential social power.
Its unique 'interactionist' or 'constructionist' perspective on deviance explores the processes in society that create deviance. Ethnographic in character, the authors' intriguing selected studies focus on the experiences of deviants, the deviant-making process, and the ways in which people labeled as deviant in society react to that label. The balanced selection of readings is timely and engaging, while in-depth introduction, explanation of theory, and discussion questions after each reading guide you through the fascinating material.


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T O P I C R E V I E WFlyBuzz11Could anyone give me a good quote from Apollo 13 that Mr. Lunney said? I have a pic I would like signed. Thanks guys.JasonBI dont have a quote but if you're meeting him at Spacefest you wont be dissapointed. He was one of the nicest guys at ASF. YankeeClipper quote:Originally posted by JasonB:He was one of the nicest guys at ASF. I'd agree with that - Glynn and Jerry (Bostick) were superb.Apollo-SoyuzGlynn Lunney was very receptive to autograph requests and sent an handwritten letter in response to questions about ASTP since he was U.S. ASTP Technical Director.dyontsDoes anyone have any experience with Glynn Lunney responding to signature requests through the mail?Editor's note: Threads merged.eurospaceHe is a good signer, but you need to send he something you want him to sign. Good luck!Mike_The_FirstIs he still a good through-the-mail signer?Any luck lately?
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The Rockettes dance through history as they celebrate their 85th anniversary in New York during Radio City Music Hall's annual Christmas Spectacular.
The leggy beauties display vintage Rockettes wear, from a 1940s sailor's outfit to a space-age catsuit complete with helmet.
The show's production team reached into the Radio City archives to find old costumes and found that many were lost to history. They used sketches and photos to recreate the outfits.
"Nothing gets thrown away now," said head director and choreographer Linda Haberman. "They weren't as careful in the old days."
The dancers actually started kicking in St. Louis in 1925 as the Missouri Rockets. They made their New York debut two years later, performing at the Roxy Theater, where they were known as the Roxyettes. When Radio City opened on Dec. 27, 1932, the Roxyettes transferred there and performed in the first holiday show in December 1933. They were renamed the Rockettes in 1934.
During this year's Spectacular, which opened Friday and runs through Dec. 30, Santa Claus will introduce seven Rockettes to show off the show's history — two wearing original vintage costumes; four in the recreated looks; and one in the current dress.


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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Attorney General Derek Schmidt officially filed the state's appeal of a school finance ruling.
A spokesperson for the Kansas Supreme Court said the clerk's office received the filing Friday.
A three-judge district court panel ruled Jan. 11 in favor of parents and schools who said the state's method of funding K-thru-12 public schools was unconstitutional. The judge's said the state did not live up to its promise to increase education funding as ordered by the Kansas Supreme Court in 2006.
Among other things, the panel's ruling barred lawmakers from making any further cuts to K-thru-12 spending and gave a suggested amount for per-pupil spending that would begin to remedy the situation.
In his filing, Schmidt lists 10 issued that could be raised. Those include whether the panel's order violates constitutional separation of powers, which gives sole power to appropriate funds to the Legislature. Schmidt also questions whether the judges considered all revenue sources for Kansas schools in making their decision, if they used inadmissible evidence of the Legislature's intent and whether the question of suitable funding levels is something the courts can answer.
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I started reading this one yesterday, I have to admit I didn't think it would be this good The main character is a lot like Yagami Light (more of a villain than the hero) but instead of trying to escape from the good guys, he attacks them relentlessly until there's nobody standing in his way. Quite intriguing and well-planned, the only shame is the fact that it's monthly...but hey, good stuff always takes time~
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Nah, not really...at one point, Ren hypnotizes someone by surprising them from behind and instantly giving out a "suggestion". Still, the planning is awesome if you think about it, and for once, the bad guys seem to be winning
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Well, he is the kind of villain who must have overwhelming abilities, so as to bring the good guys in a tight spot. Since his enemy is a master hypnotist, I'd like to see his new allies (who, despite being smart, are not on Ren's level) get caught or trapped in one of his plans, it's been pretty one-sided so far...but I still love it anyway!
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Man, Kuonji has been 2 steps behind Ren since the beginning. I have to admit, that kind of takes the suspense out of all of it, esp compared to, y'know, DN(yeah, I HAD to say it (>.>)), where both Light and L were practically even, or going back and forth one-upping each other. Still, i have mixed feelings about him having two people he trusts, which kind of makes it unfair in Kuonji's regard, since it's like he assumes Ren is working alone. I can only hope that Ren gets truly pushed in the corner(something like figuring out Yuka was talking with Kuonji, but w/o getting the upper hand against him immediately) and goes on the defensive, and I'm sure it'll become a bit more enjoyable.
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"We wanted to give you a new way of performing music," Drake explained when introducing Fantasia. While Rock Band and Dance Central were about simulation, Drake pointed out that Fantasia is "a music-creation experience. It's not just about 'can you play x path and get five stars.' It's about playing a song and making it your own." When performing a song in Fantasia, your silhouette will appear atop the iconic pedestal that Mickey used in the original film. Here, you become a conductor, and you'll use your arms to mimic the motions of one. Arrows will appear on the screen, and you'll have to swipe your arms in that direction in time with the music. At first glance, it looks a lot like "full body Ouendan." At key points, you'll be able to "remix" the song. Three colored options will appear on the screen, and depending on the way you swipe, you'll drastically shift the tone of the song you're playing. Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" can get an orchestral mix, a guitar mix, or a piano mix, for example. The effects last throughout the entire song, meaning additional remix points will layer upon what you've previously selected. Other opportunities to customize the song will appear during your performance as well. For example, a challenge section will have players attempting to build a cube by waving their arms at the right time. If successful, you'll be able to create a live remix guitar solo using the "music manipulator." Using your hands, you can draw on the surface of an object, and it will record a solo that gets played back during the rest of the song.
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The end result is a song that sounds quite different from the original, and more importantly, different from other players' performances. Over two dozen songs are promised for Fantasia's initial release, including AVICII's "Levels," Bruno Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven," Fun.'s "Some Nights," and Kimbra's "Settle Down." Of course, Harmonix being who they are, we wouldn't be surprised if Fantasia wasn't just a game--but became a platform for a future pipeline of downloadable content. Fantasia: Music Evolved will be available in 2014 for Xbox One and Xbox 360 with Kinect. BOOM video 15414
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KOOZA opens Friday, November 12 under the Blue-and-Yellow Grand Chapiteau at Bicentennial Park 17 shows added – now through December 19
The first visible sign of the arrival of Cirque du Soleil and its latest critically acclaim live production KOOZA in the city of Miami, is the raising of the Blue-and-Yellow Grand Chapiteau (Big Top) and the set up of the Cirque du Soleil Village. This event took place at Bicentennial Park this afternoon where a team of 60-plus men and women hoisted more than 100 steel poles from the ground up. KOOZA will premiere on Friday, November 12 for a limited engagement. Tickets for KOOZA and these 17 additional performances are now available online at www.cirquedusoleil.com/kooza or by phone at at 1 800 450-1480.
Cirque du Soleil Box Office:As part of the Cirque du Soleil Village, a box office will be set up at the public entrance of the Grand Chapiteau. As of Thursday, November 11 between 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., tickets for KOOZA may be purchased in person.
Please note: the Box office is open 1 1/2 hours prior to show time and is closed on Mondays. Tickets can also be purchased by phone at 1 800 450-1480 or online at cirquedusoleil.com/kooza.
Performance schedule: Tuesdays to Thursdays at 8 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. No performances on Mondays. Schedule may change without notice
PressroomFor downloadable images and additional information, please visit the Cirque du Soleil on-line Press Room at www.cirquedusoleil.com. Scroll down and click on "Press Room" and then click on "KOOZA."
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May 14, 2011
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Senior Tewaaraton finalist Sarah Mollison racked up four goals and four assists in limited action as No. 1 Maryland coasted by Navy, 19-6, in the first round of the NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship Saturday.
With eight points on the day, Mollison moved up to sixth all-time in career points at Maryland, passing 2010 Tewaaraton winner Caitlyn McFadden. The Terps (19-1) also picked up three goals each from Kristy Black, Laura Merrifield and Bria Phillips as the offense erupted for its highest scoring output since March 22.
Katie Schwarzmann, who, in addition to Mollison, was tabbed a Tewaaraton finalist late last week, registered two goals and three assists on the day as Maryland advanced to the quarterfinal round for the fifth consecutive season.
After an explosive 4-0 run in the game's opening minutes, the Terrapin defense allotted a pair of Navy scores around the 20-minute mark but ultimately ran away with the first half, capping the stanza with six unanswered goals.
With the clock running the entire second period, Maryland was able to utilize its entire bench, including both reserve goalies. Alex Aust and Phillips led the Terps in the second half, boasting two scores a piece.
Defensively, Beth Glaros and Mollison each racked up two caused turnovers while Glaros, a freshman, added three draw controls and a pair of ground balls. Maryland has now held 28 of its last 31 opponents to 10 or fewer goals.
"I was really pleased with our effort today overall," head coach Cathy Reese said. "I thought it was a really well-played game for us. We have had a couple weeks off, which gave us the time to refocus, reset and heal. Today was a really good effort from our team."
Maryland, which is now 44-16 in the NCAA Tournament, welcomes Princeton next Saturday for a ticket to this year's final four in Stony Brook, N.Y.


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Every place I have booked for my kids always included a hot dog or slice a pizza no matter what time the party was. Very odd party time for three year olds and they should have included a non sugar based food. I can imagine what these over tired, over sugared kids were like after the party.
Maybe I've read too many horror stories on ehell but a part of me wonders if maybe the family hid the pizza to take home for themselves and then told everyone only the dessert was available? I know, total assumption here but the stories I've heard here...lol...
I'm with those that say food should be served at every party, consistent with the time of day.For me, I work it like this:6am - 9am start time = breakfast (sit down)10am - 11am start time = brunch (finger food / sweet & savoury)midday - 2pm start time = lunch (sit down)2pm - 5pm = afternoon tea (finger food / sweet & savoury)6pm - 8pm = dinner (sit down)8pm - onwards = supper (finger food / sweet & savoury)
If you don't want to serve a meal (or pizza), then you need the 2-4pm slot. Anytime before or after that a meal should be included.
Quote from: bopper on February 10, 2014, 08:20:45 AMIf you don't want to serve a meal (or pizza), then you need the 2-4pm slot. Anytime before or after that a meal should be included.For adults yes, but for kids? I don't know. When I was a kid we ate tea early. 4.30/5pm ish. It wouldn't even occur to me that kids that young would be eating a full meal so late, so I'd assume they would already have eaten and that snacks etc were perfectly fine; perhaps the mother thought the same.
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The browning of Lafayette has begun.
Across the city's 23 parks, Lafayette has suspended irrigation a month early to prepare for the possibility that 2013 will be as dry as this year has been. Only high traffic sports fields at City Park, Whitetail Park and Lamont Does Park will continue to be watered.
"What we're doing is making sure we're proactively planning in case the drought continues into next year," city spokeswoman Debbie Wilmot said. "We're pushing dormancy up by a month."
While turf around town will begin to turn noticeably brown over the next few weeks, Lafayette Parks Superintendent Bill Coleman said it isn't a cause for worry.
"Moving the park turf into early dormancy isn't a concern for me at this point," he said. "As long as we get some water on it next year, it will be fine. During the 2002 drought, we stopped watering much earlier in the year and were able to bring the turf back to normal."
Wilmot said the Kentucky bluegrass that is dominant across the city is able to survive extended periods of low irrigation and emerge healthy once again in the spring. City staff will hand-water trees, shrubs and flowers to ensure they remain healthy.
Lafayette's decision to halt irrigation in its parks follows a ban the city put in place at the end of July on daytime residential watering. And in May, the city decided not to fill Waneka Lake for the summer, forcing it to drydock its popular paddleboat and canoe rentals.
But in spite of the water conservation measures implemented by the city, residential water use in Lafayette in 2012 jumped 38 percent -- or by 551 acre feet -- through August over the same period in the previous year. Wilmot said the spike in water use likely is due to the extremely hot weather Colorado has endured this year, starting in the early spring.
The good news is that Lafayette has plenty of water in storage at the Baseline and Goose Haven reservoirs, Wilmot said. A project to shore up two century-old earthen dams at Baseline Reservoir has wrapped up and the reservoir at Cherryvale and Baseline roads should fill back to normal levels next year.
"The city's water portfolio is solid -- we have a lot of senior water rights and we're going into the winter with the same amount of water we always have," Wilmot said.
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Where did I put my need-to-know-only policy?
Charlie is going to visit the Cullens for christmas, just as he has done for the last ten years. But could this year be different? And how could a piece of horse meat change all his convictions?
The story is set ten years after breaking dawn. CPOV. *All the wonderful characters belong to Stephanie Meyer.*
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As I was thinking about what happened nearly a decade ago I started to shove some clothes into a bag, trying to fit as many coats as I possibly could for my two week stay in Canada. The Cullens hadn't move to Russia, but they had moved to Canada- to a small town in British Columbia.
I ran downstairs; I really didn't want to miss my flight to Vancouver International Airport. If I did Alice would have my head. She had already made plans for this evening so I was expected to be at their house at 9 pm, sharp. No excuses allowed.
As soon as I arrived at the airport I was calm. I was on time, and the plane was scheduled to land way before nine.
I always loved visiting Bella and Nessie, not only because I got to see them, but because I loved being on a plane. Bella always got me First Class tickets, and the little warm towels and the champagne were just delightful; it felt like I was at a spa or something - not that I would ever let anyone know. As far as Bella was aware I hated all the First Class stuff, and all the fuss she made about me being comfortable.
As I got off the plane and went to collect my luggage I began to mentally prepare myself. I knew what Bella would look like- what all the Cullens would look like. They never aged, but I never wanted to ask why. I had told Jacob that I was going to have a need-to-know-only policy; details were out of the question. But sometimes curiosity over took me and my mind asked question that I didn't want to know the answer to: Why were they so cold? How come they never aged? Why did I never see them eating? How had Bella become exactly like the other Cullens? The questions haunted me daily, but I tried to not think too much about them, I knew that my baby was different, that all the Cullens were different, but I would never let my curiosity get the better of me. I preferred to be blissfully ignorant.
I turned around to see where the booming voice was coming from, and sure enough, there was Bella with Jacob by her side. Neither looked any different.
As I began making my way through the line of people, I could hear Bella; her voice was as distinct as ever. "Jake, shut up. Seriously, I can never take you anywhere." She looked disgruntled but still very beautiful- impossibly so. Jacob was grinning and waving his arms indicating to where they were. As if I could miss the six-foot-seven giant.
"Hi dad, it's great to see you. I missed you so much." Bella said as I reached them. She gave me a dainty hug, trying not to make too much body contact, but I already knew that hugging Bella was like hugging an icicle; it didn't really bother me...much. Instead of letting her go I pulled her closer and kissed her ice cold cheek.
"It's great to see you too, Bells." I said. It was really hard not to get emotional when I was so happy to be near my little girl. Come on Charlie, get a grip.
Jake was pulling Bella away from me so that he could get his turn in giving me a hug. I quickly stepped away.
Jake just laughed. "Don't make me chase you, Charlie."
I kept retreating, "Oh, no. Stay exactly where you are Jacob. The last time you tried to hug me you nearly broke one of my ribs." That had been a very painful experience. Jake sometimes forgot how damn strong he was, his enthusiasm at seeing me was nice but I really didn't want to spend Christmas in hospital.
Jacob just kept laughing, "Oh, heck Charlie, are you never gonna let it go?" He was laughing so loudly that everyone near us was watching, making me very uncomfortable.
Bella's expression told me that she was equally as uncomfortable, or even more so. "Come on dad, let's get out of here. Alice will kill me if we're late; she's already picked everyone's outfits for decorating the Christmas tree."
I just nodded. Great, decorating was just fantastic, but getting dressed up was even better.
"Cheer up, Charlie." Jake gave me a great big whack between my shoulder blades as he took my bag from me. I winced. The kid was far too strong. "There will be loads of food. Esme and Rosalie spent all of yesterday preparing a bunch of treats. But if I were you, I would stay away from anything blondie touched, you know she spit in my food once... I was puking my guts out for hours."
Bella punched Jacob's arm, "Don't listen to him dad. Rose would never do anything like that to you, and Jake deserved it. You did role around on her bed... she had to buy a new mattress for goodness sake, you left fur everywhere."
Jacob was laughing so much that I didn't think he could make it to the car. Bella had now joined in, giggling quietly at the memory. The sound was so sweet; it made me smile just hearing it. Her giggles also distracted me from the fact that Jacob had left fur... no, I wasn't even going to think about it.
"Yeah, I did deserve it. Man that was funny." He said whilst wiping a tear away.
We kept a constant chatter as we walked to the car. Bella described the new house that she and Edward had, how Carlisle was getting along in his new job at the clinic, how Esme had helped the local church by renovating the old bell tower, and how the younger Cullens were doing at school. It was such a mundane conversation, and yet I was still aware that this conversation was anything but. Ten years ago I would have questioned why the Cullens were still at school, now I didn't even think about it. No, with time definitely came wisdom- thinking was always a bad idea.
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Juventus president Adnrea Agnelli admits the Serie A club will find it hard to turn down a bumper bid for Paul Pogba.
Agnelli claims the Italian giants no longer have the strength to keep hold of Pogba if a substantial bid arrives.
The Frenchman moved to Italy from Manchester United in August 2012, having become frustrated with the lack of first team football at Old Trafford.
The youngster has impressed since he arrived in Turin, becoming a first team regular under manager Antonio Conte and lifting the Serie 'A' title last season.
Juventus are reportedly close to agreeing new contract terms with Pogba, who was a reported summer transfer target of Arsenal and Chelsea.
Despite the club's desire to keep the player, Agnelli admits it would be difficult to keep hold of the midfielder if a huge bid arrived.
"If I was to judge it from a footballers' point of view, Italy is no longer the final destination but a transit destination," he said.
"I am trying to think what will be of us in two or three years' time if we get a massive offer for one of the best talents we have today, Pogba, the French 20-year-old.
"Would we be able to retain him? I don't know. I don't think at the moment we have the strength to retain such a player.
"Look at what happened to AC Milan. They had to give away Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva to pay the cheques.
"At the end of the day you can be attractive, but you also need to have the economic strength."
Despite Agnelli's admission, Pogba remains committed to Juventus and claimed in a interview that he does not see himself playing for a different club.
That could be a blow for the interested Premier League parties, who both could use the youngster's services.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has a track record of bringing top young players to the Emirates Stadium, particularly from his homeland.
However, he missed out on Pogba when he first came to England, and the Gunners won't want to fail in their pursuit of the player for a second time.
The 20-year-old would certainly have no trouble settling in if he did move to north London, with Les Bleus internationals Olivier Giroud, Bacary Sagna and Laurent Koscielny all in the Arsenal first team.
Chelsea, meanwhile, have spent big on top young players in recent times, and manager Jose Mourinho continued that trend this summer.
The Blues boss brought Marco Van Ginkel, Christian Atsu and Andre Schurrle to Stamford Bridge, as he looks to build a lasting legacy for owner Roman Abramovich.
And, Pogba would be the icing on the cake for the Chelsea manager, with the central midfielder destined for great things at whichever club he ends up at.
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The Morris Theatre Guild, Inc. is taking reservations for its summer musical-drama production of "Rent.
The books, lyrics, and music are by Jonathan Larson.
The cast consists of both veteran and new guild members, including Leland Curl of Coal City, Stephanie Aiello Allen and Mike Sallade, both of Joliet, Dustin Mann of Kankakee, Marjorie Struck, Courtney Washington, Adrianna (Danni) Williamson, Trent Zelko, all of Morris, Katie Orsini of Peru, Michael Ellis, Rachel Johnson, and Lizzie Mladic, all of Seneca, Justin Ongenae of Shorewood, Nico Ascension Garcia of South Chicago Heights, and Chris Cummings of Wilmington.
The production is directed by Derek Buckley of Oglesby, and assisted by Kelly Johnson of Seneca.
Rent opens on Friday, July 19, 2013. The production continues on July 20, 21, 26, 27, and closes on Sunday, July 28, 2013. Friday and Saturday evening performances will begin at 7:30 p.m., and both Sunday matinee performances will begin at 2:30 p.m.
Ticket prices for adults are $15 each if reserved by e-mail, phone, or purchased online, and $18 each if purchased at the door. (Due to mature language and content, this play is recommended for mature audiences.)
All seating is based on first come, first served. There are no refunds.
Reservations can be made by e-mailing Michelle Vrtis at firstname.lastname@example.com, calling (815) 942-1966, or online at the guild's website of morristheatreguild.com.
All unpaid reservations will be held until a half hour before the production begins and then they will be released if needed. For house buy-outs or other information, please call the theatre at (815) 942-1966.
Rent is presented with permission from Music Theatre International, to whom royalties are paid. The Morris Theatre Guild, Inc. is a not-for-profit community theatre with a website at www.morristheatreguild.com.


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But Dawkins never swore at them.
So who are more sensible ?
Religion debate - really don't undertand this whole type of thing at all . Perhaps it is that people who claim to believe in God essentially state that this omnipotent omnipresent being can be in any way affected by what one human being says or writes . If there is a god surely the disbelief of one person will in no way affect him ? Either there is a god or there isn't and no argument one way or the other will create or diminish him . But god is obviously so feeble this action must be taken for him , the Ayatollah's fatwa against Salman Rushdi , obviouly God could not do this alone so an elderly Iranian man had to do it for him .
Either there is a god no matter what anyone says or there isn't no matter what anyone says and getting someone to admit this or formally swear to it is a rather pointless exercise .
my error - I grace with the label of debate what is just opposition . Name-calling .
I like Dawkins. I feel that he's been slipping under the radar in the past couple of years though. He got caught up in his militant philosophy and I feel that people have just moved on from being angry.
Who is this Dawkins dude?
I think Dawkins makes an excellent point. Christians of the type that write him hate mail forget the words of Christ, when he tells them to turn the other cheek.
Despite him having what I consider to be quite a pompous demeanor, I have a lot of respect for Richard Dawkins. I don't share his anti-theistic views or his apparent love of mockery, but I have learned a lot from listening to him speak, and some of his perspectives have even helped to shape and solidify my view of the world.
This video doesn't interest me however. My main grievance is that by cherry-picking the impassioned words of a vocal minority, it gives the kids of /r/atheism ammunition to justify their conceited intolerance. I wont fault Dawkins for this, as it is not necessarily by his failing that others might presume these letters to be representative of Christianity as a whole; but I won't praise him for it either, as there is no real lesson to be learned from watching this.
It's just Dawkins again showing his irritating pomposity.
Dawkins can be respectful, curious and engaging when speaking with intelligent religious people.
Here, he's a smart guy making fun of dumb people. Classy.
Somali OstrichThe worst thing...is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or the expansion of totalitarian governments. As terrible as these catastrophes would be for us, they can be repaired in a few generations. The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.--e.o. wilson
Vile words of hate can come from the mouths of atheists, and words of love and support can come from the religious. It's important to recognise that not all religious individuals are hateful, and that not all atheists are rational and enlightened. It shouldn't be about us vs them, but mutual understanding, respect, and civil discussion. This video contains nothing other than petty derision from both sides; it's poison.


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The Norma Anders Public Library will be celebrating 10 years at their new location on Main Street on July 13.
Children in the 5th grade and under are invited to help in the celebration on July 13 from 10 a.m. to noon at the library. Parents and/or grandparents are encouraged to stay with their small children.
There will be games, stories, and treats for all.
The new building was opened with a Cornerstone Laying and Dedication on Saturday, July 19, 2003, by the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Iowa. There was a procession from city hall to the new library made up of masons from across Iowa, library trustees, city council and the speaker.
The new building was made possible by gifts from the Norma Anders estate, Shoot for the Stars, grants, and numerous Dysart citizens and former citizens.