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The Seven Lively Arts, by Gilvers Seldes.
Familiar Quotations, John Bartlett.
When a Man's a Man, Harold Bell Wright.
The Home Book of Verse, Stevenson.
Nell Gwyn, Lewis Melville.
The Coming of Gabriel, Geo. Moore.
The Outline of History, H.G. Wells.
Alien Souls.
The Trail of the Beast.
111 Books, Abdullah Achmed.
A Strange Story.
Night and Morning, Edward Bulwer Lytton.
The Caxtons, vol. I and II, Bulwer.
Memoirs of Fr.
Kai Lung's Golden Hour, Ernest Bramah (boxed set, 2 volumes).
Rival Sultans, H. Noel Williams.
The Deluge, Hendryk Sienkiewicz.
Out of the Silent North, Drago.
Poems, Esays and Letters, Joyce Kilmer.
Lord Northcliffe, A Memoir, Max Pemberton.
Life of Benvenuto Cellini, (autobiography). (vol 1 & vol 11)
Intimate Letters of James Gibbons Huneker.
The Puppet Show of Memory, Maurice Baring.
An American Tragedy, Dreiser.
Casanova's Homecoming, Arthur Schnitzler.
The Storyteller's
Studies in Lietrature, Sir Arthur Quillar-Couch.
On the Art of
Goethe's Faust. Mummer's Tale and Clio, Anatole
Cytherea, Joseph Hergesheimer.
Painted Veils, James Huneker.(signed by Huneker, ed. 326/1200)
Memoirs of My Dead Life, George Moore.
Heloise and Abelard, George Moore.
Droll Stories, Balzac.
Sister Beatrice, Maeterlinck.
Adriane and Barbe Bleue, Maeterlinck.
Writings of Oscar Wilde. (A House of Pomegranates, etc)
The Kerith Brook, George Moore.
Vanity Fair (first edition), Thackery.
Poetica Erotica, Verse, T. R. Smith.
The Decameron, Boccaccio.
Sea Tracks of the Speejacks, Dale Collins.
The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of
Hands Around, Arthrur Schnitzler.
Moods, by Th. Dreiser.
Pierra Loti, D'Auvergne.
A Lost Lady, Willa Cather.
Confessions of a Child of the Century, De Musset.
Venus in Furs, Leopold Von Sacher-Masech.
The Cathedral, Hugh Walpole.
Memoirs of a Midget, by Walter de La Mare.
The Road of Ambition, Elaine Sterne.
The World's Ambition, by Wasserman.
Goethe's Wilhelm Meister.
A Night in
The Horses of Diomede, de Gourmont.
The Romance of Leonardo Da Vinci, Merejkow.
The Man with the Clubfoot, Valentine Williams.
The Return of Clubfoot, Valentine Williams.
Memoirs of my Life, Sarah Bernhardt.
The Christian, Hall Caine.
Jurgen, James Branch Cabell.
The Beloved Woman, Kathleen Norris.
Harriett and the Piper, Kathleen Norris.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam, trans. Edw. Fitzgerald.
Brass, Chas. Norris.
The Mystic Warrior. L'Album de la Guerre, 1914-1919.
OTHER BOOKS, listed separately:
The Story of Nell Gwynn, by Cunningham.
Terribly Intimate Portraits, Noel Coward.
The Days I Knew, Lillie Langtry.
The Blind Bow Boy, Carl Van Vechten.
Familiar Quotations,
(Poems), Mrs. (E.B.) Browning.
War Verse, Frank Foxcroft.
De Profundis, Oscar Wilde.
Some Observations, Dr. Frank Crane.
Gentleman Prefer Blondes, Anita Loos.
The Life Story of an Ugly Duckling.
Poetica Erotica, T. R. Smith.
My Life in Art, Constantine Stanislavsky.
Struggles and Triumphs, (Life of P. T. Barnum).
Continental Stage Craft, Kenneth MacGowan, Robt. E. Jones.
The Republic, The Statesman, Plato.
The Sufistic Quotations of Omar Khyam.
Imrprovement of the Understanding, Spinoza.
Classical Conversations, Bert L. Taylor.
Portrait of Mr. W.H., Oscar Wilde
Young Archimedes, Aldous Huxley.
Crome Yellow, Aldous Huxley.
On tht Margin, A. Huxley.
Limbo, A. Huxley.
Mortal Coils, A. Huxley.
Antic Hay, Aldous Huxley.
Two or Three Graces, Aldous Huxley.
The House of Dreams Come True, Pedler.
The Lamp of Fate, Pedlar.
The Barbarian Lover, Pedlar.
Red Ashes, Pedlar.
The Hermit of Far End, Pedlar.
Waves of Destiny, Pedlar.
The Splendid Folly, Pedler.
The Comedienne, Reymont.
Belonging, Wardsley.
Almond Blossoms, Wardsley.
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde.
The Flower Beneath the Foot, Ronald Firbank.
Bella Donna, Robert Hichens.
The Fruitful Vine, Robert Hichens.
Smoke Bites and Other Stories, Robert Hichens.
The Spirit of the Times, Robert Hichens.
The Man Nobody Knows, Bruce Barton.
Laughter, Henry Bergson.
Rudyard Kipling's Verse, 1885-1918.
The Heretic of Soana, Gerhart Hauptmann.
The Wandering Jew,
A Soul's Faring, Muriel Strode.
Wedlock, Jacob Tasserman.
Robin, Burnett.
The Head of the House of Coombe, Burnett.
Others for 1919, Alfred Kreymborg.
Tragedies of Sex, Frank Wederkind.
Love Days.
Peculiar Poems, J. Joyce.
4 Volumes of O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories.
The Great Modern English Stories, O'Brien.
Best Short Stories. Adventures - Best Stories of 1920.
*These are only books sent to
of beautiful bond maps where she planned imagery trips as she sat in bed at Pottengers Sanitarlun.
None of these are on this list.
Found in New York book store with Mabel's name in them
Pirre Loti (The Romance of a Great Writer) Edmund B. D'Auvergne
The Lost Art, (Dorothy van Doren, ed.)
Sir Francis Seymour Haden (Modern Masters of Etching, no 11)
The books high lghited in light blue are in a collection in New York. These are the ones that will be given to Staten Island
Reading Mabel Normand's Library
by Mark Lynn Anderson
An investigation of popular accounts of Mabel Normand's library considers the convergence of the intellectual and the star. Normand's persona as a working-class woman and movie star enabled her claim to new forms of cultural authority in the 1910s, in turn rapidly attenuated by the implementation of regulatory discourses about motion pictures and other products of mass culture, making those products subject to various forms of verification and institutional certification.
Mark Lynn Anderson is Assistant Professor in Film Studies at the
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The sun came out on Saturday so we went for a bike ride round Battersea Park. The structure you see above is the 'Peace Pagoda'.
On Saturday afternoon I baked this Lemon Meringue Pie. I used my mixer for all three stages - the pastry the filling and the meringue. I'm so pleased I can make meringues without developing some kind of body builder arm from beating the egg whites.
Afternoon Tea at the Dorchester - complete with Singapore Slings, a pianist, pink champagne and a red rose (now being attractively displayed in a demijohn for lack of a vase).


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Sefton Central Labour MP Bill Esterson has demanded that plans to close Maghull Ambulance Station in Lydiate are scrapped.
This follows a cut to the North West Ambulance Service budget by the Lib Dem-Tory government of £35 million.
NWAS has now announced that it will conduct a 'trial closure' of the ambulance station but the MP has questioned whether the evidence shows that this is wise given the government's own statutory emergency response times.
Bill Esterson said there was no need to conduct a trial closure as his own time trials showed that not all of Maghull and Lydiate could be reached within the Home Office's statutory emergency response times.
Bill launched a campaign to save Maghull Ambulance Station earlier this year after news broke that North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) was planning to close the station on Kenyons Lane.
In a letter to the MP, NWAS chief executive Bob Williams said the station was set for closure with the service being relocated to Bootle & Netherton Fire Station at Buckley Hill due to the "current financial climate".
Thousands of people throughout East Sefton and further afield signed a Labour Action Team petition, including Shadow Health Minister Andy Burnham.
Bill met with service chiefs when he detailed the level of opposition to their closure plans and his own time trial findings.
Bill said: "I met with North West Ambulance Service and had, what I assumed, was a productive meeting. They appeared to take on board the concerns that I was passing on to them, and they acknowledged the findings of my own time trial. They also confirmed that the Lib Dem-Tory government had made huge cuts to their budget.
"But I am deeply shocked and concerned to find that they have now decided to conduct a trial closure of Maghull Ambulance Station without looking at the evidence about emergency response times.
"They now tell me that they cannot conduct their own formal time trial from Buckley Hill, because they have not got access to a spare vehicle to do so. But they could station a vehicle at Buckley Hill at different times of the day to check response times to Maghull, Lydiate and Melling without having to close the existing station at Kenyons Lane in Lydiate.
"As my own time trials have shown, you can conduct a time trial which clearly shows that there are parts of Maghull which will not be suitably covered in the Home Office-set call out times.
"I made all of this clear in my meeting a few weeks back and am therefore extremely concerned to find NWAS have decided to go ahead with the closure. You have to wonder if the pressure put on them by the government and the huge cuts that the Lib Dems and Tories have made to the NHS as a whole and the ambulance service in particular have made it impossible purely on financial grounds when safety should always be the number one consideration.
"The crisis at A&E is a direct result of Tory cuts which had the full support of the Lib Dems and this decision to close Maghull Ambulance Station is also a direct result of cuts by the same Tory government, still being propped up by the same Lib Dems."
North West Ambulance Service made clear in its original announcement that Maghull Ambulance Station was under threat as a direct result of huge cuts to the service's budget.
Bill said: "Our emergency services have seen their budgets slashed by the Lib Dems and Tories in government. NWAS is being forced to look at cutting its service as a direct result of these cuts.
"But these cuts are directly putting lives at risk right here in Maghull and Lydiate. The closure of our ambulance station will jeopardise safety. That is something that the thousands of people in East Sefton are concerned about and the point that I have repeatedly made to not just the NWAS, but also the Tory and Lib Dem Ministers who are forcing this closure through.
"I am opposed to any 'trial closure' of Maghull Ambulance Station. I am vehemently opposed to any closure of our ambulance station and I will continue to campaign against these plans which are being forced through in the interests of saving the Lib Dems and Tories money, at the expense of public safety.
"This cut to the ambulance service is a direct result of Tory-Lib Dem cuts and it is clear that you just cannot trust the Tories or the Lib Dems when it comes to our NHS, to the ambulance service or when it comes to public safety."


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Here's the thing. I think I am in charge of ensuring my kids read a TON, play independently and imaginatively a TON, and have minimal screen time. (This last one can be hard, but I think it's so worth it to make screen time a short reward (or for a mom-emergency) instead of the norm.) But I don't feel that it's my responsitibilty, not to mention good for them, to force my children into formal learning at a young age, such as teaching them to read by two years old.
Ain't nobody got time for that!
CJ is almost reading at 4, but that's her. She knew each letter of the alphabet and the sound they made by 18 months old, and it was largely because of her simply picking up on things while we were reading. R is just as into books, but at almost 3 years old he still identifies most letters as "H!"
You know what, it's not a big deal! Every kid develops at a different pace and I simply want my kids to love books. I want them to be bored a little too, so they know how to develop their own interest in things and entertain themselves! Boredom is a choice around these parts, and as much as my kids deserve quality time with mom every single day, mom is also not the designated entertainer.
All that being said, I have loved doing what we call a little "Mommy School" with my kids starting around two years old. Since I'm home with them, I don't want to put my kids into a formal preschool until 4 (this might change with R though; the man needs some buddies). But I still want them to engage in a little semi-formal learning, get curious, and have positive experiences with "school" so they can carry that engagement into when they do attend a bonafide preschool.
Here is what I did with CJ and am currently doing with R. It's very simple, non-scientific, and loosy-goosy. I might not be the best arts and crafts mom, or the fun mom, but I can take 15 minutes every day or so during the week to sit down and do a little mommy school.
So, however you adapt this to your family, keep it simple! I don't plan any of this ahead of time as there really is no need!
1) We sit down and I draw the letter we are learning. I show them the letter, have them repeat its name and sound several times. They trace the letter with their finger. Then we repeat!
3) We sing a song that might have the letter in it somehow. (Such as "It's Raining, It's Pouring" if we are learning "R.") If I can't think of one, we just sing a couple of songs and be a little silly and move our bodies!
4) I pull out a couple of books and they chooses one or two as well. This is where I might quickly look for a book that I remember has a word with the letter we are learning. But most of the time, it's a random pull and we can always find the letter of the day in the book somewhere. When we come across our letter, I point at it and get excited and try to have the child start to recognize them too.
5) We then hang up the letter and its pictures on a wall, our "word wall!" I try to review the letters with them from time to time when I think of it.
|Yes, I spelled gorilla "ghorilla." Remember, I am very sleep deprived. It seemed like the right way after I spelled "ghost."
And that's it.
I do usually two of these lessons per letter. Some weeks we learn a two letters. Other weeks (like last week!), we don't even get to "mommy school." Heck, we even took a whole month off between Thanksgiving and Christmas!
The biggest key I've learned for doing any sort of teaching in the home for little ones is to keep it short, engaging, and repetitive. They'll get there!
With my 4 year old, we're starting to use a book on learning to read that I'm liking, as she's definitely past learning the letters/sounds. I'll give more information on that once I get a little more consistent with it. Also, I'd like to start a little math/science with her--my weak areas--but something that is more fun than formal. Any suggestions?


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'It was never meant to be a game': my monograph on Norman Jewison's Rollerball
I have been pre-occupied with my Phd and various other commitments, so I've been a little bit slow off the mark to publicise my latest book, a monograph on Norman Jewison's 1975 dystopian science fiction classic, Rollerball, out now on various platforms in the US, UK and Australia, through Auteur Publishing.
The book originated out of my curiosity to see whether I had it in me to write 40k based on a single film. The film I chose, in consultation with the publisher, was Rollerball. Only you can be the judge as to how good a job I have done, but I'll let you all in on the first rule of writing a film monograph, make sure you like the film because you not only have to watch it numerous times but immerse yourself in everything to do with it.
I have always like Rollerball, ever since first seeing it twenty years ago. But I didn't realise until I got stuck into researching the film for this book, just what a good viewing experience it still is and what a chilling dystopian vision it remains.
Rollerball depicts a future dominated by anonymous corporations and their executive elite, in which all individual effort and aggressive emotions are subsumed into a horrifically violent global sport, remains critically overlooked.… Read more
Pre-orders open for my monograph on Norman Jewison's 1975 film, Rollerball
My monograph on Norman Jewison's 1975 dystopian science fiction film, Rollerball, something I have been working on for the last couple of years, now has a cover and will soon be in the world via Constellations imprint of the independent film and media studies publisher, Auteur.
This is the first semi-academic publication I have written and I am excited but also a little nervous about how it is going to be received.
Rollerball depicts a future dominated by anonymous corporations and their executive elite, in which all individual effort and aggressive emotions are subsumed into a horrifically violent global sport, remains critically overlooked. What little has been written deals mainly with its place within the renaissance of Anglo-American science fiction cinema in the 1970s, or focuses on the elaborately shot, still visceral to watch, game sequences, so realistic they briefly gave rise to speculation Rollerball may become an actual sport.
Drawing on numerous sources, including little examined documents in the archive of the film's screenwriter William Harrison,the book examines the many dimensions of Rollerball's making and reception: the way it simultaneously exhibits the aesthetics and narrative tropes of mainstream action and art-house cinema; the elaborate and painstaking process of world creation undertaken by Jewison and Harrison; and the cultural forces and debates that influenced them, including the increasing corporate power and growing violence in Western society in late 1960s and early 1970s.… Read more
Pulp Friday: A Clockwork Orange
It has been a while between posts, I know. This site, as well as a number of other things in my life, has taken a back seat in order for me to meet a few pressing deadlines, in particular, working on a monograph for a English publisher on Norman Jewison's 1975 dystopian science fiction classic, Rollerball.
While Jewison was not a great fan of science fiction he was impressed by two science fiction films, both of them made by Stanley Kubrick: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and A Clockwork Orange, released in 1971 (although it was not released in Australian until 1988). It is this latter film that is the subject of today's Pulp Friday post.
Published by Anthony Burgess in 1962, A Clockwork Orange is set in a near future dystopian England suffering from an epidemic of extreme youth violence and economic stagnation. The book's teenage protagonist, Alex, narrates the story of his various criminal exploits and the subsequent efforts of the conservative state authorities to rehabilitate him, in a made up language Burgess called 'Nadsat'.
Burgess's own politics were conservative, with a streak of anarchism running through his thinking. He wrote A Clockwork Orange in three weeks, influenced by his views of the growing youth culture in early sixties England.… Read more
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Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Anthony Burgess, Ballantine Books, Norman Jewison, Pan Books, Rollerball (1975), Stanley Kubrick
Rollerball & decoding cinematic dystopias
The Independent newspaper recently reported that the British Broadcasting Corporation is designing a television program in which unemployed and low paid workers will compete against each other, The Hunger Games-style, for cash prizes. The idea follows the success of Benefits Street, a UK reality TV show similar to the much-criticised SBS series, Struggle Street, about an area in Birmingham where ninety per cent of the residents are on social welfare benefits.
The newspaper report is one of several recent things that have got me thinking about how aspects of dystopian cinema are bleeding into real life. Another is the fortieth anniversary in late June of the science fiction film, Rollerball. Although derided by critics upon release for its violence, the film is now viewed as one of the high points of seventies dystopian cinema. It has also proven remarkably prescient regarding aspects of the future it depicted.
Rollerball is set in 2018. Nation-states no longer exist but are replaced by huge corporations, each focusing on an aspect of human need: transport, food, communication, housing, luxury, energy, etc. The most popular form of entertainment is a violent sport called Rollerball, and the most successful competitor is Jonathan E, who plays for Houston, the city controlled by the Energy Corporation.… Read more
Pulp Curry added to National Library of Australia's web archive
In a sign of just how much Australia's culture is on the skids, this site, Pulp Curry, is to be added in the National Library of Australia's PANDORA Archive.
PANDORA is the National Library e-archive dedicated to enabling the long term preservation of online publications to ensure Australians have access to their documentary heritage now and in the future.
It's a wonderful honour for my site to be included on the PANDORA Archive. I also get a thrill out of the fact that future generations will be able to check out my musings on Australian and international crime fiction and film, obscure pulp novels and associated topics.
For some reason, it reminds me of that scene from one of my favourite seventies dystopian science fiction films, Rollerball, when Jonathan E visits the super computer Zero to try and find out more about the corporations running the planet.
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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Verses on Prayer
Ephesians 6:18 (KJV) 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; Acts 1:14 (ESV) 14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women … Continue reading
What is Prayer?
By Ashley Dickie The exact definition of prayer is: a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or an object of worship. Prayer is daily recognition of one; Who created you and, two; That you constantly … Continue reading
This is not a 15 Minute Prayer Guide
What a wonderful gift prayer is, eh? I admit that sometimes it's talked about a lot in Church and sometimes it feels a little repetitious to talk about it more. You know how it is. You read the story of … Continue reading
Quotes on Prayer
"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart." ― Mahatma Gandhi "The function … Continue reading
Communicating is a daily part of life, whether it's asking your mom if she can pick up your favorite book from the library, telling your siblings a story, or ordering dinner with your loved ones. Prayer is also the way … Continue reading


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Fantasy LCS: Must Plays, Sleepers, Busts for EU Week Nine/Day One
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Fantasy LCS: Must Plays, Sleepers, Busts for EU Week Nine/Day One
One week remains in the LCS as teams jostle for playoff positions and to avoid relegation. There are some big match ups this week including Elements vs. Gambit and GIANTS vs. UoL. Let's take a look at this weeks picks as we enter the final week of the LCS regular season.
Must Play: Huni (FNC) ($1564) vs. SK: SK have died a ton this split and Huni has the best match up of day one. He's almost $400 more expensive than the next top laner though so it may be difficult to fit him into a lineup. There is some risk involved as well as FNATIC keep winning, but at times play very objective focused which limits their point outputs.
Sleeper: Steve (ROCCAT) ($1175) vs. CW: CW may be fighting for their lives to get out of relegation, but ROCCAT are fighting for a playoff spot and I think that will drive them to win this game. ROCCAT have been getting better, while not dominant, all split. Steve has been a big part of ROCCAT's wins this split and I would expect him to have a good game.
Bust: None. In my opinion all top laners are reasonably priced based on their match ups. sOAZ and Odoamne face each other so they have tough match ups, but are not so far overpriced that they aren't useable. I'd avoid freddy122.
Must Play: Jankos (ROCCAT) ($1356) vs. CW: Jankos has been very good all split for ROCCAT and I'd expect him to have a good game against CW. Like Steve he's been very involved in his teams kills this split.
Sleeper: Amazing (OG) ($1178) vs. H2k: Even though this is a tough match up for OG, Amazing has been steady all split averaging right around 20 points per game. He's relatively cheap as well.
Bust: Diamondprox (GMB) ($1107) vs. EL: This game could go either way, but the thing about Diamondprox is that he just hasn't put up very many fantasy points this split. He's only averaging 13 PPG and I just don't think he's worth using.
Must Play: Nukeduck (ROCCAT) ($1502) vs. CW: Again the match up is in favor of ROCCAT and Nukeduck has been the main carry for ROCCAT all split. The fact that Soren provides almost no kill pressure in lane also builds the case for Nukeduck.
Sleeper: PowerofEvil (UoL) ($1214) vs. GIANTS: I think even though Pepiinero presents a tough match up, UoL will win this game. PowerofEvil has been playing really well the last two weeks scoring over 30+ points a few times.
Bust: Febiven (FNC) ($1651) vs. SK: He's safe and will probably have a fine game, but do to his price tag he's going to need to give you 30-40 points and I'm not sure he'll get there. As I said about Huni, FNC have been winning, but the fantasy points aren't quite there.
Must Play: Niels (OG) ($1322) vs. H2k: It's a tough match up but he's cheaper than MrRallez and I think he's safer. Hjarnan and Kasing are a tough duo, but I think Origen will win this game and Niels will be a big reason why.
Sleeper: Vardags (UoL) ($1122) vs. GIANTS: If you are in on UoL this week then Vardags becomes a cheaper upside option who could have a very good game.
Bust: Rekkles (FNC) ($1715) vs. SK: Like Febiven he's safe and will probably have a nice game. But he's the most expensive player on the day and he's almost $300 more expensive than the next ADC. If you feel comfortable that he'll outscore all other ADCs in a range to justify his price then feel free to spend up for him, otherwise stay away.
Must Play: Mithy (OG) ($1073) vs. H2k: He's a safe option who is pretty cheap. I feel comfortable that he'll score around 20 points which is a good buy for a support at this price.
Sleeper: Hylissang (UoL) ($1035) vs. GIANTS: The cheapest of the supports I expect to win today. He does come with risk as he's had an up and down split but I think UoL will win this game and allow Hylissang to put up a solid point total.
Bust: YellowstaR (FNC) ($1469) vs. SK: Just like his brothers in FNC he's solid but expensive. He only scored 14 points last week, or one point per $100. Just not worth the price.
Here's my lineup for Week Nine Day One in the EULCS:
Top: Steve (ROCCAT) ($1175)
Jungle: Jankos (ROCCAT) ($1356)
Mid: Nukeduck (ROCCAT) ($1502)
ADC: Niels (OG) ($1322)
SUP: Hyllisang (UoL) ($1035)
Flex One: PowerOfEvil (UoL) ($1214)
Flex Two: Amazing (OG) ($1178)
Flex Three: xPeke (OG) ($1204)


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Hilary Duff's representative is threatening legal action over the publication of risque photos purportedly showing the singer/actress nude, because the star is not the woman in the pictures.
The So Yesterday hitmaker's name was included in a list of female celebrities who had allegedly had their privacy invaded following the headline-grabbing leak of naked pictures of actress Jennifer Lawrence and model Kate Upton last weekend (04Sep14).
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James Willie CarmichaelJune 25, 1943 ~ June 20, 2017 (age 73)
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James Willie Carmichael passed away on June 20, 2017 at Scotland Memorial Hospital following a brief illness.
Born and raised in Rowland, North Carolina, the son of John and Gladys (Bowens) Carmichael, he resided in North Carolina until joining the US Airforce during the Vietnam war where he served honorably both abroad and in the United States as part of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) before setting in Springfield, Massachusetts.
After serving with the military he worked as an investigator for the US Fair Housing Commission, and later represented the city of Springfield, Massachusetts as a court official where he was known for his kindness and fairness. During this time, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts. Prior to retiring, he earned a Master Barber's license and was co-owner of a barber shop in Springfield. In his later years, he relocated back to North Carolina and settled in Laurinburg.
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I just wanted to comment on one of the commentaries in the "Keyhole" section on page 50 of the Jan M&IT magazine. ( http://www.meetpie.com/documents/archives/MIT_907278_KEYHOLE.pdf )
It suggests that the Conservative Association in Dewsbury were somewhat insensitive for holding an event in a mining museum, due in part to the "section explaining what happened to the coal industry in the 1980s". One can only assume that this is a thinly veiled reference to the pit closures under the Conservative government of the time. I do wonder if it also shows that far more pits were closed in the 1970s under a Labour Prime Minister, namely Harold Wilson? I realise that in this age it's not unusual for facts to be conveniently overlooked, but these facts might suggest that no political events from either mainstream party be held at the museum? Or of course we could just use such an incident to have a pop at the local Tories, as would seem fashionable.
The recent Carillion debacle reminded me that in our industry it isn't just agencies that go bust. it's often clients you have to be watchful of. Clients that 'confirm'the project one week, then pull it the next week. Rush to contract with you to hit an internal deadline then enforce 90-120 day payment periods. Get the supplier to spend money on their behalf to secure venues then backtrack on the numbers leaving the agency to pick up the slack...because there was no official contract in place.
Of course you can refuse to do anything until you get a PO with a formal contract, you can ask for the money upfront or you can take out credit reference insurance. In the real world though, how many of your current 'big' clients are so successful that you don't need to do these sort of somersaults simply to start work. Who was that huge global car company that was declared insolvent but could not be liquidated because too many governments in too many countries had too many employees to worry about? Size is never everything in the services business but even having plc's as clients is no guarantee of security.
Don't forget if your client goes bust, suppliers come a long way down the line in terms of getting their money back...a very long way down.
The findings that European business travellers are least concerned about safety when compared to our American and Asian Pacific counterparts is, I think both good news and bad. (MIT November)
The 'bad' is that it could indicate that we are not as aware as we should be of the very real threats that surround us as we travel as part of our work, and we should be more alert to potential dangers.
The 'good' however could be that it's testament to the great spirit that we have in Europe that those intent on disrupting our daily lives won't win, and are more worried about forgetting our phone chargers.
I suspect the truth is somewhere in between, and long may it continue!
I read with interest your article in the November edition of M&IT called Future of the fam and in particular the comment made by Jan Williams in the "Fam Trips gone wrong" section. I wanted to assure both buyers and bookers that this incident did not take place on a Sandals Resorts fam trip. Although fun, our fam trips are educational and professional and behaviour of this nature is not tolerated.
I have experienced fam trips as both an attendee and a host. They are a fantastic way to experience venues and destinations first hand but are also crucial for the development of trust and respect between the host and the agent. I have been keen to accept attendees of all levels on my fam trips from new starters to MD's. The important thing is to encourage them to review and share their experiences with others once they return to the office. It has always been great to see blogs posted on agency websites and shared via social media after a fam trip. It makes all the hard work, and not to mention the late nights, worth it!
There's no doubt that the spectre of GDPR is on the horizon and that it will undoubtedly affect us all in the way we run our businesses.
I can't help thinking however that it's in danger of becoming a 'millennium bug' part 2, in that we'll soon have a raft of GDPR consultants knocking at our doors offering to 'strategically consult' on our data for a few grand a time.
Having said that, it's not to be ignored and if it does no more than make us all think about the relevance and use of the data we hoard than it can only be a good thing.
I'm guessing news is short as we reach the start of a new cycle of claims that women are hard done by. In the same issue that you highlight a supposed pay imbalance between the genders, as well as lauding Ms Sharpe's blatantly sexist female-only mentoring scheme, you include a feature wherein the overwhelming majority of contributors highlight that there seems no bias towards females succeeding in this industry.
You mention an agency with 22 staff, all of whom are female. Helene Kemsley points out that being female hasn't held her back in any way, and there is also the extremely relevant point raised that many female event profs choose to go freelance. And yet you have the temerity to use the leader "The Pay Wall"?
The pay gap is a perceived injustice dreamed up by those who seek what they believe is a fair situation, by unfair means. The simple fact is that if you try to engineer a perfect situation, you will end up with a perfect mess.
How about we focus on the real world instead?
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This is the age of technology. We have accumulated stupendous knowhow and put this in the hands of some of the most highly trained, highly skilled and hardworking people in our society. Many times, in spite of all this, the know-how is unmanageable. In order to manage this, checklists were developed. It is almost four generations since the first checklists went into use in aviation sector during World War II. Checklists seem to be able to defend not only the inexperienced but also the experts. They are supposed to provide a cognitive net that catches mental flaws inherent in all of us. The flaws may be of memory, attention or thoroughness. Thus, checklists raise wide and unexpected possibilities. But they have their own limitations too. And because they do, it is the user�s discretion to identify which kind of situations checklists can help with and which one they cannot. This paper focuses on what checklists can do. The paper aims at understanding the logic and methodology of checklists and how it enhances the performance. Creating and using checklist is a subtle art (soft skill) which comes from experience and know-how.
Know-how and sophistication are the catch words in today's world. They have
increased exponentially across almost all realms of endeavor, and this has
resulted in certain complexities in the work processes. Hence, we witness
frequent mistakes in day-to-day functioning, especially when natural calamities and
other emergencies big and small occur. Such failures not only result in disasters but
also carry an emotional turmoil that seems to cloud how we think about them. We can
forgive failures of ignorance. Contrary to it, if the knowledge of the best thing exists and is not applied correctly, it is difficult not to be infuriated. It is not for nothing that
the philosophers gave these failures so unmerciful a name—ineptitude (Gawande, 2011).
Those at the receiving end use other words like negligence or even heartlessness.
Nobody can dispute the value of experience. One needs practice to achieve mastery,
a body of experience before one achieves real success. And as the case may be, many
times, if it is lack of skill, then what we need is simply more training and practice.
Training for these emergency skills is now longer and more intense than ever.
Soft Skills Journal, Impact, Checklist, Job Performance, Taught Us, Benefits of Using, Networkin, Some Applications, About Checklists, Exploratory Study.


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There are voice lessons, there is singing practice, there are ups and downs in singing but what if I told you it's possible to have all that combined with fun and interaction with others? This possibility became available with karaoke battle sites. I know sounds corny right? But really, learning how to get a good singing voice requires practice and what better way to practise than with other singers in a friendly, vocal environment, you will end up singing really good by the end of it 🙂
A few of them, organized like some fellow social networks, allow you to create a profile, practice, take singing tests, chose from a big variety of songs and explore your limits while you challenge other players.
Countless karaoke battles are going on live (the updates are made every second) and ranks are given based on your skills, endurance and participation. You can get on a jingle bell ride, turn around to take the "radioactive" train and land to sing "skyfall" if you wish. The number of participants vary and… there is a chat. Players use it to discuss, exchange singing tips, exchange singing and vocal exercises, provoke others to join battles (yeah they got my weak spot right there).
All in all you have fun with tens or hundreds (if you can type that fast and are good at multitasking that is) people who all share the same goal: have fun while singing. A forum is also available; you get to meet different people from around the globe and that in good and fun spirits.
If you want to get rid of ads, get new songs, you have to pay up a few dollars (highest price I've seen is $6) to get a subscription and access to new privileges (you have to agree, still less expensive than your average karaoke place).
In the end, if you hate all those packed "real life" karaoke places but still want company, you have found a great alternative to achieve your wishes. For example, I chose this way because I don't always have time nor energy to take part in those big gatherings we do in "real life" karaoke (plus I got tired of hearing the same voices over and over again but hush…). On those sites, you just need an internet connection and voila! Welcome to your online, crowded and exciting singing field! Before I forget though, your connection has to be a little bit fast and you need a mic (and yes I heard that "thank you captain obvious" but you never know).
More about the battles: the songs are classified in two categories easy and hard (basically vocal or instrumental). It's your choice and you can set when your battle is created or a choice you can leave to the competitors. Various members from Japan, Poland, Greece… can then join your virtual podium. There are two types of battles, the private ones (invisible to the public, you have to invite members you want there) or the public ones (anyone can join, make it interesting, promote it on chat if you like and go!).
When you create a battle, you decide when to launch the countdown, you can set your preferences (volume, pitch etc) and chat in there. You can also go to the "Party Mode" section, which speaks volumes by itself.
If you want to meet new singers, learn new vocal exercises or vocal tips or just do a friendly gathering with your friends living far away from you(yes singing is great, but one doesn't always take a plane to do it with their loved ones), karaoke online is one of the best choices you can come up with. And, for those who enjoy their minutes of fame, there is a hall available for that, with your recordings that the public can like and comment! So get your mics ready, create your profile, invite your friends and join the Internet Karaoke battles! You will not be disappointed.
The best singing tip I can give, coming from a beginner singer now who has a full time paying job singing, start with the buying the best singing training software, practice vocal exercises and combine your singing exercises with fun ways to practice singing through online singing forums to build your confidence. Men and women alike, everyone is battling it out at online karoke battles.


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Doug Jones Calls for Resignation of Minnesota Senator
Alabama Democratic Senate nominee Doug Jones says Sen. Al Franken should resign amid allegations of sexual misconduct involving women.
Jones said Wednesday that sexual harassment isn't a partisan issue, and people in Congress shouldn't be treated differently than others.
He said Franken should quit for the good of the country and his own constituents.
Jones' comments came in response to a reporter's question following an appearance with campaign volunteers in Birmingham.
Jones has said he believes the women who have accused Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct decades ago. Moore denies doing anything wrong.


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|The Cranial Endoskeleton of Tiktaalik Roseae
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|Downs, Jason P., Edward B. Daeschler, Farish A. Jenkins Jr., and Neil H. Shubin. 2008. The cranial endoskeleton of Tiktaalik roseae. Nature 455(7215): 925-929.
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|Among the morphological changes that occurred during the 'fish-to-tetrapod' transition was a marked reorganization of the cranial endoskeleton. Details of this transition, including the sequence of character acquisition, have not been evident from the fossil record. Here we describe the braincase, palatoquadrate and branchial skeleton of Tiktaalik roseae, the Late Devonian sarcopterygian fish most closely related to tetrapods. Although retaining a primitive configuration in many respects, the cranial endoskeleton of T. roseae shares derived features with tetrapods such as a large basal articulation and a
flat, horizontally oriented entopterygoid. Other features in T. roseae, like the short, straight hyomandibula, show morphology
intermediate between the condition observed in more primitive fish and that observed in tetrapods. The combination of characters in T. roseae helps to resolve the relative timing of modifications in the cranial endoskeleton. The sequence of modifications suggests changes in head mobility and intracranial kinesis that have ramifications for the origin of vertebrate terrestriality.
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Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (1858-1921) was a Belgian symbolist painter, sculptor, photographer and writer. He was one of the foremost Symbolist artists and active supporters of avant-garde art in late 19th-century Belgium. Already during his lifetime he was almost a cult figure, creating a personality for himself as a dandy much sought after in Society circles.
He was born to a wealthy family that was part of the high bourgeoisie for generations. Most male members of his family had been lawyers or judges, and he was destined for a juridical career. To please his parents, he went to law school at the Free University of Brussels when he was 18 years old. During this period, he developed a passion for literature, discovering the works of Baudelaire, Flaubert, etc.... He left University due to a lack of interest in his law studies, turning to literature and art. In 1876, he enrolled at the Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts. At the Academie, his most famous fellow student was James Ensor, whom he disliked from the start.
He began his career when Realism was the most advanced style in Belgium, and he always maintained a commitment to verisimilitude in the details of his works. However, Realism was not enough for him: he insisted that art must suggest the essential mystery behind the visible facts and facades. He took certain themes from a friend of Symbolist poetry: silence, solitude, secretiveness and deserted towns. His sister Marguerite, born in 1864, became his adulated oracle and favourite model. He was given the Order of Leopold in recognition of his services to painting but despite this he was an exceptionally private artist.
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The Southern Minnesota Offender Education Program was created to hold offenders accountable and increase the safety of victims of domestic violence throughout the region. It is a program of the Committee Against Domestic Abuse, Inc. (CADA).
The primary goal of SMOEP is to enhance the safety of victims of domestic violence by working directly with batterers themselves in order to facilitate a process of change.
The program is led by facilitators trained in the Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs (DAIP)'s Creating a Process of Change for Men Who Batter (CPC) curriculum.
The Program
SMOEP takes blame off of the victims and places accountability for abuse on the offender. The program is a 27 week course with open enrollment. It is an intensive program that works with participants to create change on a deep level within them.
The curriculum relies on the idea that people are socialized into a hierarchical way of interacting with each other. In the case of an abusive relationship, men use battering to maintain power and control, and stay at the top of the relationship's hierarchy.
The Process
Throughout the 27 weeks of the program, batterers are engaged in a process of change that aims at helping them to transform their core beliefs which lead them to batter.
Participants learn to differentiate between relationships based on power and control and those based on equality. The process of changing beliefs results in a change of behaviors as well.
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In the heart of the Railyard District, Junction harnesses fresh, local ingredients to populate an eclectic menu where Frito pie and baby back ribs are equally at home—making for "better food than any other sports bar in town," according to the Santa Fe Reporter. New Mexico grass-fed beef stampedes through gourmet burger toppings such as green chili, New Mexico cheddar, and jalapeño rajas. Bartenders garnish boutique liquors such as Hendrick's gin with orange-blossom water, maple cherries, and fresh juices and herbs, High ceilings angle above a bright, minimalistic interior set up for communal revelry and hung with nine flat-screen HDTVs, including a massive central 83-inch screen constantly endangered by passing basketball players trying to join the action.


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Qmobile Noir A600 Camera Review
Qmobile Noir A600 has a 8 mega pixel rear camera, which can record videos at HD resolution 720 x 1280 with 30 Frame per second in 3GP format. The video result was fine. Although we were wishing it would record in full HD resolution. The video also lacked the sharpness in it. but overall the colors were fine and movement was smooth. So in normal usage even 20 x 1280 resolution should be fine.
Qmobile Noir A600 Video Sample from PhoneGuru Reviews on Vimeo.
Noir A600 take still photos at 3264 x 2448 resolution. Below are some sample images from qmobile Noir A600 camera. As you can see the result is quite good. The colors came out pretty well but the camera also lacks the sharpness that we have seen in other phones.
However Qmobile Noir A600 doesnt come with a very good LED flash. Its not very powerful, so if you are planning to take photos in low light environment using the LED light then A600 is not a good choice.
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Description: Super cute baby music for your funny baby video! Happy and Cheerful, this lovely song will make your heart smile. Strings, horns, piano and marimba to put love in your life and give you an exciting happiness and joy! Warm uplifting tune that will bring a tear to the eye for the right video! Funny and silly music for YouTube and make up and baby videos !
Description: an easy and relaxed jazz swing tune for the patient parent featuring piano, bass and guitar.
Genres: Royalty Free Music , Children
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The new genus Pipestela is created to include axinellid sponges with lamellate, branching or tubular growth form bearing mainly oxeas arranged in a distinctive loose skeleton of vaguely plumose and wavy spiculo-fibres. The genus is known only from northeastern Australia, from the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, with a single specimen known so far from Western Australia. Type species Pipestela candelabra sp. nov. is the most widely distributed of the five known species, and in some places forms highly abundant local populations. Pipestela rara sp. nov., P. occidentalis sp. nov., P. hooperi (Van Soest et al.) n. comb. and P. terpenensis (Fromont) n. comb. are also assigned to this new genus. All species are associated with coral reefs, in relatively clear water, between 10–50m depth. The genus shows affinity to Cymbastela in the predominance of oxeas, and to Auletta by the common organ-pipe morphology, but is distinct from the former by the loose skeleton and from the latter by its lack of styles and wavy diactinal spicules. The phylogenetic relationships of Pipestela, its position in the higher classification, and the limits of its spatial distribution are further investigated. The definition of Cymbastela is revised as a consequence of erecting this new genus.
Alvarez, B., Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. 2008 04 30: Pipestela, a new genus of Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Halichondrida) and description of three new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52(2): 105–118. Brisbane. ISSN 0079-8835.
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text: A Natural Saltwater Basrah Pearl 2-3 String Necklace. Natural pearls, or also called Basrah Pearls, were historically fished in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. However, the rise of cultured pearl coupled with numerous oil trading in the Arabian Sea, led to the demise of the oysters that produced naturally (without the help of humans) beautiful natural pearls and the trade of it. In recent decades, these Basrah Pearls have become rarities, that are collected not only in Arabian countries, but by connoisseurs from around the world.


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On May 4, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow made clear how hopeful she is that Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) will sign Senate Bill 941 into law. SB 941 will make "almost all" Oregonians pass the same background check the Aurora Theater gunman passed to get his weapon.
Aurora Theater gunman James Holmes passed a background check for the guns he possessed when he opened fire on theater-goers in July 2012.
Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) is expected to sign SB 941 into law.
Maddow said, "Brown has … [a] chance to sign major legislature into law that would make background checks mandatory for almost all private transfers of guns between unrelated owners." A first violation of the background law would be a misdemeanor, but "a second violation would be a felony with a maximum penalty of a quarter million dollars and ten years in prison."
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Every Republican in the legislature is against [SB 941]. but Oregon is a very blue state. They say Kate Brown is expected to sign that bill. In today's climate it is almost impossible to pass any kind of gun safety reform. But Oregon and Kate Brown are buck bucking the national trend.
Maddow did not mention James Holmes, nor did she mention Jared Loughner–the man who attacked Gabby Giffords with a gun he got via a background check.
She also failed to mention that Jared and Amanda Miller (Las Vegas), Aaron Ybarra (Seattle Pacific University), Elliot Rodger (Santa Barabara), Ivan Lopez (Fort Hood 2014), Darion Marcus Aguilar (Maryland mall), Karl Halverson Pierson (Arapahoe High School), Paul Ciancia (LAX), Aaron Alexis (DC Navy Yard), Nidal Hasan (Fort Hood 2009), Jiverly Wong (Binghamton), Seung-Hui Cho (Virginia Tech), and Naveed Haq (Seattle) all passed background checks for their guns as well.
Expanded background checks simply do not stop high profile attackers from getting the guns they need to carry out their crimes. Forcing "almost all" Oregonians to pass the same background check the Aurora theater gunman passed has little to do with guns and much to do with control.
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The Facts About the Electoral College
A lot of confusion, misunderstanding, and down right falsehoods exist about the functionality of the Electoral College. Many seek to replace it with direct elections, even the Founding Fathers were of two minds concerning its creation and usage; Alexandra Hamilton supported it (see Federalist Paper No. 68), while Thomas Jefferson opposed it, stating:
I have ever considered the constitutional mode of election ultimately by the Legislature voting by States as the most dangerous blot in our Constitution, and one which some unlucky chance will some day hit and give us a pope and antipope. - Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to George Hay, 1823.
Herein is an overview on how the Electoral College works straight from those guardians of the American electoral process, the Federal Elections Commission (FEC).
The current workings of the Electoral College are the result of both design and experience. As it now operates:
- Each State is allocated a number of Electors equal to the number of its U.S. Senators (always 2) plus the number of its U.S. Representatives (which may change each decade according to the size of each State's population as determined in the Census).
- The political parties (or independent candidates) in each State submit to the State's chief election official a list of individuals pledged to their candidate for president and equal in number to the State's electoral vote. Usually, the major political parties select these individuals either in their State party conventions or through appointment by their State party leaders while third parties and independent candidates merely designate theirs.
- Members of Congress and employees of the federal government are prohibited from serving as an Elector in order to maintain the balance between the legislative and executive branches of the federal government.
- After their caucuses and primaries, the major parties nominate their candidates for president and vice president in their national conventions traditionally held in the summer preceding the election. (Third parties and independent candidates follow different procedures according to the individual State laws). The names of the duly nominated candidates are then officially submitted to each State's chief election official so that they might appear on the general election ballot.
- On the Tuesday following the first Monday of November in years divisible by four, the people in each State cast their ballots for the party slate of Electors representing their choice for president and vice president (although as a matter of practice, general election ballots normally say "Electors for" each set of candidates rather than list the individual Electors on each slate).
- Whichever party slate wins the most popular votes in the State becomes that State's Electors-so that, in effect, whichever presidential ticket gets the most popular votes in a State wins all the Electors of that State. [The two exceptions to this are Maine and Nebraska where two Electors are chosen by statewide popular vote and the remainder by the popular vote within each Congressional district].
- On the Monday following the second Wednesday of December (as established in federal law) each State's Electors meet in their respective State capitals and cast their electoral votes-one for president and one for vice president.
- In order to prevent Electors from voting only for "favorite sons" of their home State, at least one of their votes must be for a person from outside their State (though this is seldom a problem since the parties have consistently nominated presidential and vice presidential candidates from different States).
- The electoral votes are then sealed and transmitted from each State to the President of the Senate who, on the following January 6, opens and reads them before both houses of the Congress.
- The candidate for president with the most electoral votes, provided that it is an absolute majority (one over half of the total), is declared president. Similarly, the vice presidential candidate with the absolute majority of electoral votes is declared vice president.
- In the event no one obtains an absolute majority of electoral votes for president, the U.S. House of Representatives (as the chamber closest to the people) selects the president from among the top three contenders with each State casting only one vote and an absolute majority of the States being required to elect. Similarly, if no one obtains an absolute majority for vice president, then the U.S. Senate makes the selection from among the top two contenders for that office.
- At noon on January 20, the duly elected president and vice president are sworn into office.
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