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3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows
The last day of school was a half day. Tomorrow the entire eighth grade would pile back into the gym for the graduation ceremony, but that was just for an hour and their families would be there. The next time Ama went to school, it would be high school.
Everything is changing, Ama thought.
Usually she took the bus home, but today she felt like walking, she wasn't sure why. She wasn't sentimental. She was purposeful and forward-looking, like her older sister. But it was an aimless time of day, and she wasn't hauling her usual twenty pounds of textbooks, binders, and notebooks. Today she felt like treading the familiar steps she'd walked so many times when she was younger, when she was never in a hurry.
She couldn't help thinking about Polly and Jo as she walked, so when she saw them up ahead, waiting at the light to cross East-West Highway, it almost felt like they appeared out of her memory.
Ama was surprised to see Polly and Jo together. From this long view, she was struck by the naturalness of the way they stood together and at the same time, the strain. She doubted they had started off from school together. These days Jo usually left school with her noisy and flirting group of friends to go to the Tastee Diner or to the bagel place around the corner. Polly went her own way--taking forever to pack up her stuff and often spending time at the library before heading home. Ama sometimes saw Polly at the library and they sat together out of habit. But unlike Ama, Polly wasn't there to do her homework. Polly read everything in the library except what was assigned.
As Ama got closer, she considered how little Jo looked like she used to in elementary school. Her braces were off, her glasses were gone, and she devotedly wore whatever the current marker for popularity was--at the moment, pastel plaid shorts and her hair in two braids. Ama considered how much Polly, in her long frayed shorts and her dark newsboy cap, looked the same as she always had.
"Ama! Hey!" Polly saw her first. She was waving excitedly. The walk sign illuminated and Ama hurried to catch up to them so they could cross the highway together.
"I can't believe you're here," Polly said, looking from Ama to Jo. "This is historic."
"It's on her way home," Jo pointed out, not seeming to want to acknowledge the significance of the three of them walking home together on this day.
Ama understood how Jo felt. The history of their friendship was like a brimming and moody pond under a smooth surface of ice, and she didn't want to crack it.
As they walked they talked about final exams and graduation plans. Nobody said anything as they passed the 7-Eleven or even as they approached the old turn.
What if we turned? Ama suddenly wondered. What if they ran down the old hill, past the playground, and stepped into the woods to see the little trees they had planted so long ago? What if they held hands and ran as fast as they could?
But the three of them passed the old turn, heads and eyes forward. Only Polly seemed to glance back for a moment.
Anyway, even if they did turn, Ama knew it wouldn't be the same. The creaky metal merry-go-round would be rusted, the swing set abandoned. The trees might not even be there anymore. It had been so long since they'd tended to them.
Ama pictured her younger self, running down the hill with her two best friends, out of control and exhilarated.
It was different now. People changed and places changed. They were going into high school. This was no time for looking back. Ama couldn't even picture the trees. She couldn't remember the name of the hill anymore.
When I think of the first day of our friendship, I think of the three of us running across East-West Highway with our backpacks on our backs and our potted plants in our hands. I think of Jo dropping her plant in the middle of the street and all of us stopping short, and the sight of the little stalk turned on its side and the roots showing and the soil spilling onto the asphalt. I remember the three of us stooping down to put the plant back into its pot, hurriedly tucking its roots back under the dirt as the walk signal turned from white walk to blinking orange don't walk. And I remember Ama shouting that we had to hurry, and seeing, over my shoulder, the cars pouring over the hill toward us. I remember the rough feeling of the asphalt scraping under my fingers as I swept up the last of the dirt, the stinging feeling of my knuckles as I tried to gather it in my fist. I think it was Jo who grabbed my arm and pulled me to the sidewalk. And I remember the long, flat swell of the horns in my ears.
We met on the first day of third grade, because of all the 132 kids in our grade, we were the three who didn't get picked up. I was spooked, because my mom had never failed to pick me up from school. She'd never even been late before.
We didn't talk to each other at first. I was embarrassed and scared and I didn't want to show it. They put us in the math help room with the see-through walls. We stared out like a zoo exhibit waiting for our parents to come.
That was the day they gave out the little willow tree cuttings in plastic pots in our science class. We were supposed to take care of them and study them all year. I remember each of us sitting at a desk with our plant in front of us. Polly kept poking at hers to see if the soil was too dry. She hummed.
Jo put her sneakers up on the desk and leaned back. She said her plant probably wouldn't last through the week.
I couldn't believe how casual the two of them were about being left at school. I was freaked out, but later on I learned that my mother had a really good excuse for not showing up that day.
Excerpted from 3 WILLOWS: The Sisterhood Grows © Copyright 2011 by Ann Brashares. Reprinted with permission by Delacorte Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.
3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows
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Standing all of 6'1″, James Silas carried himself with all of the swash-buckling swagger of a carrack commander. His career numbers belie such confidence, though.
How could someone who averaged over 20 points per game just once, and had a career average of 16 points, be worthy of commandeering admiration? Especially considering that as a point guard he dished out over 5 assists per game just once, and had a career average of 3.8.
The answer lies in the fact that numbers can't tell you exactly how a player plays. They show the final results of plays, they can be somewhat predicative, but they can't fully tell you how a man plays. And James Silas was a man so full of big plays, timely counter moves, and cold-blooded veins that he was given the nickname "Captain Late".
The good captain, the great commander, would show up time and time again to pull the San Antonio Spurs out of a fix. Yes, George Gervin and Larry Kenon may have scored more points throughout the course of their games, but Silas was the man they cleared out for in the final moments.
Using his stocky, well-built frame, Silas could back down opposing guards and rise up for jumpers near the basket. He was also fond of just taking it to the rack off the dribble and getting foul shots. For his career, Silas shots 49.5% from the field and 85.5% from the line. When he took his shot, he was gonna make it.
His fourth-quarter heroics and general dependability made Silas an All-ABA 1st Teamer in 1976, but that postseason he injured his knee in a collision against the New York Nets. For the next two seasons, his first two in the NBA, Silas was on the mend. Finally recovering for the 1978-79 season, Silas was again dependable, but not quite what he once was. Most noticeable was that the highest gear of his explosiveness had gone.
Silas retired from pro basketball in 1982 and became the first player in Spurs history to have his jersey retired.
The James Silas that NBA fans saw was a terrific player, but the one that a select few ABA fans saw was outstanding and legendary. Opposing coaches and the press recall Silas delivering multiple 20-point outbursts in fourth quarters. The season he busted his knee, Silas was one of the best guards in all of basketball.
The following comparison of stats from the 1975-76 season tells it all, really:
Silas – 23.8 PPG, 5.4 APG, 4.0 RPG, 1.8 SPG, 51.9% FG, 87.2% FT, 7.7 FTA
Gervin – 21.8 PPG, 2.5 APG, 6.7 RPG, 1.4 SPG, 49.9% FG, 85.7% FT, 4.9 FTA
The Ice Man's uniquely brilliant finger roll got the headlines, but Silas was the engine driving the Spurs of the ABA. But this here is just the starting tale on Captain Late. There's a lot more to know on this forgotten but fantastic San Antonio Spur.
Years Played: 1972 – 1982
All-ABA 1st Team (1976)
All-ABA 2nd Team (1975)
2x All-Star (1975-'76)
All-Rookie Team (1973)
ABA – 328 Games
NBA – 357 Games
Contemporary ABA/NBA Ranks (1972-73 through 1981-82 season)
29th Points, 39th FGs Made
12th FTs Made, 8th FT%
23rd Assists, 35th APG
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Diseases Home > Typhoid Fever
Typhoid fever, which is caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi, is common in the developing world; however, only a few hundred cases occur annually in the United States. The life-threatening disease is spread when people accidentally consume the bacteria. When treatment is started early, the prognosis is good; however, 3 to 5 percent of people will continue to carry typhoid fever even after symptoms disappear.
Typhoid fever is a life-threatening illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi. In the United States, about 400 cases occur each year, and 75 percent of these are acquired while traveling internationally. Typhoid fever is still common in the developing world, where it affects about 21.5 million people each year.
The cause of typhoid fever is an infection with the bacteria known as Salmonella typhi.
You can get typhoid fever if you eat food or drink beverages that have been handled by a person who is shedding the Salmonella typhi bacteria or if sewage contaminated with the bacteria gets into the water you use for drinking or washing food.
Typhoid fever is common in most parts of the world, except in industrialized regions, such as the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and Japan. Risk is greatest within the Indian subcontinent and other developing countries in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
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In addition, Sun International and Peermont have reached agreement to settle the objection by Peermont to Sun International's Menlyn Maine project in Tshwane. Peermont operates a portfolio of gaming and hospitality businesses in South Africa and Botswana, owning nine casino resorts, including its flagship Emperors Palace casino resort, three stand-alone hotels and one stand-alone casino.
Sun International CE Graeme Stephens said: "Peermont has a number of complementary attributes that will enhance our group. These include the fact that Peermont has established and well-maintained assets and infrastructure, particularly Emperors Palace, which also has extensive hotel and conference facilities. Their portfolio also has high EBITDA margins in excess of 37%, and an experienced and highly regarded management team."
The acquisition will be subject to approvals, including the relevant regulatory bodies and the approval of the requisite majority of Sun International shareholders. In this regard, the major shareholders have already been approached and have indicated their support for the transaction.
The acquisition provides Sun International with an opportunity to increase gaming revenue from Gauteng, which is the provincial jurisdiction with the highest gambling spend in South Africa. Emperors Palace is one of the largest casinos in South Africa with an attractive financial and operating profile. The property has an EBITDAM margin (i.e. pre—management fees) in excess of 41%, which is well above the average of Sun International. As a result of the Proposed Transaction, Sun International's portfolio of South African assets will be further diversified. This diversification has the effect of reducing Sun International's reliance on its GrandWest property in the Western Cape, which currently represents 27% of the Group's EBITDA.
Said Stephens: "Sun International remains committed to its strategy of diversifying the Group's portfolio to increase exposure to offshore opportunities, in particular Latin America. While the Peermont portfolio of assets will initially increase the proportion of the combined business that arises in Southern Africa, it also opens the possibility of further restructuring of local assets, with a medium term objective of creating a portfolio of fewer, larger, quality assets." Fulfillment of the regulatory conditions precedent may take between 9 to 12 months, during which time Sun International will explore the possibility of disposing of certain of the smaller assets within the Peermont portfolio.
Peermont Group CEO Anthony Puttergill said: "The proposed transaction is a positive development for Peermont and supports the momentum that we have built during the past few years. We believe that a number of strong growth opportunities can be unlocked by being part of a larger and well-resourced Group."


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In his pockets are: a duck, a pig, & a cow. At his feet are: a horse & a sheep.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Trick Or Treat!
In his pockets are: a duck, a pig, & a cow. At his feet are: a horse & a sheep.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Happy Halloween!
It ain't Halloween without carved pumpkins and
"It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" on TV!
I carved two pumpkins. This is the only one I'm willing to show you. The other is without a doubt, the worst pumpkin I've ever carved. I was trying to be creative, but I think my muse is on vacation...'cause it's awful! Really! Awful.
I know! I know! Someday Eli will ask me, "What the heck were you thinking, Mom? Those pajamas are so silly."
And I will say, "They were cute. I loved the black cats with the pumpkins. And they were 50% off!" That is my story, and I'm sticking to it. :) I'm just a nerd at heart.
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Monday, October 29, 2007
Toothy Grin
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Sunday, October 21, 2007
New Email Address
Effective Tuesday, October 23rd, we are finally getting DSL internet.
Our new email address will be:
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Sunday, October 14, 2007
Another night in ICU
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
Happy Birthday, Shiela!
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Sunday, October 7, 2007
Theives Among Us
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Wednesday, October 3, 2007
pH probe, a private room! and giraffes.
The doggy was a gift from the admitting staff. The frog was a gift from the nurse who put the pH probe in. Nice gestures, huh?!
Eli did so great at the hospital! When they put the probe up his nose and into his esophogus, he coughed and sneezed a little...then when I fed him...he had a couple little sneezing fits...and then he was settled and was so happy while we were there. He was content with his movies and music. Relaxed in my arms when I fed him. Took his naps. Slept through the night!
Hello! What's up with that? He's been sooooooooo fussy at home for a long time now...and the car trip over was not fun for him, but then the hospital environment makes him a happy kid?
Hmm. We are really pondering this one. First on the list, is we are going to rearrange his little "world" he lives in. His mat, TV, toys, etc. Maybe that is a major bore to him?
The drive home was not fun either, but we made it.
We stopped in North Bend at bought a few pairs of pajamas for winter, and got back on the road again. Did I ever tell you I LOVE CARTER's at the outlet mall? Gosh they have the cutest stuff, and it's all so soft and comfy for Eli. I just love going there. They always have what I need for him. He gets too hot in those fleece sleepers, and so far each Fall they have footie/zippered PJ's that are just a thin cotton. Perfect for my boy! :)
We couldn't believe it. A ROOM OF OUR OWN! Hallelujah! The room we were to have was a shared room, but wasn't ready when we checked in (we were a little early) so they let us have the private room! It was fabulous. Our best night in the hospital ever.
The cafeteria at Children's is awesome. It is not your average hospital food. It's more like a buffet restaurant. So, the whole experience was good. I met a gal in the cafeteria who was pushing her little girl in a stroller like Eli's, so I stopped to talk to her. We discussed the faults of the stroller, and our kids issues, and exchanged emails. You just never know who you are going to meet there!
Finally, we were staying in the Giraffe wing of the hospital. Lonnie also ended up in room 103 at Ronald McDonald House, which is the room we stayed in when Eli was there after birth. It had pictures of Giraffes on the walls...so I took pictures of them this time. I also bought Eli a cute stuffed Giraffe at the gift shop. (Hey, it's a tradition I started. Everytime he spends the night in the hospital I buy him a little gift) I still have a puppet I was given at age three when I was in the hospital after my appendix burst and I had it removed. These kinds of things are special to me.
So, we find out results from the pH probe later this week. Will post info when we know something...
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A festival for Franz Schubert which would accord him his due place alongside Mozart and Beethoven - this was the idea behind the first Schubertiade which was founded by Hermann Prey in 1976 in the small town of Hohenems, situated in the most western part of Austria, in Vorarlberg.
This quickly developed into one of the most renowned of all festival locations, becoming an annual meeting place for an international audience that seeks an exceptional cultural experience: hearing music performed by outstanding artists in idyllic surroundings. The concerts, furthermore, are not presented in some anonymous or interchangeable international festival, but are part of a structured festival programme with a distinctive identity formed by an uncompromising dedication to the art of Franz Schubert.
Today, with about 70 events and over 30,000 visitors per year, the Schubertiade is the most significant and most distinguished Schubert festival in the world. Nowhere else are so many lieder recitals presented in such a short frame of time by such world-class singers. Chamber concerts and piano recitals of the highest calibre represent another branch of the annual Schubertiade programme, which additionally features some orchestral concerts, readings and masterclasses. In contrast to the hustle and bustle prevailing at other festivals, the Schubertiade takes care to preserve the more intimate character of a music festival where energies can be concentrated on what really matters: music-making of exemplary quality.
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We Dared to Win
In his own words Andre Scheepers describes his childhood on a farm, learning about the bush from his African friends, and becoming a soldier. The family had to leave the farm after being ambushed by terrorists.
A quiet, introspective deep thinker, Andre started out as a trooper in the Rhodesian Light Infantry commandos and was hectically engaged in Fire-Force combat operations before leaving for the SAS. Wounded 13 times, his operational record is exceptional even by the high standards that existed at the time and he really emerges as the quintessential SAS officer displaying extraordinary calmness and audacious cunning in the course of a host of extremely dangerous operations.
Loved by his men, Andre writes very eruditely about his mental and emotional condition during the war and reflects very candidly on what he learned and how war has shaped his life since. Offered a commission in the British SAS after the conflict, he decided to stop soldiering and entered the seminary whereupon he became a minister.
In addition to Andre's personal story the book also reveals more about the other men who were distinguished operators in other celebrated SAS operations. This is the story of soldiers, the hardships, the battles they fought and the challenges they faced.
About The Author
After a childhood on a farm in the Rhodesian bush, Andre Scheepers joined the Rhodesian Light Infantry commandos, followed by the SAS in 1974. In the thick of the action during the Rhodesian Bush War he was wounded on 13 occasions. Turning down an opportunity to go into the British SAS, he elected instead to join a seminary and later became a priest. A true leader, beloved by his men, his calmness in extreme danger coupled with his ability to think his way out of tight corners made him the quintessential SAS officer.


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From beginner to expert level, Originals offers fun, informative classes on jewelry making of all kinds. Types of classes include Beading, Stitching, Weaving, Silver Smithing, Casting, Wire Wrapping, and much more. Be prepared to create, laugh, and most of all - HAVE FUN! View our Classes page for upcoming dates.
We carry an exciting array of artisan, contemporary, and traditional jewelry, with several pieces custom-made by some of the most talented regional and national artists. Shop earring sets, necklaces, chains, pendants, bracelets, rings, and pins. Also find an extensive collection of Navajo, Zuni, and Pueblo Native American jewelry.
Our collection includes everything from seed beads to stone and semi-precious beads. Discover stone and semi-precious stone beads such as citrine, amethyst, topaz, turquoise, lapis, coral, and much more. Originals also carries a wide selection of seed beads and glass beads from the two-hole Czech-Mates, and pressed glass. Searching for that perfect Swarovski Crystal bead? Look no further; we offer 30 different colors in bi-cones and rounds.
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Episcopal Youth Fellowship
Episcopal Youth Fellowship (EYF) provides a safe space for fellowship, Christian education, and service for parish youth in grades 6-12.
What We Do
Junior EYF (grades 6-8) meets Sunday mornings during Sunday School for learning, fun, and fellowship.
Senior EYF (grades 9-12) meets at Calvary on Sunday evenings from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. for dinner, discussion, and activities.[NOTE: this fall (2016) Calvary's EYF groups are meeting together on Sunday mornings at 9:50 am]
ALL EYF youth also participate in service projects, special events like picnics and Christmas caroling, and serving at the annual St. Nicholas Advent Bazaar. If you want some awesome memories, great new friends, and a more casual experience of God than you get in Sunday worship, come join us for EYF!


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Have you ever watched a Got's Talent show on TV? How do you feel if you can sit at audience venue and enjoy the show live?! Excited and amused for sure. That's many Hanoikids olides' feelings when they join Kids' Got Talent every recruitment. And the Fall Recruitment 2013 Kids' Got Talent brought us many things beyond description.
Kids' Got Talent is the Graduation Ceremony for our 'newbies' after their 2-month Basic training course. This is an biannually-held competition among 4 groups of new members signifying the final challenge to their talents and team spirit.
Before the show, G3 captured everyone's attention with charming girls with Vietnam traditional costume in yellow and pink. G3 really satisfied the audiences with their performance eventhough they were the first group standing on stage. What they tried to tell us was a love story between a boy from the delta and a girl from mountainous area. And also another message conveyed was about globalization. The performance was mixed between traditional dance and English songs covered in Vietnamese.
G3's Performance
G2 was the second team to show their gifts. They blew our minds with their excellent and meaningful performance. They danced and sang. Music was one of the best parts which perfectly fit with their story. Apart from some small mistakes in script which were discovered by the judges, their story was still outstanding. The message was "Always be yourself". Let's watch their performance to understand more.
G2's Performance
Another love story was brought to us by G1's performance. Just like "Titanic" directed by James Cameron, the luxurious cruise ship TitaKid was directed and performed by our beloved newbies from G1. Based on the story from "Titanic", however, it was very different. The love story on TitaKid was still between Rose and Jack but it was delivered by funny acts where no one dies.
G1's Performance
The last performance was G4's. They impressed the audiences and judges by their uniform. This time, the performance was delivered in a very different way. The way they sang and their style of singing reminded you of Glee TV show. They surprised us at the end when they sang "Just the way you are" in Vietnamese.
G4's Performance
But that was the only part entitling the groups to beforehand preparation. Afterwards, the oldies took part in the next rounds with the newbies. Some oldies joined a group in supporter role and co-players in a small quiz game about history, culture and social knowledge. It was challenging but still fun though. Hanoikids is a family and this game, to some extents, made this family become closer, oldies and newbies!
After the game, the stage was owned by the Head of PR Department – Manh Cuong – came to stage to announce the winner of Trial Tour Report Contest and Side Contest hold at the same time.
Finally, there came the most long-awaited moment. All held their breath savoring every word from Nhat Duc – Head of Training Department, pronouncing the official members.
And all of the newbies made it! They deserved it after their effort in the basic training course.
There were tears which came from Ngoc Huyen – a newbie from G1. She thought that she didn't pass the training course because her name was not called out. However, this became an emotional part and everything just changed when she was announced as one of the two most excellent newbies, together with Hue Linh form G3.
The results about group contest came out shortly. G4 achieved "The most wanted group" for their video with the most votes from the oldies with 79 votes. But it's G2 that exploded with sheer bliss when they were singled out to be "The most talented group".
Kids' Got Talent came to an end which left in our heart a pinch of regret. Our newbies proved to the family their enthusiasm and commitment. Each newbie now already became a Kid in this big family which is always filled with love.
On be half of the newbies, thousands of thanks are due to Training Department, for the sub-leaders, supporters' time and effort all along the 2 months to equip the newbies with necessary knowledge and skills, passion and self-confidence for their next stronger steps of being little ambassadors of Hanoi.
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Check out Long Kiss Goodnight, the latest from Jae Millz. The track was released on Friday, March 9th, 2012. Jae Millz's chances in this game are improving with each new release, and Long Kiss Goodnight is no exception - quite the opposite, in fact. It's a nice addition to the impressive catalogue Jae Millz has been building over the years. We're definitely anticipating the next move.
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While there are as many different possible interview questions as there are interviewers, it always helps to be ready for anything. So we've prepared a list of 50 potential interview questions. Will you face them all? We pray no interviewer would be that cruel. Will you face a few? Probably. Will you be well-served by being ready even if you're not asked these exact questions? Absolutely.
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36. What salary are you seeking?
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38. Do you have plans to have children in the near future?
39. What were the responsibilities of your last position?
40. What do you know about this industry?
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42. How long will it take for you to make a significant contribution?
43. Are you willing to relocate?
44. What was the last project you headed up, and what was its outcome?
45. What kind of goals would you have in mind if you got this job?
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48. Have you ever been on a team where someone was not pulling their own weight? How did you handle it?
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In the first post in this series (here), we explained the background of the conviction of Jin Fuey Moy and Willie Martin for violation of the Act to Provide for the Registration of, with Collectors of Internal Revenue, and to Impose a Special Tax Upon, All Persons Who Produce, Import, Manufacture, Compound, Deal in, Dispense, Sell, Distribute, or Give Away Opium or Cocoa Leaves, Their Salts, Derivatives, or Preparations, and for Other Purposes. In the second post (here), we explained how the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Martin's conviction on the premise that the Act did not intend to punish mere possession of the drugs in question - United States v. Jin Fuey Moy 241 U.S. 394 (1916).
The Court's opinion was announced on June 5th. That happened to be the same day that, in Ohio, George Karch and Louis Huff were both sentenced to 13 months in prison for mere possession of morphine. But at least 50 other indiviuals had already been sent to prison for the same offense. And almost every single one of them was still behind bars. What was to happen to them?
12 similar pardons followed in July, and 23 more were granted in August. Almost 4 years of Thomas Flint's sentence were commuted. Victor Sprague was pardoned a mere 38 days after sentencing. William Reilly waited 1,135 days. Before it was over, sentences of 27, 30, 36 and 48 months were commuted by the President. Wilson eventually commuted more than three decades of prison sentences handed down previous to the Court's ruling in Jin Fuey Moy. Which is to say, the pardon power was employed exactly as the Founding Fathers had intended it to be employed. President Obama could stand to learn more about the matter!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Jin Fuey Moy: The President Responds
Posted by P.S. Ruckman, Jr.
Labels: Obama, Wilson
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Very interesting commentary. I always enjoy your history lessons.
Thanks Beth
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CityVille: Help Zynga create the next in-game character
Like Sam or Ruth, this new character will come to us for goals and will be found in in-game artwork. We'll have a chance to design what this character looks like through a series of surveys and character mock-ups. To be specific, over the next few weeks, Zynga will post surveys on the game's official forums asking questions about what you think the character's gender or age should be, as just two examples. In fact, those two questions are already available in this activity's first survey.
Sure, Zynga could throw out the most popular answers and we'd never know, but according to this feature, the options that are chosen by the majority of the community will help to form the game's newest character, and in the case of questions concerning the character's ethnicity or marital status, can even help shape the sorts of activities he/she will take part in once they arrive. If nothing else, this is an incredibly interesting attempt by Zynga to engage users outside of gameplay itself, and I for one can't wait to see what we all come up with.
What sort of new in-game character would you like to see in CityVille? Do you think Zynga will listen to community options, or will they just choose their own favorite options and run with them? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.


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|How To Pick A Video Screen For Digital Projectors
|Monday, 01 April 2002
How To Pick A Video Screen For Digital Projectors
Some of the most exciting advances being made in the world of audio/video involve the new, smaller, lower-priced projectors, especially fixed-pixel digital devices such as DLP and D-ILA video projectors. For ultimate picture quality, the traditional CRT projectors, especially the most expensive nine-inch CRT projectors, are still the best in absolute terms. In more real-world applications, D-ILA and DLP projectors offer the ability to reproduce a far larger and far brighter picture by means of a less expensive, physically smaller projector that needs very little maintenance. With all of these advantages, there are still issues that you need to consider in order to get the biggest and best picture for your video setup. A Dark Room = A Good Room For Video
I know this is an article about screens, but before you can talk about screens, you need to consider your room as it relates to the environment for a good video picture. The new digital projectors have their roots in conference system installations that need big-time brightness because of less than desirable ambient light situations. Unlike a CRT, the digital projector makes it possible to produce a passable video picture in a home theater that has some ambient light, but let me advise you now – the darker you can get your room, the better off you will be. Realistically, in non-purpose-built theaters, there is probably always going to be some light seepage during the day. You want to take steps to reduce this as best you can. Some remedies include thick, multi-layered, light-absorbing blackout drapes and light-blocking treatments for the outsides of your windows. In my system, I have my drapes all tricked out on a motorized Makita track, which adds to the "wow" factor, especially when you can dim your lights, drop your screen, close your drapes and open the drawer of your DVD player, all with the touch of one button. Your investment in making your room dark is a worthy one, no matter what your reasons for it.
Another requirement is to reduce the reflective surfaces in your room, including glossy paint, mirrors, anything shiny flashing around or near your screen, or even light-colored carpet. You have to consider your overall décor when weighing these factors, but they all add to the ambient and reflected light in your room. With the goal of "darker is better," you need to at least consider these issues if you are investing big bucks on any kind of video projector.
Contrast Is King
The biggest problem facing fixed-pixel digital projectors is contrast. As compared to CRT projectors, even the smaller, more affordable seven-inch projectors, the black levels are darker and the difference between black and white is more dramatic. On DLP and D-ILA projectors, blacks aren't as crisp. In many situations, the problem can largely be addressed by a professional video technician. For the do-it-yourselfer, you can make significant improvements with accessories like the Avia Setup disc or the new Digital Video Essentials (coming out soon). In the case of D-ILA's, some of the contrast issues are due to flaws in the factory gamma settings, because D-ILA is a technology designed for presentation and conference room systems first and home theaters second. Gurus like William Phelps, based in Silicon Valley, use special software to correct the gamma of a D-ILA to get reportedly dramatic improvements in contrast. DLP projectors from companies like Seleco have better than average contrast out of the box, because they are specifically designed for home theater applications. No matter which digital projector technology you decide on, according to Phelps, you are looking at 400:1 to 600:1 contrast ratios for contrast, depending on the quality of your specific chip. And yes, there are a wide variety of chips, which is one of the reasons why the Madrigal version of the D-ILA projector is $9,000 more than the JVC.
The hard fact is that, in order to get your digital projector looking as good as a CRT, you need to select the correct screen type. Video setup gurus, setup discs and the rest come next. Because of the brightness of these new projectors, the extra light output creates unique challenges to be dealt with at the screen level. Stewart, a leader in film screen manufacturing, has developed new screen technologies to specifically deal with the high light output of digital projectors. A GrayHawk screen has a relatively low 0.95 gain screen material and a gray background that absorbs extra light better than a traditional screen, which in many cases slightly amplifies the light output. The specific gray background color of the screen is chosen intentionally for the purpose of absorbing light. The newest Stewart screen for digital projectors is called a FireHawk and has a gray color, but also has a higher 1.3 gain as an alternative choice for digital projector applications.
According to Joe Kane (the author of the Video Essentials setup disc), as the result of his most recent tests on digital projectors, he has concluded that the optimum light output for a digital projector is 1.05 foot lamberts, which you can have your local dealer measure with a somewhat pricey light level meter. Lots of factors come into play on getting the light levels perfect in your room, including a combination of projector distance, screen size, ambient light and screen material. The advantage of working with a talented video setup guy and/or a dealer who really has some chops is that they will have the tools and the know-how to advise you on the best screen for your video system in your room based on measurements and math. In contrast, you local stereo salesman will try to sell you the screen he or she deems best based on what's in stock and produces the best profit margin.
The reward for getting your light output correct, or at least really close to Kane's goal, is dramatically better black levels. Critics of digital projectors knock the projectors for weak sauce black levels and, in many cases, they are right to do so. However, you will have built your system with the correct foundation to give you a head start towards success. Adding in great setup, gamma correction software and other video manipulations just gets you closer to the blacks you'd expect to see from a CRT without all of the hassle and expense of CRT technology.
Screen Size
Your wife keeps telling you that size doesn't matter but, buddy, it does. So does shape and configuration – when it comes to your screen, that is. How far you sit from the screen is normally the determining factor for how big your screen should be. You are supposed to at a distance from your screen that is no greater than 1.5 times its diagonal width. In my system, I went for a larger distance than this standard, because I wanted a huge picture and knew I was ultimately going to get a D-ILA or DLP projector. My screen is a 100-inch 4:3 Stewart Studiotec 130 and I sit about 12 feet from it. I like the larger effect for the types of material I watch, including Philadelphia Flyers hockey games recorded on TiVo, Playstation 2, some movies on DVD and some HDTV sources when there is something on that's worth watching. The risk is that, if you make the screen too big, you will need to move your head or eyes in uncomfortable or fatiguing ways when watching your system. You don't want to go overboard with screen size, but if you have a very bright digital projector, I recommend that you use the horsepower you invested in to create a dramatic yet sensible picture. Be warned, even if you use a GrayHawk screen with a 0.95 gain, you may find that small screens result in too much light on the screen, which adversely effects your goal of 1.05 foot lamberts.
Screen shape is another issue you will need to address on personal terms, based on your current and projected usage. I predominantly watch hockey games, which are shown in the traditional 4:3 aspect ratio, as is Playstation 2 material and most of what I watch on TV. The large majority of the DVDs I watch are in 16x9 aspect ratio, which still creates a pretty big picture on a 100-inch screen. The same goes for HDTV programming. The very top and bottom of the screen are blank, but the image is still reasonably large. I had a discussion with an industry friend of mine, who primarily watches movies and HDTV on his big home theater screen. In his case, a 16x9 screen makes the most sense. 4:3 sources, like most broadcast TV, will look small on the 16x9 screen. In other words, you want to get the optimal screen for the sources you watch most.
My father got burned with this aspect ratio situation when he invested in a theater system with a first-generation 42-inch plasma monitor. Not only did the plasma monitor not have the brightness or black levels to keep up in a very bright room for daytime viewing, 4:3 sources looked pathetically small with a 26.1 inch diagonal picture. You can stretch the image, but the results look awkward at best. I am not sure that there is an absolute right or wrong on the topic of screen shape at this time. If HDTV were a more dominant broadcast format, you could make an argument for definitely investing in a 16x9 screen. However, for now, you need to consider your specific viewing habits, then how you think they will change over the next few years, before you make your screen decision.
I hope this article gives you some good ideas about how to go about setting up a state-of-the-art video system that is built from the ground up to look and perform to standards that will have you drooling in amazement for years to come. When it comes time to make the move to a big, badass system, be sure to interview your better local dealers for their opinions on video setup. Find out who has trained them and how many systems they have designed. Ask them if they work with or subcontract high-end video projector setups to experts like William Phelps, Nick Griecko or others. If they do, you know you are dealing with top-notch installers who know what they can do well on their own and when to call in the pros. Trust me, when all is said and done, you will appreciate the difference, and the leg work you have done in advance of your purchase will seem well worth the effort.
Click here to read Jerry's review of the Madrigal Imaging MPD-1 D-ILA Video Projector.


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Since the inception of this site,
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Sunday, January 27, 2008
Complicated Modernisms
This past Friday, I attended the fabulous Return Emigrations conference at Columbia University. Featuring a distinguished group of German and American architecture historians, the morning and afternoon sessions provided a much-needed assessment of architectural modernism's travails in the United States and in Germany. The conference website alludes to a familiar narrative: we customarily think of modernism as a West- and Central European import. From MoMA's 1932 Modern Architecture show, to the influence of Bauhaus mandarins like Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Josef Albers in American universities, modernism was a one-way current. There is plenty of scholarship and historiographic materials that contradict this claim (Gwendolyn Wright's brand-new USA is, for example, that looks at the development of architectural modernism in America in its own terms).
The conference, however, focused on a specific theme: the relations between "German emigre architects in the US and their German counterparts." The sessions outlined two basic themes. The morning session, featuring papers about Paul Bonatz and Rudolf Schwarz, considered a different narrative about modernism. The works of Bonatz and Schwarz thus showed modernism's inherent eclecticism, a rubric that included everything from Heimat wood construction to eschatological theories about the earth and built forms. The afternoon session considered, in the words of attendee Juliet Koss, the "after life of modernism." These papers focused on the return of people like Gropius, Martin Wagner, Mies, and Konrad Wachsmann to Germany in the 1950s and 60s. Whereas Richard Anderson's paper considered Martin Wagner's fall from grace as a symptom of his turn to "urban management", Lynette Widder's and Claire Zimmerman's papers focused on the reception given to Gropius and Mies upon their brief return to Germany. Widder's paper analyzed how Gropius was immediately embroiled in a dispute regarding the historical and ideological significance of the Bauhaus. Zimmerman's paper, on the other hand, considered the rehabilitation of Mies' career after World War II in the context of a flurry of published photographs of his buildings. Konrad Wachsmann's maniacal writings and designs became the focus of Jeffrey Harwood's presentation. Here, Wachsmann was presented as a design thinker who, in trying his hardest to find an architectural solution to his own ideas, pushed the limits of some as-yet-undetermined epistemological boundary.
An enlightening panel discussion at the end of the sessions pointed out that understanding the development of modernism in terms of pre- and postwar is unhelpful and counter-productive. As Jean-Louis Cohen, Joan Ockman, Rosemarie Haag Bletter and others indicated, the war was a "porous" event. The years 1939-1945 created a new and varied network of channels and communications that paint architectural modernism in a newly profound, complex (and welcome) light.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Unseen Sun (or, Ten Notes on Chris Marker's Sans Soleil)
1. During the opening moments of Chris Marker's Sans Soleil (1983), three Icelandic children are walking along an ashen road. There is a moment of pause as they slow down and stare intently at the camera. The viewer only has a moment to look at their elfin features and white hair before everything turns to black. While all this is happening, a female narrator (whose name is Alexandra Stewart) begins reading a fictional letter from a mysterious Eastern European cinematographer named Sandor Krasna:
The first image he told me about was of three children on a road in Iceland, in 1965. He said that for him it was the image of happiness and also that he had tried several times to link it to other images, but it never worked. He wrote me: one day I'll have to put it all alone at the beginning of a film with a long piece of black leader; if they don't see happiness in the picture, at least they'll see the black.
From the footage of the ethereal children, the film moves deftly to show an A4 Skyhawk descending into the inner sanctum of an aircraft carrier, and finally to passengers sleeping on a ferry returning from the Japanese island of Hokkaido. One critic remarks that the whole world of the film resides in this juxtaposition of images. From light, to dark, and back to light.
2. Marker's film consists of footage from Japan, Iceland, and Africa. The images match Krasnor's letters. One gets the sense that they are watching footage taking by Krasnor. This mysterious cinematographer is Chris Marker's alter ego. Some of the footage is from San Francisco.3. The two chief frames of reference are Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker. The former is especially poignant. At one point, Sandor Krasna goes to those very same places that Jimmy Stewart's character visits in Vertigo. It is a pilgrimage of sorts. Strange how many of the sites from 1958 San Francisco (the year Hitchcock made Vertigo) still exist in 1982 San Francisco. The latter film becomes more important towards the end of Sans Soleil.
4. Most of the footage is unmistakably urban. Some of it is familiar. We see a high-traffic street crossing bearing a distinct similarity to Shibuya, for example. In others, the rusty spans of the Golden Gate bridge rise from a bank of mist. In another image, an Icelandic village is buried under meters of volcanic soot.5. A note on sound. Modest Mussorgorsky's Sans Soleil is played on different instruments. Sometimes it is a Moog. On others, it is a theremin. One can also hear curious, bubbly, reverb-saturated synth effects in the background. They give the film a science-fiction feel.
6. The name Unseen Sun may immediately recall the similarly-titled track, "Invisible Sun", from the Police's 1982 album The Ghost in the Machine. It is also the translated German title for Chris Marker's 1983 film, Sans Soleil (Sunless). That these two works -- an album and a film -- were released within a year of each other is coincidental. And to add to the coincidences, I only remind the reader that only three years later, in 1986, German media theorist Friedrich Kittler published his influential Grammophon, Film, Typewriter (Brinkmann & Bose Verlag, 1986). The introduction to this book, translated into English for the summer 1987 issue of October was one of the first English crossovers of Kittler's writings. It also features Kittler's famous "derivation" of the Lacanian real, imaginary, and symbolic "from the data channels of phonograph, cinema, and typewriter."
7. This is heady stuff, to be sure, but consider Kittler's invocation of one of Sans Soleil's many poignant moments. It is a scene where two dogs are seen playing in the sand. Kittler quotes the narrator:
Lost at the end of the world, on my island Sal, in the company of my dogs strutting around, I remember January in Tokyo, or rather I remember the images that I filmed in January in Tokyo. They have put themselves in the place of my memory, they are my memory. I ask myself how people remember if they do not make movies, or photographs, or tapes, how mankind used to go about remembering.8. Sans Soleil features many images of television and urban screens. In a series of stills, celluloid images of television screens are depicted as lantern slides. These images feature ghostly circles of light radiating from within. The juxtaposition of media technologies is striking.
9. More on Kittler. What if Sans Soleil can be thought of in terms of data storage? Film footage becomes a repository of Sandor Krasna's memories about the various cities he visited (see #7 above). In another part, Krasna's letter reads:
I've spent the day in front of my TV set—that memory box. I was in Nara with the sacred deers. I was taking a picture without knowing that in the 15th century Basho had written: "The willow sees the heron's image... upside down."
He showed me the clashes of the sixties treated by his synthesizer: pictures that are less deceptive he says—with the conviction of a fanatic—than those you see on television. At least they proclaim themselves to be what they are: images, not the portable and compact form of an already inaccessible reality. Hayao calls his machine's world the 'zone,' an homage to Tarkovsky.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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Monday, January 14, 2008
Franco's Monument
An interesting article (via the estimable New York Times) regarding Pedro Muguruza's infamous El Valle de los Caídos. Hewn into the side of a mountain, the building is comprised of an amphitheater-style entrance leading into a gigantic nave. Inside are a series of crypts and ossuaries containing the remains of Nationalist soldiers. Late last year, Spanish historian Julián Casanova made a much publicized visit to the site. In a trip that was near-comic, Casanova was routed and rerouted from various librarians and staff members throughout the site. His purpose was to find ledgerbooks containing the names of the Nationalist dead. This was, of course, motivated by Casanova's own suspicion. The site is rumored to contain the remains of murdered Republican soldiers, victims who were also used to build the site from 1940 until 1949.
The article is a nod to what has been a tumultuous decade in Spanish attitudes towards the Spanish Civil War. With the formation of the ARMH (Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica) in 2000, and the passage of the Law of Historical Memory late last year, the recuperation of "Republican Memory" -- via the exhumation of mass graves, the publication of new histories, and through various other expressions -- will come at the price of negating the existence of the Franco regime.
The architecture of the period, however, will stand. Whether it's El Valle de los Caidos, or other public buildings, at least future generations will have physical evidence of a scarifyingly repressive regime that lasted well past Hitler's or Mussolini's. The Franco regime needs to be understood before it is forgotten, and perhaps its architecture can aid in this process.
Monday, January 07, 2008
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After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college, Richard Pimentel (Ron Livingston) joins the Army and ships off to Vietnam. During his service, Richard loses nearly all of his hearing. Joining a new circle of friends, including a man with cerebral palsy and an alcoholic war veteran, Richard discovers his gift for motivational speaking and becomes an advocate for people with disabilities.
After breaking up with her boyfriend, a bookstore manager resists a seemingly perfect guy's attempts to woo her.
At the start of the first World War, in the middle of Africa's nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.
A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
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Set in America's Colonial period, John Ford's adventure tale follows Gilbert (Henry Fonda) and Lana Martin (Claudette Colbert) as they try to survive the rugged frontier. After their settlement is repeatedly attacked by Indians, the couple is taken in by a spinster (Edna May Oliver). Lana bears a son, while Gilbert heads off to fight the Indians and the British. He returns, wounded, to find his family once again under attack by the Indians.
Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful incident from his own youth; retired opera director Jerry discovers a mortician with an amazing voice, and he seizes the opportunity to rejuvenate his own flagging career; a young couple have separate romantic interludes; a spotlight shines on an ordinary man.
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Past conflicts and tensions arise when a group of friends spend the weekend together to celebrate an upcoming wedding.
When business executive Amelia returns home to help a family-run ornament company, the employees see her as their savior who is coming in to rescue the company. They are heart-broken and shocked to learn that her plan to get the company on track involves massive layoffs. As Amelia prepares for the holiday 'trimmings', she finds herself rekindling an old romance with her high school boyfriend Jesse, who is also the company's owner. She also soon begins to see the charm of the local business – but will she be able to save it in time?
Maurice, a reticent young homeless man, somehow manages to get by in Brooklyn; he spends his nights in parked cars until he finds himself at Bizarre, an underground club renowned for its burlesque shows. Maurice is fascinated by the club's playful revues celebrating self-determined sexuality and creative otherness, and the two female club owners both adore him. He soon becomes a part of their self-selected family, and begins to bond with introverted Luka. But Maurice turns his back on Luka's growing affection. Running away from his true emotions he drifts aimlessly through the city. He tries to find his feet at a boxing club, where he meets Charlie. Unable to withstand the pressure of his repressed feelings, Maurice unleashes a mounting foment of emotions, pervaded by tenderness and menace.
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If the bold actions President Donald Trump took on Wednesday were any indication, the 2018 election results put him in a fighting mood.
In the span of one day, Trump congratulated himself for a "very Big Win" in the midterms (despite Democrats taking control of the House), threatened war with the Democrats, engaged in a war of words with reporters and took actions to take back control of the special counsel's Russia investigation into his 2016 presidential campaign.
Trump forced Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign.
After months of publicly fuming over Attorney General Jeff Sessions' inaction on the special counsel's ongoing Russia investigation, Trump forced Sessions to resign.
When Trump announced Sessions' resignation on Wednesday, he also identified Matt Whitaker as his pick for acting attorney general, effectively putting Whitaker in charge of overseeing Robert Mueller's investigation. Whitaker, a former federal prosecutor, has openly criticized Mueller's probe, suggesting in an op-ed for CNN that it could be a "witch hunt."
Sessions was one of Trump's earliest supporters, but he drew the ire of Trump early in his presidency when Sessions decided to recuse himself from the investigation. As tensions between the two former allies continued to flare, Trump slammed Sessions on "Fox & Friends" and Twitter, claiming Sessions "never took control" of the Justice Department.
After Sessions' ousting was announced, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned that the timing of the news was "very suspect."
"Our paramount view is that any attorney general, whether this one or another one, should not be able to interfere with the Mueller investigation in any way," Schumer told reporters.
Trump threw a tantrum at a White House press conference.
At a post-midterms press conference at the White House, Trump lashed out at reporters after CNN's Jim Acosta challenged him over a racist, anti-immigration ad that was paid for by his re-election campaign.
"I think you should let me run the country. You run CNN," Trump told Acosta.
When Acosta continued to push Trump with questions about the federal investigation into Russia's involvement in the Trump campaign, the president called the reporter a "rude, terrible person" and, later, identified him as "the enemy of the people."
"CNN should be ashamed of itself having you work for them," Trump said.
White House suspends credentials for CNN correspondent Jim Acosta after heated exchange with Pres. Trump. https://t.co/6Jz12hiYMg pic.twitter.com/jEXT9APq3Z
— ABC News (@ABC) November 8, 2018
Trump also jabbed at NBC News reporter Peter Alexander after he defended Acosta as a "diligent reporter."
"Well, I'm not a big fan of yours either," Trump told Alexander.
In another heated exchange, PBS News Hour's Yamiche Alcindor asked Trump whether he thought his use of the term "nationalist" emboldened "white nationalists."
Trump dismissed her question as "racist."
"What you just said is so insulting to me," Trump said. "It's a very terrible thing that you said."
President Trump calls questions about nationalism and its ties to white nationalists "racist" and "insulting." pic.twitter.com/zzjX1rEa1v
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 7, 2018
The White House revoked CNN reporter Jim Acosta's press credentials.
Hours after sparring with CNN's chief White House correspondent, the White House confiscated Acosta's press credentials, barring him from future press events.
"As a result of today's incident, the White House is suspending the hard pass of the reporter involved until further notice," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters.
Sanders also claimed in a series of tweets that Acosta had placed "his hands on a young woman" during the press conference, despite video that showed Acosta turning away from the female intern when she tried to take his microphone.
Acosta rebuked Sanders claim:
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In an official statement, CNN said it fully supported Acosta despite the White House's "unprecedented decision."
"It was done in retaliation for his challenging questions at today's press conference," the statement read. "In an explanation, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders lied. She provided fraudulent accusations and cited an incident that never happened."
The US Secret Service just asked for my credential to enter the WH. As I told the officer, I don't blame him. I know he's just doing his job. (Sorry this video is not rightside up) pic.twitter.com/juQeuj3B9R
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 8, 2018
Trump threatened war against the Democrats if they use their majority in the House to challenge him.
Trump warned House Democrats against pursuing more investigations into him and threatened to fight back using his majority in the Senate if they had the temerity to do so. During his post-election press conference, Trump even laid out his plan of attack, which included counter-investigations into Democrats.
"If that happens, then we're going to do the same thing, and government comes to a halt. And I would blame them," Trump told reporters.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, promised to pursue Trump's tax returns for the sake of transparency and to reveal any potential corruption.
"The American people will see his tax returns, not because of any voyeuristic interest, but because they should know if he is corrupt," Swalwell told NBC News' "Today Show." "We will look at the cashing in of access to the Oval Office and that has been concerning and his financial entanglements overseas."
Donald Trump Rips Into CNN's Jim Acosta: 'You Are A Rude, Terrible Person'
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text: Share: Comments Print June 27, 2014 at 5:38 AM Future follows his own blueprint | Concert preview Posted by Mike Ramos (Jonathan Mannion) Atlanta's Future, who plays the Neptune Theatre Thursday, is one of the leading voices in rap, R&B and even pop music in 2014, with multiple radio hits ("Move That Dope," "Honest") and collaborations with everyone from Kanye West and Andre 3000 to Miley Cyrus. But the 30-year-old's path to the top has been an arduous one. As he professes on "Blood, Sweat, Tears," the closing track of his new album, "Honest," "You couldn't have known what I did for this." Future first made waves on the crowded, megatalented Atlanta mixtape circuit, where he has deep roots. He's a first cousin of Rico Wade, the principal producer and engineer of Atlanta's legendary "Dungeon" studio, where groups like Outkast and Goodie Mob recorded ahead-of-their-time classics. Future even recorded some early-career material with short-lived second generation Dungeon Family group Da Connect. Though he acknowledges the importance of these influences — how he "learned the game, and the format of making records and putting songs together" — Future felt a need to branch out. "You always gotta be able to create your own path with this music thing," he said in a phone interview. "You don't ever wanna walk in no one else's shoes, but just be inspired by everyone's story … Everyone has their own blueprint. I didn't want to walk in anyone else's shadow." Future's "own blueprint" happened to include becoming one of the most progressive and experimental, yet still somehow relatable and radio-ready artists in music. He broke into the mainstream with a constant stream of mixtapes, starting with "1000," in 2010, and also by lending his hook-writing and singing skills to YC's 2011 hit, "Racks," a triumphant club anthem that almost singlehandedly resurrected Auto-Tune and made Future one of Atlanta's most sought-after talents. His second official album, "Honest," released this April, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart. He's possibly the only artist out there capable of making modern, adult-contemporary R&B (the album's title track) and raucous, chest-beating death-threat rap (one of the bonus tracks) sound equally sincere and natural. "Honest's" varied approaches and wide-ranging songs have earned Future a similarly diverse following. "I always looked at it like I want to be able to touch everyone, I don't want to have just a certain fan base," he said. "I want to be able to touch the culture in many ways." Future 8 p.m. Thursday, July 3, at The Neptune Theatre, 1303 N.E. 45th St., Seattle; $27.50 (877-784-4849 or stgpresents.org). Comments | More in R & B/Hip-hop | Topics: "Honest", Concert Preview, Future