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ST. LOUIS, April 6 (UPI) -- Mike Smith came up short in his bid for a fourth straight shutout Friday, but he made 31 saves while carrying the Phoenix Coyotes to a 4-1 win over St. Louis.
The Coyotes vaulted past Los Angeles into first place by a point in the Pacific Division. The regular-season ends Saturday, with Phoenix meeting Minnesota and Los Angeles taking on San Jose.
St. Louis lost its fourth in a row and missed a chance to move into a tie with Vancouver for the most points in the Western Conference. The Blues have the tiebreak advantage over Vancouver but they need to win Saturday while Vancouver loses for that to make any difference.
Keith Yandle put Phoenix in front 2:13 into the game but Patrik Berglund finally ended Smith's scoreless streak by tipping in a shot late in the opening period.
Radim Vrbata then gave the Coyotes the lead 5:44 into the second and Phoenix then came up with goals from Shane Doan and Mikkel Boedker.
It was the Coyotes' fourth straight win.
Brian Elliott allowed the four Phoenix goals on 32 shots.
Every NHL team will be in action Saturday on the final day of the campaign. All 16 playoff berths have been filled, but seedings and playoff matchups are still to be determined in both conferences.


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Now that summer is here to stay, it means that school is out and boats are hitting the water in much larger numbers.
Now that summer is here to stay, it means that school is out and boats are hitting the water in much larger numbers.
We are blessed with some of the most-beautiful spots for boating, waterskiing, fishing and all the rest of the recreational activities you can pursue on the water.
While that is an incredible opportunity, it is also a challenge: Be safe out there.
The National Safe Boating Council is reminding boaters to mind the safe-boating practices that could well keep them and their passengers alive.
�The goal of our collaborative effort is to encourage boaters to follow proper boating safety precautions, including ensuring everyone is wearing a properly fitted, USCG-approved life jacket, and being aware of the local weather forecast,� said Virgil Chambers with the council.
That makes a lot of sense. And common sense is the guiding factor here.
If you are planning a trip out onto the water, you want to know what the weather likely holds. Be prepared to come safely and quickly back to shore if there is the possibility or likelihood of bad storms.
And of course, make sure everyone has a life jacket, the one tool that can keep them alive under a variety of unfortunate circumstances.
You are never going to insulate yourself entirely from danger on the water, but you can take precautions to lessen the risk and to improve your chances of survival.
It would be nice to think this would go without saying, but we know from too many instances that it has to be reiterated at every possible opportunity: Do not drink while boating. You are taking your life and your passengers� lives in your hands when you get into a boat. You owe it to yourself and to them to be on your best behavior and in the best state of mind to behave safely and responsibly.
Do your best to have a safe and fun summer on the water. We have so many inviting places to swim, boat and fish. But don�t take unnecessary chances by making foolish decisions.
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Its really good for me to see an artist who isn't ignorant and who's music actually means something so keep on doing what your doing Bobby ray and don't stop...You really consider a collaboration with Lupe Fiasco or better yet come out and perform in D.C. sometime, Thank you for your music.
I love #4! Eckhart Tolle is a modern sage. I've read A New Earth and a few of his other books. I can see in your music that you are non-attached to your ego, and your aware of that infinite dimension beyond ego. Its so awesome to see an artist like that, especially in the rap scene where most music is dominated by ego. I would recommend reading books by Deepak Chopra and David Hawkins as well. Power vs. Force by Hawkins is absolutely amazing... Life After Death by Chopra is frickin cool too lol


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Drivers who are caught not wearing a seat belt are to face being given points on their licence, under new plans to increase penalties for motoring offences.
Motorists in England, Scotland and Wales currently face an on-the-spot fine of £100 if they fail to buckle up while behind the wheel, but the offence will see drivers be landed with penalty points as well.
Fines can increase up to £500 if the case goes to court.
Harsher penalties
Drivers can lose their licence if they build up 12 or more points within three years, so the harsher punishment could help to reduce repeat offenders.
The law is different in Northern Ireland, where drivers already risk being given three points if they are caught without a seat belt, and face a fine of up to £500.
The Department for Transport has not yet announced how many points will be given for the offence.
More than a quarter (27 per cent) of the 787 car occupants who died in crashes on Britain's roads in 2017 were not wearing a seat belt, according to DfT figures. This was compared with 20 per cent during the previous year.
New safety measures
The plans to introduce points for failing to wear a seat belt is one of 74 measures included in the government's Road Safety Action Plan.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said the action plan is a "key milestone" in the government's road safety work and sets out the steps being taken to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on the UK's roads.
The action plan states, "The vast majority of drivers on our roads drive safely and within the law, but some do not, and there is constant potential for good behaviour to degrade, especially as constraints become familiar and distractions increase."
With the number of car occupant fatalities from not wearing a seat belt rising over the past few years, the government hope the introduction of penalty points on driving licences will help to lower the number.
The report adds the government is also considering the report from the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety to help understand which kind of drivers and passengers are least likely to wear seat belts, what prompts their behaviour and which interventions would be best to reduce the number of casualties.
Road Safety Minister Michael Ellis said, "Far too many people are not wearing a seat belt while traveling in a car, needlessly putting their lives at risk.
"Increasing penalties for people who disregard the simplest way of protecting themsleves is just one of a long list of actions this government is taking to help keep people safe on our roads."
The government is also considering fitting alcohol sensors to cars driven by motorists who have been convicted of drinking and driving, which will immobilise the vehicle if they are over the legal limit.


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Rubber Fortresses for A-Bomb Defense (Apr, 1950)
This looks like it's ripped straight from a Bond movie. Well, either that or GI Joe. I love the inflatable camouflage rocks.
Rubber Fortresses for A-Bomb Defense
Here's how the Air Force's new air-building can hide the radar sentries guarding America against attack.
By Frank Tinsley
CAN we avert an atomic Pearl Harbor? Yes, we can—with rubber bubbles!
For a string of giant rubber bubbles, housing radar sentries, hidden in the icy peaks of America's northernmost mountains, could be our first line of defense against any A-bomb attack. The secret of these amazing rubber fortresses is the new Radome, a revolutionary shelter of rubber and glass textile, developed by the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory Inc. for the Air Force research center at Red Bank, N. J.
These radar outposts could be the modern equivalent of the frontier forts of Indian days. Miles apart in practically impassable wilderness, each must be a well-hidden, self-contained fortress, capable of guarding its precious equipment securely against any sneak attack. And sudden assault is just as sure as death and taxes. For if war comes again, the blinding of an enemy's eyes will be the first step before wholesale atomic destruction!
Based upon the latest military and scientific developments, here is a closeup picture of how the far-flung radar ring depicted in the February 1949 issue of Mechanix Illustrated can protect our country:
To obtain maximum radar range and permit easy defense by a minimum garrison, our rubber forts, like castles of the ancient barons along the Rhine, must roost on the most inaccessible arctic peaks. For concealment and protection against bombing, most of the installation must be buried in the rock and heavily sheathed with concrete. The parts above ground—the balloon dome protecting the radar antenna and the level helicopter deck—will be well camouflaged by air-inflated rubber rocks. These will be fastened down in set patterns but can be easily removed to clear the way for flying operations.
All ground approaches to the fortress and any nearby areas that might be used for paratroop landings, will have been blasted away or neutralized by gun bunkers. The only way to reach the fortress will be by helicopter. As machine guns and flame throwers can sweep the landing platform, the chances of a successful assault by air will be nil. A 'copter ferry service will supply the garrison with both troops and provisions.
In addition to the command post in the bombproof lower level, the station will have comfortable, air-conditioned living quarters for its technical experts and guards. Unusually complete recreational facilities will help cut down the morale problems inevitable in such a confined life. A large, circular lounge, two stories high, will give the illusion of space indoors. A good library and well-equipped music, movie, television and card rooms will provide the men with plenty of entertainment during off-duty hours.
Beneath the landing platform will be a combination hangar and gymnasium with a running track inside the base of the Radome. Athletic facilities here will permit the men to take part in vigorous sports despite the worst polar blizzards outside. Several small patrol helicopters, based at the fort, will fly hunting, fishing and mountain-climbing parties to the most favored spots in the vicinity. At frequent intervals the men will take turns going on short furloughs to Alaskan and Canadian cities in order to prevent "cabin fever" and thus keep the garrison on its toes.
Let's suppose you are a Signal Corps officer just assigned to a rubber fortress. A transport plane takes you to the most northerly air base in the area. Here, in what already looks like a virgin wilderness, you transfer to a big helicopter on the snowy apron. It is a twin-rotor job with a combination cargo and personnel carrier slung beneath its belly.
The giant eggbeater levels off at 5000 feet and heads toward a notch in the distant mountains. After hours of flying high into the cold blue yonder, the 'copter finally hovers over a rocky peak.
The craft starts windmilling slowly earthward. There's no sign of life on the bare crags. You wonder if the pilot has lost his way in this forbidding waste and now has to make a forced landing because of lack of fuel. Then, as the sheer ice-clad cliffs loom close, tiny figures suddenly spring up amid the jumble of snow-streaked rock.
Like little Atlases, they pick up great boulders and quickly stack them off to one side. In a few moments they have cleared a level area. The eggbeater lands quietly in center.
You notice a spherical mass jutting out of the mountainside. Rocky camouflage has so skillfully broken its smooth outlines that you can make out its domed shape only at close range. This must be the inflated Radome the pilot was talking about as you stepped down from the 'copter's personnel carrier. Suddenly you realize that the "snow" beneath you is really a concrete flight deck!
You follow several enlisted men to a flight deck elevator and ride down with the lieutenant in charge of the unloading detail. The size of the hangar below is surprising. Brilliantly lit, it extends far under the mountain top. Helicopters, snow equipment, rubber boats for fishing and shore patrol, and busy repair shops fill the area.
The lieutenant ushers you through the big doorway and up a flight of steel stairs to the guardroom. This is on a level with the landing deck outside. The handful of troops standing behind the multiple machine guns and flame throwers around this chamber could wipe that deck clean of life in a single deadly burst of fire.
An orderly takes you down an automatic elevator and through a narrow corridor to the command post to check in. This nerve center lies at the lowest level of the concrete structure, far beyond the reach of any bomb exploding against the rocky mountain. It looks like the control room of a submarine, only much more spacious. Technicians sit before complex instrument panels, run a phone switchboard or peer hard at the large, centrally located radar scope. In one corner officers are studying a scale model of the surrounding terrain on a wide table. You notice that large-scale maps and blown-up aerial photos cover the wall. Then you are led off to report to the adjutant in his office.
Later, the lieutenant who first escorted you into the fortress offers to show you the radar dome. After a fast lift in an elevator, he leads you through an airtight door. Then you walk up an enclosed stairwell.
"This is an airlock," the lieutenant explains as he opens another airtight door. The Radome here is like a big captive balloon supported entirely by air pressure."
You find yourself now on a 12-foot gallery circling the top edge of the concrete structure above a central pit. The whole thing looks like the interior of a big astronomical laboratory. The big fabric dome bulging up overhead, though, makes you feel small and gives you a strange illusion of cathedral height.
Rising out of the floor is a huge, gleaming hydraulic jack supporting a bowl-shaped, 40-foot radar antenna. Counterbalanced by heavy weights, the giant griddle screen revolves on its ball-and-socket mount with the quiet perfection of a clock movement. After completing a 360-degree traverse, the antenna
automatically elevates and starts turning around again. In three circles—from full low to high—this radar can search a great hemisphere of space from the cold heavens directly above the mountain to the frozen sea at its feet.
"If an enemy bomber penetrates our fighter defense," your guide remarks, "the antenna moves up to a vertical position, then retracts down into the bombproof concrete. Only a direct hit can destroy it here. And direct hits aren't likely—what with the smallness of our fort and the natural look of our camouflage."
The man-made bubble that shields the radar from the elements is made of a tough, weatherproof glass fabric impregnated with synthetic rubber. Although this material is no thicker than a raincoat and can be pumped up by a household vacuum cleaner, the big balloon shelter can easily take winds of hurricane force or a three-ton load of ice and snow. Since the rubberized cloth is wired for radiant heat, the snow can be melted off as fast as it falls and is no problem.
One great advantage of this new Radome is that it needs no girders or supports other than air pressure. This makes it an ideal structure for housing radar and permitting an uninterrupted sweep of its beam.
Another good feature is the ease with which this blow-up building can be hidden from hostile eyes. The icy coating on the outside of the huge rubber bubble is simply camouflage. So are the inflated rubber rocks that mask the Radome's mushroom shape. A Zipper-like fastening anchors the Radome firmly to its concrete base.
A vast defensive network of rubber bubbles naturally would be hard to build and service —and costly. For carving out impregnable forts in the wild, unconquered peaks of the Far North will be savagely dangerous work.
But no price can be too great to pay to guard America against an atomic Pearl Harbor.


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Perspectives on the "Objectives of Financial Statements" (NYU, 1976, 336 pp.; 37/4, p. 2264-A*) by Robert Bloom examines "the historical, empirical, and the theoretical perspectives on the AICPA Study Report. . According to Bloom, "a study of the roots and antecedents of the Report should clarify the objectives identified in the Report, cast light on the Report's acceptability, and provide a broader framework for developing accounting theory." His thesis is that "the Report has substantial foundations and support in pre-vious accounting literature, empirical research, and normative models." To test the thesis "twentieth-century American account-ing writings are examined." The "theoretical foundations of the Report" are reviewed based upon an analysis "of selected theories and models from economics, finance, the behavioral sciences, and social law."
Bloom's research indicates that "in general, the objectives set forth in the Report are not really new," and "the extent of support for each objective varies considerably." Further, "neither the Study Group's nor the FASB's empirical research provide substantial back-ing, contrary to what was hypothesized, for most of the objectives presented in the Report." Economic income and discounted cash-flow models "furnish underpinnings for nearly all of the objectives" and "the 'right-to-know' theory provides implicit backing for each objective."
Bloom concludes that "although the Report is based upon his-torical thought in accounting, the empirical research conducted by the Study Group, and selected normative models, it does not de-velop a rigorous model for accounting objectives in terms of these foundations."
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Yes, Your Submission Phobia is Holding You Back
By Michelle Seaton
If you're feeling discouraged about your work, I guarantee that your number-one problem is this: You aren't submitting enough. I might not know you, but I know I'm right about this.
In 12 years of teaching at Grub Street, I've learned three truths about students:
- They don't submit enough, especially the most talented ones. Read that sentence again and then ask yourself how many times you've submitted something in the past year. Yeah, I thought so.
- Many of my most talented students never submit anything. This makes me crazy.
- The students who publish most often submit constantly, as though it's their job, or their final year on Earth. And guess what? It works.
I think I know why you don't submit: It's easy to become so comfortable in the womb of the supportive workshop or writers' group that the thought of having a cold eye cast on your work is paralyzing.
Also, we writers are expert liars. Here are the top three lies we tell ourselves.
- Rejection is all powerful. You think rejection is proof that you have no talent or that the work is no good. Actually, the only thing a rejection proves is that you sent out your work. Good for you. I suggest you collect ten of these and then reward yourself.
- I will submit this story soon, when it feels finished. No you won't. For most stories and essays there is no moment when it will feel good enough. Submit before you feel ready. Like, today.
- I'm afraid that my work will end up in a journal that's not good enough. Right. Because keeping the work moldering in your hard drive for a few years is a much better fate for it. No one knows how prestigious a journal is or isn't—except for those at the very top. So stop obsessing.
In my class on submitting essays, I insist on several things. First, that students submit each work to no fewer than 10 journals at once. Twenty is even better. Yes, journal editors hate this advice, so don't tell any that I said to do this. But this is what you must do.
Someone in class always asks if they should read the journals before submitting to them. The short answer is no.
Should you be reading journals extensively? Yes. Should you subscribe to several? Yes. In fact, if you are a Boston-area writer and you don't subscribe to one of the many outstanding local lit journals, well, that's a crime. But right now we're performing triage on your submission phobia, and the last thing you need is six months' worth of homework with which you can procrastinate. Go to each journal's website and look at the work that's posted. For now, that's enough. Want a great shortcut to compiling a list of journals to submit to? Visitwww.duotrope.com , which now lists nonfiction markets.
Second, I insist that writers have a boilerplate cover sheet into which they can insert the name of each new story, essay or poem and its length. An ideal cover sheet is short and perfunctory. Why? Because editors don't read them. Your work speaks for itself.
Finally, I make writers sit down and set a date on the calendar—for this week—when they will submit a particular work.
Are you still reading this article? Stop now and start submitting.
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Raiders coach Dennis Allen survived the so-called Black Monday, the day NFL teams routinely jettison head coaches and general managers. Yet, as expected, someone had to pay for the team's 4-12 season with their jobs.
"I said this from the very beginning, I'm not in this for a one-year deal," Allen said. "I'm in this long-term. I'm in this to build this thing the right way. And I'm excited about looking forward to the future and where this organization is going to go."
As it turned out, the future won't include offensive coordinator Greg Knapp, offensive line coach Frank Pollack, special teams coordinator Steve Hoffman and linebackers coach Johnny Holland. Allen fired those four Monday morning.
Allen said he doesn't "anticipate" firing any other coaches. There was plenty of speculation on whether defensive coordinator Jason Tarver would survive a season in which the Raiders allowed 443 points, more than last season and the third-most per game in franchise history.
The fact the Raiders held the Chiefs, Panthers and Chargers to an average of 13.7 the final three games, including a shutout of the Chiefs, no doubt helped Tarver's cause.
"I was pleased with where Jason was," Allen said. "J.T. does a good job for us. He's a very smart football coach. He, like all of us, he's the first time in that position, and so we all go through a learning curve in that position and that's something we've looked at throughout this organization, guys that are the first time doing that particular job, and we'll grow from it."
For now, it's on to 2013, without dwelling too much on the season that ended Sunday the same way it started, with a loss to the San Diego Chargers.
The Raiders tied for the third-worst record in the league, with three of their victories coming over the 2-14 Chiefs and Jaguars. They lost 11 games or more for the eighth time in 10 seasons.
Through it all, Allen sees a time when the Raiders do more than muddle along and experience things greater than moral victories and emptiness at season's end.
"Listen, at the end the day, you are who you are," Allen said in owning the fact the Raiders finished 4-12. "You are what your record says you are. Do I think we can play better and have enough talent on this team to be better than we were? Yeah. We feel short in that area.
"But that's the past. I'm looking toward the future. We're looking to build this team the right way. We're going to get the right players, we're going to get the right coaches and we're going to build this organization the way it's supposed to be done and we're going to get back to the glory days of the Oakland Raiders."
To that end, Allen said, he and general manager Reggie McKenzie met several times within the past few weeks in an effort to identify which of their prospective free agents they are interested in re-signing.
"We've identified those guys that we're trying to get back and we're in the process," Allen said. "How long that process takes, at the end of the day Reggie will handle that part of it. But we've met a lot over the last few weeks and where we're going as an organization and what we're looking to do. We've got a clear plan of what we're trying to get done."
It's a safe bet that McKenzie will target players such as linebacker Philip Wheeler, running back Mike Goodson and defensive end Matt Shaughnessy in an attempt to get them back in the mix before they are eligible for unrestricted free agency in March.
Even then, there's still plenty of work to do, countless positions to be filled, problem areas to be fixed and moves that need to be made between now and the start of next season.
The foundation has been laid, though, Allen said.
"Our guys really understand what they're going to be accountable for and the things we're looking for in a football team and the things we're looking for in players," Allen said. "They also understand that we have to develop that leadership in the locker room that will allow us to sustain success over a long period of time.
"This is a players game. Players make plays and the best teams are able at some point in time to hand the keys to the car over to the players and they're able to run the program the way it needs to be run. We're not at that point yet but we're developing that every day."
— Allen declined to go into detail on how he plans on proceeding with displaced middle linebacker Rolando McClain.
Therefore, we'll lay it out for you.
The Raiders kept McClain on the roster the final three games after he returned from a two-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team for one reason: in the hope that they can peddle him via trade and get a draft pick or two in return.
There's almost no conceivable way that the Raiders bring back McClain next season, not after the way he behaved, not after he got replaced by rookie Miles Burris in the nickel package and certainly not at the salary he is slated to receive.
Of course, the other teams are aware of that, too, so they likely won't offer much, if anything, for McClain. If they have any interest, they simply can wait until the Raiders release McClain.
It's worth a shot, though.
— Quarterback Carson Palmer missed the regular-season finale with broken ribs and a bruised lung. Allen said he expects Palmer to make a full recovery and be the Raiders quarterback next season.
"To my knowledge, there's no long-term implications," Allen said. "To my knowledge, he's going to make a full recovery and be fine."
Palmer suffered his injury against the Carolina Panthers on Dec. 23 and was placed on season-ending injured reserve. He is slated to earn $13 million in base salary next season.
The Raiders would take a massive hit against the salary cap if they opted to trade or release Palmer. Also, they don't have another proven option on their roster.
— Running back Darren McFadden averaged 5.2 yards rushing in 2010 and 5.4 last season, when Hue Jackson called the plays. This season, that figure dipped to 3.3.
That played a part in Allen's decision to fire Knapp and Pollack. It doesn't sound as if the Raiders have any plans to part ways with McFadden, though.
"I like Darren," Allen said. "He's a good running back, he's an explosive player and I'm hoping that he can continue to produce in the future."
McFadden has one year remaining on his rookie contract.
— Allen said he considered Al Saunders for the offensive coordinator position before he hired Knapp last offseason. Saunders is back in the mix now.
"We're going to look at all the possible options," Allen said.
Allen also made it clear that he isn't looking for a coach that runs a specific system.
"I believe the zone scheme running scheme is a productive running scheme," Allen said. "Obviously we didn't have the success that we needed to have and there were a lot of factors that contributed into that. I'm not tied to a specific system. I'm tied to trying to find out what our players can do really well and try to put them in those positions to give them a chance to have success. I'm looking for production and execution, and that's where we have to be better.
Allen added that he is fully aware of the success McFadden enjoyed under Jackson.
"There were some good things that were done the year prior as far as what they did, the execution," Allen said. "What I want to do is get the right guy for the job. I'm not tied into the system but I want to make sure that we're able to be a successful, productive offense. We have to have some rhythm and some explosiveness in our offense."
— The Raiders set league records for penalties (163) and penalty yards (1,358) in 2011. Therefore, there was bound to be improvement this season in that regard.
Sure enough, the Raiders reduced their penalties by one-third and finished with 108 for 939 yards. Both figures were the eighth-highest in the league.
So, there's still work to be done in that area, as well. Call it progress, at least by comparison.
— Second-year quarterback Terrelle Pryor watched the tape from his starting debut and came away impressed by some things, bothered by others.
Seems fair, given he was thrust into a tough situation after spending most of his first two seasons on the bench as the No. 3 quarterback and not receiving many reps with the first-team offense.
"I haven't had a lot of reps with the guys, so it's tough to be on (the same) page," Pryor said. "But, just for going out and having fun and trying to get some plays, draw 'em up and make them work, I thought we did a decent job."
Agreed. I watched the tape last night and felt as if Pryor acquitted himself well, all things considered.
Sure, he still needs work on his accuracy, timing and touch, but he did a nice job commanding the huddle, avoiding penalties and sacks and keeping alive plays with his feet.
If nothing else, he showed enough to warrant a longer look next season.
"Definitely it's something to build off of. I wish we could have won, obviously, but it's something to build off of," Pryor said. "I'm very excited that I started. I can go home and can feel like somehow hold my head up high that I accomplished one of my goals of starting at least one game and lead the guys like I know how to do."
Pryor said he intends to work on things such as his touch and completing passes in the face of pressure. He is hopeful that his teammates will be just as committed.
"When the (coordinator) gets in here, I'm going to be in here and I want to know exactly, I want the playbook, I want to start getting on it," Pryor said. "Now we leaders that are going to step up and say, 'Alright, you guys get on our back, and I'm going to lead.' That's what we need from guys. We're going to have that starting in February. I hope guys are accountable, we can hold guys accountable to be here and get some good work in here in February, when they open the doors."
With that, we close the doors on the 2012 season.
— Join me tomorrow as we ring in the new year with a Raiders live chat at noon PDT.
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The ongoing Fukushima crisis and the psychological war in Tokyo
The ongoing Fukushima crisis and the psychological war in Tokyo
Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
Radiation fears
The ongoing nuclear crisis at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is creating a hefty weight and this applies to the psychological impact. It still remains to be seen what the long-term consequences will be but the psychological impact is impinging on many parts of Japan.
It is abundantly clear that more than 20,000 people have been killed by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake which unleashed a potent and deadly tsunami. Therefore, while the tsunami was the "real killer" in Iwate, Miyagi and others prefectures hit by the tsunami. It is apparent that for many people in Tokyo and other prefectures which escaped the deadly tsunami, that the "psychological war" is radiation.
It may seem absurd to some people that many Tokyoites, and people from other prefectures including Kanagawa and Saitama, are so scared by the possibility of radiation entering the environment.
However, it is clear that the ongoing crisis at the nuclear stricken plant in Fukushima is generating many problems, even if these problems are not realistic or based on factuality. This is because of the mass uncertainty surrounding radiation and how it can impact on people and their health.
Therefore, even miniscule readings in Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, and Saitama, are setting off alarm bells and this applies to some Japanese nationals leaving for a small break; foreign embassies closing and relocating to other parts of Japan; an increase of foreign nationals leaving Tokyo and the surrounding region; a huge reduction of tourists who were going to visit Tokyo; a scramble for bottled water because of a minor radiation reading which was not deemed dangerous and a host of other factors.
It is also true that other Tokyoites are not worried and many people are just trying to focus on the lighter side of life or focusing on bread and butter issues.
However, the impact of possible radiation and the never ending saga at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant is creating unforeseen problems and this applies to companies relocating, a huge reduction of tourists visiting Tokyo and other factors which are hindering the economy.
I am sure that people in Iwate, Fukushima, and Miyagi, must be wondering about "how surreal events are in Tokyo" compared with the huge loss of life which was unleashed on so many towns and villages along the coast.
Also, for people in Fukushima within or near the exclusion zone, it is obvious that the impact is a million times more severe for them and clearly Tokyoites have escaped the real ravages of the earthquake, tsunami, and radiation leaks from the stricken nuclear plant.
Yet just like the huge reduction of tourists who are refusing to visit Tokyo it is all about the psychological damage and irrespective of what government ministers are saying; it is obvious that people are divided about the real impact of the radiation crisis in Fukushima.
Therefore, while some people are hoarding bottled water and other essential products in Tokyo it is also abundantly clear that many people are not.
On March 25 the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency stated that high level radiation was detected in the reactor's turbine of the No. 3 reactor. The main spokesman, Hidehiko Nishiyama, did reassure people that currently it appears that no cracks or damage to the reactor vessel appears to have happened.
According to Nishiyama the high level radiation which led to workers being contaminated was because of overheating fuel rods which are believed to have melted partially. Nishiyama also made it clear that further verification is needed before concrete conclusions can be given to why workers were exposed to very dangerous levels of radiation.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan stated that "The current situation is still very unpredictable. We're working to stop the situation from worsening. We need to continue to be extremely vigilant."
Therefore, while police officers and the Japanese military are looking for dead bodies in Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi, and other coastal regions where the earthquake and tsunami struck; the psychological war continues in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures.
Many people will be relaxing with friends this weekend in Tokyo but others will be hoarding bottled water. The surreal nature of everything at the moment is beyond understanding and fashion shows and exhibitions will continue to be held across Tokyo.
In Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima, the smell of death is factual and so many have been killed and thousands of families and many communities have been torn apart.
The deadly tsunami killed more than 20,000 people but not one person appears to have died from radiation. However, the huge reduction of tourists and people leaving Tokyo is not because they fear a tsunami but it is because of the psychological war which exists within many people.
Therefore, while real tragedy storks northeastern Japan and the impact of radiation is strong in Fukushima; the soft underbelly of Tokyo and people in distant lands is factual and until the nuclear crisis is resolved then little can be done to end the psychological war within many people.
I and millions of others fear little in Tokyo but for millions of others it is different; however, when all is said, it is clear that Tokyoites are lucky to escape the ravages of March 11 and the real menace of radiation which is infringing on the people of Fukushima.
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Do Not Say They Cannot Hear Us: THGC Workshop on Teaching the Holocaust and Genocides - TEXARKANA
June 15, 2016
Location: Southwest Community Center, 3222 West 7th St., Texarkana, 75501
Time: 8:45 am – 4:00 pm
"Do Not Say They Cannot Hear Us":
THGC Interdisciplinary Workshop on Teaching the Holocaust and Genocides
The Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission offers this free, one-day, live workshop to public and private school educators in social studies and/or language arts for grades 5-12.
Highlights from the workshop include an overview of relevant TEKS; an introduction to histories of the Holocaust and genocides in Cambodia, Bosnia, and Rwanda, and to current genocides in Darfur and the Middle East (ISIS); explorations of contemporary topical issues in historiography, literary representation, and pedagogical approaches; and demonstrations of lessons that frequently highlight Texas connections and that employ multimedia resources.
Educators in attendance will be given a folder containing lesson materials and readings, and will also be the first to gain access to the THGC's free, password-protected digital library of film and textual materials, all of which have been carefully selected by THGC education staff. The online digital library is designed to provide Texas educators with a wide variety of easily accessible, pedagogically appropriate tools for reaching students across the spectrum of learning styles, and allows teachers the freedom to combine materials across themes as they see fit.
The workshop will be facilitated by J.E. Wolfson, a Texas certified teacher who has taught elementary school, middle school, high school, and college classes. He is currently writing a dissertation on the Holocaust, and serves as Education Coordinator for the THGC.
"Do not say they cannot hear us
they hear us
they want to understand…
do they withdraw and fall back
because they hurt
where we no longer hurt"
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Participant Media plans to launch a cable network aimed at viewers 18 to 34 years old with programming it describes as inspiring and thought-provoking.
The as-yet-unnamed network is set to start next summer, the company announced Monday. It has acquired The Documentary Channel as well as the distribution assets of The Inspiration Network, giving it an initial reach of 40 million cable subscribers.
Targeting so-called millennials -- which the company calls "the next greatest generation" -- it is developing a program slate with such producers as Brian Graden, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, Oscar-winning director Davis Guggenheim, and Brian Henson of The Jim Henson Company.
Evan Shapiro, who joined Participant last spring after serving as President of IFC and Sundance Channel, will head the new network. He has executive produced such documentaries and series as "This Film Is Not Yet Rated," and the Peabody Award-winning "Brick City" and "Portlandia."
"The concept is to accept all genres as long as they meet the mission of entertainment that inspires social change, and tickles the fancy of this target audience," Shapiro said.
Participant CEO Jim Berk said, "There's a lot of (networks) doing socially relevant content. The difference is, this will be a singular source for it."
Privately held Participant Media has produced more than 40 fiction and nonfiction films the past decade including "The Help," "Charlie Wilson's War," "Food, Inc.," "An Inconvenient Truth" and Steven Spielberg's current biopic "Lincoln."
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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 9, No. 2 Fall 1982
William D. Cooper UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO
Abstract: A focus on the years of Carman G. Blough's life in which he made sig-nificant contributions to the accounting profession.
Carman G. Blough came on the national scene (1935) at a point in time when accountants were held in low regard by the public. Accountants were forced by environmental factors to accept a greater responsibility for the financial statements and to clarify ac-counting and auditing practices and procedures. As Chief Account-ant for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and later as Director of Research for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Blough became a stabilizing influence that helped the profession develop greater consistency and uniformity.
The Years with the SEC
Blough joined the staff of the SEC in 1934 as a financial analyst and was appointed the Chief Accountant of the Commission one year later.1 As the first Chief Accountant of the Commission, Blough had the task of establishing the duties and responsibilities of that position. Blough felt that the office of Chief Accountant should not have administrative responsibility over public accountants but the profession might look to the Chief Accountant for assistance in policy and principle decisions. Moreover, questions concerning ac-counting methods followed by registrants should be forwarded to the Chief Accountant for final decision.2 The Commission agreed with Blough's concepts and took steps to clarify the duties and functions of the new position. Under the direction of SEC Commis-sioners, Blough was able to gain control over accounting problems facing the Commission.3 A measure of the soundness of Blough's organizational concept is to note that the office of Chief Accountant is today still organized along the functional system advanced by him.


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Top 10 Country Grammy Awards Moments
Since 1959, "Music's Biggest Night" -- the Grammy Awards -- has featured the world's top artists in every musical genre, from pop and R&B to country, bluegrass, folk and Americana. And there have been a slew of memorable Grammys moments involving some of The Boot's favorite artists.
From LeAnn Rimes' win at the tender age of 14 to the Dixie Chicks' surprising sweep in 2007 -- not to mention the woman who has more Grammys than any other and some truly amazing performances -- these are our Top 10 country moments from Grammy Awards history.
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Lady Antebellum Garner Five Grammys54th Annual Grammy Awards (2011)
Lady Antebellum gave country music a huge moment to shine at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in 2011. The trio nabbed two of the evening's biggest awards, the all-genre Record of the Year and Song of the Year, for their second studio album, Need You Now, and its title track, respectively. Lady A also performed at the ceremony and picked up Best Country Album, Best Country Song and Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals, walking away with five of the six awards for which they'd been nominated and paving the way for their next album, Own the Night. Like Need You Now, the record debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 when it was released in September of 2011.
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Carrie Underwood Wins Best New Artist49th Annual Grammy Awards (2007)
Carrie Underwood is undoubtedly the biggest star from the singing competition show American Idol, and she proved it at the 49th annual Grammy Awards in 2007, beating out Corinne Bailey Rae, James Blunt, Chris Brown and Imogen Heap for Best New Artist. Underwood was only the second country artist in Grammys history, and the first in a decade, to win the accolade. That year, she also nabbed Best Female Country Vocal Performance, for "Jesus, Take the Wheel." The trophies would be the first of several Grammys for the talented artist.
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Glen Campbell Wins Album of the Year11th Annual Grammy Awards (1969)
In 1969, well-loved country artist Glen Campbell showed everyone that country music stars could play with the big boys. At the 11th annual Grammy Awards, he took home the trophy for Album of the Year, for By the Time I Get to Phoenix, and beat out legendary artists like the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, José Feliciano and Richard Harris. The "Wichita Lineman" hitmaker had won four Grammys the previous year.
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Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus Perform "Fifteen"51st Annual Grammy Awards (2009)
Remember when Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus were just teenagers? We barely do either, but the two singers converged at the 51st annual Grammy Awards in 2009 for an innocent, impactful and inspirational duet of Swift's hit "Fifteen," which she wrote when she was still a fresh-faced teen herself. Their performance was a sweet moment for the Grammys -- and now, both women have gone on to be two of the world's biggest superstars.
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Dolly Parton Receives Most Grammy Nominations of Any Country Artist
Did you know that Dolly Parton has received the most Grammy nominations of any country artist? Her first came at the 12th annual Grammy Awards in 1970, when "Just Someone I Used to Know," a with Porter Wagoner, was nominated for Best Country Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group; her most recent win was in 2017 in the category of Best Country Duo / Group Performance, for her duet "Jolene" with the group Pentatonix. With 47 nods and eight trophies to her name, Miss Dolly is the second-most nominated female artist in Grammys history, below only pop queen Beyonce.
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Alison Krauss Awarded Most Grammys of Any Female Artist
There's only one woman who has received a total of 27 Grammy Awards, and that woman is bluegrass aficionado Alison Krauss. Her first piece of hardware was awarded in 1991, at the 33rd annual ceremony, when she received the award for Best Bluegrass Recording, for I've Got That Old Feeling; Krauss' most recent Grammy Award came at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in 2012, again for Best Bluegrass Album, for Paper Airplane. Among all artists, the established singer-songwriter is tied with Quincy Jones for second place for the most Grammys won, behind Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor Sir Georg Solti, who's received 31 awards.
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Willie Nelson Takes Home Grammy Legend Award32nd Annual Grammy Awards (1990)
In 1990, at the 32nd annual Grammy Awards, Willie Nelson was among the first class of recipients of the prestigious Grammy Legend Award, which recognizes "ongoing contributions and influence in the recording field." Andrew Lloyd Webber, Liza Minelli and Smokey Robinson also received the award that year. Johnny Cash is the only other country artist to have received a Grammy Legend Award; his was given the following year, at the 33rd annual ceremony.
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The Highwaymen Regroup for Grammy Awards Performance56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014)
The year 1984 was a memorable one in country music, because it saw four of the genre's biggest superstars -- Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson -- come together as a supergroup. That year, the quartet recorded "Highwayman," a single that birthed an album, inspired the quartet's name and led to over 10 years of them hitting the stage together. Nearly 20 years later, the 56th annual Grammy Awards in 2014 were made extra special when the legendary group (sans Cash and Jennings, who passed away in 2003 and 2002, respectively) regrouped for a special performance: Kristofferson and Nelson performed "Highwayman," were joined by Merle Haggard and Blake Shelton for "Okie From Muskogee" and then launched into a ragged but spirited rendition of "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys" to finish things off.
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14-Year-Old LeAnn Rimes Wins Best New Artist39th Annual Grammy Awards (1997)
On Sunday nights, most 14-year-olds are thinking about what they'll say to the cute boy at school the next day -- not planning an acceptance speech for the Grammy Awards! But LeAnn Rimes made history at the 39th annual Grammy Awards in 1997. With a voice that sounded well beyond her 14 years of age, she nabbed the all-genre Best New Artist trophy, setting records as the youngest Grammy winner and the first country act to win Best New Artist. Rimes beat out fan-favorite artists Jewel, Garbage, No Doubt and the Tony Rich Project in the category; she also picked up Best Female Country Vocal Performance, for her song "Blue."
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The Dixie Chicks Sweep the Grammys49th Annual Grammy Awards (2007)
After Dixie Chicks member Natalie Maines dissed President Bush at a 2003 concert in London, England, the trio was shunned by the country music industry overnight. So it was unclear how they would fare at the 49th annual Grammy Awards in 2007, where they were nominated for five awards: the all-genre Album of the Year, as well as Best Country Album, for their 2006 record Taking the Long Way, and Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals, for "Not Ready to Make Nice." However, the trio cleaned up at the Grammys, winning all five of their categories. It was the first Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year sweep in 14 years.


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- Significant mineral, oil and gas potential
- Tourist potential (flora, fauna, heritage)
- Diverse climate allows for a wide range of crops
- Marine resources: number-one exporter of shrimp
- Low inflationary risk due to fully dollarised economy
- Oil-dependent economy
- Competitiveness subject to dollar movements due to fully dollarised economy
- Large informal sector and low-skilled workforce
- Legacy of sovereign default
- State interventionism
- Low levels of domestic and foreign private investment
Risk assessment
Growth remains hobbled by the decline in public support
Growth will continue to slow in 2019, held back by continued fiscal consolidation and persistently sluggish domestic demand. As financing conditions for the deficit grew tighter, the government was forced to draw up a fiscal consolidation plan in 2018 to reassure the markets. Under this plan, the government will slash investments and eliminate civil servant positions in 2019. In addition, interventionism and a lack of competitiveness (high cost of public services, rigid labour market), exacerbated in recent years by dollar appreciation, have lessened the draw for private investors.
Household consumption is expected to remain constrained by the weak growth in purchasing power linked to the wage freeze and the rise in the unemployment rate, which will nevertheless remain low. Moreover, with the informal sector accounting for 45% of employment, many households do not receive the minimum wage and full social benefits.
After a period of deflation due to the appreciation of the US dollar and the wage freeze, prices will rise slightly again in 2019, driven by reduced fuel subsidies and stabilisation of the dollar. In addition, oil sales should benefit from firm prices, even if production is unchanged at Petroamazonas, the national company that accounts for 78% of national production. Conversely, cocoa producers will be hard hit by the entry into force of a European standard imposing a maximum content level for cadmium, a substance which is very present in local cocoa. Other agricultural products, including bananas, shrimp, canned fish and flowers, will be hurt by cooler European and North American markets. Manufacturing sectors will continue to be penalised by their lack of competitiveness outside the dollar zone. However, at the same time, imports will be sluggish, in line with domestic demand, allowing external trade to make a slightly positive contribution to growth.
Fiscal consolidation to control soaring debt
President Lenín Moreno has launched a fiscal consolidation plan that will generate estimated total savings of USD 1 billion, or 1% of GDP. The aim is to reduce the deficit sufficiently to contain the country's debt, which has risen sharply since 2012, exceeding the statutory limit of 40% of GDP. Measures include the obligation to use tenders for public contracts (USD 400 million in savings), the phase-out of public jobs through mergers of state-owned entities (USD 350 million) and the removal of subsidies on premium gasoline (USD 150 million).
At the same time, the current account is expected to remain slightly in deficit. The trade balance will be impacted by expensive imports of petroleum products, due to insufficient refining capacities to meet growing domestic demand. The balance of services will also continue to show a small deficit, with freight and oil services paid abroad exceeding strong tourism revenues. In addition, growing debt interest and profit repatriation will exceed expatriate remittances from the United States and Spain. With weak FDI (0.6% of GDP in 2017) insufficient to cover the deficit, the government will have to resort to external debt, as in January 2018 (USD 3 billion). The authorities have limited room for manoeuvre, as reserves are very low (less than two months of imports in June 2018). However, the resumption of relations with the IMF since President Moreno came to power offers an additional option for lower-cost financing, at the cost of accelerated fiscal consolidation.
The President's popularity wanes despite a successful referendum
President Moreno emerged stronger from the February 2018 referendum in the struggle with his predecessor Rafael Correa for control of their party, Allianza Pais (AP). An average of 68% of voters in the referendum backed a series of measures that set a limit of two presidential terms (a return to the pre-2015 situation that prevents Mr Correa from standing again in 2021), strip those convicted of corruption of their civil rights, reform the Consejo de Participacion Ciudadana y Control Social, the body that decides on judicial appointments and that was controlled by Correa's supporters, and restrict oil drilling in Yasuni Natural Park. Despite this victory, President Moreno's approval rating has declined steadily since peaking at 77% in August 2017, falling to 45% one year later, mainly due to the worsening economic situation. He also holds a slim legislative majority (74 seats out of 137), which is undermined by internal party dissensions.
The business environment remains weak, with significant difficulties in investor protection, default resolution and taxation. As a result, Ecuador came 118th out of 190 in the World Bank's Doing Business 2018 ranking.
Last update: February 2019
Cheques are still a frequently used means of payment for commercial transactions in Ecuador. Nevertheless, the use of cheques is declining, due to a growing preference for electronic payments for transactions of all values.
Credit transfers are used for both high-value and low-value payment transactions. High-value and urgent inter-bank transfers are usually cleared via the Banco Central Ecuatoriano (BCE). Inter-bank transfers can include capital, money and foreign exchange market transactions, as well as public sector and commercial payments. Transfer instructions can be submitted via paper-based instructions or through online systems such as SWIFT.
Cash is frequently used, particularly for low-
value transactions.
Debt Collection
Ecuador's judicial system comprises courts, administrative bodies, autonomous bodies and subsidiary bodies. The jurisdictional bodies responsible for administering justice are the National Court, regional courts, law courts, law tribunals and Justice of the Peace courts.
The Judicial Council is the governing body responsible for the administration, supervision and discipline of the judicial function. The judicial system also encompasses subsidiary bodies, such as notaries, auction services, foreclosure services, legal custodians and other bodies, as determined by law.
The Código Orgánico General de Procesos (COGEP), a new legal code in force since May 2017, should help to speed up procedures.
Amicable phase
Amicable negotiations are a crucial step in successful debt collection management. These negotiations are highly detailed and cover aspects including the number of instalments, write-offs, guarantees, collateral, grace periods and interest.
Legal proceedings
Under the new legal code, trials can be in the form of Executive Judgments or Ordinary Judgments.
Executive Proceedings
Executive proceedings are initiated by filing a written complaint with the Court. Supporting documents (such as the pagaré or letra de cambio) should be attached to the claim. Cases are assigned to a judge who then has 45 working days to decide whether the claim is complete. The judge then hands down precautionary measures within the following 90 days. The judge orders a single audience 120 days later, during which he delivers a sentence.
Ordinary Proceedings
Ordinary proceedings are initiated by filing a written complaint with the Court. The case is then assigned to a judge who has 60 working days to decide whether the claim is complete. The judge then issues a writ ordering the serving of the written complaint to the debtor. The debtor has 90 days to respond with a written defence. The judge then orders a single audience during which he will deliver a sentence.
Enforcement of a Legal Decision
A domestic judgment becomes final and enforceable after any appeals have been exhausted. The judge of the court of first instance is responsible for enforcing judgments and issues a writ of execution ordering the relevant party to comply with the judgment within five working days. If the order is not complied with within the five-day period, the judge orders the seizure of the debtor's assets in order for them to be auctioned off.
The Ecuadorian Civil Procedure Code sets out the requirements for the enforcement of foreign judgments, in accordance with the appropriate treaties, international conventions and Ecuadorian law. The approval procedure begins with a phase of knowledge gathering (for ordinary trials) that is performed in the defendant's domicile court before admitting the execution. Ecuador has signed and ratified a number of international treaties for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, including the Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards.
Insolvency Proceedings
There are two phases in Ecuador's insolvency proceedings.
Conciliatory phase
The objective of this phase is to ensure that the debtor company can continue to operate, by putting into place signed agreements with all of its recognised creditors.
Bankruptcy proceedings entail the sale of the debtor company and its assets, with profits from the said sales being used to pay its debts to creditors.


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So last year, 14 of us, mostly strangers, descended on Cincinnati with hopes of making new buddies and finding a support group. What we found there, though, was magical. Our group is so varied. The only thing that we all have in common is that we are all moms. Some are biological moms, adoptive moms, foster moms, moms who pop out babies left right and center and some who are struggling to become moms again. Some are moms of special needs kids. Some are working moms and others are stay at homers. Some are single moms. Some are going through relationship struggles and some are riding the wave of a great marriage. We are all at different stages in our lives, but somehow it just works. In this group, there is none of that silly one up manship that sometimes groups of women do. We are all there to support one another through everything. And over the last year, we've all become the best of friends. These are the girls I call when I don't think I'm going to make it another minute. And they do the same. They are the ones who bring over dinner or have pizza delivered when my kids are sick. They are the ones who text me a lifeline when I'm drowning. They are also the group that talks endlessly about sex and make me giggle like a school girl until I wet my pants. It's not a party with these girls until someone wets their pants and usually that somebody is me.
|Michele, Me, and Liz- right before I wet my pants.
|our awesome cabin in the woods
|All piling into one bedroom to watch a movie together. Bridesmaids+a giant group of gal pals=nonstop hilarity
There is not one of these girls that I wouldn't pick up and leave at a moment's notice to go and help and I know that they would do the same for me. I used to watch chick flicks and envy those groups of college girls that stayed in touch and spent a week at the lake every summer until they were old and gray. Or those groups of girls who would mail their jeans back and forth to each other to stay connected. Now, I feel so fortunate that I've found that in my life. Not that we share jeans because, come on! What real life group of friends all has the same size butt anyway? It's that we are there for each other and we are bonded in a way that is unexplainable.
|The original MRG's. ( severly missing Sandy, Glenna, Amanda, Carrie, Birgit and Jamey)
|The whole gang: Michele, Renee, Megan W., Liz, Stori, Jenny, Molly, Crystal, Cami, Natalie and Ellen
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It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. - C. S. Lewis
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"Sir you have to stop this party," said the police man looking at the decorations.
A real estate tycoon had organised a poolside party after winning a court battle against building a multistorey paid sports complex.
"On what ground officer?" asked the host, "we have won the case fair and square!"
"A stay order has been obtained, sir, by a public interest litigator," answered the officer, "against imposing entertainment tax on citizens."
"Ideological battle between private and public interests continues," septugenarian tycoon wondered looking at his stillborn party, " and I thought of givingfree pool access to local population."
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Nothing quite prepared us for the reception Alice's Adventures in Wonderland received over the weekend. The five shows we performed over the weekend were met with rapturous applause and there was a frenzy of people by stage door.
With two shows on each day (including our Friday dress rehearsal), it was a very busy three days. Alice is such a high energy show, and you really have to work hard to balance story-telling with comic timing and parody. Monday, a day off for the Company, was a welcome rest. However, although it was exhausting, there was such a wonderful reception that it was worth every drop of sweat.
Talking of sweat, it's roasting here: as well as the anticipated humidity it's sunny. Talk has moved from sleep to hydration and we are guzzling down isotonic beverages to combat the combination of 35 degree heat and Swan Lake rehearsals. Yesterday we rehearsed Swan Lake, La Valse and Symphony in C at The Tokyo Ballet studios. With the whole Company in full swing (literally), the rehearsal morphed into what felt like 'Bikram Ballet'. Our inner thermostats need to adjust! Today, we are back in the theatre for a stage run through before curtain up on tonight's gala performance.
In between, we've had the chance to explore Tokyo a bit. For our day off on Monday, a small group of us went for a tea ceremony at Happon-En. It is an incredibly peaceful and beautiful place, and it was a real treat to escape the searing heat at midday. It makes sense how popular classical ballet is here as there is such an awareness of courtesy, refinement, manners and historical reference. It's a lovely atmosphere.
However, there is no time to wilt in the heat or immerse ourselves in Tokyo's shopping as we still have work to do! We have set the bar high after the reception that Alice received, and we know this Gala and the following performances of Swan Lake have to be up there. Our changing room has now been emptied of the flower costumes, caterpillars and cats, and is now a mix of swans, tutus and colourful La Valse frocks.
Here we go, on with the Gala show!
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I woke up, fell out of bed and brought my iPhone to my head. I had to learn whom to hate today.
In olden times, this was a laborious process. You had to go down to the village square to see who had been put in the stocks.
Today the despised are far more numerous, but the Internet both creates and keeps track of them.
MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry was a target recently for ridiculing Mitt Romney's black grandchild.
Romney, who has a Twitter account with more than 1.5 million followers, had tweeted a Christmas card with a family photo of him and his wife, Ann, surrounded by their 22 grandchildren.
It was a lovely card; everybody looked terrific. And you had to look somewhat closely to notice that the baby sitting in Romney's lap had dark skin.
Harris-Perry looked somewhat closely — and assembled a panel on TV to make fun of the card, pointing out the one black Romney face in a sea of white Romney faces.
This was kind of stupid and kind of cruel — which meant it was perfect.
Twitter lit up like a pinball machine, with Harris-Perry as the ball. Harris-Perry apologized by Twitter and then tearfully apologized on-air.
On Sunday, Romney accepted Harris-Perry's apology, a "news" item that led Google News and was one of the most read political stories in The Washington Post.
Also at the electronic whipping post was Michael Scheuer — a former CIA intelligence officer, a TV talking head and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University — who wrote a blog that harshly attacked President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron.
This led to a headline on Daily Kos, "Georgetown University Professor/Fox News Expert Calls For Obama's Assassination," and an article by David Frum on The Daily Beast that stated: "In the modern media environment, it's pretty hard to go too far. Advocacy of murder, however, does cross one of the last remaining lines."
Actually, I would argue that in the modern media environment, it's very easy to go too far. All you have to do is shoot your mouth off and wait for it to ricochet around the Web.
Threatening the life of a president is a class D felony under federal law, but because a threat is an act of speech, the justice system has to take into account the First Amendment right of people to say completely idiotic stuff.
My crack research staff (Wikipedia) produced this nugget: In 1971, Groucho Marx was quoted as saying, "I think the only hope this country has is (Richard) Nixon's assassination." The Justice Department declined to prosecute, saying it is one thing to make that threat "when you are the leader of an organization which advocates killing people and overthrowing the Government; it is quite another to utter the words which are attributed to Mr. Marx, an alleged comedian."
Scheuer's alleged threat amounts to his writing: "Messrs Obama and Cameron and their supporters in all parties would do well to read the words of the great 17th century English republican Algernon Sidney ... (who wrote), 'every man might kill a tyrant; and no names are recorded in history with more honor, than of those who did it.'"
Personally, I would imprison for life anybody who uses "Messrs" in his writing. (I might make an exception for French people, but maybe not.) Sidney was executed for treason, by the way, Dec. 7, 1683, which brings us, somehow, to Pearl Harbor and SpaghettiOs.
On New Year's Eve, NBC's Carson Daly hosted a show from Times Square in which he attacked SpaghettiOs for weeks earlier tweeting a picture of a large SpaghettiO holding an American flag, with the caption, "Take a moment to remember #PearlHarbor with us."
"It offended a lot of people, corporations glomming onto, you know, sentimental American historic traditions," Daly said.
To which comedian Natasha Leggero replied, "I mean, it sucks that the only survivors of Pearl Harbor are being mocked by the only food they can still chew."
I just assumed everybody was drunk — what the heck were they doing talking about Pearl Harbor on Dec. 31? — but it led, of course, to immediate outrage.
SpaghettiOs already had been forced to apologize for its unpatriotic use of pasta, but Leggero wrote on her Tumblr account: "I wish I could apologize, but do you really want another insincere apology that you know is just an attempt at damage control and not a real admission of guilt?"
Well, yes, of course we do. We appreciate it when people fake sincerity.
So I'd like to issue blanket and solemn regret for anything I might write in the future. The Koch brothers are the spawn of an ancient alien race sent from the cosmos to take over the Earth.
My sincerest apologies.
Roger Simon is Politico's chief political columnist. His new e-book, "Reckoning: Campaign 2012 and the Fight for the Soul of America," can be found on Amazon.com, BN.com and iTunes. To find out more about Roger Simon and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Web page at www.creators.com.


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Even as Texas is (possibly) playing Saturday for both a Big 12 title and a berth in a BCS bowl, there are still question marks, rumors and speculation as to whether Mack Brown will return as head coach in 2014.
Nick Saban has infamously been connected to a potential opening for months. Just today, Jimbo Fisher's name has been tossed into the mix as well.
According to one prominent UT booster, however, there likely won't be an opening for anyone to fill.
Speaking to Mike Finger of the San Antonio Express-News, billionaire Red McCombs was asked about Brown's future in Austin. McCombs intimated that it will be Brown's decision whether or not to continue coaching the Longhorns, and that he foresees the longtime UT coach being on the sidelines for a 17th season next year.
"I don't know," McCombs said. "But if I were betting, I'd say he'll be back."
If Texas can beat Baylor in Waco Saturday and Oklahoma State falls to Oklahoma the same day, the Longhorns will claim their first conference title since 2009. If that were to happen, it would seem nearly impossible for the university to make a change at head coach.
However, if Texas were to lose to Baylor, it would guarantee a fourth straight season of nine wins or less. At that point, new athletic director Steve Patterson — and the real powerbrokers at the university — would have a significant decision to make: can the man responsible for returning the football program to national prominence by winning 10-plus games nine straight seasons and playing for two BCS titles, or stick with the man who has failed to keep the Longhorns at that level the past four seasons.


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I have always been a literal and linear writer. For better or worse, when I put words on paper, my mind seeks logic and clarity. I think this is the reason my song-writing career peaked at, "They're the world's most fearsome fighting team, they're heroes on a half shell and they're green." But more importantly, my creative defect has caused me to live with a dirty little secret -- I don't really get classical or pop poetry. When Bob Dylan sang, quite assertively, that "the answer was blowin' in the wind," I knew it was not. The only thing blowin' in the wind was wind, dirt, leaves and miscellaneous crap light enough to become temporarily airborne. Not that I could share this with anyone. It was not for me to question the voice of my generation. But privately I always thought it would have been a better song if he simply told us what the 'answer' was. ("How many roads must a man walk down, before they could call him a man?" Nine. Six if he jogs.) The reason I bring this up is that I aspire to break free from the confines of logic. I yearn to write thought-provoking, surrealistic sojourns into the realm of the unfettered spirit. I dream that just once, the muses will infuse my soul with graceful poetry that speaks to the heart. That my "Blowin' in the Wind" will not be the cheap punch line to a dirty joke that I tried to sneak past the network censor.
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Spencer Burke needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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Cinema459.com will be a hub for progressive filmmakers and film lovers alike. The website is designed to encourage filmmakers to showcase their work and allow both the artist and aficionado to interact with one another. With a special focus on films under five minutes, Cinema459 is designed to challenge filmmakers to create powerful stories in order to gain maximum exposure in a short period of time.
The 1st Annual Cinema459 Film Festival will accept submissions under five minutes with a theme of "spiritual but not religious" (although the theme will change each year). For the first year, we are looking for films that promote spiritual conversations without the need to point to a simplistic answer or conclusion.
The logo will be used for the new website (www.cinema459.com - under construction) which will function as a community of filmmakers and film lovers and stimulates interactivity, connection, and collaboration. Most filmmakers and film lovers will be 20-40 years old with an awareness of the current design and tech culture. They are more tech-oriented than 'artsy-fartsy.'
We are looking for logo that features an iconic graphic which is incorporated into the company name, and we expect the tagline to run underneath. Notice how the example logos (attached files) each have an icon which is integrated into the name to create a coherent brand.
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We're looking for a clean, techy look such as the logos that have been attached for your preview. We're not interested in a bubbly, 3D look. We're focused on a logo that is in line with current iconic trends.
The template we have chosen for the website (online community) is color neutral, and the logo will be used primarily on a white background. Therefore, we would like to go with bright colors (more toward primary) in order to communicate energy and excitement. We are not interested in a dark, movie theatre feel. We want bright energy.
We will want the native files (ai, psd) in order to use the design for web, motion graphics, and print.
We will give feedback through the process in order to give further clarity to designers as needed.
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