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A comfortable Greenock hotel with breakfast included, free Wi-Fi and parking, plus easy access to Glasgow.
Holiday Inn Express® Greenock hotel is close to the town centre and a mile from Greenock Ocean Terminal. The hotel's Park and Cruise Package offers guests a night's accommodation and parking for up to two weeks. It's 25 minutes' drive to Glasgow city centre and 20 minutes' drive to Glasgow Airport (GLA). All guests enjoy free parking. Direct trains run to Glasgow from Greenock Central station, 12 minutes' walk away. Buses stop outside the hotel.
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park is less than 25 miles away for walking and water activities. The McLean Museum and Art Gallery, including an exhibition on Greenock-born inventor James Watt, is a five-minute drive from the hotel. It's a six-mile drive to Finlaystone Country Estate's gardens and kids' adventure areas.
You can host an event for up to 70 guests in the hotel's three well-equipped meeting rooms. Free Wi-Fi keeps delegates connected. Hotel guests can take advantage of discounted access to the nearby Waterfront Leisure Complex to relax after meetings.
Start the day with the included Express Start Breakfast buffet, featuring scrambled eggs, beans, sausages and continental items. Enjoy an evening bar meal in the Great Room and order a whisky in the 24-hour bar with plasma-screen TV.
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Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington -- Rep. Howard Berman hasn't had to fight for a job since Richard Nixon defeated George McGovern and M*A*S*H made its television debut.
That was 1972, when he won a state Assembly seat in his first race. Now the 70-year-old Democrat and House veteran, one of California's most enduring politicians, is girding for a potentially bruising battle with a congressional colleague.
New voting maps, drawn for the first time by a citizens commission instead of behind closed doors by self-interested lawmakers, melded Berman's San Fernando Valley district with that of Rep. Brad Sherman, 56, also a Democrat. Neither is yielding the ground, to the consternation of party leaders.
"It's never healthy when you have two Democratic congressmen running against each other," said state Democratic Party chief John L. Burton, a former state lawmaker and congressman.
The intraparty fight will siphon resources that could be used to defend vulnerable Democratic seats or capture marginally Republican ones, he said.
"I wish," Burton said, perhaps only half joking, that "one of them would move to Florida."
The contest is one of several in California pitting incumbents from the same party against each other. Democratic Reps. Janice Hahn of San Pedro and Laura Richardson of Long Beach are expected to battle for a new district in their slice of Los Angeles County. Republican Reps. Ed Royce of Fullerton and Gary Miller of Diamond Bar are facing off for a seat based in Orange County.
But the Berman-Sherman clash is expected to be one of the nation's costliest House races, possibly surpassing $10 million in the June primary alone. With the state's new "top two" primary election system, the fray — and the big spending — could continue into the November general election, if no Republican earns a spot on the fall ballot in the strongly Democratic district. So far, the GOP candidates are actor Mark Reed and novelist Susan Shelley, who face long odds.
Much of the new district is currently Sherman territory, and he acknowledged the awkwardness of the rivalry. "Howard is a friend," he said. "It's not a preferred situation."
Sherman's campaign consultant, Parke Skelton, scoffed at suggestions by some that his client defer to the senior congressman by getting out of the race.
"These districts aren't Spanish land grants," Skelton said. "Nobody owns them."
Neither man has an attractive choice outside the new 30th District. Neighboring districts, one more Republican and the other largely Latino, don't fit either lawmaker nearly as well as the mostly white, liberal one they both live in (Berman resides in Valley Village, Sherman in Sherman Oaks).
"This is going to be a very hard-fought campaign, and I don't see either candidate blinking," said Allan Hoffenblum, a former Republican consultant who publishes the nonpartisan California Target Book assessing state races.
The cerebral Berman is half of a political alliance that dominated Westside politics for decades, spawned by his friendship with Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills), which began when the two attended UCLA. The "Waxman-Berman machine" helped elect many liberal Democrats with a combination of folksy campaigning — handing out potholders bearing their picks' names — and sophisticated mail targeting of specific groups of voters.
First elected to Congress in 1982, Berman is now the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a former chairman who could get the gavel back if Democrats regain a majority in the House next year. He has concentrated on immigration and, as a Judiciary Committee member, on intellectual property issues important to the entertainment industry.
Sherman, known for his self-effacing humor — the balding lawmaker gives out combs as campaign souvenirs — was an accountant before earning a Harvard law degree and practicing tax law. He says he first worked on Democratic campaigns as a 6-year-old, stuffing envelopes. He won his first elected office, a seat on the state Board of Equalization, in 1990.
He went to Congress in 1997. His voting record is generally more moderate than those of most local Democrats, and he sometimes breaks with the party. He turned heads in 2008 by calling the federal bailout of the financial industry "cash for trash." A staffer once affectionately referred to the detail-oriented lawmaker as a "tax nerd."
Sherman has been preparing for the showdown, stockpiling funds for nearly four years, and hasn't stopped campaigning since his last election. He was well aware that the growth of Latino voters in the Valley could foreshadow big changes in the political landscape and possibly push him into competition with Berman.
So far, Sherman has the bigger war chest. His latest finance report showed nearly $3.7 million on hand — more than any House Democrat had — to Berman's $1.5 million.
Although many voters are not yet engaged in the race, Sherman has been campaigning aggressively. He's been in the Valley every weekend for months, manning a booth to meet constituents during summer concerts in Warner Park and attending other local events. He rallied with supermarket workers early last month as they pushed for a new contract, and he issues "work schedules" of coming appearances.
Sherman's campaign website features an endorsement from Bill Clinton. It shows a photo of the two and a quote from the former president: "Brad has worked tirelessly for the people of California and I hope he will continue to do so." He also lists dozens of officeholders and civic leaders as backers.
"He'll turn over every stone to find a voter," said Garry South, a Democratic strategist and former senior advisor to Gov. Gray Davis who tangled with the Berman camp in the last redistricting, in 2001. "Berman hasn't had a campaign in years, and a lot of these longtime incumbents are really, really rusty."
Not so fast, say Berman and his backers — just wait till voters have a chance to compare records.
Michael Berman, the strategist behind the Berman-Waxman axis who is running his brother's reelection effort, calls his brother "a leader" and Sherman a "backbencher." Congressman Berman has been campaigning mainly by raising money and "doing his job" rather than attending public events in the district, said Michael Berman.
He said the campaign has scheduled dozens of fundraisers across the nation through December, and that his brother "will not be outraised." Hollywood giants Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen have scheduled a $5,000-a-plate dinner for Berman next month at the Beverly Hilton.
Some big names — Gov. Jerry Brown, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Waxman, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa — are "honorary co-chairs" of the campaign.
The congressman pointed to several projects he has helped secure for the area, including money for more police officers; swimming, fishing and other recreational facilities at a lake in the northeast Valley; a successful effort to keep a hospital from leaving the district; funding for 405 Freeway improvements.
"The defining issue is who has been more effective back here," said Berman, who paused to recall his first campaign, when he knocked off a Republican who had been in office 26 years.
"My motto then was, 'Time for a change,'" he said drolly. "I have a different motto this time."


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Splatterhouse has never really been a great franchise, but it earned its cult following thanks to obscene content, disturbing creature designs, and a Lovecraft-inspired aesthetic. Your humble reviewer is one of those followers, so the announcement of a Splatterhouse remake was very exciting indeed.
Troubled development and a long wait have dampened the spirits of fans, but the time has finally arrived. For better or worse, Splatterhouse is back, and if nothing else, it's splattier than ever.
Splatterhouse (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 [reviewed])
Developer: Namco Bandai
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Released: November 23, 2010
Splatterhouse is a full-on reboot of the original series, taking us right back to the moment in which protagonist Rick Taylor meets his mysterious and deadly ally, the Terror Mask. Bleeding from a massive hole in his gut on the floor of a mansion, Rick's girlfriend Jennifer has been kidnapped by the nefarious Dr. West. He is rescued from certain death when he puts on the Mask, which just so happens to be alive and capable of turning him into a gigantic, musclebound freak. Gore ensues.
If you've played the original Splatterhouse, you'll most likely be surprised by just how faithful this game attempts to be. Rather than try to do anything too special and new, Namco has instead created a game that feels inherently retro despite its predominantly 3D graphics. This is a classic minded brawler at heart, and a damn hard one too.
Enemies are not only aggressive, they are more than capable of dealing huge amounts of damage. There are regular opponents in this game that can slice Rick to ribbons in three slashes. It's actually pretty damn fun once you get used to it, even if it causes much swearing at the television. Enemies don't rely on cheap shots, but when they hit, they hit hard. Despite being a mindless beat 'em up, there's a little strategy to be found under all the blood once you start meeting tougher enemies, as simply hammering the punch button just won't do.
Rick has access to various fast and heavy attacks that can be extended by collecting blood and spending it on unlockable abilities. Extra health, new attacks, and a crucial invincible dodge move are all on offer, and the blood flows so freely that you won't have any trouble stocking up on what you need. As well as regular combat, Rick can also unleash special Mask moves that transform his limbs into weapons or siphon health from enemies to regenerate his own. He can also let the Mask take over his body entirely for a limited time, becoming a hulking mass of destruction.
In keeping with tradition, Splatterhouse has plenty of melee weapons littered throughout each level. Cleavers, 2x4s, Pipes, Chainsaws, enemy limbs and even Rick's own severed arm can be put to use. They can be very powerful, but their attacks often feel repetitive and they break very easily.
Speaking of powerful but repetitive, Splatterhouse's big contribution to the world of entertainment is the "Splatter Kill". When sufficiently weakened, enemies can be executed in some of the most stupidly brutal kills you'll ever find in a videogame. From pulling out a demon's lungs to punching through a monster's puckered, red-raw anus, the Splatter Kills will make you laugh if nothing else. Unfortunately, each kill is only funny the first time, and there's a very limited amount of them. There are about eight or nine Splatter Kill animations in the entire game, and while they are entertaining and amusing, they start to become quite tired by the end.
The game attempts to take its retro references to the next level by sprinkling various 2D sections throughout the game. These moments had potential to be amazing, with background music inspired by the 16-bit era and a cool visual approach, but unfortunately these portions are the weakest. For some reason, Namco felt the need to put in a lot of bad platforming and no checkpoints. Since Rick cannot jump over a hole to save his life (literally), there is a lot of frustration to be had, and a lot of replaying. To be fair, each 2D section gets better than the last, with the first being almost unbearable and the later ones almost becoming fun, but these sections really ought to have been kept to a straight beat 'em up format as opposed to a platforming one.
The nod to the original franchise is much appreciated, however, and this is an area in which Splatterhouse thoroughly excels. From weapons to enemies and a very familiar chainsaw-wielding boss, this is a game that pays tribute and homage to one of the most shameless games in history, and the love that the developers have for the series is obvious. The remake drowns lovers of the arcade classics in fan service.
There's also a decent amount of content on the disc. The main story mode will take your standard eight or so hours to beat, but there's also a wave-based survival mode, unlockable nude "photographs" of Jennifer to find and ogle over, as well as all three original Splatterhouse games. The classics are generally good ports too, except for a quiet, annoying tone that plays in the background of each title.
A few technical problems really lie at the heart of the game's biggest flaws. For instance, the game's tendency to frequently kill you would be fine if not for some aggravatingly lengthy load times. They're very cool loading screens, I'll grant you, but they grate on the nerves when you're having to sit and do nothing for a minute or two between deaths. This isn't helped by a number of unskippable cutscenes that often occur before the game's hardest moments.
The game's hit detection sometimes feels a little off, and Rick has a problem with ledges, tending to clip over the edge of a deadly chasm if he gets too close to it. Various sections involving collapsing floors serve only to highlight this flaw in abundance. While we're at it, the camera isn't often the most helpful of friends, especially during boss fights.
Despite the inconsistent lack of polish, Splatterhouse's presentation is quite good. The graphics pop with an impressive comic book style, and all that important gore is animated superbly. A stupid metal soundtrack only enhances the game's absurdity and ramps up the entertainment, if only ironically. The package is completed by the constant commentary of Rick's Terror Mask. Voiced by Jim Cummings, the Mask's fourth-wall breaking sarcasm and love of inappropriate swearing is a definite highlight, and even induces a giggle or two.
Splatterhouse has problems that are pretty hard to ignore, especially some of the more painful 2D sections and loading times. Despite this, you won't find many remakes as faithful as this one, with an old school mentality that goes right down to the hardcore difficulty and simplistic combat. Some may find the endless cavalcade of violent button mashing boring, but if you want complex combos and deep gameplay, why are you playing Splatterhouse?
This game was better than I thought it would be, and better than it perhaps should have been. With more refinement and redesigned (or eliminated) platforming, this could have been a classic in the beat 'em up genre, but as it stands, Splatterhouse is pretty damn good for what it is, and packs enough content to keep fans satisfied. Ridiculous gore, silly metal music, and endless amounts of brutal, nostalgic combat.
I think Namco just about got away with it.
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Splatterhouse reviewed by Jim Sterling
Solid and definitely has an audience. There could be some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun.
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Stewards of the Land: Russian River Valley
When you think of the Russian River Valley, what comes to mind? Pinot Noir and Chardonnay? Well, right now, yes, but it wasn't always that way.
Trappers and hunters predominated in the early 1800s, as Russian settlers moved into this area just north of San Francisco giving the river and the surrounding watershed its colorful name. By the 1870s, viticulture had been firmly established in the valley, only to be completely de-railed by prohibition in the 1920s. What followed, even after the repeal of prohibition in 1933, was a steady growth in normal agricultural crops and orchards for many years to come. It would take a 30-year incubation period for the re-birth of vineyards.
The true wine Renaissance finally arrived in the 1960s, when pioneers like Charles Bacigalupi and Joe Rochioli began planting Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. And later, when Chateau Montelena took the French by surprise at the 1976 Paris tasting (with a Chardonnay made from Bacigalupi fruit), and Williams Selyem began to win accolades for its Russian River Valley Pinot Noirs, the valley found its rightful place as a world-class (and world famous) wine growing region.
GrapeRadio is proud to present a brief look at the Russian River Valley, including interviews with Joe Rochioli, Howie Allen, Helen Bacigalupi, Burt Williams, John Haeger, James Laube, and many more. Join us for a close-up of this beautiful area, including highlights of its history, its agriculture, its foods, and most importantly, its people.
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It is important to keep in mind that, by default, the MySQL
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TO jon@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'mypass';
This user is not created on server B. For this to take place, the statement must also be run on server B. Similarly, statements run on server A and affecting the privileges of existing users on server A do not affect users on server B unless those statements are actually run on server B as well.
In other words, changes in users and their privileges do not automatically propagate between SQL nodes by default. Prior to MySQL Cluster NDB 7.2, any synchronization of privileges between SQL nodes must be done either manually or by scripting an application that periodically synchronizes the privilege tables on all SQL nodes in the cluster. In MySQL Cluster NDB 7.2 and later, you can enable automatic distribution of MySQL users and privileges across MySQL Cluster SQL nodes; see Section 17.5.14, "Distributed MySQL Privileges for MySQL Cluster", for details.
Conversely, because there is no way in MySQL to deny privileges
(privileges can either be revoked or not granted in the first
place, but not denied as such), there is no special protection
NDB tables on one SQL node from
users that have privileges on another SQL node. (This is true
even if you are not using the automatic distribution of user
privileges available in MySQl Cluster NDB 7.2 and later.) The
most far-reaching example of this is the MySQL
root account, which can perform any action on
any database object. In combination with empty
[mysqld] or
[api] sections
of the
config.ini file, this account can be
especially dangerous. To understand why, consider the following
config.ini file contains at least
one empty
[mysqld] or
[api] section. This means that the MySQL
Cluster management server performs no checking of the host
from which a MySQL Server (or other API node) accesses the
MySQL Cluster.
There is no firewall, or the firewall fails to protect against access to the MySQL Cluster from hosts external to the network.
The host name or IP address of the MySQL Cluster's management server is known or can be determined from outside the network.
If these conditions are true, then anyone, anywhere can start a
MySQL Server with
and access this MySQL Cluster. Using the MySQL
root account, this person can then perform
the following actions:
Execute a
statement to obtain a list of all
NDB databases
Execute a
to obtain a list of all
tables in a given database
Run any legal MySQL statements on any of those tables, such as:
to read
all the data from any table
delete all the data from a table
determine the table schema
UPDATE to fill
a table column with "garbage" data; this
could actually cause much greater damage than simply
deleting all the data
column1 =
More insidious variations might include statements like these:
an_int_column+ 1
a_varchar_column= REVERSE(
Such malicious statements are limited only by the imagination of the attacker.
The only tables that would be safe from this sort of mayhem
would be those tables that were created using storage
engines other than
NDB, and so
not visible to a "rogue" SQL node.
A user who can log in as
root can also
access the
INFORMATION_SCHEMA database
and its tables, and so obtain information about databases,
tables, stored routines, scheduled events, and any other
database objects for which metadata is stored in
It is also a very good idea to use different passwords for
root accounts on different cluster
SQL nodes (unless you are using distributed privileges as
supported in MySQL Cluster NDB 7.2 and later).
In sum, you cannot have a safe MySQL Cluster if it is directly accessible from outside your local network.
Never leave the MySQL root account password empty. This is just as true when running MySQL as a MySQL Cluster SQL node as it is when running it as a standalone (non-Cluster) MySQL Server, and should be done as part of the MySQL installation process before configuring the MySQL Server as an SQL node in a MySQL Cluster.
Prior to MySQL Cluster NDB 7.2, you should never convert the
system tables in the
mysql database to use
NDB storage engine. There are a
number of reasons why you should not do this, but the most
important reason is this: Many of the SQL statements
that affect
mysql tables storing information
about user privileges, stored routines, scheduled events, and
other database objects cease to function if these tables are
changed to use any storage engine other than
MyISAM. This is a consequence of
various MySQL Server internals. Beginning with MySQL Cluster NDB
7.2, you can use a stored procedure provided for this purpose
(see Section 17.5.14, "Distributed MySQL Privileges for MySQL Cluster"),
but you are strongly advised not to attempt convert the system
tables manually.
Otherwise, if you need to synchronize
system tables between SQL nodes, you can use standard MySQL
replication to do so, or employ a script to copy table entries
between the MySQL servers.
Summary. The two most important points to remember regarding the MySQL privilege system with regard to MySQL Cluster are:
Prior to MySQL Cluster NDB 7.2. Users and privileges established on one SQL node do not automatically exist or take effect on other SQL nodes in the cluster. Conversely, removing a user or privilege on one SQL node in the cluster does not remove the user or privilege from any other SQL nodes.
In MySQL Cluster NDB 7.2 and later. You can distribute MySQL users and privileges among SQL nodes using the SQL script, and the stored procedures it contains, that are supplied for this purpose in the MySQL Cluster distribution.
Once a MySQL user is granted privileges on an
NDB table from one SQL node in
a MySQL Cluster, that user can "see" any data
in that table regardless of the SQL node from which the data
originated. (This is true even if you are not using the
privilege distribution support available in MySQl Cluster
NDB 7.2 or later.)


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We are a small restaurant that serves Chili, Hot Dogs, Sausage, Hamburgers, and Ice Cream. We have over 100 varieties of chili with 8 available hot each week and 30 to 40 available frozen. We have won several awards for our chili. While we obviously specialize in chili our other main theme is that NEARLY EVERYTHING on our menu is made fresh from scratch. We make all our own original recipe hot dogs, sausage, cornbread, sauerkraut, onion rings, condiments (9 types of mustard, 5 types of ketchup, relish, pickles, cole slaw, bbq sauce, 3 types of hot sauces), salad dressings (including our fantastic Caesar salad) and, all our own ice cream and sorbet.
While most chili places have a "western" theme and are barely one step above a carnival atmosphere, we have purposely avoided any of that nonsense as we are putting forth a classier image. Our main theme is this: 5 Star Comfort Food. We have an art deco theme to our restaurant and feel that best suits are classic and eclectic American cuisine.
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Right now we use our website as a marketing tool for clients to find out about us, examine our menu, read reviews about us, read news items about us, learn about our daily chili varieties and what is available in our frozen private reserve. We hit a wide range of age groups ranging from 10 year olds who love our hot dogs to 80 year olds who love everything. We tend to attract more affluent customers as our classy image and 5 star food comes at a price which those with less discriminating palates can't justify.
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Vermont Poetry Newsletter
Your Poetry & Spoken Word Gateway
In The Green Mountain State
September 18, 2010 (Previous issue: 07/14) – In This Issue:
- About VPN/How To Print
- Newsletter Editor's Note
- A Note from PoemShape
- Writing Assignment/Suggestion/Exercise/Prompt
- Save Ink and Cash, Go Century Gothic!
- Poet Galway Kinnell
- 2010 Burlington Book Festival
- 2010 Brattleboro Literary Festival
- Middlebury Poetry Workshop, Gary Margolis
- Jeffrey M. Bernstein's New Book: Interior Music
- Dinner with Norman Dubie
- Vermont Poem by Norman Dubie
- Poet Profile: Norman Dubie
- Poetry Workshop @ Village Square Booksellers
- Poetry as Anthropology
- Quibbles.org
- New Book by Geof Hewitt
- Book Review: The Best American Poetry 2010
- Book Review: Donald Hall's next book, Interlude
- Poetry Citizenship and Reading Fees
- Crazyhorse Quick-Quote Contest Results
- Impressing the Prospective Boss (Memorize a poem!)
- Blank Verse Definition
- Ponderings: All Things Kerouac
- Poetry Quote – Percy Shelley
- Failbetter Poem
- Linebreak Poem
- Copper Canyon Press Poem
- American Life in Poetry Poems
- US Poets Laureate List
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- US Poet Laureates From Vermont
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- US Poet Laureates From New Hampshire
- Contact Info for Publisher of VPN: Ron Lewis
- Vermont Literary Journals
- Vermont Literary Groups' Anthologies
- Vermont Poetry Blogs
- State Poetry Society (PSOV)
- Year-Round Poetry Workshops in Vermont
- Other Poetry Workshops in Vermont
- Year Around Poetry Writing Centers in Vermont
- Poetry Event Calendar
1.) About the Vermont Poetry Newsletter Network
The Vermont Poetry Newsletter Network is made up of people of all backgrounds, ages and skills who appreciate the craft of poetry and want to promote it in the beautiful state of Vermont. The network consists of a free e-mail list, an eventual web site, workshops, open mics, poetry performances and other literary events. The network provides opportunities to meet local poets, talk about and enjoy poetry, and motivate and inspire yourself in whatever writing projects you are involved.
The mission of the Vermont Poetry Newsletter is to foster the poetry arts community in the Green Mountain State. Its goals are to serve as a resource for and about VT poets; to support the development of individual poets; and to encourage an audience for poetry in Vermont.
2.) Dear Friends of Poetry:
As you may be aware, the Vermont Poetry Newsletter & Poetry Event Calendar is now archived on Patrick Gillespie's poetry blog Poemshape. This way, you can go back and find interesting items that I brought to your attention, long after they've been delivered to you the first time around. An index would also be helpful, so perhaps you might see that tool in a few years.
Well, Bread Loaf is over with and I'm already feeling the withdrawal of live poetry from my life. At least I have many additional poetry books in my library that I hope to read through by this time next year; I have more than enough books for my lifetime, but my fantasy with them is intense. I hope to someday establish a Vermont's Poets House located in Brandon or Middlebury which will be an entrée into the ageless, borderless conversation that is poetry, so that everyone who has an interest can experience the breadth and diversity of poetry.
Ron Lewis
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3.) Dear Friends of PoemShape:
Yours truly, Patrick Gillespie, author of PoemShape, will be giving a poetry reading (and discussing poetry) on the evening of September 28th, at Left Bank Books, Hanover, New Hampshire.


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On Benghazi, the Buck Stops with Hillary
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will face the wrong questions when she testifies today on the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack in Benghazi. The buck stops with Secretary Clinton — and it should. But members of Congress will focus on politically charged and distracting issues. The terrorist attack on the consulate was abhorrent. However, a broader discussion about the NATO‐led regime change in Libya — and its unfolding political aftermath in Mali — would be a better use of Congress's time. The consequences of intervention should not be ignored, and its antecedents must be explored.
Secretary Clinton was among the handful of U.S. and European officials who urged Western military action in Libya, a mission that entangled the United States in yet another volatile, post‐revolutionary Muslim country, and accelerated neighboring Mali's destabilization. North Africa's vortex of Islamist crosscurrents has now sucked America and France into Mali. Indeed, the reverberations of NATO‐led regime change in Libya impelled U.S. and French involvement in Mali. Like the conflict in Libya, France cannot do the heavy lifting in Mali on its own. Senators should ask: How far will the conflict in Mali go? Will the United States end up holding the broken pieces once again? Is America now "leading from behind"?
Furthermore, Congress should ask Secretary Clinton about how the White House shamelessly recast the word "war" into "kinetic military operations." That Orwellian revisionism allowed the administration to side step the War Powers Act and bypass congressional authorization. In the course of supposedly demonstrating America's selflessness in the promotion of democracy abroad, the administration compromised the integrity of our institutions at home. In that respect, the Libyan adventure has added to the steady aggrandizement of America's imperial presidency.
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September 2002 - Newsletter 71
Projects in hand - Christmas CD
About 12 years ago we recorded a Christmas cassette with Sherborne Town Band called 'A Dorset Christmas'. This disappeared a long time ago so for ages people have been asking us to get together a Christmas CD. This we are in the process of doing, with the help of Richard Helson on fiddle and mandolin. Naturally enough we are aiming to get this out around the end of October time. Well, even us Dorset boys recognise that it's no good releasing it in time for Easter.
It's a bit strange rehearsing Christmas material in August but the weather has been quite helpful at times in reminding us how we should feel in December
Songs include: There Are No Lights On Our Christmas Tree; Hope & Joy; Freezy; Gather Round The Family; I'm Going Home For Christmas; Sweet Bells; The Cornish Wassail; The Beasts Carol; The Holly & The Ivy; Child In A Manger; In The Bleak Midwinter; Rejoice & Be Merry; Leaping & Dancing; The Marvelous Toy etc. There will also be readings, poems and music in the usual Yetties style.
The title hasn't definitely been decided on yet but, if you wish to order it, the price will be the same as the other CDs and if you just mention Christmas I will know what you are after.
Along The River Frome Video, Part 1
There are times when you think the fates are against you. Last year the Foot & Mouth stopped us in our tracks and this year, not only has the weather been grotty and grey but we've had to suffer helicopteritis. If you have never come across this it is a severe form of frustration caused by helicopters not being available when we have been assured they will be. On one occasion, it is true, one of them had a bent tail and, I am told, they tend to drill holes in the ground instead of taking off when they have this fault. However, we persevere and once we have the aerial shots done and an interview with a gentleman from the Roman 2nd Augusta Legion under our belts we should be ready for the editing
Naturally enough we are again hoping for a Christmas release. Prices etc. the same as for The Stour videos.
'Children of Fiji' Sponsored Walk
Thank you one and all for your generosity. Your donations meant that I could hand over a total of £638 to this most worthy cause. Cynthia and I went on the walk yesterday and successfully completed the 15 miles down the River Parrett in Somerset with Peter and Margaret Long, (dynamicduo.com), who run the charity. They really are a very dynamic duo. For them it was a little stroll to complete their four-day walk from one coast to the other (Bridport to Steart Point). Today they are bound for Heathrow with a Transit full of books and other educational material to be shipped out to Fiji while I am at the computer resting my poor old knees.
They are going over themselves in a couple of weeks to teach and help in the schools and will give me a resume of their trip when they return. I'll pass some of this on to you in the January Newsletter.
Old Yetties LPs
My stock of these turns over at a high rate of knots and Halsway Manor Library benefits from the cash raised. If you have any you wish to pass on to good homes or would like to purchase some please ring 01935 814611.
Sherborne Christmas Concerts & New Years Ceilidh
Dates for this year are 13th and 14th of December and, of course, the 31st. All three events are at The Digby Hall, Sherborne and kick off at 8p.m. You can get lost trying to find the hall so if in doubt let me know, via the PO Box or e-mail, and I will send you a map.
We will have the usual candelabra competition at New Year. These get bigger and more exotic every time. Bring your own food but please don't bring drink. Mark & Chris Williams run a very good bar.
Tickets are available from our PO Box; The Abbey Pharmacy, Cheap Street, Sherborne; The Sweeterie, Middle Street, Yeovil or ring 01935 814611. For the concert they cost £6 for adults and £5 for children and senior citizens. Those for New Year are £10. Cheques payable to 'The Yetties' please.
Halsway Manor Weekend 21st/23rd February
There are just a few places left if you wish to participate in this wild weekend on the edge of the Quantock Hills down in Somerset. Halsway is a most delightful small English Manor House. You could not wish for a more beautiful setting to sing and dance the days away. The company is great and the food is superb, right from the welcoming evening meal on the Friday night until the cream tea on Sunday. If you wish to polish up your singing, musicianship or dancing we cater for all and have a right good time doing it. You also have a chance to win one or two 'valuable' trophies such as the Mrs. North Limerick Cup 2003. Ring Halsway and book a place on 01984 618274
New Recording in the Spring
Bob Barratt of Grasmere Music is after another CD in the spring. Are there any titles you would like us to record that we don't have on our current stock? Bear in mind our age and gender when you offer your suggestions please.


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Big Sky
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A big sky overlooks the fields and lake in the distance while a river runs by a field of wild flowers
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Artists statement Alice Pauline Jenkins (Polly) I love nature; trying to record her beauty has become an all consuming passion. The sky in her different moods and colours beguile and entice me into wanting to pick up knives and brushes to put paint on canvas. The trees with their glorious green canopy the flowers with their scents and colours the people and the great diversity of animals to me all life is wonderful. The great outdoors beckons me and the enjoyment of sitting and looking at her beauty never depreciates this is my excuse for picking up brush and paint. To bring a little of her wondrous beauty into our homes banishing the office the shops and factories we can come home to a tranquil scene ... (see more)
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anjellenee needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 33 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
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U Access Magazine
Your Backstage Pass to Careers in Sports &Entertainment
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I wasn't even sure I would submit this one..I was doodling around with a face sketch and then I liked how it turned on slowly..(so no any ref. pic used for this).
Java Draw Created Mar 09, 2012 460 x 640px Unless noted Copyright 2012 Lideeh.
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amazing as usual ;u; I particularly love the way you drew the hair, it looks so glossy and shiny c:
very pretty. her eyebrows came out beautiful, as did her eyes and her eyelashes. Great draw!
Great draw an collection!5h+
i like the eyes and those lips are perfect
Beautiful !!!!!! You are a great artist.
This is more than amazing!
lovely draw !
HOLY CR@P HOW DID YOU NOT MAKE THIS WITHOUT ANY REF.?! :O Well, that's amazing! lol 5hrtz~
Amazing work as always! :)
you know ive been there..i was sketching once and thought it would be lousy and it turned out awsome..this is one of those!extremely beautiful to the extent of mind blow.5/5 and id have to be insane not to put it in favesXD!


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Elves are sexy. Vulcans are sexy. Pointy ears in general are sexy, but not so sexy that we'd carve ourselves up to get them. ABC News reports on the latest fad among young adults, getting your ear cartilage cut open and sewn into points.
While the body modification procedure for creating ears that are more or less pointed has been around for quite some time, it seems it's beginning to pick up some real steam, at least enough to make ABC News do a story on it. They say that "Elf Ears Are the Rage Among Quirky Young Adults," flashing video footage of several young women that have undergone the painful procedure with varying results.
And it is a painful procedure. Body modification artists are not doctors, after all, and have no access to anesthesia. They aren't even supposed to work on someone if they suspect they may be intoxicated, so not even booze will dull the pain of having your upper ear cut in two and then sewn back together.
I'm no stranger to body mods myself. I've got my ears stretched to a half inch. I've got a septum ring. I've got another ring somewhere I will not mention. None of those were quite as painful as the time I decided to pierce my own upper ear cartilage. It hurt like hell, and while the hole is still there, any time I put something in it it quickly grows sore and red. Cartilage doesn't like to be fucked with. I can only imagine how much pain these people are going through while this procedure heals.
"The real risks are one - major deformity of the ear, which is very easy to have happen and two, infection of the ear," said Dr. Arthur W. Perry, author of "Straight Talk About Cosmetic Surgery." "And if infection occurs, it can destroy the ear within days."
That's quite a lot of risk for a procedure that doesn't seem to be all that effective at making ears truly look pointed. I'll stick to paying $20 for a set of stick-on ears instead of paying several hundred dollars to potentially lose the ones I've got.
Elf Ears Are the Rage Among Quirky Young Adults [ABC News - Thanks Michelle!]


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If you read the post about my cousin, Julie Martin, you will know that she sent me a surprise Christmas present last year – a box of canned Bing Cherries. This is my husband, Bob's, favorite dessert. If I don't have or can't find Bing Cherries I will make the Cranberry Salad shown below. I think it is just as good. Maybe you will try them both and you decide!
I usually make this version of Cranberry Salad at Christmas because I can rarely find the sweet Bing cherries called for in the Coca Cola salad. This makes a FULL LARGE rectangular Pyrex dish 9 x 14 or something like that.
3 regular packages cherry or strawberry Jell-O
3 cans whole berry cranberry sauce
1 #2 can crushed pineapple and juice
Dissolve Jell-O with 3 cups boiling water. Let cool. Do not let it get firm. Add cranberry sauce and drained pineapple. Divide mixture in 2 parts. Put half in large oblong Pyrex dish and congeal. After it has congealed, spread with mixture of the following:
12 ounces cream cheese
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
½ cup pineapple juice
Add ½ cup chopped nuts to remaining half of cranberry mixture. Pour over cream cheese and place in refrigerator again to congeal.
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Randall Letcavage, CEO of Premier Holding Corp.: Premier to Add Over $13 Million in Assets With Current Transactions
TUSTIN, CA--(Marketwire - Dec 27, 2012) - In an open shareholder letter dated today, newly appointed Premier Holding Corp. (
Since joining the board of directors of Premier Holding Corp. and recently appointed as the new CEO and president of the Company, Letcavage has focused resources, energy and efforts on reorganizing the Company.
Several 8K and/or releases have been made since Oct. 15, 2012, including:
(1.) Departures of principal officers, elections of directors, and appointments of principal officers.
(2.) "Premier Holding Licenses to Muni-Fed Energy"
(3.) Nov. 29, 2012 - "Premier Holding Corporation" signed a letter of intent with The Power Company USA, LLC.
(4.) Buyins.Net issuing Premier Holding squeeze trigger report.
At this time, I feel that each of our shareholders should be provided with more details relating to recent announcements and managements plans for moving the company forward. To do this, I would like to start with a brief personal history that includes over 30 years as a financial professional, including founding and acting as the managing director of iCapital Advisory Group LLC., a company (and its personnel) that has been involved in over $1 billion in financing activities. iCapital and I have also been providing advisory services to clients that range from public and private companies to municipalities. (A more detailed biography and more information can be found at www.iCapadvisory.com and www.PRHLCorp.com)
Along with this experience, I have held the CEO position at numerous companies, primarily while reorganizing these companies. Reorganization has been part of my business practice over the course of my career but has become a focus over the last five years. In fact, I served as the CEO and president of Green Central Holding (a reorganization whose assets were sold to Premier Holding and became critical to then-operating subsidiary WEPOWER Ecolutions, Inc.). This transaction also positioned both Green Central, Inc., and iCapital Advisory Group LLC as major shareholders in Premier Holding, Inc.
It was my feeling, as well as that of many other shareholders, that Premier and its subsidiary had significant opportunities and assets to perform on its business plan and generate significant revenues. For numerous reasons, this was not happening. I believe the previous management seemed to focus on large opportunities with longer sales cycles that have not yet turned into revenue. This strategy did not fare well for our stock price.
While acting as an advisor to Premier, I negotiated the acquisition of Active ES assets, and on July 25, 2012, Premier Holding Corp. entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") with Active ES Lighting Controls, Inc. ("AES"), whereby the Company acquired AES's intellectual property, including patents, trademarks and website. With this acquisition, the Company and its subsidiary now have the ability to fully leverage these assets through licensing, marketing, sales and global distribution strategies. The acquired AES patents include technologies that are some of the most energy-efficient lighting control products within the energy efficiency industry, providing reliable, cost-effective solutions with a typical 25 percent energy lighting savings. Such technologies include the Active ES E-Series™ (energy management modules for commercial and industrial buildings and lighted outdoor media signage), Active ES LiteHawk™ (energy saving lighting controls for strings of street lights and parking lot lights) and Active ES LiteOwl™ (energy saving lighting controls for an individual street light with a standard photocell). In connection with the Agreement, WEPOWER engaged Larry Young, AES's president, under an 18-month consulting agreement, to advise WEPOWER on the sales, marketing, manufacturing, continued technical development and international licensing of the technology acquired by the Company from AES, in addition to the sales, marketing and promotion of the entire portfolio of WEPOWER's green products and services under the consulting agreement.
Again as an advisor, I arranged a fee-sharing agreement with Illinois-based power seller, The Power Company. The Power Company provides customers with a choice of lowest cost or most strategic power provider for their business. With over 20 of the nation's largest power providers represented, The Power Company has generated significant energy and costs savings for many clients, all of which are potential referrals to PHRL and WEPOWER Ecolutions. In a few short weeks, we have been referred to millions of dollars of projects. Of course, all of these projects must be performed upon and be profitable, but this relationship has virtually eliminated prospecting.
Despite the Active ES technology and the leads from The Power Company, the shareholders were seeing little to no revenue. At the behest of our shareholders, we were asked to help reorganize the company, and after several months of discussions with the previous management, we felt we could best serve our shareholders by getting into revenue and booking assets as quickly as possible. I helped lead a shareholder group representing over 51 percent of PRHL shares that resulted in shareholder consent to action on Oct. 15, 2012. I became the CEO, the board of directors was reorganized, and we agreed to spin off WEPOWER.
This spin-off is designed to allow certain business opportunities to be transferred to NewCo WEPOWER in exchange for a note from NewCo. NewCo will be headed up by Kevin Donovan and Frank Schulte, and PRHL will have no affiliation with NewCo or its principals, although PRHL reserves the right to allow NewCo to distribute Active ES pursuant to a distribution agreement. These opportunities are expected to be exchanged for a note in the amount of $5,000,000, which will become an asset of Premier.
As the new CEO, we will change WEPOWER to Energy Efficiency Experts (E3). E3 will focus on lighting solutions, leading with Active Es and full lighting arrays that can be financed 100 percent through our channel partner. We will also focus on HVAC solutions and energy efficient motors -- lighting and HVAC typically account for over 70 percent of the power usage of our target prospects. We will still be able to sell a wide variety of green products and solutions, along with hundreds of building products.
In addition to our own sales, we will focus on strategic distribution of our Active ES technology. My first announcement as CEO, "Premier Holding Licenses to Muni-Fed Energy," is the start of a licensing and distribution program designed to bring in revenue as quickly as possible.
As you can see, we are already on our way to reorganizing and refocusing the company. In an effort to fast-track this turnaround, we announced on Nov. 29, 2012, that Premier Holding Corp. signed a letter of intent with The Power Company. We expect to close this transaction as quickly as possible but we have already begun the process of integrating sales between the two companies. By acquiring The Power Company, we picked up a number of benefits, including tremendous marketing resources, an integrated platform, key personal, and revenue and assets. We believe that The Power Company is currently on a run rate to exceed $3,000,000 in revenue for 2013 and those clients are also expected to generate revenue for our ESCO operations under the E3 banner. But more importantly, we will pick up significant assets. The Power Company currently has receivables of over $1,000,000 and currently holds power contracts with 8,600 customers that we believe represent in excess of $8,000,000 of assets that will become part of Premier Holding.
Once the acquisition is complete, we have a very simple plan moving forward: continue to market and sell deregulation (power) with The Power Company and fortify and grow this business by raising additional capital to expand internally and further by acquisition.
I believe we can roll up other resellers under the power company platform (and we are in active discussions currently). This growth will add to our marketing capability and therefore grow our ESCO (E3) business, as well.
Our story in the market becomes simple. This business will focus on marketing deregulated power -- a growing sector whereby all 50 states are expected to deregulate in the next seven years. Estimates indicate this deregulation will be 11 to 12 times bigger than telecom deregulation. This alone can be a very lucrative business, but we expect to take those same customers and/or prospects developed by The Power Company and, now that we have reduced their cost of power, introduce them to E3 whereby we can use our green products and solutions to decrease their power consumption, creating a powerful combination of lower power costs and reduced consumption. We believe this begins to outline a corporate structure that analysts will appreciate E3 ends up having little to no costs on the customer procurement side.
We have already received analyst coverage in the form of a Squeeze Trigger report through Buyins.net on Dec. 10, 2012. The bottom line of this report is that if Premier can trade at $0.48 then as many as 2,200,000 shares may have to be covered and brought into the market.
I believe that by growing our business, completing The Power Company acquisition, and adding that asset base to our company, we may get the attention of investors that may help PRHL trade at higher levels with greater volume and may even reach the squeeze trigger price and force a significant buy-in that could catapult our stock and increase our market cap.
I am currently working hard on all fronts and doing everything that I can to make your investment in PRHL a successful one.
Very Truly Yours,
Randall Letcavage, CEO (PRHL.OB)
About WEPOWER Ecolutions, Inc.
WEPOWER is a U.S. energy service company (ESCO) based in the Los Angeles area that offers renewable energy production, energy efficiency products and services to commercial middle-market companies, Fortune 500 brands, developers and management companies of large-scale residential developments. WEPOWER's business is focused as an integrator of clean-technology solutions in the U.S., with strategic expansion plans in Latin America, Asia and Europe. WEPOWER's core business delivers green solutions, branded specifically as WEPOWER "ecolutions," which include best-of-class alternative energy technology portfolio in wind turbines, solar PV power systems, green roofs, smart lighting controls, LED lighting, refrigeration systems and filters, battery storage systems, eco-friendly HVAC motors, energy and power control management systems, fuel reduction solutions for transportation and other clean technologies specific to its markets. Additional integrated business offerings include direct energy services as power purchase agreements (PPAs), energy financing and leasing of solar- and wind-powered generation programs in urban and rural real estate environments, lighting efficiency systems and refrigeration systems. For more information visit us at: www.wepowereco.com
About Premier Holding Corp.
The Company provides financial and management expertise, which includes access to capital, financing, legal, insurance, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and management strategies, to its current subsidiary, WEPOWER. The Company also intends to acquire clean technology companies and/or green products and services that are accretive and that can be seamlessly integrated into WEPOWER, and utilize the overall economics of such products and services for the benefit of WEPOWER. For more information visit PRHL Investors Relations: www.wepowereco.com/prhlcorp
About The Power Company
The Power Company USA (TPC) is a nationwide, professional energy services firm offering brokerage and consulting services with a progressive and unique prospective on energy management. Our mission is simple: to assist companies in reducing and managing their electricity expenses. Our diverse portfolio of providers, transparent pricing, and unparalleled industry experience offers our customers freedom of exploring all of their options when it comes to choosing the best plan and provider. We operate in all deregulated states, including Texas, New York and Illinois, and TPC and its suppliers have provided an invaluable service to more than 5 million clients. Our team has consulted and/or serviced prominent companies, organizations and governmental entities such as: The City of Dallas, Choice Hotels, Apex Hospital Systems, Mercedes Dealerships, Leona's Restaurant Group, Ralcorp, McDonald's, and many others. Because of the large amount of business we transact and our long-standing relationships with our Regional Energy Suppliers, we are assured of the most competitive prices in the industry. For more information visit us at: www.thepowercompany.com


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This "genetically enhanced" first-person shooter lets you do things never before possible in the genre: turn everything into a weapon, biologically mod your body with plasmids, hack devices and systems and upgrade your weapons in a unique underwater city. After your plane crashes into icy uncharted waters, you discover a rusted bathysphere and descend into Rapture, a city hidden beneath the sea. Constructed as an idealistic society for a hand picked group of scientists, artists and industrialists, the idealism is no more. Now the city is littered with corpses, wildly powerful guardians roam the corridors as little girls loot the dead, and genetically mutated citizens ambush you at every turn. BioShock forces you to question the lengths to which you will go and how much of your humanity you will sacrifice...to save your own life. READ MORE [+]
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Television's No. 1 Series Returns for 11th Season with Two-Night Premiere Event
Wednesday, January 18 and Thursday, January 19 on FOX
Spread a little holiday cheer this season by sending personalized and unique AMERICAN IDOL e-cards to everyone on your list! Starting today, fans can visit www.IdolHolidayCard.com to pick a cool card design, upload a festive photo and write a holiday greeting that can be sent to friends and family for the perfect AMERICAN IDOL gift.
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- Personalize the e-card with a heartfelt message.
- Share the card with friends and family via email, Facebook, Twitter and other social media or print and send the good old fashioned way!
Then celebrate the New Year when AMERICAN IDOL returns for its 11th season with a two-night premiere event Wednesday, Jan. 18 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Thursday, Jan. 19 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Featuring host Ryan Seacrest and returning judges Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, television's No. 1 series continues with a special, extended primetime broadcast Sunday, Jan. 22 (10:00-11:00 PM ET/7:00-8:00 PM PT) following the NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (6:00 PM-CC ET live/3:00 PM-CC PT live) on FOX.
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- Case involved rights of suspect in Missouri drunk driving case
- Question was whether police needed a warrant before seeking a blood test
- Decision will likely mean police may be required to adopt new guidelines
A man charged with drunk driving won his case at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, after the justices concluded police should have first obtained a warrant before conducting a blood test against his will, shortly after arrest.
At issue was a balancing test between timely gathering of accurate evidence and privacy interests.
The high court struck down Missouri's guidelines giving police broad discretion to forego getting a judge's prior approval before executing a search.
"We hold that in drunk-driving investigations, the natural dissipation of alcohol in the bloodstream does not constitute an exigency in every case sufficient to justify conducting a blood test without a warrant," said Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Law enforcement wants flexibility to conduct such "searches"-- saying alcohol dissipates over time and that delays getting a magistrate to sign off on a blood sample can mean justice denied.
But civil rights advocates say these kinds of "invasive" medical procedures are unnecessary and unconstitutional, absent any extraordinary circumstances negating the warrant requirement.
The ruling did not provide a bright line rule for either side. But it affirmed the existing standard that the "totality of the circumstances" must be considered by police, and was not properly applied in this case.
The court did not offer law enforcement specifics on how much time can elapse before police would reasonably be able to forego warrants and order blood tests.
Half the states prohibit warrantless blood draws by police in "run-of-the-mill" DUI cases.
The appeal involves Tyler McNeely, 25, who was stopped in the middle of the night two years ago near Cape Girardeau, Missouri, for speeding. He failed four field sobriety tests administered by highway patrolman Mark Winder.
McNeely then refused a portable Breathalyzer test on the scene, and was placed under arrest. The corporal then transported the suspect to a local hospital when McNeely said he would not consent to a breath test at jail.
A blood test was ordered unilaterally by the officer, again over the man's objections, performed by a trained phlebotomist.
The motorist's blood-alcohol content was 0.154 percent, nearly twice the state's legal limit. Court records show the time lapse between the initial stop and the blood test was about 30 minutes.
State courts subsequently divided over whether the test could be admitted as evidence, prompting the Supreme Court appeal.
The Fourth Amendment protects "the right of the people to be secure in their person ... against unreasonable searches and seizure," and that "no warrants shall issue, except under probable cause."
The high court's guiding standard has long been "reasonableness" and the justices here again said the warrant requirement can be suspended under exigent circumstances, such as the risk of endangering lives or destruction of evidence.
But the court has also said state intrusions into one's own body generally require prior review and approval by a judge.
The Obama administration is backing Missouri, saying there is a strong federal interest in deterring drunk driving.
The court's nuanced opinion was not a total defeat for law enforcement.
Indeed, the per se threat of a needle-- with or without a warrant-- may be enough of an incentive for suspected drunks to agree to less invasive breath tests. Both sides concede that dynamic already exists in many cases.
But Chief Justice John Roberts issued a separate "concurrence" to the ruling, lamenting the lack of the court's specificity.
"A police officer reading this court's opinion would have no idea, no idea, what the Fourth Amendment requires of him, once he decides to obtain a blood sample from a drunk driving suspect who has refused a breathalyzer test," he said.
The decision will likely mean police may be required to adopt more extensive guidelines on its testing policies, narrowing the emergency exceptions to the warrant requirement.
The practical effect may be to force officers to streamline and speed up the warrant process, so that drunk drivers are tested before it is too late to preserve the evidence.
Sotomayor acknowledged that in her opinion.
"Technological developments that enable police officers to secure warrants more quickly, and do so without undermining the neutral magistrate judge's essential role as a check on police discretion, are relevant to an assessment of exigency," she said.
More than 10,000 people were killed in alcohol-related motor vehicle incidents in 2010. That is one death every 51 minutes. Another 500,000 people on average are injured annually in booze-fueled crashes.