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This is a photo that has been circulating the net recently so you may have already seen it but I thought that I would post it since it's absolutely hilarious especially with the woman and man cheekily watching him from the next carriage! (^▽^) Seeing half-clothed people sprawled across the floors of carriages and in stations or outside on the streets is actually quite a common sight in Tokyo on ANY night of the week! Why they feel the need to take off all their clothes beforehand is a mystery to me! For more photos, check out my Random Sleeping Drunk People Post.
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Posted: May 14th, 2007The Oklahoma land rush of 1889 and similar land runs were events in which previously restricted land of the United States was opened for homesteading on a first come, first claim basis. A number of the individuals who participated in the run entered early and hid out until the legal time of entry to lay quick claim to some of the most choice homesteads. These people came to be identified as "sooners" and their actions led to hundreds of legal contests. Nowadays, universities and companies, from start-ups to multinational conglomerates, are rushing to aggressively stake out their turf in the nanotechnology patent area. The "sooners" in this nanotechnology patent land rush may be the ones who were issued what some say are "unduly broad" patents early on, in the hope of getting a windfall of nanotechnology intellectual property (IP) rights. While not violating the rules intentionally, upon re-examination some broad patents might not hold up to the United States Patent Act's requirement for full and complete disclosure. This uncertainty provides fertile grounds for possible litigation over nanotechnology patent claims based on broad and unprecise definitions and descriptions. Efforts are underway to address some of these problems.
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By Annalee Newitz
NEXT TIME somebody tells you loftily that differences between the sexes are grounded in biology, you have my permission to slap them with a judicial case. And I mean that literallyjust print out the late-December ruling in the Harrah's Makeup case (http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/
One of the highest courts in the land, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, has determined that it is legal for an employer to fire a female employee who refuses to wear makeup. Think this through slowly and carefully, girls: if you live in the 9th Circuit (which covers California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho and Montana), you could be fired tomorrow if your boss decides that your "uniform" for work includes makeup. Supposedly, this ruling does not run afoul of discrimination law because it doesn't impose an "unequal burden" on women. Do you want to know why, ladies and germs? Because a rule for women enforcing face paint is "equal" to a rule forbidding men from wearing it. Now there's some real smart logic. Presence is the same as absence! War is peace! Yup, it's the kind of analysis that's gotten very popular in the United States recently.
And guess what? It comes to you entirely from culture, not nature. Never again is anyone allowed to give me crap about how women naturally want to adorn themselves with makeup, as if there's some genetic urge to look fake that's wended its way here on the sparkly pink path of evolution. This ain't biology. This is your government, endorsing your corporate lackeys' creepy-ass urges to make me turn my happy, natural face into a twisted parody of comeliness. This is some cosmetics executive getting rich on state-enforced gender norms.
Most importantly, this is a woman who worked for Harrah's casino for more than two decades, with glowing recommendations from both customers and supervisors, getting fired for refusing to put red dust on her cheeks and pink grease on her lips. Darlene Jesperson brought her case against Harrah's Casino in Reno in 2000 after the company created a "personal best policy" which required all female workers to get an "image consultation," which included a makeover.
Photographs of the post-makeover women were taken and placed in their supervisors' files as a "measurement tool" to determine whether the women were properly made up for their job. If a woman failed to live up to her post-makeover self, it was grounds for termination.
Jesperson, who said that wearing makeup while bartending at a sports bar "forced her to be feminine" and made her feel "dolled up" like a sex object, argued that cosmetics undermined her effectiveness as a worker and "took away [her] credibility as a person." When she refused to wear makeup, her supervisors suggested she apply for a job at Harrah's that didn't require makeup; then they fired her.
Let's not get into the question of whether it's degrading or sexist for women to wear makeup. Sure, it might be for some womenbut there are plenty of politically aware girls out there who like to get dolled up for fun or because they choose to do it. The question here is whether women forced to wear makeup when men are not can be described as experiencing gender equality. The 9th Circuit's opinion acknowledged that makeup costs money and takes time, but dismissed this point as "academic." If these costs are so insignificant, then why not require Harrah's to pay to keep all its female employees looking as if they had just had a makeover? Maybe they could even pay these women for the half-hour per day required to keep their faces clad properly.
You and I know that's not gonna happen. Now that the most liberal circuit court in the land has paved the way, I can just imagine the proposed federal legislation: no woman shall appear in public without covering her face.
Someone once told me that she worked at a cosmetics company where they used pig fat in the lipstick soup. She had been told to inform customers, if they inquired, that the bright little sticks contained "porcine products." I feel about that euphemism the way I do about the ruling in the Harrah's makeup case. The judges can use whatever legal lingo and bizarre logical loopholes they want to try to cover up what they're really saying. But I hear the real message loud and clear: Wear it, bitch.
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Captain: What we've got here is... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach.
Captain: What we've got here is... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it... well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men.
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Luke: Nah - calling it your job don't make it right, Boss.
Dragline: He was smiling... That's right. You know, that, that Luke smile of his. He had it on his face right to the very end. Hell, if they didn't know it 'fore, they could tell right then that they weren't a-gonna beat him. That old Luke smile. Oh, Luke. He was some boy. Cool Hand Luke. Hell, he's a natural-born world-shaker.
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Luke: Yeah, well, that ought to be easy for a genuine son of a bitch.
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Carr: I hope you ain't going to be a hard case.
Luke: [Smiles, shakes head] .
[Discussing God and the rain]
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Dragline: Knock it off, Luke. You can't talk about Him that way.
Luke: Are you still believin' in that big bearded Boss up there? You think he's watchin' us?
Dragline: Get in here. Ain't ya scared? Ain't ya scared of dyin'?
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[He looks around]
Luke: I'm just standin' in the rain talkin' to myself.
Dragline: That's my darling Luke. He grins like a baby but bites like a gator.
Captain: You run one time, you got yourself a set of chains. You run twice you got yourself two sets. You ain't gonna need no third set, 'cause you gonna get your mind right.
Luke: I can eat fifty eggs.
Dragline: Nobody can eat fifty eggs.
Society Red: You just said he could eat anything.
Dragline: Did you ever eat fifty eggs?
Luke: Nobody ever eat fifty eggs.
Prisoner: Hey, Babalugats. We got a bet here.
Dragline: My boy says he can eat fifty eggs, he can eat fifty eggs.
Loudmouth Steve: Yeah, but in how long?
Luke: A hour.
Society Red: Well, I believe I'll take part of that wager.
Dragline: [encouraging Luke in the egg-eating] Just let that li'l ol' belly sag and enjoy yourself!
[Why he was cutting the heads off parking meters]
Luke: Small town, not much to do in the evenin'.
Captain: Now, I can be a good guy, or I can be one real mean sum-bitch.
Arletta: Ya know, sometimes I wished people was like dogs, Luke.
Carr: Any man playing grabass or fightin' in the building spends a night in the box.
[Discussing a new prisoner who has to spend the night in the box]
Dragline: He ain't in the box because of the joke played on him. He back-sassed a free man. They got their rules. We ain't got nothin' to do with that. Would probably have happened to him sooner or later anyway, a complainer like him. He gotta learn the rules the same as anybody else.
Luke: Yeah, them poor old bosses need all the help they can get.
Luke: Oh come on. Stop beatin' it. Get out there yourself. Stop feedin' off me. Get out of here. I can't breathe. Give me some air.
[Alone in a church, talking to God, as police lights begin flashing]
Luke: Is that your answer, old man? Well, I guess you're a hard case too.
[Moving through the crowd, all excited about the record breaking egg eating about to take place]
Dragline: Alright, stand back you pedestrians, this ain't no automobile accident.
Luke's Nephew: [on visiting day] Uncle Luke? Why can't *you* have chains?
Luke: John-boy, lemme tell you something. You know, them chains ain't medals. You get 'em for making mistakes. And you make a *bad* enough mistake, and then you gotta deal with the Man. And he is one rough old boy.
Dragline: He's a natural born world-shaker.
Dragline: Anything so innocent and built like that just gotta be named Lucille.
Luke: Anybody here? Hey, Old Man. You home tonight? Can You spare a minute. It's about time we had a little talk. I know I'm a pretty evil fellow... killed people in the war and got drunk... and chewed up municipal property and the like. I know I got no call to ask for much... but even so, You've got to admit You ain't dealt me no cards in a long time. It's beginning to look like You got things fixed so I can't never win out. Inside, outside, all of them... rules and regulations and bosses. You made me like I am. Now just where am I supposed to fit in? Old Man, I gotta tell You. I started out pretty strong and fast. But it's beginning to get to me. When does it end? What do You got in mind for me? What do I do now? Right. All right.
[Gets on knees, closes eyes and begins to pray]
Luke: . On my knees, asking.
[Peeks up with one eye, waits. Then opens eyes and crosses arms]
Luke: . Yeah, that's what I thought. I guess I'm pretty tough to deal with, huh? A hard case.
[Clicks tongue]
Luke: . Yeah. I guess I gotta find my own way.
[Headlights shine through windows, backs up]
Dragline: Luke?
Luke: [Shakes head and smiles] Is that Your answer, Old Man? I guess You're a hard case, too.
Dog Boy: Look Cap'n, look what he done to Blue. He's dead, he's dead. he run himself plum to death.
Arletta: [Speaking to her son Luke] You know, sometimes, I wished people was like dogs, Luke. Comes a time, a day like, when the bitch just don't recognize the pups no more, so she don't have no hopes nor love to give her pain. She just don't give a damn.


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What about the 1/4 inch inputs? Ive seen balanced 6 foot RCA to 1/4" adapters liike these:
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The XLR and the jack are wired in parallel, there is no difference between them.
You will loose signal level going from unballanced to ballanced like that but you won't loose quality. |
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A six band graphic is pretty poor?, presumably the Behringer one is much larger?. No problems XLR to RCA, it's all just audio anyway!.
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Yeah the Behringer is a 31 band.
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So I went ahead and ordered some of these:
http://www.audiogear.com/cgi-bin/sho...&preadd=action And these: http://www.audiogear.com/cgi-bin/sho...&preadd=action And Im getting humming at moderate to high volumes. Any ideas? Should I buy something like this instead? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...Fencoding=UTF8 The EQ has a option to boost or reduce signal level +/-15db, so losing signal level doesnt seem like its that big of a deal if it gets rid of the humming. Thanks. |
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Well Ive never had any problems with humming before, and when I play with the xlr to rca adapters the noise changes, so I'm pretty sure its that. Plus every single component in my system is 3 pronged and plugged into a surge supressor.
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I have Behringer EP2500 and Ultracurve DEQ2496 for home use. I recommend both.
I would not run balanced unless you need to since there is a circuit involved and more components added in the signal path. If you have worked out where all your audio components will go, then I would make DIY cables and make them to the correct length with an XLR on one end, RCA on the other, or as required. It's simple, cost effective and neat. 6 band graphic eq is pretty useless. Ultracurve is very powerful. Put a mic in the listening position and it will auto EQ the whole thing flat! It will remove peaks from room modes, fix up anything that the crossovers didn't quite get right and balance room effects so the tonal balance is much more neutral and natural. It has dynamic eq which can tailor the response at different SPL levels to match the changing sensitivity of the ear. It can boost bass at low levels then remove the boost as you turn it up. It can reduce treble to make it sound more laid back when you crank it up. Limiters can be useful at home. I use it to protect my main amp which is a bit lacking in power. It tames the peaks and reduces concern when I push things. Forget those graphic eq units, I would go ultracurve, it is very powerful. It can do quite a bit more than I've mentioned here. The EP2500 amp is a great buy. I would not consider another amp for subs. Excellent value. |
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Peter Tatchell
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Abusing animals is no more justifiable than abusing people, writes Peter Tatchell. The moral touchstone is sentience, not species, and the 'humans first' ideology of speciesism is analogous to homophobia, racism & misogyny. Cruelty is barbarism, whether inflicted on humans or on other species. We need to recognise and accept our common animal nature. more...Pity the poor hounds! Bovine TB, foxhounds and the biosecurity black hole
Lesley Docksey
15th March 2017
The 25 TB-infected hounds of the Kimblewick hunt, all put down, remind us that the lot of hunting dogs is not a happy one, writes Lesley Docksey. Unloved and at constant risk of slaughter, they are prone to a host of diseases, from bovine TB to brucellosis, neospora and botulism, which they can pass on to farm stock, humans and other dogs. They deserve better! more...Crustacean Compassion campaigns for welfare rights for lobsters & crabs
Laura Briggs
6th March, 2017
If the thought of dropping a live lobster into a pan of boiling water horrifies you, then you're in good company including that of a new campaigning group that wants lobsters to be given the same animal welfare rights as other creatures. LAURA BRIGGS reports more...The Hunting Act 12 years on - time to crack down on the fox-killing criminals!
Jordi Casamitjana / League Against Cruel Sports
21st February 2017
Since February 18, 2005 roughly 200,000 illegal hunting events undertaken by registered hunts may have taken place in the UK, writes Jordi Casamitjana. By engaging in fictitious 'trail hunting', they can chase foxes as before, and when they are killed, well, it was all a shocking 'accident'. It's high time to strengthen the law to ensure the spirit in which it was passed is fulfilled. more...And then he came for the animals - is Donald Trump trying to make puppy mills great again?
JP Sottile
15th February 2017
Whatever people were voting for when they elected President Donald Trump, very few were seeking to remove the already scant protections afforded to dogs and puppies kept in unregulated 'factory farm' breeding sheds, writes JP Sottile. But that's the effect of the deregulatory whirlwind that's hit USDA: more profit for the animal abusers, and more suffering for the animals. more...Animal Campaigners launch petition to stop horrific dog torture in Romania
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9th February, 2017
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28th November 2016
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19th October 2016
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21st September 2016
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7th September
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Eduardo Goncalves
18th August 2016
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29th July 2016
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Anneka Svenska
11th July 2016
With the coming of summer, South Korea's 'Boknal' dog-eating festival is under way, writes Anneka Svenska. Known for the extreme cruelty deliberately inflicted on dogs to improve the taste of their meat, Boknal is a barbaric relic rooted in ignorance and pseudo-medical superstition whose time is well and truly up. more...Whether it's Cecil the Lion or un-named fox cubs, killing for fun is wrong
Bill Oddie
29th June 2016
No animal should be killed for our enjoyment, writes Bill Oddie. And that applies alike to Cecil the Lion, shot by a Minnesota dentist almost two years ago; and to the nameless fox cubs that died more recently in England, thrown to hounds by a huntsman to teach them to hate and kill foxes. more...Fox cub persecution: hunting and violence are inseparable
Eduardo Gonçalves
23rd June 2016
An investigation by the League Against Cruel Sports shows that English hunts are training hounds to kill foxes in horrific secret slaughter sessions, writes Eduardo Gonçalves. It's just one example of the cruelty and violence that's intrinsic to fox-hunting, and another reason why the ban has to be maintained. more...Snares - a barbaric relic whose time is up
Bill Oddie OBE
10th May 2016
Snares are one of humankind's earliest inventions, writes Bill Oddie, once essential to our survival as hunters. But their modern use by gamekeepers seeking to protect game birds on shooting estates from predators is a cruel and barbaric practice, with most of the victims non-target species like hares, badgers and deer. more...Taiji dolphin drive hunt is over - but the cetacean slaughter continues
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6th April 2016
The dolphin drive hunts in Taiji, Japan have officially ended for the season, writes Ric O'Barry, however the offshore pilot whale hunt continues until the end of May. After a particularly brutal year, which culminated in my arrest and deportation from Japan, we at Dolphin Project will continue our crucial work to end the annual barbarity of cetacean killings and captures. more...No more keeping consumers in the dark over animal welfare!
Philip Lymbery
10th March 2016
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Laura Bridgeman
15th March 2016
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Mark Jones
4th March 2016
The British Veterinary Association has just launched its long-anticipated Animal Welfare Strategy, writes Mark Jones - and very welcome it is too. But it's also completely incompatible with the BVA's support for England's cruel and utterly unscientific badger culls. It's time for an urgent rethink. more...Bullfighting is conserving Spain's biodiversity - ban at nature's peril
Robin Irvine, University of St Andrews
28th December 2015
Bullfighting may cause suffering to animals, but that does not mean the EU should ban it or withdraw farm subsidies, writes Robin Irvine. Traditional bull-breeding estates are valuable reservoirs of biodiversity in intensively farmed landscapes, and without the bulls there would be nothing to sustain them. more...So badger culls are working? Liz Truss, produce your evidence!
Oliver Tickell
18th December 2015
Environment Secretary Liz Truss told Parliament yesterday that England's badger cull is 'working', and needs to be extended into new areas, writes Oliver Tickell. Yet she and the NFU have refused to release the evidence to back up her claims. Now MPs and NGOs are joining the cry: 'publish or be damned!' more...The plight of the partridge: confined, distressed, maimed - then shot for fun
Dr Toni Shephard
15th December 2015
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On the Consumer Behavior in Urban Colombia: The Case of Bogotá
In this paper we are interested in estimating semiparametric Engel curves for different categoriesof goods using data drawn from the 1997 Family Expenditure Survey (ECV1997). Most of the papersabout consumer behavior include food and clothing shares in the analysis. Since people in developingcountries spend a great deal of time going to work, through their use of public transportation, then it is interesting to take this into account in this study. Due to joint determination of expenditure shares and total xpenditure, we adjust for any possible endogeneity,which is a familiar problem in demand analysis.So, not only estimation but also adaptive testing is provided by non-parametric procedures. Our estimations produce quadratic food and transportation Engel curves, which is an interesting result.
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What I Wore Sunday - St. Patrick's Day edition
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Your kids are SO cute!!!
I love hand-me-downs. I don't get many. But Having 2 girls in a row has been such a blessing. They're so close in size, I can practically take a shirt that Gwen has outgrown and put it on Avie's side of the closet-so awesome!
And those cupcakes and cake are purely spectacular!! You are so amazing for doing all this right after being sick!!! I think that's a pretty good sign that you are a great Catholic mom : ) Treats def count for something!I think you look beautiful, and I kind of love Lydia's dress. Like, I would wear it myself.
But it's SO hard to love how you look while pregnant - it feels like everything makes you look HUGE even when you aren't (stupid maternity clothes that are meant to make you look huge). If it's possible, try not to dwell on the weight (it's hard not to!) and what you'll have to lose when you're done - I always feel so gross and like I will never lose any weight or flab and then 4 or 5 months out I realize, "Hey I'm starting to fit into old clothes again! Hey, my kids mostly don't think I'm still pregnant!"
Also, your cupcakes are awesome, as is your cake. I did absolutely zero for St. Patrick's Day. Didn't even talk about it with my saint-obsessed son... I figure the longer we go without celebrating stuff like this, the easier my life will be!Hey, you dressed your kids up and took them to Mass, by my count you read them AT LEAST three stories recently, and you baked them a very cute cupcake cake. That's pretty great.
The new Pope will still be there next week when you get to P. Plus, the internet makes YOU mistress of the space-time continuum. You could show them this and this, and pop open some apple cider and celebrate. Crisis averted. :0)
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Lot 2222: After John James Audubon, Havell edition print
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Description: After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851), "Brandt Goose", aquatint, etching and color engraving, plate CC.CXCI, 24.5"l x 36"w (sight), matted and framed under glass
Condition Report: Good, toning, probable foxing, minor stains
Provenance: Property from a major corporate art collection, NY - This collection hailed from a prominent and historical bank previously located at 1 Wall Street, an Art Deco landmark of New York. For more information, please visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Wall_Street


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Meghan Hill loves horseback riding, but a debilitating condition would normally make it difficult for her to enjoy the Texas pastime safely.
Thanks to staff at the Children's Association for Maximum Potential, or CAMP, a nonprofit organization devoted to providing recreational opportunities for people with disabilities, she often gets the chance to ride.
"She gets on canoes, does archery and swims. It doesn't matter how many people it takes to support her," said her mother, Antoinette Hill. "They seem to be able to pull it all together. It's quite remarkable."
CAMP is one of the area nonprofits profiled during the holiday season as part of the Express-News' 17th annual Grace of Giving series.
The group needs financial assistance to continue helping people like Meghan. CAMP also is attempting to raise about $1.5 million to construct a new aquatic center that will meet the needs of people with disabilities, and is about $300,000 short of that goal.
"I don't know if a lot of people realize that this is like Disney World for them. Disney World won't accept a lot of them because they're so severely incapacitated," said Tyler Liberatore, a head counselor with CAMP. "You have to see it in their faces — the sheer joy they get."
Meghan, 32, is disabled intellectually and physically. She can't tell her mother in words how much she enjoys attending CAMP events.
"She doesn't use a lot of verbal language, but she is a very good communicator," her mother said. "It's so funny. We'll pick her up on Sunday and she'll be dead asleep with a smile on her face all the way back home."
Group organizers said CAMP was formed in 1979 as an outlet for a small group of children who could not attend traditional summer camps because they were too severely disabled or medically fragile. The organization today serves about 1,000 people with special needs each year, the majority from the San Antonio area.
"Everybody needs friends, and people with disabilities are no different," Antoinette Hill said. "For Meghan, it has been such a wonderful opportunity to have friends her age."


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I was thinking of going ou and fish it this weekend. A friend told me there is some decent trout fishing. Is this true, should I fish. Thanks,Mark
I fished the S/Fork from Red Bridge camp ground up river several places on Tuesday. Had some hits. Nothing big. Tried Elk Hair Caddis,Stimulators,Humpies. Went over Barlow Pass and fished the Sauk below Elliot Creek. Nothing there. Water real low on both rivers. The Sauk closes from Elliot Creek up on the 1st of September. Maybe I should have tried nymphs,but my dries were sinking and they didn't hit them either. Jim S.
Mark, there are a few trout in the south fork of the Sky, access is the only problem. If you can find a area to get to the river look for shelves and bottom color changes. I have been fishing the SF for many years and the biggest fish to date has been 14", with the average size running 10". You might try Money creek if your in the area, lots of smaller fish, but lots of them.. a 10" trout there is big. On MC, just about any fly works, look for any flat pool and fish will rise, on the SF I have had my best luck with a tan comparadun fished in the evening. Good Luck and let us know how you do !! Steve


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The single most effective American demonstration for female voting rights was the "Woman Suffrage Procession" in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 1913, the day before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration as president. Accompanied by nine bands and 26 floats, at least 5,000 marchers paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue, led by women from countries with the female vote, followed by U.S. state delegations, and wrapped up by a contingent of men (who faced taunts of "Where are your skirts?"). The march was instrumental in shifting the debate into a national issue, one that would need to be resolved by a constitutional amendment rather than state referenda. By the end of the previous year, the state-by-state approach had reached something of an impasse, and the referendum in Michigan, evidently stolen by anti-suffrage forces, only reinforced the need for a national strategy.
A contingent from the New York State Suffrage Association is profiled in this segment from Universal Animated Weekly, issue 50, released in late February 1913 and perhaps the earliest American newsreel issue to survive. Universal Pictures produced the longest-lasting newsreel, running under various titles from 1912 through 1967. From the start of U.S. newsreels in 1911, suffragette marches made for frequent stories.
Here we see the start on February 12 in Newark, New Jersey, of a 180-mile walk in winter by 14 New York "suffrage pilgrims," who timed their arrival into Washington for the pre-inaugural march. The two most prominent leaders are given a joint close-up, although not identified. Standing alongside the wagon is 29-year-old Rosalie Jones, known as "General Jones." If not strictly the "millionaire heiress" she was labeled in the press, she did fund rights activities, and she would go on to earn a doctorate in law. Here she holds her pilgrim's staff and wears the brown cloak that was a current suffragette uniform. Sitting in the wagon is 35-year-old Elisabeth Freeman, who had been jailed for suffrage activities in Britain.
As evidenced by Freeman's visible breath in the newsreel, the march south from Newark began on a bitterly cold day, with an afternoon high of 22 degrees. With swollen and freezing feet, the women stopped for the first night at Metuchen after 18 miles. But the rest of the march went faster than planned. Hundreds of supporters joined to march part of the way and the publicity was vast, with front-page stories in every city. Anti-suffrage forces staged a few counterprotests, and Baltimore's Cardinal Gibbins used the arrival in his city "to say a few words of unstinted praise in behalf of…true women, women who know their place." A Cleveland Plain Dealer cartoon on the day the New York marchers arrived in Washington was captioned "Gen. Rosalie Jones Crossing the Delaware" in a deft mix of satire and admiration.
The Washington march itself was far from the routine political pantomime that we now expect of such events. At the start the women had to fight their way through rough manhandling and "indecent epithets." Still, outrage over such treatment of women only increased the publicity and sympathy for the cause. "CAPITAL MOBS MADE CONVERTS TO SUFFRAGE" was the New York Tribune headline. Congress held hearings with testimony from 150 witnesses, and the District of Columbia superintendent of police was forced to resign. It would be seven more years before the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, but the tide was turning.—Scott Simmon
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On to Washington is one of two films in Treasures III that feature a choral accompaniment. Here the song is "Give the Ballot to the Mothers." Singers could easily have performed during the 1913 trek shown onscreen, for, as in so many other movements for political change, songs were a vital means of rallying the troops and spreading the message. Many pro-suffrage songs were familiar patriotic ones given new words, making them simple to sing and to remember but also reinforcing that women no less than men deserved credit for building the American nation. Thus, suffragists transformed Henry C. Work's "Marching through Georgia" into "Give the Ballot to the Mothers," and the song's shouts of "Hurrah!" took on a new forward-looking meaning.
The new words were written by Rebecca N. Hazard, an influential suffragist from Missouri. She expertly fit her lyrics to Work's exuberant tune, and in some cases they even seem an improvement. After the newsreel ends and the screen goes black, the quartet repeats the phrase quietly, a cappella, as if to suggest that the march goes on. If you listen carefully, you may hear the voices (and feet) echoing still.—Martin Marks


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Gran Turismo 4 Breaks PAL Records
SCEE has sent out a press release announcing that Gran Turismo 4, available today, has set a new, all-time Day One record for PlayStation 2 software, shipping 3,182,535 units across PAL territories.I am delighted by the enthusiasm for Gran Turismo 4, said Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the GT series. The game has been a long time in the making and is fuelled by the passion and dedication of the team here at Polyphony Digital. My dream was to create more than a sequel to redefine what a video game could be. I hope that when players experience the realism, variety and sheer depth of Gran Turismo 4, they will agree that this vision has been realised.
Very impressive numbers indeed. It looks like the missing online component of the game is not hurting it in the least.
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Ted Saskin is facing yet another challenge to his leadership of the National Hockey League Players' Association, with a majority of the 30 union-player reps approving an independent investigation into his hiring.
The probe was announced Thursday in a release from a New York-based public relations company as players and officials were scattered across the continent following Wednesday night's all-star game.
"This is an informative investigation that we feel will preserve the integrity of our NHLPA constitution and leadership process," Mathieu Schneider, a Detroit Red Wings defenceman and interim NHLPA executive committee member, said in the release. "The purpose of the investigation is to clear the air, produce clarity on these questions and fortify a strong unified union."
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B2ST revealed their head size ranking on this weeks episode of MBC's 'All the K-pop'.
MC Boom entered the studio with a tape measurer to measure the members head sizes. B2ST members caused laughter by pushing each other to go first.
Yoseob, who is known for his face that is smaller than many ladies, recorded 54.4 cm for his head size. He flaunted his head size and gained the title of 'ultimate small head.' Meanwhile, Hyunseung seemed worried the whole time because of his voluminous hair style, but ended up in second place with the head size of 55.2 cm. Kikwang unexpectedly recorded the size of 56.8 cm because of his round back and forehead. A strong candidate for the winner, Doojoon also recorded 56.8 cm.
The studio erupted in laughter when Boom tried to help his high school hoobae, Junhyung, by tightening the tape measurer as much as possible when Junhyung went against Dongwoon for the title of having the 'biggest head.'
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Conservatives are crying foul over a Pepsi television ad they say "promotes the gay lifestyle."
The ad, which is currently being broadcast in the United Kingdom, shows a young man hitting on another man after passing over several attractive women.
The Christian group American Family Association (AFA) says the ad "promotes the gay lifestyle."
The ad is just another item in the group's laundry list of complaints against PepsiCo, the company behind Pepsi. In fact, the AFA began a boycott against PepsiCo products, which include Frito-Lays chips and Gatorade sport drinks, two weeks ago.
That boycott was promoted by the drink giant's contributions to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nations largest gay rights advocate, and Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), a support group for parents with gay and lesbian children.
According to an AFA action alert, PepsiCo contributed $500,000 to each organization. The money was used for a national workplace diversity program.
AFA President Donald Wildmon called PepsiCo's response to his objections "condescending."
"On November 15, AFA received a condescending letter (dated Nov. 7) from Paul Boykas, director of public policy, in which he refused to address Pepsi's support of the homosexual agenda," the action alert says.
Boykas' laconic response to Wildmon was indeed unapologetic: "Among the values promoted by the PepsiCo Foundation is ensuring a work environment that is respectful and where associates are valued for their contributions. I hope this helps clarify this grant by the PepsiCo Foundation."
In its action alert, the AFA noted that HRC supported defeat of Proposition 8 – the California ballot initiative that stripped away the right to marry from gays and lesbians in the state – with a $2.3 million donation and called the workplace diversity training a forced acceptance of gays and lesbians.
"Pepsi forces all employees to attend sexual orientation and gender identity diversity training where they are taught to accept homosexuality."
Last month, an action alert decried ads published in the gay media by Campbell Soup Company, calling them an endorsement of gay families and the "homosexual agenda." But the iconic American brand said it would not retract from its first foray into the gay and lesbian market.
And last May, the association launched a full boycott against McDonald's for its support of the gay and lesbian community. Among its objections was the burger giant's involvement in the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC).
The AFA's position on all three of these companies – and others, including Hallmark and Ford – is that their money helps further a so-called gay agenda.
But increasingly the companies are ignoring such biased protests. For instance, Campbell's executives made it clear that they consider gays and lesbians a positive demographic.
"Our position on this is pretty straightforward," Campbell's rep Anthony Sanzio told AdAge. "Inclusion and diversity play an important role in our business, and that fact is reflected in our marketing plan. For more than a century, people from all walks of life have enjoyed Campbell's products, and we will continue to try to communicate in ways that are meaningful and relevant to them."
The AFA, founded in 1977 by Rev. Donald Wildmon, has a long history of objecting to equal rights for gays and lesbians. It has lobbied against gay marriage and hate-crime legislation that would benefit gays.
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Two stunning glass penetration effects that look like trick photography!
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is a coin through glass that would have looked at home in 'The Matrix'. A borrowed and signed coin is touched to the bottom of a drinking glass where, in a moment of pure visual clarity, it appears to melt through! The coin appears to be suspended inside the glass itself for a brief moment before it is pushed through to its inevitable conclusion on the inside. The signed coin is now inside the glass having visually made its impossible journey through the bottom. The glass is then immediately handed out - the coin still inside - there is nothing to find!*
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is a perplexing coin through glass table effect - stunning in its simplicity! You take a coin and spin it on the surface of a glass table. You stop it spinning and then slowly, rub it through the glass! The hand that catches the coin under the glass is seen empty right before the penetration. Unlike most other coin through glass table effects - you won't see any rings on Alan's fingers! This is a real world solution to an incredibly visual effect!
'Card thru Table'
A card is freely selected and signed before being placed onto the 'soft spot' of a glass table. The pack is dribbled onto the signed card. When the dribbled cards are pushed aside, underneath we find the signed selection having somehow passed through the table top! Easy, amazing, impromptu card magic at its best!
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A cleverly constructed sequence which allows you to pass a coin through a spectators hand! First you pass a coin through your own hand - it gets stuck but you shake it out. Then you repeat it with a spectators hand. Again it gets stuck - with both your hands unmistakably empty you give the spectators hand a shake and out pops the coin into your awaiting hand!
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Among those with their ear to the ground, Alan is renowned as a creator of solid, commercial off-beat effects and is a magician who actually works his stuff in the real world. Alan used 'Clear as Day' at his residency in a night club for a number of years. The effect was specifically designed for the venue, being furnished with glass tables. After a renovation the glass tables suddenly disappeared and, still receiving requests for the 'coin thru glass' trick, Alan was forced to improvise and create the same effect without the table - 'Dark as Night' was born!
Alan's magic never fails to catch you out first time round (and second and third time round on most occasions!) and it is because he is unconstrained in his methods. 'Dark as Night' and 'Clear as Day' are two perfect examples of why Alan's magic receives high plaudit's from working pro's the world over!
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Annual reports from financial institutions rarely make the best seller list, but the one published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is beginning to rocket around the Internet because of an essay it contains. The essay, written by Harvey Rosenblum, Executive Vice President and Director of Research at the Bank is titled "Choosing the Road to Prosperity: Why We Must End Too Big to Fail - Now."
The essay is stunning enough in and by itself, but in an accompanying cover letter the Dallas Fed's President Richard Fisher expressly endorses it, in effect putting at least a part of the Federal Reserve System on record as advocating an end to Too Big to Fail (TBTF) institutions.
"In addition to remaining a lingering threat to financial stability," Fisher says, "these mega banks significantly hamper the Federal Reserve's ability to properly conduct monetary policy." Likening the economy to a car he said that the Fed had filed the tank with plenty of cheap, high-octane gasoline, but it takes more than gas to propel a car. "If there is sludge on the crankshaft - in the form of losses and bad loans on the balance sheets of the TBTF banks - then the bank-capital linkage that greases the engine of monetary policy does not function properly to drive the real economy. No amount of liquidity provided by the Federal Reserve can change this."
Propagating TBTF has also resulted in an erosion of faith in American capitalism, he said, and diverse groups "argue that government-assisted bailouts of reckless financial institutions are sociologically and politically offensive. From an economic perspective, these bailouts are certainly harmful to efficient workings of the market."
Rosenblum's essay tracks the downfall of the economy but less as a tick-tock than as a sociological study. It is long and difficult to summarize so we will do so in two parts.
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Good times breed complacency, not right away but over time, as memories of past setbacks fade. In 1983 the U.S. entered a 25 year span interrupted by only two brief shallow downturns accounting for just 5 percent of that period. There was strong growth, low unemployment and stable prices.
Before the Federal Reserve was founded in 1913 the economy spent 48 percent of the time in recession, in the 99 years since recessions have affected the economy only 21 percent of the time. "When calamities don't occur, it's human nature to stop worrying. The world seems less risky."
In the run-up to 2008 the public sector grew complacent and relaxed the financial systems constraints, explicitly in law and implicitly in enforcement, and felt secure enough to pursue social engineering goals such as expanding home ownership. The private sector also became complacent, downplaying the risks of borrowing and lending.
There was greed; capitalism cannot operate without self-interest and most of the time competition and laws keep it in check. But when competition declines incentives often turn perverse and self-interest can become malevolent. That's what happened in the years before the financial crisis. New technologies and business practices reduced "skin in the game," and greed led "innovative legal minds" to push boundaries of integrity.
Success led to complicity. The banks were making money, investors wanted part of it, and credit rating agencies got involved. The Fed kept interests rates too low too long, contributing to the speculative binge in housing and pushing investors to seek higher rewards in riskier markets. "Hindsight leaves us wondering what financial gurus and policymakers could have been thinking. But complicity presupposes a willful blindness. Why spoil the party when the economy is growing and more people are employed? Imagine the political storms and public ridicule that would sweep over anyone who tried."
"Easy money leads to a giddy self-delusion." The certainty of rising housing prices convinced some homebuyers that high-risk mortgages weren't that risky; that draining equity to pay for new cars or a vacation was prudent. Buying into the exuberance gave people what they wanted, at least for a while.
These traits, complacency, greed, complicity, and exuberance were intertwined with concentration, the result of a natural desire to grow bigger, more important, and a dominant force in one's industry. Concentration amplified the speed and breadth of the subsequent damage to the banking sector and the economy as a whole.
Since the early 1970s the share of the banking industry assets controlled by the five largest institutions has more than tripled from 17 percent to 52 percent. These mammoth institutions were built on leverage which was often hidden by off-balance sheet financing. The equity share of assets dwindled as banks borrowed to the hilt to chase easy profits in new, complex and risky instruments and balance sheets deteriorated. Accounting expedients allowed banks to claim they were healthy until they weren't. Write-downs were later revised by several orders of magnitude to acknowledge mounting problems.
With size came complexity as banks stretched their operations to include proprietary trading and hedge fund investments and spread their reach into dozens of countries. "Complexity magnifies the opportunities for obfuscation and top management may not have known everything that was going on, especially in regards to risk and regulators didn't have the resources to oversee the banks' vast operations.
These large, complex institutions aggressively pursued profits in overheated markets, pushed the limits of regulatory ambiguity and lax enforcement. They carried greater risk and overestimated their ability to manage it and in some cases top management groped around in the dark because their monitoring systems didn't keep pace with their expanding enterprises.
A healthy financial system keeps the economy humming and we take its routine workings for granted - until the machinery blows a gasket. It was the biggest investment and commercial banks that took the first write-offs on their mortgage backed securities in 2007 and as the housing market continued to deteriorate policy-makers became alarmed, seeing the number of big globally interconnected banks involved and fearing the loss of even one would bring the whole system down.
This fear was justified as Lehman Brothers collapsed and credit markets froze forcing the government to inject billions to keep other institutions afloat. "The situation in 2008 removed any doubt that several of the largest U.S. banks were too big to fail." Exhibit 3 (large image, opens in new window) tracks the benchmarks as the system began to fall apart.
Back then there were no lists of TBTF institutions; the term did not exist explicitly in law or policy, and the term itself "disguised the fact that commercial banks holding roughly one-third of the assets in the banking system did essentially fail, surviving only with extraordinary government assistance." Most did not fail in the strictest sense however bankruptcies, buyouts, and bailouts all constitute failure. More than 400 financial institutions did fail outright between 2008 and 2011.
With the financial system disabled, the entire system spun downward into the longest recession in the post-World War II era.
In the second part of the essay Rosenblum looks at the Fed's reaction to the recession, why TBTF has stymied recovery, and what might be done about it.
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