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The Microwave XTk is a keyboard version of the powerful Microwave XT. It's a great big orange polyphonic performance synthesizer with 49 full sized velocity sensitive keys. There are 44 rotaries of knob-laden heaven and lots of control. All of the knobs transmit MIDI information as well! It's perfect for performance and studio work.
The Microwave XT synthesizer engine is relatively the same as the Microwave II and Wave synths that came before it. Digital wavetable synthesis and FM synthesis in which waves are mixed and combined into new sounds. The Microwave XTk can easily emulate the sounds of the PPG wavetable synths as well as create squelchy acid-303 lines or boomy Moog bass.
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Danielle Wright traces a well-worn path to the Kitekite Falls, with a history lesson along the way.
"Mummy, we're late for an adventure," says our seven-year-old son as he races from the crowded carpark at Steadfast Park, a short drive from Piha township.
He doesn't get far, stopped in his tracks at the very start of the walk by a super-sized stump, a reminder of Piha's milling history. It's hollowed out in the middle and a dozen children are running in and out, as well as climbing up its side.
We finally convince him this isn't the adventure we're looking for and follow the signposts through Waitakere bushland towards the falls. Along the way, there are historic spots, such as remnants of a railway line, where six full loads of logs were hauled up and over the hill to Karekare each day, at the mill's peak.
Nearby is a bridge and if you walk across it, you'll see lovely old black and white images of men chopping kauri trees by hand, as well as a bush ball in the Piha mill hall where men stand to attention, women sit with hands folded on laps and one boy covers both ears with his hands. If only old photographs had sound.
Back on the main track, we come to a crossroads and take the Knutzen track (named after Piha mill manager, Hans Peter Knutzen).
It's a very steep walk and when our 4-year-old spots a big dog coming down the hill she says she needs an "all-of-the-walk cuddle", which means I carry her the rest of the way.
It feels as if we're walking through history, and the views across the ranges are spectacular from the height, but the lack of big old kauri trees is noticeable.
The shade from the smaller trees is welcome relief and we listen for the rushing water of the falls. Instead, it's so noisy with people, it sounds as though we're about to enter the local leisure centre for a swim.
Heading down the last few pebbled steps, we watch water bursting down the rocks and feel its cool comfort on our hot feet.
A little girl nearby tells us: "The water is super-cold, nearly as cold as an ice cube."
Although the watering hole is very crowded, not many are swimming, apart from a few brave souls under the veil of the waterfall, cheering themselves on.
You can almost taste the feeling of aliveness they must be feeling in the invigorating water. Next time we will bring our togs.
Today, we watch in wonder at the three-tiered waterfall dropping 40m via six drops to the pool where they shiver below.
At the top of the falls, a dam was once used to drive logs over the falls down to the mill, but only once, as all the logs smashed with the force of the water.
The name Kitekite is thought to be a mis-spelling of ketekete. In an attack to avenge the murder of his father, a man named Tamaro signalled a surprise attack on a group of visitors from South Kaipara by clicking his tongue - ketekete - hence the name of the falls.
Despite the inhospitable origins of its name, Kitekite Falls is an awe-inspiring walk through the Waitakeres with impressive height and views, culminating in a spectacular waterfall at the mid-way point. Every Aucklander must do it at least once, but just don't expect it all to yourself.
Enter the Kitekite Falls track from Glen Esk Road, Piha. Afterwards, stop at the Piha Store, a local institution opened in 1945, for Nice Blocks, organic Fair Trade ice blocks, pies, pastries, coffee and soft drinks. Hours 8.30am to 5.30pm, 26 Seaview Rd, Piha.


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Reanae McNeal's "Don't Speak My Mother's Name in Vain," a one-woman play about the intersection of sexual violence in the lives of African-American women, will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, at Forbes College Black Box Theater.
McNeal has been published in national journals such as "Sisters Across Cultures" and "Running Deer Press." Her other plays include "Brown vs. The Board of Education," "Slave Shout" and "Black Women in Transition."
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In a tribute to this special two hundredth anniversary, the Fenice will host recitals on the birthday of Wagner, May 22, 2013.
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On May 30, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, led by head conductor Christian Thielemann and featuring tenor Johan Botha, will perform at the Teatro La Fenice. The performance represents the only Italian stop on a Wagnerian tour which will visit Dresden, Paris, Vienna and Venice. The Programme will include five overtures and three major tenor scenes which premiered in Dresden or Weimar: the Overture to the Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), the Faust Overture, the Overture and Rienzi's prayer from Rienzi, the Prelude and Grail Narration from Lohengrin, and the Overture and Rome Narrative from Tannhäuser. Furthermore, the concert will feature the Italian premiere (and second-ever international performance) of Hans Werner Henze's Isoldes Tod (Isolde's Death) and a version of Tristan und Isolde rearranged for orchestra. The 2012 work was commissioned by the Salzburg Easter Festival (where it received its world premiere on March 26, 2013) and the Dresden Staatskapelle in honour of the two hundredth anniversary of Wagner's birth.
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This is a big week in the world of patents. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, a case about the eligibility of computer-implemented inventions. The outcome of this case has big implications on the future of software patents, the often broad and vague patents stockpiled by trolls and tech companies alike.
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Many problems with the patent system—from the explosion in patent trolling to the wasteful smartphone wars—can be traced to the flood of software patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). These patents are often both broad and vague and are the favorite tool of trolls.
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Not a terribly large amount of this going on, beyond the fact that I get to show someone how to read data records that span multiple lines in Perl. Other than that, I've automated enough stuff that I'm comfortable with my system. It's a very odd feeling not wanting to make any massive improvements on my systems. More RAM would be nice, but that's minor.
We broke all sorts of heat records today, and with the advent of summer comes one particularly annoying plague and one happy event. The happy event, of course, is ladies finally coming out from under the layers of sweaters and jackets. The annoying plague is the corresponding swarm of shirtless guys everywhere, reminding me that I really did need to be working out over the winter. So I walked down to the river and then did some work on the stair machine. Not much, but maybe it will have an effect after a month.
Other than that, not terribly much is going on. I'm an exceptionally boring person at times, and this is one of them. I'm still wondering if or how much I've fucked up with Emilia. The opportunity to talk to her just hasn't presented itself, so until it does or I manufacture it, I guess I'll have to live in mystery.
I'm really enjoying the nightly walks to the river, as they give me a chance to talk with friends, find out what's going on in their lives, that kind of thing. I was informed that I was sending "mixed messages" this past summer. It figures, since my motivations were pretty mixed as well. I guess one lives and learns, neh?
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I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
I would also love to meet Thomas Sowell, George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, Michio Kaku, and Stephen King...to name a few.
Bush and Dole, more so because of their roles in WWII and after!
May the force be with you.
Attended a talk by Bill Gates, who focused on world disease control, math and science education, and philanthropy. He was somewhat funny, but mostly serious and on-topic.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
I was watching Dr. Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine on Youtube last night. I went to high school (and probably junior high) with him. My best bud in elementary school was T Lewis (then Tommy) illustrator of Over the Hedge.
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My wife went to one of the same High School's as Marilyn Manson, she grew up in his home town of Canton, OH, though she is about 10 years younger.
My uncle went to school with Michael Biehn in Lake Havasu, AZ.
I met Danny McKnight a while back (as in LTC McKnight of Black Hawk Down played by Tom Sizemore).
I've also met several SW actors of course from various conventions, Jeremy Bulloch was about the nicest one, beaten only by Zachariah Jensen (Kit Fisto EP II). One night during C3 a bunch of us were camped out over night to get in early the next moring and he just came over and hung out with everyone, I believe we were across the street from the hotel most of the celebs were staying at. I also met and shook hands with Rick McCallum during that outing.
I've also had the opportunity to go see 2 different sitting U.S. Presidents, but passed...I'll not name them.
Depending on how things go this weekend I may get the chance to meet a former Secretary of Defense.
I shook hands with Mike Huckabee during a book signing.
May the force be with you.
I've met quite a few Star Wars celebs at the conventions. My favorite stories involve them interacting with my daughters. We were talking to David Prowse (who was sitting down) and the lady who plays Mara Jade, Shannon McRandle(I think she was Shannon Baska then). I had my two daughters with me who were very young and Shannon was playing with my youngest when Peter stood up. He scared the living daylights out of both of them because he was so much taller than them. My oldest started crawling up my leg and my youngest burst into tears. Shannon then picked up my youngest while I calmed down my oldest. Shannon said to Peter,"sit down Peter you're scaring these babies." He immediately sat down. It was too funny. When we met David Prowse he was signing the photo of Darth Vader and Katie(my oldest) said, you're "who haw?" That's what she called Vader because of the sound that his breathing makes. Prowse busted a gut when she said that. I also liked meeting Bodie Taylor the 20 something clone. My brother and I were talking with him about his role in Johnny Lingo. A remake of a film produced by Bonneville & BYU. We asked him if he knew the Haka, a Māori dance. And he said of course and he even danced for us. It was awesome.
I ran into, almost literally, Tommy Lee Jones at Central Market in San Antonio.
My biggest and favorite star meetings was actually at my own home. The door bell rang and I went to go answer the door and standing in front of me was Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz. My dad ran a photography studio out of our home. He came to get photos done for the Miss South Jordan pageant. He was the master of ceremonies. We have a split level home and had to go downstairs to the studio. He had to bend over so he wouldn't hit his head. He is huge and his arms are massive. He looked at all my dad's work and talked to us like we were old friends. I asked him to sign my high school yearbook. I saw him over a month later and I had my dad ask him if he'd mind taking a picture with me and Malone said, " of course I'd love too. John, come over here man!" I was totally floored that he remembered my name. I mean how many people does someone like that meet in that time frame? Has to be a alot. I've been a die ard fan ever since.
Didn't meet her, but I just talked to Carrie Fisher. She was doing an interview with the Baltimore NPR station so I called in and asked a question.
Went to a Dimitri Martin comedy show at a local college's theater this week. While I didn't meet him, per se, he made us all feel like he was talking to us personally. And using more profanity than I expected. But the "smart" college students had apparently never heard of the concept of encores, as most got up to leave rigth after he FIRST walked off stage.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Was at a talk and book signing with former Jeopardy! champ, Ken Jennings tonight. Very personable, interesting speaker. And there he is, behind a table, signing stuff!
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Well, I've gone from playing around with my website to playing around with The Gimp. It seems to be a nice program, it certainly is the best image processing package I've ever used, but that isn't saying much.
I've been surprised by some of the Gimps limitations. I have one image in particular that is 13000x12000 (a scanned blue print). I found that the Gimp is able to do things with these large drawings better than ImageMagick's "convert" program because it tiles the drawing and intelligently manages the swap. Unfortunately, the drawing is too large for my machine and I was forced to do only one operation at a time via the Gimp's batch mode or I would run out of disk space. (My largest partition only has about 1GB free, and the Gimp wanted more than that if I tried to work "interactively").
Well, I soon found out that the batch mode to Gimp is not the greatest. There are even comments on the mailing the Gimp mailing lists saying that you should use "convert" instead.
Next, I found out that the Gimp doesn't handle running out of disk space very well. If you accidently hit the wrong key (Ctl-X instead of X), the Gimp will suddenly need an extra 500MB of swap, and if it can't get it, it will go into an infinite loop creating small dialog boxes. This, of course, will eventually use up all of the swap and kill the X Server.
The drawing needed some touch up work done, such as retracing arcs and lines. However, I found that the Gimp doesn't have as many drawing primatives as I was expecting. Lots of great special effects via script fu, but trying to trace an arc by selecting three points is almost impossible to do. The Gimp documentation says to use XFig, but that really doesn't cut it.
Anyway, I like the Gimp, but it isn't as hot as I was lead to believe by all the hype.


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Hi I'm new here, and probably considered a neophyte at Head-Fi -
however I have long favored listening on headphones - that is back to the days when they were those big clunky things that covered ones ears.
Eventually I purchased a pair of the now legendary Sony MDR-V6 - after reading Consumer Reports sometime around the mid '80s, just after they first came out. They may be a bit too bright for my current tastes, but still sound really good, with good but not intrusive extended bass - and those had been my benchmark since.
I flirted with various earbuds because I like the compact carrying size and by taking advantage of the ear cavity - those tiny speakers can manage to produce such good bass, mids and highs weren't much of a problem - but obviously there were plenty that were pretty brittle and harsh, especially at the low price end.
However I found the Philips HE591 which became the SHE5910 - and I really liked them - seemed for the low price pretty well balanced with good bass extension - I thought I may have preferred them over my Sony MDR-V6.
Then I found Head-Fi.org and am extremely grateful for ljokerl Multi-IEM Review.
So I tried those highly recommended bottom priced IEMs -
first the Brainwavz Beta - they were everything the review said they were and I could tell they were better than the Philips SHE5910 that I had been using (but not by much for my ears).
Just when I was getting used to the Brainwavz Beta - everyone started talking about the Monoprice 8320 - what at $7-8? WoW! I just had to try those - in fact bought two pairs just because it worked out cheaper that way (at just over $8 each shipped) - and yes, another incremental improvement - although they were even more sensitive to microphonics - but wearing over-ear helped mitigate that - they weren't bad - but less comfortable. But hey! great sound quality for $8?
Hardly catching my breath, when I saw people talking about these Philips SHE3580 - and found Joe Bloggs' thread Philips SHE3580 IEM review--how can something sound so good for $10???
So I had to try a pair, found some for $6 shipped....
Boy! am I impressed (no EQ) - the bass extension/sub-bass is unbelievable at almost any price, much less for a $6 pair of IEMs.
The Philips SHE3580 actually revealed that the test track I had been using to compare headphones did not have much sub-bass! "The Lazarus Heart" by Sting from "Nothing Like the Sun" CD.
I found fairly quickly a great live recording downloadable (free & legal) from Archive.org that had plenty of bass extension - Robert Walter's 20th Congress Live at The Boom Boom Room on 2007-10-11 - tracks are available in Flac as well as vbr2 mp3. If you don't want to wade through all the tracks try this short one: Almendra (4:53) - 30.9 MB (Flac) or 7.2 MB (vbr2 mp3) - the bass by Chris Stillwell along with Eric Kalb's bass drum are great, with easy extension into sub-bass.
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Following the Catholic money trail. Spoiler alert: It leads to discrimination.
If you grew up on the South Side of Chicago, you went to mass every Sunday. Not so much because you were super into Jesus & His sidekick, The Pope, as much as it was just the thing you did. There was a community aspect to the whole thing – seeing what everyone was wearing, if so-and-so showed up without her husband and the implications of that, to find out if that girl from Chemistry was out of her goth phase yet – but generally it was just obligation. Sunday afternoons were for the Bears, but Sunday mornings were for the Lord. And when that collection plate came around, you reached into your pocket and threw in a few bucks, not caring where the money went – maybe they could get the clergy some new robes or build a new statue out front – but believing it was the right thing to do.
Blindly trusting the church with your money is no longer possible. As this report from the Human Rights Campaign reveals, the church isn't exactly in the cathedral-building business and dolling out priests' salaries anymore. During the previous election cycle, the Roman Catholic Church spent nearly $2 million to fund campaigns for anti-same sex marriage bills in Minnesota, Maine, Maryland and Washington. (All losing efforts, mind you.) That's money parishioners threw into the pot thinking that maybe they could have built a new homeless shelter, or gotten some extra workers for the soup kitchen, or, hell, even gotten a better quality of wine to stand in for Jesus's blood. Instead, it went right into continuing the spread of discrimination and trying to put a halt to tolerance.
Catholics, keep that in mind the next time the collection plate gets passed.
Onto the roundup!
- Israel and Palestine are pretty much officially at war right now, after Hamas started launching missiles and Israel decided to blow up Ahmed Jabari, Hamas's military leader. While it's tough to place the blame entirely on either side – it's simply the latest escalation of "eye for an eye, bombing for a bombing" that's been happening for years – Israel has seemingly taken it a step further by using their Twitter feed to taunt their opponents, which certainly can't be considered in the realm of "peace-keeping". This isn't going to end well. Or, really, end at all, ever, seeing that this fight revolves around which people like God more.
- In Beverly Hills, a suspicious package with some anti-Semitic slurs written on it shut down the area while the bomb squad took over. Turned out to be nothing.
- On Instagram? You can now follow "Dronestagram", a single-serving feed that showcases satellite photos of where America's drones have dropped their insurgent-and-sometimes-just-innocent-bystander-killing bombs.
- Egypt's Coptic Christians finally have themselves a new pope, Bishop Tawadros. What's worth pointing out here mostly is just how they came to decide that Tawadros would make the best representative of their religion: They had a blindfolded boy pick a name out of a bowl. No. Really.
- A few weeks ago in Pakistan, a 77-year-old school principal was thrown behind bars after a piece of homework given out at his school contained derogatory references to the prophet Mohammed. A mob subsequently burned down the school. Since, the teacher's been released on bail, which seems like a good thing on the surface, but being unleashed freely into that powder keg may be more dangerous.
- A book blogger for a conservative magazine was fired after writing a post where he urged the GOP to change their stance on gay marriage.
- A Florida student's parents accused a teacher of turning their daughter into a lesbian. The sickest part of the story is the revelation that the student's father was apparently bullying his own daughter on Twitter after he found out about her sexual orientation.
- Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old dentist who was 17 weeks pregnant, was admitted to an Irish hospital with some back pain a few weeks ago. After it was discovered the pain was due to her pregnancy, she asked for an abortion. Three times. Doctors refused, saying Ireland "is a Catholic country". A week later, both the fetus and mother died. This is that "mother's life in danger" scenario that Republicans (and electoral losers) like Joe Walsh don't believe are real.
- Speaking of abortion, a new study's about to be released that tracks women turned away from getting abortions – aptly named "turnaways" – to see what their lives are like, and comparing them to women who did get abortions. The first-released findings include evidence that suggests no long-term mental health consequences for women who get abortions, that later-term abortions are actually safer than childbirth, and that women who carried unwanted pregnancies to term were three times more likely to be below the poverty line two years later. Yikes.
- That whole General Petraeus not being able to keep it in his pants scandal? According to Pat Robertson, it's really the fault of "extremely good-looking" Paula Broadwell, who used her charms to woo the former CIA director. "He's a man," is Robertson's excuse, which is simply another link in the religion equals sexism chain.
- Ta-da! The former wife of GOP congressman Scott DesJarlais, someone who is stringently opposed to abortion, has had two abortions herself. DesJarlais was part of the decision-making process both times.
- A Taliban spokesperson pulled the nightmare scenario that's haunted the dreams of anyone who's ever worked in an office by sending out a mass email with the addressees in the CC section, not the BCC.
- Super-Christian Uganda is trying to push their anti-homosexuality bill through Parliament before the Christmas break. If passed, it could mean the death penalty for anyone convicted of "aggravated homosexuality."
- Oh, let's wind down the week with this gem that has, for whatever reason, been making its way around the blogosphere again: A segment from a 1984 episode of Today about a woman and her haunted toaster. It. Is. Incredible.
- And Our Person of the Week: The writer who goes by the pseudonym Stella Forstner, who's writing a series of stories for TheHairpin.com, wherein she goes into what it's like growing up as a Scientologist. Part one and two are up now, and definitely worth checking out.
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Out of the 12 walmart exclusive figures, are most of them repacks? I'm debating if it's worth even picking these up.
Out of the 12 walmart exclusive figures, are most of them repacks? I'm debating if it's worth even picking these up.
This thread pretty much covers it, but the cliffs notes version is that 6 of them are new - Aurra Sing, G8-R3, Gungan Warrior, Mawhonic, Ric Olié, and Naboo Pilot. Aurra Sing, Gungan Warrior, Mawhonic, and Naboo Pilot will be re-released on Vintage cards later this year, though possibly without some of their accessories. The others are all repacks - Darth Maul, Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, Yoda, Destroyer Droid, and Tusken Raider. The Destroyer Droid's shield is less blue than it used to be, but otherwise it's a repack.
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I saw this wave, minus the droideka and G8-R3 today. Of the new ones, I had no interest in Aurra Sing; the old one is fine, and I don't need the added elbow articulation, especially at $9. Really, folks, she just stands there and doesn't even look that cool in the movie. I couldn't bring myself to get the Naboo Pilot, either, since it's identical to Ric Olie from the neck down.
I did pick up the Gungan Warrior, Mawhonic (waited almost thirteen years for that bad boy!), and Ric. I couldn't pass on Ric, knowing that he is so incredibly bad*** that Hasbro is afraid of the effects on the space-time continuum if they release two figures of him within twelve years of one another and aren't re-releasing him. Tycho, you should smell him; he reeks of Jack Daniels and sheer bad***ery. One sniff, and you'll be knocked out for three days and wake up in a strange bed with fourteen naked women.
That's my jacket!
I heard that Ric Olie also comes with a patent leather vest, his "Old lady," and a brandy glass full of brown m&m's (or else Ozzy won't go on stage!)
"I take orders from just one person - ME!"
When I saw Ric I wanted to say "Ole!" In 3-D, too! But instead, I took him from the peg, and then purchased him from a cashier's line.
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Over the 33 years that Trinity Rep has been staging A Christmas Carol, many actors playing Ebenezer Scrooge have growled and grumped, cantankered, and curmugeoned around the stage. Three women have worn his scowl, and for the past dozen years there have been two Scrooges in two casts, as though so much meanness (and eventual redemption) was too much for a single, frail human being.
Each actor has put his or her own spin on this dervish of a role, and we all have our acting favorites. But for me — and I've been enjoying the permutations since the early 1980s — the physical personification has always been Tim Crowe. Tall and properly petulant. Lanky and cranky.
He has taken on other parts in the annual event as well, being a professional chameleon.
"I played Christmas Present; I played the undertaker's man; I played a solicitor," he says. "I narrated it all the way through and played all the spirits in a production that Brian McEleney did — I'd say about 10 years ago. And I played turkey boy in that rendition as well. So I've covered the waterfront."
He estimates that he has stormed around as Scrooge 13 or 14 times, first in the late '80s. And what has changed for him on stage in all those years?
"Frankly, delight in doing the role," he says. "The first few times you do it it's really very deceptive. It takes a tremendous amount of energy and focus, and the big stuff comes at the end with the reclamation, the high energy.
"A lot of the time, Scrooge is watching people that affect his life, so you have to be completely focused on those scenes and what's happening and how it's affecting him," he continues. "So the whole thing that 'acting is reacting' becomes very prominent. It takes a great deal of focus and concentration to maintain that throughout the performance. I was weaker in the earlier renditions that I did, but now I'm very much nailed into it and have a delight in doing it."
Much of his enjoyment has to do with being unleashed emotionally — this is a 19th-century melodrama, after all. "They had to fill a house — no microphones or anything, so that the acting was very much vigorous. And this is the approach that I've taken.
"So it needs an energy, a type of energy that's very much out there. Charles Dickens wrote characters that were basically in primary colors," he elaborates. "Christmas Carol is basically a parable. There's not much layering; there's not much Chekhovian subtlety."
Crowe has also been in the director's chair for a Trinity Rep production, directing Howard London in 1983.
"Howard is a very gentle soul," he recalls. "And as a director, I tried to work with the grain of the wood. It was a Scrooge that early on wasn't as cruel as I played him. If you play Scrooge you've really got the [early] office scene to set him up, the beginning of the journey, so we've got someplace to go."
And how does he feel about Trinity doing a single show instead of doubling up, hoping to fill all those seats?
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Got off work a little over an hour ago and I'm ready to get a few things done today. First off is going back through everything and getting all my facts straight.
Things I need ASAP from everyone.
-confirmation that the editor/anime/song list on the first post is correct. Never mind the beta or final end part just if everything is right and spelled right.
-the character you want as your avatar to be sent via pm or just mentioned on the forum. I have a few name and characters already down some where I just have to go through and find it. I think I only had 3 editors who chose characters.
at things are reorganized it's a pain staking look at the intro. Always had problems getting it to work. Lets hope it works this time.
Remember folks, I'm hoping for things to all be turned in in time for me to have this done before the new year. It's going to be a chore but hopefully worth it.


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I am… and you can follow me here: @DuncansCityRide
Over the past few months I've started following cyclists, bike companies and a dozen or so interesting people on Twitter. While I try not to get sucked in to the 140 character messages and start following every account I find, I've come across some great new cycling products and ideas on Twitter.
A few days ago, pro skateboarder Tony Hawk sent this tweet:
@tonyhawk thumb down gesture @ bad driver more effective than a middle finger – a bad review instead of a hostile scream.
While I try to keep my cool when an over-caffeinated driver is honking at me from their SUV because I've chosen to take the lane on a dodgy strip of road, it's possible for even the most zen of us to lose our cool.
I do find that eye contact often ends the honks, yet there are times when I feel more of a message must be sent to end the situation. That's when a thumbs down could come in handy.
Of course, any gesture can be taken as an act of aggression, so use it wisely. No one likes to hear when they're at fault and when those people are behind the wheel of a 2-ton beast, you don't need to egg them on any further.
If you want to find more cycling-related Twitter accounts, then check out the people and companies I'm following @DuncansCityRide
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A great day at Goblin Valley State Park in Utah. Unfortunately the shutter did not reset fast enough on a few shots to record so they were skipped. Gigapan Stitcher is unforgiving about missing images so ICE by Microsoft was used to stitch. I'll try context healing in PS to see if I can 'fill in the blanks' and if it works upload another one.


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Julie joined Scrap Girls in February 2010. She is active in the Games Forum, swaps, challenges and chats. She's quick to offer prayers and encouragement. Thank you so much for making Scrap Girls the fun and friendly purple place that it is!
Julie will receive a $10 gift certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique and has the honor of wearing the Member of the Month blinkie!
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this thread is so well done, it sucks ! We need a concise list of all the players, their various star rankings, who they have committed to and who is on their "short list"
One of the most enjoyable players to watch on the football field is the dominant defensive lineman. These players make life miserable for Quarterbacks, Running Backs, and Offensive Coordinators as they ruin gameplans by beating just about any blocking scheme or misdirection the offense can throw at them. Class of 2018 DL Jamal Shearin is one of those players. The 6'1" 285 pound Shearin is a load in the trenches; He's big and strong enough to bull rush through double teams, and quick enough to slide outside and beat offensive tackles in pass protection, Shearin has the talent and the versatility to line up anywhere on the D-Line.
"I need to work on my technique, staying low, not letting the Offensive Lineman get his hands on me," said Shearin. "Most of my goals are just technique-based."
One of Shearin's goals is to play D1 college ball at one of his dream schools- LSU, Alabama, or Oregon. He loves the defensive identity those schools have and all 3 have a successful program for sending defensive players to the NFL. Shearin works out every day in his efforts to get better in the offseason. He works on his conditioning and lifts weights to hone his athletic gifts to the max. There's no doubt Shearin has incredible upside and a bright future ahead of him. For now, he's just a hard working beast of a lineman who enjoys having fun playing the game he loves, and doing what he loves most- hitting Quarterbacks. "I think that should be a field day for any Defensive Lineman," he said. "Getting to the QB, there's nothing better than that."
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Live Large For Less in Delhi, Dhaka, Karachi & Mumbai
The survey conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) compared more than 400 individual prices across 160 products, including food, clothing, transport, rents and private schools.
India and Pakistan's cheap labor and land costs are making the area "attractive to those bargain-hungry visitors or investors willing to brave some of the security risks that accompany such low prices," the survey said, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
The Swiss city of Zurich remained the world's most expensive, Tokyo was the runner up, with Singapore now listed as the world's 9th most expensive city. Singapore was listed as the 6th most expensive last year, but remarkably was ranked 97th in 2001.
Here's how EIU describes the world cost of living survey methodology:
"More than 50,000 individual prices are collected in each survey, conducted each March and September and published in June and December. EIU researchers survey a range of stores: supermarkets, midpriced stores and higher priced specialty outlets. Prices reflect costs for more than 160 items in each city. These are not recommended retail prices or manufacturers' costs; they are what the paying customer is charged. Prices gathered are then converted into a central currency (US dollars) using a prevailing exchange rate and weighted in order to achieve comparative indices. The cost-of-living index uses an identical set of weights that is internationally based and not geared toward the spending pattern of any specific nationality. Items are individually weighted across a range of categories and a comparative index is product using the relative difference by weighted item."
The cheapest cities on the EIU list are dominated by Asian and Middle Eastern cities. The latter of these is due, in part, to the use of price controls and the pegging of currencies to the US dollar. The former seems to have a more structural basis, with cheap labor and land costs making India and Pakistan incredibly attractive to those bargain hungry visitors or investors.
Currently, there are over 300 foreign multinational companies, including American and European companies, with operations in Pakistan. And more are coming every year in spite of ongoing security concerns and current economic slowdown. Almost all big international brand name American and European companies operate in Pakistan.
Here's an excerpt from a US government website on America's commercial presence in Karachi, Pakistan:
"U.S. firms have a strong presence in Pakistan. More than 70 wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries are registered with the American Business Council (ABC) and American Business Forum (ABF) in Pakistan. There are also hundreds of local firms representing U.S. firms in the market. Leading U.S. businesses in Pakistan include Citibank, Pepsi-Cola, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, NCR, Teradata, Pfizer, Abbot, Eli Lilly, Wyeth, DuPont, Oracle, Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, Chevron, 3M, IBM, Apple, Monsanto, McDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut, Dominoes Pizza, and Caterpillar.
Despite security challenges and common emerging market concerns about intellectual property rights (IPR) protection, contract enforcement, and governance issues, the Pakistan market offers many attractive trade and investment opportunities in a broad range of sectors: among others, energy (power generation); transportation (aerospace and railways); information and communications technology; architecture, construction, and engineering; health; environmental technology; agricultural technology; safety and security; franchising; and services."
Jon Copestake, the editor of the EIU cost survey report, explained that these cheap cities "have been cheap for a long time." "Even though local inflation is high, it's coming from a very low base, so it's only a slight rise in the cost-of-living index," he said.
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Real estate in bombay and delhi is way too more expensive than karachi or lahore. This is because the rich of these places are way too richer than any place in Pakistan. Also some Indians might feel proud of it I am not as a normal middle class family cannot afford it.
- February 16, 2012 at 4:57 PM
- Riaz Haq said...
Anon: "Real estate in bombay and delhi is way too more expensive than karachi"
The EIU suvey includes cost of real estate and shows Mumbai and Delhi are only slightly more expensive than Karachi.
Delhi and Mumbai may appear to be expensive to you and other locals because of high local inflation but the EIU report editor explains that "even though local inflation is high, it's coming from a very low base, so it's only a slight rise in the cost-of-living index" when compared with other major cities around the world.
- February 16, 2012 at 5:11 PM
My friend was in India recently. At a Kolkata book fair he was surprised to see Imran Khan there. IK was there to promote some book he had written. IK also spoke in a meeting. One of things he told to Indians "pls invest in Pak real estate as it is very cheap".
- February 17, 2012 at 1:09 AM
- Riaz Haq said...
Anon: "IK also spoke in a meeting. One of things he told to Indians "pls invest in Pak real estate as it is very cheap"."
I didn't know that Imran Khan also plays a real estate agent inviting Indians to buy in Pakistan. Maybe that's his side business.
- February 17, 2012 at 8:20 AM
- satwa gunam said...
Real estate of India is being funded by the illegal money of the politicians and bureaucracy and goondas. Price in any city of India has not come down but for Bangalore due to oversupply than demand. It is further aggravated by the tension in the software industry. For middle class house in India is a very far dream. It is being used by the powerful politicians to make the large population as slaves for their lifetime for a house.
- February 17, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Actually IK wanted indians to invest in Pakistan and this came off that.
You see he has already appointed himself as next PM of Pakistan and one the things he has in agenda is to suck up to India (note that he has already told that he will promote good relationship with India).
- February 17, 2012 at 9:09 AM
IK is a known sucker for India. About 5 yrs back in a TV interview he has clearly told that India is miles ahead of Pakistan when during his playing days it was the other way around. He was of course talking in favor of democracy and hated Mushy.
Also Riaz can you change the verification process on the blog which forces the user to type words. Of late the words are angled so badly that they are undecipherable. Is that in your control ?
- February 17, 2012 at 9:12 AM
It would be hard to live large in Karachi because it is also in the top ten list for "most dangerous" due to terrorism perhaps.
Last issue of the Econmist highlights the myriad of issues facing Pakistan today. That doesn't mean India doesnt however. You tend to blog with a heavy bias against India which is fine but it is a bit distorted.
- February 18, 2012 at 7:46 AM
- Riaz Haq said...
Singh: "Karachi because it is also in the top ten list for "most dangerous" due to terrorism perhaps."
There are certain neighborhoods of Karachi which are dangerous, just as there are dangerous areas in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. But overall, Karachi is no more dangerous than other major cities of the world with large population...especially in developing countries.
- February 18, 2012 at 8:40 AM
- Riaz Haq said...
Here's an APP report on proposed revival of Karachi Circular Railway:
The ECC which met here under the chairmanship of Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh was informed that Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has already agreed to provide 93.5pc ($2.4 billion) of the estimated cost through soft loan at a markup of 0.2pc payable in 40 years including 10 years grace period. The remaining 6.5pc ($169.6 million) will be borne by the Ministry of Railway (60pc equity), Government of Sindh (25pc equity) and the City District Government Karachi (15pc equity); the stakeholders of KUTC as per their share.
The track of the KCR will be 86 km long with 27 stations to be built around the city.
This important project will be a milestone in improving the quality of life of the citizens.
The ECC also approved the summary with special appreciation for the Ministry of Railways, the Government of Sindh and Karachi City Government for their efforts to get approved the most economic and viable project of Circular Railway for Karachi.
The ECC also discussed various agenda items of national importance. The following decisions were taken in the meeting;
At the outset of the meeting the ECC members offered special prayers for departed soul of Senior Minister of the KPK Government Mr. Bashir Bilour who lost his life in a terrorist attack in Peshawar recently.
The ECC prayed to Almighty God for resting the departed soul in eternal peace and for granting courage to the bereaved family to bear this precious loss.
Ministry of Railways moved a summary seeking the approval of the ECC for waiver of on-lending charges to Karachi Urban Transport Corporation for the Project "Revival of Karachi Circular Railways as Modern Commuter System".
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has already agreed to provide 93.5pc (US$2.4 billion) of the estimated cost through soft loan at a markup of 0.2pc payable in 40 years including 10 years grace period.
The remaining 6.5pc (US$169.6 million) will be borne by the Ministry of Railway (60pc equity), Government of Sindh (25pc equity) and the City District Government Karachi (15pc equity); the stakeholders of KUTC as per their share.
The track of the KCR will be 86 km long and 27 stations will be built around the city.
This important project will be a milestone in improving the quality of life of the citizens.
The ECC approved the summary with special appreciation for the Ministry of Railways, the Government of Sindh and Karachi City Government for their efforts to get approved the most economic and viable project of Circular Railway for Karachi.
The ECC also approved a summary by Ministry of Railways for changes in the composition of Business Express.
Ministry of Railways submitted a summary for ECC approval back in July 2012.
- January 2, 2013 at 9:52 AM
- Riaz Haq said...
Here's a Dawn report on scuba diving in Karachi:
Meet Yousuf Ali of the Karachi Scuba Diving Centre (KSDC) and his daughter Rosheen – both teach people how to scuba dive and snorkel in Karachi. A breezy hour-long drive from the city and on towards the Mubarak Village is where the duo take Karachi's adventure seeking crowds.
From Mubarak Village, people are taken to Charna Island on a boat, where they can experience diving, snorkeling and exploring the extensive marine life the Arabian Sea has to offer. However, as Ali explains in the video, the operations of an oil refinery are about to start in the area, which might just destroy this marine haven.
The KSDC has been in existence for the last 30 years, they promote environmental protection of all kind, especially underwater protection, and take groups for reef cleaning and conservation of the extensive coral reef life down below.
Recently Ali has worked with the WWF to catalog the different kinds of species the sea has to offer – they have compared the species cariation off the coast of sandy beaches versus rocky beaches in the country as well.
View the video to see exclusive footage of the various fish species, corals, plants and other marine life and hear the stories of beginners, amateur and veteran divers of the city.
- January 24, 2013 at 8:04 AM
- Riaz Haq said...
#Karachi, #Mumbai, #Delhi among cheapest major world cities to live in. #India #Pakistan
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- May 10, 2015 at 7:06 AM
- Riaz Haq said...
49 of world's 50 most violent cities in #Americas plus #CapeTown in #Africa. No #Pakistan cities. http://econ.st/21TcZ3x via @TheEconomist
THE thorny task of comparing crime rates across the world is tricky because legal interpretations vary. Sweden's definition of rape is not the same as America's, for example. Murder however should be easier to record because there is an identifiable victim, something that can be counted. But the way in which this is done in poorer, often more corrupt countries makes truly comparable statistics hard to pin down. Where there are inefficient public health systems or police, it is even harder. It is in such places that best estimates must be made—Venezuela is a case in point. We recently reported the latest annual ranking of 2015's most violent cities in the world (excluding war zones) by CCSP-JP, a Mexican NGO. The report placed Caracas, Venezuela's capital, at the top of a list of 50 cities (with populations of at least 300,000) with the highest homicide rates.
Crime statistics in Venezuela have not been officially measured since 2009 however, and are underreported according to experts. Where no official figures exist, CCSP-JP is transparent in its methodology: for Caracas it counted bodies from the city morgue (which covers a larger area than the city itself) between January and August, discounted a percentage attributed to accidental deaths, and extrapolated an amount for the full year to get a rate of 120 homicides per 100,000 people. The approach is obviously open to error and several groups have challenged some of CCSP-JP's findings. One, the Igarapé Institute—a Brazilian think-tank on security and violence—compiles statistics on murder rates in countries and on more than 2,100 cities with populations of 250,000 or more, compared with the CCSP-JP's 'hundreds'. Their data are only gathered from primary sources such as government, police or vital registration data, and from recognised sources such as the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime. In the above chart we present an alternative ranking which includes Igarapé's findings using figures no older than 2013.
The broad picture in the rankings is roughly similar, however. Latin American and Caribbean countries suffer disproportionately compared with elsewhere, mainly because of inequality, poor rule of law, impunity and corrupt institutions that are infiltrated by drug cartels. Only two countries outside the region feature on either chart, South Africa and the United States (the list's only rich-world country). Two US cities*—St Louis and Baltimore—appear on the latest ranking compared with four previously. The good news is that there has been a general decline in violence across the world everywhere except in Latin America. And even within the region, many of the worst cities in Mexico and Colombia are not as bad as they once were. Yet that is cold comfort to the residents of El Salvador, Honduras and Venezuela.
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Full Text of Report (297K PDF)
Publisher Council on Foreign Relations Press
Release Date January 2014
12 pages
The United States ran historically large trade deficits during the 2000s and accumulated large debts to both official and private foreign lenders. This development has raised doubts in many quarters about the United States' ability to play its leading role in the global financial system and concerns about the burdens of U.S. international indebtedness for future generations.
Deficits in U.S. petroleum trade have been equal to a large fraction of the imbalance between U.S. imports and exports. Yet as of early 2014, U.S. oil trade deficits were projected to decline considerably, leading to claims that the overall trade deficit will decline sharply too.
In this Energy Report, Robert Lawrence argues that, though falling imports could have significant short-term effects, any improvement in the oil trade balance is likely to be offset in the long run by deterioration in other parts of the U.S. trade balance. Using a mix of theoretical analysis and empirical evidence, Lawrence argues that, in the long run, the United States will need to turn to other levers to substantially reduce its international borrowing and bring its trade into balance.
The United States has recently run historically large trade deficits. Between 2000 and 2012, the cumulative total of U.S. spending on imports of goods and services exceeded U.S. export earnings by $7.1 trillion dollars. Although Americans have also enjoyed capital gains on their foreign assets, they have nonetheless accumulated large debts to both official and private foreign lenders. This development has raised doubts in many quarters about the United States' ability to play its leading role in the global financial system and concerns about the burdens of U.S. international indebtedness for future generations.
Deficits in U.S. petroleum trade have been equal to a large fraction of the imbalance between U.S. imports and exports. Between 2000 and 2012, the cumulative total of U.S. trade deficits in crude oil and refined petroleum products amounted to $2.87 trillion, 40.5 percent of the cumulative deficits in all goods and services over the period.1 And oil's role has increased in importance over the time: in 2012, for example, the trade deficit in oil was equal to 55 percent of the overall trade deficit in goods and services.
Yet U.S. oil trade deficits are likely to decline considerably. Remarkably, the possibility of the United States actually eliminating net oil imports can no longer be dismissed. (The latest long-term Annual Energy Outlook of the U.S. Energy Information Administration [EIA] includes a scenario with zero net U.S. imports.2) Stimulated by high prices and technological developments, domestic oil production is expected to grow. Domestic demand, meanwhile, will grow modestly or even decline because of increased conservation spurred by tougher fuel-economy standards, high oil prices, and the substitution of other sources of energy for oil.
Given the significant role oil has historically played in U.S. trade deficits, many observers are predicting that a strong move toward oil self-sufficiency will lead to large declines in the overall U.S. trade deficit.3 Indeed, holding everything else constant, eliminating a large negative entry for oil in the balance of payments accounts would lead to smaller totals for the trade deficit. Similarly, cheaper U.S. energy (notably natural gas) could make some types of U.S. manufacturing more competitive, cutting manufactured imports and boosting manufactured exports. But the premise that other things will remain constant is invalid.
Table 1. Findings
Absent other changes in the economy, I show in this paper that a decline in net imports of oil and energy-intensive manufactured goods is likely to be offset by greater net imports in other goods and services. In the long run, the changes in oil and non-oil trade balances could well cancel each other, leading to little or no change in the overall U.S. trade deficit. In the short run, though, the conventional wisdom could have greater validity, since the offsetting effects are likely to be smaller, leading to a decline in the overall U.S. trade deficit. Moreover, as U.S. oil imports fall, sudden changes in the price of oil are likely to have less of an effect on the U.S. trade deficit than they have had historically, making the U.S. trade deficit less volatile. Ultimately, though rising U.S. oil production will yield broader economic gains, its benefits for the long-term U.S. trade deficit have been overstated.
This implies that the economic concerns about growing U.S. international indebtedness, and the geopolitical concerns about the U.S. dependence on borrowing from countries like China, will not automatically be alleviated by oil self-sufficiency.
1. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Table 2a Trade in U.S. Goods, U.S. Department of Commerce. Accessible at http://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?reqid=6&step=3&isuri=1&600=3#reqid=6&step=3&isuri=1&600=3.
2. See U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2013, DOE/EIA00383 (Washington, DC: Department of Energy, April 2013).
3. See, for example, Edward L. Morse, Eric G. Lee, Daniel P. Ahn, Aakash Doshi, Seth M. Kleinman, and Anthony Yuen, Energy 2020: North America, the New Middle East?, Citi GPS: Global Perspectives & Solutions, March 20, 2012.


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Family: Aplodontidae, Mountain Beavers view all from this family
Description An odd, medium-sized burrowing rodent with small eyes and ears and long whiskers and claws. The fur is dark brown, and there is a pale spot below each ear. Somewhat resembles a giant pocket gopher. The tail is short and furred and head has a distinctive triangular, flattened skull with high, conical cheek teeth.
Dimensions 24-47cm, 19-55cm, 0.8-1.2kg
Endangered Status The Point Arena Mountain Beaver, a subspecies of the Mountain Beaver, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in California. As with so many other animals, the mountain beaver's endangered status followed the degradation of its habitat. The usual culprits can be named, including development, livestock grazing, and logging. Because the remaining populations are isolated and small, threats such as predation by other animals (including pets), poisoning, trapping, and other disturbances, can have a significant affect on the overall numbers, as an entire population can be exterminated quite easily.
Breeding After mating early in the year, a single litter of 2 or 3 is born in the spring after a gestation period of about a month. The young remain in the natal burrow throughout the summer, although lactation lasts only about 2 months. The young then disperse in the fall, and establish burrows of their own.
Habitat Lakes, ponds, rivers & streams, Forests & woodlands
Range Southwest, California, Northwest, Western Canada
Discussion Also known as Sewellel. Thought to be the most primitive rodent species and placed in its own family. Although it rarely ventures far from its 15cm burrow entrance, it can climb trees in search of food. Strictly vegetarian, it is known for eating plants such as rhododendron and stinging nettle that other animals typically avoid. Extensive burrow systems include a toilet chamber. Typically remains underground in winter, eating cached foods. They are coprophagous, reingesting soft fecal pellets to maximize nutritional value from stored food items. The sole member of the rodent family Aplodontiidae. Also called mountain beavers, but they are neither montane nor aquatic. Nocturnal and secretive, and essentially solitary. Maximum lifespan is about 6 years. Endangered in California. Spends most of its life in underground burrows dug into the soil of moist forests with densely vegetated understories.


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November 2, 2011
Why is Halloween so much fun?
If you're a kid, you get free candy and get to dress up and essentially play all day and night. You get to watch horror movies and act out in the darkest way possible without getting arrested (for the most part).
But as an adult?
I'm going to warn you right now. I'm about to get all philosophical up in this post.
At some point, we stopped enjoying life. We go to work, cash a paycheck, and go about our routine. We'll watch a television show or learn a hobby to pass the time, but we seem to have lost the spark of being able to play and enjoy life. This has to do with work and time as much as anything, and it's not like we couldn't make an extra hour in the day if we really wanted it. It's just inconvenient. We work and act professional, and for most people this "professionalism" bleeds over into everyday life.
We become the suit we wear. The formality becomes normal.
And then Halloween comes around and we can wear a mask or a costume that, ironically, usually tells us more about us than anything else. Mary wanted to dress up like a bloody clown because she likes to creep people out. I dressed up like a calaca because I enjoy the mythology and symbolism of Dia de los Muertos.
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It's odd, but a lot of people get to be themselves more on Halloween than any other day. They let loose. It's like they're drunk without the hassle of drinking. There's a general feeling that you can do anything on Halloween and it doesn't count, so you get to see who is reserved, who is really a freak, and who likes to show off.
Maybe I'm over-analyzing it, but I think more adults need to just loosen up and have fun. Do something childish. My dad is a consummate professional in everything he does, but get him to a car museum and he turns into a little boy in a candy shop. I'm almost thirty and I work as an educator and freelance writer, but yesterday, my fiancée and I watched Tom and Jerry yesterday for a good hour.
Grow old. Just don't grow up too much.
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And now, to make up for the lack of articles in the last two weeks, here are some links made of awesome. Enjoy!
- As far as costumes go, going as a fully-functional camera is pretty sweet. Going as a spider-rider is even cooler. Going as an 8-foot tall Elite from Halo? You, sir, are awesome.
- However, the best costume has to be Princess Vader. It's so cute and epic it's on a level on its own.
- Here are some other epic costumes that also deserve honorable mention.
- I used The Lorax when I worked in the Indiana Reading Corp. It really opened the kid's eyes, but I'm not sure the movie is hitting the right notes in the trailer.
- You think you're a badass? Try walking out of a moving vehicle and shooting a car so it flips in the air and lets you grab the occupant inside while the flying vehicle falls to its crunchy doom. Without flinching
- The airwaves are full of scary things. Like Jersey Shore. These broadcasts, however, are much scarier for other reasons.
- Movie monsters come in many flavors, but this handy chart will help you keep them in order.
- I loved watching the Treehouse of Horror specials, but they seem to have gotten kind of lame lately. When I read this ranking, I was glad I wasn't the only one who thought so.
- I said everyone needs to calm down and just have fun with Halloween. It seems even Planned Parenthood got in on it. They released a very important memo about the dangers of vampire sex. And yes, it's exactly what it sounds like.
- Carving a pumpkin with a knife? Standard. Carving a pumpkin with explosives in a science lab? Like a BOSS!
- You think Halloween is creepy and scary movies are gory and unnerving? Try Halloween a hundred years ago. The costumes back then were pure, unleaded nightmare fuel.
- These guys pulled the perfect prank. It's creepy, unnerving, they caught it on tape, and they managed to not break any laws. Behold the horror of Timmy!
- And finally, let's get over Hump Day with a little metal. And Halloween. Halloween metal!


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Head of White House faith-based initiatives office speaks, April 27
Posted April 18, 2001; 02:58 p.m.
John DiIulio Jr., director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, will speak at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 27, in McCosh 50. DiIulio, a widely published expert on faith-based social programs, criminal justice and government reform, will lecture on "Compassionate Conservatism," especially as it relates to his new position in the Bush administration.
A former Princeton professor of politics and public affairs, DiIulio was a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania when President Bush tapped him earlier this year to head the first federal office intended to promote the integration of religious groups into federally financed social services.
The creation of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives was a signature campaign issue for the president that has drawn criticism from groups that advocate a strict separation of church and state. However, legislation directing government funds to religious social service programs already has been introduced in Congress, and hearings will take place later this month.
The speech, part of the John Olin Foundation Lectures on the Moral Foundations of American Democracy, is sponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.
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By Sheena Barnett/NEMS Daily Journal
CORINTH – Black History Month will continue into March in Corinth.
The city is honoring the month with two exhibits by black artists, as well as with a play and history exhibit.
The Corinth Artist Guild Gallery is hosting a watercolor and drawing exhibition by Arkansas pastor and artist Edward Wade Jr. through the first week of March, said the guild's president, Sonny Boatman. Wade's work includes portraits of his family, landscapes and more.
The gallery, located at 507 Cruise St., is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
The gallery is also sponsoring an exhibit of paintings by self-taught Tupelo artist Billy Clifton at the Corinth Public Library.
Clifton's work will be on display at the library through March 16.
It's free to see both exhibits, and donations are accepted at the gallery.
The Corinth Welcome Center has a collection of display boards from the Corinth-area African-American Historical Society, as well as paintings by Clifton and more black artists.
Corinth Theatre-Arts will present "Gee's Bend," a play about a remote black community on the Alabama River set in the 1930s.
The play will be presented at 7 p.m. March 8 at the Crossroads Playhouse, and it's free, with donations accepted, Boatman said. The Macedonia Baptist Church Praise Team also will perform at the production.
The Corinth Black History Museum is usually only open one day a week, but it will expand its hours during February.
The museum will be open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday – Friday and will host a Student Day 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 23.


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Marked weight advantage over other graphite rods
Split-handle design for weight reduction
Extremely lightweight and sensitive, the Skeet Reese Micro Honeycomb rod delivers unparalleled performance without sacrificing rod strength and durability. Three separate layers of 100% high-modulus carbon are wrapped around a high-density graphite core, reinforced by woven fibers, and bound together by resin. Blanks and micro guides are engineered to work together to increase sensitivity, feel, and casting accuracy with a substantial weight advantage over normal graphite rods. Advanced Guide Placement ensures superior casting performance. Large fighting butt delivers optimum performance and durability. One-piece with split-handle design for weight reduction.