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Local retailers anticipate a large crowd of holiday shoppers, despite an otherwise unstable economy.
Local retailers anticipate a large crowd of holiday shoppers, despite an otherwise unstable economy.
The National Retail Federation forecasted holiday sales to increase 4.1 percent to $586.1 billion this year, despite mixed signals from the public.
While two-thirds of consumers responding to a recent NFR survey claim economic burdens will affect their holiday shopping plans, statistics show 147 million consumers plan on shopping this weekend – only a slight decrease from 152 million last year.
Bastrop RadioShack manager David Bridges said his store is predicting a more prosperous weekend than last year, with weekend sales projected at $7,000.
Sales last year at RadioShack on Black Friday were approximately $4,900, and Bridges said projected sales are $5,500, a slight increase.
"Last year we had around 85 vehicles in our parking lot," Bridges said. "That is a good crowd for the area we have. People were parked on surrounding fields and all around the car wash."
Bridges said a few hot items for sale at RadioShack include: Samsung Galaxy S III, Kindle Fire, iPhone 5, 32-inch televisions and Bluetooth devices for $13.
Hours of operation have been extended to accommodate the holiday shopping frenzy, and RadioShack has extended their weekend hours until 9:30 p.m. on Saturday and 7 p.m. on Sunday.
Many holiday shoppers plan on going another route to find deals. The NRF reported an increase of 18.4 percent consumers planning to shop online this year.
Fred's store manager Susanne Dean said her store has been preparing for this weekend for over a month and expects large numbers of consumers due to the low prices offered at Fred's.
"Our Tablet devices and DuraFlame electric fireplaces are some popular items in stock now," Dean said. "We did well last year and are prepared to do just as well this year."
Steele's outlet store manager, Alisha Neel, said last year her store did extremely well due to their grand opening, but hopes this year will be just as good.
"We carry a variety of things here like clothing, home décor, toys and shoes," Neel said. "We are stocked and ready for a crowd."
Neel said Steele's weekend hours of operation have been extended for shoppers until 9 p.m. on Saturday and 7 p.m. on Sunday.
"Our best sellers right now are our boots and toys," she said. "People are getting a head start on Christmas this year."


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"Defending Mr. Disney" by Clark Judge
The weekly column from Clark Judge:
Defending Mr. Disney
By Clark S. Judge: managing director, White House Writers Group, Inc.; chairman, Pacific Research Institute
As a child, I was fascinated by Walt Disney. Not by his cartoons. Not by the Mouseketeers. Not by Davy Crocket. But by Disney himself, the creator of the company that produced all those films and TV shows. So I was dismayed two weeks ago when, as you have no doubt heard, actress Meryl Streep accused Disney of being a "gender bigot" and an anti-Semite.
Ms. Streep leveled the charges in the course of presenting a best actress award to Emma Thompson for her work in Saving Mr. Banks, which is about Disney, the children's book author P.L Travers and the making of Mary Poppins. Commentators have noted that Streep spoke midway through the voting period for the Oscars. In a Hollywood meets Washington move, Streep was, some suggest, attempting to deny Thompson that highest profile Best Actress nod, and if so, she succeeded. Thompson and her film failed to snag a single major slot on this year's lists.
Of course, Streep said the other day that she was "shocked" at Thompson being bumped from Oscar contention, "shocked," some say, in a Claude Raines Casablanca style. Ms. Streep is among the five nominees.
But what about the charges? Was Disney misogynous or anti-Semitic?
Streep quoted from a 1938 letter describing the studio's division of tasks between male and female artists. Animation, as opposed to coloring and other support tasks, was confined to men. But if that in fact was Disney's practice in 1938, it was short lived. The lead animator in Bambi, made four years later, was a woman. And assigning her wasn't a matter of finding someone could be paid less. Disney's rule was, as he put it, "If a woman can do the work as well, she is worth as much as a man."
Regarding anti-Semitism, Disney had numerous Jewish friends, business associates and employees, supported a number of Jewish charities and in 1955 was named the Beverly Hills B'nai B'rith's Man of the Year.
But here is one reason I am telling this. It happens that some of those friends, business associates and employees were the parents of friends of mine.
As a child, one of my friends played in Disney's office. His father was in charge of some critical operations at the Disney studios. His mother was the model for Snow White. When he had days at the office with Dad, he would at times be deposited in the boss' office, where one wall slid open revealing another room filled with Disney character toys and dolls. Today, on a wall at his home, this friend has on display framed Disney cartoons and animation cells, several made especially for his father and mother.
As you might imagine, my friend and his wife bristled at Streep's accusations, noting that she was recycling smears that originated with the communist attempts to take over Hollywood following the Second World War. This was the same period in which Ronald Reagan was fighting the communists in the Screen Actors Guild, first as a member of the union's board, then as its president. When Reagan said at his first presidential press conference that the Soviets "openly and publicly declared that the only morality they recognize is what will further their cause, meaning they reserve unto themselves the right to commit any crime, to lie, to cheat," he was speaking in part from his experience with Hollywood communists. Disney, my friend and his wife attest, was a target of the kind of lying and cheating to which Reagan referred.
The father of someone else to whom I am close was an investor in Hollywood in the 1950s. He was also among the Americans who provided instrumental support for the foundation of the State of Israel. He had a "radar" for anti-Semitism, I am told, and no use for anyone in whom he detected it. He knew and liked Disney and may have invested in Disney's movies.
Here is the other reason I am telling this story.
It strikes me that, in addition to (if reports are true) grotesque ambition, Ms. Streep reflects a certain warped mindset that is all too prominent in the fashionable circles of our time. I am talking about a predisposition to believe that anything iconically American is corrupt. That anyone who has achieved great things in this country did it through exploiting power differentials derived from gender and ethnicity. That nothing is deserved, except, perhaps, the fashionable circle's own fashionable achievements. That no other life's work can be credited, particularly if it comes from, say, a dirt-poor kid of itinerant parents who grew up in the unfashionable precincts of the Midwest and never received one of the fashionable circle's fashionable degrees.
Ronald Reagan was such a kid. So was Walt Disney.

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In Egypt I was told a story by a monk of St. Mina's Monastery concerning a famous Ethiopian Monk who resided in Egypt during the days of His Imperial Majesty, but have completely forgotten this Ethiopian monk's name and would appreciate some assistance in recalling it. In a nutshell, news of the sanctity of this monk was wide-spread, and as such H.I.M apparently sent some envoys to him (for a purpose I cannot recall). Upon meeting these envoys, this Ethiopian monk sent the envoys back to H.I.M with a prophetic warning to the effect of: "Tell H.I.M, that if he divides the Coptic Church, God will divide his kingdom". This was during the days prior to the establishment of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church's autocephaly, a movement inspired largely by the efforts of H.I.M. Apparently, shortly after the Ethiopian Orthodox Church's acquirement of its pursued status of autocephaly, the Imperial Family was slaughtered in the Imperial Palace.
Just for the record, only the Emperor and some of His sons-in-law died in the revolution. I highly doubt atheistic Communists would be sent by God to fulfill a prophecy.Be interested to know the monk's name though.
Ps. I hope you having good time in the motherland. Be sure to bring back plenty of photos of Abba Fanous.
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Purdue snapped a three game losing streak earlier this week when the Boilermakers beat Illinois in Champaign. In the process, Boiler guard E'Twaun Moore lent further proof to the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words.
He also gave us today's edition of Photo Hilarity of the Day.
As you can see, Moore clearly has taken to Matt Painter's credo of playing tough, physical defense. Demetri McCamey of the Fighting Illini, however, is probably wishing that Moore's defense didn't involve E'Twaun grabbing (or tickling, not exactly sure…he is from Purdue after all) McCamey in his twig and berries while the Illinois guard attempts a jump shot.
Not sure if McCamey made the shot or not – although from the look of horror on his face, I'm not sure how he'd have the concentration to do so – but perhaps we should a column in the scorebook for "cock blocks" next to actual blocks when Purdue is on town.
Here is the bigger version of the picture, with a big tip to Jimmy Traina and today's AM Hot Clicks for bringing this picture to my attention. I expect some good comments on this one.
* – E'Twaun Moore grabbing crotch of Demetri McCamey photo credit: AP via SI.com


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The sect is the Ebionites whose name is believed to derive from the Hebrew word 'Ebyonim' ('the poor', 'poor ones') reflecting their ascetic life-style, having obeyed Jesus and given all their possessions away. Some scholars think they may have been one and the same as the 'Nazarenes', also an early Judeo-Christian sect.
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As devout Jews, the Ebionites were strict monotheists and, as such, denied the divinity of Jesus, acknowledging him only as a human who, because of his righteousness, had been chosen by Yahweh as the Messiah. They acknowledged Joseph and Mary as Jesus' natural parents and never claimed Mary was a virgin or that Jesus' father was anyone other than Joseph. It was only when Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist that Yahweh 'adopted' him as his son.
Meanwhile, of course, Paul had been assiduously marketing his sect to anyone and everyone and had been keen to stress that:
It wasn't necessary to be Jewish to be a Christian;
It wasn't necessary to be circumcised;
So why was there this disagreement?
Didn't the Ebionites have the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John to read so they could see for themselves that Mary was a virgin impregnated by Yahweh, and so Jesus was a manifestation in human form of the Jewish god? Isn't that what the Bible is for - to relate the truth and settle these sorts of disputes, and aren't two of the four canonical gospels clear on the subject of the virgin birth - the only two which bother to cover it?
(And Why We Don't Know About Them) (p. 191).
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Why would a devout early sect which purported to follow the teachings of Jesus, and which appears to have arisen from the very area in which Jesus is alleged to have lived, taught and died, have the 'wrong' gospel?
The answer is obvious. They had an early form of a gospel. Possibly one of the sources of the four 'canonical' gospels, or even an earlier version of the Gospel of Matthew, before the story of the virgin birth had been added to the myth and incorporated into the Christian sect which Paul had invented almost single-handedly, and the version which 'won' the struggle to be the 'right opinion' or 'Orthodox' version when the Emperor Constantine I adopted it as the state religion in an attempt to hold his disintegrating empire together by taking control of the peoples' religions and merging them into one manageable official one.
Quite simply, the Ebionites had a 'gospel' to which a lot more mythology was yet to be added in the coming century or two to meet the needs of the priesthood and political classes, including the myth of a virgin birth to bring it into line with public expectations of the birth of gods in the Roman Empire, especially the Hellenistic Eastern part. It's an intriguing thought that James 'the brother of Jesus' and Simon 'The Rock' Peter, upon whom the Catholic Church claims to have been built by Jesus himself, may have been early founders of a sect which denied the virgin birth and the divinity of Jesus and which insisted that we can only follow Jesus if we are devoutly observant Jews.
As losers in the struggle, the Ebionites, together with their 'Gospel' went the way of all the other 'heresies' such as the Gnostics in the ferocious purge of 'heresies' which was unleashed throughout the Eastern Empire as soon as the Pauline sect won the struggle to be the official version of the doctrine we now call Christianity. So today all we know of them is in the condemnatory writings of the winners - those who wrote and rewrote their preferred versions of these 'gospels', and the odd scrap of an ancient document which had been carefully hidden by a losing sect to avoid the paranoid purge and destruction by those who were terrified of being contradicted.


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FiftyThree, maker of the Paper drawing app, is partnering with Moleskine to offer users artisan notebooks filled with their notes, sketches and ideas.
The partnership means that Paper users will be able to hit the print button within the app and send their virtual notebooks to Moleskine, which has developed a special range of books with the same 4:3 aspect ratio as an iPad screen. Within a few weeks, a specially printed book containing 15 accordion folding pages of work, on ivory matte sustainable paper, bound with either a custom-designed (or classic Moleskine black) cover will arrive in the mail.
Each printed book will cost $40 but, considering that a standard Moleskine notebook can cost in excess of $25, the pricing is actually quite reasonable, especially for something so potentially unique.
For those who have never tried it out, Paper is an excellent note-taking, sketching and illustration app for the iPad, organized around a collection of different virtual notebooks. Launch the app, pick one of the books (each of which has 10 pages) and start jotting, painting, drafting or etching. And although it is wonderfully intuitive and feels like a native Apple app, perhaps its most ingenious feature is its host of in-app purchases, because, although it is free to download and install, the basic version doesn't include the different styles and weights of virtual paintbrushes and pens needed to produce a virtual watercolor or a sketch of what the kitchen would look like if you were to knock down the wall.
Moleskine is no stranger to the analog app, i.e., the smartphone or tablet application that uses a real-world component: as well as journalist, artist and creative writing notebooks, not to mention wine and cinema diaries, the company also produces a range of books specifically for productivity app Evernote, containing pages that can be tagged and scanned as well as a range of books with a supporting app that are compatible with the iPhone, iPad, Android and even Windows Phone devices.


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Environmental News Network Published September 22, 2008 09:32 AM
As international climate negotiations move closer to including forests in the successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol, indigenous and traditional peoples realize they have either a lot to gain or everything to lose.
If industrialized countries are allowed to purchase the carbon rights of forests, groups from the Americas, Africa, and Asia fear their ancestral lands may be taken away. They worry that the benefactors of the carbon market will be governments or wealthy landholders, and not them.
At a time when their concerns should be at the forefront of debates, the venues for indigenous peoples to express themselves have so far been limited. They are granted observer status at United Nations climate negotiations, but they do not have voting rights - leading many to demand a stronger voice in the process.
"When you don't have recognized status, you're not existent. You're not at the table," said Kanyinke Sena, the Indigenous People of Africa Coordinating Committee's Eastern Africa representative.
Forests were not considered as carbon sinks in the Kyoto Protocol, but realization that deforestation accounts for almost 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions has led to their reconsideration. Industrialized nations may be allowed to offset their emissions by paying developing nations to protect their forests, known as reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD).
Several indigenous groups initially opposed REDD due to their suspicion that it would be another form of Western land-grabbing. But climate negotiators say a solution would ideally benefit the traditional stewards of the world's forests through some sort of financial compensation. As awareness grows about the potential benefits for forest peoples, some indigenous leaders are shifting towards wary support. But they still emphasize that without official land rights for indigenous peoples, REDD will likely lead to further suffering.Indigenous representatives from across the globe have joined The Forest Dialogues - a gathering of environmentalists, business leaders, financial donors, and government officials who are forming a joint policy recommendation on REDD. Their inclusion should lead to a greater presence in the REDD debate.
"This is the first time indigenous and non-indigenous groups are meeting at this type of forum," said Parshuram Tamang, the International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of Tropical Forests' climate negotiations representative and a member of the Tamang ethnic group of Nepal. "This is very important for indigenous people."
The presence of indigenous groups at the dialogues' meetings has helped shape a consensus, which although it has yet to be finalized, stresses the "fundamental importance of the free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous Peoples, small forest owners, and local communities."
Participation in the dialogue meetings, held last week at the World Bank, has also provided indigenous leaders with access to a network of influential forestry officials. Leaders of the Amazon Alliance, representatives of indigenous organizations and NGOs from nine South American countries, hand-delivered a letter to World Bank President Robert Zoellick that demanded the Bank "cease its exclusion of indigenous peoples and the violation of our rights." Zoellick told them that the bank will try to work on these issues.
The alliance's letter also accused the bank of ignoring indigenous people in a REDD pilot program that was launched in July with 14 tropical nations. "I am trying to show the World Bank that indigenous people are well organized," said Juan Carlos Jintiach, the alliance's executive co-director and a member of the Shuar tribe of Ecuador. "I don't want them to ever forget us. There are not just trees there; there are human begins there now."
Despite the criticisms, the pressence of indigenous peoples at United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meetings has increased recently, according to Steve Schwartman, co-director of the Environmental Defense Fund's international program. "More indigenous leaders are there participating as observers," he said. "There is much more discussion going on about it. Issues are slowly gaining visibility."
Also, the World Bank has held several workshops with indigenous leaders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America this year to inform them about the REDD negotiations. And the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues made climate change awareness a theme of its annual meeting in April.
But for leaders such as Tamang, being informed is not enough. "[The U.N.] should give indigenous people specialty status... because we are affected by the decision," he said. "We are the victims of climate change and we are the impact of a solution to climate change."
Ben Block is a staff writer with the Worldwatch Institute. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Hello everyone, this is my first post here so I'm not sure if this is the right area. I've been trying to post this for a couple of days now but I keep getting caught up reading all the other posts, lol. I guess that means you all have lots of great information to share so thanks.
Anyway, I'd love to see some large print florals created in the future.


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I am very happy with this initiative and congratulations for all involved... Amazon.com is always a safety benchmark. But I have question: wy this exclusive focus on the visual deficiency? What about the others? And the usability and Web Standards problem? Regards, Horácio Pastor Soares INTERNATIVA - Artigos e Negócios http://www.internativa.com.br firstname.lastname@example.com http://horaciosoares.blogspot.com/ On 3/30/07, Cynthia Waddell <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > > Everyone- > Partly in response to the NFB v. Target lawsuit advocacy, the announcement > below has been made regarding the Amazon.com website. The International > Center for Disability Resources on the Internet is posting both the > agreement and the press release at our website at www.icdri.org. > > The NFB and Amazon Agreement in particular states in part: > PART 3 - ACCESSIBILITY TIME TABLE > > A. Amazon commits to work to provide Full and Equal Access on > Amazon.com and Syndicated Store Web Sites, to the extent such access is not > already available, by no later than December 31,2007 and continuing > thereafter. > > B. Amazon commits to work to implement technical measures, to the > extent any are necessary, no later than June 30, 2008 and continuing > thereafter, so as to ensure that third parties to whom Amazon delivers > e-commerce services are not prevented by Amazon-supplied technology from > providing Full and Equal Access on their Merchant.com Web Sites. > > C. Given the complexity and scope of the Subject Web Sites, the > Parties recognize that the changes required to meet this timetable may > encounter unforeseen complications and entail solutions not yet developed. > Should such complications occur, NFB shall not unreasonably refuse to > consent to any request by Amazon for an extension of the time table set > forth above up to an additional six months. Amazon will inform NFB as soon > as practicable if circumstances arise requiring it to request any further > extensions. > > Best regards, > Cynthia Waddell > Executive Director > > -----Original Message----- > From: Region V ADA Information [mailto:email@example.com]On > Behalf Of Robin Jones > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:52 PM > To: firstname.lastname@example.com > Subject: Press Release: Amazon.com and National Federation of the Blind > Join Forces to Develop and Promote Web Accessibility > > > The following information is forwarded to you by the DBTAC-Great Lakes ADA > Center (www.adagreatlakes.org) for your information: > > Press Release: National Federation of the Blind > March 28, 2007 > > Amazon.com and National Federation of the Blind Join Forces to Develop and > Promote Web Accessibility > > BALTIMORE, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Federation of the Blind > (NFB) and Amazon.com announced today that they have agreed to work together > to promote and improve technology that enables blind people to access and > use the World Wide Web. In a cooperation agreement, Amazon.com pledged its > commitment to continue improving the accessibility of its Web site platform, > while the NFB committed to contribute its expertise in Web accessibility > technologies to help further Amazon.com's efforts. > > "Amazon has always looked for ways to provide the most convenient and > easy-to-use shopping experience for all our customers, including those who > use screen access software," said Patty Smith, director of corporate > communications for Amazon.com. "By working directly with the NFB, which has > a wealth of accessible technology experience, we'll be able to make more > improvements for both our sighted customers and those customers who use > screen access software to browse and shop the Internet." > > Blind persons access Web sites by using keyboards in conjunction with screen > access software, which vocalizes or translates into Braille the visual > information displayed on a computer screen by Web browsers and other > computer applications. If not designed properly, however, Web sites can > present barriers that do not allow the information contained on them to be > translated properly for blind users, and emerging Internet technologies are > presenting new accessibility challenges. > > "The National Federation of the Blind has long been a center of expertise in > both developing and implementing access technology to provide the blind with > the information and tools we need to integrate successfully into society," > said Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind. > > "We have developed technologies like the Kurzweil-National Federation of the > Blind Reader and NFB-NEWSLINE(R) that provide the blind with unparalleled > access to information, and the staff of our International Braille and > Technology Center for the Blind has experience in making Web sites and other > technologies more accessible to blind computer users. We look forward to > working with the developers at Amazon.com, the leader in innovation in > online retail, to perfect techniques and technologies that will make the > Internet more accessible for users of assistive technology. We are pleased > that an industry leader like Amazon.com is committed to full and equal > access for the blind on its Web sites and throughout the e-commerce > industry. This cooperation agreement demonstrates to the world that the > blind are eager to work with leading Internet companies to improve the > online experience for everyone, and also that access for the blind goes hand > in hand with continued innovation in Internet technology." > > About the National Federation of the Blind > > With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is the > largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in the > United States. The NFB improves blind people's lives through advocacy, > education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and > self-confidence. It is the leading force in the blindness field today and > the voice of the nation's blind. In January 2004 the NFB opened the National > Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training > center in the United States for the blind led by the blind. > > Source: > http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,81373.shtml > > -------------------------------------------------- > Cynthia D. Waddell, JD > Executive Director and > Law, Policy and Technology Consultant > International Center for Disability Resources > on the Internet (ICDRI) > Phone: (408) 691-6921 > > ICDRI is based in > Raleigh, North Carolina USA > www.icdri.org/CynthiaW/cynthia_waddell.htm > > See My New Book! > Web Accessibility: Web Standards and > Regulatory Compliance by Apress > at www.icdri.org/WSR_Book.htm > See also Constructing Accessible Web Sites > www.icdri.org/constructing_accessible_web_site.htm > > Is your Web Site Accessible? > Find out now with Cynthia Says! www.cynthiasays.com > Endorsed by the American Council of the Blind, > the CynthiaSaysTM portal is a joint Education > and Outreach project of ICDRI, The Internet > Society Disability and Special Needs Chapter, > and HiSoftware. > > -----Original Message----- > From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf > Of David Poehlman > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:51 AM > To: wai-ig list > Subject: Fwd: DAISY Consortium adopts accessible math specification > > > > from the web page: > http://www.dessci.com/en/company/press/releases/070321.htm > > For Immediate Release > > DAISY Consortium Adopts Modular Math Extension > > New MathML-based extension will make math accessible to students with > disabilities > > LONG BEACH, Calif. - March 21, 2007 - The DAISY Consortium, an > international industry standards organization, announced today that it > has formally adopted the Specification for a Digital Talking Book > Modular Extension for Mathematics. This development is a critical > element for integrating accessible mathematics into DAISY and > NIMAS-compliant digital content. Now that this specification has been > published, it is important for the education and accessibility > communities to begin incorporating it into textbook accessibility > requirements. > > As an active member of the DAISY Consortium, Design Science, Inc. has > been instrumental in this development. "We're really pleased to be > leading the effort to make math accessible to everyone," said Neil > Soiffer, Chair of the DAISY MathML Modular Extension Working Group and a > Senior Scientist at Design Science. "Design Science is the leading > vendor for math authoring tools. Many of these can be used to create > DAISY content and we have developed new tools to assist in the process > of creating DAISY books." > > "This is fantastic news for students and professionals with > disabilities," said Steve Noble, Director of Accessibility Policy for > Design Science. "Now that accessible math is part of the DAISY Standard, > the future is really bright for students who have been yearning to study > math and science subjects-and even make a career out of it-but have > always been hit hard by the absence of accessible materials. Now those > days are over." > > Vendors are moving swiftly to support the new specification in DAISY > applications. The specification also provides for backward > compatibility, so older DAISY players will be able to use newer content, > albeit without being able to take advantage of all the new capabilities > of math materials written to the new standard. > > Although the current DAISY/NISO Z39.86-2005 Digital Talking Book > Standard has been widely adopted by the accessibility community, the > only available method of integrating math content relied on using images > with alt text tags. Alt text tags for math equations provide only the > most limited level of accessibility and are very difficult to author in > a consistent manner. Using MathML allows all of the valuable features of > a digital talking book to work for math just as it does for literary > text, like support for large print, customizable speech, Braille, > navigation, and synchronized highlighting. > > The Specification for a Digital Talking Book Modular Extension for > Mathematics is available on the DAISY website at > http://www.daisy.org/projects/mathml/mathml-in-daisy-spec.html > > For further information, see also the DAISY Consortium Press Release at > http://www.daisy.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsId=296 > > About MathML > MathML is an XML-based language for representing mathematics that was > published as a Recommendation by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in > 1998. Since MathML captures the meaning and structure of mathematics, it > enables a wide range of applications. In addition to making it possible > to have math spoken to print disabled readers, it also enables searching > for mathematical expressions within content and interoperability with > the growing number of computational applications that understand MathML. > For more information about MathML see http://www.w3.org/Math/ > > About the DAISY Consortium > The DAISY Consortium was founded in 1996 and consists of a growing > membership of organizations around the world committed to developing > equitable access to information for people who have a print disability. > DAISY's vision is that all published information, at time of release to > the general population, be available in an accessible, highly > functional, feature rich format and at no greater cost, to persons with > print disabilities. 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Bonster needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 39 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
ID Livescan
Many companies in the healthcare, education and more require background checks from the Department of Justice and the FBI of their employees or volunteers. Our business provides a service of taking those fingerprints for other businesses. So, we are primarily a B2B service.
Our target audience will be area businesses in the healthcare and education industries but we will also need a presense that attracts the attention of individuals because while most of our business will come referred from other businesses, some will be people who are just handed a paper and told to get fingerprinted
Something that clearly conveys that this is an electronic fingerprinting business would be the primary goal. This is a fairly simple business but a good logo is going to be key as we are preparing a marketing roll out.
Previous business owner prepared the following web site if you need more to go on. http://www.idlivescan.com
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I recommend this book to people who like to vote and like Suzanne Williams books. One reason you should read my book is because it shows you how to vote in elections if you want to learn how. Another reason why is so you can see how Josh is helping people and being nice, not just to get more votes to become class repersentative. A last reason is because you can see how they don't hurt people if they don't win. This is a very helpful to teach people if they want to know how to vote, be nice, and don't hurt people if they don't get what they want.


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Get Hired Resources
Get Hired Books
The Get Hired Book includes sample resumes, cover letters, job search websites, interview help and much more. Copies of the book are also available at the Office of Career Services in Bailo Hall.
Job Choices Magazine
Click on the images below to view digital versions of the Job Choices magazines. In these magazines, you can find resume and interview tips as well as information about employers interested in new college graduates.


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Anat Wulff necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 15 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
High Tech Industry Association
This is a new non-profit professional association. We act as a hub for all high tech related industries. This includes startups, big corporations, service providers and investors, universities and government offices. Up until recently, we were the Israel Venture Capital Association, please see our website: http://www.iva.co.il.
The new association will act to progress the entire high tech ecosystem - more info can be found on the IVA website, under the new vision.
The stationary should be high-tech like, but also classic, clean. Our new logo is using blue and grey colors. the stationary should of course use the same colors although a touch of another color may also suit, lightly, such as red-wine or orange.
High Tech crowd as well as investors (angles, VCs, LPs etc) and suervice providers such as lawyers, accountants, etc.
We would appreciate a clean look, classic, although feel free to play with the colors: our logo has blue and grey. please create just blue and grey logo, although you are also welcome to make it with a touch of red-wine or orange.
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Ashton Kutcher Files for Divorce from Demi Moore
Ashton Kutcher has filed for divorce from Demi Moore. The Two And A Half Men star filed papers today (21 December) to legally end his marriage more than a year after the couple announced their split in November 2011, after six years of marriage, following his fling with Sara Leal, 22 in San Diego two months previously.
Sources told gossip website TMZ.com that Ashton waited until today to file for divorce because he was hoping to preserve Demi's dignity by giving her enough time to end things first, but grew tired of waiting when she showed no signs of making any moves to legally end their union.
According to the documents filed in Los Angeles, the 34-year-old actor has cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason behind their split and is not seeking spousal support.
But the former That 70s Show star - who has been dating his old co-star Mila Kunis, 29, for the past nine months - has not specified that Demi, 50, be denied any requests for her own spousal support.
At the time she announced her separation from Ashton, Demi issued the following statement: "As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life."
Ashton later posted a message on his Twitter, saying: "I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi. Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail. Love and light, AK."
Previous reports indicated that the former couple was struggling to reach a financial settlement but Ashton's papers suggest that their property rights will be worked out later.
Ashton and Demi, who were married in September 2005, have no children together but he is reportedly still close with her three daughters Rumer, 24, Scout, 21, and Tallulah, 18, whose father is actor Bruce Willis.
The girls are said to have recently cut ties with their mother because of her hard partying.


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(Reuters) - A gathering of U.S. Presbyterian Church elders and ministers voted on Thursday to allow their clergy to perform same-sex weddings, in a major reversal for one of the largest mainline Protestant denominations, a church official said.
The move came during a meeting in Detroit, two years after the Church's highest judicial body upheld an ecclesiastical rebuke against a lesbian Presbyterian minister for officiating at same-sex weddings in California.
A number of Christian denominations have grappled in recent years with how to address the wishes of gay and lesbian couples to marry, which is now legal in 19 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
The Presbyterian Church in 2011 removed its prohibitions on openly gay clergy and has a long tradition of baptizing children of same-sex couples.
The vote by a group of Church elders and ministers to allow clergy to solemnize gay weddings was 371 in favor and 238 opposed, said Gradye Parsons, clerk of the Church's General Assembly.
The new rules, which take effect on Saturday, give clergy the choice of whether to preside over same-sex marriages in states where gay nuptials are legally recognized, while providing local church councils discretion over whether to host such ceremonies, Parsons said.
The Church previously only permitted its ministers to bless unions between two men or two women, so long as pastors did not state or imply the couple were actually being married.
The same body in Detroit also voted to change the language of the Church's Book of Order to state: "Marriage involves a unique commitment between two people, traditionally between a man and a woman." The original passage says: "Marriage is a civil contract between a man and a woman."
That change will require the approval of local church leaders and will take at least a year to come into force, Parsons said.
The Presbyterian denomination had more than 1.7 million active members as of last year.
The Church has lost more than 500,000 members over the past decade, and Church leaders have expressed concern that an endorsement of same-sex marriage could spur an exodus of parishioners who view it as incompatible with biblical teachings.
The Church's General Assembly in July 2012 narrowly voted to reject a proposal to redefine marriage as a union between "two people" rather than as between a man and a woman.
The Presbyterian Church is not the first religious faith to allow its clergy to perform same-sex weddings. Reform and Conservative Jews, Unitarian Universalists and the United Church of Christ allow their clergy to do so, but the United Methodist Church, the nation's largest mainline Protestant denomination, forbids it, according to the Pew Research Center.
Reporting by Jonathan Kaminsky in New Orleans; Editing by Steve Gorman and Peter Cooney


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Happy Monday!
...seriously! I'm going to IKEA today. The place that dreams are made of.
Before I leave I want a chair a quick little makeover Rachel and I did the other day. We went hunting for a little something something to work on and she found an old wooden folding chair.
She already had this one that she had fixed up:
A little furniture polish, spray paint and new fabric it was good to go.
So we were happy to stumble on this little chair:
We stopped to pick up some fabric and got to work as soon as we got back to Rachel's. She worked on reupholstering while I dug out tacks and sanded down the frame.
We wanted to keep it authentic looking so we just sanded down the frame to smooth out any major dings and rubbed it with furniture polish, leaving it distressed.
We measured enough fabric and then stapled it to the seat. The existing batting was in decent condition so we kept it.
The top was a little bit trickier because it was curved and we had to do both sides, but we made it work.
First we stapled the front. Then, using the old vinyl as a guide, we cut a piece for the back and used an iron to give it crisp edges.
I was able to salvage the existing nail heads so I wanted to use those. We hot glued the fabric into place so it wouldn't move around on us then pounded the nail heads in.
We also reused the original tufting buttons. Using hot glue, we covered them with fabric. This is probably a pretty jenk way to do this haha but it worked!
We put them vertically instead of horizontally to change it up a little bit.
And the final product!
For some reason I completely forgot to take a picture of the nail head trim in the back! If you follow us on twitter I'll tweet a picture later so you can see!
I'll also be pinning my favorite things from IKEA. You can follow me/check out my boards on Pinterest here.
And! If you love Rachel's style as much as I do you can find other posts featuring Rachel here, here and here.
We also worked on a coffee table and a garden bench (both freebies) and I'll share those with you later this week.
I'm off to shop 'til I drop!


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Blades of Steel (DOS)
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DescriptionBased on the arcade game, Blades Of Steel is a hockey arcade action game (gameplay doesn't require the need to worry about statistics or provide the ability to customize teams.) Two players can play against each other, or one player against the computer. In one player mode there are single game and tournament mode options. From time to time a fight may break out, which will provide a close up view of the two players. The player has control during the miniature fight game sequence, with the loser having to spend time in the penalty box. The referee will break up fights that go on too long, and calls a few penalties such as icing. Several short clips of digitized voices are also featured.
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- "Konamic Ice Hockey " -- Japanese Game Boy title
- "コナミックアイスホッケー" -- Japanese spelling
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NES versionIn the NES version, between the second and third period of a hockey game, a quick mini game of Gradius is sometimes playable in which the player has a few seconds to try to blow up an enemy ship. There are also ads for other Konami games of that era displayed after the mini game is over.
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Ambiguous genitalia is a birth defect where the outer genitals do not have the typical appearance of either a boy or a girl.
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Alternative Names
Genitals – ambiguous
The genetic sex of a child is determined at conception. The mother's egg cell (ovum) contains an X
Normally, an infant inherits one pair of sex chromosomes — one X from the mother and one X or one Y from the father. The father "determines" the genetic sex of the child. A baby who inherits the X chromosome from the father is a genetic female (two X chromosomes). A baby who inherits the Y chromosome from the father is a genetic male (one X and one Y chromosome). The male and female reproductive organs and genitals both come from the same tissue in the fetus.
If the process that causes this fetal tissue to become "male" or "female" is disrupted, ambiguous genitalia can develop. The genitalia makes it difficult to easily identify the infant as male or female. The extent of the ambiguity varies. In very rare instances, the physical appearance may be fully developed as the opposite of the genetic sex. For example, a genetic male may have developed the appearance of a normal female.
Typically, ambiguous genitalia in genetic females (babies with two X chromosomes) has the following features:
An enlarged clitoris that looks like a small
The urethral opening (where urine comes out) can be anywhere along, above, or below the surface of the clitoris.
The labia may be fused and look like a
The infant may be thought to be a male with undescended
Sometimes a lump of tissue is felt within the fused labia, further making it look like a scrotum with testicles.
In a genetic male (one X and one Y chromosome), ambiguous genitalia usually include the following features:
A small penis (less than 2 – 3 centimeters or 3/4 to 1 1/4 inches) that looks like an enlarged clitoris (the clitoris of a newborn female is normally somewhat enlarged at birth).
The urethral opening may be anywhere along, above, or below the penis. It can be located as low as on the perineum, further making the infant appear to be female.
There may be a small scrotum that is separated and looks like labia.
Undescended testicles commonly occur with ambiguous genitalia.
Ambiguous genitalia is usually not life threatening (see Causes section for exceptions), but it can create social problems for the child and family. For this reason, a team of experienced specialists, including neonatologists, geneticists, endocrinologists, and psychiatrists or social workers will be involved in the child's care.
Pseudohermaphroditism. The genitalia are of one sex, but some physical characteristics of the other sex are present.
- True hermaphroditism. This is a very rare condition, in which tissue from both the ovaries and testicles is present. The child may have parts of both male and female genitals.
- Mixed gonadal dysgenesis (MGD). This is an intersex condition, in which there are some male structures (gonad, testis), as well as a uterus, vagina, and fallopian tubes.
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia. This condition has several forms, but the most common form causes the genetic female to appear male. Many states test for this potentially life-threatening condition during newborn screening exams.
- Chromosomal abnormalities, including
Klinefelter's syndrome(XXY) and Turner's syndrome(XO).
- If the mother takes certain medications (such as androgenic steroids), they may make a genetic female look more male.
- Lack of production of certain hormones can cause the
embryoto develop with a female body type, regardless of genetic sex
- Lack of
testosteronecellular receptors. Even if the body makes the hormones needed to develop into a physical male, the body cannot respond to those hormones. This produces a female body-type, even if the genetic sex is male.
Home Care
Because of the potential social and psychological effects of this condition, parents should make a decision about whether to raise the child as a male or female early after diagnosis, preferably within the first few days of life. This is an important decision, so parents should not rush it.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
You are concerned about the appearance of your child's external genitalia, or your baby:
- Takes more than 2 weeks to regain his or her birth weight
- Is vomiting
- Looks dehydrated (dry inside of mouth, no tears when crying, less than 4 wet diapers per 24 hours, eyes look sunken in)
- Has a decreased appetite
- Has blue spells
- Has trouble breathing
These can all be signs of
Ambiguous genitalia may be discovered during the first
What to Expect at Your Office Visit
The doctor will perform a physical examination, which may reveal genitals that are not "typical male" or "typical female," but somewhere in between.
The doctor will ask medical history questions to help identify any chromosomal disorders. Questions may include:
- Is there any family history of
- Is there any family history of
- Is there any family history of early death?
- Have any family members had infants who died in the first few weeks of life or who had ambiguous genitalia?
- Is there any family history of any of the disorders that cause ambiguous genitalia?
- What medications did the mother take before or during pregnancy (especially steroids)?
- What other symptoms are present?
Genetic testing can determine if the child is a genetic male or female. Often a small sample of cells can be scraped from inside the child's cheeks (this is called a
r absence of the internal genitals (such as undescended testes).
Laboratory tests may help determine how well the reproductive organs are functioning. This can include tests for adrenal and gonadal steroids.
In some cases,
Depending on the cause, surgery, hormone replacement, or other treatments are used to treat conditions that can cause ambiguous genitalia.
Sometimes, the parents must choose whether to raise the child as male or female (regardless of the child's chromosomes). This choice can have a big social and psychological impact on the child, so counseling is usually recommended.
Note: It is often technically easier to treat (and therefore raise) the child as female (it is easier for a surgeon to make female genitalia than it is to make male genitalia), so in some cases this is recommended even if the child is genetically male. However, this is a difficult decision. You should discuss it with your family, your child's doctor, the surgeon, your child's endocrinologist, and other health care team members.


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This is the third year that Jeremy Ross, Arkansas Extension corn and sorghum verification program coordinator, has walked and worked fields for his job. In terms of stress on the corn, grain sorghum, irrigation and spraying machinery, he says it was the easiest thus far.
"I had 10 cornfields in Craighead, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Monroe, Poinsett, Prairie, St. Francis, and Yell counties. The fields varied in acreage from 34 acres to 142 acres, all on good soils. All the cornfields were irrigated except for the fields in Yell and Johnson counties."
Among the 10 fields, 10 varieties were used. Ross typically met with farmers last winter and went through the newest corn seed update. Ross carried in a list of hybrids he liked, and the farmers had theirs.
"We talked it out and came up with a variety we both liked. Sometimes it took some compromise, sometimes they just let me pick the variety. The hybrids we chose all ended up being in the top 20 percent of those profiled."
After getting a farmer in the program, Ross waits for warmer weather and drier soils.
"As soon as it warms up and dries up enough, I go out and take soil samples. Hopefully, the results are back by planting time so we can get out the proper amount of fertilizer. I try to make sure the proper seeding rate is used along with the planting depths and the like."
Last year, it was wet early. Verification producers had some problems getting seed in because soils wouldn't dry up. That meant producers were late getting some of the fields planted — sometimes three weeks or so.
Once corn seed was planted, however, the season unfolded beautifully.
"While we didn't have to spray the verification fields, the state's crop did have some problems with chinch bugs early. A few calls on cutworms didn't amount to much compared to the chinch bugs. And a few corn and grain sorghum fields ended up being sprayed once for chinch bugs. Other than that, though, we didn't have much trouble with pests or diseases."
As the season progressed, the corn crop's potential was "just amazing. We started getting frequent showers in June, and that seemed to last well into July. It just worked out well. Other than at the end of the season, we never stressed for rain too much. On furrow-irrigated verification fields, we were typically short three irrigations that we normally apply. That was due to the rains."
Many farmers use verification fields to see how Extension does things and how that can help with the rest of their operations. Ross says watching how Extension personnel manage a field "stresses the need for timeliness in everything. Farmers know their business, but everybody can tweak situations."
Some cornfields had a couple of varieties planted. Verification fields averaged 161 bushels per acre. That was 21 bushels better than the state average of 140 bushels.
"We were actually down a little this year because of dryland fields being averaged in along with a couple of other factors. But we still ended up 21 bushels better than the state average, so that's not bad at all.
"In Craighead County, we planted Pioneer 33J57 (a Bt variety). The field was actually split in two — 20 acres had a late-season application of nitrogen we've been harping on for the last couple of years. We applied 100 pounds of urea right before the tassel emerged. The late-application side cut 134 bushels per acre. The 20 acres that didn't receive the late-season fertilizer cut 112 bushels."
Those yields might raise some eyebrows, says Ross, but this field was the victim of a late spring hailstorm that hit Jonesboro, Ark. The hail wiped out the first planting. The crop ended up being planted about five weeks past the optimal planting time. Ross is convinced the field would have done "much, much better" if the hail hadn't struck.
Other locations and varieties:
"In Jackson County, we planted Pioneer 31B13. That field cut 209 bushels.
"In Johnson County, we planted Pioneer 3223. That field was not irrigated and cut 149 bushels per acre."
In Lawrence County, Terral TV2160 was planted. It cut 186 bushels per acre.
"In St. Francis, we had two varieties planted: Pioneer 32P76 (which cut 183 bushels) and Terral TV2130 (which cut 181 bushels). The farmer who worked this field hadn't planted corn before."
Ross says he's hearing that seed of the top corn varieties is going fast. Seed is tightening up because — along with a poor harvest in the Midwest — Arkansas went from 185,000 harvested acres of corn in 2001 to 315,000 in 2002. Ross expects that acreage will be close to 400,000 in 2003.
Regarding grain sorghum, in 2001, Arkansas producers planted 170,000 acres. In 2002, they planted 230,000 acres and averaged 80 bushels. For 2003, Ross expects a grain sorghum leap to 350,000 acres or so.
"Last year, we had three grain sorghum verification fields in Clay (73 acres), Cross (35 acres) and Pulaski counties. The fields in both Clay and Pulaski counties were irrigated. The verification fields averaged 100 bushels. We used two varieties: Terral 1050 and Dyna-Gro 780B. The Clay County field, which was intensely managed, cut 142 bushels.
"The interesting thing is the Pulaski County field had 41 irrigated acres and 16 acres that was dryland. The irrigated portion cut 125 bushels and the dryland cut 60 bushels. By irrigating, the farmer more than doubled his yield. He had the same fertility across the acres and all of it was cultivated. The only difference was irrigation."
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I wrote this in an e-mail to somebody today:
...competition between open source communities was the absolute core of RailsConf's fundraising effort. Chad Fowler introduced the idea by bringing up the fact that many people in other open source communities perceive people in the Rails community as kind of arrogant, because we all think Rails is so much better than everything else. He was saying, let's show everybody that we're not about being better than other people, we're about making the world a better place. It was very much about answering the question, what do we want the other open source communities to think that the Rails community is about? The reality is, all open source projects are about making the world a better place - they're all driven by volunteers doing work for free which benefits lots of other people - so in a sense a lot of competition between open source communities is already about who's doing the best volunteer work. It's kind of a strange way to look at it, but it's being able to see a new way to look at something that enables you to do something people haven't done before, which is why RailsConf was able to raise such a massive amount for charity. Friendly competition between open source communities was the driver of RailsConf's fundraising success.
Kind of didn't realize it until I wrote it.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Why RailsConf's Fundraising Effort Succeeded
Posted by Giles Bowkett at 9:06 AM
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- AnonymousJuly 28, 2007 at 8:04:00 AM PDT
This may be the intent, but not everyone with good intentions actually does good things. Look at Scientologists. I'm sure they really think they are helping people by bringing them in.ReplyDelete
Now there's a really interesting question. Which open source movement is Scientology? (Or are you just going for daffiest comment ever? Sorry, you'll never beat the guy who posted about gods and fractals.)ReplyDelete
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Al Gore has taken a lot of heat since finalizing a deal to sell his struggling cable network Current TV to Al Jazeera, the Qatari news service.
Predictably, the backlash started on the right, with numerous outcries from the pundits at Fox News, but Tuesday on "Today," Matt Lauer pressed the climate-change activist on whether it was hypocritical for him to sell Current to a network financed by fossil-fuel money.
And last night it was noted interrogator David Letterman holding Gore's feet to the flame.
On "The Late Show" Tuesday, Gore said he and partner Joel Hyatt founded Current to "have an independent voice for news and information." Although he is "very proud" of what the network accomplished, Gore chalked Current's failure up to the difficulty of being an independent network "in an age of conglomerates."


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Ms. Solomon joined the staff of the OCC in 1995. From 1991 through 1994, she was a Deputy Chief Counsel at the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) for the management of work on regulations, legislation, and the preparation of that agency's administrative decisions in contested enforcement matters. She began federal government service in 1985 at the OTS's predecessor agency, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.
Prior to beginning her federal career, Ms. Solomon had been in private practice representing clients in landlord-tenant and domestic relations matters, as well as corporate matters for small business clients. She began her career teaching at her alma mater, the Catholic University Law School, from 1979 to 1981.
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A Whale of a Bad Time." The episode overcomes a bit of a stuttering start to deliver a highly effective mix of comedy and suspense. Donald gets one of his few chances to feature in an episode in which he is not being victimized or manipulated by outside forces, and, by and large, he makes the most of it. In his first substantial series role, Admiral Grimitz manages the tricky feat of seeming funny while eschewing the somewhat forced "kablooey!"-centered humor that would be overstressed in future Navy-focused eps. More impressively, he actually comes across as at least a semi-competent commander; in no other episode will the cry "The Navy to the rescue!" engender such a feeling of reassurance. One-shot villain Dr. Horatio Bluebottle encapsulates the virtues of the ep in miniature, being both a giggling jokester and a legitimate threat to the well-being of our heroes and half of Scrooge's fortune; in that respect, he's an interesting dogface precursor of Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers' Professor Norton Nimnul. Then, of course, there's that little spot of bother involving a "sea monster" and "ice cream."
The "shipping money disguised as ice cream" business that dominates the opening minutes really does require a substantial suspension of disbelief (which includes a suspension of the idea that HD&L really should have gotten extremely suspicious of the entire setup from the start). Between the expenses he incurred during the course of "A Drain on the Economy" and the amount of money required to build the fake factory, hire grouchy guards, and outfit robot-driven trucks, Scrooge must have employed the "Bill Me Later" gambit to the absolute hilt in order to avoid fatally falling behind Glomgold in the money-weighing contest.
And there's your most famous scene of the series right there. I don't know which is more improbable: Scrooge's head-bouncing or his ability to pull a tablecloth out from under Huey and Louie's legs without knocking them over.
one of Barks' best seafaring stories) and the introduction of Donald and Admiral Grimitz. The Ducks' use of a giant turtle to sneak up on the wrecked ship is one of those clever throwaway bits of Junior Woodchuck lore that the show honestly should have used more often (as opposed to showing us how fallible the Guidebook could sometimes be). The encounters with the Navy guards pack more punch than all of the series' "Scrooge in jail" scenes combined. Grimitz keeps the semi-serious beat going when he calmly refuses to rise to the bait of Scrooge's insults and threats. This was the ideal situation in which to introduce what would become Grimitz' permanent voice, namely, Peter Cullen's riff on John Wayne (Cullen had used a more generic "authority figure" voice for the Admiral in "Home Sweet Homer"). I don't think that even Optimus Prime could have provided a better template for Grimitz' voice, mainly because Cullen was able to leaven the impression with a healthy hint of humor. Unfortunately, later appearances by Grimitz failed to maintain the same balance of humor and seriousness in the character, opting for the "lunkheaded jingo" characterization.


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President Obama called for a delay in sequestration on Tuesday to give lawmakers time to reach a budget compromise, describing the across-the-board cuts a major blockade to economic progress.
Obama said federal employee furloughs would come at the cost of middle-class taxpayers who rely on a variety of federal programs.
"Border Patrol agents will see their hours reduced," Obama warned at a press conference in the White House. "FBI agents will be furloughed. Federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. Air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays at airports across the country. Thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off."
Flanked by emergency responders whose jobs would also be threatened by sequestration, Obama said the cuts fail to distinguish between antiquated programs with bloated budgets and essential services such as childcare and access to preventative health care like cancer screens. He added, however, that senselessness in the policy was intentional so the cuts would be avoided.
"This was all designed to say 'We can't do these bad cuts; let's do something smarter.' That was the whole point of this so-called sequestration," he said.
Obama acknowledged there is room for the government to operate more efficiently.
"In the abstract, people like the idea, there must be some spending we can cut, there must be some waste out there," he explained. "There absolutely is. But this isn't the right way to do it"
He also said sequestration harms America's ability to protect its interests.
"If Congress allows this meat-cleaver approach to take place, it will jeopardize our military readiness," Obama said, pointing out plans to deploy an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf have already been delayed due to budget concerns.
Obama called for a delay to the cuts "not to kick the can down the road, but to give [Congress] time to work together on a plan that finishes the job of deficit reduction in a sensible way."
He said such a plan should include targeted budget cuts as well as tax code reform to eliminate loopholes benefiting the wealthy, vowing to veto any legislation that "harms the middle class."


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He's earning plaudits and some funding abroad, but Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is facing embarrassment at home, where his niece has tried to seize a white-owned farm.
The Zimbabwean prime minister has not commented publicly on the apparent land grab by his relative, but sources close to the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party leader said he was "not happy" about the events – and that they risked overshadowing progress in the unity government.
Mr. Tsvangirai, who shares power in Zimbabwe with President Robert Mugabe, is currently on a US and European diplomatic tour to raise money for his beleaguered country. Britain pledged an extra £5 million ($8.2 million) Monday, after Prime Minister Gordon Brown held a landmark meeting with Tsvangirai. Mr. Brown pledged more help if reforms gained momentum, expressing concern over whether the unity government was making progress.
Tsvangirai's diplomatic entourage includes politicians from Mr. Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, whose travel bans were lifted by the European Union ahead of the first official EU-Zimbabwe meeting in seven years last week. Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since 1980, agreed last February to share power with Tsvangarai in the wake of a disputed 2008 national election.
But his niece's land claim has highlighted deep divisions between the MDC and ZANU-PF factions over one of the country's most controversial policies.
Tsvangirai opposes farm invasions, calling for the rule of law to be respected. But he has angered farmers' leaders by describing some attacks as "isolated incidents." They claim he has been powerless to prevent nearly 80 farm occupations since the unity government came into being in February.
While he plays down the farm violence, Mugabe and ZANU-PF have insisted there was "no going back."
Who has gotten the land?
Mugabe began his policy of farm redistribution in 2000, claiming he wanted landless peasants to benefit from farms owned by whites. But critics say most have gone to political allies. Of the 4,000 farmers in Zimbabwe in 2000, only an estimated 400 are left, leaving the country desperately short of food and leaving tens of thousands of workers unemployed as land lies idle.
Since last December, around 150 white farmers have faced court action for "illegal occupation" of their property while the government has ignored rulings from Southern African Development Community tribunals that say its policy was illegal.
But recently, attention has centered on Tsvangirai niece Arikana Chihombori's attempted seizure of De Rus Farm in Chegutu, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of the capital, Harare.
According to farm owner John Cremer and Zimbabwean media accounts, Ms. Chihombori, who has US citizenship and lives in the US, began the land seizure in November with the help of her sister, who lives in Zimbabwe. Since then, she has become embroiled in legal arguments about ownership of the farm.
The seizure might have gone unnoticed had Chihombori not accompanied her uncle to the inauguration of South African President Jacob Zuma last month.
After her link to Tsvangirai was established, Chihombori withdrew her land claim. However, she has told the local Zimbabwe media it was only "for the time being."
Zimbabwean media have suggested her uncle put an end to the land claim.
"Tsvangirai is not happy about the latest developments, especially surrounding the issue of Dr. Chihombori," says a deputy minister in the inclusive government who is a close confidante of the prime minister. "It was not his intention to hog the limelight for the wrong reasons, because of a relative. He thinks she is free to do what she wants, but without his name involved."
MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said his party did not condone land invasions. "We are of the view that the current status quo must remain as we take stock of the land reform in the unity government," he says. "As a party, we want action to be taken against the new invaders so that our transitional government can be credible."
A farmer's view
Mr. Cremer, the farm owner who has previously described the land seizure as "greed," said things had calmed in recent days. "They [the invaders] have left the farm and everything is back to normal," he says. "But I'm not at liberty to further comment on this issue because it has become political."
Cremer was born on the farm, which was originally more than 700 hectares before 650 were given away in 2002 under the government's land redistribution laws. The Cremers now have about 60 hectares, including buildings, on which they grow flowers and vegetables for export and local markets. Much of the distributed land is lying idle.
Commenting on the Cremer seizure, a senior ZANU-PF spokesman said: "Those who are occupying the farms were given offer letters long back. They are simply taking their positions. It is the hostile media which is portraying this as a new phenomenon.
"Our position as a party is that the land reform is irreversible and we support those who are taking up their farms if they have offer letters from the relevant authorities. The land reform is not just benefiting black farmers but white farmers, too."
However, the Commercial Farmers Union says it is losing faith in the unity government.
"The same government that destroys the production goes begging for support we don't really need," says Deon Theron, the union's vice president. "Put us back on the farms, and we will start producing again."
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The Federal Maritime Commission announced today that Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye has been sworn in as a Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2010. Commission Dye was nominated to her second term by President George W. Bush on July 12, 2005, and confirmed by the Senate on July 22, 2005. Commissioner Dye originally assumed her duties at the Commission in December 2002, after she was nominated by President Bush to serve the remainder of the term that expired in June 2005.
Commission Dye has an extensive background in maritime matters. For fifteen years, she served as a Committee Counsel in the U.S. House of Representatives. Between 1995 and 2002, she served as Counsel to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; from 1987 to 1995, she served as Minority Counsel for the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. Her prior work includes assignments in the Maritime Administration of the Department of Transportation, and the United States Coast Guard.
Commissioner Dye graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1974, and earned a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1977.
Commissioner Dye resides in suburban Maryland with her husband David Dye and their daughter Caroline.
Commissioner Dye states that she looks forward to a second term working with her fellow Commissioners and the Commission staff. She also expressed her commitment to providing a secure and fair market environment in which the ocean transportation industry can operate.
Chairman Steven R. Blust stated that both the Commission and the industry benefit from Commissioner Dye's reappointment. "Commissioner Dye has always been recognized for both her expertise and her dedication to service."
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Amarillo and Area Troops Wishing Their Loved Ones Merry Christmas [VIDEOS]
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I originally ear marked the 4100 model as "the one" I wanted to purchase when my stock system bit the dust. It took longer than anticipated for that to happen, and I'm kinda glad it did. Having BT built in and no longer requiring a SEPARATE unit is a nice touch, and I think the functionality of the Pioneer head units have come a long way in that time, as well. In the short time I've owned this unit, I've been impressed with all aspects of operation. Get in the car in the morning, start the car, put the phone in the holder, get everything situated, and my music is ready to play via BT connection. No more auxiliary plugs and wires, crystal clear sound, great volume, and very easy to use. CDs sound great as well. I have yet to try the DVD option out, but I'm certainly not worried about it due to how well everything else has worked so far. I connected the HU to an Alpine 4 channel amp and have plans of utilizing a similar Alpine D-class subwoofer amplifier in the future. Going from having a stock system that required turning the volume knob 3/4 to full just to hear the sound, to having plenty of GREAT music at a fraction of the volume range is tremendous. I'm excited to have this head unit in my car and can't wait to put it to good use on long car rides.
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