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The 2008 farm bill debate was packed with claims that funding would be tight and the resulting legislation would be crafted to reflect the reality of diminishing U.S. treasure.
Early debate on the next farm bill is being built upon the same rhetorical foundation, although the funding priorities being pushed — rural development pushed by the Obama administration and crop insurance/commodity program reforms by politicians and advocacy groups — have changed.
This was evident during a two-panel, May 13 House Agriculture Committee hearing (squeezed in between numerous field hearings around the country — for more, see Farm bill 2012: farmers weigh in and No-payment-limit farm bill?) with testimony from agricultural economists and professors.
"I've been a fairly strong advocate of reforming the crop insurance program," said Texas Rep. Randy Neugebauer. "Back home, when I talk to my producers, it isn't working for them even though we're investing a substantial amount of resources." One proposed remedy "is to convert the whole crop insurance program to a county program. … Would that be a revenue program? Yield-based?"
It could be either yield-based or revenue-based, replied Bruce Babcock, director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University.
"The yield-based would work pretty well because we have futures and options markets out there that allow most crop farmers to manage their price risk. It's difficult to manage their yield risk.
"The reason I suggest the first layer of coverage would be at the county level rather than the underlying farm level is because a lot of the risk is represented at the county level. A lot of the farm-level risk is represented by movements in the county yield.
"County yields are very easy to calculate. The National Agriculture Statistics Service does them every year. So, the administrative costs of that are far lower.
"And I think a lot of farmers would find they wouldn't need supplemental coverage."
One problem with a revenue-based program is that "when the price is very high, you're providing a tremendous amount of coverage," said Babcock. "So, even if the price moves from a 'very high' level to a 'good' level you could still be on the hook for lots and lots of payments."
(For panelists' written testimony, see http://agriculture.house.gov/hearings/statements.html.)
Regarding the revenue program, "one of the things I heard from my area is that bankers wouldn't let (growers) sign up because it wasn't a guaranteed thing," said Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, chairman of the committee. "They wanted to hang on to the loan because they knew what it was.
"It seems to me we could craft revenue (legislation) so it has some kind of guarantee with it. I would ask you to help us figure out how to do that. I think we need to go with a county average."
Darryl Ray
Darryl Ray, economist/director of the Agriculture Policy Analysis Center at the University of Tennessee, urged the committee while writing the next farm bill, not to be lulled into thinking "$3 to $4 prices for corn — and corresponding prices in other crops — are going to be the future. I'm not convinced. One of the things we need to do when looking at policy, is how it affects all the stakeholders at the extremes when we have extremely high and extremely low prices. Because if history has taught us anything it's that we will have both."
For proof, just look to the last decade," said Ray. "In 1998 through 2001, we had extremely low prices and, of course, prices exploded about 10 years later.
"I want to talk about some of the specific types of programs and how they might react to those extremes. There's a lot that can be said positively about the ACRE program. But when prices are very high, the ACRE program does the best job of providing benefits to farmers. Therefore, it would cost taxpayers potentially a considerable amount of money."
On the bottom side, "I'd argue we don't have the same protection with ACRE. If prices fall … the safety net drops with the prices. At some point, there would be very little, or no, protection, at all.
"In some cases, ACRE is a 'revenue smoother' over time. It's not a consistent provider of counter-cyclical protection. We need to take that into account."
Ray pointed to some analyses — "some of which look at the current price picture and others look at averages from 1980 on" — that tend to indicate ACRE would be beneficial to farmers. "But what I'd want to look at is how it would have performed in 1998 through 2001, with low prices.
Exports were also on Ray's list of talking points. "One of the reasons we've gone to the payment-type programs in agriculture is because of the export-centric narrative. We believe the supply management and price-support programs we once had were preventing us from keeping our customers. And if we lowered the price, they'd run right back.
"The other aspect is there are a lot of folks saying that population growth and income growth across the world will make agriculture prosperous and that will happen anytime now. But over the last 20 years it hasn't happened. In fact, if you take the total tonnage of the three major crops (wheat, corn and soybeans), we're actually exporting the same amount today that we did in 1980. And, as a percentage of production, it's been going down."
Ray made four additional points:
• Don't think that exports "will save us."
• Excess capacity is likely to return.
• It is possible to see lower prices again — "like $2 corn. There's nothing to stop it and we don't have the kind of protections in place that we've had in the past. If conditions are right, it could indeed happen."
• It is "unreasonable" to believe that complete freedom of trade in the world would allow the scuttling of farm programs. "That kind of activity would change the nature and structure of agriculture."
To read the complete version of this story, see the May 28, 2010, issue of Delta Farm Press.
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Laura Ann says goodbye
Finals are over, summer break has begun, and I am home from SWOSU as a sophomore in college.My mom came up the day before my last final to help me pack and move out of my dorm room so that I could focus on studying, and it was so nice of her. It's incredible how much you can stuff in a tiny room because my mom and I had two cars full of my stuff to bring home. As soon as we got everything loaded, it began to rain, and as soon as we hit the road it got worse. Decent-sized hail, hard rain and reports of tornado sightings were among the obstacles we had to face and it took us twice as long to get from Weatherford to Oklahoma City as usual. We pulled over about four times to let the hail stop, but once we made it to the city, it was clear all the way to Poteau. I had to stay on my mom's tail to stay together, but we finally made it. Once we pulled into town, it was late and I was so glad to be almost home. I was even met with flashing lights just as I got into town, but unfortunately they were in my rear-view mirror.I've never been pulled over by a police officer before, and my mom had no idea that I was being stopped because she couldn't see out her back window. I calmly pulled my car off the road and rolled my window down, but as soon as the police officer asked me how I was doing, I just lost it and the hysterical waterworks of post-finals stress began.I don't think the poor guy understood a word I said, but I found out he pulled me over for tailgating my mom. I explained the day I'd had and, fortunately, he sent me home without a warning or a ticket or anything, for which I am extremely grateful. It wasn't the happy homecoming I had pictured, but it did make for a funny story when I did finally make it home.With the end of this school year, I have been reflecting on all the things I accomplished and learned, and all of the moments that brought me to here. I've got to keep focusing and preparing myself to apply for pharmacy school next spring.With that, I would like to announce that I will not be continuing my column on a weekly basis. This isn't a goodbye forever, but just a so long for now. I hope to write columns here and there, but after more than five years I feel like it is time for me to move on.I cannot express how grateful I am to have had the opportunity to write my experiences, thoughts and feelings for you the past several years. It has been such a blessing to receive all the positive feedback and know that I have such support in my community. Some of you have been reading this column since I began back in the 8th grade, and you have watched me grow up and become the young woman that I am today. Sitting down every week to reflect and share has been such a positive and one of a kind experience. I am able to read back on my old columns and get a little glimpse into my high-school and even middle-school mind and how it developed, week by week. Thank you everyone who has followed along on this journey with me, and thank you to those who have supported and encouraged me along the way. The thoughtful e-mails from all of you have been such a pick-me-up this year while I was away at school. Keep a lookout for me, because I'll be popping in here and there, so as always ...Later,Laura Ann

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My first few minutes spent playing Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception in the game's multiplayer mode was dedicated to making my Nathan Drake and my Victor Sullivan look different from all the other Drakes and Sullys I was fighting against. I put a fisherman's hat on Sully, gave him a blue Hawaiian shirt, decked him out with rings. My Drake wore aviator sunglasses and wore a brick colored shirt, half-tucked, of course.
This was just one of the things that made Uncharted 3 feel different from its predecessor and made my player character feel more personal, more customized. I toyed with different weapon load outs—Uncharted 3 multiplayer supports up to four—and new mods for my guns. I preferred more accurate aiming for my pistol, a faster rate of fire for my AK-47.
I selected my Boosters, the player perks that make a character heal faster, respawn more quickly, or carry more ammo. I breezed through the long list of Boosters, the ones unique to my player, the others that tap into the game's new Buddy System and the one-time use Medal Kickbacks that turn collectibles into power ups.
Uncharted 3's customization options were a highly entertaining diversion while I waited to join others in Three Team Deathmatch (that's 2 vs. 2 vs. 2) and eight-player Free For All. But none of that customization was as enjoyably time-killing or addictive as Uncharted 3's better than ever multiplayer modes.
We had access to just two maps during our hands-on time with Uncharted 3 multiplayer: Airstrip and Chateau. If you've followed Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, you're likely familiar with the latter. It's based on the single-player level that's been showcased for its fire effects.
The Chateau, a blown out mansion with a sprawling courtyard, burns in multiplayer like it does in single-player. Maybe not as dramatically, but you'll see that building go up in flames. Outside, there are mounted turrets and treasure chests. It's filled with great sniper perches, but is also laced with pathways that let players sneak up on each other.
Airstrip is unique for its cinematic introduction. The multiplayer map starts with a chase, with players riding in trucks that race down an airstrip in pursuit of a huge cargo plane. Here, players leap from truck bed to truck bed, hoping to make their way to the cargo bay of that plane where they'll have a better defensible position. Trucks explode and roll chaotically. A plane occasionally strafes that runway with gunfire. After a brief cut scene, players will be transported to the second half of that map, an airfield with tighter quarters, dozens of hiding spots and plenty of upward mobility.
Oh, and occasionally, that pesky plane will strafe the airfield. Like the trucks, it's not player controlled, simply an environmental hazard that can very easily lead to your death.
In Airfield, we got a sense of how instrumental the Buddy System, Uncharted 3's cooperative incentives, will be to gameplay. You'll always be able to see your buddy's location on the map, thanks to a unique identifier (a green square that shows their position). Perhaps the most useful aspect of the Buddy System is the option to respawn at their location, provided they're not currently engaged in combat with another player.
Three Team Deathmatch highlights the usefulness of the Buddy System, a mode that encourages players to stick together, to strategize as a pair and to high five over the slain bodies of your enemies.
Players can also tap their buddy to help them earn more ammo or medals, one of the currencies in Uncharted 3 multiplayer. Those collectible medals, which can be secured through treasure chests and other means, can be spent on Medal Kickbacks. I tried out Smoke Bomb, which with a tap of the d-pad upward, lets you vanish in a puff of smoke, should you find yourself outnumbered.
I also tested the Carpet Bomb Medal Kickback, which lets you toss three grenades at once. Others let you double your cash earnings or curse other players. (There's a long list of Medal Kickbacks, Boosters and Buddy Boosters, which we've listed out at the bottom of this post.)
Uncharted 3 multiplayer is quickly addicting, heavily customizable stuff. Mechanically, it's not that different from the multiplayer feature set of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Much of the action still plays the same, but is now complemented with new features like the Buddy System, environmental destruction, load outs and weapon mods. (Yes, you can still pick up weapons dropped by foes or nestled in certain spots on maps, but you may want to pick up better modded guns for a tactical advantage.)
During my hours with Uncharted 3 multiplayer, I never got a chance to experience the game's new Power Plays. They're the late game modifiers that will intervene during big score blowouts, granting the leaders a chance to earn more cash and the losers a chance to catch up. But since most of the matches I participated in were relatively close, all I saw were Overtime rounds and Sudden Death last man standing moments. Both were thrilling, white knuckle additions to already tense games.
Another aspect of the game we didn't get a chance to see much of were the Treasures and Missions multiplayer components. Players can collect dropped treasures from enemies and chests to unlock new items, including customization pieces for their character, emblem shapes for tags and weapons. Missions are bite-sized and long-term tasks that players can complete over the course of minutes or days, unlocking special rewards.
For the Uncharted fan, the next game's multiplayer mode will likely represent an even more addictive, more deeply personalized experience, built on the rock solid foundation created for Uncharted 2. You'll get a chance to play Uncharted 3's multiplayer mode as early as June 28, when the online beta kicks off for PlayStation Plus subscribers and owners of Infamous 2. The beta goes wide on July 5.
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception comes to the PlayStation 3 on November 1, 2011.
For the record, here's the list of currently available Boosters as seen in the playable demo. They're probably subject to change by Naughty Dog.
Booster Slot 1
- Come Here - See the opponent that killed you up to 15 meters until they die
- Let Me See - Every two deaths allow you to see all opponents for 8 seconds
- Regeneration - Recover from wounds 70% faster
- Beast Mode - Move faster with heavy objects by 10%
- Scoped In - Reduce pain wobble while scoped in
- Fleet Foot - Move faster while aiming
- Retaliation - Spawn with limited ammo when killed with a Power Weapon
- Cloaked - Opponents will not see your player arrow and you are difficult to hear
- Weapon Expert - Add on additional MOD slot to all pistols (Required Rank: 5)
- Explosive Expert - Carry an extra grenade
- Endurance - Decrease sprint recovery time by 20% (Required Rank: 7)
- Booty Buddy - Share what is found in chests
- Stealth Buddy - Fill your Medal Kickback when your buddy gets a stealth kill
- Sugar Buddy - Receive cash when your buddy does
- Thanks Buddy - Shared medals
Booster Slot 2
- Back in the Saddle - Respawn time reduced by 2 seconds
- Monkey Man - Climb faster
- Lucky Me - Increase the [chance] of getting goods from chest by 10%
- Bargain - Decrease Medal Kickback cost by 1
- Deposit - Earn more money for objective medals
- Treasure Hunter - Increase the chance of getting treasures from chest by 10% and see cursed treasures
- Ammo Award - Receive ammo for getting kills in a row
- Daredevil - Taunt over an opponents body to receive ammo (Required Rank: 5)
- Team Safe - Explosives do not knock you down and teammates only receive 1/2 damage from your grenades
- Overstock - Medal Kickback limit increased by 3
- Power Hunter - See the location of Power Weapons within 10 meters (Required Rank: 7)
- Kickback Endurance - Increase Medal Kickback times by 10%
- Revenge - Drop live grenade upon death
- Explosive, Buddy - Get a grenade for each of your buddies' explosive kills
- Kill, Buddy - Receive ammo for each kill your buddy gains
- For My Buddy - See the location of the opponent that killed your buddy until they die
Medal Kickback
- Militia Man - No reloading for 30 second. Costs 5 medals.
- Disruption - Nearby enemies cannot see player arrows for 45 seconds. Costs 6 medals.
- Smoke Bomb - Vanish in a puff of smoke. Costs 7 medals.
- Cursed Idol - Trow an idol that releases a cloud of gas that curses anyone who enters it. Costs 7 medals.
- Cash 'em In - Double your cash earnings for 30 seconds. Costs 7 medals.
- Carpet Bomb - Throw 3 grenades at once. Costs 7 medals.
More: First Look At Uncharted 3's All-New Multiplayer Mode, Now With Buddies, Splitscreen and High Fives


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Bagara Rice is very simple and goes with any type of gravies. It does not have lots of masala in it, but just has the flavor and aroma of masala. Veggies are usually not added to it, but I add a few to make it colorful.
Rice: 2 cups, uncooked
Water: 3 cups (1.5 cup water for 1 cup rice)
Onion: 1 small, optional
Ginger Garlic Paste: 2 tbps
Whole Masala:Mace: a 1 inch peice, Cloves:5, Cinnamon:1 inch piece, Black Cardamom: 1
Carrot: 1/2 cup, finely chopped
Peas: 1/2 cup, frozen
Salt: to taste
Ghee/Oil: 2 tbsp
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- Heat oil or ghee in a pressure cooker.
- Add onions(if using), fry for a min and add ginger garlic paste.
- Add the veggies and fry for a min.
- Add rice and water. Add salt to taste.
- Tie all the whole masalas in a muslin cloth or in a tea strainer and drop in the water.
- Close the pressure cooker and cook as usual till rice is done.
- Remove the whole masala and Serve hot with any gravies.
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 2:13 am
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I was out this afternoon finding
Between The River
today and as I approached it from the west I found the footbridge underwater. I was tempted to walk through the knee deep water (read: soup) but I didn't. It was a reminder though that those cache's placed near waters edge are at risk this time of year.
I have been watching some of these and I am impressed, the owners have been on the bit and have been disabling them when necessary.
In the end I approached it from the other direction and got it.
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 5:12 am
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Riverside Flood Blog ...
All those retrieved caches are really filling up our living room especially "Supersize It "
Just to update all you wonderful people IF we still had that one in place you could still drive to it from 1 of the 3 access roads but water would be lapping gently all around you along the way. Several families will begin boating out to get their kids to school tomorrow in our neighbourhood but so far our bus still finds that one elusive back roads route in. Hydro lines nearby are in the river and falling over and hanging on for dear life. Apparently some dim truck driver sped through the water on the 75 highway over the Morris Bridge today and over the raised gravel barrier/dike into town - needless to say no one inside was impressed since it was technically closed. He claimed the barriers were moved slightly to the side. That is what the rumor mill tells us. Our friends home in St. Jean was featured on page A8 of the Free Press today. They have moved into St. Jean and than for the weekend are heading into Winnipeg. This is their first experience with a flood ever since they were from Jamaica and later Winnipeg. Pump sales are going well locally. Rubber boots are selling well also.
My 78 year old Mom (Not Joker Granny) who has survived the Floods of 48 (3 feet main floor), 66, 79 (basement flooded), 96 (almost) and 97 (4 feet on main floor) stocked up on her meds and says she will refuse to leave her home and is planning to sit on her front porch drinking coffee, cradling a pellet gun (to keep away those who wish to evacuate us), since her main floor is now is a good 4 feet above 1997 levels!
Our cistern (yes we still have one) is rising out of the ground slowly since the water pressure in the ground is forcing it upwards. We are hoping the pipes to it don't snap. Strange things happen when the ground water rises like this.
Walked into my sister Ramblin' Rose's house (the water is lapping gently at their driveway) and I noticed immediately she has her priorities right. On the table a small roll of duck tape, 5-6 caching containers well camoed, a large package of ziploc bags and the GPSr ready to go!!! Caching is a great stress-reliever. How would you guys like it if we posted a 1/2 dozen in Morris now and see if you'd find your way in eh? Canoe to an island maybe for some FTF's?
Here's to Spring in the Valley,
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Water's up to the back of our dike again this year but we're ready for that island FTF if it stops raining for a day or so! Got the boat out last weekend and launched it off the back of the dike for a spin over the fields to make sure it's ship shape. Didn't know the pond behind us is normally 10 ft deep. It's 20ft now and rising. At least the water is slowing down. I think it's to peak over the Easter weekend and then it's only got to go down!
We've got a cistern too queen but it's not going anywhere. Our problem will be to keep it filled! How do you get someone to bring you a load of water when the only access is to move or go around barracades! My Geo-Kitchen cache is high and dry but no one can come find it for the same reason. Barricades.
Well in another week or two at the most, we'll be back some kind of normality (what ever that is for a cacher as we're usually nuts) and be back caching again!
I'll be dreaming of caching ....
Wait why am I sleeping! I've got to run the pumps! MHz
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Interesting flood related story. I was meandering home from Winkler (picking up a pump) driving through barricades and water over the road when I noticed someone taking photos. Thinking it was a relative of mine I stopped to chat. It was a fellow from the city who was heading to Grand Forks and detoured. Needless to say we discussed the best route to get there (who actually knows) when I noticed a GPSr on his seat. I looked at him and said, "Are you a geocacher?" to which he replied yes - Marvin. I knew him from Old Bat fame (relatives) and we swapped turns taking pics of each other out in the middle of a small gravel road barricaded by the ever deepening Morris/Red River! Just then he got a text message - ARE YOU LOST? To which he replied yes. Hopefully he can find his way to his girlfriends in Grand Forks!!! Very cool meeting a geocacher in the heart of our little tiny village of Riverside.
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The first preseason national poll for the 2013 men's soccer season is out and College Soccer News ranks Creighton fourth in the country. In addition, the organization named CU junior Eric Miller to its 2013 Preseason All-America Second Team as a defender.
Creighton finished last year with a 17-4-3 record, the nation's No. 6 NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) mark, and a No. 4 national ranking from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) after competing in its second consecutive College Cup as the No. 12 national seed in December. Third-year head coach Elmar Bolowich leads the Jays in their quest for the program's 21st NCAA Tournament appearance in the past 22 seasons in August.
Last season College Soccer News ranked Creighton at No. 14 in its preseason poll. The Jays steadily improved that ranking before finishing fourth in the year-end poll. The top six teams in the 2013 CSN preseason poll remain in the same order as the organization's final poll of last season including all four 2012 College Cup participants.
Miller was one of 21 players selected to play for the United States Under-20 National Team at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey this summer, marking the sixth time he has earned an opportunity to play for the U.S. National Team internationally.
The Woodbury, Minn. native started 19 matches for the Bluejays in 2012, logging 1,596 minutes. Miller collected three points on one goal and one assist last season. For his career he has one goal, three assists in 43 matches. He has started 42 matches in two seasons with the Jays while playing 3,638 minutes.
Last season he claimed All-First Team and All-Tournament Team honors from the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) on the field. Miller also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District VII First Team and MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team recognition for his work in the classroom.
The fourth-ranked Bluejays are one of five BIG EAST programs ranked among the top 30 by CSN in the 2013 preseason poll. The other conference schools in the poll include No. 2 Georgetown, No. 8 Marquette, No. 21 St. John's and No. 22 Xavier.
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Creighton opens its 2013 campaign Aug. 15 with the Blue-White Scrimmage slated for 6 p.m. CT at Morrison Stadium.


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A month of Gwyneth
Exactly four weeks to go. In four weeks, Pepper Potts will be in theatres. Oh, of course, and Iron Man too. Iron Man 3 comes out on May 3. Sarah from Cinesnark has been calling it her favourite movie of the year. And most movie fans share her enthusiasm. Iron Man is a big deal. For me too. But I'm all about Pepper. God I love Pepper. Sarah says that Pepper might get to be a super hero this time. Right now though, Pepper is selling recipes.
Here's Gwyneth in two photo sets from yesterday -- arriving in white at the Chateau Marmont and later at the Grove promoting It's All Good. Why doesn't she leave her hair all naturally kinky and wavy like that? It looks so much better. It looked good enough to cover It's All Good. What's the problem? G wore Isabel Marant at Barnes & Noble. Love this dress. HATE the shoes. Especially the heel.
The release of It's All Good is timed with both the upcoming Iron Man 3 and Mother's Day. G gets to promote both at the same time. If I'm her publisher, I'm delighted about how this has worked out. As for It's All Good -- are you picking up a copy this weekend? Aren't you at least going to flip through it at the bookstore (when you're buying your copy of Kate Atkinson's Life After Life)?
I will totally be flipping through it at the bookstore. Not for the recipes but...for the pictures! And not pictures of the food but of HER! There are something like 40 pictures of her -- on a scooter, in her kitchen, outside with the wind in her hair...
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A while back, the New York Times published an article in their home section, focused on adjusting your fabulous child-free home decor to the presence of kids. One woman's solution was to forbid her two children from bringing more than a single toy into the living area, or leaving a toy there. She didn't want Matchbox cars and Legos in her sightlines.
Harriet Craig, thou livest still.
It's easy to mock the premise of George Kelly's 1926 play Craig's Wife, the source for Vincent Sherman's 1950 Harriet Craig as well as a 1936 Dorothy Arzner version with Rosalind Russell as the title character (and a 1928 silent that the Siren hasn't seen). The wintry selfishness of Walter Craig's wife drives away everyone, until she is left utterly alone. In Kelly's vision, Harriet is a housewife obsessed with having a perfect house, and that's wrong, you see. It's wrong because a housewife should be focused on...on...well, having a perfect house and just being nicer about it, all right? She needs to let her husband have some fun, and then let him come home to a bunch of little feet doing the time-step, and she should be greeting the man with devotion, not spot-cleaning the drawing room and having conniptions if anyone gets too close to the antique vase.
The Siren has read the play on which Harriet Craig is based, and has seen the more faithful '36 version, and from time to time the Siren has encountered arguments that Harriet's devotion to her house is a sub rosa feminist statement. The Siren flat doesn't see it, nor does she see much evidence that it was taken that way at the time. Craig's Wife is a salvo against raw materialism, not an ironic statement on the condition of housewives. But the 1950 version breaks with precedent in several ways, all of which work in its favor. It's a rare case where, although the Arzner is very good (by all means see it) the Siren (gasp) prefers the remake.
The most important reason for that is the presence of Joan Crawford in the title role. Director Vincent Sherman (who was having an affair with Crawford at the time of filming) was known as an expert helmsman for the movie vehicles of female superstars, and he lets Crawford dominate. She probably would have anyway, given she was playing opposite Wendell Corey, but the effect was to undermine the original material in a way that made it more interesting.
But the Siren says that in this version, it is clear Harriet's engaging in, let's say, non-procreative activities to keep her husband Walter in line. Look at the way her face alters at times when she's talking to him, and the way Corey (who is perfectly cast for once) looks back, like a boy who's plowing through the broccoli to get to the ice cream. Not to mention Walter acknowledging that wives are "mighty handy gadgets to have around the house."
The most beautiful part of the set is the central staircase that Harriet swoops up and down as she makes Walter cringe and the maids cry. It's the focus of several memorable shots, including a wised-up Walter splayed on the sofa — with his shoes on, no less — as he prepares to tell off his wife. The staircase also reminds us of what Harriet wants, which is to climb to high society in the only way that's open to her.
Screenwriters Anne Froelich and James Gunn work to explain why Harriet is so fiercely materialistic and shallow. They added a mid-movie scene where Harriet visits her mentally ill mother in an asylum, no doubt in order to give Harriet a human dimension. Crawford's playing, more subtle than in any other part of the film, shows that this mad old lady is the one person for whom Harriet feels real love, and the one person from whom she will never get it.
But a better explanation for Harriet comes later. Walter is about to be offered a promotion that will take him to Japan, without Harriet, and she can't bear to have him out of her clutches — he goes so well with her Ming vase, after all. Harriet goes to Walter's boss and persuades him, with diabolical efficiency, that her husband has a gambling problem and can't be trusted. Crawford underlines the cold manipulation, but she also demonstrates her character's misused intelligence, wielded now to push the paternalistic boss along the road to the conclusion she wants. This sort of negotiating skill had no outlet at home. Harriet is at last in her element. She was never meant to be organizing dull dinner parties and ruining her niece's life in her spare time. Harriet should have been across a conference table, barking, "Don't fuck with me, fellas. This ain't my first time at the rodeo."
That last Mommie Dearest line is an irresistible recollection to most modern viewers of Harriet Craig, as is "I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at the dirt." We know Christina and Christopher Crawford saw their mother as a real-life Harriet Craig, only with children to abuse and manipulate rather than just servants, a niece and a husband. We also know that a number of loyal friends, and Crawford's two youngest children, have always claimed they saw no Harriet Craig-type side to her.
The Siren would like to add an endnote. If Joan was bringing herself to Harriet, she was also bringing her sense of what a life without a career might have been like. Stardom offers, if nothing else, plenty of opportunity to negotiate and manipulate. Seen that way, Crawford as Harriet is a cautionary tale of what happens when a smart, calculating, highly ambitious woman has nothing but her home decor to occupy her mind.
Because, as far as the Siren is concerned, if you're flipping out over one extra toy next to the Philippe Starck sofa, you need to get out of the house.
(To the Siren's New York City readers who wish to get out of the house: Harriet Craig, which is not on DVD, is playing tonight only, 7:00 pm and 9:30 pm, at the Clearview Chelsea, 260 West 23rd Street.)


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Several days ago, I wrote a post comparing politics to America's greatest past time – baseball. Particular emphasis was placed upon "the rookie" players as being those in which we place great hope and expectations. A story today in the Chicago Tribune about Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley and racism made me realize that I neglected to mention that of course we place high expectations on players that are seasoned as well.
The Chicago Tribune
Milton Bradley accuses some fans of racial taunts
But Chicago Cubs outfielder offers no examples of such abuse
By Paul SullivanAugust 27, 2009
An angry Milton Bradley lashed out at his treatment from Cubs fans Wednesday, suggesting he has been the victim of racial abuse at Wrigley Field.
But Bradley declined to give specifics, saying no one wanted to listen to him.
"America doesn't believe in racism," he said sarcastically before repeating the remark.
Speaking to beat writers in the Cubs clubhouse Wednesday before their 9-4 victory over the Nationals, Bradley was asked to clarify his comments from Tuesday night, when he said he faced "hatred" on a daily basis.
To what exactly was Bradley referring?
"I'm talking about hatred, period," he said. "I'm talking about when I go to eat at a restaurant, I have to listen to the waiters bad-mouthing me at another table, sitting in a restaurant, that's what I'm talking about — everything."
In January, Milton Bradley signed a 3 year contract with the Cubs for $30 million dollars. In Chicago, that comes with a lot of expectations. Baseball fans can be loyal, especially Cubs fans. Things can get a little nasty late in the season. Experiencing harassment from exasperated and intoxicated fans is not something that is endemic to being a baseball player of color. Every sports player experiences it on some level- even the great Babe Ruth. Which brings me to the seasoned player. Back to politics. Facing declining poll numbers New York governor David Peterson, an African American alluded to racism as the cause for his woes.
Fox News
Efforts to Rein in Gov. Paterson's Racial Rants
August 25, 2009
By Bret Baier
Prominent African-Americans and officials in the administration of the first black president are trying to rein in what some are calling the racial rants of New York Democratic Governor David Paterson.
Friday in the New York Daily News, the governor blamed his political woes and those of Massachusetts counterpart, Deval Patrick, on race: "We're not in the post-racial period. The reality is the next victim on the list — and you can see it coming — is President Barack Obama."
The New York Post reports the White House was quick to send a private and pointed message to the governor to keep the president out of Paterson's political problems. White House spokesman Bill Burton said publicly: "Whether or not race plays into [criticism] I don't think it is the case. The president doesn't think it's the case."
Paterson continued the theme Monday saying to NY1.com that some people are uncomfortable with too many powerful African-Americans: "Part of what I feel is that one very successful minority is permissible, but when you see too many success stories then some people get nervous."
I do not feel that any of these comments are productive no matter how valid the claims. Like manic sports fans, political constituents will get critical. Poll numbers go up. Poll numbers go down. Unfortunately that comes with the life of being a politician. It has nothing to do with race.
But then again doesn't everything have to do with race nowadays in this post-racial America that we are so blessed to live in?
Again, can someone tell me why in the age of electing an African American to the presidency, have the claims of racism against blacks increased rather than decreased?
I have been to a few Chicago Cubs games. Admittedly, there are more African Americans who are Chicago White Sox fans. The White Sox reside on the city's South side which is predominately blue collar, African American and has large Irish constituency near what used to be Kominsky Park (now Cellular Field).
The Chicago Cubs play at Wrigley Field on the North side of the city which is predominately Caucasian professionals.
President Barack Obama has openly claimed to be a White Sox fan, as well as Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley- who are black and Irish respectively. Being the trend breaker, I living in the middle of the city, somehow gravitated towards the Cubs.
Quickly, I noticed that I was on wrong side of the bleachers. I was in the minority at the games I attended but I never heard any racists comments hurled at black players or myself.
Cubbies home run king Sammy Sosa was well loved in Chicago. African American shortstop Ernie Banks is known as being "Mr. Cubs.".
According to sources on Negro League baseball, Caucasian major league players made $2,000 in 1905. A minor league player made, $500, and Negro League players made $466.
What any typical major league baseball player makes today, such as Milton Bradley's 3 year $30 million dollar contract with the Chicago Cubs is a far cry from what Satchel Page of Josh Gibson made in 1946. Satchel or Josh would have never imagined the financial success of Sammy Sosa, Daryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Barry Bonds, Reggie Jackson, A-Rod, Tony Gwynn, Albert Puljols or the many other famous baseball players of color that would follow his career in the Negro league.
I would hope that African American baseball players and politicians alike would experience financial success of today without the racism faced by their ancestors during yester-year. I must explore this further. There are only 40 or so games left in the season but I will attempt to secure a ticket to a Cubs game in order to witness any racism towards Milton Bradley or other black players for myself. I will keep you posted.
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Looking for a fun new sushi place to hit downtown San Diego? Look no further than K7, where they're serving up unique rolls with cool decor and delicious craft cocktails!
I dined in for lunch a couple weeks ago and tried some of their signature items, including one of their craft cocktails, the Ushidoshi, also known as "their version of the mule". The cocktail combines shochu (Japans version of vodka, but lighter!), yuzu, mint, bitters and ginger beer.


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1998: Started every game at short...Her dozen two-baggers were a team best...Tied for second on team with 43 baseknocks.
1997: Only Gaucho to play in all 59 games last year...Honorable Mention All-Big West at second base...Broke single-season record and led the team with 36 runs scored... Swiped ten bases...Displayed above-average power, posting totals of four homers, seven doubles, and 21 RBI from the leadoff slot.
High School: Posted a .445 average with four home runs, 28 runs scored, and 37 RBI for Millikan under coach Audra Jesolva...Helped lead Millikan to consecutive undefeated seasons and the CIF quarter-finals in 1995 and 1996...Named to the All-Moore League First Team all three years at Millikan...Voted Millikan's Best Offensive Player three times...Played for Wilson High School her freshman year...Also competed in soccer.
Personal: Mandy Ann Edwards was born December 17, 1978 in Long Beach, CA...Most memorable sports moment is when she hit a home run to lead off the game against league rival her junior year...A Biology major...Favorite novels include Lord of the Flies and The Great Gatsby...Likes Austin Powers, Ace Ventura and Tommy Boy...Edwards is interested in pursuing a career in physical therapy...Majoring in Biology and is a TA in Human Anatomy Lab...Parents are Richard and Gale Edwards.


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Winners and Losers: A Battle for Men's Suits
The week included a high-profile job promotion, a high-profile earnings loss and a battle for a menswear brand. Photo: Jos. A. Bank.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... it's Friday each Friday we count down the week's winners and losers with our colleague David Benoit ... David let's get right silly whose number theory is if I were in the first winner to Outerwall ... the company formerly known as Coinstar the runs ... Redbox the ... video rental kiosks the image ... in my view is that I it's up to twenty two percent since Jan A showed up last week the activists so another record has been listening to exactly fit in a pretty big move this week of a number to a winner plus the BlackBerry gets to BMO analyst routinely why I not only do they have in ... preliminary deal with the live show that a second potential bidder this week when the ... couple ... former co founders essentially an art Wednesday ... so will see what happens but it's in the one that the stock didn't have much of a move by matter whether the letter said he really means it is the Number one when it's a day ... the bigger story Lee Janet Yellen gets to be chairman of the Fed chairwoman of the Fed I believe will be her title ... you may debate whether this is a good job or not but ... certainly a route from her aunt is the first woman to ever ... meet the Fed should shoot the can for my right all right ... now onto the losers we have losers ASA first ornament American Whitney ... on the status of the listeners who this week ... it was reporters can shut down ... her research arm or refined which ... is essentially ... what it would be always Ben a research analyst now she will no longer ... but she still didn't stick with her her verbal ... best selling doesn't even affirmative action probably ought to hedge fund so stationary recover ... there ... are a number to ... number two on this morning stunning news that a JPMorgan ... on its first loss since Jamie Dynan joined Bank first-quarter loss ... nine point two ... billion dollars in legal charges ... they warned of one a half billion ... making up nine point two the numbers are just astonishing and indeed it is hard even grasp like how big these numbers are in it's it's just a ton of money to twenty three billion dollars sitting inside with the legal problems than it is more than most companies ... are Irish and now our number one loses a number on that I think is my favorite story the week ... Josef K banks ... a ... clothing soon make their he may know them for their three for one or a prolonged stint sales ... boss ... tries to make an offer for top rival Men's Wearhouse ... Men's Wearhouse smackdown says no you're in number two in the marketplace were number one ... wisteria ... though on shares of both up this week yes that that's an interesting old friends and I think it's possible people think to sit back look upon itself ... we'll say ... alright day Benoit thank so much thanks


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The driver of the slammed Honda S2000 in front of us saw a gap in traffic and nailed it, hoping we'd get off his back. We followed suit, with a slight nudge on the accelerator, just enough for the twin-turbos to unleash a wave of torque.
Entering a long left-hand sweeper that connected two of LA's freeways, the X5M on AccuAir air suspension took the mid-corner bumps with nonchalant ease, while the Honda was visibly disturbed, bouncing around the turn.
The S2000 driver is probably still wondering why he couldn't shake the SUV, which is what makes driving the X5M so entertaining. It defies the laws of physics.
For some purists, the X5M is also a conundrum. A 5300 lb SUV with a high center of gravity isn't generally the blueprint for the ultimate driving machine. Yet given what they had to work with, you must credit BMW's engineers for creating what is generally regarded, along with the X6M and Porsche Cayenne GTS, as one of the best handling performance SUVs on the road.
To improve on what comes off the showroom floor, you'd probably go the route of lowering the center of gravity with shorter springs and fitting wider tires.
In this case, the owner went with 295/30 R22 front and 335/25 R22 rear Pirelli Scorpions, giving a 20mm width increase over stock at each corner. For suspension, it rides on KW Variant 3 dampers but, instead of coil springs, it has AccuAir airbags to control roll, dive and squat.
AccuAir is one of the largest manufacturers of airbag suspension systems and a major player in the "bagger" scene, where the deeper drop and greater the tuck, the more respect you get.
The company's systems can be found on cars ranging from hot rods to newer VWs and Audis - the most popular European marques in the air-ride scene. And while the appearance is arresting, it brings up questions about daily drivability and how it affects ride and handling. And in the case of this X5M, how will it affect one of the best-handling SUVs.
Equipped with AccuAir's e-Level Air Management and UAS airbags over of the KW V3s, the BMW sits about 2.5" lower than stock on it regular setting at Level 2 (out of four).
The lowest setting is "All Down", when the airbags are completely deflated. Level 1 raises the car enough to cruise at low speed, but may affect the car's ability to take tight corners, depending on the clearance in the wheel wells. Level 2 is good for daily driving, while level 3 raises the car to clear obstacles, such as speed bumps or steep inclines.
To create an airbag system for the X5 M, the car was placed on AccuAir's suspension rig to measure the spring rates, front-to-rear ride frequency and roll rates. With those baseline figures, AccuAir aimed to stiffen it by about 30% at maximum travel.
The airbags behave similarly to progressive rate springs, getting stiffer the more they're compressed. And airbags are lighter than steel springs, shedding approximately 10 lb of unsprung weight per corner for better handling.
The e-Level system consists of an ECU to control the VU4 solenoid valve unit, height sensors, two 400c Viair air compressors and four Universal Air Suspension bags. A five-gallon tank, made from TIG-welded, anodized aluminum, maintains the air pressure. The compressor fills the tank, which is used as a reservoir to fill each bag as needed.
The cables, wiring, plugs and connectors are weatherproof and of the highest quality. The solenoids, compressors and other hard parts can be mounted on AccuAir's vibration-absorbing eXo mount. However, in this instance everything is hidden from sight under the trunk floor. Without sound deadening materials, the whirring and hissing was louder than a similar system mounted in a trunk, but it's not unbearable.
The ride height can be adjusted from the interior with a USB-connected e-Level touch pad. It allows pre-set adjustments or individual corners to be raised and lowered.
After you start the engine, you hear the bags adjusting the ride height. At stoplights, you can feel the self-leveling sensors making small adjustments to wherever it's needed. And on Downtown LA's deteriorating city streets, the X5M was firm but not punishing. In fact, it was what you'd expect from any suspension dropped 2.5" on firmer springs. Yet there was enough suspension travel to absorb smaller bumps and dips. Larger potholes called for a wide berth to preserve the 22" AG F140 forged three-piece wheels.
On the freeway, there was some jiggling over high-frequency road seams, which again is what you'd expect on conventional coilovers...
Once we picked up speed, and the road started to twist, the X5M attacked corners with the sort of eagerness you'd expect from this car, so that quality hadn't been lost.
The airbags and KWs kept body roll at a minimum and, on a few cloverleaf on-ramps taken at ridiculous speeds, the car remained stable and planted, providing the confidence a driver needs to explore the limits.
So what we discovered was that AccuAir's air suspension rides and handles in a similar way to conventional coilovers. The big advantage you have is being able to raise it to clear obstacles, or lower it to put on show. Many people may not need this ability, but for those who do, air suspension is winning new fans daily.
This particular X5M received fortification under the hood by way of a mildly-ported F10 M5 turbo manifold. Our friends at BBi Autosport in Huntington Beach, CA, made the swap and also tuned the ECU.
The twin-turbo V8 also received 3" cat-less downpipes from AR Design, that feed into a titanium Akrapovic cat-back exhaust, terminating in carbon fiber tips. BBi claims power is now close to 700hp on pump gas - a significant bump from the stock engine's 555hp.
In fact, it only takes the slightest poke on the pedal to achieve warp drive. The V8's wide plateau of torque means there's virtually no waiting. The six-speed M Sport automatic responds with quick downshifts when left in automatic mode, or you can control the madness via the paddle shifters.
The engine also responds with a surly, full-throated snarl through the open downpipes, while the Akrapovic exhaust issues a ferocious howl from the rear.
The sling-shot sensation of moving 2.5 tons of high-grade German steel so rapidly down the road might seem unsettling if it weren't for the effectiveness of the massive stock brakes.
The interior received a $5000 makeover of alcantara on the headliner and pillars, with seams stitched in the BMW Motorsport colored thread to match the steering wheel.
On the outside, the car was de-chromed, with the grilles, mirror mounts and kidney grilles all painted gloss black. Vorsteiner's carbon fiber front spoiler and rear diffuser add a touch of aggression at either end and, because the owner wanted to be different, all the glass is non-tinted European-spec (a $3500 conversion!).
If I hadn't been told that the car was on airbags, I would have thought it was simply on stiffer suspension. It's genuinely hard to tell the difference, with really only the sound of the compressors giving the game away.
AccuAir managed to retain and maybe enhance the X5M's best quality, that of a great handling SUV, without losing its daily drivability. It's still more tossable than 5300 lb should be, and was never surprised or overwhelmed by high-g turns.
So the impression of how airbag suspension affects performance is positive. With its lower center of gravity, slightly wider tires and progressive-rate airbags, we wouldn't be surprised if this car out-performed a stock X5M on a skidpad or through the cones. Score one for the baggers.
Engine 4.4-liter S63B44 V8 DOHC bi-turbo with ported F10 M5 turbo manifold and software from BBi Autosport, 3" AR Design cat-less downpipes, titanium Akrapovic cat-back exhaust with carbon fiber tips
Transmission stock
Brakes stock, painted calipers
Suspension AccuAir Universal Air Suspension bags, KW Variant 3 adjustable dampers, e-Level Air Management, VU4 solenoid unit, height sensors, two 400c Viair compressors, five-gallon tank
Wheels & Tires 10.5x22" f, 12.5x22" r Avant Garde F140 three-piece, step-lip wheels, 295/30 R22 f, 335/25 R22 r Pirelli Scorpion tires
Exterior Vorsteiner carbon fiber front lip and rear diffuser, gloss black kidney grilles, lower grille and mirror mounts
Interior alcantara headliner and pillars with M-colored stitching, European-spec non-tinted glass
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S3 E01 Episode 301
ENTREPRENEUR: Dave Mayer
PITCH: Clean Bottle
ASKING FOR: $60k for a 5% stake
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: The Clean Bottle is a water container that unscrews from the bottom as well as the top for ease of cleaning. Dave launched the product about a year ago without a lot of market money. He had to get creative. Someone dressed in a giant Clean Bottle outfit jogged along the side of the road during the Tour de France. Dave has had $750,000 in sales since the race. Inside the giant Clean Bottle which Dave brings into the tank is two-time NBA champ Bill Walton, who loves the product. But will it be a slam dunk with the Sharks?
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Daymond thinks Dave is smart, slick and greedy. So he can't wait to be his partner. He wants 25% equity. Kevin offers $100k with no equity, but he wants 50 cents for every bottle sold in perpetuity. Barbara is offended by the 5% offer, but Dave wonders if she would have taken 5% of Facebook. Good point. Robert offers $60k for 10% but goes down to 5% when Mark offers 8%. This has Daymond and Barbara saying they are out. It's time for Dave to make a decision.
THE RESULT: Robert is prepared to give the entrepreneur exactly what he asked for, but Dave seems to want to do business with Mark. He asks him to go down to 6%. This has Robert feeling ignored, so he's out. Dave makes a quick call to his dad who says he can't be afraid to walk away from the deal. He wants 7%, but Mark won't budge from 8%. At the end of the negation, Dave takes the deal. Mark says, "I'm a lean, mean Clean Bottle machine."
LEARN MORE: Visit http://www.cleanbottle.com
Jason Lucash & Michael Szymczak made a deal with Robert for Origaudio, which uses vibration technology to turn anything into a speaker. The guys relocated from Mike's Chicago garage to a huge L.A. warehouse that ships their many orders to 38 countries around the world. They have over $2 million dollars in sales and their company is valued at over $4 million. They are the small speaker company that's making a lot of noise.
ENTREPRENEURS: Nancy Bush and Sue Kruskopf
PITCH: My Wonderful Life
ASKING FOR: $100k for a 10% stake
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: My Wonderful Life is a company that allows you to plan and personalize your own funeral. The ladies got the idea after Nancy lost her husband five years ago. The memorial she organized had others asking how they could have a similar celebration. Nancy and Sue use Mr. Wonderful himself, Kevin O'Leary, as a sample client to demonstrate how their product works. They have partnered with a large insurance company for a plan that gives people the opportunity to prepay for their funeral. The website has been up for three years, but they haven't made any money yet.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Mark is worried because they haven't signed an exclusive deal with the insurance companies. Kevin feels there isn't anything proprietary here along with a slew of other issues he believes to be problematic. Mark also sees problems with their business model, so he's out. Daymond, too. Barbara believes the ladies came to the tank too early. She's out. Robert follows her lead. Kevin O'Leary wants a plan in which he can make money. This isn't it. He's out which means Nancy and Sue are dead in the water.
LEARN MORE: Visit https://www.mywonderfullife.com/
ENTREPRENEUR: Michael Levin
PITCH: Business Ghost
ASKING FOR: $200k for a 10% stake
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Michael is a top-selling author, yet no one has ever heard of him. That's because he's a ghost writer. He helps people tell their stories from behind the scenes. If people come to him with a story, his team will organize it, write it, design it, publish it and market it. He has a crew of eight writers. They can charge up to $75,000 per client which includes a run of the book. They are grossing about $700,000 this year.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Kevin says Michael is achieving what every writer never gets: profitability. But he doesn't know if this will be a supremely-profitable business. He's out. Robert is, too. Barbara feels that Michael may be looking for someone else to run his business because he's tired of it. She's out. Daymond believes that if he invested in this business that getting his money back will end up being a mystery book. He's out. Mark worries about the future of publishing books in general. He's out. End of story.
LEARN MORE: Visit http://www.businessghost.com/main/
ENTREPRENEUR: Alashe Nelson
ASKING FOR: $150k for a 15% stake
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Alashe has a website where people can pre-purchase a night out on the town without the fear of getting turned away from a venue. They launched the company in Miami, one of the hottest nightlife spots in the country. The business netted $90k and grossed $250k just in South Beach. EZ VIP sets prices that are locked in after purchase. Alashe says his company has secured contracts in L.A., Vegas and New York.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Barbara can't relate to the life Alashe is pitching. She's out. Robert isn't a club scene guy either, but he likes the idea. He'll put in $75,000 if Daymond puts up the other half. He will do just that, but he wants 45% equity. Alashe turns it down right away and counters with an 18% equity offer. Daymond still wants 45% but will throw in an "A-list" artist to be the face of the brand. This has Mark jumping in. He'll partner with Daymond, but wants Robert out of the deal. Harsh. Then Kevin offers $150 for 25%. Robert offers to partner with him. Daymond counters with 30% and Kevin goes down to 20%. It's a feeding frenzy!
THE RESULT: Barbara asks Alashe who he would have the most fun with by making the deal. He makes the deal with Daymond and Mark. Looks like these three are gonna go clubbin' real soon!
LEARN MORE: Visit http://www.ezvip.com/


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Tyler Cline
Blaine boys' hockey coach Dave Aus said his surging team reminds him of the 2005-06 Bengals team that rode a 22-game unbeaten streak into the Class 2A tournament semifinals.
But he's never seen anything quite like the recent stretch junior forward Tyler Cline has enjoyed. Cline scored 14 goals and added 14 assists as the Bengals won 11 consecutive games and averaged 6.5 goals per game.
"He's on fire right now," Aus said after Cline's six-point performance in the Bengals' 9-3 romp over Elk River last week. "He's had the most dominant month of any player I've ever had."
Coon Rapids tied its season high in scoring with a 7-2 victory against Osseo last week. Junior forward Seth Johnson scored three goals and added two assists. Johnson began this week as the Cardinals' leading scorer with 10 goals and 15 assists.


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Saturday, 2 May 2009
You are not a serial killer! Or a rapist!
Part of me thinks it's a joke, and part of me thinks it's a terribly sincere confused person.
What say you, Internetz?
23 comments:
- K said...
Very much reminds me of This Video that you've probably already seen... "Why it is okay for sex to hurt the vagina."
It's like the same thing.
And with these two videos there is still questions about whether they are meant to be satire or serious. Cuz I can totally see it going either way.
- 2 May 2009 at 10:21
- Trinity said...
"Why it is okay for sex to hurt the vagina"
*running for the brain bleach*
- 2 May 2009 at 10:28
- Gaina said...
It's ironic that I now actually want to smack the person who made that video.
I think whoever made it knows what they think, isn't interested in asking questions for the sake of genuine elightenment on the subject and is too cowardly to show their real face and ask sensible questions or just come out and say 'I think BDSM is wrong' so they are cloaking it in a 'cute and funny little video'. Patronizing and offensive. Though I havent decided what the % is on each yet.
Eugh, people really need to learn to get some balls (no pun intended).
- 2 May 2009 at 10:52
- Nadia West said...
I get the sense this person is serious... and seriously does not understand bdsm. It's sad that some people still equate it with serial killers. The big difference they miss is that bdsm is CONSENSUAL and serial killers get off on non-consensuality. Two completely different things.
- 2 May 2009 at 11:42
From the look of it, this is yet another example of the guilt-mongering through social networking sites campaign, like the anti-BDSM "sex positive" group on Facebook, aimed at bringing a certain political faction's anti-kink message to a wider audience with a younger demographic.
The idea here seems to be to make BDSM "ucnool," but the crude, heavy-handed way they're going about it is likely to have the opposite effect.
The heinous association of BDSM players with serial killers and rapists doesn't exactly help this crowd win over anyone already familiar with the realities of BDSM culture, or even newbies just beginning to experiment with it, who I presume to be the target audience for this nonsense.
Anyone who knows anything about kink already knows this is just the same old lying smack dressed up all cutesy poo in the most condescending manner possible.
Perhaps they really think we're actually all that dumb, but in the process of talking down to us, they end up making themselves look dumber than we could ever be.
- 2 May 2009 at 12:29
- K said...
*running for the brain bleach*Uhh I guess that means you hadn't seen it yet... Oops!
But yeah it's like the same thing, both videos. They're both trying too hard. Or is it not hard enough because that would require, you know, brain work, forming pointed arguments & possibly exposing yourself to ideas that might make you uncomfortable.
I like how the little characters are all smiling despite the "Don't do this!" tone & have childishly drawn bodies. The guy in the costume looks like he is walking on his Fingers.
- 2 May 2009 at 15:01
It's pretty clear that the "why it's OK for sex to hurt the vagina" video is a satire, especially if you watch it all the way through. Whether it matters is another question (as in Mother Night).
As for this one...I don't know. It's not funny enough to be a joke.
The whole argument seems to boil down to the equivalent of, "Eww, how can you like olives?" (This is, incidentally, how I feel about olives, but I don't need to advertise it on Youtube.)
- 3 May 2009 at 01:39
I made a video response. I wanted to imitate their style, but I didn't feel like trying to do all those drawings.
I wish now that I had done some for the "squirm, wriggle, squeal, giggle" bit, though.
- 3 May 2009 at 06:52
It reminds me of the truly awful anti-drug-and-alochol PSAs they made us watch in middle school... the same pathetic misunderstanding of both the topic and the target audience, the same patronizing tone, the same heavy-handed "just say no!" message.
Those made me want to go out and drink like a fish, and I didn't even like the taste of booze at the time. So you can imagine what this makes me want to do...
- 3 May 2009 at 17:01
- sera said...
Actually, I lol'd. I thought it was a joke. I can't imagine the person was serious, but if he she is, I still think it's funny. As someone else said, the spanker and spankee were smiling away . . . mmm! Spanking!
- 4 May 2009 at 10:58
- Suz said...
To me it was about as intellectually rigorous a statement as saying, "Why can't Pakistan and India get along? They're all brown people!"
- 4 May 2009 at 20:14
- electronic doll said...
Well, it could be a joke, I guess. But I've always thought of a joke as one person saying something funny and the other person laughing.
It strikes me a little passive-aggressive, in the sense that it is wrapped up with being all sweet, whilst actually having a seriously patronising and offensive attitude - like those who say something awfully offensive and then say "joke!" at the end in an attempt to stave off comebacks.
Then again, maybe whoever created it is just very, very naive and just needs a good tying up and fucking?
Also, the thought of being forced to "get it on all nice and wholesome" makes me want to cry and/or vomit.
- 5 May 2009 at 12:50
- Cereus Sphinx said...
I like the rebuttal, Snowdrop.
And while the general tone of the movie frustrates me, the rainbow-y spanking pic is sweet.
- 5 May 2009 at 17:12
- Dw3t-Hthr said...
I think I'm mostly left with, "If you're asking about bondage, what's with the guy in the mask and diaper with the whip?"
I dunno. I wish people would actually use their words.
- 5 May 2009 at 21:49
The best part is the OTHER video this person made.
"Signs God is calling you -- #1: Your CONSCIOUS is bothering you."
Pretty sure that God would call me with someone with a better grasp of my native language, but whatevs.
- 6 May 2009 at 06:33
- Cereus Sphinx said...
I think it is serious, but the author seems to know very little.
Actually, the style reminds me a bit of this little (sarcasm) Gem (/sarcasm) on why Harry Potter is evil....
- 6 May 2009 at 16:02
When I see stuff like this, I have to quash my initial impulse to just ridicule the dude who made it, and try to think inside their skull. Here's how I think they think...
Kinksters have not yet gotten the message across to the wider world that many of us identify submission, dominance, etc. as aspects of our sexual identity, not just atomized activities. Lacking that message, I think a lot of (younger) vanilla folks get exposed to BDSM tropes and view them as a litany of erotic experiences they haven't had and ought to try.
With that set-up, people are bound to react badly to BDSM, because they see it as something that they are vaguely being pressured to do, if they want to be like the cool kids.
- 15 May 2009 at 10:36
- Steven said...
I think the person is serious, and at some point in the past, was hurt and does not know how to deal with it...
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Dr. Elena Ivanova, a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department, passed away suddenly on March 29, 2015. Dr. Ivanova had taught general and organic chemistry in the department since 2010, and was well-loved and admired by all who knew her. Her passion for teaching and her care and concern for her students set her apart, and she will be sorely missed. A memorial fund to develop a scholarship in Dr. Ivanovas name has been established. Contributions of any amount are welcome and can be made by check or credit card to:
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Watch Dr. Ivanova's CHEM 2112 birthday surprise lecture!
See footage from the candlelight vigil held on March 30, 2015.


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To quote from EEOC's 1990 publication Making a Right a Reality,
One of the values of oral history is that it gives voices to persons with information, who might otherwise not be heard. Here the commission's pioneers describe in very human terms the building of a civil rights enforcement agency and the process by which a legislated right became a reality.
Since taking that initial step towards an oral history of EEOC, we have continued to seek out those voices. In 1995 former Chairs of the Commission reflected on their time in office. In 2000 we spoke not only to EEOC personnel, but also to people outside the agency, and asked them for their views of the EEOC and its mission. We captured these last interviews on video; you'll need the free RealPlayer to view them. And a group of students at Southwest Texas State University conducted their own interviews with former EEOC personnel, and were generous enough to share them with us.
1990: Making a Right A Reality
1995: Former Chairs of the EEOC
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Why irrational brand allegiance is perfectly rational
July 18, 2010
Every day, we are faced with an overwhelming number of decisions to make. We can't possibly devote attention to every single one of them.
Most people have a few categories, which they are especially involved in. Some care a lot about the phone they buy, but couldn't care less about the food in their fridge. Others are really involved in choosing clothes but when it comes to the car they drive, have little interest.
For categories we feel personally invested in, we make our decisions as maximisers. We find out as much information as possible and carefully weigh up each option to ensure that we make the best possible decision. In other categories, categories we don't care as much about, we are satisficers. It's not worth our time to examine every angle. In these cases, good is good enough.
This is where Brands come in. We rely on Brands as time saving heuristics. Brands offer us a rule of thumb – they may not guarantee us the absolute best solution every time, but they deliver enough of the time, for us to comfortably rely on them. And we can apply our surplus cognitive energy to the stuff we actually care about.
So for example, I know if I'm buying a TV, that I can expect certain product standards from Sony, without having to do a load of homework around picture quality and refresh rates.
These brands didn't build up this valuable collateral overnight however. They consistently delivered high quality products, invested in their brand and earned this positive reputation over time.
The beauty of this investment however, is that once this brand equity is established, they can then reap the rewards of brand heuristics in decision making.
Which Apple are clearly doing now, as illustrated above, with their iPhone.
As a side note:
The guy who made this video works in Best Buy who weren't too pleased with him insulting one of their preferred partners Apple, despite the fact that he never mentioned Best Buy in the video. They insisted he remove it and when he wouldn't, fired him. He reports on his Youtube channel that they have now asked him back – the issue is still ongoing.
This video has over 5 million views on Youtube so far. If I was HTC, I'd very publicly offer him a job!


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Software Review: Bibleworks 7
Terry Delaney
Said at Southern, August 29, 2008
[URL: http://saidatsouthern.com/software-review-bibleworks7/ copied on 2009-01-05]
BibleWorks7 (BW7) is a computer software program designed for in depth study of the Bible itself. The "getting started" page begins, "BibleWorks is one of the most powerful and easiest-to-use Bible concordance and morphological analysis programs available." They are not attempting to sell the product; they are serious about this claim. This program comes complete with 15 different Hebrew and Aramaic texts, 19 Greek texts, 38 different translations of the Bible, and just about every other major language that the Bible has been translated into. It also includes numerous lexicons and reference works while additional modules may be purchased later on an as needed basis.
After learning from an install snafu on a previous Bible software installation, I allowed this one to run its course and prompt me when to do things. Instead of the optional DVD download, I had the 7 disc download where it would prompt me every so often to insert a new disc and press OK. The installation took about 35 minutes and I did have to restart my computer. Once the installation was complete and the computer was rebooted, I opened the program and was immediately greeted with a "Getting Started" page. This page proved to be extremely helpful.
I am not able to comment on the customer support because I didn't mess this one up, but I can say that BibleWorks offers various elements of free technical support.
Getting Started
The "Getting Started" window is an essential tool for understanding how to let your software work for you instead of it working against you. There are five tutorials that you can "sit" through that introduce the major features of BibleWorks. These take approximately 30 minutes to sit through but are extremely helpful. There is also a .pdf file that can be read entitled, "First Things First" which helps to explain in a little more detail the features of BibleWorks.
Of much importance in the explanations is the way in which one does a search. You need to use various characters to "and," "or," or phrases. You can also do searches that include some words but not others. Obviously there is a learning curve here, but BibleWorks has put together the tutorials and .pdf files to help in the learning process of their software.
Another extremely helpful feature to learn the software is the Study Guides they offer on the "Getting Started" page. These enable the user to systematically work through the many features of BW7. This takes much more time but is worth the investment of your time for future bible study using this software. There are 37 different study guides that can be used which is perhaps the best way in which to train you to be better equipped to use this program.
Training Seminar
Jim Barr, the seminary and pastors relations manager for BibleWorks, will be on the SBTS campus at the end of September offering a free training seminary. This would be a great opportunity to see how this software works by someone who has used it for quite some time.
At first, the usability on this software is almost not user-friendly. However, this is actually a positive quality of the software. There is so much that this program can do that one cannot help but feel overwhelmed with the possibilities. The tutorials quickly become your best friend.
However, with just a little bit of trial and error in addition to the tutorials, the software is an immediate improvement on your previous Bible study. For example, one can quickly use the diagramming tool to show verses and pericopes in their diagram to help the student or pastor or teacher better understand how a certain passage relates to the surrounding context.
It must be noted that BibleWorks is necessarily rooted in just the Bible. Unlike other computer software programs that specialize in literature about the Bible, BW7 specializes in studying the text of the Bible using lexicons and grammatical resources. Consequently, there are very few commentaries and other reference resources-the only true commentary I could find is the Matthew Henry Commentary. In other words, you are left to wrestle with the Bible alone which is a good thing for any serious student of the Bible. Ultimately, BW7 is user-friendly - once you grasp the basic functions of the program.
Counting the Cost
To be honest, I would expect to pay significantly more for this software than what it does cost. If you were to purchase this software alone, it would run you $349.00 + S&H. However, if you were able to purchase with a group of ten others through their Institutional Promotional Program, you would be able to purchase BW7 for $250.00 + S&H. I know the campus LifeWay on the campus of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary offers this discount at the beginning of each semester. They also have various lexicons (think BDAG and HALOT) for fairly reduced prices that can be added into the software.
If you are in seminary or are a serious student of the Bible-either pastorally or in lay-leadership-then you need to get this software. This software truly can cut your exegetical work in half. Everything that you use to diagram and pick a part a passage or text is literally at your fingertips with the click of a mouse. If you installed this on a laptop, you would be able to prepare your messages or exegesis work anywhere. You would no longer need volumes of print books on your desk nor would you have to flip through all of them to find everything on a different page in a different book and then compare the two or three together. Simply by clicking on a word, you would be able to bring up all of that information in one window and look at it all side-by-side.
Things like diagramming and parsing words takes much less time. If you prepare your sermons or bible lessons using the original languages, then I would submit that this software would increase the time you spend on exegetical work by a noticeable margin. It cannot be understated how much help this software is for preacher and/or student of God's Word.
If you are a Southern Seminary student, I would utilize the offer that LifeWay has that enables you to get the software for $250.00. Even if you are not able to take advantage of that price, the $349.00 is still an excellent price for this resource.
Terry Delaney is a student at Souithern Baptist Theological Seminary.


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Monday Morning Offering - 147
Coffee in the Morning by George Mendoza
Good morning, good God!
Pentecost is past
and my Confirmation was long ago
but I still need your Spirit's gifts, Lord…
I need wisdom, understanding and right judgment;
I need courage, knowledge and reverence,
I need the gift of awe in your presence, Lord…
So I offer you this morning my need for your gifts
and I pray you'll open them in my heart
to deepen and strengthen my life of faith…
I offer you my need
for the gift of wisdom, Lord,
especially when I'm rash in word and deed,
quick to offer unfounded opinions
and slow to reverence the treasure of tradition…
Help me esteem the wisdom of faith
above any other possession I have or desire…
Give me your wisdom, Lord,
and help me to see as you see...
Lord, I offer you my need
for the gift of understanding:
give me a desire to understand your Word and its truth,
the teachings of the Church and the ways of faith…
When I'm quick to deny and reject,
give me patience to understand and accept...
Help me to see that mine is neither
the only truth nor the greatest…
Keep me humble as I learn, Lord...
I offer you my need
for the gift of right judgment, Lord.
Steep me deeply in your counsel, your word and your wisdom
so that I'm inclined to intuit, know and judge
which way is yours, which word is true, which choice is the good one…
Shape my mind, heart and will, Lord,
in the mold of your goodness,
in the image of your beauty,
in the pattern of your justice…
Soften any hardness in my heart, Lord,
and shape my heart as your own...
Lord, I offer you my need
for the gift of courage...
Give me the courage I lack, the courage I need
to act according to the wisdom, understanding and counsel
your Spirit offers me…
Give me fortitude and follow-through, grit and guts enough
to be true to what I've learned, what I know, what I believe…
Help me to be more mindful of what you ask of me, Lord,
and to pay less attention to what others think of me…
I ask not so much to be brave, Lord,
but simply to be true to you and to myself...
I offer you my need
for the gift of knowledge, Lord...
Strengthened by wisdom, understanding and good counsel,
give me a knowledge of how to weave these gifts
into the fabric of each day's ups and downs, joys and sorrows…
Give me a working knowledge, Lord, of how your word and truth
are part and parcel of the real world, its people and our problems…
Give me the knowledge I need, Lord,
to live and share my faith, day in and day out,
one day at a time…
Lord, I offer you my need
for the gift of reverence.
Give me a heart to worship you out of love, not from fear.
As your servant, it's my duty and obligation to revere you, Lord,
but help my heart want to worship and follow you…
Give m a yearning to do what you ask of me...
With the gift of reverence,
let your wisdom, counsel and courage
weave my worship, will and work as one
so that all I do might be no more than the debt
the beloved gladly owes
and pays to the lover…
Give me a reverence for you, O Lord,
and a heart bent on loving you as you have loved me...
I offer you my need
for the Spirit's gift of awe in your presence, Lord…
Help me want to never offend you, Lord...
Help me believe you're always ready
to help me do what draws me close to you
and to avoid whatever leads me away from you…
Help me trust in your grace to strengthen me
and confirm my hope that you're always with me:
help me remember that with every step I take
I tread on your holy ground...
I offer you my need for all the Spirit's gifts, Lord,
and pray that I might use them to serve you
and all those whose paths will cross mine
this Monday morning, the rest of this day
and all through this week...
(Click here for an archive of Monday Morning Offerings)
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Father, beautiful prayer and also taught me a few things in process of reading and praying it. Thank you, ColleenReplyDelete
- michelleJune 13, 2011 at 6:06 PM
"Help me to be more mindful of what you ask of me, Lord, and to pay less attention to what others think of me... "ReplyDelete
whether it comes from what I think is happening, or whether it ACTUALLY IS happening, in my face-
BOTH are very true and real for me-
Lord, please help me-
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says farmers don't get enough thanks for what they do, and he believes USDA should be spearheading efforts to help the public realize the importance of agriculture.
"If you were Olympic downhill skiers you would be getting a gold medal or if you were professional athletes you would be going in the Hall of Fame," he told the 4,200 farmers attending the Commodity Classic in Anaheim, Calif. "If you were CEOs, you would be getting big bonuses, but you're not."
Vilsack later told reporters covering the Commodity Classic that USDA plans to do more to help expand markets for farmers both here and abroad. Here's more from the press conference (VIDEO)


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Joan Pearce, 73
Joan Pearce, 73, Punxsutawney, died Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, at the Punxsutawney Area Hospital.
She was born Oct. 19, 1939, in Rossiter, a daughter of the late Robert E. and Elva N. (McCarty) Mallory.
On Sept. 21, 1958, she married Harvey L. Pearce, who survives.
She was a member of the Steffy United Methodist Church.
She enjoyed bingo, her family, auctions, sewing, baking and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was a former employee of Wal-Mart.
In addition to her husband, surviving relatives include three sons, Mark Pearce and wife Christina of Punxsutawney, Doug Pearce and wife Wanda of Hillman, and Dave Pearce and wife Tracy of R.D. 1 Rossiter; and a daughter, Jill North and husband Bill of Rossiter; nine grandchildren, Jess and Jay, Adam and Jess, Erica, Aimee, Emily, Kelli and
Dan, Miranda, Jake and Hannah; nine great-grandchildren, Noahh, Devin, Hunter, Deegan, Gabi, Mia, Rafael, Jurnee and Ryan; four sisters, Marianne Wilhelm, Ruth Peace, Jane Cameron and Nancy Elbel; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Morgan Pearce; three sisters, Irene Jones, Jeanette Slovinski and Helen Greenawalt; and six brothers, George, Tom, Bill, Dick, Jim and John Mallory.
Friends will be received from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at the Deeley Funeral Home, Punxsutawney.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at the funeral home with Pastor Paul Thompson officiating.
Interment will be at Pleasant Hill EUB Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made, in memory of Mrs. Pearce, to the charity of the donor's choice.
Online condolences may be made at www.deeleyfuneralhome.com.


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Menkes syndrome is an
Alternative Names
Steely hair disease; Menkes kinky hair syndrome; Kinky hair disease
Menkes syndrome is caused by a defect in the ATP7A gene. The defect makes it hard for the body to distribute copper in food from the intestines into the bloodstream for use in other areas. As a result, the brain and other parts of the body do not get enough copper.
Copper can build up in the small intestine and kidneys, but low copper levels in other areas can affect the structure of bone, skin, hair, and blood vessels, and interfere with nerve function.
Menkes syndrome is inherited, which means it runs in families. The gene is on the X-chromosome, so if a mother carries the defective gene, each of her sons has a 50% chance of developing the disease and 50% of her daughters will be a carrier.
- Bone spurs
- Brittle, kinky hair
- Feeding difficulties
- Irritability
- Lack of muscle tone, floppiness (
hypotonia) Low body temperature
- Mental deterioration
- Pudgy, rosy cheeks
- Skeletal changes
Exams and Tests
There is often a history of Menkes syndrome in a male relative.
Signs include:
Abnormal appearance of the hair under the microscope
Abnormally low body temperature
Bleeding in the brain
Slow growth in the womb
In males, all of the hairs will be abnormal. In females who carry this trait, only half of the hairs may be abnormal.
Tests may include:
Serum ceruloplasmin
Serum copper level
Skin cell (fibroblast) culture
X-ray of the skeletonor x-ray of the skull
Genetic testing may show a change (mutation) in the ATP7A gene.
Treatment usually only helps when started very early in the course of the disease. Injections of copper into a vein or under the skin have been used with mixed results.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Most persons with this condition die within the first few years of life.
Possible Complications
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Talk to your health care provider if you have a family history of Menkes syndrome and you plan to have children. A baby with this condition will often show symptoms early in infancy.
See a genetic counselor if you want to have children and you have a family history of Menkes syndrome. Maternal relatives of a boy with this syndrome should be seen by a geneticist to find out if they are carriers.