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Welcome to the Cricket Web Test Draft voting thread!
There will be two votes:
1. The above poll. Simply vote for the team you think is the best. The team with the most votes wins this poll.
2. A more comprehensive poll conducted by email. Send an email to email@example.com listing your top three teams in order and your cricket web user name. e.g
Then each 1st place team is awarded three points, 2nd awarded two points and 3rd awarded one point. The team with the most points overall will top this poll.Subject: CW Test Draft
My CW user name is USERNAME
1. Team X
2. Team R
3. Team W
Anyone can vote in either or both polls regardless of if they took part in the draft itself. If you took part in the draft please do not vote for your own team in either of the polls.
Vote for the team you think would perform the best in test cricket against the other teams, taking into account the skill of the players in batting, bowling and fielding, how they compliment each other, the balance of the team, how good the captain is and how they suit their chosen home ground.
These teams have been selected from players who appeared in an official test post-WWI, but their whole career is taken into consideration, including matches played prior to WWI.
Each player was given the opportunity to write a few paragraphs supporting their team. Where that player hasn't sent one in yet I have just listed the team and ground. If they can send me a write-up whilst I can still edit this post I will paste it in.
The email poll will close in two weeks on midnight GMT, Friday 13th, February.
Team A
Greame Smith
Gordon Greenidge
Rohan Kanhai
Martin Crowe
Graeme Pollock
Tony Grieg*
Brendon McCullum+
Peter Pollock
Johnny Wardle
Curtly Ambrose
Frank Tyson
Ground: Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
A pair of Pollocks and some great cricketing minds combine in my XI.
My favourite cricketers have always been fast bowlers with that ability to uproot the stumps and send them cartwheeling. By selecting Ambrose, Tyson and Pollock not only have I got three bowlers with the pace to do just that, they also have the supreme accuracy required to take 20 wickets over five days.
The team offers explosive and highly skilled batting from places 1 through to 7, with some of the greatest batsmen of today (Smith) and of the past (Graeme Pollock, Martin Crowe). None of the team are deadweights either with the bat or the field.
Whilst Smith and Greig at their pomp may suggest the beginnings of a personality clash, in reality I would hope that they abilities would firmly compliment each other; devising the strategies and field settings to exploit the slightest weakness in the opposition batting line up.
Team B
Jack Hobbs
Bill Lawry
Eddie Paynter
Denis Compton
Steve Waugh*
Jeff Dujon+
Shaun Pollock
Michael Holding
Dale Steyn
Glenn McGrath
Ground: Lord's, London, England
It is my belief that batting is very important, but ultimately it is bowling that wins you test matches. If you can't consistently take 20 wickets you won't get very far. That is why I decided to build this team around a pace quartet from the beginning and was fortunate enough to get a stunning combination, in my opinion the deadliest pace attack of any team drafted.
Pollock with his unerring accuracy, Holding's flamboyant pace, Steyn's lethal late swing and McGrath's unquenchable thirst for wickets any way he can get them all ensure that this team has the tools to tear apart even the greatest batting line-ups. They will be marshaled by Steve Waugh, one of the greatest test captains who has great experience in using great bowlers to destroy the opposition, and Jeff Dujon who was consistently exceptional in his keeping the West Indies pacemen of the 80s.
But a tremendous bowling attack is not all this team possesses. Jack Hobbs is unquestionably the finest opening batsman ever to play the game and in this tournament he wont be giving his wicket away after reaching three figures. Bill Lawry's rock solid technique and battling mentality is a great compliment. Following them are three top drawer strokeplayers, with one of the great geniuses of test batsmanship at four in Denis Compton, all anchored by one of the most extraordinary run accumulators in history in Waugh.
Lord's is the place fit for such titanic players, plus it helps that McGrath has such a fabulous record there. Beware that pace attack on the infamous slope!
Team C
Virender Sehwag
Conrad Hunte
Donald Bradman*
Patsy Hendren
Kevin Pietersen
Clyde Walcott+
Wilfred Rhodes
Andy Roberts
Shane Bond
Bill Johnston
Colin Croft
Ground: Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa
Team D
Len Hutton
Justin Langer
Ian Chappell
Jaques Kallis
Norm O'Neil
Kumar Sangakkara+
Clive Lloyd*
Harold Larwood
Ian Bishop
Alec Bedser
Muttiah Muraliatharan
Ground: Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka
Team E
Mark Richardson
Graham Gooch*
Mohammad Yousuf
Alan Border
Aravinda de Silva
Mark Boucher+
Chaminda Vaas
Wasim Akram
Bret Lee
Anil Kumble
BS Bedi
Ground: WACA, Perth, Australia
Team F
Matthew Hayden
Sunil Gavaskar
Viv Richards*
Archie Jackson
Mahela Jayawadrene
Aubrey Faulkner
Alec Stewart+
Kapil Dev
Neil Adcock
Bob Willis
Dennis Lillee
Ground: Headingley, Leeds, England
Flair, genius, depth, variety and excellence combine to make up this all-world XI. From possibly the two greatest openers in history at the top of the order, the list of cricketing giants continues all the way throughout the team to possibly the greatest fast bowler the game has ever seen at number eleven.
The top order intimidates with bats like cudgel and blade and there is Mariana Trench-ian depth to further bully opponents. Separate from the talents and achievements of the likes of Richards and Jayewardene, numbers 7 and 8 have a total of 23 Test centuries combined.
The five-headed bowling attack fuses pace, craft, guile, aggression, height, spin, experience and achievements and records by the oil tanker load.
As an XI, it is a team of balance, power, grace, talent and resilience and possesses no weakness.
Team G
Arthur Morris
Desmond Haynes
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
David Gower
Gary Sobers*
Rod Marsh+
Maurice Tate
Fred Trueman
Jim Laker
Courtney Walsh
Ground: Old Trafford, Manchester, England
Captained by the best all rounder ever Garry Sobers the team has a gritty determined top three, followed by some gorgeous middler order batsman in Tendulkar, Gower and Sobers.
The RH LH opening partnership up the top of the order is ideal, and if any early wicket was to fall early having the wall batting at 3 is a bonus.
141 Test 100s from the top 6 should ensure that on average at least one of my batsman should score a century each innings. My team loves scoring runs really, does anyone else have 4 batsman in the top 18 batsman in total runs scorer in the history of Test Cricket?
My wicket keeper Rod Marsh is a terrific gloveman and his brilliant work should see all chances taken, which is vital in these games where so many brilliant bowlers are in action.
The bowling will see Fred Trueman given the new pill with the ever reliable and often underrated Courtney Walsh. Maurice Tate with his swing and depending on conditions Garry Sobers will be first change.
The trump card is the brilliant Jim Laker, who took the best match figures [by far] in Test Cricket when he took 19 for 90. And the venue? None other than Old Trafford..
The team will attack at home and always play for the win, a draw will feel like a lose. Away from home, it wont be so easy all the time, but the XI picked should be able to handle all conditions really.
Team H
Saeed Anwar
Geoff Boycott
Ricky Ponting
Ken Barrington
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Damien Martyn
MS Dhoni*+
Malcolm Marshall
Joel Garner
Brian Statham
Alan Donald
Ground: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Team I
Bill Ponsford
Charlie Macartney
George Headley
Everton Weekes
Stan McCabe
Andy Flower+
Mike Procter
Ian Botham
Shane Warne*
Jeff Thomson
Lance Gibbs
Ground: The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia
I based my team around plenty of depth in both the batting and bowling departments, and attacking cricketers that, whilst on a simulation might not prove the best would, in real life, have every chance of winning a series against any of the other sides on display. Australians McCabe and Ponsford, picked up late in the draft, were key to ensuring that the side had enough batting talent to back up the West Indian combination of Headley and Weekes at the top of the order. Botham and Proctor were extremely aggressive allround cricketers, and with Thomson's pace, the side's bowling unit is hardly likely to take a back step. Shane Warne was voted one of the five cricketers of the century so hardly needs an introduction and his partnership with Gibbs would be an exciting one. Of all wicket keepers, Andy Flower averages the highest so securing a wicketkeeper-batsman of his quality was a huge bonus. Macartney may look ordinary on paper (41.8 with the bat and 27.55 with the ball) but after the Second World War he was immense – possibly a Viv Richards of the 1920s. His bowling (slow left am) allows another option for Warne, who also has McCabe's medium pace for variety.
The Gabba was chosen as the home ground as Warne, Gibbs and Thomson all performed well in Brisbane throughout their career. With five Australians in the team, playing in front of home crowds for half the side would also be an added bonus. Warne was chosen as skipper because of his aggressive streak and his fearlessness as a leader – to captain a side filled with such talent would, in my opinion, require a captain with supreme confidence in his own ability and the desire to challenge his own team mates to perform at their best. I believe Warne fits this category as good as any captain.
Team J
Hanif Mohammad
Herb Sutcliffe
Ted Dexter*
Javed Miandad
Richie Richardson
Doug Walters
Adam Gilchrist+
Ray Lindwall
Wes Hall
Clarrie Grimmett
John Snow
Ground: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
Playing at the Adelaide oval Australia, I have put togather a team that should be able to compete on all surfaces and in all conditions. Adelaide oval is a splendid place to play cricket and it gives everyone a chance to perform, in a way I'm bringing my opposition closer to me in home gomes by playing there but I'm after a fair contest. Good batting line ups should be able to post first innings scores of around 500, while there is enough pace, spin and bounce to help all bowlers achieve some success.
My team looks impressive as a unit. My first pick I went for Adam Gilchrist, you only have to think how often he won test matches in the space of a session, I'm hoping to get that from him. My top order is impressive, having an opener like Sutcliffe averaging over 60 partnered with a guy who can bat forever in Hanif Mohammad will give us lots of good starts. Theres plenty of quality in the middle order with Ted Dexter, Javed Miandad, Richie Richardson and Doug Walters. All these guys are vastly experienced batsmen with more than 5000 runs each or average over 45 and have all played many great test innings. By names I don't have the best bowling line up but I think they are great. With three of my four bowlers having over 200 test wickets (Wes Hall has 192) it proves they were at the top of the tree for a long time. All these guys showed time and time again why they were among the best in the world from their generation.
I mostly looked at experienced influential players, guys that could win matches and guys that could save matches, players that played big when it was needed, I've got a great mix of flair and poise, I'm confident I have one of the best teams in the draft.
Team K
Sid Barnes
David Boon
Alvin Kallicharran
Brian Lara
Michael Hussey
Andrew Flintoff
Richard Hadlee
Richie Benaud*
Ian Healy+
Daniel Vettori
Darren Gough
Ground: SCG, Sydney, Australia
Team L
Bob Simpson
Mark Taylor*
Wally Hammond
Greg Chappell
Neil Harvey
Vijay Hazare
Imran Khan
Alan Knott+
Waqar Younis
Bill O'Reilly
Bruce Reid
Ground: National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
My team was built around a balanced bowling attack with no weak links, and a great middle order. The openers/slipsmen, and wicketkeeper were selected to compliment them.
O'Reilly is the attack's lynchpin. His ability to bowl all day, posing a constant threat while keeping things very tight (E/R: <2) allowed me to be comfortable having only 4 frontline bowlers. He bowled all day to batsmen like Bradman and Hammond on dead tracks and never tired or gave an inch.
Imran and Waqar are my opening bowlers – genuine express pace, the ability to move the ball late, heart to bowl all day if required, and generating reverse swing later on. Geniuses who pose a threat to any batsman, anywhere. Reid compliments them, angling across right-handers with steep bounce from 9' up or move the ball back in. Hammond and Simpson are ok fifth bowlers, for rare occasions I need/want an extra seamer or spinner.
I picked batsmen who had proven successful in adverse conditions – Hammond on wet/drying wickets, Chappell excelling during the greatest era of fast bowling, Harvey succeeded in all conditions, often when none of his team-mates could. And they could all feast when conditions eased. Simpson and Taylor with proven success in all conditions, against great new-ball bowlers, will provide a very solid platform for this middle order. Both alltime great slips, and Taylor was a brilliant tactical captain.
Once I missed the 3-4 genuine wicketkeeping allrounders, I decided to simply get the best gloveman I could who could also contribute in the tail. By taking catches/stumping chances, and preventing byes, a "batsman who keeps" might miss, yet also averaged 32 against some great attacks, Knott is to my mind no compromise. Having Imran in the team at 7 also allows him the luxury of batting at 8, giving my team a very long tail.
Team M
Bill Woodfull
Barry Richards
Dudley Nourse
Frank Worrell*
Lindsay Hassett
Keith Miller
Leslie Ames+
Jack Gregory
Alan Davidson
Hedley Verity
Ernie Toshack
Ground: MCG, Melbourne, Australia
Bill Woodfull - Openning batsman who had great stickability, reliability and courage.
Barry Richards - Highly skilled South African openner who was denied by the Apartheid boycott from playing more than 4 official tests averaging 72 although he did well in Packer's World Series Supertests.
Dudley Nourse - Highly consistant and most feared batsman in South African team in post war years who did well even against an attack featuring Lindwall, Miller and Johnston in South Africa in 1949-50
Sir Frank Worrell - Top quality reliable batsman who had all the strokes and a top quality captain who was an expert in forging a team out of players from diverse backgrounds.
Lindsay Hassett - Top quality batsman against pace (Was often used as an openner) and spin (one of the few batsman to get on top of O'Reilly with any degree of regularity).
Keith Miller - Highly explosive and entertaining allrounder who usually batted at his best on a big occasion or when his team needed it. He was also a highly skilled if some what unpredictable fast bowler who usually got the opposition dangerman quickly. Also a top quality fielder in the slips.
Leslie Ames - Top quality batsman-keeper who averaged over 40 with the bat in the 1930's for England playing good orthodox cricket shots and is probably the best keeper out of the keeper-batsman as is shown by his great success behind the stumps.
Jack Gregory - good fast bowler who adds an extra dimension to my pace attack (Speed) as well as his brillant slips fielding and his explosive batting also adds extra depth to my batting lineup.
Alan Davidson - Tight accurate LMF bowler who could move the ball both in the air and off the pitch. Also a handy lower order batsman who often dug his side out of trouble and was known as "The Claw" for his ability to snare catches close to the wicket
Hedley Verity - Left Arm spinner with great control and brain particularly lethal on wet wickets. His ability to step uo to this level is shown by the fact that he dismissed Sir Donald Bradman more often than any other bowler.
Ernie Toshack - Left Arm Medium Pacer whose tight economical bowling (Economy Rate: 1.88) will allow my other bowlers to attack from the other end.


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John Cook
Jun 30, 2011
Republican media strategist Roger Ailes launched Fox News Channel in 1996, ostensibly as a "fair and balanced" counterpoint to what he regarded as the liberal establishment media. But according to a remarkable document buried deep within the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, the intellectual forerunner for Fox News was a nakedly partisan 1970 plot by Ailes and other Nixon aides to circumvent the "prejudices of network news" and deliver "pro-administration" stories to heartland television viewers.
The memo—called, simply enough, "A Plan For Putting the GOP on TV News"— is included in a 318-page cache of documents detailing Ailes' work for both the Nixon and George H.W. Bush administrations that we obtained from the Nixon and Bush presidential libraries. Through his firms REA Productions and Ailes Communications, Inc., Ailes served as paid consultant to both presidents in the 1970s and 1990s, offering detailed and shrewd advice ranging from what ties to wear to how to keep the pressure up on Saddam Hussein in the run-up to the first Gulf War.
The documents—drawn mostly from the papers of Nixon chief of staff and felon H.R. Haldeman and Bush chief of staff John Sununu—reveal Ailes to be a tireless television producer and joyful propagandist. He was a forceful advocate for the power of television to shape the political narrative, and he reveled in the minutiae constructing political spectacles—stage-managing, for instance, the lighting of the White House Christmas tree with painstaking care. He frequently floated ideas for creating staged events and strategies for manipulating the mainstream media into favorable coverage, and used his contacts at the networks to sniff out the emergence of threatening narratives and offer advice on how to snuff them out—warning Bush, for example, to lay off the golf as war in the Middle East approached because journalists were starting to talk. There are also occasional references to dirty political tricks, as well as some positions that seem at odds with the Tea Party politics of present-day Fox News: Ailes supported government regulation of political campaign ads on television, including strict limits on spending. He also advised Nixon to address high school students, a move that caused his network to shriek about "indoctrination" when Obama did it more than 30 years later.
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Little Thai is always managing to keep things interesting with new menu items, seasonal specials, and new variations on classic Thai recipes. The latest: an over-the-top concoction known as Volcano Shrimp, and two oh-so-refreshing sangrias.Truth: a solid neighborhood Thai joint is hard to come by. And the quest to single out that one charming little gem is no easy task. But when that hunt ends in a cozy spot that whips up a mean pad-see-ew, serves seasonal sangrias, and was once bestowed with an award of excellence from the Thai Ministry of Commerce for serving up truly authentic grub? To the victor go the spoils, we say. And those delicious spoils — sangria, coconut cake, mango rolls, the whole shebang — can be found at a tucked-away little joint appropriately named Little Thai, a Sandy Springs favorite for ten years in the making.
We'll be the first to admit that, as much as we love a good, consistent bowl of curry, it ain't easy finding a Thai restaurant whose kitchen likes to mix things up every now and then. And really, one can only eat so many bowls of the exact same pad Thai before one's eyes begin to wander. Luckily, Little Thai is always managing to keep things interesting with new menu items, seasonal specials, and new variations on classic Thai recipes. The latest: an over-the-top, almost too pretty to eat (key word: almost) concoction known as Volcano Shrimp, which consists of a tower of perfectly golden tempura shrimp drizzled with a spicy chile aioli. We're also quite smitten with another new addition, albiet a slightly boozier one: the new sangrias on the menu. We're partial to the sake-spiked melon, mint and citrus concoction, but both are refreshing, delicious, and positively perfect for patio-sipping. Oh, yes, a patio: this place has one of those, too. Could a neighborhood Thai joint possibly get any sweeter than this? Well, yes, actually. Save room for their famous coconut cake. Trust us on this one.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Should You Get Your Teenagers Vaccinated?
Vaccines are not just for young children. I've already written about how homeschoolers are required to maintain their child's immunization record, now I want to take a moment to encourage those of you who are Latina moms and/or have older children, to talk to your doctor about vaccines for preteens and teenagers.
Do you have an 11 to 18 year old? If so, it may be time for a booster shot to update any childhood vaccines that may have weakened. In addition, as kids get older, they are more at risk for catching certain diseases, like meningococcal meningitis, so they need the protection that specific vaccines provide. Remember that vaccines are designed to work WITH a body's healthy immune system to protect it from certain diseases. The bodies of most older children and adults can use vaccines effectively.
But the most important thing I want to do in this post, is encourage you to get your children the HPV vaccine. The rate of cervical cancer is two- to three-times higher among Latinas. The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects against the types of HPV that cause most cervical cancers. It also protects against HPV types that cause most genital warts, as well as the HPV types that cause anal cancer. So both boys AND girls should receive this vaccine around the ages of 11 and 12.
To learn more about vaccinations for preteens and teens, take a look at this article from the CDC.
We can't always protect our niños from the dangers in this world. But this is one area where we as parents have the power to keep our children safe.
Con mucho cariño...
Disclosure: I was compensated for writing this post. However, I am very passionate about the health of our children and all opinions expressed in this article are completely my own.
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- AnonymousJuly 14, 2011 at 8:51 PM
I am so surprised that there are 0 comments! I was actually a bit taken aback by your trust in all things suggested about vaccines including the HPV vaccines that don't even have any long term research done on them yet because they are so new. I also am of the opinion that if we start telling our 11 years olds (!!!)that they need to be vaccinated against something they can catch by having sex, what is it exactly we are communicating to them??? That we don't have faith that they will behave themselves, be decent, pure as children? I will not make it seem like my son is incapable of containing himself and behaving according to God's Word and trusting the Holy Spirit to guide him along all of life's temptations. Even my friends who think it is just fine to hand their children condoms and do not share my belief system know that it is all too soon to blindly trust the medical community to fully disclose all the risks and honestly admit they don't have all the facts yet. I went along with all the vaccine guidelines when parenting my first son as I very naively trusted everything the doctors pushed in my face and I praise God that he is smart and ahead of the game developmentally. With my second son we delayed the vaccines a bit but still at 9 months after receiving a vaccine he was a different child; things he had done for months he no longer did, loving the swings til this day at almost five he can't stand them or any fast movement and luckily after stopping all vaccines all together he is mostly perfect but I will always wonder if I had trusted my gut and some alternate research what kind of kid he might be...and PS he was exclusively BF and extensively BF it didn't make a difference.ReplyDelete
I love the info you put out on raising children bi-lingual and teaching them in both languages but I'm disappointed that you chose to put out a blanket statement about something that has nothing to do with either of those topics because someone saw an easy way to push an agenda by paying you a little cash...ReplyDelete
Thank you both for taking the time to comment and share your opinions. I knew this topic would ellicit some response.ReplyDelete
Anonymous, I am so sorry for the trouble you had with your son's vaccinations. It sounds like you made a wise decision. As I mentioned in my previous post, I think parents should research and do what they think is right for their children. I'm not going to tell anyone that they are right or wrong to vaccinate their child. I simply shared what worked for us, so that parents would realize that they do have an alternative to what the doctors recommend and/or expect.
That said, I want to make it very clear that Latinas have the highest rates of cervical cancer of all groups of women and are also more likely to die from cervical cancer than non-Hispanic whites. This is a fact and not something I've made up.
Should we expect our children to abstain from sex before marriage? Absolutely. Should we talk to them about being responsible? Yes. But what happens if they marry someone who has made mistakes? And not all parents raise their children in a responsible manner. I know a lot of Latino families (mine included) where sex was not discussed. So I do think it is important to share the information about on the HPV vaccine. A teenager's health immune system is much more capable of using the vaccine as it is intended wihtout the side effects that may or may not be seen in children.
Sandroandeliza, I want you to know that I am very picky about what sponsorships I accept. I don't accept those that have nothing to do with education, or the empowerment and well-being(emotional and physical health included) of our children, because I believe that our job as teachers and parents is to be concerned about the whole child... not just the student.
Thank you both so much for your comments.
I appreciate the information and statistics you shared. It's important to be aware of a variety of information, so that you can then decide what is best for your children and family. I did not know that the rate of cervical cancer is higher amongst Latinas. It's definitely something to consider. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2011 at 9:14 PM
Having three women with cancer in my family circle and knowing that Latinas have greater risks of cervical cancer, I find it encouraging that there are vaccines available now. At least we have a choice now.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing this info.


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We washed this morning. Henry & Leona went to Belleville & also to the coal mines & got a load of coal for the church. They left the kids here, they came back about 4 o'clock, they left at 10am this morning, but they had to wait so long to get a load of coal. Sister Several call up this morning and wanted to know if Papa would go to Red Bud this morning & get a school desk for the sister, so he did, this afternoon he went to get a load of coal for the church, but there were so many trucks waiting at the coal mine that he went over to Freeburg's coal mine & there he got 19 bu. 70 lbs. for $1.56. Rosalia took 8 doz. eggs to the store & got .26¢. The Catholic School children didn't have no school today, because it was to cold & the furnace isn't fixed yet in the new school house, & it is to cold with out fire.
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Monday, Oct. 20, 1930
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Theresa Casteel
October 24th, 2011 at 9:22 pm
It must have been an unusually cold Fall that year.
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.
Theresa (Tangled Trees)


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Prof. Tobias B. Wolff on the Democratic party platform: A view from the inside
Tobias Barrington Wolff, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, was present in Detroit last month for a meeting of the Platform Committee of the Democratic Party, where the provisions of the party's formal platform were finalized. Wolff served in 2007 and 2008 as the Chair of LGBT Policy for the first presidential campaign of Barack Obama, and he has provided input to the White House on an informal basis since the President took office.
Wolff has written and researched widely on civil rights and equality. He spoke with Penn Law's Office of Communications about his role in finalizing the 2012 Democratic platform, and what he sees as stark contrasts between how the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and President Obama are unified in their respective visions, in contrast to the dynamics of the Republican party's platform and their presidential candidate, Mitt Romney.
Penn Law (PL): Please tell us about your involvement with the Democratic platform and your work with the DNC.
Tobias Barrington Wolff (TBW): The finalizing of the platform unfolds in several stages. There is a team of people who work on producing an initial draft, which is then presented to the drafting committee. The drafting committee this year was made up of a group of notable figures, such as former Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio, Rep. Barney Frank, and so on, all of whom worked together, held public hearings and gathered input from a broad range of constituents and constituencies, to find out what they wanted to see reflected in the platform.
They produced a draft document that was then presented to the platform committee. The platform committee is the body within the Democratic Party that has the formal authority to finalize the substance of the document, and has the opportunity to submit amendments and so forth. That was the committee I was on. It met in Detroit and was co-chaired by Newark [New Jersey] Mayor Cory Booker and retired U.S. Army General Claudia Kennedy. That final document is being presented at the Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, and will be formally adopted as the platform of the party.
PL: How is the platform committee comprised?
TBW: The platform committee is made up of two groups of people: those selected by the DNC in Washington, D.C., who are called "Party Leader and Elected Official" members. I was considered one of the "party leaders." There were also about 200 people selected through the state party apparatuses, and all together that group made up the platform committee. I've done some work for the Obama campaign and I've served as an informal advisor to the White House, so they asked me to serve on the committee.
PL: What was the experience like? Was this the first time you served in this kind of capacity?
TBW: It was the first time. Everyone clearly took the duties quite seriously; the draft document we were presented with was very good. One of the issues that got a lot of attention was the support for marriage equality. There was a lot of consensus. There was no debate of which I'm aware within the platform committee about that – that was very heartening. As to the delegates, in one way or another they had come up through their state parties. Some of them had a lot of political experience, some of them were grassroots activists or community representatives; there were young people, seniors, and those in between. It was a good group of folks.
PL: What do you think you brought to the table as a law professor?
TBW: That's an interesting question. I'm not aware of any other law professors in the room, though one of the members of the drafting committee is a law professor. I think my expertise was useful in that I could serve as another filter for ensuring there were no substantive issues that warranted further attention. But it was a really good document when we on the platform committee got it. I focused on several of the sections and wound up making an amendment on the floor - which was accepted - which included some language about LGBT families in the immigration context that had not made it into the original draft.
The room was thrilled to be adopting it, and it's language the Obama campaign and the White House are happy with. That language reaffirms the idea that the term "family" – as a legal term but also as a general concept – includes LGBT families and relationships in immigration. It also acknowledges the reality that families are getting ripped apart, often through deportation, because of unequal treatment that LGBT families still receive.
The administration has been working on this issue – they're constrained by the federal Defense of Marriage Act – they've taken steps already in the context of DOMA that provide some protections against deportation with LGBT families. But with any issue involving relationship rights at the federal level, getting rid of DOMA is a prerequisite for these couples to receive fully equal treatment.
PL: What is your take on the Republican platform process by comparison?
TBW: Obviously, I'm not a neutral party here, but seeing how the Republican platform has unfolded I think it's a remarkable comparison. There is not a word in the Democratic Party platform that I'm aware of that isn't fully embraced by the president, his campaign, and by the party itself. Of course, there is disagreement within the party on some issues, but there is a unity of sentiment between the language of the platform adopted by the party and the president's campaign.
In contrast, the Republican platform stakes out a lot of positions that their candidate now says he doesn't support. Looking at it from the outside, the Republican landscape looks a lot more disjointed than is typical of a major party presidential campaign, and that may make it difficult for their candidates to maintain focus.


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Sail Grenadines
We are a family owned company offering charter holidays to families, couples and groups of friends in the Caribbean. We are not a large sailing organisation or flotilla specialist but more focussed on organising the holiday to suit our clients. Holidays are tailored to suit individual (i.e. holiday of relaxing on a yacht all week, learning how to sail, a week on a yacht and a week on land, a honeymoon or special occasion etc etc). See deign brief for further information. See http://www.sailionian.com for our Greek site.
Families, couples and friends looking for a more exclusive experience but not necessarily top end spenders. Clients often more than average package holiday client. We do offer yachts up to 100ft for charter and website has to appeal to this audience also. Most just looking for the perfect sailing holiday and want to be looked after and have the service we offer which goes the extra mile to help.
Updated homepage required with detail/information that is included in the older version. Includes: links to photo album/videos, experiences page and comments, pricing, travel information, the yachts, holiday types etc. The focus of the page has to be promoting the family/couples sailing holiday and of course the area. A special offers link also needs to be on there but this shouldnt be dominating the home page.
We are looking for a fresh new look to a new venture in the Caribbean. The new website will be http://www.SailGrenadines.com
Homepage with content, banner, navigation and image area. Similar content to http://www.sailionian.com homepage. Ideally would like visitors to site to be able to ask questions directly to us online also rather than having to email/pick up the phone
Companies based in our area:
Our site: http://www.sailionian.com/Sail_Caribbean - needs larger banner, more prominent images - new fresher look.


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Go RVing's first ever national RV giveaways conducted in partnership with Great American Country Network (GAC) and Outdoor Channel this spring generated significant consumer interest while also providing impressive results for the national advertising campaign, according to a news release.
The two sweepstakes combined to draw more than 811,000 entries and yielded 46,329 leads for the Go RVing effort from entrants who opted into receiving information from participating Go RVing dealers, manufacturers and campgrounds.
"The Ultimate Country Music RV Giveaway" sweepstakes with GAC offered entrants the chance to win a 2012 Lance Campers Ultralight 1685 travel trailer as the grand prize along with two VIP tickets and backstage access to the CMA Festival in Nashville in June. Running from March 1 – April 16, it drew 646,714 entrants, of which 122,376 were unique entries, and generated 23,156 opt-in leads. According to GAC, these results represent "a huge success for a custom sweepstakes."
As part of the GAC partnership, two 60-second vignettes featuring country music artist Chuck Wicks enjoying RV getaways in the prize model Lance travel trailer aired on GAC. Go RVing also has a branded "On-The-Road-Guide to Summer Hot Spots" special section in the June People Country magazine (available on newsstand now). Featuring a country-music theme, the six-page custom section promoted the sweepstakes and RV travel. Details about the sweepstakes, Go RVing interactive banner ads, information on RVing, and the Chuck Wicks vignettes were featured on GACTV.com.
Go RVing's "Spring Fever" sweepstakes with the Outdoor Channel attracted 165,000 total entrants, of which 31,217 were unique entries, and accounted for 23,173 opt-in leads. This contest ran through April and featured a Columbia Northwest 2012 Somerset OR12SD off-road folding camping trailer as the grand prize.
The promotion included four custom RVing vignettes featuring Outdoor Channel talent Pat Reeve and Nicole Jones, host of the hunting show Driven, and Mark Zona, host of Zona's Awesome Fishing Show. Outdoor Channel also promoted the sweepstakes and the benefits of RV travel to audiences through outdoorchannel.com, their social media outlets, and targeted emails.
"We were very pleased with the success of our first national RV giveaway sweepstakes," said RVIA Vice President of Public Relations and Advertising James Ashurst. "These two promotions were popular with the public and helped spread our key messages about RVing with receptive audiences. The amount of leads created by the sweepstakes was particularly encouraging."
Lance Campers and Columbia Northwest were selected to provide the grand prize RVs through a lottery in January of RVIA members who offered a unit for the two sweepstakes.


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Good weather for a gardener's bean recipe
Digging in is digging out. There was a two-and-a-half foot drift in my walkway, and more snow to shovel all around the corner. The snow came in from the northeast, so it scooped into my walkway and wrapped all around it.
All night, while the snow silently fell, I had a cooking project going on: Dutch bullet beans that I got from Grant Family Farms last fall. Soaked a pound of them overnight, rinsed and then simmered them in the morning until al dente, drained them while shoveling, and then seasoned them to taste: salt, pepper, Vulcan's fire salt, fresh ground cumin, then MORE fresh ground cumin, a couple pinches cardamom, a pinch of cinnamon, and then a dressing of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and Bragg's Amino's. Tasty! I think that if I had to do it over again, I might have simmered them in broth or cider. They'll either go into a quinoa pilaf or get smacked with some lime juice and almond butter and become hummus.
I can't tell you quantities on the seasonings, because that's just not how I cook: I taste and add and taste and add and sometimes, if I'm not sure of myself, I take a big spoonful of whatever it is I'm seasoning and add a little bit of what I'm thinking of and see how it goes. And then add it to the big batch. I'm not a recipe cook. If I'd had tamari, I'd have added that, but I don't, and it's just a great day to raid the pantry and see what I can come up with, with what I have, without hitting the streets or the stores.
Weather is a great teacher. I've seen a lot of blizzards in my 13 years in Colorado, a lot of them from the car windows. This one, I embraced and took a vacation day to tie up loose ends. And that makes it more beautiful, even after two hours of shoveling.
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Bristol ITS Architecture
The Bristol Regional ITS Architecture development process was led by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) in coordination with the Bristol Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The Region is defined by the boundaries of the Bristol MPO and also includes all of Washington County VA.
The Bristol Region is adjacent to the Johnson City Region and Kingsport Region. The Johnson City Regional ITS Architecture was completed in 2006 and the Kingsport Regional ITS Architecture was developed concurrently with the Bristol Region. The close proximity to the Kingsport Region and the fact that both Regions are located in Sullivan County TN and TDOT Region 1, and also involve the VDOT Bristol District, created an overlap in many of the stakeholders. Three of the four workshops held during the development of the Bristol Regional ITS Architecture and Deployment Plan were conducted in coordination with workshops being held for the Kingsport Region to facilitate coordination and consistency.
Project Documents
Executive Summary
Bristol Executive Summary
Regional ITS Architecture
Bristol Regional ITS Architecture
Bristol Regional ITS Architecture Appendices
Regional ITS Deployment Plan
Bristol Regional ITS Deployment Plan
Workshop Minutes and Other Documents
ITS Technology Overview Sheet
Kick-Off Workshop - 10/18/07
ITS Architecture Development Workshop - 11/27/07
ITS Deployment Plan Development Workshop - 2/6/08
Comment Resolution Workshop - 4/2/08
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2014 - 2015 Budget
The City of Richardson's proposed budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal year is $216,593,734. The proposed amount represents an increase of $4,970,031 or 2.3 percent from the 2013-2014 estimated expenditures of $211,623,703.
"The City Council's Goals provide the strong guidance in the development of this 2014-2015 budget work plan. Initiatives for enhanced public safety, infrastructure maintenance and economic development are all responsive to our focus on quality municipal services," said Richardson City Manager Dan Johnson. "This budget continues the City Council's active attention on maintenance. The specific allocation for road improvements funded from the dedicated property tax allocation has been increased from 1.75 pennies of the tax rate to 2 pennies."Key highlights of the Proposed 2014-2015 Budget include:
- Certified Tax Roll increase of 4.9 percent - maintains current tax rate of $0.63516
- Increased Senior Exemption from $55,000 to $60,000
- 1 percent of Tax Roll equals $687,000 impact
- 1 penny equals $1.1 million
- No change in tax rate
- A $367,000 increase in the funds dedicated to street maintenance for a total of approximately $2.7 million
- 9.5 percent rate adjustment in water and sewer services
- Sales Tax forecast of 3 percent over estimated "base to base" year-end 2013-2014 collections
- General Fund expenditures increase 2.9 percent
- Up to 5 percent step increases - for the 61 percent of employees eligible and who merit the increase
- 2 percent merit based increase for those employees at the top of their pay range or single step job classifications
- Funding of $2.9 million of 4-year debt financing for general equipment, vehicles and projects
General Fund
The General Fund portion of the proposed 2014-2015 Budget is programmed at $109,114,152. Proposed 2014-2015 expenditures and transfers represent a $3,055,479, a 2.9 percent increase over 2013-2014 estimated expenditures of $106,058,673.
Key General Fund budget initiatives include a focus on infrastructure maintenance, launching of public safety staffing initiatives for police patrol and emergency medical services, economic development strategies and increased resources for parks maintenance.
Increases and decreases by department between the proposed 2014-2015 Budget and 2013-2014 estimated expenditures for the General Fund are illustrated on page 8 of the Proposed Budget, exclusive of debt financed capital equipment.
General Fund Revenues
The proposed tax rate for the support of the 2014-2015 General Fund expenditures is submitted at a rate of $0.63516 per $100 of assessed valuation reflecting no increase from the 2013-2014 tax rate. Apportionment of the proposed $0.63516 per $100 of assessed valuation rate is $0.37031 for operations and maintenance funds to be used toward daily operating expenses and $0.26485 for debt service based on full valuation.
This tax rate is predicated on certified tax roll of $6,987,343,111 for Dallas County and $4,248,114,986 for Collin County for a 2014 total Certified Tax Roll of $11,235,458,097 reflecting an increase of $528,046,407 or 4.9 percent from the 2013 final certified tax roll. The submitted 2014-2015 Budget is based on these taxable values plus $39,536,840 of taxable values in dispute still pending with Dallas County Appraisal District and Collin County Appraisal District and less the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District increment of $427,179,942.
Remaining revenue projections are based primarily on historical trends and conservative growth indicators. The revenues projected for the General Fund for the proposed 2014-2015 Budget represent an increase of $3,244,963 or 3.1 percent from 2013-2014 estimated revenues. Sales Tax for 2014-2015 is projected at $29,223,403 reflecting a $701,409 or 2.5 percent increase from 2013-2014 year-end estimated revenues.
Water and Sewer Fund
The proposed 2014-2015 Budget for the Water and Sewer Fund including debt service is submitted at $59,137,954. This represents an increase of $3,096,343 or 5.5 percent from the 2013-2014 estimated expenditures. Included in the proposed expenditures for the 2014-2015 Water and Sewer Fund is $21,699,782 associated with the water purchase requirement from the North Texas Municipal Water District, representing 36.7 percent of the total expenses and transfers in this fund.
The proposed budget for the purchase of water anticipates an additional $0.19 per thousand gallons or $2.1 million increase in wholesale water rates from North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) in accordance with their multi-year financial plans. With no significant rate increases expected from our service providers for the treatment of raw sewage, sewer treatment services are expected to increase $604,000 over the year end estimate of $12,323,295 to allow for changes in flow.
Beyond the proposed operational expenditures, funding of $5,340,000 is required for the debt service requirements associated with our ongoing multi-year utility capital improvement program. Increases and decreases by departments between the proposed 2014-2015 Budget and 2013-2014 estimated expenditures are illustrated on page 12 of the Proposed Budget, exclusive of debt financed capital.
Water and Sewer Revenues
Proposed Water and Sewer Fund revenues of $59,874,411 reflect an increase of $5,859,876 or 10.8 percent from the 2013-2014 estimate based on the assumption of continued Stage 3 restrictions through the second quarter with a slow return to normal consumption by year-end. A 9.5 percent rate increase is requested with this budget. The increase would go into effect with the first billing in November of 2014. As the new fiscal year begins, water and sewer sale and consumption patterns will be tracked and monitored closely in anticipation of possible need to increase rates in the future.
Solid Waste Services Fund
The 2014-2015 Budget for the Solid Waste Services Fund is proposed at $13,043,160 representing a 1.3 percent or $161,991 increase from the 2013-2014 Estimate. The disposal fees paid to NTMWD are budgeted at $3,765,350, a 2 percent increase over the year-end estimate due to a modest increase in the disposal fees charged by NTMWD. Necessary vehicle and container replacements are also included in the proposed 2014-2015 Budget for the Solid Waste Services Fund.
Solid Waste Fund Revenues
Solid Waste revenues are programmed at $12,773,879 for 2014-2015, an increase of 0.3 percent over 2013-2014 estimated. A 5 percent increase in commercial frontload services to bring Richardson in-line with current market services is included in this budget. The use of fund balance in the Solid Waste Fund will result in continued review and study of these operations.
Golf Fund
Total expenditures and transfers for the Golf Fund for fiscal year 2014-2015 are proposed at $2,106,155 reflecting an increase of 0.3 percent above estimated 2013-2014 expenditures.
Golf Fund Revenues
Golf Fund revenues are projected at $1,875,426 based on estimated rounds and reflects a renovation of Course #1, which will necessitate closing this course from February/March 2015 and reopening in August/September 2015.
Hotel/Motel Tax Fund
The 2014-2015 Budget for the Hotel/Motel Tax Fund is proposed at $5,885,846, which is an increase of $322,312 or 5.8 percent from 2013-2014 estimated. The proposed budget reflects funding for the thirteenth full year of operations for the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and Corporate Presentations, as well as support for Convention and Visitors Bureau and increased funding for arts initiatives.
Hotel/Motel Tax Revenues
Total revenues for the Hotel/Motel Tax Fund are projected at $5,992,269 for 2014-2015 reflecting a $322,923 or 5.7 percent increase from estimated 2013-2014. Hotel motel tax receipts are projected at $3,677,926 reflecting a 2.0 percent increase or $73,717 above estimated 2013-2014. In addition to hotel motel tax receipts, the Hotel Motel Tax Fund also hosts fees associated with the use of the City's Parking Garage at Galatyn Park and the Eisemann Center. Parking fees are projected at $226,300. Eisemann Center fees are projected at $2,086,692 or 13.2 percent above the 2013-2014 estimate. Eisemann Center revenue projections for 2014-2015 are based primarily on current bookings for facility use next fiscal year.
Fund Balances
As reflected in the fund summaries, targeted fund balances have been maintained in the General Fund (60.09 days) and in the Solid Waste Services Fund (93.28 days). The Water and Sewer Service Fund (80.45) is below the targeted fund balance for fiscal year 2014-2015, but there is a strategy to be back to the fund balance target by the end of 2016-2017 through a blended strategy of increased consumption and strategic increases to the rate structure based on increasing wholesale costs.
|Budget Calendar
Fiscal Year 2014-2015
|Tue., July 15 -
Wed., July 16
|City Council Budget Retreat - 5:30 p.m.
|Mon., July 28
|City Council Meeting
|Mon., Aug. 4
|Discuss tax rate, set public hearings on tax rate (Tax public hearings are required if proposed rate will exceed the lower of the rollback tax rate or the effective tax rate) & take record vote on tax rate
Set date & place of public hearing on budget. (Budget public hearings must be at least 15 days after filing of Budget with City Secretary/Council)
|Mon., Aug. 11
|City Council Meeting and City Manager Budget Presentation
|Mon., Aug. 18
|City Council Meeting - Hold 1st Public Hearing on tax rate (2nd Public Hearing on Tax Rate is required to be at least 3 days after the 1st Public Hearing)
|Mon., Aug. 25
|City Council Meeting (Regular) - Hold Public Hearing on Budget and 2nd Public Hearing on tax rate (PH on Budget must be at least 15 days after budget is filed with CSO/Council. 2nd Public Hearing on Tax Rate is required to be at least 3 days after the 1st Public Hearing. Adopt tax rate within 7 - 14 days)
|Mon., Sept. 8
|City Council Meeting* (Regular) - Vote to Ratify tax increase reflected in the budget, Adopt Budget and Adopt Property Tax Rate for FY 2014-2015, *3 separate vote actions needed.


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When it comes to raw computing power, Moore's Law is still going strong after all these years. The focus has evolved from a megahertz and gigahertz race to one where the goal is to squeeze as many processors onto a single die as possible. Yet from the outside, the PC remains as it was ten, even twenty years ago. The large and bulky CRT monitors have been replaced by the sleek and slim LCD panels but the same rectangular chassis housing the innards of the PC is relatively unchanged.
That was until Apple released its iMac line of computers in 1998. Apple got rid of the boxes, integrating the processing hardware into the display. The original iMac looked like a slightly bloated albeit colorful CRT monitor. With subsequent models, the iMac started using flat panel LCDs but the design goal remained consistent - to unify the display and the processor into an aesthetically pleasing unit. While Apple's designs have often inspired legions of imitators and there are quite a few iMac clones out there, there hasn't been any decent original work extending or improving this concept.
Such is the challenge that HP has taken up with its new HP TouchSmart IQ770 PC. Its silver and black exterior, coupled with an innovative touchscreen based design may contrast with the simplicity and elegance of the iMac, but bristling with buttons and its multiple ports and connectors, it screams of pure technology and power. Instead of blindly aping Apple's design ethos, where tech gadgets evolve into fashion accessories, HP has gone its own, very PC-centric way of loading the TouchSmart with as many functions and capabilities as a modern multimedia PC will require.
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I was doing the following thought experiment: imagine a particle that moves at a certain velocity. Imagine also that the particle generates a field that propagates at velocity $v_f$. Well, if the particle's velocity is higher than $v_f$ then it will interact with its own field if for some reason the particle decelerates (imagine a plane that goes Mach 2 and then "brakes" to zero, it will hear its own sound after a while). But what if the particles's velocity is exactly $v_f$?
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Directed by John Flynn in 1977, Rolling Thunder, for whatever reason, never really got the respect it deserved. When you figure it was originally written by Paul Schrader, the man who wrote Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, and that it was one of Oscar winning actor Tommy Lee Jones' first major film roles, you'd think more people would be aware of it. It was given a VHS release but languished without a domestic DVD until about two years ago in 2011 when MGM issued it as part of their MOD (manufactured on demand) DVD-R program. It finally hit Blu-ray in the UK in early 2012 but there was no news of a domestic Blu-ray issue until Shout! Factory recently stepped up to the plate.
The film, set in 1973, introduces us to Major Charlie Rane (William Devane), a Vietnam veteran who has returned home to a town in Texas after spending months in a grueling prisoner of war camp overseas. When the plane lands, he gives a short speech to a respectably sized crowd and is given some money and a red Cadillac in recognition for the service he provided his country. What may appear to be a hero's welcome to some, however, soon turns into a very tough adjustment period for Charlie. Though his wife, Janet (Lisa Richards), is glad he's home alive, she's been unfaithful in his absence and intends to marry her new man, a cop named Cliff (Lawrason Driscoll). Adding insult to injury is the fact that his son, Mark (Jordan Gerler), doesn't really know him. Charlie and Mark do try to build a proper father/son relationship but it doesn't take Charlie long to realize that he's never going to full rebuild the life he left behind when he went to Vietnam.
Things take an interesting turn when Cliff, with the best of intentions, talks to Charlie and the subject of torture comes up. Charlie's reaction makes it clear that something is not quite right with him, that he's returned a very changed man. On the brighter side, Charlie hits it off with Linda (Linda Haynes), a cute waitress who is obviously interested in him. Charlie brushes her aside, he's clearly got a lot on his mind, but she is gently persistent with him. Charlie's breaking point is reached when two thugs (James Best and Luke Askew) and their gang of Mexican thugs break into his house to steal the money that he was awarded. He refuses to give it up and is tortured, his hand stuffed into the garbage disposal in the sink. When Janet and Mark come home in the middle of all this, Mark tells them where the money is hoping that the thugs will leave everyone alone, but Charlie's wife and son are murdered in cold blood and his right hand severely mutilated. Left for dead by the thugs, Charlie sharpens the hook that has replaced his hand and trains himself how to use a gun with only one arm. Swearing revenge, he asks Linda to accompany him to Mexico where he meets up with his war buddy Johnny Vohden (Tommy Lee Jones) and sets out to get revenge.
Rolling Thunder is very much a slow burn picture, at least for the first half of the movie. It takes just the right amount of time to let us get to know the characters, Rane in particular. The script lets us inside his head, we understand why he comes back to Texas a damaged man and we completely understand why he would snap the way he snaps once things very quickly go downhill for him. Devane does an excellent job in the lead, playing things fairly calm on the outside but we know he's bottling it up. His performance is intense, and while his Rane is a man of few words, he's able to communicate enough using body language and facial expressions that we know what's going through his head. Jones, in a very solid supporting role, makes a great counterpart to Devane. Where Rane is damaged goods trying to regain what he once had, Vohden misses the action and the adrenaline rush that he found in combat. His enthusiasm, once he gets the call from Rane (he responds with 'I'll just get my gear.' - indicating that he'd been waiting for this) is both obvious and frightening and it makes him more than just a 'guy with a gun.' The fact that both men put on their military dress uniforms before exacting their revenge plot makes it seem almost habitual for them, as if what they're about to do, as horrible as it may be, is in their nature whether they want it to be or not. Throw in some great supporting work from Linda Haynes and Lawrason Driscoll and this turns out to be a very well-acted movie with a cast that effectively brings to the screen all the emotion and drama that would seem to be possible.
As such, once the storyline, originally written by Schrader and then re-written by Heywood Gould, passes the first hour, things are effectively set up for the perfect ending. With elements of Peckinpah and Scorsese seeping in, Flynn brings the film to a remarkably satisfying conclusion. Expertly edited by
Frank P. Keller (his last film, he died shortly after it was made) and making great use of Barry De Vorzon's evocative score, the last half hour of the movie shows us that the violence we knew was brewing underneath all along has come to a boil. It's an interesting statement on how on man deals with the fact that, by trying to do the right thing and serve his country, he's been made irrelevant to those he left behind. It takes on the subject of what it means to learn how to kill and how that training, in certain hands, can enable those with nothing left to lose. As tense and exciting as the movie is, it's also very much a tragedy. It's a film in which there are no winners about a man who, no matter how hard he may try, cannot leave behind the horrors of war.
Shout! Factory presents Rolling Thunder on Blu-ray in AVC encoded 1080p high definition transfer framed in the movie's original aspect ratio of 1.85.1. If you've seen the UK release that came out about a year or so ago, you'll know what to expect, as this transfer looks to be pretty much the same. So how does it stack up? Pretty good, actually. Keeping in mind that this is a movie made over thirty years ago and with a reasonably modest budget for a major studio production, Rolling Thunder can't (and shouldn't) compare with the latest and greatest Hollywood blockbuster - and it doesn't. It does, however, look like the gritty seventies picture that it is. You can expect to see a fair bit of grain and a few minor specks here and there but you'll also likely appreciate the very natural looking color reproduction. Skin tones look good, nice and natural and never too pink or waxy, while black levels are solid throughout. Detail is definitely improved over what DVD can provide, you'll notice this more in close up shots than medium and long distance shots but even there you can note the texture on some wallpaper or the fibers in some of the clothing worn in the film. There aren't any issues with edge enhancement or noise reduction and all in all, this is a nice, film like presentation that does a good job of presenting the source material in what feels like a very accurate presentation.
The only audio option on the disc is an English language DTS-HD Mono track, there are no alternate language options provided though there are optional English subtitles available. For an older single channel mix, things sound good on this release. Dialogue remains clean, clear and distinct while sound effects pack the appropriate amount of punch - the gunshots in particular have some good weight behind them, even if there are one or two spots where you can be nitpicky and notice some really minor distortion. Overall though, the audio here is solid indeed. The score is mixed in perfectly and compliments the action and the drama just as it should, never burying the performers. Clarity is strong across the board and there are no problems with any hiss or related issues. In short, this sounds just like you'd expect a good presentation of a seventies movie like Rolling Thunder to sound. Some might lament the absence of a 5.1 remix but you can't fault Shout! Factory for going with the original mono on a movie like this - if it ain't broke, why fix it?
The main extra on the disc is a twenty-two minute long featurette entitled The Making Of Rolling Thunder. Included here are some particularly interesting interview bits with leading men William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones, writers Paul Schrader and Heywood Gould and stunt coordinator Billy Burton. A few highlights of the discussions included here involve Burton discussing the difficulties of completing the film's violent finale without the benefit of having a trained stunt team at his disposal, Schrader talking about his original version of the script and Gould discussing what he was brought in to do in regards to rewriting Schrader's take on the story. Devane and Jones discuss their characters and their thoughts on the movie and also share some memories of their time spent in front of the camera working with the film's director, the late John Flynn. This is quite a nice addition to the disc and a nice retrospective look back at the making of and subsequent influence of Rolling Thunder.
Rounding out the extras are a still gallery of promotional materials related to the movie, the film's original theatrical trailer, a TV spot, four radio spots, menus and chapter selection. All of the extras on the disc are in high definition. Completists may want to note that the UK release, which is Region B encoded and therefore not compatible with standard North American Blu-ray players, includes a commentary with Gould and an interview with actress Linda Haynes, neither of which have been carried over for this domestic release.
Rolling Thunder is a lean and efficient seventies revenge movie, a tense and involving thriller that builds to a satisfyingly grim conclusion and which features some great work from leads William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones. Shout! Factory gives this underrated gem a fine domestic Blu-ray debut, offering it up in fine shape and with a solid documentary highlighting its supplemental package. Highly recommended.
Ian lives in NYC with his wife where he writes for DVD Talk, runs Rock! Shock! Pop!. He likes NYC a lot, even if it is expensive and loud.


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There are only 18 days before Christmas and we can already feel the Yuletide Season! Shops displaying holiday icons, FM radios playing Christmas songs, shopping malls offering great sales are some signs that the festive season is arriving. In this time, the spirit of love is apparent in the air and the art of giving gifts is also common. Along with that comes the most common problem some of us have – what shall I give him/her?
For this post, I am offering my list of gift suggestions for us, bookworms! Who else? Now, for a change, and as what the title suggests, this list won't contain any book recommendation. Instead, I came up with some things that I feel are necessary for our lives of living with books.
Let's cut the chase and go to these gift ideas!
1. Kindle/E-book readers. I know some vowed to read the printed words, but the world is changing and we cannot ignore the advantages a portable reader has. Amazon recently released Kindle Paperwhite and there are good reviews about it. Living in a country where Amazon is not that popular, many of us here do not own a Kindle, but I think I will try to own one in the future.
2. Bookbags. For those who love hard copies of books, a book bag will be your best friend. This ensures that your loved and well-valued books won't be exposed with the elements, unless you joined them with chocolate wrappers inside your bag. More importantly, a book bag will enable you to travel more books with you wherever you go.
3. New and better bookshelves. I think it is already given that we have our own shelves, but as we acquire more books, the world of our beloved pages become small and we need to purchase another house for them. So there goes another bookshelf.
4. Stylish bookmarks. Even some books do not want us to put them down and instead finish in one sitting, some still need breaks so bookmarks are necessary! Find something that will surely fit the reader's personality, and you will immediately get one score in the reader's heart.
5. Unique bookends. If you have enough space in your shelf, the next problem will be on how to ensure that your books won't fall over. Bookends are created for this. Try to get something with unique design, too!
6. Bendable book lights. Even if our eye doctors prohibit us from tiring our eyes much and using them even in the dark, nothing can stop us from finishing a novel. So thank you for those who devised this new creation – book lights! This takes us the hassle from reading in the dark by clipping the device in the book. No need to light up the entire room, then!
7. Flag highlighters. Some of us highlight our books for those quotable quotes a character mentioned. Some even want to mark an entire page because of an important revelation in that installment. Whatever the case may be, we do not have to damage our books by putting dog ears on them. With highlighters and post-its, we can save folding our books and decreasing its value.
8. Notepad/journal. Others may find actions mentioned in number seven horrifying, so they are contented writing quotes and other things in a journal. Or sometimes, they use this to list the books they have read/wanting to read for a month!
9. Comfortable couch (foot rest can be an option). Nothing can compare with the feeling of seating in your favorite chair in the center of the room while reading a book. Try to buy a design as above so you will really feel surrounded by books!
10. T-shirts and coffee mugs bearing favorite authors and characters. For fans, we love to have some book memorabilia – may it be signed books, t-shirts, mugs. These things remind us of the authors and characters we know and loved and they inspire us to read more.
So there goes my list of gift ideas for bookworms. There are other nominees, and should you think those two are not enough, here are the other three which did not make it to the top ten.
1. Hot cup of coffee, chocolate, or tea. Others prefer to concentrate deeply in what they are reading, while some fellows like me love to drink something while drinking. For us, another gift idea could be a hot drink while we read. It can be a bag of Arabic coffee or pure green tea.
2. A CD of Moxy Fruvous' My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors. This album has the song My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors which tells the story of a man who loves a bookworm and their lives together. It is hilarious, but true.
3. Perfume which smells like book. Bookworms love the smell of books, and perhaps some wants to smell like one!
That's it for now. I will be going to my company's holiday party tomorrow and I hope to get some things I have mentioned above. Just kidding! I hope this list helped you in considering what to get for your bookworm friend/lover. If you have any other gift ideas, please feel free to comment below and share your thoughts.


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Study on Emission Reducing Method with New Lean NOX Catalyst for Diesel Engines
In recent years, emission regulations have become more stringent as a result of increased environmental awareness in each region of the world. For diesel engines, reducing NOX emissions is a difficult technical challenge.[1],[2],[3],[4]. To respond to these strict regulations, an exhaust gas aftertreatment system was developed, featuring a lean NOX catalyst (LNC) that uses a new chemical reaction mechanism to reduce NOX. The feature of the new LNC is the way it reduces NOX through an NH3-selective catalytic reduction (SCR), in which NOX adsorbed in the lean mixture condition is converted to NH3 in the rich mixture condition and reduced in the following lean mixture condition. Thus, the new system allows the effective reduction of NOX. However, in order to realize cleaner emission gases, precise engine control in response to the state of the exhaust aftertreatment system is essential.


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Top Ten Military Justice Stories of 2013 – #4: The Salyer case
Our #4 military justice story of the year involves five Marines: an accused, a military judge, two prosecutors, and an officer-in-charge.
The accused, Corporal Salyer, was tried in November, 2011, for wrongful possession and distribution of child pornography. At the beginning of the trial the military judge, Lieutenant Colonel Mori, made an odd ruling about the definition of child pornography. He determined that because of the way the case was charged, the definition of child pornography would include an image of a person under the age of 16 but not of a person under the age of 18. The trial counsel, Captain Harley Maya, argued against this interpretation, but she was overruled. Captain Maya then gave an opening statement to the members in which she referred to an item that Lieutenant Colonel Mori had excluded from evidence.
Lieutenant Colonel Mori threatened to declare a mistrial if the Government couldn't find another way to admit the excluded item, and Captain Maya went for help. She met with Captain Jesse Schweig, the "military justice officer" (a supervisory position). Here's CAAF's description of what happened next:
According to Capt Schweig, Capt Maya told him of rumors that "Lieutenant Colonel Mori may have had a young wife." This prompted Capt Schweig to access LtCol Mori's official personnel record. . . . having retrieved the information from LtCol Mori's personnel record, Capt Schweig went to see LtCol Mannle, Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the base Legal Services Center. They discussed the military judge's decision to use age sixteen vice age eighteen to define a minor for purposes of the charged child pornography offenses.
United States v. Salyer, 72 M.J. 415, 420 (C.A.A.F. 2013) (link to slip op.) (CAAFlog case page). The OIC then called Lieutenant Colonel Mori's judicial supervisor to "let him know that a significant event was about to happen," while Captain Maya conducted a voir dire of the judge during which "she asked the military judge how old his wife was when they married." Salyer, 72 M.J. at 421. Lieutenant Colonel Mori answered that his wife was 17 when they married. But Captain Maya already knew this. She then offered material Captain Schweig obtained from the judge's personnel record as an exhibit for the trial record.
The next day, Lieutenant Colonel Mori recused himself from the case with a written ruling that cited "LtCol Mannle's phone call to [his judicial superior] and the trial counsel's reference to his wife's age at the time of their marriage." Salyer, 72 M.J. at 421. A new judge was assigned, and Corporal Salyer was convicted of the possession offense and sentenced to confinement for two years, total forfeitures, reduction to E-1, and a bad-conduct discharge.
We learned about the case a year later, when the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals (NMCCA) issued an opinion affirming the findings and sentence. The NMCCA was unfazed by a prosecutor rooting around in a military judge's personnel record, and the court asserted an "innocent purpose behind the call" to the judge's supervisor. United States v. Salyer, No. 201200145, slip op. at 9 (N-M.Ct.Crim.App. Oct. 23, 2012) (link to slip op.).
But CAAF felt differently, and on August 2, 2013, it reversed Corporal Salyer's conviction and dismissed the case with prejudice. In a 34 page opinion authored by Chief Judge Baker, a majority of the court concluded that, "the unprofessional actions of the Government improperly succeeded in getting the military judge to recuse himself from Appellant's court-martial." Salyer, 72 M.J. at 428.
When a prosecutor facing a mistrial suggests that the judge's personal life might be a reason to disqualify him from the case, and then a supervisory prosecutor digs through the judge's personnel record looking for material to use for that purpose, and then the officer-in-charge, also an attorney, participates in the effort to remove the judge, causing the judge to recuse himself, and the accused is sentenced to two years, but 21 months later an appellate court throws out the case because of the actions of the prosecutors and the officer-in-charge, that might be enough to qualify for a spot on our top ten list.
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Ortiz beaming after selfie, vows it was spontaneous
BALTIMORE -- Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was still beaming on Wednesday, a day after he had the unique opportunity to take a selfie with President Barack Obama.
"You don't get an opportunity to get a photo with the president every day," Ortiz said. "That's a one-in-a-lifetime chance, and it happened. I appreciated it."
Though there were news reports that suggested Ortiz took the selfie for promotional reasons due to a relationship he has with Samsung, he staunchly denied that had anything to do with the photo or that it was prearranged.
"It was a once in a lifetime moment," said Ortiz. "How did I know he would let me take a picture with him?"
What an honor! Thanks for the #selfie, @BarackObama pic.twitter.com/y5Ww74sEID- David Ortiz (@davidortiz) April 1, 2014
When did Ortiz decide he could actually take the selfie?
"It was right at the moment when I gave him the jersey and he asked to take a picture now or whatever, so I said, 'Oh, wait a minute. Let's see if I can get away with one.' I was lucky that I did," said Ortiz. "I think it was something I'm never going to forget. People went crazy about that."
By Wednesday evening, Ortiz's selfie had generated nearly 40,000 retweets.
"You don't get to see that every day," Ortiz said. "It wasn't anything promotional or anything like that. Who knows that you're going to be able to take a picture with the president or a selfie? How many people can guarantee that?"
If any other player besides Ortiz had snapped the selfie, the Red Sox might have been surprised. But in this case?
"Let's not be surprised about what David Ortiz does, ever," said left fielder Jonny Gomes. "That was pretty cool, and I think it was pretty cool that Obama was on board with it, too."


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gsaines necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 57 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
We wanted the name Skritter to reflect our product's writing focus but leave us room to have a furry/fuzzy mascot. As such, we chose to combine the words "Sanscrit" (ancient Asian script) with the word "critter." If you look at our website, the red blob sitting on our company name is our mascot, a Skritter!
As a company, we're three recent college grads: George, Nick, and Scott. We're all three best friends, we graduated from Oberlin college last year (2008) and immediately started this company with seed money from two foundations. We have all been living in the same apartment to save money this past year and we just launched the paid version of the site 6 weeks ago and so far our revenue numbers look great.
Up to this point, I (George) has been doing all the design work, but we've all known since the beginning that I would eventually need outside help because I'm not pro at designing.
This contest isn't going to be evaluated by our PR firm or included in a rebranding proposal bound for marketing. We're three guys in an apartment and we can implement your ideas quickly and without red tape. We like unorthodox designs and are considering doing a full page redesign soon, so if you can think of a great logo that doesn't fit our current page styling, by all means submit it, and we may contact you later for further help designing the site.
We are currently targeting college students between the ages of 18-24 who have above average computer literacy and an internal motivation to learn the Chinese language.
We would like the logo to be inoffensive and non-suggestive because we plan to expand our market focus in the coming months to include home school families (predominantly a Christian demographic), college instructors (who like safe/politically correct purchases), and international students.
To the best of our knowledge our users don't have a specific design preference. Simplicity and clarity are most important. If you can design a logo that speaks to writing, Chinese language, and technology, or a combination of of those themes, it will work best at informing users what we're about and what they can expect from us.
Logos that are graphical supplements to our name will be considered above typographic wonders.
Because we use our mascot throughout our site and on marketing materials, it would be best if when designing the Skritter, it can be made to pose in different positions and with different props. As an example of how we have used the Skritter already, you can check out our launch comic at http://www.skritter.com/launch.
Because we intend to use the logo for both web and print materials, either design a vector image or create two versions (one small 72dpi web version, and one 300 dpi print version).
Simplicity and clarity are key. In an ideal world, people will see this logo and think about writing Chinese digitally.
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Leo at the fashion show
I was just saying yesterday that Leo wouldn't leave Martin Scorsese hanging. But then again, it's not like going to a fashion show isn't Leo's jam. Leonardo DiCaprio LIVES at a fashion show. That's where he orders his girlfriends from. How much do you love it that he's sitting next to Glenn Close with his arms crossed. She didn't meet the age minimum, ok?
Leo's birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks. He'll be 39. He looks exactly his age, non? He looks exactly his age but he's coasting on 2002.
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Leicester is a vibrant city bursting with arts and culture - just a 30 minute drive out of town and you will find yourself in Leicestershire's picturesque countryside. This combination offers delegates and event organisers a wealth of conference and event venues to choose from.
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Radiant Barriers: Performance Revealed
A version of this article appears in the September/October 2000 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
September 01, 2000
In the summertime, radiant barriers give attic insulation a clear advantage in cutting the demand for cooling energy.
Radiant barriers—sheets of aluminum foil that are normally adhered to a fiberglass mesh or a Mylar bubble wrap—obstruct the transfer of heat from the attic into the conditioned space and can cut summertime cooling loads. But exactly how well do radiant barriers work in different attics with different levels of insulation? Surprisingly few field data exist to help answer this question. To sort out the situations in which radiant barriers would have the most impact, I chose to investigate how the level of attic insulation would affect the performance of radiant barriers during a hot summer. I conducted the experiment in College Station, Texas, where hot summers and mild winters are typical of a subtropical climate. I used two identical single-room test houses with identical insulation characteristics. One of the houses was used as a control, while the other was retrofitted with a radiant barrier. Both the radiant barrier and the fiberglass insulation were new at the time of installation. Over the summer, I sequentially fitted both houses with three different levels of fiberglass insulation: R-11, R-19, and R-30. Each level was measured for ...
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First I want to tell you I am on BettyCrocker.com. They loved all the recipes I sent them and have all of them featured on their site! You can not believe how excited I am to see myself on such an iconic site. Please go check it out!!!
More fun Halloween Treats
This is one of the recipe I created with the cereal provided from Betty Crocker and General Mills. When I received a box of Golden Grahams, I knew I wanted to make some kind of S'more. If you have been following my blog for long, you know I have been having a s'more phase this year and I don't see it going anywhere anytime soon. Thanks to Elyse, I now have an ice cream maker (She sent it to me as my first wedding present. She is so great!) and plan to create my own S'mores ice cream recipe soon, but back to today's recipe.
If you love s'mores, then you will love these snacks. Golden Grahams S'mores Snacks combine a layer of fluffy marshmallows and chocolate chips and sandwich it between layers of crunchy Golden Grahams. These were jazzed up for Halloween by using Halloween Cookie Cutters to create recognizable Halloween Shapes
Halloween Golden Graham S'mores Snacks
recipe from Baked Perfection
3 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup chocolate chips
2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 10 ounce package regular marshmallows
6 cups Golden Grahams Cereal
Coat an 9 x 13 x 2 pan with cooking spray
In a saucepan, melt butter and regular marshmallows over low heat, stirring occasionally until completely melted. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and cinnamon. Add Golden Grahams Cereal and stir until completely coated.
Using a greased spatula, evenly press half the mixture into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the chocolate chips and miniature marshmallows evenly over the Golden Grahams. Using a greased spatula, evenly press the remaining Golden Graham mixture over the marshmallow and chocolate chip layer. Cool completely. Spray your favorite Halloween cookie cutters with cooking spray and press firmly, cutting though the Golden Graham S'mores. Decorate as desired.
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Halloween S'mores Snacks
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Beyonce has some serious star power: the "Girl (Who Apparently) Run[s] The World" promised Four Intimate Nights With Beyoncé at New York City's famed Roseland Ballroom and in 22 seconds, her first show was sold out!
The tickets went on sale today for the first concert which is the August 14th show. The rest of the shows are the 16, 18 and 19th and the tickets for those shows will open today as well, but I'm sure they will sell out in record time!