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Thursday, March 19, 2009
IDW sent over copies of foreign-language SPIKE:SHADOW PUPPETS and ANGEL:AFTER THE FALL volume 1. They went up on my shelf along with the Spanish language SPIKE:ASYLUM. They did a great job with them, and even translated my notes for SPIKE:SHADOW PUPPETS. Though, for all I know they tossed in insults and SPIKE fans in Mexico think I called them dirty names.
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That copy of Angel: After the Fall in the picture is German, not Spanish.
- March 20, 2009 at 8:33 AM
- PatShand said...
Mi gusta.
- March 20, 2009 at 10:13 AM
- Brian Lynch said...
Oh that's weird. I haven't looked through it yet, didn't even notice. Wow.
- March 20, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Great, but that Angel: ATF is german, although Spike: Shadow puppets is in spanish, "Muñecos Siniestros"; cool. We love your work, Brian.
Katty, from Chile.
- March 20, 2009 at 5:24 PM
- wyndam said...
"Noch Dem Fall" sounds epic.
- March 20, 2009 at 5:56 PM
i love your work in angel and spike
greetings from mexico ..
- March 20, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Wow, I would love to have Angel: ATF in German :D
I have Astonishing X-men in German and love it :D
- March 21, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Hi Mr Lynch,
First of all, you're awesome... but i'm sure you already knew that XD.
I wanna tell you a story :P :
As a spanish fan of Angel: After the fall, I've been suffering a cruel torture since this summer, when volume 1 of "Angel: Tras la caída" was published. I cannot understand what's happening, but we've been waiting for "First Night" arc for 7 months!!! It's is too much time that translation should take... :(.
I suppose you can't do anything, but you know... i'm desperate so I must try XD... your job deserves that.
Keep writing, dude! I'm looking forwards Gun's issue, Drusilla's arc... and whatever comes after that.
OOO from Spain
P.D.: Sorry for my bad english :S
- March 22, 2009 at 4:19 AM
Hi Brian! Your works are awesome!
I hope that one day in the future we'll can read "Angel:AFT" here in Italy, too... but I don't knows... this february was out here the 1st (I say... the FIRST!) of the Buffy season 8 comics... so... we have to wait a lot for Angel :(
Sorry for my bad English and kisses from Italy!
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Even though I live in New York City, I've yet to find time to head over to the so-called "world's largest Apple Store" located in the busy Grand Central Terminal hub. Now, I don't have to ever make the trip because I can skip the crowds and take a virtual tour of the store using an iPhone and its built-in gyroscope!
It's nuggets like this that keeps the tech word licking Apple's scraps. Handing out free limited edition T-shirt to the first 4,000 customers is one thing, but including a 360-degree view of its newest retail store that can only be seen with certain iOS devices is an Easter egg we can totally get behind.
Discovered by The Next Web, in order to trigger the 360-degree view, all you have to do is go to Apple's Grand Central Terminal retail store website using an iPhone 4, 4S, iPad 2 or iPod Touch (fourth-gen), click "View More Photos" and then click the last photo on the pop-up with "360" labeled on it and you're all set.
I just tried it out on my iPhone 4 and while using the gyroscope is a nice trick to seeing all of Grand Central Terminal (you can also control the view with your finger), you can't really see into the Apple Store, which feels like a bit of a letdown.
Go ahead and try it for yourself. I'm not sure GCT is the most interesting place to give a 360-degree view of, but I'd like to see more of these gyro-controlled tours/guides make their way out into the wild for, say, landmarks, museums, etc. They could prove to be useful, or just make everybody gyroscoping away in public with their iPhones look like doofuses.
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Gary Kubiak shouldered his share of the blame for Antonio Smith's actions on the field Saturday night that led to his being suspended for the final two preseason games and the regular-season opener against the Chargers.
"I'm disappointed in myself because I've got to make sure my players keep their composure on the football field," he said, while adding: "But they've got a job when they get out there to keep their composure regardless of circumstances. No excuses. We can't hurt the team. I tell our guys that all the time. If somebody's going to miss some time, that hurts the team."
Kubiak spoke privately with Smith about the incident that led him to rip off Miami lineman Richie Incognito's helmet and appeared to swing it at him. Smith insists he held back and didn't try to hit Incognito, with whom he has a bad history. Kubiak said the team is supporting Smith with his appeal for leniency.
"I have total confidence in our league," he said. "I think it's fair. I think they will listen to our side of the story and we'll see what happens."
Either Tim Jamison or Jared Crick will replace Smith in the starting lineup against the Saints.
If Smith can't play against the Chargers, he'll lose more than $352,000 in salary.
Two other Texans were fined but not suspended for infractions in the Miami game: Defensive back Brandon Harris $21,000 for hitting a defenseless receiver and defensive end Delano Johnson $7,785 for a late hit.


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Microsoft today debuted the long awaited Windows Phone 8, the latest version of the company's smartphone operating system. Windows Phone 8 offers a truly personal phone experience, connecting you to the people and things that matter most. As part of the announcement, Microsoft revealed new features, including Kid's Corner and Rooms, along with details and pricing for a range of beautiful new smartphones from Nokia, Samsung and HTC, each with their own differentiated designs, colors and features. Windows Phone 8 devices will go on sale in November at AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon in the U.S., as well as at carriers and retailers around the world.
"We can't wait for the world to meet Windows Phone 8, the most personal smartphone there is", said Terry Myerson, corporate vice president of the Windows Phone Division at Microsoft. "Windows Phone 8 comes on a range of phones that are stunning, colorful and unique."
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With a similar look and feel, the same technology core, and the same built-in SkyDrive cloud service, Windows Phone 8 is built to work seamlessly with Windows 8 PCs, Microsoft Surface devices and the Xbox 360 console. For example, now you can edit a document on the go with Windows Phone 8 and pick right up again on your PC when you get home. Or access your music including your albums, songs and playlists, wherever and whenever on Xbox Music. Create a playlist from your PC, walk out the door and cue up that same list from your phone. It's all possible with Windows.
Major mobile operators in the United States will start selling Windows Phone 8 in the coming weeks:
All 65 Microsoft Stores open this holiday will carry every phone available for sale in the U.S., and every color option will be available through its online store at http://www.microsoftstore.com.
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The Earthquakes have announced the details regarding tryouts for their U-16 and U-18 Academy teams. Tryouts will take place at 3 p.m. on April 10th at the Mustang Soccer Complex in Danville. These tryouts will give the opportunity to the next batch of future professional soccer players as they continue their development through the Earthquakes youth development academy program.
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Ignorant or just old-fashioned stupid?
By J.J. Jackson
Yes, it's that time of the year once again when the birds are returning from their winter migration, the flowers are starting to bloom and the hearts of liberals everywhere turn to one thought – how to further their own power.
Edward Markey from Massachusetts, who is about as liberal of a Democrat as they come, is irate and using his position as chairman of a useless committee (the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming) to feel important and just generally muck up anything that he doesn't like. Like a good little jackbooted thug he has called before him the executives of the reviled oil companies for a flogging.
If Markey really wanted to do something useful he would immediately issue a request to have the "Global Warming" dropped from his committee's title since every day we are getting more and more evidence that Al Gore's latest brainchild is an utter hoax. He would follow that with a request to have the now "Senate Committee on Energy Independence" closed down since "Energy Independence" is not a power granted to the Federal Government in our Constitution. Then after that he would immediately begin putting forth bills to allow states to drill on their own land (such as in ANWR) without federal meddling and also to begin allowing companies to drill off the coast of Florida. Where, by the way, China is already drilling. Finally, if he really cared about America, he would file papers to get his own impeachment started on the grounds that he has continually violated the limited powers of the Constitution.
But no, none of that will happen because he's more interested in grilling oil executives from ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp., Shell BP America Inc. and Chevron Corp. Why? Because together their companies made a combined $120 billion last year. And what's worse is that they are getting a "tax break" too. Oh no!
Yes, that's right. Markey is upset that these companies are trying to hold on to an $18 billion break in their taxes over 10 years, or $1.8 billion a year.
Heaven forbid that these men want to keep more of the money that their companies earned after already paying billions and billions of dollars in taxes. Don't they know that buried between the lines of the Constitution and written in invisible ink that only liberals can see it clearly says that that money belongs to the government?
On top of this you have a certain presidential candidate by the name of Barack Obama pandering in Pennsylvania. In his eternal quest for votes, ads are on the radio where he talks about how if you elect him President he will begin to look into price gouging at the pump and take the "windfall profit" from these bad men and the evil profit generating companies they run.
Of course Congress has been investigating "price gouging" and "windfall profits" supposedly going on by "Big Oil" for years and spending tax payer dollars to find, you guessed it, absolutely nothing of the sort is happening. And Barack Obama is claiming that there is still "price gouging" going on? Then logically I suppose we are forced to come to the conclusion that he has been withholding information on this issue and making people suffer needlessly so that when he is elected he can look like our savior.
Come on, now you know better than that. Well, I hope you do anyway.
"Big Oil" makes currently between 10 and 11% on the dollar on gasoline it sells. For a gallon of gasoline at $3.29 that means somewhere between $0.33 and $0.37. Meanwhile here in Pennsylvania federal and state taxes on a gallon of gasoline total $0.50. I've said it before and I'll say it again. If $0.33 per gallon is "price gouging" or a "windfall profit" what do you call $0.50 per gallon?
Off and on for the past several years I keep discussing these numbers in various columns and I get the same left wing talking points in return when I read through my emails. I get every excuse in the world as to why private companies, which you most likely have some of your retirement funds invested in, making a profit and giving you a more comfortable retirement is bad and why the benevolent hand of government taking more money than the oil companies earn is good.
I've come to a point where I have to ask a serious question of those of you who are still towing the line of how evil Big Oil is. Because in this day and age of the internet it is not like this information is not readily available and anyone with a 6th grade education can do the math.
Now, if you are one of those people that gobbles up every word about how evil the "price gouging" oil companies are, I want you to get to a mirror and look at yourself in it. Take a deep breath and gaze into your own eyes. Now, for the question - and I want you to be perfectly honest.
Ready? Ok. Here we go. The question that I have to ask is are you ignorant or are you just plain old-fashioned stupid?
Because when it comes to those who continue to believe this claptrap spewing from the left, those are really the only two options that I can think of to explain why a sizeable portion of voters keep applauding these fools and their ideas and time and again keep voting for these folks.
J.J. Jackson is a libertarian conservative author who has been writing and promoting individual liberty since 1993 and is President of Land of the Free Studios, Inc. He is the lead editor of Conservative News & Opinion – The Land of the Free and also the owner of The Right Things – Conservative T-shirts & Gifts. His weekly commentary along with exclusives not available anywhere else can be found at http://www.libertyreborn.com/


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Livewire FOOTI just can't stop moving! Every moment of the day bursts with exciting possibilities for the tallest member of the fun-loving Spikels tribe. FOOTI just loves to skip, jump and dance. But give this Mohawk-haired character plenty of room when he starts stomping around – those huge spiky claw feet are dangerous so watch out!
- Features mohawk spike hair, spiky claw feet and posable joints
- Collect all three members of the Spikels tribe to build the super Mixels tribe combo
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- Watch all your favorite Mixels characters on Cartoon Network
- Play the game available for iOS and Android
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Blades proving promotion credentials
Chris Porter`s first-half header was sufficient to give Sheffield United a 1-0 win against Yeovil in an ill-tempered affair at Huish Park.
It was a fourth victory from five outings for the Blades, who remain unbeaten as they chase immediate promotion back to the Championship.
The visitors dominated midfield and were lively in attack but Yeovil defended doggedly - with too much determination at times as they picked up three bookings in the first half-hour.
Yeovil created one good chance midway through the first half when Alan O'Brien broke down the left and provided a cross which just evaded Gavin Williams at the far post.
But it was always United who looked more likely and in the 41st minute they got the all important goal.
Matthew Lowton hit a long ball from the right which Richard Cresswell controlled, he flicked it over a challenging defender and Porter helped it over the line.
Yeovil showed plenty of spirit in the second half, creating the better chances, but the Blades held firm. Steve Simonsen earned his money between the sticks with two good saves, one from substitute Anthony Edgar which temporarily slipped from his grasp.
The final drama came in stoppage time when Yeovil's Curtis Haynes-Brown was sent off for a second bookable offence - five minutes after being named Yeovil's man of the match.
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text: Moody Blues Announce 2013 U.S. Tour SOURCE LINK The Moody Blues have announced the dates for their 2013 U.S. tour, which starts in late September and runs through the beginning of November. The veteran band will play nearly 30 dates during the two-month road trip. The tour coincides with the release of a new career-spanning box set on the band, which will come out on June 25. The 17-disc 'Timeless Flight' includes, among other things, 11 CDs, six DVDs and Moody Blues memorabilia. The CDs will feature remastered album tracks, previously unreleased alternate mixes, outtakes and live recordings. The DVDs will feature rarely seen TV appearances, promo videos and some previously unreleased concert footage. The set also includes three DVD-Audio discs with 5.1 surround-sound mixes of the classic Moody Blues albums that the band released between 1967 through 1972: 'Days of Future Passed,' 'On the Threshold of a Dream,' 'To Our Children's Children's Children,' 'A Question of Balance,' 'Every Good Boy Deserves Favour' and 'Seventh Sojourn.' There will also be a four-disc version of the box for those of us who aren't filthy rich. The band fan site Moody Blues Today has a breakdown of what's included in each set. Three months after the release, the band will launch its tour in Louisville and wrap up with a series of California shows in late October and early November. You can see the full itinerary below. Moody Blues 2013 U.S. Tour Dates 9/26 — Louisville, KY, Palace Theatre 9/27 — Cincinnati, OH, PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center 9/28 — Mount Pleasant, MI, Soaring Eagle Casino Resort 9/29 — Cleveland, OH, Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica 10/1 — Wabash, IN, Honeywell Center 10/2 — Elkhart, IN, Lerner Theatre 10/4 — Milwaukee, WI, The Riverside Theater 10/5 — Hammond, IN, Horseshoe Casino 10/7 — Peoria, IL, Peoria Civic Center 10/8 — Appleton, WI, Fox Cities Performing Arts Center 10/9 — Des Moines, IA, Des Moines Civic Center 10/11 — Onamia, MN, Grand Casino Mille Lacs 10/12 — Bismarck, ND, Bismarck Civic Center 10/14 — Kansas City, MO, The Midland by AMC 10/15 — Park City, KS, Hartman Arena 10/16 — Denver, CO, Bellco Theatre 10/18 — Airway Heights, WA, Northern Quest Resort & Casino 10/19 — Seattle, WA, Paramount Theatre 10/21 — Portland, OR, Keller Auditorium 10/22 — Eugene, OR, Hult Center for Performing Arts 10/24 — San Rafael, CA, Marin Center 10/25 — San Francisco, CA, Nob Hill Masonic Center 10/26 — Reno, NV, Silver Legacy Resort and Casino 10/27 — San Jose, CA, San Jose Civic Center 10/29 — Paso Robles, CA, Vina Robles Amphitheatre 10/30 — San Diego, CA, Humphrey's 11/1 — Los Angeles, CA, Nokia Theatre L.A. Live 11/2 — Rancho Mirage, CA, Agua Caliente Casino


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- This is Nathan Eovaldi's big chance
- What's the latest with Joe Thuney as deadline nears?
- Laird: Sorry everyone, we should not force football this fall
- Wednesday's Mashup: Dodgers selling cutout fans for home games
- Can David Krejci, Jake DeBrusk rediscover chemistry in time for Bruins playoff run?
- Times for Bruins' exhibition game, first 2 round-robin games released
- Bill Belichick apparently shot Subway commercial in Connecticut Tuesday
- Patriots '20 Questions: Who could be a surprise cut over the summer?
- Patriots, Gillette Stadium announce plans for reduced capacity, game day protocols
- Ian Rapoport explains how Patriots could spend extra money, squashes Jadeveon Clowney rumors
- Ep. 55: Kemba Walker v. Kyle Lowry, Victor Oladipo wants his money and Disney bubble nonsense
- Late Night with Brian Barrett - Odell Beckham Jr. would rather be in New England with Newton and Belichick; NBA players already breaking safety guidelines, leaving bubble - 7-14-20
- Late Night with Brian Barrett - Cam Newton isn't intimidated by replacing Tom Brady; Newton worried about meshing with Belichick - 7-14-20
- Mut at Night: What is the possibility that Jarrett Stidham beats out Cam Newton? 07-14-20
- Mut at Night: Will Cam Newton be able to improve the players that struggled with Brady? 07-14-20
- Mut at Night: If the Patriots allow fans in the stands would you go? 07-14-20
- Mut at Night: Will every game be a revenge game for Cam Newton this year; #Letusbet with Representative Michael Soter. 07-14-20
- OMF - Cam Newton's YouTube roundtable; Glenn and Steve Smith don't think Cam starts 7-14-20
- OMF - Patriots concerned about return; Pro basketball tournament crowns champ during pandemic 7-14-20
- OMF - Cam Newton's YouTube roundtable 7-14-20
- Cam Newton Says Panthers Broke Up With Him Via Text Message
- NBA Stars Reveal What Social Justice Messages They're Wearing
- Jon Gruden: Raiders' New Las Vegas Stadium 'Greatest Thing I've Ever Seen'
- ESPN Reporter Apologizes for 'F— You' Email to US Senator
- Ranking MLB Teams by Greatest All-Time Position Player Teammate Duos
- WATCH: Patriots WRs, George Kittle Among NFL Stars Using New Robotic Quarterback That Throws 70 Yards
- Ivy League Will Not Play Any Sports for Rest of 2020: Reports
- Red Sox Affiliate Selling "Undefeated" Shirts Following Canceled Minor League Season
- Meals for NBA Players in Orlando Don't Look the Least Bit Appetizing
- Kyrie Irving Producing TV Special to Bring Attention to Breonna Taylor Case
BasketballEp. 55: Kemba Walker v. Kyle Lowry, Victor Oladipo wants his money and Disney bubble nonsenseJuly 15, 2020
BasketballEp. 53: Are the Celtics better equipped for the NBA's restart than everyone else?July 01, 2020
Mut at Night: Who will be blamed if the MLB doesn't return for the 2020 season? 5-26-20
Mut at Night
Tuesday, May 26th
Hour 3: Marc James is in tonight for Mut and continues to talk about the MLB and the tough position they are heading towards. Ryan Hannable joins the show to talk about if there is any chance Hoyer will start over Stidham this season. They also talk about if Patriot fans will become Buccaneer fans if the Patriots get off to a slow start. Are the MLB owners and the MLBPA arguing over the safety of the players or is it all about money?


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Before I get into the last post, I wanted to thank all of you for reading and posting comments to the daily euneJeune. I can't tell you how much I've appreciated all the feedback and support.
For their role, however large or small, they played in making this a rewarding undertaking, I'd like to give a special thanks to the following people: Donika Miller, Marc Schuster, David Frees, John Sellers, Ezgi Bilici, Joe Taylor, John Hay, Kate Jacovino, Jeannie Matamoros, Beth Treisner, Heather Petrovsky, Courtney Papada Daly, Kelly Kampf, Jonathan Chriswell, Bill McLeer, Kristie Attardi, Wynn Sanders, Mike Graveley, Richard O'Connor, Brian McFadden, Kevin Emery, Adam Schwartzberg and Annette Burgess. Your support was huge.
Sorry if you deserved a mention and didn't get one. Doesn't mean anything other than I'm forgetful.
Also, a special shout-out goes to Mindninja, or Jen, or whatever the hell your name is, for stalking me for a few months last year. Your unrelenting negativity taught me there's always going to be someone who flat out disagrees with my perspective. I have no idea who you are, but I have my theories (ex-girlfriend, ex-friend, etc.). Whoever you are, I hope the medication is working.
All right, now to today's installment.
abeyance [uh-bey-uhns] n. 1. temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension: Let's hold that problem in abeyance for a while 2. Law. a state or condition of real property in which title is not as yet vested in a known titleholder: an estate in abeyance
Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (1651), David Thompson (1770), Alice B. Toklas (1877), Percy Heath (1923), Johnny Horton (1925), Cloris Leachman (1926), Willie Nelson (1933), Gary Collins (1938), Burt Young (1940), Jill Clayburgh (1944), Isaiah Thomas (1961), Akon (1973), Johnny Galecki (1975), Kirsten Dunst (1982)
It's finally here. The day I'm closing shop on the euneJeune daily. 14 months ago, I began this to prove to myself I could write something, good or bad, on a daily basis. And, for the most part, I did. I'll always look back to this blog as something I'm proud of. I'm going to miss it badly.
But life goes on and I need to spend the time I allotted for this and use it for the writing I was meant to. Don't worry, I won't be entirely disappearing from the internet. I've been invited to be a contributor on Popularity Contest, a blog recently started by my friend Marc Schuster, and I'll be posting stories on there from time-to-time.
I love Esquire and my favorite section is always "What I've Learned." For my last Standpoint, I'm going to share what I've learned about myself, about the internet, about the world, from what I've done here.
» Astrology is horseshit. The day of the year someone happens to be born is completely inconsequential. Oskar Schindler and Saddam Hussein share the same birthday. So do Leonardo da Vinci and Seth Rogen, Raphael and Zach Braff, Vincent van Gogh and MC Hammer, James Madison and Erik Estrada. Looking for similarities within those pairings is ridiculous.
» Like most writers, I guess, I have a tendency to concentrate on troublesome people. I've focused more on Glenn Beck, Oprah Winfrey and Sarah Palin than I have on Chuck Klosterman, Conan O'Brien and Jack Kerouac. Something I should dwell on for a stretch.
» I have a broader vocabulary than I used to. The other day, I heard someone describe himself as a polemic and I knew exactly what he meant. (He was calling himself a controversialist.)
» The amount of news stories on any given day is staggering. Between the "reputable" sources and the bloggers, it's fairly easy to find a news story in which the facts are presented just the way you like them. It's great because no one ever again has to be wrong. Even when they are.
» I challenge you to find any quotations website where Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde and Ralph Waldo Emerson aren't prominently featured. Go on, I dare you.
» Probably even Zach Rogue thinks I listen to too much Rogue Wave.
» When you write a blog, your greatest friends won't read it. If you offered my best friend Harvey $1 million to tell you just one thing I wrote about here in the past six months, he'd be forced to forfeit the cash. (I have to say Joe Taylor is an exception to this rule. Or I'd never hear the end of it.)
» If you're doing anything online that's in need of promotion and you fail to see the merits of Facebook an Twitter, you need to reconsider. The days where I shared or tweeted my latest post, my traffic was over three times higher than those days I didn't. The stuff works.
» One thing anyone who writes needs to remember is that there are those out there who internalize everything they read. Because of that, you'll receive negative and hurtful attacks. Never let the vitriol people spew stop you from expressing yourself. Fuck those people. Wake up tomorrow and keep going.
I've learned all that and more. I hope you learned some things, as well.
Don't be dismayed by goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. ↔ Richard Bach
For my last post I thought this Elliott Smith song was rather appropriate. Enjoy "A Fond Farewell."
→ If you're not yet reading Hyperbole and a Half, I'm not sure what you're waiting for. One of the greatest blogs I've read.
→ Man, US Senators sure do fancy themselves some meddling. Hey, elected officials, I've got to believe there some other problem you can be trying to solve. We'd be in a pretty sweet spot right now if Facebook privacy issues was the country's highest priority.
→ This is the closest thing I've seen resembling honest journalism in a long, long time.


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Four UK water companies have lifted the last hosepipe bans, triggering calls by Britain's husbands to introduce a lawnmower ban instead in order to prevent dangerous levels of nagging about the state of the nation's gardens.
Abnormal levels of rainfall during the recent drought have left gardens across the UK in a state of parlous overgrowth. 'We're at a very volatile juncture,' said husbands' rights campaigner Brian Grahame, 50. 'If the government doesn't take immediate action, we'll be faced with a tidal wave of nagging from 'er or, increasingly nowadays, 'im indoors to get the lawnmower out. And nobody wants that, believe you me. Think of the noise. Of the mowers, as well as the nagging.'
Grahame insists that the crisis is 'the greatest threat to the peace and quiet enjoyed by British husbands' since the Major government introduced Sunday shopping in 1994, which saw countless husbands driven out of their sheds in order to convey wives and shopping bags to and from out-of-town shopping locations.
'We've actually had a reasonably successful summer up to this point,' Grahame explained. 'The latest figures show that tinkering in the shed has been at an all-time high, aided by the wet weather which tends to put the missuses off from going outside to poke their noses in and spoil a nice quiet afternoon with moaning about housework, teenagers or, of course, so-called 'half-finished DIY'.'
But the picture for the next quarter was much bleaker. 'A lawnmower ban may be the only way to preserve our peaceful existence,' Grahame warned. 'Our only other hope is persuading this EL James bird to knock out another 'Fifty Shades' book – I don't know what's in it but I didn't hear a peep from my Maureen for 12 days when the last one came out.'


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text: Play The BERNINA Stitch Regulator (BSR) The BERNINA 750 QE is equipped with the BSR function. The BSR foot provides high-speed free-motion stitching assistance with both straight and zigzag stitch options. The BSR keeps stitches consistent at variable sewing speeds, offering confidence for the beginner and additional assurance for the experienced quilter. The BSR foot comes standard with the B 750 QE.


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Ideaworks Labs has officially released Airplay SDK 4.4, the company's proprietary development toolset designed for developers who want to work within a single code base and then deploy natively to multiple mobile platforms and devices. New to this release is the Extensions Development Kit (EDK), an extension tool built as an endeavor to widen Airplay's multi-platform APIs to access any OS-specific APIs and third-party libraries they choose.
Initially implemented on iOS and Android, Airplay EDK is intended to provide developers with both a consistent multi-platform OS abstraction, together with the ability to access OS-specific functionality if desired. The company says that EDK support for Airplay's other target platforms will follow in future releases.
"With the addition of the Extensions Development Kit, Airplay SDK has strengthened its position as the most efficient, powerful, and flexible platform for simultaneous development of rich apps and games across iOS, Android and other smartphone and tablet platforms. We're excited to work with the Airplay developer community to use the EDK in building a rich ecosystem of extension APIs and integrations with third-party services," said Tim Closs, CTO, Ideaworks Labs.
Ideaworks clearly has high hopes for developer adoption and is emphasizing Airplay EDK's option to allow developers to design their own extension APIs and implement them on the selected OS target platforms using the native OS SDKs. The implementations become standard OS libraries that are then linked into the Airplay app at the point of deployment. These extensions can be used to access OS-specific APIs or to integrate third-party services that are available only as static libraries.
"In addition, Airplay SDK 4.4 supports multi-threading, allowing developers to exploit emerging dual-core platforms and providing ease and simplicity in implementing background tasks such as file loading and network activity. Multi-threading is implemented initially on iOS and Android," added Closs.
The release also extends Airplay SDK to new genres of apps including augmented reality and photography, with three new camera and imaging APIs:
- Snapshot -- Developers can take a picture using the OS camera app, and return the image to the app or the device image store.
- Image stream -- Developers can stream the camera image to the device display, and draw over it.
- Image load/save -- Using the OS image store app, developers can either load an image from, or save an image to, the device's image store.


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(Reuters) - Activist investor Crest Financial, which is looking to block Sprint Nextel's (S.N) $2.2 billion purchase of Clearwire CLWR.O, said it raised its stake in Clearwire, giving it slightly more voting power against the deal.
Crest Financial said on Tuesday that it had increased its stake in Clearwire to 57.65 million shares, up from 45.8 million, giving it a stake of about 3.9 percent of Clearwire's shares outstanding.
Sprint needs the support of minority shareholders owning roughly 24.8 percent of Clearwire's total shares in order for the deal to go ahead. It already has support from shareholders owning 13 percent of Clearwire.
Analysts have said that they ultimately expect the deal to be approved despite complaints from shareholders about Sprint's offer price of $2.97 per share. Clearwire's shares closed at $2.87 on Tuesday.
Clearwire said on Monday that its board supports the Sprint deal and that it could risk a financial restructuring if it does not succeed.
Reporting by Sinead Carew; Editing by Phil Berlowitz


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1960 Ford F100 Leafspring Install - Nosebleed Free -
CPP's Brand-New Rear C-Notch & Leaf Spring Kit for 1957-1960 F-100s
The old stink bug stance on the primered Nova or Tri-Five running 3 1/2-inch Centerlines in your high school parking lot belongs then and there, not on your classic truck. Obviously, trucks have a heavy duty/utilitarian lineage, but how many guys or gals do you know who are more careful with their trucks than their mom's antique dining table? They take pride in the fact that nothing goes into, let alone scratches, their truck's bed. That's all fine and dandy and to each his own, but what's the point of seeing blue sky between the ground and the bottom of your truck bed if you're not hauling anything? Time to get with the program. Restorations have an excuse, and we're not building hay haulers or rock crawlers here, so get your truck down to earth!
Each truck necessitates its own way of going about suspension modifications, but it's not rocket science, and you don't need airbags to get your truck low while maintaining a decent ride quality. We have been following a '60 Ford F-100 that has been undergoing a plethora of chassis mods in order to help bring it up to today's standards without getting too wacky. Last month we outlined what it takes to lower a '57-60 F-100 with a dropped axle from Classic Performance Products in order for them to develop several kits for these Fords, which are kinda out on their own as far as aftermarket upgrade parts are concerned. With the frontend nice and low, attention was turned to the rear. All of the kits out there for '57-60s are actually for earlier trucks and use a shorter leaf spring in the rear, which means the spring mounts need to be moved, which can lead to many problems, plus shorter springs don't ride as smoothly as longer ones-it's physics.
One of the easiest ways to lower the rear of most trucks is to "flip" the rearend to rest on top of the leaf springs. That automatically lowers it the width of the axle tube (usually about 3 inches), plus the leaf spring pack, which varies, but let's say at least 2 inches, so that's a modest 5 inches right there! The only problem is that this usually eats most of the clearance between the bottom of the frame and the top of the relocated axle tube, which calls for a C-notch in the frame. This can be mild to wild depending on your needs, and you've probably seen trucks at shows sans a bed floor and tall Brooklyn Bridge-lookin' notches or stepped frames so the owner can lay said truck on the ground, literally. That's not for everyone, and often a dab'll do ya.
CPP's new kit comes with a C-notch package that'll give roughly 2 1/2 inches of extra frame clearance, which on a lowered or custom truck, car, or hot rod is usually about all the suspension is gonna travel anyway. Luckily, CPP got together with Deaver Spring to build the new bolt-in replacement leafs that lower the truck about an inch, not to mention they'll ride smoother than worn-out and fatigued stockers with button sliders at the end of each leaf. CPP has gone to great lengths to make sure this installation goes smoothly, and even include zshorter shocks that bolt into their stock locations.
While all this work was going on the new Truetrac Posi third member with a 3.00:1 gear showed up and was installed into the Currie rearend while the bed was off. That Smeding Ford 392 small-block will smoke both the skins now!
Obviously, with the C-notch there is a decent amount of fabrication involved that requires a certain skill level as well as tools, but even if you hire a shop to do this, it's not too complicated or time consuming. In fact, with the work being done by professionals, this was started at 8:30 a.m., and the last picture was taken by 1:00 p.m. the same day.
So call classic Performance Products at 800-830-1724 to order everything you need to get your late-'50s Ford down on the ground! Stay tuned for more '57-60 F-100 tech.


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Hadoop continues as a central player for big data in the enterprise. It provides a natural platform on which enterprise IT can apply data science to a wide variety of business problems – product recommendation, predictive analytics, sentiment analysis and more.
This joint SAS and Hortonworks on-demand webinar describes how you can use SAS In-Memory Statistics for Hadoop and SAS Visual Analytics with Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP).
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On January 18, 2015, The Great Gatsby collaborative event returned to the Lakeside High School Library Media Center.
Mrs. Misti Bell, LHS Library Media Specialist, is the author this blog entry!
"The party has begun." –from The Great Gatsby
Once again the LHS Library Media Center teamed up with the 11th grade class to experience Gatsby. Previously, this event was held as a culminating Common Core enrichment activity; however, this year the students were in the process of reading the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic. Our goal for this collaboration was to bring the 1920's to our students, giving them the opportunity to experience the tastes, sounds and images from the era. The library was transformed into an extravagant party decked out in elegant gold and black.
The learning stations remained the same; however, due to student suggestions, we did extend the time for Dance the Charleston. Our learning stations consisted of: an Art Deco Gallery, a Charlie Chaplin silent film, a Prohibition/Speakeasy video, a Gatsby iPad game, Dance the Charleston, and the Garden Party. Once again, the students enjoyed learning and dancing the Charleston and sampling the decadent foods prepared by Chartwell's, our food service company.
|The Charleston Dance Station
|The Charlie Chaplin Movie Station
|The Gatsby Garden Party Station
Many thanks to Jerrie Stanage, 11th grade English teacher; Chartwell's; our Lakeside admin team; our Lakeside School Board members and our LHS Library Media staff for pulling off another successful collaborative learning event!
|Mrs. Jerrie Stanage (left) poses with one of her students!
"I like large parties, they're so intimate." –from The Great Gatsby
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Happy Halloween from the team at FontShop San Francisco!
Although our costumes aren't typographic in nature, we thought we'd recommend a couple of designs that match our individual styles today.
Meghan's PUNKin outfit pairs well with anything from our Distressed or Industrial & Urban Decay FontLists.
FF Manga matches Theresa's anime-inspired outfit perfectly.
David's sailor costume will get you through these waterlogged fonts.
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Pregnancy is one of the most affectionate and emotional periods in the life of a couple. It is the phase when you wait for that perfect movement of the baby to get a snapshot immediately after birth. It gives a feeling of contentment to the couple to think and plan to buy all the little adorable stuff for that extra little life who is about to enter the world. If you not yet have a chance to adore this feeling, you can opt for fertility treatments to realize your dream of parenthood. As per the recent studies, in most of the infertility cases, either males are solely held responsible or both the male and female are responsible for the same. The male partner is said to be infertile when he is unable to impregnate his partner even after one year of unprotected intercourse. In the case of male infertility cases, the best fertility treatment is IVF TESA. You can know more about IVF TESA cost in Bangalore at elawoman.com.
Testicular Epididymal Sperm Aspiration (TESA) is among the latest and modern aspiration techniques for infertility used. It is an additional treatment of In Vitro Fertilization, which is done especially to treat male infertility. In this process, a small amount of testes tissue is collected through biopsy under local anesthesia.
Testicular sperm extraction treatment along with IVF is indicated for the male partners who experience a blockage in the epididymis very near the testes (either from prior surgery or from birth), or a blockage within the ducts of the testes (efferent ductules). The reproductive tract disorders can be the result of a vasectomy, infection, congenital absence of vas deferens.
It is also used for males with extremely poor sperm production, in which very fewer sperms are produced that they cannot reach the ejaculate and hence increase the chances of failed conception. The reason for poor sperm production is yet to be ascertained.
TESA or testicular sperm aspiration infertility treatment is conducted by inserting a needle in the testes and aspirating fluid and tissue with negative pressure. The aspirated tissue is then processed in the well-established laboratory and the sperm cells extracted are used for ICSI. It is performed for male partners who are having sperms retrieved for infertility treatments like IVF and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI).
In Vitro Fertilization Testicular Sperm Aspiration cost in Bangalore is much reasonable than that of the first world countries. Going by the latest statistics, it has been found that infertile couples have found comparatively low IVF TESA cost in Bangalore. IVF TESA cost in Bangalore ranges from Rs.19897.2 to Rs.60797.0. IVF TESA cost in Bangalore is directly proportional to the success rates of the treatment. At elawoman.com, one can easily find and calculate the cost of IVF TESA procedures with the help of Fair Treatment Cost calculator. The FTC calculator provides you with an accurate of the treatment ranging from Fair, Good to High success rates.
PESA or Percutaneous Epididymal Sperm Aspiration (PESA) does not require a surgical procedure. A tiny needle is passed directly into the head of the epididymis through the scrotal skin to carry forward the fluid aspiration process. The embryologist then retrieves the sperm cells from the fluid and prepares them for ICSI treatment. Whereas, while performing TESA, the needle is inserted in the testicle and sperm are then aspirated. TESA is suitable for male partners with obstructive azoospermia.
Bangalore is a hub of providing the best fertility treatments to infertile couples, thereby giving them another chance to have their own biological baby. In Bangalore, success rates of IVF TESA cost in Bangalore relies on the location of the IVF Centres, qualifications of the IVF specialist, the patient's unique medical history and infrastructure of the IVF centre. There are higher success rates of pregnancy if the cost of IVF TESA is higher at a particular IVF centre. Higher cost defines the education and qualification of the IVF Doctor as well as success rates is dependent on the patient's reviews.
All of these additional procedures and treatments like ICSI, TESA, PESA, TESE are carried out along with the IVF treatments to achieve conception and thus increasing the success rates of treatment and pregnancy.
With great reputation and trust, Ela has managed to provide the best of its services in the field of infertility and reproductive health. Ela has a deep and wide pool of satisfied parents who came to us as depressed infertile couples. We have gone to great heights in helping couples have their own babies with the best available team of doctors and technologies. You can visit elawoman.com to get the best fertility treatments at extremely affordable price.


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The 14th annual Cinco de Mayo celebration will be Saturday at the Railroad Park in Palacios.
The event is a fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Club of Palacios, benefiting the organization's summer programs.
Events include the Colorful 5K by the Bay at 8 a.m., barbecue cook-offs in brisket, sausage, fajita, pork ribs and beans.
Trophies will be awarded for the top three entries in each category. Showmanship awards will be given to the top two in each category.
There will also be arts, crafts and food booths open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Brisket plates will be available for $8 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Other activities include the 2 p.m. dog races, a golf tournament and an inflatable carnival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bracelets for the carnival are $5 for unlimited time.
For more information, call 361-972-2642.


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COVID-19 and Elections BC
July 2, 2019
VICTORIA – Candidate disclosure statements for the 2019 Cariboo Regional District By-election are available for public inspection on the Elections BC website (elections.bc.ca/lecf) and at Elections BC, Suite 100 – 1112 Fort Street, Victoria.
Under the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, disclosure statements must be filed with B.C.'s Chief Electoral Officer within 90 days after General Voting Day. The filing deadline for the 2019 Cariboo Regional District By-election was 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 28, 2019. The statements include expenses of each filer and information regarding contributions they received.
Elections BC's Financial Reports and Political Contributions System allows the public to search and download campaign contribution data and view scanned images of disclosure statements filed under the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act.
Scanned disclosure statements
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Rebecca Penz
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Phone: 250-886-0806
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: elections.bc.ca
Elections BC is the independent, non-partisan Office of the Legislature responsible for administering electoral processes in British Columbia under the Election Act, Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, Recall and Initiative Act and Referendum Act.


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Preferences You Need to Know About
Whenever I do a training seminar, I'm surprised to see long-time Accordance users still getting the copyright info for each new module they open, or a save warning for each window or tab they close. If you use Accordance the way I do, you're constantly opening resources, looking up information, then closing them again. You don't want to be hassled with all those warning messages and temporary windows, do you?
If you haven't discovered that you can turn those things off yet, go to Preferences right now and select General Settings. At the top of the dialog box you'll see the following options:
Look at all the items in the Information section. By clicking a checkbox, you can suppress the initial Accordance splash screen. Attractive as it is, having it appear each time you launch Accordance takes time. By turning it off, you'll save a second or two each time Accordance opens. You can also suppress the copyright info and save warnings I mentioned above, as well as information tips which appear to offer help in how to use certain features. Since the information tips don't appear very often and are not terribly intrusive, I leave this box unchecked, but you can turn them off if you don't want them.
In addition to suppressing information windows and dialogs which can interrupt your workflow, the General settings also let you determine how you want Accordance to open. In the Startup section, you can choose whether you want Accordance to start with a Default Search window, with a custom window arrangement you set up and save as the "Default Session," or with the "Last Session." Starting up with the Last Session means Accordance will save whatever is open when you quit Accordance and reopen with the same window arrangement the next time you launch Accordance.
If you haven't yet discovered these settings, you owe it to yourself to explore the numerous options in the Accordance Preferences. By the way, if you're not quite sure what a particular option is for, just click the question mark at the bottom right corner of the Preferences dialog. Accordance Help will open to tell you exactly what that option is for.
Archived Comments
Jonathan Morgan
When I see advice along the lines of "every user should change default setting X to Y", it sort of makes me wonder why the default is X to start with. Why do we need these prompts? Would it be better to make hiding all of the prompts and so forth the default?
David Lang
Jonathan, I've certainly made the suggestion that we turn off the copyright info by default, but a splash screen giving version information and telling what program is being launched is pretty standard, and a save warning is helpful for new users who may be shocked to lose a search they've constructed. Sometimes determining what should be the default is not as easy as it seems.
Helen Brown
I don't think that our contracts with the publishers would allow us to suppress the copyright info by default. However, some defaults can and will be changed for new users. We rarely change them for established users since we assume that they have made their choices.


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Question: What are the real facts on marijuana, and can you be arrested for driving after smoking it? How bad is it really? I know some people want to legalize it to tax it and for medicinal purposes.
Answer: Yes, you can be arrested for impaired driving. Minnesota has already been taxing marijuana since around 1980 (and so we do not have to legalize it to tax it).
As far as the medicinal purposes go, we have already had it for several years in Minnesota, although in pill form. Also, there are several other already-legal existing drugs that are reported to have the same (or close to the same) effect as smoking the weed, probably making the legalization of it for that reason unnecessary.
There is much information available in reference to the actual physical harm to the human body and to society as a whole, from smoking marijuana. Marijuana produces a carefree state of mind and the illusion that senses are extra sharp. In reality, you are more likely to be preoccupied with unusual thoughts or visions than your responsibilities as a driver.
Relaxed inhibitions alter your sense of time and space, making it difficult to make quick decisions and judge distances and speed. Marijuana use causes slow, disconnected thoughts, poor memory and paranoia. Even hours after the effect seems to be gone, your ability to make driving decisions will still be impaired.
One of the last reports that came out showed that at least 17 percent of persons in addiction treatment are there because of the use of marijuana. It largely has a lot of the same hazardous chemicals that (legal) cigarettes do, and would continue to have those damaging effects even if made legal.
Some of the health effects of smoking marijuana are known to include: exposure to known carcinogens (marijuana smoke contains up to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco smoke); impaired ability to create new memories; episodes of acute psychosis (from large ingested doses), which can include "hallucinations and a loss of personal identity"; and increased risk of chronic cough and bronchitis. New studies show much worse results for marijuana users.
Marijuana is known accurately as a gateway drug. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration(SAMHSA), more teens were in treatment for marijuana than for all other illicit drugs combined in 2006.
Fact: According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2007, in some localities approximately 4 percent-14 percent of drivers injured or killed in crashes tested positive for marijuana use. More results from their studies show that at least 9 percent of all marijuana users will become addicted; 17 percent of all marijuana users who start using in their teens will become addicted and between 25-50 percent of daily marijuana users become addicted.
Other effects are known to include: lower work productivity and earning power, persons functioning at a reduced intellectual level all or most of the time, extra sick days from work; respiratory illnesses, lower grade point averages, lower yearly earnings, lower levels of educational attainment, poor school attendance, negative attitude toward school, absences, tardiness for school and work, accidents, workers compensation claims, job turnover.
In fact, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association examining a certain group of workers showed that the marijuana users (compared to non-marijuana users in that vocation) had 55 percent more industrial accidents, 85 percent more injuries and 75 percent increase in absenteeism.
All figures were received from a marijuana fact sheet put out by the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) of Washington D.C. in January 2012. They also cite numerous other sources for their publication. A lot more information is available if you look for it. Just a few weeks ago, I saw in the news that a long term study was recently completed. Not surprisingly, it revealed even more harmful results from smoking marijuana than known ever before
Source: www.meagemedia.co/aitkin/news Nov.2013


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Francine Childs speaks at the 2010 BAR Gala. Don't forget to catch her at Baker University Center for "Hats Off to Dr. Francine Childs" on Fri., Sept. 27, at 9 p.m.
Photo courtesy of: The Ohio University Alumni Association
The ever-growing BAR Cookout will take place at Grover Center again this year and will feature a "Through the Decades" theme in conjunction with the BAR 2013 photo project.
Photo courtesy of: The Ohio University Alumni Association
There will be a number of opportunities for alumni to connect and reconnect with OHIO classmates, faculty and friends during the three-day event.
Photo courtesy of: The Ohio University Alumni Association
Aug 5, 2013
By Heather Anerino
During the weekend of Sept. 27-29, OHIO's black alumni will celebrate their ties to the University with a host of exciting events. The much-anticipated triennial event is OHIO's largest formal alumni reunion, drawing hundreds of alumni back to campus.
This year, we are hosting a "Through the Decades" photo project on Facebook, so please share your photos here. If you do not have a Facebook account, you will need to create one in order to access the page.
The BAR schedule is packed with festivities that offer opportunities for OHIO alumni to celebrate the rich tradition of Ohio University's African-American heritage, including the following signature events:
The weekend festivities will come to a close on Sunday with a special "EBN Coffee Hour and Send Off" from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Ohio University Inn and Conference Center.
For the complete weekend schedule, please visit: http://www.ohioalumni.org/bar-weekend-schedule
If you plan to attend Black Alumni Reunion Weekend, we encourage you to register so that you can take full advantage of the weekend's many events. To register, please visit: http://www.ohioalumnievent.org.
Most hotel packages must be reserved by Aug. 27, so book your room soon! If you have questions, email email@example.com or call 740-593-4300.
While the Ohio University Alumni Association hosts the BAR, this year's event has a number of generous sponsors including Nationwide Insurance, the Athens County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Ohio University Credit Union, the Ohio University Inn and Conference Center and The Pigskin.


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Channel 4's Dispatches programme shown on 14th February 2011, 'Lessons in Hatred and Violence,' showing children suffering physical punishment at the hands of madressa teachers did not surprise me. It reminded me of why I send my children to a little old lady at her home to learn the Quran.
A leading Muslim intellectual, Dr Ghayussudin Siddiqui, published a report in 2006 that highlighted the levels of abuse taking place. Although increasing numbers of mosques and madressas have adopted child protection procedures since then, the incidents in the programme show that so much more needs to be done to safeguard Muslim children. The standards vary considerably across the country from those who are doing an excellent job in protecting the children in their care to those who don't have any procedures at all or have them in place but don't put them into practice.
Examples of both physical and sexual abuse continue to surface. Recently an imam in Stoke on Trent was found guilty of sexually assaulting two boys. Muslim communities are not holding religious teachers and institutions to account. They are held in such high esteem – making it difficult for those who do want to speak out against them. Muslim parents would not tolerate abuse in state schools, so why accept lower standards of behaviour from religious institutions? I have heard of situations when abuse has come to light, parents have simply removed their child or the teacher has been allowed to move on.
Corporal punishment may be a common teaching method employed in other parts of the world and parents themselves may have grown up here experiencing physical chastisement in mosques but continuing to accept violence as part and parcel of how these institutions operate, must stop – children have rights too too in Islam which certainly does not allow child abuse. All corporal punishments were outlawed in state schools 25 years ago and in private schools over ten years ago. It is about time the law is extended to protect children attending faith schools too. When the Labour Party was in power they refused to close the loophole in the legislation despite a number of MPs campaigning for the change. It seems that Muslim votes were more important than the safety of Muslim children. I hope the Coalition government acts swiftly to amend the law to prevent smackingin faith based educational settings.
I welcome the NSPCC's timely national conference to be held on 17th March aimed at improving the safeguarding of Muslim children. The conference is the first of its kind and has been planned with input from a number of Muslim organisations including the Muslim Women's Network UK. This could act as a catalyst for more voluntary, community and statutory organisations to work together to promote the welfare of children.
The Dispatches programme also showed footage of a preacher at Darul Uloom School in Birmingham promoting religious intolerance and encouraging sectarianism. The school claims they had no knowledge that offensive remarks had been made and as soon as they were aware, action was taken. However, it is worrying that hate preachers, who are often charismatic speakers, are gaining access to young impressionable minds which may not always be through faith schools or mosques. I am concerned as there is small but growing band of youth who are intolerant towards people of other faiths and other Muslims who are regarded as too liberal. Anti-female rhetoric is on the rise too and advancements that have been made on women's rights are also being undermined.
Although the programme was well intentioned, the likelihood is that Islamophobes will use it as a tool to stereotype all Muslims as intolerant and violent while Muslim communities will go on the defensive and see this as another attempt to slander them. In the debate and discussion, Muslim children will be forgotten once again, with no one focusing on how best to protect them from both violence and extremist preachers.


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This is a excerpt from a moving interview in today's Wall Street Journal with Dion, who sang such early rock & roll gems as "Runaround Sue," "The Wanderer" and "Abraham, Martin & John." He gave up his seat to Buddy Holly on the plane that ultimately crashed on February 3, 1959, killing Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. That day is still known as "the day the music died." Dion thought thirty-six dollars was too much to pay for a plane ticket because at the time that amount represented one-month's rent.
As the tour continued on, Bobbie Vee joined the tour with 18-year-old Bob Dylan on piano, as a replacement for the recently killed Buddy Holly. Dylan is now 70, still produces new music (Nikki Jean, a backup singer for Lupe Fiasco, just recorded a song she cowrote with Dylan, "Steel and Feathers.") and still tours worldwide for most months of the year. –SB
[ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204468004577167252304032204.html?mod=ITP_fridayjournal_3 ]
- The Eternal Teenager in Love
By STEVE DOUGHERTY
Dion and the Belmonts rose from neighborhood street corners to the top of the pop charts in the 1950s with songs like "I Wonder Why" and "A Teenager in Love." Now 72, Mr. DiMucci, who went on to solo stardom with "Runaround Sue," "The Wanderer" and "Ruby Baby" before releasing his final No. 1 hit, 1968's "Abraham, Martin and John," was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. He lives in Florida with his wife of 48 years. His latest CD, "Tank Full of Blues," comes out Tuesday.
You were the only headliner who survived the 1959 tour when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash. Did you ever wonder why them and not you?
I was 19 years old and touring with those guys was the best thing that ever happened to me. Buddy and Ritchie and I, we all had the new Fender Stratocaster guitars; mine was all white; Buddy's had the sunburst body. We jammed every night on that bus. The heater kept breaking down in subzero weather. It was so cold on the bus Buddy's drummer got frostbite and had to leave the tour. Carlo of the Belmonts filled in for him. Buddy and the Bopper were from Texas; Ritchie was from L.A.—they didn't know cold like that. They wanted off that bus! Buddy chartered the plane; we flipped for the two other seats. The Bopper and I won the toss. But the price was $36 each. That was the exact amount of the monthly rent my parents argued over all my life. I couldn't justify spending a month's rent on a plane ride. Plus I could handle the cold. I told Ritchie, "You go." Then all of a sudden, they're gone. I remember sitting alone on the bus after and there was Buddy's guitar; I was in shock. I thought, what the hell is life about; why am I here and they're not? I was angry. It took me a long time to process that loss.
In your recent book ["Dion: The Wanderer Talks Truth," about his Christian faith] you say Feb. 3, 1959, wasn't the day the music died but the day it was born. What do you mean?
There's a line in Scripture that says a grain of wheat doesn't bear fruit until it dies and takes seed. Buddy Holly and the Crickets created the form—guitars, bass and drums—that every rock band after him, the Beatles, Stones and all the rest, followed. They wrote and performed their own songs like he did and his music is still being played today. And that tour, it gave seed to a new generation. Bobby Vee was a 16-year-old kid who filled in for Buddy at the next gig in Moorhead, Minn. We got to know each other and we always kept in touch after that. When Bob Dylan broke big, Bobby Vee told me that his piano player that night was Dylan, who was 18 and still known as Bob Zimmerman. [Mr. Dylan's spokesman said: "Bob says it's so."] He had been in the audience for one or two of the Winter Dance Party shows and now he was on the stage with Bobby Vee, standing in for Buddy Holly. Bobby told me Dylan played so loud he couldn't hear himself sing; he said you couldn't control the guy; it was like someone let him out of a cage.
Related Post: Please see [ Revolution du Jour and Another Slice of American Pie ] for a great follow-up story on how the song "American Pie" details the earthquake-like shift that ocurred in America between the time of Holly's 1959 death and the Stones' tragic Altamont concert in late 1969. –SB


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On May 10th, 2008 the Preeclampisa Foundation will hold its 4th annual national awareness Preeclampsia Walk-a-Thon in cities across the nation.
Specifically in Utah a local walk is being coordinated in Tooele. Please consider being a part of the planning team. Your help is needed!
PLEASE join the planning call set for later this week:
Thursday, March 27th, 7PM
Reply ASAP if you can participate in the call....or reply even if you are unable to make the call but have interest in helping with the WAT. We will provide call-in instructions to those who can participate.
For those who are unable to attend the formal walk in Tooele, UT please keep in mind there is also a solo walk option as well as a Friends-and-Family-style walk.
Registration options are available through the Preeclampsia Foundation www.preeclampsia.org
Please let us know your level of interest. Together we can make a difference!
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Excuse me, I'm in feelings.
It looks like Drake and Nicki Minaj are no longer friends.
Leave it to the Internet to do some unprovoked digging to find out that the rappers are no longer following each other on Instagram. While the longtime friends and collaborators have admittedly had their struggles in the past. There was that whole Drake beefing with Meek Mill while the Philly rapper was dating Nicki. (Nicki was caught in the middle of all that drama) There was also that whole "Tuscan Leather" fall out (Nicki was mad Drake didn't include members of their Young Money crew on his Nothing Was The Same album.) And there's been a few other friendship bumps in the road, but, the two always managed to come out on the other side stronger than ever. However, something seemed to have happened recently that was big enough for the two to decide that they don't even want to see what's going on in each other's lives anymore, hence the unfollowing.
And since both rappers decided to take such a big step, fans took their lack of "following" as a clear sign that they're at the very least not on speaking terms at the moment, which sent many into a state of mourning. Literally, fans took to social media to mourn the rappers' years-long friendship.
Check out some of the funniest tweets below:
While there seemed to be no hint of trouble in paradise initially, after doing some digging (quick google searching) I realized that Nicki may have dropped some clues that she and Drake weren't on good terms last month when she dropped her "Good Form" music video. The "Barbie Dreams" rapper included multiple members of the Young Money crew, but excluded him from the music video, which could have been coincidental, a scheduling conflict, or it could have been some shade. While it's not known what exactly led to Drake and Nicki's alleged fallout, it did come just weeks after Drake rekindled his friendship with Nicki's ex, Meek. The rappers reunited on stage at one of Drake's Aubrey & The Three Migos Tour stops a few weeks back to announce that they had squashed their beef. A surprising move given that Meek and Nicki, who sided with Drake after her split from the Phill rapper, haven't been on the best of terms since they called it quits in 2017.
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