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Heroes are usually larger than life, but sometimes it's the person standing next to them that casts the bigger shadow. While main heroes usually get top-billing, but they can often be too boring, too troubled, or even too dumb to save the day. Thankfully, here are 11 sidekicks that pick up the slack — often doing a better job than the heroes ever could.
1) Kato, The Green Hornet
Let's begin with the sidekick who best epitomizes this list, Kato. Over the course of his career as the Green Hornet's sidekick in radio serials, comics, the TV show and the movie, Kato is a phenomenal driver, as well as brilliant inventor and mechanic, designing the Hornet's Black Beauty car and his sleeping gun. Of course, what he's best known for is his phenomenal martial arts skills, thanks to being portrayed by the legendary Bruce Lee in the '60s TV series. In fact, Lee's Kato overshadowed the Hornet then, and Lee's enduring popularity cemented Kato as the force to be feared between the two heroes, which was of the course the main conceit of the recent Green Hornet movie starring Seth Rogen and Jay Chou. For all intents and purposes, the Green Hornet is just a dude with a sleeping gun; Kato is a force to be reckoned with.
2) Penny and Brain, Inspector Gadget
Inspector Gadget is a combination of a Swiss Army Knife and Robocop, but all those gadgets don't leave much room for brains. So you have Gadget's niece Penny and her dog Brain to thank for keeping you from being enslaved by Dr. Claw and M.A.D. on numerous occasions. While Gadget is out bumbling around, breathing through his mouth, Penny is actually solving the crime, albeit it with a shocking disregard for her own safety, which gets her captured by M.A.D. almost constantly. This is where Brain the dog comes in, as its somehow fallen to him to rescue Penny, manipulate the situation so Gadget accidentally thwarts the evil plot, and somehow keep this little family alive. To be fair, Penny and Brain frequently get in trouble that only Gadget can get them out of, although he saves them invariably through chance and dumb luck. On the other hand, without Penny and Brain, Gadget's case closing rate would be 0%.
3) Willow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
While Buffy was busy moping and making terrible romantic partner decisions in the last four or so seasons of BtVS, Willow was busy becoming a much more powerful — and interesting — character than her friend. Sure, Buffy's a Slayer, but Willow becomes a witch with enough power to destroy the world (or flay people alive, as the case may be). Sure this — along with the murder of her partner Tara — leads her down a dark path to evil and becoming season 6's Big Bad, but it's a much more legitimate and compelling story than all of Buffy's nonsense. Also, Willow casts the spell that activates all the Slayers at the end of season 7, making her more responsible for saving the world than Buffy in that instance. Also, Alyson Hannigan's Willow is fun, funny, lovably nerdy, smart, a computer whiz, and again, the most powerful witch in the world. Who would you rather hang with, her, or Buffy? I thought so.
4) Robin, Batman and Robin
First of all, let me assure you that I don't mean the Batman and Robin movie. And rest assured I don't mean all Robins. I specifically mean Damian Wayne in Grant Morrison's Batman and Robin comic, written during that period when Bruce Wayne was dead/sent hurtling through the past and Dick Grayson was wearing the cowl as Batman. Honestly, by omitting Bruce Wayne, Morrison created the most interesting Dynamic Duo possibly ever — Damian was stern, humorless terrifyingly proficient and always in danger of going too far. Dick Grayson's Batman was obviously super-competent, but brought the same light-hearted disposition he did as Robin; what resulted was a team where Robin was effectively Batman and Batman was effectively Robin. Adding Grayson's history as Robin and Damian's jealousy of the life Dick had with his father made it even more fascinating. At any rate, what Damian lacked in experience to his Batman he more than made up for in a willingness to break the rules to get the job done, even if that job involved kicking the asses of all the Robins that preceded him. Without any question, he's the most interesting Robin ever.
5) Wang, Big Trouble in Little China
The brilliance of Big Trouble in Little China — okay, one of the many, many brilliant things about it — is that the protagonist, Jack Burton, has no clue he's not actually the hero. Neither do audience members that on't pay close attention, either. He's actually the sidekick to Wang, his buddy who sets off into the Chinese underworld to rescue his green-eye fiancée from demons with his ridiculous trucker buddy. But since the movie wants to present Wang as the sidekick — and most people think he is — he's a shoo-in for this list. Jack has no idea what's going on, is obsessed with his truck, and manages to knock himself unconscious by shooting the ceiling and having a chunk of it fall on his head during the climatic battle. Wang is a skilled fighter, determined to rescue his damsel in distress, and isn't a moron. Case closed.
6) Riza Hawkeye, Fullmetal Alchemist
It's easy for Riza Hawkeye to be more competent than her boss when her boss is so phenomenally lazy; whether Lt. Colonel Roy Mustang is investigating chimera or actively plotting a revolution, he still leaves all the planning, paperwork and pretty much everything else to Riza, making her the real savior of the country. Although Mustang's flame alchemy is considerable, it's not much more so than Riza's incredible marksmanship and unlike Mustang's alchemy, she can still fire guns in the rain. In the manga and second anime, she's the one who discovers that the Fuhrer's son Selim is an evil homunculus, and gets the coded news to Mustang thus saving the entire revolution, and that's while she's unwillingly serving the deadly Fuhrer herself. Roy mustang may be a star, but Riza Hawkeye is the real hero.
7) Kid Marvelman, Marvelman
Although Kid Miracleman man is greater than Miracleman in terms of powers and interest, rest assured he is not a better hero than his namesake. In Alan Moore's seminal take on the classic characters in the early '80s, after Kid Miracleman — who has Shazam-like powers that come and go when he says the word "Miracleman" — escapes from the alien-tech-created, virtual reality program designed by the British government, he stays in his powerful superhuman form for years, not only gaining in power, but going insane. His original human persona is completely subsumed as Kid Miracleman vows vengeance on his mentor, and is willing to kill anyone on a whim, including his secretary and a young nurse that was once nice to him (just so no one would think he'd gone "soft). Although Miracleman (with the help of many, many others) is able to subdue him, countless citizens of London are horrifically murdered in the process. And when Miracleman sizes control of Earth's governments, Kid Miracleman begins inspiring revolution as a tragic anti-hero. Kid Miracleman is as responsible for Miracleman's fame as much as Alan Moore is.
8) Brock Sampson, The Venture Bros.
As the (former) bodyguard to Doc Venture and his sons Hank and Dean, Brock is kind of the sidekick to the entire family. He's a terrifyingly deadly fighter, constantly on the lookout for danger, and routinely performs stunts that would make James Bond nauseous to think about — and between his love-hate relationship with the chastity-belt wearing Russian spy Molotov Cocktease and ties to the machinations of O.S.I., he arguably gets the better adventures, too. Seeing as the Venture family are pretty hilariously incompetent in all regards, it's obvious would be dead many times over without him (although Hank and Dean still managed to die a few times on his watch). There's a reason why Venture Bros. fans still bemoan the fact that Brock left the Venture household, even though it was two whole seasons ago.
9) Tonto, The Lone Ranger
Let's forget about Johnny Depp and the recent movie and just look at the facts, okay? The Lone Ranger is a Texas Ranger who was supposedly killed by bandits but now wears a mask to hide his identity and fight bad guys. Simple. But Tonto? He's the one who finds John Reid near death and nurses him back to health; he's the one who joins this random white man on his quest for justice; he's the chief's son who turned his back on his people. And despite his unfortunate tendency to talk in Pidgin English in most incarnations, he's also equal to the Ranger in both intelligence and skills. Maybe he's not the most compelling sidekick on this list, but he's still a hell of a lot more interesting than the Lone Ranger.
10) Sparky, Steel
Okay, it's not like anyone in the 1997 movie based on the DC comics superhero Steel is going to come off as a masterpiece of characterization. But Annabeth Gish's Sparky was a weapons designer who lost the use of both of her legs, and who ha to overcome that trauma to help Steel get the weapons that caused her accident off the street. It's not to say that Steel handled this story with any sensitivity — or even much competency — but it added pathos to Gish's character that the hero lacked. Of course, the hero was being portrayed by Shaquille O'Neal. Richard Roundtree's character's dog had more depth.
11) Stiles, Teen Wolf
While best known in the 1985 Teen Wolf movie for his phenomenal "What are You Looking at, Dicknose?" t-shirt, the Stiles of MTV's Teen Wolf TV show is a genuinely helpful best friend to young werewolf Scott McCall as opposed to someone who just gets him into trouble. It's safe to say that without Stiles, none of the show's mysteries would be even close to being solved, even if Scott was aware enough to perceive them as mysteries. It's Stiles who figures out that Scott was bitten by a werewolf, Stiles who is ready to cut Derek's arm off with a saw, and Stiles who manages to deal with his werewolf best friend attacking him and macking on his crush Lydia. Meanwhile, Scott is basically spazzing out. Seriously, the only way this Stiles could be greater is if he had a "What are You Looking at, Dicknose?" t-shirt.


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I haven't forgotten this blog! My presence is spotty, have been busy with work and summertime goofing off.
Quick post today, have been working a bit with more of my Calvary photo backlog. Two today, a married couple.
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Two of the 16 or more people killed in Saturday's hot air balloon crash near Austin, Texas — one of the deadliest in U.S. history — were identified by their brother Sunday, and remembered as "incredible human beings."
Matt and Sunday Rowan, both 34, were married within the last year, according to Matt's older brother, Joshua Rowan. Officials have not yet released the names of the deceased, but Joshua Rowan told NBC News about his brother and sister-in-law on Sunday, hoping to share with the world what good people they are.
"They're going to be incredibly missed. They made a difference in so many people's lives," he said.
Matt Rowan was a professor who had just started working at an army hospital burns trial unit. He believed his work would help soldiers who have been burned, according to his brother, himself an Iraq veteran.
Rowan was also a stepfather, and he and Sunday had bought a house together in San Antonio, Joshua said. "They were trying to a grow their family. It makes the timing of it even more horrific."
Federal and local investigators are just beginning to look into what caused the balloon to catch fire early Saturday morning, over a field in Lockhart, which is south of Austin in central Texas.
The National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday at least 16 people died, but added that investigators are still trying to determine the exact number of passengers. A small team of NTSB investigators was already at the site Sunday morning, an official said, with more on the way.
"The identification of the victims will be a long process according to the NTSB and the medical professionals," according to a news release from the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office. The FAA and FBI are also investigating the crash.
It wasn't known if the operator of the hot air balloon — whom authorities haven't identified, or the pilot — filed a passenger manifest before taking off, an NTSB official said Sunday.
NBC News confirmed the balloon was operated by Heart of Texas Hot Air Balloon Rides through the company's Facebook page. The owner of the account verified that it was the company's balloon that went down.
Skip Nichols identifies himself on his Facebook page as the chief pilot of Heart of Texas and pictures posted by him are on the business' Facebook page. His roommate told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth that Nichols was the pilot of the balloon, but authorities had not confirmed that information.
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The Cave Fraggles are the occupants of Fraggle Cave, as seen in the "Fraggle Wars" episode of Fraggle Rock. They are very different from the Fraggles who live in Fraggle Rock. For one thing, the Cave Fraggles are far less colorful than other Fraggles, colored in mostly browns and grays. They also seem to lack the same kind of individuality of other Fraggles; their clothes are all very much the same, and they are frequently seen chanting together. Whereas Fraggles of the Rock love fun and frolic, the Cave Fraggles prefer order and picking up rocks. Much like Boober Fraggle, they worry a great deal and have "no time left for being brave." Though they dislike the idea of telling jokes, playing games, swimming, and saying, "Whoopee!" (they consider the word profanity), the Cave Fraggles do find enjoyment in the mundane, particularly in dusting, and also sing and dance like other Fraggles, albeit in monotone.
Enemy Fraggles
The Fraggles of the Cave and the Rock became enemies because of an apparent lack of humor on the Cave Fraggles' part. According to The World's Oldest Fraggle,
"They didn't laugh at radish jokes, they didn't laugh at Gorg jokes; they didn't even laugh at jokes about Fraggles who ate their socks... they thought the funniest thing about a Fraggle getting hit in the face with a pie was having to clean it all up!"
When Mokey Fraggle was taken captive as an enemy Fraggle, the Cave Fraggles used chapter three, section seven of The Fraggle Security Manual as a guide on how to care for and feed her. Based on the rulebook, they also claimed it necessary to use weapons to guard their prisoners, something Fraggles of the Rock normally avoid.
Red Fraggle and Beige Fraggle brought peace between the two Fraggle populations, ending the war by hitting the two oldest Fraggles (the World's Oldest Fraggle and the The Cave's Oldest Fraggle) with pies. As a show of peace between the former enemy Fraggles, those dwelling in Fraggle Cave took up the term "Whoopee!".


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OK, let me start on the bright side…
Arioch (bless her soul) brought this little number to my attention in the comments of Magic Strudel's post (why did you roll a Mage?). I wonder if Megan can top a pro like Nyhm?
There was a video ^^ there if it is blocked by the blog nazis… worth a look… trust me!
OK, so down to business…
Like he said, but different
Krizzlybear makes an excellent case for the new LFG… no, not over there… Over here!
But.. I think that the New LFG is NGE!
OK, let's look on the bright side of LFG…
- Get groups quick – Check
- Get emblems quick – Check
- Luck out with instances and OP people you normally wouldn't play with – Check
- Get achievements you know your friends would be envious of – Check
Mmmm doesn't sound that bad does it?
But what if you want to do something different… you know, like not chase emblems… like… ummm… play the game?
But what more is there?
PvP… Raiding… scratching your butt.
I'm going to leave the 3rd option to you, but the 1st two are a real problem for me.
I understand that there is excitement about the International Cricket Council joining WoW. I wasn't aware that so many of you enjoyed cricket… but all I see is
Well good on you… you don't mind if I queue for a VoA, Naxx or Ulduar do you?
No I thought not.
Ever watched a 5 day cricket test?
Blizzard does… well I guess technically they don't, but if I want to queue for a raid that may not start for 3 or 4 weeks, I can't do anything else… hell I might as well watch Cricket!
Maybe I can get a quick random instance in while I wait…
You mean I can't do anything while waiting to do something?
I guess I will just have to do laps of Dalaran… maybe show off my patchwork T7 gear…
I'm at the point right now where I do randoms until Wintergrasp pops.. do that then join the random queue..
It's all about the gear folks!
I don't know what else it could be about…
- Random Instances = Too much PvE gear too soon
- Wintergrasp = PvP gear for keyboard turners.
But, if you have this desire to do a bit of this AND a bit of that… well you have to choose and god forbid you make the wrong choice and remain in the queue until the weekly server restart!
It's not who I am!
- I like Instances…
- I like raids…
- I love Battlegrounds…
I love to mix and match those in a night, but now, I feel like I need to make a choice and stick with it… but that just isn't who I am.
I defend my right to be bad at all parts of this game all the time!
No Cross Dressing allowed!
There is one last thing that cheeses me off about the latest patch, not the cross dressing that I want in the game (and will discuss in coming days), but rather the fact that Blizzard has now decided that I have to wear MAIL!
Do I look like a postman?
Some boots dropped when we were running an instance the other day.. the were an upgrade in EVERY way, except for armor, because they were cloth, and we all know
No self respecting Resto Shaman would wear cloth!
Except well.. I like the feel of cloth against my skin…
There were no clothies in the party (even if there were, they would most likely have out geared this drop), there were no disenchanters, but all I could do was greed the item.. and I lost!
Just trade it short stuff!
Well, I would, if I could… but that would be like x-transfer and we can't have that!
I was in ToC the other night. A pair of boots dropped and someone desperately wanted them… unfortunately I won them and I couldn't trade them…
To make things worse, this same player then won something I wanted… but he couldn't trade it to me!
Seriously Blizzard.. this just sucks!
Make it tradable until the group disbands… please…
There are good things in this patch though!
One thing that has always cheesed me off, is being a healer in Culling of Stratholme.
- I can handle the tank getting way ahead.
- I don't mind laughing at the DPS that pulled aggro, that I don't have time to Rez.
- I do hate the zombies chowing down on my calamari face while I try to heal… and the DPS are more concerned about squeezing out one more cast rather than saving me.
Fire Nova Totem Rocks!
The change they have made to make this castable on any fire totem just rocks!
I am clearing the zombies while the team works on the important mobs…
Hell, I basically 3 manned CoS last night, in part because I was able to clear the annoying buggers myself without missing a beat.
Let me play my game
Anyway, I need to finish up.. it's 1am in the morning, hopefully by the time you are reading this I will have taken possession of my 1st home.
Whatever happens tomorrow (err today), I just hope one of the Blizzard developers reads this and realizes that they are isolating players by limiting their choices.
Sure if someone joins up for a random instance, prevent them from doing other stuff… but not the other way around!
Gnomer and Out, Squidly and Stoush!
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Environmental groups and others who support climate legislation want to steal the dirty word "tax" from opponents and paint the oil industry as the beneficiary of a $4 billion consumer-funded "Big Oil Welfare Tax."
A memo circulating from Clean Energy Works, an alliance of about 60 groups, outlines a strategy of framing tax benefits the industry receives as corporate welfare. The memo calls the messaging plan a "line of attack" to counteract the description of climate legislation as a national energy tax.
"The coming weeks will be very important for supporters of comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation," the memo states. "The opposition, in the form of [the American Petroleum Institute] and Big Oil lobbyists in Washington, are spending millions on smear campaigns and calling on their cronies in the Senate to do everything they can to continue America's dependence on oil and prevent a new policy that moves us away from oil and toward a clean energy economy."
"What they don't want anyone to know is that the American people already have a national energy tax -- The Big Oil Welfare Tax -- in the form of billions of dollars in subsidies to the wildly profitable big oil companies," the memo adds.
The coalition of environmental groups and others said it wants a counterpoint to the oil industry's charge that comprehensive climate legislation would amount to a $1,200 annual energy tax on every household.
"Until now, Big Oil has been successful keeping the existing Big Oil welfare tax a secret," said David DiMartino, spokesman for Clean Energy Works. "When people hear we are subsidizing Big Oil's profits, it'll make them think about our existing failed energy policy."
The strategy follows a New York Times report last week that the oil industry receives $4 billion annually in tax benefits, some of them stemming from decades-old laws to promote oil exploration. Capital investments such as oil-field leases and drilling equipment see a levy of 9 percent, the article said, while other industries see an overall tax of 25 percent.
API, the trade group for the oil and natural gas industry, rejected that it receives corporate welfare.
"Baseless charges that America's oil and natural gas companies don't pay their fair share and enjoy too many incentives are not supported by the facts," said API spokeswoman Cathy Landry. "According to the Energy Information Administration, the industry's effective federal income tax rate is more than two-thirds higher than the average for all manufacturing industries. Another EIA study shows renewable energy industries enjoy double the incentives of those for oil and natural gas."
Landry said API has not been among those calling climate legislation a national energy tax. API has not come out in opposition to any of the Senate climate bills, saying that it is "neutral."
The Clean Energy Works memo details a number of tax benefits that the oil and natural gas industry receives, and the value of each. Transocean Ltd., the company that owned the drilling rig that exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, saved $1.8 billion in taxes by moving overseas in 1999, the memo said, citing the same New York Times article.
API said many of the tax benefits called into question are enjoyed by other industries, as well.
"For example, Section 199 of the tax code allows all manufacturers to deduct their manufacturing expenses in an effort to keep jobs in the United States and create new ones," Landry said. "Another example is the 'dual capacity' tax provision, which enables all U.S. companies -- including the U.S. oil and natural gas industry -- to operate and produce goods and services in other countries without having their profits taxed twice.
"This particular provision, which is actually more restrictive than the general foreign tax credit rules, ensures that U.S. companies can compete on a level playing field with foreign competitors as well as pay their fair share of U.S. taxes."
The Obama administration wants to eliminate many of the industry's tax concessions, including a tax deduction given to manufacturers, deductions for some drilling costs, and credits given for low-volume oil and gas wells. In addition, there would be new taxes on Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production and the reinstatement of taxes to generate revenue for cleaning up hazardous waste sites.
The same Obama revenue-raising proposal stalled last year, and the proposal so far has received a cold reception from the Senate. That chamber last month rejected, 35-61, an amendment that would have ended $35 billion worth of tax breaks for oil and gas producers over the next decade. The amendment would have cut oil and gas tax breaks related to amortization, depletion of oil wells and domestic production income (E&E Daily, June 16).
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You might have caught the film "12 Years a Slave." We hear less, though, about the lives of indentured workers who replaced slaves.
But a new book by Gaiutra Bahadur is changing that, and rescuing her great-grandmother's story along the way. Bahadur's new book is called "Coolie Woman." But, what's behind the title?
"The word 'coolie,'" Bahadur says, "comes from the Tamil and it means wages. But then the term was given this stigma of this new form of slavery when British bureaucrats used it to describe indentured laborers."
Those workers include the hundreds of thousands of South Asians who crossed the Atlantic to work under contract in the colonial Caribbean in conditions similar to slavery.
"Coolie" eventually became known as an ethnic slur for Asian workers.
But Bahadur's connection to the word goes back to her great-grandmother. She was a so-called "coolie woman," who left India for Guyana in 1903.
But Bahadur didn't know any of this growing up in New Jersey. She was six when her family left Guyana for the United States.
"Amazingly, I didn't hear about her story until I was in my early 20s," she says. "I was on a trip back to Guyana with my father. I remember his words exactly: 'She was a pregnant woman traveling alone.'"
So, Bahadur, a journalist, went to London (among other places) and scoured the archives of voyages from India to the Caribbean for her great-grandmother's records.
Bahadur found Sujaria's emigrant pass — her name was Sujaria, she didn't have a last name — from 1903. It was yellowed and delicate, and noted that Sujaria was 27, petite, with a burn mark on her left foot. She was also pregnant, but no husband was listed.
"I pictured her at the docks, about to get on this ship," Bahadur says. "And I know she's pregnant, but aside from that I don't know anything about her. I don't know what she looks like. But I thought if I could work around her, then I could tell this story, you know, with her sort of as a ghost at the center."
Bahadur recreates her great-grandmother's world: a rough sea voyage from Calcutta to Guyana.
"There were high suicide rates on the ships," Bahadur says. "If there were people on the ships who didn't want to be there, or if they'd been tricked into it, how do you resist being taken? You end your life."
What Bahadur can't tell from the records was why her great-grandmother made this journey, which included her giving birth to her son at sea. But Bahadur has a possible clue from a relative.
"One of them remembers my great-grandmother was smoking a clay pipe at home and told a story about being on a pilgrimage, going from one holy city to another," Bahadur says. Sujaria, according to the story, talked about "white men in boats" offering to take her to the next stop on her holy tour.
"And then suddenly," Bahadur says, "she found herself in the depot in Calcutta and on her way to sugar plantations in British Guiana. So that story, if it's true, suggests that she didn't want to go, that she might have been kidnapped even."
However the story went, Sujaria left for Guyana — and so did Bahadur. Her research took her to the fields of Guyana, places that her great-grandmother likely knew well. She says she wanted to "feel what, literally, what is a cane leaf, how does that feel — it's sharp as hell! You know, what does a burning cane field smell like?"
Bahadur also researched how indentured workers lived. They "lived in part of a plantation that was called the n-word yard. So, there were sort of military-style barracks, no privacy. They worked very long hours for little pay," she adds.
And like slaves, indentured workers sang to help the days go by. Recently, Bahadur discovered that one of her friends, the Guyanese-American poet Rajiv Mohabir, had recorded his grandmother, the daughter of indentured immigrants, singing a song in Hindi kept alive by indentured women.
The recording is scratchy, but the woman's soft voice is heard singing a song about a new bride leaving her family.
"This was a song that made the journey from India to the West Indies and was kept alive primarily by women," Bahadur says.
Eventually, indentured immigration to Guyana stopped in the early 1900s.
So what became of Bahadur's great-grandmother? She worked off her contract and was freed in 1908, five years after arriving to Guyana.
"She recreated family in Guyana," Bahadur says. "Whatever she had lost in India, she managed to rebuild and she never returned."
But Bahadur's return to her Guyanese roots helped her tell a chapter of her own family's story that might have easily disappeared.


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NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H. (AP) � A jury is deliberating the case of a former Dartmouth College student accused of raping a female student inside her dorm room.
Last May, Hanover police arrested then-20-year-old Parker Gilbert, a freshman from London, on multiple counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. The arrest followed a complaint from a female student who said she was attacked after Gilbert entered her unlocked dorm room.
Parker pleaded not guilty and the defense argued the sexual encounter was consensual. A judge dropped two of the charges this week.
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The Filibuster
Steinbrenner says the Yankees aren't for sale. A few billion would be tough to turn down though, so do you believe him?
I still remember the first time I missed out on my first billion. In fact, it was just a couple days ago when no one took me up on my brilliant idea to go mine asteroids. Seriously people, where are your priorities?
Selling the Yankees, though? A team with a new park, an amazing history and a corporate and real fan-base unmatched anywhere else in baseball? If the Dodgers are worth $2.175 billion, a team with broke-down finances and a fickle group of fans, you can only imagine that the Yankees would fetch a price well north of that.
But, the Yankees are not for sale, at least not according to Hal Steinbrenner. And honestly, I don't blame him. For a guy like Frank McCourt, the Dodgers were simply a means to an end. For a family like the Steinbrenners, the Yankees are a way of life. The Yankees without a Steinbrenner would be a like a snickers without the peanuts. Sure, it's still tasty but it's no longer a Snickers. It's a Milky Way.
So yeah, I believe Hal. Even if I can't help but picturing him responding to the question of selling the Yankees with a soothing, "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."
The other part of the equation is that although the Yankees may be worth $2.5 billion today, just imagine how much they'll be worth in another few years. The Yankees are more than a baseball team, they're a global brand easily recognizable on the hats of millions of people around the world. There is practically no large city in the world where you can walk around without seeing someone wearing a Yankees' cap. Hell, holding on to the Yankees isn't even speculation. It's just plain and simple good sense.
Meanwhile, the rest of us are going to have to be content with our possible billion dollar schemes. For me, that means dreaming of space asteroids and slowly going mad. "Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it."
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The Council of Canadian Academies is an organization designed to answer questions about science in Canada. From the Council's About Us webpage on their website,
The Council is an independent, not-for-profit corporation that supports science-based, expert assessments (studies) to inform public policy development in Canada. The Council began operation in 2005 and consists of a Board of Governers, a Scientific Advisory Committee and Secretariat. The Council draws upon the intellectual capital that lies within its three Member Academies – the Royal Society of Canada (RSC); the Canadian Academy of Engineering; and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
Our mission is to contribute to the shaping of evidence-based public policy that is in the public interest. This is achieved by appointing independent, multidisciplinary panels of expert volunteers. The Council's work encompasses a broad definition of science, incorporating the natural, social and health sciences as well as engineering and the humanities.
Expert Panels directly address the question and sub-questions referred to them. Panel assessments may also identify: emerging issues, gaps in knowledge, Canadian strengths, and international trends and practices. Upon completion, assessments provide government decision-makers, academia and stakeholders with high-quality information required to develop informed and innovative public policy.
Several months ago, Gary Goodyear, Canada's Minister of State (Science and Technology), requested on behalf of the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation (CSTMC), Natural Resources Canada, and Industry Canada an assessment of science culture in Canada. From the State of Canada's Science Culture webpage on the Council of Canadian Academies website,
Over the past 30 years, public interest and debate has been steadily growing in Canada and abroad over the need to foster a science culture as part of the national science and technology agenda. In this period, significant government and private investments have contributed to the development of hundreds of individual science culture programs and institutions.
Now more than ever the volume of programs and data support the need for a national examination of issues, such as the performance indicators that best reflect the vitality of Canada's science culture, and a need to understand where Canada ranks internationally. The expert panel will be asked to consider these and other questions such as what factors influence an interest in science among youth; what are the key components of the informal system that supports science culture; and what strengths and weaknesses exist in the Canadian system.
Assessments of science culture can focus either on science in the general culture, or the culture among scientists. This assessment will focus principally on the former, with additional interest in understanding the underlying connections among entrepreneurship, innovation and science. …
The full assessment process includes a rigorous peer review exercise to ensure the report is objective, balanced and evidence-based. Following the review and approval by the Council's Board of Governors, the complete report will be made available on the Council's website in both official languages. …
What is the state of Canada's science culture?
- What is the state of knowledge regarding the impacts of having a strong science culture?
- What are the indicators of a strong science culture? How does Canada compare with other countries against these indicators? What is the relationship between output measures and major outcome measures?
- What factors (e.g., cultural, economic, age, gender) influence interest in science, particularly among youth?
- What are the critical components of the informal system that supports science culture (roles of players, activities, tools and programs run by science museums, science centres, academic and not-for-profit organizations and the private sector)? What strengths and weaknesses exist in Canada's system?
- What are the effective practices that support science culture in Canada and in key competitor countries?
Hopefully, the expert panel will have a definition of some kind for "science culture."
After waiting what seems to be an unusually long period, the Council announced the chair for the "science culture" expert panel (from the CCA Dec. 19, 2012 news release),
Arthur Carty to Serve as Expert Panel Chair on the State of Canada's Science Culture
The Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Arthur Carty, O.C., as Chair of the Expert Panel on the State of Canada's Science Culture. In 2011, the Minister of State (Science and Technology) on behalf of the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation (CSTMC), Natural Resources Canada, and Industry Canada requested the Council conduct an in-depth, evidence-based assessment on the state of Canada's science culture.
As Chair of the Council's Expert Panel, Dr. Carty will work with a multidisciplinary group of experts, to be appointed by the Council, to address the following question: What is the state of Canada's science culture?
Dr. Carty is currently the Executive Director of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Carty also serves as Special Advisor to the President on international science and technology collaboration, and as Research Professor in the Department of Chemistry. Prior to this, Dr. Carty served as Canada's first National Science Advisor to the Prime Minister and to the Government of Canada from 2004-2007 and as President of the National Research Council Canada from 1994-2004.
You can find out more on Carty's biography webpage, on the CCA website,
Arthur Carty is the Executive Director of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Waterloo, Special Advisor to the President on international science and technology collaboration, and Research Professor in the Department of Chemistry
From 2004-2008, Dr. Carty served as Canada's first National Science Advisor to the Prime Minister and to the Government of Canada. Prior to this appointment, he was President of the National Research Council Canada for 10 years. Before this, he spent 2 years at Memorial University and then 27 years at the University of Waterloo, where he was successively Professor of Chemistry, Director of the Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chair of the Department of Chemistry, and Dean of Research.
Carty's profile page on the Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology (WIN) website offers the same information but in more detail.
It's difficult to divine much from the biographical information about Carty as it is very purpose-oriented to impress the reader with Carty's international and national involvements in the field of science advice and collaboration. Carty may have extensive experience with multi-disciplinary teams and an avid interest in a science culture that includes informal science education and the arts and humanities, unfortunately, it's not visible on either the CCA or WIN website biographies.
Hopefully, Carty and the CCA will assemble a diverse expert panel. (Warning: blatant self-promotion ahead) If they are looking for a person of diverse personal and professional interests
- who has an MA in Creative Writing (nonfiction and fiction) and New Media from De Montfort University in Leicester, UK and
- a BA (Communication – Honors) from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada and
- who has built up one of the largest and longest-running independent science blogs in the country thereby contributing to science culture in Canada,
- neatly combining the social sciences, the humanities, and an informed perspective on science and science culture in Canada in one person,
they may want to contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I have more details in the CV and can supply references.


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First of all, for those that don't know me, let me introduce myself since I haven't posted much over the past couple years. I'm Mark, the co-owner of Seahawks.NET and landlord of this fun little community. I'd like to give a welcome for all the newbies that have joined us, and a hearty "cheers" to my fellow veterans of the board that I haven't talked to in a while.
Now, onto the point of my post. As you know, we decided over a year ago to decommission the PWR (politics/war/religion) forum based upon some of the very negative effects it was having on certain posters, and the board itself. We understood this was a forum some enjoyed, but we made the decision based mostly on the fact that this is ultimately a sports/Seahawks forum, and those discussions could be had in millions of other places.
But recently, the topic of anthem protests have become front-and-center with Michael Bennett participating, and with his subsequent situation with Las Vegas Police. This has only become more pronounced in the past weekend with the team and the rest of the NFL growing the protests and statements as a result of President Trump's remarks.
As such, ownership and the staff have made a decision that in order to provide a place for our members to discuss these issues involving our team without it being in the main forum (dedicated to the football side of the team), we need to provide a new forum that can be used to discuss these and other major off-the-field Seahawks news and events. This new forum will show up in the forum list shortly just under the main forum.
I need to be VERY clear that this is an effort by our ownership & staff to provide a place where you can discuss these non-football topics, but there needs to be clear rules and an understanding by anyone wanting to participate in those rules. The following is a list of the rules anyone wanting access to that forum must agree to in order to take part and post:
1 - This new forum has the SAME rules and regulations as this forum, and will be moderated as such. That means all of the general rules will apply, especially the main "attack the post, not the poster" rule. If you're unfamiliar with these rules, please make sure to browse the FAQ forum and become acquainted with them. As with laws, ignorance is not a defense.
2 - This forum will not tolerate outright attacks on the players, teams, or coaching staff directly. There will be zero tolerance for verbal attacks against anyone associated with the team directly. You can state your opinions of their actions, stances, and statements, but do not attack the person.
3 - New topics will only be allowed if they are linked to a valid media story or source, and not just a tweet or rumor. For instance, the Bennett story about Vegas was widely reported by several media outlets and can be posted and discussed, but a new topic about a bible verse Russell Wilson tweeted is not considered newsworthy, and won't be approved as a news-related topic.
4 - You will need to request permission to join this forum. By joining this forum, you agree to follow all the rules of this forum and conduct yourselves appropriately. (See the posts below this message for how to request and gain access to the forum)
5 - Just like in the main forum, if a poster breaks any rules (most importantly being trolling or verbally attacking other posters or the team/players) they will be subject to removal from this new forum and their rights to post/view the forum removed. If the offense is egregious enough, a suspension or banning can also be utilized.
The idea is that your posts should represent your opinions on a subject represented in a respectful manner, and that includes respecting other's opinions that differ from yours. You don't have to agree, but you are required to treat every poster with respect. Period.
To be clear, this is a proof-of-concept at this time, and we reserve the right to revoke this forum completely at any time if people simply can't follow the rules and moderating becomes a constant battle. If you see someone breaking these rules, please use the report button and let the mods know.
We feel strongly that our community should take a cue from what the players are asking for, and provide a place for open discussion about these important topics. I again ask that you respect our home and partake in positive, but spirited debate about any of these topics together without letting it devolve into attacks.
Please don't hesitate to reach out to myself or our staff via PM if you have feedback or suggestions. Thanks for making this an incredible community, and GO HAWKS!!


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Fire destroys local grain facility
Lightning may have caused fire, officials say
Early Monday, fire could be seen rekindling at a grain facility that went up in flames Sunday morning in Scribner.
Authorities said a fire started around 7 a.m. Sunday at a Scribner Grain Co. facility in Dodge County. The blaze caused extensive damage to the entire structure.
More than 50 firemen from the Scribner, Hooper and Snyder fire departments were called to extinguish the flames.
"Our primary concern was the health and safety of the community, and now we're worried about our customers who were planning on getting feed out of this mill," said Brent Kelly, of Scribner Grain Co.
No fatalities or injuries were reported.
"We're very grateful that there were no injuries or fatalities. We're also very grateful for the support," said Kelly.
Volunteers and firefighters from three towns battled the fire for three hours.
"We called a guy in with a big backhoe, tore parts of the building away, so we could get at the fire safely. He could reach a lot further than we wanted to be," said Scribner Volunteer Fire Chief Ken Thomas. "The height of the structure, collapsibility, we're close to the highway, so we were worried about collapse and had to shut traffic down."
State fire marshals were checking weather reports, as there was a lot of lightning in the area Sunday morning.
An official cause has not been released as the structure is still too warm to enter and a crane is needed to move several heavy bins on top of it.
"I talked to some witnesses or neighbors, and they said they heard a big bang like 20 minutes before the fire," said Nebraska Deputy State Fire Marshal Jeff Going.
Kelly said Scribner Grain is still operational. The feed mill is gone for now, but the rest of the business across the street stands.
"The next step will be cleanup and possibly rebuilding," said Kelly.
Kelly said they will work the next few days to find a way to help customers who were counting on the feed stored inside the mill.
"I hope they rebuild this one," said Thomas.


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Official Website of the City of Milwaukee
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Department of City Development
In 2005, the Common Council created a new type of special zoning district called the Redevelopment District. Redevelopment District zoning is shown on the zoning map with a RED designator.
The City's special zoning districts include RED, Park, Institutional, and Planned Development. Special zoning districts are intended to identify areas of the city that have unique qualities requiring special treatment or locations where special approaches to development may be warranted. Special districts are base zoning districts which:
The RED zoning designation may be applied by the Common Council to any area of the city where:
Permitted, limited, special, conditional and prohibited uses for property in a Redevelopment District are the same as indicated in the redevelopment plan for that district.
The principal building design standards, accessory building design standards and site design standards for property in a redevelopment district are the same as indicated in the redevelopment plan for that district.
For all matters other than use regulations and design standards, the existing provisions of the zoning code apply.
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It's at present impossible to get ahold of STURME DER LEIDESCHAFT, which is a pity because I'm writing an article about Robert Siodmak and it's maybe his most important German film, or anyway the one which shines the brightest light on his later American thrillers. What I *can* get is TUMULTES, the French-language version made simultaneously with SDL, in which Charles Boyer substitutes for Emil Jannings and Florelle subs for Anna Sten (she of the famous gun).
AND I can also get a soundie version of SDL, released in Italy as TEMPESTE DI PASSIONE. This version deletes chunks of plot, jettisons the whole soundtrack, apart from the singing, turning a talkie into a quasi-silent. I guess this was the most cost-effective way to make a foreign version in 1932.
It's quite odd seeing Jannings with Italian intertitles — somehow his natural ebullience as an actor goes quite well with the language, so that even though the film is clearly set in Berlin, a Roman flavour escapes into it. Meanwhile, the picture quality is pretty bad, but worth putting up with for such dramatic and atmospheric values of the proto-noir that seep through, and for the eeriness of the soundie medium, from which human speech has been subtracted, except for moments of song.
However, a glance at TUMULTES reveals the true quality of the cinematography and Friedrich Hollander's music, and makes me want to write one of those "why oh why" pieces about the lack of DVD releases for classic movies like this. Of course, we know the "why" — it has to do with money and capitalism, phenomena which have made cinema as we know it possible, but have also tended to limit it in countless ways…


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An Airplane!
On September 29, 1910, my grandmother, Ethel Ryan Downing, hitched up the buggy and took her month old son Orville [I never asked why he was named Orville. I don't think he was named for Orville Wright but the plane was being hyped when he was born.] to town where she picked up her sister Cora Ryan Lipp, seven months pregnant. They stopped by their mother's house but Lillie Margaret Wood Ryan absolutely refused to accompany them. She thought the plane might somehow harm her seven week old daughter, Ethel and Cora's youngest sibling. Lillie didn't think her daughters should go either. They weren't afraid though and drove the buggy out to the big field on the south edge of town to see a real airplane.
There was a big race that day. The Wright Brothers bi-plane piloted by Walter Brookins, raced the Illinois Central train from Chicago to Springfield, a distance of 187 miles. Wilbur Wright was on the train. $10,000 was at stake.
The plane stopped twice to refuel, the second time in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. Brookins lost a wheel on takeoff but he won the race.
The New York Times of September 30, 1910, proclaimed the news: Longest American Flight by Brookins; With Two Stops He Goes in Wright Biplane from Chicago to Springfield, 187 Miles. Loses Wheel, But Goes On. Declares It Was a Trying Experience. Believes Chicago to New York Race Is Practicable.
Later a pilot named Lindbergh would fly the mail over about the same the route as he flew the mail from St. Louis to Chicago with stops in Springfield and Peoria.
Ethel was one of Lida's daughter-in-laws.
More pictures of the plane-train race here.


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Liberty News
UPDATE: Another victim of Navy Yard shooting has connections to Liberty
Liberty University administration learned early this morning that another victim of the Washington Navy Yard shooting, Richard Michael (Mike) Ridgell of Westminster, Md., was the father of Liberty alumna Heather Hunt, who graduated with a master's in professional counseling last spring. Ridgell was a security guard at the Navy Yard.
At the start of Wednesday's Convocation, Vice President of Communications Johnnie Moore announced to the student body that two of the 12 men killed had close connections to the Liberty family. Frank Kohler is the father of Alexandra and Meghan Kohler, current Liberty students. Martin Bodrog is the father of Liberty graduate Isabel Bodrog ('13).
Moore and President Jerry Falwell, Jr. have expressed their personal sympathy to the victims' families. On Wednesday, Moore led the student body, faculty, and staff in a prayer for them and for the families of all the victims.
"We are a heartbroken community this morning for those members of the Liberty family," Moore said.
He asked today that Liberty students, faculty, and staff continue to pray, passing along a specific request from Hunt for those attending her father's funeral who will be hearing the message of salvation: "that God prepare, soften, and break the hearts of already hurting hearts to the point of spiritual surrender."
Read about Ridgell, Kohler, Bodrog, and the other victims in The Washington Post.


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While some say Facebook is loosing younger users, those over 65 are fastest-rising group on Facebook, according to a new report.
The Pew Center for Internet and American Life released a report Monday that showed the group on Facebook showing the strongest growth were users over 65 years old. The report, which studied 1,801 adults from August to September 2013, said that 45 percent of American elderly who use the Internet are on Facebook, up from 35 percent last year. In comparison, 84 percent of teens using the Internet are on Facebook, the same number as last year.
There has been concern that Facebook's slow growth among teens may hamper its profitability, but the report's authors aren't as concerned with the slowing of growth.
U.S. & World
"It's hard to get more than 85 percent of anyone doing anything," author Aaron Smith told the Washington Post. "A lot of the easy converts in the younger group, or even in the older and middle-aged group, are already on the site. The senior group is the only area that has any substantial area for growth."
Facebook still has rising teen use on Instagram, which it bought for $1 billion last year, and is still dubbed the "default social network," according to Smith. Others, such as women flock to Pinterest and young adults and African-Americans prefer Twitter.
While the elderly doesn't have the same kind of cachet as teens or youth culture, the elderly also come with something much more valuable -- wealth. Perhaps Facebook will learn to exploit this more, or try to find something to entice youngsters back to its social network and chats with Grandma.


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Locate your paperwork or you may not be able to renew your driver's license or ID card
By PENNY FLETCHER
Were you born in a rural region many years ago and your birth certificate recorded at a small city hall that has since burned down? Perhaps you're a woman who has changed her last name several times by marriage and can't remember exactly what towns or counties all your marriages and divorces took place. Or maybe you're the adult child of a private adoption handled by a lawyer who forgot to file all the paperwork with the State. Well, a new law may question your identity and affect your ability to prove you're really who you say you are. Of course, this law will take the most toll on women, as most men keep their name no matter how many times they marry. Still, there are already cases where men too, have been affected.
Because Florida is one of the first states to implement the Real ID Act enacted May 11, 2008 which is being carried out by the Department of Homeland Security in an effort to reduce threats of terrorism and fraud, the glitches that can prevent people from renewing their driver's licenses and state identification cards are showing up here first.
People working in both the state and county systems say the law is extremely complicated because of federal mandates connected to the act which took affect here Jan. 1, 2010.
After speaking to Preston Trigg and Marty Rodriguez in the Tax Collector's Office, which houses the Department of Motor Vehicles, I was transferred to Nancy Millan, director of community relations with that department.
Nancy explained that federal agencies will no longer accept a driver's license or ID card as identification – nationwide. Only the new Real ID card will be accepted.
Everyone will need to have one, not only for driver's licenses, but to board commercial flights or enter federal facilities. Every state is mandated to have this in place by May 11, 2011.
People born before December 1964 possessing a current Florida license or ID card may continue to use it as identification until Dec. 1, 2014, and those born after that may use theirs until Dec. 1, 2017.
Renewal, however, is impossible without the paperwork listed on a checklist (which will be provided as a sidebar to this story) unless an exception is made.
"We've partnered with the State Department of Highway Safety because there will be a lot of people who will need help," said Nancy Millan.
Already Real ID is causing havoc at the Ruskin Tax Collector's Office because some residents have not been able to obtain the documents they need to renew.
"I realize something has to be done, but what's happening is absolutely asinine," said 81-year-old Catherine Spohn of Sun City Center. "I was born in an apartment over a beauty salon in New York City with the help of a midwife. She listed my name as Caterina on my birth certificate because that was the Italian way of saying it. But I have gone by Catherine ever since. All my records, my bank, my marriage license, everything is under Catherine."
Catherine and her husband of 56 years, Arrah, went to the Ruskin Tax Collector's Office to renew her state identification card. She no longer keeps a driver's license because she cannot pass the eye test. "But I cannot even get an ID card to prove I am who I say I am. They told me if I can get a passport, then perhaps I can get my ID card so we've written to Allentown, Penn., to get a copy of our marriage certificate (another document you must produce as names must be traced back to the name on the birth certificate to obtain identification now). If I can get documentation to get a passport they (the DMV) say it may be possible to issue me an ID card, but I won't know until I show them what paperwork I'm able to get."
One woman who Catherine met while waiting at the Tax Collector's Office last month said she had already spent more than $160 to obtain out-of-state-documents but still could not get the paperwork she needed.
"She was frantic," Catherine said. "I know they (the government) want to improve security. But somebody didn't think this thing through."
Peg and John Frizzola agree.
The couple, who have been married for 54 years, so far have spent two months trying to get Peg's license renewed. As of press time, she still does not have it because of several glitches in her situation that will take plenty of time to work out. Whether she will be without a license for an extended time is still not clear.
The first problem was that she did not have a State-sealed marriage certificate.
"We got married at a Catholic Church in New York City the day before I got shipped out (to World War II)," John said. "We got our certificate from the church, and that has always been enough. But it was not enough to get Peg a driver's license and we're already on our third (time) extension."
John and Peg even showed DMV officials her birth certificate and the notice of their engagement and marriage in the New York Times, which clearly spelled out Peg's maiden name, and her parents' names.
It wasn't good enough. "Newspaper clippings, even with our photos, aren't enough to prove that Peg is Peg," John said.
Donna Forteau at the Ruskin Tax Collector's Office is working with officials in Tallahassee to help Peg and others like her who may need an exception.
"So far, there has been some assistance for people born before 1935 because the State knows accurate records weren't always kept before then," Donna said.
David Westberry, communications director for the Florida State department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in Tallahassee, says that there is actually an exception built into federal law for those born before that year.
"The Department has no authority to make broad exceptions to the law. But the rules exclude customers born in or prior to 1935," David said in a telephone interview May 7. "However, we don't want to complicate our customers' world. If they can prove there is no way they can recreate the paper trail (back to the birth certificate) we have empowered our managers to make judgments based on good-faith efforts."
It is possible to get waivers, he said, but the main objective is to get people to start obtaining the proper documents well in advance of need so they won't go in at the last minute and come out frustrated.
"We've processed more than a million compliant licenses since January 1," he continued. "We must weigh the documents people have on a case-by-case basis."
He also explained that in cases where a woman has changed her name several times by marriage, she is typically required to trace her name back to the birth certificate. "That would require her to bring some or all of the documents necessary to evidence her current name, even if that is the name on her current driver's license or ID card," he said.
In some states, the maiden name is carried on all versions of marriage and divorce records, but in others, only the previous married name is listed.
"If the current name cannot be linked to the birth certificate, we have no way to validate the information being provided to us but they need to bring us what they have so we can see if a waiver can be made."
The Department of Motor Vehicles and Highway Safety has attempted to reach out to big companies so they can warn their employees to begin collecting information before it's needed.
"It's been in the TECO newsletter, and we've set up a Web site, www.gathergoget.com," Donna Forteau said. "There are also lists of what is needed on the Web site, and we have other helpful information in print." (This information will be provided in a sidebar to this story.)
"It's not just women needing help," Donna pointed out. "Recently I had a man whose step parents failed to change his name with the State after adopting him," she said.
But still, it will be women who are primarily affected.
When I called Peg Frizzola several days after our meeting to check on her progress, she still had problems and had not renewed her license.
When she returned to the DMV after Donna had gotten the State to make an exception, Peg had an infection in one of her eyes. "I wasn't aware of it then, so now I will have to take the eye test again," Peg told me in a telephone interview. "I am also getting new glasses."
So meanwhile, Peg, who has no points against her Florida license, awaits the end of the extension – her third – that allows her to drive until May 27. What will happen after that, she still does not know.
Knowing that because Florida is made up of a greatly diverse population, many who have come from other states where record-keeping is not precise, I called the Department of Homeland Security in Washington D.C. May 10.
Information provided to me by DHS explains that the Real ID Act of 2005 prohibits any federal agency from accepting a driver's license or personal identification card for any official purpose. Like the Social Security Card, it no longer may prove identity; only the new, Real ID Card will do that.
"Raising the standards of state-issued identification is an important step toward enhancing national security," said Candace, in the DHS Press Room in Washington. "Because a driver's license serves so many purposes – like access to federal buildings, nuclear power plants, boarding aircraft, and so on, criminals and terrorists actively seek fraudulent state-issued identification. States that implement measures to increase their documents' security make it more difficult for criminals to obtain these documents, while making it easier for law enforcement to detect falsified documents. While many states have invested in improvements to their driver's licenses and licensing processes, the lack of minimum performance standards have made it possible for criminals and terrorists to exploit jurisdictions where standards are lower and fraud is easier to commit. That is why the 9/11 Commission recommended that the federal government issue minimum performance standards that all states could measure themselves against."
Those who want to read more about it may go to the Department of Homeland Security's Web site, http://www.dhs.gov and type "Real ID Act" into the site's search bar.
What will happen as people who have not been able to keep track of their paperwork from birth to the present day remains to be seen as time moves on and more people try and renew their driver's licenses.
For more about what you will need when you visit the DMV, click here.


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Pop law abounds in The Lawbringer, your weekly dose of WoW, the law, video games and the MMO genre. Mathew McCurley takes you through the world running parallel to the games we love and enjoy, full of rules, regulations, pitfalls and traps.
Welcome to another mail bag edition of The Lawbringer, ready to answer your questions, inqueries, and crazy considerations. A lot of you have been emailing me about SOPA and PIPA, the two bills currently being legislated on in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. These bills make it extremely easy for parties who feel that they are the victims of copyright infringement to take websites offline without much due process due to the overreaching aspects of the broadness of the respective legislations' wording. We as a subculture of the internet do not like these pieces of legislation.
I chose not to talk about SOPA or PIPA because, honestly, I think everyone is saying what I would say better than I could say it. So many people much smarter than I have already said wonderful things about these bills that you should probably read those instead. If you're looking for more information on SOPA, PIPA, and their general mechanics and potential fallout, hit up Wikipedia for a full FAQ about the bill and great links. For a different perspective, my good friend Chris put up a great discussion of SOPA from a non-legal standpoint as a developer and programmer.
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I benefitted from his volley video tremendously. So I recommend him. He's got interesting videos.
This totally looks legit, made me a bit clumsy at first but that's always what happens initially when you realize you don't have a certain skill... phase 1/4 of learning!
I just realized he's a member here! I better watch what I say! j/k
I subscribed and got access to an interesting number of good quality video material. Not quite like having a real life coach but still very good.
Yeah, Jeff is a great guy and more importantly a great coach. He is very good with words and translating tennis technique into the English language. His videos get right to the point too which is nice. Here is Jeff's page here, friend him and check out what he has uploaded on 'opolis Kevin.
His approach is truly inspiring. I love the fact that he posted his volley tip in response to Roddick's volley right away, at the perfect timing. That's demonstrating how great of a contribution he is to the industry.
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Do security questions subvert passwords?
Many Web sites nowadays require a (hopefully strong) password along with some pretty easy security questions. Sometimes it is not possible to avoid filling in the answers. Most of the time, it is not possible to formulate your own questions (e.g., "give me the other random string").
IMHO, this is a hefty security risk for the user. You pick up a secure password (maybe even a truly random one) and let your account open to every one who knows it (e.g. your birthday).
What do people do to mitigate this problem?


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Sencha GXT 3.0.2b is now available
Update: We've released an updated build of GXT 3.0.2 with corrected localization files. Please download 3.0.2b from the Sencha Support Portal or update your Maven dependency, especially if you're using GXT with non-English locales.
Sencha GXT 3.0.2 is available for customers with current support subscription. You can get access to the GXT 3.0.2 build from the Sencha Support Portal.
Support customers also have the option of using Maven to automatically satisfy a dependency on Sencha GXT 3.0.2. However, because GXT 3.0.2 is a Support-only release, you�ll need to take a few extra steps to give yourself access to our repository. Please note that if you use Nexus or Artifactory in your organization, it may be necessary to apply some of these details to your server instead of to your project files and your own personal settings.xml.
Configure Maven with your Support credentials
You�ll need to configure Maven with your Support credentials to have access to GXT 3.0.2. To do this, you�ll be modifying your settings.xml. For more details about settings.xml, see the Maven Settings Reference.
You should find in your settings.xml the servers element. You�ll add a block like the following to that element:
If you�re a support customer using the GPL release of GXT 3.0.2, replace support-commercial-release with support-gpl-release above.Code:<servers> � <server> <id>support-commercial-release</id> <username>Your support username</username> <password>Your support password</password> </server> � </servers>
Add the Support repository to your POM
Because GXT 3.0.2 is a Support-only release, you (and Maven) won�t be able to find it in Maven Central. As a result, you�ll need to add our Support repository to your project�s POM. For more details about the POM, see the Maven POM Reference.
Look for the repositories element (a child of the project element) and add the following repository:
Again, if you are using the GPL release of GXT 3.0.2, replace support-commercial-release with support-gpl-release. Remember to do this both in the id element and in the url element.Code:<repositories> � <repository> <snapshots> <enabled>false</enabled> </snapshots> <id>support-commercial-release</id> <name>Sencha Support Commercial Repository</name> <url>https://maven.sencha.com/repo/support-commercial-release/</url> � </repositories>
Increment your GXT dependency
Find the gxt dependencies in your POM and increment their versions to 3.0.2
Nightly Snapshot availabilityCode:<dependencies> � <dependency> <groupId>com.sencha.gxt</groupId> <artifactId>gxt</artifactId> <version>3.0.2</version> </dependency> � </dependencies>
Starting after the release of GXT 3.0.2, we will also be making nightly builds available to Support customers. Keep in mind that these are development snapshots that have not received the testing and polish that we have for releases.
Follow the settings above, but replace each code block with the following.
In your settings.xml:
In your POM:Code:<server> <id>support-commercial-snapshot</id> <username>Your support username</username> <password>Your support password</password> </server>
Finally, update your gxt dependency to increment the version number. For the latest development builds in the GXT 3.0.x series, use 3.0.3-SNAPSHOT. For the latest development builds leading up to GXT 3.1.0, use 3.1.0-SNAPSHOT.Code:<repository> <snapshots /> <id>gxt-commercial-snapshot</id> <name>Sencha Support Commercial Snapshots</name> <url>https://maven.sencha.com/repo/support-commercial-snapshot/</url> </repository>


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Andrei Anghel identified as Canadian on downed Malaysian plane
AJAX, Ont. — A 24-year-old Ontario medical student was among the 298 people killed when a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed over Ukraine, his family said Friday.
Andrei Anghel was studying in Romania but was travelling to Bali on that flight for a vacation, his father Sorin Anghel said.
"We got the information that the flight was shot down and we knew that he took that flight so we just assumed. Later we got the confirmation, from actually Durham police came here and they gave us the official," Anghel said, trailing off.
Anghel was attending Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca, which is Romania's second-largest city.
"I am passionately interested in the science of living things, always questioning. Why do cells strive for life? What defines life?" wrote Andrei Anghel on his Linkedin profile.
The airline has said at least one Canadian was on board the Amsterdam-to-Kuala Lumpur flight that was brought down Thursday.
U.S. intelligence officials have said a surface-to-air missile downed the plane in an area in eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists, but they did not speculate on who fired it.
Anghel says his son was a very kind, outgoing man who liked meeting other people.
He was a very outgoing, happy person. He loved life
"Everybody who knew him know that he was a very, very kind, very, very, very good person," Anghel said with a heavy sigh. "He's going to be missed."
Alexandra Anghel, the older sister of Andrei, said her brother was a positive person who "wanted to change the world."
"He was a very outgoing, happy person. He loved life. He never let anything really get him down. Even if he got upset or annoyed by something he would just go for a longboard down to the lake, come back and he'd be fine, whatever. He never really let things get him down," she said Friday in Ajax.
"He went into medical school but I think his heart was set way more toward the research part of medicine. He really wanted to change the world. He wanted to find a cure for stuff that people are dying from. He wanted to change the world. He wanted to make it better. And he figured going into medicine was one of the best ways to do that, or at least give him the knowledge to be able to start to do something. But he was loving medical school."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has issued a statement expressing shock and sadness about the tragedy and said Canada is willing to assist authorities in determining the cause of the crash.
At least 189 of the victims were from the Netherlands. Passengers on the plane also included 29 Malaysians, 28 Australians, 12 Indonesians, nine Britons, four Germans, four Belgians, three Filipinos and one person each from Canada, New Zealand and Hong Kong, according to the airlines and those governments. Two passengers' nationalities remained to be confirmed.
The victims include a large contingent of scientists heading to an AIDS conference in Australia.
The Ukrainian government in Kyiv, the separatist pro-Russia rebels they are fighting and the Russian government that Ukraine accuses of supporting the rebels all denied shooting the plane down. Moscow also denies backing the rebels.


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I received a tip on a great giveaway on Jackie's blog. She is a longarm quilter that will actually quilt the winner's work! This would be great for my quilt-a-long quilt ... or one of the other 6 or so completed tops that I have now. Visit Jackie's blog for your chance to win!
Speaking of giveaways, I've noticed that I'm nearing my 50th post. Does that call for a giveaway of some sort ... ? : )
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Very Cool Giveaway
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I think some of those chocolate tarheels would be just the thing.ReplyDelete
Now if i put up ten more posts right now, is that cheating?
giveaways are fun!!ReplyDelete
Post 50 is a great time for a givaway.ReplyDelete
I waited another day to post again.ReplyDelete
I'm just sending your blog to the person who wrote the binding tute so she can see how pretty my new acquisition is.
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Justin Bieber to Go to Court on Valentine's Day, May Sell Calabasas Home
Justin Bieber will return to court regarding his controversial DUI and drag racing charges on a very special day – Valentine's Day. Let's hope the judge has a little love for The Biebs.
On Feb. 14, the singer will be arraigned on charges of DUI, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license. Here is what happens at an arraignment: Prosecutors formally file charges and then a plea is entered. His lawyer may be able to enter the plea in writing and the singer may not be required to attend, reports TIME. Its T to the B to the D.
Egg Gate may have been simmering on the back burner, but it's coming the forefront, due to the fact that the singer is reportedly thinking of selling the Calabasas home that has been a headline-grabbing headache for him. The egg incident and the subsequent raid were enough to get his gears turning and thinking about moving out of the neighborhood.
He battled with former NFL'er Keyshawn Johnson, who sold his crib to Kourtney Kardashian, all last summer. His issues with the egg neighbor are ongoing. Remember, The Biebs allegedly spat at said neighbor.
Maybe he will return to his native Canada, which'd make petitioners happy. It begs the question. Where will his bro Lil Za, who seems to squat at these digs and was arrested in the raid, go if The Biebs sells?


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AUSTIN — Starbucks, Chipotle, Sonic and other food and drink chains have an unexpected new ally in their recent decisions to discourage the carrying of firearms in their establishments: the NRA.
On Friday, the NRA weighed in on a spate of recent open carry rallies across Texas, calling them "scary" and "shows a lack of consideration and manners" out of character in the Lone Star State.
"Yet while unlicensed open carry of long guns is also typically legal in most places, it is a rare sight to see someone sidle up next to you in line for lunch with a 7.62 rifle slung across his chest, much less a whole gaggle of folks descending on the same public venue with similar arms," the NRA statement read.
"Let's not mince words, not only is it rare, it's downright weird and certainly not a practical way to go normally about your business while being prepared to defend yourself," it added. "It makes folks who might normally be perfectly open-minded about firearms feel uncomfortable and question the motives of pro-gun advocates."
Many of the rallies have been organized by Open Carry Texas, a group started last year after its founder, active U.S. Army Master Sergeant CJ Grisham, was held for resisting arrest after a Temple policeman balked at his carrying a rifle on a hike with his son. Last year, it held armed rallies outside the Alamo and the state Capitol in Austin.
Grisham's group issued a statement Monday calling the NRA response "unfortunate." He then told the Chronicle, "On a personal level I'm extremely disappointed, and I'll be the first to cut up my NRA membership cards."


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Chen-Yuan Kao-Paper Doll Shoes Interchangeable Functional Shoes
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Interview with chen-yuan kao : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. chen-yuan kao : To meet the demand of different occasions during travelling abroad, we will bring two or three pairs of shoes for matching clothes, but they take much space in the luggage. Sometimes, whole pair of shoes should be abandoned due to the tiny wastage/damage on the surface or base of the shoes. It should be concerned to the waste of social resource and environmental contamination. Therefore, if the shoes surface or base could be replaced freely and easily when one of them is broken, we could further solve the resource waste problem of whole pair of shoes buying just for partial wastage/damage and enhance the practicality and convenience. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. chen-yuan kao : Paper Doll Shoes is composed by the shoes surface and base. There is a simple combination relationship between the surface and base through separating the shoes body. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. chen-yuan kao : The concept of Paper Doll Shoes was completed in February, 2016. The mass production will be started in July, 2016 and we will also found formal website http://www.besty-eve.com.tw/index.php/home to launch this brand into the market. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. chen-yuan kao : 2015-2016 .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. chen-yuan kao : Mr. Kao, Chen-Yuan is the founder of De Guang Digital Design Co. Ltd., he is skilled in product service and R&D. And he is also the candidate for Doctor of the department of Industrial Design of the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. chen-yuan kao : The production and R&D of Paper Doll Shoes will be all finished by the way of MIT (made in Taiwan). We will start to launch this product from Taiwan domestic market first, and then intend to target to the markets of Europe and U.S. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. chen-yuan kao : The idea of the design of Paper Doll Shoes is not only for Practicability and Aesthetic in form. How to integrate with environmental protection and fashion is the most important challenge we have to face. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. chen-yuan kao : DE GUANG DIGITAL DESIGN CO LTD. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. chen-yuan kao : Paper Doll Shoes expects the people who prefer to dress with more fashion and present more personality and functions. The main target groups we locked are teenagers who pursuit popularity changes, singles, and DINKs (Double Income No Kids). They're the people group who prefer innovation and changes, and they like to look for some small changes in static life. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. chen-yuan kao : There is no familiar shoes product like our design with the changeability of shoes surface in current market. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. chen-yuan kao : The changeability of shoe surfaces on one base could present more different impressions. It will become the new trend that shoes could change the surface as wearing new clothes. The variety of shoe style brings colorful fashion on your feet. One base matching different surface could easily match your outfit on your likes. The tenon-mortise of the shoe base was applied by modular design. Wearing Paper Doll Shoes is like playing the paper doll, and the users could change the surface freely. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. chen-yuan kao : Rapid Prototyping, RP. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. chen-yuan kao : Comparing to the normal shoes in the market, the unique changeability of shoes surface with different styles could successfully enhance the alternative function of the shoes. Bold and bright colors on the shoes surfaces and the unique combination of surface and base could create the possibility of different style designs of shoes surface .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. chen-yuan kao : DE GUANG DIGITAL DESIGN CO LTD. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. chen-yuan kao : Rapid Prototyping, RP. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. chen-yuan kao : Usability engineering. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. chen-yuan kao : Due to the drastic competition of the brands in shoemaking industry, the product lifecycle of shoes becomes shorter. For this trend, Paper Doll Shoes will launch new items/products faster. We consider gaining the competitive advantage through launching a new shoes surface per month and continuously improving the R&D ability of shoes surface style in this industry. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. chen-yuan kao : We have re-considered the original idea of designation to seek the design which is profitable to human beings under the modern design based on forms and styles. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. chen-yuan kao : Challenging questions is the best encouragement to the designer Kao, chen-yuan to meet the requirement. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. chen-yuan kao : The social responsibility regarding to global environment problem is considered to our mission and duty in the industry. .
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Soundgarden Fans Rejoice
Posted by Cindy Robinson, Life on the Scene in Music on April 17, 2012
by Jade Robledo
Soundgarden fans rejoice!
The first recording from the rock band in 15 years has now been made available as a free download on iTunes. "Live to Rise" is the first single to be released from the upcoming soundtrack to MARVEL's the Avengers, which will be titled Avengers Assemble and scheduled to be released on May 1st via Hollywood Records. Also available as part of the free download of the single is an exclusive clip from the film due May 4th.
The band is known for being a seminal band of the Seattle / "grunge" era of rock in the early 90s. Their greatest success came with the release of their album Superunknown, which debuted at number 1 on the Billboard charts in 1994. The release featured "Black Hole Sun" and "Spoonman," both of which won Grammys for Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Metal Performance in 1995 respectively.
In 1997 Soundgarden broke up due to creative differences. Lead singer Chris Cornell recorded three solo albums, Euphoria Morning, Carry On, and Scream. Cornell also recorded three albums with Audioslave, which also featured then-former Rage Against the Machine band members Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk. Known for the singles "Cochise," "Like a Stone" and "Show Me How to Live," Audioslave also cited creative differences when they broke up in 2007.
Guitarist Kim Thayil played on tracks for Steve Fisk and Dave Grohl's side-project Probot. Ben Shepherd played bass on releases by Tony Iommi and Mark Lanegan.
Matt Cameron continued to drum in his side-project Wellwater Conspiracy that he began in 1993, a project that included a 1997 release featuring lead vocals by Ben Shepherd. He also contributed drums on "For Martha" on the Smashing Pumpkins' 1998 album Adore before accepting the invitation from Pearl Jam to fill in for Jack Irons on their US tour. He has since joined the band as an official member.
In 2010 the band announced via Twitter that they were reuniting for live shows. In 2011 Cornell confirmed that they would be heading into the studio to record a new album. "Live to Rise" marks the first release since the reformation.
Soundgarden will hit the road in late May to join the European summer festival circuit including Donington's Download Festival in June. Additional tour dates and more information can be found on Soundgarden's web site.