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As word spread of the 27 tragic deaths at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., politicians from across the country offered their sympathies, expressed frustration and called for reform.
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was the victim of a mass shooting in January 2011, sent her prayers via her husband's Facebook page, and a tearful President Obama told the nation, "our hearts are broken."
Mark Kelly, husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords:
"I just woke up in my hotel room in Beijing, China, to learn that another mass shooting has taken place -- this time at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in CT. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims and the entire community of Newtown, CT. I just spoke to Gabby, and she sends her prayers from Tucson.
"As we mourn, we must sound a call for our leaders to stand up and do what is right. This time our response must consist of more than regret, sorrow, and condolence. The children of Sandy Hook Elementary School and all victims of gun violence deserve leaders who have the courage to participate in a meaningful discussion about our gun laws -- and how they can be reformed and better enforced to prevent gun violence and death in America. This can no longer wait." (Facebook)
President Barack Obama:
"The majority of those who died today were children -- beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10-years-old," he said, pausing to wipe away a tear. "They had their entire lives ahead of them -- birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own."
"Our hearts are broken today, for the parents, grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children," Obama added, "as well as the families of the adults who were lost." (NBC News)
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
"It has come to that. Not even kindergarteners learning their A,B,Cs are safe. We heard after Columbine that it was too soon to talk about gun laws. We heard it after Virginia Tech. After Tucson and Aurora and Oak Creek. And now we are hearing it again. For every day we wait, 34 more people are murdered with guns. Today, many of them were 5-year-olds. President Obama rightly sent his heartfelt condolences to the families in Newtown. But the country needs him to send a bill to Congress to fix this problem. Calling for 'meaningful action' is not enough. We need immediate action. We have heard all the rhetoric before. What we have not seen is leadership -- not from the White House and not from Congress. That must end today. This is a national tragedy and it demands a national response. My deepest sympathies are with the families of all those affected, and my determination to stop this madness is stronger than ever."
Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ)
"This is a day of great sadness in America, and our hearts go out to the victims and their families. This latest shooting tragedy is an unthinkable act of violence carried out against young children and innocent people. Americans are sick and tired of these attacks on our children and neighbors and they are sick and tired of nothing being done in Washington to stop the bloodshed. If we do not take action to address gun violence, shooting tragedies like this will continue. As President Obama said, we must act now 'regardless of the politics.'"
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT)
"Hadassah and I are shocked and heartbroken by the horrific events in Newtown today. We know this community and its people well. It is a beautiful town with wonderful people. As parents and grandparents, our hearts grieve for them today, and we send our prayers to each of them. I have spoken with President Obama and Vice President Biden today, both of whom share our grief and will do everything they can to console, comfort, and strengthen the survivors and the community. I will do everything in my power to assist the victims, survivors and their loved ones in the long days ahead, and extend my deepest sympathies to everyone affected by this terrible event.
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"I commend the work of our local authorities and first responders for their dedication today in Newtown. I hope that all those involved are able to work together in the coming days as details become more clear, and that families in the Newtown community may have some semblance of peace during this holiday season. All of our prayers are with those in Newtown."
House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio)
"The horror of this day seems so unbearable, but we will lock arms and unite as citizens, for that is how Americans rise above unspeakable evil. Let us all come together in God's grace to pray for the families of the victims, that they may find some comfort and peace amid such suffering. Let us give thanks for all those who helped get people to safety, and take heart from their example. The House of Representatives -- like every American -- stands ready to assist the people of Newtown, Connecticut."
Rep. George Miller (D-CA)
"Today, my thoughts and prayers are with the parents, families and school employees dealing with the horrific loss of life in Newtown, Connecticut. I join all Americans in grieving for this community suffering from this incomprehensible tragedy.
"Today is for sorrow and prayers. But the days ahead are for serious reflection about how we can reduce the flow of guns into the wrong hands. One mass shooting after another in America is followed by sincere and painful mourning but no real action to protect the innocent. We must come together as a nation to honestly discuss how to prevent people intent on carrying out these savage attacks from so easily obtaining guns and ammunition. The nation is ready for this conversation. More importantly, though, the safety of children and all Americans demands we have it."
Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
"I am in shock and disbelief at this horrible tragedy that took so many innocent lives today. As a father and grandfather, it is beyond my comprehension why anyone would want to hurt innocent children. I join the millions of Americans whose thoughts and hearts are with those suffering because of this horrible crime in Connecticut."
Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY)
"Today's horrific act of violence in Newtown, Connecticut is senseless and heartbreaking. There are no words to express the profound grief we all feel at the loss of so many, especially young children. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their friends and family and the entire Newtown community.
"We cannot tolerate mass shootings as a mere inconvenience or a normal part of our everyday lives. Easy availability of the deadliest weapons to the most dangerous people has cost countless lives and caused immeasurable suffering, never more so than today. Our expressions of sympathy must be matched with concrete actions to stop gun violence."
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Col.)
"The terrible news out of Connecticut is staggering. Like all Colorado families, my family is grieving and our hearts are with the victims, their families, and all of the students and employees at the school. This is a parent's worst nightmare. As Coloradans, we know how this type of tragedy can shake a community to its core. We are here for Connecticut as they work together to heal in the days ahead."
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
"This is a terrible, senseless, incomprehensible tragedy and my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Newtown and Sandy Hook Elementary School. I have been in touch with the governor's office and other officials and will do everything in my power to be there for the affected families."
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
"As a parent and a public official, my heart and prayers are with these innocent victims, their families, and the entire community. I share the shock of all Connecticut at this hideous, horrific crime of inhuman violence. I will be in close communication with law enforcement and state and local officials to ensure they receive the federal support and resources they need. "
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
"I was shocked and saddened to hear of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School this morning in Newtown, Connecticut. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the innocent victims -- many of whom were young children -- whose lives were claimed by this senseless and horrific act of violence. During times of such unthinkable tragedy, all New Yorkers stand together with the people of our neighboring state to grieve the loss of life and help bear the pain and anguish that will be felt by so many in the weeks, months, and years to come.
"While we don't have all the facts and our focus must be on the victims, this is yet another senseless and horrific act of violence involving guns. We as a society must unify and once and for all crack down on the guns that have cost the lives of far too many innocent Americans. Let this terrible tragedy finally be the wake-up call for aggressive action and I pledge my full support in that effort."
Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME)
"Like all Americans, I am shocked and sickened at this reprehensible, heinous act at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Such senseless violence is simply unimaginable and has no place in this great country of ours. As we struggle to comprehend this national tragedy, we stand united in holding the families and loved ones of those lost in our thoughts, and we pray for the full recovery of everyone who has been injured."
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
"The horror of what happened is beyond words and leaves a permanent lump in your throat. To senselessly lose so many innocent lives breaks your heart. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all who lost a loved one today, to all who are injured, and to those that survived. The people of New York will help in any way we can as our fellow citizens struggle to comprehend today's events. Perhaps an awful tragedy like this will bring us together so we can do what it takes to prevent this horror from being repeated again."
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
"My heart breaks for the victims and families impacted by the senseless act of violence today in Newtown, Connecticut. In a world that can at times be defined by its darkness, children are a reminder of what is good, cheerful and beautiful about life. An act of violence against these defenseless young people, as well as the faculty and staff who dedicate themselves daily to educating and caring for them, is a deed of unconscionable evil. I pray that God holds Newtown close tonight as all of her residents come to terms with this tragedy."


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In July, Amazon.com began collecting sales taxes on purchases made in Texas, the result of a settlement between the online retailer and the state's comptroller. Sadly, the tax-free ride for Amazon's customers came to an end.
But for three days starting Friday, you can relive those glory days – at least on some items. That's because Amazon.com will participate in Texas' Tax-Free Weekend and won't charge sales tax on products associated with going back to school.
Amazon spokesperson Scott Stanzel confirmed that sales tax collections "will be suspended in accordance with the applicable Texas laws".
In fact, all sales of exempt items qualify for tax-free items, regardless of how they are sold, according to the state's Tax-Free Weekend website:
Subject to the criteria explained below, all sales of qualifying items made during the holiday period qualify for the exemption, including items sold over the Internet, television or by mail. Layaway plans can be used again this year to take advantage of the sales tax holiday.
Participation isn't voluntary, which means all online sellers doing business in Texas must turn off their sales-tax calculators, according to a FAQ on the site. If sales tax is charged on a qualifying item, you're entitled to a refund, either from the seller or from the state:
All sellers engaged in business in Texas that sell qualifying products should comply with the law (Tax Code Sections 151.326 and 151.327) and participate in this event.
If a seller charges tax on the sale of a qualifying item during the sales tax holiday, the purchaser can ask the seller for a refund. Rather than refund the tax directly to the purchaser, the seller may elect to assign its rights to the refund to the purchaser so that the purchaser can request the refund directly from the Comptroller. To do that, the seller should provide the purchaser with a signed Assignment of Right to Refund (Form 00-985) (PDF, 20KB). The purchaser would then file that form along with the refund request and copies of invoices or receipts with the Comptroller's office.
Tax-free sales are only on a list of specific items, with a maximum price of $100 per item. Some school supplies are included, as are clothing, shoes and other products. There are some odd restrictions, though. For example, a backpack designed to carry books is sold tax-free, but a backpack designed for a notebook computer is not.
With Amazon.com and other online retailers participating, you can avoid the hordes of shoppers likely to throng the malls this weekend and shop for tax-free goods from the comfort of your couch.


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IMPROVED WORD ALIGNMENTS FOR STATISTICAL MACHINE TRANSLATION by Alexander Fraser Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (COMPUTER SCIENCE) December 2007 Copyright 2007 Alexander Fraser
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|All state of the art statistical machine translation systems and many example-based machine translation systems depend on an annotation of word-level translational correspondence between sets of parallel sentences. Such an annotation of two parallel sentences is called a"word alignment". The largest number of manually annotated word alignments currently available to the research community for any pair of languages consists of alignments for only thousands of parallel sentences, even though there are several orders of magnitude moreparallel sentences available. For instance, for the task of translating Chinese news articles to English, there are currently on the order of 10 million parallel sentences. This is too many formanual alignment, so they must be automatically word aligned.; Unsupervised word alignment systems generate poor quality alignments, often using statistical word alignment models developed over 10 years ago, but most recent research into improving word alignments has not led to improved translation. There are several reasons for this: 1. There is no good metric which can be used to automatically measure word alignment quality for the translation task. 2. Statistical word alignment models are based on assumptions about the structure of the problem which are incorrect. 3. It is difficult to add new sources of linguistic knowledge because many current systems must be completely reengineered for each new knowledge source. 4. Statistical models of word alignment are most often learned in an unsupervised training process which is unable to take advantage of annotated data.; This thesis remedies these problems by making contributions in the following three areas:1. We have found a new method for automatically measuring alignment quality using an unbalanced F-Measure metric (Fraser & Marcu, 2007b). We have validated that this metric adequately measures alignment quality for the translation task. We have shown that the metric can be used to derive a loss function for discriminative training approaches, and it is useful for measuring progress during the development of new word alignment procedures. 2. We have designed a new statistical model for word alignment called LEAF (Fraser & Marcu, 2007a), which directly models the word alignment structure as it is used for machine translation, in contrast with previous models which make unreasonable structural assumptions. 3. We have developed a semi-supervised training algorithm, the EMD algorithm (Fraser & Marcu, 2006), which automatically takes advantage of whatever quantity of manually annotated data can be obtained. The use of the EMD algorithm allows for the introduction of new knowledge sources with minimal effort. We have shown that these contributions improve state of the art statistical machine translation systems in experiments on challenging large data sets.
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Wis. state Sen. Glenn Grothman criticizes Kwanzaa
The holidays are over but not without controversy.
A Wisconsin state senator is drawing criticism for his comments about the celebration of Kwanzaa.
Kwanzaa is an African tradition of giving thanks, good fortune and maintaining strong communities, started in America in 1966 by California college professor Ron Karenga.
But Wisconsin state Sen. Glenn Grothman is critical of Kwanzaa, and its founder, calling Karenga a violent radical and saying Kwanzaa is a tradition that black people don't care about.
"Unfortunately, there might be some young people who think it's a holiday to be respected. We've got to be remember that Kwanzaa was something that was thought up by a radical person who was a leader of a sect that wound up murdering a couple of Black Panthers and being very violent against women of his own sect," Grothman said.
Milwaukee community activist Oshiyemi Adelabu read Grothman's statement. He said Karenga's past and the practice of Kwanzaa are two different things.
"Whatever Dr. Karenga did, it is unfortunate that they are using it to denigrate the Kwanzaa holiday and the principles that it espouses," Adelabu said.
Clayborn Benson, founder of the Black Historical Society, has those principles displayed openly and proudly: unity, self determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, activity and faith.
"It has all kinds of enrichment-kind of tools to give new life, new energy to review the past as we prepare for the new year just like all the other ethnic groups," Benson said.
The Wisconsin Democratic Black Caucus is calling on Gov. Scott Walker to denounce Grothman's Kwanzaa comments.


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Tyson Gentry woke up this morning like he has every morning for the last year a half. He couldn't walk. He couldn't feel his feet or bend at his waist. The former Ohio State football player couldn't dress himself. But don't dare feel sorry for Gentry. The one-time Ohio State walk-on wide receiver and punter never has asked why such a tragic accident happened to him.
Tyson Gentry woke up this morning like he has every morning for the last year a half. He couldn't walk. He couldn't feel his feet or bend at his waist. The former Ohio State football player couldn't dress himself. But don't dare feel sorry for Gentry. The one-time Ohio State walk-on wide receiver and punter never has asked why such a tragic accident happened to him. On Christmas morning, Gentry doesn't care for the latest video game system, nor an Ipod. He doesn't need CDs, DVDs or clothes. What does Gentry, who made the ultimate sacrifice for a sport he loves so much, want? "Just to be home and spend time with my family," Gentry said. "That's the biggest thing. Just spending time with them." It is a perspective that most people, let alone a 22-year-old college student, don't have. During a 2006 spring practice, Gentry caught a pass, was tackled and hit his head on the ground so hard it snapped his neck and broke the C-4 vertebrae. He was paralyzed from his shoulders down. After surgery, he regained limited mobility in his arms. "I never had a problem with the whole 'Why me?' part of it," Gentry said. "If anything, I ask why did it happen so easily. "When I'm at rehab at Dodd Hall, especially when I was inpatient rehab, you see people with injuries far worse than yours, and that puts it in perspective." Far worse? Those are the words of a kid who is still young and trying to find his way in the world. There aren't many injuries "far worse" than paralysis. Still, Gentry isn't one to make his situation worse than anyone else's. "It puts a lot of things in perspective," Gentry said. "Before I was injured, I looked back and thought certain things would give me a bad day, or my day is going poorly. Now, I don't focus on the little things. I focus on the things I have control over, on the positive things. "I've grown from this and can only get stronger from this." And that is where Gentry finds his optimism. Recently, sensation has returned to his body. He is working for a miracle, and he believes with enough hard work, he will walk again. "It's not full sensation," Gentry said. "I don't have complete feeling, but I can feel touch all over. It's been a slow progression from the very beginning. In the hospital, I had slight sensation in my left leg and a little bit down my arms to about my biceps. It's progressed from there. "I'm very thankful for that. It tells me that things are still connected, and it's still there. It's just a matter of not getting through completely. It gives me hope for the future." Gentry never lost consciousness on the practice field. He remembers making the catch in traffic and getting tackled. He remembers his head hitting the ground. He remembers his neck snapping. Then came the worst concern any player can have for himself. "I knew something was wrong right away," Gentry said. "But at the same time, I wanted to give it a few seconds and hope it just went away. I didn't know if it was a stinger or what. "Then, everything sinks in slowly." Tressel Takes Special Interest In the hospital that night, OSU head coach Jim Tressel was there with Gentry's family. They prayed. They hoped. Tressel has taken a special interest in Gentry, almost a responsibility. Early this season, Gentry expressed a liking for a particular weight-training machine to strength coach Eric Lichter. Tressel asked Lichter to look into purchasing a machine, and Tressel researched NCAA compliance rules. Fitness Quest, based in Canton, makes the machine. Lichter used to help the company market it, and made contact. Fitness Quest donated a machine through its community fund to Gentry, and it sits in Ohio State's workout facility. An e-mail that turned into urban legend had Tressel buying the machine himself. That would have caused NCAA compliance issues. "In all those e-mails, I look like a good guy," Tressel said. "But it was just the idea that was good on my part." Gentry knows Tressel has always been there and will always be there for him. "He plays the father role very well," Gentry said. "We all know he will do whatever he can to make sure we're in a good position to advance ourselves in a career on or off the field." Gentry recalled some of the first words of encouragement Tressel spoke to him. They are words he tries to live by. "The biggest things ... he said was there have been a lot of people in my shoes before this, and there will be a lot of people here in the future, and they'll look to me for support," Gentry said. "Even though a bad thing has happened, there is a good chance I can walk away from it. He said, 'If you don't, it's not the end of the world, but there are going to be people who depend on you for a lot of support.'" Gentry is spending Christmas at home in Perkins. He's with his family. He has his hopes, and Tressel's words. "A big focus of mine is to help as many people as I can," Gentry said. Perhaps too young, perhaps too busy, Tyson Gentry doesn't realize something. He already has. Reach Canton Repository sports writer Todd Porter at (330) 580-8340 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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CHARLOTTE – The Carolina Panthers' dream season came to an abrupt end Sunday, as the San Francisco 49ers defeated the NFC's second seed, 23-10, at Bank of America Stadium. Squandered opportunities by Carolina (could have led 28-6), set up the loss.
But I'll bet if I had told Panthers fans back in August, would you be happy if the Cats could host a playoff game in January, the answer would have been a resounding, "Absolutely!"
The game was a defensive struggle, as expected. Carolina fell behind 6-0 following two field goals by the Niners Phil Dawson. But Cam Newton, who played exceedingly well in the first half, found his stride, and his receivers in the second quarter. His best pass was a 31-yard touchdown throw to wide receiver Steve Smith, which gave the Panthers a 7-6 lead early in the quarter. Ten minutes later, Carolina's Graham Gano hit a 24-yard field goal as Riverboat Ron Rivera, stung from earlier missing a fourth-and-one from the half-yard line opportunity, chose to get the easy three points, giving Carolina a 10-6 lead.
Just when you thought the Panthers might have had the Niners number, Colin Kaepernick became Superman (more on that later). He led the visitors on a 12-play, 80-yard drive that consumed 3:36. His one-yard touchdown toss to Vernon Davis in the back corner of the end zone and subsequent PAT gave the Niners a 13-10 halftime lead. It was the first touchdown scored by San Francisco in 18 drives against the Panthers this season.
And to make things worse for the home team, the Niners defense stuffed the Panthers on their opening drive of the second half – three-and-out – keeping all the momentum with the NFC's No. 5 seed. Then, Kaepernick was at it again. He led the Niners down the field on an 8-play, 77-yard drive in 4:32, culminating with Kap's 4-yard rush into the end zone. After not scoring a touchdown on 17 drives against Carolina this season, suddenly, the Niners had two in a row. And, to make things interesting, Kaepernick celebrated by copying Cam Newton's nearly-patented Superman celebration pose, before kissing his bicep, which, of course, is Kap's celebratory move.
In the second half, the Niners defense stifled Newton and the offensive line for Carolina was unable to hold off the mostly four-man rush. Newton was sacked time and time again, as he was unable to find open receivers. With 4:30 to play in the game, Carolina's chances ended when Newton threw his first interception of the game to Dante Whitner. With the Niners leading 23-10, a touchdown was about the only hope the Cats had to come back in the game.
Following the game, Kaepernick said, "They did some unorthodox things early, then we got into our rhythm and started making plays."
No need to cry about this one…the Panthers had their chances early, but the better team won today. The team with playoff experience won the game. The team that was able to make crucial stops on their own goal line (twice) early in the game, won it. The team that failed to intercept a pass thrown right in their breadbasket, nine yards away from their end zone, and a near-sure pick-six, lost.
Here's what happened to the Panthers early in the game: First, on the half-yard line, a fourth down try for the touchdown failed as the Niners stuffed Newton on a sneak. The second was when cornerback Quentin Mikell dropped a potential nine-yard pick-six from Colin Kaepernick. Really, I could have run that in (if I had caught it). Then, probably because of the first failure to score from the half-yard line, facing a similar situation, Riverboat Ron went for the sure three points, as Gano made field goal. Think about it…21 potential points became just 3. If the field was 99 yards long, this would have been a different game, but, of course, it is not.
The Panthers had an excellent season, winning the NFC South and winning 12 regular-season games. They are in fine shape to post back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in 2014. This one will sting, but it shouldn't take away from what was overall a much better season than almost everyone expected.
This year, the Panthers helped me get a few bucket list items marked off. As a member of the working press, I was treated as an equal during the entire season, from July through today. They gave me full media credentials and access to the players and coaching staff. I was on the sidelines during practice, at times close enough so that I believe I could have made a couple of plays (not really…). I attended games at Bank of America Stadium and was treated with respect by staff and media peers. And to have been able to cover this team from the opening of training camp (when I said I felt they would win 10 games) until today. It was quite a ride. I hope you, my readers, have enjoyed some of my insights this season.


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I have only been living in my flat for 6 years and consider myself a bit of a minimalist so am surprised by the following things:
- There is a box at the back of my lounge (not even in a cupboard) that moved with me back in 2004 and is yet to be unpacked. It is obviously full of very important stuff.
- I have a cupboard full of plastic carrier bags – a WHOLE cupboard in a flat where storage space is at a premium.
- The top of my kitchen cuboard is covered by 'nice' paper bags that I've kept from various clothes shops.
- There is a pack of postcards from Vietnam (October 2006 holiday) shoved behind the letter holder in my kitchen.
- I have more wardrobe hangers than an entire chain of hotels.
- I have 6 pairs of tweezers and no, I do not have Norman Lamont eyebrows (possibly because I have 6 pairs of tweezers!?).
- I'm not sure I can bring myself to part with the Canon Starwriter diskette which contains my undergraduate thesis (please note, I no longer have the aforementioned Canon Starwriter and haven't for at least 10 years).
- In a drawer I had purported to clear out a few months ago, I have an address book containing all the (landline) phone numbers and addresses of people I went to university with, and haven't seen or heard of since graduation 13 years ago.
- I am still the proud owner of a poem I wrote, aged 17, which is full of all sorts of teenage angst (it starts: "The silence envelops me like a cloud" – need I go on?!)
- Despite the birthday gift two years ago of a set of beautiful saucepans, I still own (and use on occasion) the saucepan set I've had since I was 18.
I genuinely didn't realise I had so much stuff; and can't quite understand why I'm finding it so hard to part with it.
On Sunday, when clearing out Danny's flat, we had at least 3 conversations about whether to keep Trevor. I should add that Trevor is a stone turtle with a hedgehog style brush on its back for wiping the dirt off your shoes (although I suspect it's never been used for such a purpose). "Why not just chuck it?" you may ask, and I would say the same thing in your position. The thing is it has a face AND a name, and therefore Danny and I have given this inanimate object some kind of personality. Needless to say it ended up in the communal flowerbed in Danny's flat complex; while we could bring ourselves to leave it behind we couldn't quite confine him to the recycling shed.
What is it about us humans (and I know that I am not alone, bar the odd 'freak' who is genuinely capable of controlling their hoarding) that feel the need to collect these (often) meaningless items which somehow make up a life lived in a particular place. I could understand if I was messy but, as Danny will testify, I am probably one of the most anally neat people ever to walk the earth: MY hoarding is in tidy little piles scattered about my flat, consequently why I'm so surprised that I have managed to gather so much.
Last night I filled an entire recycling bag with plastic tubs saved from supermarket soups and takeaways. I'm guessing that I must have thought I'd use them for something otherwise why would I have kept them – but so many?? Really?? The real joke here is that I was chucking them away I was wondering if I shouldn't just keep a few for the new place because, obviously, while they have been zero use for the last 6 years in London they are suddenly going to come into their own in Cornwall.
Luckily Danny, who is feeling proud of himself for managing to wangle a 'home' for Trevor, doesn't seem to have the same emotional attachment to any of my stuff, and has promised to stand over me all weekend while I pack up what's been my home for the last 6 years.


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A plan, or planning, involves looking ahead and trying to address future perceived needs, circumstances, or goals with coherent strategy or strategies assuring that the resources needed are identified and available and intelligently applied, when needed. Planning is the process by which a community assesses what it is and what it wants to become, and then decides how to make that happen. A transportation plan addresses the relationship between transportation and land use and helps implement community values and the ability to connect neighborhoods to destinations.
The City of Norman embarked on a multi-year process to develop a Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) for our community called "Moving Forward". The CTP identifies future transportation needs for the area, goals and policies, and short-term and long-term capital investments for improvements to existing roads, construction of new roads, bicycle, pedestrian, and transit facilities. It provides a framework for a balanced transportation system that offers choices in how people travel, supported by a realistic approach to fund improvements. The "Moving Forward" Plan, as the CTP has been named, serves as Norman's long-term vision for a range of transportation options and accommodations including personal and commercial vehicles, bicycling, walking, and public transit services.
Two groups were appointed to guide the development of the CTP for Norman. These includee a Citizens Visioning Committee and a Steering Committee. The Citizens Visioning Committee assisted in developing a mental picture of what residents want Norman to look and feel like in the future. The Steering Committee served as the liaison to the Norman City Council and kept the decision-makers in step with the plan as it progressed. These committees provided input and recommendations and help guide the community involvement for the CTP.
Community input helped provide policy direction for decisions related to planning transportation facilities in the City. The primary goal of this process was to plan for a well-balanced transportation system that offers choices in how people travel and is supported by a realistic plan to fund these improvements. Guiding principles from which the project goals were developed included: 1) A Special Place to Live; 2) Mobility; 3) Maintain and Preserve Existing Infrastructure; 4) Fiscal Stewardship; and 5) Enhance Economic Vitality.
In November, 2012, the City hired a consulting team led by Freese and Nichols, Inc. (FNI), to lead the development of the plan, incorporating the vision and goals developed in the earlier efforts (led by Lochner). FNI is a transportation, planning, and engineering firm founded in 1894 and has assisted cities in the planning and preparation of community plans, transportation plans, and infrastructure design for over 100 years. The first CTP was adopted in May of 2014.


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- To undertake activities that are beneficial to the people of both Corvallis and Corvallis' sister cities.
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PARIS (Reuters) - France's industry minister said on Thursday that the government should consider a takeover of two threatened French blast furnaces at ArcelorMittal's ISPA.PA Florange steel plant, as it tries to prop up the country's struggling industrial sector.
"The question ... of eventual government control, even temporary, should be seriously studied by the government," Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg told the Senate.
The fate of the two blast furnaces, which have been out of operation since last year due to lack of demand, is a hot issue in France, where President Francois Hollande's Socialist government is under pressure to save jobs and reverse decades of industrial decline.
On Wednesday, Montebourg told the National Assembly that the government had received two offers of interest for some of ArcelorMittal's assets beyond the two blast furnaces at the plant near the German border.
ArcelorMittal said in October that it planned to close the two mothballed furnaces, where some 629 workers could lose their jobs.
It agreed to delay its decision to close the plant by two months until December 1 in order to give the government time to find a buyer.
Montebourg also told the Senate on Thursday that ArcelorMittal held an "astronomical" tax debt to French authorities, without specifying further, a charge the company denied.
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Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.0 By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I have the right to submit it under the open source license indicated in the file; or (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source license and I have the right under that license to submit that work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part by me, under the same open source license (unless I am permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated in the file; or (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified it.
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Here is an announcement talking about DCO: http://www.osdl.org/newsroom/press_releases/2004/2004_05_24_beaverton.html
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Angry China retaliates against USA over cyberspying
BEIJING – Chinese officials summoned the U.S. ambassador to its foreign ministry and suspended a joint working group on cyber-security with the U.S. on Tuesday, a day after the U.S. Department of Justice indicted five Chinese military officers on charges of cyberspying on U.S. companies.
The charges are false and should be withdrawn, foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a news briefing in Beijing, while China's Ministry of Defense warned that the U.S. was damaging military-to-military relations. Qin Gang, another foreign ministry spokesman, said Monday that China "will react further to the U.S. 'indictment' as the situation evolves."
Additional steps by authorities may involve punishing U.S. companies in China, including the six firms listed in the indictment as suffering huge losses from China's cyber attacks, two seasoned foreign observers of the U.S.-China rivalry said Tuesday.
"There may be specific actions against U.S. companies, we may see U.S. faces in the equivalent of 'Wanted' posters," that the FBI released Monday with pictures of the alleged Chinese hackers, said Duncan Clark, an expert on China's Internet and chairman of advisory firm BDA China. "The companies named that did cooperate with the FBI, will they be singled out?"
The suspension of cybersecurity cooperation is no big deal, "as those talks were not headed anywhere," said James McGregor, Greater China chairman of U.S. advisory firm APCO China, and an expert on foreign business in China. But Beijing could take retaliatory measures, he warned. "China is feeling very muscular and put upon at the same time, so American companies need to be concerned," said McGregor.
China announced Tuesday that government offices cannot install Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system in new government computers, following the end of support for the 13-year-old Windows XP system, reported the Xinhua news agency. While the decision likely involves cost, the news sparked online speculation that China aims at beefing up cybersecurity against U.S. agents.
China's state-run media covered the indictment Tuesday, but mostly with a brief summary, highlighting the foreign ministry statements, and avoiding mention of the five soldiers' names, their pictures, their Shanghai-based cyber espionage Unit 61398, and even the names of the American companies involved – Westinghouse Electric, U.S. Steel, SolarWorld, United Steel Workers Union, Allegheny Technologies Inc. and Alcoa.
Most comments online criticized America, with frequent use of the phrase "a thief crying 'stop thief,' " as Edward Snowden's revelations about U.S. cyberspying, including against multiple Chinese targets, have been well publicized in China. "There is no right or wrong, there are only the strong and the weak," wrote Xie Zhijun, a construction company manager in eastern Dalian, on the micro-blogging service Sina Weibo, equivalent to Twitter.
The U.S. indictment "is a sign of frustration by the United States, whose purpose is to highlight the issue," said McGregor. "The U.S. has pushed for many years and says China is an outlier, with state actors hacking to provide information to Chinese companies," unlike conventional state spying for political and military intelligence, he said.
Just don't expect change soon, said McGregor. "The Chinese system is one continuous organization, one continuum. The military, the state-owned enterprises, the regulatory bodies, the [Communist Party] politburo, are all focused on making China somebody in the world, and making China wealthy and strong with any tools at their disposal," he said.
"The centralizing ability of the party, cutting across state and military to coordinate things, is the envy of other security services," said Clark. China is in a "leapfrogging phase, and wants to catch up" on technology and innovation with more developed economies, he said. China's history of "humiliation at the hands of foreign powers is part of the psychological make-up of China's citizens, that's what they've always learned," said Clark. "If the ultimate goal is national strength, then all means are good."


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Saman Mohammadi
April 15, 2012
"As the sanctions morph into a virtual blockade, they raise the specter that all blockades do — of provoking a violent response. Just as dangerous is the specter that the sanctions will drag on without producing tangible results, impelling covert or overt American action against Tehran to save face." – Juan Cole,"Why Washington's Iran Policy Could Lead to Global Disaster: What History Should Teach Us About Blockading Iran."
"On October 7, 1940, exactly fourteen months before the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Lieutenant Commander Arthur H. McCollum penned a memorandum, recommending that the United States government provoke the Japanese into attacking America, and thus, allowing America to enter WWII with the American people fully behind the decision. The memorandum is called theMcCollum memo, and there is little mention of it in history textbooks." – "October 7, 1940: The Day That Should Have Lived in Infamy."
"If there is no free conversation human aggression accumulates. A man who listens only to his radio or is caught by the hypnotism of the movies must discharge his aggression somewhere else. But the civilizing sublimation of conversation does not reach him, so he cannot get rid of his aggression.
People have learned to be silent listeners. Dictatorship asks only for silent citizens. If man cannot redeem himself of his everyday tensions through words, the archaic primitive demands within him grow more and more awake. The world falls prey to his accumulated obsessions, and in the end collective madness breaks through. Let us talk now, so that we do not become mad animals!" – Dutch-American psychoanalyst Joost A. M. Meerloo, "Conversation and Communication." (1).
The American-Iranian talks are designed to fail.
Investigative Journalist Gareth Porter says America's posture in the talks with Iran this weekend is based on threats and unworkable demands in his article, "US-Israel Deal to Demand Qom Closure Threatens Nuclear Talks."
For the piece, Porter interviewed Reza Marashi, a former official at the Office of Iranian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and the current research director at the National Iranian American Council. "The absence of any groundwork for significant incentives," writes Porter, "leads Marashi to believe the administration plans to rely on threats rather than incentives to get Iran to agree to its demands."
The Obama administration is taking a big risk by using the threat of violence to make Iran submit to the United States and Israel. This is not a smart move. Siding with Israel against Iran will be remembered by historians as one of the biggest factors that contributed to the downfall of the American empire.
"The Iranian nuclear issue," wrote Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett in their article, Iran, China's Rise, and American Strategy, "is likely to turn out to be, on many levels, a major turning point for America's relative standing as a great power, in the Middle East and globally."
The Iranian nuclear issue, as the public generally understands it, is a made-up issue that is primarily used for political propaganda purposes to demonize Iran and isolate it from the world. Even people in Washington know it is a grand hoax. The national security consensus is that Iran has not decided to make a nuclear bomb.
Award-winning journalist Seymour Hersh highlighted the absurdity of America's official reasons for sanctioning Iran when he said on Democracy Now on April 10 that, "the whole purpose of the economic sanctions is to stop the Iranians from making a bomb that we know they're not making."
So what explains U.S. sanctions against Iran? If it is not to stop Iran from making nuclear weapons, then what purpose do economic sanctions serve? The reasoning is very simple: to make Iran react out of desperation against America and/or Israel, and thereby provide a legal justification for the war criminals in Washington and Tel Aviv to attack Iran.
America wants to pursue a scorched earth policy against Iran, as it did against Japan during World War II. The FDR administration successfully provoked Japan into responding against America near American waters, so why not pull the same trick on Iran?
Once the painful effects of the sanctions sink in, Iran will be forced to respond in some fashion against America, and if such a response is extreme then American officials will be able to sell the lie to the American people that Iran started the fight and is responsible for all the trouble in the world.
America and Israel, a.k.a. the Giant and the Serpent, want the backing of the international community on their side when they finally decide to attack Iran militarily. But isolating Iran from the world is an impossible mission, which is why USrael will ultimately fail and will be driven out like dogs from the Middle East.
Most nations in the international community understand that American and Israeli hostility towards Iran is not based on the invented fear that Iran will spread nuclear proliferation by getting nuclear weapons, but on the very real fear that Iran reasserting itself as a regional power will significantly undermine USrael's quest for world domination.
II. Drop The Stick, And Raise The Respect
"Already there is too much loose talk of war. Now is not the time for bluster. Now is the time to let our increased pressure to sink in. Now is the time to heed the timeless words of Teddy Roosevelt: Speak softly and carry a big stick." – President Barack Obama, "2012 AIPAC Speech."
President Obama should have the tattoo "Thug Life" on his chest because he is more of a low-level gangster than a high-minded statesman. Don't let his smile fool you. Underneath it, he is a soulless demon. He has a thirst for war and destruction.
If the Obama administration really desired peace with Iran, it would take the path of dialogue and diplomacy. Setting high demands and telling the Iranians to take it or leave it is not a peace-minded strategy. It leads to only one result: war.
If there ever was a time when governments needed to work in cooperation for peace and end war as a means of achieving political goals and resolving conflicts, it is now. Starting a war in our age is nothing less than madness.
In real talks between America and Iran there would be no preconditions, and demands would be left at the door. Real dialogue is about looking the other person in the eye, recognizing his rights, and speaking freely. So far, America and Israel have not done that with Iran. Instead, they have tried to taint Iran's image with war propaganda before walking into the room to sit down and talk. This is not the behaviour of men. It is not even the behaviour of apes. It is the behaviour of devils and demons. And there are quite a few of those on both sides. Iran's demons are definitely thirsting for war, too.
Reuel L. Howe, a professor of pastoral theology at Philadelphia Divinity School and the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia, explained the value and importance of dialogue in his book, "The Miracle of Dialogue." Howe wrote:
"Indeed, the human race stands in danger of being destroyed, because of the deliberate effort of parties and nations to advance their own case by falsifying the aims and character of their opponents. With this frequently goes an ignoring of one's own sin and responsibility, a representation of the self as being better than it is, and a sense of injury at the hands of the other, as if the fiction created about them was true. The abuse of dialogue has gone on so long that politicians find it difficult to break out of their monological fantasies and move toward a dialogical meeting. What is needed is the coming together of men of conviction from their respective camps who are willing to talk honestly with one another in the face of mutual criticism and loyalty to their own views. If these men would speak with one another not as pawns on a chessboard but as themselves in the sanctuary of truth, the sphere of public life would be transformed by the miracle of dialogue." (2).
The hope of a dialogue between America and Iran is very low right now. Fear, distrust, and insecurity pervade the atmosphere. As long as America and Israel feel comfortable in toying with Iran, there will never be any meaningful talks amongst the three sides.
What is needed now is another American visionary – a new John F. Kennedy – to heal the wounds between America and Iran, and restore the broken bond.
But that is not enough. What is also needed is a Jewish visionary. The last one, Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated because like JFK he was aiming for peace.
And there must be one more visionary – an Iranian visionary. Then, with the American, Jewish, and Iranian visionaries in one room, a real and fruitful dialogue can take place.
There will be endless war and all-consuming cosmic hatred of each other until the day the visionaries and peacemakers in all three countries get together and strike a deal for the ages.
"Dialogue," said Howe, "is indispensable also in the search for truth and here, too, it is a worker of miracles."
Maybe miracles are real. Maybe America, Israel, and Iran will mend their bridges and reconnect for the sake of the world. But it is wiser to remain skeptical and expect war than remain naive and expect a miracle.
1. Meerloo, J.A.M. "Conversation and Communication." The essay is in the 1967 book, "The Human Dialogue: Perspectives on Communication,"edited by Floyd W. Matson and Ashley Montagu. Pg. 146.
2. Howe, R. L. "The Miracle of Dialogue." From the 1967 book, "The Human Dialogue: Perspectives on Communication," edited by Floyd W. Matson and Ashley Montagu. Pg. 152-153.
Saman Mohammadi is the writer and editor at The Excavator Blog
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Morales helps Rockies to 2-1 win over Padres
DENVER (AP) — Franklin Morales was worn out and running on fumes by the time the sixth inning rolled around.
Going from a starter earlier in the season to a reliever and back to a starter will tend to do that.
Morales pitched effectively into the sixth — his longest outing since May — and Charlie Blackmon hit a two-run homer, helping the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 on Tuesday night.
"I do feel a little bit tired," Morales said.
Still, it was another solid performance for Morales (5-4), who was reinserted into the starting rotation on July 3. The lefty surrendered four hits and one run before being removed for a reliever with two outs in the sixth.
"I just tried to make my pitches and give an opportunity to my team," said Morales, who struck out six.
Blackmon gave him all the run support he would need with his homer in the third. It's not like Tyson Ross (7-9) made a bad pitch, either.
The slider from Ross was down near the dirt and yet Blackmon drove the pitch into the seats in right field.
"If he didn't swing, it probably would have been a ball," said Ross, who's not slated to pitch in the All-Star game since he's scheduled to start Sunday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. "He put a good swing on it, a good at-bat right there. I threw the pitch that I wanted there.
"He's an All-Star. He put a good swing on it and the ball got out."
The slider to Blackmon aside, Ross said he felt "pretty strong" and had a "good rhythm" in this game. He went six innings and allowed six hits.
"I'm in the strike zone a lot more," Ross said.
Blackmon had a double to go with his 13th homer of the season as he finally feels like his swing is getting dialed in again.
"I just kind of felt like I got into maybe some bad habits," said Blackmon, who will be making his first appearance at the Midsummer Classic next week in Minnesota. "That kept me from being simple and direct to the ball. I've simplified things a little bit lately."
Rene Rivera homered for the Padres in the sixth. Chris Denorfia had three hits.
Colorado's bullpen held San Diego's bats at bay over the final three innings to preserve the win for Morales. It was just the fourth victory by a Rockies starter in the last 25 games and first by someone other than Jorge De La Rosa over that stretch.
The Rockies received a scare in the ninth when left fielder Corey Dickerson rolled over his left wrist trying to make a diving catch on pinch-hitter Seth Smith's two-out double. Dickerson stayed in the game after being checked on by a trainer and manager Walt Weiss.
Dickerson's wrist was wrapped after the game, but he said X-rays were "good" and that he just "tweaked it."
Morales started the season in the rotation, but was bumped to the bullpen after a shaky stretch. The Rockies made him a starter again out of necessity when Christian Bergman went out with a fractured left wrist.
The 28-year-old Morales has a 1.69 ERA in his last two starts.
"He scattered some balls around the hitting area, he made some pitches and got us out," Padres manager Bud Black said.
Morales cruised along until walking two batters in the fourth. He struck out Cameron Maybin to wiggle out of the situation.
Denorfia led off the game with a double, only to be stranded when Morales struck out the side.
Blackmon was left on base after a leadoff double, too. Ross struck out two of three, including Troy Tulowitzki on a called third strike that froze the All-Star shortstop.
"This was a good game," Weiss said. "A well-played game."
NOTES: The Padres will go for their first series win at Coors Field in two years on Wednesday. LHP Eric Stults (3-11) goes for the Padres while the Rockies counter with RHP Jair Jurrjens (0-1), who experienced tightness in his chest after his last start at Coors on the Fourth of July. ... Ross and Morales both threw 98 pitches, 63 for strikes. ... Rockies OF Carlos Gonzalez (left index finger) could be back in the lineup as soon as Friday. He's been out since June 4. ... RHP Eddie Butler (rotator cuff) threw around 60 pitches in a simulated game Tuesday. ... Morales is 5-0 against the NL West this season.


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121130 MAMA 2012 "There was a small incident that happened off camera at MAMA" [FanAccount]November 30, 2012 at 8:37 pm | Posted in Awards, Drama/Film/TV/CFs, Events/Concerts/Perfs., M.Net, Wonderboys | 35 Comments
There was a small incident that happened off camera at MAMA. When the two actresses and Seungjun Yoo were introducing the movie, 'The 12 animal signs', the audience's reaction was only lukewarm. Super Junior members immediately turned around and encouraged the audience to applaud. In the end, the entire hall was filled with screams and applause. Even though Yoo Seungjun was wearing shades, you could sense how moved he was. This is the type of warm-hearted men SJ Oppas are.
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Awesome :')
Comment by Silver Jewel— November 30, 2012 #
I thought that that was quiet obvious because the actresses were kind of lost and they did not let him(the actor?) introduce himself, and then there were Shin, Ryeo and I can't remember the other member, maybe Sungmin or Hae :s Clapping and making signs encouraging the actor LOL good thing that a fan cleared that up.
Proud of my babies :)!
Comment by Jennifer— November 30, 2012 #
Whats the matter is, people doesn't need to know how awesome, heart-warming Super Junior is. They are good people, imperfectly perfect, just enough for me<3
Comment by hyukish— November 30, 2012 #
I watched the online streaming and was a little confused when this happened, one moment the guy was talking and suddenly Donghae and the rest of SuJu was standing applauding and motioning for the audience to do the same, and then everyone was on their feet. My Korean its not that good so I thought I had missed something, but this is what really happened. The guy did seemed move by what they did. Wow!!!!! our oppas are the best, really deabak, always looking out for everyone, but then I've always known this, its why we all love them so much <3<3<3
Comment by Jess— November 30, 2012 #
i was watching it online when it happened,and at first i thought it had to do with suju because as soon as the camera got them, everyone started clapping and cheering and they crowd just went crazy for them, but since it kept happening through the awards, just a glimpse of one of the members and people would go crazy for them. But i did notice how they guy kid of like bowed to them when they started cheering, he looked moved. Certainly our oppas are just awesome, we have always know how good they are, and their big big heart .SJ saranghae!!!! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
Comment by Jenny— November 30, 2012 #
woooooooooooh ! so awesome ^O^ ..
Comment by Heero El-Ȝarabi— November 30, 2012 #
They are not just good idols, they are good people 🙂 that was so nice from them ❤
Comment by xAnita131x— November 30, 2012 #
It wasn't off camera, I saw it and I didn't get it until now so thank you!! This is another proof that our guys are awesome!!
Comment by Ana Lu— November 30, 2012 #
it make me proud to be an elf
Comment by karen— November 30, 2012 #
Me too!
Comment by Misty— December 1, 2012 #
LIKE button!!! Our oppas is awesome
Comment by wiii..games— December 1, 2012 #
It wasn't off camera.
Comment by sereneione— December 1, 2012 #
That is why SJ oppas are the best !!!! But no one talks about the good things they do!!! Instead they put articles of them , that makes ppl criticize them~ Uri Oppa JJIANG!!
Comment by SJELF— December 1, 2012 #
is there any video? I want to watch it 😦
Comment by ELFsholic— December 1, 2012 #
i dont understand what happened even i watched MAMA live?? can some one explain????
Comment by sabrina— December 1, 2012 #
so, there's 3 artist who come on stage, but there's so little cheers for them… so, when the camera goes to Super Junior, the boys encourage the audience (who mostly is ELF :p) to cheer for those artist….
Comment by Miko Irfanti— December 2, 2012 #
they are naturally kind-hearted people, so they are forever good people on and off screen…proud of our boys!!! ^^ jjang!
Comment by roundy— December 1, 2012 #
yeah i watched e shw life.it was an anticlimax at tat point bcos psy just finished singing gangnam style and e mood was high.then these 3 presenters come out who are all quite unknown to hk or overseas audience.whatsmore the first speaker was a china actress with a super high pitch voice.so it was very very weird to see n hear them after Psy.just bad planning by e production pple!
Comment by emm— December 1, 2012 #
Aww :') Yes. It's definitely worth a post!
Comment by elflovessuju— December 1, 2012 #
Can someone give me a video of it so I can make an article in Daily Kpop News. It's so unfortunate for ELFs and SuJu that people don't recognize their good deeds. I think this situation worth a post. Link me the video. My twitter is @KYUriShana Thank you.
Comment by kyurishana (@KYUriShana)— December 1, 2012 #
wow! thanks a lot.. hopefully we can read your article soon
Comment by baby_elf— December 2, 2012 #
I remember this!! First it was Yeye who started motioning to scream and then Shindong, Sungmin and I don't remember, either Hae or Wook joined him! I was so proud! 🙂
And I remember the guy in shades (Yoo Seungjun?) was very moved and he even BOWED in thanks a couple of times in SJ's direction!! ❤
Comment by tina— December 1, 2012 #
i saw this too… that time i was confused and so this is really what they mean… I am so really proud of our boys…. SUPER JUNIOR NEVER DIE…. coz they are awesome in so many ways!
Comment by nicelei— December 1, 2012 #
owh, I remember now…at first I thought he is SJ's friend and they know each other and thats y our boys act like that…now I know the real situation…so proud with SJ's kindness heart… 🙂
Comment by proud elf— December 1, 2012 #
Wow..even though the venue full with ELF but SJ not arrogant and let their fan screams for others too…SJ personality always the best..
Comment by Nana Aziz— December 1, 2012 #
Is there anyone have the video? I really want to see the video.. I'm so proud to SJ..
Comment by MsKamli— December 1, 2012 #
u can go to global mnet and watch part 4…the incident is after psy perf.
Comment by Nana Aziz— December 1, 2012 #
One of the moments where I am proud to b an ELF..
Comment by nicky— December 1, 2012 #
yoo sungjoon was banned from Korea for his controversial actions 10 years ago. He cant enter korea *which is his own country* bcoss his own mistake,, he now work at hongkong in Jackie chan management and cant go to korea, maybe he really miss korea…
he was very moved because our oppa really appreciated him, they applaud, clapped and respect him,, that's why he looked so moved with superjunior action.
For my opinion superjunior have the best manner over all Kpop artist,,They're really humble, have respect and most important is they love ELF,, that's why i am really proud being ELF,, i love them… ><
Comment by rreyy— December 1, 2012 #
i'll never regret being an ELF for all my life
Comment by Nabila Kyuhyun— December 2, 2012 #
exactly are my thoughts! proud to be an ELF
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Colden, Cadwallader
Colden, Cadwallader(kōl`dən), 1688–1776, colonial scholar and political leader of New York, b. Ireland, of Scottish parents. After studying medicine in London, Colden arrived (1710) in Philadelphia to practice. He moved (1718) to New York, where he was appointed (1720) surveyor general. He was named (1721) to the governor's council and became increasingly influential during the administration of George Clinton (1686–1761), the colonial governor. After 1761 he was lieutenant governor of New York.
Colden was also one of the most learned men in the colonies. He wrote his own critique of Newton, The Principles of Action in Matter (1751). He became a botanist of the new Linnaean system of classifying flora and made significant contributions to medical literature. He also published his History of the Five Indian Nations (1727), a valuable source on the Iroquois tribes. His letter books (1877–78) and letters and papers (7 vol., 1918–23) were published by the New-York Historical Society.
See A. R. Raymond, The Political Career of Cadwallader Colden (1971) and biography by A. M. Keys (1906, repr. 1971).


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Behold the sad irony of the Emmy Awards telecast: It is designed to celebrate extraordinary TV shows, but it usually turns out to be dreadful, soul-killing television itself.
The good news this year is that we have a fresh and funny new host in Jimmy Kimmel. If he's on his game, we expect to laugh like baboons.
Moreover, there's an intriguing mix of exciting newcomers and established powerhouses among the nominees. Can "Downton Abbey" or "Homeland" break the "Mad Men" stranglehold on the best drama trophy? Will the cult-favorite "Girls" prove to be a threat to "Modern Family's" comedic dominance? Of course, predicting what Emmy voters will do is often an exercise in head-scratching futility. Just when you think they're stuck in rubber-stamp mode, they fall in love with something -- or someone -- all shiny and new.
Still, there's no harm in trying. Here's our breakdown of major categories, along with our totally wild guesses. Wager at your own risk.
Outstanding drama
The nominees: "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO); "Breaking Bad" (AMC); "Downton Abbey" (PBS); "Game of Thrones" (HBO); "Homeland" (Showtime); "Mad Men" (AMC).
The lowdown: A victory would give "Mad Men" a record fifth trophy in this category. Although the moody period drama produced another superlative season, I have a hunch that Emmy is restless and ready to go home with someone else. If I had a vote, it would go to "Breaking Bad," which has yet to win despite its enduring brilliance, or "Homeland," which was easily the year's best new drama. But this seems to be the year of the Brits, so I'm thinking that the voters will fall for the sumptuous costumed splendor of "Downton Abbey."
Outstanding actress, drama
The nominees: Kathy Bates ("Harry's Law," NBC); Glenn Close ("Damages," DirecTV); Claire Danes ("Homeland"); Michelle Dockery ("Downton Abbey"); Julianna Margulies ("The Good Wife," CBS); Elisabeth Moss ("Mad Men").
The lowdown: While the best drama category is a brutally tough call, this one should be a slam dunk. Danes deserves to reign supreme for her riveting performance as a mentally troubled CIA analyst trying to squash a potential terrorist threat. If she doesn't win, the voters need a dose of electroshock therapy.
Outstanding actor, drama
The nominees: Hugh Bonneville ("Downton Abbey,"); Steve Buscemi ("Boardwalk Empire"); Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad"); Michael C. Hall ("Dexter," Showtime); Jon Hamm ("Mad Men"); Damian Lewis ("Homeland").
The lowdown: Here's another case of an Emmy perennial -- three-time champ Cranston -- going up against some strong contenders who haven't won in this category before. Although Cranston continues to blow us away, it's time to finally reward Hamm for his iconic portrayal of advertising boss Don Draper. My second choice would be Lewis. Still, something tells me that the voters will stick with Cranston.
Outstanding comedy series
The nominees: "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS); "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (HBO); "Girls" (HBO); "Modern Family" (ABC); "30 Rock" (NBC); "Veep" (HBO).
The lowdown: I'm still ticked off about the makeup of this category, which should have featured the overlooked gems that are "Louie," "The Middle" and "Community." But we've got to play the cards dealt to us; in that case, I'll stick with "Modern Family," which is shooting for its third straight victory. It's still prime time's most consistently hilarious and heartfelt sitcom. As for "Girls," the funny new kid on the block, its time will come, and I think the voters will agree.
Outstanding actress, comedy
The nominees: Zooey Deschanel ("New Girl," Fox); Lena Dunham ("Girls"); Edie Falco ("Nurse Jackie," Showtime); Tina Fey ("30 Rock"); Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Veep"); Melissa McCarthy ("Mike & Molly," CBS); Amy Poehler ("Parks and Recreation," NBC).
The lowdown: This category is so competitive that they stuffed it with seven nominees, including three past winners: Fey, Louis-Dreyfus and McCarthy. Emmy has had a longtime crush on Louis-Dreyfus, and it would be kind of cool to see her win for a third different show (previous trophies came for "Seinfeld" and "The New Adventures of the Old Christine"). But if the voters lean toward new and buzzy names -- and I'm hoping they will -- look for Dunham's bravely raw work to edge out Deschanel's quirky-perky performance. I wish they could both win.
Outstanding actor, comedy
The nominees: Alec Baldwin ("30 Rock"); Louis C.K. ("Louie," FX); Don Cheadle ("House of Lies," Showtime); Jon Cryer ("Two and a Half Men," CBS); Larry David ("Curb Your Enthusiasm"); Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory").
The lowdown: I'm over Baldwin, and the voters should be, too. Parsons? Still hilarious, but he has won before. So I'm crossing my fingers that Emmy finds it in her heart to cuddle up with C.K., a lovable schlub who not only stars in his edgily masterful show, but also writes and directs it. Such hard work deserves to be rewarded -- and I believe it will be.
And the Emmy should also go to...
Outstanding supporting actress, drama: Maggie Smith ("Downton Abbey"); Outstanding supporting actor, drama: Giancarlo Esposito ("Breaking Bad"); Outstanding supporting actress, comedy: Mayim Bialik ("The Big Bang Theory"); Outstanding supporting actor, comedy: Max Greenfield ("New Girl"); Outstanding miniseries or movie: "Game Change" (HBO); Outstanding reality show: "So You Think You Can Dance" (Fox).
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Behold the sad irony of the Emmy Awards telecast: It is designed to celebrate extraordinary TV shows, but it usually turns out to be dreadful, soul-killing television itself.


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IRVING, Texas (AP) — Brendon Todd birdied his final two holes Friday to take a two-stroke lead after two rounds at the Byron Nelson Championship.
The birdies at Nos. 17 and 18 wrapped up a 6-under 64 and put Todd alone atop the crowded leaderboard at 8-under 132. Among eight players at 6 under were Martin Kaymer, The Players Championship winner Sunday, and Paul Casey after his record back nine.
Casey was over par before matching the PGA Tour record for the best score on a back nine, an 8-under 27 with six birdies and an eagle. That was part of his 7-under 63 that was the low round of the day.
Todd, who for the second time in five years is back on the PGA Tour after getting his card back through the Web.com Tour, got to 7 under with a 12-foot birdie at the par-3 13th hole. But he gave that stroke back at the par-4 15th when he hit his first two shots into the rough and had his only bogey.
He had sole possession of the lead after his 6-foot birdie at the par-3 17th, where his tee shot rolled just past the hole. The last of his seven birdies, in a round when he needed only 22 putts, came after his approach inside 10 feet at No. 18.
Also at 6 under were 2003 Masters champion Mike Weir (66), who hasn't had a top-25 finish since 2010 when he had an elbow injury, fellow Canadian Graham DeLaet (66), Morgan Hoffmann (66), Tim Herron (66), Charles Howell III and Marc Leishman (68). Kaymer had his second consecutive 67, and has been in the 60s for all six of his rounds at TPC Four Seasons.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Hee Young Park topped the leaderboard at 8 under in the suspended second round of the Kingsmill Championship.
The South Korean player shot a 3-under 68 to take a one-stroke lead over Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lang, Lexi Thompson, Azahara Munoz and Lizette Salas.
The second-ranked Lewis, in position to take the top spot in the world ranking from Inbee Park, had a 65, and Lang finished with a 68.
Thompson, Munoz and Salas were unable to finish the round because of darkness after the start of play was delayed 3½ hours because of overnight rain. Thompson, the Kraft Nabisco winner, and Munoz had five holes left, and Salas had seven remaining.
Coming off a victory two weeks ago in the North Texas LPGA Shootout, Lewis would jump to No. 1 with a victory or a solo second-place finish, as long as third-ranked Lydia Ko doesn't win. Ko, 2 under with six holes left in the round, needs a victory to move to No. 1. Inbee Park is skipping the tournament.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Mark Calcavecchia made an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole to take a one-stroke lead over Jay Haas after the second round of the Regions Tradition at Shoal Creek.
Calcavecchia shot his second straight 3-under 69 to reach 6 under, while Haas had a 70 after they came in as part of a four-way tie at the Champions Tour major. Haas missed a 4-footer on No. 18.
Calcavecchia, aggravated a rib problem late Thursday in the first round and had upper back spasms. He said it began flaring up again after swinging starting on No. 14 Friday.
Kenny Perry and Olin Browne were 4 under. Perry had a 68, and Browne shot 71. Browne was part of the first-round logjam along with Chien Soon Lu, who shot a 77.
GREER, S.C. (AP) — Kyle Reifers shot an 8-under 64 for a share of the second-round lead with Trevor Murphy in the Web.com Tour's BMW Charity Pro-Am.
Reifers, the former Wake Forest player who won the 2006 Chattanooga Classic for his lone tour title, had nine birdies and a bogey at Green Valley Country Club to match Murphy at 12-under 132.
Murphy had a 66 — also at Green Valley.
Ryan Blaum and Kelly Kraft were a stroke back. Blaum shot a 66 at Green Valley, and Kraft had a 67 at The Reserve at Lake Keowee. First-round leader Blayne Barber followed his opening 63 at Green Valley with a 70 at Thornblade Club, the site of the final round, to drop into a tie for fifth at 10 under.
GIRONA, Spain (AP) — Belgium's Thomas Pieters shot his second straight 3-under 69 to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Spanish Open.
Dutchman Joost Luiten (69) and England's Eddie Pepperell (71) were tied for second at 5 under. Spanish star Sergio Garcia (74) was five strokes behind Pieters.


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text: Choking Prevention for Teachers Did you know... Among children treated in emergency rooms for non-fatal choking incidents, almost 60 percent were food-related. Overall, 13 percent of cases involved swallowing coins and 19 percent involved candy or gum. Each year in the U.S., more than 2,800 kids are treated in emergency rooms after swallowing button batteries. That's one child every three hours. The number of serious injuries or deaths as a result of button batteries has increased nine-fold in the last decade. Use these tips to ensure that the children in your care are safe: Look at your classroom as a child would. Ask yourself what looks interesting and what can be reached. Get down on your hands and knees, and check for small things children can choke on. Be on the look-out for the small batteries used in electronics, as these can be deadly if swallowed. Get more information about the dangers of button batteries. Keep small magnets away from children. These include magnets found in construction sets, children's toys or stress-relieving adult desk toys; refrigerator magnets; and rare earth magnets, such as Buckyballs. Keep cords and strings, including those attached to window blinds, out of the reach of small hands. Move chairs and other furniture away from windows to help prevent window falls. For more information, please visit the following websites: Safe Kids Worldwide Choking Prevention Tips & Resources for Educators Download the Button Battery Safety Fact Sheet (PDF) Sign up to receive Product Safety Recalls


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C. Thomas Howell
C. Thomas Howell (the "C." is an abbreviation of Christopher) is a former child star best known for his lead role as a young white man pretending to be black to get a minority scholarship to Harvard Law school in the 1986 comedy, Soul Man.
Howell was born in Los Angeles, California on December 7, 1966. He is son of a stuntman and rodeo rider. As a child, he was more interested in pursuing the rodeo circuit than in having an acting career. Howell traveled quite a bit with the rodeo and was named the California Junior Rodeo Association's All Around Junior Boy's Champion for 1980 and 1981.
His acting career began in television at the age of four, when he was a regular on the TV series Little People. In 1977 he had a minor role in the TV movie, It Happened One Christmas, a remake of the Christmas classic It's A Wonderful Life. Howell's next role was a minor one in E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, one of the biggest box office hits of all time. After E.T., Howell landed choice roles in the hit movies The Outsiders and Red Dawn.
By the mid-1980s Howell must have felt like he was on Cloud 9. He had already appeared in several huge hit movies and was being offered many more top roles. He was also a teenage heartthrob, the object of affection of many young girls. In 1986 he acted in The Hitcher, a horror cult classic where a psychopathic hitchhiker antagonizes Howell while going on a killing spree along a highway in the southwest. Howell also landed his career-defining role as Mark Watson in the smash hit comedy, Soul Man.
In Soul Man, Howell played a young white male who was accepted into Harvard Law School, but had to pay his own way because his parents cut him off financially. When he was unable to secure private loans on his own, he decided to load up on tanning pills to fool everyone into thinking he was black so that he could secure a minority scholarship. I personally thought that Soul Man was very funny. It basically gave an over-the-top view of the black-white stereotypes. However, the black community did not take kindly to the humor, given that Howell wore black face make-up throughout the film.
Although Soul Man was a hit, garnering $27 million at the U.S. box office, it was Howell's last major role. His career quickly hit the skids and has yet to recover. Has appeared in many productions over the past 20 years, but none of them are choice roles. For example, he appeared in a War of the Worlds movie in 2005, but it wasn't the big hit in which Tom Cruise starred. He also appeared in a remake of The Poseidon Adventure in 2005. Again, it was not the big remake that hit theatres in 2006. Instead, it was a crappy made-for-TV movie that hardly anyone watched.
On the personal side, Howell married his Soul Man co-star, Rae Dawn Chong, in 1986. In 1990 they divorced. He later remarried his current wife, Sylvie Anderson, and now has three kids.
C. Thomas Howell was a big star in the mid-1980s and was very bankable at the time. Unfortunately, after Soul Man, his career went down the toilet and has yet to recover. It's a shame because I always thought that he was a good actor. He is now relegated to acting in made-for-TV and straight-to-video flicks. Accordingly, there is no doubt that C. Thomas Howell is one washed-up celebrity!
*** Update - May 1, 2008 ***
C. Thomas Howell is currently appearing on the VH1 reality show, Celebracadabra. He is competing with other washed-up stars to be the best magician in a contest for cash and prizes. I watched a portion of the first episode last week. Howell impressively made a dollar bill appear to float while out on the street performing magic. After pulling off his trick, he raised his hands in the air and shouted, "Wolverines!," a line from his 1984 movie, Red Dawn.
*** Update - July 28, 2012 ***
C. Thomas Howell recently appeared in the 2012 hit Spider-Man reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man, where he plays Ray. It remains to be seen whether this role will springboard Howell back into choice roles in the future.


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The life of a successful opera star is influenced not only by the roles an individual masters, but also by the contacts he or she makes within the profession. The initial steps toward success as a vocalist were not easy for Lotte Lehmann, but through perseverance, hard work and the variety of associations she was to make throughout her life, Lotte was able to create a very successful vocal career for herself. Through the presentation of selected photographs and other artifacts from the Lotte Lehmann Collection, this exhibit will provide some insight into these roles and relationships, both personal and professional, which were to have such a profound impact on the life of the great German-born soprano, Lotte Lehmann.
Lotte Lehmann was born Charlotte Sophie Pauline Lehmann on February 27, 1888 in Perleberg, Germany. In 1902, the Lehmanns moved to Berlin where Lotte enrolled in the Ulrich Lyceum, at which she was to obtain her first taste of acting. Upon graduation, Lotte was accepted at the Royal High School of Music. Dissatisfied after one year, Lotte auditioned and was accepted into the Elektra Gerster School of Singing. The methods of this institution, however, did not suit her vocal instincts and after a particularly unpleasant experience attempting to sing the Countess's second aria from The Marriage of Figaro, Lotte was dismissed from the school. Soon after, Lotte's voice teacher at the Gerster School wrote Lotte a letter in which she stated:
I can only say that none of my pupils has ever been such a disappointment as you have, and this has given me many a dark hour. I believe that, if you want to and have to achieve something in the future, you should take up a practical career. . . . Frau Gerster requests me to tell you that your progress is not even that of a mediocre pupil. . . .
Lotte was devastated. She and her brother Fritz searched through newspaper want ads for work and her father enrolled her in a secretarial school. But Lotte had not given up on her dream and decided to make one last attempt by writing to Mathilde Mallinger, a teacher residing in Berlin who had been Wagner's first Eva in Die Meistersinger and had been an opera star both in Berlin and Bayreuth. Lotte's father became angry and told her that she was wasting the stamp. Why did she insist on believing that all those experts had been wrong?
But this is where Lotte's luck changed.
Not only did Mathilde Mallinger agree to teach her, but Lotte's father managed to convince Baron Konrad zu Putlitz to pay for her lessons until she was able to obtain a professional appointment.
Lotte blossomed under Mallinger's tutelage. In 1910 she signed her first contract with the Hamburg Opera. Within a few years Lotte had progressed from small roles as pages and bridesmaids to more substantial portrayals. In 1916 Lotte left Hamburg to join the Vienna Court Opera. There she was to meet Richard Strauss and a variety of other musical personages who would have a profound effect upon her life. As her career progressed, Lotte performed at many of the world's major opera houses, presented Lieder recitals and recorded many of the works in her repertoire.
After final concerts in 1951, Lotte retired to an active teaching career until her death in Santa Barbara, California on August 26, 1976.
Exhibit curated by Caitlin Hunter and Jace Turner.