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Saturday, April 30, 2011
A headboard fit for a King-sized bed
Materials: Lack Side Table
Description: I built a headboard out of eight (black/brown coloured) Lack Side Tables. I attached them four wide by two high and turned all the table tops so the wood grain lined vertically. I then attached some of the table legs onto the structure to support the whole structure.
If I were to do it again, I'd probably wall mount it, but it is fine wedged between the wall and bed. Attached you'll find pictures of the actual headboard as well as figures 1,2,3 which show an illustration of the wood grain orientation, the back view, and the back view with the brackets, respectively.
I then recycled the unused table legs and a few Ikea Lazy Susans to create a coffee table. Please see the post entitled "Lack Lazy Susan Coffee Table" for more details.
~ Doug Lu, Ontario, Canada
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- AnonymousApril 30, 2011 4:38 PM
Hey, this looks good, good idea. How durable are these tabletops, as in, if you leaned/rested against them repeatedly? Aren't they just filled with corrugated cardboard?
Might look nice with birch-effect, too. Wonder if that lighter color would show more wear & tear faster. - AnonymousApril 30, 2011 9:37 PM
They're strong enough - I use them as cheap occasional stools/chairs (90kg) even though they're rated for 25kg.
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I love this idea. What type of brackets did you use to fasten them together? I'm not the handiest person out there...
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I've a bedroom with malm birch 2 drawer units as bedside cupboards. I wanted a birch headboard to match so I took a Vika Amon table top in birch and hung on the wall with flush mounts like these http://www.screwfix.com/p/flush-mounts-zinc-plated-3-75-x-35-x-36-87mm-pack-of-10/11423 . At the right height to suit the bed of course.
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BOSTON – Today, the Massachusetts Democratic Party launched "Tisei Facts," a website featuring original source documents outlining Republican congressional candidate Richard Tisei's close ties to his family's web of fraud and deceit.
"There's no disputing that the primary source documents listed on Tisei Facts show that Republican Richard Tisei was closely tied to his family's fraudulent enterprises, and in at least one case reaped the benefits of his family's activities," said Massachusetts Democratic Party Chair John Walsh. "If you read through these public documents, Tisei's claim that he didn't know what was going on just doesn't hold water."
Republican Richard Tisei personally benefitted by least $30,000 dollars from the sale of a house that was among the assets his parents were alleged in court to be hiding from parties they damaged.
"Tisei Facts" provides a fact-filled overview of the fraudulent and deceptive practices conducted by The Building Inspector of America (TBIA), the company owned and operated the Tisei family, and other links in the Tisei financial web, including:
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- A primary source-based outline of a consistent pattern of deceptive behavior by their family company.
- Documentation of a motor vehicle accident Richard Tisei was involved in while driving a car owned by the company at the center of one major legal court case -- a company where assets were being shifted and hidden from creditors.
- Background on a Tisei family effort to avoid turning over a property to the damaged parties, including how Richard Tisei, a professional Realtor who boasts of having sold 3,000 homes and who owed $73,000 in a mortgage, claims not to know he was on title to the property.
The website can be found here:" www.tiseifacts.com
Margurite Gallagher
12:47 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Clearly this is just new mud (probably that they pried off of Tierney) to try and tear down Tisei, who in his 26 year career never was accused of any unethical activities. As can be read in the Patch by Bryan McGonigle, Tisei has answered every question that has come up, handing forward decades worth of ethics forms. Compare this to Tierney who refuses to disclose his outside income from his brother-in-law's illegal gambling enterprise to the House Ethics Committee. I have come to expect nothing but lies from Mass. Democrats, but does the Patch have to publish them?
Bryan McGonigle2
1:02 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
The Mass Democratic Party has too much money on its hands.
A car accident isn't a disqualification from serving in Washington - just ask several Kennedy's about that. Does Mr. Tisei also leave the toilet seat up? Does he return his library books in a timely manner?
Paul T
1:15 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
I find today's politicians an absolute embarrassment. There is no integrity to be found at the state or national level. They will say and do whatever it takes to get elected even if they appear childish and petty. I've seen Tisei park his car with the state rep plates illegally on a number of occasions at the Dunkin Donuts in Reading because there were no open spaces in the front. There were plenty of spaces on the side and across from the store, but he made his own parking spot. That provides insight into his true character to me.
Steven Epstein
2:23 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Perhaps you haven't heard! We have another choice Daniel Fishman
mary p. ayer
1:07 pm on Saturday, August 11, 2012
WOW how horrible!! You have never done anything like that---no parking tiickets?? Tisei is a really great guy. OUT WITH THE CROOKS---TIERNEY, WARREN, OBAMA---OUT!!
4:01 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Wow, he parked his car illegally! Unbelievable! Vs. a lying scumbag like Tierney he's a saint. Although I do agree with you that the state of political discourse is horrid. Just look at the crap flowing from Harry Reid's mouth and the deceitful ads from the superPacs. Embarrassing.
4:37 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Welcome to the embarrasing US political system.No wonder other countries(even allies) hate the US as we hand out the money.
Jackie Millinor
11:36 am on Monday, August 13, 2012
So I see Tisei continues to ignore our local laws. What about parking illegally in a handicapped space in downtown Wakefield? Does that count for all of you defending this imposter? As a person who NEEDS a handicapped space, after catching him doing this recently, I contacted him and asked him for a response. I received no response. Typical.
Tierney has a solid record of voting and supporting the middle class. A federal judge found that he was in no way responsible or knowledgeable about his despicable inlaws' shenanigans. Tisei, however, KNEW about his parents shady dealings and even appeared to benefit himself directly from them.
To compare this greedy egotistical entitled hypocrite to John Tierney is unbelievable. If you want more of Bush/Cheney, the War on Women, end of SS and Medicare, skyrocketing defense budgets, then Tisei is your guy. How do you think he will vote in Congress? NOT as a moderate, I can assure you.
12:04 pm on Monday, August 13, 2012
Jackie, Do you have a picture? Any proof? Hmm. Sounds like you are a Democrat taking up the tactics of your Senate hero and leader Dirty Liar Harry Reid. Say crap and hope it sticks for a while to draw everyone's attention from the real issues.
Do you REALLY believe John didn't know Internet gambling was illegal? A US Congressman and lawyer? REALLY? I suppose you believe Teddy didn't know Mary Jo was in his car right? WOW!!!!!!
6:43 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
So the republicans have Tisei, but the democraps have offered voters Tierney and Warren to represent us in Washington. Tisei (and Scott Brown) might not be perfect, but at least he's not terrifying.
Mark Chulsky
9:27 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
Is that all? How boring...
He must be an angel -- definitely a disqualification for a Mass. politician.
11:10 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
Obviously Richard is not equal to the Democrat Super Stars in our legislature. 26 years and never indicted? Come on Richard! Reach for that cash register er star! You have to love the hubris of a group that has had 3 consecutive House Speakers indicted, several members investigated (though it took the feds to do it since Democrat "see no evil" Marsha ignored it) and several convicted and in prison.
They should hold the next Mass. Dem. Convention in MCI Walpole so they can be inclusive!
Steven Epstein
2:25 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Perhaps you haven't heard! We have another choice Daniel Fishman
Jamison Tomasek
1:38 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Let me know if you would like a sign or want to help with the Tisei campaign. He will do a great job for Tewksbury and is much more aligned philosophically with the town than liberal Tierney. firstname.lastname@example.com
doreen mccaul
7:11 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
I have known Richard Tisei for an extensive amount of years dating back to when he first became a state Representative. He fights for the children of this state. When you have issues and you place 12 + phone calls to the local Senator with no answer or call back , then you phone Richard Tisei and he calls you back within 10 minutes .. that says it right there!! HE CARES.. He is a man of warmth, caring and not afraid to stand up to what is terribly wrong in this state and in our country today. I have yet to meet any other man or woman with as much dedication as he has in his entire political as well as his business career. There is no doubt in who I am voting for.. his record speaks for itself. The slanderous dirt that I see above is lies and far fetched creations that have been so obscured by lies and so far from the truth of what this man stands for. Shameful whomever democratic system puppet did this.... Doreen
10:40 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Joe: News flash: nobody cares what you think about politics. Don't you remember coming in dead last two years in a row when you ran for selectman? Too bad you didn't run this year. You could have made it three in a row. Time to face the music, Joe. You are yesterday's news. Your sphere of influence does not extend beyond your ample girth.
11:42 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Hey Barry, instead of being a bully why don't you run and see how well you do? I don't know Joe but I hate internet bullys.
9:01 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Tisei is a gentleman. Tierney belongs to the Congressional Progressive Caucus. In other words Tierney is a Communist. No more Commie's in Congress!
Laura Savage-Carr
9:54 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
They forgot to mention that he drove his car off a bridge and killed his female passenger. And that his family made their fortune boot legging. Oh wait, sorry, I was thinking of Teddy.
Joe Veno
5:29 am on Saturday, August 11, 2012
Concerned, I have decided not to respond to this moron any longer.
mary p. ayer
1:01 pm on Saturday, August 11, 2012
Good Joe!! We are for what is right and my votes will go for Tisei, Scott Brown, "RYAN" AND ---OUR NEXT PRESIDENT --"ROMNEY" !! Isn't that a team for putting integrety back into America? !! Who in their right mind can vote for Tierney, Warren, Bidden and Obama?? All of them are self centered, greedy, fake, untruthful, socialists!! That isn't what this country is founded on.
Joe Veno
6:06 am on Saturday, August 11, 2012
As I said before Fred. I am not the one who starts it.
Alan Cohen
12:38 pm on Sunday, August 12, 2012
The Internet is a mirror of society. The political image it reflects is not one to be proud of. Both parties, Democrats and Republicans, and their followers waste time in dirty politics instead of intelligent, useful debate that actually might be the catalyst for change. Both parties are doing what is best for their party but not best for the American citizen.
Some of the foolishness that I read in the online comments section of many newspapers boil down to Republicans are the American Al Queda and that Democrats are Socialists and Communists. All are false.
So why do we have all of this political diarrhea? It's easier to complain than it is to work and find a solution to the problems that face us.
Medicare, rising healthcare costs, the economy, jobs - these are all problems that can resolve. It will take some sacrifice that will affect all of us, Democrat, Republican, Green Party, Libertarian, Unenrolled. We can solve them if we want to. The first step - we need to stop complaining and begin thinking and working together.
mary p. ayer
2:47 pm on Sunday, August 12, 2012
I agree ---sort of! I can not buy the Democrats --at all!! They ARE trying to be Socialists! Why else would anyone want Government taking over every part of our lives?? We the PEOPLE --not we the Government!!
2:04 pm on Sunday, August 12, 2012
I think it is normal to overlook some of the personal flaws of some of the candidates who's views we share. However, I still can't help being stunned by the number of Tierney and Warren yard signs I see....often times together in th same yard! Those two have to be amongst the most embarrassing candidates in recent memory. If they represented my party or my views, I would run as far away from them as I could and just sit out the election and look forward to the next election when the candidate that I support wouldn't have flaws so serious that they deflected from what I believe. Those folks with the Tierney and Warren signs...just what do think it says to your neighbors about you judgement? Don't you realize that you will be less likely to be listened to in the future if you show yourself to be so partisan that you would still support these two deeply unethical candidates?
3:37 pm on Sunday, August 12, 2012
This may be a little off topic but Paul Ryan gives Romney a shot in the arm that nobody else could have.I have listened to Ryan speak and he is light years ahead of Biden.This is the best possible ticket to get rid of Obama and repeal Obamacare.When Romney says he did what he did for MA and does not support it for the entire country,I belive him.The country needs change and that starts at the top.
Tom Flannagan
7:24 pm on Sunday, August 12, 2012
Romney's explanation is a cop-out. I agree that Ryan probably helps him.


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After doing a lot of looking around the net, brochures, YouTube vids of flights, etc. I came up with a plan to create a modular rocket that could be used with 38mm and 54mm motors, and would be possibly light enough to send skyward with 29mm in an adapter.
My choice was a Binder Design Excel Plus in 38mm, then when I have finished the main rocket, get another, a standard Excel in 54mm. The Excel Plus is basically the standard 4" Excel 3FNC with a dual deploy setup (payload bay and front body tube). Excel is 50" and the Plus is 71" so that gives you scale. Since both are available in 38" and 54" this means that with good planning and quality build, I will be able to use this in 4 possible configurations:
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Some months ago I posted some other Vauxhall ads. At first glance I had thought they were the work of Robert Fawcett - and many people commented that they had thought so as well. But thanks to Harold Henriksen, we learned the they were by an illustrator named Allan Kass.
Today, thanks once again to Harold, we have three more gorgeous Vauxhall ads to enjoy.
Kass was certainly a remarkable draughtsman. But despite spending more than a decade in Detroit during the 50's and early 60's doing automotive art, these elaborate scenes don't represent how Kass spent the bulk of his career. Like many artists who saw that times were a-changin', Kass went into paperback book cover illustration and eventually painted about 1,000 covers before retiring in 1998.
Rhonda Whiting, a huge fan of Allan Kass' work, contacted me after an earlier post with biographical info on the artist - and to share a gallery of Allan Kass book covers she had posted on Facebook.
To all of the above comes another tidbit, courtesy of Harry Borgman, who sent the scan below. Harry writes, "I never worked with Allan, but saw him around [Detroit] often at exhibits, restaurants, etc. I knew he was thinking about getting into the paperback field, and he sure did!"
"I found one of his ad illustrations in an old art director's annual, they just listed his name,so he apparently painted the car as well."
My thanks to Harry, Harold and Rhonda for generously sharing their Allan Kass art and information.
To best appreciate Kass' Vauxhall ads, go to my Allan Kass Flickr set and click the "All Sizes" tab above each image.
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3 comments:
Wow! These are great! It's nice to see other Allan Kass pictures!
- leif said...
I'm very glad to be able to provide a venue for their presentation, Rhonda - and thank you again for your spectacular effort in preserving Allan Kass' visual legacy. :-)
- bumperhead said...
Mr. Peng,
I love this blog! These old illustrations are all so good!
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FFA Vice President Kyle Kidwell, Treasurer Levi Pickens, Parliamentarian Caitlyn Parsons, Reporter Molly Fellure and Sentinel Amber Mayes all spoke with the Point Pleasant Register, saying their list of events includes a flag raising on Tuesday morning, a radio spot on Friday morning, as well as an open house at 6 p.m. on Friday at the MCCC and a breakfast where the members will feed Mason County Schools maintenance staff.
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ALBANY, Ga. — Theatre Albany will conduct additional auditions at 7 p.m. Thursday for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "State Fair," which will launch the theater's 80th season. Auditions will be conducted at the 514 Pine Ave. theater.
Director Mark Costello, Musical Director Steve Scott and Choreographer Judy Dabbs are conducting auditions specifically for men ages 18 and older to fill out the cast.
Men interested in auditioning should prepare a song that shows off their voice and bring either the sheet music or a CD to the audition. An accompanist will be provided.
Rehearsals are set to begin July 29 with performances scheduled for Sept. 14-29. For further information, contact the theater at (229) 439-7193.
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A Justice Action Center Symposium
Friday, April 27, 2012
New York Law School
The New York Law School Justice Action Center's Racial Justice Project and the Racial Justice Project of the American Civil Liberties Union are pleased to co-sponsor a one-day conference in New York City for advocates, organizers, litigators, researchers, and individuals to explore the impact of criminal justice policies and practices on minority communities.
There has been increasing attention within the legal community on the impact of criminal justice policies—particularly harsh sentencing laws and long-term collateral consequences—on individuals who are convicted and sent to prison. But these laws do not just affect the lives of the individuals who are convicted; they have a broader social and economic impact on the people who remain in the communities that are disproportionately targeted by so-called "tough-on-crime" policies. And, given this nation's disproportionate incarceration of racial and ethnic minorities, those communities are most heavily impacted.
This conference will explore the long-term impact of criminal justice policies on the home communities, with a focus on: (1) employment and economic impact; (2) civic engagement and political power; (3) families and children; and (4) policing and public safety. In addition to four plenary sessions, the conference will feature a keynote address from Professor Paul Butler and meaningful opportunities to share ideas and strategize together.
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This panel will discuss the many ways that concentrated over-incarceration, insufficient resources to support formerly incarcerated community members, employment discrimination, and other criminal justice policies work to undermine economic development in low income communities and will explore alternative approaches that are more likely to produce better outcomes for formerly incarcerated individuals and the communities to which they return.
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Getting Personal! Gate Crashers' Author Interviews
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Julie Cross
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Okay Julie, tell the readers a little bit about your books.
Tempest is the first book in a young adult trilogy that follows my main character, 19 year old Jackson Meyer, as he jumps through time (literally), to learn about his past and to try and save the his girlfriend, Holly. Vortex is the sequel to Tempest and it releases in the US on January 15, 2013.
Just to get us started, how old are you?
I'm 32.5 years old
What inspired you to write TEMPEST & VORTEX?
The concept for Tempest came in layers as I worked with my now editor, Brendan Deneen. My idea started with a sort of time travel story that was also about aliens and gymnastics. His idea was to acquire a teen version of The Time Traveler's Wife. Tempest is a story that emerged from both our creative brains.
Why time travel?
The type of time travel is Tempest appealed to me as writer because I love the idea of having a character revisit moments of his or her own past. The scenes where Jackson visits years that his twin sister, who died of cancer at 14, was still alive were so emotionally powerful to write. That's probably what made me fall in love with writing time travel.
What made you want to write in the first place?
I started writing in May of 2009. I think I was mostly looking for an escape from everyday life. The kind of escape you get from an amazing book. I read a lot and there were moments when I wanted to change the course of a book. It dawned on me that I could write my own story.
What keeps you writing?
I wish I knew the answer to that question. Once I started, I just could stop. In fact, I waited to get bored with it, to quit, but so far that hasn't happened. It's challenging and stimulating in a way that I hadn't experienced before and I feel like there's always something more to learn. It's amazing to discover your passion, even at 29 years old. Truly amazing.
What is the best piece of writing advice you were ever given?
My first instinct is to say, Read a lot. But that's the piece of advice I often give to writers who ask me this question, but I already read a lot so I didn't need to hear that particular advice myself. I'd have to say reading Stephen King's book, On Writing and the part (don't quote me or anything) where he says something along the lines of, most importantly, you have to write a good story. It just meant that I didn't need to feel intimidated by the idea of finding big words and creating mind-blowing symbolism and metaphors. Or even understand contracts and the publishing industry before beginning a novel. I just needed to write a good story.
How do you discipline yourself to keep at the writing?
I only have to discipline myself to up with other aspects of my life…laundry, exercise, grocery shopping, cleaning, my kids' homework and activities. The writing part so far doesn't require discipline.
When did you decide, this is what I really want to do? I want to be a writer! Was there a particutlar ah-ha moment?
When I was offered a three book deal with St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books, all I had were questions and confusion and many of them my editor couldn't answer right away as I searched for an agent, but he sent me an email that said basically, "Just keep in mind, from this day on YOU. ARE. GOING. TO. BE. A. PUBLISHED. AUTHOR" and he wrote it just like that and it hit me that no matter what, whether I wrote forever or not, I'd be known as a published author. That was truly my aha moment.
What is the most important thing for a writer to remember?
There is almost never one clear answer, one clear path, one right way to do anything, to tell any story, and to interpret any story. Open your mind to the realm of possibilities and don't dwell on the impossibilities and improbabilities and all things that begin with a negative.
Do you belong to any cool writerly groups on or off line?
I've recently been emailing with some YA authors that I've met at events and doing some beta reading and critique.
If you were to mentor other writers what wisdom would you find most helpful.
I like honest critique, even brutally honest. I'm one who can handle it just fine. But I realize others need to work in phases. I think the idea of being able to pitch a story in a sentence is so helpful to new writers. Even if you figure everything out in your story and it doesn't quite fit into a one-line mold, chances are you've worked out some issues while trying to get it narrowed a bit. It took me such a long time to figure out what it meant to be able to summarize a story in a short statement. Whenever I couldn't do this, there was always something wrong with my plot. If you can address this even before you begin writing, it could be a huge factor in getting a finished product that can actually be sold.
Just for kicks… What are some of your favorite TV shows, movies?
My current favorite shows are GLEE, Dance Moms, The Voice, Parks and Rec, 30 Rock, Falling Skies. My movie favorites are very all over the place, I almost never go to the theater (just for the big ones like Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Twilight, ect…). I love comedies and I'll watch any cheesy romantic comedy, even the DCOM and ABC Family ones. I typically write/read edgy, emotionally heavy and sometimes intense thrillerish stuff so that must be why I choose the lighter movie/TV options.
If you could be a character from a book who would you be?
Katniss Everdeen. Hands down. I need her survival skills. I'm assuming while taking over her body, I'd also be allowed to acquire the knowledge stored up in her brain?
Last movie you saw at the theater?
Hunger Games
What is your favorite board game?
How do you get into your characters heads?
Good question. I'm not sure, but I'm sure that I do get in their heads and become them. I leave myself and my views and opinions completely in the dust.
What is most special about your protagonist?
For Jackson, it's his potential to be great, however sometimes I'd have to say that comes in second to watching him fail in the process of reaching his potential. It took me a while to realize how much I wanted him to experience the struggle to be great just as much as I wanted to see him get there.
Do you listen to music while you write? If so what gets you motivated?
I usually don't listen to music, but I could if I wanted to. I'm pretty relaxed about my writing place and time. I can shut out the world around me even if it's quite hectic.
Other than writing, what do you like to do for fun? Hobbies?
Reading. I also love running. I'm really great at it but it brings a different challenge and a lot of clarity within the creative part of my brain.
When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A teacher. Always a teacher. But the type of teacher changed constantly.
If your protagonist could give one piece of advice to your readers what would it be?
Always prepare for the worst. Write everything important down in notebook that you always have on you.
What would your villain/villains have to say about that?
Well…I suppose they would support this advice fully. They are very intelligent and capable people. Unfortunately.
Any closing words of wisdom for other author-wannabees out there?
Enjoy the freedom of writing just for you even if publication is your end goal. If you enjoy reading books in your genre and you create a story that you enjoy reading there's a good chance other people will like it, too.
And there you have it! Personal and Real with Julie Cross!
Check out Tempest & Vortex on Goodreads-http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13364300-vortex


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Cardinal O'Malley Boycotts Irish Prime Minister at Boston College
Four years ago, some conservatives created an uproar when pro-choice President Barack Obama was invited to deliver the commencement address at Notre Dame University. (That protest was more than a little hypocritical, given the school's tradition of featuring pro-choice speakers including Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.) Now, Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley has announced he will boycott next week's graduation speech at Jesuit Boston College by Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny.
For Cardinal O'Malley, Kenny's offense is his support for new legislation allowing Irish physicians to perform emergency abortion procedures only in those dire circumstances in which the life of the mother is in immediate jeopardy. That bill arose after the 2012 case of Savita Halappanavar, who needlessly died in agony after doctors refused her pleas to terminate her already miscarried pregnancy. While the legislative debate continues, Halappanavar's husband has since accepted apologies from both University Hospital Galway and the midwife who told him as his wife was dying that "this is a Catholic country."
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On June 8, 2011, South Park brought attention to this pandemic of "shitty" music which is plaguing our world. "A new music genre for the era of 2009 - 2012 (tweens)... If you have kids now, they're probably listening to it" - South Park s15e07 It's most notable list of mutated infants include Justin Beiber, Jonas Brothers, and the entire cast of Glee (except Jane Lynch). Signs you are listening to Tween Wave music: When all you can hear is someone ripping ass into the microphone over a drumbeat. More precisely when it sounds like shit is spilling out of the speakers and puddling on the floor. "Did you know we're living in the Tween time?... I guess it's the peroid between 2009 and 2012..." - redneck 1
"der I'd heard that." - redneck 2 "So they got this feller down at the bowling alley who gets up on stage and shits his britches.. " - 1 "what fer?" - 2 "I don't know, but he gets up there and strums a geetar and starts loadin' up his britches up like it's goin' out of style... It's like some sort of 'britches holocaust'... he calls it Tween Wave" - 1 Thanks South Park! |
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The dominant musical genre between the years 2009 and 2012. It combines electronic beats with vocals that are so simple anyone could sing them. To most, this genre sounds like shit. Popular tween wave artists include Rebecca Black, Justin Bieber and, debatably, brokeNCYDE. Hey, Josephine! Have you heard the new "tween wave" song?
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Parent's don't get it. (from the south park episode where the kids think the parent's music sound literally like crap, and vice-versa) Dude my mom won't let me listen to tween wave. She just doesn't get it.
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A sudden (not very long lasting) phase or trend that kids from the ages about 10-14 are generally interested in. Tween Waves interest people who are in the stage when you are too old for toys but not quite mature for anything else. Guy 1: Have you heard the new pop-band Fighting Daisies?
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Simply: it's popular music from 2009 to 2012. Coined by the creators of South Park in the episode "You're getting old." They are not making fun of a specific band, artist, or anything like that (maybe dubstep would be the best genre to describe tween wave). People are over-thinking this making it seem like they are ripping on Justin Bieber or something, but its a simple definition idiots. I was just listening to a radio station that plays the most popular new songs, and that tween wave music sounds like total shit!


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Court Supervision: Unfit For Judgment
Two men were found unfit to face criminal charges this week.
Not one, but two men were found unfit to face criminal charges this week. For the second time in a month, Mark Lewis, 53, was deemed unfit to stand trial for the murder of his sister, who was found beaten to death in her Naperville home in June 2011. Lewis wants to act as his own attorney if the murder case ever makes it to trial. Also wanting to act as his own attorney—and deemed unfit to face criminal charges—was 40-year-old Jason Chance of downstate Lewiston. Chance already did prison time for menacing Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow through Facebook. According to a criminal complaint, Chance threatened to rape and kill the county's top prosecutor. After his release, Chance allegedly made harassing telephone calls to a judge…
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Losers is too nice of a title for these idiots. What are they waiting for to throw him in jail? Oh, I know, when he actually kills someone! And then are they going to say; HE'S UNFIT TO STAND TRIAL. He doesn't deserve to be drugged and placed in an institution on the taxpayers dime. That is not punishment. It's more like a permanent vacation. Throw him in jail. That's the only solution here.   more ›


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Former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher announces retirement
Chicago Bears middle linebacker Brian Urlacher eyes New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees during the game between the New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears on Sunday, September 18, 2011.
Purdue wants to keep Texas pipeline
Gerad Parker and his fellow Purdue assistants need no tutorial on what the state of Texas means to the Boilers' program.
On Saints offensive line, no tackle left behind
Protecting Drew Brees' $47.8 million blind side might be the most important job in Louisiana this fall.
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Dec. 23, 2012; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Dolphins running back Reggie Bush celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the third quartet against the Buffalo Bills at Sun Life Stadium.
NFL Power Rankings: NFC South Editors Name Top 13 Players in Division
Dec 30, 2012; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees scrambles out to the sidelines looking for a receiver against the Carolina Panthers during second half of their game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
Sean Payton brought back high-intensity attitude and high-intensity workouts to New Orleans Saints
As interim head coach Joe Vitt looks on, quarterback Drew Brees hugs suspended head coach Sean Payton before the NFL Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony at Fawcett Stadium in Canton, Ohio on Saturday, August 4, 2012.
Saints Head Coach Sean Payton Gets Settlement From 2009 Lawsuit
Jan 23, 2013; Mobile AL, USA; New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis with head coach Sean Payton scouting the Senior Bowl north squad practice a day after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reinstated New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton after his season long suspension.
Breaking Down New Orleans Saints' Moves From Free Agency to Draft
It's fair to give the New Orleans Saints a pass last year after being torpedoed by BountyGate, but there were still many serious issues lingering over the years that only came to head in 2012.
Kenny Vaccaro vs. Kenny Stills
It is ironic that two of the Saints 2013 NFL Draft picks, Kenny Vaccaro of Texas and Kenny Stills of Oklahoma, were fierce college rivals.
Luke McCown knows how to compete for a role with the Saints
Luke McCown looking forward to making the most of his opportunity to compete for the New Orleans Saints backup quarterback job.
New Orleans Saints question of the day: Where should Saints rank among NFL's top 100 players?
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees congratulates Darren Sproles after his second quarter touchdown run during the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New Orleans Saints at the Superdome on Sunday, December 16, 2012.
New Orleans Saints left tackles appear to be up for the challenge
Saints tackle Charles Brown has something to prove as he enters the competition for the team's starting left tackle position.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Become Tantalizing NFC South Pick If Josh Freeman Progresses
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers sure are getting tantalizing odds in a division that's never featured a repeat champ.
Highest paid athletes include 3 Heat, 2 Bucs
's Fortunate 50 list totals the salaries and the endorsement deals for the top athletes in America in 2012.
New Orleans Saints' Drew Brees was third highest-paid American athlete in 2012
Saints quarterback Drew Brees is in high demand on and off the field, as he was Super Bowl XLVII week with the hosts of CBS' 'The Talk.' All of that notoriety has pushed Brees to earn $47.8 million in 2012, according to Sports Illustrated.
New Orleans Saints: Can WR Lance Moore Follow Up 2012 Season?
One New Orleans Saints ' player who had a good season amidst a bad season for the team in 2012, was wide receiver Lance Moore .
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The countdown for the start of the NFL season is underway, and I'm shocked to see that some players such as John Abraham , Dwight Freeney and Brian Urlacher are still twiddling their thumbs waiting for that call to let them know which team is interested in signing them to the money they believe they deserve.
Top 10 NFL Tight Ends Heading Into 2013
He's so athletic, and can do things no other tight end can. Combine that with Drew Brees and a pass-happy offense , and look for Graham to have another monster 2013, which will include near 100 catches, about 1000 yards plus yards and double digit scores.
Celebrating our legends and creating new ones is this year's focus of the National Football Foundation's Joe Tiller Chapter of Northwest Indiana.


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By Seija Rankin, Photographed by Maia Harms
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Sometime before the spring of 99 ASC, the forest surrounding the town was burned to the ground by the Fire Nation as a result of a battle, an example of the devastation that the nation had caused in their endeavor for world domination. Having lost their home, the wildlife that once lived in the forest fled to other parts of the Earth Kingdom. However, the Black and White Spirit, Hei Bai, had guarded the village's forest for thousands of years and therefore remained in the woods. Hei Bai, furious that the his home had been burnt down, transformed into a frightening and destructive creature.
As the winter solstice of 99 ASC drew near, he sought revenge by attacking the village after sunset, destroying homes, and abducting people. Although Hei Bai was a spirit, the villagers were able to see him, because as the winter solstice drew nearer, the divide between the Spirit World and the physical world became thinner and thinner until it was blurred completely.
One villager sought help to save the village from the rampaging spirit. This old man encountered Avatar Aang and his friends and invited them to the village. There, the village leader and the old man informed the group of the problems the spirit was causing. Aang's first attempt to calm the spirit proved to be a failure as many more buildings were destroyed and Sokka was abducted. When the spirit attacked again the next day, Aang was able to understand why the spirit was so angry and was attacking the village. He offered Hei Bai an acorn and promised him that there was hope for the return of the forests. Becalmed, Hei Bai changed back into the form of a docile panda bear and left the village in peace, returning the villagers he had taken.[2]
After the Avatar and his friends left the village to travel to Crescent Island, Prince Zuko arrived, demanding that the villagers reveal the location of the Avatar in order to continue his pursuit.[3]
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- "Senlin" (森林) means "forest" in Chinese, which is a logical name as the village is surrounded by a large forest.
References Edit
- ↑ From older Avatar: The Last Airbender official site, originally on Nick.com (link). No longer updated.
- ↑ "Winter Solstice, Part 1: The Spirit World". Aaron Ehasz (writer) & Lauren MacMullan (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. April 8, 2005. No. 7, Book One: Water
- ↑ "Winter Solstice, Part 2: Avatar Roku". Michael Dante DiMartino (writer) & Giancarlo Volpe (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. April 15, 2005. No. 8, Book One: Water


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Northwestern University researchers are validating procrasti-nappers everywhere -- they say a 90-minute nap can actually help in learning a new skill.
At least when that skill is remembering a musical tune.
Participants in the study, published June 26 in the scientific journal Nature Neuroscience, learned two different musical sequences on a computer screen while watching moving circles that went along with them, similar to video games such as Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution.
After practicing for 25 minutes, the participants took a 90-minute nap. The researchers monitored the participants' brain activity, and when they entered the "slow wave sleep stage" - a period of deep sleep with occasional intervening periods of REM sleep - the psychologists played one of the two sequences quietly.
Before nap time, the participants performed equally on both sequences. The researchers purposely made the sequences difficult so practice would become important, and the subjects could potentially show improvement. When they woke up, participants were re-tested and performed better on the sequence that had been played during their nap.
The researchers concluded the participants' exposure to musical cues played during their slow wave sleep stage helped them make fewer errors when re-tested.
Similar research has been conducted in the past, said James Antony, the lead author of the study. But this finding is new because it relates to perfecting a skill, rather than remembering learned information, he said.
Previously in a Northwestern laboratory, subjects had participated in studies based on spatial memory, by placing objects on a screen in their proper locations.
In the musical sequences' case, that would mean "you could know the sequence but not be able to play it," Antony said.
That's why the new study is important, he said, because it emphasizes the participants' ability to perform what they learned.


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An international effort is on to return a St. Tammany Parish man to the United States following his arrest and detention in South Sudan.
Elton Mark McCabe went to that fledgling African nation in August on business. He was arrested on Oct. 14 in connection with the alleged kidnapping of an Indian man.
"He was being detained without a warrant, without seeing a judge in 24 hours and without having the embassy contacted," his wife, Anne McCabe, told WDSU.
And U.S. officials agree -- there are serious concerns about the process that has unfolded overseas
"Completely false accusations," U.S. Sen. David Vitter said. "We have very good relations with some very high level folks in the South Sudan government, including the ambassador, including the president, but this is a corrupt country, so there are all kinds of forces and power centers, even outside the government."
Vitter said just a few days ago, a deal was in place to release McCabe, but just as the Slidell resident was about to go free, he was taken back into custody by the South Sudanese National Security Service.
"Why do they have my husband," Anne McCabe asked. "Why do they still want him?"
She said the family is not wealthy and the trip to South Sudan was made when Elton McCabe was unable to find work here at home. She's worried the ordeal may take a toll on his health.
Elton McCabe suffered a serious heart attack last December and he is on medication. When she last spoke with her husband, Anne McCabe said he told her the only thing keeping him alive is the thought of his family back home.
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SALISBURY, N.C. — The Lady Railsplitters' two-game winning streak was brought to a close on Saturday afternoon, as the Catawba College Indians used a second-half rally to take a 51-40 victory in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball action. Lincoln Memorial University (10-10, 3-7 SAC) was edged for the second-consecutive time by the Indians on the road, while Catawba moves to 10-8 on the season and 6-4 in SAC play.
The Lady Railsplitters fought a closely contested battle throughout much of the game, as they trailed 35-34 with 8:50 remaining in regulation. However, the Indians put the game away with a 14-0 run over the next five minutes and forty-eight seconds to assume a 49-34 lead with three minutes to play en route to the victory.
Lincoln Memorial struggled mightily on the offensive end, finishing with a 12-54 mark from the field for a 22.2% clip, while committing 19 turnovers. Senior Ralissa Nelson was the lone Lady Railsplitter to cross the double-figure plateau with 11 points on the afternoon. Nelson drained three of her eight attempts from long range to pace Lincoln Memorial in the losing effort. Kalasia Green tallied eight points despite struggling from the field with a 4-16 effort. MaRanda Boddie was limited to only six points, however, the junior was able to record a game-high 12 rebounds and three blocks.
Chloe Bully was the story offensively for the Indians, as she led all scorers with 18 points on 7-19 shooting from the field. Bully paired that scoring output with five boards and four assists. Antionette McPhail and Elizabeth Merritt each put in nine points for the Indians, while McPhail and Taylor May paced Catawba to a 38-36 margin of victory on the glass with eight rebounds apiece. The Indians finished the game with a 39.6% mark from the field, but notched a 45.5% effort in the second-half to upend the Lady Railsplitters. LMU was, however, able to force Catawba into committing 20 turnovers in the contest. The Indians also dominated the battle inside, as they tallied 26 points in the paint and limited LMU to only 14.
At the 16:53 mark of the first stanza, the Lady Railsplitters and Indians met in a 9-9 tie before the Indians used a jumper by Emma Ucinski to take the early lead with 15:13 to play in the period. After a more than three minute scoring drought by each squad, Catawba extended the lead to four with a layup by Chloe Bully with 11:36 to play. Catawba pushed their lead to as many as six in the first half and held on to a six-point advantage following a three-pointer by Bully with 2:29 to play. The Lady Railsplitters closed to within two following a pair of free throws by Elliotte Roberts and a layup by MaRanda Boddie with 15 seconds left, however, Bully notched another jumper as time expired in the half to send the Indians into the break leading, 24-20.
The Lady Railsplitters opened the second frame on a 7-2 run, capped with a three-ball by Mariah Richardson, to take a 27-26 lead with 18:22 left in regulation. However, the Indians answered with a 9-2 run of their own to regain a six-point advantage at 35-29 by the 14:43 mark of the frame. Following a jumper by Eliotte Roberts and a three by Ralissa Nelson, the Lady Railsplitters found themselves facing only a 35-34 deficit with 8:50 to play. However, the Lady Railsplitters were held scoreless over the ensuing 5:48, as Catawba rolled out a 14-0 run, capped with a layup by Elizabeth Merritt, to take control of the game at 49-34.
The Lady Railsplitters finished the game on a 6-2 run, but it was too little, too late, as the Indians used that final rally to defeat LMU, 51-40, in South Atlantic Conference play.
Lincoln Memorial will look to rebound from today's loss with a pair of home games on tap this week, as they are slated to return to Tex Turner Arena to host Mars Hill on Wednesday at 6 p.m. and Newberry on Saturday at 6 p.m.
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Ralissa Nelson 3-10 2-2 11; Kalasia Green 4-16 0-0 8; MaRanda Boddie 3-7 0-0 6; Tawny Tucci 0-0 4-4 4; Elliotte Roberts 1-4 2-2 4; Mariah Richardson 1-5 0-0 3; Kortnay Cox 0-2 2-2 2; Kelsey Bradford 0-7 2-2 2; Britney Guy 0-0 0-0 0; Haley Nelson 0-1 0-0 0; Jasmine Kelly 0-2 0-0 0; Alise Samite 0-0 0-0 0; Miranda Davenport 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 12-54 12-12 40.
Chloe Bully 7-19 2-2 18; Antionette McPhail 4-8 0-0 9; Elizabeth Merritt 4-9 0-0 9; Janna Dixon 1-2 2-2 5; Emma Ucinski 2-4 0-0 4; Taylor May 2-6 0-0 4; Mallary Clay 1-4 0-0 2; Vernae Whitby 0-0 0-0 0; Lindsay Martin 0-0 0-0 0; Jelena Ciric 0-0 0-0 0; Greta Tamasauskaite 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-53 4-4 51.
Lincoln Memorial…. 20 20 — 40
Catawba………………. 24 27 — 51
3-point goals—Lincoln Memorial 4-17 (Ralissa Nelson 3-8; Mariah Richardson 1-1; Kortnay Cox 0-1; Kelsey Bradford 0-4; Kalasia Green 0-3), Catawba 5-11 (Chloe Bully 2-7; Janna Dixon 1-1; Elizabeth Merritt 1-1; Antionette McPhail 1-1; Emma Ucinski 0-1). Fouled out—Lincoln Memorial-None, Catawba-None. Rebounds—Lincoln Memorial 36 (MaRanda Boddie 12), Catawba 38 (Taylor May 8; Antionette McPhail 8). Assists—Lincoln Memorial 9 (Kelsey Bradford 3), Catawba 10 (Chloe Bully 4). Total fouls—Lincoln Memorial 10, Catawba 14. Technical fouls—Lincoln Memorial-None, Catawba-None. A-217.


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I think this should be in the Howard forum.
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Updated: December 16, 2008
The field is expected to cost $500 thousand dollars, plus an additional $60 thousand for the field building.
The university wants to relocate a maintenance facility in order to build the fields, but first the city council has to rezone land in order for that part of the project to go ahead.
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I have tried several recipes out of the latest magazine edition and LOVE them ALL. They are full of taste, easy to make, and great for my diabetes. My husband who is not diabetic also loves them. Cannot wait to get the next edition. Thank you Diabetic Living magazine!
Love the magazine, it is the easy way to keep in touch with both my taste buds and my diet without feeling guilty or deprived.
I have been receiving Diabetic Living for quite some time. It has very good articles, however, the dessert recipes are not really for diabetics unless you count carbs in the 22-34 range good. My husband is only allowed 45 carbs per meal. When the carbs for a dessert is in the upper range, that leaves very little for the "GOOD" carbs. Surely, with the nutritionists you have on staff, you would be able to come up with lower carb desserts. I have adapted many "regular" desserts to a low carb diet. It would just be nice to have everything already counted instead of me having to take the time to "try" to get the carbs decreased accurately.


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Though the hurricane threatens us, my trip to Tampa was uneventful, except for sharing a flight with former presidential campaign and gangster-themed pizza magnate Herman Cain (who sat in first class) and the Josh Romney family (who sat in coach).
I am volunteering as a member of the communications team for this week and will spend long hours preparing and proofing documents for public release. The logistics that go into an event like this are so staggering that even just the communications effort alone itself dwarfs anything I've previously done.
Everyone is friendly, polite, dedicated and hardworking. This is important because the people I'm working alongside will be virtually all I see for the next four days. I thought the convention would be a good opportunity to hang out with my DC and Utah politico friends in our off hours. Hah! No such thing exists.
We have also been encouraged to be on extra good behavior while visiting the Sunshine State representing the party and our nominee. One colleague counseled us:
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How do I make it possible for my supervisor to edit my thesis while using LaTeX? I submit a pdf document but they want to edit it.... how do I do this without switching to MS Word?
You need to talk to your supervisor to find out what he is willing to do. Then you need to modify your work flow to achieve that. If he is willing to read/edit raw/uncompiled LaTeX in MS Word, then that is easy. Just import your LaTeX files into MS Word. If he is okay with the occasional bit of LaTeX markup, but not too much, then maybe you need to do citations and cross referencing by hand, but leave things like If he wants to see the finished product complete with formating in MS Word, then it is probably best to use MS Word. I tend to find that if I use good citation keys and keep the markup to a minimum people are willing to ignore the little bit of LaTeX. If they cannot ignore the LaTeX, then I either switch to Word or ask them to markup a hard copy. |
I get pretty many people convinced to edit the PDF either with "PDFXchangeviewer", which you can download for free (but it isn't open source), or using "PDF Annotator", which is used widely in the academic area. With both it is easy and can even be fun to annotate texts. And there is one large advantage to word & co: You can see at the first glance, whether something was added. To reasure my readers that their respective annotations have been included, I either use the perlscript "latexdiff" to display the changes, or I use a version control system like git, and e.g. latexdiff-git (I'll provide the link later). So there are two steps:
So if you are in the position to negotiate, argue to give it a try. EDIT: According to the comment below, the supervisor seems to accept writing into a PDF. Regarding the second step, I found it very usefull to have a version control system like git, which took some hours (no more) to learn the very low level it needs to control a book. The main advantage is that you can compare any version with the present version. About the necessary steps see here: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/44092/4736 |
This will likely get downvoted, but I think the best answer is to use Word. Making it so that your supervisor may feel frustrated dealing with your thesis is a very bad idea. Be glad your supervisor is willing to edit it, rather than just making notes on a hard copy that you are going to have to put into the file yourself. In my experience that is unusual. I think if you do something that frustrates your supervisor and is likely going to be a continuing issue you are asking for trouble. |
Submit the .tex file to people with little computer skills that only know the Word (or a similar WYSIWYG) it's just a bad idea. Probably even convert to plain text ( Probably a better (better, not good) solution is convert the .tex to HTML, RTF or ODF formats with some of the available tools. This is a task relatively trivial for LyX users. Hopefully is this way you can export tables and images as well. Although these formats are supported by Word, it could better save as .doc with Word (or OpenOffice, Abiword, etc.) and enable Word version control before submitting (or ask your supervisor to mark the comments in some form). |
If you are familiar with Emacs you might want to consider using Org mode. The built in exporters make it easy to produce both Latex and Open Office documents (which you can convert to Word) from the same plain text source file. I've used this approach successfully (albeit for shorter documents than a thesis) when I needed to produce files for both printing and electronic submission. For reference the export section of the org mode manual is http://orgmode.org/manual/Exporting.html and there was a discussion about how to write a thesis using Org mode on the Org mailing list here. |
Latex file source is plain ascii and it should not pose any difficulty for your Prof to read contents. As for styling, ask his opinion first and try to implement accordingly in Latex and impress him with an output better than his MS Word could do! |


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32nd William Inge Theatre Festival
May 1-4, 2013 Celebrate William Inge's 100th Birthday
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The William Inge Theatre Festival has a long rich history of honoring great living playwrights,
acknowledging these too-often underappreciated creative heroes of the stage. But the 32nd annual Inge Festival in 2013 changes pace: honoring its namesake American icon William Inge, to celebrate the centennial of his birth.
The William Inge Theatre Festival at Independence Community College takes place May 1-4 of 2013, in Inge's rural hometown of Independence, Kansas, where, annually, Broadway and Hollywood artists meet on the prairie to mingle with visitors from more than 24 states.
Over the years, internationally renowned dramatists including Arthur Miller, Neil Simon, Stephen Sondheim, August Wilson and Wendy Wasserstein journeyed to Independence. But in 2013, focus is on Pulitzer Prize and Oscar-winning William Motter Inge, born May 3, 1913. His gravesite in this town of 9,000 is simply marked "William Inge: Playwright," a modest designation for one of the America's most soul-searching dramatists, whose work enlightened several generations.
"The nation is reconnecting with the tremendous depth of William Inge's work, and recognizing the legacy of his great drama," said Peter Ellenstein, artistic director of the Inge Center. "The 100thanniversary of his birth marks a perfect occasion to celebrate the Midwest's first authentic voice for the stage. It's a testament to his timeless genius for understanding human frailty that his plays are resonating with audiences sixty years later."
"The opening of a revival of 'Picnic' on Broadway in January 2013 makes two Broadway revivals of Inge works in four years," he noted. "There is a resurgence of appreciation in his empathetic characters, as they strive to deal with the difficulties of their lives. It's been more than sixty years since the opening of his first Broadway hit, 'Come Back, Little Sheba,' and his characters are just and real and alive for a modern audience."
Inge remains the only American dramatist to score four consecutive Broadway hits, with "Sheba" (1950), "Picnic" (1953), "Bus Stop" (1955) and "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" (1957) tumbling forth as critical and commercial successes. Each was turned into a major Hollywood film with the biggest stars of the era.
Inge also wrote for film and television, most famously winning the Oscar for best screenplay for "Splendor in the Grass" (1961), which starred Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty.
"The wonderful playwright Jerome Lawrence ["Inherit the Wind," "Auntie Mame"] was a friend of William Inge, and when Inge Festival founder Margaret Goheen, Theatre Instructor at Independence Community College, was looking to start a festival in William Inge's name, it was Mr. Lawrence who suggested honoring a living playwright," said Ellenstein. "Mr. Lawrence believed that Inge himself, who battled depression, would have been heartened and encouraged if a festival had celebrated his achievements when he was alive."
The first Inge Festival was in 1981, eight years after Inge's death, and celebrated Inge's exemplary plays. In the next year, Jerome Lawrence traveled to Independence Community College in Independence, Kansas, to accept the initial William Inge Theatre Festival Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre Award.
The roll call of Honorees since includes virtually every internationally acclaimed stage writer in the nation.
"Part of what makes the Inge Festival so one-of-a-kind is that all our Honorees travel to this rural small town of Independence," said Ellenstein. "Upon arrival, our Honorees experience some 'culture shock,' but they are quickly won over. All our out-of-town guests remark that the hometown hospitality and small-town setting is what they find so incomparable."
"Hundreds of local residents volunteer year-round in the planning and execution of the Inge Festival," Ellenstein said. "It wouldn't be possible for a small town to throw such an amazing event if it weren't for the volunteers."
Though the Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre Award won't be presented in the coming year, the Inge Festival will retain many of its well-known traditions. "We shall still present theOtis Guernsey New Voices in the American Theatre Award," said Ellenstein. "This award was created to salute the up and coming playwrights who become some of our stage's brightest lights. For over 20 years, the Inge Festival's Otis Guernsey New Voices winners have graced our festival audiences with first looks at outstanding work that ends up in major theatres around the country and often on Broadway."
The peer-nominated and peer-selected award is named after the late theater scholar and critic Otis L. Guernsey, a champion of new scripts and a frequent guest at the Inge Festival. A play by the New Voices winner takes places Thursday night of the Inge Festival, on May 2.
On Friday, May 3, professional performers from across the nation join in the Gala Dinner, which naturally serves as the official "100th Birthday Party" for William Inge. The event is a fund-raiser for continuing renovation and maintenance of the historic William Inge Boyhood Home, which serves Independence Community College and the community as a year-round artist retreat.
The house, with its expansive front porch and early 20th century architecture, is the obvious inspiration for many of William Inge's plays such as "Picnic" and "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs".
The 2013 Inge Festival, which opens on Wednesday, May 1 with a program to be announced, concludes on Saturday, May 4, with a tribute to William Inge's rich career for film, television, and the stage featuring performances by many of America's leading actors.
In addition to evening performances by professionals from Broadway and Hollywood, Inge Festival patrons enjoy workshops, panel discussions, a scholars' conference and numerous social events throughout the day.
The Inge Festival and Inge Center are sponsored by Independence Community College, William Inge's alma mater. The William Inge Center for the Arts is a constituent member of Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the American theatre.
This program is presented in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, which believes a great nation deserves great art.
Further major supporters of the William Inge Center for the Arts include Independence Community College and the William Inge Festival Foundation.
The Inge Festival's setting is the quaint small town of Independence, located in rural southeast Kansas. It is 90 miles north of Tulsa, Okla., and 140 miles south of Kansas City, Mo.
Independence Community College is also home to the William Inge Collection, which includes correspondence, original artwork, and some 400 of his original scripts, as well as Inge's personal library and record collections. It also houses a number of Inge manuscripts that have never been published.
In 2012, the Inge Festival presented the first public performance of one of the unpublished manuscripts, titled "Off the Main Road." In 2009, six of Inge's unpublished plays from the Inge Collection were publicly performed for the first time, five at the Inge Festival and one world premiere in New York.
The Inge Collection at Independence Community College is the most extensive collection on William Inge in existence, and remains a valuable resource for both theater researchers and admirers of the playwright.
Thanks primarily to the work of longtime Tribute creator Mike Wood of Wichita State University, the Inge Center has amassed a vast collection of video interviews of America's leading playwrights, composers, actors, directors, producers and other theatre professionals, gathered over the last three decades. A sampling of playwright interviews is available on the website www.ingefestival.org. The rest of the video collection is in the process of being digitally preserved for future generations.
Tickets for the 32nd Annual William Inge Theatre Festival go on sale online in the spring of 2013. For further information, visit www.ingecenter.org or call (800) 842-6063 ext. 5492.
Plunge into four extraordinary days overflowing with live performances, workshops, panels, discussions, tributes, parties and great food. Sit in on a master classes with Broadway veterans, thrill to terrific classic and contemporary plays, and join theater buffs nationwide in saluting the best sages of the stage!
For three decades, some of our nation's brightest stars have met in writer William Inge's hometown to celebrate the best in American theater. Since 1982, the small prairie town of Independence, Kansas has welcomed theatrical giants such as Arthur Miller, Neil Simon, August Wilson, Wendy Wasserstein, and Stephen Sondheim. Enjoy theater as experienced no place else!
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April 18-21, 2012, We Honored David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang, one of America's most dynamic and versatile playwrights, will be presented with the William Inge Theatre Festival's Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre Award Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the William Inge Theatre at Independence Community College. Hwang's work often gives voice to an Asian-American perspective that has long been left out of American culture. He is not only a playwright, but a librettist for musicals and operas, as well as a screenwriter. His plays include M. Butterfly (Tony Award, Pulitzer Prize nomination), Golden Child, and Yellow Face (Obie, Pulitzer Prize nomination). Broadway musical librettos include Rogers & Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song. He also co-wrote the book for Disney's Aida, and wrote the book for Disney's Tarzan. He is America's most-produced living opera librettist and has written four works with the composer Philip Glass. His newest play, Chinglish just played to rave reviews on Broadway and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.