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Mr. Marcello's involvement with administrative and legislative processes in Louisiana includes serving in 1972 as statewide coordinator for the Conservation Coalition—the earliest appearance in Louisiana of a statewide environmental lobby; during 1978-80, acting as Executive Counsel to Mayor Ernest N. "Dutch" Morial of New Orleans, representing city agencies and employees in public bidding, open meetings, public records, zoning, and other public sector legal concerns; coordinating the City of New Orleans' legislative program in the 1994 regular session of the Louisiana Legislature; and chairing a 40-member Home Rule Charter Advisory Committee, which successfully undertook the first comprehensive revision of New Orleans' Charter in over four decades.
From 1980 to 1988, Mr. Marcello engaged in the private practice of law, representing a variety of clients in administrative and legislative matters. He served as General Counsel of the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) from 1980 to 1987, securing legislative authority for new taxing powers and expanded jurisdiction for the agency. He represented the 1984 World's Fair in securing legislation to authorize the transfer of riverfront property to the Rouse Company and subsequently represented Rouse in the passage of legislation exempting its Riverwalk project from Louisiana's Sunday closing laws. As counsel to the Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters, he has drafted numerous Acts strengthening the regulation of court reporters in Louisiana.
He also has a long-standing involvement in legislative training. From 1974 to 1978, as Executive Director of the Louisiana Center for the Public Interest, he supervised students clinically placed with the program by Loyola, Tulane, Yale, and Northeastern law schools. Professor Marcello also taught a class at Loyola Law School on legal problems of the poor during the same period. From 1985 through 1987 he taught Legislative Process at Tulane Law School. He has spoken on legislative drafting at conferences in the U.S. and Canada and in August, 1997 conducted a legislative training program in Johannesburg, South Africa for members of the national and provincial parliaments. In March, 1998 he traveled to the Dominican Republic to train judges participating in a judicial reform program.
Idella Wilson, who serves as Assistant Director of The Public Law Center, is a 1988 graduate of Tulane Law School, where she was honored as Outstanding Woman Law Graduate and received the Hirsch Public Service Award. While a student at Tulane, she founded the Hispanic Law Student Association, La Alianza, and served as Treasurer of the Tulane Law Women. She joined the Tulane Public Interest Law Foundation and received a Public Interest Scholarship in 1986.
Following graduation and immediately prior to joining the Center, Ms. Wilson served for two years as a staff attorney with the Texas Legislative Council, where she researched and drafted legislation under the auspices of the Texas Legislature and was responsible for the codification of statutes. Ms. Wilson joined The Public Law Center in 1990.
In August 1997, Ms. Wilson and the Center's Executive Director, David Marcello, conducted a four-day legislative drafting workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa for legislators and drafting personnel from various provincial parliaments, the Ministry of Justice, and law school. As a result of that workshop, she was invited by the Legislature of the Province of the Eastern Cape in Bisho, South Africa to deliver several presentations in October 1997 on legislative drafting. Since then, she and Mr. Marcello have conducted training programs in the Dominican Republic, Moldova, Georgia, and Bulgaria. She has also taught drafting in Tajikistan and, most recently, South Sudan.
Ms. Wilson has a substantial background of more than ten years teaching at both the secondary school and college levels prior to her supervision and training of law students at The Public Law Center. She has a Master's degree in Foreign Language Education. She brings a trilingual capability to the program, as a native speaker of Spanish who is also fluent in French.


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The hereditary sensory neuropathies (HSN) include 4-6 similar but distinct inherited degenerative disorders of the nervous system (neurodegenerative) that frequently progress to loss of feeling, especially in the hands and feet. The classification of these diseases is complicated, and sometimes a source of disagreement among the experts.
Hereditary sensory neuropathy type IV (HSN4) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the loss of sensation (sensory loss), especially in the feet and legs and, less severely, in the hands and forearms. The sensory loss is due to abnormal functioning of small, unmyelinated nerve fibers and portions of the spinal cord that control responses to pain and temperature as well as other involuntary or automatic body processes. Sweating is almost completely absent with this disorder. Mental retardation is usually present.
The disorder is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. The gene involved is located on chromosome 1.
HSNs of various types may attack a single nerve (mononeuropathy) or many nerves simultaneously (polyneuropathy). The resulting symptoms may involve sensory, motor, reflex, or blood vessel (vasomotor) functions.
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Science Finds Humans Aren't Inherently Nasty; "Call Me Miss Jackson Anyway," Says Miss Jackson
Science finally caught up to last week's episode of 30 Rock on Monday, when a biologist from Emory University announced the results of research which discredit the theory that humanity is nasty (and naughty) by nature.
According to researcher Frans de Waal, new studies on animals from primates to mice show there is a biological basis for behavior such as cooperation.
Until recently, the common scientific view was that humans, inherently "nasty" at their core, had been forced to develop an unnatural veneer of morality in order to function as a society.
De Waal countered that human children — and most higher animals — are "moral" in a scientific sense, because they need to cooperate with each other to reproduce and pass on their genes.
As evidence of his claims, de Waal provided video from laboratories which revealed the "dramatic emotional distress" of one monkey denied a treat that another received, and of a rat giving up chocolate in order to help another rat escape from a trap.
According to de Waal, these findings prove that social tendencies such as "reciprocity, fairness, empathy and consolation," occur naturally, in the wild.
But don't feel bad if a rat gives up chocolate to help a fellow rat in need and then acts like he doesn't even know you when you pass one another in the hall. De Waal also noted that the animals studied were most empathetic to animals they were familiar with from their "in-group."
"It's experimental for the human species to apply a system [of empathy] intended for [small groups] to the whole world," he admitted.
Which makes this whole "Olympic spirit" thing kind of a gamble.


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Comedian Jim Davidson has said he does not believe people accused of sex crimes should be granted anonymity, despite being wrongly accused of rape last year.
The 60-year-old said that naming alleged attackers made it more likely that victims would come forward.
It comes after he was investigated for eight months over claims made by several women, including rape allegations, before it was decided he would not be charged last August.
In an interview with Mail on Sunday's Event magazine, Davidson said: '"The publicity means that more victims will come forward and speak out."
And he said that police had no option but to carry out the investigation into the claims against him.
He explained: "The police gave me a bit of paper and it said what the allegations were, and I relaxed a little bit because I thought, one was a story from a newspaper, which I'd read, and all the things she was saying didn't add up - I didn't own a Bentley at that time.
"And the other was a similar equally implausible story. It wasn't under age sex, both of my accusers were in their 20s. But neither assaults happened, no.
"Rape is a terrible thing. But it is also terrible to be wrongly accused of it."
But the five-times married entertainer did admit that he was prone to consensual flings at the height of his fame.
"When I was really famous I'd have a dressing-room doodah or call up a lady for horizontal refreshment," he said.
And he said he will be making jokes about Jimmy Savile at his upcoming one-man show, called No Further Action.
He said: "I'll be making jokes about Jimmy Savile, of course I will. No one liked him."
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The Jason Statham vehicle "Homefront" is such a generic tough-guy-against-the-odds 1980s style actioner that you'd swear Sly Stallone starred in it. He did, back in the day — or versions of it.
The Jason Statham vehicle "Homefront" is such a generic tough-guy-against-the-odds 1980s style actioner that you'd swear Sly Stallone starred in it. He did, back in the day — or versions of it.
The completed one, Stallone just scripted.
From the setup — ex DEA agent who just wants "to be left in peace" in a meth-mad Louisiana town where they won't let sleeping DEA agents lie — to the finale, it's all recycled and over-familiar, a formula picture right down to the line ex-agent Phil Broker's 10-year-old daughter Maddy (Izabela Vidovic) cries about her dead mother: "I miss her so much my stomach hurts!"
But let's get to the good part. Friends, you have never seen actress/bombshell Kate Bosworth like this, not in a movie. Too often filmed in girlfriend-in-swimsuit roles, Bosworth ("Blue Crush," "Superman Returns") goes shrieking redneck harpy here, a regular Maury Povich/"Duck Dynasty" nightmare essay in trash. Gaunt, with dark sockets for eyes, she's the methhead mom enraged when her chubby bully son gets his butt kicked by Maddy in her first weeks at Rayville Elementary.
"I want an APOLOGY!" she screams, in between profanities. Broker (Statham), new to town after a lifetime of undercover work in nearby New Orleans, doesn't get that.
"It's a bit like Appalachia," the pretty schoolmarm (Rachelle Lefevre) explains. "Feuds. They still exist."
Indeed they do. That incident throws Broker into the field of fire of local meth mogul Gator, played with not quite enough of a demonic wink by James Franco.
You see the problem with "Homefront" right off. As good as Bosworth is (her character is Gator's sister), as reliable as Statham always manages to be in these butt-kickers, as bracing as it is to see Winona Ryder as a meth moll gone to seed — the idea that Franco, even with legions of henchmen, could be anything other than a minor nuisance to Statham is laughable. Franco's performance, which starts off broad and drawling and amusingly cruel, seems to reflect that. A good actor, he literally shrinks in Statham's presence as the movie unfolds.
Beatdowns so intense they make you avert your eyes, threats to Maddy and her cat and to Broker's amusingly likable sidekick (Omar Benson Miller), all are standard issue in this sort of film. Ryder is perfectly cast as the high-mileage biker chick who figures Gator is the business (and rough-sex) partner she's been working toward all these years, and Clancy Brown is spot-on as the see-no-evil sheriff.
Director Gary Fleder ("The Runaway Jury," "Imposter") never lets things fall below competent. There just isn't enough to work with here. Hero and villain are as thinly drawn as in any Arnold/Sly pic of the 1980s. We have a right to expect more, even from a lead actor who chooses his roles based on who the fight choreographer is.
But meth mama Bosworth? There's a movie in her, and a series. The junkie-thin arms and tallow-colored skin are just the start of her commitment to the part. She's so strung out that we can't wait to see what happens to her teeth.


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Umenyiora signs with 'most talented' Falcons
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Osi Umenyiora is looking for another ring, this time with the Atlanta Falcons.
The free-agent defensive end Thursday signed a two-year, $8.5 million contract with Atlanta. Umenyiora won two Super Bowl championships in his 10 years with the New York Giants. He said the Falcons may have the most talent of any team he has seen but may have needed more Super Bowl experience.
"A lot of times, being able to get to that game or win that game is not even about the coaches or the organization," Umenyiora said. "This team is the most talented team I've seen in my life, probably. But it's not going to be about coaching. It's going to be about what the players are able to do, and you need that veteran leadership. You need guys who have been in those games and can tell you about exactly what happened."
The Falcons made the playoffs four of the last five years, but their first-round win over Seattle this year was the team's only postseason win in that span. Umenyiora said as soon as he reached an agreement with Atlanta on Wednesday he felt "an immediate sense of responsibility" to share his postseason experience to help the Falcons reach the Super Bowl.
"I do bring the fact that I've won some Super Bowls and I know exactly what it took to get there," he said.
Umenyiora, 31, insisted "it's not a stretch" to say the Falcons are the most talented team he has seen.
He mentioned quarterback Matt Ryan, tight end Tony Gonzalez, newly signed running back Steve Jackson and receivers Roddy White and Julio Jones as other talented veteran leaders. He said he also was impressed the team re-signed offensive tackle Sam Baker and safety William Moore.
"I feel like I'm a part of that," he said. "There are a lot of tremendous players here, tremendous veteran leadership on this football team already. We're all going to get together and somehow find a way to help this team get this done."
Umenyiora's production declined in recent years. He had only six sacks for the Giants in 2012, when he started only four of 16 games. He had 55 tackles, five for losses, and one forced fumble.
He had a career-high 14½ sacks in 2005, when he was a first-team All-Pro selection. He has reached double figures in sacks only one of the last four years — 11½ in 2010.
With New York, Umenyiora was part of a rotation at defensive end with Jason Pierre-Paul and Justin Tuck.
"Obviously they had some very good football players there with Jason coming in and Justin Tuck being who he is," he said. "Obviously, I wasn't able to play as much as I would have liked. There's just no way you can put all of us on the field at the same time.
"So you look at that statistically, yes that definitely did play a role. You are only going to be able to produce as much as you're out there on the football field. I wasn't able to get out there on the football field as much as I had been accustomed to. ... To say that it's ideal for me, it wasn't. Obviously, I'm a guy with tremendous pride and I would like to be on the football field more, but I understood the situation."
Playing time for Umenyiora shouldn't be a problem with the Falcons, who released veteran defensive end John Abraham on March 1. Abraham led the team with 10 sacks last season. Defensive end Kroy Biermann was second on the Falcons with only 4 sacks.
Umenyiora said his limited playing time the last two seasons in New York "was just setting me up for this situation here."
"I feel like I can really come in here and help this team," he said. "I have a lot less wear and tear on my body over the last two years than I normally would have if I would have been playing all those downs. So every disappointment is a blessing. This is definitely a blessing for me and I'm thankful to come over here and hopefully help this team win."
Umenyiora said he had interest from other teams but made no other visits after talking with Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff. A big attraction for Umenyiora is Atlanta has been his offseason home for 10 years.
He said his 5-year-old son, Tijani, already is a Falcons fan "as strange as that may sound."
"He loves Roddy and Julio and Matt Ryan and all of them," Umenyiora said, adding "It was weird having a son who is a Falcons fan."
Now it won't seem so weird as Umenyiora finally joins his son's hometown team.
"You just don't get that opportunity very often to leave a good situation and come to a great situation," he said. "This is where I live. This is home to me and where I plan on living the rest of my life.
"It's a team I feel needs or could use a player like myself. To step into this situation, I wouldn't even allow myself to dream this big when I was thinking of where I would land in free agency. I wouldn't even allow myself to think of this because to me it was almost too good to be true."


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Brooklyn to Breckenridge in skiwear next season
DENVER (AP) — Women who go shopping for skiwear next fall should find it a lot easier to get a good fit, thanks to new sizing options launched by outerwear manufacturers Spyder and Burton.
But it's function as well as fit that's getting an overhaul for the 2014-15 season. Watch for outerwear for men and women designed to look just as chic in Brooklyn as it does in Breckenridge.
Those were among the trends unveiled at the 60th annual SnowSports Industries America trade show that ended Sunday. For four days, thousands of buyers from around North America met with more than 450 exhibitors to place their orders for the coming season.
With a few notable exceptions, skiwear was showing solid color with some color blocking. Women's clothing was more tailored, and retro styles continued their popularity for both men and women.
Colors were muted, with jewel tones playing primarily to boarders and freestyle skiers.
Here's what's to expect:
STREET APPEAL: Watch for clothing that can look equally good on urban streets or in uber powder. The transition comes through tailored styling and accents of leather, Kevlar and carbon fiber, either real or fake. Burton has the side-zip Ludlow jacket for women that looks like it would be at home on a motorcycle. Ditto for Spyder's Vivi insulator jacket for women and Highside Insulator jacket for men. Arcade Belt Co. has a new elasticized Lawson belt ($32) that is perfect for the guy who wants to go from the boardroom to snowboard with a minimal change of clothes.
RETRO: It's a blast from the past with 1970s-inspired block prints, square goggles and all things vintage. Patagonia has gone with high-pile fleece and is coming out with a rugby shirt styled after those once worn by company founder Yvon Chouinard. At Neve, prints that seem inspired by old ski posters adorn both men and women's base layers. To prove that everything old is new again, Moon Boot, made by Tecnica, has 24 styles for the coming season, including its first waterproof boots and its first men-specific boot.
FEMININE: Feminine detailing was the catchphrase on the showroom floor. Think silhouette, hoods trimmed in fake fur, and occasional sparkles or bows. Spyder unveiled a new, curvier "Femme Fatale" spider logo to signify an expansion of its women's line. Powder Gems adorns its polarized goggles with Swarovski crystals, and Giro is launching a new line of goggles in smaller sizes and new colors designed to appeal to women. Polarmax's three-quarter length long underwear now comes with a yoga-style waistband. Both Spyder and Burton have launched new three-fit sizing systems designed to accommodate the variety in women's physique, from slim to substantial.
LOOK AT ME: On the boarding side of the show, Neff continued its move into technical outerwear with some wild jackets, including one printed with a closeup of a cheeseburger. At Hot Chillys, the designer said the big orders were coming for her bold long underwear patterns, not the more subdued prints.
THE LOW-DOWN: Patagonia announced that after four years of effort, it now uses only "traceable down," meaning none of it comes from birds that were force-fed or plucked while alive.
Meanwhile, other manufacturers continue to look to blends or synthetics to combat rising down prices. Executives with Allied Feather and Down told the SIA SnowShow Daily magazine that a decline in duck consumption in China is responsible for those higher costs. As a result, the company is now making a blended insulation that combines down and synthetic fill.


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Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital, Westerville, Ohio
Creating a warm inviting bistro brings in staff and guests.
As part of its $120 million renovation, Mt. Carmel St. Ann's Hospital in Westerville, Ohio, dedicated $4.4 million toward the design and construction of Bryden Bistro, a contemporary on-site eatery that provides staff and guests a place to relax and enjoy a delicious meal, as well as providing room service to patients, says Janet Baker, R.D., director of nutritional services.
The original 800-square-foot cafeteria was designed to serve 90 beds; right now the hospital has 240 beds with a 60-bed tower under construction, as the hospital transforms into a regional medical center with a cardiac/surgery unit and orthopedic/neurology floor. The new kitchen and dining area comprise 10,000 square feet.
"We had outgrown our space and the cafeteria was very small," says Baker, an employee of the hospital, which contracts with HHA Services for nutrition management. "It was crowded and wasn't meeting our needs; the equipment was dated and the décor uninviting."
As part of the renovation, patient meal delivery switched to a 100% room service model, although the kitchen has been designed to easily shift back to include traditional tray service if necessary. "Because room service is labor intensive, we wanted the flexibility to adjust to changes as the economics direct us," Baker says.


text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Portrait sketching and other stuff!! Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Gallery/Finished Work View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Portrait sketching and other stuff!!" jasonNmemberMember #Joined: 12 Jan 2000Posts: 842Location: Sydney Australia Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 6:14 pm Hi all, I thought I should make my first post of the year one with actual art works. I like what's happened to the forum, I think it's easier now. These are just a couple of sketches I did a month ago. I just hate scanning so I finally got around to it today. The portraits were done from reference, each took about 30 mins. I kept in mind Freds head drawing tutorial and the rule of thirds etc.. It really helped in reconstructing the faces. Sorry about the lined paper, it's all I could get my hands on at the time. This was an experiment. I was inspired by Joe Mad and his illustrative style so I was testing out and incorporating his elements into my drawing (some exaggeration of form, shading techniques). The character is a nobody, just something I made up. Any tips or comments appreciated. Oh and if anyone else has sketch portraits they'd like to put up, feel free as it would be a great help. -Jason Back to top JIMmemberMember #Joined: 01 Nov 2000Posts: 107Location: MI, USA Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 6:46 pm i like 'em i like the chick is very cool keep it up like to see your stuff in color [This message has been edited by JIM (edited January 05, 2001).] Back to top TweedermemberMember #Joined: 03 Oct 2000Posts: 189Location: Jacksonville, Fl, USA Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 7:30 pm i just looked at the pics, didnt check filenames or anything and didnt read the post that carefully so you may have said the names .. but i'm guessin harrison ford and brad pitt? ------------------ .tB. Back to top jasonNmemberMember #Joined: 12 Jan 2000Posts: 842Location: Sydney Australia Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 11:07 pm Yah tweeder, you're correct! Back to top Tree MerchantGuestMember # Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2001 1:51 am Wow jason, you've improved. I remember seeing your stuff in the EARLY days of these forums. Incredible. If I remember correctly you are quite young are you not? 15 or 16 was it? Back to top DaijoobumemberMember #Joined: 05 Jan 2001Posts: 132Location: Sweden Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2001 4:44 am JasonN: here's two of my images: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=29446&Start=1&Sectionid=0&Form.Search=daijoobu and http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=29498&Start=1&Sectionid=0&Form.Search=daijoobu (copy and paste into your browser,I guess) they're a bit on the large side so I didn't wanted to post them directly... Back to top FreddioAdministratorMember #Joined: 29 Dec 1999Posts: 2078Location: Australia Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2001 7:06 am Jason I love your sketches they Kick BUt! Back to top jasonNmemberMember #Joined: 12 Jan 2000Posts: 842Location: Sydney Australia Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2001 2:47 pm True Merchant: Thank you! It means a lot to hear that from someone Oh and I'm 16. Daijoobu: I really love that second image! It reminds me a lot of Matt Le Blanc from friends. You know that guy that plays Joey? Is it meant to be anyone in particular? And thanks hugh, I really appreciate it. [This message has been edited by jasonN (edited January 06, 2001).] Back to top DaijoobumemberMember #Joined: 05 Jan 2001Posts: 132Location: Sweden Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2001 6:21 pm JasonN: hehe it actually is Matt le Blanc! I didn't thought anyone would be able to see it.Even in the photo I used for reference its kinda hard to tell its him Well I guess you've got a pretty good feeling for this sort of thing,as your portraits are really good. Back to top JaymomemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2000Posts: 498Location: Saarbrücken, Germany Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2001 7:55 pm Very nice sketches! The comic girl has looooooong legs... Should be easy to get rid of the blue lines via photoshop, no? Exclude blue channel, fix contrast. Should work... Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Gallery/Finished Work All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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Earl Weaver, the umpire-baiting, dirt-kicking, tomato-growing manager wholed the Orioles to four American League pennants and a world championship, waselected yesterday to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
"I'm elated," said Weaver. "There are so many people to thank -- Brooksand Frank and Boog and Blair and Buford -- so many who made it possible.
"I loved managing those kids. I always thought, 'Let me manage as long asI can, and when I get run out of town, let me become a scout.' "
That never happened.
Weaver will enter Cooperstown with "Foxy" Ned Hanlon, another Oriolesmanager who guided Baltimore to three straight National League titles in the1890s; former pitcher Jim Bunning, a 224-game winner; and Negro leagues starBill Foster. Induction ceremonies are Aug. 4.
Hall of Fame officials said it was the first time two managersrepresenting the same city were elected together.
"It's a feather in Baltimore's cap," said Hank Peters, for- mer Oriolesgeneral manager and a member of the selection committee. "There wasn't muchdoubt that Earl deserved to go. And Hanlon was much the same innovative-typemanager.
"Both were ahead of their times in the way they did things. It's fittingthat they should go in in tandem."
Weaver, 65, who was playing golf near his Florida home when he got thenews, refused to leave the course until he'd finished the round nearly threehours later.
"Competition is competition," he said. "That's how I get my thrills.
"When I heard the news, my knees got weak and I could hardly hold the golfclub."
He bogeyed the hole, but won the match.
Weaver's peers and former players toasted the vote.
"He won almost 1,500 games, he had one losing season and he was neverfired," said former Detroit manager Sparky Anderson, who was let go by theTigers last year. "Earl walked away on his own, and a manager should cherishthat more than anything else."
Weaver's lone world championship, in 1970, came at Anderson's expense,when the Orioles defeated Cincinnati's Big Red Machine, four games to one.
"Earl was Earl," Anderson said. "He never tried to be Casey Stengel orWalter Alston. He was a great leader because he was fearless.
"So many people in life are afraid. Earl stood his ground on everything.He wasn't always right, but he never ran. What more can you ask of a guy?"
Weaver managed the Orioles from 1968 to 1982 and was coaxed out ofretirement to lead them again in 1985 and 1986. In 17 years, his teams won1,480 games and lost 1,060 for a winning percentage of .583 -- fifth all-timeamong managers of the modern era.
"The vote is a validation of how good he really was," said Orioles Hall ofFamer Jim Palmer. "It's like a USDA meat approval. He's just gone from'choice' to 'prime' -- though I never really thought of Earl Weaver as atenderloin."
Palmer -- who, along with Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson and Reggie Jackson, is one of four Hall of Famers managed by Weaver -- had campaignedopenly for his manager, sending veterans committee members a two-page letter(single-spaced) praising his candidacy. The committee, composed of five Hallof Fame players, five sportswriters and broadcasters and four baseballexecutives, selected from a ballot of 20.
"Earl was the best manager of his era," said Palmer, who, as a player, hada fractious relationship with Weaver. "He was scrappy, loyal and never held agrudge. He knew what buttons to push, and he wasn't afraid to push them.
"He was never afraid of losing his job, though he managed most of hiscareer with one-year contracts. He was fearless. He never left spring trainingwith a 'political' roster. No player made the team because the front officewanted him there. These were 25 pieces of Earl's puzzle and his alone."
One of those pieces was an infielder from Aberdeen who, thanks to Weaver,endured a rocky beginning to his major-league career.
"I'm glad that I had the opportunity to start out with Earl," said Cal Ripken Jr. "He was a little intimidating at first, but he showed a lot ofconfidence in me. I started off 9-for-73. A less-experienced manager might nothave stuck with me as long.
"Once I got my feet on the ground, he moved me to shortstop, whichsignificantly changed the direction of my career. Looking back, my careermight never have gotten off the ground without the strength of Earl Weaver."
Like Hanlon, Weaver won three consecutive league pennants (1969 to 1971).
Hanlon, a cunning strategist and deft trader, turned a floundering Oriolesteam into one of the legendary clubs of the 19th century. A short, stocky mannot much taller than 5-foot-8 Weaver, Hanlon took over a National League teamthat had finished 54 1/2 games off the pace in 1892, swapped for three futureHall of Famers (Willie Keeler, Hugh Jennings and Joe Kelley) and won a pennanttwo years later.
"I'm floored," said Edwina Reeve of Lutherville, Hanlon's granddaughter,on learning of his election. "I'll bet Foxy Ned is up there now saying, 'I'vegot this thing worked out.' "
Hanlon's Orioles were pioneers in the use of "scientific" baseball tactics-- some legal, some not. The bunt, hit-and-run and squeeze play were Hanlontrademarks. So was scooting from first base to third when the umpire's backwas turned.
"He was always pulling something fast -- anything he could get away withto win a game, kind of like Earl Weaver," said Hanlon's grandson, AlbertThompson of Roland Park.
Hanlon's election to the Hall coincides with the 100th anniversary of hisgreatest Baltimore team: The 1896 Orioles went 90-39 (.698). Seven playersbecame big-league managers, including Hall of Famers Jennings, John McGraw andWilbert Robinson.
Hanlon later led Brooklyn to two pennants, retired and became ** head ofBaltimore's Park Board. He died in 1937, on Opening Day.
"It wonderful that the man who started scientific baseball and the man whopicked up on it are going into Cooperstown together," said Mike Reeve ofTowson, Hanlon's great-grandson.
"The man from the old era gets to go in with the student."


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Investors wrestling with the mysterious U.S. bond rally of 2014 got a clue about where to look: China.
The Chinese government has increased its buying of U.S. Treasurys this year at the fastest pace since records began more than three decades ago, data released Wednesday show. The purchases help explain Treasurys' unexpectedly strong rally this year. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note has fallen to 2.54%, from 3% at the end of 2013. Yields fall as prices rise....


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In 30 games as a sophomore at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, Smith averaged 23.5 points per game, while shooting 47 percent from the field. She also grabbed 11.0 rebounds per game while recording 66 steals and rejecting 28 shots. While playing for the Lady Titans, she led the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges in scoring and was second in rebounding and helped lead the team to a fourth-place finish in the playoffs.
She attended Willamette High School in Willamette, Oregon, where she helped the Wolverines to two state championships in her four years on varsity. Smith was also was awarded as Oregon School Activities Association 5A Co-Player of the year, while leading her team to a 27-0 record during the 2008-09 season.
Smith began her collegiate career at Idaho State, but transferred to Lane after one season, averaging 11.3 minutes in 28 games off the bench for the Bengals.
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Darren,How do you like the new Kate Bush? I LOVE some parts, but am not wild about others(duet with Elton John). Generally I like it & am glad she is putting out new music instead re-doing old tunes.
.bass communion - cenotaphelve (ishq) - emeraldchihei hatakeyama & naph - airkoss - ancient rain
Jim: looking in to ordering that Bass Communion myself, as it's the only one of Wilson's side projects I like (not a PT fan, or care much for anything else he records as).
with Broken Harbor :: Gramophone Transmissions lined up next
Bernocchi/Budd/Guthrie-Winter Garden.It's great, yeah, although nothing really new. Guess I'm a bit disappointed there wasn't more Bernocchi and/or more experimenting going on. If you don't listen close it's hard to tell it's not just G&B.
S.E.T.I. (Andrew Lagowski)-"Baikal". Another interesting and innovative dark space ambient release from Mr. Lagowski. I'd love to see his upcoming show in Germany with Inade and Herbst9. Igneous Flame-"Lyra". Very good space music to float to. Some of disc 2 reminded me of Sylvian's "Gone to Earth", which I think was the intent to some degree. (Also another wonderful cover art from Kati Astraeir)Corbacho/Sanfilippo-"Bioma". I'd call this an experiment that didn't work. While some parts threaten to be "music" in a Robert Rich kind of organic way, most of this is birds chirping for an hour. It can get very shrill and is not relaxing music. My copy is up for grabs on Discogs if you're into it. Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here (Experience Edition). The bonus live stuff is excellent, and the studio tracks are great too. Well worth the bucks. u2-Achtung Baby deluxe. I likey. Peter Murphy-Should the World Fail to Fall Apart (remaster/reissue with bonus disc). Very worthy of a reissue.


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Let's play a game. I engage in an imaginary one-sided conversation with a client, and you try to guess what the conversation is about. Ready?
"I've got this great new database solution you should consider for your mission-critical enterprise needs. It's much more manageable and feature-rich than your existing platform, significantly less expensive, and I have tons of evidence to prove it can meet your current and future growth. I know the technology is new to you, but trust me. This is the right way to go."
I bet you're thinking "that goofy Microsoft bigot Brian is trying to convince one of his clients that SQL Server on Windows 2000 is the right database for an important project." Ha! I tricked you! I was actually portraying "Brian the UNIX bigot" of 10 years ago trying to convince a customer that a UNIX-based database was the right solution for his corporate needs. A decade ago, most people had never heard of the Internet, client/server "wasn't quite there," and UNIX was still a four-letter word in the glass-house computing environment.
"Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"—wise words from George Santayana. Interestingly, the same UNIX folks who currently mock Microsoft's ability to effectively serve enterprise-class database needs find themselves in an historical retrospective—this time playing the part of establishment instead of revolutionaries. Perhaps they've forgotten the past.
Consider the following. SQL Server recently shattered the world record for the Transaction Processing Performance Council's (TPC's) TPC-C benchmark. In fairness, Oracle can rightly claim the world record for performance on a single SMP node, and you can easily argue that one SMP box is simpler to manage than a federated database of multiple SMP nodes. But Oracle now maintains it doesn't like "the way SQL Server scales," rather than "SQL Server can't scale." That message is a fundamental shift in position and market reality.
Today, SQL Server is posting world-record benchmarks by using 8-CPU Compaq servers running 550MHz Intel Pentium III Xeon chips. Within a few months, Microsoft will be able to showcase a single SMP node running Windows 2000 Datacenter that supports 64GB of memory, powered by 32 Intel-class CPUs clocked at 1GHz. Isn't this soon-to-be-reality system scalable? Isn't it massively powerful? Hasn't it closed most of the gap between UNIX high end and Windows high end? Isn't it possible that the revolution UNIX folks fanned 10 years ago has reignited under the banner of Windows technologies?
While researching this week's column, I ran across some additional words of wisdom from Mr. Santayana: "Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily." I'm not suggesting that we should blindly accept Microsoft's claim that it can be all things to all people. And I'm not suggesting that SQL Server is beyond a shadow of a doubt 100 percent scalable enough for your needs. We should always approach new technology from any vendor with a healthy dose of skepticism. But discounting SQL Server as an enterprise-class database simply because it wasn't up to snuff 2 years ago is closing your eyes to progress. With that kind of thinking, you might as well pull out your trusty abacus, total up the extra bucks you'll spend on a comparable UNIX solution, then saddle up your horse and ride on out of town.
P.S. Microsoft Tech-Net and the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) are cohosting a SQL Server 2000 Live Chat Wednesday, April 26. Microsoft plans to release the SQL Server 2000 public beta version later this month, and this is your chance to ask product managers and developers your technical questions about Microsoft's next database and analysis system. You can submit questions in advance to [email protected] and participate in the chat by pointing your browser to PASS's chat page at http://www.sqlpass.org/chat.cfm.


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Santa Clara senior defender Katherine Reynolds has been named as one of the 45 best women's Division I intercollegiate soccer players that comprise the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy Watch List for 2009. Santa Clara has also been ranked No. 22 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's (NSCAA) preseason top 25 poll.
Santa Clara, no stranger to the Hermann Trophy as Mandy Clemens first won it in 1999 and then Aly Wagner in 2002, is looking for its 20th trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2009. During that time the Broncos have also advanced to 10 College Cups. Santa Clara opens its season with a 7 pm match at San Jose State on Fri., Aug. 21 before returning to Buck Shaw Stadium on Sun., Aug. 23 to open the 2009 home slate at 1 pm vs. UC Santa Barbara.
Reynolds, a 2008 All-WCC first-team selection and second-team selection in 2007, returns for her senior year after starting 20 matches last season, adding 10 points. She was named earlier this month to the 2009 West Coast Conference Coaches Preseason All-Conference list.
Reynolds, a Medina, Wash. Native who graduated from University Prep in 2006, has played in 52 matches during her Bronco career, starting 27. She has scored 15 points all told, including 10 in 2008. Reynolds has four game-winning goals in her college career.
A member of the U.S. U-23 National team, Reynolds helped the Americans defend their Nordic Cup title in 2008.
Considered the highest individual honor in intercollegiate soccer, the recipients of the MAC's Hermann Trophy are selected by Division I head coaches who are current members of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
A list of 15 semifinalists is selected by a coaches committee in November, with three finalists announced in early December. They will invited to the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis, Mo., for a news conference on Jan. 8, 2010, where the winner will be announced, with a presentation banquet following.


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1st Brainstorm on Smart Energy- 15/06/2010
On the 15th June 2010, the 1st Brainstorm on Smart Energy (micro site) was held at the Scientific and Cultural Centre of Macau, Lisbon, organized jointly by the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program, the MIT Portugal Program, and the projects INOVGRID and MOBI.E. The meeting was co-chaired by Marija Ilic, Carnegie Mellon University, and Luis Magalhães, President of the Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC), had as Program Chair of the brainstorms, Inês Lima Azevedo (Carnegie Mellon University), as local organizers António Vidigal (EDP Innovation) and Luis Henriques (EDP Innovation), had the support of coordination of the Directors of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program, José Moura (Carnegie Mellon University) and John Barros (IT / FEUP), and the Director of the MIT Portugal Program, Paulo Ferrão (ISR Lisbon / IN + / IST).
The 1st Brainstorm on Smart Energy (micro site) joined researchers and directors/specialists of enterprises to identify the main areas of strategic research in the field of smart energy grids, for which research groups and enterprises can join forces with reference worldwide partners. The meeting was attended by researchers of the Associate Laboratories IT Telecommunications Institute, INESC Porto Institute of Systems and Computers Engineering of Porto and ISR Lisboa Institute of Systems and Robotics of Lisbon, and of the M-ITI - Institute of Interactive Technologies of Madeira, the Center of Computer Science and Systems of Coimbra University and the Center for Innovation in Electrical Engineering and Energy of IST and directors/specialists from the enterprises EDP Innovation, Critical Software, C-Side, Efacec, Feedzai, ISA, Logica, Novabase and Tekever.
The Smart Energy Brainstorms aim to discuss R&D issues for the future of smart energy grids and for the development of pilot projects in this area in Portugal in a series of meetings from June to December 2010.
Portugal has set the ambitious target of reducing from 83% to 74% its energy dependence and increase the share of electricity produced from renewable energy sources to 60% up to 2020. As part of this challenge, the directors of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program and the MIT Portugal Program proposed the Smart Energy Brainstorms with the aim of identifying in a series of meetings from June to December 2010 the main areas of strategic R&D in the field of smart energy grids, in which Portuguese research groups and companies can join forces with key global partners to realize pilot projects of high international impact.
The Board of Directors of Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program is chaired by the President of the Science and Technology Foundation (FCT), João Sentieiro, and also includes the President of the Carnegie Mellon University, Jared Cohon, the Dean of the School of Engineering of Carnegie Mellon University, Pradeep Koshla, the President of the Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC), Luis Magalhães, Alfredo Baptista of Portugal Telecom and the Program Directors at Carnegie Mellon University and Portugal, José Barros Moura and João Barros.
The Governing Board of the MIT Portugal Program is chaired by the President of FCT, João Sentieiro, and also includes the MIT Chancellor, Phillip Clay, the Dean of the MIT School of Engineering, Subra Suresh, the President of the Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC), Luis Magalhães, and the Program Directors at MIT and Portugal, respectively, Daniel Roos and Paulo Ferrão.
Photos of the 1st Brainstorm on Smart Energy
More information: website of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program, http://twitter.com/cmuportugal, http://cmuportugal.blogspot.com/, website of the MIT Portugal Program.


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I know one of the biggest complaints I hear over and over about Rite Aid is that you're having issues with Internet printable coupons. Reader Heather took matters into her own hands and contacted Rite Aid customer service.
They were kind enough to send her a copy of the official Rite Aid corporate coupon policy (PDF), which she in turn sent to me so that I could share it with all of you!
You'll want to read the document in full, but I've picked out the most important parts to post here.
Rite Aid accepts four types of coupon:
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3. Rite Aid store coupons, also known as "valuable coupons," that are also found in Rite Aid circulars
4. Internet or print at home coupons
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Standard Coupons (Non-Internet) -- Only one manufacturer's coupon is accepted for each product, unless coupled with a manufacturer's or valuable coupon found in a Rite Aid circular.
Rite Aid reserves the right to deny redemption for coupons that exhibit signs of misrepresentation, including, but not limited to: "gang cut" (coupons presented in bulk that appear to have been cut by machine -- a form of coupon fraud), similar cuts and tears, or sequential number patterns. Coupons may not be reproduced, photocopied, trimmed, or altered in any way by the customer or Rite Aid associate.
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Mountain bikers who frequently ride down Mount Ashland believe that a man who has been laying dead trees and tying rope across popular trails for months has been caught.
Bill Roussel, the owner of Ashland Mountain Adventures, a biking shuttle service, said he stumbled upon the man he believes is responsible for the trail sabotage Sunday.
After spending two weeks doing early-morning trail runs down Mount Ashland to look for signs of foul play, Roussel said he ran into an older man with a trimmed white beard that he had seen on mountain trails at least four times before.
Roussel said the man, who always had a small, white poodle with him, never responded to his friendly greetings.
"He just stands there and glares," said Roussel, who continued riding down the Lower Bull Gap trail with five or six other riders behind him.
About a mile down the trail from the man, Roussel said he hit a piece of dead tree-fall that he believes was maliciously dragged into the trail.
Roussel said he was unable to avoid the tree, which had a lot of dry branches coming from it.
"I wound up cutting my leg and sprained my wrist," said Roussel, who suspected the man he had encountered was responsible for the dead tree in the trail.
Within the next 100 yards, Roussel said there were another dozen pieces of fallen trees, with at least three of them longer than 15 feet.
Roussel said the trees were carefully placed in a way that riders could probably recover from hitting or dodging a piece of log, then begin to accelerate again before the next obstacle.
"He was pretty smart about it," said Roussel.
Roussel said when he finished his ride, he called an officer with the U.S. Forest Service, who Roussel believes headed up to the watershed and arrested the man.
Paul Galloway, spokesman with the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, said a man was arrested by a Forest Service law enforcement officer in the Ashland watershed Sunday but he couldn't confirm the man's identity. Galloway said the Forest Service didn't want to comment on the ongoing case.
Roussel said other riders had previously encountered mountaineering rope tied between saplings that obstructed the path on an expert-level trail called Time Warp, also on Mount Ashland. In the past month, employees at several Ashland bike shops have gotten reports of parachute cord tied across watershed trails and downed trees dragged onto authorized and unauthorized trails in the watershed, Roussel said.
Years ago, Roussel said there were people locally who were angered by mountain bikers who showed little respect for the terrain they rode on.
But, more recently, Roussel thinks the attitudes of mountain bikers locally have improved, and riders take better care of trails.
— Teresa Ristow
Mountain bikers believe trail saboteur arrested
Mountain bikers who frequently ride down Mount Ashland believe that a man who has been laying dead trees and tying rope across popular trails for months has been caught.


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Anime is a visual art form--why would you watch a series which you do not find aesthetically pleasing? Having said that (in agreement with Muffinsymphonic), I admit that I was hesitant to watch Usagi Drop because I found the characters to look unfinished--just not crisply drawn. I watched anyway and now consider the series to be one of my all-time favorites. (If you remember Home Movies from Cartoon Network--my son couldn't watch that show, saying that the lack of outline and general fuzziness of characters gave him headaches.)
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I'm also very picky when it comes to the artwork of an anime but I like a large range of anime artwork thats why I've only gave up on one show cuz of artwork
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You should try Code geass. It's a good anime but, the artwork need some work. although it is a Clamp production. so, you shouldn't expect much.
It can be a turn-off. One of the main reasons I haven't watched Jojo;s Bizarre Adventure is because of it's animation style.
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Can't say I have been turned off by a show just because of its artwork.
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i'm assuming people were turned off by aku no hana
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Your best bet would be to watch some older series that do not have the quite as crisp coloring or fluidity, but still are quality experiences. Something like Berserk, Trigun, Rurouni Kenshin, or some of the older Gundam series. The only show where I stopped watching just because of the art work would be Gankutsuo. The textures and colors were so distracting that I just couldn't really pay attention to what is going on. However, I do like series with its own sense of style mixed in. Katanagatari and Soul Eater come to mind with their very stylized characters and locations which are freaking awesome.
I'm the same, I didn't watch Air Master and Aku no Hana because the art was SHOCKING!
I never could get into Yuyushiki, and at least a significant part of that is those awful character designs.
Why does it matter that you only watch anime based on artwork? After all, the art is over a third of what makes an anime- and everyone's tastes are different. You should enjoy it the way you want to- rather than force yourself to love it for something else. They way you stated your own problem makes me think that someone pointed it out to you, instead of you reaching that conclusion by yourself. I could be wrong on this, but all I am trying to say is if your main preference is the artwork of the anime- even if the plot and VAs are utterly terrible, that's just you. Actually, if that is the case, why not start on VNs?
As for your request, I can't really help you out on that. As I said before, each person's visual preferences are different- so whatever I might reccomend will probably be a masterpiece to someone else. Yeah...
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That's not a good habit to get into. Being less open minded towards different artstyles. Yes it may affect your enjoyment but there are artstyles that you get over or actually learn to like. You might be missing out on some anime that could become a favorite. Watch some shorts, they often have very different arstyles. There are even some that are handrawn, watch Furiko (it's on youtube) for that. After that it's basically realizing that good art =/= good story or maximum enjoyment.
This is me with rwby. Like the fighting, but I'm not too fond of the computer generated animations.
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I avoided One Piece for like 10 years because I hate the art style. Kinda glad I did. Because when I finally gave it a chance I had a like 500 episodes to watch. I wasn't bored for a month. That said, I won't watch an anime if it looks like it was drawn in the 70's or 80's. Just won't do it.
I don't read manga.
I had a hard time watching soul eater because of the way their noses were drawn so I feel your pain.
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Low-quality artwork is a legitimate reason to skip out on an anime in my book. I can relate to the idea of being 'spoiled' by newer anime, because there's some really amazing-looking stuff out there. I find that it's possible to get used to pretty much any artwork style though. It's only when the art is noticeably bad that it bothers me. Because of that, I sometimes have a hard time watching older anime because of the general rise in production quality in the industry over the years.