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Schools & Colleges
Research interests within the areas of high-performance distributed computing and communication include computer networks, developing adaptive distributed system software and high-speed communication system software to support high-performance distributed computing (HPDC) applications.
HPDC (e.g., grid computing, cluster computing and cloud computing) is the field that effectively utilizes the advances in high-speed networks, software technology and parallel processing to deliver cost-effective high-performance computing. Another important, closely related research area is the development of middleware systems.
Here are some of the in-progress projects we're working on in the DECENT lab.
We're working to develop a novel Web-service-based Computerized Disaster Information and Management System (CDIMS) to direct disaster management by hospitals. CDIMS will assist with disaster preparation as well as command and communications during a disaster. This project is funded by NIH (with Drs. Little and Ward-Gaines, Grant number: 1G08LM009710-01, May 2008-May 2011).
This project provides the application developers with all the tools required to specify the appropriate control and management schemes to maintain any quality of service requirement or application attribute/functionality (e.g., performance, fault, security, etc.) and the core autonomic middleware services to maintain the autonomic requirements of a wide range of network applications and services.
We're developing a grid portal that provides runtime environments and task-developing tools for large and complex computational science problems.
We're working to develop network management system that can detect some possible failures in a network system and recover from failures to avoid catastrophic disasters.
PROMA is capable of proactively and adaptively configuring and managing applications' communication environments by a predictive communication environment model that represents the communication requirements of applications and current network status.
The DECENT Lab at the University of Colorado Denver is an interdisciplinary research and teaching facility that is shared between the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Business School.
It is dedicated to the research and development of high-performance distributed computing and computer networking techniques. Current research topics include adaptive high-performance communication systems, adaptive virtual distributed computing environments, and high-performance storage area networks.
The lab is equipped with the high-performance, PC-based Beowulf cluster for high-performance distributed computing, and with several Cisco routers and Intel switches for facilitating the current instructional delivery methods, including Internet, interactive audio/video and traditional classroom settings, as well as research activities in computer networks.
Research Area: High-Performance Distributed Computing, Computer Networks
Ilkyeun [il kyun] Ra holds a PhD degree in computer and information science from Syracuse University in 2001, an MS degree in computer science from University of Colorado at Boulder and a BS degree and MS degree in computer science from Sogang University.
He was a research staff member at the LG Information and Communications (Currently LG Telecom) Research Center. He joined the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Colorado Denver 2001.
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Courses related to research in high-performance distributed computing and communications are listed below.
For up-to-date course descriptions, visit the CU Denver catalog course listing and search by course code above.
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Blood: The Last Vampire (UK - BD RB)
Our Marcus goes to the nurse's office and gets more than he bargained for
Sent to the American Yokota Air Base to investigate strange occurrences that may be in her line of expertise (namely monster killing), Saya (alluded to as 'the last original' vampire) goes undercover as a schoolgirl and discovers that creatures known as Chiropterans are feeding off of the school children.
With a Halloween party at the base and an organization behind Saya who are trying to keep these horrific events quiet, Saya hits the monstrous creatures hard and fast but with a school nurse getting in the way and Saya's lack of a decent sword, killing these Chiropterans proves to be tougher than usual.
For me, Blood: The Last Vampire was the first Production I.G. release that really made me follow their work with enthusiasm. I'd enjoyed Ghost in the Shell, though never really got with the hype for it (that came later with Stand Alone Complex), but with the results produced in Blood I was hooked on where Production I.G. were going to take animation to next.
Clocking in at just shy of fifty minutes, Blood's visuals hit you immediately and just continue to impress as the movie progresses. The glow of the artwork here and the depth of realism the digital elements provided really made Blood stand out from the crowd back in 2000. The camera moves and digital colour grading made this feel so different to what we were used to in animation and showed the future of animation with an effortless charm.
In 2000 the look of this mini movie was staggering and I've got to say that it still is a very high benchmark in the history of anime as well as animation worldwide, even if the technique has been refined in the nine years since. The use of digital animation techniques working alongside traditional hand drawn animation has always seemed the best way forward for me. Disney proved it in spades with Tarzan and Blood is still a fine showcase of what delights can be achieved with the technique as far as I'm concerned.
Blood is not just good looks though, it has a great little story to tell too. Keeping its cards close to its chest rather than explaining every little thing about what Saya is and what she's doing makes the audience use their knowledge of horror and vampire mythology to draw their own conclusions. This forces the story to come down to the basics. The beasties are a threat and the chick in the school uniform and the sword is the only one who knows how to stop them and Saya bloody rocks at it.
In a world of anime badass, Saya sits pretty close to the top for me. I love how little she has to do here in order to make an impression and love it even more when she does spring into action. The animation techniques at play with her sword fighting sell every swipe and cut with utter intensity and when she breaks the cool, calm and collected exterior for a more frantic and panicked angle, she just becomes a character who I love watching at work.
Blood was one of the best looking DVDs I'd seen from the Manga stable and I was keen to see how it looked in HD. Popping in and starting the movie, I was initially stumped as I couldn't see any noticeable difference from my memory of the standard definition release, so much so that I made doubly sure I was actually in the HD version of the movie on the disc and not accidentally launched into the standard definition version in the extra features. Once I'd done that, I began to see the enchantments, even though they are not as drastic as I would have liked.
Having my DVD copy running alongside the Blu-ray edition, colours are a lot brighter and the image a lot sharper with blacks a hell of a lot deeper. The glow from the sunbathed surroundings definitely exceeds what was available previously, showing it off as an almost real light source as opposed to an animated effect. Watch as the sun goes down before the Halloween party and how it affects the colour palette or the scene in the burning hanger and how the fire glows off of everything, the upgrade is noticeable even if only slight.
How much of an improvement you'll have is going to come down to how good your old DVD player is really. Upscaled, Blood always looked amazing and really all this Blu-ray does is further sharpen the image, but you'll more than likely have to do comparisons of your own before you'll be convinced of what enchantments you're actually getting here.
Now here's where the upgrade becomes a little more noticeable. The DTS-HD track is an atmospheric one, with planes flying overhead, the ominous score creeping in the rear speakers and small sound effects easily pinpointed in their allocated speakers. However when the action ramps up, the track gets a whole lot more aggressive.
By aggressive I mean noticeably louder, almost shockingly so. With the opening telephone rings filling the room and making me turn it down a bit, I immediately had to turn it up again for the dialogue. This trend continues through all of the action scenes. The reveal of the monsters in the nurses office when Saya pulls down medicine cabinets and slices at her attackers gets incredibly loud with the shattering of glass and slamming bass of heavy objects hitting the floor. The scene where the plane is taking off and the Chiropteran is trying to reach it genuinely represents how loud a plane's engines can get at an airport and while this is all a very impressive attack on the senses it can sometimes be too much of a contrast with the quieter subtle nature of the rest of the track.
Also as a little niggle to add, the subtitles sometimes appear a few moments before someone talks, especially if it's a voice via a speaker announcement. It doesn't happen a lot, but when it did it bugged me enough to mention it here.
The disc actually has two 1080p versions of the film—one taken from a film source and one from the digital source. The colours and details are slightly better on the digital version and it's a little sharper overall, but there's not a massive difference in the two versions.
The making of (20:52 SD) is the same one that came with the original DVD and a very brief look at what Blood achieves and lastly we get the trailer (01:36 SD), so all in all not a lot.
Blood: The Last Vampire is a still a Manga title that I love to bits. Outside of the fairly hokey voice recordings, there's nothing I can really fault with it and I regard this short and sweet mini movie as a bit of a milestone in my personal anime favourites.
The upgrade here isn't breathtakingly different and to many may not even be noticeable without a closer study but this is mainly down to the fact that it always looked pretty bloody good on DVD anyway and as far as I know hasn't had a specific clean up job done on it for its HD debut. That said, there is a step up in quality and fans will probably get a kick out of.
The only real downside here is the high price point of £18 or more. Blood was always overpriced on DVD (especially considering its runtime) and that trend seems to have continued onto Blu-ray. So taking into account that this slight albeit noticeable upgrade is nothing revolutionary, you may want to hold off for the sales for this one.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page.
Review by Marcus Doidge
Sam Spade Member Join Date: January 2007 Location: United States Posts: 2,032
Never seen Blood:The Last Vampire. I guess I probably should. Thanks for the review.
Chris Gould Editor Join Date: May 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,171
When I saw the live-action version I was amazed by how little story there was, but having finally seen the anime I can see why. They basically took the core elements and expanded on them slightly, because at 48 minutes there's really not enough here for a feature-film adaptation.
Chaos Engine Member Join Date: April 2006 Location: Anguilla Posts: 625
I bought this on DVD a few years back & my only disappointment was that it was only 48 minutes long, to which I hadn't noticed on the back cover. Still, gorgeous animation & some slick ideas kept it a mean watch & I'd love to see it in HD.
Worst Nightmare Senior Member Join Date: July 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,716
Alot of Anime is overpriced here....which is sad as it means alot of people miss out on this excelent medium
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Disc Details
Release Date: 12th October 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 English, PCM 2.0 Stereo English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Alternate Version, Making of, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Cast: Youki Kudoh, Saemi Nakamura, Joe Romersa
Genre: Action, Animation and Horror
Length: 48 minutes
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Date: June 27, 1995
On Wednesday, June 14, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on
Immigration, reported S. 269, Chairman Simpson' s "Immigrant Control and Financial
Responsibility Act of 1995", by a vote of 4-2 . While several amendments were
adopted, none affected the SSA-related provisions contained in the bill as introduced.
These provisions include:
SSI-Related Provisions
- Noncitizens, except for "eligible aliens, " would be prohibited from receiving any benefits under any program of needs-based assistance, includ ing SSI, that are provided in whole or in part by the Federal Government or any State or local government. "Eligible aliens " would be aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, asylees, refugees, aliens whose deportations have been withheld, and parolees who have been paroled for a pe riod of 1 year or more. SSA would be req uired to notify all aliens whose eligibility would end because of this provision either individually or by public notice.
- Sponsors' affidav its of support would be made legally enforceable against the sponsors by the sponsored aliens, the Federal Government. or any State or local government for 10 yea rs afte r the last month for which the aliens received assistance. The affidav it would be required to include the sponsors' agreement to support the aliens until the aliens have work ed for 40 quarters in the United States. The agencies would be required to seek reimbursement from the sponsors for any assistance the aliens receive; if the sponsors do not reimburse, the agencies may take legal action to recover monies. The Commissioner of Social Security would be required to prescribe regulations for carrying out the reimbursement provision.
All of the sponsor's (and sponsor's spouse's) income and resources would be deemed to the alien--regardless of his or her entry status or if he or she has naturalized-for a 5-year peri od beginning the day the alien was first lawfully in the United States or, if speci fied in the affidav it, until the alien has worked 40 quarters in the United States, whichever is later.
- Aliens who receive SSI, AFDC, Med icaid, food stamps, State general assistance, or any other needs based Federal, State, and local assis tance benefits for more than an aggregate of 12 months within the 5-year period after the admission for lawfu l permanent residence status would be considered "public charges" and, thus, deportable. This "public charg e" provision would not apply to refugees or asylees, or to lawful permanent residents who have physical illness or injuries so serious that they could not work at any job, or a mental disability that required continuous hospitalization.
The provisions would be effective upon enactment with regard to applicants and current beneficiaries except that the "public charge" provision would be effective with respect to aliens who become lawfully admitted for permanent residence after the date of enactment.
Other SSA-Related Provisions
- Requires SSA to report annually to the Congress the number of SSNs issued to persons not authorized to work to which earnings have been repon ed to SSA. Also, requires SSA to provide the Attorney General with the name and address of such person, the name and address of the employer reponing the earnings, and the amount of the earnings.
Prohibition of Eligibility
- Requires the Attorney General, together with the Commissioner of Social Security, to establish within 8 years a system to verify eligibility for employment and eligibility for benefits under government-funded programs of public assistance.
- The system must be capable of determining the identity of the applicant and whether the individual is eligible.
- Any document used by the system must be tamper-proof and cannot be used as a national identification document.
- Within 12 months of the date of enactment, the Attorney General is to establish an automated system using Immigration and Naturalization (INS) and Social Secur ity Administra tion data bases to determine work authorization. The Commissioners of SSA and INS are to establish procedures for secondary verification when the automated system is unable to verify information.
- Use of the system would be generally restricted to enforcement of the Immigration and Nationality Act, certa in Federal laws, and local laws relating to eligib ility for certain government-funded benefits.
- Privacy and security standards would be established for personal information and identi fiers obta ined for and used by the system.
- Limits the documents which establish employment authorization to the Social Security card and the Employment Authorization Document (issued by INS) and authorizes INS to require aliens to provide their SSN.
- Directs the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct 3-year demonstration projects in 5 States to verify eligibility for employment and for benefits under government-funded programs of public assistance.
- Requires that all copies of birth certificates be counterfeit-proof. tamper-resistant, and include an SSN. Prohibits State and local agencies from issuing a birth certificate without verifying with SSA that the individual is not deceased.
- Requires that a copy of every death certificate issued in the U.S . be sent to SSA.
- Prohibits Federal , State, and local agencies from accepting as evidence any birth certificate which does not meet the requirements described above and requires that SSA verify that the individual is not deceased.
- Requires SSA to establish procedures whereby the identity of every individual born in the U.S. would be verified by age 16 and a fingerprint or other biometric data would be added to the individual's birth certificate.
- Requires State-issued drivers' licenses and identification documents to include an SSN that has been verified with SSA before issuance. Such documents must also be tamper resistant and contain a fingerprint or other biometric data. Prohibits Federal, State, and local agencies from accepting as evidence any driver's license or identification documentwhich does not meet the requirements described above.
- Limits eligibility for Social Security benefits to U.S. citizens and eligible aliens who have been granted work authorization. An eligible alien is an individual who has been lawfully admitted for permanent residence, has been granted asylum, is a refugee , has had his/her deportation withheld, or is a parolee for a period of 1 year or more. Benefits could not be based on earnings from unauthorized employment. Ineligible aliens would not be reimbursed for Social Security taxes.
The effective dates for these provisions will be supplied in a subsequent Legislative Bulletin.
On June 8, 1995, the Senate Finance Committee reported Public Trustee nominees-Stephen Kellison and Marilyn Moon as members of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, for a term of four years. Full Senate consideration of the Public Trustees' confirmation has not been scheduled; however, confirmation is expected before the July recess.


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John McDonnell has graciously shared with readers of the Victorian Web his website with the electronic text, including scanned images, of the anonymous London Characters and the Humourous Side of London Life. With Upwards of 70 Illustrations apparently by a "Mr. Jones," which the London firm Stanley Rivers & Co. published in 1871. Brackets indicate explanatory material, such as interpretations of contemporary slang, by Mr. McDonnell. — George P. Landow.]
have a theory that a man's fate lies in his natural disposition; not the disposition which he has control over, but a certain secret and unsuspected bent of his mind, which leads him right or wrong, against his will and against his knowledge. Thus, I believe that the man who never gets on in the world has within him a certain bias towards the wrong side of the road of life. He is like one of those balls used in playing bowls. He is, to all appearance, perfectly round and equally balanced; but roll him as straight as you will, he invariably inclines to one side. When we see men equal in all other respects---in talent, education, physical strength, and personal appearance---it is, I suspect, this secret bias which makes the difference in their fortunes. One goes straight along the high road of life to the goal; while the other struggles onward for a while, inclining little by little towards the side, until at last he rolls into the ditch. This bias is placed variously, and disposes the ball to every variety of accident. Thus one becomes rich, another poor; one catches all the diseases that flesh is heir to, another escapes them; one is drowned, another is hanged. I have long entertained the belief that it is a certain and particular kind of person who catches the small-pox and becomes pitted by it; that it is a particular kind of person who is destined to wear a wooden leg; that it is a very exceptionable and distinct kind of person who is destined to be murdered: I further believe that, if we could only make a diagnosis of the predisposition of these persons, and ascertain the nature of the bias and its general indications, we should be able to look in a man's face and tell him for a certainty that he will one day have a wooden leg, or that he will be murdered, or that he will be smashed in a railway accident. There are certain things that I am not afraid of, because I feel that they will never happen to me. I feel that I have the bias which will, under certain circumstances, always keep me right side up. There are other things, again, that I am afraid of, because I am not sure how my bias lies with regard to them.
In pursuing this theory, I am disposed to believe that there is a certain kind of men and women whose bias is always rolling them into the witness-box; whose bias first of all rolls them into situations where they see and hear things bearing upon matters which will become the subject of litigation or criminal process. Look at the people whom Mr. Brunton has so happily sketched in illustration of these remarks. There they are, born witnesses; types which we see in the box repeated over and over again, with all the fatuity [stupidity] which leads them into the position of witnesses, and all the attributes which so peculiarly fit them for the operations of counsel plainly stamped upon their features. They cannot help being witnesses any more than Dr. Watts' bears and lions could help growling and fighting. It is their nature to. Mark the dull witness. Have you not seen him times out of number? At the police-court in a case of assault and battery---he happened to be in the way at the time, of course: at the inquest---he was passing just at the moment the deceased threw himself from the first-floor [second floor, in America] window: in the Court of Queen's Bench, in a case of collision, where the defendant is sued for damages on the score of having taken the wrong side of the road. Of course he gets into the dock [enclosure in court for the prisoner] instead of the witness-box; of course he stumbles up the steps, and equally of course stumbles down them again. He takes the book in the wrong hand, and when he is told to take it in the other, that hand is sure to be gloved; the court is kept waiting while he divests himself of this article of apparel; and the consciousness of the witness that all eyes are upon him, concentrated in a focal glare of reproof and impatience, only tends to increase and intensify his stupidity. He drops the book; he kisses the thumb---not evasively, for he is incapable of any design whatever; he looks at the judge when he ought to be looking at the counsel, and at the counsel when he ought to be looking at the judge. There is such an utter want of method in the stupidity of this witness that counsel can make nothing of him. He perjures himself a dozen times, and with regard to that collision case, gets into such a fog about the rule of the road, that at last he doesn't know his right hand from his left. It is useless for counsel to point with triumph to the inconsistencies of this witness's evidence; for it is obvious to everybody that he is quite incapable of throwing any light on the subject whatever, and that what he says one way or another is of no importance. The examining counsel is only too glad to get rid of such a witness, and very soon tells him to stand down---a command which he obeys by tumbling down and staggering into the body of the court, with a dumb-foundered expression quite pitiful to behold.
Now the confident witness steps into the box. He is, in his own idea, prepared for everything. He is prepared for the slips; he is ready at all points for the greasy New Testament. He looks the counsel steadily in the face, as much as to say---"You will not shake my evidence, I can tell you." The counsel meets this look with a glance of anticipated triumph. There is a defined position here whose assumption of strength is its greatest weakness. The confident witness has resolved to answer yes and no, and not to be tempted into any amplifications which will give the cross-examining counsel an opportunity of badgering him. The counsel can make nothing of him for a while; but at last he goads him into an expression of anger; when, seeing that he is losing his temper, he smiles a galling smile, and says---"No doubt, sir, you think yourself a very clever fellow: don't you, now? Answer me, sir." The confident witness falling into this trap, and thinking "answer me, sir," has reference to the question about his cleverness, snaps the counsel up with a retort about being as clever as he is; and immediately the badgering commences.
"How dare you interrupt me, sir? Prevarication won't do here, sir. Remember you are on your oath, sir!" And the indignation of the witness being thus aroused---by, it must be confessed, a most unwarrantable and ungentlemanly course of proceeding---away goes the main-sheet of his confidence, and he is left floundering about without rudder or compass in the raging sea of his anger. It is now the worthy object of the learned counsel to make him contradict himself, and to exhibit him in the eyes of the jury as a person utterly unworthy of belief.
There is a nervous variety of this witness, who is occasionally frightened into doubting his own handwriting. He is positive at first; has no doubt on the point whatever. It is, or it is not. Then he is asked if he made a point of putting a dot over the i in "Jenkins." He always made a point of that.
"Do you ever omit the dot?"
"Then be good enough to look at this signature" (counsel gives him a letter, folded up so as to conceal everything but the signature). "You perceive there is no dot over the i there. Is that your signature?"
"I should say not."
"You should say not---why? Because there is no dot over the i?"
"Yes; because there is no dot over the i."
"Now, sir, look at the whole of the letter. Did you write such a letter?"
"Certainly; I did write such a letter."
"Did you write that letter."
"Remember, sir, you are on your oath. Is it like your handwriting?"
"It is."
"Is it like your signature?"
"It is."
"Is it your signature?"
"It might be."
"Gentlemen of the jury; after most positively denying that this was his signature, the witness at length admits that it might be. What reliance then can be placed upon the doubts which he expressed with regard to the document upon which this action is based?"
This witness has really no doubts about his handwriting at all, until he is artfully induced to commit himself with regard to the dotting of i's and the crossing of t's.
The deaf witness is not a hopeful subject for counsel to deal with; and when, on entering the box, he settles himself into a leaning posture, with his hand to his ear, the gentlemen in horse-hair wigs will be seen to exchange glances which imply mutual pity for each other. Those glances say plainly enough, "Here is a deaf old post, who will pretend to be much more deaf than he really is, and will be sure to have the sympathies of the public if we bully him." The deaf witness, when the counsel begins to ask awkward questions, says "eh?" to everything; and if he be a knowing witness at the same time, pretends not to understand, which justifies him in giving stupid and irrelevant answers. As a rule, both sides are not sorry to get rid of a deaf witness; and he is told to stand down in tones of mingled pity and contempt.
The knowing witness, who is not deaf, is a too-clever-by-half gentleman, who soon falls a prey to his overweening [arrogant] opinion of his own sharpness. They are not going to frighten him by asking him to kiss the book. He kisses it with a smack of the lips and a wag of the head, by which he seems to indicate that he is prepared to eat the book if required. Then, after a question or two, when he thinks he is getting the best of it with the lawyers, he winks at the general audience, and so fondly believes he is taking everybody into his confidence, against his cross-examiner. This is the gentleman who is credited with those sharp retorts upon lawyers which we find in jest-books and collections of wit and humour; but I fear he has little claim to distinction as a dealer in repartee. Those smart things are "made up" for him, as they are made for the wag, and generally for Joseph Miller. The retorts of the knowing witness are usually on the simplest principle of tu quoque [you also], and as their pith chiefly consists in their rudeness---only counsel are allowed to be rude in court---they are certain to be checked by the court. The court does not tolerate jokes that are not made by itself.
The witness who introduces foreign matter into her evidence is generally of the female gender, and is a person whose appearance and manner warrant counsel in addressing her as "my good woman." She will declare that she is "not a good woman," and secure for that standard witticism the laugh which it never fails to raise, whether spoken innocently or with intent. She deals very much in "he said," and "she said;" and of course the counsel doesn't want to know what he said or she said, but what the good woman saw with her own eyes and heard with her own ears. But nothing on earth will induce her to stick to the point; and though she is pulled up again and again, she still persists in giving all collateral circumstances in minute detail. I should say that when this witness goes to the play, she provides herself with a small bottle of rum and an egg-cup.
The interesting witness is also of the female gender---slim, prim, modest, and demure. She is a young lady of "prepossessing appearance," and notably interesting. The moment she steps into the box and puts up her veil to kiss the book, the gentlemen in the horse-hair wigs fix their eye-glasses and scrutinize her narrowly; and, as the gentlemen of the long robe are proverbially polite, they will be seen, while staring the interesting young lady out of countenance, to nudge each other and pass round pleasant jokes. The interesting young-lady witness is rarely to be met with in the Queen's Bench, the Common Pleas, or the Exchequer. The place to look for her is the Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, where it is generally the object of the cross-examining counsel to prove that the interesting witness, who has prepossessed every one by her modest demeanour, is no better than she should be. There is possibly no warranty for this course of proceeding; but then the noble practice of the law requires that a barrister should do the best he can for his client, and that he must not scruple to blacken the character of the innocent, in order to protect from the consequences of his crime one whom he well knows to be guilty.
The interesting female witness is of two kinds. One is what she seems; the other is not what she seems. The mock-modesty lady usually gives her cross-examiner a good deal of trouble. She is wary; brief in her answers, decisive in her replies; and her habit of dropping her eyes enables her to conceal her emotions. This witness holds out to the last. The other, who is really the interesting, modest, demure, timid creature that she appears, soon betrays herself under a severe cross-examination. Her only weapon of defence rises unbidden from the depths of her wounded feelings, in the shape of a flood of tears.
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Gary Barlow and Cheryl Cole are rumoured to be performing a duet at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert on Monday.
The Mirror reports The Girls Aloud star, who is not on the official line-up, will make a surprise appearance and perform live in front of the global audience.
The duo are expected to sing Need You Now in front of the 10,000 Diamond Ticket winners, and a TV audience expected to reach tens of millions.
Barlow will also perform his special Jubilee single, Sing, which he created with Andrew Lloyd Webber. It features performers from across the UK and the Commonwealth, the Military Wives Choir and even has Prince Harry playing a tambourine.
Also taking to the spectacular stage built around the Queen Victoria Memorial, right in front of Buckingham Palace, for the show in honour of the longest reigning monarch since Queen Victoria, are music veterans Tom Jones, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Cliff Richard, Elton John and Shirley Bassey.
Gary's Take That bandmate Robbie Williams, English tenor Alfie Boe, Aussie pop princess Kylie Minogue, Grace Jones, The Overtones, Renee Flemming, Lang Lang, Annie Lennox and Jools Holland will also perform.
Along with relative newcomers to the charts Jessie J, Ed Sheeran, JLS, Will.i.am and Gareth Malone and The Military Wives.
Meanwhile, The Daily Mail have reported 80s group Madness will play a rendition of their top ten hit Our House from the roof of the palace and may alter the lyrics of the song to honour their royal host.
Hosting the event, which every senior member of the Royal Family is expected to attend including Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, will be comedian Lenny Henry, Lee Mack, Peter Kay and Miranda Hart.
Lee Mack has spoken of his terror about presenting at the Concert, he told The Sun: "It's not usual to do gigs in front of the Royal Family... there's always that voice in the back of your head saying, 'Don't swear, don't swear,' and that makes you want to swear."
The performance will conclude with the Queen lighting the National Beacon, the last in a network of over 4,000 lamps across the UK to celebrate the Jubilee.
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It's no secret that Android is still lagging behind the competition in terms of tablet optimized apps. With Google officially carrying an Android tablet on the Play store, it's time for something to be done about that. Google has been working hard to emphasize how important it is to build dynamic apps that scale and adjust to different display sizes, and today they're driving that home with the Tablet App Quality Checklist.
Announced on the official Android Developers Blog, Google's new Tablet App Quality Checklist is meant to be used as a guide to help developers better design apps to be used on ten- and seven-inch tablets. The checklist includes small lines of sample code, links to other app developing guidelines, and sections on everything from utilizing the added screen space of a tablet and tablet compatible icons, to using appropriate fonts and widget sizes. There's even a link in the announcement post to a list of tablet apps Google considers to be the cream of the crop. Mint.com Personal Finance, Tiny Village and Instapaper all made the list.
It's great to see Google reaching out to the app development community like this and making a stand for quality tablet applications for Android. If you're a developer with an interest in making better apps for Android tablets, you can visit the Tablet App Quality Checklist now, as well as the Android Developers Google+ account where there are always hangouts and live video feeds discussing everything there is to know on developing for Android.


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There's something I need to get off my chest, simply because I am so thoroughly overjoyed words can hardly describe: the pistol zoom is back in Halo, baby!
For those of you who have been following the epic Halo franchise since the early days in 2001, you probably remember a pretty awesome pistol zoom that allowed for some mighty accurate and powerful head-shots. Most fans will rejoice at this news I would imagine, and run out and pick up Halo 3: ODST. But if you just hang on a minute I'll put it in a context. Halo 3, although being a pretty great game, certainly had its flaws. While being nice and polished enough, it took away from the fun in some pretty distinct areas and stepped on some fans' toes in the process. In true Bungie style however, Halo 3: ODST feels like they're trying to make up for something, and maybe, just maybe, they have spent a few years listening to feedback and refining their development.
ODST's campaign feels like a totally new game. It's still running on the Halo 3 engine but the changes that have been made to the UI, and the totally new 'heroes' you play really make a difference. ODST is set prior to Halo 3, and has you experience the Halo universe through the eyes of an 'Orbital Drop Shock Trooper'. You are dropped in over New Mombasa, after the Covenant invades, and your task is to find out the reason for the invasion. This gives players a new look into the war against the Covenant, from a very different perspective. You are now much more a part of the ODST team, unlike in the previous titles where you were largely a one man army (and a serious legend).
You play the game as multiple characters at different points, but the primary protagonist is known as "The Rookie". He is the strong silent type, despite all the other characters being well fleshed out and acted. The Rookie did not have a very good start, as he was knocked unconscious from his drop and then wakes up six hours later. As he moves through the levels he discover items that send you into flashback missions as the other characters to find out what happened within that lost time period. Keep in mind you are not the Master Chief this time, so your character is not a super soldier.
Much like with Halo 3, the campaign unfortunately isn't as long as we would like, but the story and the epic soundtrack accompanying it makes for a very immersive experience. In this respect, Bungie have hit the nail on the head. Though for people wanting something all new, they will be disappointed, after all the game is still set in the Halo universe and certain expectations and rules do apply.
The overhauled HUD also plays in perfectly with this new campaign, including a new tactical overlay which you can activate by hitting X; an ability of the 'Orbital Drop Shock Troopers' that allows you to easily identify friends from foe, as everything is surrounded by a coloured outline. This replaces your torch in dark areas and works very well, however does come with a loss of view distance meaning it isn't always going to be perfect, and it does require the player to choose between this and standard sight. This option though puts a whole new look to the environment, and is a pretty cool new aspect of the game.
Included is four-player co-op, with ODST perfectly suited to this play style with the maps having various vantage points and approaches. This contrasts the play style of Halo 3, which was far more linear. Don't get me wrong though, progression is still very much point to point. Speaking of progression, the gripes with the checkpoints from Halo 3 are still present here. Why Bungie couldn't iron this out is beyond me, but occasionally a section of the game will go a long time without a checkpoint, which can really still frustrate the player. Having just hammered your way through some heavy enemies, it'd be nice to know that you had a checkpoint waiting, but they seem to be pretty inconsistent, sometimes appearing and other times not, even in the same area.
ODST also includes a pretty comprehensive multiplayer disc, which is essentially the multiplayer pulled out of Halo 3, with all the downloadable content and three extra new maps. This will be a bit disappointing for those who already have Halo 3 and its DLC, especially when taking into account the $99 price point for Halo 3: ODST, but Microsoft will be hoping that the new multiplayer mode 'Firefight', and the campaign will be enough to get people playing, and they may well be right.
Firefight allows up to four people to play a game similar to Gears of War's 'Horde' mode, where endless waves of enemies will assault the players. The cool bit is that as the play progresses, the multiple skulls from Halo 3 will slowly enable themselves, making the play diverse, fun, and highly challenging. This certainly shouldn't be passed up by any FPS fan, and it will surely be a mode that is enjoyed for months - if not years - to come. The price still acts as a considerable barrier, since in many ways this feels like an expansion for Halo 3, but the game is different enough and brings enough value to the table, particularly for people who are new to Halo, that it shouldn't be simply shrugged off.
Halo 3: ODST is a well structured addition to the Halo franchise. The firefight multiplayer alone will give it momentum, even when the all-too-short campaign runs out of steam. Bungie have shown that there's life in the franchise yet, although it's likely to still grate on some Halo fans that they have to pay near full price, and for that reason, many newcomers probably just won't bother.
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Statement from the Government of Maldives to visiting tourists
In light of the recent protests in Male, the capital of the Republic of Maldives, the government wishes to reassure and communicate clearly to all customers who have booked their holidays and are planning to visit the Maldives that these events will in no way will effect or alter their holiday in the Maldives. The government would also like to add that there will be no change whatsoever to your holiday in terms of the security and safety aspect, cost, or overall experience.
The recent disturbances, are relating to internal domestic political issues and the protests have been restricted to a small area of the capital island, Male. The Maldives Police have also reiterated their resolve to maintain peace and security with more vigilance.
As the Maldives has a unique geography, with one island one resort, and the recent protests have been exclusively limited to parts of the capital island city, your holiday plans and experience will in no way be affected by this separate internal issue on the country's capital island.
END - Dr Mariyam Zulfa
Minister | Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture
Male' Republic of Maldives
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Turkey trot
Sometimes we get so caught up in the big things of life that we forget to take notice of the little ones. It's often these that make life beautiful, and these small details are the tidbits in my day that bring me joy and make me laugh. It is for that reason that I'm sharing with you my LaughterThoughts. I hope these little reflections of my life bring you much joy and laughter, too.
.........................LaughterThoughts, 2006-2011........................
I'm a mom to seven blessings- 5 girls and 2 boys! Welcome to my zoo- my little monkeys keep me entertained with all they do and all they say. I have a non-stop long-term and often very tiring job taking care of my seven zoo babies- There is an incredible responsibility being Monkey Moma... it may not always be an easy job, but it's definitely a very rewarding one! I give much credit to my loving, supportive, and hard-working husband. I could not do the things I do without him. My husband and my kids are gifts from God, and for them I am truly grateful! "My beloved is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand" -Song of Solomon 5:10; "Behold, children are a gift of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is a reward." -Psalm 127:3
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This is not a story about Richard Parker. This post won't make you believe in God. In fact, it's not about that Pi at all.* Nor is about the other kind of pie — Apple, Pumpkin or Shepherd. It's about showing data, and the venerable pie chart.
Naomi Robbins issued a challenge on her blog Effective Graphs. Can this chart be improved upon?
I assume what's behind this question is a general distaste among the Data Visualization community (yes, there is one) for Pie Charts. Their inventor, William Playfair has a lot to answer for. Tufte doesn't like them, saying, "A table is nearly always better than a dumb pie chart." Stephen Few thinks you should, "save the pies for dessert." Naomi has an angular argument against pies, "We make angle judgments when we read a pie chart, but we don't judge angles very well. These judgments are biased."
Jorge Camoes has a different, more schizophrenic relationship with pie charts, "if you love pie charts and use them all the time you have a serious problem and you should take a data visualization crash course immediately." But he does feature them a lot in his blog, and has some great examples of how to use them. Jon Peltier doesn't like them, and lists a set of alternatives and how-to's to avoid going down a pie route. Cole Nussbaumer is a hater too. Alberto Cairo is more phlegmatic. He doesn't hate them, he thinks that circular graphics have their place.
Back to this chart. What's wrong with it? Jess3 generally does great work, and I really don't think this is that bad. Yes it uses pie charts**, which have perceptual problems, but there are only 3 slices to each pie, and it's pretty readable.
The biggest problem, for me, is that it shows both data and insight, in that order. Insight is buried here, and that's the biggest fault. Insight, (the point of what you are trying to say) should never be buried, it must always be highlighted. If you are showing data and insight, insight comes first.
I'm not a pie chart hater. Like everything in life, it's about moderation. Sometimes there is a place for circular graphics. But, I do like square pie charts. According to Robert Kosara, "the square pie (or waffle) chart strikes a good balance between engaging the reader and not distorting the data."
The last, most minor change is removing the legend and putting it directly next to the chart. This removes the need to glance back and forth to figure out what the chart is saying. So here it is, my version:
*If you don't understand the reference, you'll have to see the movie, or read the book. It's a great movie, and (I'm told) a great book.
**Strictly speaking, Donut Charts.
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- Who Made That Pie Chart?
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- Engaging Readers With Square Pie/ Waffle Charts
(Eager Eyes)
- A Fun Pie Chart About Pie Charts
(Alberto Cairo)
- Death to Pie Charts
(Cole Nussbaumer)
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Cerro Pinacate is the highest point in the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve. This reserve is located in the state of Sonora, Mexico, and covers more than 600 square miles of a unique desert landscape that includes volcanic cones, lava formations, and Sonoran desert plants. The region is named after a native insect, the Pinacate Beetle. This desert stinkbug is famous for raising its rear end high in the air when threatened and emitting a foul odor.
The Pinacate Desert is a hostile landscape. This black, barren desert is a seemingly endless stretch of heat and inhospitality. There is virtually no surface water, little rain, and temperatures can approach 120º F. In recent millennia, more than 400 volcanoes erupted here, spewing forth black pumice, rock, sand, ash, and creating giant lava tubes. What remains today is a moonscape of cinder cones, volcanoes, and nine massive calderas, some of which are almost a mile wide and 750' deep. Scattered along the dark landscape are lime-green cholla cacti, which serve to illuminate the desert with their bright colors and give the Pinacate its distinct surreal character. The much taller senita and saguaro cactus are also present here, and tower over the landscape like desert sentinels. In February and March, the desolation turns into a kaleidoscope of colors as the wildflowers bloom. The southernmost section of the reserve is known as the Gran Desierto de Altar. The unique peach-beige colored sand dunes here stand in stark contrast to the black Pinacate.
Volcan Santa Clara, a shield volcano, is the main feature in this area. This ancient mountain has long, gently-sloping sides that were formed by repeated eruptions over the millennia. Several fairly young cinder cones sit atop Volcan Santa Clara. They were created by smaller eruptions that occurred long after the mountain was formed. The highest of these cones is Pinacate Peak, with nearby Carnegie Peak a close second.
Nine giant volcanic craters, called "maar" volcanoes, dot the landscape of the Pinacate. They were formed during the same time period as the cinder cones, but their structure and creation are different. Their origin is not fully understood. However, it's believed that most of them began erupting like the cinder cones, but suddenly the nature of their eruption changed and became violently explosive. This change was precipitated by hot magma coming into contact with ground water, creating huge steam explosions that blew out the earth and created huge voids. The subsequent collapse of the ground into the voids created the craters. Crater Elegante is the largest and most famous of these craters.
Although the Pinacate is possibly one of the most hostile environments in the world, this unique area has its own special beauty. The rough lava fields, majestic cinder cones, elegant craters, and graceful sand dunes are symbolic of a true desert landscape, and serve as a beacon for the desert traveler.
Getting There
From the Mexican city of Sonoyta, just south of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona, drive 32 miles southwest on Mexican Route 8 to KM post 51. The Park Headquarters is located here. Turn right, and drive about 14 miles northwest on the main road to Red Cone. A high clearance vehicle is required. Red Cone is the starting point for an ascent of Cerro Pinacate.
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You should check in at the Park HQ before you start driving up the road towards Red Cone. You may be expected to give a donation at that time. The phone number to the HQ is 011-62-159864. The International Sonoran Desert Alliance (ISDA) in Ajo, AZ may also have some good information about the Pinacate. Their number is 520-387-6823.
Maps: The ISDA sells a map of the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve for $5. This may be the only map available for the Pinacate.
According to the information in the attached links, there are two campgrounds: El Tecolate and Red Cone. Red Cone CG is the starting point for an ascent of Cerro Pinacate. This is a primitive campground located in a lava field, and has a few tables and nothing more. You better plan on bringing everything you need because there are no services in the Pinacate.
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Head coach Cameron Rast, on winning WCC: "The season has progressed well for us. We have a lot of young players on this team and they have really stepped up and played key roles for us. Also, our two seniors, Keith DeVey and Erik Ustruck, have played very well to help get us this championship. I am pleased with the team's effort and we need to keep it going next weekend."
Rast, on Sunday's game: "We knew that they would come out hard because they still had a chance to win the conference. They played well and could have been up a goal or two, but we withstood that early attack and were able to even things out. Once we got ourselves into the game, we started to look dangerous and we got a great goal from Keith (DeVey). It was a great result for us."
Rast, on team's eight-game unbeaten streak: "We talked a lot about what kind of team we wanted to be after we lost to LMU last time. I think the team has recognized that we need to work hard and use the talent that we have. If we do that, we can play with anyone. These past eight games, we have learned how to play together and get results in all kinds of different situations."
Sophomore Jide Ogunbiyi, on goal: "They were pressing everyone forward at the end so I was up top by myself with only one or two defenders. We cleared it out of the back and I just got the ball and was able to get in behind them. Then I just finished it off."
Ogunbiyi, on team's recent good form: "We have gotten fitter as the season has gone on and we have learned how to play together. The freshmen have also really started to play well and make big contributions which has been important. Halfway through the year, we realized that if we wanted to make the NCAA's, we would have to win the league so have been really focused on that."
Ogunbiyi, looking ahead to next weekend: "We have to keep playing well and get two big wins next weekend. If we want a good seed in the tournament, we need those wins and it will also keep our momentum going."


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Skip to comments.The Coming Obama 'Theocracy'
Posted on 02/16/2008 8:18:03 AM PST by jdm
People mocked Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney for their religious backgrounds often during the presidential campaigns, but at least they never claimed to be on a mission to save the souls of Americans through government action. Oh, people accused them of wanting to do so -- to impose Southern Baptist or Mormon theology on an America that wants relentless secularism, but in point of fact both men gave stirring speeches on how their faith informs them personally but not their governance.
One campaign really has explicitly claimed to be on such a mission, however. Michelle Obama gave a speech at UCLA earlier this month in which she told supporters that her husband was the only man who could fix American souls -- if we elect him President first. Here's the transcript:
In 2008, we are still a nation that is too divided. We live in isolation, and because of that isolation, we fear one another. We don't know our neighbors, we don't talk, we believe our pain is our own. We don't realize that the struggles and challenges of all of us are the same. We are too isolated. And we are still a nation that is still too cynical. We look at it as "them" and "they" as opposed to "us". We don't engage because we are still too cynical. ...
Americans are not in debt because they live frivolously but because someone got sick. Even with insurance, the deductibles and the premiums are so high that people are still putting medications and treatments on credit cards. And they can't get out from under. I could go on and on, but this is how we're living, people, in 2008.
And things have gotten progressively worse throughout my lifetime, through Democratic and Republican administrations, it hasn't gotten better for regular folks. ....
We have lost the understanding that in a democracy, we have a mutual obligation to one another -- that we cannot measure the greatness of our society by the strongest and richest of us, but we have to measure our greatness by the least of these. That we have to compromise and sacrifice for one another in order to get things done. That is why I am here, because Barack Obama is the only person in this who understands that. That before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation.
It's hard to know where to start in with this speech. First, what evidence does Mrs. Obama have that the largest part of credit card debt goes to health care? Second, if she has seen the standard of living get progressively worse during her lifetime, she needs new glasses. The living standard of even those classified as poor now have per-person expenditures of the American middle-class of the early 1970s, according to the Census Bureau. Eighty percent of the poor live in air-conditioned housing, 43% of them own their own homes, and the average poor American has as much living space than the average individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, and Athens. Only 3% don't own a color TV.
But it's the notion that only Barack Obama can save our souls that is the most offensive part of the speech, by far. Government doesn't exist to save souls; it exists to ensure domestic tranquility and provide for the common defense. If I feel my soul needs saving, the very last place I'd look (in the US) for a savior would be Washington DC or Capitol Hill. I'll trust God and Jesus Christ with my soul, and I'm not going to mistake Barack Obama for either one.
This, though, is the religion of statism distilled to its essence. Only a government can rescue people from the consequences of their own decisions. Only government programs can provide for your every need, and only government can use your money wisely enough to ensure that your needs get covered. Individuals cannot possibly manage to help their neighbors through their churches or community organizations, let alone encourage people to do for themselves.
And all you need to enter the statist Utopia is to sell your soul. So that it can be fixed.
No, thank you.
That, I think, is the nefarious George Soros.
Did you see this:
"When I sat down with him, I found him to be unbelievably refreshing and smart and thoughtful," says Wolf, who first met Obama at the offices of financier George Soros. The UBS chief has gone on to raise more than $1 million for the Obama campaign.
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OMG- I think you're right!! He is instead of my guess- wearing expression of the string-puller...
My prayer rug is going to have big yellow smiley faces on it. What's yours going to look like?
What a great quote by C.S. Lewis.
Why do people keep saying that? It couldn't be further from the truth. He is an ecumenist. It is only a charismatic ecumenist who can unite disparate groups toward a one-world religion, which is humanistic and godless in the end. Is there any better candidate in the world for that role than the multicultural, multiracial Barach Hussein Obama? At best a perceived messiah; at worst the actual antichrist. Counting down...
Obama is NOT the guy we want in charge. Anyone who refuses to vote this year, or votes for a losing candidate, because John McCain isn't conservative enough...a portion of the blame will lie at your feet. (do you hear me, Ann?)
IMO, the Obama is being vague for evil intent.
I copied some of the most notorious parts:
"If we cant see ourselves in one another, we will never make those sacrifices. So I am here right now because I am married to the only person in this race who has a chance of healing this nation!
Barack, as Oprah said, is one of the most brilliant men youll meet in our lifetime.
Barack is more than ready, hell be ready on Day One, hell be ready in a year from now, five years from now, hell be ready! The question is, what are we ready for?
We say were ready for change, but you see, change is hard! Change will always be hard....Barack Obama will require you to work (for change). He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism, that you put down your division, that you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zone, that you push yourself to be better, and that you engage!
Barack will NEVER allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed!
We have a chance not just to change history, but to change the world! We can change the world, yes we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can!!!"
(As this point, the crowd erupts with a chorus of, Yes, we can!!! over and over again.)
Unless, of course, the third party could actually GET somewhere.
I don't see color any more, only politics, and on that front, it is definitely still "us" and "them". I don't engage because "they're" CRAZY, and I mean literally crazy, dangerously crazy. Check out the posts elsewhere on this forum regarding the protests in Berkeley over the Marine recruiting flap. Now imagine if those same people ever get the total power over us they want, AND take away our guns. Be afraid, be very afraid.
And things have gotten
progressively worse because of progressives throughout my lifetime
I corrected Mrs. Obama's speech to reflect the reality of her lifetime.
Surely you jest.
From 2004..........
Unlike Kerry, Obama Covets Soros' Support
Robert B. Bluey, CNSNews.com
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
BOSTON Without a formidable Republican opponent in his U.S. Senate race, Barack Obama has little reason not to take money from billionaire liberal financier George Soros, a man other Democrats keep at a distance.
When Obama took the stage Tuesday night for a prime-time address at the Democratic National Convention, the candidate for Senate in Illinois was introduced to a wider audience for the first time, bringing heightened scrutiny to the relative political newcomer's campaign.
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Democrats expect him to pass any test he faces. They view Obama as a rising star within their party, touting his good looks and ability to connect with voters. If elected Nov. 2, he would become the first black to hold a Senate seat since Carol Moseley Braun, also from Illinois.
Obama, however, is different from most Democrats because of his willingness to embrace the controversial Soros. Shortly after Soros equated the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Obama joined him in New York for a fund-raiser June 7.
The event, held at Soros' home, boosted Obama's campaign at a time he was still facing a challenge from Republican Jack Ryan. After news broke about information in Ryan's divorce records, the candidate was forced to drop out. The Illinois GOP has yet to find a replacement.
Obama, meanwhile, has emerged as the party's young face. He was selected over longtime party stalwarts to speak Tuesday night, and he has seized the opportunity.
Little has been made of his connection to Soros, although it is unique. Not only did Soros donate to Obama's campaign, but four other family members - Jennifer, sons Jonathan and Robert and wife Susan - did as well.
Because of a special provision campaign finance laws, the Soroses were able to give a collective $60,000 to Obama during his primary challenge. Obama faced millionaire Blair Hull, which allowed donors to give more than typically allowed.
Daschle, Kerry, Boxer, Hillary, Leahy, Dean ...
Obama is one of only a handful of candidates to get a personal contribution from George Soros. The others include Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D.; Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.; Bob Graham, D-Fla.; John Kerry, D-Mass.; Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.; U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos; and former Vermont governor Howard Dean.
"Why did George support Obama?" his spokesman, Michael Vachon, asked rhetorically. "Because when they met in Chicago a couple of months ago, it was apparent that Barack Obama was an emerging national leader, and he would be an important addition to the Senate."
Vachon said Obama was the only candidate this election cycle Soros had met personally, with the first powwow in March. Asked why Soros hasn't sought out a meeting with Kerry, the man he is pulling for to defeat President Bush on Nov. 2, Vachon said it was just a matter of Soros keeping his distance.
"George is a major funder of an independent 527 group, and it probably makes more sense for him and Kerry to keep each other at arm's length," Vachon said.
Those meetings with Obama have caught the attention of the Illinois Republican Party, said spokesman Jason Gerwig.
"Barack Obama and his liberal voting record have gotten a free ride," Gerwig said. "His aspirations seemed to be focused more nationally now than they do on Illinois, especially if you look at some of the money he's taken from Soros and from left-coast liberals."
On issues such as health care, education, energy and the economy, Obama has articulated defined positions on his campaign website. But on other matters, the candidate hasn't been challenged to say where he stands. Obama's campaign didn't return CNSNews.com's calls.
"He's more of a socialist than he is even a Democrat," said a critic, Cathy Santos, co-founder of the Chicago-based Republican Young Professionals. "A lot of his policies have the government taking care of people. Instead of giving people a leg up, he would rather give them a leg."
Soros initially was attracted to Obama because of his vision on education and health care, Vachon said. But Santos said if Obama got his way, the U.S. health care system would be worse than what Hillary Clinton proposed after her husband was elected president. She said voters should be wary of Obama's "any time, anywhere" stance on abortion.
Illinois Republicans have grown frustrated with the glowing media coverage Obama has received. The New York Times, New Republic and The New Yorker have all written at length about Obama, who is still only a state senator from the Midwest.
"He's turned into being this darling, but he still hasn't had to talk about the issues," Santos said. "No one really knows where he stands on a lot of these issues. Until we have a Senate candidate, if we have one, no one's going to know how liberal he is until he starts casting votes."
You are right. After they "try" to confiscate our guns, we could all be like the VT and the NIU students. But try is the operative word.
this is EXACTLY why Obama is the worst possible candidate.
We say were ready for change, but you see, change is hard! Change will always be hard....Barack Obama will require you to work (for change). He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism, that you put down your division, that you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zone, that you push yourself to be better, and that you engage!"Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world." - 1 John 4:1
Barack will NEVER allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed!
Perhaps she merely alludes to a core concept found in all religions:
Or perhaps she subscribes to Chesterson's observation:
"The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected."
It is the Rhetoric of the mass murderers in history... It is the WE who only want to unite for the good against them who are the divisive ... We need change because everything is so bad and I am your projection candidate... So I will be all things to all people and stand for nothing and WE shall destroy them that are divisive... If you don't agree with Obama you are obviously racist and hate filled..
Consevatives will be the equivelant of the KKK...
Jim Jones has nothing on this guy.... they are sucking the kool-aid down by the gallon.
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The genus Pangio is one of the most species-rich genera in the loach family Cobitidae and is widespread across South and Southeast Asia. It is the largest genus within the southern lineages of Cobitidae, with nearly three dozen recognized species. Pangio loaches are small (<12 cm total length), elongated freshwater fishes. According to Kottelat and Lim (1993), Pangio loaches are distinguished from members of all other genera of the family Cobitidae by their very slender and compressed bodies, by the position of the dorsal fin (which originates distinctly behind the pelvic origin rather than in front, above, or slightly behind), and by the large number of vertebrae. Mature males of all species can be easily distinguished from females by the presence of a thickened first branched pectoral fin ray. Breeding males can be recognized by the presence of a tuberculate pad on the dorsal surface of the pectoral fin, covering the distal half of the enlarged first branched ray and part of the second branched ray.
The different Pangio species inhabit a variety of habitats ranging from moderately swift to very slow flowing streams and representatives are found from India and southern Vietnam to Java. Pangio loaches live in benthic substrates, typically in submerged leaf litter and dense aquatic vegetation. Several species may occur together at the same locality and up to seven species may be found within a single river basin. They are gregarious when kept in aquaria (and presumably in nature), congregating under rocks or decaying vegetation.
Some Pangio species are collected and exported for the aquarium trade. These banded species are generally known as "kuhli loaches" based on the specific epithet of one species, P. kuhlii (named after an active collector in the Dutch East Indies, Heinrich Kuhl [1797-1821]). They are easily recognized by their bright pink to orange and black barred color pattern. They are sometimes inappropriately called "Coolie Loaches" in the aquarium literature. Partly for this reason, several researchers have begun to use the common name "eel-loaches" to refer generally to all Pangio species. Kottelat and Lim (1993) reviewed the eel-loach species of the Malay Peninsula (Singapore, West Malaysia and Thailand south of the Isthmus of Kra), including comments on the systematics of species from adjacent areas.
As noted above, the Kuhli Loach (Pangio kuhlii) and close relatives are familiar fishes in the aquarium trade. Pangio kuhlii is apparently widely distributed on the Sunda Shelf, except in Sarawak (northwestern Borneo), where it is replaced by P. agma (Burridge, 1992). This distribution pattern is shared with several other pairs of fish species (Kuttelat and Lim 1993). Pangio kuhlii is known from West Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan Timur and Kalimantan Barat (East and West Kalimantan, Borneo), and the Malay Peninsula at least as far north as Phangnga (records from Burridge [1992] from central and southeastern Thailand were considered questionable by Kittelat and Lim [1993], who suggested they may actually refer to P. myersi). Pangio kuhlii has 6 to 10 usually irregular bars along its body with a dark large quadrangular blotch occupying the proximal (i.e., closer to body) half of the caudal (tail) fin; in contrast to some other Pangio species, the median lobe of the lower lip is not produced into a barbel; and the vertebral count is 34 to 37+ 12 to 15 = 47 to 51 vertebrae.
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Is China the elephant in the room for emerging markets? Schroders chief economist and strategist Keith Wade looks at the impact slowing growth in China could have on the outlook for emerging markets and which regions could supplement demand.
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- Commodity prices are also a factor – they have fallen quite substantially, which has hit emerging markets. However, there is a chance for stability in commodity prices later in the year, which could prove beneficial.
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Sturgis beats Loy Norrix 41-27
Sturgis built up a big lead through three quarters and kept its' playoff hopes alive with a 41-27 win over host Kalamazoo Loy Norrix Friday night.
"We put ourselves in the position where we want to be," Trojan coach Jimmy Lamb said.
Sturgis will look for its' sixth win and an automatic playoff bid hosting undefeated Battle Creek Lakeview next week. The Spartans topped Battle Creek Harper Creek, 33-14, Friday.
The Trojans got started quickly scoring a little over a minute-and-a-half into the game. The opening drive went 75 yards in five plays to score. Chance Stewart connected with Liam Adams for a 52-yard touchdown.
"We moved the ball right down the field," Lamb said. "Liam broke a couple of tackles. That started the train rolling."
Jack Caywood added the point after for a 7-0 lead with 10:24 left in the opening quarter.
After holding the Knights to a three-and-out, Sturgis rolled back down the field again.
This time it took eight plays to go 54 yards and the drive was capped by a 5-yard catch by Jack Scheske from Stewart to push the lead to 14-0 with 6:19 to go in the first period.
"Our best advantage was to coming out throwing," Lamb said. "And we ran better tonight than we did last week. This has been our game plan since Harper Creek."
Sturgis' defense and special teams set up the next score.
After another three-and-out, Matt Phillips blocked a punt that was recovered by Tristen Stewart and returned a couple of yards to the Loy Norrix 35-yard.
"We've been working on punt blocking," Lamb said. "We've told them if they got angles, just go. Those are big-time moments, game changers."
Another eight-play drive ended with a 16-yard hook-up between Chance Stewart and Adams for a 21-0 lead with a minute remaining in the first quarter.
The Knights ended the opening period with a 66-yard pass play as quarterback Traver Parlato hit Malyk Thomas near midfield and when a Trojan defender slipped down he raced into the end zone to cut the deficit to 21-7 after the Stokley Eller kick.
Sturgis would add a late second half score to take a 27-7 lead into the locker room.
Chance Stewart got his fourth scoring strike of the half connecting with Scheske for 15-yards with 21.6 second left on the clock.
A Tristen Stewart interception stopped an early Knight drive and led to another Trojan score.
Sturgis got close an a 48-yard connection between Chance Stewart and Caywood that set up Sturgis first-and-goal at the 5-yard line.
Four plays later, Phillips pounded his way across the goal line for a 1-yard score and a 34-7 lead with 6:42 remaining in the third quarter.
Sturgis got its' second blocked punt of the game, his time by Luke Summey and the ball rolled out-of-bounds at the Knight 26-yard line.
On the first play, Stewart hit Kalvyn Bowdish for the 26-yard touchdown and a 41-7 lead with just over two minutes to go in the third stanza.
"It was an all-around effort," Lamb said of Stewart's ability to get the ball to multiple receivers."Where we are right now, you can't just stop one guy, others are stepping up."
The Knights added three scores in the fourth quarter.
Two scores were between Parlato and Terrehl Kelley. The first was for 15 yards and the second was for 22 yards.
The final was a 1-yard keeper by Parlato with 16.4 seconds left.
"We started pulling some of are starters, but not all," Lamb said of the late Knight scores. "We decided not to finish. We need to make every rep count. It frustrates me a bit."
Chance Stewart finished the game 23-for-36 for 331 yards with five touchdowns. Bowdish caught 10 passes for 85 yards and a score, Scheske added eight receptions for 106 yards and two scores, Adams collected three passes, two for scores, and 81 yards and Caywood caught a pair for 65 yards.
Phillips led the ground game with 13 handles for 48 yards.
Sturgis outgained Loy Norrix, 433-364.
Parlato was 15-for-33 for 301 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions. Kelley caught 10 passes for 175 yards and Thomas has four receptions for 95 yards. Nick May led the rushing attack with12 carries for 43 yards.
Jacob Haas led the Trojan defense with six tackles, Scheske added four with a sack, Bowdish had three tackles with a sack and Adam Yunker and Adams each had three tackles.
Max Maher and Tristen Stewart each collected interceptions.


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