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A Girl was standing near a window, niharofying(Staring) Moon & little little stars... her Lips curved in small smile... feeling cool breeze on her face... her eyes were shining... When moon hidden behind clouds she laughed and shook her head ,smiled widely then sighed and turned to leave and her eyes caught sight of a diary... A diary, mirror of Samrat's heart... he never let her touch his diary... He always says ,"Chashmish Zindgi ke kucch panno ko naa kholo to hi accha hai..." she sighed and went to bed sat there she knew no matter what her Samrat won't ever let her touch his diary.. Might be he didn't want to hurt her... she again stood up and went near table and touched his diary... she looked here and there... He was out of town for his basketball tournament still she was scared... She knew Samrat was caring, sweet, flirt, handsome, Casanova, Charming, Dilfek, funny, idiot, prankster, stubborn, lazy, A player... But once he said No then it's NO for ever... She never touched his diary after his statement "Do Not Touch My Diary" .. She never dared to... She could tolerate him but not Mr. Do-Not-Touch-My-Dairy... she never argued knowing Mr.i-am-Stubborn-and-do-not-mess-with-me... But today he was out of town because of his basketball tournament and Mrs. I-am-missing-my-husband-like-hell was alone at home... already talked to him 5 times that day.. But she was still missing him. So now she turned into Mrs. I-want-to-know-my-that-husband-at-any-Cost. So she opened his diary. And smiled seeing his smiling face Picture ... he was looking so small in that picture... and she once again fell in love with him.. His eyes were so captive and she drawn in his eyes as usual. Under that picture there was written ".:SaMrAt ShErGiLl:." And after that in big letters there was written his Wish "With your Ocean Eyes Heal Me Forever." She couldn't understand meaning of that sentence may be after reading his diary she would get .She turned page and read heading WARNINGS...
1) You dared to touch my diary??? Must say you have guts... Do you really think it's that easy to Ghusofy in my privacy??? You Dhapofy my diary So i know you must be Mr/Ms/Mrs.Chor-and-gonna-burn-in-heaven-till-eternity. because hell is for me *ANGRY*
2) After reading Angry and that too in CAPS if you dare to read it i BET you will Die in pool of your Vomit ...
Gunjan closed his diary. Gosh this man is so scary kaise kaise curses deta hai... She relaxed herself.. Relax Gunjan its Samrat Mr.i-will-say-or-do-on-my-way... Knowing him she again opened diary and read scary warnings.
3) Hmm you are still reading this diary i am sure you Don't like your own Life.. Please pray i won't catch you Red handed otherwise i am sure my hands will be red with colour of your RED BLOOD... bwaahhhaaa...
4) Whatever, you are succeeding in ghusofy my private lala-land. After reading my diary even you try to voice it i swear you will hear your voice last time.. i will cut your tongue and with tie it around your neck...
5) Last warning close this diary now and get lost yourself in gutter...
Gunjan laughed reading his warnings and turned next page. She started reading index.
Chapter 1: "Mr. I-am-awesome-and-I-know-it" (Childhood stories)
Chapter 2: "Mr. I-am-sinking-still-in-the air" (teenager stories)
Chapter 3:"Mr. I-have-seen-all-crimes-and-i-am-pure" (another side of Childhood)
Chapter 4: "Mr. my-Life-is-screwed-still-I-am-ME" (fighting with life stories)
Chapter 5: "Mr. I-am-pressure-cooker-and-I-can't help-me " (f**ked life stories)
Chapter 6: "Mr. I-am-Collecting-Broken-and-unsaid 'Words-and-relations" (relation stories)
Chapter 7: "Mr. Lost-all-Hopes-Still-hoping-for-something" (waiting for someone stories)
Chapter 8: "Mr.I-Got-treasure-of-my-life"(and then she came stories)
Chapter 9: "Mr. I-met-my-purple-Horizon" (Romantic stories)
Chapter 10: "Mr. I-am-awesome-and-I-know-it" (Not Chapter 1 its end of one phase.)
She heard her cell was ringing. 'Mr. My-only-Husband' calling. She closed his diary and picked phone.
With a very sweet voice she said, "Hello".
"CHASHMISHHH" he screamed on his top of voice. Gunjan rolled her eyes and replied "Samrat Chilla kyu rahe ho?" "Chashmish kabse door bell bajaa raha hu Open the door." As soon as these words left from his mouth she ran to open the door and shocked to see him at door. Samrat walked in and hugged her tightly. Gunjan was surprised seeing him at this time of night. She too found solace in his warm hug and hugged him tightly and automatically she closed her eyes to feel him. Finally Samrat broke the hug and smiled seeing his wife. Gunjan too smiled and suddenly asked him , "Samrat tum aa gaye? Itni jaldi? " Samrat took her to the hall and made her sat on sofa and sat beside her and held her tightly and said, "Chashmish wo actually..." he was finding words. Gunjan sensed his odd behaviour and asked him, "What did happen Samrat? You came home at this time of night and now fumbling with words kya hua hai?? Now you are scaring me." Samrat closed his eyes for a moment and looked in her eyes and said , "wo Chashmish I killed someone" "What?" that was the instant reaction of Gunjan. "Haa chashmish mein killer hu meine kissi k khoon kar diya.mere hath uske khoon se range huye hai Chashmish..ye dekho Chashmish.. mere hath meine usko maar diya Chashmish I committed sin Chashmish CRIME kiya meine... ab mujhe Jail hogi Chashmish. Jail OMG mujhe jail jaana hogaa... aur tum kyu ek criminal ke sath rahogi tum mujhe divorce de dogi aur mein waha jail me Chakki pissing and pissing aur tum apne ghar pe ussi Chakki ka aata thussing and thussing " he said and wiped his fake tears. Gunjan put her hand on his mouth to stop him and said, "Samrat kya bol rahe ho mujhe kuch samaj me nahi aa raha hai.khoon kiska khoon samrat.? Bina koi bakwas kiye mujhe batao."she sat on sofa and now sat beside him. "Wo meine macchar ko maar diya.. " "Kyaa??" her face was worth watching... and samrat laughed like hell.. "Chashmish tumhaara Chehra." He again laughed and gunjan too laughed with him and hit him on his shoulder and hugged him "Tum bhi naa dara diya tha mujhe." "what daraa diya tha ? You remember that day you stepped on cockroach by mistake and screamed and made me scared like hell then i killed that weird creature.tabhi mein Killer bann gaya tha Chashmish " Samrat again laughed. "Tum bhi naa Samrat weird creature wo nahi tum ho... No doubt." "Chashmish iska matlab ye hai kit um cockroach se bhi shadi kar sakti ho.." Gunjan broke the hug instantly"what? i am scared of cockroach samrat " "I know Chashmish but agar hum dono weird creature huye to jaise tum mujse shadi kar sakti ho usse bhi kar sakti ho naa.. i am sure jarur tumhe uske legs jyada lage honge issi liye usse chod kar mujse shadi karli aur mein bichara JAAL machli me phasss gaya. " and again make fun of her and laughed Gunjan went to room without saying anything.. Samrat went to main door and closed it. Then he went to his room and saw his wife was sleeping. Of course she was faking. He put his bags in cupboard and without changing or removing his shoes he went to bed and started to sing
"Machli meri rani hai jeevan uska Samrat hai fish bolo ge to darr jayegi gaana gaaoge to aapko maar jaayegi..." Gunjan sat on bed and shouted Samrat... Samrat hugged her. "Chill Chill mere bacche ki amma Chill.. mere ane wale bacche kya sochenge uski maa ke baare me..." "Samrat tum bhi naa ek No1 ke nautanki ho... aur remove your shoes samrat... and change your clothsss gooo..."
"Kyu Chashmish mujhe to lagga tumhe meri smell bahut pasand hai??" he asked naughtily and gunjan saw mischief in his eyes and she was shaking her head in No... and smiled shyly "Nooo Samrat" and soon he took her into long lip kiss.. ;)
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Jason T
13th Aug 2006, 02:51 PM
Testing the uploader thingy & making sure it works in IE 64.
13th Aug 2006, 03:00 PM
Sweet image Jason....as always! :D
13th Aug 2006, 03:02 PM
Hey, I gotta tell you - I love the engine wash. How in the world did you do that? :)
13th Aug 2006, 04:17 PM
yea thats looking damn sweet :) your images always have a distinct look about them
Jason T
13th Aug 2006, 04:34 PM
Cheers gents.:)
Charles - The jet wash is made up of transparent HV's with a bit of refraction.
14th Aug 2006, 03:55 AM
Yup, I've seen this on LWG and have to comment on it there, but I do like this one Jason... Mdogger's right, it does have that Jason T look about it ;) but the lighting for it is just great -- the only thing I really have to say is the engines look a bit small for a 747... Could be wrong though ;)
Jason T
14th Aug 2006, 07:04 AM
You have got me all paranoid now, so I'll ask the question: Just what makes this a 'Jason T' image?
14th Aug 2006, 07:53 AM
lol... Well I can't speak for anyone else, but I have had the same said for my work in the past... I guess it just has... a quality... ;) Seriously, for me it's the lighting and the composition, the general layout... With you and Andy (Reaperman) working on a lot of images together, I guess that Icould say the same for his work too -- but you could look at it on the bright side; at least with that Jason T look to your images, no-one would be stupid enough to try to rip you off without crediting you ;)
14th Aug 2006, 08:03 AM
Now i know what it is about this image that seemed familiar.....any one see Die Hard 2.....at the end when the 747 takes off and Bruce Willis throws down his lighter and the trail of fire streaks up to it?
Anyway, flip this horozontily and the angle is about the same....ok Ill shut up now. :)
Jason T
14th Aug 2006, 08:11 AM
Reaps and I haven't worked on am image together for almost a year now; he feels CG is 'beneath' him...
14th Aug 2006, 08:23 AM
Now i know what it is about this image that seemed familiar.....any one see Die Hard 2.....at the end when the 747 takes off and Bruce Willis throws down his lighter and the trail of fire streaks up to it?
Anyway, flip this horozontily and the angle is about the same....ok Ill shut up now. :)
Whoa, haven't seen that for a while... it's kinda weird how these things turn out sometimes ;)
14th Aug 2006, 08:24 AM
Reaps and I haven't worked on am image together for almost a year now; he feels CG is 'beneath' him...
It's a shame that... he was pretty good at it...
Jason T
14th Aug 2006, 08:28 AM
Well, it is his loss...
14th Aug 2006, 09:50 AM
Reaps and I haven't worked on am image together for almost a year now; he feels CG is 'beneath' him...
Id have to agree with you it is his loss because he was good at it.....exactly what is it he's doing now? I thought that he went to school and graduated for it?
At any rate, we still have you and thats a major plus in its self! :)
Jason T
14th Aug 2006, 10:08 AM
He has decided to become a film director; he did the same BA course I completed two years ago and has decided that film is his thing.
14th Aug 2006, 10:14 AM
Interesting.....so why not use CG to help get into makeing films.....its a better paying job than busing tables or something while you wait to make it big.
Well....to each there own I suppose.
Andy M
19th Nov 2007, 11:29 AM
Cool, I like the heat haze.
19th Nov 2007, 12:18 PM
Again. very nice dude. :)
19th Nov 2007, 01:22 PM
Nice image . . . I dig the heat exhaust as well
19th Nov 2007, 02:11 PM
Nice , very nice render :).
19th Nov 2007, 07:44 PM
I remember this from the LWG forums. Still an awesome picture.
19th Nov 2007, 08:01 PM
Yup she be sexy!
20th Nov 2007, 08:19 AM
Wow Jason! Just ....... WOW! Beautiful image!:jawdrop:
20th Nov 2007, 08:26 AM
Yep, very well done!
Gordon Robb
20th Nov 2007, 01:16 PM
Remember this, and it's goot to see it on the new site. Funny how I can see this thumbnail, but not others.
20th Nov 2007, 01:38 PM
just an awesome image, i must get one of those magic render buttons
wave of light
20th Nov 2007, 05:09 PM
A truely amazing picture Jason.
Gordon Robb
20th Nov 2007, 05:55 PM
Nice avatare mate.
wave of light
21st Nov 2007, 02:23 AM
Nice avatare mate.
Cheers Gordon,
It's Viper MkI from the Kurv Video training sessions. I was gonna do a WIP and then release it to the resources section (but I'm sure there's many better ones out there) but I haven't done the UVs yet.. that's the next DVD.
It's just a ambient occlusion pass with the orange colour for the guns to make it fit nicely in with the site.
21st Nov 2007, 04:59 AM
Hmmm I'm not seeing avatars...
21st Nov 2007, 05:23 AM
You need to go into your User CP -> Edit Options and in the Thread Display Options enable Show Avatars
21st Nov 2007, 06:25 AM
*punching up thread rating to check hot thread screen*
21st Nov 2007, 07:21 AM
Ya can almost smell the jet fuel :D
awesome work
21st Nov 2007, 10:58 PM
Saw it on the LWG site and I agree, beautiful image and truly inspiring for me.
21st Nov 2007, 11:09 PM
I absolutely love this image, and I have to agree with the compliments about the jet wash. That technique seems obvious now that you've said it, but I never would have thought of it otherwise, lol. Genius!
22nd Nov 2007, 12:49 AM
I may as well add in with the praise here... Saw it, saw it again, loved it both times :D
30th Nov 2007, 05:54 PM
Jason: Is there any chance I could snag that paint job? I have that Jumbo and the United Airlines paint scheme on the original is kinda boring.
30th Nov 2007, 05:59 PM
You need to go into your User CP -> Edit Options and in the Thread Display Options enable Show Avatars
Ah, knew I was missing something:p
Superb render, from the thumbnail you can't even tell it's not a photo
David Myers
1st Dec 2007, 01:32 AM
Mikala, look in user settings - there's a check box for seeing (or not) avatars and signitures. Thanks Jason T. for sharing how you did the engine wash. I hadn't even contemplated the idea of an invisible (except for refraction) hypervoxels. Though that is probably similar to how they do it in "Predators"
Bells of Freedom
1st Dec 2007, 01:34 AM
Wow! Gorgeous. I, too, have to say the engine wash is awesome. Transparent HV's . . . I'll have to try that.
1st Dec 2007, 07:14 PM
You know, if it weren't for that art-deco building, this render would be shite beyond all doubt. Or not :)
Nice render JT, I'm sure I said this when it was posted before.
P.s. Would you mind sending me a copy of that building, I "lost" my original some time ago :/
Jason T
2nd Dec 2007, 04:13 AM
As soon as I fix my PC I will whiz it over. Right now I am reliant on my Wii for Internet access.:p
2nd Dec 2007, 05:30 AM
Now there's a novel way to access the internet ;)
The Sleeping Dog
3rd Dec 2007, 09:45 PM
The image is look great..though I have one observation the aircraft looks create everything seem to be proportional except for the back gorund..the plane is way to small for a forgraound object compared to the buildings...just resize down the backdrop image about 70% ish and she'll look more to scale..right now the aricraft looks like a toy in relation to the background
4th Dec 2007, 05:21 AM
Hey Jas, didnt ya have a reversae angle of this shot? i seem to remember (and i may be wrong, it wouldnt be the first time) a shot looking behind the plane as it came in to land?
ohand do you still have those shots we did of the F-14 and F4 landing on the carrier? (think they were called Call the Ball)
and just to go on record I do not think CG is 'beneath me' :( i just prefer working in live action with cameras, i still do the odd bit of CG and i still work with Jason on all my best images :p;):tu:
16th Dec 2007, 04:45 AM
WOW! Great render! :wtf:
Can you post wire? :D
16th Dec 2007, 04:58 AM
very very impressive good:eek:
22nd Dec 2007, 09:51 AM
Amazing image - extravaganza!


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Jul. 11--The La Crosse Common Council on Thursday voted to seize a billboard on Copeland Avenue after negotiations between a private developer and sign company proved futile.The council had been reluctant to condemn the sign, owned by Collins Outdoor Advertising, to make way for a 92-room extended stay hotel just north of downtown La Crosse and Three Rivers Plaza. "It's obviously been a long, difficult negotiation," hotel developer Paul Borsheim said after the 9-6 vote. "It's been very difficult for both sides, but we are pleased with the outcome tonight."
Borsheim said the group plans to start construction within 30 to 60 days and would like to see the sign come down by Nov. 1.
"This is probably one of the toughest votes I have ever made as a council member, school board member and county board member," said council member Audrey Kader.
Council member Jim Bloedorn, who opposed condemnation, said he wasn't willing to take private property for the benefit of a private developer.
"I hate billboards. But more than hating billboards I strongly believe in individual property rights," he said. "It's a private transaction, the city doesn't need to be involved in it."
The council on two occasions directed NSD Hotel Associates and Collins to hash out the dispute, but Collins refused the sell the 14-by-48 foot sign.
The camps met again Wednesday at the council's behest, where NSD raised its lump-sum offer for the billboard and property easement from $100,000 to $120,000.
Representatives of the company said the revised offer still severely undervalued the sign and easement.
NSD also offered to pay the profit on the sign over the life of the hotel or to lease a "phantom" billboard over the life of the hotel. Collins offered to raise the sign above the hotel's fourth and highest level.
Collins rejected all offers and declined to counteroffer.
"For the Collins, this has never been about the money. It is about their right to protect the constitutional property rights," attorney Jeff George wrote. "The Collins family has never wanted to sell this billboard. They feel that the city is violating their constitutional and legal rights by trying to take it from them for the benefit of another private developer."
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Fast Delivery: Netflix has 41 shipping centers (where DVDs are kept) which means that over 95% of the US can get a movie delivered in 1 postal day. Netflix mails a movie on Monday, you get it on Tuesday; mailing it back takes just one day too. Netflix has an agreement with the Postal Service, all Netflix DVDs are 1st class mail and all Netflix DVDs will be delivered in 1-3 days each way. Netflix has a program where DVDs are scanned at the post office, letting Netflix know you do not have the DVD and that they have it. It is possible that Netflix could ship the DVD based upon that scan, but we have not been able to confirm that factoid (that would speed up delivery, so let us know Netflix.)
Unedited Movies: All of the movies Netflix rents are unedited. Blockbuster did edit movies in the past but now claim they no longer do; some people debate whether Blockbuster really stopped editing the movies they rent. But there are less than 100 Blockbusters left in the US (all independently owned, no more corporate blockbuster). According to Redbox's site, Redbox does not edit movies.
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Friends: Friends on Netflix can connect with other friends on Netflix, this is really practical as it helps with movie selections - if your friend watches a great movie they can easily send you a note to your Netflix account recommending it. The best movie recommendations come from your friends.
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System Administrator's Guide
Release 7.2.2
January 2013
Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management System Administrator's Guide, Release 7.2.2
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This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management (UIM) basic administration tasks and the tools to perform those tasks.
A UIM administrator is responsible for the day-to-day tasks of maintaining and managing UIM and its users. The tasks also include managing UIM components and database.
You perform the following tasks as a UIM adminstrator:
Starting and stopping the UIM server. See "Starting and Stopping UIM" for more information.
Managing UIM security. See "Understanding UIM Security" for more information.
Monitoring and managing UIM. See "Monitoring and Managing Unified Inventory Management" for more information.
Improving UIM performance. See "Improving Unified Inventory Management Performance" for more information.
Backing up and restoring UIM data. See "Unified Inventory Management Backup and Restore" for more information.
Managing the UIM database. See "Managing the Unified Inventory Management Database" for more information.
Table 1-1 lists the placeholders that are used in this guide to refer to directories related to the UIM application.
Table 1-1 Directory Placeholders
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The location where the Oracle Middleware product was installed. This directory contains the base directory for the WebLogic Server, a utilities directory, and other files and directories.
The base directory for the WebLogic Server core files. It is located in the MW_Home directory.
/opt/Oracle/Middleware/user_projects/ domains/domain_name
where domain_name is the name assigned to the domain at installation
The directory that contains the configuration for the domain into which UIM is typically installed, but it is frequently set to some other directory at installation.
where domain_name is the name assigned to the domain at installation
The directory into which UIM was installed. This directory contains various installation-related files.
This guide contains information about administering Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management (UIM). This guide includes information about how to start and stop UIM, an overview of security for UIM, and how to manage and monitor UIM. It also includes information about improving UIM performance, backing up and restoring UIM data, and managing the UIM database.
Note:Documentation on third-party software products is limited to the information needed to use UIM. If you need additional information on a third-party software application, consult the documentation provided by the product's manufacturer.
This guide is intended for system administrators and other individuals who are responsible for ensuring that UIM is operating in the manner required for your business.
This document assumes that you have a good working knowledge of Sun Solaris, Windows, UNIX, IBM AIX, Oracle Fusion Middleware 11gR1, Oracle WebLogic, and Java J2EE software.
For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management Release 7.2.2 documentation set:
UIM Installation Guide: Describes the requirements for installing UIM, installation procedures, and post-installation tasks.
UIM Security Guide: Provides guidelines and recommendations for setting up UIM in a secure configuration.
UIM Concepts: Provides an overview of important concepts and an introduction to using both UIM and Design Studio.
UIM Developer's Guide: Explains how to customize and extend many aspects of UIM, including the data model, life-cycle management, topology, security, rulesets, Web services, user interface, and localization.
UIM Information Model Reference: Describes the UIM information model entities and data attributes, and explains patterns that are common across all entities.
Oracle Communications Information Model Reference: Describes the Oracle Communications information model entities and data attributes, and explains patterns that are common across all entities. The information described in this reference is common across all Oracle Communications products.
UIM Cartridge and Technology Pack Guide: Provides information about how you use cartridges and technology packs with UIM. Describes the content of the base cartridges.
UIM technology pack implementation guides: Describe the content of product technology packs as well as configuration guidelines and implementation considerations.
For step-by-step instructions for performing tasks, log in to each application to see the following:
Design Studio Help: Provides step-by-step instructions for tasks you perform in Design Studio.
UIM Help: Provides step-by-step instructions for tasks you perform in UIM.
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Getzlaf Named Finalist for 2013-14 Mark Messier Leadership Awardby Staff Writer / Anaheim Ducks
Leading Anaheim to a club-record 54-20-8 mark in 2013-14, Getzlaf was also active in the Orange County community. Getzlaf and Corey Perry launched the club's Anaheim Ducks Learn to Play powered by Ryan Getzlaf & Corey Perry last September. The two stars committed to join instructional sessions and purchase Bauer equipment for skaters (to keep) who sign up for a hockey program within THE RINKS Development Program presented by Honda. In addition to Learn to Play, Getzlaf hosted the third annual Getzlaf Golf Shootout last September at the Monarch Beach Golf Links in Dana Point, benefiting CureDuchenne. A nonprofit based in Newport Beach, CureDuchenne raises awareness and funds research for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Duchenne is a progressive muscle-wasting disease that impacts one in every 3,500 boys.
Getzlaf, 28 (5/10/85), helped the Ducks finish with the top record in the Western Conference for the first time in franchise history and set season records for standings points (116), wins (54) and win (points) percentage (.707). Anaheim led the NHL in goals (263) for the first time in club history and also established season bests for goals, wins, home wins (29), road wins (25), home points (62) and road points (54).
Selected by Anaheim in the first round (19th overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Getzlaf scored 31-56=87 points with a +28 rating in 77 regular-season games. Getzlaf set career highs in goals and game-winning goals (7), while finishing second in the NHL in scoring, fifth in assists, tied for sixth in even-strength goals (26), and tied for second among forwards in blocked shots (87). He led the Ducks in scoring, assists and power-play points (23), and ranked third in plus/minus. His 31 penalty minutes (PIM) marked his lowest total since his rookie season in 2005-06 (22). Getzlaf also recorded a 14-game point streak (6-11=17) from Nov. 15-Dec. 15, tied for the NHL's best in 2013-14. He missed only four games due to injury during the regular season, including three to an upper-body injury from Nov. 10-14 and one to a lower-body injury on Jan. 11.


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With live version of TV game show coming to town, we made up our own
Updated 12:36 pm, Wednesday, May 29, 2013
When we invited a half-dozen local people to play a quick version of "The Price Is Right" on the telephone, no one shrieked, jumped up and down and otherwise behaved in a manner that makes for good daytime television. Not a single one.
Perhaps that's because we didn't say, "Come on down!" in our best announcer voice. Instead, we explained what we wanted and basically begged them to play along, a request that was met with the equivalent of, "Oh, why not? I'm not doing anything for the next five minutes anyway."
"The Price Is Right Live," a stage version of the 41-year-old TV game show, is coming to Albany next weekend and on June 7. (TV host Drew Carey will not be present, and the show will not be broadcast.) It sold out the Palace Theatre so quickly that a second show was added.
Our six contestants played a round with us, starting with common supermarket items and, in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Saratoga Race Course this summer, an all-Saratoga, track season showcase package. As on the game show, players were asked to guess the price of an item, with the winner being the person who came the closest to the marked price without going over. All prices are regular, nonsale prices at a Price Chopper store in Latham.
More Information
If you go
'The Price Is Right Live'
When: 7:30 p.m. May 31 and June 7
Where: Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany
Tickets: $32.75, $42.75, $52.75
Info: 465-4663, http://palacealbany.com
Note: The May 31 show is fully sold out. Also, this is a stage version of the show; TV host Drew Carey will not be present, and the Palace show will not be broadcast.
The contestants
David Brough, dean, Department of Hotel, Culinary Arts & Tourism, Schenectady County Community College
Holly Brown, executive director, Palace Theatre, Albany
Don Faulkner, director, New York State Writers Institute, Albany
Shannon Fromma, Shopportunist columnist, Times Union
Jerry Jennings, mayor, Albany
Todd Shimkus, president, Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce
The rounds
(winner in bold)
• Glad ForceFlex 13-gallon trash bags, 55-count box: $8.49
Todd Shimkus: $7.99
Shannon Fromma: $7.95
Holly Brown: $6.89
Dave Brough: $5.99
Jerry Jennings: $12.99
Don Faulkner: $13.50
• Lysol Complete Clean toilet bowl cleaner with bleach, 24-ounce bottle, $2.99
Shannon Fromma: $2.49
Dave Brough: $3.49
Don Faulkner: $3.50
Holly Brown: $3.79
Jerry Jennings: $4.79
Todd Shimkus: $5.49
• Purina One SmartBlend, lamb and rice formula, 16 1/2-pound bag, $21.99
Don Faulkner: $16.50
Shannon Fromma: $13.99
Jerry Jennings: $9.99
Holly Brown: $8.99
Todd Shimkus: $6
Dave Brough: $5.99
• Rice-A-Roni rice pilaf, 7.2-ounce box, $1.49
Jerry Jennings: $1.49
Todd Shimkus: $1.50
Don Faulkner: $1.69
Holly Brown: $1.79
Shannon Fromma: $1.99
Dave Brough: $2.49
• Tuttorosso Italian-style plum tomatoes in juice, 28-ounce can, $1.99
Shannon Fromma: $1.29
Holly Brown: $1.19
Don Faulkner: 99 cents
Dave Brough: 59 cents
Todd Shimkus: $3
Jerry Jennings: $3.49
• All-Saratoga track-season showcase package:
The Original Saratoga Chips, 9-ounce family-size box, $6.99
Saratoga Sweets Peppermint Pig, 8 ounces, $9.95
Clubhouse admission for two on Travers Day at the Saratoga Race Course, $20
18 holes of golf for two at Saratoga National golf course, $390
Two nights for two at Gideon Putnam resort, strawberries and champagne, mineral bath and massage, bottle of wine the second night, $1,142
Total: $1,568.94
Shannon Fromma: $1,300
Jerry Jennings: $1,300
Todd Shimkus: $1,000
Dave Brough: $899
Don Faulker: $650
Holly Brown: $2,750
Fromma won two rounds and tied with Jennings on the showcase; Jennings, Faulkner and Shimkus won a single round apiece. None received any actual prizes.
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McMINNVILLE – "The Highest Tide" by Jim Lynch is this year's selection for MacReads, a community-wide book reading and discussion that culminates in a presentation by the author. Schools, book clubs and residents throughout Yamhill County are encouraged to participate in the program.
The highlight of MacReads will be a reading by Lynch on Thursday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Jereld R. Nicholson Library at Linfield College. Discussions on the book will be scheduled later this spring and a reception will follow Lynch's appearance.
"The Highest Tide," which won the 2006 Pacific Northwest Bookseller Award, has been a bestseller in the U.S. and United Kingdom and was performed on stage for three weeks at the Seattle Center last May. Film rights have been sold and filming is expected to begin next spring. The book has been likened to "Catcher in the Rye" and "To Kill a Mockingbird." It is a coming of age story about a 13-year-old marine biology whiz kid who becomes a media sensation after he continues to discover exotic deep sea creatures on the tidal flats near his home on Puget Sound. The novel plays with the notion that most people go through life so oblivious to the world around them that a boy who simply pays attention can come across as a genius.
Lynch was raised in the Seattle area, graduated from the University of Washington and worked as a newspaper reporter in Washington, D.C., Spokane, Seattle and Portland before turning to fiction full time. His second novel, "Border Songs," is due out in June and is also set in Western Washington. "The Highest Tide" has been selected for community reading programs in Whidbey Island, Wash., and Grand Rapids, Mich. Lynch has discussed his book at more than 100 events at book stores, book clubs, schools and other venues.
MacReads is in its fifth year and uses a common book to create community conversations that cross lines of generation and acquaintance. It is sponsored by Linfield College, Friends of Nicholson Library, Friends of McMinnville Public Library and Third Street Books and is open to all interested persons or groups. Books will be available at Third Street Books in McMinnville. Dates of the community discussions will be announced later.
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The Senate approved Friday night by a vote of 77-4 the Administration's Foreign Trade Bill after approving the Jackson Amendment to authorize trade concessions to the Soviet Union in exchange for less restrictive emigration policies, particularly those applied to Soviet Jews.
The bill contains a wide range of provisions on tariffs and new powers for the President to act on foreign trade policies. It also would clear the way for major reductions in tariffs on products from the USSR and other Communist countries through most favored nation status.
The sudden Senate passage was made possible by a 71-9 approval of closure motion limiting debate. The House had approved a similar bill earlier but there are many technical differences between the bills which will have to be reconciled. But experts said that final passage appeared likely despite the approaching end of the current Congress.
The amendment on emigration was approved 88-0, adding language which ratifies the understanding between the U.S. and the Soviets on emigration. The amendment will allow the President to offer the Soviet Union most favored nation status for a minimum of 18 months if he certifies that Soviet emigration procedures have been liberalized.
The emigration amendment does not specify any figure for emigration but Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D.Wash.) said during the debate proceeding the vote that if the USSR adhered to its agreement, the number of Jews who would be able to emigrate during 1975 would top 60,000. Jackson warned that "the basis of trust and confidence" essential to all U.S.-Soviet relations would be destroyed if the Soviets failed to abide by their commitments.
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger negotiated the "understanding" on emigration with the Soviet Union and brought it to Jackson and to Senators Jacob K. Javits (R.NY) and Abraham Ribicoff (D.Conn.), which cleared the way for approval by the Senate Finance Committee.
Jackson, addressing 500 Jewish community
Noting that some officials, like Kissinger, had said that asking for unhampered emigration was interference in the Soviet Union's internal affairs, Jackson said "Freedom is everyone's business and the tragedy is that we did not interfere when the Holocaust went on in the 1930s." He said both Jews and Gentiles bear a responsibility for not doing enough to prevent the Holocaust and must see to it now that it never happens again.


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With cornerback Rod Hood out for the season due to an ACL tear Friday, the Titans' secondary has taken a hit before the season even got started.
But the Titans coaching staff says the team has plenty of options and players will be licking their chops to earn Hood's spot in the lineup.
"We've got good [players] — it's hard to get good reps in just because of the limits of OTAs," said Coach Jeff Fisher. "We're looking for everybody to step up, everybody is improving. It's very competitive out there. Someone will rise to the top."
Fisher said the decision likely won't be made until toward the end of the preseason.
Those who are competing to fill Hood's shoes at corner include: second-year players Jason McCourty and Ryan Mouton, rookie Alterraun Verner and currently injured (hamstring) veteran Tye Hill.
The Titans secondary still has several veterans. Safeties Michael Griffin and Chris Hope joined cornerback Cortland Finnegan in 2009's Pro Bowl, but their play in 2009-2010 did not match that of the celebrated 2008-2009 season.
"The guys that were here that went to the Pro Bowl two years ago, they understand that we weren't as good last year as we wanted to be," said Defensive Coordinator Chuck Cecil. "The biggest statistic we have is that we gave up 63 20-plus-yard passes and the year before it was 39 so that is a big emphasis for us."
Finnegan said he expects the competition of training camps to result in quality play for the secondary. He said the injury to Hood does not lower expectations for the season.
"Everybody has to step up," he said. "Your team is as good as your backups, so your backups have to be just as good as your starters. Everybody has to step up and make sure there is no slack.
"Confidence is a big thing that we're gaining that back so we look forward to big things this year."
Despite the team's attitude that they can overcome the loss, in a preseason where Hood was expected to compete for a starting position, Chuck Cecil points out that cornerback is a critical position.
"To be a starting cornerback in the NFL is a big task," said Cecil. "From a defensive standpoint you've got to have two guys that can get it done. If one guy is lacking then he's going to get targeted pretty much every week. So finding someone to complement Cortland is a big thing for us."


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| On June 17, 2015, at 9:05 p.m., a young man with a handgun opened fire on a prayer meeting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine members of the congregation. The captured shooter, twenty-one-year-old Dylan Roof, a white supremacist, was charged with their murders. Two days after the shooting, while Roof's court hearing was held on video conference, the families of his nine victims, one by one, appeared on the screen--forgiving the killer. The "Emanuel Nine" set a profound example for their families, their city, their nation, and indeed the world. We Are Charleston not only recounts the events of that terrible day but also offers a history lesson that reveals a deeper look at the suffering, triumph, and even the ongoing rage of the people who formed Mother Emanuel A.M.E. church and the wider denominational movement. In many ways, this church's story is America's story--the oldest A.M.E. church in the Deep South fighting for freedom and civil rights but also fighting for grace and understanding. Fighting to transcend bigotry, fraud, hatred, racism, poverty, and misery. The shootings in June 2015, opened up a deep wound of racism that still permeates Southern institutions and remains part of American society. We Are Charleston tells the story of a people, continually beaten down, who seem to continually triumph over the worst of adversity. Exploring the storied history of the A.M.E. Church may be a way of explaining the price and power of forgiveness, a way of revealing God's mercy in the midst of tremendous pain. We Are Charleston may help us discover what can be right in a world that so often has gone wrong.
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The comments on Aeron Haynie's post last week [2] got me thinking: are benefits for working parents fair? Some commenters suggest that they aren't, that parents get "extra compensation" in the guise of health insurance, tuition remission benefits, etc. Of course, those don't end up as money in the pockets of said parents -- but they are additional expenses paid by the employer, it's true. Still, as a parent, it sure doesn't feel as if I'm somehow better compensated than my childless colleagues. All that "extra" money doesn't come close to covering the true expenses of raising children, after all.
But that's not really the point. I shouldn't earn a higher salary to compensate for my increased expenses, nor should my childless colleague earn a lower one for his/her comparatively lesser ones. We can't means-test for benefits, in other words: they need to be available to whomever qualifies. And at most universities, faculty sit on boards that set at least some of the benefits, so presumably these are the benefits that the faculty, along with the adminstration, believe are appropriate. But "fair" in this case does not necessarily mean "equal" any more than it means "proportional to need." It's a balancing act between the two, and it should be.
After all, no two employees cost an employer the same amount of money, parents or not. If two employees live different distances from a conference site, the employer generally reimburses their travel based on their actual -- and different -- expenses, not on some imaginary "fair" number. Often new employees are reimbursed for moving expenses -- is it fair to pay more for employees coming from a greater distance? Start-up costs and lab expenses for faculty in different fields make for wildly different compensation packages: can I ask for cash to match up to what my scientist colleagues get in lab equipment costs?
My kids complain all the time that things aren't fair when they aren't equal. My son learned a lot of math by counting the brownies in a pan and dividing by the number of eaters: he's absolutely convinced that he, the smallest member of the family, should have the same number of brownies as anyone else. But "fair" is a relative term. We try, at home, to treat our children fairly. That may mean one gets more brownies on a given day because the other had a snack at school; it may mean that one takes part in two after-school activities while the other has a part-time job. We check in periodically to make sure we feel that things -- money, time, gifts, treats -- are divided up appropriately, but that doesn't always mean they get the same stuff. Nor should it. Children teach us that fairness is contextual, and always an approximation. But we try to do our best.


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One of the great truths of blogging is focus. Media Money Monkey covered a little too much ground. I dig both topics, but I'm going to try to sharpen the focus here a little – granted, it's still pretty wide ranging.
This change catches me as I rush off to today's project – but I'll start posting recent content here soon – and get back into more regular writing.
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Discussion in 'Gear' started by Bobo, Dec 17, 2008.
What's your view on it? I've never seen it before.
Yet the bandwidth required to simply broadcast uncompressed 720p or 1080i/p doesn't exist and the programming is even further behind.
I don't see the Super/Ultra HD format becoming more than a technology demo format with fairly vertical source offerings for some time.
Too many people have bought HD TVs already and don't even realize they are not automatically getting HD programming on them...any network or movie house that thinks even higher HD offerings are the next wave [and they are not] are dreaming.
Blu-ray has doubled DVD at the same life stage in the US.
Disc sales tripled from last year.
I got a blue ray player for christmas, the kind that will stream netflix...
Put in planet earth on blue ray... it's unreal.
Planet Earth is amazing.
Heck it'd be amazing on VHS.
It's even more amazing on Blue Ray, on a 52 inch screen... Mmm....
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Gustav Leonhardt, a revered pioneer in the revitalization of Baroque music, died on Jan. 16 in Amsterdam. His performances and teaching influenced countless musicians, but Classical New England host James David Jacobs also encountered his more personal side.
"Excuse me – do you know of a place near here where one could get chocolate?"
That was not the question I expected to hear at that moment, especially considering its source. It came from Gustav Leonhardt, who was to soon be performing his American debut as a conductor. I was singing that night with the University of California Collegium Musicum Chamber Chorus, but the eminent early music pioneer's question came at an awkward moment. I was in the process of quickly leaving in embarrassment from a place deep within St. John's Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, California, where the concert was set to take place.
I had gone to this familiar, remote corner of the church, a location I considered my own secret place, in order to get my voice warmed up, never thinking that anyone else even knew about it. It was only when the world's greatest harpsichordist and foremost expert in Baroque performance practice emerged in an unbuttoned shirt and hanging suspenders that I realized I had invaded the space designated as Gustav Leonhardt's private dressing room.
I immediately apologized and began to slink away, though he did not seem disturbed at all. Then, in his polite, soft, and somewhat patrician manner, he asked me if I knew where to get some chocolate. I did, in fact, and a few minutes later an expedition was organized, with several choir members and Gustav Leonhardt, to a nearby candy store named Sweet Dreams. Leonhardt very politely, but without a hint of embarrassment, picked out several pieces of candy, which he ate out his paper bag on the way back to the church, bestowing a kind of dignity and gravitas to the act of candy-eating that I've tried and failed to emulate ever since.
That night, Leonhardt conducted in very exact gestures. There was no baton in his hands, but he was not at all vague. It was very evident that he knew this music and exactly how he wanted it to sound. Despite his own grim, forceful physical style, the resulting music was flowing and lyrical and free, eliciting some of the most beautiful music-making I have ever heard.
Everyone, even those in the choir and the string section, felt their individual contribution to the total sound. Leonhardt, despite his taciturn manner, created an atmosphere of glowing warmth. It was certainly one the greatest musical experiences of my life.
The principal oboist for that concert was the late Bruce Haynes, and I remember him telling me the story of going to an orchestra rehearsal in Amsterdam the day after Leonhardt had conducted a concert on Dutch television. The concert was notable for employing a particular style of inégal playing, a type of rhythmic emphasis that is not notated in the score, in one of the pieces on the program.
Bruce said that, at the rehearsal, no one said a word or talked about the concert, but it was obvious everyone had watched it because when they started playing everyone employed that exact kind of inégal that Leonhardt used in the broadcast. No one had played like that at the previous rehearsal, but such was the influence and respect commanded by Gustav Leonhardt that his televised performance changed everything.
Leonhardt played the role of Johann Sebastian Bach in the black-and-white 1968 film The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach. It was a brilliant bit of casting, because it required no acting at all. Leonhardt, looking perfectly comfortable in 18th-century costume, played harpsichord and organ, very occasionally said something when there was something important to say, and then went back to playing.
That is exactly how I imagine the real Bach was, and it is absolutely how Leonhardt was, someone very seriously dedicated to the work of creating (and consuming) beauty and pleasure.
(image of Gustav Leonhardt via Wikimedia Commons)
More on Gustav Leonhardt, including remembrances by Boston Baroque's Martin Pearlman, can be found at PRI's The World.
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[JURIST] The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee [official website] voted 17-4 Wednesday to send the 1994 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea [UN materials; SFRC hearing materials] to the full US Senate [official website] for ratification. The treaty has been sharply criticized by conservative Republicans who claim it would limit US sovereignty. Foreign Relations Committee ranking minority member Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) said in his opening statement [PDF text] to the Committee on Wednesday that "[t]he vote today is about whether the Senate will continue to consign the United States to a position of self-imposed weakness in our ability to influence ocean affairs, despite the fact that no other nation has a greater interest in navigational freedoms, a larger Exclusive Economic Zone, or a more advanced technological capacity to exploit ocean resources." Reuters has more. AP has additional coverage.
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Skip to comments.Which global conspiracy is brainwashing the US?
Posted on 08/12/2004 3:20:58 PM PDT by MadIvan
TWO EVENTS in this traditionally politically subdued month have captured rather well how intensely politicised popular American cultural life has become in a highly-charged election year.
In New York last week, Bruce Springsteen announced that he would be entering the US presidential election fray for the first time, headlining a series of rock concerts in September and October with the explicit aim of helping to defeat President Bush in November.
The concerts will also feature such icons of popular music as REM, the Dixie Chicks, Dave Matthews and John Mellencamp. Lefty pop stars have long suffered from the delusion that if only the voters would heed their incisive lyrics, governments would fall all over the world. But Mr Springsteen is different, and his debut as a partisan activist has attracted most attention in the past week, including a signed op-ed article in The New York Times and a lengthy interview with his only obvious equal on this earth, Ted Koppel of ABC News.
Not that anyone familiar with Mr Springsteens corpus of work, from the ironic triumphalism of Born in the USA to the plangent misery of Tom Joad, would be surprised to learn that his politics incline towards the progressive end of the political spectrum. It was always unlikely that someone who made his name writing about the plight of the working man sent to fight foreign wars, only to return home to New Jersey to discover that all the jobs have gone abroad, would throw his support behind a nation-building, free-trade, pro-business sort of president such as George W. Bush.
For months now in any case John Kerry has been using one of the more recognisable Springsteen ballads as his signature theme. Unlike Ronald Reagan, who used Born in the USA in 1984 without the Bosss permission and got into legal trouble, Mr Kerry has apparently received Mr Springsteens imprimatur for the playing of No Surrender at every campaign appearance.
But unlike many of his fellow performers the Boss has, until now, refrained from suiting up and riding his suicide machine on behalf of any political candidate, presumably mostly for sound commercial reasons. It is not written in the DNA of Springsteen followers that they be paid-up Democrats. Now that he has declared his colours, nailed them firmly to his fender stratocaster, and joined all those other leftwingers, conservatives can only shake their heads and ask: et tu Bruce?
The Bosss intervention is the latest example of how unfairly stacked are the odds in the popular music contest between the two parties. It is not just that the Left has, like the Devil, all the best tunes and the best performers to sing them, though that is demonstrably true. Bill Clinton famously expropriated Fleetwood Mac in the 1990s, while all the hit singers of the 1960s were Democrats, or somewhere left of them.
In response, Mr Bush and conservative Republicans can only muster the unimaginably awful music of second-rate country and western stars such as Lee Greenwood. Mr Greenwood, mercifully unfamiliar to almost anyone outside the US, is famous for having written God Bless the USA, comfortably the worst song ever inflicted on an innocent audience.
Hank Williams Jr, a Bush favourite, can usually be relied on to rally the conservative cause, but his better tunes, such as All My Exes Live in Texas are not exactly ideal material for the political arena. And then again you can guarantee that when someone does make an overtly pro-conservative, guns-and-God-and-country kind of song, they will get the pitch all wrong. Charlie Daniels, big in the Deep South, is currently embroiled in a fight over the lyrics of his latest hit , that attacks people who wear rags on their head.
This paucity of talent in the conservative cause is not confined to America either. Even in her heyday, as I recall, the best in the form of popular entertainment Margaret Thatcher could come up with was Ken Dodd.
More important, though, than this sorry imbalance in musical taste and ability between the Left and the Right is the deeper, hidden truth it reveals. A myth continues to circulate among the media elite around the world that somehow, dark satanic forces are crimping individual expression and imposing a conservative-dominated agenda on the American people. If you listened to a substantial amount of reporting on America, you would think that loud-mouthed radio talk show hosts, corrupt religious fanatics and television news networks, such as the one owned by the parent company of this newspaper, have seized control of the national conversation.
It is not only Mr Springsteen and his fawning interlocutors in the media who both propagate and, by their own self-ascribed influence, explode that myth. This lesson was brought home by the other event of political-cultural significance this month: the release of a typically highly-acclaimed film, Jonathan Demmes remake of the bizarre 1962 classic, The Manchurian Candidate.
In John Frankenheimers original starring Frank Sinatra and Angela Lansbury in one of the most improbably effective casting combinations ever a communist conspiracy to seize the US Government was hatched when an American servicemen was captured and brainwashed, then returned to the US to seek high political office. Mr Demmes remake which stars Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep, and is not released in the UK until November 5, three days after the presidential election is a pale shadow of the original but is riveting if only for its cultural-political message.
Updated for the post-Cold War era, the villains who have planted a chip inside the head of a would-be candidate are not communists, but dark figures representing the interests of a global corporation called Manchurian. In other words, the evil force in the world today is not Islamo-fascism or crazed dictators, but large American corporations, intent on maximising profits in the most nefarious ways. They hijack political systems to further their interests and start wars.
Manchurian is clearly loosely modelled on Halliburton, the energy services company that Vice-President Dick Cheney used to head. (This introduces us to another of the current favourite storylines of Hollywood scriptwriters from 24 to The Day After Tomorrow: the cunning and evil vice-president, emerged from obscurity to seize control of government from an ineffective president.)
This widely propagated conspiracist approach to politics is now largely the preserve of the Left. In the immediate post-Cold War period, conspiracy theorists used to be in the main nutty rightwingers, convinced that the federal government was after them in black helicopters. Now, intriguingly, conspiracy has become the basis for left-of-centre analysis. It was, after all, the basic proposition of Michael Moores Fahrenheit 9/11.
These two strands the mythical right-wing control of the media, and the real left-wing one cross over neatly in that film, by the way. When Walt Disney refused to distribute the movie it was widely reported around the world as evidence of the threat to civil liberties and free speech from conservative media control. This was nonsense, of course; the film was distributed widely through other studios.
Perhaps someone will make a film soon about how a coterie of ultra-liberal, left-leaning corporate executives and artistes dominate the increasingly ubiquitous and powerful global media, and use it to brainwash the American people into selecting candidates for office who share their world view.
I can see Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead role as the hero who roots out the conspirators; perhaps there could be a cameo role for Clint Eastwood as a hired gun. The only question is: I wonder if Ken Dodd would be available to record the soundtrack?
Exquisitely uninformed. Hank Jr. doesn't sing 'All My Exes Live in Texas", George Strait does.
Actually, all of this has done me a favor. As more and more of the better known artists get on my nerves, I have become pregressively more adventurous in my tastes, which now tend toward artists little known enough that no one bothers to interview them.
Of course I avoid reading interviews now days, I really don't want to know.
Regards, Ivan
"We'll stick a boot up your a$$- It's the American way!
And how about all the "artists" that the lefty's wish would sit down and shut up...a la Streisand --and let's see Yoko Ono electrify the base.
I understand Yoko has a new release in honor of the "French looking Candidate
Some stars have GOP stripes (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kid Rock, Britney Spears, Ted Nugent, Steve Tyler)
Right on!
I'm Elvis and I'm a conservative!
"I understand Yoko has a new release in honor of the "French looking Candidate"
You put up a link I won't click on. Which would be worse, kerrys face or yoko ono singing?
Oh, c'mon. Live dangerously...it helps if you have real media player. (It's not Yoko, it's Jo Stafford's alter ego/evil twin.)
Who writes this stuff? "All My Exes Live in Texas" was George Strait. And, isn't Hank Williams Jr. dead now? I'm pretty sure Waylon Jennings is.
It's true that conservatives have to keep their mouths shut in music. Actually in all the arts - both pseudo and more highbrow. In classical, it's really bad. We go out after rehersal and a couple of my friends and I have to really watch what we say.
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Those who have previously taken the role of altar servers are especially encouraged to consider this apostolate. Just as all young men are encouraged to discern their vocation whatever it might be, so the members of the Society need not be convinced of their own calling to the priesthood in order to enter. They must, however, be open to the possibility that they might be called to the priesthood just as much as to marriage or consecrated single life.
Prospective members must be at least of high school age and not married, currently attending Sunday Mass and otherwise seeking to live the precepts of the Church, and willing to pray for and encourage vocations to the priesthood while discerning their own call whatever it might be.
Prospective members must make their request to enter through a current member, the Priest Servant or priest associates of The Society. The first step after requesting entrance is to read a short biography of St Alphonsus Liguori, the patron of the Society. The candidate then writes a two-page maximum reflection on a virtue or quality of the life of the holy patron which makes him a good example for encouraging priestly vocations and explains how the candidate might put that virtue or quality to work in his own life for the same purpose.
Induction of new members is to be celebrated during a holy Mass marking the feast of the Society to be offered on or near the feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori on August 1 each year.
Interested parents and adults may request to become prayer supporters of the Society by offering their weekly Mass and other prayers for the intentions of the Society.
The prayer of the members seeks its basis in a weekly rosary in private or in common and Sunday Mass. Invocation of the Society's patron is to be included in the praying of the Rosary and at Mass thus: "St Alphonsus Liguori, patron of priestly vocations, pray for us". Parish liturgies, to include Eucharistic adoration, should be sought out as especially fruitful opportunities for prayer.
The works of the Society, beyond the keeping of the Commandments and the precepts of the Church, include but are nor limited to, each member inviting a peer to attend the yearly Project Andrew dinners and also to make an effort to attend the diocesan priestly ordinations as a group each Spring. Charitable works of the society will include, but are not limited to, visiting retired priests at least once a year during the Christmas season.
The pastor or parochial vicar should be invited to serve as chaplain to the Society. The continuance of the Society, however, as an association of the faithful does not depend upon an actively serving chaplain.
The uniform of the members is the black cassock and surplice for service on the altar at holy Mass, and other liturgies, and a coat and tie for Mass when not serving on the altar.
Members will seek out opportunities to spend social time with each other such as attending and participating in parish events. Any group events outside of parish life will be conducted with at least one parent, priest or designated adult present.
This constitution and any aspect of the Society may be changed at any time for the sake of more perfect obedience to the Magisterium of the universal Church.
For further information please write to Reverend KM Cusick, c/o Church of St Philip the Apostle, 5416 Henderson Way, Camp Springs MD 20746 or email firstname.lastname@example.com


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Bobby Seale calls for Huey P. Newton's Release (Updated over a year ago)
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KPIX Eyewitness news report from cAugust 1968 in Oakland featuring brief scenes of a press conference by Bobby Seale, who calls for the release of Huey P. Newton from jail.
Tags: 1968, african american civil rights, alameda county courthouse, black panther party, bobby seale, huey p. newton, kpix 31253
Added to San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive on September 27, 2011.
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- Originally aired on: KPIX-TV
- Date aired: c. August 1968
- Recording medium: 16mm b&w co-magnetic sound film
- Rights for this video belong to: CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Duration: 0:55
- Type of material: archival newsfilm
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