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Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Aida Visits San Francisco
Aida came booming into the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco with its high tech stage effects and spectacular lighting designs. There is no doubt about it, Aida is a beautiful production. On the large Orpheum stage it does not look like a bus and truck tour show. It looks like a big Broadway show.
I am not a great fan of Elton John's music and I don't think Tim Rice's lyrics are all that great. We saw the original production at the Palace Theater in New York with Heather Headley, Adam Pascal and Sherie Rene Scott. I had mixed emotions about the musical then and I told our companions that this was one album that I probably would not buy. I just could not appreciate the humdrum score. What saved that production for me was Heather Headley and Sherie Rene Scott who were wonderful in the rock opera. Wayne Cilento's choreography was a mess in the New York production and it still is here in San Francisco.
Although this Elton John/Tim Rice creation is meant to be the story of Aida, Radames and Amneris and their romantic triangle, their entanglements take a back seat to the visual artists. This production belongs to scenic and costume designer Bob Crowley, and to lighting designer Natasha Katz, both of whom won Tony awards for their work on Aida. The lighting is breathtaking. They create a psychedelic fantasy soaked in color and boundless in scope. The Nile scene is brilliantly evoked by the palm trees reflected on the water. There are many designs full of triangles which suggest the pyramids as well as the love triangle of the plot. The plot is somewhat based on Giuseppe Verdi's 1871 opera. It tells the story of Aida, the Nubian princess stolen from her country; her captor, the Egyptian noble Radames and his fiance Amneris, the future queen. Aida and Radames became amorously involved and their prohibited love forces all three to make choices that will greatly affect their lives.
Patrick Cassidy gives a vibrant performance as Radames. His voice and acting are powerful and he looks like a leader of the Egyptian army. Where Adam Pascal had a boyish look and raspy voice, Patrick has a virile look and clear voice. Simone is a passionate performer with a strong voice. Her delivery of "Easy as Life" is heartbreaking. She plays the role more aggressively than Heather Headley. Simone is rougher where Heather was more ethereal.
Kelli Fournier, as Amneris, is excellent in the role but I think Sherie Rene Scott had a better handle on the character. Sherie was more like Melanie Griffith or Leslie Ann Warren of Victor/Victoria film fame whereas Kelli started out like these two, but somehow lost her campiness after the first scene. On Broadway, I thought the song "My Strongest Suit" and the Egyptian fashion show was real camp and a highlight of the show. Here I did not get that feeling. It just sort of lays there with little or no life. Oh, the costumes are fantastic, but somehow it lacks the zest. Kelli does shine in the beautiful "I Know the Truth". This is a show-stopper. Neal Benari, as Radames' scheming father, is properly villainous. He has a good clear voice and he looks more like a father to Radames then his Broadway counterpart. Jacen R. Wilkeson is adequate as the clever slave but I thought he was just too robust for the part.
Elton John's score does not have the precision of a Rodgers and Hammerstein score nor the style of a Cole Porter or Gershwin score. Mr. John's melodies range from bittersweet ballads to gospel renditions, reggae and retro-rock sounds. It does not rank anywhere near Sondheim, LaChiusa, Lippa or some of our new up and coming composers. There are really no witty tunes you can enjoy unless you want to call "My Strongest Suit" witty. I found that song merely comic.
I once again found that the production does not flow, but that it jerks from scene to scene. Some of the scenes do not have any hooks to keep them connected to the story. Even the subplots, like the attempt to poison the Pharaoh, are not covered adequately. Also, this whole production looks like The Lion King. I kept thinking that Samba, Rafiki or Nala would come to rescue Aida and Radames; the "Disney touch"?
However, if you want to see wonderful sets, great lighting and hear some very good singing, I say go for it. Aida will play until September 1st. They can be purchased by visiting ticketmaster.com or calling (415)512-7770. Tickets are also available at the Orpheum Theatre box office. They range from $22.50 to $76.50.


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The name Fortress Maximus can refer to multiple characters or concepts:
- Fortress Maximus, the name of a city-bot double Headmaster from various Generation One continuities.
- Brave Maximus, the city-bot double Headmaster from the Car Robots anime who was renamed Fortress Maximus in the Robots in Disguise dub. Later retconned to be the inspiration for the Fortress Maximus seen in The Headmasters anime. Also known as Cybertron Base in Robot Masters.
- Fortress Maximus, the title used in the Robots in Disguise dub for the the twenty-ninth episode of Car Robots, Arise! Cybertron City.
- Autobot City: Earth, which was referred to as "Fortress Maximus" in the first issue of The Transformers: The Movie, The Planet Eater!.
Fortress Maximus should not be confused with:
- Grand Maximus, the city-bot from Super-God Masterforce, who is the brother of Fortress Maximus from The Headmasters.
- Christmas Maximus, a minor character in Micron Legend who has a character model based on that of Fortress Maximus' and a color scheme similar to that of Quickswitch's.
- Omega Supreme, city-bot whose preliminary name was "Fortress Maximus".
- Metroplex, a city-bot whose preliminary name was "Fortress Maximus".
- Other characters or concepts with names containing "Maximus":
- Sentinel Maximus
- Anonymous Maximus
- The Energon dub names for the three Gestalts in Super-Link:
- Other characters or concepts with names containing "Fortress":
- The Mobile Fortress
- Fortress, the Decepticon Seeker from Revenge of the Fallen.
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Benedict Nicolson(1914-1978), Art historian
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The longest-serving Editor of the Burlington, from 1947 to 1978, Nicolson was for three decades completely identified with the Magazine's fortunes and reputations. He made it a forum for innovative research in seventeenth-century art, introduced new contributors, particularly recent art-history graduates, and wrote incisive editorials on topical issues. His books include Wright of Derby, Painter of Light , The International Caravaggesque Movement, and studies of Seurat and Courbet. 'Deep silences, infectious laughter and alternating shrewdness and innocence fused in a personality as memorable as his appearance' is how Richard Shone, the present Editor of the Magazine recalls him.
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In movie theaters this past weekend, a reluctant teen hero led a rebellion comprising an implausible clan of oppressed but likable young iconoclasts. Together they rose up around their chosen one to fight their government's evil social engineering.
Sound familiar? No, it wasn't a new installment of "The Hunger Games," "The Maze Runner"or "The Giver." And it wasn't a reprise of "Saturday Night Live's" "The Group Hopper" sketch, which blended almost every current dystopian teen trope into a trailer for a fake movie "written entirely," the joke went, "in the comments section of a 'Hunger Games' trailer."


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Very nice, and oddly enough, I actually like the colors....
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Very nice, and oddly enough, I actually like the colors....
This is the one case where the colors really make the figure.... POP! Beautiful! :skgrin:
Words can not describe how awesome your "Snakeman" custom is. I loved this guy as a kid, & I wish your tribute would make it to Mattel's distro! SO GOOD! :skgrin:
I had a few Warrior Beasts and my favorite was Snakeman. Thanks for sharing this.
This is stellar!
great work!
I always love it when ppl go to the effort to accurately update a vintage bootleg MOTU "type" of figure into the MOTUC figure line.
Great work!
I will have to copy your work here on this an make one for my personal snakemen army.
that is an amazing custom! :hmgrin:
well done. I'm inspired.
I really love your Knock offs / Bootlegs in Classic style ...... awesome work as always :)
i keep coming back to this. it's incredible.
any particular reason you didn't use demo man 4 toed feet?
I LOVE HIM. Dearly. Seriously, this is freakin' fantastic.
I'm falling down the rabbit hole of remco customs and man when done right (like you have done) they are just the best. Expensive, but the best.
And this is why I wanted 2 small subs of remco figures from Mattel. Warlord, herculese, michette or whatever arak or whatever. They would fit right in and look sick.


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A late replay helps New England keep the ball and drive to a 16-13 OT win and into the AFC title game.
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© St. Petersburg Times, published January 20, 2002
FOXBORO, Mass. -- A snowstorm and an apparent fumble didn't stop Tom Brady and the Patriots from adding an amazing victory to their magical season.
Helped by a controversial video replay that overruled the fumble call with 1:43 left, the Patriots beat the Raiders 16-13 Saturday night in overtime after trailing 13-3 going into the fourth quarter.
Adam Vinatieri, whose 45-yard field goal tied it with 27 seconds left, sent the Patriots to the AFC championship with a 23-yard field goal with 8:25 gone in overtime.
The Patriots won their seventh game in a row and face the winner of today's game between Baltimore and Pittsburgh. The Raiders left the field upset about referee Walt Coleman's controversial replay decision.
The Patriots appeared finished when Greg Biekert recovered the apparent fumble. When the call was overturned, an incensed Oakland coach Jon Gruden ran toward Coleman.
Coleman ruled Brady's arm was moving forward and the play was an incompletion. Brady apparently was pulling the ball back in when hit by a blitzing Charles Woodson. The decision left the Patriots with the ball at the Oakland 42.
Five plays later, Vinatieri lined the tying 45-yard field goal through the snowflakes and the uprights.
The Raiders never got the ball in overtime as Brady drove them from the New England 34 to fourth and 3 at the Oakland 27. He then connected with David Patten for a 6-yard gain. Antowain Smith then ran five times for 16 yards.
Vinatieri ran onto the field to wild cheers from snow-covered fans, then connected for the winning kick as flash cameras flickered throughout Foxboro Stadium.
The Patriots, who finished in the AFC East cellar at 5-11 last season and started 0-2 this season, are 12-3 since Brady succeeded an injured Drew Bledsoe in the third game.
"I knew I was throwing the ball," Brady said of the replay call. "I was trying to get rid of the ball. I'm glad they ruled it the way they did."
"I thought it was a fumble," Gruden said. "We thought that, but he thought it was a continuous throwing motion. He's the one that matters, and we've got to live with it."
The Patriots won their seventh game in a row despite a gamelong snowfall that seemed to stymie Brady through the first three quarters. But he was outstanding in the fourth quarter and overtime and ended up 32-for-52 for 312 yards.
Oakland's Rich Gannon, the AFC's top-rated passer, was 17-for-31 for 159 yards.
The game may have been the last at Foxboro Stadium, built for $6.7-million and opened for the 1971 season. The Patriots play next season at CMGi Field, being built on adjacent property for $325-million.
If Pittsburgh wins, the Steelers will be home next weekend. If Baltimore wins, the Patriots have one more home game.
During breaks in play, workmen wielding leaf blowers cleared snow at 5-yard intervals starting with the goal line.


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New Jersey sports gambling suit tab: $2.8M, rising
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's bid to bring legalized sports gambling to the state has met with defeat in the courts, but there's been one big winner so far.
That would be the law firm hired to help Gov. Chris Christie defend a lawsuit by the four major pro sports leagues and the NCAA.
Figures obtained by The Associated Press show Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has charged the state $2.8 million from August 2012 through the end of 2013. Taxpayers will be on the hook for more when other attorneys' fees are included.
Gibson Dunn is the same firm Christie hired at taxpayer expense to investigate the lane-closing scandal at the George Washington Bridge.
Neither a Christie spokesman nor the law firm responded to requests for comment by The Associated Press.


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AT BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan — These days, 12 years after the start of America's longest war, far fewer U.S. troops are being killed or wounded in Afghanistan, but the war churns out American casualties by the dozen each week. Their injuries rarely make headlines.
Still, military health-care experts say those wounded in battle are coming home more severely injured than at any time since 2006.
Many of the injured arrive on the medical evacuation flights that land twice a week at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, struggling with the demons of multiple deployments over the past decade. Their caretakers, part of a massive wartime medical evacuation system that is being wound down, have a rare and often grim vantage on the final chapter of the Afghan war.
In Washington, among policymakers, the Afghan war is increasingly discussed with exasperation. It is the type of warfare the United States must avoid at all cost, President Barack Obama said during his State of the Union address.
"I think there is a sense in the military that Americans are not paying attention anymore," said Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., a former Air Force pilot, after returning from a visit to Kabul a few weeks before the State of the Union. "I think they're right, to be honest. There is a sense that it's over, but it's not."
There are roughly 33,700 U.S. service members in Afghanistan, down from a peak of more than 100,000 in the spring of 2011. Those who have been wounded have had a better chance at survival than in any previous U.S. war — a result of stunning achievements in battlefield care.
But in some ways, combat medics say, the work in Afghanistan has become more challenging. The injury severity score, a measure that takes into account the extent of a patient's wounds, has gone up gradually in Afghanistan since 2006, according to data compiled by the military.
Medical professionals say the combat evacuation system that sprang up at the height of the Iraq war to care for the wounded is being pared down.
In December, Bagram became the only base in Afghanistan with a top-tier trauma center, which means that patients across the battlefield in need of specialized care face longer journeys. As the footprint becomes smaller in coming months, the margin of error will widen, said Lt. Col. Mary Danko, the chief Air Force flight nurse in Bagram.
"Right now, it's a great process we have," she said. "But you worry about the one life you won't be able to save because of the lack of resources."
U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion as of Tuesday, according to Defense Department and Associated Press counts
U.S. service members wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department


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Solaris Smartcard supports an internal card reader, using the IFD handler to configure the reader. Do the following to add an internal card reader from the command line.
Verify that the ocfserv daemon is enabled.
The following command provides the status of the service.
% svcs network/rpc/ocfserv
Before you make any changes to Smartcard, you must make sure that the ocfserv daemon is enabled.
(Optional) If necessary, as root, enable the ocfserv daemon.
# svcadm enable network/rpc/ocfserv
Add the Sun Internal Card Reader by typing, for example, the following command on one line:
# smartcard -c admin -t terminal -H /usr/lib/smartcard/ifdh_scmi2c.so -x add -d /dev/scmi2c0 -r MyInternalReader -n SunISCRI
Indicates that you are viewing or are modifying OCF properties.
Indicates you are configuring a card reader.
Indicates that you are adding a card reader.
Defines the device port where the card reader is attached. For example, /dev/scmi2cn, where n is the nth Sun Internal Card Reader on the system. Note that no current systems have more than one internal reader, so /dev/scmi2c0 is the only choice now.
Specifies a unique name for the Sun Internal Card Reader.
Indicates the model name for the Sun Internal Card Reader.
Restart ocfserv.
# svcadm restart network/rpc/ocfserv
The ocfserv process is restarted the next time you use the Smartcard Console or execute the smartcard command.


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1930's Teen Delinquents
i.e. life role models
I'm just gonna reblog this again because it's one of my favorite pictures ever.
That girl in the chair seems like such a badass I bet she was the leader of the crew.
I want to write about these girls.
When I was a teenager my mother found my grandmother's (her mother) school scrapbook. It included things like photos, notes, and a two page spread of every demerit she ever received over the course of her formal education. Each of them set aside with little tags like she was so fucking proud of them. They were all for things like, "Unladylike behavior" or, "Skirt too short" or, "refuses to listen to authority". I loved that spread so much.
I always have to reblog this.
Bad girls have always been. I come from a long line of them.


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TAYLORVILLE — Where do you see God? Where do you sense you are in the presence of the Divine? Wouldn't it be great if God wore a GPS and we had a monitor so that at any point of time we could look at the monitor and pinpoint God's exact location?
TAYLORVILLE — "Getting in Touch with Jesus" is the Lenten theme at Davis Memorial Christian Church. Lent is a time when Christians and church examine their relationship with Jesus.
KINCAID — On February 16-17, Kincaid Church of God (KCOG) will host a World Missions Gathering at the Church.
TAYLORVILLE — For a brief time as a kid I did not want to take baths. To say the least, my parents were annoyed by my resistance. Fortunately, this tussle did not last long as mom and dad prevailed.
The recording tape was rolling on Feb. 28, 1993, when Branch Davidian leader David Koresh called Larry Lynch at the McLennan County sheriff's office.
TAYLORVILLE — We sometimes think aloud that another person should "carry his (or her) own weight." That's the way our culture operates. People are supposed to tend to their own business. They are supposed to provide for themselves financially, physically, and emotionally. They should be sure that they are not a burden on other people.
EDINBURG — The Chosen Ones Gospel music recording artists, The Chosen Ones, will be in concert on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 6 p.m.
TAYLORVILLE — First Place for Health (FP4H) will begin a new eight-week series at Faith Community Worship Center on Tuesday, Jan. 17 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Back in his days as a youth pastor, Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma spent lots of time begging church members to teach Sunday school.
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The Vatican was so concerned about the fallout from Chile's most notorious pedophile priest that it planned to ask three Chilean bishops accused of knowing about his decades-long crimes to resign and take a year's sabbatical — a revelation that comes just days before Pope Francis makes his first visit to Chile as pope.
Greetings in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ!
This article utilizes some thoughts from Elayne Lipp, a retired pastor who has both professional and personal experience with Alzheimer's disease, as found in the publication "Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families" (2012).
Debates about Star Wars theology have come a long way since kids in the first "Star Wars generation" asked: "Is the Force the same thing as God?"
CAIRO (AP) — An attack today on Egypt's Coptic Christians in which gunmen opened fire outside a church and at a store in the south Cairo suburb of Helwan, killing at least eight Copts and a policeman, is the latest episode in what have now become regular assaults by Islamic militants on the country's Coptic community.
Can I confess something? I actually like when I get sick and have to be taken care of. My mom spoiled me, and while I don't enjoy the feeling of sickness, laying in the bed, watching Netflix, and being served soup for 48 hours isn't the worst thing in the world. Can we all be honest and admit that sometimes staying in bed is better than dealing with life. I ask because reading about the crippled man in John 5 reminds me not everyone hates being sick.
This is the season we celebrate the birth of a Savior- Jesus Christ, the Son of God. A Son given because God so loved the world He created a Son who would be the Redeemer promised by presenting His own Blood for the sin of the world, and specifically for mine/yours /ours.
It's a question that may pop into the minds of Jewish children at some point when they are little: Does Santa Claus deliver their Hanukkah presents?
The answer must be "no," according to shopping-mall orthodoxy, since the cultural icon called Santa does his thing on Christmas Eve.
TAYLORVILLE — The Lighthouse Apostolic Church in Taylorville will hold their annual candlelight Christmas service on Friday, December 22 at 7 p.m.
KINCAID — This Saturday, December 2, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kincaid Church of God (KCOG) is hosting a Christmas Bazaar. The high school and middle school students of Restoring Hope Student Ministries are sponsoring the event to raise funds for an upcoming trip called Winterfest this February.
TAYLORVILLE — With "tongue in cheek," I pray that you will enjoy the two seasons of Christmas. There is the secular season which begins sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving. This season is filled with excitement, stress, get-togethers, business, decorating, gift buying and the pleasantries of receiving gifts.


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A Love Letter to Womankind, From Your Awakening Brother, Mankind (A tribute and an apology to Womankind, from Mankind)
by Charles David Heineke
I believe that the time has come for men and women to make peace with each other. And I believe that men bear a greater burden in this endeavor than women. I truly honor and respect women, yet many men don't. But, thankfully, that is gradually changing.
This letter is written on behalf of all mankind, as an expression of my concern for men and women. Both have suffered far too long from the wrongs of each. We must make peace now.
My Beloved Sister, Womankind,
How long I, your brother, have been asleep! How long I have been unconscious of your unceasing love, which you've given to me despite the hardness of my heart, the blindness of my eyes, and the cruelty of my hands, during the long night of my selfishness. Somehow you have always been there for me, even when I didn't realize it.
I've been so asleep to your love and compassion, by which you sustained me, even in my worst moments. I've been so asleep to the cruelty and pain I've so thoughtlessly inflicted upon you. And for all this, I am profoundly sorry and I earnestly seek your forgiveness.
Finally I'm awakening, and I acknowledge the error of my ways and seek to rejoin your heart. I truly honor you for your incredible faithfulness to me during my long night of unconsciousness.
Somewhere within the depths of my being, and despite my unconsciousness, I finally heard your endless cries and felt your ceaseless pain—your cries from lifetimes of suffering at my hands, and your pain from eons of my thoughtlessness. And I'm eager and wanting to be at peace with you.
Despite the cruelty of my former blindness, there is love within me, a love as tender as any mother's love—the love of our Holy Parent. And I am gradually gaining the courage to express that love to you and to my brothers, despite the teachings of men that males shouldn't show their feelings. You'll begin to feel that love more, as I continue to awaken to my true identity as your loving brother.
I have finally remembered that, like you, I am love, to the core of my being, and that I need not seek to get love from you, but only need to share my love with you.
I now long to rejoin you in the love we once shared with our Holy Parent, Father/Mother God. I long to give to you the love that has lain dormant, but not forgotten, in the depths of my heart.
I'm keenly aware that nothing I could ever do would ever repay you for all the grief you have suffered at my hands. Only your love has the power to forgive my sins against you and to welcome me back into your heart. And I long for that reunion.
I know that only my complete honesty and total vulnerability can ever hope to prove my sincerity and regain your trust—a trust so violated, so many times, in so many ways.
Though I don't deserve your mercy, still I ask for your continued support as I genuinely seek to earn your trust again and to deserve your love. I ask you to take one more step in my direction, feeling the sincerity of my heart, that we may once again be united, and may once again live in peace. And in return, I will earnestly keep you ever in my heart and mind, and ask you to remind me, should I ever begin to lose sight of you again.
I believe the time has come for all of God's children to live in peace and be one again. And I offer my life and my heart to you and to my brothers toward the fulfillment of that dream.
Please find the courage, the strength, and the willingness, one last time, to welcome me back—forevermore.
Your Loving Brother, Mankind
Charles David Heineke, April 27, 1997
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ATLANTA — Dulce Guerrero kept quiet about being an illegal immigrant until this year, when she became upset after a traffic stop that landed her mother in jail for two nights.
The arrest came as Georgia lawmakers were crafting what would become one of the nation's toughest immigration crackdowns, and Guerrero, 18, feared her mother would be deported.
"I feel like that was my breaking point, when my mom was in jail," said Guerrero, who came to the U.S. from Mexico when she was 2. "I felt like, well, that's it, it can't get any worse than this. My mother has been to jail."
Guerrero publicly announced her immigration status at a protest in March. Now she is organizing a rally under the tutelage of more experienced activists who are themselves only a few years older.
Guerrero is the chief organizer of a rally set for Tuesday at the Georgia Capitol for high school-age illegal immigrants to tell their stories. Guerrero and others hope to draw attention to the plight of the hundreds of thousands of young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents.
Already around the country, efforts by young activists have ranged from rallies and letter-writing to sit-ins and civil disobedience, drawing inspiration from civil rights demonstrations decades ago, with the aim of forcing the federal government to reform rules for immigrants in their situation.
The high-stakes movement of young illegal immigrants declaring that they are "undocumented and unafraid" got a boost this week when Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas revealed he has been living in the country illegally. Vargas, a former Washington Post reporter, announced Wednesday that he is an illegal immigrant from the Philippines.
Proponents of stricter enforcement of immigration laws often say that young people in this situation are among the most sympathetic cases but that legalizing them raises problems.
"Our own American young adult college grads are in dire straits in the job market," said Roy Beck, executive director of Numbers USA, which pushes for tighter immigration control. ". . . So, as compelling as the case of these DREAM students is, we have to acknowledge that legalizing them does actually victimize our own young adults."


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If you rent a small car in NZ, go to grocery and sleep mostly in DOC campground, you can figure a budget of about 60$/person/day.
If you rent a small car in NZ, go to grocery and sleep mostly in DOC campground, you can figure a budget of about 60$/person/day.
I'm in S.E Asia from April to June next year if anyone else is about.
HI Lisa,
I'm planning on a similar trip but a year later unfortunately. Still at a stage of picking countries and destinations
I'm planning on taking 10k for a year plus working where I can
All very exciting. Have you booked anything up yet or still planning it all out?
Hi Lisa
My name is Hildie and i'm planning on travelling again in April 2013 too - end of probably. Im going to Oz, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Bali and India. Ive been to Thailand and India travelling before and had a lovely holiday in Malaysia. I just have unfinished business with my travels and am dying to go back and do the rest of Asia and Western Oz. I'm taking 5k with me too, but as i see people have already advised, that may not be enough in Oz, so im probably just gonna spend 3 months there and then work backwards. I plan on travelling for a year - i think my friend is coming with, but she's letting me know for sure next weekend. I'm very excited and am planning on booking my rtw ticket in 2 weeks time. Have you tried Round the World Experts? They have quoted me £1400 for that ticket, valid for a year and you can change your dates/flights whenever you want FOC - just thought that might help to save some extra much needed money
Also dont know if youre interested but theres a good website called Anytime Anywhere and its good for finding jobs and volunteer work - speaking of which they are looking for volunteers in Maldives to help build and paint etc in the local communities - they normally provide digs which is good and could be something amazing to do!
Anyway let me know what you think, but i'd be interested in maybe joining you?
Hi Lisa,
Im from Perth Australia. I can tell you that Australia can be very expensive, Particularly if you are going out for dinner and drinks. A pint of beer averages $9 AUD more or less depending where you go. If you buy from a bottle-O you can get it much cheaper. Getting between places can also be expensive especially if you choose to fly, although flying between cities on the East coast can be alot cheaper, but getting from place to place in Western Australia much a different story. In WA best bet Id say are tour buses eg South West buses... I remember getting from Margaret River (A must if you are in WA) to Perth for $15-20 AUD could be more now?
In terms of flights there are deals websites that you can look out for though which have cheap flight deals between places, Common budget domestic airlines in Oz include JetStar, Virgin Blue and Tiger airways... if you sign up with them they send you emails with fligths deals every so often, I saw a one way ticket to Melbourne on tiger airways from Perth for $60 thats the cheapest I've ever seen a flight Perth to Melbourne. On Average they will be $200 (each way) (Note Easter , New years and schools holidays are always more expensive). If you only have carry on luggage (7kg limit usually) this will also save some money if you choose to fly between cities.
As for accommodation if you look at private houses etc and you plan on staying in one place for a while you can get accommodation for $100/wk depending on the area and what sites you look at.. I like www.gumtree.com.au for finding share accommodation. Hostels I imagine would be more in the long term.
Hope this helps and Have fun on your travels. I look forward to my own Round the world Trip (mostly Europe next Year). Planning seems to be half the fun!


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Flocking good time!!!
Ok so I decided to use flock on my birthday card which is a neat technique but turned into much more of a project than I was anticipating! I already owned some purple flock that I had picked up on clearance at an expo many years ago and never used, as well as the white flock from SU!. That being said I decided to use purple for my image. And green, I was just going to use the white. Well as I was testing my project I determined that there was going to need to be some dimentionals used and cutting would be involved. I also decided that I needed green flock!! I went to a large craft store thinking they have everything else they should have flock. I found micro beads, more glitter than I have seen in awhile. PearlEx and embossing powders, but no flock. So I went to find an employee to ask, walked all the way around the store to look for someone and found no one. I had to wait in line at the only cash register open to ask the clerk. When I asked if they carried flock she gave me this blank stare and said what? Flock it's an embellishment you put on projects (have you ever tried to describe what flock is?) I said it kind of makes things fuzzy, it's very small fibers you stick in glue. Oh she says, gets on the radio and asks for flock, had to repeat herself several times and while I could tell the person on the other line didn't have a clue either they sent me right back to where I knew it wasn't. So I am thinking what kind of a craft store doesn't have flock?!?! And how can you work in a craft store and not know what it is?!?!?!! So then I decide to call a smaller stamping and scrapbook store to see if they have what I am looking for. I found out they had multiple colors!! So I go there and walk in and say, "Flock please!" The clerk said, "Excuse me?" "I am looking for flock." "Oh you're the flock lady!" "Yep that's me, the flock lady!" So I guess I am now known as The Flock Lady!!! LOL Who knew a simple birthday card would turn into such an adventure!!! By the way I got green and yellow and when I got home I realized they were the Packers colors!!
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In America, we bet on virtually everything. From the Super Bowl to when it will snow and how much, we are a gambling-loving culture. We speculate and take financial risks on outcomes.
So, though it is admittedly a crude and highly subjective yardstick, I asked a key former member of the state's now-expired sexual offender civil commitment advisory committee, whom I know well and respect, what the odds are that Thursday's momentous ruling by U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank will compel the state Legislature to overhaul and implement needed reform to a clearly "broken" state treatment program for civilly committed sexual offenders?
"One in six," the person, who asked that his or her name be withheld, offered. Given my familiarity with this issue, that's a lowball assessment. My streetwise gut says one in 100, but I'm going to be diplomatically Minnesota Nice here: one in 10.
Why? My assessment a few months ago hasn't changed a bit, notwithstanding a 75-page no-brainer ruling by a judge who seems to be bending over backwards to let the state correct this situation before he forces its hand with a consent decree.
This was done more than a decade ago by a judge in Washington, the first state to enact a civil-commitment law for such offenders. No matter how much you may detest such offenders, you cannot, without ample cause, indefinitely hold a person for crimes they have yet to commit.
Yet, that is essentially what Minnesota has done since it enacted its own sex-offender civil-commitment law. In the past 20 years, only one person has been conditionally discharged from the Minnesota sex-offender treatment program at Moose Lake and St. Peter.
Among the current detainees are 52 people civilly committed as juvenile sex offenders who have never been convicted of a crime as an adult. Minnesota remains the nation's per-capita leader in essentially imprisoning such folks indefinitely after they serve their prison terms. Almost 30 other states have no such commitment laws. Some, including Texas, allow such offenders to live in the community in much less restrictive settings.
A program that began as a rehabilitative hospital-type setting with escorted visits to local stores and uncensored phone calls and mail has morphed into a maximum-security prison-type environment replete with strip searches, leg irons, monitored phone calls and an apparent woeful treatment program that is costing Minnesota taxpayers three times that of regular prison inmates. Add to that the fact that there are more than 17,000 other registered sex offenders living in our communities, most not reoffending, who were not subject to civil commitment.
Frank's ruling essentially allows the federal class-action lawsuit seeking redress to proceed and endorses a task force recommendation that includes creation of an independent body to reevaluate all current civil-commitment cases.
"We are delighted with the court's ruling," said Dan Gustafson, a lawyer who represented the class-action lawsuit on a pro bono basis. "Secondly, we believe the judge's order in appointing an independent panel of experts to evaluate the sex offender program is a great step in the right direction."
State Rep. Tina Liebling , DFL-Rochester, who was on the state task force and chairs the House Health and Human Services Policy Committee, said Frank's ruling is a "stern warning" for the state Legislature to set aside partisan politics, help reform the system this session and avoid further federal judiciary intervention.
"It's our job," she said. She believes it can and must be done. I asked her to give me her own odds on that happening. She refused, noting there will be resistance once again.
No doubt. Stripping self-serving politics out of this mess will be difficult despite the best intentions. That's why I'm sticking by my odds. I believe the can will get kicked down the road, as it did last year when state legislators did nothing to reform this problem. My money is on Frank to be forced once again to bail out our elected officials. Prove me wrong.
Ruben Rosario can be reached at 651-228-5454 or rrosario@ pioneerpress.com. Follow him at twitter.com/nycrican.


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"Two sides twist and then collide;
You're calling off the guards
I'm coming through.
Adulterous conditioned to a spin cycled submission,
You know, sometimes it just feels better to give in.
And it's all too familiar
And it happens all the time.
All the cards begin to stack up,
Twisting heartache into fine
Little pieces that avoid an awful crime,
But it's you I can't deny."
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SANATOGA PA – Lower Pottsgrove Township police responded during November (2012) to 17 different animal complaints, covering creatures large and small, from growling dogs to mewling cats and others inclined run, jump, crawl, slither and slide from the arms of law enforcers. As of Tuesday (Jan. 1, 2013), catching and dealing with critters is no longer among their regular duties.
That's when the township's new contract with Pottstown resident Jon W. Daywalt took effect. Daywalt is a state constable, a volunteer with the Montgomery County Animal Response Team and, professionally, the control officer hired by many municipalities in the western portion of the county to handle animal problems.
The township's Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a 12-month agreement that authorizes Daywalt to serve as its animal control officer at a cost of $4,000, payable in quarterly installments of $1,000 each.
November, the most recent month for which township police statistics are available, was fairly typical, Chief Michael Foltz said. In the past, his officers have responded to about 200 calls a year dealing with animal bites or complaints. They take time to resolve, and occasionally are troublesome, too; it's often easier to deal with a bad guy than a snake.
Daywalt has years of expertise and recommendations from other municipalities for which he works, Foltz told commissioners.
As animal control officer, he will have the authority to issue citations (to animal owners, not the beasts), capture and transport animals, and appear at court proceedings regarding enforcement of the Pennsylvania Dog Law, applicable state criminal laws, and any township ordinances that regard dogs and other domestic animals. He'll be on call for police officers who need him.
The contract specifies Daywalt will provide his own insurance certificate and name the township as an additional insured party. He also provides his own uniforms, equipment and vehicles.


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How to Use the Persuasive Power of Mini-Stories in Your Sales Copy
Have you ever been so engrossed in a book that you couldn't put it down?
You didn't notice what was happening around you. You didn't hear your phone ringing. You let your coffee get cold. That's because you were living the story; you had become part of it.
It's not the same type of feeling you get when you read sales copy, is it?
You read about how fantastic someone's service is. You stumble over superlatives.
Yeah, yeah – you think. You've heard it all before. It's ad speak. Marketer's drivel. Sleazy sales talk.
Sales copy often turns readers off. As soon as they detect a hint of marketese, their defenses go up. They start questioning the credibility of each statement.
But what if you could write sales copy like a story teller? Could you enthrall your readers and persuade them to buy?
Stories are spellbinding and persuasive because the reader experiences a different world. Jeremy Dean explains that when we're transported to another world, we're less likely to notice when something doesn't quite match up with our own experiences. We're less likely to question what's happening in a story. Moreover, our barriers to sales messages go down because the messages slip under the radar. We don't notice we're being sold something when we are engaged in a story.
The use of stories to sell is nothing new, of course. Legendary copywriter Joe Sugarman suggested that readers should feel compelled to read your ad as if they're sliding down a slippery slide. To create this slippery slide, he often starts his copy with a story:
People love stories, and one of the really good ways to relate to your prospect is to tell a story. (…) a story can be invaluable and creates an emotional relationship of bond that keeps your prospect riveted and listening.
A story in your sales copy can do more than just keep a potential buyer captivated. A story can increase his desire to own your product. A story can make your product seem more valuable.
Good stories aren't just engaging; good stories sell.
Let's take a look …
1. Increase Desire to Own Your Product
Research has shown that when people hold a product in their hands, their desire to own it increases.
Online, you can't get people to hold your products, but you can show enticing product images that let them imagine holding or using your product by telling a story.
Here's an example of a mini-story on the Think Geek website:
Let's face it, when you're grilling for a big party and you're trying to manage beef burgers for the meat-a-tarians, veggie burgers for the vegans, chicken parts for the on-a-diets, hot dogs for the kids, and corn on the cob, it's easy to lose track of when each thing needs flipping. But you don't have this problem. You are a BBQ Ninja and it's time you had the tools you deserve.
When you read the description above, you almost involuntarily move your arm to flip a few burgers. The details make this story compelling as you picture yourself grilling hot dogs for the kids and chicken for the on-a-diets. And that's exactly the purpose here. When you imagine yourself holding that spatula and having fun at your next BBQ, your desire to own that BBQ set increases.
How to write your own mini-stories: Think about your buyer persona. How can you let her imagine using your product, your app, or your service? Be as specific as possible, because details make your story irresistible and persuasive.
2. Persuade by Appealing to the Senses
Sensory words make your copy more memorable, impactful, and persuasive.
When you read sensory words – like stinky or sweet, sparkling or rough – the areas of your brain that light up are different from those that are affected when you read non-sensory words – like bad, nice, or good. Even when you are just reading, your brain acts as if you actually smell a sweet aroma, feel a rough texture, or see a sparkling diamond.
Here's an example of a sensory mini-story on the website of UK's Innocent:
Take your senses on a trip to a bustling, colourful Malaysian foodmarket, teeming with mangosteens, papaya and galangal, and let the aroma of coconut and spices waft up your nose. Ahhh. In Malaysia, rendang is often lovingly prepared for special occasions, festivals and the like. But our tasty vegetarian version works just as well on a regular weeknight or lunch break. Feel free to dress up in your finery to enjoy it, though.
When you read the copy above, you can almost hear the sounds of a bustling market and smell the aroma of tropical fruits, coconut, and spices. You almost forget that they're trying to sell you a pot of Malaysian rendang.
The story helps to portray the pot of noodles as something much more valuable than some noodles and vegetables. Innocent's copywriters are trying to sell you a sensory experience rather than a pot of noodles.
How to write your own mini-stories: Sensory words aren't just limited to food. With a presentation app, for instance, writers can dazzle their audiences. Your software can help design sparkling landing pages. Your content marketing service prevents your client's blog from going stale and gathering dust.
Sensory words help you sell an experience rather than just a product, and that experience is potentially more valuable to your audience than your product.
3. Make a Boring Product More Fascinating
In the 1920s, copywriter Claude Hopkins was appointed to help Schlitz gain market share. Hopkins suggested that Schlitz tell consumers the detailed story of how water used for Schlitz beer is purified. This purification process is nothing special. Every beer company uses it. But Schlitz stood out because it was the only company telling the story, and it helped them to go from 5th to a tie for 1st in the market.
Here's a story Apple used to tell on their website:
Apple engineers asked more than 600 people to test over 100 iterations of the Apple EarPods. Testers ran on treadmills in extreme heat and extreme cold. They performed various cardio workouts. They were even asked to shake their heads side to side, up and down. The result: Apple EarPods provide stronger protection from sweat and water, and they're remarkably stable in the ear. Which means they stay in, even when you're on the go.
Can you picture the testers sweating and shaking their heads?
Most R&D departments for consumer brands do user testing and could tell similar stories as Apple. Most companies could tell fascinating stories about how their product is manufactured just like Schlitz did. But most of us ignore this huge opportunity to educate, to entertain, and to sell.
How to write your own mini-stories: Learn from investigative journalists. Dig deeper to find fascinating details. Talk to the people on the shop floor, in your R&D department, in your call center, or to those traveling the world to source new products. The more you learn, the more stories you have to tell.
There are no dull products, only dull writers. ~ David Ogilvy
4. Add Personality to Strengthen Your Brand
Your unique storytelling style adds personality to your sales copy and strengthens your brand positioning.
The copywriters at The J Peterman Company excel in telling mini-stories:
I was browsing in a Paris antique shop one winter afternoon when a fitted leather train case caught my eye.
It contained silver-handled brushes, boot hooks, a straight razor, several silver-stoppered glass bottles…
One bottle was different. Encased in yew-wood, with a handwritten date: 1903.
Inside the bottle, there was still the faint, intriguing aroma of a gentleman's cologne. A "prescription" cologne, custom-made for a rich traveler a century ago.
It's as if you're looking over the shoulders of John Peterman on one of his sourcing trips across the world. J Peterman's website is full of historic snippets, literary quotes, and short anecdotes about where their products come from. These stories add a sense of adventure and romance.
How to write your own mini-stories: Develop your own storytelling voice to stand out and engage your readers. Think about the type of humor that entertains your target audience. Consider what kinds of stories connect with your readers.
Don't tell the stories you want to tell. Instead, tell the stories that speak strongly to your audience.
Three Principles for Writing Seductive Mini-Stories
People don't think in abstract concepts.
We can't see generalities; we can't feel abstract ideas; we can't experience vague statements.
Recent breakthroughs in neuroscience reveal that our brain is hardwired to respond to a story; the pleasure we derive from a tale well told is nature's way of seducing us into paying attention to it. ~ Lisa Cron
Stories add a dash of fun or sophistication to your products. Stories entertain, engage, and sell. Would you rather read a list of product specs or an engaging story?
Follow these three principles to ensure your mini-stories are engaging, enchanting, and seductive:
- Be concise – Don't waste your readers' time with a rambling story. Focus on one simple idea. You're not writing a novel. You're telling a story to make your product more fascinating, more appealing, and more valuable.
- Be concrete – Use specific details and sensory words to help your readers experience your story. Abstract concepts are boring. Specific details are fascinating.
- Tell unexpected stories – Avoid obvious stories because they're mind-numbingly dull; instead, delight your customers with surprising tales and unusual snippets of information.
The Truth about Seductive Mini-Stories
I can't tell you that writing mini-stories is easy.
You need to be curious. You need to dig deep to uncover fascinating stories. You need to be creative. And you need to write well.
But the reward for your hard work will be worth it.
Rather than just scanning your copy, potential buyers will READ your sales copy. Rather than questioning your statements, readers will be engaged, and they will happily consume your sales messages without realizing it. Your stories will make your product seem more desirable and more valuable.
No product is boring. No company is boring. Each company has fascinating stories that are waiting to be told. Are you sharing your stories in order to engage, persuade, and sell?
About the Author: Henneke Duistermaat is an irreverent copywriter on a mission to stamp out gobbledygook and to make booooring *yawn* company blogs fascinating and seductive. Sign up at Enchanting Marketing to receive your free copy of 21 Simple Tips to Turbocharge Your Web Copy.
I realized early on that creative story telling is a savvy marketing tactic. Well, it's also an art and takes A LOT of practice.
Your 3 principles really help narrow the focus and strengthen the strategy quiet nicely.
Thanks for a very useful post I'll refer to often.
Yep, it takes practice. But it's worth it!
Thank you for commenting, Lynn.
Wow, this is a great idea. I had also heard that stories used for advertising were worth their weight in gold, but I never really knew how to go about applying it. With these three tips we can certainly give it a go ourselves now and perhaps entice our readers a little more.
Yes, go for it! :)
Thanks Henneke. I think you've really nailed the difference between standard and great sales writing. The latter takes an entirely different, story based, approach. We've all become so accustomed to skipping through all the superlatives. Writing in a way that makes the reader part of the narrative is the key to standing out and connecting.
It's hard to connect when you sound like a sleazy salesman talking in superlatives.
Really useful article, thanks!
A lot of great information in this post! We've been trying lately to tell more stories in our marketing pieces and the results are substantially better.
That's great to hear. Glad it's working for you!
Awesome post. You have told a great story and very well said that no company is boring, no product is boring. It's all about how you tell an engaging story and force your audience to digest your msg without noticing.
look forward to your other posts Henneke.
Indeed. Even in the most boring industries fascinating stories are waiting to be told. You just have to dig a little deeper, work a little harder sometimes!
This is a nice little article with some good and helpful examples. One thing I would add though – when a sentence begins with 'Recent breakthroughs in neuroscience reveal that our brain is hardwired to…', be very sceptical. As in this case, its probably a meaningless soundbite that conceals the actual complexity of brain science
Yes, good point. I certainly don't claim to be a neuroscientist. I just quoted from a book that I really enjoyed reading.
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I brought up a custom food item I created in the previous version of fitday. Now, when I edit the nutrients (calories, etc.), it takes all the edits but won't save when I hit the save button. I got around the problem by deleting the item and recreating it with the new information. But the 'edit' button is misleading in this case - just a bug.
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Amber Rose Slams Kim Kardashian Sex Tape as Epic Feud Escalates!
It's common knowledge that the simmering Amber Rose-Kim Kardashian feud goes way back to 2012, but until recently it was mostly a cold war situation.
There is no love lost between the parties, neither of which shied away from throwing the occasional subtle shade, but who never attacked each other outright.


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Trying to jack the latest networking tech under the bonnet of Lockheed Martin's new F35 jet is causing the project some major headaches.
At the heart of the problem is the 2B software which sits at the heart of the $391 billion programme.
Lieutenant General Chris Bodgan said software testing in December revealed problems with the ability of the jets to fuse data about threats on the ground when four F-35s were flying at once. Rhis has lead to project delays.
The issue was being corrected and tested, he said, but the final version of the software would not be ready until early autumn instead of June.
As a result, Lockheed would likely forfeit some of the $300 million in incentive fees linked to completion of three separate software packages – 2B, 3I and 3F – for the jet, he said.
Bogdan said the current version of the software was safe for pilots to fly and the program office could have fixed the problem as part of the 3I software effort, but was pressing ahead now to avoid future delays.
For instance, the fusion problem did not occur when two jets shared data, which meant the Marines could fly two sets of two jets, instead of combining them into a four-jet set, he said.
The software was closely monitoring work on a computer-based logistics system, bulkhead issues with the B-model, and efforts to make the planes more reliable.
Despite all this, the Marines are happy with the programme which in other respects was doing well.


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I ran Qi again last night on the walls of Kennedy Theater at UH Manoa as part of the preliminaries to the fiftieth anniversary celebration/performance of the dance program. Here is a short video of a few of the people who used it. Don't miss the little person at about 2:40. I didn't ask permission from the people in here and don't know who they are, so if you see this and you are in it and don't want to be, let me know and I'll edit you out.
Performance can take some interesting turns. Performativity comes from the idea that your performances and utterances do not just say something but do something in the world. The past two Friday nights, as part of the preliminaries for the fiftieth anniversary dance concert at UH Manoa's Kennedy Theater, dance professor Kara Miller invited History professor Richard Rath to set up his interactive motion-to-music installation "Qi" projected on an outside wall of the theater before the show on two of the Fridays of the show.
In it, dancers, cars, and passers by "do something" with their motions, namely make music. The results were projected on the side of Kennedy theater and music made by the audience filled the air outside the theater the two nights of the installation. A couple of ideas are at work in the installation in conjunction with performativity. One is that music is often synesthetic, transforming actions in one sense modality, say vision — as in sheet music — or touch, as in the fingers on a guitar, into another, hearing. In this case the transformation is somewhat direct, as music gets made by moving the balls of green energy, the "qi,"around the screen with one's motions in order to make music. The installation is also meant to break down the distinction between audience and performer, as often times people discover the instrument through being in the picture on the wall that they are looking at and hearing their motions come out as music. In other times and places, especially before the advent of recorded music, music making was something that everyone participated in, without the formal distinction between audience and performer. Qi points to the artificial nature of that divide while looking forward in new ways rather than back to some romanticized version of the past.
Two highlights that I did not capture were a little girl about age ten who just had a blast with it, and an older couple who did Tai Chi, which worked really well. I did not get video of either though.
There has been a great series of articles on motion to music controllers the past week or so over at Create Digital Music. All of them are cool, but they require some extra piece of hardware like an iPhone attached to your wrist or a Leap Motion, or a kinect. Qi is a max/msp patch that I wrote using the cv.jit computer vision modules. the only hardware is the video camera that comes with the laptop (ok, I used a cheapy USB cam so I could aim it away from me, but the onboard cam works too). People seem to get the idea immediately and have fun doing it, although the occasional detached arm waving in the picture is me giving the two second tutorial: "up for higher notes, down for lower, different synths on left and right sides, bigger circles=louder."


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Herbal Bute for Horses is a combination of herbs known for their anti-inflammatory and pain relieving qualities.
Herbal Bute contains Devil's Claw which is reputed to have two main effects – analgesic (painkilling) and anti-inflammatory. It's analgesic properties are not controversial A laboratory in France has obtained results that show a 78% reduction in pain using Devil's Claw. Devils Claw is regarded as the herbal alternative to 'bute' and cortisone. It is well known for its ability to provide fast, reliable and powerful pain relief as well as having anti-inflammatory and anti-spasmodic benefits. Herbal Bute can be used safely as a substitute to 'bute'. Devils Claw is often used in the healing of degenerative bone disease, developmental orthopedic disease, tendon and ligament damage, navicular and joint injury.
Available: 3 lb., 5 lb. and 10 lb.
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Over the years, we have heard and perhaps, witnessed how technology has revolutionized everything. Around 200 years ago, we had no idea what a phone would look like. Our fathers of those days were pretty much comfortable with sending letters and waiting for weeks or months before receiving a response. Fast forward to the world we are now, we can communicate effortlessly even over a long distance as long as there's a network connectivity.
Not just the era of communication has changed, we have often read (although yet to physically see) robots perform some basic tasks humans can perform. With such ideas coming to place and new ideas being brought to the table everyday, you'd wonder what life would be like in the next 1000 years.
ASAP Science, via a YouTube video, has attempted explaining what life and humans would be like in the next 1000 years. Imagine buildings being disassembled and reassembled within minutes like the transformer movie. ASAP Science also added that the number of languages would likely decrease from around 7000 to around a hundred and we'd be able to select respective traits. The group also added that computer of the future will not only be able to listen and remember, it will be able to speak and interact with humans.
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Jazz Bar Swings into the fall; Boston Supergroup "Horizons Quartet" Plays Thursday
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LACONIA — The Jazz Bar at Weir Beach will present the Horizons Quartet Thursday September 5 at 7 p.m. Admission is $10. Full bar, dinner, coffee, and desserts are available.
The Horizons Quartet is a collaborative 'super-group' project of acclaimed Boston jazz artists. Guitarist and co-leader Steve Kirby is best known for lyricism as a soloist, a dark sound, and for dynamic ensemble playing. As described by the Boston Globe "Kirby plays and writes from inside the music, putting melody and feeling first."
Kirby is a Berklee College of Music professor, contributor to Guitar Player Magazine, and has two critically acclaimed CDs on the Challenge Record label.
Kirby finds a musical foil in Ed Lucie, an electric bassist whose axe-wielding has drawn the praise of "creative grooves and unique compositional ideas" (Bass Player Magazine) while also earning him gigs with Buddy Rich, Warren Haynes and Stevie Wonder.
Saxophonist Tucker Antell fills out the front line with a sound that is reminiscent of the great swing saxophonists, while modern in trajectory. A favorite soloist with the Beantown Jazz Orchestra, and renowned club performer, Antell grew up in Sarasota FL, where he made his professional debut at age 13.
Drummer "Amazing" Mike Connors is best known to NH audiences for his contributions to Jerry Sabatini's Sonic Explorers, the John Funkhouser Trio, and to the Boston-based show band "Lowman." Connors is a revered educator at Berklee, and a tireless recording artist with two forthcoming releases next month.
The Jazz Bar is located in the Tower Hill entertainment complex at 290 Lakeside Ave at Weirs Beach.
Info: www.NHJazz.com (603) 366-9100.
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Combat Pay and Other Untaxed Income
Find out what's taxable and untaxable income.
April 21, 2009
This page discusses the reporting of combat pay, housing allowances and substistence allowances on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). It also mentions other pitfalls encountered by veterans, such as confusing aspects of the W-2 statement.
Combat pay, although excluded from gross income, is still considered during the need analysis for federal student aid purposes. It is reported as untaxed income on Worksheet B of the FAFSA. It should also be included in the earned income figures reported on the FAFSA. The amount of combat pay is listed in Box 12 (Q) of the W-2 statement. Sometimes they will list this information in Box 14, which is an "Other" box. (Note that if no income tax return was filed, combat pay should only be included in the earned income figures, as income earned from work is used instead of AGI when the applicant is not a tax filer. In such a situation, including the combat pay in both earned income and Worksheet B would lead to double-counting of the combat pay.)
Other types of untaxed income received by military personnel that should be reported on Worksheet B include housing allowance (BAQ) and subsistence allowance (BAS). The school may ask for a copy of your most recent Leave and Earning Statement (LES) to help clarify the type of pay and the amounts.
Do not use the Social Security Administration (SSA) Wages, which is listed with a code W in the W-2 statement.
Do not include on Worksheet B any amounts that were already included in AGI, as that will result in the income being double-counted.
If the untaxed income is not reflective of income during the award year (i.e., because you are no longer serving on active duty), you should ask the school to use "professional judgment" to exclude the amounts from income. Schools have a lot of flexibility in making such adjustments under the HEROES Act.
Note that since Worksheet B income is not included in AGI, you might still qualify for automatic zero EFC or the simplified needs test, as they trigger off of AGI and not total income. For example, if you have no income other than combat pay and housing/subsistence allowances, you will probably qualify for automatic zero EFC.
The MyPay web site can be helpful in understanding military pay issues.
This article originally appeared on FinAid.org.
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The proverb Attack is the best form of defence gets thrown around a lot when talking about football, as seemingly the better your attack and the more you attack, the less you have to defend. Im saying thats not true. Well, to some extent anyway.
I would agree that the more time you spend attacking, is less time spent defending but at the same time, the more attacks you have that fail in the build up, the more you actually have to defend. When you control the ball, have options around you to keep the ball (see my other thread) and have people in areas of the pitch to defend the space should you lose the ball, then you will be more successful. Teams want to do everything at breakneck speed. That is the modern game I suppose. If you can do the basics well and be in the right areas of the pitch, once those things become muscle memory, then you can look to speed it up. Thats where I think a lot of teams go wrong.
You dont win games by not scoring I hear you say. Well, you dont win them by conceding either. Look at Chelsea and Spurs this season. As it stands, 27 games, 20 goals conceded each. Theres no surprise theyre up there leading the way. Unless youre ridiculously dangerous up top and can go gungho with world beaters like City and we were in 13/14, both scoring over 100 goals each then you have to be sure at the back to progress. Even with our insane strikeforce, we still couldn't get over the line.
Too many teams get labels for sitting back and parking the bus. I for one dont like to see that label or even that style for that matter. You dont need to play backs to the wall to be defensively sound and cohesive. You just need to be on your toes, moving with the play and aware of whos around you and what theyre doing. The ball isnt dangerous. You need to be aware of where it is at all times obviously but the ball doesnt put itself in the net. Thats the job of the players, or the beachball if youre us but hey, well leave that alone for now.
Any defender who spends half the game staring at the ball then wondering how that guy got on the end of it behind him should be sacked. They leave themselves square on with a limited peripheral view and it irritates the hell outta me! The amount of times you see it is unreal. Someone arrives late in the box and runs on to the end of a cutback or a cross that drifts over the head of people who are already marking. What are the players near the one who makes the run doing?
Defending 101:
Get goal side.
Go to the ball, not wait for it to come to you aka Attack the ball .
ALWAYS track the runner because the one time you dont, hell score and you look lazy and stupid.
Dont be stood still on your heels. Be on your toes ready to adjust position.
Why then do we see professionals for teams in The Premier League make these fundamental mistakes week in week out? Is it lack of concentration? Poor coaching? Are they ignorant and think nothing will come of it? Id love to know because at this point, Im about fed up with seeing us concede stupidly soft goals because we just dont defend right.


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Olivia Wilde and husband Jason Sudeikis welcomed a baby girl, Daisy Josephine Sudeikis! The little girl was born last Tuesday, but it was only over the weekend that her parents decided to share the happy news. We're sure Otis, the couple's 2-year-old son, will be more than delighted to have a new baby sister to play with!
"There goes the neighbourhood. Daisy Josephine Sudeikis. Born, like a boss, on #internationaldayofthegirl," Olivia wrote on Instagram.
Congratulations, you two!
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Big 12 Notebook: Big 12 looks to field eight bowl teams this year
Even Baylor still in picture with month left in regular season
Published 5:30 am, Thursday, October 27, 2005
It's never too early to begin tossing around college football bowl projections involving Big 12 schools (for informational purposes only):
• Rose Bowl (BCS): Texas vs. Southern California — Go ahead and hand the Longhorns the conference trophy. No other Big 12 opponent has come within 20 points this season. The remainder of the schedule should be a breeze, unless those pesky Aggies decide to pull off the upset of the year. Otherwise, get used to seeing Bevo and plenty of folks wearing cowboy boots and hats along Rodeo Drive in early January.
• Cotton: Texas Tech vs. LSU — The Red Raiders, the only other ranked team in the league, are headed to Dallas for the first time since 1995. This is a no-brainer, since no other team will be able to match Tech's 10-1 record and ability to sell tickets. The loss to Texas killed any thought the Red Raiders had of crashing the BCS party.
• Holiday: Colorado vs. Oregon — Assuming the Buffaloes win the North, Colorado is looking more attractive to Holiday officials and could end the year ranked in the Top 25. The Buffs likely would face Oregon, with USC and UCLA landing BCS bids from the Pac-10.
• Alamo: Texas A&M vs. Ohio State — A few weeks ago, the Aggies couldn't have booked reservations for the Toilet Bowl. A trip to San Antonio — a guaranteed sellout with A&M's loyal following — would be a season saver considering A&M was 3-2 before winning the last two weeks. A victory over Iowa State this weekend would make the Aggies bowl-eligible — a must with a brutal November schedule that includes Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Texas.
• Independence: Nebraska vs. South Carolina — After snapping a 35-year bowl streak, the Cornhuskers are back. The only thing that might cause Nebraska and Oklahoma to swap places is the fact the Cornhuskers have been to Shreveport more recently.
• Champs Sports: Oklahoma vs. Maryland — All things considered in this season of ups and mostly downs, there could be a lot worse destinations for the Sooners than Disney World.
• Houston: Missouri vs. Vanderbilt — Hey, for once, the Southeastern Conference might live up to its end of the deal and send a team to Houston. Tigers quarterback Brad Smith is one of the most electrifying quarterbacks in the country.
• Fort Worth: Iowa State vs. Tulsa — The Fort Worth game won't have an affiliation with the Big 12 after this season. The league's going-away gift is a Big 12 participant for the first time ever. Kansas State and Baylor also could be possibilities to fill the Big 12 slot.
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Two weeks ago against Kansas, Stoops took a timeout to give replay officials a chance to review and ultimately overturn a call that turned a Jayhawks reception near the end zone into a Sooners interception.
Last week against Baylor, TV replays showed the knee of Bears quarterback Shawn Bell hit the turf before the football crossed the goal line on the two-point conversion that sent the game into overtime. Officials said video evidence was inconclusive on the conversion call.
"There are some really ticky-tack fouls on either side that if we're worried about the speed of the game, we could probably get rid of," Stoops said. "Some of these important issues, you would think they would immediately go to it. I think we'll get better at it. I guess that's the best way of putting it."
Robison on paceDefensive end Brian Robison is on pace to become the first Texas player to reach a double-digit sack total since Aaron Humphrey had 10 in 1998 and '99.
Robison, a junior from Splendora, had three against Texas Tech on Saturday to increase his season total to a team-leading six.
"Definitely, right now I want to get to 10 sacks," he said. "I set a goal of 10 sacks during the preseason."
Robison, who wears a black wristband with the phrase "I own the man guarding me," said he missed three sacks against Colorado earlier this season.
Double threatKansas is turning to its best defensive player to provide a boost to its anemic offense.
Jayhawks coach Mark Mangino said he expects Charles Gordon, an All-Big 12 cornerback, likely to remain at wide receiver for the rest of the season. Gordon started at wide receiver against Colorado last week and played both ways in the second half. He led Kansas with eight receptions for 86 yards and a touchdown.
"We won't completely divorce him from defense," Mangino said.
Two-minute drillKansas State is in familiar territory — below .500 at the midpoint of the conference schedule for the fifth consecutive year. "It's getting late in the season, so to speak," coach Bill Snyder said. "It's going to be interesting to see whether this football team can have the spirit and discipline to do what would make us a better football team, one capable of turning our fortunes around." ... Senior Jason Swanson is the latest quarterback flavor of the week for Kansas. Swanson, who was out with an injury for the first six games, will get the start this week against archrival Missouri. The Jayhawks also have used Adam Barmann and Brian Luke this season. ... Texas coach Mack Brown said he is considering using freshman Quan Cosby on kickoffs. "That's something we need to discuss," Brown said. Cosby, a former minor-league baseball player in the Angels system, had a 30-yard kickoff return and 38-yard punt return last week against Texas Tech. By using Cosby on kickoffs, Brown hopes to give defensive backs Aaron Ross and Tarell Brown some rest between series. ... Baylor coach Guy Morriss does not consider it a consolation prize to have stayed close in losses to Texas A&M, Nebraska and Oklahoma. "Our kids aren't thinking that we are just trying to play with teams or keep it close," he said. "Playing close is not our goal."
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Review: DropPhox for iPhone Automatically Sends Your Photos to Dropbox
Posted on February 25, 2011 by eli courey
DropPhox is an awesome photo app for iPhone. It allows you to take pictures and videos, and have them wirelessly transfer to your Dropbox account over 3G or Wi-Fi. If no connection when you take the picture, the transfer will be put on hold and resume as soon as DropPhox detects one.
DropPhox is meant to replace the Apple Camera app. It gives you most of the features you are used to, including tap to focus, zoom and flash. One feature the current version is missing is HDR photos. Hopefully this will come in an update soon.
DropPhox eliminates the need to synchronize your iPhone's photos with your Mac. It also makes sharing photos with multiple people in real-time simple by saving to a shared folder on Dropbox. And the thing I like about it most is that if you lose your iPhone, you can rest assured that all your photos are safe in the cloud.
DropPhox is available for $1.99 in the App Store.
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- Photos taken offline begin transferring to the cloud as soon as a connection is detected.
- Multiple photos are sent to the Dropbox in parallel as they are shot.
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Preparing for a Trip? Make Sure You Facebook Your Destination!
By now you may be familiar with sites like Couchsurfing, AirBnB, Global Freeloaders, and Hospitality Club. Those of you who are more aggressive social media users also probably leverage Facebook on a daily basis to help organize and socialize your life. When finding a restaurant our generation often fires off a tweet, pulls up Yelp, or posts a quick Facebook status inquiry. Most of us have read The Four Hour Work Week and books like Never Eat Alone. We understand and appreciate the value of our social network and regularly interact with our friends and contacts on a local level.
Yet, when it comes time to travel, we often set all of this knowledge aside and revert to making the same basic mistakes. We often have travel questions or needs, and would love opportunities to connect socially with long distance contacts. As we prepare for our trips we talk and post about them in general terms but, almost never make active inquiries.
If you were looking for a job, you'd leverage your social network. If you needed a new roommate you'd reach out to your social media contacts. If you had a nagging question you couldn't find an answer for, they'd be your logical 'go to'. So why not make similar inquiries when preparing for a trip?
A plethora of recent startups revolve around connecting us socially with people nearby. From Foursquare to Facebook check-ins, it has never been easier to keep in touch once you're at a destination. These do little, however, to prepare for the trip to that destination.
So, before you take your next trip, don't just tell your Facebook and Twitter friends that you'll be visiting a destination. Ask them who lives there, who can host you, who is free to show you around, meet for coffee, and perhaps even introduce you to other near-by must see places. It doesn't matter if it's a place you've never been to before or a place you've visited 100 times. You have an amazing resource at your finger tips. Use it! I guarantee you'll be surprised by the power of your network. And above all, don't be afraid to act on the introductions your friends and contacts offer to make. It's one of the best ways to enrich and enhance your travel – and who knows, it might even save you a small fortune in travel costs.
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George Washington Inaugural Bible
As one of the oldest Lodges in the United States of America, it is only fitting that our Altar Bible is an irreplaceable part of the fabric of American history.
On March 8th 1770, St. John's Lodge suffered a catastrophic fire at its old Lodge room at Scotch Street. In addition to losing its earliest records and Lodge furnishings, the original Lodge Bible was destroyed in the conflagration.
On November 28th, 1770, the Master of the St. John's, W:. Jonathan Hampton, presented a replacement Bible to the Lodge. At the time, printed Bibles were an expensive rarity and the Lodge was fortunate indeed to benefit from W:. Hampton's generosity. Scarcely could the Brethren of the time have predicted that within a few short years the Colonies were to sever their ties with their mother country and the Bible was to become the very cornerstone of a new nation founded upon the Masonic principles of liberty and equality.
The Bible was printed by Mark Baskett, printer ny Royal Appointment to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, London 1767. The deep gold lettering, distinctly clear on both covers, displays this inscription:
"God shall establish; St. John's Lodge constituted 5757; Burnt down 8th March, 5770; Rebuilt and opened November 28th, 5770. Officers then presiding: Jonathan Hampton, Master: William Butler, Senior Warden: Isaac Heron, Junior Warden."
The Bible is the King James Version, complete with the Apocrypha and elaborately supplemented with the historical, astronomical and legal data of that period. It contains numerous artistic steel engravings portraying Biblical narratives from designs and paintings by old masters and engraved by the celebrated English artist, John Stuart.
After the conclusion of the War of Independence, New York City became the first Constitutional capital of the United States, and it was there on April 30th, 1789 that Brother George Washington was to be sworn in as the first President of the United States.
On a platform erected for the purpose, in front of the then City Hall, were gathered the Congress of the United States, with George Washington and Chancellor Livingston, Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York. In front of them was an immense concourse of citizens. It was indeed a great holiday occasion; the Revolutionary War was over and peace reigned throughout the country.
Everything was ready for the administration of the oath of office to the President of the new government, when it was discovered that a Holy Bible had not been provided on which the President-Elect could swear allegiance to the Constitution. Jacob Morton, who was Marshal of the parade, and at that time Master of St. John's Lodge, was standing close by. Seeing the dilemma they were in, he remarked that he could get the altar Bible of St. John's Lodge, which met at the Old Coffee House on the corner of Water and Wall Streets. Chancellor Livingston begged him to do so. The Bible was brought, and the ceremony proceeded. The stately Washington took his oath with his right hand resting on the Bible which had been opened to Genesis XLIX and L. His head bowed in a reverential manner, he added in a clear and distinct voice, "I swear, so help me God!" then bowing over this magnificent Bible, he reverently kissed it, whereupon Chancellor Livingston exclaimed in a ringing voice, "Long live George Washington, President of the United States!"
To preserve the memory of this auspicious event, a page was inserted in the Bible with the following inscription:
"On this sacred volume, on the 30th day of April, A. L. 5789, in the City of New York, was administered to George Washington, the first president of the United States of America, the oath to support the Constitution of the United States. This important ceremony was performed by the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, the Honorable Robert R. Livingston, Chancellor of the State.
Fame stretched her wings and with her trumpet blew.
Great Washington is near. What praise is due?
What title shall he have? She paused, and said
'Not one - his name alone strikes every title dead."
The Bible has since been used at four other inaugurations: President Harding in 1921; President Eisenhower in 1953; President Jimmy Carter in 1977 and President George Bush Sr. in 1989. It was also to have been used for the inauguration of George W. Bush in 2001, but rain prevented its use. It has also been present at numerous public and Masonic occasions, including Washington's funeral procession in New York, December 31st, 1799; the introduction of Croton water into New York City, October 14th, 1840; the dedication of the Masonic Temple in Boston, June 24th, 1867, and of that in Philadelphia on May 24th, 1869; the dedication of the Washington monument in Washington, February 21st, 1885 and its rededication in 1998; and the laying of the cornerstone of the Masonic Home at Utica on May 21st, 1891.
It was also used at the opening of the present Masonic Hall in New York on September 18, 1909, when St. John's Lodge held the first meeting, and conferred the first Third Degree, in the newly completed Temple. More recently it featured at the World Fair in New York, has been displayed at the CIA Offices outside Washington D.C., and at the Famous Fathers & Sons exhibition at the George Bush Memorial Library outside Dallas, Texas in 2001.
The Bible is still in active use by the Lodge. When not being used by St. John's Lodge or on tour, it is on display at Federal Hall, Wall Street, New York.


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Capital One Cup: Nigel Pearson 'satisfied' after late winner
Leicester boss Nigel Pearson was delighted with his side's 2-1 cup victory at Wycombe thanks to an injury-time goal
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David Nugent's penalty put the Foxes ahead, before Jo Kuffour levelled matters for the hosts midway through the first half, with Sean St Ledger grabbing the winner with 95 minutes on the clock.
Pearson said: "Competitions are always going to throw up difficult games and we were expected to win this.
"They had nothing to lose and I thought it was a good game of football.
"Both sides wanted to win it and we got that late goal, we had plenty of chances and they have scored a strike that is of exceptional quality.
"These games are never easy to negotiate and I'm glad to get through it in 90 minutes. Sometimes it does not go your way but it went our way tonight.
"I thought our delivery from set-pieces was very good and we were able to sustain the pressure towards the end and get the goal that we needed."
Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth admitted: "It was a cruel blow but I feel like a winner tonight.
"The way we performed, approached the game and stood up to a Premiership-contending team was outstanding.
"Every supporter who sang their hearts out should go home proud because I certainly am.
"I can see a good future from these last two performances, I want to bring the good times back to Wycombe Wanderers.
"They are tired more than deflated."