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Clare Sterling is IFAW's Communications Manager in the UK office and is the IFAW communications lead on the whales campaign.
Clare joined IFAW in 2005, initially working on the whales and seals campaigns. Before joining IFAW Clare worked as a journalist but made a career change to pursue her passion for animals full-time.


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A Recap of James Suddarth's Military Service
Posted by dwsuddarth on 6 October 2009
In the last few posts, I have transcribed James Suddarth's applications for bounty land. He was eligible for this bounty land because of service in the War of 1812.
What I have found out is that he originally enlisted in the Kentucky State Militia in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky on the first of January, 1813 for a period of three months. During this time, he served as a pack horse driver under Captain Higgins. He continued in this service until about March 20, when he received an honorable discharge on account of being sick. He was discharged in Dayton, Ohio and made his way back home where he stayed for the summer.
On about the 17th of August, 1813, he re-enlisted at the Casey County courthouse in Casey County, Kentucky, again for a term of three months. He served as a Corporal in the Company commanded by Captain Jesse Coffey in the 6th Regiment of Kentucky Militia. During this service he was in the Battle of the Themes in Canada. James never received his discharge after his three month term on account of being sick with the measles. He was forced to spend time at Nicholasville, Kentucky, near Lexington due to his illness. Upon returning home, he attempted to obtain his certificate of discharge by calling at the home of Jesse Coffey two different times, but was unable to obtain the certificate due to Coffey not being at home.
I decided to contact the National Archives to see if, by chance, they had any more information regarding James' service. Since he was in a state militia, there are no Federal records of his service. All records, including enlistment records and muster rolls, would be held at the state level. I then contacted the Kentucky Military History Museum in Frankfort, Kentucky to find where these records may be located.
The news I received was not what I wanted. Kentucky destroyed all of its military records in 1874 for all wars prior to the Civil War. This was done to make room for the vast amount of files which were being created for Civil War service. They needed more space to store those files. Making a listing of all soldiers who served in prior wars (the Adjutant General's Report), they then proceeded to destroy all older records.
Even though I have not been able to find any information regarding who James' parents are, looking through the bounty land application file has been interesting. In addition, it has added more to my understanding of James. He is more than just a name and date. His military service is just the kind of thing which makes family history research so interesting.


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Robert Fitzgerald's company might be considered part of the support crew for an aircraft that carries no pilot or passengers. His staff is on call 24-7 to ensure that the military gets the video images it needs from unmanned aerial vehicles as they fly over dangerous places such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) like the Air Force Predator are piloted by remote control. They offer a fast, safe means of reconnaissance that can pinpoint potential dangers and provide other vital information to troops on the ground. "UAVs can provide persistent surveillance capability," says Fitzgerald, president of Newport News-based Bosh Global Services (formerly UAV Communications Inc.). "They can stay in the air 24-plus hours without refueling."
A 22-year veteran of the Air Force, Fitzgerald started the company after realizing the need for support services (such as communications, networking and video services) for unmanned systems. "This is a niche market that was being underserved," he says. "It's one of the few growth industries in the Department of Defense. It's continued to grow even with budget cuts."
Bosh designed and installed most of the Unmanned Aerial Systems Operations Center (UASOC) supporting the Predator. The UASOC is the information hub that provides each Predator pilot with vital data. The company also designed, set up and managed the information systems that allow the Air Force to operate an unmanned aircraft from two separate locations.
Bosh has 105 employees based in more than nine states. Most work at military installations. The company's revenue rose 2,235.21 percent from 2004 to 2007, the period tracked in the Fantastic 50 program. Last year, annual revenue increased from $7 million $11.5 million.
Recently the company has diversified its offerings, prompting the name change. "Our transition to Bosh Global Services supports the growth of the company," Fitzgerald says. "The new name is more reflective of the company's services, clients and markets."
In addition to working with unmanned systems, the company provides classified networking services for the government as well as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services in a top-secret environment. "We can analyze photos, imagery or signals," Fitzgerald says
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Pardew escapes FA punishment
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has escaped disciplinary action from the Football Association but has been "reminded of his responsibilities" after his touchline behaviour against Manchester City.
Pardew apologised for an expletive-laden rant at City boss Manuel Pellegrini, and was also involved in a running battle with the match officials as the visitors claimed a 2-0 win over the Magpies.
The FA is not taking disciplinary action but has been in touch with the Magpies boss.
An FA spokesman said: "We have been in contact with Alan Pardew and reminded him of his responsibilities".


text: Hmm, 1 uS accuracy whereas the cpu has a hardware counter for all this. To be honest i find 1 microsecond very inaccurate now that cards have latencies near that. Let's assume now a simple example of 2 nodes. node A and node B. Node A has time X Node A ships to B time X Then we do a loop. Node A ships data to B and B responds to A. A then measures the time needed for the 2 way pingpong latency, based upon that gives to B a new time X'. Nowadays network cards need a microsecond or 2 for this. Doing that a couple of thousands of times, we should get a fairly accurate timing in B, far more accurate than 1 microsecond, as the deviation in one way pingpong latency isn't real big. It's quite constant. Only the deviation of that latency is a measure for the accuracy at which you can synchronize the clocktime. Now this is a simple 2 node example. It is of course possible for a cluster to use the measurements of many nodes and synchronize to that, just like the coordinate calculation for GPS uses several satellites. Using many nodes that'll get the average error down. Of course to synchronize many nodes each node uses its own clock as new 'source' of measurement; if for the synchronization accuracy we always assume the same clock from node A, then getting the error down is a lot tougher. Vincent On Sep 29, 2008, at 11:21 PM, Lombard, David N wrote: > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 01:10:49PM -0700, Prentice Bisbal wrote: >> In the previous thread I instigated about running services in cluster >> nodes, there was some mentioning of precisely synchronizing the >> system >> clocks and this issue is also mentioned in this paper: >> >> "The Case of Missing Supercomputer Performance: Achieving Optimal >> Performance on the 8,192 processor ASCI Q" (Petrini, Kerbisin and >> Pakin) >> http://hpc.pnl.gov/people/fabrizio/papers/sc03_noise.pdf >> >> I've also read a few other papers on the topic, and it seems you >> need to >> sync the system clocks to ~1 uS. On top of that, I imagine you >> also need >> to synch the activities of each system so they all stop to do the >> same >> system-level tasks at the same time. > > The IEEE-1588 "Precision Time Protocol" can provide such levels of > global clock > synchronization. > > Shameless plug: See "Hardware Assisted Precision Time Protocol > (PTP, IEEE-1588) > - Design and Case Study" presented at the recent LCI conference; > <http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/conferences/archive/2008/ > technicalpapers.html> > > -- > > David N. Lombard, Intel, Irvine, CA > I do not speak for Intel Corporation; all comments are strictly my > own. > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >


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McAlister secures NZRU release
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August 16, 2011
McAlister will join the likes of Luke Burgess and Lionel Beauxis at Toulouse © Getty Images
Former All Blacks centre Luke McAlister has successfully negotiated an early release from his contract with the New Zealand Rugby Union in order to link up with Top 14 side Toulouse immediately.
The 27-year-old will be released from both his New Zealand and North Harbour playing contracts following the ITM Cup match against Counties Manukau on Wednesday. McAlister's release follows his failure to make the All Blacks squad for the World Cup which starts next month in New Zealand.
The announcement brings an end to the saga which began back in early July. McAlister failed to turn up for North Harbour training and was subsequently dropped from their squad. However, after making amends, the 30-cap Kiwi has since lined up for the ITM Cup side.
However, McAlister will play his final game on Wednesday and North Harbour Rugby chief executive Brett Hollister said: "We've worked with the New Zealand Rugby Union to negotiate an appropriate release with Luke, including an early release fee.
"We're obviously very disappointed that he is leaving during our 2011 ITM Cup campaign - as our season was planned on the expectation Luke would play for us.
"The reality is he wishes to start his new contract in Toulouse this month and for us that means finishing the ITM Cup season without him."
NZRU general manager professional rugby Neil Sorensen said: "While this is a disappointing end to Luke's career in New Zealand, we have agreed that this is the best outcome for everyone involved and we wish him well."
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News of RE: Operation Raccoon City first surfaced on Monday, and Capcom confirmed the next day the title is now in development. The game is being billed as a "true third person team based shooter experience set within the dark and sinister Resident Evil universe and a reinterpretation of the events depicted in Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3." Check the teaser:
The rundown from Capcom:
It is September 1998 and the action centers once more on the ill-fated Raccoon City and the horrific consequences of the deadly T-virus outbreak from the Umbrella facility. With a cover up required, Umbrella orders an elite team into Raccoon City to destroy all evidence of the outbreak and eliminate any survivors. Hearing of this plan, the US Government dispatches its own special forces to uncover any evidence that exposes the cause of the viral infection and Umbrella's actions. Players take on the role of an Umbrella Security Services soldier (U.S.S.), competing alone or in four player co-op in a battle against all the competing forces at play in Raccoon City.RE: Raccoon City is being developed for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows PCs. The game is slated for a winter release.
Sharkey says: It's because I'm aware of Slant Six's previous work on SOCOM titles, but I can't help but label this one SOCOM with zombies. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. It will be interesting to see how this one turns out, particularly with players able to venture back into the RE universe.


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Boeing does not plan have an aircraft on display at the 2012 Dubai Helishow, but will have a booth with representatives there to talk to key members of Middle East militaries about its programs. These include the AH-64D Apache, AH-6 light attack/reconnaissance helicopter, CH-47F Chinook and the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor. The company has already had significant discussions with Qatar, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia about the AH-64D, both Blocks II and III, with those countries applying to the United States government for government-to-government sales. Qatar requested 24 AH-64 Apaches earlier this year, while the UAE asked for 30 each Block II and Block III in November 2010. The Saudis have filed for a multiple of orders worth almost $30 billion.
Saudi Arabia has also asked for 36 AH-6i light attack helicopters. The AH-6i is the international version of the AH-6 and MH-6 Little Bird. While the aircraft will not be on display at the Helishow, Boeing had the AH-6i at last year's Dubai Air Show for demonstration flights. Mike Burke, Boeing's director of global strike rotorcraft, said they have demonstrated the AH-6i to Middle Eastern militaries and conducted live fire exercises to the UAE, Jordan, "and others." Roughly 1,500 aging, daylight only attack/reconnaissance helicopters worldwide now need to be replaced, giving the AH-6i a very active market.Related: Airframe News


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All the nest activities were conducted in Hebrew. The members were called Brothers and Sisters. The Beytar symbol was the Menorah. It decorated our caps. We greeted one another by the word Tel Hay. We chose our leading Committee: Shabtay Baksht, Batia Guerman, Dov Lavit, Borukh Mordkhe Meyirson, Bela Kramnik and Efrayim Rogovin. The first nest commander was Dov Lavit (Also the first Volozhin Descendants- Head in Israel).
Beytar Nest 1928
From left to Right, Rows from above down:
1st row: Hayim Perski, Kopl Kagan, Rochl Perski, Lea Potashnik, Beylke Mordukhovitsh, Feygl Kramnik, Hinde Rudnik, Mina Berman, Etke, Dovid Bunimotsh, Yosef Dubinski, Zalman Perski
Due to the Committee's hard work the number of members reached eighty after a short time. We held our sessions in the local Tarbut school in the evenings. There we heard lectures about Erets Isroel its history and geography. The Nest spread its knowledge and ideas outside the town into the surrounding shtetls. We helped to found Beytar nests in Vishnievo, Trab, Baksht, Ivianits and Horodok. Volozhin became the center of the vicinity's Beytar nests. Inside the town conferences were held, assemblies and meetings, in which renowned instructors took part like Tsvi Bergman from Baranovitsh, Gershon Ashknazi from Vilna, Daniel Perski the and others.
The nest emphasized military training. The local Polish garrison agreed to post an instructor at the nest and to lend us firearms, gas masks and grenades for training purposes. Among Volozhin inhabitants there were different points of view regarding this activity. A part of them was persuaded that Jewish youth should know military art prepatory to the dangerous duties awaiting them in Palestine. Others saw it as funny saber rattling. But after the 1929 Arab pogroms even the skeptical understood the serious need of military knowledge. Dov Lavit made Aliya on 1930, Efrayim Rogovin and Bela Kramnik in 1933.
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The fatigue life of the unit is 10E9 full stress reversed cycles at the capacity of the cell. Overload capability is 300% of the capacity before mechanical failure of the cell. Side load resistance is 200% of the capacity.
Dynacell is a unique load measurement device which automatically compensates for load errors induced through inertia of the load string components. A method of dynamic inertia compensation is essential for all forms of dynamic testing.
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The 2527 Series load cells are designed for use with Dynamic Testing Systems; offering exceptional performance with the ability to measure forces as low as 1/250th of the force capacity to an accuracy of 0.5% of reading. Automatic transducer recognition and electrical calibration, makes them easy to use. The load cells can withstand loads up to 150% of their force capacity without damage and 300% without mechanical failure. All Instron load cells are individually temperature-compensated and tested for accuracy and repeatability on calibration apparatus that is traceable to international standards, with a measurement uncertainty that does not exceed one-third of the permissible error of the load cell.
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While office and image editing tools are usually able to open a very wide range of different files formats – there are very few image editors that force you to work in only the JPEG format, or office suites that will only open RTF files – the same cannot be said of media players. Out of the box, most media players have fairly limited support for different files, and this is why codecs are needed.
Windows 8 Codecs is a collection of audio and video codecs that helps to ensure that you will be able to open and play a wide range of files. Codec packs used to be notorious for causing conflicts and generally being more trouble than they were worth, but this collection just goes to show that things have moved on a great deal and the number of supported file formats and variants is impressive.
If you are experiencing problems with any particular file type, or you just like to be fully in control over how different files are used, you can use the settings application to configure a range of codec settings. There are some interesting features such as full-color thumbnails for all support video types, the ability to easily enable and disable codecs as and when required, and preview pane support for a wider range of video formats.
During the installation of the codec, watch out for the browser toolbar that is also included or you may find unwanted changes are made to your web browser. It's also worth bearing in mind that Windows 8 Codecs will remove many other codec packs during its own installation – full details of what is uninstalled can be found at the program web site.
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By Vyckie Bennett
This past weekend our family joyfully celebrated the high school graduation of our oldest daughter, Angel, who has been educated at home since age four. There were six home-school graduates from the Norfolk, Nebraska, area -- this is the first year that we've had more than one or two home-schooled seniors -- so the families all got together and had an official graduation ceremony complete with "Pomp and Circumstance," caps and gowns, the works.
The graduates put a lot of work into their ceremony, which was a testimony to the blessings and effectiveness of home schooling. Sarah, one of the graduates, prepared a PowerPoint presentation with pictures of her fellow graduates, ranging from birth to the present and concluding with group photos of the girls, who have grown up together and have developed strong friendships through various home-school group field trips, co-op classes, and other activities.
After the ceremony, several young home-schooling moms told me that these seniors -- who are firm in their convictions, have not rejected or rebelled against their families' Christian values, are able to think logically and independently, have maintained their physical and emotional purity, and have developed mature, personal relationships with the Lord Jesus Christ -- are encouraging examples of the rewards which home-schooling parents can expect to reap from the time, energy, prayers, and sacrifice which they are now sowing into the soil, which is their children's lives.
That's Nice ... but How Will Home-Schooled Kids Cope in the "Real World"?
This is a silly question when you really think about it. I understand the concern that children need to be properly socialized -- to learn to get along with others, fulfill obligations, work cooperatively with others to accomplish a given task, etc. The truth is ... our homes ARE the "Real World." At Creation, God established families to socialize individuals to build a cohesive, functional society. Godly families have incredible influence. Few Christians realize how powerful an influence their families have on those around them. John 13:35 says, "By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if you have love one to another."
What better environment to discover what real Agape love is all about than in the setting in which Christ-like behavior is the most difficult to practice: our own homes? It's easy to be kind and courteous as we interact briefly with friends, neighbors and co-workers -- we put on our "happy face" and politely respond, "Fine" to the obligatory how-are-yous of those whom we know do not have time, nor genuine interest, for an honest assessment of our personal well-being. At home, it's different. Our family sees us not only at our best, but also at our worst -- when we are tired, moody, burned-out, stressed out -- they know when our hearts are not right before God and, sadly, they often suffer the affliction of our spiritual malcontent.
Home -- God's University
It is in the home where God educates His saints -- our spouses, parents, children, siblings are most often His appointed "professors" -- and uses the circumstances of day-to-day living as His "curriculum" to teach valuable lessons which will prepare us to do His work in His way (see Deut. 6:6-9). Our Father is more concerned about our inward character than our outward achievement. Notice the "scope and sequence" of His educational objectives: "And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith, virtue, and to virtue knowledge" (2 Peter 1:5).
This is not to depreciate academic preparation for Christian students -- but how much more effective will their Kingdom service be if they learn not only math, but marital harmony? Not just science, but sacrifice and self-control? How about history plus humility? Grammar and geography, yes -- but let them also learn gratitude, generosity, and hw to exercise their spiritual gifts. It is great if our children understand chemistry -- but it is essential that they have compassion for the lost. A Christian student must not only learn to speak well, but they must always speak the Truth in Love.
If we are too busy to spend time with our families, we will fail God's most important assignments. Today's culture offers many enticing "extracurricular activities" to distract us: entertainment, consumerism, even many worthy causes which keep our schedules too full to devote sufficient attention to His lesson plans. Often we are tempted to ditch "class" altogether, spending our time instead surfing the Internet, viewing pornography, gambling, etc. Sadly, drug and alcohol abuse, premarital sex, the breakdown of the family, and other tragedies lead many of the Lord's students to drop out of His program.
The enemy is working very hard to destroy the righteous because he knows godly families are the foundation of a godly nation. The world is also working against us -- we are surrounded by influences and teachings which do not encourage strong relationships in the family. The good news is many Christian parents are rising to the challenge -- no more excuses, no more denial. In obedience to God's commands we are teaching His Word diligently to our children when we sit at home and when we walk by the way, when we lie down and when we rise up.
The home-school graduating class of 2004 attests to the veracity of God's promise: "By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, honor, and life" (Proverbs 22:4).
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Let's just get this out of the way really quick: Suicide Squad is mostly dogshit but there are a few moments where it firmly enters genuine "so bad it's good" territory and other moments where it's trying so goddamn hard to manipulate you into feeling something that you just wanna say "good job, little guy" and give it a pat on the head. There's even a few moments that feel earned, where the glimmer of a better movie is almost visible. But mostly it's dogshit.
Why? God, where do I even start. It's a music video of loosely connected moments, an insultingly hackneyed plot, and poorly constructed characterizations which are usually good for a laugh or an incredulous "what the fuck?" but rarely more. There's also that it's the most smugly, overtly misogynistic mainstream movie I've seen in a long time. May our inner fourteen year olds cheer. I mean, there's definitely an audience for this. The anti-PC crowd will eat up every utterance of "bitch" or "ho", every sexed up costume and variation on "women be crazy". I already know from the audience I saw it with that women getting punched in the face at the drop of a dime is just delightful. Your faith in humanity will not be well served by Suicide Squad audiences, but that's nothing unusual. More than the overall quality of the movie, I was surprised by the misogyny. I like David Ayer. Fury, End of Watch, and Training Day are all fantastic films. But his aesthetic is "street" and here it is the kind of street evoked by youtube gangsta rappers who are trying too hard. Likely, this is where the unaddressed misogyny comes from: it's part of the assumed iconography of "street" culture where there's men and there's bitches or hos or bitch-hos. I think the script of Suicide Squad says a lot about what he and the other creatives for the DC movieverse think about the fans of these stories and characters, though. I think instead of whining to critics (or threatening them) or trying to sue because Joker isn't in the movie enough, these fanboys ought to vote with their dollars (and their attention) and give WB a reason to stop hiring people who think so little of them. Of all of us, really.
Anyway, yeah, Suicide Squad is really bad. Is it worse than Batman vs. Superman? I don't know. Do you compare dogshit to catshit very often? They're two of the worst superhero movies in recent memory, I can tell you that much. And yet. And yet, Suicide Squad is also a fascinating watch. I was never bored. Very much like the first viewing of a Michael Bay Transformers movie, I was kind of transfixed (and yes, entertained) by what I was seeing and hearing. Sometimes I could not believe the movie and other times I was almost on the hook for a heroic moment or a badass line. I think it's fair to say I was never "with" this movie, and my enjoyment was almost always at its expense. This movie might have had something, but it's like watching Jared Leto play hot potato with himself for almost two hours. Or like an episode of The Venture Brothers that wasn't trying to be a parody. Read the rest of this entry »


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Sid Caesar: 5 classic TV moments
Before "Saturday Night Live" and "The Carol Burnett Show," there was Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows," the pioneer of television sketch comedy. Here are five classic moments that featured Caesar, who died Wednesday at age 91:
-The Clock: A sweet, crazy fable about a Bavarian clock that sputters and speeds up, acted out with unfaltering precision by Caesar and company as a quartet of mechanical village figures waddle out from the clock at the top of the hour.
-This Is Your Story: An unforgettable spoof of the hit TV and radio series "This Is Your Life," which featured unsuspecting studio audience members (famous and non-famous) being spontaneously honored and reunited with old friends and relatives. Carl Reiner plays the ever-smiling host and Caesar an ordinary man who would prefer to remain ordinary -- slapping Reiner away upon hearing he's been chosen, smacking him with his coat and fleeing up the aisle, where a gaggle of ushers drag him to the stage.
-Argument to Beethoven's Fifth: Live on national television -- a mime sketch in which Caesar and Nanette Fabray are a couple who bicker in perfect rhythm and counter-rhythm to the famous classical composition, their hands, mouths, entire bodies jutting and slashing like the strings themselves.
-Mozart is Dead: Caesar as a befuddled professor who grieves upon hearing that Beethoven is dead, and really breaks down when he's told the same about Mozart. "Moose is gone? I'm sick from that. I was so close with him. What was it an accident? They were both in the same bus or something? Beethoven and Mozart, verklumt."
-Professor Houdini Von Hoffmeyer: Caesar as a supposed master of illusion who appears at an amateur magicians' convention. He is stumped when his host (Carl Reiner) performs the most elementary trick: Sweeping a handkerchief over his hand and making a finger disappear. "Where's the finger?" Von Hoffmeyer asks, helplessly, like a frightened child. "Would you make the finger come back?"


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Museum employee Frank Figgens sits in the driver's seat of a
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When Chris Colfer was just 20, he'd already been named one of GQ magazine's men of the year, having sung and acted his way into the hearts of America as Kurt, the high-pitched, openly gay brunet who is unabashedly himself on the hit TV show "Glee." Colfer's star had risen so fast in the year he'd starred on the Fox comedy that a literary agent asked him to pen his autobiography — an endeavor Colfer had the good sense to decline because it was so premature.
Instead, Colfer offered "The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell" (Little, Brown: 448 pp., $17.99 ages 8 and up) — an idea he'd been percolating since age 10. His fairy tale mash-up, about twins who fall into story land and embark upon a scavenger hunt through the kingdoms of Goldilocks and other legendary damsels in distress, will be published Tuesday.
"I've been obsessed with fairy tale characters since my mom started reading stories to me as a kid," said the now-22-year-old actor, adding that the book his mother read didn't have illustrations but photos of dolls in various positions. "It was very creepy," said Colfer, who nevertheless found inspiration in the morals and characters of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen.
Colfer's favorites were "Snow White,""Sleeping Beauty" and"Cinderella" "because they're like a fairy tale sampler platter" with the castle, the curse and the prince who saves the day. All three beauties, and at least a dozen more, are present and accounted for in "The Land of Stories," which begins with "Once upon a time…" and follows a 12-year-old brother and sister as they attempt to collect strands of Rapunzel's hair, a strip of bark from Red Riding Hood's basket and other seemingly impossible items for a wish that will let them return home.
Like any tale worth its fairy dust, "The Land of Stories" is infused with a moral: "There's a whole world out there just waiting for you to discover it," Colfer said. "'Happily ever after' is something that you make. It's not given to you."
Colfer's professional success offers living proof. "With 'Glee,' I've had my own 'Cinderella' story," he said, though he acknowledges that fame isn't the happily ever after it's often portrayed to be. "God, no. It used to drive me nuts when people said, 'So. You used to be bullied. Now you're famous.' That only opens me up to more bullying. Yes, I'm very lucky I get to do what I love — to act and be on TV. I'm very fortunate, but once you're out there, you're out there, and it's like fame is standing on a pillar in a crowded room and giving the whole world a chance to go at you."
Colfer, who is openly gay, was so severely bullied in middle school that he was home-schooled for a couple of years in his native Clovis, Calif. Is it coincidence, then, that the twin protagonists in his middle-grade authorial debut are roughly the same age when they escape into a land of make-believe?
Only subconsciously, he said. Twelve "is a very crucial age when kids realize, 'Oh. This is the real world.' It's the age when kids stop believing in magic," said Colfer, who grew up reading "Harry Potter," "The Chronicles of Narnia," "Alice in Wonderland, "The Wizard of Oz,""Peter Pan" and other escapist classics about alluring alternate realities. QuotingJ.K. Rowling, Colfer said magic is so appealing because it's the belief of power in oneself.
"It's believing in whatever ability you possess on the inside," he said. "There's something magical about believing there's magic in you."
The desire to escape into a book was largely inspired by Colfer's childhood. He was in and out of hospitals with his epileptic younger sister and was himself confined to a hospital bed for three months after surgery for an infected lymph node. "I remember being trapped and hooked to an IV and being miserable and wanting to go outside and play and be a kid and I couldn't," said Colfer, who hopes his book will be enjoyed by readers of all ages who appreciate the C.S. Lewis sentiment that opens the book: "Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."
Colfer describes himself as "a major fairy tale purist. I can't stand it when people adapt them into something they're not supposed to be," he said, before admitting, "I'm a total hypocrite." In "The Land of Stories," Colfer takes major liberties with the many classic fairy tales he fuses together.
When one of the twins wants to climb Rapunzel's tower as if it were a tourist attraction, her brother takes the stairs. And Jack, of beanstalk fame, couldn't care less about the giant. He's caught in a love triangle with Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood.
Colfer's real life oblivion-to-everywhere story has allowed him to add more realistic, psychological perspectives to classic fairy-tale characters who, after the original stories ended, seemed to have gone on to live happily ever after. Cinderella, it turns out, had a difficult time transitioning from servant to queen and earning the common people's respect. Snow White's Evil Queen is also worthy of compassion. "A villain is just a victim whose story hasn't been told," he writes.
In "Land of Stories," Colfer showcases his talent for crafting fancifully imaginative plots and multidimensional characters. His writing, however, borders on the blasé. It lacks the natural charisma and quick wit he regularly displays in TV interviews — a talent he honed as a defense from being relentlessly bullied as a child.
A high school thespian, Colfer auditioned for "Glee" at age 17 for the paraplegic role eventually given to Kevin McHale. But "Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy was so impressed with his audition that he created the Kurt character to cast Colfer in the show that was nominated for 19 Emmy awards in its first season and won the Golden Globe for best musical or comedy television series last year — the same year Colfer himself picked up a Golden Globe for supporting actor.
"The Land of Stories" is just the most recent example of Colfer's quiet transformation from a TV star idolized by 14-year-old girls and the homosexual media into something of a Renaissance man. While penning the book last year, he also wrote, produced and starred in the film "Struck by Lightning," a comedic, postmortem recounting of the exploits of an unusually ambitious teenage journalist. The movie premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April and will be in theaters this December. Colfer is already writing another screenplay about a 1930s mental asylum that, he says, "is completely different from anything I've ever done." He'll publish a second novel this year and plans to write additional titles for "The Land of Stories" series as well.
And then there's "Glee." Season 4 starts filming this month and will see Colfer's Kurt character "mentored by Sarah Jessica Parker in some capacity," he said.
"People are wondering why I'm going from acting to writing a children's book, but to me it's all playing pretend," he said. "I was just born wanting to be a storyteller, so as long as I get to entertain someone, whether it's writing a book or screenplay or being in front of or behind a camera, I'm happy. That's where my bliss is."


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Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for Over 5000 Natural Features, Countries, Capitals, Territories, Cities and Historic Sites
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Placenames wether they be of a city or a river, a country or a mountain denote something about the region. They often provide a brief history or description of the feature, sometimes telling in a word who founded a city ( e.g., Barcelona, Spain, named for Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca) or giving a full description in a single word (e.g. Cape Roca in western Portugal, which derives its name from the Portuguese roca, rock)."P" In this reference work, the origins of the placenames for over 5,000 cities, natural features, countries, and historic sites are provided. All seven continents are included here. Each entry provides, first, the name of the feature, a brief description and its geographic location; an account of the names origin and meaning then follows, with appropriate historical, topographical and biographical references. Cross references provide former names and alternate spellings or forms of current names.
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Will the product be hot enough so that metal expands and contracts? humidity? should the finish be gloss or matte? copper, aluminum...? The machinist will help you build a better gizmo if he has some feel for what your are building, what you need the part for. He will have relevant experience from his machinist perspective. Mixed unit tactics are the path to victory, but the mixed units perform better together if they have some sense of each other's jobs. Some of us specialize in a very focused way, some of us generalize, but to work as a team we need to learn some of each other's jobs. I think a physicist programming is like an astronomer grinding lenses (maybe nobody does that anymore). Some astronomers (in the old days) ground their own lenses and ended up contributing to optics; others never looked through telescopes, they do math on the measurements taken by others. Some computer scientists don't program; some mathematicians can hardly use email. But most of us learn bits and pieces of each others jobs, in varying degrees; it's necessary to communicate effectively, and what's the subject for one guy is a tool for another guy. Peter On 8/28/08, Perry E. Metzger <perry at piermont.com> wrote: "Steve Herborn" <herborn at usna.edu> writes: > However, that being said I would think that it is usually easier to teach a > Scientist to code, then a coder the PhD level of the science. I think either is fine -- you wind up with someone who knows both. The problem is when you try to segregate the two skills. I think I finally have the right analogy. A physicist is interested in advancing physics, not in advancing mathematics, but as the tools of physics are all made of math, he cannot ignore the math or hope to turn to a specialized hired mathematician who knows no physics to do his math thinking for him. The math and the physics are integrated -- you need one mind to see both in order to get anywhere. Writing good software for physics problems is no different. The physics and the software are one. You can complain that you want to do physics, not computing, but that's exactly like complaining you want to do physics and not math. Indeed, software pretty much *IS* math. The attempt seems to be to somehow treat the computer science as though it were the software equivalent of machine shop work. You're building a new instrument, so you draw up the parts, and then you ask a machinist to make them. "I need a sheet of metal 12cm by 12cm with holes here and here." It is somehow imagined that you can do that with the software -- you make some vague guesses about what you might need and write a spec (which is imagined to be like a blueprint for a part) and ask a "software machinist" to make it for you. Unfortunately, this misses the point -- the computer programming is not like machining the parts for the instrument, it is like *designing* the instrument. That requires both knowledge of both fields, not just of one. It is not at all like machining. This is of course a serious problem. It takes at least several years of effort to become facile with computer software just as it takes several years of effort to become facile with calculus, differential equations, etc., etc., and fundamentally one wants to be doing science, not math or computer programming, but I can't see any real way around it in the long term if progress is to be made. Incidentally, THIS IS NOT A NEW ARGUMENT. It was only a little over a century ago that people scoffed at the idea that engineers needed to learn higher mathematics. "I'm trying to build a bridge, not to do math!" was the general sort of attitude that was common. Eventually, people realized that there was no way around it, you just had to spend the time to learn the math or you couldn't be productive. I expect something similar is going to happen here. Perry -- Perry E. 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Having a CT scan of the heart to check for heart disease? You may want to ask how your hospital plans to conduct the test. A new study suggests that people who get the common heart test can get a dramatic range of radiation exposures.
When cardiac CT angiography is used appropriately, the benefits far outweigh the risk of the radiation, experts say.
In the study of 1,965 patients undergoing the CT scans (also known as cardiac CT angiography), the median exposure was roughly equivalent to 600 chest X-rays, or about 12 milliSievert (mSv) of radiation, according to the report in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Traditional angiography -- a technique in which a catheter is snaked though a blood vessel and dye is injected near the heart -- exposes patients to roughly half the dose of CT angiography, or about 5--8 mSv, says study author Jorg Hausleiter, M.D., of the University of Munich in Germany. It's also about the same amount of radiation as other standard cardiac screenings, such as the nuclear stress test.
There was a wide range of exposures in the study depending on the medical center and the way the tests were performed. The median radiation dose ranged from 4.6 to 30 mSv. About 80 percent of the centers studied used techniques to reduce radiation, such as adjusting the CT scan to the patient's size (meaning smaller patients get less radiation) or precisely timing the radiation dose to a particular point in the heart rhythm (which shortens the duration of exposure). Health.com: How to help your heart for better health
Overall, the danger posed by radiation is very small, according to Hausleiter. Being exposed to 10 mSv increases an individual's cancer risk by 0.02 percent, he says. However, the greater the exposure to radiation, the greater the risk. Watch Dr. Gupta talk about the cardiac CT scan »
Nearly all of the 50 sites in the international study, which included sites in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, were making at least some effort to limit excess radiation. Other medical centers may be doing even less to cut down on radiation during the test, says Andrew J. Einstein, M.D., Ph.D., of Columbia University Medical Center, who wrote an editorial accompanying the study.
"Probably the group of centers which were studied in this paper are more sophisticated and more aware of radiation-reduction methods than your typical center that is performing cardiac CT angiography," he says. According to Einstein, many other sites may not be using radiation-reduction techniques at all.
When cardiac CT angiography is being used appropriately -- meaning, for example, in people with chest pain suggesting blocked heart arteries, rather than as a screening test for people with no symptoms of heart disease -- the benefits far outweigh the risk of the radiation, according to Einstein and Hausleiter.
However, cardiac CT scans are often marketed directly to patients interested in finding out how much plaque they have in their arteries, even though there's no evidence to show that this is an appropriate way to use the test, Hausleiter says. Health.com: 28 days, 28 ways to slash your risk of heart disease
Critics of cardiac CT angiography question whether its benefits warrant its current widespread use and the amount of radiation exposure. In fact, on Monday the American Heart Association issued an advisory warning that imaging tests, including CT scans, be used cautiously to minimize exposure to radiation.
In the new study, Hausleiter and his colleagues looked at patients who underwent cardiac CT angiography at 21 university hospitals and 29 community hospitals between February and December 2007. They found some regional differences in radiation exposure; for example, the median dose was three times higher in South America and Latin America than in Canada and the United States.
More than 70 percent of the centers in the study were using electrocardiographically controlled tube current modulation (ECTCM), which is currently the best-known strategy for reducing radiation dose. It involves timing the radiation beam to the diastole, when the heart is resting between beats. This is when the heart is the quietest, so it's easiest to get a good image of the organ. Health.com: Tricks to lower blood pressure
Another strategy involves using less energy (100 kV instead of the standard 120 kV), which is effective but useful only for patients who are not obese. Finally, sequential scans take a series of pictures of the heart at the same exact point in the cardiac cycle, which also reduces radiation dose. This approach, as well as ECTCM, can be used only in people with slow, steady heartbeats. Another problem, Einstein noted, is that doctors often don't know what a patient's heart rate will be until he or she is on the table being readied for the scan.
But the fact that centers were able to use at least one radiation-reduction technique in most patients "should serve as a wake-up call to cardiac CT laboratories that do not routinely use these methods," Einstein writes in his editorial. Health.com: I paid $450 to up my cancer risk
Patients who undergo cardiac CT angiography are within their rights to ask about what strategies, if any, are being used to reduce radiation dosage, he said.
"I would not recommend anyone to have this test done without discussing it with their doctor first. It's not something patients should be initiating on their own," he adds.
Caution is warranted not only due to the radiation exposure, according to Einstein, but also because the dye that must be injected into the veins to perform the test can cause kidney damage in some people. While a person's doctor would be able to judge if he or she would be harmed by the dye and thus shouldn't have the test, he said, "there are some sites that would be willing to perform this test on anyone."
David J. Brenner, Ph.D., D.Sc., of Columbia University's Center for Radiological Research was not involved in the current study, but he coauthored a 2007 report warning that overuse of CT scans could contribute to excess cancer risks. He said that such CT scans are still controversial.
New technology can decrease the radiation dose from cardiac CT scans, but as this study shows, "It's very variable from institution to institution -- in part because there is no regulatory body making sure that there is some degree of quality control," says Brenner.
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Everything about the upcoming Marvel Comics' superhero movie Deadpool looks brilliant. I have not read any of the comics, but when the first trailer was released a few months ago, the movie seemed interesting. After that, there have been a number of posters and trailers that have come out, and all of them were very creative and well done. I was really inspired by these and so did a drawing, and also made that into a poster, which you can see below.
Deadpool stars Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson, a former soldier who is diagnosed with terminal cancer, but is put through an experimental treatment that leaves him with incredible regenerative powers (but also makes him completely disfigured so he has to wear a mask and a suit). From the trailer, it looks like the people who put him through the experiment also kidnap the love of his life, and he has to go after them.
The character was featured in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (also played in that movie by Ryan Reynolds), though he was just some generic villain there.
This movie though, is proudly Rated R for strong violence and language throughout, sexual content and graphic nudity, and the studio issued multiple Red Band Trailers with violence and offensive jokes.
The first trailer that came out for this movie ended with Deadpool sniffing the smoke coming from his guns, and then saying "Oh, I'm touching myself tonight", and this drawing depicts that scene (in the trailer though, you only see an extreme close-up of his face). How I came to choose this scene to draw is this – you see, interestingly, the studio seems to be investing quite a bit to promote this movie in India (though Deadpool is not a known character here), and are releasing dubbed versions of the movie in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu apart from the English version. A friend literally translated that line into Telugu and in a later WhatsApp conversation, suggested that the title would also be translated, and he came up with "Chacchina Cheruvu" (a pool or a lake that is dead). I thought I would make a poster out of it.
Here is the Telugu parody poster. This is all done in fun, no offense meant.
In the English version of my poster, the line I used is also from the first trailer, in which Wade Wilson tells the people putting him through the experiment, not to make the super-suit green, or animated. This is a reference to the DC Comics movie Green Lantern, which also starred Ryan Reynolds as the titular superhero, and in that movie, his suit was green and animated. I did not like that movie at all, and apparently neither did too many other people, so a joke on that ended up in Deadpool.
The drawing was done on an A4 size drawing pad, with a 6B pencil, and a red colour pencil. For the belt I used an orange pencil. The drawing was scanned once done, and I added the background and the text in Photoshop. Here are the stages of the drawing –
And this is the rough sketch of the poster concept. There were initially supposed to be blood splats behind Deadpool, but when I tried that it didn't look good. Since Deadpool's suit is also red, the red colour of the blood was distracting.
The tagline and the title of the movie in Telugu, I had decided, would be in the Deadpool font but would have an English translation below it, sort of like a movie subtitle.
The below Instagram post shows you the finished drawing and the pencils used to make it.
Here is a short behind the scenes video that I also posted on Instagram, early on in the process of drawing.
Start music! Working on a drawing of #Deadpool while listening to "X Gon' Give It to Ya" by DMX (the music in the trailer). Everything about this movie looks awesome, and I cannot wait to see it. It's being released in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu on Feb 12, and the trailers for the movie in all the other languages have come out. The movie is proudly R rated for strong violence and language throughout, sexual content and graphic nudity. Unfortunately some of that stuff would be cut by our censors though it would be given an "A" certificate. Still, I'm really looking forward to watching it on the big screen. This drawing is going to be turned into a fan poster for the movie. #Samsung #Galaxy #S5
Here below, are links to all the trailers that inspired this drawing. All of them are YouTube links which will open in a new window / tab.
- Red Band Trailer 1 – Released a few months ago, this is the one that has the "I'm touching myself tonight" bit.
- Red Band Trailer 2 – This is the second trailer for the movie released on Christmas Day, and is a pretty awesome trailer, the one that made me even more interested in the movie.
- Green Band Trailer 2 – The "safe for work" version of the previous trailer, with no swearing and violence. All the Indian language trailers are dubbed versions of this trailer.
- Hindi Trailer – The first Indian language trailer, based on the Green Band Trailer linked above. Probably, the one with the most swearing in it. Buzzfeed India featured an article about this trailer, which has captioned screenshots from it. You can see the article here.
- Tamil Trailer – Second Indian trailer, nothing much offensive about it.
- Telugu Trailer – Third Indian trailer, again, not offensive at all.
These are the three songs used in the trailers (again, YouTube links).
- Shoop by Salt n' Pepa
- Karma by Jamie N Commons
- X Gon' Give it to Ya by DMX
The font used in the poster is called Rogue Hero.
A version of this artwork is available for you to purchase as a print (sans text), on my Postergully store. You can purchase it as a poster, or as a T-Shirt.
- Wall Artwork (Poster, Laminated Framed, Glass Framed)
- Men's T-Shirt
- Women's T-Shirt
Deadpool will be out in theatres on 12-Feb-16 in India. I'll see it in as many languages as I can theatrically, and then watch an uncut version later (since sadly, I know that our censors would make cuts to the movie inspite of giving it an adults only certificate).


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A toll road (unsigned New Jersey Route 446) connecting Atlantic City, New Jersey with the Philadelphia outskirts, stopping just beyond Williamstown. While it has decent traffic capacity, the signage makes you want to tear your hair out (but the way from Williamstown onward is Route 42, which has much better signage).
The Atlantic City Expressway — the poor man's freeway. 65 from the Parkway onward but going that speed will give you a firm finger out the window of everyone else driving on that road.
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The soul singer, 62, was scheduled to sing at a December 6 fund-raising gala in Los Angeles. The concert was to raise money for those serving in the Israel Defense Forces and families of fallen soldiers.
"Given the current and very delicate situation in the Middle East, and with a heart that has always cried out for world unity, I will not be performing at the FIDF Gala," Wonder said in a statement.
Wonder said he would make contributions to organisations that support Israeli and Palestinian children with disabilities.
The singer added that as a Messenger of Peace, a title he's held since 2009, "I am and have always been against war, any war, anywhere."
According to a statement from the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, a coalition that aims to change US policy toward Palestine and Israel and support human rights and equality, Wonder's decision came after a "growing outcry" from several organisations and three international signed petitions.
The protest is part of a "cultural boycott" led by organisations that oppose Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories, the statement said.
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Backed with an array of research, the case against America's youth prisons and correctional training schools can be neatly summarized in five words: dangerous, ineffective, unnecessary, wasteful and inadequate. This report highlights successful reform efforts from several states and provides recommendations for how states can reduce juvenile incarceration rates and redesign their juvenile correction systems to better serve young people and the public.
In addition to the full report, the Foundation published a No Place for Kids issue brief and a news release. As a supplement to the report, find state-level data on juvenile confinement in the Finding & Stats section below.


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Geocaching Vlogs and Online Videos – The New Horizon of Caching Media Part II
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Geocaching video blogs (vlogs), as well as YouTube-based video series, have become hugely popular in the geocaching community. The Geocaching.com YouTube channel receives thousands of viewers each day and the Geocaching.com videos have been viewed nearly three million times so far. Vlogs and other videos created by the community showcase the diversity, creativity and intelligence found in the geocaching world.
Vlogging has become an exciting way to share geocaching experiences. We now invite you to enjoy Part II of the "Geocaching Vlogs and Online Videos" blog post. This post introduces you to three popular English-language geocaching vlogs and their vloggers. Part I, which featured geocaching vlogs from around the world, can be found here.
Mayberryman, or Joshua Johnson, is an American geocaching vlogger out of Minnesota, USA. With more than 40,000 views on his site, Joshua is capturing the attention of geocachers and non-geocachers around the world. According to the vlogger, "the beauty of online video is that it is global, so I think it is fun for people to see geocaching in different places of the world."
Joshua spends much of his free time recording his caching adventures and posting them on his vlog for all to see. He says his vlog has enabled him to "connect with cachers all over the world through this medium. An example of this is a video collaboration video where a cacher named Captain Hardy from Norway shot a video of him sending the Travel Bug my way."
Joshua says one of the goals of his is videos, "is to make the viewer feel like they are caching along with us." Joshua also hopes to use his vlog to "share with the world the incredible hobby/sport that is geocaching… to introduce others to the hobby through the videos."
Headhardhat, or Andrew Smith, another popular English language vlogger. Andrew has posted videos on YouTube for years. He has more than 60 videos online and has had more than 370,000 hits to his YouTube site. He sees his vlog as a "teaching tool to educate geocachers from all levels of expertise." Andrew has found that creating a vlog has been beneficial to his personal geocaching experiences as well as the community's.
He says, "I have heard everything from thanks for planting the seed to go out geocaching, to making things smoother for others as they ventured out, to saving several marriages and bringing families together." Andrew's vlog has connected him to people all over the world. According to the vlogger, these connections make geocaching "that much more fun because I get to share my experiences with others."
Joshua and Andrew all showcase geocaching in the English language. They are among a more and more geocachers flipping on the video camera and sharing their adventures, tips and geocaching tricks online.
You can start sharing your experiences right now. Share your videos, pics and geocaching expertise (or geocaching questions) on the Geocaching.com Facebook page.


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Angry Cockfighters in Kentucky Vow to "Destroy" Mitch McConnell
In Washington, Mitch McConnell is a power broker. In Kentucky, where the senator faces a tough re-election slog, he's just the big-government sonofabitch that made life tougher for hardscrabble locals trying to make a living by breeding animals to rip each other to death for sport.
The Lexington Herald-Ledger reports that the lobby for cockfighters in the state—yes, they have a lobby—is hopping mad at McConnell, the Republican Senate majority leader, over his vote for a federal farm bill. The belligerent peckerwoods say they may back McConnell's primary opponent, a tea-party-friendly Baptist zealot who's also endorsed by Glenn Beck:
"This will destroy Mitch McConnell in Kentucky," said Craig Davis, president of the United Gamefowl Breeders Association.
At issue is an amendment included in the $956 billion farm bill, approved and signed into law this month, that makes it a federal crime to be a spectator at an animal fight.
The new law makes attending a cockfight or dogfight a federal misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in prison and $100,000 fine. It makes bringing a minor to such fights a federal felony, punishable by up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine...
The lobbyists for Big Cock "say their 'culture and heritage' was misunderstood and wrongly maligned":
"When you make a law like that, you take good taxpaying people and you turn them into criminals overnight," Davis said. "The grass roots on this are not playing games anymore. They've been beaten and battered for 30 years. They're rural people. They want to be left alone."...
For many rural Kentuckians, Davis said, breeding gamefowl is crucial to helping shore up incomes decimated by the decline of coal and a dearth of manufacturing jobs. Hens used for breeding can sell for $100 and roosters can sell for $250, but Davis said two hens and a rooster that come from a winning progeny can fetch as much as $1,500.
Davis said the grass-roots movement associated with cockfighters was fed up after three decades of watching their freedoms being taken from them.
This is the logical consequence not (just) of Kentucky's backwardness, but of a national culture that for years has subverted every other value to jobs jobs jobs. If you can't adequately deregulate Big Coal and Big Industry to where we can all get subsistence wages while waiting to die of black lung, cave-ins or work-related carcinomas, then let us have our bloody roosterdeath business, goddamnit!
The junior senator from Kentucky, Republican Rand Paul, avoided the ire of Big Cock since he voted against the farm bill—even though he's actively campaigning for McConnell. Because, you see, Big Cock is about principles and the preservation of culture and heritage and most of all jobs jobs jobs, not your namby-pamby consistency.
"If Mitch McConnell doesn't help us now, then we're going to drag him down into the gully with us on Election Day," Davis concluded. May as well slap some spurs on each other in the gully and see if you can charge admission. That's job creatin', bluegrass-style!
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Fine dining is not new to the Houston Museum of Natural Science. From our Cultural Feasts to our annual Gala and many other events hosted here throughout the year, it's all in our nature.
Now, we're starting something new for culinary explorers — Big Bite Nite. This April 30, experience Houston's most prominent restaurants; meet some of the city's top chefs; and explore the intricacies of cuisine from our spotlight country: China (we're getting excited about our upcoming blockbuster exhibition, Terra Cotta Warriors). Restaurants include Polo's Signature, Post Oak Grill; 17 Restaurant, The Capital Grille; The Grove; Monarch; Quattro; Ruggles Green; Morton's, The Steakhouse; YAO Restaurant and Bar; and many more.
Inspired by the mouth-watering smorgasbord set to spring up at the Museum April 30, we thought it would be fun to give you a taste of what you will experience at this special event, with (naturally) a science twist.
So, we did what we often do. Erin and I packed up our video camera and asked a few of the chefs whom you will see at Big Bite Nite to give us a rare behind the scenes look in their kitchen as they experiment with their delectable creations.
After all, food is a science. And no one knows this better than our very own Kat Havens. After reviewing the menu from Polo's Signature, our first stop, she had the brilliant idea to make butter. The steps aren't complicated – as you will see in the video – but the science that goes into this simple condiment is amazing! Afterwards, she asked Polo Becerra, Culinary Director, and Adam Puskorius, Executive Chef, to create a dish using the butter she produced. See what they cooked up for us by clicking below (press the red HQ button for the highest quality version).


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Republican Elephant Baseball Cap
This week's artifact is a novelty hat collected at the 1988 Republican National Convention. It's a baseball cap with attached elephant ears, eyes, and trunk. The real selling point is the cords attached to the ears that feed through the hat and tie under the chin. In a moment of political zeal, a delegate to the convention could use the cords to happily flap their ears! (1988.28.27)
This piece shows the non-partisan nature of the LBJ political collection, as we have holdings representing both major political parties (and some minor political parties) throughout US history. We continue to expand our collection with each election.
Did You Know…
A symbol of the Democratic Party, a donkey was a popular gift from the people of the United States to LBJ. This bottle opener was a gift to LBJ from LeRoy A. Kolberg. [1970.48.52]


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Let's Celebrate The Snow!
Finally, I might be going back to work! It's been a long and sad drought for many of us in my neighborhood.
If my memory is correct, my last job was sometime last February. And that was short lived.
Now, with snow in the forecast I'm ready.
You see, I've been sitting in the corner of the garage since last winter with nothing to do. I keep collecting this-and-that on top of my chute. Other stuff dangling from my handles. And every time that lady drives her car in next to me she bangs the car door into my side.
It's not easy being a snow blower.
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We know that on the whole, women make as much as 12% less than men even 10 years out of college.
But it stands to reason that in fields traditionally dominated by women (nursing, teaching, social work—think any role that that would be played by a woman in a not particularly progressive children's cartoon), the highest-paid workers would be women, those who populate the field. Right?
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Wrong. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, a number of jobs that employ mostly women pay men a higher wage. Here are some of the worst offenders:
1. Social Worker
If you meet a social worker, she is more likely to be female than male—in fact, 79% more likely. Even though women dominate the profession, it does not mean they top the pay scale. Men make an average of $864 per week, while women in the same profession make an average of $774. That is almost 11% less.
2. Nurse
If you get sick and go to the hospital, you are 90% more likely to have a female nurse than a male nurse. And the few men in the profession make an average of 5% more than a woman in the same job.
3. Cashier
Most cashiers are women. In fact, 70% of cashiers are female. Men make an average of $422 per week while women only make an average of $361 per week working at a cash register.
4. Teacher
When you think of the teachers you had growing up, chances are that most of them were women. In 2010, 73% of teachers were women. On average, those women made 78 cents for every dollar a man earned.
5. Server
If you dine out, 65% of waitstaff around the country are female. But if you want your waitress to make the same as her male counterparts you better tip her a few bucks more, because she makes an average $363 per week compared to a waiter's earnings of $419.
6. Librarian
A whopping 78% of librarians are women. But for every dollar a male librarian makes, a female librarian makes only 80 cents.
7. Customer Service Representative
Women fill the bulk of customer service positions—66% more. Female customer service reps make 5% less than their male counterparts.
8. Receptionist
Most office managers believe that a lovely lady should greet you when you come into or call their office, as 92% of receptionists are female. But a female receptionist makes 4% less than a man in that same job.
9. Maid/Housekeeper
A full 87% of maids and house cleaners are women. However, a female cleaner makes only $371 per week, while a male makes $444.
10. Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker
If you walk into a laundromat you are 66% more likely to see a woman behind the counter. For the same job, she will make 73 cents for every dollar a man earns.


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East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, center, directs motorists as he tries to clear a traffic jam outside the presidential office in Dili on Jan. 7, 2013.
The prime minister of East Timor turned traffic cop on Monday after his car got stuck in a traffic jam outside the presidential office in the capital Dili.
Xanana Gusmao, who led the armed resistance that resulted in East Timor's independence from Indonesian rule in 2002, immediately got out of his car and began directing drivers after finding that there was no police officer on the street, the European PressPhoto Agency reports.
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Reset your 360fly HD
On rare occasions, it might become necessary to reset your 360fly if it becomes unresponsive.
Please Note: Resetting will not wipe the videos stored on your camera.
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1. Locate the reset button on the bottom of the unit.
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3. The 360fly's LED will flash blue during the reset process. After about 30 seconds, the LED will be solid blue when ready for use.
Please Note: The reset button is not meant as a "Restart" or a "Power On" button.
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The Makino Mamoru Collection on the History of East Asian Film (Makino Collection), acquired by Columbia University's C.V. Starr East Asian Library in 2006, will hold its first symposium on November 11, 2011 in 403 Kent Hall. "The Makino Collection at Columbia: the Present and Future of an Archive" will offer a day of presentations and discussion by renowned scholars in Japanese and East Asian film studies covering research in the field emerging from the rich primary source content of the Makino Collection.
"As part of Starr Library's initiative to work with faculty members at Columbia University and beyond to use our unique resources for their teaching and research, we hope the Makino Symposium will attract scholars from around the world," said Jim Cheng, Director of the C.V. Starr East Asian Library.
Paul Anderer, Mack Professor of Humanities and Professor of Japanese Literature at Columbia University and co-organizer of the symposium, echoed the global importance of the symposium. "The cross-disciplinary and cross-regional range of this symposium will make known to the wider scholarly world the existence and value of this remarkable archive for ongoing and future research," Anderer said.
The symposium will help to underscore the variety and breadth of the materials held in the Makino Collection. The Makino collection as a whole contains approximately 80,000 items and is available for use by scholars and researchers to use as processing proceeds. Selections from the Makino Collection will be on display and a reception will follow the symposium in the Starr Library reading room.
The Makino Collection will offer extended hours for using materials from the Collection during the week following the Symposium (Monday - Friday, Nov. 14th - 18th, 10am-12:00pm, 1:00pm-4:00pm). To make arrangements to view materials during these times, you will need to contact the archivist in advance: email@example.com
For more information and a list of panelists and their paper titles, please check the Makino Symposium web page:
For more information on the Makino Mamoru Collection, please check the Makino Collection web page:
The symposium is sponsored by The Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the Japan Chamber of Commerce, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, the C.V. Starr Foundation, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, and the School of the Arts–Film Division.
The C.V. Starr East Asian Library is one of the major collections for the study of East Asia in the United States, with over 900,000 volumes of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, and Western language materials, as well as some holdings in Mongol and Manchu, and over 7,280 periodical titles. The collection, established in 1902, is particularly strong in Chinese history, literature, and social sciences; Japanese literature, history, and religion, particularly Buddhism; and Korean history. For more information, please visit: /content/libraryweb/indiv/eastasian.html
Columbia University Libraries/Information Services is one of the top five academic research library systems in North America. The collections include over 11 million volumes, over 150,000 journals and serials, as well as extensive electronic resources, manuscripts, rare books, microforms, maps, and graphic and audio-visual materials. The services and collections are organized into 22 libraries and various academic technology centers. The Libraries employs more than 500 professional and support staff. The website of the Libraries is the gateway to its services and resources: library.columbia.edu.


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Thursdays at 8pm
Enjoy the hilarious off the cuff improv comedy of Projectile Comedy. Thursday nights at the Loft Night Club.
Projectile Comedy is one of Billings' most popular nightlife events and things to do!
Date: 12/06/2018
Time: 8:00 pm
The Loft Dance Club
1123 1st Ave N
Billings, MT 59101
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