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Feel free to share your struggle ssamayoa
Couple things to try:
1. follow this guide
2. turn on the debug flag
3. only use "configuration": "Debug" unless you're submitting to app store
Feel free to share your struggle ssamayoa
Couple things to try:
1. follow this guide
2. turn on the debug flag
3. only use "configuration": "Debug" unless you're submitting to app store
Phil Strong
How do you account for dependencies that are resources in a SA project? When I try to execute sencha generate I get error: Unknown definition for dependency.
For now you need to add these files in your app.json both css and js
Phil Strong
I am getting this error in my app after I built using "sencha app build testing" command.
My environment is ,
Sencha Architect Version: 2.2.2 Build: 991
Sencha Cmd v220.127.116.112
Sencha SDK 2.2.0
Mac OsX
I created Architect project first, developed it completely (around 40 classes) and enabled it with Sencha CMD for building.
I read several blogs and posts and already corrected few crazy issues.
Other posts suggest that this error is because of class is not loaded but script trying to instantiate.
I want to dig down that class using stacktrace in Chrome developer, but there is so much stuff that I can not find which class is not getting loaded.
I am ready to attach/send my app.js and index.html
Error occurs here when name is undefined.
Code:if (name === from || name.substring(0, from.length) === from) { name = name.substring(from.length); if (typeof to != 'string') { root = to; } else { parts = parts.concat(to.split('.')); } break; }
My problem got resolved by changing build.options.testing.debug to true. It showed me which class was missing in "requires" (it was pullrefresh plugin which was not added by architect+cmd automatically)
I already had this setting to true in build.xml of project directory. But when I changed this setting in .sencha/app/testing.properties , it showed me the problem like a good boy .
CMDs properties variable overriding is very confusing. Not sure if it is bug or .sencha/app/testing.properties has higher priority in chain of properties override.
Hope somebody saves days or weeks reading this.
After banging my head for a while trying to get the "generate" to work with an existing Architect project I'd like to point out one small piece of advise that might help others that I didn't find (so if it's mentioned elsewhere I missed it).
Make sure your project does not already have an "index.html" file. If you do delete or rename it otherwise you'll get error after error while trying to run the "generate" command.
Hope this helps.
Is this thread (changes necessary to build using both SA and Sencha Cmd) still relevant for SA 3.0 and Cmd 4?
Good question seade. I'm happy to report NO! All of these alterations now happen automatically by either Architect or Cmd.
Phil Strong


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By Alexis Croswell
Trophy hunting is a specific type of hunting where a portion of the animal is kept as a souvenir to memorialize the experience. It is not illegal, as poaching is, but there is certainly a debate that surrounds the practice.
When photos surfaced of Melissa Bachman posing with a lion she killed, the outrage was immense (for perhaps more complex reasons than solely hunting). In a story on this topic, OGP's Kristina Pepelko said, "The backlash to her photo is certainly warranted as big game hunting is a poor excuse for conservation, especially when 75 percent of wild lions have been killed in the last 20 years, and this number is likely to accelerate in the next decade if nothing is done, as reported by ABC News."
Killing animals in the name of conservation is surprisingly something that many groups have claimed. The Dallas Safari Club is proposing to auction off a "special permit" from the government of Namibia to hunt one of Namibia's 1,800 remaining black rhinos. All in the name of conservation.
While trophy hunting often brings in money to certain parks or locations, it's counterproductive to the overall idea of conservation. Why shoot something you supposedly want to protect?
1. Trophy hunting can hurt the overall population of a species
Though hunting groups often claim that a small amount of controlled trophy hunting does not harm populations, the opposite appears to be true. In the case of African lions, "Approximately 600 lions are killed every year on trophy hunts, including lions in populations that are already declining from other threats…The adult male lion is the most sought-after trophy by wealthy foreign hunters. And when an adult male lion is killed, the destabilization of that lion's pride can lead to more lion deaths as outside males compete to take over the pride," reports Jeff Flocken for National Geographic.
The recent Michigan wolf hunt has been filled with controversy - wolves were recently removed from the endangered species list, and soon after, hunted for trophies. The Toledo Blade reports, "People who understand conservation were appalled [about the hunt\. Michigan Technological University Professor John Vucetich, a conservation biologist, said, 'There is no scientific evidence wolves need to be hunted.' He added: 'It's not common sense to spend decades bringing the wolf back from the brink of extinction, only to begin killing the animal.'"
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Opening this weekend is writer/director Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacy. For those unfamiliar with the franchise reboot, this time around, a government task force led by Edward Norton's character is assassinating all their genetically-modified assets to prevent another Bourne situation. However, one member of the program, Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner), manages to escape with a scientist (Rachel Weisz), and the two go on the run for their lives. The film also stars Oscar Isaac, Joan Allen, David Strathairn, Albert Finney, Stacy Keach, Scott Glenn, Corey Stoll, and Donna Murphy. For more on the film, here's five clips.
At the recent Los Angeles press day, I landed an exclusive interview with producer Frank Marshall (insane resume here). During our wide ranging conversation, we talked about making The Bourne Legacy, deleted scenes, extended cuts, test screenings, and more. In addition, since Marshall has produced so many awesome movies, we also talked about how close Who Framed Roger Rabbit came to getting a sequel, the likelihood of Indiana Jones 5 happening, Jurassic Park 3D and Jurassic Park 4, whether anyone has talked about rebooting the Back to the Future movies, the amazing Nike Back to the Future sneakers, The Secret Life of Houdini, the remake of Tell No One, and so much more. Hit the jump for what he had to say.
Talk a little bit about your Academy Award-winning performance as the airline passenger in The Bourne Legacy. Honestly, you are chewing up the scenery in business class and at customs.
FRANK MARSHALL: Oh, you even noticed the customs. Well, it was all born out of production necessity. As you know, in the movies, we go from New York to Manila. So in order to have the same people on the plane, at customs and in Manila, there are a few of us who took parts in the movie.
What other people should I be looking out for?
MARSHALL: Well, Mr. Crowley, my cohort is there putting something in the overhead bin. You'll see some faces, when they have the crisis sweep, when pictures are going up of people that are on the plane, they are all crew members.
A lot of projects change, especially in the last Bourne movies there were dramatic changes. I remember for the first press screening for the second or third movie everybody was nervous, because it was the first anyone had even seen it. For this Bourne how much changed along the way from when you first got the script to what I saw last night?
MARSHALL: Not much. This one was done the way you should do them. We didn't have a release date we were trying to make, we weren't scrambling. We had the script first; we had the script locked down. We spent a lot of time on the script. Tony will tell you. It started as a kernel of an idea. We had a lot of scripts, had five or six writers come pitch an idea. We were stuck on the idea of how we would have Bourne pass the baton. We didn't want to do the Bond thing, where we put a new actor in. When you see the last movie, you realize he knew who he was, he knew where he came from and he knew didn't want to do it anymore. Where do you go from there? Does he pass the baton? We wanted to try and include Bourne in the story, but it just wasn't happening. So Ben Smith and Jeffrey Weiner who are the estate producers took Tony to breakfast and said, "We're stuck, do you have any ideas?" He hadn't even seen the third movie. He went home and ran it and he said, "You know I might have an idea." It kind of grew out of that, and the idea was really great.
One of the great things about these movies is we get to do things you don't get to do in other movies. We killed off Marie in the second movie, in the first ten minutes, and people were going "No, She's going to be back. She's not gone." We filled in that void between Russia and when he got New York; another one of Tony's ideas. In this one, this movie is taking place at the same time as the other one; you see the results of the chaos Bourne is causing within the agencies, and the other programs getting affected by it. And now we've set the table to go anywhere. As you know from the movie, it's very complex. The story had to be really solid before we could do it.
Obviously, Universal wants this to be a new franchise with Jeremy Renner. When you put this together were you already thinking about setting it up as a trilogy, rather than making a standalone trilogy?
MARSHALL: Yeah, we're definitely planning on going forward with Jeremy in the role. Who knows where he's going to go next. He definitely is this agent, and he now has all these extra capabilities without taking the pills. He's a dangerous character out there for Edward Norton's character.
Obviously, Jeremy's attached to a lot of different things. He's blowing up. Was there apprehension on his part to sign a multi-picture deal? Or was he comfortable because of the Bourne track record?
MARSHALL: I would say it's more of the later. He knew what we had done with the first three movies and he was looking forward to going forward with this one. Whereas his other ones are a little more unpredictable, he knows he is this character, he's this agent and were focused on that. And at least for the next one or two movies were focused on what's going to happen with him.
What is the running time of the first cut compared to what we got theatrically? I'm always curious about deleted scenes, is there twenty, thirty minutes, or is it more like five?
MARSHALL: No, it's more like twenty minutes.
Do you think there will be an extended cut?
MARSHALL: No.
Is there any juicy deleted scene that you were sad to see go?
MARSHALL: There's a cool scene where Jeremy, between the time he leaves Chicago and he's going to the house, where he gets stopped by a highway patrolman. You think that he's going to turn into Bourne and just take this guy out. It's very, very tense and suspenseful, but it also didn't move the story. When something had to go, it came out, but it's a cool scene.
Did you guys do a test screening? And what did you learn from the test screening if you did?
MARSHALL: We learned at first that the movie was a little too complicated, and that we needed to explain a couple things a little more. You know, what the Outcome program is. It was really that kind of thing. It just came down in length as we massaged it. Nothing really came out; it just got a little tighter.
I want to ask you about some random stuff I've always wanted to ask you about. Your resume is great. How close did a Goonies sequel come to getting made, if at all?
MARSHALL: Nobody thought of sequels back in the eighties. Gremlins 2, we did that. We talked about a sequel to E.T., but Steven said it stands on its own. Maybe there was talk, but not a lot. I'm just always surprised about The Goonies.
It's one of my favorite films.
MARSHALL: I was going to say, for your generation it's this big movie. When we were making we thought it's a little goofy, but people really identify with the kids. There you go. I look back on it. It's funny; I have two girls 13 and 16. I ran it for them a couple years ago, and I was astonished at the language in the movie. I tell them they can't swear and they're saying, "Dad, look at this movie. You've got all these kids [swearing]".
It was different in the eighties.
MARSHALL: Yeah, it was really amazing. I see now why. It had that adventure and it had that fantasy of kid's dreams in it.
How close did Roger Rabbit come to getting a sequel?
MARSHALL: Very close. Very close.
What can you tease? Do you remember any of the storyline?
MARSHALL: Oh, yea. It was more of a prequel; it was all about how Roger came to Hollywood. But what happened was, Roger was in almost every scene. If you look at the movie there's only maybe 40 minutes of animation. It there was a whole movie of animation it was way too expensive. And it was before computer animation, it was still hand drawn.
That's why it looks so good.
MARSHALL: Yeah. It's still human.
So you still have that script for a Roger Rabbit sequel somewhere?
MARSHALL: Yeah.
Do you remember what the title was?
MARSHALL: No, I don't.
People are always talking about another Indiana Jones. Do you think it's realistic to expect another, or do you think the last one is going to be the last hurrah?
MARSHALL: I think, for me, it's the last hurrah. I know that, yes, we talk about it, but there's no idea, there's no MacGuffin.
George has talked about going into indie movies in the garage. It doesn't seem like he's that hungry to make another Indiana Jones.
MARSHALL: No, he isn't. He's obviously passing the baton to my wife. That's kind of fun, isn't it?
When she told you she was being offered this position, what was your initial reaction?
MARSHALL: Fantastic. George has been a great friend ever since raiders. We spent a lot of time with him. I just thought it was a great opportunity, and certainly something that would be exciting and fun for her to do. As long as we didn't have to move up there it was fine with me.
What is the status of the Jurassic Park 3D re-release?
MARSHALL: That is coming along.
Have you seen footage?
MARSHALL: I have not seen footage, but I know it's being done. Its going to happen.
Mr. Spielberg has talked about another Jurassic Park. It is a huge franchise for Universal that has dormant for a while, how close do you think that one is? Obviously, the 3d re-release is to engage young movie goers, get people excited again. So how is the sequel coming along?
MARSHALL: I would say it will be on the screen within two years.
So you guys have a story that's really coming along?
MARSHALL: Yes.
Will you be shooting in 3D?
MARSHALL: That I don't know. We haven't gotten to that stage yet where we talk about production. There's definitely a story in the works.
Is it an actual sequel, or is it a reboot?
MARSHALL: Yes, it's a sequel.
Do you have a filmmaker on this? Or have you announced it yet?
MARSHALL: No. No.
So it's just story. This is a big one. I can't believe it's taken this long to make another one, especially with the technology these days.
MARSHALL: That's what's going to be great about it. The technology has taken a leap and we can really do some great things.
Regarding the technology, one of the things that make Jurassic Park, the original, such an amazing film is the way the prosthetics are mixed in. It feels real. Even though it was made in the early nineties. As a producer, do you still want to have that prosthetic feel or do you think it's going to be reliant entirely on technology?
MARSHALL: No. I think, not only does it feel real, it helps the actors to actually have a half of a leg there that they have to look at, or something that scares them actually jumps into the frame. Rather than just saying, "Something just jumped into the frame, be scared." That's mainly what it was. At first we were going to do all prosthetic, or model dinosaurs. It was too expensive, and also you couldn't build these. It just wouldn't work. But, if you put a foot in, or a tail or something, I think we have to do that. I think that's what makes it work.
I imagine Universal envisions this as a big summer tent pole movie. Are you guys aiming for summer or Christmas?
MARSHALL: No, I think we're aiming for summer. It's a summer movie, popcorn movie.
Last question on Jurassic Park. Chris Nolan, J.J. Abrams, a lot of people are going IMAX right now, using IMAX cameras. How do you feel about the IMAX format, and do you see it as something that could come into the the next Bourne movies, Jurassic Park or other things?
MARSHALL: I love the IMAX format, as long as it's the real IMAX format. I've made a couple documentaries in that format, and I love that. If it's properly used, yeah, great. I think talking about Bourne, the cuttings too quick; I don't think IMAX 3D would work.
I'm not even talking about 3D, just IMAX.
MARSHALL: Oh, yeah, maybe. But it works better in a fantasy film; it could work for Jurassic Park because maybe we create the world. But, for Bourne, I don't think so.
Obviously, you're involved with the Back to the Future movies. Has there ever been talk about a reboot, remake, re-anything with Back to the Future or has it always been held as these classic movies?
MARSHALL: We never talked about it. Those three movies stand alone. I'm so thrilled that Zemeckis is back in the live-action world. When you look at those movies, they're stunningly made. The direction and the writing in those movies, and Michael J. Fox; it's just fabulous. I'm a huge fan of just having those three movies just be as they are, and not try to do anything else.
If they came to you about doing a reissue of the original in 3D would you be against it?
MARSHALL: No, I kind of like it the way it is. I say let's leave things as they are. Let's leave it the way we made it then with the technology we had. If I was teaching a screenwriting class that would be the bible. That would be the script that we studied. Because every single thing is set up and paid off in the ending in a brilliant way. The script is just phenomenal.
There were some Back to the Future sneakers that came out recently. Did you end up getting a pair?
MARSHALL: I do have a pair.
Was it difficult for you to get that pair, or was it just a gift in the mail?
MARSHALL: No, I was a part of the whole thing. I have to give credit to Nike. One of the fun stories, the two guys that came down to design that shoe were Mark Parker and Tinker Hatfield. And we took Tinker Hatfield's design of the shoe. Over the years Tinker stayed with designing that shoe and making it a reality. He's still at Nike, and Nike has backed the design of that shoe. That's what happened here, where they all came together. And that's because the guy who lost, Mark Parker, he's the CEO. So they came to me and said we'd like to do this for Michael J Fox and his foundation. We don't quite have the power lacing down, but we have this idea of how we'll get in front of that. Which is we'll do this sort of lost footage thing, where doc brown comes in and he thinks it's 2015, but it's not. And by 2015 well have the laces.
So they still think that could happen?
MARSHALL: Yeah, absolutely.
Those sneakers were something that I wanted to get. They were a little expensive and a little bit hard to get. Do you think there's the chance that there will be another pair down the road that will be more cost effective for the average person to get?
MARSHALL: I think there might be.
Maybe in 2015?
MARSHALL: Yeah, in 2015 you might have the special pair, and the not-so-special pair but they look like them. I think that the real goal of this iteration was raising money for Michael's foundation.
I'm all in favor of raising money for his foundation as well; I'm saying maybe they release a lower price version.
MARSHALL: Yeah, well it's sort of what they did with Lance and his stuff. But, yeah, I think that it was so popular, that by 2015 there's going to be a lot of different version of them.
Since you have the ability to call them, please pass on fans interest.
MARSHALL: I will.
And say, "The people who cannot afford the 2,000 dollars-"
MARSHALL: That was kind of wild, to watch that.
It was a lot of money.
MARSHALL: You can come by and see my pair if you want, visit them.
Have you ever worn them in public?
MARSHALL: No, no. They're in a glass case in my office. They had this special thing where they came up and they light them. It was pretty cool.
I was looking on the always accurate IMDB and I saw Fathers and Sons.
MARSHALL: Oh, Fathers and Guns. That's dead.
There we go. I don't think people understand that ninety percent of the stuff we cover that's being developed, maybe even ninety-five percent, will never see the light of day. And all these people get very worked up over a project that might never get made.
MARSHALL: Yeah, well particularly today it's really hard. The studios today, and I understand this, but they're looking for the big tent-pole movie. As opposed to something like Fathers and Guns which is a small movie. But small movies do well too. I only look for stories, I look for good stories. I thought that was a cool story, but we never got there with the script. So now I work on other stuff, I have three or four other things that I think are going to pay off.
Let's talk about those three or four other things. What is bubbling up to the surface for you, besides a Jurassic Park sequel?
MARSHALL: Well, that's one of them. The Secret Life of Houdini, that's at Summit or Lionsgate, or whatever they're calling themselves now. And that's pretty cool. I'm a big fan of magic; you probably know that from my past. I think that's on the front burner. Then we have the remake of Tell No One at Warner Brothers, which was a movie that was made in France. It's kind of the opposite of how things usually happen. It was a book written by Harlan Coben, and it was made into a French movie, and now we've taken it back and were making it in to and American movie.
That's a very interesting twist, that's a little bit unusual.
MARSHALL: It's a really cool story.
Jumping into the Houdini thing. A number of years ago, in the same year, were The Illusionist and The Prestige. Both of which were great. One of which was made for 15 million if that, and one of which was made for a lot more money. Both did incredibly well at the box office. Obviously people love magician stories, why is it so hard to get these made?
MARSHALL: Well, it's funny because when you say magic because everybody expects everything, when you can do anything, now people think that a magician fakes them. It only works when you're live. So to come up with a story, particularly that takes place in the thirties and forties, you need to have more meat to the story. And there was a book written called "The Secret Life of Houdini" which takes the premise that Houdini was actually a spy. I love that combining magic and spydom, my two favorite things. If he was an athlete, it would cover everything. If he was a runner that would be it.
Yeah, I would say you have a hit. Are you aiming to put in the supernatural or are you aiming to make this a very realistic movie, but the one thing is he was also a spy?
MARSHALL: It's a little bit of everything. If you know of Houdini, he was out there to debunk spiritualists and mediums. But, then we add in the kind of the Sherlock Holmes of it all. The reality of this case that's going on, and the fact that he's a spy and what he's doing. It's going to be a big action adventure movie?
Who wrote the most recent draft?
MARSHALL: Noah Oppenheim.
Do you currently have a director attached?
MARSHALL: Not attached yet, but we're in negotiations with one.
Is it a name that I would know?
MARSHALL: Yes. If you look it up, you'll see there was an announcement.
Talk a little bit about, and you touched on it before, Hollywood has changed a little bit in that the mid-range budget that used to exist is gone. Its either really low budget or mega budget. Can you talk about, as a producer, the challenges of this environment?
MARSHALL: There are two huge challenges. First of all, I could have never made Eight Below today, even though it did extremely well and it was successful for the studio. But it was a 40 million dollar movie, they don't make them. That's a challenge because I don't think in "this is a blockbuster movie" ideas. I think, I read a story, I see a story, and I go "that's a good story; I'd like to make that." And I don't think it's going to cost a 100 million or 5 million. We just kind of put it through this filter, of how do we get there? The biggest problem we have is that there is no money to develop these stories. So even if you have an idea that might be a blockbuster, there's no money to develop it. Which we used to have five, ten years ago, they were developing a lot of stories. And it's like you said, ninety percent of them don't get made, but at least we were developing them. Now I have to go outside to get the money to develop a story, because the studios are only looking for that big idea.
My last question, I want to go back to Jurassic. Did Spielberg come up with the idea for this sequel or was it someone else?
MARSHALL: That, I don't know to be honest. I came into it late, Kathy had to go up North, and so I came on the project.


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KANSAS CITY - Game one of a three game series between the Royals and Cleveland Indians took place Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium. Red hot Cleveland had won 14 of 19 games to take over first place in the American League Central, a half game in front of Detroit. The Royals started the night in third place, just four and a half games behind the tribe.
Luis Mendoza gets the start at Kauffman Stadium. In the first inning with ases loaded, Mendoza hit Mark Reynolds in the head with the pitch. The baseball high and tight forces in a run, making it 2-0 Cleveland.
Top of the 4th with bases loaded again, Asdrubal Cabrera singled to right. Jason Giambi and Lonnie Chisenhall score, 4-0 Cleveland. In the bottom of the 5th with Alex Gordon at bat, he smacks a grand slam to right, tying the game at 4.
Royals got into trouble in the 7th. Former Mizzou star Aaron Crow was on the mound. Carlos Santana sacraficed a fly to drive in a run, bringing the Indians up 5-4.
Kansas City would barely miss the victory, losing to Cleveland with a 6-5 score.


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Microsoft is warning users to scan their machines for malware following a recent string of system crashes.
The company said that one of the patches included in Tuesday's monthly update was potentially causing a conflict with certain malware infections on Windows XP systems.
When installing the MS 10-015 patch, which addresses a vulnerability in the Windows kernel, the infected systems experienced the infamous "blue screen of death" system crash.
In order to avoid the crash, Microsoft is advising users to scan their systems with a trusted, up-to-date antivirus tool.
The news first surfaced Thursday when the company disclosed reports on its security response blog of system crashes with the February update. The issue was later traced to the MS 10-015 bulletin and eventually found to be from a malware infection.
"One of the key components when investigating issues like this are obtaining memory dumps from computers experiencing the problem," wrote senior security communications manager Jerry Bryant.
"In order to get the information we need to fully analyse the issue, some of our support engineers have actually driven to customer locations and picked up affected systems so we can get the needed crash data directly and help inform our investigation."
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i've stuffed you with fried chicken and then pork belly until you couldn't move anymore. next up is OYSTERS! the 3rd in the series of houston chowhounds chef throwdowns is coined the bivalve throwdown or #BVTD on twitter.
bryan caswell and bill floyd from REEF are graciously hosting this shindig on Sun, Nov 8th from 4-9ish PM.
bryan caswell and bill floyd from REEF are graciously hosting this shindig on Sun, Nov 8th from 4-9ish PM.
BVTD chefs will be required to prepare 2 oyster dishes for the judges in this competition: 1 raw and 1 cooked. chefs will be able to choose from several varieties of live gulf oysters in the shell and freshly shucked oysters. all oysters will be provided for the competition, chefs will only need to bring their other ingredients. to compete, chefs must register by tue, 10/27. the final chef line-up will be announced on Mon, 11/1, so check back soon.
the amateur chef potluck competition will be battle gumbo. 10 houston chowhounds will be competing for bragging rights in this contest that the home cooks take equally seriously.
the event promises to be bigger and more impressive than the last. expect a shucking contest, several raw oyster bars with live shuckers, and -- as always -- a massive spread of gastrodelights.
as always, a wild card judge will also be chosen for the panel of judges. if you would like to be considered, please submit a short essay on "why you should be a BVTD judge" to email@example.com by 10/31.
to purchase tickets, click here.
for official event details and competition guidelines, click here.
big thanks to the event sponsors, REEF, louisiana foods, and saint arnold.


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Chicago-area bus and train riders, along with highway construction workers, ought to feel better knowing that gridlock appears to be easing in the halls of the U.S. Congress.
That was the message Friday from three suburban representatives who, nonetheless, urged their fellow lawmakers in Washington, D.C., to finally pass a transportation bill before time runs out June 30.
The three, Dan Lipinski, D-Western Springs; Judy Biggert, R-Hinsdale; and Robert Dold, R-Kenilworth, teamed up for the second time in four months to call for more compromise and less confrontation when it comes to federal transportation legislation.
A 47-member House-Senate conference committee has been attempting for a month to negotiate an agreement on a bill to fund the nation's road, rail and bridge system and mass transit.
Congress has already extended the current reauthorization legislation nine times.
"The reports so far have been good. I have heard that real compromises are being made by both sides," Lipinski said at a Downtown press conference.
"We can have no more extensions. If we delay any longer, we will miss the summer construction season," said Lipinski, who spoke as heavy equipment operators tore up Wacker Drive in preparation for a new double-decker roadway. "This (bill) will put people to work like the ones we see behind us."
Biggert talked of recently touring a Joliet quarry.
"There was only one truck customer that came in to pick up stone (for construction)," she said. "That's what's happening to companies across the country and in Illinois. There is no business if we don't have a transportation bill."
After marathon meetings, the top negotiators on the measure, California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer and Florida Republican Rep. John Mica, issued a statement Thursday voicing optimism.
What's at stake for Chicagoans, transportation officials said, is a "dependable" source of federal funding to pay for long-term, big-ticket projects, like the CTA's Red Line rebuilding and Metra's reconstruction of bridges on the UP North Line.
In February, Lipinski, Dold and Biggert called on their fellow legislators to continue funding mass transit with federal motor fuel taxes. That funding is no longer in jeopardy, but conferees continue to be at odds over transportation "enhancements" such as bicycle lanes.
An even more contentious issue is the Republican proposal to include approval of the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline.
The lawmakers called for bipartisanship.
"Republicans and Democrats -- it doesn't make any difference," Dold said. "We all use the roads, the bridges, the ports."
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This Print is part of the Bare Landscapes collection of Fine Art Photography, a photographic expedition across the topography of Iceland. The images play on the contrast of the nature and the female body. The rough and angular Icelandic landscape and the smooth, curved human body are captured with an artistic attention to form and contrast, creating surprising juxtapositions at every turn.
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{UPDATE] Abstracts due July 31 - 'Bonds, Lies, and Circumstances: Discourses of Truth-Telling in the Renaissance' July 31 2012
Bonds, Lies, and Circumstances: Discourses of Truth-Telling in the Renaissance
An International and Interdisciplinary Conference
21st – 23rd March, 2013
School of English, University of St Andrews
If a lie had no more faces but one, as truth had, we should be in farre better termes than we are: For whatsoever a lier should say, we would take it in a contrarie sense. But the opposite of truth has many shapes, and an undefinite field.
Michel de Montaigne, 'Of Lyers' (Florio translation -1603)
Can we say that truth has 'no more faces than one'? Montaigne implies that human relationships with truth are straightforward, whereas our attitudes towards falsehood are complicated by its multiplicity. But how stable is the notion of 'truth'? Does truth – like falsehood – appear in many forms, and if so, can we ever take it at face value?
Legal, emotional, and spiritual concerns — all vital to truth-telling discourses — are intimately bound in the Renaissance. This conference offers a forum for the exploration of their intersections. The study of legal culture has become increasingly central to the analysis of early modern literary texts, and legal paradigms are inescapable when scholars turn their attention, as many have recently done, to the equivocal power of language to bind people together. We find the legal value of such bonds – in the form of oaths, promises and contracts – going hand in hand with interpersonal relationships and their emotional and spiritual dimensions.
Our objective is to foster debate about the marriage between two clearly connected fields: Law and Literature; and the study of early modern emotion. How do these fields work together? We form bonds; we tell lies; we search for and construct truths: but under what circumstances?
Possible paper topics include, but are not limited to:
- The connections between law, emotion, and obligation, and how the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries engage with these dynamics.
- The formation and evaluation of bonds in the early modern world.
- How public/private spaces affect attitudes towards truth-telling.
- The relationship between faith, truth, and honesty in the Renaissance.
- How belief and trust are generated.
- The binding power of language and rhetoric.
- Transmissions of knowledge, belief, and emotion.
Confirmed keynote speakers are:
John Kerrigan (Cambridge), on Bonds
Andrew Hadfield (Sussex), on Lies
Lorna Hutson (St Andrews), on Circumstances
Proposals for 20-minute papers should include an abstract (of no more than 200 words), 3 keywords, and 3 citations, and should be emailed to earlymodern[at]st-andrews.co.uk. We are happy to consider proposals for panels; in the event that we are unable to accommodate the panel, papers will be considered on an individual basis.
All abstracts must be received by July 31st 2012.
We welcome proposals from researchers at all stages of their careers, working in departments of Art History, Comparative Literature, English, History, Languages, Law, Theology, and other relevant subject areas. General questions can be directed to the conference organizers – Rachel Holmes and Toria Johnson – at earlymodern[at]st-andrews.co.uk.
In conjunction with the Centre for Mediaeval and Early Modern Law and Literature (CMEMLL), with generous support from the Society for Renaissance Studies.


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Green acres: City grows park system for just $10,000
The County's 1,200-acre Biscuit Run has been getting all the attention lately, after its would-be developers sold it to the state for $9.8 million plus an undisclosed number of tax credits. But Albemarle is not the only place where private land is turning public. The City of Charlottesville has announced the recent acquisition of 27 acres of parkland adjacent to Meadow Creek.
"This land is not going to be playgrounds," says Chris Gensic, parks and trails planner for the city, explaining that the heavily-wooded tracts, much of the terrain in floodplain, will instead protect the creek and help get the city-wide trail system together.
Eighteen of the recently acquired acres lie behind the Seminole Square Shopping Center, donated by Ja-Zan LLC, the real estate corporation owned by siblings Jay Jessup and Suzanne Jessup Brooks, who also operate the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of Central Virginia.
The remaining land is about eight acres near Holmes Avenue. The city purchased 2.3 of those acres for $10,300, and the remaining six were donated by Locust Meadows Land Trust, an entity controlled by former Charlottesville Mayor Frank Buck who developed the nearby Locust Meadows townhouse subdivision on the opposite side of the creek from the donated land.
"We basically got 30 acres for $10,000," says Gensic, the parks and trails planner for the city.
Gensic says the city assessed the value of the land at $130,000. Such land donation is beneficial to the city, but also to donors, who are entitled to a federal tax write-off for an amount determined by a confidential private appraisal. The state could also issue tax credits, which can be applied to a donor's own tax return or sold to another individual or entity for approximately 80 cents on the dollar.
Neither the Jessups nor Buck returned the Hook's call by posting time.
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That should be an eye-opener in regard to the Biscuit Run appraised value. When will the taxpayers of Virginia finally get to know how much we are all paying for this park that one could argue is in a inappropriate spot?
ââ?¬Å?We basically got 30 acres for $10,000," says Gensic, the parks and trails planner for the city.</ And don't forget the $1235 per year at the current real estate tax rate of $.95/$100. Not too bad a price to pay in order to have some control of possible polution sources, though.


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A collaboration with StoryCorps Chicago
The Chicago Artists Resource has teamed up with StoryCorps Chicago to bring you "Conversations with CAR". Through this collaboration with StoryCorps, the Chicago Artists Resource interviews Chicago-based artists about their personal experiences and their impact on their creative practice.
This week's featured artist is Jane Beachy.
Jane Beachy is the Founder and Artistic Director of Salonathon (est. July 2011), as well as Jane Beachy Presents. She is also the Program Manager for Art at Illinois Humanities, where she spearheads the Elective Studies series and a myriad of other performances and programs. Through Salonathon and Jane Beachy Presents, she has produced events, performances, residencies and retreats at and/or with the Steppenwolf Theatre, Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Chicago (Chicago Performance Lab), Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (OnEdge, SummerDance), Metro Chicago, The Empty Bottle, Thalia Hall, The Promontory, Land and Sea Dept., The Inconvenience, The Neo-Futurists, Columbia College, MAKE Magazine, Printer's Ball, Bottom Lounge, Berlin Nightclub, Chicago Reader, Slideluck and more. She also runs Camp Salondawega, an artistic retreat at the acclaimed Camp Wandawega in Wisconsin, and has taught as an artist in residence in the Theater and Performance Studies Department at the University of Chicago. She is looking forward to being a Visiting Artist at ACRE this summer.
*Salonathon's marvelous Operations Manager is Corrie Besse.
Upcoming Events
Salonathon and Steppenwolf's LookOut Presents. Shelley Duvall's Women Under the Influence Theatre Conceived by and Starring Alex Grelle Friday, 8pm and 10pm
Salonathon 5 Year Anniversary! Two hundred and sixty weeks and thousands of performances ago, Salonathon was born. Help us celebrate five years and counting of underground, emerging and genre-defying art on Monday, July 18th! Starts at 7pm at Beauty Bar.
StoryCorps' mission is to preserve and share humanity's stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. For more information, please visit https://storycorps.org/.


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A local cowboy pastor and musician will serenade viewers of cable channel RFD-TV with classic Western tunes next week.
Pastor Mark Baker will sing two old Stuart Hamblen favorites as a featured guest of the Shotgun Red Variety Show.
The host of the show, Steve Hall, found Baker through the pastor's YouTube Channel and selected him to be one of 24 artists that will be featured on the show this year. Hall invited Baker to Nashville this winter for filming.
The Shotgun Red Show is named after a cowboy puppet who co-hosts the show and has been on the air for decades. It is a regular part of RFD-TV programing. The cable channel targets rural interests and features programming such as the U.S. Farm Report and the reruns of the Roy Rogers show.
A lifelong musician and a third-generation country-western singer, Baker said he was honored to be on channel.
"I grew up at my dad's knee listening to cowboy music," he said.
In college, he tried out classical music and sang opera before deciding that he was a Western singer. Later he went to seminary and became a Baptist pastor.
Baker came to the area about three-and-a-half years ago to pastor the The Baptist Chapel on Dolores Road. He also started the Southwest Cowboy Church.
"The vision of the cowboy church is to share the love of Jesus with affinity with or a love for the cowboy way," he said.
The Cowboy Church is nondenominational and meets once a month at the Lewis-Arriola Community Center. It is part of a growing movement across the country that celebrates Christianity and a cowboy way of life, he said.
"From the very beginning, it was based in Christianity," said Baker of his way of life.
He said that the Cowboy Church resonates strongly with family-oriented people that want to see the country come back to Christian values. The strong western culture in the Cortez area was also one of the reasons that the area appealed to him.
Since he took over The Baptist Chapel, it has quadrupled in size, and he's planning renovations to the building.
"I credit the Lord and give him the glory," he said.


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Sen. Valencia Seay (D-Riverdale) commended Rev. Canton Jones for his appointment as Student Pastor of New Hope Church in Fayetteville today in the State Senate.
"It was my honor to present Senate Resolution 119 to Reverend Canton Jones, a renowned gospel singer," said Sen. Seay. "I'm very proud to call him my constituent and friend. He has accomplished many great things in Fayetteville including musical accolades and providing educational opportunities to youth in our communities. "
Jones has served New Hope Church at Alive Student ministries since the summer of 2012 and continuously demonstrates his commitment to fostering educational and spiritual needs of the local youths.
His musical career started at the age of 5, and he has since performed at the opening ceremonies for the 1996 Olympic Games, first gospel concert held at the Pentagon and for others, including Oprah Winfrey, Stevie Wonder and the late Ray Charles.
He has received a Stellar Award nomination and three Gospel Choice awards.
article courtesy of TheBelleReport.com


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SETI Sleuths: Are You a Future SETI Scientist?
by Edna DeVore, Director of Education and Outreach
I am often asked, "How can I become a SETI scientist and find ET?" Students are excited by the SETI searches and want to participate. Diverse academic pathways lead to career as a scientific sleuth seeking evidence for ET. Most of the time, students assume that they should train as scientists. True, but this is only one avenue to working on major scientific research projects.
SETI -- the search for extraterrestrial intelligence -- plies the sky for signals from distant civilizations by using ground-based technology. SETI scientists use the worlds largest radio telescopes to eavesdrop on ET. Additionally, new searches have started looking for very short but extremely bright pulses of visible light -- flashing beacons that announce ET's presence in our galaxy. These searches use cutting-edge technology and telescopes, and the people who run these projects have knowledge and skills from many disciplines.
At the SETI Institute, the scientists of Project Phoenix and the Allen Telescope Array have Ph.D.s in astronomy, astrophysics, physics, and mathematics. Other staff members are facilities planners, electrical engineers, computer scientists, and technicians in electronics and information systems. And, of course, they need administrative support of many types.
So, you want a career in SETI? In high school you should take as much science and math as possible, but don't neglect English. As SETI scientist Peter Backus states, "to be able to do science, I need to communicate effectively. I use what I learned in high school English classes much more frequently than the quantum mechanics that I learned in graduate school." Scientists write papers to publish discoveries and present talks for other scientists and the public. They write proposals to obtain funding, reports to communicate accomplishments, and they use e-mail.
To be a SETI scientist, you should think about an undergraduate degree in physics, mathematics or engineering. You might assume that you should pursue an undergraduate degree in astronomy. However, this is not sufficient. Generally, SETI researchers have advanced degrees such as a Ph.D. in astronomy, astrophysics, or engineering. Graduate programs generally require undergraduate degrees in physics, math, or engineering -- not astronomy. There is a very helpful Web site on careers in astronomy hosted by the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the professional organization for astronomers.
When you go to college, the most important thing to do is to find out what you like most as an undergraduate. That will help you decide which graduate school to attend and what to study. There are no graduate programs in SETI, so you'll have to work on something closely related like: theoretical cosmology (Jill Tarter), radio galaxies (John Dreher), astronomy (Mike Davis), astronomy (Frank Drake), galaxies (Seth Shostak), physics of the ionosphere (Kent Cullers) or pulsars (Peter Backus). Then, become a SETI sleuth seeking evidence for ET.


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The countdown is finally over, the stadia are all set, and the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014 is ready to begin.
After months of camps and friendlies against top teams, Canada's women's U-20 national team will line up at the National Soccer Stadium against Ghana. The two countries will play in the second game of the day in Toronto after Finland and Korea DPR get things started and it's the second consecutive time Canada will meet Ghana in a female youth World Cup.
In March, Canada came away as 2-1 winners over Ghana at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2014 in the group stage. But while the opponent may be familiar, the Canadians are not expecting a carbon copy style from this Ghanaian team.
"Their habits and their tendencies and some of their features are similar," said Canadian Head Coach Andrew Olivieri. "They're athletic, they're technical but we've had a couple of occasions to see them in the past few weeks. The U-17s to the U-20s don't look that similar at all, in many cases."
As hosts, Canada never had to go through a qualifying process so while other countries got in meaningful competition in qualifying matches, Canada had to make do with residency camps and getting in international games whenever possible.
The lack of competitive action only ratcheted up the excitement levels even further and now is finally the time for all that preparation and work on the process of winning will come together when it matters in hopefully a positive Canadian result.
"We've been building to this for quite some time now and we know this is part of the process of the players," said Olivieri. "This will be the first of many games and hopefully the first of many tournament for all of them but finally being able to do it on the world stage is really enjoyable."
Of course, this tournament isn't the be-all, end-all for these players. The objective is to produce players that can excel at the senior level but a home World Cup at any age group is something to savour.


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Charlie Sheen's handlers insist that all is just fine with the "Two and a Half Men" star, despite swirling rumors that he's in an out-of-control spiral.
"I went over to Charlie's house earlier today because I was worried after reading Radar Online," an e-mail from Sheen's manager, Mark Burg, to his publicist said. "Complete bullsh-- fabricated lies!!! Charlie was alone watching Brett Favre getting beat up by New England. He looked at me like I was nuts for coming into his house. 'Dude, you could have knocked' he said. Charlie is fine and will be at work on Tuesday ... Happy Halloween."
Okay, so they're the same folks that told us it was an adverse reaction medication that caused him to tear up a Manhattan hotel room while a porn star cowered in the bathroomon Oct. 26. Sheen was taken to a hospital for psychiatric observation and then released without charges. But a few days later, Radaronline reported that he was still living close to the edge.
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Sheen's dad, actor Martin Sheen, is reportedly not assured. Sources close to him told the New York Post the family is planning an intervention with an eye toward getting Charlie out of Hollywood.
"You have to separate him from that environment, from the people he's been around," the source told the Post.
Selected Reading: Today, New York Post, TV.com.


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Cappuccino Torte
Total TimePrep: 65 min. + chilling
Makes16 servings
- 1-1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 2-1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup butter, cubed
- 2 tablespoons corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
- 1 tablespoon hot water
- 1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 6 egg yolks, lightly beaten
- 1-1/2 cups butter, softened
- 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
- 1-1/4 cups heavy whipping cream, divided
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
- 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Chocolate curls, optional
- In a large bowl, combine the crumbs, sugar and butter; press onto the bottom of an ungreased 9-in. springform pan. Chill.
- For ganache, place chocolate chips in a large bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil. Pour over chocolate; whisk until smooth. Add butter and corn syrup; stir until smooth. Cool slightly, stirring occasionally. Pour over crust. Chill until firm, about 2 hours.
- For buttercream, dissolve coffee granules in hot water; set aside. In a large heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, bring brown sugar and water to a boil. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat. Add a small amount of hot mixture to egg yolks; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Cook and stir for 2-5 minutes or until mixture is thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in dissolved coffee. Cool to room temperature.
- In a large bowl, beat butter until fluffy. Gradually beat in cooked sugar mixture. Beat on high for 2 minutes or until fluffy and light caramel-colored. Beat in cooled chocolate until blended. Spread over ganache layer. Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
- Several hours before serving, prepare coffee whipped cream. In a small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon cream and coffee; stir until coffee is dissolved. Beat in remaining cream until it begins to thicken. Gradually add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until stiff peaks form.
- Carefully run a knife around edge of springform pan to loosen; remove sides. Frost top of torte with whipped cream; garnish with chocolate curls if desired. Refrigerate until serving.
Nutrition Facts1 slice: 764 calories, 58g fat (36g saturated fat), 213mg cholesterol, 269mg sodium, 65g carbohydrate (54g sugars, 3g fiber), 5g protein.
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Dec 26, 2012
I've made this twice now and both times it has turned out perfect. The texture is like silk melting in your mouth. It is a rich desert but not overwhelming. It's perfect for serving a large number of guests as a small piece goes a long way (20 people). I followed the recipe to a t and have had no issues.
Aug 23, 2011
This is not a quick and easy dessert to make but it's definitely worth it. It's so rich that the tiniest piece satisfies your craving for both chocolate and coffee.
Aug 7, 2011
Excellent, very rich dessert but I wouldn't make it again once I realized the fat grams per serving. 58 grams is huge in a little slice! But we enjoyed it as a special treat.
Jan 26, 2011
the recipe for the topping was the only thing that didnt set. I made my own useing cool whip instant vanilla pudding mix and the instant coffee. everyone who tried it loved it.
Jan 11, 2011
I agree with the previous review. The buttercream did not set up properly and had a "texture."
Apr 21, 2010
there was a step left out in this recipe - the buttercream never set up as it should have - I believe you have to boil the sugar and water to a soft boil stage before you will have the buttercream set up properly - why have the editors not answered my e-mail


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"The UNITAR initiative in the Niger Delta Region is a breakthrough as it offers a sustainable panacea for graduate re-training, perennial youth unemployment and the restoration of peace."
The Partnership for Sustainable Development (PSD) in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria
Working at the service of UN Member States for 50 years, it is critical for us to retain and develop confidence and attention of like-minded countries that are committed to support training activities in domains where we bring significant contribution and added-value in achieving UN goals and objectives.
A partnership with UNITAR provides Member States and their representatives with information, knowledge and skills necessary to effectively participate in international affairs, and to support UN goals and objectives. It gives therefore the chance for the beneficiary to complement its own research, training and capacity development activities with UNITAR's training services and methodologies and an opportunity to extend its network of contacts, visibility, and partnerships with the international organizations that constitute the UN system.


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Higher education institutions must offer educational programs about the Constitution each year on September 17 (Constitution Day) in order to remain eligible for Title IV funding, thanks to a provision by Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) that was slipped into a 2004 spending bill.
Both NASFAA's Reauthorization Task Force and Consumer Information Task Force, in their final reports, recommended eliminating non-related requirements concerning Constitution Day, Voters Registration, and Athletic Disclosures from compliance within Title IV administration. These provisions have no bearing on Title IV student financial aid but instead contribute to the confusion regarding all the information that is disseminated as a condition of Title IV participation.
Fortunately, the law and accompanying regulations are incredibly flexible, allowing institutions to do just about anything to commemorate the Constitution's birthday and remain Title IV eligible. This includes speeches arguing that forcing colleges to honor Constitution Day is unconstitutional, as a Vanderbilt University law professor did when the law first went into effect. Institutions have taken full advantage of the flexibility given in the law and regulations resulting in a diversity of educational events at campuses that is matched only by the diversity of institutions in the U.S.
How does your institution commemorate Constitution Day in order to remain in compliance with the law? Tell us in the comments section below.
Publication Date: 9/15/2014
Mayra C | 9/22/2014 10:1:28 AM
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Esther M | 9/19/2014 3:13:48 PM
Constitution Day 2014
At Appalachian State University, Constitution Day 2014 was celebrated on Wednesday September 17th with a program sponsored by Dr. Matthew Robinson, professor of Government and Justice Studies, and Academic Affairs. The featured speaker for the day was Morris Dees. The son of cotton farmers, Dees worked as a young boy in the fields with blacks, witnessing first-hand social and economic deprivation and Jim Crow treatment at its worse. After graduating from law school, he began taking controversial civil rights cases and formed the Southern Poverty Law Center, along with Julian Bond and Joseph Levin, in 1970. Dees won a series of groundbreaking civil rights cases that helped integrate government and public institutions and cripple some of America's most notorious white supremacist hate groups. He was named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by the National Law Journal in 2006. He is the author of "A Season For Justice," "Hate on Trial: The Case Against America's Most Dangerous Neo-Nazi" and "Gathering Storm: America's Militia Threat."
Mr. Dees' presentation was admission free and open to the public.
Shirley S | 9/19/2014 2:51:49 PM
Prince George's Community College celebrated Constitution Day from Monday, September 15 – Friday, September 19, 2014. The celebration included a host of educational and culturally-driven activities inspired by this significant time in our Nation's history. The Constitution Day Committee, championed by Cynthia Jones (Enrollment Services), Shirley Silva-Paige (Financial Aid), and Johnika Dreher (Owl Success Track), has events planned that take place all over the Largo campus beginning on Monday, September 15 in Bladen Hall and the Center for Health Studies.
"The significance of celebrating Constitution Day is that it gives students the opportunity to read, digest, interpret, and hopefully understand that we Americans, whether born here or not, are bound by the words of our founding fathers," said Shirley Silva-Paige, Coordinator, Financial Aid
• Constitution Day Art & Essay Contest
• College-wide office decorating contest
• Voting Rights Skit (performed by Disability Services)
• 1st Annual Constitution Day Trip to George Washington and Georgetown Universities
• Mini-Constitution Giveaway
Cristi M | 9/19/2014 10:20:05 AM
Our Student Life and Leadership Office takes care of this - thank heavens. This year several people dressed up like historical figures and they gave out little booklets containing the Consitution and the Bill of Right in both English and Spanish. They got great response.
Matthew S | 9/19/2014 9:20:08 AM
We have a unique program at Waynesburg University called "The Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership," under the leadership of Dr. Lawrence Stratton. In addition to meeting with federal, state and local legislators throughout the year, including members of our Supreme Court, they actually write and perform their own play in honor of Constitution Day. This years play was "In God We Pray?" and was presented to students, faculty, staff and outside school groups. It brought to life the questions regarding government and prayer by focusing on the Greece v. Galloway Supreme Court ruling. In a word, it was EXCELLENT and was the perfect was to celebrate Constitution Day!
Gao Nue X | 9/19/2014 8:50:32 AM
Charles S., can I please get a copy of the PP presentation? firstname.lastname@example.com.
Brenda M | 9/17/2014 11:54:34 AM
Our annual Constitution Day event schedule is available online at: http://constitutionday.ku.edu/events.shtml
James S | 9/17/2014 10:28:20 AM
Our Dean of Faculty sent the following notice to our students via email:
Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S.
Constitution by thirty-nine American revolutionaries on September 17, 1787. On Oct. 1st, CC will stream a lecture by Supreme Court judge Antonin Scalia followed by a discussion. Watch for announcements of this event in the coming days. Here are some websites to help mark the signing of the US Constitution on this day 217 years ago!
Carolyn Z | 9/16/2014 4:42:17 PM
We host a Naturalization Ceremony and reception for new Americans on our campus. All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend; some classes incorporate participation in the syllabus.
Tracey P | 9/16/2014 3:35:31 PM
Charles, can you please send me the powerpoint? email@example.com. Thank you.
Delisa F | 9/16/2014 12:43:36 PM
See our website for all the activities to commemorate this day!
Leslie T | 9/16/2014 12:15:07 PM
Our Political Science department and the CLU club are working together with us to present Constitution Jeopardy in which students compete for scholarships!
Susan F | 9/16/2014 9:36:34 AM
Our Law School and Legal Affairs office are offering lectures. The day and other events are being heavily advertised on campus as well as having info on the university home page etc.
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Brenda M | 9/16/2014 9:34:49 AM
Our school hosts a brown bag lunch where several political science professors discuss a list of proposed amendments to the constitution. The discussion centers around whether or not these proposals uphold the core values of the original authors of our Constitution. The discussions get very lively and are very interesting!
Charles S | 9/16/2014 9:11:03 AM
Technically it is called Constitution & Citizenship Day now so make sure it states that for your consumer information. We are a tribal college so we are celebrating the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Great League of Peace; League of the Iroquois; Iroquois Confederacy) Influence on the U.S. Constitution. If anyone is interested I will happily e-mail them the PowerPoint presentation.
Elaine H | 9/16/2014 8:55:17 AM
Our Political Science Department pair with the Economic Department are hosting middle school students on our campus on September 17. The focus for the visit is the constitution. That is the activity this year. They do something different each year that is always interesting. We are fortunate that our faculty take this regulation to heart and they help us celebrate the constitution in meaningful ways.
Jeffrey J | 9/16/2014 8:53:33 AM
One of the items that we celebrate on our campus is to have an "Oath of Citizenship" for new citizens.
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Photo ID Laws Mean Some Won't Vote
Because all of us are with ourselves all day every day, we naturally tend to think that our own lives are pretty standard fare. But that's just not so in a country of 300+ million people ranging over a vast expanse. So I found worthwhile this NPR story on people who don't have IDs, people who face difficulty with laws requiring IDs to vote. Not everyone trundles down to the DMV and plunks down money and paperwork for an ID whenever they please.
The voter ID issue is a hot one. Some are strongly committed to the idea that identification requirements are needed to suppress voter fraud. There isn't much evidence of that problem, and to worry about impersonation fraud at polling places, one has to put aside absentee ballot fraud, which is probably much easier, as well as election fraud—rigged vote counts, for example—which is much more efficient.
States should tinker with their voting rules and processes, each seeking for itself the methods that optimally secure elections while facilitating voting. It's a big country, and different states may require different rules. My emphasis has always been on avoiding a national voter ID system, which would inevitably be a national ID system, paving the way for greater federal control of individuals' lives.


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Are Absentee Ballots Ever Rejected?
Yes. Along with meeting all the usual requirements, voters who vote by absentee ballot must follow special rules in completing and signing the certificate on the ballot envelope, and having the certificate witnessed.
If any of these rules aren't followed, election officials at the polling place must reject the absentee ballot. These rules replace the safeguards normally present when a voter appears in person at the polling place.


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Andrew "Andy" Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a Scottish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked No. 4 in the world, and was ranked No. 2 from 17 to 31 August 2009. Murray achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on 16 April 2007. He has been runner-up in three Grand Slam finals: the 2008 US Open, the 2010 Australian Open and the 2011 Australian Open, and has reached the semi-finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments.
Murray is most proficient on a fast surface (such as hard courts), although he has worked hard since 2008 on improving his clay court game. Murray works with a team of fitness experts.
Andy Murray was born to Will and Judy in Glasgow, Scotland. His maternal grandfather, Roy Erskine, was a professional association footballer who played reserve team matches for Hibernian and in the Scottish Football League for Stirling Albion and Cowdenbeath. Murray's brother, Jamie, is also a professional tennis player, playing on the doubles circuit. Murray was born with a bipartite patella, where the kneecap remains as two separate bones instead of fusing together in early childhood. He was diagnosed at the age of 16 and had to stop playing tennis for six months. Murray is seen frequently to hold his knee due to the pain caused by the condition and has pulled out of events because of it, but manages it through a number of different approaches.