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I was going to title this post "MS Spills" but I realize that when multiple sclerosis affects the hands it's more than just spills which can be an issue.
A hot cup of coffee in my MS hands should be considered a weapon of mass destruction! Between wonky gait, tremors in my arms, when I'm trying to hold something, or if I've lost feeling all together, point A to point B seems to be a few laps around the alphabet. That my left side is weaker than my right — thus my right hand holds my cane or my forearm crutch — lends an air of obstacle course to many of my household excursions.
I can sometimes have great difficulty typing due to the way MS has scraped up my spinal cord. And the idea of holding something precious — like an antique or, heaven forbid, a baby! — is just not something I want to do anymore for the terror of a grip hiccup.
Funny, now that I think about it, that I had just (about 3 months prior) taken up viola lessons when I was diagnosed with MS. That beautiful instrument was sold back to the kind dealer who refunded the full price I'd paid.
They say that's it's our opposable thumbs that make us the beings that we are. What happens then those thumbs just don't do what the human at the top of their chain of command asks of them?
How about you? MS in your hands? Does MS that affects your arms have "carrying consequences"? Any helpful hints that you may have learned?
By the way, our most recent blog in the UK has posted today. It's about winter difficulties with MS if you care to have a look.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
You can also follow me via our Life With MS Facebook page, on Twitter, and in our group on MS Connection.org. Also, check out our bi-monthly MS blog for the United Kingdom, look for our very special new monthly blog for the National MS Society, and don't forget to check out TrevisLGleason.com.
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As you will be well aware, if you read this nonsense on a regular basis, there is a lot of new music out there which barely gets the recognition it deserves. It is a sad indictment of the increasingly polarised music mainstream that a handful of artists dominate the media when arguably more talented folk don't get a look in. The so called arbiters of taste peddle the promo gubbins that pluggers and labels zap their way. When I listen to some of the dross that gets peddled on so called hip radio or red buttons I get a tad grumpy.
I'm also acutely aware of the passage of time and the regular repackaging of formats so that material from across the long history of my music listening regularly reappears in what is the latest "hip" format. Following the deification of vinyl over the last year or so the CD lovers (of which I am one) have started the inevitable fight back against what must be the biggest con job the music industry have foisted on the public since 8-track cartridges. There will be several friends and acquaintances that will vilify me for calling out the great god Vinyl but I remain convinced that the great listening public have been tricked into purchasing music in a format that has inherent built in obsolescence and is horribly overpriced as well as being bad for the environment and taking up far to much space. Whatever, it's all about opinion, if you want to collect vinyl because it fills you with misty eyed nostalgia of a time, in the vast majority of cases when you were not even born, and where music was more legitimate because it was played on a dansette, that's fine with me. I don't recall it being much fun picking up a copy of "Selling England By The Pound" at the shop on Piccadilly Station approach and having to take it back several times because of the skips, jumps and crackles. As things stand I couldn't possibly afford a home that could house all the vinyl versions of the music I have collected over the years, CDs are pushing it a bit space wise but I can just about accommodate them, MP3s on external hard discs are the most convenient option as the moment.
I must reference the sad death of Keith Emerson. ELP have got a bad press over the years, and I would be the first to admit that after "Brain Salad Surgery" my interest in them waned, not helped by that completely over the top BBC feature on them and their touring excesses. Notwithstanding that Emerson's early work with The Nice still stands up well and the first four ELP releases had some fine moments. I saw the band twice. The first time was at the Oval in 1972 when "Tarkus" had just been released; on the day they stole a march on Genesis with Peter Gabriel in his red dress and foxes head (Foxtrot had just come out), with two giant Tarkuses appearing on stage. The second gig was in 1974 -ish I think at a cavernous Wembley Arena where the band were reduced to mere cyphers and which more or less put me off stadium gigs for life. Emerson, for all the faults of ELP at their worst, was a fine showman and his marriage of classical music, jazz and rock was innovative.
Enough of my ramblings what can I share with you this week which you may not have heard elsewhere, or isn't getting the wider attention it deserves? :
- Southern Lord will be bringing back the early work of Wolfbrigade (then Wolfpack) in a trilogy of reissues encompassing the Swedish d-beat hard core goups first three LPs (A New Dawn Fades, Lycanthro Punk and Allday Hell), which will be available from April 15th, as well as a boxset including the remaining two EPs released before their name change. This marks 20 years since the release of their first two records Bloodstained Dreams and A New Dawn Fades. Expect a new album from the band later in 2016.
- Formed in Liverpool in 2014, Indie Pop/Rock band Seprona practice in an abandoned pub on the outskirts of Liverpool city centre where they have locked themselves away, writing profically. Each band member brings their own influences to Seprona's sound, but the band agree that the likes of Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, Interpol and Radiohead are their common denominators. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/seprona
- I got sent the below with absolutely no information other than the soundcloud link, which would normally put me off, but I was impressed by the sounds so I thought I would share it and let you have the fun of finding out more. It reminded me of early Phillip Glass in places, which is no bad thing.
- Lauren from the ever excellent Rarely Unable says "The collaboration between Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Bitchin Bajas shares a passion for arresting the moment in the process of now. Their ability to stretch time, coupled with their ability to explore and meditate on words, make them the most pertinent of partners. On Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties, they combine forces to travel down a celestial path that knows no bounds – won't you follow?" You can watch a video at another site as I have nothing I can embed for you. It's Will Oldham cast in a new light, which is no bad thing, and there are echoes of Neil Young in some of it, but the Bajas influence is strong and good. It's out on March 18th and you can pre-order it here.
- After a bit of a hiatus the eclecticians at Superstar Detroyer as back with their unique brand of math and madness. They have just released I.I.A.H.S.W.E.S EP by BRITNEY which is a riotous melange of chunky red zone bass and heavy percussion in a Beastie Boys punk soup with a sprinkling of post punk overkill and the occasional dip into manic piano distress. Fascinating and slightly disturbing. Also new on the label, on April 11th, but with nowt to embed from it, is the excellent Polymath with an album entitled "Melencholia"..
- The refreshingly heavy duo Rusty G's are back with a full length album and a new single. Having got quite excited about them last year I can confirm that the band have continued their fine run of form with some blistering rock noise. A hell of a bg sound for a pair of people and well worth some of your time. They have a small tour coming up and are well worth checking out.
- Ghold return with a new album PYR (Ritual Productions, 7th May), which also marks the band's first recording as a trio with multi-instrumentalist/guitarist Oliver Martin. They play Islington Mill, Salford on May 11th as part of a run of dates. More info to follow on the release but its out 7th May on LP, DIGI and CD formats, the latter comes with a bonus track.
- I have been featuring the new Rangda release (as well as working my way though their back catalogue) over the last few podcast. I was pleased to get an interesting video of The Sin Eaters from the new one "The Heretics Bargain". I've seen a couple of bad reviews of the album which I thought were a tad mealy mouthed, this is good stuff and continues the work of some fine exponents of multi guitar rock.
- As previously mentioned Moulettes are a Brighton based British band of Björk, Frank Zappa and Gentle Giant loving multi-instrumentalists that weave in and out of several genres with 3 part harmony female vocals, amplified Cello, distorted Bassoon, Auto-Harp, Guitar, Drums, Bass and Synths into an incomparable alt.pop/rock/folk universe. Since the success of 'Constellations' (No.7 Indie Charts, Spiral Earth Best Album 2014), Bajian Irish Londoner Raevennan Husbandes has joined the band on Vocals and Electric Guitar. With this new line-up the band have made their fourth Album 'Preternatural.' Sadly they have failed to send anything through to share but you can pre-order it in several formats over at their website.
- Seven years on from 2009's Afterlife EP, Amenra are to release a new collection of songs, titled "Alive", a counterpoint to the band's Mass series, featuring brand new compositions and cover songs, as well as appearances from special guests and additional musicians. This marks their second acoustic release, and first live release.It was recorded at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels by Hein Devos, and mastered by Frederic Alstadt. You can hear a track in advance of its release below. More details regarding tracklisting and release dates will be shared in the near future. Alive is set for release at Roadburn Festival, with all pre-orders scheduled to ship in the week following the festival. Pre-orders will be available via Consouling Sounds. Hypnotic stuff.
- Almost three years in the making, 'Soundtrack Doom' band Merrin have released their follow up to 2013's "Doom Cinema". "Midnight Movies! is a 6 track collection of songs inspired by late night movies. Everything from horror, to kung fu, to post apocalyptic action movies and the plain bizarre, the band have broadened their scope beyond simply rehashing Goblin scores to deliver something more unique, unpredictable, cinematic and very much in the spirit of the films they take inspiration from. It is also the first release to be recorded with a full band present for the entire session. The result is an album that sounds heavier and more driven than before, featuring Chris Purdie on all guitars, Arturs Reirs on Drums and Misha Hering on Synth, the band sounds bigger and more epic.
- Joy abounds with news of a new Melvins album and it sounds like a cracker. The band, who have a history of imaginative line-up changes, feature not one, but six different bass players on their appropriately titled new album, "Basses Loaded" (June 3, Ipecac Recordings). The collection features Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover joined by Nirvana's Krist Novoselic, Redd Kross' Steve McDonald, Butthole Surfers' J.D. Pinkus, Big Business' Jared Warren, Mr. Bungle/Fantomas' Trevor Dunn (aka Melvins Lite) and Crover swapping the drum kit for bass in the Melvins 1983 iteration. Here is a taster via Rolling Stone. They will be back in Europe in the summer, the only date pencilled in so far is in Bristol but hopefully more will follow.
- The duo of Stuart Dahlquist and Edgy59, under the banner of The Poisoned Glass, have released the video for 'Toil And Trouble' ahead of the launch of their debut album 10 SWORDS on April 22nd via Ritual Productions. The video uses footage of a performance of the work of Bauhaus artist and choreographer Oskar Schlemmer – the surreal costume design and faceless dancers mesh with The Poisoned Glass' aesthetic, which echoes Peter Hammill at his most cinematic and intense. I'm looking forward to the album based on this teaser.
- ……..and to close Richard Citroen & Stephanie B, aka Lola Dutronic are back with a new video from the excellent "Lost In Translation" album – a marvellous band.

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Sauntering Shadows: Burton offers beautiful identity crisis
TIM Burton's Dark Shadows is all dressed up with nowhere to go, an elegant production without a central drive. There are wonderful things in the film, but they aren't what's important. It's as if Burton directed at arm's length, unwilling to find juice in the story. Yes, the original TV soap opera is a cult classic, but he approaches it as an amusing trifle, and at feature length we need more than attitude to sink our teeth in.
The opening is gripping, creating expectations the movie doesn't satisfy. We learn the early history of the Collins family in America, which would create a fishing dynasty and spawn the vampire Barnabas Collins
(Johnny Depp). Burton is famous for his visuals, and here we have a symphonic evocation of the Gothic sensibility. He shows the erection of the Collinwood mansion, a shriek of architecture, on a hill above the new Maine town of Collinsport. We learn how young Barnabas falls in love with the angelic Josette (Bella Heathcote) and spurns the love of Angelique (Eva Green).
Angelique is a witch. She forces Josette to flee in terror to a cruel stony finger pointing out from a rocky cliff. Waves dash the stones far below. He pursues her, tries to save her, is unable to stop her from falling to her death from the point. This is great storytelling because it's played straight. I didn't expect the whole movie to be pitched at this level, but it sets a note it never matches. Barnabas, made into a vampire by Angelique, is wrapped in chains, sealed in a coffin and buried for 190 years. The story moves forward to 1972, when the joke is that a vampire like Barnabas from the 1700s is out of place. Full ReviewRead more on: Dark Shadows
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Aren't vampires suppose to look like teenage models?. When they don't, the 20 somethings won't go see it. So the movie is not doing as well as projected.
Oh wow, Johnny Depp wearing makeup and acting kooky! We've never seen this before!!! How daring!!!! I love when an actor goes against what they normally do and take on a role unlike anything they've ever done!!!
And working with Tim Burton!!! How innovative!!!! I can't wait to see what this fresh pairing brings to the table!!! Guaranteed, it'll be things we've never seen before!!!!!


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Weather Blog: Snow recap and weekend rain chances
Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 Blog! Milwaukee is cleaning up after its largest March snowfall in four years! The 4.3" at Mitchell International Airport was the largest single day snowfall since March 2, 2009 when the city was hit with 14.2".
Not all locations picked up measurable snow on Tuesday. As advertised a very sharp cutoff set-up north of Milwaukee county. Snow totals in our area range from 7.5" in Kenosha to a trace(flurries) in Sheboygan! Below is a list of totals from around the region. The highest totals were over Racine, Kenosha, and Walworth counties where 6"-7.5" of snow was measured.
Milwaukee's snow total of 4.3" brings the season total to an impressive 41.5", or 2.1" above average. This is the first time this season the winter totals has been above average.
A much needed break from measurable snow will extend into this weekend. Weather conditions should gradually improve with a mix of sun and clouds Thursday, and even more sunshine Friday. Temperatures will trend up with highs reaching the low 40s by Saturday, assuming winds are not off Lake Michigan all day.
Average highs by this weekend will be around 40, so a high in the 40s is where we should be for early March.
The next storm system will take aim at southeastern Wisconsin this weekend. With warmer temperatures expected the result should be rain, with a possible mix or change to snow as the low lifts northeast.
Let's start with Saturday. Low pressure will slide into the Plains. With a counter-clockwise flow around the low it will draw in milder temperatures, along with increasing amounts of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. The HPC surface forecast map below is valid at 6am Saturday..
As of this writing rain chances on Saturday should hold off until after 3pm. That's great news if you are planning to attend the St. Patrick's Day parade in Milwaukee at noon Saturday.
Once the rain showers arrive on Saturday they are likely to continue into Sunday. With a deep snowpack, temperatures in the upper 30s to 40s, and rain we will need to monitor the threat for flooding. Any rain would have no where to go with snow blocking most drains/sewers, and a frozen ground leading to runoff. While the threat may be low now, slightly more rain in the forecast would increase the threat.
The GFS precipitation total graphic below is valid at 6pm Sunday. This forecast indicates rain totals pushing a 0.50" in Milwaukee. This would be spread out over Saturday and Sunday. If a slight shift occurred bringing the 1"+ totals into our area, then the flooding concern would be higher. Nothing to stress over now, but something to monitor as the weekend nears.
As colder air wraps into the system the rain may change to snow Sunday night or early Monday.
For the latest weather information watch WISN 12 News from 4:30-7am, and at 5, 6, & 10pm. Forecast updates are also available by following me on Twitter @jnelsonweather
Have a great day!
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Now that Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi has been convicted of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy, the question becomes, will he be deported from the United States to his native India? Ravi is apparently a U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), which means he is subject to the grounds of deportability set forth in the Immigration and Nationality Act (I.N.A.). (If Ravi had become a naturalized citizen, he would have been safe from deportation — but at age 20, he has been eligible to apply for only two years — probably didn't get around to it.)
Ravi's case presents a classic example, however, of the difficulties of determining which crimes make a person deportable. With few exceptions, there's no easy, cut and dried list to follow. It's a matter of matching state law and the facts of the case to the federal statutes. David Isaacson, an immigration attorney with Cyrus D. Mehta and Associates told New Jersey Public Radio reporter Nancy Solomon, "It would take him several hours of research, if not days, to determine how the Ravi convictions fit into the federal statutes." (He's a respected attorney, and not exaggerating! Okay, maybe exaggerating a little.)
Attorney Matthew Kolken did a helpful blog post on the case — and posited that Ravi is probably not deportable — but noted that, " I don't have enough information to be able to answer the question . . . [and] don't have the time today to dig up any more of the facts."
Even if Ravi is deportable, whether the prosecutors choose to act on this is a matter of discretion. Prosecutorial discretion by the immigration authorities has been in the news a lot lately, with this administration trying to create some consistency and focus resources only on the most serious criminals or those with few meaningful ties to the United States. Some commentators have predicted that, given the high-profile nature of the case, the immigration authorities would pursue deportation. Then again, the judge issued a recommendation against it. That's not binding, but government authorities don't like to step on each others toes. Stay tuned . . . .


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One of the things I've been thinking a lot about lately is expanding my skill set. I love to learn and am always excited to try something new. How about you? Is there something new you've been itching to try? To enter to win some Perfectly Perched, just leave me a comment here on this post and share something about something new you'd like to try. And it doesn't have to be sewing related (although my list of sewing skills to improve is certainly long!!)
To recap:
- Leave a comment here and tell me about a new skill you'd like to learn
- I'll draw 2 winners this Saturday, May 5, 2012
- The winners can choose from any of the 3 color stories
- Make sure I have a way to contact you in your entry
And to close off this post, I've included some gorgeous eye candy of Perfectly Perched quilt tops...Sigh (insert dreamy look here)...So scrumptious!


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When your name is famous, you've got to live up to it.
Like a black-and-white blur, a border collie named Fame(US) — pronounced like "famous" — streaked to a win in the Westminster Kennel Club dog show's agility championship Saturday night, finishing with a leap into handler Jessica Ajoux's arms.
"It's difficult to top her athletic ability," even now that she's 7 1/2, says Ajoux, a professional agility trainer from Sparta, N.J. "I'm privileged to have her as a teacher, really."
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Not far behind, a Chihuahua-terrier called Jefe was the top mixed-breed agility dog at the nation's most prominent dog show. Jefe was part of a litter of starving puppies rescued under a house where they had been for over 4 weeks, handler Liza Buckner said. She says now, he can deal with pretty much anything thrown his way.
"He's just a cool little dog," said Buckner, of Sebastopol, California.
As many as 330 dogs, from Yorkshire terriers to German shepherds, vied for the championship.
Others seemed to be going for a crowd-charming title: An English springer spaniel named Mia and a Pomeranian called Kenzi both got chuckles and cheers for taking time out from their final-round runs to survey their admirers from the top of a peaked ramp.
Not to be outdone, some pedigreed cats had a go at agility at a companion event next door showcasing both dog and cat breeds. For cats, agility "just puts structure on something they already do," Vicki Jeffers of Califon, New Jersey, said as her 4-month-old Bengal kitten, Spots, got the hang of it.
Westminster, now in its 142nd year, added agility in 2014 to incorporate an increasingly popular sport - and with it, mixed-breed dogs. A record 29 of them signed up to compete this year.
The more traditional part of Westminster, featuring 2,882 entries, begins Monday morning and leads up to the best in show pick Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.
That's not to say dogs can't do both: A 6-year-old Doberman pinscher named Chester competed in agility and is headed back for the traditional judging. It's the first time at Westminster for the Doberman, owned by Steve Garcia of Massapequa.
Agility winners so far have all been purebred. Fame(US) was one of 55 border collies entered Saturday.
But contestants like Valur the Saluki came from breeds seldom seen at agility trials and made it to the finals.
Some dogs have to overcome built-in agility challenges. Spec the longhaired dachshund - or "the Weavin' Weiner," as owner Carole Krivanich calls him - has short legs and an extended torso. And then there's his scent hound's nose.
"For him to run along the ground and not stop and smell anything is a challenge," said Krivanich, of Milton, Delaware.
Handlers praise agility as an outlet for highly-energy dogs, a confidence-builder for shy ones and an activity that forges a special canine-human connection. Dogs and handlers both have to learn to understand each other's behavior.
"You're teammates. It's not just like having a pet," says Leslie Holm of Las Vegas. She never envisioned herself doing dog agility before adopting Riley Nico, a mixed-breed that signaled her interest by jumping over benches and weaving around people at a dog park.
Holm has plenty of experience pulling together bigtime performances, as a former longtime lighting technician and electrician for acts ranging from Beyonce to Bon Jovi.
But guiding Riley Nico through their Westminster Kennel Club debut?
"This gives me butterflies," Holm said, with a smile.


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At this point there's no limit to how low Fox News will go to besmirch the left, so it should come as no surprise that Fox & Friends are attempting to start a rumor that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has gotten a facelift, just days after stepping down from her prestigious position.
"Is this the face of presidential ambition?" asks Wizard of Oz scarecrow Steve Doocy. "Somebody has launched a new website for [Hillary Clinton], showing off this glamorous new face. Facelift, prehaps? Well, that's fueling rumors about her run for president in 2016, but her aids say it's simply a way for her fans and the media to reach her."
Yes, this is sexist and frustrating, but doesn't it also make you want to laugh in Steve Doocy's face? Not only is the before photo that supposedly proves her facelift from the middle of the exhausting Benghazi hearings and the after photo a photoshopped headshot, but the poor babies at Fox News are just so damn desperate to make a ripple they'll try anything. Thirsty, irrelevant muhfuckers, I almost pity them. Almost.


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PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (Oct. 30, 2013) - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore's Tri-County College Fair, a one-stop shop for connecting with over 100 institutions of higher education, takes place Fri., Nov. 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the William P. Hytche Athletic Center.
The event-in its 12th year-offers a wide range of options for high school juniors and seniors to consider, said Tyrone Young, UMES' director of admissions and recruitment. Adding to the traditional mix of public and private four-year colleges, he said, will be technical and community colleges, specialty schools and branches of the military services.
"We see the college fair as a valuable service to the community," Young said. "It provides area students with an avenue to meet with representatives from across the country to learn about admissions requirements and procedures, areas of academic study, scholarships and other opportunities."
Of course, Young said, UMES would like to do its fair share of recruiting for the Fall 2014 semester and beyond. Campus tours and display booths manned by faculty from UMES academic departments will show prospective students what the university has to offer, Young said.
Admission is free. Registration is recommended by calling 410-651-8403.
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Who is Chuck Hagel and Why Is He Being Nominated as Defense Secretary
January 7, 2013
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel has a reputation for going rogue.
The Republican whom President Obama is expected to nominate as secretary of Defense on Monday vocally defied his party — and George W. Bush — during the lead up to the Iraq war. In 2002, he questioned the evidence that the Iraqis had access to weapons of mass destruction.
Combine that with some disparaging comments about gays in the late 90s (which Hagel recently apologized for), and questions about his support for Israel, and Hagel may face a confirmation battle on many fronts.
Confirmation distractions aside, Hagel's list of qualifications is long. Here are the highlight of his biography (compiled directly from the Almanac of American Politics).
Hagel, first elected in 1996 to the Senate, grew up in the Sand Hills and small towns of Nebraska; his father died when he was 16, and Hagel started supporting his family. He dropped out of college, worked as a radio DJ, then with his younger brother Tom volunteered for service in Vietnam.
After the war, he worked his way through the University of Nebraska in Omaha, then got a job in the office of Rep. John McCollister, R-Neb. He rose to administrative assistant; after McCollister lost a Senate race in 1976, Hagel became a lobbyist for Firestone. He later got the Number 2 position in the Reagan Veterans' Affairs Administration, but resigned after only one year.
Hagel then founded Vanguard Cellular Systems, which became the second largest cell phone company in the nation.
In 1995, when Sen. Jim Exon, R-Neb., announced his retirement, Hagel started running for the Senate, very much the underdog. His platform was solidly conservative. He won 56 percent of the vote.
In the Senate, Hagel sought a seat on Foreign Relations and got it—because no other freshman Republican wanted it. Hagel had a mostly conservative voting record in the Senate. He opposed abortion, favored school prayer, and had taken stands in favor of school vouchers.
Hagel called on his military experience in 1997 to support the treaty against land mines; he spoke for the chemical weapons treaty ratified by the Senate in 1997 over the objections of Foreign Relations Chairman Jesse Helms; he voted against the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in October 1999 but joined Democrats and the administration in trying to prevent the vote when it became clear the treaty would be rejected. He supported the bombing of Serbia in spring 1999, but decried the Clinton policy of ruling out the use of ground troops.
In February 2002 he accused the Bush administration of a "cavalier approach" to the rest of the world and said that the axis-of-evil part of George W. Bush's first State of the Union speech was "name calling." He voted for the Iraq war resolution, but insisted, "Actions in Iraq must come in the context of an American-led, multilateral approach to disarmament, not as the first case for a new American doctrine involving the preemptive use of force." He wrote that U.S. policy should not be ruled by a sense of "divine mission," but should inspire allies to work with us on "making a better world.
He supported John McCain for president in the primaries leading up to the 2000 election.
On immigration, in January 2004 he sponsored an immigration bill with then-Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle to let illegal immigrants achieve "earned legalization" on demonstrating four years of work and mastery of the English language; willing workers would be matched with willing employers.
In his 2002 reelection to the Senate, he won 83-15 percent, the most lopsided victory ever in a Nebraska Senate race.
He was mentioned as a possible 2008 presidential candidate, but decided not to run and retired from the Senate.
Since 2008, he has taught at Georgetown University, and sits on the boards of several companies and nonprofits.


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ESCONDIDO, CA — What happens when a rabid beer geek and a passionate homebrewer get together to brew? Well, in 1996, Greg Koch and Steve Wagner started Stone Brewing Co., that's what. Okay, here's another oneÔǪwhat happens when, 17 years later, a brewing professional, a passionate homebrewer, and an all-around beer geek get together to brew? In the case of Stone Brewing Co. CEO and Co-founder Greg Koch; actor, craft beer lover and geek idol Wil Wheaton; and craft beer-loving (hey, aren't we all?) Fark.com creator Drew CurtisÔǪan extremely imaginative, dark, hoppy, massive beer. Today, Drew Curtis/Wil Wheaton/Greg Koch Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout is debuting throughout the U.S. on tap and in bottles featuring commemorative artwork.
The story of how these three men, and dare we say, "geeks," met requires a complex explanation and jaunt back in time. In 2004, Wheaton called to ask if it would be okay for him to put the Arrogant Bastard Ale logo on his blog's website, and Koch just so happened to answer the phone. Since Wheaton was so enthusiastic about the beer, Koch granted him approval, all the while thinking that this guy's name sounded familiar. A year later, as crazy random happenstance would have it, Wheaton signed up for the Stone email newsletter and just so happened to be the 10,000th email newsletter subscriber. Astonished that THE Wil Wheaton was the lucky subscriber, Koch reached out to him to say thank you, and laid the foundation for what blossomed into a friendship based on a mutual appreciation of delicious craft beer. As Wil's enthusiasm about beer grew throughout the years, he took up the noble art of homebrewing, blogging about his accomplishments along the way. Eventually, in spring 2012, Koch and Wheaton discussed the idea of brewing together, and in early 2013 the clouds parted, the sun beamed down, unicorns were seen dancing on rainbows, and finally, they found time in their busy schedules to meet for a session in the Stone brewhouse.
Next on the agenda was deciding who to include in their collaborative effort. Wheaton suggested Curtis, as they have been friends for more than 10 years. Additionally, Koch had met the Fark.com innovator a number of times at the annual TED conference in Long Beach, Calif. ln April, the trio convened at Stone's brewing facility to craft what is now known as Drew Curtis/Wil Wheaton/Greg Koch Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout.
"Wil does such a great job of communicating to other people the joy of homebrewing," said Koch. "I like the way he unabashedly shares his love for it. Since we make collaboration beers in threes, we got to talking about a co-conspirator and Wil suggested Curtis. It was a lot of fun brewing with these guys and I have to say, I'm really farking impressed with the result!"
"Brewing at Stone was the culmination of many years of learning to love amazing craft beer, and then learning how to make it myself," said Wheaton. "Having the opportunity to work with people I really like and respect and do it on a grand scale was great."
"Don't ask me why, but I had no idea when I agreed to this that I'd actually end up participating in making the beer," said Curtis. "I thought Greg and crew would have preferred to do it themselves, but apparently watching me and Wil fumble around with 50 pound bags of malted wheat and crushed pecans was plenty hilarious. I definitely had a blast doing it!"
In addition to beer's traditional ingredients — water, hops, malted barley and yeast — Drew Curtis/Wil Wheaton/Greg Koch Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout was brewed with wheat, rye and pecans, based on the collaborator's unique backgrounds and preferences: Curtis' rye and pecans (he's a Kentucky Southerner), Wheaton's wheat (I mean, comeonÔǪhis name is WHEATon), and Koch's hops (he's a confessed hop addict). After fermenting, a portion of the imperial stout was stored in bourbon whiskey barrels for two and a half months, and then blended with the rest of the beer to add complexity. The result is a beer bursting with a pleathora of smells and flavors including cocoa, coffee, licorice, oak, nuts, vanilla and, of course, bourbon. In what may be the highest alcohol beer ever brewed at Stone, it clocks in at 13 percent alcohol-by-volume (ABV) and 65 International Bitterness Units (IBUs). The beer is ready to enjoy now, or may be properly cellared for several months or years. Over time, it will develop deeper, rounder coffee, nut and bourbon flavors as the hop aroma and bitterness subside.
Stone decided to release three bottles with various artwork labels. Why? Why not! The first design is the "classic" Stone 2013 Collaboration bottle design featuring an intricate hop vine crest with hop cones. The second "hero" bottle features illustrations of Koch, Wheaton and Curtis as superheroes complete with capes, masks and a gargoyle emblem on the chest of Koch's outfit. The final "comic" bottle includes artwork by popular internet comic artist Joel Watson of HijiNKS Ensue, in which each collaborator offers one of the key ingredients for the beer — Curtis' pecans, Wheaton's wheat and Koch's hops. The hero and comic bottles are limited release (hint: collector's items).
As if they needed another excuse to hang out, the collaborators will debut the beer en masse on Wednesday, July 17 at the newly opened Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens — Liberty Station in San Diego during an event dubbed Hop-Con: The w00tstout Launch Festival. The festivities will commence at 5pm and include:
- A sermon by Greg Koch
- A performance by Wil Wheaton
- 10 minutes of Drew Curtis on stage doing, wellnot sure exactly what
- A musical comedy performance by Paul and Storm
- A commemorative Hop-Con glass for guests to keep
- Eight four-ounce beer samples per guest
- Hors d'oeuvres
- One bottle of Drew Curtis/Wil Wheaton/Greg Koch Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout to take home
A cask of Drew Curtis/Wil Wheaton/Greg Koch Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout will be available in addition to other special release beers, including beers brewed at Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens — Liberty Station. The event is sold out.


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Based on his beloved novel, which inspired the Academy Award and Golden Globe winning film, Rex Pickett's stage adaptation fizzes with comedy and heartfelt emotion, and goes down better than a well-aged Pinot Noir.
When a neurotic author, who is writing his way into a midlife-crisis, and an actor, who is marrying his way out of his, head out to Santa Barbara for a week of wine-tastings, they find out that there's more to be savoured in California than a few new bottles. When Miles and Jack meet the equally strong and complex Maya and Terra, the four of them learn just how intoxicating a good glass of wine and good company can be – for better and for worse. Following an acclaimed sold out premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse, this brand new production of Sideways, directed by David Grindley (Journey's End, The American Plan, Daytona) makes its UK premiere.
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I read that it is/was impossible to install BIBM on an UEFI-Only machine, but it seems that that may have been written around 2011, and so I don't know if that's still true. Is it?
This Toshiba Encore 2 WT10-A32M tablet will allow me to disable Secure Boot, but it will NOT allow me to enable CSM or provide any way to boot other than by UEFI.
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Law enforcement exposed offering to pay informants in Florida
There were two reports this week of the FBI / police in Florida seeking informants to provide intelligence on the local animal rights movement.
In the first instance, a woman in West Palm Beach who is active in dog rescue was visited at home by an FBI agent. They told her anti-vivisection activists are ?crossing the line,? becoming ?dangerous? and will ?hurt someone.? The agent told her, ?You have access that I don?t have.? She was told that she would be ?rewarded? for any information she provided The agent also offered to take her to lunch. She told the agent she wasn?t interested. Before leaving, the agent warned her not to associate with animal rights activists.
Earlier in April, an activist who does web design for a living was contacted by a ?fitness trainer? looking for help creating a website. The activist met the woman at a cafe and they spoke for an hour about the project. The ?trainer? supplemented her story with photos of her working out, etc. During a second meeting, out of the blue, the woman mentioned that her boyfriend was friends with someone who works for the FBI, and that the FBI would ?pay really well? for information about local animal rights activists. She claimed to be concerned that activists ?could get violent.? The activist quickly ended the conversation.
It is important to raise awareness when the FBI starts making the rounds. The best defense is always silence, and stories like this should provide a prompt for activists to remind themselves why it is never ok to talk to the police. If you have not already, please read If An Agent Knocks.
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Patriots coach Bill Belichick was asked, near the end of the preseason, whether the days of the workhorse running back have come and gone.
Between specialization and teams trying to protect their investment, so to speak, more coaches have opted for spreading the carries among two or even three backs. BenJarvus Green-Ellis (229 in 2010) is the only Patriot to get at least 200 carries in the last five seasons.
"I'm for whatever helps us win," Belichick said. "If it's 500 quarterback sneaks, if that's the best thing for us, then I'm all for it. If we win, if that's the best thing we can do to win, then sign me up for it."
The trend-altering start of sophomore Stevan Ridley would seem to support that.
Ridley twice has rushed for 100-plus yards and ranks ninth in the NFL with 339 yards. He has had games with 21, 18 and 22 carries for a total of 74. Only five backs have more.
Ridley is projected to finish the 16-game season with 296 carries and 1,356 yards. Those numbers would rank sixth and fourth, respectively, in franchise history.
They're also inexorably linked to one another, a Catch-22 for No. 22.
"Production," Belichick responded when asked what it would take for a player to get 300 totes. "If he's productive, I think you'd want to give him a chance."
So far, so good for Ridley.
While some folks — that would be you, ESPN the Magazine — predicted the Packers would go 16-0, it took all of one game to submarine that idea.
There are two undefeated teams left as of this morning, those being the Houston Texans and Atlanta Falcons. The '72 Miami Dolphins can start chilling the champagne.
But what are the odds the 2008 Detroit Lions, the only NFL team to go 0-16, will have some company by the end of the season? Um, not bad.
The two remaining candidates are the New Orleans Saints, who aren't a legitimate entrant despite their ridiculously brutal schedule, and the Cleveland Browns, who should be taken seriously.
They're 0-4 and counting heading into today's game against the Giants in New York.
Of their 12 remaining games, the Browns might be favored in two. Best chances for a win — or wins, if you're optimistic — are during a trip to Indianapolis in late October and when the Kansas City Chiefs and Washington Redskins visit Cleveland on successive Sundays in mid-December.
The Browns have lost 10 straight and 13 of 14 dating to last year. The league record is held by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who debuted in 1976 and dropped the first 26 games in franchise history.
The Browns, who started the season with the fourth-youngest roster in the league, have some decent talent, especially stud running back Trent Richardson. But they're a couple of years away from contending for a playoff berth, something they last secured in 2002.
In the meantime, the goal is to avoid the kind of ignominy experienced in Detroit just four years ago.
Tom Brady has a supermodel wife, three Super Bowl rings, and a supersized mansion in California. He's 35 years old and in his 13th season in the NFL, a league whose average age and career length are 27 and 3.5, respectively.
Put it all together and you wonder why Brady continues to do what he does — that being to live the life of a monk for about half the year and then emerge once a week and try to keep his head, shoulders, knees and other body parts from being pulverized.
He was asked that question the other day. The answer was so simple it was surprising.
"To play football," Brady said without hesitating. "It's a great sport. I love coming to work every day. I love the challenge that the weeks bring — the mental challenge, the physical challenge. I love the training. I love being around my teammates."
Then the GQ/QB went all Average Joe, bringing up a reason that keeps plenty of people working when they don't need the money.
"There's just not much else out there other than my family," Brady said. "I think it's like the abyss. There's nothing else. It's the edge of the cliff."
Brady has gone on record numerous times as saying he wants to play until he's at least 40, meaning there's another five years to go. For his fans in New England, that's just super.
The St. Louis Rams are 3-2, which is one more win than they posted all of last season. They've beaten the Redskins, Seattle Seahawks and Cardinals (combined 8-5) and were competitive in losses to the Lions and Chicago Bears, who are tied for the NFC North lead.
The talk is of how the Rams are playing better under coach Jeff Fisher, who replaced the Grafton-raised Steve Spagnuolo after the team went 10-36 the last three years. But the fact Fisher has his better players playing might be more accurate.
According to Football Outsiders, the Rams led the league last season with 110 adjusted games lost to injury. Only one team in the past 10 seasons has surpassed that total. (In brief, the stat is weighted toward injuries to starters and key reserves.)
The Rams were thinner than spaghetti on offense to start with, and Thursday they saw leading receiver Danny Amendola suffer a shoulder injury that could keep him out for two months. Amendola missed 15 games last year with a broken arm, depriving quarterback Sam Bradford of his by-far-favorite target.
Bradford is dealing with a bum ankle, an injury that cost him six games last year. It'll be interesting how much better the Rams play going forward if their better players once again miss substantial time.
Some quick hits and (hopefully) useful numbers with regard to this week's games: The Cincinnati Bengals have averaged 33 points in their last three games, all wins. The Dolphins have averaged 25 points in their last three games, going 1-2 with both losses in overtime. … Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch leads the NFL with 423 rushing yards and has gained 85-plus yards in 12 of his past 13 games. He's facing a Carolina defense that ranks 25th against the run, allowing an average of 134.8 yards. … The Baltimore Ravens, who last played 10 days ago, are tied for sixth in the league with a plus-4 turnover differential. The Chiefs, who are 0-2 at home with the losses by 16 and 17 points, are last at minus-13, thanks to a league-high 15 giveaways. … The New York Jets have scored one offensive touchdown in their last 34 possessions and quarterback Mark Sanchez's 49.2 completion percentage ranks last in the league. The good news is the Jets are 5-0 all-time versus the Texans, who are 4-0 for the first time in franchise history. … Teams on the bye: Dallas, Detroit, Oakland, Tampa Bay. And how those coming off it have historically fared: Indianapolis (13-10, .565), Pittsburgh (14-9, .609).
Some random thoughts in no particular order:
•The Saints are 0-4, the losses coming by 8, 7, 3 and 1 point. The Eagles are 3-1, the wins coming by 1, 1 and 2 points. That's the fine line between success and failure in the NFL.
•Doubt the Jets are going to miss Santonio Holmes. One, he's a knucklehead. Two, Sanchez is throwing knuckleballs, so it doesn't matter who's on the receiving end.
•Got a feeling if rookie safety Tavon Wilson starts today in place of the injured Steve Gregory, he might not be leaving the lineup for a while. The rookie from Illinois has great instincts, sound technique, and appears to be a fast learner.
•Congratulations to Northbridge High football coach Ken LaChapelle on achieving his 300th career victory. The milestone is a testament to an innovative coach, a talented and tight-knit staff, and a community that has an affinity for football unlike any in Central Mass.
•My apologies to Tonya Spagnuolo of Grafton, who was mentioned in last week's column. The distance she covered in a triathlon last month in Ohio was 140.9 miles. Despite two flat tires, she finished second in her age group and 10th among all women in her ironman debut.
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What are some of your favorite childhood Christmas memories? What childhood memories will you never forget?
What are some of your favorite childhood Christmas memories? What childhood memories will you never forget?
I will always remember Christmas morning growing up... I am the oldest of three and every year on Christmas morning we kids would wake up and wake up my parents so we could go see our gifts from Santa. My dad would go downstairs first with his video camera and then we would go down youngest to oldest with mom following behind. I can still see us walking down the steps and going over to our gifts from Santa. He would always leave them out on the couch/floor for us and the gifts would be divided into our own sections. We would usually check out our gifts first and then see what goodies were left in our stockings. :D
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I've so many memories. I grew up in the suburbs of NYC. We always decorated outside with lights. I remember going into the city every Christmas Eve and seeing the trees wrapped in lights, ice skating, etc. But back then, NYC was a dark, dangerous place. I'm proud to say that it's safer, brighter and more beautiful now.
Now I'm living in the place I visioned in my dreams.
Childhood memories. boy where to start. I think some of the best of them were from the early 50's when my maternal Grandparents were still living. I loved going to Grandma and Grandpas . We always bundled up and went out in the snow up to our knees to lok for the perfect Christmas Tree. They had over 200 acrea and lots of trees. One year I was insistant on an old Cedar Tree. Grandpa and Grandma cut it down and we dragged it to the house on a big sled. We came in and Grandma fixed a huge pan of cocoa. None of the instant stuff but god old fashioned cocoa made with unpasturized millk. lots of cocoa and marshmallows on top. This old cedar tree all decorated to me was the most beautiful tree I had ever seen. I helped place all the beautiful glass ornaments on the tree after Grandpa had strung on the lights. Bubble lights galor on that old tree. To this day I love bubble lights and was so glad when they made a comback. And then the final touch. Grandpa would lift me up to place the most breautiful angel on the most top branch of the tree. There it stood with me looking on in awe.
Grandma and my mom and I loved a cookie baking day. Even my little sisters were allowed to decoarte a few cookies though they ate more than they decorated.
Christmas Eve would arrive and we always stayed there. Stocking were hung on the mantel and the cookies and milk left for Santa. Though I never could figure out how Santa would find me there he always found my sisters and I. We would be up early on Christmas Morning and would find the gifts piled high under the tree. Oh what fun we had.
One year Grandma always had the whole family for Christmas.The following year we all would trravel 8 miles to Grandmas Sisters home. The meal they both put on. Turkey and all the trimmings, pies and all the goodies anyone could ever want.
After dinner the men always would go to the parlor and watch TV and play cards. All my cousins and I would bundle up and go sleding or out to build a snowman or two. The women would have a fun craft they would do in the kitchen. Them late evening it was Sandwiches and more goodies. No one ever went home hungry.
I lost my Grandpa when I was just 10 and Grandma when I was 16. Boy those first few Christmas after just never seemed the same. My Aunt passed away just a few years ago at the age of 90 but whenever we got together we always shared the memories of all those years ago.
I treasure them and am now trying to make pleasant memories for my Grandkids just like Grandma and Grandpa did all those years ago..
Hi karanmi and welcome to the forums!
Thanks for posting so much already and keeping the threads active. :D I hope you continue to enjoy your time here with us and I look forward to hearing more about your Christmas traditions...
Happy Holidays!
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I spent my first 5 Christmases in Germany. I remember being fascinated by the hand-crafted store displays, some animated, some not (but all were fantastic). Also, a very stern St. Nicholas on Dec 5!!! A much more jolly Santa Claus the rest of December.
I remember:
my little brother, the first few seasons he was mobile, walking up to glass balls and popping them in his hand while giggling (never let him near the shiny-brites!!!).
Santas that didn't look like they came fresh out of a dollar-store bag (not to be negative...just noticing).
Making cookies with mom...something I still do.
Decorating the tree and marveling at the finished work lit up in all its glory.
Tinsel!!!...before it was mylar...
Knee-hugger elves
Goin out in the knee-deep snow with grandpa to cut a tree.
(later) My Grandma had a couple of fake trees she used to break out...you never knew if you were getting the green one or the aluminum one...WITH COLORWHEEL! <grin> I liked it either way.
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going to grandma and grandpas...grandpa was a hunter and holiday meals saw venison, wild turkey, squirrel, ham, and real stuffing...all of which I no longer eat. On the non-meat food side, we still eat baked cheese grits, all the normal sides, real cranberry relishes, pies, pies, pies, biscuits in the morning with various spreads, jams, and jellies we helper her process all summer, and more!
Coming back home for our home Christmas.
Anonymous gift-giving to non-family, strangers, buying groceries for people we didn't know, and dropping surprises on all kinds of folks...usually we secreted away, sometimes we got to watch from a distance.
persimmonpudding.com: dedicated to growing, education, and use of Diospyros virginiana L., the common, or American persimmon...and persimmon pudding is ALWAYS a holiday favorite!!!
Getting the Christmas tree on Christmas eve and waiting patiently while my Dad put it in a bucket filled with stones and hopefully it stood upright, if it didn't my dad would get the hammer, nail and some string and it was attached to the wall to keep it from falling down.
Also, the Christmas my dad got some free decorations and he decked out our living room. I thought it was beautiful as a child but now I know it bordered on being a little "tacky" but I didn't care for in my child mind I thought it was wonderful.
Also the week of Christmas was filled with friends and family coming everynight, we always had company and I love watching the old home movies and seeing those dear people no longer with us.


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Dell this week unveiled a new disk-based backup solution, but don't call it a VTL.
Dell said its new PowerVault DL2000 is designed to back up data directly to disk without having to first emulate tape, similar to Symantec's high-end OpenStorage API, aimed only at small and mid-sized businesses and branch offices.
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Brett Roscoe, senior manager for Dell storage, said Dell's "true disk backup" approach makes it clear what's disk and what's tape, making it easier to implement a disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) backup system.
And the price starting at $12,000 for 3TB, with scalability to 144TB makes it "much lower end" than Symantec's offering, said Roscoe.
Interestingly, Symantec is part of Dell's offering anyway. The DL2000 comes with a choice of Symantec Backup Exec or CommVault Simpana software. Both vendors are OEM partners and have developed unique code to work with the DL2000, Roscoe said. Backup Exec has a large installed base of Dell users, he said, while CommVault offers higher-end features like de-duplication.
Dell says the DL2000 lowers backup times by as much as 55 percent and restore times by as much as 77 percent compared to tape.
As an integrated hardware and software platform, it also makes setup and management easier, said Roscoe, and archive and replication capabilities are also available. The company claims it "can be set up five times faster than other commercially available disk-to-disk systems."
The DL2000 also eliminates the need for customers to configure RAID or allocate LUNs to their backup storage software. Automated dynamic disk provisioning configures and sets up the disks for immediate use, and storage capacity can be added on the fly without the need to reconfigure or set up the device.
Greg Schulz, founder and senior analyst at StorageIO Group, said the DL2000 is a "nice turnkey data protection appliance with the flexibility to choose either CommVault or Symantec-based software, along with their optional suites of functionality."
But, he wondered, "What about Dell's other partner, EMC's software, that does not appear to be available as an option in this initial release? Or is the DL2000 meant to compete with other EMC-based solutions or simply be a choice point for customers?"
This article was originally published on Enterprise Storage Forum.


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In the days leading up to Sunday night's Emmy awards, PopcornBiz will be sizing up the nominees in the 10 biggest categories. Disclaimer: Using our picks to gamble would be insane.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "New Adventures of Old Christine"
The nomination itself was a great send-off for a show that sort of just plain ran out of gas. There is no need for further goodbyes. She's won her gold for the show (2006), so just drink the bubbly and enjoy the night. Odds of winning: 12 to 1.
Lea Michele, "Glee"
The Academy voters will find other ways to pay their respect to the breakout show (think Jane Lynch) without giving metal to the show's resident diva and the star to most likely break out of the "Glee" club for real. She'll get her due. But unless the "Glee" express seriously runs off the tracks, it won't be this time. Odds of winning: 10 to 1.
Tiny Fey, "30 Rock"
While the so-called "30 Rock" slump has been blown out of proportion by insane expectations, it will be enough to keep Fey from getting the nod. Though there are still enough comic Tiny Fey gems to give most actresses a banner year. Life isn't always fair, Liz Lemon. Odds of winning: 6 to 1
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"
The show is turning into one of the funniest shows on television and Poehler is its emotional center -- even if she often plays it straight for scene stealers like Aziz Ansari. This award will have to go back to committee for further review: Odds of winning: 5 to 1
Toni Collette, "United States of Tara"
Collette took this home last year and the Academy loves people who play multiple characters. Especially if the actress has serious cred as Collette has: Odds of winning: 3 to 1.
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"
Falco continues to ride the big-love, even flipping genres and premium cable channels. "Nurse Jackie" might not be the funniest show on television, but Falco is a great and beloved actress. The Academy has done her right on "Sopranos," she'll take it for "Jackie." Odds of winning: 2 to 1.


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The gearbox is a system which allows to have a rotation speed of the propeller different from the rotation speed of the engine.
To increase the engine power, at constant torque, the engine RPM (number of turns in one minute. It is a unit of rotational speed) is being increased.
Paramotors Engines Rotational Speed, examples :
- Miniplane Top 80 : 9.500 RPM
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- Air Conception Tornado 280 : 7.400 RPM
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The propeller cannot run at so high RPM.
At 8.000 RPM, a propeller diameter 125 cm would run at 1.230 km/h (1,54 Mach) on tips, which is not acceptable for the mechanical strength of the propeller, and for the noise generated.
So a gearbox, speed reducer is located between the engine and the propeller.
There are several types of reducers, in particular for the aeronautics: reducers with belt, with gearings, and more rarely with chain..
Note : a well-adapted propeller will be one whose maximum rotation speed corresponds to the engine rotation speed allowing the maximum power, and this for a predefined flight speed.
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It can be measured :
- belt reducer : by measuring the diameter of both pulleys and by making the report between both.
Example : the propeller pulley has a diameter of 200 mm and the engine pulley has a diameter of 100 mm => ratio is 1:2 (can be written "200/100", or simply "2").
- gearing or chain reducer : by counting the teeth number of every pinion and by making the report between both.
Example : the propeller pignion has 43 teeth, and the engine pignion has 20 teeth => ratio is 1:2,15 (can be written "43/20", or "2,15").
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to define the exact model of the propeller.
The propeller depends on its RPM : a propeller which runs slowly would be very different from a propeller which turns faster.
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It seems like only yesterday that I was watching the Lakers win the NBA championship in Orlando. Actually, it may have been yesterday, ESPN Classics probably showed it again.
There have been a ton of off-season moves, but we will get to that in part 2. For now, take a look at some of the young players to watch.
Rookies – 10 Spot
- Blake Griffin – As the No. 1 pick, expectations with him and the Clippers are going to be on different levels. But there should be plenty of chance for improvement for both. PS – He may be out for six weeks. Clippers curse!
- Brandon Jennings – After an up and down year in Italy, many are hoping that a return to the States will mean the return of his game. I thought Jennings might be a good chance of pace off the bench, but word is that he will be starting.
- Earl Clark – Is anyone more Jekyll and Hyde than the former Louisville star? He is on the end of the bench, but Clark is a building block for the post-Steve-Nash era.
- Eric Maynor – Jerry Sloan found the perfect point guard in Maynor and he should grow with some tough-Sloan-love. He will be the perfect back-up for Deron Williams.
- James Johnson – Like Clark, Johnson had lottery-like talent. And like Clark, he had the ability to disappear on occasion. Johnson will also be low on the depth chart, could add the element of running the offense through him when he is on the court.
- Derrick Brown – The Bobcats are piecing together a nice team and Brown could pan out to be the steal of the draft at the 4oth pick.
- Chase Budinger – One of my favorite college players has landed on a team with Trevor Ariza and Shane Battier. But Budinger is skilled and athletic enough to add offense off the bench.
- Danny Green – There were a few picks that made sense for the Cavs. But the perfect pick was Green. A 6'7″ defensive hound, who will not need to be handled with kids gloves and will bust his butt regardless of the amount of playing time he gets.
- Toney Douglas – Poor man's Ben Gordon plus defense, Douglas derserves to get meaningful playing time. But on a roster with Chris Duhon, Nate Robinson, Wilson Chandler, Larry Hughes and Cuttino Mobley, there are not going to be enough balls to around.
- Jonny Flynn – Flynn was the only reason I watched the Orangemen last season and he will be the man running the show in Minnesota this season. But he will also play with one of the best big men in Al Jefferson.
Sophomore Sensations?
Joe Alexander – This guy was the epitome of explosive at West Virginia. Athletically and emotionally, Alexander was able take games over in a flash. But his rookie was not much more than spark (4.7 ppg and 1.9 rpg in a total of 12.1 minutes a game). Alexander struggled to find playing time, but the Bucks higher-ups must have seen something in Alexander they liked by letting Charlie Villanueva sign in Detroit. Looking for more than just a spark this season with some more playing time.
O.J. Mayo – I was not a fan of Mayo until I watched a bunch of games of USC and I was excited when Minnesota drafted him with the No. 4 pick two drafts ago. But then I woke up the next morning and Mayo was in Memphis. A quick look at his stats you will see 18.5 ppg, 3.8 ppg, and more assists than turnover (barely). But what is really impressive is 44% shooting from the field, 38% from distance and 88% from the foul line. After finishing runner-up in the ROY voting, Mayo is posed to do more in Memphis. The only question, is the Answer – Allen Iverson. And how Iverson's need to have the play in his hand will effective Mayo. Because Mayo has the same need.
D.J. Augustin – When the Bobcats drafted Augustin, I think everyone was surprised. You had a strong starting point guard in Raymond Felton, but maybe Charlotte was looking for another option off the bench. In 26.1 minutes a game, Augustin added 11.8 ppg and 3.5 apg. All while shooting 43% from the field, 44% from three-point range and 89% from the charity stripe. Side-note: In twelve starts last season, Augustin averaged 17.8 points and 5.6 assists. Expect to see more minutes for this tiny, yet talented guard.
Eric Gordon – In his one season at Indiana, he was involved Kelvin Sampson scandal. So going to the Clippers was probably not as shocking as it would have been for other players. Many people under-rated him as a player coming out of college. But the LA choose home and he did not disappoint, and the Clippers needed him to take on a large load of he offensive. 16.1 ppg, 46% from the field, 39% from the floor and 85% from the foul line. I would expect him to turn into more of a spot-up shooter who will live off the double teams of Blake Griffin.
Danilo Gallinari – To say that the Knicks faithful were shocked by the pick Gallinari, would be an understatement. While limited to on 28 games by a back injury, there were hints of ability in his limited time on the court. He can score from the perimeter, shooting 45% from the field and 44% from distance. Gallinari is not a great athlete and can be a below-par defender, but has the ideal head coach in Mike D'Antoni's run and gun offense.
Mario Chalmers – When the Heat trade for Chalmers, it probably was not in the plan to have him start all 82 games. But this quick, defensive guard could prove to be exactly what the Heat need. A pass first point guard (4.9 apg), who can put constant pressure on the ball (2.0 steal per game), shoot a good percentage from the field (42%), and score when need (10 ppg). Going into his second season, Chalmers should continue to put impressive numbers in regards to his assists and steals. But needs to improve from distance, as he only shot 37% from distance.
Kosta Koufos – After a less than impressive freshmen season at Ohio State, Koufas declared for the draft. Being drafted by the Jazz was an ideal situation as he was not needed to start from day one, and had time to learn under some talented players. But Koufas is talented and has a good offensive game for a player his size (7'0″) and his age (20 years old). Look for more playing time, and in that, a more appealing stat line.


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White Soars to Halfpipe Gold; Kass Second
February 12, 2006
BARDONECCHIA, Italy (AP by Eddie Pells)—Shaun White turned this into another red-white-and-blue day on the Olympic halfpipe. Heavy on the red, of course. The daredevil redhead known as The Flying Tomato punked the competition once again Sunday, mixing altitude with attitude to win the gold medal.
"This whole trip, I've been saying, `It's just another competition,' White said. "But deep down, I really cared the most.
American Danny Kass was second. Only Finland's Markku Koski kept the Americans from a repeat of their history-making sweep of 2002. American Mason Aguirre came close, finishing fourth, 1.2 points behind Koski.
But nobody on the sunsplashed mountains of Bardonecchia was complaining. The two medals were a welcome reprieve for a struggling U.S. Olympic team, staggered by busts on the men's downhill and moguls courses and the sudden withdrawal of figure skating's Michelle Kwan due to injury.
It was no surprise that White _ "Il Pomodoro Volante, as he's known in Italy _ supplied the magic.
Wearing a Stars-and-Stripes bandanna over his chin, his mop of red hair peeking out from under the helmet, he soared through the crystal blue sky for the winning score of 46.8 on his first run of the finals. That was a full 2.8 points better than Kass, who added this silver to the one he won in Salt Lake City.
"I'm so overwhelmed right now, I can barely keep my sentences going, White said.
Indeed, it was an emotional day for the 19-year-old Californian, who fell during his first qualifying run and had to wait nearly two hours _ until the final run of the second round of qualifying _ to ensure his spot among the 12 finalists.[pagebreak]Sensing the nervousness of an athlete who has always played it cool, U.S. coach Bud Keene took White up the lift. It turned out to be one of the great coaching moves in snowboarding's short Olympic history.
"We did free runs, nonstop, Keene said. "Just me and him. We just went snowboarding. We just went up, we made turns, we slashed. ... Instead of standing up at the top, letting pressure build staring into the pipe, we went out and had some fun.
Buoyed by the break, White advanced. His run through the finals was nowhere near as dramatic.
With AC/DC's "Back In Black blaring over the sound system, White practically touched the sky on his first jump, soaring about 25 feet over the edge of the icy halfpipe. He came back with consecutive 1080-degree jumps, grabbing his board on both, which earns big style points from the judges.
Then, it was a pair of 900s _ one off the frontside wall and another off the backside. Nobody else tried the backside 900, and in a sport where the tricks are constantly evolving, that was the difference between first and second place.
"Shaun has been surprising me since I first saw him ride as a 9-year-old, said snowboarding pioneer Jake Burton. "He single-handedly took our sport to a whole new level.
In halfpipe finals, riders get two trips down the chute and only their best score counts. After White's winning run, he waited and watched the 11 riders take their second trips. Nobody could better his score, though, and when the second-to-last rider, Koski, fell on his final jump, White knew he had the gold wrapped up.
He punched the air with this fists, hugged his coaches and waved to the crowd.[pagebreak]The final run could have been the stage to show off that vaunted backside 1080 air everyone was waiting for. But he was gassed _ from a long season of excellence in which he won all five Olympic qualifying events and the X Games, and the long journey to Italy, and the harrowing run through qualifying.
"I barely held it together for that run, White said. "I was going to ride just straight down and just live it up, but I wanted to hit some airs.
He hit a couple and fell. Then, he coasted down the bottom of the pipe, hands thrust upward to start the celebration.
At the bottom, White embraced his parents, who encouragedd his snowboarding. That led to his first endorsement deal at age 13, but also resulted in broken arms and legs and even a fractured skull.
"It's a great sport, but you don't land all the time, he said. "It had to have been a trip for them.
During the awards ceremony, both White and Kass draped themselves in the American flag. White ran his fingers through his mussed hair, locks of red peaking through. The Flying Tomato has long said he wished he could have another nickname _ something a little more cool.
But really, is there anyone more hip than an Olympic champion in halfpipe?
This was a sport that didn't seem to fit into the Olympic program in its first two tries. Snowboarders didn't like the conformist nature that has long defined the Olympics, nor did they like the rules set down by skiing's governing bodies, which didn't really seem to grasp the "lifestyle spirit of their sport.
A lot of that changed after 2002 _ so much so that White came into the Turin Games as something of a household name, well-known among kids and with his own clothing line and DVD, and more than $1 million in endorsements.
This victory should only add to the stash.
So, what does the coolest guy in the coolest sport around do for an encore?
"I'm hoping Sasha Cohen digs gold medals, White said, referring to the 21-year-old figure skater, who also does 1080s. "We have a lot in common.
Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press


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July 19th, 2013
What are the odds on another 'X-Files' movie?
Fans searching for the truth about a third "X-Files" movie will need to keep looking.
The possibility of another film came up at the 20th anniversary panel at Comic-Con on Thursday, and the response from the well-stocked panel attendees was pretty vague.
The TV Guide-hosted event reunited stars David Duchovny (Agent Mulder) and Gillian Anderson (Agent Scully) with "X-Files" creator Chris Carter and executive producers Howard Gordon and Vince Gilligan, among others.
Religious viewers of the long-running series, which followed two FBI agents as they tracked unexplained paranormal cases, were frank with their curiosity about the relationship between Mulder and Scully. (What would the two do on a date? "Have sex," Anderson answered. "Then maybe dinner?" Duchovny followed.)
When talk turned to another "X-Files" film, both stars said they'd be interested, should the project ever happen.
""The show was so flexible and could encompass so many different ideas," Duchovny said. "I always thought whenever we can do it, come back together, we would. So we will."
Anderson, too, thought another movie was a "great idea," although she wasn't as keen on the concept of bringing "The X-Files" back as a limited series, akin to what Fox is doing with the once-defunct "24" next year.
Creator Carter played it cool on the chatter, instead noting that "The X-Files," which ran from 1993 to 2002, would still have relevance if it did return today.
"The suspicion and conspiracy theories are so much more rampant," he said. "You could do the show now. You couldn't really do the show in 2002 because people trusted the government — or wanted to. We went through a period there where 'The X-Files' was not relevant."
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"I will be heard," shouted the black gay writer and activist Craig Harris at the 1986 American Public Health Association meeting. He was 28, and a few months prior coordinated the first ever National Conference on AIDS in the black community. Attending the American Public Health Association's first ever session on AIDS, and noticing that no one of color was invited to participate, he stormed the stage and took the microphone from Dr. Merv Silverman, then the San Francisco health commissioner. After commanding the attention of the room, he began to explain the challenges of AIDS in communities of color. Though this happened over 25 years ago, young black gay men are still fighting to have their voices heard, as they continue to be the most vulnerable of the vulnerable.
The impact of HIV on black gay men,and young black gay men in particular, is sobering. According to the CDC, in 2010, more new HIV infections occurred among young black gay/MSM than any other age or racial group of MSM. Despite these challenges, there is a way forward. A path is gradually clearing. We now see steps to take that can decrease the number of new infections among young black gay men. Perhaps a decade ago this might have been seen as somewhat utopian, but now it's more in the realm of possibility than ever.
A blueprint has been forth both by scientific leaders, community stakeholders and policy advocates. These are action steps that have proven efficacy and point the way to reducing HIV rates. Strategies include: Ensuring that HIV testing is available and accessible, robust male and female condom distribution, ensuring that HIV positive people are connected to their HIV status and placed on treatment, expanding Medicaid to those who are economically distressed and need access to quality health care, and making PrEP available to HIV negative people who may not be able to or choose not to use condoms regularly. These are critical steps to take and would bring us closer to ending the epidemic. I would also like to offer the following additional strategies we should consider:
Institutional Stigma
It is not enough to target HIV and anti-gay stigma as structural issues alone. We need to hone in and target with absolute precision the specific institutions and organizations that reproduce stigma. Campaigns should be more focused on specific institutions, organizations, and associations, and channel those messages into the culture of those entities. For example, we might target barbershops in a local community to challenge anti-gay stigma, and partner together to create a more affirming experience for black gay men in barbershops.
We also need to better understand from a research perspective, institutions that have shown ability to inspire protective factors in black gay men, and how to replicate, scale, and program those protective factors.
Social Entrepreneurship
We should find ways to develop campaigns and promotions that encourage young black gay men to offer ideas and innovations. Though it's imperative to continually develop and cultivate black gay men that can enter the HIV/AIDS and healthcare workforce, we should also identify ways to support them in leading them too. Social media has democratized information in a way that makes it possible to more efficiently and cheaply disseminate information, and also provides a vehicle for increasing the culture of social entrepreneurship among black gay men, and expanding the ranks of thought leaders in the field.
Leadership Pipelines
We must be deliberate and intentional about training the next generation of senior and executive leaders in HIV/AIDS, and particularly work to ensure continued diversity in HIV/AIDS leadership. Though I recognize that HIV/AIDS leadership might look different in the post-Affordable Care Act reality, we will still need to have leadership in HIV/AIDS and LGBT movements from diverse communities. We should be intentional about mentoring programs, executive training, and coaching to prepare young black gay men to take on some of those roles.
Intergenerational Dialogue
There must be intergenerational dialogues between younger and older black gay men. We must create spaces where stories are shared and wisdom can be passed on. This does not assume that young black gay men are lacking in insight and perspective. But we must pass on the experience of the generation of black gay men that survived the 80s, and their beautiful and heartbreaking stories -- stories of courage and resilience. Those stories of Craig Harris, Reggie Williams, Marlon Riggs, Essex Hemphill, Joseph Beam, Charles Angel, and others. It's not enough to talk about resilience in the present, without looking at the stunning brilliance and strength of those who came before us and that left the blueprint -- our own kind of "profiles in courage for black gay men." There were black gay men, often young black gay men, in the 1980s on the frontlines of HIV activism. We need these stories because a culture is most resilient when it's able to pass it stories down across generations. And though many of the greatest answers in how to grapple with HIV/AIDS will come from Public Health, not all of them will, and thus, we must look to our stories, our cultural traditions, our collective memory, to offer if not the answers, at least the language to begin to pose better questions.
The impact of HIV among young black gay men has caused suffering. Being vulnerable doesn't mean being powerless, and have your choices structured based on your social location does not suggest you have no human agency. As we think about the way forward on National HIV/AIDS Youth Awareness Day it's important to keep importance to imagine the challenge from as many angles as possible. It's also important to continue to dare to be as innovative as possible and to remember, that we are most resilient through the preservation of our culture.
Charles Stephens is the Southern Regional Organizer for AIDS United.


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I was on the first wave of the media drive for the 2015 Dodge Challenger, which included some seat time in the 707-horsepower Hellcat. I can't talk about driving impressions until Tuesday, but I can share some video that I shot for my job at Web2Carz.com.
I did some hot laps in the lower-powered variants, instead choosing to sit shotgun for the Hellcat laps. My driver was Marco Diniz de Oliveira, SRT's Vehicle Dynamics Engineer. I am an okay driver, but by no means am I prepared to get the most out of a 707-horsepower muscle car that nobody's driven yet.
On the other hand, the man who helped build the car is certainly capable of blasting around at ten tenths. Not only does it make for a better video, but also, I now have an actual idea of how capable the car is.


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Choirs from two local theological schools representing Eastern and Western Christendom will jointly present an a cappella concert titled "Magnificat: Hymns to the Mother of God from the East and West" on Monday evening, November 25, 2013, 7:30 pm, at St. Jean Baptiste Church, 184 East 76th Street, New York City. The Male Choir from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, of the Orthodox Church in America, will join with a Schola from St. Joseph's Seminary (Dunwoodie) of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, in praise of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, who holds a place of honor in both traditions.
Music selections from the Orthodox tradition for the concert will illustrate the Eastern Church's feasts dedicated to the Theotokos (Greek for "Mother of God"), while music from the Roman Catholic tradition will include time-honored hymns of laudation to the Virgin Mary, taken from ancient chant and from the classical period up until modern times, such as O Sanctissima by Beethoven (1770–1827) and Ave Maria by Biebl (1906–2001).
Tickets are $25 for general seating, and may be purchased online. Limited tickets will be available at the door one hour prior to the concert.
- the Fall 2012 visit of thirty St. Joseph seminarians and Rector The Rev. Monsignor Peter Vaccari to St. Vladimir's
- the reciprocal dinner hosted for SVOTS faculty on St. Joseph's nearby campus, on December 10, 2012


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Vatican to Catholics: Help the Holy Land
Traditional Good Friday collection, which helps restore holy places, is approaching.
The Vatican has called on Catholics around the world to give generously to the traditional Good Friday collection for the Holy Land.
"The annual Lenten journey towards the Pasch of the Lord offers a propitious occasion to sensitize the Catholic Church around the world with regard to the Holy Land by promoting relevant initiatives of prayer and fraternal charity," said Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, in a letter sent to the bishops around the world on March 1.
The annual collection goes not only towards the Church in Israel and Palestine, but also to Christians in the surrounding states of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus and Egypt. Recent political upheaval in the region is creating an uncertain future for many Christians in these lands.
It was in this part of the world, Cardinal Sandri reminded the bishops, that "the Son of God made man" traveled, "announcing the Kingdom" before going up "to the Holy City" to be crucified.
From that time, he added, "every Christian finds himself at home in that city and in that land."
Cardinal Sandri also reminded the bishops of the "unceasing request of Pope Benedict XVI that the mission of the Church in the holy places be generously supported."
Last month, the Pope told a gathering of 182 ambassadors to the Holy See of his concern "for the people of those countries where hostilities and acts of violence continue, particularly Syria and the Holy Land."
Pope Benedict also used a Sunday Angelus address to issue a "the pressing appeal to put an end to the violence ... for the common good of the whole of society and the region."
Cardinal Sandri spoke of the urgent need to support the "schools, medical assistance, critical housing, meeting places" and other such social services which the Catholic Church provides "to all, without exception," in the region.
By offering its charity to all religious groups, the Church thus helps create a form of "fraternity" which can help "overcome division and discrimination" and give "renewed impetus to ecumenical dialogue and interreligious collaboration."
As for the plight of the Christian minority in the region, "Good Friday seems more fitting than ever as a sign of the needs of both pastors and the faithful, which are bound up with the sufferings of the entire Middle East," he said.
Many of the countries in the region have witnesses a dwindling of their Christian populations in recent years due to emigration. Cardinal Sandri said this exodus is "exacerbated by the lack of peace, which tends to impoverish hope."
His comments came on the day that a report was published detailing how the money from last year's Good Friday collection was spent. The report was produced by the Custody of the Holy Land, a branch of the Franciscan order with responsibility for the holy places.
It explained how the 2011 Good Friday funds were used to restore and maintain numerous shrines, churches and convents in the Holy Land, including such places as Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Magdala and Mount Tabor.
A significant part of the proceeds were also used to fund student scholarships, to help small business, and to build houses, schools and play areas for children.
Cardinal Sandri concluded his letter with the hope that Pope Benedict's upcoming Year of Faith will be an opportunity for Christians worldwide to "restore the spiritual patrimony which we have received from these Christians' two millennia of fidelity to the truth of the faith."
This can be done, he said, through "prayer, by concrete assistance and by pilgrimages."
As for his prayer for this year's Good Friday, he asked that "around the cross of Christ, let us be conscious of being together with these brothers and sisters of ours."