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For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to make films. I went to a very small Catholic high school that had no semblance of a film program. I came to Ball State University eager to learn the filmmaking process. Before I arrived at Ball State, I had never even been close to a camera let alone a legitimate film set. I was constantly told that the only way to get involved was to meet people. This became my mantra, my code. It was engrained in my mind. I had not even arrived at school yet, and I was already consumed. I was going to focus my college life on making movies. I knew I would succeed. I did not know how hard it would be.
The first day I was here, I began making connections. I tracked down every lead on film projects like a bloodhound. I was ravenous in my endeavors. I live on the Emerging Media Living Learning Community floor, which means I live in a film community. My neighbors were interested in making movies like I was. However, my passion surpassed anyone else's. My drive could not be quelled. I began by knocking on every door in my hall, introducing myself and making connections right at the start. When I met someone, I met their friends and their friend's friends. After a week I had a web of contacts. Some were useful, and some were not. The one's who weren't, I quickly forgot.
Soon the callouts came for the different film and media clubs. I joined Cardinal Filmworks, the largest film group on campus. I surveyed the room upon entering to find the people in charge. I knew if I could get to them, I would be in. For reasons unknown, I was incredibly nervous. I am not the type of person who gets nervous when meeting new people. I waited until after the meeting to introduce myself to the president and vice president. Nervously, I shook each of their hands and quietly said my name.
Weeks went by as I attended meeting after meeting. I thought the offers would be rolling in as the weeks went by, but I was wrong. I would try to join film crew after film crew but to no avail. No one wanted a freshman with no experience. I was considered a liability, a burden. How could I prove myself or learn anything if I never had the opportunity? I thought I would be caught in an infinite loop of being rejected because of my lack of experience and never getting experience because of my rejection. My spirits fell. I didn't know what to do. I began to doubt my dreams, my ambitions, my talents, and myself.
It was now half way through the first semester. I still had no experience and had done nothing worthy of note. My family and friends were constantly asking about my progress and how many films I had made and when they could see them. I had nothing to tell them. Then one day, I was sitting at the Cardinal Filmworks meeting when I noticed a man who was obviously much older than the rest of us. After the meeting, I saw him talking to the president and vice president about getting a crew together. I acted like I was inconspicuously reading a poster so I could eavesdrop on their conversation. The man was named Ben. He was a graduate of Ball State University and was getting people together to create his film he had written and was directing. It was called Lightning in a Bottle and was set to be a full-length feature film. He spoke of sending the film to major festivals around the Midwest. My heart jumped when I heard he needed low-level crewmembers. My prayers had been answered. This is what I had been waiting for all this time. I knew I would do whatever it took to get on this crew. I approached him and asked about his film. He asked for a list of my credentials and experience and the names of any films I had worked on prior. I stammered. I had absolutely no idea what to say, so I said nothing. I
couldn't even think of a good lie. He told me that he was looking for people with more experience. I was rejected. Once again, I had been rejected because I had no experience.
I was about to give up, just call it all in. I felt like my chance would never come. I was sitting at my computer one evening when an email popped up. I opened it and began reading. It was from the president of Cardinal Filmworks. He was asking for people to help him on his camera crew for "a new film called Lightning in a Bottle." I froze. I reread the first few lines to make sure I wasn't missing something. It seemed surreal. The more I read, the faster my heart began to beat. He asked for a resume to see how experienced I was. I decided to do the only thing I could to ensure the job. I lied. I made up movies, jobs, experiences that never existed. It was wrong, but I needed to be a part of this incredible opportunity. The next day, I received another email. I hastily opened it and scanned the words for something positive. At the bottom of the missive read, "I would like you to join this project." I was elated. It was like finding the Holy Grail and El Dorado at the same time. I was basking in the glow of the email. It wasn't until minutes later that I realized the gravity of the situation. It hit me like a ton of bricks. I still had no experience. Even though I had received this email, I still had never been close to a film set. Being hired did not change the fact that I knew nothing about filmmaking.
The first day of filming quickly came. It was a cold autumn morning. I slithered out of bed at five. The air was crisp and bitter like only an autumn morning in Muncie could be, but was filled with electricity. I was more excited and more nervous than I thought I ever could be. We drove for an hour to a labyrinth of a forest in Anderson. The precision of the crew was militaristic. Everyone knew his or her specific role. It was like a finally tuned veteran orchestra and I stood out as the rookie. I stammered and tripped and dropped everything I touched. It only got worse as each minute went by. People were coming up to me and asking for help finding C-clamps, C-47s, light kits, 35mm lenses, bounce boards, balancing sheets, boom poles, dollies, and cat skins. I knew what none of those were. I was forced to stand in waist deep frozen water to set up equipment, dig holes in the mud, and move eighty pound rocks from the river all in the name of film. I had never come close to a tripod, so when the director asked me to set up his tripod, I froze. I looked at the tripod the same way a surgeon would look at an open ribcage. It was made up of three plastic legs, but it looked like it had the intricacy of a pocket watch. The sweat began to drip down my forehead. My hands began to quiver. My vision blurred. The world around me became eerily quiet. I stared at this monumental task before me. I didn't know where to begin. I picked it up and adjusted the leg clamps. The extensions slid out and locked into place. It was over. I had done it. I looked up at the sunrise with a triumphant glow.
The day only got easier. Things seemed to simply fall into place and go smoothly. The sun rose and protected the crew from the freezing November air. The shoot lasted thirteen hours. I finally made it back to my dorm, frozen, wet, bruised, battered, and exhausted. Yet I was strangely elated, satisfied in my hard days work. I woke up that morning expecting to craft an amazing film, and instead set up a tripod. I had learned something that day. It was small compared to everything else, but I did learn. And to me, that was enough. I had to lie constantly and fight constantly and work hard to get to that set so I could set up that tripod by a river in Anderson, but it was worth all of it. I knew it would take time and hard work, but eventually I would learn how to make movies and be great at what I want to do. After constant setbacks and let downs, I became confident that things would be good.


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What about the need for identity at all? Does that also dissolve? Is "Amness" closer to the truth than "I Am?"
Interesting musings Andy. As I see it, identity is purely functional - and in its own domain, necessary. Wouldn't you agree?
I like to think of it as a series of nested circles.
For instance, draw a small circle and in that write 'I am a father' (mother, brother, sister etc.) Draw a larger circle around that and in it write 'I am a man'. In a larger circle around that write I am a 'human being'...
Realisation is the recognition of the page on which these circles are drawn.
As you can see, these categories are not exclusive - one doesn't exclude the other. They are nested - each is encompassed within a wider reality. There is no duality in acknowledging a functional/practical role while being aware of true identity - these functional roles can be said to be expressions within that.
Great reply, rob x. I do like the analogy. So after realization, all those nested identities remain as facts (father, man, human) that still exist, of course. Is there an "I" left to identify with any of them? Is there an "I" left to "identify with Self/Brahman?" Does Atman become an artifact of form, and really have no agency any longer? Is "I" not a meaningful concept anymore? Is my new "identity" so nonlocal that any attempt to distill it, even into "my body" becomes a temporal dualistic manifestation and profoundly incomplete?
Not to say that the perceived uniqueness in each individual human personality is not real within the plane of relativity. Of course they are real. Ramana was not Barry Long, by any stretch! So "I" can remain as "Andy" for all sorts of interactions with "other people" and the tax man. But my claim as an absolute identity as "Andy" is provisional at best. As individual "people" we are the gamepieces for lila in maya. And vehicles for the expression of unconditional love (or worse.)
My original question, though, had to do with need. Egos need to be robust and invincible, and the egoic life is an impossible struggle to achieve that status. They are "need-driven'" fragile and paranoid. But after awakening, after realization, does anything remain that "needs" anything, really? Unmet perceived needs are a primary cause of suffering. I chatted recently with Colin Drake and he felt that there is no longer even a need for identity. Now that is freedom! Of course the DSM-V would classify it as mental illness.

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Launched in July of last year, the founders of Software Advice, Big Sky, Mont., unveiled this online construction resource to help contractors find the right software for their businesses. Providing information for software selection and implementation as well as detailed software product profiles, white papers, side-by-side comparisons, and interactive community forms, the site's premise is to connect buyers and sellers. Using a sophisticated software search capability, the site recommends products based on a visitor's industry, trade, company size, and specific functional requirements.
According to Don Fornes, founder and CEO of Software Advice, only when a match is made — when his site refers a potential customer to a participating software vendor that meets its criteria — does his firm get paid. That's why the service does not recommend one company over another. The decision to inquire about a particular product is up to the end-user.
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Master of Science in Organizational Leadership
The Master of Science in Organizational Leadership (MSOL) degree is a dynamic online program designed to prepare men and women to be leaders in military, governmental, entrepreneurial, and corporate ventures, as well as for further graduate study.
The program objectives are to provide common bodies of knowledge at an advanced level regarding:
- Organizational behavior
- Leadership and knowledge management
- Training and development and human resource issues within organizations
- Strategic knowledge and change management
- Synthesis and communication of information gleaned from data sets for decision making purposes
- Global policies and strategies
A minimum of 33 semester credit hours in approved graduate-level courses is required for the degree.
Part I – Core Classes (18 Hours)
MGMT 5703 Organizational Behavior
ORGL 5713 Leadership and Knowledge Management
MGMT 5723 Training & Development and Human Resources in the Organization
ORGL 5733 Strategic Knowledge and Change Management
ORGL 5743 Data-driven decision-making
MGMT 5803 Global Policy and Strategy
Part II – Electives/Concentration (12 Hours)
All elective graduate courses must be approved.
Part III – Capstone Experience: Research Paper Non-Thesis Option (3 Hours) or Thesis Option (6 Hours)
The student may pursue either of the following options:
ORGL 5893 Master's Project/Research Paper
Students who choose the non-thesis option will be required to pass a written comprehensive exam administered by the Department of Business.
ORGL 5991-6 Thesis
Students who choose the thesis option will not be required to complete the written comprehensive exam administered by the Department of Business.


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Part A--Grants to Students
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS-
(1) DURATION OF GRANTS- Section 402A(b)(2) (20 U.S.C. 1070a-11(b)(2)) is amended--
(A) by striking `and' at the end of subparagraph (A);
(B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting `; and'; and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:
`(C) grants under section 402H shall be awarded for a period determined by the Secretary.'.
(2) MINIMUM GRANTS- Section 402A(b)(3) is amended to read as follows:
`(3) MINIMUM GRANTS- Unless the institution or agency requests a smaller amount, individual grants under this chapter shall be no less than--
`(A) $170,000 for programs authorized by sections 402D and 402G;
`(B) $180,000 for programs authorized by sections 402B and 402F; and
`(C) $190,000 for programs authorized by sections 402C and 402E.'.
(3) PROCEDURES FOR AWARDING GRANTS AND CONTRACTS- Subsection (c) of section 402A is amended to read as follows:
`(c) PROCEDURES FOR AWARDING GRANTS AND CONTRACTS-
`(1) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS- An eligible entity that desires to receive a grant or contract under this chapter shall submit an application to the Secretary in such manner and form, and containing such information and assurances, as the Secretary may reasonably require.
`(2) PRIOR EXPERIENCE- In making grants under this chapter, the Secretary shall consider each applicant's prior experience of service delivery under the particular program for which funds are sought. The level of consideration given the factor of prior experience shall not vary from the level of consideration given such factor during fiscal years 1994 through 1997, except that grants made under section 402H shall not be given prior experience consideration.
`(B) The Secretary is not required to provide assistance to a program otherwise eligible for assistance under this chapter, if the Secretary has determined that such program has involved the fraudulent use of funds under this chapter.
`(4) PEER REVIEW PROCESS- (A) The Secretary shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, members of groups underrepresented in higher education, including African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, and Native American Pacific Islanders (including Native Hawaiians), are represented as readers of applications submitted under this chapter. The Secretary shall also ensure that persons from urban and rural backgrounds are represented as readers.
`(B) The Secretary shall ensure that each application submitted under this chapter is read by at least three readers who are not employees of the Federal Government (other than as readers of applications).
`(5) NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS- The Secretary shall not limit the number of applications submitted by an entity under any program authorized under this chapter if the additional applications describe programs serving different populations or campuses.
`(6) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS- The Secretary shall encourage coordination of programs assisted under this chapter with other programs for disadvantaged students operated by the sponsoring institution or agency, regardless of the funding source of such programs. The Secretary shall not limit an entity's eligibility to receive funds under this chapter because such entity sponsors a program similar to the program to be assisted under this chapter, regardless of the funding source of such program. The Secretary shall permit the Director of a program receiving funds under this chapter to administer one or more additional programs for disadvantaged students operated by the sponsoring institution or agency, regardless of the funding sources of such programs.
`(7) APPLICATION STATUS- The Secretary shall inform each entity operating programs under this chapter regarding the status of their application for continued funding at least 8 months prior to the expiration of the grant or contract. The Secretary, in the case of an entity that is continuing to operate a successful program under this chapter, shall ensure that the start-up date for a new grant or contract for such program immediately follows the termination of the preceding grant or contract so that no interruption of funding occurs for such successful reapplicants. The Secretary shall inform each entity requesting assistance under this chapter for a new program regarding the status of their application at least 8 months prior to the proposed startup date of such program.'.
(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- Section 402A(f) is amended by striking `$650,000,000 for fiscal year 1993' and inserting `$700,000,000 for fiscal year 1999'.
(5) WAIVER- Section 402A(g) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(4) WAIVER- The Secretary may waive the service requirements in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (3) if the Secretary determines the application of the service requirements to a veteran will defeat the purpose of a program under this chapter.'.
(b) TALENT SEARCH- Section 402B(b) (20 U.S.C. 1070a-12(b)) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
`(4) guidance on and assistance in secondary school reentry, entry to general educational development (GED) programs, other alternative education programs for secondary school dropouts, or postsecondary education;';
(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting `, or activities designed to acquaint individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds with careers in which the individuals are particularly underrepresented' before the semicolon;
(3) in paragraph (8), by striking `parents' and inserting `families'; and
(4) in paragraph (9), by inserting `or counselors' after `teachers'.
(c) UPWARD BOUND- Section 402C (20 U.S.C. 1070a-13) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking `personal counseling' and inserting `counseling and workshops';
(B) in paragraph (9)--
(i) by inserting `or counselors' after `teachers'; and
(ii) by striking `and' after the semicolon;
(C) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (12);
(D) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
`(10) work-study positions where youth participating in the project are exposed to careers requiring a postsecondary degree;
`(11) special services to enable veterans to make the transition to postsecondary education; and'; and
(E) in paragraph (12) (as redesignated by subparagraph (C)), by striking `(9)' and inserting `(11)'; and
(2) in subsection (e), by striking `and not in excess of $40 per month during the remaining period of the year.' and inserting `except that youth participating in a work-study position under subsection (b)(10) may be paid a stipend of $300 per month during June, July, and August. Youths participating in a project proposed to be carried out under any application may be paid stipends not in excess of $40 per month during the remaining period of the year.'.
(d) STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES- Paragraph (6) of section 402D(c) (20 U.S.C. 1070a-14(c)(6)) is amended to read as follows:
`(6) consider, in addition to such other criteria as the Secretary may prescribe, the institution's effort, and where applicable past history, in--
`(A) providing sufficient financial assistance to meet the full financial need of each student in the project; and
`(B) maintaining the loan burden of each such student at a manageable level.'.
(e) POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM- Section 402E(e)(1) (20 U.S.C. 1070a-15(e)(1)) is amended by striking `$2,400' and inserting `$2,800'.
(f) STAFF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES- Section 402G (20 U.S.C. 1070a-17) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting `participating in,' after `leadership personnel employed in,'; and
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:
`(4) The use of appropriate educational technology in the operation of projects assisted under this chapter.'.
(g) EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION- Section 402H (20 U.S.C. 1070a-18) is amended to read as follows:
`(a) EVALUATIONS-
`(1) IN GENERAL- For the purpose of improving the effectiveness of the programs and projects assisted under this chapter, the Secretary may make grants to or enter into contracts with institutions of higher education and other public and private institutions and organizations to evaluate the effectiveness of the programs and projects assisted under this chapter.
`(2) PRACTICES- The evaluations described in paragraph (1) shall identify institutional, community, and program or project practices that are particularly effective in enhancing the access of low-income individuals and first-generation college students to postsecondary education, the preparation of the individuals and students for postsecondary education, and the success of the individuals and students in postsecondary education. Such evaluations shall also investigate the effectiveness of alternative and innovative methods within Federal TRIO programs of increasing access to, and retention of, students in postsecondary education.
`(b) GRANTS- The Secretary may award grants to institutions of higher education or other private and public institutions and organizations, that are carrying out a program or project assisted under this chapter prior to the date of enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, to enable the institutions and organizations to expand and leverage the success of such programs or projects by working in partnership with other institutions, community-based organizations, or combinations of such institutions and organizations, that are not receiving assistance under this chapter and are serving low-income students and first generation college students, in order to--
`(1) disseminate and replicate best practices of programs or projects assisted under this chapter; and
`(2) provide technical assistance regarding programs and projects assisted under this chapter.
`(c) RESULTS- In order to improve overall program or project effectiveness, the results of evaluations and grants described in this section shall be disseminated by the Secretary to similar programs or projects assisted under this subpart, as well as other individuals concerned with postsecondary access for and retention of low-income individuals and first-generation college students.'.
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Henry Aaron
BiographyHenry Louis Aaron (born Feb. 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama) is a retired American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Aaron is best known for setting the Major League record for most home runs in a career (755), surpassing the previous mark of 714 held by Babe Ruth. Aaron also holds the career marks for runs batted in (2,297), extra base hits (1,477), total bases (6,856), and consecutive seasons with 150 or more hits (17). He won one World Series ring with the Milwaukee Braves in 1957, and the National League Most Valuable Player Award the same year. He also earned three Gold Glove Awards and made 24 All-Star appearances. On April 13, 1954, Aaron made his major league debut and went 0-for-5 against the Cincinnati Reds' Joe Nuxhall. On April 15, 1954, Aaron collected his first major league hit, a single off Cardinals pitcher Vic Raschi. Aaron hit his first Major League home run eight days later, also off Raschi. Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama. While he was born in a section of town referred to as 'Down the Bay', he spent most of his youth in Toulminville. Aaron attended Central High School as a freshman and a sophomore. There he played outfield and third base on the baseball team and helped lead his team to the Negro High School Championship both years. During this time, he also excelled in football. Aaron's last two years of high school were spent at the Josephine Allen Institute, a private high school in Alabama. Aaron was so proficient a ballplayer that he was able to play on the Pritchett Athletics, a semi-pro team, as their shortstop and third baseman. After being seen by scout Ed Scott, he then signed a contract with the Mobile Black Bears for $3 a game. His mother would not allow him to travel, so the contract was only for games played in and around the city. It was on the Black Bears that sports agent Bunny Downs found Aaron. 1
Braves Career HighlightsIn 1958 Aaron hit .326, with 30 home runs and 95 RBI. He led the Braves to another pennant, but this time they lost a seven-game Series to the Yankees. Aaron finished 3rd in the MVP race, but picked up his first Gold Glove. During the next several years, Aaron had some of his best games and best seasons as a major league player. On June 21, 1959 against the San Francisco Giants, he hit two-run home runs in the 1st, 6th and 7th innings. It was the only time in his career that he hit three home runs in a game. The feat was achieved at Seals Stadium in San Francisco against the Giants. On June 8, 1961, Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Joe Adcock and Frank Thomas became the first four players ever to hit successive home runs in a game. Aaron nearly won the triple crown in 1963. He led the league with 44 home runs and 130 RBI and finished second in batting. He became the third player to steal 30 bases and hit 30 home runs in a single season. Despite his impressive year, he again finished third in the MVP voting. The Braves moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta after the 1965 season. During his days in Atlanta, Aaron reached a number of milestones. Aaron was just the eighth player to hit 500 career home runs. At the time, Aaron was the second youngest player to reach the plateau. On July 30, 1969 Aaron hit his 537th home run. This moved him into third place on the career home run list behind Willie Mays and Babe Ruth. At the end of the season, Aaron again finished 3rd in the MVP voting. The next year Aaron reached two career milestones. On May 17, 1970 Aaron collected his 3,000th hit. This was done in a game against the Cincinnati Reds, the team he played his first ever game against. [9] He was the first player get 3,000 career hits and 500 career home runs. Also during the year Aaron established the record for most seasons with 30 or more home runs in the National League (12). On April 27, 1971 Aaron hit his 600th career home run. On July 31, Aaron hit a home run in the All-Star Game for the first time. He hit his 40th home run of the season against the Giants' Jerry Johnson on August 10. This established a National League record for most seasons with 40 or more home runs (seven). He hit 47 home runs during the season and finished third in MVP voting for the 6th time. In Atlanta, 53,775 people showed up on April 8, 1974. It was a Braves record for attendance. Aaron hit career home run 715 in the 4th inning off Los Angeles pitcher Al Downing. The ball landed in the Braves bullpen where reliever Tom House caught it. While cannons were fired in celebration, two college students ran alongside Aaron around the base paths. Aaron's mother ran onto the field as well. A few months later, on October 2, 1974, Aaron hit his 733rd and final home run as a Brave. Led League in BA 1956, 1959
Led League in HR 1957, 1963, 1966-67
Led League in RBI 1957, 1960, 1963, 1966
All-Star in 1954-76
Most Valuable Player Award in 1957
Gold Glove in 1958-60
Hall Of Fame in 1982
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- In 1752 a part of Johnston County was taken to form Orange County
- In 1758 the eastern part of Johnston became Dobbs County
- In 1770 a part of Johnston County was taken to form Wake County
- In 1855 a part of Johnston County was taken to form Wilson County
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Hi all--my new post is up. You can read it here: Debates with Theists
Quick summary: The punt to "god did it" signifies the end of the debate.
Thanks all,
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Thank for the comment Christopher. I agree with you completely. One of the most frustrating parts of debating theists is their insistence that the atheist be expert on everything...one question that we cannot personally answer, often seems to validate their entire claim. It is nonsensical to me.
Very articulate. It is very difficult discussing faith based arguments because as you put, they point out an area of lack of knowledge, which then justifies their faith. Thanks
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Sunday Sweets: Beatle Mania
Today's sweets are a tribute to the Greatest Band in the History of the World:
No, wait, that's not it.
ACE of BASE!
Whoops, that's not it either. Oh, I see the problem. Looks like I was in my "Guiltiest Pleasures in the History of the World" playlist. Ok, here we go. Presenting the Greatest Band in the History of the World:
Made by Luckey Cakes
So hop in your yellow submarine and come together (Ha! See what I did there?) to enjoy these sweet treats featuring the Fab Four.
And here they are now, playing their fondant hearts out for Sam's Bar Mitzvah.
Sub'd by Amy G. and made by Sweet Talk Cakes
So much detail here, right down to Paul's left-handedness. Pretty sure the lights aren't edible, but they make for a cool effect. Honestly, it would be so wrong to eat any of this cake. Let it be!
I don't know what type of event could have possibly necessitated an "I Am The Walrus" cake, but I do know that I would like to be invited next time.
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When you saw this cake, were the next words that entered your head 'goo goo g'joob?' I bet they were. (Or 'koo koo ka choo,' if you're like me and have been saying it wrong your whole life.)
How sweet are the little hearts floating out of the top of this cake?
I think this cake is an homage to the Cirque du Soleil show Love, which is an homage to the musical legacy of the Beatles. So it's an homage to an homage. Of cuteness.
I'm blown away by the album art on this cake. I spy Abbey Road and Revolver, but there may be more in there.
What talent! Don't feel bad if you can't recreate something like this yourself. Next time you make a cake, just frost it with plain old vanilla icing and tell your friends it's the cover of the ninth Beatles' album, "The Beatles." Everyone will be totally impressed.
Check out the awesomeness happening all over this Beatles wedding cake. When the groom proposed to his bride-to-be, rumor has it he knelt down on one knee and gently whispered the words, "I want to hold your hand ... forever."
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I just made that up. But I bet that's how it happened.
You know what would have been even better than giving Kath this Beatle-themed cake on her 60th birthday?
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Waiting four more years, duh.
And now, for the younger fans, meet "The Rattles." Way cooler than your standard baby-rattle shower cake.
Sub'd by Reed and made by Kimberly Chapman.
I'm dying to know the rest of the rat-bands on this cake. Simon and Ratfunkle? Fleetwood Mouse? Bob Vermin? The Rodent Stones?
Here's another kiddie Beatles-themed cake:
Sub'd by Allison P. and made by Sweet Lady Jane
Because you're never too young to start being cooler than your friends. "Oh what's that, Tommy? You've never heard of The Beatles? Pssh, they're only like, the coolest rock n' roll band of all time. Pass me my sippy."
As you can see, a lot of today's cakes were inspired by The Beatles' Yellow Submarine film and album art.
Something about psychedelic pop-art in fondant form is too fun to resist. Isn't this one a dream? It's like a carousel for my eyes!
You can't buy me love: False. Because you can buy me this cake, and that's practically the same thing.
Sub'd by Rachel S. and made by Carla Ikeda
So pretty! I lovity-mclove it. All the happy colors and layers and layers of kaleidoscopic embellishments, it practically makes me want to break out in song. (I won't, but if I did, I would pick "Here Comes the Sun," that's my very favorite! What's yours?)
In conclusion, if The Beatles taught us one thing, it's this: All You Need is Love. Either that, or Love Is All You Need. I can never remember which.
Sub'd by Julia G. and made by choccywoccydoodah
Love, of course, and cake.
Have a Sweet to share? Then send it to Sunday Sweets [at] Cake Wrecks [dot] com!
And if you're looking for a Sweets baker in your area, check out our Sunday Sweets Directory for a listing of every pro baker we've ever featured on CW, listed by country and state.


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This is under Official Servers Ingame
We have a small base in this server and a few tames so far we haven't gotten very far with this expansion
These Servers can Be Found Under Official Legacy Servers
we are on 2 servers on the same cluster.
This Server was chosen because it was on a list of servers at survivetheark.com that stated it is a safe server to build your base on as it would not go down or be deprecated.
Here we have a our large main base with a closed in water pen, many resources and items, tames and is set up for breeding and gardening.
Some Expansion is currently being implemented to our base. other players are friendly and we have made a few allies here.
Server Info: this particular server is capped quite often and the extreme large bases around cause lag when approaching them. we are here because it is what i consider to be a safe server to build on that wont be deprecated
This is the Island and is on the same cluster as Ragnarok14
I have Had very little lag on this server nice smooth online game play.
we recently just went here so we can breed more animals and tale them back to Ragnarok when its not capped.
here i have built another large base it is being setup for breeding and everything too plenty of room to expand, people are friendly.
My Goal is to unlock all achievements including tame everything and beet the bosses and win the game.. I came here because the island is the map that came with the game that i have never really played as i started on scorched earth.
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Looking for Jones' Hollingbourne Kent, New Zealand and Australia detail 1874-84
From 1841 and 1851 census JAMES & MARY Jones and young family resided at 57 Eyehorne Street, Hollingbourne, Kent. Two of their sons THOMAS HENRY and CHARLES Jones, emmigrated to NZ on 'Atrato' in 1874,to Chch
THOMAS HENRY was born 1840 and CHARLES 1844, Mary was a Bennett.
Any info on James and Mary's borebears appreciated. James was born Canterbury, Kent in 1804 and father probably THOMAS Jones.
In 1871 UK census in Kent I found Charles, wife Louisa (Easterby) and child Jane. Unable to find Thomas Henry Jones, wife Sarah (Sales) and 4 children in this same census. Any assistance appreciated.
Have found Thomas Henry and family on 1881 electoral roll Sumner,Chch
They were in Sydney for birth of their last child in 1884. As Thomas H
is my g.grandfather, I'm researching family's NZ activities 1874-83/4.
Particularly, I'm trying to find NZ to Aust shipping passenger list and any NZ land records. Any assistance appreciated.
Charles Jones remained in NZ and he and wife Louisa died in Masterton
I have found a record of one son born N.Z., James Robert Jones b.1880.
I have found no record of Kent born daughter Jane after 1874 arrival.
I will reasearch James Robert JONES birth, marriage and any family & Kent born Jane in NZ. Likewise any assistance much appreciated.
I'm Australian but work bought me to NZ many years ago. Await help :)
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Piano Sonata No. 3; Nocturnes; Mazurkas; Cello Sonata etc
Maria Joao Pires (piano), Pavel Gomziakov (cello)
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'Wonderful Chopin-playing where you feel you're listening to the music rather than to the pianist' Tim Parry
A full review plus star ratings will be published in our August 2009 issue
Audio clip: Chopin: Nocturne in E major, Op. 62
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That thing on the front of the Xbox One? That's a sticker. You can take it off. Some of you right now are wondering why this needs to be said. Others of you, well, you're not alone. A lot of people haven't taken this sticker off their Xbox One for some reason.
Search for Xbox One on Instagram and you can see it yourself. Just in the last two hours, we've got these:
There are many, many more.
Why are so many people keeping this sticker on their console?
1) They think the console looks a bit naked without it.
2) They think it's cool to keep the stickers on. You know, like some people do with baseball hats. As seen here, for example, via The Sartorialist:
3) They don't realise it's a sticker.
Whatever the reason may be, it's ok to remove it. Really. It's not like one of those mattress tags. And, really, how many times can you read the same warning, no matter how many languages it's in?
Just trying to be helpful.
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Saturday, August 27, 2011
The Mad Men® Collection at Banana Republic
Donna discuses The Mad Men® Collection at Banana Republic
Rated 5 stars
Review Summary: Beautiful Tailoring
Comment: What a beautiful jacket! I'd looked forward to seeing the collection in person but feared it may be too "costumey". This isn't the case as the collection contains wearable 60's inspired peices with a modern edge. This jacket is one of the standout peices. It is beautifully tailored with wonderful detailing at the collar and in the back. The cut accentuates the waist. I've been playing with the collar and have found different ways of waering it which will make it even more versatile. (In the store I was in skinny jeans and ballet flats and it looked great.) The fabric is lighter than expected and very soft. This is a peice that must be tried on as it looks rather ordinary on the hanger, but once it contours to the body it looks amazing! I wear vintage clothing because of it's timelessness and classic lines. I see myself wearing this vintage inspired jacket for years to come.
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The new film addresses Queen Elizabeth and Marilyn Monroe's real-life connection
What happened when Queen Elizabeth met Marilyn Monroe?
Even the Queen herself is interested in seeing that moment played out on the big screen: She plans to host a showing at the palace of the upcoming film My Week With Marilyn, starring Michelle Williams, a source tells PEOPLE.
In the film, Williams channels the sultry star, portraying Monroe as she was during a brief period in the summer of 1956, when the actress was in the U.K. filming The Prince and the Showgirl. It was during that time that Monroe met the Queen.
The Weinstein Company, which produced the film but would not confirm the Queen's screening, received rare permission to film inside Windsor Castle – not surprising considering the Queen reacted favorably to another of their movies, the Oscar-winning The King's Speech.
One big question remains, however: Whether the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William will attend the showing.


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Niko goes to meet Brucie at his apartment for his 2nd mission with him. Brucie tells you that Lyle Rivas left his car in an alley and it's worth stealing. Niko asks if any risk are involved but Brucie replies, "Easy as can be".
Head over to the location indicated and you'll find Lyle's car in a nearby lot. Once you get in the car, some thugs will pull up on every side of you and start shooting at you. One option is driving to Brucie's at a high speed. There is one behind you, one to the side and one car at the end of the alley where you pull out of. As soon as you drive off, two cars will drive after you and attack with firearms. Drive as fast and evasively as you can. If your vehicle is damaged, you will have to use Pay 'n' Spray which will be free, if you haven't used it before.
A better option, if you have a gun (especially a sub-machine gun), is to eliminate the enemies. Aim from inside your vehicle and shoot them. One car is behind yours, one is down the alley on the right side of your car, and another is at the end of the alley in front of your car. Try to minimize exposure to enemy fire, and watch for cops.
If grenades are unlocked at this point use them, They are very good weapons, But also molotovs are useful in flatening the enemy's tires which makes it harder for them to chase you.
Two of Lyle Rivas' friends shooting at Niko Bellic (inside Lyle's car).
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Based on a conservative average of
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We Make the Baskets
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Even if you have never been involved in a gifting business before, you will find the training provided to be easy to understand and simple to follow and implement. All the work has been done for you. You just access the tools and go for it! Everything has been prepared for you. All you do is follow our simple marketing guidelines for creating a profitable gift basket business.
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• You handle the sales and marketing.
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Walk through a hotel lobby or office building and you will see gift baskets. One single corporate account can generate you a nice income.
Giving a gift in a basket or in a useful container can set it apart as a special and thoughtful present. Whether you work full-time or part-time, the potential for finding clients for a gift basket business is unlimited and we will teach you how to to become a gift basket expert. People (even local businesses) purchase gifts for their friends , their employees and loved ones for so many reasons throughout the year... birthdays, anniversaries, gift baskets for new babies, for times of sorrow, promotions, Christmas, Graduation, New home, get well and special events throughout the year.
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This is your business and you own it. You are the boss and the CEO of your comany. You work when you want to to work and you can build a large gifting business that belongs to you and your family.
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This month, they are giving you the opportunity to get a 7 day jump start with unlimited access. The 7 day jump start program is free. They only have a small activation fee of $1.97.
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We look forward to working with you & helping you generate a nice income from home!
Any questions please email me or call me anytime!
Yours to count on always
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1 20 20 600 $7,200.00
3 20 60 1,800 $21,600.00
5 20 100 3,000 $36,00.00
20 20 400 12,000 $144,000.00
30 20 600 18,000 $216,000.00
40 20 800 24,000 $288,000.00
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Ace of Base had it coming...
Not half a dozen years ago, the non-revelation that a male American Idol contestant had come from the land of a capella was enough to make Simon Cowell openly mock him on live television. Never mind that American Idol itself was already a pretty dorky way to jump-start a life on stage, somebody had to be kicked down to the bottom of the music careerism dogpile. Tough luck, a capella kids. You'd always have "Don't Worry, Be Happy."
And then came that moment on Glee when an all-boy a capella team re-presented Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" as both a fantasy of same-sex puppy love and as breaking news for the uninitiated about the Right Now thing that a capella could be. It was not only the most open, affectionate, moving moment that the chaotic, undisciplined TV show will probably ever produce, but it was also musically fresh, announcing that a gang of human voices could precisely mimic the way technology alters, filters and warps the human voice for contemporary pop songs.
So now Beca (Anna Kendrick) arrives on a college campus. She's a DJ. She's blasting her own remix of Azealia Banks's "212" in her headphones, a perfectly genre-busting, gauntlet-throwing inclusion from the film's music supervisor. Beca has no intention of singing with any embarrassing, prim, a capella choir, which is exactly what The Bellas are, an all-female group so boring and uncool that their dictatorial leader Aubrey (Anna Camp) literally throws up on herself while singing a coy arrangement of "The Sign" by Ace of Base. They're the mainstream movie version of Greta Gerwig's mini-gang of chastely weird, suicide prevention obsessives seen in this year's arthouse oddity Damsels in Distress. Of course, The Bellas need Beca to shake them up.
They also need the sexually brash, Adele-voiced, extreme confidence of "Fat Amy" (Rebel Wilson), whispery freak Lilly (Hana Mae Lee) and mysterious, handsy lesbian Cynthia Rose (Ester Dean) to help push them past mediocrity and into serious competition with the egocentric male a capella crew, The Treble Makers. If you doubt for a second that this happens, or that Beca fails to fall in love with the least obnoxious, most sincere guy from that group (Spring Awakening's Skylar Astin), then you haven't seen Bring It On enough times.
And that's the movie's biggest pleasure: it takes the underdog-team-turned-champions equation and plugs in smart comedic and musical variables so that you don't mind watching it all over again. It abandons the grim, job-training reality of college life for the version most likely imagined by tweens who grew up memorizing every minute of High School Musical. It allows "No Diggity" a left-field resurrection as a fastidious, Caucasian-girl sex anthem. It pushes Rebel Wilson out of the box as the next Zach Galifianakis. And most importantly for the people with a bigger stake in it than most audience members, it takes a capella off the no-fly list of acceptable personal hobbies. Simon Cowell will still find mean stuff to say about you. You just won't care anymore.
66 out of 100 Metascore®
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They can be used, only placed in adjacent room away from the home cinema and all the cables leading from amplifiers to the home cinema. Therefore no fan noise would be heard, just as if it was a cinema, all the equipment is isolated. But even if you stack amplifiers that dont have any cooling fans, they would still produce a mild transforming humming sound, and that would drive my nuts.
I bought the new Crown 802D - 500wts x 2 into 8 ohms. Price = 500 clams.
I have not installed it yet, but I did take the cover off to view the internals. There are 20 output transistors mounted on heat sinks, some massive caps and a huge and low profile round heavy copper coil power transformer. ...one large old-style circut board contains some typical electronics - resistors, etc.
There are no micro chips that are visible from the top.
The unit weighs 29 pounds.
Anyway, I assume this is not a G series amp.
I'll post some listening comments about its performace next week, I suppose.
Like everything else these days; Made in China. NTTAWWT, they do a great Olympics: Only one dead American and they made a 9-year-old sing backstage while another child lip-synced because her face was prettier than the singer's.
It's DJ amp. Are you using it for subs? Looks great. Let us know what you think.
Nooo, but I did see that ad on Fleabay and was going to bid but figured it would eventlually go for 4 - 5 hundred, so I was surprised at the final price of 2 hundred and change! Live and learn.
If you have not been fleased on FleaBay, you have not lived!
Anyway, I found many consumer reviews of this amp written by folks who use them in their HTs. The reviews have been very favorable, so I will hope for the best. No reviews I saw discussed cooling fan noise, however so I'm hoping the wind mills only kick in when the amp is driven hard.
The input connections on the Crown are causing me some pain - 3 pin mic jacks which will plug into my Onkyo using standard RCA jacks. I need to slice and solder the wires, so this will take some time.
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OK, so I have had the Crown XLS 802D for a few days now. It is connected to the front channels and is being driven by an 805 Onkyo 7.1 receiver (rated at 130 watts x 7) through its front pre-amp out termninals.
I have listened to several music DVDs in 5.1, 7.1 & 2 channel stereo, movies and digital cable TV.
The two front speakers are JBL 3-way (2226h 15" woofer, 2426h, 1 inch compression driver, and 2504 slot tweeters.) My rear channels and surrounds are JBL 12" studio monitors. My center channel is an Altec 902 compression driver with two "Kliphorn" 5 inch cone drivers crossed at 800 hz.
My thoughts on the Crown amp as compared with the sound from the Onkyo integrated receiver follow:
1. The sound from the two Crown cooling fans is VERY loud. So loud, I disconnected the fans for the test. The amp, including the internal heat sink fins are running cool to the touch without forced cooling. At this point, I assume my alternatives are to (1) install a pot to regulate the factory fans, (2) install a thin quiet external fan similar to the one I am using on the receiver, (3) go without forced air cooling.
2. The Onkyo pre amp output signial is not capable of driving the 500 watt x 2 amp (8 ohm load) into clipping which is indicated on the Crown front pannel with LEDs.
3. The amp is capable of driving the speakers to very high SPLs in a moderate sized room. Again, with the pre amp cranked to the max, it is not possible to drive the amp to the point of clipping.
4. The bass is deep and convincing on every source. In this regard, I do not rate it as better than the Onkyo, however, and I am surprised at this finding since Crown amps have had a reputation for strong bass.
5. The mid and high frequency source material is where I am recognizing the most contrast compared with the integrated amp. I am able to hear material on well known DVDs, for example, that was not reproduced with the Onkyo. The headroom seems endless and the dynamics between the softest and loudest passages is impressive.
In all fairness, the test would be better after a few weeks of comparision, so I may add some additional comments latter.
I doubt you're using anywhere near the rated output of your new Crown, but it might not be the best match for your front-end and the fans want to be in another room, or closet. Cheap power is what you bought. I suspect you would have been happier with a nice used PS-400. Even re-certified by Crown it wouldn't have cost you as much.
???? You have never seen a Female/Female plug to patch two cords together?? It's an easy way to add an unbalanced XLR plug to an existing cable.I've never heard of an RCA female or male.....they're kinda both.
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Painted Red is a Cell of a Play
Painted Red ran at the Shelter Studio 54 until April 27th. This writer saw it only days before its close. I am sure some of you heard about the heroine in the play but I can imagine many more of you know nothing about Henrietta Lacks whose living cells was a panacea for the world of medicine in this true life tale.
"Painted Red" tells the story of Lacks as her life progressed from the Tobacco farm to Baltimore, Md., where the family moved in hopes of seeing better times. Tara Taylor does a fine job portraying Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman who was the unwitting source of what became known as the HeLa cell line. Since John Hopkins was Lacks only choice of a nearby hospital that accepted people of color in the 1950s, Henrietta went there after falling ill. Dr. Gey (Alan Thurston) discovered a lump in her cervix and cut off a small part of the tumor forwarding it to the pathology lab. The prognosis was that Henrietta had a malignant epidermoid carcinoma of the cervix. This was bad news for the mother of 5.
Painted Red was written and directed by Cynthia Stephens and most of the supporting cast played multiple characters, so I will list the Painted Red cast herewith: Michael Broadhurst, Jeff Burchfield, John Cannon, Jeffrey Allen Desalu, Jamyl Dobson, Milton Elliott, Kevin Gordon, Tiffany Nichole Greene, Deaon Griffin-Pressley, Sahirah Johnson, Ro Milner, Liz Morgan, Waleed Richardson, Tony Robinson and Rocky Friedman Vargas.
Lacks received treatment for her cancer via sewn in place radium tube inserts that were removed several days later. Henrietta was released from the hospital and told to return for X-ray treatments as a follow-up. During her radiation treatments for the tumor, two samples of Henrietta's cervix were removed—a healthy part and a cancerous part. This was done unbeknownst to Lacks and without her permission. Cells from her cervix were given to Dr. George Otto Gey. These cells eventually became the HeLa (initials taken from her first and last name) immortal cell line, a commonly used cell line in biomedical research.
Henrietta's condition worsened, making traveling to her appointments a hardship, so Henrietta asked to be admitted to the hospital where she remained until her death. The cancer had spread throughout her body and Henrietta was in significant pain, unable to even make it to the window to view her family standing below. To add insult to injury the doctors discovered Henrietta had developed gonorrhea, a venereal disease passed on to her by her husband. Meanwhile, the doctors secretly continued to experiment on Ms. Lacks keeping it secret from her family. Realizing her impending death, Henrietta begged her family and friends to protect and care for her children. In the play, Painted Red, family and friends did agree to care for Henrietta's children but sadly after Henrietta's death, it would be her very family who would abuse and prey on her children.
Henrietta Lacks' died at age 31 of uremic poisoning leaving her husband and children devastated. After her death, her family continued to struggle unaware that Henrietta's immortal cells lived on and were being cloned and utilized by doctors throughout the world, netting huge profits for John Hopkins and medical science.
While conducting research in his lab, George Gey, discovered that Henrietta's cells were unlike other cells. Hers did something scientists had never seen before: They remained alive and grew, which was miraculous for doctors who ordinarily could not keep cells alive past a few days. Gey isolated a cell from Henrietta, duplicated it and started a cell line. Henrietta's cells were the first immortal cell line, so doctors were able to conduct multiple experiments such as polio research wherein in 1954, Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for polio. The cells were put into mass production in the first ever cell production factory.
HeLa cells have been used in a variety of tests such as human sensitivity to cosmetics, glue, tape and other products. Scientists have grown some 20 tons of Lack's cells. There are nearly 11,000 patents involving HeLa cells. The HeLa cells have also been beneficial to HIV-AIDS Research.
In 1973, the Lack's family discovered John Hopkins' deception when a scientist called to ask for blood samples from the family as part of a genetic experiment. For the last 40 years, researchers continued to cultivate millions, maybe billions of Lacks' cells, while her family sought information, to gain a portion of the proceeds and control of Lack's cell line. At last knowledge, the National Institutes of Health worked out an agreement to give partial control and return of the cell line, but no compensation to the family. However, the medical establishment must now get permission from the family for further use of Henrietta Lacks' cell line.
For further information about the life of Henrietta Lacks, interested parties can read "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" written by Rebecca Skloot. I do not know if the playwright and producers of "Painted Red" will again present the show at another time, but if so, please go see it. It's a turn in the pages of African American history well worth discovering and rediscovering.
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As part of Anti-Bullying Month, TV Licensing is launching a campaign to tackle the increasing problem of verbal and physical attacks on its enquiry officers who visit unlicensed properties.
Attacks on TV Licensing enquiry officers have more than doubled in the last year. In the last financial year, 89 enquiry officers were victims of physical assaults by members of the public. This is up from 37 in the previous year and included several instances in which staff were admitted to hospital.
In total, 360 enquiry officers faced physical and verbal assaults in the last financial year, including attacks across Northern Ireland.
Many officers have had death threats made to them after knocking on doors, while others have been punched and spat at, had TVs thrown at them and also been filmed whilst being abused, with clips posted on YouTube.
In a shocking incident in Northern Ireland, an officer said: "I've been in the job 20 years. Even after 20 years the job is different every day and it never fails to surprise me.
"Last July I was assaulted. I was punched in the face by the occupier, followed back to my car where he tried to smash the car window, then followed me for five miles.
"There's nothing I can personally do to prevent videos being uploaded to YouTube, though it is unpleasant when they are edited and only show one side of the conversation."
Colin Jones, TV Licensing Field Operations Director, said, "The threats our officers can receive when they are just trying to carry out their role is completely unacceptable. Those who attack them seem to forget they are human beings.
"They do a great job, remaining professional and courteous in sometimes very challenging circumstances and we do everything we can to support them. This includes reporting serious threats and abuse to the police."
Supporting the campaign is the Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association.
NIIRTA Chief Executive, Glyn Roberts, said: "We at the Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association condemn these despicable attacks on the enquiry officers who work on behalf of TV Licensing.
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What Is Your Team Worth?
Never mind for a moment which college-football team is No. 1 on the field. Is Texas losing its grip on being No. 1 at the bank?
According to an annual analysis of the values of college-football programs, Texas remains the most valuable team in the sport. But the gap is narrowing: The Longhorns—whose 2011-12 valuation is $761.7 million—now are only slightly ahead of Michigan ($731.9 million).
Ryan Brewer, an assistant professor of finance at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus, calculated the intrinsic valuations for 115 of the teams in the top-tier Football Bowl Subdivision. Among other factors, the study looked at each program's revenues and expenses and made cash-flow adjustments, risk assessments and growth projections for each school. The resulting figures represent what the teams might fetch if they could be bought and sold like pro franchises. (As a point of reference, the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars sold in late 2011 for about $760 million.)
Texas still generates the most revenue in college football, but Michigan's valuation surged 18% over the year before because of improved cash flow, Brewer said. Texas' valuation fell by 5%. As for Monday night's title-game combatants: Notre Dame ranked fourth in the financial study ($597.4 million); Alabama was eighth ($476.0 million).
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The flag football season ended for both East Gadsden and West Gadsden after the regular season.
Flag football for Florida High School Athletic Association member schools is composed of only two classifications for for the entire state of public, private and charter schools that have a team.
The Munroe baseball team picked up momentum heading into their 2A-District 1 tournament this week. The Bobcats won three games last week with wins over Wewahitchka, Altha and Ponce de Leon.
The Bobcats took the lead late in the game in an 11-8 victory over Wewahitchka on Tuesday. The game was tied at seven with Munroe batting in the bottom of the fifth when Matthew Salters doubled, driving in two runs.
The Munroe baseball team picked up a win over Altha, had good showing against the area's hottest team, Wakulla Christian last week, and lost in ten run rule to John Paul II Catholic.
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Munroe blew out Altha 11-3 on Tuesday. Altha took an early lead in the second inning off a fielder's choice, scoring one run.
In the bottom of the third inning, Munroe tied things up at three. A wild pitch scored one run for Munroe.
With neither Munroe nor Tallavana Christian fielding a softball team, and East Gadsden's team not finishing out the season, that leaves only one softball team in the county remaining. The West Gadsden Lady Panthers participated this week in their 1A District 4 tournament played at Franklin County. Other schools comprising are Dean Bozeman, Liberty County and Vernon.
Prior to playing 1A Wewahitchka, the Munroe Bobcats were winless against competition ranging from 3A to 7A. With their first spring break game scheduled against John Paul II cancelled due to weather, the Bobcats travelled to Wewahitchka on Tuesday of last week. This day the team and coaching staff left with a 19-13 win and a smile.
Spring break put an abrupt halt to the steady progress local spring sports teams had gained for several weeks.
Teams will pick back up this week and start again this week. Upcoming contests for our county sports teams are:
West Gadsden will take on Vernon in a doubleheader on Thursday and then play at East Gadsden on Friday. East Gadsden will have played two games prior to facing the Panthers. They opened up their week with Rickards on Monday and then FAMU on Wednesday.
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Memo to Democrats: This is what happens when you pass a law where you can't fix simple drafting errors.
Within hours of each other, two federal courts reached exactly opposite conclusions Tuesday about whether the vague wording of Obamacare allows people to get subsidies through the federal health insurance exchange. One said, sorry, that's not what the law says. The other said, sure, they can get the subsidies — the Obama administration has the power to do that.
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The conflicting rulings were another wake-up call for Democrats about the fragility of the health care law — and a reminder that whenever they think a lawsuit is no threat to the law, it's probably a threat to the law.
It's all because of what most Democrats insist is a drafting error in the law, but it's kind of a big one. The federal health insurance marketplace is now serving 36 states that couldn't or wouldn't set up their own exchanges.
( Also on POLITICO: GOP: Ruling an Obamacare 'repudiation')
And now that the two courts have issued conflicting rulings, the odds are higher that the Supreme Court may have to settle the question — once again putting the fate of a major part of the law before the high court.
There's no guarantee that the Supreme Court would take up the issue. But if it does, it's not at all certain that the justices would allow the subsidies to keep flowing in the federal exchange. If it doesn't, that could jeopardize the coverage for more than 7.3 million low- and middle-income people who would need those subsidies to be able to afford Obamacare coverage. Yes, the court upheld most of Obamacare in 2012 — but that was a different set of legal questions.
The split decision in the courts Tuesday is "the classic formula for a Supreme Court review, maybe on a fast track," said William Galston, a domestic policy expert at the Brookings Institution.
It's a lesson, some health care experts say, in why President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats took their chances in 2010 when they passed the Affordable Care Act using a special procedure called budget reconciliation. That allowed the Senate to pass the bill with just 51 votes, because they couldn't get 60 votes after Republican Scott Brown was elected to fill Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in Massachusetts.
( Also on POLITICO: DOJ to appeal 'incorrect' Halbig ruling)
But it didn't allow Congress to fix simple wording mistakes in the law — an earlier version of which had squeaked through the Senate with GOP support in late 2009. The rules allowed only limited changes with a clear budget impact. It's a bit like the college student who slaps together a rough draft of a term paper, expecting to clean it up before it's handed in, only to find suddenly time is up.
The sloppy language stayed — and it came back to bite the Democrats on Tuesday.
"When you pass a bill by any means necessary, you can fix a lot, but you can't fix everything," said Thomas Miller, a health care expert at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. "The staff writes it late at night. It's never reconciled … and they say, 'Oh well, we'll fix it after it's passed.'"
The Obama administration and congressional Democrats insist they still have the stronger legal hand in the long run. "We are confident in the legal position that we have," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said during a briefing after the first ruling. "It is pretty obvious what the congressional intent was."
( Also on POLITICO: Wild day for Obamacare: Appeals court rulings conflict)
Supporters of the ACA — from academics and legal experts to Democrats on Capitol Hill — have long downplayed the law's legal challenges, accusing the plaintiffs of trying to kill the law for partisan reasons. But some of those challenges have been successful. The most vivid example was the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision last month, when the high court ruled that the administration overreached by mandating that most employers provide contraception even if they had religious objections.
And in 2012, the court ruled the law's Medicaid expansion had to be optional for states. But in that same decision the Supreme Court did uphold the individual mandate — a victory that makes the law's supporters confident that the subsidies will survive, too.
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The latest legal threat to Obamacare comes from a basic mistake in the wording — that 2009 drafting error. The law encourages states to set up their own health insurance marketplaces, but it also creates a federal marketplace as a fallback.
Yet the section on health insurance subsidies says they can be paid to anyone who signs up for coverage in "an Exchange established by the State." It doesn't say anything about the federal exchange.


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As public fury mounted Thursday along with the casualty toll in what officials were describing as Turkey's deadliest mine accident, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan found himself on the defensive in the wake of a seemingly tone-deaf response to the disaster.
The number of confirmed dead rose to 282, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported, citing Energy Minister Taner Yildiz. Outside the town of Soma in western Turkey, the families of miners still missing kept a grief-suffused vigil, even as prospects dimmed for finding any survivors.
A major labor confederation called a strike in response to the disaster, and Turks again took to the streets Thursday to protest safety lapses in the mine complex.
Yildiz said that as of Thursday morning, no one had been found alive for the past 12 hours. About 150 miners were still unaccounted for. Throughout the day Wednesday, relatives and other onlookers sobbed or looked on numbly as one body after another was borne up out of the depths.
On Thursday, the pace of recovery slowed as rescuers sought to penetrate more remote areas of the maze of tunnels. Harrowing stories emerged of the miners' desperate attempts to survive.
Fourteen miners who initially survived found shelter in an underground "refuge room," but there was not enough oxygen for them, rescuers told the Hurriyet newspaper. All 14 died after apparently passing the insufficient oxygen tanks among themselves, the report said.
With a round of funerals now underway, the government has declared three days of mourning for the victims of the catastrophic underground fire, which broke out Tuesday afternoon and was thought to have been sparked by an explosion in a power distribution unit.
Yildiz told reporters Thursday morning that the fire had still not been extinguished, and said most of the deaths were due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
The disaster cast a spotlight on harsh and dangerous working conditions endured by miners in Turkey, and raised troubling questions as to whether cozy relationships between mine owners and the government had quashed stricter safety standards. Two weeks ago, Erdogan's Justice and Development Party, known by its Turkish initials AKP, had rejected calls for a parliamentary probe of safety practices in the Soma mines.
Angry demonstrations flared for a second day Thursday in cities including Istanbul, Turkey's largest city; the capital, Ankara; and the coastal city of Izmir, near Soma. Police fired tear gas and water cannons to try to contain the protests.
On a visit Wednesday to Soma, Erdogan, under police protection, was heckled by a hostile crowd, and a widely circulated photo showed a man identified as a senior Erdogan aide kicking a prone demonstrator.
The mine tragedy could carry damaging political repercussions for the prime minister, who is thought to be positioning himself for a presidential run in August.
Erdogan has promised a thorough investigation of the accident, but drew criticism for comments Wednesday in which he invoked mine disasters in other countries, some of them more than a century earlier, and said such accidents were "the nature of the work."
President Abdullah Gul, Erdogan's AKP colleague who was once a close political ally, received a far less hostile welcome when he visited the site on Thursday. "I feel the pain of all of you," he told rescuers and relatives, urging Turks to pull together in the face of a national tragedy.
But the government probably faces tough scrutiny of its role.
"The government and the ruling party ... ignored the warnings about the Soma mines," Murat Yetkin wrote in a commentary for Thursday's editions of the Hurriyet newspaper. The miners, he said, "paid the price with their lives."
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