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KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Maybe, just maybe, Rory McIlroy is finally ready for the throne.
There isn't another major championship on the horizon for the next eight months, so there is plenty of time for debate, but the Age of McIlroy may have finally begun. Sorry, Tiger, you knew this day coming.
Northern Ireland's McIlroy, 23, is the winner of the 94th PGA Championship here at the Ocean Course on Kiawah Island. He won in a rout, shooting 13-under 275 to beat runner-up David Lynn by a record eight shots in a victory reminiscent of McIlroy's first major championship, an eight-shot win at the 2011 U.S. Open.
"To sit up here and see this trophy and call myself a multiple major champion, I know I've talked about it in the past, and not many people have done it," McIlroy said. "I'm very privileged to join such an elite list of names."
Golf has been waiting for a new king ever since Tiger Woods assumed the throne with that Masters win for the ages in 1997. The rush to judgment began last year when McIlroy romped past the U.S. Open field at Congressional, where the course was soft and slow and not much tougher than a regular PGA Tour stop. Still, McIlroy torched Tiger Woods's U.S. Open scoring record of 12 under par by shooting 16 under. Sixteen!
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Now he's gone and knocked off the PGA Championship margin-of-victory record, set when Jack Nicklaus won by seven at Oak Hill in 1980. Is this kid — and I'm using that term loosely — any good? Yes. He's already brushing shoulders with legends. A better question may be, is this kid as good as you-know-who?
"It's tough to say that Rory is a Tiger Woods-type player," said former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell, a fellow Northern Ireland native. "Tiger is a once-in-a-lifetime player. Rory is at least a once-in-a-decade player. He's that good. I've been saying it for years, how good he is, and here we go again."
Any world ranking debate seems to pale in comparison to the larger issue of whether McIlroy is now golf's king of the hill after his 67-66 finish here. That ascent seemed to have already happened when he won the Honda Classic last March, holding off His Majesty Tiger Woods, who threw a Sunday 62 at Rory with no effect.
That anointment was premature. McIlroy stumbled under the glare of the 24/7 modern media machine that followed him and his tennis star girlfriend, Caroline Wozniacki, across the globe. He missed the cut at the BMW PGA Championship, the European tour's flagship event, where he was some 21 shots off the lead. He missed four out of five cuts at one point this season, including at the Players Championship and the U.S. Open. His work ethic and dedication to the game were questioned by the media, which inspired him to prove them wrong.
"To be honest, it did motivate me," McIlroy said. "I did want to go out there and prove a few people wrong. That's what I did. It took me all of four weeks to get my game back in shape and get out of my mini slump, and this is the result."
At the British Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, where he tied for 60th, he beaned a young spectator. When he learned the fan was camping out for the week, McIlroy found a hotel room (an amazing feat) and put him up for the duration of the tournament.
Winning or not, the kid has heart. As slumps go, what McIlroy went through over the summer was barely a blip, and it might have been just what he needed. His game returned at the Ocean Course. He finished off a 67 in the storm-delayed third round on Sunday morning, then shot three under par on the first nine of the final round. He simply outdistanced his pursuers, which didn't make for the most exciting victory, but it was a convincing one. Quite a contrast to Adam Scott's British Open meltdown, which led to a victory for Ernie Els.
McIlroy is now ahead of the major pace of Woods. McIlroy turned 23 three months ago; Woods won his second major, the 1999 PGA at Medinah, when he was 23 years, 7 months old.
Ahead of Tiger's pace, behind Tiger's pace — it doesn't really matter. Tiger's run, which led to 14 majors, was so remarkable that it's amazing to even be on a similar trajectory. This is the dawn of a great opportunity for McIlroy, and he will fuel our golf conversations until we return to Augusta National next April.
As for Tiger, all you really needed to know was the scene at the par-5 second hole in Sunday's final round. He reached the green in two and had a lengthy eagle putt. His roll looked promising, but as his ball went past the hole, Woods fell to his knees as if begging it to go in.
(Related Photos: Sunday at the 2012 PGA)
That's what Woods was reduced to on Sunday, begging. He took himself out of the tournament with a terrible front nine in the third round, which was stopped by storms Saturday evening, and then failed to make a move on his back nine on Sunday morning.
"I was right there, and I came out with the wrong attitude yesterday," Woods said. "I was too relaxed and tried to enjoy it, and that's not how I play. I play intense, all systems go. That cost me. It was a bad move on my part."
It's a curious explanation that raises more questions than it answers, but in the meantime, it's clear that Woods has made progress with rebuilding his game. He's won three times this year, and he's gotten into contention in three majors, at least until the weekend.
"The thing is to keep putting myself there," Woods said. "The key is putting myself there each and every time, and I'll start getting them again."
In the final round Sunday afternoon, Woods needed to make something happen early, especially since McIlroy broke out of the gate with two birdies in the first three holes. But Woods couldn't get it done.
The most animated Woods got all day was on the third hole, where he missed the green long and made a less-than-stellar pitch to 12 feet. He left himself a curvy, swinging putt and poured it in. That elicited his trademarked air punch, which was telling. Have you ever seen Tiger Woods celebrate like that for a par on the third hole of the final round? Yes, he wanted this one.
Other than another birdie at the par-5 seventh, Woods didn't make anything happen. In fact, he had to scramble for several par saves. A great one came at the 10th, where he drove into the gallery, near some temporary fencing, and played a shot off the matted, bare ground used as a cart path. That shot reached the greenside bunker, and he got up and down to keep his faint hopes alive. The problem was, Woods had started the final round five shots behind McIlroy. His two-under 34 on the front was good, but not good enough to catch McIlroy, who posted 33.
The air went out of Woods when he chopped up the par-5 11th. He played his third shot out of a dune left of the fairway and popped it up, barely getting onto the grass. From there, he made an indifferent pitch to 20 feet and missed the putt. Making bogey on a par 5 when he needed birdie was a death knell, and he knew it.
"I putted really well today," Woods said. "Unfortunately, I just didn't give myself enough good looks. Just the way it goes."
The real challengers of the day were Ian Poulter and Carl Pettersson. Poulter, the brash Englishman who is a former World Match Play champion, birdied the first five holes in the final round to race into second place. He added a sixth birdie at the par-5 seventh, then bogeyed the eighth from a greenside bunker, before getting two more birdies at the 11th and 12th.
Poulter's swing isn't the most reliable, but the man can putt, and his putter was sizzling early in the day. He made four bogeys in his last six holes, however, and finished four under, tied for third.
Pettersson, a transplanted Swede who played college golf at North Carolina State and looks like your beer-drinking buddy from the bowling league, sparked the controversy of the day. He drove into a slope inside a hazard on the opening hole and played it out. He made an apparent par, then birdied the third hole. Coming off the fourth tee, he was approached by rules official David Price, who informed him of a two-shot penalty because replays showed Pettersson's club hitting a dry leaf on his backswing in the hazard. That's moving a loose impediment, a penalty. Pettersson was understandably not happy, but he did the smart thing — he got even. He birdied the fourth, fifth and seventh holes to join Poulter in what turned out to be a futile race to catch Rory.
"I knew I could touch the grass, I just didn't think about the leaves," Pettersson said. "I didn't think twice about it when I hit the shot. But the ruling made me more motivated. I got a little fired up. Who knows what would've happened? But Rory played great."
All McIlroy wanted this week, he'd said earlier, was a chance to get in contention and feel the familiar buzz that comes with challenging for a major. He got that, and more. He may or may not be golf's new dominant player — we'll see — but we know that he is halfway to the career grand slam already.
"I hear Tiger say, to make a good season a great season, you need to win a major championship," McIlroy said. "Now I've had two great seasons in a row. Hopefully, I can play some great golf from now until the end of the year and get myself ready for another great season next year, too."
You can look forward to months of Tiger-Rory comparisons. With his two whopping margins of victory and the media's insatiable need for superstars, it is inevitable.
"I've won my second major at the same age as Tiger, but he went on that incredible run and won so many," McIlroy said. "I'd love to sit here and tell you I'm going to do the same thing, but I just don't' know. It's been great to win my first major and to back that up with another one. I can't ask for more."
Neither can golf fans. It's too early to call it a race, of course, but the scoreboard now reads: Tiger 14, Rory 2.
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As many voters in Indiana, Kentucky, and surrounding states went to the polls to elect their next mayor, city councilman, and governor, the voters in the state of Mississippi faced a very different question on their ballots. They were asked to decide if a fertilized egg should be considered a constitutional person in their state. This is no ordinary matter of public policy. Mississippi's proposed "personhood" amendment to the state constitution would have very broad and serious ramifications for every current citizen in the United States.
The proposed amendment originated in the conservative anti-abortion movement in the United States. In my view, it is simply an attempt to circumvent the serious roadblock that the right to privacy poses for their political views. More importantly however, this proposed amendment shed more daylight on a less well known thought that is rapidly gaining power amongst American conservatives; the creation of new constitutional persons.
Mississippi's personhood amendment would have granted the rights and privileges of personhood to a previously unrecognized group. Professor Ronald Dworkin discusses the problems of taking such actions in his book Freedom's Law: A Moral Reading of the American Constitution. Dworkin correctly notes that when we declare someone to be a constitutional person, this grants them both negative rights and positive rights. Simply put, negative rights are rights to non-interference from others. When a negative right is present, it places restrictions on the actions of other persons and the government. So, when we say a person has a right to life, this means everyone else has a duty not to kill that person.
Under an individual rights regime, the government has a duty to ensure rights are not violated. The father of liberal democratic theory, English philosopher John Locke, placed government in the role of arbitrating rights disputes. Even those who are fiercely anti-government, like Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul, generally consider this basic function of government to be legitimate. So, if we expand the definition of the constitutional person, the government's duty to protect individual rights necessarily expands along with it.
What does this mean? Well, it raises several very legitimate questions. Could the government compel a pregnant woman to eat properly to protect the life of her fetus? Would a formal death investigation need to be carried out every time a woman has a miscarriage to see if she is guilty of a crime? How do we handle those fertilized eggs that are frozen in fertility clinics? If a couple was forced to seek the help of modern medicine in order to start their family, should the woman be compelled to give birth to all those fertilized eggs? If a fertilized egg dies in the storage facility at a fertility clinic, can someone be charged with a crime? Under such an individual rights regime, I certainly don't see how we would differentiate between a woman having a first trimester abortion and allowing an unused frozen embryo to die. There would certainly be no moral difference if we changed our understanding of what being a "person" entails.
There are less serious, but equally valid questions. Would we need to count all the fertilized eggs during the census? Could parents claim all of their unborn children on their taxes? If a pregnant woman travels outside the country, would the unborn person need a passport? If she doesn't know she's pregnant and reenters the country, would she be guilty of human trafficking? How far could the government go in a search to enforce these laws? Could a pregnant woman legally drive in the carpool lane? I've seen all of these questions raised in the last few weeks. As funny as they might sound, they are very real questions that would need to be answered if we were to adopt such a view of constitutional persons.
The voters of Mississippi saved us from having to answer these questions about the unborn person. They soundly rejected the personhood amendment at the polls. This was the right decision in my opinion. It kept the personhood can of worms closed and forces anti-abortion activists to confront the right to privacy problem and come up with a legitimate argument as to why it should be violated or simply not exist.
There is still another problem we must address though. The proposed amendment in Mississippi is not the only place where conservatives are trying to create new constitutional persons. In 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States granted high order individuals rights to corporations. Professor Dworkin discusses a state's recognition of a corporation in Freedom's Law. He explains how a corporation is slightly different in that is has some low order rights, like the right to own property and enter into contracts. However, this is done as a legal entity that simply represents many constitutional persons for the purposes of limited business transactions. Professor Dworkin's essays in Freedom's Law were written in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He never considered what 5 conservative justices on the Supreme Court might do 20 years later.
In Citizens United v FEC, the 5 justice majority declared that a piece of paper on file in the Indiana Secretary of State's office has a right to free speech just like any walking, talking citizen of Indiana does. Just like the Mississippi personhood amendment, this decision creates a new class of constitutional persons, or at the very least opens a door wide to the possibility. This new class of persons not only enjoys some of the negative rights that we do, it possesses an extraordinary amount of resources through which it can exercise its rights. It can use its wealth to flood the airwaves with the views it wants to prevail. It can attempt to influence policy makers just as we can. Of course, most of us don't have the resources this new class does, so the new class will likely be more successful than its flesh and blood counterparts.
Like the Mississippi Amendment, Citizens United also raises very serious questions. If a corporation has free speech rights, why does it not have other fundamental rights and privileges? If it is a constitutional person, why couldn't a corporation that has attained the proper age stand for public office in the state where it was incorporated, or excuse me, "born"? What prevents that corporation from becoming Mayor, Governor, Congressperson, Senator, or President? I haven't heard a good argument as to why a corporation would be granted certain fundamental rights and not these. The right to life and liberty, which includes speech and expression, are a package deal. It's not an a la carte menu.
Unlike the Mississippi Amendment, Citizens United is not easily defeated. The majority on the Supreme Court would have to change and a similar case would need to make its way through the system and be accepted by the court. Then, we would need a majority of the court to view Citizens United as an aberration that needs to be corrected rather than valid precedent. The only other way to reverse the ruling is to amend the United States Constitution to eliminate the possibility of corporate personhood. That is obviously no easy task, although some members of Congress are proposing to do exactly that.
I haven't heard a valid explanation as to why a political movement that claims to value "freedom and liberty" more than any other movement would pursue a strategy that limits the freedoms of current constitutional persons. I don't see the advantages of this idea, other than their campaign contributors list would expand. Personally, I don't think that many of the proponents of Citizens United or the Mississippi Amendment have thought their positions through. Abortion is an emotional, bloody shirt issue that tends to overtake reason fairly easily in the minds of some. Citizens United is simply about greed. Some corporations want to be able to purchase public policy that improves their bottom line. They couldn't care less about individual rights.
The people of Mississippi made the rational choice. They made the right choice. Given time, the people of the United States would probably make the same rational choice about Citizens United, hopefully it doesn't cause irreparable damage in the mean time.
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Proper coordination of protection devices is critical for effective operation.
Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems ensure critical loads have continuous and quality power. These systems can only accomplish this with proper application; involving design, installation, and maintenance. Making provisions for effective protective coordination schemes to protect the UPS and critical loads is an equally important aspect of all these systems.
Proper coordination of protective devices in the UPS distribution system means that only the fuse or breaker directly upstream of a fault (short circuit) will operate to clear the fault. For example, the fuse (Fuse 1) on the branch circuit of the UPS panelboard should clear the fault located on that branch circuit, as opposed to the panelboard's main breaker (Breaker 2) clearing this fault. As long as the fuse (Fuse 1) melts quickly (before the panelboard's main breaker senses the fault) the interruption of power is confined to the faulted load only. However, if the panelboard's main breaker were to operate, then all critical loads fed from the panelboard would lose power.
Protective device coordination involves evaluation of the system's available fault current and selection of current-interrupting devices that will operate in a coordinated manner with respect to time versus fault current.
The source of fault current to a fault downstream of a UPS system's static switch will initially come from the UPS. However, if the fault current available from the UPS is insufficient to cause operation of protective devices, the static switch will operate to transfer the faulted load to the bypass source. The bypass source will then supply the fault current required to cause the protective devices to clear the fault.
The inverter's overload capability limits the amount of current a UPS is able to deliver to a fault. The overload capability of UPS inverters varies, depending on the technology of the inverter.
The inverter will limit the current to protect itself from overload conditions, such as a fault at the UPS output. However, the static switch operates when the inverter gets near its current-carrying capacity. Unless the fault is cleared before the inverter current limit is reached, the static switch will transfer the faulted load to the bypass source.
The amount of fault current an alternate source delivers to the fault is typically higher than the amount a UPS is able to deliver. The higher fault current helps to ensure protective devices will sense the fault and operate to quickly clear it.
Assume a 20kVA UPS is a single-phase, 120V output, PWM unit. Based on an overload capability of 150% for PWM technology, the available fault current from the UPS system is 20kVA/120V x 150% = 250A. You should make sure to set the static transfer switch to operate before the UPS reaches its overload capability, such as at 225A.
Assume the maximum available fault current at the secondary of the isolation transformer is 2000A.
Fast-action 20A fuses were selected as the overcurrent protection of the branch circuits of the UPS panelboard. The UPS is capable of delivering 225A to the fault, but Fuse 1 will melt in 0.01 sec at 65A.
For a 1000A fault, Breaker 2 will begin to operate as quickly as 0.02 sec and will clear the fault in no more than 3.5 sec. There is a 480V, 60A breaker ahead of the isolation transformer (Breaker 1).
Take a look at the following example. For a 2000A fault at the secondary of the isolation transformer, Breaker 1 has a minimum sensing time of 2 sec and maximum clearing time of 6.5 sec. Breaker 1 would see 500A (2000A2120/480). The curves for the 20A breakers and the 100A main panelboard breaker overlap. This means that a fault located on a branch circuit may cause Breaker 2 to open.
You may encounter another problem when using breakers as the branch-circuit protection for UPS loads. By comparing the time-current characteristics for a 50A fuse and 50A breaker, you can see the UPS may be unable to deliver enough fault current to the 50A breaker to allow the breaker to operate.
As long as the alternate source is available, the static switch can transfer the load to the alternate source, which has greater fault current available. However, if the alternate source is unavailable, then you must rely on the UPS to supply the current required to allow the protective devices to clear the fault.
You will recall that the overload capability of the 20kVA UPS is 150% (or 250A) for 10 sec and 125% (or 208.3A) for 10 min. At 250A, it takes up to 10 sec for the 50A breaker to clear. A fault on a branch circuit that is sustained for 10 sec will interrupt power to all other UPS loads for 10 sec. However, the 50A fuse is able to clear the branch circuit fault in 0.01 sec.
The selection of fuses for UPS branch-circuit protection often provides better protective device coordination than breakers.
EC&M articles:
"Understanding UPS Techno-Babble," p. 80, Nov. '98;"UPS Stands on Firm Ground," p. 40, Nov. '99.
IEEE Documents:
IEEE Std. 141-1993, "Recommended Practice for Electrical Power Distribution for Industrial Plants" (IEEE Red Book).
IEEE Std. 142-1991, "Recommended Practice for Grounding of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems" (IEEE Green Book).
IEEE Std. 242-1986, "Recommended Practice for Protection and Coordination of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems" (IEEE Buff Book).
IEEE Std. 1100-1992, "Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Sensitive Electronic Equipment" (IEEE Emerald Book).
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Letter, W. A. Gorman to Speaker of the House of Reps [Minnesota Territory]
Author: Phillips, Wendell
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In response to a January 22, 1856, appeal from free-state leaders in Kansas, the governor of Minnesota Territory, Willis A. Gorman (St. Paul, February 18, 1856), conveyed the appeal to his territory's House of Representatives and encouraged Minnesota officials to follow a policy of "Non intervention." Governor Gorman refused to recognize Lane and Robinson as "officers in the Territory of Kansas, under any authority of the laws of the United States or of that Territory."
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Keywords: Border ruffians; Free State Party; Free state movement (see also Topeka Movement); Gorman, Willis A.; Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866; Miller, Josiah; Minnesota; Missouri; Popular sovereignty; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894; Topeka Movement (see also Free state movement)
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Thanks, Joan. I worked on that line a bit. It's true, though. Well, I am preaching to the choir again.
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Sentient, your life style personifies flourishing!
Joan, to be honest there have been a lot of hardships and heartbreak along the way. The past couple of years have gelled for some reason. I am happy with things now. Except I work way too hard, and there are seemingly insurmountable challenges, but that is what it is. One thing is I'm never passive - I can't sit still and watch TV, or sit still and read like I used to. Always doing thinking solving planning acting. I read, but it's listening to books on audio while doing. Don't know why.... sort of a mirror of ADHD - HAMHD. Hyper-attentiveness multitasking hyperactivity disorder. Sitting still and doing nothing is torture. It's strange. Except.... after a major project I sometimes sit and stare at it for a while. Also strange.
Sentient, after all these months listening to me whinge, and to discover you, too, have had "hardships and heartbreak along the way" surprises me. You had the patience to walk with me and I value that. So very glad things are getting better for you; the old stereotypes and attitudes fade, not fast enough, but we move in the right direction.
You do work hard; perhaps you will come to enjoy leisurely sitting and soaking up the fruits of your labor. Do you do OK during winter months? That often is a hard time for people.
Not complaining, Joan. I've seen much worse, and many have no way out. People assume a lot based on the moment. This moment is one I'm grateful for. You've had it rough too. Not wanting to go off topic here, but we will continue getting to know one another. It's great! As for whining, I never thought you were, just expressing what you felt.
When I was in training, we did an experiment to see if talking to a therapist was more beneficial than talking to a hole in the wall. It turned out there was no difference. I don't mean to imply that talking to a hole in the wall is the same as writing on Atheist Nexus, because I do not believe that. I got some really good feedback and you are included in that assessment.
The thing I learned is that a person in some kind of emotional trauma benefits by talking or writing until that person begins to clearly see and hear him/her self, honestly and with no masks or pretenses.
You have had tough hurdles to overcome; these were not caused by you but rather by the social temper of the time. Hopefully, we are past the mindbinding that kept you from being who you truly are. Now, you can reach inside yourself for guidance and direction and trust that you are perfect, just the way you are. Or, more probably, perfectly imperfect.
Shibui is a Japanese word for perfectly imperfect. Do the Chinese have such a term or concept? I have adopted it for my motto and it seems to fit me well. I have no interest in being perfect, but I am interested in being truly me, without trying to live up to others' ideals. I sense that has been a challenge for you as well.
Your philosophy reflects so much gentleness and compassion. Thank you for being my friend.
Perhaps there is a bright career in political satire for you.
As one of the 47% that lives off the teat of the Government as a disabled veteran whose benefits were taken away because I am "unemployable," I only have health care (and my wife as well) because of the evil VA that a certain unnamed political party would skin to the bone.
No amount of money would get me health insurance (due to epilepsy). Neither of us can get life insurance (so we have to save money to die with).
Nice to see the former vice-president is up and about, too bad I couldn't donate blood either (something about BSE exposure when I was stationed in Spain during the Gulf War makes me unable to donate) - might have been nice to see him drooling and forgetting himself with a case of vCJD.
No one wants my blood either: I have leukemia. Some people get religion when they hear they have cancer. I became an atheist. But it would be a mistake to think that one led to the other, post hoc reasoning. I read that most men have too much iron in their blood. I have to eat folic acid. No big deal. My cancer is chronic, and if there were a God I would thank him for giving me the lesser evil, rather than, say, acute leukemia, cancer of the lung or final stage brain cancer. But God is so lacking in evidence and doctors so clearly the people keeping me alive, I worship them. Like the late great Richard ("Lord") Buckley was won't to say: "I worship people, I really do. I like a God I can get my hands on. I like a God I can get my BRAINS on." My God is DNA.
I am sorry to learn of your Leukemia, James, and hope you feel well. I understand rom a friend that he has little energy but otherwise feels fine. I suspect you deserve a rest after a lifetime of work. Are you retired? Did you make that adjustment well? A chronic illness can be a bother, but I agree, rather than acute leukemia or other cancers. I trust you take really good care of yourself.
Two chemos have put me in remission for over a decade now. No, I am not retired. Work daily. Not making enough to retire. Thanks for your hope, a word Nietzsche did not like.
I don't like the word "hope" either and for the same reasons. However, I feel at a loss for words, especially when I have an ardent desire that you be well and happy.
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After Brandy Norwood gave birth to her daughter, Sy'rai, 10 years ago, she was exhausted and ready to leave the entertainment world behind.
"I was like, 'I'm good, y'all. I'm good on the music industry,' " Brandy said in a recent interview. "I didn't know who I was, but my daughter was a savior for me."
Motherhood may have eventually refocused her, but the music industry requires hit songs. Although she released two more albums after Sy'rai's birth (2004's "Afrodisiac" and 2008's "Human"), neither had a track as durable as "Put It Down," her breathy single featuring Chris Brown.
Now, the 33-year-old R&B; singer and actress is in the midst of a major comeback. Her sixth album, last month's "Two Eleven," debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and finds Brandy collaborating with some of the most sought-after hip-hop producers and writers in the industry.
Before playing Rams Head Live on Saturday, Brandy talked about her comeback, writing with Frank Ocean and more.
"Put It Down" was released before the summer and it's still all over the radio. Was there a moment you realized you had a hit?
When I first heard it in the studio, my reaction was a little over the top. Usually you break down and cry on ballads, but this is not one of those songs. It's a hip-hop, dance, nod-your-head kind of record. I heard it and I just broke down like, "Oh, my God — this is amazing! This is the sound!" [Writer] Sean Garrett and our engineer was looking at me like I was crazy, like, "What's wrong with this girl?"
One of the reasons "Two Eleven" is an exciting record to me is the list of producers: Bangladesh, Mike Will Made It, Tha Bizness. What hip-hop elements were you looking to specifically add to this album?
I didn't really know. I just knew I wanted to work with Bangladesh. I didn't know about Mike Will and Tha Bizness; they were introduced to me through ['Two Eleven' writer and producer] Sean Garrett. I wanted something different for R&B; — something edgy, something I had never done before to create shock value. I've been gone for so long.
When I heard the "Put It Down" beat and other Bangaldesh beats, I knew I wanted to work with him. He's different. Versatile. That's what I needed to create that interest in me again.
Frank Ocean had a major hand in writing "Scared of Beautiful." When you heard Ocean's demo, what about the song struck you as something you could make your own?
The melody by itself is just beautiful. Even if you just hum it, it hits you in a place like "Whoa." To hear his voice on top of that, with the lyrics, it was like, "OK, this is a very special song. This is a song about self and insecurities and just facing the better part of yourself." I love that message. I felt like I could do something with it. It spoke to me, and I could really connect with it. I tried it, liked it and was able to play around with my harmonies.
There was a quote before the album came out where you said, "I'm reinventing myself and I feel fearless." How do you think the public viewed you before "Two Eleven" and how do you think that's changed since?
I don't really know how the public views me. I just know how I view myself. Right now, I'm in a very honest place. I'm comfortable in my skin. I love the music I put out. I believe in it, and that's all that matters. I don't think about what people want anymore, in terms of their perceptions. I can only be what I am. For so long, I was concerned by what people thought of me and changed who I was, so I'm happy with who I am. If you love my music, great. If you don't, then there are plenty of other people to listen to.
You've been in the business for a long time. At this point, what do you think is the biggest misconception about you?
I think there's a misconception in general about people in the limelight. People forget you're a human being. You go through struggles within yourself like anyone else. When people judge you or point the finger, they forget that behind the music, behind the face, behind the weaves and makeup, wardrobe, behind all of that, is a person. And even behind that person, there's a child that lives within all of us, that can be hurt and excited. The misconception when you're in the limelight is that you're a superhero.
What's the plan going forward? Will fans have to wait another four years for the next Brandy album?
Fans will not have to wait another four years. I am very aware of their need of music from me. My fans really want me to continue. That want from them is what drives me. I just want to continue to promote "Two Eleven" and do the acting thing simultaneously. I'm definitely going to keep going. I'm never going to stop again.
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Here are some sweet late 8o's Indie classics. Sittin' Pretty by The Pastels is the first and probably best album from those Scottish cult mainstays, The Pastels. Think The Vaselines, but maybe even a little better. Then we have Daddy's Highway by The Bats- vintage New Zealand "Kiwi" pop. You say you like The Clean and you're not from down-under? Well, chances are you need to dial in to The Bats, my friend. They are basically just Kilgour and Co's harmonizing jangle-pop cousins. Though The Pastels and The Bats hailed from different corners, I'd say their early albums share a sort of common energy. Both records seem like they could've been made by stepkids of the Velvet Underground, each laying down a sort of ragtag outsider pop right smack in the midst of the tired and unfortunate excesses of the late-80s. Its not like they were the only ones riding that train at the time, but these albums have qualities that just stand-out as similar. I bet that back then, emulating the Velvets probably still felt irreverent to all involved. I had a great time humming along to these records while I was cleaning our basement a few weeks back. And that's why I've paired them together for this post. Enjoy.
The Pastels- "Nothing To Be Done"
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OCEAN CITY – There were some notable occurrences in local government this week and here's a snapshot of some of those that may have otherwise fallen under the radar from the week's top stories.
Small Wind Turbines Voted To Become City Ordinance
After months of talking and tweaking, residents and business owners will be permitted to install small wind turbines on their properties, after the City Council voted unanimously to allow them for accessory usage in Ocean City on Tuesday. The issue will now go to the required first reading to make it a city ordinance.
Though the energy saving turbines will be allowed in Ocean City, there may only be a small percentage of people that will be able to attain the numerous rules and setback regulations that the town has instilled. Free-standing turbines must be placed 1.1 times the total height of the turbine back from the property line, and must be kept in the manufacturer's default color, and not exceed kilowattage power of 100 per hour. Price could also be a factor, despite the proven savings in utility costs. It has been estimated that small wind turbine owners would see their initial investment for installation "paid back" within five to seven years, and could save roughly a third of their utility bill each month. The initial cost however, according to Finn McCabe, representative of the Delaware-based alternative energy company Flexera, could roughly total $35,000.
More than likely, rooftop turbines are what will be seen in Ocean City, due to the urbanized setting of the Ocean City grid.
"I encourage anyone that can do this, to do it. The time is now to utilize this new technology to save on energy costs," said Councilman Lloyd Martin.
The decision could affect things in government as well, as City Manager Dennis Dare cited that wind turbines would be looked into as one of the city's cost cutting measures in the future.
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In Low Energy Price
City Engineer Terry McGean said that usually he would not ask this far in advance to re-bid the current contract for electrical supply in Ocean City, but asked the council for the leeway to do so, citing the low market price for energy as the main reason to renegotiate the current electrical supply contract with Direct Energy, which runs until June of 2010.
McGean said that Direct Energy would be used to monitor a web-based "reverse auction" of sorts, which would enable the town to monitor the fluctuating prices of energy and lock in at a low price for the future.
Mayor Rick Meehan praised McGean's work on this issue, citing the "hundreds of thousands of dollars" that this process will save and has saved the town in the past.
"You've done a great job on this Terry, and this is like eBay in reverse," said Meehan.
McGean expects energy prices to stay low for at least the next 45 days and hopes to secure a low-fixed price for energy and bring the proposal back to the Mayor and City Council in the near future.
The council quickly and unanimously approved McGean's plea.
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To Jumpstart Golf Business
At a recent Recreation and Parks meeting, plans were laid out to provide a potential "shot in the arm" to the lagging golf rounds played at the city-owned and operated Eagle's Landing golf course.
The Local Rewards Program will be available to residents of Worcester, Wicomico, Sussex, and Somerset counties and participants would be given a card that would accrue points with every round played. The program, according to Eagle's Landing Golf Pro Bob Croll, could bring in $90,000 in revenue and increase rounds played at the course by over 2,000.
Croll also proposed a $2,500 advertising based program called the Golden Eagle Partner Program, which will replace the deleted golf car coupon- advertising program.
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Ocean City Recreation and Parks Director Tom Shuster was granted permission in December by Mayor and City Council to contact Pam's Asset Acquisition (formerly known as Pam's Golf LLC) for a possible partnership for 2009.
Pam's Golf LLC, as it was formerly known, had a longstanding agreement with the town of Ocean City to book rounds at the Eagle's Landing Golf Course, but the relationship was terminated in 2007 due to the company going bankrupt. After the company was purchased by River Run Golf Course owner Lew Meltzer shortly after the previous owners filed for bankruptcy, he renamed the company, and Shuster sought out to renew the agreement between the town and the company as a way to jumpstart lagging golf rounds played at the course.
However, it was reported by Shuster at the Recreation and Parks meeting that, "Hunt Crosby of Pam's Asset Acquistion responded to the town's request for participation proposal for 2009, but the proposal was not acceptable to the town or Eagle's Landing Golf Course at this time."


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Today marks the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 2001, and I'm beginning to suspect that it's the most significant September 11 since the towers fell on that horrible day.
It is significant because this year the national dialog has turned to the question of how we should respond to our Muslim neighbors in light of those attacks, and I believe that the ways in which we answer that question will determine whether we allow September 11 to turn us into people of hate or people of peace.
I've already expressed my conviction that those of us who follow Jesus are compelled to love our Muslim neighbors unconditionally. (That post was the most read—and most shared—post in this blog's three-year history, by the way; an encouraging fact!) And today my friend Sarah Cunningham has asked that her fellow bloggers join her in issuing a message of goodwill on behalf of the Church.
Sarah spent two weeks at Ground Zero right after the attacks of September 11 and describes the experience in her book, Picking Dandelions: Discovering Eden Among Life's Weeds. (Zondervan is giving away the full electronic version of the book next week.)
That Sarah has called for forgiveness and reconciliation in spite of what she saw in New York really speaks to the transformative power of the cross. I know that the message of enemy-love strikes those who are suffering as complete foolishness, but to those who have forgiven, it is a gift of liberation and life.
I want to share some of those messages today, inviting you to add your own in the comment section.
From Sarah Cunningham:
Regardless of our personal political beliefs or the outcome of this scenario, Jesus did not come as a political revolutionary but as one bearing a message of transcendent spiritual truth. Part of his example, although unconventional and unpopular in the wider pop-culture, was a mandate to "love our neighbors," to "love our enemies," and to "pray for those who persecute us." No matter how you view these Muslims, I am certain that at least one of these apply. The Christian faith maintains that God loves and wants relationship with every person on every side of this argument.
From Janet Oberholtzer:
Songs, books, presidents, clergy and more have all promised to never forget. And I agree, we should never forget. The lives loss. The lives affected. The injured. The terror. But in the process of never forgetting, do we need to be unkind? Or unloving? Or do things that incite others? I don't see exception clauses in Jesus' words about loving our enemies and loving our neighbors as ourselves.
As I think about never forgetting, I think back on my own journey of learning to love my neighbors, which meant first loving myself. And I realize how much more I have to learn about loving others, whether they be friends or enemies. Jesus also said that the world will know his followers by their love. So spreading love could honor the lives loss while fulfilling his words and bringing a whole new meaning to never forget.
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I still believe that the Church should follow Jesus' example, and respond to violence and hatred with peace and love. When our Muslim neighbors see the Church do such horrible things, they don't see us extending an open hand to come to our churches--they see a middle finger instead. We must see our Muslim neighbors the way Jesus sees them: not as "the enemy" or "the other," but as human beings. In the Kingdom of God there is no "us" and "them;" there is only "us."
From Jason Boyett:
Love your neighbor. Love your enemy. Pray for your persecutors.
All of those options are about love, grace and healing. I'm enough of a realist to know that such lofty concepts aren't always possible among humans -- especially humans operating within a complex world of hatred and distrust -- but that doesn't mean they can't be something we strive for.
And that doesn't mean they can't be attitudes I try to adopt today, in remembrance, as a Christian. As a father. As an example to the little girl with the coloring book and the impossibly blond hair, for whom I grieved on September 11, 2001, as I took note of the world she'd be growing up in.
From me:
There is a tragic disconnect from the way of Jesus when Christians join the chorus of those saying, "We will respect your faith when you respect ours" or "You can build a mosque in New York when we can build a church at Mecca." Jesus did not teach us to be good to those who are good to us and tolerant of those who are tolerant of us. As he pointed out, "If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?"
What makes us different is that we love when we're not supposed to. We love unconditionally.
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The gospel local bands have been in existence across the world for ages and many people's life have been changed as a result of inspirational and motivational lyrics of their songs. It is important to understand, the common themes of gospel music comprises of worship, praise, lament, as well as penitence. You may have known about all of these attributes of a gospel music, but there might be other amazing and motivational facts you may be missing about the local band religious songs'; and that is why this article is important to you. In this article, you will be familiar with 6 interesting facts about local band's religious songs that will make you have more interest and affection in them.
1. Gospel band music is peace-oriented
Oh yes, there's no sound of music that is as sweet and touching as anything else than gospel music. Hearing the sound of it alone will give you peace of mind especially if it involves worship.
2. Gospel music is uniquely communicated
One of the most interesting and amazing fact about gospel music is that not only does it lift up positive spirits and improve spiritual life, but it is uniquely communicated across the world and is never pessimistic.
3. Most secular music artists have been touched by the power of gospel music
It is important to know that, it's always rare to find an artist that has not been inspired with the power of gospel band music. Most of the secular music artists we see today have started their careers in the church choir – to name a few: Joe, Whitney Houston, R Kelly, Katy Perry, John legend, among others.
4. Gospel band music brings you closer to God
Another most interesting fact about gospel band music is there's no way you will be involved in it and your life remain the same. It allows you to love God more and more, it also informs your character and improves your talents.
5. Gospel band music can heal you
Many people will doubt this, but it's actually true; it has happened to many people before, and it will continue to happen to others in future as long as it is done in truth and in spirit. True worship and praises is very good in healing, it is always accompanied with passion and it keeps balm with the soul. When you are deep into worship chances are all your pains and sorrow will be taken away that moment and your life will instantly change for good.
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Peugeot, Citroen and Renault last year combined to sell fewer than 600,000 vehicles in China -- a tiny total in a market where Volkswagen Group and General Motors each sold more than 3 million units.
But PSA/Peugeot-Citroen is racing to introduce new products while Renault prepares to start local production. Soon, the French automakers will become forces to be reckoned with in China.
The French companies foundered when they initially tried to get a foothold in the market.
In 1985, PSA formed a joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. to build Peugeot cars, but the partnership went bankrupt in 1997.
In 1992, PSA established a second joint venture, with Dongfeng Motor Corp., but sales remained sluggish as PSA delayed new products.
Meanwhile, Renault established a joint venture in 1993 to build vans with a subsidiary of China's state-owned aerospace technology company. Sales were poor, and the partnership ceased production in 2004.
These ventures failed for two reasons. First, they built European models that were not modified to meet Chinese expectations. Second, both automakers had high production costs. Most of their parts for vehicles sold in China were imported from Europe.
Lessons learned?
But now there are signs that the French automakers have learned their lessons. After studying the market, PSA and Renault are starting to introduce vehicles more suited to Chinese tastes.
Last year, PSA's partnership with Dongfeng began producing two new models -- the Peugeot 3008 compact SUV and the stretched Citroen C4. Now the partnership plans to unveil the Peugeot 2008 subcompact SUV at this month's Beijing auto show.
These products should do well, since SUVs and long-wheelbase sedans are two of China's hottest product segments.
PSA has big plans for its partnership with Dongfeng, which agreed this year to invest 800 million euros to help its French partner recover from a financial crisis.
In return, PSA has pledged to enhance the partnership's r&d and expand annual production capacity in China to 1.5 million units, up from 600,000 units today.
Likewise, PSA's joint venture with Chongqing Changan Automobile aims to increase its annual output to 200,000 vehicles next year, up from 50,000 units this year.
To boost sales, the partners introduced a compact SUV from the Citroen DS lineup at the Beijing auto show.
Late arrival
Renault, a late arrival in China, has been working to establish local production with its partner, Dongfeng.
Beijing approved their joint venture last year. Their assembly plant in Wuhan is expected to start production vehicles in 2016.
The plant will have an initial production capacity of 150,000 vehicles a year. Renault's first locally built model will be the successor to the Koleos compact SUV.
In total, PSA and Renault will have the combined capacity to build more than 1 million vehicles a year in 2016.
Can they sell all those cars? Despite a relatively sluggish economy, first-quarter sales in China rose 10 percent to 4.9 million units. And there are still opportunities for nimble foreign automakers.
Domestic Chinese brands, which are burdened by a poor brand image and obsolete technology, are losing market share. In the first three months of the year, domestic automakers accounted for 38.7 percent of sales in China, down from 43.2 percent a year earlier.
So there is plenty of room for the French automakers to grow in China, as long as they bring in new products and remain attentive to their customers' needs.


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D.A.R.K. Review
- Publisher: EA Chillingo
- Genre: Adventure
- Released: 23 Jun, 2011
- Size: 104.3 MB
- Price: $0.99
- Regularly mixes up fighting scenarios; not just square room after square room.
- RPG features for character customization; build tanky or glass-cannon to your own tastes.
- Easy to use controls; customizable - aim helpers can be turned off for a challenge.
- Short, repetitive gameplay; little reason to deviate from basic weapons.
- 'Rolling' feature rarely, if ever needed.
While you could stick with another basic twin-stick shooter, D.A.R.K at least attempts to go a step further by featuring a story and cinematics to set the mood; it's not a lot, but it's better than shooting things at random.
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When someone says they're making a futuristic shooter with power-armor clad soldiers versus horrific creatures, the first thing that always springs to my mind is Space Hulk. This is more indicative of the era I grew up in though and while I salute the fine work of Games Workshop, titles like Dead Space have done a lot to move things forward. D.A.R.K by Gamelab and Chillingo has aspirations of joining these elite works, but ultimately it's yet another twin-stick shooter.
After awakening from a crash your bulky armored hero quickly discovers that he doesn't have much time to escape the infested ship he's on, so he'll have to make a sprint for the escape pods. What follows is a string of unique arenas that, aside from the occasional need to track back and forth to a switch, often pits your hero against wave after wave of zombies, robots and monsters. Experience points will eventually earn you skill points to go towards the basic statistics of speed, health, regeneration and damage, while cash earned from kills can be spent on new weapons and armor to make life a little easier.
Unfortunately most additional weapons provide little more benefit than the default rifle when it comes to clearing out basic waves of enemies, making them a strictly 'for boss and giggles' affair. This is a shame as the repetitious gameplay sets in early even despite the variety of backdrops you're placed in. Some effort has gone towards creating cinematic effects with the game engine, but any tension that's built up is quickly deflated by the combat that follows soon thereafter.
Initially D.A.R.K has the feel of titles like Space Siege or Alien Breed Evolution, but instead of a challenging and tense shooter players are left with a standard testosterone fueled shooter, minus a lot of the challenge. Worth checking out if you want at least a bit of story motivation for your twin-stick antics.
DescriptionEarth has Marines, space has D.A.R.K. Squadron. After losing contact with the USS Storm Bringer, a group of elite soldiers from D.A.R.K. Squadron has been sent in to investigate. Explore the labyrinthine corridors of the super-ship in this sci-fi action-RPG and uncover the mystery. Fight waves of deadly enemies, solve ingenious puzzles, and defeat enormous bosses as you uncover the shocking truth about the Storm Bringer.
D.A.R.K. Highlights
• Massive single-player campaign will have you playing for hours on end.
• Huge variety of gameplay, from gunfights to puzzles, ensures you're always on your toes.
• Atmospheric soundtrack and intense weapon sound effects turn the action up to 11.
• Explore the ship for upgrades and cash, and develop your character how you see fit.
• Haunting narrative will keep you on your toes and immerse you in the gritty sci-fi world.
• Cutting-edge 3D graphics look absolutely stunning and will push your hardware to the max.
• The intuitive and customizable control scheme makes killing enemies with precision both fun and simple.
• Countless weapons and items to find and upgrade add a level of depth not found in other games.
• Three difficulty levels to choose from so anyone can play, whether you're a novice or veteran player.
• Full support for achievements and leaderboards so you can see how you stack up against other players.
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Cemetery Pt., Shoal Lake, Manitoba - A Festival of Postcards
The theme for the upcoming Edition of A Festival of Postcards is: WHITE.
Evelyn Yvonne Theriault, the Festival's Editor, who blogs at A Canadian Family suggested that I submit a cemetery card here at the Graveyard Rabbit of British Columbia, Canada. She's accepting anything related to white on postcards, including cards like this that are black and white.
The message on this postcard reads: Dear Joe I am sending you a picture of Shoal Lake which you have probably seen before. It is very pretty there is it not. I spent a day there this summer and enjoyed myself very much. Am writing to you. M.?. D. [bit hard to read the middle initial - could be S or G]
The card is addressed on the back to: Miss Josephine Lauder, c/o Mrs Laidlaw, 274 Furby St. Winnipeg.
Private Post Card; the postcard is a bit obscured but is marked - Birtle, OC, 04.
This card qualifies for the Festival as it's black and white, but also qualifies as its back is mostly white; it's an undivided back card. Postcard backs were originally officially for the address only - that's why the message is on the front - and possibly why the photograph is smaller than we often see, so as to leave room for a handwritten note.
Cemetery Pt. Shoal Lake - postcard back
I had another card in mind originally, but I just found this one at the Vancouver Postcard Club meeting and I wanted to post it to see if anyone has any more information about this cemetery site in Manitoba. I believe it's from the Shoal Lake my mother, born in Manitoba, used to visit. That Shoal Lake is in Shoal Lake Rural Municipality (RM) in southwest Manitoba.
There are 3 Shoal Lakes in Manitoba though, one on the eastern border, shared with Ontario, and one (now three smaller lakes) in the southern Interlake region between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba. The Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project lists 2 cemeteries for the Shoal Lake First Nations in eastern Manitoba, and 11 cemeteries in the Shoal Lake Rural Municipality.
None is identified as at 'Cemetery Point, Shoal Lake', nor does Cemetery Point seem to be an official place name anywhere in Manitoba. However, Shoal Lake Point Burial Site in Shoal Lake RM is listed. I wonder if this is the area shown in this photograph?
If so, the cemetery has been transcribed by George E. Fedyck, but his website is no longer available. If anyone has any information about Cemetery Point at Shoal Lake or about Shoal Lake Point Burial Site, or has contact information for George E. Fedyck, I'd appreciate hearing from you.
This card was sent to Josephine Lauder, who, I think, lived in Winnipeg with her cousins, the Laidlaws, at the time this card was mailed in 1904, and perhaps to at least 1906 when she and a sister, Jessie, are listed in the Canadian census1 at this same address, living with their cousins, the Laidlaw family, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. There was a LAUDER family living in Marquette District, in Manitoba, which would be near the southwestern Shoal Lake, but I haven't confirmed where Josephine and Jessie had lived earlier.
According to Geographical Names of Canada, from Natural Resources Canada, by the way, there are 15 official places in Canada using the name 'cemetery' -
Cemetery Hill in Alberta (Location 23-2-W5)
Cemetery Creek in British Columbia ( Yale Division, Yale Land District) Cemetery Hill in BC (once called a mountain - New Westminster Land District)
Cemetery Creek in BC (Kootenay Land District)
Cemetery Lake in Manitoba (Location 55-26-W)
Cemetery Hill in Newfoundland/Labrador (Ferryland)
Cemetery Lake in Nova Scotia (Richmond)
Cemetery Point in Nova Scotia (Cape Pictou)
Cemetery Pool in Nova Scotia (Feature - Annapolis)
Cemetery Pool in Nova Scotia (Feature - Inverness)
Cemetery Creek in Ontario (Huron)
Cemetery Creek in Ontario (Rainy River)
Cemetery Lake in Ontario (Lake Sudbury)
Cemetery Lake in Ontario (Lake Kenora)
Cemetery Point in Ontario (Cape Cochrane)
1Josephine LAUDER, aged 27, Jessie LAUDER, aged 25, both born Manitoba. Ancestry.com. 1906 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. RG31, T-18353 to T-18363. LAIDLAW/LAUDER - Manitoba. Winnipeg, Sub-District Ward Three, Sub-District 3D, page 15, family #103, lines 5-10.


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If you'll check the map here:
you'll find some 30 Romanian cities joining the 2/11 protests, with almost 20,000 people confirmed on the Facebook page of the protest. I think the real number will be much lower. The reasons? Add to our lack of 'protest culture' the recent resignation of our PM (which will shift the public interest to some other directions) and the temperatures below -15° C forecast for Saturday evening.
http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/6-things-the-film-industry-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about.p hp
I would suggest something similar to the 'public performance tax', so we should pay something to the designers every time we wear their creations in public.
I guess he should rather thank you for advertising his bs. I don't know how many readers his blog has, but it certainly has no comments to his posts for more than one month.
I think this is worth reading: http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/02/11/campaigns/index.html
Off-topic but sort of funny. Check the second paragraph in Dunlap's resume from the company's website:
It seems that he leaves the door open to sue anyone who might want to check his resume. So, take care!
Well, I guess that's happening when you have unprotected sex: an international warrant, Paypal/Visa/Mastercard ban, bank accounts blocked. So take care!
i live in Romania (also in EU :D) and we recently had a similar amount ($4,100) awarded by a court for sharing >200 works. i'm not sure if 'works' means 'songs' or 'albums', but since it's about 66GB, it's more like albums. i guess the only place you can find some details in english it's here:
so, at least some countries in Europe seem to be more reasonable after all.
maybe i'm wrong, but afaik bsa is not hunting private individuals for the pirated software they use on they home computers. they are after the businesses which is sort of commercial infringement.
No, they should this money from the retards who examined and approved these ridiculous patents. I'm sure this would make them check twice next time.


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Think Tank Says DHS Should Stop Laptop Border Searches
from the but-dhs-will-ignore deptWe've definitely been concerned about Homeland Security and the US government's belief that it's okay to search laptops at the border without probable cause. We've discussed over and over again why the argument that it's the same as searching luggage simply doesn't make any sense. There are some key and important differences:
- You mostly store everything on your laptop. So, unlike a suitcase that you're bringing with you, it's the opposite. You might specifically choose what to exclude, but you don't really choose what to include.
- The reason you bring the contents on your laptop over the border is because you're bringing your laptop over the border. If you wanted the content of your laptop to go over the border you'd just send it using the internet. There are no "border guards" on the internet itself, so content flows mostly freely across international boundaries. Thus if anyone wants to get certain content into a country via the internet, they're not doing it by entering that country through border control.
Historically, the scope of what was covered by the border search exception was fairly limited, since the exception is confined to the items a traveler carries across the border. As a practical matter, most private documents, letters, photographs, and other personal effects would remain in an individual's home, safeguarded by full Fourth Amendment protections and the warrant requirement. With today's technology, however, people can and do travel with vast quantities of private, personal information stored on their laptops and other electronic devices. Unlike at any time in the past, individuals who travel internationally, by virtue of legitimately choosing to carry electronic devices, are unknowingly subjecting volumes of personal information to involuntary and suspicionless search and review by federal law enforcement authorities. This problem is compounded by the fact that many electronic devices are used to carry both personal and business-related information. The continual evolution in how people use electronic devices in their everyday lives creates growing tension between the Fourth Amendment guarantees and what historically has been viewed as a narrow exception to the requirements for probable cause and a warrant.Unfortunately, we've seen such arguments made in court, and very few courts seem sympathetic to this argument. I find the argument compelling, but courts don't seem bothered by the massive stretching of the once-narrow exception thanks to the massive change in technology. In part, I believe, it's because they haven't really taken into account just what a massive conceptual change it is to have all of your personal records stored on your computer. If you don't think of what the technology allows, but just think of it as "a thing" then you can see why a court would be confused. But, that's why we get so concerned about technologically illiterate courts deciding things that pertain to technology.
Of course, it's unlikely that this report will make much of a difference. Homeland Security has made it clear that they are going to search laptops and they're not really much interested in the intention behind the Constitution.
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Apple Vice President of iPad Marketing, Michael Tchao, has set the record straight on allegations that the new iPad either fails to report the proper charge level, or over-charges and risks damage if left charging for too long. Speaking with AllThingsD, Tchao explained:
That circuitry is designed so you can keep your device plugged in as long as you would like. It's a great feature that's always been in iOS.
Ina Fried goes on to explain:
Apple does, in fact, display the iPad (and iPhone and iPod Touch) as 100 percent charged just before a device reaches a completely charged state. At that point, it will continue charging to 100 percent, then discharge a bit and charge back up to 100 percent, repeating that process until the device is unplugged. Doing so allows devices to maintain an optimum charge, Apple VP Michael Tchao told AllThingsD today.
Regardless of when the charge cycle is interrupted, the iPad batter will last about 10 hours on Wi-Fi. Apple chose not to show the cyclic fluctuations on the battery indicator.
So we can add "batterygate" to "warmgate" on the list of blow-out-of-proportion non-stories consumers have had to endure since the new iPad launched on March 7. What's next, LTE boiling water? Retina displays causing sun tans? Dictation leading to scratchy throats?
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On June 7th, San Francisco's design community gathered at Claudia Juestel's Adeeni Design Galerie to celebrate the launch of Bay Area-based design studio Half Full and their inaugural collection of stunning hand-illustrated wallpapers and upcoming fabrics. Founded by Kellie Menendez and Ondrea Vicklund, Half Full creates thoughtful home decor inspired by Mother Nature. More than a wallpaper and pattern company, Half Full has a commit toward bringing awareness to social and environmental issues, proudly supporting conservation efforts that protect the wildlife and wild environments that inspire their designs. Notable attendees were Lisa Lovely, Publisher at Luxe and Kat McEachern, Editor at RUE Magazine.
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