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It is an accolade that is rare not only among Kentuckians, but among Americans as a whole. However, for one Oldham County student, it has become a reality. Maggie Stephens, a student at South Oldham High School, has earned a perfect score on the ACT.
By HELEN E. MCKINNEY
For as long as he can remember, Milt Toby has always been involved in some aspect of the horse industry. Intending to become a veterinarian, he eventually decided upon a different course and began writing about the horse racing industry.
In the 1950s, Edward R. Murrow's radio program "This I Believe" gave voice to the core values and treasured beliefs of Americans around the country. Sixty years later, the popular update of the series, which has been featured on NPR and now continues on Bob Edwards Weekend on satellite and public radio, explores the beliefs that people hold dear today.
Students at South Oldham High School are changing the world one pair of shoes at a time, after learning that 600 million people around the world are affected by diseases including hookworm, a deadly disease caused by walking barefoot in contaminated areas.
Millions of children are without shoes, including 20 million in sub-Saharan Africa alone.
In America, more than 300 million pairs of shoes are tossed in landfills each year.
Oldham County has an eclectic taste in adult fiction, according to Susan Eubank, Oldham County Public Library director.
Eubank compiled a list of the top circulated adult fiction and non-fiction books in 2011, including many from familiar authors.
The Oldham County Public Library will be offering to assist customers who need a little help getting to know their new Christmas digital items.
Visit the reference desk at the Main Branch of the Oldham County Library and a friendly and knowledgeable "i-brarian" can show you how to use various models of e-readers, MP3 players, notebooks and tablets — and how to locate the free e-book collection available from the library.
You are a kid of many talents.
You can make your own breakfast, pack your own lunch, and whip up a mean mac-&-cheese for dinner. You know a stegosaurus from a diplodocus, you can tell a king snake from a king cobra, and you know their habitats, too. You can pop wicked wheelies on your bike, whistle between your fingers, recite poetry from memory, and burp on command.
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Dancing Bollywood in Nablus
When I told my students that next week I would be teaching them a Bollywood dance, a squeal of excitement went through the room—from the girls, but also surprisingly from my college-age volunteers! Last Thursday, I taught a dance to the song "Kajra re" from the Bollywood hit Bunty aur Babli. At the front of the class, I suddenly realized I had never taught a dance before! I hoped that I would be able to explain what I was doing, given that I was giving instructions through a translator. I demonstrated the dance to my students, and they were obviously excited. But first, I told them about the basics: "Did I look sad, or happy? Have you ever seen a Bollywood actress look sad while she was dancing?" "NO!" they said emphatically. "Right, so the most important thing to remember is to smile! Even if you make a mistake, make it with a smile on your face and no one will notice," I reassured them. Then I asked, "Did I look scared, or did I look brave?" They unanimously agreed that I looked brave and confident dancing. I stressed that Bollywood dancers are not shy, and that they should move with confidence, even if they are unsure of what they are doing. Finally, I asked, "What is the most important part of your body in Bollywood dancing? Your hips!" A whole lot of hip-shaking commenced, practicing for what was to come.
With the basics down, I started teaching them the steps. I broke down moves into smaller pieces—first, just the arms, then adding the legs. We learned short sections, put them together with other sections, practiced without the music and then added the music, and utilized many other strategies for learning dance. I quickly found that it is much easier to count beats in English than in Arabic—the multi-syllabled Arabic numbers ("wahad, ithnen, thalatha!") are a mouthful and even my students chose to count in English.
Through sheer determination, we got through the entire minute and a half of choreography, and had enough time at the end of class to do the dance together as a group several times with the music. After I heard the bell ring and dismissed class, there was a hum of excitement and activity in the room that seemed to defy the Thursday afternoon exhaustion that usually sets in. My students wanted to know where they could find the "Kajra re" song, and my volunteers, normally in a hurry to get home before dark, stayed late to take photos and tell me how much they enjoyed learning the dance. It was a great way to finish the course—with only one week left, we have built the level of trust, comfort, and self-confidence needed to jump into a hip-shaking Bollywood routine and for everyone in the room to commit to learning it 100%. As I put the chairs and tables back after everyone left, I thought about how it would have been nearly impossible to get my students to dance in front of each other in one of our first class sessions—and today they eagerly undertook it with such a lack of self-consciousness that it made me proud to see how far we have come. And now that I have seen how much Nabulsis love Bollywood, I can't help but wonder if maybe we should have a full-term Bollywood dance course for TYO youth! Hmm…
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Late last week, 17 agricultural commodity groups and another 34 allied animal agricultural groups sent letters to Congressional leaders asking them to reauthorize, and in some case increase, ag research funding.
The request was sent to leaders of both the U.S. Senate and House agriculture committees.
The total amount of the request exceeds $1.6 billion over the five-year life of the farm bill, currently languishing in Congress. But the groups note that expenditures for animal health are just 7% of those spent on human health initiatives.
"A renewed commitment to scientific agriculture research and extension programs that translate into an affordable, high-quality food supply for consumers is required," say the groups.
The groups also point out their concern over a change in the regulatory domination of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS). In the past, the program has been a cooperative program among FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
"Currently, the program focus has moved away from the ARS and toward regulatory agencies—CVM as well as FSIS—that may limit farmers and veterinarians participation in NARMS and thus limit the valuable information the program provides," say the groups.
The full list of budget recommendations and requests can be read here.
Corn and Soybean Export Inspections Above Expectations
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Thirteen veterans of the federal government's innovative project during the Depression share their experiences of various camps around Florida and the rest of the country in the 'Civilian Conservation Corps Oral History Collection'. They describe work in construction, road building, improving state and national parks, among other major improvement undertakings. These men -- black and white -- offer insight into the rigid daily camp life and how the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) prepared them for soon-to-be Army life at the outset of World War II. The CCC provided the individual with employment and room-and-board in the 1930s. It also benefitted the individual's family financially through the Depression in mandatorily sending half his monthly earnings back home.
The 'Civilian Conservation Corps Oral History Collection' is part of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program is an affiliated program of the University of Florida's Department of History. Its collections include approximately 4,000 interviews and more than 85,000 pages of transcribed material, making it the largest oral history archive in the South and one of the major collections in the country. The transcribed interviews are available for use by research scholars, students, journalists, genealogists, and other interested groups. Researchers have used our oral history material for theses, dissertations, articles, and books.
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Don't know if this rig plus accessories can really be classed as such...but I finally got hold of one of my "Grail" radios. Actually, a pair of them plus several accessories.
A little back story is in order, one supposes: I've always liked the Yaesu 'two-meter' product lines. That is, FT-726R (of which I own several), the FT-980 (ditto) and the FT-One (which has nice styling but is troublesome to maintain). The other rig of this genre I didn't have is an FT-102. Over Christmas I managed to score an FV-102, FC-102 and several SP-102s so that put me on the hunt.
One bazillion scammers later I managed to connect with a gent who actually had a rig plus a second FC-102; he was the original owner of the radio. During this time I was in contact with Mal, NC4L about buying another from one of his customers; that radio is now in his queue for updates.
Now, to rearrange the shack to accommodate the new arrivals. I'll probably keep one inline and the other as a backup. George and John, be listening for me on 75/40/10M AM - I'll have a whole 150-200w to work with there.


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Hand-wound watch with "Clous de Paris" hobnail motif. 18-carat white gold case, ivory-coloured dial, black strap.
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Founded in 1875 by Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet in the Swiss village of Le Brassus, Audemars Piguet is the oldest Manufacture of Haute Horlogerie never to have left the hands of the founding families. Today, its range encompasses complex mechanical watches, Haute Joaillerie creations as well as a line of jewelery. At each stage in its history, the Manufacture has daringly adopted avant-garde techniques in order to place them in the service of traditional craftsmanship. This approach has earned it an unparalleled number of world firsts in the field of Haute Horlogerie.


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Hill teaches HIS KIDS, Stover joins East Group, Fairfield names bridge winners
PreSchool ministry learns about farming
Jimmy Hill, president of Tull Hill Farms, visited HIS KIDS PreSchool Wednesday.
During his visit, he talked with the children about planting seeds and the importance of farming. The children range in age from 2 to 5 years old.
HIS KIDS is a ministry of Sharon United Methodist Church.
The East Group hires engineer
GREENVILLE � The East Group, a full-service engineering, architectural and surveying design firm, has added Douglas E. Stover as the firm�s newest senior electrical engineer.
Stover has more than 25 years of experience in the design of electrical power and low-voltage distribution systems. Before joining The East Group, Stover was based in Charlotte, where he was the electrical engineering director and project manager within a large architectural and engineering design firm. His project portfolio includes the design of clinical healthcare projects, central energy plants, 480V and medium voltage power distribution systems, emergency power systems, data centers, laboratories and pharmaceutical clean rooms.
�Doug�s rich experience in the design of electrical systems adds to the depth and breadth of engineering services that we currently offer to our Healthcare, Industrial and Governmental clients here in Eastern NC,� said Tony Khoury, managing principal of The East Group.
Stover�s past positions include engineering principal, senior electrical engineer and project manager. He has vast experience in all phases of engineering consulting, from initial master planning/concept phase thru completion of construction.
He is registered as a licensed professional engineer in 27 states, includind the entire southeast region of the U.S. He is a past presenter at regional and national healthcare design conferences and has published multiple articles within engineering journals.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree from The Pennsylvania State University in mining engineering, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of South Carolina in electrical engineering. He and his family are in the process of relocating to Greenville.
Bridge club names winners
The Fairfield Duplicate Bridge Club played the first session of a club championship Feb. 19.
The winners were: Joe Goldwasser and Pearl Schechter, first place; Eva Balknight and Jenny Holt, second; Barbara Sebald and Jane Hood, third; and Nancy Barwick and Edith Cahn, fourth.
The second session of the club championship will be played at 9:50 a.m. Tuesday at Fairfield Center. The club welcomes and encourages all bridge players.
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The hype surrounding the Floridian on the European Challenge Tour this year has been likened to that of Martin Kaymer in 2006, with some experienced touring professionals stating that Koepka is the best they have ever seen.The 23 year old has lived up to that high praise during an incredible 11 month period on the Challenge Tour, which culminated in a gloriously resolute performance at Macdonald Spey Valley Golf Club as he defied extremely trying weather conditions and long rain delays to lift the title.
His final and most important of four Challenge Tour titles came thanks to a three under par 68 and because it is his third victory in 2013, the West Palm Beach native is promoted straight to The European Tour – following in the footsteps of the likes of Edoardo Molinari and Kristoffer Broberg.There, he will join his close friend and compatriot Peter Uihlein as a new breed of young stars from around the world begin to choose the Challenge Tour as the best and most educational route to the top of world golf.
After a four hour delay to his own tee time, Koepka got off to a flying start with five birdies and a bogey taking him to the turn in four under. He started to wobble a little on the back nine with three bogeys in five holes leaving him just one shot clear of the chasing pack but he bounced back to finish with two consecutive birdies and card the joint best round of a tough day to finish top on 18 under."It's really exciting," said Koepka, who is the first American to win three times in a single Challenge Tour season. "It was nice to get my third win here in Scotland and on my final trip before heading home to take some time off.
"This is only the beginning, and I've done it in barely a year playing professionally. I know it sounds a little bit cocky, but I have high expectations for myself."Hopefully I will win on The European Tour next, it sounds cool saying it. I have always wanted to get out there and play with those guys and now I get my room-mate (Uihlein) back!
"Maybe my expectations are borderline too high, but it is a good thing to always push yourself and never be satisfied. I think that is part of some frustration I have been feeling recently, that I am expecting a little bit too much of myself. A good break - going back home - will take care of all of that."Koepka will travel to Sunningdale for The Open International Final Qualifying stage at Sunningdale tomorrow (Monday) before flying home to West Palm Beach, Florida, for a well-earned rest in the USA and then returning to join the top tier of European golf for the first time.
"It's really exciting to win but I need a rest and to take some time at home with my friends and family and just hang out with those guys," he said. "I think it is important to get away from golf and appreciate it a little more."Sam Walker, meanwhile, put up a strong defence of his title in the northern Scottish town of Aviemore as a two under par 69 left him in tied second place, his second runner-up finish in three weeks.
Walker praised the green-keeping staff for keeping the course playable on a day when two separate suspensions due to heavy rain caused four hours' worth of delays in the eighth edition of one of the Challenge Tour's flagship events."It is amazing what the green staff here were able to do considering just how much rain has fallen here over the last couple of days," said the Englishman, twice a winner of this event.
"They prepared the course magnificently and should be really proud of their efforts out there today in squeegeeing the greens and everything else, it was unbelievable."
Walker finished on 15 under par alongside Andrea Pavan (71) of Italy, Englishman Steven Tiley (72) and Korean Byeong-hun An (72), the former US Amateur Champion who sealed the highest finish of his Challenge Tour career.There were four players three shots further back on 12 under, including local favourite Duncan Stewart – from Grantown-on-Spey just 15 minutes away – who sealed his best finish on the Challenge Tour to win the Douglas Lowe Memorial Trophy for the highest-placed Scot.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Drying out...
Monday, May 28, 2007
Some spring colour
Avant le déluge, I went off to Kings Lynn and had a lovely morning full of bargains; I bought stripy things...
Two towels I couldn't resist; a sheet of fancy paper for making book covers and the like...
I bought flowery things:
My favourite perfume, usually all-but-unobtainable here, in special edition and ridiculously reduced in price, and some more pretty book-cover paper (if only this had been fabric...)
And there's a lot of knitting going on round here but most of it's both secret and unexciting to photograph (pictures of a Slightly Larger Heap of Crumpled Stuff not being guaranteed to rivet the attention). But look, a Pretty Thing!
More flowers, for Lorna (for a change, the colours are pretty accurate here). I took the Marigold chart from the tote-bag recipe in IK Summer 2006 and it's looking very pretty, although it's reminding me of why, although Intarsia sounds like an attractive Mediterranean island, it's not one I'm keen to visit too often. I did some more last night after taking this picture and am over halfway there now... Stripy sleeves to go, which should be fun DVD-watching knitting...
Thursday, May 24, 2007
The needles are going to be burning this year. There may not be much knitting content on show here though; all parties have this blog address...
And just as a totally random photo, I saw this on the way into work today. Look at those colours...
Sunday, May 20, 2007
For my next trick...
I'm now thinking about green with contrasting pink and orange bits... Will let you know.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Hanging Garden
And it's now wonderfully soft and luxurious, and exactly the right size for its intended use. I always have this illusion that one day I'll do 'elegant casual' - it's a complete delusion, of course, but it doesn't stop me trying...
So - the details. Pattern Hanging Garden from Sivia Harding - as ever beautifully charted (and with written directions for those who prefer...); size 6 Toho raku beads from Beads Direct, heavy laceweight cashmere from Colourmart (col. D495), 3.25mm needles. Started in the garden of the Blue during last year's June or July KTog there. Finished weight: 110g.
Next time, I think I'd wash the cashmere beforehand - I didn't get a nice sensual experience knitting it, and it would have been wonderful to knit with something as soft as this yarn has turned out!
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
"Each person tagged gives 7 random facts about themselves. Those tagged need to write in their blogs the 7 facts, as well as the rules of the game. You need to tag seven others and list their names on your blog. You have to leave those you plan on tagging a note in their comments so they know that they have been tagged and to read your blog."
1. For 3 years in the early 80s, I read the Bible cover to cover each year. This has not made me a better person, but I'm your woman if you need to know about smitings and arcane measuring systems...
2. I once wore fishnets, a leotard and a top hat in a performance of Joseph and His Technicolour Dreamcoat. (I think I was 7 at the time)
3. I collect the very strange 1930s books of Dornford Yates, and special-edition 50p pieces.
4. I spent years thinking CDs would never catch on, and resisted having a PC at home for a similar period.
5. I have a white streak in the back of my hair, inherited from my mother (I was once dragged across a room by my hair, so the nit-nurse could show it to a colleague).
6. I still have a tendency to suck my left thumb. The nail there is undamaged; in contrast, my right thumbnail grows out as if it's been put through industrial machinery...
7. My favourite smells are tar, fresh paint, new wood and grated ginger.
I'm tagging some people who may or may not take up the challenge; EJ, dododumpling, Anne, MaryDeB, Wye Sue, KarenE and Lixie - sorry if you've had this one before and resisted, ladies...
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Some of this fleece...
Knitting meme...
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Knitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Drop stitch patterns
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Slip stitch patterns
Knitting with banana fiber yarn
Domino knitting (modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting
Charity knitting
Knitting with soy yarn
Toy/doll clothing
Knitting with circular needles
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Graffiti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
Continental knitting
Designing knitted garments
Cable stitch patterns (incl. Aran)
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book
Teaching a child to knit
American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)
Knitting to make money
Button holes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dying with plant colors
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cozies…)
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items) on two circulars
Olympic knitting
Knitting with someone else's handspun yarn
Knitting with DPNs
Holiday related knitting
Teaching a male how to knit
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking
Dying yarn
Knitting art
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener BO
Knitting with beads
Long Tail CO
Knitting and purling backwards
Machine knitting
Knitting with self-patterning/self-striping/variegating yarn
Stuffed toys
Baby items
Knitting with cashmere
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Freeform knitting
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerless mitts/arm warmers
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Knitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Hair accessories
Knitting in public
Thursday, May 10, 2007
and I'm only 4 rows off starting the pattern on the back now, too, having knocked off the other 24 while watching The West Wing this evening...
Washing Day
Monday, May 07, 2007
On the needles
Might have known...
Friday, May 04, 2007
I can't work out...
... whether this particular look expresses a) disdain at my audacity in photographing her; b) disapproval of the truly awful cover of what is otherwise a very wonderful book; or c) disappointment at my less-than-stellar tableclearing skills... It's got cold again here over the last day or so, so she's sleeping on the table rather than under her favourite hollyhock in the garden (she's beaten the soil down flat under that one; better not plant on it...)
But in other news I took delivery of this:
a binbag containing 2.5 kg of Jacob fleece. Freshly sheared, veryvery sheepy, and full of fantastically sticky lanolin... from a sheep which is thriving less than 5 miles away, too...
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Crossing the line
and the gates from inside - I thought the lettering made an interesting pattern against the office building behind...
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Some finishings...
I've done quite a lot of knitting recently - but one of the biggest pieces was a secret. Here it is, an Icarus for Jan in some Fleece Artist/HandMaiden Angel Hair, a 70% mohair/30% nylon yarn... the second one I've made to this pattern, and if they haven't discontinued this yarn by the time Ally Pally comes round, I'll be in the market for some for me...
and the stitch detail...
Some baby knitting also got done. This is the Baby Kimono from the wonderful Mason-Dixon book, in some hand-dyed Jaeger superwash merino. The baby's a girl - I'll hand the kimono over to the father when he gets back from paternity leave next week...
And a Baby Surprise Jacket - which was great fun to knit. This is Schoeller and Stahl yarn from Web of Wool - in the Hummingbird colourway. Like Trekking, it doesn't have a true repeat, and like Trekking I knew this would irritate the hell out of me in knitting socks. I really did think I was laid-back enough not to care that my socks didn't exactly match - but nope. So I know what my stash of Trekking is going to become - with this pattern, because of the really strange construction, the pattern matches perfectly!
And I found half a dozen buttons in my stash which match the yarn and are about the same size (I'm not quite that much of a symmetry freak). I don't know who this is for - there are several babies due to friends this summer - so the buttons will wait until I know its gender - you make buttonholes on both fronts, which is another wonderful feature of this pattern!
I hope to have some more finished stuff to show soon - the endless Trekking scarf which SkipNorthers may remember is finally done and I'll block that tomorrow morning before work; and Ragna is knitted, but I don't like the neckband, so I'll have to do that again... But as I only have one set of socks and one lace thing on the needles - tonight, I'm actually going to start some things!!


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Liberty kept her look sleek down to the very last detail, including a slicked back bun.
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The Lyon Cares Foundation announced today that Stanford Settlement is the recipient of a $5,000 grant. Their mission is to help build healthy communities through individual, family, and neighborhood services.
Operated by Lyon Real Estate, the Lyon Cares Foundation offers time, talent, and treasure to local nonprofits that make their communities a better place. Funds are raised through escrow and payroll contributions by Lyon agents and staff in addition to Lyon's annual Golf Tournament.
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5. Tim & Danny: Yes, stopping to ask directions is smart. Point for you. But Im taking the point away because you probably shouldve gone with a different point of reference than the 80 year old spanish speaking lady. Also, flapping your arms when asking where the airport is by way of charades does not symbolize a plane. It symbolizes a bird. Planes would be arms that dont flap. I havent seen a plane that has flapping wings, but maybe in Oklahoma?
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Jennifer Lawrence wins award for her role in 'Silver Linings Playbook'
Many locals said they planned to watch Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony to root for Quvenzhan� Wallis. Wallis, a Houma resident and star of the Terrebonne-filmed "Beasts of the Southern Wild."
Wallis, 9, is the youngest Best Actress nominee in the Academy Awards' 85-year history — an accomplishment, locals said, that brings a great sense of pride to the bayou community.
"She's got this," Tammy Parfait said, referring to Wallis' shot at winning the Oscar.
Houma resident Lisa Leboeuf, 50, agreed, adding that Wallis "is very bright, beautiful and down to earth."
"The movie was awesome, and she was fantastic. I believe she should win," Leboeuf said. "So many negative things are said about Houma. It's time we get to shine."
Tiffany Evans works in local retail and said the movie continues to sell out.
"We can't keep 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' in stock," Evans said. "It's a good movie, and we need to support this young actress of our hometown. We have a lot of talent here that goes unnoticed."
Terrebonne and Lafourche have had their fair share of stars. From musicians to reality TV stars, several locals have appeared on stage and screen.
But now, the area has representation in Hollywood, the nation's biggest hub for the biggest stars.
No one feels more pride than the Wallis family, said Melanie Wallis, Quvenzhan�'s cousin and principal at Elysian Fields Middle School in Houma. Quvenzhan� is a fourth-grader at the school.
"Speaking as a member of the family, we're all very proud of her," Melanie Wallis said. "Since everything started, no one knew the movie would get the press and the publicity it has gotten.
"Once we all met and got together and saw her acting in the movie, we were all blown away. We couldn't believe that this little girl with no training, no experience, could produce a part like that, so we were just in awe and shock," she said.
Melanie said while the film buzz came as a shock, Quvenzhan�'s resulting success did not, as "she's always been an outgoing child and wise beyond her years."
"She has just a very unique, bubbly and outgoing personality. Where she gets it from, nobody knows. That's just the way she is," Melanie said. "She's very articulate for a child and very expressive, and we just don't know where she gets it from."
Quvenzhan�'s nomination alone is historic, as she is the youngest nominee for the Best Actress category. "Beasts" was her first acting role.
She was only 5 years old when she auditioned, a process that had her competing with thousands of other young girls for the role of Hushpuppy, a child who struggles to come to grips with the pending loss of her father and her coastal home.
She was 6 years old when filming began.
Quvenzhan� spent the past two months traveling across the country doing interviews and making appearances on talk shows and red carpets.
But Nazie, as she's called by family and friends, told The Courier earlier this month that school is still important and she's keeping up with her class work. She said she falls right back into the routine when she returns and picks up playing with her friends.
When asked if Quvenzhan� seems to be adjusting well to her newfound fame, Melanie replied, "Oh, God yes."
"The faculty and staff here, we're blown away by her every time because she goes and sees all these movie stars that some of us never in our lifetime will meet, and she travels all these places, (and) she comes back and fits right in."
Filmed in 2010 and released over the summer, "Beasts of the Southern Wild," received several Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.
"This is one of the best movies that I have seen in a long time," said Houma resident Debra Duke. "It stands a great chance at taking Best Picture."
Whether the movie or its cast and crew win, locals say they're proud to be part of the "Beasts" legacy.
"Everyone had a hand in making this film what it is," said crew member Mike Arceneaux of Montegut, adding that the way everything fell into place is an illustration of the welcoming spirit and sense of community south Louisiana is known for.
"I loved the movie. It was whimsical and sad but also made you think and left you with a good feeling when it was over," said Katie Conner, 31. "I loved Hushpuppy and thought she was amazing. When the movie ended, I thought about her for days.
"I hope Quvenzhan� wins," Conner added. "What a great experience for her. Even if she doesn't act again in the future, she deserves all the accolades for her performance in 'Beasts of the Southern Wild.' "
Staff Writer Kris Johnson can be reached at 857-2207 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @krisLjo.


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I saw something rare at the hockey arena this weekend — real parenting.
The parental moment happened to take place at the ice arena, but had nothing to do with hockey really. It was more about a mother who was actually in charge of her kids and wasn't afraid to exercise her authority.
She did not worry that correcting her kids would "traumatize them for life." She did not fret that they would not love her, and she certainly wasn't the least bit embarrassed to be firm with them, even though I was standing right there.
Here's how it went down:
The mother (I'll call her Carol to protect her privacy) stopped briefly to chat with me. My son, Jarid, 11, had a sleepover at Carol's house the night before with one of Carol's sons.
Carol has a very busy household. She has four children and home schools them all. Because she educates her children at home, she understands how important it is for them to have a social life. That's why she allows her kids to have friends over all the time. I wanted to thank Carol for letting Jarid stay overnight and check on whether he had been well behaved during the visit.
As we were chatting, two of Carol's younger children ran up to us and interrupted.
"Mom, can we? Please? Please?" they chanted in unison.
Her son (I think he's 8 or 9) and one of her daughters who is maybe 7, was about to ask a question that might have been about getting a drink or a treat from the snack bar or a nearby vending machine. But Carol was having none of it.
"I'm talking right now and you interrupted me," Carol pointed out.
"But, Mom. We really want to ..."
"Not one more word," Carol shot back. "I am trying to talk right now. If you do not stop interrupting me, my answer will automatically be no. Go away and I will talk to you later."
"Sorry, Mom," the kids said, and they shuffled off leaving Carol and me to finish our conversation.
Later, I could not help but think about how perfectly Carol had handled the situation. It reminded me of the Saturday Essay I'd read recently in The Wall Street Journal titled "Why French Parents Are Superior."
Now I know what you are probably thinking. "Sure, it's just another swipe at Americans by those effete Eiffel Tower types. They think they have the best wines, the best cheeses, the best breads and now the best parenting skills. The nerve of those snobby beret heads!"
But, the article, written by American Pamela Druckerman, shows the French may actually be on to some very important parenting skills we all could take a lesson from. Druckerman wrote a book about it released earlier this month by Penguin Press and titled, "Bringing Up B�b�: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting."
In it Druckerman recounts how she and her husband struggled with a screaming, misbehaving toddler in a restaurant while their French counterparts breezed through dinner and enjoyed conversation as their children ate quietly.
The French parents barely seemed to "correct" their children while the American parents were screaming like banshees.
Druckerman started to wonder what their secret was. French parents told her, they don't "correct" their children, they "educate" them by talking softly to them all the time.
They also hold these tenets dear, tenets Carol seems to get even though she's not French:
1. Do not let your children believe they run the show. You are the parent. You are in charge.
2. In French or any language, "non means non." Say no with authority.
3. Do not let your children believe they are the center of the universe. Teach them to respect you and other people. (Remember, Carol did not let her children interrupt us. That is rude).
4. Teach them to delay gratification. (Carol would not let them have the vending machine items unless they waited patiently).
5. Teach them to entertain themselves. They will be so much happier as adults. (Carol's children slipped away to play happily as we finished our conversation).
There is so much more to this than I could print in this column. And, if you can get over the French being superior to us once again, the book might be worth a look.
Perhaps we should all say "Oui" to being strong, loving parents.
Mary Pat Rowland is the managing editor of Foster's. Her e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
The French beat us again — this time in parenting
I saw something rare at the hockey arena this weekend — real parenting.


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Crickets, crickets. Moon. Dark. Night. It's the witching hour over on Rhode Island (Redemption Island) and new arrivals are pulling in every minute. Choo choo... here comes a hirsute fellow full of knee slaps and cock-a-doodle-doo's. Next up, a rickety ole bag of bones looking for someone to rub. It's getting crowded on Rhode Island, but the atmosphere is still one of merriment and joy. Rooster (Ralph) gave up crowing and trying weeks ago. He's not there to fight. He's not there to compete. He's happy with the simple things. He got to visit a new country and meet all sorts of wonderfully stange coherent people. Sure, he may not have won the money, but that's ok. There'n nayverr gonna bay 'nother sperrrence lahk this'un. The Cuddler (Steve) is over this whole Survivor thing too. Just show him where his bed and bowl are and he'll be fine. Also, make sure he takes his teeth out before he nods off or else he might choke. The Pretty Pony (Matt), the only Rhode Island constant, is giddy from all the new faces. He looks around himself with wide-eyes and joy, and smiles. He just smiles. A beautiful, sparkly, perfectly aligned, probably never needed braces all his life smile. That leaves only one burble of browns and grays to rain on this parade. Mike, the sourpuss funkiller. Mike. Boring, awful, why does he exist, Mike. Mike notes that Rhode Island and the Jury are simply chock full of Zappas (Zapateras) which means that if one of them were to reenter the game they could still win this whole thing. While I guess that could be true, how freaking awful would that be?! That's why I don't like Rhode Island anymore. The possibility of someone extremely undeserving winning is way too high. I'm including the Pretty Pony in that statement as well. While I might want to molest him (and call him Jax) with every fiber of my being, he doesn't deserve to win this game anymore than I do. None of those Rhode Island people deserve to win. They can play their silly duels and perform circus tricks for the real players, but the inhabitants of Rhode Island will always be of a lower caste and nothing will ever change that.
Back at Murlonio, it's party time! The Omarion (Ometepe) Six is still intact. Their plan to wipe out all the Zappas has worked. And even though things are about to get scary and they'll have to turn on each other in the morning, they want to enjoy tonight and congratulate themselves for how far they've come. Happy, happy, whoop, whoop... hold up! What's this? A crispy bran flake is crying to herself in the corner. Little sad unexplainable fart tears are coming out of her eyes and maybe someone somewhere cared. I didn't, did you? No? Good. We're in agreement then. So yeah, Tattalie (Natalie) is just so overcome with emotion - you know, all that doing nothing and thinking nothing and contributing nothing can really weigh a girl down - that she can't hold it in anymore. Grant gave her the side eye, Mascaroni (Andrea) halfheartedly rubbed her back and Rob was all like, "What the hell is this?". He chalks it up to "a moment" and gets cracking on trying to calm her down. Tattalie can't fall apart now. Rob needs her to get to the end and whether she's 19 or 90, that grape nut needs to get her act together and suck it up. Rob's been working his ass off out there and with only 8 days to go he can't have critical cogs in his machine rusting up because of a bunch of little girl tears. I mean, come on! This is a decade of hard work we're talking about heeah. No wispy wheat grain is going to screw up ten years - not if Rob has anything to say about it.
So after a fitful night of whimpering, a fresh new Nicaraguan morning arrives full of surprises and presents. Both Murlonio and Rhode Island receive tree mail containing the magical Sprint phone and we all know what that means - family time! Now, I may seem somewhat flinty and impervious to touchy-feely-love things, but, in reality, I adore the family episodes. I like seeing who created or married these worthless bags of nonsense I'm forced to write about. Remember last year how surprised we all were that Mafia Dan was such a loving dad? It was sweet. It brought a tear to my eye. Deep down I hoped for some surprises like that this year. Maybe Jessum Harring is still alive and Phillip's been lying to us all along. Other things I wondered were... Will Amber show up? Were Mike's parents pod people? Does Ralph's wife have teeth? And ohhh, I don't know, does the Pretty Pony have an equally hot brother (threesome!) who rides motorcycles and smells of sex? You know, just the normal everyday getting to know ya sort of stuff.
Murlonio checks their videos and we get our first glimpses into each one of these wretched people's lives. First up is Tattalie's mom who says a bunch of mom stuff and makes Tattalie cry. Next is Mascaraoni's dad who is the cutest dad ever. He looks like the kind of guy who is always happy and is extremely proud of his family. Just looking at him made me smile. Then we saw Phillip's staunchly serious sister, Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison. After that was Rob's sister. Wait, his sister? Where's Amber? Next up was Grant's sister's second cousin's roommate's best friend. Seriously, who was that guy? And lastly we see Assley's mom who has an accent even thicker than Rob. Everyone was happy and crying and whatnot, but I couldn't shake the "Where's Amber?" shock I was feeling. I wasn't even a big fan of hers. Actually, I think I might have hated her. I don't know. Who can remember that far back? I can't even remember yesterday. So yeah, where's Amber?
Now it's Rhode Island's turn to see their videos. First up is Ralph's friend, Harlon. Actually, I have no idea if his name is Harlon. I'm just going to name him that. He looks like a Harlon. So anyhow, Harlon has some news. The cows are great, but the chickens are dead. The 'shine is still selling, but the house blew away in a tornader. Way to be uplifting Harlon! Next we see Mike's mom, Lady Stepford, and things about him begin to make a little more sense. Perfectly coiffed and primped, she spoke in short concise sentences offering little to no emotion. As a matter of fact, I don't even think she blinked. Then we saw Ole Man River's brother who said stuff about stuff. Oh who cares? It's Pretty Pony time. *rolls the dice* And it's a boy! A bouncing strapping chiseled boy. Bowm chicka wow wow. *lights candles* Hello brother. Welcome.
This brings us to the big duel. The big love-filled, who wants some love, give me love, here's your love duel. Seriously, how many times did Dimples say "love" last night? While love is nice in a telephone, love is much nicer in person. Huh? The winner of today's duel will get the opportunity to spend time loving their loved one. Upon hearing this, Pretty Pony danced with excitement while the Omarions up in the stands wilted and frowned with jealousy and anger. For this week's duel, each person has four tiles. One by one players will toss an evil looking spiky ball and try to break a tile. The first three people to break all of their tiles stay in the game. The sad sack who sucks at life will go join the Jury. OK so lasting on Survivor in 2011 has pretty much amounted to "just don't come in last". Lame challenge, lame duel, lame, lame, lame. At this rate, it's only a matter of time until there are more people on Rhode Island than there are back at Murlonio. Survivors ready, go.
Sorry, but even I'm not stupid enough to recap this challenge toss by toss. Basically, Mike won, Pretty Pony came in second, Rooster came in third and that big ole pile of dust, The Cuddler, is out of the game. Actually, if I didn't know any better, I'd say that The Cuddler threw the duel. His tosses were tiny little hiccups of what a throw might be. Little fluffy ploops in the sand. His heart just wasn't into it anymore. You could almost see the roast turkey in a bubble looming over his head. All that guy ever has on his mind is food so let's let him go eat up all the provisions at Ponderosa. He offered nothing to the game and has the personality of a doorknob. The Cuddler is a perfect example of terrible casting. Looking back over his time on this season I can't think of one noteworthy or funny or interesting moment where he was the star. The guy is a backdrop. A sad beige curtain. A graying yawn full of spittle. Buh bye Steve. Never come back.
Mike has won the love and out comes Mike's mom, Lady Jane Stepford, with her cute little bob and her shiny white tennies. But hold on there sonny jim. Not all is as it seems. Mike can keep the love for himself OR he can let Pretty Pony and Rooster have the love. What's behind door number two Dimples? It's Pretty Pony's brother Burton and Rooster's friend Harlon! The pony can hardly contain himself while Rooster and Harlon nod politely at each other and shift uncomfortably from all the love talk. But wait, there's more! Mike can keep the love for himself, give it to Pretty Pony and Rooster OR he can give the love to all of the Omarions sitting in the stands. The VERY Omarions who voted out Mike and all of his friends. I've given this a lot of thought and since one probably wouldn't want to look like a dick on TV, I'd give the love to Pretty Pony and Rooster. Who gives a flying fuck about the Omarions in the stands? A visit with their loved one is not going to buy a vote and it's ridiculous to even entertain that thought process.
I figured a hardened Iraq war veteran would see my logic, but nooooo. Mike has suddenly found religion. He just happened to be lying around reading the Bible the other day and God told him point blank to give the love to the most people. Meaning, the Omarions. Then, in a flash, Lady Jane leapt over the duel apparatus and begin pummelling her son's head in with a giant rock. Blood spurted everywhere and it was anarchy. Burton and Matt took turns raping and pillaging the village. Harlon, with a brewsky in hand, killed Phillip with a giant cattle prod. Toni Morrison shoved a spiky ball up Rooster's nose and waved a copy of Song Of Solomon in his face. Mascaroni's dad dropkicked Assley's mom. Rob's sister began making out with Grant's fourth cousin's nieces stepbrother's roommate and it was an all around orgy of delights. The whole time Dimples just stood in a corner and shook his head. Yup. That's exactly what happened. Because if I told you that Lady Jane was delighted and proud of her stupid son, that would be a big stinky borefest.Back at Rhode Island, Rooster is pissed off with Mike's decision. He would have been fine if Mike had kept the visit with Lady Jane, but to throw it all away and give it to their enemies was just a slap in the face. The Omarions treated Rooster like shit and even a simple mind knows that that sort of behavior shouldn't be rewarded. The Pretty Pony stared blankly and said he was glad he didn't have to make that decision, but you could tell that inside he was furious. Mike tried to appease him by saying he was only doing God's bidding, but come on now. God only talks to the Pretty Pony. He's the Christ figure here not this Mike character with his Cold War clothes and his bland personality. Mike's only been on Rhode Island for how long? 9, maybe 10 days? Pretty Pony has been there for 85 days so don't you come waltzing in and preaching to him about what it means to be a soldier of God. Nobody knows suffering like the Pretty Pony. To make matters worse, Mike confesses that he didn't even do it for the votes. He did it because "it was the right thing to do". No. No, no, no. Rewarding your enemies is never the right thing to do. Sun Tzu never said anything about showering your enemies with love. He said act like they're your friends and then, when they're not looking, cut their balls off. Verbatim.
So the Omarions take their loved ones back to Murlonio to give them the grand tour. "Here's the bush I piss in. Here's the clam shell I eat with. Here's the branch I sleep on. Just ignore the weird guy in his pink panties. He's the village idiot." By far my most favorite loved one has to be Mascaroni's dad. I love how he sweeped her up off her feet when they first embraced. I love how he noticed how fluffy her hair was. I have no idea what his name is but I'm going to call him Otto. Otto has a hint of a lisp, a friendly round belly and twinkling eyes. He's fantastically charming and I can imagine him and Mascaroni staying up late at night talking about America's Next Top Model together. He's beyond delighted with his fresh-faced fluffy daughter and it was very cute to watch. Conversely, Phillip is trying to explain to Toni Morrison how he's playing the best social game, how crazy works for him and how much his collection of feathers is growing. Toni simply sighs to herself. She was afraid this would happen. Alone in the jungle all this time without his meds, it's no surprise that these old familiar symptoms have resurfaced. She lets Phillip continue talking, but wonders if he's started seeing dead people again. That's the telltale sign that he needs to be in a maximum security facility with round the clock supervision.
We bid adieu to the loved ones and now we arrive at the big Immunity Challenge. Survivors will race to collect a series of puzzle steps. Then, place the steps in order from bottom to top creating a very tall staircase. The first person to finish their staircase and get to the top wins Immunity and is safe from elimination. Now this is a challenge! It's about bloody time. Survivors ready, go!
With the sun looming overhead and a thick sticky 110 degree heat enveloping them all, the Survivors race to collect their first bags. Rob, Grant and Mascaroni begin placing their steps first. Tiny Mascaroni, kicking everyone's ass, is flying up and down the stairs like she's got wings on her back. Rob and Grant are hot on her heels keeping it a close race. Assley tries to makes an effort but she's spindly and slow and Tattalie can't even figure out how to open her puzzle bag. Meanwhile, Phillip is over on his staircase with his feet up, his bag of puzzle pieces behind his head like a pillow and his giant limbs sprawled all over the place. The look on his face tells us he doesn't give a fig about what happens in this challenge. I don't know about you, but that pissed me off like you wouldn't believe.
Mascaroni, Rob and Grant proceed to their second bag of pieces and it's pretty obvious now that this is going to be a three way race to the very end. Mascaroni stays in the lead, Rob places a wrong board and Grant moves into a close second. Mascaroni seems unstoppable against the grunting brutes, but she picks up a wrong board leaving the door open for Rob to catch up.
Rob and Grant begin their third set of puzzle steps with Mascaroni still in it and fighting through the heat. Grant places an incorrect piece and it's anyone's game now. Rob and Mascaroni put down more steps and Grant fucks up again. Mascaroni shows zero signs of exhastion while Rob is huffing and puffing and using the boards to help him up the stairs. Grant uses his supermodel legs to take 3 steps at a time and somehow he catches up. Mascaroni begins to slowly slip behind and Rob only has one step left. The only thing that can save Mascaroni now is if Rob falls down dead and tumbles down the stairs. Crawling on all fours up the giant staircase, the unforgiving sun just laughs and laughs at Rob. His face is bright red, his laces are undone, he's wearing a black t-shirt and you just know his internal organs are screaming for moisture. With one last step to place and the absolute horror of throwing away ten years of hard work on all this one challenge... ROB WINS IMMUNITY!!!
With an exhale and a wipe of his brow, Rob collapses and I wondered for a second who would win if he went tumbling down the stairs. He moans in agony with his legs buckled beneath him causing Dimples to ask if he's alright. Sweat pouring down his face, he begs for water and Fembot Tattalie dutifully retrieves it. He requests help standing up and Dimples and Grant run to his side to obey (they were faster than Assley and Tattalie). They prop him up, take a step away and then down he goes. LOL It was a killer challenge and those three (Rob, Grant and Mascaroni) really wanted it. The others were pathetic excuses for competitors who were entirely way too comfortable with their lot in life as background players. They're the exact same way when it comes to strategy back at camp. It would be travesty if Phillip, Assley or Tattalie were to win this game.
Back at camp, it's the Rob Mariano Show. Grant leads the group in a round of applause for their fearless leader and eventually the talk turns to Rhode Island. Rob tells the group that someone has to go to Rhode Island. Mascaroni looks down at her hands, Tattalie pretends to fidget with her hair and Phillip leads his tiny nation of crab people into a flash mob. It appears as if this decision is Rob's and Rob's alone. Sadly, Rob wants to get rid of Mascaroni. I like Mascaroni a lot and I'm not ready for her to go yet. Sure, she talks like a valley girl and has fluffy hair, but she also kicks some major ass in challenges and holds the secret to Everlasting Mascara. To lose her now would be horrifying. Then again... Mascapony. *thinks for a second* No, I want her to stay. She can make the Mascapony later. Someone else should go home instead, but who?
The afternoon creeps on and Phillip has taken it upon himself to start burning the shelter. It's raining and the shelter is already cramped, but Phillip, in his infinite wisdom, has decided that tearing off hunks of the roof and turning it into giant clouds of smoke is the best option right now. Phillip's logic is that when someone comes back from Rhode Island he wants them to sleep under the open spot. Nevermind the fact the open spot is smack dab in the middle of the shelter and MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE! From Phillip's standpoint he's just being a brilliant trapezist and pouring sugar on the doughnut. It was his plan all along to be the villain. Every now and then he needs to pull out the crazy and then it's smooth sailing to the end. Nope. Uh huh. Look, I'd love to finally have a player who pretended to be insane win Survivor, but Phillip Sheppard is not that player. Phillip Sheppard is the mayor of Candyland and nothing more. He thinks he's armed with oral arguments, but really he's armed with aural arguments. I'm not exactly sure what aural arguments are, but I think it has something to do with crystals and wearing tie dye.
Now, watching all of this from a distance is Rob. Rob says he wants to get rid of Mascaroni, but now he's beginning to wonder if maybe Phillip should go home instead. After seeing Phillip wrestle with a wasp and get tangled in a bunch of blankets, he wonders if he really is that insane or if it's truly all an act. "Is Phillip that good?" he asks. He broaches the subject with Grant and verbalizes his suspicions that something about Phillip isn't trustworthy. Could he win over a jury? Could he actually convince people that's he's a worthy contestant? My gut tells me NO and NO. That jury is full of the most straight-laced Phillip haters out there. In my mind, it would be a miracle for Phillip to get even one vote.
This brings us to Tribal Council. Mascaroni talks candidly about how safe she feels and at home I cringed. I only had to look at Grant's face in that moment to know exactly how they were going to vote. Phillip burbled a little bit about how he's waiting for an upper body challenge to really prove his worth so I took a Twinkie and smashed it over his face on my flatscreen. I don't even eat Twinkie's, but I went out a bought a box for occasions such as this. Anytime Phillip says something I have no patience to listen to, I'll smash a prepackaged dessert on his face and say, "How you like me now?!" Then I'll bang on my chest and flash a gang sign or something. That's how I roll. Hardcore. Staples, dryer cloths and jelly beans.... I hate Phillip. Vote, vote, vote... Mascaroni is the 14th person voted out of Survivor: Redemption Island.
So, what did you guys think of last night's episode? I don't know. I think I'm losing my mojo. My heart wasn't in it this week and I apologize. I'm triggered by drama so when there is none I just sort of flail about and wonder what to do next. Sorry about that. Anyhow, are you sad Mascaroni is gone? Will she make the world's first ever Mascarpony? Who would you like to see win Survivor: Redemption Island? Do you think Phillip is putting on an act? Comment it out bitches and have a great day!
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Last month, a 200 hp motor started blowing fuses every few days. It's on its own branch circuit with no other loads. This motor runs only occasionally. It turns the compressor of a supplemental plant air system, charging a supply tank to 400 psi. It starts when pressure drops to 50 PSI. If plant air pressure drops below the main compressor's ability to keep up, the tank supplies 40 psi to the plant air system.
The fuses are the correct size and the same size used prior to this problem. There's no evidence of a fault, so why do those fuses keep blowing?
Even if they're the right size, fuses of the wrong type might not handle the inrush current. Don't just check to see that you're using dual element fuses instead of single element. Check to see that the rating is sufficient for this application. Make sure you review the fuse selection against the Section 430.52(C) of the 2011 NEC.
The problem may not be the fuses. How many restarts/hour is this motor getting? On the first start of the motor, when the windings are cool, inrush current may be below the threshold for blowing those fuses. But if the motor restarts several times in a short period, the windings will build up heat and the motor will require more current to start.
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This looks like a neat interface -- if it has intelligent and configurable multitouch like we're used to.
In this demo, the animations are way too slow for my taste; I want my gestures to take effect immediately rather than go all "ooh, ahh" over the useless animations, but that's very likely something they'll tweak.
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Do you have folders that you constantly navigate to? Instead of clicking through a maze of subdirectories, you can add the folder to your Favorites in the top left corner of Windows Explorer.
To add a folder to your Favorites in the Navigation Pane of Windows Explorer, simply drag and drop a folder into the Favorites section located at the top left corner of the Explorer window. You can also drag items in your Favorites list into any order you prefer.
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IL County Attorney Declares He'll Selectively Enforce Wiretapping Law Found Unconstitutional By Seventh Circuit Court
from the I-don't-know...-I-never-heard-of-no-'constitution' dept
In May of last year, the Seventh Circuit Court finally buried an oft-abused aspect of Illinois' "eavesdropping" law, an outdated statute meant to ensure privacy by requiring both parties to consent to recording. In theory, this prevented secret recordings. In practice, it was the go-to justification for cops to arrest citizens filming their activities. The state's attorney general aided in this abuse by throwing the bad law at as many people as the cops could round up.
A round of courtroom challenges culminated in the Seventh Circuit Court declaring the law was likely unconstitutional, at least in respect to citizens filming law enforcement officers. The Cook County state's attorney appealed but was shot down by the nation's top court, which refused to hear the appeal.
As it stands now, the court has stated that using this law to curtail the recording of police is unconstitutional. (The circuit court booted it back down the line, suggesting the lower court repeal the law altogether.) But that isn't stopping Robert Bonjean, state's attorney for Morgan County, IL, from prosecuting people using an unconstitutional law.
A Jacksonville man who had his phone seized for recording an on-duty police officer is not likely to be charged under the state's controversial eavesdropping law.You would think that the state's attorney would have ended his sentence before that troubling em-dash. An unconstitutional law isn't something you can just decide to enforce randomly... or at all. True, the law is still on the books, but this particular aspect -- recording an on-duty law enforcement officer -- isn't a prosecutable offense.
Morgan County State's Attorney Robert Bonjean said Monday that he is not anticipating prosecuting an eavesdropping charge against Randy Newingham — at least not at this time.
Bonjean seems to think higher court decisions are nothing more than vague guidelines.
"We'll review those reports and we'll continue to monitor the decision from the 7th Circuit court," Bonjean said. "I don't foresee myself making any blanket decision, just taking it on a case by case basis."It would seem to me that the blanket decision has already been made for Bonjean, but there's no deterring an attorney bent on pursuing "justice," even if said justice might need to be put on the back burner until no one's paying attention.
"Quite honestly, I haven't made a decision," Bonjean said. "Officially I've [indicated] to [Police Chief Tony Grootens] that I won't file charges. But technically it's a felony charge, so I have three years from the date of the offense to file a charge."Yep. Just wait it out and keep "monitoring" the decision, just in case the Seventh Circuit Court decides to reverse its decision in order to keep Illinois law enforcement free from public scrutiny and servile prosecutors like Bonjean occupied tossing cell phone owners in jail.
Police Chief Grootens threw in his two cents as well, the ignorance of which indicates that Grooten's two cents was perhaps one cent more than his coin purse of a mind contained.
Grootens said he believed that Newingham was sincerely ignorant of the law.Could be. Many citizens are. Please go on.
"Believe me, [the State's Attorney's Office is] busy enough," Grootens said. "There's more pressing things on their plate right now than to go with that. I already took care of it. … I told him not to be doing it. He honestly thought he was OK to do it, so now if he continues to do it, I can't tell you that he certainly won't be arrested."Hmm. That's an interesting interpretation of a law that says preventing citizens from filming law enforcement officers is a violation of their First Amendment rights. It's so interesting, it's completely wrong! Grootens' statement indicates there will be more arrests of citizens wielding cameras because you simply can't have citizens enjoying protections the police have failed to recognize. That way lies anarchy. And madness. And accountability.
The article indicates the police still believe a blanket decision that covers the whole of Illinois somehow doesn't cover Morgan County. Perhaps it's all a big misunderstanding. Cook County appealed the circuit court's decision and was rebuffed by the Supreme Court. Using the same sort of logic currently impairing the attorney and police chief, we can extrapolate this to mean that the law only applies to Cook County and the rest of the counties are free to jail anyone training a camera on a cop.
They might want to be careful, though. Among the things not included in Morgan County's tattered copy of "I Can Law! (And So Can You!)" is the fact that violating citizens' rights opens up the violators to civil suits, as was pointed out by DaveSs in Reason's comment thread.
42 U.S.C. § 1983, commonly referred to as "section 1983" provides:So, there's that. If Bonjean decides to drop the hammer on Newingham at some point over the next three years, he can expect the hammeree to drop one right back for depriving him of his rights. The same goes for Morgan County law enforcement officials. Before that happens, someone might want to talk to these two gentlemen and try to get them on the same page as the rest of the state.
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Head over to Yusuf's ridiculously nice apartment off of Columbus Avenue, overlooking Middle Park. When you arrive, the ever-crazy Yusuf will be on the phone with a business associate. Then, his father calls, and you suddenly realize that all of the money, wealth and material possessions around him aren't really his, but his father's. Nonetheless, Yusuf is undeterred. It appears that he has a big deal in the works, and he needs Luis to come along with him to somehow legitimize it. Luis agrees, and the two men head outside.
Once outside, you'll find yourself automatically placed in one of Yusuf's convertibles. The idea is to drive over to the Rotterdam Tower, which is near the southern end of Algonquin. It's a posh building squeezed in between Denver-Exeter Avenue, Hematite Street, Frankfort Avenue and Garnet Street. The drive over there should be an uneventful one. However, when you arrive at the tower, you'll find that Yusuf is apprehensive to head on up and speak with his friends. Instead, he asks you to go up and scope things out. Agree, and head inside the tower's lobby. Once inside, you can take the elevator up to the tall building's observation deck.
Once you're up on the observation deck, take a look at your HUD. The turquoise-colored dot represents Yusuf's two friends, so seek them out. When you approach them, a cutscene will ensue. These guys almost immediately seem nervous, and for good reason. They're planning on taking out Yusuf and doing business without him. Luis quickly hones-in on their plan and threatens one of them. When he doesn't spill the beans, Luis rather casually throws him off of the building. His bloodied, deceased body lands in a cab on the surface. Then, Yusuf's other "friend" runs off in an attempt to escape. Let the ambush begin.
You'll have to fend off the heavily-armed police here, as well as other goons, but thankfully, Yusuf handed you an extremely powerful auto-shotgun before you got out of the car. This weapon is a beast, and will easily be able to take out enemies with a single hit. Indeed, even the helicopters that show up on-scene can be destroyed with four or five hits of the shotgun. Don't neglect to take the choppers out, as their machineguns can rip you to shreds, and are the only real danger throughout this mission. You'll run into a few helicopters, so always be on the lookout for them as you continue to climb higher up the building, using various staircases and ladders. Don't rush around, however, as there could be a foe around any corner or atop any staircase or ladder. Be cautious!
When you finally reach the long ladder heading up to the very tippy-top of the building, you'll have to climb quickly (follow the on-screen prompt to do so). Eventually, you'll reach the apex of the building, where Yusuf's "friend" can be found. He offers up a parachute so that Luis can take a dive off of the building to reach safety below. Luis even seems like he's going to let the man live, but when he postures like he's going to hit him, the man falls off of the side of the building, and meets the same fate as his associate did a few minutes ago. Now, it's time to jump off of the building. Do so, following more on-screen prompts to correctly navigate, use your parachute, et cetera. When you land on the ground in one piece, the mission will conclude. And there's more, because now, you can do base jumping missions around the city. Nice!
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Getting Started¶
This page is intended to help the beginner get a handle on SciPy and be productive with it as fast as possible.
What are NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib, …?¶
SciPy and friends can be used for a variety of tasks:
NumPy's array type augments the Python language with an efficient data structure useful for numerical work, e.g., manipulating matrices. NumPy also provides basic numerical routines, such as tools for finding eigenvectors.
SciPy contains additional routines needed in scientific work: for example, routines for computing integrals numerically, solving differential equations, optimization, and sparse matrices.
The matplotlib module produces high quality plots. With it you can turn your data or your models into figures for presentations or articles. No need to do the numerical work in one program, save the data, and plot it with another program.
Using IPython makes interactive work easy. Data processing, exploration of numerical models, trying out operations on-the-fly allows to go quickly from an idea to a result. See the IPython site for many examples.
There is a sizeable collection of both generic and application-specific numerical and scientific code, written using Python, NumPy and SciPy. Don't reinvent the wheel, there may already be a pre-made solution for your problem. See Topical Software for a partial list.
As Python is a popular general-purpose programming language, it has many advanced modules for building for example interactive applications (see e.g. wxPython and Traits) or web sites (see e.g. Django). Using SciPy with these is a quick way to build a fully-fledged scientific application.
How to work with SciPy¶
Python is a programming language, and there are several ways to approach it. There is no single program that you can start and that gives an integrated user experience. Instead, there are several possible ways to work with Python.
The most common is to use the advanced interactive Python shell IPython to enter commands and run scripts. Scripts can be written with any text editor, for instance Emacs, Vim or even Notepad. Some of the packages such as Python(x,y) mentioned in Installation also offer an integrated scientific development environment.
Neither SciPy nor NumPy provide plotting functions. There are several plotting packages available for Python, the most commonly used one being matplotlib.
Learning to work with SciPy¶
To learn more about the Python language, the official Python tutorial is an excellent way to become familiar with the Python syntax and objects.
One way of getting a handle on the scientific computation tools in Python is to take a look at the following online resources:
SciPy Tutorial contains examples for each submodule in the SciPy library
In addition, a number of books have been written on numerical computation in Python, see for example a Google search on books related to SciPy.
An example session¶
To give a simple example of typical interactive use, we find and plot the maximum of a Bessel function. If you have worked with numerical computation environments before, what follows looks very familiar.
This assumes you have installed the SciPy stack, for example following the instructions in Installation.
$ ipython --pylab
Python 2.7.4 (default, Apr 19 2013, 18:28:01)
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
IPython 0.13.2 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
? -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
%quickref -> Quick reference.
help -> Python's own help system.
object? -> Details about 'object', use 'object??' for extra details.
Welcome to pylab, a matplotlib-based Python environment [backend: Agg].
For more information, type 'help(pylab)'.
In [1]: from scipy import special, optimize
In [2]: f = lambda x: -special.jv(3, x)
In [3]: sol = optimize.minimize(f, 1.0)
In [4]: x = linspace(0, 10, 5000)
In [5]: x
array([ 0.00000000e+00, 2.00040008e-03, 4.00080016e-03, ...,
9.99599920e+00, 9.99799960e+00, 1.00000000e+01])
In [6]: plot(x, special.jv(3, x), '-', sol.x, -sol.fun, 'o')
In [7]: savefig('plot.png', dpi=96)
An example script¶
The above example session can be written as a non-interactive script as follows. Here, we don't give the simplest example possible, but follow what is considered good practice on command-line scripts.
Contents of a file
Compute the maximum of a Bessel function and plot it.
import argparse
import numpy as np
from scipy import special, optimize
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
def main():
# Parse command-line arguments
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(usage=__doc__)
parser.add_argument("--order", type=int, default=3, help="order of Bessel function")
parser.add_argument("--output", default="plot.png", help="output image file")
args = parser.parse_args()
# Compute maximum
f = lambda x: -special.jv(args.order, x)
sol = optimize.minimize(f, 1.0)
# Plot
x = np.linspace(0, 10, 5000)
plt.plot(x, special.jv(args.order, x), '-', sol.x, -sol.fun, 'o')
# Produce output
plt.savefig(args.output, dpi=96)
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GM CEO-designate Mary Barra starts with a truck – USA TODAY
DETROIT — General Motors' CEO-designate Mary Barra hosted her first giant product introduction here Sunday night, unveiling the 2015 GMC Canyon midsize pickup with a boast that it's so impressive, it'll make the minuscule small-truck market grow.
The Canyon, which goes on sale later this year with corporate companion Chevrolet Colorado, has "style, refinement and capability," she said, so will appeal to shoppers who didn't even realize they wanted such a vehicle.
GM says that, contrary to consensus, midsize-truck buyers have incomes similar to big-truck buyers, and many will prefer the smaller models because they're easier to park, use less fuel, will be priced lower and can carry close to as much as full-size models.
The midsize — formerly compact — pickup segment accounted for just 240,000 sales all of last year, about the capacity of an auto plant running two shifts. Two-thirds of those sales went to the Toyota Tacoma, so the Canyon's and Colorado's ability to expand the demand for midsize pickups is key to their success.
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It's also the only way those two won't swipe sales from the recently redesigned, full-size GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Colorado, which are significant moneymakers for GM.
Barra, selected last month to replace CEO Dan Akerson on Jan. 20, said the Canyon and Colorado amount to the beginning of a GM "product onslaught."
She was on stage at the Russell Industrial Center here only as long as it took to make more-or-less expected comments about the new truck and hand the stage over to Mark Reuss, who replaces her as GM's global product chief.
The industrial center was designed by Albert Kahn and originally built auto bodies. It now provides studios and lofts for artists and space for special events.
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The real action for Barra came when she left the stage and was mobbed by reporters and camera operators in what was one of the most furious "scrums" at an auto press conference in a long time. The impromptu session was cacophonous, and she provided what seemed like scripted answers to a variety of questions and made no comments on substantive issues, such as whether GM plans to resume paying dividends to its stockholders.
Barra is in the spotlight because she's the first woman named to run a big auto company. GM's Detroit-based rivals Ford Motor and Chrysler Group have ranking female executives, but none who are a nod by the board of directors away from the corner office.
Barra joined GM as an intern in 1980 and has worked for the automaker her whole career. Akerson said when she took the global product chief's job, she stepped into a confused nightmare, and put it right better and faster than expected.