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So, for the blog hop today we were asked to use the color combo that is featured on the cover. In Bazzill Basics speak...the color combo is Great Lakes, Tink Pink, Lemon Lime & Lemon Drop. Here is the card that I created using FTL #122 from the Clean & Simple Stamping blog!
So, for the blog hop today we were asked to use the color combo that is featured on the cover. In Bazzill Basics speak...the color combo is Great Lakes, Tink Pink, Lemon Lime & Lemon Drop. Here is the card that I created using FTL #122 from the Clean & Simple Stamping blog!
447 comments
Wow love this card! So colourful and clever.ReplyDelete
Congrats on being a cover girl -- and have an extra-happy birthday! Your cards are great :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card! I love that sentiment!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday too! Mine was yesterday, LOL!
Oh my it is absolutely no surprise to me that you gorgeous, beautiful, insiring cards made the front cover....you're the best sweetie....hugs xReplyDelete
First off Happy Birthday!! :) My first time visiting your blog and you are going on my list :) Beautiful card!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card, love the gems.ReplyDelete
Fabulous card! Can't wait to get my hands on a copy of the magazine! Thanks for the chance!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card, Lea! Love your cover card, too! Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
Love your style :) Happy BirthdayReplyDelete
- Holly SaveurJanuary 14, 2011 at 7:05 AM
Great card love all the details!ReplyDelete
Happy Birtday to you!
Congrats on the cover card. Love your designs and great card on post today. Happy Birthday!!ReplyDelete
WOWZA...you are definitely rockin' this special issue from the front cover and all throughout...congrats!!!!! Today's card is absolutely fantabulous! Thanks for your never ending inspiration!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday ! 15 cards...WOW ! Awesome. Love this card and all the colors !ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday. Congratulations for having your card on the cover of the magazine.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday. Love the colors, gems and flowers. Great card.ReplyDelete
Love it...so cheerful.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday, such daring colours, but you've really inspired meReplyDelete
Congratulations for your card submissions to the magazaine and happy birthday. Beautiful cardReplyDelete
Love visiting your blog-so many great ideas!ReplyDelete
GREAT card. You have a good eye for how to put the colors together. Congrats on that beauty on the cover too.ReplyDelete
I like this card a lot!!! It makes my heart sing. "For real" :-) :-)ReplyDelete
WOw that is a great card!
thanks for sharing.
Melissa Frances
Your card is so cute. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
Greta giveaway and I do love your cover card!! This one you share today is just as lovely though!ReplyDelete
Love, Alexandra
Oh your card is just beautiful!ReplyDelete
1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEA!!!!! xoxoxoxReplyDelete
2. HUGE congrats on the cover, your card is FANTASTIC!!!
3. LOVE this card too, way to rock this color combo!!!!
The colors and paper work well together. This is very nice work!ReplyDelete
Wow, what an awesome prize. I love the card, I can't wait to steal the design...hehe.ReplyDelete
what vibrant beautiful colors in your card - I love it!ReplyDelete
Congrats on getting the cover of this awesome issue! The new card is fab too!ReplyDelete
Congrats and Happy Birthday Lea! Can't wait to get this issue!!ReplyDelete
Just found this blog hop and I love seeing all your creativity! Thanks for sharing,ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 14, 2011 at 8:46 AM
i love your blogReplyDelete
Wow, gorgeous card. Love the way you used the color combo.ReplyDelete
This is my first time visitng your blog and you have some beautiful projects. Thanks for sharing. Oh, Happy Birthday also. It is my granddaughter's birthday too.
LOVE the card-so bright and cheerful!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 14, 2011 at 8:57 AM
Love the colors!ReplyDelete
I love papercrafts mags and have shelves full of them.ReplyDelete
Keep up the good work
- lisa mosherJanuary 14, 2011 at 8:58 AM
i am enjoying seeing all the different ways this color combo is used, your card is very pretty love the layout thanks for a chance to winReplyDelete
Love the brightness! Great job.ReplyDelete
your card is so pretty, Lea! And congrats on the cover spot!ReplyDelete
Wow! The recipient of this card is going to feel a whole lot of happy when they open the envelope! Vibrant and joyful!ReplyDelete
It's really great you're having all this cool stuff happening on your birthday, You're cards are great love the coloursReplyDelete
Congratulations on having so many of your creations included in the book!ReplyDelete
Your card is so bright and sunny. Sure to make anyone feel happy!
Thanks for sharing! :o)
- D. DallasJanuary 14, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Love the bold colorsReplyDelete
Wow congrats on having your beautiful card on the cover! it looks fabulous!!! Also wishing you a very Happy Birthday :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 14, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Oh, very sweet! I would love to recieve a card like this, will make me cry, surely! And such cute little flowers..wonderful work!ReplyDelete
Cute!! Love your card!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Lea!! Have a wonderful day. Congratulations on making the cover of the magazine. I really like your interpretation of your cover card on the blog today. So sweet.ReplyDelete
Elaine Allen
Amazing use of these colors! Thanks for the inspiration!ReplyDelete
what a wonderful card. It popsReplyDelete
Your card is so bright and cheerful! Beautifully done! Hope you have a marvelous Birthday!ReplyDelete
This is a really fun card! And Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
Oh I love this card! Your cover card is gorgeous too!ReplyDelete
Love the bright, bold colors. It is more striking because you didn't over-embellish it but just let the colors be the design.ReplyDelete
Beautiful card! I love seeing how each one of you had such different inspiration with these colors!ReplyDelete
This one is so bright and funReplyDelete
Great card .. using some of my fav CC paper! Thanks for the colour ideas & inspiration!ReplyDelete
love the colors you used! They are so bright and funReplyDelete
Love the card and the saying ~ Hope you have a great birthday!ReplyDelete
Love it!!! so bright and cheerful.ReplyDelete
thechecker@gmail dot com
So pretty. With that verse anyone would be glad to receive the card.ReplyDelete
LOVE this card and your blog! Congrats on the magazine!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday and Congrats to you! I love your cards and use of color.ReplyDelete
Lea, this is just stunning. I love this color combo and you have intrepreted it wonderfully. Thanks for sharing your talent with the rest of us.ReplyDelete
Congrats on the cover, and I love your card today...a splash of color on a wintry day!ReplyDelete
I love your fun, bright and cheerful card! WOW! Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
Very colorful and pretty!ReplyDelete
Love your card, it has a bright happy feel to it. tfs.ReplyDelete
- Marie D.January 14, 2011 at 10:08 AM
OMG! I really, really like this combination. I have to get these colors together to make something.ReplyDelete
Love the pink card base and the blue for the sentiment. Striking!ReplyDelete
Lovin' how each card brings forth different colors to shine. That's the beauty of this art. Happy birthday, Lea.ReplyDelete
I LOVE the brightness of this card and especially the different colored bling...I've never thought of mixing my bling LOLReplyDelete
Your card rocks! Big congrats for making the cover!!!ReplyDelete
I love your cover card! Congrats :) This issue just needs to be read over and over and over again, doesn't it?ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! This would brighten up anyone's day!ReplyDelete
Love the patterned paper you used in your card...very beautiful!ReplyDelete
A lucky friend to receive this card. An envelope full of sunshine; it's so vibrant and fun. Best wishes on your special day.ReplyDelete
- Laura ViewJanuary 14, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Enjoy your birthday! What a beautiful card with great use of the colors. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 14, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Way to shine girl. Love the cover. Live your cards ( the ones Ive seen so far). Can't emwait to get a copy!ReplyDelete
And Happy Birthday, hope it's as fabulous as you!
Oh, I love your take on the color combo!!! Gorgeous work girlie and Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 14, 2011 at 10:33 AM
Love your card..whomever you sent it to will be so happy!ReplyDelete
Diana B.
crb underscore deb at bellsouth dot net
Great colorful cards on both the cover and today's version.ReplyDelete
slrdowney at hotmail dot com
Fabulous!!! This color combo rocks!!!ReplyDelete
Congratulations and happy birthay. Your card on the cover pretty much sold the issue to me!ReplyDelete
Love your hop card too!
Have a wonderful DAY!
I love your beautiful card! Funny, the first thing I noticed about it was the great colors! :) Hope you have a very happy birthday!ReplyDelete
Love your take on this combination! A lovely, bright quilt of color!ReplyDelete
Love this one AND your cover card!ReplyDelete
Fun, fun card! Love your color blocking on it.ReplyDelete
I like how crisp and clean this card is!ReplyDelete
WOW, beautiful, bright and bold! I love it. TFSReplyDelete
Congrats to you & a Happy Birthday at that!ReplyDelete
Happy Happy Birthday Lea!!! The card on the cover is absolutely gorgeous!!! I really love the bright colors and the combination of them is really spectacular!!! And this card on your blog is equally awesome! I love your design!!! TFS hugs,ReplyDelete
Amazing card! I love it! The different colored jewels really add to the effect. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card and so is your blog!!! ;)ReplyDelete
wonderful card --love the firstname.lastname@example.com
Now that's using some colorReplyDelete
Congratulations on your success and happy birthday! Thank you for sharing your creativity with all of us.ReplyDelete
Lea when I was reading this issue I was so happy to see all of your cards... I am so excited for you. Happy Birthday my friend. I hope you have an amazing day.ReplyDelete
Awesome color combo, super cute card.ReplyDelete
WOW!! FIFTEEN cards and the cover? Amazing, but I am soooo not surprised, because you have such a flair with color! Congrats!!!ReplyDelete
Fantastic card! I can't wait to get this publication!!!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful card. Love this color combo.ReplyDelete
Beautiful! I love those colors together, and your card has me digging out that same piece of yellow Cosmo paper.ReplyDelete
Great card. I love the colors.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday! Hope you'll have a wonderful day! And thanks for sharing this lovely card with us =)ReplyDelete
This was fascinating! Thank you so much!ReplyDelete
Love your card with the bling. Such a fun card.ReplyDelete
I so love your card and this color combo - fab!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday!!ReplyDelete
Your card is great! Fun to see all the different cards on the blogs-thanks for a chance to win.
Happy Birthday. Thanks for the inspiration. I'll have to give this color combination a try.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
Lovely card - beautiful colors!
This is yet another stunning card! Well done!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday x
Your card is too cool. I love it!!!ReplyDelete
This card is beautiful!! Love the jewels and the patchwork background! TFS :O)ReplyDelete
Congrats, Miss Cover Girl! And Hapy Birthday to you, too!! I love the second interpretation of your cover card - the colors just WOW me! Thanks so much for sharing!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday! And congrats on being the cover girl!Your second card is as beautiful as your cover card.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring the rest of us!ReplyDelete
How refreshing!! Great card!!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday! My son's (7th) birthday is today as well. Your cards are gorgeous and I can't wait to try some of your ideas out.ReplyDelete
What an adorable card. I, too, am in love with this color combo, it just jumps off the page and is so exciting to look at. Lea, hoping your birthday is extra special today!Thanks for sharing all your talents with us.ReplyDelete
Very very nice card...ReplyDelete
Wow, fabulous design with these bold colours!ReplyDelete
Congrats on making the cover!! Both of your cards are GORGEOUS!!! And Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
booger1 at tds.net
an absolute riot of color! just what we need on this gloomy winter day!ReplyDelete
noblekatt(at) hotmail.com
Happy Birthday to you!! Love your cards :)ReplyDelete
Such a sweet card and I love that you gave the instructions for how you made it!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday :) WOW I love this card!!!ReplyDelete
I love your cards, they're so cheerful. The jewels really look great.ReplyDelete
How fun to say you are a cover girl! So deserving too. Happy b-day!ReplyDelete
Wonderful cards. Just adorable!!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win.
annadowdy at gmail dot com
Beautiful card! I think jewel tones are my favorite. congrats. I bough the apecial issue and have loved going through it. Each time I flip something else catches my eye. Thanks for the inspiration.ReplyDelete
Beautiful card creation! Thanks for sharing your ideas.ReplyDelete
Carol B
Happy Birthday! Great card!!ReplyDelete
I love the saying on this card! beautiful tooReplyDelete
beautiful...i love how its so BRIGHT!!!!!ReplyDelete
LOVE it!! Beautiful :)ReplyDelete
great card - love the sentimentReplyDelete
Your card is very pleasing to the eye...Great Job!!!ReplyDelete
Love the bright happy colors!! Need it on this dreary winter day :)ReplyDelete
Love the quilted look!!!ReplyDelete
- Pat CastilloJanuary 14, 2011 at 1:13 PM
Wow! What a creative use of colors! Great card!!!ReplyDelete
Wonderful fun!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday, Lea! And Congrats on gracing the cover of this awesome special issue. I can't wait to get my hands on it!ReplyDelete
Your sample today is so fun and cheerful--love the way you've used the colors (again!). Thanks for sharing!
Too pretty! I love the friendship theme:)ReplyDelete
What a wonderful take on the color challenge!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card! Love the way you combined the colors!ReplyDelete
Great card, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card and congrats on the cover!!ReplyDelete
The colors are so festive & happy. Love it!ReplyDelete
I need that saying! That is such a great one! Your card really caught my eye with those colors and the flowers are so sweet!ReplyDelete
love love love your card! its fantastic in every way possible!ReplyDelete
Love your cards! Great colors and designs.ReplyDelete
Cute Card! Fun colors! Thanks for giving the instructions as well!ReplyDelete
I just love all the details, from the jewels to the pattern on the printed paper. Nice job!ReplyDelete
I love those colors! They make me think of summer and not the 10 inches of snow sitting outside. lol You've made a wonderful card!ReplyDelete
I love the colors of patterned paper you used on your card, I will have to try this.ReplyDelete
Absolutely GORGEOUS!! Love, love, love this card, Lea!ReplyDelete
I wished you a happy birthday on FB, but since I'm here... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! :) Hope you have an awesome day!
Congrats on being picked for the cover card!! Love both versions....... :)ReplyDelete
love the patterened paperReplyDelete
Love the patterned papers, rhinestones, flowers and lovely sentiment on your beautiful card!ReplyDelete
While blue is my favorite color, this card with the pink base is the BOMB! I love it. Great job! This is so exciting!ReplyDelete
Wow! What a bright and upbeat card! The placement of your accents really catches my attention. I love the little flowers on top of the larger one to the right of the sentiment. :) Terrific work!ReplyDelete
fantastic, I love it!!ReplyDelete
- Julie NewellJanuary 14, 2011 at 1:44 PM
Wow, I am amazed by your work ...been to several blogs today for the contest...SO INSPIRED...I love the Freind card...and so much more...I could BLOG all about it right here, but I won't! Thanks so much for sharing!!! I hope to be back soon!ReplyDelete
- Michelle SJanuary 14, 2011 at 1:45 PM
Lovely card!!ReplyDelete
Awesome cheerful card!! I adore this paper line from CC and you did an excellent job with it!ReplyDelete
I loved your card so much I saved it to my inspiration folder! I especially love the sentiment!ReplyDelete
Great card! Love the color combo.ReplyDelete
Love your card! Thank you for sharing and for the ideas! Those flowers are great!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 14, 2011 at 1:56 PM
Love your card. I'm a latina and I really like brighter colors.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for sharing with all of us
- Cindy C.January 14, 2011 at 1:56 PM
Love card! Really the two different looks between the cover card and this one!ReplyDelete
Beautiful, bright card. Thanks for sharing the steps of creating it with us.ReplyDelete
Beautiful! Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
- Kari SanchezJanuary 14, 2011 at 2:01 PM
Wow...this is different but I love it and what a different way do do a card and layering...good ideas I am going to try later! thanks! :)ReplyDelete
I love the jewels that you used on this card. The blue and pink look awesome next to each other.ReplyDelete
Sweet card with so many patterns and details!ReplyDelete
love the card - I'm going to try this one.ReplyDelete
Love the jewel/bling. The colors are fabulous. Great job!ReplyDelete
Love this card and such a happy design!!ReplyDelete
I love this color combination and what you did with it! I have been trying colors that take me out of my comfort zone. I love pastels and neutrals. I just picked up this issue and if I win a copy will pass it on to my sister-in-law.ReplyDelete
- Joy BriggsJanuary 14, 2011 at 2:20 PM
I'm at a loss for words ... I love the way you did the blocks! this is sooooo pretty and has become my inspiration for the birthday card I'm agonizing over!ReplyDelete
I must say that I like the card on the cover best. I love the colours in the challenge so much!ReplyDelete
You really have a talent with embracing color challenges. This card is truly awesome.ReplyDelete
Oh, what a lovely card! I really like the different papers you used for the background. Super cute!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 14, 2011 at 2:29 PM
both of your cards just pop! they are filled with joy and light.ReplyDelete
- Julie Murdoch/ Julesbda/ Julie MJanuary 14, 2011 at 2:30 PM
Oh my, think this one is my favourite! I love it! Beautiful, a masterpiece!ReplyDelete
What a bright and happy card! I love it!ReplyDelete
It's fantastic!!ReplyDelete
- KaylynnJanuary 14, 2011 at 2:37 PM
I love the brightness of your card!!!ReplyDelete
Lea-I don't think there was one card in Color Inspirations that I did not love that you created. Congrats on being the covergirl and Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday, Lea! I hope you're having an awesome day! I celebrating your birthday by blog-hopping! I think it's a good way to spend part of the day! I love your card...both the cover card and the one here on the blog! Love and talent abound!ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful card. I'm loving these colors!ReplyDelete
great card, love all the embellishmentsReplyDelete
Nice work!!! I like the bling.ReplyDelete
Oh that is super cute - great take on the colour combo :)ReplyDelete
Thank you! Just beautiful! :)ReplyDelete
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An Elections Canada investigator alleges he had reason to believe that Michael Sona admitted he was involved in misleading robocalls in the 2011 federal election and also alleges that the former Conservative Party campaign worker had hinted he didn't act alone.
Sona is the only person charged over the "Pierre Poutine" calls sent out to more than 7,000 voters in Guelph, Ont., on election day.
These new but unproven allegations against Sona are detailed in a sworn statement from Elections Canada investigator Allan Mathews, which came to light Monday only after a judge issued a publication ban restricting the reporting of some of the statement's details.
The publication ban, ordered by Judge Célynne Dorval, was issued at the request of Sona's lawyer and with agreement of the Crown prosecutor.
Sona's lawyer, Norm Boxall, said it is important that cases are not tried in the media before they go to court.
"A temporary publication ban is often important to preserve the integrity of the investigation by the both the Crown and the Defence as well as to preserve the fairness of the trial," Boxall said in an emailed statement.
The order forbids the reporting of certain paragraphs of a document called an Information To Obtain (ITO), sworn by Mathews on May 3, 2013, that allowed him to get a court order for records from a credit company related to a credit card used to pay for the robocalls. The allegations by Mathews have not been proven in court.
The Ottawa Citizen is considering whether to challenge the ban in court.
Sona, who has repeatedly stated he believes he is being made a scapegoat by the party, was charged in April with breaching the Elections Act, a violation that carries a fine of $5,000 or up to five years in prison. Boxall is to appear in court in Guelph on Thursday morning for a pre-trial conference along with a federal prosecutor.
In one of the paragraphs of the ITO not subject to the publication ban, Mathews writes: "Based on the facts identified in my grounds for belief, I have concluded that Michael Sona was involved with the sending of misleading messages to electors in Guelph on May 2, (2011), that he admitted to personal involvement while leaving some suggestion that he did not act alone."
He also alleges, "Further, a number of identified steps were taken by one or more persons on April 30 through May 2 in relation to these messages, which included the purchase and use of prepaid Peoples Trust payment cards, which I have left a record of time, location and use."
Mathews swore the ITO to ensure his investigation legally obtained information about disposable Vanilla credits, purchased at Shoppers Drug Mart locations in Guelph shortly before the election. These cards were used to pay the Edmonton-based voice broadcasting company, RackNine, that the suspect used to send out the misleading automated calls.
He asked for a court order to obtain the list of other transactions, other than the RackNine purchases, that were recorded against the same four disposable Visa and MasterCard accounts. Although he had obtained this data previously, Mathews went back to the court in May for the order to ensure the evidence was legally acquired.
These other transactions against the credit cards may have helped investigators determine the identity of the person behind the robocalls.
Sona served as director of communications to Conservative candidate Marty Burke's losing campaign in Guelph. He later landed a job on Parliament Hill, working for Conservative MP Eve Adams, but resigned when reports of the investigation into the Guelph calls surfaced last year.
The ITO, the first filed by Mathews since nearly a year earlier, summarizes some new but unproven developments in the investigation that led up to the laying of the single charge under the Elections Act against Sona in April.
In sections of the document not subject to the publication ban, Mathews reports that Elections Canada commissioned an independent audit by a forensic accounting firm to confirm details about log-ons to RackNine that the company had provided. The audit by Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton finds minor errors in information provided by RackNine but supports its overall findings.
"An independent third party audit of the RackNine database conducted at the request of Elections Canada confirmed that the RackNine database contains the same records of use as are described by Matthew Meier, the CEO of RackNine."
Meier, whose company was used to send the deceptive calls to voters in Guelph, provided Elections Canada with a report in May 2012, which he gleaned from session logs.
His report found an electronic link between whoever set up the Pierre Poutine call and another account belonging to Andrew Prescott, a Burke campaign worker who had an account with RackNine.
The latest court documents also clear up the mystery of the IP address that electronic records from RackNine show was used to set up the calls. When Elections Canada asked the provider, Rogers Hi-Speed Internet, to trace the address — 18.104.22.168 — the company told Elections Canada that it corresponded to a home near Guelph with no link to the affair, which seemed to be a dead end for investigators.
Rogers subsequently double-checked its records at the request of investigators.
"In the intervening time the modem had been returned to Rogers and given to another customer," Mathews alleges in the ITO.
"The information formerly given to Elections Canada was that of the current user, and not that of the previous user. Rogers subsequently learned the customer history of the modem device. The true subscriber during the timeframe requested was the Marty Burke campaign."
The ITO also gives new details about the infamous Pierre Poutine "burner phone," saying Mathews had learned it had been shipped to a Future Shop on Airport Road in Brampton and, two weeks later, sold at a Future Shop location at 151 Stone Road West in Guelph at 7:04 p.m, April 30, 2011.
The purchaser paid $45.30 in cash for the phone, the receipt showed. When it was first activated, it was picked up by a cellphone tower on York Road in Guelph, Mathews said.
Mathews also alleges he determined that one of the disposable credit cards had been bought with cash from a Shoppers location at 6:49 p.m. the same night — just 15 minutes before the phone was purchased.
Mathews said he drove between the two locations and found they are 1.3 kilometres apart and in nearly a straight line.
In previously released documents, Mathews described how the phone was registered to the bogus name "Pierre Poutine" using a fake address in Joliette, Que.

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Romar Beach Baptist Church
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|This is the article on volume 21. For chapter 190, head to Unforgivable!!.
|(許せない!!, Yurusenai!!)
|Volume Info
|Naruto vs. Sasuke!!
|Release Date
|March 4, 2004 (ISBN 4-08-873573-3)
|October 2, 2007 (ISBN 978-1-4215-1855-8)
Unforgivable!! (許せない!!, Yurusenai!!) is volume 21 of the Naruto manga.
Chapter 181
- "The Beginning of the Battle…!!" (闘いの始まり…!!, Tatakai no Hajimari…!!)
After gathering his things, Sasuke heads for Konoha's exit. He finds Sakura waiting for him there. He tells her to go home. She does not, instead asking why, after all they've been through together, he always ignores her. Sasuke responds that she can't understand him, but Sakura insists that, because she loves him, she's willing to try. She offers to help him take revenge and to accompany him in leaving Konoha, anything so long as she can be with him. He leaves so she threatens to scream. He knocks her out after thanking her. The Sound Four greet Sasuke outside the village to accompany him to Orochimaru.
Chapter 182
- "Assemble!!" (集結!!, Shūketsu!!)
While running errands for Tsunade, Izumo and Kotetsu find Sakura unconscious. They wake her up and she tells them about Sasuke's defection. They immediately inform Tsunade. Surprised that Orochimaru is making his move so soon, Tsunade has Shikamaru brought before her and tells him what has happened. Because the village is understaffed after Orochimaru's Konoha Crush, Shikamaru and a genin team of his choosing are all that can be spared to retrieve Sasuke. Tsunade recommends Naruto and Shikamaru insists on bringing Chōji. Naruto suggests that Shino would be preferable to Chōji, but Kiba informs them that Shino is away on a mission. He, however, volunteers. Lee overhears them and recommends Neji. Lee himself awaiting his surgery.
Chapter 183
- "The Promise of a Lifetime" (一生の約束, Isshō no Yakusoku)
Before the Sasuke Recovery Team departs, Shikamaru asserts his leadership and establishes a basic approach to how the mission will be carried out. Despite the frantic nature of the mission, the team and Rock Lee can find no faults with his plan. Sakura stops them before they leave and pleads with Naruto to bring Sasuke home, believing that he is now the only person capable of getting through to him. Admitting that he knows of Sakura's feelings, Naruto half-heartedly vows to do so, encouraging the team and causing Sakura to acknowledge all of his selfless actions. Elsewhere the Sound Four inform Sasuke of a task given to them by Orochimaru, bluntly telling him that he needs to die once.
Chapter 184
- "Oto vs. Konoha!!" (音vs木ノ葉!!, Oto Bāsasu Konoha!!)
The Sound Four offer to advance Sasuke's cursed seal to its second level. Because they are forcing the process, Sasuke must be put into a death-like state for an extended period of time. They explain the state as 'suspended animation' after which Sasuke agrees and, after "dying", is sealed into a coffin. Meanwhile, Tsunade gives Lee a final chance to back out of the operation. Seeing how determined he is to resume his life as a ninja and fulfil his dreams, she immediately gets to work. As the Sound Four carry Sasuke's coffin to Orochimaru, they are found by Konoha ninja returning from a mission. Knowing they will need help, the Sound Four activate their cursed seals.
Chapter 185
- "Pursue Oto…!!" (音を追え…!!, Oto o Oe…!!)
After activating level one of their cursed seals, the Sound Four attack Raidō Namiashi and Genma Shiranui. When they do not return their teammates, Iwashi Tatami and Shizune, go looking for them and find them near death. The Sasuke Recovery Team, detecting the battle while pursuing Sasuke, realises that Sasuke has escorts. They near the Sound Four's location and find traps in the area. Knowing they are probably resting after their battle, the Retrieval Team prepares to ambush them.
Chapter 186
- "The Strategy… Failed?!" (作戦…失敗!?, Sakusen… Shippai!?)
Having been forced the activate level two of their cursed seals during the earlier fight with the Konoha ninja, the Sound Four rest. The Sasuke Recovery Team, observing them, determines that Sasuke is likely in the coffin the Sound Four have with them. They approach, but are quickly attacked. Although the Sound Four believe they have stopped an ambush, they discover that they have been captured by Shikamaru's Shadow Imitation Technique. Sakon is somehow able to free them and Jirōbō immediately traps them in a rock prison from which the Retrieval Team is unable to escape. The Sound Four continue on while Jirōbō stays behind, which Neji discovers to be because he is absorbing their chakra.
Chapter 187
- "Begging for One's Life…!!" (命乞い…!!, Inochigoi…!!)
As their chakra is slowly consumed by Jirōbō, Shikamaru analyses the damage that Kiba is doing to their rock prison in his attempts to break out. He offers to give up the others if Jirōbō will let him go, but Jirōbō refuses. Most of the Sasuke Recovery Team concludes he is a traitor but Chōji, trusting Shikamaru, recognises that he has a plan. Shikamaru informs them that, although their prison repairs itself, the process is slowed at the point furthest from Jirōbō. With the help of Neji they are able to pinpoint the slowest repairing point. Ashamed for doubting him, the team focuses their attacks on that area and are able to escape.
Chapter 188
- "The Shinobi of Konohagakure…!!" (木ノ葉隠れの忍…!!, Konohagakure no Shinobi)
Jirōbō is impressed that the Sasuke Recovery Team was able to escape but, having consumed most of their chakra, is confident he can defeat them. Shikamaru suggests splitting the team up, the others going ahead while he catches Jirōbō with his shadow and Naruto fights him. Jirōbō ridicules the plan and Shikamaru's jutsu, expressing his sympathies that the team has a leader as useless as Shikamaru. Chōji demands that he, and only he, be allowed to fight Jirōbō while the others follow the rest of the Sound Four. He gives them Military Rations Pills to restore their chakra which Shikamaru, confident in Chōji, accepts. They leave and Jirōbō tries to go after them, but Chōji takes the first of his Three Coloured Pills, the green Spinach Pill (ホウレン丸, Hōrengan) to stop Jirōbō.
Chapter 189
- "The Power of Faith…!!" (信じる力…!!, Shinjiru Chikara…!!)
After taking the first of the Three Coloured Pills, Chōji is able to match Jirōbō in physical strength. They exchange blows, but Chōji quickly begins to feel the strain of taking the pill. As they leave the area the Sasuke Recovery Team wonders if Chōji can defeat Jirōbō, but Shikamaru informs them that one-on-one battles are perhaps the best they can hope for and that Chōji, who considers himself as the weakest of the team, is doing his part now. Shikamaru adds that he is wrong to think so, as Chōji is actually the strongest. Jirōbō activates the first stage of his cursed seal to overpower Chōji and observes that he has been abandoned by the rest of his team. Determined to prove Jirōbō wrong and to avoid disappointing Shikamaru, Chōji takes the second pill, the yellow Curry Pill (カレー丸, Karēgan), to increase his size to gigantic proportions.
Chapter 190
- "Unforgivable!!" (許せない!!, Yurusenai!!)
Jirōbō activates level two of his cursed seal to repel Chōji. Chōji cannot move after taking two of his Three Coloured Pills and thus cannot stop Jirōbō from eating the last of his potato chips. Jirōbō assures him that he shouldn't feel bad since Chōji is fat and will soon be joined by Shikamaru, his "worthless" team leader, in death. Chōji thinks back to his childhood and how all of the kids his age looked down on him for his weight. Only Shikamaru stuck up for him and, in fact, didn't care, knowing Chōji had more important qualities. They have been best friends ever since. Although using the last pill will surely cause his death, Chōji does not hesitate to take the red Chilli Pill (トンガラシ丸, Tongarashigan). Easily restraining Jirōbō, he informs him that he's one-hundred times as powerful as he was before. Chōji tells him that he could ignore being called fat or having food taken from him. What he cannot forgive is Shikamaru being insulted. He punches Jirōbō, decimating the area.
Author's Note
|There are so many movie trilogies and series these days, like The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, etc. It gladdens me that my favourite film worlds continue to live on.
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DANBURY -- Centuries of tradition and expertise in wine making are available to area residents who want to make bottles of their favorite varietal to share with friends, family or coworkers.
Giovanni Petretta, whose family has been making wine in Italy for more than 500 years, opened the Shelter Rock Winery in Danbury and is offering club memberships to those who want to make their own barrel or share the experience with others.
"I love introducing people to the process of making their own wine," said Petretta, who was raised on his family vineyard in Italy before moving to the United States in the 1980s. "It's a tradition that needs to be carried on."
Since 2008, Petretta has been offering his expertise to wine enthusiasts through the Santo Stefano Winery in Westchester County. But after spending the past few years commuting more than two hours a day from his home in Danbury, he decided to move the operation to the Hat City.
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For those who are new to making their own wine, Petretta can guide them through the process of crushing the grapes, fermenting the juice, racking the barrel and eventually bottling their wine with their own labels. It's a process that starts around the time of the harvest in October until the wine is ready to be bottled in June.
"Wine isn't something that takes care of you, it's something that you have to take care of," he said of the process.
The cost of producing your own barrel of wine is about $4,000 and results in about 24 cases. There are also less expensive options for those on a tighter budget. A barrel can be shared with up to six friends or co-workers as a team-building exercise.
"Giving a bottle of your own wine, with your own label, can be a great present for the holidays to give to your friends, co-workers or clients," Petretta said. "It's really a social experience. Anyone can get involved in the process and can taste what they've made with their own two hands."
Anat Schneider, of Brookfield, who has been has been making wine with Petretta since before he opened his operation, said once you taste the wine, which is all natural and doesn't contain any sulfites, you'll never go back.
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Eli's Cheesecake Proud to be part of History: Mayor Daley's Wager with the Mayor White of Houston over the White Sox and Astros in the World Series
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Mayor Richard M. Daley has a been lifelong Chicago White Sox fan growing up just blocks from the old Comiskey Park and the new U.S. Cellular Field. Today at a morning press conference outside the Field, he recounted his memories of attending the World Series in 1959 and his great joy with the American League Champion Chicago White Sox.
In honor of this great occasion in Chicago, Mayor Daley invited a distinguished list of Chicago food companies, restaurants and institutions to join him for a very special wager with Mayor Bill White of Houston. Eli's was delighted to be a part of this wager, but knowing that our White Sox will win the World Series, we started today baking our Giant Eli's Cheesecake for the Victory Celebration.
Eli's Big Slice was proud to be featured with great Chicago brands including Vienna Beef, Stewart's Coffee, Tootsie Roll, Connie's Pizza and Original Rainbow Cone.
Eli's is White Sox crazy this weekend! Go White Sox!
Eli's, Marc Schulman, at the podium, sharing Eli's pride in being Chicago made,its support of the wager, and its delight to create a White Sox World Series Victory Cheesecake.
Chicago is very fortunate to have the LaSalle Bank as the leading local bank and its Chairman and CEO, Norm Bobbins. Just two weeks after one million people celebrated the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon, Bobbins was celebrating the Sox American League Championship and the strong corporate support that LaSalle provides the Sox and all of Chicago.
Mayor Richard M. Daley presents Chicago White Sox Chairman and CEO, Jerry Reinsdorf with a smaller version of the banners saluting the Sox that are display around the City.
Mayor Bill White of Houston has urged his residents to discard their socks for a "No Socks Weekend." Mayor Daley, being concerned that the people of Houston could get cold, particularly if they are attending the games in Chicago this weekend, brought white socks as a gift for the people of Houston.
Eli's Maureen, Elana and Marc Schulman with Chicago Mayor, Richard M. Daley. Daley is a great supporter of Chicago family businesses and is delighted to see companies like Eli's support Chicago public educational institutions like Wright College and the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences.
The Home of the White Sox has always been in the 11th Ward on Chicago's southside near what was the location of the Chicago Stockyards. Here, Eli's, Marc Schulman, and Eli's special friend, Doug Wertheimer of Wertheimer Box, congratulate Alderman James Balcer on the success of the Sox.


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The artist works under the identity of JaZon Ex. of which he is the founder and the president. JaZoN Ex. is a scoring system created from the artist's life."JaZoN Ex. the most human stock market on planet earth...!!» uses the mechanisms of the stock exchange market in order to re-interpret the idea of value, and particularly to transpose the stock market to a human scale. His work deprives the economical world of the question of the interpretation of value, something that until then was exclusively reserved for this world.
In order to realize his project, JaZoN Frings created completely new financial instruments: an exchange currency, stocks, bonds. These express the diversity of his life in all its complexity.
The concept of the stock market is called into question, opening greater perspectives than its current status of a playground for a select few. By putting into place his proper value systems, he directly confronts the rational ideas of contemporary economics.
When quantifiable economies are discarded, when life's absurdities become the crucial point for determining value, more doesn't always have to be better than less. JaZon Ex.' objective is to generate value in contradiction with the notions of rational economies.
This work needs a constant implication from the artist, which kind of reminds us of On Kawara's work, who recorded all the founding events of a universal day: the hour of the awakening, the travels (or non-travels), the meetings, the readings. On his part, JaZoN Frings is interested in the consequences of these events that On Kawara factually recorded. To get up in the morning, to travel and to meet other people, it all entails a series of chain reactions: love, anger, fatigue, stress, laughter...
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Harrington is a city in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Harrington hosts the annual Delaware State Fair each July. The population was 3,562 at the 2010 census.[4]
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What is the minimum roof pitch for asphalt shingles?
The manufacturers say a 4/12 pitch is the minimum but the absolute minimum is 2/12. Pitch is measure in inches in vertical rise over one foot of horizontal run. So a 4/12 pitch roof rises 4 inches vertically for every 12 inches of horizontal run.
How long do asphalt shingles last?
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Don't be rash: Heed 'leaves of three...' advice
TV news was my thing. When I first appeared regularly on D.C. news, I thought I was "da bomb." It was just a matter of time before someone else dropped a bomb on me. A couple of years later in Charlottesville, Beth Duffy and I were itching to tell NBC29 viewers about poison ivy. I said my neighbors agreed to allow me to tell their story. (I was their matchmaker and they married!)
They are still happily married (never got the seven-year itch), but every time the husband does yard work, his wife gets poison ivy. It turns out that poison ivy toxins cling to his clothes, so the hubby accidentally gives her the rash.
Harmless story? I got an anonymous letter from a viewer saying I broke patient confidentiality (though they weren't my patients) and probably ruined their marriage by telling this "personal" story. So this viewer said, "Me and the girls will never see you as a doctor since you can't keep your mouth shut." (Ah, didn't my disclosure of my friends' consent mean anything? And it is, "The girls and I." Learn some grammar!)
Can people give you a rash?
Toxicodendron is the group of plants that include poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac. With exposure to these plants, a contact dermatitis can develop to cause itch, itch, itch!
Up to 40 million Americans seek medical treatment for "poison ivy dermatitis," in particular farmers, forestry workers, and firefighters.
Urushiol is the bad-boy ester in poison ivy that causes a skin reaction in 50-75 percent of people.
On first exposure to urushiol, a rash takes about 72-96 hours to develop. Once a person is sensitized to urushiol, the rash occurs much sooner, in 12-24 hours, though delayed rashes can occur many days later. Here is some interesting trivia: some folks who are allergic to urushiol can have a cross-reaction to mango rind, cashew nutshell, and ginkgo tree, Indian marking nut tree, and Japanese lacquer tree.
The red rash usually appears in a streaky pattern where the plant's toxins brushed up against the skin. The reaction can vary from just bumpy to all-out blisters, depending on level of the reaction. The face and– gulp– the genitals can become quite swollen from the urushiol.
The rash lasts one to three weeks but can be complicated by infection from– yes, you guessed it— scratching. So topical and oral steroids as well as antihistamines are often prescribed to stop the itch and reduce the inflammation. Such these plants should never be burned because the smoke can cause a terrible pneumonia.
Most of my patients with poison ivy get it while doing yard work. Dogs can carry in urushiol as well as clothes and hands. Until the urushiol is washed off (and be sure to scrub under the fingernails), it can spread to all body parts. The sooner urushiol is washed off, the better. Fifty percent of urushiol can be eliminated if it's on skin for ten minutes or less, but 30 minutes on the skin and only 10 percent is removed.
Barrier creams are controversial, although I have some patients who swear by them to prevent urushiol contact.
I was never a Boy Scout, so I'm not that great at identifying all the different types of poison whatevers. In general, the rhyme, "Leaves of three, let them be" (which should be spoken while stirring a cauldron) is a good rule.
So cover up, wash up, and stay away from poison ivy and the gang. The pharmacy has only so many steroids to rash-ion.
Dr. Hook cracks a joke or two, but he's a respected physician with an interesting website, drjohnhong.com. Email him with your questions.


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"The X Factor" is ending after three seasons.
Fox and the show's production companies announced Friday that the U.S. edition of the singing competition will not be coming back this fall.
"X Factor" head judge and creator-executive producer Simon Cowell, who served as a judge on Fox's "American Idol" for nine seasons, will instead return to the U.K. version of "X Factor" later this year.
"I've had a fantastic time over the last 12 years, both on 'The X Factor' and 'American Idol,'" Cowell said in a statement. "And apart from being lucky enough to find some amazing talent on the shows, I have always had an incredible welcome from the American public -- most of the time!" The acerbic judge initially predicted that "X Factor" would be a major hit before its 2011 debut, but the show never garnered stellar ratings, which continued to dip in last year's third season.
"X Factor" also failed to produce a winner as successful as past "Idol" champions. The show's hosts and judging panel was revamped each season with Paul Abdul, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Britney Spears, Demi Lovato and Kelly Rowland among those joining Cowell on the panel.
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35 million: Estimated pounds of candy corn that are produced each year. Today is National Candy Corn Day, so make sure to grab a bag for trick-or-treaters (and yourself!).
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DC-3: The unbelievable airliner that just won't quit
By Thom Patterson, CNN • Updated 4th June 2014
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James Bond piloted a Douglas DC-3 airliner. Indiana Jones hopped a ride on one for his last crusade. This aviation icon even stars in a reality TV show.
Almost 80 years after its introduction, a few hundred DC-3s are estimated to still be flying worldwide. That's kind of unbelievable in an age when dozens of younger types of airliners have already retired to aviation boneyards.
"When we take them to air shows I watch people gravitate toward (them)," says Joe McBryan, co-star of
History Channel's "Ice Pilots
." McBryan owns Canada's
Buffalo Airways and its six operating DC-3s
. "People always have a story. They say their dad or grand-dad flew one ... or they flew on one when they were young."
The DC-3 debuted in the mid-1930s as an aviation rock star.
With its two powerful propeller engines it revolutionized the travel industry by cutting typical coast-to-coast flight time across the United States from 25 hours to just 18.
Although it typically seated only about 21 passengers, the plane allowed airlines to make a giant leap toward profitability.
Later a military version of the plane helped win World War II by dropping thousands of paratroopers during the D-Day invasion of France, 70 years ago this month.
Result: The DC-3 has touched millions of lives.
But what about this plane keeps it flying all these years later?
Pilots will tell you the DC-3 won't quit because it was so well-built. Some say its design and rugged landing gear helped it touch down safely on short runways.
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But for McBryan -- age 70 and still flying almost daily -- it's about love.
"You can choose your friends and coworkers but you can't choose the one you love. An airplane is the same. And in 1969, the DC-3 came and it stayed with me," McBryan says.
During some of the coldest weather on the planet, McBryan's planes ferry tourists, hunters, adventurers and regional workers across Canada's remote Northwest Territories.
The 45-minute DC-3 flights from Yellowknife across icy Great Slave Lake to Hay River are pretty basic. Passengers get no meals, no WiFi, no video. "There's coffee and cookies and juice," McBryan says. There is an alternative to in-flight entertainment: "A lot of passengers like the sound of the engine. It will lull you to sleep. It's a perfect sleeping noise."
McBryan's son once said the engines sound like a "funeral procession for the Hell's Angels."
On the flight deck, for McBryan, it's all about the plane's feel. These classic aircraft are controlled with a yoke connected directly by cables to the tail and wings. No fancy fly-by-wire electronics like newer airliners. No flashy heads-up displays for speed or altitude, either. An old fashioned instrument panel works just fine, thank you very much.
"It's very comfortable," he says. "You're in your own nest. You have the ability to feel what the airplane's doing."
The DC-3 cockpit "is very comfortable," says pilot Joe McBryan. "You're in your own nest."
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In 2008, a Gooney Bird helped James Bond get out of a jam.
Fans of the Bond film "Quantum of Solace," may recall actor Daniel Craig in the cockpit of a beat-up DC-3.
"Let's see if this thing will fly," Bond says in the film.
Does it? Oh yeah. And then some.
After takeoff, a super-fast jet fires on the Gooney Bird, forcing Bond to use the DC-3's slow speed to outwit the jet pilot. The jet winds up as a stain on a rocky mountainside. Chalk up a win for low and slow.
Missionary Flights International's Ric Hallquist has been flying DC-3s for 30 years.
Back in the 1980s, a DC-3 served another movie franchise hero. In "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," Indy flies from New York to Newfoundland to the Azores and Europe on his quest for the Holy Grail.
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Getting on board a DC-3 is an uphill climb. Literally. The plane's tail sits on the ground when it's not flying, forcing passengers to walk up a steeply inclined aisle to take their seats.
"One of the most common comments I hear when some passengers come on board is, 'Wow, there's really an angle here,' " says Ric Hallquist, a longtime pilot for
Missionary Flights International
"I kind of feel like I'm going back in time to the 1940s or '50s, flying these airplanes around," says Catalina Air Boats pilot Robby Bolling.
Three times per week, Hallquist flies DC-3s loaded with cargo or passengers from South Florida to the Caribbean. In addition to passengers, Hallquist and his co-pilots have hauled horses, ATVs and pretty much any legal cargo they can fit through the aircraft door.
The Gooney Bird's rugged landing gear with its big struts can handle rough runways in places like Haiti or the Dominican Republic, Hallquist says. "And the air frame is just so strong, it really is."
But the plane can also be temperamental, especially for pilots without much DC-3 experience, says
Catalina Air Boats
pilot Robby Bolling, who flies a daily DC-3 cargo route from Long Beach, California, to Catalina Island, about 30 miles offshore.
"You just have to respect it, not abuse it," says Bolling. "I kind of feel like I'm going back in time to the 1940s or '50s. flying these airplanes around."
When the DC-3 flies, folks around the airport start shooting photos, Bolling says. "I always notice that. It's kind of like a rock star."
Bolling fears the plane won't be around much longer. He says he'll miss it.
Back in Yellowknife, ice pilot McBryan sees it differently. He believes the planes could easily fly for another 30 years
"They keep making parts, so there won't be a shortage," says this son of a prospector. If anything stands in its way, McBryan says it will be a shortage of leaded fuel that his DC-3's engines burn. The environmentally hazardous leaded fuel is being phased out.
But losing the DC-3 would be a shame, McBryan says. There's simply nothing else like it. The plane is about as near humans will get to growing wings.
"Strap a DC-3 to your a** and let the wings extend out," he jokes. "That's the closest thing you will come to a human flying."
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The modern First Amendment began with a turn of the clock, on a Monday on March 13, 1919, the moment of the release of Justice Holmes's seminal opinion in Schenck v. United States. At that pinpoint in time, First Amendment history was reconfigured and the liberty-denying past gradually began to fade away in the years and opinions that followed. Holmes laid his claim to the conceptual turf and what followed is what we call modernity. True, Learned Hand had his moment, too, in 1917 with his district court opinion in Masses Publishing Co. v. Patten. But that opinion, for all its insights, took on meaning primarily as a comparative point to the work of the Great Holmes. And then there is the work of Zechariah Chafee, the scholar who lent his own measure of staying power to the Holmesian notion of free speech law. Before these three Harvard men, however, there was Utah born man who came onto the First Amendment scene, a man far less credentialed and polished, a University of Wisconsin Law School trained lawyer who championed a libertarian creed and contested the will of a very powerful man, Anthony Comstock. That radical lawyer, whose name and work have largely remained cabined in the confines of forgotten history, was Theodore A. Schroeder. Like Holmes, he too had a vision of free speech law. What follows is the first of a series of articles that introduces the reader to Schroeder and his many works concerning free expression. Those works first took root not in political speech, but in area of freedom far more important to the progressives of his day - sexual expression. We come to his story thirteen years before Holmes's glorious moment in 1919, on an occasion when Messrs. Schroeder and Comstock were to debate the topic of sexual expression. Several months later, Theodore Schroeder published an article in the Albany Law Journal ("The Constitution and Obscenity Postal Laws"), which is the main focus of this article. Drawing on a measure of history and analysis, the aim is to provide the reader with an idea of how Schroeder conceptualized his vision of free speech freedom.[On Professor Collins's observation that Schroeder's "name and work have largely remained cabined in the confines of forgotten history": I don't doubt that's true for the general public, but, as Professor Collins fully appreciates, Schroeder is no stranger to scholars after our Guest Blogger David Rabban's "The Free Speech League, the ACLU, and Changing Conceptions of Free Speech in American History," 45 Stanford Law Review 47 (1992), and Free Speech in Its Forgotten Years (1997). Thus, Professor Collins writes that this first installment on Schroeder "build[s] on what Professor David Rabban has written." DRE.]
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Collins on Theodore Schroeder's Defense of Free Speech
Ronald K. L. Collins, University of Washington School of Law, has posted Theodore Schroeder and the Pre-1919 Defenses of Free Speech: The Case for Freedom of Sexual Expression. Here is the abstract:
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- Pat said...
Professor Ernst correctly mentions my reference to Professor Rabban's works referencing Theodore Schroeder. I cite to Rabban's works numerous times, and do likewise to those of Professor Mark Graber. My point, as quoted, was that Schoreder's name and work have LARGELY remained cabined in the confines of forgotten history." In this regard, the VAST majority of books and articles on the history of free speech in America either do not mention him at all, or do so only in passing. And none really critically examines any of his individual works in any thorough way. In this draft of an article, and others to come, I set out to do just that.
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Author(s): Andrew Liveris
The case for revolutionizing the U.S. economy, from a leading CEO America used to define itself by the things we built. We designed and produced the world's most important innovations, and in doing so, created a vibrant manufacturing sector that established the middle class. We manufactured our way to the top and became the undisputed economic leader of the world. But over the last several decades, and especially in the last ten years, the sector that was America's great pride has eroded, costing us millions of jobs and putting our long-term prosperity at risk. Now, as we struggle to recover from the worst recession in generations, our only chance to turn things around is to revive the American manufacturing sector--and to revolutionize it. In Make It in America: The Case for Reinventing the Economy, Andrew Liveris--Chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company--offers a thoughtful and passionate argument that America's future economic growth and prosperity depends on the strength of its manufacturing sector.
* The book explains how a manufacturing sector creates economic value on a scale unmatched by any other, and how central the sector is to creating jobs both inside and outside the factory* Explores how other nations are building their manufacturing sectors to stay competitive in the global economy, and describes how America has failed to keep up* Provides an aggressive, practical, and comprehensive agenda that will put the U.S. back on track to lead the world It's time to stop accepting as inevitable the shuttering of factories and staggering job losses that have come to define manufacturing. It's time to acknowledge the cost of inaction. There is no better company to make the case for reviving U.S. manufacturing than The Dow Chemical Company, one of the world's largest manufacturers and most global corporations. And there's no better book to show why it needs to be done and how to do it than Make It in America.
Andrew N. Liveris is President, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Company, a $54 billion global specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences, and plastics company. Liveris serves as Co-Chair of President Obama's Advanced Manufacturing Partnership. He serves on the board of directors of IBM, and is Vice Chairman of The Business Council, Vice Chair of the Business Roundtable, a member of the President's Export Council, and President and Chairman of the International Council of Chemical Associations. He is a member of the U.S.-India CEO Forum, Peterson Institute for International Economics, and the American Australian Association. He serves on the board of trustees for The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation, United States Council for International Business, and Tufts University.
Preface xiii Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 Chapter 1 The Rise and Fall 11 How We Fell Out of Love with Manufacturing 14 The Multiplier Effect 19 Manufacturing Tomorrow 22 Surviving the Crisis 25 A Tale of Two Nations 27 Chapter 2 Separating What Can't Be Separated 31 The Truth about the Manufacturing Crisis 36 Adding Value the Only Way We Can 40 Trying to Survive on Ideas Alone 44 Where Manufacturing Goes, the Ideas Follow 49 Chapter 3 Fighting Offshoring 53 Should I Stay or Should I Go? 56 It Isn't What You Think 59 Taxing Problems 63 Funding the Future 67 Regulating Our Way into a Muddle 69 Trading Our Way to Prosperity 73 Chapter 4 Energy Drives the World 81 A Big Energy Bill, and Not Just for Power 82 The New New 87 Germany's Green Miracle 91 China's Green Revolution 94 America Can't Compete 98 Chapter 5 Building Tomorrow 103 Education: "A Permanent National Recession" 105 Developing the Right Skills for the New Workplace 109 Preventing a Worker Shortage 111 What America Doesn't Understand That Other Nations Do 114 The Tortoise and the Hare 117 A New Foundation of Infrastructure 118 Funding the Future 124 Chapter 6 Built to Compete 129 An Ambitious Agenda 132 Changing the Way We Tax 134 National Incentive Strategy 136 Regulatory Policy 137 Everyone Needs Good Trading Partners 141 Chapter 7 The Long Game 145 The Human Element: Education and Immigration 147 Innovation and Competitiveness 154 Chapter 8 The Fork in the Road 163 Epilogue 175 Bibliography 189 About the Author 213 About The Dow Chemical Company 215 Index 217


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A community in Kathmandu, Nepal, has begun building an urban garden and outdoor art space for public enjoyment and education. The project is a collaboration between CATALiST design, a newly-founded sustainable design and community development organization, and Sattya Media Arts Collective based in Kathmandu. The project is called "Hariyo Chowk," which means "Green Commons" in Nepali. It's an urban garden and outdoor community arts space – a place for people to learn and share ideas about art and sustainable urban living, as well as a place to simply enjoy some greenery away from the chaos of the city. It's a very needed project for Kathmandu, which has almost no public green space at all and is rapidly developing into a concrete jungle. CATALiST and Sattya are currently in the last days of a fundraising campaign, and they need your help to reach their funding goal – read on to learn more about this project and donate to their Kickstarter!
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I went back through this thread, and yes, there are comments about inadaquate IMAP support, but outside of that, there don't seem to be any real issues. I am strictly talking Pocomail here. I do not follow the Barca forum.
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A Day in the Life: Surgical Technologist Wandra Wise
Lexington Medical Center employees are some of the finest health care professionals in the nation. In this new feature on our hospital blog, we're going to showcase them and the great jobs they do taking care of the people of our community. We call it "A Day in the Life."
No day on the job is ever the same for Wandra Wise, surgical technologist at Lexington Medical Center."There's nothing else I'd rather do," she said.
Wandra has been a surgical technologist at Lexington Medical Center for 12 years. Her day begins at 6:30 a.m. in the Surgery department at the hospital. After a quick morning meeting to review the cases for the day, Wandra is assigned to an operating room where she prepares instruments for the day's surgeries.
"We have a great group of doctors, nurses and techs," she said. "We also do a lot of great surgeries that are always on the cutting edge. From neurology to orthopaedics to gynecology, there's always a variety."
Wandra is responsible for at least three surgeries daily. On the day we met with her, the list included removal of a neck lump, a colon removal and a laparoscopic colon resection. During the procedures, her responsibilities include holding a camera, passing instrumentation and helping with stitches.
"There's no greater feeling than to help someone who's been dealing with a problem for a long time – to get them here and make them feel better through surgery, and watch everything turn out right," Wandra said. "It's great to be able to help someone."
A Newberry native, Wandra received her surgical technologist certification at Piedmont Tech. She is married with four children and one grandchild.
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What if we banned lying in politics?
It's a persistent political fantasy, particularly when the Steve Poizners and Meg Whitmans of the world are accusing each other of constant fibs: If only we could somehow force politicians to be honest, there'd be less political nonsense, and thus enough good will for our leaders to give us balanced budgets, high-performing schools and low taxes.
Few Californians know it, but a quarter-century ago, we tried to legislate political honesty. A ballot measure approved by voters in June 1984 banned politicians from publishing or saying libelous or slanderous things about their opponents. The penalty? Disqualification from office.
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The ban is still on the books. Article VII, Sec. 10 of the California Constitution begins:
"No person who is found liable in a civil action for making libelous or slanderous statements against an opposing candidate during the course of an election campaign for any federal, statewide, Board of Equalization, or legislative office or for any county, city and county, city, district, or any other local elective office shall retain the seat to which he or she is elected, where it is established that the libel or slander was a major contributing cause in the defeat of an opposing candidate...."
Why hasn't it stopped the lying? Political culture trumps constitutions. Losing candidates almost always concede and move on. To enforce this part of the constitution, a losing candidate would have to go to court and prove not only that the victor lied but also that he or she had lost because of lies. Such a case would be hard to prove, and would make the losing candidate look like a sore loser.
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AUSTIN, TX -- After further analysis of the results of the Fitnessgram test created by The Cooper Institute of Dallas and given to Texas schoolchildren in grades 3-12 this spring, children in high poverty levels have poorer fitness, and physically fit students tend to perform better on state standardized exams.
A strong connection does not exist, however, between race and fitness, according to a report in The Dallas Morning News.
"Higher-income families probably expose their kids to more activities," Bronwyn Keen told the newspaper. Keen is a physical therapist and children's fitness expert at Children's Medical Center Dallas.
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) recently released district-by-district results from the Fitnessgram tests. The districts that performed the best on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test in 2006-2007 tended to perform the best on the Fitnessgram test, according to the Galveston Daily News. The districts where less than half the students passed the TAKS test in 2006-2007 had higher numbers of students who could not meet the fitness standards, the newspaper reported.
"It proves what we expected going into this thing," Jeff Kloster, the TEA's associate commissioner of health and safety, told the newspaper.
The Fitnessgram test was administered to 2.6 million students in 8,000 public schools. Although this was a mandatory test for Texas school districts, nearly 1 million students did not take the tests, and some school districts did not turn in any results, The Dallas Morning News reported. Several Dallas-area districts tested a fraction of their 12th-graders, and some students said they were allowed to turn in their own results, the newspaper reported.
TEA officials are working on new training guidelines to ensure more uniform testing procedures, Marissa Rathbone, director of school health for the TEA, told the newspaper. The Cooper Institute will let state officials handle compliance concerns, spokeswoman Amy George told the newspaper.


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Five Roads to Doomsday (Feb, 1950)
Five Roads to Doomsday
By Richard F. Dempewolff
UNDER a star-studded dome of blue sky, people gazed upward uneasily. Something was wrong with the solar system. The friendly, familiar moon had ceased to be friendly. Slowly, it was moving closer and closer to earth until, finally, an unfamiliar moon, huge and terrible, filled half the sky.
There was no beauty in the awesome spectacle. With the moon's advance, ocean tides grew into mountains of water, spilling over continents, obliterating cities. Molten matter from deep under the earth's crust, spewed from every crater and crevasse. Oceans atomized with hissing roars. Cities crumbled and were engulfed in a sea of liquid fire.
At last, with an astronomical crash, the moon itself exploded, unable to stand the tremendous gravitational pull. Roar after
roar filled a reddened sky as thousands of moon fragments broke into thousands more. Captured by the earth's gravitational sphere, these moon bits circled the dying planet like a halo—a weirdly beautiful ring of moonlets.
Scare fiction? Not at all. For years astronomers have believed that some day, billions of years hence, the moon will be pulled back to the earth. When it is, the end of the world will be assured—provided we have not met with some other major calamity in the meantime.
At the Hayden Planetarium in New York recently, thousands of visitors gasped as they watched the big Zeiss star projector portray the five astronomical catastrophes that sky scientists now think may befall us. High on the vast blue planetarium sky-dome our own particular star—the sun—suddenly did what more than 30 stars in the firmament do each year. It "blew up," releasing incredible amounts of heat and energy, under which the earth shriveled in sudden, hot death.
Spectators shivered under the second possibility as they watched a dying sun go into a long period of cooling until Arctic chill gripped an unfamiliar earth. Ice began a death march down the mountains to erase all vestiges of life on a planet whose eventual chill achieved the sublime frigidity of absolute-zero, or about minus 459.4 degrees F.
The third great disaster from the thousand-eyed projector involved a hit-and-run star from space colliding with our own sun, resulting in a superatomic explosion that destroyed our entire solar system.
Similar was the approach of a wandering comet toward the earth. Across the celestial stage it came, fiery tail growing bigger and bigger, catapulting under terrific speed until—whooooom! It collided with terrific impact against a shuddering world.
The fifth calamity, of course, was the return of the moon.
Of all these five roads to doomsday, planetarium astronomers have found that people fear most a collision of the earth or sun with another star.
The planetesimal theory, explaining the formation of our solar system, is based on the idea that our sun, once much bigger than it is now, collided with or came too close to another star billions of years ago, and that we and our neighbor planets are the result.
Actually, such a collision is the most remote of all the probable ends of the world. Why? Astronomers merely point to the roominess of our universe.
The universe is made up of billions of wispy saucer-shaped spirals known as galaxies. There's quite a bit of vacuum between them — hundreds of thousands of light-years, in fact. It takes the light from the nearest one 750,000 years to reach us. If it disappeared from the sky 749,999 years ago we wouldn't know it until next year.
Each of those wispy galaxies is made up of billions of stars. We live in such a galaxy somewhere off the center of the saucer. What we call the Milky Way is the edge of our saucer, made up of stars some of which would put our own sun to shame. There's one called Antares that's so big we could put our sun in the center of it, include all our planets in their orbits around it, and Mars still would stay inside the rim of-Antares. That star is almost 2-1/2 billion miles in diameter.
So, you can readily see that the stars in our galaxy—and any other galaxy—have plenty of space to operate without colliding. The star nearest our sun is Proxima Cen-tauri—about 4-1/2 light-years away, or 25 trillion miles. If you still think there's a remote possibility of collision then you still have no idea of the immensity of space.
Imagine a couple of ping-pong balls 500 miles apart crashing into each other. That's about the proper scale to use for the sun and Proxima.
So the remoteness of our sun or earth sideswiping another star is very remote indeed. Besides, there'd be plenty of warning.
With great modern telescopes trained on the heavens, astronomers keep pretty fair track of what's in the road. We'd have quite a few thousand years to get busy colonizing another solar system.
Old-time astronomers had to use crude triangula-tion to tell star distances and movements. Today's professional stargazers use the spectrograph, a prismatic instrument through which the light of a heavenly body is passed. Chemical elements of the star cause the light to break down into specific colors. The color lines shift depending on whether the star is coming or going. With this neat gadget, astronomers have discovered that most galaxies are going away from us at a good clip. The spectrograph informs our astronomers that right now our sun— taking us with it—is moving toward the star cluster Hercules at a rate of about
12-1/2 miles per second. If the sun should pile into one of these big stars (a few billion years from now at that snail's pace) we'd never know what happened. Hot pieces of both suns would fly off in all directions. Earth and all the planets would vaporize under the tremendous heat energy released, or else the sun would lose its gravitational grip on us and we'd go flying off into space.
What are the chances of cracking into a Hercules star? Very poor.
Dr. Lloyd Motz, of Columbia University, points out that if our whole solar system suddenly scooted off through space it might even travel through whole galaxies of stars without getting appreciably close to a collision course. But, it could happen. Maybe.
What about the comet collision? From time immemorial people who have seen these mysterious bearded wanderers from space sweep in toward the earth have wondered what could prevent them from becoming trapped in the earth's gravitational field, and being pulled in to wreak terrible destruction. "A head-on collision between the earth and a comet is possible, though not probable," says Gordon A. Atwater, chairman and curator of the planetarium. "Comets have been known to pass within 100,000 miles of the sun, so they naturally had to pass a point where the earth might have been at the time."
If a runaway comet should hit the earth, it would be the least disastrous of the possible calamities. Though the head of a comet may be as big as the earth, it's not as dense. There'd be a crash all right and, as one planetarium astronomer succinctly put it, "It would be moving day for a lot of people." But star experts*know that such a collision would create only local destruction. The concussion would be terrific. The earth would shudder in a worldwide earthquake. Surface heat of the comet's head, caused by friction as the body zipped through earth's atmosphere, might start huge fires. Cities in the vicinity would be wiped out, but a lot of the world would be left.
Less remote roads to doomsday than those requiring celestial collisions may be paved by the antics of the sun and moon, according to the planetarium experts. The business of the sun becoming a nova would purely finish us off. What is a nova?
Old-time astronomers often noticed bright stars suddenly appear in the heavens. Now with super telescopes like the ones at Palomar and Wilson, astronomers may watch an "average of about 30 a year. They're not new stars. They are stars that suddenly for no accountable reason, blow up —release tremendous amounts of heat and energy, then simmer down again to a normal glitter. Sometimes, a supernova will blow up completely and disappear. That is what the astronomers say might happen to our own sun some day. By complicated mathematical formulas they have been able to calculate the normal surface temperature of the sun at something like 11,000 degrees F. Inside, it's estimated at around 70,000,000 degrees. If the sun became a nova, that inside heat is what we'd get. People on the day-side of the earth would fry to an instantaneous crisp. Those on the night-side would never know what happened, for within 8-1/2 minutes the entire world — and all our other planets with it — would be turned into nothing but a thin gaseous vapor.
Many astronomers laugh at this possibility, however. "Nobody needs to worry about the sun becoming a nova," says Dr. Motz of Columbia, "for the only novae recorded have been limited to blue-white, or exceedingly hot stars and, as we know, the sun is not one of these. Furthermore, we have learned by keeping our eyes glued to telescopes that the same stars become novae again and again. If our sun were going to blow up, it would have done it already. It has had some 3 billion years to make up its mind."
Of all the possible doomsdays, two are bound to happen because they depend on the running down of the universe—a oneway, inexorable process. The earth is slowing down at a rate of 1/1000 second per century as a result of friction. As it loses motion, the sun gains rotational motion, and the moon moves out from the earth. Eventually, the length of each day will be increased to a month, and about that time the moon will begin to return earthward.
You've already seen what's liable to happen when that occurs. The chances are that no one will be around to witness it. 'Way before days become a month long, everyone will be well charred from overdoses of sun, or dead of exhaustion from running around the world to avoid it.
Incidentally, the moon can never crash into the earth, so don't give that another thought. The barrier is known as Roche's limit. It's about 10,000 miles above the earth's surface, and is the point at which gravitational forces will be so great that the moon will be torn asunder by them.
More certain than anything, according to planetarium astronomers, is that the sun will burn out. It's bound to, since its energy is being burned up daily. This, of course, will be a gradual process. An ice age will freeze everything solid, and perpetual snows will drift across a forlorn world.
But here again, scientists know, there probably won't be anyone around to witness the interesting change. In his book, "The Birth and Death of the Sun," astronomer George Gamow has spoiled the dream of anyone with hopes of freezing to death due to the sun's demise.
Instead of being frozen, he says, life on earth will probably burn up anyway, since all stars that burn out give one last burst before they go, and the sun at that stage will leap 20,000 or 30,000 degrees.
When will all this happen? Well, barring collisions, the sun is good for another 20 billion years at least. Planetarium officials love to recall the aged woman spectator who, after hearing this, came up to the narrator when the show was over and asked, "Did you say 20 million years?"
"Twenty billion" replied the narrator.
"Oh," said the woman with a sigh of huge relief. "I thought you said 20 million."


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