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South Bend, Ind. Wednesday offered another opportunity to think pink while out on the greens.
The 2013 version of the "Think Pink with Paqui Golf Classic" at the Morris County Club in South Bend took place Wednesday.
It is hosted by the wife of Notre Dame head football coach, and two-time cancer survivor, Paqui Kelly.
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Never stop searching for that one person that will awaken your soul.
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Never stop searching for that one person that will awaken your soul.
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Banksy's street art turned into animated gifs.
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" For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11, NIV).
No matter what may be happening today, God has good things in store for your future! It may not be easy to see now, but God has already lined up a new beginning, new friendships and new opportunities for you.
Maybe you've experienced some setbacks, but don't make the mistake of expecting the same for your future. Instead, accept God's good plan for your life by declaring His truth. As believers, our attitude should be, "Even though the economy is down, I'm not worried. I know God is going before me, and He has promised He will make rivers in the desert." Or, "The medical report may not look good, but I have another report that says God is restoring health unto me. I believe God has already released healing, health and victory in my future." Or, you may have a child who is not on the right course. In the natural, it seems impossible. But our report should be, "I know God can do the impossible!"
Today, be encouraged and don't give up on your tomorrows. Accept the good plan God has for you—a plan filled with hope, purpose, blessing and increase in every area of your life!
A Prayer for Today
Father in heaven, thank You for giving me hope and a future. Thank You for loving me. Thank You for choosing me. Thank You for delighting in me. I invite You to renew my heart and mind to the good plans You have for me. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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GIF of the Day: Bipartisan Exploding Fist Bump!
In what could quite possibly be the most high-profile, bi-partisan exploding fist bump to be documented in U.S. history, President Obama indulges in a brief "what up" moment with Illinois' junior senator Mark Kirk (R) before his State of the Union speech last night.
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If you missed the State of the Union Address or just wanna watch it again you can peep it on Vimeo.
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This is actually kind of fun, I haven't done Trance in a while.. and I'm mixing it with a Rose song! I've remixed "Rose At Midnight" into a trance song, it actually turned out better than I thought... it's soft trance too, so you can just totally mellow out while listening to this XD
I've heard ppl tell me my last song was way too short, soo.. here's an almost 6 minute song XD. I hope you like this little experiment!
PS: Thanks to ParagonX9 for the name suggestion (I had no idea Snapdragon was a Rose/Flower?!) and helping me with some pitch issues.
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Incredible song
I love lengthy songs when they are good and this one does no disappoint. It's a constant thrill ride of soft trance and relaxation. Beautiful piece. Great work Nemesis.
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I was surfing NG and found this lovely new song of yours. I was also looking for an old web-comic I used to read, and I left your song's page up while I looked. I'll be darned if I didn't look at the clock 3 hours later and your song was still playing away. With most songs, I would have just closed it after a few repeats but I listened to this song for about 2 DOZEN repeats...Needless to say, this song is going on a CD for my car. this "little experiment" of yours blew me away. It's not too long, not too short, full of sound, and most of all - it's beautiful. By all means, keep it up! I'm a fan of your work and I'd love to see more of the same. (Or maybe something different, like this song)
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Press Release Missouri Southern State University:
After nearlyfive years of planning and fundraising with Missouri Southern State UniversityAthletics supporters, MSSU will soon begin the first phase of construction on anew athletic support facility.
Also known asthe "End Zone Facility," design plans for the building call forlocker rooms, coaches' offices, and training and weight rooms. More than $4million has been raised for the facility. These funds have been designatedspecifically for this project.
Constructionis expected to begin in January 2014.
A much-neededaddition to the growing Robert W. Plaster Sports Complex, the new facility willbe located on the north end of Fred G. Hughes Stadium.
"We'revery excited about the progress our Athletics supporters have helped us make onthis project," said MSSU Interim President Alan Marble. "To be in theplanning phase of making this End Zone Facility a reality is a great stepforward in improving our Athletics offerings."
MSSUofficials are working with architects on a design for the two-story facility,which is projected to cost approximately $8 million. Although the majority offunding has been secured for the first phase of the project, fundraisingefforts will continue this fall to give more donors an opportunity to be partof the project. Phase 1 is expected to be complete in time for the Fall 2014football season.
"Themomentum of this project is positive news for anyone associated with MissouriSouthern and the athletics department," said Jared Bruggeman, director ofAthletics at MSSU. "It is a worthy investment, and it reflects thecommitment that our supporters, the Joplin community and this university haveshown for our student-athletes."
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Where in Hawaii: The Sunday photo quiz
Waterfalls — wailele, or "leaping water," in Hawaiian — make up some of the most beloved sites in Hawai'i for visitors and residents. The one pictured in the first image below has inspired a famous song, countless pieces of art and the creation of a state park, which also includes the smaller cascading falls depicted […] [Read More]
Where in Hawaii? A photo quiz for Veterans Day
Sacrifice is not often a subject we consider on vacation — unless perhaps it's the financial sacrifices we've made to go on vacation. But sometimes the headlines from Iraq and Afghanistan have a way of catching up with us, despite our efforts to be care-free for a week or so, and sometimes the heroism of […] [Read More]
Where in Hawaii? The Sunday photo quiz
Today's Sunday photo quiz uses pictures from one of my favorite hikes in one of my favorite places in Hawai'i. Read the captions of the three photos below to figure out the two answers required for this quiz, and send both answers, along with any personal anecdotes about the area that you care to share, […] [Read More]
Where in Hawaii? The Sunday photo quiz
Taken from an overlook, the picture below of this former Hawaiian fishing village reflects the difficulty of getting there. Permits are required for nonresidents to visit, who are most likely to arrive by air, foot or mule; a barge is used to brings in fuel, food and other goods, but it only calls once a […] [Read More]
Where do you get your mojo back?
Sometimes you need to recharge your batteries — and not just the ones for your cell phone, your laptop, your video camera, etc. You need to get your mojo back, as Austin Powers might say. For those of us fortunate enough to be able to travel, returning to the source of some of one's best […] [Read More]
Where in Hawaii? The Sunday photo quiz
Do you go by looks, or do you take time to learn more about people before judging them? That's one of the themes of "South Pacific," the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical whose award-winning revival just opened in San Francisco. Change "people" to "beaches," and you have the heart of the dilemma involving the lovely strand […] [Read More]
What in Hawaii? A quiz about words of a feather
In honor of the investiture of the Aloha Festivals' Royal Court on O'ahu on Sept. 10, today's quiz is not about identifying a location, but rather some of the items of clothing that long distinguished the ali'i of Hawai'i. The cloaks that the mō'ī kane (king) and mō'ī wahine (queen) wore at the ceremony at […] [Read More]
The Painted Church's colorful past and present
"To enter the Painted Church at Upper Honaunau is to step back 500 years into the world of François Villon's mother, who could not read the words in the holy book but knew the promise of heaven and the threat of hell through the vivid pictures she had seen on the walls of her chapel." […] [Read More]
Where in Hawaii? The Sunday photo quiz
Created with ordinary house paint, the interior of this little church (see photo below) is a riot of color that rivals the brilliant palette in the garden outside. Years ago a San Francisco Chronicle art critic hailed the otherwise humble wooden building as a "a little corner of medieval Europe, not approached through artifice or […] [Read More]
Fact and friction: Summarizing the Aloha State
In lieu of the regular quiz today, I'm humbly asking readers to check out the cover story in the Chronicle's Sunday Travel section, essentially 50 factoids about Hawaii in honor of the 50th anniversary of statehood (Aug. 21, 1959), then e-mail me one fact they would like to see in an addendum. Despite a wealth […] [Read More]
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File Sharing Using Ubuntu 9.04 And Samba
In 2007 I did a video on how to share files/folders to Windows with Ubuntu. But since version 8 of that OS the way in which this is done has changed a bit. It is simplified somewhat, but the drawback now is that in order to change the Workgroup name you must edit a configuration file manually instead of having the ability to do it in the GUI like before.
In the video – and here on this post – I make the request that if anybody knows how to change the Workgroup name without manually editing the smb.conf file, please feel free to comment and explain how that's done, because I couldn't find it.
Granted, the command line is not a bad thing, but the point here is that you used to be able to edit the Workgroup name via the GUI and now that feature seems to be gone – unless it's hiding somewhere where I can't find it?
See video above for details.
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Henrik Brandt June 18th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
No problem change the workgroup without having to manually change the smb.conf
You can simply installe thes amba server configuration tool.
1. In Synaptic package manager install system-config-samb
2. Open it under system->administration
3. choose Preferences->server settings…
4. change to the desired workgroup
Steven Hammons June 19th, 2009 at 10:50 am
As an alternative, there is also SWAT (The Samba Web Administration Tool). Here is a link to the web page on Samba.org regarding SWAT: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/SWAT.html#id2682516
Here is a small quote from that page as well in direct relation to your question:
"The purpose of the SWAT Wizard is to help the Microsoft-knowledgeable network administrator to configure Samba with a minimum of effort.
The Wizard page provides a tool for rewriting the smb.conf file in fully optimized format."
There is no right or wrong way, just what is comfortable for the individual doing the work.
Lespaul20 June 23rd, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Another alternative is Webin. Web interface for a bunch of services/functions.
sleggy June 29th, 2009 at 8:02 am
i'm just curious on how to connect using xp. i followed the steps on my ubuntu machine but when i access it on xp it doesn't work. i got the error message "\\192.168.1.3\ubuntu is not accessible". is there any other way to access the shared folder using xp besides typing \\ubuntuipaddress\shared_folder in run?
Henrik Brandt June 29th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
It seems to me that you are not using a samba correct login name and/or password.
Normally xp tries to login as nobody/anonymous
Michael Pursel July 3rd, 2009 at 11:45 pm
New to Ubutu had to use UNIX at school so I said what the heck and built a Ubutu box. I can see and get to the share on the Ubuntu machine but can not get to the shares on the window (XP) machine from Ubutu.
Patrick Ng July 22nd, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Thanks for the video. Very easy to follow. However, I'm having some problems with Ubuntu itself. After each restart, the file sharing icon besides the folder icon will disappear. And, the check mark for "Allow other people to write to this folder" will also disappear. Also, I can copy files to the shared folder, but they contain a lock icon and open in read-only.
This is one big pain. I don't want to sound like a pessimist, but file sharing in Windows is very easy.
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@Patrick Ng
Hi I don't know if I would be any help, but I also experience disappearing shared folders in my Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 so I just manually add my shared folder in my /etc/samba/smb.conf file
path = /home/(username)/(folder)
read only = no
writeable = yes
browsable = yes
etc, etc…
Patrick Ng September 9th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
I gave up. I just shared a folder on my Mac and access it from my Ubuntu machine. I have a shortcut pointing to the folder. Now instead of having to do "Go to…" I just click on the shortcut in Nautilus. So far, sharing printer is working with my Mac and another Unbuntu computer. Accessing the shared printer from Vista is more problematic. Everything will be fine after I map the printer as long as I don't restart the Vista computer. If I do, the printer icon will be greyed out.


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Seems to be a common theme of switching armor out for healing/dps than keeping on your good old warrior plate. No change here really. I do the same, boosting my dismal 4500 mana up to almost 10000, while only dropping a few thousand health and gaining 500 or so spell damage really allows you to quickly down 1 on 1 which in normal tanking gear just plain sucks.


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Capone finds out how the pen is mightier than the sword from WAR HORSE screenwriter Richard Curtis!!!
Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here.
I first met British writer and sometimes director Richard Curtis a little more than two years ago in Chicago when he was promoting his last writing directing effort PIRATE RADIO (a.k.a. THE BOAT THAT ROCKED). He's always been one of my favorite writers since his early years on "Black Adder" and "Mr. Bean" and continuing through such great comedies as THE TALL GUY, FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, NOTTING HILL, both BRIDGET JONES movies, THE GIRL IN THE CAFE, and the near-perfect LOVE ACTUALLY, which he also directed.
But when we first me he told me something that still staggers me to this day: he said he was a long-time reader of the site and rattled off the names of all the writers and even of few specific reviews that he remembered liking. He also said that Ain't It Cool was one of only about four or five sites that he actually had bookmarked. Unreal. I'm never that surprised when studio people, directors, or even actors tell me they read the site, but for some reason when writers tell me that, I inevitably shake my head in disbelief. If you ever meet me, remind me to tell you about my lengthy encounter with Charlie Kaufman at Ebertfest. I still haven't wrapped my brain around that one, which I guess is appropriate.
The occasion for my most recent sit down with Richard Curtis was his work on the screenplay for Steven Spielberg's WAR HORSE (Lee Hall also has a writing credit), which began life as a celebrated children's novel and became an award-winning play in London and later Broadway. Curtis is one of the most articulate, intelligent, and funny men I've ever met, and always a pleasure to speak to. I hope, as he says at the end of the interview, that we get at least one more shot at talking in the near future. Time will tell. Enjoy Richard Curtis…
Capone: It's good to see you again.
Richard Curtis: I've still only got four website bookmarked on my computer.
Capone: You're kidding me.
RC: You're still one of them. It doesn't change quick enough for me. I've got BoxOfficeGuru.com
Capone: That was one you mentioned last time we met.
RC: Then I've got . So Harry's not seeing many films these days, is he?
Capone: He's seeing them, he maybe isn't reviewing as many, but he's definitely seeing them.
I don't know if there's a way to ask you this question without coming close to insulting you, but I wondered when I saw that you were one of the writers on this, I wondered "How did Steven Spielberg come to ask you to do a film like this?" It's a bit out of your the wheelhouse of what you're known for.
RC: It's not insulting; it's a good question. There's a historical reason for it.
Capone: Because "Black Adder" had some episodes set in World War I?
RC: Nope. I don't think he's ever seen that. [laughs] I think what had happened… Because I was definitely the second writer, Lee [Hall] had done it first, and he had worked on it for ages before Steven was involved, and I happened to be seeing Stacy Snider [chairman & CEO of Universal Pictures] just as a friend, because I was in L.A. and a bit gloomy, and she just brought Steven in, and I think initially the inspiration was as it were, if you were to take LOVE ACTAULLY or one of those other films, there are lots of quite distinctive perky characters in them. There are 24 people in that. And I think Steven felt that they had spent a lot of time trying to get the structure right--concentrating on the war, the horse, and everything like that--and he wanted all of the people and all of the scenarios to be a bit livelier and I think that as his first motivation.
He just said, "Can we make the village livelier? Can we make the grandfather and the daughter livelier? What job does he do? What relationship have they got? How do the three boys think? What's the relationship between the military guys?" I added Patrick Kennedy's part for instance, because there was just two. There was Captain Nicholls and the guy above him. So I think the initial thing was human characters put into this episodic story, some character richness and stuff like that, which incidentally I think by the way is something that Lee would have been wonderful at, but I think he got very involved with all of the structural issues and complexities of all of the sources.
Capone: Can a writer get too close to something and maybe not see what a screenplay is lacking?
RC: Well, I think you probably can. I think you can get very fixed on one aspect of a script. So that was the initial thing, and then because I'm a sentient human being I said to him, "Well let me look at the whole thing. Let me look at the book, the play, Lee's script, and work out all of the things that I think I would like to do."
Capone: Did the episodic nature of story make it easier or more difficult to get it right?
RC: The episodic nature was the challenge. Basically, I think Steven had suddenly realized that was what he was dealing with, and he just had to decide whether he was going to take the gamble. I mean actually novels started as episodic. The original novels were all, for example, Tom Jones where he went around through 10 different experiences like Don Quixote, where he goes around. That's where narrative started, and then it got more complicated with thrillers and romances and all of that entered in.
So in a way the big question was, "Will the film work with such an episodic structure and will it be a wonderful film?" I thought it could be a wonderful film with an episodic structure, and actually the idea of 40 minutes into a movie losing all of your main characters, I thought that could be very exciting, and it was me who suggested that Albert disappeared for a whole hour in the middle of the movie, because I thought that it would be gripping to suddenly think and then to think, "Well it's okay, so we're going to be in the hands of this handsome captain, and he's going to take us through" and then the captain dies 10 minutes later, and you're thinking, "Where are we?" Then that's why we put in the German boys, who get involved in a very dramatic escape, and then suddenly after all of this you think, "Oh, its fine. They have reached the sanctuary with the granddaughter and grandfather." So it's just a different kind of storytelling, which we both thought it would be fun to try with a central character who happens to be a horse.
Capone: Did you approach them as short stories then?
RC: Almost, yeah, and that was what Steven really wanted me to do, to try and think through what the most interesting thing that could happen in each of these short stories was, and then the crossover between them was meaningful in some way. Although what's quite interesting is in a way one of them, I think from where the horse and the tank happens to when the horse gets back, that's very extraordinary, because basically you're left with no story; he's just running through No Man's Land with not a human being there, and then he's met by two random soldiers. I think Steven just had to feel that it was worth trying this curious narrative structure.
Capone: I like the idea of the father's war ribbons being the connective tissue between the horse and Albert while Albert is absent from the story. Who's idea was that?
RC: That was Steven's idea, a very clever idea, and that was also quite late.
Capone: That reminds me of things he has done before.
RC: Even there, there's a rather smart thing, which I can't take credit for, but I think the fact that the pennant disappears, and that it's actually the punch line of the whole movie when the grandfather says, "By the way, what is this? Do you recognize it?" I think that was cute, but I had lots of conversations with the costume person about what this pennant might be, and there was a long time when they thought it might be a badge that he puts on and that he attaches, but then Steven said you couldn't see that in shot, so there had to be a certain length, so that when the horse was running you could see the pennant.
Capone: As a British citizen, how was it just writing the German characters? You don't want to demonize them necessarily, but at the same time, most of them are portrayed as not the nicest people.
RC: Is that true? The two boys are nice, and then he gets handed over to, even though he's not a very nice German who takes the horse, he immediately gets handed to the other guy who is nice. I think the Germans are more violent in the play, in fact, so we were deliberately trying to make both sides equal.
Capone: I'm thinking more about the Germans in terms of using the horses for physical labor until they die.
RC: But then you see I don't know that there's that much difference between that and charging with horses.
Capone: Good point. The French sequence has this almost sort of otherworldly quality to it. Tell me about what you were trying to pull out of that sequence.
RC: I think we were just trying to do that. We were trying to create an idyllic hiatus, yet put in enough to make it as lovely as we could while having enough realistic elements to make it true. So in other words, her parents are dead; they can hear the guns; they do lose all of their crops; and everything like that. So a lot of the process was me saying, "Well we could have a lovely section here with training the horse and the grandfather and the granddaughter," and then Steven and me saying, "But in order to keep it true to the film, we will have to create all of the storm clouds over that ideal section."
Capone: It is one of the tensest sections because we know it's not going to last.
RC: I know. That was exactly it, but it was exactly that sort of thought that kept us interested in having this unusual narrative structure, because you stop believing in it. And because Captain Nicholls got shot, you stop believing anything is going to turn out well. Do you watch "The Killing," the great Danish series? You get to the point where you know it's not going to be the person they think is guilty now, because "We're only 10 hours in and we've got 10 more hours to fill."
Capone: I havn't seen the Danish version. I've only seen the American version.
RC: Oh, the Danish version is a real masterpiece. If you get ill, sit in bed and just watch it in one sitting.
Capone: Since you were brought in to enhance the character aspect of the story, were there certain character elements that you wanted to include that didn't work, or that got taken out, or that you abandoned at some point?
RC: I don't know that there were actually. In a way that was what I was there for, to try and keep those things. I think what's lovely about seeing the film is, for instance, I had no idea that Toby's character [Toby Kebbell], the "Geordie" soldier, would be so strong in the movie. It's interesting the way he threads through the next 10 minutes even after he's rescued the horse.
But I have to say working with Steven, I should say and do say, was an extraordinary experience, because he's very fertile. That's very nice, because sometimes when you work with people, they're waiting for you to do all of the work. Whereas Steven says, particularly on the phone, it's an absurd experience, because he'll say, "Well, what else could happen in the French farmyard," and you say, "Well…" and he says, "How about this?" Suddenly, he's got a five-minute sequence, and you say, "Steven, that won't really work, because that means there's a third horse." He will say, "Well okay. How about this?" And he came up with the moment when the other villagers come, and they steal all of the crops. He came up with that just on the phone not having pre-thought it or anything like that, and it was one of three suggestions he made that afternoon. So it does make the job of writing easier. So as it were, on this, he was very much a permanent creative collaborator.
Capone: All right, great. Richard, thank you so much.
RC: Not at all. It's a great pleasure to see you, and I'll see you again in 2013.
Capone: Yes?
RC: I'll be back one more time. I've got one more film in me.
Capone: Do you? Alright.
RC: Nice to see you.
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Dec. 24, 2011, 2:05 p.m. CST
Richard Curtis.......
by Grace_Panda
oh deer; where to start. simply can't believe this is the guy that wrote Blackadder
Dec. 24, 2011, 2:28 p.m. CST
Deer! Look out!
by P
Dec. 24, 2011, 2:36 p.m. CST
Curtis penned what many consider to be one of the greatest episodes of Doctor Who (classic or nu) ever in "Vincent and the Doctor."
by elgato73
That story serves to show that Curtis is a truly fantastic scribe. Hopefully, he does more Who soon.
Dec. 24, 2011, 3:20 p.m. CST
They are saying
by MaxHeadroom
They are saying that this one tugs at the heartstrings.
Dec. 24, 2011, 3:39 p.m. CST
by IWasInJuniorHighDickhead
Dec. 24, 2011, 4:07 p.m. CST
So Capone got to sit down with all of the War Horse production staff including Spielberg, so get ready for glowing reviews now and now Capone will love all Spielberg movies. Just watch and see.
by DonkeyBalls
Dec. 24, 2011, 4:37 p.m. CST
Read Capone's Tintin review. Hardly gushing.
by P
Dec. 24, 2011, 4:53 p.m. CST
The 'near perfect Love, Actually'...
by huskerdu2
...do me a favour! It's half really good and half padded dross. There's one good Spielberg film out this Xmas...and it ain't War Horse!!
Dec. 24, 2011, 6:14 p.m. CST
I'm sure Capone loves Tintin now, after this special treatment. The movie just had to "grow" on him a bit. lol
by DonkeyBalls
Dec. 24, 2011, 10:13 p.m. CST
Nice try backtracking donkeyballs
by Tacom
Dec. 25, 2011, 6:02 a.m. CST
re: "Vincent and the Doctor: one of the greatest episodes of Doctor Who (classic or nu) ever"
by buggerbugger
Yeah, forty minutes of tedium chasing an invisible monster in the lead-up to the heartstring-tugging final few minutes showing a painter how much people will appreciate his art centuries after he's topped himself. To the tune of some wanky indie band that was popular at the time*. There wasn't a dry eye in the house, I'm sure. The people who enjoyed that risible episode are the same people who shed a tear at Sally the Cyberman being converted on her wedding day. Such a load of utter bollocks. *Perhaps they're still popular, whoever they are. They all sound like the same shoegazing, student-friendly twattery to me.
Dec. 25, 2011, 3:54 p.m. CST
The danish version of THE KILLING is indeed a masterpiece.
by AsimovLives
the american counterpart tries hard but it's just a pale uninspired imitation.
Dec. 25, 2011, 3:56 p.m. CST
"Vincent and the Doctor" is a small masterpiece of television.
by AsimovLives
the scene when the Doctor tooks Van Goth to the present and he realises that he seen as the greatest painter ever, it's beyond moving. it's tear time! fantastic scene, fantastic episode, just perfect TV.
Dec. 25, 2011, 9:42 p.m. CST
Backtracking? I am saying, that if Capone was granted these interviews prior to his Tintin review, we would've seen a much different Tintin review. Understand?
by DonkeyBalls
Dec. 26, 2011, 9:39 a.m. CST
re: "it's beyond moving. it's tear time!"
by buggerbugger
That's not "a small masterpiece of television", that's BAFTA-pandering, emotion-manipulating bullshit.
Dec. 26, 2011, 5:52 p.m. CST
by AsimovLives
Nonsense. i'm completly allergic to schmaltz, which is one of the reasons why i detest JarJarAbrams's PUSSY ASS TREK so much. Vicent And The Doctor is not schmaltz to win awards, it's the real deal. i'm sorry you can't apreciate it, you are missing out one of the best dramatic moments in TV SF.
Dec. 27, 2011, 3:03 a.m. CST
by Captain_Ridley
Bollocks, Scratchmonkey. I think Vincent and the Doctor was one of the highlights of the updated Who. Sentiment has to be earned if you're going to tackle a subject as broad as mental illness (particularly if you're going to do it in the framework of what is essentially a kid's TV show), but I think Curtis and Moffet did a beautiful job. The scene when Amy and the Doctor went back to the gallery was just amazing. I'm in awe of the updated Doctor Who, having never been much of a fan of the 'classic' series. It consistently surprises me with it's exceptional writing, but what surprises me more is when people just don't recognise it for what it is.
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I used to think complete isolation was the only way to stay safe. We thought it was the only option we had as a way to live our life. It was not a fun experience but in the moment, We couldn't see any other way that could possibly be better.
Then things changed and we had short periods of time where we would participate in society on a level a little higher than required to sustain life. It never lasted and isolation was so welcoming and easy to retreat back into. I even convinced myself that I liked it. That it was healthy. That it was helping us heal.
It wasn't. It was keeping me locked in a world of pain and fear and building ten feet high walls to keep out anything remotely related to support, caring, friendship, love, the things we were created to need and enjoy. All the things that have the potential to cause pain.
I find myself scared to death of anything that can go wrong or end in emotional pain. I avoid it at all costs. But I have realized recently that in doing that, I have created a huge amount of my own emotional pain while missing out on the good things only other people can offer. Its really not a trade off at all. Its a very lonely place to be. Its a loss. A big loss.
I'm ready to gain. I'm ready to stand in the rain long enough to see the rainbow. I'm ready let others in on a level that I never have before. I'm ready to learn how to love people. Even if I must do it afraid. I will do it.
I haven't wanted to write because I don't want to lie and I don't want to be honest about how much it hurts either. I don't want anything to do with remembering any of this mess. I need a break. A mental cave to explore with waterfalls and rainbows and teddy bears. Skittles and butterflies and teardrops and Daises. Everyone needs a Daisy in their life.
I knew the sadness would eventually come. The goal is to live without needing to be numb so I'm not complaining. I was given fair warning that it was going to painful.
I am feeling closer to my younger parts tonight. A connection, bond, communication, whatever you want to call it. Thanks H. Your amazing and I could not do this without you. I am starting to see their pain in a new way and they are so very isolated and lonely. So I wrapped them up in a blanket and took them to sit on Jesus' lap and let them tell him all about it. And YES, I do realize how crazy that sounds. I'm OK with that today. It actually felt pretty amazing by the time it was over.
I had therapy with H on Wednesday and she wanted to talk to Eight. I am fine with that. They talked. She wants me to start trying to listen. I didn't want to. She asked me to pray about it. Can't argue that logic. She is wise. God has softened my heart to this challenge. Reminding me that he is already there, that he has gone before me and made a way. Funny how some lessons just transfer and never get used up. So I tell myself, "then you must do it afraid." And I find renewed hope in those words. Because God has proven himself faithful when I did it afraid.
The strangest thing has been happening since I was there. I feel as if there are tears hiding out behind my eyes. No crying but a feeling that I could start any moment. I'm not sure what it is so I'm claiming it as progress.
Random, wordy post. Sorry. I felt inspired by a Daisy.
Some moments are OK, some are good, some are great. Then there are all the ones that are in between when you are alone in your pain and have to make decisions by yourself, for yourself and that's when it gets really hard. It is probably also where most of your faith and endurance is built. I believe that because its so dang hard that sometimes I feel like I can't stand it for another minute. I feel myself being pulled to some old coping skills that would make it all go away in a matter of a couple minutes max. Its not illegal, it doesn't hurt anyone else, nobody ever even knows. It can be insanely easy to justify and even harder to walk away from. The problem with that is…I know. God knows.
It is not coincidence that I have both the new therapists I have, and the new friends I have and the new church I'm attending and the giant leap in healing that is happening - all at the same time. They are all so intricately connected that its nothing but God's amazing grace.
Its all God.
I have known for a long time that God was asking me to make changes. And it wasn't even bad changes. But it involved changing therapists and churches and emotions and relationships and trust and I didn't do any of those things. I was agonizingly fearful of them. I would have that still small voice trying to tell me it would be OK and I would do everything I could to annihilate it before it could ever develop into a deep thought, feeling or worse…conviction. I was frozen with fear and I was miserable. I couldn't go back to not knowing. Deep down, I knew what I needed to do. I also knew that the moment I asked God to help me, he would.
He did.
And he did more than I could have ever asked or imagined.
January 1st, 2014. My heart was breaking. I prayed to God for help. For forgiveness, for willingness, for him to show me his plan. For him to change me so that I could start doing what he was asking me to do. All day, I prayed. And I gotta say, it came with a renewed calmness and peace and forgiveness that I so desperately needed. He was waiting for me to come to him.
He is waiting for you too. Ask him. He WILL help you.
I felt a really strong need to be around God's people that night. That was the first thing he asked me to do that took more courage than I had on my own. So I found a church that was having a New Years Service. We took a shower and got ready. I say we because I did dissociate quite a few times from being so fearful of going. When we made it there, we text my husband to say we didn't know what to do next.
DUH, we did know what to do. So we started to pray. Eventually, we got out of the car. In almost full panic mode, we told Satan to get away from us and it all happened really fast. Then with God's help, we walked through the doors. And that was the beginning of the rest of our life.
God is so good.
Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us
I hate nightmares. I've had them since I was little. I used to be terrified to go to sleep at night. As an adult, it became more of an accepted dread.
I know its going to happen. I don't even bother mentioning them to my husband anymore. They have been such a routine, expected part of my life that I gave up on anything about them changing a long time ago.
Its not something I really like to talk about but I tell you so that I can tell you this. You cannot imagine how surprised I was this week when something did change. And it will probably seem like its not that big of a deal to most of you.
But It is faith affirming. It is encouraging, It is AMAZING for someone like me.
Praise God, it IS a big deal!!!
I still woke up all through the night. But every time I would wake up. I would start to come out of this foggy dream state and I would realize that I wasn't having a nightmare at all. I could hear music playing in my head. I had a feeling of worship. A feeling of praising God because he is worthy. A feeling of so much peace, I couldn't believe it was happening for someone like me. And the joy that came from that gift of connection with God Almighty. I could not contain it. I thought I was going to hyperventilate trying to get the words out to tell someone what God did for me.
God is doing great things. I'm excited!!! I know my circumstances right now are challenging to say the least but I can't help it. Even when my heart is breaking and I feel like processing all this stuff will crush me. I still know God is doing something big. I don't know what hes doing but I just know its so good. We are going to look back on this season of our life and have an amazing testimony. His power is being made known. We are so weak and damaged and I don't even have words for walking through this valley. Yet he is still showing up everyday and making things happen. He is changing things in ways that everyone around me knows it has to be all him. It can't possibly be anything less than God.
I am so grateful that God saved a sinner like me. I feel like I keep coming back to this same thing. I can't help it. It just blows me away that God can take a life as messed up as mine is and still use it, in its current condition, for his glory. I can't believe that is really happening. So consider yourself warned that I might post about this a thousand more times before I get it out of my system.
There is hope. There is healing. Prayer changes things. Love changes things.
GOD changes things if you will just ask him.


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I haven't been remotely creative for over two weeks now. I haven't even had the brainpower (read: depressive episode+health issues+medication killing my braincells) to bother logging in on a computer for that matter. (Smart phones for the win.)
Not that I have a lot of that brainpower right now…and I just spent what little I have finishing this. Nevertheless. A complete creative endeavor. That's something.
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The "Cheers&Jeers" section of the June 26 TV Guide says, "Cheers to Kate Burton for a pair of heartbreaking performances. The Broadway veteran brought pathos to the roles of Ellen Pompeo's Alzheimer's-afflicted mother in 'Grey's Anatomy' and Ed Harris' disabled admirer in 'Empire Falls.' She clearly inherited talent from her late father, Richard Burton."
Burton was similarly cheered by the Tony Nominating Committee in 2002 when she received dual nominations: Best Actress in a Play for Hedda Gabler and Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Elephant Man. Burton has also appeared on Broadway in The Beauty Queen of Leenane, An American Daughter, Company, Jake's Women, Some Americans Abroad, Wild Honey, Doonesbury, Alice in Wonderland and Present Laughter. Her screen credits include "Celebrity," "Ice Storm," "First Wives Club" and "August."


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This webinar will focus on community gardens and sustainable agriculture programs at community colleges. Topics to be discussed include the different roles these programs play on community colleges across the nation and how they fit into holistic college sustainability plans. The event will take place on February 18, 2014 at 12:30 p.m. (CST). Registration required.
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Find out how some campuses are transforming Move-Out day from costly, logistically difficult dumpster disasters into newsworthy environmental success stories. Presenters include representatives from the University of Maryland, the University of Toledo, and the City of Bloomington. Event will take place on February 13, 2014 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. (EST). Registration required.
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Time, money and expertise are often barriers to a robust energy management program. Join Better Buildings Challenge and two of their partners, Shorenstein and Allegheny College, as they describe solutions that have helped them jump these hurdles to develop a culture of sustainability within their organizations and a track record of successful energy efficiency projects. The webinar will take place on January 7, 2014 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. EST. Registration required.
WEBINAR- Wellness in Action: A Case Study On How Atlanta-Based Colleges & Universities Are Benefiting Their Communities
In this webcast on Wellness in Action, panelists from Emory University and Spelman College will build on previously discussed topics of the integrated process and climate adaptation to consider the campus' role in addressing wellness issues locally. AASHE, the Center for Green Schools at USGBC and Second Nature are proud to host this third of three discussions for 2013. Using the city of Atlanta as a case study, the panelists will look at how their college and university are meeting the needs of current students and community members as well as future generations through wellness programs, transportation initiatives, agricultural relationships and regional collaboratives, among other effort. The webinar will take place on December 18, 2013 2:00 p.m. EST. Registration required.
Webinar: Green+: The Kentucky Community and Technical College System Sustainability Initiative
Hosted by the Johnson County Community College Center for Sustainability, this webinar on "Green+", an effort to implement sustainability plans at all of Kentucky's community and technical colleges. The even will take place on November 19, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. Central Time (Chicago, GMT-05:00). Registration required.


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ASSE's Frank Cruice Honored as Region VI Safety Professional of the Year
Outstanding safety and health professionals are the driving force behind the 100-year-old American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). In addition to working to prevent occupational injuries and illnesses, members volunteer their time and resources throughout the year to protect people, property and the environment. ASSE is proud to announce that the Delmarva Chapter's Frank Cruice, CSP, CRSP, CHCM, has received ASSE's Region VI Safety Professional of the Year (SPY) award.
Cruice is a past-president of ASSE's Delmarva Chapter and has been an ASSE professional member since 1987. He received the Delmarva Chapter SPY award in 2008 and has made many contributions to the development of the chapter, as well as to ASSE through assisting the annual Professional Development Conference (PDC) planning committee in 2010. With more than 25 years of experience in workplace safety and health across a range of industries, Cruice exemplifies the values of ASSE and his contributions help protect people, property and the environment.
In addition to his many achievements with ASSE, Cruice has excelled in the professional world. An employee at Perdue Farms Inc., since 2000, he has helped improve safety conditions and reinforce the fundamentals of a safe workplace. His achievements include creating a "Road Map to Zero," a weighted score card to measure progress toward yearly goals and implemented safety business plans company-wide, helping significantly reduce the number of lost-time work incidents at his workplace. "Frank is a committed safety professional whose skills, knowledge, and passion for his profession brings great respect to the impact a true safety professional can have in a private industry setting," said Rob Heflin, VP of Human Resources for Perdue.
Cruice has been a safety professional at Perdue Farms Inc., for more than 11 years, and has significantly contributed to the safety programs, creating an environment where education, innovation and leadership has been a focus. Through Cruice's work, Perdue developed a scoring system for each department that has contributed to the branching out of Perdue's safety program to provide more technical support and training to individual facility locations. Cruice also served in the United States Navy & National Guard from 1980-2001 as preventive medicine technician & a medical service corp. officer with an environmental science & safety specialty.
ASSE's Region VI encompasses all ASSE chapters from South Carolina to Delaware on the East Coast. Its 15 local chapters, Kuwait Chapter, 2 sections and 4 student sections represent nearly 3,000 members of ASSE in all industries. For more information on ASSE's Region VI, please visit region6.asse.org. For more information about ASSE's Delmarva Chapter, please visit delmarva.asse.org.
Founded in 1911 and celebrating its centennial, the Des Plaines, IL-based ASSE is the oldest professional safety society and is committed to protecting people, property and the environment. Its more than 33,000 occupational safety, health and environmental professional members lead, manage, supervise, research and consult on safety, health, transportation and environmental issues in all industries, government, labor, healthcare and education. For more information, please go to www.asse.org and to view the new ASSE – A Century of Safety film go to www.asse.org/assecenturyofsafety.


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After having a short break from the world of hockey, and had a rejuvenated break back home in Africa, I arrived back to UK ready for the next 10 months build up to 2012. It is exciting that it is so close… but there is still plenty for us to focus on and get done in the next few weeks before we head of toSan Diegofor a test series against theUSA. We are now starting to train at the Olympic Park which will make it a lot more real, will be amazing to get on the pitch so we can picture what we dream of being involved in.
As much as it was lovely to be home there was still training to be getting on with, with individual programmes distributed to the team to make sure that even in the down time we were making strides towards our ultimate goal… a medal at 2012. After having carried a foot injury for most of the 2011 season this was a time where I was able to focus primarily on getting that right so that I could return to training when I arrived back.
Unfortunately, as what sometimes happens these things just seem to take longer to heal that you expect and I have returned without much of a change. So I will be on a strict rehabilitation program for now to make sure that I get it right as soon as possible, in order to return to full training. Injuries are always a major frustration, but you have to make sure you are not doing any further damage, especially when you have so much on the line. You have to remain positive and do everything humanly possible to get yourself back, with the balance of course of not rushing yourself.
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It's been a couple of weeks since I've annoyed readers with a post on the Amazon sales tax targeting web retailers, so, hey, here's a new wrinkle: In California, Amazon.com has reached a deal with legislators to delay collections of the online sales tax for a year. In exchange, the online retailing behemoth will back off their effort to overturn the new law via referendum (an effort in which Amazon's already spent some $5 million). In the Los Angeles Times, a Golden State lawmaker describes … [Read more...]
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Word comes from Rep. David Meeks (R) of Conway, via Twitter, that his proposal for an interim study of the Amazon sales tax law (link opens as PDF) targeting online retailers will move forward. Meeks requested the study in July to determine the potential fiscal impact of the new law and what effect it would have on jobs. (Side note: California passed a similar nexus law this summer. Early reviews are decidedly negative.) Meeks told me last month that, while he had voted against the bill when … [Read more...]
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Things are heating up on the online sales tax issue in California, where Amazon.com is leading the charge on a voter referendum that would exempt online retailers without a physical presence in the state from collecting sales tax. We've tracked the effects of a similar online sales tax bill that was enacted here in Arkansas. In response to the Arkansas law, countless online merchants have ended their affiliate contracts in the state—meaning they won't be collecting sales tax in Arkansas, and … [Read more...]
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I'm just back from a trip to Lake Tahoe (lovely, thanks for asking) and look what happened during my brief tenure in the Golden State. Tell us more, Los Angeles Times: Beginning Friday, a new state law will require large out-of-state retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases that their California customers make on the Internet — a prospect eased only slightly by a 1-percentage-point drop in the tax that also takes effect at the same time. Getting the taxes, which consumers typically don't … [Read more...]
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Taeg Sang Cho, Shai Avidan, William T. Freeman, "The Patch Transform," IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 1489-1501, August, 2010.
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Healthy Eats for the Road
Roadcookin' authors Pam Whitfield and Don Jacobson give tips for taking control of your diet
How can drivers who are hoping to eat healthier on the road prepare themselves?
One way to avoid this is to begin cooking for yourself. Preparing your food allows you to control how much you eat, what ingredients you use and, best of all, the cost. Cooking gear can range from a simple lunch box oven you plug into an accessory port to an APU- or inverter-driven Foreman grill, electric fry pan or microwave. An ice chest can store food for two or three days. Sleeper berth setups can include apartment-size fridge/freezers.
Name some quick, easy tips for eating healthy on the road.
Eat 3 meals a day. Eating regularly keeps blood sugar in line, and you will be less likely to go "face-down" in the buffet for your one huge meal. … [Whether] cooking for yourself or eating in a restaurant, watch portion sizes. Eat a variety of foods (healthy mix of carbohydrates, protein and fats). Avoid foods with "empty" calories like soda pop. Get enough sleep. … Sleep apnea is a problem for a lot of drivers and being overweight can contribute to sleep apnea. If you are exhausted, you might end up eating more to try to get more energy.
Three important things to remember in order to eat healthy in a truckstop?
86% – Percentage of OTR drivers who are overweight
[First], check the menu food vocab. Avoid or limit meat sauce, gravy, fried, breaded, crispy, cream sauce, cheese sauce, sautéed in butter, "get an extra steak for just $X.XX." Replace with marinara, baked, broiled, grilled, steamed, roasted, egg substitute, egg whites, four-ounce protein portions and a to-go bag! [Second], if it is not on the menu (e.g., grilled chicken breast), ask for it. You are the customer. Take control of your meal. [Finally], do not clean your plate. Restaurants offer fulfillment of perceived value. If your plate has two chicken breasts (usually around 6 ounces each), eat one of them. Be prepared to throw away some food or see if you can get a better price on a sensible portion of food.
How can drivers balance the demands of driving with the demands of living healthy?
55% — Percentage of OTR drivers who are obese
There really should be no need to balance or compromise. You eat breakfast before you begin to roll. If you cannot stop for lunch, build a sandwich and accompany it with a piece of fruit and maybe a yogurt. Make dinner at the end of your driving shift. Space in a couple of healthy snacks. If your employer doesn't "allow" you to live as well as work, you should consider moving to another company that appreciates its manpower.
Pam Whitfield and Don Jacobson can be heard on "The Lockridge Report" on Sirius 147/XM 171 and can be reached through their website, www.roadcookin.com. On Facebook, all drivers are encouraged to join the Roadcookin' group to discuss driver health and nutrition. Truckers News readers receive a special discount on roadcookin.com orders by using code "TNEWS."
To read more of Truckers News' interview with Don and Pam, including tips for cooking in your cab, visit www.fit4theroad.com.
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Smack bang in the middle of Broadbeach's new 'Oracle' development site, Bavarian Bier Cafe sits beside a host of the Gold Coast's most exclusive fashion stores. With a capacity for 350 people, the Bavarian offers a large outdoor dining area and also a chic new mezzanine level inside. Great for large groups, the Bavarian has an extensive beverage and food menu to suit all tastes and budgets.
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Updated: September 19, 2013 9:55AM
Unfortunately, the odds look pretty good for a lawsuit filed last week that aims to force the Chicago Housing Authority to drop its policy of drug testing tenants in its new communities that mix public housing and market rate renters.
Unfortunately, we say, because on balance we believe the drug-testing policy does more good than harm in helping to create and preserve stronger and safer public housing.
The policy is one small but important piece of an effort to set a tone for a radically different CHA. To replace its dysfunctional high-rise ghettos, CHA is rehabbing public housing developments and building mixed communities. All renters at several of the CHA's mixed communities, both subsidized and market rate, must submit to a drug test to qualify for a unit and then each year upon renewal, which can be annually. Testing began in 2003.
Do we know for sure that drug testing makes a difference, that new developments couldn't be managed just fine without it?
No. But we'd rather set the bar high up front than try to repair damage after problems erupt.
Plenty of CHA residents don't like the testing — and we don't blame them.
In the federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Joseph Peery, a public housing renter in Old Town, describes the annual testing as "humiliating, invasive and stigmatizing." Peery has taken and passed the test four times. All renters must take the tests, but there's little doubt they're prompted by the presence of CHA residents, many of which see it as yet another way to make them feel second class.
But what of the other CHA residents, the vast majority of whom are law-abiding, who like to know that the rules are clear and the bar high for entrance? Tenant drug use wasn't why life in the CHA unraveled — it was drug selling on the properties, often by outsiders. And it was poor upkeep, poor management, under-funding and a concentration of Chicago's poorest. But clearly, lax rules at the top played a role.
And what about the non-CHA renters, who are a critical component of these mixed developments, and also want a high bar given CHA's lousy history?
The ACLU has a strong legal argument that the CHA's "suspicionless" drug tests violate the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches. The civil liberties group used that same argument, successfully, to argue against drug testing as a condition for receiving welfare benefits in Florida and Michigan. To win in Chicago, the burden is on the CHA to prove what government interest is advanced by suspicionless drug testing. Few, if any, other housing authorities require drug testing as an entry for admission.
The ACLU also points to two-year-old data from the CHA that show that less than 4 percent of prospective or current CHA residents in mixed communities failed a drug test, only 50 people, over multiple years. To the ACLU this means drug use isn't a problem, but we aren't convinced. It could mean drug users don't apply, which is precisely what CHA wanted.
The ACLU also argues there are alternatives to testing to keep drug users out, such as legal searches based on suspicious behavior and greater police presence.
But in the real world of public housing, we'd guess most people would prefer keeping drug users out on the front end rather than attempting to throw them out once they're already in.