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The Marcus Addison Cinema is your premiere entertainment destination with 21 state-of-the-art auditoriums. The facility can accommodate rentals for group outings, corporate events, birthday parties & various other occasions.
Metropolis Performing Arts Center
More than 40 productions and 360 performances each year ranging from musical theatre, plays, live music, dance, family shows, The Second City Comedy and professional regional children's theatre.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Arlington International Racecourse
At Arlington International, we aim to make every day of the season special by combining the excitement of thoroughbred racing, gorgeous grounds and fantastic food to create a winning track experience for our guests! Whether you're looking for a fun and exciting day out with friends and family, a casual and charming afternoon at the races, or a sophisticated and stylish get-together, Arlington International offers an extraordinary experience for everyone! Live racing and entertainment from May through September or find a full calendar of race dates and events at arlingtonpark.com.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Big Shot Piano Lounge & Restaurant
Big Shot is an upscale Restaurant & Piano Bar. A cozy place to meet, eat, and drink while listening and interacting with talented musicians. From the warm atmosphere to the variety of enticing menu items, this intimate spot will showcase live talent every night. The extremely friendly restaurant will invite its patrons to participate and sing along with new songs performed by talented professionals. This will definitely be a place to start and end an evening.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Downtown Arlington Heights Shopping & Entertainment District
Diverse collection of charming local shops and major retailers. Outstanding restaurants, theaters, nightlife, and entertainment, all within walking distance.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple of Greater Chicago
This temple is one of only three Sri Venkateswara Hindu temples in the United States, constructed by Native American artisans.
The Aurora area features diverse architectural styles, including designs by Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Bruce Goff and George Grant Elmslie. The area is also home to one of the largest collections of Sears mail order homes.
This local history research archives houses historic photos, books, documents and maps covering Aurora's history from the 1830s to the present. Open by appointment only.
Come inside the intimate Riverfront Playhouse and discover a treasure. Since 1978, Riverfront Playhouse has been a destination in downtown Aurora. Located along the pedestrian-friendly Water Street Mall, Riverfront Playhouse continues to draw unique talent and appreciative crowds. This popular local theater group performs original plays, musicals, murder mysteries, comedies and thrillers in an intimate setting. See their web site for indoor and outdoor performances.
This kinetic water sculpture, created by Christian Tobin, combines art with the law of physics to enable giant stones to rock, spin and swivel on a cushion of water.
This theatre offers affordable, live entertainment, comedy, concerts, dance and family shows. Group discounts/theatre rentals; perfect for meetings, performances, fundraisers and banquets.
The museum features a variety of interactive exhibits designed to educate and entertain children, families, and firefighters. Visitors can pass a leather fire bucket. Marvel at a strange looking firemen's smoke mask. Explore the differences in fire hose nozzles. See and hear how fire engines clear the streets with sirens, horns, and devices that control traffic lights. Watch vintage firefighting films on five video touch-screens. All this, in addition to 5 pieces of fire apparatus on display in a fully restored fire station built in 1894. Suggested donation $5 adult and $3 child.
Take a self-guided tour of Aurora's historic downtown. Tour brochures are available at the Aurora Area Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
Recently named one of the Top Ten Theatres in Chicago by the League of Chicago Theatres, the Paramount continues to provide world-class entertainment—including dance, music, Broadway-caliber theatre, and children's programming—for an annual audience of 150,000 patrons from over 250 communities. The Paramount also hosts free community events and its opulent interiors provide a spectacular backdrop for private functions such as wedding receptions or corporate galas. (Photography: Liz Lauren & Charles Osgood)
Whether you're here to watch improv or stand-up, you're in for a great time! Come early and enjoy a drink and the thousands of pieces of comedy memorabilia that puts the "shrine" in The Comedy Shrine. Interested in classes? We have those too! You are never too old or too young to try your hand at comedy. Check out our website for upcoming class dates and prices.
Aurora's interactive science and technology center offers over 200 hands-on exhibits demonstrating the principles of electricity, weather, astronomy and nuclear energy.
David L. Pierce Art & History Center
The Aurora Public Art Commission hosts rotating exhibits displaying a full spectrum of innovative arts. The History Center has a collection of photographs, books, maps and other memorabilia. The Museum Shop offers hand-crafted jewelry, pottery and textiles from local artists and Aurora-themed gifts.
New York Street Memorial Bridge
Spanning the entire Fox River, features include the circa 1930 "Memory" and "Victory" statues in honor of fallen soldiers from World War I. In 1930, Chicago sculptor Emory P. Seidel designed the original plans for the bridge. As a period publication stated, using an artist made the bridge "remarkable in its beauty and unique in its design."
If These Walls Could Talk in Downtown Aurora not only provides 100% archival quality framing services their shop acts as an art gallery for visitors to enjoy, buy, and sell their art. A regular venue for Downtown Aurora's First Friday event.
Culture Stock is a social venture that operates as a hub for cultural activities and community programs while serving as a used book and media re-seller. Culture Stock, located in the heart of Downtown Aurora, offers up-and-coming musicians, poets and other artists a place to display their talents. Stop in for a taste of Aurora's culture, read a good book in a cozy corner, listen to a new performer or join a language circle. Kids have events at Culture Stock too. Check their Facebook page for a Downtown Aurora cultural experience update today!
Aurora University's Crimi Auditorium
This much-lauded and beautiful auditorium hosts classical and popular musical events as well as popular lectures and recitals. It is located in Aurora University's Institute for Collaboration building.
Enjoy the fusion of traditional Indian architecture with modern technology; Explore the various facets of Hindu rites & rituals, as well as the core philosophical precepts of the religion; Experience peace & serenity. All are welcome.
Above and Beyond Framing and Gallery
Custom framing, art and gift gallery. Featuring Steve Hanks, Tom Lynch and Scanlan.
The mission of the Fermilab Arts and Lecture Series is to celebrate the artistic and intellectual vision of Fermilab by actively fostering an appreciation of science and the performing arts in neighboring communities. Most of the Arts and Lecture Series performances and lectures take place in Fermilab's Ramsey Auditorium.
The Goodrich Randall theater complex includes the only IMAX screen in the Fox Valley area.
This local theater troupe is located in the "attic" of Batavia's Government Center.
This cozy, professional theater presents year round productions, including comedies, dramas and musicals.
Whether you're interested in science or just fishing in the ponds near the buffalo herd you're welcome at Fermilab. Take a self-guided tour of the laboratory, the Art Gallery and science and educational displays. View the grounds from the 15th floor observation area. Visitors may also visit the Lederman Science Center. Performing arts and lectures. Groups welcome by appointment. Public tours are offered every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. and as part of the Ask-a-Scientist event on the first Sunday of each month.
Lincoln Highway Interpretive Mural - Batavia
Dotted along the 179-mile byway, you'll find an unprecedented series of interpretive murals. Each artistically embodies the cultural heritage of the community where it is located and the legacy of the historic highway. Needless to say, taking a road trip to all or a couple makes for a nostalgic adventure.
As the centerpiece of downtown Batavia, the Riverwalk extends along the Depot Pond and Fox River to a north point pavilion, where grand views of the Fox River are available.
Fermilab's Lederman Science Center
The Leon M. Lederman Science Education Center houses hands-on exhibits for ages 10+, technology and science labs, a store and the K-12 Teacher Resource Center. Science Adventures classes for all ages take place at the Lederman Science Center. The Center also has a unique collection of indoor and outdoor exhibits introducing students to the world of particle physics. Open to the public Monday–Friday 8:30 AM–4:30 PM and on Saturdays from 9:00 AM–3:00 PM. The Center can accommodate groups of five or fewer on a walk-in basis. Larger groups must book a visit. Call 630-840-8258 for more information. A guided tour for families is available the first Saturday of the month from 10:00 am to noon.
Civic Center Authority Visitor Center
The Bedford Park Heritage Corridor Visitor Center is full of information and literature of exciting things to do and see throughout the Heritage Corridor. The Visitor Center provides National Heritage Corridor promotional literature and I&M Canal related resources to the public. It is operated by the Civic Center Authority in partnership with Heritage Corridor Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Village of Willow Springs. The Center is staffed by volunteers recruited and managed by the Civic Center Authority. Open Saturday 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM and Sunday 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM.
CITY:Bedford Park
FitzGerald's, just across the street from Oak Park in Berwyn, has built a legendary reputation for an eclectic mix of music in a casual, comfortable setting that attracts music fans of all ages. The New York Times calls the club "a musical gem" and it has consistently been ranked among the top five music venues in Chicago. For special events, FitzGerald's offers a unique setting for all types of gatherings from 30 to 300. The family's award-winning restoration and classic look extends from its intimate private party room to the courtyard and legendary music club next door. An in house event planner can assist with any and all aspects of your event as needed.
Winner of the Broadway in Chicago 2013 Emerging Theater Award and named Chicago Magazine's Best Emerging Theater of 2013, 16th Street Theater presents award-winning new plays at affordable prices. A nationally-recognized professional Equity theater, 16th Street is a program of the North Berwyn Park District and operates year round out of the Berwyn Cultural Center just 9 miles west of downtown Chicago. Come engage with us!
Wire is located on Roosevelt Road in Berwyn. Just west of Chicago, something is growing... a facility for music production, performance, education and distribution unlike any other. Come experience this first class venue, boasting top notch audio equipment, as well as full service modern lighting and video production. A place every artist will want to play and every fan will want to see. This very modern venue is available to rent for your especially unique event. A must see!
Illinois Aviation Museum at Bolingbrook
Providing the nation with access to the rich history of aviation in Illinois, the Illinois Aviation Museum at Bolingbrook focuses on technology, research, education and community service.
iPic Theaters & Salts Sports Bar & Lounge
IPic Theaters has a passion for movies and provides you with the ultimate escape. A premium and affordable movie-going experience, there is something for everyone. Enjoy fresh seasonal cocktails at Salt Sports Bar, full menu selection, billiards and more.
Located in the Family Pavilion, near the entrance to Navy Pier, the 395-seat Navy Pier IMAX Theatre features Chicago's largest flat movie screen -- a soaring, six-story, 60 x 80 foot screen.
Prop Thtr is a Chicago storefront theater focused on original or newly adapted theatrical works based in literary traditions.
Navy Pier's resident 148-foot, four-masted schooner pays tribute to the Great Lakes' rich maritime heritage during a variety of cruises each day.
Architecture River Tour with Shoreline Sightseeing
Enjoy a 75-minute Chicago River tour led by our experienced and entertaining guides. Discover why Chicago is known as the birthplace of the skyscraper as you cruise by more than 40 world-famous landmarks. Day and evening departures from two convenient locations: Gateway Park at Navy Pier and the Michigan Avenue Bridge.
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
The Federal Reserve Bank Visitors Center features interactive displays that explain the Federal Reserve's functions, the U.S. economy, banking history, money and consumer interests.
International Latino Cultural Center
Most recognized for the production of the Chicago Latino Film Festival, ILCC has screened more than 900 films and videos, including many award-winners that otherwise would have never been shown in Chicago.
The Old Town School of Folk Music provides a wide range of music, dance, theater, and visual arts courses to people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. Whatever one's interest, the Old Town School provides broad access to more than 700 accredited class offerings, private lessons, and workshops that span an array of artistic genres. The school features a main stage where concerts are held year round, along with a great shop that sells music and instruments.
Performing Arts Chicago is dedicated to the presentation of new work by local, national and international artists.
The St. James parish, featuring the oldest Episcopal church in Chicago, is one of the oldest in Illinois. The church's plaza is used for a variety of religious and community activities.
Located in Chicago's historic Beverly/Morgan Park neighborhood, the Beverly Art Center is a multidisciplinary, cultural center offering classes in art, music, dance, and theater. Offers rotating exhibitions of contemporary art and performing art.
A 90-foot jet stream creates an arc across the Chicago River for ten minutes on the hour.
In the center of downtown Chicago at the Daley Civic Center, see the world-renowned Picasso sculpture. "Under the Picasso" entertainment features music dance and cultural programs weekdays at noon.
Facets Multimedia screens a diverse assortment of films, including the latest from Eastern Europe, South America, Africa and the former Soviet Union.
The Illinois Art Gallery is the only gallery in Chicago whose purpose it is to exhibit Illinois art.
Immense glass and steel structure, designed by Helmut Jahn, houses State of Illinois government offices and three levels of stores and restaurants in an atrium mall.
The largest indoor convention exhibit area in the country is 2.2 million square feet, with 8 levels of exhibit halls, restaurants, meeting rooms and audiovisual theaters that provide all the necessary amenities for a successful trade show or convention. McCormick Place is designed by Gene Summers, who worked for Mies van der Rohe. It is derivative of a long-span convention center proposed by Mies van der Rohe. When the earlier version of McCormick was destroyed by fire, the firm C.F. Murphy was retained for the job and hired Summers specifically to design the new structure.
Mexican Folklore Dance Company of Chicago
As Chicago's oldest Mexican dance institution, MFDC has received countless recognitions and awards, performed for three presidents and represented Mexico in the 1994 USA World Cup opening ceremony, as well as numerous national television performances, most recently at the 2009 Latin Grammy Awards. MFDC's performances reflect Mexico's rich history which shapes its traditional arts, culture, and values. The historical periods revealed in the dances include pre-Columbian indigenous times, the Spanish Colonial Period, the Struggle for Independence and the 1910 Mexican Revolution.
Visit two restored original buildings from Chicago's first settlement house. Exhibits and educational programs depict the life and work of courageous social worker and Illinois native Jane Addams.
Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center
Situated in Chicago's River North neighborhood, the Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center is dedicated to the preservation of the Hellenic culture. Visitors can see unique exhibitions and participate in programs that showcase Greek art and culture.
The Paderewski and Kosciuszko memorial rooms, folk art, photos and documents all tell the fascinating history of the Polish immigration to America and Chicago, where the largest Polish population outside of Warsaw resides.
Located in Andersonville, a Swedish enclave in Chicago, this is a cultural and learning center with artifacts, photographs and exhibits tracing Swedish American history.
Donny's Skybox Theatre and the de Maat Studio Theatre are dedicated to presenting productions that are rooted in the crafts of theatrical improvisation and sketch comedy as taught by The Second City Training Center. Alumni, faculty, students, and other members of the extended Second City family unite to develop new voices and points-of-view in a manner that honors the history of the work and seeks to propel it into the future. Donny's Skybox is a studio environment where both emerging and established artists are encouraged to experiment, innovate, and grow.
The theater's artistic mission is to generate critical work, casting a critical eye on American values, culture and perspectives and asking the audience to change its role from spectator to participant.
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University
The historic landmark Auditorium Theatre, an architectural masterpiece designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan, opened in 1889. The Auditorium, which regularly hosts live performances, is renowned for its amazing acoustics.
A nicely renovated space (opened in early 1996 and converted from a 1912 nickelodeon), this comfortable theater offers excellent sight lines and adequate acoustics. The Mercury is located in Chicago's vibrant Southport Corridor, the stretch of Southport Avenue between Belmont to the south and Irving Park Road to the north. A popular neighborhood for shopping and nightlife, the Corridor is home to a diverse range of restaurants, cozy pubs, and eclectic boutiques. Neighboring Wrigleyville is home to Chicago's most popular sports bars, and of course, Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs.
The Gene Siskel Film Center - School of the Art Institute of Chicago
One of the largest and most comprehensive programs of its kind in the country, the Gene Siskel Film Center presents premieres of new American and foreign films, revivals of classics, retrospectives, independent productions, and festivals of international scope. Open to the public seven days a week, $11 general admission, $8 groups, $7 for students. Visit our website at siskelfilmcenter.org for more information.
Formerly known as The Broadway Theatre, this 340 seat house is being renovated from a former movie theater.
Today's Soldier Field comprises two distinct structures. There is classical stone-clad shell designed in the 1920s. Its contemporary interior is a 2003 retrofit designed specifically for the NFL's Chicago Bears. The original stadium seated 120,000. The new Soldier Field seats 61,5000 in a boldly asymmetrical steel and concrete bowl set within the confines of the original colonnades.
The Chopin Theatre is a two-stage complex in the heart of Wicker Park that plays host to various theatrical and literary events. Roadworks Productions has been the resident theatre company, producing at least three main stage shows each season.
The Joan W. and Irving B, Harris Theater for Music and Dance
The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance is a state-of-the-art facility bringing together diverseperforming companies in a 1500-seat intimate theater with fine acoustics.
The Athenaeum hosts theatrical and dance performances throughout the year.
Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago is the city's leading presenter of contemporary dance, showcasing artists of regional, national and international acclaim.
Set in a red brick building beneath the towering trees of Lincoln Park, Theater on the Lake offers a great view of Lake Michigan and low ticket prices.
In the heart of the city you'll find a state-of-the-art park designed for the new millennium. Discover the reflective Cloud Gate sculpture, the multimedia Crown Fountain and the Frank Gehry-designed Jay Pritzker Pavilion, all with Chicago's stunning architecture as a backdrop. The park is also host to many free cultural programs, concerts and family activities. Plus, there's alfresco dining in the summer and an ice skating rink in the winter.
This venue was completely restored and renovated during 1999, named the Cadillac Palace. the Cadillac palace has been the home to several pre-Broadway hits including "The Producers—The New Mel Brooks Musical" and "Mamma Mia!" in 2001.
Located in the heart of downtown Chicago, across from the Art Institute, Archicenter features exhibits, a city model, galleries, special events, daily tours and great shopping.
Chicago Theater Stories Walking Tour
Stroll around the downtown theater district and hear stories from the golden age of Chicago theater, a century defined by a pioneering spirit and cataclysmic events.
Chicago River Architecture Tour - Wendella Sightseeing Boats
The Chicago River Architecture Tour is a 60-minute journey through the heart of the city. Led by an architectural expert, this in-depth tour traces the history and innovations of urban architecture in Chicago.
Combined Lake and River Tour - Wendella Sightseeing Boats
The Combined Lake and River Tour offers a comprehensive overview of Chicago, with breathtaking views of the magnificent skyline and an up-close perspective from the Chicago River.
Chicago at Sunset Tour - Wendella Sightseeing Boats
The setting sun gives way to the city's nightly light show as each building begins to shine. For two hours you'll be treated to what's been called the world's most beautiful skyline.
Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place
An intimate 549-seat performance space presenting contemporary plays and musicals as well as classics from Broadway and beyond.
One of the newest additions to the downtown theater district, offering innovative programming and featuring Chicago's best off-loop theater and dance companies.
Designed by Louis Sullivan with assistance from his junior draftsman, Frank Lloyd Wright, the Charnley-Persky House is recognized as a pivotal work of modern American architecture. Docent-led tours of the exterior and interior of the Charnley-Persky House (1891-1892) are offered on Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the year. The National Historic Landmark building serves as the headquarters of the Society of Architectural Historians. Photos by David Schalliol.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Frederick C. Robie House
Recognized as an architectural masterpiece, Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House is located in Hyde Park on the University of Chicago campus. The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust offers guided tours of this quintessential Prairie-style home, which the American Institute of Architects named one of the 10 most significant buildings of the 20th century.
The Chicago History Museum is a major museum and research center for Chicago and American history. From permanent galleries to special exhibitions and exciting programs, people of all ages are able to experience the past and better understand the present. Please call for museum hours, pricing and exhibitions.
This opera company specializes in a unique repertoire that focuses on works from the 17th, 18th and 20th centuries, performed beautifully in a small venue.
This South Side cultural arts center features year round main stage productions and an art gallery.
Music of the Baroque performs classical pieces in venues around Chicago.
The urban gateway to nature and science. The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is a place where city dwellers can reconnect with the wonder of the natural world. From a hands-on water lab to a wilderness walk to the only international, year-round butterfly haven, science comes alive.
Built in 1836, Clarke House is Chicago's oldest home.
The world-renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) performs at the grand Symphony Center on Michigan Avenue in the Loop. The CSO is led by Music Director Riccardo Muti, and often collaborates with some of the biggest names in classical music. In the summer, the CSO takes up residence at the outdoor Ravinia Festival in north suburban Highland Park. Photo credit: Todd Rosenberg as photographer for CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
This city tour travels in luxury coaches and highlights African-American social, cultural and historical events.
Chicago Children's Museum at Navy Pier
Hands-on exhibits and daily-changing activities make every visit unique for young children and adults, too. Dig deep into the Dinosaur Expedition, try to stay dry in WaterWays, make a masterpiece in the KraftArtabounds Studio, and climb up to the crow's nest on the Kovler Family Climbing Schooner. Toddlers can have fun in Kids Town and Treehouse Trails.
Chicago Center For The Performing Arts
This theater venue includes three performing arts schools, a casting center, a 350-seat theater, a lobby bar and banquet space. Plays, musicals and original productions are performed here.
If you don't know what holograms are, put this museum on your sights-to-see list. This is the only institution in the United States devoted exclusively to the holographic art form. Marvel at the more than 200 three-dimensional laser-generated images.
The 299 seat theater is named after Harriet Elizabeth Vittum, head resident of the Northwestern University Settlement House from 1907 to 1947. Miss Vittum was a friend, counselor, and good neighbor to thousands of new Chicagoans in her community. She advocated dramatic and musical arts because she believed that they empower self-expression and self-worth.
D'Arcy Museum, Loyola University Chicago
Medieval, renaissance and baroque art, including paintings, sculpture, and rare decorative art.
Ford Center for the Performing Arts (Oriental Theatre)
This 1926 movie palace's rebirth as a magnificent venue for live theater is another wonderful addition to the emerging North Loop Theater District.


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My husband doesn't look like Zac Efron. But he looks like Prince Charming to me. And he does the dishes. And brings me a cup of tea every night.
So Coke's commercial truly reflects our nation's past, present and future. What's wrong with that?
In the past, advertisers' hard work was over before kickoff. But the recent through-the-roof levels of social media engagement proved that those days are over.
That is what's so sad about the Dylan commercial. The man is pitching a product that is the antithesis of today's cool. In an age where high mpg's are the ultimate status symbol for cars for those who understand cool, Dylan's peddling a car for "the zoom and the roar and the thrust."
So how in the world is it possible that JohnnyOptimist was able to predict this? Did he have or get inside info? Is he truly a psychic? The answer is none of the above.
Coca-Cola featured the Native American language Keres in the ad, a fact that probably went unnoticed by all but around 11,000 people who actually speak this ancestral language. The song lyrics did not even exist in Keres prior to the Coca-Cola project -- they had to be translated, which was no small task.
Coca-Cola's advertisement and the responses to it demonstrate a greater need for a greater dialogue among and about the diverse groups that make America.
I could not help but be in awe of Coca Cola's "America The Beautiful" commercial. The spoken and visual messages were spot on. What, a diverse America? We speak different languages? Beautiful. I thought society was ready for a message of diversity.
Each year in late January, we have a short-lived debate about the objectification of women in advertising as corporations spend big dollars on their Super Bowl moments. Let's not forget that one of the root causes of domestic violence and sexual assault is the objectification of women.
Here's what I loved about that ad: It wasn't just multiracial people drinking cans of Coke. It integrated the languages and sounds that help make America beautiful. Whatever you think of Coca-Cola and its products, it's hard not to celebrate the ways in which the diversity of America is truly integrated into the ad.
Rather than simply spending $4 million for 30 seconds of in-the-moment hype, brands like M&M, Axe, Jaguar and Sodastream are using their Super Bowl advertisements -- and the corresponding hype -- to launch year-long integrated marketing campaigns.
Beyond stirring more drama than the lopsided Seahawks win, why did the "America is beautiful" meme matter?
Imagine my surprise when I found that my little machine was caught up in a swirling conflict involving the SodaStream Corporation, the international NGO Oxfam, Scarlett Johansson and Israeli-Palestinian relations.
I'm glad I went -- 80,000 happy and screaming fans reminded me that we watch the game because of what it is, and everything else around it builds and adds to the culture of the whole -- including the half-time show and the ads.
I'll just mention one, which (for me) stood out as the best, and probably got the most attention -- that would be Chrysler's ad with, of all, people, Bob Dylan.
Why does watching the Super Bowl make me feel as if I just survived two weeks of CIA brainwashing at Gitmo?

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This question already has an answer here:
I see that this has been marked as a duplicate, I don't think it is a duplicate, the linked question is about deleting down-voted answers for the purpose of removing negative reputation. This question is about deleting the answer to shed the down-vote and then posting higher quality content.
It seems as people are voting their agreement or disagreement here. Let me encourage voters to consider the value of
- this discussion
- the transparency of the poster
The drama:
Questioner explained what they were doing, and inquired about an error.
No one else had responded, so I quickly pulled up the help on the function as I saw it used and quickly typed a one-liner to explain the source of the error. I begin furiously editing/elaborating as I see another answer pop up, offering an alternative and I see a downvote on my answer. Spirit undiminished, I continued, explaining how to check for the source of the error, and thus how to avoid it. I edited further, I demonstrated how to recreate the error.
I then see the other answerer has identically adopted my approach to his mishmash, and although I don't have a monopoly on Python's best practices, a bit of attribution/credit would be apropos.
An Underhanded Move:
Feeling now quite frustrated with the effort I have spent, I perceive a way to overturn the single downvote (on what was now substantially an entirely different answer). I copy the source of my answer, delete the old answer, and paste it in as a new one.
The End Result:
I see as I have composed this I have earned an upvote on my full answer, although the other respondent got the best of me with an accepted answer. If the upvote came from the original downvoter, then I am no better for the deletion and replacement. If the upvote came from someone else, I am better for the deletion, for I would otherwise be at zero and down 2 rep points.
The Final Question:
Was I right to act as I did, in principle? If not, do circumstances mitigate the harm? Or is the point infinitesimal, and I would be better off trying to fit angels on the heads of pins, and Stackoverflow is working just as it should? Or perhaps we just don't want to talk transparently about how people abuse the system to their advantage?
A Final Conclusion After Many Responses:
The community has decided that although the Stackoverflow mechanisms allow for this tactic, it is viewed as underhanded and abusive, and a user being found to do so is likely to be punished, if not officially, then by the efforts of those who have discovered him.


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Looking at this bathroom sink from below a round area is visible in the middle where the material is thinner. Is there a safe way to drill a middle hole there (to install the faucet recommended at http://diy.stackexchange.com/a/18330/7480)?
I would not recommend treating the area in the center rear of the sink as a "knock out". Trying to remove that portion of the sink with a hammer is foolhardy at best and could lead to splintered and cracked procelain on the top side of your sink.
You would be far better off to apply a hole saw made for this type application. Here is an example of a diamond grit hole saw that may be suitable:
Link to tool on Amazon:
Hole saws of this type are often used with a 0.25 inch diameter drill bit acting as a centering agent to keep the hole saw in its cutting track. It is often a good idea to pre-drill the guide hole for this before deploying the hole saw. Look for a diamond dust drill bit for drilling this hole.
Use of the hole saw will likely require the adding of water into the cut area during the cut process to keep down the heat buildup on the hole saw.
If it was my project - I would drill the guide hole from under the sink first in order to get it centered properly and then come back and drill out the necessary larger diameter hole with the hole saw from the top side.
Last Comment - Before investing a whole lot of money in tools for a one-shot project you owe it to yourself to investigate the cost of a complete sink replacement that has the appropriate hole configuration to meet your needs. You may find that a retailer may offer a good deal on pricing if you purchase a sink and faucet at the same time.
The thinner part is a knockout. Give it a firm tap in the center and it should break out cleanly.
EDIT: Four upvotes to Five downvotes... Interesting ratio. I'm curious of the downvoters: What do you think that thin circle, in the center of the area where a faucet would go, with a formed center tapping point... is?


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In Shock: Social Science Fiction, in explaining the conflict mechanics, pages 34-35 state:
If your *Tagonists are not involved in this Conflict, you're Audience in this scene. Roll 1d4 to use at your discretion to effect the outcome of the Conflict with Minutiæ. Every Audience member will be rolling one, but only the highest will count right now. (If more than one is the highest and wants to do something, all those players should roll anther die each. Whoever gets the highest number on that die gets to use hir Minutia.) Now tell how one of the Minutiæ in the middle of the table — either one that already exist or a new one you made up on the spot — changes the outcome of the Conflict.
My understanding of this is that the Audience member who rolls highest gets to single-handedly determine the outcome. Isn't that a bit excessive? It sounds as though the entire conflict mechanics between the two *Tagonists get completely overridden by a simple 1d4 toss.
Is that the intention, or am I misreading this? Does this work better in real-play than it sounds on paper?


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PlayStation Now PS4 private beta starts today, service still on track for summer launchWritten by: / / 2 Comments
Sony has announced that it will be extending its PlayStation Now private beta to PS4 from today, May 20th. The closed beta has been running on PS3 for a few months now, with new beta invites being sent out to US PlayStation Network account holders on a regular basis. The platform holder also revealed that the PS3 private beta program will expand to a "broader audience" in the "near future".
The PlayStation Now streaming service should feel a lot snappier on PS4 thanks to the console's higher RAM and faster CPU compared to the PS3.
Sony says that current PS3 beta testers will receive a code via email allowing them to participate in the PS4 private beta although this process could take a week or so.
According to the official PlayStation Now website where you can register for the private beta, the service is still on track to launch this summer in the US on PS4 and PS3, and sometime later this year on Bravia TVs and PS Vita.
Have you signed up to take part in the PlayStation Now beta yet? Let us know in the comments.
Source: PlayStation Blog
Tags: beta, northamerica, playstationnow, sony


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Can we prohibit the word "newbee" or "newbie" in the main site in the title and in the text? It appears too often, provides no information and is just annoying.
In the meta site, however, it may occasionally be necessary to use this word.
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Can we prohibit the word "newbee" or "newbie" in the main site in the title and in the text? It appears too often, provides no information and is just annoying.
Another way to look at it would be that it's a great filter in case one is annoyed by 'newbie' questions :-)
Instead of prohibiting the word it might be worth thinking about displaying a message that asks the user if this word actually ads any value to the question. The word filter could be fueled with other words then.
So basically your request makes sense - that word really does not add any important information to the OP. Getting an answer should not matter whether you are new to programming or a seasoned veteran.
I want to also echo what @oded said in the comments to your post - sometimes the inclusion of the "newbie" word somewhere in the post will help you formulate an answer that would be appropriate - ie not too complicated for the beginner programmer.
If that word would be banned, then, as was stated in the comments, we would have to ban all possible synonyms -
The effort would simply not be worth it because at the end of the day the OP could simply write
and have the same effect.
You mentioned in your post :
This is the nature of the internet - you will be annoyed sometimes at the way people present themselves.
At the end of the day a user stating that he is new to the field (in any way shape or form) should not affect your judgment on whether or not to help them.
I agree with you that on meta things are slightly different with regard to blacklisted words in titles and or the content of the post. There are already some differences in the quality filter between the main and meta sites.
If there is something else worth editing in questions that include these sorts of words, I'll frequently edit them out, especially if I think the experience level of the poster remains visible in the edited question.
If it's the only thing "wrong" in the question, then it's not worth the edit, and not that annoying as annoyances go, so I just move on. If you think it is worth the edit, go for it, but try to leave the experience level of the questioner obvious. (Heck, if someone added, "I'm an expert!", I'm not sure that really makes sense to leave in either.)
I do not want to see more words added to our "banned" list. I'm sad that we have a banned list -- even though the end result has largely been improved questions. (My unsubstantiated theory is the poor questioners wind up getting frustrated and leave.)
Do you enjoy answering the kinds of questions that such people ask? If you don't enjoy such questions (I tend not to), then getting rid of the word won't really help - it'd be better if you could configure Stack Overflow to ignore such questions, along the lines of the "ignored tags" feature. (I think the alternative, adding it to the low quality post algorithm, would be too severe)
Also, why do you find the word annoying? Is it because it's bad English? Is it because it's a sign of a help vampire? Or something else?


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27-2042.02 - Musicians, Instrumental
Play one or more musical instruments in recital, in accompaniment, or as members of an orchestra, band, or other musical group.
Sample of reported job titles: Cellist, Clarinetist, English Horn Player, Horn Player, Musician, Oboist, Orchestra Musician, Percussionist, Violinist, Violist
Tasks | Tools & Technology | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Practice musical instrument performances, individually or in rehearsal with other musicians, to master individual pieces of music and to maintain and improve skills.
- Perform before live audiences.
- Specialize in playing a specific family of instruments or a particular type of music.
- Play musical instruments as soloists, or as members or guest artists of musical groups such as orchestras, ensembles, or bands.
- Play from memory or by following scores.
- Sight-read musical parts during rehearsals.
- Audition for orchestras, bands, or other musical groups.
- Provide the musical background for live shows such as ballets, operas, musical theatre, and cabarets.
- Transpose music to alternate keys, or to fit individual styles or purposes.
- Promote their own or their group's music by participating in media interviews and other activities.
- Make or participate in recordings in music studios.
- Direct bands or orchestras.
- Teach music for specific instruments.
- Compose original music such as popular songs, symphonies, or sonatas.
Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
- Accessories for stringed instruments — Capos; String cutters; String winders; Stringed instrument bows
- Accordions
- Alto horns
- Audio amplifier — Amplifiers
- Bagpipes
- Banjoes
- Baritone horns
- Basses — Double basses
- Bassoon — Bassoons
- Bells — Handbells
- Bongoes — Bongo drums
- Bugles
- Clarinets — Bb clarinets
- Clavichords
- Cymbals — Orchestral cymbals
- Drum stick — Drum mallets; Wooden drum sticks
- Drums — Kettle drums
- Electronic instrument tuner — Digital tuners
- English horns
- Euphonium — Euphoniums
- French horns
- Guitars — Acoustic guitars
- Harps
- Harpsichords
- Instrument strings or picks — Finger picks
- Mandolins
- Maracas
- Marching bells
- Marimbas
- Mellophones
- Metronomes — Electronic metronomes
- Microphones — Clip-on microphones
- Musical cornets
- Musical flutes
- Musical instrument stand — Cymbal stands; Guitar stands
- Musical instrument stands or sheet holders — Sheet music stands
- Musical organs
- Mutes — Instrument mutes
- Notebook computers — Laptop computers
- Oboes
- Personal computers
- Pianos
- Piccoloes — Piccolos
- Saxophones — Alto saxophones
- Sousaphones
- Synthesizer — Synthesizers
- Tablet computers
- Timpanies — Timpani
- Trombones
- Trumpets
- Tuba — Tubas
- Tuning forks — Instrument tuning forks
- Vibraphones
- Viola — Violas
- Violins
- Violoncellos — Cellos
- Xylophones
- Zither — Autoharps; Dulcimers
Technology used in this occupation:
- Accounting software — Financial tracking software
- Calendar and scheduling software — Appointment scheduling software
- Electronic mail software — Email software
- Instant messaging software — Snapchat; Twitter
- Internet browser software — Web browser software
- Music or sound editing software — Apple GarageBand; Avid Technology Pro Tools; Avid Technology Sibelius; iZotope Ozone (see all 5 examples)
- Video creation and editing software — YouTube
- Web page creation and editing software — Blogging software; Facebook; Instagram
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
- Fine Arts — Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Hearing Sensitivity — The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
- Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Auditory Attention — The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
- Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Time Sharing — The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
Work Activities
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Detailed Work Activities
- Train others on performance techniques.
- Perform music for the public.
- Practice athletic or artistic skills.
- Promote products, activities, or organizations.
- Create musical compositions, arrangements or scores.
- Audition for roles.
- Coordinate musical rehearsals or performances.
- Perform for recordings.
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Work Context
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 79% responded "Extremely important."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 76% responded "Extremely important."
- Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — 87% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 63% responded "Every day."
- Spend Time Sitting — 58% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Contact With Others — 61% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions — 66% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Physical Proximity — 67% responded "Moderately close (at arm's length)."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 64% responded "Extremely important."
- Time Pressure — 41% responded "Every day."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 48% responded "Every day."
- Level of Competition — 41% responded "Extremely competitive."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 45% responded "Some freedom."
- Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable — 30% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 33% responded "Every day."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 40% responded "Important results."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
|Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
|Related Experience
|Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include food service managers, electricians, agricultural technicians, legal secretaries, occupational therapy assistants, and medical assistants.
|SVP Range
|(6.0 to < 7.0)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|Some college, no degree
|Less than high school diploma
|Bachelor's degree
Interest code: AE
- Artistic — Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.
- Enterprising — Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
Work Styles
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
Work Values
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
- Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
- Recognition — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
Related Occupations
Wages & Employment Trends
Median wages data collected from Musicians and Singers.
Employment data collected from Musicians and Singers.
Industry data collected from Musicians and Singers.
|Median wages (2015)
|$24.20 hourly
|State wages
|Employment (2014)
|173,000 employees
|Projected growth (2014-2024)
|Slower than average (2% to 4%)
|Projected job openings (2014-2024)
|State trends
|Top industries (2014)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2015 wage data and 2014-2024 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2014-2024). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
Disclaimer: Sources are listed to provide additional information on related jobs, specialties, and/or industries. Links to non-DOL Internet sites are provided for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement.
- Musicians and singers . Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2016-17 Edition.


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Villa Borg, situated in the town of Perl in the Saarland, paints a vivid picture of life in the Saarland, Lorraine and Luxembourg region some 2,000 years ago.
The open-air museum makes it easy to imagine what it was like to be a privileged Roman. Inside the reconstructed manor house is an archaeological museum with numerous original finds and replicas. The entrance hall, the courtyards with farm buildings and the villa baths give a taste of the splendour of those ancient times. Archaeological excavations are ongoing at this 7.5-hectare site.
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Months of speculation came to an end last Friday when Bullitt East basketball star Derek Willis announced that he will attend the University of Kentucky.
"The best players in the nation play there, so I wanted to join them," said the 6-foot-9 junior, who is considered the top college prospect in Kentucky.
After committing to Purdue last summer, Willis reopened his search in August and finally narrowed his choices to Kentucky, Purdue, Louisville and Indiana.
"This has not been an easy decision for me," Willis said, in front of a large crowd of friends, family and classmates gathered for the announcement in the library at Bullitt East.
"I believe this program is the best fit for me to accomplish my goals as a student-athlete…and this is why I am choosing the University of Kentucky," he said.
Willis, who is averaging 17 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks a game for the 17-3 Chargers, is the Wildcats' first commitment in the class of 2013.
All "A" State Tournament
After clinching regional titles, DeSales and Collegiate will represent the Louisville area in the boys' Touchstone Energy All "A" Classic State Tournament at the Frankfort Convention Center.
The Colts downed archrival Holy Cross 65-55 last Friday to earn their third-straight Region Six title and will face Region 12 champion Danville on Thursday at 9:30 p.m. in the opening round of the state tournament.
DeSales is led by six-foot-six senior center Evan Bingham (13 ppg., 7 rpg.) and senior guard Cam Duncan (13 ppg.). The Colts have been All "A" State runners-up the past two seasons, falling to Shelby Valley in 2010 and Betsy Layne last year.
"We're playing our best basketball, no doubt," said third-year DeSales coach John Mingus. "We've had some good practices and have made some adjustments, but we're still not a team that can take days off."
Collegiate punched its ticket by edging KCD 51-48 in the Seventh Region championship. The Titans entered this week with a record of 12-5 and first-year coach Joel Morris is hoping for a strong showing in Frankfort.
"Coming into the season I was hoping to be .500," said Morris, who inherited a program that graduated three starters. "This team has exceeded my wildest expectations.
"My biggest fear would be that they are satisfied with what they've accomplished so far," Morris added.
Junior guard Andrew Steggeman (17.8 ppg., 4.5 rpg) and junior center David Keyer (13.1 ppg., 10 rpg.) lead the Titans, who earlier this season competed in the Louisville Invitational Tournament for the first time in program history.
Collegiate will face Bishop Brossart out of Region 10 at 8 p.m. Thursday.
The boys' championship is slated for Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
On the girls' side, Holy Cross and KCD advanced out of regions six and seven, respectively, and began opening-round play on Wednesday.
The Cougars (17-3) entered this week on an eight-game winning streak and are led by senior guard/forward Maya Hardin, who is averaging 11 points and 7 rebounds a game, and senior guard Kim Mingus (9 ppg.). Sydney Morabito, a junior forward, is also averaging 10 points a game.
Holy Cross opened against Region 16 champion Raceland.
KCD (9-12) upset Collegiate 44-40 in the regional final and faced Region Eight champion Walton-Verona in the first round of the state tournament on Wednesday.
Pacing the Bearcats is senior guard Shelbi Hendricks, who is averaging 18 points and 12 rebounds per game. The Washington and Lee commit poured in 26 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in the regional final.
The girls' championship game is set for 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
Only the smallest 125 schools in the state (based on 9-12 enrollment) are eligible to compete in All "A" events.
Louisville-area wrestling teams dominated the 18th annual Dragon Invitational at South Oldham on Jan. 21. A strong 22-team field featured 11 of the state's Top 20 programs according to kentuckywrestling.com.
No. 5 St. Xavier placed five wrestlers in the finals and claimed the team title, while No. 3 Trinity boasted four individual weight class champions.
Tigers coach Jim Kraeszig was impressed with his squad's endurance during the day-long event.
"The last three weeks we've been trying to buy into the philosophy of going hard for six minutes," he said. "We took a step this weekend toward doing that."
St. X sophomore Justin Lampe (31-1), ranked fifth in the state at 132, toppled No. 2 Tyler Kaelin (41-1) of Oldham County by a 7-3 decision to take that division.
"It started out a little slower than I would've liked," Lampe said of the championship match. "I decided to attack the rest of the match and it worked out."
Trinity senior John Fahy (25-3) went 4-0 on the day and pinned every opponent at 138, including Shane White of Woodford County in the final.
Fahy, an Illinois signee, is a three-time state champion and has never lost to an in-state opponent.
"I'm just trying to dominate as much as I can and get that fourth state title," he said.
Brent Hitchings (27-3), Fahy's drill partner during training, also had a stellar showing. The senior, ranked No. 1 at 152, was injured during the semifinals at last year's tournament, but had no issues this time around.
"It was pretty smooth sailing to the finals," said Hitchings. "I just wrestled my way through with technique."
Hitchings pinned his first three opponents and controlled Lane Jones of Walton Verona to earn a 7-2 decision in the final.
Team Totals
1. St. X, 213
2. Trinity, 179.5
3. Oldham County, 145.5
4. Southern, 139.5
5. Ryle, 138.5
6. Woodford County, 117
7. Christian County, 109.5
8. Moore, 104
9. Lafayette, 84
10. North Oldham, 79
Individual Champions
106 – Nathan Thompson, DeSales
113 – J.J. Killebrew, Christian County
120 – Clay Brown, Walton-Verona
126 – T.J. Ruschell, Ryle
132 – Justin Lampe, St. Xavier
138 – John Fahy, Trinity
145 – Jo Rupp, Eastern
152 – Brent Hitchings, Trinity
160 – Chase Rusch, North Oldham
170 – Noah Bauer, St. Xavier
182 – Zac Gandinger, Oldham County
195 – Bobby Bryant, Trinity
220 – Brendan Darrow, Trinity
285 – Trevor Ford, DeSales
Most Outstanding Wrestler – John Fahy, Trinity (138)
Sweet 16 Draws Near
Draws for the PNC/KHSAA Boys' Sweet 16 and the Houchens Industries/KHSAA Girls' Sweet 16 will be held this Friday (Jan. 27) at 10:30 a.m. The draws, which will be webcast live at ihigh.com/khsaa, determine bracket placement and first-round matchups for regional winners.
The girls' tournament will be held March 7-10 at Western Kentucky's E.A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green. The boys' tournament is March 14-17 at Rupp Arena in Lexington.
Rockcastle County took the 2011 girls' title. Christian County is the defending boys' champion.
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I understand that the phrase "Mother of God" appears in the prayer commonly referred to as the "Hail Mary" prayer. I'm wondering, though, what the origin is of the phrase "Mother of God". Did it first appear in the Hail Mary prayer or does it predate that?
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Although Mary is the Mother of God, she is not his mother in the sense that she is older than God or the source of her Son's divinity, for she is neither. Rather, she is the Mother of God in the sense that she carried in her womb a divine person—Jesus Christ, God "in the flesh".
If this is not so then it is like saying that Mary did not carry God in her womb, but only carried Christ's human nature. This assertion will be same as heresy of Nestorianism. On the contrary Mary carried and gave birth to the person of Jesus Christ, and the person she gave birth to was God.
Precisely for this reason, both Martin Luther and John Calvin insisted on Mary's divine maternity.
Here are some of the summarized forms of Mother of God references from very early age of Christianity:
As the length of this answer is increasing, I will restrict here in mentioning only the names and dates when these references were made:
The other fellas addressed this pretty well, but I figured, what the heck, might as well muddy the waters with some extra stuff from the "Short Catechism of Mary"
However, in "The Secret of the Rosary" St. Louis De Montfort says
So, there seems to be some confusion as to the dates. But no confusion as to the meaning of Mother of God in the context of the Rosary. And whatever words St. Dominic uttered, I highly doubt they failed to contain a plea to the Holy Mother of God.
St. Louis continues in his explanation of the Hail Mary:
And those are all the things that the title Mother of God entails. All of which had been gleaned through Tradition and Scripture since the beginning of the Church.
She's the channel of graces (Mediatrix), because it is through her the Christ comes into the world, all the Gospels attest to this.
John, who was intimately acquainted with her story, knows that Jesus gave her to us all from the cross
He also recounts a story of Mary's intercession
which makes her the advocate that St. Louis talks about.
Now, you might think, "I know this guy, he's just a crazy Catholic Mariolotrist who would say anything to arrive at the point that any thing good you can say about Mary makes her Divine Son happy."
But the point is, you're asking for a precise date when a particular dogma was infallibly proclaimed and I'd say it was 451 in the Council of Chalcedon which produced the following creed:
but it's really, the unchanging Tradition of the Catholic Church that Mary is the Mother of God and it was known by her little people long before it was written in stone by her big people.
Wikipedia's entry on theotokos ("mother of God") already answers this pretty well:
The Hail Mary Prayer, though based in Luke, by contrast, dates to the 1050s:-
11 - http://www.egolpion.com/term_theotokos_.en.aspx
12 - http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2011/02/sub-tuum-praesidium.html
This pray came from the Apostles: Most Holy Theotokos, help us!
They have spoken first time this pray after Assumption, when they saw that her body was resurrected after three days and taken in the skys by her Son and God. This is celebrated at 15 August in Eastern Orthodox Church.
You can find this in "Great Synaxarites of the Orthodox Church"


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One of the first assumptions, when introducing the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian in an undergraduate course on QFT is $$ \phi(x)=0\,\text{on the boundary} $$ and this is widely used in many situations (e.g when calculating a surface integral on the boundary). Is there a physical reason for such assumption?
In general, boundary conditons must be adapted to the real situation.
Zero boundary conditions are just for the sake of simplicity. But they are realistic only when the field is really zero for some definite reason.
If the boundary is at infinity, zero boundary conditions means that everything of interest happens in a finite domain and cannot be noticed from far away. If this is really the case, these boundary conditions are appropriate. In particular, one needs zero boundary conditions for square integrable states.
But scattering requires different boundary conditions as something moves across space and time from infinity to infinity. The corresponding scattering states are not square integrable.


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What is the Graduate Student Senate?
The Graduate Student Senate (GSS) is the branch of the Student Government Association (SGA) that serves as the official voice for graduate and professional students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
How is the GSS comprised?
GSS representatives are graduate and professional students who are selected annually by their respective departments, either through an election or appointment. UTK students elect the GSS President and Vice-President each spring during the SGA elections.
What are the responsibilities of GSS?
The fundamental responsibility of the GSS is to enhance the graduate student experience at UTK by maintaining open lines of dialogue between students and university administrators. GSS representatives serve on several campus committees and develop special councils as necessary to tackle issues pertinent to its constituents. The GSS sponsors an annual "Fun Run" to raise funds for the UTK libraries, hosts socials to increase interdisciplinary communication, and administers awards for graduate and professional student to present their research at conferences.
Current Priorities
- Increasing the visibility of the GSS, participation on campus, and access to the university's administrators.
- Proposing new policies regarding state residency and partner benefits.
- Improving the travel awards process and implementation.
- Improving the annual Graduate Student Orientation and Fun Run.


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Resource Workforce Center opens in Henrico
Community leaders and elected officials from across the region gathered in eastern Henrico Sept. 24 to celebrate the opening of a new resource center for job-seekers that is the first of its kind in Central Virginia.
The Resource Workforce Center, located just off Nine Mile Road at 121 Cedar Fork Road, is the first such center inthe area to serve both adults and older youth.
Members of the federally funded Resource Workforce Investment Board, which works to increase private sector employment opportunities, joined in cutting the ribbon to mark the official opening and followed up with tours and information sessions led by center staff and community partners such as the Community College Workforce Alliance, Job Corps, Virginia Employment Commission, and Senior Connections.
"It's such a beautiful day," exulted James Holland of the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors, chairman of the resource consortium of local elected officials, as he prepared to cut the ribbon at the entrance to the center. "We're having class outside!"
In addition to serving as a one-stop job-shopping resource for the unemployed, disadvantaged adults and older youth, said Holland, the center will also assist the underemployed. "You may have a job," he noted. "But do you have a career?"
The center will help entrepreneurs as well, through a program known as resource business solutions that asks the leadership from various companies, "What do you need to expand?" Among the companies that have expressed interest in such assistance are a growing food supply company and a railroad company losing workers to retirement.
But "first and foremost," said Holland, "[the center] will offer those who come a friendly face."
Deborah Wickham, chairman of the Resource Workforce Investment Board, noted that a great deal of research has gone into locating centers where they can best serve the more than one million citizens in the area's member jurisdictions, which include the counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, Powhatan as well as the City of Richmond. One of three area workforce centers (the others are in Chesterfield County and South Richmond, with a fourth opening soon near downtown Richmond), the 20,000 square-foot center replaces one less than half its size on Williamsburg Road.
"Eastern Richmond and Henrico contain some of the highest concentrations of poverty in our region," Holland pointed out, "and so we are opening this center where it is most needed."
Representatives of various organizations began their tours in the reception area, which features kiosks for easy registration and space for one or more police officers on site. Among features of the dedicated space for youth are computer labs and stations for resume writing, as well as facilities housing the Resource Youth Network's out-of-school program, the GOALS Institute.
The converted building, formerly a Verizon call center, also boasts a large conference room, a resource room that can be used to access the internet for job searches, and access to printers and faxes for submitting job applications and resumes. Center staff offer job seeker services such as resume reviews, skills assessment, career counseling, mock interviews, and for individuals who qualify, intensive training that may include free tuition to local educational institutions.
"It's all about connecting people with partnerships and working together," said Holland. "It will come to fruition."
Frank Thornton of the Henrico County Board of Supervisors, whose Fairfield District includes the new center, described similar visions for the site as he prepared for the ribbon-cutting. "This will be a venue of collegiality," Thornton said. "Of service to our people."
"You've heard of no wine before its time?" he asked. "Our time has arrived."
Snipping the ribbon, Holland added emphasis with a flourish and triumphantly held the scissors aloft.
"It's open!" announced Holland. "Go forth and prosper!"
For details about the Resource Workforce Center, visit http://www.ResourceVA.com
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Concerning an updated custom ambiance theme: why is there no dark side bar when I click on a folder, like the home folder icon on the desktop, but the theme works as planned when I type
nautilus in the terminal to open the home folder or when opening a folder up as root? Permissions issue perhaps?
Note: I am using Cinnamon instead of Unity and I noticed it uses the Nemo file manager instead of Nautilus and I suspected that it was causing me the grief. I uninstalled it and now am using Nautilus only as the file manager. I found this out when I typed:
sudo killall nemo and the problem went away.
I'll see how this goes (and hopefully cinnamon doesn't care about it...)
Has anyone else had any issues with this?


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Julian Sharpe runs a room of engineers who conduct aerospace stress analysis, making sure the inside of airplanes can handle the elements outside.
But Sharpe's latest brainstorm happened on Cannon Beach in Oregon, surrounded by evacuation signs.
"I thought, what could I design as an aerospace stress engineer that I could get into easily that will survive the tsunami and provide shelter in the post-tsunami stage? And I came up with this idea," Sharpe said of his tsunami survival capsule.
The 280-pound aluminum capsule prototype is receiving a lot of attention in Japan, where thousands died in a 2011 tsunami.
Sharpe said the spheres could be stored on the roofs of businesses and in backyards, tethered to cables in case waves carry people away.
"The socket here is an international marine socket, so coast guards and rescue people will have this key," Sharpe said.
Creators of the capsule have tested it to make sure it can handle temperatures of up to 1,200 degrees and the weight of nine cars. They also tested the capsule by dropping it at 18 miles per hour onto concrete, with sandbags inside standing in for people.
The sandbags broke open on impact, but other than that, Sharpe said the capsule worked perfectly. In fact, he's willing to wage his life on it.
"We started this venture, we're responsible, so we've got to take the risk," he said.
In order to help spread the word about about survivor capsules, Sharpe is seeking permission to take a six-seater over Niagara Falls.
"The Niagara Falls idea is purely a media stunt," Sharpe said.
He said he's sure he'll survive the drop, and he's hopeful that his capsules -- which could cost $8,000 each -- will take off and save lives.
"A quarter million people in one tsunami is far too many," he said.
Sharpe said his team will try the Niagara Falls stunt with crash test dummies first, and if that goes well they might auction off four seats inside the capsule to raise money for charities.


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From the beginning, armchair social-scientists have floated any number of explanations for the Catholic Church's sexual-abuse crisis. Conservatives blamed gay men. Liberals blamed celibacy. And everyone blamed the bishops.
Now we have a new report on the scandal's "causes and context" [.pdf], whose results contradict most observers' pet theories. That may be the report's greatest value.
Last month the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released the long-awaited study, which was conducted by independent researchers from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. John Jay also produced the 2004 "Nature and Scope" report, which provided information about what had happened—who abused, who was abused, and when. The new study tries to explain why.
The report emphasizes that researchers could find no single cause for the crisis, no single predictor of abuse. Yes, the report identifies characteristics common to abusers (many were abused themselves; many led isolated lives; and, perhaps most important, all of them found opportunities to molest). But most abusers did not have any diagnosable psychological problems, including pedophilia. Most were one-time offenders. And more than three-quarters of priests who abused minors also had sexual contact with adults.
John Jay's researchers detail a steep rise in incidents of abuse through the 1960s and '70s, followed by a steady decline beginning in the mid-'80s. That drop-off leads the study to reject claims that either homosexuality or celibacy was at the root of the crisis. After all, if gay priests were to blame, why would the decline in abuse begin as the number of homosexual priests continued to rise? And if celibacy was the culprit, why would abuse incidents drop while mandatory celibacy remained?
Finding no evidence that either homosexuality or celibacy caused the crisis, the report turns to the timing of the spike and of the decline in abuse. Researchers surmise that because the increase in abuse coincided with a rise in other "deviant" behaviors in the wider culture, something about that culture conspired with the seminary training of abuser-priests, helping to produce the crisis of molestation in the 1960s and '70s. Later, as seminaries became more attentive to "human formation," and as U.S. culture became more aware of sexual abuse and its long-term effects, abuse incidents decreased dramatically.
That theory hasn't convinced everyone. Some critics, for example, have pointed out that the rise and fall in abuse seems to track the postwar rise in the number of priests and the post-'60s decline. Fair enough. But others have simply decided to praise the parts they agree with and dismiss the parts they don't like. For example, Catholic League President Bill Donohue continues to claim the crisis was essentially a "gay problem," while victims' advocates have pronounced the study unreliable because the bishops self-reported much of the data. Some have even accused John Jay of allowing those who funded the research—including the USCCB—to dictate its results.
Such critics allege that John Jay cooked the data in order to minimize the bishops' role in the scandal, or, worse, in order to minimize the suffering of victims. Yet John Jay's job was not simply to assign blame for the crisis, but to figure out its likely causes. True, the report does not thunder against bishops for their failure to deal properly with abusive priests and to speedily address the needs of victims—although bishops do come in for some deserved criticism. Instead, the researchers have committed an act of social science. Just as it would be a mistake to view the report as an exoneration of church leaders, it would be foolish to dismiss its data as if they reveal nothing about the shape and causes of the crisis.
Still, some issues require further exploration, especially the role of clericalism and the absolute authority of each bishop in his diocese. The report goes to great lengths to explain how the crisis happened, but fails to address sufficiently what made it a scandal—namely, the failures not only of offending priests but also bishops. The epidemic of sexual abuse by priests may be history, but the clerical culture and the unaccountability of too many bishops are not. Most recently, in the wake of a damning February grand-jury report [.pdf], it has come to light that the Archdiocese of Philadelphia had been keeping cases of accused priests from its review board (see "The Fog of Scandal"). When the bishops meet in Seattle in mid-June, they'll have the chance to discuss that and other episcopal failures. They must once and for all reject secrecy—even if it means sacrificing some independence. The hour is late. At stake is nothing less than the trust of their people.
Related: The Church's Sex-abuse Crisis, by Peter Steinfels
Lagging Behind and Another Long Lent, by Nicholas P. Cafardi
Truth or Consequences, by Cathleen Kaveny
A Victim's Defense of Priests, by Terry Donovan Urekew
From dotCommonweal: David Gibson on the John Jay Report
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Your basic point is well taken: That social science and logical analysis of real data can help to provide better answers about what happened and perhaps is still happening. At the risk of belaboring the obvious, however, two points in particular come to mind: The definition of pedophilia used by the report is non-standard (cutting off at age 10 instead of age 13); this not only brings down drastically the number of cases classified as pedophilia, but also undercuts the overall credibility of the study and its analysis.
The second point is that the report, probably unwittingly, gives the impression that all this started in the 1960s, when we all know that it is a problem with a much, much longer history. This older history MUST be unearthed and explored, else we will not understand how we got here and how to move forward. Something is deeply wrong with our system, and we have not yet figured out what that is, nor how to fix it.
But to return to your basic point: If we can reduce our polarization over the issue, perhaps a more logical, data-driven approach will result. None of us should get so invested in an explanation before the facts that we are willing to ignore those facts and some alternate explanation(s) which they may suggest.
There are significant questions yet to be asked. The study begs the question in several respects including defining pedophilia, analysis of actual abuse patterns, and the significant number of seminarians and clergy who left either before or after ordination, especially during the 60' and 70's. Many would assert that we lost our best and brightest and settled for mediocre and even the ill-suited. Today's clergy shortages seem to indicate a desperation to ordain and appoint any warm body regardless of qualification or formation or origin to fill the gaps in pastoral assignments. In our diocese, it is now common for a priest to be appointed as a pastor after only three years of service since ordination. More and more foreign born priests are being incardinated and they now are the dominant clergy - a continuing disconnect with the people that does not bode well for the future. Their unfaimiliarity with American culture as well as reluctance to share ministry or work well with laity, especially women, is clearly documented. Are we just substituting one form of abuse for another?
"Yes, the report identifies characteristics common to abusers (many were abused themselves; many led isolated lives; and, perhaps most important, all of them found opportunities to molest)."...."But most abusers did not have any diagnosable psychological problems," is a nonsensical conclusion as these are among the mental and psychological conditions of non-clerical everyday sexual predators of young children, mainly boys. At one time the candidates for the priesthood were screened to weed out those with these or similar existing conditions but such screenings ended or were watered down as the number of candidates declined. This opened the door to the sexual predators who don't just happen to have "found opportunities to molest" but seeks positions. i.e.,teachers, coaches, clerics, counselers that provide the innocent victims and finding "opportunities to molest" suggests an existing pre-condition to molest. "Finding no evidence that either homosexuality or celibacy caused the crisis," is based on what hard indisputable evidence? Or is this conclusion based on personal interviews and written statements of the truly guilty, hardly credible evidence, or simply a PC non-conclusion, blame it on the hippies, that exonerates all of personal responsibility.So which myths were actually busted?
Actually, the 'Bell Curve' on the 50 year graph is to be expected taking into account the normal length of a human life and the delay in reporting of the abuse due to a person's ability to reckon with (or defend against) the memory and psychological impact of sexual abuse.
If the cultural climate inside and outside the priesthood is such a critical factor, unless truly effective safeguards were put into place beginning in the 80s, the Church will be facing abuse claims for many years to come, because if the news, media and CDC reports are any indication, at least the climate outside is far worse than before.
A further thought - The Church leadership and populace seems to have swallowed the 'gay' paradigm and its invented and propagandized concepts: the gay/straight dichotomy, sexual orientation, sexual identity. These are not biblical. There is no recognition of more than two sexes nor is there any exemption or exclusion in Scripture. There is no special category or folk status for people on the basis of their proclivities and inclinations. There is no approval ever for same-sex sexual acts in Scripture. For the Church to affirm homo/bi/etc. sexuality disorientations is to approve what God does not, and what science, research, the CDC and police statistics show is correlated with early death, addiction, disease (44X the incidence of STDs, including AIDS) depression, suicide and violence.
Scripture shows us that GOD is the IAM, the Only Identity that is unchanging, and the Identity from which His Word emanates and by which His Commandments are modeled. God's Word and Commandments describe and produce God's Caracter. Our feelings and desires and self-concepts do not shape God's Word, but must conform to it.
Scripture shows we gain our identity by our obedience and love for God's will.
Scripture does not recognize any special exemption or category for sexual sin, but lumps all rebellious against God's law and ways in one group - sinner. (Romans 1:18-32)
Our identity and character is shaped by whom or what we follow, believe, serve, give ourselves to...(this is the definition of worship). (Jeremiah 2:5, Romans 12:1; II Corinthians 3:18)
We lose our identity when we fail to heed God's Word (James 1:22-25
Jesus said if you love me, you will keep my commandments. (John 14:15, 23)
Romans 1:32 is a warning against agreeing with or approving of sin.
We find our identity and stability in surrender to God in obedience to His Word and Will - this is the only way of life, joy, rest and peace.
The church not taking a Scriptural stand about the formation of human identity is as wrong as approving sexual abuse against children.


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The Race From Dugout to Umpire's Face
When umpire Marty Foster punched-out Tampa's Ben Zobrist on a called strike to end a game Monday night, Rays manager Joe Maddon flew out of the dugout like a man trying to escape a house fire. That's because the pitch appeared to be way, way, way outside the strike zone.
This got us thinking: Can the severity of a botched call be measured by how fast it makes a manager move? Starting from when the strike was called, it took Maddon 5.9 seconds to get to Foster near the batter's box. Our research suggests Maddon recorded a lightning fast time, despite the relatively short distance traveled.
Last year, Dodgers skipper Don Mattingly needed 15.5 seconds to reach umpire Tim Welke after one of his players was called out on a groundout even though Colorado's first baseman was standing at least a foot off the base. Joe Girardi was angry enough to suggest baseball expand replay after a blown call by umpire Jeff Nelson cost his Yankees a crucial out in the 2012 ALCS. But Girardi still took 14.1 seconds to arrive at second base to argue—slowing to a walk after initially sprinting out of the dugout. Tigers manager Jim Leyland saw pitcher Armando Galarraga lose a perfect game after first-base umpire Jim Joyce missed a call in 2011, yet Leyland took his sweet time (21.8 seconds) walking over to Joyce after the play. Then again, the 68-year-old Leyland doesn't need to run for anyone.
Of course, the Usain Bolt of dugout storm-outs is Royals legend George Brett. When he famously got a home run taken away from him for having too much pine tar on his bat in 1983, he went from dugout to umpire in a 3.7 seconds. This is still a world record.
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May 26, 2005 - New York, NY - The obscenity case against Extreme Associates was dismissed by a Federal judge in Pittsburgh, PA, in January, 2005. But the battle isn't over yet: U. S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan has appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. NCSF and Barbara Nitke have joined the fight challenging the constitutionality of obscenity laws by filing an Amicus Brief in the appeal.
In his historic decision on Extreme Associates, U.S. District Court Judge Gary Lancaster ruled that obscenity laws are unconstitutional as applied to this prosecution based on the Supreme Court decision "Lawrence v. Texas" which abolished sodomy laws. "Lawrence v. Texas" said in effect that the government can no longer use "public morality" as a rationale for suppressing what adults may legally do in private.
The NCSF and Nitke Amicus Brief supports Judge Lancaster's opinion and makes the following points:
Read more information on the NCSF and Barbara Nitke Communications Decency Act lawsuit.
NCSF's Communications Decency Act lawsuit with Barbara Nitke made history by challenging the Miller standard of obscenity as it applies to the Internet.
Media reports covering the Communications Decency Act lawsuit launched by co-plaintiffs NCSF and Barbara Nitke:
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