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(News item: A historian of early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School has identified a scrap of papyrus that she says was written in Coptic in the fourth century and contains a phrase never seen in any piece of Scripture: "Jesus said to them, My wife..."')
"Honey, I'm home!" yells Jesus just before he takes a header over the ottoman. His briefcase burst open and papyrus leaves litter the living room floor.
Jesus' wife comes into the living room from the kitchen. She's wearing a frilly apron and she's covered with flour. "Are you OK?" she asks.
"I'm fine," says Jesus, getting to his feet and picking up the papers. "I don't know why you keep rearranging the furniture." He notices his wife's appearance. "What's with the flour?"
"I've been making loaves all day for the fish barbecue tonight," said Jesus' wife.
"I've told you before," said Jesus. "I only need a couple of loaves and a few fish. It'll be plenty for everyone. You're just throwing money away."
Jesus' wife pouts and starts to cry.
"Oh, honey, I'm sorry," says Jesus. A bouquet of roses suddenly appear in Jesus' wife's arms. "Flowers are your answer for everything," she scowls. The roses turn into a basket of dinosaur puppies, to Jesus' wife's delight.
"How was your day?" asks the placated wife of Jesus.
"Busy. Helped Pop at the shop for a while, chased some guys selling bootleg T-shirts in the Temple. Wrote a speech for that thing on the Mount I have to do next week. I hate public speaking. Dad was better at it."
"No, sweetie," said Jesus' wife. "You're much better than your Dad. He just bellowed at everyone. I don't think he knows how much he frightens people when he talks."
"You're an angel," said Jesus. "You think I have time to relax before the fellas come over?"
"They're not due for an hour yet," said Jesus' wife. "Why don't you take a dip in the pool?"
"Can't," said Jesus. "I keep bouncing off the water when I try to jump in."
Jesus settles into a Barcalounger while his wife goes into the kitchen to chop celery.
"Who all's coming?" she shouts over her shoulder.
"Most of the guys, though Thomas is doubtful," Jesus replies.
"I swear to God, I'll never get tired of that joke," yelps Jesus' wife, starting in on the onions.
Peter and Paul arrive together as always. Jesus' wife gives them both big, mmwwah air kisses and accepts the two jugs of water they hand her.
"What's this?" says Jesus' wife, though clearly it's water.
"It's wine," says Paul.
"Really?" says Jesus' wife. "You're going to make Jesus do the water-into-wine thing?"
"Wine not?" jokes Peter the punster. "And ask him to make this one a nice Northern Rhone-style Syrah, if he can swing it."
"You guys are unbelievable," says Jesus' wife.
Jesus is out by the pool grilling cod and wearing his "Kiss Me, I'm Nazarene" apron when Luke and Judas show up with their dates. Jesus gives Luke a big hug. "My man!" he says. He nods, barely cordially, at Judas. "Jude," he says coolly.
Jesus' wife comes out with a platter of deviled eggs. "How many more followers do you have, Jesus?"
"To everyone who knocks, the door will be opened," replies Jesus.
"I wrote that," says Luke. "Luke 11:10. Look it up."
"You wrote what I said," counters Jesus.
"Potato, Potatto," says Jesus' wife.
"Nobody says `potatto'," says Simon, wandering in with a couple of loaves.
"What is it with all the loaves?" asks Jesus. "I only need two or three."
"You needed five the first time, honey," Jesus' wife reminds him. "You needed seven the second time."
"I wrote about it," said Mark. "It was the fish you needed only two of."
"Everybody committed the cardinal sin of filling up on bread," recalls Matthew.
"That's not a cardinal sin," says Jesus.
"Anyway..." says an exasperated Jesus' wife.
Hours later, after everyone has gone home, Jesus is hosing off the patio while Jesus' wife gathers up the cocktail glasses.
"All those guys, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John always write about you. How come they never mention me?"
"You're implied in everything I do," says Jesus. "Behind every great man is a great woman."
"You're being condescending," whines Jesus' wife, who is suddenly holding a basket of dinosaur kittens.
"I don't want any kittens!" screams Jesus' wife. "I just want someone to mention that you're not doing all this yourself! I do half the work around here!"
"OK," says Jesus. "I'll have someone write a little something in the morning. It's too late to make it in the book, but we'll get it out eventually."
With that, he walks across the pool and turns off the halogen lights, then he comes back and takes his wife's hand and Jesus and Jesus' wife hit the hay.
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The Town Attorney for Chestertown since 1997, Stewart Barroll has been a general practitioner of the law for more than thirty years. He has extensive experience in civil and criminal litigation in both state and federal courts, personal injury law, interstate adoptions and estate planning.
Stewart is well-versed in the negotiation, preparation and interpretation of contracts, real property law and the creation and structuring of business entities. He represents nearly three dozen businesses and organizations in the area, including marinas, retail stores, manufacturers, farmers, volunteer fire companies, churches, a mobile home park, a restaurant, a bank and the local Fraternal Order of Police Lodge.
Community service activities over his career number nearly 30 board memberships including Chesapeake College Foundation, Chester River Health Foundation, the Humane Society of Kent County and Historical Films, Inc. (a non-profit corporation he incorporated and which he serves as secretary).
He has handled approximately twenty appeals in the appellate courts and six of his cases have been published in the official reports due to their precedential value. He is a commissioned officer (Major) in the Maryland Defense Force, of the State Guard.
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But anyhow, my idea was the "Check your graff name before you up it" thread so people can go in and discuss what names are no-nos and stuff because if 2 toys in 2 section of the globe start using the same name, what happens if neither of 'em quit the game?
Maybe someone could post a few links to sites that have a lot of graff names- for one the artcrimes artist directory, but I doubt that has EVERY graff name in it. I got a name I don't wanna say but I ain't found it yet-surprisingly.


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Frog's Leap presents a relaxed approach to enjoying wine. An easy hospitality and warm sense of humor is juxtaposed with a more serious sensibility when making wine. Frog's Leap produces some of Napa Valley's finest wines and, undoubtedly, has one of the wine world's best mottos: "Time's Fun When You're Having Flies."
The wines produced range from Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay to Zinfandel and Sauvignon Blanc. We have quite the line up to offer so we hope you'll try one of these delicious wines that harmoniously combine quality, sustainability and value.
First certified by California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) in 1988 Frog's Leap has been a leader in the industry for over two decades. The winery relies on techniques such as crop rotation, green manure, compost and biological pest control to maintain soil productivity and control pests on a farm. Organic farming excludes the use of manufactured fertilizers and pesticides, plant growth regulators and genetically modified organisms. Organic farming involves mechanical weed control (via cultivating or hoeing) rather than herbicidal weed control. View all Frog's Leap Wines
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It's hard not to think of Napa Valley when thinking of California wines. The region is, after all, the one that brought world recognition to California wine making. The area was settled by a few choice wine families in the 1960's who bet that the wines of the area would grow and flourish. They were right. The Napa wine industry really took off in the 1980's, when vineyard lands were scooped up and vines were planted throughout the county. A number of wineries emerged, from large conglomerates to small boutiques to cult classics. Cabernet Sauvignon is definitely the grape of choice here, with many winemakers also focusing on Bordeaux Blends. Whites are usually Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
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Pacific Symphony to Present RITE OF SPRING TURNS 100, 6/6-8
Aaron Copland once characterized "The Rite of Spring" as the foremost orchestral achievement of the 20th century, and The New York Times proclaimed the significance of the work to be "to the 20th century as Beethoven's Ninth is to the 19th." With the arrival of the centennial of Stravinsky's iconic masterwork, a reverberation of celebration can be heard around the symphonic world-and Pacific Symphony is no exception, offering a variety of activities throughout the rest of the 2012-13 season. In conceiving "The Rite of Spring," Stravinsky broke all the rules and defied convention, and it is very much in this spirit that the Symphony approaches its celebration.
This festival includes: the Sacre Project, a part art installation, part performance piece and a cross-disciplinary project created by artists from University of California, Irvine's (UC Irvine ) Claire Trevor School of the Arts; a call for artworks of all kinds (art, music, dance), called the ReRite Project (remix, reinterpret and/or reimagine!); a workshop at Orange County Museum of Art; concerts featuring the provocative work itself; a traveling video booth; and a culminating party on the arts plaza, featuring the Symphony's second "Inside and Out" Plazacast-a free live broadcast of the concert projected onto the wall of Segerstrom Hall. For more information, call (714) 755-5799 or visit PacificSymphony.org.
"The premiere of Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' was one of the most important moments in all of music history," says Music Director Carl St.Clair. "It is a work that literally single- handedly changed the course of music. It will be a riveting way to finish the Symphony's season."
Considered one of the most important and influential classical music composers of the 20th century, Stravinsky (1882-1971) experimented with a number of styles over the course of his career, with innovation always an integral component of his work. He saw a great deal of change in music throughout his lifetime; as a child, he was young enough to have witnessed Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conduct and yet lived long enough to also witness the break-up of The Beatles!
It was nearly 100 years ago, on May 29, 1913, that Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes premiered the ballet Le sacre du printemps ("The Rite of Spring") at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris-an event that led to the most infamous riot in classical music history due to its shocking primal rhythms, dissonances, choreography, costumes and scenery. "The Rite of Spring" depicts an ancient pagan ritual sacrifice, which culminates with a young girl dancing herself to death. Stravinsky's score for "The Rite of Spring" is often considered the single most important piece of classical music written during the 20th century.
The festival of events, as well as the Symphony's concerts, centers around performances of the composer's provocative "The Rite of Spring" (last performed by the orchestra in 2008), led by Music Director Carl St.Clair, on Thursday-Saturday, June 6-8, at 8 p.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (preview talk beginning at 7 p.m.). With an underlying theme of Russian "ballet" music, the program explores the transition of the ballet from the traditional to the radical, while exploring Stravinsky's reverence for Tchaikovsky and the fascinating bridge that inexorably linked the two composers. The program includes excerpts from Stravinsky's ballet "The Fairy's Kiss" and from Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake," featuring dancers from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts"; and "Lullaby in a Storm" from "Sixteen Songs for Children," plus, excerpts from Tony Palmer's film, "Stravinsky: Once at a Border." Concert tickets are $25-$112; for more information or to purchase tickets, call (714) 755-5799 or visit PacificSymphony.org.
This concert-the third of three very different Music Unwound performances underwritten by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and produced by the Symphony during the 2012-13 season-offers the opportunity to explore Stravinsky's masterwork through unique lenses, while also probing the evolution of ballet music and dance through a variety of unusual projects and events. The goal of Music Unwound, now in its fourth year, is to enhance the concert experience by creating contextual backdrops and thematic programming in order to give the music deeper meaning.
In the lobby, patrons encounter a "video booth"-created in conjunction with UC Irvine associate professor of dance and media art John Crawford. The video booth allows participants to choose sections from "The Rite of Spring," capture their own movement in a green screen environment and combine it with re-purposed video content from Crawford's Sacre Project (more on this later in the release), resulting in a custom personalized dance video that can be shared in the social media space. The booth has been created to travel to unexpected places around Orange County.
UCI is also planning a free "Symposium with Tony Palmer"that includes an in-person appearance by the composer-filmmaker and a screening of his documentary, "Stravinsky: Once at a Border," on Friday, June 7, at 1 p.m., at the Contemporary Arts Center, Claire Trevor School of the Arts. This Stravinsky biographical film (created for the composer's centennial in 1982) includes documents, photographs, family interviews and historic film (including appearances by Stravinsky). The symposium concludes with an informal discussion with Palmer and the audience.
The concert on Saturday, June 8, is part of the prismatic celebration of the 100th anniversary of "The Rite of Spring" and features the Symphony's second free "Inside and Out" Plazacast, a live simulcast of "The Rite of Spring" that takes place on the plaza outside the concert hall beginning at 8 p.m. (The first Plazacast took place last June for the Symphony's season finale, a performance of "Beethoven Ninth" that attracted several thousand attendees.) The festivities for "The Rite of Spring" begin earlier in the day with performances by community ensembles that have been invited to perform on the plaza prior to the start of the simulcast (more details to come!). The public is invited to come early, bring chairs and blankets, and picnic on the plaza, while enjoying a preview and live interviews with key guest artists. A selection of food will be available for purchase. This unique event is free and open to the public with no ticket required.
But before any of this takes place, the anniversary celebration kicks off with the ambitious Sacre Project, UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts' cross-disciplinary work directed by John Crawford and presented in collaboration with the Symphony. Essentially part media installation and part dance, the Sacre Project re-envisions the "The Rite of Spring" as a radically deconstructed performance event. The digital media installation remixes sections of the "The Rite of Spring," presented with small groups of dancers in "pods" arranged around the room. The audience is encouraged to walk through the room to watch and listen to the piece on their own individual terms. The dancers gradually transform the space from this unstructured experience to a circular performance environment, where the event concludes with the sacrificial dance from the "The Rite of Spring" on the central platform.


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A coffee shop/café, a 24-hour business center, and laundry facilities are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour front desk, free newspapers, and a front-desk safe.
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'As a rookie with the Sabres last season, Pominville tallied 18 goals with 12 assists for 30 points in 57 games. The forward began the campaign with the club's AHL affiliate in Rochester, where he was leading the league with 19 goals in 18 games before his recall on November 26.'
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Weekend Flurry
Though it was a holiday weekend, that didn't stop four West Coast prospects from making college decisions on Saturday and Sunday.
Just hours before Boise State would win the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas, Scottsdale (Ariz.) Chaparral receiver Jake Roh committed to the Broncos.
Later that day, Fallbrook (Calif.) offensive tackle Sean Dowling committed to Vanderbilt.
Late Saturday night, Oregon landed Spokane (Wash.) Mead tight end Danny Mattingly, a former commit to Notre Dame.
And on Sunday evening, Harbor City (Calif.) Narbonne defensive end Paulo Lepua became the third player from his school to commit to a Pac-12 school, choosing Washington State.
While it doesn't appear that any prospects will give a verbal pledge to any school on Christmas Day, after defensive tackle George Uko did on Christmas Day in 2009, all bets are off.
Del Rio Makes Surprising Choice
One of the top quarterbacks in the West in the 2013 class has been Highlands Ranch (Colo.) Valor Christian's Luke Del Rio.
Del Rio led Valor Christian to the state championship in his only year in Colorado.
An Elite 11 quarterback, Del Rio had been committed to Oklahoma State for some time, but when offensive coordinator Todd Monken left to take the head coaching job at Southern Miss, Del Rio decommitted.
It seemed like the next step would be flipping to Oregon State, where he officially visited in the fall.
But Del Rio decided to spurn the offer from the Beavers and will instead walk-on at Alabama.
"I didn't want to base my decision solely on if I had a scholarship or not," Del Rio told Scout.com. "I loved my visit to Alabama this week and everything just felt right there. I'm not afraid to work for a scholarship once I get there and I just felt Bama was the best fit for me athletically, socially, academically and geographically. I really missed the South a lot."
Busy Wednesday
In a prep for National Signing Day in February, Wednesday was the day that Juco's signed throughout the country, as well as early enrollees signed their scholarship agreement.
USC had a whole host of early enrollees, three of them, the top players in the country at their position, quarterback Max Browne, running back Justin Davis and safety Su'a Cravens.
But the big news on Wednesday were all the Juco's that signed with FBS programs.
The biggest signings involved players from Los Angeles (Calif.) Pierce College, defensive lineman Marquel Combs and linebacker Marcus Jenkins-Moore signing with Kansas and tight end Beau Sandland signing with Miami.
Former five-star linebacker Chris Martin, now at City College of San Francisco, also signed with the Jayhawks, reuniting him with Charlie Weis, whom he committed to when Weis was at Notre Dame. Martin decommitted from the Irish when Weis was fired.
Two Golden State quarterbacks signed with national programs, College of Sequioas (Calif.) passer Tyler Ferguson inking with Penn State and Southwestern College (Calif.) signal-caller Brett Nelson signing with Louisville.
College of Siskiyous (Calif.) linebacker Myke Tavarres turned down a last minute charge from Boise State and signed with Arkansas, where he'd been committed to since summer.
Jermaine Kelly- CB - Los Angeles (Calif.) Salesian - 2013
Kelly is already a member of the Scout 300, but since his decommitment from UCLA last week, he's added four offers and more schools could be getting involved with him. The four-star has picked up offers from California, Arizona State, Colorado State and Utah and will visit Texas Tech next month.
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Historical Newspaper Collection
This collection was transferred to MASC from the general collections of the WSU Libraries in 2004. Katrina Paxton and Cheryl Gunselman processed this collection in 2004-2005.
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Linear Feet of Shelf Space: 122
Collection History
"If all the printed sources of history for a certain century or decade had to be destroyed save one, that which could be chosen with the greatest value to posterity would be a file of an important newspaper." (Clarence Saunders Brigham, 1947)
Faced with the rural isolation of the town of Pullman, Washington State College librarians actively sought to build and maintain a newspaper collection that represented historical, national, and international scope. The Historical Newspaper Collection represents only a fraction of the Universitys newspaper collection--in general, these items were singled out as a special collection because they were determined to have particular historical significance. These items were originally gathered from a wide variety of sources, and acquisition occurred over a period of ninety years. The majority of the collection was obtained though gifts, and through exchanges with other libraries.
These newspapers vary widely in physical condition; in many cases the paper is fragile and cannot be safely photocopied, but the collection is available for on-site research use.
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Historical Newspaper Collection
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Washington State University Libraries
Pullman, WA
Related Materials
Many other newspaper resources, in various formats, are available through the Washington State University Libraries. For example, approximately a quarter of the titles in this collection are also available on microfilm at the Holland/Terrell Library. To explore the general library collections for these resources, use the WSU Libraries' online catalog. The catalog supports various types of searching, including title, keyword, and subject.
Arrangement and Description
The Historical Newspaper Collection includes approximately 440 titles. The collection contains newspapers that are both domestic and international in scope, with dates ranging from the eighteenth century to the twentieth century. Washington State papers are strongly represented. Titles found in this collection are generally single issues or short interrupted runs.
For researchers interested in newspapers as material objects, the collection includes a wide variety of examples of paper, printing, and occasional evidence of use (such as annotations, stamps, and other markings).
Prior to the transfer of these items to MASC, the "Historical Newspaper File" was treated as a small special collection within the general collections of the WSU Libraries. It was organized in a numerical system by file number, and information about the collection was maintained in a card catalog, which served as the sole means of intellectual access. The collection was referred to by WSU librarians as the "Shoebox Series" because of the boxes in which the catalog cards were stored. This catalog was transferred to MASC along with the newspapers and is included in the collection.
Not all of the items from the former collection were selected for inclusion in this Historical Newspaper Collection. Items that had been removed from individual manuscript collections were restored to their context in those collections; photocopies and other reproductions were not selected, with the exception of a few reprinted items; dates from 1960 onward were excluded. In a few cases, items were generally excluded on the basis of condition, when they were badly damaged and it was not feasible that they could be made sufficiently stable for use.
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- Series 1: Pacific Northwest (1851-1965)
- Subseries 1.1: Washington Territory (1861-1889)
- Subseries 1.2: Washington State (1889-1965)
- Subseries 1.3: Other Pacific Northwest (1851-1948)
- Series 2: Colonial American and Early United States (1728-1812)
- Subseries 2.1: Colonial America (1728-1775)
- Subseries 2.2: Early United States (1776-1812)
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25-year-old Daniel Bruynell was arrested without incident in Oakland, California by the U.S. Marshalls Fugitive Task Force. He'll be charged with Jenks' murder.
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LOL - GM wants to fire OBY as CEO
Remember how they begged the gov't to lend them over $50B and it did and OBY fired the
CEO and ran the company himself?
Now they want out of the Gov't and the Gov't
says no way as selling now will cause the gov't to
lose money.
GM wants to do away with the pay restrictions
in order to attract top talent. This is what
happens when you sell your soul to the devil.
It's Gov't Motors now.
Welcome to Socialism GM. It is here to stay.
Me thinks the gov't is still pissed about the banks not adhering
to the restrictions imposed on them with all that TARP money.
They were supposed to loan it out to the people but hoarded it
making billions on interest before paying it all back while 11
banks acquired 77% of all US bank accounts. Meanwhile, millions lost their homes. They're not going to fool around with GM.
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Re: LOL - GM wants to fire OBY as CEO
Honestly, yes!
While I hate Gov't takeovers, bad and greedy management caused
this depression as Galen used to say. Hell, look at Saloman Bros
before the bust. That management team almost killed the company.
The SEC was going to put them out of business for good for their illegal trading until Warren Buffett took over for the company. The SEC knew he meant honesty and Buffett saved the company.
Even he tried to cut the huge bonuses top management made but
they revolted and got the board to give it to them. Buffett sent
them a scathing memo that he was cutting their limo fleet after
that and he sent it from the subway which he rode to work while
top management had drivers and limos. Management revolted
vs that too and won.
Then AIG started the whole greedy mess along with Goldman and
Sachs and on top of that none of the banks that got TARP money
gave it to the customers in loans as the gov't dictated.
I'm still vs gov't takeovers despite all that but our problems are
still here because of greedy management.
But back in the old days like the Panic of 1907 it was the wealthy
that saved the banks when there was a big run of money and
banks lost millions which were like billions in those days in a couple of hours.
JP Morgan saved the economy by getting his good ole boys club
like Rockefeller and Melon and Carnegie to give their own
bailout of the banks. The GOP also got the gov't to loan some
millions also with their version of TARP money but can you see
today's wealthy like Gates, Soros and Buffett giving their
billions to save the economy?
While saving Saloman Bros before the bust, Buffett bought huge
shares of Goldman Sachs. This was not a loan but purchase of
stocks where here made millions per minute, I mean minute.
Finally, when Sachs regrouped their money via TARP they got
the SEC to force Buffett to sell his shares of Sachs. Buffett
wrote his clients that the gravey train just got derailed.
But that's the what they did back in the old days. Top management
took care of their own mess.
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Re: LOL - GM wants to fire OBY as CEO
And speaking of more greed and Buffett. He got OBY to kill the keystone pipeline. OBY had to comply since he gave him a few million in campaign funds.
Buffett wanted to ship that oil from Canada to
Texas by rail. The pipeline would cost just
a fraction of that.
OBY also cost over 20,000 welder and other
jobs by not signing the pipeline bill both
parties voted for in the house.
So much for trying to create jobs.


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The art exhibition Subverting Modernism: Cass Corridor Revisited 1966–1980 is a multi-year collaboration between the Wayne State University Art Collection and Eastern Michigan University. The exhibition examines the art activity of a group of artists working in the late '60s and '70s in a rundown area of Detroit near Wayne State University. Curated by Dr. Julia R. Myers, professor of art history at Eastern Michigan University, the exhibition consists of 35 works of art (paintings, sculpture, prints and photographs), 26 of which are from the Wayne State University Art Collection.
Subverting Modernism is on view at Central Michigan University's Main and West Gallery, January 10 – February 9, 2013. Its opening reception, with gallery talk by exhibition curator, Dr. Julia R. Myers, is Thursday, January 10, 4–6 p.m. The exhibition then travels to the Eastern Michigan University Gallery, Student Center, March 11 – April 28, 2013. The opening reception at EMU is March 20, 4–7 p.m. On March 20, at 6:30 p.m., Vince Carducci, dean of Detroit's College for Creative Studies, will deliver an address titled Envisioning Real Utopias in Detroit in the EMU Student Center, Rm. 310 A&B. On March 27 at 5:30 p.m., the movie "Images" from Detroit's Cass Corridor, created by Kathryn Brackett Luchs and Shaun Bangert, will be screened in EMU's Halle Library Auditorium. This outstanding film includes original footage taken of the Cass Corridor artists in their studios during the time covered by the exhibition.
In the late 1960s, revolution was in the air in Detroit, with radical leftist activity focused in the Cass Corridor. Feeling the revolutionary spirit, local artists also broke with tradition by overthrowing Modernism, the dominant New York art critical theory of the post-WWII era, and ushering in the Post-Modernism pluralism seen throughout American art in the 1970s.
Subverting Modernism confronts the conventional wisdom held that these Cass Corridor artists, as they have come to be called, were essentially "urban expressionists," responding to the decay and danger of post-industrial Detroit, a thesis most thoroughly set forth in Kick Out the Jams, a 1980 exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Subverting Modernism, a much-needed scholarly reappraisal of this art movement, debunks this notion, positing instead that each Cass Corridor artist created his or her own individual styles and meanings, cross-fertilized at times by the work of his/her fellows.
While early pieces in the exhibition push hard at the boundaries of Modernism/Minimalism, other works break forth from these limitations to create meanings of great universality, such as our need for shelter or the persistence of the life force, both human and otherwise. Many of the works speak of Detroit, both in its industrial and post-industrial stages, but they also encompass and transcend the specifics of time and place and address issues that have significance for all humans, such as violence and vulnerability, the presence or absence of order and structure in nature and human life, and our millennial old desire to make music and dance.
The exhibition and accompanying 100-page catalogue published by Eastern Michigan University Gallery and distributed by Wayne State University Press, allows art lovers to see important Detroit art that is not usually accessible to the public. Dr. Julia R. Myers's extensive research, which included interviewing the artists, consulting hundreds of newspaper articles from the late 1960s and 1970s, and using archival materials in both Washington, D.C., and Detroit, makes for a thoroughly new look at the exciting work of these important Detroit artists. This flourishing of artistic expression in a city not historically viewed as an 'art center' should be recognized, valued and prized, as this exhibition does.


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Why don't giraffes have a brain hemorrhage?
Why don't these animals feel dizzy?
How does the elevator system in the giraffes' alimentary canal work?
Through which system is the sudden increase in tension that occurs when they bend their heads controlled?
Why do giraffes prefer to sleep standing up?
The giraffe is the tallest of the animals that dwell on land with its four to five meters height. Because of its height, it is essential to transfer blood from its heart to its brain that is two meters high. It needs an extraordinarily strong heart for this. However, the giraffe's heart is bigger than its head and it has a length of almost 60 cm and a weight of 11.8 kg.
The heart of the giraffe is strong enough to pump blood with a pressure of 350 mm Hg. In other words, even if the giraffe's blood pressure reaches to 35, this situation would not harm the giraffe. The hearts of giraffes, which have the highest blood pressure among living creatures, have a heart rate of 170 times per minute and it can pump 75 liters of blood to its whole body.
The amount of blood cells in the giraffe is twice the amount found in human beings.
When the giraffes lift their heads after they eat and drank, their hearts have to work twice as hard in order to pump enough blood to their brains. Thus, how does this system that, under normal conditions, is strong enough to cause the death of many living creatures, not harm the giraffe? The reason for this is that this system is inside a special chamber covered with tiny veins to avoid the lethal effect of this pressure.
How come the Giraffe does not have a Brain Hemorrhage?
In the section from the giraffe's head to heart; there is a "U" system formed by the veins climbing up and coming down. The blood veins flowing in the opposite direction zeroes the total pressure and thus the animal is saved from an inner pressure that could lead to sudden hemorrhages.
The legs and feet that are below the heart level also need special protection. The skin on the legs and feet of the giraffe are so thick it protects it from the negative effects of the blood pressure. In addition, inside the veins, there are valves that control the pressure by balancing the intense blood flow.
The actual danger comes out when the animal bends its head to the ground to drink water. The blood pressure, which is normally severe enough to cause brain hemorrhage increases even more in this situation. But a flawless precaution is taken in the face of this danger. The liquid secreted in the body called "cephalorhachidian" steps in and decreases the amount of blood pumped by minimizing the heart volume.
On the other hand, there are special valves in the animal's neck that become active when it bends down. These valves decrease the blood flow considerably and thus the giraffe can drink water in safety and raise its head again. The giraffe's multiplex veins being thick is again a precation taken against this danger of pressure.
How come giraffes don't faint?
The giraffes spend a lot of time to raise their heads up and therefore there needs to be a flawless system in their bodies for blood to be transferred to their brains. This system is composed of a heart working as a very strong pump and blood pressure which is twice higher than that of a human being. In this way, giraffes are protected against fainting.
When the giraffe raises its head, the veins on the head do not transfer all the blood to its cheeks, tongue or other sections of the head like skin; but instead transfer it to the brain. In addition, the thick skin of the animal and an extraordinary muscle in its jugular vein –veins normally do not have muscles- pressurizes the vein that carries blood back from the head to the heart. The giraffe does not faint as it is created with a mechanism better than that of humans which prevents fainting.
The Creation of Giraffes is One of the Examples of Allah's Superior Creation
No doubt, the giraffes could not have acquired all of these characteristics by planning according to their own needs. It is not possible that these important characteristics are formed slowly through an evolutionary process. Because for a giraffe to maintain its life, it needs to possess a pumping system that transfers blood to the brain, a valve system that decreases sudden blood pressure when it bends down, and a vein system that prevents fainting when it raises its head at the same time. If one of these does not exist or work properly, it becomes impossible for the giraffe to maintain its life.
Allah created the giraffes and, like all other living beings in the world, there are many manifestation of Allah's superior art of Creation in the bodies of giraffes. Allah reveals this in one verse of the Quran:
"And in your creation and all the creatures He has spread about there are signs for people with certainty." (Surat al-Jathiyya, 4)
Unknown Characteristics of Giraffes
There is an elevator system in their alimentary canals: The giraffes height enables them to reach the branches at the top of the trees and eat the rods and plants there. However, these prickly plants they swallow without even chewing first go down to their stomachs made of four sections. After reaching the first section the giraffe's stomach sends these back to the mouth to digest and chew them. Finally, they swallow and send it to another section of the stomach. However, for the nutrient to be sent from the stomach to the mouth, the plants they swallow need to be moved up through their necks, which is a few meters tall. Our Almighty Allah created giraffes with an elevator-like system, which will lift the nutrients up from the alimentary canal.
The mouth and teeth structure is created according to their needs: The giraffes' tongues can reach out 45 cm and because their teeth are like a comb, they can easily chew the thorns of hard acacia branches and bones that meet their calcium needs.
Their colors are created in accordance with their environment: The speckled skins of giraffes are created suitable for camouflage. Having the same color as the color of the environment they are in makes it difficult for them to be recognized by other predators.
Their bodies are created in a way to be able to run fast: Giraffes can reach to speeds of 50-70 km by running at moments of danger. When they begin to run, they move their heads back and forth like pumping it and they crook their tails. Another characteristic employed while running is that they cannot cross their legs when they run like other animals.
Living in small groups form a safe environment: Giraffes look after their offspring all together. Adult giraffes take turn in keeping watch over their offspring. This security system allows other giraffe to leave their baby giraffes and go many kilometers away to search for food.
Almighty Allah also created the sleeping styles of giraffes very specific:
Because it is difficult for them to rise when they sit down, they sleep by prolonging their necks to the side of their rear end. In addition, all giraffes never sleep at the same time. One of them always keeps watch.
The communication between the mother giraffe and the offspring is a manifestation of Almighty Allah's Mercy: Within the next couple of days after its birth, the mother giraffe spends it time by licking and smelling its offspring. In this way, the baby is both cleaned and the mother memorizes the baby's smell. This mechanism of smell works when the mother and the baby need to find one another inside a crowded herd.
When the baby is in a difficult situation it makes various noises to draw the attention of its mother. Its mother recognizes the call and runs for help. Giraffes never leave their offspring. When they are attacked, they push their offspring underneath their bodies and attack their enemies by kicking hard with their front legs.


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Jena Malone gets handsy with her boyfriend.
Katy Perry in London.
Going into the club, Lindsay Lohan was wearing a top.
Coming out of the club? Not so much.
Michelle Rodriguez was in the same club. Does she have an extra top?
Adam Brody and Leighton Meester spend another day walking the dogs.
AnnaLynne McCord at a charity event to stop trafficking of women.
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Stores like Walmart, Best Buy, Future Shop and London Drugs have all had cases where clay replaced iPad 2's during returns
Customers shopping for iPad 2's in certain Canadian stores are finding blocks of clay in their brand new boxes instead of Apple's popular iOS tablet.
Apple's iPad 2, which was released in March 2011, is a well sought-after item in the tablet market. No other tablets have been able to touch its popularity, whether it be Android-based, BlackBerry's PlayBook, HP's TouchPad, etc. In fact, iPads accounted for
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fraudulent iPad 2's
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Stores like Walmart, Best Buy, Future Shop and London Drugs have all had cases where clay replaced iPad 2's during returns. According to
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, Best Buy and Future Shop had as many as 10 fake clay models resold to customers in their Metro Vancouver stores. London Drugs had four cases of clay models being resold while Walmart said it was investigating less than 10 cases.
Dayna Chabot was one of the unsuspecting customers who purchased a "clay" 32 GB iPad 2 at Walmart on January 5. She purchased it at the Langley store, south of Vancouver.
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they knew what they were doing
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In response, Future Shop, Best Buy and London Drugs said they are all changing their return policies. The iPad 2 boxes will be opened right in front of the customers returning them to make sure the correct components are inside before offering a refund or putting the boxes back on the shelves.
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Here is a look at the other series in the first round to get you caught up on the tournament thus far:
1. 1991 Twins vs. 2006 Twins
2. 2002 Twins vs. 1969 Twins
3. 1987 Twins vs. 2010 Twins
1965 Twins Batting/Positions (By Games Played)
C Earl Battey (.297 BA, 6 HR, 60 RBI, .783 OPS)
1B Don Mincher (.251 BA, 22 HR, 65 RBI, .853 OPS)
2B Jerry Kindall (.196 BA, 6 HR, 36 RBI, .563 OPS)
SS Zoilo Versalles (.273 BA, 19 HR, 77 RBI, .781 OPS)
3B Rich Rollins (.249 BA, 5 HR, 32 RBI, .641 OPS)
LF Bob Allison (.233 BA, 23 HR, 78 RBI, .787 OPS)
CF Jimmie Hall (.285 BA, 20 HR, 86 RBI, .810 OPS)
RF Tony Oliva (.321 BA, 16 HR, 98 RBI, .870 OPS)
DH* Harmon Killebrew (.269 BA, 25 HR, 75 RBI, .885 OPS)
*No DH in 1965
1970 Twins Batting/Positions (By Games Played)
C George Mitterwald (.222 BA, 15 HR, 46 RBI, .679 OPS)
1B Rich Reese (.261 BA, 10 HR, 56 RBI, .703 OPS)
2B Danny Thompson (.219 BA, 0 HR, 22 RBI, .482 OPS)
SS Leo Cardenas (.247 BA, 11 HR, 65 RBI, .674 OPS)
3B Harmon Killebrew (.271 BA, 41 HR, 113 RBI, .957 OPS)
LF Brant Alyea (.291 BA, 16 HR, 61 RBI, .897 OPS)
CF Cesar Tovar (.300 BA, 10 HR, 54 RBI, .798 OPS)
RF Tony Oliva (.325 BA, 23 HR, 107 RBI, .878 OPS)
DH* Rod Carew (.366 BA, 4 HR, 28 RBI, .930 OPS)
*No DH in 1970
Best of 5 Series
Game 1 Match-Up: Mudcat Grant vs. Jim Perry ('70)
Both team trotted out their 20 game winners to get this series started. These pitchers had been innings-eaters during the regular season and that continued in this game. Each team looked off-balanced at the plate and they struggled to string hits together. In the top of the 9th inning, the '70 Twins were able to push two runs across the plate. The '65 Twins got runners on in the bottom half of the inning but Perry was able to escape with the complete game shutout.
1970 Twins 2
1965 Twins 0 ('70 Twins Lead Series 1-0)
Game 2 Match-Up: Jim Katt ('65) vs. Jim Katt ('70)
An interesting pitching match-up that pits a young Jim Katt against himself from five years in the future. The younger Katt got the better of the two on this day by only giving up three runs on five hits over seven innings. The elder Katt gave up six runs before exiting the game in the sixth inning. The '65 team had awaken and historians have looked at this game as being one of the turning points in the series.
1965 Twins 8
1970 Twins 4 (Series Tied 1-1)
Game 3 Match-Up: Jim Perry ('65) vs. Bert Blyleven
A teenage Bery Blyleven squares off against a younger version of Jim Perry than made an appearance earlier in the series. Blyleven would give up a three run homerun in the third inning to Killebrew. In the very next inning, Perry gave up a two run homerun to Killebrew from the '70 team. From that point on there would be little excitement in the game. The '65 team would add an insurance run late in the game to seal the win.
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1970 Twins 2 ('65 Twins Lead Series 2-1)
Game 4 Match-Up: Camilo Pascual vs. Tom Hall
The pivotal Game 4 in the series would be one of the most memorable and for all the wrong reasons. The game was tight with both teams having the lead during different portions of the contest. Allison had hit a homerun earlier in the game and Hall wasn't pleased with that results. He came high and tight on Allison on back-to-back pitches before hitting Allison. The two exchanged words as Allison trudged toward first base. The lead-off hitter in the next inning was Killebrew and the first pitch plunked him in the back. The benches would clear but no punches would be thrown. The '70 team used the energy to claw their way to a series tying victory.
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1965 Twins 9 (Series Tied 2-2)
Game 5 Match-Up: Mudcat Grant vs. Jim Perry ('70)
The fifth and decisive game in the series would have the same pitching duel as the Game 1 barn-burner. The loss in Game 1 had stuck with Grant over the course of the series. He and the '65 team would not be denied in this game. A two-run first inning and a three-run third inning would be enough to put them over the top. All of the energy in the bats of the '70 team had been used up in the previous game. The '65 team had clinched the last spot in the Final Four.
1965 Twins 5
1970 Twins 1 ('65 Team Wins Series 3-2)
It has been a great first round of the Ultimate Twins Team Bracket and the Final Four is sure to bring more fun and excitement. The Final Four is composed of two different eras in the history of Twins baseball, the World Series Champions and the power teams of the late 1960's.
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there's a fix around here somewhere in fasttrack thread
but that comes from postgres
so use sqlite3 instead... installl sqlite 3.4.0 min and modify your line for load db
When i'am starting metasploit autopwn on Back|Track i get the following Error:
I hope someone know how to solve the problemCode:load db_postgres[*] Successfully loaded plugin: db_postgres msf > db_create pentest createdb: could not connect to database postgres: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? [-] Error while running command db_create: Broken pipe Call stack: /pentest/exploits/framework3/plugins/db_postgres.rb:120:in `write' /pentest/exploits/framework3/plugins/db_postgres.rb:120:in `cmd_db_create' /pentest/exploits/framework3/lib/rex/ui/text/dispatcher_shell.rb:234:in `send' /pentest/exploits/framework3/lib/rex/ui/text/dispatcher_shell.rb:234:in `run_command' /pentest/exploits/framework3/lib/rex/ui/text/dispatcher_shell.rb:196:in `run_single' /pentest/exploits/framework3/lib/rex/ui/text/dispatcher_shell.rb:191:in `each' /pentest/exploits/framework3/lib/rex/ui/text/dispatcher_shell.rb:191:in `run_single' /pentest/exploits/framework3/lib/rex/ui/text/shell.rb:125:in `run' /pentest/exploits/framework3/msfconsole:77 msf > db_nmap 127.0.0.1 [-] Unknown command: db_nmap. msf > db_autopwn -p -t -e [-] Unknown command: db_autopwn. msf >
Best regards Kaskra
there's a fix around here somewhere in fasttrack thread
but that comes from postgres
so use sqlite3 instead... installl sqlite 3.4.0 min and modify your line for load db
Watch your back, your packetz will belong to me soon... xD
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cd /pentest/exploits/framework3
svn update; sudo -s
createuser -U postgres -P
When creating the postgres user make the group root, assign a password, and make it a superuser.
After creating the user:
su postgres
you should be able to db_nmap your target (or import files) and then run db_autopwn after this.
You need to run these commands before it will work. I wish I could find the thread on here but someone else found that the postgres user is not working on the final version of Backtrack 2.
Whoever it was please step up and take credit, I found it ahwile back.
What those commands do is create the postgres user and update metasploit before you run it. Obviously to run the update you need to be connected to a network already.
Just found the thread, thanks to delusr and others for writing the guide.
Can you please pop the link in for the tutorial spyder
Edit: Nevermind mate all working
Unfortunately I can't since I have less then 15 posts
Quick question for you folks though, the only machine I have to test against is a machine with Windows XP SP2 Pro. I've rerun the install, the machine has 0 updates beyond whats on the SP2 CD and no other programs installed.
Running autopwn -p -t does not detect any vulnerabilties. When I run autopwn -p -t -e, I cannot seem to get any exploits working.
Whats the deal people, am I doing something wrong or are the exploits only for pre XPSP2 machines?
I have run the update (svn update; sudo -s) and am using Metasploit 3 on the BT2 CD.


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TOULOUSE, France — Airbus has won an order from Turkish Airlines for 82 A320-series planes worth $9.3 billion at list prices, capping a week in which it also sealed a deal from Deutsche Lufthansa for 100 of the single-aisle jets.
Turkish Airlines, as Turk Hava Yollari is known, agreed to buy 25 A321 planes, together with 53 re-engined Neo versions of the same model and four A320neos, the company said Friday in a statement. Deliveries are due to commence in 2015.
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While Turkish Airlines already has 75 Airbus single-aisle jets, it also has 89 of the U.S. planes. The carrier plans to keep its 737s and is looking at placing an order with Boeing, spokesman Ali Genc said, without specifying the number or model.
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Round number two was a matchup with the first team Penn fenced against this season, No. 6 Ohio State. In the first dual, the Buckeyes won 15-12 and once against defeated the Quakers, 15-12.
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The Quakers had another bye round before dualing with No. 10 Stanford. As the teams split Epee and Foil, 6-3, the matchup came down to Sabre, which is the men's strongest weapon. Gordon and junior Steven Yang had perfect 3-0 scores, while Mills an additional perfect score of 2-0 giving the Red and Blue the necessary points to win the dual, 17-10.
Penn's men ended the first day with a final victory over Wayne State, 20-7.
On the second day, the Red and Blue went 1-1, defeating Detroit-Mercy, 25-2, after 9-0 victories in Foil and Sabre. The Quakers fell in a tightly contested last round to UC San Diego, 14-13, giving them a 5-2 overall record on the weekend.
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Discussion in 'Draft Zone' started by NeonDeion21, Jan 12, 2013.
So, you think the same thing happens to Te'o that happened to Burfict?
Burfict fell because he was a head case AND didn't play that well as a senior.
We don't know all the details of what happened, and even if they are awful, I don't see him falling out of the 2nd.
I don't know talent-wise whether he'd go in the first round anyway. He was majorly exposed by Alabama.
Having said that, he won't get out of the second round. I say he's low first round at best.
What I was getting at was, at some point I saw Burfict mocked in the 1st round of the draft and then he goes undrafted.
And then he was a very productive player for the Bengals.
If Te'o goes in the 4th he will just claim he was drafted #1 overall.
Burfict's issues were 10x Teo's....
Manti Teo is a 2012 National Scholar-Athlete. He's been active in the community and has kept his nose clean.
Up until this weird situation, he has been a real model for what you want in an All-American and Student Athlete.
He's the most decorated defensive player (did not say the best, mind you) in the history of college football.
Night and day vs Burflict. Not remotely comparable.
If he drops at all, it will be 1/2 round or so. Most still put him anywhere from 10th to 25th or so.
Hell no...I'd avoid him at all costs. Not only because he's turning out to be a weird guy but also the media scrutiny would be out of this world, even for Cowboys standards. Too much of a distraction
I know. My point is that Te'o isn't going to see that kind of fall because he had such a tremendous season.
Great players with a character concern might fall a round or two. Ones who have a mediocre season before the draft will fall a ton if there is a character concern.
He had a bad game vs. Alabama but the word is this story had already been exposed by that point so you could excuse him for being a bit distracted.
I have a feeling he wasn't all there mentally because he knew all of this was going to come out. I don't care who you are, if you are not 100% mentally in the game, you will look like he did that night.
Will never happen. Worst case scenario for Te'o is that he falls to the 2nd round. I still say he goes first, although it's more likely now that he goes in the 20-30 range.
This thread was part of the hoax, wasn't it?
Sorry... had to be done.
Na, I'd rather trade our 4th round pick for Haloti Ngata
ND changed their scheme this past year. They used Te'o to fill gaps rather then scrape and make plays, which is what he did for ND in past years. Look at his numbers in 2011 and 2010. Huge difference between then and last year. I don't love the guy and I would rather see us take somebody else but if you are looking for a guy who can shed and tackle, he's very good at that.
Scouts reaction to Te'o story 'very negative'
According to ESPN's Todd McShay, the initial reaction among NFL scouts has been "very negative" to Wednesday's revelation that Notre Dame ILB Manti Te'o's allegedly deceased girlfriend never existed.
McShay is in Los Angeles for this week's NFLPA bowl, a postseason all-star game with 70-plus scouts in attendance. "It was amazing," McShay said. "You could kind of sense everyone in the stands watching practice starting to read their phones and the story regarding Te'o. And within 20 minutes from the end of practice I had spoken to more than ten NFL scouts, all coming up to me asking if I had more information. ... The initial reaction was very negative. But in the long run, NFL teams have their own security departments. And they're going to get to the bottom of this story. They are relentless in pursuit of truth."
With the move to the 4-3 we are more then set at LB with Ware, Lee, Carter, Sims and hopefully by a miracle Spencer.
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