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SACRAMENTO — A bill to streamline the teacher discipline and dismissal appeal process is being hailed as a solution to costly proceedings that have made it difficult for districts to terminate employees.
Authored by Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, AB 215 would create a separate hearing process overseen by an administrative law judge for teachers charged with egregious misconduct, including child abuse, sexual abuse and certain drug offenses. The bill would also speed up hearings for all other appeals, with binding decisions to be made by the Commission on Professional Competence, which includes an administrative law judge and two educators.
Buchanan announced Friday that she and education policy makers reached agreement with the governor's office in response to Gov. Jerry Brown's veto of a similar bill last year.


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[Verse 1: Homeboy Sandman]
Long as I make hits, can't miss me
I exist where the blacks is, can't blacklist me
Come try me
I'm too boss, can't hire me
I'm free, can't buy me
Y'all blow me
I found my own way, y'all ain't show me
You cats don't know me
Try to ignore me
I grow in numbers on the Ave normally
I move abnormally
Spread rumors, but this cat lands on feet
Cats on feet, see? Pumas
Be gone
You can't throw me off, you ain't put me on
Put simply, y'all ain't wanna play me, so how you gon' sit me?
How you gon' silence
I'm my own stylist, so how you gon' strip me?
I represent the first of a breed
Can't hurt me
This is heaven to me
I represent the first of a crew
We'll hurt you
This is heaven to me
[Verse 2: Homeboy Sandman]
The Matrix can't hold me cause I'm my own agent
It's all fair
Can't knock me off cloud nine
Ain't put me on air
So now I'm famous
But I ain't here to party y'all ain't give me no favors
I made A-list, but drove my own spaceship
Kept my nose nowhere near Uranus
People told me I should not burn bridges before
But why I need a bridge someplace I ain't trying to go
I's a new emcee, y'all ain't help me spreadin' the news
Now you need me, more than I need you
I do not need you
Fool of you to assume you could swoop in and just soup me up
I'm not miso
But I'd be smooth like peep where I'll be soon
[Verse 3: Homeboy Sandman]
Now if you don't play me no one's gonna listen to you
You don't write about me they gon' know you outta the loop
Don't credit my incredible ability and all you gon' manage is to damage your credibility
I move with patience and humility
Ignored by networks, put in my legwork like millipede
Still rocking sweatpants and a Dilla tee
But now I'm like the military
I'm still a man of little means
But I don't know what little means
I wasn't little in the little league, literally
I don't know what being little means so you can not belittle me
See I ain't need a middle man, to get the cynics to consider me
Not the kid that cracks or acts jittery
So how y'all pulling this and that, riddle me?
Ya'll never gon' get rid of me

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John Sweeney is famous for confronting despots, championing lost causes and traveling through the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, in the trunk of a car. But faced with Tommy Davis of the Church of Scientology in Los Angeles, he totally lost his cool.
Today video footage of Sweeney screaming at Davis is on YouTube, taped and posted by the church.
"He can dish out, but he certainly can't take it," Mike Rinder, a spokesman for the Church of Scientology, told ABC News. "The tables got turned on him, and he was the one who ultimately melted down."
Sweeney was "video ambushed" while on assignment for the BBC in Los Angeles to investigate the Church of Scientology and the accusations from some quarters that it is, or was, a sinister cult.
The clip of Sweeney's "meltdown" appeared on the Internet just hours before his documentary "Scientology and Me" was scheduled to air.
"I look like an exploding tomato and shout like a jet engine," Sweeney wrote today on the BBC's Web site. "If you are interested in becoming a TV journalist, it is a fine example of how not to do it."
This is how it happened: Sweeney was wrapping up a seven-day shoot in Los Angeles when Davis approached him to complain angrily that Sweeney had been too easy on an interviewee.
Just inches from Davis' face, Sweeney began to shout with the ferocity of a hair dryer on high. "You were not there at the beginning of that interview," bellowed Sweeney. "You did not hear or record all the interview." Halfway through his rant, Sweeney asked, very calmly, "Do you understand, did you understand that?"
The incident has pitted two powerful institutions against each other. This goes beyond Sweeney vs. Davis. This is the Church of Scientology vs. the BBC.
John Travolta, one of the religion's most high-profile devotees, wrote to the BBC, accusing Sweeney of "personal prejudices, bigotry and animosity." The church is circulating a DVD of its own documentary about Sweeney's investigation to British politicians, and is setting up a Web site called "panorama-exposed."
The Church of Scientology accuses the BBC of staging an anti-Scientology demonstration in London. "Completely untrue," a BBC representative told ABC News.
The BBC has confronted the furor head-on. Sandy Smith, the editor of Panorama, the documentary strand behind "Scientology and Me," appeared on "BBC Breakfast" and called the Church of Scientology an "extraordinary organization" that has "no way of dealing with any kind of criticism at all."
When I put that claim to Rinder, the Scientologist spokersman, he laughed. "Do you know how much criticism I have had to take in my life?" he asked.
Sweeney has apologized, and his boss said he does not "condone" Sweeney's behavior. He said he was "very disappointed" by the reporter's conduct.
But this morning the BBC also showed a clip of Davis getting a little short with Sweeney. Davis accused the BBC man of referring to Scientology as a cult in an effort to get a reaction. "Well, buddy, you got it," he told Sweeney, "Right here, right now. I'm angry. Real angry." Although not as angry as Sweeney in the now infamous outburst.
Sweeney has given his side of the story on the BBC's Web site and also in Britain's Daily Mail newspaper. "I let my team down, and I apologized when it happened and I apologize again now," Sweeney began. He then went on to explain what drove him to lose control.
After landing in Los Angeles, Sweeney claimed, "Our team was spied on by 10 different strangers." Rinder said the BBC team was filmed, not spied upon. "We had a camera, and he knew that we were filming," he told me.
Sweeney also wrote that Davis, a spokesman for the church, "invaded" interviews and showed up at the crew's hotel late at night to berate it for interviewing people who had left the church.
Sweeney claimed it was a Scientology exhibition called "Psychiatry: Industry of Death" that pushed him over the edge. "At the end of 90 minutes, I felt bombarded and unable to bear another single second," Sweeney wrote.
Back home in Britain, Sweeney said a stranger was apprehended sifting through the mail at Sweeney's mother-in-law's apartment building, that a neighbor was asked by a stranger for Sweeney's address, and that a strange man was seen hiding in the bushes, spying on Sweeney's wedding in rural England. According to Rinder, Sweeney is "Making those stories up to defend his outrageous conduct."
"Scientologists have fought many battles to keep its secrets off the web," Sweeney lamented in his article on the BBC's Web site. "Now they are using it to attack my investigation into them."
The program was "updated" today in the hours before going to air. According to a BBC representative, what hit the screens "has certainly reflected what happened over the weekend." John Sweeney's "exploding tomato" moment is included. Apparently, it had been included all along. "Them posting the clip on YouTube: That's not what precipitated us including John's outburst," the BBC rep told ABC News.
Apparently, "reference to him losing his temper" was sent out weeks ago to newspapers and magazines preparing the TV listings.


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30A resident and Realtor Bryon Dumas has a secret identity outside of his everyday life.
While some spend their weekends and free time golfing and fishing, Dumas is going as fast at 175 mph, racing his Ducati against competitors half of his age.
"It's kind of like a Clark Kent situation," he said.
Dumas' first started riding motorcycles at 8 years old. At 37, he decided to "step it up," with the famous Italian bike manufacturer. Today, at 52, the father-of-two is a national-title holding racer.
"People usually stop before they get to my age," the father-of-two joked.
Age didn't stop Dumas as he took home two first-place titles from the Sportsmen Series and National Challenge races in Birmingham, Ala. in October.
"I was in novice class, but I've now been bumped up to expert class," he said. "It felt good to bring something national back home to the beach."
Each race during that weekend was a different experience for Dumas.
"The Sportsmen Series was very exciting," he said. "I could feel this guy right behind me, but you don't know how close they are until you cross the finish line. Turns out he was 0.3 of a second behind me. At the National Challenge, I was going faster than I ever have and I looked behind me and I didn't see anyone. I had about a five and a half second lead, which is like the length of a football field."
It wasn't always the winner's circle for Dumas, however. In 1998, he entered his first race and ended "dead last.�
"I got creamed," he said.
But his interest in the sport wasn't extinguished. After a few sporadic races in the last decade, this year, Dumas made a pact with himself to try harder than ever and place in a race.
"The Dumas family motto is we never stop trying," he said. "I'm not as young as I used to be, but I am smarter."
Unlike other sports, motorcycle racing is not something you can typically practice, Dumas said.
"It's not like you can hop on your bike and go on I-10 at 100 mph," he said.
When it comes to race day, it's all about making quick decisions and trusting your judgment, said Dumas.
"I feel prepared on race day because in a lot of aspects of my life I have to make decisions under pressure," he said. "On the track, you can't second-guess yourself, there's no room for error. It all happens at such a fast rate."
Even though Dumas achieved his goal of winning a race, he doesn't plan on stopping yet.
"My daughters keep me active," he said. "I'll keep doing it as long as it's fun."
When he's not racing on the track, Dumas rides four-wheelers with his daughters on their farm in Ponce de Leon.
Although it won't be for a few more years, Dumas anticipates that his wife, Paula, will be teaching the girls how to drive.
"There are girls who race, but it's notsomething that I would push my daughters into," he said. "As far as teaching them how to drive, it'll probably be their mother."


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Domestic Violence Advocate awards were presented at the Pottawatomie Courthouse Friday morning.
Domestic Violence Advocate awards were presented at the Pottawatomie Courthouse Friday morning.
The awards were presented by the Lincoln/Pottawatomie County Coordinator Community Response team. The team, which consists of representatives from Project Safe and other advocacy groups, law enforcement officers and representatives from the District Attorney's offices, works together to help victims of domestic violence.
"Once a year, we honor our domestic violence advocate of the year, and law enforcement officer of the year," Mechelle King, executive director of Project Safe, said.
Tim Donaldson, Lincoln County sheriff, was named the Lincoln County law enforcement officer of the year. Mary and Kim Battle of Chosen House in Lincoln County were named the Lincoln County Domestic Violence Advocates of the year.
Lori Ball of the Pottawatomie County District Attorney's office was named the Domestic Violence Advocate of the Year for Pottawatomie County. Tecumseh Assistant Police Chief J.R. Kidney was named Law Enforcement Officer of the year.
Guest speaker King shared statistics with the audience.
"Every 22 minutes in the state of Oklahoma a domestic violence call is made to law enforcement officers," King said.
She added that the state of Oklahoma had dropped from the top 10 states for domestic violence. Oklahoma is now 17th in the nation, with 83 domestic violence fatalities in 2011.
She added that the average number of fatalities hovers around 80 for Oklahoma, so this was less an indication of the state, and more of an indication of rising domestic violence cases elsewhere.
She encouraged anyone who knows a victim of domestic violence, or who is a victim of domestic violence, to seek help from law enforcement, or from Project Safe.
"We want to make sure victims make the transition to survivors," King said.
At the end of the presentation, 83 balloons were released in remembrance of the 83 domestic violence fatalities in 2011.


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"Intel's chief technology officer says the chip maker is developing a technology that will be a security game changer. Justin Rattner told Computerworld on Tuesday that scientists at Intel are working on security technology that will stop all zero-day attacks."
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by Stratoukos on Thu 27th Jan 2011 13:30 UTC in reply to "quantum jump ey?"
They, and everyone else who is using this term, are using it correctly. Quantum jump or quantum leap refers to atomic electron transition, which is the transition of an electron from one energy level to another without passing through the intermediate energy level (IANAQP but that's my understanding).
What this phrase means figuratively is that some change, while not necessarily big, is abrupt. So when he says:
We're going to see a quantum jump in the ability of future devices, be them PCs or phones or tablets or smart TVs, to defend themselves against attacks.
he means that the devices' ability to defend themselves will be so much greater, that it will seem like we skipped a few generations and we went directly to that awesome level of ability he describes. Sensationalistic, but semantically correct.


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5 How-To's for Upgrading an Old Piece of Furniture
Enjoying the things you own means keeping them in good condition over the years. Sometimes all you need to upgrade an old piece of furniture is a small investment of elbow grease and a few materials like sandpaper, paint, stain, or some new fabric. Click below for five DIY ways to improve your old stuff...
• 1 Upgrade a basic bed frame by adding a DIY tufted headboard.
• 2 Janel updated her desk with a few coats of high-gloss paint.
• 3 Use our DIY expert Shelly's upholstery how-to's as a guide for your own project.
• 4 Refinish old wood furniture by sanding and applying new stain.
• 5 Have your upholstery cleaned or clean it yourself to get it back into top condition.
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Richard Gowers from Weymouth/Underground (01305 789822) has lent me a demo North 5th Element bar and lines to connect to my Vegas kites. I've used it three times, once on the 14m North Vegas and twice on the 18m North Vegas. Set up – no more difficult than standard. In flight – kite seemed to fly even better (if that is possible for the Vegas!). The leash works well for loops (well back loops anyway, which is all I can do). I suspect there is a limit to the number of times you can spin before affecting the leash – say 30 times – hopefully you will have a few spins in the other direction before meeting this limit. I thought the lines worked great in stonger wind with the 14m. I like the spinning capability, the micro hook and the ability to change bar length on the scepter bar. Not so sure about the 5th line in very light winds yet. I did manage to get in a twist when the wind droped with the 18m. I think I was unlucky as normally I wouldn't have been trying to fly a kite in 5 knots! The water relaunch was really good – jut pull on the 5th line and the kite falls onto its back – pull on the bar and it moves to the edge of the window and takes off. Even with the 18m in deep water, relaunch was a piece of cake. No dragging involved as the 5th line depowers the kite until you fully release it. You can even take off straight through the power zone by keeping a good grip on the 5th line. I released the chicken loop safety a couple of times and the kite was very easy to recover – no tangles!.
Overall the 5th element is much better than a front line, so called re-ride system. You can release the bar and still recover the kite rather than have to swim in! The system also provides a spinning leash – how much you can spin before affecting the leash I have still to find out. You can also use the 5th line to depower the kite if the wind increases to unmanageable levels and you can use your saftey more readily without worrying about having to swim in due to tangles. Downside is that you have one more line to get in a tangle with. Only time will tell if this is a problem. Will I buy one? Probably but £199 - ouch! Thoughts turn to the Paracademy club discount…


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A slate of challengers has won the race to lead the Public Employees Federation.
While unofficial, the vote tally according to the union shows Susan Kent defeating incumbent President Ken Brynien by a 8,739-7,562-vote margin.
For Secretary-Treasurer, challenger Carlos Garcia beat incumbent Joe Fox, 8,111 to 8,063.
Also elected on the challenger's "NY Union Proud" slate were Barbara
Ulmer, Wayne Bayer, and Wayne Spence.
The new slate takes over on Aug. 1
Ballots, which went out in the mail at the start of June and needed to be returned by Monday, have just been counted at the American Arbitration Association offices in New York City. They will be certified during the next few days.
The tally of about 16,000 votes represents a turnout of roughly one third, with just over 51,000 eligible voters.
Kent and Garcia ran on something of a "get tough" platform, criticizing Brynien and his slate for getting members to approve, on a second round, a contract without contractual raises for three of its four year term. In exchange they got some protections from what Gov. Andrew Cuomo said could have been about 3,500 layoffs in order to save money.
Some of the challengers struck a conciliatory tone on Tuesday though, with one of the winners saying he realized that many people voted for the challengers because they were angry about the current contract but said they hoped to provide positive reasons for winning the vote as well.
Here's the official release which just came out from PEF headquarters:
Albany – Members of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) today elected Susan Kent of
Albany to the union presidency. The unofficial election results posted by the American Arbitration Association show Kent, who ran on the "NY Union Proud" ticket won with 8,739 votes, compared to 7,562 for Ken Brynien of Albany, who ran on the "Keeping Members 1st" ticket.
Members also elected Kent's running mate, Carlos Garcia of Albany, over Joe Fox of Albany. by a vote of
8,111 to 8,063.
The membership elected three new vice presidents, who ran on the "NY Union Proud" slate. They are Barbara Ulmer of Albany, Wayne Bayer of Albany, and Wayne Spence of Hempstead.
There are also three new trustees as a result of the election. "NY Union Proud" candidates Maureen Kellman
of NYC, Kenneth Johnson of NYC, and Ronald Brown of Utica.
PEF members also elected James Moffitt of Valley Ridge from the "Keeping Members 1st" ticket as the new
regional coordinator in PEF Region 5, made up of Tompkins, Tioga, Delaware, Broome, Chenango and Otsego Counties. Nikki Brate of Albany, of the "NY Union Proud" ticket, was elected as regional coordinator in Region 8, made up of Albany, Warren, Washington, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Rensselaer, Green and Columbia Counties. Sheik Nabijohn, of NYC, of the "NY Union Proud" slate was elected as regional
coordinator in Region 10, comprised of Manhattan and the Bronx.
"I offer my congratulations to the New York Union Proud slate and wish them well as they take over the reins of the PEF leadership," Brynien said.
The votes will be certified by the American Arbitration Association within the next couple of days.
PEF is the state's second-largest state-employee union, representing 54,000 professional, scientific and
technical employees.


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A series I am going through during the month of January by Lara Casey...if you desire to change your 2013 and don't know where to start - go HERE!
I picked up my crochet needles after many years...many...remembering what my grandmother taught me as a young girl and learning a few news things too...if you like this one, you can purchase in the right hand column!!!
Sweet encouragement from a friend...there is nothing better than doing life with people who believe in you...especially when you haven't found that belief for yourself yet!!!
New Chalkboards from DHB Design Studio...I have two sizes available - look for the purchase icon coming soon!
My precious crew...so blessed by these three! I can't even believe God would allow me to shepherd and lead them...so blessed!
And last...I think this summarizes what God has been doing in me over the last two years! Internal change, external change...moving me to where He wants me to be!!! Looking forward to 2013 and all that it holds!


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It was Pinspired by this Pin from my Preschool Fun Pinterest Board.
Monday, June 18, 2012
* Scissor Practice - Paper Cutting Box
My baby girl has graduated from Preschool,
time to start a new chapter and get ready for Kindergarten this fall.
Now we have some time to fill with fun mommy and me activities.
I like to keep a bit of a "school like" schedule for the girls throughout
the summer, we call it "mommy school."
The girls like the routine and having some activities to keep them engaged
between the stretches of free play time in the yard,
at the pool, and with friends.
We'll spend plenty of time creating and "playing" in the art studio as well!
One thing I like to do is set out some materials as a bit of
an invitation to play, learn, and explore.
Today's post is one of those "centers."
I put together this Paper Cutting Box for "C"
to practice her scissor and hole punching skills.
It was Pinspired by this Pin from my Preschool Fun Pinterest Board.
It was Pinspired by this Pin from my Preschool Fun Pinterest Board.
She loves it!
I already had the divided box, I believe I picked it up in craft
department (near the beads) at Walmart or JoAnn's.
Then, I just cut up a bunch of colored paper into different sizes
and included some of those perforated border strips from my scrapbooking stash.
Then, I added a nice pair of children's scissors and a hole punch.
I set the box out on the art studio table with a tape dispenser,
some crayon rocks, and a bucket of Crayola Twistables.
It didn't take long for "C" to discover it.
She has been very busy cutting and taping little abstract sculptures
and making tiny books for her dolls and stuffed animals.
Because it is portable she has even taken it along to the family room
for some cutting practice while she watches Sesame Street.
It has been a fun and easy way for her to create and explore
and get some wonderful fine motor practice in the process!
And... of course, it had to be Rainbow : )
Pink and Green Mama, MaryLea
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Cryo PC is no more
With the tech market getting tighter and tigher over the past few years we have seen a number of custom PC system integrators go under - one of the latest, Cryo PC.
Here once was a flouriushing website rich with the latest PC processors, graphics cards, RAM, Hard Drives and elabourate cooling systems capable of being chosen at will and installed to your very own gaming PC. Unlike the likes of Mesh, Yoyotech & OP3 PC where they closed their doors with everyones money inside and started up with a new director or alias with a "clean slate" Cryo were one of the good guys and in 2012 they closed their doors for good with mainly distributors money behind the doors rather than customers hard earned money.
Broken Cryo PC computer?
If you were one of the unfortunate customers to lose out then there is pretty zero you can do now to claim a repair or ask them to upgrade, the company is long gone. You would be best off getting in contact with one of the more reptiubale custom pc builders in the game and asking if they can help, I can recomend UK Gaming Computers who appear to have the best if not one of the best reputations in the business.
At the time, this is what they had to say;
Cryo PC is the leading Custom PC designer and build er in the UK and one of the leading companies in the world. The company specialises in high performa nce compute related hardware technology, projects and solutions; typically workstations, ser vers, storage servers (NAS), gaming desktops and home theatre appliances. Cryo PC achieves standards of excellence due to having an experienced team of professionals, access to unique electronics cooling technologies (Phase Change Sub-zero cooling) and considerable experience and expertise with conventional water and air cooling technologies. Cryo PC is a thought leader in the field.
• Best in class performance – Cryo PC has broken worl d records, won many awards, achieved prestige and media accolades by designing the best new workstations and desktops
• Personal Service by Experienced IT Professionals – the small Team is made up of professionals with many years of wide ranging in depth experience working in defence, government, health, finance and engineering
• Individualised Customisation and Consultation – our team build personal relationships with many of our customers based on trust and a track record of delivering on commitments and having the interests of the customer at heart
• Performance Tuning and Optimisation – extensive knowledge is required of how a computer works in order to diagnose and fix performance issues. The Cryo team uniquely has a broad and deep knowledge of electronics, thermodynamics, hardware and software design and engineering
• Obsolescence Reduction – Cryo PC ensure machines are upgradeable and allow for future changes and additions. Using current hardware in the first place ensures designs have a good lifetime. High performance ensures lack of per formance becomes a factor in the replacement decision far later than it otherwise would.


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text: �By Ed email@example.com � Chase Harrington saved his biggest shot for last.The senior hit a jumper with less than a second remaining Wednesday, lifting the Will Carleton Academy boys basketball team to a thrilling 51-50 victory over the Leslie Blackhawks in a non-conference game.Will Carleton (3-5) has won two straight games, but this one was more dramatic. After jumping to a seven-point lead in the first quarter, the Cougars saw Leslie (2-5) storm back in the middle two frames to take a 42-36 lead into the fourth.The Cougars began to force Leslie into several turnovers, which they converted into baskets to get back in the game. Will Carleton eventually tied the game at 49-49 in the final minute."We decided to turn up the pressure in the fourth quarter," Will Carleton coach Brian Clark said. "Our defensive pressure really made a difference."The Blackhawks regained the lead with a free throw with 10 seconds remaining. After a Will Carleton timeout, Harrington worked the ball up the court, got past a defender and hit his shot to win it for the Cougars."Chase had been beating his man pretty good all night, and we put the ball in his hands," Clark said.Harrington finished with 18 points and four rebounds to lead the Cougars. Dane Williams added 11 points, while Joel Wheeler had eight points and nine assists. Ben Baxter finished with five points.Noah Jansen scored 11 points to lead Leslie. Jay Tropf had nine points, six rebounds and four steals, while Kaleb Dunn also scored nine points. Trevor Alleman and Matt Subject both finished with six points.Will Carleton travels to Battle Creek Calhoun Christian for a Mid South Conference game Friday.�


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Fans keep love alive for 'Walking Dead' star
LOS ANGELES (AP) — From week to week fans simply never know which characters will survive the relentless zombie attacks on AMC's hit series "The Walking Dead."
That unpredictability keeps viewers on the edge of their seats and the shows' stars in a constant state of alertness.
"You see series and they last a long time and sometimes the writing gets lazy or the acting gets lazy. Because we're in a zombie apocalypse and anyone can go at any time, it sort of keeps us fresh and on our toes," Norman Reedus told The Associated Press Friday.
Fans lined up around the block to watch a panel discussion with Reedus and his co-stars at Paleyfest, the annual Southern California TV celebration. Many in the crowd showed their support for Reedus' crossbow-wielding character, Daryl Dixon, with their "If Daryl dies we riot!" T-shirts.
The 44-year-old actor says his vocal fan base is responsible for his character's impressive longevity in a series that seems to have no qualms in axing its most popular characters.
"Hell yes. Oh my god, yes," he said. "(They're) keeping me on the show."
"The Walking Dead" focuses on a rag-tag band of surviving refugees, including unruly brothers Daryl and Merle Dixon, who were not part of the series' comic book origins.
"I want to be Daryl Dixon in my next life," joked co-star Laurie Holden. "He's sexy and he's got the rugged thing going on."
When asked about his breakout star status, Reedus becomes humble and tries to turn the spotlight on his Golden Globe-nominated cast.
"I watch them grow and I watch myself grow. It's one of those acting things where like I'll be in a scene with her or with him and I'll say should I try this? And they'll go 'yeah' and I'll believe them and I'll trust them. Everyone wants everyone to just kill it," Reedus said with a laugh.
Online: www.amctv.com/shows/the-walking-dead
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 23, 2010) - Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Jean-Daniel Lafond presented earlier today, for the first time, the Governor General's Award in Celebration of the Nation's Table during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.
Proposed in 2006 by His Excellency Jean-Daniel Lafond, the Governor General's Award in Celebration of the Nation's Table recognizes and celebrates outstanding efforts in improving the quality, variety and sustainability of all elements and ingredients of our nation's table.
The nomination and adjudication process is overseen by an advisory committee of experts from across the country. There are five award categories that recognize achievement in creativity and innovation, education and awareness, leadership, mentorship and inspiration, and stewardship and sustainability. A sixth category, youth, recognizes a young person with potential to inspire peers to become contributors to the nation's table.
2010 Recipients
Creativity and Innovation
Recognizing those who have contributed original and distinct ideas, products, techniques or creations to the nation's table that are imaginative and forward-thinking
When Christian Barthomeuf first got the idea in 1989 to use ice winemaking techniques to create the first ice cider in Quebec, his neighbours said he was an eccentric. Little did they know that, just 10 years later, this exceptional product would be one of the great agri-food success stories in Quebec and Canada, garnering worldwide recognition. Today, Mr. Barthomeuf is one of the pillars of this flourishing young industry. His work is based on simple production techniques and meticulous observation of natural cycles. In helping apple growers to produce high-quality ice cider, Mr. Barthomeuf has also helped to raise the profile of their challenging vocation, while yielding significant added value for their orchards. That assistance has saved many family businesses from certain financial ruin. This visionary has devoted considerable efforts to preserve heritage apple varieties, which he now grows organically in his Clos Saragnat vineyard, where he also produces straw wine and ice wine.
Alfred Slinkard is synonymous with the development of the Canadian pulse industry. Pulses, commonly known as lentils and peas, are an increasing part of the Canadian diet. They are low in fat, a good source of iron, protein, fibre, minerals, calcium and 'B' vitamins. Since 1972, Dr. Slinkard has worked tirelessly with researchers and industry leaders to promote the production and consumption of pulses. His innovative research at the Crop Development Centre of the University of Saskatchewan included the creation and development of the Laird and Eston lentil varieties. His work has helped lead the way for Canada to become a major exporter of peas and lentils, with Canadian farmers producing over 7.5-million acres of pulses in 2009. As professor emeritus, Dr. Slinkard continues his food research developing spice crops. In honouring Dr. Slinkard, we acknowledge the enormous value of plant researchers in Canada over the last 100 years. Their work, like that of Dr. Slinkard, has changed not only what our farmers produce, but also what we eat.
Education and Awareness
Recognizing those who have raised awareness and increased our collective knowledge of the nation's table to the enrichment of all
John Bishop opened Bishop's Restaurant in 1985 with a commitment to organic, local produce. He was a pioneer on 4th Avenue in Vancouver long before it became the West Side's hippest food corridor. There is a kind of lyrical sensibility in his approach to both life and his influence in the culinary arts. It's an unspoken eloquence, a touch of risk-taking tempered by poetic license and an unwavering belief that it's the simple things that deliver the most memorable moments in life. This award-winning author, chef, veteran maître d' and restaurateur is a model for hospitality, and a pioneer of local ingredient sourcing and menu development doctrine—a doctrine that has become conventional wisdom in Canada. With a natural ability to select, educate and transform up-and-coming chefs and budding hospitality students to become culinary leaders, Mr. Bishop's influence can be traced from British Columbia's most renowned restaurants, through to a culinary institute in California, and all the way to an exclusive hotel in Borneo. John Bishop has improved the quality of Canada's gastronomy by transforming our food culture with an infusion of new flavours and techniques that ceaselessly highlight and promote the worth and potential of Canada's backyard.
With good humour, Robert McLaughlin has dedicated his life to actively promoting the growth and study of our distinctly Canadian food culture. In his tenure as dean of the Ontario Agricultural College, he managed three colleges and a number of research stations. As inaugural chair of the Guelph Food Council, Dr. McLaughlin pioneered the linking of agricultural production to ingredients. This concept laid the foundation for the creation of the Guelph Food Technology Centre and the Guelph Food Inventory, institutions that have greatly enhanced the work of students and educators. As vice-president of Alumni Affairs and Development, he managed the successful Science of Life, Art of Living campaign. During his tenure as president and chair of the board of The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, he ensured the longevity of the Canadian Culinary Book Awards. He is past board chair of the George Morris Centre, Canada's agricultural think tank; of the Ontario Agricultural Experience Inc.; and of the Ontario Agricultural Leadership Trust. He is a born educator.
Recognizing those who have led their peers, colleagues and fellow citizens to build stronger communities connected to the nation's table in all its aspects
James and Linda Gourlay are innovators, catalysts and creative doers who have inspired Canadians and raised awareness of the intricate connection of farm to table. With the creation of their monthly magazine, Saltscapes, they showed Canadians the role the table plays as a cultural forum for exchanging and sharing culinary and other ideas. They put the spotlight on creative, "outside-the-box" food and wine initiatives in Atlantic Canada and promoted them at the national level. Mr. and Mrs. Gourlay are the driving force behind Atlantic Canada's most popular fair, Saltscapes East Coast Expo. Attended by thousands of Canadians each year, the Expo features culinary demonstrations, tastings and innovative shows that highlight the wealth of Atlantic flavours and the newest ways to prepare food. It provides a platform for producers and artisans from throughout the region to demonstrate their work in the food, wine, interior decorating, travel and gardening industries. With the Saltscapes brand, Mr. and Mrs. Gourlay have led Canadians to think differently when they purchase and consume food and drink. Their passion for superior quality regional products has allowed them to promote and institute new trends and ideas that continue to strengthen Canada's farm-to-table connection.
Jamie Kennedy and Michael Stadtländer—two individuals—two careers—two lives—separate, yet inseparable—in our eyes and perhaps even in theirs. Toronto-born Kennedy traveled to Europe for a classical chef's education, where he apprenticed with German-born Stadtländer. They became friends and colleagues, moving to Toronto and forming the opening team at Scaramouche—unimaginably young, but leaders from the start. The sheer number of young apprentices that have emerged from their kitchens and gone on to fulfilling and important careers in growing, preparing, preserving and serving food is extraordinary. They were the original locavores and Toronto's first celebrity chefs. Over two decades ago, the two chefs founded Knives and Forks, an organization that brought farmers and cooks together to discuss and initiate important changes to our food supply line. They understood then that they must change the infrastructure before they could change what is on the plate if their vision was to endure. In the last 30 years, chefs Kennedy and Stadtländer have never waivered from their beliefs. It is impossible to articulate the impact these two men have had on the culinary arts in Canada. They are chefs, artists, environmentalists and activists. Their food is sublime and they are leaders in the field.
Mentorship and Inspiration
Recognizing role models and those who inspire their peers and fellow Canadians about the ways in which we think about, appreciate and participate in the nation's table
As the co-owner of the Le Saint-Amour restaurant in Old Québec City for over 30 years, Jean-Luc Boulay has drawn on his training and experience in France to create a distinctively Canadian and Quebec gastronomy. He was one of the first chefs to promote local food, both in Canada and in other countries, using local ingredients to showcase regional producers and to help them improve their products and grow their businesses. On the leading edge of the latest technologies in his field, Mr. Boulay has always placed great importance on his role as a chef mentor, taking fledgling cooks under his wing. He trains them with passion and patience to take part in numerous high-profile competitions, and organizes internships in prestigious establishments to hone their know-how and versatility, while strengthening their love for their vocation. Mr. Boulay is a favourite as a judge in culinary competitions, conducts specialized training throughout Quebec, and is involved in various associations that support emerging practitioners of the culinary arts. His exceptional career has made him one of the few Canadians ever to be awarded France's National Order of Agricultural Merit.
Over the last 30 years, Sinclair and Frédérique Philip have painstakingly created and maintained an incubator for regional and sustainable food philosophies. With the inexhaustible food knowledge of Sinclair and the artistic eye of Frédérique, Sooke Harbour House has mentored and produced some of this country's most respected chefs. With its network of local fishers, foragers and artisanal food producers, this dynamic couple have created one of the most internationally recognized and acclaimed inns in this country. By working their own extensive gardens and building strong relationships with local growers, Mr. and Mrs. Philip are an unsurpassed testament to quality and commitment to a regional economy. Never willing to rest, they are now both incredibly active in the international Slow Food movement.
Stewardship and Sustainability
Recognizing the fundamental role of the gatekeepers and caretakers of the nation's table in safeguarding our environment, food security and health
Founded in 1980 by the Nunavik Inuit Elders' Conference, the Avataq Cultural Institute is dedicated to protecting and promoting the rich language and culture of Inuit in Canada and throughout the world, by supporting a wide variety of projects. One of them, the creation of five Northern Delights herbal teas, helps not only to fund numerous activities for this northern community, but also to preserve ancestral knowledge of medicinal plants of the tundra and how they were used by previous generations. It also helps to forge precious ties between elders and youth, by keeping that traditional knowledge alive. The Northern Delights herbal teas project also provides jobs to those in the community who need them most. All the plants are gathered in accordance with strict organic rules that ensure the sustainability of this fragile resource. Thanks to the Northern Delights herbal teas project, Inuit communities in Nunavik can draw on their regional plant resources to market and sell a highly symbolic product that reflects their unique culture.
Award was accepted by Charles Arngak, President of the Avataq Cultural Institute
David Cohlmeyer came to Canada from the United States in 1972 and quickly became a gentle but powerful alternative voice, as chef and restaurateur at Beggar's Banquet, as food and agriculture columnist of The Globe and Mail, and as the founder of the Toronto Culinary Guild. But he is best known as a farmer. He founded Cookstown Greens in 1988, a farm supplying our leading chefs with fantastically inspiring produce—everything from edible flowers to heritage vegetables to obscure herbs and perfect asparagus. A tireless advocate for locally grown foods, a generous contributor to innumerable causes and events, he is a pioneer, a leader and the environmental conscience of everyone who knows him.
Recognizing young Canadians who have shown immense potential to improve the quality, variety, awareness and sustainability of the nation's table through creativity, innovation, inspiration, leadership and stewardship
Ricky Sze Ho Lam is one of the new generation of outstanding food researchers in Canada. During his undergraduate studies at the University of Guelph, he received an Undergraduate Student Research Award from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Dairy Farmers of Ontario Scholarship to start his research interests in the physical properties of edible oils and fats. In his master's studies at the University of Saskatchewan, under the direction of Dr. Michael Rogers, he continues to focus on the food applications of edible oils and fats using the Canadian Light Source (CLS). He has published two peer-reviewed articles on his research and has demonstrated significant potential as a food researcher. He plans to continue his studies at the doctoral level, where he is sure to inspire others and lead by his enthusiastic and dynamic example.
For further information on the Governor General's Award in Celebration of the Nation's Table, visit the Web site www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=187&lan=eng.
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There have been many of articles in the newspapers telling us that the hike is fair as our electricity tariffs is linked to the price of fuel oil. See how reasonable Singapore Power is - they understand the plight of Singaporeans and won't burden us by hiking prices unnecessarily especially when Singaporeans have already gone through many rounds of price hikes. Yes, the price of oil has increase so electricity tariffs have to go up.
From the Singapore Power website:
Q2 What are the main cost components in the tariff?
A2 Generation cost accounts for more than 70% of the total electricity cost. Fuel is the key component which takes up about 50% of the power generation cost. The quarterly tariff adjustments mainly reflect the changes in the fuel component of the generation cost
Q3 Why do tariffs increase in tandem with higher fuel oil prices when 60% of our country's power generation uses natural gas as fuel?
A3 The natural gas contracts are pegged to fuel oil prices. Hence the prices of natural gas will also change accordingly when there is a change in fuel oil prices.
The Q&A is from 2005, today a higher % (>80%)of our electricity is generated using natural gas. Some of you find that it is strange that our tariffs are pegged to oil prices rather than natural gas prices. Here's why:
See the price of natural gas has fallen from a peak of $16 a year ago to about $7.7. Throughout 2007, it has remained relatively flat.
Singapore Power make $800-$1B a year in profits and has been active in acquisitions:
- June 2000 : Aussie transmission GPU PowerNet business for A$2.1B.
- July 2004 : Aussie company TXU for A$5,1B
- Oct 2007 : Together with Babcock & Brown pays $7.4B for Alinta
Isn't it great? Singaporeans are paying not just for electricity but for Singapore Power to make enough profits to takeover companies overseas. It is something that Singaporeans can be proud of.
While public utilities of other countries have are perpetually under pressure to provide electricity at he lowest possible cost to its citizens, as a monopoly Singapore Power makes enough to make billion $ acquisitions overseas. In other countries, people would clamor for the profits/reserves to be used to offset future costs to keep prices down especially in hard times but Singaporeans are more enlightened than that. They know how important it is for their power elite to expand its opportunities overseas using Singaporeans' money.


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We love to see new interpretations of an old idea or technology in a modern context. Instead of going the route of a steampunked look, the model above offers a more polished, minimal impression that could look naturally at home inside an interior with more modern decor.
This one looks modern and crisp with a hint of old day's charm. Presenting the Chronotronix V400. The combination of light wood and black anodized aluminum top gives a touch of nostalgia with a heavy dose of Dieter Rams. This is a limited edition run and goes for around $400.
This is a cheaper one, that you can even built from a kit from eBay for $118. There's something just so right about the contrast of the sleek modern acrylic box which serves as a home for the intricate retro display tubes. As an added bonus, these special tubes gradually cross-fade between digits as the time changes. Very nice!
And then there's also the Salyut Clock, as we recently spotlighted while mentioning Maker's Marketplace recently. Soviet-era Nixie cathode tubes with the birdseye maple and cherry housing has a hint of midcentury finish to it.
We wonder how difficult would this be for a DIY. We could easily source a bamboo box similar in size, while the top could be fashioned from polished carbon fiber. And the vacuum tube-style display (actually called Nixie Tubes) is available as ready to build DIY kits online. Now we're talking!


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Prose and Poetry: Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton
Michael Drayton
His Satires and Odes
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes
Volume IV. Prose and Poetry: Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton.
Michael Drayton
§ 11.
The Legend of Great Cromwel,
Draytons solitary publication in 1607, reference has been made above. During the next six years he published nothing but two reprints, with slight changes, of a collected edition of his poems which he had brought out in 1605. There was a reason for this. He was now steadily engaged on what he hoped was to be his real title to fame, his
Of this Herculean labour, the first eighteen Songs were published in 1613.
The necessary leisure had been secured to Drayton partly by the patronage of Sir William Aston, partly by a pension of £10 a year paid him by prince Henry, and continued, for a period not yet determined, after the death of that prince in November, 1612.
magnum opus
fell flat. In his preface, the author complains that,
Verses are wholly deduced to chambers, and nothing esteemed in this lunatic age, but what is kept in cabinets and must pass only by transcription . The idle humorous world must hear of nothing that either savours of antiquity, or may awake it to seek after more than dull and slothful ignorance may easily reach unto: these, I say, make much against me.
This, doubtless, was true, in part; nevertheless, it was not wise of the poet to fling his work at the head of the public in so contemptuous a fashion, with such outspoken remarks on the prevalent stupidity and dulness. But Drayton had not yet recovered the serenity which he had lost by reason of his distressed fortunes and his disappointment of instant recognition by James at his accession, to which he refers in the same preface. The public, partly, no doubt, through its stupidity and dulness, and partly, perhaps, frightened away by this mode of introduction, paid little heed to the book. The authors grief, however stoutly he may have prepared himself for failure, must have been great. This was the work upon which he had been engaged since his thirty-fifth year at the latest. He was now fifty, overtaken by times which he, with all other Elizabethans, felt and knew to be evil; and, therefore, he was all the more anxious, like a true Elizabethan, to rescue from oblivion the glories of his beloved country by the only means which he recognised as secure, that is by poetry. Into
he poured all his not inconsiderable learning and observation, all his patriotism and his fancy. The poem was his darling, his
Tempe and fields of the Muses, where, through most delightful groves, the angelic harmony of birds shall steal thee to the top of an easy hill, where in artificial caves, cut out of the most natural rock, thou shalt see the ancient people of this isle delivered thee in their lively images; from whose height thou mayst behold both the old and later times, as in thy prospect, lying far under thee; then conveying thee down by a soul-pleasing descent through delicate embroidered meadows, often veined with gentle-gliding brooks, in which thou mayst fully view the dainty nymphs in their simple naked beauties, bathing them in crystalline streams; which shall lead thee to most pleasant downs, where harmless shepherds are, some exercising their pipes, some singing roundelays to their gazing flocks.
Thus, with a voice as of an earlier age, he spake to the age of James, which would not hear him. Worse than that: it seems to have scoffed.
Some of our outlandish, unnatural, English, (I know not how otherwise to express them) stick not to say that there is nothing in this Island worth studying for, and take a great pride to be ignorant in anything thereof; for these, since they delight in their folly, I wish it may be hereditary from them to their posterity, that their children may be beggd for fools to the fifth generation until it may be beyond the memory of man to know that there was ever other of their families.
He wishes them oblivionthe heaviest lot that a man of his time and temper could imagine. And so, with a round curse on the degenerate age, the sturdy old pilgrim grasps his staff, and sets out again on his high mission. The reception of the first eighteen Songs could not deter him from carrying on what he held to be his duty to his country and his great calling. In spite of all odds, including the very serious difficulty of finding a publisher,
he brought out twelve more Songs in 1622, with a reprint of the first eighteen, and the statement that the publics neglect and folly could not deter me from going on with Scotland, if means and time do not hinder me, to perform as much as I have promised in my First Song. Means and time were not forthcoming, and
stumbles to rest with its thirtieth Song.
The course of the itinerary, on the whole, is fairly regular. From the Channel islands, the pilgrim comes to Cornwall, and thence, by Devon and part of Somerset, down through the New Forest to Southampton and Wight. Thence, he goes north-west to Salisbury, and more or less straight on to the Avon and the Severn. Round the Severn and in Walesa country whose inhabitants he always regarded kindly as the remains of the original Britonshe lingers long, with a little excursion to Hereford and Malvern; gradually working his way north to Chester, where he turns south-east past the Wrekin to the midlands, to celebrate Warwick, Coventry and his beloved Ancor. With a circuit through the vale of Evesham and the Cotswolds, hallowed to him, as were the spots he had just left, by their association with Anne Goodere, he follows the river from Oxford to London. Thence, he starts afresh south-east, down the Medway, through Surrey and Sussex into Kent, there to turn and work by degrees up the eastern counties, through Cambridge and Ely, to Lincolnshire and the fens, Trent and the forest of Sherwood. >From there, he crosses England to Lancashire and Man, thence to work back to Yorkshire, and so to Northumberland, to end his pilgrimage in Westmoreland.
He has covered practically the whole of England, and little has escaped him on the way. Perfunctorily, but conscientiously, he has described the fauna, and especially the flora, the river-systems and mountain-ranges, making free use of the then old-fashioned device of personification in order to beguile and lure on his reader. But the present interests him little compared with the past. His real object is to preserve whatever history or legend (both are of equal importance in his eyes, and he draws no clear distinction between the two) has recorded of great deeds, and great men, be they heroes of myth like Guy of Warwick, Corineus of Cornwall, or Elidure the Just, saints like those in the roll he celebrates at Ely, or historic kings and captains. Leaning chiefly on Camdens
he has ransacked also the chroniclers and poets, the songs of the harpers and minstrels, every source that he knew of information on that precious past which must be preserved against times proud hand. And, to fortify what he records in rime, he has secured from the learned John Selden a set of notes or illustrations to each song, in which, though the antiquarys science sometimes smiles at the poets faith, the general tenor of the poem is buttressed by a brave show of erudition and authority.
How much of the ground Drayton had covered in person, it is impossible to tell from the poem itself. Of the places which it is certain that he knew, he sings no otherwise than of some which it is very unlikely that he had ever seen. And, in fact, the point is unimportant. The purpose of his narrative was not, as was that of the narratives collected by the industrious Hackluit whom he celebrates in one of his odes, to make known the unknown present, but to eternise the known past; and vividness and authenticity of description are not among the essentials of such a work as his. Industry was the chief requisite, and of industry Drayton had as much as Hakluyt himself.
More industry, it must be admitted, than inspiration went to the making of
Drayton must have worked, like Wordsworth on
The Excursion,
in season and out of season, trusting to the importance of what he had to say to make his verses worthy of his subject. But
is at least no nearer to being dull than is
The Excursion.
Drayton, in fact, took more pains than Wordsworth to diversify his poem. His rivers dispute, relate, or wed; his mountains and plains take on character and personality; criticism, as of the poetry of the Welsh bards; argument, as in the spirited and remarkably philosophic protest against historical scepticism in song
description, which, if sometimes lifeless, is sometimes bravely vivid, as in the view from his boat as it drops down from Windsor to London in song
and admirable story-telling, as in the account of Guy of Warwick in song
all take their turn in variegating the prospect. There are stretches, it must be confessed, of dulnesslong catalogues of princes and events where the desire to record has clearly been stronger than the power to sing; but the historian in verse (to use Draytons own words of Daniel) seldom leaves us long without the reward of the dainty nymphs in their simple naked beauties or some other of the delights promised in his first epistle of 1613.
Drayton, whom we have seen from the preface to
The Barrons Wars
to have had a philosophy of metre, doubtless chose the metre of
with care. It is written in riming couplets of twelve-syllabled lines: a sober, jogging motion, as easy to maintain and as comfortable as the canter of a quiet hack. But it is not exciting; it has no surprises; and the inevitable beat on the sixth and twelfth syllable, which Drayton spares us scarcely twice in a Song, is apt to become soporific. Yet it may well be doubted whether
would not have been far less readable than it is had Drayton adopted the rimed couplet of decasyllabic lines, or taken a hint from the dramatists and employed blank verse. No known form of stanza certainly could have carried the reader on as does this amiable ambling pace, never very fast, but never very slow. To quote a delightful phrase, it has a kind of heavy dignity like a Lord Mayors coach.
At its best, it is livelier than that; at its worst, it covers the ground without jolting.
The modern reader with a taste for the antique will constantly meet little touches to interest and charm him. The wayless woods of Cardiffa phrase chosen at random as we turn the pagesis eloquent, especially when taken in conjunction with the poets repeated complaint that the iron works (the very symbol to an Elizabethan of the passing of that golden age when metals were unknown, and men rifled not the womb of their mother Earth) were leading to the destruction of all the forests which had been Englands pride. The very importance given to the river-systems is a reminder that the poem was written in an England that was all but roadless. But, as the book is laid down, its chief attraction, after all, is seen to be the pathetic bravery of the whole schemethe voice of the dogged old Elizabethan raised amid an alien world, to sing the old song in the old way, to proclaim and preserve the glories of his beloved country in the face of a frivolous, forgetful age.
was being completed, Drayton did little else. In 1618, a volume of collected
was published, two of them being the work of Drayton; but, when the weight of his Herculean labour was lifted from his shoulders, he revealed, in the poetry of his old age, a playfulness, a lightness and delicacy, which are as charming as they are surprising. This comment does not apply to all the contents of the new volume of 1627. That volume opened with one of Draytons mistakesa translation into epic form of the brave
Ballad of Agincourt.
The new version of the story, called
The Battaile of Agincourt,
is written in the metre which the preface to
The Barrons Wars
had justified for poems of this kind. Its faithfulness to Holinshed brings it frequently into touch with Shakespeares
King Henry V;
and the comparison is all to Draytons disadvantage. The work lacks genuine fire and eloquence, and belongs to that part of Draytons labours in which conscience was stronger than inspiration. The same metre and the same characteristics are found in the last of his historical poems,
The Miseries of Queene Margarite,
wife of Henry VI.
Note 24
. There appears to have been an earlier edition of 1612(?). See Elton, p. 192.
Note 25
. Epistle to the Generall Reader,
Note 26
. Preface to Second Part, 1622.
Note 27
. See his letters to William Drummond of Hawthornden, with whom he corresponded between 1618 and 1631.
Note 28
. Elton, p. 119.
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It is a simple question: who is going to win?
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A year ago, Spain entered the 2009 Confederations Cup No. 1 in the world according to FIFA's annual rankings. After breezing through the opening rounds, the Spaniards hit a wall against the United States by dropping a 2-0 decision in what remains one of the biggest wins in the Yanks' history.
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Asian Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles
Key Facts
Some species are critically endangered
How many?
There are around 89 species of tortoises and turtles.
Survival threatened by illegal trade
The different species vary in size, with the largest being the Burmese mountain tortoise (also known as the Asian brown tortoise). It reaches up to 60cm in length and weighs up to 20-37kg. Most Asian turtles and tortoises are sexually diamorphic, with the female being up to 10cm larger than the male.
Turtles and tortoises move too slowly to pursue active prey. Tortoises are mostly herbivores, although some species will also eat carrion. They feed on grasses, weeds, leafy greens, flowers, and some fruits. Freshwater turtles eat insects and aquatic larvae, crustaceans and aquatic vegetation.
Most Asian turtles and tortoises dig themselves nests in mud or sand to lay their eggs. The hatchlings are born with a tooth egg to help them break out of the shell which is shed shortly afterwards. Most species do not care for their young, leaving the eggs and hatchlings vulnerable to predators.
What are the main threats?
- Illegal wildlife trade
Despite laws and regulations aimed at protecting turtles and tortoises, illegal trade in meat and shells continues to flourish. Many end up in markets destined for import to China, Hong Kong and Japan where there is demand for meat and turtle parts for use in traditional Chinese medicine. Restrictions on the sale of these endangered species are openly flouted, and the market continues to grow.
- Hunting
Local people in southern Asian countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh have traditionally collected local tortoise and turtle species for food. However, higher demand, particlularly over the last decade has led to greater exploitation of this species, leading many close to extinction.
- Habitat loss & degradation
Loss of habitat through conversion to agriculture and wildfires have also had a detrimental effect on many populations.
Priority species
What is WWF doing?
- Working with governments and regulatory authorities to ensure more effective enforcement of laws and regulations
- Helping to set up and improved protected areas for endangered species
- Raising public awareness of the plight of turtles and tortoises.
- Assisting in the collection of more reliable data on turtle and tortoise trade and its impact on populations.


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Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown, on the Lamar University campus, will celebrate the unique character and vision of Patillo Higgins at its next Wildcatter Weekend on December 8, from 1 to 4 p.m., with activities focused on Higgins' biggest dream – a perfect industrial city called Gladys City.
Patillo Higgins is sometimes a controversial figure in the Spindletop story," said museum director Mark Osborne. "For us, his vision for Gladys City is inspiring and a great starting point to talk with visitors about what makes a great city."
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soooo im making this thread because i want to know how you all felt/feel like in you freshman year...in highschool or college....
I'm a freshman right now at a big highschool lots of people...first thing i noticed is im like pne of the smallest kid haha in middle school i used to be one of the tallest. and my friend's brother told us that upper classmen play pranks on freshies like inviting them over to mcdonalds (freshmen arent suppose to go off campus) which is like 3 miles away then theyre gonna drive you and leave you there, so your gonna spent hours figuring your way back ...luckily no pranks on me so far whew! so yaahh i was really scared and shaking at the orientation and first day of school...i didnt know anyone except for my two friends and few (at least 3) who went to my old school...
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I haven't been online for a year now. Was good crunchyroll??!!
Freshman year of high school was one of the best years of my life. Same with freshman year of college. Just good times.
Pleasure disappoints, possibility never
Nervous =_= determined >=O to try my best at getting top scores and being the best at fencing!! ..1 week later: "I don't care anymore...TT___TT I'll just do my best to survive...
Im going to start a band!~! you will see me on stage someday!
I'm a freshy too! VERY big school, i got lost so many times tho!
Tryin to fit these in here...
Scared I wasn't gonna make any friend aha. It was pretty fun actually and not so gay for an all boy school.
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I'm a freshy too! VERY big school, i got lost so many times tho!
oh yah i got lost hecka!! even now i couldnt tell the differences between the hallways haha and i hate the stairs >.>
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I didn't really care, Most people hated me cause i was an asshole to everyone including the teachers, but i had a few friends, but thay were assholes too. Eh, it was ok i guess.
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I'm a freshman right now in University, and so far things have been pretty chill. I'm an Arts student though, so it's basically the next step up from Rec and Leisure... Upperclassmen are fine, and the whole atmosphere's inviting enough. Plus I spend a lot of time with friends, so that always helps.
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I was a freshie just last year ahhh the good times. i always tried to make freinds with all the upper classmens xD lame. i know lol. freshman year was fun, wasnt too serious about my schoolwork though.
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One of the teacher called me the "High School Ninja" back in freshmen year, because I would alway be behind teachers when iask for help and when they turn around they yell or scream. Ahh... good times. I didn`t lost becuse I basically memorized the whole school, it was nice.
Haha, I use to be in trouble with the day time security guard, because I would always knee kick the door open. Not to mention I open locked doors to jump in the rain. I open the back door. Lol, he would always appear behind me with i do something stupid like pop a bag open, crush grapes, murder an apple by repeatly stabbing the apple.
I fit inside my lockers...*shiver*
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my freshman year was meh.
scared and nervous at the same time..coz i don't know someone from that schooL;)
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I'm still a freshman. My highschool is currently friendly, so I don't need to worry about much. I'm not very tense or nervous now, since I've been to highschool for a month now.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – As we near the end of the regular season, Conference Carolinas has started to hand out awards. On Tuesday, the league announced their academic all-conference baseball team and King University led the league with 10 selections.
Headlining the list of Tornado honorees is pitcher Cory Rhodes, who carries a perfect 4.0 GPA in the mathematics program. Rhodes leads the team with 72 and two-thirds innings pitched in 14 appearances this season. He's given up 75 hits, walking 22 batters with a conference-high 77 strikeouts. His season ERA stands at 4.46.
Another key contributor to make the list of all-conference honorees is catcher J.D. Wallace, who has a 3.95 GPA and is a business major. Wallace has a .341 batting average with 12 doubles and 21 runs batted in.
Two players filling multiple roles were also selected to the team. Tyler Raymond has nine appearances as a pitcher and 41 starts in the lineup, primarily as the team's right fielder. He has the fourth-highest batting average on the team at .364, has 16 extra-base hits, and has been credited with 24 runs batted in. He also has a 4.73 earned run average and a 1-0 record in 32 and one-thirds innings pitched. His 3.333 GPA earns him all-conference recognition. Landon Weitekamp, who carries a 3.431 GPA, has split time between the mound and the infield this season, with a 1-0 record in seven pitching appearances. He also has pounded out 10 hits and driven in eight runs at the plate.
Justin Trent has appeared in 39 games this season and carries a .295 batting average and 10 extra-base hits, including three home runs. His GPA currently stands at 3.414. Ryan Nichols has made 12 appearances and pitched 14 and one-thirds innings and was honored for his 3.538 GPA. Reiss Stanley, who has been a key contributor to the pitching staff with 54 innings pitched over 11 appearances, sports a 3.64 GPA to merit his all-conference nod.
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The 2014 Conference Carolinas Baseball Academic All-Conference representatives have been awarded to junior and senior student-athletes with a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale in all work completed at their member institution that have played in a conference sponsored sport. The GPA is calculated based on the student-athletes cumulative average through the previous semester and each student-athlete must have attended their member institution for at least one academic year.
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|2012-02-11, 12:05
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And why do you keep on insisting that they just "should have told him" when they couldn't? The last one who tried to do so died.
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There is a phrase appropriate to describe the school -- as if there's a frightening amount of conspiracy against Sakakibara by withholding the truth from him -- Terribilis Est Locus Iste.
And in that school with its climate of paranoia, it becomes clear that Misaki might be the only sane girl alive.
Finally, this episode makes clear as to why the story is called Another.
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|2012-02-12, 04:44
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Mei doesn't know the truth yet.
Obviously, this implies that she isn't actually speaking metaphorically, she is only speculating and doesn't know anymore than any other students.
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|2012-02-12, 13:33
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We just had 5 damned episodes! What happened during those 5 episodes?
1. We met Misaki, ok cool! Class is being suspicious, but whatever. Main character is not that interested.
2. We found doll shop, creepy! Class keeps being OBVIOUSLY strange. Main hero makes small investigation for like what... 2 mins? Misaki takes off her eye patch. Wow, so much happened...
3. Aaahhh, finally some back story about which I read in SERIES DESCRIPTION! Seriously, it took 44 minutes to just get past series description! In those 44 minutes they could have at least developed characters a bit so I could care when they get killed off.
Oh yeh, we got a very memorable death! Though the only reason I cared was because of how gross it was and because something finally happened after 66 minutes into the show!
4. Nurse was the only character I cared about and that's basically all I remember from that episode. And I watched it only few days ago! If not the nurse we still would be stuck on the same page as episode 3 And nurse parts only took about 5 mins. What other 15 mins were wasted on? Ok about 3 mins were about poor umbrella girl. Another 12?
5. YES! We finally got pass description! That's probably the most eventful episode so far. I'm ready to give the future 7 episodes a chance!
Seriously, all of that could be done in like 2 episodes, maximum 3!
For a 12 episode long series that's the biggest drag I have ever seen! With 5 episodes into the show I'm supposed to care for characters and at least recognize them by faces! But no, I have no idea who that heart problematic kid was! Heck! I barely know anything about pig tails girl who stands out the most out of everyone in the class! And I'm not even a bit interested in main hero either though maybe now he'll get interesting.
To summarize it till episode 5, series are bad... all the possible suspense was wasted because of the wasted time.
Want to see good mystery/horror? Get a ticket, go to cinema and watch Woman in Black. Even though no side characters got really flashed out, main heroe's ghost problems were more than enough since it had the atmosphere and build up.
P.S. A lot of people consider Shiki to be a drag but it took only 1 episode to get pass description and to actual good bits.
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For exemple Kouichi Aunt doesn't outright say "look Kouichi,your mom was victim of the curse and that's why she died after giving birth to you".
She just mentions that she was in class 3-3 15 years ago,using that info you remember that Kouichi is 15 and you remember from a previous episode that his mom died shortly after his birth.You add all that info together and you get the above mentioned theory.
If you cut down half the show you cut off basicly all the info the viewer has to speculate upon and believe me I would find it a lot less interesting.
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|2012-02-12, 14:38
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And don't get me started on the ridiculous character designs. There just wasn't anything suspenseful about Shiki's atmosphere, let alone anything horrific. In the end, the show just descended into a corny and predictable blood fest. Not fun. At least, not for me.
Now, I expect plenty of people would disagree. That's fine, just as I wouldn't expect everyone to enjoy Another. I wholeheartedly agree that there do seem to be a number of plot holes, but the major difference is that none of them have yet been serious enough to destroy my willingness to suspend disbelief. More importantly, we are yet to see if they are, in fact, plot holes and not red herrings.
And that's just the thing. If you're not the type who enjoys a gradual build-up of tension and atmosphere, then Another is probably not the kind of thriller for you. As things stand, it's still a bit early to judge whether the pacing is just right or too slow.
What I do know is that I've been enjoying the ride so far. Much more than I had with Shiki.
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Besides his aunt was running around the bush for 5 min before she said it. For the obvious piece of information, it was too long. There was too much emphasis on her head ace so there better be something about it in the future.
And no it doesn't, with 3 episodes it would be enough to get pass boring part and to give time for speculation. Especially since none of secondary characters got flashed out.
Here every death is supposed to have a huge impact and in order to have it, you need to care for characters. I don't.
And Shiki was not meant to be mystery, you can tell that just by looking at the eyes. It was more about exploring the "if". Shiki cast were like rats trapped with serpents while we viewers are scientists who observe and study.
Just take a look at The Sixth Sence, The Others and The Woman In Black. All of them have slow starts with gradual build up but none of them dragged. The Woman In Black is different since it is tense whole time but the other two needed time. That time was spent to explore characters, their personalities and bring them closer together or separate them. There was almost always some kind of action before actual suspense came, you got to know the characters what made you care.
Another has none of that so far.
I will try to be quiet from episode 6 and watch it till the end before giving my last critique.
I truthfully hope that pace will improve now and that I will finally get to enjoy it.
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|2012-02-12, 15:42
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The aunt never said Kouichi's mom was in class 3,we learned that later, her being in class 3 might have nothing to do with the cause of her death,after all the curse only started taking effect after she left the class.It's her sister being in class 3 that seems to have been the cause since she was a family member of someone in class 3-3.
For all we know members of the original class of 26 years ago could all be doing fine as long as they don't have relatives that were in class 3-3 after them.
|2012-02-12, 16:50
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Kouichi is 15,his mom dies when giving birth to him (or shortly after) so she died 15 years ago.
His aunt was in class 3 15 years ago,the same year as Kouichi's birth.
So Kouichi's mom died the year her sister was in class 3.
The curse can affect family members of students in class 3,so it's possible Kouchi's mom was one of the victims of the curse that year.
I'm not the first person to bring this up,others have brought it up before.
|2012-02-12, 17:27
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^ Yeah, I noticed it right when it was mentioned. Especially when you connect the dots of "All the Sakakibara members be in Class 3" coincidence. The librarian was certainly shocked to hear that Kouchii's mother was Ritsuko. So maybe his family has the callsign of "Death" possibly? Remember in episode 1 when they struggled to even mention his last name? It could just be his name being incredibly hard to pronounce. Or something about it prevents them from wanting to say it.
|2012-02-12, 17:37
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Funny thing is I have a feeling the people who are considering show boring, would have probably considered it "rushed" had he found out everything in epi 2. Horror feeds on atmosphere, misdirection and in more cases gore. Another has all 3 and Ive been happy with it so far.
Shiki had its flaws but then 2nd half was brillant (IMHO) again though it was based on build up to the last several epis.
|2012-02-12, 17:41
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Got to agree with White Manju Bun here. Of course, some horror movies just rely on "cheap scares" to get the best out of people. Another has been slowly building things up, especially with that music playing in the background. The dolls at the shop, the sudden impalement/elevator crash in episodes 3-4. Now we have someone that died of a heart attack RIGHT when he would confess. So counter measures would surely dub Kouchii as the death dealer of the class alongside Misaki.
|2012-02-12, 17:45
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There's a couple of interesting things though:
-Unless things are different in Japan Kouichi's name (Sakakibara) comes from his father's side and his mom and aunt had a different maiden name while going to school,we don't know it.
-While it is associated to a cruel death according to Mei,it's not associated (yet?) to Misaki's death 26 years ago,that legend doesn't specify how Misaki died and we havn't heard the name Sakakibara associated to it.
So does that mean there's another separate incident?Or is the legend some cover story for something a lot more sordid involving Sakakibara?
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Freda Romero Sepulveda, 95, of McPherson, passed away at 5:15 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8 while in the company of family members, at McPherson Care Center.
Freda Romero Sepulveda, 95, of McPherson, passed away at 5:15 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8 while in the company of family members, at McPherson Care Center.
Freda was born in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, on Jan. 13, 1917, daughter of Vicenta (Falcon de) and Bralio Romero.
Freda attended and graduated from the Newton Schools, Newton.
She was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church of Lyons, Kansas.
Freda was a homemaker and through the years worked in the salt mines during the war, as a house keeper, waitress and cook for Bill and Esther's Cafe which later became the Imperial Cafe, all of Lyons.
Freda became a United States Citizen on June 13, 1955 at Lyons.
Freda Romero was united in marriage to Manuel Cruz Sepulveda on March 22, 1932, at El Dorado. Manuel died on Feb. 3, 1998.
Surviving family members include her daughter, Gertrude Terrones, of El Dorado; her son, Richard Sepulveda, of Oceanside, Calif.; her brothers, Salidonio "Sali" Romero and Ventura Romero; 13 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; 20 great-great-grandchildren; many foster grandchildren; many nieces and nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.
Freda was preceded in death by her parents; Her husband Manuel C. Sepulveda; two daughters, Alice Boyd and Mary Gomez; one sister, Maria "Mary" Romero; two brothers, Phillipe and Cecilio "Chilo" Romero; and two grandsons, Mario and Michael Terrones.
Friends are invited to call from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, with rosary to follow at 8:15 p.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, McPherson.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 St. Joseph's Catholic Church, McPherson, with Fr. Hien Nguyen officiating.
Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, the Lyons Municipal Cemetery Lyons .
Memorial contributions may be made to McPherson Care Center in memory of Freda and they can be sent in care of the Glidden-Ediger Funeral Home; 222 West Euclid Street; McPherson, Kansas 67460.


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