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A Conspiracy of Silence.
Allowing the family courts and social services to operate in secret allows miscarriages of justice without the possibility of redress.
Every parent fears losing their child. Except for those who have hit rock bottom, having a son or daughter taken into care is a desperate experience. The social workers, medical experts and judges who decide to remove children sometimes save lives by doing so; sometimes they ruin them. That is a grave responsibility. It means that the child protection system should be accountable and transparent. Shockingly, it is neither.
As Camilla Cavendish reports in Times2 today, serious miscarriages of justice are occurring behind the closed doors of social services departments and family courts. The area of child protection is described as "a hole inside government", with ministers unable even to say who is responsible. Too often, a "secret state" is at work that seems to assume that parents are guilty, and then obstructs them from establishing their innocence.
Some parents are unable to get copies of the evidence against them, including X-rays. Others are refused permission to call experts in their defence. Many fear that the professionals are distorting evidence and amplifying problems which should be solved by supporting families, rather than by tearing them apart.
It is impossible to know the extent to which miscarriages of justice may be occurring, because the whole system is shrouded in secrecy. Gagging orders on families and draconian reporting restrictions mean that very few cases come to light. Judges can choose to make their judgments public: but few do.
The authorities justify secrecy by arguing that the suffering of children caught in these fraught situations should not be made even worse by publicity. But secrecy also protects incompetence and wrongdoing. It should be quite possible to maintain the anonymity of children while also holding the professionals to account. Rape victims are anonymous in rape cases: that does not prevent police officers making statements in open court, nor the media reporting the evidence in full.
Family courts have a lower standard of proof than criminal courts. Yet they pass effective life sentences. If parents prove their innocence on appeal but their child has been adopted, they will never get that child back.
It is not the intention of this newspaper to demonise social workers, nor expert witnesses, nor judges. It is our intention to expose mistakes, and to create a system which can acknowledge that error is human. Many social workers feel that they can do no right, being criticised for negligence if they fail to spot abuse in time, then accused of being overzealous if parents are found innocent on appeal. That is understandable. They work in fraught situations. They need more support, and oversight. But the minority must not be allowed to act as though they were above the law.
This newspaper recently reported on the case of Louise Mason, whose children were kept from her for two years by social workers, despite her having been exonerated by a jury. Her third child will probably never be returned to her, because he is felt to have bonded so well in foster care.
The Times believes that these are matters of pressing public interest. Many of our readers have already urged us to do more. There is growing suspicion of the authorities which are meant to support families. The only way to quell those suspicions is to let the light in to the family courts.
From today it will be possible to go online (timesonline.co.uk/familycourts) and express support for openness. Please do. We will not be part of what has become, in effect, a conspiracy of silence against children who have no voice.
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In Cinderella, screenwriter Chris Weitz gives princess-to-be Cinderella (aka Ella) a defining ethos, one that was imparted to her by her dying mother (spoilers?), played by Hayley Atwell: One must always be courageous and kind. And that's shown as being difficult for Cinderella, at times. She has to struggle to keep her resentment towards her evil stepmother (Cate Blanchett) and stepsisters (Holliday Grainger, Sophie McShera) at bay. At one point, she runs away from her ill treatment at home. But always, eventually, Cinderella chooses that that is not who she is. She forgives her stepmother. She returns to her home, not because she's a weakling who has no thought in her head other than to be ordered around, but because the house is all that's left of her parents, and it's incredibly important to her. She's courageous enough to weather the storm and not be driven away.
She's not broody. She's not angsty. Her entire character motivation is "I want to be a good person," and if you think that's inherently less interesting or less difficult to achieve than "My parents were killed when I was a child, and I have to dress up like a bat to avenge them, graaarrrrrrgh," then there's the door.


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Join us, as always, this Sunday at 1 PM for the following scenarios:
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William Bumgarner will be running #6-18: From Under Ice. The party will travel to the witch-controlled nation of Irrisen. Bring a parka.
Daniel Tawney will be running #7-21: The Sun Orchid Scheme A group of Pathfinders is tasked with finding the flaws in a security detail that will protect the famous Sun Orchid Elixir.
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Matt Smith will be running #7-99: Through Maelstrom Rift. The party will be playing as members of the Concordance of Elements, an organization dedicated to maintaining peace between the planes. All players will be required to play unique pregens, which will be given out at the table.
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The offside call during the Mexico versus South Africa game was made correctly. The ESPN announcers were wrong. There must be two opposing players between the offensive player and the goal.
Yes, Steven Pienaar was standing in goal, but the keeper had come out to try to win the cross and so only one player remained ahead of the Mexican forward Carlos Vela.
Usually, of course, the keeper is in the goal and so if the player is even or behind just one player when the ball is played he's onside, as the keeper is the second player. The play happened very quickly, so hats off to the linesman for making the right call in such an important moment.
Giovani dos Santos's header looked like it was going wide, so Vela had to try and chest the ball into the goal. But if Vela was not in the play, or avoided the ball, would the ball have gone in on it's own? It's hard to say.
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Well, so much for last week being slow. A multitude of ranked teams fell on Saturday, creating hysteria for our voters. It seems that after finals, some of our ranked teams came out flat. Several of these games ended in dramatic fashion, such as Indiana's upset win over Notre Dame
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College Pride Press Top 25 – Week Three
Last week, the college basketball year truly began, thanks to the Champions' Classic. Those two battles brought us high-level competition just days into the season. In addition, a couple other ranked teams also saw themselves get beat, or nearly. This includes Northwestern and USC, one of which clung to a
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This article is one of a series of "lesson learned" that we wrote after our first year of travel. Shortly after this we sold our house and returned to the road fulltime
This post almost seems silly to write.
When you set aside an entire year to travel as a family it's hard to think of sightseeing and entertainment as an aspect of the trip, rather than the entire reason for it or basis of it.
And it's true - almost every day was a "sightseeing" day, especially if it was a travel day where we had the truck and trailer connected and were moving to a new location. Those days were actually among my favorite because we were all in the same space without the distractions of email, Twitter or Facebook and having a shared experience as a family.
But the trip was about more than just moving down the highway from campground to RV park to campground and in this latest "Lessons Learned" entry I'll look at what we learned about sightseeing and entertainment once we were setup in a location.
Sightseeing Lessons Learned
- It looked like (and often felt like) we were on vacation and people often made recommendations for entertainment that made more sense for vacationers.
- Vacationers have higher budgets with higher burn rates for that money because they are trying to cram as much into their 1 or 2 weeks off.
- We weren't on vacation and didn't have the budget to support weekly admission-based activities for the family.
- We did create a list of fun stuff we had done before and wanted to repeat, or oddball activities that we had never done (Jeeping in Moab, UT, a spring training game in AZ, a rodeo in UT, a roller derby in AZ, etc). For these "special" events we were willing to pay admission or other costs.
- When paying admission most places a 14 yo is charged the adult rate. Some places start charging adult rates at 13.
- 2/3 of the trip was not in the typical camping/vacationing season so many attractions were closed down. The other 1/3 they were often too busy.
- A National Parks Pass was a great purchase saving us hundreds of dollars in park entrance fees (and saving us from waiting in longer entrance lines).
- We had a museum pass with hundreds of reciprocal agreements with other museums (getting you either free or discounted admission). This was a good idea and we got our money's worth but we burned out on museums.
- In the future we'll buy a zoo pass for the reciprocal agreements instead of a museum pass.
- Big cities like San Francisco have so much going on that we didn't need to pay to do much extra (but still had to ride the cable cars..)
- We really enjoyed finding little known, little marketed things to see like the Ringing Rocks of Pennsylvania - which we only learned of because a local mentioned it.
- Another fun thing to do was truck our bikes to the top of long hills and then coast down, with MsBoyink picking us up at the bottom.
- Roadside America was a great source for free or cheap attractions like Tinkertown, the President Walk, Ferris Wheels, etc.
- We often went out of our way to meet up with people so kids could just play & adults visit (other nomads, homeschoolers, web people, or Jeep people)
- Kids can find entertainment in the simple: A broken down ski-ball machine, a tire swing, a ping pong ball, a dilapidated mini golf course or an old playground.
- Local newspapers are still worth picking up for learning about upcoming events. Finding that same information on the internet is more time consuming and less successful.
- We didn't geocache as much as we expected. It just didn't fit. When you're new to an area there's usually obvious stuff to do and geocaching is great for finding the hidden gems when you've done the obvious things.
- We didn't bike as a family as we had hoped but the bikes still allowed the kids to have freedom in campgrounds.
- Our family loved Library days - we'd often spend the better share of a day at one even tailgating in the parking lot for lunch.
- We sometimes stayed in places due to the lack of distractions - for when schoolwork and work needed catch-up time.


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Hey there! Here's yet another green nail art post. The fourth in a row! This one was inspired by a couple of my curling teammates who also happen to be huge outdoorsmen. I know there's lots of camouflage nail art out there but here's my attempt.
This one started with two coats of what might be my favourite nude nail polish, OPI Did You 'Ear About Van Gogh. Don't ask me what was going on on my pinkie here. Did I forget to top coat? Ugh!
Then, to camo it up, I just used a dotting tool to apply a few different greens. Easy peasy. The lightest is Orly Coachella Dweller. The dark green is Nubar Forest. The olive green (which I purchased just because I wanted to do something camo-like...hello spur of the moment purchase) is OPI Uh-Oh Roll Down The Window. Is that the funniest or the grossest nail polish name ever? Maybe both? These were topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.
Here's the matte version again, using Essie Matte About You.
So which do you prefer? Glossy or matte? Don't you just love how using a different top coat can totally change the look of your nail polish?
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In various forms of communication, including advertising copy, social mass media, and even business correspondence, "informal" language is used more often. All this is cause for considering an informal style of communication during sales a good idea.
Though traditional approaches to sales are more popular in Great Britain, some American traditions have also been adopted. But nevertheless false "friendship" and "insincere" words used in an informal approach to sales, as well as the settlement of transactions at the first meeting, have turned out to be not so popular.
According to the results of a recent survey carried out by the "Ask Jeeves" company, 3 out of 10 Britons were sick and tired of being greeted as old friends by people whom they had never met before. As a result, some large companies risk losing 30 % of their potential audience because of such an approach to communication with clients.
To reduce risks, the companies should adjust to the target audience: to collect information on it and to use the corresponding marketing approaches and selling inducements. It might mean that it's necessary to use several different styles of sales depending on the market segment.
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In 1993 a federal investigation ruled that Vince Foster's death was a suicide. How could a suicide victim be found with TWO bullet wounds?
Donald Trump said he was going to go after Hillary Clinton in ways that no politician would dare and true to his word he is exposing the Clinton's dirty secrets.
As WND reported, Trump revived the two-decade old Vince Foster case, the charge that the cause of death of the top aide and close friend of the Clintons may not have been suicide has once again been dismissed as the stuff of "right-wing conspiracy theory."
But less than three months ago, WND reported a resignation letter surfaced from the lead investigator in independent counsel Robert Fiske's investigation of the Foster case, Miguel Rodriguez, outlining evidence of his charge that the case was fixed.
Click here to see complete letter.
Thirteen years ago, WND reported Rodriguez, an assistant U.S. attorney, made an audio recording in which he charged the suicide ruling was predetermined, the crime scene was altered and major newspaper editors killed stories by reporters pursuing the truth.
"This whole notion of [Fiske and Starr] doing an honest investigation is laughable," Rodriguez says in the tape.
In his resignation letter, Rodriquez refers to photographs showing a wound on Foster's neck that was not mentioned in Starr's official government report.
The obvious questions: How could a suicide victim be found with two wounds, a .38-caliber gunshot into the mouth that exited through his head and another wound on the right side of his neck that one of the paramedics described as a small-caliber bullet hole? And why would the government investigators go to great lengths to cover it up?
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Troop inSURGEncy January 10, 2007Posted by Matt Hurst in Politics.
It is commonly said that "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and expecting different results". The more things change in Iraq the more they stay the same: while Rumsfeld is (finally!) out and the generals changing, President Bush has no one left to blame for his failure to ensure a democratic Iraqi state because of the complete lack of security. More importantly, US troops continue to die in increasing numbers while Iraq creeps further and further into a civil war. In the meantime, other threats have emerged on the world stage only to be ignored because of our preOccupation in a war based on lies.
But instead of finding the political and tactical solutions all military and diplomatic experts urge is necessary now, President Bush is expected to announce a proposed increase in troop levels in the Iraqi theater. He will argue that this increase will quell violence and allow the Iraqi forces to grow so that they can be selfsustaining. Mr. Bush may further yet admit that he has made mistakes (gasp!); ones he will tell us he has learned from in this new plan. While everyone agrees that troop levels should have been higher during the initial invasion force to ensure security, that window of opportunity has passed. Perhaps the president would be advised to learn from other mistakes, like the times he has increased the troop levels before tonight:
1.) Massive Troop Rotations (December 2003-April 2004): As part of a massive rotation of 250,000 troops in the winter and spring of 2004, troop levels in Iraq were raised from 122,000 to 137,000. Yet, the increase did nothing to prevent Muqtada al-Sadr's Najaf uprising and April of 2004 was the second deadliest month for American forces. [Brookings Institution, 12/21/06. www.icasualties.org. USA Today, 3/4/04
2.) Constitutional Elections and Fallujah (November 2004-March 2005): As part of an effort to improve counterinsurgency operations after the Fallujah offensive in November 2004 and to increase security before the January 2005 constitutional elections U.S. forces were increased by 12,000 to 150,000. Again there was no long-term security impact. [Brookings Institution, 12/21/06. New York Times, 12/2/04.]
3.) Elections and Constitutional Referendum (September-December 2005): In the fall of 2005 the Bush administration increased troop levels by 22,000, making a total of 160,000 American troops in Iraq around the constitutional referendum and parliamentary elections. While the elections went off without major violence these escalations had little long-term impact on quelling sectarian violence or attacks on American troops. [Brookings Institution, 12/21/06. www.icasualties.org]
4.) Operation Together Forward, (June-October 2006): In June the Bush administration announced a new plan for securing Baghdad by increasing the presence of Iraqi Security Forces. That plan failed, so in July the White House announced that additional American troops would be sent into Baghdad. By October, a U.S. military spokesman, Gen. William Caldwell, acknowledged that the operation and troop increase was a failure and had "not met our overall expectations of sustaining a reduction in the levels of violence." [CNN, 12/19/06. Washington Post, 7/26/06. Brookings Institution, 12/21/06.]
The metric by which we win this war has to change, because you can change metrics but not necessarily outcomes. Tactical changes recommended by the Iraq Study group actually include a reduction of troop levels in Iraq over the next 6 months rather than the surge of troop levels. Any new tactics ought to be taken on by existing troop levels, so maybe we need an exit strategy…
Maybe I'm the one insane, but I hear echoes of another voice in the room
"I'm not going to be the first American president to lose a war"
…I really oughta stop playing the Nixon tapes on repeat. THE EMPORER HAS NO CLOTHES!
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LNW postcard collection Year: 1910 District: BansteadThe Wheatsheaf Public House - Banstead
The original Wheatsheaf Public House along Brighton Road Banstead. It's replacement was built next to it and the two stood side by side for a time. The later Wheatsheaf has now been renamed The Olive Tree. The large signpost points towards Garratts Lane. This postcard and newer photographs of the same spot can be found in BHRG's book THEN AND NOW.
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Saturday morning at WisCon means the farmer's market on the capitol square and squeaky cheese. By the time we were up for breakfast, Laura and Kelly had already hit the market, so I had fresh cheese curds with my fruit and pastry.
Once we'd endured the line at Michaelangelo's and I had my monkey mocha, it was time for the market. I've never seen it so crowded. Somehow, everyone had collectively decided to proceed clockwise. We opted for widdershins. People would have been less surprised had we colored our hair green. Being without refrigeration for the weekend, we didn't buy much, but it's always good to get some exercise at a con.
We hit more programming in the afternoon. I've been to other panels on what one can/can't get away with in YA before, so some information was repeated, but there was an interesting discussion of why YA books aren't labeled for content or for "appropriate" age ranges. Namely, YA publishers do take care to educate booksellers and librarians what's in books, and resources are available to parents who want to know what their kids might be reading. Labeling for content tends to invite censorship, and labeling for age discourages kids at or above the lower age limit from reading. That is, it may actually push the book exclusively into the hands of kids younger than its intended audience. Tamora Pierce also had lots of neat stuff to say about why things were included or excluded from her books that I haven't properly processed yet.
The next panel was "Captain Jack's Big Gay Torchwood." There were many funny moments from the panel, including the woman who kept having to fan herself when the discussion got too, uh, heated. I was less impressed with some of the analytical discussions. Someone raised the question of why slash, yaoi and Torchwood–venues largely for exciting women with gay sexuality–were okay when men viewing lesbians the same way isn't. Someone suggested that the "current thinking" on this was that male fantasies of lesbians involve changing the relationship to center around the men while women are just making up love stories about the gay men involved. I was not the only highly skeptical (or pissed off) member of the audience. At least we could all agree that the show was poorly written.
The true highlight of the panel was the question from the young man (maybe all of 13, probably 11) in the back. He mentioned that James Marsters had caught his eye on a magazine cover at a store. Then he saw the headline, "Spike's Gay Kiss," and decided on the spot that he needed to see Torchwood. His question? Since the kiss didn't happen until the first episode of the second season, and since he was finding the first season pretty slow going, which episodes could he skip to get to the part he really wanted to see?
Done with sitting still for a bit, we made our annual pilgrimage to the hat shop on State Street. Ben found one that works with bowling shirts. Our dinner luck held out, and we ended up in Peppino's. Everything was excellent, although a wine sauce with artichoke hearts and olives was not the best choice while dealing with a massive canker sore. Great taste. Pain. Great taste. Pain. At least I got to be distracted by James chatting up our waitress without having a clue that's what he was doing.
The Tor party was Saturday evening. I headed down about 10, expecting to talk to lots of people briefly and leave. Tracy showed up a few minutes later. I asked her what she'd been up to for the last year, and we stopped talking about quarter to two, when it really looked like the interns were ready to clean up and go to sleep. I stumbled off to bed, ready to really sleep in the next morning. I should know better by now.


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one of our fave restaurants is a place called RA in the heart of gold coast Chicago. i love the club-like atmopshere, dimmed lights with loud, upbeat music. and the sushi is so good, plus they have an amazing happy hour menu. all of my fave sushi rolls are half the price. can't beat that.
we also made it to the original pancake house. their chocolate-chip pancakes are to die for. kristine got a strawberry crepe. it looks pretty amazing too.
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AUBURN, Ala. -- It took a 272-pound wrecking ball, but the Twin Towers were finally razed here last night.
Charles Barkley played the role of the human wrecking ball, staging his own rural renewal as Auburn leveled No. 2 Kentucky by a gaudy 19 points.
As imposing as Barkley's physique may be, it's the mind games he plays with Melvin Turpin and Sam Bowie that helped set up the Tiger upset.
Apparently recovered from a debilitating back injury, Barkley still didn't start against the Wildcats at Memorial Coliseum.
Sophomore Vern Strickland was Barkley's warm-up act last night, but Mr. "B" came in at 6:17 of the first half and stayed for 30 destructive minutes.
Barkley scored 21 points, raked off a team-high 10 rebounds, doled out a like number of assists and was credited with two steals to inspire Sonny Smith's Tigers. But it was during a particularly lethal two-minute stretch in the second half that he did most of his damage.
The Cats, down 41-34 at the half, had closed to within three points at 4441 with 17:58 left in the game. Then Winston Bennett was called for a charge, Turpin inexplicably threw the ball out of bounds, Bowie eerily lobbed the ball into the middle to a phantom teammate and Dicky Beal walked.
Tell me Barkley doesn't work his magic on the Cats.
"I just get high when I play Kentucky," explained Barkley. "Hey," he smiled, "we should be No. 1 in the polls (UK is No. 1 in the UPI poll). They put Miami up there when they beat Nebraska, so I'm serious -- we should be No. 1."
Barkley, who broke into a broad smile when Turpin launched the ball out of bounds, said he had been looking forward to a rematch with the Cats all year.
Last season the heavyweight champion of Auburn was thrown out of the Kentucky game here less than two minutes into the first half after an altercation with UK's Charles Hurt. That fact was not lost on the press either, as reporters were furnished with copies of last year's Kentucky-Auburn box scores.
Last night, however, the Barkley Ball, as in wrecking, took its toll.
"I've been thinking about this game since the beginning of the year," admitted Barkley. "We knew Kentucky was the best team in the country."
Asked what spell he seems to cast over the Cats, Barkley spelled it ''teamwork".
"I don't think I had that much effect on Turpin. He did everything he was capable of tonight. I just think we had a good overall team effort."
Smith, when quizzed about the strange effect Barkley exercises against Kentucky, paused for a moment.
"I don't know, I really can't explain it other than to say it's a situation where both players -- Charles Barkley and Melvin Turpin -- seem to intimidate one another.
"You know, Kentucky gets a lot more publicity than we do, so you hear more about what Charles Barkley does to Melvin Turpin, but let me tell you that Barkley doesn't get his regular shots against Melvin, either.
"It's just the great abilities of two players to block shots," said Smith.
Usually, Smith doesn't lecture his players before a game. But he took Barkley aside last night.
"I talked Kentucky basketball to Charles. And that's playing aggressive defense with intelligence. That's a UK tradition, and I think that Barkley and the rest of the team played that way tonight."
Although the victory was one of the biggest in Auburn's basketball history, Smith was generous in his post-game assessment.
"Kentucky was a tired team tonight," said Smith. "They've played three games this week and I think the schedule got them."
Barkley, a disarming fellow off the court as well, said the Tigers respected the Wildcats but were not in awe of them.
"I just think we played as well as we could. Kentucky has a great team and we were nervous before the game, but we weren't scared.
"I was surprised by the final margin, but we played great defense all night. Our game plan was to take it to them and if they beat us, so be it.
"We wanted to stay close at the half and still be in the ball game at the 10-minute mark," Barkley added.
The Tigers enjoyed a 60-51 lead midway through the second half.
"This is a big win for us," said Barkley, after leaving the twin towers and Kentucky's No. 2 ranking in the dust. "Now, I think we can play with anybody."


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Some galaxies wander the cosmos, tentacles extending like hungry jellyfish — and now scientists have found active supermassive black holes at the center of six of them. Those unbelievably huge black holes are gobbling up lots of gas, and what keeps them well fed is the same mechanism that forms the jellyfish galaxies in the first place, according to new research.
The discovery is surprising because most supermassive black holes around the Universe are dormant, sleeping giants that don't devour much gas. So the findings, published yesterday in Nature, can help astronomers understand why certain black holes suck in lots of matter and some don't. And because black holes and galaxies are interconnected, it can help us better understand how galaxies — and ultimately the Universe — evolve.
Jellyfish galaxies get their name from their long "tentacles" of gas. These tentacles are formed when the galaxy enters a cluster of hundreds of galaxies. Clusters swim in hot, dense gas, and when a single galaxy falls into them, it experiences this gas as a sort of "wind," according to Swinburne University of Technology. This wind basically strips away gas contained within the single galaxy, blowing it into tentacles, in a process called ram-pressure stripping.
Jellyfish galaxies are losing gas because of this, which creates a problem: when gas is removed, new stars can't form in the galaxies. So today's discovery was something of an accident. The astronomers were hoping to learn more about how the gas is stripped away. They weren't looking for active supermassive black holes specifically, says study co-author Bianca Poggianti at the INAF – Astronomical Observatory of Padova.
Poggianti's team found that six of seven jellyfish galaxies had an active black hole in the middle, an unusually high number. Only 3 percent of regular galaxies inside clusters have active black holes, Poggianti says. "The unusual thing is the frequency of the phenomenon among the jellyfish galaxies," Poggianti tells The Verge.
The reason for the black holes may be the gas. Not only is it being blown out to form the "tentacles," part of it is also being funneled toward the center of the galaxy, into the black holes, she says. The black holes are gobbling up so much matter that they brighten up, forming an active galactic nucleus, or AGN. AGNs are some of the most powerful, luminous objects in the Universe, and because they can last billions of years, we can study the ones that formed shortly after the Big Bang. That allows astronomers to learn how the Universe has evolved since then.
The findings are "intriguing," says Harald Ebeling, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy, who did not take part in the study. But many more jellyfish galaxies should be studied to make sure that there's a universal connection between ram-pressure stripping and AGNs, he tells The Verge. Ebeling and his team have been studying about two dozen jellyfish galaxies, and only a minority of them have active supermassive black holes at their center, he says. "Prompted by her study, I think I'll take a closer look at our data and see whether if we dig a little deeper, we can find more AGN there," Ebeling says.
Poggianti says she and her team plan to observe 114 galaxies in total, most of them jellyfish. And they're also going to use radio telescopes around the world. At the heart of her project is to study how galaxies evolve — because that tells us how the Universe evolves.
Jellyfish galaxies are just "a tiny piece of the puzzle," Poggianti says, they a revealing one at that.
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It's a theater production where the audience provides the ending, based on conflict scenarios created by the actors in the center of the room.
The stout of heart will be encouraged to come onto the set and act out the solution to the problem that has been set up, said theater Professor Brent Noel.
Noel is directing the Forum Theater production at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 20 and 21, in Room 1C5 in the Arts and Humanities building.
He is calling it "Pavlov's Dog," an attempt to call attention to the ways people have become conditioned to many types of oppression.
Forum is a type of theater created by Augusto Boal, Noel said. Boal calls this "Theatre of the Oppressed" which teaches people how to change their situations.
"The play consists of situations where the protagonist is faced with problems," Noel said. "These problems could vary from racial, gender, or sexual orientation issues."
The content can be controversial, said Marta M. Seitz, one of the performers in the play.
"We are doing and saying things that people are scared to say out loud," Seitz said.
She encourages everyone to attend because it is unlike traditional theater.
The idea around the play is that there will be many different solutions to problems. The cast will explore their effectiveness and rehearse possibilities.
"The goal is to give people a voice, particularly those who do not have a voice in decision-making," Noel said.
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2015 was a good year for the IPO market but marked a slowdown from 2014. In the UK, fewer companies listed and less market value was added over the year despite some "mega-listings' including World Pay and Auto Trader.
According to London Stock Exchange data there were 92 IPOs adding £26.8bn in market value in the UK during 2015, that's down from the 137 and £39.9bn in 2014.
The year for UK IPOs had a strong start and finish with a couple of wobbles in the middle. The chart below shows a slowdown in listings in the run up to the general election on May 7. May, the month of the general election was actually the second best month of the year for IPOs as companies flocked back to the primary market after the traditionally more market-friendly Conservatives swung to a surprise victory.
The slowest months for IPOs by far were August and September with a number of companies delaying or outright cancelling slated plans to go public after equity benchmark indices plunged over fears surrounding China's currency and economy.
Source: London Stock Exchange, CMC Markets, Janaury 2015
With China issues ongoing, the Federal Reserve reigning in monetary stimulus, the potential for the Bank of England to follow suit and a possible early Brexit vote; further sources of uncertainty could make 2016 even more stop-start for IPO's than 2015.
2015 was a good one for IPO deal volumes in general but the results have been more uneven for investors. Overall, just over half of UK IPOs ended above their listing price in 2015. Out of the top ten listings by capital raised, nine generated positve returns. Then
Out of the largest most popular offerings, only World Pay, Auto Trader and more recently Wizz Air, as of December 21st, are above their listing price. In the chart below it can be seen that most of the largest newly listed shares look set to finish the year lower alongside the FTSE 100. The other companies charted are Sophos, Hastings, Shawbrook, Aldermore and John Laing.
Source: CMC Markets, December 2015
World Pay, by far the best performing IPO of 2015 has been upgraded from the FTSE 250 to the FTSE 100, though investors should be cautious as the last company that saw a swift jump into the FTSE100 was Royal Mail and since that day the shares have headed south.
The outperformance of the biggest UK IPOs in 2015 could make investors a lot more selective in 2016. A more selective primary market investor could lead to another annual decline in the number of companies choosing to go public if corporate boards believe the demand from shareholders is not there. It could also mean the value added to the stock market from IPOs in 2016 could be dominated by an even smaller number of 'mega-listings.'
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Two burglars thought they'd picked out a prime place to pilfer property early Friday morning — until they came face-to-face with a resident pointing a gun at them.
They turned tail and fled, police said.
The incident occurred shortly before 1 a.m. Friday in the 7100 block of West Shade, Wichita police Lt. Joe Schroeder said. That's near Central and Ridge Road in west Wichita.
The two suspects kicked in the door to an apartment, Schroeder said, and that woke up a 23-year-old man who lives there. He grabbed a 9mm Glock and confronted the would-be burglars, who took off running when they saw the gun.
Neither the man with the gun nor the 26-year-old woman who also lives there were injured, Schroeder said.
The first burglar is a white male in his 20s who is about 6 feet tall and 170 pounds, the victim told police. He had blond hair and a buzz cut. He was wearing black basketball shorts and a gray tank top.
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I've had a row from a friend for not blogging for weeks so I thought I'd best pull my finger out. Just been... busy. Can't tell you doing what, but it's nearly July so... I must have been doing something!
A recipe is long overdue, I think. But first. Mr G has come out with three howlers over the last few days.
Me: Have you ever had halloumi, babe?
Mr G: *pauses* Is that a food or an ailment?
Although knowing him, if I'd said ailment, he'd have probably contracted it!
Stood in the kitchen yesterday attempting to make Smoked Mackerel kedgeree with cauliflower rice. Don't ask. Never again. However...
Mr G: *looks warily into pan* So, what's this called again, menagerie?
Me: ...
And then this afternoon, taking the dry washing off the line together. I stepped onto the grass where he'd reseeded the other day.
Mr G: Don't step on the (what sounded like) Core Bits
Me: *stops*
Mr G: Don't step on the grass seed.
Me: *looks puzzled* What did you say?
Mr G: Don't step on the grass seed?
Me: No. Before that. It wasn't 'grass seed'
Mr G: Shut up.
Me: Tell me. Or no kebabs tonight.
Mr G: *mutters* Corbetts. I said 'Don't step on the Corbetts.'
Me: Corbetts as in...? What the hell?
Mr G: Corbetts as in Ronnie.
I wet myself, laughing. I swear, this man of mine is b-r-o-k-e-n. If you shook him, you'd hear bits clanging about inside his head. Bless him. Too funny.
Back to the recipe!
Back to the recipe!
For the kebabs: (makes 6)
500g 5% minced beef
500g 5% minced beef
100g Onions
3 small hot green chillies
Teaspoon minced garlic
Teaspoon minced ginger
10g Dessicated coconut
1 Egg
2 tbsp Greek Yogurt
2 tbsp Elmlea Single cream
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
1 tsp All spice powder
1 tsp chilli powder
Salt to taste
6 skewers, presoaked if wooden
Put the mince in a food processor and blitz. Put into a bowl.
Put the onions, garlic, ginger, chillies and coconut into the food processor and blitz to a paste. Put into the bowl with the mince.
Add the beaten egg, yogurt, cream and spices and mix until well combined.
Separate the meat into 6 even sized portions. Roll into a sausage shape and thread onto a wooden skewer. Brush with a little olive oil.
Preheat your grill to low to medium and cook for 20 - 25 minutes, turning regularly, until the meat is cooked through and the kebabs are nicely browned.
For the Chickpea wraps/pancakes:
5 oz Besan (Gram flour/Chickpea flour)
1 tbsp Olive oil
Seasoning of choice - salt, pepper, spices, chilli flakes
Put the flour into a bowl and add the water gradually, whisking until you have a reasonably thin batter. This will start cooking instantly so don't worry if you think it's too thin.
Heat a non stick frying pan and add a ladle of the batter, swirling around to coat the bottom of the pan. Cook for a few minutes before turning over.
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Serve the kebab on a chickpea wrap, with salad and a dollop of minty raita. Really tasty and spicy, this recipe is definitely a keeper!


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Curb Appeal in Color: A Rainbow Gallery of Front Doors
Nothing will have quite as big an impact on the exterior of your home as painting the front door. If you're thinking about going bold with color, let these 11 doors, in every color of the rainbow, be your inspiration.
Above: A bubblegum-pink door in London's Notting Hill, from The Style Scribe.
Red is a classic color for a door, and a perfect choice for this home from Good Housekeeping.
The front door of a colorful London home, painted in a cheerful orange.
Bright yellow makes for a bold entrance, as spotted on House Beautiful.
The lime green door of a London townhouse, photographed by 1000 Words.
A shiny emerald green door from The Fox & She.
Hunter green is a more sedate way to bring in a little color. Image from My Domaine.
The bold cobalt blue door of this home from Southern Living is particularly eye-catching.
A light blue door, spotted on Dustjacket Attic.
Why not purple? The bright front door of this home, spotted on Good Housekeeping, beautifully complements the lavender walls.
And finally there's this sweet lilac door, photographed by Flickr user Monica Geronilla.


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If you're a fan of simulations, 80's quality storytelling, and hitting things, Punch Club has been your jam since its debut on iOS last Thursday. Now, only days after entering the ring, the developers are throwing a one-two punch of announcements your way: a huge content update is coming at the end of February that will expand the game's storyline, and Punch Club will make its Android debut on January 28th.
It has also been confirmed that the iOS version will be updated soon to reflect the balancing that can be found in the PC build of Punch Club.
Publisher tinyBuild Games had some other Punch Club announcements to throw our way, too. With only 10 days since its debut on Steam, the game has already surpassed $1 million in revenue across both iOS and Steam, and has been installed more than 100,000 times. Something tells me their little Twitch stunt proved beneficial. Don't be surprised when more games pull the same shenanigans, leaving the release date up to the masses via a massive livestreamed playthrough.


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Yvonne Wakabayashi, one of our BC SDA members, has recently been featured in a new book called Shibori Recreated, by Karen Davis. This book was the result of the Love Lace exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia, still on and perhaps extended. The images below show the book cover and one of the Yvonne's wearable pieces in the exhibition.
You can see a recent preview plus some images from the book here. "Expand" the current issue and look at page 18. Actually if you're into home decor this is quite a good mag.
Click here to link to a larger image of the collage of artists' works. Yvonne's website.
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forever indebted to Noz for getting in internet rotation. And he sums it up best:
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i-marbella.com interviewed the Eastenders' star turned poker player in Marbella
How do you describe yourself at the moment. Actor or professional poker player?
Both really. Acting is my first love, but poker is very close behind. I'm certainly a profesional poker player now because I used to get invited to all the celebrity events but they don't ask me anymore because I'm too good!
How did you get into poker?
I played a couple of Sit & Goes at friends' houses, and I really enjoyed the bluffing aspect. As an actor, I can read people quite well and I love the fact that I can hide my emotions when I'm bluffing. My girlfriend at the time dumped me, and I was absolutely devasted, so I started going to casinos and playing comfort poker! And now I'm addicted to poker but not to her, so thanks Jo! I'm not a great fan of internet poker – I don't play that much online – I'd rather play live
You get addicted to poker because of the bluffing aspect, and also the prize money is great - I'm a very competitive person, and I always want to be a winner. There's dissapiontment in tournament poker, which is very different to cash games. 98% of the time your going to be disappointed. Even if you come second in a big tournamnst you're going to be dissapointed because you haven't won it. I'm just starting to get to grips with that.
In action at the tables!
Why do you think that so many actors play?
I think that actors have a lot of time on their hands, and they like playing live poker because bluffing is a fun aspect of the game. It's very chilled out and gets you away from that "celeb" stuff – going out to parties and doing this, that and the other. I can sit at a poker table and people will see me as Michael the poker player and just chill out and have a great time and I think that that's another reason that a lot of A list Hollywood stars are playing it because it's such a social game. A lot of them play at each other's houses, or they go to the casino and people don't bother them. Poker players aren't phased by who they see at the poker table – all they want to do is take your money!
The biggest poker players in the world, people like Phil Ivey and Danny Negraneau –are the real superstars. If you go to Vegas, they're treated like gods. Even Devilfish, who is one of the very few well known English poker players in the States. I was out with him in Vegas and everybody recognised him. It was incredible.
Poker has certainly taken you around the world.
I've been to Las Vegas, Spain, Germany, Monte Carlo, Australia – all over the place, and it's the most amazing life. It's pretty much how a golfer feels, going from one place to the next, living out of a suitcase in a hotel. I went to Australia for the Aussie Million and got knocked out, and I wanted to come straight home! It gives you a great lifestyle!
What's your view on Celebrity Poker?
Some people get invited to play because they're famous and its interesting to have them around, and some get invited because they know the organisers. At the Ladbrokes Poker Million Celeb event, Brian McFadden, who is a good friend of mine, was in the heats. And I said to him. "Listen, if you do win your heat you've got to play the first round proper – He went "I've no chance". But then he won the celeb event and 45 minutes later he was back on set playing the first round proper and he went out. He didn't have the patience or the stamina. It's really, really difficult. I've played in a few of those when I've played in the celeb event, and then the first round proper, and gone out really quickly.
Do you get tired of people associating you with Bepe, your character from Eastenders?
Look, I'm going to get Bepe all the time, but people know me as Michael and I've been on the poker circuit for a while now. Obviously players know me from Eastenders, but they see me as a poker player now.
How would you describe your style of play?
Loose and aggressive but very steady. I adapt my style to the table really. If the table is getting very loose, then I'll wait for big hands and counter act. Most of my sucess has been down purely to bluffing – I'm a good bluffer and that's how I win a lot of pots.
I don't get Aces every second hand. At Cardiff, up until the final I got one pair of Queens and I put them down pre-flop to a pair of Aces, so you can win big tournamsnts,without getting big cards. I'm an aggressive player but I've got a lot of gears – I can change according to the circumstances.
Where is the best place that you've played?
Monte Carlo at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel. It was a huge, beautiful room. The backdrop was just amazing – looking over Monte Carlo and just stunning. I was like "Oh my God, I'm being paid to sit here!" It just doesn't get any better than that.
Who would you like to play heads up against?
Daniel Negraneau . He's a crazy aggressive player .I see loads of American players who have got lucky playing big money tournamsnts, but I think that their reputation preceeds them. They've got to where they are, winning a couple of tournaments by sheer and utter luck. So I'd offer to play heads up with Negraneau
What do you think about women poker players?
I think that men are better players, and I'm not chauvanistic at all. I haven't seen one woman player yet that has really impressed me with her play. I think a lot of them are easy to read. Vicky Coren, however, is becoming a great player, and she made some great reads of the game
Any advice that you'd give from your experience on the poker circuit?
If you're out of form and you're not hitting your flush draws, there's nothing that you can do. You can't force cards to come. Great players go through months and months of not winning because they're not hitting anything, but that's part of the game and you've got to understand that.
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Last night at 11 PM I was in the cooking mood. Inspired by the events of the weekend I opted to explore the idea of a Car Bomb cupcake. On Friday night I celebrated my birthday with my family and my mom purchased some fancy, gourmet, pretty, over-priced cupcakes which leads me to Saturday, a festive night with a friend and our families which included an investigation to the contents of an Irish Car Bomb (which of course I had the answer right- guiness with 1/2 shot Jameson & 1/2 shot Bailey's). Sunday night I thought I'd compile the weekend events into something fabulous: a car bomb cupcake.
Disclaimer: I am about to share a recipe. I borrowed from several. BUT I don't follow recipes all that well so this is my attempt to recreate what happened last night at 11:30 PM so that my friends and co-workers can find peace, and perhaps recreate the masterpiece they just swallowed. Usually when I'm referencing a recipe I tend to just put all the ingredients into a bowl in order, that is not how this recipe works. So for those who are more like me than not, you'll notice I bolded the ingredients within the recipe so you don't make a mistake I likely would make!
Cupcake: Adopted from Brown-Eyed Baker
Turn on Oven to 350 degrees. Line 24 cupcake tins
Simmer 1 c. of Guiness beer with 3/4 C. of Cocoa (I used the regular Hershey's cocoa). Stir until blended together.
Note: Don't taste this, it's extremely bitter! Consider yourself warned.
Sperate Bowl: Blend together with a hand mixer on med-low speed for 5 minutes. Continue to scrape the sides of the bowl, and continue mixing
1 C. room temperature butter
2 C. Flour,
2 C. White Sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
In a bigger (Seperate) Bowl: Whisk together
2 eggs and 1 C. Sour Cream (I was very close to subbing Vanilla yogurt?!)
slowly add the Guiness and cocoa mixture until smooth.
add the dough mixture and beat with the mixer on medium for several minutes. The batter should get really creamy and fluffy consistency. This does taste good. Consider yourself warned!
Scoop into cupcakes (about 3/4 full) bake for 17 minutes or until toothpick test is clean.
Bailey's Frosting
Cream 1 lb of room temperature butter (yes, 4 sticks! I was going to try subsisting cream cheese, but honestly I was to tired to figure that out by this point)
Add 6 T. of Bailey's Irish Cream (use the cheap stuff, no one will REALLY know and for the price it's really not worth satisfying the high class tastebuds) Might as well take a pull off the bottle, there's no judgement here!
Most frosting recipes call for powdered sugar, but frankly powdered sugar leaves a funky film in my mouth so I do half powdered sugar, and half white sugar. I add sugar until it gets thick enough to decorate, creamy but not firm. (I would guess this was about 4 Cups combined).
Add frosting to a frosting bag (or ziploc bag and cut the corner off)
After the cupcakes cool…It's important they cool or the frosting melts and makes a mess! Put a frosting swirly on the cupcake. If you choose to add a little sugar sprinkle or edible glitter to make it look fancy, let your heart flutter.
By this time you might be noticing that If this were a true carbomb there'd be Irish Whisky. Well I don't like whiskey and I can't garauntee that my 3-year-old and 11-month-old wouldn't steal a bite, so I tried to lay low on the liquor!
Eat any that you screwed up. There is really no need to leave evidence of imperfection. Charge your friends $3 a cupcake and you just started yourself a new business…or take them all to work, liquor your colleagues up enough to make them like you and your ridiculous ideas! Or feed it to your husband for breakfast. He'd reflect on the last time he had a beer and cupcake for breakfast which will make him smile (or potentially vomit in his mouth).
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So I'm here in Connecticut at Toads Place about to see one of Americas original third wave ska bands. For a tuesday evening it's pretty packed and there is a lot of ska fans in attendance. I will be posting pictures after the show and will be twittering from the show occasionally. If we aren't together on twitter yet find me, my name is sportsmeetmusic. Have a safe New Years!! Continue...
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The Truth About Music has been around for under six months and now, as we approach the new year we have received our 2000th hit. 2000 people have now visited this blog and for this I am extremely grateful. I want to thank everyone for reading and for helping to spread the word to new readers. As we approach 2009 I hope that everyone has a very safe New Years Eve and please check back in after the new year for coverage of some upcoming concerts. As always, please help me spread this blog to as many eyes as possible. Send this site to every single person you know, especially those who enjoy great music. Continue...
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I've written a lot this year about concerts, cd's and bands. It is now time to put 2008 in the past and look foreward to 2009. My question now is what are you looking forward to most in the new year. There are many new albums coming out from everyone from Panic at the Disco to Green Day to Boys Like Girls. All of these bands will be touring and will be availiable for your enjoyment. Also in 2009 we will have the reunion of No Doubt and of Led Zeppelin, minus Robert Plant. Of course there is much more to come, and I want to know what you are looking foreward to most in the upcoming year. Please use the comments and let me know your thoughts. Continue...
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In this section of best of, I want to focus on my favorite songs of 2008. I am a sucker for a good hook and riff and these are the songs that stood out in my head as being the best and brightest. 1. Time to Pretend by MGMTThis song was a tough call at #1 with some very tough competition, but looking back at the year 2008 no song was used in more mediums than this one. It was in commercials, all of America's favorite TV shows and of course on every channel on FM and Sirius radio. I fell in love with this song early in the year as it invaded my ears with it's catch melody's. Furthermore, MGMT as a band deserved to be recognized in this #1 spot as they grew from local NYC act, into a national power-group. 2. Human by The KillersAlthough only being [...] Continue...
Best of 2008 Part II
In my best of 2008 part II we will take a look at my favorite concerts of 2008. This year I went to more concerts than any other year to date. I count about twenty concerts so far in 2008 and it is tough to pick my favorites. Here goes nothing. 1. Billy Joel at Shea StadiumThis year, although I want to a lot of concerts, but number one on the list is easy. Billy Joel performed at Shea Stadium (Home of my New York Mets) in what would be the final concert ever at the historic venue. It was great to see Billy at the place where Paul, John, Ringo and George had performed over 50 years earlier. This quickly moved close to the top of my favorite concerts ever, and easily sits atop of 2008. To read more about this click here 2. Maroon 5 at Jones BeachWhen [...] Continue...
Best of 2008 Part I
It's that time of the year. Time to light christmas trees, make gingerbread cookies and make New Years resolutions for 2009. It is also time to look at the best performances, albums and songs of 2008. In part I we will look at my favorite albums of 2008. 1. "Pretty Odd," by Panic at the DiscoAlthough it was tied for first in my readers poll, Panic at the Disco's newest album "Pretty Odd," is an incredible album that mixes old influences from The Beatles with their catchy songwriting. Brendon and Ryan both contribute vocals combined into what is now one of my favorite vocal performances. Panic's unique vocal's make them one of the more standout groups in the alternative scene today. During 2008 I was also lucky eneough to see them at Roseland Ballroom. For more about this concert click here 2. "Here We Stand," by The FratellisThis year also [...] Continue...
Harris' Song of the Week: I Wanna by The All American Rejects
Earlier in the week I reviewed THe All American Rejects new album "When the World Comes Down," and I said that it was similar to their last album in that the singles would most likely be solid, but overall it dosen't do it for me (as an album). Upon further review, my opinion has not changed in the least except for this song. For some reason this seemingly simple song has taken over my head. It is extremely catchy and has the ability to get stuck in your head for hours. There's something that is really special about the song, and as I said previous it is a great way to open this album. Of course what makes it catchy are the lyrics, and the repeating chorus which simply is: "I wanna I wanna I wanna touch you and you wanna touch me too." Like really?? These are the lyrics [...] Continue...
Season Pass
I got a recent email from Bob Lefsetz in which he discussed the idea of a season pass in the music industry. The way it would work is similar to the way it works in performing arts centers, disney world, and baseball stadiums. You would purchase a pass that gives you access to either all or some of the years performances. My question to you is as a concert goer, would this interest you? Let's say you could pay $250 upfront to be guaranteed tickets to any five shows at your favorite venue over the course of a year. buying viagra This would help build loyalty between fans and venues, and make venues careful to book a complete lineup of acts. Please click either 'yes' or 'no' to the right and let me know your thoughts. Continue...
All American Rejects Continue There Legacy
The All American Rejects have always had something in common with each of there first few albums, a knack for writing hit singles. As I begin to listen to their newest release titled "When The World Comes Down," (released today, Dec. 16th 2008) I am reminded that never has an AAR album stood out to me beyond the singles. To me this is one of those bands that never quite put together a good album, but instead spent time crafting some of my favorite singles of all time. The opening song on the album 'I Wanna,' is a great starter song but just five songs in I'm already a little bit over the album. As I said before AAR is at their best when performing hit singles and there is no exception here. 'Gives You Hell,' is the first single off of this album that is sure to produce up [...] Continue...
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The House of Representatives recently passed H.R. 3221 calling for significant energy efficiency upgrades in state building codes. The bill, which the White House has already threatened to veto, advances to conference committee, where work to craft a compromise with the Senate's energy bill, passed this spring, is expected to begin in September.
Section 304 of the House bill would require the national model building energy codes and standards to be upgraded at least every three years to achieve overall energy savings. The bill sets targets for achieving at least 30 percent overall energy savings by 2010 and 50 percent by 2020, compared to the 2006 International Energy Efficiency Code for residential buildings and American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers' Standard 90.1 2004 for commercial buildings.
The bill charges the Department of Energy to review the IECC and ASHRAE standards when they are revised to determine whether they will achieve those targets. If the model code groups fail, DOE will then step in to propose a code to meet the 30 percent and 50 percent targets (more about the ramifications of these requirements will appear in Window & Door's monthly column Code Arena, in our September issue).
While the House bill includes provisions for state and local governments to issue bonds to fund residential energy efficiency enhancements through grants and low-interest loans, there are no provisions for an extension of the current tax credit for energy efficient improvements to existing buildings or upgrades in new construction. Those provisions were not in the Senate bill either.
The Senate and House bills differ in a number of major ways. The Senate energy bill would require significant improvements in automakers' corporate average fuel economy (CAFÉ) standards, a controversial issue which the House bill did not address. In addition, the House bill includes a provision said to require most utilities to generate a minimum of 15 percent of their energy from renewable resources.
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