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AN AWARD winning film about the lives of recovering addicts will be shown for the first time in Gloucestershire.
The Anonymous People, which is written and directed by filmmaker Greg Williams, explores how social stigma and discrimination surrounding drug and alcohol addiction have influenced the lives of recovering addicts.
"This is not your tired old addiction rehab story splashed across reality TV or tabloid magazines," said Mr Williams, 29, who has been a recovering addict since the age of 17.
"The film just tries to answer the question why we treat addiction and people with addiction in this country so dramatically differently than people with any other health issue?
Mr Williams hopes that this film will change peoples perceptions and encourage addicts to speak out.
"Just like women with breast cancer, or people with HIV/AIDS, courageous addiction recovery advocates are coming out of the shadows to share the truth and reality of recovery," he said.
The film will be screened at 2.30pm on Saturday, January 18 at Stonehouse Community Centre in Laburnum Walk and has been organised by new community group, The Hub – For recovery in Gloucestershire.

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This year for Lil' E's birthday Lil' E told me "NO FONDANT" So I did just that. I tried a new technique that apparently I am horrible at. I tried to do a buttercream transfer and I need alot more practice. It didn't help that it was warm and humid and things were melting and just plain old didn't work. But here is what it looked like. Lil' E loves baseball and LOVES the Mariners. So we did a Seattle Mariners baseball birthday cake.
Can you see where the cake got bumped by one of the kids? Oops should have taken pictures sooner.
He loved it non the less.


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Phils get taste of Future in Crawford, Franco
MINNEAPOLIS -- Things have moved quickly for J.P. Crawford since the Phillies drafted him in the first round just over a year ago.
After signing, he was jumped from the Gulf Coast (rookie league) to Class A Lakewood. He opened this season with the BlueClaws before being promoted to Class A Advanced Clearwater. And he's still just 19 years old.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Things have moved quickly for J.P. Crawford since the Phillies drafted him in the first round just over a year ago.
After signing, he was jumped from the Gulf Coast (rookie league) to Class A Lakewood. He opened this season with the BlueClaws before being promoted to Class A Advanced Clearwater. And he's still just 19 years old.
"I've been moved pretty fast in our organization. They're trying to push me on the fast track, and I like the challenge," he said before Sunday's SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at Target Field.
Also representing the Phillies organization was infielder Maikel Franco, who has gotten hot at Triple-A Lehigh Valley after a slow start.
Crawford entered the Futures Game as a defensive replacement for the US team in the top of the fifth. He led off the bottom of the sixth with a bloop single to left. He eventually stole second and scored the tying run when DH Joey Gallo (Rangers) homered to right. In the bottom of the eighth he hit a slow roller up the middle and was out by a step at first.
Franco entered to play third base for the World team in the bottom of the fifth. In the top of the seventh, with one out and a runner on first, he popped out to right field. He then flied out to center for the final out of the game.
Crawford conceded that this season had been a whirlwind.
"I've learned that it's a long year," he said. "You've got to keep your head up. You can't get down on yourself -- that's been the main thing."
Crawford said he kept himself grounded by texting with Twins center fielder Aaron Hicks and Travis d'Arnaud, a catcher in the Mets organization. The three work out together in the offseason.
"If I have a question, I always go to them because they've been through it. I'm really close to them," he said.
Crawford is rated as the Phillies' No. 3 prospect by MLB.com. When he reported to Clearwater on June 15, he was the youngest player in the Florida State League. According to Baseball-Reference.com, he is nearly four years younger than the average player in the league.
His most impressive stat may be that he has a career .386 on-base percentage in the Minor Leagues. Not bad for someone who just graduated from high school last June.
For Franco, it was his second straight selection to the Futures Game.
"That's amazing for me," he said. "I look at it as an opportunity, and I just want to take advantage of it."
MLB.com has Franco ranked as the Phillies' top prospect. He struggled making the adjustment to Triple-A earlier in the season but has been on a tear recently. In his past 10 games with the IronPigs he is hitting .348 with a home run and 11 RBIs.
While there was some speculation in Spring Training that Franco might challenge Cody Asche for the starting third base job in the big leagues, he said his early slump was not a result of being disappointed at being sent down or pressing too hard.
"I don't think anything about it," he said. "That's baseball, you know what I mean? It's just something that happens. You just have to keep working hard."
Franco has also been playing some first base at Lehigh Valley. Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said recently that if Franco were called up in the second half this season, he would most likely get some time at that position, giving Ryan Howard a break against some left-handers.
"You have to be ready for anything," Franco said. "You play third, but you play first base, too. You have to be ready to play both positions. I feel comfortable at first. I've been taking a lot of ground balls, and I feel good there."
For a Phillies team that is transitioning from the core group that won five straight National League East titles, it may not be long before Franco and Crawford get a chance to show what they can do at Citizens Bank Park. But both say they are willing to be patient.
"I just want to play good and see what happens," the 21-year-old Franco said.
Added Crawford: "I'm not too focused on that. I'm not worried about it. I'll be there when my time comes."
Paul Hagen is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Egypt TV cleric in Qatar urges referendum boycott
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A famous pro-Muslim Brotherhood TV cleric based in Qatar issued a religious edict Tuesday saying it is forbidden to vote in Egypt's constitutional referendum because it gives legitimacy to Cairo's new leadership.
Egyptian cleric Youssef el-Qaradawi issued a fatwa, or religious edict, a day before Egyptians abroad are set to vote on the draft charter. Voting in Egypt is scheduled to start Jan. 14. Of Egypt's roughly 681,000 registered voters abroad, about 42,000 are based in Qatar.
His fatwa was issued amid growing tensions between Egypt and Qatar. Qatar was once a staunch supporter of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood group, aiding his government with billions of dollars in grants and loans during his tumultuous year in office.
The previous Egyptian constitution approved under Morsi was suspended after the military removed him from power following mass protests in June.
El-Qaradawi, who often speaks out against Egypt's new rulers, said Morsi's ouster was a military coup, not a revolution as his detractors have called it. He said in his fatwa that the coup was responsible for the killing and arrest of thousands of people.
El-Qaradawi, a frequent guest on the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network of channels, said that participating in the upcoming referendum constitutes a continuation of injustice and oppression.
"I see that participation in the constitutional referendum and contributing in any way that strengthens this coup authority, or gives it legitimacy, or prolongs its existence... is an act forbidden religiously," he said in his fatwa text.
Over the weekend, Egyptian officials summoned Qatar's ambassador to Cairo to express concerns about the Gulf state's criticism of Egypt's decision to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. The move was followed by a small rally outside Qatar's Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday by military supporters who raised photos of Egypt's defense minister and chanted against the Brotherhood and the tiny Gulf state.
El-Qaradwi was unusually absent from his traditional Friday sermon in Doha last week, prompting media reports he may have been asked by Qatar authorities to stop until relations with Egypt improve. Qatar's foreign policy has also been at odds with other Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, which view the Brotherhood and its allied Islamist groups as a threat.


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Please Meet Our Newest Tuxedo Gang Hideout Member Expat Cat Oscar!
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Hello Tuxedo Gang Hideout! I am sachie, Goma's mother at mycatgoma.com!! I have been dreaming about making a blog all about cat bellies.…and I finally get it going!! I think kitty bellies are the most irresistible and heart-melting thing is the whole universe.I obsessively admire and worship them! I do hope I am not the only one think that… To celebrate the wonderful kitty bellies in the world, I created a site called kittybellys.com where we can all share your kitty's irresistible bellies!! I am encouraging cat's to submit their own tummy so that we can just scream over them!! Thanks for reading my post!! I hope to see you all at kittybellys.com! ~Sachie+Goma at mycatgoma.com
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Okay kitties, that brings us to the next part of Samwise's thank you. We were wondering if any other NOMSS friends would like to join the Tuxedo Gang?! They have to be really special tuxies and like Samwise, we will put it to the vote of the entire Gang! Please leave a comment with your nominations and make sure to link to the NOMSS friend's blog or webpage or dogster, etc. THANKS!
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Arizona Wind for Schools Team Installs Two Turbines
October 11, 2011
A Skystream wind turbine was erected on the Williams Elementary/Middle School campus earlier this week, launching the U.S. DOE's Wind for Schools project in the rural Arizona school district. Middle school students will perform engineering activities and learn about wildlife and siting concepts with the support of staff and university students from Northern Arizona University's Wind for Schools project team. NextEra Energy Resources, which is constructing a wind farm north of Williams, funded the turbine installation. WestWind Solar performed the installation. The team installed another Skystream within a few days at the Saint Michael Indian School in St. Michaels and plans to install a turbine at Northern Arizona University next week.
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Hi I'm Anshie, a cosplayer from Germany. I started in 2003. I also love photography, video games, acting and dancing.
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Folks. I've done it again. I've redesigned a blogger's website who was working hard and doing a great job, but having trouble growing because his blog needed improvements. You can now visit him at LibertarianRepublican.net.
And if that sounds like you, feel free to contact me about my services and rates for web page redesign and optimization. I've been on quite a journey since optimizing my very first blog: Left Coast Rebel.
Here's what I wrote at LibertarianRepublican.net this morning:
This is Wes Messamore writing again, and I am thrilled to unveil LibertarianRepublican.net- the second generation to Eric Dondero's classic website. Sleek, smooth, clean, professional, and easy to navigate, with your help LibertarianRepublican.net is well-positioned to take the conservative, libertarian-leaning, and overall-political blogosphere by storm!
Eric and the team here are committed to providing you with ever-expanding, ever-improving, cutting-edge independent journalism, and he decided it was about time to seamlessly transition into a website that was up to the task.
Please help us promote the new site and share LibertarianRepublican.net with just one or two friends or co-workers- people you know will be interested in the information this site has to offer. If you're a blogger, please grab a badge from the sidebar to the right and place it on your page. It doesn't have to be permanent, just one week or even a couple days would help our cause out incredibly much!
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A skeleton warrior from Mantic games I painted for my friend. Much cheaper and IMO better than GW. Comments about how the colors turned out, not about the color scheme as that was chosen by my friend.
I was not asked to do the base though, makes the miniature look a bit unfinished :/.
An army of these is a good sight! I ordered a mantic starting battle set, contains dwarfs and skeletons/other undead. 100 + miniatures, for 50 euros!


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Sunday 21 December 2014
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Dec 21st 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Coaster Theatre Playhouse
Step into the enchanted world of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Based on the Academy-Award winning animated feature, the stage version includes all of the memorable songs from the animated film plus a few new songs written especially for the Broadway musical. Disney's Beauty and the Beast takes place in a small provincial town in France and begins when a prince is transformed into a hideous beast by an enchantress as punishment for his cruel and selfish ways. When Maurice, the town's eccentric inventor, becomes lost in the woods on the way to the fair to show off his latest invention, he seeks shelter in an old castle, only to find its master to be a horrible beast that takes him captive. The inventor's daughter, an adventurous young woman named Belle, trades herself for her father's freedom when she finds him in the castle. She soon discovers enchanted objects that serve the beast, and they try to make her new life easier. In order to become human again the Beast must earn Belle's love before it's too late. The story ends with her tears falling upon him, breaking the curse and turning him into the handsome prince in her dreams. They are married and of course, they live happily ever after.


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Sensitive Words: Protesters, Ox Demons, and More
As of January 2, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the "search for user" function):
– Tribute to Ten Protesters (致敬十大反对者): The Web portal Tencent posted an homage to 2012's most notable Chinese protesters on December 30. The popular post was harmonized two days later.
– Dai Xianglong (戴相龙): Dai, former governor of the People's Bank of China, and his relatives have profited immensely from stock in Ping An Insurance, according to a December 30 New York Times exposé.
– Taihong Co. (泰鸿公司): Tianjin Taihong, which purchased cheap stock in Ping An, is mentioned in the Times piece on Dai. In October, the Times revealed that outgoing prime minister Wen Jiabao's relatives hold shares in Taihong.
– Ox Demon (牛妖): Pronounced niú yāo, this refers to New York (纽约 Niǔyuē). The New York Times so rankled Chinese officials with its report on the Wen family wealth that its Chinese-language website, just launched on June 28, 2012, was blocked. Times reporter Chris Buckley, who has been in China for 15 years, was forced to leave the country at the end of December when his journalist visa was not renewed.
– Chen Pokong (陈破空): A political commentator and activist, Chen was imprisoned for almost five years for his involvement in the Tiananmen protests of 1989. He currently lives in the United States.
All Chinese-language words are tested using simplified characters. The same terms in traditional characters occasionally return different results.
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The Beaujolais Renaissance
The Beaujolais region, or more precisely, the northern half of the area, where the ten villages entitled to the status of "Cru Beaujolais" are located and where I generally concentrate my tasting and buying efforts, is a sweeping and beautiful area with quilt-like vineyards covering the sides of pitched hillsides. The roads snake back and forth between the different villages and more isolated domaines along the valley floors, and cling precipitously to the steep sides of the hills, with intrepid vignerons whipping along in their Peugots and more circumspect wine tourists navigating at a more genteel pace. This beautiful and rambling area just northwest of the city of Lyons, the gastronomic capital of France, is today in the midst of an amazing quality renaissance.
For many wine lovers, Beaujolais still means Nouveau, the vibrant and frolicking first wine of the new vintage that arrives to fanfare the third week of each November in cafés, bistros, and wine stores the world over. The concept of Beaujolais Nouveau was one of the regional marketing brainstorms 35 years ago when sales were flagging and interest in the wines outside of its unofficial capital of Lyons were at a nadir, and it met with immediate success. However, the success of Nouveau was a double-edged sword. While it worked wonders in finding homes for a very serious percentage of each year's crop within weeks of the harvest (at its apogee more than a third of Beaujolais production was consumed by the end of that year as Nouveau), it also tended to tarnish the reputation of the more serious wines in the region; in particular, the cru bottlings from villages such as Fleurie, Morgon, and Moulin-à-Vent. What this cloud has done is both inspire the top growers in the region to make the very finest wines possible, and has kept market prices for these superb wines very low.
For lovers of traditionally styled wines who lament the dizzying price spiral upward for many favorite regions in the last several years, there has never been a better opportunity to discover or reacquaint yourself with the glories of top-quality Beaujolais. The wines are shockingly inexpensive for the quality they offer. The region just had two outstanding vintages, the deeply powerful and atypically structured 2005s that will impressively reward mid-term cellaring, and the utterly classic and irresistible 2006s that offer immediate appeal. Many of these beautiful wines are overlooked by the majority of wine connoisseurs, who treat them primarily as a stepping stone over which they have already passed in the early days of their wine travels, and which no longer offer the complexity and potential for cellaring of other wine regions. However, I have to respectfully disagree. The top bottlings of Beaujolais offer a degree of complexity and flexibility at the table, and potential for superb development in the bottle that clearly surpasses many other wine regions today. If you are one of those wine lovers that has been out of the Beaujolais loop for a while now, then I implore you to reintroduce yourself while the brilliant 2005 and 2006 vintages are still available in the marketplace.
The best wines made in Beaujolais are from the ten "cru" villages of Régnié, St. Amour, Chénas, Brouilly, and Chiroubles (generally the more flamboyant and wide open of the crus when young), the more structured wines of Morgon, Côte de Brouilly, and Moulin-à-Vent, and the crus of Fleurie and Juliénas which fall stylistically about halfway between the two camps. Some of my favorite producers of cru Beaujolais include Château Thivin, Nicole Chanrion, Jean Foillard, Louis and Claude Desvignes, Domaine Chignard, Clos de la Roilette, Bernard Diochon, Michel Tête, Alain Passot, and the Beaune-based firm of Joseph Drouhin. Two other absolute superstars in Beaujolais are Pierre Chermette of Domaine du Vissoux and Jean-Paul Brun of Domaine Terres d'Orées. Both of these producers also make outstanding crus, but in addition make brilliant "basic" Beaujolais bottlings called Cuvée Traditionelle and Cuvée Ancienne respectively that compete with many of the best crus and sell for a song.
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Monday, September 19, 2011
I'm no lawyer, but I think subpoenas are serious
Former Astro Jeff Bagwell was subpoenaed by the defense in the criminal trial of former Dr. Michael Brown, who is facing assault charges of his fourth wife, Rachel Brown - the alleged mistress of the former Astro/formerly married Bagwell.
The defense subpoenaed Bagwell to appear, but he did not show up. Defense attorney Dick Deguerin said Bagwell is in hiding.
A couple of things about Michael Brown, as gleaned from the article: Rachel Brown was his fourth wife. Dr. Brown was convicted of assaulting his second wife, in 2002. He lost his medical license in 2006 when he tested positive for cocaine.
He's not exactly winning this PR battle, if there is one.
To read more about Brown, try this 2002 Houston Press profile. Or this one, from 2009.
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You don't have to show up until the subpoena is actually served. Until then, you're under no legal obligation to show up anywhere.
- September 19, 2011 at 5:05 PM
He is in hiding so he does not get handed that subpoena, which is why they always hire inconspicuous folk to serve them. Tricky lawyers, I would hide like crazy to, it does not good to testify for this case.
- September 20, 2011 at 8:34 AM
I only know Michael Brown from his TV commercials. There was always something about seeing his commeercials that gave me an unsettling feeling about him, even though I had no plans to use his services. The disclaimer that appeared that on the commercials at he is a "retired physician" was curious to me, in that here is a man who is not going to perform this surgical procedure patenting it and selling it. The commercials had more the feel of political campaigning, with the "candidate" using his family to promote a certain image. Anyway, now I know.
- September 22, 2011 at 2:41 PM


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Interesting Charts
Making Lemonade
If you are working on the FREE eMetrics pass, and you really should if you need a free pass, I created some charts based on the sample data. These data are limited in terms of the insights they can provide, so just do your best and come up with something cool.
I used either R or Matplotlib to generate the charts below; both are fairly straightforward to learn and highly recommended.
Submittal Instructions
- Send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com
- With the subject "Submittal"
- On or before Friday February 11, 2011 12:00 Midnight PST
- Winner notified Monday February 14 at some point BY EMAIL
- Required In The Email:
- Your Name
- Your Email
- Your Phone Number
- Your Physical Address
- FEEDBACK YES or NO
- Optional:
- Your Personal Website
- Your Twitter Account
- Your LinkedIn Profile
- Sample Data Available Here
Visualizing Problems
What is nice about this chart, showing the difference in Pageviews and Time on Site for the three Click Depth Visits, is the illustration of potential segments or issues.
My first question is, why is there a separation in the High Click Depth Visit?
If our site is making money from ad impressions, we may want to figure out why some members of the High Click Depth Visit segment branch off to view less pages.
Not an answer, but that sure seems like an interesting question.
Time Parting
This chart is a comparison of the, of course log scale, metrics for the New and Returning visitors to the site but hour of the day. The New Visitor segment has potentially interesting things, but the Returning Visitors are certainly interesting.
The Visits by Returning Visitors has two distinct bands, instead of a larger center which tapers out like the New Visits chart above it.
Add to that the Time on Site by Return Visitors, where there is a constriction in the chart from about 8 am until lunch time when it widens again, and the situation becomes worth investigating.
Box and Whisker Diagrams
Delving into the difference between New and Returning visitors, here are a pair of box plots of just the Visits metric.
Box plots are a method of plotting which capture the probability density of the variable, what is nice is that comparing the boxplots of the segments over the hours of the day can help move the analysis along.
The whiskers are the smaller portions of the population, the box the larger portion. Looking at both the New and Return visits it is clear that the boxes for New Visits are much smaller, showing greater variation with the Return Visits related to the time of day.
More Charts
Look for more charts tomorrow, and I may even get so curious about the source of variation in the Return Visits I will post the answer.
If that is your submission . . . better get it in soon!
I have updated the sample data again, the most current version is here.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th Jan 2011 22:25 UTC
Stuff just keeps on piling up today - and I'm trying to work through my second playthrough of Mass Effect 2 on insanity (fourth playthrough overall). I have the sneaking suspicion, though, that nobody sympathises with my problems... Anywho, Google just unveiled the tablet user interface for Android 3.0, Honeycomb. Looks pretty decent I guess - somehow, it reminds me of Tron.
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... from the iPad.
Opinion: Android 3.0 is the star of CES
Put it this way: as an iPad owner, when I see a supposed iPad killer I'm the technological equivalent of the fox in the Old Speckled Hen adverts: "Yes, it's different. But it's not an iPad." I'm not saying that when I watch the Honeycomb video.
"Pretty, impressive
Pretty matters when you're looking at something for hours on end: I switched to the Mac because I like the way it renders text. By making an OS that isn't an iOS clone, by making something that's the beautiful swan to Froyo's ugly duckling, Honeycomb looks like something non-geeks would switch to because they really, really, really like the way it looks.
That's an achievement for any tech firm; for a firm as engineering-driven as Google it's a miracle.
It's also terrible news for Microsoft. iOS on the iPad works because it's a tablet OS. Honeycomb works because it's a tablet OS (Froyo, for all its joys, isn't: it's a phone OS scaled up). Windows 7 tablets won't work, because Windows 7 isn't a tablet OS. Putting it in tablets is like sticking a beak on a dog, hurling it into the air and telling everyone it's an eagle.
To keep the tenuous animal metaphors going a bit longer, in 2010 tablet computing was a one horse race: Apple had the horse, and everyone else was racing donkeys. In Honeycomb, it looks like we have another horse."


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After five private insurance companies sent out 210,000 letters to Citizens Property Insurance customers offering to take over their policies last week, Citizens president has been following up with a letter of his own.
The letter represents the first time state-run Citizens has taken such an active role in promoting the private takeover of its policies.
"This offer means that you are no longer limited to receiving property coverage from a government-created insurer," reads the letter signed by Citizens' CEO Barry Gilway. "We urge you to carefully consider this important insurance decision."
Written in bold-typed, one sentence in the letter sticks out: "You do not need to take any action to begin your insurance coverage with [NAME OF INSURER]."
That is significant because the takeout program requires homeowners to proactively opt-out within 30 days if they do not want to be taken out of Citizens into a private insurer. Homeowners who receive the letter and take no action will be automatically shifted out of Citizens into a private company that likely will have higher rates when the policy renews. Gilway's letter does not mention the 30-day opt-out deadline.
A story published last week shows some of the pros and cons of leaving Citizens for a smaller private firm.
Citizens said it created the new letter after receiving complaints from consumers who were skeptical of "takeout" offers they received from private companies in the past.
"The letter is intended to reassure consumers that the offer is official and that we are involved as well as make them understand what they need to consider when making their decision," a Citizens spokesperson said in a statement.
The takeout of 210,000 policies is part of the state-run insurer's campaign to aggressively slim down. Citizens has also been trying to reduce the rate of opt-outs, as more than 30 percent of homeowners who have received the letters in the past have proactively chosen to deny the takeout offer.
See Gilway's letter here


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Just moved to SB recently. I'm somewhere between a 3 and 3.5 and looking to play on weekends. Am close to SBCC but can go anywhere and pretty flexible with time. If interested let me know!
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Another member Phong messaged me earlier about playing at that time at SBCC. Why don't you come also and the 3 of us can all hit. If we get into playing points we can do it Aussie style or whatever. Sound good?
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Can The Fighting Irish capture its first national championship since 1988?
The time has come. The long wait through inconsequential bowl games is finally over. It's for real now and for all the marbles. Even the Mayans never could have predict a preseason-unranked football team coming of a lackluster 201 campaign led by a green Sophomore to boot would finish 2012 with a perfect season and stand on the precipice of a national championship. Notre Dame (12-0) gets to cement its place in College Football history on January 7th in the Discover BCS National Championship Game against SEC champs the Alabama Crimson Tide (12-1) to be played in Miami Gardens, Florida at Sun Life Stadium. The action starts at 8:30 pm and will be broadcast on ESPN.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish trounced their west coast rivals USC 22-12 to finish their 12-0 season and RB Theo Riddick finished the game with 146 yards rushing and one touchdown. Alabama prevailed over the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship game 32-28 back on December 1st. Junior RB Eddie Lacy rushed for two touchdowns on 181 yards rushing that day for the Crimson Tide.
Since 1973 Notre Dame and Alabama have met six times. Notre Dame leads the series 5-1. In their last meeting in 1987, he Crimson Tidet fell to the Fighting Irish under Lou Holz in his second season 37-6 in South Bend. The best game In the schools' rivalry was billed the as "The Game of The Century" that saw the third-ranked Fighting Irish battle the top-ranked Crimson Tide in the 1976 Sugar Bowl. Alabama lost 24-23 on a crucial missed extra point. In spite of the victory, Notre Dame shared the national championship that year with Alabama as the AP and UPI polls ranked each school number one respectively.
This time around there will be no ties. The winner takes it all.
Here is a preview of the two top teams in the country:
Notre Dame Offense:
The squad, motored by its QB Everett Golson, ranks 76th in the nation in scoring averaging 26.8 points per game.
Golson (2135 Passing YDs, 11 TDs, 59% completion percentage) has turned into a steady and reliablepocket passer over the course of the year, making great reads and decisions in leading his team to a perfect season.
His mobility and elusiveness (305 Rushing YDs, 5 TDs) will actually be encouraged on January 7th against an Alabama team that has suffered a rack of recent losses to dual-threat QBs including Heisman-winners Johnny Manzeil, Tim Tebow, and Cam Newton. Each had averaged 250 yards passing, 2 TDs, and 36 rushing yards in victory over Alabama. These stats are not out of the Irish QB's reach.
The Offense is motored by its Running Back triumvirate of Cierre Woods (740 yds, 4 TDs), Theo Riddick (880 YDs, 5 TDs) and George Atkinson III (361 yds, 5 TDs) . For the second straight season the Fighting Irish have rushed for over 2,000 yards and 20 rushing touchdowns.
All-American Tyler Eifert, the team's leading receiver with 624 yards and 4 TDs will look to have a game for the ages in his final year on the team.
Notre Dame Defense:
The vaunted Fighting Irish scoring defense is ranked first in the nation, just above number two Alabama, in giving up 10.3 points per game. A key to this dominance is the ability of the Fighting Irish to keep opponents' big plays at bay. The unit has allowed only 29 plays of 20 yards or more along with 9 plays of 30 yards or more from scrimmage.
The Notre Dame Defensive line is arguably the best in the nation. It is anchored by Senior Tackle Kapron Lewis Moore (6.0 sacks, 8.5 TFL (Tackles for a Loss), 3 QB hurries, and a forced fumble), Nose Tackle Louis Nix whose tremendous impact is felt beyond his stats (2.o sacks, 5.5 TFL, 3y QBs hurries, and a forced fumble) and the monster DE Stephon Tuitt, considered the best Sophomore at his position in the country (12.0 sacks, 13 TFL, 9 QB hurries, and 3 forced fumbles).
The feared Blue and Gold linebacking corps is led by the highly decorated, All-American, Sports Illustrated icon LB Manti T'eo who is undeniably the best player in the country at his position and the best defensive player period. His stats speak for themselves: 103 tackles, 7 interceptions (tied for 2nd in the nation), 5.5 TFL, and 1.5 sacks. The Notre Dame captain is superhuman in his ability to play every down and to be as effective in stuffing the run as in dropping back in pass protection. Alabama will need to run through or around this havoc-creating, Hawaiian Heavyweight to the National Championship. T'eo's squad in the backfield is bolstered by the solid play of underrated LB Dan Fox (57 tackles), OLB Prince Shembo (7.5 sacks, 48 tackles, and 12 QB hurries), and the youngest featured LB for the Fighting Irish Ishaq Williams (3.5 sacks, 21 tackles.)
Alabama Offense:
The Crimson Tide ranks 14th in the nation in scoring averaging 38.5 points per game. QB A. J. McCarron's play (2,669 passing yards, 26 touchdowns, and 67% completion percentage) was instrumental to Alabama's 12-1 season and yet another shot at a national championship.
Like their BCS Bowl opponents from South Bend, Alabama has a fearsome rushing attack of it's own. RBs Eddie Lacy (1182 yds, 16 TDs) and T.J. Yeldon (1,000 yds, 11 TDs) have averaged 6.5 yards per carry. Lacy and Yeldon are only as proficient its offensive line. And the Crimson Tide's is considered to be the best in nation behind the smart, athletic, and versatile play of Center Barret Jones who will have his hands full versus Notre Dame's sublime noseguard Louis Nix in a key match-up.
The Crimson Tide receiving corps may be hindered by the possible absence of WR Kenny Bell (broken leg) but WR Amari Cooper (894 yds, 9 TDs) will test the Irish defensive backs and look to break a big play.
Alabama Defense:
Ranked 1st in the nation in total defense (246 yards per game) and 2nd in scoring defense allowing only10.7 points per contest, The Crimson Tide will mercilessly raise havoc as they have done all year testing the youth and patience of Fighting Irish QB Golson in the pocket.
Alabama's rushing defense has been kryptonite to rushers all season letting up a scant 2.5 yards per carry. The school has held it's last 23 BCS opponents under 200 yards rushing and 17 of those teams were stymied and held to less than 100 total yards. That could spell trouble for the Fighting Irish rushing attack.
This run-stuffing prowess is thanks to a very capable and solid Crimson Tide stable of standout linebackers including the elite and versatile junior C.J. Mosley (99 tackles), OLB Adrian Hubbard (6.o sacks, 10 TFL), and Trey Priest (50 tackles).
My Prediction: Notre Dame 20 Alabama 17


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It isn't often that a Kentucky player declines the draft advice offered by head coach John Calipari, but shooting guard Archie Goodwin has decided not to join teammates Willie Cauley-Stein and Kyle Wiltjer in returning to the Wildcats for the 2013-14 season.
Goodwin, who averaged 14.1 points in his one season for a UK squad that was relegated to ending the season in the NIT, will enter the NBA draft. He is the eighth freshman to declare for the draft in Calipari's four seasons—but only the second to counter the coach's advice to return and perhaps develop enough to improve his draft position.
"Although I really wanted Archie to return for his sophomore season, I fully support him choosing to pursue his dreams," Calipari said in a statement from the school. "He has the drive and desire to be great and I will continue to do everything I can to make sure he succeeds in life both on and off the court."
Cauley-Stein, a 7-0 center from Olathe, Kan., had been resistant to reveal his intentions about next season when interviewed by players subsequent to the Wildcats' loss to Robert Morris in the opening round of the NIT. But Monday he affirmed his decision to play next season for the Wildcats, giving them a veteran presence at center who averaged 8.3 points and 2.1 blocks in 24 minutes a game his first season.
UK will have a 6-10 freshman, Dakari Johnson of Florida's Montverde Academy, to help Cauley-Stein man the center position next season.
The issue with Wiltjer wasn't whether he would turn pro after a disappointing sophomore season, but rather if he would consider transferring to another school. Wiltjer averaged 10.2 points and 4.2 rebounds but struggled with his jumpshot and with defense, which made it hard for Calipari to trust him on the court for long stretches. That he earned the SEC sixth man of the year award did not disguise his periodic difficulties. Wiltjer tweeted Monday morning that he would be returning.
"I'm so excited about the possibilities of next season," Wiltjer said in the school's release. "After talking with Coach and the staff, I understand what I need to do. I want to be a part of another championship. This summer I'm going to work the hardest I've ever worked to come back next season better and stronger to help my team fight for number nine."
Goodwin had been expected to return and join the Harrison twins, Andrew and Aaron, in a big, dynamic, athletic backcourt. Instead he will finish out his semester academically and depart for the league. He has not yet signed with an agent.
The last time a player ignored Calipari's advice was in 2010, when center Daniel Orton turned professional after averaging 3.4 points in his freshman season. Orton was chosen with the next-to-last pick in the first round by the Orlando Magic, but he was shipped to the D-League early in the season and injured his knee in only his second game. Orton did not have the option picked up on his rookie contract and was signed as a free agent by the Oklahoma City Thunder. He has played 24 career games.


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The Essentials
Date of Birth: Jun 03, 1992
Height: 5'2"
Weight (lbs): 112
Measurements: 34D-26-35
Ethnicity/Nationality: Greek/Japanese
The Interview
Where are you from? And, are you currently living there? If not, where are you currently living?
I am from San Jose, CA. I am currently living in a small town called Valdosta, GA for school!
Does your personality match your Zodiac sign? Describe.
Yes! I definitely think so. I am a Gemini, and Geminis are said to be extremely passionate, emotional, yet strong minded people. I would say I fit all those!
What would you say are your strengths as a model?
I am an extremely determined individual. I have many goals for myself as a model, and I will not stop until they are attained. I am also a really out going, easy going model. I love to meet new people, and have no problem just being myself.
What is your best beauty secret?
FIX Plus by M.A.C. I just discovered it and I am obsessed! It makes your skin look flawless, ladies!
Where can we see you?
I have recently started branching out into the Import Car scene. I would definitely say up-coming car shows!
What are your future plans (long term goals)?
Hopefully one day to grace the cover of magazines like PASMAG. Also, I am working extremely hard and going to school to be a nurse.
Do you drink? If so, what do you drink? If not, why do you not drink?
I drink, but VERY rarely. I am extremely into fitness, and keeping my body healthy. When I do, Cranberry and Vodka.
What is the best present you received? What is the best present you gave?
Best present I received would be the bouquet of edible arrangements. So delicious! The best present I gave would have to be a trip to Disneyland, all expenses on me.
Where (restaurants) do you like to eat? What do you order? Why?
Chili's! I love the boneless buffalo wings.
What do you do on your spare time?
Work out at the gym, catch up on some studying, and sleep!
How do you keep in such excellent shape? Explain your daily/exercise routine.
I have a set routine for working out. I eat extremely healthy, a diet that consists of a lot of protein. I make sure to do at last 30 minutes of cardio a day, along with my weight training. Days off are also extremely important in training to let your body recover.
Are you big on first impressions? What do you first notice on a man?
Silly, but I notice shoes. I do believe that when you first meet someone, that is how they truly are at their finest state. They do not need to prove anything to someone they first meet, so that is when you see them at their finest.
What's on your travel itinerary? Are you planning to go to any events in the future and/or vacation with your family, friends or 'significant other'?
The only traveling I do tend to do is back and forth to the Bay Area from Georgia.
How would you like your boyfriend to propose to you?
I would want to be extremely surprised. Anyway would be cute to me
What song would you like played on your wedding night? Why?
Lonestar - Amazed! I have always loved that song.
Any shout-outs or last words?
I just wanted to say thank you to every single person that has given me advice throughout my so-far modeling career. Thank you for taking your time to talk to me about how I can better improve, and being patient with me. I cannot thank you more. I hope one day to make you all and myself proud.


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2012 NYMF Roundup #4
Reports on Living With Henry, Zapata! The Musical, A Letter to Harvey Milk, and The Groove Factory.
*****************Contracting the HIV virus may no longer be the automatic death sentence that it once was, but it still has life-altering consequences as ably demonstrated in Christopher Wilson's new musical, Living With Henry, at PTC Performance Space.
The show tracks several years in the life of Michael (well played by Ryan Kelly), a gay man who doesn't always make the best choices when it comes to men. He's aware of the risks he takes that can endanger his health, but a combination of fear, denial and the possibility of love lead him on a path strewn with difficulties -- but one that also forces him to take control of his life and responsibility for his actions.
The show's title character, played by Dale Miller, is the embodiment of the HIV virus -- a theatrical device that is only sporadically effective. Henry's songs and direct-address narration to the audience work well enough, but too often, Miller as Henry is left standing on the periphery, glowering at Michael and the people in his life.
These include two of Michael's lovers -- Matthew (John Edwards) and Peter (Gavin Hope) -- as well as his mother (Mary Kelly), his best friend Jenni (Lizzie Kurtz), and various others played by members of the ensemble.
Wilson gives a certain amount of complexity to Michael, Matthew, and Peter, but his female characters seem more thinly written. And while his music and lyrics are serviceable for the story he wants to tell, there's no song that you leave the theater humming.
More effective are the sexy and whimsical dances, choreographed by Donna Marie Baratta, who also directs. Standout numbers include "Bathhouse Tango," performed by the men in the cast, and "The Price of Nice," which depicts Michael's exposure to HIV in a manner both titillating and disturbing.
-- Dan Bacalzo
The committed cast is headed by Enrique Acevedo, who perfectly evokes the gentle strength, compassion, and determination that made Zapata loved in his own time and still today. The musical also focuses on the revolutionary's rocky courtship and marriage to his beloved Josefa (Maria Eberline) and his complicated relationship with his fiery brother Eufemio (Andrew Call), who is more violent and power-hungry than Zapata. Zapata's mother-in-law, Senora Espejo, also plays a vital role as an anchor in the family and community, and is made memorable by Natalie Toro's strong turn.
The show aspires to be a "spectacle," and, by NYMF standards, largely succeeds, with its stylized battle scenes, romantic Mariachi music, power ballads, elaborate traditional dances, wedding celebrations, and a very moving procession of the dead (the choreography and musical staging are by Luis Salgado). A particularly effective choice is the use of a dancer who acts as a kind of dark specter evoking the native spirit during emotionally-charged scenes.
An Occupy Wall Street framing device comes off as rather weak and stilted at the show's beginning, but works far better at the conclusion of Zapata! The Musical, driving home the connection between Zapata's fight for his land then and people's fight for the causes that matter to them today.
-- Brooke Pierce
Taken from a Leslea Newman short story of the same title by librettist Jerry James, composer Laura I. Kramer and lyricist Ellen M. Schwartz, the dramatic musical follows immigrant butcher to the assassinated Harvey Milk, Harry Weinberg (Jeff Keller, giving a stellar performance) as he confronts his demons while taking a writing course taught by relationship-deprived, extremely likable lesbian Barbara Katsef (the always vital Leslie Kritzer).
While his seven-years deceased wife Frannie (Cheryl Stern) haunts him with negative thoughts of ugly intensity, Harry is increasingly forced to confront his resistance to telling the full story of his life and his insistence that for the sake of sheer survival others should never tell certain of their stories, either.
As the creators -- undoubtedly taking their cue from author Newman -- adamantly suggest, it's the need for us all to reveal our stories, whatever they are, that's the urgent and meaningful message. In A Letter to Harvey Milk, the cogent tales involve the Holocaust and homosexuality, a combination that might sound heavy-handed in the summarizing but doesn't prove to be.
The problems in the David Schechter-directed, Michael Raine-choreographed production mostly surface in Harry's contradictory actions as depicted here, in the presentation of Frannie as the worst kind of stereotypical Jewish mother-wife, and in lyrics which at two separate moments laughably mention a woman's hands "that fit together like two peas in a pod."
-- David Finkle
The story centers on Chazz Goodhart (Tommaso Antico), a young, good-looking wannabe DJ. He leaves behind his Virginia trailer park home, where he cooks up meth with his mother, to journey to New York City to stay with his Uncle Joey (Tony Perry) and get to the hottest club in town, the titular Groove Factory, for a turn-of-the-millennium-party on December 31, 1999.
Kessler and Boyd's dialogue is rather leaden, particularly in the exposition-laden first scene that starts the show off on a sour note. The music is mostly techno and hip-hop, but rarely makes much of an impression. An exception is "Are You Ready?" sung by the female trio Diva McPlanet (Kim Sozzi, Emmy Raver Lampman, Badia Farha), the catchy tune that is interspersed with Chazz's efforts to win a coveted Golden Ticket to the party.
Drugs rather than chocolate are the sweets peddled by the musical's Willy Wonka figure, D.J. D. Vinyl (played by co-author Boyd). And the show delivers its cautionary tale about excessive drug use while still celebrating the club culture that encourages it.
Antico has a pleasant pop tenor, and is a great dancer. However, neither he nor anyone else in the cast can act the roles assigned to them in anything but a caricatured, skin-deep fashion.
-- Dan Bacalzo


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Patrick Holford - Cape Town - Western Cape, Cape Town
Conferences - Western Cape - Cape Town
Thursday, 16 October 2014
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Where: Belmont Square, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape
Don't miss the opportunity to have your health questions answered by one of the world's leading nutritional experts when health guru Patrick Holford presents a series of workshops and seminars in SA this October. He will be presenting 16 in-depth health seminars and interactive workshops in the cities of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Pietermaritzburg and Cape Town. The talks, based on his bestselling book Burn Fat Fast and his latest literary offering Good Medicine, will take place between 10 and 19 October - Johannesburg (10, 11, 12 October), Pretoria (13 October), Durban (14 October), Pietermaritzburg (15 October), Cape Town (16, 17, 18, 19 October).
Over 30 years of clinical studies and research experience in the field of nutrition and of treating and helping people with health issues, has taught Holford what really works for the most common health problems we may experience. This knowledge he has now consolidated in his latest release Good Medicine and on which he will present a series of talks while in SA.
He will also present talks on his best seller Burn Fat Fast - a step by step guide on how to lose excess weight quickly - for the long term and at the same time slow down the ageing process. Holford's Burn Fat Fast seminars are for people who want to make positive lifestyle changes in the pursuit of losing excess weight - for good and for long-term overall health. The secret to Burn Fat Fast is making three simple changes – stick to a low-GL diet eating foods that do not have a massive effect on raising blood sugar levels, eating less every second day and resistance and endurance fat- burning exercises.
Don't miss this chance to learn how to look after the health of yourself and your family's through nutrition and for the long-term.
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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Aren't eggcorns just created by people who haven't read much and who are now interested in communicating by writing on the internet? More likely they are forced to write— they want to participate in an online community in some form and there is no other way of doing it. I am sure that many people would prefer some other method. In any case they have heard the words and expressions in conversation or probably on TV and don't know how to spell them so they make something up. It's the same as misheard music lyrics isn't it? It's fun for better educated and more experienced people to laugh at what people come up with but it isn't really that special or surprising.
Perhaps all of this has been discussed before but it's been bugging me since I first heard about this.
Welcome Erniebert. Eggcorns are a word usage classification that was borne out of the observation that the definition of malapropisms, folk etymologies, etc. just weren't broad enough to categorize them. And, locating and documenting these eggcorns has been enormously facilitated by the birth of the internet because UNEDITED language gets thrown out by both educated and uneducated sources alike.
One founder of this website warned posters against deriding their sources. Not only is it impolite, but many of the mistakes posted here originate from honest mistakes. A key feature of the eggcorn is that they are not intentionally created by either the one who utters them or the one who discovers them. They are simply located and interpreted. And, for a word usage to qualify as an eggcorn, it must be honest, UNINFORMED mis-interpretation of another set of words. To reemphasize: some of these eggcorns come from highly educated people.
I guess the phrase "nothing is obvious to the uniformed" might capture the sentiment of eggcorn hunters best. We all have been in the position of taking in information and reusing it incorrectly at some time or another. If you take this perspective, you will have greater fascination for the human ability to interpret language and use it creatively. Eggcorns really speak volumes for our adaptive ability. So, keep this kind-natured viewpoint in mind when you go out and hunt for them.
(But even so, it's probably good for the rest of us to get a slap on the wrist every so often to keep us from getting too arrogant.)
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Hey Joe! You just accidently eggcorned, leaving me to clean up! "There is no noun I cannot verb" (jokingly attributed to General Alexander Haig, that master of military jargon.)
From your previous post:
'I guess the phrase "nothing is obvious to the uniformed" might capture the sentiment of eggcorn hunters best.'
An obvious (?) typo. But yes, I can't agree more about people in 'uniform'.
Jorkel, thank you for the thoughtful reply. Not having any background in language theory I just don't know if these constructions are special. If linguists think so I am willing to believe them. My feeling however, is that the forcing for this effect is temporary. Access to this new form of communication must be driving language creation and alteration at a significantly greater rate than has been historically observed. This won't last forever. I suppose by way of a disclaimer I should repeat I don't have any training in linguisticts though I do find it fascinating.
I, for one, have a fascination with a whole other "category" of language usage which hasn't even been formally classified yet: English-phrases-by-speakers-of-foreign-languages might best describe it. Over the years, when I have had (English) conversations with foreign-born persons, I have detected some of the most innovative English constructions. And it always causes me to sit back and reflect on how we native speakers channel ourselves into conventional thought with conventional idioms and conventional grammar. So, when a foreign-language speaker translates the conventions of his/her own language into ours, it's almost like a breathe of fresh air.
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It's sometimes hard to determine, but I think when you're dealing with a true eggcorn, the user will defend that he or she understands the phrase, uses it frequently, and intended to use the word as it is written. Yes these people probably picked up the phrase by hearing it in conversation or on television, or by reading it and remembering it a little incorrectly. But that's how a living language works, and for something to be classed as an eggcorn, it should be more than one person using the new / alternate version. I think this is an example of how the idiom of a language evolves, whether or not the internet is involved. The internet makes it easier to confirm and track the usage, but I think I disagree that eggcorns don't happen without it.
A non-internet-based change in "idiom" (not an eggcorn, but…) that I ran across once was a children's clapping rhyme that my mother and I each learned in grade school.
I learned a rhyme that went:
"Say, say oh playmate
Come out and play with me
and bring your dollies three
climb up my apple tree
slide down my rain barrel
into my cellar door
and we'll be jolly friends
forever more"
My mother's version was the same except it was "Holler in my rain barrel, slide down my cellar door". I'm guessing the changes occurred because kids of my generation had never hollered into a rain barrel or seen a cellar door with a slide, so somewhere along the line some group of kids remembered the words in a way that made a little more sense to them. Maybe this isn't so different from the original poster's "misheard music lyrics" but it's interesting because it propagated widely and in this case may have completely replaced the original. I've asked various people my age over the years, and if they knew the rhyme at all it was the newer version.
There's a well-known and charming old song, by Philip Wingate (1894), called "Two Little Maids" or "Playmates." The refrain is:
I don't want to play in your yard,
I don't like you anymore,
You'll be sorry when you see me,
Sliding down our cellar door,
You can't holler down our rainbarrel,
You can't climb our apple tree,
I don't want to play in your yard,
If you won't be good to me.
If I'm not mistaken, it was used in the movie "Reds," directed by Warren Beatty, and there's a recording of it by Joan Morris and William Bolcom. Your mother's rhyme (which I never heard before) can also be found on the Web.
Now the question is: Which came first, the song or the rhyme? I've known the song for a long time, but it never occurred to me it might be based on a children's game.
Thanks Fishbait—you saved me from posting about Wingate.
Wingate's song appears to have been rewritten in the 1940s (or 30s?) as a slightly different popular tune, but a few minutes of googling didn't reveal who did it. There are apparently plenty of recordings of it as a song on recent children's records (usually titled "Playmate" or "Oh Playmate" and attributed to "Public Domain" or "Traditional").
As a little kid in the 70s, I learned it as a song—rather than as a rhyme—from an older relative. And I learned the original version, so I think I ruin fpberger's pattern. I've since heard little kids singing it, and I've noticed that they sometimes say "rainbow" rather than "rainbarrel." Rainbows may be easier to slide on.
The clapping rhyme is intriguing me. In our family rain barrels were never mentioned. Rather, as has been mentioned above, we always said "slide down my rainbow". This recalls my earlier thoughts about misheard song lyrics.
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My younger sister learned that song in school, probably about 1970. I think she learned "Climb up my rain barrel/Slide down my cellar door", which made sense, because climbing up the rain barrel would put you up to the top of the cellar door, ready to slide down.
Anyway, she learned a bridge and a second verse:
It was a rainy day;
She couldn't come out to play.
With tearful eye she breathed a sigh
And I could hear her say,
"I'm sorry, playmate,
I cannot play with you.
My dolly's got the flu.
Boo-hoo, boo-hoo, boo-hoo.
Ain't got no rain barrel.
Ain't got no cellar door.
But we'll be jolly friends
Forever more".
"I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific." – Lily Tomlin
fishbait1 wrote:
There's a well-known and charming old song, by Philip Wingate (1894), called "Two Little Maids" or "Playmates."
If I'm not mistaken, it was used in the movie "Reds," directed by Warren Beatty, and there's a recording of it by Joan Morris and William Bolcom.
"I Don't Want To Play in Your Yard", music by H.W. Petrie, words by Philip Wingate, Petrie Music Company, Chicago, 1894. Dedicated "To the Ladies of the Charity Circle, La Porte, Ind."
Also used in the The Oklahoma Kid (1939), sung by James Cagney.
patschwieterman wrote:
Thanks Fishbait—you saved me from posting about Wingate.
Wingate's song appears to have been rewritten in the 1940s (or 30s?) as a slightly different popular tune, but a few minutes of googling didn't reveal who did it. There are apparently plenty of recordings of it as a song on recent children's records (usually titled "Playmate" or "Oh Playmate" and attributed to "Public Domain" or "Traditional").
Oh Playmate, come out and play with me
And bring your dollies three.
Climb up my apple tree,
Look down my rain barrel
Slide down my cellar door
And we'll be jolly friends forever more.
Used in the film The Addams Family (1991), performed by The Kipper Kids.
If the words sounded familiar to audiences in 1940, the main theme of the tune was even more so. Saxie Dowell may have thought it was "public domain" or "traditional", but it was actually a note-for-note copy of "Iola", written in 1904 (the year Dowell was born) by then 27-year-old Charles L. Johnson of Kansas City, who, at 63, (to reference a Monty Python film) wasn't quite dead, sir. Johnson sued and later settled out of court.
Victor matrix B-4214. Iola, lyrics by James O'Dea, music by Chas. L. Johnson, performed by Byron G. Harlan (tenor) and Frank C. Stanley – January 23, 1907
The words, which refer to a teenager named Iola, were added after the tune had become popular. Originally the title referred to the town of Iola, Kansas.
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In many ways, the Internet has leveled the playing field in the digital media space. Where a few prominent outlets like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal once towered over all else, a complex ecosystem of online news sites, blogs and other upstarts now challenges their superiority. American University even offers a master's degree in media entrepeneurship now.
This year's most promising new venture may be PandoDaily, a blog launched amid much fanfare this month. In its infancy, PandoDaily is already slated to become the site of record for tech startups. Sarah Lacy, a former TechCrunch reporter, developed the blog after raising an impressive $2.5 million. The name derives from a type of tree with an impressive root system used to continually shoot up new trees, mirroring the Silicon Valley startup environment.
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The money question hasn't necessarily been answered on the other side of the scale, either. Many media giants have yet to settle on a sustainable business model for online content. In a bid to increase revenue and sales on a local level, AOL launched Patch to cover hyper-local news, and Yahoo acquired Associated Content in May 2010 at a reported $100 million. Following tweaks to Google algorithms early in 2011, the prolific content farm is now re-branded as Yahoo Voices, offering small sums to citizen contributors, with varying degrees of success. Presumably, Yahoo's top executives realized too late the importance of quality over quantity; sparking controversy, the decision was made to delete 75,000 articles.
Investors see strong potential in the companies that curate, rather than create, content. A group of technologies broadly defined as "personalized news aggregators" or "content curators" have emerged to distribute information, recommend news articles to users and offer publishers opportunities to monetize content through targeted advertising. "We have very dedicated investors who believe in both the space and the product," said Cristina Cordova, head of business development at Pulse, a personalized news-reading app for the iPad, iPhone and Android. "Technology will continue to revolutionize traditional businesses as it always has," she added.
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This new breed is concerned with content curation rather than ownership. Author Clay Johnson argues in his new book Information Diet that consumers feel inundated with content. These new technologies help consumers weed through the expanse of junk online.
The stand-out successes in this category are Flipboard for its stunning user interface, Zite, a newsapp for the iPad that was recently acquired by CNN, and Pulse, an app which partners with top-tier news organizations to drive cross-platform news consumption, including the Wall Street Journal, CNN, and our very own, Digital Trends.
Ones to watch: Zite, Pulse, flipboard.com, Skygrid, News.me, techmeme.com, Storify, Paper.li, scoop.it, Percolate
The content creators
The tech community can make or break you in 140 characters or less. The top bloggers understand this better than anyone – they have carefully aligned themselves with the most influential Twitterati to ensure consistently high traffic. Many successful bloggers have been buoyed by partnerships with larger news organizations like the Huffington Post and Business Insider.
The most successful startups in this category welcome citizen contributors. Digital media sites that crowdsource content, such as Allvoices and Digital Journal, reward their best writers with points. Non-profit organizations have also made significant gains in this space. California Watch and ProPublica support high-impact reporting through foundations and grants, while Spot.us can be described as the "Kickstarter" for news journalism.
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October 9th, 2012 at 7:13 PM ^
Stream by any chance anywhere?
October 9th, 2012 at 7:15 PM ^
Windsor has some talented former OHL players, but they got crushed by MSU last night.
October 9th, 2012 at 7:16 PM ^
I think Kirk Maltby will have the game winning goal.Hes my pick to click.
October 9th, 2012 at 7:24 PM ^
Come on Michigan beat my alma mater tonight. Very unique situation for me. A rarity to see Windsor playing Michigan, but I gotta root for the wolverines. GO BLUE!!
October 9th, 2012 at 7:27 PM ^
Biased as I am about Michigan, I do think that our #3 ranking is a wee bit high. I mean, I'll take it, but I think this team has a lot to prove
October 9th, 2012 at 7:30 PM ^
Here at Yost it is empty, student and non student sections. I know it will improve after today, but I expected more, even for a tuesday.
October 9th, 2012 at 7:37 PM ^
That's a weird lineup. I was under the assumption Copp was brought in as a center and Selman was on the wing.
October 9th, 2012 at 7:45 PM ^
Michigan goal called back after the review.
October 9th, 2012 at 8:03 PM ^
I love listening to Al Randall call games. Definitely missed this during the offseason.
October 9th, 2012 at 8:18 PM ^
As a windsor alum, I hope they take it to UM :P, good competition in exhibition helps any team
October 9th, 2012 at 8:37 PM ^
Merill just got hit from behind into the boards chasing a puck, he got up and to say he was woozy was an understatement. No penalty called, hopefully it's nothing major.
October 9th, 2012 at 8:52 PM ^
Hope its nothing serious as well. He skated off the ice a few minutes after resting on the bench.
October 9th, 2012 at 8:37 PM ^
Moffatt scores, assist to Di Giuseppe. Bittersweet goal, because Merrill went down.
October 9th, 2012 at 8:48 PM ^
He's a big guy. He might not be a scorer, but he is going to be a solid 4 year player for us.
October 9th, 2012 at 8:52 PM ^
It's difficult to tell when we score when scrolling. It would be appreciated if someone would reply "GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLLLL".
October 9th, 2012 at 9:03 PM ^
October 9th, 2012 at 9:01 PM ^
No Pizza House commercials. That's a catchy, nostalgic jingle that is noticeably absent.
October 9th, 2012 at 9:16 PM ^
How are college sports rated in Canada? Is the U of Windsor a D-1 school of sorts?
October 9th, 2012 at 11:01 PM ^
Being canadian i can tell you for sure, the CIS is mostly players who were good high school players, or OHLers who went undrafted and likely had no future at the next level. It is more a way to finish out your career while also representing the school your OHL team paid your scholarship to.
They may be older but the skill level is not approaching the Michigans of the NCAA, also Windsor is not a top tier team either. A good representation would be Western Ontario (who you often play in exhibition) or McGill.
Basically in summation, our D-1 has and will always be the OHL/WHL/QMJHL.
October 9th, 2012 at 9:23 PM ^
Great to hear john pasquale and his blues band again.
October 9th, 2012 at 9:26 PM ^
In canada there are only two categories, the CIS (for universities) and the CCAA (for colleges) out education system is a bit different in this regard.
One must also remember that more than a few of these lancers played in the OHL and a few of them are 25 years old
October 9th, 2012 at 9:31 PM ^
6-1 Michigan on the DeBlois goal. This is the same score that Michigan State achieved against them yesterday.
October 9th, 2012 at 9:58 PM ^
Did he appear to have two functioning eyes?
October 9th, 2012 at 10:01 PM ^
Only one goal, and there wasn't really much he could do about it. Not to mention Red sat most of the upperclassmen for this game.
October 9th, 2012 at 10:27 PM ^
Collegiate level sports are way different in Canada. As a Canadian I can tell you that athletic talent if fortunate enough gets schollied in the U.S, Better athletics and full schollies which don't exist here. They are known as Athletic Financial Awards which can't exceed $4,000 per year. Good news here is that University tuition in Ontario is only about $6,400/year (think that's what I paid last semester for my oldest).
October 9th, 2012 at 10:42 PM ^
University costs here are out of control
October 9th, 2012 at 11:56 PM ^
Ontario is the most expensive province for a university education with an average tuition of $6,640 per year while a university education in Quebec will cost you $2,519 per year. These are per year numbers (not semesters). My wife from Michigan attended undergrad at UofM and grad school at Wayne State and can't believe the differences.
Link if you care
October 10th, 2012 at 12:04 AM ^
....and the schools are good ( U of T, Queen's, Western, McGill are every bit equivalent to B1G academics at a bargain price)...but there is something to be said for the American experience and, truthfully, no Americans would pay the kind of taxes Canadians do to subsidize their system.
October 9th, 2012 at 10:02 PM ^
Not able to listen, so could someone give a recap of the goalie play? That has really been my biggest concern for the year.
Edit...nevermind, addressed above sorta...
October 9th, 2012 at 10:01 PM ^
7-3 Michigan. Things got sloppy toward the end, from the sound of things, and the 3rd-string goalie (Janecyk) gave up a couple of goals as a result.
First real game on Thursday against RIT.
October 9th, 2012 at 10:26 PM ^
Hope Merrill and Selman are going to be okay. Definitely losing Merrill would be a huge blow. Selman should definitely see some ice time this year. Dude is an animal out there.
Also I think Rutledge gets the start thursday night but look for Racine to get some time sometime in that game or the next night.
Gonna be a fun year that will hopefully end the right way. Michigan riding off into the sunset (to Pittsburgh, PA more specifically) with the final CCHA Championship and CCHA Playoff Championship.
October 9th, 2012 at 10:27 PM ^
I'm presuming he was injured to some degree and didn't see the ice again. Anyone have the details?
October 9th, 2012 at 10:30 PM ^
He took a hit from behind on the boards, he got up looking like he didn't know what was going on. They took him off and he didn't get any time after that.
October 9th, 2012 at 11:50 PM ^
looked not so good getting off the ice, but (having no connection to what's happening and being no medical profession of any sort) the impression I got from how he got off, was that he was more shaken up than actually hurt and that he might have been able to go back in if it had been an important game and not an exhibition. I don't THINK it's the sort of hit that will make him miss many if any games. At least hopefully not.
Selman I'm much more worried about, he tried to take a few steps, couldn't put any weight at all on his right leg, needed help off the ice, directly to the locker room, jumping on one foot. That could more likely be a long time, maybe even the season. Hopefully they're both OK, Merrill is obviously a huge part and Selman looked really good in the exhibition.
Also, in case anybody was curious, Trouba is absolutely the real deal. Great, great player. Had an absolute cannon of a shot a time or two, got caught up ice once that I remember, had one pretty bad turnover, but also recovered nicely a time or two, made some really good passes, drew a few penalites, joined the rush to create some good chances a few times.... He's going to be a force of nature for however long we have him for. The one really good howitzer shot was on the PP from the top of the circle and it just missed. If he can get that on net, that could score quite a bit this season and be a nice cure for Michigan's PP. I am really excited for him.
October 10th, 2012 at 12:06 AM ^
I don't know about the Merrill part of your post. He looked really bad to me, and I got a good view from my vantage point in the student section. Obviously not a medical professional, but it probably isn't good news to be stumbling about like that with a distant look in your eyes after taking a shot to the head.
October 10th, 2012 at 1:19 AM ^
it was "good", iit might have been some variety of concussion, which, gateway to more concussions and very serious/bad and all that and I probably overspoke when I said he might have been able to return that game. But dazed and confused is something you recover from in, generally, minutes. Been there, done that. I had a pretty good view of him, too, but my guess is that looks far worse than it is. That or it's REALLY bad, to the point he may never be 100% again. But my guess is that they may hold him out of this weekend, mostly as a precaution, but that by next weekend, at the latest, he's fine.
I tried to find some updates on the injuries, but all I could find was this tweet: "Berenson said Selman had a bad cut on his leg. Also voiced concern for Merrill. Said both coaches wanted to avoid injuries today."-https://twitter.com/MiHockeyNow/status/255853156347564032
Not really anything notable on Merrill, but probably best-case for Selman. The other viable options from the way he moved afterwards were along the lines of things being torn/broken. I'm sure we'll learn more in the coming days and hopefully neither is long lasting and both players are safely back on the ice, shortly.


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The USDA Agricultural Research Service would lose 11 percent of its annual budget under the Bush administration's budget proposal and those cuts would result in closing some important research centers across the Southwest, including the Agricultural Research Center in Lane, Okla., and cotton gin research laboratories in Lubbock, Texas, and Las Cruces, N. M.
"The budget also recommends a 9 percent to 10 percent reallocation of funds to higher national priorities," said Ed Knipling, administrator of the USDA-ARS in Washington.
Knipling recently toured ARS facilities in Stillwater, Okla., and was keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Peanut Commission and Oklahoma Wheat Commission.
He said research center closings, if the proposed budget stands, would occur on October 1, 2006. Some funds saved by closing those facilities would be diverted to other research centers.
"Those are tough decisions," Knipling said. "The cuts are part of a judgment process and not by formula. The decision on the Lane Research Center comes from within the agency and is based on relevance factors and similar work performed in other locations."
He said some cuts will come from previous budget items that were approved but never in a budget proposal. He called these "congressional add-ons" and consisted of earmarked funds. "With lobbyist scandals, however, Congress will be much more conservative with earmarked funds."
Knipling said as much as three-fourths of the proposed cuts would come from prior year add-ons.
He said research centers across the country will take some hits if the president's budget is approved. The center at Stillwater, for instance, could lose funding. Potential losses could affect peanut, sorghum and small grain work.
He said national priorities affecting USDA funding include reducing the deficit, funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and natural disaster assistance. Reallocations within USDA-ARS include increased emphasis on emerging diseases such as avian influenza, BSE, Asian soybean rust, citrus canker, wheat stripe rust and other potentially damaging pathogens.
"Animal health will be a higher priority when it is related to human health," Knipling said. "Conservation items will be high priorities."
Knipling said the proposal remains just that, a proposal. "The president has made similar proposals in the past and Congress has not been receptive," he said. "This year could be different, however, because of the increasing deficit, war, etcetera. Congress may accept some cuts. But the budget proposal speaks for the president and not Congress."
He said other scientific agencies attract more attention and funding than does agriculture. "Homeland security remains a key emphasis," he said.
Knipling said renewable energy holds promise for increased funding. "The president's mention of switchgrass, for instance, underlines the need for more research. Some work is already in place in Nebraska and at the Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Okla.. Bio-energy represents a growth area within USDA-ARS, but at the expense of other programs."
He anticipates long-term research into renewable fuel sources. "We will need grain crops for human and animal feed," he said. "Our challenge is to find ways to convert crop residue, stalks, stems, etcetera, into energy."


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