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My Cowboys Analysis: Offseason Priorities, Rising/Falling Players, and a Mock Draft
I've been posting my Cowboys analysis over at Bleacher Report. Some of the most recent articles. . .
6 Cowboys Who Will See Roles Expand
8 Players Rising or Falling on Cowboys' Board
Top 5 Defensive Ends Dallas Should Consider
Top 5 Remaining Offseason Priorities
A Mock Draft of Instant Contributors
In that last article, I picked players I believe could make the most immediate impact in Dallas. Here's a look at the first three rounds.
Round 1: Aaron Donald, DT, Pitt
Will Pitt defensive tackle Aaron Donald fall to Dallas? Probably not, but there's a decent chance that he falls into the teens, in which case the cost for the Cowboys to move up wouldn't be prohibitive. He's the one player it makes sense for Dallas to trade up for in this draft.
The big concern with Donald is that he has just 32.6-inch arms. That's short for a defensive tackle. Although some players have thrived at the position despite a lack of elite arm length (Warren Sapp, for example), there's still a trend there suggesting quality short-armed players are the exception to the rule.
When a player records college production as impressive as Donald's, however, you can put up with short arms to a greater extent. With 11 sacks and 28.5 tackles for loss in 2013 alone, you could argue Donald was the top defensive lineman—not just defensive tackle—in the nation. He has a four-year history of elite production.
The addition of Henry Melton certainly decreased the Cowboys' need for a 3-technique defensive tackle, but it's hard to ignore the potential of a Donald-Melton duo. Neither is a 1-technique, but defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli should be able to work wonders with an interior pass-rushing duo with such ridiculous upside.
Round 2: Davante Adams, WR, Fresno State
The Cowboys need a wide receiver. That's not a popular opinion, but there are few positions at which bringing in an early-round pick could have a bigger impact. Outside of the defensive line and perhaps safety, wide receiver is the Cowboys' biggest potential area for improvement.
What will a quality rookie receiver do? First, he can help the Cowboys score. Terrance Williams showed promise in his rookie year, but he's not the sort of player who will consistently dominate in the red zone. The 'Boys should use tight end Gavin Escobar way more, but adding another red-zone-relevant pass-catcher will help this offense.
Second, wide receivers help quarterbacks nearly as much as quarterbacks help receivers. With quarterbacks getting the ball out quicker than ever, the value of the offensive line has decreased in recent seasons. Quarterbacks are just as responsible for their sacks as the linemen, and having big, physical wide receivers who can be trusted is of massive importance.
Finally, the Cowboys already have pretty good offensive personnel, but 1) offense is more important than defense and 2) they have a really big potential leak: a Dez Bryant injury. The 'Boys shouldn't draft a receiver simply because of how much they rely on Bryant, but it should factor into the equation. If Bryant were to get injured (or even see more frequent double-teams), the Cowboys offense would be stagnant.
Fresno State's Davante Adams is one of the most underrated receivers in this draft. At 6'1", 212 pounds, he ran a 4.56 in the 40-yard dash. That's plenty fast enough for his size, but his time won't cause him to rise up boards like what might happen with Vanderbilt's Jordan Matthews.
Most important, Adams dominated in college. In two years at Fresno State, he averaged 116 catches, 1,515 yards and 19 touchdowns per year. That's insane.
Round 3: Jackson Jeffcoat, DE, Texas
Texas defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat has all the makings of an undervalued player. Despite being projected in the third round, he has long arms (33.9 inches), explosiveness (10'3" broad jump) and a history of production (13 sacks and 19 tackles for loss last year).
Jeffcoat's potential impact will come down to whether or not the Cowboys re-sign Anthony Spencer. If that happens, Spencer and George Selvie will likely be the team's starting defensive end duo. If the 'Boys don't re-sign Spencer, though, chances are they'll start a rookie at defensive end in 2014. Jeffcoat might not be the most likely first-year player to fill that role, but he'll be the best option in the third round.


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In March 2010, Jon Corzine had been out of his job as New Jersey governor for two months. At the same time, the derivatives brokerage firm MF Global was looking for a candidate with both executive and financial sector experience to become its chief executive. Corzine, who had also been the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, seemed like the perfect fit. Apparently, he wasn't. On Oct. 31, 2011, the company filed for bankruptcy protection and Corzine resigned.
The MF Global CEO left his post on Nov. 4, 2011, after a one year and eight months on the job. A brief tenure, to be sure, but it's actually not so short-lived when compared to those of some of his contemporaries. A global corporation is no less likely to make questionable executive hiring decisions as the average small business, and CEOs of some major corporations have the short tenures on their resumes to prove it. Click ahead to see some of these here-today-gone-tomorrow CEOs.
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Jewish World Review December 25, 2013/ 22 Teves, 5774
John Hinckley Home for the Holidays
By Roger Simon
No matter whether there has been a Democrat in the White House or a Republican, the Justice Department has argued against letting Hinckley out of the mental hospital where he has been incarcerated since 1982.
His family, lawyers and a number of psychiatrists and psychologists who have treated Hinckley over the years say he has responded successfully to treatment, is no longer a danger to himself and others, and that he should be allowed more and more days outside the hospital.
Hinckley had been allowed 10 days per month to visit his mother in Williamsburg, Va. He is not allowed to make visits in Washington, D.C., because the president of the United States lives in Washington, and the last time Hinckley came across a president, he shot him. Hinckley also is not allowed to visit his sister in Dallas, because the home of former President George W. Bush is a 10-minute walk away.
Even in Williamsburg, Hinckley is trailed by Secret Service agents, and he must carry a GPS-enabled phone that tracks his whereabouts.
On average, a person convicted of a violent crime in America serves about five years in prison.
Hinckley has served 31 years in St. Elizabeths Hospital even though he was found not guilty of any crime because a jury decided he was insane at the time he shot President Ronald Reagan, press secretary James Brady, D.C. police officer Thomas Delahanty and Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy.
All lived. The bullets Hinckley used, which were supposed to explode on contact, fortunately did not do so, though Brady suffered a permanent disability.
Last week, a federal judge extended the amount of time Hinckley can spend outside St. Elizabeths to 17 days per month. The seriousness with which Hinckley's request for added visiting time was treated is indicative of how seriously the government still takes his case: Over a four-month period, lawyers battled for two weeks, and the judge's decision was an incredible 106 pages long.
As far as I have been able to determine, the ruling was front-page news nowhere, though The Washington Post, which has done extensive reporting on Hinckley over the years, did put it on the front of its Metro section.
The hearing did provide some droll moments. In arguing that Hinckley is not fit to be outside of his mental hospital for a longer period of time, the government said one of his girlfriends at St. Elizabeths is "floridly psychotic."
To which Hinckley's lawyer replied: "Who is he going to meet at St. Elizabeths?"
Hinckley's case contains some valuable lessons:
The insanity defense is very rarely used in America and usually fails when it is used. Hinckley succeeded, but what has it gotten him? More than three decades in a mental hospital may be better than more than three decades in prison, but unlike a prisoner serving a sentence with a maximum number of years, Hinckley, 58, could be locked up in the hospital until he dies.
Before Hinckley shot Reagan, he had been stalking Jimmy Carter. In October of 1980, Hinckley was arrested at Nashville's Metropolitan Airport for concealing three handguns and 30 rounds of ammunition in his carry-on luggage. He paid a fine of $62.50 and was released from custody.
Four days later, Hinckley, who had undergone psychiatric treatment for depression, went to Dallas, where he bought a gun and six bullets at a pawnshop for $47. Hinckley used this weapon to shoot Reagan, Brady and the two law enforcement officers.
Today's Brady Law, which was enacted in 1993 and requires background checks for some gun purchases, is named for James Brady and might have prevented Hinckley from buying that gun.
In 1988, his last full year in office, Reagan endorsed the Brady Bill, even though Reagan was not a fan of gun control laws. His personal affection for Brady might have had something to do with it, but Reagan also said it was a good idea to see whether a potential gun buyer had "a record of any crimes or mental problems, or anything of that kind."
The National Rifle Association condemned Reagan's statement.
St. Elizabeths, built in 1855 as the Government Hospital for the Insane, once housed 8,000 patients. As the hospital crumbled from neglect, and as laws and attitudes about mentally ill people changed, the population dropped to its current 300 and a new hospital was built in 2010.
St. Elizabeths no longer needs all of its vast 350 acres, where feral cats still roam, some of which are cared for by Hinckley, who often visits PetSmart on his home visits right after he goes to Wendy's.
About 176 acres of the property will be used for the new $3.4 billion headquarters complex of the Department of Homeland Security.
It is hoped Hinckley will make a good neighbor.
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OK, so you are new. You have an idea of making and producing your own music. And you feel inspired. Perhaps you are a seasoned musician, tired of paying someone else to produce your music. Perhaps you are building a studio to record your band. Or you are into producing audio for video, film, podcasts. Maybe you have nothing more than a spark, the urge to create, a desire to fulfill a sense of artistic vision. It's Cool. You are welcome at the lab. You have found the right place and good people. We are here to help you build your own recording studio, your own laboratory for creative projects that works perfectly within your needs and budget. All the rules have changed in the past few years for putting together a recording studio and they keep changing. It used to be that you needed expensive multi-track recorders and mixdown machines, a roomful of outboard gear and processors, and more cables than you would want to count.
Of course, you still can make a large studio with tons of outboard gear (which sounds better than ever), or you can let computers and modern digital multi track machines replace hundreds of functions that used to require separate hardware units.
We are not talking about a cheap, hissy, unprofessional sound, like we used to get with old 4 track cassette studios. Those days are gone. With the dawn of modern recording software (called sequencers), with their full-featured digital mixers built right into software, you can expect your sound to rival the big boys in the studios downtown. Yes. It's true! For a modest investment in microphones, preamps, audio interfaces and software you can be well on your way. I'm going to tell you all about today's gear, tell you what you need and what you don't need, give you strategies for gear acquisition that are tried and true, and show you where you can save money and exactly where you should not compromise.
But don't think just because you have the gear you will sound like a million bucks, automatically. No, my friend, it does not work that way. You need to understand music to write music and you need to know how to use the gear or software that you have as tools. Talent is important, and there are many talents required to make a full production. But that doesn't mean you need to know how to play an instrument, like the keyboard, with proficiency.
Basically, we consider the studio itself to be a musical instrument. Like any instrument, you get good by practicing, trying different things, experimenting, mimicking, tweaking, mixing.... After a while, it dawns on you that making music is a craft, the mixer is its workbench, and the studio is it's laboratory. You supply the creativity, your musicality, your quest for musical beauty. You capture your tracks then tweak it down to a work of art. This process is the focus of TweakHeadz Lab. The goal of the studio tweak is to create art in its highest form of expression.
The great masters of the recording arts learned their techniques by devoting their lives creating, capturing and tweaking sound. These secrets are hard earned, and used to be passed down from the pros to their apprentices at big studios. You would set up microphones, sweep the floor, run for coffee and take out the trash, then, one day they let you help them at the console. Those days are almost gone. TweakHeadz Lab is the modern day equivalent of that apprenticeship. If you read my articles carefully you will find many secrets of audio production. Of course, we don't know everything, no person does. but we do know a lot. Enough to get you on your path.
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What is MIDI? MIDI is a form of computer data that keyboards and computers can send back and forth that turn on notes. You can write musical notes on a computer screen and the data turns notes on and off on the keyboard or sound module. Likewise you can play notes on your keyboard and the computer will "record" these commands to turn on and off notes.
What is a Digital Audio Workstation? A Digital Audio Workstation or DAW is a computer application that allows you to record both digital audio and MIDI data and blend the sounds together in it's software mixing console. There are editing tools that let you control every aspect of the production down to very fine details. Effects and processors of high quality are increasingly being added to these applications. Modern DAWs now can fulfill many recording studio functions that were possible only in expensive studios a decade a go.
What is a multi-track recorder? A multi-track recorder is a recording device that allow you to record audio directly to separate tracks. Once all the tracks are added, they can be mixed down to a stereo master recording. Today's digital multi-tracks have built in effects so you can add varying amounts to each track. The major difference between a hardware multi-track recorder and a computer sequencer is that the sequencer can record and edit MIDI data and the multi-track cannot.
What is a Recording Studio? A Recording Studio is a collection of devices that allow you to capture different "takes" of performances and assemble them into a finished audio product. A typical studio has microphones, multitrack recorders, mixers, instruments, and audio processors. With the exception of microphones, most every piece of hardware from a traditional recording studio has a software counterpart.


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DHAKA - The ever-reliable Shivnarine Chanderpaul and opener Kieran Powell hit stubborn hundreds to give the West Indies a commanding start in the first Test in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Chanderpaul remained unbeaten on 123 for his 26th Test century while Powell notched 117 for his second to help the West Indies to an imposing 361-4 at close on the opening day after Darren Sammy won the toss and opted to bat.
The 38-year-old, who joined Powell at the stroke of lunch on 106-3, not only played a calm knock but also guided his young colleague to reverse Bangladesh's early advantage on a slow turning Shere Bangla stadium pitch.
Chanderpaul, ranked fifth in the world, added an invaluable 125 runs for the fourth wicket with Powell before strengthening the West Indies position during an unbroken 130-run partnership with Denesh Ramdin who was 52 not out at close.
Bangladesh had looked good in the first hour when debutant off-spinner Sohag Gazi, opening the attack with the new ball, dismissed Chris Gayle (24) and Darren Bravo (14) before paceman Shahadat Hossain knocked Marlon Samuels for 16. But Powell and Chanderpaul avoided any further loss, taking the West Indies to 223-3 at tea.
Powell reached his century with a sweep off left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan for his 15th boundary before he was bowled by Gazi who finished with 3-97. Powell hit 18 boundaries and a six during his 178-ball stay.
"We are in a commendable position," said Powell, whose first century came against New Zealand in July this year. "I enjoyed the innings and it was good to have Shiv at the other end, he guides others well."
Chanderpaul, playing his 145th Test, was equally resolute as he completed his hundred with a four and single off Nasir Hossain. He has so far hit 17 boundaries off 195 balls.
Earlier, Gayle greeted Gazi with aggression, smashing the first and fourth ball of the match by Gazi for big sixes before clobbering two fours off Hossain to threaten Bangladesh's bowling attack.
But Gazi soon had revenge, having the flamboyant opener caught at long-off in his fifth over.
Bravo added 42 for the second wicket before miscuing a drive off Gazi and was caught at point to leave the West Indies at 74-2.
Like Bangladesh the West Indies handed a debut to a young spinner in the form of 23-year-old left-armer Veerasammy Permaul.
The second and final Test will be played in Khulna from November 21.
West Indies:
C Gayle c Mahmud b Gazi 24
K Powell b Gazi 117
D Bravo c Rubel b Gazi 14
M Samuels c Gazi b Hossain 16
S Chanderpaul not out 123
D Ramdin not out 52
EXTRAS: (lb7, nb7, w1) 15
TOTAL: (4 wkts, 90 overs) 361
BOWLING: Gazi 32-6-97-3, Hossain 14-0-73-1 (7nb), Rubel 9-0-54-0 (1w), Mahmudullah 7-0-29-0, Shakib 19-2-69-0, Islam 8-1-24-0, Nasir 1-0-8-0
TOSS: West Indies
UMPIRES: Richard Illingworth (ENG) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS)
TV UMPIRE: Enamul Haque (BAN)


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This article originally appeared in the CQ Weekly 2012 Democratic Convention Guide
In setting out to pay for a $37 million "people's convention" with low-dollar citizen donations instead of big corporate checks, Democrats have either embarked on a fool's errand, a bold experiment or both.
Convention organizers drew few accolades and much skepticism when they announced last year that they would accept no contributions from lobbyists, corporations, political action committees or donors giving more than $100,000. The ban rang especially hollow when reports surfaced that Bank of America Corp., Duke Energy Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. had donated to a nonprofit civic league that is paying for overhead and promoting the city of Charlotte.
For all that, campaign finance watchdogs nonetheless hailed the Democrats' fundraising limits as an unprecedented step. In recent decades, national party conventions have become notorious as rules-free zones where big, special-interest donors are rewarded exclusive access to government officials. The Democrats' new rules at least attempt to change that, watchdogs say.
"I give them a great deal of credit," said Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for the advocacy group Public Citizen. "This has never been done before for a convention, and it's going to have an impact."
The most immediate effect has been to make it painfully difficult for the Democratic National Committee and its affiliated host organization, known as Charlotte in 2012, to squeeze the needed millions from a shrunken pool of donors. President Obama and the DNC are struggling to keep pace with the money-raising efforts of Republican nominee Mitt Romney and with several well-financed conservative super PACs and other groups that are spending millions in unrestricted money to back the GOP ticket.
"The big push so far has really been to raise money for the campaign, and it should be," says Don Peebles, chairman and chief executive of the New York City real estate development firm, the Peebles Corp., and a member of Obama's national finance committee. In the fundraising pecking order, the convention ranks as a poor stepchild to the presidential race and the DNC.
"The president has imposed limitations well beyond what is mandated by law," Peebles says. "So, it makes it more difficult, and the pool of potential donors is smaller for the convention. So, it makes the dollars harder to come by."
That said, prominent officials are still rounding up checks from deep-pocketed corporate donors. As in past years, big money is underwriting events in Charlotte this week, thanks to a complicated fundraising apparatus that relies on unrestricted nonprofits to do some of the heavy lifting. The definition of "convention" has also proved somewhat fluid, with such events as a kickoff street festival and a lavish welcome party for the news media falling outside the definition of what constitutes an official event.
As at the Republican National Convention in Tampa last week, the money comes from several pots. Both cities received a $50 million federal grant to cover security costs. The Democrats and Republicans also received about $18 million each in public money, paid for by the voluntary $3 tax return checkoff that underwrites the federal election financing system. The bulk of the money, however, is private.
Labor Opts Out
Making matters worse for Democrats, many labor unions opted not to help underwrite this week's convention in Charlotte, a venue that drew controversy from Day One because of the state's labor-unfriendly "right-to-work" laws. In 2008, five of the top 10 donors to the Democratic National Convention in Denver were unions, according to the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute, which tallied $8.3 million in donations of $100,000 or more from labor organizations.
One of the top donors in Denver was the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which this year helped underwrite a labor rally in Philadelphia instead of backing the convention in Charlotte. Also among the unions stiffing the Charlotte convention are the AFL-CIO and Unite Here, which represents American and Canadian workers in the hotel, airport and other industries.
This year, the AFL-CIO "will not be making major monetary contributions to the convention or host committee for events or activities around the convention," wrote AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in a July letter to top federation officials. "We won't be buying skyboxes, hosting events other than the Labor Delegates meeting or bringing a big staff contingent to the convention."
The decision reflects changes in the AFL-CIO's political program and its "desire to engage in politics in a more effective and grass-roots way," the letter went on. Since beginning an AFL-CIO super PAC in 2011, federation organizers have signaled plans to shift away from national party politics and toward building a long-term, pro-worker activist movement and ground organization.
Changing the Rules
In theory, federal election laws dating to the aftermath of the Watergate scandal require public money to underwrite the entire convention. But starting in the 1990s, increasingly relaxed Federal Election Commission regulations cleared private donors to steer unrestricted checks to committees ostensibly set up to promote the host cities.
Democrats say they've changed all that this year by signing an elaborate, restrictive "master contract" with the Charlotte in 2012 host committee. The 53-page document spells out that the committee will raise exactly $36.65 million and reject all corporate, lobbyist, PAC and unlimited cash. Donations must be screened and reported monthly to the party.
"Adopting these rules has allowed us to include more people in the process," says Joanne Peters, press secretary for the Democratic National Convention Committee. The goal "was really to include the grass roots more and make them part of this convention," she says.
The number of individual donors to the Charlotte host committee is 85 times larger than was the case for Denver four years ago, according to Suzi Emmerling, press secretary for Charlotte in 2012.
Not surprisingly, however, there are exceptions to the ostensibly tight rules. First, in-kind corporate donations are permitted. Second, a 501(c)6 civic league known as New American City Inc. faces no limits and is paying for all of the host committee's overhead costs, including staff salaries and insurance. New American City's ostensible role is to promote Charlotte, not to pay for official convention costs.
The group has accepted donations from Bank of America, Duke Energy, Wells Fargo and other corporate backers that are prominent in Charlotte. Bank of America and Duke Energy are headquartered in Charlotte, and Wells Fargo has its East Coast headquarters there. All three have giant corporate offices within a few blocks of the convention site.
Third, the definition of "official convention activities" used by the Democrats has shrunk to exclude several major events. These include a Labor Day "CarolinaFest" party in Uptown Charlotte that will be open to the public. New American City and its corporate sponsors also are paying for "unofficial" welcome bashes for the news media and the delegates. Time Warner Cable Inc. is sponsoring the media party at the North Carolina Music Factory.
Finally, the party's contract with the host committee stipulates that all contributions "shall be disclosed publicly," but the first donor reports won't be made public until Oct. 15. That's consistent with federal reporting deadlines, Emmerling says. But it also means that donor names won't be public until long after the convention leaves town.
Duke Energy Draws Notice
The environmental group Greenpeace has called on the DNC to sever its ties with Duke Energy, the largest electric power holding company in the country. Company CEO Jim Rogers is co-chairman of Charlotte in 2012, alongside Mayor Anthony Foxx. Duke Energy has also reportedly guaranteed a $10 million line of credit to the host committee, in case fundraising falls short.
The company might have to step forward. The host committee has received some big assists, including a March visit to Charlotte by first lady Michelle Obama that featured entertainment by singer James Taylor at two fundraisers for both high-dollar and low-dollar donors. Also toiling to round up checks have been spine surgeon Dan Murrey, executive director of Charlotte in 2012; North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue, a host committee honorary co-chairwoman; and Foxx.
Still, convention organizers' low-dollar fundraising gimmicks, launched with the help of a full-time grass-roots finance director and a five-person marketing staff, range from the campy to the quixotic. An online store would have to sell an awful lot of $15 convention mugs or $17 "Future Delegate" baby onesies to get anywhere near $37 million.
A special fundraising appeal from Michelle Obama promised any donor who pitched in "$5 or whatever you can" the chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to the convention and to meet the president.
"Has it been a challenge? Absolutely," says Emmerling. "But a lot of people have been very responsive to it and appreciate what we're trying to do."
It remains to be seen, however, whether Democrats will score any political points for trying to run a less-corporate convention - or even manage to bring their people-powered shindig into the black.


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Jerry Bruce Goodwin, 76
Jerry Bruce Goodwin, 76, of Blackfoot, passed away at his home on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, from a lingering illness.
Jerry was born Oct. 6, 1934, in Thomas, the oldest son of Chester Lamar and Vanona Wright Goodwin. He graduated from Blackfoot High School in 1952 where he was active in baseball and boxing. He married Connie Martin on Nov. 26, 1958, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. Together they raised five daughters and one son.
Jerry was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where he served in various callings including bishop's counselor, member of the stake high council, and stake athletic director.
Jerry was an avid bowler, and for the last 20 years he owned and operated Starlite Lanes. He truly enjoyed associating with everyone who came in to bowl. Prior to his owning the bowling alley, Jerry worked as a sheet metal fabricator and welder.
Jerry loved the outdoors, and you could often find him fishing the local streams and lakes with his son, brothers, and friends. He also enjoyed hunting big game and game birds. One of the highlights of his life was playing for and later managing the Blackfoot Spuds fast pitch softball team where he made many life-long friends.
Jerry is survived by his wife, Connie; his daughters, Michelle (Steve) Morris of Eagle; Chemene (Stewart) Petersen, of Cokeville, Wyo.; Tifani (Jared) Wattenbarger of Idaho Falls, Anncheri (Denton) Roberts of Meridian; Nichole (Brian) Belnap of Idaho Falls; his son, Troy (Gina), of Blackfoot; 24 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his brothers; Sheridan (Jackie) of Blackfoot, Lynn (Harriett) of Quilcene, Wash., and Steve (Virginia) of Thomas.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Chet and Vanona Goodwin; a son-in-law, Shan Clement; and his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Dale and Eilene Martin.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 at 11a.m. at the Blackfoot Fourth Ward building. 520 N. Shilling. A viewing will be held Tuesday, Nov. 16, from 7-9 p.m. at the Hawker Funeral Home, 132 S. Shilling Ave., and again from 10-10:45 a.m. prior to services at the church. Interment will follow at the Riverside-Thomas Cemetery.
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LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN – Disney's The Muppets is the 7th feature film featuring the Muppets.
MANY MUPPETS – More than 120 Muppets appear in the film.
STEPPIN' OUT - The film tapped 60 dancers to perform with Jason Segel and Amy Adams for the "Everything's Great" opening musical performance. Hollywood Boulevard was shut down for two evenings to record the finale dance scene of the reprise of "Everything's Great," featuring 100 dancers.
PRETTY PIG – A total of 12 different costumes were made for Miss Piggy—more costume changes than any other actor in the film.
SO BIG – The largest Muppet, Thog, stands over 9.5 feet tall and is 4 feet wide.
TOP TEACHER – Amy Adam's character Mary is a teacher with 16 students. Thus, no less than 16 perfect apples sit on the edge of the stellar teacher's desk.
AT THE HELM – Director James Bobin makes his film directorial debut. Bobin co-created HBO's "Flight of the Conchords," which he wrote, directed and executive produced.
CUE THE MUSIC – Bret McKenzie of "Flight of the Conchords" wrote and produced three original songs and served as music supervisor for the film. McKenzie fills some big shoes: The Muppet Movie was nominated for two Oscars®: Best Music, Original Song ("Rainbow Connection") and Best Music, Original Sound Score.
ALL IN THE FAMILY – Choreographer Michael Rooney is the son of Mickey Rooney, who appears in the film in a cameo role. This is the first time the two have ever worked together on a film.
MINI ME – Muppet versions of Gary/Jason Segel and director James Bobin were created.
HIGH FASHION – Miss Piggy had shoes made for her by Christian Louboutin and a dress by Zac Posen, which she wears in the finale scene.
FANCY DUDS – Kermit had a suit made for him by Brooks Brothers for the scene where he walks through the streets of Paris with Miss Piggy.
TIME WILL TELL – Walter wears a Kermit watch in the film.
TICKLING THE IVORIES - Rowlf's original piano is back—incorporated into the Muppet Show orchestra.
STRUMMING THE SAME STRINGS – Kermit uses the banjo from 1979's The Muppet Movie during the "Rainbow Connection" performance in Disney's The Muppets. The staging of the scene features Kermit on a replica of the log where he was first found strumming his banjo in the very first Muppet movie. Miss Piggy shows up in a rowboat; very much like the one the late Dom DeLuise used; when she joins Kermit in their sweet duet.
SEEING GREEN – Disney's The Muppets was a green set (in more ways than one) with an environmental steward who made sure the proper recycling receptacles were utilized on set. All of paper products were made from recycled materials and were compostable. The production also provided each crew member with aluminum refillable water bottles to cut down on the use of plastic bottles and paper cups. Water was readily available on set for cast and crew to fill their personal water bottles.
NICE PAD – Kermit's mansion was filmed at Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills.
OUI, OUI – Miss Piggy's Vogue Paris office was filmed at the Pink Palace mansion in Bel Air.
GO BIG – Tex Richman's 51st Floor office was shot in the old ARCO headquarters on Figueroa Street in downtown LA.
MAKING MUPPET STUDIOS – The Muppet Theater, built on Stage 28 on the Universal Studios Lot, incorporated parts of the old Phantom of the Opera set into its audience section. The Jim Henson Company gate was turned into the Muppet Studios entrance. A sign showcased a series of tour attractions, along with their sad fates:
- Fozzie's Joke Room: Closed
- Gonzo's Cannonade: Closed for Repair
- Rowlf's Music Parlor: Under Renovation
- Dr. Honeydew's Laboratory of Fun: Out of Order
SIGNATURE ARCHES – A set design replicating the arches from the opening title sequence of "The Muppet Show" was recreated and used in the Muppet telethon.
RIBET – Kermit the Frog first appeared on "Afternoon, Footlight Theater" and "Sam and Friends" in 1955.
- A balloon of Kermit appears annually in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.
- Kermit has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- Kermit celebrated his 50th Anniversary in Kermit, Texas, in 2005 and received a key to the city.
- She appeared as 1st Sow in the "Return to the Planet of The Pigs" bit on "The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence" in 1975 (which was, in effect, the pilot for "The Muppet Show").
- She was also a chorus pig in the first season of "The Muppet Show." Her break-out performance was in a number called "Temptation" on the Juliet Prowse episode.
- The confident character was called Miss Piggy for the first time on "The Muppet Show" in 1976.
THE GREAT – Gonzo first appeared in "The Great Santa Claus Switch" as the Cigar Box Frackle in 1970.
- He appeared on "The Herb Alpert Special" in 1974.
- Gonzo as he's now known debuted on "The Muppet Show" in 1976.
TOP DAWG – Rowlf first appeared in a Purina Dog Chow commercial in 1962. He began appearances on "The Jimmy Dean Show" in 1963.
HECKLERS – Statler & Waldorf first heckled on "The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence" in 1975.
STAR-SPANGLED – Sam the Eagle first was offended and appalled by the Muppets on "The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence" in 1975.
PRE-HEATED – The Swedish Chef kicked off his cooking career on "The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence" in 1975.
RAT-A-TAT – Rizzo the Rat originally appeared as an uncredited vermin in "The Muppets Musicians of Bremen" in 1972. He was revamped by Steve Whitmire for "The Muppet Show" sometime between 1978 and 1980, and credited as Rizzo the Rat for the first time in 1981's The Great Muppet Caper.
IT'S ELECTRIC – The Electric Mayhem, including Dr. Teeth, Animal, Janice, Floyd and Zoot, launched their legendary career on "The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence" in 1975.
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Best and Worst Player
Best Player
Goal Choice
J. MilnerManchester City Position: Midfielder
Fan Choice
E. DžekoManchester City Position: Attacker
Worst Player
Goal Choice
L. KoscielnyArsenal Position: Defender
Fan Choice
L. KoscielnyArsenal Position: Defender
Team Ratings
W. Szczęsny
Guessed correctly for Dzeko's penalty and was thankful when the ball rolled back across the line into his arms. Distribution was inconsistent throughout, and parried the ball straight to Dzeko for the second goal, but made an excellent stop in the second half to deny Tevez.
B. Sagna
Effectively given the right-wing role after Koscielny's dismissal, with Oxlade-Chamberlain taken off, and tried to get forward as often as possible, but as City asserted their authority opportunities were rarely forthcoming.
L. Koscielny
Lasted eight minutes before hauling down Dzeko in the box, conceding a penalty and earning a straight red. Although it was a dire performance from the rest of the team, there is no doubt the sending off had a huge impact on the game.
K. Gibbs
Had his work cut out with the threat of Zabaleta and Milner down City's right, and often found himself in a two-on-one situation. Didn't have much joy going forward, either, with options often limited.
T. Vermaelen
Made a vital challenge to block an early effort for Silva but looked out of sorts overall, picking up a booking for a reckless challenge on Dzeko and found well out of position for the second goal. Improved in the second half, leaving Dzeko no quarter.
A. Diaby
Started his first game for some time and looked rusty, disappearing for large spells after the red card. Involved in a few attacks late in the first half but failed to make a telling impact and regularly gave possession away in midfield. Replaced by Ramsey on the hour.
A. Oxlade-Chamberlain
Looked sharp at the start of the match, but was sacrificed for Mertesacker after Koscielny's early red card and had no chance to make an impact.
J. Wilshere
Arsenal's best player by far. Worked hard to track back and support the defence but was the only real engine in Arsenal's midfield with Diaby absent for large periods. Kept the hosts only two behind with a fine goal-line clearance from Javi Garcia's header, and led a much-improved team performance in the second half.
One of the Premier League's best newcomers, Cazorla has slotted perfectly into Arsenal's style of play, but the Spaniard's passing wasn't up to his usual high standard, and he failed to make effective use of the few times he was in possession.
L. Podolski
Conceded the free kick which led to Milner's thunderous strike. Dropped deeper after the red card but still failed to support Gibbs in defence on the left-hand side. Fired Arsenal's only real effort straight at Hart before the break, and was replaced by Giroud early in the second half.
T. Walcott
Came up against a true test in the form of Vincent Kompany and, with the early red card, openings were far and few between. Tried to take on Nastasic in the second half and caused some problems, but had no support up front. Nearly grabbed a late goal but for a goal-line clearance from Lescott.
Manchester City
J. Hart
His first contribution was a timid punch from an Arsenal corner but he wasn't really tested throughout, with Podolski's 20-yard first-half effort his only save.
M. Nastasić
Enjoyed a comfortable afternoon for the majority of the match as the visitors dominated possession, making the extra man count. Had a couple of hairy moments with Walcott but survived.
G. Clichy
Played very high up the pitch as the visitors tried to put pressure on Arsenal, and stuck tight to Sagna when the Gunners pushed forward. The majority of City's threat came from the other flank, though, so he was more required for defensive duties.
V. Kompany
Stuck tight to Walcott throughout the afternoon, but early on had a decent chance to give City the lead with a header that flew wide. It was looking like a comfortable afternoon for the skipper before he was harshly dismissed for a foul on Wilshere with 15 minutes left.
P. Zabaleta
One of City's best players this season, the Argentina international set his stall out early, looking to get forward at every opportunity, and put in another fine performance, linking up well with the midfield and causing Gibbs all sorts of problems.
David Silva
As usual, the focal point of much of City's play. Set up a glorious chance for Dzeko, before playing his part in the quick free kick for Milner's goal. The Spain midfielder is back to the high standard he set last season. Replaced by Kolarov in stoppage time.
J. Milner
Took the opening goal with real conviction, hammering the ball across goal and into the corner, and looked as good with the ball as he has done all season. Quieter in the second half with Arsenal starting to show fight, but the damage was already done and it was a superb performance from the England international.
G. Barry
Another solid performance from the England international, spreading the play when the visitors had the ball and putting pressure on Arsenal when they didn't.
Javi García
Probably the quietest of City's midfielders in the first half but spurned a superb chance, belting a free header way off target before seeing another headed off the line right before the break.
E. Džeko
Failed to take advantage of winning the penalty with a poor effort, but redeemed himself with a solid performance. Had the easiest of finishes for the second goal but ensured he was in the right place. Showed good movement throughout the afternoon but missed a couple of other good chances.
C. Tévez
The striker's contributions were sporadic, but often telling. Found Milner for the opening goal with an absolutely sublime through ball, then nearly scored with an outstretched foot which helped Dzeko bag the second. Wasted a one-on-one chance to make it three in the second half before coming off after Kompany's red card.
P. Mertesacker
Came on for Oxlade-Chamberlain to bring up the numbers in defence after Koscielny's sending off, but was off the pace, leaving holes in the Gunners' back line including in the build-up to the second goal.
A. Ramsey
Came on for Diaby with half an hour remaining, and helped the Gunners make much more of a fight of the match. Often found himself with few options going forward, but did slide Walcott through late on for a glorious chance which was saved by Lescott.
O. Giroud
Replaced Podolski early in the second half and had an opening with his first touch, but was rarely involved apart from that.
A. Kolarov
Came on for Silva with only a couple of minutes of stoppage time remaining and didn't touch the ball.
J. Lescott
Replaced Tevez after Kompany's dismissal and had to stay alert with Arsenal pressing forward more than in the first half, but lived up to the task well and saved the clean sheet with a fine clearance off the line.


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1. When a trace must be connected to several components (e.g. ground) is it a good practice to put the solder point of one component in the path to another one rather than to create direct connections to each component ?
I understand it's important to have a star grounding scheme to avoid ground lifting but in other situations may I daisy chain components or should I avoid it too ?
On v2 the top layer track between Rn and Jn seems to pass awfully close to the opposite pad on Jn...
Quote from: fungus on Jan 10, 2013, 05:54 pmOn v2 the top layer track between Rn and Jn seems to pass awfully close to the opposite pad on Jn...That definitely looks too close - design-rule-check should catch this though. Personally curved tracks like thisremind me of the old days where PCB artwork was laid out by hand using strips of black crepe sticky-backedtape and a scalpel - crepe allowed the tracks to bend round without creasing.
Might the electric-field concentration at a sharp, pointy corner create a lot of radiation? Hogwash. As a trace rounds a corner, it stays a constant distance from the underlying reference plane the whole way. The electric field intensity from trace to plane doesn't radically vary at any point along this track except for a modest perturbation in the vicinity of the actual pointy tip of the corner. It's true that a microscopic electric-field probe directly adjacent to the corner would detect this field concentration. However, measurements taken from farther away account for the average of everything that happens along the whole trace, not just at the corner. The corner, because it's so small, cannot noticeably affect the far-field radiation.


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Visitors from overseas, including these hikers from Germany, are often surprised by the vast expanse of land encompassed within the Adirondack Park.
Back in early October, I had the pleasure of leading a hike for a group of visitors from Europe. My guests were from both Germany and Switzerland, and this was to be their first hiking trip in the Adirondacks.
We decided on taking a rather easy climb, as the weather appeared questionable and the group was still adjusting to the time change.
It was a bright October morning as we departed the lodge, and piled into my truck. However, the sky gradually grew darker as the day wore on.
While driving to the trailhead, we passed numerous vehicle loaded with hunters, and eventually the conversation turned to the topic of hunting.
"It appears everyone is allowed to hunt in this country, are they not?" asked one of my guests.
"If they're of age", I responded, "And they have achieved a Hunting Safety Certificate. We have vast public lands, as well as extensive private lands available for hunting. Most private properties are reserved for the landowners, however some properties offer leases to hunting clubs."
"I see", he remarked. "I'm curious to know how much study is required of the hunter, before they are allowed to hunt?"
"Not a lot", I replied, "I believe a majority of the hunters who take a Hunter Safety Training Course, receive a certificate."
"Remarkable!" he remarked, before asking, "And how soon before they are allowed to go on the hunt? "
"As soon as they leave the classroom." I explained, "Unless they are under sixteen and too young, which requires they hunt with another licensed hunter."
He appeared astounded, as he revealed, "It is not so easy in Germany! "Hunters must know their animals very well, as well as the lands they travel. They must also know their equipment, and how to shoot proficiently."
Most applicants spend a year studying for their license, and about half of them fail their first exam. In fact, even the owners of private parks are required to study in order to hunt on their own land."
Hunters must be respected, and respectful, since public lands are very limited. In fact, most hunters lease the lands they hunt, and typically, they function as game managers. In fact, if a parcel is less than 150 acres, a landowner who wants the right to hunt there, must compete with other hunters in bidding process.
Leases can cost upwards of $10,000 per year, for about 500 acres, and they require hunters to provide a game management plan, which is reviewed and approved by local officials. If the hunter does a good job of managing the land and the wildlife, the lease is usually extended.
My guests explained that German hunters are expected to memorize a wide array of game laws. They must be able to identify nearly every species of animal in the forest, as well as its sex and age.
Shooting skills must be precise, and they must also know how to develop appropriate wildlife management plans. German hunters are also required to practice elaborate hunting traditions, such as singing the proper song to honor the death of a prized stag, or offering a prayer to St. Hubert.
St. Hubert
After explaining the intricate process of becoming a hunter in Germany, my guests were surprised to learn that St. Hubert is also honored in the states.
St. Hubert is the patron saint of hunters. He is also considered the patron saint for archers, forest workers, furriers and trappers, hunters and huntsmen as well as hunting as a profession.
He is commonly mentioned in the Adirondacks, and his name adorns churches from Tahawus to Keene Valley to Raquette Lake and beyond.
Saint Hubert, also know as the "Apostle of the Ardennes" was born in was born in 635 and died in 727.
According to legend, he was a renowned hunter and an accomplished poacher, who eventually repented his unsportsmanlike-like ways after observing a crucifix glowing between the antlers of a stag.
In fact, the image of a cross in a stag's rack is still found on the label of Jagermeister, (Master hunter) a powerful liquor that is still bottled in Germany.
St. Hubert is also considered the patron saint of archers, forest workers, furriers, trappers, hunters and huntsmen as well as hunting as a profession.
Although I had attended Catholic school for a fair portion of my education, I was never told of the legend of St. Hubert.
It's likely the management did not mention such notions in an effort to discourage any further youthful investigation into the elixir that bears his logo. You know, bad habits and all!
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The Barber of Seville will have you smiling from the moment it begins. Filled with fun and farce, this sunny adventure follows the escapades of the barber Figaro as he assists Count Almaviva to prise the beautiful yet feisty Rosina away from her lecherous guardian Dr Bartolo.
Set in an elegant vision of 18th-century Seville, Jonathan Miller's much-loved production returns to the Coliseum and remains as side-splittingly funny as ever. For this revival, the talented Christopher Allen will conduct Rossini's sparkling score, packed full of wit and playful tunes
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15.19± acres MOL
54th & E. Willow Rd.
LOCATION: 5000 E Willow Enid OK 73701
1-1/2 miles from HWY 412, on a highly maintained paved road. Located just North of the current Industrial Park which is within the city limits of Enid.
This property consists of 75± acres.
Tract A: 15.19± acres MOL will be offered separately with commercial possibilities. City sewer and water across the road and located on a three lane blacktop, with turning lane. PRICE: $67,500
The farm consist of 52± acres of cropland and 22.8± acres of grassland.
This will give that buyer looking for small or large tract in Pioneer-Pleasant Vale School District
Possession at closing.
Note; We are very pleased to be able to offer such an outstanding piece of property. Not very often do you come across land that has so many possibilities, it lies next to Enid's Industrial Park, is currently in agriculture, and has the possibility of being developed into a residential area. It is located on the East side of Enid, has outstanding roads and is located ľ mile from Pleasant Vale Grade School.
Absolute Auction - 475+/- Acres of Prime Farmland
Offered in Twelve Tracts - Ranging from 25+/- to 73.9+/- Acres
Will Sell to Highest Bidder Regardless of Price...
Tracts Range from 25+/- Acres to 74+/- Acres
Optimal Configuration to Meet the Needs of Any Size Farming Operation
Tremendously Rich Soil - Last Crops Planted in 2011-2012
Recently Removed from Usda Crp
Buyer will have NO obligation to CRP Program and can Farm the Property This Year.
Great Soil Types for Crops and/or Livestock Operations
Only 1.1 mile from Sonora
Excellent Views from multiple areas of the Farm with significant 'elbow room for a mini-farm
Deeded Access to All 12 Tracts
Nearly One Mile of Road Frontage on Sonora Hardin Springs Road (KY HWY 84)
Only 1.1 Miles from Sonora and newly widened Interstate 65
Access to County Water (Hardin County Water District No. 2)
Broker Participation and Pre-Auction Offers on the Entirety Welcome
For more info, please call Tim Mast at 888-791-7307 ext.84
Tranzon Asset Advisors, Edward D. Durnil, KY Auctioneer/Broker P1734
10% Buyers Premium and other terms apply.
3437 Sonora Hardin Springs Road
Sonora, KY 42776
Auction - August 25th at 11:00 am
Auction Location: 151 Horsebend Road, Sonora, KY 42776


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An excerpt from John Main OSB, "Integrity," WORD MADE FLESH (London: DLT, 1993), pp. 55-56.
It often seems as if we rush through life at such high speed while in our heart there is the essential interior flame of being. Our rushing often brings it to the point of extinction. But when we sit down to meditate, in stillness and simplicity, the flame begins to burn brightly and steadily.
As we abandon thinking in terms of success and self-importance, the light of the flame helps us to understand ourselves and others in terms of light, warmth and love.
The mantra leads us to this point of stillness where the flame of being can burn bright. It teaches us what we know, but frequently forget, that we cannot live a full life unless it is grounded on some underlying purpose. Life has an ultimate significance and value that is only really discovered in the still steadiness of being, which is our essential rootedness in God.
It is terribly easy to let life become mere routine. Roles can easily take the place of being. We fall into playing the routine roles of student, mother, husband, manager, monk or whatever. . . Jesus came to tell us that life is not about playing roles or being a functionary in some system. It is about meaning and purpose felt in the depth of our stillest being. Our value arises from who we are in ourselves, not what we do in a role-image of ourselves.
The ultimate meaning of God does not arise from what society says we are—that would be to "prefer human approval to the approval of God," as Jesus put it. When St Thomas More was imprisoned in the Tower of London for preferring his conscience to the approval of the king, his public role was destroyed and he became a common criminal. Yet his integrity was not destroyed. He knew who he was not only in the eyes of the world, or even his own eyes, but in the eyes of God. He enjoyed a profound confidence arising from the true depth of self-knowledge, which let him know who he was eternally. . . .
Each of us similarly, but in terms of our unique destiny, must discover the fundamental truth about ourselves. Rooted in God, we must be open to the love that redeems us from illusion and shallowness. We must live out of that personal infinite holiness which we have as a temple of the Holy Spirit. Discovering that the same Spirit that created the universe dwells in our hearts, and in silence is loving to all, is the purpose of every life.
After meditation: an excerpt from Beatrice Bruteau, "Heart of Jesus, Root of Reality," RADICAL OPTIMISM: Rooting Ourselves in Reality (New York: Crossroad, 1993), p. 102.
There was a road from our exterior, back through the layers of our being, into the heart. There the knower and the known coincide. We are truth. Now, together with Jesus, we realize that we are life. Traced back to our Source, we are life in ourselves (John 5:26). . .In Abhishiktananda's words: "Nothing remains but being.. . . being, pure light, undivided infinite light, light itself, the glory of being, the fullness of all joy. . .the Joy of Being, God all in all."
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Wow TSR really blew me away. The first season left me lukewarm though I did see the potential. The cast is very "complete" in terms of details, and the story overall was very thought out. The second season was a nice entertainment but didn't really develop much in terms of storyline.
TSR however... hats off. I'm tempted to read the novels, but I'd rather watch it being animated, especially since it's so damn well done. I can wait a few years, as long as it does end up getting animated. From what I've read the overall story isn't complete even in the novels, and I really hope for an ending with full closure, both in text and in animated form.
There are many special moments in this season and most/all have been pointed out. It was really nice to see Kaname realizing/accepting her feelings so freely (definite love versus infactuation) and it was definitely fun to have Tessa declare hers on open line. What really blew me away though was Sousuke's humanism as Gauld (sp?) defined it. TSR really made him human.
I can't believe that I've let this season sit around for so long before I took a look.
Edit: Having read the facts about the novels, I'm not sure if there's enough content for a main story season, but there definitely seems to be enough content for another Fumoffu-like season. I hope they'll eventually get to that.
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|2006-05-30, 16:15
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I've just seen the Tessa OVA and it does feature arm slave action.. if you can call it that way.
It's a 30 min feature in the style of Fumoffu and doesn't develop the story, but it does happen after TSR, so chronologically it fits.
I think there isn't an annoucement yet on making a sequel to TSR.
There's enough source material out there in the form of the novels, though.
Just read the excellent info thread by kj1980.
|2006-06-06, 09:58
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Demon Hunter
Seeing as FMP is my favourite series, I guess I'm gonna be a bit biased.
TSR really does do things right. The series was shorter but the plot had a bit more depth and emotion. Sousuke does some serious character development and this was a great relief for me because I always thought he was an idiot.
The animation was even better than before, which is a tough thing to do, and the VA is top notch. I'll be saving my money for this very soon. Hopefully I'll be able to find the novels as well.
Here's hoping for another series.
|2006-07-04, 00:02
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hi everyone
i just recently received all 3 seasons of the FMP series from my friend and i must say that i was absolutely blown away (especially by TSR). the characters all had distinct personlities and interactions that made the show increidbly captivating. the music, sound, and voice acting also helped in this area. the middle to end of TSR was incredible well done and it was great to see the relationship between sousuke and kaname develop. i finished watching all of the episodes a few days ago...and i find myself extremely depressed at the fact that i have ran out of FMP...(i even watched the OVA and prologue to TSR).
but alas, this was one AMAZING series. nothing before FMP had me so engrossed in the story, art, and emotion. i, too, am eager for a next installment of the series
|2006-07-27, 22:14
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hey guys,i just finished watching TSR!!!!
I'm pretty pissed with the ending of this great anime.But don't get me wrong guys.This is a great anime.In fact, i love it!It's really anime at it's best.But what i am really pissed about is the ending.
sigh..i really wish one of them (Sagara or Kaname) would confess their feelings for each other.
If not,i'll just grab Chidori from Sagara and i'll marry her!! lol something like that..
|2006-07-27, 23:25
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Well TSR isn't the end end. There are still more stories to go through.
What I really liked was that the relationship took another step in terms of progress, unlike many shows out there who have it in stasis until the last 5 minutes of the last episode...
|2006-07-28, 08:18
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|2006-07-29, 05:27
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Kaname's friends suck!
It was like the REALLY REALLY best time for sagara to confess his feelings for Kaname!!!DAMMIT I'm pissed to!!
|2006-07-29, 18:06
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I'm already losing my memory.
|2006-07-30, 05:07
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Last episode when she is about to hit Sousuke with her shoe.... Then she just starts to cry on his chest telling him that she was scared to death and so on... Sousuke almost comforts her with his arms when the annoying girls come and ask what's going on... That part always makes me mad. Why can't some people mind their own business?
As far as my comments for TSR, well, as you can tell by my avatar and the phrase on the top of my avatar, I am hooked! I'm so hooked that one day I will start my world travels in order to find someone similar to Chidori!!! Until then, rewatching FMP and hoping for another season will have to do.
Also, like most people have pointed out, the fact that Sousuke or Chidori never confess their love for each other irritates me. Sousuke is lucky to have found someone that likes him because as mentioned in previous episodes of FMP, the probability of a woman being out there that complements Sousuke is highly unlikely. I seem to be boring myself so I'll just leave it at that. Happy Reading.
|2006-07-30, 05:54
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Blame Shoji Gatou!
Sosouke is written like a strained teenager who doesn't know what he has until he looses it.
Kaname is a girl that hides her heart behind an iron curtain in a similar fashion.
Confessing one's love makes one very vulnerable.. Especially with teenagers.
|2006-07-30, 07:23
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|2006-07-30, 21:27
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I do wish they had at least accidentally kissed in some form before Leotard stole Kaname's first. That's why I like the manga more than the anime.
|2006-07-31, 07:01
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Hey, first post here. That aside...
I actually got into all this just over a week ago, and I've already watched all 3 seasons and cleared a few novels. I stayed away from anime after Robotech, and thankfully I was turned on to something that I could really relate to and enjoy. That said, I was really impressed with where TSR took things.
I would have to say one of my favorite parts was when Kaname was on the rooftop after her battle and everything finally sank in. She had gone through the past day or two finally seeing things through Sousuke's eyes - Everyone is a threat, people actually are out to harm/kill you, and there is a time when you can't hesitate to pull the trigger. It's one thing to be targeted and rely on someone's expertise to protect you, but in this scene she finally realized what it's like to have to be the protector, to live the way Sousuke lives every day of his life. Though he may do strange things and get irritating at times, now she fully realizes just why he does those things. ...maybe why the hit from the shoe never came in the end, and she broke down in front of him?
The other thing I liked was at the end when he was practically standing beside himself when facing his teammates in the road. They could have shot him, and he would have had absolutely zero reaction to it. Then the ARX-7 comes crashing in and he didn't even flinch, looking back only to acknowledge it as a piece of junk - halfway because it didn't kill him in the process of crashing past him.
The character development in TSR was very well played, even giving another side to people like Kurz. Now if only he could have at least given her that hug...
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Copyright Week: Our Lost Culture: What We Lose From Having Killed The Public Domain
from the we-need-more-public-domain dept
However, the damage that our missing public domain does to culture, society, learning and knowledge is quite incredible. Two years ago, we had mentioned some research done by Professor Paul Heald, in which he noticed an incredible thing about new books available from Amazon, showing that plenty of recent new books were available, but they fade quickly... until you hit 1922 (the basic limit, before which nearly all works are in the public domain). And then there's a sudden jump in the works available.
Since then, Prof. Heald has continued to do even more research into the public domain and how it's distorted our cultural output and made much of it disappear, going beyond just books, but also exploring the impact on music. In an even more recent paper, a draft of a book chapter, Prof. Heald again dives into the issue of the way copyright law has distorted the availability of culture. He takes that earlier chart, and then decides to compare the "new books" available on Amazon with "used books" available on ABE books (the most popular marketplace for used books), and shows the market distortions clearly:
As a related matter, we've pointed in the past to research concerning copyright renewal rates, as found in William Patry's excellent book, Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars. Prior to the 1976 Act, copyright holders not only had to register, but they also had to "renew" their copyright after 28 years if they wanted a second 28 years of protection. And yet, in 1958 and 1959, very few works were actually renewed.
And none of that even touches on the nature of creativity, and the way in which amazing new works often borrow and build upon the works of those who came before them. The greatest works of Shakespeare were more or less copied from others -- but he was able to make them into something special. Why is that such a problem? If someone can make use of the work of someone else who failed to make it spectacular, and turn it into something amazing, why are we precluding that possibility? The entire purpose of copyright law in the US was supposed to be about enabling greater dissemination of learning and knowledge, and that's by increasing the public domain. Yet, instead, because of regulatory capture, and the ability of gatekeepers to hijack the process, we've created a copyright law that does exactly the opposite. It restricts the dissemination of knowledge, decreases cultural sharing and availability, and generally harms creators and their ability to build on culturally relevant works.
What defenders of restrictive copyrights often fail to recognize is that the public domain is what made culture culture. Culture is a shared concept, in which lots of people are all experiencing the same or similar things -- and making it their own as a part of that. We used to share stories, retell jokes, build on and change the works of others, and it was that shared effort that built culture and helped it spread. But copyright law has changed all that. Rather than a true cultural phenomenon, where culture is built up by the public in terms of what they create, share and build upon, we now have a situation where the gatekeepers decide what culture is, push it on everyone via broadcast means, and then tell us not to do anything about it... unless we pay exorbitant sums. That's a perverse understanding of how culture happens, and one that does not benefit creators or the public (often one and the same), but is hugely beneficial for a few gatekeepers.
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Law experts, human rights groups, and advocates for civil liberties and international law are expressing outrage and concern just days after the Obama administration's chief prosecutor, Attorney General Eric Holder, publicly outlined and defended the US government's program to target and kill, without trial, individuals who it determines are affiliated with al Qaeda or deems a threat to national security.
Speaking to law students at Northwestern University on Monday, Holder said of the program:
Given the nature of how terrorists act and where they tend to hide, it may not always be feasible to capture a United States citizen terrorist who presents an imminent threat of violent attack.
In that case, our government has the clear authority to defend the United States with lethal force.
Responding to the speech on Tuesday, legal scholar Jonathan Turley, wrote: "The choice of a law school was a curious place for discussion of authoritarian powers. Obama has replaced the constitutional protections afforded to citizens with a "trust me" pledge that Holder repeated."
In the days since, groups and individuals have responded with incredulous amazement. Though the program has been known about for some time, the public defense shocked many. Hina Shamsi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's National Security Project, commented on the speech:
"While the speech is a gesture towards additional transparency, it is ultimately a defense of the government's chillingly broad claimed authority to conduct targeted killings of civilians, including American citizens, far from any battlefield without judicial review or public scrutiny. Few things are as dangerous to American liberty as the proposition that the government should be able to kill citizens anywhere in the world on the basis of legal standards and evidence that are never submitted to a court, either before or after the fact. Anyone willing to trust President Obama with the power to secretly declare an American citizen an enemy of the state and order his extrajudicial killing should ask whether they would be willing to trust the next president with that dangerous power."
Inter Press Service reports today:
Although the Obama administration has stated publicly that its policy to assassinate U.S. citizens and foreign nationals allegedly involved with terrorist organizations does not fall outside of legal bounds, the actual decision-making process – how, when and under what circumstances – through which authority is granted remains classified.
The debate over targeted killings reignited in December 2011 when President Obama signed into law a bill that included language reaffirming the executive's right "to use all necessary and appropriate force" in combating terrorism.
"We have had all of these arguments since 2010. They are inadequate," Mary Ellen O'Connell, a professor at the University of Notre Dame who specialises in international dispute, told IPS.
"This is the global war on terror with a new name – the same global war on terror that President Obama dismissed on the campaign trail" in 2008, O'Connell added. "The U.S. has always had a policy against targeted killing for legal, moral and strategic reasons. None of these reasons have changed."
Former litigator and civil rights blogger, Glenn Greenwald, was scathing in his critique at Salon.com. However, due to his extensive previous critique of the assassination program itself, he saved most of his ire for the Democrats who have so blithely followed the lead of the President and his administration on the issue:
The willingness of Democrats to embrace and defend this power is especially reprehensible because of how completely, glaringly and obviously at odds it is with everything they loudly claimed to believe during the Bush years. Recall two of the most significant "scandals" of the Bush War on Terror: his asserted power merely to eavesdrop on and detain accused Terrorists without judicial review of any kind. Remember all that? Progressives endlessly accused Bush of Assaulting Our Values and "shredding the Constitution" simply because Bush officials wanted to listen in on and detain suspected Terrorists — not kill them, just eavesdrop on and detain them — without first going to a court and proving they did anything wrong. Yet here is a Democratic administration asserting not merely the right to surveil or detain citizens without charges or judicial review, but to kill them without any of that: a far more extreme, permanent and irreversible act. Yet, with some righteous exceptions, the silence is deafening, or worse.
Turley echoes Greenwald's criticism of most Democrats and questions the limits of such vaguely worded executive authority:
The Obama administration continues to stonewall efforts to get it to acknowledge the existence of a memo authorizing the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki. Democrats previously demanded the "torture memos" of the Bush administration that revealed both poor legal analysis by Judge Jay Bybee and Professor John Yoo to justify torture. Now, however, Democrats are largely silent in the face of a president claiming the right to unilaterally kill citizens.
Holder became particularly cryptic in his assurance of caution in the use of this power, insisting that they will kill citizens only with "the consent of the nation involved or after a determination that the nation is unable or unwilling to deal effectively with a threat to the United States." What on earth does that mean?
Peter Van Buren, a former US diplomat, argued that Holder's defense of the program amounted to death of the Constitution's fifth amendment:
Like most of the Bill of Rights, the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution is beautiful in its brevity and clarity. When you are saying something true, pure, clean and right, you often do not need many words: "... nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."
There are no footnotes in the Fifth Amendment, no caveats, no secret memos, no exceptions for war, terrorism, mass rape, creation of concentration camps, acts of genocide, child torture or any evil. Those things are unnecessary, because in the beauty of what Lincoln offered to his audience as "a government of the people, by the people, for the people," the government would be made up of us, the purpose of government was to serve us, and the government would be beholden to us. Such a government would be incapable of killing its own citizens without care and debate and open trial.
IPS' report focused particularly on the implication for international laws:
Holder also argued that certain legal principles "do not forbid the use of stealth or technologically advanced weapons", such as covert operations and unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, used to kill militants and foreign nationals suspected of posing an "imminent threat" to U.S. national security.
But the use of such methods has set controversial precedents that may violate international law, Laura Pitter, a specialist on U.S. counterterrorism policy for Human Rights Watch, told IPS.
"The reason it's important to comply with international law is that there are standards that all countries use when applying lethal force so that countries like Russia and China, when they have these technologies, all apply the same standards," Pitter explained.
While the speech provided the clearest insight to date regarding the administration's legal framework for assassinations of U.S. citizens, Holder avoided detailing the implications of such a policy for foreign nationals.
"[The speech] deals with what would be justified for a U.S. citizen," said Pitter. The fact that it didn't address non-citizens leaves "little basis for determining whether the U.S. is meeting its legal obligations when it conducts these operations in regard to non-citizens," she added.
"Each targeted killing that occurs takes place in different circumstances, and all of it is secret because it's being conducted by the CIA…We've called for a long time for them to be conducted under military authority, which has greater transparency," Pitter added.
And Charles Pierce, writing at Esquire, highlights the predictable (and troubling) path that expansive and unchecked executive authority has followed since the George W. Bush presidency.
The criteria for when a president can unilaterally decide to kill somebody is completely full of holes, regardless of what the government's pet lawyers say. And this...
"This is an indicator of our times," Holder said, "not a departure from our laws and our values."
...is a monumental pile of crap that should embarrass every Democrat who ever said an unkind word about John Yoo. This policy is a vast departure from our laws and an interplanetary probe away from our values. The president should not have this power because the Constitution, which was written by smarter people than, say, Benjamin Wittes, knew full and goddamn well why the president shouldn't have this power. If you give the president the power to kill without due process, or without demonstrable probable cause, he inevitably will do so. And, as a lot of us asked during the Bush years, if you give this power to President George Bush, will you also give it to President Hillary Clinton and, if you give this power to President Barack Obama, will you also give it to President Rick Santorum?


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Linux and Kids: A Tale of Success as a Hero Battles for Life
Aug 20, 2012 5:00 AM PT
Well it was a dark, dark week in the Linux blogosphere last week, as further evidence of the economy's sickly state spread across the land.
Tale after tale of personal tragedy has popped up on Google+ and beyond, in fact, making it more clear than ever that the magnitude of this economic crisis has reached nothing short of epic proportions.
Perhaps most notable among all the heart-wrenching stories, however, was the saddening news of the Linux community's very own Ken Starks.
For those who don't know him, Starks is a Linux advocate who has worked tirelessly for years equipping underprivileged kids with refurbished and Linux-powered PCs through the HeliOS Project, which has figured on LinuxInsider's virtual pages on several occasions in the past.
Today, however, Starks is fighting for his life in a brave battle against cancer.
'This Leaves Us With About 2 Weeks'
"Ken's cancer has just recently begun to spread to his right lymph node, but his Oncologist has assured us that this is 80 percent curative if he gets the needed surgery in time," wrote Starks' life partner, Diane, in a blog post on Thursday.
"Unfortunately, his 1100 dollar a month SSI disability disqualifies him for Medicaid care and the local county low-income insurance he was receiving," Diane added. "This leaves us with about 2 weeks to either raise enough money for at least the OR for the surgery (we are hopeful of finding a surgeon to do the work pro bono) or raise enough money for the entire procedure."
It's heart-breaking enough to hear a tale like this even when the person in question is a stranger. When it's our own Starks -- a true hero who has done so much good for the world -- it's simply unbearable.
An Indiegogo campaign is now under way to raise funds for Starks' surgery.
'A Computer Lab for Free'
Of course, even during the darkest of times there's still good to be found in the world, and -- speaking of Linux and kids -- it would be difficult to find a better example than that of Robert Litt, a sixth-grade teacher in California.
"How One Teacher Built a Computer Lab for Free" is the title of a recent article describing Litt's efforts on iFixit.org, and there's no denying it's an impressive story.
With Linux and 18 old, donated PCs, Litt reportedly launched an effort that has transformed technology education at ASCEND, a small K-8 school in the Alameda County School District.
Litt has not only enriched the lives of countless California kids, but also brought a fresh wave of inspiration to the Linux-loving masses.
'A Good Inspiration'
"While Microsoft locks into contracts with educational institutions, it's a nice change to see this sort of thing happening," wrote pinkushun on Slashdot, for example.
Indeed, "a good inspiration to other schools," agreed captainpanic. "Let's hope some teachers read this, because education could use a little boost that costs nothing at all."
And again: "With the onslaught of Apple, it's touching to read a Linux success story, like in the old days of Slashdot," wrote Compaqt. "The story of these 6th graders gives lie to the claim of TCO, training and so on. If kids can figure it out, what's wrong with you (talking to you dumb office workers)."
Similar sentiments could be heard down at the blogosphere's Broken Windows Lounge, where Linux Girl has recently been spending a disproportionate amount of her time.
'That Should Exist in All Schools'
"What an excellent way to make use of old PCs and hopefully raise the next generation of geeks," enthused consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack, for instance.
"Of course, the next thing he needs to do is start teaching the kids how to install and maintain these things," Mack added. "As a geek who spent his early teen years piecing together old computers just to have something to work on, I know how good a learning experience it would be."
Similarly, "every school should have Linux PCs," agreed Google+ blogger Linux Rants. "With the education budgets we see in today's society, there's no justification for paying a dime to Microsoft when that money could be better spent elsewhere. Robert Litt's story is a great one, and that kind of project should exist in all schools."
'It's Really Easy These Days'
Blogger and educator Robert Pogson, in fact, has been doing something similar for more than a decade, he told Linux Girl.
"It's really easy these days with more intelligent installers and LTSP being a part of several major distros," Pogson explained.
Yet "while GNU/Linux will run on almost any old PC found in schools, I recommend using a few newer machines as GNU/Linux terminal servers and run the old machines as thin clients," Pogson suggested. "That way, you get the performance of the new machines on the old machines.
"Everyone loves that unless they are doing full-screen video when network lag is a problem," he added. "For point and click browsing or editing or searching, LTSP works like a charm."
'The Best Option for Education'
The fact is that "schools spend a bundle on teachers, buildings and utilities and often too little on IT," Pogson opined. "GNU/Linux, being the lowest cost option, is the best option for education.
"When I was teaching, it was usually possible to get dozens of donated PCs for the cost of delivery," he concluded. "I wiped the OS, usually that other OS with a really restrictive license, and often had years of trouble-free performance. Compare that with the endless re-re-reboots and malware of that other OS."
Google+ blogger Alessandro Ebersol also had experience with a similar initiative.
'The US Lags Behind'
"I was involved from 2007 to 2010 in the project (here in Brazil) 'Computador para Todos'," Ebersol told Linux Girl.
Through that project, the government would buy computers and send them -- equipped with Linux -- to the nation's schools.
"That was a wonderful success," he said, primarily for the way it exposed countless students to IT, since even poor schools could have a good number of machines.
"It amazes me how the U.S. lags behind" in this respect, Ebersol concluded. "GNU/Linux in schools is awesome! We proved it here and it works wonderfully."
'That Is What Linux Is About'
Last but not least, "I think the key take-away here is not that Linux is 'Free as in beer' but that Linux is better," Google+ blogger Kevin O'Brien told Linux Girl. "This teacher could take computers that were 'broken' with Windows, and make them useful with Linux."
Particularly notable, too, is that "the report never mentions that Linux is 'too hard' or required students to use the command line," O'Brien pointed out. "Instead, they talk about online searches, using a spreadsheet, and making music with a synthesizer.
"That is what Linux is about in 2012," O'Brien concluded.