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|2011-10-07, 05:58
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And I also really loved the call back to Ringo's speech on fate at the end of the episode, obviously she is no longer talking about Tabuki and it was nice to frame it with Shouma's speech about fate in the beginning (now I understand why he would say all we knew is we would never amount to anything).
It seems a lot of people didn't like the flashback of the Takakura's but I am glad they showed us more of what happened that day.
Although it was only one episode later, I did like how Sanetoshi used the same lines as the black bunnies "Don't Give Up the World Didn't End/Stop Turning Just Yet".
And finally Momoka being the hat....things have gotten more interesting (although it does make Himari less compelling, but oh well!)
|2011-10-07, 07:32
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Has anyone noticed that 2 pieces of apple on a dish in Masako's room are practically identical with that Student Council meeting scene in episode 5 of Utena where there was a whole apple lying on a chair in one shot and in the next one, the apple was shown being cut into pieces that resembled rabbits?
|2011-10-07, 08:58
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Hmm, I wasn't really feeling this episode. After such a big buildup last week, this one was just a lot of exposition. It wasn't bad, just kind of anti-climatic I suppose.
Edit: I'm leaning towards the hat being the girl who was with Sanetoshi (Momoka.) He loved her but she didn't love him back. When he put the hat on Himari in episode 9, he tried to kiss her and she rejected him yet again.
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|2011-10-07, 09:24
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|2011-10-07, 11:03
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Interesting that it seemed like Mario died at the same time Himari did. Would explain why Natsume was thanking him for the serum. So Momoka is the hat that Himari has, but i wonder who is in the hat that Mario has. I wonder who has the other half of the diary.
Tough news for kids to have to deal with, felt bad for them, ut at least we got to see how they came to know about it. Seems like Ringo has given up on Tabuki now. So i wonder what the scars on his hand are from, looked like he got them before the incident happened.
|2011-10-07, 11:56
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I also think this episode implies that Momoka = Princess of the Crystal. I have only one problem : If so then she's Ringo's sister. Why has she never shown any sign of recognition? Not to mention that she always called Ringo bad names too. I can accept that she maybe tomboyish but did she really have to go that far towards her own sister? Just wondering.
|2011-10-07, 11:58
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I didn't enjoy this episode as much as last week's but it was still good.
I just had a question about the flashback when the siblings are at the hotel.
Shouma says:
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EDIT: I agree with you, pessimstic_freak. Shouma's eyes seem to be a mixture between Chiemi's and Kenzan's anyway (even if the Takakura brothers where not siblings, I actually think it would make more sense to say Shouma was the real son because of that).
|2011-10-07, 12:28
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9/10 for this episode.
The plot has become a little bit confusing in this anime, but the artwork, animation, style, characterization, drama, suspense, bgm, etc... was all excellent in this episode.
I also have to agree with Kazu-kun on Ringo. She took a major step forward this episode, and her character is more likable for it, imo.
I also think that Ringo's character ironically became more important in this episode in spite of the fact that she hasn't been a focal point for awhile now.
Prior to this episode, I wasn't sure where Ringo fitted into the overarching conflicts of this anime. She seemed to be off pursuing her yandere destiny while the other three major protagonists were the only ones directly involved in the main overarching conflicts of the anime.
But I think that's changed now, and I also get a sense that Ringo is being developed as the antithesis to Kanba.
This anime talks a lot about fate. It primarily does that through two characters: Kanba (who hates it) and Ringo (who loves it).
I think that the theme of this anime will likely come back to the concept of fate.
In Kanba, we see someone who fights against it, and who refuses to succumb to it.
In Ringo, we see someone who adores it, and seeks to force it.
But Ringo has changed a bit here. Ringo has taken on the approach that there are things in life that can't be preserved forever (much as Tabuki said to her), and hence it's best to accept that and make the most out of what you have in the here and now. I had initially thought that Ringo's belief in destiny/fate would be crushed by her not fulfilling her goal to become Momoko, but that doesn't appear to be the case here. Ringo appears to be adapting remarkably well.
Now... Is this anime saying that Himari's life can't be preserved forever (just like Ringo can't preserve or 'bring back' the exact sort of family life she once had), and that Kanba's struggles to keep her alive by any means necessary are misplaced? Is it saying that Kanba should be more like Ringo, accepting of 'fate' and what it means at a practical level?
I would find that interesting given how many viewers have thus far suspected that this anime is attempting to subvert the concept of fate.
In any event, Kanba and Ringo have been setup as philosophical rivals, although neither is aware of it. It'll be interesting to see if they ever come to direct conflict due to that.
Ultimately, the anime will either agree with Kanba's perspective, or agree with Ringo's perspective, or land on some sort of synthesis between the thesis and antithesis.
All of this will likely be tied to the results of the experiment of sorts that Sanetoshi is running.
Thematically strong episode, as difficult as it can be too see where the plot is going next.
|2011-10-07, 13:24
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I agree that Shouma was the main instigator here. When Ringo talks about how she loves fate because happy chance encounters can happen, I think it's meeting Shouma that she's talking about. I was very interested in the one, two, three black kittens in the playground watching that conversation with Tabuki.
|2011-10-07, 15:14
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Isn't it weird to explain that you little sister is dying because your parents did terrible things years ago and as their children, you've to payed the price. What is that, some kind of inter-generational repayment?
I've said it already, but even if one believe in karma and destiny, shouldn't those be tied to your actions only? Why believe your relatives acts, even your parents, would influence drastically your own destiny?
IMHO, the siblings reasoning is flawed, baseless... crazy? Most certainly the result of despair (mixed to self-pity?). But still not ok.
Ringo realized she was wrong. How long will it be before the brothers do the same. Probably too late...
Whatever the reason, her harsh treatment toward Himari was weird, she clearly has a personal grudge against her. Tends to reinforce the idea Momoka=PofC for me.
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|2011-10-07, 16:08
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I started out liking Ringo, then didn't care about her, and now I like Ringo again. Perhaps I'm just as bipolar as she is .
I really got hit hard for whatever reason by Ringo's speech about fate being spliced into he episode again. It fit so well, and was actually really beautiful and touching. Wonderful directing this episode.
I really love this ED, much more so than the last one. Penguindrum has successfully reclaimed my interest in it back to where it was at the beginning. Lets hope I don't lose it a little bit like I did before.
Really looking forward to how this all turns out for the cast. I'm liking them more and more.
Rating is irrelevant, I threw a 9 but could've very well have given a 10 to this episode. I'm just going to sit back and enjoy for now.
|2011-10-07, 16:54
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I think Ringo changed in the sense that before she wasn't willing to accept the bad things that happened to her. She said she believed in fate, but every time things wouldn't come out as she hoped for, she would try to force them to happen, try to force "fate" into what she wanted. So even though she was always talking about fate, in the end she was just trying to subvert it. Overall, she was just running away from her fate, running away from reality.
But now it's different. The fact that she's able to accept her father's marriage, and even come to appreciate her encounter with Shouma even though it has brought her painful memories, means that she's willing to face reality. She calls it fate, but that's irrelevant, because she's not running away from it anymore.
EDIT: OH, this little spoiler about Ringo seems relevant:
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|2011-10-07, 17:17
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My take on Ringo and the twins vis à vis fate:
Kanba is angry, defiant and a schemer he wants to find a way to beat the system and refuses to accept the (seemingly) obvious truth about his parents. Ringo embraces fate, or pretends to first as regards becoming Momoka, then in terms of meeting Shouma. When I say shes kidding herself I mean she clearly needs to believe things happen for a reason or else her head just cant process reality. And Shouma seems to be something of a fatalist, with a hint of self-loathing. He sees the dark side of things, embraces not just his parents guilt but his own complicity in it just by nature of his birth, and assumes that the terrible events in his life are a result of divine punishment and things will only get worse.
Ringo's POV is needed as a point in the triangle with the brothers, which is interesting because in theory, Himari should be the third point. But shes still more a plot device than a character, someone who acts as a catalyst for events in the lives of Ringo and the boys but doesnt actively participate or display a distinct perspective very often. Given all the speculation that the sibling relationships in this series may not be all they seem, I wonder if there might be something even deeper here that were not privy to yet.
|2011-10-07, 17:45
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IMO the important thing is that Ringo's not running way from her reality anymore. She calls it fate, but that's besides the point.
Shouma and Kanba, on the other hand, are still running way from reality. Kanba is still trying to subvert it, and Shouma has given up on it all together.
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|2011-10-07, 17:47
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I mean, let's say your father was a notorious criminal mastermind like Al Capone. You don't think that would influence how your classmates treated you at school?
Speaking personally, my father was a teacher at the same school I attended. In fact, I was even in his class once (Grade 4). For good or for ill, this definitely had an impact on how my classmates treated me.
I do think that the brothers are taking this to a bit of an unhealthy extreme, but sociologically speaking, it really can sometimes be difficult to escape character presumptions based on what your parents were like (this is particularly true for teenagers, I think). It can feel like you're being punished for the crimes of your parents, or have lofty expectations thrust upon you based on what your parents are like.
With that in mind, I wouldn't be surprised if Kanba and Sho have faced some ostracization from their peers given how their parents were behind a terrorist act.
So no, I don't think that Ringo is necessarily "kidding herself" either.
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|2011-10-07, 17:57
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As always, I'm a bit late to the party. I always enjoy reading the impressions in these threads, though.
One thing I didn't see mentioned; when Tabuki talks about the last time he saw Momoka, we see the two of them part hands, and Tabuki's fingers are already scarred. Before that, one might assume that "the incident" would be where he might have suffered such an injury. Whatever caused it is probably important, if only to understand his character.
Ringo's character development might seem overdue to some, but it's a beautiful thing to watch.
I wonder if the parents were ever caught. I assume they're still on the run, but I don't think it's been said outright.
Are Satanoshi's Oompa-Loompas the bunnies? They look similar. Nice touch with the two rabbit-shaped apple slices while Satanoshi is on the phone.
The new ED gets a big thumbs-up.
|2011-10-07, 17:59
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As an aside, it's kind of amusing how they've only seemingly gone to school...once? twice? this season. I admit to knowing next to nothing about the Japanese school system, but my own highschool flunked anyone absent more than five days a quarter.
|2011-10-07, 18:14
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I'll stick to my guns on Ringo, because for her entire life she's felt the need to use the crutch of believing that her decisions were unimportant, that she was just following a chosen path. For most of that time it was the Momoko fantasy, and now - rather than try and face an uncertain future - she's transferred that faith to something else (Shouma). There's nothing wrong with faith or belief, but I think she's also afraid of anything she can't explain away.
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The vibrant coral reef in the Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary comes alive one day each year with the sound of music, including the Beatles' Octopus Garden, Medwyn Goodall's Dolphin Dreams and Barefoot Man's rendition of Barracuda.
"Sometimes we include the theme to Jaws," said U.S. 1 Radio news director Bill Becker, who co-founded the Underwater Music Festival with dentist Fred Troxel.
The playlist for the 30th wet and wacky annual concert, held July 12, was as eclectic as the marine life.
"When I first heard about this Underwater Music Festival, I said: 'How can this happen?' " said Uli Clef, publisher of the German magazine Reise Genuss ("Enjoy Travel" in English). "So here I am to see how it works. I'm quite surprised, really surprised, we are so far away from the coastline."
The surreal event takes place about five nautical miles off Big Pine Key, which is 25 miles from Key West. And after three decades, it still attracts hundreds of divers and snorkelers who come to see Mother Nature's beautiful creation while swaying to man-made tunes pumped into the usually silent world by Lubell Labs' pioneering underwater speakers.
The festival is a huge hit for the Monroe County Tourist Development Council, which garners media coverage all over the world by providing offbeat photographs and video of mermaids and other costumed divers pretending to play cleverly crafted instruments such as the Great White Harp, Fluke-a-lele and Harmoni-Crab.
"A lot of news stations like to carry it as the last little quirky piece of news, and it seems to work," Becker said.
This year about 50 boats, some privately owned and others commercially operated by dive companies, took part. They tied up to mooring balls or other boats to protect the fragile reef from anchors.
Most of the divers and snorkelers were not close enough to see the underwater performance (staged primarily for the media) of this year's mermaid and four of the Gilligan's Island castaways — Gilligan, Mary Ann, Ginger and Thurston Howell III.
While anyone close enough could watch the group pretend to play instruments with the energy of a Kiss performance, visibility quickly deteriorated as flapping flippers from the castaways and photographers stirred up the sand on the seafloor.
But most at Looe Key were able to hear the music, which was broadcast on U.S. 1 radio and fed to underwater speakers dropped from seven boats spread out over the reef. For first-timers, it was surprising to hear how clear and loud the music was under the water. Becker pointed out that sound travels about 5,000 feet per second in water compared to about 1,000 feet per second in air.
The idea was conceived in 1984, when Becker was president of the Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce and Troxel was a new member of the Monroe County Fine Arts Council.
The Keys were putting on a countywide arts festival, and the two friends and dive buddies were trying to figure out what event the Big Pine Key area could host. "We didn't have a theater, but we had the reef," Becker said.
They contacted Alan Lubell, who agreed to lend them a few specialized underwater speakers. The friends enlisted dive boats in the area and got permission to hold the event in the Looe Key Sanctuary, which is only about five square miles and thus nicknamed the Postage Stamp Sanctuary.
Sanctuary supervisors saw it as a way to get out conservation messages such as, "Do not touch the coral" and "Be careful where you anchor." It was in the years before mooring buoys were put in place, Becker said.
The conservation messages have continued. About every 15 minutes, one was broadcast during the latest marine concert.
The first festival was held in January 1985.
To create the underwater sounds for the music recording on reel-to-reel tape, Becker and Troxel took turns lying on their backs on the floor of the radio studio and gargling water in their mouths.
"We had a ball doing it," Becker said.
They learned a lot from that first festival, and decided to move it to later in the year, when the water was guaranteed to be warm. They also had learned to be picky about which dive boats were given use of the speakers. One captain had decided he didn't like the nautical-themed playlist and switched to a country and western station.
"We never gave him another speaker," Becker said.
While the water was warmer for the second underwater festival, in May 1986, the weather was less cooperative. Miami Herald reporter Susan Ornstein began her account: "My co-worker Rosemary Harold was supposed to have written this story, but she's lying on the bottom of the boat anchored here at beautiful Looe Key. I'm staring fervently at the horizon and shoving popcorn in my mouth because the first mate says eating staves off seasickness. There is talk of mutiny on the Looe Key Diver."
Becker laughed when he recalled the story: "The headline was something like 'Underwater Music Festival Marred by Waves of Nausea.' "
Fortunately for the 30th concert on July 12, there were no four-foot seas. There was some chop, but no one was ready to declare mutiny on the media-designated boat: the Holiday Princess, operated by Strike Zone Charters.
It was a gorgeous sunny day, and the speakers definitely were working better than they apparently were for that second festival, when a diver said that "kicking" them led to a better performance.
Past themes have included "Salute to the Rolling Stone Crabs," with Mick Jawfish playing Jumping Jack Fish and Honky Conch Woman.
This year the theme was "Diving with the Stars." The four-hour concert began with Under the Sea, part of the Little Mermaid soundtrack, and ended with Phil Collins' Take Me Home.
In between, Samantha Langdale, owner of the Key West bar Krawl on Duval, squeezed into the pink mermaid costume and was able to maneuver gracefully through the water while breathing from a hookah rig that pumped in air through a tube connected to a compressor on the boat.
The Gilligan's Island castaways wore scuba gear while entertaining with work-of-art instruments created by Keys sculptor and metalsmith August Powers.
In 2003, Powers made his first such creation: the French Angel Horn. On the dock, he showed off about 10 of his 20 instruments, including his 2014 contribution.
"You take a bluefish, an electric guitar and the Blues Brothers, kind of mix it up, and you come up with the Belushi Blues Fish," he said.
His creations are mostly made from rolls of copper that he hand-cuts with tin snips and hammers into life. It took him three years to figure out how to make his Great White Harp.
Only the Conch Shell makes real sounds, which one man demonstrated from the deck of the Holiday Princess.
One year, Ludwig Drums donated a set. But three days before an entire band was going to operate from the sea floor, the sanctuary brass notified Becker that a permit was needed.
"So what we did was give each diver a drum and we had this procession, like a little parade through the water, and you could hear the drums under water," he said.
"We made the front page of the Chicago Tribune. Ludwig loved it. And we gave the reconditioned drums to Sugarloaf [Elementary] School for its music program."
Another year, there was a wardrobe malfunction, when a twenty-something wannabe diva with a couple of albums to her credit decided to jump into the water wearing a short dress and no undergarments.
"I was in the water snorkeling and wondered how somebody could lose their bathing suit bottoms while jumping in feet first," Becker said. "Then I realized there are kids in the water."


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The Pontiff, 85, is to leave on February 28 due to ill health. He is the first Pope to resign in almost 600 years .
"After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry," Benedict said in a statement.
Irish political and religious leaders were among those who paid tribute to the 265th Pope.
"On behalf of the Government and people of Ireland, I would like to extend best wishes to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI following his declaration today that he intends to step down from his office," Kenny said.
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"This is clearly a decision which the Holy Father has taken following careful consideration and deep prayer and reflection."
President Higgins said he had written to the Pope expressing his good wishes on his decision to retire.
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Terry Bruce of Olney will get a two-year appointment to the board if he's confirmed by the state Senate.
Bruce is chief executive of Illinois Eastern Community Colleges, which includes four institutions in southeastern Illinois.
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"I have more lawyers than I have employees," said the entrepreneur, who asked to remain anonymous for fear he would be the target of even more lawsuits.That entrepreneur noted that he's stopped paying himself a salary, and his legal bills ($50,000 per month) were rivaling his overall payroll of $63,000 per month. But he's fighting the troll on principle.
But, of course, even if he wins, he's not going to get that money back:
Young companies that are looking for venture capital are most likely to settle, so goes the conventional wisdom, because they have limited cash and worry that a lawsuit will scare off investors. It's cheap to bring a lawsuit, but expensive—$2.5 million on average—to defend against one. Not surprisingly, the majority of patent suits are settled out of court.This is part of the reason why the SHIELD Act would be a useful step. While there are still many, many problems with patent trolling, at least it would make it possible to go after trolls for legal fees when the trolls lose.
"The system is so stacked against me," said the e-commerce entrepreneur. "To prove I'm right, it will cost me more money than I have raised in my company's existence. If I win, I don't get the money back, and if I lose, I owe triple damages."


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The Venturing Gold Award program was
developed to recognize the significant accomplishment in a Venturer's
life as he or she has proven outstanding performance in a broad
spectrum of activities. These activities relate to Venturing's six
experience areas of leadership, citizenship, social, outdoor, service,
and fitness. It will challenge and motivate Venturers over an extended
It will provide a favorable image of
the Venturing program among youth, parents, schools, and our
communities. It will offer challenging and stimulating opportunities
for Venturers to develop and achieve personal goals in the areas of
leadership, character development, and personal fitness.
The Venturing Gold Award program
is designed to permit adaptation of certain phases of the program so
that all Venturers may work for and achieve the award. In order to
offer a challenge to youth, and in the interest of maintaining a
standard of qualification, minimum requirements have been established
that must be met before the Gold Award can be presented to a Venturer.
To earn the Gold Award, have at
least one Bronze
Award, and complete the following requirements:
The candidate must have at least 12
months tenure as an active, registered Venturer before final
The candidate must have been an active
member of the Venturing crew, and served in one or a combination
of leadership roles within the past 12 months (roles may be
concurrent) as follows:
Within the crew, a candidate might be:
A crew officer
A Venturing officers' association
member or committee member
An activities chairman for one of
the crew's two-day activities or superactivity
Outside the crew, a
candidate might be:
An elected youth officer of a
church or school organization
An elected or appointed team leader
The candidate must have participated in a
district/Venturing division, council, area, region, or national
The candidate must, in consultation with
the crew Advisor or a member of the crew committee, set one
personal growth goal related to each of the following areas:
citizenship, leadership, service to others, community/family,
outdoor experience, and total fitness.
For personal growth, a candidate might:
Complete a cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) course or an Emergency Medical
Technician (EMT) course.
Plan and carry out a personal
exercise program over a four-month period, i.e., jogging,
running, swimming, weight reduction, or physical
Practice for, and attain, the
Presidential Physical Fitness Award.
Complete a reading program of the
scriptures, classic literature, historical series, etc.
Serve for six months as a reading
counselor for a child with reading problems.
Visit a nursing home, on a regular
basis, over a four-month period, to help write letters or to
read to patients or provide personalized services.
The candidate must plan, prepare for, and
lead to completion two or more crew activity projects that
relate to at least two of the following areas: citizenship,
leadership, service to others, community/family, outdoor
experience, and total fitness. Suggested crew activity projects
are listed separately below.
For crew/ship activities, the action should involve at least
five Venturers, and it should require a minimum of four to six
months from inception to completion; the project should be
approved and the goals of the project set by the crew Advisor
and/or member of the crew committee and the Venturer candidate.
Both parties should certify the completion of the project(s).
Activities should be arranged to fit into normal crew
programming. Qualifying crew/ship activities include, but are
not limited to the following:
Plan and, with the help of at least
four other Venturers, carry out a conservation project that
is approved by an agency of the federal, state, or local
government, such as the National Park Service, the
Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Land Management,
state division of parks and recreation, city or county parks
department, etc.
Plan and chair a committee that
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Plan and carry out a series of crew
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Help organize a new Venturing crew,
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Viking council staff members.
Organize a recruitment drive to add
members to your own crew or to other crews in the
district/council. The drive should last at least one month,
and the recruitment plan should include specific activities
oriented toward recruiting new members, goals, methods of
publicity, etc.
The candidate must be able to recite
The candidate must submit three letters
of recommendation to the crew Advisor that confirm he or she
lives in accordance with the principles of the Venturing
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school or church leaders, employers, or community leaders.
After completing all other requirements,
the candidate should prepare evidence of completion of the work
and submit it to the crew Advisor. The crew president, in
conjunction with the crew Advisor, should then appoint a review
committee of four to six people including Venturers and adults.
The committee should review the candidate's written presentation
and interview the candidate to determine whether that person
grew as a result of the pursuit of the Gold Award.
Finally, the candidate must have
qualified for the Gold Award before his or her 21st
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member or committee member
An activities chairman for one of
the crew's two-day activities or superactivity
Outside the crew, a
candidate might be:
An elected youth officer of a
church or school organization
An elected or appointed team leader
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The Lady in the Palazzo
At Home in UmbriaBook - 2007
Brimming with life and kissed by romance, The Lady in the Palazzo perfectly captures the essence of a singular place and offers up a feast--and the recipes to prepare it!--for readers of all stripes.
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This the first book of De Blasi's I've read and I've just put a hold on another one. That is how much I love her writing. It is a story of her and her husband's move to and discovery of Orvieto in Umbria. There are a few recipes at the end of the book but it's not really a cookbook and yet I was learning about food all through it. It is more about the people of Orvieto and how they became her friends. I think it would be best to read her books in order starting with A Thousand Days in Venice, the beginning of the love story.
Excellent memoir! Read like a fiction bestseller, and had to keep reminding myself the story was true!
Loved how Marlena described the multiple layers of Italian dialects and races, and how through the years, some of their beliefs and mannerisms have endured.
Will read other books from Malena
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After popping onstage to jam with Aerosmith at the Hollywood Bowl on Monday, newly single Johnny Depp met up with the band's frontman Steven Tyler and his daughter Liv at Harry Morton's Mexican restaurant Pink Taco on the Sunset Strip. Still wearing eyeliner — and rocking his trademark fedora and a pashmina scarf — Depp channeled Captain Jack Sparrow and Keith Richards as he posed for pics with fans. Other guests at the rock bash included Liv's sister Mia, Jim Carrey, guitarist Joe Perry, Vincent Gallo, "Breaking Bad" star Aaron Paul, "Pulp Fiction" producer Lawrence Bender, rock icon Alice Cooper and Donovan Leitch. Depp left solo at about 2 a.m.
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Date: August 2, 1996
Today President Clinton signed into law H.R. 3734, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. The legislation was approved by the House on July 31, 1996 and by Senate on August 1, 1996.
The bill includes the following provisions of interest to SSA:
Social Security Benefits
- Prohibits the payment of Social Security benefits to any noncitizen in the U.S. who is not lawfully present in the U.S. (as determined by the Attorney General), unless the payment is made pursuant to a totalization agreement or treaty obligation.
Effective for benefits based on applications filed after the month of enactment.
SSI Benefits
- Prohibits SSI eligibility for all noncitizens except:
- refugees (eligibility limited to the 5-year period after their arrival in the United States);
- asylees (eligibility limited to the 5-year period after the date they are granted asylum);
- noncitizens who have had deportation withheld under INA-section 243(h)(eligibility limited to the 5-year period after the date their deportations
are withheld);
- certain active duty Armed Forces personnel , honorably discharged veterans, and their spouses and dependent children;
- lawful permanent residents who have earned 40 quarters of cove rage for Social Security purposes. An individual under age of 18 would be credited with all quarters of coverage earned by his or her parent, and a married individual (including widowt(er)) would be credited with all quarters of coverage earned by his or her spouse during the marriage. However, for quarters earned after December 31, 1996, a quarter would not count as one of the required 40 if the noncitizen or person whose quarters are being credited to the noncitizen received federally funded public assistance during the quarter the work was done.
Effective upon enactment. However, with regard to individuals on the SSI rolls at the time of enactment, requires the Commissioner to redetermine the eligibility of all noncitizens who do not meet the new eligibility categories within 1 year after enactment. If a noncitizen is not in one of the new categories, his or her eligibility would end as of the date of the redetermination.
- Requires the Commissioner to notify all potentially affected beneficiaries on the SSI rolls of the provision by 3/31/97.
Deeming of Sponsors' Incomes and Resources
- For purposes of eligibility under SSI, deems all of the sponsors' (and sponsors' spouses') incomes and resources to the noncitizen until citizenship with the following exception:
- Deeming would end before citizenship in the case of lawful permanent residents who earn 40 quarters of coverage. Deeming for children and spouses of workers also could end before citizenship if they arc credited with 40 quarters, i.e., an individual under age of 18 would be credited with all quarters of coverage earned by his or her parent, and a married individual (including widow(er)) would be credited with all quarters of coverage earned by his or her spouse during the marriage. However, for quarters earned after December 31, 1996, a quarter would not count as one of the required 40 if the noncitizen or person whose quarters are being credited to the noncitizen received federally funded public assistance during the quarter the work was done.
Effective for sponsored noncitizens who are admitted into the country under new, legally enforceable affidavits of support.
Requirements for Affidavits of Support for Sponsorship
- Makes affidavits of support legally enforceable against the sponsor until the noncitizen becomes a U.S. citizen. The affidavit would be enforceable for a period of 10 years after the noncitizen last received public assistance benefits, including SSI.
- Requires the agency that provides assistance to a noncitizen to request reimbursement from the sponsor for the assistance it provided. If the sponsor does not respond or is unwilling to make reimbursement within 45 days after the agency's request, the agency may take legal action against the sponsor. Would allow the agency to hire individuals to collect reimbursement.
- Requires the Attorney General , in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to develop a standard affidav it of support within 90 days after the date of enactment. Also would require-effective with a date specified by the Attorney General which would be no earlier than 60 and no later than 90 days after development of the standard affidavit--that all newly signed affidavits be legally enforceable.
Reports to INS
- Requires the Commissioner to furnish the name, address, and other identifying iuformation to INS of any individual that SSA knows is unlawfully in the United States. Such reports would be required at least four times a year. Also requires the Commissioner to ensure that State supplementary program agreements with States include provisions for the State also to furnish such information.
Effective upon enactment.
SSI Eligibility Based ou Childhood Disability
- Eliminates the comparable severity standard and provides instead that a child under age 18 would be cousidcred under a disability if he/she has a medically determinable impairment which results in marked and severe functional limitations and which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
- Directs SSA to eliminate references to maladaptive behavior in the domain of personallbe havioral function in the Listing of Impairments for children and to discontinue the use of an individualized functional assessment in evaluating a child's disability.
These provisions would be applicable to any individual who applies for SSI disability benefits, or whose claim is finally adjudicated, on or after the date of enactment, without regard to whether implementing regulations have been issued.
Current Recipients
- Requires SSA to notify recipients eligible for SSI disability benefits on enactment date and whose eligibility may be affected by the new childhood disability eligibility criteria, no later than January 1, 1997.
- Requires SSA to redetermine the eligibility of such recipients, using the new childhood disability eligibility criteria no later than 1 year after the date of enactment.
Benefits for those recipients who do not meet the new childhood disability eligibility criteria would terminate for the month beginning on or after the later of July 1, 1997 or the date of the redetermination.
Eligibility Redeterminations and Continuing Disabilitv Reviews (CDRs)
- Requires CDRs:
- once every 3 years for recipients under age 18 with non-permanent impairments; and
- not later than 12 months after birth for low-birth weight babies.
- Requires the representative payee of a recipient whose continuing eligibility is being reviewed to present evidence that the recipient is receiving treatment which is considered medically necessary and available , unless SSA determines that such treatment would be inappropriate or unnecessary. If the representative payee refuses, without good cause, to cooperate, SSA may change the payee.
- Requires an eligibility redetermination, using the adult initial eligibility criteria, during the 1-year period beginning on a recipient's 18th birthday.
Applies to benefits for months beginning on or after the date of enactment, without regard to whether implementing regulations have been issued.
- Repeals the present law requirement in the Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of [994 (Public Law 103-296) that SSA (1) redetermine, using the adult eligibility criteria, the eligibility of one-third of the recipients who attain age 18 in or after May 1995 in each of fiscal years 1996 through 1998 and (2) submit a report regarding these reviews to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance not later than October 1, 1998.
- Makes conforming changes in the medical improvement review standard to reflect the new definition of disability for children who file for SSI benefits.
Applicable with respect to benefits for months beginning on or after the date of enactment, without regard to whether implementing regulations have been issued.
- Authorizes the appropriation of an additional $150 million in fiscal year 1997 and $100 million in fiscal year [998 for the costs of processi ng CDRs and redeterminations.
- Requires SSA to issue regulations implementing the changes relating to benefits for disabled children within 3 months after enactment date.
- Directs SSA to submit all final regulations pertaining to a child 's eligibility for SSI disability benefits to the Congress at least 45 days before such regulations become effective.
- Requires SSA to report to the Congress, not later than 180 days following the date of enactment, on its progress in implementing the changes in the SSI disabled children's provisions.
- Requires GAO, not later than January 1, 1999, to study and report on the impact of the changes made by this Act on the SSI program and the extra expenses incurred by families of children receiving SSI benefits that are not covered by other Federal, State, or local programs.
Prisoner Reporting
- Provides for incentive payments from SSI program funds to State and local penal institutions for furnishing information (date of confinement and certain identifying information) to SSA which results in suspension of SSI benefits ($400 for information received within 30 days of confinement or $200 for information received from 31 to 90 days after confinement).
Applies to individuals whose period of confinement commences on or after the first day of the seventh month beginning after the month of enactment.
- Exempts SSI reporting agreements under which incentive payments are made from the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988.
- Requires the Commissioner to study and report to Congress (within 1 year of enactment) on the feasibility of prisoner reporting by courts and mandatory electronic reporting by correctional facilities for purposes of carrying out the suspension of benefits under the SSI program.
- Requires SSA to provide Congress (not later than October 1, 1998) with a list of the institutions that are, and are not, providing information on SSI recipients to SSA.
- Authorizes SSA to provide, on a reimbursable basis, information obtained pursuant to SSI reporting agreements under which incentive payments are made to any Federal or Federally-assisted cash, food, or medical assistance program for eligibility purposes.
Modify the Effective Date of Applications
- Provides that an individual's application for SSI benefits would be effective on the first day of the month following the date on which the application is filed, or on which the individual first becomes eligible, whichever is later. The amendment, in effect, eliminates prorated payments for the month of application.
- Permits the issuance of an emergency advance payment to an individual who is presumptively eligible and has a financial emergency in the month the application is filed (the month prior to the first month of eligibility).
- Requires that the emergency advance payment be repaid through proportional reductions in benefits payable over a period of not more than 6 months.
Effective for applications filed on or after the date of enactment.
Reduction in Cash Benefits Payable to Institutionalized Individuals Whose Medical Costs ar e Cover ed by Private Insurance
- Limits to not more than $30 a month cash benefits payable to children who are in an institution receiving medical care covered by private insurance.
Effective with respect to benefits for months beginning 90 or more days after the date of enactment.
Installment Payments of Large Past-Due SSI Payments
- Establishes a schedule for paying retroactive SSI benefit amounts that exceed 12 times the monthly FBR plus the monthly State supplement level. Payments would be made at six-month intervals.
- The first installment would be 12 times the FBR ($5,640 based on 1996 rates) plus any Federally administered State supplement.
- Any remaining retroactive benefits would be paid in a second installment (not to exceed the first payment amount).
- All remaining retroactive benefits would be paid in the third installment.
- Provides that where an underpaid individual has incurred debts to provide for food, clothing or shelter, has expenses for disability-related items and services that exceed the installment limit, or has entered into a contract to purchase a home, the installment payment would be increased by the amount needed to cover these debts, expenses, and obligations.
- Provides that full retroactive payments be paid to an individual who is terminally ill or, if currently ineligible, is likely to remain so for the next 12 months.
Effective with respect to past-due benefits payable after the third month following the month of enactment.
Dedicated Savings Accounts
- Requires the establishment of a bank account to maintain retroactive SSI benefits that exceed 6 times the FBR for disabled/blind children (smaller amounts may be placed in such accounts once established).
- Allows funds to be used for:
- education or job skill training.
- personal needs assistance.
- special equipment or housing modifications.
- medical treatment, therapy or rehabilitation.
- other items or services SSA determines appropriate.
- Requires that expenditures must be for expenses related to the impairment of the child.
- Provides that unauthorized expenditures constitute misapplication of benefits and are recoverable from the payee.
- Requires SSA to establish an accountability system to monitor these accounts and payees are required to report on the use of these funds.
- Provides that accounts are excluded from resource counting and that interest earned is excluded from income.
Effective with respect to payments made after the date of enactment.
Denial of Benefits for Fugitive Felons and Parole Violators/Exchange of Information with Law Enforcement Officers
- Denies eligibility for SSI with respect to any month in which an individual is fleeing prosecution, a fugitive felon, or violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under State or Federal law.
- Requires SSA to provide upon written request of any law enforcement officer, the current address, SSN, and photograph of any SSI recipient, provided that the request includes the name of the recipient and other identifying information and notifies SSA that the recipient:
- is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confmement after a felony conviction;
- is viol ating a condition of probation or parole; or
- has information that is necessary for the officer to conduct the officer's official duties and the location or apprehension of the recipient is within the officer's official duties.
Effective upon enactment.
Denial of SSI Benefits for 10 Years to Individuals Who Have Misrepresented Residence in Order to Obtain Benefits in 2 or More States
- Denies SSI benefits for a period of to years to an individual convicted in Federal or State court of having made a fraudulent statement with respect to his or her place of residence in order to receive benefits simultaneously in two or more States.
Effective upon enactment.
Annual Report on the SSI Program
- Requires the Commissioner to report to the President and Congress regarding the SSI program, not later than May 30 of each year, including:
- a comprehensive description of the program;
- historical and current data on allowances and denials, reconsiderations, administrative law judge hearings and appeals, characteristics of recipients, and program costs;
- historical and current data on prior enrollment by recipients in public benefit programs;
- projections of future numbers of recipients and program costs, through at least 25 years;
- information on redeterminations, continuing disability reviews, utilization of work incentives, administrative costs, State supplementation programs;
- summaries of relevant research; and
- a historical summary of statutory changes to the SSI law
- Provides that each member of the Socia l Security Advisory Board be permitted to include their views on the SSI programin the annual report.
Effective upon enactment.
Social Security Card
- Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to develop a prototype of a counterfeit-resistant Social Security card that:
- is made of durable, tamper-res istant material (e.g. , plastic);
- employs technologies that provide security features (e. g., magnetic stripe); and
- provides individuals with reliable proof of citizenship or legal resident alien status.
- Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to study and report on different methods of improving the Social Security card application process, including:
- evaluation of the cost and workload implications of issuing a counterfe it-resis tant Social Security card for all individuals over a 3- , 5-, and l0-year period;
- evaluation of the feasibility and cost implications of imposing a user fee for replacement cards and cards issued to individuals who apply for such a card prior to the scheduled 3-, 5-, and 10-year phase-in options.
- Requires the Commissioner to submit the report and a facsimile of the prototype ca rd to the Congress within 1 year of the date of enactment.
- Requires HHS to transmit to SSA, for verification purposes, certain information about individuals and employers maintained under the Federal Parent Locator Service in an automated directory to be known as the National Directory of New Hires. SSA would be required to verify the accuracy of, correct, or supply to the extent possible, and report to HHS the name, SSN, and birtb date of individuals and the employer identification number of employers. SSA would be reimbursed by HHS for the cost of this verification service.
Effective upon enactment.
Collection and Use of SSNs for Use in Child-Support Enforcement
- Provides that State child support enforcement procedure s would have to require that the SSN of any applicant for a professional license, commercial driver's license, occupational license, or marriage license be recorded on the application. The SSN of any person subject to a divorce dec ree. support order, or paternity detcrmination or acknowledgement would have to be placed in the pertinent records. SSN's would also have to be recorded on death certificates.
Effective upon enactment.
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
- Provides that, in order to be eligible for the EITC, an individual must include on his or her tax return a Social Security number which was not assigned solely for nonwork purposes.
Effective for taxable years beginning after 1995.


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LeHardys Rapids
Yellowstone National Park
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Senior Natalia Davila faces off against DePaul on Feb 12 at the Schwartz Tennis Center.
The Ice Skater
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Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson speaks with Purdue President Mitch Daniels in the France A. Cordova Recreational Center as part of his town hall on Sept. 13.
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during Purdue's 26-24 loss to Indiana on Nov. 26 at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington.
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Freshman forward Caleb Swanigan tries to put up a shot over Michigan State's Gavin Schilling and Colby Wollenman during Purdue's 66-62 loss to the Spartans in the final of the Big Ten Tournament. Swanigan would finish the game with 11 points and five defensive rebounds.
4/21/17 PSUB Carnival Night, Dissonance & Dissent
Dissonance & Dissent performs a stand-up routine during the PSUB Carnival Night.
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10/8/16 Illinois, Cannon
The Purdue football team celebrates with the Cannon after their 34-31 victory over Illinois in Champaign, Ill. on Oct. 8.
10/14/16 Tara Palmer Purdue Airport Visit
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By the mid-1850s LDS Church leaders needed less expensive ways to move poor immigrants to Utah. The Perpetual Emigrating Fund that loaned to the needy was depleted, and costs for wagons and ox-teams were high. Therefore, Brigham Young announced on 29 October 1855 a handcart system by which the church would provide carts to be pulled by hand across the Mormon Trail. As a result, between 1856 and 1860 nearly 3,000 Latter-day Saint emigrants joined ten handcart companies--about 650 handcarts total--and walked to Utah from Iowa City, Iowa, (a distance of 1,300 miles) or from Florence, Nebraska (1,030 miles). This was, according to historian LeRoy Hafen, "the most remarkable travel experiment in the history of Western America."
Handcarts, assembled at outfitting points in Iowa City, and then Florence after 1857, resembled carts pulled by porters in large cities. The carts had hickory or oak wagon beds and hickory shafts, side pieces, and axles. Wheels were as far apart as normal wagon wheels. Each cart carried 400 to 500 pounds of foodstuffs, bedding, clothing, and cooking utensils, and needed two able-bodied people to pull it. Five people were assigned to each cart. Adults could take only seventeen pounds of baggage, children ten pounds. Families with small children traveled in covered or family carts which had stronger axles made of iron.
Handcart company captains were men with leadership and trail experience. Each company included a few ox-drawn commissary and baggage wagons, at least one per twenty carts. Wagons or carts carried large public tents, one for every twenty people. A "Captain of Hundred" had charge of five tent groups. Five companies in 1856 and two in 1857 outfitted in Iowa City and needed a month to move 275 miles on existing roads over rolling prairie to Florence, averaging eight to nine miles per day. Passing through partly settled areas, they obtained some supplies along the way. After resting at Florence, these seven companies followed the Mormon Trail to Salt Lake City; on this stretch the first three companies spent an average of 65 days, covering 15.7 miles per day. Later companies leaving Florence needed an average of 84 days. By comparison, LDS wagon trains from Florence in 1861 needed 73 days to make the journey. The ten handcart companies were:
Company (from Iowa City)
Handcarts & Wagons
Arrive SLC
Edmund Ellsworth
52, ?
Daniel D. McArthur
48, 4
Edward Bunker
60, 5
James G. Willie
120, 5
Edward Martin
146, 7
Israel Evans
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Chrstn. Christiansn
68, 3
Company (from Florence)
George Rowley
60, 8
Daniel Robinson
43, 6
Oscar O. Stoddard
22, 6
(*) approx.
Pulling carts was hard, tiring work. Handcart pioneers were exposed to rain, wind, dust, and insects. Food was tightly rationed. Most made the trek safely; but the 1856 Martin and Willie companies met disaster. They left Iowa City late, in part because more people came than expected, causing delays to assemble more handcarts and tents. The two companies crossed Iowa in normal time, but repairs at Florence slowed them. Then, on the Mormon Trail, extra flour added to the carts slowed and damaged them. Expected flour at Fort Laramie never came. Short rations and lack of warm clothes drained the travelers' energy. Severe snowstorms caught them, dropping snows up to eighteen inches deep and temperatures below freezing. Food ran out; cattle died; rescue trains from Utah had difficulty reaching the exposed and hungry sufferers. Despite heroic efforts by company members and Utah rescuers, about 200, or one-sixth of the companies, died, and dozens were maimed by frostbite and deprivation. This tragedy was the worst disaster in the history of western overland travel. Rescue wagons carried survivors to Utah over roads kept open by teamsters driving wagons back and forth to pack the snow.
Despite the tragedy, the Mormon Church did not give up on the plan. It sent a missionary company east with handcarts early in 1857, and it had sponsored five more westbound handcart companies by 1860. Overall, the ten companies proved that handcart groups not traveling late in the season were effective, efficient means of moving large numbers of people west at low cost. Low costs enabled hundreds in Britain, mostly factory and agricultural workers who otherwise might not have come, to decide to emigrate to America.
The handcart trek was an exalting ordeal for body and spirit and required spiritual stamina to complete. Sculptor Torlief Knaphus' statue of handcart pioneers has become one of Mormonism's best known symbols, representing the thousands of devout Saints who by cart or wagon "gathered to Zion" in Utah.
See: LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen, Handcarts to Zion: The Story of a Unique Western Migration, 1856-1860 (1960); Wallace Stegner, The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail (1964).
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Also set for the feet is attached to the skeleton and has mobility in conjunction with the ankle.
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Body Fat = 0; Leg Muscles = 50~100; Knee Angle = 50;
we do not stop this working and will be an additional version for bare feet, Watch for new releases.
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Stand-ins can help a lot in the initial processes of production. Lighting setup can be a slow and tedious process; during this time the actor will often be somewhere else. Stand-ins allow the director of photography to light the set, the camera department to light and focus scenes. The director will often ask stand-ins to deliver the scene dialogue (lines) and walk through (blocking) the scenes to be filmed. In this way, a good stand-in can help speed up the day's production and is a necessary and valuable cast member on a film.
Stand-ins are distinguished from body doubles, who replace actors on camera from behind, in makeup, or during dangerous stunts. Stand-ins do not appear on camera. However, on some productions the jobs of stand-in and double may be done by the same person.
Stand-ins must not necessarily look like the actor, but they must be the same skin tone, hair color, height and build as the actor so that the lighting in a scene will be set up correctly. For example, if the lighting is set up with a stand-in shorter than an actor, the actor will have his head in relative darkness.
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Long-Term Review
2012 Subaru Impreza: Cargo Space and Heated Seats
Our Long-Term 2012 Subaru Impreza really highlights just how many great choices shoppers have when it comes to affordable, small cars. The Subaru Impreza may not be on your short list, but it should be. Here's why:
Cargo Space
Even though I only was only heading to the mountains for a weekend, I had a notable amount of luggage. At first, I was concerned that I'd be piling things into the backseat, but I was amazed at the amount of space in this little hatchback. Thankfully, I did not need to play life size Tetris with all of my bags, and there was plenty of room behind the passenger seat to fit my medium-sized cooler.
Driving Dynamics
This was my first experience with an all-wheel drive vehicle, and it didn't disappoint. The Impreza hugged the curvy roads with ease as I powered up mountain passes in and around North Carolina.
I'm definitely a save-the-best-for-last kind of girl, so here is my absolute favorite thing about this car:
Heated Cloth Seats
In most vehicles, the only way to get heated seats is to opt for the leather trim (not always budget friendly), but not with this car. I understand why so many people like leather, but I've never been a fan. Leather gets hot in the summer and cold in the winter. When I discovered that the Impreza would allow me to keep a toasty tush and still have cloth seats, I was one happy driver.
Overall, I was definitely pleased with my weekend in the 2012 Subaru Impreza. I also learned an important lesson: a short test drive just won't tell you nearly enough when it comes to buying a new or used car. It takes spending time in a vehicle to really understand how it will fit your lifestyle.
So the next time you're out shopping for a car, see if you can take an overnight test drive -- or even better, rent that same vehicle for a weekend and really put it through the paces for a few days.


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Crowning jewel: A look at the Cubs' long-awaited World Series ring
Crowning jewel: A look at the Cubs' long-awaited World Series ring
Crowning jewel: A look at the Cubs' long-awaited World Series ring
Chicago Cubs, World Series champs. It's been an entire offseason and a more than a week of the new season, and it still sounds a little funny.
But now they've got the bling to prove it.
The Cubs received their championship rings Wednesday night, capping a celebration that seemed to last as long as their 108-year drought.
Here's are some facts about the champions' crowning jewel, provided by ring-maker Jostens.
- It's made from 14-karat white gold.
- The central 'C' logo is made from 33 red rubies, surrounded by 72 white diamonds and 46 blue sapphires.
- Their long title drought is reference by the 108 white diamonds outside of the logo, one for each year.
- One side of the customized rings include the name of the player who it belongs to and text reading "Fly the W Flag," made from 31 white diamonds and five blue corundum understone, as well as Wrigley Field bricks and ivy surrounding the flag and player's number.
- On the other side, more stadium-themed touches include the year 2016 above the Wrigley Field facade and marquee, which reads "Cubs win!" There is also a silhouette of the World Series trophy flanked by two diamond to signify the team's other championships.
- At the bottom of the outer band, the team's motto "We never quit" is written, and the inside of the band includes the local date and time the championship was won: "11-3-16, 12:47 am," as well as the scores and logos of the teams the Cubs beat during the playoffs.
- What else? The famous "Curse of the Billy Goat" is referenced, with an image of the goat buried in the inner band.


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Twenty-two-year-old Australian, Sophie Saunders, believed she was recording a video for a local radio station. The challenge? To sing the song "Kill Em With Kindness," by her idol Selena Gomez. Just as Saunders began singing, an unexpected guest crept into her bedroom—Gomez herself. Saunders saw Gomez in the reflection of her selfie camera and couldn't even handle the wave of excitement that overcame her.
Saunders has traveled around the world to see Gomez on tour — even Selena herself was impressed by the level of dedication. From a Gomez t-shirt to posters on her wall, it's obvious that Sophie is the real deal. The pair posed for more selfies together after chatting and signing some autographs, but the encounter will forever live on video.
Watch Gomez surprise her biggest fan here:
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Media Statements & Speeches
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Commissioner Kelly's statement on compliance with Statutes, Regulations, and Orders
- Since EPAct 2005 broadened considerably the Commission's enforcement authority, our goal has been to develop an enforcement program that fosters a culture of compliance, rather than to extract a pound of flesh from wayward companies.
- Today's order is yet another step in reaching this goal, by providing a roadmap for companies to follow to develop effective and meaningful compliance programs.
- The order reflects 3+ years of experience in implementing our EPAct 2005 civil penalty authority, as well as the July 2008 workshop, at which we heard from a number of participants on what kind of guidance they would find useful.
- In my view, there are no surprises in this order, nothing startling or unexpected. It's based on the simple-and common sense--premise that companies that develop and carry out rigorous compliance programs are less likely to engage in misconduct. If in spite of all best efforts violations nevertheless occur, penalties may be reduced or even eliminated, particularly if the company immediately fesses up, and takes steps to end the violations and restore injured parties.
- Of course, the converse is equally true, and equally self-evident: an inadequate compliance program may result in more violations, perhaps more serious violations, and we will likely not be as flexible or forgiving in determining appropriate penalties.
- Finally, this order reflects the truism that there is no "one-size-fits-all" approach for companies to build strong compliance programs. As we noted, market participants are in the best position to develop the optimum mix of measures for creating, as Howard Friedman of Deloitte & Touche, one of the participants in our July workshop stated, "an operating environment where you have no compliance surprises."
- Effective compliance programs aren't created overnight-we understand that they require a significant investment in time and effort. Today's order reiterates our commitment to continue to provide guidance, and hold more workshops if needed, to ensure that a culture of compliance is standard operating procedure.
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Winds from Hurricane Arthur wallop Massachusetts' Nantucket Island
A weakened but fast-moving Hurricane Arthur swept along southern New England on Friday night, wielding tropical storm-force winds, after an earlier landfall in North Carolina that caused only slight damage.world Updated: Jul 05, 2014 12:58 IST
A weakened but fast-moving Hurricane Arthur swept along southern New England on Friday night, wielding tropical storm-force winds, after an earlier landfall in North Carolina that caused only slight damage.
Powerful wind and heavy rain lashed the Massachusetts summer resort island of Nantucket, a popular destination for visitors over the Fourth of July holiday weekend that was under a tropical storm warning by the US National Hurricane Center.
Nantucket reported winds of 49 miles per hour (80 kph) gusts as strong as 62 mph (100 kph), the Center said in a late-night advisory.
A tropical storm warning also was issued for Cape Cod, although it was not being hit as hard as Nantucket.
The center of the hurricane was offshore about 75 miles southeast of Chatham, Massachusetts, said Jack Beven, a senior hurricane specialist at the Center.
It was moving northeast at a fairly quick pace but will slow and likely be downgraded to a post-tropical storm system by Saturday, he said.
"The storm is weakening as it moves over cold water," said Beven. "The storm and the cold are getting tangled together."
The center of Arthur will pass over western Nova Scotia on Saturday and over the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Saturday night, the National Weather Service said in an advisory.
In Massachusetts on Friday, the storm brought driving rain and caused isolated power outages and flooding.
On Thursday, the famed Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, already rescheduled a day early due to the weather, was cut short by heavy rain and lightning.
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season, Arthur cut power to almost 20,000 homes and businesses, downed trees and cut off barrier islands from the mainland after making landfall on North Carolina's Outer Banks late on Thursday.
State officials said there was minimal damage from the storm. A dozen counties were under states of emergency, and the tourist haven of Ocracoke Island was without power.
"This has been a very good day. There have been no casualties or serious injuries reported," North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory said at a news conference in Raleigh.
Arthur hit with top sustained winds of 100 mph (160 kph), earning a Category 2 status on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. It weakened to a Category 1 as it moved northeast into colder waters of the Atlantic Ocean with 90-mph (145-kph) top sustained winds.
Kathleen O'Neal, owner of Island Artworks on Ocracoke Island, said she could feel her house lift up as the storm passed overhead.
"It was very bad here," she said, adding that many trees had been knocked down.
Officials on Ocracoke said power could be restored by late on Sunday. A generator was supplying power on a rotating basis.
McCrory's office said the highway connecting Hatteras Island to the mainland had been blocked but was expected to reopen by late on Sunday.
Arthur was the first hurricane to hit the United States since Superstorm Sandy devastated New York and New Jersey in October 2012, causing an estimated $70 billion in damage.
First Published: Jul 05, 2014 12:57 IST