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Californians now have a new website for obtaining the updated information on the growing local government trend of imposing an unfair crash tax on drivers when emergency vehicles are sent to the scene of accidents, reports Sam Sorich, president of the Association of California Insurance Companies.
The site, http://www.calcrashtax.com/, provides visitors with an overview of the problem, the latest media reports and a Q&A section. Most importantly, the site contains special tools that allow Californians to fight back by communicating directly with local, state and federal officials – as well as newspapers in their communities.
Visitors can also sign up for periodic updates on crash tax developments.
"It's unfortunate that local governments, like many of us, are adversely affected by the deep recession. But it is unfair and unwise for local governments to victimize motorists in accidents twice by taxing them for sending emergency vehicles. This is a basic service of government and motorists shouldn't have to pay twice for it," said Sorich.
This accident tax scheme is not only occurring California, it also is growing in a number of other states. In fact it has become so onerous that nine states have banned local governments from imposing crash taxes. These states are Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Florida.
Prompting the ban is concern that the local programs often result in double taxation since residents are already paying property taxes for such services. And for non-residents, it's taxation without representation since they have no say in the ordinances imposing the crash taxes.
In every respect, it is simply unfair to tax accident victims. It's true that in some cases, a victim's auto insurer will pay the tax. But not all auto insurance policies cover the tax. In those cases, the driver could be on the hook for the tax, which can run into thousands of dollars.
And if the trend continues, the tax could begin to affect the cost of insurance, ultimately driving up premiums.
As the "San Diego Union Tribune" put it recently in an editorial, "Tacking on fees for those (emergency) responses is ludicrous public policy."
The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) is an affiliate of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) and represents more than 300 property/casualty insurance companies doing business in California. ACIC member companies write 41.8 percent of the property/casualty insurance in California, including 57.3 percent of personal auto insurance, 45.7 percent of commercial automobile insurance, 40 percent of homeowners insurance, 32.5 percent of business insurance and 43.4 percent of the private workers compensation insurance. PCI is composed of more than 1,000 member companies, representing the broadest cross-section of insurers of any national trade association.
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"I have no idea what color to get," said Cat. "You choose."
We were at the nail spot near our hotel in Santa Monica and she needed a pedicure, the first after a long season of closed toed shoes and not really caring.
"I don't know, how about this red," I suggested, handing her a blood-colored polish.
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Hyacinths in oil.
I don't have hyacinths in the garden, but I bought some forced bulbs and they ere just beautiful at their peak.I sketched them in watercolor, but struggled. So I left it for a while. Slowly but surely the blooms began to topple over, like hyacinths do and they started turning brownish in their color. no waiting anymore, I had to paint or lose them.
White hyacinth in watercolor
white hyacitnths
oil on board, 33X40 cm
Watercolour for Sunflowers.
Some subject are painted again and again and they never look the same, like sunflowers. I have done sunflowers in 2007, then in 2010, 2011, 2014 and now again. they are just wondeful to paint/sketch…the colour alone gives me huge kick when slapping it onto the paper. Sometimes my painting/sketching didn't work, but I enjoyed painting sunflowers every time. So, before the season runs out, I need to get some sunflowers done in oil…looking forward to that.
Sunflower 1: Watercolour and pen, watercolour block, 30x30cm
Sunflower 2: Watercolour and pen, watercolour block, 3030cm
à bientôt
February art: Aquarelle in the coffeeshop.
Still digging deep to jiggle my art back up, I sat in the coffee shop this cold and miserably grey morning, squiggling lines left and right. After a while I gave up, closed the Stillman & Birn and rove to the garden center, where I loaded my cart with shrubs and trees and perennials. Everybody else was buying forced bulbs for their homes. I was probably the single person in France out in the cold rain, behaving only as one should in the midst of spring…going out on the planting. Well. It helped. I feel I can take on some more sketching this evening…make my hands work while my head is in spring, planting.
chairs and coffee table in coffee shop
pencil in Stillman 1 Birn sketchbook, 14.5X22.5cm
Potplants in coffee bar
Watercolour washes and Pentel brush pen in Stillman & birn sketchbook, 14.5X22.5cm
Every day in May – (1)a favorite food and (2)a tree.
"A favorite food," says the list of the art group EDM for this month of May.. Only one favorite food? That is a huge punishment! I can draw a favorite food for a whole month and even beyond. How then to choose between all my wonderful favorite fruits, the colourful vegetables, the meat…(yes, you Greenies, I love my meat!) And then there are fish and shellfish and how about a slice of cake? Or a cookie. And dessert. I never skip dessert. I won't even mention chocolate and that first cup of coffee in the morning. Only one favorite food?
However, I can sometimes play by the rules and this time seems appropriate enough to do so. So one favorite food it is. I confess my weakness for macarons. Those beautiful, sensual, romantic and utterly delicious delicacies our patisserie in Beaulieu so shamelessly flaunts in the display window. By just looking in my eyes, they know I am there for a box of macarons. Yellows and purples and pinks and reds which vary between red fruits and blueberry and strawberry and lemon and vanilla, chocolate, coffee, caramel and my big favorite, that green one, the pistache. I love them all. I leave the patisserie on an euphoric cloud and with my precious macarons gently tucked next to each other in a quaint box and artfully tied with a pink ribbon. All that is left now, is to nail this sketch, so I can retire with my box of macarons to my favorite chair in my favorite corner…..sigh. I rest my case.
watercolor and dip pen with Sennelier indigo ink in S&B alpha sketchbook, 22.9×15.2cm
I can totally understand why there are nutcases walking around hugging each tree they come across. sometimes I am one of them. Cause a tree is not just a tree. It is a friend, it stirs our emotion, it is a refuge, that safe place under/or in its branches where we hide from all that scorches us..the sun, the world. The olive tree is all of that for me. I do hug my olive trees and talk to them, touch them, stroke them, care for them, love them. They make me think of sunshine and heat. They makes me hear the cigales. They bring me the scent of lavender and wild herbs in the fields and I see colourful vegetables drizzled with the golden oil from its olives, glistening with crystals of fleur de sel. That is my olive tree.
..olive tree..
watercolor and Prera pilot fountain pen in S&B epsilon sketchbook, 14×21.6 cm
à demain
Koi fish in watercolor
I have been doing quite a few koi watercolors. Some different styles and techniques and sizes.
Some are more loose than others, which is my usual style of painting. I also tried some watercolour techniques, like using masking fluid, different brush sizes but finally decided it is not my way of painting….I prefer only the brush, water and color. I also tried a more true "watercolour painting" style and not my usual washes or loose line work. Once again, I came to the conclusion that it's just not me. It just goes to show…one can't really lie in making art. You can perhaps get away with it for a while, but in the long run, the true you needs to surface. It is quite freeing to have finally come to this conclusion: I don't want to do true watercolor paintings. I just love line and wash.
..koi 1..
watercolor and dip pen and indigo blue HErbin ink, 24X32cm
..Koi 2..
in watercolor and lamy safari pen, 24X32cm
..koi 3..
watercolor and dip pen and indigo blue HErbin ink, 24X32cm
..Koi 4..
watercolor and lamy safari pen in Stillman and Birn sketchbook, 14X21.6cm
..Koi 5..
watercolor and lamy safari pen in Stillman and Birn sketchbook, 14X21.6cm
..Koi 6..
watercolor and dip pen and HErbin ink(Café et Gris nuage), 24X32cm
..Koi 7..
watercolor and lamy safari pen, 24X32cm
..Koi 8..
watercolor and lamy safari pen in Daler Rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7cm
à bientôt,
Sketching ellipses..bowls and jugs.
One of my demons in art, is the ellipse. I hate drawing ellipses. Maybe hate is a strong word..I really really dislike ellipses. So many objetcs have some sort of ellipse in it. And like with perspective, you can't be an artist without coming across ellipses.
With a snowy and rainy weekend keeping us inside, I challenged that ellipse fear and went back to my spiral exercises(see bottom of page).
pen and watercolor in Arches aquarelle block, HP, 18x26cm
pen and watercolor in Arches watercolor block, CP, 18x26cm
I do these great spiral exercises to practice ellipses from the book "Sketchbook for artists". S
- Start with drawing a circle and loosely let your hand move downwards in a spiral. It it best to not do it slowly, but at a natural, continuous speed, without stopping.
- You can enlarge and diminish to your own liking, creating different shapes and volumes.
- Practice placing one spiral into another.
- Vary the thickness of the lines. Don't worry if it is all askew in the beginning..your hand will get steadier as you keep on doing these spring-like spirals.
..Spiral exercises four ellipses..
Bibliography: Sketchbook for the artist, Sarah Simblet..
Birds and chickens sketches.
With this very first post of 2013, I wish you all a very good new year..may it be all you wish it to be!
I have gotten myself back to the easel and sketchbook..a great achievement here in January. For myself, I hope that 2013 will be a better year than the previous, especially on the art front. But of course, that only depends on one person..me.
Of all the sketches I did today, the following ones are the most successful. The three chickens kept still long enough with their backsides to me, so I could practice my observation skills which got lost during the past year.
..three chickens in a row..
done in watercolor on Aquarelle block, HP, 18x26cm
It is a different story with the birds. The mésanges(tits) are way too quick for me and I could only succeed in blobs of colour which looked more like flying saucers and even that would be an insult to the Martians. So I took closeups and put my own sketch together. According to my own rule, it is then not by definition a sketch, but more of a drawing, using sketching techniques. That is a mouthful! By my definition a sketch is only a sketch when done right in front of the live subject, "sur le motif", we call it in French. when using the help of otter media..magazines, photos, it becomes drawing. The observation and rendering become totally different. By saying I used "some sketching technique", I suggest that I used about 4 different photos, composed 2 birds on my paper, referred to the photo's for colour and lastly added some branches and seeds from direct observation from the tree. So, finally, the whole sketch is my own composition with my branches and seed block being a true sketch with birds drawn onto it…
..Feeding two mésanges..
done in watercolor in Hahnemuhle watercolour sketchbook, 15.3x25cm.


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In partnerships with Foster Parrots, Inc. and the New England Exotic Wildlife Society (NEEWS), we provide education opportunities and community service to transform social values from bird possession to service.
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August 29, 2012: Arrival
And so the adventure begins, full of promise, full of anxiety. I remind myself that it is not my journey alone; it is a journey on behalf of those avian beings who are not so privileged, who did not make the reverse trek northward of their own free will. This puts my anxiety in perspective…one of the factors motivating my trip to Costa Rica was to make the journey on behalf of my bird, Gir, and his wild relatives. It is for this reason that I brought with me a feather of his, one that I would leave in a ritual of repatriation.
August 30, 2012: A Bird in a Cage
Day two and I already learned a great deal more about macaws, sun conures, and other endangered and extinct birds. It is too easy to dismiss activities like poaching, egg stealing, and illegal trading as "things of the past," atrocities that seem so far removed from what is acceptable that they could not possibly be occurring in this era, let alone this moment. I read today about a macaw species that went extinct in the 1960s or 70s (and the Spix's Macaw, presumed extinct in the wild since 2000!).
I try to embody what it must feel like to be the last of my kind, to be locked in a cage somewhere unfamiliar to me while my parents, friends—everyone—is killed back home. I cannot fathom it. And I am suddenly acutely aware that those birds whom I have known throughout the years may well be only one or two generations removed from wild capture. It is ironic that what made it possible for me to meet Gir and the other beautiful birds whom I have known—the captive trade—fuels my desire to bring those same circumstances to an end.
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September 2, 2012: First Day Working at the Ara Project
The birds eat three times a day. Much of the work of a volunteer at the center revolves around the procurement, preparation, and cleanup of these meals. Fruits are picked from the on-site garden and chopped into parrot-sized bites every morning. Garlic is minced and placed in a mixture that is given to the macaws daily as a way to prevent internal parasites.
Sanctuary is hard work. Chopping a banana seems okay, until you are on your 500th one and had to fight a cockroach in the process or until a four-inch-wide arachnid drops to within inches of your face as she tries to catch her last insect before sunset. The heat and humidity are relentless; this truly is unglamorous work! Yet I remain humbled by the stories of those who will live out their years at the center, birds like Bug, Eva, and Plucky.
September 5, 2012: The Day of the Earthquake
Well, today has been quite eventful! A 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit at about 8:40 a.m. local time. I noticed the parrots acting strangely. Many were flying around and seemed upset, even landing on the ground. Then the ground began to shake. It felt almost like liquid beneath my feet. Afterwards, the macaws were very quiet and holding very still, many hanging upside-down from their cages. They stayed this way for more than 20 minutes.
I have given quite a bit of thought about something I heard, local people complain about the noise that released parrots make. I asked myself: "Who do I try to quiet? Lola barking, the children early in the morning, watching commercials, Gir calling?" Then I thought, "What do they have in common?" and the answer that I came up with is they are beings who lack power.
What do we want to be loud? Music, concerts, important presidential announcements, our favorite forms of electronic entertainment: things with power. Power in our culture and the power to command our attention.
Could it be that the calls of such voices represent a challenge to the anthropocentric worldview, that to allow them to return to the forest would be to acknowledge that their right to exist trumps certain rights of our own? I tell myself that I enjoy tranquility but perhaps what I really enjoy is my own inner-monologue, the power of my own voice, my already-held notions booming loudly within, concealed by a placid exterior. What, then, is the power of the inner-cacophony? (Surely a victim of trauma could tell you.)
I tried putting myself in a parrot's place:
I had been picnicking with my family in Washington State when suddenly, out of nowhere, a giant net descended upon us, crushing my husband's leg before lifting me into the air. I don't know what happened to the children, I lost track of them in the commotion. I was placed in a dark box, starving and thirsty, grieving for my family and wondering whether or not they were even alive.
After many days of fear and darkness, jostling and strange noises, I awoke one morning to find myself alone in this room. The food is strange and unappetizing, the air feels unfamiliar. Every once in a while, a large avian eye appears out of nowhere, scaring me to death! The cage door is unlocked and a taloned clan slowly approaches me. The giant bird monster makes noises I cannot understand and I think it wants me to touch it, to trust it. How could I ever trust it after it destroyed my family and took everything I love away from me!?
I imagined being trapped in this cage for days, for months, for years. Over time, the pangs of grief transformed into a dull longing. I came out of this seemingly benign phenomenological experiment a changed being, for I can never see the capture of wild birds and the living of a life in captivity the same way. It took travelling thousands of miles in order to adequately embody something that was in me all along: true empathy, empathy enough to ignite my rage at the present imbalance of privilege implicit within the avian-human relationship.


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Oakland Raiders: Dear Raider Fans...Your Team Sucks!April 19, 2008
No, seriously… they're not very good.
And they'll prove that once again in the 2008 NFL Draft. Whoever they draft… will suck.
The Raiders' colors suck, their logo sucks, and the old guy in the sweat suit, he sucks too.
The Raiders are the Michelangelo of sucking.
The Black Hole sucks.
The idiots who turn football games into costume parties suck.
That Raider fan that stabbed the Chargers' fan a few years back… he sucks.
JaMarcus Russell, LaMont Jordan and Sebastian Janikowski suck.
If they gave the Lombardi Trophy to teams that sucked the most, the Raiders would have 20-30 of them. The Lions would have the rest.
If there were a "Mount Suckmore" Al Davis' face would be carved into it. Along with Vanilla Ice, Carrot Top and David Hasselhoff.
The Raiders suck more than lima beans, Steely Dan and snowstorms… combined!
This article sucks because it's about the Raiders.
I suck for having written it.
You suck for having read it.
Earth sucks for being the place where the sucky Oakland Raiders play their sucky games.
Suck, suck, suck, suck, suck!
Now… let the death threats begin!
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Gardner slams EAGLE-Net's reinstatement, will seek federal audit of project's finances
U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., on Tuesday slammed the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's decision to reinstate a taxpayer-funded broadband program that has faced questions about its network buildout and financial controls.
EAGLE-Net's network rollout had been on hold since December until the NTIA lifted the suspension Tuesday.
"The suspension should not have been lifted until all of the problems and issues of government competition had been worked out," Gardner said Tuesday in a statement. "We're still waiting on an overdue state review of EAGLE-Net's operations, and federally we are preparing to ask the Inspector General's office to conduct its own audit of EAGLE-Net's finances and sustainability. Until we have a full accounting of how the taxpayers money was spent and how it will be managed moving forward, it is irresponsible to let this project continue with business as usual."
EAGLE-Net has been accused of overbuilding because its network reaches educational institutions in communities already had access to multiple broadband providers. As such, small carriers that serve those institutions have been among the most vocal critics of EAGLE-Net.
The organization has said it provided ample opportunity for communities to opt out of the network. The goal of the project is to connect the majority of the state's school districts to a fiber-optic network, particularly those in rural Colorado.


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This week, one Nate. D. Sanders memorabilia auction is starting at $10,000, but the contents are truly priceless pieces of history (such as 79 never-before-seen photographs of the Kennedy family). These photos come by way of the family's nanny, Maud Shaw, who lived alongside the famous family for seven years. These photographs of the former First Family's private lives have never been seen by the public before now and will be going up for auction alongside a custom-made maternity dress worn by Jacqueline Kennedy during her pregnancy in 1960.
Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline celebrate Easter on a manicured green lawn.
John F. Kennedy enjoying a casual day in the sun during his brief presidency.
Equestrian Jackie teaching Caroline how to ride.
Even more than 20 years after her passing, Jackie O's style is revered and often imitated.
Maud Shaw began working with the Kennedys shortly after Caroline's birth and continued as their nanny during their White House years.
Shaw was the children's caretaker during the time of their father's assassination on November 22nd, 1963.
She stayed with the family for two years after John F. Kennedy's death before retiring and moving to London.
The family often vacationed at the waterfront Kennedy compound on Cape Cod, as in this photo with a very young John.
And this photo with an older John in a Fair Isle sweater.
Crawling through a statue.
Caroline and her Welsh terrier on Christmas day.
The Kennedy family enjoying a beach day.
Shortly before becoming First Lady, Jackie Kennedy hired designer Oleg Cassini to create her wardrobe in 1960.
John Kennedy Jr. was born later that year, so it is unclear if this maternity dress was created by Cassini.
John Kennedy Jr. was born two weeks after his father was elected the 35th president.
Of the immediate Kennedy family, Caroline is the only child still alive.
Maud Shaw passed away in 1988. Her keepsakes from her time with the Kennedy family were inherited by her relatives.
Check out the auction details at the Nate Sanders website for more information on this incredible historic find.
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Attending the April 27th meeting?? New Requirement to Get Contact Hours. Be sure to bring your current Pesticide License to the UMass Update Meeting on April 27, 2017. You must have your license to receive your paperwork for contact hours at the meeting. If you do not bring your license to the meeting, you will need to come to the station within 7 days with your license and ID. Any questions, call Marty at the station x 20.
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Itaewon Station - Exit 1 or 2 ( Line 6)
Free Parking
Our Sunday church gathering starts at 11am. We normally end by 12:30pm. Come by! We'd love to meet you!
Cosmos Banquet Hall (3rd Fl)
179 Itaewon-ro, Itaewon 1(il)-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
서울특별시 용산구 이태원로 179 해밀톤관광호텔
The hotel is right outside of Itaewon Station - Exit 1 or 2 (Line 6). We also have free parking available.
We'd love to serve your children (up to grade 5) at Gospel City Kids. We provide a safe environment for kids to know Jesus!


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Without an ICE-T I have been tracing using a DSLogic Pro on the 16 address channels, and comparing with the F000 disassemble , Atomulator, a generic memeory map and a calculator.
What I basically have is an EPROM with C000 to FFFF ATOS MOS, and a large piece of SRAM taking up the rest of the lower address space.
Tracing it through and it just gets to checking the VIAs before printing the first character of the POST message. And then just loops forever at waiting for &B801 (Data Reg A) to respond. So bearing in mind what is actually at B801 is SRAM can I just fudge it into thinking it has responded? And then pull the data from 8000 and stick down a serial connection?
From my understanding B800 is the optional 6522, and I dont actually want to use it, now I remember reading somewhere these are tied low or high with resisters when not used.
So D1-D3 are tied low with 4k7 resistors.Roland's New ATOM ThreadWhat about the 'mystery' resistors R39/40/41 -> D1/D2/D3
In my Atom-in-PC board I left them out as these resistors are only relevant if there is no 6522 via installed. On the Atom-in-PC the 6522 is always installed so the resistors are not needed. I used this design philosophy with my new Atom design. But now I realize that in this Atom the 6522 might be left out, so yes, it's better to add these resistors
What are D0,D4-D7 are they NC when no 6522 fitted? Thining about it B800-B80F are they are SRAM are probably not initailed so could be any old rubbish in there. According to Atomic Manual they should be set to 0. I am asusming that is true regardless of whether it is fitted or not. It is certianly set to 0 on Atomulator, but assume that is emulating a 6522 anyway.
ATOMIC manual OCR a bit up the creak, will add a screenshot instead
I am assuming as people have built complete ATOMs and GODIL replacements there are probably some other sources I havent come across yet. Explaining this. (I havent tried to work out what the ATOM in FPGA code does!)
Might have to stick the Saleae 8ch only the data line to try to grab what value &B801 is actually set to.


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DIXFIELD — Kaine Hutchins recovered a fumble in the end zone in overtime Friday night to give fourth-seeded Dirigo a 20-14 victory against fifth-ranked Old Orchard Beach in a Western Class D football quarterfinal.
Dirigo will be at top-ranked Winthrop-Monmouth Academy in the semifinals next weekend.
Old Orchard (5-4) missed a go-ahead field goal to start overtime. On the ensuing Dirigo possession, the Seagulls forced a fumble on fourth-and-goal from inside the 5, but it was recovered by Hutchins for the win.
The lone scoring of the first half was an Old Orchard safety in the second quarter. Dirigo (6-3) pulled ahead 14-2 early in the fourth on touchdown runs by Tyler Frost and Brett Beauchesne.
The Seagulls cut the deficit to 14-8 on an 11-yard touchdown run by Bryan Roberts, then tied it on a 24-yard pass from Roberts to Tyler Scott late in the fourth quarter.
Roberts rushed for 138 yards and one touchdown on 22 carries, and completed 7 of 16 passes for 97 yards and a touchdown for the Seagulls.
Beauchesne rushed for 100 yards on 24 carries.
KENNEBUNK 48, MORSE 6: Nicco DeLorenzo rushed for 75 yards and a pair of touchdowns on eight carries for the top-seeded Rams (9-0), who took a 20-0 first-quarter lead and cruised past the eighth-ranked Shipbuilders (3-6) in a Western Class B quarterfinal at Kennebunk.
Nick Emmons added 57 yards on three carries, and also completed 3 of 4 passes for 109 yards and a pair of touchdowns for the Rams.
Both touchdown passes were caught by Austin Sandler, a 49-yarder in the first quarter and a 20-yarder in the second.
Liam Studley also scored a pair of touchdowns for the Rams, one rushing and one on an interception return.
Kennebunk also got an interception return for a touchdown by Chris Broadhead.
Liam McDonough scored for Morse on a 49-yard run in the fourth quarter.
WINTHROP-MONMOUTH ACADEMY 40, TELSTAR 0: Top-seeded Winthrop/Monmouth (9-0) established its offense midway through the first quarter and dominated the eighth-ranked Rebels (2-7) in a Western Class D quarterfinal at Winthrop.
Quarterback Jared Hanson got the Ramblers going midway through the first quarter with back-to-back completions to Brandon Goff and Phil Rowe of 18 and 20 yards. Zach Glazier capped the drive with a 6-yard run, breaking three tackles. Later in the half, Jake Weeks ripped off scoring runs of 47 and 68 yards.
Between the scoring runs from Weeks, Hanson threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Drew Stratton, who made a sliding catch in the deep left corner of the end zone.
MESSALONSKEE 28, HAMPDEN ACADEMY 21: The third-seeded Eagles (6-3) went 57 yards in seven plays, scoring on Corey McKenzie's 7-yard run with 1:41 left to beat the sixth-ranked Broncos (5-4) in an Eastern Class B quarterfinal at Oakland.
When Jake Dexter intercepted Matt Martin at the Messalonskee 15 with 53 seconds left, the Eagles had earned their spot in the semifinals next week against No. 2 Mt. Desert Island.
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71-year-old Camden driver leads police on multi-county chase
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TORONTO—It's not too frequent that one would find Bill Murray, Mickey Rourke and Megan Fox in a room together, let alone a film, but there they all were, at the Toronto premiere of Mitch Glazer's "Passion Play." Somewhat of a passion project for Mr. Glazer, the film has made a 20-year journey from script to screen. "My hair was jet black when I started this thing," Mr. Glazer said at the premiere. And Ms. Fox, who plays a woman with wings in the fantasy-drama, was three when the script first began to make its way around Hollywood.
At a party for the film, Mr. Glazer, who wrote the screenplay for "Scrooged" and the 1988 version of "Great Expectations," discussed how he assembled his unique cast. "Mickey and I went to high school together," he said. "And Billy is one of my closest friends. I've known him forever." Mr. Murray is notoriously difficult to pin down for a role. But after an actor playing the third lead in the film dropped out during shooting, Mr. Murray offered himself up as a replacement.
"Passion Play" has two more screenings at the festival and is seeking distribution.


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St. Francis in the Foothills
Our Philosophy and Mission
Our Vision
To inspire and guide each other to an awakened life by engaging with our community, the earth and The Divine.
Our Mission Statement
Saint Francis in the Foothills contains within its walls a diverse collection of souls which share a common vision of the world... a vision stated here:
We acknowledge our oneness with the creator and all creation, support each other in achieving our fullest potential, strive to remove all barriers which separate us, aspire to share with others and our children our commitment to active service and joyful participation in the creation of a new world, and acknowledge our need to be directed in this endeavor by the power, the presence, and the grace of God.
Our Philosophy of Ministry
We believe that the Bible is not the end of the revealed word of God. The word continues to be made flesh in the activities of our day. We are committed to developing a vision that reveals this sacred word.
We believe there are solutions to world hunger, homelessness, war, and we are intent on bringing about the Christian invitation of "peace on Earth and goodwill to all creation."
Saint Francis in the Foothills UMC is a Reconciling Congregation, intent on building a community which takes seriously the effort to wed the deepest intention of our faith with the widest dimension of our world. We are reconciling in our intention of welcoming all people of all walks of life: women, men, gay, straight, and people of all colors. We are also committed to overcoming the church-initiated obstacles that prevent homosexuals from marriage and ordination.
By loving and accepting each other, we are being faithful to what is highest and best in human endeavor and fully responding to what God is. As persons loved by God, we are called to fully accept ourselves and each other.
We believe that Jesus of Nazareth was a human being who awakened to what it means to be fully human. He calls us, through his life and teaching, to awaken to our own divinity (the fully human). Jesus awakened to the Christ (the oneness of all creation.) We are called to do the same.
We believe that God is the "force" that constantly goes before us…leading us through all "wilderness" experiences into the promise of what we were created to be. We strive to be open to God's surprises as we explore new expressions of sacred scripture as they are revealed to us through the Bible, through others, and through our sacred Earth (trees, animals, plants and rocks).
We believe that none are saved until all are saved: none are free until all are free. This means that salvation is not a solely Christian phenomenon, but is a free gift to all.
Who We Are
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Yup. I've finally entered into the realm of actually wanting to look sorta sassy when I venture out the house. No more mom jeans for me. This was my 4th of July style…
And ya, the elastic waist on this outfit made it ohhh-so-easy to transition into and out of my holiday food coma with ease. I laid a blanket on the grass and took a nap in this ensemble. Relaxation to the max.
The romper can be dressed up or down simply by changing out your shoes. The bracelet is also stunning. I love it!
- Mossimo Cowl Neck Gray Romper from Target. Also available in black.
- Wrapped in Faith Bracelet from Just Jewelry's Spring 2014 Catalog (page 36, item C)
Getting fit can totally boost your confidence. Two years ago I would not have dared to even try on this outfit. I'll never be a fashionista and don't put any stock in the superficial to define me, yet it's still awesome how a new outfit and pretty piece of jewelry can make you feel extra beautiful.
How about you do something nice for yourself sometime soon? — something that's not of necessity. Get yourself a new outfit or maybe a manicure? Go see a movie or give yourself some "me" time to read a book. Heck, you could even take a much-needed vacation day to slave away in the kitchen to bake me some homemade snacks. Just sayin'.
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Author Notes: This may look like a trick, but one sip and you will see that it is a TREAT! A midori cocktail is the first thing that popped in my mind when this week's theme was announced – it is the perfect wicked witch green! This is what the adults at my house will be drinking on Halloween. Note: The black lava sea salt contains activated charcoal, which has a very dramatic visual effect against the fluorescent green of the midori. I will post a photo soon. —gingerroot
Serves: 1, easily doubled or tripled
1 1/2
ounces Midori
1 1/2
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1 1/2
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Black Lava Sea Salt for rim
Gummy eyeball (optional)
- Rim a martini glass in black lava sea salt if desired. Fill a shaker halfway with ice cubes. Add equal parts Midori, Malibu Rum, and Special Sour mix. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Sprinkle a few grains of salt into your glass if desired, for a dramatic, Halloween-y effect. Eyeballs optional. ENJOY!
- SPECIAL SOUR MIX: 2 cups coconut water + 1/3 cup agave + Juice of two Meyer lemons Combine ingredients in a glass jar with a lid and stir to mix. Refrigerate until chilled. Use as needed for Trick-or-Treat-tinis.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Halloween Treat
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Phone: 618-586-2713
Fax: 618-586-2905
October is breast cancer awareness month. On behalf of PGS, student council donated $150.00 to the Susan B. Koeman Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation.
Girl's Basketball Concession Workers - Student Council will be responsible for concessions at the October 18th girl's basketball game. please arrive at 5:45 P.M.


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Thirty years ago, Crockettmania was sweeping the country. Television brought to millions of Americans the exploits of Davy Crockett, the 19th Century frontiersman, Indian fighter, congressman and victim of the Battle of the Alamo. Coonskin caps, records, toys and souvenirs commemorated Davy.
Like many children of the time, I was seized by the Crockett craze and accepted him as an authentic American hero. Only recently did I learn that David Crockett was also a man committed to the U.S. Constitution and the principles of limited government.


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|Maintaining a Strategic Focus: The Association for Convention Operations Management
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A few years ago, CMA's Senior Vice President Rob Jones put his 30 years of strategic marketing experience to good use for ACOM, and they're still reaping the benefits today. After conducting a Marketecture session with the ACOM board, CMA launched a public relations campaign to position ACOM as a major player in the meeting planning industry. The resulting plan also served as a springboard for the association's growth, increasing membership more than 25 percent in the past four years, and providing added benefits to members, including year-round opportunities for continuing education.
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This map features Effect Boxes, emerald blocks that can only be pressed once and give a good or negative thing to your team or your enemies team. It is optional to press them. The goal of the map is to take your flag to the monument as fast as possible and place it on the top of the 1st place tower.
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Benedict Cumberbatch Is Going to Be Hamlet
On a stage in London.
The production is currently only scheduled for a London run, but maybe if you're very good and tweet obsessively for the next year, they'll bring it to Broadway next. Anyway: Benedict Cumberbatch, whining about Danish stuff for three hours! It is the stuff dreams are made of.


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500,000-Square Foot Addition to Open in 2008
Contractors imploded the 45-year old student dormitory at the
J. Floyd Kyser, M.D., a retired otolaryngologist who graduated from UAMS in 1962, won the right to push a ceremonial plunger, signaling the demolition of the 10-story building at the intersection of Hooper and Shuffield drives on the UAMS campus. Several hundred UAMS officials, invited guests and members of the public cheered the series of bangs that sounded as the roughly 65 pounds of charges placed in 300 locations in the 45-year old building's concrete shell detonated and the 15,000-ton building collapsed in about 15 seconds.
The adjacent Jeff Banks Student Union and nearby Child Study Center will be torn down next and the entire site will be cleared. Construction on the 500,000-square foot hospital addition is expected to begin this summer and be completed in 2008. The hospital addition is part of a $255 million expansion initiative that includes a new psychiatric facility, residence hall and other projects.
"This closes a chapter in UAMS history with the implosion of the dorm that served generations of students, but we open a new, exciting chapter as we prepare for construction of the hospital expansion," said UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D. "The hospital addition, adjacent Psychiatric Research Institute and other elements of our campus expansion position UAMS to deliver on its patient care, education, research and outreach missions for many years to come."
Kyser, of Little Rock, said he never lived in the dorm while at UAMS but spent the night there with friends and had fond memories of the building. UAMS exceeded its $5,000 goal in bidding for the right to push the plunger.
The hospital addition will be constructed adjacent to the hospital's Harry P. Ward Tower, extending west past the current location of Hooper Drive and east to connect to the Outpatient Center. Hooper Drive will be transformed into a boulevard from its intersection with Markham Street and the portion near the hospital addition will be relocated west of its current location.
The hospital expansion, when completed, will give the medical center a capacity of 270 adult beds in private rooms. Plans also call for the addition to include space for a new emergency department, additional surgical and interventional suites, admissions, an intensive care unit, an intermediate care unit and other services.
Additional unfinished space will be available for future expansion of the neonatal intensive care unit as well as two unfinished floors that will give UAMS a total of 390 private patient rooms when complete.
A new parking deck will have 1,000 parking spaces, intended primarily for hospital employees, patients and visitors. It will be built as the lower floors of the new hospital, extending underground. There is also space available for a future north-south hospital wing east of the parking deck.
The planned Psychiatry Research Institute, with construction also beginning this summer, will connect to the new hospital to the west. Scheduled for completion in 2007, the five-story, 100,000-square foot PRI will include a 40-bed inpatient facility as well as an outpatient clinic, research, educational and administrative space.
A new $14 million residence hall is under construction to replace the dorm and student union. It is expected to be open this fall. Other campus expansion projects include a nearly complete five-floor addition to the Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute, a new student bookstore and a utility building to serve the expanded hospital.
Controlled Demolition Inc. of Baltimore, Md., served as lead contractor for the dorm implosion. Assisting in the implosion is CDI Contractors Inc. of Little Rock, the general contractor for the campus expansion.
UAMS is the state's only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a medical center, five centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has about 2,320 students and 690 medical residents. It is one of the state's largest public employers with almost 9,000 employees, including nearly 1,000 physicians who provide medical care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children's Hospital and the VA Medical Center. UAMS and its affiliates have an economic impact in Arkansas of $4.3 billion a year.


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- For other uses, see Armor.
The following Armor types appear in The Elder Scrolls Online:
- Light Armor, which assists Magic use.[1]
- Medium Armor, which boosts Stamina, as well as sneaking and criticals to an extent.[1]
- Heavy Armor, which boosts armor rating and health.[1]
Armor, like weapons, has a crafted material and a racial style.
The material used determines base quality (armor rating) of the piece. When crafting, using more materials to create the piece will increase the level requirement and therefore armor rating.
The racial style gives the armor a unique aesthetic appearance. There are racial styles for the 10 playable races, as well as Ancient Elf, Barbarian, Daedric, and Primal, which are unique styles that are unlocked by finding style books in the world. Within each of the 10 racial styles there are different aesthetics determined by the material the piece is crafted from—for heavy armor, iron and steel have a basic look, orichalcum has a more detailed appearance, and any higher level materials are very ornate—and the quality of the item.
Armor can have enchantments, which provide special magical effects, and traits, which are inherent properties of the piece that cannot be altered. Enchantments come from glyphs created at an enchanting table, while traits are crafted into the piece with the appropriate additional material.
There are also unique crafting stations throughout Tamriel which will allow a player to create armor that has a special set bonus when crafted at that location. When wearing the required number of items to earn the bonus, the armor provides an additional effect. For example, if wearing three pieces of armor of the Ashen Grip set, the player has a chance to breathe fire when attacking to do additional damage to his enemies.
Armor durability, and therefore its armor rating, deteriorates with wear and if the player dies. Damaged armor can be repaired at a merchant or by using a Repair Kit.[2]
There are 7 armor pieces that can be worn: helmets, pauldrons (shoulder armor), chest plates, girdles (belt), gloves, greaves (leggings), and boots. Shields are also considered armor and will increase armor rating when equipped.
Light ArmorsEdit
- Jute Armor
- Flax Armor
- Cotton Armor
- Spidersilk Armor
- Ebonthread Armor
- Kresh Fiber Armor
- Ironthread Armor
- Silverweave Armor
- Void Cloth Armor
- Ancestor Silk Armor
Unique Armors/Sets:
Other Light Armor items:
- LeBlanc's Walking Shoes
- Odei's Stylish Epauliers
- Homespun Shoes
- Rulorn's Silken Garb
- Homespun Jerkin
- Homespun Breeches
Medium ArmorsEdit
- Rawhide Armor
- Hide Armor
- Leather Armor
- Thick Leather Armor
- Fell Hide Armor
- Topgrain Hide Armor
- Iron Hide Armor
- Superb Hide Armor
- Shadowhide Armor
- Rubedo Leather Armor
Unique Armors/Sets:
Other Medium Armor items:
Heavy ArmorsEdit
- Iron Armor
- Steel Armor
- Orichalcum Armor
- Dwarven Armor
- Ebony Armor
- Calcinium Armor
- Galatite Armor
- Quicksilver Armor
- Voidstone Armor
- Rubedite Armor
Other Heavy Armor items:
- Lion Guard Poleyns
- Iron Girdle of Stamina
- Lion Guard Great Helmet
- Flint Cuirass
- Goblinslayer Chausses
- Gallant Chain
- Iron Greaves of Magicka
- The Elder Scrolls: Arena
- The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- The Elder Scrolls Online
|This article has an excess of redlinks in it. Attention is requested to create new articles from links to relevant topics and remove those links which lead to pages unlikely to be covered by the wiki.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 October 24, 2012. MMORPG Reveling in the Combat
- ↑ August 12, 2013. Elder Scrolls Online. Ask Us Anything: Quakecon Live Gameplay


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Discussion in 'Wii - Emulation and Homebrew' started by Bladexdsl, Apr 2, 2009.
can you use a usb device/hard drive on the hbc? meaning you can load the emus/apps off a hard drive?
The HBC can't do that, it will only display the applications on the sd card in \apps\
But there is another loader, I think that one can run from hd. Forgot the name though
your the only 1 who gave a decent answer out of the rest of these tools in this thread!
no, you need a app called loadmii for that. hbc loads only from sd, but loadmii can load apps over smb, usb, sd gecko and usb gecko.
well fuck it maybe the next version of hbc will use it.


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So You Think You Can Dance Auditions UpdateMatt Richenthal at . Comments
With So You Think You Can Dance returning this summer, here's an update on where you can audition for the reality competition in the coming weeks:
- Thursday, January 17: McFarlin Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX
- Thursday, January 31: Charleston Music Hall, Charleston, SC
- Thursday, February 21: Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington D.C.
- Thursday, March 6: The Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles, CA
- Thursday, March 20: Milwaukee Theater, Milwaukee, WI
- Thursday, April 3: Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
In each city, the doors open at 8 a.m. for registration and those auditioning must follow a certain set of rules:
- Dancers must bring CDs with the original version of a song to dance to.
- They may not use a remix or a song downloaded from a website. A list of songs will be given out at the audition and dancers must also be prepared to dance from a song on that list.
- Eligible dancers must be between the ages of 18 and 30 and bring an audition form printed out from FOX's website.
We'll post more information as we come across. Good luck to all that try out for So You Think You Can Dance!
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Instant Pot Iced Tea (well, I am more of a sweet tea gal, Texas y'all) – regardless – did you know you can make iced tea in the Instant Pot?
Sweet iced tea is a fave, I am from the south and all. Here in Texas, sweet tea is a staple – often offered in restaurants right after being seated – "Can I get you a glass of sweet tea?" The answer is ALWAYS YES.
(And yes, I drink my calories, don't judge!)
And the Instant Pot? That's my new favorite kitchen technology gadget. It's quick to make meals with, has a zillion uses – read 5 Reasons You Will Love Instant Pot.
So why wouldn't I make sweet iced tea in the instant pot? Crazy? Well, I thought it was a wild idea, but I'm all up for wild ideas. Plus, I have come across some wild instant pot recipes! I've seen Instant Pot recipes for cheesecake, pasta, mashed potatoes – all kinds of things – but the sweet iced tea – since it's a staple in our home, has quickly become our favorite.
Let's look at how you can make sweet iced tea with your Instant Pot electric pressure cooker.
Instant Pot Iced Tea Recipe
The beautiful thing, if you don't like your iced tea SO sweet, or if you just like plain tea – you can use this Instant Pot sweet ice tea recipe and adjust to your liking.
Here are the ingredients you will need to make the best sweet ice tea recipe:
- 2 Quarts Water for your Instant Pot Iced Tea
- 2 Quarts COLD Water
- 3-4 Family Sized Iced Tea Bags (Lipton is my favorite brand of tea)
- 1-2 Cups of Sugar (No judgement here.)
- Pinch of Baking Soda
- Ice
- 1 Gallon Pitcher
- Instant Pot
Here's a tip! Cut the tags off of the tea bags, but leave the strings. Tie all of the tea bag strings together for easy removal!
Place all of the ingredients inside the inner pot of the Instant Pot.
Lock the pressure cooker lid and make sure your valve is sealed.
Press the manual button to 4 minutes of high pressure.
You can quick release – or let the tea sit (I don't suggest letting the tea sit for TOO long!)
Stir the tea well and remove the tea bags.
Place 2 quarts of cold water with ice in the 1-gallon pitcher.
Carefully pour the brewed tea into pitcher.
Fill a cup with ice, and pour you a glass of the best sweet iced tea made from your Instant Pot! No steeping or bitterness with this recipe!
Baking Soda in Sweet Tea?
Yes! Baking soda in sweet – just a pinch, knocks out any tea bitterness. If you've ever had bitter tea you know how disgusting it is! The acidity with the baking soda helps make your iced tea perfect every time.
Instant Pot Sugar-Free Iced Tea Recipe
If you are looking to make Instant Pot sugar-free iced tea – just use the above recipe, but do not add sugar into the tea brew. Add in your artificial sweetener before you pour into the pitcher. Another option is to leave the tea unsweetened and just sweeten as you drink each glass.
Alcoholic Sweet Tea Recipes
Looking for the best alcohol to mix with sweet tea? Here are a few of my favorite ways to make alcoholic sweet tea. Remember, these alcoholic drink recipes are intended only for those of legal drinking age.
Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey Whiskey Sweet Tea
One of my FAVORITE liquor to mix in with sweet tea is Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey. Yes, it's a whiskey, so watch how much you pour – but this stuff is delicious!
Absolut Flavored Vodkas
Another favorite liquor to mix with sweet tea is just about any of the Absolut flavored vodkas! Vanilla, Mandarin, Peach, Pear, Lime – you name it! Their line of Vodka is delicious and a great sweet tea mixer.
Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
Captain Morgan does no wrong with his Spiced Rum, especially when added to sweet tea!
Perfect Summer Tea Recipes
Occasionally I like to liven my sweet iced tea up with garnishes. Here are a few of my favorite ways to liven up a glass of sweet iced tea.
Peppermint Iced Tea
Fresh peppermint OR vitality Young Living Peppermint essential oil gives a fresh flavor that also cleans the palette!
Sweet Peach Tea
Take 2 fresh peeled and pitted peaches and place the peaches with 1 cup of water and a few tablespoons of sugar(or equivalent value of sugar substitute) into a blender. Blend the peaches until they are very smooth. Pour the peach mixture into either a glass of tea, or if you are making a entire pitcher – pour into the pitcher!
Strawberry Iced Tea
Mix 1 cup of granulated sugar (or equivalent value of sugar substitute), 2 cups of clean fresh whole strawberries, 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice and 2 cups of ice cubes into the blender. Mix and pour into the gallon of sweet tea (make sure to account for the extra volume – use 1 quart of cold iced water, rather than 2!) Don't forget to add a strawberry to the straw for extra cuteness!
Honey Tea
A few drops of honey will kick the sweetness up a notch even more!
Raspberry Lime Iced Tea
This is the ultimate summer iced tea drink! Raspberry lime iced tea is super simple and absolutely delicious. Cut a lime into thin slices. Grab and wash around 10 raspberries. Fill up a glass with your fruit combination of raspberries and limes first, then ice and top off with your sweet iced tea mixture. Don't forget to add a straw!
Lemon Tea
Slice a lemon, squirt into your iced tea glass – and make sure to garnish the tea glass with a lemon slice!
Best Instant Pot Tea!
There you have it! Everything from how to make the best instant pot sweet tea to making sugar-free instant pot tea, to why I use baking soda in tea, alcoholic tea recipes and a few great tea garnishes that will make your iced tea LEGIT for summer!
Now your turn, tell us what your favorite thing to add to your sweet tea is! Have you made instant pot sweet ice tea? Leave a comment, we can't wait to hear what you think of Instant Pot iced tea!


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About This Show
Remember when you used to make a mixtape on cassette or CD with all of your favorite tunes from a certain time or category? The Mixtape Podcast is bringing back that long-lost art in digital format. Each episode puts together a carefully selected group of songs for the chosen topic for your listening pleasure. Some are some bands you might not know about while others are classics that you love. Either way, just good tunes. Most episodes also has a matching Spotify playlist, the 21st century version of a mixtape. If you love music or want to listen to 2 idiots ramble on about it for a while you might dig this. Enjoy!Read more »


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Missouri lawmakers are aiming to attract large economic development projects with a new type of incentive modeled on a strategy used elsewhere.
A bill given first-round approval Tuesday by the House would let local governments issue special obligation bonds to help pay for a project. The bonds could be paid off by tapping certain state and local taxes as well as local hotel taxes generated by the new development.
Projects generally would need to involve a $50 million capital investment with expectations to generate $50 million in sales per year.
The measure is backed by House Majority Leader Tim Jones and House Minority Leader Mike Talboy. They say Kansas has used a similar program to beat out Missouri for new projects.


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GLAAD Media Awards went to The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The New Normal on Saturday night for their thoughtful depictions of gay characters, while former President Bill Clinton received the inaugural Advocate for Change Award for his work campaigning to legalize same-sex marriage.
It was a redemptive moment for the ex-president, who in 1996 signed the Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as a partnership only between a man and a woman. In recent years, Clinton has campaigned against anti-gay legislation proposed in various states, and has publicly called for the Supreme Court to overturn the law he once signed.
The awards recognize "inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives."
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, a film written and directed by the book's author, Stephen Chbosky, featured a charismatic supporting performance by Ezra Miller as an openly gay high school student who fearlessly refuses to hide who he is, with help from friends played by Emma Watson and Logan Lerman.
The New Normal, a TV comedy co-created by Glee's Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler, stars Andrew Rannells and Justin Bartha as a gay couple having a child through a surrogate (Georgia King) while dealing with her outspoken, conservative mother, played by Ellen Barkin.
Here are the other honorees at the Los Angeles event:
Advocate for Change Award: President Bill Clinton
Stephen F. Kolzak Award: Entertainment attorney Steve Warren
Film: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Summit Entertainment)
TV Comedy Series: The New Normal (NBC)
Individual TV Episode: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Me What to Do" Raising Hope (Fox)
TV Movie or Mini-Series: American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Daytime Drama: Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Talk Show Episode: "At Home with Neil Patrick Harris, His Fiancé David Burtka, & Their Twins" Oprah's Next Chapter (OWN)
Los Angeles Theater: The Children by Michael Elyanow
Spanish Language awards:
Daytime Talk Show Episode: "Confirma su identidad como mujer" Showbiz (CNN en Español)
TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: TIE: "Los transexuales buscan su identidad en medio de ignorancia y prejuicios" Encuentro (CNN en Español) and "La vida en rosa" Aquí y Ahora (Univision)
Newspaper Article: "Gays y padres excelentes" by Pilar Marrero (La Opinión)


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Two people I love a lot, the philanthropists Jeanne and Herb Siegel, tossed a grand party of literary bookish types at the Four Seasons the other rainy eve and nobody cancelled because of weather.
Maybe it was because this party celebrated the hit of the best-seller nonfiction list -- the hot "Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas." This gossipy revisionist anti-liberal work has been a bonanza for Regnery Publishing. It has chased Hillary Clinton's own memoir right down the ladder and performed a miracle for conservative writer Ed Klein.
Mr. Klein worked for the old Newsweek and was once The New York Times magazine chief and then the popular answerer of questions for Parade magazine for many years. He is suave and friendly. He is tall and well-tailored; he is definitely on a roll because his book party was rife with moneyed "one percenters" and those in-the-know about book matters. In his little speech of the acceptance of his new fame, he quoted Fox News often. Does this mean Bill O'Reilly has to move over and share his conservative glory?
I don't know because I'm one of those poor Democrats who believes that, like the Wicked Witch of the West, I might melt if ever I should give up on the party of FDR. But I did note that people were snatching up "Blood Feud" the same way they ignore the grandeur of hors d'oeuvres and prefer wolfing down those common little hot dogs at parties. One partygoer said to me, "If you open this book you won't be able to put it down."
At the party, I passed the writer Judith Miller and, hoping for enlightenment, inquired after her husband, the sainted editor Jason Epstein. But she only said, "He is deep into his World War I reading and can't talk about anything else. He has read at least six or seven of these books in a row."
Well, I went home and read Mr. Klein's book, trying to be open-minded. But I'm still a hopeless Democrat!
I have to say I don't recognize "Blood Feud's" profane and smashing-each-other-and-all-about-them in their lust for the White House Clintons, who I know and admire very much. And while I deplore Mr. Klein's jaundiced vision of the President and Mrs. Obama, I have no real idea whether its negative aspects are true or not. I hope not. The book seems eerily prescient, about happenings right now and that's very depressing. But maybe this is just what international uncertainty is all about.
I took some pals to the Chin Chin restaurant on East 49th Street where Kate Hepburn used to live and helped make their take-out famous by proximity. Over fabulous shrimp Grand Marnier and barbecued ribs, the owners told me the sad news for East Siders that they are closing. "The rents here are unbelievable!" They will take Chin Chin downtown and I said I would wait to hear the address of their new location as soon as they finalize it. ... Had lunch this week with my favorite gossip and show biz smartie, Roger Friedman, who just left for Italy where he'll "do" Milan just for fun. Then he'll segue to Lake Como. He already notified George Clooney: "Don't worry. I'm not stalking you!"
Roger was seen last week escorting Nicole Kidman to Lincoln Center's "The Maids," starring Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert.
I am told that all three of Lauren Bacall's children are in New York now planning her funeral and memorial. Sam Robards came from Denmark where he was on vacation. Steve came from Florida. I hope this is correct.
I was told a great Betty Bacall story of when she was in rehearsal for "Woman of the Year" on Broadway. The theatrical press agent, afraid of her wrath, sent his youngest, nicest fledgling, Diane Judge, to deal with his star.
Diane knocked on Bacall's door. Miss Bacall opened it and said, "I know who you are ... NO!" She slammed the door.
"Woman of the Year" became a smash without the benefit of press agentry.
"Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur," said Muriel Spark.
Last week, George Miller, director of the three "Mad Max" movies that starred Mel Gibson, said that he was "heartbroken" over the issues that appear to have affected Mel's career, But � these issues had nothing to do with not casting Mel in the next "Max Mad" film ("Mad Max: Fury Road"). Miller said he simply felt Gibson, at 58 was "too old" to don his famous black leather and, well � be "mad."
"Too old?" Granted, Mel has lived hard, and he's a somewhat weather-beaten 58, but let's take that "too old" argument to revived action stars such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Sly Stallone, Liam Neeson, Dolph Lundgren, Harrison Ford and others, including the divine Helen Mirren, who has shown her action chops in the "Red" movies. The youngest of these is Dolph, at 56. The new "Max" is Tom Hardy, age 36.
Who knows? Maybe Mel didn't even want to reprise his iconic character? Or, was director Miller nervous about working with Gibson in our increasingly sensitive, politically correct time? Especially with the recent events in the Middle-East and actors taking sides?
In any case, I've missed Mel onscreen. For all his anger issues and what-not, he is a great actor and a great director. And he does have a role in the current "Expendables 3." The director of this franchise starring Stallone, Ah-Nald and others, didn't think Mel was too decrepit to take part. (In this one, the baby of the bunch is Jason Statham, age 47.)
I don't even particularly yearn to see Mel in such films � although he has always loved to suffer a lot in his movies! (He tended to get beaten and tortured more often than any other action star.) But I wouldn't mind seeing him back at work on a regular basis. He's too talented to go quietly into the good night of his many millions.


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