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It started with a splinter. We'd long neglected the worn, ugly deck off our master bedroom. It contained two chaise lounges, a plant, and a sand table for our toddler, but was still bare and underutilized. Then I got a nasty splinter from it — my third in as many days — and I realized we couldn't ignore it any longer.
It wasn't a rash decision, so much as an acknowledgment that the deck needed repair. The floor needed much more than a sanding — it was warped upwards at the edges and we'd recently patched a leak into the guest room below. A packed summer calendar prompted us to call our contractor, who started the next week. After that, the stars seemed to align for our little project.
Our contractor, being awesome, found us a discounted price on the wood slats. This discount meant that we could also afford to cover the cinderblocks with streamlined slats. Once the wood was installed, the deck looked so much better that I didn't want to resort to our falling-apart chaise lounges. I visited Overstock.com for the first time and found a reasonably-priced couch set; it was as much as one couch at other stores. The floral pillows were on sale at Crate & Barrel. I spotted the blue kids' chairs and sun-powered lanterns one day at Target. I bought the chalkboard on Amazon while buying a birthday present. The only difficult part was finding an affordable, 8x10 outdoor rug. After looking for two weeks, I finally found a recycled plastic mat from B.B. Begonia for $99, which I wrote about here.
The deck became so nice that we started to spend hours out there, slowly adding plants, including herbs, tomatoes, and strawberries. Now we're out there all the time. It's taken us years and years to decorate the inside of our home, piece-by-slowly-collected piece. The upstairs deck was done in three weeks. While it's not the way I typically approach projects, it worked out well this time, and gave us a few months to enjoy it with our friends and family.
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|2007-08-16, 22:20
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It would be somewhat funny to see Raki grow stronger, or a powerful human faction that can equal the power of the Claymores and that of the Abyssals, and might further complicate the storyline at this stage. Considering there is still a lot of unanswered questions about the Claymores and the world they live in...
My 2 cents.
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|2007-08-17, 01:06
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One of the major metaphors in play with the yoma is that they (like most murderous creatures in anime) tend to derive their worst qualities from humans. They're gruesome parodies of negative human emotions. So to say that Raki is meant to represent the human part of the story, then you have to take into account the human as monsters part of the equation. We never find out where yoma come from, so one possible origin is from people( e.g. a wendigo)
Furthur into this theme is of course a popular quote for human evil:
If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
The most powerful awakened ones are called the Abyssal Ones, or Dwellers of the Abyss(that's the translation I prefer anyways), which sort of leads into the Raki situation I think. What does a normal human do when he's surrounded by monsters? He fights, and as he fights, gains power and starts to develop the savage qualities we define as monstrous. I'm guessing that when Isley offers him the power of a Claymore, he's going to take it without a second thought since he will be able to help and protect Claire.
So basically the whiny wimpy Raki is going to evolve into a kick ass Claymore in order to protect Claire. Raki as he first appears is basically the helpless bystandard, which is my least favorite anime stock character since they involve alot of pointless screaming. But! if Raki does end up in the kick ass battle partner category, I'm willing to stomach the first one in order to get at the second.
Anyways, I stop there since this is getting kinda long...
|2007-08-17, 04:12
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Overall I love Raki's character, and wanna see him further develop. Ya he was annoying in the first few eps, but now he's maturing as the story unfolds. One thing about the thing said earlier about the yoma's taking on the worse aspects of the humans, Raki's role and character are direct counterpoint to the violence, its kinda nice tempering heated battles, viscous killing monsters, and cold hearted actions with a little childlike innocence and naivety because it enhances the more brutal scenes.
|2007-08-17, 05:55
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I hate Raki.
In all seriousness, what has Raki brought to the table? Sure, you can say that he humanized Clare, but didn't a humanized Claymore whom I shall not name get well, owned because of her humanization?
I think it is very possible we could have seen a stronger Clare, if Raki was never involved in the process. I mean we could see a complete mirror situation if it were to happen where Clare does not deal the finishing blow in the quickest of manner because of the relationship that she shared with Raki. A prime example and I believe in the only example is Theresa and Clare. Is it destined that Theresa's and Clare's fate must be intertwined this much?
You can say Raki saved Clare from the one church incident but would that have happened the same way if Clare didn't have to babysit a kid?
|2007-08-17, 09:51
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1) Clare was chosen for that mission in Rabona EXACTLY because she had Raki along her, so they could go to Rabona disguised as two traveling siblings. Otherwise, probably any other Claymore stronger than her would be chosen.
2) Was Raki who avoided she would be arrested by that two guards when they started to suspect of her.
3) Without Raki whinning about how much she was special and good hearted, probably they would never trust her enough to treat her wounds... abandoning her to die alone. The two guards would never trust her enough to fight along her against that big youma, too.
4) It was Raki who said to Galk throw to Clare that statue with her sword Claymore inside. Without that, she would be dead by the youma.
5) Even if she could survive all that, she was so wounded she was awaking. So she ASKED to Galk to kill her before she awakens completely. It was Raki who stops him, protecting her with his own body.
Would Clare stop the awaking process with her strongwill alone? Hardly. She tried and failed. That's why she asked Galk to kill her before that. The second time she almost awakens was during episode 17. Galatea saved her, too.
In short, without Raki she would be dead by now... plenty of times.
And besides, the reason because she is strong now is because she half-awake in that mission in Rabona. She was sent her because of him. And the reason because she met Miria, Helen and Deneve in that mission was because she half-awaked.
In other words, even if she was alive without him, she would still be the same stoic and emotionless #47 Claymore, the weakest of them all.
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|2007-08-17, 17:12
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Sasuke who was the loner made friends with Naruto and crew and put his quest on the side. When he realized what he really wanted he abandoned them and gained more power then he could sticking around with "friends".
About the fully awakened Clare, wouldn't that be the best method to go against Priscilla?
I think a fully awakened Clare would be hot.
|2007-08-17, 17:41
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Now lets assume that Clare does become very strong on her own. Either way, she would have been sent to North to fight awakened beings and without Miria, Jeane, Deneve, and Helen, her chance of survival are extremely slim.
The point is, Clare has a much less chance of survival, and even much lesser chance of killing Pricillia, without Raki.
And if she were to awaken, then she would have a completely different mind set, and she would be more likely to become Priscilla's ally then her enemy.
|2007-08-17, 17:49
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If Clare became strong on her own she would not have been sent North because before Raki it seems Clare was a poster child of what the Organization wanted. The Claymore sent North had problems so they were sent North, and if Clare never had Raki she would never do anything really stupid and she would be sent on regular missions which would not push her to the point where she needs to awaken.
If Clare became allies with Priscilla and shared the same relationship with her as Raki is now sharing with Priscilla, who is to say that is a bad thing.
Yes, I know what I said above just totally ruins the entire reason why Clare is fighting, but a man can dream.
|2007-08-17, 17:59
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Now assuming she does half awaken without Raki inorder to be strong enough, then she would be a problem child to the organization and thus would be sent to the North for extrimination.
|2007-08-17, 18:06
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I really don't think Clare needs to be half awoken for her to be stronger. Yes, that process does enhance her abilities but the question can be does that stunt her growth because there is less room for it or does it enhance her growth because she is that much stronger that she could do that much more.
If we take into event that she does half awaken and is sent to the North for extermination, what is to prevent her from just fully awakening because of her life mission is threatened?
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Visual artist Jess (1923–2004) and poet Robert Duncan (1919–1988) were one of the most fascinating artistic couples of the 20th century. After they met in San Francisco in 1950 to Duncan's death almost forty years later, their work became increasingly intertwined, their dense, allusive creations permeating one another - and inspiring this discussion.
In conjunction with Grey Art Gallery's exhibition "An Opening of the Field: Jess, Robert Duncan, and Their Circle," join us for an evening of conversation revealing the complex and fertile interplay between poetry and art in San Francisco during the 1950s. The talk will be moderated by scholar Lytle Shaw, and feature scholars Michael Davidson and Daniel C. Remein and poet Lisa Jarnot, author of Robert Duncan, The Ambassador from Venus.
"An Opening of the Field: Jess, Robert Duncan, and Their Circle" will be on view at the Grey Art Gallery at New York University (100 Washington Square East) January 14–March 29, 2014.


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I was SO excited that Awna Teixeira was booked for a gig in the Melody Bar. I've seen her perform many many times, first in Victoria, BC as part of the Derby, then with Barley Wik, and finally with Po' Girl (where they sold out venues around the world). She's the kind of dynamic performer and talented musician that always has people asking afterwards "Who was that singer with the big blue eyes?". It helps that she plays nearly every instrument possible and has a voice that makes you want to close your eyes and drift away.
Now she's finally released a solo album and playing a gig in Toronto where much of her Portuguese family live. Since she's always touring we didn't have time to sit down & chat but she did answer some questions while using the free McDonald's wifi off the highway in Michigan!
Kaleb: Besides all your family connections in town, what else do you love about visiting Toronto?
Awna: I actually miss eating chocolate popsicles on the edge of a curb in my sneakers in Toronto. So if I am coming there in the summer I make sure that happens to me at least a few times.
Kaleb: You've been all over the world, what are a couple things you always pack with you?
Awna: Besides the necessary things to stay clothed and clean, I always pack my flash light, some rope and my sling shot. On top of that my bikini and either my stuffed monkey Albert or my little plastic paint pony Chester. I like to be prepared for anything!
Kaleb: Have you met Dolly Parton? We love her. (and have a 12 foot cutout of her in our office)
Awna: Sadly I have not yet met Dolly Parton. She is one of my favourites though. Oddly enough she is the artist people most think I sound like. I don't hear it, but she is the most common reference, Which makes me squeal in delight every time.
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Meerkats are the latest animal to greet guests at the Edmonton Valley Zoo.
Wade Krasnow, team leader for animal care at the Edmonton Valley Zoo, said getting the South African creatures from the Czech Republic was a bit of a challenge.
"They're not allowed into Canada because they're considered an invasive species," Krasnow said. "I had to get a special exception for an import permit."
But the wait was worth it. The plexiglass was taken out and the dynamic creatures are as interested in the visitors as guests are in them.
"We had them before too, so we knew they were very popular amongst our visitors," Krasnow said.
An alpha female and her two daughters and unrelated five male brothers were from Prague, but had to be quarantined for 45 days before being displayed at the zoo in June.
"They're quite mischievous little things," Krasnow said.
The zoo does not yet know who the alpha male is, but only the alpha male and female mate.
"They're very good to each other when they're living in a family group, but if they see a rival gang, they're quite aggressive towards each other," he said. "They do live in a desert so they're competing for resources in the areas that they live."
The black around their eyes helps to deflect the sun, so they can see aerial predators.
So far, the only meerkat with a name is "snaggletooth".
As the temperatures cool, they will be brought inside.
• Meerkats are a member of the mongoose family, not cats.
• Life expectancy in the wild is eight years, but they can live up to 15 years in zoos.
• Adult meerkats weight between 1.4 to 2.1 pounds, with the females larger than the males.
• Meerkats live in South Africa with a social structure that includes sentries, hunters and babysitters.
• They mostly eat insects, but as they are desert animals, they will eat small vertebrates, eggs and plants.
• Meerkats are immune to scorpion venom.
• Timone on The Lion King and Meerkat Manor have made the animals popular.
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LONDON (AP) — The word "ageless" is often applied to Shakespeare's plays, which are still packing in audiences after 400 years.
But age is very much on the agenda in two new London productions. Both are well-loved comedies, both feature star casting — and that's where the similarities end.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream," at the Noel Coward Theatre, puts the emphasis on youth; the Old Vic's "Much Ado About Nothing" on maturity.
Age first. "Much Ado" has a pedigree to make theater-lovers swoon: Directed by Tony-winning actor Mark Rylance, a former artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe, it stars Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones as sparring partners Beatrice and Benedick, two resolute singletons forced to admit they are in love.
Redgrave, 76, and 82-year-old Jones are among the great actors of their generation, and showed terrific chemistry onstage in "Driving Miss Daisy." They are also much older than actors who normally play the Bard's bickering duo. It's not ageist to point this out — Rylance has said age is a central theme of the production. And the casting certainly gives some lines an extra kick, as when Benedick greets Beatrice with "Are you yet living?"
The critics agreed: it was unconventional, even bold. Many also felt it was unsuccessful.
The Guardian's Michael Billington awarded just one star out of five on Friday, calling it a "senseless" production of "misdirected oddity" — ineffectively staged and puzzlingly cast. "Two great actors are left struggling to find their character, and sometimes even their lines," he wrote.
There was some praise for the 1940s setting — in an English village billeting a band of mostly African-American U.S. troops — and for a mischief-making spirit bubbling under the surface of Rylance's production.
Libby Purves in The Times called it "one of the oddest evenings I have ever spent" — but gave it four stars, enchanted by Redgrave's "magnificent indiscipline" and Jones' "magical twinkle ... hilarious physical expressiveness and drop-dead comic timing."
"A Midsummer Night's Dream," directed by Michael Grandage, is a youthful, fast-paced production of the magical comedy anchored by two small-screen stars: actress Sheridan Smith and David Walliams, half of the comedy duo Little Britain.
Smith, who has been garnering acclaim as a versatile stage actress in plays ranging from "Legally Blonde: The Musical" to "Hedda Gabler," plays the fairy queen Titania in Shakespeare's play about young lovers bewitched, bothered and bewildered during a mood-altering summer night.
Walliams is Bottom, the pompous weaver transformed into an ass by the mischievous sprite Puck. His broad, campy performance won over most, but not all, reviewers. Paul Taylor in the Independent found Walliams "delightfully funny," though the Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer disliked his "smarmy, supercilious demeanor."
Walliams' crowd-pleasing turn was typical of a confident production, played at a ferocious clip, that gives the magical forest setting a trippy Woodstock vibe. Amid blasts of rock music and bursts of tie-dye, fairy king Oberon (Padraic Delaney) struts around like a bare-chested rock star, while Smith's Titania is a Janis Joplin-esque den mother to a band of sprites.
There is also a fair amount of attractive young flesh on display as the quartet of confused lovers swaps sexy invective in the forest.
While some reviewers felt the production didn't touch the heart as much as it might, it undeniably drew hearty laughter.
It's another winner for Grandage, who has staged a successful season of plays that has appealed to younger audiences through a combination of big-name casting, top-notch acting and tickets priced as low as 10 pounds ($16). Previous productions have starred the likes of Judi Dench, Ben Whishaw and Daniel Radcliffe; next up, in December, is Jude Law as Shakespeare's "Henry V."
"Much Ado About Nothing" runs at the Old Vic until Nov. 30. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is at the Noel Coward Theatre until Nov. 16.
Old Vic: http://www.oldvictheatre.com/
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You know what Nam, I didn't back peddle..
but you are full of shit..
you keep your blinders on..
it seems to serve you well..nothing you just posted eradicated what I said..
in fact it made you look like the uneducated asshole you are.
Honestly Nam you are really going to ask that question?
It just makes you look stupid.
I am in no means an authority on the subject
but I object to you depiction of "mary" being raped by a fictional god to what women in the real world might be objected to.
I think you spend too much time delving into the past that you are way out of touch with reality.
I always say what I mean. But sometimes I'm a sarcastic prick whose tone can't be properly communicated via text.
Absolutely not Azdgari..What Nam was saying was a story that he knew was not true..a myth, one which he scorned was rape..how can a story that he deemed not true be a "rape"?
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Moody's echoes alert over NH budget gapBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
And MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 26. 2014 11:45PM
A second bond-rating agency last week alerted investors that state leaders must fix a budget gap or the state risks paying more to borrow money.
The bond-rating agency Moody's Investors Service on Friday issued a "credit negative'' for New Hampshire, following on the heels of unwelcome news that Standard & Poor's lowered the state's outlook from "stable'' to "negative."
Bill Dwyer, commissioner of the state Treasury, said Saturday that the move by Moody's shouldn't immediately affect the state's borrowing costs.
"It is important to recognize that the commentary published by Moody's is not an actual change in the credit outlook or credit rating of the state, rather an alert to investors," Dwyer said in an email.
"Since the Moody's report has no actual effect on the credit rating or outlook of the state, it is not likely to have a material impact on the cost of capital at the time of the next GO (general obligation) bond issue later in the year," Dwyer said.
The general obligation bonds "are typically used to fund non-Turnpike capital projects and improvements approved by the Legislature in each biennial budget, running the gamut from renovations at Hampton Beach to construction of the new women's prison in Concord," Dwyer said
On Tuesday, Dwyer said the S&P move potentially could mean higher borrowing costs when the state issues general obligation bonds next in December.
Both Wall Street bond rating agencies were responding largely to a recent Hillsborough County Superior Court-North decision that the state's Medicaid Enhancement Tax, which is levied on hospitals' patient care revenues, was unconstitutional. The state is appealing the decision.
Moody's said the change was "indicative of the impact of a distinct event or development as one of many credit factors affecting the issuer," namely the MET ruling.
Moody's maintains its rating of the state's general obligation bonds at Aa1, while S&P rates them at AA, each one level below the highest possible rating category, Dwyer said.
"In the absence of adequate and timely measures to address this situation, it is possible that Moody's could revise its outlook on the state's credit to 'negative,' or it could elect to change the credit rating itself," Dwyer said. "A change in outlook generally, but not always, precedes a change in rating. The ratings assigned to the state reflect an assessment of many factors, all of which could affect the state's ratings in the future."
While some lawmakers said they believed they did not have to act to address the issues raised by the court and could wait until the next Legislature was seated, the bond rating agencies said otherwise.
With only six weeks to go in the legislative session, finding a solution is not going to be easy, as lawmakers essentially have two options. One would be a short-term fix to address the court ruling and allow the state to continue to collect the MET in October, when it is scheduled to collect nearly $50 million due from state hospitals for fiscal 2015. The other would entail a more comprehensive effort.
In announcing its outlook warning, S&P also raised two other problems: the state's anemic savings account, or Rainy Day Fund, and its retirement system, which has less than 60 percent of the money it needs to meet future obligations.
Those seeking a short-term fix say the problems with the retirement and Rainy Day funds have been there for years and S&P never lowered New Hampshire's outlook until the court decision, so the focus should clearly be on what to do with the MET.
Those in favor of a more comprehensive solution want to address the MET as well as pension obligations and the Rainy Day Fund.
Senate President Chuck Morse, R-Salem, clearly wants a comprehensive solution.
"S&P is very clear that our inadequate Rainy Day Fund and underfunded pension system leave the state in a 'thin financial position' that hinders our ability to respond to and withstand unexpected financial occurrences," Morse said in a statement. "The S&P analysis provides a clear road map as to how we can improve our state's economic position and better prepare for unanticipated fiscal events."
Yesterday, William Hinkle, spokesman from Gov. Maggie Hassan, said state leaders need to resolve the issue.
"Moody's comments about the Medicaid Enhancement Tax reinforce the need for hospitals, providers, legislators and state officials to quickly work together to address the budget and health care challenges posed by the MET ruling, which was a direct result of short-sighted action taken in the FY 12/13 budget. The governor has been actively working with all relevant stakeholders to resolve these challenges as quickly as possible in a way that is fair to all parties, protects the state's budget and ensures the health and well-being of Granite Staters."
While the comprehensive solution before the end of the session would be ideal, it's hard to believe an agreement involving the governor, Senate, House, hospitals and private health care providers would be reached in such a short time.
They have been negotiating over the same issues raised by the court decision since 2011, when budget writers decided to keep $125 million of the tax that used to go back to the hospitals and turned "the phantom tax into a real tax," as Alex Walker of Catholic Medical Center said after the court's decision.
Talks continue between all sides as hospital representatives have been around the State House nearly every day since the MET decision came down two weeks ago.
But the MET is not the only card in play. There are Medicaid expansion and state and federal programs to address uncompensated care; that is, the care hospitals provide for which they either don't get paid or get only partial payment through the Medicaid program.
No one expects a definitive plan within the next couple of weeks, and there has been talk in the State House hallways about a special session to deal with the issue before hospitals' first quarterly payment in October.
A little light may be shed on where lawmakers are heading Tuesday when the Senate Ways and Means Committee has a hearing on House Bill 1613, the bill committee Chairman Bob Odell, R-New London, said is being held to deal with the court ruling.


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Want to do an epic Indian train marathon with a touch of style? Then join the Great Indian Circular Railway Challenge. All it costs is £200 (US$320) plus airfare and whatever you want to spend for a night in Darjeeling.
Start: Mumbai Cent. – 6pm, 18th Feb 2011
Finish: Mumbai VT – 8pm, 5th Mar 2011
In 15 days flat, we'll cover over 12,000 km of track, and a further 500 km of road. Most of the rail is in the comfort of AC2, but you get to do a fair bit of SL and even some AC3.
Why is it so cheap? Why so many people? What's the plan? Read on…
Why So Cheap?
Well, you don't stop moving for a start; just 2 nights in a motionless bed. In order to achieve that, we cheat at several points and get the road back to the common railhead. In a group size of mid teens this works out a lot cheaper than doing it yourself. Also we will be sharing rooms every time we get off a train in order to scrub down. Again, if you do that on your own, the choice is to spend a packet on brief stops in hotels or stink the train out.
Why So Many?
The group size is mid-teens (about 15) of which a third of who are female. There may be a few others, but at this stage, we're only counting those who've paid for their IndRail pass. Some of the group have been doing India since the 70's, some won't have seen India till a few days before blast off. So we have a very diverse group of males, females, veterans and complete newbies. Unlike most group trips, in this case, we think the more the merrier. This isn't a relaxing week on a beach, it's an adventure race of truly epic proportions.
What's the Plan?
- Tiffin box full of Mumbai specialities (about £8-£10 extra including the top of the range tiffin box, which you will want for the trip)
- 4 hours at the Dwarkanish temple at Dwarka including sunset (most western point)
- 12 hours in Amritsar, including the Grand Trunk Road border at Wagah, and the Golden temple at night
- 8 hours getting some mountain air in Udhampur (most northern point)
- 6 hours absorbing Delhi
- A whole day visiting Tipong colliery and other railway bits and pieces in deepest Assam. (most eastern point)
- A ferry across the Brahmaputra
- A ride on the Arunachal express
- A night in a posh hotel of your choice in Darjeeling (worth splashing out on)
- Steam train back to Ghum, (highest point)
- Tram ride and morning in Kolkata (other end of the grand trunk road)
- A couple of hours in Chennai, but that's now all 4 of the great cities
- An afternoon in Rameswaram and the Rama's temple (most coastal, it's actually an island)
- Sunrise at Cape Kanyakumari (most southern point)
- An afternoon with coffee in Trivandrum
- A party back at Mumbai
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Once upon a time the notebook was a personal thing, a private object that stored secret thoughts. Now its full potential is being harnessed as a tool for initiating dialog. Filmmakers and industry professionals at Toronto's Hot Docs International Documentary Festival have used it as a catalyst for communication.
How do you start the conversation? The inside cover of the notebook is illustrated with the key ingredients of a fruitful exchange: experiment, pursue, associate and question. Relate the unrelated. It all starts with an idea, a mark made on paper, that leads to bigger, often unexpected territories. The notebook is an open platform for debate, creation and exploration: use it to fuel collaboration.
Moleskine notebooks have been used to stimulate debate and form new partnerships at the 20th anniversary of the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival. Filmmakers meet buyers, programmers, distributors and commissioning editors from around the world. New, cutting-edge projects are realized and ideas are developed together with others.
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LIU Brooklyn graduate student Toni Smith scored the game-winner and lone goal in 87th minute on an assist from Shino Kunisawa. Kunisawa gathered a loose ball and quickly slid a pass to Smith making a run up the left.
Smith right-footed a bending shot far post that beat second team All-NEC goalkeeper Brianna Butcher to give LIU Brooklyn the go-ahead score.
Both teams played with heavy pressure for the full 90 minutes. Saint Francis (PA) took 16 shots, including nine in the second half and five total from NEC Player of the Year Tesa McKibben, while LIU Brooklyn had eight, three of which came from Kunisawa.
Blackbirds' goalkeeper Jessica Sexton was instrumental to the win, making seven saves for her second shutout of the postseason. She was named Tournament MVP for her efforts.
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Sara Bareilles is joining the judges' table on the NBC talent competition The Sing-Off!
The 31-year-old singer and songwriter, along with fellow judges Ben Folds and Boyz II Men's Shawn Stockman, will try to find the best a capella group when the show's third season, hosted by Nick Lachey, kicks off Monday, Sept. 19, at 8 p.m.
"A cappella music is very near and dear to my heart, and I have been a huge fan of the show from the beginning," Sara said. "I love the opportunity to be a part of something that celebrates a genre of music that I just adore and believe in. I can't wait for it to start."
"Sara will bring a sublime technical knowledge and huge appreciation for The Sing-Off," Paul Telegdy, NBC's executive VP of alternative programming, added.
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CHICAGO (AP) Marian Hossa scored 1:44 into overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Monday night to stretch their NHL-record opening points streak to 19 games.
Patrick Sharp set up the winning goal with a quick turn along the boards and a drive to the goal that led to two stops by Nikolai Khabibulin. Hossa picked up the second rebound and was again stuffed by Khabibulin before he poked it in for his ninth goal of the season.
Patrick Kane and Viktor Stalberg also scored for Chicago (16-0-3), which has won six straight and nine of 10. Ray Emery made 17 saves to remain unbeaten in eight starts this season.
Nail Yakupov and Jeff Petry had the goals for Edmonton, which carried a 2-1 lead into the third period but couldn't hold on for its fourth consecutive victory over the Blackhawks. Khabibulin had 31 stops in the opener of the Oilers' franchise-record, nine-game road trip.
Edmonton grabbed the lead in the second, taking advantage when Brandon Saad was sent off for high sticking. Yakupov, the No. 1 overall pick in last year's draft, one-timed a pass from Sam Gagner into the right side of the net at 14:17 for his fourth power-play goal and sixth overall.
Chicago looked listless for much of the second, but rebounded quickly in the third. Michal Rozsival was behind the net when he sent a pass in front to Stalberg, who poked the puck into the mouth of goal as Khabibulin went to his knees to try for the stop.
The call on the ice was no goal, but replays showed the puck crossed the line before Khabibulin could make the play and Stalberg was awarded his fifth goal of the season after a short review.
The pace picked up after the tying goal, and each team had a couple of solid chances to move in front. Yakupov shot off the post on one power-play opportunity, and Khabibulin stopped Hossa on a short-handed chance.
Edmonton moved in front in the first period after Duncan Keith lost his footing and coughed up the puck deep in Chicago's end. Lennart Petrell picked it up and skated in all alone on Emery, who stopped his backhand attempt. The rebound went out to Petry, who sent it over the prone goalie at 4:28.
Just over a minute later, Kane skated to the middle of the ice and beat Khabibulin with a slick backhander for his 10th goal of the season. It was his first goal since Feb. 10 at Nashville, ending a six-game drought.
NOTES: Edmonton F Taylor Hall served the second of a two-game suspension for his hit on Minnesota's Cal Clutterbuck on Thursday. ... Blackhawks C Dave Bolland missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury. Chicago also scratched D Sheldon Brookbank and LW Brandon Bollig for the second straight night. ... Ds Ryan Whitney and Theo Peckham were the other scratches for the Oilers.
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Seberg Named Recipient of 2013 Covenant Award for Service
Junior Molly Seberg, a Communications Disorder and Psychology major from New Brighton, Minn., was recognized for her exemplary commitment to Augustana's core value of Service during Friday's Verdier 2013 ceremony, the final in a week-long celebration of the five values that serve as the foundation for Augustana's academic and student life programs.
"From serving at local food pantries to forging new pathways in science, our students show us time and time again that they rely on a moral compass that stresses the importance of giving back and helping others to guide them through this journey we call life," said Dr. Jim Bies, Dean of Students for Augustana. "It's an honor to work with such bright and thoughtful young people who truly do live out Augustana's core values each and every day. We celebrate Molly on this honor and we congratulate each of the students who were nominated for their commitment to living out our value of Service."
A significant tradition at Augustana, the Covenant Awards are named in honor of each of the College's five core values: Christian, Liberal Arts, Excellence, Community and Service. A committee of faculty and staff review nominations from the entire campus community. Nominees for the Covenant Award for Service are described as those who have a commitment to service on campus and in the broader community; who inspire others to serve; who serve quietly without fanfare and with no desire for recognition; and whose future plans have been shaped by service.
In receiving this award, Seberg, a member of Augustana's Serving and Learning Together (SALT) outreach team, is described by her nominators as "someone who sees service and helping others as a way of life; someone who serves with an eager heart full of love; who always goes beyond what's expected."
In late 2012, Seberg helped organize an Augustana effort to collect more than 500 Christmas gifts for Teen Town, a Salvation Army program that provides gifts to teens between 13-18 years of age from low-income families. She is the daughter of Christopher and Karen Seberg.
At the event, students had the opportunity to pledge their support for Augustana's "Packing Event," set for Saturday, April 20. Students and the campus community will gather at Kids Against Hunger between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to pack meals for children in need.
Nominees for the 2013 Covenant Award for Service:
Front Row: Mallory Schulte, Molly Seberg, Sara Weinreis.
Back Row: Stephanie Larson, Brooke Walker, Ashley Schreurs, Kim Homan, Alison Peymann.


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Hamilton Network Connects Students and Alumnus for Film Workshop
Many Hamilton students and alumni talk about the value of the "Hamilton network" in helping them explore careers, find internships or jobs, or simply provide advice. For nine students interested in filmmaking, that network came alive when Benjamin Eckstein '01 conducted an intense two-day workshop on the Hill on April 20-21.
Through the Career Center's third annual HamiltonExplore career shadowing experience in January, Asad Javed '15 spent a day shadowing Eckstein at his Boston-area video production company, Beryllium Pictures. "We got to talking about the current filmmaking scene at Hamilton," Eckstein recalled. "I asked if there would be any interest in me running a hands-on workshop at Hamilton and Asad said 'yes.'" When Javed returned from winter break he worked with Eckstein and Heather Wixson of the Career Center to coordinate the event.
Eckstein has been shooting, editing and producing in the video/film industry since graduating from Hamilton in 2001. Beryllium Pictures specializes in commercials, corporate videos and broadcast news features.
The April workshop drew nine Hamilton student participants. They convened at Bristol, where they became acquainted with the equipment that's used to shoot professionally. The students learned about lighting, sound and camera angles and the use of equipment such as field monitors, field mixers, boom mics, tungsten and fluorescent lights, sliders and HD cameras.
Along with Eckstein and his colleague Michael Flanagan, the students then shot film at sites around campus. Participants took turns assuming different roles on a shoot, including director, cameraman, sound director, actors and lighting designers.
The next day the group edited the footage. The students split up in teams and were each assigned a scene in which they color corrected, edited the sequences, chose the shots, fixed the sound and ultimately exported their final project files, which were screened later.
Javed called the workshop "a remarkable opportunity, mostly because of its broad exposure into how film is made professionally." He added, "As a film major, my knowledge was fairly limited due to a very small number of production related offerings at Hamilton. To be able to play with the actual equipment and see the role of so many people working on the production was just priceless."
Eckstein was happy to help fill the void. "I knew that when I was at Hamilton there was a lack of a technical, hands-on education when it came to courses in video or cinema studies," he said. "While I love the education that I received at Hamilton, there was a very liberal arts approach to what is a very technical field. I thought that running a workshop would give students a chance to get hands-on with a lot of the tools used in digital filmmaking and learn some of the concepts of lighting, audio, composition and visual directing for scenes. Ultimately it was a lot of material to go through in a short weekend, but I think there was a good overview."
Eckstein said the workshop provided realistic filmmaking experience. "We ran into some great instances of learning how to adapt for things out of your control (like the weather) and it became a good teaching point for learning how to problem-solve and come up with alternatives," he explained.
Eckstein remarked, "I think students nowadays are very quick to learn the aspects of editing (which was a much more foreign platform when I was a student), and certainly video, in general, is such a common tool. Hopefully I left with helping to give the students a good platform for how to think differently about tackling future projects," he said.
Eckstein remarked, "I think students nowadays are very quick to learn the aspects of editing (which was a much more foreign platform when I was a student), and certainly video, in general, is such a common tool. Hopefully I left with helping to give the students a good platform for how to think differently about tackling future projects," he said.


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Corporate spinoffs, share buybacks, insider buying and stock splits can all signal what insiders think lies ahead for their company's share price.
With the economy recovering and markets on a tear, American corporations are snapping into action—spinning off subsidiaries, buying back stock and making other moves that are widely viewed as telling signals of how insiders value their own firms.
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Kecheng FANG (方可成) is pursuing his PhD degree at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include political communication and journalism, mainly in the Chinese context.
Before coming to the U.S., Kecheng worked as a political journalist at Southern Weekly (南方周末) for three years. He has appeared in media including BBC, Foreign Policy, Politico, Al Jazeera, and Radio Netherlands Worldwide, commenting on issues related to news media and Chinese politics.
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Naked Warwick Rowers Reveal 'Bigger, Longer, & Uncut' Video Of Their 2014 Calendar Shoot
The men of the Warwick Rowing Team have just released another video showcasing the making of their 2014 nude calendar and they promise that this version is "bigger, longer, and uncut."
Ay Dios mio! We're still thinking about the last one!
Check out the new video for yourselves! (NSFW-ish)
According to the Warwick Rowers, this steamy video is merely a trailer for the HOUR long video that promises to take you deep behind-the-scenes of the calendar shoot:
It's nearly an hour of full 1080HD entertainment with all-original music in what we believe is our best film yet!! Find out more about your favourite calendar stars, why we chose this sport, and why we are fighting homophobia. Oh, and see us naked in motion and full colour from just about every angle! What's not to love?
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A computer for every kid
At Springfield's Lincoln Magnet School, technology brings results
When a lesson on loom use in Iran unexpectedly transcends into a dialogue about the global equality of humankind, a teacher has to wonder what went right. Layne Zimmers, who helped guide her sixth-grade students through that very lesson, says she knows exactly what it was – technology and the ability to access the world with the click of a mouse.
"We were looking at an image of a woman in Iran making a curtain on an old-fashioned loom," Zimmers says, explaining that she then gave students a zoomed-in look at the country via the web-based satellite mapping program Google Earth. "Immediately, they saw a soccer field. … This kid automatically goes 'Oh my goodness.' There are all these news stories and all of this information out there that sometimes puts a negative connotation on the Middle East. Although we may have conflicts with certain groups and certain people, they're just like us when you look at the big scope of things," Zimmers says. "For them to initiate that conversation and that thought – it evolved into something else that I wasn't prepared for, and they started it."
Zimmers teaches at Springfield District 186's Lincoln Magnet Middle School, the only school in the district with a holistic emphasis on integrating technology into the classroom and the only school where all students tote their own laptop from class to class and on to their homes.
With just a textbook, Zimmers' students would have had far less opportunity to discover the one thing they could relate to in a country halfway across the globe. With computers and the Internet, however, those same students instantly found a connection, Zimmers says.
It's that type of engagement some school board members referred to when last month they unanimously approved a three-year, $6.2 million lease for new Apple computers to be swapped out for old ones throughout District 186 – the same district that in June adopted a 2011 budget with a $6.2 million budget deficit. The agreement means Springfield schools will receive 5,610 new Apple laptops, all of which will replace computers that are at least three years old. Apple will also upgrade 19 district servers, add 55 more servers and provide at least 450 hours of professional development training to district teachers.
In addition to an upfront payment of about $500,000, the new contract will require three annual payments of about $1.9 million. What costs aren't absorbed by reduced maintenance costs, trade-in value or grant funding will be paid for with general state aid funds. The district didn't include in its current budget about $2 million of additional state aid that it is now receiving, primarily due to an increase in its low-income student population. The district will tap into those dollars to pay for the upgrades, should other funding sources prove inadequate.
"I know that this is a great deal of money, and I know that technology tends to get a back seat. And I think that we have to stop thinking that way if we're really going to start serving our students," board member Cheryl Wise said just before the board approved the expenditure. Wise justifies the purchase based on the technological skills the workplace requires and an immediate need for increased student engagement in order for those students to better absorb the standard curriculum. She says the district has a problem engaging students, in part because so many of them are accustomed to working on a computer, with which a worksheet just can't compete.
Sixth-grade Lincoln Magnet teacher Melissa Netznik calls today's students "digital multi-taskers." "I couldn't do my homework this way, but my kids have their computer open, they might be texting and over here they're sending messages and they're doing this on their homework," Netznik says. "That's how their brains work and if we try to teach in a traditional way, we're missing our kids."
According to a 2010 Kaiser Family Foundation report entitled "Generation M2," kids do just what Netznik describes – and they do it a lot. On average, children ages eight to 18 spend about 7.5 recreational hours every day wired in to some type of media, whether staring at a screen, listening to music or, for just 40 minutes each day, reading text on an actual printed page. Of those 7.5 hours, more than three hours are spent doing two or more of those activities at one time.
What exactly digital multi-tasking means for brain development and students' attention spans is still a matter of debate, but the idea that students respond better to the one-click-away approach rings true for Lincoln Magnet. In 2009, 98 percent of Lincoln eighth-graders met or exceeded expectations in reading and 91 percent did so in math on their ISATs [Illinois Standards Achievement Tests]. A look at all Dist. 186 eighth-grade students shows only 68 and 70 percent of students met or exceeded expectations in those areas in 2009.
That same year, 36.5 percent of Lincoln Magnet's 326 students were classified as low-income. Of such students, only 2.9 percent of Lincoln Magnet's low-income eighth-graders failed to meet standards in reading, compared to 41.8 percent of low-income eighth-graders district-wide. In math, 38.8 percent of low-income eighth-graders failed to meet standards district-wide. At Lincoln Magnet, only 14.7 percent of students in the same subgroup failed to meet standards in math.
"When you look at all of our test scores, there's not a huge achievement gap because all of our students have access and it breaks the digital divide. All of the students have access, so it's not separating those who have and those who do not," says Principal Nichole Heyen. While not all Lincoln Magnet students have access to the Internet at home – a 2009 U.S. Census Bureau survey shows that about 26 percent of U.S. children aged three to 17 do not – they are still able to use their computers for other interactive programs and to access stored research files.
Heyen credits technology as the most significant factor in her students' test scores, but it's just one of the elements playing a role in Lincoln Magnet students' education.
Lincoln Magnet is a "choice" school, meaning parents must fill out an application in order for their children's names to be put in a lottery drawing for the limited seats available in each sixth-grade class.
"I think it's a dual thing," says Sue Ruff, the district's director of technology. "You see a lot of student engagement because of the technology, but also at Lincoln Magnet you have the piece where … families took on the responsibility to get their children there. So you have a lot of parental support."
Former Lincoln Magnet student Matt Medley, now a freshman at Springfield's Southeast High School, agrees family involvement played a role in his and his fellow students' success. "Parental encouragement – there's no substitute for it," he says. But he adds that technology played just as important of a role.
Ball Charter, like Lincoln, is a choice school and had a low-income rate of about 40 percent in 2009, compared to Lincoln's 36.5 percent. It fared better on standardized testing than the other district middle schools, and that year's eighth-graders outpaced Lincoln's by 3 percent in math. However, Ball Charter had a smaller proportion of eighth-grade students meeting and exceeding standards in both reading, 77 percent compared to Lincoln's 98 percent, and writing, 66 percent compared to Lincoln's 84 percent.
"I'm not saying that [technology] is the only reason their test scores are higher, but that's got to be one of the reasons," Wise says, adding that the smaller population at Lincoln Magnet might help foster better faculty-student relationships. "Test scores aren't determined by one factor. There are a whole lot of factors that go into how well a student performs."
Medley says his move to Southeast High School, without the one-to-one computer access, was a bit of a culture shock, but he's still making the grade. "It's kind of a difficult switch. A lot of it fell on me personally to adapt, which I did. So, for me personally, it hasn't been a horrible change. And the teachers at Lincoln didn't try to eliminate paper and pencil completely because there would be that kind of lapse no matter what high school you went to," he says.
Medley says about Southeast: "On a comparative basis this school is technologically deprived." Ruff, Heyen and Netznik say Medley's response parallels what they hear from most former Lincoln Magnet students, but they add that most are able to adjust and that their new teachers are usually flexible in allowing them to use their advanced technological skills when creating projects.
Principal Heyen adds that the absence of one-to-one doesn't mean technology can't be effectively integrated into the classroom. "Our school started with not a one-to-one. So you can still provide all of these opportunities with one computer, one projector," she says.
While Lincoln Magnet enjoys its one-to-one student-computer ratio, the rest of the district has about a four-to-one ratio, Ruff says. If all of those computers were working, the school would be about on par with the rest of the nation, according to 2006 U.S. Census Bureau figures. But so many of the computers are old enough that teachers, when developing their lesson plans, can't count on the machines to be working when they pull them out during class. The new computers purchased through the recent Apple contract should solve that problem, Ruff says.
Many teachers at Medley's high school already manage to incorporate technology into their lessons on a regular basis. While their students don't have daily access to laptops, shared computer carts allow students temporary one-to-one experiences and projectors hooked up to teachers' computers still allow educators to bring the world to the classroom.
But just having the equipment isn't enough. According to a series of reports on one-to-one classrooms published in the January edition of the Journal of Technology, Learning and Assessment, technology's impact on education outcomes is not a matter of just having computers in the classroom, it's a matter of how comfortable teachers and administrators are with using technology and how they actually use it.
Zimmers taught at Grant Middle School before she came to Lincoln Magnet. She says there was a definite difference in culture between the two schools. "Not every teacher has the background in technology, not that they don't want to use it in any of the other middle schools, they just don't have that foundation to expand. They're still learning all of the applications, how to integrate it, so I think that's a spot to grow upon."
Ruff hopes the 450-plus hours of training Apple will provide teachers as part of the new equipment contract will also encourage them to use the technology as a tool for engaging students as they share their subject expertise.
"It's never technology for the sake of technology. It's to enhance the curriculum," Netznik says. "It's not about learning the applications, it's about learning that higher level thinking. … Technology is just one of those tools to do that."
The district also already employs seven technology instructional leaders (TILs), educators who make sure teachers know what's possible when it comes to integrating technology into the classroom. Like the number of computers in the schools, seven TILs aren't as many as Ruff would like the district to have, but the current number is an improvement over the one TIL left after a referendum failed in 2001 and the district cut back. The district also employs six technicians charged with managing the district's networks.
Ruff says one-to-one computers for the whole district, which seeks to educate more than 14,000 students, isn't financially feasible. She adds that more technology would be great, but she thinks the district as a whole is doing relatively well with integrating computers right now. "If you look at our other schools, they're doing equally great things. … Is it happening in every single room? No, because the computers are not available."
Wise says she doesn't know whether even more technology would benefit the district but adds that "more use of it is needed" if the district wants Lincoln Magnet's success mirrored at other schools.
Heyen says the success Lincoln Magnet is having is more than just high test scores. It's getting students to take responsibility for their own educations and encouraging their curiosity.
"Our students don't know what it's like not to have information," Heyen says of her Lincoln Magnet learners. "If they don't know what a word is, they're looking it up on their widget, answering it and moving on. Before, they would have been stuck waiting for support. Now, they're supporting themselves; they're really taking charge and taking on a lot more responsibility. They're just on it all the time. They're always learning."
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Amelia Earhart the prominent dreamy pilot sets yet another record by flying as the first women passenger across the Atlantic. Amelia Earhart traveled nominally as a passenger with extra duty of keeping the flight log. A team including pilot Wilmer Bill Stultz and co-pilot and mechanic Louise E. Slim Gordon left Trepassy harbor, Newfoundland after several delays due to tempestuous weather, on June 17, 1928 for a record-setting flight.
It all began one afternoon in April 1928 when Earhart addressed a phone call at work I am too busy to answer just now she had said. But on hearing the excellent references given by the caller, publicist Capt. Hilton H. Railey, she heard further ahead till the thoughtful offer came How do you like the idea of being the first woman to fly the Atlantic? no wonder the answer was a yes. The idea of traveling as extra weight did not appeal to me at all but she accepted the offer nonetheless.
The Fokker F7 named Friendship arrived with the record setting crew at burry port, Wales on June 17 1928, 21 hours later. The flight has created sensation headlines all around the world and now the crew shall be given a ticker-tape parade in New York and a reception held by president Calvin Coolidge at the white house.
The aspirant and courageous lady still has to say Stultz did all the flying- had to. I was just a baggage of potatoes she added maybe someday Ill try it alone.
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In the Bruins' Game 2 and 4 victories over Buffalo in the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with the Sabres, Boston head coach Claude Julien shifted left winger Milan Lucic to a line with Steve Begin and Shawn Thornton for the third period and added Daniel Paille to the left of center Patrice Bergeron and right winger Mark Recchi.
It looks like Julien will start tonight's Game 5 with that alignment that has worked so well.
"For some reason, it seems like every time I play with those guys my game gets back to where it needs to be," Lucic said after Thursday's practice. "So I've just, no matter who I play with, I've got to find my game and I think we'll probably stick with that going into next game."
Marc Savard, as expected, joined his teammates for the skate. But he's still only cleared for "light" contact and skating. If the Bruins have their way, there'll be no chance for Savard to return against Buffalo because they'll end the series before he's ready.


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Happy New Year: Fiscally speaking
July 01. 2013 11:44AM
July 1st marks the beginning of the state's new fiscal year, and the start of the two-year budget recently passed by the Legislature. Gov. Maggie Hassan, interestingly, is thrilled at the bipartisan budget deal.
"The large, bipartisan support for the priorities in this budget — caring for our most vulnerable, public safety, education and preserving our natural resources — demonstrates that our shared values as Granite Staters are far more significant than our differences," the governor exclaimed.
Yet the budget is substantially the same as the Senate budget package that Hassan earlier blasted as "fiscally irresponsible."
Hassan's overheated rhetoric masked the fact that the House and Senate budget proposals were pretty close to begin with. In fact, the budget that Hassan praises so much has few of her fingerprints on it. Her all-out push for a casino failed spectacularly in the Democratic-controlled House. Her plans for a new Office of Innovation, higher cigarette taxes, and delays in widely supported tax reforms for New Hampshire small businesses were quickly abandoned.
As a state senator, Hassan was far more willing to pick a fight than make a deal. She has continued that bomb-throwing style as governor. Fortunately, Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature managed to work together despite the governor's best efforts. The result is a bipartisan deal that funds New Hampshire's most critical needs and is based on cautious and reasonably revenue estimates. There will always be room for savings in a $10.7 billion budget, but New Hampshire begins its new fiscal year on solid ground.
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