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INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Republican candidate for the Senate in Indiana, Richard Mourdock, said on Wednesday he was sorry if anyone misunderstood a comment on rape and abortion, and White House hopeful Mitt Romney's campaign said he would stand by the controversial candidate.
Mourdock made comments at a Senate debate on Tuesday night that some critics interpreted as condoning rape. At a hastily called news conference on Wednesday, Mourdock said he abhors rape and violence against women.
"I apologize that they came away" with that interpretation, he said. "And I have certainly been humbled by the fact that so many people think that somehow was an interpretation."
When he explained at Tuesday night's debate that the only exception to a ban on abortion should be for the life of a mother, Mourdock said: "I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize that life is that gift from God, and I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something God intended to happen."
The Mourdock incident was the second time during the 2012 election campaign that a conservative Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate made controversial remarks about rape.
Missouri candidate Todd Akin said in August that women have natural defenses against pregnancy from "legitimate rape." Republicans disavowed Akin's comment and he has trailed Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill in most polls since then.
Former Massachusetts governor Romney's spokeswoman Andrea Saul said: "Governor Romney disagrees with Richard Mourdock ... We disagree on the policy regarding exceptions for rape and incest but still support him."
Earlier in the week, the Mourdock campaign issued a television and radio ad featuring Romney's endorsement of the Indiana Republican, saying that Mourdock's vote in the Senate could be crucial to repealing Obama's health reform law.
Romney's campaign said he would not pull the ad supporting Mourdock despite Democratic calls for him to do so.
President Barack Obama's campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the president believed Mourdock's comment was "outrageous and demeaning to women," and it was "perplexing" that Romney had not demanded the ads be scrapped.
"This is a reminder that a Republican Congress working with a Republican president, Mitt Romney, would feel that women should not be able to make choices about their own healthcare," Psaki told reporters traveling with the president on Air Force One to the swing state of Iowa.
Mourdock defeated longtime Senator Richard Lugar in the Republican primary, dividing the Republican Party. He has since struggled to establish a significant lead in polls against Democratic Congressman Joe Donnelly.
Loss of what was once considered a safe Republican seat in Indiana would be a severe blow to Republican hopes of taking control of the Senate. Republicans need to make a net gain of four Senate seats to win the majority.
Jennifer Duffy, senior editor responsible for Senate races at The Cook Political Report, said it will take a few days to determine if the flap has damaged Mourdock.
"This isn't the Akin debacle all over again," Duffy said, referring to the Missouri candidate shunned by his party. "It is far more nuanced."
Mourdock was not qualifying rape the way that Akin did, using the words "legitimate rape," she said.
Another difference is that Donnelly is against abortion and has to walk a fine line in criticizing Mourdock. Akin's opponent in Missouri, McCaskill, favors abortion rights.
While Romney and some others in the Republican party have criticized Mourdock's comments, they are still supporting him in the election in contrast to Akin, who was abandoned by the party establishment, Duffy said.
(Additional reporting by David Bailey and Jeff Mason; Writing by Greg McCune; editing by Stacey Joyce and Philip Barbara)


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Just a short update this time! I have just re-organised this blog with new sub-categories and unified titles which will allow readers to quickly find posts relating to cosplay, fashion and location photos. I have also (in just one night!) completed selection of an updated portfolio which will be pushed onto this blog in due time. I just added a few photos from 2011-2012 to the selection, and part of this selection process was also for the creation of photo cards, which I expect should arrive before the Supanova Sydney convention.
The good news is that my taste in picking and choosing the "best" photos has not changed since my original portfolio selection, so some of the pictures that you can see in my portfolio collection on this site are being made into physical cards (though around half the cards are from a newer selection). This is my first time making photo cards — if you have one of my previous cards, you'll note that they are fairly plain. I am fairly excited to see how the photos turn out in physical (albeit little) form.
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quote: (post)Originally posted by Ordo
Damn edit...
I must have misunderstood your original post. I can see why people dislike her. I wasn't involved in the 3mil debate. I just like her work. I personally find it an essential verbalization of my conception of Star Wars.
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quote: (post)Originally posted by Ordo
She salvaged them from a retarded fanboy obscurity and made them real.
quote: (post)Originally posted by Captain REX
The Republic Commando books she's written have been impressive. But she's still a major *****.
quote: (post)Originally posted by Nactous
Thank God she hasn't touched the KotOR era Mandos yet....
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quote: (post)Originally posted by Ordo
I can live with that...lol
Ok. I take issue with this. The KOTOR era Mandos are the sorries, lazziest, most uncreative group I could imagine. They are there as an accessory to a Jedi plotline because, at that point, Star Wars was limited to SURPIRSE!...antoher Jedi plotline. They laze around in their monochromatic tin can beskar all day being terrified of bomas. Why? they were so "badass" that they got their shebs wiped all over the damn galaxy and were pummeled into a permenant obscurity.
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quote: (post)Originally posted by Ordo
I can live with that...lol
Ok. I take issue with this. The KOTOR era Mandos are the sorries, lazziest, most uncreative group I could imagine. They are there as an accessory to a Jedi plotline because, at that point, Star Wars was limited to SURPIRSE!...antoher Jedi plotline. They laze around in their monochromatic tin can beskar all day being terrified of bomas. Why? they were so "badass" that they got their shebs wiped all over the damn galaxy and were pummeled into a permenant obscurity.
See, fans are not fanboys. Fanboys like something because its "badass." Fans like something because it has personal meaning. Fake wars about Mandalorians with big egos and tiny brains and unrealistic sensse of honor are for fanboys. Sotries about combat and honor driven culture, character development, and questions of morality are for Fans. I am a Mando FAN. I like them because of the depth of their CULTURE, the struggles and culture they represent. I like that there is a hyper-masculine warrior culture that accepts gay relationships. I like that honor and fitness are portrayted as lifestyle choices. I like concepts of brotherhood and mutual respect based on skill. I like Mandos because I find it the stories and the characters relevant to my life, my morals, and my goals.
Traviss, like her or not, is a lynchpin here, but Lucas is too. Boba was an accessory deliveryman in ESB and ROTJ who fired off about 5 shots and got his jetpac whacked before falling into a worm-gut. Jango is presented differently, he has more screen time, is shown in family situations, and has dialogue that (at least) addresses his lifestyle and motivation. This is one reason I LOVE the PT over the OT (and hate crap like KOTOR). It presents depth and Traviss has taken that an run with it. Sitting around a camp all day being terrified of Bomas is BORING, especially whin their "badass" ignorance got them in that situation to begin with, a punishment that they no doubt deserved. If thats "badass" then you can keep it. Republic Commando spawned all this and it is, to my knowledge, the first SW game to present the universe from the gritty persepctive of a soldier, REAL military sci fi. All of Travis's Mandos sprung from this radical reinterpretation of Star Wars. Its also these things that made me a Star Wars fan/nut/however far you want to brand me lol. AOTC/RC/ROTS got me where KOTOR/OT never did. I had never cried at a movie until ROTS (lame I know). All this says something. I'm not trying to bash, I accept there are different kind of fans from different places in Star Wars (liek Queeq is old lol). This stuff is the engine of my fandom because it is SO deep and so interesting its worth exploring.
To me, "badass" is overcomming problems, fighting for your vode regardless of the situation, self sacrifice, overcomming moral struggles....thats worhty of being a fan. I know things like culture and character depth, personal struggle and morality are "boring" (rolls eyes)...but it IS real, its relevant, and far superior (and more badass) than any "badassery" that has bred countless KOTOR fanboys.
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quote: (post)Originally posted by Ordo
*faceplam* 3...THREE million (she claims) its certainly not less than that.
quote:And over-rated? lol. She found the best of star wars and ran with it. [/B]
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quote: (post)Originally posted by Ordo
Well, in CANON [] Kenobi failed to kill Jango.
quote:Mace even had trouble getting the job done.
quote: (post)Originally posted by Hybris
Because there was a huge ship shooting at him and it wasn't his intention/mission to kill him.
quote: (post)Originally posted by Hybris
No offence to Jango, but it didn't seem to take Mace more effort than dealing with a few droids. He had more trouble killing the reek than killing Jango.
quote: (post)Originally posted by Nactous
Huh, like this isn't EU either....
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Sew Special: Quilter leaves her legacy, piece by piece
The sewing machine hums along as a needle pushes and pulls thread through the face-to-face fabric pieces, tying them together inch by inch until they become one.
Flip, turn and start again, row after row.
It's a tireless process of stitching together colors and textures in a patchwork of pieces until they eventually become a giant pattern of textile art.
For 88-year-old Harriet Oberg, it's like putting together a fabric puzzle with her sewing machine.
Harriet has been a seamstress most of her life. She says her grandmother likely helped her learn to sew as a child but much of what she knows was self-taught.
"Mostly, I sewed clothes for myself and later for my children," Harriet says. "It was helpful money-wise to make your own things."
Harriet and her late husband, Lavern, had four children and spent years pinching pennies on the farm.
"Sewing was a necessity then."
Harriet's stitching has since evolved from hems and buttonholes on the clothes she wears to blocks and patterns of colorful quilts.
Her daughter, Marcia, got her hooked about 15 years ago with a quilting class.
She's been stitching pieces together ever since: baby quilts, lap quilts, Christmas quilts, full-sized quilts, wall quilts, plain quilts, fancy quilts and everything in between.
"I like to see how the patterns come together as I go," she says.
Most of the quilts Harriet has made began as a kit and end as a decoration.
"I like to be able to look at a picture and see what it's going to look like when I'm finished," she says.
The kits usually include a picture, the fabric and detailed instructions for how to accomplish the designs that have ranged from flowers to trains and practically every quilt pattern ever made: snowflake, Amish shadow, flying geese and, most recently, log cabin.
Harriet measures and cuts the pieces, sews them together and ships the quilt top off to be finished with batting, backing and stitches to hold front to back.
"I've done some machine quilting," she says, "but it's been few and far between."
And hand quilting?
"You won't catch me doing it," she says. "I've never seemed to get the hang of it."
So instead, Harriet has had some local groups do hand stitching on a few pieces. The rest she sends to a machine quilter in Kearney.
Over the past 15 years or so, Harriet has made well over 100 quilts of all sizes, shapes and colors.
She said it usually doesn't take more than a month for her to complete a project, even the more detailed ones.
"I spend two or three hours a day in front of the sewing machine," she says. "I'm always working on something."
Some decorate her apartment at Stone Hearth Estates, including the first quilt she every made.
Most of the rest have been given as gifts to friends and family.
"I'd like to get my family all together so each of them can choose whichever quilt they like best," she says. "That might take a miracle."
In the meantime, Harriet continues to work on her next project, a log cabin quilt of dark red, forest green and ivory pieces.
"I've decided I don't like this pattern much," she says, explaining that a variety of shapes are more to her liking.
How long will she continue piecing together these cloth puzzles?
Well, she says, the closet in her sewing room is filled with her fabric stash and her fingers still work to guide the sewing machine.
"I have a lot to be thankful for," she says. "The Lord has given me good eyesight, I can hear and I still have my memory. I guess that means I can keep making quilts."
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WHAT: ARM announces an exciting and visionary program line up for day two of its annual Developers' Conference. Attendees will hear keynote speaker, Bill Miller of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), discuss the importance of inspiring tomorrow's generation of young engineers. In addition, ARM will reveal what lies ahead for its processor architecture across a diverse range of business segments, including the mobile and embedded markets, in a series of roadmap and strategy presentations following the day 2 keynote presentation.
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 – 11:00-11:30 a.m. PDT
Ballroom G & H (first floor of the Santa Clara Convention Center)
Keynote Session: "Future Innovation Is Dependent on Inspiring the Youth"
Bill Miller, Director of FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
Over the last decade there has been a steady decline in engineering and computer programming graduates. What was once seen as the "holy grail" of jobs promising riches and fame is now seen as a boring and fruitless occupation.
Bill Miller of FIRST will provide valuable insight into infusing passion for science and engineering back into the youth, and how ARM is at the foundation of providing the technology and solutions that spawn their creativity.
A not-for-profit public charity, FIRST designs programs that motivate young people to pursue education and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math, while building self-confidence, knowledge and life skills. FIRST's vision is to transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes.
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 – 11:35 a.m.-1:55 p.m. PDT
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ARM has become the most pervasive embedded architecture of the 21st century. What lies ahead for ARM and its industry leading architecture? This informative five-part presentation will detail ARM strategies and future technologies to address the evolving technical requirements of next-generation applications. Topics include:
Each presentation will provide details on how ARM and its Connected Community™ are laying the foundation for enabling technologies to drive tomorrow's critical applications.
When: Tuesday - Thursday, October 7-9, 2008
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Who: ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
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Veteran rocker Meat Loaf is set for a return to the Las Vegas stage for a new concert residency, joining Britney Spears at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
The Bat Out of Hell hitmaker performed an 18-date stint at the venue in the autumn and the RockTellz & CockTails gigs, in which he shared personal stories from his long career in between songs, were such a hit, he has signed up for more.
He says, "For me, the show is more than just another concert because the RockTellz & CockTails format allows me to add something different. I'm able to bring together music, acting and theatre and do things you can't normally do when you're on the road. I get to have a lot of fun and it definitely shows."
The new 24-date run will kick off on Feb. 13 and run until April 8.
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A European court on Monday cleared Iceland of wrongdoing over its refusal to repay depositors' money lost in the country's 2008 banking collapse.
The Luxembourg-based European Free Trade Association Court ruled that deposit-guarantee laws did not cover "a systemic bank failure of the magnitude experienced in Iceland."
A tiny North Atlantic nation with a population of just 320,000, Iceland went from economic wunderkind to financial basket case almost overnight when the credit crunch took hold.
Some 340,000 British and Dutch savers lost deposits when Icesave, an online subsidiary of Iceland's Landsbanki, collapsed along with the country's other banks in 2008.
The savers were repaid — to the tune of $5 billion — by the British and Dutch governments, who have been trying ever since to get their money back. Icelandic voters have twice rejected deals brokered by their government to reimburse the two countries.
Iceland's foreign ministry said it was "a considerable satisfaction that Iceland*s defense has won the day" in court.
"Icesave is now no longer a stumbling block to Iceland economic recovery," it said in a statement.
The country says it is nevertheless repaying Britain and the Netherlands from money it is raising by selling off the remaining assets of Landsbanki.
The court case was brought by the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority, which makes sure that Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway comply with European Union regulations. The countries are not EU members but belong to the European Economic Area.


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Adam Lambert suits up for the Pre-Grammy Gala and Salute To Industry Icons party at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday (February 12) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 29-year-old entertainer was just one of the handful of stars in attendance to honor David Geffen.
Tomorrow, Adam will attend the Grammy awards since he's is nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Whataya Want from Me".
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A long time ago… well, okay, it wasn't that long ago, but it was the '90s, and it was when friend-of-Nerdist Bob Fingerman created the comic Minimum Wage. It was ahead of its time in deriving its comedy from brutal, unvarnished honesty — cringe comedy before it was a thing — in following the saga of struggling artist Rob and his girlfriend Sylvia in New York, with the kind of atmosphere and attention to detail that puts you right in that time and place. It had a devoted following (including a lot of comedy and comics luminaries). Bob has gone on to write several more graphic novels, non-graphic novels, and comics, some of which involve zombies or vampires.
And now, the original Minimum Wage is getting a renewed lease on life from Image Comics in a deluxe version called Maximum Minimum Wage, a hardcover with the original 72-page comic (Book One) and a "director's cut" of the main storyline, plus a color section with original cover paintings and more art by people like Mike Mignola, Kevin Nowlan, Dave Johnson, Jill Thompson, Dave Cooper, and Glenn Barr. And the foreword's by Robert Kirkman.
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Much of the post-election chatter has focused on the Republicans' problems with Hispanic voters, and with good reason. In 2004, George W. Bush won 45 percent of the Hispanic vote, and it seemed that the GOP was well on its way to winning the hearts, minds and votes of the fastest growing demographic in America.
Fast forward to 2012: Mitt Romney pulled just 27 percent of Hispanics. How did the Republican Party fall so fast? And how can we get back to where we were just eight years ago?
The issue of illegal immigration, both in substance and style, has been a loser for Republicans. The party doesn't need to change its platform, but its delivery is long overdue for a recalibration.
Hispanics are not single-issue voters, nor are they a monolithic voting block. But Democrats and their allies in the press have used the issue as a foil to paint Republicans as xenophobic and anti-immigrant, if not outright racist.
Take for example the JournoList scandal, in which several hundred leftward-leaning bloggers and political reporters privately conspired to paint Republican opposition to the Obama administration's agenda as racially motivated, until the group was outed in mid 2010.
Even President Obama himself warned Hispanics not to "sit out the election instead of saying, 'We're going to punish our enemies'…" in 2010.
It was disingenuous demagoguery, but it stuck, despite the fact that, during the Republican primary debates, every major candidate expressed their support for legal immigration and none called for mass deportations.
Now, some voices in the Republican Party are calling for unconditional amnesty for some undocumented immigrants as an olive branch to Hispanic voters. It's a shortsighted strategy that ignores a fundamental but rarely uttered truth about illegal immigration: illegal immigration isn't just bad for the country, it's bad for the immigrant.
Undocumented immigrants cannot earn minimum wage. They pay sales tax but receive little to no benefit in the form of government services. They wonder if a trip to the hospital or a call to the police will lead to their deportation.
Many children of undocumented immigrants, though U.S. citizens, are still hobbled by serious developmental and educational deficits resulting from their parents' lives in the shadows. A 2011 Harvard University study found that by the time the children of undocumented immigrants reached age 2, they showed significantly lower levels of language and cognitive development than the children of legal immigrants and native-born parents.
President Obama's executive order that paved the way for amnesty without border security will incentivize further illegal immigration. The President willfully grew his voter base at the expense of the well-being of millions of current and future undocumented immigrants. It was a cold political calculation masked as an act of goodwill.
Oddly enough, this leaves an opening for the Republicans on the Democrats' left flank: call for border security and a streamlined immigration system in order to alleviate the great human tragedy of illegal immigration. Then, and only then, we grant a path to normalization for those undocumented immigrants who have attended college or served in the military.
A recalibration of the Republicans' message on illegal immigration will infuse some compassion into our brand, and expose the Democrats' stance as popular politics but poor policy.
David Laska is Communications Director of the New York State Republican Party.
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The plan here was to post the pic of all the bands and just name a handful of ones that us here at Concert Confessions are fans of and stuff like that. Then, as I kept reading into the poster containing the lineup for the 2014 Riot Fest in Chicago, this thing just has so much one would want to check out. Your top billing is The Cure, Jane's Addiction, The National, Rise Against and Weezer while The Flaming Lips, Social Distortion, Slayer, ... Read More


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MFB Dominion 1 Analog Synthesizer
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Paraphonic Modular Synthesizer
The MFB Dominion 1 is programmable paraphonic analog synthesizer featuring a 3 octave keyboard. The Dominion 1 Analog Synthesizer features 3 VCOs in total, that allow you to shape the waveform and utilise sliding variations between them. The ability to slide between waveforms, gives you virtually endless possibilities when it comes to creating sounds. Combining the warmth and grit of the analog circuitry with powerful modular patching, the MFB Dominion 1 delivers a truly unique synthesis experience.
In-Depth Modulation Controls
In addition to the varied waveforms, the Dominion 1 features two ribbon controls. The two ribbon controls can be assigned, allowing you to create changes in pitch and modulation by sliding your finger. It also boasts 12 operation modes for the on-board filters. The filters are comprised of four LPF with variable dB/octave slopes, two HPF, band bass and notch filters (with variable cut off slopes). The dual LFOs includes six waveforms in total, as well as sample and hold controls for the VCO, VCA and VCF. The modulation controls are assigned by using the selectors switches, allowing yout o easily set and r-route internal modulation paths for live performances.
The Dominion 1 Analog Synthesizer also includes an arpeggiator and sequencer section for creating rhythms and sequences. The 128 stage step sequencer allows you to create complex rhythms and patterns on the fly, with 128 programmable patches and sequences in total. It also includes analog and digital ring modulation for added control. Other parameters include a noise generator, dual-sync and dynamic FM as well as 3 envelopes with 70mm faders for optimal control over every aspect.
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The MFB Dominion 1 Analog Synthesizer's road-worthy design makes it ideal for studio and live applications alike. The robust layout includes colour-coded rotary-style controls for virtually every aspect of your controls. Also included is a range of 70mm faders for Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release. It also features a wide range of analog and digital connectivity including a huge patchfield locating on the top-panel modular and CV/gate connections. Also included is MIDI Dump, In Out, Thru for connecting to external equipment such as sequencers, computers and more. The sleek yet stylish design boasts rich wooden side-panels and quality hardware with an internal power supply.
- Programmable Analog Synthesizer
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- Midi Dump, In, Out, Thru connections
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Robin Wright: 'I'm not getting the same money as Kevin Spacey' for House of Cards
Robin Wright has discovered she is still not getting the same pay as her "House of Cards" co-star Kevin Spacey.
The actress and director plays First Lady Claire Underwood in the Netflix political drama opposite Spacey who plays her husband, President Francis Underwood. Last May she revealed that during her contract negotiations she had threatened to go public if TV bosses didn't pay her the same salary as her male co-star.
According to reports, Robin was paid $5.5 million for the third season of the show, while Kevin got $9 million. However, her character had a bigger role in the fourth season, for which she is believed to have received the pay increase.
However, in an interview with Porter magazine the 51-year-old tells interviewer Shirley Manson of band Garbage that she has learned that despite challenging the show producers and being reassured that her new contract is equal to Kevin's, a discrepancy still exists.
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"I was told that I was getting equal pay and I believed them, and I found out recently that it's not true... so that's something to investigate," she told Shirley. "Claire and Francis are equivalent as far as their power, their union and the plot."
Robin added that she loves working with co-star Spacey who makes her "giggle all day long" despite the fact that he earns more money than her for working on the same show.
"I may not have as many scenes or words as Francis, but Claire doesn't need to verbalize as much," she sighed. "Francis is an orator, a poet, a demonstrator. Claire is an (ego) that sits in the back and directs him, but they are partners on the same plane."
Despite her pay battle, the actress, who will soon be seen in the Wonder Woman movie, is enjoying her unexpected career revival which she attributes in part to getting bolder with age.
"It's an incredible feeling. I didn't foresee this happening and it's not self-congratulatory at all; it's literally, I've arrived at a different juncture," the mother-of-two smiled.


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WWE Superstar John Cena will embark on waving the iconic green flag as Honorary Starter of the 54th annual Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, Feb. 26 at historic Daytona International Speedway! An honor bestowed to such stars as Whoopi Goldberg, Ashton Kutcher and Mariah Carey to name a few!
WWE Superstar John Cena will wave the green flag as Honorary Starter of the 54th annual Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, Feb. 26 at historic Daytona International Speedway (FOX, 1 p.m. ET). The WWE Superstar was invited personally by Nascar star Carl Edwards during the Feb. 6th edition of WWE's Monday Night Raw®. This will give yet another illustrious achievement in his amazing career inside and out of the squared circle.
The avid NASCAR fan will add to his career achievements by headlining WrestleMania against The Rock® at Sun Life Stadium in Miami on Sunday, April 1, 2012. Cena, has had a long standing relationship with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He is on pace to grant his 300th wish, making him the first celebrity wish granter ever to reach that lofty goal. The Make-A-Wish Foundation recently dedicated a room to WWE at the foundation's headquarters in Phoenix, AZ, in honor of Cena's unwavering dedication to children with life-threatening medical conditions. John Cena is a class act all the way and we are proud of all his good fortune and how he gives back!
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Kansans interested in learning more about these diverse residents of the Sunflower State should order these new books. They are also excellent resources for teachers.


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Coker (2-1-0) got on the board first when Matthew Jarrett blocked the kickoff attempt of the HPU goalkeeper and was able to maintain control to send the ball into the back of the net to give the Cobras the 1-0 advantage.
The Panthers responded with a goal in the 66th minute when the Panthers' free kick attempt ricocheted off a defender and freshman Chris Gonzales was able to connect with the ball and send it into the goal to tie the game, 1-1.
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An anachronism is something thats out of place in a space in time. Youll hear film critics use it when things dont add up like a piece of money in Titanic. Rarely is the term good. But in Hip-Hop, the term is almost never used and if it were, it could mean something great. Everybodys talking bout the good ole days, the golden era, paradise lost. Masta Killa may very well be the anachronism of Hip-Hop.
Nobody speaks about the parks anymore. The block party is lost. But in Masta Killas world, these forgotten jewels are the very force behind his debut album, No Said Date. This albums been brewing since Killa touched the mic with his Wu-Tang brothers eleven years ago. The record approaches Hip-Hop with a timeless appeal, and that signature razors edge of lyricism, knowledge, and supreme consciousness.
Masta Killa reflects on the inner-turmoil of his group, the early days, and how all of it relates into the album. Masta Killa is an anachronism because he has no specific time frame. His world is a lot like his release schedule, No Said Date.
AllHipHop.com: I think its really something special that you independent route. Of the Wu brothers, youre kind of the first to do it like this, what has the indie label afforded you as far as freedom and creativity?
Masta Killa: Thats exactly whats it all about, right there. Being able to come from the heart. Hip-Hop to me, its just an expression being able to just be free with that. Without compromising the art. It started from the block and its something thats grown to a billion dollar business. So now, sometimes you have to do what you have to do because theres business involved, but to be able to capture everything from the essence, even if you make a mistake I guess thats why some people do the Unplugged thing. F**k it, if you make a mistake, keep going. Thats whats so beautiful about the independent thing.
AllHipHop.com: Over the years, youve had lots of material to pull from. With No Said Date, how much is older, and how much is new?
Masta Killa: I constantly work. Im constantly in the studio, doing something. Ive got songs on No Said Date that Ive had for over five years. When something is vintage, it is what it is. No matter how old, or how long you mightve had it thats why we still love the old Hip-Hop. What is old really? Its just vintage. Learn something from it, you can still put it on, itll still rock the party. The beats are still banging. If it cant rock a block party, it aint the s**t. You gotta be able to put it on in the park two turntables and a DJ scratchin/words seem to have an attraction/when they rhyming. It got to be Hip-Hop, man.
AllHipHop.com: Old Man is a crazy ODB moment. Im guessing its older, but was that recorded after he go out? Masta Killa: Thats after! AllHipHop.com: Damn, thatll shut down the ones who saying he changed. Masta Killa: Yeah. Hey, this is a business. That dont got nothin to do with my brother bein my brother. Thats personal. If you working at Merrill Lynch, and Im working at Jacoby & Myers, so what! I told my brother I needed him, I was there. AllHipHop.com: The Wu-Tang presence on this record is very thick. Masta Killa: Wu-Tang is such a multi-talented group, I was just able to just be myself, really. I got Meth, I got Dirty doing something. Ghost is doing that, Rae, GZA. To just take it back to the essence with the block party. Everybody had every avenue covered. AllHipHop.com: But this album is also filled with collaborations. Do you find yourself to be a better artist with others around you? Masta Killa: Well, to me, first I like to listen to other people even before I listen to myself. I loved Hip-Hop [since] even before I was rhyming. I love to hear all the old school cats that was laying it down back then Kool Moe Dee, Treacherous Three, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Melle Mel, Kane, all the old greats. They aint that old. It was just at a stage when Hip-Hop wasnt everywhere in the world. It went through stages. I always loved this. For me to do a collaborations with someone else, I love that. I got the capabilities to do my own songs, I love to hear other MCs also. Thats what it was all about anyway, being braggodocious. Im nice! Im slicker than you! Whateva. So thats a personal thing, [being] and MC, I understand that. But when it comes to making a bangin f**kin song, dont let that stop you. AllHipHop.com: Talking about Hip-Hop, one track that really jumped out at me on the record is High School. First of all, I love the story. Who was Masta Killa before Wu, and as a result of them, how did you change? Masta Killa: See, I never changed. Those experiences, like a High School experience was Masta Killa of Wu-Tang. I always loved Hip-Hop. I mightve wrote a little rhyme myself, and not had the heart to say it in front of a crowd. But you go to school, theres cats at school in the lunch room thats naaaasty! Just to be able to hold the crowd, you know I went to school in Brooklyn, New York, so to be able to hold a crowd in the lunch room or the back of the A-Train, just in a cypher alone, you gotta have a certain amount of talent to do that. Your wordplay has to be intriguing, because theres really no beat. I was always around that, from a child. Wu-Tang forming that [was] just children growing up to form something that took the world by storm. Hip-Hop was always there. AllHipHop.com: This record is coming at a perfect time. Its proving the Wu-Tang union. Masta Killa: Were not trying to paint a picture like were the perfect family that doesnt go through problems. Everybody goes through problems. Immediate family go through problems. It doesnt change the fact that at the end of the day, I still love you and if you need me, Ill still be there. This is life, real life too. When we came into the Rap industry, thats what we brought to the table. We brought unity, along with good music. People most of all, loved us coming together. I have songs on my album for dolo, and I have songs for unity. Because the most banginest Wu albums, even individual [albums], was always Wu-Tang Clan albums. AllHipHop.com: Bedroom producers love Wu for what you guys do to a beat. Youve got the new heads on there, but its great to see RZA fill out a lineup like that again. Masta Killa: RZA always has bangin beats. But its your preference of what you wanna choose from when you get to the chamber. He can play you a hundred beats. But you have to know what youre looking for. Its really your ear. I try to rhyme on something thats just undeniable, something that I would think every MC would want to rhyme on. If gotta think too hard about it, I dont think its gonna be a hit. Its not gonna be that s**t. In the parks, when DJs would cut certain records, it didnt take long for you to want to freestyle or breakdance. As soon as he started cuttin that s**t, it was the s**t! It didnt have to grow on you. When The Rulers Back was on tape, before it was on f**kin album, s**t was bangin. It was already what it was. I come from all that. I listened to studied and all of that. AllHipHop.com: Going back into the timeline as we go back, was Winter Warz. I can remember how that stuff just rocked me. That was a live Masta Killa moment. Masta Killa: That moment right there, Im still a seed of it. I still think Im still growing as an MC. At that point, I was amongst MCs that was much more talented and advanced on a MC level. I think Cappa mightve been the star of the show on that Winter Warz s**t. I was always a creative writer. Theres much more to it, as far as being an MC. Its breath control, its flowing, its bouncing, attractiveness. Mystery of Chessboxin is one of the first rhymes I ever really wrote. GZA helped me construct that, to a degree of how to flow it. Right then, I was still in a growing state. I think Im still growing. Wu-Tang Clan was gonna happen whether I wanted to be an MC or not. I just took time to apply myself and make something that was able to hold the weight of everything else around me to make it on [Enter the Wu-Tang]. AllHipHop.com: Because its been such a long time coming, and such a big moment for you, how tough of a critic against your own work were you? Masta Killa: I think Im my worst critic. I never think its there. Im always looking to get it better, get it tighter. I like to really know my lyrics before I say em in the booth. I dont really like to read them off the paper. Its like an actor knowing his lines opposed to reading them on paper. If you did a Broadway play, you would have to know your s**t, because then you can get more into the theatric of it, and aura. You can feel it. I like to be in that kind of world. AllHipHop.com: On a final note, I think your story is a great one. Kids today are so impatient, and many lack the talent to be so impatient. Youve waited ten years. What words of advice would you give the next MCs reading this? Masta Killa: I would say, study the game of chess. It definitely teaches patience. To wait, will be beneficial. Like a ballplayer, dont chase the game, let the game chase you. Even though you love the art of the Hip-Hop, its very important to study the business. However amount of time it takes you to study your craft inside and out. Take as much time as possible. Money will come and go. But to be able to give something to the world, it takes time. Its like cookin food. You can throw something together real fast to put in somebodys mouth, but to make real home-cooked food, you gotta let things come together.No Said Date is in stores now.