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Draft Procedure
The selection of players for the teams in divisions that use a draft will use the following procedure:
1. Before the draft, the Division Player Agent will publish a list of all eligible players for each division's draft.
Only those players on the list may be selected. Any player that does not attend evaluation will be drafted
by hat picks during the draft. A Head coach can choose to select a name from the draft board or the hat,
as long as there are names still in the hat.
2. Only the team head coach, the Division Player Agent, and other persons designated by the Board may be
present at the draft. A head coach that cannot attend the draft can have a "fill-in". That "fill-in" is not
guaranteed to be placed on that team. The draft rules apply to team selection.
3. The draft order will be determined by a random draw prior to the commencement of the draft. The team
name will be selected in reverse order of the draft. For instance draft order is 1 through 6. Head coaches
will select their team names in 6 through 1 order.
4. The draft will be a serpentine style through the rounds until all teams have selected the pre-determined
number of players.
5. In the event the pre-determined number of players results in an uneven number of players per team, the
Head Coach with the first pick in the draft will be required to make the last pick in the draft. The players
remaining in the final draft round shall be selected by the Head Coach with the lowest draft pick (in reverse
order) respectively, until the last player is chosen by the Head Coach who had the first pick.
6.Prior to leaving the room in which the draft is conducted, Head Coaches may trade players with theapproval of the Board member(s) present and Division Player Agent. Trades may only happen with playersdrafted within one round. For instance, a player drafted in round 4 can be traded with a player drafted in 3rd or, 4th, or 5th round.
7. After the draft has concluded and rosters are issued, there will be no more trades. Upon extreme situation
brought to the Boards attention after the draft, trades must be approved by the Division Player Agent and
two-thirds vote of the Board of Directors.
Drafting Head Coaches Children and Siblings
The Head Coaches player(s) shall be drafted in or before the 5th round. The player shall be drafted in a higher
round if the independent evaluation has rated that player in a draft round higher. If a Coach's son is a 1st round player, that coaches son gets to be placed in the 2nd round so each coach is allowed to have a 1st round pick. If there are two siblings of a Head Coach that were to play on the same team, both siblings must be drafted by the 5th round or the round as described above. The waiver rule noted above does NOT apply to assistant coaches' children.
If a Head Coach wishes to have a particular assistant on his or her team, the Head Coach must select the
assistant's son or daughter through the draft. Therefore, assistants' children are not protected in the draft.
When there are two or more siblings (not Head Coaches children) in a division draft and the first brother or sister is
drafted by a coach that Head Coach automatically has to draft the other brother or sister in the next available
If, at the end of a division draft, there are siblings on different teams, the Division Player Agent and the Board
Member(s) shall immediately facilitate a trade so that they will be on the same team unless the parents of the
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Breathing new life into the Bayless House
Much progress has been made on the renovation of the Bayless House over the last couple of years. Barry County Genealogical and Historical Society President Bud Hart offered tours of Cassville's historic home after the group's meeting on Monday night.
"We've insulated everything, put the sheetrock up and got the heat and air installed," said Hart. "We are working on the rooms upstairs."
A new stained oak central staircase is now in place inside the Bayless House. The stairs were constructed by Hart and his son, Don, and stained by Joey Batton.
The structure also offers a new stained glass door on the north side of the wrap around porch, which features a special inscription in honor of donor Frances G. Albert's mother, Jesse Jones Wright.
Plumbing has been installed for two new bathrooms, one downstairs and one on the second level of the house. Both bathrooms are designed to be accessible by individuals with disabilities.
Hart and his son also constructed a new archway that will one day separate a community kitchen from the meeting room area with the home's central fireplace. Current plans are to install a rock finish on the fireplace.
"There is still a lot to do, but we are getting there," said Hart. "Our next project will be the floors."
Hart plans to sand and refinish the flooring currently present in the house. Some of the flooring boards that have deteriorated will need to be replaced.
Volunteers are also stripping all of the wood trim, window sills and doors inside the home. The wood will be refinished or stained once stripping has been completed.
The degrading brick walls in portions of the house, including what will become known as the Lea Research Room, have been refinished with plaster by Brian Stensrud and painted. Once the area is completely renovated, the room will feature numerous items donated by Bob Lea, of Shell Knob, in honor of the late Cuba (Lorene) Lea.
As progress is made on the renovation project, the historic home is beginning to come alive. Visitors can now visualize the five downstairs and five upstairs rooms that once served a bustling family.
"In John Bayless' journal, at the end of 1879, he wrote that the family could now live comfortably in their home," said Georgia, Hart's wife. "That was when the home was completed."
When the Bayless House renovation project is finished, the historical society hopes to rent the facility for weddings, meetings and other events, said Georgia. The society also has a large collection of antique items that have been donated for display in the facility.
"We will have a Stubblefield Room in memory of Rex Stubblefield, who donated two items to the society, a vintage bedroom suite and a library table. We will also have a piano that belonged to Dr. Rudd's grandmother. The piano is very similar to one that used to stand in the front room of the home."
The facility will feature several research rooms with historical records. The Mildred and Loren Roden Research Room has already been completed and houses a computer donated by Stubblefield and a microfilm machine donated by Jean Vail, of Bella Vista, Ark.
"This spring, we will have to start going back over what we have already done," said Hart. "There is some maintenance that needs to be done on the porch. Part of the project is upkeep."
Hart said although maintenance requires more work it reminds the society about how much work and how many donations have gone into the renovation project already.
Each pillar on the front porch features the name of an individual or family that contributed to the project. Once the renovation project is completed, each window throughout the home will feature similar plaques that honor the individuals and families that gave funds for the purchase of the windows.
Other plaques will also be installed for those who gave donations for portions of the project, including Dee McGruder, who supplied the funds for the stamped metal tile that was installed in the ceiling of the wrap around porch.
The Barry County Historical Society began the Bayless House renovation project in May of 2000.
Donations for the Bayless House renovation project can be mailed to: Barry County Genealogical and Historical Society, P.O. Box 291, Cassville MO 65625. Checks should indicate that the donation is for the Bayless House. All donations are tax-deductible.
For more information on the project or the society, call Hart at 271-3521.

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"Is it possible to hate everyone all at the same time?" SK asked me at work this morning.
"Of course," I answered. "It's called 'Monday'."
It was exceptionally hot this weekend, so I broke down and bought a fan from the local hardware store. I got the "Blizzard", which has three speeds, oscillates, has a timer and features two breeze modes. I'm not really sure what that means, but if it makes it feel like a blizzard in my apartment it's worth it. I spent the evening yesterday trying to stay as close to the fan as possible. I took it to bed with me, setting it on the floor so that it would blow onto my face or on my back, depending on which side I was sleeping on. I woke up this morning to an odd noise, and once I was mostly conscious, I attributed it to my blanket getting caught in my fan.
"That's not good," I observed to the Blizzard, and easily pulled the blanket away from the fan. I heard the noise again snapped to the fact that it was coming from outside my window. I peeked out to see what was going on. I saw firemen (mmmm...firemen) tromping around on the roof of the building across the street, shining their flashlights everywhere, and when I looked down into the street, I saw three fire engines, paramedics and a couple of other support vehicles all with their lights flashing. The sound that woke me was actually the firemen cutting the lock off the door of the mexican restaurant across the street.
There were no flames, but there was the requisite smoke, firemen with hoses and evacuees from the building above the restaurant. Two more fire engines showed up. I deemed the situation 'under control' and went back to sleep.
When I left for work this morning, I saw two Con Ed trucks outside the restaurant and therefore surmised that the fire must have been electrical. Or, perhaps someone was just making some really hot nachos.
Mmmmm...nachos. And firemen. A pretty good way to start the day.


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Your eyes do not deceive you and no I did not gesso the pumpkin. Riley and I are POSITIVE we have a Vampire Bunny on the loose in our yard.
Is it possible that this cute little stone rabbit comes alive at night and has sucked the color right out of our pumpkins?
Could there be something larger, something that comes out of the wood only during a full moon?
Is it possible to scare ourselves silly? Oh yeah.
We've read Bunnicula, the accused Vampire Bunny.
We know that there are things in the world we don't understand, like sound waves, how the clocks on all of our devises always have the correct time, how the telephone works, let alone a cell phone. We know that there is magic out there, just look at the woolly caterpillar I mean how does he know how much black hair to grow vs brown hair? Is it even called hair on a caterpillar?
So, Riley and I put our heads together and decided to state the facts, "Just the facts, mam."
Fact: The pumpkins were purchases already grown in little pots from a local grower.
Fact: The only tag they had on them was PUMPKINS.
Fact: The tomatoes on another table had a sign Heritage Tomatoes, which gave us a huge clue.
In my day, back when books existed as scrolls tucked nicely on a shelf, we would have had to look high and low for one that discussed what Heritage seeds were.
In Riley's day we simply sat down at the computer and typed in Heritage WHITE PUMPKINS.
And, there they were Casper (don't you love that?) I had to explain who Casper, the ghost, was to her, Casper Pumpkin, Cucurbita maxima.
This year we have white pumpkins. I suggested to Riley that we could paint orange stripes on them and then people would have to guess, like the stripes on a zebra, is it black on white or white on orange.
:)Bea, who can find her own excitement in the pumpkin patch.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation against the Southeast Asian nation to lapse because of the country's progress toward democracy.
McConnell, R-Ky., made the announcement after meeting with Myanmar President Thein Sein, who is making a landmark visit to Washington. On Monday, Thein Sein became the first Myanmar leader to visit the White House in nearly 50 years and received strong backing from President Barack Obama.
Thein Sein, a former general, has been hailed for leading a historic shift from five decades of military rule, although serious human rights violations persist. House members Tuesday pressed him to release more political prisoners and end communal violence that has spiked in recent months and killed hundreds, mostly minority Muslims.
The sanctions in question authorize an import ban, already waived by Obama, meaning that should the legislation lapse, it would make little practical difference on restrictions now in place. But it would mean the administration could not re-impose the ban should Myanmar backtrack on reforms.
It also marks an important shift by McConnell, who for the past two decades has been a leading voice in Congress on policy toward the country also known as Burma. He's been a staunch supporter of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and was a fierce critic of the former ruling junta that was replaced by a nominally civilian government in 2011.
"The administration has extended an olive branch to the new Burmese government and I believe it is time for Congress to do the same," McConnell told the Senate.
The office Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who co-sponsored the 2003 Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether she shared McConnell's view.
Myanmar policy has been a rare area of bipartisan agreement in Washington. The administration, with congressional support, has suspended broad restrictions on trade and investment over the past year after Suu Kyi was elected to parliament and hundreds of political prisoners were freed.
McConnell said the objective of the sanctions was to change the behavior of Myanmar's government, and to a significant extent, that has taken place.
"I believe renewing sanctions would be a slap in the face to Burmese reformers and embolden those within Burma who want to slow or reverse reform," he said.
The European Union last month lifted its economic sanctions, and McConnell said not renewing U.S. trade sanctions would bring greater certainty for American companies looking to invest in Myanmar and put them on "an equal footing with their Western competitors."
He said Congress would retain leverage on Myanmar through other sanctions that remain on the books.
Myanmar, which is rich in minerals, oil and natural gas but still very poor, is one of Asia's last untapped markets. The U.S. last month announced it was considering duty-free access for Myanmar to U.S. markets, and on Tuesday the two governments signed a bilateral trade and investment framework agreement.
However, others in Congress are adopting an increasingly critical stance toward Thein Sein's government. Four Democratic lawmakers, including House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., on Tuesday presented the Myanmar president with a list of nearly 250 political prisoners they said should be freed.
They also called for an end to attacks on minorities and for provision of humanitarian assistance to tens of thousands of villagers would have been displaced by violence.
Despite the historic changes in Myanmar since 2011, human rights groups say authorities have failed to stop, and have sometimes abetted, sectarian attacks. The violence has been directed overwhelmingly against Muslims but has not led to any criminal trials against members of the country's Buddhist majority.
Voicing concern over the use of rape as a weapon of war in Myanmar, Crowley introduced a bill last week with Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., to renew the legislation McConnell intends to let lapse. Crowley said he wants to ensure that a ban on imports of Myanmar gems — mostly mined from a Northern conflict zone — remains in place.
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The Disaster ArtistA delightful tribute to the joy and madness of making movies, The Disaster Artist follows the outrageous adventures of eccentric filmmaker Tommy Wiseau and his best friend, actor Greg Sestero. These two endearing misfits move to L.A. and try to live the Hollywood dream by making their very own feature film, but end up embarking on a wildly unpredictable and hilariously unforgettable production, leading to one of the most infamous, bizarre, and beloved midnight movies of all time, The Room.
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Beowulf deserves to be taken semiseriously; its eye candy is mixed with narrative fiber and dramatic protein. But it begs to be taken frivolously. Effects have grown so exciting in the realm of the third dimension that you just sit there all agog behind your polarizing glasses.
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Director Robert Zemeckis not only deploys 21st century movie technology at its finest to turn the heroic poem into a vibrant, nerve-tingling piece of pop culture, but his film actually makes sense of Beowulf. In Zemeckis' hands, it's an intriguing look at a hero as a flawed human being.
Beowulf couldn't be less faithful to the original epic poem, and that's actually a good thing for moviegoers. It's a lot more fun than the mythic adventure most of us read in school.
We are not looking at flesh-and-blood actors but special effects that look uncannily convincing, even though I am reasonably certain that Angelina Jolie does not have spike-heeled feet. That's right: feet, not shoes.
Beowulf is a solemnly gorgeous, at times borderline stolid piece of Tolkien-with-a-joystick mythology.
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Violent animated adventure is no kiddie movie.
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Parents need to know that although this adventure is animated, it's not aimed at kids. Some people may misinterpret the fact that it was created by the same filmmakers responsible for The Polar Express as an automatic thumbs-up for kids. But the considerable violence and sexual innuendo are comparable to the content of popular live-action flick 300. As those familiar with the ancient epic poem the movie is based on know, Beowulf defeats the monstrous Grendel ... but not before Grendel kills a lot of innocent people in disgusting, harrowing ways. The violence includes dismemberment, impalement, bashed heads, people being eaten alive, and more. Animated or not, it can be hard to watch (even more so in 3D, an option that some theaters are offering).
Messages: The message seems to be that men are all-too-easily seduced by beauty and the promise of power.
Violence: Grendel -- a disturbing, oozing, pus-filled sight in and of himself -- kills mostly at random. He impales victims, snaps necks, rips off heads and eats them, tears people in two, throws men into fires, squishes heads, etc. Most of the violence is fast, but there's still a great deal of it. Beowulf dismembers Grendel's arm after a long hand-to-hand battle. Grendel's mother kills almost an entire group of warriors, who are shown as shadowy, bloody figures hanging from ceiling beams. Beowulf battles an angry, murderous dragon. Beowulf's army slaughters its enemies on the battlefield.
Sex: Lots of sexual innuendo and partial nudity (it's animated, but the animation is very realistic). Beowulf strips completely naked in preparation to fight Grendel. Various people and items conveniently obscure his genitals, but his bare buttocks are shown several times during the fight. The drunk king wears a robe that half falls off; a buxom woman's cleavage is shown heaving and jiggling. Later she's propositioned by one of Beowulf's warriors, who says things like "my loins are burning" and that he won't be quiet when he comes. A bare-shouldered woman and soldier share a sleeping bag. The king demands his queen produce an heir; Beowulf has a younger mistress in addition to his wife. Grendel's mom can take the form of a gorgeous woman (Angelina Jolie) who emerges dripping wet and naked from the water.
Language: Milder than the rest of the film: "damn," "hell," etc.
Consumerism: Not an issue
Drinking, drugs and smoking: The Danes and their visiting mercenaries drink a lot of mead in the mead hall. Some men are so drunk that they pass out on the table.
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New year may bring better times for global oil and gas, says analyst Wood Mackenzie – if last month's decision by the Organization of Petroleum-exporting Countries (OPEC) to cut production drives oil prices above US$55 per barrel.
If that happens, global oil and gas firms "will turn cashflow positive for the first time since the downturn", Wood Mackenzie predicts.
Oil and gas companies have had to halve their cash flow break-evens to survive the past two years, says Wood Mackenzie senior vice-president corporate analysis research Tom Ellacott. "Further evidence of a cautious, U-shaped recovery in investment should emerge," he says.
Here are five reasons why 2017 may be a much happier new year for global oil and gas producers:
Oil and gas firms strengthen their finances
Strengthening finances remains the priority. Capital discipline, cost reduction and deleveraging will frame corporate strategies. But oil and gas firms will look back at 2016 as the low point in the investment cycle, as they gain confidence from the OPEC's pledge to cut production.
"Overall, 2017 will be a year of stability and opportunity for oil and gas companies in positions of financial strength. More players will look at opportunities to adapt and grow their portfolios," Mr Ellacottt predicts.
US independents lead a new investment cycle
The US independents will respond first to rising prices after Donald Trump is inaugurated as POTUS45 on January 20. Emboldened by a new administration committed to exploiting domestic oil and gas, operators in the Lower 48 states have three core competitive advantages: access to capital; cost-advantaged portfolios; and flexibility to scale back spend sharply if prices stay low.
Wood Mackenzie expects the US independents to increase investment by more than 25 per cent if oil prices average above US$50/ barrel. However, the analyst also expects bigger players to continue to cut their spend – with total investment by industry majors down 8 percent as they wind down recent capital-intensive projects.
Portfolios adapt, moving down the cost curve and into new energy
Wood Mackenzie says: "More companies will strive to adapt by positioning portfolios lower down the cost curve. The hot oil plays are US tight oil, with the Permian Basin to the fore, and Brazil pre-salt. Both have materiality and development break-evens among the lowest globally. Renewables exposure will continue to build, though scarce capital and improving returns from upstream suggest small steps in 2017 rather than transformational moves."
Production grows modestly, despite past capex cuts
Wood Mackenzie forecasts expects that the 60 companies its corporate service monitors to increase their production by an average of 2 per cent – impressive, given the 40 per cent cut in development spend between 2014 and 2016.
It says: "A selection of international independents and leading US unconventional players will deliver top-ranking performance on production growth metrics. However, savage investment cuts, asset sales and low prices will take their toll with 23 players experiencing declining volumes in 2017."
The value proposition improves for exploration and mergers and acquisitions
Improving exploration success rates and full-cycle returns will continue next year, Wood Mackenzie predicts. It expects more majors and national oil companies to accelerate new ventures. However, it also sees mergers and acquisitions as "an attractive value proposition for the financially strong prepared to take a bullish view on long-term prices."
"Low-cost, low-risk discovered resource opportunities will look attractive again," Mr Ellacottt concludes. "And the larger players will need these to ensure long-term portfolio renewal as part of a more balanced growth strategy."
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Zumba workouts make fitness fun by fusing easy-to-master dance routines with Latin music. Zumba Gold classes offer a slower-paced version of the same exercises, ideal for beginners. Zumba Toning classes add body-sculpting exercises and special toning sticks to the mix, and Healthy Back classes incorporate chairs, ankle weights, free weights, and some basic yoga and Pilates moves. Classes are available six days a week; for specific times, see the schedule.
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Promotional value expires 60 days after purchase. Amount paid never expires. Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as gift. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased. Reservation required. All classes must be used within 2 months of first redemption. New clients only. All classes must be used by the same person. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
About Madd About Zumba - Etobicoke
Madd About Zumba's name speaks to that of its founder—Maddalena Pignatari. With a BFA in Dance from York University and a Zumba certification, Maddalena is particularly mad about dance fitness. She specializes in Zumba classes, whose Latin-inspired routines incorporate occasional workout-intensifying props and weights. High-octane latin-pop music provides a soundtrack to the classes, as well as small-group or private personal-training sessions, whose curricula are more tailored to their participants. Personal-training regimens prevent fitness plateaus with three distinct workout phases, and can include a nutrition plan.


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Focus on the locals in Beijing – Preview - IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final - UPDATED
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Many of the world's finest race walkers will converge on the Chinese capital on Saturday (18) to race over 10Km, vying for a share of the $202,000 total prize purse on offer in the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final. The male and female individual winners, provided that they have participated in at least three Challenge events during the year, are eligible for the $30,000 top prize. [Click here for Race Walking Challenge regulations].
Chu Yafei looking to clinch overall title on home turf – men's race
Twenty two-year-old Chu Yafei will start as the favorite in the men's contest. Chu has raced three times over the 20km distance this season winning the La Coruña meeting with a 1:21:11 season's best and also placed second at the World Cup in Chihuahua completing a Chinese 1-2 behind winner Wang Hao. Also competing well this season in the Challenge series and likely to make an impact are Matej Toth of Slovak Republic, who collected 30 points in the standings, followed closely behind Wang Hao and Colombian Luis López, who both have 28 points. Twenty one-year-old World Cup winner Wang is a favourite for this competition as well. Wang, who narrowly missed a medal at the 2008 Olympics finishing fourth, is the 2009 World Championships silver medallist from Berlin and recorded a convincing victory in Chihuahua.
27-year-old Toth was in good form during the early season with wins in Dudince over 20km (1:22:25) and taking the 50km World Cup win in 3:53:30, but then lost some of his momentum later on finishing only in seventh place in both the IAAF Challenge in Rio Maior and European Championships in Barcelona. Another big name looking for a win in this competition is Australian Jared Tallent, who has excellent memories from this site two years ago. The 25-year-old grabbed two silvers at the Olympics and has set a 1:19:15 personal best this season, the second fastest 20km of the year behind Alex Schwazer's world leading Italian record 1:18:24. Also in the race is the fastest Chinese this season, just 17-year-old Wang Zhen, who set his personal best 1:20:42 in April placing third in Rio Maior.
Santos seeking biggest career victory – Women's race
On the women's side, Portugal's Vera Santos arrives as the Challenge leader who'll be looking to underscore her season-long success with a victory here. With the Russian walking stars absent from this competition, the seasoned 28-year-old Santos will be looking to score the biggest win of her career. The Portuguese walked her personal best 1:28:14 placing ninth at the Olympics in Beijing and started the 2010 season well, too, with wins in her first three competitions. She won two IAAF Race Walking Challenge competitions in Rio Maior (1:29:16) and in Sesto San Giovanni recording a season's best 1:28:29 time there. Santos also didn't reach the podium in Barcelona placing only sixth at the European Championships.
German Melanie Seeger, who trailed Santos by 10 points in the standing, will be looking to challenge. The 33-year-old from Potsdam was fourth in Barcelona and is still looking for her first podium finish in a major championship. In addition to the fourth place in Barcelona, she also placed fifth at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Another Portuguese, Inês Henriques, and Chinese Li Yanfei, could also play leading roles. Henriques has not won any major competitions, but was third in Chihuahua at the 2010 World Cup. Li was fifth in Chihuahua and although she won the 2009 East Asian Games, she too doesn't have much experience at this level.
But there is another Chinese walker, who could be looking to win the race. Liu Hong won the bronze medal in Berlin last year and will be looking to be in good form for another reason as well. The 23-year-old is the reigning Asian Games champion having won in Doha 2006 and will be a big favourite to regain her title in Guangzhou later this year. Liu too has set her personal best here at the 2008 Olympics with a fast 1:27:17 for fourth place then. A few other walkers have a chance too with Russian Tatyana Sibileva and Australia Claire Tallent also in the race.
Mirko Jalava for the IAAF
- left to right - Chinese race walkers Wang Hao and Chu Yafei, who finished in the top 10 in Beijing (Getty Images) © Copyright
- Vera Santos of Portugal leading the women's 20km in the early stages of the race (Getty Images) © Copyright
- China's Chu Yafei wins the Krakow 10Km (Krakow organisers) © Copyright


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Jonathan "Jay" Daniel Gemmecke, 32, of Wheaton, passed away Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, in the apartment fire at Wheaton.
He was born March 2, 1980, in Neosho, the son of Danny and Debby (Courdin) Gemmecke.
Survivors include: his mother, Debby Gemmecke and Rick Howard, of Galena; one daughter, Mackenzie Gemmecke, of Monett; one brother, Joseph Gemmecke and his wife, Veronica, of Cassville; two sisters, Janet McNeill and her husband, Brooks, of Exeter, and Jennifer Wilson and her husband, Michael, of Coleman, Okla.; and paternal grandmother Marge Gemmecke, of Pea Ridge, Ark.
Preceding him in death were: his father, Danny Gemmecke; paternal grandfather, Vernon Gemmecke; and maternal grandparents, Gene and Mary Courdin.
He received his education at Wheaton, graduating from Wheaton High School. He lived his entire life at Wheaton and was employed at I.D.F. in Monett several years.
Funeral services were held Monday in McQueen Funeral Home, Wheaton. Pastor Danny Heupel conducted the services. Burial was at Waldensian Cemetery, Monett.
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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — In a story April 15 about a shooting at a Virginia community college, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the suspect had purchased the shotgun used from Wal-Mart. The ammunition was purchased from Wal- Mart. Police have not disclosed the name of the local licensed firearms dealer where the weapon was purchased but said it was not Wal- Mart.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Police: Va. mall shooter legally purchased shotgun
Police: Suspect in shooting, wounding of 2 at Va. mall legally purchased shotgun
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — The suspect in a shooting at a community college that injured two women legally purchased his weapon two days earlier and told detectives after his arrest he "was having a bad week," police said Monday.
The Christiansburg Police Department said in a news release that Neil A. MacInnis, 18, purchased the 12-gauge shotgun allegedly used in Friday's shooting from a licensed firearms dealer. The name of the dealer wasn't disclosed.
Nine shell casings were recovered from the New River Valley Mall, the location of a satellite office for New River Community College, police said. The ammunition recovered included slugs, buckshot and bird shot.
Investigators also said they have found no links between the 18-year-old suspect and his two victims, who are recovering from their wounds.
The school canceled classes Monday and Tuesday while students and staff continue to get counseling.
MacInnis made his first appearance Monday in Montgomery County District Court on four felony charges related to the shootings.
MacInnis did not enter a plea but was asked by a judge if he understood the charges against him. He responded in the affirmative. MacInnis was assigned an attorney, Mark Hicks, who did not return messages left by The Associated Press.
MacInnis, a student at the college, is being held without bail on two counts each of using a firearm in the commission of a felony and malicious wounding. His next court appearance is scheduled for June 18.
Court filings used to secure a search warrant show that besides the shotgun, police seized two boxes of ammunition containing 23 rounds, according to media reports. The documents don't make clear where the ammunition was seized.
While police said MacInnis mentioned his "bad week" to detectives after the shootings, they said his motive remains unknown.
They also said investigators believe MacInnis did post online to a discussion board minutes before the shooting, but said forensic testing is not yet conclusive.
MacInnis' uncle, Stewart MacInnis, said the family is trying to comprehend why Neil MacInnis carried out the shooting. He and other family members attended the court appearance, which prompted gasps by some when the defendant entered the courtroom.
"Speaking for myself, it was a surreal moment to see my nephew in an orange jumpsuit with shackles," he said.
Neil MacInnis was subdued minutes after the shooting began by an off-duty security guard who police identified as James Gorman, chief of security for the mall. Gorman ordered MacInnis to drop his weapon and get on the ground, and then held him there until officers arrived, police said.
The injured included a fellow student and a part-time employee who were in the lobby of the college when they were shot. They were listed in stable condition as of Saturday. Since then, authorities have refused to release their names or provide updates on their condition.
The school, which has 5,000 students at its Christiansburg and Dublin, Va., campuses, offered counseling services for staff and students since the shooting.
School spokesman Mark Rowh said the counselors also included representatives from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, which is about 10 miles from Christiansburg and the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history on April 16, 2007.


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Today is the letter E or you can use one of Sammy's prompts:
We decided to use Escape:
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Today, experts from MUSC joined together for a Twitter chat focusing on holiday stress and tips to make it a happier, healthier holiday.
Dr. Joshua Brown, Director of Clinical Services, MUSC Weight Management Center (WMC), Dr. Constance Guille from the MUSC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MUSC nutritionist Tonya Turner offered advice to help you prepare for the weeks ahead and provided some great resources for you to use after the Twitter Chat.
We hope you were able to participate in our inaugural Twitter chat November 18 at noon. If so, here are the links we promised you. If not, we hope you will join us next time. Our hashtag will be #MUSCchat. If you missed the chat and want to learn more about the topics we covered today, check out these resources provided by our MUSC experts.
- WMC Services Webpage: http://bit.ly/WMC_Services
- WMC Program Orientation: http://bit.ly/WMC_VirtualProgramOrientation
- Facebook: http://on.fb.me/WMC_Facebook
- Cell-U-lite text messaging weight management tips
- Grocery Store Tour: http://bit.ly/WMC_GroceryStoreTour
- Holiday Eating Tips: http://youtu.be/TFCxNFyjoe4
- National Network of Depression Centers: www.nndc.org
- MUSC Psychiatry: http://www.muschealth.org/psychiatry/
- Psychiatric Specialists: www.psychiatriccarespecialists.com
- Peripartum mental health: http://www.postpartum.net/
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Samson Cree First Nation plans for name change
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Published Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:02AM MST
First Nations on reserves south of Edmonton say provincial and county governments will soon recognize a new name for their community.
A news release from the Samson Cree First Nation says Hobbema will become "Maskwacis" on January 1st.
The First Nation says Maskwacis was what the areas was traditionally known as, and it means "bear hills."
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Neither President Obama nor Mitt Romney is a polished orator in the vein of Frank "the Tank" Ricard, but that's not to say they didn't put on a rather spirited debate tonight. I'll limit my comments to the tax discussions, because quite frankly, you don't need to hear my opinions on health care or the role of government. I'll also refrain from anointing a winner; because, you know…it's talking. They didn't arm wrestle out there.
First, a few quick thoughts:
- It took all of three minutes for tax law to make its first appearance. Somehow, this helps to validate my career choice.
- In an episode of The Simpson's that is set in the future, President Lisa comes to the realization that she needs to enact a "crippling tax hike." To assuage the public, however, she simply presents it as a "temporary refund adjustment." I'm starting to think President Obama is similarly playing wordsmith when he refers to his desire to raise taxes on the wealthy as "economic patriotism."
- There are few things more annoying than listening to either candidate drone on with their stories of "real American" hardship that all sound the same: "An old lady came up to me during my campaign stop in Dayton, Ohio and said, 'Good sir, in order to pay for my groceries, I had to sell both my eyes. Will you help me get my eyes back?' Times are tough. We get it. Don't tell me about it; go fix it.
- I am absolutely shocked — shocked!! — that we got through an entire debate without Obama referencing Romney's 13.9% and 14.1% effective tax rates in 2010 and 2011, respectively, or attacking Romney's unwillingness to make public his tax returns from prior to 2010. I have long thought that the President would establish these items early in the debate process in an attempt to paint his opponent as an out-of-touch-rich-guy and portraying him as the enemy of the 99%.
- I'm equally surprised that President Obama neglected to boast about the death of Bin Laden under his watch. Considering it's probably the most notable success of his initial term, I would have thought it would have been trumpeted long and hard.
From a tax policy perspective, I think the debate was largely fruitless, as there was no new light shed on either candidate's proposal. Allow me to explain:
Romney's Plan: The Numbers
On the Romney side, both parties got caught up in semantics. President Obama continuously accused Romney of pushing a $5 trillion tax cut, while Romney responded time and time again by denying that this was the case, without ever quantifying exactly how much revenue his tax cut would cost the U.S. Here's the reason for the disconnect:
According to Romney, his 20% across-the-board reduction in individual tax rates won't cost the U.S. anything, as he has repeatedly promised to keep his tax cuts revenue neutral by broadening the base and eliminating deductions and preferences. That's why he continuously argued that he was not pushing for a $5 trillion tax cut, but he should have made that more clear to viewers.
Now, where did the $5 trillion number come from? Many news agencies covering the debate credited the number to the hotly debated analysis of Romney's plan conducted by the Tax Policy Center, but that's not accurate. In fact, the $5 trillion estimate was plucked from this column authored by Josh Barro on Forbes, who ball parked the lost revenue from Romney's rate reduction at $1 trillion on the corporate side (where Romney wants to lower the 35% rate to 25%), $3 trillion related to the reduction in individual tax rates, and another $1 trillion from abolishing the AMT and eliminating the tax on long-term capital gains, dividends and interest for those earning less than $250,000.
Even if Romney's tax cuts would generate $5 trillion in lost revenue, since he has consistently promised to pay for the tax cuts by eliminating deductions, why did President Obama insist on calling it a $5 trillion tax cut? My guess is that the President was not-so-subtly reminding viewers that Romney has never articulated what deductions would be cut and how he would go about paying for the tax cuts. As a result, I believe President Obama simply refused to acknowledge the base broadening component of Romney's plan in a spiteful, "if you're not going to provide details, I'm not going to pretend they exist" sort of way.
Of course, I had to give this a lot of thought, and I spend more time reading and analyzing tax policy than any healthy person should. For the rest of Americans who only deal with tax law every four years, I can only imagine that this entire portion of the debate was a frustrating and painful lesson in political gamesmanship.
Romney's Plan: The Progressivity
President Obama did eventually turn to the Tax Policy Center study again, challenging Romney's ability to fully pay for his $5 trillion in tax cuts without shifting the tax burden to the middle class.
As a reminder, the TPC study concluded that in order to offset the $360 billion in annual lost tax revenue resulting from the 20% tax rate reductions, Romney would have to eliminate nearly all current itemized and above-the-line deductions. But according to the Tax Policy Center, even if Romney did so in a top-down manner — eliminating the deductions for those earning more than $250,000 first — because wealthy taxpayers would benefit more from the rate cut than they would suffer from the lost deductions, a revenue neutral plan would shift $86 billion in tax burden from those earning in excess of $250,000 to those earning less than this threshold.
When Obama broached the subject of the study, Romney, as he has time and time again since the study was published, challenged its validity, citing half a dozen other independent studies that proved revenue neutral tax rate reductions were possible without losing the progressivity of the Code. Unfortunately, however, Romney again neglected to provide any details of how it could be done, instead repeating promises not to cut taxes for the rich or raise them on the middle class.
This, of course, begs the same question Romney's tax plan has always raised: is it mathematically possible? The Tax Policy Center says no, Romney says yes. To support his contention, he set forth a couple of broad options, saying you could "pick a number, $25,000…$50,000, and cap deductions at that amount…and pick a smaller number for the wealthy." This would appear to be a nod to the $17,000 figure we discussed earlier today, though his refusal to cite that $17,000 figure when it had recently received so much publicity strikes me as odd.
As a second option, Romney argued that Congress could embrace the Bowles-Simpson approach and start hacking away at specific deductions, but as I've mentioned in the past, this posts political hurdles that a cap on deductions could avoid.
Long story short, we don't know any more about Romney's tax plan tonight than we did this morning. And that's a shame.
President Obama's Tax Plan
For a reason I can't seem to figure out, Obama continues to be the Teflon President with regards to his tax plan. It never seems to come under criticism, though it certainly warrants some. It is at least reasonable to question if now is the time — with 8% unemployment and stagnant growth — to raise taxes on anyone, even if it is the rich, no? And why didn't Romney challenge the rather obvious fact that Obama's push to raise taxes on those earning more than $250,000 is largely a red herring, as it won't generate nearly enough revenue to make a material dent in our rapidly growing deficit?
With regards to Obama's corporate plan, Romney should have jumped on the fact that the President is in favor of cutting the corporate rate from 35% to 28% (25% for manufactures), but has only highlighted removing tax breaks for oil and gas and corporate jets, two preferences that — while symbols of greed and excess — would do little to offset the reduction in the tax rate, thus further increasing our deficit.
And lastly, why didn't Mitt Romney pounce on Obama's approach to international taxation? I had longed believe that international tax policy would be a talking point that would dominate the tax portion of the debate because the two men's policies are so different, but it remained in the background tonight.
President Obama wants to shift to a worldwide system, where U.S. corporations would pay a minimum tax on revenue earned around the globe, even in foreign subsidiaries. It's a rather startling approach in a climate where most developed countries are shifting to the opposite tax structure: a territorial approach in which a U.S. corporation would only pay tax on the income it earns in the U.S., with foreign countries — and only foreign countries — taxing the income earned by a U.S. corporation's foreign affiliate. I would have thought Romney would have made this a point of emphasis, as his push towards a worldwide tax regime is largely supported by tax experts and economists.
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That's not to say international issues didn't make an appearance, however, as President Obama maintained his desire to encourage domestic growth by making it harder for companies to move businesses overseas. One of the major steps he's posited towards accomplishing this goal is to eliminate the tax deduction associated with physically moving a business away from the U.S.
In one of the more strange moments of the night, Romney responded by saying that in all his years in business, he had never heard of a deduction related to moving jobs overseas. I imagine he was just playing coy, and was inferring that because the U.S. taxes foreign income when it is repatriated, there is no "tax break" enjoyed when a company heads to foreign soil.
President Obama wasn't getting nearly that detailed, however, and was simply referencing the Section 162 deduction a company gets for its moving expenses whenever it moves; whether it's to Des Moines or Dubai.
The point is, once again the candidates refused to speak in plain terms, and it's the voting public that suffered. Where both President Obama and Mitt Romney could have taken great steps forward tonight in letting voters know what they stand for from a tax perspective and what the future would hold should they be elected, they were content to simply dodge and parry without ever really saying anything. For example, President Obama could have explained that he would also give a tax credit for moving overseas operations back to the U.S., a move that would show that he is serious about encouraging growth through tax incentives. And Romney could have expanded on his publicized support for the territorial system, and how it brings the U.S. in line with other developed nations and levels the playing field of international business.
Oh well. Here's to hoping Debate #2 gets better.


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Hugh Jackman takes his son Oscar for a bike ride in the West Village neighborhood of New York City on Thursday (June 30).
The 42-year-old Aussie actor recently revealed to Toronto radio station CHFI when the next Wolverine movie will begin filming!
"We shoot [The Wolverine] in October, so it will probably come out a year after that," Hugh said. "That's usually around the timeline."
The Wolverine follows the popular X-Men character as he travels to Japan to train with a samurai warrior. The film will also star Kelly Hu and Naturi Naughton.


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This week's Video Production Summer Camp has come to a successful close. Here are a few of the week's highlights from Instructors Jimmy Watkins and Josh Burdette:
- The students this week were really engaged. Sure we had to construct a framework within which the students could operate, but they were all really creative, and, most of the time, they didn't need to be told to participate; the students naturally gravitated towards video production tasks in which they were interested. This made for a satisfying week of instruction and learning.
- Both the students and their instructors wanted to dig in deeper, and do so much more to the video project than time permitted. We (Josh and Jimmy) agree the project turned out well for the time students had to complete it. Even so, we're already strategizing to tweak things for next week's group.
- Jimmy and Josh agreed that this week's camp was a fun sharing experience. They were able to connect again with why it is they love doing video (and audio), and they were able to see some of the same excitement in their students as the week moved forward.
- The final video is close to 10 minutes long with the blooper reel included. Check with your "campers" to see the final result. As it turns out we cannot post it for online viewing due to release and consent issues, but pre-planning for next week's reporting should include releases for video and pictures. We're keeping our fingers crossed.


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'Truth tracker' keeps tabs on Pakistan election pledges
As you turn off the main road just south of Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, it soon seems as if you have travelled 50 years back in time.
At Sitara Colony Number Two, leaking sewage pipes and abandoned bulldozers belie Lahore's reputation as one of Pakistan's most developed cities.
The scene is also testament to political promises which have remained unfulfilled. But a new website seeks to put promises of development and progress to the test.
Sitara Colony number 2 is a labyrinth of narrow streets. bustling with small shops, street vendors and donkey carts.
Across from the market is the residential area.
Rough tracks and sewage spewing out from various points, mixed with stagnant water from a recent downpour await the visitor.
Huge bulldozers and other machinery lie idle nearby. Construction work is at a standstill.
Tariq Mehmood has lived in Sitara Colony for 10 years. He says that in every election campaign he can remember, politicians have promised to build roads and proper sewers here, but that the candidates never look back once elected.
"Look at the water in the street, it's been here for the past one and a half years. Even the drinking water is not clean any more," he says.
"During the election campaign we brought different candidates here - all of them promised to resolve the issue. But nothing happened afterwards. Now when we go to our MP, he gives us more false hope. They don't think we are humans, it's sad but true."
It's a frequent complaint in Pakistan, but it now seems that politicians here might have a harder time getting away with broken promises unnoticed.
A website called Truth Tracker has been launched by UPI Next, the non-profit media development arm of the United Press International news agency.
Its mission: To keep an eye on the commitments made by politicians during and after election campaigns.
A team of 25 reporters all over Pakistan scour manifestos, elections speeches, party websites and media appearances of politicians to nail down promises made to voters.
The senior editor of Truth Tracker, Mubasher Bukhari, says it is all about accountability:
"It means we keep tracking promises, and keep reminding politicians again and again about their commitments to the people. We also give reasons as to why any promise is not fulfilled and what the obstacles are."
The various parties' campaign symbols are used to identify who made what promise - the tiger for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's PML-N or a cricket bat for former cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party (PTI).
There are five categories for the state of a promise: Broken, fulfilled, under way, not started and compromised.
For example, the website says that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif promised during last year's election campaign to provide housing to all low-income families, but nothing has been done so far to make progress on the issue. Truth tracker has categorised this promise as "not started".
During the same campaign Imran Khan's PTI promised to hold local government elections within 90 days of taking power.
According to Truth Tracker, Imran Khan repeatedly criticised previous governments for not holding local polls, accusing them of being reluctant to share power with the grassroots.
The website calculates that since PTI politicians took the oath of government in north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province on 30 May, the 90 day deadline was due to fall on 31 August. But with local government elections still pending, Truth Tracker rates this promise as "broken".
In another example, the chief minister of Punjab province, Shahbaz Sharif, promised to explore alternative energy options in an effort to end the power crisis that has plagued Pakistan.
The Punjab government has started a project to build a solar energy plant in the south-eastern desert of Cholistan. According to the Truth Tracker team, this promise is "under way".
Social analyst Rasul Bakhsh Rais believes that initiatives like Truth Tracker can strengthen accountability, which he says is essential for any democracy.
"In Pakistan politicians have different attitudes when they are in power. So citizens should not wait for five years to question them - it must be done on a continuous basis," he says.
"And now this can happen with the help of information technology, through tools like websites."
Others, however, say that in a semi-literate country like Pakistan, the number of people who will use websites like Truth Tracker to monitor the performance of elected politicians is likely to be limited - and powerful politicians will keep on getting away with broken promises.
In Sitara Colony, Tariq Mehmood is so frustrated, he has given up hope.
"Now local elections are coming up, but we are not interested," he says. "It doesn't matter because we know nothing is going to change."
But Mubasher Bukhari is hopeful Truth Tracker can make a difference.
"It's true many people are still not aware of it, but a lot of politicians are - they know that they are being watched."


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My last review for February is already written, proofed and ready to be published on my blog on the 24th. After that I'm dedicating March (AKA Women's Month) to reviewing games with female leads. The list is as followed:
Mar 3rd: Tomb Raider [PSX]
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I thought this photograph was just breath taking. It is what I imagine hope would look like if it were tangible. And I genuinely think, beholding this, gives one hope for the world.
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." ~ Albert Einstein.
Looking at this photograph, how can you help but to agree?
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Sri Lanka blue magpie
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|Distribution map for Sri Lanka Blue Magpie
The Sri Lanka blue magpie or Ceylon magpie (Urocissa ornata) is a member of the crow family living in the hill forests of Sri Lanka, where it is endemic.
This is a species of a dense wet evergreen temperate rain forest. It is declining due to loss of this habitat. Sri Lanka Blue Magpie is usually found in small groups of up to six or seven birds. It is largely carnivorous, eating small frogs, lizards, insects and other invertebrates, but will eat fruit.
The cup-shaped stick nest is in a tree or shrub and there are usually 3–5 eggs laid. The eggs are white heavily spotted with brown. Both sexes build the nest and feed the young with only the female incubating them.
The Sri Lanka blue magpie is about the same size as the European magpie at 42–47 cm. The adults are blue with chestnut head and wings, and a long white-tipped tail. The legs and bill are red. The young bird is a duller version of the adult.
The Sri Lanka blue magpie has a variety of calls including mimicry, a loud chink-chink and a rasping krak-krak-krak-krak.
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In Sri Lanka, this bird is known as Kehibella (කැහිබෙල්ලා) in Sinhalese.[2] The blue magpie appears in a 10c Sri Lankan postal stamp,[3] which was in wide usage in the 1980s through 1990s.
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Urocissa ornata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Anonymous (1998). "Vernacular Names of the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent" (PDF). Buceros. 3 (1): 53–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-01.
- ^ http://www.birdtheme.org/mainlyimages/index.php?spec=1680
- Birds of India by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6
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text: Music legends don't come any more unassuming than Charlie Haden. Courtesy of Reto Caduff's charming documentary, we discover that the affable jazz bassist's underlying honesty and decency inform every note of his music. As Haden camps out in a studio to revisit the country music of his youth, he reflects on his rural roots and his debut crooning twangy ballads on the radio at the age of two. Through wondrous archival footage and enlightening interviews, Caduff leads us through the next six decades, detailing Haden's seminal collaborations with legends like Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane, as well as his ongoing projects such as Quartet West and Liberation Music Orchestra. Just as Haden's simple playing style masks an innate understanding of the complexities of melody and composition, so too does his placid exterior disguise a deep-seated passion that manifests itself in his art, relationships, and politics.


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Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, in "Unpopular Science" [Aug. 17/24], point to the Boston Globe as a news organization that sharply reduced its commitment to coverage of science and medicine this year. We have done nothing of the sort.
The writers claim that the Globe "reduced staff significantly on its science desk" after it eliminated a separate Health/Science section early this year and placed coverage in other sections. There was no significant staff reduction. One part-time position dedicated to both science and medicine was eliminated. Our Health/Science desk still has five reporters: three covering various aspects of medicine and health, one covering the environment and one covering science. Our Business section also has a biotechnology reporter. By any measure, this shows substantial commitment to serving a community that is, as the article properly noted, "a center of science that leads the biotech industry."
The authors assert that our decision on staffing and section placement "wasn't about the relevance of science to readership; it was about underlying economics." Not true. While economics has a bearing on our newsroom resources, of course, we have always taken this area of coverage very seriously. That is why space and staff dedicated to science, medicine and health coverage remain roughly the same after elimination of a separate Health/Science section. That is also why we thoroughly researched our readers' reactions to possible changes, and have had precious few complaints. A final disappointment: neither author spoke to anyone at the Globe to check facts. We're only a phone call away.
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Chris Mooney is one of the world's outstanding young science journalists, so it's reassuring to know that his kind is succeeding aging, ink-stained veterans like myself and my far more distinguished fellow San Francisco Chronicle alumnus, the great Sabin Russell. It's no big deal for the Chron to lose a character like me. But it's a crime for Hearst, the Chron's greedy and inept corporate owner, to let journalists like Sabin go–journalists whose expertise could make a big difference in this ominous moment when pandemic is real, the drug companies have corrupted Congress and the fate of healthcare is uncertain.


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Warning - litigation may be involved. . . .
Interior Secretary James Watt, who has had controversies with whale-lovers since taking office, gave the final go-ahead to offshore oil-gas exploration here this week and was immediately attacked by environmentalists.
This is just the atmosphere that Secretary Watt seems to thrive under, though this is one of the biggest disputes he has ever entered. It involves the entire outer-continental shelf of the United States and includes questions of shorelines, oil spills, damage to fishbeds, and coastal zones.
Secretary Watt is aggressive, ambitious, abrasive, and never hesitant to support the free-enterprise thinking of his superior, President Reagan. The Carter administration tentatively offered offshore tracts for oil leasing of only around 2 million acres of continental shelf lands. The Watt program, formally released July 21, offers about a billion acres. It calls for 41 lease sales through June 1987.
It's done to protect the United States from an oil shortage, Watts says. Massachusetts, California, and Alaska are particularly affected. A strong response had already come from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D) of Massachusetts and other members of Congress. There was a plan to introduce a resolution in both the House and Senate to block the offshore plan. Answering the criticism with characteristic zest, Watt said in part to his critics:
''(You) wrote a letter harshly criticizing our five-year plan to reduce America's dependence on foreign, unstable, and sometimes hostile suppliers of energy as if the consumers of America did not matter, as if the freedom of Israel were not important, and as if there were no concern about peace or war in the Middle East. . . ''
Various US environmental groups are replying. They include the National Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, Audubon clubs. Some industry groups hail the Watt initiative. James S. Lesch of the National Ocean Industries Association, for instance, says that it might add $18 billion in revenues to the Treasury in 1983.
President Reagan's deep-felt ideology favors private exploitation of natural resources in the public interest where possible. Parallel with debate over offshore leases is a plan to raise $17 billion over the next five years by selling off federal real estate.
The land is equivalent to the size of Florida. It does not include national park lands. It has brought sharp questions from House and Senate members.
Secretary Watt calls it the ''Asset Management Program'' and wants to sell up to 5 percent of federally owned land, much of it small, scattered, and unused tracts, said to be too costly to manage and serving no public purpose.


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So, I've fallen in love with making. This isn't a new love for me, but it's (still) new for me to talk about it, to get to share what is deeply capturing my heart and creative efforts. I can't seem to stay away from the beauty that is
Okay so here's one lettering course. It's cool because it comes with video AND with lettering sheets. Releases on Valentine's! (Also, I LOVE the girl way the girl who made it writes.)
Or, if you're not wishing for classes, there's these sheets of brush lettering practice like you did as a kid in school when you learned cursive. I love how there's the shadow to trace and the price point is obviously lower than the more involved class from above.
The pens that I love are these. They only come in black, but they're PERFECT for learning because the brush part isn't oo soft OR too hard. I struggled a lot with the other options.
This search in YouTube has TONS of awesome watercolor tips and tricks... Some are more basic while others are rich and interesting (I actually have this saved at home and watch through them while i paint). I haven't found a channel that I love which... Sucks.
These are my FAVORITE set of watercolors that are the most traditional. The color is rich and beautiful. The other brand I love has a more gel-like quality which makes it low to dry (and easy to smear).
I use this paper pad. You can easily use it for both the lettering AND the watercolor. Plus you can decorate the cover (which I've been meaning to do to the one that I have).
I love watercolor pens. This pack of three is AWESOME and the little tanks on it are AMAZING.
OTHER THINGS I LOVE RIGHT NOW Here's a dog collar shop. I get Hazel the wide collars in large because girl's got a neck on her that needs to be downplayed just a smidge. Plus, the collars come on time and are wonderfully durable.
My mom suggested I use this make-up brush cleaner the other day when I was complaining the terrible soapy shampoo that is nearly impossible to get out of the bristles of my brushes.
I've been struggling with my Instagram lately, so I decided to check out Helene's course* (finally) and I can't even begin to tell you how much content is flowing out of that woman. Whoof. I'm hoping it'll pan out in my Instagram game in the next couple weeks.
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- Leicester Art Books (Firm)
- found: Beerbohm, M. Catalogue of another exhibition ... 1921.
- found: Its Web site, Jan. 12. 2009 (Ernest Brown & Phillips Ltd; founded in 1903 and traded as The Leicester Galleries until 1977; in 1977 Christopher Phillips founded Leicester Art Books which dealt in art reference books until last year; we have now returned to art dealing as Ernest Brown & Phillips Ltd; originally the Galleries were located in Leicester Square and then in South Audley Street and finally in Cork Street)
- found: A Memorial exhibition of etchings, dry-points & drawings ... 1911: t.p. (Ernest Brown & Phillips, The Leicester Galleries; Leicester Square, London)
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