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Robert Winnett / Telegraph:
50p tax rate 'failing to boost revenues' — The amount of income tax paid fell sharply last month in the first formal indication that the new 50p higher rate is not raising the expected amount of revenue. — A Treasury source said the relatively poor revenues from self-assessment returns …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Surtax on wealthy in UK results in lower revenue
Curtis Dubay / The Heritage Foundation: Britain to Obama: More Proof that Taxing the Rich Is a Fool's Errand
BigFurHat / iOwnTheWorld.com: Brits Learn that their punitive tax rate hikes garnered no increased revenue
Repair Man Jack / RedState: Soak The Rich, Drown The Retirees
Mike Flynn / Big Government: Surprise! Higher Tax Rates Yield Lower Revenue
Mark J. Perry / CARPE DIEM: Economic Lessons in the News
William Teach / Pirate's Cove: Shocking News: Higher Tax Rate In Britain Results In Lower Tax Revenue
Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Dividend Assault — A plan to triple the tax rate would hurt all shareholders. — President Obama's 2013 budget is the gift that keeps on giving—to government. One buried surprise is his proposal to triple the tax rate on corporate dividends, which believe it or not is higher than in his previous budgets.
Discussion: RedState, Vodkapundit, Weasel Zippers, Townhall.com, The PJ Tatler and Betsy's Page
Daniel Horowitz / RedState: Obama the Tax Cutter? Think Again
Stephen Green / Vodkapundit: Economics for Dummies or Presidents (But I Repeat Myself)
Conservative Wanderer / The PJ Tatler: Obama's Corporate Tax Cut Good, But Not Enough
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Why Obama's corporate tax plan is a total bust
Why Obama's corporate tax plan is a total bust
Discussion: New York Times, Politico, Outside the Beltway, National Review, Hot Air, Political Mojo and The Hill
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: White House Corporate Tax Plan Leaves Much To Be Desired
Veronique de Rugy / National Review: Half-Baked Corporate-Tax Reform
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Obama moves on corporate-tax reform
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Obama proposes lowering corporate tax rate to 28 percent
Obama proposes lowering corporate tax rate to 28 percent
Discussion: neo-neocon, Pirate's Cove, The New Republic, Hit & Run, Daily Kos, US Politics, Shakesville, The Lonely Conservative and Taylor Marsh
William Teach / Pirate's Cove: Obama To Propose 28% Corporate Tax Rate, Go After Oil And Gas Companies
Nathan Pippenger / The New Republic: Obama Plans To Cut Corporate Taxes, But How Much Do Companies Really Pay?
Peter Suderman / Hit & Run: Obama Administration Proposes Corporate Tax Overhaul Based on Theory That Loopholes Are Bad …
Meteor Blades / Daily Kos: Obama proposes 28% corporate tax rate with fewer loopholes. Expected GOP response: Not low enough
Gaius Publius / US Politics: Obama to propose lowering corporate tax rate to 28 percent
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: Primarily Stupid
The Lonely Conservative: Obama Wants 28% Corporate Tax, Higher Taxes on Oil and Gas Companies, and Huge Hike to Tax on Dividends
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama Offers to Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 28%
Obama Offers to Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 28%
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Wall Street Journal, Jared Bernstein, Bloomberg, The Atlantic Online, Business Insider, msnbc.com, Reuters, iOwnTheWorld.com, Guardian, ABCNEWS and Economix
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress: Obama's Corporate Tax Proposal Raises Taxes On Wealthy Money Managers, Ends Corporate Accounting Boondoggle
Jared Bernstein / On the Economy: Corporate Tax Reform: Be Careful What You Wish For
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online: The Paradox of Corporate Tax Reform
Mark Thoma / Business Insider: Cutting Corporate Taxes Is A Good Idea, But It Won't Stimulate The Economy
Kim Dixon / Reuters: Obama to propose corporate tax rate of 28 percent
Bruce Bartlett / Economix: Tax Code Not Aligned With Basic Principles
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Tax reform is really, really hard
Wonkbook: Tax reform is really, really hard
Discussion: A plain blog about politics, ThinkProgress and Wall Street Journal
Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics: Tax Reform is (Almost) Impossible
Daily Mail:
50p tax is 'not working': Amount of total income revenue falls as rich make plans to avoid higher rate
50p tax is 'not working': Amount of total income revenue falls as rich make plans to avoid higher rate
Discussion: NetRight Daily and Michelle Malkin
Adam Bitely / NetRight Daily: Buffett rule fails in Europe
Chris Christie: Rick Santorum's Satan Comments Are Relevant — Rick Santorum says his 2008 comments that "Satan has set his sights on the United States of America" are "not relevant" to the 2012 presidential race, but Chris Christie told me on "GMA" that Santorum is wrong.
Taylor Marsh / The Moderate Voice: GOP Today: Bob McDonnell's State Rape, Baptizing the Dead, and Santorum's Satan Squeal
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic: Romney fundraising edge in Arizona slips
Paul Steinhauser / CNN: Lots at stake in first GOP debate in nearly a month
Hart Williams / his vorpal sword: Foster Friess and the Famestream Feedia
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: Satan Angered by New Poll Showing Santorum Ahead 34%-18% in Wisconsin
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: 'Secular' is not a dirty word
Joan McCarter / Daily Kos: Mitt Romney opens door to a theocratic agenda
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post: Santorum's 'Satan' comments relevant, Chris Christie says
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Get Thee Behind Me! — Ah, you just gotta love the MSM and its blinders! — Thanks to a handful of obscure researchers and bloggers (I first noticed the story at People for the American Way's Right Wing Watch, but others may have gotten there first), and to the subsequent efforts of a handful …
Discussion: Eschaton
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Team Santorum: U.S. is with Rick on devil belief — MESA, Ariz. — Some of Rick Santorum's advisers are frustrated and angry that reporters are focusing more on their candidate's statements about Satan than on his positions on the issues. Here in Arizona Tuesday, Santorum faced repeated questioning …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Mediaite, RedState, Pundit & Pundette, The Daily Caller and National Review
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online: Does Santorum Really Want to Make a Stand on Mormonism?
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: Santorum Aide To Reporters: 'Why Is Mormonism Off Limits?'
Dan McLaughlin / RedState: David Waldman of Daily Kos: Know-Nothing Bigot
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller: Rick Santorum continues to come under fire for his religious beliefs …
Katrina Trinko / National Review: Santorum Adviser: 'Why is Mormonism Off Limits?'
Mollie Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Alan Simpson: Rick Santorum Is 'Rigid And A Homophobic'
Alan Simpson: Rick Santorum Is 'Rigid And A Homophobic'
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Rick Santorum Faces a Grilling at CNN Debate
Rick Santorum Faces a Grilling at CNN Debate
Discussion: Politico, Big Journalism, The Daily Dish, The Atlantic Online, The Week and Blue Mass Group
Maggie Haberman / Politico: Rick Santorum steps into new debate role
Joel B. Pollak / Big Journalism: Stephanopoulos and the Social-Issue Setup
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: The Moral Scandal Of Rick Santorum And "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques"
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online: Does the Media Really Savage Social Conservatives?
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama ties Romney with Arizona — Arizona is a great microcosm of how Barack Obama's reelection prospects have improved over the last 3 months. When we polled there in November his approval numbers were atrocious and his prospects for winning the state in the general election didn't look very good.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, The Hill and Guardian
Romney: Obama tax proposal would kill jobs
Romney: Obama tax proposal would kill jobs
Discussion: Ricochet Conversations Feed
Dave Carter / Ricochet Conversations Feed: Is Mitt Conceding the Premise Again?
Detroit News endorsement: Mitt Romney for Michigan GOP primary
Detroit News endorsement: Mitt Romney for Michigan GOP primary
Discussion: Washington Post, Ballot Box, The Caucus, The Impolitic, American Prospect, Politico and New York Times
Greg Sargent / Washington Post: Mitt Romney, scourge of the one percent
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box: Detroit News endorses Romney, calls opponents unelectable
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus: New Poll Shows Tight Race in Michigan
Libby Spencer / The Impolitic: Big Mitten just not that into Mitt
Alexander Burns / Politico: Detroit News backs Mitt, says bailout issue not relevant to primary
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
New Romney proposal would cut individual tax rates by 20 percent
New Romney proposal would cut individual tax rates by 20 percent
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Rasmussen poll shows Santorum up 43/22 in Oklahoma
Christian Heinze / GOP 12: Santorum jabs Romney over tax plan
Quinnipiac University:
Santorum Up 9 Points Among Republican Voters, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds …
Santorum Up 9 Points Among Republican Voters, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds …
Discussion: Firedoglake, Associated Press, Washington Wire, The Hill, ThinkProgress, GOP 12, Hot Air, Ballot Box and No More Mister Nice Blog
Peter Nicholas / Washington Wire: Poll: Is Romney's Electability Argument Fading?
Josh Lederman / The Hill: Locked in tight race, Romney, Santorum face pivotal debate
Christian Heinze / GOP 12: The Jeb Fantasy
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Q-poll: Santorum up 9 over Romney
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box: Polls show Obama holding slim lead over GOP presidential field
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC poll: Romney, Santorum deadlocked in Michigan; Romney leads in Arizona
NBC poll: Romney, Santorum deadlocked in Michigan; Romney leads in Arizona
Rick Santorum / CNN: Romney press release skips over Detroit tough love
Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS: Rick Santorum Gets Some Help From His Friends in the Battle for Michigan
Ross Douthat / Campaign Stops: Can Santorum Win in November?
Adam Sorensen / Swampland: Will the Auto Bailout Factor in Michigan?
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box: Polls: Romney tied with Santorum in Michigan, but trails nationally
Jonathan Martin / Politico: For Rick Santorum, all politics were local
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: All Tied Up In Michigan — With the final debate before the election …
Hugh Hewitt / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog: Romney Up 16 in AZ, Up 2 In MI
Christian Heinze / GOP 12: Mixed morning polls for Santorum
DemFromCT / Daily Kos: Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: State of the race
Tricia McKinney / The Maddow Blog: Morning Maddow: February 22
Ewen MacAskill / Guardian: Rick Santorum hopes for Tea Party backing to edge out win in Arizona
Anita Kumar / Washington Post:
Virginia governor no longer fully supports ultrasounds before abortions — RICHMOND — Gov. Robert F. McDonnell is backing off his unconditional support for a bill requiring women to have an ultrasound before an abortion, focusing new attention on one of the most controversial pieces …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Mediaite, The New Republic, www2.timesdispatch.com, Agence France Presse, The Maddow Blog, Hot Air, The New Civil Rights Movement, Outside the Beltway, Guardian, RedState, Weasel Zippers, Daily Kos, Firedoglake, Taylor Marsh, Law Blog, American Prospect, NewsBusters.org, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, A Blog For All, Hotline On Call, The Raw Story, Campaign 2012, WWBT-TV, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Balloon Juice, Prairie Weather, The American Conservative and Newsy
Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress: Virginia Governor Backtacks, Offers Amendment To Ultrasound Bill
Frances Martel / Mediaite: Jon Stewart Explains Ultrasound Law To GOP: 'A TSA Pat-Down In Your Vagina'
Alec MacGillis / The New Republic: Bob McDonnell Probes Veep Prospects For A Heartbeat
Robert MacPherson / Agence France Presse: Virginia holds back on abortion ultrasound bill
Laura Conaway / The Maddow Blog: Virginia Governor McDonnell backs away from transvaginal ultrasound bill
David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement: Abortion: Virginia Governor Backpedals On Transvaginal Ultrasound Bill
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Virginia Governor Requests Changes To Ultrasound Law
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Virginia GOP Gov. McDonnell Backs Off Promise To Sign Pro-Life Ultrasound Bill, Now Says He Will "Review" It...
Laura Clawson / Daily Kos: Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell no longer guaranteeing he'll sign state-sponsored rape bill
David Dayen / Firedoglake: Women Fight Back: House Dems To Hold Own Hearing With Woman Issa Excluded; Virginia Gov. McDonnell Ducking?
Ken Shepherd / NewsBusters.org: In Story On Proposed Ultrasound Mandate, WashPost's Kumar Fails to Note Va. Abortionists Already Use Them
Lawhawk / A Blog For All: Virginia Governor Has Second Thoughts About Passing Invasive Ultrasound Procedure Bill
Sean Sullivan / Hotline On Call: Hotline Sort: Battleground Wisconsin
Andrew Jones / The Raw Story: VA gov backs off support for ultrasound bill
Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012: Va. governor retreating from Planned Parenthood?
Shawn Maclauchlan / WWBT-TV: Attempt to send ultrasound bill to committee fails
Wesley P. Hester / Richmond Times-Dispatch: In spotlight, ultrasound bill headed to governor
John Cole / Balloon Juice: Maybe You Should Have Asked Some Women
Jordan Bloom / The American Conservative: Does Virginia's Ultrasound Bill Really Mandate 'State-Sponsored Rape'?
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
EXCLUSIVE: The Memo that Larry Summers Didn't Want Obama to See — For the past three years, Washington journalists and politicos have obsessed over a 57-page memo that Barack Obama's incoming economic team prepared for him in late 2008. The document has achieved such totemic status for good reason …
Discussion: The Enterprise Blog, Questions and Observations, Economist's View and Business Insider
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog: Secret Obama memo wanted the $800 billion stimulus to be—gasp!—$1.8 trillion
Bruce McQuain / Questions and Observations: Had Christy Romer gotten her way, the stimulus could have been much worse
Mark Thoma / Economist's View: Summers, Romer, and the Stimulus Package
Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider: This Is The Memo That Could Have Saved The US Economy
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Some More Thoughts on Heartland — I know that many of you are probably sick of this story, for which I apologize. I'm crunching on a column after a weekend family emergency, so the other blogging which would normally be interspersed with the Heartland stuff is going to be very light through at least tomorrow.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Charlie Martin / The PJ Tatler: Megan McArdle, on Gleick
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Global Warming Alarmists Resort to Hoax
Global Warming Alarmists Resort to Hoax
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia: Green Movement Jumps the Shark
The Barrister / Maggie's Farm: "So, Peter Gleick: if I am wrong, sue me."
Steve Milloy / JunkScience.com: Hinderaker: 'So, Peter Gleick: if I am wrong, sue me'
Jonathan H. Adler / The Volokh Conspiracy: Climategate Turnabout
Tom Nelson: Power Line's John Hinderaker: "Let me be perfectly clear: I think it is obvious that Peter …
David Appell / Quark Soup: Interview with AGU President Michael McPhaden
Curryja / Climate Etc.: Gleick's 'integrity'
Tim Mak / Politico:
Chris Christie tells Warren Buffett: 'Shut up' — Chris Christie has heard enough about Warren Buffett, and in typical fashion, the New Jersey governor had a certain blunt way of putting it. — "He should just write a check and shut up," Christie said Tuesday on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight."
Discussion: Business Insider, Wonkette and The Lonely Conservative
Linette Lopez / Business Insider: Chris Christie Told Warren Buffett To 'Just Shut Up' On Piers Morgan Last Night
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A simple solution to inequality: Stop talking about it
A simple solution to inequality: Stop talking about it
Discussion: The Maddow Blog and The New Civil Rights Movement
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: Chris Christie on tax fairness: 'Shut up'
Bob Drummond / Bloomberg:
Stocks Return More With Dem in White House — While Republicans promote themselves as the friendliest party for Wall Street, stock investors do better when Democrats occupy the White House. From a dollars- and-cents standpoint, it's not even close. — The BGOV Barometer shows that …
Discussion: Liberal Values and Taegan Goddard's …
Joshua Green / Business Week:
Dow 13,000? Thank Democrats
Dow 13,000? Thank Democrats
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and US Politics
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online: Barack Obama, The Candidate of Wall Street
Benjamin J. Dueholm / Washington Monthly:
Rules of Misbehavior — Dan Savage, the brilliant and foul-mouthed sex columnist, has become one of the most important ethicists in America. Are we screwed? — ive months after the death of Esther "Eppie" Lederer in 2002, the bulk of her estate—a sprawling Chicago apartment's worth of furniture …
Discussion: American Prospect
American Prospect:
The End of Affirmative Action in College — As my colleague Jamelle Bouie noted yesterday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Fisher v. UT Austin, a challenge to the use of affirmative action for undergraduate admissions at the University of Texas. I wish I could make a case for more optimism …
Discussion: The Huffington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money and SCOTUSblog
Mike Sacks / The Huffington Post: Supreme Court To Revisit Affirmative Action In University Of Texas Case
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money: The End of Grutter? — I would like to buck the conventional wisdom …
New York Times:
The Court and Citizens United II
The Court and Citizens United II
Discussion: Washington Monthly
William Saletan / Slate:
The Conversion — How, when, and why Mitt Romney changed his mind on abortion. — To understand Mitt Romney, you have to understand the most difficult passage of his political life: how he changed his position on abortion. Not the story he tells about it, but the real story.
Discussion: American Prospect, The Atlantic Online, Washington Monthly and The New Republic
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online: Recalling A Pro-Choice Mitt Romney
Timothy Noah / The New Republic: Afternoon Reading Assignment
Tina Korbe / Hot Air:
What I'd love to see at tonight's debate: Ashes — It is Ash Wednesday, after all, and, if Joe Biden is willing to sport soot in public, then surely Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum will be, too. — Why do I want to see smudged crosses on their foreheads?
Discussion: Townhall.com
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Mystification and Triumphalism — Why the left can't handle the truth about social conservatism. — Social liberals have two basic approaches to social conservatism: mystification and triumphalism. Both reflect a failure of understanding—but more than that, an incapacity to understand …
Discussion: Washington Monthly, Democracy in America, Althouse, American Power and Instapundit
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Enslaved By Freedom and Equality
Donald Douglas / American Power: Why the Left Can't Handle the Truth About Social Conservatism
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit: JAMES TARANTO: Mystification and Triumphalism: Why the left …
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Tom Miller, HUD Officials Laugh at Schneiderman Publicly — Whether you believe in Eric Schneiderman's ability to deliver a legitimate investigation on mortgage securitization fraud or not, you have to admit that the united front on opposition to a settlement on foreclosure fraud collapsed …
Discussion: Politico
Glenn Thrush / Politico: HUD boss Donovan jumps into Obama mortgage melee
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Someone forgot to obtain a waiver — Multiple metaphors in this photo. — From reader Eric: … Metaphor Alert:
1 passenger detained after disturbance on Continental flight headed to Houston — HOUSTON—Charges may be filed against a man accused of causing a disturbance on a Continental Airlines flight bound for Houston on Tuesday. — Passengers said the man was a hassle from the beginning and once …
Discussion: Jihad Watch, The Gateway Pundit and Atlas Shrugs
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Democratic Lawmaker Responds To 'Fetal Pain' Bill With Measure Limiting Vasectomies — A Democratic lawmaker in Georgia is responding to a Republican-backed effort to prevent women from receiving abortions 20 weeks after fertilization with a tongue-in-cheek measure that seeks …
Discussion: Metro, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Florida Times Union, The Maddow Blog, Don Surber and The Raw Story
Ray Henry / Metro: Abortion debate flares in Georgia Legislature
Christopher Quinn / Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Abortion bill gaining momentum, has support of Georgia speaker
Walter C. Jones / Florida Times Union: Georgia House Democrats make light of Republican's abortion bill with vasectomy bill
Laura Conaway / The Maddow Blog: Serious satire: 'It is the purpose of the General Assembly to assert an invasive state interest …
Stephen C. Webster / The Raw Story: Dem proposes vasectomy limitations in wake of anti-abortion legislation
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Washington State Poll —PPP finds the race for Governor of Washington tied, with Jay Inslee and Rob McKenna each at 42%. McKenna had led 40-38 on PPP's only previous poll of the race, last May. The reason Inslee has closed that small gap is that he's now getting the same percentage …
Discussion: Seattle Times and ThinkProgress
Jim Brunner / Seattle Times: Poll finds Inslee & McKenna tied
Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
Deniergate: Grijalva Calls For Investigation Of Department Of Interior Scientist On Heartland Payroll — Congress has begun investigating the Heartland Institute after details of its strategy of climate denial were revealed in leaked documents. In a letter to the chair and ranking member …
Discussion: Greg Laden's Blog
Nick Bilton / Bits:
Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year's End — People who constantly reach into a pocket to check a smartphone for bits of information will soon have another option: a pair of Google-made glasses that will be able to stream information to the wearer's eyeballs in real time.
Discussion: Poynter, The Mary Sue and The TechBlock, more at Techmeme »
Jill Pantozzi / The Mary Sue: Report Says Google Will Be Selling Internet Glasses By The End Of The Year


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Next Session: "Is Mundanity Progress?"
Having been a fellow traveler with Emily during these years, and having witnessed and embraced her remarkable creations during this time, I am simply exhilerated to see "Graphic Therapy." In my unbiased view, it is a tour de force. Congratulations, Em!
I love the economy of words conveying complex meaning, time, place and people eloquently.
'This totally sucked' - heartfelt disgust in three emphatic words. The story has pace! and humour! Exhilarating indeed. Emily could narrate "Pride and Prejudice" on three pages. More please.
Prose made poetic. She's speaking for so many of us. I agree with Ellen, and love the pithy encapsulation of big thoughts and emotions in tight phrases. Illustrations are delightful; very much a cohesive vision. Looking forward to following Emily's travels and travails over the coming months.
I absolutely adore the first sentence of this.
Dear Emily Steinberg
I love Graphic Therapy and you.
"Graphic Therapy: Notes from the Gap Years," is terrifically funny, both in word and drawing. This is a tale of keen observation, of pathos, and, surely, of well-placed hyperbole. It brings to mind–as all good literature should do–those gap periods in my own life and the desperation I so keenly felt at the time. Of course, the transformation comes later, in the retelling, as our hilarious stories serve to entertain friends who have lead less adventuresome lives. Bravo!
Brilliant! A splendid mix of the everyday humiliations of life with the deeper themes that guide us through the years. I never thought a rat, particularly the long-dead variety, could carry such meaning. Well-done all around.
Stylistically, for some reason I really love the use of typeset text against the hand-drawn illustration. It feels like a perfect bridge between cartoon and adult life, in some ways mirroring the predicament of the protagonist.
I look forward to the next episode!
Perhaps this was god's way of saying the mouse should never have been expelled from your life? maybe you've been chosen to lead an army of mice against the chinese when they invade?
or maybe i just like to imagine ludicrous meanings behind insignificant events.
great story. looking forward to chapter 2 =]
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Baseball's Andy Workman Named Elite 88 Award Winner For NCAA Division I Baseball
June 18, 2010
OMAHA, Neb. - Andrew Workman, a junior at Arizona State University, is the recipient of the Elite 88 award for the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Baseball Championship.
The Elite 88, an award founded by the NCAA, recognizes the true essence of the student-athlete by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers. The Elite 88 is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 88 championships.
Workman, majoring in finance, currently carries a 3.903 GPA. Workman was presented with the award during the College World Series Opening Ceremonies on Friday evening in Omaha, Neb.
All GPAs are based on a straight grading scale to ensure consistency among institutions. All ties are broken by the number of credits completed.
Eligible student-athletes are sophomores or above who have participated in their sport for at least two years with their school. They must be an active member of the team, traveling and competing at the championship.
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It's hard to keep up with the various critics groups around the country, which have far less impact on the final Oscar race than the early votes from New York and Los Angeles. Check the San Francisco Critics Circle winners below against the Screen Actors Guild votes today, for example, which are far more predictive, as its members actually have some overlap with the Academy's largest branch, the actors.
Left out of the SAG nominations are San Francisco winners "The Tree of Life" and actors Gary Oldman ("Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"), Vanessa Redgrave ("Coriolanus") and Albert Brooks ("Drive"). In fact all three of those films were SAG shutouts. These films could still break through with the Academy in various categories, but it's a tougher road to get a best picture nod without acting support.
Best Picture – "The Tree of Life"
Best Director – Terrence Malick for "The Tree of Life"
Best Original Screenplay – J.C. Chandor for "Margin Call"
Best Adapted Screenplay – Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan for "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Best Actor – Gary Oldman for "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Best Actress – Tilda Swinton for "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
Best Supporting Actor – Albert Brooks for "Drive"
Best Supporting Actress – Vanessa Redgrave for "Coriolanus"
Best Animated Feature – "Rango"
Best Foreign Language Film – "Certified Copy"
Best Documentary – "Tabloid"
Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki for "The Tree of Life"
Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community – National Film Preservation Foundation, in recognition of for its work in the preservation and dissemination of endangered, culturally significant films
Special Citation for under-appreciated independent cinema – "The Mill and the Cross"
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George Will considers the death penalty and concludes that its use is contrary to reason. He reaches this conclusion after juxtaposing the views of Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (pro death penalty) and attorney-novelist Scott Turow (against it). Romney cites three reasons why the death penalty should be used in some instances — its deterrent effect will prevent some murders; it expresses and reinforces society's "proportionate revulsion" against the most heinous crimes; and its presence can induce criminals to turn state's evidence in order to avoid execution.
Will does not undertake to show that the second and third benefits are illusory. He does make the valid point that the death penalty isn't used enough to provide much deterrence. But this fact need not make reasonable people "turn away" from the death penalty; they might just as reasonably argue that it should be used more often in the category of cases to which it applies.
Ultimately, Will sides with Turow because he agrees that the justice system is imperfect and, therefore, will execute the innocent at times. But a reasonable person could conclude that the death penalty will save more innocent lives than it takes. In this regard, it should be noted that advocates like Turow, who base their opposition to the death penalty on skepticism about the perfectabililty of the criminal justice system, seem nonetheless to assume that the penal system is perfect. If one takes a more realistic view, it becomes clear that, absent the death penalty, convicted murderers will kill in jail and will escape (or even be released) from jail and will kill again on the outside.
In the early days of Power Line, I wrote that the death penalty is essentially an aesthetic issue. Rocket Man demurred, perhaps rightly so. What I meant, though, is that there are reasonable policy and moral arguments on both sides of the death penalty debate, and that neither side can demonstrate that the other is morally or pragmatically wrong. Where one ends up on this issue depends on what one thinks society should look like. Reason can take us only so far in this debate.
HINDROCKET adds: I agree that the death penalty is an issue on which reasonable minds can disagree. What strikes me most about the debate is that all human institutions are, inevitably, imperfect; yet it is only with respect to the death penalty that it it widely believed that imperfection must lead to abolition. The parole system is imperfect too, and it would be easy to show that the number of innocent people who have been murdered by convicts on parole vastly exceeds the number of innocent people who have been wrongly executed. Yet I've never heard anyone argue that because mistakes in the parole system can lead to innocents being killed, that system must be abolished.
Of course, a distinction can be drawn between capital punishment, which is intentional on the state's part, and the killing of a third person by a criminal on parole, which, from the state's perspective, was unforeseen. Maybe a higher standard of care in the former case is appropriate. But is that distinction enough to justify the death penalty's status as the only human institution from which perfection is expected? I don't think so.
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Browse the site choosing a game from the menu, here you'll find Story, Screenshots, Arenas, Props and Fighters of the game, each fighter page includes: A complete Spritesheet, Biography, Animations, Props, Movelist, Fatality Videos, Ending, Renders, Cut-Out Pictures, Wallpapers and more!
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- Scorpion's Complete Spritesheet!
Credits goes to Maggo and WeaponX!
More stuff coming soon, hopefully.
35 responses to "Scorpion spritesheet"
yay for murdionk! for scorpion sprite sheet! boo! for timothy for being a dumb ass.
when you guys gonna have a page for MKT?
where do you guys get your sprites from because i could assist you
Shang Tsung MK 2 and Stryker MK 3 Coming Soon!!!
-A-nubitch must either be that fag "kill_the_rookie" or Timothy, both dumbasses, I feel sorry for their parents.
-A-nubis Says:
April 9th, 2006 at 8:59 am
-A-nubitch must either be that fag ''kill_the_rookie'' or Timothy, both dumbasses, I feel sorry for their parents
I agree but i think that timothy is the bigger retard
You seem to have to erased a previous Scorpion skull sprite.
Rip Classic Sub-Zero Sprites i need them BAD!!!! >:( :-/
Somedude rip them yourself dude, serieusly it's easier said then done. It takes some time to rip a sheet. And asking unpatiently for it won't get u anywhere.
FINALLY¡¡¡¡¡¡ Many people were asking for those sprites, maybe I could use them too.
-A-nubis posted:Somedude rip them yourself dude,serieusly it's easier said then done.
i post: one problem: i dunno how to rip sprites! i dont have MAME,roms,crap!
Any chance there will be MK2 Sub-Zero or MK3 sektor sprites coming soon? Also a good thing to finally have UMK3 scorpion sprites. I needed them bad. This site is cool.
does any one here make any flash movies on the kombat paviloin
Do you guys know where you get sounds. ps.this site is uber cool
i am very happy for all the sprites of mortal kombat i love mortal kombat but only one thing where i can get michael jackson sprites or other games !?
plz tell me i am doing alot of flash movies know i need your help!!
can anyone pls make the complete spritesheet of subzero from UMK3
OMFG, Finally they got on! HAHAHAHAHA
please, please, hold your applause. You're too kind. XD
thanx murdoink 4 da sprites
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April 9th, 2006 at 12:15 pm
You seem to have to erased a previous Scorpion skull sprite.
If you mean the fatality, thats how it is, I checked 3 different rom versions of it and they all went the same way, besides the mask rip off is so quick, you barely notice unless you frame by frame it.
BTW Murdoink, In the "Ducking and Jumping" section.
2 sprites are missing of Scorpion ducking but when the enemy jumps over him.
I gave you that, but the feet are cut off.
I dont have contact with AceKombat but I remember he said he has a cheat to control the camera.
So yea, ask him or Maggo to rip that.
Were do you guys get these flash players all i have is this windows movie maker.
U know the hand fur scorps? maybe when u get the ninjas sprite sheet add a pallete swaped hand!
subbys would be blue…..etc.
what do u think?
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April 9th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
Please people just post ONCE
They really seem to respect that.
i noticed there arent any animated sprites in sheets…anyone know why?
MK is excellent and so I created a picture at http://bladeak.blogspot.com/2006/04/mortal-kombat.html to show FATALITY against KITANA. Let's FINISH HER!
can you make the link for 1up link to Another friggin spoof 3 i liked the other 2 and im having trouble finding 3
Cool finally, when will Ermac and Reptile spritesheets be completed?
Good job Murdoink,glad to see more UMK3 Scorpion sprites.Maybe you should get some more Sindel sprites,we don't have many here.
I hear you weapon X , let me check it , then Ill send it to him .
I know what your saying now WeaponX , it isn't there , I'll post it at the end of this message , however there is 1 missing sprite of the fatality section , its the part where he throws flames , here are the sprites I ripped not found here for Murdoink and to everyone
I did gave him those, I even had it with the flame shooting out the mouth and the explosion. :( Dont know why he didn't put em in. And to make matters worse, I have the sprite sheets in a winzip file, and it wont let me open it >:O
I hope its not too late to send my Stryker sprites in. :'(
Cause someone already mention about it.
when are the rest of the mortal kombat II scopion sprite sheets going to be finished??
I cant seem to get these sprites into my pictures. Here's what im trying to do: save each one as a picture so I can use it in Pivot 3. Here's what I'm doing: Right-clicking on a single sprite of Scorpion and clicking 'Save Picture As'. Then it says save as 'blank' for default name. I rename it, and save it. then when I pull it up in my pictures, its a blank space. Here's what I'm doing wrong or not doing: -please fill in blank- ______________________________________________
Can someone please tell me what im supposed to do
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Windows Web Designers Jumping Ship
As a web designer, if you're using Windows to create your projects you're either spending a good chunk of change on software, pirating the software, or creating inferior websites with a free tool. Open-source software has come far enough to work effeciently, effectively and freely for your web design needs. Is there a learning curve? I guess that depends on how brainwashed you are.
Can you be comfortable working from a Linux environment?
Will I be able to replace/use my design software and tools?
To answer the first question. Yes. I am actually much more comfortable with the Linux desktop environment options. I feel like between the 20 most popular distros, anyone can find one to suit their needs. If you're just getting started you're probably well off with the plain-Jane version of Ubuntu. Currently, you will be able to find a lot more help if you stumble onto an obstacle, if you're using Ubuntu. For those that are more adventurous I recommend trying these alternatives that cater a little more to people in the multimedia industry.
ArtistX – This is an Ubuntu-based live DVD that contains free multimedia software packages used for audio, 2D and 3D graphics, and video production.
Musix – Also a live DVD, the Musix distribution is based on Knoppix Linux. Musix contains music production, graphic design, audio and video editing free software applications.
To answer the second question. Yes. Applications like GIMP and Inkscape often come pre-installed on Linux distros with thousands more only a few clicks away.
When I made the switch to Linux I used GIMP and it completely replaced Photoshop for what I used it for. I didn't find as perfect of a replacement for Dreamweaver but instead I found Wine, an unbelievable tool to run Windows apps like Dreamweaver on Linux! Also useful is Cross-over office which does something similar. For advanced designers that want to skip the WSYWIG, check out Eclipse with an html plugin and deploy with sftp, rsync or better yet subversion.
Here's a more complete list of Linux applications you can use to replace Windows. Linux apps BOLD
Internet Explorer – Firefox, Opera, Epiphany, Konqueror, Lynx
Nero Burning – K3b, XCDRoast, Serpentine, Gnomebaker
Outlook Email – Kontact, Thunderbird, Evolution, Claws Mail
ICQ, MSN or AIM Messengers – Pidgin, Kopete, aMSN, KICQ, Gabber
FTP – FileZilla, Konqueror
3D Studio Max – Blender, Maya, Softimage, K-3D
Windows Media Player – MPlayer, Xine, Totem, VLC
iTunes – Amarok, XMMS, Audcaious Rhythmbox
GoldWave – Audacity, GNU Sound
Quark, Microsoft Publisher – Scribus, OpenOffice Draw
Dreamweaver, Microsoft Fontpage – OOWeb, NVU, KompoZer
Photoshop – GIMP, GIMPshop
Illustrator – Inkscape
Microsoft Office – OpenOffice, KOffice
This is only a small amount of the Linux applications available for you to use all for free. Switching from Windows to Linux definitely comes with ups and downs but web designers that take the time to learn free software now will undoubtedly be ahead of the curve as open-source software matures. Please post comments about your experience using these or other Windows replacement applications for the Linux desktop.
September 7, 2009 at 10:03 am
Cool post, my programmer actually switched all the way over to Linux. Don't think I am ready yet. 😛
October 5, 2009 at 5:57 pm
I like linux, but I need video editor software…like in windows
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A variant cover for a newly launched version of DC Comics' Justice League of America franchise featuring Georgia has been released. Check your local comic book retailer to see if they have it in stock.
"DC Comics has just launched a new story arc for their JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA series. To make things exciting for JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 which came out last week, they have created special variant covers for all 50 states as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. On the cover, Vibe, Catwoman, Green Arrow and Simon Baz are posted like the soldiers in the iconic "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" photo. However, instead of flying an America flag, the cover shows them hoisting Georgia's flag. With that said, we thought showing the Georgia cover could make a fun online pop culture item and a cool way to show some superhero state pride!"
And here's more on the book itself:
The Justice League, a team made up of the World's Greatest Super Heroes, has successfully handled threats too massive for any single hero for years. But now, the U.S. military has decided to form its own league under the watchful eye of Colonel Steve Trevor.
This winter, the world's most dangerous heroes will unite as the Justice League of America to take on a mission so menacing that not even the Justice League can handle it alone.
DC Comics is proud to present JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, a new ongoing comic book series, where the superstar creative team of writer Geoff Johns and artist David Finch will bring unlikely heroes such as Green Arrow, Katana, Martian Manhunter, Simon Baz, Stargirl, Vibe, Hawkman and Catwoman out of the shadows and into the spotlight.
"They're underdogs who have everything to prove and something to lose," says Johns.The march toward
TRINITY WAR begins with part one of "World's Most Dangerous" in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1, where the team will begin to form and secret motives will be revealed.


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The motto in Virginia Beach is "Live the Life." Fun is at the city's core, from the world-renowned boardwalk in the Resort Area to the entertainment in Town Center. Beach rentals line the sandy coast of the Atlantic Ocean, while condos and house rentals inland offer shopping, dining, attractions, arts, history and culture.
Vacation rentals and oceanfront properties give you unparalleled access to water sports, outdoor recreation, children's adventure parks, zoos, aquariums and world-class events like the East Coast Surfing Championships or music festivals with top performing acts.
With house rentals in a variety of Virginia Beach neighborhoods, visitors can truly hand pick their vacation style. The aforementioned Resort Area and Town Center are filled with entertainment. Beach rentals near Chesapeake Bay or Great Neck offer a tranquil swimming setting with some serious fishing options. Little Neck, Lynnhaven and Bayside condo rentals are rich with scenic history, including the Oceana Naval Air Station and 18 colonial landmarks on the National Register of Historic Places. Artsy types will love the vacation rentals in Kempsville, home to the Regent University Theatre.
A vacation rental near the Virginia Beach boardwalk ensures that you'll never have a dull moment. Amusement rides and video arcades keep the kids happy, while performances by jugglers, magicians and puppets delight the whole family. Live music blasts from speakers as you dine at local hotspots. The boardwalk is built looking over the ocean, so many beach rentals are just steps away.
House rentals in Virginia Beach are minutes from the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk, home to over 400 furry, feathery and scaly animal friends. Lynnhaven condo rentals offer access to the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, one of the best aquatic animal habitats in the country.
Other attractions scatted throughout Virginia Beach are activities like hang gliding, flyboarding, paddleboarding, site seeing, monster truck shows, hiking, biking, bowling, golf, nature tours, a Busch Gardens amusement park and the Ocean Breeze Waterpark. Beach rentals and vacation homes here in Virginia Beach truly have something for everyone.
Aside from the hundreds of local restaurants, pubs and coffee shops, Virginia Beach provides an exciting ethnic grocery shopping experience. The Bella Monte Gourmet International Marketplace and Café is world-renowned for specialty groceries and foreign goods you can't find anywhere else in Virginia Beach. Shop for eclectic ingredients and meats and cook an amazing family dinner in the kitchen of your condo rental.
Oceanfront beach rentals are nearby the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, host of engaging art exhibitions and funky wine tastings. The Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach is a 20,000-seat amphitheater with outdoor concerts for the whole family.
Search for modern condo rentals downtown, traditional house rentals in a quieter region or breezy beach rentals in the heart of the boardwalk. Whatever property you desire, TripAdvisor has the best deals and specials on all Virginia Beach vacation rentals.


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District: 03
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Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School
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SACRAMENTO - Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school.
"Safety is Caltrans' number one priority," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty. "We are committed to providing the highest safety possible for our children as they travel to and from school in California."
Among the state-funded projects are new sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and other safety improvements. Caltrans chose each project based upon need, effectiveness, and how quickly it could be delivered. By improving safety, more kids are encouraged to walk and bicycle to school, resulting in healthier children while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle congestion.
More than $7 million of the funds were awarded to critical safety projects in rural counties. In addition, 82 projects totaling $28 million will create jobs and benefit at least one low-income school within each project.
Some of the notable projects that received funding include:
- $450,000 was awarded to the City of Citrus Heights to construct sidewalks, new curbs and gutters, curb ramps and upgraded bike lanes for locations near Mesa Verde High School, Carriage Drive Elementary School and Grand Oaks Elementary School.
- $270,200 was awarded to the City of Rancho Cordova for traffic signals, pedestrian countdown lights, curb ramps and upgraded crosswalks near Mills Middle School.
- $270,000 was awarded to the City of Sacramento for traffic signals, crosswalks and curb ramps for locations near Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy, Harmon Johnson Elementary School and Noralto Elementary School.
- $448,600 was awarded to Sacramento County to construct five-foot sidewalks, curb ramps and new curb and gutter near Howe Avenue Elementary School.
- $450,000 was awarded to the City of Oroville for intersection improvements, sidewalks, curb ramps, crosswalks, curb and gutter and drainage improvements at Stanford Avenue School.
- $450,000 was awarded to the City of Rocklin to construct sidewalks, curb ramps and speed feedback trailers at locations near Rocklin Elementary School, Rocklin Academy, Rukhala Elementary School and Rock Creek Elementary School.
- $450,000 to the City of Woodland for traffic signals, speed feedback signs, upgraded crosswalks and improved signs and striping at locations near Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary School, Zamora Elementary School, Freeman Elementary School, Woodland Prairie Elementary School, Rhoda Maxwell Elementary School, C. E. Dingle Elementary School and Douglas Middle School.
To date, the state and federal Safe Routes to School programs have awarded $472 million for safety projects around California's schools.
To view the entire list of SRTS projects that received funding, click here.
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What to Bring - Whether you're going touring or heading out on your dirt bike, here are two lists of essentials you should bring along.
Like the eight other motorcycles tested here, the CRF230L would make a great first bike. Likewise, they're all natural commuters; our "fleet average" was 69 mpg, and none got less than 50 mpg. And unlike the poor, practical Prius, they all peg the Fun-o-Meter, maybe none more so than the CRF.
Honda takes the win, we ride the bike
We had no choice but to round up these five fabulous 250s and twist throttles until our hands were blistered and our butts chafed; it took that kind of dedication to figure out which one is the best Lites bike of 2010.
"The Honda responds best to my aggressive 250F riding style. I love feeling the power come alive under the clutch and am so happy that it revs out so long and strong. The throttle response is the ultimate confidence booster."
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This series highlights antebellum cases from the files of the Florida Supreme Court and its predecessor, the Florida Territorial Court of Appeals.
With its long coastline, numerous bays, inlets, and treacherous reefs, Florida presented unique problems for the creation and enforcement of maritime law.
One consequence of Florida's coastal geography and proximity to the Caribbean was that the territory served as a frequent terminus for the illicit slave trade. Although the international slave trade was formally abolished in 1808, slave catchers continued to kidnap African people and transport them across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. Such illegal trafficking in human cargo provoked the case United States vs. Schooner Emperor.
In early 1837, the schooner Emperor left Cuba for the United States. Its destination was the port of St. Joseph along Florida's northern Gulf coast. Charles G. Cox, captain of the vessel, intended to discreetly unload his illegal cargo and reap a handsome profit. According to a Florida law passed in 1822, the fine for smuggling slaves into Florida was $300 per infraction. Men like Cox considered this sum well worth the risk.
Harbor officials apparently made no effort to thoroughly inspect the Emperor upon its arrival in St. Joseph Bay. Local citizens, however, alerted authorities when they perceived black people moving about on the ship's deck. At some point the kidnapped Africans were brought ashore, marched overland, and then ferried across St. Andrew's Bay (near modern-day Panama City). Their intended final destination was a life of servitude on a plantation in Washington County.
United States Marshall Samuel Duval followed the rumors and recovered the smuggled Africans. Under the law of 1822, these people should have received their freedom, but their fate is unclear from the documents remaining in the case file. Perhaps they were returned to Africa? Documents from the case suggest that the group indeed came directly from Africa, as opposed to having been kidnapped from elsewhere in the Americas.
Attention now turned to the fate of the Emperor. Upon depositing its cargo at St. Joseph Bay, the ship traveled to Pensacola, then Mobile, and planned to return to Havana. Captain Cox apparently took a detour and landed again at Pensacola instead of immediately sailing for Cuba from Mobile. Authorities seized the ship when it docked at Pensacola and took Cox into custody. He quickly posted bail and thereafter disappears from the remainder of records related to the case.
The Circuit Court of West Florida in Pensacola debated what would become of the ship. The evidence implicating the vessel in the illegal slave trade proved scant. No one came forward to testify on behalf of the territory of Florida, so the court determined to return the vessel to its owners. Apparently, too many people still benefited from the illegal slave trade. No one who originally alerted authorities to the illegal cargo came forward and no one pressured the original whistleblowers into testifying.
Lawyers challenged the decision to return the Emperor to its owners and the case went to the Territorial Court of Appeals. The high court determined to put the Emperor up for public auction, with the proceeds reverting to the territory of Florida. Marshall Duval collected the funds, but refused to deposit them into the territory's coffers. Eventually, Duval conceded, but, because of a lack of evidence, the funds ultimately returned to the claimants of the Emperor.
This case provides an example of the illegal slave trade activity that took place in Florida's waters before the Civil War. It also demonstrates the difficulty in bringing to justice those that continued to kidnap African people and import them illegally into the United States.
To learn more about this case, see Dorothy Dodd, "The Schooner Emperor: An Incident of the Illegal Slave Trade in Florida," The Florida Historical Quarterly 13:3 (January 1935): 117-128.


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Last year's devastating hurricanes are hitting Vidalia onions now. The effect is troublesome at the moment, but the potential for Georgia growers is scary.
Vidalia onion planting is behind schedule, says Reid Torrance, the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension coordinator in Tattnall County and an area onion agent. Farmers grow more of the sweet, specialty onions in Tattnall County than in any other county in the official growing region.
"We're still planting a few onions," Torrance said in mid-January. "The primary reason is that so much of our labor force has gone to Florida and Louisiana cleaning up behind hurricanes."
Labor crews that normally have 40 workers are showing up with 15 or so. "And when heavy rains come through and everything comes to a standstill for a while, we tend to lose more of our labor force," he says.
A slight shortage of transplants has delayed planting a bit, too. "We really didn't produce the volume of plants that we thought we had," he says. But the transplants aren't a problem. Many Georgia growers have additional plants grown on contract in Arizona and Texas.
The labor shortage isn't a big problem either — for now. "We don't mind having to plant a few onions in January," Torrance says. "Some growers are helping their neighbors finish up. We're doing okay."
The real concern, he says, "is if we have a labor shortage later this spring." That would be a vastly more serious problem. The Vidalia onion harvest starts in just three months.
"We will not be through cleaning up after hurricanes in three months," Torrance says. "And with Vidalia onions, when it's time to go, we have to go. We have to get those onions out of the fields and out of the weather."
Harvested and stored properly, Vidalia onions have a fairly long shelf life for consumers. But for farmers, the window for harvesting and processing the sweet onion crop is small.
"We have tended not to maximize the potential of mechanical harvesting," Torrance says.
Some onion growers have mechanical harvesters. But for a number of reasons, as long as the labor is here, they prefer to harvest by hand. "Some are looking harder at mechanical harvesting now, though," he says.
Some growers, he says, contract for laborers through the H-2A program, a process, run by the U.S. Department of Labor, of securing farm workers from other countries. These growers' labor costs more, but the contracts leave them in a good position in a labor-shortage year like this one.
For the moment, the season's Vidalia onion crop is looking good, Torrance says. Growing conditions have been favorable, and most fields have good stands of onions that are growing well. Some fields, however, show signs of two viruses that are relative newcomers to the Georgia crop.
The tomato spotted wilt and iris yellow spot viruses were first detected in Vidalia onions in 2004. Torrance and other UGA Extension agents and scientists are helping growers identify infected plants. So far, the viruses haven't caused any yield or quality losses in Vidalia onions.
"We continue to be concerned about these viruses," Torrance says, "because they're here and we know how much they've hurt other areas. So far, though, our losses have been minimal. We hope it stays that way."


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The first Penny Blacks were a huge success, but soon problems became apparent.
Rowland Hill noted in his journal that some people managed to erase the cancel and reuse the stamp. The black ink of the Penny Black proved more resistant and more durable than the red ink of the cancel.
To find the ideal ink for the stamp and the cancel, trials were done in various colours. The extremely rare pieces displayed here show some of the tests done to improve the Penny Black.
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At least according to People Who Know Things on the Twitter machine. First reported by Mark Berman, Schaub's extension is apparently for 4 years worth $62 million, with $24.750 guaranteed. This will keep him under contract through the 2016 season, when he'll be 35 years old with the hairline of someone twice that age.
Update: (via Berman, h/t to Big T33) Texans converted portion of Johnathan Joseph's salary into signing bonus to help clear $4 million in cap space to sign Matt Schaub.
No details available on Tim Jamison's extension as of this writing, but we'll update as information comes available.


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Wanted: Two Elected Policy Makers for Sioux Falls Schools
Tuesday May 21st is election day for the Sioux Falls School District. There are two positions to be filled.
Getting on the ballot is easy. Stop by the Instruction Planning Center (IPC), 201 E. 38th Street Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. til 5 p.m. to pick up an election packet.
Twenty valid signatures of registered voters living within the district are required on the nominating petitions. And yes, you must be a resident voter within the district.
Petitions must be returned to the IPC by Friday April 12, 2013 at 5p.m.
This is the biggest district in the state with over 20,000 students. That would make it the fourth largest city in the state, very close to the population of Aberdeen. .
School Board members create policy affecting every child in the district. They have the authority to create new programs like the Spanish Immersion, and Technical Career offerings. They set the salary for the superintendent and approve pay and benefits for teachers, custodians, and other district employees, through contracts with the groups which represent them.
They approve an annual budget to pay the costs of running the district, with revenues from the state, local property taxes, and federal government. Their vote on the budget affects the quality of education children receive and your local property taxes.
School boundaries are set by the board, as is the school calendar. Construction and destruction decisions are also part of the job.
Elected school board members don't make much money for the time involved. However, every member I have ever talked to has said the rewards of creating and overseeing opportunities for children to succeed in life are priceless.


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By far the most common question that comes with people who are new to DSL is, "Will my wireless card work?"
The short answer is yes.
The long answer is, it may take a little work, but you will be pleased with the results.
Here is a list of known cards that work "out of the box" so to speak. Little or no config required.
Accton WN 3101J
Atheros 802.11b/g (IBM OEM Mini PCI in T41,42)
Belkin F5D7000 54G PCI
Belkin F5D6020 v2
Cisco Aironet 350
DSE (Dick Smith Electronics) W-Lan card XH7918
D-Link DWL-122 USB
Linksys WPC11 (all but v.4.0)
Linksys WCP11 v.3
Linksys WUSB11 Ver 2.5
Lucent Orinoco Gold
Microsoft MN-510 USB
Netgear MA311 (all versions)
Netgear MA401 (all versions)
Netgear USB MA111 (v1 and v2)
Orinoco Gold v8.72
WaveBuddy 11WP-611AL 802.11b PC Card
These cards won't work out of the box, but most of them work with ndiswrapper, drivers from the manufacturer's site, or with a little work.
Airlink+ model #WLH3010 802.11g PCI (Broadcom chipset)
Belkin F5D7000
Blitzz Net Wave Point PC 802.11b PCMCIA
Edimax EW-7126 (RTL-8180 chip)
Gigafast 741-UIC usb / Zydas 1201 chipset
Intel Pro Wireless 2100 (requires "firmware" from ipw2100.sourceforge.net)
Linksys G54
Linksys WCP11 V4.0
Linksys WPC51AB
Linksys WPC54G ver 2 PCMCIA (works with ndiswrapper)
SMC 2635W pcmcia / ADMtek
Syntax USB 400 / Prism 3
US Robotics 2210 PCI
US Robotics 5416
VCTnet AirXpress PC11BR (with driver compiled from www.realtek.com)
Xterasys XN-2422g
Most every card will work with DSL. The easiest are the "Prism 2" and "Orinco" chipsets.
All but the most exotic cards can be made to work. Especially with ndiswrapper.


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A stellar high school comedy with an A+ cast, a brilliant script loaded with witty dialogue, eye-catching cinematography, swift editing, and a danceable soundtrack.
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It's a dancing elephant of a movie. It has a few decent moves, but you'd never call it light on its feet.
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"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
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Justice Singleton held an event about her father at this year's Cannes.
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In one of my several reviews of the "Up" documentaries, I referred to the series as the noblest project in cinema history. I am older now and might refrain from such hyperbole. But we are all older now, and this series proves it in a most deeply moving way.
You know the premise. In 1964, British TV produced a film titled "7 Up," which focused on the lives, hopes and expectations of 14 children. They tended to sort out into upper and working classes. One unspoken question was whether the British class system was fading away.
Every seven years since then, the series has revisited as many of the original 14 who have agreed to continue to participate. Now here is the eighth film, "56 Up." Remarkably, all 14 are still alive. Michael Apted, now a major British director, was a researcher on the first film, took over as director with "14 Up," and has continued ever since. These people are all bonded through the continuity of this remarkable idea, although it's clear here that some of the participants consider this form of fame a mixed blessing.
In the U.K., their faces are well known. Consider Tony (no family names are given). As a kid we saw him working as a groom in a racing stable. Later, he had a brief career as a jockey. When that didn't work out, he "started on the Knowledge," which is what London cabbies call the long process of memorizing more or less every street or landmark in London. The rest of his life he has driven a taxi.
"56 Up" edits together footage from the earlier films to retrace the life of each character. We watch Tony as he grows older, gets married, has children, buys a vacation home in Spain, survives the real estate bust and navigates uncertainties in the taxi business. (When times are good for the Arabs, times are even better for cabbies. When the price of oil goes down, so do their fares.)
Tony recalls that one day he picked up the "spaceman" Buzz Aldrin, who was the second man to walk on lunar soil. As he pulled over his cab, a man in the next car handed him a piece of paper and asked for an autograph. Tony passed it back to Aldrin. "Not him!" said the autograph seeker. "You!"
The character I've come to care and worry about the most over the years is Neil, who is … troubled. He was born in Liverpool and filled with life as a kid, but by 21, something had gone wrong. Since then he has moved through a series of oddly assorted jobs, from home construction to politician. He has never married. He has often been homeless or a step away. He's wandered Britain, living on outskirts, usually involved in something vaguely idealistic. Having won local office on the Liberal Democrat ticket, Neil finds his latest occupation is as a canon in his local Anglican church. "I can do most of the jobs of a priest," he says somewhat ruefully.
Something went wrong with Neil. No telling what. How can we account for Sue, who we met with her pals Jackie and Lynn as students in London's working-class East End. Divorced with two children, she found a secretarial job and rose to a top administration post. We see her speaking to a lecture hall filled with students, and admitting how strange that seems to her, having never attended university herself.
"56 Up" revisits all of their lives, including a scientist now at the University of Wisconsin and a man who dropped out of the series and has now dropped back in, admittedly to promote his band. If there is one lesson we can learn from this film, it is that as we grow older, we tend to grow happier and more successful. As nearly as we can tell, all the subjects have grown wiser, more useful, more pleased with the way things are turning out.
I have no idea what that means. From a statistical viewpoint, it may mean nothing. But here they are in 1964, 7 years old, who Michael Apted pays a call on every seven years. It is a mystery, this business of life. I can't think of any under cinematic undertaking that allows us to realize that more deeply. Even Neil, I believe, has found the sort of happiness he is suited for.
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Small business owners in Burbank and Glendale want Sacramento to realize the ever-dwindling amount of film and television production in L.A. isn't just hurting the big studios.
Speaking at Assemblyman Mike Gatto's (D-Silver Lake) first Small Business Advisory Commission meeting at Woodbury University on Saturday, Mark Dornfeld, owner of Custom Film Effects in Burbank, said the situation was becoming untenable for the countless independent businesses in the industry as tax breaks and cash incentives draw production out of state.
"Film work has been leaving L.A. for a long time, but work used to come back for post-[production], but not any more," he said. "It's imperative for the overall L.A. economy to have this industry strong.
Joe Mealey, owner of Deck Hand Inc. a digital film equipment rental company in Glendale, said Los Angeles is still a premiere city for filming, and he'd like to see the state spread the word.
"There's 300 days a year you can shoot [in L.A.]," he said. "[We should be] promoting this as a place that's easier to shoot, and making it easier to shoot."
Gatto told the business owners that the primary purpose of the advisory commission meeting was to assist him in developing legislation based on the actual needs of constituents in time for introduction to the Assembly by the Feb. 22 deadline.
"Most bills these days are being conceived by and championed by special interests," he said.
The commission is comprised of eight small business owners in his district, which includes Burbank and Glendale as well as the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Atwater Village, North Hollywood and Silver Lake.
Also discussed was Proposition 65, which requires businesses that serve alcohol to display cautionary signage. A provision in the law allows the public to sue businesses for up to $2,500 for each day the signage isn't properly displayed.
Business owners complained that the law is easily abused by some people who file claims with the sole purpose of extracting settlements.
Gatto said that if the intent of the bill was to make sure customers saw the signs, the better option might be giving business owners a chance to fix their mistake. But because Prop. 65 was a voter initiative, he said it would be difficult to make changes from the capitol.
On a separate track, Gatto said he hopes to pursue initiative reform while also seeking a way to prevent unscrupulous profiteering.
Also attending the meeting were small business owners Robbyn Battles, of Battles Real Estate Co., Luis Lopez of Luis Lopez Automotive, Douglas Dickstein of Right At Home and Robin Goldsworthy of the Crescenta Valley Weekly.
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US federal government officials are confident they will meet a June 30 deadline to support IPv6 on their backbone networks, but they see challenges ahead in transitioning their production networks to this long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.
Challenges cited by federal IPv6 leaders include the lack of IPv6-enabled security devices and software applications available in the commercial marketplace as well as budgetary constraints and training hurdles.
IPv6 represents a major upgrade to the Internet. It replaces the current version of the Internet Protocol, known as IPv4, with a new and improved version that features vastly more IP addresses along with built-in security and network management enhancements. The Internet Engineering Task Force, the Internet's premier standards-setting body, created IPv6 in 1995.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a requirement in 2005 that all US federal agencies must be capable of passing IPv6 packets on their backbone networks by June 30, 2008.
Karen Evans, OMB administrator for E-Government and Information Technology, said in March that she expects agencies to meet the June 30 deadline. She wouldn't comment on penalties an agency would face if it missed the deadline.
Evans is encouraging federal agencies to continue working toward production-level IPv6 deployments despite the challenges they have expressed meeting the June deadline.
"We want agencies to take advantage of the business opportunities afforded to their missions with the implementation of IPv6,'' Evans said in a statement. "We feel it is important for agencies to modernize their network infrastructure to support emerging IPv6 applications and technologies and to minimize the risk associated with the products [that] are already IPv6 enabled.''
Pete Tseronis, co-chair of the Federal CIO Council's IPv6 Working Group, says OMB's June 30 IPv6 deadline is more of a recommendation than a mandate.
"We don't like the term mandate,'' Tseronis says. "It's what agencies should be doing as part of their tech refresh anyway. The federal government took an initiative by way of OMB to rally support for IPv6 and to get all the federal agencies engaged in the discussion about IPv6. June 30 is the first real milestone of what we hope will be a successful deployment of IPv6.''
Agencies are required to submit quarterly reports to OMB that include their IPv6 progress. "To date, there have been no agencies that appear to be saying: We will not be meeting the June deadline,'' Tseronis says.
Meeting the OMB requirements for IPv6 is a pass/fail process. Among the agencies that have already achieved compliance with OMB's IPv6 requirements are the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Education and the Social Security Administration, Tseronis says.
"I'm very optimistic'' that most federal agencies will meet OMB's IPv6 deadline, Tseronis says. "Are people going to do it at the 11th hour and stay up all night? Possibly.''
The US Department of Defense is working under a similar deadline to migrate to IPv6. The department issued a memorandum in 2003 outlining a five-year transition to IPv6. By September 2008, the department has vowed to have all of its core networks able to process IPv6 traffic.
The Defense Department first will transition its unclassified IP backbone network -- dubbed NIPRNET -- to IPv6, followed by its classified IP network, which is called SIPRNET.
"We will meet the OMB mandate,'' says Kris Strance, who leads IPv6 transition for the Defense Department and works in the Office of the Secretary of Defense CIO. "The OMB mandate only requires that you pass IPv6 packets across the network. It does not require the infrastructure, for example the DNS servers, the security devices and such, to be IPv6 capable.''
Strance says the Defense Department could have met the OMB mandate several years ago when it upgraded all of its routers to IPv6-capable devices.
"Frankly, the OMB's bar is much lower than we have been working toward in DOD,'' Strance says. "We are working toward a true IPv6 capability.''
Strance says NIPRNET will not be an operational IPv6-capable network by June 30, despite the agency having worked on IPv6 transition for five years. The big holdup is the lack of IPv6-capable security devices, including firewalls and intrusion-detection systems that meet the National Security Agency's requirements.
"We're going to see certain vendors come in this spring to test security devices. These are beta versions, so I suspect there will be some time before we have production of security devices that meet our requirements,'' Strance says.
Federal CIOs have been focused on getting their network infrastructures ready for IPv6. But one challenge for full-fledged IPv6 deployments is the lack of IPv6-enabled applications.
"The honest truth is that applications have not been our focus,'' Strance admits. "Our focus has been the networks. Without the networks, the applications don't have any transport. So that's next. We recognize right up front that the applications are where you achieve the advantages of IPv6. The core doesn't do anything for you, but the core has to come first.''
"Applications need to be developed . . . but you have to put the cart before the horse,'' Tseronis says, explaining why federal agencies have been focused on enabling core networks with IPv6. "Most agencies have the attitude -- right or wrong -- that when it comes to their networks, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. . . . The IPv6 applications that are going to wow you, first and foremost, require you to upgrade your infrastructure.''
Strance says the first IPv6-enabled application that the Defense Department will roll out is VoIP.
"We've been working with the vendors now for several years to get IPv6-capable VoIP products, and starting this January we began evaluating these products,'' Strance says, adding that the Defense Department will run an IPv6-enabled VoIP pilot on its voice network in 2009. "We have a fairly large amount of VoIP on SIPRNET. We started that as a pilot, and it's been very successful in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. . . . It's IPv4, but there's a potential there to move it to IPv6.''
Another hurdle to full-fledged IPv6 deployment is budget constraints. Agencies have paid for the upgrades required to meet the OMB IPv6 mandate through their tech-refresh budgets.
"IPv6 will be phased into the agencies' infrastructure and applications through their life-cycle management,'' Evans says. "Over the next few years, the majority of network operating systems, hardware and network-enabled software packages will include IPv6 capabilities. As many federal agencies continue to refresh their network architecture components, the new and improved hardware and software components are expected to support IPv6 capabilities.''
The Defense Department, which is furthest along in IPv6 deployment, says tech-refresh funding isn't enough to cover the upgrade.
"What we've learned is that there are additional resources that are required to do engineering, integration, testing and evaluation activities to prepare for IPv6, and frankly we hadn't planned for that initially,'' Strance says.
Some of that additional funding needs to go to training.
"Training is an important part of the integration process, and agencies should invest in recruiting and training their staff in how to architect, manage and secure IPv6 networks,'' Evans says.
Tseronis says federal agencies need to have the right technical people to manage IPv6 deployments.
"IPv6 is all about end-to-end security and not doing network address translation,'' Tseronis explains. "It's about having the right people, recruiting the right people and developing the skill sets you need.''
The Defense Department, however, says that the training component was less expensive than the integration and testing required for IPv6 deployment.
"Our experience with the Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN) is that training is not a huge issue,'' Strance says. DREN has been running IPv6 for three years.
Overall, Strance says the challenges agencies face in deploying IPv6 in production mode are numerous.
"Nothing has been easy about this,'' Strance says. "Maintaining interoperability is a significant challenge, and that's something we're very mindful of. Security has been the biggest challenge, I would say. Understanding the vulnerabilities that IPv6 brings when you implement it. . . . Lastly, we have to accommodate a huge legacy in DOD. Being able to do that isn't easy.''


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It was a Tuesday/Thursday ride indistinguishable from most, for the most part. Large group, with Kevin, Kevin, Keith, Zack, Karen, Jan, John, George, Todd, and even a guest appearance by Patrick, our Redwood City service manager, who joined us mid-way. Missing were Karl (is he playing Chess again?), Eric, and Marcus (presently riding in Ireland, according to his Strava reports).
We started out pretty easy on Kings but things got serious before the first hairpin (the one over the creek, about 5-6 minutes into the climb), and that was pretty much the last I saw of most everyone. I could have kept up longer were it not for my determination to ride the entire way up the climb remaining in the saddle, which has not been my "style" of climbing for quite some time. Very hard on the hamstrings, but figured that which doesn't kill me makes me stronger, plus if I can do more climbing in the saddle instead of standing up, I can get better ride videos (there's a lot of rocking from side to side when I stand).
Kevin (not the pilot) got to the top in the elite group of Zack, Keith & George, and had a new best time of 24:50. Me? Almost 4 minutes later. So much later that Keith came back down the hill looking for me. I remember, way way way back in the day, when it used to be me doing that, keeping track of everyone on the ride by frequently turning around and riding back down the hill a bit before heading back up.
Passing through Sky Londa we noticed road work on 84 east (the descent into Woodside), so we made the unusual decision to ride down the east side of Old LaHonda. Thankfully not a single car was heading up the road, just a pair of bikes, so it was almost but not quite fun heading down (not quite fun because you never knew what to expect around each corner; if you knew it was clear, you could really have some fun on that descent!). You can see what it's like below-
Rest assured no Strava KOMs were in jeopardy on the descent this morning!


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In-game entertainment: Nationals Presidents Race
During the the fourth inning of every Nats home game, five presidential mascots engage in a rough-and-tumble race around the warning track at Nationals Park. The competitors include the four presidents immortalized on Mount Rushmore -- George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Teddy Roosevelt -- and William Howard Taft. The promotion is so popular that the "racing presidents" have made several appearances at the White House.
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