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TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 9: Rebel Spies Managed To Steal Secret Plans…
I am writing this column a day earlier than I usually do in hopes that with more time it will be better written and better researched. Weird thing is I didn't do any more research and I am not sure why I would be a better writer at 3AM on a Saturday than I am at 3AM on a Sunday. Let's chalk this one up to pointless planning and once again celebrate procrastination.
The one exciting thing about this week's column is it's my 9th. My final single digits column. So sad. To celebrate I will be rewarding 9 lucky readers with a no expenses paid date with Forbidden Planet's resident Shipping Monster/Skinny Pants-Wearer, Ben. You thought I was going to offer up Tech Wizard/Baby Eagle, Tyler, didn't you? Here's the thing. Tyler reads this column. He has to. Hi Tyler. He would edit this part out before you all ever got close to hand feeding him the baby shrimp he eats for every meal. I am pretty sure Ben does not read this and I am very sure he can't stop it before it comes out, hence my contest offering him up as a prize. Good luck everyone. May the best 9 men or women win. Anyway, there are a lot of good books out this week and I ran out of jokes in mid January so let's get on with the show, shall we?
There are a few publishers in the world that have such an amazing vision, such a unique and well cultivated sensibility, that their brand can be trusted without question, their logo on a book jacket is basically a greenlight for smart readers. Vertigo has always been at the forefront of those publishers. Sandman, Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, Preacher, V For Vendetta, 100 Bullets, Transmetropolitan, Invisibles, Scalped, Y The Last Man, DMZ, Sweet Tooth, Fables, Unknown Soldier, and tons more. That list alone is sort of breathtaking. Unfortunately for everyone who likes good stuff, Vertigo has fallen on a bit of hard times. Long running books are being moved to DC, books that traditionally would be Vertigo titles are being lost to other publishers, and worst of all, books are being overlooked. NEW DEADWARDIANS is one of those titles. Smart, fun, social commentary on gender and class struggle as told through a society of zombies, vampires, and humans, trying to survive together in post-Victorian England, New Deadwardians is the kind of book that would have been a must have for savvy comic fans 10 years ago. I miss those days of great books getting attention.
RIYL: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the works of Jonathan Swift, the Buffy-verse.
It's always an exciting thing when you find an artist you can fall in love with and watch their work grow over time. Riley Rossmo is one of those artists for me. Falling stylistically between folks like Ashley Wood, Ben Templesmith, and Fiona Staples, Rossmo's work is both unique and somehow familiar. Having honed his craft on books like Cowboy Ninja Viking, Green Wake, Proof, and Bedlam, Rossmo has once again put together a new project that looks like it may be his best work yet. DIA DE LOS MUERTOS is a short anthology series with a great concept, 9 good writers contribute horror stories about the Mexican Day Of The Dead for Rossmo to illustrate. Greatness ensues. The 1st issue of this 3 issue series is out this week and well worth the attention of anyone looking for the next great comic artist.
RIYL: The old Vertigo Anthologies, Creepy or Eerie, artists putting on a workshop for you.
Andy Diggle has written a lot of comics. Jock has drawn a lot of comics. Together they made brilliant comics like Green Arrow: Year One and The Losers. This week they are finally brought together again for the first issue of their "wrong time, wrong place" crime thriller SNAPSHOT. It came out in Judge Dredd Megazine in the UK but British people don't always share their stuff with us well so Image is re-releasing it for us stateside. Man, I'm so happy we had that revolution. If you have never read any of their stuff get ready for fast paced, gritty, clever, and beautiful. If you have then I'm sure you're already buying this one.
RIYL: Criminal, Rear Window, Stray Bullets.
I guess the story that everybody talks about with ZED is that it was Michael Gagne's labor of love for 11 years. That is an awfully long time to work on a book. It would be heartbreaking if it was bad. Luckily for all of us ZED is pretty brilliant. This seemingly whimsical tale of an adorable alien turns very dark and brutal when the fate of his planet is thrust upon him. When I was young the stuff for kids that I actually cared about was upsetting, traumatic, and wonderful. Bambi, The Seventh Seal, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Pinocchio, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Beetlejuice, The Witches, Lord Of The Flies, and on and on forever. That is something kids and YA entertainment has lost these days, the idea that it's ok to be harrowing and terrifying. ZED has that perfect mix of innocence and brutality that makes it feel substantial enough for kids and adults to fall in love with. This is how classics are made.
RIYL: Bone, Wall-E, Lilo & Stitch.
I suppose a journalist should be impartial and have objectivity. I get that. Luckily, what I do is pretty far from journalism in most regards. Mostly I just tell you to buy stuff and you ignore me and buy Green Lantern. So with that first test failed I can move past and journalistic aspirations and put it out there that I have very little objectivity. There are comic creators who I like. I value their work and I pull for it to be successful. Luckily 99% of the time (maybe more like 87%) I am pulling for these creators because they are good and deserve to have readers. Joshua Dysart is one of those creators. I buy everything the guy writes. Remember a few weeks ago when I got real weird and preachy on how good Unknown Soldier is and how good his Harbinger vol. 1 is? Well now I am doing it again because I can. HARBINGER #0 is out this week. An origin story following the rise of the mysterious Toyo Harada, this issue is a great jumping on point for anyone who wants to read one of the best superhero books on shelves today. It's nice looking, smart, and it isn't something you have read 100 times before. Just do it.
RIYL: Morning Glories, Rising Stars, old X-Men books.
Well that concludes our 9th column together. Here's to the next 9, may they be as sweet as our tears and as bitter as our dreams. Now to pick the 9 winners of the 1st ever weekly "Take Ben To Eat And See Where It Goes" contest. If you see a big $$$ at the bottom of this page it means you are a winner! Drop by Forbidden Planet with donuts, lamb & rice (no salad), or Dos Toros to collect your prize.


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Josh Lederman / The Hill:
Romney, Santorum rip into one another at pivotal GOP debate — MESA, Ariz. — Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum ripped into one another at Wednesday night's GOP presidential debate in their last joint appearance before a chain of make-or-break contests. — Romney was helped out in his attacks …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Bloomberg, ABCNEWS, msnbc.com, Politico, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, CNN and The Huffington Post
Tony Campbell / The Moderate Voice: Ron Paul Is A Fake... because He is
Jayce Henderson / ABCNEWS: The Note's Must-Reads for Thursday, February 23, 2012
Dylan Byers / Politico: Republican candidates confront the press
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: Arizona Debate — Endgame analysis: No question Newt won …
Newt Gingrich / CNN: Romney, Santorum go after each other in debate
Roger Simon / Politico:
Will GOP perp walk lead to White House? — I am sick to death of the media's scare tactics. — Which is why I nearly jumped out of my skin when CNN's John King said during Wednesday night's Republican debate, "One of these men could be president 11 months from now." — It was enough to give one chills.
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots, The Other McCain and CNN
Robert Stein / Connecting.the.Dots: GOP Debate Dog That Didn't Bark
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: CNN ARIZONA DEBATE
Washington Examiner:
In Arizona, GOP debates end on low point — MESA, Ariz. — Rick Santorum suspects something is up between Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. Santorum had a tough night at the 20th, and likely last, Republican debate, held here at the Mesa Arts Center. He took a lot of attacks from Romney and a few from Paul …
Discussion: The Hill, Taegan Goddard's …, Hot Air and Campaign 2012
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Downer debate denouement winner: Newt
Michael Barone / Campaign 2012: The surprising CNN Arizona debate
New York Times:
Romney, Seeking Traction, Duels With Santorum — MESA, Ariz. — Mitt Romney challenged Rick Santorum's credentials as a fiscal conservative in a fiercely combative debate on Wednesday, trying to redefine Mr. Santorum as part of the problem in Washington and regain his footing in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination.
Discussion: The Other McCain, Poliglot, Politico, Washington Post, American Spectator, CNN, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, The Caucus, The Page, Newsy and Advocate
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: Have the Deciders Decided? Examining the Post-Debate Examinations
Chris Geidner / Poliglot: Romney's Veiled Reference to Gay Adoption Was GOP Debate's Only LGBT Mention
Alexander Burns / Politico: Republican debate: Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum get personal in Arizona
Jonathan Bernstein / Washington Post: Republican voters lose in Arizona GOP debate
Robert Stacy McCain / American Spectator: Arizona Anti-Climax — The debate was into the second hour …
Paul Steinhauser / CNN: Lots at stake in first GOP debate in nearly a month
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: Live Blogging of CNN's Republican Presidential Debate in Arizona (UPDATED)
DemFromCT / Daily Kos: Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: GOP loses debate
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus: Santorum Sees 'Evil Forces' Confronting America
Mark Halperin / The Page: Takes from the Mesa Debate
Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
Santorum stumbles in Arizona debate
Santorum stumbles in Arizona debate
Discussion: Townhall.com, National Review, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Pundit & Pundette and Betsy's Page
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: The sweater vest is dry clean only, last night it was put in the wash
Betsy Newmark / Betsy's Page: Thoughts on the Arizona debate
CBS News:
Santorum "homophobic," former senator says
Santorum "homophobic," former senator says
Discussion: Firedoglake, On Top Magazine Headlines, The Page and The Huffington Post
Mark Halperin / The Page: Simpson: Santo "Rigid and Homophobic"
Sara Murray / Washington Wire:
Recap: The CNN Republican Presidential Debate in Arizona
Recap: The CNN Republican Presidential Debate in Arizona
Discussion: 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com, Reuters, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Beast and NPR
Eyder Peralta / NPR: Santorum Spends Debate Fighting Off Attacks From Romney, Paul
Chuck Stokes / WXYZ-TV:
EXCLUSIVE POLL: Santorum leads Romney in close Michigan Republican Presidential Primary race
EXCLUSIVE POLL: Santorum leads Romney in close Michigan Republican Presidential Primary race
Discussion: Washington Post
Aaron Blake / Washington Post: Arizona Republican debate: Winners and losers
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Live-Blogging The Mesa Debate
Live-Blogging The Mesa Debate
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Taegan Goddard's …, Political Mojo and Balloon Juice
Paul Begala / The Daily Beast: Paul Begala on Romney's Desperate Dive to the Right in the Arizona Debate
DougJarvus Green-Ellis / Balloon Juice: There's got to be a morning after
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama ties Romney with Arizona
Obama ties Romney with Arizona
Discussion: Mail Online, Balloon Juice, CNN, Guardian, HotAirPundit, Taegan Goddard's …, Washington Wire, Ballot Box and detroitnews.com
Toby Harnden / Mail Online: Mudfight in Mesa: 10 things to watch for in Arizona's Republican debate Number 20
Richard Adams / Guardian: CNN Arizona Republican debate - as it happened
Peter Nicholas / Washington Wire: Poll: Is Romney's Electability Argument Fading?
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box: Poll: Obama catches GOP field in Arizona
T.W. Farnam / Washington Post:
The Influence Industry: Romney's record with small donors shows enthusiasm gap
The Influence Industry: Romney's record with small donors shows enthusiasm gap
Discussion: Age of Engagement and The Atlantic Wire
Matthew C. Nisbet / Age of Engagement: Environmental Defense Fund Mega-Donor Is Biggest Individual Contributor to Romney Super PAC
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Romney and Paul successfully call Santorum's conservatism into question
Romney and Paul successfully call Santorum's conservatism into question
Discussion: Mail Online, Campaign Stops, Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav
Toby Harnden / Mail Online: Tough at the top: Santorum struggles to defend Washington record as he becomes main target in Arizona debate
Charles M. Blow / Campaign Stops: 'Politics is a Team Sport'
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Team Santorum: U.S. is with Rick on devil belief
Team Santorum: U.S. is with Rick on devil belief
Maggie Haberman / Politico: Santorum steps into new debate role
Dan McLaughlin / RedState: David Waldman of Daily Kos: Know-Nothing Bigot
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: Santorum Aide To Reporters: 'Why Is Mormonism Off Limits?'
Katrina Trinko / National Review: Santorum Adviser: 'Why is Mormonism Off Limits?'
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller: Santorum aide: 'Why is Mormonism off limits?'
Ross Douthat / Campaign Stops: Can Santorum Win in November?
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online: Does Santorum Really Want to Make a Stand on Mormonism?
Polls indicate Romney on the rise in Arizona
Polls indicate Romney on the rise in Arizona
Discussion: Politico, ABCNEWS, Campaign 2012, The Hill, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
Maggie Haberman / Politico: Republican debate in Arizona: 6 takeaways
Matthew Negrin / ABCNEWS: Frontrunner Envy? Mitt Romney Claws at Rick Santorum in Debate
David Freddoso / Campaign 2012: A debate full of lowlights
Tina Korbe / Hot Air: Poll: Romney on the rise in Arizona?
Haley Barbour Tells ABC News, 'Somebody Else Might Get In" — Could the battle for the Republican nomination go all the way to the Republican convention in August? Could we see an entirely new candidate getting into the race? — One long-time Republican leader tells ABC News the answer to both questions is yes.
Discussion: Campaign 2012, Hot Air, Weekly Standard and HotAirPundit
Conn Carroll / Campaign 2012: Morning Examiner: Santorum takes one for the team
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Open thread: The last debate
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Optimism on the economy doesn't lift views of politics
Poll: Optimism on the economy doesn't lift views of politics
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Weasel Zippers
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Newt: Media never asked Obama about 'infanticide' - except it did (UPDATE: Or did it?) — Surprise! Newt Gingrich is attacking the press. — Coming out of the debate's first break, CNN moderator John King read off a question: What are the candidates' views on contraception?
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Los Angeles Times:
'Super PAC' leaders profit from lack of oversight — Leaders of some of the new groups are taking advantage of the mammoth donations and the lack of oversight to write themselves big paychecks or hire their own companies. — Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his family have given millions …
Discussion: Politico and ThinkProgress
Mj Lee / Politico: Colbert, Pelosi cut super PAC 'deal'
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
President Obama as an alien — They say that President Obama is a Muslim, but if he isn't, he's a secularist who is waging war on religion. On some days he's a Nazi, but on most others he's merely a socialist. His especially creative opponents see him as having a "Kenyan anti-colonial worldview …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Bush Appointee Finds DOMA Unconstitutional — Moments ago, Judge Jeffery White of the District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates the Constitution's equal protection clause in a case brought by Karen Golinski.
Discussion: Advocate, San Diego Gay and Lesbian and Human Rights Campaign
Diane Anderson-Minshall / Advocate: Judge Finds DOMA Unconstitutional
Ken Williams / San Diego Gay and Lesbian: BREAKING NEWS: DOMA ruled unconstitutional in California case
Brian Moulton / Human Rights Campaign: Another Federal Court Finds DOMA Unconstitutional
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
BREAKING: DOMA's Federal Definition of Marriage Unconstitutional, Judge Rules in Golinski Case
BREAKING: DOMA's Federal Definition of Marriage Unconstitutional, Judge Rules in Golinski Case
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story: Judge rules Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional
Carlos Santoscoy / On Top Magazine Headlines: Court Declares Gay Marriage Ban DOMA Unconstitutional In Karen Golinski Case
David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement: Federal Court Finds DOMA Unconstitutional Again, Boehner Spent Your Tax Dollars To Defend It
Suzan / Women Born Transsexual: DOMA's Federal Definition of Marriage Unconstitutional, Judge Rules in Golinski Case
Ari Ezra Waldman / Towleroad News #gay: Federal Court Says DOMA Unconstitutional: Analysis of the Ruling
Ted Johnson / Wilshire & Washington: Another Front in the Battle Over Same Sex Marriage: Court Strikes Down Part of DOMA
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Another court finds Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional
Another court finds Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional
Discussion: americanthinker.com and Towleroad News #gay
Rick Moran / americanthinker.com: Court finds DOMA unconstitutional
Andy Towle / Towleroad News #gay: Federal Court Rules DOMA Unconstitutional
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Chris Christie: Obama Is Showing 'Cowardice' For Trying To Have It 'Both Ways' On Marriage Equality — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) accused President Obama of "cowardice" and trying to have it "both ways" on marriage equality during a contentious appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Thursday.
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay and Joe. My. God.
Donovan Slack / Politico:
No shovel for Obama — It was a rather odd sight: as an array of museum officials, including former first lady Laura Bush, took up shovels at the groundbreaking for the first national museum dedicated exclusively to African-American history and culture, the nation's first black president sat watching, no shovel in hand.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers, The Huffington Post and The Hill
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Obama Attends Groundbreaking For Smithsonian African American Museum . . . Only One Not Given A Shovel...
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com/hollywood:
SACHA BARON COHEN BANNED FROM OSCARS: EXCLUSIVE — BREAKING... EXCLUSIVE: The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has pulled actor Sacha Baron Cohen's tickets from the 84th Academy Awards. This means he is banned from attending the Oscars even though he is an Academy member …
Discussion: Sky Dancing, Mediaite, ThinkProgress and Atlas Shrugs
Minkoff Minx / Sky Dancing: Late night news reads: Open thread...
Frances Martel / Mediaite: Oscar Organizers Deny They Banned Sacha Baron Cohen From Doing Anything 'Entertaining'
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress: Sacha Baron Cohen Has Been Banned from the Oscars
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs: It's Oscar Time in Naziwood
James Barron / New York Times:
Recalling Her Determined Daughter, a Journalist Killed in Syria — Marie Colvin got into Yale University the way she would later get into foreign countries, with grit and determination. — After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program, from January of her junior year …
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM, Sky Dancing, Politico and News Desk, more at Mediagazer »
Allison Silver / Politico: Marie Colvin — the natural
David Remnick / News Desk: Postscript: Marie Colvin, 1956-2012
Martin Chulov / Guardian:
Journalist Marie Colvin killed in Syria
Journalist Marie Colvin killed in Syria
Discussion: TechCrunch, The Atlantic Wire, CNN, The Awl and ThinkProgress
Alexander Abad-Santos / The Atlantic Wire: Remi Ochlik: 'We Had Come to Work, So I Kept on Working'
Frida Ghitis / CNN: What the world owes the slain journalists
Choire Sicha / The Awl: The Only British Newspaper Reporter in Syria Killed
Irin Carmon / Salon:
A pro-choice win in Virginia, assisted by "Saturday Night Live" — The Virginia governor backs off a forced-ultrasound bill in the face of pro-choice — and pop culture — outrage — Something incredible just happened. Faced with a growing national outcry against a bill forcing an ultrasound …
Discussion: Truthdig
Anita Kumar / Washington Post:
Virginia House amends abortion bill to say no woman will have to undergo involuntary internal ultrasound
Virginia House amends abortion bill to say no woman will have to undergo involuntary internal ultrasound
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, The New Civil Rights Movement, Guardian, The New Republic, The Maddow Blog, Law Blog and Gawker
KenInNy / DownWithTyranny!: Being a rising right-wing pol means finding that line between the merely preposterous and the too-preposterous
David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement: Abortion: Virginia Governor Backpedals On Transvaginal Ultrasound Bill
Karen McVeigh / Guardian: Virginia governor Bob McDonnell in U-turn over controversial abortion bill
Alec MacGillis / The New Republic: Bob McDonnell Probes Veep Prospects For A Heartbeat
Laura Conaway / The Maddow Blog: Virginia Governor McDonnell backs away from transvaginal ultrasound bill
Emma Carmichael / Gawker: VA Governor Opposes Bill Requiring Dildonic Ultrasounds Before Abortions
NOH8 Campaign:
CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT: #NOH8OnTheHill — Last week, we announced NOH8 Co-Founders Adam Bouska and Jeff Parshley would be hosting a special photo shoot in Washington, D.C. for any and all Members of Congress in the US Senate and House of Representatives who were willing to show their support …
Discussion: On Top Magazine Headlines, ABCNEWS and Advocate
Evaluation shows "Faked" Heartland Climate Strategy Memo is Authentic — A line-by-line evaluation of the Climate Strategy memo, which the Heartland Institute has repeatedly denounced as a "fake" shows no "obvious and gross misstatements of fact," as Heartland has alleged.
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?: An online and open excercise in stylometry/textometry: Crowdsourcing the Gleick "Climate Strategy Memo" authorship
William Teach / Right Wing News: Warmist DeSmog Blog Deems Heartland Doc "Authentic", Fail To Consult Dan Rather
Joe Romm / ThinkProgress: Washington Post Embraces False Balance in Flawed Piece on Heartland Affair
Andrew C. Revkin / Dot Earth: More on Peter Gleick and the Heartland Files
Brian Angliss / Scholars and Rogues: A Heartland Institute statement raises questions about "climate strategy" memo's origin
The New Republic:
A Time to Act — The United States needs to help the Syrian people. — Thousands of people have already died in Syria, and it appears likely that thousands more will die in the weeks and months to come. Bashar Al Assad's forces show no sign of relenting, and the international community shows …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Matt Bai / New York Times:
Scott Ritter's Other War — On a February afternoon in 2009, Ryan Venneman, one of only five full-time police officers in tiny Barrett Township, Pa., decided to spend some time hunting for sexual predators online. Venneman entered a Yahoo chat room, where the minimum legal age is supposed be 18 …
Discussion: Daniel W. Drezner and Hullabaloo

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Mick Brown
Ted Nugent
"Wild" Mick is a thirty-year, co-founding member of Dokken, a band whose legend loomed large in the decadent decade simply known as"The Eighties". Mick has been keeping the beat for the Motor City Madman since the summer of 2005 during the Unleash the Beast tour.
Recently the wildman picked up the drumming duties for '70s era supergroup, Montrose. So musically speaking, Mick's plate is full and he couldn't be in any better company.
If you've seen "Wild" Mick live or listened to his music, you'll be quick to notice that not only is he a gifted, rockin' drummer, he also really enjoys what he does. Mick will continue to tour and rock out with Ted on his tour, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead.


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Home buyers often focus on obtaining the lowest possible rate on a 30-year loan, but most mortgage loans are used for only three. Cash out transactions for improvements, additions, repairs, weddings, tuition and major purchases occur with great frequency. If you think you might refinance for any reason anytime in the next seven years, read on.
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Weight Class: 85kg
Height: 5'7"
USA Weightlifting Club: Louisiana State University Shreveport
Coach: Kyle Pierce
Education: Attending Louisiana State University Shreveport
Most people don't know that... I've done stand-up comedy... I'm a father... I am a Miami Dolphins fan... I have 23 tattoos... I have an iPhone... I love Vitamin Water... I cut my own yard... and I'm a down to earth guy
Most Influential person(s) in your sporting career: My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Monica Lockett (mother), Kyle Pierce (coach/pops), my family and friends
Hobbies/Interests outside of weightlifting: I enjoying doing comedy, editing/producing videos, playing video games (xbox 360) , and taking showers (this is my favorite thing to do because I am away from everything and it just gives me time to really think & reflect)
Favorite Books: To Kill a Mockingbird, Uncommon, and Dreams From My Father
Favorite TV Show: Seinfeld
Favorite Music Genre: Good music...doesn't matter as long as it is creative and has meaning
Favorite Food: Chef salad or Jumbo...pretty much anything my wife cooks
Favorite Competition Lift: Clean & Jerk
Favorite Training Lift: Clean grip dead lift
Olympic Teams: 2008
Personal: Farris began lifting when he was 12-years-old after his uncle, Kevin Burns, read an article in the newspaper about a weightlifting development center for young athletes. Less than 10 years after his introduction to the sport, Farris won back-to-back National titles in 2006 and 2007 en route to qualifying for his first Olympic Team. Farris set two American Records at the Olympic Games in Beijing where he placed eighth. He attributes faith in God and hard work to his success and has his sights set on climbing onto the World and Olympic podiums. The 24-year-old juggles being a father to his four-year-old son Khalil with his quest for a clean and jerk World Record – a feat that he has come even closer to with practice lifts that are within eight kilograms of the World Record.


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Hi Hungry Girl, I was wondering if you have a recipe for a wonderfully decadent, yet non-calorific cold hot chocolate, especially since we're heading into summer. I'm thoroughly looking forward to any ideas. Thanks! Choco-Crazy
Hi Choco-Crazy,
I'm totally on the same page as you, which is why I came up with a freezy hot chocolate recipe long ago. It was inspired by the world-famous and insanely delicious Frrrozen Hot Chocolate served at NYC's Serendipity 3. SO GOOD! The recipe can be found in the very first HG cookbook, Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World. But (of course!) I'm sharing it with you right here and now. Check it out...
Freakishly Good Frozen Hot Chocolate
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 58 calories, 0.5g fat, 184mg sodium, 10g carbs, 1g fiber, 5g sugars, 3g protein -- PointsPlus® value 1*
One 25-calorie packet diet hot cocoa mix (like Swiss Miss Diet or Nestlé Fat Free)
2 no-calorie sweetener packets (like Splenda or Truvia)
1/4 cup light vanilla soymilk
1 tbsp. sugar-free calorie-free vanilla-flavored syrup (like the kind by Torani)
1 tsp. sugar-free chocolate syrup (like the kind by Hershey's)
1 cup crushed ice or 5 to 8 ice cubes
2 tbsp. Fat Free Reddi-wip
Place hot cocoa mix and sweetener in a tall mug or glass. Add 1/4 cup hot water and stir to dissolve.
Add soymilk, vanilla-flavored syrup, and chocolate syrup. Mix well. Place in the fridge or freezer for several minutes, until completely chilled. Pour mixture into a blender and add ice. Blend at high speed until uniform. Pour into the tall mug or glass. Finish off with whipped topping. Drink up!
BTW, you can find that sugar-free calorie-free vanilla-flavored syrup in the coffee aisle of select markets. (Click here for more where-to-find info on the kind by Torani.) Happy guilt-free sipping!
Dear Hungry Girl, I am going to Maui for ten days and am beyond excited, but I'm simultaneously scared to death that I will blow my diet. What can I eat there to avoid packing on the pounds? Feel free to go there to do some research. Thanks! Maui Munchies
Dear Maui Munchies,
People tend to approach vacations in one of three different ways when it comes to eating. There's the "I'll eat everything that isn't nailed down because I'm on vacation" vacationer; there's the "I might bend the rules a little bit, but I'll still try to eat the right things" vacationer; and there's the super-rigid "I'm sticking to my strict diet and won't stray AT ALL" vacationer. To me, the first and third approaches are too extreme. Don't use the vacation as an excuse to shovel everything in your face -- unless you're totally prepared to deal with the inevitable post-trip weight gain. And don't be so restrictive that you can't enjoy your trip either. I say, aim for a nice balance. As for Maui and island vacations in general, I find those are the EASIEST as far as guilt-free eating is concerned. There's always fresh food around -- fruit (the pineapple in Hawaii is so good!), TONS of fish, salads, veggies, etc. The key here is to stick with those light-but-satisfying foods, and try not to go TOO crazy with piña coladas, coconut cream pie, and super-heavy dishes. Remember, it's about balance. If you make good choices at breakfast and lunch, treat yourself to a fancy frozen cocktail or a little dessert at dinner. Another reason island-y vacations are great in terms of eating? Spending a lot of time in a bathing suit or warm-weather clothes can inspire you to eat lighter -- I know when I have to wear less, I stay away from heavy foods so I'll feel comfortable in my clothing. For TONS more tips & tricks for your vacation, check out the Travel section of the Hungry Girl audio book. (Maybe listen to it on the plane!) Oh, one other thing: The more active you are, the more wiggle room you have with your diet. Dancing at a luau and walking on the beach totally count as exercise! Have a FANTASTIC trip. Wish I were going with you! (Any Hawaiian HG fans out there? Should I add HI to the next book tour?)
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For the past several years I have stayed home on New Year's Eve. There are many reasons why I don't "ring in the New Year" outside of my apartment. It's too cold, I don't want to curl my hair, I hate sloppy drunk people, just to name a few.
You might think I'm crazy, but there are several auspicious acts I perform to invite Lady Luck into my world and ward off evil in the New Year. Here are some New Year's superstitions:
1. Stock up: The New Year must not be seen in with bare cupboards, lest that be the way of things for the year. (Hy-Vee, here I come!)
2. Paying off bills: The New Year should not be begun with the household in debt, so checks should be written and mailed off prior to January 1st. Likewise, personal debts should be settled before the New Year arrives.
3. First footing: The first person to enter your home after the stroke of midnight will influence the year you're about to have. Ideally, he should be dark-haired, tall and good-looking. It would be better if he came bearing gifts such as a lump of coal, a silver coin, a bit of bread and some salt. Blonde and redhead first footers bring bad luck and female first footers should be shooed away before they bring disaster down on the household. (If I'm going to have a dark-haired, good-looking man enter my home, maybe I should go out on New Year's Eve ~ wink wink)
4. Nothing goes out: Nothing, absolutely nothing, not even garbage is to leave the house on the first day of the year. Don't so much as shake out a rug. One who lives alone might place a lucky item or two in a basket that has a string tied to it, then set the basket just outside the front door before midnight. After midnight, haul in the basket by the string. Don't reach your hand out the door. (I've avoided this step the last 3 years by not even leaving the house on New Year's Day. Why bother with all that.)
5. Lucky foods: Eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day will attract both general good luck and financial good fortune. (I tried black-eyed peas one year and almost tossed by cookies. Yuck!) Other lucky foods are lentil soup (yuck), and pork. Don't eat poultry because poultry scratches backwards, a cow stands still, but a pig roots forward. Therefore people who eat pork on New Year's Day will move forward in the New Year. My mom is German and has made pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day for as long as I can remember.
6. Work: Make sure to do, and be successful at, something related to work on the first day of the year, even if you don't go near your place of employment that day. Don't engage in a serious work project because that would be unlucky. Don't do laundry on New Year's Day, lest a member of the family be 'washed away' (die) in the upcoming months. Some people even refrain from doing dishes.
7. New clothes: Wear something new on January 1 to increase the likelihood of your receiving more new garments during the year to follow. (I'll buy new pajamas, because I don't plan on getting out of them on New Year's Day.)
8. Money: Do not pay back loans or lend money or other precious items on New Year's Day. To do so is to guarantee you'll be paying out all year. Place plenty of money in every wallet in the home to guarantee prosperity. (I've put money in my wallet the last few years and I've had money in my savings account at the end of each year.)
9. Letting the old year out: At midnight, all the doors of a house must be opened to let the old year escape.
10: Loud noise: Make as much noise as possible at midnight. You're scaring away evil spirits.
11. Find future groom: On New Year's Day, if, on rising, a girl should look out of her bedroom window and see a man passing by, she may reckon to be married before the year is finished. (With my luck, the first guy I see would be the dumpster diver who searches for aluminum cans.)
I don't really consider myself to be a superstitious person, but for someone like me, if it weren't for bad luck, I would have no lucky at all, I'm willing to try anything.
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One of my long term projects is to explore the purpose of a research library. In library school I wrote, and recently revised for publication, an essay where I speculated about the end of the library, arguing that librarians should examine potential changes in libraries from a teleological perspective, that is, determine what to do now based on the end, or telos, toward which the library is heading. We'll know what we need to do when we know what end we aim at.
Sometimes I think the discussion on the end of the library is pointless, though, because of the conceptual incommensurabilities involved. I'm not sure there can ever be any consensus on what a particular kind of library or even a specific library should be. We have conceptual incommensurability when those involved in the discussion cannot even agree on the terms of the debate. The result is that libraries move forward by responding to crises, adapting to change through ad hoc solutions that rarely serve a coherent purpose.
I just read a post by Brian Matthews about gaming in academic libraries that reminded me of one incommensurability in some discussions of service in libraries. Brian writes about a librarian who wants to purchase gaming consoles for the library, but concludes that gaming may ultimately be at odds with the purpose of academic libraries. Dorms and frat houses provide places to game, but "a stronger position for the academic library is to aspire to offer the premiere productivity and study space on campus. We should provide something that isn't offered elsewhere and that fills a stated need."
This seems to me like a more appropriate purpose for the academic library as place, and as a concept the purpose should also be to preserve the historical and scholarly record and make it accessible. I know there's an effort to push video-gaming in public libraries, and a good argument out there for purchasing gaming machines and games to preserve them for future historical research. I don't have an opinion about public library video-gaming, but I could support purchasing gaming consoles and games for preservation purposes, though I wonder if a museum rather than an library would be the appropriate place to preserve this part of popular culture.
I speak of a conceptual incommensurability because it may be difficult for two sides in a debate like this to agree on anything. I can't understand why anyone would want to make an academic library a location for non-academic play, especially when there are so many other places on most campuses to play. Academic libraries don't always have to be serious places, but they should be scholarly. Public libraries have some incentive to act as community centers, and that makes sense for their mission.
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Could you sell every possession you own?
Sydney artist and aid worker, Aaron Moore, is about to start the auction of his life. On Tuesday evening, the 34-year-old plans to sell everything he owns and give all the proceeds to the non-for-profit organisation for which he works, Global Concern.
Whether or not people will want his undies (clean, he assures me), is questionable, but other items, including a near-new motorbike, his surfboard, laptop and iPhone, are sure to generate interest. His artwork is up for a silent auction and he is even auctioning off his room for the duration of the show. There won't be a bed (that, of course, is going too) but, the lucky recipient will have to share with his flatmates, "two good-looking fellas, which might be a selling point" and they will have "direct water views."
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This inequality made him question himself and his obligation to the wider community. "Basically, the exhibition ... is challenging some of the responsibility we have to the poor."
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"It's something I'm trying to explore personally," Moore says. There are some items he will find painful to part with, such as the watch his grandfather gave his father as a university graduation present. Aaron's father then passed it down the line to him, when he was a child. "But, to who do I owe greater responsibility?" he asks. "My father or to the poor people whose lives could be saved?"
Giving up your worldly goods is not a new concept. In 2001, London installation artist, Michael Landy, famously shred and ground all 7,006 of his belongings as a protest against consumerism.
And, for centuries, ascetics from various religions have renounced their material possessions to pursue their spiritual goals. But, Moore insists he is just an ordinary bloke.
"I struggle with this," he says. "The last few days have been much harder than I thought they would be... I'm in no way a saint or a monk. I've tried to get out of putting some things up [for auction]. Dumb things - like a coin collection my father gave me as a young boy.
"I add to it... I've been to about 40 countries and collect coins as my momento of each place." He'd decided to keep the whole collection at his dad's house and say it wasn't his - before the guilt set in. So the coins, the watch (which his father intends to buy back), the undies and the artworks - along with everything else he owns - will go on sale.
He insists he's no martyr and that his material-free status will not last for long. "My pay will come into my account the following week and ... I'll start again," he says. In the meantime, he hopes to raise enough money to save a few drowning children. "To me, it's important not just to talk the talk, but to walk the walk."
One Thing You Lack launches tonight at 5pm, Kudos Gallery in Paddington. The auction will run until Sunday.
Sarah Berry is a lifestyle and health writer at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.


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If you're posting comments here, assume that anyone in the conversation has seen the movie - if you haven't seen the movie, I would recommend you don't read the comments here until you have. :)
So... the Last Exorcism ending that most everyone who reviews the movie is talking about - how DOES it end?
As mentioned in my review, what the filmmakers attempted to do was to NOT give the audience a definitive answer throughout the movie to the question of whether Nell was actually possessed or going through some severe psychological trauma. That "not knowing" kept the movie interesting - and watching the pseudo-exorcist preacher (named Cotton) start out thinking this was just a case of a mental problem but start to doubt himself as the film went on takes the audience along the same thought process.
At one point during the film we learn that Nell's father had a falling out with the local town pastor, and that's why he stopped taking his family to church (he's also home schooling 15 year old Nell and her teenage brother). Cotton talks to the preacher, who says that it got pretty ugly between him and Nell's father and that while he knows an excellent pyschologist, he doesn't believe the father will listen to him.
Cotton talks them both into speaking with each other, and goes back to the house in the woods to perform (supposedly for real this team) another exorcism with the local preacher and his secretary present. Cotton leaves, thinking everything is finally settled, but it's at this point he and the camera crew discover the boy they thought impregnated Nell is gay.
So at this point, within the last 10 minutes of the film, we're fairly convinced that her problem stems from a combination of her mother's recent death and the fact that she was recently raped but has suppressed any memory of it. At first Cotton believes Nell's father raped her, and then the suspicion falls on the young man in town, but he's not the guy. Cotton and crew turn around and head back to the house.
When they arrive they find satanic symbols painted all over the walls of the house and no one home - they head out in the dark towards a distant light and they can hear screaming in the distance. When they get there, they come upon what looks like a satanic ritual with a ton of people from town, Nell on her back apparently giving birth to a creature that is not altogether human (she didn't look the least bit pregnant). It's revealed that the leader of this occult group and the man who impregnated Nell is, you guessed it, the local town pastor.
The newborn creature is thrown screaming into the fire, which blazes into a huge fireball when this happens - Cotton, seeing all this, seems to try with all his might to regain his faith in God, raises a cross and heads towards the melee. The cameraman and the woman doing the interviewing for the documentary run off terrified into the woods - she is struck down and presumably killed and the cameraman keeps running. Eventually he is cut off by Nell's brother who decapitates the cameraman, the camera falls to the ground, and the screen goes black.


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Happy Google I/O Day! In just a few short hours, Google's going to lay out the state of the Android union-and we'll be covering it live, right here. We'll definitely be seeing Android Jelly Bean, and almost certainly an Asus-built Nexus Tablet, but who knows what else Larry and Sergei have in store?
The keynote starts at 12:30 EST, so read up on our predictions here, then join along with the liveblog fun starting at 12 EST/9 PST. [Google I/O Liveblog]


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SummerFest "Musical Crossroads" concert showcases three world premieres
La Jolla Music Society SummerFest 2013
When: Next performance at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 17
Where: MCASD Sherwood Auditorium, 700 Prospect St, La Jolla
Admission: $45-$65
Phone: (858) 459-3728
What if the future has already passed us by and we're living in the past?
That thought was nearly inescapable in Friday's "Musical Crossroads" SummerFest concert at Sherwood Auditorium.
The program offered three world premieres: Steven Stucky's Sonata for Violin and Piano, David Del Tredici's "Bullycide" and John Harbison's "Crossroads," a setting of poems from "A Village Life" by Louise Gluck.
For good measure, the concert also included Bartok's 1937 Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.
Which piece sounded the most contemporary, the most inventive, the most forward looking? Bartok's too rarely performed sonata, which was given a scintillating performance by pianists Joyce Yang and Joseph Kalichstein and percussionists Markus Rhoten and Steven Schick.
You might argue, this is Bartok, one of the great masters of the 20th century. What do you expect?
But Stucky, Del Tredici and Harbison are our generation's great masters (Stucky is 64; Harbison, 75; Del Tredici, 76). Each has won a Pulitzer Prize, earned countless accolades and written pieces for America's most prestigious musical institutions.
Stucky's Sonata for Violin and Piano, given a committed, communicative performance by violinist Cho-Liang Lin and pianist Jon Kimura Parker, has considerable melodic appeal. Lin brought energy and warmth of tone to Stucky's long, extended lines.
But its mildly dissonant harmonic vocabulary, which at times summoned echoes of Hindemith, seemed almost nostalgic.
Del Tredici's new work, written in memory of five gay teens who committed suicide, is more tonal than most film scores, and at times it sounded like the soundtrack to some unseen narrative. While portions of it were undeniably moving, it seemed unnecessarily repetitive, despite an impassioned performance by the Shanghai Quartet, double bassist DaXun Zhang and pianist Orion Weiss.
Harbison's "Crossroads" was a sensitive and evocative setting of Gluck's text and was given a strong reading by mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, oboist Peggy Pearson, double bassist Nico Abondolo and the Linden String Quartet.
Nobody could doubt Harbison's professionalism as a composer. But no matter how skillful these composers, you could take them or leave them. It would be intriguing to hear another performance of Stucky's Sonata for Violin and Piano, but it doesn't seem essential.
But the Bartok left you thinking: I need to hear this piece again. While it sounds like the future, our great composers are sounding like the past.
Somebody needs to get connected with the present.


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Do you know the Bible story of Daniel? The young man and his friends who were taken by king Nebuchadnezzar to serve him. The king demanded them to be raised in Babylonian ways and to eat their finest cuts of meat and wine. But Daniel refused to defile himself because the Babylonians dedicated their foods to idols prior to consuming and he and… Continue reading


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Hello Readers, Just a quick note to let you know that the document from this blog post has just been updated. It now includes updates related to the latest changes and enhancements in Update Rollups (UR) 3, 5 and 6 for Windows Azure Pack. There are also a few additional FAQ entries in the second… Read more
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Built-in GPS. Water resistance to 50 meters.1 A new lightning-fast dual-core processor. And a display that's two times brighter than before. Full of features that help you stay active, motivated, and connected, Apple Watch Series 2 is designed for all the ways you move. Apple Watch Series 2 with built-in GPS lets you leave your iPhone at home when you go for a run or ride — and still measure your workout accurately. You can also do swim workouts in open water, track laps at the pool, or splash with your kids. And with the brightest display Apple has ever made, you'll see your metrics clearly, no matter how much the sun glares.
Go. Even without your iPhone. With built-in GPS, Apple Watch Series 2 can record precise distance, speed, and pace while you're walking, running, or cycling outdoors. It picks up a signal right away, so you don't have to wait to get moving. And when you're done, you can check your iPhone to see a map of your route and where you ran your fastest.
Keep an eye on your target. A custom sensor continuously measures your heart rate while you use the Workout app. See it together with all your other important metrics — and even highlight it so you can check it at a glance.
Splash. Surf. Swim. Apple Watch Series 2 is rated water resistant 50 meters,1 so you can leave it on when you're in the pool or ocean. Since a speaker can't be sealed because it needs air to produce sound, we reinvented ours — it lets water in, then uses sound vibrations to force it back out.
Sweat the details. Choose from 12 indoor and outdoor workouts — including swimming, biking, running, and elliptical — then set your goals and get moving. However you work out, Apple Watch Series 2 accurately measures your movement. Select up to five metrics to view at once, automatically pause a run, and even mark segments.
Get credit for every workout. Like all your daily activities, your workouts count toward closing your Stand, Move, and Exercise rings. View a history of your rings on your iPhone to see your performance over time, and be inspired to pursue new goals. ---- Apple Watch Series 2 tracks all the ways you move throughout the day. So whether you're walking between meetings, doing cartwheels with your kids, or hitting the gym, it all adds up. ----- Get a gentle tap when a message or call comes in. Access and launch your favorite apps in an instant. Reply to messages with your voice. With Apple Watch Series 2, you can get important information and do things quickly and conveniently right from your wrist — so you never have to put your day on pause.
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I've written a new article about how to query multiple databases using db-mode. It demonstrates quickly selecting between multiple databases using ido and you may be surprised to learn that it using a mechanism very similar to my directory aliases. This is a follow-up to my page on emacs db mode.
Why Should You Be Interested?
If you need to work with multiple databases and you like using emacs then the page is especially for you. Go take a look! It also has a good example of using the emacs mode line, in this case to display which database you are currently connected to. And finally it is another example of using ido which if you haven't tried yet, you really should.
About The Code
The code is designed to work with my own db-mode as that is what I use but it could be easily adapted for use with sql-mode using the enter-db function from one of my earlier posts.
The preamble would be something like this:
;; ... (let ((sql-sybase-program "/usr/bin/isql") (sql-server db-server) (sql-database db-database) (sql-user db-user) (sql-password db-password)) ;; ...
Ian Eure also has a post on working with multiple databases here. It uses a new buffer for each database which is probably preferable to killing the connection.


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We received an email this afternoon inviting all BBM Music beta testers to start sharing and inviting all their friends to use the BBM Music app. As we know, up until this point, BBM Music has been a private beta with a small number of users in the US and UK allowed access to it. The email did not mention anything about having to be a member of the Beta Zone but does require you to enter a valid email address to which you will be sent the keycode necessary to unlock BBM Music 188.8.131.52. Check out the full email below!
"Hi BBM Music Beta Testers,
BBM Music is a cloud-based, social music service that allows you to share and discover music with your friends, creating a continually evolving music library. Given the unique, social nature of this application, weve made it even easier for you to invite your friends to download BBM Music! Simply follow the three, easy steps outlined below to get started.
Invite Instructions
Step 1: From the BBM Music app, navigate to the Contacts tab.
Step 2: Select "Add Contact" and choose your preferred method of inviting your friends. Enter their details, and send the invite.
Step 3: Your friends will receivean invite link to a page where they'll be asked to enter their email address and PIN, and download the software.
Note - keycodes are required for BBM Music and will be distributed to them within 1 business day.
Remember - with each friend that you add to BBM Music, you grow your own music collection since you can listen to and make playlists from their BBM Music songs at any time.
Software Requirements
BBM Music and BBM 6 software are only available to those using BlackBerry smartphone software 5.0 and higher. At this time, users must be located within Canada, the United States, or United Kingdom in order to use the application."


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You can pre-order it on Amazon and O'Reilly. You can also get the Rough Cuts version from O'Reilly to read today, although it hasn't yet been refreshed with my latest draft (I hope that will happen in the next few days).
Here's the final chapter listing. Readers of earlier drafts will notice that the number of chapters has grown: this is because the elephantine MapReduce chapter has been split into three (chapters 6, 7, and 8) to make things more digestible.
- Meet Hadoop
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- Developing a MapReduce Application
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The state senate voted 33-29 in favour of the measure, breaking a previous 31-31 logjam, after two Republican senators said they would back the bill at the last minute.
For several days, the state capitol building in Albany had been packed by gay couples enthusiastically supporting the bill and religious critics who were just as fervently opposing it.
The vote will be the cause of huge celebrations in America at this weekend's annual gay pride festivities in New York.
Senator Stephen Saland, an upstate Republican, declared himself as the critical 32nd vote in favour on Friday night. Another Republican then joined two other members of his party who had already said they would back the bill, and 29 minority Democrats, to deliver the 33 votes.
In an emotional address, Mr Saland told fellow senators that he believed the issue was a question of equality.
"I know my vote is a vote of conscience," he told a hushed chamber. "I am at peace with my vote. It was a struggle. It was an extraordinary deliberation."
Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who proposed the measure, signed the bill less than two hours after the vote, more than doubling the population of Americans for whom same-sex marriage is available.
The law will go into effect in New York in 30 days.
The measure was the final vote of a specially-extended legislative session. Republican leaders, who control the state senate, had been criticised for not scheduling a vote earlier.
But they allowed a vote after several days of intense negotiations and the addition of wording to protect religious institutions that oppose same-sex marriage.
Nonetheless, the New York State Catholic Conference, responding to the announcement of a vote, issued a statement declaring: "The Bishops of New York State oppose in the strongest possible terms any attempt to redefine the sacred institution of marriage."
But supporters of gay marriage celebrated through the night.
"Love is Love; Vote Yes," read the signs in their hands.
In Greenwich Village, crowds celebrated through the night outside the Stonewall Inn.
It was riots outside its predecessor in 1969 that effectively marked the start of the gay rights movement in the US.


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A house for contemporary art in the old part of Merano. Open all year round, Merano arte presents changing exhibitions in the fields of fine arts, architecture, literature, music, photography, and new media on 500 square meters of exhibition space over three floors. The body responsible for the institution is the non-profit association Merano arte, which is financed by undefinedpublic and private funds. Main sponsor: Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse
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The cultural institutions in and around the Witte de Withstraat Showroom MAMA, TENT, V2_, CBK Rotterdam, WORM and Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art are united in Kunstblock Rotterdam (Arts Block Rotterdam) in order to make better use of the potential of the Witte de With street as a melting pot of many cultures and interests. The special mix of restaurants, unique shops, arts and culture make the street one of the most appealing in Rotterdam.
Kunsthal Aarhus
Kunsthal Aarhus is a contemporary art centre located at the heart of the city of Aarhus, Denmark: cutting edge art, landmark architecture, intimate atmosphere. The institution initiates, commissions, produces and presents art at an international level to local, regional, and international audiences. Kunsthal Aarhus creates art in a broad context, connected to other fields of human activity, other disciplines, and to a wider society as part of a sustainable approach. It provides a research based participatory, collaborative and transdisciplinary platform for artistic experimentation and critical engagement. Kunsthal Aarhus strives to be an inclusive, transparent, dynamic and flexible institution that fosters the culture of appreciation and values diversity of contributions.
Kunsthall Trondheim
Kunsthall Trondheim is a new space for contemporary art in central Trondheim, Norway. We start our activities during the fall 2013 as an initiative of the city of Trondheim and the county of Sør-Trøndelag. Curator Helena Holmberg is the artistic leader since April 2013.
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October 21, 2011, 4:36 pm
University of Missouri student journalists are really thinking ahead.
An article ran in the Columbus Missourian Friday quoting former and soon-to-be-former Big 12 members about the details in changing brands for new conference membership.
Missouri has long been seeking a home outside the Big 12.
The school paper quoted Colorado associate sports information director Curtis Snyder about auctioning off Big 12 memorabilia.
Just wondering, if Missouri joins the SEC and auctions off a Colorado banner, will there be a Fifth Down insignia anywhere?
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Accounting Research BULLETINS Issued by the Committee on Accounting Procedure, American Institute of Accountants 13 East 41st Street, New York 17, N. Y. Copyright 1947 by American Institute of Accountants Current Assets and Current Liabilities Working Capital 1. The working capital of a prospective borrower has always been of prime interest to grantors of credit; and frequently working capital has been the subject, in bond indentures, credit agreements, and pre-ferred stock agreements, of provisions restricting corporate actions with respect to its reduction or impairment. Many such contracts forego precise or uniform definitions and merely provide that current assets and current liabilities shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting procedures. Considerable variation and inconsistency exist, however, in current practice with respect to their classification and display. In this bulletin the committee dis-cusses the nature of current assets and current liabilities with a view to developing criteria as an aid to a more useful presentation thereof in financial statements. 2. The committee believes that, in the past, definitions of current assets have tended to be overly concerned with immediate or forced liquidation values. The discussion which follows takes cognizance of the tendency in recent years for creditors to rely more upon the ability of debtors to pay their obligations out of the proceeds of current oper-ations and less upon the debtor's ability to pay in case of liquidation. It should be reemphasized that financial statements of a going concern are prepared on the assumption that the company will continue in business.1 Accordingly, this statement represents a departure from any narrow definition or strict "one year" interpretation of either current assets or current liabilities; the objective is to relate the criteria developed to the operating cycle of a business. 3. Financial position, as it is reflected by the records and accounts from which the statement is prepared, is revealed in a presentation of the assets and liabilities of the enterprise. These assets and liabili-ties in statements prepared by manufacturing, trading, and service 1 See "Examination of Financial Statements," page 2, published by the American Institute of Accountants. 247 August, 1947 No. 30