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This is the reason I need a hexagon warm up project....
same trip that I bought the quilt. I think it was meant to be! I'm excited to start a new LONG term project!
You are a complete genius! What a great idea..i love love love that quilt..maybe ill try to quilt along with you
Amanda, save the inserts from magazines and mail, they make perfect hexagon papers and also index cards but the ones from magazines are free!! Paula in KY
My own kick in the butt to try EPP came from a very similar vintage quilt, used at a LQS as a table cloth :) I have since finished a small table topper and a pillow cover, and hope to have a summer camping project on the go soon. Happy hand sewing! I love your EPP bag too.
Omg, I'm so excited because I have been contemplating the English hexies myself!! Please keep in touch, so thrilled to see that tool, the precut papers are outrageous! Happy quilting!
I second Denise's comment! Maybe we can do a quilt-a-long that shows one of the diamonds and a count each week, or bi-weekly? I did a EPP hexi baby quilt but for lack of motivation I only did a center medallion of the hexis and then lots of borders. Would LOVE to finish a pillow cover or full quilt with them. I find the little scrap hexis so, so soothing to stitch around the templates and stack into little jewel piles! So beautiful.
I've never tried hexies. I know your project will give me the confidence to dig through my scraps!
Hexagon punch. On sale. You are so clever. (This is just another example, of course.)
That is a beautiful hexagon quilt. I find EPP so enjoyable and relaxing. Be patient, hand sewn quilts don't get sewn in a month but they are so worth the time and effort. I didn't even know JoAnn's had hexagon punches! I'm checking this out and and know what to use the next 60% off coupon for. Thanks for the tip.
I have the same punch, it works great!
It always starts with a vintage hexie quilt....then the obession starts and builds. When one thinks to put together the Grandmother Flower Garden flowers, one finds she has two different sizes. So a lap quilt and a couch quilt are made. Then she buys that same punch, thinging to make triangles and use up the orphan hexies...and buys more fabric...and makes more EPPs. Will let you know when I get it done. But you have been warned!
That orangey red will be so perfect for the new quilt , and the MM Cotton Couture will be so nice and soft for the EPP! Inquiring minds want to know...does this mean that you have decided to not try and repair the vintage quilt? Also, do you plan to use 30s reproductions for the other hexagons or go with something different? I am sure all will be revealed in time! Enjoy the warm up project.
I like how you use binding clips to hold your hexies in place. I'll have to try that! Also, I love MM Cotton Couture. It has a silky feel to it.
I bought the punch, too -- just couldn't justify spending $5 for those little card stock prepackaged thingies. I use the weekly postcards I get from my grocery store, they're a little thicker than card stock and I can use them a lot longer.
Happy EPPing!
I need to buy the hexagon punch, now that we have a JoAnn's in Rapid City. I'm really excited to start a new long term project, but am making myself finish up my Ahhhh's EPP wall hanging and a table runner first.
I am so envious of those of you who are not intimidated by a project that you know might take months or even years! Good for you!
Your vintage quilt is beautiful! Of course it would make for a great incentive quilt. Several friends love hexies. I've only considered them for minor projects and certainly never considered a warm up project. You've almost convinced me to consider hexies for my summer "on the road" project. Riding shotgun for hours every day can become tedious unless there's a hand project in my lap.
I was going to tell you about the magazine inserts for punching, but several have already mentioned that. We have several women here in NE Wyoming that do hexie projects, large and small. They are so fun and portable. I can do hexies in the car or sew on binding, but not embroidery or cross stitch, so it's nice to have a busy bag with a take-along project. Good luck and looking forward to seeing the pillow.
I'm beginning to "get" the "crazy" part of your handle, CRAZYmomquilts! You've got a different perspective on what needs to be made... like a one-inch EPPed hexagon quilt! Really?! But that's the best part about being a quilter. You can make whatever you want, and spend as much time making what you want, as you want! It will be extremely enjoyable watching YOU put that one together! And the project case you'll use as you go along is adorable. You've certainly got your crazy act together! :-)
Just have to say, the quilted loops look so great! Have fun and I hope you make the deadline :)
I am currently working on a lot of hexi's... I can't seem to get enough of them. Can't wait to see both of your project done! And I love your idea of making a reproduction quilt!


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While getting estimates for spray foaming my attic, the sales person stated that research has determined that you do not need more than 4 inches of spray foam insulation. He stated the heat loss/transfer was negligible after 4 inches. He stated that z4 inches would stop 95% of the heat transfer. He stated to go from 4 inches to 5 inches was not worth the money. I live in Delaware where the code requires R38 in the ceiling. If 4 inches is approximately R26, how can I only use 4 inches of spray foam insulation? Is the contractor correct?


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Israel Chips Away at Orthodox Monopoly on Marriage
The Israeli government has taken a major step in its effort to weaken Haredi control over marriages within the country's mainstream population.
Under a landmark reform, announced by the Ministry of Religious Services on May 19, local marriage registrars affiliated with the government-sponsored Chief Rabbinate will no longer have an exclusive monopoly over registering the marriages of couples living in their area. The new law will create a free market of registrars. Couples blocked from registering their marriages by Haredi registrars that seek to impose ultra-Orthodox standards may simply look for more flexible registrars elsewhere in the country.
The reform is the most significant change to the marriage system in decades.
There is no civil marriage in Israel, so Jewish couples must register with the state rabbinate. But rabbinate representatives in some locales refuse licenses based on their strict standards in religious law — and couples are at their mercy as they are currently required to go to their local registrar.
There are Haredi registrars who won't accept applicants' Jewish credentials without documentation on their ancestors, even if this means extensive family research involving travel. And some refuse marriage applications for which one or both applicants are converts out of a mistrust of conversion procedures — even though the conversions are actually supervised by the very rabbinate that employs them.
The religious services ministry has promised to pull the rug out from under recalcitrant registrars by mid-June, bringing their local monopoly to an end.
The reform has been discussed in the Knesset for years as a possible legislative measure, without any decisive action. The religious services ministry's announcement that it can and will make the change without legislation — and so soon — thus came as a surprise. It stole the thunder from David Stav, a candidate in this summer's election for chief rabbi, whose platform includes making this change.
Experts predict that rabbinates forced to compete for couples — and their registration fees — will become friendlier and relax their demands. "It might be the beginning of a competition — and this time not competition as to who can be harsher and more frum, but who can attract more couples," said Yedidia Stern, vice president of research at the Israel Democracy Institute and an expert on the rabbinate.
Idit Druyan, spokeswoman for deputy religious services minister Eli Ben Dahan, told the Forward that registrars "will have to improve the way they are treating people," admitting that treatment is "problematic" in many cases.
As well as changing marriage procedures, the government also aims to reduce cronyism by canceling the requirement that the managing directors of local religious councils can be chosen only from among serving council members. The members are almost always men, and no woman has ever headed a religious council. Following reform, anybody with the appropriate managerial skills will be able to submit a tender, and it is expected that the male monopoly will end.
The reforms are the first change to the religious status quo since the new government, conspicuously free of Haredi parties, took office in March. The religious services ministry used to be a bastion of the very Haredi power that it is now cracking. It was previously controlled by the Shas party, and is now run by the religious-Zionist Jewish Home party and headed by party chairman Naftali Bennett.
"This was done in the spirit of the struggle over the state rabbinate that has been taken over by the ultra-Orthodox," said Guy Ben-Porat, a Ben-Gurion University political scientist who has just published a book on state and religion in Israel. "Bennett is struggling to take it back."
Some Orthodox rabbis are claiming that Bennett should have gone further, disciplining or removing intransigent registrars and not just sidelining them. Seth Farber, runs the organization ITIM, which lobbies for a modernized rabbinate. Farber said that the reform is a "positive step" but insists that couples should ultimately have the right to marry through their local rabbinate and shouldn't have to go further afield.
Stern from the IDI believes it possible that the breaking of Haredi power over marriage may pave the way eventually for permission to Conservative and Reform rabbis to register marriages. "Once you pluralize a bit, you may think about a second stage of pluralizing," he commented, saying that while the connection is not direct, psychologically the possibility for change has been opened up.
But the Reform and Conservative movements saw no such opportunity. The executive director of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism, Rabbi Gilad Kariv, told the Forward that he considered the reforms "irrelevant" as they simply realign power within Orthodoxy without giving hope to the cause of religious pluralism. He pointed out that they also offer no solution to thousands of people who are not halachically Jewish and are therefore unable to marry in Israel.
Kariv said that Bennett raised hopes during the election campaign that he would rethink the relationship between state and religion. "If this is the new face of Modern Orthodoxy, then I say it's a real disappointment," Kariv commented.
Ben-Porat said that the marriage reform actually weakens the cause of pluralism by making the Orthodox monopoly more acceptable in the eyes of the public, therefore increasing its life expectancy. "The aim of this reform is to keep the Orthodox monopoly alive," he said.
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Hi George
Could you upload this video in the gallery, please? It's a homemade video, so there're no problems with its licence. I'm creating a task with it.
Hello George,
please can you upload the following two videos?
Thank you,
Sara Rovira-Esteva (UAB's team)
Hi, George,
One more video to upload for more activities:
Sara Rovira-Esteva (UAB's team)
HI George,
can you upload this other video please? http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2875809/ZH_3_casament.VOB
it's a -VOB and it's very big, should I convert it? with what and into what extension? The problem with converting videos is that they loose quality every time you convert them...
Hi Helena,
VOBs are used in DVDs and it's MPEG-2 encoding
So it does need convertion, probably with SUPER or QuickTime Pro from Apple (if you have that [quite cheap btw]). I have key for QuickTime Pro since I was testing it for Apple, so I'll try myself with that in the next days to see if it can make a MPEG-4 out of it.
Problem with convertion is that you need to fiddle with the convertion parameters to achieve the best result (and its always a tradeoff between quality and size)
...btw, I see at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Expression_Encoder that the Pro version that we recently bought (we had the academic version at first which isn't full regarding the codec support) does have support for MPEG-2, so it might convert that right out of the box (will try and let you know)
Could you please upload the following two animations to the Gallery, George? The format is MP4 and the licence is CC-BY-NC for both.
Le gach dea-mhéin,
Hi George,
Could you plese upload the following movies to the Gallery? (romanian movies - UBB - team)
Hi Noa, the video is at:
(had broken the preview of smooth stream videos when visiting their folder last night, including the tutorial links, thanks to Marga for letting us know about it)
you can use this link to make a new activity with the clip in it:
if you want to put that video in an existing activity, turn over the Clip component shown by this URL and copy-paste the Media URL from its back to the respective option of a Clip component at your own activity
One more vídeo to upload to the gallery.


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Breaking News: Chiefs Fire Romeo Crennel
Kansas City, Mo. (Kansas City Chiefs Public Relations)–The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Monday that Romeo Crennel has been relieved of his duties as head coach.
Crennel, 65, was named Kansas City's 12th head coach in franchise history on Jan. 9, 2012. He compiled a 2-14 regular season record in 2012 and finished the 2011 season 2-1 as the club's interim head coach.
"I have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for Romeo, both personally and professionally," Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt said. "He is an accomplished coach, a man of great character and he helped guide our football team through some extremely challenging circumstances this season.
"However, I am embarrassed by the poor product we gave our fans this season, and I believe we have no choice but to move the franchise in a different direction. I will immediately begin the search for the next head coach of the Chiefs. The entire football operation will remain under review, and there may be additional changes to come. No final determination has been made at this point on the future of General Manager Scott Pioli.
"Finally, I want to personally apologize to our fans for our performance this season. We are blessed to play for some of the best and most passionate fans in the National Football League and they deserve better than what we gave them this season. I want our fans to know that I will do everything I can to provide them with a dramatically better team – both next season and in the seasons to come – and our entire organization appreciates their support."


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One of the big barriers to upgrading to Windows 8 is that Windows 7 is so good. For keyboard-and-mouse users, Windows 8 isn't a hugely compelling upgrade — and without judicious use of third-party apps tobring back the Start menu and other core Windows 7 features, Windows 8 can actually make the desktop experience worse.
But what if you want to try out Windows 8? What if you want to take the en for a Metro Start screspin? (Who knows, maybe you'll like it.) What if you want to give Windows 8 a chance?
One method you could use is virtualization, where you quite literally have Windows 8 open in a window on your Windows 7 PC. Virtualization isn't really viable if you're looking to truly experience Windows 8 and everything that it entails, though. For that, you need to dual-boot.
How to dual-boot/multi-boot Windows 8 with Windows 7
This guide assumes that you already have Windows 7 (or XP or Vista) installed. If you've already got Windows 8 installed, and you want to install Windows 7 as an additional OS, this guide might still work — but no guarantees.
First things first, you should backup any important documents. You shouldn't lose any files during this process, but it's better to be safe than sorry. See our Backup Masterclass for tips on how to backup your data efficiently and securely.
With that out of the way, hit Start, type
diskmgmt.msc, and press Enter. This will open the Disk Management console. You should see a big (or small) list of all the drives currently attached to your computer.
Find the drive that Windows 7 is installed on (it should be marked as "Boot" or "System"), right click it, and click Shrink Volume. In the window that pops up, you ideally need a figure that's around 50,000MB (50GB). If your hard drive is very full, this might not be possible. In theory the minimum install size for Windows 8 is around 20GB, but I really wouldn't proceed without at least 30-50GB. If Disk Management refuses to shrink your volumes, you may need to try a third-party tool such as Paragon's Hard Disk Manager.
Once the volume has been shrunk, a black, "Unallocated" region will appear at the end of the drive. Right click this and select New Simple Volume. Click through the dialog windows and give the new volume a memorable name such as
Windows 8. Don't change any other settings. This process will format the new partition, which may take a little while.
Installing Windows 8
At this point, all you really need to do is install Windows 8. You might opt to install a full version of Windows 8, or you can grab a 90-day evaluation copy. Either way, you want to slot the DVD (or USB stick) into your computer, reboot, and begin the installation process. (You may need to change the boot priority of your DVD drive/USB stick, which can be done in the BIOS).
When given the option, select a Custom install (not Upgrade). On the next screen you'll be shown a bunch of partitions/volumes. Select the one that's labeled
Windows 8 (or whatever you called it). Be absolutely certain that you've selected the right volume, then click Next.
The slick Windows 8 installer will now do its thing. It will reboot once or twice, but eventually you'll be greeted with a multi-boot menu that allows you to select which OS you want to load (Windows 8, Windows 7, or any other OSes that're installed). Windows 8 will load by default after a few seconds, but you can change it back to Windows 7 by clicking "Change defaults or choose other options" at the bottom of the screen. You now have a PC that dual-boots Windows 8 and Windows 7.Now enjoy both win 7 and win 8…


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The world's oldest and best-preserved sperm, dating back 17 million years, has been unearthed in Australia, AFP reports citing scientists.
The sperm from an ancient species of tiny shrimp was discovered at the Riversleigh World Heritage Fossil Site, an area in the far north of the state of Queensland where many extraordinary prehistoric Australian animals have previously been found.
They include giant, toothed platypuses and flesh-eating kangaroos.
Mike Archer, from the University of New South Wales School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, who has been excavating at Riversleigh for 35 years, said the sperm was an exciting find.
"These are the oldest fossilised sperm ever found in the geological record," he said.
The sperm are thought to have been longer than the male's entire body, but were tightly coiled up inside the sexual organs of the fossilised freshwater crustaceans, known as ostracods.
"We have become used to delightfully unexpected surprises in what turns up there," he added of Riversleigh.
"But the discovery of fossil sperm, complete with sperm nuclei, was totally unexpected. It now makes us wonder what other types of extraordinary preservation await discovery in these deposits."
A research team led by Archer collected the fossils in 1988 and sent them to John Neil, a specialist ostracod researcher at La Trobe University in Melbourne, who realised they contained fossilised soft tissues.
He drew this to the attention of several European specialists, including Renate Matzke-Karasz from the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and Paul Tafforeau from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.
A microscopic study revealed the fossils contained the preserved internal organs of the ostracods, including their sexual organs.
Within these were the almost perfectly preserved giant sperm cells, and within them, the nuclei that once contained the animals' chromosomes and DNA.
The researchers, whose findings are published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, estimate the sperm are about 1.3 millimetres long, slightly longer than the shrimp.
Archer said that about 17 million years ago the site where the fossils were found was a cave in the middle of a vast, biologically diverse rainforest.
"Tiny ostracods thrived in a pool of water in the cave that was continually enriched by the droppings of thousands of bats," he said.
His UNSW colleague Suzanne Hand, a specialist in extinct bats and their ecological role in Riversleigh's ancient environments, said the steady rain of droppings would have led to high levels of phosphorous in the water.
This could have aided mineralisation of the soft tissues.
"This amazing discovery at Riversleigh is echoed by a few examples of soft-tissue preservation in fossil bat-rich deposits in France," she said.
"So the key to eternal preservation of soft tissues may indeed be some magic ingredient in bat droppings."


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Wireless signal shirt detected in UK
Remember the Wi-Fi detector T-shirt that turned up the States back in October 2007? Well, signal-strength specifying garment has arrived in the UK sporting an alternative antenna design.
The Wi-Fi T-shirt
In place of the base-station icon of old, the new version sports a stylised laptop - white MacBook, do you reckon? - with a signal strength logo that has colour-changing bars to indicate how close you are to the nearest 2.4GHz hotspot.
Tucked away in the shirt's cotton lining is what UK-exclusive supplier Firebox.com calls "a small battery pack" that's ready to take a pair of AAA powercells. No, they're not included.
All this means you have to take good care of the thing when you're washing it. You geeky types do wash your t-shirts, don't you? Unplug the battery pack and give the garment a hand-washing, the supplier recommends. Don't iron, dry clean, wring out or tumble dry.
Firebox has the shirt down as coming in to stock on 19 February, but it'll happily take pre-orders now. The t-shirt costs £19.95, and is available in Medium, Large and Extra Large sizes.


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Exclusive: David Cage Talks Beyond: Two Souls
As part of our month-long coverage of under the radar titles in our latest issue (#235), we spoke with Quantic Dream founder and co-CEO David Cage about his upcoming project, Beyond: Two Souls.
It must be difficult to juggle promoting games like Heavy Rain and Beyond without giving away too much. In a perfect world, would you rather keep your projects secret and release them completely finished on an unsuspecting gaming public?
That's definitely my dream: having the possibility of making a game without telling anything before, so players are really totally new to the story. This is something even the most talented and famous movie directors cannot do, so I have little hope. But yes, this is definitely horribly frustrating. I need to tell you enough to get you excited, but not too much so I don't ruin your experience.
All I can say at this stage is that Beyond is the most ambitious title I have worked on so far. We took risks, we redesigned everything from scratch, we took the challenge of telling the story of someone through fifteen years of her life, and Ellen delivered the most incredible performance I have seen in a video game. I hope that gamers will give Beyond a chance, because this game is going to be different. We put our hearts and souls into it. I am convinced that people will feel it.
You've described the script as highly detailed with around 2,000 pages. Are all the branching paths planned out to the letter or is there room for improvisation when the actors are on set?
There is actually little room for improvisation. What is challenging with what we do is that it is like dealing with a broken puzzle. We create pieces and let the player put them together. Our challenge is that whatever the player does, he must get an experience that makes sense and is interesting from a narrative standpoint. It is much more complex than it seems. Some people say it is similar in structure to the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. There are some similarities, but in these books, you had choices every four paragraphs or so, which left the writer a lot of space to make the story progress. In the games I write, the player is in control every second, not every ten minutes, which forces me to have very small bricks of narrative, as if it was a choice at every sentence in a book.
So everything is pretty much set in stone, although I always leave space for some changes on set with the actors and during the development for some iterations regarding gameplay especially. Some very important design choices are made quite late in the day, actually between alpha and beta. It was the case of the mental health system in Indigo Prophecy, or the 3D interface in Heavy Rain. When the scenes are playable, new ideas emerge and the format is flexible enough to support different ideas of gameplay.
I also always leave space for feedback from users, as we do a lot of user tests between alpha and master stages. We discover what people like, dislike, what they wish they could do, and adapt accordingly. As Quantic is heavily tool-centric, these iterations are quite painless to make, as long as they remain reasonable.
When you envision a player going through Beyond, how do you balance allowing the gameplay to be easy enough for players to experience the exact decisions they want for Jodie's story with making it challenging enough to still feel like a video game? Is it important that players get everything they want out of their playthrough of the story?
This is a very complex question: Do video games have to be challenging? Do they always have to test how fast your thumb can be? Do they all need to let you prove that you can be better than your friends? Many games already do that very well. I don't feel I need to add one more.
I work on creating an emotional journey for the player, something intense, epic, surprising, thought-provoking; an experience that will leave an imprint in the player's mind, not giving him the feeling that he played something, but that he lived something. I know it may sound incredibly arrogant or out of place; I know many gamers just want a gun and someone to shoot at, but I also know there are people out there who are interested in something deeper and more meaningful. There are hundreds of games for people who just want guns. I want to bring a different experience for all the others.
There is some confusion as to whether Move controls will be supported in Beyond as they were in Heavy Rain.
Move support for Beyond is actually in discussion. No decision has been made at this stage. If we believe that a Move mode is a way to make the game accessible to people who do not usually play, we will gladly do it.
Does the spiritual entity, Aiden, have any weaknesses outside of having to keep Jodie safe? It seems unstoppable in the demo.
The problem when we show a scene of our games is that people usually apply video game rules to what they see. Many gamers probably think seeing the E3 scene that this is a game where you run away and destroy everything with an entity. But Beyond is not designed like a conventional video game. Each scene of the game is different, features different mechanics, triggers diverse emotions. The E3 scene is unique in the game. I know it sounds very abstract because games are usually based on levels and mechanics, but Beyond doesn't work like that.
To answer your question, the entity is not just a power or a pet in the game. It is actually a character with its own personality. It can be very nice and protective with Jodie, but it can also become very jealous, possessive, and violent. The relationship between the entity and Jodie is one of the main parts of the game. This entity can do many things, and its power depends on Jodie's physical and mental state. The story will lead the player to discover the entity's abilities, and adapt to very different situations.
I try to stay away from mechanics and to have a more organic approach, not based on strict patterns and rules, but on context, immersion, and emotion. My character doesn't have a gun, she doesn't kill all the people she meets, but this is still a fully interactive experience, with intense and epic moments.
David Cage speaks with Ellen Page on the mocap set.
Aiden speaks in a language that only Jodie can understand. Will players be able to unlock the ability to know what it is saying on a second playthrough kind of like Ico?
Sure, maybe there's a way. But it's pretty clear what he says from how Jodie reacts to it and the player will, I think, clearly understand him from the context and Jodie's answers. Again, he's a very important character.
When Jodie's a kid it's like an invisible friend. Then when she gets older or gets into trouble it really becomes a partner. But he's some kind of uncontrollable partner because he doesn't understand our rules and he's really possessive. He's not from this world so he's really unpredictable. This is really the story of their relationship and how Jodie learns how to live with this thing. How she learns to accept that she's never going to be like other girls. She's special. She's unique. She didn't ask for that, and she's really not happy about the situation. It's not like, "Oh cool, I have this entity that gives me some power." It's really like a burden for her all the time.
How big of a role does the police commander who pursues Jodie in the demo and trailer have in the main game?
He has a very small part. He's just this character. He's a very important character in these two scenes but he's not someone who will be there for 15 years. I'm sorry to be that mysterious. It's really frustrating for me because there's so much I'd like to say, but we need to keep a little bit for the future too, I guess.
Heavy Rain received some knocks for some of the actors' accents and the differing pronunciation of "origami." Are you taking steps to avoid this in Beyond?
Yeah, we worked only with American actors on this thing. We looked for them in Los Angeles so they may have a Los Angeles accent, but that's the best I can do. No, it's only an American cast, except Ellen Page who is Canadian, as you know.
With Beyond's focus on capturing and displaying human movement as accurately as possible, are you concerned about dipping into the uncanny valley?
My take on the uncanny valley is that some people in CG already left the valley. I'm thinking of Avatar for example and some other films. They've done a great job in making you forget that these are CG characters. So for games it's just a matter of time that we know that this is definitely possible. My goal in the games I make is really to make people forget that this is a game and not have anything in the way of listening to what characters say and sharing what they feel. Now, is it going to be perfect fidelity and as good as video would be? Maybe not. But is it going to be something that lets you experience the game and share the emotions of the characters and not be in the way? That's what I hope. We work very hard in this direction. But for games in general to leave the uncanny valley, it's just a matter of years. [Real-time rendering] is usually five to seven years behind CG, so this is the timeframe that we'll need, maybe less, to have perfect fidelity.
Be sure to read the new November issue of Game Informer Magazine (#235) for more on Beyond: Two Souls, including completely different content from our chat with David Cage. Visit the hub for more on all the under the radar games this month.


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WLCY-AM 1380 St. Petersburg & WLCY-FM 94.9 Tampa – In 1956, WTSP, Inc. (N. Joe Rahall, president, and brothers Sam G. and Farris) bought St. Pete's 5,000 watt Mutual affiliate, WTSP-AM 1380 and 4-kilowatt WTSP-FM 102.5 from Pinellas Broadcasting Co. (St. Pete Times newspaper publisher Nelson Poynter, president). Not interested in pursuing the FM's possibilities, the Rahalls shut it down shortly thereafter and let it go silent.
Turning their attention to the AM, the Rahalls dropped the network immediately and started programming waltzes and polkas – just like their successful station in Allentown, Pennsylvania. However, the Tampa Bay audience just yawned. To say the least, it was not successful. Then, according to the story, it was discovered that the name of the Borden's Dairy mascot, Elsie the Cow, had not been copyrighted. So the Rahalls changed WTSP-AM to WLCY (on July 15, 1959) and called it Radio Elsie. But that didn't help either.
After learning of Gordon McLendon's success with Top 40 and that Tampa daytimer WALT was winning the audience wars in the market with the new format. Sam Rahall came to town with fire in his eyes and hired WALT's entire on-air crew, including PD Roy Nilson, and flipped the format to Top 40. The rest is history. It wasn't until June 20, 1963 that the licensee name officially became WLCY, Inc. The station began to identify dual city of license as "St. Petersburg-Tampa" in 1976.
For many years WLCY-AM was Tampa's Bay's premiere Top 40 station, home of The Swingin' Gentlemen, and operated from offices, studios, and transmitter site on Gandy Boulevard, just off 4th Street North, in the old WTSP facility. It later shared space with Rahall's WLCY-TV Channel 10 in the Rahall Communications Center, just east of the original Gandy radio location.
The Rahalls signed on 52,000-watt WLCY-FM in 1970 (power upgraded to 100kw in 1972) from shared space in the Rahall Communications Center. For about five or six years, programming was Drake-Chenault's "Hit Parade" and TM's "Stereo Rock" formats. Equipment to run the automated operation included three carousels, four 10" decks, and some cart machines to hold the time announces. To become more competitive with market-leader Q105 WRBQ-FM, some live jocks were brought in as early as 1976 and eventually the moniker became "Y95," although the dial position was actually 94.9. There was also a new set of calls in 1977 – WYNF.
In 1978, Rahall began to divest itself of its Tampa Bay properties, beginning with WLCY-TV which was sold to the Gulf Broadcasting Group. WLCY-AM was acquired by Florida Radio, Inc., and moved operations to 10051 Fifth Street North in St. Petersburg. Its Top 40 format kept going until 1981 when it became Harte-Hanks' WNSI (News, Sports and Information). WYNF, after some time operating out of the old WTSP building next to the Channel 10 parking lot, was acquired by Taft in 1980 and re-branded "95YNF." It relocated to 504 Reo Street in Tampa with new sister station 1250/ WDAE, and shifted its programming from Top 40 to AOR.
Other names from WLCY history include Clair Linn (news-1959), Marshall Cleaver (PD/host of "Open Mike"-1959; ass't GM-1964), "The Shy Guy" Roy Nilson (operations manager-1960; PD-1964), Donald L. Jones (sales manager-1960; GM-1972), Jim Clark (Mike Apsey- 1960), Dick Stambaugh ((later known as Dick Starr at WFUN & KYA, mornings-1960), Dave Archard (mid-days-1960), Chip Collins (news director-1960), Elmo Kitts (chief engineer-1960), Bob Ostiguy (promotions manager 1961), Jerry Nelson (host of "Sermon in Sounds"-1961), D.J. O'Day (news director-1961), WLCY's "Eye in the Sky" Capt. Dan (Dan Lunin, chief engineer-1961), "The Weird Beard" Johnny Dark/Johnny Dart (Stan Grams-music director-1961), Rock Robbins (Robert Bernstein, nights-1962), Wayne Sexauer (promotions-1964), Bob Ruark (host of "Open Mike" 1964-1966), Bill David (news director-1964), Lolita (Dottie Groven, overnights 1965), Al Stockmeyer ("Open Mike" host -1966; WLCY-FM sales manager-1971), Mary Etta Sawyer (promotions-1967), J. Paul Robinson (Barney Groven, news director-1967), Ed Pyle aka Electric Edward (news-1968), Johnny Stevens (early 70's), George Nix (middays & afternoons 1970-76), Mark Wheeler (1971; PD-1972), Mike Scott (Jim Shirah-1971), Bruce Singleton (chief engineer-1971), K.L. Miller (sales manager-1972), Jon Powers (news director-1972), Peter M. Schulte (GM-1973), Bill Parke (sales manager-1973), Sid Perry (promotions-1973), Tedd Webb (1973 & 1975), Daylon Rushing (music director-1973), Charlie Brown (PD-1974), Kathy Tanner (promotions-1974), Bill Cooper (chief engineer-1974), Steve Cheney (music director-1974), Kenny Parks (middays-1975), Ron Parker (1975; music director-1979), Jeff Laurence (mornings-1975), Bill Rice (GM-1975), Ray Yorke (sales manager-1975), Johnny Bridges (PD-1975), Herb Hunt aka Johnny Rebel (news), Bill Alford (news director-1975), Bob Tracey (mornings-1977), Bob Beattie (chief engineer-1975), Thomas B. Watson (GM-1979), David Strubbe (sales manager-1979), John Landers (PD-1979), Nancy Hubble (news director-1979), William Cooper (chief engineer-1979), Ron Scott (middays 1980-81), Howard Hewes (afternoons-1980), Jim "The Steamer" Stanley, Swinging Sweeney aka Rick Morgan (Richard Hutcheson), Al Dunaway, Jack E. Rabbitt (Ron O'Quinn and Gene Pope), "Big Daddy" Don Owens, Pepper Lipsync (James Wayman), Frank Lynn, "Bachelor" Bob Collins, "Beachcomber" Bob Carr, Richard B. Randall aka Rick Randall (Rick Crandall-news), Murph McHenry, Al Summers, Jack Kane, Bobby Lyons, Dean Drapin, Dutch Walker, Johnny Byrd (Dennis Waters), Billy "J", John Harper, Johnny Brautigan, Bob Cannon (Claude Miranda), and the WLCY Weather Chick (Charlene Mathias).
Names from WLCY-FM, Y95 and 95YNF history include Bill Hennes (consultant), Robert Quedeen (station manager-1972), Steve Cheney (PD-1973), Bill Elliott (ass't chief engineer-mid/late 70's), Shotgun Charlie Bennett (mornings-1976), Tom Murphy (mornings), Dave Mann (Mike Lee-afternoons), Phil "Screaming Jay" Hawkins (nights-1976), Ben Christopher (overnights-1976), Chuck Morgan (PD-1976), Mike Rivers (overnights-1977), Uncle Johnny (nights-1979), Charlie Logan (PD-1980's), Mark Larsen (PD & afternoons-1980's), Walt-Bob (Walt Marsicano-1980's), Don Capone (1984), Ron & Ron (Bennington & Diaz-late80's/early90's), Billy the Phone Freak (Bill Owens-late 80's/early 90's), Ray Yorke (GM), Randy Stewart, Mike Mann, J. Paul MacGregor (Ted Tidwell, news), Bob McNeill (mornings), Jack Strapp (Steve Austin), Russ Albums, Tom Marshall (PD), Al Peterson (PD), George Hawras (PD), Marla Stone, Jimmy Beck (Dave Adams), Bobby Ocean, Garry Mitchell (aka Garry Wing), Scott Phillips, John DeHaven, Robert Reed, Jeff Jensen, Tom Daniels (1991), Nobie Wheeler, Nick Van Cleve (afternoons), George Sosson (GM), Carey Curelop (PD), J.J. Lee, Fez Whatley, Don Marion, Steve Downes, Brian Sykes, Joe Corbett (sales), Becky "Flash" Gordon (news), Zoltan Koppany, Flipper, John Stewart, Morgan Prue (music and research), and Shawn Portmann (GM).
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Talisman of the Sphere: This small adamantine loop and handle are useless to those unable to cast arcane spells. Characters who cannot cast arcane spells take 5d6 points of damage merely from picking up and holding a talisman of this sort. However, when held by an arcane spellcaster who is concentrating on control of a sphere of annihilation, a talisman of the sphere doubles the character's modifier on his control check (doubling both his Intelligence bonus and his character level for this purpose).
If the wielder of a talisman establishes control, he need check for maintaining control only every other round thereafter. If control is not established, the sphere moves toward him. Note that while many spells and effects of cancellation have no effect upon a sphere of annihilation, the talisman's power of control can be suppressed or canceled.
Strong transmutation; CL 16th;Weight 1 lb.
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text: A week of demonstrations in Venezuela. Three people shot dead; dozens wounded; dozens more arrested and imprisoned. Pro-regime thugs intimidate protesting high school and college students. The question is being asked: Is Chavismo finally cracking in Venezuela? Hugo Chavez died of cancer nearly a year ago, and the question hanging over Venezuela is how long his strange regime can live after him. A country with a population smaller than Canada's has more murders than the United States. Inflation exceeds 56%. Goods from toilet paper to sacramental wine have vanished from shops. A regime that calls itself "socialist" has massively enriched the former president's family and friends. Street lights dim at night because a country with some of the world's largest energy reserves cannot provide enough electricity. The Chavez regime has held power with four principal tools, all but one of which is gone or going. The first tool of power was the late president's own mesmerizing personality. Venezuela has a bitter national history, and nobody has ever better voiced the resentments and yearnings of its subordinated classes and castes than Hugo Chavez. In a nation whose elite historically looked European, Chavez's face proclaimed his descent from indigenous people and African slaves. He joked, he raged, he bestowed favors on the barrios and made enemies of the traditional upper classes. By contrast, the outstanding personal quality of Chavez's chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, was his cringing deference to the leader who elevated him from a bus driver's seat to the top jobs in government. Venezuela expels three U.S. diplomatic officials The second Chavez tool of power was the shrewd deployment of the nation's oil wealth to buy support from favored constituencies. Support Chavez, and you might get a free house stocked with appliances, a government job or at least a new playground. Chavez held the price of gasoline to pennies per gallon and offered subsidized rice and beans in government-owned shops. Meanwhile, he withdrew police protection from the wealthier neighborhoods that despised him, deploying criminal violence as a de facto tool of political repression. Now, however, Venezuela is running out of cash to pay for these support-buying schemes. Industries are shuttering because they cannot obtain foreign currency to buy crucial parts. Interest rates on Venezuelan debt have jumped past 15%. The economy, which managed 1% growth in 2013, is now shrinking as economic activity other than oil and gas production grinds to a stop. Chavez's third tool of power was control of the media. Independent television stations were eliminated. Newsprint shortages and other pressures were manipulated to force the sale of independent print media to government supporters. But it's difficult to cut populations off from information in the modern age, especially for a ramshackle, technically incompetent regime like Venezuela under Chavismo. Venezuela is not China nor even Putin's Russia. The people who understand how the Internet works overwhelmingly oppose the government. The fourth and last tool of power was outright repression. Chavez himself always used this tool sparingly. He preferred economic reprisals against his opponents to violence. He drove them into exile rather than send them to camps. He politicized the army and police, but he hesitated to use them, perhaps because he did not in the end fully trust them. When I visited Venezuela in 2010, everybody was talking about elite Cuban paramilitary police units that Chavez had supposedly borrowed from Fidel Castro. But change is coming to Cuba too, and if the units ever existed, they certainly have not been visible in the past's weeks clashes. Instead, Maduro has relied on local thugs. Perhaps the Syrian example inspires Maduro to hope that he can hang on if his forces just kill enough people. But Venezuela is located in a very different neighborhood, close not only to the United States but also to democracies in Colombia and Brazil that take a dim view of murderous dictatorship. (Maduro has said that the opposition is mounting a "developing coup" and has issued an arrest warrant on conspiracy and murder charges against an opposition leader; the opposition leader's party blames the government for the violence.) Chavez had an instinctive awareness that he could go so far but not too far. Whether Chavez's successor shares that awareness of limits, those limits still exist – and without crossing them, Chavez's regime may have run out of the resources it needs to survive. As the Castro regime in Cuba has demonstrated, a moribund authoritarian system can take a long time dying. But the Castro brothers were serious about hanging on to power. Chavismo was serious about nothing. Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinion. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.


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Defying Threats and Madoff, the AICF Marches On
Visitors to the America-Israel Cultural Foundation website see bad news and good in anticipation of this year's gala fundraiser January 10th at Carnegie Hall. The bad news, announced in a banner: "Unfortunately, the bulk of AICF's endowments were invested with Bernard L. Madoff Securities." The good news, AICF is one of the few charities to underestimate its own impact, since its slogan, "Building a Better Israel through the Arts," is far too modest. Since 1939, the AICF has handed out over 100 million dollars to Israeli artists and cultural institutions, thereby making the world a better place, not just Israel.
No single concert or event can encapsulate the AICF's full range of scholarship support in music, art & design, dance, film, and theatre. At the January 10th event, some of the most touching performances will doubtless be by veteran performers whose scholarships date back to the 1950s, like the ardent violinist Miriam Fried and the warmheartedly engaging pianist Joseph Kalichstein.
Absent at Carnegie Hall but very much present on the world scene are some still-young past recipients like the pianist Ran Dank, whose rigorous performances of Bach are in the great tradition, and the remarkable clarinetist Moran Katz who plays with transcendent passion.
Another scholarship recipient is the multi-talented actor Itay Tiran, who combines the stage presence of a younger Ewan McGregor with a moving, Broadway-style voice. The jazz scholarship program has been especially strong, supporting the pianist Alon Yavnai, an interpreter of somber grace and eloquence and the Sonny Rollins-influenced alto sax player Uri Gurvich.
The serenely masterful guitarist Gilad Hekselman aptly comments on the AICF website: "It's great that in a country that is constantly under threat, there is an organization so devoted to the arts. It's rare! From a culturally developed reality — peace will come."
Watch past AICF scholarship winner Sivan Magen, a spectacularly expressive harpist who plays at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Feb. 17.
Watch past AICF scholarship winner Inbal Segev, a radiantly vigorous cellist who performs a recital on March 10 at the West Bloomfield, Michigan's Jewish MusicFest.


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When a human body calls it quits, it can take as few as 30 seconds for blowflies to begin feasting on it. For the next several hours to days, a carnival of blowflies, other flies and beetles make the departed their personal bed-and-breakfasts. A determination of that succession of insects is one of the tools that crime-scene investigators (CSIs) use to estimate the postmortem interval (PMI), or the time elapsed since death.
Since the dawn of modern forensic science in the 19th century, the general belief has been that the order in which carrion-attending arthropods descend starts with blowflies, proceeds to maggots (from the fly eggs) and then moves on to beetles and other predators. Now a 27-year-old graduate student has determined that this is not always the case. Her research could represent a fly in the ointment (we could not resist) for the still burgeoning field of forensic entomology, in which scientists use bug evidence to help them solve crimes.
Entomologist Amanda Fujikawa of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln made her discovery while analyzing how the decomposition of mammal carcasses affects nearby ecosystems in Valentine National Wildlife Refuge in the Sandhills region in Nebraska, a unique prairie environment with grass-anchored sand dunes. She chose the area for its limited access. With only a few roads leading into the area, she was confident her experiments would not be interrupted. In late spring and midsummer, she placed dead rabbits and roadkill in various areas around the refuge and then set up traps to collect carrion insects as they were attracted to the carcasses. She soon noticed that beetles led the parade, not flies.
"It's too early to say if it's a game changer, as it could just be a geographic anomaly," Fujikawa says, but "the fact we saw it and don't know why is most important." Fujikawa's optimism that the research is noteworthy is shared by biologist Jeffrey D. Wells of Florida International University, who was not involved in the research. "It's quite a surprise from the standpoint of carrion ecology," he says. "This is the first example I've seen of carrion beetles behaving according to a different physical scale compared to the typical pattern. Carrion beetles, burying beetles in particular, often win the race to find and monopolize a very small mammal carcass such as a mouse. I've never seen this happen with a rabbit or larger dead mammal. For the forensic entomologist, this raises the possibility that beetles can delay or even eliminate the typical pattern of fly maggots on a corpse. One danger is that if this goes unrecognized, the entomologist might significantly underestimate the time since death."
Fujikawa's advisor Leon Higley, an insect ecologist, echoes this sentiment. "Amanda's work shows there's a lot more variability in insect succession issues" than previously thought, he says. "She is shaping our perceptions of how events actually occur with regard to decomposition."
The evidence also suggests that some postmortem interval estimates may be wrong. There is still much to learn and confirm in the discipline, Fujikawa says, adding: "We still don't have a basic understanding of the biology of maggot development on a carcass: how they respire, how their role in decomposition affects the ecosystem and what they are doing when they are not feeding."
Fujikawa is starting to fill in some of the field's blanks. Her master's thesis demonstrated that adult blowflies can alter the morphology of blood stains at crime scenes. When flies feed on blood, they change the dispersal pattern of the original pool. In addition, they may regurgitate the blood and defecate in a different location. If crime-scene investigators do not know what those little critters are up to, they might interpret a stain as part of the blood spatter when, in fact, it is insect regurgitation and defecation. This could lead them to make false assumptions relating to the scene and crime itself, such as angles and trajectories associated with the death.
Fujikawa has also discovered that insect feces fluoresce under a light source with a wavelength of 465 nanometers and an orange filter, whereas blood will not. This novel insight could be used by crime-scene investigators to distinguish blood spatter from bug activity. She published her research in journals that are used by law enforcement, such as the Journal of Forensic Sciences (see here and here), specifically so that they could easily access and utilize this information.
With a grant from the National Institute of Justice, Fujikawa is now focusing on how blowflies develop under different temperature conditions. This is a key piece of information needed to narrow down PMI since time of death is a calculation based on the age of maggots growing and grazing on a carcass. Fujikawa's research is the first comprehensive study of its kind, Higley says, adding, "I wouldn't be surprised if 50 to 60 years from now, [people] are still referring to her work."


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Section 85S: Physical alteration or destruction of fine art
Section 85S. (a) The general court hereby finds and declares that the physical alteration or destruction of fine art, which is an expression of the artist's personality, is detrimental to the artist's reputation, and artists therefore have an interest in protecting their works of fine art against such alteration or destruction; and that there is also a public interest in preserving the integrity of cultural and artistic creations.
(b) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:
''Artist'', the natural person who actually creates a work of fine art but not to include such art as is created by an employee within the scope of his employment. In case of a joint creation of a work of art, each joint creator shall have the rights of an artist with respect to the work of fine art as a whole.
''Fine art'', any original work of visual or graphic art of any media which shall include, but not limited to, any painting, print, drawing, sculpture, craft object, photograph, audio or video tape, film, hologram, or any combination thereof, of recognized quality.
''Gross negligence'', the exercise of so slight a degree of care as to justify the belief that there was an indifference to the particular work of fine art.
''Public view'', means on the exterior of a public owned building, or in an interior area of a public building.
(c) No person, except an artist who owns or possesses a work of fine art which the artist has created, shall intentionally commit, or authorize the intentional commission of any physical defacement, mutilation, alteration, or destruction of a work of fine art. As used in this section, intentional physical defacement, mutilation, alteration, or destruction includes any such action taken deliberately or through gross negligence.
(d) The artist shall retain the right to claim and receive credit under his own name or under a reasonable pseudonym or, for just and valid reason, to disclaim authorship of his work of fine art. Credit shall be determined in accord with the medium of expression and the nature and extent of the artist's contribution to the work of fine art.
(e) The artist or any bona fide union or other artists' organization authorized in writing by the artist for such purpose may commence an action in the superior court department of the trial court of the commonwealth without having as prerequisites to a suit any need for: (1) damages, already incurred, (2) a showing of special damages, if any, or (3) general damages in any monetary amount to recover or obtain any of the following (i) injunctive relief or declaratory relief, (ii) actual damages, (iii) reasonable attorneys' and expert witness fees and all other costs of the action, or (iv) any other relief which the court deems proper.
(f) In determining whether a work of fine art is of recognized quality, the court shall rely on the opinions of artist, art dealers, collectors of fine art, curators of art museums, restorers and conservators of fine art and other persons involved with the creation or marketing of fine art.
(g) The provisions of this section shall, with respect to the artist, or if any artist is deceased, his heir, legatee, or personal representative, continue until the fiftieth anniversary of the death of such artist, continue in addition to any other rights and duties which may now or in the future be applicable, and except as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) may not be waived except by an instrument in writing expressly so providing which is signed by the artist and refers to specific works with identification and such waiver shall only apply to work so identified.
The attorney general may, if the artist is deceased, assert the rights of the artist on the artist's behalf and commence an action for injunctive relief with respect to any work of art which is in public view.
(h)(1) If a work of fine art cannot be removed from a building without substantial physical defacement, mutilation, alteration, or destruction of such work, the rights and duties created under this section, unless expressly reserved by an instrument in writing signed by the owner of such building and properly recorded, prior to the installation of such art shall be deemed waived. Such instrument, if recorded, shall be binding on subsequent owners of such building.
(2) If the owner of a building wishes to remove a work of fine art which is a part of such building but which can be removed from the building without substantial harm to such fine art, the rights and duties created under this section shall apply unless the owner has diligently attempted without success to notify the artist, or, if the artist is deceased, his heir, legatee, or personal representative, in writing of his intended action affecting the work of fine art, or unless he did provide notice and that person failed within ninety days either to remove the work or to pay for its removal. If such work is removed at the expense of the artist, his heir, legatee, or personal representative, title to such fine art shall be deemed to be in such person.


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Ensayo de un Crimen (1955)
Directed by Luis Buñuel
Genres - Comedy, Crime | Sub-Genres - Black Comedy, Crime Comedy, Satire | Release Date - May 19, 1955 (USA - Unknown) | Run Time - 91 min. | Countries - Mexico | MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
This Mexican-filmed black comedy (distributed in the U.S. seven years after its initial 1955 release date) is one of the minor but no less characteristic works of director Luis Buñuel. The film begins with Archibaldo (Ernesto Alonso) being triggered by a music box into a lengthy reminiscence of his childhood. It was an average, everyday incident, one that undoubtedly has occurred to us all: Archibaldo was caught dressing up in his mother's clothes by his governess, who was then instantly killed by a revolutionary's bullet before she could tell on him. The experience proved to be Archibaldo's "first rush," and he spends the rest of his life trying to re-create the sexual euphoria of that moment -- by murdering attractive women. Buñuel's characteristic perverse black humor then adds a twist, which prevents Archibaldo from fulfilling his desires. Perverse, but darkly funny, Ensayo de un Crimen is a slyly shocking delight.
killing, murder, perversion, obsession, psychopath, sex, aristocracy, childhood, music-box, boy, death, violence, witness, governess, Spain


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text: More Good News than Bad in Calif.'s May Jobs Report Ben Adler Steve Milne Friday, June 21, 2013 | Sacramento, CA Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. California's unemployment rate dropped from nine percent in April to 8.6 percent in May. Typically, during this sluggish recovery, economists often say drops in the jobless rate are due to people leaving the workforce. But this time, "It seems like as people are coming back to the job market, the pace of job creation is stronger than that growth," says Chapman University economist Esmael Adibi. "That's why unemployment is going down. And that's good news." Chapman University economist Esmael Adibi says a rise in the number of people who say they're self-employed offset slow payroll job growth. Businesses added just 10,000 jobs last month – the same as the month before. But overall, the state labor force jumped by more than 90,000, thanks to the increase in freelancers, consultants and contractors. And that, Adibi says, is why unemployment dropped nearly half a point. Meanwhile, the number of Sacramento area restaurant, hotel and other "leisure and hospitality" jobs grew by 700 last month. It was the largest April-to-May increase in that job sector in 22 years and it helped lower the local jobless rate to 7.8% in May…down from 8.2% in April. A year ago, the Sacramento area unemployment rate was 10.3%. All told, the four-county region gained 4,900 jobs in May with big gains in: agriculture; professional and business services; and administrative and support services. Follow us for more stories like this CapRadio provides a trusted source of news because of you. As a nonprofit organization, donations from people like you sustain the journalism that allows us to discover stories that are important to our audience. If you believe in what we do and support our mission, please donate today. Donate Today


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These helpful hints were posted on the groaners listserv.
Follow the rules…
I'm sure that you've seen these rules before and really, they're just common sense. But since we're coming up to that time of the year, I think it's wise to review them. Something about this time of year can play havoc with otherwise sensible people.
Just in case you have forgotten the rules for a safe and Happy Halloween.
1. When it appears that you have killed the monster, NEVER check to see if it's really dead.
2. Never read a book of demon summoning aloud, even as a joke.
3. Do not search the basement, especially if the power has gone out.
4. If your children speak to you in Latin or any other language which they should not know, shoot them immediately. It will save you a lot of grief in the long run. However, it will probably take several rounds to kill them, so be prepared. This also applies to kids who speak with somebody else's voice.
5. When you have the benefit of numbers, NEVER pair off and go it alone.
6. As a general rule, don't solve puzzles that open portals to Hell.
7. Never stand in, on, or above a grave, tomb, or crypt. This would apply to any other house of the dead as well.
8. If you're searching for something which caused a loud noise and find out that it's just the cat, GET THE HELL OUT!
9. If appliances start operating by themselves, do not check for short circuits; just get out!
10. Do not take ANYTHING from the dead.
11. If you find a town which looks deserted, there's probably a good reason for it. Don't stop and look around!
12. Don't fool with recombinant DNA technology unless you're sure you know what you're doing. And even if you're sure you know what you're doing, just don't fool with it!
13. If you're running from the monster, expect to trip or fall down at least twice. Also note that, despite the fact that you are running and the monster is merely shambling along, it's still moving fast enough to catch up with you.
14. If your companions suddenly begin to exhibit uncharacteristic behavior such as hissing, fascination for blood, glowing eyes, increasing hairiness, and so on, kill them immediately.
15. Stay away from certain geographical locations, some of which are listed here: Amityville, Elm Street, Transylvania, Nilbog you're in trouble if you recognize this one), the Bermuda Triangle, or any small town in Maine.
16. If your car runs out of gas at night on a lonely road, do not go to the nearby deserted- looking house to phone for help. If you think that it is strange because you thought you had half of a tank, shoot yourself, instead. You are going to die anyway, and most likely be eaten.
17. If you find that your house is built upon a cemetery, now is the time to move in with the in-laws. This applies to houses that had previous inhabitants who went mad or died in some horrible fashion, or had inhabitants who performed satanic practices in your house.
If you are young, blonde and buxom, don't fight it. You are going to die very soon. Probably with your clothes ripped off (Addedum by Howell Gwinn).


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Statement by Mr. Justice Brown:
This was an appeal from a decree of the circuit court in favor of the plaintiff, Charlotte E. Hoadley, a citizen of Massachusetts, against Abraham L. Day and other defendants, among whom were Fred H. Kolze, administrator of the estate of Friederich Kolze, deceased, Lina Kolze, his widow, Louisa Kolze, his daughter, and Charles E. Stade, trustee, all citizens of Illinois, foreclosing three trust deeds given by Day to secure [200 U.S. 76, 77] promissory notes in the aggregate amount of $5,400. The appeal was granted solely upon the question of jurisdiction.
The point involved requires a statement of facts at some length. They are substantially as follows:
Friederich Kolze sold and conveyed certain real estate to Day by warranty deed dated and acknowledged November 15, 1897, for a stated consideration of $45,000,-namely, $1,000 in cash and the remainder in notes secured by trust deeds. To secure such notes, Day executed three trust deeds to one Stade as trustee, conveying the real estate in question, which were dated November 17, and acknowledged and recorded November 24, 1897. Kolze thereupon intrusted the notes and trust deeds to Stade, a nephew, in whom he seemed to have great confidence, the notes being executed by Day to his own order, and by him indorsed in blank.
On February 17, 1898, Stade took the notes and trust deeds securing the same, and pledged them to Charlotte E. Hoadley as collateral security to his own notes, upon which Hoadley then advanced, or secured to be advanced, a large sum of money.
By deed dated and acknowledged November 23, 1897, but not delivered or recorded until June 30, 1898, Day reconveyed the premises to Kolze, and by deed of release, dated and acknowledged October 27, 1898, and recorded October 29, 1898, Stade, as trustee, fraudulently released said three trust deeds to Kolze, reciting a consideration of $1 and other valuable considerations, and further reciting that the notes secured thereby had been canceled.
By deed dated October 29, 1898, Kolze, now deceased, and the appellant Lina Kolze, his wife, conveyed said premises to Louisa Kolze, their daughter, upon an expressed consideration of $12,000, although the grantee was not a bona fide purchaser, and said conveyance was made to her to hold for the benefit of the family.
For the ostensible purpose of securing the payment of the purchase money, said Louisa Kolze executed a trust deed to [200 U.S. 76, 78] secure her promissory note of $10,000, to Percy V. Castle, as trustee. This deed was dated October 27, 1898, acknowledged October 28, 1898, and recorded October 29, 1898, the appellant Fred H. Kolze, as administrator of the estate of his father, being the owner of said notes and trust deeds, subject, as was alleged, to the rights of the plaintiff, Hoadley.
Subsequently, on or about April 21, 1899, the notes and trust deeds of Day, upon default by Stade in the payment of his note, were sold in accordance with the terms of the collateral note, and were bought in by, and became the property of, the appellee, Hoadley.
The bill prayed that the release deed executed by Stade to Friederich Kolze be declared fraudulent and void as against the notes and trust deeds executed by Day and now owned by the plaintiff; that the rights of all the defendants be declared subject to those of the plaintiff under the notes and deeds held by her; that a receiver be appointed and an account had, and the defendants be decreed to pay whatever was due under the notes and trust deeds, and, in default thereof, that the premises be sold and the defendants be held liable for any deficiency upon such sale, and that they all be foreclosed of their right of redemption.
The defendants moved to dismiss the amended bill for want of a proper allegation of diversity of citizenship, which was overruled; and thereupon defendants interposed a plea to the jurisdiction upon the ground that the defendants were all citizens of the state of Illinois; that the suit was brought by plaintiff as the assignee of one William P. Smith, to whom the notes had been hypothecated by Stade to secure his (Stade's) note, and also to secure Smith for the faithful performance by Stade of a certain contract of employment; that upon the failure of Stade to pay his note and carry out his contract, said mortgage notes and trust deeds signed by Day were sold on or about April 21, 1899, and were bought in by and became the property of the plaintiff; that State and Smith, 'the successive assignors' of the appellee, were citizens of the [200 U.S. 76, 79] state of Illinois, the same state of which Day, the maker of the notes, was also a resident, and that by reason of the fact that said suit could not have been prosecuted in a Federal court if no transfer or assignment had been made, the circuit court had no jurisdiction of the case.
This plea was held to be insufficient, and the defendants, failing to answer, were defaulted, and a decree thereafter entered to the effect that Stade, as trustee, had fraudulently released the trust deeds; that the trust deeds were valid as liens upon the premises; that the rights of Louisa Kolze, subsequent grantee under the warranty deed, as well as the deed of Kolze, were subject and subsequent to the rights of the plaintiff as the owner of the notes and deeds signed by Day; that the property be sold and the defendants foreclosed of their equity of redemption.
Thereupon defendants appealed to this court solely upon the question of jurisdiction.
Mr. John T. Richards for appellants. [200 U.S. 76, 80] Mr. Herman W. Stillman for appellee.
Mr. Justice Brown delivered the opinion of the court:
The sole question presented by the record in this case is whether this is a suit to recover the contents of a chose in action in favor of an assignee, which could not have been prosecuted if no assignment or transfer had been made.
By 1 of the act of August 13, 1888 [25 Stat. at L. 434, chap. 866, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 508], it is provided that no circuit nor district court shall 'have cognizance of any suit . . . to recover the contents of any promissory note or other chose in action in favor of any assignee, or of any subsequent holder, . . . unless such suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment of transfer had been made.' This language is taken from the original judiciary act of 1789 [1 Stat. at L. 73, chap. 20, 11, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 508], and has been in force, except for a few years, since the foundation of the government.
In construing this clause the decisions of this court have settled the following propositions:
1. That a suit to recover the contents of a promissory note or other chose in action is a suit to recover the amount due upon such note, or the amount claimed to be due upon an account, personal contract, or other chose in action. Sere v. Pitot, 6 Cranch, 332, 3 L. ed. 240; Deshler v. Dodge, 16 How. 622, 631, 14 L. ed. 1084, 1088; Bushnell v. Kennedy, 9 Wall. 387, 19 L. ed. 736; Shoecraft v. Bloxham, 124 U.S. 730 , 31 L. ed. 574, 8 Sup. Ct. Rep. 686. [200 U.S. 76, 83] In Corbin v. Black Hawk County, 105 U.S. 659 , 26 L. ed. 1136, a suit to compel the specific performance of a contract was held to be within the statute, Mr. Justice Blatchford observing (page 665, L. ed. 1138): 'The contents of a contract, as a chose in action, in the sense of 629 (U. S. Comp, Stat, 1901, p. 503), are the rights created by it in favor of a party in whose behalf stipulations are made in it which he has a right to enforce in a suit founded on the contract; and a suit to enforce such stipulations is a suit to recover such contents.'
2. That a suit to foreclose a mortgage is within the inhibition of the act, and can only be maintained where the assignor was competent to file the bill. Sheldon v. Sill, 8 How. 441, 12 L. ed. 1147; Blacklock v. Small, 127 U.S. 96 , 32 L. ed. 70, 8 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1096
3. That the bill or other pleading must contain an averment showing that the suit could have been maintained by the assignor if no assignment had been made. Turner v. Bank of North America, 4 Dall, 8, 1 L. ed. 718; Mollan v. Torrance, 9 Wheat. 537, 6 L. ed. 154; Bradley v. Rhines (Bradley v. Hunt) 8 Wall. 393, 19 L. ed. 467; Anderson v. Watt, 138 U.S. 694, 702 , 34 S. L. ed. 1078, 1081, 11 Sup. Ct. Rep. 449; Robertson v. Cease, 97 U.S. 649 , 24 L. ed. 1057; Brock v. Northwestern Fuel Co. 130 U.S. 341 , 32 L. ed. 905, 9 Sup. Ct. Rep. 552.
4. That a suit may be maintained between the immediate parties to a promissory note as indorser and indorsee, provided the requisite diversity of citizenship appears as between them, or upon a new contract arising subsequently to the execution of the original, notwithstanding a suit could not have been maintained upon the original contract. In such case the original contract may be considered to ascertain the amount of the damages. Young v. Bryan, 6 Wheat. 146, 5 L. ed. 228; Bank of United States v. Moss, 6 How. 31, 12 L. ed. 331; Superior v. Ripley, 138 U.S. 93 , 34 L. ed. 914, 11 Sup. Ct. Rep. 288; Mollan v. Torrance, 9 Wheat. 537, 6 L. ed. 154; Marine & River Phosphate Min. & Mfg. Co. v. Bradley, 105 U.S. 175 , 26 L. ed. 1034.
This is primarily a suit to foreclose certain mortgages. Instead of setting up the mortgages, their maturity and nonpayment, and their assignment to plaintiff, leaving to the defendants to plead the release by Stade of October, 1898, as an extinguishment of the mortgages, she has chosen to set forth the entire facts, to attack the release as fraudulent as against [200 U.S. 76, 84] her, and to insist that the original notes and trust deeds are valid in her hands, and to pray for a foreclosure of the same.
The gravamen of the suit and the object to be obtained are unaffected by the form of her bill. The suit is still, in substance, a suit to foreclose the trust deeds, and to remove the release as a cloud upon her title to them.
It may be that an action for fraud might have lain against the parties implicated, regardless of the citizenship of the parties from whom the plaintiff traced her title, or possibly a bill in equity to cancel the release deed of Stade and remove a cloud from the title. But where a bill is filed to foreclose a mortgage, and it appears by the bill itself that the mortgage has been fraudulently released to the mortgagor by a deed of which plaintiff had no notice, and the fraud is a mere incident, the bill is still one to recover the contents of a mortgage, within the meaning of the act, and will not lie in a Federal court unless the plaintiff's assignor might have maintained the bill if no assignment or transfer had been made. It would advantage the plaintiff nothing to obtain a cancelation of the release without also foreclosing the mortgage in the same or a subsequent suit, while a right to foreclose the mortgage could not be established without incidentally avoiding the release.
In this aspect of the case it would seem to me immaterial whether the plaintiff derived her title directly from Stade, to whom she had advanced money and afterwards purchased the notes and trust deeds, as alleged in the bill, or through William P. Smith, who had obtained the notes and trust deeds from Stade, his debtor, since both Stade and Smith were citizens of the state of Illinois, and the inhibition of the statute would apply in either case.
The case of Blacklock v. Small, 127 U.S. 97 , 32 L. ed. 70, 8 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1096, is similar, and, we think, practically decisive of the one under consideration. A suit was brought in the circuit court for South Carolina by two daughters of John F. Blacklock, who were citizens of Georgia, against certain defendants, who were citizens of South Carolina. It seems that Blacklock had sold a house and lot in [200 U.S. 76, 85] Charleston to the defendant Small, who had given back a bond and mortgage to secure a portion of the purchase money; that Blacklock subsequently assigned the bond to Alexander Robinson in trust, for his (Blacklock's) children; that Small pretended to pay the bond by making payment to Robinson in Confederate treasury notes; that upon receipt thereof, Robinson satisfied the mortgage and delivered up the bond to Small; that Robinson, in receiving such payment, violated his duty, and was guilty of a breach of trust; that Small, in attempting to pay the debt in illegal currency, with full notice of the trust, had not paid the debt; that the satisfaction of the mortgage was void; that its lien was still subsisting, and that Small was still liable for the amount due upon the bond. It was held that, as the suit was one against Small, founded upon contract, namely, his bond and mortgage in favor of plaintiffs, who claimed only under the assignment made by their father, John F. Blacklock, to the defendant Robinson, such suit would not lie, inasmuch as plaintiffs' assignor, John F. Blacklock, was a citizen of South Carolina and of the same state as Small. In answer to this it was insisted that the suit should not be considered as one founded upon the contract of Small, but as one for the delivery of the bond and mortgage by Small to the plaintiffs, founded on their wrongful detention, and that the foreclosure and sale of the premises prayed for was merely ancillary and incidental. The contention was held to be unsound, Mr. Justice Blatchford saying that the bill was clearly one for a decree for the amount of the bond and a sale of the mortgaged premises. In other words, the foreclosure and sale were treated as the main objects of the bill, and the breach of trust of Small as a mere incident. The cases of Deshler v. Dodge, 16 How. 622, 14 L. ed. 1084, and Bushnell v. Kennedy, 9 Wall. 387, 19 L. ed. 736, were cited and distinguished.
By analogy to Blacklock v. Small, we think the gravamen of this case must be treated as the foreclosure of the trust deeds in question, and the prayer for a cancelation of the release given by Stade to Friederich Kolze as a mere clearing of the way [200 U.S. 76, 86] to a decree establishing the title of the plaintiff to the notes and trust deeds. As the plaintiff is thus compelled to trace her title through Stade or Smith, who are both citizens of Illinois, and neither of whom could have prosecuted this suit, she is affected by the same incompetency.
The case of Holmes v. Goldsmith, 147 U.S. 150 , 37 L. ed. 118, 13 Sup. Ct. Rep. 288, on which the plaintiff relies, is not in point. That was an action by a nonresident against the maker of a note, who had signed it entirely for the benefit of the payee, who was really the party for whose use it was made. The maker and payee were citizens of the same state. The plaintiff, a bona fide holder, had paid full value for it to the payee, who had indorsed it to him. It was held the court had jurisdiction; that evidence showing the real relation of the parties was admissible, and that the jurisdiction of the circuit court 'was properly put by the court below upon the proposition that the true meaning of the restriction in question was not disturbed by permitting the plaintiffs to show that, notwithstanding the terms of the note, the payee was really a maker or original promisor, and did not, by his indorsement, assign or transfer any right of action held by him against the accommodation makers.'
The decree of the Circuit Court is therefore reversed, and the case remanded to that court, with instructions to dismiss the bill.
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After we and Yahoo's Shine site (among others) criticized the lack of diversity in Vanity Fair's "Young Hollywood" issue, Internet commenters helpfully stepped up to remind us that Vanity Fair is for white people, and we'd better just accept it.
Shine's post from Tuesday currently has over 18,000 comments, most of them angry that writer Joanna Douglas would even think to criticize VF. Commenter Jason S kills two birds with one stone: "Mandatory race in EVERYTHING... is just retarded." But most of Douglas's critics appeared to be making the time-honored "double standard" argument, implying that criticisms of racial discrimination are inadmissible because of some notional discrimination against white people that said whites must notionally suffer in silence. Amber Tue says:
OK, so I want to know something. Why is it when there is all white people on the cover, the magazine is being racists, but, when there is no white people involved, you cant say anything? Isn't this called double standards and I get pretty tired of seeing that.
Boy, I can see why she would be tired of all those "Young Hollywood" spreads that only feature actors of color. Oh wait — as Dodai pointed out, Hollywood itself is so white-dominated that it would be hard to even put together such a spread. At a loss for examples of supposed discrimination against whites, commenters took aim at magazines geared to people of color. Says a commenter who goes by "tired of the nonsense.......,"
I've often thought Ebony magazine lacked a certain diversity. Latina magazine is not doing so hot there either.....
Commenter Douglas concurs:
Fair fair, Does NAACP publications show white folks or anyone other than their ethnicity? Do Latino mags show other than their own either?
Of course, here commenters are referencing publications created for specific racial groups, often in response to the total underrepresentation of said groups in places like Vanity Fair. But according to several wise thinkers, the latter really isn't a problem. Says stumper13,
wait a minute! who says there has to be a black, hispanic, asian or ne other race? they own the mag?
ever seen ebony put a white n their mag?
grow up people!
See, black people have "their mag" and white people have theirs (coincidentally, the one that gets to claim to be "mainstream"). Separate but equal! And if we hadn't gotten the message clearly enough, a "tipster" emailed it to us:
You need to get over yourself,maybe we don`t want to see fat ugly black women on the cover,maybe white people want to see pretty young white girls on OUR covers.Don`t force it !
It's disturbing enough that Vanity Fair, Hollywood, and mainstream celebrity culture in general are still overwhelmingly white — but truly terrifying that so many are willing to come out in support of keeping it that way. And not all of them are anonymous internet trolls: the guy who creepily defended "pretty young white girls on OUR covers" actually gave us his name. All of which just goes to show that when you start thinking most racism is subconscious these days, or that at least people are embarrassed about it, some assholes go and prove you wrong. Also, racists have bad grammar.
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