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In Praise of Those Unpraised
Famous and powerful people win awards all the time. Some deserve them and some don't. Occasionally, someone less well-known will win an award for something truly praiseworthy.
This column is about everyone else — the ones who go about their lives quietly — who should win an award, but probably won't.
- The working mom and dad who figure out what the family will sacrifice to pay for the latest tax hike because politicians wouldn't sacrifice any government spending.
- The middle-aged man who loses his job and cuts his discretionary spending, draws on his savings, and seeks a lower paying job to tide him over for a while instead of immediately applying for unemployment or welfare.
- The small business owner who serves nearly every family in town, but who never gets a fraction of the recognition given to the local public school superintendent who retires young after a three-year stint he took to bump up his pension.
- The teacher — the one all the parents want for their kids — who is grateful for a secure job, good pay, great benefits and long summer breaks.
- The farmer who never gets called for the news story because the Agriculture Department official is easier for the reporter to get ahold of.
- The business owner who looks to government to enforce the rules fairly, not as a conduit for subsidies or cronyism.
- The young union leader who realizes the age of compulsory unionism has passed, and who quietly commits to renew their union on the cornerstones of voluntary cooperation and valued service to workers.
- The artist who creates by nature, not to win government arts council subsidies.
- The parents and grandparents who nurture their offspring with a deep respect for liberty, limited government, self-reliance and generosity.
- The kid stuck in a crummy neighborhood with little family support who wants to earn their success somehow, and to their role model — who doesn't even know it.
- The couple who takes in a young, pregnant woman who has nowhere else to go, and who pays for all her needs instead of signing her up for government assistance because they are grateful to have enough to share.
- The stockbroker who understands it's easier to earn back money forgone than it is to earn back a lost reputation.
- The employer who gives a chance to the job applicant with the arrest record.
- The person who does for you whatever it is you would hate to do for a living.
- The pastor or other religious leader who teaches, encourages and exhorts to strengthen the moral underpinnings of civil society, without which no people can be free.
- The citizen who won't let their elected officials get away with saying one thing and doing another.
- The government official who realizes that every person described here is at least as important as he or she is.
- The Mackinac Center supporter who knows a hundred good causes but knows they all depend on the kind of society the Mackinac Center fights for every day.
- Those willing to risk their own lives, fortunes and sacred honor in defense of others' lives, liberties and pursuit of happiness.
- Everyone else equally praiseworthy, but who won't fit in a 500-word column.
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Director: Robert Zemeckis
Running time: 138 mins Released: 1st February 2013
Website: paramount.com
About Flight
Denzel Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a pilot whose alcohol addiction gets him into trouble in this heavyweight drama. As a seasoned and frequently sozzled airline employee, Whip has survived for years by putting vodka in his morning orange juice and carefully escaped detection by his superiors. But during a flight one day, the plane malfunctions. Despite being drunk Whip manages to land safely with most passengers unharmed. He is hailed as a hero but it is not long before an investigation reveals his secrets, and his guilt eats away at him. He starts seeing a woman with her own problems (Kelly Reilly) and vows not to drink before his hearing. Will the pressure cause him to break down? And should he tell the truth about the flight?
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Dollhouse: Season One (US - BD RA)
Gabe wants to be imprinted with the ability to impress women like Ms. Dushku
I more or less totally missed Dollhouse upon its initial airings this year, and really hadn't felt as if this was a problem until the people around me starting talking about it with a big slant on the positive. Unlike many TV releases that find there way into my mailbox, I actually asked for this one, and because it's a first season release I didn't go into the experience minus two or three season of back-story.
I'm not a huge fan of cult television creator extraordinaire Joss Whedon, excepting Firefly, which I grew to love entirely despite myself. I'm also becoming a bit bored by popular science fiction's constant pilfering of the works of Philip K. Dick. The on-paper premise of Dollhouse – that of a shadow group keeping zombie-like human automatons in an underground lab where they use mind wiping technology to 'imprint' personalities upon them for various prostituting purposes – is not exclusive to Dick, but surely and fully in keeping with the author's favourite subjects. Dick's influential 'We Can Remember It for You Wholesale' (the basis of Paul Verhoven's Total Recall) runs on the concept of implanted memories, while the even more influential 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' (the basis for Ridley Scott's Bladerunner) explores the possibilities of the human concept of soul existing within the mind of an otherwise concocted person. These possibilities are largely explored in Dollhouse, as series lead, Echo (Eliza Dushku), begins to retain some of her implanted memories, and develop a personality despite her handlers best efforts. Whedon and his co-writers are obviously aware of their debt, and do insert little bits of homage throughout the series.
Besides homage, however, Dollhouse is still very, very aware of the inherent logic problems and minor plot holes that are born out of its basic premise, and consistently 'hangs a lampshade' on the problem. 'Hang a lampshade' refers to the process of pointing out an unbelievable plot element before the audience has a chance to. At first this is somewhat refreshing, since the premise is pretty silly, and begs huge leaps of faith from its audience (really, why not just hire the right person for the job, etc), but after enough reassurance things somehow circle back to strained belief. Whedon ends up hanging lampshades on stuff a susceptible mid-season audience would probably be willing to take for granted. However, like many of the show's negative aspects, this problem could also be seen as a series-specific strength. One of Whedon's greatest strengths as a writer is his perfected ability to expertly take the air out of melodrama with self-awareness and tongue-in-cheek humour. Whedon knows that a lot of the series' appeal is found in pulp and good natured cheese. Of course, this silly and self-aware concept (blank slates that can be rewritten as an entirely different character from week to week) is a delightful act of self-serving contrivance on Whedon's part, as he can work outside of his own mythology with the standalone aspects of each episode.
As a writer Whedon thrives on the tropiest tropes available in modern storytelling, and like all good genre writers looking to create a 'tradition-based originality' he knows how to invert the tropes at the best possible moments. Sometimes he even takes the most clichéd route after firmly convincing his audience he's looking for inversion, which is especially vicious. Classic Star Trek trope coverage includes whole lot of body swapping (it's kind of the premise), and an inhibition inhibiting drug (basically 'sex pollen' without the sex), while many of Echo's missions mirror classic film sub-genre templates, such as a heist flick, a murder mystery, or a take on the 'Most Dangerous Game' motif. Perhaps the most self-aware of these devoted clichés is the presence of a 'Big Bad', a term for a season arcing villainous threat that Whedon himself practically coined. Every Whedon series since Buffy has featured a 'Big Bad', and the popularity of the practice (possibly equally attributed to the popularity of X-Files) has practically defined sci-fi/fantasy television for the last 15 years or so (as seen in varying series such as Supernatural or Smallville). But again, the tropes are used to the advantage of the overall storytelling, and without spoiling anything specific, I think that Alpha is one of the most effective (mostly) unseen villains in recent television history. By the time we are introduced to him his legend is so ingrained as an almost supernatural threat that his identity is one of the biggest shocks Whedon has ever mustered.
Modern television has developed the potentially fatal problem of creating standalone episodes under the cover of a fully seasonal arc. An entirely serialized series, like Lost, Battlestar Galatica, or Mad Men, threatens to alienate any viewer that misses a single episode, but a series based entirely on standalone episodes suffers to find a loyal audience. Shows like The Dead Zone fail in keeping the arc's threats relevant by peppering elements of the super-plot so conservatively throughout a season. Dollhouse finds just about as perfect a balance between extremes as I can possibly fathom, by featuring a specific, standalone adventures (by the nature of the premise there really should be very little to attach the events of given episodes) on all but two episodes, while devoting at least a third of each episode's runtime to the super-plot. Even better, besides the presence of a 'Big Bad', and a protagonist working outside of the system followed by the other protagonists (the lone detective, another trope), it's never entirely clear where the super-plot is going, giving way to an arc every bit as satisfying as a 24 episode long Lost arc.
Whedon also scores points by ramping up worst case scenarios almost immediately, punching volatile holes in the story that most television writers would likely dole out over a period of several seasons. If there's one overlying problem I personally have with popular modern serialized television, it's the fact that writers don't get down to brass tacks, and the incessant teasing drives me mad. Dollhouse isn't quite as balls-out as say Breaking Bad, where everything starts going wrong come the first episode, but there isn't a lot of wasted time. Perhaps this was because Whedon and his co-conspirators assumed they'd be canceled after one 13 episode season, but even if the reasons are less than regal the efforts is much appreciated.
The characters are all very Whedon-esque, and owe just as much of their filling to the perfect casting as the mature and rounded dialogue. I am a fan of Whedon, but often find his dialogue so attention grabbing and 'hip' that it has driven me out of many of his better stories. Tarantino is an apt comparison in this respect, as his wordy prose sounds great from the right mouth, yet resembles dribbly vomit when excreted from the wrong one. In the case of Dollhouse there are no obviously dull crayons in the actor box. Olivia Williams (as the iron-willed, cold as steel boss of operations Adelle DeWitt) and Harry Lennix (as Echo's off base 'handler' Boyd Langton) are my personal favourites, but this affection is mostly related to my love of the actors' other work, and the thrill of watching them work with wordy mythology. Williams is the constant scene stealer. Despite her character's inherit mean streak, and hi-def video's enhancement of her natural facial wrinkles, I'd argue that DeWitt is the sexiest woman on the show. Outside of expectations, and as a non-fan of Buffy and Angle I'm most surprised by Amy Acker (Dr. Saunders), as I was unfamiliar with her brand of quiet beauty. The mighty Count Dushku isn't quite as versatile as some have professed, but impresses consistently nonetheless. The closest thing to a weak link in the chain is Tahmoh Penikett (Agent Paul Ballard), but not due to his overall efforts as an actor as much as what I saw as underlying issues in his casting. I personally got the feeling throughout the series that Penikett was hired as a stand-in for Whedon regular Nathan Fillion.
Skip the next paragraph if you're looking to watch the series without any spoilers.
This collection's 13th episode has a strange story all its own, and I for one wish it would've ended with Fox deciding not to order it. After 12 episodes of increasing quality and intensity the season seemingly ends on a strong note. There are enough open threads to lead to a second season, but also enough closure to leave the season as a standalone. Fox wanted 13 episodes outside the unaired pilot, and assuming he wasn't going to get to finish the series Whedon decided to do a 'future shock' episode. The problem here is that this particular future shock doesn't really open the story up to more suspense, it closes the story. Assuming this is canon I'm left disappointed rather than shocked, disappointed at yet another dystopian, zombie addled future. I'd like to think this was a reactive idea on Whedon's part, and that given time he'll develop this mythology into something original, rather than a mawkish mimicry of Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later, The Terminator and, of all things, The Signal.
Dollhouse on Blu-ray doesn't quite compare to Lost on Blu-ray in the video department, but there isn't too much to complain about either. The lack of overwhelming perfection comes partially out of the series' style, which varies a bit with each standalone theme, but mostly sticks to a relatively diffused and warm look. Lighting and contrast levels are rarely harsh, leading to less intense hues, and more overall softness. Textures are pretty smooth, but close-up details still display plenty of sharp detail, and there isn't any distinct loss of detail in the evenly focused compositions. Grain isn't really an issue, and neither is edge enhancement, but some of the colours are less than clean. While skin tones, clothing, and most props feature un-fettered hues, the warm brown walls of most of the Dollhouse sets often dance with low-level noise, which does get a little distracting. The transfer quality is at the very least consistent, with the obvious exception of the 13th episode, which was largely shot on digital video for cheap, leading to a whole lot of digital grain, and less impressive detail levels.
The 1080p hi-def transfer may not be the best thing ever, but Dollhouse stands up to pretty much every other Blu-ray television series I've ever seen. This DTS-HD track features a great deal of aural dynamics, including subtle distress and attention grabbing extremes. The soundtrack effects are mostly hyper-natural, but more science fiction inspired sounds go along with the mind erasing/rewriting chair, which hums like a light saber, buzzes like a spaceship, and sometimes lights up like Frankenstein's lab. Directional effects aren't exactly constant, but the rear channels do act as more than just an arena for vague incidental effects. Though I find the series' title theme a bit annoying, the overall musical score is very impressive, evoking other popular work, while creating memorable themes and motifs. The use of soft mallet cymbals and lullaby like piano strike as particularly perfect for the series less action packed moments. The less bombastic music is presented clearly, while the big beat stuff punches up the LFE, and throughout the scores the rear channels are given more than the usual amount of discretion.
Extras begin with a series of commentary tracks throughout the discs. The quality of the tracks depends on the participants, but there's a relative continuity in subject matter and tone. Most participants are not surprisingly sarcastic and low-key, and there's plenty of information to absorb. The problem with the track in general is that finding the damn things is a guessing game. Which episodes feature commentary? Well, the only way to find out is to click on every episode under the episode menu until one pops up a 'play with commentary' option. On disc one the first episode, 'Ghost', features commentary with Dushku and Whedon, who have fun with the experience. Disc two features a solo track with Whedon on the episode entitled 'Man on the Street', which is, in his opinion, the first real episode of the series. Disc three features commentary with writers Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen on the ill-advised 13th episode, 'Epitaph'. Their words on the episode lead me to believe this dystopian future is supposed to be considered canon, which I don't like.
The most exciting extra as far as most fans will be concerned with the original unaired pilot episode, the one the Fox execs thought was too cerebral for Friday night audiences. Parts of the pilot were used for other episodes, including large chunks of exact footage, and a character that briefly appears in the final regular season episode, but it's reasonably clear that the episode isn't meant to be taken as canon for the most part. The episode's tone is a little darker, and there's a little more psychological mumbo-jumbo, but it's mostly more of the same, and it's strange that Fox didn't like it. Critically speaking I'm glad it wasn't aired because it gives away way too much of the super-plot too fast, and I appreciate the season's actual pacing. The episode is presented in high definition video, but the audio presentation is a simplified 2.0 Dolby Digital.
'Making Dollhouse' (20:30, HD) is more full-bodied and informative than most behind the scenes looks at television shows. Covered here is the development process (Dushku is really responsible for Fox having any interest), casting, hiring writers, shooting the pilot, starting over when the pilot was rejected, finding the a show that was creatively satisfying while still making the show Fox wanted, shooting the originally unintended 13th episode, and possibilities for the series' future.
'Coming Home' (7:00, HD) is a closer look at the gathering of the staff, many of which he'd worked with on Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Dr. Horrible, and the experience of creating new mythologies on the page and on the stage. Mostly this featurette is just made up of sweet natured nostalgia, but it's also a pretty good look behind the scenes. 'Finding Echo' (5:00, HD) is a closer look at the relationship between Whedon and Dushku, and making the series into a sort of showcase for the actresses varying talents. 'Designing the Perfect Dollhouse' (6:00, HD) is a mixed look at the production design of the main Dollhouse set, and a Whedon-guided tour of said set. 'A Private Engagement' (5:40, HD) completes the featurettes by asking various cast and crew members what they'd do if the imprinting technology were real. Fox trailers also accompany the first disc in the collection.
Dollhouse is a pretty major surprise for me. I'm not much of a Joss Whedon fanboy, and I have a tendency to be under whelmed by most fan-praised television series. It's not a perfect show, but it's very entertaining, enjoyably subversive, and appears to be going somewhere interesting, assuming the second season largely ignores the not very good 13th episode. This Blu-ray set looks fine, and sounds great, but is a little light on extras (not to mention the fact that two of the commentary tracks are basically Easter Eggs). I'd like to thank tvtropes.org for their exhaustive database, which helped me immensely in writing this review. Thanks to these guys we have names for all these constantly used narrative devices, and without them I'd have to waste words describing everything. Visit them soon, and get lost.
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absolutely fantastic television series. have to admit - took me a while to get into it, but by the time the final episode of season 2 aired, i was doing my best to convince everyone i know to watch it. shame it had to be cut short, but loved the fact whedon and cast/crew were given ample opportunity to give it the closure it so rightly deserved. epitaph two was EPIC!
How anyone can call this show boring is beyond me, it just gets better and better! I'm still waiting for the DVD to come out on 7th before I can watch Epitaph One not long now tho! Does anyone know when the 2nd series is out in the UK??
I hear this series is good, but I couldn't get into it / relate to the characters; despite being a Whedon fan.
"Did I fall asleep?"
"For about half the season you did"
I wonder if she was the producer saying "NO! We need more shots where I'm virtually nekkid!"
Picked up though, will be watching season 2 when it's aht.
"For about half the season you did"
I wonder if she was the producer saying "NO! We need more shots where I'm virtually nekkid!"
Picked up though, will be watching season 2 when it's aht.
Matt Thompson wrote: Bouncy X wrote: the 13th episode is basically just an extra, from everything i've read it'll be treated as a "what if" as opposed to being canon.
It's as canonical as it can be. Felicia Day and Zack Ward are in the season two premiere.Haven't seen the 13th episode yet, but just hearing the name Felicia Day makes me wanna see it. Awesomest gamerchick ever!
It's as canonical as it can be. Felicia Day and Zack Ward are in the season two premiere.Haven't seen the 13th episode yet, but just hearing the name Felicia Day makes me wanna see it. Awesomest gamerchick ever!
Gabe Powers wrote: I GitS always kind of bored me, I have to admit, and I don't remember the theme song to tell you the truth...
Gabe Powers wrote: Here's a great link for you stevepulaski that will tell you all about the quality of the show:
Click here
LOL! Would have been even better as a LMGTFY link
Click here
LOL! Would have been even better as a LMGTFY link
Bouncy X wrote: the 13th episode is basically just an extra, from everything i've read it'll be treated as a "what if" as opposed to being canon.
It's as canonical as it can be. Felicia Day and Zack Ward are in the season two premiere.
It's as canonical as it can be. Felicia Day and Zack Ward are in the season two premiere.
Chris Johnson wrote: I watched this when it first started, and gave up after a month or so. It bored the hell out of me, and most of the acting was excrutiatingly bad. I do not want to bother with it anymore.
Ironically enough, it really gets going on the 5th episode, so you may have just missed out.
Gabe, this was a very impressive review. I can't disagree on any major points, and I REALLY agree on how you described the balance between the 'super-plot' and the one-offs. I still haven't seen Epitaph One since it never aired, but from everything I've read it sounded very kick ass. BD is coming in from netflix today, so I'm hoping I have a more positive reaction than you did.
Ironically enough, it really gets going on the 5th episode, so you may have just missed out.
Gabe, this was a very impressive review. I can't disagree on any major points, and I REALLY agree on how you described the balance between the 'super-plot' and the one-offs. I still haven't seen Epitaph One since it never aired, but from everything I've read it sounded very kick ass. BD is coming in from netflix today, so I'm hoping I have a more positive reaction than you did.
Top review, Gabe. You're spot on - Dushku doesn't quite have the range needed to really pull it off but the show is well worth a look.
I watched this when it first started, and gave up after a month or so. It bored the hell out of me, and most of the acting was excrutiatingly bad. I do not want to bother with it anymore.
Here's a great link for you stevepulaski that will tell you all about the quality of the show:
Click here
Click here
Heard of the show, should I check it out?
I love the show after watching it on DVD. Tried to watch it on TV and was basically turned off (the two part season finale did get me interested again). I like the extra episodes. Fantastic DVD set
the 13th episode is basically just an extra, from everything i've read it'll be treated as a "what if" as opposed to being canon.
I GitS always kind of bored me, I have to admit, and I don't remember the theme song to tell you the truth...
Thought the first half of this season was awful but as soon as the story started to get the idea that all we really cared about was what the Dollhouse is rather than the day to day of what it does, it really stepped up. There's enough Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex in here to make it great (that theme tune is a direct rip off right?) and I personally thought the 13th episode made the show way more exciting and epic than it had hinted at already in the initial twelve episodes "The Tech's gone wireless". Be interesting to see how much of it is played on in season 2.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 28th July 2009
Discs: 3
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Portuguese and Spanish
Extras: Commentaries, Original Unaired Pilot, Deleted Scenes, Featurettes
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Various
Cast: Eliza Dushku, Harry Lennix, Fran Kranz, Tahmoh Penikett, Enver Gjokaj, Dichen Lachman, Olivia Williams
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery and Thriller
Length: 540 minutes
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Pete Doherty - For Lovers
Just a great song, and a great video.
It's a shame that we're such a bunch of contrary knobheads that grown-up discussions on things that are/were mildly popular aren't possible, but on its own merits, a fine piece of work.
- fitzcarraldo this'd this
- The_Groke and Dinohead86 this'd this
however, i always thought the recording kinda sounded like a rough demo of a Robbie Williams song
that string synth pad and piano, bit of a shame he didn't do something more interesting with it
- PickledOeuf this'd this
he gave Wolfman the main writing credits for the song.
it's clearly his song, though. stylistically it's very similar to other songs he's released, and Wolfman's other stuff isn't really as decent.
he did that quite a lot, actually; shared his writing credits. fair play to him.
You're not quite right there
I remember being told the full story in quite a degree of goriness. i'll ask again, but im pretty sure that Wolfman wrote it, peter then fiddled wi it a bit (sorry, put his stamp on it musically). The end result is a collaboration, but the starting point was a song that existed in its own right from wolfman alone.
I agree it's quite brilliant.zxcvbnm- this'd this
if Wolfman wrote the song
and it was such a success, why did he never write another song anywhere near as good as that one, or even one that sounded in the least bit similar? seems fishy to me.
I don't know
Maybe peter is lying to me about it and his entire management team. It would not be the first time.
completely agree
extra special place in my heart too as when it came out me & the misses were just beginning to settle down in Sweden after having met and lived together in Paris for a couple of years
Can't stand the guy or most of his music but seeing him play this solo acoustically was pretty special. Shame my view was spoilt by people down the front moshing to it. Moshing. At a Pete Doherty solo gig. Christ.
Lol, nah.
Anyone with half an ear for writing a song could bash out something like this, and probably with a way better vocal too.forzaborza this'd this
Get your ears around this one! Fuck me. Imagine being in that room?! I'd kill that young guy within 40 minutes. When he does the eye rolling bits- not even Mother Teresa could tolerate that!
- Und_Gorgeous_Cars this'd this
Wasn't Wolfman his dealiner?
He probably took the credits for a lump of crack.
I had forgotten this song existed!
Oh to be 19 again...


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RFC-3203: Packet Over Sheep - Eeenternet Protocol
A real Internet RFC. No kidding. The most up-to-date copy of this can be found on the Official PACKET OVER SHEEP Web Page as well as at Ohio State's Internet Requests for Comments (RFC) Web Site.
In Scotland, we can't lay fiber because it disturbs the sheep. So we make a compromise and develop a packet switching technology that uses the existing network of sheep across the country. Packet Over Sheep will revolutionize broadbaaaaand datacomm in Scotland.
The sheep exist as a layer two transport carrier. Each sheep carries a packet through the field and passes the packet to the first sheep it contacts. Eventually, if the sheep routing is kept under close control (Shepherd == sheep router/control protocol) the packet should transmit to the desired field.
This network topology will not fit nicely inside the currently known OSI model. We have been forced to create a NEW model, known as the OSI (Other Sheep Indicator) model. This network makes it's transport carrier a highly dynamic system, where the transport carrier is made up of many individual parts. In the future, it may be possible to monitor each of these dynamic network segments. It is possible that POS (Packet Over Sheep) will over take existing network transport carriers due to it's technological advancements. Due to changes in the OSI model, some tools will not perform as they have on previous networks. For example, the ping and traceroute tools are drastically modified, even the user interface will be different.
Velcro will be used to attach the data segment to the sheep. To ensure data integrity we will use BTPT (Bad Tasting Packet Theory) the data segment will be coated in a bad tasting fluid - this way surrounding sheep (or marauding wolves) will not compromise secure packets. The data is embedded under the wool layer of the sheep, the destination FGO (Frank Gate Opener - this will be discussed at length later) has to strip off the wool headers to get the data. The sheep has to then regrow its wool, part of why this is a slow protocal - this protocol will still work because there are lots of sheep.
A series of layer three protocols had to be developed to handle this new medium. We propose Sheep Relay - a protocol closely related to frame relay except much slower. BGFP (Border Gateway Field Protocol) ensures communication between fields. OSPF is still used, however in a slightly modified context - Open Sheep Path Frank; Frank is the guy at the gate who allows the sheep packets to travel between fields. We chose this protocol, because statistically, Frank is reliable - he is a stand up guy, a mad gate opener.
Firewall technology is being developed for this medium - we utilize an existing fence technology and implement a modified FGO (Frank Gate Opener) which monitors the sheep attempting to pass through the gate, and applies SHAFT control to the non-permitted sheep. FGO can also be configured to watch for Sheep spoofing techniques (commonly used by wolves). It would also be possible to configure the firewall with an ACL (Angus Carries Laser) which would provide a higher level of security.
Packet Over Sheep interfaces with other network topologies using a high speed data carrier interface M/F-12 (boy or girl - age 12) which will at that point send the data on to the internet from a terminal.
Error correction is handled by SHAFT (Whatchu talkin 'bout? I'm talkin bout SHAFT) - the router (Shepherd) handles SHAFT control. SHAFT includes a subroutine which seeks out packets infected with MSD (Mad Sheep Disease) and gives them the SHAFT.
ICMP (I Chuck Massive Pebble) ping will elicit an audible cry from the network which will allow the user to effectively troubleshoot the network. Traceroute troubleshooting is done completely visually - and is executed by the router (Shepherd).
The sheep layer will follow a specific naming convention. To ensure Y2K compatibility, the sheep will be named as follows: sh.ee.pp/.[nn] where [nn] is the number of the sheep. This naming convention will never run out of numbers, and is not succeptible to Y2K problems.
Further detail will discuss coloured jerseys.
To switch packets between fields we use an AHPSP (Angus and Hamish Packet Switching Protocol) Angus and his brother Hamish who will lift the sheep over the fence to another field. This switching technology relies on sheep coat and colour to determine where the packets are destined. Future revisions will see VLambs built into AHPSP.
VLamb would use a SPTC (Sheep Packet Truck Carrier) which acts only as a transport mechanism - it would not have information on the end destination of the sheep, it only moves the sheep from one field to another. This kind of data movement will vastly increase the speed capabilities of this network medium.
Other systems developed:
Server Farm - linked by OC3 (Other Cattle 3) Sheepdog Network Monitoring Tool (SNMT) - packet sniffer
POS - Packet Over Sheep
SHAFT - Whatchu talkin 'bout? I'm talkin bout SHAFT
Shepherd - sheep router/control protocol Sheep Relay - a protocol closely related to frame relay except much slower
BGFP - Border Gateway Field Protocol
OSPF - Open Sheep Path Frank
FGO - Frank Gate Opener
ACL - Angus Carries Laser
M/F-12 - boy or girl - age 12
ICMP - I Chuck Massive Pebble
OSI - Other Sheep Indicator
AHPSP - Angus and Hamish Packet Switching Protocol
BTPT - Bad Tasting Packet Theory
OC3 - Other Cattle 3
SNMT - Sheepdog Network Monitoring Tool
SPTC - Sheep Packet Truck Carrier
MSD - Mad Sheep Disease
DoS - Denial Of Sheep


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 2 ranked Yale squad will face the first major challenges of the season over the weekend, with matches against No. 6 Stanford, No. 7 Cornell, No. 16 Cornell, and No. 10 Williams in the Brady Squash Center.
Yale will start with Stanford, in a match Friday at 4 pm. Last season, when the two teams met, Yale came out on top 9-0 en route to an undefeated season. This season, Stanford boasts a highly competitive veteran squad, starting with junior Pamela Chua as their best player, ranked No. 9 nationally after the finish of last year, continuing with junior Kerry Sample at No. 29, senior Kyla Sherwood ranked at No. 38, and three other players that finished in the top 100 after last season. Stanford has a 5-1 record, losing only to Harvard, and by the same 6-3 score that the Bulldogs put up in the Ivy League Scrimmages.
In contrast, Yale has the No. 1 overall player in sophomore Millie Tomlinson, fellow sophomore Kim Hay at No. 15, senior captain Rhetta Nadas at No. 33, and four other top 70 players in sophomore Gwen Tilghman, junior Katie Ballaine, senior Alexandra van Arkel, and sophomore Lilly Fast. Yale will also finally get freshmen Issey Norman-Ross and Shihui Mao into the mix. The two missed most of the fall with injuries, but were able to play last weekend and will look to continue to rebound to full health this weekend.
On Saturday, Yale will match up with Cornell, who also fell 9-0 at the hands of the Bulldogs in 2010-11. Cornell has five top 100 players, starting with No. 16 Jaime Laird, and is 5-1 so far on the season, with their only loss coming to Stanford.
Sunday, Yale faces Columbia at noon and Williams at 4 pm. Last season, Yale topped Williams 9-0 and did not face Columbia, which just this season became a full varsity sport at the school. Williams has three ranked players, but none in the top 50. Columbia has two, but peaks at No. 72.
So far this season, Yale is 3-0, but is yet to face a team ranked higher than No. 17. However, Yale has certainly indicated a high level of ability, as the team is yet to drop a single match in the regular season. Even in the Ivy Scrimmages, only No. 1 ranked Harvard was able to defeat the Bulldogs.
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Break out the gag glasses with the fuzzy mustache! Joking around and pretending with your toddlers helps them build valuable social and life skills, including forming friendships, coping with stress, and solving problems, according to a new research project funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Plus: The Power of Make-Believe
Children who are as young as 14 months can tell the difference between joking and pretending, the study found. Dr. Elena Hoicka, researcher at Stirling University's Baby and Toddler Lab, explained the difference between the two: "Both involve intentionally doing or saying the wrong thing. However, joking is about doing something wrong just for the sake of it. In contrast, pretending is about doing something wrong which is imagined to be right. For example, parents might use a sponge like a duck while pretending but use a cat as a duck when joking."
Plus: How to Tickle Your Child's Funny Bone, Age by Age
The study revealed that parents rely on a host of language styles, sound and non-verbal cues to help their tots understand the difference between joking and pretending. When pretending, a parent might talk slowly and loudly while repeating their actions. On the other hand, a parent might use a more excited tone of voice and express verbal disbelief when telling a joke.
Plus: LOL: Inside the Toddler Mind
"We found that most parents employ these different cues quite naturally to help their toddlers understand and differentiate these concepts," Dr. Hoicka explained. "While not all parents feel confident in their natural abilities, the research does show that making the effort to interact in this way with toddlers is important. Knowing how to joke is great for making friends, dealing with stress, thinking creatively and learning to 'think outside the box'. Pretending helps children learn about the world, interact with others, be creative and solve problems."
Plus: Toddlers and Practical Jokes
What are some of your favorite moments joking or pretending with your little one?


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January 10th, 2008 — On March 8th, 2008 the traditional Olympic Ski Stadium of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany is transformed to a place where freestyle snowboarding will be celebrated at its highest level.
A handpicked selection of the most progressive snowboarders will meet at the Red Bull Gap Session to ride one of the biggest jumps built to date. The super sized step-over gap will allow for an extremely long airtime of over 3 seconds and the potential of new and innovative tricks.
The jump´s construction, for which about 35.000 cubic meters (350 truckloads) of snow are needed, measures impressive dimensions: 20 meters in height, 50 meters in width and 70 meters in length.
Not only the proportions, but also the contest format is unique. The Red Bull Gap Session is not only about the longest airtime, best trick or overall performance: when 20 of the world´s best snowboarders meet in Garmisch-Partenkirchen it will also be a gathering of friends who spend an entire week together, shaping and improving the jump to their exact preferences. Also the judging system will be run by the pro riders themselves.
On March 8th, 2008, one can look forward to see if anyone will be able to break the current airtime record (3.1 seconds – held by Christophe Schmidt) in front of the expected crowd of 6000 people. Also technical progression can be expected as the premier event in 2006 saw David Benedek land the the first ever Frontside Double Cork 1260° as well as Travis Rice´s Double Backflip 180° (that won him the Air & Style 9 months later).
In the past season the Red Bull Gap Session had to be cancelled due to a lack of snow but the Blank Paper crew along with Nitro Pro Christoph Weber took the time to improve the jump´s specifications once more and riders as well as organizers are looking forward to the second edition of the event.
Please find updated information about the event and the possibilities of press accreditation on www.redbullgapsession.com


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Can anyone who has the new USNWR in thier hands tell me what the top ten environmental law progams were? thanks ahead of time.
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January 4, 2002
Department of Defense Appropriations Bill Eliminates
Deemed Military Wage Credits
H.R. 3338, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2002 was passed by both Houses of Congress on December 20, 2001 and is awaiting action by President Bush.
Section 8134 of the bill eliminates deemed wage credits for members of the uniformed services (primarily military), as provided under section 229(a), for all years after calendar year 2001. Deemed wage credits will continue to be given for appropriate earnings for periods prior to calendar year 2002.


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Interiors from Gudrun Sjoden
We are not sure how is it possible that we didn't know about Gudrun Sjoden until now. We discovered the store's website searching for inspiration on the web. Our first impression was that the style and the clothing are very similar to Anthropologie. In many ways they are indistinguishable. Check out more photos after the jump...
After some research we learned that the company was founded by Gudrun Sjoden in 1976. Now she has stores in Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. We love the style of clothing, but we also admire the home goods section and the interiors featured on the website.
We learned about Gudrun Sjoden on the NIBS blog.
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MACON, Ga. - The Lipscomb men's soccer team raised a conference-best $2,000 with its Coaches vs. Cancer event held on Oct. 13 during its game against ETSU.
Money is raised through donations and the auction of an autographed framed jersey.
The Bisons and the rest of the Atlantic Sun raised a total of $6,051 as each league member hosted a Coaches vs. Cancer event throughout the season.
Mercer came in second raising $1,200 while ETSU followed with $830.
In its third year, this is the first season all nine teams in the A-Sun participated. The inaugural year, 2010, five games were hosted over one weekend to raise awareness of cancer and acknowledging survivors while honoring those who lost their lives.
Over the last two seasons the A-Sun has raised $12,401 for the American Cancer Society. The Bisons $2,000 topped last year's high of $1,300, which was tops in the A-Sun.
"For all nine of our men's soccer teams to come together for the common purpose of raising awareness and money for Coaches vs. Cancer show cases the commitment of our member institutions to Building Winners for Life," A-Sun Commissioner Ted Gumbart said. "We look forward to the event continuing to building in popularity and success over the coming years."


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zero wrote:In any case, this child was crossing the side street properly - ie by NSW law, the driver was required to give way to the child, and the car was probably stopped when the child set out on their crossing, and the child was in the area that motorists should expect pedestrians to be (between the pram ramps).
Where does it say in the road rules that a driver must give way to a pedestrian crossing a street in front of them, not at a marked crossing? (aside from the usual duty of care to avoid a crash)
Is it not unreasonable that the driver saw the pedestrian at the kerb ramp and assumed they would comply with the road rules and give way to the vehicle?
Note the photo I posted upthread shows the vehicle is coming out of a street, with the pedestrian presumably crossing in front of them given the position of the pram. It's the only information we can go on. This is not the same as when a vehicle turns left or right into a street and must give way to pedestrians crossing the street they are turning into.


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A representative for Morgan Freeman has denied the veteran actor released a statement slamming the media for sensationalizing the Connecticut school massacre.
A gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 20 children and six staff members before allegedly turning the firearm on himself on Friday.
One of the stars to seemingly speak out after the shootings was Freeman, who reportedly took aim at the press for making gunmen notorious.
The alleged statement read, "It's because of the way the media reports it. Turn on the news and see how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities.
"Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basement see the news and want to top it by doing something worse and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he'll be remembered as a horrible monster instead of a sad nobody."
However, a publicist for the star has spoken out to say the statement, which was making the rounds on Facebook and Twitter, was not made by Freeman.
The rep says, "Morgan neither made statements or posted those statements. We are trying to find out who did, but they did not originate from him."


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Entertainment is not a one-size-fits-all world. We want you to be able to choose the hardware that makes sense for you, so we are working with multiple partners to bring a variety of Steam gaming machines to market during 2014, all of them running SteamOS.
Where Sony and Microsoft follow the iOS model for consoles, Valve is aiming for the Android model, including Valve's own line of 'Nexus' devices. As Valves notes, no restrictions - you can change the hardware, software, and install any operating system you want. The right approach, obviously.
The cooperation between Valve and NVIDIA is quite close, as NVIDIA details on its blog:
Engineers from Valve and NVIDIA have spent a lot of time collaborating on a common goal for SteamOS: to deliver an open-platform gaming experience with superior performance and uncompromising visuals directly on the big screen.
NVIDIA engineers embedded at Valve collaborated on improving driver performance for OpenGL; optimizing performance on NVIDIA GPUs; and helping to port Valve's award-winning content library to SteamOS; and tuning SteamOS to lower latency, or lag, between the controller and onscreen action.
This is going to be big. After being defeated in mobile, it seems Microsoft is facing another frontal assault on another one of its strongholds: gaming, whether it be Windows or Xbox.
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Absolutely, but they should be allowed to fail in their own right, without bringing everybody else down too. The publishers control almost everything that gets put onto consoles, blocking any kind of innovation and reinvigoration.
It is Microsoft's full intention that the PC become like the console (the only place they're successful right now).
Valve what things to go the other way. The console should become like the PC -- flexible, adjustable, open to anybody to rewrite the rules.


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The following is an article written by Suzanne Richey, director of college communications for Tusculum College, after the video conference held on December 6.
Tusculum College program creates global classroom
GREENEVILLE – A new program developed by the Tusculum College Center for Global Studies has resulted in the creation of a global classroom for discussing global business issues with other college students from around the world.
"The new program is based on the technology that Tusculum College has invested in that allows us to link up to classrooms across the globe for one coordinated classroom discussion," said Dr. Geir Bergvin, director of the Center for Global Studies and associate professor of marketing at Tusculum College.
Along with Tusculum's technology, a partnership with the Greeneville City Schools that allows for other universities across the world to link with Tusculum has provided a unique opportunity on campus to participate in worldwide interactive discussions and other shared classroom activities, according to B.J. Roberts, instructional technology specialist at the College.
"To begin the program we have coordinated with the college's Business Club, the Study Abroad and Global Awareness organization, as well as other interested students," said Bergvin. Also working with the students in a mentoring capacity is Dr. Tom McFarland, director of the college's School of Business, associate professor of business administration and advisor for the Business Club.
In the first session, the connection was made to HIH University in Harstad, Norway, and included students from that university who were studying abroad from several countries, including Ghana, France, Germany and China. Students from Tusculum College also included study abroad students from Chile and Venezuela.
During the second session, held on Monday, December 6, the videoconference classroom was expanded further, with four classrooms connecting: Tusculum College, with 10 students participating; Norway, with 11 students participating; Russia with 12 students participating and Ghana with 10 students participating.
The second session focused on the role of energy in the global environment, with students led by faculty moderators at each site. The four groups held an open dialogue regarding issues such as standardization of environmental policies and laws, as well as the economic drivers that affect the economic policies of individual countries.
According to Bergvin, each group of students was able to speak and interact as part of a group discussion based on previous work and an international dialogue was able to occur. The class, despite the varied locations, operated like a discussion group in a regular classroom setting.
"This has been a good first step," said Bergvin, who hopes to continue the video conference discussions, as well as expand the program to use for other classroom and community purposes.
"Being in the United States, I have seen how much easier it is to have a global viewpoint," said Luis Zamora, a Tusculum College sophomore international student majoring in management and economics. Zamora was born in Germany and later moved to Chile. "Being a multicultural country helps with global competencies."
Added McFarland, "For all of us who participated, it has been an exercise in becoming more globally competent, and we want to continue to advance the understanding of the world's cultures and encourage more active dialogues like we have had here."
Several more sessions are planned for the spring semester, and as the program develops, Bergvin and McFarland said they would like to be able to expand the number of students who are able to participate.
Anyone interested in more information on the program or who would like to find out about Tusculum College's Center for Global Studies should contact Bergvin at 423-636-7300.
Tusculum College, the oldest college in Tennessee and the 28th oldest in the nation, is a civic arts institution committed to developing educated citizens distinguished by academic excellence, public service and qualities of Judeo-Christian character. Approximately twenty-two hundred students are enrolled on the main campus in Greeneville, the campus in Knoxville, Tenn., and two additional off-site locations in Morristown and Gray, Tenn. The academic programs for both traditional-aged students and working adults served through the Graduate and Professional Studies program are delivered using focused calendars whereby students enroll in one course at a time.


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Tropical Storm Fausto forms in Pacific off Mexico
July 7, 2014
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Fausto has formed over the Pacific Ocean far from Mexico's coast, and forecasters say it poses no immediate threat to land.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday afternoon that Fausto has formed about 1,145 miles (1,840 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. The center says Fausto is moving toward the west near 13 mph (20 kph) and has maximum sustained winds of about 40 mph (65 kph) with higher gusts.
Forecasters say the storm should gradual strengthen in the coming 48 hours and take a turn toward the west-northwest starting Wednesday.
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Since we all seem to suffer from the busy-busy-busy syndrome, it's no wonder that our beauty routines tend to suffer from neglect. Who's got the time, right?
And nowhere is that more evident than on our poor nails, which have been suffering from the dual obstacles of no time to repaint or remove those sad, stubborn flecks of chipped polish that remain. It's not pretty. But, a good manicure takes time, focus, and dedication that we just don't have at this busy time of year. We've actually found ourselves wondering: Why isn't there just a pill for this? Like those sunscreen ones, you know?
Well, actually, now there is, sorta, thanks to a line of lacquer from Dose. While applying these shades, sadly, is not as simple as popping a pill, these cute little orbs contain unique formaldehyde-free varnishes that promise to "cure" your color-associated blues (or "mean reds," if you want to get all Audrey Hepburn, here).
Organized in "doses" of three shades at a time to encourage frequent color swapping (like "Black Beauties," which includes the best shade of dove gray we've ever seen, and "Clever Girl," which includes a ruby, a mauve, and a lilac), the line is a full-service nail wardrobe that promises to be "mind-blowingly addictive." We're going to give in to the necessary Alanis Morissette reference here and say that we can't wait to take some of these jagged little pills for a test drive.


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- 22 March 2013
Tamsin Egerton drew up a list of how she would and wouldn't agree to be filmed for her role in new biopic 'The Look Of Love'
Tamsin Egerton drew up a list of acceptable nudity and sex acts for her latest film.
The British actress portrays Fiona Raymond, the glamour model and soft porn performer girlfriend of club owner and porn publisher Paul Raymond (Steve Coogan) in 'The Look Of Love' and was very particular with director Michael Winterbottom over what she would consent to being filmed.
She explained: "I've had to put my foot down.
"Full-frontals I won't do. Sexual acts I won't do. There are things on a list and there are certain things in the script that I've spoken to Michael about."
However, the 'Chalet Girl' star didn't stay fully clothed throughout the movie, but she is happy with the outcome of the scenes.
She told the Daily Mail newspaper: "Fiona did take her clothes off, and part of the performance has to reflect that. You're always going to be wary, but Michael was a gentleman."
And Tamsin, 24, is hoping the movie - which also stars Anna Friel and Imogen Poots - will be her "gateway" into "grown-up" roles.
She added: "For me, it was going from teenage actress to playing a grown-up role: my gateway to showing more serious work.
"I communicated with Fiona via email, asking lots of questions. She kept saying this happened or that didn't happen, and I had to explain that I was playing the essence of her and I wanted to get that right."
'The Look of Love' is scheduled for release next month.


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After a nice long holiday weekend, President Obama and members of Congress suddenly remembered that they never took care of that fiscal cliff thing that happens in just six days. The President will end his holiday vacation early, leaving his family behind in Hawaii and heading to Washington on Wednesday night in order to resume work on budget negotiations. Congress will also return to work on Thursday, giving the two sides just five days (including two weekend days and New Year's Eve) to strike a deal before taxes go up on everyone in America—among other economic disasters.
President cancels vacation to resume fiscal cliff fight
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By demand of a casual, offhanded, probably not serious comment made in the chat, because once I heard it the idea would not let me go, and because I needed a break from more serious pursuits, I present to you now Hezediah Harlequin's House of Havok, colloquially known as the 4H Fair. I'm only a little sorry for what I'm about to inflict on you.
Originally hailing from the infamous Doom Moon of Dis, 4H was once one of the largest and most influential prison gangs in the whole of the Nine Systems. For a long time, they had great fun exercising their masterful manipulations over the rest of the populace, deciding who would live or die on a whim or game of chance. They were a nightmarish group, bent on power and domination, and they cared very little for the pleasure of others so long as they were having fun. However, for all their widespread influence, there was one thing that 4H could not obtain. One Warden after another denied them entry into the Tower of Justice, and their ticket to spreading their grotesquery into the universe. Each Warden claimed the same reason, again and again. Nobody was interested in them. No one really cared about pie gags, ta-tinkers, gar-dinkers, elephant acrobats, or cotton candy flavored popcorn anymore. Well, they said, maybe that last. And they put it on the menu but they never featured the 4H Fair in their games. The current Warden, in fact, when he was still a lowly guard himself, made the remark, "No one gives a rat's ass about your circus act anymore! It's old hat! I don't even need to guard you, you're so boring and fat!" There is some debate about whether or not he actually said this thing, in rhyme no less. Probably the narrator is just making it up. So the leader of the Fair, who at that time was Hephraim Harlequin, got fed up and took the guard at his words. He gathered his crew (then an abnormal amount of sad clowns and his pet turtle, Metatron) and simply walked out. Out in the wilderness, the gang constructed a jury-rigged, barely stable starship and proudly named it 'The Big Top.' Then, they set out into the stars, to spread their menace. As for the guard, he managed to deflect blame onto a compatriot who was punished severely and now roams the Systems as an undead Headhunter.
Hephraim's Fair wandered the known universe for many years, spreading manipulation and malice wherever they went. They became hated and feared as their ranks swelled with press-ganged performers. But somewhere along the way, something happened way out there in the dark. The 4H Fair dropped off the face of the map and were not heard from again for several years. The next sign of them came when a group of space pirates responded to a weak distress signal deep in the fringe. The pirates had hoped to find easy pickings. Instead, they found a totally insane Hephraim, mutated beyond reason, his deadly serious, hard-hearted brother Hezediah, and a turtle. The pirates that survived still have nightmares about that turtle. The brothers absconded with the pirate ship, following its course back to a larger hideaway, and there recruited the start of their new army. The Big Top was rebuilt in spades and Hezediah took over as leader for his brother, who took to taming and caring for a wild assortment of beasties. Hezediah had come back from the black a changed man also. Not insane, but rather with a purpose. He reformed the 4H Fair and renamed it after himself. Now, it represents what you might expect from a spacefaring circus. It travels the universe looking for good fights to pick and join, bringing entertainment and joy wherever it goes. No one knows what put the fear of god into Hezediah and caused the change and the ringleader himself isn't talking.
Aboard the Big Top…
General Goode Griefous: "CLOWNS!"
Meet General Goode Griefous, Hezediah's right hand man. Once a famed rodeo clown, his job now is to wrangle all the idiot clowns in service of 4H. He's a hard working, no nonsense (aside from that shirt, yeesh) type of man and he does a solid job of keeping his charges in line.
Clowns: "YEAH, RIGHT!"
Griefous: "Well, all rahyt! Now, where in the dickens are my LTAs?"
The Clown Rabble isn't very smart, but there are just a whole lot of them. Seriously. If you see a single clown hanging around, you should probably run. It's likely an ambush. Clowns generally come twenty to a squad and all twenty can somehow fit inside a single hover capable Clown Car. Point in fact, twenty clowns can usually find a way to fit inside any space that would normally hold a single minifig. The Clown Rabble is armed with a variety of basic melee weapons, a throwback to their prison gang days. Molotov Cocktails and shivs are a favorite. Clowns are creepy and scary in the extreme and have been known to intimidate foes right off the battlefield. There are deep rumors that that the word 'clown' is actually a derivative of the word 'clone.' How does that not scare you? An army of men and women that are all actually just one guy with a predilection for face makeup and kiddie parties.
The LTAs move into position behind the Rabble.
Griefous: "Glad y'all could make it. Hope it wasn't too much trouble tah GIT YER BEHINDS IN GEAR, YA LAZY, GOOD FER NUTHIN', BUFOONS! Ok, lessee, we got the Rabble…"
Rabble: "YEAH, RIGHT!"
Griefous: "…SHUT UP! An' we got the LTAs…"
The Lighter Than Air Brigade, or LTAs, are a smaller squad of ranged clowns. Some say they get their name from being up in the air on stilts or sailing through the air after being fired from a canon but the name may just as likely be a reference to their delicious whipped cream pies. They typically come grouped in tens, with five on stilts (the better to give them height bonuses) armed with Pie Launchers and five to operate the Minifig Canon. The Canon is mounted on a rickety ass hover platform with no means of self propulsion so the remaining clowns in the squad just sort of push it around. The equipment all collapses, of course, but the extra space reduces the squad size so that they'll all still fit in a Car if need be.
Griefous: "Now, how about the Tinkers?"
The Tinkers take their place inside the ring.
The Tinker's Guild is an exclusive group of mechanical savants. Something within the warped clown psyche gives any given clown a peculiar understanding of spatial reality. Sometimes that manifests as genius instead of ridiculousness. Tinkers understand how things fit together in a way that few others ever can. The Guild is notorious for using this understanding to strip things apart with unbelievable speed just to see how they work. Unfortunately, they are still clowns and so they rarely get around to putting anything back together. Worse, they seem entertained by tearing the same things apart again and again. So it's generally better to give them a target than to let them wander the starship. Tinkers come in squads of ten, each equipped with Mechanik tools. Each squad usually also carries at least two oil canisters. Like the LTAs, they maintain reduced squad size to fit into Clown Cars with their equipment. They pair wonderfully with fire type units, when they haven't expended all their oil on their excellent jerry curls. The Tinkers shown here are led by Master Artificer Bamboozle, whose prowess with his twin oversized wrenches, in combat and in engineering, is legendary. Don't ask him about the leg, though.
Griefous: "And the Fire Brigade. Welp, that's everyone. Now! What is our purpose?!"
Everyone: "To be ridiculous in the face of our enemies, to see them laughing helplessly before us, and to hear the giggles of their women!"
The Fire Brigade is another specialized squad of Clowns, numbering only five thanks to their cumbersome and dangerous equipment. Four fireclowns are armed with twin flamethrowers while the leader is armed with a missile launcher. The Fire Brigade does what any good fire department in the BrikVerse would do. The commit mass arson and ensure that the fires keep on blazing. The Brigade shown here is led by Fire Chief Hornswoggle. It really is a miracle that this guy is still breathing.
Sister Twisted: "Not everyone, Griefous. We'll be joining you on this foray. I think it might be a little much for your little sideshow."
Meet Sister Twisted, leader of the Basic Troupers, Hezediah's left hand woman, and all around royal bitch. Not much is known about her except that she's wicked fast with those twin blades and more agile than any minifig has a right to be. There are whispers that her Bozon Count is even higher than Master Froyo's and that she, too, is a master of the Farce.
Griefous: "TARNATION, WOMAN! I done asked you not to sneak up on me like that! Anyway, I think we'll do just fine, thank you, but you're welcome to tag along if you honestly think you'll be any help. Where is your crew anyways?"
Sister Twisted: "Oh, they're around."
Basic Troupers make up the special ops squads of 4H. They come in trios, as they are not clowns and are indeed highly specialized units. Famous for their explosive juggling act, Troupers are aggressive and deadly assassins.
Hezediah Harlequin: "Are my fucking Rings ready to drop yet, goddammit!?"
Meet Hezediah Harlequin, Ringmaster of the House of Havok, gritty ass kicker, and one severely foul mouthed sonuvabitch. Often seen yelling orders through his bull horn, Hez is an angry, busy man. Despite his gruff disposition, his people are steadfastly loyal to him. He wields a golden scepter into the hilt of which are carved strange runes. Most folks agree that it's magikal but few know how.
Griefous: "Jus' about, Sir. Roundin' up the stragglers now. We should be ready to deploy momentarily."
Hez: "Finally, some good fucking news! Well, hurry the fuck up then. I want to get this shitfest started. Those goddamn researcher fucks down there have been stuck here for ages, doing geological surveys or some shit. They haven't had a good fucking fight in a long ass time. They'll be glad to see the circus in town. Oh, and make sure these dipshits keep their limbs inside the Ring when it drops. The raining body parts bit was only funny the first fucking thirty-two times."
Griefous: "Yessiree."
Hez: "Alright, listen up, you fuckwits! I expect—Oh, Goddammit! Where the hell is my brother?"
Griefous: "Uhh, well, he's in Hangar Bay Red, Hez. Said there was more room over yonder fer the Menagerie. I figgered you knew."
Hez: "Course I fucking didn't. Fine. Goddamn. I'll go prep that motherfucking Ring too. Just wait til I send the damn go signal, yeah?"
Griefous: "Yer the boss, hoss."
My mistake here, the Rabble's backs aren't decorated right. This has been fixed in the file.
Hez: "Oh, and before I forget. You two spangled, creepy fucks in the back! Yeah, I saw you sneak in, you goddamn weirdos. You ever burn those packs before we hit atmo again, and I'll see to it that the Fire Brigade here puts you out, got it? I've still got idiot fucking clowns trying to put out fires all over the damn ship."
Hez: "Goddamn Divas."
The Acrobats used to be relatively large in number. Meet the *alleged* reason they aren't anymore. J'onn and J'aan Fister, brother and sister acrobats extraordinaire. Or, as they call themselves, the Glam Fisters. Each is equipped with a specialized rocket pack and two steel whips (which they use as often to perform insane aerial maneuvers as they do to perform deadly aerial attacks). The other ex-acrobats were fitted with jetpacks too but their all underwent mysterious malfunctions at extremely inopportune times. The siblings want to share the spot light with each other…and only each other. If you know what I mean. And I think you do. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, VOMIT.
In Red Hanger…
Hez: "Oh, for Chrissakes, Hephraim! What in the name of the Great AFOL do you think you're doing here?"
The Menagerie is both a term for Hephraim's beastly collection and for whatever space he has claimed for his sanctum, as he rarely moves about without his animal friends.
Hephraim: "Brother! How good to see you! I thought you died."
Hez: "What?"
Heph: "I want to formally inform you that Hangar Bay Red is my Sanctum now. Look! See? I even had them drag my throne in here. Looooots of room, yes? I'm very excited."
Hephraim Harlequin is the former Ringmaster of 4H. Unfortunately, whatever occurred out in deep space those many years ago, apart from murdering his entire crew, drove him quite insane. Heph is still sometimes prone to unbelievably violent rages but now displays a much lighter hearted, caring side as well. He considers himself the ultimate caretaker for the universe's beasties and shepherd to lost and disenfranchised souls. He also considers himself a benevolent God-King and is now quite above the station of Ringmaster, which he has graciously passed on to his brother, Hezediah. It doesn't help his delusions any that Hephraim is a Wild Farce user.
Hez: "Like fucking hell! AFOL's Fucking Neckbeard, Heph, I didn't sign off on any of this. And your damned pets are making a riotous mess. You are aware that these rings are drop platforms, right? No fucking way the animals survive the trip down. That's why I wanted them bundled up at the ramp and you in Hangar Yellow to go over the goddamn fucking plan."
Heph: "HAHA! You're so funny!" *Mimics Hezediah's gruff tone* "Hurr, hurr, Big Dumb Hoo-Man gunna grow 'hair' and smash us to pieces. Hahaha!" *Returns to his own weird, offputting cadence* "In all seriousness, brother, you shouldn't worry so much. Come over here and watch this. Pyotr! Gather the Vermin, will you?"
Pyotr Pyapr: "…"
Meet Pyotr Pyapr, a very skilled musician in the employ of Hephraim. Pyotr was originally one of the many pirates the brothers discovered at the Hideaway upon their triumphant return to the universal scene all those years ago. At that time, he had a particular penchant for the flute but whenever he tried to play it, the other pirates would laugh at him and call him names. Under 4H's new rule, musical and other performance abilities were not scorned but, rather, highly prized and Pyotr rose through the ranks rather quickly now that he was allowed to practice his true desire. Many of the pirates who bothered him before bother him no longer. Pyotr's rage and repression gifted him with a singular musical ability. He learned to harness that ability, learning to mesmerize with his flute song, and sent those who had wronged him on a long walk out of a short airlock. Now, he works directly under Hephraim, who is the only person in the whole troupe who isn't scared shitless of him.
Heph: "Pretty Cool, right?"
Hez: "…"
Heph: "Faceless! Stow my birdies and fishies safely away, please."
Faceless: "Mmmph."
Faceless is a hulking brute the brothers discovered on an asteroid in the Styx Belt, near Dis. No one is really sure what the hell he is, exactly. Nor are they sure where he comes from or how he has managed to survive. What is known is that he is extremely, often violently, loyal to Hephraim and does whatever he can to please the former Ringmaster. Faceless unnerves the hell out of Hezediah, which is primarily how he came to be in Heph's service in the first place. The Freaks in the Freakshow, he can handle but he tends to stick all the really weird ones with Heph. It's probably for the best anyway.
Heph: "Trainers! Prepare for Drop!"
The Animal Trainers and acrobats are almost exclusively all Ingots, an insectoid race whose carapace are largely composed of a kind of living metal. Ingots are naturally hive minded and are usually organized into castes based on the kind of metal found in their bodies, with warmer, red type metals predisposed toward aggressive tasks and cooler, white metals predisposed toward utility or labor tasks. The Ingots shown here are all "sufferers" of a racial disease (for which there is no known cure) that damages the psionik hive mind connectors in the Ingot's brain and generates individualism and independence. Most Ingots go crazy and die from the severance but a rare few flourish. Efforts to engineer a cure have failed time and again. Some think that the disease is invulnerable but many suspect sabotage on the part of the newly independent individuals. The two golds shown here are a highly energetic sort, with the deeper gold being somewhat more violent. The blue is actually of a rare derivative clan of cooler metals notorious for their adaptive abilities. Ingots as a whole are widely regarded for their adaptive natures but the blues are stereotypically leaders in this regard. The Hivemind regards the loss of one to the disease to be most distasteful. The two steels are handling the Wartusks thanks to their incredibly durable physiologies. Though it may seem an odd choice at first for animal trainers, the Ingots are uniquely suited to the task. They still have very limited psionic receptors which allow them to soothe and sometimes control the minds of simpler beasts. There really is no set squad size, with the cavalry units or with the Wartusks. Ingots come and go and the ones affected by the disease rarely work well together anyway.
Heph: "See? What did I tell you? Everything is fine. I'll let you know when I'm ready to depart."
Hez: "Fine. I guess I'll go fucking tell the Freakshow to stay behind and watch the ship while the Yellow and Red Rings drop. Fuck."
Heph: "Birdie, Birdie, Tiger, Birdie, One Fish, Two Fish…"
Hez: "…Yeah."


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Outlook 2015: Emerging markets debt (relative)
Although the asset management industry treats emerging markets as a single entity, those countries that comprise the grouping continue to move in different directions, a trend that is almost sure to define 2015.
The main drivers of this development—lower commodity prices, divergent monetary policy from major central banks, and differing responses to their regional impacts—show no signs of abating.
Those countries that comprise the emerging market grouping continue to move in different directions, a trend that is almost sure to define 2015.
Growing divergence to continue
The universe is almost evenly split between countries with positive and negative trends in the terms of trade, current account deficits of more than 3%, and real exchange rates above or below their ten-year averages. So, lower commodity prices will benefit primarily emerging Asia, and hit the rest of the asset class. Even countries normally viewed as being pillars of policy rectitude like Colombia are facing growing current account deficits amidst declining terms of trade. More directly-affected oil producers like Nigeria, Venezuela and Russia will be under increasing pressure should oil prices stabilise in a low $80 dollar price range. An extended period of triple-digit oil prices led to a ratcheting up of spending that is now under pressure. On the other hand, some countries like Chile and Indonesia which are commonly viewed as major commodity exporters, are actually feeling the benefits of lower oil prices that more than offset the hit from lower prices in commodities which they primarily export.
Currency depreciation likely
European emerging markets directly linked to the euro like Poland, Hungary, and Romania will likely endure an extended period of currency depreciation as the European Central Bank continues its campaign to soften the euro. Asian countries may decide that they need to follow suit, given the sharp depreciation in the yen. In Latin America, lower commodities and the stronger dollar will continue to drive currency depreciation there. In 2014 many emerging market central banks were able to lower interest rates in response to softer global growth. However, the pressure of lower currency levels will curtail that ability, and should that intensify, central banks may be forced to respond with higher rates even with lower growth prospects.
Grounds for optimism
All is not gloomy, however. A big slate of elections in 2014 have given Indonesia and India reform-minded leaders who could turn sentiment more positive if political systems can be bent to their agenda. Even in Brazil, the return of a disappointing incumbent may lead to reforms simply on the back of sheer necessity, as poor fiscal policy led to a complete reliance on monetary policy that has only exacerbated recessionary growth prospects. Argentina will almost certainly see a more market-friendly leader in elections in late 2015.
Despite its problems, emerging market debt could still produce satisfactory returns when looked at relative to the global fixed income universe. Most of emerging market debt is investment grade and is trading at average spreads relative to US Treasuries. Yet, in a world where German ten-year bunds yield below 1%, European high yield is at about 4%, and US high yield is at about 5% (with a large component at risk in energy issuers), the yields on emerging market debt look attractive.
Non-investment grade dollar bonds are likely to struggle, however. The sovereign universe here is stressed oil producers like Venezuela and Nigeria which are likely to be forced to adjust currency regimes and fiscal policies or face potential crises. Corporate non-investment grade is also heavily exposed to commodities. Corporate issuers with dollar liabilities and local currency revenues are likely to face continued pressure. Local currency investing will continue to be out of favour as the strong dollar story steams along. However, relative to history, currencies are inexpensive and local rates are very attractive relative to developed markets. There will certainly come a time when this combination attracts investors, but this likely requires stabilisation in commodities and more clarity on developed market monetary policy endgames.


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Indy - The Villages 2012by Kevin Benefiel '81 • September 18, 2012 Share:
Eleven Wabash men and women worked together successfully Saturday afternoon to spread more than 17 tons of wooden mulch chips and improve two playground areas at The Villages in Indianapolis. The Villages provides services such as, Foster Care, Adoption, quality Child Care and Early Childhood Development Services at this Indianapolis location. The state-of-the-art Center also provides Child Care Services to children six weeks old to kindergarten age.
This is the eight year in a row that we have completed various projects at The Villages including painting interior walls, spreading mulch throughout the playground area and painting the playground equipment. Denise Ferrell, onsite Director at The Villages stated that our work over the last eight years has saved The Villages well over $15,000 and that these savings will help those that are less fortunate to continue to utilize the child care services that The Villages are able to offer.
Pictured Front Row (left to right): Sara Stiles, Nancy Herrin, Brock Benefiel
Second Row (left to right): John Herrin '66, Dudley Miller '78, Jon Pactor '71, Julie Benefiel
Third Row (left to right): Courtney Cross, Kevin Benefiel '81
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The photographer explains his art.
UPDATE: I've redone the Library of Congress links in this post, and I hope they'll work now. If they don't, please let me know.
Arthur Rothstein worked as a photographer during the Great Depression for the Resettlement Agency, later known as the Farm Security Agency (FSA). One of Rothstein's most famous FSA photographs appears above. (Click the image for a larger view.)
Rothstein commented on the photograph in a 1964 interview at the Smithsonian:
You may remember the stories in those days about the black blizzards that swept across the plains and even darkened the sky in New York City...
Well, it was a dramatic catastrophe in American agriculture. Strangely enough, it was a very difficult thing to show in pictures, but I lived in the Dust Bowl for several months and went out every day and took pictures.
In the process, one day, wandering around through Cimarron County in Oklahoma, which is in the panhandle of Oklahoma, I photographed this farm and the people who lived on the farm. The farmer and his two children, two little boys, were walking past a shed on their property and I took this photograph with the dust swirling all around them.
I had no idea at the time that it was going to become a famous photograph, but it looked like a good picture to me and I took it. And I took a number of other pictures on the same property. And then I went on to some other farms and took those pictures. This particular picture turned out to be the picture that was quite famous.
It was a picture that had a very simple kind of composition, but there was something about the swirling dust and the shed behind the farmer. What it did was the kind of thing Roy [Stryker, his FSA supervisor] always talked about-it showed an individual in relation to his environment.
Of course this is the sort of thing that painters from time immemorial have been trying to do-to show man in relation to his environment. You know the old axiom that " Art is the expression of man," so here, if this has any art, it's because it's an expression of man.
Source: Arthur Rothstein Oral History
In the same document, Rothstein also explains a controversial photo of a skull lying on the sunbaked soil of the South Dakota badlands.
One of my favorite Rothstein FSA photos is "Car on the plain", taken in October 1939 in Washington County, Colorado.
A short biography of Rothstein
Links to online archives of Rothstein images


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St. Marys native Jane Hyde is currently senior vice president of strategic development and community affairs at Agnesian HealthCare in Fond du Lac, Wis.; however, she is in the process of wrapping up her tenure in that position and moving back home to Pennsylvania to serve as senior vice president for the WellSpan Health system and CEO its of Gettysburg Hospital. Hyde explained that her decision to pursue this type of career, and to move back to Pennsylvania, is due to "the opportunity to continue to impact the lives of patients and families needing healthcare.""In the case of my new role with WellSpan Health, [the decision was influenced by the desire] to join an outstanding Pa. healthcare system and come back 'home' to Pa.," Hyde said. Discussing the most interesting aspects of her job, Hyde noted that each day is different and presents new challenges. "I especially enjoy when I can cross paths with families we serve and hear about their good experiences with the healthcare system," Hyde said. Hyde also remarked that she would recommend this type of career to others, but only "if they love the challenge of operating a complex business and one that engages them with people whose lives they can make better."Throughout her career, Hyde has lived in a variety of locations, each of which she noted reminded her a bit of St. Marys."In each of my moves, I have met caring and interesting people-- that's a lot like St. Marys," Hyde said. "I do enjoy, in my varying locations, the diversity of people, entertainment and dining that is perhaps a bit greater than what I was used to in my hometown."The daughter of Leo "Pickles" and the late Rita Rigard, Jane is a graduate of Elk County Christian High School. She went on to attend Marywood University and Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wis. Hyde added that she typically makes it back to St. Marys several times a year. "My sister and family are there, and it's not everyone who is lucky enough to still 'come home' to visit their 95-year-old dad who still drives and lives independently in our home where I grew up," Hyde said.
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