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Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Charles has provided two grants of £10,000 to help Derbyshire Appropriate Adult Service continue its work this year.
He agreed the one-off funding for the service that works with vulnerable adults and juveniles in police custody at his strategic governance board meeting.
The grants to Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council match their own funding support and will help to mitigate threats to the service's continuation this financial year.
Mr Charles said: "This important service was at risk of becoming a victim of the massive budget cuts imposed on councils."
"This is not a long-term solution, we simply do not have the funds to do this every year. I will work with the providers and other partners to find a way to sustain the service in future years. I know how important this service is, hence agreeing to help out this year, but it should not be reliant on ever decreasing police funding for its continuance."
He went on to say: "Vulnerable or young people who do not have access to parental or other care services need this specialised support to advise and help them through the custody and interview process. It's an important and often overlooked element of the criminal justice service."
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As the year is winding down with a brand new sex scandal in the news, it's forced me to take a look at why these things keep happening. I know that some people are just depraved, or act that way sometimes. I know that some people have egos that can't be punctured. What I don't get is how an otherwise intelligent person does disgraceful things without understanding the possible fallout.
(If you thought that the tech sector was above and beyond any kind of headline-grabbing scandals, you would be wrong. Even before the bizarre McAfee deal, there were so many that they had to be narrowed down into a top ten list.)
Unfortunately, whatever sector a scandal falls in, one thing is shared: They involve moral corruption, arrogance, or head-slapping cluelessness. And in some of the more entertaining scandals, all three of these play a role. Take, for example, number ten in the top ten list above: The former CEO of IT services company Savvis, Robert McCormick, got busted in 2005 after he and several associates rang up a $241,000 tab on the company American Express card during a single visit to a topless bar in New York. (McCormick disputed the charges, saying that they were all bogus except for $20,000. Like $20,000 is understandable.) The New York Daily News dubbed him "The Lap Dunce," a phrase I cannot wait to use in conversation, by the way.
I'm not sure that the moral corruption that plays a part in scandals can be "treated." I'm sure some of you may argue stringently otherwise. And, in my opinion, arrogance can only be cured with a tremendous fall from grace.
But, like I said, I just don't understand how people like Mark Hurd, former CEO of HP, who is featured in the top ten list twice, can be so intelligent on one hand and so clueless on the other. Perhaps arrogance and good judgment can't co-exist?
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Are stars like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry making a bad name for women? That's the question posed by feminist Camille Paglia in a recent Hollywood Reporter article. She says these starlets do not promote strong female personas and therefore take us "back to the demure girly-girl days of the white-bread 1950s."
Taylor Swift is particularly demonized for being too sweet. I guess that just goes to show that no matter what you do, everyone is a critic. What's wrong with being nice? There are more than enough mean girls out there.
Feminism was supposed to be about bringing women choices and options to live their lives as they wanted to instead of being put into a socially acceptable box. I know it might be a foreign concept to some people, but there are actually women that like being "demure girly-girls."
Besides, I'm sure Ms. Swift has a shrewd business sense, as evidenced by the fact that the 22-year-old raked in $57 million last year alone. She's hardly the stereotypical subjugated housewife of the "man-pleasing era" of the 1950s.
Paglia criticizes Swift for a "persona of cultivated blandness and self-deprecation" in her TV interviews, and even swings a blow on her voice, calling it "monotonous."
One doesn't have to be a fan of Taylor Swift's music or her public interviews to admire what she's built. The girl is barely old enough to order a cocktail, yet she's the third highest paid woman in entertainment, according to Forbes. She's found something that works for her, and the public seems to like it.
What would Ms. Paglia have her do? Go to business school and climb the corporate ladder? Become an intellectual? Learn medicine just to prove that women can be doctors too? What is the ideal pinnacle of female empowerment?
I bet Taylor Swift likes her life just fine, and I for one am glad to see a strong young lady out there showing that you don't have to choose between being a sweet, demure lady or a powerhouse. Taylor is clearly both.
What do you think -- is Taylor Swift a positive or negative role model for girls today?
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Monique Reid, a student who graduated on May 4, 2008 with an architectural degree from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich., is the first place winner in the "House of Freedom" National Student Design Competition sponsored by AARP and the American Institute of Architecture Students. In developing their submissions, students participating in the competition researched and responded to the unique aspects of designing a home that is usable by all people, regardless of age or ability. Reid was awarded $2,500 for her winning home design.
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The competition is named after Freedom Home in Washington D.C., a home created under the supervision of Ethel Percy Andrus, founder of AARP. In 1961, a full-scale model of Freedom Home, which adapted traditional architectural details to serve the needs of older residents, was built in Washington D.C. for the 1961 White House Conference on Aging. The architectural concept exemplified by Freedom Home would later come to be known as "universal design." AARP and the AIAS presented the "House of Freedom" design competition to honor Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus's vision and to celebrate AARP's 50th Anniversary in 2008.
"Universal design allows everyone to have equal access without the need for special adaptations," Debra Lindstrom-Hazel, Executive Council Volunteer for Livable Communities for AARP Michigan, said. "AARP is committed to helping to make more livable communities. The concept of livable communities includes accessible and affordable housing as well as transportation options that allow us to stay engaged in our community. We are very proud of Ms. Reid for winning this competition and congratulate her on this honor."
The award-winning entries will be displayed at the 2008 AIA Convention and Design Exposition in Boston, May 15-17, 2008 and at AARP's 50th Anniversary Life @ 50+ Member Event in Washington, D.C., September 4-6, 2008. The winning projects will also be published in the fall 2008 issue of Crit, Journal of the AIAS.
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MOORE, SC-- James Douglas "Doug" Goodwin, 70, of 204 Smith Road, passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2013.
He was the husband of Faye Ann Pearson Goodwin of the home and the son of the late James H. Goodwin and Lillie Mae Norton Goodwin. He was a truck driver for many years with Kenan Advantage Group and Flowers Bakery.
Survivors also include two sons, Jeffery Scott Goodwin and wife Patricia of Moore and James Randall Goodwin and wife Sherry Spartanburg; two daughters, Jennifer Lynn McKinney and Pamela Goodwin both of Gaffney; a brother, Ronald Goodwin of Rockingham, NC; three sisters, Sylvia Groomes, Peggy Smith both of Rockingham, NC and Roselyn Peters; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was predeceased by three brothers, Cecil, David and RB Goodwin; and two sisters, Faye Knight and Lucille McKeel.
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Washington D.C., Nov 9, 2013 / 04:33 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As L.A. Archbishop José Gomez laments the lack of urgency to reform the immigration system, the U.S. bishops are urging Catholics to call and write Congress to support "just and compassionate immigration reform."
"Immigration reform can't wait. We can't let another year slip away, doing nothing," Archbishop Gomez said in his Nov. 8 column for Los Angeles' archdiocesan newspaper, The Tidings.
"Millions of our brothers and sisters are suffering – and they have been for years now."
The U.S. bishops are asking that Catholics call their congressmen in support of a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and in opposition to the SAFE Act.
The SAFE Act would make illegal residence in the U.S. a federal crime and strengthen state and local law enforcement authority to arrest and charge immigrants for overstaying their visas or entering the U.S. without documentation, the Washington Post says.
Catholics are asked to call Congress at 1-855-589-5698 on Nov. 13, the feast of St. Frances Cabrini, patron saint of immigrants.
The U.S. bishops' conference has a special website on immigration, [www.justiceforimmigrants.org](www.justiceforimmigrants.org), that also encourages Catholics to send a postcard to Congress.
The postcard advocates a path to citizenship for the undocumented, while preserving family unity as a "cornerstone" of the immigration system. The postcard asks for the restoration of due process protections in immigration enforcement and legal avenues for low-skilled immigrant workers to enter and work in the U.S.
The postcard also asks Congress to address the "root causes" of migration, such as persecution and economic disparity.
Archbishop Gomez, chair of the U.S. bishops' committee on migration, said immigration reform must address the suffering of "the anonymous men and women who dire regularly in the desert trying to reach our borders," as well as the victims of human trafficking, the men and women who make up "a vast underclass of workers without rights."
It must also address young people whose parents brought them into the country illegally and now cannot enroll in school or legally work, he commented.
"Two-thirds of the undocumented persons in our country have been here for at least a decade. They are our neighbors and classmates. They are the people we sit next to in church on Sunday," he said, lamenting the nearly 2 million deportations over the last four years.
Archbishop Gomez noted Pope Francis' visit to the small Italian island of Lampedusa, an arrival point for undocumented immigrants from North Africa to Europe. There, the Pope reached out to immigrants and mourned the thousands who have died at sea.
The archbishop said that Lampedusa represents "a dark region of the heart" where people become "insensitive and indifferent to the sufferings of others."
"Immigration reform is a life issue and it is a family issue. And it is a question of our soul."
"Jesus told us that he would be present in the immigrants, in the prisoners, in those who are suffering sickness and poverty. What we do to them, we do him."
Archbishop Gomez prayed that we "rediscover our capacity to care for one another and to be close to others in their sufferings."
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THR reports that the love interest character for Andrew Garfield's Spidey is not Mary Jane – the ladies may be playing Gwen Stacy (played by Bryce Dallas Howard in Spider-Man 3) or a new character altogether!
Imogen Poots (who's currently shooting a Fright Night remake), Ophelia Lovibond (Nowhere Boy and 184.108.40.206) and Lily Collins (The Blind Side) are all said to be considered!
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Wasps nests can be handled easily if they are in the ground. It is simple enough to see where the wasps are entering into the soil. Then you just buy a puffer bottle of powder from the hardware shop, squirt it around the nest entrance and the wasps carry it in. What if the nest is up a tree, or under the roofing system of the house. Do you really wish to be up a ladder being stung by countless upset wasps?
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In an effort to boost ridership, the Northstar commuter-rail line is going back to school. Two schools, actually.
Students from St. Cloud State University and St. Cloud Technical and Community College have combined forces to create a Northstar advertising campaign they hope will accelerate the process of extending the line to St. Cloud. The four-year-old line currently runs from Target Field in downtown Minneapolis to Big Lake.
"Start Your Day on Track" is the slogan that Professor Lisa Heinrich's St. Cloud State mass communications students created this fall. Then the slogan was turned over to St. Cloud Tech's Northway Group, one of only four college-run advertising agencies in the nation, according to the group's adviser.
"With the number of students who commute from the Twin Cities to St. Cloud, I'm guessing Northstar would be widely used if they build a station here," said Sherri McGillivray, 45, a St. Cloud Tech student and CEO of the Northway Group. "We really believe in this project. I'm excited about this."
Northstar ridership has been higher each month of 2013 than it was during corresponding months of last year. Through October, Northstar's 2013 ridership was 674,381, or 84,694 higher than during the same period last year. November ridership has not been finalized by Metro Transit, but the year-end 2012 figure of 700,276 was surpassed in mid-November, said Met Transit spokesman John Siqveland.
However, even though average weekday rides topped 3,000 for the first time in June and jumped to 3,300 in August, the projected 4,500 total needed to extend the line another 30 miles to St. Cloud appears years away.
Stearns County Commissioner Leigh Lenzmeier, who chairs the Northstar Corridor Development Authority, sees St. Cloud students — people who may one day commute to the Twin Cities — as a pivotal piece of Northstar's future. So he approached St. Cloud State's Heinrich and Jeff Palm, St. Cloud tech professor and adviser for the Northway Group.
"Millennials hold the key," Lenzmeier said of the group also known as Generation Y. "If we're going to eventually double or triple our ridership so we can compete with other rail lines for federal funds, the millennials will be playing a part in this."
Heinrich asked each of her students to submit three slogans. Once the winner was selected, the students "insisted" on making a video explaining how to use Northstar, Heinrich said.
They wanted to stress the train's 95 percent on-time record, that the rides were quick and that parking was free. They also emphasized that the trains were new, clean and quiet, hassle-free and allowed passengers to work or sleep during commutes.
Then they turned to Tech's Northway Group, which began planning brochures, fliers, posters, buttons and billboards.
McGillivray, who grew up in Bemidji and had not been familiar with trains, was one of a group of students who visited Metro Transit "to get good base knowledge of the inner workings." Students took the metro "link" bus from St. Cloud to Big Lake and then rode the train, some for the first time.
"I found it handy and affordable," McGillivray said, "and it has Wi-Fi."
Two months ago, the Northway Group met four days each week, discussing ways to use the Northstar logo. McGillivray knows that the counties involved with Northstar — Hennepin, Anoka, Sherburne and Stearns — will make the ultimate decisions, and that Anoka County could be the toughest sell when it comes to approval of extending the line. But the students are more concerned with potential Northstar riders.
McGillivray's perspective on reaching young potential passengers is different from that of other students. She's married and has three kids, the oldest age 20. She says she earned her degree in psychology from St. Cloud State "long ago" but stays in touch with young people through her studies at St. Cloud Tech and as a life coach at a St. Cloud pregnancy center.
"My father takes Northstar to Minneapolis when he goes to the VA hospital," she said. "I know how efficient and convenient it is. Students and young professionals will love this."
Northstar officials plan to meet with officials from each city that has a station: Big Lake, Elk River, Ramsey, Anoka, Coon Rapids, Fridley and Minneapolis.
In St. Cloud, officials already are discussing where to build a station, Lenzmeier said.
"The overriding challenge is in the marketing," Lenzmeier said. "You've got people my age running things, but it's really the millennials you've got the reach. They're the ones who will determine how well this works."
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Presented by the UH College of Technology's human development and consumer sciences department (HDCS), this event is open to the public and will feature two panel discussions showcasing fashion and retail professionals. Another highlight is a table talk in which students from UH, community colleges and high schools can discuss internship and career opportunities with representatives from leading retail companies.
The first panel, "Movers and Shakers" kicks off at 1 p.m. with speakers Lou Delone, publisher of Modern Luxury Magazines; Wendy McCain, shoe buyer for Tootises; and Georgene Boone, store team leader for Target.
The next panel, "Retailers That Shape Your Future - What is it Really Like?" begins at 2:30 p.m. with executives from J.C. Penney, Neiman Marcus, Dillard's, Al's Formal Wear, Macy's, Target and Stages. The moderator for both panels is Roz Pactor, UH alumna, president of the Pactor Group and former vice president and fashion director for Foley's.
"Students will enjoy hearing about the innovative retail strategies used by retail leaders in branding, developing fashion magazines and buying high end fashion," said Shirley Ezell, associate professor of HDCS. "The panel discussion will provide an inside scoop on what it is like working as an executive for large, medium and small stores and offer insight on what it takes to rise in an organization. An added feature is the 'table talk' from 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. in which students can ask retailers about internship opportunities or positions available after graduation."
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New colleges bring focus to programs
The former College of Integrated Science and Technology has split into two units, bringing James Madison University's total number of colleges to eight, including the Graduate School.
The new College of Health and Behavioral Studies (CHBS) houses the departments of psychology, graduate psychology, communication sciences and disorders, health sciences, kinesiology, nursing, and social work, while the College of Integrated Science and Engineering (CISE) consists of integrated science and technology, engineering, and computer science.
The new structure ensures that both colleges are leaner and more agile. It will also help better identify and market their various programs to prospective students, parents, faculty and donors.
The College of Integrated Science and Technology began as a pilot program in 1993 and initially was made up of the Department of Computer Science and an innovative new undergraduate degree program known as ISAT. Over the years, CISAT would come to anchor JMU's sprawling east campus, developing its own programs, absorbing departments within the growing health and human services fields and providing a home for JMU's cross-disciplinary engineering program.
But the size and scope of CISAT made it difficult to manage. "It was a large enterprise with a lot of distinct and diverse moving parts," said Dr. Bob Kolvoord, interim dean of the new College of Integrated Science and Engineering. Some outsiders were surprised to learn that CISAT housed departments such as psychology and social work.
At a meeting of CHBS faculty and staff on Friday, interim dean Dr. Sharon Lovell spoke of the opportunities that the new college provides. "It's a time to think creatively, to think with a lot of energy about what we can be that we haven't (been) in the past. … We're able to make our work more visible to others, and we can think about different ways to engage and work with each other."
"CHBS recognizes the role that human behavior plays in overall health and quality of life, and the professions for which we prepare students are in demand," said Dr. Michael Stoloff, head of psychology, who presented the proposal for the new college to the JMU Board of Visitors. Nearly a quarter of all JMU students currently major in CHBS' programs, and the supporting pillars of scholarship and service are already in place, along with a commitment to professional development for faculty, many of whom are licensed practitioners in their fields.
Meanwhile, the ISAT and computer science programs continue to be popular among JMU students, and the university graduated its first engineering class in May.
"One thing we are hoping to do in the College of Integrated Science and Engineering is really take advantage of that founding spirit of CISAT, to be innovative, to be out there trying things, and I think we're really hoping to continue the grand experiment," Kolvoord said. "What's out there? What are new ways of doing things? What are new kinds of topics, new kinds of majors? What are different kinds of scholarship that our faculty and students can do? What opportunities are going to be out there in the next 10, 20, 30, 40 years?"
That's not to say the new colleges will put up walls. "There hasn't been a divorce," Lovell said. "They're our friends. We will continue to have connections with them." A joint Faculty Research Day is planned for Oct. 5.
"So much of the reform in health science and in health care is going to be technology based," Kolvoord said. "We're going to continue to foster those connections and really take advantage of the great faculty we have across the campus, including in science and math and business and education, where we have strong connections already."
Stoloff added that in today's competitive research climate, grants tend to be awarded to those studies that employ a cross-disciplinary approach.
For students and faculty in the new colleges, the changes should be largely transparent. "Hopefully this will help steer students in the right direction and find their way into the right programs," Stoloff said.
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Unspoilt and picturesque Dalaman on Turkey's coastline offers turquoise seas and white sandy beaches
Dalyan is a pretty town on the southwest coast of Turkey, in the middle of the Dalyan Delta. While there are restaurants, bars and cafes abound, it still retains much of its laidback riverside charm. The surrounding green valley is full of citrus and pine trees, and the entire delta is a protected conservation area, home to over 200 species of birds. Unspoilt Iztuzu Beach, known as Turtle Beach after the famous Loggerhead turtles that nest there, can be reached by boat. A tranquil cruise through a maze of whispering reed beds leads you to a 4 km crescent of fine white sand and warm, shallow sea, and some claim this to be the best beach in Turkey.
The dramatic Lycian rock tombs of Dalyan, known as the Tombs of the Kings, shouldn't be missed; overlooking the river, they are especially striking at night when gilded by floodlight from a perfect vantage point of a riverside meze restaurant.
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Facing an approaching school budget deficit near $800,000, the Morehouse Parish School Board is looking at every angle possible to save substantial money.
Facing an approaching school budget deficit near $800,000, the Morehouse Parish School Board is looking at every angle possible to save substantial money.
At the end of Tuesday's monthly board meeting, a discussion emerged about cutting as many unneeded school days as possible.
The idea spurred much debate because the school calendar was already approved by the board forwarded to the state education department in the spring.
Board member Jeff Churchwell made the proposal, citing a cost-savings measure done three years ago he said led to a savings of about $15,000 each day students and teachers were not at school and buses were not run.
"When we made this calendar we were working on a $1.2 million surplus, Churchwell said. "If it's the will of the body to save money we need to further this discussion."
The board, administrators and principals in attendance dissected the number of mandatory hours (63,720 minutes or 177 school days) required by the state, and ultimately determined that the district's current calendar has seven school days it could conceivably cut to save money.
Churchwell noted that the board's prerogative to limit any extra school hours is directly tied to its singular authority: overseeing the district's budget.
"We get faulted enough. If it means trashing the current calendar, we've got to do what we have to," said board member Karen Diel.
Ultimately, superintendent Dr. George Noflin proposed a "happy medium," whereas the district could look at adding vacation days over the winter break, then possibly cutting the school year short at the end of the spring semester.
Board members said they would look at the suggestion closer when they get a draft of the new budget later this month at a committee meeting.
Prior to the discussion, the board voted to adopt a proposal by Mike Stephens that any unnecessary spending – and particularly travel and long-term sick leave – taken out of the general funds in the past be prohibited.
In other discussions, the board, after hearing a presentation from a construction representative of Mississippi-based New Path Consultants, voted in favor of seeking job bids on building three new classrooms and bathrooms at Beekman Jr. High. The consultant, after reviewing the school site, provided an estimate of under $120,000 for the project, a price range within the funds the district has earmarked for Beekman, which is facing overcrowded classrooms.


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Cinema from South of the Border--The Instituto Cervantes at the National Hispanic Cultural Center will present a feature from Argentina as part of its Cine en Construcción film series on Thursday, Oct. 26. The film's director, Ana Katz, was recently named a winner of the "Cine en Construcción" prize at the Festival International del Cine de Donostia-San Sabastián in Spain. The film, El Juego de la Silla, deals with the return home to Argentina of Victor, who has spent several years in Canada. To make up for lost time, he organizes a series of gatherings and family rituals. The film is in Spanish with English subtitles. Following the film, a discussion will be held with Nicolás Tacconi, one of the stars of the film, and with Dr. Luisela Alvaray, a visiting professor at UNM. The screening will begin at 7 p.m. in the NHCC's Wells Fargo Auditorium (located at 1701 Fourth Street NW). Admission is free and open to the public.
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Halloween is here, and nothing sets the mood better than a good horror movie--except maybe a bad horror movie. Frankly, I'm good with either this time of year. If you're looking for something to watch this holiday while digesting all of those Tootsie Rolls, Smarties and mini Snickers bars, here are a few suggestions. These recently released box sets might be just the thing to stir up childhood memories of Halloweens past--no matter what decade you grew up in.
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Conversations With God
New Age prophet delivers God's greatest hits in bite-sized nuggets
As I understand it, Neale Donald Walsch got into an auto accident, broke his neck, lost his job, became homeless for a while, got a job at a radio station and started talking to God. In that order. In their numerous confabs, God told Neale that he needed to take up writing. According to Mr. Walsch, God commanded him (well, asked politely, anyway) to write three books. Those books made so much money that God apparently returned later to amend his original commandment, adding six sequels and countless spin-off products (Conversations with God: A Windham Hill Collection on CD, anyone?).
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Halloween around the dial
Halloween falls this year on a Tuesday night. By the time it rolls around, you'll have dressed up, partied, hung out at clubs and visited all the haunted houses/corn mazes/pumpkin chunking events you can handle. Odds are your Halloween night will be spent parked in front of the TV searching desperately for some holiday entertainment and waiting in vain for the trick-or-treaters to show up so you won't have to spend the next two weeks choking down that entire five-pound bag full of Tootsie Roll Midges you bought at Wal-Mart. Here, then, is how I see your Halloween night going down.
Week in Sloth
The Week in Sloth
Hellraiser (AMC 6 p.m.) Clive Barker's still-disturbing 1987 horror flick gets a seasonal airing. Followed by the not-quite-as-good Hellbound: Hellraiser II.
"Ugly Betty" (KOAT-7 7 p.m.) Betty falls victim to that classic Halloween prank: inviting someone to a costume party when there's no costume party.


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NPT vs. BSP Pipe
While NPT threads are common in the United States, BSP threads are widely used in many other countries. I have found that my Japanese-built injection mold presses have predominantly BSP fittings.
American National Pipe - NPT/NPS
American National pipe (NPT, NPS), Like British Standard Pipe (BSP), is designated by trade size, rather than actual diameter, as shown in the table below.
There are two basic types of National pipe threads:
- NPT: National Pipe Taper
- NPS: National Pipe Straight
NPT threads are also sometimes referred to as
- MIP (Male Iron Pipe)
- FIP (Female Iron Pipe)
- IPT (Iron Pipe Thread)
- FPT (Female Pipe Thread)
- MPT (Male Pipe Thread)
Note that these references are somewhat casual, and might possibly be used in reference to NPS instead of NPT.
Both NPT and NPS have the same thread angle, shape, and pitch (threads per inch). However, NPT threads are tapered and NPS threads are straight (parallel). Both threads have a 60° included angle and have flat peaks and valleys (this is a Sellers thread form).
If you've worked with pipe much at all, you've probably noticed that the size of the pipe isn't really what size the pipe is. Unlike tubing, which is generally specified by its OD, or hose, which is generally specified by its ID, pipe is specified by something else... its Trade Size. So when you say "3/4 pipe," you're actually saying "pipe whose OD is a little more than an inch, and whose ID is about 53/64." -that is, if you are talking about schedule 40 pipe, which is generally what is used for most plumbing applications.
Pipe dimensions are specified by trade size and schedule, according to the following table. Note that while British Standard Pipe dimensions are similar, they are not equivalent to the American Standard Pipe Sizes. See NPT vs. BSP Pipe for thread comparisons.
British Standard Pipe - BSP
BSP: British Standard Pipe
BSP pipe, Like American National pipe (NPT, NPSM), is designated by trade size, rather than actual diameter, which is approximately equal to the thread's Major Diameter in the table below.
There are two types of BSP threads:
- BSPT: British Standard Pipe Taper -also known as "R" or "Rc" threads
- BSPP: British Standard Pipe Parallel -also known as "G" or "Rp" threads
Both styles have the same thread angle, shape, and pitch (threads per inch). However, BSPT threads are tapered and BSPP threads are straight (parallel). BSP threads have a 55° included angle and have rounded peaks and valleys (this is a Whitworth thread form).
Here are the actual thread dimension data for BSPP and BSPT threads. The major diameter is a bit
larger smaller than the actual OD of the pipe, and the minor diameter should be very close to what you would measure inside the female threaded end of a fitting. Note that the Gage Length dimension pertains only to the BSPT (tapered) thread.
Thread Type Compatibility
In order for two components to fit properly, thread types must be compatible. See the list below for thread types that can be used together.
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US-Japan trade talks suspended without agreement
TOKYO (AP) — Talks between the United States and Japan on a Pacific Rim trade pact have halted for now without any resolution in sight, spoiling plans for a showcase deal during President Barack Obama's visit to Tokyo.
Economy minister Akira Amari, Japan's top negotiator, said too many issues remained unresolved and further working-level talks will be needed to reach a market-opening pact as part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Amari told reporters Thursday that no end was in sight. He described the negotiations as in a "tough situation."
The two sides had hoped to proclaim a broad agreement or at least significant progress during Obama's visit, which ends Friday.
A Japan-U.S. deal is seen as crucial for talks among the other 10 countries participating in the U.S.-led initiative to move ahead.
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A report out today from the Union of Concerned Scientists about the economic viability of U.S. coal-fired power plants shows as much as 59,000 megawatts may be ripe to retire in the next few years, Reuters reports. That number is in addition to an estimated 40,000 MW of coal generation scheduled to shut or be converted to another fuel in the next few years, says the science-based nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. "The combined closure of 99,000 MW of coal capacity would represent nearly one third of U.S. coal generation output," Reuters reports. The news service says plentiful and affordable natural gas "will make it harder for power companies to justify the investment needed to keep smaller, older coal plants in compliance with stricter federal environmental standards which are being finalized." Atlanta-based Southern Co., owns the most coal-fired generating capacity ready for retirement, the Union of Concerned Scientists study found, followed by government-owned Tennessee Valley Authority, Duke Energy, American Electric Power Co. and Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. Retirement of these aging coal plants "would create an opportunity to accelerate our nation's transition to a cleaner energy future," the Union of Concerned Scientists report states. Reuters notes it would "shift investment from coal toward renewable energy resources, such as wind and solar energy-saving technology, a modernized grid and more reliance on natural gas-fired power plants, the report added." The study considered the operating cost of coal plants after controlling four major air pollutants — sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and mercury, according to Reuters. Using comparisons to existing and new gas plants and several future gas price scenarios, the Union of Concerned Scientists "said between 153 coal units, totaling 16,400 MW, and 353 coal units in 31 states, totaling 59,000 MW, would no longer be economical and therefore, candidates to be shut."
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Chesapeake Energy Corp. isn't the only big energy company from Oklahoma City with big plans in Ohio. The Akron Beacon Journal reports that Gulfport Energy Corp. "is so pleased with its first dozen Utica shale wells in eastern Ohio that the Oklahoma-based energy company is prepared to spend up to $225 million next year to drill 50 additional wells." The liquid-rich Utica shale in Ohio is "a once-in-a-lifetime play ... and a company changer," Gulfport CEO James Palm said in a teleconference Wednesday on the company's third-quarter earnings. Mr. Palm said Gulfport is making the Utica shale its primary focus and the center of its drilling operations, the Beacon Journal reports. "We will be a Utica-focused company," he said. Production "is expected to ramp up beginning in early 2013 with the completion of connecting pipelines and processing facilities built by Colorado-based MarkWest Energy Partners for Gulfport," the newspaper reports. Gulfport has said it plans to drill 400 wells in Ohio over the next four years.
The state of Ohio's support for Willard & Kelsey Solar Group of Perrysburg is a deal that keeps looking worse. The Toledo Blade reports that the state "might not be able to recoup the full $10.3 million it is owed" by the solar-panel manufacturer. In addition, bills, legal challenges and financial troubles are mounting for Willard & Kelsey, which "is on the hook to pay thousands to vendors that provided it with goods or services." The Ohio Attorney General's office has been appointed to collect taxpayer-financed loans that were granted to the company from the Ohio Development Services Agency (formerly the Department of Development) and the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority. Willard & Kelsey "failed to make timely loan payments to both agencies and was unable to pay the loans in full when they were called due," the newspaper reports. Willard & Kelsey owes $5,684,365 to the air authority and $4,615,843 to the development services agency. The state still hopes to work out a payment schedule with Willard & Kelsey or demand payment in full. (Good luck with that.) "If collections procedures are unsuccessful, the attorney general's office will bring in a state-appointed attorney to take the company to court," The Blade reports.
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Quote from: LoveRocked on November 04, 2011, 04:07:35 PMhttp://www.cbs.com/daytime/the_talk/video/?pid=VmubI6Ofkfynzzalp6yoIq3qroirzbgN&vs=Previews&play=trueThe Talk - Amani.. Don't miss it!Not available for my geographic region. Waiting for some charitable soul that uploads it to Youtube...
http://www.cbs.com/daytime/the_talk/video/?pid=VmubI6Ofkfynzzalp6yoIq3qroirzbgN&vs=Previews&play=trueThe Talk - Amani.. Don't miss it!
Well, last leg, they really made a great job. It's maybe the first leg they don't make stupid mistakes? Yes, they started in 4th Place after a bad leg, about 2 hours behind the 1st team, and an hour behind 2nd and 3rd. Who knows why, but they ended the Roadblock (very beginning of the leg) in 2nd place and had a great advantage to the other teams when it came down to going to Hamburg. Then, they were tied, and they were able to complete the Detour in 1st and then win the leg. Really, they made me happy, just to see that some teams are not predictably in 1st forever, and that they can run tough legs without making mistakes.If they continue this way, I won't mind if they get the million bucks.
They remind me of Chip and Kim in Season 5 more and more.. Them winning will be wow!!! Go Amani and Marcus!! Team Chip and Kim Deux
Do you really want Marcus and Amani to model the behavior of the least deserving Amazing Race winners ever? Chip and Kim got multiple incredible breaks that allowed them to win. If Marcus and Amani win it should be because they actually earn it and I bet that's the way Marcus will want to win AR19.
How one comment sparked controversy. Amani and Marcus have got the golden winning edit. If they get eliminated next, I'll be really shocked. You know... shocked to the maximum. But they're also the weakest team of the entire lot remaining....
Really only Andy and Tommy and Ernie and Cindy have consistently performed well enough to "deserve" to win.
Quote from: Prophet on November 30, 2011, 06:55:54 AMReally only Andy and Tommy and Ernie and Cindy have consistently performed well enough to "deserve" to win.Let me correct that
The best examples I can give of this are Chip and Kim in AR5 and Freddie and Kendra in AR6 and Sam and Dan in AR16.
Quote from: theschnauzers on December 11, 2011, 10:58:01 PMThey were headed to the map task the last time we saw them, so I assume they did it; had they been short-circuited to the final mat, I think we've would have been told.Marcus and Amani discussed the largely unseen portions of their final leg here:http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2011/12/12/marcus-pollard-blames-his-big-feet-and-fear-of-flying-to-losing-the-amazing-race/?cxntlid=thbz_hmThey did do the task at the Margaret Mitchell House (Marcus says he struggled with the typing and wasn't sure how long it took). They knew The Dump department store and avoided that pitfall. They also said they solved Hank Aaron clue quickly. Marcus also did the map task and said he wasn't as fast as Cindy because they were "B students". Also, Marcus blamed the flight simulator errors due to being too big for the cockpit and his feet being too big for the foot pedals. Being tense and afraid of flying didn't help either.
They were headed to the map task the last time we saw them, so I assume they did it; had they been short-circuited to the final mat, I think we've would have been told.
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Laziness is not always good
From HaskellWiki
Generally, since Haskell is a non-strict language, you should try to make a function least strict. This is in many cases the best semantics and the most efficient implementation. However, here is an important exception from the rule:Consider the
instance of the null type
mempty = () mappend _ _ = ()
These functions are least strict, but have a subtle problem: They do not generally satisfy the monoid laws.Remind you:
must be the identity element with respect to
You find that it is not
forall a. mappend mempty a = a forall a. mappend a mempty = a
, but
mappend mempty undefined = undefined
mappend mempty undefined = mempty
Is this academic nitpicking or practically relevant?I think it is the latter one, because a
instance implicitly promises that monoid laws can be applied in every case. A programmer expects that every occurence of
can be safely replaced by
mappend mempty a
You might even create an optimizer rule doing this.The above implementation of
however evaluates its operands lazily, and this gets lost when the optimization is applied.
The solution of this issue is to define
mempty = () mappend () () = () force :: () -> () force _ = ()
and write
instead of
mappend (force a) (force b)
mappend a b
If you find that example too academic, you can choose any other data type with one constructor instead.
1 ExerciseFind out whether it would help to define
mempty = undefined
2 See also
- Haskell-Cafe on Laws and partial values
- Haskell-Cafe on a space leak caused by the garbage collector that did not recognize a selector-like function call
- Maintaining laziness


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Pat Robertson - Alzheimer's - Reaction
Disability advocate: Robertson wrong to justify divorce for Alzheimer's
< Boeing Gets More Money Than They Expected
Jul 26, 2013 06:35
Category: General News
Category: General News
Idaho School Wi-Fi Deal May Cost
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The $2.1 million contract the Idaho Department of Education signed Wednesday with a Tennessee company for wireless Wi-Fi service in high schools may cost more per-school than deals districts negotiate themselves. Officials say at $23,000, Idaho's per-school cost could run four times more than before. Luna's office predicts more schools will participate, reducing per-school costs.


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Ring in the New Year with the Pop Shop! The first KFAI broadcast of 2013, Liberty Finch and DJ Izzy celebrate by featuring the fabulous musical guests who visited the Pop Shop in 2012. With Joe Fahey, Andrew Sandoval, Willie Wisely, Steve Butler (Smash Palace), John Eller (Shiny Lights), Mike Ciresi and David Ronald Beckey (Autumn Leaves). Plus, highlights from guest DJs Carl Isadore (Izzy's pop), Dave Hoenack (Hymie's Vintage Records) and Dave Biljan (Flip Side Records).
A tribute to some of the great artists who left this mortal coil in 2012…….from Joe South and Johnny Otis, to Davy Jones, Donna Summer, Robin Gibb and many more. Plus, Phyllis Diller singing "Satisfaction"?!
Liberty Finch solo stint on tonight's Pop Shop. Garage, rock, punk and pop!
Remembering musical powerhouse and creative spirit, Steve Kramer. With a special interview from friend and fellow musician, Kristian Hoffman. Kristian and Steve played in the third (and final) line-up of the Contortions, with James Chance and Bradley Field; and were roommates for a spell in New York before the "Minneapolis Mafia" returned to Minnesota to form the Wallets. A heartfelt tribute to a gifted and eclectic artist.
Catch Kristian Hoffman's fabulous internet radio show, Pepperland Spicerack, every Sunday afternoon on Luxuria Music.
Plenty of requests tonight, including '70s pop faves, one-hit wonders, and the Minneapolis Sound. Plus, a full-force facebook rant about Exile: love 'em or hate 'em? It's all here on the Pop Shop!
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This script simulates the Lomo effect. Copy it into the scripts folder from GIMP, you will find it then under Filters -> Light and Shadow -> Lomo.
The original from Francois Le Lay can be downloaded here. The idea of C41 colors comes from here. I added sharpness, repaired the double vignetting problem and added some nice colors, especially the beautiful green sky effect from Lomo pictures. Examples can be found here.
Attention, results may make happy.
Update: I refreshed the colors and added another vignette, but this is black and can be moved and resized. The result should be made grainy with my other script, then it looks more realistic.
Update2: The overlayed vignettes are moving now with the black vignette. That means all vignettes have the same center.
Update3: I added a slight lens distortion to simulate the wide angle lens of the Lomo LC-A. And if you own the grain script already, you can uncomment line 285 of this script to get a grainy black vignette automatically. Example here.
Update4: New color "Autumn" to simulate this. To include vignette graininess, uncomment line 314. Result here and very impressive here.
Update5: I mixed the angle distortion up, now it bends to the right direction. And the source code became prettier thanks to Dr. Scheme.
Update6: I added optional motion blur to simulate 'bad' lenses, see here.
Update7: Two new colors Movie and Vintage. Also more decent sharpness with layer mask. And I included the grain for the black vignette, so you don't have to do this. Examples here and here.
Update8: New color Xpro LAB from this book. Example here.
Update9: Possibility to inverse the A and B dimensions of the LAB color space. Example here.
Update10: Fixed the b/w problem. Added a new color option Light Blue from this role model. Example here.
I also attached the colors I use. Extract and put them into the curves folder of GIMP.
Update11: Lens distortion is adjustable now, the default is less extreme.
Update12: New color Redscale from here. Example here. The Light Blue color now has a less violet tinge.
Update13: Extensive internal fixes (eg. motion blur fixed). New option grain and gauss blur. Also sharpness is done via smart sharpen from eg and not overlay.
Update14: Sharpness layer is better on top.
Update15: Sharpness one down, grain deactivated while sharpening.
Update16: Redscale is now closer to the physical approach. Example:
Update17: Movie color option reworked, three new B/W tones: Retro, Paynes and Sepia.
Update18: Added batch version, run it with
gimp -i -b '(elsamuko-lomo-batch "picture.jpg" 1.5 10 10 0.8 5 1 3 128 0 FALSE FALSE TRUE FALSE 0 0 115)' -b '(gimp-quit 0)'
or for more than one picture
gimp -i -b '(elsamuko-lomo-batch "*.jpg" 1.5 10 10 0.8 5 1 3 128 0 FALSE FALSE TRUE FALSE 0 0 115)' -b '(gimp-quit 0)'
Be careful, the batch script overwrites the original image. More info here:
Update19: Reduced vignette banding with the spread tool.
For all scripts together, go here.


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Beautiful Dreamers: One of a Kind Treasures
- Location: Brooklyn, NY & Online
- Specialty: Collection of local and global treasures.
- Price range: $$-$$$
- Website: beautifuldreamers.com
Store History
- Founded: 2011
- Founded by: April Hughes and Marina Burini
Founded by April Hughes and Marina Burini, both fashion stylists, Beautiful Dreamers is a collection of local and global pieces found while they travel the world on fashion shoots. Among the apparel and personal accessories, you'll find beautiful, handcrafted ceramics, textiles and artwork for your home.
From the company's website:
Bridging local and global, Beautiful Dreamers is dedicated to supporting authentic creative expression, sustainability and individual integrity. Using the space as a continual living exhibition of fashion, artifacts and functional objects, where vintage and modern intermingle effortlessly.
The store space is as interesting as the merchandise they sell, from the furniture and fixtures to the tent–like dressing room in the back.
(Images: Kate Legere)


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Morphlabs forges OpenStack cloud rack
Ready to run virty machines
Morphlabs has been moving into physical hardware over the past two years and is now rolling out a converged system called mCloud Rack Enterprise. The system welds together Dell cloudy servers packed with solid state storage, Nexenta storage software, Arista Networks switches, and the new "Essex" commercial-grade OpenStack cloud fabric into a ready-to-go "cloud in a box".
The company got its start in 2007 peddling the Appspace cloud management tool on top of Amazon's EC2 compute cloud.
The machine, rolled out today at the OpenStack Design Summit and Conference being held in San Francisco, is based on Dell's PowerEdge-C cloud boxes, which are semi-commercialized versions of the custom and super-dense servers that Dell's Data Center Solutions division has been building for the past five years and that now account for well over $1bn in sales.
The mCloud Rack Enterprise is not based on the PowerEdge-C6100 two-socket servers, according to Yoram Heller, vice president of corporate development, but rather on the C5220 "Viking" sled servers based on single-socket microservers that Dell announced in March 2011. The C5220 supports Intel's Xeon E3 processors and up to four memory slots for a maximum of 32GB of memory capacity. This Viking chassis is 3U tall and has room for a dozen of these microservers, and the base mCloud Rack Enterprise configuration comes with two of these sleds.
The mCloud Rack Enterprise stack
Morphlabs is using a PowerEdge-C2100 server as a storage node, which it equips with 12TB of solid state disk and stuffs it with NexentaStor, a storage software stack from Nexenta. The storage upstart is a big fan of the OpenSolaris variant of Unix and the related Zettabyte File System (ZFS), which were both open sourced by Sun Microsystems six years ago and which are now controlled by Oracle. Nexenta is one of the companies behind the Illumos fork of OpenSolaris. In any event, the C2100 server is a two-socket server that has room for a dozen 3.5-inch SATA drives across its front plus two internal bays for local storage to run the Nexenta software.
The storage and server nodes are linked to each other and to the outside world with an Arista 7050T 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch, which has 48 10GE ports plus four 40GE ports that can be equipped with line splitters to push it up to 64 10GE ports. In the rack above, there's one switch, one C2100 storage array, and three C5220 sleds in a half rack chassis with lots of room left in it.
Heller says that the initial configuration is suitable for supporting around 150 virtual machines, which are controlled by OpenStack and implemented using the KVM hypverisor. The flash array can deliver around 10,000 IOPS of storage bandwidth to each VM running in the box, and the entire array can pump something on the order of 10X the IOPS of Amazon's Elastic Block Storage service, according to Heller. A 300 VM setup, including storage, costs $180,000, or about $600 per virtual machine.
That may sound like a big price, but go load up VMware's vSphere and vCloud Director stack on the same servers, and Heller says you can easily spend three times as much money building a converged stack.
"Cloud is more than a software problem, it is a systems problem," says Heller. "You're going to easily spend $200,000 fussing around with OpenStack yourself and you are not going to have a solution when you are done."
The mCloud Rack Enterprise stack is available for order now and is shipping to early adopter customers. It will be generally available in early May. ®


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Allah Mathematics (Wu-Tang Clan Dj) Presents Art Of Entertainment Documentary: About The Music Industry In The State Of Confusion [Trailer]
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About ranon
I agree with this.
It may be a better idea to keep the posts visible rather than hiding it. Especially as it is not spam.
Umm, no. Sometimes they have no idea who their source actually is. Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_throat
Woodward and Bernstein knew the identity of Deep throat. they were the ones who finally confirmed that it was Mark Felt.
If google is to protect a blogger from a criminal process, Google will not know the blogger. So how will it know right away whether the blogger is a paedophile, scammer, or an activist fighting for someone's rights.
Some might say that this can be found out by reading through the blog, but that is placing undue burden on Google. This is something that is best decided by the court system whether the person deserves to be anonymous or not and whether the person then deserves prosecution or not.
Newspapers and broadcasters have a forty-year history of fighting criminal investigators who issue subpoenas to identify their sources
We should not compare Google bloggers and newspaper sources in this case. A newspaper reporter has met his source multiple times and has made a determination about his trustworthiness and value. Google has never met their blogger and has no idea who the blogger is. The blogger may actually be a criminal or, as in this case he/she may be an anonymous activist. Google has little information to make such value judgments.
So we must not expect that Google will protect their bloggers to the same extent as as newspaper sources. e.g. going to prison for them etc.
"...but the question is what Google does to make sure that access is not just limited, but monitored to avoid serious abuses like this."
Monitoring something in real time is very difficult and is not a productive way to work things. The best way to go is to do a check later on and also at the same time have quick and effective punishment for any transgressions.
This has happened in this case.
I am sure that everybody in Google now knows that their job is on the line for privacy issue violations. It is at least as effective as active monitoring if not more.
There is a question whether the DCMA safe harbours apply to Apple. Unlike other providers, Apple selects the apps which go up in it's store.
Maybe someone can give a legal perspective on this.
What if he said...
1. otherwise I will be really mad.
2. otherwise I will do some bad shit.
3. otherwise me and my friends will do some bad shit.
4. otherwise me and my Pakistani friends will do some bad shit.
If that were true, Snakes on a Plane would have been a great hit.
looking back right from Napster, Grokster etc there have been free (or very cheap) ways to distribute music. The music industry has, in every case, managed to stop them or mangle them beyond recognition.
The music industry has now set it's sights on p2p (pirate bay). While pirate bay may have won some victories, the music industry will keep on coming with one thing or the other until it shuts it down.
A student of history will also see that this is the pattern for all the other services. They fight for a while, win a few victories but ultimately loose.
The reason the music industry fights so hard is that it feels (rightly or wrongly) that it's survival is at stake. It will keep on fighting until it is able to generate the same amount of revenues through another model or is replaced by another industry altogether.
Forty-six percent of the counterfeit-bag owners bought the authentic products within two and a half years
If the above statement is true, sales of say a Gucci Bag today, would be 46% that of the counterfeit bags two and a half years ago.
It looks and smells very wrong.
With a free paper, how does one know that the paper is getting delivered to actual readers and not just ending up undelivered somewhere.
The circulation numbers in such cases will be highly suspect and will affect the advertising business too.
You can bet that the sequel will not be a low cost movie. The budget will be escalated significantly.
Thanks for the update.
This story gives us a good idea of the economics of a patent lawsuit.
Of the $10.1 million paid to Attitude, $8 million was received as a loan earlier. So the total cost will be $2.1 million. Therefore the final profit, will not be $800 thousand, but $8.8 million.


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Tonight's Concert Picks: Cheap Dinosaurs at PhilaMOCA for Tuesday Tune-Out, Swift Techniqe at The Blockley, The Gallerist at Kung Fu Necktie
Continuing their month of Tuesday Tune-Outs, 8static presents Cheap Dinosaurs tonight at PhilaMOCA. The local chiptune / rock band will perform a set of their "wall of sound" productions before screening the 1982 independent sci-fi film Liquid Sky. Like their Tuesday Tune-Out predecessor Chipocrite, Cheap Dinosaurs recently performed at Mag Fest in NYC where they participated in a showcase of chiptune music makers. Admission for tonight's all-ages event is a suggested $5 donation at the door; more information can be found here. Watch a live video of Cheap Dinosaurs performing at PhilaMOCA from April 2011 below.


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Over the last few years, the Supreme Court has repeatedly undermined even the most reasonable attempts to limit the corrupting influence of money in politics. In desperation, Democrats in Congress have tried at least to open the shadowy campaign finance process to public view. Yet even that has failed so far.
Over the last few years, the Supreme Court has repeatedly undermined even the most reasonable attempts to limit the corrupting influence of money in politics. In desperation, Democrats in Congress have tried at least to open the shadowy campaign finance process to public view. Yet even that has failed so far.
Twice, they have sought to pass the Disclose Act, which would shine a welcome beam of light into the realm of "dark money" that governs American political campaigns. A third iteration of the bill, recently introduced by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., would require unions, corporations, super PACs and any other organizations that spend $10,000 or more on a "campaign-related disbursement" to file a report with the Federal Election Commission within 24 hours, detailing each expenditure over $1,000 as well as the names of all of the organization's donors who gave $10,000 or more. The bill would also prohibit 501(c)(4) and 501(c)(6) nonprofit groups from acting as conduits for anonymous political spending — a method of donation beloved by corporations seeking to avoid scrutiny by the public. It would become difficult to use shell organizations to mask contributions.
Voters deserve to know who is trying to influence their votes. In 2011, a mysterious company called W Spann LLC gave $1 million to the pro-Mitt Romney super PAC Restore Our Future — and then was dissolved. The true donor of that enormous political sum was able to remain anonymous until pressure from Democrats and the media prompted Ed Conard, a former business partner of Romney's at Bain Capital, to reveal that he had "formed and funded" W Spann. In late 2012, The Washington Post reported that Cancer Treatment Centers of America founder Richard Stephenson and his family had anonymously routed a staggering $12 million in donations to the tea party-associated organization FreedomWorks, which spends on behalf of (and against) candidates.
In 2008, in the last presidential election cycle before the Supreme Court's troubling Citizens United decision, independent spending from undisclosed sources was $69 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. In the 2012 cycle, that figure exceeded $310 million. Seventy-eight percent of it went to negative advertising, and more than $250 million of it favored the GOP.
Even Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who authored the unfortunate decision in Citizens United, wrote: "The First Amendment protects political speech; and disclosure permits citizens and shareholders to react to the speech of corporate entities in a proper way."
The Republican leadership disagrees, citing worries that some donors might be harassed if their identities were made public. But that was not the view of the party before Citizens United. In 2003, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told NPR's "Talk of the Nation": "Money is essential in politics, and not something that we should feel squeamish about, provided the donations are limited and disclosed, everyone knows who's supporting everyone else." He and his party should stand by those words today.


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I recently wrote an unintentionally provocative piece about bloggers and bookstore affiliates. Is it conflict of interest? Do bloggers compromise their standards when they sign up to sell books as Amazon or B&N affiliates ? A blogger writes about a book. An image appears in the post, or in a sidebar on a blog, and if you click on the image you go right to Amazon, B&N, or another bookstore. Then if you buy the book, the blogger makes a little money. Bloggers visited my blog to say there was no conflict of interest.
Nobody but bloggers commented.
Corporations use bloggers to make money. Of course, bloggers can use corporations, too. According to one blogger, she makes pennies per book sold. According to another, she made about $200 a year. These two directly dealt with the issue and made no bones about it. I have to admit I do not sneer at $200 a year. I probably spend $1,000 a year on books.
Oh, it's tempting to sign up as an affiliate.
But if I want to sell books, for God's sake, I'll open an online co-op. The internet HAS compromised bloggers' ethics. It makes things too easy for us. It gives us a template: Suddenly we find ourselves filling in the Amazon Associate gadget on the Blogger draft page even if we have no intention of doing so. Honestly, it appears right here. I never asked for this to appear on my page. Blogger must have made a deal with Amazon. So click, click! When I had a blog on Wordpress, one day I went to my blog and found an ad for my city. It appeared without my permission. You can imagine how I felt.
Bloggers are not journalists. Far from it. They're not worried about journalistic ethics. Everybody is blogging, writing on Facebook, & Twitter: businesses (so many businesses), writers (so many writers), PR people (so many PR people), publishers (so many publishers), book lovers (professional and amateur), and who is who is who...well, we don't know. People have different motives for what they do.
So here are
1. If a blogger lists books received from a publisher and thanks the publisher, why? Reviewers are under no obligation to a publisher. They are doing the favor, not vice versa, and might as well sort out the books first and review the good ones or bad ones. My husband and I think some of these people are naive and are "bragging." Some may be quite cynical.
2. If a blogger constantly thanks a publisher for sending a book and then gushes about it, it is a heads-up. I'M JUST SAYING...
3. My note of sympathy: It IS difficult NOT to feel obligated to publicists who send you free books. If a publicist seeks you out when you are not a professional reviewer, you feel good. But after awhile it gets old. You look at the packages with dismay if the books are not your kind of thing. It isn't necessary to say, Look, I got a free book, and then to say you like it if you don't. It's heart-rending to stay silent, but sometimes you must. The publishers will keep sending them to you anyway because they appreciate your "selling" the books you like.
4. Why DOESN'T Persephone Books make bloggers affiliates?...[I deleted most of this paragraph to pacify the crazies.]
My husband notices these discrepancies and thinks there is something deeply wrong in the world of book blogging. He prefers amateur sports blogs, where they share information about races, weather conditions, etc.


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Starkville Academy seniors rewarded with victory in final home game
This Starkville Academy group of seniors has had their share of struggles in a Volunteer uniform, but they made sure their final home game was not one of them.
The Volunteers upset Magnolia Heights 34-22 behind three touchdowns from senior quarterback Kyle Henson and a swarming defense that only allowed six first downs for a victory on senior night.
"All that those young men had gone through to persevere and keep battling, I'm just excited for them," SA head coach Jeff Terrill said. "I think those seniors just really wanted to show people that they were winners."
The Volunteer win knocks Magnolia Heights out of the playoff hunt, as they were in need of two more victories and a Washington School loss to make it to the postseason.
Senior Matt Ward got the scoring started on a 37-yard touchdown run to put the Vols up 6-0 with 7:59 in the first quarter. After that score, Magnolia Heights started to capitalize off of Volunteer turnovers.
Safety Mac McDonald returned a Henson interception 30 yards for a touchdown, and on the next Volunteer drive defensive lineman Alex Geeslin recovered a fumble in the end zone. The Chiefs converted both two-point conversions and held a 16-6 lead with 4:42 in the first quarter.
After working out the kinks, the Volunteers buckled down the rest of the game.
"The biggest issue in the first half was they jumped in a defense we weren't expecting," Terrill said. "It caused us a lot of wrinkles, but our guys responded well to the turnovers."
The Vols went into ball-control mode the rest of the half, running 22 consecutive plays on offense during one stretch in the first half.
A 1-yard Henson touchdown run and 20-yard touchdown pass from Henson to Ryan McKell gave the Vols a 20-16 lead going into the half. Magnolia Heights finished the first half with only one first down.
A long Volunteer drive to start the second half ended with a fourth down stop on the goal line, but two plays later McKell recovered a Magnolia Heights fumble in the end zone to give the Vols a 27-16 lead midway through the third quarter.
The fourth quarter featured one of the strangest down and distance situations most people will see in high school football.
McDonald appeared to score on a 9-yard run for the Chiefs, but the play was called back due to a holding penalty. Magnolia Heights players argued the call and were flagged for a personal foul. Making things even stranger, they kept arguing the call and were flagged again for unsportsmanlike conduct.
This left the Chiefs with first and goal from their own 44-yard line. Terrill admitted that in his years of coaching he had never seen anything like it.
Improbably, the Chiefs scored from that position after a 39-yard pass from McDonald to Taz Zettergren. That score cut the Volunteer lead to 27-22 with 7:46 left in the game.
The Volunteer defense held the Chiefs out of the end zone the rest of the way, and Henson added a 36-yard touchdown run late in the game to give the Vols a 34-22 victory.
Henson, who was playing the game with a cast on his broken left hand, was thrilled to leave his last game at J.E. Logan Field a victor.
"We were a big underdog, and they need two games to make the playoffs, but we just spoiled that for them, and that feels kinda good too," Henson said.
The win gives the Volunteers three wins this season after winning just one game in 2008 and going winless in 2009. With the program searching for a signature win, the Volunteers may have found what they were looking for Friday night.
"Our whole battle cry all week long was that this means more to us than it does them," Terrill said.
The Volunteer defense held the Chiefs to 187 yards of total offense, six first downs and forced two turnovers.
Ward was the leading rusher for the Volunteers with 90 yards, while Henson ran for 67 yards and threw for 70 yards.