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Michael Johnson at Blue-Eyes.com reminds us that, back in the day, there were those who considered Frank Sinatra a dangerous person:
In 1948, this article appeared in the pamphlet, Red Betrayal of Youth, written by Kenneth Goff…….It concludes that Sinatra was, in a memorable (and laughable) turn of phrase, "swooning the youth of America into the arms of atheistic Communism."
Here' an excerpt from the article:
One of the outstanding young Reds in Hollywood is Frankie Sinatra, the young man who expects every young maiden to swoon at the sound of his rasping voice. Yet behind that Dr. Jekyl voice is the voice of Bloody Joe enticing our youth into his deadly Marxian philosophy. Sinatra co-operates closely with the American Youth for Democracy and the C.I.O.-P.A.C. Early this year he was one of eight who was awarded medals from the A.Y.D. for "major contributions to democracy and to the war effort." He has been active in appearances in racial troubled zones. Other awards were to Peggy Ryan, entertainer; Bill Mauldin, left-wing cartoonist; Slim Aaron of "Yank" magazine; At. Edvina Todd, navy nurse; Edward Carter, Negro service man, and Harry Tannye, Japanese American. Frank Sinatra, commonly called "the voice," is one of the star performers at A.Y.D. rallies where young people are recruited into the Communist party.
His bold promotion of "bobby sexism" has added to the great waves of juvenile delinquency in America. In San Francisco on March 23, 1946, fifty-six adolescent Sinatra fans were taken into custody by police as they stood shivering in a waiting line in front of the Golden Gate Theater at 4:30 in the morning, six hours before the "voice" was scheduled to appear. The police hauled 53 indignant bobby soxers and three boys to the juvenile home on technical charges of violating the curfew law which prohibits anyone under 18 from being on the streets between 11:00 p. m. and 6 a. m. Most of the children were from Oakland.
One father said, "The police were well justified in picking up the girls. I think Sinatra should be run out of town."
It's all pretty laughable now, of course, but there were many on the right in the 40's who lumped Sinatra, who was a Democrat back in those days, in with the rest of what was then considered the Hollywood left, especially when he made a short film called The House I Live In:
The House I Live In (1945) is a ten-minute short film written by Albert Maltz, produced by Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Frank Sinatra. Made to oppose anti-Semitism and racial prejudice at the end of World War II, it received an Honorary Academy Award and a special Golden Globe award in 1946.
In the film, Sinatra sings the title song, and his recording became a national hit. The lyrics were written in 1943 by Abel Meeropol under the pen name Lewis Allen. (Meeropol later adopted Michael and Robert, the two orphaned sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg after the 1953 execution of the couple.)
Meeropol was enraged that in the film, the second verse was cut. Meeropol protested against the deletion of the verse referring to "my neighbors white and black" when Sinatra's movie was first shown.
The lyric was allegedly cut by studio executives because of concerns about how it would be received in southern states.


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Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art. Gallery, wide variety of cultural activities
Palace Theater. 1930s Cinema - films and musical performances. Beautiful art deco interior is well worth a visit.
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In Extremo (Latin: At the Edge) is a German medieval metal band originating from Berlin. The band's musical style combines metal with medieval traditional songs, blending the sound of the standard rock/metal instruments with historical instruments (such as bagpipes, harp, hurdy-gurdy and shawm). Versions of well-known traditional/medieval ballads make up the main part of their repertoire, but the band has written an increasing share of original material in recent years. Their own material is written in German, whilst the traditional songs are in a variety of languages, including Gaelic, Spanish, English, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, French, Estonian, Galician, Hebrew, Latin, Occitan and Old High German.
Band history
In Extremo (abbreviated InEx, or just IE) began as two projects: a nameless, purely medieval band, and a rock band. They became known at that time through frequent appearances at medieval market meetings, at which they performed their acoustic pieces and sold CDs of their renditions of traditional songs. During the recording for the 1995 season, Michael Rhein (alias Das letzte Einhorn, engl. "The Last Unicorn") found the project name "In Extremo," Latin for "At The Edge."
Most of the band members perform under stage names. The initial members of the medieval band were Das letzte Einhorn (engl. "The Last Unicorn," vocals), Flex der Biegsame (engl. "Flex the Flexible," bagpipes), Dr. Pymonte (bagpipes), Conny Fuchs (who left the band before the official release date, due to her pregnancy by Dr. Pymonte) and Sen Pusterbalg (replaced shortly after the official release by Yellow Pfeiffer, engl. "Yellow Piper," bagpipes). The rock band originally consisted of Thomas der Münzer (engl. "Thomas the Coiner," guitar), Der Morgenstern (engl. "The Morning Star," drums), and Die Lutter (engl. "The Lutter," bass guitar). Der Münzer subsequently left the band and, as of 2007[update], the band's guitarist is Van Lange (engl. "The Long One"). As noted below, almost all of the band members play multiple instruments.
The increasing number of visitors, success of their CDs, and the popular interest, as well as cross-pollination from groups such as Corvus Corax and Bathory, encouraged In Extremo in 1995 to attempt to start a band combining bagpipes and other traditional instruments with rock guitars. The result was the current incarnation of In Extremo, a rock group that integrates modern instruments like the drum set, electric bass and guitar with the acoustic elements previously used for the medieval songs, and which plays both types of music as well as a hybrid of the two.
In August 1996, they began work on the first In Extremo album, which already contained two tracks of the new rock project. Because the album had no official name, it became known as In Extremo Gold because of the golden covers. In February 1997, like the single Der Galgen (engl. "The Gallows"), it quickly sold out in Medieval markets.
In Extremo played separately as a medieval and a rock band, until on March 29, 1997, when they played their first live rock concert. Since that time, they have given this date as their date of establishment. The two projects were officially merged on January 11, 1998. April 1998 saw the first "high occupancy" In Extremo concert in the Rabenstein castle in Brandenburg.
Over the years, their music became more heavy metal based, while at the same time becoming increasingly commercially successful. The classical instruments, however – bagpipes, shawms, and lutes – still play a large role. The band is likewise noted for their conspicuous stage costumes and known for using pyrotechnics in their concerts, including Der Morgenstern playing cymbals which have been set on fire.
On 26 February 2010 In Extremo announced that Der Morgenstern left the band because of musical differences via their homepage. On June 11, Florian "Specki T.D." Speckardt was announced as his replacement on drums.
Besides the electric guitar, bass, and drum set, In Extremo defines itself by unconventional (for a rock band) instruments mainly of medieval origin. They include hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, Uilleann Pipes, shawm, nyckelharpa, harp, cittern, tromba marina, hammered dulcimer, Klangbaum, and various types of drums and percussion. Bagpipes are the most conspicuous of these instruments, as Dr. Pymonte, Yellow Pfeiffer, and Flex der Biegsame all play bagpipes, sometimes all three at once. All of the band members play multiple instruments, and frequently rotate instruments between songs; Das letzte Einhorn frequently plays a cittern during certain songs, such as Ai Vis A Lo Lop.
Their bagpipes were partially made by Dr. Pymonte, but are also partially built by a well-known pipe builder. The band also uses a custom-built frame drum covered in zebra skin, called Das Pferd (engl. "The Horse"). Most of the other acoustic instruments, such as their shawms, are only made by a few other instrument builders.
Style and Lyrics
Some lyrics are not written by the band, but come – like the instruments – from traditional songs written during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Many of the lyrics to the band's repertoire of medieval songs come from church writings (e.g. Merseburger Zaubersprüche, Wessebronner Gebet), Benedictine writings (e.g. Raue See), or are "trad. arr.", meaning traditional songs with unknown authors, rearranged by the band (e.g. Tannhuser, Poc Vecem). The band also frequently uses songs from the Carmina Burana, a medieval collection of songs, as well as lyrics written as poetry by the 15th-century French poet François Villon (Rotes Haar, engl. "Red Hair," and Erdbeermund, engl. "Strawberry Mouth," translated into German by Paul Zech).
The band also uses poems from later writers such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Der Rattenfänger, engl. "The Ratcatcher") and Ludwig Uhland, who wrote Des Sängers Fluch (engl. "The Singer's Curse") – which In Extremo changed to be called Spielmannsfluch (engl. "The Minstrel's Curse"). For the album Mein Rasend Herz, In Extremo originally wrote the lyrics to the song "Liam" in German, after which it was translated into Gaelic by Rea Garvey, who was also a guest singer on the song.
Their first major appearance was in the first part of the computer game Gothic. Some time in the game, a group of traveling musicians called 'In-Extremo' plays their version of the song "Herr Mannelig", from the album Verehrt und Angespien; by the gallows outside the Old Camp Castle.
With their success, the music programs also began to pay attention to In Extremo. They were invited on the television program Viva Interactive, where they gave a fifteen-minute call-and-response and played two songs. They rejected at that time an invitation to Top of the Pops to play Küss Mich (engl. "Kiss Me"), because it was, according to Das letzte Einhorn, not their environment. Nevertheless, they did accept a further invitation to TotP in 2005 and played Nur Ihr Allein (engl. "Only You Alone").
At the same time, their audience grew with live appearances, from marketplaces to festivals like Rock Am Ring, the Taubertal Festival, and the Nova Rock in Austria. Their largest public appearance however, had In Extremo opening for the farewell tour of Böhse Onkelz in June 2005, with about 120,000 spectators.
In Extremo last participated on February 9, 2006, in the Bundesvision Song Contest of Stefan Raab for the Free State of Thuringia; Das letzte Einhorn was born in Dingelstädt (Eichsfeld), and grew up in Leinefelde. Both cities lie in North Thuringia. The group occupied the third spot with "Liam (German)". Before, they had introduced themselves on February 2 on the TV show TV Total.
In Extremo played further in 2006 at the Wacken Open Air, as well as on the M'era Luna Festival in Hildesheim. At the end of 2006 they played in the framework their "10 Year Anniversary Tour" in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
The first In Extremo album that attracted attention was Verehrt und Angespien (engl. "Worshipped and Spat At"). It achieved an at the time sensational 11th place in the German album charts. The subsequent album, Sünder ohne Zügel (engl. "Unbridled Sinners"), got to the 10th place.
The band had much success with the album "7"; it came in 3rd place on the German charts. The video of the single Küss Mich was frequently shown on German music television. The singles reached high chart placements.
The eighth album Mein Rasend Herz (engl. "My Raging Heart") achieved third place on the album charts in 2005. Three singles were published from this album: Nur Ihr Allein (engl. "Only You Alone") on May 17, 2005, Horizont (engl. "Horizon") on September 12, 2005, and "Liam (German)" on February 3, 2006. On February 10, 2006, the second live CD/DVD, "Raue Spree", was published, coming in at 4th place of the German charts. In addition, the CD "7" and the DVD "Raue Spree" achieved gold status at the beginning of 2007.
The ninth album Sängerkrieg (engl. "Singers' War") went first place on the album charts of Germany on May 23, 2008. In Austria it reached the thirteenth and in Switzerland the twenty-second place. In Germany it was the 41st best-selling album of the year in 2008.
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Flooding and cleanup of several homeless areas in Yuba and Sutter counties in the past year have caused many of the area's homeless to move to a popular recreational area along the Feather River.
The Feather River Levee Bike Trail separates the river from Yuba City. People used to frequently walk or ride the trail or used it to go to the river to fish or swim.
Since this winter's flooding, the southern part of the path has become a trail of a different type -- of graffiti, tents, tarps, bagged trash, trash left to blow in the wind, and scorched earth caused by fires.
Sharon Younker lives in a home near the trail. She says she no longer takes evening walks on the path. Until recently, she had avoided the area entirely until some of the homeless moved their camps from the side of the levee closest to the city across the levee and closer to the river.
She says just because she has avoided the area doesn't mean the homeless have avoided going through her property.
"They go through the garbage. They were going through my father-in-law's camper in front of our house looking for junk. They come up in people's yards and get in the water taking water from people. That's not right. They shouldn't be able to do that."
Bob McGuigan lives along one of the streets that leads to the bike path.
"Solar lights are easy to take and use in an encampment, water, food, 'can I use your telephone.' The most serious was when one of the homeless knocked on my door at two o'clock in the morning and I look out the peep hole and he was covered in blood."
But, the government agencies tasked with dealing with this homeless encampment say they cannot force the homeless to leave.
Neighboring cities and counties continue to enforce their no-camping ordinances. But, Sutter County says the 90-or-so people living within yards of its many no-camping signs aren't actually camping.
Nancy O'Hara is Director of Sutter County Health and Human Services. She says, legally, the homeless can stay until the county finds them transitional housing.
"They're homeless," O'Hara says. "They have nowhere else to go. Unless we can offer them an alternative, we really can't kick them out of where they're at and that's what we need that transitional housing site for."
O'Hara says the county is in talks with the owners of two sites and hopes to select one "soon."
The County says any homeless who decline the county's housing offer can then be legally classified as intentionally homeless under the law and can be forced to move.
In the meantime, the homeless' unhappy new neighbors also worry about sanitation issues that are now within 100 yards of their back fences.
Scott Mitnick is the County Administrative Officer. He says the county is between a river and a hard place.
"If we put the porta potties in and the trash bins in, then there's concern, are we making it a de facto park or de facto living area," Mitnick says. "It's not set up to be that. But, in response to the population that's living there, the local government is being asked to take a look at how to better mitigate the human waste and debris that's being dumped there."
Mitnick says trash bins and porta potties will likely be installed within two weeks.
Darin Gale is with the City of Yuba City. He says the City has programs and services to help any of the homeless who ask. He says the City cannot help the situation on-site, however, even though the homeless are causing safety, health and environmental hazards within the city limits and downstream.
"This area is south of where our water intake is, so it's not contaminating the water our residents are using," Gale says. "But, it is contaminating the riverway and it's not insignificant."
Gale says, from the river, he has also seen marijuana-growing operations in two sites.
Gale, O'Hara and Mitnick stress that Sutter County, Yuba City, Marysville, Yuba County, Levee District 1, and the Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency are in talks to create a joint powers authority. They believe that would make it easier to work together, provide services, save money as they work to solve the issue of homelessness along the river.
Mitnick says the county has already spent $500,000 on the homeless this year, which includes $100,000 in vouchers during the flooding of the area known as the river bottoms. About $215,000 was spent for trash cleanup and disposal.
Mitnick says the county would at least like to clear brush and debris from the Shanghai Bend area of the bike path and the river, but the county may have to wait as long as two years.
He says the area is also under the jurisdiction of the State of California and the State may take that long to process the request.


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The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) received preliminary information regarding the United States Coast Guard's (USCG's) Qualship 21 list during Intertanko's North American Panel meeting. The meeting, which took place on day one of the Connecticut Maritime Association's (CMA's) Shipping 2016 conference, was the largest attended North American Panel meeting to date. Rear Admiral..read more
RINA Services and the Asian Classification Society recently classified the first two general cargo ships at 15,000 GT owned by IRISL shipping company based in Iran. This dual classification is the result of a partnership signed with the Tehran-based ACS shortly after sanctions in Iran were lifted. RINA Services' marine classification in this area..read more
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InterMaritime received an official invitation to participate and collaborate in the next workshop for the ITF affiliates on the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 sponsored by the ITF Americas Office in coordination with the ILO International Training Centre (ILO/ITC). The workshop will be held at ITF Americas Office located at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil..read more
The Hong Kong Shipping Register has crossed of 100 million gross tonnage, informed the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung. To Hong Kong, it's more than a vote of confidence, Anthony said. Hong Kong's maritime tradition is almost two centuries old. Hong Kong served as a port of registry under the UK..read more
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Friday, 30 March 2007
One More for the Weekend...
9 comments:
- The Peak of Chic said...
Wow! A room with a lot of "pop"!
- 30 March 2007 at 23:55
- Gypsy Purple said...
Oh I agree..stunning...I love the papered door as well!!!
Gave me a great idea!!
- 31 March 2007 at 01:29
I love the stools and the table. You're always inspiring. My sister who lives in NYC forwarded me this site today. It has beautiful things for home - especially the pillows. http://www.hableconstruction.com/
- 31 March 2007 at 01:44
- kim. said...
I love this but I think a different paper would be less nauseating. Of course, the colours are right up your alley Anna!
- 31 March 2007 at 06:49
- frances said...
such a fun shot!
happy weekend...
- 31 March 2007 at 07:52
- style court said...
LOVE the black, yellow, white and green!
- 31 March 2007 at 08:34
- Anna said...
Thanks Anonymous!! Thanks also for the link to Hable Constructions. I have visited their site before and I just love everything they do!! THanks again for stopping by!!
- 31 March 2007 at 14:17
- jessie said...
Anna - I am glad that you liked this picture. Not everyone does. I know that pattern is a bit much, but man I love it. And the yellow with it really sets it off for me. Thanks for sending people my way to my blog. Love your blog!!!
- 2 April 2007 at 14:23
- Anna said...
Thanks Jessie - I love the picture too!! Great finding!! I am enjoying your blog also and thanks also for that other link you sent me!!
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Monday, October 21, 2013
Aosoth – IV: Arrow In Heart
I've had this one in the stack of things to listen to for a while now. Ok, it's all digital, so its not really a stack, it's a folder on my laptop. Anyway, I recently read a review of their performance at this year's Maryland Death Fest which referred to Aosoth creating an atmosphere that felt like the Dark Lord himself was in the room during their set. As that kind of shit is right up my alley, I figured it was probably time to give this a listen.
Color me very happy that I listened. This is grade A black metal. This is the good stuff. And as I've talked about before, its no surprise that this is French black metal. This is very atmospheric music, and the atmosphere sure as hell isn't sunshine and lollipops. I swear the temperature in my room dropped 20 degrees when I put this album on. I don't know what is going on in France that causes so many awesome black metal bands to reside there, but I may have to move. I lived in Montreal for a couple of years, I can parlez vous a little Francais.
The album leads off with the title track, all tri-toney and evil sounding. It's just a simple, repetitive riff but it just buzzes around all angry sounding and sets the mood. The track that really grabbed me by the throat though was the third one, "Temple Of Knowledge". I'm not sure what it is, and I'm not sure I want to know what it is about this song, but it really got under my skin in that really good way that only a miserable sounding song can. You know what I mean, like it gives you the creeps and makes you feel alive in a way that few things can? These guys are really, really, really good at writing music, and performing said music, that really puts across a feeling. This is not an album that you just casually play in the background. This is an album that demands your attention. It also rewards that attention with some of the better black metal I have heard in 2013.
Track 4, "Under Nails and Fingertips", continues the nastiness. I'm pretty sure this took me to a foul, dingy, crypt of a room somewhere, with an odor of old blood and violence. Vile things sit in the corners and you kinda want to see what's there, but at the same time you hope the light doesn't shine too brightly into those corners. This is just......so good.
There are a couple of tracks that follow that are clips of dialog from what I assume are movies, along with some pretty tasty riffs, and then the album wraps up with "Ritual Marks of Penitence", a fantastic, long, grimy way to close out the festivities. I've already got a man crush on several French black metal bands and these guys just got added to the list in a big way. This isn't just a bunch of cliches parading around, not just a bunch of blast beats and tremolo picking and growling, shrieking vocals. All of that is here, but there is so much more on this album. This is just absolute brilliance captured for our enjoyment. Make sure you give it a listen.
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The biggest brand fails of 2013 and what your company can learn from them0
Do what I say, not what I do. This was the mantra of a few brands last year that should have thought twice before they fired off that tweet or released that ad. Because once it was out there, consumers became angry and offended. In an age where audiences can voice their opinions in real-time, companies need to be extra careful before they release something that represents their brand.
Here are a few cringe-worthy examples of 2013 brand fails.
Kenneth Cole made a Syria joke
In the midst of the controversial Syria crisis, Kenneth Cole thought it was a good time to sell his footwear. Cole himself tweeted "Boots on the ground, or not, let's not forget about sandals, pumps and loafers. #Footwear." This obviously didn't go over well with consumers and the brand faced a pretty harsh backlash. Twitter was designed to satisfy someone's every thought, but not every thought should be shared. This is a great example of the pitfalls of corporate tweeting.
The lesson: Whoever is in charge of a brand's Twitter account, should always think twice, or three times before sending a tweet. And getting a second opinion is always encouraged.
Fitness SF didn't pay their tab
The last person you should piss off is the one who still has access to your website. Fitness SF learned this lesson when they allegedly failed to pay Frank Jonen for the work he did on their company website. When Jonen wasn't paid he decided to hack into the Fitness SF site and post a disgruntled letter. The letter was a call to arms for all freelancers who have been jilted by big corporations and caused the city gym a lot of bad press. It continued to get worse when Fitness SF decided to play out the feud in public with a responding statement to Adweek.
The lesson: Matters like this should have been handled privately, and although freelancers everywhere view Frank Jonen as a hero, he could also end up losing future business from the stunt.
Barilla offends the gay community
It was the sound bite heard round the world. Guido Barilla, chairman of the pasta company was quoted in a radio interview saying, "I would never do (a commercial) with a homosexual family, not for lack of respect but because we don't agree with them. Ours is a classic family where the woman plays a fundamental role." The statement caused an international outcry from the LGBT community and called for a boycott of the brand. Rival Bertolli saw the gaff as a chance to showcase their gay-friendly brand through social media.
The lesson: These days, news travels at lightening speeds and brands should be very careful about disenfranchising a segment of their target market. A blunder like this also leaves the door open for your competitors to show their universal acceptance.
2014 is a new year. Brands can start fresh and learn from the mistakes of the previous year. Contact us so we can help you avoid any potential brand fails in 2014!
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Many studies in education, human development, sociology, public health, and allied fields are longitudinal, or multilevel, or both. In longitudinal studies, it is often possible to repeatedly observe participants. This allows the assessment of growth in academic achievement or change in mental health status. Multilevel data arise because participants are clustered within social settings such as classrooms, schools, and neighborhoods. These settings often form a strict hierarchy, as when classrooms are nested within schools, which are in turn nested within districts. This environment may form a cross-classified structure, when schools draw students from multiple neighborhoods and neighborhoods send students to multiple schools. The nested versus cross-classified organization of these settings create the need for different analytic approaches.
Data that are both longitudinal and multilevel include studies of school effects on student academic growth and neighborhood and family effects on changes in mental health. In some cases the participants will migrate across social settings over time. Children may experience a sequence of classrooms during a school year and families may move to a new neighborhood. In other cases, the participants will remain in place, but the character of a school or neighborhood may change. This short course will consider the issues of analysis and, to a limited extent, design, that arise in longitudinal and multilevel research settings.
The starting point for our study will be the axiom that a statistical model represents a tentative conceptual model about the sources of variation in an outcome. The model is based on assumptions that must be made explicit and, when possible, verified. The model should reflect the measurement scale of key explanatory and outcome variables. The model guides not only the summary of quantitative evidence, but also the design of future research.
This short course in HLM will begin by considering two-level studies in which persons (level-1 units) are nested within organizations (level-2 units) such as schools. We will then consider two-level studies of individual change. We will view time-series data (level-1) as nested within persons (level-2). The level-1 model specifies how an individual is changing over time as a function of person-specific "micro-parameters." The level-2 model describes the population distribution of the micro-parameters of individual change as a function of macro-parameters.
The next phase will examine three-level models. Our initial focus will be the case in which repeated measures (level-1) are nested within individuals (level-2), who are themselves nested in organizations (level-3). Not all multilevel data involves a pure nesting. In many important cases, observations are cross-classified by two higher levels of random variation: (a) individuals may be nested in "cells" defined by the cross-classification of schools and neighborhoods, and (b) time-series observations may be cross-classified by the child and the classroom when repeated measures are collected on children who change classrooms during the elementary years. We will explore these cases and situations that involve both nesting and crossing of random factors.
All of the studies considered to this point involve nearly continuous outcomes, for which the normal distribution is at least plausible. The next step will be to generalize two- and three-level models to other types of outcomes: binary outcomes, counts, ordered outcomes, and multinomial data. All of these cases fall into the framework of the hierarchical generalized linear model.
Within this short course we will analyze statistical issues that cut across applications, including: (1) efficiency and robustness of inferences, (2) Bayes and empirical Bayes shrinkage estimation of random effects, (3) exploratory analyses and model checking, (4) univariate and multivariate hypothesis tests & confidence sets, and (5) optimal research design. The course will conclude by addressing methods to estimate hierarchical linear models from incomplete data. New software for the efficient analysis of two-level models in the presence of missing data will be demonstrated.


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Allen Brown, 30, of Costa Mesa, rear-ended a vehicle in the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Gisler Avenue about 12:15 p.m., said Sgt. Zach Hoferitza.
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CARROLLTON, Ga. – Three Wolves recorded double-doubles and five finished in double-figures as the UWG women's basketball team played their best game offensively in a 74-56 victory over Montevallo in Gulf South Conference action on Saturday afternoon at The Coliseum.
Junior A'Kia Harris recorded her sixth career double-double with a career-high 18 rebounds to go with 11 points. Jessica Brown recorded her first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds while senior De'Ashia Jones notched the 14th double-double of her career with Saturday's 12 point, 11 rebound performance.
Kayla Carter and Aysha Harris each scored a game-high 17 points in the win, witch Carter just missing out on a double-double of her own as she finished with nine rebounds.
As a team, the Wolves shot 43.6 percent from the field including 7-of-17 from the three-point arc, on their way to their 11th win of the season and 99th career win for head coach Scott Groninger.
Playing with just six players due to injuries and illnesses, the Wolves shot 57.1 percent from the field in the first half, including 5-of-10 from behind the three-point arc. Kayla Carter gave the Wolves their first lead of the game with 6:02 left in the first quarter, and West Georgia led by as much as 17 in the period.
Montevallo clawed their way back, cutting it to single digits by the 1:35 mark, and got it down to seven, before Jessica Brown's milestone point at the buzzer to put the Wolves up 44-34 at the half. For Brown, it gave the junior her 500th career point.
The third quarter was all West Georgia as the Wolves opened on an 11-0 run and outscored Montevallo in the period 22-7.
Early in the final quarter, UWG reached their largest lead of 27, but the Montevallo defense held the Wolves to eight points in the fourth, but it was too little, too late as the Wolves handed the Falcons their 16th consecutive loss.
The Wolves dominated the game in the paint, scoring 34 points in the post, and held Montevallo to just 14 points in the paint.
Camreen White scored 100 percent of the Wolves bench points with six as she hit two first half three-pointers.
The win improves West Georgia to 11-9 overall and 7-6 in league play, and drops Montevallo to 2-19 overall and 0-13 in the GSC.
West Georgia head to Delta State next Thursday for their next action. That game tips at 6:30 p.m. EST from Cleveland, Miss.


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Kumo Desu Ga, Nani Ka? Review- The Kawaii Little Spider
Hey everyone, I read this new series this morning. It's only a couple chapters long thus far but I wanted to give my impressions and why I think you should reading it. This isn't a full review since there's not much material to work with but hey I kind of actually like this manga and if more people went and read it cause of me that'd be pretty cool.
Spoilers Ahead
Kumo Desu Ga, Nani Ka? is a direct parody of a certain trend that's very popular in light novels and manga right now. If you've been following me for a while you'll remember it from my Konosuba review. The trope is being reincarnated into a fantasy RPG world with stats and skill levels and all that junk. Only here it's humorously subverted onto its head. The heroine is not turned into your typical adventurer out to kill monsters, she… well she reincarnated into a low level monster, an adorable spider to be specific. Yeah people who don't like spiders will probably be grossed out by this manga but I think it's both cute and hilarious. The main character is abstract enough to call her cute but her fellow spiders are more realistically drawn, though they're all still in their larval form and we're shown what her species looks like fully grown… She's got some growing to do to say the least. Riffing on the genre, the nameless heroine still has skill points and skill trees that level up to humorous results even though she's just a spider.
What I like about the series thus far is even though it's a comedy it takes the basic things about being a spider and portrays them interestingly. Like take aside all the funny RPG terms and skill points and it's actually a pretty cool story about a human suddenly learning to live as a spider. She has to learn how to spin webs to catch prey, make gross decisions to survive like whether or not she will eat one of her dead siblings since all the other baby spiders were doing it, but it's all portrayed really funny since the heroine is cute and laughable even in this spidery form. I understand that this series is adapted from a light novel. I looked into it and it's mostly all translated currently and still ongoing. I don't really read light novels ever but I might take a look at this one… maybe. If I do I can write more about it but for now I definitely say go check out the manga quick. It's funny if spiders don't ick you and surprisingly adorable. But don't take my word for it, let's ask Kumo-chan if you should read it.


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We know that there are broken links all over the web. We also know that webpages' content can be updated with time, or change completely. What I'm suggesting, for HTML and/or XHTML, is adding an attribute for <a/> elements to contain a date value. What comes to my mind immediately is datetime="", but as I understand in XHTML2's Edit module, that attribute is already taken for other purposes and can be added on any element. Adding a date in anchors, as metadata, makes it clear when the link to the external resource was added. This way, the user won't be confused if the external resource's content doesn't match the hyperlink he/she followed: checking the date of the hyperlink's creation/insertion (or for how much time passed when it has been done) would be provided by the user agent. Of course, that metadata can be specified in the content, like what is done in the Wikipedia articles' references, but I'm sure this belongs more as a metadata information. So, either 1. exploit datetime="" in <a/> elements in the upcoming HTML language (because it's only used in <ins/> and <del/>), 2. or make a new name for it in the upcoming XHTML, like hrefdate="" that can be used in any element (since any element can contain a href=""), 3. or call it hrefdate="" for both languages. -- Yahia Chlyeh <http://yahia.ma/>Received on Saturday, 22 September 2007 17:13:48 UTC
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Anne Hathaway to present at the Oscars
The Academy Award-winning actress has been named a presenter at this year's Oscars ceremony, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced on Tuesday.
In 2013, Hathaway took home the Academy Award for best actress for her portrayal of Fantine in Tom Hopper's "Les Miserables." The 31-year-old "Interstellar" star had previously been nominated in the same category for her performance in 2009's "Rachel Getting Married."
In 2011, she hosted the 83th annual Academy Awards with James Franco.
Hathaway made her film debut in 2001's "The Princess Diaries." Some of her other film credits include 2004's "Ella Enchanted," 2005's "Brokeback Mountain," 2006's "The Devil Wears Prada," 2010's "Alice in Wonderland," 2011's "One Day" and 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises." Her most recent film, "Song One" (also starring Mary Steenburgen), made its debut in January at the Sundance Film Festival.
In addition to Hathaway, fellow Oscar-winners Daniel Day Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence are also tapped to serve as presenters at the this year's Academy Awards.
Pharrell Williams, Idina Menzel, Karen O, U2 and Idina Menzel are among the performers to so-far be announced.
Hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, the 86th annual Academy Awards will air Sunday, March 2 at 7 p.m. ET on ABC.


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You know your new business isn't going to survive without some marketing, but after getting everything started, the funds aren't exactly flowing. Don't worry; you are not alone. Maintaining a strong marketing campaign while just starting out is a challenge many e-commerce companies face. It's not easy, but if you have some time to spare, it can definitely be done.
Of course, you should take some time to optimize your website for the search engines with high-quality content and keywords, but there are a lot of other things you should be doing if you really want your business to succeed — and most of them won't cost you a dime.
Join the Conversation
Forums can be found on a wide variety of websites. These online gathering spots are filled with people looking for information. Seek out forums or LINKED IN groups in your industry and offer expert advice on the topics being discussed. Provide solutions to common problems, give insight into your market, and just be helpful in any way you can. However, American Express points out that you should never use the forums as a place to directly sell your product. Once people realize you are the specialist you claim to be, they will likely click on your profile, where they will discover the link to your website.
Go the Extra Mile
Customers love to feel like they are valued. It's a simple fact: if they feel appreciated, they will repurchase time and time again. If you think customer service is not applicable to your online business, you should rethink that. First, you want to make sure to personally make phone calls or send emails to upset customers. Additionally, Microsoft believes that you should include a hand-written thank-you note and/or a free sample of one of your other products in any orders you send out.
Offer Free Information
Another great way to attract customers is to give some of your wealth of knowledge away for free. Forbes suggests creating short e-books that are applicable to your business. Offer them for free to anyone who is willing to give you their email address. It is also a wise idea to design one-page tip sheets that are aesthetically pleasing, include your company logo and website address on them, and then promote them on image-centric social media sites like Pinterest and Instagram.
Participate in Social Media
Speaking of social media, you also want to make sure you have a strong presence on all of the heavy hitters, such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. That being said, you need to be using the sites to build relationships with your users, not to throw your product in their face over and over again. Post engaging content that is meant to inform or entertain your audience, and reply to the comments you receive. You should only promote your e-commerce site once per week, if that. When you establish trust with your followers they will be much more likely to turn into paying customers.
Consider Affiliate Links
Instead of putting all of the pressure of marketing on yourself, why not recruit others to spread the word for you? By offering people a percentage of the sales they can bring to you, you will encourage them to share your site with everyone they know. Obviously, you don't want to give too much away, but the more enticing you can make the percentage offered, the more willing people will be to share.
Be Active at Trade Shows
Just because you do all of your business online, that doesn't mean your marketing efforts are limited to this platform. Trade shows are one of the best places to network and introduce your product to a new audience. Find as many trade shows as you can within your industry and rent out a booth. Yes, it may seem expensive, but the ROI is unbeatable. To capitalize on your investment, put in the extra effort to make your booth stand out from the crowd. It is also wise to give away some sort of promotional item with your company's name and website on it so people can easily remember you after they leave. The more unique you can make this item, the better your chances of making a lasting impression.
As you can see, there are many ways you can spread the word about your new company, even if you don't have deep pockets. Just an hour per day spent on your online marketing efforts can produce results that make it all worth it.
About the author:
Mark Ditteaux is the President and COO of Mark-it-Smart, Inc. Bag Warehouse, a subsidiary, supplies conference bags to businesses based on their unique promotional needs. The company brings more than 15 years of marketing and promotional experience to help with your promotional marketing campaign.


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I will admit, the first time I read Jane Eyre I didn't care for it much. This was back when every story had to have a perfectly tidy happy ending and the starring characters had to be beautiful and completely lovable. I had a hard time making Jane plain and prim in my imagination, and the mysterious Mr. Rochester couldn't be anything but dark and smoldering. After all, I read books and watch movies to be transported to a place where everyone is gorgeous and everything turns out wonderfully in the end. (This may have something to do with the reason I used to avoid the last scene in Gone With The Wind, or go back and watch the first scene again before I turn it off!)
I now appreciate more complex story lines with at least bittersweet endings, and I love a good tragedy or backwards love story (think The Painted Veil, movie version) I still have a lot to learn about recognizing thematic elements in literature, their value and implications. I simply want a good story, although I'm able to appreciate subtle themes after a few repeats.
Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex. (Chapter XII)
I'll be honest, when reading a novel I'll skim over paragraphs like that if at all possible. I just want to know what happens in the end. I always wikipedia a book or movie before I begin because I don't enjoy it if I spend the whole time wondering what will happen. Suspense is just not my thing.
I'm a little reluctant to admit this, because it makes me feel like I'm not appreciating all this story has to offer. But it keeps me reading it over and over, because every time I pick up something new, putting the plot or characters in a whole new light. Maybe this is why I can listen to a reading of Pride & Prejudice all day at work and then watch one of the movie adaptations in the evening! For a cast of characters to be practically rewritten with each reading based on new comprehension of subtle details woven throughout, well... No wonder it's so well-loved.
Anyway, back to the movie. A new version of Jane Eyre came out a few months ago, and I watched it last night as I sewed. The above still is an excellent representation of what a good amount of the movie consists. There's a whole lot of wandering about, peeking around corners, and gazing at the countryside. Not nearly enough character development, in my opinion. I enjoyed the shifting timeline, how the movie begins in the middle, reviews the beginning, returns to the middle, and then plays out to the end. I imagine it would be confusing for someone unfamiliar with the plot, but I was more unhappy with the lack of dialog. Why did Jane fall in love with Mr. Rochester? Why did she suffer through his sarcastic baiting and mood swings long enough to return the feeling? Who felt it first? Did he know she felt the same?
The viewer will never know, because every scene with a hint of romance seems to be an unsettling one-sided conversation of harassment. He may be the first and only person to recognize and acknowledge her "feminist" opinions, but without the explanation of passionate emotions from the book, that's hardly enough to elicit a steamy affair. Jane appears to just put up with Mr. Rochester's foul temper until she can escape the room, her face expressionless in all but a few scenes. I understand that this is accurate to the character, but without her narrative there's no hint to how she really feels.
On the positive side, I thought the casting was perfect. Jane wasn't too pretty, and Mr. Rochester wasn't too handsome. The scenery, music, and costumes were fantastic! I also loved the build-up of the mysterious incidents of Thornfield Hall. I know what's behind them perfectly well, but the eerie suspense still got my heart beating faster. And the little girl who played Adele, oh so darling!
Here's my favorite clip, this is after Jane rescues Mr. Rochester from the fire in his room:
I'm going to watch it again on my lunch break. I'd love to know what you thought of the movie!


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Japan-based Sumitomo Corp. has signed an agreement with Parkwind, a Belgian offshore wind company, to purchase minority stakes in two offshore wind farm projects off the coast of Belgium.
The Belwind 1 project has been in operation since late 2010 and has a production capacity of 165 MW. The Northwind project is currently under construction and will have a capacity of 216 MW. Both wind farms feature Vestas turbines.
Under the agreement, Sumitomo will acquire a 39% stake in the Belwind 1 project and a 33.3% stake in the Northwind project through its wholly owned subsidiaries following approval from the European Commission and other authorities.
Parkwind and Sumitomo have also entered into a project development agreement to work together on the development of the Belwind 2 project, a 165 MW offshore wind farm adjacent to Belwind 1.


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Fighting the race to the bottom in the textile industry
The recent factory fires in Pakistan have once again thrown the spotlight on terrible conditions in the textile industry. The workers who produce the clothes we wear work in slave like conditions, in dangerous factories, often without the right to organise.
Fashion is Brutal
On 11 September, over 300 workers were killed at two factory fires in Pakistan, 289 of them at Ali Enterprises in Karachi.
Ali Enterprises was making jeans for a German supplier. The factory was operating illegally, with unregistered workers and a fake audit certificate.
How is it possible that clothes made in these conditions are on sale in Europe? As this New York Times article demonstrates, the whole monitoring and compliance system is corrupt: weeks before the fire, Ali Enterprises received a clean bill of health from Social Accountability International, an industry-funded organisation with a remit to monitor factories for abuses.Clothing companies around the world rely on reports from organisations like SAI as evidence to consumers that their products are produced in decent conditions; the fires in Pakistan show that this is little more than a box ticking enterprise, and that industry can't police itself.
We need union health and safety reps in these factories.
Neighbouring Bangladesh, on the other hand, has won the global race to the bottom in wages and conditions, with an average minimum wage of $37 or £23 per month.
Has this created the free market nirvana that advocates of 'flexible' labour promised? Hardly. While Bangladeshis on starvation wages churn out clothes for Tommy Hilfiger, Gap, Calvin Klein and H&M, state security suppresses workers' protests in order to keep labour cheap for Western companies. This excellent New York Times article gives a thorough analysis.
As part of this suppression of union organising, activist Aminul Islam was murdered – see our campaign page and help bring his killers to justice.
Premium brands behind the brutality
These clothes are made for Western markets, in Europe and North America. And just as factory owners in Pakistan and Bangladesh put pressure on their workers, so the corporations that own the brands put pressure on the factory owners. Fashion is a brutal world: advertising breaks down our confidence so we believe we need to constantly buy new clothes to make ourselves attractive, models are exploited, factory workers die in fires, and by far the greatest proportion of the value added – the profit – goes to the brand owners and retailers. Very little indeed makes it into the pockets of the workers who make these clothes.
Exploiting working class heritage
The irony is that, having destroyed unionised work in developed countries, many clothing brands now fetishise working class fashion: Levi's, Carrhart, Lee and many others make 'work wear' at a hefty price tag. Some Lee 'heritage' garments even include fake union labels, though it is a long time since the clothes were union made.
Towards sustainable fashion
However, there is another way. By unionising textile factories and working with activists across supply chains, we can drive up wages and conditions while producing quality clothing that people want to wear. This means work with unions as well as with consumer and sweatshop activist groups, to put consistent pressure – particularly on brand owners – to change the way they operate.
One example of a union creatively resisting the destructive dynamic in textiles is SACTWU. This South African union is the worlds' biggest textile union. South Africa has a large textile sector, which has been militantly unionised for decades and has provided stable employment for generations of workers in some areas, particularly Cape Town. Over the past 10 years, the sector as come under tremendous pressure from cheap imports – from non-unionised factories, mostly in China – as well as from Chinese textile firms opening in South Africa.
Despite pressure from factory owners, SACTWU has worked hard to unionise Chinese-owned factories, and has had some success, recently recruiting its first Chinese shop stewards.
The union also hosts a remarkably innovative event to celebrate and build quality, sustainable jobs in the sector: it holds a fashion show, called the Spring Queen Festival, which has been running since the late 70s. Every year, tens of thousands of textile workers from hundreds of factories choose a 'factory queen'. After a series of knockout events, a final is held at a major convention centre in Cape Town. 10 000 workers attend the event, making it the biggest fashion show in the world.
Originally, all clothes were designed, created and modelled by the workers themselves. Now the union is working with designers to promote quality local fashion, while the factory workers model and produce the clothing. The union is also highly strategic in its approach, working with industry to create a sustainable textile sector that provides quality jobs. As general secretary Ebrahim Patel said of the union's involvement in Cape Town Fashion Week,
"Why does a trade union devote time and energy to fashion promotion? Our mandate has jobs at its heart: the quality of jobs and the quantity of jobs, more jobs and better jobs, as the best means to combat poverty and social disintegration. Fashion is a vehicle to that goal. Behind the fun, the glamour, the images, there is a serious business and a major employment opportunity and reality."
What this all means practically that South African consumers are able to buy quality, union-made clothing at comparable prices to the sweatshop-produced clothing available in Europe and North America. Even premium global brands like Levi's Jeans are union made locally, while Levi's bought in North America or Europe are made in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Mexico and a host of other countries – generally in non-union factories.
This is the kind of creative approach that can begin to turn the industry around, and we need to build international partnerships to make this work.
There are signs of innovative work elsewhere: in the UK, the union Equity has formed a models' union to fight the exploitation models often experience, and a number of campaign groups pressurise retailers and brands about their clothing and publish reports. You can find out which companies have signed Framework Agreements with the international union federation IndustriAll, committing them to providing a living wage and decent conditions across the supply chain.
By coordinating our activities and working together across the whole industry – from consumers to factory workers and models – we can make a real difference.
Let's keep quality jobs in fashion, and work to get real Union Made labels back onto our clothing.
- Support the IndustriAll and LabourStart campaign to improve safety at Pakistani textile factories
- Support the campaign for justice for Aminul Islam
For more information see:
- Labour Behind the Label
- The Clean Clothes Campaign
- War on Want
- Ethical Consumer
- Our textile industry page
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Voting closes for Battle of the Kings III – Europe's biggest dealer-led customisation build-off competition – on Tuesday 14 February, Valentine's Day 2017, leaving just two weeks to place your vote for Incognito as the BOTK machine you love the most.
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to place our Battle of the Kings motorcycle into a shortlist of the best BOTK builds. The top 5 will be on display at the London Motorcycle Show (17-19 February) were judging for the UK winner will take place. The UK Battle of the Kings bike and Custom King will then be entered into a grand finale. The overall Battle of the Kings 2017 champion will be decided by a panel of expert judges at Milan's prestigious EICMA motorcycle exhibition in November 2017.
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The competition celebrates the incredible talent ready to support customer's custom motorcycle requirements within a Harley-Davidson dealership. The Bowker Harley-Davidson BOTK bike, meanwhile, can be viewed up close in our showroom, where our own 'Custom King' can advise customers on how to get started on their own custom project and discuss Dark Custom® accessories used in the build from the massive Harley-Davidson range of Genuine Parts & Accessories.
*The full Dark Custom range of motorcycles includes the Street® 750, Iron 883™, Forty-Eight®, Street Bob®, Fat Bob®, Low Rider/S® and Roadster™. Prices start at £5,995 for the Street® 750.


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In the time since you received our last Humane News, weve received many inquiries as to Patricks whereabouts and his well-being. We would like to share with you the following updates.
Bruce Sanchez brought Patrick outside to play with some toys. This is the last photo that we were allowed to take of Patrick and could no longer bring him outside. We could only meet him in an exam room while someone from the vet hospital had to be there.
State Superior Court Judge Joseph Cassini III recently made the decision to leave Patrick where he had been convalescing for about 16 weeks following his rescue and ensuing re-birth -- at the veterinary hospital where AHS brought him for treatment. He subsequently modified his ruling to allow the hospital owners to take him home until the conclusion of related legal matters. We had appealed that decision and rightly so AHS is a longstanding client of this veterinary hospital. We have brought them many animals in urgent need of life-saving measures as well as specialized surgeries for over a decade, spending tens of thousands of dollars annually to heal dogs and cats in need like Patrick.
This is the first time, however, that the hospital has taken one of its clients animals Patrick - and promoted him as if he were their own dog. We have been, understandably, at a loss as to why this hospital would behave in such a way after our being their loyal customer for so many years. Without ever consulting AHS or requesting our permission, they took the liberty of creating multiple social media sites for Patrick, posting YouTube videos of his surgeries and daily activities, and then attempted to sell photos of their clients dog on a commercial photography site, (until we had to have our attorney intervene.) Again, without consulting us, they took Patrick - their clients dog - home for a weekend. They later put multiple restrictions on visits to Patrick by Bruce Sanchez, our Tinton Falls shelter manager, who had bonded with Patrick, visiting him at least once daily during his entire recovery. AHS was then barred from taking photographs of the animal we had brought to them. Is this an acceptable way for a hospital to treat a client?
When Patrick first came into our hands, as you know, we revived and stabilized him, and as we have done for scores of other animals, brought him to our longstanding and trusted specialized veterinary hospital of choice. As with all cases preceding Patrick, AHS committed in advance to complete payment of all Patricks medical bills, whatever they might be. In turn, they undertook a massive publicity campaign for Patrick - their clients dog - something theyd never done with any other AHS animal needing urgent care in the past. We felt betrayed and angered. Patrick was not their dog to raise money for nor so widely publicize he was not their dog he was brought to them by AHS, their client, for specialized care.
Our question was then, and remains, why did they assume it was their place to determine Patricks future rather than planning on returning him to their client as they had always done in the past?
This is the basis for the legal battle, of which you may have heard, which surrounds the true ownership of Patrick. We have had many people argue with us, and post malicious comments on social media sites, about where Patrick should go, yet it seems few have yet grasped the most basic facts weve stated above. The AHS has always had Patricks best interests at heart or we would not have elected to save him in our own medical department and then rush him for further life-saving measures. It never occurred to us, bringing him to this hospital, that they would take a clients dog and create the ensuing problems they have created for the Society. It never occurred to us, bringing him there in good faith, that they would block Patricks return to the very people who first saved him
It is not our desire to waste Society funds in lawyers fees nor to waste precious time we could better use to help animals on continually refuting the lies, malicious gossip and rumors being spread as a result of this hospitals actions and subsequent involvement with other organizations and individuals. It is our desire, however, to have Patrick returned to his rightful owners, AHS their client -- and to make what we deem are the best choices in his interest. The problems created by the hospitals numerous actions have resulted in an intrusion on our efforts to save animals. However, we continue to save lives daily, and will continue to do so, always hoping that the public will, at some point, realize what is truly at the heart of this matter.
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Stanley D. Gant, 73
Stanley D. Gant, 73, of Sedalia, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at Rest Haven Convalescent Home, Sedalia. He was born on November 6, 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri, a son of Virgil and Gladys (Locke) Gant.
Stanley loved going to Lake of the Ozarks and fishing. He enjoyed visiting Civil War battle grounds and watching NASCAR.
He is survived by three children, Mitch Gant of Sedalia, Mitzi Killion and her husband Chris Frye of Sedalia, Marci Sekutra and her husband Kim of Colorado Springs, Colorado; two brothers, Charles Gant and his wife Janet of Otterville, Daniel Gant and his wife Deborah of Lee's Summit; four grandchildren, Justin, Bruce, Jared, and Erica; and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, William "Bill" Gant.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 27, 2013 at Rea Funeral Chapel, Sedalia, with Pastor Ed Broyles officiating.
Honorary bearers will be Mike Millsap, Gary Gant, and Glen Gant.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions are suggested to the Sedalia Animal Shelter.


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When I go out for a photography session, I do so with the hope that the images evoke a feeling, a memory. Not just pretty faces with sweet little smiles, but the happy moments in that small span of time.
Not that people looking at the camera and smiling isn't nice. It is. I like those, too. I just hope that someday, some year, when these photos are found again, it will be the catalyst for reminiscing.
For remembering what it was like to hold her little hand in yours, how she used to look at you with a sparkle in her eye, like you were in on some special secret.
To see his little tuft of blond, wind-blown hair and feel a small sentiment of joy mixed with a touch of sadness that the days went so quickly.
To know that in that moment, you were happy, on the cusp of something important and wonderful, when that stage in life was a new page, a plan of proportion, an empty slate of dream and possibility. When you could look at each other as parents, as husband and wife, and know there was something important in that glance.
The moments when little voices asked questions, and looked up at you, as if you knew just when and what to say. When the trust in their eyes was both wonderful and sobering. When they depended on you for everything, and the weight of that responsibility was so often on your mind.
To remember that it was busy, and sometimes tiring, but more than all of that, it was full of hope and an expectation of promise to come.
Ben and Carla, you know our heart, and have shared many memories with Paul and I. It was such a privilege to spend a morning with you. We love your little family, and look forward to seeing what the blessing of years will bring.


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Here is Mady's Feliz dress all finished! It took a while to get done, partly because I have been kind of busy and haven't had a lot of time to sew, and partly because I was sort of psyching out the pattern and thinking a lot about how to put it together since the instructions were a little funky. It was a fun adventure, though! I purchased a ruffler foot for my machine..... I love this thing! :)
The bottom ruffle of this dress was made on the fullest setting with the ruffler foot. On the fullest setting it packs 5 inches of material into one inch of gathers. LOL, that means that there is a little over 36 feet of ruffle in the red ruffle at the bottom of the dress! Longer than my house is wide! :) All perfectly gathered in about 20 minutes, gotta love that! All in all, there are probably about 6 yards of fabric in this dress. I decided I might as well pull out all the stops on this one since I got such a good deal on the red fabric. I still have a couple of yards left, too. Now, I just hope she likes it. LOL
Birthday Brights Feliz dress done!
3 comments:
- Taryn said...
It turned out beautifully. Are you happy with it?
- March 9, 2009 at 7:59:00 PM CST
- amandajean said...
hurray for a ruffler foot! it sounds dandy!
- March 12, 2009 at 9:54:00 AM CST
- Kimmie said...
I love it...if she turns her nose up too it..I'd be a happy taker! So bright and beautiful...I am positive she will adore it!
mama to 7
one homemade and 6 adopted
- May 27, 2009 at 8:38:00 PM CDT
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For nearly a decade, the city by the bay has been without a major internationally-ranked fine art fair-until now. Avid collectors, art enthusiasts, galleries and the art press eagerly await the long overdue arrival of the San Francisco Fine Art Fair. Over $300 million in art representing 500 artists from 70+ worldwide renowned galleries will be available for viewing and purchase. Attendees can select from the finest collection of 6,000 significant artworks from the 20th and 21st century - focusing on 1950's to present.
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10 miniature horses rescued; owners unable to care for them
DALTON, N.H. – Ten miniature horses have been removed from a New Hampshire property where authorities say they had been living in unsafe conditions.
The New Hampshire SPCA and the state police received a complaint about animal cruelty and took the horses on Sunday from a property in Dalton. Officials say the owners had become overwhelmed and unable to properly care for the tiny horses, which they voluntarily surrendered.
The horses range in age from 1 year to 16 years old. Their conditions vary.
SPCA officials will test the horses for parasites and diseases, treat any conditions and provide vaccinations and dental care. The organization is based in Stratham and is seeking help from the public in paying for the cost of helping the horses.