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Related link: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/16/technology/circuits/16mine.html
This article about text analysis tools is informative and offers a reasonable conclusion -- they're (right now) best used to assist human editors or decision makers, not to make decisions on their own.
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Jay Hunt is fixed in the public mind as the top female television executive who supposedly "hates women", after being embroiled as a witness in the tribunal where Miriam O'Reilly won her age discrimination claim against the BBC last year.
"You can't live through something like that without it causing you to think very deeply about the role you play when you are involved in decisions like that," says Hunt, drawn in because as BBC1 controller she oversaw Countryfile's relaunch. "I am very mindful now that decisions you take have a very deep impact on people's lives. I absolutely regret it, the distress it caused for Miriam."
But, after this brief backward glance, she plunges into her plans at Channel 4, as Hunt – probably the fastest woman speaker in television – can't wait to tell me all about them, even though she recognises she can irk by rushing. "I know it's annoying. I discovered someone the other day who talks as fast as me, Caitlin Moran. It's funny hearing someone else who does it. You think, crikey, that's quite hard to hear."
But she regards Moran as a great talent, and is looking at ways for C4 to work with her. Potential signings and programme ideas now dominate Hunt's world as C4's chief creative officer; after six frustrating months seeing through programmes she inherited, she can finally flesh out her plans for creative renewal post-Big Brother.
"My vision is that we have something exciting, topical, provocative, talked about, every week of the year," she says. "It could take any number of guises – a drama with a particular take, an entertainment event, a mini-season, topical documentaries that are provocative and question authority."
Outsider view
Is she relieved to be out of the BBC? "Hand on heart, I couldn't be prouder walking daily into Channel 4. Whether it's because I am Australian and partly an outsider myself, but there is something about the Channel 4 mindset – punching authority on the nose, being mischief-making – that is very much who I am.
"It was quite a big surprise for me. Soon after I arrived, there was a live debate, Selling Off Britain. People here said, wouldn't it be amazing if we could project [the words] 'For sale' on the House of Commons, and three days later we did! I was in a state of shock about it. From the world I have come from [21 years at the BBC], that is revolutionary."
Hunt's biggest task is dealing with the absence of Big Brother, which even in its decline provided audiences of about three million every night for 17 weeks. "I came to the channel knowing Big Brother was not here. To be honest I'm excited playing a part. Yes, it's a big creative opportunity. It's like ITV without a Simon Cowell show."
In June, C4's performance was up year on year, with an audience share of 6.9% compaired with 6.7% in 2010 – but it does have a long summer to weather.
However, 2011 began inauspiciously with a show Hunt inherited, Famous and Fearless, in which barely famous people did not very exciting things, in a bid to fill Celebrity Big Brother's shoes. It was an expensive flop.
"I am keen not to have a box in which we keep, say, Big Brother successor programmes, take them out and put them on the telly," says Hunt. "What this next year to 18 months will be about is investing in a range of different genres in the hope that some will cut through."
An additional £20m is going into drama and £32m into entertainment in a tough year, partly eased by 2010's advertising bounce-back. Hunt is also wooing new suppliers outside the M25, and she has met 170 independent producers to date. So far, a Caernarfon-based independent, Cwmni Da, has landed a natural history programme deal. Each commissioner must work with one new indie and one example of emerging on- or off-screen talent a year. Hunt has not changed the commissioning team, but has brought in two new schedulers.
Channel 4 News presenters Jon Snow and Krishnan Guru-Murthy are taking on expanded roles in Dispatches and Unreported World. "We take what is blue-chip about the news and make sure Channel 4 has something to say about the world, beyond our current affairs shows," Hunt enthuses. That means a homelessness and housing season in the autumn, with campaigning by architect and Shelter ambassador George Clarke and a Kevin McCloud housebuilding project.
Hunt describes Drugs Live, a science series looking at the effects of illegal drugs (including Class A ones) and alcohol as "a perfect example of where we want to be".
She is determined to use instant feedback from social networking sites such as Twitter to learn and shape programming. "It gives you a new perspective on risk and failure. People in television say they want to take risks, but the flip side is … failure is met with deafening silence. What I am talking about is how we can change the entire way we work, so we learn from creative failure, so we can go again."
The documentary team is learning from docusoap Seven Days' failure, and she hopes The Ten O'Clock Show's topical satire will return, after scrutiny.
Hunt oversees everything – C4, E4, More4, Film4 and online. It is a big job, and she looks tired, but insists there is a huge value in having that oversight and highlights a programme pilot that mixes up science and online experts with a "shiny-floor" entertainment producer.
Another working group is looking at the Groupon phenomenon, people buying together online, to see if there is a germ of a programme idea.
"This channel has got to be competitive every hour of every day," says Hunt, who has to defend a minimum 7% audience share. So the same process of creative renewal will be extended to daytime programming. "I don't think Channel 4 daytime starts at lunchtime and ends at 6pm. I am looking at what we do across the day."
In a direct challenge to ITV, lifestyle programmes are being ordered for the morning but she has no plans to revive The Big Breakfast.
Hollyoaks, which is feeling its age after 15 years and is one of C4's most expensive contracts, is struggling with halved audiences. However, Hunt has no plans to cancel or replace it. "People rush to panic about these things," she says. "I've had the luxury of seeing EastEnders going through highs and lows. It's certainly true that Hollyoaks has had a tough time. I am encouraged by where it is going creatively now. And my priority is making sure it is unmissable."
Reinventing weekends
Weekends have historically been a problem for C4, and were a victim of the emergency budget cuts four years ago.
On Saturdays, Hunt is looking at the huge ABC1 audience that rejects entertainment on BBC1 and ITV1, and is devising an alternative. "We are spending a lot of time building that right now for the autumn. We are not running up the white flag. The strategy that will emerge as we go forward includes history, science, documentaries and acquired drama." On Sundays, big 9pm films will stay, but commissioners will try to offer contrasting fare to other channels at 8pm.
Friday nights went through an important change in June, when Hunt dropped property and life-swap programmes for more entertainment, including 8 out of 10 Cats and Alan Carr: Chatty Man (he has signed up for two more years), alongside King of … and Million Pound Drop.
Hunt says her ambition is to make Friday nights lighter in tone. "There's a lot more work to do, on new shows unmissable for younger viewers. This is a first step."
She believes C4's drama is exceptional, but is looking at the 10pm slot for series, such as Sirens, with a male skew. Fresh Meat, from the Peep Show team, will depict life on a university campus. Shameless – apparently safe while it performs well – is preparing for a ninth series.
However, Hunt is less expansive when asked if the broadcaster could take over Formula One from 2013 if the BBC drops it. "We have appointed a sports commissioning editor. Sport is certainly something we are considering bringing to the mix. We've probably seen five or six different sports bodies, there is a big market in smaller sports looking for a terrestrial home."
As for the controversial comedian Frankie Boyle: "He hasn't been recommissioned, no, but he's a talented comedian and if we were to find the right kind of show for him then we would have him back."
She is working with Gordon Ramsay on a project for prisons – "I like him. He's an extraordinary, compelling presenter. I'm keen for him to be part of the channel's future" – while Jimmy Doherty, her signing from the BBC, is working on three or four ideas under a three-year deal.
Mary Portas – "she's going forward in leaps and bounds" – is C4's consumer champion, and Jamie Oliver returns in the autumn with a six-part series, Jamie's Great Britain, on British food.
There is also a programme on the youngest transsexual in Britain, about what it's like to be confused about your gender. "Hear it on Channel 4. That's what we are here to do," she says, and with that Hunt is rushing on to the next thing.
• Jay Hunt will be appearing at a controller Q&A at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, 26-28 August


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Sibley took a different approach in making his birther allegations, claiming that his write-in candidacy for this year's upcoming presidential election is injured by Obama's unconstitutional occupation of office and the listing of his name on ballots in November.
But U.S. District Judge John Bates wrote: "As Chief Judge Lamberth recently stated with respect to a similar suit, '[t]his Court is not willing to go tilting at windmills.'" He dismissed all of Sibley's claims against Obama, Holder, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Marshals Service.
Bates last year threw out claims from Sibley that the District of Columbia violated his Fifth Amendment rights by making him file an affidavit recognizing that growing marijuana in any capacity violates federal law. Sibley said the affidavit hurt Sibley's budding career in medicinal marijuana cultivation and dispensary operations, business he called The Medical Marijuana Company of the District of Columbia and The Medical Marijuana Company of America. Bates ruled that Sibley had to legally admit that growing pot violates federal law.
In 2008, Sibley was suspended from practicing law in Washington, D.C., and Florida for three years. In addition to representing the D.C. Madam, Sibley's list of former clients includes Larry Sinclair, who claimed to have had gay sex with President Obama when Obama was a state senator.
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I wish somebody would make a tv reality series about birthers. A comedy of course.
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Does anybody place any blame on Chief Justice Roberts for administering the oath of office? Why not?
Has anybody filed charges against him for violating his oath of office? Why not?
Because birthers are hypocritical cry baby losers!
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I wish somebody would make a tv reality series about birthers. A comedy of course.
Yes because it is so incredibly funny, the idea of trying to ensure the Constitution is upheld.


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British actor Jason Isaacs has been enjoying Australia's sun, surf and pirate ships as he films two roles for PJ Hogan's Peter Pan. Lawrie Zion reports.
The "hello" on the other end of the line sounds so nonchalantly Australian that it takes a moment or two before the penny drops that the man behind it is British actor Jason Isaacs.
But perhaps the (slightly imagined) local inflection shouldn't be all that surprising. After all, he's been living on the Gold Coast for most of the past year while playing the dual roles of Captain Hook and Mr Darling in P.J. Hogan's big-budget version of Peter Pan.
Born in Liverpool, and a graduate of Bristol University's law school, the 39-year-old has forged a diverse career on the screen since his first film appearance in 1989's The Tall Guy, appearing in more than 30 features, including Armageddon, Event Horizon, The Patriot and Black Hawk Down, mostly in bad-guy roles. And last year, he gained a foothold in the Harry Potter series by playing wily wizard Lucius Malfoy, who is the white-haired father of Draco (played by Tom Felton) and an active Death Eater who keeps a secret chamber under his drawing room to conceal his Dark Arts equipment.
"I try not to be a cartoon but obviously he's a particularly unctuous man with some repulsive, disgusting views," says Isaacs when asked how he approached his role in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. "But currently - and certainly at the time - it seems to me that there were people like that getting elected all over Europe. With all these right-wing politicians and racist anti-immigration rants everywhere, it just didn't seem that farfetched that a leader of men would be talking about these things."
As for the challenge of working alongside the film's top-shelf cast, most of whom had already teamed up for the first Harry Potter film? "On the one hand you get a film like this with all those beautiful British characters and what I'm trying to do is outham them all," says Isaacs. "On the other hand, in order to pull it all off you've got to find something real about this guy."
Chamber of Secrets, which has just been released in Australia on DVD, is likely to be the first of several Isaac appearances in the Potter films, but almost certainly won't be his last. Although Malfoy doesn't appear in the upcoming Prisoner of Azkaban, he is set to return in the subsequent Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
In the meantime, Isaacs is looking forward to seeing the completed version of Peter Pan, which also stars Jeremy Sumpter in the title role and Rachel Hurd-Wood as Wendy Darling.
Though a fan of PJ Hogan's Muriel's Wedding, Isaacs insists that Peter Pan is the film the Australian director was born to make, "because he never really grew up, and he's very childish and I can say that because I'm the actor who never grew up."
Isaacs also insists that the film will be different from previous attempts to commit the J.M.Barrie novel to the screens.
"The versions we've seen before have never been what Barrie intended. It's not about a boy who never grew up at all. It's a rites-of-passage movie about a 12-year-old girl in Victorian London in a quite repressive household who is told that she has to grow up, and in those days there was no adolescence. Wendy is so traumatised here that she runs off to Neverland, and one reason you have the same actor playing Mr Darling and Captain Hook is that you never know if Neverland is a real place or one that Wendy's invented to work out what she's going to do about this growing-up business."
As well as his enthusiasm for working with Hogan, Isaacs has relished the opportunity to spend so much time in Australia.
"I'd be happy not to pack, and I've put a lot of feelers out about future projects here. I like the fact that I've worn the same pair of shorts and T-shirt since I've arrived and don't have to put on airs." Maybe he'll end up with a real Australian accent after all.
Peter Pan opens in Australia on Boxing Day; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is available to rent and buy on DVD and video.
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Promoter Gary Shaw has advised BoxingScene.com that former champion Daniel Geale (29-2, 15KOs) is ready to sign a contract to face WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (28-0, 25KOs).
Earlier this year, Geale passed on a fight with Golovkin in favor of a bigger payday, which also gave him the opportunity to avenge his first career loss to Anthony Mundine.
Geale avenged his defeat to Mundine and then came back in August and lost a close twelve round split decision, and his IBF middleweight title, to Darren Barker. Since that loss, Barker was knocked out in two rounds by Felix Sturm, who Geale defeated in September 2012.
Golovkin returns to action on February 1st in Monte Carlo, where he defends his titles against Osumanu Adama.
"Daniel Geale is ready, willing, and able to sign a contract to fight Gennady Golovkin on HBO. After Golovkin has his fight in Monte Carlo, Geale is ready to fight him on HBO. Golovkin is a very good fighter, but Daniel Geale believes that he has the style to beat him," Shaw told BoxingScene.com.


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Datatec makes BEEline for SA merger
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Datatec, the South African-owned networking dealer, is merging its home country operations with a black-owned business, African Legend Technologies (ALT). The enlarged group is to be called African Legend Indigo (ALI) and has pro forma annual revenues of R800m (c. £61m)- of which Datatec contributes 500m (£38m) and ALT the rest.
Datatec will take a 55 per cent stake in ALI, and ALT will take 45 per cent. Datatec's local distribution business, Westcon AME, will continue as a stand-alone operation, but ALT will take a 45 per cent stake in the business.
Now for a quote from Jens Montanana, CEO of Datatec:
"The merger will create an IT company that is 45 per cent black owned, which is significantly more than the ICT Charter calls for, and we expect it to add significant shareholder value by providing us with the critical mass we need to take the new business to the next level and to consistently achieve the sort of growth recorded by Datatec's other operations in the US, the UK and Europe over the past 12 to 18 months."
Black economic empowerment is the South African government's version of Affirmative Action and is intended to combat the effects of Apartheid. Among other things, it establishes quotas for black ownership companies in several important economic sectors. The black economic empowerment (BEE) charter for South Africa's ICT sector came into effect last year, setting a target of that a minimum of 25 per cent of an ICT company's equity should be owned by blacks by 2009. ®
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Thank you to everyone who filled out a copy of our survey to win a Droplr invite. We had over 1,000 responses, and got some great insight into what you like and dislike about AppStorm!
I've randomly selected 20 respondents as winners, and am pleased to announce that the results are in!
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 12th Mar 2010 23:18 UTC
And thus, our true colours reveal. Since Obama was the young newcomer, technically savvy, many of us were hoping that he might support patent and/or copyright reform. In case our story earlier on this subject didn't already tip you off, this certainly will: Obama has sided squarely with the RIAA/MPAA lobby, and backs ACTA. No copyright and/or patent reform for you, American citizens!
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RE[3]: After the last dimwit...
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I don't think there are too many Nobel Peace Prize winners that would agree there are no justifiable wars.
If that were a criteria, I think you'd have to remove 80% of the laureates. Certainly every American from Roosevelt to Carter, Nelson Mandela, nearly all the Israeli and Palestinian winners...


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BMW to return to DTM in 2012.
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Munich, 15th October 2010. The return of BMW to the DTM from 2012 is reality: This was confirmed by the company during the DTM race weekend at the Hockenheimring. In April this year BMW had announced its intention to race in the DTM in principle from 2012, the first time since its departure from the series in 1994. The Board of Management of BMW AG considers conditions tied to a positive decision to return to the popular touring car series have now been met.
In recent months BMW has been working with the DTM umbrella organisation ITR e.V. and the other manufacturers represented in the DTM on issues relating to the future technical regulations, and the long-term internationalisation of the championship. The positive nature of these discussions means BMW Motorsport can now begin planning its DTM comeback in greater detail.
Dr Klaus Draeger, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG with responsibility for development, says: "The return of BMW to the DTM is a fundamental part of the restructuring of our motorsport activities. With its increased commitment to production car racing, BMW is returning to its roots. The race track is the perfect place to demonstrate the impressive sporting characteristics of our vehicles against our core competitors in a high-powered environment. The DTM is the ideal stage on which to do this."
BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen comments: "The entire team at BMW Motorsport is approaching this exciting project with absolute commitment. We began making technical preparations following our declaration of intent in April, and established parameters for a high-performance vehicle concept for deployment in the DTM. The positive decision of the BMW Board of Management means we can now shift up a gear and give the green light for development."
Hans Werner Aufrecht, 1st Chairman of the Board of ITR e.V. (DTM commercial rights holder and promoter): "We welcome the decision by BMW to enter the DTM from 2012. This is a further milestone for the future of our popular racing series, and proves that our efforts over the past few years have paid off. We laid the foundation for this in conjunction with the DMSB and the existing DTM manufacturers, namely Audi and Mercedes-Benz. Thus I would like to heartily thank all parties. I am personally looking forward to again seeing the three premium brands of Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz competing against each other on the race track. Our fans have waited a long time for this."
The intention is to use the BMW M3 as the basic DTM vehicle, a car that has enjoyed unique successes in the field of touring and sports car racing in the past. Eric van de Poele (BE) and Roberto Ravaglia (IT) celebrated two DTM titles with the racing version of BMW's most sporty representative back in 1987 and 1989, while before that Volker Strycek (DE) won the DTM premiere in 1984 in the BMW 635 CSi. This season the current BMW M3 GT2 caused a sensation in the world of international endurance racing, taking victory in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring (DE).
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Bild-Zeitung newspaper reports that BMW will officially announce its return to the German Touring Car Masters (DTM) in 2012. The BMW DTM race car will be based on the current M3. Mario Theissen told Bild back in September: "On paper, we've started designing a car meeting 2012's DTM regulation already." The paper goes on to claim that BMW's budget for the 2012 DTM series will be less than one-tenth of its last Formula 1 budget, which was 200 million euros. BMW denied to comment the report, so there's no choice but to wait for the offical announcement this Friday (10/15). Source:
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Well it has been a LONG hiatus for BMW from the DTM series, in fact they havent raced since 1992. Many of us remember the fun times watching the hectic DTM series and BMWs have been very competitive in the series in the past. Luckily, in the wake of BMWs pull out from F1 whispers were flying around that BMW would turn its attention to the DTM series and now it seems to have come true.
What are BMWs plans? Well they are working with the governing ITR body to make sure their car is not only ready to go for the 2012 season but is a competitive car at that time.
For now, BMW stays commited with its cars in both the WTCC and GT racing with their M3 GT2 and Z4 GT3. Long term, the WTCC seems shaky and the attention would certainly be on DTM over WTCC.
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Munich, 29th April 2010. Motorsport will continue to play a leading role at BMW, with plans now being implemented for an extensive programme. BMW will significantly expand its activities in the field of production car racing over the coming years: last week the executive board of BMW AG came to a positive policy decision regarding the company's involvement in the restructured German Touring Car Masters (DTM) from 2012. For this to happen, certain basic requirements must be met. The governing body, the ITR, is currently working on these prerequisites. In anticipation of a positive outcome, BMW Motorsport is making appropriate preparations on the technical side. The final decision is expected during the year.
The appearance of the BMW M3 GT2 at endurance races forms another important pillar in the future programme. As is the case this season, in 2011 BMW will contest a variety of races with this car.
Dr. Klaus Draeger, the BMW AG board member responsible for development, says: "Following the withdrawal from Formula One, the realignment of our motorsport programme is raising our presence in production car racing to a whole new level. BMW sports and touring cars have achieved success right around the world, and have significantly influenced the brand's sporting profile right from the word go. For that reason, we see it as a consistent step to return to our roots after bidding farewell to Formula One, and to expand our commitment to this discipline."
BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen adds: "The newly aligned programme offers us many important stages, on which to demonstrate the sporting gene present in BMW vehicles. The planned return to the DTM is an exciting challenge for our team. Over the coming months we will be making all the necessary technical preparations that should allow us to be competitive right from the start should we join the series in 2012. Thanks to its great tradition in production car racing, the BMW M3 is predestined to be used as the basic car. In 2011 we will once again be lining up with our BMW M3 GT2, which is contesting its debut season in Europe this year."
For 2011, BMW is developing a 1.6-litre four-cylinder turbo engine with direct injection that can be used in championships in accordance with the new Super2000 regulations – such as the FIA World Touring Car Championship. A new racing car is being developed as a successor to the current BMW 320si for the coming years. How the BMW involvement in the World Touring Car Championship will look beyond the 2010 season will be decided over the course of the year. This year, BMW is competing in the WTCC with BMW Team RBM and its drivers Augusto Farfus (BR) and Andy Priaulx (GB).
Customer racing remains of particular interest. BMW will continue to develop attractive racing cars for professional teams, as the company did most recently with the BMW Z4 GT3. In the future, the performances of the most successful private drivers will still be honoured with the BMW Sports Trophy. Over the coming years the company will continue its great tradition of promoting talented young drivers in the Formula BMW series. This means that BMW will also offer a comprehensive training programme for junior drivers. Mario Theissen says: "The fact that seven Formula BMW graduates are currently plying their trade as regular Formula One drivers speaks for itself. That is why we will continue our promotion of young talent from 2011. Over the coming months we will determine precisely what form this commitment will take."
BMW enjoys a long history of success in international touring car racing. As early as the 1960s the brand backed up its new position as a premium manufacturer of sporty cars with a succession of championship titles. BMW drivers celebrated a total of twelve European Championship titles with the BMW 2002, BMW 3.0 CSL, and the BMW 635 CSi Coupé. On top of this, Volker Strycek (DE) guided his BMW 635 CSi to victory in the debut season of the DTM in 1984. The BMW M3 lined up for the first time in 1987 – and immediately proved to be a superlative racing car. Roberto Ravaglia (IT) claimed the World Championship title, Winni Vogt (DE) was crowned European Champion, and Eric van de Poele (BE) won the DTM.
After a second European Championship triumph in 1988, Ravaglia gave the brand its third and most recent DTM title to date in the BMW M3 in 1989. BMW has 49 race wins, 30 pole positions and 64 fastest laps to its name in this series. Up to and including 1992, BMW M3 drivers around the world had notched up over 1,500 individual wins and more than 50 international titles.
The European Championship was relaunched in 2001 – and it was once again a BMW driver, Peter Kox (NL), who claimed the title. Having already tasted success in the 2004 European Championship with the BMW 320i, Andy Priaulx (GB) went on to win the new World Championship with the same car in 2005. Priaulx successfully defended this title the following two years with the BMW 320si WTCC.
BMW has also celebrated success in the past on the endurance circuit: BMW drivers have won the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring (DE) on 18 occasions. Among the achievements of the Munich-based brand was victory at the very first staging of the race in 1970. In 1998, BMW also claimed the first overall victory with a diesel-powered car: the BMW 320d. BMW drivers have been victorious 21 times at the classic in Spa-Francorchamps (BE). In Le Mans (FR), Team BMW Motorsport clinched a historic overall victory with the BMW V12 LMR in 1999. Competing with the BMW M3 GTR, BMW topped the manufacturer, team and driver standings in the American Le Mans Series in 2001.
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SF pension reform donors tied to antiunion efforts
Published 3:25 pm, Monday, October 3, 2011
San Francisco -- San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi is billing his pension reform measure on the Nov. 8 ballot as a progressive effort to protect city services for children, seniors and the poor - and has bristled at the notion it's an attack on unions.
But the two main contributors to Proposition D - venture capitalist Michael Moritz and businessman George Hume, who have donated $250,000 apiece - have also contributed to Republicans in Ohio and Wisconsin who supported those states' polarizing, national-headline-grabbing efforts this year to curb unions' rights dramatically.
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"Adachi is the front man, but Hume and Moritz are the antiunion billionaires behind the curtain," said Nathan Ballard, strategist for the Yes on C campaign to pass a separate pension reform ballot measure backed by Mayor Ed Lee, the Board of Supervisors and labor unions.
"Whether he knows it or not, Adachi's being used by the very same billionaires who have mounted a campaign against unions all around the country," Ballard said.
Adachi said that the idea behind Prop. D was entirely his own and that he sought out wealthy proponents only after it was clear he'd have to wage a pricey signature drive to get it on the ballot. Prop. C, on the other hand, didn't need a signature drive because it made the ballot on a vote by the supervisors.
"This was something I started. It's not like Hume or Moritz came to me and said, 'We want you to destroy workers' rights in California,' " Adachi said. "When you can't attack the measure, you attack the people who support it."
Antiunion measures
Moritz has donated to the Ohio Republican Party and to Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a former presidential candidate and talk show host who is a union foe.
Earlier this year, Republican legislators in Ohio backed a law signed by Kasich that significantly restricted public workers' collective bargaining rights, including making it a criminal offense for government workers to strike and barring public workers from talking to elected officials during contract negotiations.
Hume has given money to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and several Republican Wisconsin state legislators who supported the law passed this year to strip most public employees of their collective bargaining rights.
Curbing pension costs
In San Francisco, pension reform has become a hot-button issue because the fund is increasingly swallowing city money while services like summer school are chopped and fees such as those at parking meters are rising. This year, the city is paying $422 million toward pensions, a number expected to jump to $800 million by 2014. The city's entire budget is $6.8 billion.
Props. C and D would both raise the contributions city employees must make to their pension accounts, though Prop. C would raise them less and would also lower them significantly in particularly good economic years. The controller's office has said Adachi's measure would save $300 million to $400 million more than the mayor's over the next decade.
Campaign financing
Moritz and Hume are San Francisco residents. Moritz is a registered Democrat, and Hume is a registered Republican. Moritz is a partner in Sequoia Capital, and Hume is the chairman of Basic American Foods and the president of the San Francisco Opera Association.
Both have donated extensively to candidates and causes around the country - both liberal and conservative. Records show both, for example, have donated to Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.
Hume could not be reached for comment, but Moritz wrote in an e-mail that he strongly disputed the notion that his funding of Prop. D had anything to do with destroying unions.
"The accusations you've heard are just cheap campaign chaff and a sly attempt to deflect attention from the real issue - the way in which 750,000 people in San Francisco are being forced to subsidize the lifestyles of the people behind City Hall," he wrote.
"The vast majority of San Franciscans have just been abused by the self-dealing machine that calls itself the 'city family.' I'm just fortunate enough to be able to make their voices heard."
The progressive Adachi, who is also running for mayor, is the unlikely recipient of praise from conservatives around the state because of his pension efforts.
"I don't know about the rest of San Francisco politics, but anyone who is willing to champion pension reform in the belly of the beast has extraordinary political courage," said Jon Fleischman, the publisher of the popular conservative GOP website Flashreport.org.
Backing other measure
Prop. D isn't alone in having wealthy backers; Prop. C was negotiated between city officials and labor unions under the guidance of Republican billionaire financier Warren Hellman. He paid $200,000 for an actuary to provide data for the effort and has donated $100,000 to the proposition so far.
Some backers of Prop. D have questioned Hellman's intentions since at least three times in recent years the city's retirement board has voted to invest some money in the city's pension fund into funds managed by Hellman's firm.
Ballard said that the most recent investment was made in April 2009, well before the ballot measure was even discussed, and that Hellman's efforts on Prop. C have nothing to do with it.
"Saying Mr. Hellman is acting selfishly is like saying he puts on Hardly Strictly Bluegrass just so the Wronglers will have a place to play," Ballard said of the weekend's bluegrass festival paid for by Hellman and featuring his band. "Mr. Hellman's support for Prop. C is just one more example of his civic activities that have benefited San Francisco many times over the years."
Barbara O'Connor, an emeritus professor and the former director of the Institute for the Study of Politics and Media at California State University Sacramento, said that on a particularly complicated issue like pension reform, voters often make decisions based on who supports it and who doesn't. She said it's legitimate for campaigns to attack one another based on each side's supporters.
Corey Cook, a political scientist at the University of San Francisco, agreed but said San Francisco voters shouldn't make the mistake of thinking either pension reform proposition is remotely close to the laws adopted in Ohio and Wisconsin.
"There's a gulf between them," he said. "It's a serious enough issue that you hope voters are talking about it on the merits."
Chronicle staff writer Carla Marinucci contributed to this report.
Competing measures
What Proposition C would do
Would require city workers to pay 7.5 percent of their salaries toward their pensions. In the worst economic years - when the city must pay large amounts into the pension fund - the percentage would rise to a maximum of 13.5 percent for the highest-paid workers. In the best economic years, all workers would pay less than 7.5 percent. It would also require employees to begin contributing to a retiree health care fund in 2016 and would reconfigure the makeup of the Health Service Board, which chooses medical and dental plans for the city.
What Proposition D would do
Would require most city workers to pay at least 7.5 percent of their salaries toward their pensions. Police officers and firefighters would pay 10 percent. Those percentages would rise in bad economic years, but would never decrease like under Prop. C. Those earning less than $50,000 would never pay more than 7.5 percent, while those earning $200,000 or more could pay up to 16 percent. It would save $300 million to $400 million more than Prop. C over the next 10 years, but doesn't tackle health care costs.
What both would do
Cap pension totals and limit "pension spiking," in which workers are promoted to higher-paid jobs at the end of their careers to receive higher pensions.
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Following Monday's draw for the four play-off matches in the Europe Zone, representatives from the eight nations involved gave their exclusive reactions to FIFA.com and spoke about their side's chances of reaching the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™.
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"It's a very tough draw as Ireland were one of the teams we wanted to avoid. They are great competitors and they never give up. It didn't surprise me to see them finish the qualifying phase unbeaten, but we only lost one match and we have a good side that is getting better with every game. I wish both sides the best of luck," Gerard Houllier, France, National Technical Director.
"We weren't seeded and we knew we were going to get a really tough draw no matter what. But I also think it's going to be hard for other teams to play us. France will not have it easy at all. We were unbeaten in the group phase and we don't tend to win or lose games by many goals. I would have preferred to play the second leg at home but I'd expect a lot of our fans to travel to France for the second leg. There were 20,000 of them the last time we went there," John Delaney, Republic of Ireland, Chief Executive of the Football Association of Ireland.
"Bosnia have some exceptional players with lots of international experience and the atmosphere at the stadium will be very intimidating. We need to be very watchful and prepare in depth if we're going to win over there. My feeling is, though, that if we play the way we have been doing recently we'll be in South Africa," Carlos Queiroz, Portugal, National Coach.
"Portugal were the team I least wanted to face. Obviously I'm not very happy and we're going to have to fight very hard in both games. Portugal are clear favourites but in football the favourites don't always win. It's going to be very entertaining, that's for sure, because both sides like to play football," Miroslav Blazevic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, National Coach.
"We are all very happy with how the draw has turned out. Slovenia are a good team who play nice football. Our team and our coach know where we went wrong in the last few games and they know that we need to improve for this play-off. We have to be completely focused because Slovenia are a young side with a lot of talent," Sergei Kulikov, Russia, Head of the Russian FA's Communications Department.
"I can't say I'm happy with the draw. Slovenia will have to be at their very best because Russia are a really strong team. I would have liked to have played the first game in Maribor, in Slovenia, but you can't have everything. We need to put two excellent performances together and have a little bit of luck too," Matjaz Kek, Slovenia, National Coach.
"There are no easy teams so I can't complain about our luck in the draw. We played Ukraine twice in the Germany 2006 qualifiers so we know them and they know us. I think we have a good team, though, and I am very confident that we will make it to South Africa. We have a lot of talent, a great coach and some very passionate fans. That all helps," Panagiotis Fyssas, Greece, National Technical Director.
"I think it was a good draw but we'll know for sure after the matches. If we win, that will mean that it was a good draw after all. Greece are very strong at home because their fans are amazing. We need to prepare hard because if we make the slightest mistake it could be fatal. We have a young team and we take a lot of inspiration from our magnificent performance of four years ago," Alexei Mikhailichenko, Ukraine, National Coach.
"It was a real honour to be invited to take part in the draw and I really feel as if the World Cup starts now. The tie between Ireland and France stands out for me and I think that's going to be the closest one of the four. I've played against Ireland and they are incredibly determined. The French have a spectacular team too and I also like the look of Portugal, Russia and Greece," South Africa player Steven Pienaar, who helped make the draw.


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Late Night Wallflower was started back around 2004 by a few nerdy, opinionated college radio DJs - Elona Jones, Alfie Palao, and myself, Matt Pullman.
Over the years, the site went through many different redirects. We do album reviews! No more album reviews! Here's the news! Who needs music news?!
Regardless of our thought patterns, we got to interview a bunch of really awesome people over the years including Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye, Laura Jane Grace, Chuck Ragan, Paint It Black, Screaming Females, Fucked Up, Dillinger Four and many more.
Eventually Alfie and Elona went their separate ways but a ton of people helped out with the site over the years, including Bill Shouldis, Gabe Abaud, Brianne Sullivan, Dustin Wagner, Leah Pavlik, Constantine Koutsoutis, Lauren Denitzio, Jason Bergman, Linda Wildemann, Eric Van't Zelfden, Eric Grubbs, and others. Basically anybody who would write about stuff for free.
Long story short, I'm an idiot and I forgot to renew the hosting of the site during a period of inactivity so now I'm taking on the task of re-uploading old interviews and posts from the site on this new site. I hope to actually get some new interviews up soon and perhaps some rants about baseball and signs of the apocalypse.
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"If someone is undergoing significant pressure in their professional life, they sometimes turn to drugs or alcohol," Pax Prentiss, CEO of Passages Addiction Treatment Centers
Malibu, CA (PRWEB) December 18, 2013
October 29th marked the arrest of Florida Congressman Trey Radel for purchasing 3.5 grams of cocaine from an undercover law enforcement agent, according to a recently published article appearing on MSNBC.com. Radel subsequently pled guilty to possession following that arrest, announcing shortly thereafter that he would seek treatment and medically supervised rehabilitation.
On November 26th, MSNBC reported on the pressure building on the representative of Florida's 19th Congressional District to resign, with Radel being asked by Florida Republican Party Chairman Lenny Curry to step down, following his decision to enter rehab. Several other prominent state officials have echoed that call, including Florida Governor Rick Scott.
The reasons behind Rep. Radel's cocaine use have not been made public, but individuals under pressure have been known to turn to illicit substances as a coping mechanism, according to Passages Malibu CEO Pax Prentiss. "If someone is undergoing significant pressure in their professional life, they sometimes turn to drugs or alcohol," said Prentiss. "We've had a lot of success in showing people how to manage their stress levels which naturally leads to them not needing drugs or alcohol anymore."
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"Mighty" Marchant in MarchMarch 24, 2009
The dust has finally settled from the recent NHL trade deadline and teams around the league are getting to know their new acquisitions. For the Anaheim Ducks, there are many new faces and names now on the roster. Gone are those who fans have come to love and cheer for, and I'm sure they wish them all fairly well.
With the recent roster adjustments, players have been given new opportunities to play on different lines. Ducks coach Randy Carlyle has been mixing and matching his players on different lines since the trade deadline, trying to find the best combinations and chemistry.
Out of the dust has emerged the Ducks' energetic veteran forward Todd Marchant, who I believe has been one of the best Ducks since the March 4 deadline. Since March 4, Marchant has earned 1-3=4 points, has been winning just above 59 percent in the face-off circle, and is logging more ice time.
With the departure of Travis Moen and Samuel Pahlsson, Ducks coach Randy Carlyle has been toying with different combinations for his shutdown line. Recently, Carlyle has been sticking with the combination of Marchant alongside Petteri Nokelainen and Rob Niedermayer. This combination has seen to be a pretty good fit, shutting down opposing teams' top lines in previous games.
Resuming his role as Carlyle's top penalty killer, Marchant has been pestering the opposition's power play units, as well as finding quality scoring chances. Marchant scored his second short-handed goal of the season and the 25th of his career on March 8, vs. Minnesota. He continues to find his way to the opposing teams' nets during the penalty kill and has had multiple short-handed attempts in recent games.
On March 11 vs. Vancouver, it was Marchant who "muscled the puck out form the left wing boards" to his fellow teammate Chris Pronger, who found the streaking Scott Niedermayer breaking away to score the overtime winner. Since the March 11 victory over Vancouver, Anaheim has only lost one game and that was a 1-0 heartbreaker to the Pacific division leading Sharks. The Ducks are now on a three game winning streak and heading into Nashville to face the Predators, who are sitting tight in the eighth and final playoff spot.
Both Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger have turned up their games as of late, contributing three points each in the Ducks' previous win over Phoenix, and are ranked one and two in total on ice time in the NHL. The Ducks will continue to need the veteran leadership of both Niedermayer and Pronger, as well as the continuing energy and grit from Todd Marchant, if they want to sneak into the playoffs.


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March 21, 2013
Autism Risk Linked To Men Who Father Kids Later In Life
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online
An international team of researchers has found that men who have children later in life are more likely to have grandchildren with autism.According to the team´s report in JAMA Psychiatry, older men may inadvertently pass on ℠silent mutations´ that increase the risk of disease in their grandchildren. These mutations have no apparent impact on the fathers' own children, but there may be a cumulative interactive effect that could increase the risk of their grandchildren developing the condition.
"We tend to think in terms of the here and now when we talk about the effect of the environment on our genome," explained study co-author Dr. Avi Reichenberg, from King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry. "For the first time in psychiatry, we show that your father's and grandfather's lifestyle choices can affect you."
"This doesn't mean that you shouldn't have children if your father was old when he had you, because whilst the risk is increased, it is still small," Reichenberg said. "However, the findings are important in understanding the complex way in which autism develops."
For the study, the research team culled data from Sweden´s national databases. They studied and tracked the ages of about 6,000 people who were diagnosed with autism and more than 30,000 individuals without the disease.
An analysis of the data showed that men who had a daughter when they were 50 or older were 1.79 times more likely to have a grandchild with autism, compared to men who had children between 20 and 24.
"We know from previous studies that older paternal age is a risk factor for autism," said lead author Emma Frans, from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. "This study goes beyond that and suggests that older grandpaternal age is also a risk factor for autism, suggesting that risk factors for autism can build up through generations."
Reichenberg pointed out that while age of a child´s grandparent does appear to increase risk of autism, there are many factors, besides age, that could determine if a child will be autistic.
"Unfortunately we can't put exact figures on this risk yet," he told the BBC News. "But most children born with older fathers and grandfathers grow up fine."
"And as scientists this type of information helps open doors to understanding more about the condition," he added.
Alycia Halladay, a senior director at the advocacy group Autism Speaks who was not involved in the research, praised the study for its thoroughness and innovation.
"This study is important because it utilizes rich datasets with health record information," Halladay told US News. "This approach can open the door for future work on genetic and environmental factors associated with (autism spectrum disorders)."
The JAMA study was published on the same day that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a report stating that one in every 50 US school children now has an autism spectrum disorder. The ratio is slightly higher from the CDC´s 2007 estimate of one in 88. The government agency said improvements in diagnosis are most likely responsible for the statistical increase.


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I love licking girls' assholes as well as their pussies. Is this normal/healthy?
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Licking ass (aka tossing her salad) is perfectly normal, although a lot of people don't do it because of taboos about the butt, squeamishness, cleanliness issues, fear of disease, etc. However, asses are hot, the anal area is full of sensitive erotic nerve endings, and eating out a nice, clean asshole can be very pleasurable for both the giver and the receiver.
When you ask whether analingus (ass eating) is healthy, I'm not sure if you mean, like, healthy sexually and psychologically, or healthy like, can you get sick from it? If it's the former, I think I already answered that above - it is within the normal and healthy range of sexual behaviors. If you're concerned about what you might catch from licking your lover's ass, well, that's another story. Yes, it is possible to contract communicable diseases from anal-oral contact. By eating ass, you're exposing yourself to any disease that person might have that could be transmitted through their poop, including hepatitis A, food-poisoning type illnesses, and intestinal parasites like Cryptosporidium and Giardia. These are relatively rare, but if you are concerned about protecting yourself, you can use a latex barrier such as a dental dam or an unlubricated condom (unroll it, cut off the end and slice the tube lengthwise to make a square). Plastic kitchen wrap may also work. To use a barrier, dab some water-based lube or saliva on your friend's asshole for better sensation, then place the barrier over their butthole and hold it in place with both hands as you lick against it with your tongue.
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WASHINGTON – Senior Chris Kearney has been selected to participate in the 2013 NABC Reese's Division III College All-Star Game, which will take place on Saturday, March 23 in Salem, Va. Start time is slated for 3:30 p.m.
The All-Star Game will take place prior to the NCAA Division III semifinals.
Two student-athletes from each of the eight regions of competition have been selected to the All-Star Game, while two other student-athletes were selected by fans on D3Hoops.com.
Kearney had a terrific 2012-13 season for CUA, helping to lead the Cards to their first-ever Landmark Conference title and first NCAA Tournament since 2007.
A native of Virginia, Kearney was named the Landmark Conference Player and Defensive Player of the Year, as well as the Mid-Atlantic Player of the Year by D3Hoops.com.
A First Team All-Conference selection and ECAC All-Star, Kearney led CUA in scoring (16.7) and rebounding (7.0) this season, while shooting 53.1 percent from the field and blocking 2 shots per game. The 6-7 senior ranks in the top 10 of five statistical categories within the Landmark, including scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage, blocks and minutes.
Kearney scored in double figures 25 times in 2012-13, topping out with a career-high 32 points in a win over Scranton on January 19. He then dropped another 30 points at Scranton on February 9.
The third leading shot blocker in school history, Kearney was named to the D3Hoops.com Team of the Week on two occasions this season, and was also named the Landmark Conference Player of the Week twice. Kearney posted eight double-digit rebound games, with a high of 15 at Merchant Marine Academy on January 26. That same day, the CUA tri-captain scored the 1,000th point of his career.
Participants arrive in Salem two days prior to the game and will be involved in a community service project, attend the championship banquet and practice with their teams.
Live video of the All-Star Game will be shown at this link.
Kearney selected for NABC All-Star Game on March 23
WASHINGTON – Senior Chris Kearney has been selected to participate in the 2013 NABC Reese's Division III College All-Star Game, which will take place on Saturday, March 23 in Salem, Va. Start time is slated for 3:30 p.m.


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Explain each two line stanza in sonnet 18? please
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Doug Stuva | Certified Educator
Concerning your question about Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18," just so you don't leave the answers to your question with a misunderstanding, the sonnet isn't arranged in two-line stanzas.
A Shakespearean sonnet is usually organized in three quatrains (four-line stanzas), followed by a couplet (a pair of rhyming lines). You can see this in the rhyme scheme of this sonnet:
a b a b c d c d e f e f g g
The rhymes form the stanzas with the combinations of a and b, c and d, e and f, and g and g.
Just to explain, in the first stanza, day and May rhyme, and temperate and date form a sight rhyme.
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- The speaker wants to think about comparing his love to a summer's day. But he says she is more beautiful and more moderate than that.
- That's because there are strong winds and because summer doesn't last long.
- Sometimes it's too hot, sometimes not sunny enough.
- Everything that is beautiful naturally fades away and gets less beautiful.
- But she and her beauty will not fade.
- And she will never die -- death can never claim her.
- So long as this poem is around, it will give life to her.
mabelwoll | Student
I need to study Sonnet 18 but I see that the last couplet doesn´t rhyme, does it? So the rhyming scheme is not GG, is it?
Thanks for your help!


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A/N: My darlings ChainShippers, let me take you back to the day that's now almost a year ago. On October 31st, me and Merel had our Billy-makeup on, we went to see Saw 3D, and of course, like any true Saw fan who was disappointed in the shameless rape of Lawrence's character, we went home from the theatre dissolved in tears. (Or, Merel cried, I threw tantrums at everything that moved. And didn't move.) And then, when I'd calmed down a little, I started planning this fic, and that night, I wrote this short little prologue. Because if there's any time when fanfiction isn't only fun, but downright necessary, it's after seeing that movie. Since if the real writers can't provide us with a proper ending to the franchise, we're going to have to do it ourselves, won't we? ;)
Prologue: Wakeup Call
It's weird how powerlessness could once be his biggest fear.
When you think about it. It was only seven hours ago that the worst thing that Lawrence could imagine was not being in control. The structure was so important. Tic tac toe. Dates and times in the calendar.
Seven hours isn't long. He can reattach five fingers in that time. Maybe it's the fact that the suffering he went through during those hours is bigger than what most people go through in a lifetime. Yeah. It's probably that.
Or it's the fact that his wife and his daughter are dying or already dead.
Lawrence wishes someone could just walk in and tell him what to do. He doesn't want to be in control, he just wants to get away from here. He doesn't even want to die, he just wants to sleep. He wants to stop being in pain. He wants to go back in time. He wants to go back to the bathroom and put his foot back into the chain. He wants to sleep. He wants to sleep.
The fluorescent lights are swimming in and out of his vision. A burning worm in his brain. He wonders if he turned off the lights in the bedroom before he left home this morning. Is Adam okay? Is Diana dead?
Lawrence wants to sleep. He dies right after that.
A grip on his wrists. That's the devil dragging him to hell. Yeah, that's probably what's happening.
He didn't expect the ride to hell to feel like a concrete floor. But who is he to question the way he finally gets what he deserves.
When he stops being dead, the angel of death is still standing above him, for some reason.
Lawrence thinks it's granted that he's not going to go to heaven, so he's not surprised at all that the angel looks absolutely horrifying. What does surprise him is that he's lying on a bed, the pain in his foot is still unbearable but not in the way you'd expect from the fires of hell. Because why would the circles of hell reserved for men who cheat on their wives and mess up their daughters' childhoods be any less painful than the others?
The devil is standing before him. He looks familiar in some way.
"Congratulations, doctor Gordon."
In a while, Lawrence will get his senses back in order. And then, he will feel absolutely disgusted with himself for making not the devil, but someone almost as evil and black right down to the soul, be satisfied with him. But right now, mostly out of reflex, he gets an odd sense of fulfillment.
"You are perhaps my most valuable asset."


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Saving the Fonz
Dracula is dead
Bidding farewell to a suave lord of darkness
American Sniper: An Inglorious Bastard
Noticing the obvious not allowed in Land of Freedom.
North Korea Shuts Down The Interview
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Vikings unable to stop reign
NORMAL – You had to be there to fully understand what was going on. The box score doesn't do this game justice.
There was the pregame captains meeting. Normal Community sent four hulking football players to midfield. Danville sent its 125-pound senior place-kicker, Janelle Hensold.
It was one of coach B.J. Luke's psychological ploys.
"She went out and shook hands with all of them," said Luke, who wanted his offensive players to continue preparations for Friday's Class 6A football playoff opener.
There was the running back whom the Vikings called upon for 10 of their 26 rushes, freshman Justin March, who didn't have a varsity carry all season.
"We expected Danville would make some adjustments," said Normal Community coach Hud Venerable, whose team topped the Vikings in Week 9 and pulled out a 32-6 triumph Friday in a game where all the scoring took place before halftime.
March is part of the reason Luke is excited about Danville's future. "He's going to be a good one," the coach said, "and we wanted him to get his feet wet."
Good call.
The entire game was played in a steady rain. "No pun intended," Luke said.
What spectators really missed if they weren't among the few dozen in attendance along the Danville side was the manner in which the Vikings controlled the majority of the first half.
After allowing Normal a touchdown on its first possession, Danville ran 25 consecutive plays from scrimmage. The Vikings took over with 8:48 left in the first period and the Ironmen's offense didn't return to the field until the 5:23 mark of the second period.
On the 15th play, Normal's Alex Buck – who scored his team's first TD – doubled the Ironmen's point total. He intercepted a Kendall Carter pass and returned it 94 yards. Carter rallied the Vikings immediately, capping a 10-play possession by hooking up with Derrick Cunningham on a 21-yard scoring strike.
"It was a perfect night to throw," Venerable said, "because it was hard for us to get traction to rush. Carter is awfully good, and their receivers are very good."
As soon as Danville got back in the game, however, the explosive Ironmen attack reached the end zone on consecutive one-play possessions.
Senior Zane Kentner, the Vikings' top tackler in the regular season, wasn't upset about the immediate rematch against the state's top-ranked 6A team.
"It was more of a gift to play them two weeks in a row," he said. "Too bad we couldn't get the big win. We didn't roll over. We played with our hearts."
Danville (5-5) finished with more first downs (13-11) and more yards (235-233).
"I was pleased with the way we moved the ball," Luke said, "particularly in this weather. We had some big plays out of our receivers."
Carter, a senior, hit 15 of 27 passes for 190 yards, raising his season total to 1,518 yards. Mikel Brigham hauled in six passes. Daveon Allen caught five.
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text: One day, we're going to spend the entire day at Cassidy's—start off in the morning with the legendary cheeseburger, drink about 15 Bloody Marys for lunch, begin dinner with Jägermeister shots, have another cheeseburger as the locals and tourists start crowding the place, and end at 2 a.m., laughing as some idiot finally gets tossed out after last call for drinking and barfing and fighting and fucking and laughing just a bit too much and hard. Oh, wait . . . that was Saturday.


text: Fors Marsh Group (FMG) is proud to announce it is officially a Certified B Corporation. FMG is the first Washington, D.C.,-area research company to earn this honor and joins a community of Certified B Corporations committed to a higher standard of overall social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.To become certified, FMG met a rigorous set of standards that evaluates a company's impact on all of its stakeholders, including workers, suppliers, the community, customers and the environment. By meeting these comprehensive standards, B Lab, a nonprofit that provides the B Corps certification, verified FMG's commitment to its stakeholders and... more


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The classic Blue Note label Be-bop jazz of the 1950's and 1960's still defines the music today and is the very essence of coolness.
Though the music has it's roots in earlier decades, with giants like Coltrane making an indelible foot-print, it still has as much to say now as tenor sax-man Simon Spillett and his quartet will demonstrate at this year's Rye Jazz Festival.
"The music is timeless," says Simon, "but that does not mean it is stuck in time.
"It still has relevance and a lot to say today. It still has the same energy and dynamics.
"This music will never go away - it would be like saying Mozart is out-dated.
Simon's album 'Square One' was voted among the Best New Jazz Releases of 2013 in the Jazz Journal Critic's Poll and he enjoys growing status on the UK jazz scene.
He is keen to point out the rich legacy of UK jazz musicians and cites English multi-instrumentalist Tubby Hayes as a prime influence.
Simon's quartet includes drummer Trevor Tomkins, who has played with Sonny Rollins and Blossom Dearie, and pianist John Crithinson, who was a member of Ronnie Scott's band for 18 years. The line-up is completed by bassist Alec Dankworth.
They play at the Festival, at the Jazz Lounge venue, on Sunday August 24 at 7.30pm.
For more information on Rye International Jazz Festival and to book tickets, go to www.ryejazz.com.


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Rob Koebel, a hefty Milwaukee-based television reporter with a bold stare, was cited for disorderly conduct in late August after becoming belligerent with police officers who caught him urinating outside of an Apple store.
Of all the humorous nuggets in the police report, I find myself being most amused that this incident occurred on August 21, a Tuesday night.
It all began when Koebel and his friend, after drinking at a local bar within walking distance, began heading back to their respective apartments when nature abruptly called Koebel's wang. A nearby security guard spotted the impromptu sprinkling and called police to the scene after the bold, beefy reporter refused to stop urinating.
It was then that Koebel offered up some fun bravado. After being told to put his cell phone away, he replied with a firm "No, not gonna happen." After being told a second time to put it away, the courageous Koebel said, "No, do you know who you're messing with?" Wow. Not even Tom Brokaw could act so brave.
Well, as it turns out, it appears they were messing with an investigative reporter for TMJ4's I-Team, whatever that is, which clearly gives Koebel instant billing as a big shot in every essence of the term.
Koebel remained uncooperative at the police station and warned them to "be careful" when he was informed his handcuffs would be removed. He went on to offer up lines of "Don't play games with me" and "Do you want to take the gloves off or no?" To toss a few cherries on top, he referred to one officer as "(expletive) face" — was it shitface or fuckface? Billy Ripken would like to know. Koebel, obviously sensing he had nothing to lose except for everything, also delivered a homosexual slur in the direction of another officer.
Now that's a full day, especially for a Tuesday.
The station manager for TMJ4, presumably someone who does in fact know who he was messing with, has since confirmed that Koebel is no longer an employee of the station.
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Authors: Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894
Date: August 20, 1857
Isaac Goodnow wrote from his travels in Ohio to his wife, Ellen, in Shannon, Kansas Territory. This letter serves as a good example of the many than Goodnow sent home to his wife during his travels in the States, as he fundraised for the construction of Bluemont College and a non-denominational church in Manhattan. In this instance, Goodnow answers the request of his friend, Joseph Denison, to return to the Territory early, without raising the remaining $500; Goodnow replied that is would "diminish his self respect" to do so, but asked his wife her opinion. He also gave her instructions for maintaining their land and homestead, imploring that she contract out as much work as possible, in order to ease her own duties.
Keywords: Bluemont Central College; Business enterprises; Churches; Daily life; Goodnow, Ellen; Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894; Shannon, Kansas Territory; Travel; Universities and colleges; Women
Letter, Chauncey Shaffer to Brother Denison
Authors: Shaffer, Chauncey
Date: October 27, 1857
This letter from Chauncey Shaffer, a New York attorney, to Joseph Denison, an agent for Bluemont College, is one example of many letters received by Denison and Isaac Goodnow which pledged monetary support for the creation of the college in Manhattan, Kansas Territory. In this case, Shaffer would do his best to raise $5000, but cautioned against expecting too much, as tough financial times were upon them.
Keywords: Bluemont Central College; Business enterprises; Denison, Joseph; Economic conditions; Universities and colleges
Letter, Isaac T. Goodnow to Hon. Eli Thayer
Authors: Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894
Date: May 24, 1858
Isaac T. Goodnow wrote from Manhattan, Kansas Territory to Eli Thayer in Worcester, Massachusetts. Goodnow asked Thayer for his support for Bluemont Central College (predecessor to Kansas State University), a college chartered near Manhattan which would have "an Agricultural Department of a most thorough practical character." Goodnow asserted that "now when the victory [for free staters] in the main is won" it was time to focus attention on schools and churches.
Keywords: Bluemont Central College; Education; Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894; Lecompton Constitution; Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899; Universities and colleges
Letter, T. M. Eddy to the Officers of _____ R.R.
Authors: Eddy, T.M.
Date: July 2, 1858
This letter written by T. M. Eddy, is an example of many letters of introduction written on the behalf of Isaac Goodnow. Goodnow, recently emigrated to Kansas Territory, was traveling extensively in the East in order to raise money for the construction of a new college in Manhattan. He succeeded in founding Bluemont College, which was a precursor to Kansas State University. Letters like these would have increased Goodnow's credibility when meeting new potential investors.
Keywords: Bluemont Central College; Business enterprises; Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894; Travel; Universities and colleges
Letter, Thomas H. Webb to Dear Sir [Isaac Goodnow]
Authors: Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins), 1801-1866
Date: July 21, 1858
Thomas Webb, Secretary of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, wrote to Isaac Goodnow, indicating his overwhelming approval for the creation of a college in Manhattan, Kansas Territory, not knowing of a "more beautiful and eligible spot than the one selected." Webb communicated his pride in the fact that a Free State supporter would be the one to initiate such a project, and told Goodnow he had recently received a $12,000 donation from a Massachussetts man, which was to support the college.
Keywords: Bluemont Central College; Business enterprises; Free state supporters; Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894; Landscape; Manhattan, Kansas Territory; New England Emigrant Aid Company; Universities and colleges; Webb, Thomas H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1801-1866
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Squeezing the green (non-ripe) persimmon to get the juice. Fermenting it to transform the persimmon juice to a dye liquid. Smells are really strong. Controlling the condition is a big responsibility. After these steps, we can finally enjoy the natural color from Persimmon Tannin dye. We are happy to present our new Kakishibu Dyed Thread for the Sashiko stitching. The same perfect design (twist) for the Sashiko purpose, with the beautiful natural color from Kakishibu.
*Kakishibu (柿渋)= Persimmon Tannin in Japanese
4 Shades of Kakishibu Dyed Thread are available
These 3 shades and 1 variegated color are available for sale! Enjoy the natural color in your Sashiko project.
- K1 | Gold Yellow
- K2 | Dark Grey
- K3 | Greyish Brown
- K4 | Persimmon Tannin Variation / Variegated
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Ever since Sashi.Co & Keiko Futatsuya started challenging to dye Sashiko thread with Natural materials, Indigo Blue and Kakishibu Gold kept attracting us. The Kakishibu dye process requires at least 3 major conditions to make it successful.
- A lot of, tons of pure water
- Large space enough to prevent odor issues
- Skillful artisans to follow the strict dye process
It was very challenging to successfully achieve the Golden color Sashiko thread with ourselves. Then, in 2017, we got a fortune to come across the Kakishibu Dye Professionals in Gifu Prefecture, Kaki-Zanmai. They use the locally grown persimmon and follow the steps I illustrated in the first paragraph of this article. In their studio, people can dye what they would like. We asked them to dye our Sashiko thread, and we could add the Kakishibu color to our Sashiko Thread collection.
Here is a note from their Japanese website.
Kakishibu Dye
We provide a special Kakishibu dye made from "Izira Persimmon." This Izira Persimmon is only produced in Yamagata city, Gifu Prefecture. The Izira Persimmon contains a lot of tannin, and had been well known for Kakishibu Dye. Natural & Local product for Kakishibu Dye. Kakishibu dyed product such as threads, fabrics, and papers are believed to have these functions; Anti Corrosion, Insect repellent, Antibacterial, Deodorant (Eliminating Odors), and Waterproofing.
Kakishibu Fabric, as well.
We have asked to dye the fabric as well. It is too costly to sell online for now, but we are happy to share the photos if you are interested. Please contact me so I can take photos of beautifully dyed fabric for Sashiko purpose. We are working on a project of Sashiko art piece with using Kakishibu Dye Sashiko Thread and Kakishibu Dye Cotton Fabric. Wait for the update 🙂


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Former teen idol Leif Garrett has been sentenced to 45 days in prison after
failing a number of drug tests during his stay at a live-in substance rehab
A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner decided the 44-year-old singer had
violated the terms of his rehabilitation and he was transferred to jail on
March 30, it was announced Thursday.
Garrett agreed to check into rehab in February after failing a drug
test, which violated probation from an arrest for cocaine possession in 2004.
Garrett is due back in court for a progress hearing on May 11.
In January, he was charged in a separate incident, after police
allegedly found the fallen star in possession of heroin on a Los Angeles
underground railway train. He has pleaded not guilty to those charges.