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ByBen Casselman
Don't blame the health law for high levels of part-time employment. In fact, using the law's definitions, part-time work isn't increasing at all as a share of employment, at least not yet.
Nearly 8 million American were working part-time in September because they couldn't find full-time work. Overall, 27 million people — nearly a fifth of all employees — are working part-time, well above historical norms.
Many critics of the Obama administration have pointed the finger for the prevalence of part-time jobs at the Affordable Care Act, the 2010 law better known to some as "Obamacare." The law's so-called "employer mandate" requires most midsize and larger companies to offer health insurance to their full-time employees. That, critics argue, provides companies with an incentive to hire part-timers instead.
The Obama administration earlier this year said it would delay the requirement until 2015 to give companies more time to comply. But some employers have said they are nonetheless cutting back on full-time hiring. Indeed, part-time employment rose early this year, while full-time employment growth stalled.
But a closer look at the data provides little evidence for the notion that the health law is driving a shift to part-time work, although it could as the mandate deadline approaches.
First of all, over a longer time frame, part-time work has actually been falling as a share of employment in recent years. Before the recession, about 17% of employed Americans worked 35 hours or less, the standard Labor Department definition of "part time." During the recession, that figure rose, briefly hitting 20%. It's been trending down since then, but only slowly, hitting 19% in September.
The uptick in part-time employment earlier this year now looks like a statistical blip: Part-time employment fell in late 2012, then rebounded in early 2013, and has now fallen for two consecutive months. But even if the upward trend resumes, it's doubtful that the health law is to blame.
In its statistics, the Labor Department considers anyone who usually works less than 35 hours per week to be "part-time." The health law, however, is stricter: It counts anyone who works at least 30 hours a week as a full-time employee. That means that someone who works 34 hours a week would show up in Labor data as a part-time worker, but would still qualify as a full-time worker under Obamacare, and therefore would be subject to the employer mandate.
If the health law were driving employers to cut employees' hours, the most vulnerable workers would likely be those working just above the 30-hour cutoff. That means the data would show a decline in those working 30 to 34 hours and an increase in those working less than 30 hours.
That isn't what's happening. The share of part-timers who say they usually work between 30 and 34 hours at their main job has been roughly flat over the past three years, at about 28%. (September data aren't yet available.) If anything, it's actually risen in the past year, though the change has been minor. The share working just under 30 hours has indeed risen somewhat, but the share working under 25 hours has fallen—suggesting that employers are giving part-timers more hours, rather than cutting full-timers' hours back.
Put another way: If the Labor Department used the same definition of "part-time" as the health law, its data would show no increase in part-time work over the past year.
Other data tell a similar story. Average weekly hours—a measure that comes from companies, rather than workers themselves—have been flat for the past year, and are near their highest level since the recession. Restaurants, one of the sectors most often cited as likely to shift to part-timers, haven't cut workers' hours over the past year.
None of this, of course, means that employers won't cut workers' hours in the future. The employer mandate doesn't take effect until 2015, meaning companies have plenty of time to adjust their hiring practices. But there's little evidence they've done so yet.


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The Phillies' depleted infield is thinner for at least the next three games.
Third baseman Michael Young was placed on the bereavement list Wednesday. Cesar Hernandez, one of the organization's top infield prospects, was recalled to replace Young. Freddy Galvis could shift to third base and make Hernandez the second baseman while Young is away.
A player can only be placed on baseball's bereavement list for a death in the immediate family. He must miss a minimum of three games while under that designation. He can be absent for a maximum of seven games.
Hernandez, 23, is hitting .308 at triple-A Lehigh Valley with an .815 OPS. He has six triples, two home runs and 15 stolen bases in 48 games.
Young snapped an 0 for 22 skid with a first-inning home run against Ryan Dempster in Tuesday's 3-1 victory. The Phillies are already without second baseman Chase Utley, who is on the disabled list with a strained oblique.
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Roll two dice (or use random.org) to determine how many of the following to use:
- ? papers
- ? elements
- ? photos
Roll two dice (or use random.org) to determine how many of the following to use:
Love the layout Marisa, and the look of the new kit.
I just used a kit with doodles in it for one of my layouts (in fact I have used a couple of these types of kits from Wordart World by Jennifer and they make interesting layouts)
Just did my random / dice throw thingee (like you used one chance in six for the photos)
Papers: 7
Elements: 9
Photos: 5
everything odd - this will be a challenge.
Link to gallery:
6 papers, 8 elements, 6 photos
For some reason I'm unable to upload to PS this afternoon, so I've put it on Imgur. That means no link to the gallery. All the elements and papers are from Marisa's Pretty Things kit.
Beautiful! I love it.
I am not able to upload to the gallery either, Harriett.
The new kit looks beautiful, Marisa!
I'm putting my "rolls" here so I remember when I'm ready to scrap:
12 papers
11 elements
5 photos (just used 1 "die")
And I'm really hating random.org right about now.
Here are my rolls, I'll add my layout later:
10 Papers
8 Elements
5 Photos
Here is my layout:
In the Gallery.
This was a struggle for me! Very much NOT my style, I don't feel like the pictures took the main focus with all those papers. I do like the finished product, though, so I'm glad I did this challenge.
Papers 9
Elements 6
Photos 8
This was a tricky one for me! Hope it turned out not to crowded (And the spangles are one element)
Here are my numbers for the layout I'll do today.
Papers - 2
Elements - 9
Photos - 4
Here I put my numbers in, chosen by mr. Random.
(you cheated Marisa!!) LOL!
Papers: 3
Elements: 6
Photos: 8
Weird, I thought I had put my 6/31 LO in here?
Well, here it is (again):
credits in the Gallery.
mine by random.org
papers 2
elements 10
photos 4
You can't cheat when you make the rules
random.org gave me the following challenge:
4 papers
9 elements
8 photos
It was challenging to fit this many elements and photos on a page without making it look chaotic, but here is the result (4/15):
For my future reference:
3 photos (I used the "Marisa Rules" for this roll)
6 papers
5 elements
So fun! I love this challenge. I will have to do it too.
Here are my "rolls"
7 - paper
4 - elements
3 - photos
5 papers
12 elements
2 photos
& here is what I created with them, she is my big sister, I love her!
You can find this layout here in the gallery!
I rolled 2 papers, 9 embellishments, and 4 photos. Here is my layout. LAD Oct 2013 2/15
I was really surprised with how lucky I got... 5 papers, 5 elements, and 3 photos! I'll be back later with my LO.
Just rolled the dice and I need to do a layout with:
Papers - 7
Elements - 6
Photos - 10
7 papers
7 elements
7 photos
via random.org..............RANDOM??? Okay.
My roll of the dice was 7 papers, 6 elements, and 10 photos. LAD Oct 2013 7/15
Loving all the different layouts coming from this challenge.
Don't forget to link to your layouts in the gallery on your forums posts! It makes it easier for people to comment on them that way. Also remember to tag your LAD layouts with: LAD Oct 2013
I used random.org, scale 1-12, and I got 4 papers, 2 elements and 4 photos. Here it is...
You'll have to forgive me for using horses so much. They are one of my passions.
I decided to do another Roll the Dice layout.
Papers - 4
Photos - 6
Elements - 11
Be back in awhile with my layout.
Here it is: Papers 4, photos 6, and elements 11. LAD Oct 2013 14/15


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Walnut Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms
Makes 5 to 6 Servings
5 to 6 Portobello mushrooms, stemmed
3 teaspoons tamari
4 slices whole grain bread
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 teaspoons italian herbs
2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil, plus more as needed
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons dried basil or 2 tablespoons fresh chopped basil, optional
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with un-bleached parchment paper. Rinse the portobello mushrooms briefly and pat dry with a clean dish towel, taking care not to break them. Place the mushrooms upside down on the prepared baking sheet, drizzle each mushroom with ½ teaspoon tamari.
Place the bread, walnut, italian herbs, olive oil, garlic powder and walnuts onto a blender or food processor. Process until the mixture resembles course crumbs. Fill each mushroom with 1/6 of the walnut mixture, patting it down firmly.
Tent the mushrooms with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for 10 minutes longer, until the topping is crisp and the mushrooms are tender. Serve immediately.
Roasted Butternut Squash with Garlic
Makes 2 to 4 servings
1 medium butternut squash, peeled and cubed (3 to 4 cups)
8 to 10 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
Sea salt
Freshly ground pepper
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a large, rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
Put the squash, garlic, and oil in a medium bowl and toss to combine. Spread the mixture in a single layer on the lined baking sheet. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes, until tender, turning once or twice during baking. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.
Lovely Lemon Cake
Makes 8 servings
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon sea salt
1 cup brown sugar, or your preferred dry sweetener
½ cup vegan margarine, melted
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons (packed) lemon zest, plus more for garnish
1 ½ cups sweetened nondairy milk
Confectioner's sugar for dusting, optional
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with vegan margarine.
Put the flour, baking powder, baking soda and sea salt in a large mixing bowl and stir with a dry whisk to combine. Add the sugar and stir to combine.
Add the margarine, lemon juice, lemon zest and nondairy milk. Stir until incorporated.
Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth top. Bake 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. (Tent the top with foil for the last 10 to 15 minutes, if the cake is browning too much).
Remove from oven and cool for 15 minutes. Turn onto a wore rack and cool. Dust with confectioners sugar, and garnish with some fresh berries and lemon zest if desired.
Spinach with Garbanzo Beans and Caramelized Onion
MAKES 4 to 6 SERVINGS
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 sweet onion, chopped
2 tablespoons vegetable broth or water, plus more as needed
1 teaspoon tamari
1⁄2 teaspoon brown sugar
2 large bunches spinach, thinly sliced (not baby spinach)
1⁄8 to 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 can (15 ounces) garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 8 minutes, adding water or vegetable broth, 2 teaspoons at a time, as needed to prevent sticking. Decrease the heat to medium-low. Add the tamari and brown sugar and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is very tender and lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes.
Add the spinach and crushed red pepper flakes and cook, stirring frequently, until the spinach begins to wilt. Add the garbanzo beans and cook, stirring occasionally, until the spinach wilts and the garbanzo beans are heated through, about 3 minutes, adding water or additional vegetable broth, 2 teaspoons at a time, as needed to prevent sticking. Serve immediately.


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In attempting to write articles on our next International Rally site in Huron, SD, my husband suggested that an "in person" visit was called for. So, on our way home from Sedalia, we drove to Huron and spent a couple of days.
What a difference it makes to see a place in person, rather than trying to write about it based on information gleaned from the Internet.
The most important thing we learned was the correct pronunciation of Huron. It is not Hugh-ron it is Here-on.
My articles will hopefully build on each other to give you a good overview on what you can expect when you arrive in Huron next year. Keep the monthly articles handy, as the history portion will definitely be a continuing project.
The day after our evening arrival we made our first stop the world famous Huron pheasant. It is quite a site perched on the top of a building at the Dakota Inn. There are handy steps on each side of the building so you can get a better view of it, but the best view for taking pictures is from the front facing U.S. Hwy 14 where there is a lovely mural and a descriptive sign. (Be careful not to wander onto the U.S. Hwy 14, as it is quite busy.
You may be asking who cares about pheasants? Well, Huron is in Beadle County. Last year, 2011, 9.9 million dollars was spent in Beadle County in conjunction with the pheasant hunting season, which is late October through early January.
Huron History Continued:
There were no trees in Huron back in the 1880's until the first sapling was "imported" from Iowa. This "tree" was then only the size of a lead pencil and arrived packed in old newspaper.
Today, Huron is a Tree City USA so named by the National Arbor Day Foundation for national recognition of urban and community forestry programs, which has resulted in the hundreds of trees throughout the city creating many lovely shady areas.
The town of Huron got started with the building of a saloon, no surprise there, given the times, a temporary post office and a drug store. There were some rooms available to let in these first buildings where for 50 cents you got a bed with a straw tick and a single blanket, but no mention was made of bugs.
To entice settlers to this part of the country, railroads put up posters and newspapers writing about the fertile prairie farm land that was free of cost in Central Dakota. Not surprisingly, there were long lines to claim a section of this land.
June 10, 1880, 59 citizens submitted a petition beginning the process to become a city, which was finally completed in 1883. This was prior to South Dakota becoming a state, which occurred in 1889.
Huron has a number of buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. At this time, only one of these historical places, the Pyle House (more on this in next month's article), is open for viewing. Check with the rally information desk for the dates and times.
What's to do?
I am going to serialize this portion of my article so that every month I can give you different ideas for some extra curricular activities while you are at the rally.
Having been a WBCCI member for a number of years I know that the most important thing when we arrive at an International Rally is ICE CREAM!
I really hate to tell you this, but there is a "DQ" right across the street from the Fairgrounds on the west side. We tested their "Blizzards" and they were great as usual.
The Dakotaland Museum located on the South Dakota State Fairgrounds on the south side of 3rd Street, houses over 5,000 artifacts including a log cabin, natural history collection of birds and mammals and many other items of interest to adults and children. Admission price is very low so that it provides visitors with a very cost effective visit.
Ravine Lake Park is a special area containing a sandy beach, shelter, picnic benches, fishing, miniature golf and rental of paddleboats and inner tubes. It also has ice cream, from the University of South Dakota, and yes, we did test this one out also, yummy! In addition there are sandwiches, pies, etc. available.
Stay tuned next month for more exiting things to see and do in and around Huron.
(Thanks to the Huron Library for the opportunity to spend two hours "speed" reading the book "Huron Revisited" by Dorothy Huss, Robert S. Kuni, William Lampe and Margaret Moxon. Copyright 1988. There will be mention of additional items from this book in my articles over the next months.)


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Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Obama Rated at 3-Year High in Poll, Republicans at Bottom — President Barack Obama enters the latest budget showdown with Congress with his highest job- approval rating in three years and public support for his economic message, while his Republican opponents' popularity stands at a record low.
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: Just In Time For The Sequester, Here Are Two Brutal New Polls For Republicans
Abby Borovitz / msnbc.com: President Obama approval rating at 3-Year High
Kevin Robillard / Politico: Poll: President Obama approval highest since '09
Jed Lewison / Daily Kos: Poll: Obama approval hits 3-year high, GOP viewed less favorably now than under Romney
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: Headlines of the Day — Bloomberg: Obama Rated at 3-Year High …
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill: Poll: Obama approval rating at 3-year high
Richard K. Barry / The Reaction: The consequences of ignoring polls
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: Poll: Obama Rising, Republicans Tumbling
USA Today:
On issues, public is more aligned with Obama than GOP — SETTING A NATIONAL AGENDA: WHAT NEEDS TO GET DONE THIS YEAR? — In a USA TODAY/Pew Research Center Poll, Americans were asked how urgent it was for President Obama and Congress to pass major legislation on some top issues this year.
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS: Deficit Tops Public's Priorities
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
If No Deal is Struck, Four-in-Ten Say Let the Sequester Happen — Deficit Reduction: Focus Mostly on Spending But Keep Taxes in Mix — OVERVIEW — After a series of fiscal crises over the past few years, the public is not expressing a particular sense of urgency over the pending March 1 sequester deadline.
Aaron Blake / The Fix: GOP losing sequester blame game
Tim Hanrahan / Washington Wire: Poll: Strong Support for Raising Minimum Wage
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog: 19% of public agrees with GOP that tax increases should be off the table
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: Public sides with Obama on minimum wage
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Americans aren't buying what GOP is selling — A new Bloomberg National Poll shows President Obama's approval rating reaching a three-year high and public approval of Republicans reaching a three-year low. The same poll found that a plurality of Americans blame the congressional GOP, not Democrats, for "what's wrong in Washington."
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Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: Poll: Most Americans Side with President Obama on Sequester, GOP Losing Big
Jed Lewison / Daily Kos: Poll: GOP losing sequester blame game
Karl Rove:
A Better Republican Sequester Strategy — Congressional Republicans are simultaneously united, divided and confused about the $85 billion of cuts in defense and domestic discretionary spending that begin on March 1 when the budget sequester takes effect. — Republicans are united …
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Republicans Coalesce Around Clever Plan To Make Looming Spending Cuts Much Less Draconian — The GOP's emerging legislative fix to the sequester is both counterintuitive and clever. But it probably won't force Democrats to abandon their insistence that the coming automatic cuts be replaced in part by new revenue.
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The Morning Plum: On issues, GOP is badly out of step with America
The Morning Plum: On issues, GOP is badly out of step with America
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box: DCCC places sequestration blame on Republicans with new ads
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
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G.O.P. Resisting Obama on Tax Increase
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Sean Sullivan / The Fix: Why the debate over tax revenue isn't over
Rmuse / PoliticusUSA: John Boehner Whips Up a Batch of Desperate Lies After Getting Busted on the Sequester
Bill Scher / Campaign for America's Future: Progressive Breakfast — MORNING MESSAGE: Push Beyond The Limits …
Richard K. Barry / The Reaction: A.M. Headlines — (New York Times): "GOP is resisting Obama pressure on tax increases"
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McCutcheon case could give Citizens United a run for its money in Supreme Court
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15 GOP senators call for withdrawal of Hagel nomination
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Richard Shelby Plans To Vote For Chuck Hagel Confirmation
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Republican senator John McCain is still raising questions and hackles
Republican senator John McCain is still raising questions and hackles
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Laura Bush: Take me out of pro-gay marriage ad — (CNN) - Former first lady Laura Bush, who is one of three prominent Republicans featured in a new ad supporting same-sex marriage, has asked the spot's creator to remove a clip of her espousing support for equal marriage rights.
Justin Sink / The Hill: Laura Bush wants to be removed from pro-gay marriage ad
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Former first lady Laura Bush asks to be removed from newly launched pro-gay marriage ad campaign
Former first lady Laura Bush asks to be removed from newly launched pro-gay marriage ad campaign
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Respect for Marriage News: TV Ad Featuring Republican & Democratic Administration Officials Begins Airing Nationally Today
Kaili Joy Gray / Daily Kos: New ad for marriage equality shows the fight is over and the bigots lost
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn: The growing support for gay marriage
Olivier Knox / Yahoo! News:
Drones have killed 4,700, U.S. senator says — Just how many people have America's drones killed? Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has put the death toll at 4,700—the first time an American official has publicly put a figure on the impact of strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles.
Micah Zenko / Politics, Power, and Preventive Action:
How Many Terrorists Have Been Killed by Drones?
How Many Terrorists Have Been Killed by Drones?
Discussion: Wired, BuzzFeed, Easley, SC Patch and CNN
Spencer Ackerman / Wired: Senator Lists the Death Toll From U.S. Drones at 4,700 People
Jason Evans / Easley, SC Patch: Sen. Graham: I Support Drone Strikes
Mike Mount / CNN: Graham: No secret drone data revealed
Steven Nelson / US News:
Joe Biden's Shotgun Advice Could Land Jill Biden in Jail — Felony aggravated menacing, reckless endangering charges could result from shooting gun in air — Vice President Joe Biden might want to have a talk with his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, before he makes another public statement about guns.
Discussion: Hit & Run, Weasel Zippers, Sense of Events and National Review
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Biden's Shotgun Advice To Wife Would Land Her In Jail On Felony Aggravated Menacing, Reckless Endangering Charges...
Donald Sensing / Sense of Events: Dem. lawmaker promotes Weapens
Eliana Johnson / National Review: On Guns, Biden Likely Advised Wife to Break Law
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Rand Paul returns more money to Treasury — (CNN) - Sen. Rand Paul cut another six-figure check to the United States Treasury Wednesday, taking the money he said he didn't need from his office's budget to make a tiny dent in the nation's massive federal debt.
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
John Kerry: The un-Hillary Clinton — John Kerry is no Hillary Clinton — and he's OK with that. — In the three weeks since Kerry succeeded Clinton as secretary of state, he's already sent unmistakable signals of his independence with a more assertive, proactive and risk-taking stewardship …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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Release Detail — February 21, 2013 - Donor Controversy Takes Toll On NJ Senator, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Booker Tops Rivera 2-1 In 2014 Senate Race — New Jersey voters disapprove 41 - 36 percent of the job U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez is doing, a 15-point drop in less than a month …
Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller, Politico, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, NBC Latino, The Rightnewz and Capital New York
Kevin Liptak / CNN: Poll: Menendez allegations take toll; Geraldo unpopular
David Martosko / The Daily Caller: Poll: Menendez's trustworthiness takes big hit as scandals continue to swirl
Kevin Robillard / Politico: Poll: Robert Menendez approval plummets
Daniel Strauss / The Hill: Poll: Menendez sees sharp drop in approval rating amid ethics allegations
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: Poll Shows Menendez Losing Support After Dominican Hooker Allegations
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Q-poll shows Menendez cratering on approval in NJ
Maria Eugenia Alcón / NBC Latino: Poll: Sen. Bob Menendez popularity down after donor controversy
Jim DeMint / Politico:
DeMint to Cruz critics: Cork it — Imagine a new senator who ran a campaign of "no more business as usual." No more special interest politics, no more backroom deals — and he won. He came to Washington, and he delivered. He didn't stay quiet, he spoke passionately for what he believed in …
Discussion: CNN, The Atlantic Online, Trail Blazers Blog, First Read, msnbc.com and The Heritage Foundation
Ted Barrett / CNN: GOP critics of Hagel call on Obama to withdraw nomination
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online: The Fluffiest Praise of Ted Cruz You're Likely to Encounter
Todd J. Gillman / Trail Blazers Blog: Jim DeMint defends Sen. Ted Cruz, rejects "upstart" and "bully" labels
Rick Bosh / msnbc.com: What we're reading: Thursday, February 21, 2013
David Welna / NPR:
Meet The Virginian Shaping The House GOP's Immigration Plan … Comprehensive immigration reform seems to top everyone's legislative wish list this year, and bills are already taking shape in the White House and the Democratic-led Senate. — A bipartisan group of senators recently laid …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Hill
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo: Key House Republican: Don't Even Think About A Path To Citizenship
Daniel Strauss / The Hill: House Judiciary chairman opposes pathway to citizenship
Paul Colford / ap.org:
New entry in the AP Stylebook: husband, wife — The following entry was added today to the AP Stylebook Online and also will appear in the new print edition and Stylebook Mobile, published in the spring: — husband, wife Regardless of sexual orientation, husband or wife is acceptable …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Politico, AMERICAblog, Towleroad News #gay and Joe. My. God.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed: AP Backs Down, Will Treat All Legally Married Couples The Same
Dylan Byers / Politico: Associated Press approves 'husband,' 'wife' regardless of sexual orientation
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog: AP stylebook entry recognizes gay marriages. VICTORY!
Andy Towle / Towleroad News #gay: AP: 'Husband' or 'Wife' Acceptable to Use for All Married Couples, Regardless of Sexual Orientation
Billy Hallowell / TheBlaze.com:
COLUMBINE SURVIVOR PENS BOLD OPEN LETTER TO OBAMA REJECTING GUN CONTROL: 'WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?' — Columbine survivor Evan Todd released an open letter to President Barack Obama on Wednesday in which he offers a point-by-point analysis of proposed firearms control initiatives …
Discussion: Shot in the Dark and The Other McCain
Mitch Berg / Shot in the Dark: Absolute Moral Authority
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Oops: Top Republican Senator Inadvertently Embraces Roe v. Wade — CHARITON, Iowa — During a town hall on Wednesday, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee embraced the reasoning behind the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing a woman's choice to get an abortion …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Kaili Joy Gray / Daily Kos: Chuck Grassley accidentally becomes pro-choice
USA Today:
Preschool debate obscures core problem: Our view … 'Fragile families' harm children's development. — In the eyes of many parents and most educators, starting a child's schooling before kindergarten is an indisputable virtue. Your kid acquires learning and social skills that give him or her an advantage.
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and National Review
Eddie Scarry / TheBlaze.com: USA Today: More preschool isn't the answer
Investor's Business Daily:
Jackson Graft Case Further Indicts Black Caucus — Corruption: Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s guilty plea to fraud charges raises fresh questions about the Congressional Black Caucus. It's a group with many laudable goals, but why do so many in it succumb to corruption?
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit


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I need to give a big thanks to Jamie and Max for helping me out last week with a few great posts while I was away (you can check them out here and here). Normally this kind of coverage would indicate that I was taking it easy on vacation, but that's not quite the truth. Instead, I spent the week caring for my newborn daughter, Mira. To get a sense of her size, here she is in comparison to a medium pan pizza from Pequod's, which is how Chicagoans like to measure all things. Though she can't exactly eat anything, she's already been to L'Patron and the Logan Square Farmers' Market, and I can't wait to show her more amazing places to eat in Chicago.
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Medica's hot bat has Padres looking for a spot for him
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Tommy Medica is only 25 years old and has all of 69 Major League at-bats to his credit, but he has at least one timeworn baseball phrase down pat.
"I've learned that if you can hit the ball, they're going to find somewhere to play you," Medica said.
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Tommy Medica is only 25 years old and has all of 69 Major League at-bats to his credit, but he has at least one timeworn baseball phrase down pat.
"I've learned that if you can hit the ball, they're going to find somewhere to play you," Medica said.
Medica's been doing that this spring, in a big way. Entering Wednesday's Cactus League game against the Indians at Goodyear Ballpark, Medica was batting .483 (14-for-29) with two home runs, two doubles, two walks and six RBIs. He had also stolen two bases.
This comes after a September callup with San Diego that resulted in more promising numbers: a .290/.380/.449 slash line with three homers and 10 RBIs in those 69 at-bats, including a long ball off Phillies ace Cliff Lee in his second big league at-bat. Prior to that in 2013, Medica had gone .296/.372/.582 with 18 homers and 57 RBIs in 280 at-bats for Double-A San Antonio.
The question of where Medica might fit in with the Padres when it comes to playing defense is the one the club is trying to answer. Medica, who was a catcher for the early part of his professional career before transitioning to first base four seasons ago, has been trying out the outfield.
He played left field in a recent simulated game, and again on Monday, against the Rockies at Salt River Fields, where he caught two flyouts without incident and fielded a single cleanly. He also was in left field Wednesday.
"I think in Spring Training it's a great opportunity to expose players to different positions, and we're doing that with Tom, getting him exposed to the outfield," Padres manager Bud Black said. "We've talked about it as a staff and as an organization, about increasing a player's versatility, increasing chances of playing time, and you do that by exposing them to different positions.
"With Tom, we think he has the wherewithal to play the outfield along with first base. We'll see how it plays out moving forward, to see if we have another potential outfielder on our hands."
For Medica, it's a flattering gesture. The team likes his bat enough to come up with creative ways to work him into the lineup, and he says he embraces the athletic challenge of trying out a new area of the field. He's been working with bench coach and former big league outfielder Dave Roberts and having fun doing it.
"Whenever you're in a new position, even though you're playing the same sport, it is a lot different, so it's a little challenging," Medica said. "You'd think just a fly ball or popup doesn't change, but they hit the ball a lot higher and a lot harder up here.
"But as long as you're getting the reps and the practice in, it becomes easier. It's amazing from the time in Double-A until now how much more comfortable I feel just from the minimal work we've put in so far."
Medica said he hasn't been lingering on whatever growing pains he might be facing in the outfield once he steps into the batter's box, and that has showed with his monster spring at the plate.
"I caught for my first 15 years of playing baseball, at least," Medica said. "And that's one of the most difficult things, to go from catching to hitting, just because you're spending so much time worrying about nothing to do with hitting that by the time hitting comes around, you're just like, 'All right, let's grab a bat and see what happens.'
"When you start playing other positions, the defense isn't as taxing on you because you're not in every single play."
That said, Medica is not taking the responsibility lightly.
"When the organization comes to you and says, 'We want to get you in left, get you as versatile as possible because that will give you the best chance to get as many at-bats as possible,' that's a good thing," Medica said. "But if you're playing defense, you don't want to be hurting your pitcher. You want to be helping your team by being out there. So that's the biggest thing."
Doug Miller is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @DougMillerMLB.


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The world's favorite fictional dad, might be the worst one as well! He is truly in character on Twitter and always has some of the funniest commentary on some current events.
Any fan of "Arrested Development" will recognize the name immediately. He's the first licensed Analyst and Therapist, Analrapist for short, and a master of the sexual double entendres.
Ever wonder if Bruce Wayne, also known as Batman, is a sleazy and dirty old man who took in Robin for less than honorable reasons (Gymnast…hint, hint!). Well then, this Bruce Wayne is the one that you have been looking for, a bat time feed that will make you go from zero to eww in no time.


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Bradley Manning Hearing Shows Military Bosses More Concerned About Media Attention Than Manning's Conditions
from the but-of-course deptKevin Gosztola has been providing detailed updates on the latest Bradley Manning hearings, focused mainly on the conditions associated with the treatment of Manning after his arrest, and whether or not it amounted to "unlawful pretrial punishment" or involved reasonable precautions by the military. Specifically, as we had discussed, Manning was held in conditions that amounted to torture under key definitions of torture -- held in "intensive solitary confinement" in total isolation, not allowed to have a pillow or sheets for his bed. Over 250 legal experts condemned his treatment and the State Department's spokesperson even lost his job for saying publicly that Manning was being mistreated, and that it wasn't productive.
The legal issue is that if this treatment was seen as punitive then that's a problem. People can be held pre-trial, but they're not supposed to be "punished" as part of the process. The Defense Department has been trying to claim that the treatment of Manning had to do with fears that he would harm himself, and the latest hearings were to figure out which version of the story is really accurate. The details look pretty damning for the Defense Department. For example, it appears that officials were more concerned about the media, not about Manning's condition:
Going through emails, it came out that Lt. Gen. George Flynn, superior officer, was concerned with media and not Bradley Manning's conditions. For example, when David House and Firedoglake editor-in-chief Jane Hamsher were harassed at the gate of Quantico, Flynn was in on this incident. He was up on what the public affairs planned to say to any questions from media on the incident. But, he was not up on weekly updates coming from officers in the brig.Later, the same Lt. Gen. Flynn apparently got upset that the NYTimes had information on Manning's mistreatment and he hadn't been forewarned about the media situation:
Lt. Gen. Flynn was upset that he read about Manning standing outside his cell naked in the New York Times. "It would be good to have leadership have heads up on these things before they're read in the early bird!" Lt. Col Flynn wrote in an email. The "early bird" is a military synopsis of various news stories/press releases.And then there's the fact that the "psychologist" relied on to assess Manning's mental state... wasn't actually a psychologist but a dentist. Huh?!?
Also, a "forensic psychiatrist" that the Brig was consulting was a Dentist. She didn't really have qualifications as a psychologist. She was a doctor on staff there and they went to her for assessments on Manning's condition.On top of that, evidence was presented of guards joking about taking away Manning's underwear in response to comments Manning had made. It certainly raises significant questions about why they were treating Manning this way and if it actually had anything to do with his own safety... or if they just liked taunting him.
One Quantico Brig officer (female) sent email where he joked about the removal of Manning's underwear after comments he made on March 2, 2011. Here's a version the press pool currently believes we heard read in court:Even if you think Manning violated the law, it seems pretty damning to see him treated this way pre-trial.
"As Dr. Seuss would say I can wear them in a box, I can wear them with a fox, I can wear them with socks. I can wear them in the day so I say. I can't wear them at night. My comments gave the staff a fright."
It is Green Eggs & Ham.
Coombs asked Choike if he believed joking about the underwear was something that an officer should have done. Choike then said something to the effect that he realized this could be brought up by Manning with his attorney and it might become "another media issue."
Separately, prior to the discussion about Manning's conditions, the government officially opposed Manning's attempt to plead guilty to certain lesser charges (as discussed earlier) in the hopes of speeding up the trial and getting potential leniency on some of the more serious charges. This issue more or less got tabled for procedural reasons, as Manning is still arguing that the government failed to provide a speedy trial and the court notes that if it excepts the plea, that would also waive the speedy trial issue. So, the court will handle the issue of whether or not the government failed to offer a speedy trial before taking on the plea issue.
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He's rugged
Alright friends, on your feebles
[Verse 1]
Yo, see how they go, hip hop R.A., hey oh
I'm a special ED student, with an A+ flow
Used to call me Bobo, Busby Berkeley
Bronson, Paul Kersey, Disco Derby
I'm a modern day Ozzy Osbourne
Biting bats heads off and busting nuts in your popcorn
Wonderingg how this ugly motherfucker got on?
The whole white trash nation, rock rock on
Now wait a minute, let's bring it back a little bit
When you first started rapping, you was all on my dick
Yeah, you went multiplatinum, but you bit my shit
What you rapping is my life, you ain't live that shit
See all the others say I'm twisted, and I'm over the edge
And my whole crew they say is all sick in they heads
Sledgehammer, break pay phones, still calling
Stay out the trouble, stay home, Rugged Man, J-Zone
Here we come from Suffolk County and you might not heard about me but we poor
(It's time for a showdown, between you and I)
You might not wanna be about me cause the shit bout to get rowdy cause we brawl
(If we gonna do war, fuck 'em up fat)
Here we come from Suffolk County and you might not heard about me but we poor
(Come on sucker, let's get on)
You might not wanna be about me cause the shit bout to get rowdy cause we brawl
(Good thing you're looking for trouble, cause we're gonna give it to you)
[Verse 2]
The way we recreate shit, Rugged Man
We don't make hits, we stay broke, sleep, fuck sluts and take shits (Uh-Uh)
And roll with the real life whores that appreciate dicks
Fuck they asshole, dick full of shit, taste bitch
It's easy to criticize me for being so foul
It's worse when you looking down a shotgun barrell (BANG!)
They say, "Rugged Man, he can't keep no deal"
It's mental, I like the way being broke feel
I'm at the homeless shelter, finagling free meals
I'm like Buster Keaton and W.C. Fields
I'mma die broke, no success
When I'll, die I'll be choked up, jerking off like INXS
Now wait, this is the place where stars are born
Strictly business, too potholes in my lawn
Uzi weighs a ton, public enemy number one
Don't you dare sleep on the spot that we come from
[Verse 3]
Yeah, it's true motherfuckers, I'm alive and shit
The mainstream motherfuckers, trying to hide my shit
You hear your man's rap flow? I invented that shit
You see his whole stage show? I invented that shit
They say I could have been, but I never been
That's bullshit, I'm a underground rap veteran
I'm like get-get-get-get, get off my dick
I'm the wrong kid you don't wanna fuck with
Call me Big Dog, Mr. Crustified Dibbs
When I think to all the devious things I did
This is a hold up, get your asshole to' up
Bitch drink cum, when this fat fuck roll up
Yeah, six million ways to die, choose one
True hood one, two tons, I'm the sequel
Fuck Mandingo, you can call me Drum
Stupid dumb, Long Island hoodlum
He's, he's rugged
Released on the "Eastern Conference All-Stars 3" compilation and his "Die, Rugged Man, Die" album.
Produced by J-Zone.


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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) Jonathan Mills scored 18 points and Dwayne Davis had 14 to lead Southern Mississippi to a 74-56 victory against Liberty in the Progressive Legends Classic on Wednesday night in Huntsville, Texas.
Mills also had eight rebounds. Norville Carey added 13 points for the Golden Eagles (5-0).
John Caleb Sanders scored 15 points for the Flames (0-6). Tavares Speaks added 10. JR Coronado had nine rebounds.
The Flames made just 17 of 50 (34 percent) attempts from the floor. The Golden Eagles shot 59 percent.
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Lynchburg, Va (PRWEB) March 07, 2012
More than 5,000 people experienced a historic moment on Wednesday as Liberty University held a ceremonial groundbreaking for its largest building project to date – the new Jerry Falwell Library.
The ceremony centered on honoring its founder, Dr. Jerry Falwell, for the vision he had 40 years ago to build the world's largest Christian university. The four-story, 170,000-square-foot library will be the first building at Liberty to be named in his honor and will include a museum that will memorialize his life and ministry.
"We believe this is the foundation to carry out the original vision of Jerry Falwell, Sr. – this library is the foundation to reach the world, to capture the world for Jesus Christ," said Dr. Elmer Towns, Dean of the School of Religion and Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, before leading the crowd in a prayer of dedication.
The line of Liberty students stretched from the side of Arthur S. DeMoss Learning Center to behind the Schilling Center as they joined faculty, staff, administration, Board of Trustees members, longtime supporters, local officials and contractors and architects at the future site.
Dr. Ron Godwin, Liberty's Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, said Liberty's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to name the building after Falwell, Sr. "after learning that this magnificent, freestanding facility will become the finest building … on this entire campus."
"(They) instantly understood that the building, for this institution, will represent the epitome of academic and technological excellence, that the building that will serve as a new architectural role model for this entire region, artfully balancing futuristic functionality and Jeffersonian grace and tradition, should of course bear the name of the visionary founder who so persistently taught generations of Liberty students and all of those who served him at Liberty: 'If It's Christian, it ought to be better.'"
Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. said the idea was born about a year ago to have a freestanding library that would be the academic hub of campus.
"Academic excellence was the cornerstone in my father's dream for Liberty University to train and educate Champions for Christ to go into every profession to impact the world," he said. "Today, we are building a library that will truly be world-class. From the automatic book retrieval system to the dramatic expansion of new books and electronic books, this building, as Carl Merat (library dean) says, is about resources, service and student spaces."
He called the building "the heart of our campus" and the "bridge between Liberty's original vision for academic excellence and the final fulfillment of that vision."
In addition to a memorial for his father, he announced the library will have other special mementoes, including a newly acquired Dead Sea Scroll facsimile parchment valued at $125,000 that is currently on display at the Vatican in Rome.
Falwell, Jr. joined his family, including his mother, Macel Falwell, Board of Trustees members and senior members of Liberty's administration on the shovel line to dedicate the new building. Afterward, he was met by cheers of "L-U, L-U" from students as he took the controls of a backhoe and kicked off the first stage of demolition at the Schilling Center.
Joe Atkins, a principal for VMDO, the architectural firm for the project, said the groundbreaking ceremony was one of "the most thrilling and exciting" ones he's been to.
"To see the chancellor step into the heavy machinery and knock part of the building down is quite a sight—a good way to start the project," he said.
He said his firm has worked to ensure the library is a perfect fit for Liberty University students.
"One of the exciting things about the library, which will be the cornerstone of this new academic commons, is that there are a couple other buildings that will frame up a nice college green right behind DeMoss. … I think people will be surprised at how much this campus will have changed in two to three years."
The $50 million project was announced in October 2011 and is part of a quarter of a billion dollar campus transformation planned in the next five years. It is set to open for the Fall 2013 semester.
Laura Burt, a junior at Liberty, carried away a souvenir of the occasion – a brick from Chancellor Falwell's demolition job.
She said students are excited about the new library.
"It will be so good to have a new focal point on the campus; it's going to be so attractive, and … it's just meaningful (to be named after the founder)."
Liberty University, located in Lynchburg, Va., is the world's largest Christian university. More than 12,000 students attend classes on its 6,500-acre residential campus and more than 65,000 study in its thriving online education program.


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Cops Searching For Burglar Who Was Wearing Underwear On His Head
Texas police are looking for a man they say broke into the office of a local business while wearing a pair of underwear on his head in an attempt to conceal his face. Surveillance video shows the culprit breaking into Enchanted Rock and Landscape Supplies and walking up to the security camera so he could disable it. However, before he turned it off, it captured his partially visible face, which police hope is enough to identify the suspect.
The Leander Police Department shared the video in a Facebook post and asked the public for assistance in tracking down the burglar. They hope anybody who might know his identity will contact them and not name him on social media.


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Marine Cpl. Nicholas G. Xiarhos
The bedroom of Marine Cpl. Nicholas G. Xiarhos of Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts. Xiarhos died at age 21 in Afghanistan in 2009. Ashley Gilbertson has photographed 43 such rooms, in the United States and other NATO nations, and he is seeking more. "It's a way of connecting with who they were," says Gilbertson, who covered the Iraq war as a photojournalist for six years. His project is a kind of continual Memorial Day observance. For the parents, especially, he says, "it's important that their son or daughter is not forgotten."


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Scholarship Honors Singing Sisters of UT Dallas Alma Mater
Apr. 9, 2012
A new scholarship announced at a campaign kickoff event is named for Sani Mathew BS'06 (left) and her sister, Sherine (right), who is a senior. They attended the event with their parents, George and Suja Mathew.
The years that sisters Sani and Sherine Mathew spent singing the UT Dallas Alma Mater at graduation ceremonies will pay off permanently for other students for years to come.
Rita Crocker Clements, a member of the UT System Board of Regents from 1996 to 2007 and the wife of late Gov. Bill Clements, donated $25,000 for a permanent endowed scholarship named after the sisters. The gift was announced March 29th at the kickoff of the University's first comprehensive campaign after the sisters helped open the event by singing the Alma Mater.
UTD Alma Mater
UT Dallas orange and green
Founders' visionary dream
To inflame the scholar's heart
Lighting pathways through the dark
Reaching out from earth to space
Serving all the human race
Joined as one in unity
Alma Mater UTD
"It is absolutely unbelievable and humbling to know that there are going to be countless students who have the opportunity to get part of their tuition paid for through the generosity of Rita Clements and her family and her foundation," Sani said.
Their parents George and Suja Mathew were in attendance. "It is such an honor to have this under their name," Mr. Mathew said. "We are so blessed and humbled with this announcement."
Sani served on the committee that helped write the words of the Alma Mater while she was a UT Dallas undergraduate. The song made its debut at commencement in May 2004.
She then sang it at graduation ceremonies. Sherine, six years younger than Sani, later sang the Alma Mater at graduations as well.
Realize the Vision: University Launches Campaign
Texas Instruments Gift Leads to Biomedical Center
Campus Enhancement Plan to Grow With New Gifts
Foundations' Grants Will Help Build Autism Center
PlainsCapital Provides Major Gift to BrainHealth
First Graduates Help Launch Campaign for the Future
Seen and Heard: Kickoff Event in Pictures and Words
Video: Leaders Explain UT Dallas Campaign Goals
"I'm always humbled by the way they sing," their mother said. "The words of that school song are so meaningful, it just gives me goose bumps. It is basically saying to reach out for the highest goals in their life."
Both sisters have been part of the Eugene McDermott Scholars Program, established by Mrs. Margaret McDermott, which provides select students with rigorous personalized education and intensive extracurricular activities.
The sisters said there is a vibrancy and enthusiasm around campus, and that the evening's campaign kickoff event inspired them.
"Seeing how much Margaret McDermott and all the individuals here have given to the University makes it that much more of a responsibility for us to give back in whatever ways we can," Sani said.
Sani graduated in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in neuroscience and minor in medical and scientific humanities and went on to medical school at UT Southwestern. She is now doing her pediatrics residency at Children's Medical Center Dallas.
Sherine is graduating this spring with a bachelor's degree in biology and business administration. She anticipates that her studies for a master's degree in health care management and preparation for medical school won't allow her time to sing at graduations.
"It's time for new singers at UT Dallas," Sani said. "I'm sure there are plenty of them just waiting to be found."
Media Contact: LaKisha Ladson, UT Dallas, (972) 883-4183, [email protected]
or the Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, [email protected].


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Australian Aboriginal Music & Artist's Gallery Tour
Performance and Gallery Tour
Sunday, April 14, 2013, 2:30pm
Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor, IU Art Museum More.
Rethinking the Canons of Islamic Intellectual History
The 11th Annual Victor Danner Memorial Lecture, by Khaled El-Rouayheb
Monday, April 15, 2013, 7:00pm
President's Room, University Club, IMU More.
Allegra Goodman, Author
2013 Jewish Writers Series
Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 5:00pm
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Italian Cinema Conference and Festival
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IU Cinema More.
What Can We Do With 500 Billion Words?
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IU Bloomington More.
Peggy Phelan, "Adoption Drama: Bloodlines and Fantasy in Theatrical Families"
The Albert Wertheim Seminar in Performance
Thursday, April 18, 2013, 4:00pm
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Poetic Thinking, Thinking Death
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To have an amount of money be offered as a reward for one's capture. I'm sorry, but we can't travel with your brother any longer. He's got a price on his head, and it's too dangerous for the rest of us! I'll never be able to live peacefully in this town as long as I've got a price on my head.


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Note: If your computer uses Windows 10 - OneDrive is built in, so you shouldn't need to install the desktop app. OneDrive appears automatically in your File Explorer and as a location to save files. For more information, see Sync files with the OneDrive sync client in Windows.
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When you install the OneDrive desktop app for Windows on a PC, that PC appears on the OneDrive website, in the left pane under PCs. This is how you can access the PC's files and folders that aren't saved in your OneDrive folder. When you browse a PC remotely, you might be asked to enter a verification code. For more info about using the Fetch files feature to access files remotely, see Fetch files on your PC.
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I get the error message "OneDrive can't be run using full administrator rights. Please restart OneDrive without administrator rights." What should I do?
If you're using an Administrator user account on a PC running Windows Vista, make sure User Account Control (UAC) is turned on. Or use OneDrive with a Standard user account.
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You can't choose other folders to sync, but you can redirect certain folders such as your Desktop and folders in libraries to your OneDrive folder. You can also add subfolders from your OneDrive folder to libraries to make them easier to work with in File Explorer. For example, if you have a folder of vacation photos in OneDrive, you can include it in the Pictures library in Windows 7 or Windows 8. To learn how to do this, see Include folders in a library.
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Close OneDrive by right-clicking the OneDrive icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar, and then clicking Exit. (You might need to click the Show hidden icons arrow next to the notification area to see the OneDrive icon.)
Create a subfolder for the redirected files in your OneDrive folder. For example, to redirect the My Pictures folder, you might create a folder in OneDrive called "Pictures."
Right-click the folder you want to redirect ("My Pictures" in this example), and then click Properties.
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Browse to the location where you want to redirect this folder (for example, %userprofile%\OneDrive\Pictures).
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Restart the OneDrive service. To do this, click the Start button, enter OneDrive in the search box, and then click MicrosoftOneDrive.
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Right-click the OneDrive icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar. (You might need to click the Show hidden icons arrow next to the notification area to see the icon.)
Click Settings, click the Choose folders tab, and then click Choose folders.
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You can change the account you use with OneDrive, but you can't use the folder with multiple accounts at the same time.
To change the account you use with OneDrive:
Right-click the OneDrive icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar. (You might need to click the Show hidden icons arrow next to the notification area to see the icon.)
On the Settings tab, click Unlink OneDrive.
Restart OneDrive and sign in with the account you want to use. You'll need to select the location for your OneDrive folder again. If you select the same location, the folders for both accounts will be merged. If the PC had the Fetch files feature turned on, you'll need to turn it on again.
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Go to the computer that you used to delete the files or folders, and check the Recycle Bin. Or check the recycle bin on the OneDrive website by clicking the link to it in the lower left corner.
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If you choose to sync only some folders on your PC, and then add files to OneDrive in locations outside of these folders, the files you add won't sync on your PC.
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Click the Start button. In the search box, type Programs, and then, in the list of results, click Programs and Features.
Click Microsoft OneDrive, and then click Uninstall. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
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The Maya site of Lubaantun (daily 8am–5pm; Bz$10) is an easy visit from Punta Gorda via the bus to San Pedro Columbia. To get to the ruins, head through the village and cross the Columbia River; just beyond you'll see the track to the ruins, a few hundred metres away on the left. Some of the finds made at the site are displayed in glass cases at the visitors' centre, including astonishing, eccentric flints and ceramics.
Lubaantun ("Place of the Fallen Stones") was a major Late Classic Maya centre, though it was occupied only briefly, likely from around 750 to 890 AD. The ruins stand on a series of ridges which Maya architects shaped and filled, building retaining walls up to 10m high. The whole site is essentially a single acropolis, with five main plazas, eleven major structures, three ball courts and some impressive pyramids surrounded by forest.
Lubaantun's most enigmatic discovery came in 1926, when the famous Crystal Skull was found beneath an altar by Anna Mitchell-Hedges, the daughter of the British Museum expedition's leader. The skull was given to the local Maya, who in turn presented it to Anna's father as a token of their gratitude for the help he had given them. Carved from pure rock crystal, the skull's origin and age remain unclear, though much contested.
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SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County released a long-awaited climate action strategy last month, adding local specifics to the global problem of climate change and providing a springboard for future policy decisions.
But the 152-page document (below) also could be seen as a wrapper for a potentially game-changing idea at its core: seeing the county develop and procure its own sources of energy. Indeed, there are firm signs of movement toward the creation of a community-based energy buyer.
"We"re organizing ourselves right now to raise money from the private sector and fund the feasibility study," said Gine Johnson, member of the county"s Commission on the Environment.
A former executive director of Santa Cruz-based Ecology Action, an environmental nonprofit with statewide reach, Johnson also was recently hired as a part-time analyst by County Supervisor Bruce McPherson. She said a local ad hoc group is forming to seek $150,000 in donations to fund the study.
Johnson"s hiring is widely seen as a sign the county is serious about developing a system known as community choice aggregation, which would allow a local joint powers authority to buy its own renewable energy and deliver it using Pacific, Gas & Electric"s grid.
With 40 percent of the county"s greenhouse gas emissions coming from homes, businesses and other parts of the built environment, it would allow county residents to drive up the amount of local electricity from green sources. About 17 percent of PG&E"s power is renewable.
"Supervisor McPherson has been supportive of moving toward a feasibility study and having me work on it as part of my policy job," Johnson said, adding that the idea could lead to the development of local wind, solar, biomass or other green power projects.
"This is a real opportunity to keep these revenue dollars in our community, and use them for the good of our community," Johnson said.
Community choice aggregation is the top priority for addressing greenhouse gas emissions, according to the report. It also plays a key role in a city of Santa Cruz climate strategy.
Ross Clark, who chairs the county"s Commission on the Environment, said the strategy works as a risk assessment, providing a framework for addressing many of the environmental decisions to be made over the next several decades.
"This document doesn"t fix everything. It really highlights what our challenges for the next 50 years are, but it doesn"t give us all the answers," Clark said.
The county also recently approved an effort to fund a sustainability manager, which would dedicate a staffer to climate change issues. That person could work closely with Clark, who also works for the city of Santa Cruz, and staffers at UCSC.
"I think we"ll have the critical mass in our region to achieve the goals that are identified in all three of our strategies," Clark said.
The biggest source of greenhouse gasses is still from cars and other parts of the transportation sector. For years policymakers have been trying get drivers to change their behavior and use mass transit or bicycles, with decidedly mixed results.
But something else is happening that could help make those discussions moot: drivers are changing their vehicles. If consumers continue to adopt electric vehicles, community choice aggregation could begin to address that problem as well by switching cars from oil to renewable energy.
"I think they can be a substantial help," said Sharon Sarris of the Monterey Bay Electric Vehicle Alliance.
Electric vehicle owners don"t have to wait for renewable energy to arrive, either. Sarris said installing home solar panels and using those to charge vehicles is not only an immediate environmental boost, but saves money over the long run.
Overall, the county already has met its state-mandated greenhouse gas reduction goals for 2020. That accomplishment, however, comes with an big asterisk.
While transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions dropped from 2005 to 2009, that largely could be due to the economic crisis and a spike in unemployment. Over that same time, emissions from residential energy use rose 9 percent.
Instead, the drop seems due to a single factor — the closure of Davenport"s Cemex cement plant.
The county"s inventory shows a 1.12 million metric ton decline in CO2 emissions from 2005 to 2009. All but 59,000 metric tons can be attributed to a 91 percent drop in commercial and industrial emissions, for which the Cemex plant is the main reason.
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text: What an amazing time in flight back then. Tex Johnson showed potential Boeing 707 customers what the plane was able to do. Without notice or warning to Boeing executives, Johnson did a barrel roll with his Boeing 707. The video shows the roll, but also has narrative from Johnson and shows a photograph taken from inside the aircraft while it was upside down. Could you imagine the test pilot of the Boeing 787 doing this on their first flight? Not likely.


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In Search of the Novel: Ten Novels
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Scout Finch recalls three years of her childhood during the Depression in Maycomb, Alabama, beginning the summer before first grade. She lives with her older brother Jem and their lawyer father, Atticus, a widower. That summer they find a new friend named Dill Harris, whose interest in stirring up drama leads the children to try to entice the town bogeyman, Boo Radley, to come out. Meanwhile, a drama affecting the adults begins as Mayella Ewell, the daughter of an often-drunk, violent white farmer, accuses Tom Robinson, an African American, of rape. Atticus is called on to defend the accused while Scout and Jem struggle to understand issues of prejudice and justice. The two dramas intersect as one person is killed, Jems arm is broken, and Boo Radley does indeed come out.
Harper Lees first and probably only novel tells many stories, principally the story of Jean Louise Scout Finch and her family during a particularly significant period in her life and in the life of American race relations. According to Frank H. Lyell, Harper Lee writes with gentle affection, rich humor, and deep understanding of small-town family life in Alabama (One-Taxi Town, The New York Times Book Review, July 10, 1960, p. 5). The style is bright and straightforward; the unaffected young narrator uses adult language to render the matter she deals with, but the point of view is cunningly restricted to that of a perceptive, independent child, according to Richard Sullivan (Engrossing First Novel of Rare Excellence, Chicago Sunday Tribune, July 17, 1960, p. 1). Another reviewer comments that the story is dominated by [Scouts] complete love and devotion for her father and older brother, her admiration for a boy her own age [the real-life young Truman Capote], her acceptance of Negroes as fellow human beings with the same rights and privileges as those of white people, and her hatred of all hypocrisy . . . (Nick Aaron Ford, The Atlanta University Review of Race and Culture, 1961, Atlanta University, PHYLON, Vol. XXII, June 1961)
Web Sites
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
This page includes a note to teachers about the book, questions for class discussion, and topics for writing and research projects.
- To Kill a Mockingbird: The Student Survival Guide
An annotated guide to Lee's novel, containing more than 400 definitions for words, idioms, and allusions found in the text.
- To Kill a Mockingbird: Then and Now
This Web site was created by the Prince William Network in honor of the 35th anniversary of the release of the Academy Award–winning film To Kill a Mockingbird. It contains primary source documents, lesson plans, and student work.
- Monroe County (Alabama) Heritage Museum
Information on the museum's exhibits on To Kill a Mockingbird and Truman Capote.


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Muster of Plantation Slaves, Brazil, 1867
Harper's Weekly (Jan. 30, 1869), p.77.
Caption, Fortnightly Slave Muster, Brazil. Shows large group of slaves gathered in compound of Casa Grande plantation (Morro Velho, in the valley of Rio de San Francisco); plantation house in background. This illustration was first published in Richard F. Burton, Explorations in the Highlands of Brazil (London, 1869, vol. 1, facing title page; titled The Fortnightly Slave Muster at the Casa Grande, Morro Velho). Burton describes this scene in great detail; an excerpt follows: A peculiar sight . . . is the Revista or muster of the blacks, which takes place every second Sunday. . . . about 1100 out of 1452 attended in the 'Compound' . . . . Both sexes were bare-footed--everywhere in the Brazil a token of slavery. The women . . . were ranged in columns of six companies. They were dressed in the 'Sabbath' uniform, white cotton petticoats, with narrow red band round the lower third; cotton shawls striped blue and white, and a bright kerchief, generally scarlet, bound round the wool . . . . Ranged behind the women, the men are clothed in white shirts, loose blue woolen pants, red caps . . . and cotton trousers . . . . Children of an age to attend the Revista are clad in the same decent comfortable way . . . . The slaves answer to the roll-call made by the heads of the respective departments. This done, the Superintendent, followed by the Manager and Assistant Manager of the Blacks, and the two medical officers, walks down the companies and minutely inspects each individual. . . . Muster over, both sexes and all ages are marched off to church. The day is then their own.... (pp. 236-237).
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Re: Ghost Rider
Bad karma much.
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Bad karma much.
I don't believe in karma.
I don't suppose you believe in fate either. (Not that I do but I don't get to say it very often.)
In any case however annoying I hope she's alright. You never know with children where their mind is at.
I am a fatalist. I ment that my mom fell while we were walking back to the car.
Oh! Hard to tell with pronouns. Hope she's alright.
She is.
that's good.
I was reading through the older posts I this topic, and Stan Lee is not in the movie.
I didn't think he would be. He can't be in EVERY movie!
Speaking of Stan Lee (again) I think he also made an appearance in the amazing Spiderman, where Spiderman came into our universe and met Mr. Lee his "creator".
Marvel Studios was in an episode of the most famous cartoon.
I saw that episode, i used to watch that show every saturday morning on jetix
So did I. I was formerly really into comics.
Well, Stan did'nt make GR, so he didn't really care, probably. The movie owned. The worst part was Blackheart's "Legion speech", but he looked cool during it, so oh well.
Legion was a group of demons who possessed one person in the Holy Bible.
Whoa there, cowpoke. Not that I don't like the Holy Bible. I'm a serious methodist. I just thought wes Bentley's delivery of that speech was crappy.
the only that I didn't like was they never showed Blackheart or Mephisto in full Demon form. But Fantastic Four 2 looks awesome.
I personally don't think that that would look to good for a movie.
I saw the flick last week. It was great! At least I thought so. I heard the critics didn't care for it, but then again, what do they know?
You know what Twain said about critics, right?
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