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The critics have spoken, and "Grown Ups 2" is the winner -- as the worst movie of the summer so far.
Although the Adam Sandler comedy is expected to do good business in its debut this weekend, the sequel has attracted a blizzard of critical bashes, generating only 7% positive notices, according to the aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.
That's an improvement of sorts from the initial wave of reviews for the Sandler film, where a rock-bottom 0% of the "Grown Ups 2" reviews were listed as favorable.
The scoring was a little more kind at Metacritic, where "Grown Ups 2" received 21 out of a possible 100 points.
Compared to even some of the summer's biggest critical busts, "Grown Ups 2" has been trashed harder than Will Smith's "After Earth" (11% positive reviews), Bradley Cooper's "The Hangover Part III" (19%), Johnny Depp's "The Lone Ranger" (26%) and Vince Vaughn's "The Internship" (36%).
In addition to starring in the film, Sandler produced and co-wrote "Grown Ups 2."
Like eager kids dropping baited hooks into an overstocked trout pond, the critics had little trouble landing colorful "Grown Ups 2" slams.
Mark Olsen in the Los Angeles Times: "With the slack, lackadaisical effort of 'Grown Ups 2,' Sandler has perhaps revealed himself not as a confrere of [Judd] Apatow, who directed him in 'Funny People' to a performance both crude and soulful. Rather, he's the white Tyler Perry: smart enough to know better, savvy enough to do it anyway, lazy enough not to care."
Matt Patches, Time Out New York: "Put it this way: In the first five minutes, a deer walks into the star's bedroom and urinates on his face. It's all downhill from there."
Claudia Puig in USA Today: "Mystifyingly, the movie manages to emerge plot-free. Instead, it offers a succession of humorless gross-out gags, fat jokes, suggestive posturing, bullying, belches and pratfalls."
Stephanie Merry, the Washington Post: "'Grown Ups 2' isn't merely mindless. At times it seems to actually drain IQ points from its viewers while wasting a talented cast of 'Saturday Night Live' alums, who are all capable of being much smarter and so much funnier."
Sara Stewart, the New York Post: "Sandler sums it up himself halfway through: 'We're irrelevant! We're losers! We're old!' Age isn't the problem, buddy; nobody is more in touch with his inner obnoxious 6-year-old than you. But two out of three ain't bad."


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Hello, one of the members pointed me to you in a post I made in your forum. I was wondering if I could drop by at your next meeting on Tuesday Mar 1 around 7:30? I am a UK student too, and I am working on a research paper right now for my Bachelor's Degree. I am trying to collect some data for my paper, and I would like to just stop by with a survey for everyone in attendance that day.
If that is fine with you, I was wondering what the usual attendance is for your club, so I know about how many surveys to bring?


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NORFOLK, Virginia -- Five Somali men were convicted of piracy Wednesday for the 2010 attack on the USS Ashland off the coast of Africa.
A sixth man who claimed to be the group's leader had already pleaded guilty to lesser charges and testified that they thought they were attacking a merchant ship when one of his crew members fired an AK-47 at the Ashland.
Prosecutors said the men intended to board the ship and hold it for ransom, a common practice in Somalia. But before that could happen, the Virginia-based amphibious dock landing ship returned fire with a 25mm cannon, killing one man and setting the pirates' skiff on fire.
Defense attorneys had argued to the federal jury that the men were returning to Somalia after ferrying refugees to Yemen when they came across the ship in the Gulf of Aden. They said an AK-47 was fired in the Ashland's direction to get its attention so it could help them after they were wandering around lost at sea.
Jama Idle Ibrahim, the self-proclaimed pirate crew's leader, said it was his idea to tell Navy investigators that story when they were in the water awaiting rescue. He agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in hopes of getting his 30-year sentence eventually reduced.
Each of the other men convicted of piracy face a mandatory life sentence plus additional time for other related charges.
"These men were pirates - plain and simple," U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride said in a statement. "They attacked a ship hoping to hold it ransom for millions of dollars. Few crimes are older than piracy on the high seas, and today's verdict shows that the United States takes it very seriously."
A federal judge had dismissed the piracy charges because the men never boarded or robbed the ship. But a federal appeals court reversed that decision, sending the case back to trial.


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Eminem - Love the Way You Lie lyrics
Feat : Rihanna
[Hook: Rihanna]
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
That's all right because I like the way it hurts
Just going to stand there and hear me cry?
Well that's all right because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
[Verse 1]
I can't tell you what it really is
I can only tell you what it feels like
And right now there's a steel knife in my windpipe
I can't breathe but I still fight while I can fight
As long as the wrong feels right it's like I'm in flight
High off of love, drunk from my hate
It's like I'm huffing paint and I love her the more I suffer
I suffocate and right before I'm about to drown
She resuscitates me, she f**ing hates me and I love it
"Wait, where you going?†"I'm leaving you†"No you ain'tâ€
Come back, we're running right back here we go again
It's so insane, cause when it's going good it's going great
I'm Superman with the wind at his back, she's Lois Lane
But when it's bad it's awful
I feel so ashamed, I snap, "who's that dude?â€
I don't even know his name
I laid hands on her, I'll never stoop so low again
I guess I don't know my own strength
[Verse 2]
You ever love somebody so much
You can barely breathe when you're with them?
You meet, and neither one of you even know what hit them
Got that warm fuzzy feeling, yeah them chills used to get them
Now you're getting f**ing sick of looking at them?
You swore you'd never hit them, never do nothing to hurt them
[Lyrics from: https:/lyrics.az/eminem/recovery/love-the-way-you-lie.html]
Now you're in each other's face
Spewing venom in your words when you spit them
You push, pull each other's hair, scratch, claw, bit them
Throw them down, pin them
So lost in the moments when you're in them
It's the rage that took over it controls you both
So they say it's best to go your separate ways
Guess that they don't know you cause today, that was yesterday
Yesterday is over it's a different day
Sound like broken records playing over
But you promised her next time you'd show restraint
You don't get another chance, life is no Nintendo game
But you lied again
Now you get to watch her leave out the window
Guess that's why they call it window pain
[Verse 3]
Now I know we said things, did things, that we didn't mean
And we fall back into the same patterns, same routines
But your temper's just as bad as mine is, you're the same as me
When it comes to love you're just as blinded
Baby please come back, it wasn't you, baby it was me
Maybe our relationship isn't as crazy as it seems
Maybe that's what happens when a tornado meets a volcano
All I know is I love you too much to walk away though
Come inside, pick up your bags off the sidewalk
Don't you hear sincerity in my voice when I talk?
Told you this is my fault, look me in the eyeball
Next time I'm pissed I'll aim my fist at the drywall
Next time? There won't be no next time
I apologize even though I know it's lies
I'm tired of the games, I just want her back
I know I'm a liar, if she ever tries to f**ing leave again
I'mma tie her to the bed and set this house on fire


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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Short & sweet: Mothers Day edition
Rotation dilemma?
Brian Tallet is The Cito's boy. Cecil is the next big thing. Scott Richmond is pitching like an established veteran. Ricky Romero is rehabbing his way back, and Casey Janssen looks to be close. So how does the rotation shake out after the ace?
Given the recent bullpen follies, I'd be inclined to bring Janssen back pitching out of the 'pen, but the organization seems intent on working him into the rotation. A compromise? A promotion to the bigs pitching out of the pen with an eye to easing him into the starting 5? Regarding Cecil, he seems to destined to head back to 'Vegas, but the smart money says he's a permanent fixture before long. A big effort today could go a long way to solidifying that position....
In case you needed more evidence
Solid piece from Griff on Scott Rolen. The money quote:
Rolen is one of those guys. Leadership is not always about being vocal. After Travis Snider had smashed two home runs off the upper deck in Minnesota, he cited Rolen's example as one of the reasons he didn't stand and watch and showboat those tape-measure blasts. He had too much respect for the way Rolen prepared and played.
"That gives me goose bumps to hear that," Rolen stumbled. "That's prideful for me. I love hearing that."
.....and I just got goosebumps reading that, Scott Rolen. I believe in you. If you can't get behind a guy like that, then just quit watching baseball. Seriously.
13 comments:
- SP said...
I got more than just goosebumps
Crap, you guys went with the DJF-style comments too? I guess I can handle it as long as the comments stay around 50 posts.
Oh and I had a horrible revelation yesterday. I was flipping through my TV guide channel and saw a certain movie title called "The Tao of Steve". I swear I died in like three different universes. I've been reading this blog since the beginning thinking all along that you came up with the genius name out of the blue and now I find out it's a reference to some movie about a fat kindergarten teacher. Does it make me a retard for not having heard of this movie before?
- May 10, 2009 at 12:51 PM
For the starting rotation I see it this way: With Janssen, Richmond, Romero and Cecil in the rotation (sooner or later) the Jays are going to need a long guy out of the pen. Six foot six inches long with a kick-ass mustache.
- May 10, 2009 at 1:02 PM
- eyebleaf said...
The Jays have so many arms, it's kind of ridiculous. 2010 is going to be insane, as we go for back-to-back championships with McGowan and North of Steeles back in the rotation. All hail KING J.P.!!!1
And Griff really did nail that column on Rolen. Pure respect.
- May 10, 2009 at 1:11 PM
- Jason Frasor said...
Rolen really is the GBJOAL. I have a hard time deciding what appears more effortless; Rolen throwing to first on a routine grounder or Wells catching a pop fly.
Could I get added to the blog roll? Thank you, kind sirs.
- May 10, 2009 at 1:23 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Hey, did you see that Cito Gaston said that Alex Rios' mechanics were "a mess"? (It's in the RotoWorld gadget to the right).
The question is: Did Cito figure this out for himself? Or did he read it here on the blog, seeing as how we've been saying this for weeks now.
We're guessing the former, but in our special alternate universe, it's the later.
You should watch that movie. It is good fun. Just like we are. And Dave Stieb was.
- May 10, 2009 at 2:30 PM
i got goosebumps too fucking jays
- May 10, 2009 at 2:52 PM
- Johnny G said...
Josh Towers signs with NY!
- May 10, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Hey Ack or Tao, I got first base side tickets 10 rows up for Halladay v. Burnett on Tueday if you shake off that cold and come to T-Dot.
- May 10, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Cecil pitched very well again today. Pretty astounding how the Jays keep rolling despite the injuries.
I wonder if Rios will want to keep using a pink bat.
I am so looking forward to Tuesday. I can't recall the last time I was this anxious to see a regular season game in May.
- May 10, 2009 at 7:22 PM
- The Ack said...
Christopher, dude, that's one helluvan (?) offer, and if I could make that feasible in any way, I'd take you up on it.....but that's like a thousand dollar jaunt from here at this point.
Have a blast. Hope to see a big crowd for that one.
PS - Cecil = "B"
- May 10, 2009 at 7:32 PM
- eyebleaf said...
So what you're saying, Ack, is that we'll see you in Toronto on Tuesday...
- May 11, 2009 at 2:20 AM
- The Ack said...
I just realized that I didn't even mention Litsch in this post. Woops. Sorry Uncle Jesse.
- May 11, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Rolen's comments make me "prideful" that I know that is not a word. Regardless of that, I like the guy, his attitude and his impact on the younger guys.
- May 11, 2009 at 5:15 PM


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Oregon hunter tells of bear that fought back
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MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Alex Machado was about 10 feet away from a black bear he thought was dead when it came to its feet and ran at him, swiping and biting.
"(The) thing popped up and just came right at me," the 22-year-old recalled Friday afternoon at his Medford home.
The attack occurred late Thursday afternoon while he and 24-year-old Nathan Shinn of Phoenix were hunting deer off Elk Creek Road near Trail. The men, who had been at it since 7 a.m., split up temporarily as they climbed uphill when Shinn, who was carrying a bear-hunting tag, saw the bear.
"He thought he saw me," Machado said. "Then he realized it was a bear. He took a shot. He said he thought he hit it broadside."
The men tracked the blood trail and found the bear lying on a steep hillside, Machado said.
"We thought it was dead," he said.
As Machado approached with his skinning knives in hand, the bear rose and charged, knocking the knives out of his hands, its mouth snapping and biting.
Shinn fired a warning shot, but it had no effect.
Machado retrieved his knives and ducked behind a tree, swiping at the bear with his blades.
The bear knocked the weapons aside and bit down on Machado's arm, then his hand.
"It just latched on. I just started screaming," Machado said.
When he yanked his hand back and started to slide down a slope, the bear bit him on the inside of his upper leg and both tumbled downhill together.
Machado reached the bottom first, landing on his back, 40 to 50 feet below where they started. The bear hit next, its back against Machado's chest. Machado wrapped his arms around the bear's throat and squeezed as tightly as he could, screaming for Shinn to shoot the bear.
"I was just squeezing as hard as I could," Machado said. "I was just thinking, 'I can't die like this. This isn't how it's supposed to be.' "
But Shinn's gun jammed. So he ran back up the hill a few yards to retrieve Machado's rifle, then returned and fired. The bear went limp. Machado said he heard its final breath.
Machado crawled out from under the black bear and lay down about 10 feet away, trying to calm the tide of adrenaline while Shinn dialed 911.
"He kept asking me the alert questions. 'Count one to 10. What's your name? What's the date?' All that stuff," Machado said.
Machado started walking back uphill, hoping to meet rescue workers when they came, while Shinn stayed behind and tried to maintain contact through spotty cellphone service with emergency services workers.
The wounds hurt but weren't bleeding too badly, said Machado, who estimates he walked about a mile and a half before rescuers found him.
"I just started hoofing it," Machado said.
He spotted a deer as he walked and remembers wishing he had seen it earlier.
The Jackson County Sheriff's Department found him near Elk Creek Road and took him to Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center for treatment. Machado's wounds required several stitches and numerous cleanings of the bites. He left the hospital late Thursday night.
Shinn was found by rescuers about an hour after his hunting partner was transported.
Machado said he plans to be back at his job at Sportsman's Warehouse in a few days. He also plans to meet with a plastic surgeon, who will assess his injuries and address any potential nerve damage.
Machado said he is thankful to have survived the ordeal and gave much of the credit to Shinn.
"I'm really grateful he was there," Machado said. "I feel pretty blessed. He stuck around, and he took care of all the phone calls, too, which I wouldn't have been able to do."
It's not known exactly how much the bear weighed, but Oregon State Police Senior Trooper Mike Cushman said adult black bears in this area typically weigh from 125 to 250 pounds.
Information from: Mail Tribune, http://www.mailtribune.com/
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.


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Kabul's five-star Serena Hotel is known as one of the city's most luxurious escapes from the daily grind of Afghanistan's gritty capital. Home to the Kabul's first day spa, complete with a heated swimming pool, the heavily fortified hotel that's been a repeated target of insurgent attacks bills itself as "an oasis of cool and serenity in the heart of the city."
For five months last year, the Serena was also the headquarters for a U.S. consulting firm with no experience in Afghanistan that the U.S. government is paying $15 million to boost Afghans' confidence in their antiquated justice system.
"It was something of a risk to bring them out here," said a U.S. official involved in the program, who was authorized to talk about the issue only on the condition of anonymity.
"They had not, unlike some other contractors, worked out here previously," the official said. "So when they were selected we said, 'OK, we'll see.' "
So far, experts said, it's been a risky gamble with questionable results.
While encamped at the Serena, the Tetra Tech DPK consultants were criticized for their extended hotel stay, for organizing kite-flying events meant to promote confidence in the legal system and for producing little that American officials could trumpet as successes.
Along with fighting the Taliban and training an Afghan military capable of protecting its nation, building a respected government is a central goal of the Obama administration's plans to begin withdrawing U.S. forces this July.
As part of the effort, the U.S. is spending millions of dollars to overhaul Afghanistan's archaic judicial systems, establish credible programs to root out corruption and persuade skeptical Afghans that they can trust their government to do the right thing.
But concern is increasing among the international development specialists that the rush for results in Afghanistan is proving to be counterproductive.
The U.S. Agency for International Development "has never been an agency that has been able to adapt to quick change," said Fareed Osman, an Afghan-American consultant who quit a short-term contract with the DPK project after voicing his concerns about the reform program. "It's slow, huge and cumbersome with all sorts of rules to make progress impossible."
Top USAID officials declined to discuss the Obama administration's efforts to overhaul the Afghan judicial system, which is spearheaded by a series of large American consulting firms.
But others familiar with the programs said they faced intense pressure to produce results.
"You cannot believe the pressure for us to get up and running," the U.S. official involved with the program said, noting that the judicial overhaul effort had been delayed almost a year.
The modest DPK reform project was in development for nearly two years.
In April 2008, Bush administration officials unveiled plans for a five-year, $75 million judicial reform effort in Afghanistan.
The late Richard Holbrooke then put it on hold in spring 2009 soon after he was named President Barack Obama's special Afghanistan-Pakistan point man, American officials said, in order to change its focus.
That sparked a tussle between rival contractors and created more delays in getting new projects running.
Last winter, the USAID drew Republican criticism for awarding the revamped $25 million legal reform project to Checchi and Company Consulting, a firm run by a well-connected Democratic donor. DPK later got the award thrown out on a technicality, officials said.
"It was competed, almost awarded, reviewed, stopped, re-competed, awarded, protested, split, awarded," said a second U.S. official involved in the judicial program, summing up two years of limbo for the projects. The official also was authorized to speak only anonymously.
Last February, the U.S. government chose Checchi to run a $10 million project focused on Afghanistan's informal justice system and Tetra Tech DPK to run the larger formal justice program.
Last June, according to the two U.S. officials, DPK rented more than a dozen $179-a-night rooms at the Serena for what was supposed to be a brief stay while it scoped out longer-term housing.
But delays in getting the compound into shape meant the Serena stay dragged on for months.
After some debate, U.S. officials decided it was the best option.
"For us to dismantle operations, go in somewhere else, try to figure it out when the ambassador and all them are saying ... 'When are they going to have their first training in Mazar?' " the first U.S. official said. "I remember going back in late August and saying, 'OK, we're doing something in Mazar and, by the way, they don't even have an office yet.' It was pretty trying."
As public criticism of the hotel stay grew, DPK moved into its new compound in late October.
The final price tag for the Serena rooms, not including food, laundry and other extras: about $300,000. DPK and Checchi officials declined to discuss their work in Afghanistan.
So far, the DPK program has garnered the most attention for a pair of kite-flying public events in Kabul and Herat that drew as much scorn as praise.
In Kabul, police absconded with kites for themselves and pummeled unruly boys who turned out to get the kites along with comic books about a boy who escapes child labor, goes to school and helps authorities set up a sting to arrest a corrupt policeman.
"In an uneducated police force you just don't get sensitive crowd controls," the first U.S. official said.
USAID officials said the events were the brainchild of an Afghan-American on the team, cost less than $30,000 total and helped promote gender equality by encouraging girls to fly kites.
"It's a very subtle way of saying girls can do the same thing as boys," the first U.S. official said. "They didn't get a whole lot (in Kabul), because not a lot of girls showed up."
When the event went to Herat, one aspiring journalist called on reporters to boycott it.
"The children are happy to have the kites, but to market this as a rule-of-law event is one more elaborate way of wasting resources which could be used for Afghan children's education, health care or even direct food assistance," said Haroon Yahya, the Herat journalist who refused to cover the event.
When they were asked what successes the DPK program has produced so far, USAID officials cited a series of small projects, including a three-day training session for judges, a two-day female recruitment forum, the donation of six computers to an anti-corruption tribunal and a relaunch of the Afghanistan Supreme Court website.
The USAID touted its support for the court's first female Web designer, who set up the first official e-mail account for the court in a country where more than 95 percent of people have no regular Internet access.
"For the first time in history, a two-way exchange exists between a more informed public and the country's highest legal body," the USAID said.
"Not only does this redeveloped website improve the judiciary's image within Afghanistan, but it also has far-reaching implications worldwide," the agency said. "Just recently, via its website, the chief justice of the Afghanistan Supreme Court received an invitation from Indian officials to attend an international legal conference in India."
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By MATTHEW COLE and JIM VOJTECH
Bowe Bergdahl pleaded for his freedom in a newly released video, telling the camera, "I want to go home." The video is the most recent proof that the 24-year-old American solder, taken captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan last summer, may be still alive.
Bergdahl, an Army private from Idaho, was captured by Afghan insurgents on June 30 after wandering off from his post near the Pakistan border. Three Afghan soldiers were captured with Bergdahl. All are said to be in captivity.
Shortly after Bergdahl was taken prisoner, his captors filmed him making a brief statement and drinking tea and released the tape on the internet. They released a second video in December.
In the new video, Bergdahl is bearded and dressed in military issue clothing. He holds up a newspaper, but the date of the paper's publication is not visible.
Bergdahl also performs push-ups to demonstrate his physical condition and says he is being treated well, despite being a prisoner.
But Bergdahl begins to lose his composure as he talks to the camera.
"Release me please, I'm begging you," he says.
"I love my family. I haven't shown it very well because I've been pretty lost in my life and I don't think I've given my family the love that they've given me."
"Let me go," pleads Bergdahl.
Col. Tim Marsano of the Idaho Nat'l Guard, the media contact for Bowe Bergdahl's family, said that the family "is copying with this new development."
"As you can imagine," said Col. Marsano, "the last nine-plus months have been extremely difficult for the Bergdahls and they do take comfort in the words and actions of their family, their friends, the community in the Wood River Valley and from all of the cards, letters and e-mails they have received from all over the world."
A spokesman for international forces in Afghanistan called the use of Pfc. Bergdahl for propaganda "a deplorable act," and said it only fueled efforts to find him. "The insurgents who hold Bowe are obviously using him as a means to ultimately cause pain to his family and friends," said Gregory Smith, director of communications for NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
Bergdahl says on the tape that he is in Afghanistan, but U.S. and Afghan sources involved in the search for Bergdahl believe he has been held in Pakistan for most of his captivity.
Bergdahl is the only known serviceman captured since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. According to a person actively involved in the search, a top Afghan insurgent commander has taken credit for capturing the soldier and is holding him in the Pakistani tribal areas.
Bergdahl was taken by Mullah Sangeen's men from village near the U.S. military post in Paktika, where he was stationed, according to a senior Afghan Army official in the province. The captors "punched and hit the soldier after some resistance. But than they were able to take the soldier and left all of his things: weapon, body armor and radios." The Afghan official says Bergdahl and the three Afghan National Army soldiers were moved from the near-by village and quickly vanished.
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"HH: Bishop Finn, a lot of Catholics are wondering what to do tomorrow, it's voting day. And I want you to sum it up for them, because it can't be repeated enough how they're supposed to approach this most important civic exercise with a sort of Catholic worldview.
RF: Well, I think that they have to see their apostolic mandate to do what they can to support human life. This slaughter's been going on for so, so long, and it's going to be a tough battle before us no matter what. But we can't set it back that much more. People have to realize that they will be held accountable for these important decisions before God. I won't know. They'll do what they do privately. So they have to pray. They have to pray for the light of the Holy Spirit, they have to study what the candidates stand for, but also study what the Church teaches. The teaching is exceedingly clear. Don't follow a false shepherd. Read it in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Read it in the statements of our Holy Father's. And they're non-partisan. They're not even Americans. But again and again, they hold up for us the values of life. And then pray for the fortitude on the determination to exercise this important act of patriotism in a way that expresses a virtue and a value, rather than hides behind a party.
HH: When you say they will be held accountable for their votes, do you mean that it could cost someone their eternal soul?
RF: Well, of course. I mean, the decisions that we make are important, and they have…you know, these people who get elected, they don't just arrive all on their own. We elect them. We, you and I support them or we don't. And so we have some participation in that. Now you know, someone wrote to me and said well, you know, I voted for Obama, I'll repent later. And well, you know, I hope that God does change a heart if they feel that they've made a terrible mistake and to have to repent. But it's much more important and vital that we make the right decision when it's before us.
HH: Do you think, last question, Bishop Finn, thanks again for being here, if someone votes for Obama and they know they're voting in their mind for abortion rights absolutism, could they receive, under the Church's teaching, Communion the very next day?
RF: Well, they shouldn't. It's not a matter of public action, so it's not the same scandal as a public official who places, a legislator who places a public vote in support of abortion. But no, if formal cooperation, there's absolutely no doubt about it that if you agree with the right of abortion, you shouldn't be, you're in grave sin. You shouldn't be receiving the Sacraments."
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VATICAN CITY — X-rays of Pope Benedict XVI's right wrist show it is healing well, the Vatican spokesman said today.
A portable X-ray machine was brought from the hospital in Aosta to the compound in Les Combes where the pope has been vacationing since July 13.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi said the pope's personal physician and his assistant, the two orthopedic surgeons who operated on the pope's wrist after he broke it in a fall July 17, a radiologist and the orthopedic specialist who will care for the pope after he leaves Les Combes July 29 all were present for the exam this morning.
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In Part One, we looked at how to mark conduit for a right-angle bend. You can use the same techniques for end bends and offsets. As before, we'll assume you're using a hickey. As always, make sure you ream the conduit with the proper tool before starting.
Making an end bend. Sooner or later, you'll need to make a small radius bend at the end of a conduit run. If you're using RGS conduit, you'll have to thread the conduit very close to the bend. This can be frustrating, if you don't know the right way to do it. Let's look at how to make an end bend successfully the first time.
First, here's a simple trick to preventing thread damage during the bending process. Thread the conduit while it is still straight, but go only about 3/4 of an inch. These threads will allow you to use a die later. They are not the threads you will use to assemble the conduit, so don't go longer than 3/4 of an inch. Screw a coupling onto the threads to protect them.
Now make your bend the normal way. This leaves you with a piece of conduit that has threads and a bend, but the threads are too far from the bend. That's only because we haven't finished the process.
Remove the coupling. Now, run your threading die over the threads and cut new threads until you have threads close enough to the bend to meet your installation requirements. Leave the die at the elbow end of the threads. Cut the threaded part to the right length. As you unscrew your die, you will clean up the threads on the piece of conduit you intend to use. You now have a conduit with the correct bend and undamaged threads right where you need them.
Making an offset. If you don't have an offset bending machine, use this technique. Fig. 1 (original article) shows a properly made offset. Distance A is the distance from your box to where you need the first bend to begin. Distance B is the distance within which the bends fall. Distance C is the amount of offset the bend will give you. You should make distance B as short as possible, especially if this is an exposed conduit. Keep all bends within the limits of the Code (Art. 346-349).
First, measure for distances A, B, and C. Then mark these measurements on the floor, in a way similar to that done in Part One. You'll need to draw the additional lines shown in Fig. 2 (original article). The run must lead up to point 1, extend diagonally to point 2, and then extend parallel to the straight section that preceded point 1.
To make the first bend, mark off the distance A from one end of the conduit. Slip your hickey on so it lines up with this mark. Place it in the position shown in Fig. 3 (original article). Press down on the unmeasured end of the conduit until the bend passes through the center of the rectangle in Fig. 2 (original article). Then, slip the conduit to the point where the second bend begins. Turn the unmeasured end upward. Pull down on the upturned end until you complete your offset.


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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department admitted Thursday to fatally shooting an innocent victim of a knife attack whom they mistook for a suspect.
In the wake of the admission, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced murder charges against the suspect. No charges have been announced against the deputies.
At a press conference Thursday evening, a sheriff's department spokesman said an internal investigation has been launched into the shooting.
Deputies on Monday were responding to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon and man with a knife in an apartment in the 900 block of Palm Avenue when two men came running toward them, according to a press release by the sheriff's department.
The deputies mistakenly thought one of the men was the victim and the other the suspect, officials said. They opened fire, shooting and killing John Winkler, 30.
"Believing Winkler was the assailant and the assault was ongoing and he would attack the entry team; three deputies fired their duty weapons at him," the department's release said. "Victim Winkler was struck by the gunfire and fell to the floor."
The other victim, already covered in blood, was struck in the leg by the gunfire and collapsed.
Deputies later realized that Winkler, who was wearing a black shirt and fit the assailant's description, was a victim.
After shooting Winkler, the deputies found the real suspect, Alexander McDonald, 27, allegedly choking someone inside the apartment, with a knife on the floor nearby, officials said.
Investigators on Thursday said McDonald, shown at right, allegedly held Winkler and two other men hostage inside the apartment at knifepoint, stabbing them and fighting with them as the deputies arrived.
The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office on Thursday charged McDonald in connection with murder, attempted murder and torture after deputies admitted to fatally shooting Winkler.
McDonald pleaded not guilty and was being held in lieu of more than $4 million bail.
Family members told NBC4 Southern California that Winkler moved to Los Angeles six months ago in hopes of becoming a television producer. He recently did production work for Comedy Central's "Tosh.0."
"Comedy Central and 'Tosh.0' extend their deepest condolences to the family of John Winkler," Comedy Central said in a statement. "We only had the privilege of working with him for a short while and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and friends during this tragic time."
Winkler later died at a hospital. One victim was treated at the hospital for stab wounds and released. Another was treated for stab wounds and a gunshot wound, and was in stable condition as of Thursday afternoon.
Neighbors told NBC4 they're living in so much fear since the incident, they want to move.
"For me, honestly, I'm going to move out of the building," neighbor Peter Duckler said. "I feel police acted a little too quick and it just makes me nervous. I'm very nervous to even stay here. So we are actually packing up and we are leaving."
"They like to shot first and ask questions later," neighbor Monica Lewis said. "If there was no sign of a weapon or anything there was no reason to shoot them. The poor victims are dead and somebody lost their loved ones."
NBC4's Mekahlo Medina contributed to this report.


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Facebook Puts Coal in Project Playlist's Stocking
Facebook is the latest social networking site to block music Web site Project Playlist.
The site allows its users to compile playlists and, until recently, embed them on their profiles on social networking sites. Copyright concerns, however, have prompted these sites to pull their support.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) reportedly contacted Facebook last summer about removing the Playlist application, and recently made the request again.
Facebook is working with Project Playlist but must remove the app during discussions to comply with its terms of service, according to a statement.
"Our hope and expectation is that the parties can resolve their disagreements in a manner that satisfies the developer and copyright holder, that continues to offer a great experience to music fans, and that doesn't discourage other developers from using Platform to share their creativity and test new ideas," Facebook said.
MySpace started blocking the site last weekend, according to a note on the Project Playlist Web site.
"We are working hard to get our widgets back up on user profiles across these social networking sites as quickly as possible so our users can continue to share music with their friends," Playlist CEO Jeremy Riney wrote in a blog post. "Until then, your playlists are not lost and you can still share them - they remain available here on Playlist.com, where you can continue to search for music, create and play new playlists."
The move comes two days after Playlist reached a licensing agreement with Sony BMG.
"We are going to make Sony BMG's entire catalog -- including popular artists like Beyonce, Britney Spears, Bow Wow and iCarly -- available to be part of your playlists," Riney wrote.Originally posted on AppScout.


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This guidebook completes the three-volume series of guides to the Wye Valley and the Forest of Dean and will be published in mid July.
As well as taking a fresh look at the popular Symonds Yat cliffs, the guide includes the central Forest of Dean quarries and the Cotswolds and a supplement to the Sandstone Outcrops of the Forest of Dean (published 2006). The book is lavishly illustrated with maps, detailed photodiagrams for almost every crag, and many action photos.


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And now for another pretty project by Dave Cole of the Phinney-Bischoff crowd. Dave gets his paper patterns cut here at Metrix and he takes them home to his rolling mill to make rings and pendants. He's just started an Etsy store offering his bespoke jewelry at remarkably reasonable prices.
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Capital One Cup: Struggling Blackpool lose 1-0 at Shrewsbury Town
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Blackpool's struggles got worse with a 1-0 Capital One Cup defeat at a Shrewsbury side managed by former Tangerines midfielder Micky Mellon.
Former Blackpool striker Scott Vernon's first-half goal sealed a deserved victory for the League Two team.
Shrewsbury applied some early pressure and might have scored three times in the opening 10 minutes. Skipper Connor Goldson flicked a header just wide, Jordan Clark's drive from the edge of the box was deflected inches off target and goalkeeper Joe Lewis had to be alert to smother Vernon's close-range effort.
Lewis then did well to claw away a long-range effort from Clark but he had no answer when the Shrews made a 34th-minute breakthrough.
Ashley Vincent's inviting cross from the right was helped on by James Collins and the experienced Vernon took a touch before finding the back of the net from close range.
Blackpool made little impact as an attacking force although they almost pulled level against the run of play just before half time. Tomasz Cywka's 15-yard shot came back off the inside of a post and Nathan Delfouneso's follow-up was well saved by Swiss goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler.
Mellon's men pushed for a second goal early in the second half with James Wesolowski and Mark Ellis both just off target while Clark forced another five save from Lewis.
Blackpool carried more of a threat for the half-time introduction of Ishmael Miller but Leutwiler impressively dealt with long-range attempts from both substitute Miller and Delfouneso as Shrewsbury progressed to round two for the first time in three years.


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17-Year-Old Girl From Florida Playing Football As Quarterback For High School Team!
"The 17-year-old from Florida drew cheers when she went in to play quarterback in the fourth quarter of South Plantation High School's final pre-season game Friday, and if she takes a snap in the regular season, she'll make Sunshine State history. "I couldn't take the smile off my face," DiMeglio told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "You'd think the other team would want to know why I'm there, but other players have been great. After the game, they shook my hand and said it was great I was playing football." - Fx News
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CHINA: Zero Growth, Black Swan Event, Get Prepared For Total Global Meltdown
July 24th, 2013
Another "growth story" is dying before our very eyes.
China is rapidly approaching ZERO growth. This is not less growth, but ZERO growth as in full-scale economic collapse from the days of 12% GDP growth per year.
Over 99% of "analysts" are missing this, but it is a fact. If you ignore the ridiculous GDP numbers (which even China's Premiere has admitted are a joke in the past) and look at more accurate metrics, it's clear China is collapsing at an alarming rate. Case in point,Electrical consumption rose by just 2.9% in the first quarter of this year.
How on earth can you generate GDP growth of 7% when you electrical consumption is rising by just 2.9% is beyond me. And when you consider that China is experiencing this weak growth despite having pumped over $1 trillion into its economy in the same quarter (an amount equal to 14% of China's total GDP) you begin to understand the scale at which things are imploding in the People's Republic.
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Thank you for your support of the 23rd Annual Goodyear Cotton Bowl Art Contest. The art contest is open to all North Texas Students, and we are now accepting entries. We hope you will participate in this exciting project.
Students may enter as an individual or with a school submitting at least 50 entries total. Everything you need to get excited and to stimulate your creativity is explained here. Please click on the art card link to download and print your art card and entry information.
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Keep in mind the home of the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic is at AT&T Stadium in Arlington and hosting a Semifinal Game this year! Besides awarding some great prizes to the winners, we have devised a way to showcase each student?s ability. Last year, more than 4,000 pieces of artwork were submitted to us, and we enjoyed displaying each one of them. You will find the 1st, 2nd 3rd place winners? artwork proudly displayed at their school and at AT&T Stadium in the Cotton Bowl Office all year.
The artwork will also be featured on the overhead video board at the stadium during the Classic on Saturday, December 29th. Every piece of artwork submitted by students and teachers plays a role in the game week celebration. Guests from both universities that attend the Big Play Luncheon are treated to their own personal piece of artwork. Each illustration is laminated and placed on tables through the Chantilly Ballroom of Dallas? Hilton Anatole Hotel for guests to enjoy during their meal and then take home as unique souvenirs from the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.
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Tonight we took the kids and went to dinner. Just as we finished up the meal I started to feel a tightening in my chest. Then my heart started to pound. It thudded with increase, so loud it muffled my hearing.
"I am not feeling well," I said to Christopher.
I went outside to let Anson and Ever run around. I watched them run back and forth on the side walk, Anson with his athletic gait, and Ever's jog with the tiny hint of pigeon toed. I watched them scream and chase each other, I watched them as my body felt like I was being strangled, I watched them and tried not to panic.
My heart was beating with such violence the vibration rattled my throat, giving off the sensation that I was going to throw up. Meanwhile, the lack of air was suffocating my brain and I was overwhelmed with dizziness. I sat down on a patio chair, with my eyes still on the children I prayed I wasn't having a heart attack.
You're having a panic attack I realized.
I thought about my friend Kelly who explained her panic attacks to me, how the world got dark and she felt like she might collapse and die. Her descriptions were like check lists in my whirling head.
When we returned home I took Erin to bed and nursed her. And after she slept I went to my laptop to start writing my life story but instead I started hearing the heartbeat in my ears again.
I took a detour into the forbidden paths of websites dedicated to calling out bloggers like me. I found a forum dedicated to my blog and started to read, page after page, posts from disgruntled readers, people I have offended, disappointed, made really angry. I read and read. I didn't even get close to reading it all. But there was a point where I started to cry. Not because I was so sad that they'd write horrible things about me, but because HEAVEN SAKES ALIVE I NEEDED AN INTERVENTION.
I went to Christopher, who has seen me, in the past three years of my life slide ever so slightly to an angry, bitter shade of myself, most likely the most desperately dishonest I've ever been in my whole entire life. I just needed someone to support me in this actualization, but because he is a kind-hearted peace-keeping man, it couldn't be him. I needed someone--anonymous or alias or angry enough--to hold up that mirror of humanity, that mirror that says: you are unhealthy.
To Christopher I cried. I felt so sorrowful, the depths of which I have not felt in so very long.
I've been selfish. Self-centered. Narcissistic. Probably since I was born, but more so in the last four years. I've produced a lot of thoughtless, poorly-thought-out, half-assed posts. I've ignored my husband, pushed away my children, hid from my neighbors. I've been judgmental, I've been small-minded, I've been uncharitable. While I have written essays I am proud of, I've written a lot of stuff I am so desperately sad about. Some of my posts are just a terrible attempt at vile, shameful, passive-aggression mostly directed towards women who allow men to manipulate them.
The Equality post? Yes. I am so sorry. What the hell was I thinking to say "equality never did anything for me?" That is not true. I was really angry about gender roles, and instead of using intelligence to work my way through the anger, I gave up. I GAVE UP ON EQUALITY and professed I didn't think it was important. I think if anything, it shows how horribly sick and hopeless I had become.
I've thought so many, many times about deleting that post, but I've decide to keep it. I need my children to have a record of how the human heart can beat its way out of ignorance. I need my posterity to see progression and repentance. In some ways I am grateful I wrote it, just to stand as a measuring stick. It's encouragement to never, ever stop digging away at things. And in addition, I can use it to illustrate how long suffering, good friends can be even after you dismiss all their ideals in one single blog post. (Carina, Chelle, Hannah...)
I very much believe in equality and if that makes me a feminist, I AM A FEMINIST. Holy crap, sign me up. SIGN ME UP.
I also believe that women don't need me spouting off about under-researched and overly romantic ideas about womanhood, they just need me to be SUPPORTIVE. I understood this so many years ago, but I've been tempted to form rigid opinions that have obscured my view of compassion. Women need my love, not patronizing posts questioning their intuition.
I'm so deeply sorry I judged you and I am even more sorry you felt judged by me. Thank you for not judging me and thank you for listening to my stories even when they felt laced with self-importance. Thank you. I am sorry.
I was once in a marriage where I would pray I wouldn't be attacked unsuspectingly as I showered. I am no longer in that marriage, but there are times in my life where that's exactly what blogging feels like, and my husband has to talk me down. I don't have to be so angry, so angry all the time.
I know I will never be liked by everyone, but I want to at least like myself in an authentic way that doesn't translate as smug.
I just want to have compassion.
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Former Southern California coach Lane Kiffin is being considered by Alabama to replace offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because Nussmeier's departure to Michigan was not yet official and the search for his replacement was not being made public.
The person says there is mutual interest between Kiffin and Alabama coach Nick Saban. Kiffin has been out of work since being fired by USC in late September. He spent a week in Tuscaloosa, Ala., last month exchanging ideas with Tide coaches and observing Alabama.
Kiffin runs a pro-style offense that Saban favors.
The 38-year-old was 28-15 in three-plus seasons with USC. He was also head coach at Tennessee and for the Oakland Raiders.
CBSSports.com first reported Kiffin was to meet with Alabama this week about the job.
Kiffin spent six seasons (2001-06) at USC under Pete Carroll as an assistant, including the final two as offensive coordinator. He also called plays during his time as a head coach. He spent one season at Tennessee (2009). He went 7-6 before leaving to replace Carroll with the Trojans and Tennessee fans were outraged by abrupt departure. Alabama plays Tennessee every October.
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Comparing Apple's iPad 2 with Motorola's XyBoard and Amazon's Kindle Fire is fraught with peril. But here goes anyway.
Let me preface my review by saying that a few overzealous readers (I'm being charitable with that description) almost invariably call the writer (me) an idiot for not being as savvy and/or perceptive as they claim to be. That's par for the course. But let's get a few things straight here.
First, this isn't an official review. Like the kind you would find at CNET Reviews. Second, I don't favor one manufacturer over the other. So, let me state the obvious (though, I realize, this will never satisfy conspiracy theorists). If Product X makes what I need to do easier, then I will favor it over Product Y.
And, third, as a corollary to the above, I have personalized needs, like anyone. A graphic designer will place a very different set of demands on a tablet than I would. So, my use case doesn't necessarily apply to everyone.
That said, I have used the iPad 2, the Motorola XyBoard (aka Xoom 2), and the Amazon Kindle Fire long enough to understand their strengths and weaknesses for my particular needs.
I've had the iPad 2 for 10 months (and if you count the original iPad, that's about 22 months of iPad use). The XyBoard for about 2 months. The Amazon Kindle Fire for a little more than 2 months.
And availability addresses an important point. Apple has been making 10-inch-class consumer tablets longer than anyone. That gives Apple an advantage. Based on my own personal preference, I had to wait until Motorola came out with the second-generation Xoom to justify the purchase of a 10-inch-class Android tablet. (Motorola didn't ship its original Xoom until about a year after Apple announced the original iPad.)
So, here's my (admittedly somewhat cursory) evaluation.
Xyboard with Android 3.2 is in dire need of performance tweaking: Web browsing is probably the most basic task that anyone can ask a tablet to do. Unfortunately, the Xyboard doesn't do that basic thing well.
The stock Android browser on the Xyboard can be deceiving. In the first few weeks I used the Xyboard, Web browsing seemed fast. That's because, as it turns out, I wasn't using it for extended periods of time. In other words, when I picked up the Xyboard and played with it for 15 minutes or so--which I tended to do in the first few weeks because I couldn't immediately wean myself off the iPad that I had customized over the previous ten months--it seemed fast.
But once I started customizing the Xyboard and used it for long stretches (as I'd been doing with the iPad), it broke down.
News Web sites, which tend to have a lot of graphics, began to refresh too slowly. YouTube became very erratic: sometimes working OK (i.e., refreshing pages at acceptable speeds), sometimes not--tempting me to drop-kick the tablet across the room. Keep in mind that this is predicated on all things being equal with the iPad and Kindle Fire, i.e., not related to connectivity.
And, bizarrely, the Xyboard can't access the mobile versions of some Web sites, despite relying on a mobile browser. (Browsers like Skyfire solve this particular problem but introduce others. And Opera Mobile can be faster, but it too has its own problems.)
Even a simple thing like typing in a Web address in the stock browser can become so slow (molasses comes to mind) that you have to wonder what Motorola and/or Google were thinking. (Google, after all, is slated to become Motorola's parent company).
And it gets worse. My Xyboard, despite being announced just as Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) was being released, came with Android 3.2. And it won't get Ice Cream Sandwich until "Q3" (third quarter) of this year. If, in fact, Motorola doesn't delay the update (not unheard of in the annals of promised updates).
I don't know if ICS would solve the performance problems, but it might at least be a start.
I could go on, citing other negatives (text input), but I won't because I've covered the most serious shortcoming for me: browsing.
I want to like the Xyboard: Not only because I spent my own money but because I like the design--more than the iPad's. That was probably the single biggest reason I walked into my local Verizon store and grabbed the Xyboard.
I like the wide 10.1-inch screen and I like the way it sits in my palm (again, more than the iPad on both counts). And I like the LTE "4G" (though it doesn't work in 4G areas as consistently as I had hoped).
I also know that the Xyboard's dual-core Texas Instruments' OMAP 4430 chip with an Imagination SGX540 graphics chip has a lot more potential than Motorola and/or Google have been able to wring out of it. I know there's potential for some very snappy sustained performance, but Motorola and/or Google haven't optimized the software to enable that.
Amazon got it right with the Kindle Fire: The Kindle Fire (Android 2.3) is a much better experience. Browsing with the built-in Android browser is reliable and consistently faster than browsing on the Xyboard. E-mail works as advertised, text input is snappy, and the apps that I need work well. (And note that the Kindle Fire uses the same TI chip as the Xyboard does.)
So, how did a Web retailer create a tablet for $199 (about $500 less than what I paid for the Xyboard) that works surprisingly well for a Gen 1 product? And do a better job than a device heavyweight like Motorola? I would submit that Amazon is much more focused on fusing the software with the underlying hardware. Sound familiar? Yeah, just like Apple.
Of course, in some respects the Fire is very different from the iPad. It's smaller (7-inch screen), runs Android, and is not billed as being as versatile as the iPad. That said, as a limited-function tablet, it works surprisingly well.
And if Amazon comes out with a larger tablet as rumored, I would seriously consider it based on my experience with the current Fire.
The iPad 2 just works: Which brings us to the iPad 2. I don't have much to say because the iPad just works. On pretty much everything (browsing, e-mail, light productivity) I need it to do, the iPad delivers. In fact, it comes about as close to a productivity device as a tablet can get.
While there are some obvious limitations to extended data input, formatting, and precise image editing (among other tasks), that could change in a heartbeat.
In other words, imagine an Apple-designed hybrid tablet-laptop (think: Asus Transformer Prime as a template) running iOS. Would that render the MacBook obsolete? An interesting point to ponder as we wait for Apple's imminent iPad 3.
Updated on February 19 at 1:30 a.m. PST: amending discussion about YouTube issues.
Updated on February 21 at 1:00 a.m. PST: A Xyboard Android update is now available that installs Honeycomb 3.2.2. After installing the update, some of the browser performance issues--that I had been having for almost two months--appear to be fixed. More later.
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Weekend Recap: Jam packed…
Hi All,
It's taking all the strength I have to be awake at the moment and actually doing work. Here is a little peek into what has made me so tired.
Friday evening was full of prep work for some touches that needed to go in my sissy's apt.
Doesn't this remind you of a Serena & Lily ad? I love when they place their furniture pieces in fields and snap away. Ok yes, their pictures are much nicer, but a girl can pretend. Didn't you know spotty & burned grass on lawns are all the rage in NY? :)
Friday evening was spent sewing. You all know how well that goes for me. I was able to two make two curtain panels and got a bit ahead of myself with a pillow and lets just say Jon had to spent the rest of the evening fixing my pillow disaster. :)
Saturday morning was spent doing more prep work. We needed to make a full size headboard on the cheap so we went searching around our house and found all this:
*DIY instructions on this will follow this afternoon.
We finally finished and loaded up the car and headed to sissy's apt to install a couple of pieces:
New coral and white striped curtains got hung:
Toss pillows and new headboard dressed up the bed:
We even dressed up the little nightstand with a coat pink spray paint, textured scrapbooking paper and ribbon:
We (me and my two sissy's) hit the road for Lilith Fair in NJ! We arrived around 5 and we super excited that we hadn't missed out on any of our favorites, because the concert had actually started at 2:30.
Here are my sisters and Daniela's friend, Cate:
For some reason no one sat with me on my blanket. :( So I needed to take a picture of myself:
The concert didn't end till around 11:30, which meant I didn't arrive home till 2 am.
It would have been lovely to sleep in on Sunday, but I had big plans for the day. You see almost 6 years we (me & Jon) purchased all of our bedroom furniture. At that time it was all about sets so we have a matching bed set (gasp!) Slowly we've added new pieces into the mix so that it doesn't look too uniform and my latest obsession was getting rid of our bed and making a new one.
That's right actually building a new one. Nothing was wrong with the old one. It was actually a really nice bed, but it was sleigh bed and took up a lot of space and due to the curving it had on the head and foot boards I could never simply recover them to get a new look.
So this happened:
And then this happened: We had already purchased the wood a couple of weeks ago so everything just needed to cut.
Then a lot of this:
And this:
Then had a trip to Home Depot to pick up more wood to make this piece even sturdier than we original designed just to be safe.
Then we were totally sad and tired that we were not going to finish this in one day:
Because it was already past 10pm and we had been working all day and there was no way we were going to be able to upholster the bed and headboard today.
Then finally we had this:
* The legs need an additional coat of paint and the whole frame is getting upholstered, but we needed to see if the mattress and box spring actually fit in it.
Victory it all fit!
We were finally able to get to bed, but of course tonight the madness continues as we hopefully finish it up. Once it's all done I will have a massive DIY.
So loves, what were you up to? Anything fun and exciting?
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Drawing with Children: A Creative Method for Adult Beginners, Too
Putnam, 1996 - Art - 272 pages
Since the publication of the best-selling first edition of Drawing with Children in 1986, Monart Drawing Schools have expanded all over the country. Teachers are eager for the chance to learn the Monart Drawing Method, a practical, field-tested technique that assumes no prior knowledge of art or special talent. Mona developed the Monart Drawing Method after she observed what she felt was a state of visual illiteracy among children. She was shocked that even very young children were suffering from competitive and judgmental attitudes to the point of being unwilling to try, for fear of failure. Although she recognized the need for the symbolic representations that all children draw naturally, she noted that they did not know where to begin to draw the realistic illustrations they yearned to create. From this grew the Monart Drawing Method, which features a noncompetitive environment where children are free to explore independent expression while simultaneously learning how to observe all visual data through five basic elements of shape. The Method has instilled a sense of pride among the thousands of students who have overcome the "I can't draw" mindset and learned to create remarkable artwork. This latest edition of Drawing with Children includes a new sixteen-page full-color insert, hundreds of new illustrations, and two additional chapters explaining how to reach children with learning problems and how to incorporate drawing into teaching the basic subjects in an integrated school curriculum.
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I've developed code locally and taken a fairly regular snapshot whenever I reach a significant point in development, e.g. a working build.
So I have a long-ish list of about 40 folders, each folder being a snapshot e.g. in ascending date YYYYMMDD order, e.g.:-
- 20100523
- 20100614
- 20100721
- 20100722
- 20100809
- 20100901
- 20101001
- 20101003
- 20101104
- 20101119
- 20101203
- 20101218
- 20110102
I'm looking for a script to import each of these snapshots into GIT. The end result being that the latest code is the same as the last snapshot, and other editions are accessible and are as numbered.
Some other requirements:
- that the latest edition is not cumulative of the previous snapshots, i.e., files that appeared in older snapshots but which don't appear in later ones (e.g. due to refactoring etc.) should not appear in the latest edition of the code.
- meanwhile, there should be continuity between files that do persist between snapshots. I would like GIT to know that there are previous editions of these files and not treat them as brand new files within each edition.
Some background about my aim:
- I need to formally revision control this work rather than keep local private snapshot copies.
- I plan to release this work as open source, so version controlling would be highly recommended
- I am evaluating some of the current popular version control systems (Subversion and GIT) BUT I definitely need a working solution in GIT as well as subversion. I'm not looking to be persuaded to use one particular tool, I need a solution for each tool I am considering. (I haved posted an answer separately for each tool so separate camps of folks who have expertise in GIT and Subversion will be able to give focused answers on one or the other).
The same but separate question for Subversion: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/33867/script-tool-to-import-series-of-snapshots-each-being-a-new-revision-into-subver


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For how many out of the last 5 consecutive years has the company grown EPS? This measures the consistency of the company's earnings growth.
Return on equity reveals how much profit a company earned in comparison to the total amount of shareholder equity found on the balance sheet. This is the average ROE over the last five years.
Widely used by investors, the ROE ratio shows the return being generated for every pound of equity on the balance sheet. It should be thought of as the 'internal return' that the company generates, and should not be mistaken with the market returns that shareholders may attain.
It varies by industry but ROEs of 15% or over are usually considered desirable. High ROE numbers sustained over the long term may indicate a company has a 'sustainable competitive advantage'. Such companies tend to sell at higher valuation multiples.
The impact of leverage is one of the disadvantages of focusing on ROEs as it can skew ROE upwards - an alternative is to look at Return on Capital Employed.
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) compares earnings with capital invested in the company. It is similar to Return on Assets, but takes into account sources of financing. NOPAT is equal to EBIT * (1 - tax) -- the return on the capital employed should be measured in after tax terms. The main drawback of ROCE is that it measures return against the book value of assets so, as these are depreciated, the ROCE will increase even though cash flow is constant. This is not the case with ROIC.
Free Cash Flow is calculated from the Statement of Cash Flows as Cash From Operations minus Capital Expenditures. Unlike earnings, it omits purely paper only "expenses".
Free Cash Flow per share should be compared with Earnings per Share in order to understand whether a company is able to turn its earnings into cash or not! Ultimately every company needs to make cash to survive and without free cash flow a company will have to go begging to shareholders or resort to borrowing. The best companies are 'cash machines' - you should look for companies that make more free cashflow than earnings.
N.B. Cashflow can be very 'lumpy' as capital expenditures are not consistent from year to year. Also growing companies may have to invest heavily ahead of cashflow to keep up with demand.
Long-Term Debt represents debt with maturities beyond one year. Long-Term Debt may consist of long-term bank borrowings, bonds, convertible bonds, etc.
Long-Term Debt includes:
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3) Financial Derivatives for Financial Companies
Long-Term Debt excludes:
1) Commercial paper in banks when liabilities of a company are not delineated between current and non- current.
Investors look at a company's long term debt to gauge how much leverage it has. Like shareholders, the holders of long term debt are suppliers of funds but they rank higher than shareholders in getting their money back if a company fails.
This measures the average / compound annualised growth of the share price over the past five years.
It is calculated as Current Price divided by Old Price to the power of a 5th, multiplied by 100.
Along with Dividends, the price performance is the other key component to determining Total Shareholder Return.
Book Value Per Share - or Net Asset Value Per Share - is a measure of shareholder's equity determined on a per-share basis. Book value per share is calculated by subtracting liabilities and the value of any outstanding preferred stock from assets and dividing the remainder by the number of outstanding shares of stock. Book value per share reflects accounting valuation and not necessarily market valuation. However, should the company go into liquidation, the book value per share is a proxy for the value remaining for common shareholders after all debtors are paid.
As defined in the Little Book that Beats the Market, the earnings yield compares the profit generated with the market valuation of the company. It is defined as operating profit divided by enterprise value. In a case where the company has a negative Entreprise Value (i.e. it's trading for less than net cash), we use 1 as the Entreprise Value so that the Earnings Yield becomes the Operating Income.
Enterprise value is used rather than market capitalization to reflect the competing claims of debt and equity holders on the business. This penalizes companies that carry a lot of debt and little cash, and rewards firms with a lot of cash - a useful distinction not reflected in the P/E ratio.
Operating earnings are used instead of net income to eliminate the distortions caused by recognized tax benefits or goodwill write-downs that have very little to do with the company's profitability.
According to Mary Buffett's "Buffetology", this can be calculated as follows:
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