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Rookie class of 2012 turning out to be one for ages
Rookie classes, like fine wines, need time to age and mature before we can assess precisely how spectacular they are to the taste buds.
In the case of 2012, however, the results already are dramatically evident. This class takes its place alongside any vintage we've seen.
Rookie classes, like fine wines, need time to age and mature before we can assess precisely how spectacular they are to the taste buds.
In the case of 2012, however, the results already are dramatically evident. This class takes its place alongside any vintage we've seen.
You could contend for a World Series right now with an all-sophomore roster featuring position players Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, Jean Segura, Yoenis Cespedes, Todd Frazier, Matt Carpenter, Wilin Rosario, Norichika Aoki, Will Middlebrooks, Yonder Alonso and Jordan Pacheco, and pitchers Matt Harvey, Yu Darvish, Patrick Corbin, Matt Moore, Wade Miley, Jarrod Parker, Wei-Yin Chen, Tommy Milone, A.J. Griffin, Addison Reed, Jim Henderson, Trevor Rosenthal, Luis Avilan and Tanner Scheppers.
"When you think about it," said A's starter Parker, "you've got the obvious top-tier guys -- Trout and Harper -- and then guys like Darvish, Cespedes, Wade Miley and Todd Frazier, who could have been the Rookie of the Year in a normal year.
"So many guys put up great years and are going to have great careers. There's a lot of depth in our class. I think that's what makes it so special -- all the really good players behind those top-tier guys."
In the balloting of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, the Angels' Trout was a unanimous choice for the 2012 Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award in the American League. Trout ran -- sprinted -- right behind Triple Crown king Miguel Cabrera in the AL Most Valuable Player Award balloting.
Harper, the Nationals' answer to Trout, edged D-backs starter Miley in the National League's Rookie of the Year Award race. The Reds' Frazier was third.
Running second and third in the AL, A's outfielder Cespedes and Rangers starter Darvish were examples of why Rookie of the Year classes have become so much deeper than in eras preceding the globalization of the game. Cespedes, from Cuba, and Darvish, from Japan, brought years of professional experience to the states as rookies.
Trout, 21, and Harper, 20, were starters in this year's All-Star Game. The Orioles' Machado, a natural shortstop playing third base, could have started if he played a position not occupied by the great Cabrera. Brewers shortstop Segura had the production but couldn't compete with Troy Tulowitzki's popularity with fans.
"I don't know if it's a coincidence or what," Trout, the Angels' version of a young Mickey Mantle, said. "But a lot of really talented young guys are coming into the game playing hard, aggressive baseball, with no fear. It's exciting to be part of it."
Machado is among a number of 2012 rookies arriving too late on the scene last summer to draw support in the BBWAA voting. Also in this group are Segura, NL All-Star Game starter Harvey of the Mets and All-Star southpaw Corbin of the D-backs, three of the game's breakout stars.
Harvey had 10 starts last year, Corbin 17. Segura made 166 plate appearances.
The trend toward bringing young talent to "The Show" with the season in progress complicates somewhat the rookie designation. Casual fans might think of Machado, Harvey, Segura and Corbin as rookies, but technically they are sophomores.
"Even though they might not have played a lot," Parker said, "I think those guys got a lot of valuable experience getting their feet wet -- and it's really helped them this season."
The cutoff marks for retaining rookie status are 50 innings for a pitcher, 130 at-bats for a position player or 45 days on a Major League roster before the September expansion of rosters.
The A's made their second-half push to the 2012 AL West title with four rookies -- Parker, Milone, Griffin and Dan Straily -- in the rotation. Only Straily retained his rookie credentials, and he's among the favorites in this year's AL balloting.
There have been brilliant rookie classes since the award was inaugurated in 1947. Its first winner, fittingly, was Jackie Robinson, in whose honor the award is now named. In 1949, awards were presented in both leagues for the first time.
Stars have graced each class through the years. Here are a few that stand out along the lines of the 2012 group.
1947: The first Rookie of the Year, Robinson, and Yogi Berra. Nice way to launch the true modern era.
1951: Willie Mays and Mantle alone make it historic. The Mick (13 homers, 96 games) wasn't quite ready and didn't draw any Rookie of the Year votes, the award going to Yankees teammate Gil McDougald while Mays claimed the NL trophy. Minnie Minoso, the legendary Cuban outfielder, enhanced a memorable class.
1954: Al Kaline, Ernie Banks and Hank Aaron were the featured attractions as the game continued to absorb brilliant African-American talent. Cardinals outfielder Wally Moon (NL) and Yankees pitcher Bob Grim were Rookies of the Year.
1955: Roberto Clemente, Sandy Koufax and Harmon Killebrew would make this class memorable. The Rookies of the Year were Bill Virdon (Cardinals, NL) and Indians phenom Herb Score, who could have had a Koufax-like career if not for an ill-fated line drive off McDougald's bat on May 7, 1957.
1956: The talent -- Frank Robinson, Don Drysdale, Luis Aparicio, Rocky Colavito -- continued to flow. Robinson and Aparicio were Rookies of the Year.
1967: Tom Seaver, Rod Carew, Reggie Smith, Gary Nolan and a confident kid from Pennsylvania named Reggie Jackson illuminated a remarkable rookie class. Take heart, struggling kids. Reggie hit .178 with one homer in 118 at-bats. Seaver and Carew were Rookies of the Year.
1977: Future Hall of Famers Andre Dawson and Eddie Murray made this the best rookie class of the decade.
1981: Fernando Valenzuela, Tim Raines, Dave Righetti, Hubie Brooks, Tony Pena, Rich Gedman, Bob Ojeda, Mike Witt, George Bell. In a strike-shortened season, Rookies of the Year Valenzuela and Righetti led a remarkably deep class.
1982: Another remarkable class: Rookies of the Year Cal Ripken and Steve Sax, along with Wade Boggs, Ryne Sandberg, Kent Hrbek, Willie McGee, Chili Davis, Steve Bedrosian, Jesse Barfield and Von Hayes.
1984: Dwight Gooden and Alvin Davis were Rookies of the Year in an amazingly deep class with Roger Clemens, Kirby Puckett, Orel Hershiser, Ron Darling, Mark Langston, Mark Gubicza, Terry Pendleton and Juan Samuel.
1986: Jose Canseco and Todd Worrell dominated the Rookie of the Year balloting, but this field -- Barry Bonds, Barry Larkin, Will Clark, John Kruk, Kevin Mitchell, Wally Joyner, Ruben Sierra, Jim Deshaies, Mark Eichhorn, Cory Snyder, Danny Tartabull -- would grow into something extraordinary.
1989: Rookies of the Year Gregg Olson and Jerome Walton were the voters' choices in a class that gave us two legends -- Ken Griffey Jr. and Randy Johnson -- along with Jim Abbott, Tom Gordon, Kevin Brown, Andy Benes and Charlie Hayes.
1993: Mike Piazza and Tim Salmon were unanimous Rookies of the Year, but some other gems of the class were Piazza's Dodgers teammate, reliever Pedro Martinez, and Trevor Hoffman, another reliever acquired during the season by the Padres from the Marlins.
1995: Narrow Rookie of the Year votes went to Hideo Nomo over Chipper Jones in the NL and Marty Cordova over Garret Anderson. Setting up for the Yankees was a kid named Mariano Rivera. Andy Pettitte, Troy Percival, Shawn Green, Jason Isringhausen, Ray Durham and Brad Radke also went on to superb careers from a great class.
1997: Nomar Garciaparra and Scott Rolen were unanimous Rookies of the Year, but this loaded class also featured Jorge Posada, Vladimir Guerrero, Andruw Jones, Mike Cameron, Jose Cruz, Livan Hernandez, Matt Morris, Jose Guillen and Tony Womack.
2001: Rookies of the Year Ichiro Suzuki and Albert Pujols make it special enough. Throw in CC Sabathia, Jimmy Rollins, Roy Oswalt, Adam Dunn, Michael Young and David Eckstein and you have a class for the ages.
2006: A class with depth to challenge 2012, from Rookies of the Year Justin Verlander and Hanley Ramirez through Prince Fielder, Matt Cain, Jered Weaver, Adam Wainwright, Josh Johnson, Russell Martin, Anibal Sanchez, Jonathan Papelbon, Nick Markakis, Ian Kinsler, Mike Napoli, Josh Willingham, Dan Uggla, Andre Ethier and Francisco Liriano.
2007: Thunder and lightning everywhere: Rookies of the Year Ryan Braun and Dustin Pedroia, Tim Lincecum, Josh Hamilton, Troy Tulowitzki, Hunter Pence, Delmon Young, Kyle Kendrick, Yunel Escobar, Joakim Soria, James Loney and Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Lyle Spencer is a reporter for MLB.com.


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lorismorph :: (K k0, K k1, K k2) => Irate -> Irate -> Irate -> k0 -> k1 -> k2 -> SignalOutSource
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lorismorph morphs two stored sets of bandwidth-enhanced partials and stores a new set of partials representing the morphed sound. The morph is performed by linearly interpolating the parameter envelopes (frequency, amplitude, and bandwidth, or noisiness) of the bandwidth-enhanced partials according to control-rate frequency, amplitude, and bandwidth morphing functions.
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I'm fond of starting my posts with a hypothetical scenario for demonstration purposes, so let's have another one here.
Short Version
Woman: I am making a complaint about sexism and misogyny in skepticism.
Man: I am making a disproportionate response.
Long Version
I am noticing more and more often in reading the blogs (and probably in following the videos, although I don't generally participate in the videosphere but have heard plenty about it) that whenever a woman makes a pretty straightforward point about sexism, there are predictably people–usually men, but not always–who show up to shut her down by flooding her with words. Written words, spoken words, short statements by lots of other people saying the same kind of thing… you've seen it. A woman makes a point that is met with a disproportionate response so often that you can almost bank on the inverse relationship between worthiness of the response and its word count. It's like some sort of Feminist Godwin's Law without Nazis: The longer the blog comment, the less likely the commenter has anything productive to contribute or is even directly engaging in the point.
Let's get the exception out of the way so we don't have to play gotcha in the comments section. Here is an example of a proportionate response:
Woman: I am writing a 1500-word blog post about sexism I have experienced.
Man: I am writing a 1500-word blog post in response to your blog post about sexism you have experienced.
But that's not what I'm talking about here. I'm talking about protesting too much, which takes many forms:


text: Hello. I'm happy to announce that I've finally managed to push out 0.1.0 version of om-manager. Om-manager is host computer-based Freerunner controlling utility. Currently it's able to flash Freeruner smartphone (dfu-util required), get logs, backup filesystem parts (to archive file on host computer) also it implements simple opkg package manager and remote control via VNC (x11vnc package on phone is required). All functionality (except Flashing) is implemented trough SSH connection and does not require any extra programs installed on phone itself (except ones that are needed to perform specefied tasks, e.g. vnc server or opkg utility). Whole application is pure Python. Project home: http://code.google.com/p/om-manager/ Please, if somebody is willing to check it -- do it. I would be really happy to see any feedback from any other people -- about usability, functionality or coding style. It took me quite a while to do it, but have a mercy -- I'm doing it alone. I've personally used it on Windows, Linux and OSX. So I guess they can be defined as "officially supported operating systems". Thank you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/attachments/20081220/afbb071e/attachment.htm


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Senior guard Nate Hamilton (Snellville, Ga.) of the Georgia College men's basketball team (1-1) was named the Bobcat Athlete of the Week for the week ending Nov. 11.
Hamilton knocked down eight threes en route to a 28-point performance to start the season in the win over Palm Beach Atlantic University Saturday. The senior had spent last season away from basketball and shook off the rust in a hurry. He recorded a less super-human six points in the loss to the University of West Florida Sunday.
The Bobcats are back in action Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 8 p.m., traveling to Clark-Atlanta University for more non-conference action.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Dragon Lodge
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Dragon Lodge X Ezon Snow 2015 Trip
If you're reading this then chances are you love snowboarding…whether carving a piste or sliding a rail, hitting kickers or hiking for powder turns…the joy we get from the simple act of sliding on snow is unmistakable.
Snowboarding is obviously about the love of riding, but its also about much than the physical act of riding, it's about traveling, about being in the mountains, spending time with friends and like minded folk from all over the world.
One of the most memorable experiences we've had that combine these things have been in Japan – travelling to new places, experiencing wildly different culture, meeting amazingly friendly people, eating incredible food…and riding epic powder
After a number of trips to Japan to shred the legendary powder in Niseko over the past few years the Dragon Lodge crew are this year planning another trip. Once again it'll be hosted by local guiding company Ezon Snow whose local knowledge on and off the hill is second to none.
Above: Dragon Lodge co-founder & Ezon Snow guide Owain Bassett has spent 10 years riding Niseko powder like this…
The details:
* 7 nights accommodation** – self catered, twin share rooms in a 3 or 4 bedroom lodge in NIseko.
* 6 full days guiding – in resort, nighter, lift / gate accessed back-country and snow shoe / hiking back-country areas
* All lift passes needed (Niseko, Grand Hirafu, Annapuri, Hanazono & Moiwa)
* Back-country equipment – snow shoes, avalanche tranciever & pack
* Airport transfers from Saporo
* All local transport – to & from the hill every day
* Off snow hosting – our local knowledge to make sure you get the authentic Japanese experience off the hill – from best places to eat, drink & shop to essential cultural customs like the après riding hot spring onsen!
Cost: £1250
**Extra nights accommodation available from £75 each per night.
Above: Ezon Snow's other half Monzen has been surfing the pow in the magical trees of Niseko for even longer than Owain
The plan:
Ezon Snow is the guiding company run by Dragon Lodge co-founder Owain Bassett who has been living, riding and guiding in Niseko for the last 10 years, so setting this trip up will reunite the original lodge crew. With lodge co-founder and owner John Bassett leading the group alongside with long time lodge manager and all round powder ripper Will Hughes the plan is to help our powder quest crew to get the most out of their trip – the best riding each day depending on snow conditions which Owain's local knowledge will guarantee. John & Will's lodge hospitality experience, and knowledge of the town picked up on previous trips, to help make sure the crew get the best and fullest Japanese cultural experience off the snow.
We will pick you up each day, head to the chosen powder stash for that day. The selection of little resorts in the Niseko area are a little spread out, so having our own van for the week will ensure we can get to wherever the snow's best that day. Wherever we choose, be it magical Moiwa, gate accessed side-country in Niseko, night-time powder sessions or a snowshoe hike or split-board mission into the backcountry, we'll be sure to get the best snow each day that the conditions allow.
You'll be staying in a great 3 bedroom house in the Niseko Country Resort just a short drive from Niseko village, with a free shuttle bus service – perfect for shops, restaurants and night time activities! We'll also take you to the best places to eat, drink, shop…and also to experience the hot spring Onsens after riding!
The 7 day trip, with 6 full days guiding is the basic package – if you want to stay longer we can arrange the accommodation for that with added days either side of our week.
Above: John Dragon testing the legendary, Niseko designed Gentem powder boards with the 2012 lodge crew Sam, Mark & Skip
For more info or to book email firstname.lastname@example.com
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
16 Organizers and Planners for Moms and Families
Update on Sept. 30, 2014: Although this post features 2010 calendars, most of the companies noted have 2015 versions available now; the links have been updated to point to the new calendars.
Talk about a market niche that's exploded! I wrote about Agendas for a Mom back in 2007, but there are a huge number of products targeted at mothers now. (Note: They all use the words mom or family, never dad or parents. Hmm.) Calendars.com has a whole category dedicated to calendars for moms - and there are a number that the site doesn't have, too! So let's take a look at some of what's out there - calendars and planners that are specifically designed to track multiple family members
1. I've always liked Sandra Boynton's work - so I'll start with her calendar. This is the wall calendar; she also has a desk planner. And if you're in the U.K., you can get a version that says Mum's Family Calendar. [image from calendars.com]
2. I've written about the BusyBodyBook before - and it still looks like a great option, with room to track five people's schedules. You have your choice of formats, too: a spiral-bound planner, a weekly grid pad, or a wall calendar. Update on Sept. 30, 2014: It seems these products are no longer in production.
3. The Mom's Manager wall calendar has a large grid; it's intended for families of up to six people. [image from calendars.com]
4. The Family Facts wall calendar has large boxes and color-coded rows. The company also has a spiral-bound planner. [via OrgJunkie]
5. The Mom's Plan-It calendar accommodates up to five family members. [image from calendars.com]
6. The Time Too family trackers look very nice. The wall calendar for 2009-2010 is already sold out, but the monthly portfolio planner is still available. [via Cool Mom Picks]
7. MomAgenda is another company I've written about before - and it's worth another mention.
8. Organised Mum has a number of family calendars, with columns to accommodate six family members.
9. Another option is the whoMi color-coded family wall calendar. Update on Sept. 30, 2014: It seems this calendar is no longer being produced.
10. Graphique de France has the Kim Parker Family Organizer - as well as the Peanuts Family Calendar. Update on Sept. 30, 2014: Graphique de France is no longer publishing family calendars or organizers.
11. The Metropolitan Museum of Art also has a family organizer wall calendar; while there's no picture of the interior, the museum says it has five columns for each day. Update on Sept. 30. 2014: The museum is not longer publishing a family organizer.
12. And from Australia we have the Steve Parish family organiser calendar. Update on Oct. 28, 2010: Steve Parish has many calendars, but I don't see a family calendar for 2011.
13. Amnesty International also sells a 5-column family calendar.
14. BrownTrout makes a lot of calendars - including this family organizer for moms.
And here are a couple calendars that don't specifically have room for multiple people, but accommodate families in other ways.
15. A product called simply The Family Planner leaves you lots of room for dinner planning - and other things.
16. The More Time Moms wall calendar has large squares and comes with lots of stickers for special events. [via OrgJunkie]
11 comments:
- Deb_in_oz said...
great collection - one fantastic family organizer you missed is Amy Knapp. http://www.familyorganizer.com/home.aspx
i used it once to great effect. It is not available in Australia and I did not want to kep ordering from overseas etc (so now just use a pocket size Moleskin planner - fab!)
- October 3, 2009 at 10:13:00 PM PDT
- Jeri Dansky said...
Deb, I almost included the Amy Knapp product - but I kept getting warning messages about the site:
Safari can't verify the identity of the website "www.familyorganizer.com."
The certificate for this website was signed by an unknown certifying authority. You may be connecting to a site that is pretending to be www.familyorganizer.com", which could put your confidential information at risk.
However, if anyone is interested, this is another one sold by calendars.com.
- October 3, 2009 at 10:32:00 PM PDT
- Kris Manners said...
Calendars.com Free Shipping Code - FS2308 (use at checkout) There is no minimum to get the discount, and right now you can also get 15% off if you spend $20 or more.
- October 7, 2009 at 5:20:00 AM PDT
- Jeri Dansky said...
Thanks, Kris. At least one site is saying that code expires Feb. 2010 - so there's still plenty of time to use it.
- October 18, 2009 at 3:50:00 PM PDT
- Jason said...
Great launching point for considering schedule organizing tools for the family. I've always wanted to find a calendar that can 1) be attached to the side of the fridge, 2) can have a wipe off marker feature, and 3) is large enough to accomodate a family schedule.
If you ever run into such a product I would love to hear about it.
- October 20, 2009 at 12:11:00 PM PDT
- Jennie said...
Jason, you might be interested in this: http://www.calendars.com/Moms-Family-Wall/Family-Plan-It-Message-Board-2010-Wall-Calendar/prod121676/?categoryId=cat00152
- November 4, 2009 at 1:44:00 PM PST
- Jeri Dansky said...
Jason, I hope you saw my post with a number of options that seem to fit your requirements.
- November 4, 2009 at 11:55:00 PM PST
- Gigi said...
I have used the More Time Moms calendars for 3 or 4 years now and love it. The spiral bound means it doesn't fall apart or lose months. It is a perfect size to carry around the house if needed. The pocket in the back is great for storing tickets to events or other date related items so I can find them. The calendar has LOTS of room for writing and has lines in the squares so it is easy to keep things neat. I love it!
- November 28, 2009 at 10:13:00 AM PST
- Jeri Dansky said...
Gigi, I'm glad you've found a calendar that works so well for you!
- November 29, 2009 at 8:59:00 PM PST
- Anonymous said...
The Amy Knapp products are also sold on Amazon if you want to see them.
- August 31, 2010 at 1:11:00 AM PDT
- Anonymous said...
We have used the Met Museum of Art Family Calendar for years. It is sturdy and has a big pocket at the bottom for holding invitations, etc. It is no longer shown in their catalog, but you can order it online or via phone.
We are looking to switch to a different layout, however. One that looks more like a regular wall calendar. I will follow up on some of your recommendations.
- December 8, 2011 at 4:59:00 PM PST


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Father kills daughter; 8 insurgents dead in clash
Father kills daughter; 8 insurgents dead in clash
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): A father has killed his daughter for unknown reason in the capital of central Uruzgan province, where a clash left eight rebels dead, officials said Saturday.
Uruzgan police chief Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Sidiqi told Pajhwok Afghan News the murder took place on Friday night in the 4th municipal district of Tirinkot city, the provincial capital.
He said the girl had been shot dead by his father and a task team had reached the area for investigation.
An official at the Uruzgan Civil Hospital told Pajhwok the girl was delivered to the hospital on Friday night in wounded condition, but later she succumbed to her injuries. He confirmed the girl was killed by her father using a short-gun.
Meanwhile, a clash occurred between government forces and rebels in Tirinkot city on Friday night.
Police chief Sidiqi said at least eight Taliban insurgents were killed and another seven wounded in the firefight and the security personnel escaped unhurt.
There has been so far no word from insurgents in this regard.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard men's water polo team defeated Cornell's club team, 15-6, to open the Ivy Championship. Harvard used a balanced attack in the win as nine different players found the back of the net.
The Crimson (7-15) put on an impressive scoring display in the first quarter and jumped to an 8-3 lead. The first seven goals were scored by seven different Crimson players before John Holland-McCowan capped off the first quarter with a pair of scores.
Kevin DiSilvestro started the scoring 50 seconds into the game before Cornell (9-3) evened the score 20 seconds later. The 1-1 tie was the last time the game was close as Harvard scored the next four and handled the Big Red for the remainder of the contest.
Harvard extended its advantage to eight before halftime with four second frame goals. Max Murphy opened the second with a rebound goal after a shot by Mike Katzer hit the left post and Ryan Rule added two goals in the quarter.
The Crimson controlled the ball for a majority of the second half and stepped up on the defensive end. Goalie Jimmy Field limited Cornell to two goals over the final 16 minutes, including a shutout of the third quarter.
Thomas McNulty became the ninth Harvard player to score in the game with a goal in the third quarter.
With the win, the Crimson advanced to the semifinal of the Ivy Championship. Harvard will face Brown at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at Blodgett Pool. The championship game will be at 5 p.m. tomorrow and the third-place game will be held at 3:30 p.m. For the complete tournament schedule click here.


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Melanie1 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 79 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
Morris Finance Ltd
Morris Finance is a commercial finance company who offer commercial finance of Motor vehicles, prime movers, trailers, office equipment and Plant & Equipment. Please go to the Morris Finance website: http://www.morrisfinance.com.au and this will give you a greater idea and view of Morris Finance Ltd and our core principles of business.
We are wanting to get the Morris Finance Ltd brand name out into the market place, including community events, sporting events, promotional events and to the broader community.
The Mascot must appeal to the families at the events, middle to upper class; Moderate to high disposable income. The mascot also needs to appeal to older, business minded, corporate audience.
Oddbods have been manufacturing mascots for over 30 years, and they are going to construct our mascot once we have a winner. You can view the Oddbods website to see their past creations on http://www.oddbods.com.au. Please keep in mind that designs will be judged based on how well they can translate to a mascot constume.
We want a friendly animated character that will protray the core values of the company to promote and direct our clients in the market.
The animated character we would like must present itself as a friendly, happy, approachable, character yet come across as secure, and suitable for all age groups from football matches to corporate events. We have worked hard to achieve strong corporate branding and it is very important that the character maintains this. It would be beneficial if you can provide an explanation of the character name/idea with your design as it would help us make a more informed decision about your concept.
On a further note, please be advised I have extended this project for a further 2 days as this contest finishes late Sunday night, unfortunalty we are not open during the weekend, so please keep ideas and designs coming and I will get back to you early monday Morning.


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South Dakota Man Pleads Guilty to Weapons Charge
PIERRE - A Presho man has pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge.
KCCR reports that 36-year-old Clint Brown entered the guilty plea to one count of a being a Felon and Drug User in Possession of a Firearm. A superseding indictment was needed to correct typographical errors on the initial document.
Judge Roberto Lange ordered a pre-sentence investigation. Sentencing is set for June 12. Brown faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Brown, who remains in custody, also faces state charges. He is accused of being under the influence of drugs when he kidnapped his 10-year-old daughter last August and abused her.
That case is expected to proceed after the federal case is resolved. Brown has pleaded not guilty to the state charges.
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Community Charities Receive a Boost from CCTA
Eight exceptional charities will benefit from the CCTA's Community Charities Program in 2015. The board of directors unanimously agreed to award $1,250 to each of the eight organizations that had been nominated by a cable system member of the CCTA.
The eight grant recipients and their sponsoring companies are: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda, nominated by Bermuda CableVision Ltd.; M.A.L.E. (Mentoring Anointed Leaders Everywhere), nominated by BVI Cable TV; Harrison College, nominated by Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation of Barbados; The Steven Anthony Ayala Rivera Foundation, Inc., nominated by Choice Cable TV of Puerto Rico; May Pen Hospital, nominated by General Satelite Network Company Ltd. of Jamaica; Colegio de Educacion Especial y Rehabilitacion Integral, nominated by Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico; Be The Change Foundation, nominated by St. Maarten Cable TV; and St. Kitts Nevis National Majorettes, nominated by The Cable of St. Kitts.
Terry Roberson, CCTA Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Bermuda CableVision, stated, "The 2015 grant winners provide a variety of services to their communities, ranging from health facilities to mentoring programs for children. All nominees provide vital human service programs to people in the Caribbean and we are pleased to be able to help each one." The board made the decision to provide all 2015 nominees with $1,250 at their meeting on May 18.
The Community Charities Program was established by the CCTA in 1993. Since then, the program has distributed over $290,000 in grants to more than 130 charities in the region.
CCTA Renews its Agreement with Laureate Online Education
The CCTA recently renewed its agreement with Laureate Online Education to promote the organization's online degree programs with Walden University, the University of Liverpool and the University of Roehampton. Laureate, as the University of Liverpool's exclusive worldwide e-learning partner, makes the University's programs available online, providing an e-learning environment and personal student support. Both partners are renowned for quality, innovation and continuous improvement in online teaching and learning.
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We Mark Your Calendars for the 2015 Training Sessions, July 21-23!
The CCTA's annual Technical Training Sessions are right around the corner. The sessions will be held at the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel & Casino in San Juan on July 21, 22 and 23, 2015.
A variety of relevant technical subject matter will be explored by leading experts in the industry. The 2015 program will cover: "Better Understanding of How OFDM and LDPC Work"; "Getting the Most from Workforce Management Systems"; "Lowering Churn Rate on Installations and Service Calls – Increased QoS"; "LTE Interference Challenges using Shielding Integrity Monitoring Solution"; "Maximizing Fiber Networks"; "State of Readiness in order to Deploy DOCSIS 3.1"; and "Total Power per Hertz on the Return Path".
The CCTA has provided free annual training to employees of Active Members for many years and the response has always been positive. Bringing information on the current topics in the cable television and telecommunications industries to the region is one of the organization's primary missions. Although member companies must cover transportation, lodging and evening meal expenses, the CCTA handles the cost of the training sessions and all daytime meals. For representatives of Associate Members or non-members, the training sessions are available for reasonable daily fees.
For the 2015 Technical Training Sessions, the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel & Casino has provided a rate of $139 per night, single or double occupancy, plus 11% tax and a $15 hotel fee. There is also a $1.00 per room, per day maid gratuity and $5.00 per person, one-time bellman gratuity. This special rate is available from July 20 through July 22, based on availability, plus three days prior to and three days after the event dates. Reservations must be made by July 6. A deposit equal to one night's room and tax will be charged at the time the reservation is made. Deposits are refundable if a cancellation notice is received by the Hotel at least seven days prior to arrival and a cancellation number is obtained.
Rooms in the CCTA's block can be reserved by calling the Sheraton's Centralized Reservations Department at 1-866-932-7269, or directly to the hotel in San Juan at 1-787-993-3500. The phrase "CCTA Technical Training" must be mentioned to receive the special negotiated rate. Hotel reservations can also be made through the CCTA dedicated reservations page ( https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/CCTA2015 )


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And you thought pot-smokers were lazy. While Washington has convulsed in gridlock and dysfunction, marijuana advocates have won ballot initiatives to legalize recreational use in Colorado and Washington, swung public opinion in favor of full legalization for the first time and begun knocking on the door in at least four other states. Alaska, California, Oregon and Nevada are all mulling decriminalization campaigns in 2014 or 2016, and they may be joined by others.
That success has also set up a vexing legal paradox: If marijuana, long illegal under federal law, is permitted by a state, smoking pot in that state—or buying it, or selling it—is both legal and illegal at once. And although the Justice Department and its law-enforcement authorities have allowed state laws to take effect this month as planned, there is every reason to believe the truce to be tenuous. "You can't have a stable policy regime when the laws are at odds," a former Obama official who worked on marijuana regulation told me.
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President Obama himself, the first president to admit openly that he both smoked and inhaled marijuana, told Barbara Walters late last year that he's "got bigger fish to fry" than going after users in states where pot is legal—and anyway, almost all low-level busts are made by local authorities in accordance with local law. But the Constitution's Supremacy Clause—which says that federal laws trump those in the states—is a stubborn thing, and federal prosecutors and law-enforcement agents based in the states have recently undergone a good deal of whipsawing on this issue. What's to be done about legal dispensaries that run afoul of regulations and sell too laxly? What about marijuana crossing state lines?
Holding all of the contrary rules in temporary equilibrium is the fact that our justice system runs on prosecutorial discretion, a bow to the reality that finite law-enforcement resources must be targeted where they're most needed. Prosecutors look to the Department of Justice for guidance, and the Justice Department in turn looks to the president. So while legalization has of late been a battle waged state by state, the near-term future of pot in America could well be decided by the 2016 presidential election—and the new chief executive's choice of an attorney general. Mark Kleiman, a drug policy expert at UCLA and a prominent reform advocate who helped Washington State put together the regulations for its new marketplace, put it this way: "You could reappoint John Ashcroft as attorney general and people could be going to prison for long terms for things that they're doing right now."
It's not clear yet what a marijuana debate within the GOP would look like: While it might be good politics to get behind an issue that most Americans support, only 37 percent of Republican voters favor legalization, compared with 58 percent overall. Republicans have traditionally stood for law and order, and against the kind of social decay that pot-smoking so handily represents—yet they also stand for states' rights, minimal government and personal liberty. All of which means that with the next round of states considering legalization initiatives in the next two cycles, candidates, who until now have been able to laugh off questions about legalization, are going to find that they have to talk about it.
The pot problem was supposed to have been solved by now, one way or the other. As far back as 1971, Richard Nixon promised that "the final question is not whether we will conquer drug abuse, but how soon," touching off an escalating investment in getting drugs off of American streets. Conversely, legalization advocates in the Carter era were predicting that marijuana would be fully legal by the early 1980s.
Yet here we are: It's 2014, and the debate over what to do about pot rages on. In October, Gallup registered its first-ever majority in favor of legalization, with 58 percent in support—an increase of 10 points over the previous year. And with the dawning of the new year, Colorado and Washington are beginning the messy process of creating the legal marijuana marketplaces their citizens voted to enact.
But—and it's a big but—the federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970 still classifies pot as a highly dangerous Schedule I drug; in the eyes of Uncle Sam it has "no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse." Clearly, the many, many users of marijuana in the United States tend to disagree with both of those claims. And while the 2012 initiatives out west marked a historic first, those two states were already among the 20 (plus Washington, D.C.) that allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes—in some cases more or less indistinguishably from a legal recreational market. As Kleiman noted, medical marijuana is already "an open racket" in places like California. "The vast bulk of the cannabis is being sold to healthy 20-year-olds."


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are you serious? they always had open runs all night in between bracket races and after bracket races... the place used to not close until every body packed up and left... from the times i have went imports are there fridays and saturdays and i normally got there around 9pm this is before i even had a car
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Like anything else in our lives, mine got real busy and I haven't had a chance to update that guide in quite some time.
|An example of another type of death record, the obituary. This one is for my great-great aunt Belle Randolph Van Horn (one of my all time favorite relatives).
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Schaghticoke Tribal Nation recognition: End of the road?
KENT -- The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a petition by the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation for a review of the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs' denial of recognition of the tribe.
The review request was denied by the court on Monday, its opening day, according to the Supreme Court docket-listings website.
The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation has fought for years in the federal courts to overturn the 2005 federal decision to deny sovereignty to the tribe.
In 2004, the BIA granted sovereignt. But later that year, after state officials and members of Congress criticized the decision, the recognition was reversed.
"The BIA soundly rejected the Schaghticoke claim because the group has not existed as a continuous tribal political and social entity," said state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who fought against the tribe's recognition.
Blumenthal said sovereign status is reserved for groups that meet federal criteria and the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation did not meet those criteria.
In its appeals, the Tribal Nation argued that recognition opponents in Connecticut had exerted "improper political influence" on the BIA. But that claim was unsubstantiated.
"The Supreme Court has refused to hear and overturn the Schaghticoke case and this decision should mark the end of a meritless petition for tribal recognition," Blumenthal said.
The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation's attorney before the Supreme Court, Richard Emanuel, could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
However, according to the court's website, a petition for rehearing may be filed within 25 days of the court's denial of a petition for a "writ of certioari" -- the legal term for the type of petition the Schaghticokes filed.
However, certain conditions would have to be met for the new petition to be considered, according to "Rules of The Supreme Court of The United States: effective Feb. 16, 2010."
Schaghticoke Tribal Nation Chief Richard Velky could not be reached for comment Wednesday. In mid-August, during an interview with The News-Times, Velky had blamed the tribe's status on Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
"Our situation is one Governor Rell has put us in," Velky said. "Right now, anyone could lay claim to being the chief of the tribe. Anyone can claim to be a Schaghticoke. It's not a question of genealogy. Our genealogy has been proven time and again."
More than a decade ago, the Kent-based Schaghticokes split into two factions. The best known is the 300-member Schaghticoke Tribal Nation. Led by Velky, that faction has tried for years to win federal recognition.
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Giving GSA Retrofits More Bang for the Stimulus Buck
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Giving GSA Retrofits More Bang for the Stimulus Buck
It's no secret that the federal government owns a lot of buildings that are in need of renovation. But the good news is while buildings are updated for greater comfort, aesthetics and function, efficiency upgrades can be added to the list.
Recently, energy efficiency has been elevated to top priority for government-owned buildings, due to both ambitious federal goals and mandates (e.g., the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the National Energy Conservation Policy Act) requiring facility energy intensity reduction and renewable energy use increase.
This represents an enormous opportunity to implement sustainable technologies and practices on a large scale and help transform the marketplace. The federal government oversees approximately 500,000 buildings, and the General Services Administration (GSA) owns or leases 350-plus million square feet of space in which one million federal employees work. Energy costs alone in these buildings are approximately $7 billion each year.
Rocky Mountain Institute is currently helping GSA meet its mandates, and get more bang for its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) buck by developing a renovation program for buildings so they use substantially less energy, cost less to operate and maintain, and offer greater occupant satisfaction. RMI and GSA are starting with the modernization of the Byron G. Rogers Federal Office Building in Denver, CO.
The 18-story, 494,156-square-foot office tower is currently home to 11 federal agencies. The high-performance green building project will include upgrades to the structural elements and to all major building systems; it is projected to reduce energy use by more than 70 percent over current levels, pushing the building closer to its NetZero by 2030 target.
Part of RMI's RetroFit initiative, this project aims to serve as a pilot for the GSA's entire building portfolio. "Amplification is a core goal of RetroFit," said Eric Siwy from RMI's Building Practice, "so, if this building is shown to do well, we can provide a replicable model for how to not only meet but exceed the government goals and mandates."
What They Need to Exceed
With ambitious efficiency goals laid out for the Byron Rogers facility, the design team has quickly solicited the help of an often-ignored, but necessary component of a high-performance building -- the occupants.
"GSA is only required to get a LEED Silver rating, but they are shooting for a platinum," said Siwy. "If the goal is to be one of the most efficient office buildings in the country, we need active participation from the tenants in the design of their individual spaces."
Tenants play an integral role in a building's life cycle energy consumption. For a typical office building of this size, plug loads account for approximately 16 percent of total building energy use.
"In prior efficiency retrofit projects, about 30 percent of the energy reduction achieved was due to things directly affected by the building's tenants," said Siwy. "So we cant' ignore energy management of tenant spaces. Even if you design the core and shell of a building with the best intentions with state-of-the-art equipment, if the tenant spaces and equipment are not used and operated properly, profound energy savings will never be realized."
Last week, RMI and project partners held a tenant workshop at the Byron Rogers Federal Office Building to educate all occupants on the role they can play in the GSA's ambitious energy-reduction goals.
For the design team, this offered an opportunity to clear up some common misconceptions about green buildings.
"Learning how to interact with their building in a new way requires a cultural change," said Siwy. " When some people hear LEED or efficiency, they immediately think 'energy reduction,' and don't get the big picture that we are looking at air quality, sustainable materials, and thermal comfort as well."
For tenants, the workshop provided a forum for questions and answers, and included information on government requirements and mandates, how the project intended to meet them, and what elements (e.g., Energy Star equipment, daylighting, or sub-metering) are necessary for tenants to consider in order to achieve the project's sustainability goals.
A Model for Future Collaboration
Lines of communications will stay open, and the design team will continue to work with tenants on specific requirements and incorporate feedback into the design phase of the project.
Addressing these barriers on a single project will enable more sustainable solutions to be employed on future GSA retrofits.
"If we can create a good test case and prove that large-scale energy reduction is possible in a federal facility -- use sub-metering to track tenant usage, potentially bill the tenants based on the actual energy they consume rather than the amount of square footage they occupy, and communicate to them which measures can lead to specific energy reductions -- then this approach is more likely to be implemented elsewhere, more rapidly than otherwise," said Siwy.
With $7 billion in annual utility bills and 350-plus million square feet of building space at stake, we can't afford to wait.
Kelly Vaughn is a public relations specialist at Rocky Mountain Institute.
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WASHINGTON — This election cycle, msnbc.com is presenting a weekly series, Briefing Book: Issues '08, assessing issues and controversies that the next president must confront.
This week, we take a look at guns. Whether it is for small-game hunting, for weekend trips to the shooting range, or for the security offered by a weapon in a locked cabinet, gun ownership is a source of pride and personal safety for millions of Americans.
An estimated 34 percent of Americans own a gun, and the total number of firearms owned by private citizens in the United States exceeds 200 million. The prevalence of gun ownership underscores its status as a cherished personal right for many, but the incidence of firearm-related crime also makes the regulation of guns one of the nation's most contentious legal and cultural issues.
Why it matters
Last year, the nation watched in horror as the death toll mounted in the rampage at Virginia Tech. More than 30 college students were mowed down by a mentally-ill student. The perpetrator, Cho Seung-Hui, legally purchased the two guns used in the massacre from a Virginia gun dealer.
But the semi-automatic ammunition used in one of the weapons would have been illegal under an assault weapons ban that expired in 2004, and Cho's well-documented psychiatric illness was not included in the results of a required background check because he was treated as an outpatient and was never admitted to a hospital.
Even as the men and women running for the presidency swiftly reacted with earnest expressions of grief, some criticizing the holes in gun regulation that allowed Cho to wield the weapons, Republicans and Democrats alike were quick to express their support for the right of everyday Americans to own guns.
"This brutal attack was not caused by, nor should it lead to, restrictions on the Second Amendment," Sen. John McCain said.
In the United States, the legal right to own a firearm derives from the Second Amendment to the Constitution, penned in 1789, which reads "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Those 27 words have launched volumes of analysis by constitutional scholars and interest groups who disagree over the founding fathers' intentions for gun ownership in times of peace. Some gun opponents believe that the Second Amendment only permits firearms in the hands of those serving collectively in the nation's defense, while gun rights organizations such as the National Rifle Association believe that it guarantees the fundamental right of all law-abiding citizens to buy, own, transfer, and carry weapons without government interference.
That question, debated for almost 200 years, was first directly addressed by the Supreme Court in June 2008, when the court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Second Amendment refers to gun ownership as an "individual right," affirming in the District of Columbia v. Heller case that a citywide ban on handguns was unconstitutional.
In 2006, according to FBI statistics, there were 14,831 homicides in the United States. Almost 70% were committed with a firearm, and nearly half were committed with the type of handguns that the city of Washington attempted to ban.
Although the court's landmark decision put to rest — for now — the question of the government's power to forbid a citizen from keeping a gun in his or her home, regulations on the sale, tracing, and concealed carrying of weapons remain very much in dispute. And some continue to question the need for average citizens to own many types of deadly weapons and ammunition, such as semi-automatic rifles and the high-capacity magazines used by Cho in last year's massacre at Virginia Tech.
Video: Key ruling "He had a semiautomatic weapon with a clip that allowed him to take 19 shots in a row," Barack Obama told a crowd in Nashua, N.H., after the shooting. "I don't know any self-respecting hunter that needs 19 rounds of anything. The only reason you have 19 rounds is potentially to do physical harm to people. You don't shoot 19 rounds at a deer. And if you do, you shouldn't be hunting."
Where the candidates stand
Both McCain and Obama agree with the Supreme Court's fundamental assertion in the Heller case that gun ownership is an "individual right" – not a collective right associated with service in a militia – upheld by the Second Amendment.
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House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
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But while McCain cautioned that the decision was only the first step in ensuring the right, saying that it did not "mark the end of our struggle against those who seek to limit the rights of law-abiding citizens," Obama responded that the decision did not preclude "the need for crime-ravaged communities to save their children from the violence that plagues our streets through common-sense, effective safety measures."
The candidates' responses to the Heller decision illustrate their divergent positions on the issue of gun control. McCain opposes most proposals to ban specific types of weapons and ammunition, and he believes that gun manufacturers should not be held liable for crimes committed with their products.
"I strongly support the Second Amendment," he told the Associated Press last year. "And I believe the Second Amendment ought to be preserved — which means no gun control.''
The proposals put forward by Obama, on the other hand, indicate a preference toward government restrictions intended to curb crime. During a debate on the eve of the Pennsylvania primary, Obama described the right to bear arms as parallel to the right to own private property. In both cases, he said, local governments can regulate how the right is used, as with zoning laws in the case of property.
Obama supports the rollback of the Tiahrt Amendment, a measure that prevents the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BAFTE) from releasing information from its database of firearm trace data to anyone other than law enforcement officials investigating a particular crime. Obama says that the amendment prevents local law enforcement from identifying the sources of illegal gun transfers. Supporters of Tiahrt, including the NRA, say that it protects the privacy of law-abiding gun owners. McCain also supports the repeal of the Tiahrt amendment, and gave a speech on the Senate floor in opposition to it.
Video: Obama on guns In most states, citizens are permitted to carry a concealed weapon outside of their home, provided that they have a state-issued permit to do so and that they do not enter prohibited areas like schools or federal buildings.
While running for Senate in 2004, Obama called for "national legislation" to prohibit citizens from carrying concealed weapons at all. In 2008, he affirmed that concealed carrying "creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could [get shot during] altercations."
Obama also supports the reinstatement of a 1994 ban on a variety of semi-automatic pistols and rifles characterized as "assault weapons." McCain voted against the ban, which expired in 2004, and continues to oppose it.
Obama's vice presidential pick, Sen. Joe Biden, has been a stalwart believer in gun control throughout his Senate career, offering steady support for the Brady Bill and championing legislation to renew the assault weapons ban. But on the stump, he has been careful to reassure voters that Obama will not enact a gun ban, and he has highlighted his own gun ownership. "He tries to fool with my Beretta," Biden said of Obama in Virginia recently, "he's got a problem."
One controversial area of gun control on which Obama and McCain agree concerns background checks conducted at gun shows. Both candidates believe that unlicensed sellers at private gun shows should be required to abide by the same instant background check rules that apply to licensed gun dealers.
In 2001, McCain, along with independent and longtime ally Sen. Joe Lieberman, introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate to close the so-called "gun show loophole." McCain's bill was added as an amendment to an NRA-backed bill aimed at granting the gun industry immunity from certain lawsuits. The McCain amendment passed, and its passage led the NRA to withdraw support from its own bill.
This legislation, coupled with his championing of campaign finance reform, earned McCain the ire of the NRA, which once famously deemed him one of the country's "premier flag-carriers for the enemies of the Second Amendment." His last 'grade' on the NRA rating scale, calculated in 2004, was only a C+. But McCain has largely made amends with the organization, heavily courting their vote despite his continued disagreement on gun show background checks. A full seven months after clinching the Republican nomination, the powerful gun lobby formally endorsed him.
And McCain's sometimes tenuous ties to the gun lobby got a Teflon coating when he picked Alaska governor and avid hunter Sarah Palin as his vice presidential nominee. Palin's enthusiasm for fishing and game hunting makes her a favorite of sportsmen. Internet users even launched thousands of web searches after her selection to lay eyes on a doctored photo of her striking a beauty-queen pose and holding a rifle.
"Since 2004, Sen. McCain has voted with us 100 percent of the time," NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said.
Arulanandam now describes McCain's record as consistently respectful of gun rights, while Obama's demonstrates "nothing but contempt toward American gun owners and hunters."
Specifically, Obama's votes on the issue as a state senator in Illinois, and later in the U.S. Senate, are the object of suspicion, as well as a fierce ad campaign produced by the organization.
How they have voted
In 2003, a man in a Chicago suburb used a handgun — illegal by village ordinance — to shoot an intruder in his kitchen who had broken in with the intention of stealing his car.
Hale Demar, 54, became a hero of gun rights activists when he was charged with violating the handgun ban after his confrontation with the burglar. Soon afterwards, state legislators drafted a bill that would exempt residents of gun-banning municipalities from facing charges if they used the prohibited weapon for self-defense. Obama voted against the measure.
The Demar vote is among several cited by Obama's opponents as evidence of hostility to the Second Amendment. In a recent ad from the NRA, for example, the roll call from the legislation is cited to back up the statement that the Illinois senator "opposes my right to own a handgun for self-defense."
Also while in the state legislature, Obama voted to limit handgun sales to one-per-month for individual buyers. (But he also supported a measure to loosen restrictions on gun ownership by former law enforcement officials.)
In the U.S. Senate, Obama's voting record reflects a similar ideology toward gun restrictions. In 2005, Obama was one of 31 senators who voted against Republican-sponsored legislation to "prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products."
McCain voted in favor of the measure, which was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Bush.
Obama also voted in favor of an amendment to the liability legislation that sought to expand the definition of "armor-piercing ammunition" with the intent of banning a greater variety of bullets capable of penetrating police armor. The same types of ammunition can be used in deer hunting, prompting opponents of the measure to decry it as an assault on hunters' rights. McCain voted against the measure, which failed.
During his 26-year career in Washington, McCain has consistently opposed most efforts to place limits on gun ownership, including the Federal Assault Weapons Ban and the Brady Bill, a measure passed in 1993 that mandated a waiting period of up to five days for gun buyers. He has also voted in favor of legislation to toughen penalties on those who violate existing gun laws and illegally transfer firearms.
Unanswered questions
One of the most widely repeated quotes of the primary season was Obama's statement, captured on audiotape at a closed San Francisco fundraiser, that rural Americans "cling to guns" because they are "bitter" about their economic struggles.
The comments touched off a new volley of criticism against the senator, whose primary opponents derided him as out-of-touch and contemptuous of gun owners. The "bitter" controversy continues to haunt him in his attempts to win over some rural voters, and it has further fueled rumors that Obama hopes to enact a federal gun ban.
Last month, Obama insisted to a questioner at a Pennsylvania event that "I'm not going to take away your guns." Frustrated, he offered the logic that "even if I want to take them away, I don't have the votes in Congress."
His prediction is almost certainly correct. Congressional opposition to any kind of ban, especially in light of the Heller decision, would be vehement.
But Obama's record is not entirely clear on whether or not he believes that such a ban would be constitutional or beneficial.
Before the Heller ruling, Obama's campaign told a Chicago newspaper that the senator believed that the D.C. gun ban was constitutional. The campaign later disavowed the statement, characterizing it as an "inartful" communication of his views.
In 1996, when running for the state senate, Obama responded affirmatively on a questionnaire that asked "Do you support state legislation to … ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns?" Obama said late last year that he never laid eyes on that part of survey. The "yes" response was attributed to a staffer who accidentally mischaracterized Obama's positions when filling out the questionnaire on his behalf.
Although McCain has been consistent throughout his career in weighing in on gun rights, his passion for Second Amendment protections does not match that of many of his Republican colleagues. As such, some skeptics wonder how vigorously he will pursue the loosening of current gun control laws if elected. McCain says that he does not currently own a gun, and, during a campaign stop at a gun store on the same day as his address to the NRA's annual convention, he lingered near the fishing gear, never allowing photographers to capture his image in front of firearm merchandise.
Surprises for the next president
The Heller ruling fundamentally impacted the underpinnings of American gun regulations by defining firearm ownership as a fundamental and individual Constitutional right. As a result, many local ordinances that prohibit gun ownership — like those in Chicago sustained by Obama's votes in the state senate — are in the process of re-litigation. The next president will likely have a role in further defining the relationships between local governments, law enforcement, and federal authorities in light of the new law of the land.
Experts believe that the next president will appoint as many as three new Supreme Court Justices, offering the potential for a significant and lasting impact on the nation's most controversial constitutional questions.
With the Heller decision resolved by a narrow 5-4 vote, activists on both sides of the gun issue will vehemently lobby the chief executive to choose new members of the court who will interpret the Second Amendment in their favored way.
Still, some gun control advocates express surprise and frustration that Second Amendment issues remain so contentious in the presidential race, considering the limited power of the executive branch to enact sweeping gun reforms without the support of the Congress. Noting the number of members of Congress who have "A" ratings from the NRA, a spokesman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence agrees with Obama's statement that he would be unable to enact any gun ban even if it was his intention to do so.
"There are legitimate solutions to some of these problems that don't require taking guns away," Hamm added. "The right president can take steps that would reduce the level of gun violence we have in this country."


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Louisa Variation A
Added Dec 21, 2009
By burdastyle
New York, New Yo...
The Louisa vest is an adorable separate to add to your necessities rack. We made our second variation in an Aztec woven cotton print. A simple layering piece with princess seams you can dress up or down- any time of the year.
Material Notes
Cotton, covered buttons
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- Women
- Garment Type
- Vest
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- Bohemian, Casual, Classic
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- Coating, Corduroy, Cotton, Blends, Denim, Shirting, Velvet
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Dec 2, 2010, 09.00 PMby Shira B
cool vest!
Dec 2, 2010, 04.37 PMby redrose12
Where is this fabric from? It's fantastic!
Dec 23, 2009, 03.17 AMby lizzyfitzy
I am starting to love vests more than I love belts (which I never thought possible!) Can't wait to start this one!
Dec 22, 2009, 10.49 PMby sandrasews
What a beautiful simple version of this vest. And no need for buckles! I will definitely be making one.
Dec 22, 2009, 07.01 PMby actionhero
I find sewing inspiration from fashion magazines and my favorite designers, like Marc Jacobs, APC, Rachel Comey, Vena Cava, church and state, and many more. I like to visit street style blogs too, like wardrobe remix, HEL LOOKS, and urban weeds. I also find inspiration in the BurdaStyle community.
Dec 22, 2009, 05.51 PMby constants
My inspiration for the most part comes from video games, comics, and movies. That's only because I don't read magazines and such often, but I find that every time I do pick up a fashion mag, I get an irresistible urge to sew as well. :)
Dec 22, 2009, 11.53 AMby susanne2011
This is pretty! :)
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or atleast snow
Dec 21, 2009, 09.06 PMby thirtydaysseptember
cute vest. hope you guys are working on the stretched/distorted photos.
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Dec 22, 2009, 01.27 PMby alden
we totally are! not to worry
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Your model is funny, she seems to enjoy herself during photoshoots…. :) It is covered with 4 layers of jumpers that I write those words: (frozen) thumbs up !brrrrrr Come back summer, pleeeeease….
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Keith Dixon's screenplay CARRIER ZERO was a quarterfinalist in the 2016 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest, and a quarterfinalist in the 2015 Page International Screenwriting Awards. His first novel, GHOSTFIRES, was named one of the five best first novels of 2004 by Poets & Writers Magazine. His second novel, THE ART OF LOSING, was named 'Editor's Choice' by The Philadelphia Inquirer, and received starred reviews in both Kirkus and Booklist. His third novel, THIS IS HOW YOU FALL, was published in July 2013.
In May 2011, Crown published COOKING FOR GRACIE, a memoir based on food writing first published in The New York Times.
Keith was born in Durham, North Carolina in 1971 but was raised in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He attended Hobart College in Geneva, New York. He has been on the staff of The New York Times for more than twenty years, and lives in Westchester with his wife, Jessica, and his daughters, Grace and Margot.


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I'm an Australian Humanist interested in social justice, non-violent action and sustainable living.
How does that relate to your activities?
2. An interesting study of the Catholic Church in Australia. In the Netherlands the government subsidises the university training of Humanist Counsellors (Univ of Humanism). With the severe drop in the number of Catholic priests, as well as in Protestant denominations, what support is there for people seeking answers to their personal questions?
In the attached 12 page PDF it demonstrates that most Australian catholic churches do no longer have a resident priest (despite importing priests from Africa and Oceania) but that Catholic schools are increasing and creating a two-tear society in Australia: religious schools and state (secular) schools. Humanism is generally not taught in Australian schools, nor is Creationism, except probably in a few fundamentalist schools.
The reason (Australian) churches are tax-exempt is a relic of past history, when the church was established by the State that did the taxing. It was deemed that church work was good work. In the Statute of Elizabeth I (about 1602) four 'heads of charity' were set out, of which I remember three: the relief of poverty, the advancement of education and the advancement of religion. The third one should be finally declared obsolete.
How does this compare with the American church tax-exempt laws?
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Ben, I'm a member of the Ethical Society of St. Louis and have been for about six years now. The links Dave gave you should give you a pretty good idea of the Ethical Humanist (the modern name; Ethical Culture is the historic and traditional name) movement.
One correction: The AEU is a federation of Ethical Societies throughout the United States.
Here's the site for the St. Louis society so you can see what we do at a local level here: http://www.ethicalstl.org
Hope this helps!
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Mexican Meatloaf
By convred
- Meatloaf:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 medium carrot, finely chopped
- 1 rib finely chopped celery
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 pound ground beef
- 6 ounces soft Mexican chorizo, removed from casing and crumbled
- 1 poblano chile, roasted, peeled, and diced
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup sour cream or Mexican sour cream
- 1/2 cup dried bread crumbs
- Salsa-Glaze:
- 2 medium tomatoes, cored
- 1/4 medium white onion
- 2 garlic cloves, unpeeled
- 1 to 3 serrano chiles
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 canned chipotle chile in adobo sauce, minced
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
- Kosher salt
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
In a heavy skillet, add the oil and heat over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrot, celery, and garlic. Cook, stirring often until vegetables are soft, about 8 minutes. Set aside until cool enough to handle.
In a large bowl combine the sauteed vegetables, ground beef, chorizo, and diced poblano chile.
In a medium bowl, combine the salt, pepper, cayenne, cumin, and eggs. Add the ketchup and sour cream. Mix well with a fork and pour it on top of the mixed meats. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and mix thoroughly with clean hands.
Put the mixture into a 9 by 13-inch loaf-pan. Bake until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the meatloaf registers 160 degrees F, about 40 to 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and carefully pour off any accumulated pan juices.
Meanwhile, heat a heavy skillet over high heat. Add the whole tomatoes, onion, garlic cloves, and serrano chiles. Cook, turning frequently, until lightly charred on all sides. Peel the garlic cloves. Add all the charred ingredients to a blender. Pulse until chunky, then pour into a small skillet. Stir in the sugar, chipotle chile and mustard. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat. Cook until slightly thickened, about 4 to 5 minutes. Season with salt, to taste.
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Since moving to Cleveland County in the 1970s, the Rev. Charles Turner and his late wife, Dessie Turner, have served the community.
Since moving to Cleveland County in the 1970s, the Rev. Charles Turner and his late wife, Dessie Turner, have served the community.
A former president of the Cleveland County Branch of the NAACP, he was the first black basketball coach at Shelby High School, and she was a school teacher who made a lasting impression on her students. They were married 53 years. Together, they served Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Bessemer City, where he has been pastor 33 years.
Before she died Jan. 19, 2013, she helped her husband make plans for the couple�s next dream of operating a funeral home with competitive prices.
�Being on the other side of the table, I�ve always thought that funerals were too high,� Turner, 74, said. �My wife and I wanted to help people. She did not live to see our dream fulfilled,� he said.
Established as John T. Richardson Funeral Home, the company is named for Turner�s brother-in-law and guardian son. It is at 702 E. Main St., Cherryville.
Richardson has 39 years of experience and has worked for Leevy�s Funeral Home in Columbia, S.C., and Stewart Funeral Home in Washington, D.C. He is a licensed funeral director and embalmer in North and South Carolina, Turner said.
Richardson was born in Clinton, S.C., and is a graduate of Academy Heights High School in Pinehurst. He attended Allen University in Columbia, S.C., and is a 1974 graduate of Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science in Texas.
�Only a person with a license can put a funeral home in his name,� Turner said. �I called my brother-in-law and enticed him to come. He accepted the invitation and the funeral home will be family owned and operated. There are four generations of us. We plan to be around a long time to serve this community.�
Richardson is second vice president and manager. Turner is the CEO and founder, and his son, Anthony Turner, is first vice president. His daughter, D. Charlene Turner, is executive secretary and treasurer. The funeral home offers pre-need contracts and competitive prices, with funerals starting at $4,200, Turner said.
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As expected, San Antonio will be battling some stiff competition for the 2017 College Football National Championship Game.
The playoff organizing group released six finalists for the Jan. 9, 2017 game.
Among those in the mix include:
- San Francisco Bay Area (Levi's Stadium)
- Minneapolis (Vikings Stadium)
- San Antonio (Alamodome)
- South Florida (Sun Life Stadium)
- Jacksonville (EverBank Field)
- Tampa Bay (Raymond James Stadium)
It's a tough bidding group, as every one of the finalists has either hosted or attracted a Super Bowl game in previous years.
Among those who submitted bids for the Jan. 11, 2016 game include Arizona (University of Phoenix Stadium), Jacksonville (EverBank Field), New Orleans (Mercedes-Benz Superdome) and Tampa Bay (Raymond James Stadium).
The championship game will be played in a different city each year, which is a feature of the new playoff designed to expand opportunities for fans across the country to attend the game in person. The first championship game of the playoff era will be played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Jan. 12, 2015.
"This shows the tremendous popularity of college football," said Bill Hancock, the executive director of the playoff. "Obviously, communities across our country want to be part of the new playoff.
"College football is a national sport, and rotating the game will bring it to more fans where they live. This is a compelling feature of the playoff, and one which will make this sport even more popular. We're thrilled with the response from these fine communities and look forward to evaluating their proposals."
The bidding process for the 2016 and 2017 games will be similar to bidding for events like the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four. A main requirement is a stadium with capacity for at least 65,000 fans.
The winners in the bidding are expected to be announced in early November.
Valero Alamo Bowl assistant executive director Rick Hill detailed the reasons why the city deserved a shot in his blog found at Mysa.com.
San Antonio received a break with no direct bidding competition from either Arlington or Houston. Arlington officials were told the game would be alternated around the country. And Houston will be busy staging Super Bowl LI in 2017 and the men's basketball Final Four in 2016.
It will be a difficult process, but the rewards are great. Attracting the 2017 title game would be the biggest sports event ever staged in the city.