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Photo by Andrew Westel
There was a palpable energy to this year's SuperConference. The 12th annual event featured inspiring keynote panels, informative breakout sessions and engaging discussions that provided law department leaders with valuable insight and new ideas.
Hundreds of attendees flocked to the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago on April 23 and 24 to attend the two-day conference. Each day commenced with a keynote panel, followed by breakout sessions and networking events. This year's breakout tracks included Ethics & Compliance, In-House Young Professionals, Law Department Management, Litigation Management, Professional Development and Substantive Issues.
On the following pages, InsideCounsel shares highlights from the 2012 SuperConference. For all the inside information on SuperConference that we couldn't squeeze into the magazine, you can find our online coverage, complete with photo slideshows and exclusive video interviews, here.
Keynote panel on "The Informant." Photo by Andrew Westel
Kicking Off
On day one, our keynote panel offered attendees an inside look at the story behind "The Informant," a 2009 movie starring Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre—an executive at food processing company Archer Daniels Midland who worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the '90s to expose his company's price-fixing activity. It was an honorable pursuit, except that he was embezzling the whole time.
"We had a wackadoodle for an informant," said panelist James Mutchnik, who was in the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice at the time.
Day two saw an equally entertaining and useful panel discussion among the general counsel of Go Daddy Operating Co., Nissan Motor Co. and Churchill Downs Inc. The three GCs discussed ways in which in-house counsel can help shape government policy. For example, GoDaddy's Christine Jones successfully lobbied to get a law passed that allows Internet service providers to take down websites that sell unauthorized pharmaceuticals.
Afterward, four judges offered advice for e-discovery best practices in a roundtable discussion. They advised not to avoid electronically stored information, and to err on the side of too much preservation rather than too little.
"That which is not preserved is forever lost," said James Francis, judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Ronald DeMoss, Rent-A-Center; Charles Harris, Mayer Brown. Photo by Andrew Westel
Considering Concepcion
Since last year's landmark Supreme Court decision in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, companies have been looking more seriously at incorporating arbitration agreements in the employment context. At this year's SuperConference, a panel of in-house and outside counsel got together to discuss best practices in using arbitration agreements.
The panelists—which including Ronald DeMoss, GC of Rent-ACenter Inc.; William Bedman, senior director of HR legal at Halliburton; and Marcia Goodman, partner at Mayer Brown—all agreed: Arbitration is an effective alternative to costly litigation.
"It's faster, it's cheaper, it's less adversarial, and it's final," DeMoss said. "There are two very significant reasons to consider arbitration: the cost of litigation and avoiding the jury wild card."
Over the years, various challenges have been made to arbitration provisions in employment agreements, and businesses began revising their provisions to accommodate, specifically to bar classwide arbitration.
In Concepcion, a couple sued AT&T over a tax they were charged on free cell phones. When AT&T moved to arbitrate, as the consumer contract mandated, a trial court denied the motion, and the 9th Circuit affirmed. The Supreme Court, however, said the arbitration clause was enforceable.
"Since Concepcion, there has been a pull and tug on how the case will be applied by the courts in the employment context," Goodman said. "Employers should look at Concepcion and the decisions since Concepcion, and work with counsel to tweak their programs to address arguments being set forth."
The panel went on to offer some practical considerations with regard to implementing arbitration provisions in employee agreements— emphasizing that that one size does not fit all.
Shannon Couffer, Walgreens; E. Alan Arnold, Delta Airlines. Photo by Andrew Westel
Social Scoop
The "Social Media Governance" breakout session at SuperConference offered insight into the social media policies at three different companies—Go Daddy Operating Co., Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Walgreen Co.—and provided general pointers for in-house counsel looking to craft a policy of their own.
Kimberly Cilke, deputy general counsel of GoDaddy, said her company's employees are tech-savvy and interested in social media, and the legal department quickly realized that it needed to take advantage of the new medium. So it created a dedicated social media team, each member of which is trained on how to post on behalf of GoDaddy.
Delta's approach, according to Assistant General Counsel E. Alan Arnold, relies heavily on interacting with customers. It uses social media to get real-time feedback from passengers on many of its flights and engages them to offer assistance.
Walgreens was stuck in traditional marketing at first, said Shannon Couffer, senior litigation and regulatory attorney. But the company broke out of its box and managed to launch a successful campaign through Foursquare, which offered free flu shots in exchange for check-ins at its stores.
Other advice the experts offered was to include a general disclaimer in social media policies that workers' Section 7 rights are not infringed, and to consider separate policies for general use and for employees who are posting on behalf of the company.
Click here to watch a video interview with Frank Orzo of LT Online, who moderated the session, and has more helpful tips for managing social media.
Dawn Trimmel, McDonalds Corp.; Kristin Coleman, Brunswick Corp. Photo by Andrew Westel
Foiling Fraud
SuperConference attendees learned ways to spot and discourage corporate bribery and fraud during the breakout session titled "Top 10 Financial Shenanigans."
Ron Schwartz, a partner at Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, moderated the panel, which featured Dawn Trimmel, internal audit director at McDonalds Corp., and Kristin Coleman, vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Brunswick Corp.
The panelists discussed common examples of corruption that companies frequently face on a global level, as well as ways that inhouse counsel and their auditing colleagues thwart such wrongdoing.
Much of the discussion focused on misappropriation of assets, which is the No. 1 fraud scheme that affects organizations, with the median loss for each scheme amounting to $135,000. Panelists emphasized that the more detached a company's business unit is from the corporate office, and the more autocratic the leader is that guides that unit, the more likely it is to be involved in some type of illegal activity.
Trimmel said training is an effective way to discourage violations of corporate ethics and compliance policies, particularly in areas of the world where employee turnover is high, such as China.
"If the ethics policy isn't communicated verbally, it just doesn't sink in," she said.
Coleman said that the most effective fraud-reporting tool at Brunswick is an anonymous hotline that employees can use to report suspicious activity. Half of all financial fraud allegations the company receives are substantiated, she said. Still, "training, policies and controls aren't enough to damper the urge to steal," Coleman said, so lawyers must routinely communicate with their companies' third-party vendors, assess their business relationships and pinpoint the risks their companies face around the world.
Click here to watch an exclusive video interview with moderator Ron Schwartz about corporate fraud.


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Silicon Valley is used to traffic on both its physical — and digital — highways. But with so many people tweeting, blogging and posting selfies in downtown San Jose this weekend, the city's wireless network was braced for a major backup."
What else would you expect when the BlogHer Conference comes to town?
The massive gathering of digitally expressive women (and a few men) returned to its Silicon Valley roots for its 10th anniversary. The three-day conference — which started Thursday — filled up the San Jose McEnery Convention Center with about 4,000 attendees, booking 3,200 hotel rooms and bringing in an estimated $2.3 million in economic impact, according to Team San Jose.
"We wanted to do something special for our 10th anniversary," said Elisa Camahort Page, who cofounded BlogHer with Lisa Stone and Jory Des Jardins, so we came home to where it all started."
And BlogHer came back in a really big way.
The roster of speakers at the three-day event would make any tech conference organizer envious. It included Arianna Huffington, tech evangelist Guy Kawasaki, comedian Tig Nataro, "Scandal" star Kerry Washington, tech journalist Kara Swisher, and blogger/author Jenny Lawson, better known to her fans as The Bloggess. The Mrs., a five-woman rock band from Austin, planned to debut songs at the conference, and even Khloe Kardashian was set to make an appearance Saturday afternoon.
A decade ago, BlogHer was a one-day event at Santa Clara's TechMart that drew about 300 attendees. It moved to San Jose the following year and then to San Francisco before hitting the road for locales like Chicago (2009, 2013), New York City (2010, 2012) and San Diego (2011). Originally bringing together a relatively small group of women who were part of a tribe of bloggers, it soon spawned a company that nurtured year round not only those original bloggers, but thousands that followed.
Since 2009, BlogHer has paid $36 million to some 5,700 bloggers and other "influencers," helping many to earn money from something that may have started as a hobby but turned into a passion.
And where does BlogHer go from here in its next decade?
"We've always said — and not tongue in cheek — that our goal was world domination. That we thought women's media was kind of failing women and that if women had the wherewithal to create a media company, they'd want one where they could look at sports one minute, fashion the next and not be put into a pink and purple silo. Feeding all parts of you, the whole woman, was the path," Camahort Page said. "We're talking about all media, and there's a lot more media to conquer."
FRIENDS LENDING A HAND: You probably remember the terrible fire last month near Mt. Hamilton that destroyed the Clayton Road home of Kimberly Faraday, a Santa Clara County Social Services employee who lived there with her mother, Belva. The women lost everything they had and are in temporary housing thanks to the Red Cross right now, but friends have organized a fundraising pasta dinner Aug. 7 to help get them back on their feet.
The 5:30 p.m. dinner will be held at the Italian American Heritage Foundation at 425 N. Fourth St. in San Jose. A $25 donation is being requested, and there'll be a silent auction, too. Helen Owen, who has worked with Kimberly Faraday on many nonprofit events, especially for the valley's Italian American community, is heading the dinner and RSVPs can be emailed to her at email@example.com.
SUPER BOWL OF PASTA: About 600 guests oohed and aahed to see the 49ers' new Levi Stadium last Wednesday at Pasta Bowl VIII, the annual fundraiser presented by SAP and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. The pasta dinner was held in the swanky United Club overlooking the new field, where 49ers players acted as celebrity servers and Gold Rush cheerleaders entertained the crowd.
Broadcaster Ted Robinson emceed the event, which included remarks by 49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh and team owner John York. The 49ers Foundation will donate proceeds to City Year San Jose/Silicon Valley, Fresh Lifelines for Youth and the 49ers STEM Leadership Institute.
SUDS AT SANTANA ROW: The regular wine-and-martini crowd that frequents Santana Row may be horrified to hear that the popular Beerwalk is coming to the upscale shopping center on Wednesday. But they needn't get their feathers ruffled: The 6 p.m. event, part of Silicon Valley Beer Week, features tastes of some of the top craft brews in the Bay Area and elsewhere in the state.
They'll be served at restaurants and stores throughout the Row, including Tommy Bahama, Free People, Left Bank, Madewell and Rosie McCann's. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at www.thebeerwalk.com.
SABOR DEL VALLE RETURNS: Northern California winemakers will be pouring Aug. 1 at History Park in San Jose for the fifth annual Sabor Del Valle. The celebration includes food and desserts from nearly a dozen valley restaurants and caterers — you've got to have something to eat with that wine — as well as live music and a sale of contemporary Latino art. And something new this year is a face painter, which will make it a great evening to bring the kids, or just let out your inner kid.
The 6 p.m. fundraiser supports Jose Valdez Math Institute, the Alum Rock Women and Children's Center, Teatro Vision and the RotaCare Free Medical Clinic in San Jose. Tickets are $69, and you can get more information at www.sabordelvalle.org.
Contact Sal Pizarro at email@example.com. Follow him at Twitter.com/spizarro.

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waste (one's) breath(redirected from waste their breaths)
waste (one's) breath
To talk of, discuss, or say things that are likely to be ignored or are in vain. Don't bother trying to change my mind about this, you're wasting your breath! It looks like I wasted my breath trying to pitch my idea to the board of directors.
waste one's breath
Fig. to waste one's time talking; to talk in vain. Don't waste your breath talking to her. She won't listen. You can't persuade me. You're just wasting your breath.
waste your breathtalk or give advice without effect.
waste your ˈbreath (on somebody/something)speak to somebody or about somebody/something but not have any effect: Don't waste your breath on her. She doesn't take advice from anybody. ♢ I feel like I'm just wasting my breath trying to explain things to him.
waste (one's) breath
To gain or accomplish nothing by speaking.


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@RubyGonzales2, @sgvcrime on Twitter
EL MONTE >> A SWAT team stormed an El Monte home Friday afternoon where a shooting suspect was holed up and discovered the man dead of a gunshot wound.
El Monte Police stopped short of calling the death a suicide, but said the suspect, described as a man in his 50s, was believed to be alone in a room when shot. No additional suspects were being sought.
The suspect allegedly shot another man at 7:27 a.m. in the 11400 block of Elmcrest Street.
The victim, also a man in his 50s, was hospitalized at a trauma center in critical condition, according to El Monte Police Lt. Chris Williams.
Police provided no details of what prompted the shooting but had described the confrontation as a neighborhood dispute.
Williams said the incident began with a report of "shots fired" and a "person hit."
"Initial information was that a subject was shot, and a suspect was seen going into a neighboring house," he said.
Officers found a man at the scene suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Williams said. It was not clear how many times the man had been shot.
Officers placed the wounded man into a police car and rushed him down the street to paramedics, who were standing by near the crime scene as police searched for the shooter.
Police ordered anyone inside the home where the suspect was seen entering to come out, Williams said.
Two people exited, but neither was the suspect.
"One person told officers they heard a single gunshot in the room where the suspect was," Williams said.
The relationship between the witnesses and the suspect was not immediately available.
Believing the armed shooting suspect may be barricaded inside the home, police summoned a SWAT team to the scene.
Six homes in the area were evacuated and Frank Wright School at 11317 McGirk Ave. was placed on lockdown as a precaution, officials said.
For five hours, officials tried unsuccessfully to speak with the suspect, including tossing a telephone into the home shortly after noon.
"After all attempts at communication failed, (SWAT) officers entered the residence a little after 1:30 p.m.," Williams said. They found the suspect fatally shot.
Family members of the dead man gathered at the scene but declined to comment.
Neighbor Daniel Chou, 29, said he did not hear the shooting and first learned something was going on when police swarmed the neighborhood.
At 9 a.m., Chou said police told him to stay in his home. A half-hour later, they returned and told him it was time to evacuate.
The school lockdown was lifted shortly before 2 p.m., and evacuated residents were allowed to return to their homes just after 2 p.m. as police continued investigating the shooting scene.


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Growth in nonresidential construction and the shift to more efficient and more expensive lighting technologies will drive growth in demand for lamps at an annual rate of 5% for the next four years (Table), according to the Freedonia Group Inc., Cleveland, in a recent report. The market research firm's forecast calls for lamp sales to reach $6.8 billion in 2011, up from $5.4 billion in 2006.
"Growth will be driven by a shift in product mix away from inexpensive incandescent lamps toward more expensive, energy-efficient lamps such as compact fluorescents (CFLs)," the firm said. "Strong nonresidential building construction activity through 2011 will bolster demand for lamps."
However, the firm expects the switch to longer-lived lamps such as CFLs will dampen replacement demand over the longer term.
Among major product types, fluorescent lamps and primarily CFLs will show the largest gains, overtaking incandescents in value, though not in unit terms. Freedonia expects sales of fluorescent lamps to grow at a 10% annual rate through 2011. CFL sales will benefit from being an alternative to certain types of incandescents subject to federal restrictions, but will face competition from light-emitting diode (LED) lighting and "next-generation" incandescents/halogens designed to be more energy efficient.
Although demand for incandescents will decline, sales of the lamps will continue to make up a significant part of the lamp market because of the sheer size of the existing demand base, particularly in residential uses, Freedonia said. Incandescent lamp sales are expected to grow at an annual rate of 0.7% over the four-year period.
This article was originally published in the Dec. 7, 2007 edition of EC&M's sister publication, Electrical Marketing.


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Zarafa webaccess with Shibboleth SSO (saml2) authentication
From Zarafa wiki
A working installation of:
- Zarafa (tested with 6.40.3 on RHEL5)
- Apache
- Shibboleth IDP & SP (tested with IDP 2.2 and SP 2.3.1)
- This setup assumes that you release the REMOTE_USER attribute after a successful login, if not sure test it with phpinfo();
- Add the needed shibboleth lines to the zarafa webacces config in /etc/httpd/conf.d/zarafa-webaccess.conf
This is an example of the configuration within Apache. There are other places where you can shibboleth your application
Alias /webaccess /usr/share/zarafa-webaccess <Directory /usr/share/zarafa-webaccess/> DirectoryIndex index.php Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks AllowOverride Options Order allow,deny Allow from all AuthType shibboleth ShibRequireSession On ShibExportAssertion On require valid-user </Directory>
- Alter the zarafa server.cfg and add the apache user to the local_admin_users. Example: local_admin_users = root vmail apache
- Alter the file config.php in /usr/share/zarafa-webaccess and change LOGINNAME_STRIP_DOMAIN to 'true' (single company assumed)


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Comment – 1 December 2014
there is no wonder why bloomstar does not have the contract for manitoba and sask. anymore. costco is moving in on bc to get rid of them
Comment – 30 November 2014
I was the floral manager until march 2013 in that location. loved my job. if i could have worded what you just said, that would be the god honest truth. I would have stayed there forever as well, loved costco, flowers, just not bloomstar. no wonder why costco got rid of them


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Situated on Jamaica Street, our four star hotel in Glasgow is within a ten minute walk of three major stations- Glasgow Central, Queen Street and Argyle Street making it the ideal hotel for transport links within the city centre.
With an easy three minute train ride (or 20 minute walk) to the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre and The Hydro Entertainment Arena, Jurys Inn Glasgow is perfectly placed for both business and pleasure guests.
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Learn more about booking a city break in Glasgow.
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Enjoy a rich coffee or delicious hot chocolate from our all-day Costa coffee bar where you can sit with a newspaper, curl up with a good book, or surf the web on Jurys Inn's hotel-wide free WiFi.
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Once you've unpacked and settled in, why not have a look at some of the fun activities available in Glasgow:Visit a Football Ground
There's also Hampden Park which is the official stadium of the Scottish national team and the location for many music events.
All three stadiums are around a 45 minute walk or under 30 minutes via public transport from Jurys Inn Glasgow.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
As one of the most visited museums outside of London and Scotland's most popular free attraction, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum offers a fantastic day out for all. This stunning building opened in 1901 offering a range of fascinating stories to explore, and whether you are learning from the viewpoint of the artist or unlocking a piece of history, these stories are well worth discovering!
Kelvingrove features a wealth of notable artwork along with one of the world's finest collections of arms and armour, among many other interesting exhibits. The museum opens between 10 and 11am depending on day of the week and closes at 5pm.
Located just a 35 minute walk or an 11 minute SUB ride from Jurys Inn Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is also situated next to the beautiful Kelvingrove park, which is well worth a jaunt around if you are headed to the museum.
Royal Concert Hall
Opened in 1990 as part of Glasgow's City as Culture year, the Royal Concert Hall is the home of many of the city's major musical performances ranging from opera and classical to rock and pop. Alongside being home to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Royal Concert Hall also hosts the world's largest winter music festival, Celtic Connections, as well as offering gallery space to wander through, a gift shop and the Green Room Restaurant and Café bar for those just wishing to stop by.
The Royal Concert Hall is just a short 13 minute walk from Jurys Inn Glasgow.
For more city centre attractions take a look at our Glasgow City Guide.
Jurys Inn prides itself on having its hotels in ideal locations, whether that be in the city centres, next to major transport hubs, or within minutes from stadiums, institutions, or major events. Please see below for some of the popular places surrounding our Glasgow hotel, which you may require easy access to.


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dubsfan1 wrote:32 wrote:I can see Rowand hitting .290, with 14 HRs and 80-something RBI's. Not terrible, but definitely not worth the money we gave him.
i see the same..but maybe a little more HRs
but i see Pfeliz going
.275 35 HRs 102 RBIs in the hitter
friendly Citizens Bank Park
He won't hit 35 HR, he can only hit a fastball. Although the homers are probably more likely than hitting .275.


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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Script O-lie-o
Below, the MZone has obtained an exclusive picture of what it will look like.
In addition, each game a famous "miscommunicator" will be on hand in the 'Shoe to "dot the lie." For the home opener this season, since Tressel himself won't be available, the school is in negotiations with the father of that "missing" balloon boy kid to do the honors.
6 comments:
- Bigasshammm said...
I just got an update on my phone thy Jim tressell "decides" to up his suspension to 5 games. FUUUUUCK him! I hope the NCAA rapes him.
- March 17, 2011 9:20 PM
- Todd not Boeckman said...
For what its worth, the parents of the Tat5 were upset that their kids got 5 games and he got 2. So to keep them happy he asked for 5. My guess is that they will all go down and get tattoos together during the first 5 games of the season. Have fun figuring out what Tressel's tat will be.
(Yost -Your welcome)
- March 19, 2011 10:50 AM
- Yost said...
lol, TnB.
Sadly, for OSU fans, I still don't think this is over. I think the NCAA is going to come down hard.
- March 19, 2011 4:15 PM
- Mikoyan said...
If Tressel had done the right thing and sat those players down anyway during the Sugar Bowl, this might have all blown over. But quaint Midwestern concepts like integrity came into play, this has exploded in their face.
And if the NCAA doesn't throw down the gauntlet over this, I don't get it.
- March 22, 2011 1:47 PM
- bigGexpress said...
The most impressive thing about his post is the "missing balloon boy" reference. Eclectic brilliance Yost. I tip my hat to thee sir.
- March 22, 2011 10:22 PM
- Yost said...
lol, big. Just useless info filling the ol' noodle that I must release every now and then.
- March 23, 2011 10:11 AM


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It might be difficult to comprehend based on the statistics, but the Lipscomb Bisons aren't spending very much time in practice working on their offensive skills.
In Thursday night's 94-74 win over SIU Edwardsville the Bisons placed five players in double figures. The 94 points marked a season-high for the Bisons. But it was the 46.4 percent shooting of the Cougars that caught Lipscomb coach Scott Sanderson's attention.
"All we are doing is working on defense," said Sanderson. "I'm sure some people were watching us in the first half of the SIUE game were wondering if we ever work on defense.
"We don't spend much time offensively. That's hard to believe because we are scoring at such a high clip. But scoring is not our concern. Our concern is being able to stop people."
The Bisons, 3-5, play their last home game of 2009 Saturday night at 7 when Oakland City, 4-3, visits Allen Arena. The Mighty Oaks are 0-3 on the road and are coming off a 77-62 loss at Quincy Wednesday night. The Bisons have won three of their last four games.
Senior forward Nathan Schumacher, 6-foot-6, has posted six double-doubles in points and rebounding. He leads Oakland City with 17.9 points and 13.4 rebounds per game.
Also averaging in double figures in scoring are junior guard Jared Maners (14.1) and senior center Brandon Hopf (11.0).
The university is located in Oakland City, Ind., and competes in NCAA Division II.
"Oakland City's players are very, very smart," said Sanderson. "They know how to play. They are very unselfish. We need to be ready to go."
The Bisons are being energized on defense by the way they are scoring on offense. Sanderson, a disciple of a strong defensive game plan, would like to see it work the other way.
"The problem that I have right now is our good offense gives our defense energy," said Sanderson. "I would like to have good defense when we don't have good offense.
"Instead of being ready on defense we have too many guys who have to get ready to be ready. That is not a good thing. We don't anticipate plays. We have to be down in our stances and be ready early in each possession."
Sanderson views fine-tuning of the defense as an ongoing process. He points to the SIU Edwardsville game as a prime example of how the Bisons are executing defensively.
"SIUE shot 57.1 percent in the first half and 35.7 percent in the second," said Sanderson. "It was the same players out there both halves. We decided to go to a different level.
"We will see film of the SIUE game in practice. We are trying to stay on top of it on defense. They understand. We just have to get a little bit more from each guy."
The Bisons have trailed at the end of the first half in every game this season. They rallied from being eight down against SIU Edwardsville with runs of 9-0 and 16-0.
"The biggest thing is I like the way they responded in the second half," said Sanderson. "It's not great, but if we can hold teams to 45 to 46 percent shooting we are going win by 15 or 20 like we did against SIUE.
"We don't panic when we are behind. Some teams don't play well from behind. But we just keep grinding away and grinding away. We wouldn't know how to act if we played with a lead in the first half."
Junior center Adnan Hodzic leads the Bisons in scoring with 21.4 points per game. He has the longest streak in NCAA Division I in double figures scoring with 35 straight games. The last time he scored in single digits was Nov. 24, 2008 against Samford.
Also averaging in double figures for the Bisons are junior guard Josh Slater (18.0), junior forward Brandon Brown (14.1) and sophomore guard Jordan Burgason (10.0).
Hodzic also leads the team in rebounds per game with 7.5.
"We have a bunch of weapons," said Sanderson. "We are going to fine."
Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations


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Whether you're entertaining your child's elementary class or simply looking for an easy Halloween craft for your kids to make at home, here are some simple ideas that will keep Halloween fun for the little ones: Learn how to make Mummy Cups, Ghostly Paper Plates & some Lollipop friends.
Easy Halloween Crafts for Kids: Mummy Cups
Mummy Cups: What you need
- Glue dots
- Scissors
- Orange and Black felt
- Medium-sized craft googly eyes
- White crepe paper
- 3-ounce paper cups
After you make this fun Halloween craft, you can use these mummy cups as snack holders during a movie or hand out to special trick-or-treaters.
Mummy Cups: Directions
Take the crepe paper and fold it into 1″-wide strips. Apply glue dots along the vertical crease of the paper cup to secure the paper. Start wrapping the crepe paper around the cup (having it crooked or bumpy gives it character). Press it in place on the glue dot and continue to do this until the entire cup is covered. Cut bows that are about 1/2″ tall and 1″ wide out of the felt pieces. (You can also print out this bow template .) Use the glue dots to give your "boy" cups bow ties and your "girl" cups a bow on their head. Attach 2 googly eyes to each cup with glue dots.
Easy Halloween Crafts for Kids: Ghostly Paper Plate
Ghostly Paper Plate: What you need
- White paper plates
- Black permanent marker
- White construction paper
- White Crepe paper
- White or orange string or yarn
- Tape
- Glue stick
- Scissors
Ghostly Paper Plate: Directions
This ghostly paper plate can be made to hang on your child's bedroom door to scare the monsters away. Using the black marker, draw a ghost face on the paper plate. Trace your child's hand and forearm twice on the white construction paper. Cut out and glue the arms to the back of the plate, so that one sticks out on each side. Cut 4-6 strips of crepe paper, about 2-ft long and glue or tape them to the back of the plate to hang down and be the "body" of the ghost. Cut a 12″ piece of yarn or string, make it into a loop, and tape the ends to the back of the top of the plate to use as a hanger.
Easy Halloween Crafts for Kids: Vampire Pops
Vampire Pops: What you need
- Red cellophane
- Black felt
- Lollipops
- Silver twist tie or ribbon
- White address labels
- Small googly eyes
Vampire Pops: Directions
Cut out a 6″x6″ piece of red cellophane. Cut a 2″ piece of felt, the same height as the sucker. Drape the cellophane over the top of the lollipop. Place it on the felt piece and wrap a silver twist tie around the stick at the base of the sucker, securing the cellophane and felt. Cut little triangle fangs out of a white address label and stick them to the "head". Glue small googly eyes above the fangs.
Easy Halloween Crafts for Kids: Ghost Pops
Ghost Pops: What you need
- Lollipops
- White fabric or felt
- Black ribbon
- Black permanent marker
Ghost Pops: Directions
Cut out a 6″x6″ piece of white fabric and drape it over the lollipop. Tie a black ribbon around the stick to secure the fabric. Use a black permanent marker to draw a face on the ghost.
Easy Halloween Crafts for Kids: Spider Pops
Spider Pops: What you need
- Red, black or brown suckers
- 4 pipe cleaners per sucker (same color as the suckers)
- Googly eyes
- Glue dots
Spider Pops: Directions
Wrap 4 pipe cleaners in matching colors around the stick at the base of the sucker so that you have 8 spider legs coming from different directions. If you use small suckers, you can use 2 pipe cleaners instead of 4 – just cut the 2 pipe cleaners in half to get 8 legs. Glue 2 googly eyes onto each sucker and you have yourself a spider pop!
It's fun to get your children involved in making these Halloween crafts for kids, but remember adult supervision is required.


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Maine East/West/South or other high school tennis courts for Monday, Wednesday or Friday
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I am available on Friday. Any of the Maine high school tennis courts is fine. I live in Wilmette
friday, I could at 5pm/6pm. which school court is closest to you? Maine East is closest to me.
Maine East is fine. How about 5pm then??
Not this week, but I can probably join or play with either of you guys next time. I live close to Maine East.
Sounds good Christian!
friday 5pm maine east high school. confirm
Hi Karl, I am on my way now. My name is Shao, I am Chinese. I will be with my friend Sung, who's korean. See you soon Karl!
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After sleeping on it, considering Jeremy Hefner's strong start in Washington last night, my choice would be to deal Shaun Marcum.
Marcum has gone six-plus innings in his last four starts showing signs he's coming around physically. Of the three, Marcum has been the least effective, but his name isn't mentioned because he's making $4 million.
Marcum threw a strong six innings against the Marlins until he unraveled in the seventh. But, if you're a contender trying to fill out the back end of your rotation, you'd be happy with six innings.
Realistically, the Mets might have to delay this decision until they get a read on Jon Niese's sore shoulder. Niese will throw today, but if he's not ready he could miss another start or go on the disabled list.
However, should Niese be fine, I'm still for dealing Marcum, and economics are part of the reason as his salary would be palatable to a team looking to add.
On a side note, I couldn't help but laugh when I read where the Mets might be buyers in July. Have they not been watching this team?
Terry Collins said it best when he told reporters in Washington about Wheeler: "He's not going to be the savior. There are a lot of pieces that have to work. One guy is not going to turn this around, of course. It takes 25.''
Yes, it does. We could go on for hours discussing the Mets' weaknesses and needs, but for the sake of this argument, let's keep it to the rotation.
Matt Harvey and Niese, assuming the latter is healthy, are safe. The way Hefner and Gee are pitching, they could attract interest, but they have manageable salaries, something the Mets covet.
Marcum, meanwhile, is gone after this season. If Wheeler proves he's ready, there would be no reason to even entertain bringing Marcum back, so strike when the iron is at least lukewarm to see what they can get.
Hefner and Gee are worth keeping.
Hefner was brilliant Tuesday night in another hard-luck no-decision, one of four he's had while throwing a quality start. He had another in a loss. Overall, he's given the Mets at least six innings in seven of his last eight starts.
The Mets be ecstatic to get that from Wheeler.
Gee hasn't been as sharp, but is coming off his best start of the season last week against the Yankees when he gave up one run in seven innings. Overall, the Mets have won four of his last six starts, so he must be doing something right. Gee worked six innings or better in 13 of 17 starts last season, so there's a track record of productivity.
Keep Hefner and Gee, who might be valuable in the future and deal Marcum, who'll be a one-year Met at best.


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RockShow Threesome: Man Dumps Dentist, Wakes Up With No Teeth
A breakup is a breakup, and there's no telling how much each person got hurt or how far their willing to go to appease their pain. Well, we have a case today that shows that one person was a little more hurt than the other. This and more after the jump in the RockShow Threesome:
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by Nathan Lerner
For 16 days, the upcoming Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe will dominate the local culture scene with an uninterrupted smörgåsbord of avant garde dance, theater, music and interdisciplinary work. Now in their 15th year, the ambitious convocation will include a mind-boggling 2,000 artists appearing in over 1,200 performances at venues throughout the city.
The event was founded in 1997 as the Philly Fringe Festival. Today, it has morphed into a two-part entity. The Live Arts Festival is curated and includes some of the world's leading performing artists. In many instances, it affords the only opportunity that Philadelphia audiences will have to see shows that are traveling internationally.
This is complemented by the Philly Fringe, a platform for performing artists who are unfettered by the curatorial process and enjoy total artistic freedom. For some aspiring performers, it provides their first chance to take the stage and appear in a public venue. For more experienced performers, it constitutes an invaluable incubator for further honing their skills and obtaining audience feedback.
Chestnut Hill native, Lauren Rile Smith, for example, will be producing her new show, imaginatively titled "Ampersand," as part of the Philly Fringe. The 24-year old Smith, who was once an intern at the Chestnut Hill Local, is the founder of the performance group, Tangle. The innovative piece involves an amalgam of traditional circus arts, such as trapeze, acrobatics and aerial rope, with narrative concerning the themes of memory and belonging in an urban milieu.
Smith graduated from Swarthmore College with a degree in English literature and philosophy. After graduation, she made a somewhat unlikely transition and enrolled at the Germantown-based Philadelphia School of Circus Arts.
Smith recalled, "When I started training, I was inspired by the blend of athleticism, narrative and physical artistry in contemporary circus arts." Smith subsequently undertook further training at LAVA and Ruby Streak Trapeze Studio, both of which are circus schools in Brooklyn.
Currently, Smith works at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of the University of Pennsylvania. According to her, "It allows me to switch gears between the head-centered world of books and libraries and the body-centered world of training circus arts.
"I chose the name Tangle for our acrobatic performance company because we are all about the possibilities that arise when things get complicated. Tangle also evokes the shapes of bodies you might see onstage when we perform.
"We devised the show together as a company over a long, collaborative process. We've been rehearsing and collaborating on 'Ampersand' since March. 'Ampersand' is our first full-length show, and our first performance at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, so we've put a lot of love and sweat into it.
"We named the show 'Ampersand' after the typesetter's symbol for 'and.' We're inspired by stories of unusual connection and intersection." Smith described the show as being "all about melding performance disciplines, using music and found text to create new concepts, bringing bodies together in movement, building structures from which we can take flight."
In presenting 'Ampersand,' Smith will be joined by her 17-year old sister, Pascale. The latter will be performing on aerial hoop and collaborating on a trapeze piece. Augmenting the Smith siblings, Kate Aid, Tasha Connolly, Maura Kirk, Lee Ane Pompilio, Sarah Nicolazzo and Deena Weisberg will be performing at the show.
These days, Smith resides in West Philadelphia with her partner. She explained, "I love West Philadelphia for its energy and diversity. Its families, trees and walkable neighborhoods remind me of Chestnut Hill. My favorite thing about West Philadelphia right now is Clark Park, where we perform 'tinycircus,' a monthly free, public aerial showcase."
Smith is looking forward to presenting "Ampersand" at the Philly Fringe. "I'm excited to bring this show to the festival because I think it's very special, not quite like any other dance, theater or even circus arts show but sharing elements of many different styles of performance."
Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe will take place from Friday, Sept. 2, to Saturday, Sept. 17. For tickets, contact the Festival box office at 215-413-1318, or visit www.livearts-fringe.org.
"Ampersand" will be performed on Thursday, Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m., and Friday, Sept. 9, 6:30 and 9 p.m., at Philadelphia Soundstages/Invincible Pictures, 1600 N. 5th St. For further information on Tangle, visit www.tangle-arts.com.
Freelance writer Nathan Lerner, director of Davenport Communications, is actively involved in civic and cultural affairs. He welcomes feedback at email@example.com.


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The goal of UA's I-Corps Site is to help faculty, students and the community answer important commercialization questions through critical market and commercialization evaluations. Typical teams will be comprised of at least one faculty member (Academic Lead), one or more students (Entrepreneurial Lead), and one or more Mentors. Faculty from all colleges and department are encouraged to apply. Faculty from other regional universities and colleges and early-stage companies can also apply. Students can apply independently to join existing teams or startups.
Application Process
Each team will be required to submit a short application that will be evaluated on the following criteria:
- Team and Commitment
- Intellectual Property Strength
- Technology Strength
- Commercial Potential
- Fit with I-Corps Sites
Applications will be accepted any time, and will be evaluated three times each year (September, December, and April).
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As part of the program, each team will be required to attend training and meet with a business Mentor. The goal of the program is to help commercialize UA technologies and ideas with the specific outcome of the UA I-Corps Sites program being a team decisions on whether to pursue commercialization through one of the following:
- NSF I-Corps Teams program (an intensive 6-week NSF training with $50,000 grant)
- Ohio Third Frontier Technology Validation grant (a $50,000 grant with required matching funding)
- UARF's Spark Fund (prototyping and commercialization assistance)
Program participants are also eligible for up to $2,500 in NSF funding, which can be used for:
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard is comfortable with the idea of more politicians in Canberra, telling her local government minister that the ACT Legislative Assembly should be able to set its own size.
For years, the ACT's local MPs have debated the need to increase the numbers in the territory's 17-member parliament.
However, the size of the parliament is currently set by commonwealth legislation.
On Thursday, Chief Minister Katy Gallagher said Ms Gillard had written to federal Local Government Minister Simon Crean to say she would support legislation removing the requirement for the commonwealth to set the assembly's size.
"That's a really positive development," Ms Gallagher told reporters in Canberra.
"Once that legislation passes it would be over to the members elected by Canberrans to determine the future shape and size (of the Legislative Assembly)."
She hoped such legislation would be passed before the next federal election, due in the second half of 2013, so a decision on size could be made quickly.
"I think it's probably a matter best dealt with and agreed upon within the first year of a new term because these matters invariably get political if they're left to hang around," she said.
The Northern Territory - with a population of 135,000 less than the ACT - has a 25-member parliament.
Tasmania, which has about 140,000 more residents, has a 25-member lower house and a 15-member upper house in its parliament.


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We had a 3 day week- yes you hate me. But this didn't really give us much time to move on to Native Americans and Thanksgiving so we decided to take our weather unit a little further.
We used Erica's unit on hurricanes to really focus in on Hurricane Sandy.
They really connected to the real life pictures in Erica's narrative. Not only is it a wonderful unit, but it is for a great cause. Erica is donating all the proceeds to the town in which she teaches to help in the cleanup!
Today we read this wonderful Sylvan Dell book:
My kids really got it! How cool to think we can a. learn from animals b. make connections from their behavior to ours!
Click on the picture to get the document.
I didn't have time to prepare these this year...so sad because they are fabulous, but we will have to circle back to clouds in the spring with the weather is nicer! We used these cloud frames to really focus on the formation of the clouds and identify them!
I still get emails about my cloud frame about once a week! I posted about this idea here.
Here is another freebie to use for evaporation:
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World Series- Rangers Revenge!
They were three outs away from being in deep trouble again. Instead, after two singles, two brilliant base running plays, two sacrifice flies and one stunning ninth-inning rally, the Rangers have roared back into the World Series.
The Rangers manufactured two runs in the top of the ninth against the Cardinals' vaunted bullpen and stole a 2-1 victory in Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday night. In doing so, Texas crushed the hopes of the vast majority of 47,288 fans at Busch Stadium who were ready to celebrate St. Louis going up 2-0 in the Series. Instead, it's tied at 1 and headed back to Arlington.
"That was amazing," outfielder Nelson Cruz said. "That's who we are. That was a great win. It couldn't have been bigger than that."
"Tonight was one of those great games you will continue to see," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "I've got to say to those of you with a bad heart, watch yourself."
The Rangers, in beating Cards closer Jason Motte, became only the third team in World Series history to rally from a 1-0 deficit to win a game with two runs in the ninth inning or later. The others were the 1911 Athletics and the '85 Royals.
"Going back home down, 0-2, we would have been in trouble," winning pitcher Mike Adams said. "But to get even like that, rally in the ninth inning -- especially against their closer ... a really good closer -- to pull off a victory like that was really big."
Josh Hamilton and Michael Young also made World Series history with a pair of sacrifice flies. This marks the first time in World Series play that both the tying and go-ahead runs were brought home on sacrifice flies.
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"I don't care how they come. ... At least we were scoring runs," Young said. "In that situation, sac flies were what we needed. It's just team baseball, something we've been doing well all season long."
Game 3 is scheduled for 7:05 CT on Saturday night at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, with Matt Harrison pitching for Texas against Kyle Lohse. If the Rangers can win three straight at home, they won't have to come back to Busch Stadium.
"You're playing against legitimate competition, and if they get the win and beat you, you tip your cap," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. "We did the best we could and they did it better, so the Series is 1-1."
It also seems to have swung in the Rangers' favor after the dramatic events that took place in the ninth, including Ian Kinsler pulling off possibly the biggest stolen base in club history.
"Ian really stepped up for us," said shortstop Elvis Andrus, who was right in the middle of the rally. "We never give up. That's the way we play. We understand the game can change on one pitch, and it did."
"You know, it wasn't a Series-saving rally, but it was huge," said Kinsler, who ignited the rally after Texas had managed just three singles in the first eight innings. "I mean, all these games are very big. It's the World Series, last two teams -- every victory is huge. To be able to come from behind against a guy like that on the mound -- it was a big win for us."
The first seven innings saw a tremendous pitchers' duel between Rangers starter Colby Lewis and left-hander Jaime Garcia. Lewis went 6 2/3 innings, delivering the longest outing by a Rangers pitcher this postseason, but the Cards strung together three hits off him and Alexi Ogando to take a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the seventh.
For the second time in as many games, Allen Craig delivered the big hit with a pinch-hit RBI single off Ogando. That appeared to be the deciding blow going into the ninth with Motte ready to close it out.
Then the Rangers' offense finally got something going after managing just two runs in 17 innings against Cardinals pitching. They had also mustered just seven runs over 53 innings in their last six World Series games and were in danger of being shut out for the third time in that stretch.
"We have the attitude of, 'You know what? Until the last pitch is thrown, the last out is made, we're going to keep fighting,'" Hamilton said. "You can't really say why that is, other than the character of the guys on our team."
Kinsler, after Motte entered the game, led off the fateful ninth by reaching on a single as he blooped a full-count pitch into left field, just beyond the reach of shortstop Rafael Furcal.
"The one to Kinsler I felt was a good pitch," Motte said. "It was down, but obviously, it was not down enough. He got enough on it."
Kinsler then broke for second on a 1-1 pitch to Andrus, who was in bunt mode but took the pitch. Kinsler slid in safely, just barely beating a strong throw from catcher Yadier Molina.
"My hand barely got in there," Kinsler said. "It took everything I had. Yadier made an unbelievable throw -- quick, on the money -- and I was able to get my hand in there."
"Not many people would run on Yadi, and they barely made it," La Russa said. "It took guts, and they executed it."
Andrus followed with a single to center. Kinsler stopped at third, but Andrus alertly raced to second when center fielder Jon Jay's throw sailed under the glove of Albert Pujols -- a rare error for the first baseman, who was trying to cut off the throw to the plate.
"That's what you have to do -- read the throw," Andrus said. "As soon as I saw the ball hit the glove, I took off."
La Russa then brought in left-hander Arthur Rhodes to face Hamilton. Playing with a strained left groin, Hamilton flied out to right field on the first pitch, bringing home Kinsler and moving Andrus to third.
Right-hander Lance Lynn was brought in to face Young, who worked the count full before hitting a sacrifice fly to center field that brought home the go-ahead run.
"They caught a break with the blooper, but after that, they did some good classic baseball stuff to make two guys come around and score," La Russa said. "They deserve credit for how they played in the ninth inning offensively. They showed in the ninth inning they can play the game correctly when they advanced the runners and scored them."
Neftali Feliz took over in the ninth and added to the tension when he walked Molina to lead off the inning. But he struck out Nick Punto and Skip Schumaker, then retired Furcal on a fly to right to end the game. Feliz is now 5-for-5 in save opportunities with a 1.04 ERA in eight appearances this postseason. But none was bigger than this one.
"I didn't feel one bit of pressure out there," Feliz said. "I was focused 100 percent on the batter and doing my job. This was a very important win for us. Now we're tied and we're going home, where we play well."


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How to Carve a Pumpkin: Lessons from Pros
Carve the coolest pumpkin on your block with lessons from the experts at Maniac Pumpkin Carvers. Learn the best tools to use, as well as tricks for smoother design and cutting. WSJ Off Duty.
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The most populous state in the nation, California is also among the most progressive when it comes to implementing renewable energy initiatives. One such program is the California Solar Initiative (CSI), a statewide effort to install 3,000 megawatts of new, grid-connected solar capacity by 2016. The program provides $1.167 billion in rebates and cash incentives on solar systems to customers of Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas and Electric Co. These incentives, combined with federal tax incentives, significantly lower the total initial cost of a solar system.
Hawthorne Machinery Co. — which employs more than 850 people worldwide and provides sales, rentals, parts, and service to contractors — recently took advantage of these incentives and rebates by erecting a $1.27 million solar energy system at its 25-acre headquarters located in Rancho Bernardo.
Clear Skies Solar was chosen to perform the installation. Based in Mineola, N.Y., Clear Skies Solar is a developer of solar energy products and a full-service integration company specializing in the turnkey installation of commercial photovoltaic (PV) solar systems.
"We were fortunate that our client recognizes the future is in renewable energy and has had positive experiences with solar," says Ezra Green, chairman and CEO of Clear Skies Solar.
Capable of powering 77 average-sized American homes, the PV solar system consists of 758 Kyocera 205-watt panels that will deliver 229,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity each year. According to Green, this project was unique not only because the client was a construction company, but also because it required Clear Skies Solar to perform some minor engineering on the roof rafters. Furthermore, loads had to be calculated, and a custom-designed mounting system — which was able to span the truss joists so as not to have any significant load in between — had to be used. A team of four electricians, supervisors, and eight laborers completed the installation in just five weeks.
"This was a well-prepared job," notes Green. "As always, we did our homework in advance so that any minor inconveniences, such as the preplanned core drilling, were taken into consideration before work began."
Because Hawthorne Machinery financed the project, the company is eligible to receive the 30% tax credit offered by the federal government. Through a reduction in energy costs and government incentives, the initial investment will be recovered in approximately seven years.
"Out of the $1.27 million that the system cost them, Hawthorne will have a first year credit of $338,000," adds Green. "That doesn't include the accelerated depreciation credits that will be available over the next five years. The company will also receive a feed-in tariff check each month from Southern California Edison, [the utility], for $0.26 per kilowatt hour for the next five years."
In addition to the substantial energy savings and tax rebates, Green says the life of the system is anticipated to be approximately 25 to 30 years with little maintenance needed.
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Dear Amy: For years my husband has been controlling which television programs we watch and which radio stations we listen to. When I choose a radio station, he tells me the music is garbage and will tune it to his station. Until now, I've never felt it was worth arguing over.
Yesterday he was out of the house, and I was listening to a station that my daughters and I enjoy. When my husband came home, my daughter expressed her concern that the station was "not one of daddy's." She didn't want to be confronted by him and went upstairs.
Sure enough he came in, realized that it was not one of his stations, said the music was garbage and turned off the radio, despite my objections.
He does the same thing with the television. His inflexibility and dominating behavior are obvious to me in other situations that are more important to me (such as the extreme lack of organization in the house and his unwillingness to look for a job).
He is a stay-at-home dad. This was great while the kids were little, but due to instability in my own professional position, this is now causing concern. — Unable to Change Course
Dear Unable: You have wrapped many complaints about your husband into one bundle. From your account he is intimidating and domineering — so intimidating that he has trained your daughter that he literally owns the airwaves.
Imagine the impact of his behavior on your girls' impression of how men do/should behave.
This is not about a clash of media taste — though I believe that whoever occupies a room first (or is making dinner) gets to choose the playlist (truly tasteless or degrading music and commentary are not for public consumption and — like the Supreme Court — the adults declare that we know where the line is when we hear it).
I agree that he needs to change in many ways for you to have a happier, peaceful, orderly household. You should try to mediate some of these issues in couples counseling. Failing that, if you are unwilling to leave the marriage, you should pursue counseling to learn why (and how) you stay.
Dear Amy: In a four-day visit, our middle-aged daughter (from out-of-state) flew off the handle over minor matters. This daughter is a control freak who orchestrates the lives of her three young-adult daughters and husband. They all operate and apparently thrive on her instant and constant advice.
At our house, she seemed delighted when she was able to humiliate and make cruel and inaccurate statements to us, her elderly parents. It was truly scary to observe her acting calm and loving one minute and then becoming emboldened and excited to tell a humiliating 40-year-old story that criticized her mother. When her fury was over and her mother left weeping she said, "You know I love you…" It's almost as if she enjoys creating conflict.
After spending time with her, we're left exhausted and devastated. What should we be doing? — Sad Parents
Dear Sad: Your daughter might have a rage or personality disorder. Any number of things could be going on. She sounds almost too volatile to confront safely, but her problems do not have to become your problem.
When someone is unpredictable, frightening and creates chaos, the most logical thing to do is to avoid being trapped with that person. Limit visits to very short encounters when you have a ready escape hatch; when you've had enough, you can say, "This visit isn't going well, so we're going to have to call it a day."
Dear Amy: More on the issue of treating "step" children as "real" children.
My sister-in-law was not the best stepparent, but I admired her when her parents sent gifts to only her two birth children. She boxed them back up with a letter stating, "I have four children. If you wish to give gifts to any, you must include them all. If you can't include them all, don't send any." Her parents got the picture.
Children are easy to love; they don't need to be related. — An Admiring Fan
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A group of Venezuelan artists has contributed paintings of President Hugo Chavez for a new government-organized exhibit dedicated to the ailing leader.
The exhibit includes portraits of Chavez with his daughters and his mother, as well as a painting of a saluting Chavez superimposed on a map of South America.
The exhibit is titled "Chavez Lives and Will Prevail." Museum director Lidoska Pirela said a group of artists decided to show their work to both honor Chavez and wish him well in his struggle with cancer.
The exhibit opened Wednesday in the Caracas Museum located in city mayor's office and will be on display for two weeks.
The 23 works are mostly paintings but also include two photographs.
One work depicts Chavez's face painted with an indigenous-style design. Another painting features a white horse and an image of a young Chavez wearing his signature red beret when, as an army paratroop commander, he led a failed coup attempt in 1992.
"It speaks to all the periods of Chavez," said Maritza Gonzalez, one of those who visited the exhibit on Thursday.
The 58-year-old president has been fighting an unspecified type of pelvic cancer and remains in Cuba more than five weeks after he underwent surgery. He hasn't spoken or appeared publicly since the operation.


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|2008-02-24, 19:07
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Lolli for loli :D
Anime you love but everyone else hates?
Pretty much the opposite of the other thread. No, I don't mean underrated. We already have a thread like that. I mean shows that you liked and you see a LOT of negativity about them. Online reviews, a majority of opinions you see on forums, what your friends say, etc. This is your chance to defend them.
If you're brave enough.
Mine are:
It's loli. It's ecchi. It's wrong. But I loved it. I found it hilarious and cute. Especially the jokes where you think the characters are engaged in something really naughty and it turns out that they're doing something ridiculous. It really made me laugh out loud. And all the reviews I've seen on this series bash it to no end. The reviewers don't even watch the ending! They watch like four episodes and deem it as crap. Rizelmine has one of the best endings I've ever seen in an anime! Underneath all the ecchi and loli fanservice is a sweet romantic comedy about two young kids. I am not ashamed to say that I liked it!
Wow. Yes, this is really ecchi. But it's funny. It's the funniest ecchiest anime I've seen, I think. Again, this gets bashed because people seem to take it too seriously. They don't get that the point of Mouse is to make you laugh with random stupid perverted humor. And I don't know how one could not laugh at a scenario when the main character is looking for the remote to the TV and one of his harem maids shows up with the remote buttons on her breasts! Come on, that is FUNNY!
I admit the manga is FAR FAR better but the anime is fine for what it is. The only problem is there's not enough of it. I've seen people saying that DearS is an anime that completely degrades women into sex slaves. Bullcrap. There are male DearS too! The plot may not be very much. But I love the characters, colors, and animation in DearS. Its purpose is to entertain and it did. Much more than Chobits. But of course this is coming from someone who is sick of the Chobits hype.
Other anime I like that people seem to hate a lot....
Kirarin Revolution. Yeah it's shoujo fluff. Well I LIKE shoujo fluff.
Maze TV/OVA
Nurse Angel Ririka SOS
Disgaea. It's different than the game, sure. But it's not THAT bad.
UFO Ultra Maiden Valkryie
Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
|2008-02-24, 19:12
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Earthian - The first two OVAs were wonderful. They were some of the first ones I bought.
Tekkaman Blade II - Dead End is for some reason one of my favorite anime characters ever and the woman who does his dubbed voice has a sexy voice.
Metal Idol Key - I haven't met another person whose seen this one.
Argento Soma - There's something about Ryu Soma's obsessiveness that's fascinating.
|2008-02-24, 19:13
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1) InuYasha
-I don't absolutely 10/10 love it, of course, but I don't see why people complain so much about it. Of course it's repetitive, but there's constant action with all the adventures you need. There's also romance and comedy, which is a plus, and also the characters switch back from one world to the next so I didn't get bored much. At the very least it shouldn't be on the same levels as Lee's Training Session or Bounto.
2) The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
-It's sad that this anime is now hated by people who used to love it because some of the people who still loves it are making too big of a deal about it so it converts people who used to love it into people who now hates it? I love it, and it doesn't matter if those people over there portray Haruhi as God, since I don't, and they're not going to influence me to somehow hate it.
3) Myself ; Yourself
-Where should I start. Oh right, the ending. I agree that it wasn't top-notched, but people will rate this anime very low just because the ending was bad and they forgot about the arc(s) they like. Others say that Hinako has no purpose and should be given less screen time, but I enjoy her episodes a lot even if it doesn't fit into the plot. There are many more reasons given on why this anime sucks, but since it's used to promote a game, I didn't choose to look too deep into this anime and just enjoy the slice-of-life-ish aspect of the anime plus some random drama.
Of course this is all opinion; I'm not trying to "convert" any of you and you don't have to flame back.
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|2008-02-24, 19:16
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I watch animes I heard good things about (forums, IRC ...) or animes with good ratings on anidb. (I never start a serie before 7-8 episodes have aired, so I can have decent opinions about it), so I rarely watch animes everyone seems to hate.
I had totally forgotten Maze (TV) though. It was one of the first animes I saw at the end of the nineties, before the rise of popularity of fansubs. The friend of mine who introduced me to animes loaned me his CD with crappy RM versions of it. I rather liked it. Is it that impopular ?
|2008-02-24, 19:29
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Lolli for loli :D
|2008-02-24, 20:40
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Inuyasha. I loved the first few seasons. I agree, some of the newer ones weren't as good, but I think it's a great series. It's very entertaining to me. Action and good comedy. I don't really see why a lot of people don't like it, but oh well. I do
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DearS : I don't what the hell went wrong with this one. First people hate it because it is a clone of Chobits. Well, that's true because Chobits came earlier. However there are some aspects that makes DearS better than Chobits. DearS are aliens who suppose to be slaves to humans and other sentient beings but instead they were treated like celebrities. They enjoyed full Japanese citizenship which persocoms in Chobits did not. In Chobits other hand, like it or not persocoms are just objects. Second, most people claim it has too many fanservice. That was true actually but I did not hate it. Comparing between Chobits and DearS are just like apple and orange. Both have their own pros and cons. People who enjoyed DearS are actually tired with Chobits hype. However I do love both but I just hate to see people compare both with each other.
Gundam Seed: I know lots of people love it too but I saw people still bashing it today. First thing which most people hate it that the main characters are emo. That was true but if your best friends killed right front of you, you may get pretty emo too.Second this show have too many 'main' mobile suits which are too powerful for real robots like them. It was true by universal but Gawain in Code Geass is like that too but I never heard someone else give similar complain about it.
|2008-02-24, 23:25
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(Just a note, but the anime was right to end InuYasha when they ended it, because the manga is still ongoing.)
|2008-02-24, 23:44
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Evangelion. It's a series that some just love to hate for some reason. Especially the last few episodes of the anime, where the characters are confronted by the reality of their flaws. It didn't look pretty, or well done, but definitely was a high point in anime characterization IMO.
|2008-02-24, 23:54
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Lolli for loli :D
Yeah, I don't like it when people base an anime's greatness off JUST the ending. Okay, I hate...HATE the end to Chrno Crusade but I still love the series dearly. Ya know?
|2008-02-25, 00:06
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Same with Code Geass, the ending was far from decent, epicly rushed, about 20 cases of Deus ex Machina, but the anime was overall very good.
Except for the roads before the Orange-kun thing. Those were the worst ten seconds of watching the series prior to its epic fail.
|2008-02-25, 00:48
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Video Girl Ai - most people dismiss it immediately because of the premise the Anime is built upon, not noticing the excellent execution of drama the show has. it's also dated, and a lot of younger people have no patience for the animation or character designs.
|2008-02-25, 01:35
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The ending of Kimi ga Nozomu Eien isn't as central to the series, especially since the main topic regarding the ending is Haruka (not Haruhi) vs. Mitsuki.
It's easy to take either side, but it's the same with some true harem anime, like Shuffle!, Ichigo 100%, and probably not many more, since the choice isn't obvious from the first couple of episodes.
School Days ending was the most controversial topic of the series, and is inarguably the most memorable part of the series, while Kimi ga Nozomu Eien had several other parts to be considered, episode two, Mitsuki's shenanigans, episode twelve, etc.
Continuing from that point, I genuinely enjoyed School Days, though I wouldn't say I loved it. It was a fun anime that started mellow and grew into a drama, though I agree that many points of it were overplayed and overexaggerated, and ended with quite a bang.
|2008-02-25, 01:44
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Kissdum, even if the production values were off, i liked the story, and it was fun to watch in general
Macross 7 also, take out hte bad reuse of scenes, and the general protodeviln, and you got a sick story about a rocker who likes to fly around in mecha and play hard rock songs
|2008-02-25, 01:47
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|2008-02-25, 02:13
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When I said "ending", I was mostly referring to Takayuki's choice (since that's what I presumed you were referring to, since you were making a comparison to School Days), not the actual ending, persay.
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|2008-02-25, 02:31
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I knew exactly what you were referring to, but I thought I just wanted to make that quick point about the ending. The ending was what swayed me, but it unfortunately did not sway others. I never thought that the ending was whether Haruhi or Mitsubishi won, but for me, it was Akagi reading Haruhi's story and winning mahjong championships, and of course, Mitsubishi crying, Teriyaki smiling at the book, and Shinichirō with his girlfriend.
*scrolls up to remind himself what the original discussion was*
Oh yes, we were discussing the ending, not the ending. I still find it similar to School Days' ending though. Although KgNE's ending wasn't central to the story (as you and I agreed above), I still think it was the point that swayed people on whether or not they liked it or not, because of the betrayal themes and childhood promises and whatnot. It's kinda interesting how Akagi reads a story in both the ending and the ending, which is really cool now that I think about it.
Oh and of course I gave School Days a 6/10, which is above average, a good score for my scale.
Who needs spoiler tags, right?
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I just had one of the most exciting adventures of my life when I joined the group sponsored by the Alamance Chamber of Commerce that toured parts of China March 30 through April 7. These memories hopefully will remain with me forever or at least until dementia sets in.
Everything went very smooth and was a very pleasant educational trip. The first full day included visiting a park where the elderly congregated to exercise or play games, hundreds of them, a very unique sighting, then we had an opportunity to climb the Great Wall which was amazing and the sight breathtaking. Everyone truly enjoyed it even though legs were sore and all of us very winded. When we returned to our buses our tour guides had arranged for anyone wanting to do so to get a massage once we returned to our hotel rooms. I think everyone was more than willing, a 90-minute full body for $35 what a bargain!! That excitement stopped when female descendants of Attila the Hun whipped us like wet noodles for 90 minutes straight. I have never had such a beating in all my life and from the stories I heard the massacre was happening in several rooms of the hotel that night. Although I must admit when the beatings stopped I felt very relaxed or maybe shock had set in. Regardless a treasured memory.
Later during the week we visited such sites as The Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, The Emperor�s Palace, Tiger Hill, The Shrine of Buddha when thousands were honoring him with prayer and incense. We visited an older part of Beijing and had lunch with a local family which was very entertaining, although Beijing seems to be an upcoming modern city these areas still exist where some communities have common bathroom and showers as one would see at a campground, even had a ride on a rickshaw through this small section of town. We visited Pearl, Silk, Embroidery, Jade factories and of course went into the mountains and had tea at a tea plantation, the countryside amazing and seeing the little women in their hats picking tea leaves by hand was awesome.
We had plenty of shopping opportunities (which my wife benefited from greatly, she said it was guilt as she could not make the trip) amazing Western style breakfasts and all the Chinese food one could eat for the other two meals each day. Surprisingly enough there wasn�t anything served that I wasn�t willing to try and with exception of steamed lettuce everything was delicious (although I need to take them my recipe for banana pudding as the Chinese people don�t know desserts).
Shanghai is a city of its own. Extremely high tech, very flashy like a combination of New York City and Vegas. The hotel we stayed at had a nine floor shopping mall attached and it only took us an hour to find a McDonalds and even less time finding a Starbucks (oh the comforts of home)
I would like to thank everyone involved (Laura, Meagan, etc.) and even my new family of 25 bus companions for such a wonderful experience. Everyone should try to take an opportunity like this and make the most of it. I did.
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