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Political persuasion aside, it's not much of a stretch for most farmers to agree with science that the planet's climate is ever evolving. Periods of global cooling and global warming have been around for a long, long time, and while we have no idea how long each stage of climate might hang around before changing again, we are trying to get better at predicting it.
On June 7 Anthony Barnosky, professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Co-author Elizabeth Hadly from Stanford University, published a review paper in the journal Nature, that details the work and the conclusions of a team of 22 scientists concerning changes to agriculture, fisheries, forest products, and clean water by the end of the century. The new Nature issue is devoted to the environment in advance of the June 20-22 United Nations Rio+20 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
And the picture is not pretty.
In an article published in ScienceDaily June 6, the team, consisting of biologists, ecologists, complex-systems theoreticians, geologists and paleontologists from the United States, Canada, South America and Europe, describe an urgent need for better predictive models of climate change that are based on a detailed understanding of how the biosphere reacted in the distant past to rapidly changing conditions, including climate and human population growth.
Barnosky says science needs to better measure the many global changes that have taken place in recent years, and he suggests that by the end of the century there could be a reduction in biodiversity worldwide and severe impacts could take place that would affect much of what we depend on to sustain our quality of life. He says more detailed information is needed as soon as possible. Barnosky and team are recommending the development of a complete biological forecast that could help predict correctly the impact of the coming changes. This information, he says, could be used to help us plan for such a future and give us time to work on developing solutions to help the growing burden on natural resources.
Better models needed
"Better predictive models will lead to better decisions in terms of protecting the natural resources future generations will rely on for quality of life and prosperity," Barnosky said.
The team suggests climate changes that will occur in the years ahead will bring many changes to the biosphere, taxing local resources and threatening changes in socio-economic conditions around the world.
"We need to understand how plants and animals responded to major shifts in the atmosphere, oceans and climate in the past, so that scientists can improve their forecasts and policy makers can take the steps necessary to either mitigate or adapt to changes that may be inevitable," Barnosky said. "The result of such a major shift in the biosphere would be mixed with some plant and animal species disappearing, new mixes of remaining species, and major disruptions in terms of which agricultural crops can grow where."
Scientists say currently, to support a population of 7 billion people, about 43 percent of Earth's land surface has been converted to agricultural or urban use, with roads cutting through much of the remainder. The population is expected to rise to 9 billion by 2045; at that rate, current trends suggest that half of Earth's land surface will be disturbed by 2025. To Barnosky, this is disturbingly close to what he calls a global "tipping point."
The Berkeley Initiative in Global Change Biology, or BiGCB, is a massive undertaking involving more than 100 UC Berkeley scientists from an extraordinary range of disciplines that already has received funding. According to Berkeley officials, the type of work being recommended in the paper is currently underway.
"UC Berkeley is uniquely positioned to conduct this sort of complex, multi-disciplinary research," Graham Fleming, UC Berkeley's vice chancellor for research said in the ScienceDaily interview. "Our world-class museums hold a treasure trove of biological specimens dating back many millennia that tell the story of how our planet has reacted to climate change in the past."
Fleming says a distinguished faculty will employ every effort to better predict the changes and impact expected when the planet reaches its tipping point.


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Using Wikileaks To Figure Out What The Government 'Redacts'
from the compare-and-contrast dept
Still, there is one way in which this has actually turned out to be enlightening. A few months ago, the ACLU filed some Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the State Department on some issues, getting some of the very same documents that were leaked via Wikileaks. Except... the kind that came with the FOIA had redactions. The Wikileaks documents, for the most part, do not. That created an interesting opportunity for Ben Wizner at the ACLU. He could now compare and contrast the two version of the document, to see just what the government is redacting, and figure out if they're redacting it for legitimate reasons... or just to do things like avoid embarrassment.

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Apple's apology to Samsung, which it was ordered to place on its website following the loss of its patent court case in the UK earlier this year, will have to be amended.
The statement can be found by following a link on Apple's home page which leads to an otherwise blank page, where Apple has not only published the court-approved text, but added its own PR spin afterwards.
Its smug tone hasn't gone down well with the UK courts or the presiding judges, with Judge Robin Jacob quoted as saying "I'm at a loss that a company such as Apple would do this," and called the move "a plain breach of the order."
The judge is probably the only one who is surprised by Apple's actions, as the attempt to obfuscate the original meaning of the text by adding some self-serving Apple spin, is exactly the kind of egotistical move many of the company's detractors have come to expect.
Samsung's lawyer said that Apple's statement gives the impression that "the UK court is out of step with other courts," as it mentions both the $1 billion judgement in the US and another win against Samsung in Germany.
However, the back-slapping that inevitably followed the publication of the statement is all in the past, and Apple must change it to that which the court ordered, and it must do so within 24 hours. At the time of writing, the original statement remains on Apple's website.
According to Bloomberg, Apple asked for 14 days to make the changes. Judge Jacob was shocked that it would need this long, and rejected the request. "I would like to see the head of Apple make an affidavit setting out the technical difficulties which means Apple can't put this on their website," he said. Us too, Judge, as it usually only takes them a couple of hours to put up an entirely new product range.
All this would be amusing, if it didn't sound so childish.


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Hello all. I'm interested in getting into hunting with dogs (upland and water, maybe small game), and over the past couple of years I've done research on breeds, etc. I settled on a breeder, and have been anxiously waiting for the litter for about 10 months now. Pups were born last week, and the breeder mentions that the breeding was a mother/son pairing...
This breeder has 30+ years of experience with the breed, and has raised and bred many outstanding dogs. He's nationally, and I believe internationally, known with this breed. Seeing as I'm new to bird dogs, I don't feel I have enough experience to be critical of this pairing, but everything I've ever learned about genetics, and some experiences with "overbred" dogs from show stock, is telling me to avoid this.
What's the opinion of you folks? Is occasional inbreeding like this (he says it is very rare for him to do this) a no-no? I've got a lot of time and emotional energy invested already, but no money yet.
Thanks in advance for any advice.


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Expert List
Greg Black
Area(s) of expertise: specializes in General Motors (GM) vehicle repair
Experience within field: : more than 45 years working in automotive industry, GM World Class Technician, GM Master Technician, experience in vehicle maintenance at Ellington Air Force Base
Romulo Vela
Area(s) of expertise: specializes in Honda and Ford vehicle repair
Experience within the field: Honda silver level technician, state vehicle inspector, shop foreman, team leader, Automotive Youth Educational Systems (AYES) mentor
David Baisden
Area(s) of expertise: auto body repair and airbrush painting
Experience within field: 44 years experience in automotive paint and body, 40 years experience in automotive air brush painting, ASE Master Collision Technician, ICAR Qualified Instructor, DuPont Top Gun painter, PPG Platinum Qualified, 3M Best Practices Top Shop Qualified, Blackhawk Frame repair qualified, BASF paint qualified, worked in every type of area in GM and Toyota body shops, paint technician, frame technician, shop foreman, body shop owner, graduate of Tri-County Vocational Auto Collision Program, Associate of Applied Science in Auto Collision San Jacinto College, Associate of Arts in Art
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Experience within the field: More than 30 years in career services.
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Experience within the field: Nearly 25 years teaching child development at San Jacinto College
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Experience within the field: More than 50 years of experience in diesel mechanics, developer of experimental mechanical gasoline injected engine
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Experience within field: Serves as the College's eye care technology program director. More than 30-years in eye care technology that includes serving as a clinical trial technician for the Food and Drug Administration for Holmium & Excimer LASER Research; studying under the world renowned Dr. Theo Seiler, one of the first physicians to use an excimer laser on a human eye; lecturing at the American Academy of Ophthalmology; and teaching for the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology. Clarke schedules regular service learning opportunities for students, including the See to Succeed initiative, where they deliver free screenings and examinations to schoolchildren across the Houston metroplex region.
Robert Merino*
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Area(s) of expertise: licensed massage therapist and instructor, working with students in coordination with Texas Chiropractic College
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Experience within field: Founder of the Never Too Late (N2L) Center for Adult Learners, director of the AACC Plus 50 Completion Program, and serves as an education planner/recruiter for adult learners. Author of the presentations "What to Do When the Student is Older Than You (or God)," and "Building Community Within a Community College (Adults Only!)." Professional honors include the Kellogg Institute Class of 2010, National Institute for Developmental Education; grand prize winner of the Borders/AARP "My Next Chapter" Essay Contest. Previous experience includes serving as a State Certified Presenter for the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented and as an Accredited Teaching Artist with the Young Audiences of Houston.
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Area(s) of expertise: Chemistry with an emphasis in science service learning. Her teaching method is a fusion of traditional chemistry projects and experiments mixed with a freethinking interactive environment, inside and outside of the classroom.
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Area(s) of expertise: math education, STEM initiatives, methods in moving students from remedial math to college-level coursework
Experience within field: Serves as chair of the math department, previously served on Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board committee that created the Field of Study curricula for Associates Degrees for E-8 Mathematics Teachers and for Engineering. Worked as a petroleum reservoir engineer for Union Texas Petroleum, studying oil and gas fields in Texas, New Mexico, Canada, Madagascar, Argentina, Indonesia and the Gulf of Mexico.
Patricia Steinke
Area(s) of expertise: biology education through science service learning in the community
Experience within field: More than 20 years teaching biology with previous experience as a high school science teacher. Serves as an advisor for the Texas Student Education Association, which received the Patsy Goss Community Service Award. Member of the College's Green Team, Texas Community College Teachers Association, Texas State Teachers Association, National Association of Biology Teachers, and the National Education Association.
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Experience within field: More than 30 years in the industry with 20 years teaching commercial truck driving. Specializes in flatbed and hauling heavy equipment across country.


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U.S. stock-index futures pared early gains on weaker-than-expected consumer spending and personal income data. Traders also awaited news on U.S. budget talks.
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Today's Markets
As of 8:37 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 2 points to 13018, S&P 500 futures declined 1.3 points to 1415 and Nasdaq 100 futures gained 1 point to 2681.
The markets were looking to close out the week with modest gains, with the Dow and S&P 500 up by less than 1%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq has posted a stronger performance, climbing 1.5%.
Focus has broadly remained on key talks in the White House and on Capitol Hill aimed at avoiding the fiscal cliff. Headlines have pointed to continued disagreements between Republicans and Democrats, but most analysts say they expect some sort of deal to be made. Still, the back-and-forth has made for a turbulent ride on Wall Street.
"Policymakers may still add to market choppiness in statements that offer little substance while prompting much analysis," analysts at Nomura wrote in a note to clients.
There are two economic reports that may also help define a direction.
The Commerce Department said U.S. consumer spending dropped 0.2% in October from September, the first decline since May. Meanwhile, personal income remained unchanged, the weakest reading since April. Economists expected spending to remain unchanged and income to rise 0.2%.
Later, the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago will provide an update the manufacturing sector in the U.S. Midwest. Economists expect the gauge to have climbed to 50.5 in November from 49.9 the month prior, indicating a shift from slight contraction to slight expansion.
Commodities markets were little changed. The benchmark crude oil contract gained 5 cents, or 0.06%, to $88.12 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline dipped 0.13% to $2.784 a gallon.
In metals, gold climbed $2.60, or 0.15%, to $1,732 a troy ounce.
Foreign Markets
The Euro Stoxx 50 climbed 0.41% to 2592, the English FTSE 100 gained 0.22% to 5883 and the German DAX rose 0.55% to 7441.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 edged up by 0.48% to 9446 and the Chinese Hang Seng ticked higher by 0.49% to 22030.


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Kaw WMA covers 16,254 acres adjoining the upper two thirds of Kaw Lake in eastern Kay County in north central Oklahoma . Located just four and one half miles east of Newkirk , Oklahoma, Kaw WMA is a mixture of upland and bottomland forest, tallgrass prairie, old fields, and cropland.
Bluestem grasses and post oak- blackjack forests are predominate on upland sites, which are interspersed with sand plum thickets and agricultural fields. Bottom land forests consist of burr oak, hackberry, sycamore, sand plum and other species. The average annual precipitation for the area is 30 inches per year.
WMA Driving Directions:
West arm – From Newkirk: 4½ miles east on E. River Rd (E0090).
South area – From Ponca City: 2 miles north on U.S. Hwy 77, 6 miles east on Sate Hwy 11, 2 miles north on Enterprise Rd, ¼ mi east on E0150.
East arm – From Newkirk: 13 miles east on E. River Rd (E0090).
Game Species of Interest:
Pheasant: Very few present, most often taken as a bonus for quail hunters.
Quail: Bobwhite quail occur in fair numbers during most years.
Deer: White-tailed deer are abundant and highly sought after.
Turkey: Rio Grande turkeys are present in good numbers and highly sought after.
Rabbit: Cottontails are usually present in good numbers.
Furbearers: Coyote, bobcat, and raccoon are plentiful.
Dove: Good dove hunting is usually available.
Waterfowl: Ducks and geese are usually available in good numbers.
Squirrel: The fox squirrel is present in good numbers.
Nongame Species of Interest:
Greater Prairie Chicken: Present, but only in low numbers.
Bald Eagle: One of Kaw Lake's most popular winter attractions is the American Bald Eagle. Traditionally, Kaw Lake has one of the states largest populations of wintering bald eagles. Numerous sites around the lake offer visitors excellent opportunities to view our nation's symbol. Peak viewing opportunities occur in January.
Osprey: Commonly observed along the shoreline in early fall.
Upland sandpiper: Present in low numbers on the east side of the WMA.
Texas Horned Lizard: Present in low numbers on the east side of the WMA.
Description of Fish and Wildlife Management Practices:
Approximately 4,000 acres of wheat, milo, soybeans, and corn are planted annually through an agricultural lease program. Twenty four hundred acres of Japanese millet are planted annually on mud flats scheduled to be inundated as the millet matures. The intent of this practice is to increase waterfowl habitat. Trees and shrubs are planted annually to provide cover for upland species and break up large agricultural fields.
Camping and Facilities:
Several primitive camping sites are available free of charge on the WMA. These sites are mowed in the early fall. Nine public use areas are available around the lake. Campers can select from over 250 campsites, many of which are equipped with water and electric hookups. Reservations for these campsites can be obtained from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Ten boat ramps provide boaters with easy access to Kaw Lake. Once on the water, boaters can find two full service marinas located at Pioneer Park and McFadden Cove. The number for the Corps project office at Kaw is 580-762-5611.
Fishing Opportunities:
Kaw Lake and the Arkansas River have long been known for producing some of Oklahoma's largest catfish. The flathead, blue and channel catfish all reside in the lake. Kaw Lake also offers anglers excellent opportunities to catch crappie, sand bass, black bass and walleye. The lake covers 17,000 surface acres and has 168 miles of shoreline.
Kaw WMA Map - best general purpose map, pdf format (8.5x11)
Information on the lake and surrounding area
WMA Map with dove field burn locations
Regulations: Seasons on public lands section of hunting regulations
Kaw WMA - Outdoor Oklahoma Magazine Article (Jan/Feb 2006)
For additional information and area attractions:
Bartlesville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
201 SW Keeler
PO Box 2366, Bartlesville OK 74005
Kaw Lake Association
4128 Lake Road Ponca City 74602
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department
Post Office Box 52002
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-2002
(800) 652-6552 or (405) 521-2409
Perry Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 426 Perry 73077
Ponca City Tourism
516 E Grand Avenue
Ponca City Chamber of Commerce


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SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- A woman who competed in a radio station's contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom died of water intoxication, the coroner's office said Saturday.
Jennifer Strange, 28, was found dead Friday in her suburban Rancho Cordova home hours after taking part in the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest in which KDND 107.9 promised a Nintendo Wii video game system for the winner.
"She said to one of our supervisors that she was on her way home and her head was hurting her real bad," said Laura Rios, one of Strange's co-workers at Radiological Associates of Sacramento. "She was crying, and that was the last that anyone had heard from her."
It was not immediately known how much water Strange consumed.
A preliminary investigation found evidence "consistent with a water intoxication death," said assistant Coroner Ed Smith.
John Geary, vice president and marketing manager for Entercom Sacramento, the station's owner, said station personnel were stunned when they heard of Strange's death.
"We are awaiting information that will help explain how this tragic event occurred," he said. Initially, contestants were handed 8-ounce bottles of water to drink every 15 minutes.
"They were small little half-pint bottles, so we thought it was going to be easy," said fellow contestant James Ybarra of Woodland. "They told us if you don't feel like you can do this, don't put your health at risk."
Ybarra said he quit after drinking five bottles. "My bladder couldn't handle it anymore," he added.
After he quit, he said, the remaining contestants, including Strange, were given even bigger bottles to drink.
"I was talking to her and she was a nice lady," Ybarra said. "She was telling me about her family and her three kids and how she was doing it for her kids."


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Jenny McCarthy (40 years) Former Playboy model Jenny McCarthy has admitted to using botox every two months. "I asked my doctor to inject a little on my forehead wrinkles. That's a little secret to my beauty."
Jennie Garth (40 years) The former star of "Beverly Hills 90210" was admitted to People magazine in 2008, "I use it but just a little bit. I do not want my face to be changed."
Janice Dickenson (57 years) The former supermodel was admitted as one of the first users of botox. "Since the beginning of its launch, I was directly in line. I use it every six months. If that makes me look younger, I would live for botox," Janice told People magazine in 2004.
Sharon Osbourne (60 years) Sharon Osbourne is one of the early celebrity who never hid the fact that she uses Botox. "I ask the doctor to inject it in my head," Sharon said in 2003 in People magazine.
David Haselhoff (60 years) "I use botox, everyone in Hollywood uses botox," said the former star of "Baywatch" was in People magazine in 2006.
Courteney Cox (48 years) The actress admitted to having tried Botox, but stopped because it did not like it. "I'm an actress and I should be able to move my face," he said.
Vanessa Williams (49 years) "I use it properly. I want to still look natural," Vanessa said in an interview with the magazine BellaSugar 2009.
Nicole Kidman (45 years) "I hate to see the results, and I could not move my forehead when I was just injected with botox. Now I do not use it anymore," I'm Nicole on TV Movie magazine in 2011.
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Jennifer Aniston (43 years) "A lot of people thought I routinely inject botox, but not. Of course I never tried it, but I'm trying to be careful," said Jennifer at InStyle magazine in 2011.


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Adem | 29/05/08
Adem takes music very seriously.
The choice of covers for his new album 'Takes' are a deliberation of love, each one has a deep personal connection and been agonised over to give the up most respect to the original as well as create something new and completely of itself. In short 'Takes' is a labour of love.
Featuring an intrigued selection of artists, each song displays a unique take on the craft of songwriting as well as Adem's eclectic music tastes and ability. On this record Adem plays: (deep breath) the grand piano, vibraphone, an ebow, a wurlitzer electric piano, Appalachian dulcimer, violin, double bass, harmoniums, glockenspiels, backpacker guitar, ukulele, banjolele, autoharp, bells, as well as the usual acoustic guitars and odd stuff like cups and bike locks.
These extraordinary interpretations might go some way to explain why such a diverse list of pioneering artists like Tortoise, P J Harvey, Aphex Twin, Yo La Tengo and others all gave permission to use their music on this special project.
"Making a covers record is like making a mixtape – how much time, love, effort and heartache is invested into side A alone?" says Adem. Well, judging by the generosity here, this album gives as much as it 'Takes'.


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I'm trying to understand the contract length requirements for a non-subsidized iPhone line added to a family plan. I also have a question about upgrade eligibility.
First: One of my family members recently upgraded his iPhone 3GS to the iPhone 4 after becoming eligible for an upgrade. The family was on the Nation 700 Family Talk with Rollover at that time (July 2010).
I obtained his old iPhone 3GS from him (which I assume puts me in possession of a non-subsidized iPhone).
The family upgraded their family plan from the Nation 700 Family Talk with Rollover to the Nation 1400 Family Talk with Rollover and added me to that plan with the non-subsidized iPhone 3GS that I had obtained from the family member.
Given that my iPhone line was added to their Family Talk plan with a non-subsidized iPhone, is that line required to be on a 2-year contract term? The 2-year contract is what shows as associated with this line in the account, but I wonder if it was truly required to be under a 2-year contract.
My impression was that the 2-year contracts were required for subsidized phones, but it seems from some other threads I've read that a non-subsidized phone added as a new line to an existing plan might not necessarily require a 2-year contract. Can anyone shed any light on that for me?
Also, I'm curious about eventual upgrade eligibility. I'm very happy using the iPhone 3GS at present, but I also see that coming into this family plan with a 2nd hand (and non-subsidized) 3GS, I'm apparently not eligible for an upgrade at the best reduced price until 21 months have elapsed from the date my line was added. I'm assuming upgrade eligibility is based on when the line was added to the plan and has nothing to do with the actual phone that was added. Am I correct in that?
Thanks in advance for help in understanding how these things work.
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A two-year contract should not be required. Most CSRs don't really know how to add no-contract lines, so they default to adding lines under contract. If this was the case, you NEED to correct this IMMEDIATELY. If the CSR signed you up to a contract on that line, you will not be eligible for a phone upgrade for 18-21 months.
Thanks, Brian -- I appreciate the input. We did get the activation at the local AT&T store (very small one) and I got the feeling during the activation process that there were some uncertainties involved. I had even asked the question at the time about coming on month to month (not necessarily wanting to have the line committed to 2 years, especially coming in with a used phone), but the sales people there seemed to be telling us that a 2-year contract was the only option.
I think the reason the AT&T store reps gave us (if I recall correctly) was supposedly related to activating an iPhone and the required data plan.
Is it somehow possible that the required data plan for an iPhone could involve a mandatory commitment to a 2-year contract, even if added to an existing family plan?
Any of the AT&T employee/participants here have any feedback on this for me? We're definitely going to call customer support on this, but I also want to make sure I approach this correctly and with the right information.
I'm by no means wanting out of the plan or anything (I think the iPhone is great), but don't want added contract time thrust upon my family unnecessarily. (They've been with AT&T since 1998, so are long term customers in any case.)
Brian, thanks again...
Please, if an AT&T insider has some input for me here, I'd sure appreciate it.
I'm not mad at anyone in this matter, I'm not looking to complain, not trying to get anyone in trouble, not seeking vengeance ( ) -- nothing like that.
I just want to know what's right and what approach I should take in addressing whether or not my second-hand iPhone should have been assigned a 2-year contract when added to my family's Family Talk plan.
Any help from you AT&T folks?
You were not getting any equipment with the new line, since you were using an existing device you already owned. Although you CAN sign a contract without purchasing equipment, I don't know of any reason to do so.
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You were not getting any equipment with the new line, since you were using an existing device you already owned. Although you CAN sign a contract without purchasing equipment, I don't know of any reason to do so.
Thanks very much! I suspected this would be the case. I'm getting it touch with AT&T customer support now to verify options in this situation.
The strange part was that I asked specifically about the possibility of not putting my added line on a long-term contract, and the representative who worked with us at the AT&T store told us that monthly service was not an option in this case and that adding my line to the account required a 2-year commitment.
In this case, it sounds like the situation was much as BrianfromNO described, and perhaps the CSR who dealt with us just was not aware of the option of adding (or how to add) a no-contract line.
OK, as a follow-up to my situation:
I got this resolved nicely with AT&T customer service by placing a call to them. It took a few minutes of background explanation on my part and bit of hold time while my direct representative consulted with her management, but the situation is now resolved (about 15 minutes of phone time with AT&T to deal with this).
In this particular case, since the iPhone in question was not subsidized (second-hand phone), it did not require a 2-year contract. So, what was done to resolve this was the early termination restrictions were removed and the line is now essentially a monthly line.
As an offshoot of this issue, we had another line on the account for another family member that was in exactly the same situation (a line that was added to the family plan several months ago with no new phone involved) and it, too, had a 2-year contract and early termination restrictions. The early termination was also removed from that phone line, and it is now a monthly line.
Many thanks to BrianfromNO and erichamion for good feedback to me in this thread, which certainly helped me to resolve this quickly and efficiently with AT&T.
And, kudos to the AT&T folks with whom I spoke who took care of our needs in this. The direct representative was courteous, helpful, and very responsive to our concerns -- and she was able to effect a relatively quick and easy resolution to those concerns.
Glad it worked out for you! Persistence and a positive attitude can solve a lot of customer service issues.
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Glad it worked out for you! Persistence and a positive attitude can solve a lot of customer service issues.
Thanks, and I agree. Courtesy, persistence, and positive attitude beat the heck out of "irate, impatient and negative" any time... ;-)
I'd leave you and erichamion kudos on your posts, but the system will not allow me to "kudo" anyone by clicking the kudos button. (I get a hover message of "Sorry, you can't give kudos to this post" whenever I try.)
Pardon me for reviving an old thread, but I have the exact same situation going on that you had and I don't know if AT&T policy has changed or if I'm just being given a hard time. I added a line to my Family Plan using an old existing iPhone 4. I opted not to upgrade it at the time, under the assumption that it would keep me out of a contract.
Well, fast forward over a year and a half later and I'm trying to take advantage of a Best Buy deal where I can trade-in this iPhone 4 for a new iPhone 5 with a 2 year commitment. Problem is, they showed that this line is not eligable for an upgrade. Assuming this was a small clerical error that could be easily fixed, I called AT&T. They're telling me that whenever I add a new line it's an automatic 2 year contract unless I use a GoPhone, and, that I'm ineligable for an upgrade despite the fact that I came into this contract without having purchased a new phone to begin with.
After some polite back and forth with the agent and putting me on hold twice, I was told I'd be eligable if I called again next week. Not only does that make no sense to me, this promotion at Best Buy ends today (one week only deal).
I am totally baffled as to why I could've gotten a new subsidized phone back when I opened the line, yet because I didn't, I'm now stuck waiting 2 years before I can. It makes zero sense to me.
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The 89-minute movie is mostly set in Jerusalem on the eve of the 1947 United Nations Palestine partition plan and is based on the Amos Oz novel Panther in the Basement.
Exploring universal themes such as patriotism and friendship, and expertly directed, it unfolds in English and Hebrew.
The central character, Avi (Proffy) Liebowitz (Ido Port), is an exceptionally intelligent boy wise beyond his years. The son of Holocaust survivors from Poland, he is an ardent Zionist who yearns to join the anti-British Irgun militia.
In the meantime, he plays war games with his toy soldiers and friends, regularly shouts the nationalist slogan "freedom or death" and daubs the inflammatory words "British Go Home" on a stone wall.
One day, after violating the British curfew, Avi is detained by a portly British sergeant, Steven Dunlap (Alfred Molina), the son of a lay minister. As they talk, they strike up a budding friendship, and Dunlap invites Avi to meet him at a British club for more chats.
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Lance Armstrong, Max Taam and Len Zanni, riding as Team Livestrong, won the 12 Hours of Snowmass in Colorado USA on Sunday, beating endurance racing juggernauts Dave Wiens, Mike Kloser and Jay Henry of Team Beaver Creek for the men's team title.
The 12 Hours of Snowmass was the next stop for Lance Armstrong's return to competitive cycling, over an unusual 12-hour race format that included no nighttime riding; the gun went off just after dawn at 7am and competition wrapped up by 7pm.
Race organizer Nat Ross couldn't have wished for better conditions. The morning brought crystal clear skies, a near-ideal forecast of 15°C (58°F) and the clean air and stunning views offered by the course's near-3,000m (10,000ft) high point.
Not that any of the contenders had time to notice though.
The course was just 11km (7mi) long but included over 450m (1500ft) of climbing, nearly all of which was in the first 5km (3mi). Even then, racers were afforded little respite on the technical middle third before bombing back down to the start/finish area.
Armstrong led off his team and looked comfortable in fourth position after the first major pitch. But Beaver Creek's Jay Henry was the first to the hand-off area, logging the day's fastest lap at just 38:57.
Though Armstrong is best known for his exploits on the road, he quickly showed that he was no slouch on the mountain bike either, finishing less than a minute back at 39:44.
"I think [our teams] match up pretty well," said Henry shortly after handing off to Kloser. "I know those guys pretty well and Lance was… I mean, at times I thought I'd dropped him and then I looked back and he was right there. I think he's ready to battle a little bit for sure and he did great on the technical stuff. I was riding it really aggressively and he kept the gap. He can ride a mountain bike, that's for sure. It's awesome having him here."
As it turns out, Armstrong's teammates could ride a mountain bike, too.
Zanni cut Beaver Creek's lead to a single second just one lap later then Taam, Armstrong's training partner for the Leadville 100, leapfrogged Leadville winner Wiens during lap number three. Livestrong continued to systematically add to its advantage from there and had built a ten-minute lead by mid-day.
In spite of the growing time gap, there was still a lot of racing to be done and Henry remained optimistic as he waited in the transition area for his fourth lap of the day.
Henry said that the team's strategy was to "just keep ticking [laps] off. The hardest part of the race has not even begun yet. We're not too worried yet."
Henry might have been a bit more apprehensive had he realized that things were going exactly to the Livestrong plan.
"We wanted to start hard," said Armstrong's coach, Chris Carmichael. "With Lance we wanted to try to do around 40-minute laps and just kind of hold him there and he's been able to do that which is a good sign. And then once we got the gap it was like, let's just extend it."
"It's funny; much as this thing only came together two or three days ago, this could be the world championships for Lance. He's so focused. Any time it's bike racing, he wants to win. It doesn't matter if it's thing or anything else; he just wants to win."
And win he did.
The end of the day saw a last-ditch attempt by Beaver Creek to retake the lead but as the clock wound down, things weren't looking good. Beaver Creek needed Zanni to succumb to some sort of mechanical or other mishap and anchor man Kloser had to put in a sub-42:30 lap (his previous laps were 43:10 and 43:24). When all was said and done, Kloser kept his end of the bargain but Zanni came through the finish line unscathed (and looking fresh, no less).
"It was pretty lonely there for a while but I hooked up with my buddy, Mike Mathers… and we kept up a good pace and he kept me motivated," said a relieved Zanni right after crossing the finish line for the last time. "It was a good team effort and a great first year event."
Armstrong may have been the star of the event but he and Zanni were quick to acknowledge the team aspect of the win. "If it wasn't for these two guys, I wouldn't have been successful. I was certainly not the strongest guy in the race but these two guys made up the difference with the team."
Now, which team will Armstrong compete with come July?
Armstrong was a last-minute addition
Armstrong's comeback calendar hadn't originally targeted the inaugural 12 Hours of Snowmass, a benefit for the Aspen Youth Center and Extreme Sport Camp (a summer camp for kids with autism). In fact, the seven-time Tour de France winner confirmed his entry just a few days prior and likely would have even been here but for a convenient set of circumstances.
"Max Taam and I both live locally and we had talked about a few weeks ago trying out the 12 Hours of Snowmass [because] it's a first year event," said Zanni, who had planned on filling out the team with Mountain Flyer magazine publisher Brian Riepe. Riepe had to pull out at the last minute, but Taam had an ace up his sleeve.
"Max had been riding with Lance and training leading up to Leadville so they got to be pretty close", Zanni continued. "Max emails me back, 'Lance is in', and I went, 'ok, the stakes just got completely different and then obviously everyone's heard about it and it's brought a lot of great attention to this race and to the Aspen Youth Center."
Conveniently, the race fit in with Armstrong's training plans anyway.
"The thing to remember about Lance is that he's in good shape," said Carmichael. "It's not like he's got to come back and build this super big base [again].
"I was in California three days ago and he said, 'Should I do this?' I thought about it and I was like, look, he's doing 40 minute a lap and probably 30 of it are all at threshold. So he's going to do six laps out there, 30 minutes times six… that's a lot of good intensity that he would not be able to reproduce in training. So it's good.
"I think you'll see him hit some cyclo-cross racing. He needs to. He's been out of competition for three years and just this competition psyches him up, motivates him. You know, [Henry, Kloser and Wiens] are the real deal."
Cyclo-cross? You bet.
Though the Armstrong camp hasn't announced his 'cross calendar yet, rumors have swirled that he will likely attend the CrossVegas event to be held during the Interbike trade show at the end of this month. However, during the post-race press conference at Snowmass Armstrong said he "can't make it".
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Former deputy speaker of the House of Commons Nigel Evans used his "powerful" influence to sexually assault seven young men, a court has been told.
He had the "ability to make or break" the careers of those who wished to work in Westminster, a jury at Preston Crown Court heard.
Evans exploited his position and pressed his sexual attentions on his victims, and carried on doing so despite being warned about his behaviour, says the Crown.
Evans, 56, faces nine charges in all, dating from 2002 to April 1 last year, involving the seven complainants. The MP for Ribble Valley, in Lancashire, denies two counts of indecent assault, six of sexual assault and one of rape.
Opening the case, prosecutor Mark Heywood QC said: "Within the Palace of Westminster, in his constituency and in his own political party, Mr Evans was, during the decade with which you are concerned, a very well-known and powerful individual.
"Part of his influence included the ability to make, or to break, the careers of those young people who themselves would be politicians or work for those who govern.
"The prosecution case against Mr Evans is that he, often when in drink, pressed his sexual attentions on those younger men, using or trading on his position of influence.
"Now this behaviour did not happen once but has been repeated over time and despite repeated warnings given to him by others.
"It has also escalated in seriousness, no doubt because he believed that his position made it less than likely that someone would complain."
Mr Heywood continued: "The prosecution alleges that he, on separate occasions over many years, has sexually assaulted young men, both in public situations and in private.
"By the last of the these, in early 2013, he raped one of the young men.
"So the prosecution allege, he not only abused those young men, in some cases seriously, but he abused the positions he held.
"Mr Evans, on the other hand, denies the allegations made, he says that in respect of, for example, the rape, events were entirely consensual, agreed upon, or the result of misreading signals or simply that either they did not happen or he has no clear recollection because of the passage of time."
Mr Heywood then began to go through each of the allegations individually.
The first alleged offence happened in late 2002, with the complainant, an openly gay man, aged 27. One evening he was in a busy Soho bar, either the Red Cube in Leicester Place or the Green Carnation, the jury heard, and Evans was also there.
"He had obviously had quite a lot to drink," Mr Heywood said of the MP. "Whilst the complainant was standing talking to someone else he felt a hand going down the back of his trousers.
"The defendant placed four fingers inside the waistband of his trousers, reaching down as far as the web of the thumb would allow.
"So you understand, there was no words, no warning or invitation. The complainant neither wanted nor consented to the act.
"He was shocked by it but, and this is, you will see repeated over time, he did not want to cause a fuss because of who Mr Evans was."
The complainant was "annoyed" but "walked away" and felt "sorrow" at the MP's behaviour because while it was known he was gay, at that point he was not "openly gay" and the wider public did not know this, the court heard.
Mr Heywood said were it an isolated event, never to be repeated, that would have been the end of it. But he continued to tell the jury about the next alleged offence.
The second complainant was assaulted one night at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool in 2003, in a bar called Number 10 within the Imperial Hotel.
He was drinking with a friend, at some time between midnight and 3am, and Mr Evans was there and described as being "plastered", Mr Heywood said.
Evans stood next to the complainant and "without warning or any kind of invitation" he put his right hand underneath the man's suit and into the top of his waistband He then tried to put his hand down the young man's trousers, the jury heard.
"In fact the impression being given was of someone trying to get his hand down the back of trousers and round the direction of the front," said the prosecutor.
The complainant was aware that journalists were present and "discreetly removed" Evans's hand and stepped back.
Mr Heywood said: "(The alleged victim) was annoyed and embarrassed. He made it clear to Mr Evans that he did not want to be touched in this way."
A member of the Conservative Party Board then stepped in and moved the defendant away from the group. But about 10 minutes later Evans returned and "did exactly the same thing again", said Mr Heywood. "That is, to make a concerted attempt to put his hands down his trousers.
"Again, there was no physical contact with the bottom or genitals, chiefly because he again pushed his hand away."
The alleged victim informed a prospective parliamentary candidate, and an MEP, and was told to sit in the lobby while they dealt with Evans.
The jury was told that it was suggested to the defendant that he was drunk and it was time to retire to bed.
The following morning the complainant said he considered he had been a victim of a sexual assault .But he did not report the matter to the police and was content for the incident to be "quietly resolved" by the party.
Mr Heywood said both men had met on a handful of occasions since 2003 and had never discussed the events at the bar. At the time Evans occupied a "significant political job" as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales but he was later removed from that post by then Tory leader Michael Howard and had not served a frontbench role since, said the prosecutor.


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His body of work as ESPN's senior Jonas Brothers correspondent had been impressive long before last year. But 2012 was when Lynn Hoppes really set himself apart. He told us how great the party was. He hired Sarah Phillips. He told us about Michael Bolton's hole-in-one. He copied shit verbatim from Wikipedia. ESPN promised to address it. He copied press releases, too. He got to the bottom of whether Lolo Jones was dating Ndamukong Suh. And ESPN finally got around to cleaning up his plagiarism—five months after it was first discovered. We think that's about it.
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The German Electromagnetic Field Ordinance, which is based on the Federal Pollution Control Act (26th BImSchV), entered into force in 1997 and was amended in August 2013. It was enacted to protect the population against health effects from electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields, taking into account recommendations by the German Commission on Radiological Protection (SSK) and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).
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Amazon Android Tablet In October (RumorMill)
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We all have spoken thought and sort of knew about the android tablet from Amazon. With the now famous "Amazon App Store" it is hard to imagine, Amazon without it's own tablet.
WSJ has garnered some information on the matter and telling us that we will see the Amazon Tablet in October.
The tablet is said to be somewhere around 9", powered by Android OS and will be produced by an Asian company which Amazon has outsourced the task.
Amazon will also release two Kindles, one with touch screen and the other without. Both will sport the ink on paper interface and said to take on B&N's and Kobo's readers square on. With that in mind, Amazon is also introducing a new varience of the current Kindle. AT&T ad supported Kindle 3G has been introduced at $139. If you want the ad free version, you need to pay $189.
I like the news, more Androids on the market, nasties like Apple and M$ will have hard time suing all at once.
Androids March on and I, just got an iPad 2. I paid for an AT&T version of 3G 16GB tablet and got a AT&T 3G, 64GB version. I am not complaining. And that is another story!
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Marshall Scholarship
The Marshall Scholarship funds one or two years of study at a British university in any field and covers university fees, cost of living expenses, annual book grant, thesis grant, research and daily travel grants, fares to and from the United States, and, where applicable, a contribution towards the support of a dependent spouse.
A candidate for the Marshall scholarship must:
- be a citizen of the United States of America at the time of application;
- hold their first undergraduate degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the United States (by the time they take up their scholarship);
- have obtained a grade point average of not less than 3.7 (or A-) on their undergraduate degree (exceptions will be considered only on the specific recommendation of the sponsoring college);
- have graduated from their first undergraduate college or university after April 2010.
Candidates complete an online application and may apply to only one region and for only the one- or two-year award. The Faculty Representative at Kent State University will ensure the application is complete and make a decision on whether to endorse it. If the Faculty Representative decides to endorse the application, they will include a letter of endorsement and submit the application through the system to the appropriate regional committee.
Application Schedule and Deadlines
- Application deadline Early October
- Shortlisted Candidates Contacted November
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For me EGGS are always FRIENDS IN NEED, This is one food item that's sooooo versatile as you can make just about anything with it.
The other day I had purchased some spring onions, planning to make some fried rice,
(I don't have many recipes for spring onions or should I say I have only one dish i.e. fried rice where I use spring onions).
It would be great if my friends reading this post know something more that can be done with spring onions can pass it on to me.
So back to the spring onions, it was already a day that they were in my vegetable compartment in the fridge and I wanted to cook something before they were stale and unappetizing.
So I decided to cook these spring onions with eggs and then mixing it with some noodles , I used my own recipe i.e. whatever I thought was right for the recipe so here is how I cooked my spring-egg-noodle.
Take a pan or wok add oil, add finely chopped onions and one clove garlic (less garlic as the smell should not overpower you) here I used the white of the onions first. Stir and let it cook for some time then add the spring onion greens and finely chopped green chilies. Let them cook for about 1 min. beat eggs (as per requirement) in a bowl with salt. Pour this beaten egg mixture into the wok and mix in the egg to form lumps let the whole thing get cooked.
You can eat it as it is or sandwiched between two slices of bread or you can have it with noodles just the way I did.


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Jeff Dunham At Sioux Falls Arena
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- 1201 N West Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 United States
Additional Information
Standup phenomenon Jeff Dunham brings his brand new "Disorderly Conduct" worldwide tour to the Sioux Falls Arena on Wednesday, February 6 at 7:30 p.m..
Ticket price is $46.50
Tickets are now on sale and available at the Sioux Falls Arena box office, charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000 and at all Ticketmaster outlets. Arena box office hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
In November of 2012 Jeff Dunham kicked off his all new "Disorderly Conduct" worldwide tour. The new tour offers his global fan base a brand new show packed with more laughs than ever before. Dunham's famed troupe of sidekicks are back: Walter the Grumpy Retiree, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, the beer-fueled redneck Bubba J, the manic purple creature Peanut, the spicy pepper from south of the border José Jalapeño, and Peanut's own ventriloquist dummy Little Jeff, a mini-version of the ringmaster himself.
Dunham and his comedic sidekicks recently taped a new Comedy Central one hour special entitled "Minding the Monsters," that is now available on DVD. The new show is the fifth in a string of record breaking specials. "Minding the Monsters" takes its audience into the ultimate haunted house where you can see Walter transform into something grumpier than he already is, watch Bubba J rise from the dead, meet Peanut's alter ego, The Purple Avenger of the Night, and his spicy sidekick, and witness Achmed literally dressed to kill in an outfit that would terrify the most terrifying terrorist!
The phenomenal international success of Dunham and his cohorts have been driven by his Comedy Central specials, which set global records for both ratings and sales. Last September, Dunham's 4th Comedy Central TV special "Controlled Chaos," premiered to a staggering 8.3 million viewers overall making it the most viewed cable show that night. The global TV event enjoyed a never-before simultaneous same day worldwide debut in a dozen countries. Dunham continued to break ratings records at the end of 2011, when The Bio Channel's premiere of Jeff Dunham: "Birth of a Dummy" became the network's top rated telecast ever. No wonder The New York Times Magazine declared Jeff Dunham "the most successful comedian working in America." Dunham was recently named Pollstar's #1 Comedy Tour in North America for three years running as well as their Top Worldwide Tour for the third year in a row. In addition, Dunham's undeniable talent placed him on Forbes magazine's Celebrity 100 roster of most powerful entertainers for the past four years.
Dunham's autobiography "All By My Selves: Walter, Peanut, Achmed, And Me" debuted in late 2010 and instantly climbed the New York Times best sellers list and achieved a Five-Star Reader Rating on Amazon. The book candidly recounts Dunham's amazing rise to international fame beginning with his first public performances for a mere $5 a show as a fourth-grader in his Dallas, TX hometown, followed by years of intensive touring on the comedy club circuit from his college years into adulthood to becoming an international comedy phenomenon.


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"Build A Better Basket"
Alan, Rosita, and Elmo are putting together a basket full of goodies for Little Red Riding Hood to take to her grandma's house. Red Riding Hood comes by ready to pick up the basket and asks if they tested it to make sure it was strong enough to stand up to the Big Bad Wolf. They agree to test the basket, and Alan holds it up saying, "I got a basket of goodies for you, Grandma. D
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I know I have seen the look before. On the face of a father as he gives away his daughter. On the face of teachers as they wave goodbye to a seasoned crop of youngsters. On the face of graduates as they toss their caps in the air and march out into the world.
It was what I saw on the faces and in the eyes of flue-cured tobacco growers the other day. I first heard the word "bittersweet" used when I asked tobacco grower Keith Parrish how he felt about the buyout. Parrish has spent long hours walking the halls of Congress. People, including congressmen, were quick to acknowledge his hard work in making the buyout happen. To a farmer, it was like they were thinking the same bittersweet thoughts about what the tobacco buyout meant to them. They all used variations of the word bittersweet for good reason.
After years of false starts, numerous bills and alliances that made strange bedfellows, Congress passed a $10.1 billion tobacco buyout as part of a major rewrite of corporate tax law. Payments will be made over 10 years.
The buyout ends an outdated program that began in the Great Depression and was dying on the vine like a field infected with black shank. Since 1997, growers had lost 50 percent of their quota. Things needed to change. If they had not, growers were facing another 30 percent cut next year.
Growers were willing to accept the change, whatever it took. "Give us the buyout and you can decide the bells and whistles ," grower Pender Sharp of Wilson County, N.C., told me last year. For most growers, that included accepting FDA regulation of tobacco.
In many circles, it was understood that FDA regulation would have to be linked to the tobacco buyout in order for it to pass in the Senate.
As the tobacco buyout came out of the House-Senate conference report, it did not contain FDA regulation. Health advocates, such as Scott Ballin of AHEAD, said that while he was glad that growers were getting long-needed help, the Congress had missed an opportunity to regulate cigarettes. Health groups, including Tobacco Free Kids, had made alliances with tobacco grower groups and supported the buyout. Ballin said the issue was too important to go away.
Growers and those in Congress pointed out "money was left on the table" by not including FDA regulation, but noted "what is done is done." The alternative to not passing the buyout would have been "a total train wreck."
The weeklong political back and forth leading up to the passage of the tobacco buyout resembled a two-minute drill in a football game. A minimum of four press conferences speaks to what was at stake or considered at stake over the passage or failure of the tobacco buyout.
The first volley included talk of the bill dying because it didn't contain FDA regulation.
In the Congress, those in leadership pointed to the importance of U.S. Rep. Richard Burr, R-N.C., getting the tobacco buyout bill attached to the larger corporate tax bill.
Erskine Bowles, the former chief of staff in the Clinton administration who's running against Burr in the race for the U.S. Senate, came to the Hill to lobby 24 Democratic senators for passage of the bill, with or without FDA regulation.
Both candidates received accolades for their roles.
As few as a couple of days after its passage on Oct. 11, growers were beginning to notice what it did not contain. In a press conference of growers supporting Bowles, growers pointed out that inspection of foreign tobacco was left out of the legislation.
The rhetoric of growers was as strong as any politician facing election. "It's a good day that we are going to received promised compensation," said Andy Evans of Wayne County, N.C. "It's a sad day to me in rural, conservative North Carolina, when Teddy Kennedy stood up for me stronger than some of our representatives did."
The buyout will be a windfall to a few growers, of course, because of economies of size. There are more small growers than large growers, however. It will allow some to retire with "dignity."
Next year will be a whole new ballgame. Again, it's important to note that tobacco growers, from here on out, will be in a free market.
That gets us back to the word bittersweet.
To understand the full connotation of the word, look out your car window at the number of old tobacco barns standing as you drive past a field the next time you're in tobacco country. Few if any of these barns are torn down, no matter their condition. The reason, I'm thinking right now, is these barns cured the economic well-being of entire areas for a long time. It's hard to let go.
Tobacco growers performed honest, hard labor that provided the economic foundation of states such as North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee. We're talking about farmers who were largely caught up in the issues surrounding their crop, who fought for years and then fought for the dignity to be compensated for their years of work.
Tobacco is an emotional crop. Go out in a field of green tobacco and press the leaves. Your hands will feel the sap of a crop that gets in your blood.
Walking into the Brightleaf-Riverside Tobacco Warehouse in Smithfield, N.C., on the final auction of the season, the bittersweet aroma of cured tobacco hit me in the face. Inside, I heard the bittersweet words of tobacco farmers. The words reflected the looks on their faces. I have seen similar looks on the faces people who are moving from one phase of life to another.
The difference here is, tobacco farmers for the first time in 70 years move from a way of life out into the wide world of free markets. I now realize the reason for the bittersweet victory of a buyout amid the uncertainties of the future.


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The Streets of Jerusalem
August 30, 2013
Every week, Jody Hirsh, the JCC's Judaic Education Director, provides a Shabbat message that is featured at the top of the JCC's weekly email newsletter. Below is the Shabbat message for Friday, August 30, 2013.
The Streets of Jerusalem
Once again will be heard in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the voice of rejoicing and the voice of happiness, the voice of a groom and the voice of a bride.
This prayer/blessing/song in the blessings said at weddings is based on the Prophet Jeremiah's prediction in Jeremiah, chapter 33. Jeremiah, who witnessed the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 BCE, expresses the conviction that in spite of great tragedy, Jerusalem will be restored and happiness will return to the streets of Jerusalem. And... we've seen the fulfillment of his ancient words in our own times. Music, of course, has always been part of any rejoicing – especially in Jerusalem. Last week saw a huge sacred music festival: sacred music from all religious traditions was performed in venues all over Jerusalem. Next week, between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur a "Piyut" festival will have performances every day... Piyutim are sacred Hebrew poems, many of which are sung in synagogues throughout the High Holy Days. So, indeed, the voice of rejoicing and the voice of happiness have been restored to the streets of Jerusalem.
And it's the streets of Jerusalem that so often reflect the unique nature of the Sabbath in this amazing city. The traffic thins out here on the streets of Jerusalem as the afternoons on Fridays approach sunset and the Sabbath. No, not everyone here is religious, and not everyone refrains from driving on the Sabbath; but, nonetheless, there is a special quiet that descends on the city during the Shabbat. Friday evenings, one can walk the streets of Jerusalem hearing prayers from the various synagogues. People walk through the alleyways on their way to Sabbath dinners carrying bottles of wine, or bowls of fruit salad, or whatever they're bringing to their hosts, or perhaps just returning home from schul to their own homes for dinner. In Hebrew, a Sabbath dinner is called "Se'udat Shabat," a Sabbath Banquet. Even secular families have family Shabbat dinners, perhaps with a "lechayim" rather than a Kiddush. And the streets of Jerusalem are quiet. Even those who would normally drive on the Sabbath prefer to walk rather than disturbing the Sabbath peace. Of all the cities in the world, Jerusalem is the most special on the Sabbath . . . especially on the Sabbath.
Jerusalem Alley at Night
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Shabbat Shalom
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Preservationists have their lists of endangered buildings; conservationists, their list of endangered species. I have my list of endangered artistic experiences.
You come home from work, exhausted. You rally, dress up a bit. You hop a train or a bus downtown, drinking in the perennial thrill of the big city. You meet up with friends, a spouse, a lover. And you go to a touring musical comedy, replete with toe-tapping melodies, adroit comedians, beautiful dancers and a romantic, wholly predictable plot that requires no mental effort whatsoever — this is your leisure time — and yet it impresses with its wit and cleverness.
You laugh. You relax. You sense that this touring company is grateful finally to have arrived in Chicago, a real theater city, after suffering week after week in God knows where. They raise their game, buoyed by the audience. You come out renewed, recharged and a little closer to whoever shared this glamorous, escapist evening with you.
Sentimental? So shoot me. For that is pretty much the experience of "Anything Goes," the terrific first national tour of Kathleen Marshall's very rousing 2011 Broadway revival of the 1934 Cole Porter/Guy Bolton/P.G. Wodehouse/Howard Lindsay/Russel Crouse confection. The revival originally starred Sutton Foster (and very fine she was, too) and now stars Rachel York, a longtime road survivor with a big grin, stellar pipes and a exuberant personality that makes her the very definition of old-school trooper.
I'm often being told that the distinction between Equity and non-Equity tours is not meaningful. Poppycock and balderdash. Had "Anything Goes," which has a company of 32 and a hefty pit, gone out nonunion, as is so common nowadays with Broadway revivals, you would not be seeing one of the most formidable benches of massively experienced character actors I've seen on the road in years.
Let's review. In the role of Moonface Martin, there is the sandpaper-dry Fred Applegate, who starred, very nicely, in "The Producers." In the throwaway role of the Captain, there's Chuck Wagner, whom I once watched send chills down the spines of female fans of "Jekyll & Hyde," back when it was understood that musical needed accessible gravitas, a quality absent from the current, cheap Broadway revival. As silly, old Elisha Whitney, there's Chicago's own Dennis Kelly, who is a goofy delight. And in the role of Lord Evelyn, pompous British twit, resides Edward Staudenmayer, veteran comedian of years and years of "Forbidden Broadway," whose comic chops are matched only by his voice. Add in the Broadway veteran Joyce Chittick as the hilarious vamp Erma and you have all the bone-dry shtick one night could possibly hold. I don't know where this crew is hanging out, but one imagines it would be a lot of fun to be with them all.
Such a treat is "Anything Goes" (the revival, as is the fashion nowadays, updated the book a little and expanded the score with the blessing of the estate). The collection of ditties, should you need reminding, is close to peerless: "I Get a Kick out of You," "You're the Top," "Easy to Love" (a useful one for a long-married couple), "Blow, Gabriel, Blow," "All Through the Night" and so forth.
They're all performed with verve and panache (Alex Finke is a lovely ingenue), and everything on the stage is consistently funny. I've never thought of York as a tapper, but she fakes it darn well. And she actually has more of that quality of sardonic weariness than the perkier Foster. York is a Reno Sweeney of the hard-knock life, which is as it should be. That's why they called her Reno.
Broadway tours are supposed to offer Broadway-caliber experiences. That is precisely what is delivered here by a company whose members are so secure in one another they can afford to offer up a really good time. It's not so much that Marshall's staging is radical or a reinvention as much as it is a fresh, expansionist, optimistic, guileless conception, teetering perfectly on the knife-edge between the retro and the redo.
This is a production that respects the zest of this early Broadway material, with its racy double-entendres, absurd plot twists, shamelessly exportable songs (with lyrics carefully planned to work out of context) and an overall self-confidence that suggested the world was shrinking, money was to be made and love was something you could go out and grab all by yourself. All of that still is true: Not to be missed is the show that makes you feel that way. Go ahead. Leave Elmhurst or Wheaton, Naperville or Countryside for a few hours, gussy up and have a dirty old martini in our surprisingly clean town.
When: Through May 5
Where: Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St.
Tickets: $27-$95 at 800-775-2000 and broadwayinchicago.com


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Sofia Vergara & Julianne Moore: Critics Choice Awards 2011
Sofia Vergara, Julianne Moore, and Annette Bening attend the 2011 Critics' Choice Movie Awards on Friday (January 14) at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.
Sofia rocked a Temperley London dress with Chopard jewelry.
Julianne stepped out in a Tom Ford dress with Bulgari jewelry and Nicolas Kirkwood's black satin suspension sandal.
Her The Kids Are Alright co-star Annette wore a Spring Signature pastel yellow gown with sequin embroidered details by Georges Hobeika and Chopard jewelry.
15+ pictures inside of Sofia Vergara, Julianne Moore, and Annette Bening at the Critics' Choice Awards….