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Click on the Download Now button to start downloading the demo edition of the software. The file size is 20.4 MB, so it could take up to five minutes to download.
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If you have an older version of Client Appointment Manager, see our upgrade history for all of the new tools and enhancements we've added to previous versions.
NEW Automatic Backup
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Have you ever forgotten to backup your appointment database or just don't know how? Now backups are automatically created for you. Every time you open Client Appointment Manager, a backup copy of your database is made. Up to a week's worth of backups are stored on your PC or server.
NEW Monthly Calendar Details View
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View an employee's appointments for an entire month! This makes it easy to navigate to a particular day and see a list of appointments or available times. Get a snapshot of appointments in one, easy-to-read, monthly view.
IMPROVED Recurring Appointments
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You can now make changes to recurring appointments without affecting past appointments. Just select the date you want changes to take effect. Appointments before that date will remain unchanged, which is great for changing times, employees or services, while maintaining history.
IMPROVED Monthly Summary View
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The monthly summary now includes the total number of no shows and cancelled appointments for each day. There is also a new option to view monthly statistics for all employees.
IMPROVED Appointment Reporting
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Do you need to know the total appointment hours for a client or employee? The Appointments by Client and Appointments by Employee reports now show the total appointment hours for a selected date range.
NEW Appointment Export
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Do you need to share appointment information with other programs? Now you can export appointments for any date range with the click of a button. Your appointments will be exported to a text file, which can be opened with a spreadsheet or database program.
ENHANCED Current Time Indicator
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The current time indicator is now easier to read. We've made the current time indicator thicker for better visibility. Now you can check the current time at a glance and see which appointments are next.
IMPROVED Emails and Letters
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Want more flexibility when it comes to client communication? Now you can send emails or letters only to clients who have seen certain employees or had particular services. Grow your business with more flexible client communication!
IMPROVED Waiting List
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Need a better way to clean up your waiting list? You can now select multiple appointments on your waiting list and delete them with one click.
FASTER QuickBooks Synchronization
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Synchronization with QuickBooks is faster and simpler. To speed up the process, only new clients or clients with changes are now synchronized with QuickBooks.
NEW Customer Web Links
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Add web page links to a client's record, such as a map, Facebook page, LinkedIn profile, or any other online content that relates to clients. Now you can quickly access a list of web pages and important documents in seconds.
IMPROVED Google Calendar Integration
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Let your employees view the appointments online using a PC or Smartphone with Google Calendar, it's free! In seconds, you can send or update appointments for up to six weeks. Give your employees instant access to up-to-the-minute appointment information anywhere, anytime!
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- Windows operating system: 2000/NT/XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8. NT is supported only when acting as a server in multi-user, client/server environments.
- CD-ROM drive (if ordering a CD) and a hard disk, with at least 40 MB of free disk space for program files, plus additional disk space for data files.


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sarahlangner necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 209 diseños de 59 diseñadores freelance.
Sarah Langner Photography-- Identity Project
I am moved by the beauty in everyone and every situation. I love working with people and children and do portrait and event photography in the San Francisco Bay Area. My goal is to capture the uniqueness of my subject in an image-the beauty, energy, and subtleties of personality.
Also, beginning in San Francisco I am building a portrait representation of diversity in the Bay Area and the United States. I would like to have a clear simple logo that represents my professionalism and photo-journalistic style, and is adaptable to my unique projects around the US and world. These projects will focus on diversity, human rights, and opening the eyes and minds of those who see them.
Intelligent, professional, creative parents--mothers and fathers of babies, children, athletes, graduates, birthday boys and girls--- and individuals who are interested in quality photography for their family and special events.
They may speak English or Spanish or Russian or French.
My website is transition, under construction. http://www.sarahlangner.com to see some of my portrait work. I'm launching a site at livebooks.com with the material you produce.
I'd like my logo to be applicable to my business card and website. I like clear simple design, sometimes with the name in 2 colors (first and last). I'd prefer my first name emphasized because my last name is hard to pronounce. or some visual emphasis of the 2 'n' s in Langner. I like designs with black/silver/grey/white combos. I also like fun, creative, multicolor ideas. I'm not good at graphic design and look forward to suggestions.
I want a card to pass out in SF with my project on it, with date/time to show up for a portrait. that would be very simple, or mysterious and intriguing.
For the website and portrait work I want to feel simple, creative, accessible. Not cutesy, girly, or bubbly. I like images that are very visually sticky. Unique.
Thank you for reading this and for your input. I appreciate it. And for the winner, i'd love to work with you going forward on the spinoffs of my SF project. Sarah
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My friend, and fellow Emily Carr graduate, Vasho Pekar and his co-workers at Artifex Studios (amazingly talented effects artists) put together this great little parody/re-cut of Cloverfield when they had a little down time at the office. It just hit FunnyOrDie yesterday and I'm sure it will be a big hit, it is really, really, well done. You probably need to have seen the flick for the full effect but maybe not. Great work Vasho!
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While planning out your journey to Europe, whether you are going for a few weeks or a few months, the first thing on your list will be to figure out where you will go. Most of your decision should be based on the type of person you are
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By Matt Bradley and Reem Abdellatif
Egypt's military gave Mohammed Morsi a 48-hour ultimatum to "resolve the crisis" before the military intervenes, setting the stage for a possible military coup a day after millions thronged Egypt's streets demanding the president's resignation on Sunday.
So what's next for Egypt, and what exactly is driving these protests? Here's the rundown.
Why are Egyptians protesting again?
Egyptians are frustrated with the mounting economic pressures the country has faced over the past three years, and they are now also worried that President Mohammed Morsi and the powerful Muslim Brotherhood organization he once led are moving to install their people in all state institutions. Some protesters have expressed concern that Mr. Morsi's Islamist supporters are aiming to "Islamize" an Egyptian culture known for its relatively moderate and Mediterranean outlook. They have accused the president of fulfilling only the goals of his party, which has recently appointed more Islamist governors and ministers. The member of the hard-line Islamist Gamaa Islamiya movement he appointed as governor of Luxor—who resigned June 23 after days of protests—would have dealt a huge blow to its vital tourism industry, some protesters say.
Who's who in this conflict?
A group of grass-roots young people known as "Tamarod," or "Rebel" is a key player in this conflict. Many Tamarod members participated in the uprising against President Hosni Mubarak, and they are tapping into the declining popularity of Mr. Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood. Egyptian artists, activists and poor Egyptians fed up with the economic crisis also turned out in droves at Sunday's protests. Despite the protests against them, Mr. Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood enjoys huge support from among Egypt's moderate and conservative Muslims. Indeed, the organization's candidates and positions have dominated every election since Mr. Mubarak's fall.
What do the protesters ultimately want?
The protesters want Mr. Morsi to resign and call early elections, but they are divided on the details. Some want the military to step in, others have asked for a ruling council of politicians to take the helm while elections are prepared, while some want Maher el Baheiry, the head of the constitutional court, to take over temporarily in accordance with Egypt's constitution.
What will determine President Morsi's fate?
In 2011, it took 18 days of nationwide protests to spur President Mubarak to step down. But he had served for 30 years, was never elected and enjoyed far less public support. In the end, it was a military coup that hastened his exit. Now that the military has had a taste of power, it looks less likely to step up.
Why are so many anti-Morsi protesters bashing the U.S.?
Mr. Mubarak and his predecessor, Anwar Sadat, were both strong U.S. allies and both suppressed the Muslim Brotherhood for decades. But Mr. Morsi's opponents have complained that since the revolution, the U.S. has treated the Brotherhood as if it is the sole entity on the political scene. Many in the opposition say the U.S. is treating Mr. Morsi the same way it treated Mr. Mubarak—as a client of U.S. interests.


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LYNNWOOD — They worry when it rains.
When a storm hits the Casa Del Rey Condominiums in Lynnwood, sewage burbles up in bathtubs, shower drains and kitchen sinks. Sheri Cooley and her partner hurry to shower and cook dinner before the flooding.
Once it starts, they have to go to a minimart up the street, buying mints or candy so they can use the bathroom as paying customers, she said.
Casa Del Rey, a 46-unit complex on 56th Avenue W., has endured repeated sewage backups since fall 2012. Heavy storms overwhelm the city's sewer system with rainwater, sending waste up through the pipes and into about a half-dozen lower-level units.
The condo owners and City Hall have been working together on a solution, but not everyone's happy with the outcome.
A $5.6 million lift station is planned that should solve the problem in 2015, said city public works director Bill Franz. The city recently offered to pay $80,000 for a temporary fix if the condo owners pay $20,000. The temporary fix would include installing back-flow flaps and pumps to prevent sewage flooding until the new lift station is complete.
The city now has collected bids for the temporary fix, and the total price tag may be cheaper, Franz said.
Before the work can commence though, the city wants the homeowners to sign a legal release waiving their right to sue over future sewage problems, documents show.
The condo owners say they've already spent $26,000 on sewage cleanup. They say they shouldn't have to spend any more money for problems stemming from the public sewer system.
They also say they were privately urged by city staff to speak up in support for utility tax increases so the revenues could be used to fix the sewer system.
The City Council proposed sharing the costs for the temporary fix to keep in line with state laws that ban government from spending public money on private property, Councilman Sid Roberts said.
"Everyone on the council felt horrible for Casa Del Rey, and yet we felt like we had to walk a fine line between pleasing them and meeting their need and getting sideways with state law," he said. "I think the administration came up with a pretty good fix."
Most of all, though, the folks at Casa Del Rey just want the issue resolved before enduring another rainy season, said Roz Smith, who's lived in a second-floor unit for eight years. Once the agreement is signed, the pumps and other equipment could take weeks to arrive, she said.
City Councilwoman Kerri Lonergan-Dreke, whose term ends this year, has been sympathetic to the condo board. Last week, she called the city's response "heartless." Similar problems in Everett took weeks, not years, to address, she said.
The city is making people live in Third World conditions, Lonergan-Dreke said.
"I'm embarrassed to be representing a city that treats its citizens this poorly, and this is a perfect example of it," she said.
The condominiums sit along Scriber Creek, just north of Scriber Lake. The sewage floods used to primarily affect a commercial property adjacent to Casa Del Rey. That property owner paid for his own fixes to divert the overflow from his land. That's spilling sewage into the condo complex, people there say.
At least one nearby business had to close twice due to sewage flooding. The condo owners say they don't fault the land owner protecting his property. He declined to be interviewed for this story.
When it floods now, the condo owners can't use showers, sinks and toilets without the back-up flooding the lower-level units. The on-site laundry rooms get shut down. The problems persist for days, Cooley said.
They brought their concerns to City Council, but still feel ignored, said Eric Whitehead, an engineer and condo board member.
"We kind of just got pushed to the side," Whitehead said. "We just kept being told it was a private matter. If we could do something, we would do something."
The condo board also worries about the sewage going into Scriber Creek, Whitehead said.
In addition to protecting the condo buildings, the planned lift station will prevent waste from overflowing into the stream, Franz said.
The condo board members know they could file a claim and sue the city, but a previous experience with a leaky fire hydrant taught them that hiring a lawyer can cost as much as a fix, Whitehead said.
Some problems at Casa Del Rey are aggravated when people who live in upper-level condos ignore lower-level flooding and continue to flush their toilets and use sinks when the system already is backed up, said Franz, the public works director.
Lynnwood's sewer system dates back to the early 1960s, shortly after the city incorporated, he said. Other local cities also struggle with sewage overflow after storms.
Public works staff are committed to following through on the council's recommendation for the short-term and long-term fixes, Franz said. Construction began this summer to install a new sewer main at a similar trouble spot along 76th Avenue W., he said. That project is wrapping up.
The City Council worked closely with the city attorney on their proposed solution for Casa Del Rey, Roberts said.
"We deliberated over what was the right thing to do," he said. "We tried to walk as carefully as we could and get it fixed for them."
Most of the time, Casa Del Rey is a great place to live, with beautiful grounds, Cooley said. That's why she's stayed.
During the last sewage flooding, she asked her boss if she could sleep on the floor at work and shower there, she said. She cooked at work, too. The windstorm this past weekend made her nervous.
"Even in the summer when it rained, I had anxiety," she said.
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Cubs starter Glendon Rusch, who had served up six home runs in two previous starts this season against the Reds, yielded three more in just 32/3 innings of a 7-1 loss to the National League Central leaders.
Cincinnati, opening a 10-game homestand, won its eighth straight to gain a half-game lead over idle St. Louis. Reds starter Bronson Arroyo improved to 8-2 while thwarting the Cubs on five hits before giving way to Kent Mercker in the eighth.
Cubs manager Dusty Baker bemoaned the inconsistent nature of his starting pitchers.
"Offense is always Jekyll and Hyde," he said. "The thing you don't want to be Jekyll and Hyde in is that you want your starting pitching to be consistent. You can win close games, and you can win big-scoring games. But what it all boils down to is starting pitching."
Rusch (2-6, 7.29 ERA), who earned his second victory last weekend in St. Louis with a respectable outing, took another beating against the Reds. He is 1-6 in 20 career games against them, including 11 starts.
A Cubs trip that began 3-1 has taken an ominous turn.
"It looked good when we started with [winning] two of three against St. Louis," said Cubs first baseman Todd Walker, who had two hits Thursday night. "As you saw, when a team loses a big guy like [Albert] Pujols, it's very difficult."
The Cubs lost two of three in Houston before dropping Thursday night's game.
Arroyo, who lowered his ERA to 2.31, beat the Cubs for the third time this season.
"They have a good team over there now; they have a great thing going," Walker said. "They had their second-best pitcher on the mound, and Arroyo is always tough."
The Cubs took a 1-0 lead on Tony Womack's first-inning homer against the team that released him May 2. It was Womack's first home run since July 28, 2004, when he was with the Cardinals.
The Reds, enjoying their longest winning streak in seven years, tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the first when Felipe Lopez singled and scored on Rich Aurilia's double into the right-center field gap.
Ryan Freel hit his fourth homer of the season to lead off the third inning for a 2-1 Reds lead. Rusch gave up back-to-back homers to Brandon Phillips and David Ross in a three-run fourth, in which right-hander David Aardsma took over to register the third out.
"I left two pitches up, especially to Ross and Phillips," Rusch said. "And the pitch to Freel I mean, up and away, and he hit it out to right field. You don't see him do that very often."
The Cubs' starting pitchers rank last in the league in ERA. Rusch, for one, has been particularly inconsistent.
Baker was concerned about burning out his bullpen because of recent short outings from his starters.
Will Ohman, Roberto Novoa and Bobby Howry followed Aardsma on Thursday.
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Atlanta school shooting: 14-year-old shot in head
Updated 5:33 p.m. ET
ATLANTA A 14-year-old boy was wounded after being shot in the head outside a middle school Thursday afternoon and a fellow student was in custody as a suspect, authorities said. No other students were hurt.
Police swarmed Price Middle School just south of downtown Atlanta after reports of the shooting at 1:50 p.m., while a crowd of anxious parents gathered in the streets, awaiting word on their children. Students were being kept at the locked-down school some two hours after the shooting but television footage showed some of them being dismissed.
The wounded boy was taken "alert, conscious and breathing" to Grady Memorial Hospital, said Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campos. Atlanta Public Schools said on their website that the suspect also was a student at Price.
Campos said the injury was not life-threatening and investigators believe something occurred between the two people involved that may have led to Thursday's shooting.
Calls to the school district were not immediately returned.
Atlanta Fire Cpt. Marian McDaniel said the teen was shot in the back of the head and a teacher was treated at the scene for minor cuts.
Shakita Walker, whose daughter is an eighth-grader at the school, said she received a text from her that said "Ma somebody's shooting and somebody got shot." Walker, who works at another school, said she jumped in her car and was thinking "just hurry up and get there."
Walker said her daughter called to tell her that they were being kept in the gymnasium, but she said she was anxious to see her to make sure she was OK.
The fear and anxiety was palpable in the crowd, as one person yelled "Does anyone know what happened?"
Mayor Kasim Reed condemned gun violence in a statement shortly after the shooting and said counselors were already at the school to meet with students, faculty and family members.
"Gun violence in and around our schools is simply unconscionable and must end," Reed said. "Too many young people are being harmed, and too many families are suffering from unimaginable and unnecessary grief."
Outside the school, Laquanda Pittman said she still hasn't heard from her sixth-grade son. She said she heard the news of the shooting on TV and immediately came to the school.
"All types of stuff went through my head. I'm wondering whether it was my child who got shot, is my child OK, did he see what happened?" Pittman said.
She said she just wants to see her son.
"As a parent, you just think you can send your child to school and you hope they come home OK," she said.
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Steven Spielberg brings 'Lincoln' to life
Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) considers the self-evident truths posited by Euclid.
The director waited until he landed actor Daniel Day-Lewis before tackling this story of the 16th president.
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — There was a dark time when Steven Spielberg's dream of making the historical epic Lincoln had all but dissolved. In 2003, Daniel Day-Lewis turned down his offer to play the 16th president, so in Spielberg's mind, the project was dead.
Then came a little life-breathing magic from a mutual friend.
"Leo DiCaprio was at my house for dinner one night," Spielberg says. "It was just myself, my wife (Kate Capshaw) and Leo. And he says, 'Hey, what's going on with your Lincoln project? I told him the sad story. I had one shot at Daniel and he had declined. And that was that. Leo just listened. And then the next morning he called me at my office. He said, here's Daniel's cellphone number, he's expecting your call."
"Leo has never told me to this day what he said to Daniel," says Spielberg, flashing a satisfied smile. "But that began this wonderful journey."
Three years later, this journey enters its most critical phase with Lincoln's initial theatrical release today (it opens wider across the country Nov. 16). By all accounts, it's been a road well-traveled with Spielberg's successful landing of the prized actor to play the iconic president.
Director/producer Spielberg is being heralded for the vivid historical portrait, while the once-reluctant Day-Lewis is the early odds-on favorite for best-actor Oscar gold because of his nuanced performance.
"Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln is perhaps the surest bet to be nominated in a fiercely competitive best-actor race," says Deadline.com awards columnist Pete Hammond. "You can bet a large stack of $5 bills on that."
ALEXANDER: Daniel Day-Lewis is a true 'Lincoln' transformation
REVIEW: No standard bio, mesmerizing Lincoln addresses issues
Doris Kearns Goodwin, whose 2005 best seller Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln was the historical genesis for the movie, says seeing Day-Lewis' performance is nothing short of "miraculous."
"I felt like I was watching Lincoln," she says. "Here I was imagining him for decades. And suddenly he comes to life."
For Spielberg, it's a a departure from conventional spectacle-style filming. This time he focuses not on the sweeping Civil War battles, but on the feverish activity around the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which outlawed slavery in the final days of the Civil War.
"It's very different," says Spielberg. "All of my drama is in the democratic process. But it's pretty suspenseful. Some it is rather amusing."
President Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) struggles with members of his cabinet over his decision to emancipate the slaves, while the bloody Civil War continues to divide the nation, in the latest film from director Steven Spielberg.
The director says he "did not want to do a dry political thriller. The amount of humor and the amount of reverence to the democratic process — that balance — it gets you through the entire adventure perhaps with a couple of epiphanies towards the end."
Lincoln is portrayed as a complex leader, who was masterful at working the political system and willing to set aside his personal beliefs to achieve his goals. This is not the straightforward heroic image of Abraham Lincoln that a 5-year-old Spielberg saw during a trip with his uncle to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., his first memory of the 16th president.
"I just remember what I could never forget," says Spielberg, "the white giant in the chair that frightened me at first."
Spielberg immediately came to admire the face, and never lost the passion. During a discussion at his DreamWorks Studios offices, Spielberg, clad in a thick-necked sweater, seems more Ivy League history professor than Hollywood behemoth.
He also talks the talk. Sipping white ginger pear tea beneath the famous "Rosebud'' sled from Citizen Kane (one of his recent celebrated memorabilia acquisitions), he dives enthusiastically into lengthy analysis of the Civil War and Lincoln even before questions can be finished. The more history-focused the question, the deeper he delves.
His view of the "very complicated" Lincoln is undiminished, even enhanced, by this project.
"He defined a great leader," says Spielberg. "He stayed steady and true on his moral course, towards decency and civil rights and freedom. He never veered from that. (But) nobody could play political theater like Lincoln. It was always a balancing act."
Spielberg's film relishes the fact that Lincoln could push his personal feelings aside for political reality. And that he could get down-and-dirty to move his agenda, using lobbyists, arm-twisting and back-room politics. Yet he still kept his lofty ideals sometimes obscured.
"I never wanted to make a movie that worshiped him. I wanted to make a movie that elevated the conversation," says Spielberg.
Focusing on the drama around the 13th Amendment also allowed a look into what made the president tick on a daily basis. A broader look at his many famous successes perhaps would have been "a superficial glance at his greatness," says Spielberg. "All you have have seen is the same iconography that we see in statuary on coinage, $5 bills and Mount Rushmore. That's not what I wanted to do."
Spielberg launched his project after meeting Goodwin in 1999. He immediately secured the rights to her book, even though she was only halfway done writing it.
His first pass to persuade Day-Lewis to play the role was unsuccessful even after Spielberg lobbied him at lunch at Los Angeles' Hotel Bel-Air. Day-Lewis formally turned him down in an elegant letter written in long-hand.
"He said 'I could never play Abraham Lincoln,' " says Spielberg, recalling the lunch conversation. "That it was just too intimidating. 'What if I don't succeed? I don't want to bring down the image of a great man.' "
So Spielberg went with Liam Neeson, his star from the Oscar-winning Schindler's List. But the two had "subtle disagreements" about the portrayal, on which Spielberg does not elaborate.
"We just couldn't come to terms on the story," he says. "And the great news about Liam is that our friendship withstood some very, very light disagreements."
Spielberg moved onto other projects. That was before DiCaprio's intervention spurned a Day-Lewis reversal. The actor made one request: that he be able to take a year before starting. During this time, Spielberg left the Oscar-winning actor (he won best actor for 1989's My Left Foot and 2007's There Will Be Blood) to come to his own interpretation for playing Lincoln.
His one contribution was sending Day-Lewis recorded interviews of American farmers from the areas where Lincoln was born and grew up. The two also discussed the fact that historical documents make clear that Lincoln's voice was a high tenor rather than the stentorian voice most people imagine.
"It's not as sexy theatrically," says Spielberg. "It's not the animatronic Abraham Lincoln at the Epcot Center at Walt Disney World. But it is the true historical record."
That directive was followed throughout many levels of Lincoln during the shoot, which started last October. Whole sections of the mid-19th century White House were painstakingly rebuilt on the Virginia set, with the colors of the rugs and wallpaper matching the written record from the time. The watch that Lincoln shows in several scenes featured a ticking that was actually recorded from the pocket watch that Lincoln carried.
"We were able to go to the museum and get permission to record (the ticking)," says Spielberg. "That was the first time they wound it in 20 years."
James Spader, who plays political operative W.N. Bilbo, calls the Lincoln set "an 1865 cocoon" made all the richer by it being located in Richmond and surrounding areas in Virginia.
"From the moment you stepped off the airplane you are surrounded by that feeling. Richmond sort of encapsulates that," says Spader. "But walking through those hallways you certainly get a sense of such a different time and place. Steven's attention to that detail was Herculean."
Lincoln also offers a deeper look into the other major players in the president's orbit, including Secretary of State William Seward (David Strathairn) and powerful congressman Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones), both of whom are receiving r awards talk for their portrayals.
Lincoln's marriage to the historically maligned Mary Todd Lincoln (Sally Field) receives a fresh look even as she is depicted as still blaming her husband for the death (most likely from typhoid fever) of their 11-year-old son Willie in 1862. Given the pressure-cooker atmosphere of the White House and her personal problems, her struggles seem more than understandable.
Mary Todd Lincoln (Sally Field) and Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones) exchange barbed pleasantries at the Ball.
"She says to (Lincoln), 'People should look at you and honor and respect what you have done. But they should also look at me,' " says Spielberg of Mary. "Because she's more the Everyperson who didn't have all the armor necessary to protect herself from her experience as Lincoln's wife in the White House during those four years."
Lincoln's armor is fortified with a sharp sense of humor — and great story-telling ability — both of which come through even in the most intense parts of the drama and despite Lincoln's lapses into melancholia.
"That's the other thing people don't associate with him, his sense of humor," says Goodwin. "But it's such a big part of his character. I don't know if he could have gotten through it without it. And you do see him irritating other people by telling those stories at the most seemingly inopportune moments."
Lincoln is shown visibly aging in the four-month span of the film, and he has trouble sleeping when dealing with the terrible war. Spielberg and Day-Lewis kept the same kind of late hours during the shoot, for very different reasons. The two would often text each other at 3 a.m. from their respective houses with interesting historical notes.
"I get too excited, so it's very, very hard to sleep," says Spielberg. "I'd find something in a Longfellow poem and send it to (Day-Lewis). And he would find something in Doris' book and send that to me."
Spielberg became so run-down that he fell ill for 10 days. ("It was the first time I have ever been really sick on a movie."). But his energy and zeal for the project bounced right back. He'll need it for the phase beyond the film's opening — the inevitable awards show march. Spielberg won't go there now.
"I can only see one week ahead of the other. Lincoln could see four years out," says Spielberg. "I don't have the bifocals that Lincoln had."
But very much in focus for Spielberg is the image of the American hero he finally brought to the screen.
"I feel like I know the man now," he says. "I feel like I've lived with him. I've spent time with him. I feel like I have heard a story. Not the only story that should be told of his life — there is so much room to tell so many stories of his life."
Whether Spielberg ever decides to revisit one of those chapters remains up in the air. The prolific artist is next slated to direct the sci-fi action flick Robopocalypse. And any further Lincoln projects would certainly rely on a certain, sometimes reluctant actor.
"I could, but not without Daniel Day-Lewis," Spielberg says when asked if he's up for another Lincoln foray. "I would never do it again without him."


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I celebrated my final required hike for the Mountaineers scrambling course I've been taking by posing for a photo.
I was perched on a skinny little rock at 7,088 feet at the top of Hidden Lakes Peaks North. I was feeling rather pleased with myself. I've gained a lot of skills since I started the course.
Then the woman leading the trip teasingly pointed out my white knuckles.
OK, so maybe I'm still not 100 percent comfortable on high perches.
Still, her joking made me relax enough to let go.
For this trip, we hiked up the Hidden Lake trail off of Highway 20. The trail ultimately ends at a lookout on the south peak, but our goal was the north peak.
The trail is beautiful. It passes through forest for about a mile or so before opening up into a wide gully. It switchbacks up, the views getting better by the minute. The flowers are blooming, and look like they're going to keep getting better. We saw many butterflies and several hummingbirds. We also saw marmots. Adorable, adorable marmots.
The trail wanders through thick, lush meadows. It's fascinating to watch the vegetation change as you climb. It was easy to see that many areas had snow very recently.
The snow is melting quickly in this heat, but the trail is still covered in many places. We had our ices axes and pulled them out many times. If you take this trip, I strongly suggest not crossing the first snow field. It looks like it's going to melt through soon. We went below it, which seemed a safer route.
The melting snow means there are many little streams tumbling happily down the slopes. No shortage of water on this trail right now. And it's blissfully cold.
Eventually, we turned off from the trail and scrambled up toward our peak. It was a good mix of rock and snow. The snow felt good on such a hot day.
The final approach to the peak is all rock, and it's fun. I had a blast scrambling around like a kid. I'm still no mountain goat, but I'm getting better.
The view from the top was stunning. We could see Glacier Peak, Mount Baker (mostly; it was partially hidden in clouds) and Mount Shuksan. We could also see down to Hidden Lake, which was larger than I'd expected and still almost completely covered in snow.
If you'd like to do this hike, I'd wait awhile until the snow has cleared out, unless you're comfortable using an ice ax. I can't recommend the hike enough, though. It was a gorgeous trip.
If you'd like, you can continue all the way up to the lookout on the south peak. You can even stay there, if you're lucky enough to be the first group to arrive. Word is it's pretty posh for a lookout.
WTA has a great write-up of the trail here. That's also a good spot to check for trip reports to give you an idea of how much snow is on the trail.
I am now done with my scrambling requirements for the Mountaineers course. All that's left is trail maintenance and the wilderness first aid course. I'm both looking forward to that course and dreading it. I hear there's a lot of fake blood in the practice sessions.
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PHOENIX (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Arizona Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
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This shot from the September 2009 issue of Interview Magazine mixes the provocative fashion of Eyes Wide Shut with German military regalia. Like only M&M can do. It was created with 4 lights.
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Lighting: Since this image relies more on shadow than light, the key is actually a silver umbrella at f16 (+2 stops) to camera left of Diane and slightly behind her. A large Octabank at f2.8 1/2 (-2.5 stops) behind camera serves as overall fill. Two small strip lights, both at f8, are behind Diane to the left and right. These are aimed down at the floor and provide some separation from the rear wall.
Comments: Fresh off the Inglourious Basterds set as Bridget von Hammersmark, Diane was constantly pressed for some good Tarantino gossip. She wouldn't tell anyone about Quentin's love life or if they got together while shooting, but she did finally find out what was in that briefcase in Pulp Fiction. Apparently after drinking one too many black russians, Quentin confessed that the golden glow wasn't Marcellus' soul or anything deep like that; but, an Oscar statue he assumed he'd win later that year.


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Im a beginner programmer and im trying to complete this assignment but i need Help.
In this lab you have a prewritten Java program for a furniture company. The program is supposed to compute the price of any table a customer orders, based on the following facts:
The charge for all tables ia minimum of $150.00
If the surface(length * width) is over 750 square inches, add $50.00
If the wood is "mahogany" add $200.00; for "oak" add $100.00. No charge is added for "pine"
For extension leaves for the table, there is an additional $50.00 charge each.
You need to declare variables for the following, and initialize them where specified:
A Variable for the cost of the table initialized to 0.00
A variable for the length of the table initialized to 50 inches
A variable for the width of the table initialized to 40 inches
A variable for the surface area of the table
A variable for the wood type initialized with the value "oak"
A variable for the number of extension leaves initialized with the value 2.
Write the rest of the program using assignments statement and if statements as appropriate. The out statement is written for you. Your output should be: The charge for this table is $400.0.
This is what i have
public class Furniture { public static void main(String args[]) { // Declare and initialize variables here. // Charge for this table. double charge = 150.00; double table = 0.00; // Length of table in inches. int length = 50; // Width of table in inches. int width = 40; // Area of this table in square inches. int area = length * width; // Type of wood. String wood = oak; // Number of extension leaves. int leaves = 2; // Write assignment and if statements here as appropriate. table = 0.00; if (area > 750) {charge += 50;} if (wood = "mahogany") {charge += 200.00;} if (wood = "oak") {charge += 100.00;} // Output Charge for this table. System.out.println("The charge for this table is $" + charge); System.exit(0); } }
Can you tell me what i need to add or delete rather than just writing it out. But if you do write if out can you explain it please.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 188 diseños de 76 diseñadores freelance.
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The concept behind the name was that 'Volume' is related to music loudness and 9 is high, not quite 10 I guess. We get more references to books than music from the name.
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Port Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km southwest of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government areas are the cities of Port Phillip and Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, Port Melbourne had a population of 13,293.
The suburb is bordered by the shore of Hobsons Bay and the lower reaches of the Yarra River. Port Melbourne covers a large area which includes the distinct localities of Fishermans Bend, Garden City and Beacon Cove.
The area to the north of the West Gate Freeway is in the City of Melbourne. The area to the south is in the City of Port Phillip.
Historically it was known as Sandridge and developed as the city's second port, linked to the nearby Melbourne CBD.
The formerly industrial Port Melbourne has been subject to intense urban renewal over the past decade. As a result, Port Melbourne is a diverse and historic area, featuring industrial and port areas along the Yarra to open parklands, bayside beaches, exclusive apartments and Bay Street's restaurants and cafes. The suburb also forms a major transport link from east to west, home to one end of the West Gate Bridge.


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Q I have to agree with reader Gordon Craig's assertion of your hypocrisy about speed limits and road sharing.
Tom Harais
A Am I a hypocrite for telling drivers going 65 mph in the fast lane on the freeway to move right if faster traffic approaches from behind? I think not, and I base my feelings on what CHP officers have told me for decades. Get out of their way for your safety. It's not worth the risks to be stubborn about this.
Anything else, Tom?
Q You say it's OK to travel the speed limit on Vasco Road even if the idiot behind you feels otherwise, but not on the freeway. For years I have cringed at the way you use the term "road boulder" and seemingly defend those who believe that once they barrel their way into the No. 1 lane on the freeway, they may go as fast as they please and everyone else must yield to their refusal to safely share the public roadway by moving over.
Aggressive driving is dangerous and needs to be curbed. We don't live in a police state and the CHP can't be everywhere. A bit of public pressure and shaming of the "road bullies" could do wonders for making highways safer. Much more so than referring to those who wisely limit themselves to the maximum speed limit as "road boulders."
Tom Harais
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Q Shame on you. If traffic is stacking up behind someone doing 65, the people doing the tailgating need to learn to obey the traffic laws and drive the speed limit. Someone in your position should not be giving credence to the "get out of my way" lobby who feel like they have a divine right to flout the rules of the road.
Eamonn Gormley
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Q In regard to your answer about traveling in the fast lane at 65 mph: Going even 1 mph over 65 is a violation of the law. I hoped for you to advocate for all drivers to travel safely at the maximum speed limit of 65 mph in the fast lane. It was disappointing that, instead, you apparently supported driving 80 mph in the fast lane, and denigrated those traveling legally.
Michael Kassarjian
A I support safe driving. But do you really believe someone going 65 mph on a freeway with a stack of cars behind him itching to go faster leads to safe driving?
Q I would like to reply to Gordon Craig regarding his suggestion that you are a hypocrite for espousing drivers to follow the law with regards to speed limits while urging road boulders to move over to allow highway speeders to pass in the fast lane. The laws of mankind and the laws of reality do not necessarily agree. If I stay at the legal limit in the fast lane on a modern freeway in urban America, my course of action may lead to death due to the actions of the road-raged motorist that I had blocked.
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25 years after Berlin Wall fell, Germany's best soccer players still come from the west
As the Berlin Wall was chipped into souvenirs, what used to be known as West Germany won a World Cup soccer championship. It was to be a last great separate accomplishment, as East Germany and West Germany were at the time in the process of becoming simply Germany.
The coach of that championship team, soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer, looked at that victory, then voiced what Germans and soccer fans around the world were thinking: Part of a divided Germany had just been crowned world champions. How much greater would a united one be?
"The German national team will be unbeatable for years to come," he said. And it was clear to those here and many abroad that while he was talking about sport, much more was implied about this no longer divided house. West Germany, already an economic power, would add the potential of the East and be better for it.
So this summer, as Germans celebrate both the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and their soccer team's appearance Friday in the quarterfinals of this year's the World Cup, more than a few are scratching their heads over the fact that the team representing this unified nation still hails mostly from the old West Germany.
The concerns go far beyond a game.
"Everything about the division between East and West that still exists today is reflected in football," says Niklas Wildhagen, a soccer writer for Bundesliga Fanatic who has written about the divide. "The eastern clubs weren't prepared to switch from a communist system to a capitalist one, and failed. The rich western clubs came in quickly and picked up what talent there was and took it home with them to the West. Still to this day, soccer in the East is without money, without a full understanding of how to be successful and increasingly without hope."
That division persists in many ways.
The unemployment rate remains substantially higher in the East than the West. In a recent deal to establish a minimum wage, unions and employers agreed it should be lower in the East. Old eastern cities that grew with the industries of a planned economy now spend their budgets ripping out block after block of apartments so that they won't look too deserted. Even pensioners note that those who did the same work in the East survive on half to a quarter of what westerners receive.
In World Cup soccer, the former East Germany, which was a little less than half the size of West Germany and had about a quarter of the population, comes up short, too. Of the 24 players on the national team in Brazil this summer, only one, Toni Kroos, is from the old East. Just two other easterners were serious contenders to make the squad.
In 2002, when Germany lost in the final to Brazil, there were six "Ossies," or easterners, on the team. In 2006, when Germany hosted the World Cup and finished third, there were four. By 2010 there was one, and experts note that the youth systems from which Germany draws its national team don't point to much change in the next World Cup cycle.
In fact, soccer made in Germany these days is almost exclusively a western affair.
In Germany, the professional game is organized in a multilayer Bundesliga. The best teams play in the 1st Bundesliga, while lesser teams compete in 2nd Bundesliga, or Liga 3 or the semi-professional leagues. Successful teams move up the ladder. Unsuccessful teams slide down it.
Every team in 1st Bundesliga this year is from the old West. The highest ranking former eastern team finished ninth out of 18 teams in the second tier. A number of storied soccer clubs from the old East, such as FC Magdeburg, which was crowned European champion in 1974, now struggle in the semi-professional ranks.
In the old East Germany teams didn't work with a profit motive, and money wasn't really an issue. Players were spotted at early ages under a comprehensive scouting program run by the communist government, then trained in the government sports program. Once a player reached the top of his game, he played for his hometown club or was assigned to a team elsewhere.
Today, the last of the players spotted and reared in that system have retired. Scouting and development of talent no longer is a government function, but falls to professional teams, the best of which are in the old West.
German soccer writer Martin Schuster says many have been puzzled by the situation.
"The Schere (gap) between East and West football is an open question," he said. "Of course it reflects the fact of the economy. But honestly, I haven't got a clean answer now."
The phenomenon worries the German Football Association, which recently commissioned sports historian Jutta Braun to figure out why there are so few easterners playing at the top level of the game. Kids, after all, are kids, and all German kids play soccer.
Braun cautions that she's just beginning her research, but she has noted one aspect of German sports that seems to separate the country from others: In Germany, there appears to be no link between kids struggling to get out of poverty and success in sports. That runs counter to what the rule appears to be in much of the world, where sports stars come from the mean streets.
Soccer worldwide is especially known for this. All that's needed for a game is a ball, and sometimes not even that. The Brazilian legend Pele famously grew up playing soccer with rolled up socks and grapefruit _ legend has it that he developed his soft touch on the "ball" because he played with a grapefruit that his family still had to eat.
In contrast, Braun said, the top German players tend to come from middle-class and upper-middle-class families. Those are the kids whose parents join soccer clubs and who get access to the highest level of training and the best facilities.
Braun offers another idea: The structure of soccer clubs in unified Germany, which mimics what existed in the West, may remind easterners too much of a system that in the East meant repression and steroid use. In the East, for example, important soccer clubs such as Dynamo Dresden and Berlin F.C. Dynamo were known to be sponsored by the East German secret police agency, the Stasi.
"In general, you find a significantly lower rate of people being organized in sports clubs and associations in the East than in the West," she said. "The reason for that might be that in (East Germany) there had not been the concept of clubs as a free association of people, but as state-run agencies. And because of that, this cultural thing called 'Verein' (sports club) does not mean the same in the East and the West."


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Alexander Archipenko, (born May 30, 1887, Kiev, Ukraine [then Russian Empire]—died February 25, 1964, New York, New York, U.S.), Ukrainian-American artist best known for his original, Cubist-inspired sculptural style.
After studying in Kiev, in 1908 Archipenko briefly attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, but he quickly abandoned formal studies to become part of more radical circles, especially the Cubist movement. He began to explore the interplay between interlocking voids and solids and between convex and concave surfaces, forming a sculptural equivalent to Cubist paintings' overlapping planes and, in the process, revolutionizing modern sculpture. In his bronze sculpture Walking Woman (1912), for example, he pierced holes in the face and torso of the figure and substituted concavities for the convexities of the lower legs. The abstract shapes of his works have a monumentality and rhythmic movement that also reflect contemporary interest in the arts of Africa.
As he developed his style, Archipenko achieved an incredible sense of vitality out of minimal means: in works such as Boxing Match (1913), he conveyed the raw, brutal energy of the sport in nonrepresentational, machinelike cubic and ovoid forms. About 1912, inspired by the Cubist collages of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, Archipenko introduced the concept of collage in sculpture in his famous Medrano series, depictions of circus figures in multicoloured glass, wood, and metal that defy traditional use of materials and definitions of sculpture. During that same period he further defied tradition in his "sculpto-paintings," works in which he introduced painted colour to the intersecting planes of his sculpture.
Archipenko taught art briefly in Berlin from 1921 to 1923. He worked as an art teacher for the rest of his life in New York City, except for a short time (1937–39) when he was connected with the New Bauhaus in Chicago. He continued to make sculptures, although he never again achieved the success and influence of his Cubist years.


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Attendance numbers at most major attractions and the Saratoga County Fair beat expectations and prior year results in 2009, but the hotel, retail and restaurant categories struggled with soft periods, leading to a decline in the tourism industry, according to the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce. Lodging rates dropped and travelers cut back on spending for food and other goods during their trips. As a result, the year's occupancy tax receipts show a decline of 10 percent year over year, according to recent statistics from the county Treasurer's Office. This figure is in line with decreases seen in other Northeastern destinations but compares favorably to other resort areas nationwide, some of which saw declines in excess of 20 percent. According to the Chamber, the year 2010 should show improvement, though leisure travel research suggests that Saratoga County will only see incremental growth at best until the broader economy improves. The advertising campaigns that were run to promote Saratoga County generated a healthy response, with 31,517 phone and mail inquiries (a very small increase over the 2008 figure of 31,424 inquiries) and more than 1.2 million visitors towww.saratoga.org
throughout the year. Geographically, the largest draw to the county is visitors from within New York state (with nearly 50 percent of those inquiries coming from Long Island and New York City). Pennsylvania continues to be a strong market for Saratoga County, generating 7 percent of all inquiries, while New Jersey (6 percent), Florida (6 percent), Connecticut (4 percent), Ohio (3 percent), Massachusetts (3 percent) and California (3 percent) round out the top states. Plans to boost tourism in 2010 include more targeted seasonal marketing, a redesign of the Saratoga County Travel Guide and advertisements, continued marketing of last-minute vacation spots and going after niches that fit well with the county's attractions, including historical, heritage and outdoor tourism. The chamber works in a unique public-private partnership with Saratoga County, which helps fund the effort through a countywide room occupancy tax. With overnight visitors spending more than $100 million per year, the tourism industry is critical to the county's economic base. For more information on the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce and the tourism industry, go towww.saratoga.org
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As the GOP assembles in Tampa for the Republican National Convention, delegates have adopted a plank for the platform rejecting the imposition of United Nations taxes on Americans or UN control over the global monetary system, pointing out that the scandal-plagued global body has proven itself wasteful and incompetent. Activists celebrated the move, but some national GOP officials said it should have gone further, noting that the UN is absolutely determined to infringe on U.S. sovereignty.
According to the Washington Times, which first reported the story, some of the more extreme Democrats in Congress have actually supported proposals to impose special international taxes on Americans for redistribution to Third World governments — mostly dictatorships, of course. In the resolution, however, the RNC said it opposed "three global taxes and a global monetary governance mechanism to raise $400 billion a year to aid developing countries."
As The New American has documented extensively, the UN — critics call it a "dictators club" due to the composition of its membership — continues to propose a wide assortment of global taxes. Everything from banking transaction taxes to "carbon taxes" on shipping or air-travel has been suggested in the organization's reports and by its leaders. More recently, on multiple occasions, the planetary body even advanced the idea of erecting a global monetary system managed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to replace the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency.
"The United Nations has not evidenced its capability to properly handle foreign aid and has in face been shown to be wasteful and scandal-ridden," the GOP resolution observes, citing calls by senior UN leaders to redistribute wealth from the West to dictators ruling poorer nations. The platform measure was approved by the Republican standing resolutions committee last week and is expected to be adopted at the upcoming RNC gathering.
The sponsor of the resolution, a founding member of the RNC Conservative Caucus, pointed out that the UN appears determined to violate U.S. sovereignty — apparently with help from the Obama administration. Despite fierce and growing American opposition, a terrible track record, and a lack of any legitimate authority, the global body's power grabs have become increasingly bold in recent years, advocates of the proposed platform say.
Other supporters of the resolution expressed similar concerns but argued that the language should have been even stronger. "In truth, the UN has no authority to impose a tax on the citizens of the United States," convention delegate Jeff Grossman told the Times, adding that he wished the measure "had gone further." He also said the GOP had to take a firm stand because "it would be a violation of America's sovereignty and of the Constitution to ratify such a tax."
Beyond global taxes, according to the Times, the Republican move could complicate underhanded efforts by elements within the U.S. government to participate in international agreements such as the so-called "Law of the Sea Treaty" (LOST), which has never been ratified by the Senate as required in the Constitution. Future UN treaties adopted under the guise of fighting so-called "climate change," formerly known as "global warming," could also be hampered by the Republican resolution, the paper reported.
This is not the first time in recent memory when Republicans have taken a firm stance against UN scheming, however. Earlier this year, for example, the RNC adopted a resolution slamming the global body's Agenda 21 so-called sustainability program as an extreme "socialist" and "communist" plot to redistribute wealth.
"The United Nations Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of extreme environmentalism, social engineering, and global political control," the resolution explains, citing UN documents. "This United Nations Agenda 21 plan of radical so-called 'sustainable development' views the American way of life of private property ownership, single family homes, private car ownership and individual travel choices, and privately owned farms; all as destructive to the environment."
Numerous state and local Republican parties adopted similar resolutions in the wake of the RNC's bold action. But the fight against the UN and Agenda 21 is hardly a partisan issue. Consider that in recent months, countless Democrats in multiple state legislatures and local governments have joined their GOP colleagues to reject the global scheme, too. In Alabama, a law banning Agenda 21 passed unanimously in both houses of the legislature, meaning every Democrat lawmaker supported the legislation.
The latest RNC resolution against UN taxes also comes in the wake of recent televised statements made by Texas Judge Tom Head, a Republican. The official warned that if Obama were to be re-elected, the president may — in a worst case scenario — spark a civil war and try to transfer more U.S. sovereignty to the UN. But the American people, of course, would rise up to resist such treachery if the president decided to go forward, Head explained.
"Now what's going to happen if we do that, if the public decides to do that? He's going to send in U.N. troops. I don't want 'em in Lubbock County, OK. So I'm going to stand in front of their armored personnel carrier and say 'you're not coming in here,'" Head promised, touting a tax increase to better fund local law enforcement. "And the Sheriff, I've already asked him, I said 'you gonna back me,' he said, 'yeah, I'll back you.' Well, I don't want a bunch of rookies back there. I want trained, equipped, seasoned veteran officers to back me."
A spokesman for UN boss Ban Ki Moon dismissed the notion of invading Texas as "ridiculous," adding that "no one, not even the United Nations, would ever mess with Texas." However, fears about the UN and its extremist supporters in the U.S. government run deep, as evidenced by the reaction to Head's comments by legions of conservative commentators across the Internet.
American criticism of the UN has been growing stronger in recent months as new scandals continue to embarrass the organization, too. Earlier this month, for example, it emerged that the mass-murdering terror regime of Omar al-Bashir ruling over Sudan was set to join assorted communist dictatorships and Islamist tyrants on the UN "Human Rights Council." One month prior, U.S. lawmakers blasted the global body after it was caught sending sensitive U.S. technology to the regimes ruling Iran and North Korea.
Before that, of course, the UN had come under fire for allowing its so-called "peace keeping" troops to run wild around the world, with new accusations of sex-crimes and murder emerging on a regular basis. And just last month, the UN "Population Fund" came under renewed scrutiny by U.S. lawmakers for using American tax dollars to commit forced abortions in China — all in collaboration with the barbaric communist regime there.
While the scandals continue to grow, activists and even lawmakers are quickly becoming fed up. Some want to defund various UN committees and organs — especially the "Human Rights Council," UNESCO, and the Population Fund, which the Obama administration restored funding to in recent years. Others hope the U.S. government will withdraw from the world body altogether, arguing that it is impossible to reform such a thoroughly corrupt and bloated institution.
Whether the latest moves by the GOP represent the start of a serious effort to rein in the UN or simply a ploy to garner votes remains unclear — the platform is non-binding. But critics of the world body celebrated the resolution nonetheless, saying it was past time for the nation to have a proper discussion about the U.S. government's role in the UN, if there should even be one at all.
Related articles:
UN Bureaucrats Floating Plan for Global Tax
UN Seeking to Tax and Control Food Markets
UN Report Pushes Global Taxes to Fight Poverty
UN May Get Global Carbon Tax on Air Travel to Avert "Trade War"
UN Continues Push for Global Carbon Tax at Climate Confab
Global Tax on Air Travel Proposed
Climate "Experts" Propose Global One-child Policy, Socialism, Taxes, Carbon Rationing
UN Steps Up Attack On Dollar, Calls for World Currency
Alabama Adopts First Official State Ban on UN Agenda 21
Sustainable Freedom: Surging Opposition to Agenda 21, "Sustainable Development"


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Watching a TAR in a foreign language is easy as long as you remember a few things:1) Have the Wikipedia page (Or better yet, a recap thread on these forums) open so you know EXACTLY what the tasks are that teams have to do.2) You understand and accept that you aren't going to be able to understand /everything/ that teams say, but can learn to enjoy the wild journey anyway.
Watching TARLA has actually improved my Spanish. I highly recommend that anyone learning one of the foreign languages of any TAR edition watch the edition in their foreign language, as it helps for pronunciation and accents.
TARAus is completely fabulous, especially the second season. The first is slightly above average.
Quote from: Airlinesguy on November 11, 2013, 03:25:12 AMTARAus is completely fabulous, especially the second season. The first is slightly above average.TARAus 2 outdoes plenty of the American seasons. Best international season by a light year and probably may I dare say the best overall cast ever?!
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On one level, it's easy to note that media coverage of the unexpected death of faith-based superstar artist Thomas "Painter of Light" Kinkade has moved past the early headlines and into an all-to-familiar second stage that is very popular with the mainstream press. I am referring to the fallen evangelical superstar with secrets stage. I promise not to dwell on this tawdry scene, because I want -- once again -- to try to focus on some of the religion-news questions linked to his career and work. For example, this pair of related questions: Was this man an evangelical? Is that the best label journalists can use to describe his beliefs?
But first, here is the obvious update care of The Daily:
Rescue workers who raced to Thomas Kinkade's California home on the morning the painter died were responding to a call of a unconscious, 54-year-old man who had been "drinking all night," The Daily has learned.
A Santa Clara County dispatcher can be heard on a recording at 11:16 a.m. Friday describing that call as a "54-year-old male, unconscious, not breathing. Apparently he has been drinking all night and not moving ... CPR in progress." County officials would not comment.
Kinkade's live-in girlfriend, Amy Pinto, 48, who made the call, told the San Jose Mercury News that he "died in his sleep, very happy, in the house he built, with the paintings he loved, and the woman he loved."
Kinkade, the self-proclaimed "Painter of Light," built the world's most profitable art empire from his idyllic, often religious work. But his company was in bankruptcy and he had well-publicized problems with alcohol. Two years ago, he was sentenced to 10 days in jail for drunken driving.
Yes, the local police had responded to earlier calls about fights between the painter and his girlfriend. It's safe to predict future coverage.
Yes, Kinkade and his wife, Nanette, are legally separated. That sounds like an arrangement linked to financial complexities and the raising of their four daughters. It's safe to predict future coverage.
Yes, there is the matter of the delayed toxicology report after the autopsy. I would expect coverage of that angle, as well.
None of which, particularly, sounds like GetReligion territory (although I could be wrong).
No, here is the section of The Daily story that interested me, in terms of future coverage about this artist and the content of his art and faith.
... Kinkade, the mainstream's most beloved modern painter, albeit often derided by critics, has left behind perhaps hundreds of unreleased paintings, sketches and writings, close friends told The Daily.
"He has things that nobody has ever seen that are beautiful, that are absolutely beautiful," said Linda Raasch, who had known the late painter more than 25 years.
Raasch said his personal work is mostly in the en plein air style of French expressionism -- quick paintings that capture the ambiance of the light and air -- in contrast to his more popular, highly-detailed renditions of bucolic settings.
"He was brilliant, he was beyond talented. Far beyond what the public has ever seen," Raasch said.
Kinkade had dreamed of having his work hang in a museum, perhaps being given an entire retrospective, while he was alive. The Kinkade Company, which licenses and distributes his work, has not decided how it will reveal his unreleased work, a spokesman said.
In other words, there were literally two Kinkades -- the private artist and the commercial artist. Check out the illustration at the top of this post for an early hint of what might emerge in the near future.
It seems that Kinkade's own personal view of the world was expressed in one style, while he chose to perfect a completely different style that allowed him to connect with consumers, many of whom were attracted to his work by his vaguely spiritual approach to life (lots of unrealistic light and sentimentality, almost zero interest in human forms or traditional religious symbols and themes).
I finished this article wanting to know the answer to some rather basic questions: What kind of religious content was found in his REAL art? Does this content offer any clues to the faith of the REAL Kinkade? Was he a sincere believer with real problems? Was any of this struggle reflected in his work?
In other words, who was Thomas Kinkade? This would seem to be an important issue to be discussed in stories about Thomas Kinkade. Stay tuned.
IMAGES: This wonderful contrast of early Kinkade (left) with the work of the superstar Kinkade is an illustration from a Joe Carter piece at First Things in June of 2010. By all means check it out.


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VIVALDI The Four Seasons / Jansen 4785001
Wonderful performance in better-than-the-CD sound . . . Her Vivaldi rates with the best; though this is another "scaled-down" version using string quartet, double bass, theorbo, organ, and harpsichord -- all very colorful -- the recording, like most instances where this usage is employed, is quite close up and gives the illusion of a larger orchestra . . . I am glad to have it as her pyrotechnics are worth the price of admission alone . . . for the performance alone and the upgraded sound from my own CD version, this is definitely superior.
Jansen plays the solo violin part brilliantly and fairly straightforwardly with minimal vibrato . . . crisp, dynamic playing of the soloist and accompanying ensemble . . . a lot of fun . . .