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As an adult I've been able to watch films I didn't get around to watching as a child. I remember my father was nervous about me going to see Dr. Zhivago as an early teen. There are films I've watched since as an adult that I have thought would be helpful for young girls to understand what life and people and men and relationships can be really like. Among the many musicals I saw growing up, Guys and Dolls wasn't one of them. Seeing it as an adult I see some common patterns in relationships. Elmer Gantry, about a womanizing itinerant preacher, would go on my list. Reading a little on Wikipedia I see that it was based on a novel by Sinclair Lewis. Now I kind of wish I had read that instead of or in addition to Main Street in school.
British films about relationships are useful for this as well, where the mothers and fathers and aunties and uncles and sisters and brothers all worry and gossip about who their sister or brother will marry. As immigrants, to the US, I see the United Kingdom as having an older culture and that wisdom is more accessible and available to us immigrant Americans than other cultures just because we know the language.
So many of the stories pumped at little girls are about meeting a prince and riding with him away on a horse to a white castle. I recently watched The Secret, based on a book by Catherine Cookson about a young girl who marries and expects to live happily ever after though her family gave her mixed messages. It turns out her husband is mentally ill and abuses her. "Whoa, girls…. Not so fast," this film tells us. The numerous Catherine Cookson books made into films are downloadable through Netflix and focus on class and follow young women and men through their lives through struggles that happen to real life people.
So perhaps if you have a daughter or know someone who does, this information will be helpful. I'll try to add to this column as I watch and rewatch some of these films.


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Loyola press release - April 17, 2003
The American Marketing Association at Loyola University New Orleans is among the best in the world. In a recent international case competition, Loyola's team finished in second place.
Members of the team are business majors Maria Barletta, Vanessa Chetty, Melissa Coto, Amanda Eckersley, Martha Oviedo, Chrissie Scelsi, Elizabeth Turner, and Roger Valladares. Caroline Fisher, Ph.D., Bank One/Francis Doyle Distinguished Professor of Marking, is the team's faculty advisor.
This year's competition involved creating a marketing plan for Pringles Potato Crisps, a brand marketed by Procter & Gamble. Of the 87 collegiate chapters entered in the competition, 44 submitted written marketing plans. A panel of professional judges scored the plans and selected eight finalists.
Each finalist gave a 30-minute presentation, followed by a 15-minute question and answer period to the marketing executives from the salted snack division of Procter & Gamble. The University of South Carolina won first place and Western Michigan University came in third. The other finalists were Bridgewater State University, Bowling Green State University, LeTourneau University, St. Claud State University, and Stephen F. Austin State University.
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Computer freezes, seems random during navigation in Windows Explorer, but more so with my external (Firewire) Maxtor drive, and when trying to open certain *.avi files (on any drive).
Here's what happens...
- I attempt access to folder/file
- hourglass...drwtsn32.exe shows up in task mgr
- drwtsn32 faults out, says it needs to close, and dwwin.exe shows in task mgr
- I acknowledge drwtsn32 fault: dwwin.exe ends, original drwtsn32 remains listed, and shows up 2nd time in task mgr
- comp appears frozen w/ 2 drwtsn32 processes, which take 0 cpu cycles
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- I manually end drwtsn32 tasks...explorer.exe ends and restarts on it's own with no error msg
I've followed your required steps and been through the other drwtsn32 posts on geekstogo and annoyances.org. I use Firefox but have brought up iexplore to see if it would crash but it seems ok. I am deployed for the Air Force and don't have my WinXP disc. I may be able to find one here though.
No tasks prevented from startup, able to see hidden files
Ad-Aware SE Scan
CWS.Shredder Scan
Spybot S&D Scan
Virus Scan (AVG)
Windows Update current
About:Buster Scan
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Removed and replaced video codecs
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NL Batting Champ Seeks Second Opinion
Reigning National League batting champion Freddy Sanchez, found a second opinion Monday that only confirmed the Pittsburgh Pirates' evaluation of a sprained right knee ligament.
The talented second baseman was hurt turning a double play on March 6th and is still unable to run the bases or make sharp cuts in the field without pain. An MRI taken revealed nothing new, which is great news for the Pirates. He is to resume his conditioning program on Tuesday and unless he sees significant improvement in the next week or so, he will start the season on the 15-day disabled list.
Losing Sanchez could be a setback for the club, if only for the first week of the season, as the Pirates are coming off consecutive 95-loss seasons. He became one of the NL's top hitters last season and led the league with a .344 average with 53 doubles - the highest average by a Pirate since hit .345 in 1969.
If Sanchez isn't ready to play Monday against the Houston Astros, Jose Castillo will temporarily replace him at second. Castillo played there the last three seasons, but was moved to third base so Sanchez and shortstop Jack Wilson - former youth-league teammates - could be reunited as a double-play combo. Expect Sanchez to return directly to second base as soon as he is healed.
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Top Gear's review of the mind-bendingly fast, McLaren P1. Enjoy!
Top Gear's review of the mind-bendingly fast, McLaren P1. Enjoy!
Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Honda FCX Clarity – The Future of Motoring
I adore Horacio Pagani. The creator of the "bonkers" supercar company Pagani discusses the perfect blend between art and science. Using Leonardo da Vinci as his example, Pagani envisioned creating gorgeous and stunning supercars that pushed the boundaries of what we all believed was possible at an extremely young age. This inspirational video has refreshed my thoughts and wanting to create an Innovation Project, utilizing solar panels. It's genuinely amazing to think that one man's dedication, passion, and adoration for cars has made him one of the most respected people in the auto world.


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Gateway Development Program Corp. trustees voted Friday to approve authorization to issue a request for proposals seeking a financial advisory firm.
Vice Chairman Anthony Coscia, Chairman Steven Cohen and Trustee Jerry Zaro took this action after hearing from Gateway interim chief financial officer Frank Sacr.
"It will continue our engagement with the private sector," Sacr said. "We will start to consider what is the best value for the money to deliver the program. We have used assistance from the Port Authority, which I am grateful for."
The financial advisor will assist in developing a financial plan and procurement strategy for both the Portal North Bridge and Hudson Tunnel projects. The advisor will work closely with the Gateway Development Corp. staff to help develop procurement, funding and financing solutions that provide the best value for the money for the delivery of the projects.
The move comes two days after New Jersey Transit entered into an agreement with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to spend $600 million in bonds.
As a result of the release of bonds, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey's commitment of $284 million moves from the Portal Bridge to the tunnels.
"We have made a strong application for both the bridge and the tunnel even stronger," said John D. Porcari, Gateway's interim executive director. "We are working closely with our federal partners on any perceived deficiencies on the application."
"As part of the federal capital improvement grant process, we would hope for early action to get this underway as quickly as possible," Porcari added. "For the first part of the Portal North Bridge to go to construction, New Jersey has elected to take the entire share. There will be equity among the parties over the series of projects."
A final environmental review has been issued to the federal government and is pending a decision, Porcari said.
"We went through an environmental impact statement process in near-record time with great cooperation on the federal side," Porcari said. "We are looking forward to that record of decision so we can move to that next step."
Porcari could not offer a time frame on a decision.
The Portal North Bridge will be a fixed two-track structure spanning 2.33 miles that will not open for river traffic. The scope of the project requires acquiring 25 multilevel cars to provide a greater than 10 percent increase in capacity. The existing bridge will be demolished. The speed limit will be 90 mph.
The early work on the Portal Bridge will continue into July and August. Timber decking is currently being installed.
During public comment, Joseph Clift, former director of planning and director of strategic planning for the Long Island Rail Road, told the trustees they need to control costs.
"Mr. Cohen, as chair you have to start reigning in Gateway's unaffordable $30 billion cost, beginning with Portal North," Clift said. "Even after increasing NJEDA bonds to $600 million, it is still woefully underfunded. … You are still short $400 million. The project is too expensive."
Clifton told Coscia to send his Amtrak engineers back to the drawing board and perform "the same magic" to replace the Portal Bridge as they did on the 2010 replacement of the Niantic River Bridge in Connecticut.
New York, Clifton said, should also take more responsibility for local funding.
"Portal North is now 100 percent New Jersey and 0 percent New York," Clift said. "I thought this was a 50/50 project. … This project does not provide enough capacity. If you do not change direction, you are going to spend a lot of money."
Chasity Cooper of the Region Plan Association commended Gov. Phil Murphy and New Jersey Transit Executive Director Kevin Corbett for supporting the $600 million in transportation bonds to replace Portal Bridge.
She said every hour the Portal Bridge is stuck open causes $6 million in damage through commuters' lost work opportunities.
"Everyone in this room knows there is no time to lose," Cooper said.


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Industrial output in November grows 3.4% YOY
13 Jan 2018, 00:09 ( 11 Months ago) | updated: 13 Jan 2018, 14:04 ( 11 Months ago)
The total industrial output adjusted for working days in November 2017 was 3.4 per cent higher than that in November 2016. Adjusted for working days, the industrial output went up by 3.5 per cent in January to November from one year back, according to Statistics Finland.
The seasonally adjusted output went up by 0.5 per cent in November 2017 from the month before. In October, the seasonally adjusted output grew by 0.1 per cent from September. And in September, it grew by 0.4 per cent from August.
In November last, the output grew in several key industries. The output increased most in mining and quarrying by 9.6 per cent. In the forest industry, the output went up by 6.9 per cent. The output in the metal industry went up by 6.1 per cent from one year ago and in the food industry by 4.1 per cent year-on-year.
The output declined most, by 4.7 per cent, in the chemical industry.
In November 2017, the capacity utilisation rate in manufacturing (C) was 83.7 per cent or 0.6 percentage points higher than one year earlier. The capacity utilisation rate in the forest industry was 90.3 per cent in November, which was 0.7 percentage points lower than one year before. In the metal industry, the rate was 84.0 per cent in November, which was 0.7 percentage points higher than one year earlier.
Statistics Finland will publish the revised data for November 2017 at 9:00 am on 9 February 2018 in connection with the release of industrial output data for December 2017. The revision is influenced by the estimation used in the latest release, which concerns the periodic tax return data used for enterprises with fewer than 50 employees.
Because of the method used, the seasonally adjusted figures for previous months may change, even if the original figures do not become revised. The seasonally adjusted figures will also be adjusted for working days.
The base year 2015=100 will be utilised for the calculation of the Volume Index of Industrial Output, starting from the statistics for January 2018. Data calculated with the new base year will be released for the first time on 9 March 2018.


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The East Land Quality Forum (ELQF) is the premier contaminated land forum in the East of England. ALS Environmental have had representation within the group from its conception back in 2010.
The next ELQF meeting, on Tuesday 17th March 2015, will be held at the Deaf and Blind Centre in Peterborough from 10:00 and ALS Environmental are proud to be sponsors of the free to attend event.
The next ELQF event will focus on the recent Suitable for Use Levels (S4ULs), Category 4 Screening Levels (C4SLs) and Soil Guideline Values (SGV) and their use in Part IIAs and human health rsk assessments. ALS Environmental are able to offer a broad range of OnSite Analysis tools, such as PetroFLAG, XRF & SiteLAB UVF 3100, to hire or purchase that can be used to establish if any parameters could breach any of these site thresholds.
ALS Environmental's Dr James Taylor will be chairing the event as well as providing a presentation on how OnSite analytical tools can be a vital first step in the understanding of potential contamination or how you can use this data to identify potential hot-spots. Upon the announcement of ALS Environmental sponsoring the ELQF event Dr Taylor comments:
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Sunfish sailboats are personal sized sailboats intended for dinghy sailing in beaches. Some features of the sailboat include a pontoon type hull, lateen sail and an un-stayed mast. The lateen sail features two-line rigging to make Sunfish sailboats easy to learn and set up, usually in under five minutes. The boat also has an old-fashioned design due to its low-aspect ratio lateen sail. The lateen rig allows for better performance in lighter air and down-wind scenarios.
The Sunfish Sailboat was designed in 1951 by Alcort, Inc as an improvement over its previous sailboat model, the Sailfish. The improvement provided more stability, increased freeboard and a foot-well for comfort. Since the sailboat is easy to set up and allows for upgrades and improvements, the Sunfish is popular for competitive sailing and beginners. In 1995, the American Sailboat Hall of Fame praised the Sunfish as the most popular fiberglass boat ever designed.
Other features of the Sunfish sailboat include its kick-up rudder system, hard-chined hull and low sailpan. The rudder system allows for full beach landings, while the hard-chined hull and low sailpan provide additional stability and forgiving feel. The lateen sail allows the boat to automatically de-power when winds increase. If the boat goes over, the boat is fixed easily due to the foam blocks in the hull.


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Boston Business Journal Honors Vistaprint as a 2012 "Best Places to Work" Winner
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
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Vistaprint N.V., a leading online provider of professional marketing products and services to micro businesses and the home, today announced that The Boston Business Journal has named its subsidiary, Vistaprint USA, Incorporated, one of the Best Places to Work in Massachusetts in its tenth annual regional awards program. The honor recognizes Vistaprint's achievements in creating a positive work environment that attracts and retains employees through a combination of employee satisfaction, working conditions and company culture.
Vistaprint was one of over 400 companies to qualify for consideration based on a two-stage nomination process and the results of employee-satisfaction surveys taken throughout March & April. Vistaprint moved up five spots to #17 in the large company category for 2012.
"We are honored and thrilled to be a Best Place to Work winner again," said Austin Cooke, VP of Human Resources at Vistaprint. "At Vistaprint we value our employees and their contributions and in return strive to provide a positive, well-balanced work environment and unique culture. We are invested in our employees and as we continue to grow, will continue to be a company that empowers and values all members of our team."
"Our Best Places to Work event will again recognize the importance of cultivating a great workplace culture as a competitive advantage," said Chris McIntosh, publisher of the Boston Business Journal. "Companies on our list can be justifiably proud of creating a high level of workplace satisfaction during an economy where traditional rewards like big raises and bonuses aren't as easy to give. In good times and in bad, our results validate how the creation of the right corporate culture can create powerful business advantages. Employees are proud to work for companies that are about more than just business."
The survey project was launched in January by the Boston Business Journal in conjunction with market research firm Quantum Workplace of Omaha, NE. Companies were evaluated on the results of more than 18,000 employee-satisfaction surveys. Employees answered questionnaires that addressed such factors as their pride in the company, company encouragement, support and recognition of achievement and relationships with co-workers and supervisors. The results were analyzed and scored by assigning points to each question.
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Cheney Stumps for Whalen
Ed Tibbetts has a good article in the Times today regarding the stop, the protest, and both the Republican and Democrat responses to the event.
I do have a few initial thoughts to some of the items in the article though:
"He puts things into perspective," said Carman Darland of Eldridge, Iowa.
I think this is just a strange quote...What does it even mean?
More importantly:
Cheney's low approval ratings have had Democrats floating the idea that his presence might actually hurt Whalen with general election voters.
This is a silly argument for the Dems to be floating. It is mid-July. The election isn't for another 4 months. I don't think many Independents will go to the polls on Nov. 7th and vote against Whalen because he had the VP in to fundraise for him in July. To the contrary, I think events like this are good for Whalen...it seems to be the only way he can he can raise money in the district, and a cool $125,000 in one evening isn't doing to bad.
Overall, it sounds like this even has to be classified as a success for the Whalen campaign and VP Cheney.


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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Just the mention of the Democratic debate still brings up emotion and pride, even a few tears, among South Carolina State University organizers.
But they are happy tears.
During the meeting of the university's Board of Trustees Tuesday, faces and names were given to the people responsible for making the April 26 debate a success, along with a few behind-the-scenes secrets.
Andre Tanner, project manager who was in charge of getting all of the buildings ready – including replacing all those seats in MLK Auditorium, admitted assuring university President Andrew Hugine that the seats in the theatre would be ready in time, when he wasn't so sure.
Dr. Leola Adams, co-chair of the debate committee, was supposed to be retired until she was summoned to the president's office.
"We knew we had 15 minutes of fame and we wanted to make the best of it," she said. "I wasn't even supposed to be here. I'm glad I didn't hesitate to say yes."
Charles Alexander was the one in charge of all the grounds-keeping. He and his crew made the campus sparkle.
Erica Prioleau, director of university relations and marketing, handled 600 media outlets, and seemingly had a cellphone glued to her ear for weeks.
Valerie Dinkins, co-chair of the debate committee, thought she had taken part in some awesome things in her life. But the debate topped it all. She got emotional while telling board members about the naysayers. She learned after the debate of the concern some felt about the debate coming to SC State.
"They didn't think we could do it," she said. "I have to honestly say we worked hard."
Board members were also part of the process. Trustee Martha Scott Smith went to bat right away, securing major dollars from AT&T. Jonathan Pinson was the liaison between the university and the Democratic Party and Lumus Byrd Jr. served on the debate committee as well.
Hugine said he believes the drive everyone exhibited came from above.
"When the news was announced from South Carolina State University, something came over me," Hugine said. "It was a feeling I'd never had in my life. Just a sense of pride. I was speechless. ... I am the most blessed and fortunate person on Earth to be here and be able to serve as president during this place and time."
Now, the debate's success can be told in numbers. There were 1,279 stories told about the university and the debate. The total audience for programs mentioning SC State and the debate from April 16 until May 7 was 119,526,115, according to Nielsen Media Research figures.
Had S.C. State purchased all of the advertising it received, it would have cost $1,331,716. The total publicity value of hosting the debate was $4 million.
Google reported 1.3 million hits for South Carolina State University. Between 5 and 9 p.m. on April 26, the S.C. State Web site received 5,000 hits. The university was in every national newspaper in the United States on Friday, April 27, including the front pages of the New York Times, Charlotte Observer, Chicago Tribune and the LA Times.
They raised a half million dollars through sponsorships.
"The amount of exposure and positive feedback we have received has been phenomenal," Hugine said. "It was an experience you will take with you for the rest of your life. This campus was transformed. I am elated and pleased that we had this wonderful opportunity."
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Girls PE Teacher - Leicetershire, Leicesteshire
Start date: September 2018
Contract type: Full Time
Contract term: Maternity Cover
Suitable for NQTs: Yes
ABC teachers – Part of TES are a Gold Standard Supply Agency who currently looking to recruit a Girls PE Teacher for a good secondary school based in Leicestershire from September 2018.
This position is to cover a maternity and will run until Easter 2019 on a full time basis.
All teaching duties will be required to be carried out to GCSE and BTEC level.
Our client has recently been awarded Academy status and has had their best year to date for GCSE results. The school now look to build on and maintain this. All staff members are committed to providing a high level of teaching and are actively contributing the continued development of the school. Their PE department is one of the many areas that have benefited from investment and as such is a well-supplied up to date environment to work in. This is a great opportunity for any prospective candidate looking for this role.
This vacancy is an excellent opportunity in a vibrant school to develop the successful candidates experience and also benefit from the flexibility supply work offers. You must have PGCE or equivalent. Fully qualified and NQT teachers will be considered for this role following registration.
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Datahound's first post...
Most of the data readily available from NIH RePORTER are on a 'per grant' basis. However, these data may be more revealing when they examined on a 'per investigator' basis. To obtain such data, the results for all R mechanism grant awards were downloaded from NIH RePORTER and aggregated the data for each unique investigator.
Disclaimer: While I have done my best to perform this analysis fairly and accurately, there are a small number of records for which the interpretation is problematic. These represent small amount of funding although their inclusion/exclusion could influence the inferred number of investigators to a small degree. Only the contact PI was included for multiple PI awards.
R mechanisms from R01 through R56 were included with the exception of R13 awards (conference grants) and RC1 and RC2 awards made for FY09 and FY10 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Approximately 75% of the awards examined were R01s, 10% R21s, 5% SBIR/STTR (small business) awards, and 10% other mechanisms. Note that the number of awards includes all award types including new, competing continuation, non-competing, and supplements rather than unique grant numbers.
The number of awards and the number of investigators are shown below.
Aggregated over all 8 years, a total of 53526 investigators were funded by these mechanisms.
From these data, the number of investigators who left the R-funded investigator pool each year (that is, those who were funded one year but not funded the next year) as well as the number of investigators who joined the funded investigator pool (that is, those who were not R-funded one year but were in the subsequent year) could be determined. The dynamics of the investigator pool determined in this way is shown below:
The results of this analysis reveal the impact of ARRA and the sequester. From 2006 to 2007, the number of R-funded investigators increased by 117 as 5317 investigators funded in fiscal year 2006 were apparently no longer funded in 2007 while 5434 investigators not funded in 2006 were now funded in 2007. A drop of 228 investigators occurred from 2007 to 2008. In contrast, with the advent of ARRA, the large bolus of investigators joined the funded pool in 2009. Note that this analysis does not include RC1 ("Challenge") and RC2 ("Grand Opportunity") grants which would presumably swell these numbers further. The number of investigators held fairly steady from 2009 to 2010 but then fell dramatically after ARRA with 7059 investigators leaving the funded pool and only 4628 investigators added in 2011. The number of investigators dropped slightly again from 2011 to 2012 and then more substantially in 2013 due to the sequester with a net loss of 1001 investigators. Overall, over this period, the number of R-funded investigators dropped by approximately 6%.
Since there are a total of 53526 unique investigators and approximately 27000 investigators for each of the eight fiscal years, each investigator, on average, was funded for a total of four years during this period ((27000 X 8)/53528 = 4.03). More on the distribution of funding for these investigators soon...


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This weekend I managed to get some scrapping done, normally I dont scrap on the weekends as it's our family time. We have still managed to spend time together, I have just been staying up late!
First up is my take on the second sketch of the month over at Stuck?! I usually try and play along with at least one of the sketches, and totally forgot about it this month until I saw Chloe's blog (so thanks Chloe).
This is a photo that hubby took of the Petronas Towers while we were in KL. As much as I might bitch and moan that he never gets any good photos (of Lily and I) every now and then he takes an awesome shot.
Detail Shot:
I recently bought a whole heap of fabric buttons off ebay (and I *may* have already been back and ordered some more), and I knew as soon as I saw this one that it would go perfectly with some of our KL photos.
Next is a layout for one of the monthly challenges over at Mystical (nothing like leaving it to the last minute!). Donna set the criteria of having to use some song lyrics on the layout - so I chose the soppy Bryan Adams song "Everything I do (I do it for you)".
Detail Shot:
Another fabric button, but this time it's another from Lil Red Rocket.
And lastly, here's another sneaky:
You'll have to check out Scraps of Us on February 1st to see the full layout.


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The Dark Tower's IT Reference Explained
Stephen's King IT may be heading to cinemas for the first time this fall, but Pennywise has already had a recent outing on the silver screen thanks to The Dark Tower. The IT Easter egg was first seen in the second trailer of Nikolaj Arcel's film as Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor) stumbles across an old, abandoned theme park after entering Mid-World. Fans of the book and the '90s TV series will know that Pennywise the clown is It's favourite form, and the name is clearly seen on the derelict construction, with a clown hand holding three balloons. So how did It end up in The Dark Tower movie?
Stephen King fans are fully aware of the shared universe of his novels, with various characters popping up frequently in books other than their own. The Dark Tower series is actually the glue that holds all the King narratives together, because of the role the titular tower plays. The Dark Tower is the centre of all creation, and the space-time continuum, and was created by Gan, King's equivalent to God. The Tower can only be entered via End-World, one of three sections of Mid-World, and is supported by six beams that on each end has portals to other worlds. These twelve portals are manned by animal-like guardians (these don't appear in the film) and allow characters like Jake to travel from his world, Keystone Earth, into Mid-World.
The new world he enters is a barren wasteland with only tattered remnants of the former technologically advanced civilization, known as Imperium, left behind. This world was a parallel to the United States and occupied by a people called "Old Ones" who wore similar clothing, drove similar cars and designed architecture similar to that seen in the parallel Earth worlds of It's Derry and Jake's New York. Imperium may well have had a theme park and a Pennywise attraction itself, which was inevitably destroyed after these ancient people's civil war left Mid-World a radioactive mess, and that's why Jake stumbles across it in the movie. He isn't from the same parallel world as the one depicted in IT, as the Derry, Maine "Mainstream Universe" is a separate one to his Keystone Earth world, however, there are still similarities between the two. The house on Niebold Street visited by members of the Losers' Club in IT shares a similar description to the wallpaper found in the Dutch Hill mansion, and the Asimov robot, Stuttering Bill, encountered by Susannah and Roland in one of The Dark Tower books, shares the same nickname as Bill Denbrough, the older brother Pennywise's unfortunate victim Georgie Denbrough.
The demonic entity also wields a power called Deadlights, an energy form used by the Crimson King, a major enemy of Roland Deschain, who is hell-bent on destroying The Dark Tower so that he can recreate the universe in his image and rule it. In the book Insomnia, it's revealed that the Crimson King is a shape-shifter that takes the form of the thing that scares you most. Pennywise practices the same sort of fear-inducing shape-shifting to attack the children/adults of the Losers' Club, which means they could well be connected. As Den of Geek points out, Penywise is from the Macroverse:
"Which is like Todash Darkness - a sort of nothingness that exists between alternate dimensions in the Kingverse where all the really awful creatures come from. Think H.P. Lovecraft's Great Old Ones. Although it's never stated that The Macroverse is the same thing as Todash Darkness, they sound like the same awful place. King might've just missed a retcon."
The Crimson King is also linked to Walter, A.K.A. The Man in Black (played by Matthew McConaughey), who is the main villain in The Dark Tower. Walter is actually a servant of The Crimson King in the books, with the ability to shape-shift too, and in the film he has the same goals as his master.
Similarly, Pennywise and Dandelo - a villain from The Dark Tower series also known as Joe Collins - share the same sort of power, and many readers actually thought they were the same character. Both creatures feed on the emotions of their victims - the former through fear and the latter through laughter. King ended that sort of speculation by confirming that they are most likely the same sort of Todash monster, and there's even evidence to suggest that Dandelo is an offspring of Pennywise. It was revealed at the end of IT that the creature laid eggs under his home in Derry and one of these eggs could have hatched and gone through the portal to Empathica where Dandelo is from.
Another connection between The Dark Tower series and IT is the Turtle, Maturin, a guardian of one of the beams and sworn enemy of Pennywise. The aged turtle is more a spectator of the events in IT, but does help young Bill Denbrough during the ritual of the Chüd in 1958 to briefly defeat the demonic monster. IT director, Andy Muschietti, has said there will be references to Maturin in the form of a Lego piece as well as later in the film, but that doesn't mean we can expect a shared It/The Dark Tower universe.
The TV series, starring Tim Curry as the titular clown, did not include any references to the Turtle, and as Muschietti "wasn't too crazy about [Maturin's] mythology," IT probably won't use it in any meaningful way either. This could be because it would open up a wider, more complex narrative linking to King's multiverses rather than allowing it to be a tight, stand-alone franchise. The IT being released this year is part one of the story, focusing on the younger versions of The Losers' Club and set in the 1980s rather than the 1950s, with part two centring on the adults in present day. Bill Skarsgård is taking on the titular role in Muschietti's film, but he didn't make an appearance in Arcel's film as some fans had hoped. So any reference to The Dark Tower book series in the new IT may simply function as an Easter egg, just like Pennywise's circus attraction did in The Dark Tower movie.
However, just because there doesn't seem to be plans by Muschietti to create a shared universe within his IT duology, it doesn't mean The Dark Tower franchise will do the same. There are references to numerous King books in the film - including The Shining, Christine an Misery - and as there may be more films to come, despite the poor critical reception, they may become more than just Easter eggs and actually part of the narrative.


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All I can say is: "Support Wikileaks!"
Guardian U.K.:
Pass notes No 2,758: Wikileaks - Telling the public what those in power don't want revealed
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Pass notes No 2,758: Wikileaks - Telling the public what those in power don't want revealed
Age: Three.
Appearance: Feared by the bad, loved by the good.
It's the modern equivalent of Robin Hood? Sort of, yes. Today's most valuable currency is information and Wikileaks' raison d'etre is to take the stuff our politicians, financiers, religious leaders and other powerful yet shadowy types don't want us to know and share it out as widely as possible. It is run by The Sunshine Press and was founded by journalists, mathematicians, techies and Chinese dissidents.
And what has it done for me lately?
It has posted a secret video showing footage of a US aircrew falsely claiming they had encountered a group of armed insurgents and opening fire on them, killing 12 people.
I imagine the US government wasn't too happy about that? Indeed not. It has labelled the whistleblowing site a threat to national security.
I meant, not happy about the trigger-happy inhumanity of its soldiers. They don't seem too bothered about that.
How do we know about such a report anyway? Surely that's the kind of thing they like to keep secret too? It is. But it's also exactly the kind of thing Wikileaks likes to get hold of, and so . . .
It's posted up on the site along with everything else? Last month, yes.
Where do they get all this information from? The public.
But who in the public? Nobody, obviously, really knows. The Pentagon – in keeping with its unofficial motto "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you" – thinks the CIA may be responsible.
And we know they think this because . . . ? Yes. Wikileaked it.
And where do they get the money to perform this international service of speaking truth to and about power? From the public. Ish. It relies on donations and had to close down earlier this year in order to build up funds.
It was worth the wait. Not if you work for the US government, it wasn't.
Do say: "I've got this tape in the attic – it's of this grassy knoll in Dallas, Texas, in 1963. Crazy thing, but this guy comes up and . . ."
Don't say: "It's all run by lizards really."
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Collateral Murder
WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad -- including two Reuters news staff. Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack. The video, shot from an Apache helicopter gun-site, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and his rescuers. Two young children involved in the rescue were also seriously wounded. For further information please visit the special project website [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].


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Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Sightings: Waxwings in Rumney, Cardiff
5 comments:
- MauriceC said...
They were still there when I left about half an hour later but had a drive past this morning (22nd) and did not see them.
- 22 November 2012 at 14:05
- Paul Tabor said...
Birds first appeared at 11.45 in ty mawr rd and returned approx every half hr untill i left at 1.15pm
- 22 November 2012 at 16:57
Were they arriving by bus or on the train? Neither probably or they wouldn't be so reliable arriving
- 22 November 2012 at 17:42
- Randal M Snowdrop said...
Misty, are you coming to the Xmas curry 2012? You're more than welcome and we promise that our chosen venue serves more than Cat and Dog Tikka Massala (unlike the Llynfi Valley Curry Emporium (aka Dai's Fish Bar))?RSVP at your leisure.
Please note.....DO NOT POST A HUMOUROUS RESPONSE TO THIS POST.....humour is NOW officially bannned (As is using three n's in the word banned).
- 22 November 2012 at 18:23
- Paul Tabor said...
nice 1 mike i like that ha, randall there's nothing wrong with cat or dog infact they are nicer than hedgehog you should try one of our valley keebab's next time you fancy birding above sea level ;)
- 22 November 2012 at 18:36


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Got a Comcast Xfinity Error Message XRE-07003?
Did your on-demand episodes for Game of Thrones disappear? Here is how I fixed the problem. Turn off your TV / cable box with the remote, then turn off power button on the cable box itself, give it about two minutes, then turn everything back on. All of my episodes for GoT on-demand appeared again after the reboot. Weirdly enough, other HBO on-demand episodes were showing while GoT episodes were missing.
Meanwhile, more cartoons below…
How to mount rice paper on a heavier paper
This short five minute video shows you how to mount an ink brush painting on rice paper onto an artist trading card using an iron and light weight fusible web material from the fabric store.
Recent Artist Trading Cards
Here is a round up of some recent ATCs. It's especially fun to paint water using watercolor. Some of these are already traded through ATCsForAll.com which is a really good site. I have been splitting my time between pen and ink and some painted pen and ink drawings. I love getting a trade in the mail!
How to Mail Trading Cards
This post teaches how to mail and prevent damage for traded sports cards and stickers, artist trading cards and mail art. There are a few basic steps you can take to armor the content of your envelope from dents, tears and water damage. Sorting and cancellation machines, hand delivery and the weather are all factors when you send your trade out into the postal system.
I am using this pile of traded hockey sports stickers as an example. They weigh 1.8 ounces (52 grams) and are all the same size.
ATC Geisha Theme Swap
Artist trading card set, Geisha Four Seasons by Shellie Lewis
I joined a group trade online at ATCsForAll.com and these will be mailed out soon! Coming up with the style for each kimono was a lot of fun.Group swaps are interesting because you get to see the different ways each artist expresses the theme.
Twelve favorite prior ATCs
I am doing a round up of my favorite hand-drawn and hand-painted artist trading cards. The top two were finished this month and have not been traded yet. Everything else has been mailed off to new homes long ago.
I try to aim for a good weight on each card. Anything not on a Strathmore illustration board ATC blank is mounted on a heavier core. I hate leaving the backs blank, so the backs have various decorative papers and title cards glued on.
How to blend colored pencils with baby oil
I have heard about blending colored pencils with baby oil and was skeptical to try it. I have used my share of colorless blending pencils and blending markers in the past. The markers cost a lot and get stained pretty quickly. You always have to wipe the nib on scrap paper to remove colors to go on to blend different areas of color and this burns through your marker quickly. The fabulous surprise was how much better baby oil performs for blending! It is dirt cheap and smells pleasant. I tested the process of many brands of pencils below.
I made sure to buy baby oil that was 100% mineral oil. I got a brand that had the perfume scent since the drug store near me did not have any unscented kinds for sale. Avoid other additives like aloe vera; it is the mineral oil melting the wax content in the colored pencils that makes the process work. Mineral oil is a petrochemical, so I am thinking an organic component like aloe vera would lend itself to mold or decay.
I did some Manga style cartoon portrait drawings with colored pencils. I will crop these drawings to artist trading card size later. The one above used waterproof inks for the outline: Sakura Pigma Micron pens and a Pentel Manga brush pen. This artwork has Berol Prismacolor, Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth Magic, Koh-I-Noor Dry Marker Flourescent, and Rose Art Metallic brands of colored pencils. The Rose Art Metallic set is very bright; the silver looks very good. The paper I used was pretty rough, 130# Nature Sketch; it has a definite tooth similar to a cold pressed variety of watercolor paper or maybe a pastel paper.
BOOM! Here is the blended version. I think it "pops", the colors look bolder and the art has a nice painterly effect. I used a fine synthetic paint brush and Q-tips dipped in tiny amounts of baby oil. The Q-tip cotton swabs were very nice to rub on the paper and smoothed the color out well. Interestingly, the baby oil makes the color melt down into the paper nicely. All of the blending I had done with the dry pencils was prone to stay in place. The baby oil process felt similar to using very thinned oil paints but not wildly wet like fluid inks or watercolor. The smallest amount of baby oil melts and blends the colored pencil on contact. The control was very nice. I also used a white Sakura Gellyroll pen for the reflections in the eyes, which is a nice trick.
This was my first try with the baby oil process. Most of the above art was Crayola colored pencils, a little Berol Prismacolor was used on the skin tones and the ink was Pentel Manga brush pen. I wish I had learned about this process before now; it was an interesting way to compensate for the white showing through on a toothy paper. Definitely try it out, blending colored pencils with baby oil was fun and really easy.
Adding another drawing 2/13/2015!


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What good are football managers if you can't make fun of them? Whether it's their physical depiction or something that has to do with their behavior or even a nickname, Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish, Martin Jol, Arsene Wenger, Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Roberto Mancini, Roy Hodgson, Fabio Capello, Harry Redknapp and others get a harsh yet hilarious treatment in the next 'Sexy Managers Calendar. More
Instead of going after Roy Hodgson or the English FA, it looks like Wayne Rooney is the new scapegoat for yet another English failure at a major tournament, this time Euro 2012. It's easier than talking about tactics or the head. Blaming Rooney, Manchester United and Alex Ferguson is always easy. More
Harry Redknapp will be England's next manager, if the bookies are to be believed. They usually know a thing or two about what's about to go down, which isn't exactly good for any sport, but that's a different matter. The pundits, rumor mills and pretty much everyone have the loveable (to some) Spurs manager labeled as the man to take over Capello's work. More
Fabio Capello was on the hot seat since the 2010 World Cup. Since Frank Lampard's ball bounced out of the goal, more or less. An unimpressive but fruitful Euro 2012 campaign didn't make things easier and nicer between the FA and the highest paid manager in international football, and eventually, John Terry's armband cost him his job. More
When even England's manager says they don't have enough quality to match with the best national football team in the world, Spain, ahead of their friendly this Saturday at Wembley, it usually means – Don't get your hopes up for Euro 2012. More
Can't wait? Neither can we… less than two weeks before the kick off, and here are the most burning questions we could think of about the 2010 FIFA World Cup. More
Part II of our Early Favorites Preview for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, this time taking a look at England, Argentina and The Netherlands. More
England beat Croatia 5-1, completing their revenge from two years ago and clinching a spot for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. More
England beat Kazakhstan 4-0 in their World Cup qualifier, improving to 6 from 6 in the campaign under Italian coach Fabio Capello. Barry, Heskey, Rooney and Lampard scored the goals. More


text: January 01, 1900 Save the Dates: Are you thinking about National Board Certification? To encourage more educators to take the plunge, NYSUT is sponsoring a series of panel discussions and showing excerpts of Mitchell 20, a moving documentary about a group of Arizona teachers who commit to the National Board Certification process to improve their practice through reflection and collaboration. The Mitchell 20 Trailer from Mitchell 20 on Vimeo. Panelists at a showing at NYSUT headquarters in March urged those interested to follow the Mitchell 20 model and approach the certification process with the support of colleagues. "We've found it's much better if you have a partner or small group in your building, or perhaps colleagues from your subject area," said Schenectady Federation of Teachers' Dan Brudos. He said his district, which is second in the state for the number of NBCTs, is extremely supportive by providing three writing days a year, technological support and a stipend for those who achieve. Panelists suggested working on ways districts can weave NBCT activities into new professional development requirements under APPR (Annual Professsional Performance Review). They also highly recommended pursuing the NBCT's "Take One!" course as a strong professional development opportunity that gives teachers a taste of what the national board process is like. "Working collaboratively with the National Board Council of NYS Network, we are using these panel discussions and clips from Mitchell 20 to inspire more applicants," said NYSUT Vice President Maria Neira. "We want to increase New York's cadre of more than 1,300 NBCTs." NYSUT also co-sponsors national board awareness sessions and writing institutes. For more information, go to www.nysut.org/nationalboard.


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You create this password. This password is case sensitive and should contain upper and lower case letters, numbers, and a special character and be at least 8 digits long.
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Pittsburgh Steelers' Head Coach Mike Tomlin was asked in his post-game comments last evening following a horrible 26-23 loss to Tennessee if these road woes are a product of the process and whether or not it needs to be changed. In his typical and uninspired coach-speak, he said he "doubts" it's the process and I couldn't disagree more.
It's the process… When you continue to stand by veterans like Ike Taylor who is obviously struggling. Teams are now targeting him more than than they do Keenan Lewis and that's a clear sign there's a problem. Taylor has been called for pass interference and/or defensive holding in every game this season and they were warranted. He is clearly struggling with basic fundamentals that he was once so good at doing. Instead of going with Cortez Allen or Curtis Brown, Tomlin continues to leave Taylor out there to falter instead of sitting him for a series or two to get his act together. Loyalty has limits Mike.
It's the process… When you have a defensive coordinator in Dick LeBeau who has most definitely seen better days. The creativity we saw last week took a backseat to the same tired and played-out nonsense we've been watching for the last five years. How many X-fire stunts can you run Mike? I believe it was one that actually got to the QB last night? What's the excuse for the defining 3rd and five play where the blitz left a broken down linebacker in James Harrison covering the younger and faster Jared Cook? How does that happen? Especially in that situation? Should I even mention the pathetic two-man rush that resulted in a huge first down in the second half?
It's the process… When you haven't run the ball a lick all evening and you're down to your third and fourth backs and you're missing two offensive linemen and you RUN the ball on second and 6. Who did Todd Haley think he was fooling? It doesn't do a damn bit of good to run out the clock if you can't move the ball into proper field goal range.
It's the process… When you continue to dress seven offensive linemen and everyone in the free world knows that Marcus Gilbert will go down at some point and chances are good that so will someone else. David Paulson at tackle is not my idea of a back-up lineman. You can't keep saying 'the standard is the standard' if the 'standard' is this brutal.
It's the process… When you fire the Special Teams' Coach for what you deem as 'creative differences' and then the special teams goes straight downhill. A punt in the NFL should never be blocked yet it was clear that guys missed assignments and executed poorly. That was as good as any turnover at that point in the game. Who takes the blame for that Mike? I guess it's on you since you and Amos Jones were "co-coaches" of the special teams correct?
At 2-3, the Pittsburgh Steelers are in horrible position now in the AFC and in the North Division. The only saving grace is that they have all six divisional games remaining. The bad news is that this team is 0-3 on the road and all three losses are to AFC opponents.
I see many fans online saying "we're fine" or "we'll get it turned around" and I really do admire their optimism for which much is based on past seasons of starting out around .500. Those past Steelers' teams have shown the ability to rebound and come back to make the playoffs but we've sunk to a new low in this case. We have a team with no intensity, no leadership and no clue.
The worst part about it though is that we have a coach who is a master of 'coach-speak' who sticks with veterans too long and sticks with veteran coaches even longer. Could this team turn it around and make the playoffs? Of course they could, there's just too much talent not to, but it's only going to start with one thing.
Change starts with accountability and being able to admit there is a problem and that starts with admitting you have a failed process. I don't recommend holding your breath.


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Pittsburgh, PA- Geneva traveled to La Roche Tuesday afternoon to continue their non-conference play. Unfortunately, Geneva was unable to find the net and dropped a 2-0 decision to the La Roche Redhawks. The loss leaves Geneva′s overall record at 4-3-2.
La Roche got on the scoreboard early when Ryan Luffy scored in the eighth minute of the match assisted by Chad Trozzi and Robert Fraino. The next 69 minutes would remain scoreless until La Roche′s Fraino headed the ball past Geneva goalkeeper Bryan Butler. The Golden Tornadoes were able to post 12 shots to the Redhawks′ 10 but none made their way past La Roche goalkeeper, Zach Schindehette.
Geneva will be back in action next Wednesday when they return home to host John Carroll University at 7 p.m.
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Ricotta Shells with Homemade Marinara
Recipe inspired by Real Simple recipe
Makes 4 Servings
8 oz. jumbo pasta shells (28 shells)
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tsp minced garlic
1 28-oz. can whole peeled tomatoes
Kosher salt and black pepper
1 1/4 cup fat-free ricotta cheese
6 tbsp fresh basil leaves, diced; divided
4 tsp reduced fat grated Parmesan cheese
Cook pasta according to package instructions (make an extra shell or two in case they stick!). Drain and return to pot. Meanwhile, heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and cook for 15 seconds. Crush tomatoes in hands (be careful - wear an apron!) and ad them and their juices to the pan. Season with 3/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 15 minutes. Mix together ricotta with 4 tbsp basil.. Stuff each shell with about 1 tbsp ricotta mixture. Place 7 stuffed shells on each plate/bowl/etc.. Top with 1/4 of the tomato sauce, 1 tsp of the parmesan cheese and a portion of the remaining basil. Top with additional salt or pepper as needed/to taste.
Nutritional Information: 440 calories, 56 carbs, 16 fat grams and 17 protein grams.
Review: We just loved this. I was at first very nervous about using so much olive oil, but it really made the sauce, which is the star of this recipe, as is the fresh basil. This was wonderful and reheated very well. For those who want less fat grams: I feel certain that 3 tbsp would taste the same! For those who want to sub those fat grams out for something else: If you took out the tbsp of olive oil, I feel like you could replace it with light ricotta cheese (vs. fat-free) and that would be great.For those who hate stuffing shells: You can use a short pasta (like rotini or farfalle) and just drop in balls of ricotta/basil vs. stuffing the shells - would be quicker!
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Chiarelli: Rather Commit to Our Ownby John Bishop / Boston Bruins
BOSTON — Tyler Seguin said that he fell in love with Boston on his first visit.
Clearly, over the past two seasons, the city reciprocated the feeling and, today, so did the Boston Bruins to the tune of a six-year contract extension through the 2018-19 season, worth an average of $5.75 million annually.
"You've heard me talk about Tyler before," said Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli to bostonbruinsTV. "He's very skilled, has a terrific shot, and is a young player who's going to be with us—counting this year—seven more years.
"It's a commitment by Tyler, a commitment by us, and when you can lock up a player…that's in our top six forwards and is still getting better it's an exciting thing."
That excitement reaches a new level when the B's factor in Seguin's age (just 20) and experience (a Stanley Cup ring in 2011, the B's leading scorer last season).
"With a player of his talent, his skill, his speed, his strength, he's got a lot of things going for him," said Chiarelli. "He's really integrated himself and the guys like him, and I think he's humbled to a certain degree by this contract."
It's obviously a lucrative deal, which solidifies Seguin as one of the most important faces of the Bruins franchise, but Chiarelli said the Black & Gold have made pains to keep Tyler from having to take too big of a role too soon.
"I think on the faces of the franchise thing, anytime you lock up someone that long you're probably alluding to that," said Chiarelli. "But we structured the contract, and I talked to Tyler about, not easing into it, but phasing into a more prominent role."
As such, the worth of the contract at its onset ($4.5 million) does not make him the highest paid forward on the team, but Chiarelli certainly sees a progressive path for Seguin as he enters his 20's and is glad to have seen his top draft choice from 2010 (picked second overall) grow into his NHL career.
"Any time you want to give somebody a long-term contract, the more information the better," said Chiarelli of the decision to retain Seguin. "Obviously, if you know what a player is like, you know how he is as a person — it's easier to commit to that player.
"And that's the formula that I've used in all my time in hockey and we've used here. So, you know, sometimes it's a dicey gamble when you go into the free agent market and I would rather commit to our own players than go to the free agent market, and that's what we're doing."
One other thing that the Bruins (and their fans) are doing is making Boston a place where players want to stay.
"Everyone I talk to about coming here on an extended contract loves Boston, so he was no different," said Chiarelli of Seguin. "They say that, and I don't think they just say it because that's what I want to hear or it's what the fans want to hear, they truly and genuinely want to stay here.
"It's a terrific sports town, it's a town full of character," added Chiarelli. "And we're a winning franchise and a winning organization and they want to stay here. Tyler was the same as the rest of them.
"I think he's still a little wet behind the ears as far as knowing really the significance of the city and its people and its beliefs and the style of the city.
"I think he's still learning it, but I think he certainly likes it," he said.
And how…
"I'm very excited, it's a dream come true," said Seguin to BostonBruins.com. "Obviously, playing here in Boston for another seven years — being a part of this organization — is exactly what I was looking for.
"Since the first day I came into this city I knew this is where I wanted to live and have a life…and I'm definitely very ecstatic about it all."


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Harry Reid Blocked Jesse Jackson Jr. & Black Candidates From Obama's Senate Seat… Pushed White Women
(Racist?) Harry Reid called Hot Rod Blagojevich to make it clear he did not want Jesse Jackson Jr. to take Barack Obama's senate seat.
Instead, Reid promoted two different white women for the seat.
The Chicago Sun Times reported, via Memeorandum:
Days before Gov. Blagojevich was charged with trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder, top Senate Democrat Harry Reid made it clear who he didn't want in the post: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Danny Davis or Emil Jones.
Rather, Reid called Blagojevich to argue he appoint either state Veterans Affairs chief Tammy Duckworth or Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, sources told the Chicago Sun-Times.
Sources say the Senate majority leader pushed against Jackson and Davis — both democratic congressmen from Illinois — and against Jones — the Illinois Senate president who is the political godfather of President-elect Barack Obama — because he did not believe the three men were electable. He feared losing the seat to a Republican in a future election.
Blagojevich spokesman Lucio Guerrero confirmed that Reid (D-Nev.) and U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) — the new chief of the Senate Democratic political operation — each called Blagojevich's campaign office separately Dec. 3. Sources believe that at least portions of the phone conversations are on tape.
Previously, Harry Reid had this to say:
"This is not about Mr. Burris; it is about the integrity of a governor accused of attempting to sell this United States Senate seat. Anyone appointed by Governor Blagojevich cannot be an effective representative of the people of Illinois and, as we have said, will not be seated by the Democratic Caucus."
You just gotta love it.
It looks like democrats are up to their armpits in political sewage.
Pass the popcorn, Nahanni.
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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - The official order of this year's Breeders' Cup races has been finalized. The two-day Breeders' Cup will be held on Nov. 2-3 at Santa Anita Park and for the second time will have 15 races worth $26 million. This will be the first of two straight years that Santa Anita will host the event.
There were some changes from the tentative schedule for the second day that was announced earlier this month, The Dirt Mile (formerly race 8) will go off as the sixth race, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (formerly race 10) will now be run as the eighth race and the Breeders' Cup Sprint (formerly race 6) will be run as the 10th race on the program.
"With the Sprint drawing a large and talented field this year, we thought it would be best for our fans to bolster the latter portion of Saturday's card by placing it in third to last position, preceding the Mile and the Classic," said Bob Elliston, Breeders' Cup Chief Operating Officer. "Closing Saturday's card with the Turf, Sprint, Mile and Classic should reward the sharp handicapper with big value returns."
Saturday's Breeders' Cup races begin with the Juvenile Turf, followed by the Filly & Mare Sprint, Dirt Mile, Turf Sprint, Juvenile, Turf, Sprint, Mile, and Classic.
The first day's order remains as earlier announced: Juvenile Sprint, Marathon, Juvenile Fillies Turf, Juvenile Fillies, Filly & Mare Turf, and Ladies' Classic.


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In light of this wider context of 'winds of doctrine' in the 60's AD, we can turn to 1 Timothy and consider the particular problems that were facing the church in Ephesus, just three or four years after Paul had written the letter of Ephesians to them. As mentioned above, the church had problems with disrespect of authority (1Tim 1:9; 2:1‑15; 4:12; 6:1‑2; cf. 2Pet 2:10‑11; Jude 1:8‑10), perhaps particularly against the emperor (1:17; 2:2; 4:10; 6:13‑16), and also with having too many widows to support (5:3‑16). However, their primary problem was that some of their elders and teachers had to be removed from office for false teaching and ungodly living, explaining why Timothy had to appoint new elders and deacons in Paul's absence (3:1‑15; 5:17‑22). Paul actually says a lot about the particular problems with these leaders:
To start with, it appears that they were Jewish (cf. 'Alexander' in 1:20 with Acts 19:33‑34) – they were particularly interested in 'myths and endless genealogies' and 'worldly fables', wanting to be teachers of the Mosaic Law, forbidding marriage (probably between Jews and non-Jews) and abstaining from certain foods (1:3‑7; 4:3, 7). Their way of establishing doctrine was through 'speculation', 'fruitless discussion', 'worldly empty chatter', 'the opposing arguments of what is falsely called "knowledge"', 'controversial questions and disputes about words' (1:4, 6; 6:4, 20), all of which were characteristic of Jewish religious education. Evidently they based their teaching on the Law, but in a way Paul described as 'unlawful' (1:7‑10), that is, failing to recognise its primary purpose to convict Israel of sin. Judaism of the first century AD had a wide variety of popular religious writings, generally referred to as 'apocalyptic' or 'pseudepigrapha', for which 'myths', 'fables', 'speculation' and 'endless genealogies' would all be appropriate designations. One of the most popular was the book of 1 Enoch, which Jude quotes in 1:14‑15 to convict his opponents who valued it, much as Paul quoted the Stoic poet Aratus and the Cretan poet Epimenides to the Athenians (Acts 17:28; also Tit 1:12).
The false teachers in Ephesus are also accused of maintaining their controversy-based teaching methods out of conceit (at being teachers?), and treating religion, or godliness, as a way of making money (1Tim 6:3‑5; cf. 1Pet 5:2). This may connect with the greed of those condemned by Peter and Jude as 'rushing headlong into the error of Balaam' (2Pet 2:14‑15; Jude 1:11), apparently referring to those who like Balaam were prepared to speculate and teach on any popular subject of the day in order to accumulate wealth. This was perhaps the first century equivalent of the 'prosperity gospel' in our day. The letter of James to the Jewish believers throughout the Roman empire has a similar message about greed. He calls on believers to endure the present persecution (Jas 1:2‑4, 12‑13; 5:7‑11), picked up and expanded upon in Peter's first epistle (cf. 1Pet 1:6‑8; 4:2, 7‑8; 5:8‑9), but has to rebuke his hearers for worldly wisdom (Jas 1:19‑26; 3:1–4:1) which is evidently associated with riches and bringing disunity into the church (1:9‑11; 1:27–2:17; 4:1–5:6). Some of the false teachers Paul attacks in Ephesus had also already fallen into the immorality of lifestyle condemned by Peter and Jude (1Tim 1:9‑10, 19; 4:2; 5:19‑20), although Paul reminded Timothy that the false doctrine of others would sooner or later manifest itself in sinful deeds (5:24‑25).
However, the primary problem, for which Hymenaeus and Alexander had been excluded from fellowship, was deliberate 'blasphemy' (1:20). Blasphemy is slander or disrespectful speech about God, and in this case it is most likely that this refers to their teachings about Jesus, because Paul himself admits he too was formerly a blasphemer (1:13). It is worth considering what Paul says about Jesus, therefore, to see whether we can discern behind his statements what the false teachers were saying. In 2:5, Paul clearly states the central doctrine of Judaism – "there is one God" (cf. Deut 6:4; John 10:30‑33) – but then with the same breath states the equivalent about Jesus – "one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus". Judaism of the first century AD gave a prominent mediatory role to angels (cf. Acts 7:38, 53; Gal 3:19; Heb 2:1‑4), but in this verse Paul not only reaffirms Jesus' full humanity, but his exaltation comparable to God Himself, such that denial of Jesus' unique status as mediator is equally blasphemy. Paul later quotes a well-known early Christian creed about both the humanity and the exaltation of Jesus (3:16), just as he had done in the letter to the Philippians a few years earlier (Php 2:6‑11). The false doctrine being taught was contrary to the sound words about [or 'of'] the Lord Jesus Christ, and it would also lead its hearers away from godliness (6:3). We will find below that John's first epistle to the Ephesians, probably just a few years after Paul was arrested and taken back to Rome, would have to deal with the consequences of both the doctrinal and moral failure of false teachers on those who remained in the church after their departure.
The Situation in Crete (Titus)
The letter Paul wrote to Titus also appears to have been written around the same time as his first letter to Timothy, because here also he has not yet been arrested for the second time. The 'wind of doctrine' Titus has to address in his teaching is almost exactly the same as Timothy is encountering in Ephesus. Here it is explicit that the false teachers are mostly Jewish (1:10), characteristically rebellious (1:10; 2:5, 9, 15; 3:1‑3) and greedy for money (1:11), particularly interested in Jewish myths and commandments of the Law (1:14), and advocating doctrine that defiles the mind and leads to a defiled moral conscience as well (1:15‑16; 2:12‑14; 3:3, 8). Their methods of education involve 'empty talk', 'foolish controversies and genealogies and strife and disputes about the Law', and controversy-based teaching methods (1:10; 3:9, 10‑11). The 'testimony' of God that was manifested 'at the proper times' in both Jesus' first coming and His sure return in glory (1Tim 2:6; 6:14‑15; cf. 1:1), is once again central to Paul's letter to Titus (1:2‑3; 2:11‑13; 3:4‑7), probably consciously in opposition to the 'mocking' teaching of those times that Peter and Jude speak against (2Pet 3:1‑13; Jude 1:14‑18, 21).