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he's part of team kakashi so i feel that should be added into the side bar information thing :-) i'm not sure how your meant to do that so is it ok if someone else does it? Jonoridge 23:32, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
sora's connection to naruto.
Im not sure if anyone noticed, but Sora has a mental connection with Naruto. I believe it is because Sora had some of the demon fox's chakra in him, that made this to happen. ~MW --220.127.116.11 (talk) 02:26, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
wait a minute...shouldnt he hav one of those wind emblem things on the top like every other character???--Sheepshinobi (talk) 05:24, January 11, 2010 (UTC)
Its in the infobox.--Deva 27 (talk) 06:09, January 11, 2010 (UTC)Deva 27
What happens with the role of Sora in the fourth Shinobi World War? Does anyone know?—This unsigned comment was made by 188.8.131.52 (talk • contribs) .
- Since he is an anime only character, he will play no more part in the story. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 09:57, December 24, 2010 (UTC)
Like I was reading in some other forum while being bored at night ppl were wondering why Akatzuki never took advantage of the nine-tails chakra being consealed in Sora as a kind of sibling to Naruto. but thx to the fast response, wonder why I didn't think about that simple fact myself :D
sora's jinchuriki form!
How come on sora's page at Abilities he douse not have his Jinchūriki Forms and abilites whe in his jinchuriki form? —This unsigned comment was made by Keilith (talk • contribs) .
- Because the description in the abilities section is enough. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 00:37, July 7, 2011 (UTC)
Clone: Dispersed or Absorbed?
In one place on Sora's page, it says the chakra clone dispersed into nothing. In another place further down the page, it says Naruto absorbed it. Which is true? If no one knows, the page should probably explain that.
--ivorykuma 11:32, November 6, 2011 (UTC)
Sora who was a pseudo jinchuriki could not control imself like Kinkaku.Should it be in the trivia of those two characters?--Defrr (talk) 04:28, July 21, 2012 (UTC)
The hand...
How come no one care to bring up or even mention Sora's right hand in either his trivia or appearance?--Black Ronin8 (talk) 04:22, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
I always thought of it as a partial transformation, people said no, so...--Elveonora (talk) 05:37, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
Done.--Cerez365™(talk) 09:23, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! :D It's just that it's really been bugging me for awhile, lol. It's just so weird and creepy, and I attribute it as being a result of the Nine-Tails chakra. Just so, so creepy.0_o--Black Ronin8 (talk) 08:21, August 31, 2012 (UTC)
New profile picture
As you can see, I've been updating this page while I've been rewatching the arc over again. I would like to suggest this as a new profile picture. The current one is in the dark, has battle damage on it, no matter how insignificant, and shows kind of an awkward facial expression. The one I've provided not only shows him fully facing the "camera", but also has him in the light and without battle damage. I believe it would be a much better representation of him. Any dissenters? ~ Ten Tailed Fox 23:05, July 21, 2013 (UTC)
- The new one looks better than the used one for the same reasons that you mentioned above. No problem for changing it. http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a553/anaspet06/Shakhmootssign_zps2a261e68.png(Contact) 23:16, July 21, 2013 (UTC)
- Looks good. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 20:15, July 23, 2013 (UTC)


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What do Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the painter Raphael and chess champion Bobby Fischer have in common? They were all child prodigies. NOVA explores the current efforts to learn more about the nature of giftedness, introducing viewers to prodigies who excel in different fields
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Julie Telgenhoff| The young soldier in the below video, sold a lie, tells the truth about his time in Iraq, and anyone can hear and feel his truth via his words and disposition.
"We were all congratulated after we had our first kills." …. He was told: "Whoever gets their first kill by stabbing them to death will get a 4 day pass when we return from Iraq."
Most Americans don't care and trust me I know so many in my own community who could care less because their life is just fine (so is mine, but I haven't forgotten my spirit and why my soul incarnated into this physical body). In fact, most Americans won't even listen to the ugly truths spoken by an actual soldier who was in the Iraq war because they think they are so much better than the rest of the global world to which their own military is told to murder many innocence in all these countries; resources stolen, a central bank installed, then a regime change (it's getting quite old …the "He's killing his people" lie).
Well hell is coming to America as she will be brought down to a 3rd world country; the plan is to shift the wealth from the West to the East (insider speaks out about the planned destruction of America). IF you do not own BILLIONS, consider yourself a serf to the ones who do have it and are bent on installing a global government.
They have been using the US military (usually young men right out of high school), and then when they come home from these fraudulent wars on terror, they are thrown away like a piece of trash (mere cannon fodder).
Listen if you can handle the ugly truth then share if you dare because in America, exposing war crimes is considered, NOT patriotic.


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"Atos Origin strengthens its Hi-Tech Transaction Services activities"
Paris, 29 March 2010
Acquisition of Shere advances retail offering for rail and hospitality markets in the UK
Atos Origin, an international IT services company, today announced that it is expanding its Hi-Tech Transactional Services through the acquisition of Shere - a market leading and innovative provider of integrated self-service, web and desktop systems delivering services to the UK rail and hospitality markets. This is an important step in Atos Origin's strategy to increase its revenue from transaction based services through its core expertise in Hi-Tech Transactional Services. 90 Shere employees will transfer to Atos Origin as part of this deal.
Revenue of Shere was £ 11 million in 2009.
"The incorporation of Shere into our Group is a strategic decision and we are committed to ensuring that it delivers the maximum value for us and our clients," said Gilles Grapinet, Senior Executive Vice President, Atos Origin. "Through the innovative solutions from Shere and our own proven expertise in payments and CRM, we will advance our retailing services to help our clients drive sales and increase revenues, initially in the UK and ultimately globally."
"Shere is highly compatible with our organization," said Keith Wilman, UK CEO, Atos Origin. "The acquisition will enable us to provide our UK clients in the rail and hospitality markets with the agile, innovative, pay-per-use retail solutions necessary to meet the increase in demand for internet and self–service retailing solution, which we believe will increase, in rail alone to more than 50% of the sales market over the next 8 years."
The synergies between the Shere and Atos Origin payment and CRM solutions will provide hospitality and rail providers with the tools to make it easy for their consumers to plan and book travel. Atos Origin's innovative pay-per-use model will also minimize risk and reduce the need for investment.
"We are delighted to be joining Atos Origin which has an excellent track record and reputation in the rail and hospitality sectors," said Neil Briscoe, Chairman, Shere. "Our joint expertise will enable our clients to rise to the challenge of cost effective retailing."
The combined expertise and experience of both companies means that Atos Origin can now extend and strengthen its transaction based services business in the rail and hospitality sectors. It will further build on its AVANTIX WebTIS™ and AVANTIX Mobile™ solutions to provide clients in the rail sector with end-to-end retailing services that span the telephone, ticket office, on-line, selfservice and mobile channels. In the hospitality sector, it will strengthen its business services for loyalty and payments that help its clients increase revenue, while in turn making it easier for their clients to manage travel expenses.
About Atos Origin
Atos Origin is a leading international information technology (IT) services company, providing hitech transactional services, consulting, systems integration and managed operations to deliver business outcomes globally. The company's annual revenues are EUR 5.1 billion and it employs 50,000 people. Atos Origin is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic Games and has a client base of international companies across all sectors. Atos Origin is quoted on the Paris Eurolist Market and trades as Atos Origin, Atos Worldline and Atos Consulting.
About Shere
Since its founding in 1992 the Shere team has been designing, building, installing and maintaining self service and desktop ticketing and fulfilment systems. Shere has developed a unique and proprietary core system framework which supports three front end applications:
SMART™ is the rail desk top ticket and reservation application, FAST™ is the self service kiosk application for rail, and Express Reception™ is the self service kiosk application for hotels. Each application is adapted to suit the precise requirements of the customer.
For more information, contact:
Marie Tatiana Collombert + 33 1 55 91 26 33
Caroline Crouch +44 20 7 830 4233
Gilles Arditti +33 1 55 91 28 83


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Roofing Companies in Bakewell
List of Bakewell based roofing contractors and suppliers offering installation, repairs and maintenance services.
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Over 25 years experience in the roofing trade, all aspects of roofing from minor repairs to re-roofs, domestic or commercial. We are approved contractors for Local Authourity .The majority of our work is private residential properties or English Heritage work in either natural Welsh slate or lead but we will be happy to discuss your personal requirements and provide a quotation for any type or size
We offer our roofing services to the general public of Dronfield, Chesterfield, Sheffield and Hope Valley Area's. We also provide full roofing services to a number of housing associations, local authorities, Nursing homes, Schools and Colleges and have a comprehensive list of commercial clients across South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.
We are a Derbyshire based company well established within the Roofing Trade. Our priorities llie with the customer and right first time accuaracy. We pride ourselves in quality and make sure your satifaction is met without cutting corners and competative prices.
We also offer a premium installation service through our fully trained indepenent contractor network. CALL US NOW ON the freephone number for a fast response, no obligation quote. These installers have all attended a two day course at our training centre, using the same stringent, quality techniques that are used globally. Rest assured you are in safe hands, providing the ultimate in waterproofing
Since our formation over 30 years ago Coverworld UK Ltd has grown to become one of the country's leading producers and suppliers of single and twin skin coated steel cladding systems. Acknowledged as supplying quality products at highly competitive prices, as a customer focused business we pride ourselves on our day to day service.
We are the premier roofing maintenance company in Nottingham & Derby, offering professional roof and gutter cleaning services. They offer services from moss removal to a full roof clean. From our base in the heart of Derbyshire, we are perfectly placed to serve Nottingham & Derby, and, as a customer-focused business, we refuse to use subcontractors or pushy salespeople on any job, so you can be assured
Flat and tile roof specilalists we are local aurthority approved in Nottinghan and are c.s.c.s card holders, we have done large school contracts for nottinghanshire county council, derbyshire county council and leicestershire county council.
Since forming in June 1988, Advanced Roofing & Flooring Limited have grown from being a team of 3 people to 30 full time staff. These people all form together to make a dedicated, professional, committed sub contract service support team. 'Advanced' embrace a family culture, which runs parallel with our company ethos and vision.
B&S Roofing offer a comprehensive range of roofing installation and roofing repair services throughout Nottingham and the East Midlands. From flat roofs to fascias and soffits, we can handle all you roofing requirements.
One of the leading roofers in Nottingham, who are local and proven within the roofing industry. J Wright Roofing are committed to providing the highest levels of customer service and have won a variety of awards for their professional customer service.


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The identification, characterization and restoration of contaminated areas now represent a big environmental issue, both at European and national level. In the major industrialized countries the issue of contaminated land has come out in all its gravity in the late seventies when, against a widespread awakening of environmental consciousness, important pollutions events emerged. Consequently, in many European countries where the land is a limited resource, before brownfield degraded and sites and contaminated sites by illegal dumping, this represents a danger to the environment, besides being an economic damage.
In recent years, the increasing popularity of industrial activities due to product and services demand from the industrialized countries, on the one hand it has allowed the economic development, on the other has led to the pollution of the installations areas. Over time, therefore, the need for reducing emissions of existing and new plants has grown over, as well as the need to restore the physico-chemical conditions of polluted sites to the original. The law, therefore, is based on two paths: limiting the emissions and regulating the reclamation of polluted sites.
'As a private manufacturer of machinery and plants for environmental remediation, we believe it is essential to support today research and development for those technological innovations that will create concrete realities of tomorrow,' explains Pietro Baioni, CEO Baioni Crushing Plants. Innovation in processes and products, research, integration with local supply chains and universities: this is the path taken in recent years by Baioni to ennoble and preserve the 'made in Italy' from the threats of global markets.
Collaboration Baioni-Dicatech of Polytechnic of Bari was born out of a strong push for innovation to create a fruitful intertwining between science, technology, design and production with the aim at offering an effective instrument to the time and costs of reclamation, specially to make manageable and feasible the rehabilitation work in front of a technical and administrative rigidity of the country. 'And it is based on the synergy of different skills that we can now develop a comprehensive offer on the environmental issues with particular reference to pollution and soil protection and contaminated water' said Baioni.
Baioni Crushing Plants has already developed and built in Italy different types of systems targeted to the treatment and recovery of liquid and solid waste, the company is the only one in the national panorama to be engaged both on the design and manufacturing sides on soil and sludge treatment plants offering complete technology solutions. The company has full know-how and is able to ensure correct design of the line depending on the characteristics of the land to be reclaimed, as well as technological support and adequate training personnel. Last month two pilot plants were commissioned, being part of Lot 1 and Lot 2 of the tender issued by Dicatech which provided for the award of the supply and installation of equipment and science technology instrumentation provided for the expansion of the Laboratory of Chemistry and Technology for Environmental Protection, consisting of the Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry (LCA) and Environmental Technology (LTA) at the former Faculty of Engineering of the Polytechnic of Bari and the Taranto Pilot Technology Platform (PTP), located at the municipal sewage treatment plant in Taranto Bellavista. In particular, for Lot 1 a pilot inertization plant of sludge/soil/waste and for Lot 2 a pilot soil washing plant of sludge/contaminated land.
Description of the plants
Both pilot plants are made available from the Dicatech to improve specific skills and services with industrial partners, public and private bodies, through the exploitation and the use as testing ground on different types of sludge/soil/waste. Each plant has a production capacity of about 5 t/h and was designed and built both for inertisation (stabilization/solidification) of waste and for the remediation of contaminated soil. In particular the inertisation system Baioni aims to reduce the possibility of their dispersion and the danger of rejection. The stabilization/solidification treatment is used to treat dangerous and non-dangerous waste of any kind (liquids, sludge, mud, slime, solids, etc.), separately or mixed. The aim of the treatment is to modify (both "physically" and "chemically") the substances included in the waste. The technique of soil washing instead consists of circulating pure or added water with organic solvents in the soil, surfactants, acid or basic, in order to desorb from the matrix a part of the pollutant so that it passes in solution or suspension. This technique consists in performing a real washing (washing) with water, aqueous solutions of surfactants or with organic solvents.
The process of soil washing
The material coming from the 'big bags' of approximately 2 m³ each is discharged into the hopper, then extracted by a belt conveyor and sent to a two deck screen equipped with 3 mm polyurethane panels: the material mixed with water is processed, the + 3mm is sent to storage, while the 0-3mm falls in the first half of the big tank. A first pump throws it to the first cyclone, placed above the attrition cell. The washed material is sent then to scrubbing (attrition cell), where it is mixed with chemical reagents; from here it is conveyed to the stabilization tank to be mixed with clean water. A second pump sends the material to the second cyclone, located above the screen, for the final treatment. The clean sand 0-3mm falls in the second half of the screen and is dehydrated, subsequently put to storage. The excess water conveyed to the stabilization tank is sent to treatment. The most relevant phases are:
- raw materials receiving
- screening
- cycloning
- separation from contaminating material
The inertization process
The inertization allows to reclassify the waste, it is possible to get a new non-contaminated inert material, no more dangerous for the environment, so transferable as secondary raw material or ready to for disposal or recovery. The treatment process Baioni designs is fully automatic, managed by a total control system of the plant; management and monitoring is carried out through electrical control panels with touch screen. The pilot plant is designed and built for mixing contaminated soil with the necessary chemical and physical reagents, designed to achieve stabilization-solidification of the waste.The most relevant phases are:
- raw materials receiving
- mixing of the materials
- storage
The heart of the system is represented by a reactor for stabilization/solidification, a mixer whose shaft and the blades have been sized to avoid any clogging of the material and to work at high temperatures. The set of 'additives', such as lime, cement, catalysts and sludge carbonate added to the material to be treated provides a large amount of energy in the exothermic reactions during the treatment of waste. The reactions are essentially produced by two chemical actions:
- Hydration reactions, such as for cement, calcium oxide and catalysts.
- Neutralization reactions, as in the case of carbonate sludge containing calcium hydroxide that react with waste at acid pH. Purposely manufactured for further study and to govern these reactions, this small experimental pilot plant can work on various types of mixtures. Both plants comply with health and safety regulations, UNI EN ISO 12100: 2010 par. 188.8.131.52 and UNI EN 14122 -1/2/3.
Final remarks and conclusions
The approach Baioni and the University of Bari are performing through the creation and management of the two pilot plants is completely new compared to similar plants operating on hazardous waste. The integrated management of the flows of materials and the quality of the end product is in fact the prerogative of the installations that produce raw materials or finished products but is, in fact, a novelty for installations dealing with the reduction of hazardous waste or of their recovery. The ultimate goal of the work will be the creation of an expert system that allows to obtain inert materials to be sent to landfill or to be recovered, with adequate quality and safety standards set by the European legislation and with costs in line with a sound business management.


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In line with our very popular junior Sunday sessions we are pleased to provide a school holidayJunior Clinic.
This session is for Juniors aged 12 - 17 (only) who enjoy mountain biking and want to develop their skills, spend some time with like minded active kids, go for a trail ride and have some fun! For the younger (6-11 year olds) we have an morning session available on the same day- refer to the separate event for that session.
What does the course cover ?
We shall be practicing skills in our own fun special ways at the start of the session followed by taking it to the trails to put the skills of these lil tackers into action. The difficulty level of the trails will be inline with the kids capability we see whilst performing the skills learning component.
The session is for 4 hours and has a limited number of participants only so early registration is encouraged.
Who are the Coaches?
The Coaches for this course will be the "Two Marks" - Mark Routledge and Mark Watts. Both Coaches are MTBA Level 1 NCAS qualified and have delivered programs such as SheRides for Cycling Australia, Junior Development Squad Program for MTBA and been the National Coach for The Australian World Championships Team in early 2017.
Both Coaches hold blue cards, first aid qualifications and are experienced in junior coaching.
We invite you read the reviews and see some video footage on our Facebook page by our previous participants and previous junior courses..
When can I book?
Event registration is available now. Event numbers are limited so we encourage you to sign up early to avoid missing out.
What age must participants be?
This course is for 12-17 year olds (age at the time of the session). We group the kids at this level so they can ride as a compatible group on the trail together.
Where to meet on the day?
The meeting point will be at the top oval of Underwood Park off Underwood Road Priestdale. Upon arrival come see us to say hi and get your name ticked off as present.
What to bring to the event?
You will need a bike with working brakes, a helmet, and a thirst for fun! Feel free to wear your gloves, sunglasses or what ever else you like wearing when riding your bike. Ensure the kids are wearing comfortable clothing, have a drink bottle (preferably bike mounted and please ensure it is filled before you arrive) and something for them to eat when we break for afternoon tea. Something like a low sugar muesli bar and sandwich would be ideal to top up energy levels if required as 4 hours of bike fun takes a bit of energy.
Where can I contact the organiser with any questions?
Message us through out Facebook site on:
or by email: email@example.com or email@example.com
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
No, we will have a list of all registered and paid participants on the day.
What is your refund policy?
Sorry, no refunds or transfers are available for this event so please check your diary before booking and while you are there don't forget to put it in!


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Los Angeles: Rock band Aerosmith has postponed its show in California following the illness of drummer Joey Kramer.
Kramer, 64, is suffering from heart complications and will undergo surgery for the unspecified complaint, reportedly.
The spokesperson of the band without going into details of Kramer`s illness, said, Aerosmith apologises for the inconvenience.
The Concord Pavilion, venue for the show, also announced the news on its Facebook page.
"Due to illness, Aerosmith has been forced to cancel tonight`s performance at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, CA. The band regrets not being able to perform for their fans. Refunds will be available at point of purchase," the post read.
It is unclear whether the `Crazy` hitmakers will complete their current US tour.


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No Joy to the World This ChristmasWritten by Stephen Lendman Subject: WAR: About that War
by Stephen Lendman
How can there be with wars raging out-of control! Who's celebrating while mass slaughter and destruction persist?
No Christmas cheer this year for billions. No Feliz Navidad. No happy holiday. No Wise Men spreading good will.
No silent, holy night. No decking the halls. No herald angels singing. None heard on high.
No coming all ye faithful. No telling it on the mountain. No merry gentlemen resting. No peace on earth coming upon a midnight clear.
No most wonderful time of the year. No having yourself a merry little Christmas. No holly jolly one. No wishing you one in times of war, injustice and human suffering. Imagine them on an unprecedented scale.
No frosty the snowman fun. No winter wonderland. No jingle bells joy. No auld lang syne.
No Christmas 2014 to remember. No Santa on his sleigh. None coming to town. No gifts for billions.
No peace with war winds raging. None with growing global human misery. America is Scrooge writ large. It's the Grinch that stole Christmas.
Scoundrel media editors claim otherwise. They support the worst of all possible worlds. They pretend aggressive wars are liberating ones.
They claim nations are destroyed to free them. They call imperial dominance democracy.
They glorify wars in the name of peace. Humanitarian intervention and responsibility to protect (R2P) mask ravaging one country after another. Mass slaughter and destruction reflect it.
They call plunder economic development. They pretend Christmas 2014 reflects peace and good on earth.
They ignore what matters most. They turn a blind eye to America's imperial savagery. Unprecedented human misery reflects it.
It persists globally. They sweep it under the rug. They air brush it from history. They ignore reality. Hypocrisy and indifference substitute.
New York Times editors headlined "This Day of Good Cheer." They called it "the most joyous and the most richly seasonal."
"Christmas can seem, somehow, outside the sequence of the ordinary year," they said.
How can it be when billions endure poverty, unemployment, hunger and homelessness? Millions more suffer the scourge of war.
Festiveness doesn't top their agenda. Survival matters most. Christmas is no different from other days. It's not a day off from human misery. It doesn't stop mass slaughter and destruction.
Not according to New York Times editors. It's "a day of good cheer," they said. It "comes to life on just this one holiday."
It's "enough to be here today," they claim. How can it be when unprecedented human misery overwhelms it?
Washington Post editors headlined "The Christmas story, still captivating the world."
A decades earlier radio program was called "The Greatest Story Ever Told." It related biblical narratives. It was popular at the time. It inspired a Hollywood film by the same name.
One Bible story remained popular, said WaPo editors. It's "a tale of universal appeal." It's "a story of love and triumph over adversity and also of humility, of the good to be found in the most modest of circumstances."
It reflects the spirit of Francis of Assisi, they said. He preached "reverence for all living things." He created the first manger creche.
His "living Christmas story was taken up in many towns and villages." They created their own manger scenes. They reflect the seasonal spirit.
"Their basic appeal lay in their warmth, humanity and simplicity." It's an "enduring reflection of...'comfort and joy,' " said WaPo editors.
For whom they didn't explain. For billions it doesn't exist. Human misery is their daily reality. WaPo editors substituted illusion for unconscionable human suffering.
Chicago Tribune editors headlined "As Christmas dawns." They published the same Christmas day editorial since 1988.
Perhaps they have no original thoughts. Maybe they don't care about what's most important. They asked:
"What is this day, this Christmas, that dawns with a chorus of joy? What river of love and magic speeds the message from that moment of wonder in Bethlehem across the cold darkness of centuries long forgotten?"
"How does it warm us this morning as we awaken in a world the Wise Men could scarcely imagine to a radiance that once each year makes it all just a little bit better?"
For whom, Tribune editors didn't say. For America's 1%, it never was better. For most others, it's lump of coal harshness.
Joy didn't arrive Christmas morning. It won't appear later in the day. Or the next one. Or throughout the holiday season.
It's absent throughout the year. So is the "Prince of Peace." No "(s)ing(ing) out the praises of Christmas... (No) sing(ing) them in shouts and whispers."
Tribune editors support the worst of imperial harshness. They deplore peace and good will. They claim otherwise.
They hypocritically said "remember…the pain of others...the Christmas joy of sharing out humanity."
"We are our brothers' and our sisters' keepers...Rejoice in the accumulated sights and sounds of the season that fill us this Christmas Day."
..."(W)e praise this day, this Christmas, that dawns with a chorus of joy."
Tell it to Chicago's homeless. Imagine sleeping outside in sub-freezing temperatures. Imagine having to beg for nickels, dimes and quarters. Imagine needing them to buy bare bones food.
Imagine having nowhere to go when sick. Imagine no one able to change things caring. Imagine suffering out of sight and mind.
In July 2013, the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless estimated around 116,000 affected Chicagoans.
It's 10% higher than year ago numbers. It includes nearly 19,000 students. Around 98% are children of color. An estimated 20% have disabilities and development delays.
On December 13, the US Conference of Mayors Hunger 2013 Homelessness Survey said Chicago homelessness increased 11.4% year-over-year.
Perhaps Tribune editors didn't notice. Maybe they don't care.
Los Angeles Times editors headlined " 'Miracles' of 2013: Some of our favorites."
Christians annually commemorate Christ's birth. LA Times editors call it "one of the central miracles of the New Testament."
No peace and good will miracles arrived Christmas morning 2013. Expect none throughout the holiday season for billions worldwide.
None appeared throughout 2013. Expect none next year. LA Times editors turned a blind eye to what's most important. They ignored Obama's war on humanity. They said nothing about global human suffering.
They focused on trivia. They highlighted NASA's Voyager 1 mission. It's "ventur(ing) out of our solar system." It's "a singular achievement in humanity's quest for knowledge," they said.
How about waging peace, not war. What about alleviating human misery. What about prioritizing right over wrong? How about replacing dismissiveness with caring.
Times editors expressed angst about not intervening directly against Syria. They said eliminating its chemical weapons may "solidify" Assad's hold on power.
They called Republicans and Democrats "compromis(ing)" on 2014's budget "amazing." Both parties agreed on deeper lump of coal harshness for millions.
They gave bankers, war profiteers, other corporate favorites, and America's super-rich virtually everything they wanted.
They're waging war on social justice. Perhaps Times editors didn't notice. Maybe they don't care.
They discussed a meteor "the size of a small building." It "hurtled toward Russia...in February." It crashed near Chelyabinsk in Siberia. Miraculously it didn't kill anyone, they said.
Imagine calling temporarily switching off LA billboards a 2013 highlight. They called ending city mayoral debates another one.
They claim Washington began negotiating with Iran in good faith. They ignored Obama breaching Geneva terms straightaway. His notion of good faith is none at all.
Times editors' 2013 highlights are ill-chosen. Why is LA's Museum of Contemporary Art quadrupling its endowment more important than millions of city residents struggling to get by?
Why is a so-called "layaway Santa" initiative? An anonymous benefactor is involved. He visits stores. He pays for toys parents had on layaway. He does it in LA County.
What about sheltering its homeless. How about feeding its hungry. What about employing county residents without jobs. How about giving underemployed Angelinos better ones.
What about freeing lawlessly imprisoned county inmates. What about doing so much more to relieve area human misery.
Why is it ignored? Why is it allowed to fester? Why is it permitted to deepen each year?
Why don't city and county officials change things? Why do they do nothing? Why don't Times editors hold them accountable? Why not on Christmas day? Why not throughout the year?
Wall Street Journal editors did Tribune counterparts one better. They've run the same Christmas day editorial since 1949.
Vermont Royster (1914 - 1996) wrote it. He was WSJ's editorial page editor from 1958 to 1971.
He headlined "In Hoc Anno Domini (in this year of our lord)." He discussed ancient Rome. "There was oppression," he said.
He highlighted Rome's "tax gatherer." It took "grain from the fields and the flax from the spindle to feed the legions or to fill the hungry treasury from which divine Caesar gave largess to the people."
There was "persecution" and "enslavement...Then, of a sudden, there was a light in the world, and a man from Galilee saying, Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's."
"…Paul of Tarsus...spoke to his brethren." His words would be remembered. "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."
Royster won two Pulitzer Prizes. His editorials and other writing reflected lump of coal harshness. He deplored social justice.
Dow Jones & Company began publishing the WSJ in July 1889. In August 2007, Rupert Murdoch bought it.
Throughout its history, hard right opinion shut out progressive fairness. Under Murdoch, it does so more than ever.
Royster championed free markets over fair ones. So do current Journal editors. They believe whatever government does, business does better so let it.
They want every one left on their own sink or swim. They believe whatever is good for business is good for America.
They support corporate and super-rich privilege over social justice. Power and profits matter most of all.
What would Jesus say today? What would he think about today's America? What would he do?
How would he address ideological extremism? What would he say about neoliberal harshness? How would he contest destructive dark forces?
He preached nonviolent resistance. He lived it. He taught it. He deplored injustice. He urged "go(ing) the second mile." He said "love your enemies. (D)o good to those who persecute you."
He spread revolutionary ideas. He opposed exploitive imperial harshness. Today he'd preach peace, equity and justice. He'd oppose war. He'd resist it.
Doing the right thing is its own reward. Doing it every day matters most. Imagine if everyone felt this way. Imagine a world at peace.
Imagine wars consigned to the dustbin of history. Imagine loving thy neighbor having real meaning. Imagine doing unto others responsibly.
Imagine a world fit to live in. Imagine it with liberty and justice for all. Imagine it on Christmas. Imagine it throughout the year.
John Donne was a poet, lawyer and cleric. "No man is an island," he said. We're all part of humanity.
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind."
"(N)ever send to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee."
It does so most in times of war. It bears repeating. It doesn't take time off for Christmas. It doesn't do it throughout the holiday season. Mass killing and destruction have lives of their own.
Hemingway's novel discussed "For Whom the Bell Tolls." Its background was the Spanish civil war. In times of all wars, it tolls for thee.
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Violating Move-Over Laws May Result in Heavy Fines-Truth! & Fiction!
Violating Move-Over Laws May Result in Heavy Fines-Truth! & Fiction!Summary of eRumor:
Various emails that warn drivers about a new Move-Over Law that became effective on January 01, 2010. The email says that failure to slow down or move over when encountering emergency response or law enforcement vehicles could result in heavy fines. One example says that this is a new law in the state of California and mentions a motorist who was fined $754, three points were added to his driving record and was ordered to appear in court.The Truth: A move over law requires motorists to slow down, approach with caution or pull over when encountering an emergency or law enforcement vehicle with flashing lights on the road. There are such laws in most states throughout the United States.
Moveoveramerica.com, referenced in the emails, is a real web site that educates drivers on the need to slow down and move over in order to protect law enforcement and emergency responders. Fines for violations vary from state to state. Visitors to the Move over America web site can check their local laws and fines simply by clicking the link to their home state. Some states may fine violators as low as $40, others have fines as high as $500 and include jail time.
The move over law is not new in the state of California but it was amended on New Years Day, 2010. The fine for failure to approach with caution and not pass on an adjacent lane of an emergency or law enforcement vehicle with flashing lights in the Golden State is $50 according to California State Bill 240 which amended Section 21809 of the California State Vehicle Code . Click for California State Bill 240.
Currently, there are no move-over laws in Hawaii, New York, and Washington DC.
Some municipalities may add an assessment fee to state fines which could increase fines considerably.
A forwarded email version gives the example of the sender's son returning from a Wal-mart on Pleasant Hill who failed to change lanes while passing a police car from Duluth, Georgia on the side of the road performing a routine traffic stop. The email said the son was given a $745 fine, three points on his driving record and mandated to court. The fine in Georgia can go up to as much as $500 for this violation.
There is also a petition box on the Move Over America web site for visitors to encourage legislators of states without move over laws to enact them .updated 11/08/10
A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:
In California, the "Move-over" law became operative on January 1, 2010.
The cost of the ticket was $754, with 3 points on your license and a mandatory court appearance.
Important Law to Share:
My son got a ticket on Pleasant Hill coming back from Wal-Mart. A Duluth police car (turned out it was 2 police cars) was on the side of the road giving a ticket to someone else. My son slowed down to pass but did not move into the other lane. The second police car immediately pulled him over and gave him a ticket. My son and I had never heard of the law. It is a fairly new law that states if any emergency vehicle is on the side of the road, if you are able, you are to move into the far lane.
The cost of the ticket was $754, with 3 points on your license and a mandatory court appearance.
Please let everyone you know that drives about this new law. It is true (see details at the following web address). It states that except two states, all the other US states (even Canada ) enacted similar kind of law.


text: Cosmic Prism Report post Posted November 23, 2013 ************************UPDATE: SEARCHING FOR A NEW ALBUM DIRECTOR************************ Things have gotten increasingly busy in my life, and I realize I will no longer be able to provide this project with the attention it needs to flourish towards completion. So effective immediately, I'm searching for someone to take over as Album Director. Once chosen: All mp3 & wav files will be transferred over to them so they have an up-to-date status & file content for the album. I'll also be moving down as a Co-Director for the album (I could provide better assistance in that format). There are a few requirements for the search, and they are: 1. Have at least 5 songs posted here on OCR. or 2. Directed or Co-Directed an OC Remix Album in the past. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Anime Remix Album ALBUM UPDATE The Anime Remix Album will accept remixes from ANY Anime Based Video Game. The Anime Universe is quite large indeed. Giving artists a variety of sources to choose from (Much thanks to my Co-Directors for pitching this idea)! The Album as a whole will have 1 Opening song and 1 Closing song using the criteria listed below. Album Status: Deadline Period . Overview: This is The Anime Remix Album. The focus of this album is to bring attention to the amazing music that's in Anime Based Video Games. Some anime games can be seen as obscure, but by all means this does not mean that the music is any less awesome! The Anime Remix Album pays homage to the Anime universe. The album will also feature Unique tracks that act as the Opening and Closing Songs, which will be the albums version of the Anime Opening and Closing Songs that we all know and love. Director: Cosmic Sounds Co-Director: Tuberz McGee Co-Director: SkyRiderX Song Evaluator: DarkeSword Opening and Closing Songs: Must be a Vocal Track. Or a Cohesive Combination of Sources (2 or more sources). -Opening and Closing Songs can be claimed by anyone. Genre: There are no genre restrictions. The album(s) will be formatted into Editions; 1st Edition, 2nd Edition, Special Edition, and so on. This will also allow for the possibility of a greater variety of remixes. Check-In Dates 1. May 25th, 2018 [Status CHECK-IN] Deadline Passed 2. July 15th, 2018 [STATUS CHECK-IN] 3. September 15th, 2018 [STATUS CHECK-IN] 4. October 15th, 2018 [ALBUM ARTWORK STAGE] 5. October 30th, 2018 [FINALIZED WAV CHECK-IN] -WIP's will be sent to the Director (Me). After which, I will immediately forward it to the Co-Director and the Song Evaluator. -Clearly Mark the messages containing the WIP's, as this will help me forward it and respond to it more quickly and efficiently. (Ex: Bleach WIP; Naruto WIP; Etc.) Album Outline __________________ Album Goal: (Claims Removed with No Progress) - Opening Song: Naruto: Clash of Ninja Series - Various Main Menu Sources (SkyRiderX) - One Piece Grand Adventure - Skypiea [Angel Beach] (Guifrog) - One Piece Unlimited Cruise 1 - Iceberg Isle (DaMonz) - Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories OST - Password Menu (Timaeus222) - Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories OST - Preliminary Duels (Tuberz McGee) - Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2: Ancient Mystery (Malcos) - Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2: Crisis (Malcos) - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Duel Transfer - Ending Theme (Radiowar) - Dragonball Z Budokai: Wild Soul (Fungist) - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Over the Nexus - Five Stars (Amphibious) [WIP Extension] - One Piece Unlimited Adventure - Silver Mountains (Damashii!!) [WIP Extension] - Naruto: Clash of the Ninja 4 - Hidden Leaf Gate Night (DarkeSword) [WIP Extension] - Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories OST - Seto Kaiba Duel (CmacProduction) -Closing Song: Jump Ultimate Stars: Heaven's Strongest (Hunter X Hunter) & The Sign Leading to Greatness (One Piece) [Thirdkoopa] --------------- Expert Resources: -Mixing: Argle -Drum Programming, and Mixing & Mastering: Timaeus222 -Orchestral Production: Niefion -Male Vocals: Orangedragan -Male Vocals: Xarnax42 -Female Vocals: wildfire -Female Vocals; Soprano & Lyrics: Analea -Male Vocals (Baritone), Live Guitars & Ethnical Instruments: Tuberz McGee -Male Vocals, and Bass Guitarist: Furlias -Violinist: Chris|Amaterasu -Violinist: TeraCMusic --------------------- Progress: Claimed WIP Substantial WIP Completed Song Finalized WAV --------------------- Sigs: -These sigs were made for the Shonen Highlight and the Shonen Jump Album. -Interested in a sig, then feel free to grab one. -Big thanks to Doulifee! (Marik and The Winged Dragon of Ra) 1 Cosmic Prism reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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UPDATED: A 2nd round of auditions has been added on Monday, May 22nd at the Dougherty Arts Center! Email email@example.com for an appointment.
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RED CANS, a co-production with Rude Mechs,
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Sunday, April 09, 2006
The Rubber Repertory Rides Again.
It's an exciting day at Rubber Rep headquarters! We've spent the last few months quietly toiling on future productions, but at long last have some dates/venues to announce. See below for information on the two shows that will take us through 2006.
~a Rubber Repertory and Rude Mechs co-production~
Directed by Josh Meyer and Matt Hislope
August 3-19 @ The Off Center, 2211-A Hidalgo Street
Thursdays-Saturdays at 8PM
Tickets: 512-476-RUDE (7833)
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The RED CANS get opened on August 3rd.
and then...
AT HOME WITH DICK 2: A Progressive Degenerative Cabaret
Written by Dick Price
Directed by Josh Meyer and Matt Hislope
October 5-28 @ Dick's Apartment (3309 Grooms, Apt# 201)
You asked for it. Famed novelty songwriter Dick Price is back with an evening of all new songs. This time around, Dick sings about his father's battle with Alzheimer's Disease, race relations in Waco, TX, and the healing powers of Jane Austen. Come be tickled where you hurt.
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Kenneth Reese Petersen, 88, passed away Monday March 6, 2017, at Trinity Center at Luther Park in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, March 10, 2017, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Urbandale. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 9, and from 10-11 a.m. Friday, March 10, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church.
Kenneth was born to Henry and Alma Petersen on Oct. 24, 1928. He graduated from Wilton Junction High School in 1946. Ken married his high school sweetheart, Rosalie Masterson, on May 16, 1948. They moved to Grimes, Iowa when Ken began his long career in the insurance business.
In 1967, Ken and his brother Leroy started Petersen and Petersen Insurance Agency. Ken continued to be involved in the agency well into his later years. Ken was an active member of his church and community. He was a sportsman and especially enjoyed fishing. Ken was the founding father of the FFF (Fellowship of Friendly Fishermen). He and Rosalie enjoyed golf, playing cards and travel associated with his business. Of all his many accomplishments, Ken was most proud of his family. Spending time with them was his greatest joy.
Ken was preceded in death by his parents and three of his four brothers. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Rosalie; his children, Cynthia (Charles) Menke of Columbia, Mo., Kenneth L. Petersen of Grimes, Vicky (Dana) Myers, of Des Moines, Paul (Beverly) Petersen of Grimes, and Kent (Mony) Petersen of Grimes, his brother, Wilbert (Elvina) Petersen of Williamsburg, Iowa, twelve grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
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Sunday, February 28, 2016
What Goes Around, Comes Around
"Since I was a little girl growing up in Portstewart sitting on the strand beach, twiddling the sand between my toes, I have looked across the sea to Donegal and wanted to swim to the other side," writes Heather Clatworthy.
"Now at the age of 33, I have decided that it's now or never, and in July 2016, I plan to attempt the swim."
Those might have been the same thoughts of Mercedes Gleitze who swam this very course to raise money and boost tourism in 8 hours way back in 1929. The British swimmer was way ahead of her time was an inspiration for many back in the 1920s and remains an inspiration in particular for Clatworthy now.
The 13-mile (22.5 km) stretch in Northern Ireland is fraught with tides, currents and two inflowing rivers that were a challenge for Gleitze in 1929 and will present the same challenges for Clatworthy 87 years later.
Clatworthy is positive about her chance, but realistic. "[The conditions] make this a genuine challenge, and if I don't try [now], I will never know [if I can make it]. Currently, I am the fittest for swimming that I have ever been in my entire life. I feel that if I did the swim today, I would probably make it halfway before climbing on the boat.
That is why I have a training plan, and a lot of great friends and professionals on board to help me prepare myself the best I can both physically and mentally."
Just like Gleitze back in 1929 - two hardy, charitably-minded women looking from Portstewart to Donagal 9 decades apart.
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ISU personal finance professor assesses impact of new credit card legislation
Tahira Hira, an ISU professor of personal finance and consumer economics, assesses what impact the new Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act will have on credit card consumers. Hira is a member of the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy.
Cyclers try battery-assisted bikes
A hundred ISU faculty and staff recently tested electric-assisted bikes loaned to the university by X-Treme Scooters. The Newton firm offered the bikes to support the university's Live Green initiative and asked that employees ride the bikes to work. Batteries on the bikes give cyclers the option of peddling assistance.
Iowa State's Mini Baja Team engineers a lighter, simpler off-road racer
Iowa State's Mini Baja Team is working to improve on last year's 16th-place finish in a contest sponsored by SAE, the Society of Automotive Engineers. Team members think a lighter, simpler off-road racer could help the team move into the top 10. The contest features student-designed and student-built race cars from across the country and around the world.
Stange Road work begins May 27
Work to repair and resurface Stange Road in the vicinity of Veenker golf course is set to begin the morning of Wednesday, May 27. As scheduled, the northbound lanes will be closed for two weeks (May 27 through June 10), with one lane of traffic in each direction allowed on the other half of the road. A one-week hiatus is planned, with the repair work then moving to the southbound lanes for two weeks (beginning approximately June 22). The section of Stange affected is between the Squaw Creek bridge and Blankenburg Drive. Bike paths on both sides of Stange Road will remain open during the project; CyRide bus stops will have temporary relocations. The city of Ames will oversee a similar Stange Road project from Blankenburg Drive to 24th Street and on 24th Street between Stange Road and the railroad tracks to the east. The city portion will begin several days after the university portion begins.
ISU researcher identifies genetic pathway responsible for much of plant growth
Iowa State University resarchers have discovered a previously unknown pathway in plant cells that regulates plant growth.
Iowa State economists assess recession's impact on wages, immigrant workers
Two Iowa State economists have been studying what the country's economic downturn has meant to workers. University Professor of Economics Peter Orazem assesses how the recession has affected employee wages, while Dave Swenson, an associate scientist in economics, assesses its impact on immigrant, low-wage workers.
Campaign Iowa State surpasses previous two Iowa State University fundraising campaigns
ISU benefactors have made gifts and future commitments surpassing $673.1 million to the Iowa State University Foundation during Campaign Iowa State: With Pride and Purpose. This milestone eclipses the private support that was generated during the previous two fundraising efforts combined at Iowa State.
Sivils named the second Geoffroy Faculty Fellow at Iowa State
Matthew Sivils, an assistant professor of English, has been named the next recipient of the Gregory L. and Kathleen C. Geoffroy Faculty Fellowship at Iowa State. President and Mrs. Geoffroy established the fellowship in 2005 to support the teaching and research program of an assistant professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Sivils' three-year fellowship begins Aug. 15.
Cyclone Power Pullers build four-engine "Wild CYde" for tractor competition
The students of Iowa State's Cyclone Power Pullers are building a four-engine, 1/4-scale pulling tractor for a competition sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers May 28-31 in Peoria, Ill. The team finished third overall last year and is hoping for a better, more consistent performance this year.
Lush rooftop
Numerous plants grow on the roof of the Design Center's new addition. The green roof has many environmental benefits.
ISU promotes greater financial education through new course offerings, faculty
ISU's Human Development and Family Studies faculty have collaborated with the Government of the Student Body to expand the financial education resources available to students. A new one-credit online course this fall will provide a basic understanding of issues such as budgeting, credit and student loans.
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Kansas City twins, scholarship winners choose Iowa State
The Kansas City Star
Jonathan and Donathan Morgan, co-valedictorians of Kansas City's Ruskin High School, have received Gates Millennium Scholarships from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Morgan brothers will study mechanical and electrical engineering at Iowa State.


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Wisdom 19 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
The Red Sea
19 But the ungodly were assailed to the end by pitiless anger,
God Guides and Protects His People
6 For the whole creation in its nature was fashioned anew,
The Punishment of the Egyptians
13 The punishments did not come upon the sinners
A New Harmony in Nature
18 For the elements changed[f] places with one another,
22 For in everything, O Lord, thou hast exalted and glorified thy people;
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Free (76 page Sci Fi Drama in pdf format) by Paul J. Williams
An honor student begins the next phase of his life.
If time travel was scientifically possible, what would you do? Really?
Would you change the course of human history? Or simply go back and tell someone you loved them – one last time? Would you prevent a horrific accident from occurring, saving thousands of lives? Or spend the day with one special person, and change their life forever?
Time travel and its possibilities – it's been the theme of some of the most popular movies in history (in a variety of genres): The Terminator travels back in time to eliminate an enemy by killing his mother. In Groundhog's Day, an egotistical weatherman relives the same day again and again – until he learns the true meaning of love.
In his short script "Free", Paul Williams explores a question we've all asked ourselves. What if we could go back and time, and undo a costly mistake?
Although only eighteen, Robert McKenna has a lifetime of accomplishment ahead of him. A brilliant and promising merit scholar, Robert studies quantum physics – specializing in the theory of time-travel. Staying at home with his mother and younger brother Timmy (12), Robert's preparing for a four year trip. He whiles away the remaining hours working on equations and algorithms… making sure they're absolutely right.
But Timmy won't let him be. Seeking his big brother's attention, he pesters Robert with questions. About the possibilities of time travel. And Robert's own plans for the future. Has his big brother found a gateway to the past? And if so… what's his motivation?
Free may have the sheen of Science Fiction. But at heart, it's a tragedy. About families. Grief, loss and regret. And wishing you could solve life's problems with a mathematical solution. If only it was that easy.
This is a script that every skilled director wishes for: subtle and deeply touching, with layers of rich symbolism. Properly brought to the screen, it'll haunt your audiences for a long time.
Budget: Low to moderate. One location: an upper middle-class home. And a pet bird. (Don't ask – just read the script!)
About the writer: Paul J. Williams is a New Jersey-based multi-award-winning screenwriter, producer, and director with several scripts in various stages of film production. He has been a member of the New Jersey Screenwriter's Group since 2009. His latest movie, Case #5930, which he wrote and produced, was released in 2015.
He has also served as a decorated law enforcement officer for the past eighteen years, both as a Federal Officer with the U.S. Department of Justice and as a Police Officer for the City of Newark, N.J.
He can be reached at pauljwilliams9 (a) yahoo. Check out his IMDB page.
About the reviewer: David M Troop resumed writing in 2011 after a twenty-five year hiatus. Since then, he has written about 50 short scripts, two of which have been produced. Dave would like to make it three. He is a regular, award-winning contributor to MoviePoet.com. Born on the mean streets of Reading, PA, Dave now resides in Schuylkill Haven with his wife Jodi and their two lazy dogs Max and Mattie. He can be reached at dtroop506 (a) gmail.
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Who's The Next Poet Standing Whose Work Has Been Broadly Influential Beyond Diehard Readers of Poetry?
It has been a brutal year for deaths among the most decorated and published poets. Maya Angelou, Mark Strand, Carolyn Kizer, Seamus Heaney, Galway Kinnell and, most recently, the 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner Claudia Emerson, who succumbed to cancer last week at age 57. Some of the air has been sucked out of the atmosphere -- a void that sparked a question for me about the state of American poetry.
When Kinnell passed away in late October, The New York Times ran his obituary on the front page. Not only was Kinnell's death a sobering bit of news, I found myself struck by the fact that Kinnell's poetic legacy was so potent that he merited front-page treatment by the paper of record. To me, the front-page story was also news. The Times efficiently laid out the case for why Kinnell had surfaced for air, and a resounding public airing, upon his death at age 87 from leukemia.
Kinnell had established himself as a key figure in the lineage of American poets whose work represented, if not an entirely new canon, at least a significant turn and shaping of the art form.
His front-page obit followed a little more than two years that of Adrienne Rich, pictured right, whose own front-page remembrance on March 29, 2012 by The New York Times was titled "A Poet of Unswerving Vision at the Forefront of Feminism."
In addition to the obituary, the Times took Rich's passing as an opportunity to review her work and place in the literary canon with at least two other pieces, including the obligatory investigation by David Orr of how, given how politics influenced Rich's work, one was supposed to read her poetry.
American poets rarely become public figures, and those who do --Allen Ginsberg, Robert Frost — usually pay a price for it. Sometimes that price is measured in a temporary decline in their literary reputation (other poets find fame hard to forgive), but more often it's a simple matter of becoming papered over with expectations. The more the public looks at a poet, the harder she becomes to see.
Adrienne Rich was an accomplished and important poet from early on in her career, but her turn toward her own voice and vision left critics nowhere to turn except the inevitable comparisons to Sylvia Plath and the poetry of feminist rage -- a box that Rich more that adroitly defended by refusing to be defensive.
With Rich and Kinnell gone, and their posthumous places a little more fixed in the galaxy of poetic stars, I found myself wondering who among the living poets would, upon their deaths, merit similar levels of commemoration in the more mainstream media outlets.
It was a question fueled by a sense that poetry, as an art form, had been blown up and sent scattering to various niches and corners in part by the very likes of Kinnell, Rich and other poets born in the 1920s whose work was "radicalized" by the explosive changes that took place in this country, particularly in the 1960s, when these poets were gaining the height of their creative power. Civil rights, anti-war protest, post-war urbanism, post-modernism, confessional poetry, post-confessional, politics as personal ... poetry was blown to smithereens by these formidable writers who worked in these combustable times, leaving the next generation of poets to wander down so many forked paths that assessing different schools, let alone individually great poets, has become far more challenging.
Naturally, the most keen critics and keepers of poetry took me to task for framing the question about poetic lineage and legacy as I had, especially the notion that outside of Billy Collins or Mary Oliver, it was difficult to foresee who next might merit front-page consideration by the Times or other major mainstream publications.
"That's a little bit morbid,'' was the pointed rebuke I got from Robert Polito, president of The Poetry Foundation, who pointed out that in the three generations of poets now working, we haven't come to the end of anything when it comes to who are the next standard bearers or gatekeepers or game changers in poetry.
Polito questioned the premise, and gave a wide-ranging survey of the writers and reasons why poetry is as vibrant today as it ever has been: Louise Gluck, Robert Pinsky, Frank Bidart, Collins, Natasha Threthewey, Mark Doty. There are three million unique users to the Poetry Foundation website. Book sales and web-based publishing has broadened the audience. Universities are enrolling large numbers of poets in MFA programs.
Those sentiments were echoed by Pinsky, who all but lamented the premise that with Kinnell's passing we'd be hard pressed to identify another singularly important poet whose body of work would stand up to time as a game changer.
"I revere Galway, Adrienne, others, but -- I suggest you take a look at Joan Shelley Rubin's book Songs of Ourselves, an historian's meticulous, lively history of American readership of poetry.
She tells how when the Fireside Poets began dying off, many many public forums featured laments that the great age of American poets was ending. (Whitman and Dickinson had no such role.) Then, among others, the college classmates Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams . . . I repeat— I mourn these recent losses of poets I esteem highly. But . . . " Pinsky said.
Pinsky also rejected the idea that poets like Rich and Kinnell were as important as they were because they set up real work for themselves to write against tradition.
"As to 'urgency to break the mold,' the first books of that generation— Rich, Wright, Levine, Merwin— were mostly in rhyme and meter,'' Pinsky said, implying that it is way too early, or impossible, to determine in real time those poets whose work and legacy will indeed stand up to generational scrutiny.
For some moral support, I called Alan Michael Parker, a poet who I grew up with in Port Washington, NY and who has gone on to publish many critically acclaimed books as well as hold a prestigious teaching post at Davidson College in North Carolina.
"I'd say John Ashbery, Sharon Olds, Billy Collins & Mary Oliver all still enjoy the kind of affection that subsequent generations might still consider life-changing,'' Parker said.
"Nonetheless, I'm intrigued by the notion that the radicalization of the aesthetics contributed to the cultural sway of these poets. Perhaps that's the moment that's passed, when the avant-garde offered a legacy that cut across disciplines within the arts. Perhaps, too, the poets born in the 1920s reached the peak of their powers during a radical moment in the culture—the 1960s—when art and politics dovetailed more conspicuously, or when artists had more to contribute to political discourse,'' he said.
Poetry may be alive and well and enjoyed if not written by more people than ever, but the question wasn't really one about popularity so much as it was about ground-breaking, about a poet who, as Ezra Pound implored, makes poetry truly new.
Polito agreed that there are certain new categories of poets these days. The confessional and experimental or language poets have given way to "anti-creativity" poets like Kenneth Goldberg, or "documentary" poets. Fitting into this category these days is Claudia Rankine, whose new book "Citizen: An American Lyric" is garnering a great deal of appropriate acclaim. In the opening paragraph of The New York Times review of Rankine's National Book Award finalist entry, the very question of the state of American poetry is characterized by its "lack of urgency." Rankine brings that to her work and this new text, but is urgency, or an identifiable breaking of the mold, really being executed by another living poet who is aiming to seize the medium, if not the day?
Perhaps it's unfair to try and find identify the next Kinnell, just as it is to try and find the next Walt Whitman, who seized upon poetry as nothing less than a tool to not reflect America, but to save her.
Literary pilgrimages are best saved for internal musing, since the drive to go stand inside the homes where the great poets or other artists lived stirs up deep sediment that doesn't really serve anyone else except the primary visitor. It is a personal matter. I mean, which writer among us can really properly convey the feeling and meaning of just being there in the same room where Walt Whitman was born? Hell if it's going to be me.
However, I would like to just note it for the record: Standing in the room where Whitman was born on May 31, 1819, which is the downstairs bedroom of the farmhouse Walt Whitman's father built in the West Hills area of Huntington on Long Island in 1816, exceeded my own expectations.
I've stood in front of or been in houses where Edgar Allen Poe lived; where Emily Dickinson wrote in genius seclusion; Hawthorne was born Salem; where the poet Charles Olson pumped out his Gloucester poems; where James Baldwin, Gertrude Stein and Anais Nin worked in Paris ... but there is something more fundamental about Whitman, at least for me, not only because of his humanism, progressiveness and his marriage of personal and political, but because he hailed from Long Island, my birthplace.
That the farmhouse still stands is the first miracle. What was once a 60-acre farm in the middle of other farmland is now one acre set inside high fencing to secure the historical site from the suburban sprawl of shopping centers and housing development. Another part of Walt Whitman's legacy, among the most seminal and iconic and landmark artists in American or literary history, is that his name is born on the shopping mall that stretches down Route 110 (Walt Whitman Road) in Huntington across from the poet's birthplace. Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's, Williams-Sonoma: These may not be any of the things Whitman catalogued in his newspaper accounts or verse, but there these big box stores sit, surrounding the sedate grounds where the Whitman house stands.
And while it's definitely weird trying to find the Whitman Birthplace site amidst the clutter and clatter of modern-day (i.e. car-addled/store-riddled) Long Island, it turns out to be OK.
For the poet who celebrated himself and gave ample, sprawling voice to the burgeoning song of Democracy, the scrum and mess of society blithely whizzes around and past the former pastureland where Whitman was birthed. Thanks to efforts in 1949, when the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association was formed, and continued advocacy and fundraising via former Newsday newspaper publisher Alice Patterson, the site was preserved from the fast-encroaching suburban development. The state of New York helps administer the site along with the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association, which has erected a statue of the poet and a modern loft-like building that houses a shop and reading space.
The entire site and experience is worth the trip and the $6 for the guided tour of the house. On the crisp November day I visited, an enthusiastic guide led me across the lawn and into the home, which Walt Whitman Sr. grandly built as a model home to show prospective clients just what he could build for them, too. We entered the foyer, then the parlor, with its wide-plank wood floors and custom, built-in cabinets and large windows. Then, we walked through to the bedroom where, the guide said: "And this is where Walt Whitman was born."
Whatever sense of being in a semi-sacred space that I had had just walking through the front door of the home was, in that instance, amplified. Most of it came from the striking realization that for everything Whitman did, everything he became and remains, started in one room. I was in a real place that stands in concrete confirmation against the decades and centuries of the Whitman who became the poetic father and god and enduring definition of a hearty, heralded strain of the new American poetic canon.
In a world of shopping malls and cars and democracy under siege, the sanctuary of the Whitman home was palpable. It was made even more so by my profound sense that, stripped of the noise and the Internet and the virtual world I have come to inhabit for great chunks of time, Whitman walked from Long Island to Brooklyn to Washington to the Civil War battlefields and hospitals to Camden, NJ and witnessed his world, his America, unfolding in real time. Our songs of ourselves these days ... hard to not see them by comparison as wanting. But at least the visit got me reconnected to some time and some place distilled of distraction, distilled to its essential point and purpose.
Thanks, Walt!
I used to write politics, news and sports for newspapers in cities like Albany NY, Seattle, Baltimore and Harrisburg PA. Now I take a lot of Instagram photos, check Facebook, swim, read about T$$$p and cook dinner for people I really like. New York native, living in Port Washington and Greenfield Center (that's near Saratoga Springs FYI).
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We've got another iPhone 5 rumor regarding the design. This new rumor indicates that the sixth generation Apple smartphone may feature a front glass panel.
ETrade Supply recently posted a "leaked" video of the supposed new design (see below).
The screen measures diagonally at 4.065-inch which also supports the current rumor that Apple's new iPhone will feature a four-inch screen. It also measures 0.91 millimeters which is roughly about 0.1 millimeters thinner than the current model iPhone 4s. Other indicated changes include the positions of camera hole, receiver hole, and proximity sensor hole.
According to ETrade Supply, this new model features a screen that's even more scratch resistant than the lens on the iPhone 4s, a unibody metal chassis that could be made from liquidmetal alloy, longer body, thinner design, smaller SIM card tray, headphone jack moved to the bottom, smaller dock connector, and more.
So far, Apple has yet to confirm these or any other rumors regarding their next phone. It's also highly unlikely that they will talk about the iPhone until the day they make the official announcement. It's expected that Apple will officially unveil the sixth generation iPhone on September 12, and start selling the actual product on September 21.
The iPhone 5 could be a make it or break it product for Apple. Everyone knows and loves all Apple products, so there is little doubt that their next product release will be a success. Given the current market and Samsung's top-selling Galaxy S III smartphone, it may be a little harder to impress everyone with their next phone, especially if it doesn't have any real reason for customers to buy a new smartphone that's not really all that different. The good thing is that Apple has remained mum about the situation and hopefully that indicates the company has some real surprises for their fans.
Apple is nothing if not innovative, so I'd say it's pretty safe to assume that Apple has got a few special things they don't want to release to the public yet. If their next smartphone fails to impress, hopefully iOS 6 will prove to be a saving grace and inspire people to buy the phone anyway. With impressive features like their in-house 3D maps, it's easy to see how small things like cool apps can easily make a smartphone seem more desirable. For now at least, I'm not too worried about the future of Apple's iPhone.


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My vacation in California was pretty uneventful. Gloriously, gloriously uneventful. It was just what I wanted: all the comforts of home without actually being (earmuffs, Mom!) responsible for its upkeep.
That's not to say that my time there wasn't without its highlights, most of them either in the gym (you better believe I did water aerobics) or in my belly. Assuming you'd just as soon be spared pictures of me in an ill-fitting bathing suit, I'll stick to the food.
One thing I got a little too used to having in CA was cable. I can't justify the expense here at home, given my current lifestyle, but I sure can justify laying on my butt during vacation. Enter the Travel Channel, sponsor of many, many hours of entertainment in the past couple weeks.
My favorite Travel Channel show is pretty much hands-down Man v. Food. Adam Richman is the host and succeeds in making me laugh out loud with every episode. And while watching him attempt challenge after challenge is enough to make your own stomach hurt in sympathy, I love learning about all the quirky watering holes he turns up in each destination.
One such destination was San Francisco, and the watering hole in question was the San Francisco Creamery. In the San Francisco episode, Sir Richman was challenged to consume The Kitchen Sink, which consists of "three sliced bananas, scoops of your choice of up to 8 flavors of ice creams, 8 servings of toppings, mounds and mounds of whipped cream, chopped toasted almonds and cherries." People, this amounts to like, multiple gallons of ice cream! But he did it, bless his heart. Anyway, given my love for ice cream and convenient proximity to the Creamery, I had to go check it out for myself.
Proof I found the right spot:
The San Francisco Creamery is sort of half old-fashioned ice cream parlor, half diner.
At lunch time on a weekday in chilly December, my mom, sister-in-law and I had the place to ourselves. All the better for my bonding experience with the ice cream freezer…
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Good girls have to eat a good lunch before they can have dessert.
A VERY good lunch.
I was so hungry when my sandwich arrived that half of it disappeared before I remembered to get a photo, but I think you can appreciate it nonetheless.
Eggplant and the promise of ice cream, all in one meal? I die. This was the grilled eggplant sandwich, which was served on focaccia with a tangy Thai sauce and a ton of other veggies. I dug it.
We were all pretty full after our lunches, but I couldn't leave without taking on the ice cream for myself. I zeroed right in on the brownie sundae: simple, classic, and quite possibly my favorite dessert in the whole world.
Times 1,543.
Are you grasping the size of this thing? Let's zoom out a bit.
I should have put something, like my hand or maybe an infant, in the picture as well to give it some scale. You'll just have to trust me that this was the biggest sundae I have ever had the pleasure of attacking.
Those scoops are the size of softballs.
Believe me, I went at that thing with everything I had, and happily—ice cream is one of my top 5 favorite things, edible or otherwise.
And yet, even with two other (wimpy, dainty ladies!) helping me, this was all the damage we could manage:
That's the better part of one softball-sized scoop remaining. I hang my head in shame. Clearly, I am not yet ready for a challenge of Man v. Food proportions.
But it was fun trying.
What's the biggest meal you've ever attempted?
I'll be back soon with a giveaway: a $55 gift certificate to CSN! Check out all their websites for great gift ideas in the meantime: kids backpacks, shoes, fun kitchen toys, you name it.