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Denver dinosaur discovery keeps getting better — T. rex tooth found among fossils
Museum workers found a T. rex tooth among the triceratops fossils on Thursday as they excavated prehistoric artifacts from a construction site in Thornton.
The T. rex was likely scavenging and came across the dead triceratops. But the excavators don't expect to find any more of the large dinosaur — T. rex teeth sometimes fell out as they chowed down.
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science announced the discovery Friday during a press conference where workers opened a plaster cast used to transport the fossils, showing off the horn that alerted construction workers to the presence of the triceratops.
Saunders Construction workers noticed an inch or half of the bone on Aug. 25, and immediately shut down their earth-moving machines. The museum's dinosaur curator Joe Sertich said he visited the site the following Monday, expecting to find a couple of small chunks of bone. But within 30 minutes, he found three or four other fossils.


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The adult social white paper is a chance to publish a vision for the future that is centred around people who draw on social care to ensure they are supported to live their best life. Our four priorities set out what we would like to see in the upcoming care white paper.
Everyone should be able to live the life they want to lead; to connect to the things that make them feel alive and valued. And when social care is working well, it supports people to achieve this, whatever their circumstances.
That is the future of adult social care we should push for.
Funding and reform are needed to bolster social care's potential to best support people and communities. Our four priorities reflect the ambition needed to achieve this.
1. Recommit to the principles of the Care Act
The Care Act 2014 is a landmark piece of legislation which continues to command widespread support due to the way in which it was developed through meaningful consultation and engagement, including with people who draw on social care. There has undoubtedly been a gap between the legislation's ambition and its practical implementation, but it must remain the guiding framework for care and support.
2. Provide immediate investment to both stabilise the system now and lay stronger foundations for the future
Building on the Care Act to make meaningful progress requires immediate investment to address a number of urgent care and support issues:
- better support for the care workforce, including on pay and reward
- stabilising the provider market
- managing demographic pressures
- embedding a much greater emphasis on prevention
- tackling unmet and under-met need.
This will shore up the current system and provide a far stronger foundation for future reforms.
3. Be clear about the costs of the planned reforms and the adequacy of the Health and Social Care Levy to fund them in full
The white paper must provide absolute clarity on the cost of the Government's reform programme, including charging reforms, both for the three-year Spending Review period and beyond. We are not confident that the £5.4 billion earmarked for social care through the new Health and Social Care Levy is sufficient for the reforms announced and need assurance on how any additional reforms set out in the white paper will be funded. The proportion of the Levy going to social care beyond the three-year period must be set out and guaranteed, so councils can plan for the longer-term and people can be confident they are receiving the support they need to live an equal life.
4. Embed realism and coproduction throughout the process
The reforms that are needed to ensure people of all ages are able to live an equal life require a long-term approach and we hope the white paper will lay the groundwork for a 10-year plan. Subsequent work on the reform agenda must be based on ongoing and meaningful engagement with all partners, particularly people with lived experience of care and support. Realism is needed so that lessons are learnt from the past and plans and public commitments reflect the reality of the immense pressures facing social care. We need to be collectively ambitious and jointly agree what is achievable.


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» Nick Green's 100 Percent Soccer blog
NEW YORK – Landon Donovan repeated the words, unable to wipe the smile from his face.
"It never ends," he said.
The American midfielder and England star David Beckham may be forever linked by their tumultuous time together with the Galaxy. And just when they seemed to have fully embraced the idea of playing for the same MLS team, Friday's World Cup draw put the United States against England in their opening match in South Africa next June.
Indeed, their story never seems to end.
"I wish we could have got a shot of his face as that happened," said Donovan, who promised to text Beckham in the start of playful banter sure to consume the next six months. "I'm sure he was thinking the same thing, to play against your own teammate is obviously pretty incredible."
Their conversations haven't always been playful, though, and Donovan, a Redlands native, didn't always smile when he heard Beckham's name.
Two of the brightest stars on two different continents have had a tenuous relationship ever since Donovan's comments this year in Grant Wahl's "The Beckham Experiment."
The highly critical book, in which Donovan ripped the England midfielder's leadership and effort, chronicled Beckham's first two seasons with the Galaxy. Donovan eventually apologized for airing his thoughts in public, and the two tamped down the potential locker room division enough to lead the Galaxy to the MLS Cup final this season.
"I'm sure there will be a lot of talking before the tournament starts," Donovan said of the World Cup, where the U.S. and England are joined by Algeria and Slovenia in Group C.
"We talked about seeing each other there and hoping we're both there. I don't think it entered our mind that we might be playing each other."
Former national team coach Bruce Arena called it "stupid" to make anything of their first-round matchup. He served as the peacemaker when he coached the Galaxy this season.
"The only story is that they're teammates, that's all it is. They're two guys with the greatest respect for each other," Arena said. "There's nothing else to discuss."
That didn't stop current national coach Bob Bradley from weighing in.
"I think that this game will have many different story lines," he said. "The fact that Landon and David are teammates is a very good one."
Teammates who apparently work quite well together when they're not bickering.
The crisp passing of Beckham and Donovan set up the Galaxy's first goal in the MLS final two weeks ago, although Donovan – the league's MVP – became a non-factor until the shootout and Beckham struggled through discomfort from a bone bruise in his right foot.
Beckham later scored in the shootout against Real Salt Lake, but it was Donovan's miss moments later that made headlines as the Galaxy lost 5-4 on penalty kicks.
"To have David and Landon playing against each other wearing opposite jerseys is just going to be a terrific story and something that I think the entire country will get excited about," MLS commissioner Don Garber said. "It will probably be one of the most exciting and anticipated games of the World Cup."
U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati said the meeting could help raise the profile of Major League Soccer, which counts Donovan and Beckham as its two biggest stars.
"The league will be under a microscope," he said. "We'll all be under a microscope because of the English media's interest, David's presence in the league, his teammate Landon and so on."
Beckham plans to report on time Dec. 28 to start his second consecutive season on loan to AC Milan, something he initially did to help maintain his fitness for the World Cup. There are rumors Donovan may do the same, although he declined to say for certain.
The career leader in national team appearances, goals and assists, Donovan did say that if he remains in Los Angeles, having Beckham playing for the Italian club would help dim the harsh spotlight surrounding their budding rivalry.
"England's a very good team and we'll see how the rest plays out," he said.
AP Sports Writers Ronald Blum in New York and Graham Dunbar in Cape Town, South Africa, contributed to this report.
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Section 6: The King's Dream – Yusuf's Interpretation
Surah Yusuf – Verse 43
وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ إِنّي أَرَي سَبْعَ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنْبُلاتٍ خُضْرٍ وءَاُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍ يَآ أَيُّهَا الْمَلأُ أَفْتُونِي فِي رُءْيَايَ إِن كُنتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ
43. "And (once) the king (of Egypt) said: 'Verily I saw (in a dream) seven fat cows which seven lean cows were eating; and seven green ears of corn and other (seven) dry. O' chiefs (of my court)! Explain to me my dream, if you are able to interpret dreams'."
This Surah talks about three dreams: namely Yusuf's dream itself, the dream of his two fellow prisoners, and the dream of the king of Egypt.
In the Torah it is cited that the king dreamed these two subjects on two different occasions; on one occasion the lean cows were eating the fat ones, and on another separate occasion, the green ears of corn were alongside the dry ears.1
As for the speculation that the 'Aziz of Egypt was the same person as the king of Egypt or that the two individuals were different, there are a number of differences in opinion which do not concern us here for the issues involved do not have any role to play in our discussion.
In Roudat-ul-Kafi dreams are said to consist of three kinds: The first type of dreams are those that give good tidings from the Divine, the second type are terrible dreams from the Satan, and the third type are those dreams that are meaningless and disorganized.
Yusuf had remained forgotten within the confines of the prison walls for a number of years, busy perfecting himself and guiding the prisoners around him.
Life went on as usual until a seemingly minor matter changed not only his destiny but that of the entire people of Egypt and those of its around.
The king of Egypt, (called Walid-ibn-Rayyan), whose minister was the 'Aziz, had had an apparently confused dream. Next morning he summoned all the dream interpreters and his entourage and described the dream to them.
He said that he had a dream in which he saw seven lean cows attacked and devoured seven fat ones and seven green ears of corn with seven dry and withered ones spiraling around the former made them useless.
The verse says:
"And (once) the king (of Egypt) said: 'Verily I saw (in a dream) seven fat cows which seven lean cows were eating; and seven green ears of corn and other (seven) dry..."
He then turned to them and asked them for their opinion about this dream.
The verse says:
"…O' chiefs (of my court)! Explain to me my dream, if you are able to interpret dreams'."
1. Allah (s.w.t.) saves a nation from famine by giving its oppressive and tyrannical king a dream on condition that its only interpreter be Yusuf.
2. The king of Egypt had had this astonishing dream several times.
3. The chiefs and the powerful people begin feeling threatened at the slightest unpleasant sign and clue lest their power might be lost and taken away from them.
4. To interpret dreams, one must turn to the right kind of people and one must not disclose it to anyone that is not properly qualified to interpret it.
Surah Yusuf – Verse 44
قَالُوا أَضْغَاثُ أَحْلاَمٍ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَأْوِيلِ الاَحْلامِ بِعَالِمِينَ
44. "They said: 'confused medley of dreams (they are), and we do not know the interpretation of (such confused) dreams'."
The Arabic term /'adqa/ is the plural form of /daq/ which means mixing; it also means a bundle of mixed sticks.
The Arabic word /ahlam/ is the plural form of /hulm/ which means a nightmarish dream, and /'adqau 'ahlam/ means dreams that are random, having no order and following no sequence so that an interpreter of dreams can not obtain any clues in order to interpret them.
The verse says:
"They said: 'confused medley of dreams (they are), and we do not know the interpretation of (such confused) dreams'."
Also, the ignorance of the official dream interpreters and their lack of knowledge was the cause for Yusuf's release from prison, because at that time the cup-bearer of the king suddenly remembered Yusuf.
He approached the king and kneeled before him and said that in the course of being imprisoned with the cook, they saw dreams in the prison. They said their dreams to a man there, and he interpreted them. There happened actually what the man had said.
Now, he asked the king to let him go unto that man and bring the interpretation of the king's dream to him.
1. Do not try to justify your ignorance. When the dignitaries of the king's court did not have any knowledge of interpreting dreams accurately, they said that the dream was confused and lacked coherence.
2. Tasks that require skill must be left to those who are capable. An expert would interpret a dream correctly whereas the non expert would claim that the same dream is confused and non interpretable.
Surah Yusuf – Verse 45
وَقَالَ الَّذِي نَجَا مِنْهُمَا وَادَّكَرَ بَعْدَ اُمَّةٍ أَنَا اُنَبّئُكُم بِتَأْوِيلِهِ فَاَرْسِلُونِ
45. "And of the two (prisoners), he who had been released, remembered (Yusuf) after a time and said 'I will inform you of its interpretation, so send me (to Yusuf)'."
Although the word /'ummah/ means 'a community of people', in this context it refers to 'a number of days'.2
Good things reveal themselves sooner or later, and those who are knowledgeable must be introduced and eventually be called upon to solve problems in their field of experience.
Here, the cup-bearer of the king, who had gotten out of the prison, remembered the event of his dream in the prison interpreted by Yusuf.
The verse says:
"And of the two (prisoners), she who had been released, remembered (Yusuf) after a time and said 'I will inform you of its interpretation, so send me (to Yusuf)'."
This statement changed the status of the meeting. All the audience were gazing the cup-bearer. Then, finally, he was permitted to leave for it promptly.
Surah Yusuf – Verse 46
يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا الصّدّيقُ أَفْتِنَا فِي سَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعِ سُنْبُلاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍ لَعَلّي أَرْجِعُ إِلَي النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
46. "Yusuf, O truthful one! Expound to us regarding (the dream of) seven fat cows which seven lean ones were devouring, and seven green ears of corn and other (seven) dry, that I may go back to the people, that they may know."
The Arabic term /siddiq/ refers to someone whose words and deeds as well as his beliefs and behavior correspond to each other.
As his prison companion, the cup-bearer, had heard and seen Yusuf's words and deeds inside the prison, and he had himself actually experienced Yusuf's accuracy of interpretation regarding his own dream and that of his friend, this is why he addressed him with the epithet /siddiq/ or 'The Truthful One'.
Incidentally, the title /siddiq/ is one of the titles which the Prophet (S) accorded Hadrat Ali (as).3
And so the cup-bearer went to his old cellmate still inside the prison, the friend to whom he had been very untrustworthy to ask him about the interpretation of the dream that had been obsessing the king, with the full faith that the great Yusuf would forgive him and refrain from upbraiding him. The above verse says explains this meaning.
Surah Yusuf – Verse 47
قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ دَأَباً فَمَا حَصَدتُّم فَذَرُوهُ فِي سُنْبُلِهِ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ
47. "He said: 'You shall sow for seven consecutive years and that which you have harvested you leave it in its ear, except a little whereof you eat'."
Instead of criticizing his friend in prison for forgetting and neglecting him, and without setting any pre conditions for interpreting the king's dream, Yusuf immediately interpreted the dream, for when society is in times of crisis and need, it is not meritorious to withhold knowledge especially in regard to that knowledge which can alleviate the crisis.
Thus he said to his friend, that the people should cultivate in earnest for seven consecutive years, but put whatever they reap in storage, except for the small amount necessary for their personal needs. The verse says:
"He said: 'You shall sow for seven consecutive years and that which you have harvested you leave it in its ear, except a little whereof you eat'."
In a clear and thorough manner he outlined the strategy of preparing for the coming drought with a defined program of food rationing and stockpiling surplus production, showing that not only was he well versed in the science of dream interpretation, but that he was an authority in economic planning and administration as well.
1. The men of Allah must always think of the people's welfare and have designs both in the long and short terms.
2. If grain is stored while it is still inside their husks, it naturally lasts longer. Therefore, at a time when there were no modern facilities for efficient grain storage, stockpiling had to take into consideration the options available and exploit them efficiently.
3. Getting prepared for all kinds of disasters such as famines, earthquakes, and floods through planning and taking appropriate measures for the future are not incompatible with trusting in Allah and submission to Allah's decree.
4. Not everything bitter is bad. This very famine resulted in Yusuf's rise in the government and encouraged the people to work hard. The stockpile which they made at that time led to a great degree of self sufficiency. Indulgence today leads to scarcity tomorrow.
5. Keeping an eye upon the future and long term planning are absolutely necessary for the administration of any country; and so is government control over production and distribution under situations of economic crisis.
6. The dreams of unbelievers can also prove to reflect hidden realities and can contain some instructions for the preservation of a society.
Surah Yusuf – Verses 48 - 49
ثُمَّ يَأْتِي مِن بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ سَبْعٌ شِدَادٌ يَأْكُلْنَ مَا قَدَّمْتُمْ لَهُنَّ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً مِمَّا تُحْصِنُونَ
ثُمَّ يَأْتِي مِن بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ عَامٌ فِيهِ يُغَاثُ النَّاسُ وَفِيهِ يَعْصِرُونَ
48. "Then after that seven years of hardship will come that (people) will consume what you have before hand laid up for them, except a little of what you will have preserved."
49. "Then there will come after that a year in which the people will have rain, and in it they will press (wine and oil)."
The Arabic phrase /yuqa-un-nas/ is either derived from /qau/ 'to help' in which case the verse could mean that Allah would help the people and the difficulties which they had over the past fourteen years will be over; or it could be derived from /qay/ which means to rain and thus the period of hardship would be brought to an end.4
Yusuf had indicated that the seven lean cows and the seven fat cows, the seven green ears and seven withered ears symbolized fourteen years of prosperity and famine.
The verse says:
"Then after that seven years of hardship will come that (people) will consume what you have before hand laid up for them, except a little of what you will have preserved."
He also predicted that the fifteenth year would be a year of abundant rain and affluence.
The verse says:
"Then there will come after that a year in which the people will have rain, and in it they will press (wine and oil)."
However, this was not simply dreamt by the king, this indicates that Yusuf included more news from the invisible in order to pave the way for the acceptance of his prophethood.
The interpretation which Yusuf had put forth for the dream was very precise and exact. Indeed, it indicates that he was no ordinary dream interpreter; in fact he was a leader inside a prison who was able to forge a countrywide program for the entire kingdom for the next fifteen years.
The interpretation and the plans proposed created the bases both for relieving the people of Egypt from the devastation of the famine and Yusuf's freedom from the confinement of prison. In the end, it resulted in changing a government of despots.
The conditions for an efficient administrative system in any given society are:
1-People's confidence,
3-Wisdom and knowledge,
4-Correct prediction and forecasting, and
5-People's obedience.
Thus, the people of Egypt were saved from their plight because they obeyed Yusuf.


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| A still grabbed from an issue of Reset, a local underground video magazine. (courtesy photo)
"It's like Michael Moore on speed," says filmmaker Jim Mendiola, (Come and Take It Day, Speeder Kills), in reference to Reset, a local political underground video magazine produced by a 20-something quartet of brown video artists with aliases: Turkano, Lo Res, Mister Itchy, and Electric Messiah. The four set out last spring to "keep it real" in San Antonio by providing a forum to promote the local music community - and critique the Bush administrations, 1 and 2.
Reset's formula is straightforward. The quartet collaborates on concepts for attention-stealing short segments, pairing off to shoot local footage with digital cameras. The crew collectively edits the segments with appropriated clips into a cohesive episode, via Final Cut Pro, and makes several hundred VHS dubs with money from their own pockets. The dubs are given away, and their recipients are encouraged to make more copies for family and friends. "The technology boom has come, and it has allowed us to have access to all these cameras. It has allowed us to have access to these computers," Turkano notes. "Let's switch it up and use it for something that it is supposedly not meant to be used for. People are more likely to pop in a tape at home than watch a public access show or read a `local` magazine. There is a lot of important stuff that's swept under our noses. We just wanted to throw our two cents in."
Supporting local music is an important part of the magazine's mission, with a focus on the hip-hop scene. "When we first got together, we were talking about how ClearChannel has such an impact on society," says Turkano. "We are sitting here in San Antonio, where ClearChannel is from, and there are a lot of local acts and a lot of talent from the local scene that don't get much airplay or much recognition. Still, there is definitely a following or a subculture of the underground scene that is aware of this talent."
Politics are also essential to the Reset crew. "I view the whole world, the physical geographical landscape, as political," explains Turkano. "Everything is political. Here in Texas we have a river, and there is nothing political about a river, but when it turns into a border, which it is, it becomes political."
The premiere issue of Reset was released in February 2003, and opened with a segment linking the Bush clan to Osama Bin Laden and 9-11 through the clandestine Carlyle Group. The next segment, featuring activist Mario Africa, focuses on the U.S. military's targeting and recruiting of minorities and youth of color. In the same segment, Reset runs a clip of Spike Lee, who directed five commercials for the U.S. Navy, saying: "I'm very grateful to be given the shot because there are some backwards people in the world, some people who have a very narrow vision of whom I am, what I'm about, and what I can do."
The video segues into an excellent spoken word piece by local MC CROS 1 that explores dysfunction within Chicano families, a pair of short experimental works that celebrate the DJing and b-boying elements of hip-hop culture, a music video from Assasyn Dynasty featuring #9 and Orion Pax, and a video poem that salutes iconic rebels including Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, Mohammed Ali, and Alfred Hitchcock. The issue's comedic highlight - looped footage of Saddam Hussein and his advisors grinding to 50 Cent's "In Da Club" - illustrates the quartet's sharp sense of humor and affinity for guerilla satire.
| "There's so much media that is owned by so few people, and they really have a control of what people see and what they think. What we are trying to do is drive a little wedge in there and get people to question what it is that they are surrounded by."
— Turkano
"Reset came up right before we started the war with Iraq. We were hearing all this stuff on NPR and getting more and more pissed off on how Bush was running the country into the ground, which was all part of the genesis of this project," explains Lo Res. "The war definitely inspired us to get started. Hopefully, our thoughts and our concept will inspire other people to think of it in a different aspect." The second issue also takes aim at apolitical commercial rap and "Empty V, aka MTV," for refusing to air a commercial opposing war directed by Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple, then depicts Dubya rhyming "damn it feels good to be a gangsta getting voted into the White House." There is also a hilarious pseudo-protest by madmedia and Cruz Ortiz using street teatro to undermine a March 2003 anti-immigration rally in front of the Alamo.
A brief segment underlines the Reset philosophy with a quote from Malcolm X: "In World War II, this country could use its news media to propagandize and make the whole American public love the Russians and the Chinese, and hate the Germans and the Japanese. And then after the war, they changed it, and made the American public love the Germans and love the Japanese and hate the Russians and hate the Chinese, which shows that they can make the American public love whom they will and hate whom they will."
| Lauryn Hill, as she appears in Reset (courtesy photo)
Completed this past October, the third issue of Reset focuses primarily on music performances by the Turtleheads, Sexto Sol, and the touring Triple Threat DJs. The issue also includes local footage from recent art functions, including the third annual Clogged Caps grafitti festival and madmedia's ambitious Manifesto production. Performance art and drama are represented with segments showcasing the calo-fused poetry of writer Anthony Flores, and an excerpt from the local play Pocho/a, entitled "Maria La Roach Killer," which references Oscar Zeta Acosta, La Bamba, and animated Raid commercials. The issue concludes with a dynamic live set from Lauryn Hill's recent Smoking Grooves/Unplugged tour, which blends dialogue toward the audience with an un-released track.
The Reset crew is completing a DVD documentary on this year's Clogged Caps, commissioned by the Prhymemates hip-hop collective, in addition to beginning work on Reset #4. For Turkano, the struggle continues - but not alone. "For us, getting together and trying to put our collective voices and visions into this project is very political because capitalism breeds `modularity`. You might know something, I might know something, he might know something, and if we all just know something but we don't discuss it, it's not doing any good. Once we start to project our voices, and start to think and talk and communicate with one another, we learn more together. This is all just an impetus for discussion we want started." •
For copies of Reset, or to submit a story for future issues, visit www.Resetvideo.com or call 320-2911.


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Law 19: Do Not Offend the Wrong Person
My Insensitivity
it was something I wrote?
I'll have to face the consequences
no I don't wish I hadn't said it
not that it was actually me
it was a character
it was true to that character
not necessarily true to me
as person
some people can't tell the difference
what can I do
not write for that p.o.v
force every character to reflect
my personal perspective
or do I have to mutter tigger warning
every time I open my mouth
every time I write something
or was it the fact that I might offend them
that offended them
maybe it wasn't anything I wrote
but my suspicion they were too sensitive
too reactionary
and that I was going to go ahead anyway
indifferent to them
was its my arrogance
my willingness to be so cavalier
with their feelings about it
I don't even know who they are
but clearly they hold a position of power
that's my regret
to be judged by a stranger
deemed unworthy
not suited to be included
which isn't fine by me
so it's not an even playing field
but I'm not a person with power
I can't be bothered striking back
that would make a bad situation worse
Some of these Laws were odd to write about because the basic premise was one I didn't fully agree with in the first place. Law 19 about not offending is one of those. The fact that I'm gay is enough to offend many people – even the right people 🙂 The fact that I'm an old queer offends young queers. What's a boy to do?
I don't go out of my way to offend. Some of this piece looks at cultural appropriation. I wouldn't write from a black p.o.v or a female p.o.v – though I do include characters of other cultures in my fiction I write almost always from male p.o.v. partly to avoid being criticized for not getting say, the female Asian character correct. Though in Lazarus Kiss – some sections are from a female p.o.v. You'll have to read it to see if I succeeded.
The nature of 'trigger' warnings is tricky. I have a piece about interracial sex – do I have to give a trigger warning about that? I performed a piece about the death of my father & was later told I should have missed a trigger warning first as someone was upset when it brought back memories of their father's death. WTF.
I've had people who were disappointed that a piece they liked, that touched them, was in fact not based on my actual life – they weren't ready for poetry that wasn't confessional. If the feelings were that authentic that's good enough for me. The notion that poetry can be fiction doesn't go over well anymore. Sometimes poets are story tellers. That doesn't make them any less authentic.
I don't think this piece, as it stand now, is finished – it covers too many variations. If I were to perform it, or include it in a chapbook I would make the issues less muddled, or spit it into two or three pieces to develop those ideas more clearly.
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Suits debuts tonight on USA at 10 p.m. Eastern with a pilot that will run an hour-and-a-half.
Here's what should be an iron-clad rule of TV writing: If you're going to say your protagonist is super awesome at something, there should be a scene of him demonstrating this skill in the pilot. This is easy enough if you're writing, say, a superhero pilot, because then all you need to do is show the guy flying or running fast or something. But it's much, much harder in a pilot where the guy is supposed to have a skill that derives entirely from being clever or charming. Think back on the pilot for Mad Men. Remember how the show set up Don Draper as the ultimate pitchman in that episode? Lots of people talked about his ability, but that didn't feel annoying because we'd already gotten a little taste of it in the scene where he talks to the waiter about why he smokes the cigarettes he smokes. And then we got the full Draper in the scene with the Lucky Strike people. Too many pilots don't give us the Full Draper.
You can tell the creator of Suits, Aaron Korsh, has been studying up but hasn't quite learned all of the tricks from the better series, a rather suitable analogy for a show about a young man trying hard to keep up with an older man and staying one step behind. Like Mad Men, Suits opens with a scene where we get to see the protagonist—Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht)—in his element. He's supposed to be one of the top closers in Manhattan, the guy who helps everybody at his firm make sure the job gets done. And now he's dealing with a contractual dispute where one party refuses to budge because of a personal animosity toward the other party. He enters the room, he dominates it, he tells a lie, and he wins by out-alpha-maling the other guy. It's not a bad scene, though the consequences of it land Harvey in deep shit a few moments later. But it's the only scene in the entire first two episodes that gives us any indication that Harvey is as good at this as everybody says he is. Suits only gives us a Half Draper. Telling us something is easy; showing us something is much, much harder.
Take, for instance, Harvey's new associate, Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams). Mike's a guy who got derailed on his path to becoming a lawyer by some untimely cheating in college. Mike, see, has a photographic memory—a photographic memory that's portrayed more as a basically unchecked superpower in the pilot, then barely mentioned in episode two—and using that memory, he's able to memorize huge swathes of information (mostly about the law), incorporate them into his knowledge base, and use them to his own personal gain. We're introduced to him passing a law school exam for some schmuck. We later learn he passed the New York bar exam on a dare, even though he never went to law school. When Harvey takes a chance on him after running into him by chance and being impressed by the kid's moxie, as it were, he sends him to take the Harvard Law School tour because he knows Mike will know enough about the place to fool anyone into believing he went there.
Now, despite the obvious ridiculousness of this whole idea, the show takes great pains to set up Mike's abilities quickly and handily. You've got the scene where he remembers all of Harvard Law. You've got the scene where he quotes back a law book to Harvey verbatim. And you've got—in the best sequence in any episode—a scene where he uses his memory to evade capture by the cops while making a drop-off for a drug dealer best friend. (Mike, see, needs money to help care for his ailing grandmother, played by Wings' Rebecca Schull, so he takes on this dangerous assignment as a last-ditch effort to make that money.) How Mike evades the cops and how it ends up hooking him up with Harvey is clever and fun, and it promises a show that might be a cut above the standard USA formula, which grew tired long ago.
Sadly, after Mike and Harvey meet up, the show starts to slide downhill, first just a bit, then more rapidly. The first half of tonight's extra-long episode (which is extra-long because that's how USA likes it, for whatever reason) focuses on Mike and Harvey's different living situations and the unlikely events that bring them together. The second half—and next week's second episode—is just a standard legal drama, where the case of the week is even less interesting than something like Franklin & Bash. A woman has been sexually harassed. Harvey doesn't want to take the pro-bono case because it's beneath him. Mike comes to care too much. There's a moment of darkness. Someone says something that makes Harvey think of something else, and everything heads off in another direction. (Both episodes feature a moment like this, where a completely innocuous comment makes Harvey think of something that just might win the case. It's a very irritating kind of TV crutch, and the show needs to stop using it.)
But despite all of the boring, predictable legal stuff, there were some things I liked in Suits. In particular, I'm a sucker for the material featuring Mike, whose life of borderline existence that abruptly becomes the life of a high-roller is well portrayed. Adams is a real find as Mike, and his scenes are the best in the pilot. I'm less enamored of Harvey and the intrigue around the rest of the office, but I am glad that the show doesn't feel the need to cram a Burn Notice-esque mythology into the middle of everything else. This is just a show about guys from two different backgrounds who work together at a law firm and will probably become friends somewhere along the way. It doesn't need to push too hard for more than that. (Also, while we're listing positives, the title sequence is pretty damn cool.)
The rest of the cast is mostly wasted. Gina Torres is here as Jessica, one of the firm's partners, but there's no good reason for a woman who created indelible TV characters on both Firefly and Huge to be relegated to a role so thankless and tiny. (At one point, it seems like the show might be setting her up to be nothing more than Harvey's love interest, things are so dire.) Meghan Markle is kind of fun as Rachel, a super-smart paralegal who, nonetheless, doesn't take tests well and ends up as Mike's love interest, but she utterly disappears from the pilot with about 30 minutes to go, and she's not really missed, all the same. Finally, Rick Hoffman turns up as Louis Litt, kind of an eager puppy of evil, and the character is woefully misconceived and ill-used, constantly trying to out alpha-male Harvey but being so self-evidently bad at it that it's a wonder the show tries to hold him up as a credible threat. In addition, the pilot introduces a whole bunch of characters it seems like we'll have to care about, but by episode two, they're mostly gone, including the grandma. This is typical USA pilot stuff, but it's still kind of dumb to make your show seem more complex than it actually is.
I probably slightly prefer Suits to the surprisingly similar USA legal drama Fairly Legal (though this show doesn't have a performance as good as Sarah Shahi's on that show), but I'm also worried by the fact that next week's episode doesn't bother playing up many of the show's strongest elements, like the easy chemistry between Adams and Macht, instead keeping them apart and wedging them inorganically into their own storylines. And the second episode also doesn't bother doing much with Mike's photographic memory at all, indeed, making him seem kind of idiotic at times. Suits is obviously a show that needs a little shaping up here and there, but the choices made between the pilot and episode two don't much increase my confidence at all. It's as though the show, already pretty generic, right down to the title, decided to take the few original elements and make them even blander, and it doesn't inspire faith in what the series might be capable of.


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Sunderland remain unbeaten in League One after Fleetwood draw
Sunderland kept their unbeaten record intact against Fleetwood Town but were again left frustrated with a point on home turf.
It could have been worse, with Jon McLaughlin denying Paddy Madden from the penalty spot early in the second half.
The Black Cats again fought back from conceding an early goal and looked the more likely to win it in the final stages, but they couldn't force a winner for the second week in succession.
Jack Ross had played down talk of their being a major problem with Sunderland starting games slowly before the game.
He had admitted, however, that his team were still adjusting to the frenetic nature of League One football.
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"The whistle goes and all hell breaks loose," he said.
So it proved again.
Lynden Gooch fired wide early on but it was Fleetwood Town who were doing all the running. They ought to have scored six minutes in when Ashley Hunter danced round the goalkeeper, but overhit his cross, Ched Evans unable to connect just yards from goal.
Three minutes later they were ahead, Paddy Madden converting a simple header at the near post from a corner.
They continued to push and should have had a second when Evans again failed to connect with the goal gaping, this time it was Madden whose cross was just out of his reach.
Sunderland looked rattled but Fleetwood began to lose their intensity and finally the Black Cats were able to find gaps to exploit. Josh Maja served notice of his intent when he found space down the left, driving at goal and denied by a good save.
The Black Cats kept the ball alive and Lee Cattermole headed a cross from Adam Matthews just over.
Within minutes they were level. Sunderland again found joy down the left flank, where Denver Hume was causing problems, and George Honeyman crossed to the near post. Maja's touch was deft and the ball dropped in at the far post.
Fleetwood needed the break and early in the second half, they missed a glorious chance to take the lead again.
Adam Matthews made a rash challenge in the box, the referee pointing straight to the spot. Evans stepped up to take it but was replaced by Madden, who missed as McLaughlin made a strong save low to his left.
It was another slow start to a half from Sunderland, however, and Evans should have scored when they were caught cold by a quick free-kick, the striker firing into the side netting.
Despite their slack start, the Black Cats then created their best chance of the game as Honeyman again space down the left. His cross was perfect but Jack Baldwin somehow turned the ball over the bar.
Fleetwood began to fade as they had done in the first half, and the hosts were desperately unfortunate not to force a winner.
Cairns made an outstanding save to push a Tom Flanagan header wide, before Loovens struck the post from the following corner.
By this stage Fleetwood had settled for a point, killing time wherever possible.
Sunderland pushed for a winner but in the end were forced to settle for a frustrating point.
Sunderland XI: McLaughlin; Matthews (Flanagan, 72), Loovens, Baldwin, Hume; McGeouch, Honeyman, Cattermole; Gooch, Maguire (Sinclair, 51), Maja (Wyke, 63)
Subs: Ruiter, Ozturk, O'Nien, James
Fleetwood Town XI: Cairns; Coyle, Morgan (Spurr, 23), Eastham, Husband; McAleny (Dempsey, 60), Holt, Marney, Hunter (Wallace, 89); Madden, Evans
Subs: Jones, Long, Biggins, Sheron, Wallace
Bookings: Coyle, 12 Baldwin, 14 Spurr, 32 Matthews, 32 Cairns, 80 Hunter, 81 Husband, 90 Cattermole, 90
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Gone are the days when "disability" was a conversation reserved for charities and hospitals. As a society, we are starting to recognise that brands and agencies are accountable for representing all of us.
So I was pleased to see Maltesers' new Braille billboard in Farringdon, London, which marked World Braille Day on 4 January.
While this represents more of an installation than an ad, it shows that this type of intimate, tactile communications platform can deliver brand messages in an extremely impactful way.
The Braille billboard also delivers a profound message around inclusion, since it demonstrates the divide between ability levels—excluding the masses so they may experience what discrimination feels like. The Braille translation reads, "Caught a fast bus once—turns out it was a fire engine."
The poster also marks a continuation of Maltesers' efforts to better represent disability in advertising—having already released three ads featuring disabled actors during the Rio Paralympics, which used humour and were built around the strapline, "Look on the light side."
The Mars brand's overall approach should be a wake-up call for other brands afraid to address disability—amply demonstrating that humour is a strong lens through which to explore this very everyday topic.
A vicious circle
But, sadly, for most brands, there's still a long way to go when it comes to inclusive design. A widespread lack of awareness, understanding and interest, partly fuelled by media-desired "perfection" and partly by a fear of getting it wrong, means well-intentioned ideas rarely become a reality.
This is a vicious circle. Many, if not most, businesses are missing out on the wider consumer impact of inclusive design and the chance to be the leaders of this change.
A common mistake is to create naive, hug-fest comms designed to make the able-bodied feel fuzzy and warm—reinforcing a damaging "them and us" attitude. Take the recent HP Christmas ad for one of its laptops, for instance, which was widely criticised because, while purporting to handle the theme of deafness, it lacked subtitles and used sign language inconsistently.
If more marketers and creative directors were aware of the disability market, and really understood its opportunities, they'd realise there is a huge, untapped market out there—especially in our ageing population.
Not considering persons with disabilities or physical differences when designing products is ignoring a market the size of China. And this is why the British government has stated that the British high street would be £249 billion better off if disabled people and their families were catered to more effectively.
The disability isn't the story
Quite often, when inclusion is attempted, the difference or disability is the focus. I can't wait to see more adverts feature disability in a more understated way—as in the part of Clarissa Mullery in British crime drama series Silent Witness.
She is first and foremost a highly talented forensic lab-scientist. She is married, and she just happens to have a disability. This is dealt with in a way which is incidental, unexplained and doesn't define her. It illustrates how we can focus on commonalities rather than differences.
It's not hard to get to that point. Almost all everyday products could be redesigned in a way which is more inclusive. But few, if any, have helped to change the perception of disability yet.
I'd like to see the likes of Ikea or Habitat tackle easy-access bathrooms. I'd like H&M to think about how their clothes could be easier to wear for people who are constrained in their movements. And I'd like Accessorize to consider a style of walking cane to match its handbags and scarves.
There are riches in store for brands courageous enough to explore a more authentic vision of the world we live in.
And so, while "diversity" is the buzzword of the day, it's time brands designed with the diverse needs of our population in mind—and that includes the millions of disabled people.
Marianne Waite is founder of ThinkDesignable and account director at Rufus Leonard.


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Fall begins on September 23rd, 2019 which means you can eke out a few more weeks of summer before the new season descends. Check out a few of the family-friendly events happing this September in our community. For more events visit Truckee, North Lake Continue Reading
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Burning Man and Tahoe – The Culture Ingrained in Our Community
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Congratulations to Sugar Bowl Academy Athlete – Sofia Sanchez for Taking Silver at the International SkyRunning Federation World Youth Championships
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After spending a 15 years in the hair industry as a creative director, stylist, and salon owner, Jack put his love for chemistry to work creating better products and a business that focuses on bettering the lives of hair dressers everywhere.
Huntley Tarrant is an experienced strategy and operations leader (aka girl boss). She joined Jack Winn Pro in 2017 because she believes in investing her time and talents in a business that truly gives back to the people who believe in it.
Jack Winn was born out of a desire to create better products for hair and improve the way hairdressers enjoy their lives. After travelling the world with TIGI and Vidal Sasson, Jack saw the need for change in the hair industry.
Jack Winn Pro seeks to be that change. Our desire is to empower stylists with incredible, healthy color—and pay them for their hard work. We work with the best suppliers in the world to provide you with products made with the highest
quality ingredients, and we are constantly researching and developing to improve our products and create new products.
It's time to get paid when you aren't behind the chair. It's time to create the life you want and earn extra income for the color you buy and the products you use. It's time to do beauty and business better.
We are passionate about creating better lives for hair dressers. We create better products that achieve better results and inspire client loyalty. On top of that, we expand industry professionals' incomes by sharing our profits with them instead of with distribution channels.
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Climate change? Trees handled heat in study
Heat waves that are expected more often in coming decades could disrupt one of earth's most reliable defenses against climate change, researchers including a University of North Florida professor have concluded.
The scientists — a UNF biologist, Michael Aspinwall, among them — found that trees that normally suck up carbon in the atmosphere, dampening climate change, slow down or stop their absorption when temperatures rise too much.
Forests can be virtual vaults for locking up carbon, so how much difference a change like that can make is still an open question.
But the subject was barely on the radar when a team of scientists working in Australia — including Aspinwall, who joined UNF's faculty last year — decided to turn up the heat in a forest of eucalyptus trees.
The test produced two surprises about the trees, which hadn't been expected to fare well.
"We thought they would just get fried," said Aspinwall, who studied trees about 20 feet tall that had each been grown from seedlings inside tube-shaped, see-through enclosures set up in a forest near the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University.
Scientists controlled the temperature and water supply inside the enclosures and measured carbon dioxide levels in the air.
After a month of dry conditions inside the enclosures, researchers created something like a 110-degree heat wave, and watched what would happen after four days of unhealthy heat.
Not that much changed, though, because the trees did what the people tending them would do: They sweated. Using a process called transpiration, trees sucked water up from their roots to form tiny droplets on eucalyptus leaves that controlled the plants' surface temperature better than anyone had expected.
"They proved us wrong. They handled it just fine," Aspinwall said.
Sweating trees evidently didn't absorb carbon as well as they normally do, however, which could be the bigger surprise whose impacts will take time to understand.
Trees' ability to absorb carbon through photosynthesis, the process that nourishes plants and produces oxygen, is what made climate change activists tout big forests as "carbon sinks" that must be protected.
But the scientists' report, published by the journal Global Change Biology under a whopping 20 researchers' names attached, said the heat wave created inside the trees' enclosures "reduced midday canopy photosynthesis to near zero."
Mathematic models that are used to predict climate impacts are based on assumptions about how much carbon plants will soak up hour after hour, day after day.
If heat wave measurements keep showing the same pattern of slow, sometimes nearly non-existent carbon collection, there could be a lot of changes to the models, Aspinwall said.
That will likely be a bigger issue as time passes. A report from the federal government's U.S. Global Change Research Program said last year officials had "very high confidence" that in this country, "heat waves will become more intense. The number of days below freezing is projected to decline while the number above 90 [degrees] will rise."
On the good side, if plants that were expected to wither or die in heat waves can survive until the heat breaks, they'll still be able to load up carbon sinks and moderate potentially climate-altering changes.
But someone has to figure out where the models need to change.
"Those people who are working on these models … are going to have to reconsider some of their underlying assumptions," Aspinwall said. "They're … going to have to account for these trees."
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CDC Launches Online Resource to Help Workers Stay Safe on the Road
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently launched a web resource that will help companies keep their employees safer when they have to get behind the wheel for work.
That's because motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of work-related deaths. This statistic does not discriminate based on company or job type. In fact, anyone who works near a vehicle or needs to drive one for work may be at risk.
Understanding Travel Risks
Do you, your family members, or your friends travel for work? If so, it is important to consider these statistics:
- Motor vehicle crashes are nearly double any other work injury, accounting for 1,723 deaths in 2014.
- 58 percent of motor vehicle deaths at work are not caused by employees who have vehicle operated jobs (such as truck, taxi, or bus drivers).
- Long-haul truck drivers have a one in three chance of being in a serious accident during their careers.
Median lost workdays for crash victims:
- 11 days if involved in a crash on a public roadway
- 17 days if involved in a crash off a public roadway
- 20 days if a pedestrian is struck by a motor vehicle
How Can You Protect Yourself?
No human is perfect and accidents happen, but educating yourself is the first step in reducing the chances.
The leading causes of crashes include:
- Distracted driving (texting, eating, reading, etc.)
- Speeding
- Driving under the influence
If you have to drive for work, remember these safety tips:
- Avoid distractions in the car
- Be well-rested for the drive
- Avoid aggressive driving
- Give yourself plenty of time
How Can Companies Protect Their Employees?
If you are a business owner, you may wonder how you can improve your employees' safety on the road. By educating employees and rewarding them for their safety efforts, many companies have seen a drastic drop in workplace accidents.
It is important to take action by:
- Establishing protection policies and systems for workers on the road
- Requesting input from workers while forming safety policies
- Reducing road travel when possible
At Edgar Snyder & Associates, our workers' compensation attorneys have seen the devastation caused by on-the-job vehicle crashes. If you or a loved one has been involved in a work-related accident, don't delay. Call us today and we will help you get the money you deserve.


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With tailgate season now in full swing I want to share an easy recipe that you can customize for your team. Tailgating is HUGE at Ole Miss and one of the things I most miss about college. My sorority always did a catered tent so I never had to worry about bringing a dish because I knew our tent chairwoman had arranged for platters of chicken salad sandwiches and Mississippi Sin dip or Chic-fil-A minis and sausage balls depending on the time of kick-off. But I realize the Ole Miss version of tailgating and the normal version of tailgating are vastly different, so that isn't most people's experience. When attending a tailgate, or home viewing party, most people are expected to make something to share, and today's post is for you.
These easy tailgate cookies are not only really delicious, but customizable for your team colors ensuring they'll be a hit at your tailgate!
Combine 1 box white cake mix and 1 box Jello instant vanilla pudding in a large bowl plus 1 stick softened butter and 2 eggs. It should now be very thick
Roll the dough into balls depending on how large or small you want your cookies. Roll the dough balls in decorating sugar. I obviously used red and blue for Ole Miss, but you can use whatever your team colors are! Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray, this is important or else the sugar on the bottom of your cookies will stick, and bake for 9 minutes at 350.
I ended up with 20 cookies, but I'll probably make them a little smaller next time because they're a little rich. I love these cookies because they have a unique vanilla flavor that you don't get in normal sugar cookies and because they start with a cake mix the insides are more fluffy like a cupcake while the outside will be like a cookie. These cookies are so good and easy that they shouldn't just be reserved for tailgates; change up the decorating sugars to match holidays or baby shower or birthday colors!
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Garrett Yrigoyen was one of Becca Kufrin's favorite suitors on her first night as the Bachelorette—so much so that she gave him the coveted first-impression rose. But Bachelor Nation's impression of Yrigoyen quickly wilted when reports surfaced he has a history of liking bigoted memes on Instagram. What followed in the days after this story came out was dramatic, even by Bachelorette standards.
If you're just now catching up on this controversy, don't worry: We broke it down below so you'll know exactly what your Bach friends are talking about.
May 24: Former Bachelor contestant Ashley Spivey posts a series of tweets claiming Yrigoyen "liked" several Instagram posts that made offensive jokes about boys who wear makeup, Caitlyn Jenner's transition, and the Parkland shooting survivors, among other topics.
"Can we do a better job of social media deep dives on the dudes that try out for #thebachelorette - FYI douchebags we can see your likes [sic]...After Lee's problematic @$$, [sic] I truly thought this would be something we paid better attention to," Spivey tweeted, referring to Bachelorette season 13's Lee Garrett, whose racist tweets were discovered after his appearance on the show. "A contestant on this season of #thebachelorette liked all of these posts on Instagram and I'm thinking it will be very hard to pull for the type of person likes [sic] any of this."
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Lexis Nexis: Hackers Accessed 32,000 IDs
NEW YORK – Hackers commandeered a database owned by information industry giant Lexis Nexis (search), gaining access to the personal files of as many as 32,000 people, company officials said Wednesday.
Federal and company investigators were looking into the breach at Seisint (search), which was recently acquired by Lexis Nexis and includes millions of personal files for use by such customers as police and legal professionals.
Information accessed included names, addresses, Social Security and driver's license numbers, but not credit history, medical records or financial information, corporate parent Reed Elsevier Group PLC (search) said in a statement.
"We sincerely regret the circumstances that were recently announced," Kurt Sanford, president and chief executive officer of Lexis Nexis corporate and federal markets, said in a statement.
It is the second such infiltration at a large database provider in recent months. Rival ChoicePoint Inc. (search) said last month that the personal information of 145,000 Americans may have been compromised by thieves posing as small business customers.
Lexis Nexis will be notifying affected customers in the coming days, Sanford said. It will provide them with ongoing credit monitoring "and other support to ensure that any identity theft that may result from these incidents is quickly detected and addressed," he said.
The company is also enhancing ID and password administrative procedures and requirements, he said.
Seisint provides data for Matrix, a crime and terrorism database project funded by the U.S. government that has raised civil rights concerns.
In the ChoicePoint scam, at least 750 people were defrauded, authorities say. The incident fueled consumer advocates' calls for federal oversight of the loosely regulated data-brokering business, and legislative hearings are expected.
"The U.S. law enforcement agencies have asked us not to say too much as they are in the process of trying to track down the people who are responsible," said Catherine May, a Reed Elsevier spokeswoman in London.
The spokeswoman said the breach was discovered during internal checking procedures of customers' accounts. Reed said it would contact all 32,000 people affected to offer them support in detecting identity theft, including credit monitoring.


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This women's Small soft flannel shirt was upcycled by adding a men's shirt tail hem. Marrying the black men's large shirttail as a long gathered hem to this soft black and aqua plaid shirt gives it just the right amount of comfort and ease. The western style in the back yoke and pearl snap closure adds to the special feeling of the shirt. The long sleeves have a triple pearl snap closure.
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text: Pubdate: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 Source: Times, The (UK) Copyright: 2000 Times Newspapers Ltd Contact: PO Box 496, London E1 9XN, United Kingdom Fax: +44-(0)171-782 5046 Website: http://www.the-times.co.uk/ Author: Nigel Hawkes, Science Editor CANNABIS 'MAY KILL TUMOURS' CANNABIS may have uses in cancer treatment. Researchers have used the main active ingredient in the drug to treat brain tumours in rats. The type of tumour, a glioma, is relatively uncommon but fatal in humans. Dr Ismael Galve-Roperh and his team at Complutense University, Madrid, infused tetrahydrocannibinol (THC) into the rats' brains through tubes. In a third of the rats, the tumour was eliminated. Another third lived for an extra six weeks instead of dying within two to three. Another third gained no benefit. The team reports in Nature Medicine that the treatment works by stimulating the cancer cells to commit suicide in a natural process called apoptosis. The effect occurs in cancer cells but not in normal ones and, they say, "could provide the basis for a new therapeutic approach for the treatment of malignant gliomas". - --- MAP posted-by: Don Beck


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Monday, July 28, 2008
Festivus Feats of Strength
Friday, July 25, 2008
Pot Committed?
I mean, seriously - what more can you say? This guy tried to bet a bag of weed at a blackjack table. He later explained to officers that this was not illegal, because he had his "Cannabis Club" card which he got from the internet.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Would You Be Surprised?
New Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move Less
Continuing my Wall Street commentary; Jim Cramer had some comments on the whole (ridiculous) short seller conspiracy today in the NY Times. Cramer is generally a die hard bull, and he definitely knows how the trading markets work. Although ignoramuses will misread Cramer's piece as another rant against short sellers who destroy companies, don't miss the most important point from Cramer is his closing line:
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The Blame Game and Window Dressing
So let's see now. Mortgage lenders make tens of thousands, if not millions, of subprime loans to people who don't have the ability to pay the money back. Wall Street institutions then buy the loans and package them into complex derivative securities, while the rating agencies give them triple-A ratings, which we now know that they knew amounted to a ticking time bomb. (E-mail will get you every time.) Then when it all goes to hell in a handbasket, who do they blame? Why, short-sellers of course!
The most amazing part is that the Securities and Exchange Commission seems to be buying the argument, with the announcement that it will conduct an investigation into supposed rumor-mongering by hedge funds and short-sellers. Of course there was rumor-mongering by hedge funds and short-sellers — the big financial companies haven't exactly been model of openness as they've had to write off billions in bad loans, and nobody knows how bad it's ultimately going to be. All we — and they — can do is guess. But just as the commodities speculators are being blamed for $140-a-barrel oil — whether real problem is the lack of an energy policy — so now are short-sellers are being blamed for the problems Wall Street inflicted on itself.
Why isn't the government investigating, say, Franklin Raines, the former chief executive of Fannie Mae, whose quest for rapid growth, and a higher stock price, had a lot more to do with Fannie's current precarious state than anything any short-seller could possibly do?
So what does the SEC do? They pass an "emergency rule" - that ALREADY EXISTS!
"S.E.C. Chairman Christopher Cox said at a Senate Banking Committee hearing that the Securities and Exchange Commission would institute an emergency order requiring any traders to pre-borrow stock before shorting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the embattled government-sponsored entities that own more than half the nation's mortgages." (Wall Street Journal news alert)
Too bad no one pointed out at the hearing that short-sellers already pre-borrow stock before shorting anything, not just Fannie and Freddie. And if they don't, that's called naked short-selling, and it's against the law. (Just ask Patrick Byrne.) So why the emergency order? Oh, right. Because this is about chasing bogeymen, not getting to the root of any real problem.
We don't like the speculators BUYING assets and driving the prices up.... We don't like the short sellers SELLING assets and driving the prices down!!! What the fuck are we supposed to do!?!??! Look, I'm certainly not in favor of the deliberate spread of misinformation in order to manipulate stock prices - but that's not the definition of short selling.
Nocera is clearly as frustrated as I am with the blame game going on - from predatory lenders, to speculators, to short sellers - we keep trying to shift the blame, which is not going to solve the problem. I am especially troubled by this SEC "emergency rule" because they already passed such a rule several years ago! It's unlikely that this new "emergency rule" will be have any more impact than Reg SHO, which prohibits naked short selling (quick tutorial: when you short a stock, you basically try to sell high and buy low - the opposite of the normal buy low then sell high pattern. The catch is that you have to "borrow" the shares that you sell from someone - then you sell them, you hope the stock goes down, you buy it back, and you return it to the person you borrowed it from - who is no worse for wear. Naked short selling is when people sell stock they haven't borrowed, and it's already illegal except in very specific cases. Nocera's reference to Patrick Byrne is a great story of the OSTK CEO who claimed that short sellers were destroying his company.)
"The Fed is asking for more power. But the Fed has proven they can not be trusted with the power they have. They get it wrong, do not use it, or stretch it further than it was ever supposed to go. As I said a moment ago, their monetary policy is a leading cause of the mess we are in…"
"Now the Fed wants to be the systemic risk regulator. But the Fed is the systemic risk. Giving the Fed more power is like giving the neighborhood kid who broke your window playing baseball in the street a bigger bat and thinking that will fix the problem. I am not going to go along with that and will use all my powers as a Senator to stop any new powers going to the Fed."
"Instead, we should give them less to do so they can do it right, either by taking away their monetary policy responsibility or by requiring them to focus only on inflation…"
"Let me say a few words about the GSE bailout plan. When I picked up my newspaper yesterday, I thought I woke up in France. But no, it turns out socialism is alive and well in America. The Treasury Secretary is asking for a blank check to buy as much Fannie and Freddie debt or equity as he wants. The Fed's purchase of Bear Stearns' assets was amateur socialism compared to this." (emphasis mine)
Way to go Mr. Bunning - taking a hard line instead of cow-towing to your constituents and trying to placate them with soothing lies and witch-hunts for speculators, short sellers and predatory lenders.
We'll see how this all plays out...
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
The Worst is Yet to Come
Ok folks, now here's the truth: most airlines didn't do what they were supposed to do - which is to hedge their fuel costs by locking in prices (buying futures) in the oil futures market. Southwest, on the other hand, hedged the majority of their costs, and is doing well comparatively. The airline industry as a whole made some poor business decisions and they are begging for you to try to help blame their way out of it by complaining to congress, and labeling speculators as the Evil Doers.Our country is facing a possible sharp economic downturn because of skyrocketing oil and fuel prices, but by pulling together, we can all do something to help now.
For airlines, ultra-expensive fuel means thousands of lost jobs and severe reductions in air service to both large and small communities. To the broader economy, oil prices mean slower activity and widespread economic pain. This pain can be alleviated, and that is why we are
taking the extraordinary step of writing this joint letter to our customers.
Since high oil prices are partly a response to normal market forces, the nation needs to focus on increased energy supplies and conservation. However, there is another side to this story because normal market forces are being dangerously amplified by poorly regulated market speculation.
Twenty years ago, 21 percent of oil contracts were purchased by speculators who trade oil on paper with no intention of ever taking delivery. Today, oil speculators purchase 66 percent of all oil futures contracts, and that reflects just the transactions that are known. Speculators buy up large amounts of oil and then sell it to each other again and again. A barrel of oil may trade 20-plus times before it is delivered and used; the price goes up with each trade and consumers pick up the final tab. Some market experts estimate that current prices reflect as much as $30 to $60 per barrel in unnecessary speculative costs.
Over seventy years ago, Congress established regulations to control excessive, largely unchecked market speculation and manipulation. However, over the past two decades, these regulatory limits have been weakened or removed. We believe that restoring and enforcing these limits, along with several other modest measures, will provide more disclosure, transparency and sound market oversight. Together, these reforms will help cool the over-heated
oil market and permit the economy to prosper.
The nation needs to pull together to reform the oil markets and solve this growing problem.
We need your help. Get more information and contact Congress by visiting www.StopOilSpeculationNow.com.
Since then the airline has hedged 70% to 80% of its anticipated fuel use every year, more than any other airline. The airline said it saved $727 million last year by locking in lower fuel prices in prior years.
So far, the carrier hasn't had a year when it lost money on fuel hedges." (quote from the LA Times)
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Ding Dong Ditch
<Bloodninja> Wanna cyber?
<MommyMelissa> Sure, you into vegetables?
<Bloodninja> What like gardening an shit?
<MommyMelissa> Yeah, something like that.
<Bloodninja> Nuthin turns me on more, check this out
<Bloodninja> You bend over to harvest your radishes.
<MommyMelissa> (pause)
<MommyMelissa> is that it?
<Bloodninja> You water your tomato patch.
<Bloodninja> Are you ready for my fresh produce?
<MommyMelissa> I was thinking of like, sexual acts INVOLVING vegetables... Can you make it a little more sexy for me?
<MommyMelissa> (pause)
<Bloodninja> I touch you on your lettuce, you massage my spinach... Sexily.
<Bloodninja> I ride your buttocks, like they were amber waves of grains.
<MommyMelissa> Grain doesn't really turn me on... I was thinking more along the lines of carrots and zucchinis.
<Bloodninja> my zucchinis carresses your carrots.
<Bloodninja> Damn baby your right, this shit is HOT.
<MommyMelissa> ...
<Bloodninja> My turnips listen for the soft cry of your love. My insides turn to celery as I unleash my warm and sticky cauliflower of love.
<MommyMelissa> What the fuck is this madlibs? I'm outta here.
<Bloodninja> Yah, well I already unleashed my cauliflower, all over your olives, and up in your eyes. Now you can't see. Bitch.
<MommyMelissa> whatever.


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Kampala Capital City Authority Executive director Madam Jennifer has done some amazing things in the Kampala and has been credited for some of the god things in the city. However, one thing many people did not know about the hard working Musisi is that, she can sing and actually sing well.
On Friday during the Limit X reunion concert, Musisisi did not only surprise revellers but also excited them with a cameo appearance as she sang 'Wahamba Nati' at Kampala Serena Hotel.
The Limit X trio of Paul Mutebi, Dennis Sempebwa and Isaac Rucci are one of Uganda's all time best gospel singers and rocked the industry in the 90's before deciding to pursue different other career paths abroad especiall in UK and United States of America.
Friday's show was the first time the trio was performing together in almost 2 decades of being out of action. And they had to organise the show with almost all members away from each other. Only Isaac Rucci who returned in the country in 2004 being the main stay and doing the ground work.
The show which was delayed 'due to unavoidable circumstances' kicked off officially close to 9:00pm with talented 6-year old Abigail Akol alongside pianist brother Abba J. Akol warming up the stage before the Canaan Gents acapella group did their thing.
Limit X the officially took to the stage at 20 minutes past 9:00pm smartly dressed in all white costumes and backed by a talented band. The live music sounded smooth to the ear with crystal sound courtesy of Fenon Records whose founder Steve Jean was behind the machines.
Limit X spread their performances into 3 sessions with the introduction part having a mix of praise and worship as well as oldies where they did 'Follow you', 'Falling in love', 'Dont Pass Me by' J.E.SUS. that got the crowd grooving, and 'Clap your hand'.
The second session was mostly for chatting up the crowd as the trio shared their life's journey story. They sang 'Heaven', 'Troubled man' 'love me as you', 'I love Jesus'. 'Crying' and 'Why why'
The climax of course had the crowd's favourite songs like 'Abba Father', 'Miracles' and 'Malibongwe' that got the revellers off their feet dancing and sing along. But it was Jennifer Musisi who almost stole the show when she was invited to sample what she had kept away from the public for a long time.
And the last song was for introducing the band members and the revellers mostly comprising family and friends of the trio left Serena at midnight with big smiles on their faces.


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I have made the point before that there is very little privacy remaining in our lives.
A recent Time magazine article makes the point well and deserves a closer look. David von Drehle notes the many ways privacy has become an illusion. He speaks of video cameras in every possible location; satellites and drones watching in the skies; smartphones locating individuals at all times; license plate cameras and express lanes tracking the movement of cars; and the storing and processing of information on the Internet.
Everything we do and say is documented, and we often contribute to that through our own use of social networking, GPS devices and in many other ways. Von Drehle also suggests we often welcome this intrusion into our privacy. We want smartphones directing us to the nearest gas station and retail or Internet outlets alerting us to sales and opportunities based on our profiles.
Von Drehle then notes we seem particularly concerned about the government having this knowledge. He seems to recognize how suspicious Americans are of the government, a suspicion that can be traced back to our founding fathers. Von Drehle reminds us that government is made up of people, and the tendency to abuse power or misuse information is almost to be expected.
The article makes a number of significant points, and undoubtedly, we need to consider relevant legislation whenever it could make a positive difference. Yet I continue to wonder why more people aren't concerned about the dangers of nongovernment corporations and employers who can also misuse information and do us harm. Individuals, too, cause harm by hacking into networks, stealing identities and distributing information they don't have a right to. Also, consider how many of our young people may have been denied employment because of something they may have said on Facebook many years earlier.
Maybe one place to start addressing privacy concerns would be for each of us, particularly our young people, to be more careful in willingly providing information when it may not even be needed.
The recent terror alert at U.S. embassies is a strong reminder of the need for effective surveillance to protect our country from terrorist attacks. The need for developing an appropriate balance of privacy and surveillance continues, and a reasonable debate needs to occur. It should be remembered, however, that bad guys exist not only in government but in every part of our community.
I do disagree with von Drehle's idea that a counterbalance to the gathering of data by the government may be provided by citizens like Edward Snowden choosing to release information about what the government is doing. When one's individual conscience learns of something so abhorrent or so corrupt that it needs to be made known, legitimate whistleblowing is indicated. We do a disservice, however, when we encourage the casual release of unauthorized data, whether it involves government secrets or personally embarrassing information. We don't enhance privacy by promoting the disclosure of anybody's secrets without a clear and compelling reason for doing so.


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It's almost March, and there is still very little clarity about the beast of the East in the NHL. There is very little suspense regarding the top seed; the Washington Capitals have been in cruise-control seemingly from the start. But does that make them the odds-on favorite? Not really, especially considering the ongoing surges of the conference's recent heavyweights.
A quick look now at the Eastern Conference contenders and their prospects for making a substantial playoff run in 2016 (records as of 2/28):
Washington Capitals (45-12-4, 94 pts.)
The pressure is on the Capitals — not in the regular season, of course, but in the postseason. For a franchise that has not advanced past the second round since reaching the Stanley Cup Finals in 1998, it's fair to wonder, "If not now, then when?" Alexander Ovechkin is a surefire Hall of Famer, but the addition of T.J. Oshie could prove huge in complementing not only Ovie, but the team's other stars. Evgeny Kuznetsov leads the club with 64 points, and Nicklas Backstrom trails Ovie by just one with 57. Braden Holtby is a solid if unspectacular netminder, but he will be under as much scrutiny as anyone come playoff time. The Caps' biggest challenge in the postseason will likely be themselves and avoiding the mistakes that have held them back in recent years.
Florida Panthers (35-19-8, 78 pts.)
One of the nicest stories in all of hockey is the Florida Panthers and 44-year-old All-Star Jaromir Jagr. It is Jagr who leads the team with 45 points, and you won't find any Panthers topping the NHL's offensive leaderboards. But this efficient team has won a number of close games and is not only getting the most out of 36-year-old goaltender Roberto Luongo, but also fellow netminder Al Montoya. Health will be key for the Panthers, who aren't quite as deep as some of their competitors. Florida has still proven itself to be a pesky team and will not be an easy out in the playoffs. First things first for the Panthers: hold off the red-hot Tampa Bay Lightning in the Atlantic division.
New York Rangers (36-20-6, 78 pts.)
Quietly, the Rangers are right back near the top of the Eastern Conference standings again this season. They won't win the Metropolitan division, but they could well be headed for a playoff date with their cross-town rivals, the New York Islanders. The Rangers are experienced and have had recent playoff success despite not winning the Cup. They have a top-level goaltender in Henrik Lundqvist, but what's been puzzling in 2015-16 has been their inability to sustain success on the road. The Rangers are 22-6-3 at home but only 14-14-3 away from Madison Square Garden. What should give them confidence, however, is how well they've handled the Capitals in the postseason. Should they meet again this year, undoubtedly more of the pressure will be on Washington.
Tampa Bay Lightning (36-22-4, 76 pts.)
This may well be a team no one wants to face in the postseason. The Lightning have caught fire, winning six straight, and have legitimate hopes of overtaking the Panthers for the top spot in the Atlantic Division. Steven Stamkos has been front-and-center in this run, scoring a goal in each of Tampa Bay's six wins and 23 in his last 26 games. A year after winning the Eastern Conference, the Lightning are looking for a chance to take care of some unfinished business. If Ben Bishop can play like he did in the 2015 postseason, Tampa Bay could well complete the task that they couldn't a year ago.
Boston Bruins (34-23-6, 74 pts.)
The Bruins are a hard team to figure out, but they appear to be in better shape than the team that collapsed and missed the playoffs a season ago. They have struggled at home but thrived on the road, going 13-16-3 at the Garden but 21-7-3 away from it. At times they have been downright steamrolled at home, yet possess a very respectable +20 point-differential. Brad Marchand is tied for third in the NHL with 32 goals, and center Patrice Bergeron leads the team with 53 points (23 goals, 30 assists). Goalie Tuukka Rask's numbers have dropped off from last year but he has been on a roll of late and is still one of the better netminders in the conference. In terms of potential playoff opponents, the Bruins may have trouble with Washington or Tampa Bay in the postseason but have always given the Rangers and Penguins fits and may also find some success against a playoff newbie like the Panthers.
New York Islanders (33-20-7, 73 pts.)
The Islanders lost a heartbreaking series to Washington last year, but has come back strong in 2015-16. Thomas Greiss has played very well, giving the Isles depth at the position behind Jaroslav Halak. John Tavares is having another terrific season, as New York is likely headed toward a date with the Rangers. In a deep conference, the road will be tough for the Islanders, putting added emphasis on Tavares and Kyle Okposo.
Detroit Red Wings (31-20-11, 73 pts.)
The Red Wings are all but assured of extending their NHL-record postseason streak to 25 years. The club has not seen much success in the postseason since winning back-to-back conference titles in 2008-09, but the Wings seem to have found their answer at goaltender in Petr Mrazek, who is tied for second in the NHL in goals against average (2.10). The Wings do not currently have a player with 20 goals, but they are a balanced group led by left winger Henrik Zetterberg and center Pavel Datsyuk. Both players have more assists than goals but bring veteran leadership to the team, as well. Mrazek holds the keys to Detroit making a run in the playoffs. A year ago, the Wings took Tampa Bay to a decisive seventh game before falling short.
Pittsburgh Penguins (31-21-8, 70 pts.)
The Penguins nearly suffered the same fate of the Bruins last year, ultimately backing into the playoffs before getting whitewashed by the Rangers. The stellar seasons of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin give hope for the Penguins despite a rather pedestrian season in net for goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. The Penguins have beaten the teams they're supposed to this season but it's fair to wonder how they'll respond against a playoff-caliber team in a long series. There is an inconsistency factor that separates this team from the championship club of 2009, meaning their ability to win in the postseason relies on a lot going right — namely, continued production from their star players.
The "Rest"
The team on the outside looking in that appears to have the best chance of getting in is the Philadelphia Flyers. They currently sit three points back of Pittsburgh for the second wild card spot and have shown flashes this year, with goalie Michal Neuvirth ranking in the top 10 in the NHL in GAA. The three teams bunched with the Flyers could all theoretically make a push, but neither the New Jersey Devils, Carolina Hurricanes, nor Ottawa Senators appear poised to do any damage even if they do crack the field. The Montreal Canadiens were once considered a threat before Carey Price's injury, and there is always the possibility of the team regrouping when/if Price gets healthy this year. But realistically, none of these bubble teams look like legitimate threats.