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Domaine d'Aupilhac Coteaux du Languedoc les Cocalieres 2013
Winery: Domaine d'Aupilhac
Variety: Southern Rhone
Domaine d'Aupilhac:
The Domaine d'Aupilhac is in Montpeyroux, some 36 kms north-west of Montpellier. Our Cave, created in 1989 in our family home, is right in the heart of the village. We've been growing grapes for over 5 generations. A large part of our vines grow on south-west facing "terraces" on a site named "Aupilhac". They're mainly Mourvèdre and Carignan, but some Syrah, Grenache and Cinsault grow here... Read more
The Domaine d'Aupilhac is in Montpeyroux, some 36 kms north-west of Montpellier. Our Cave, created in 1989 in our family home, is right in the heart of the village. We've been growing grapes for over 5 generations. A large part of our vines grow on south-west facing "terraces" on a site named "Aupilhac". They're mainly Mourvèdre and Carignan, but some Syrah, Grenache and Cinsault grow here too. Another part of our vineyard is the north-west facing "Les Cocalières" at an altitude of some 350m (1150ft) where Syrah predominates, though Mourvèdre and Grenache grow here too. The most northerly facing part is planted with the four white grapes recognized by the Coteaux du Languedoc : Roussanne, Marsanne, white Grenache and Rolle (Vermentino). Finally, the "Plôs de Baumes" at Aniane, consists of terraces made up of gravel washed down by the Hérault river; it was owned by my maternal grand-father, Marcel Baumes, so is named in his memory. We plough the land regularly; this means the roots have to force their way deep into the cool sub-soil, thus protecting the vines from seasonal drought. We treat the land ("terroir") with great respect, our absolute priority being to maintain its natural balance. We harvest the grapes by hand. The skins must be properly mature if we are to extract the best aromas and colour, as well as ensuring silky tannins. On young vines we carry out a summer or green harvest to remove some bunches before they reach maturity; this stops the vines suffering from the heat and helps root development. The land's own yeasts ensure the grapes ferment naturally. The wines mature in casks and barrels in our underground cellar. We bottle the wines ourselves at the Domaine - unfiltered. We believe that work in the vineyards has far more influence on a wine's quality than what we do in the Cave. ~ History ~ My family has been producing wine for over five centuries, Three generations ago, at the end of the XIX century, my ancestors were producing wine at Aupilhac and sending it all over France. When I launched the Domaine d'Aupilhac as an independent vigneron in 1989, I was also cultivating melons, asparagus, tomatoes and peaches; but since 1992, I have concentrated exclusively on the vines. My father, Charles Fadat, an ornithologist particularly involved with woodcock preservation, enjoyed cultivating and developing the plants which belonged to my maternal and paternal grandparents.. Between 1989 and 1992, vinification took place in old bowsers parked in the open air and I bottled the wines before the following summer! In 1993 I built a covered cellar equipped with modern, efficient equipment. Then each year we acquired more land and planted new grapes which meant we were constantly expanding. 1997 saw the creation of large underground cellars to house the barrels and casks. In 1998 I decided to acquire some totally different land which had been cultivated two centuries earlier but long since abandoned. At an altitude of 350 metres, "les Cocalières", is a natural amphitheatre covered in wild garrigue. Two years later we built a bottling and storage unit. We are converting to entirely organic production with an Ecocert certificate. AND NOW : I've just leased 2,5 hectares (6,25 acres) of Cinsault, just below my "Cocalières" vines. They will be used in the Lou Maset wines, and possibly to help enhance the Montpeyroux vintage. We shan't use the grapes with the "Cocalières" wines. Follow this space... Read less
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Litchfield citizens group says town didn't follow proper procedures for housing trust's development plan
LITCHFIELD >> Members of what is described as a growing group opposed to plans for affordable housing on a Route 202 site east of the town center, claimed at a Board of Selectmen meeting Wednesday, that the project is tainted by a flaw with municipal action taken nearly five years ago.
The Litchfield Housing Trust project on the table calls for construction of nine units of affordable housing on a 12.67-acre site near Friendship Baptist Church. Five of the units would be stand-alone single-family homes, and two would be duplex homes.
The plans are currently before the Inland-Wetlands Commission, which is scheduled to continue its public hearing next Wednesday.
However, in a meeting on Wednesday of this week, resident and activist Betsy Glassman claimed the town did not properly follow state statutes concerning public notice when it held an April 2008 meeting on the transfer of the property from the town to the housing trust.
Glassman said few residents were aware of the meeting because the notice printed in the Waterbury Republican American was insufficient, according to statutes.
"With such scant notice, only 32 people attended the meeting, with 28 voting to give the land away to [Litchfield Housing Trust]," said Glassman.
She claimed that, according to statute, the town must give notice twice in a newspaper when warning a meeting for a transfer of municipal land.
"Town records show the notice was placed only once on April 7, 2008," said Glassman.
Glassman added that before the 2008 meeting, the housing trust said there would be "up to six" units built on the site.
"I am here to make a complaint that the town appears to have violated state law on at least two counts regarding this town land transfer," Glassman told selectmen Wednesday.
She elaborated Thursday that she was asking the office of Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen to look into the matter, and to determine if the transfer of land is valid if it turns out that statutes on giving notice for the 2008 meeting were not properly followed.
When asked by The Register Citizen about her evidence of a violation by the town, Glassman said neighbors told her about what transpired in 2008 and that no sign had been posted on the property announcing the meeting on the transfer of land.
Additionally, she said she went through the public record and found no evidence of a second newspaper notice of the transfer meeting.
Also asked whether a Freedom of Information complaint, or some other type of complaint, was filed in 2008, Glassman said, "We didn't know [at the time] there was a violation of the law."
Reached Thursday and asked if the town is looking into Glassman's claims, First Selectman Leo Paul said only that residents were properly notified about the 2008 meeting and the land transfer was reviewed by three town boards.
Even if there was no flaw with the transfer of the land to the housing trust for $1, Glassman and others take issue with the affordable housing plans. She said a group composed of 50 residents and growing -- with some Torrington residents expected to join in -- is working on a petition to challenge the project.
Some of those who take issue with the proposed use of the site were at the selectmen's meeting Wednesday.
Torrington Road (Route 202) resident Albert Saunders, whose property abuts the housing trust property, is concerned about a water supply issue.
"We have wells. It has been a known fact in this community that the area has been without water, struggling with wells," said Saunders, who said his well goes down 400 feet, while his neighbor's well is 600 feet deep. "It is barely adequate to meet our needs." He asked what the town would do if the project makes the water supply issue even worse.
Torrington Road resident Peter Crowley echoed the concern about wells, saying, "Everybody has problem with wells, everybody is at the bare minimum."
He also wanted to know who would be held responsible if the housing project is approved and ends up draining an already insufficient water supply.
Another Torrington Road resident, Bill Moorhead, who lives 500 feet from the property, called the site an ecologically unique parcel of land because of a species of rare orchid that has been found there.
Litchfield Housing Trust president Robert Petricone acknowledged in December that a rare wild orchid has been found on the site, and said measures would be taken to safeguard it.
"We thought it was for open space," Moorhead said of the parcel. "We are pretty much outraged."
Moorhead said that much of the parcel is wet and it supports wetlands vegetation, making it an inappropriate site for this kind of housing project.
"[The Litchfield Housing Trust] are proceeding in a way that is alarming, with an overly large project that is going to [have] a huge impact on a piece of land that should have been protected as open space," said Moorhead.
"It's just a travesty what happened," Glassman told selectmen Wednesday.
The wetlands hearing continues Jan. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Litchfield Firehouse.

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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) closes the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) Angling category fishery for large medium and giant "trophy" BFT (measuring 73" or greater) in the southern area effective 11:30 p.m. local time, Friday, April 11, 2014, through December 31, 2014. The southern area is the area south of 39°18'N (off Great Egg Inlet, NJ) and includes the Gulf of Mexico.
Information from the NMFS Automated Landings Reporting System and the North Carolina Tagging Program indicate that the codified southern trophy BFT quota (2.8 mt) has been taken. Retaining, possessing, or landing large medium or giant BFT south of 39°18' N. lat. by persons aboard vessels permitted in the HMS Angling category and the HMS Charter/Headboat category (when fishing recreationally) must cease at 11:30 p.m. local time on April 11, 2014. The intent of this closure is to prevent any further overharvest of the Angling category southern area trophy BFT subquota. Catch-and-release fishing is permissible as described below. The annual Angling category trophy limit of one large medium or giant BFT per vessel remains in effect for vessels fishing in the northern area.
This closure applies to vessels permitted in the HMS Angling category and the HMS Charter/Headboat category fishing in the southern area, which includes the Gulf of Mexico. Please note, while this inseason action prohibits retention of large medium and giant BFT by persons aboard HMS Charter/Headboat category vessels while fishing recreationally, commercial retention of large medium and giant BFT on HMS Charter/Headboat category vessels is currently prohibited because the General category is closed until June 1, 2014. For more information on BFT fishing regulations, including recreational size and retention limits, please go to hmspermits.noaa.gov.
Fishermen may catch and release or tag and release BFT of all sizes, subject to the requirements of HMS catch-and-release and tag-and-release programs. NMFS regulations require that all BFT that are released be handled in a manner that will maximize their survival, and without removing the fish from the water. For additional information on safe handling, see the "Careful Catch and Release" brochure available at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/. This notice is a courtesy to BFT fishery permit holders to help keep you informed about the fishery. For additional information, call (888) 872-8862 or (978) 281-9260, or go to hmspermits.noaa.gov. Official notice of Federal fishery actions is made through filing such notice with the Office of the Federal Register.


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By Agence France-Presse
The US government offered up new areas of the central Gulf of Mexico for drilling for the first time since the 2010 BP oil spill and received $1.7 billion in winning bids, officials said Wednesday.
Environmental groups tried to block the long-awaited sale by filing a lawsuit Tuesday arguing that it will endanger the already damaged ecosystem.
"The government is gambling with the Gulf by encouraging even more offshore drilling in the same exceedingly deep waters that have already proven to be treacherous, rather than investing in safer clean energy that creates jobs without risking lives and livelihoods," said Jacqueline Savitz, vice president for North America at Oceana, one of five groups filing suit.
"This move sets us up for another disastrous oil spill, threatening more human lives, livelihoods, industries and marine life, including endangered species, in the greedy rush to expand offshore drilling."
The Obama administration said it conducted a "rigorous analysis" of the impact of the 2010 spill prior to opening up new areas to leasing as part of a plan to expand "safe and responsible" domestic production.
"This sale, part of the president's all-of-the-above energy strategy, is good news for American jobs, good news for the Gulf economy, and will bring additional domestic resources to market," Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said in a statement.
Officials estimate that energy companies will be able to recover between 800 million and 1.6 billion barrels of oil and 3.3 to 6.6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas if the tracts are fully developed.
The Interior Department had offered more than 39 million acres of new tracts ranging from three to more than 230 miles (give to 370 kilometers off the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi in depths ranging from 10 to more than 11,200 feet (3 to 3,400 meters).
It received winning bids on 2.4 million acres.
The sale comes six months after the government opened up 21 million acres — an area about the size of South Carolina — in the western Gulf of Mexico and received $337 million in winning bids for over a million acres off the coast of Texas.
The April 20, 2010 explosion on the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 workers, blackened beaches in five US states and devastated the Gulf Coast's tourism and fishing industries.
It took 87 days to cap BP's runaway well 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) below the surface that spewed some 4.9 million barrels (206 million gallons) of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
From PhysOrg: http://phys.org/news/2012-06-areas-gulf-mexico-drilling.html


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Coldest Home Opener In Recent History
Home Opener In 2010 In The 70s!
In spite of the sunshine, gusty northwest winds keep a chill in the air for today's home opener for our MILWAUKEE BREWERS! A mix of sun and clouds as afternoon highs hit the mid 30s. Wind chills will be in the upper teens at 10am when parking lots open. By early afternoon wind chills will be in the low 20s.
Highs over the past 5 home openers shape up like this: 4/6/2012 48; 4/42011 47; 4/5/2011 72; 4/10/2009 42; 4/4/2008 51.
Fair and cold tonight with lows in the mid 20s. The first week of April heralds lots of sun beginning tomorrow and a steady, but slow warm up. We should see the low 50s by Thursday as highs stay close to seasonal normals of 48.
Be sure to send us your tailgate photos to ulocal at wisn.com or send to our WISN Facebook page.


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Hurdle, Pirates keeping trade considerations 'in house'
CINCINNATI -- As the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline approaches, manager Clint Hurdle knows what type of piece he would like the Pirates to add. He knows what his team needs and what would give it a better chance of finishing the season with a winning record for the first time in 20 years. He just doesn't want to tell anybody.
"My talk is all with [general manager Neal Huntington], the coaches and our scouts," Hurdle said. "I think we're very confident that we have a very good grasp on what's worked, what we could use more of, and we'll keep those conversations in house."
With the Pirates' pitching staff -- rotation and bullpen -- in good shape for the most part, the expectation is that Pittsburgh will look to add a position player, particularly a right fielder. Entering Saturday, Pirates right fielders were batting just .235 with eight home runs and 34 RBIs. Including Saturday, Jose Tabata has started the last 13 games in right for Pittsburgh, and he's done well at the plate in that stretch, batting .311 (14-for-50) with five extra-base hits and four walks.
However, Tabata, who's spent the season going from corner to corner in the outfield, has no home runs during that period and just two total on the year, leading many to believe the Pirates are in search of an outfielder with some pop. On Friday night, while the Pirates were taking on the Reds in Cincinnati, rumors swirled that Pittsburgh had done just that after the White Sox Alex Rios was pulled from a game early against the Braves and was seen hugging teammates in the dugout.
Fast forward to Saturday. Rios was still with the White Sox, and the Pirates' roster remained intact.
Hurdle said he had no idea about the rumors and knew only that White Sox manager Robin Ventura had yanked Rios for not running out a ground ball. That's because, "in an age when nobody cares if they're right, they just want to be first," Hurdle tunes out everything he doesn't need to hear.
"I'm definitely unplugged," Hurdle said. "I pay attention to people I need to pay attention to that I'm going to get accurate information from."
Those people include Huntington, who keeps Hurdle in the loop on every conversation he has with other teams' general managers. And as trade talks develop, Hurdle has enjoyed being a part of them.
"He didn't just start this process yesterday," Hurdle said of Huntington. "He's been at it for a couple weeks, and it's always an interesting process to go through and to listen to obviously some of the posturing, the dancing that goes on initially."
Huntington took some heat for last season's Deadline moves, which included the additions of Gaby Sanchez, Travis Snider and Wandy Rodriguez, because of how they affected team chemistry. However, Hurdle said that has been overblown, and everyone in the clubhouse wants whatever it takes for the Pirates to be at their best.
"I have a very good feel for [the players'] thoughts and their feelings about the clubhouse chemistry and how things can play out, how things might play out," Hurdle said. "They're all committed to the club getting better. If we can improve, improve."


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"The mission of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition is to advance understanding of normal development, physiology and pathophysiology of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver in children, improve quality of care by fostering the dissemination of this knowledge through scientific meetings, professional and public education, and policy development, and serve as an effective voice for members and the profession."
The membership of NASPGHAN consists of more than 1800 pediatric gastroenterologists, predominantly in 46 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Mexico and 8 provinces in Canada.
NASPGHAN strives to improve the care of infants, children and adolescents with digestive disorders by promoting advances in clinical care, research and education. Pediatric gastroenterologists specialize in the care of children with chronic abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, vomiting, bleeding from the GI tract, inflammatory bowel disease, liver diseases, diseases of the pancreas, poor weight gain and nutritional problems. Pediatric gastroenterologists specialize in gastroesophageal reflux (GER), peptic ulcers, H. pylori, celiac disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, Hirschsprung's disease, cyclic vomiting, polyps, gallstones, hepatitis, biliary atresia, jaundice, pancreatitis, lactose malabsorption, failure to thrive and other common and rare disorders. Most pediatric gastroenterologists perform endoscopy, colonoscopy, esophageal pH probe studies, esophageal and rectal manometry and liver biopsies.
NASPGHAN's objectives include but are not limited to:
- Improving the digestive health and nutrition of children worldwide and particularly in North America.
- Fostering dialogue and research on pertinent issues that impact the pediatric gastroenterology patient and their family.
- Providing opportunities for clinicians and researchers to gain knowledge of the scientific advances in the field of pediatric gastroenterology.
- Disseminating the wealth of scientific information that exists in order to improve clinical outcomes and advance the practice of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.


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We've got the Director of Cabin in the Woods Drew Goddard live on this very post taking questions from all of you. Ask him absolutely anything you want about monsters, Joss Whedon (who co-wrote Cabin) writing or directing. How much human blood can a merman spew from its blow-hole?
Before Cabin, Goddard spent his time writing for some of the scifi TV greats including, Lost, Alias, Angel, and Buffy. So he's pretty responsible for stealing a big chunk of our lives with highly addictive television. Oh and he wrote Cloverfield.
Currently, Goddard is penning the script for Steven Spielberg's book adaptation Robopocalypse and waiting for everyone to find Kevin on the Blu-Ray and DVD of Cabin in the Woods (available now).
At 1:00 PDT, he will will sign on and tackle as many questions as he can. You know the rules — he's volunteered to drop by the io9 house, so be polite!
UPDATE: The conversation has been closed. Thank you for your questions, and thank you to Drew for your hilarious answers.


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Privacy and Consent Concerns Drive InBloom Lawsuit in New York State
Cross-posted from the Digital Education blog
By guest blogger Ben Kamisar
Twelve public school parents filed legal action on Wednesday to bar the New York State Education Department from moving forward with a partnership with education technology nonprofit inBloom, in the latest challenge to the organization's ambitions.
In a restraining order filed with the New York state Supreme Court, the parents argue that the education department's plan to work with inBloom on hosting data in the "cloud" for use in real-time academic progress reports flouts privacy and parental consent laws.
"Ever since I've heard about inBloom Inc. I've been unable to rest easy," Karen Sprowal, one of the plaintiffs, said in a statement released by the New York City education advocacy group Class Size Matters. She added: "Any information that is let loose on the Internet can never be retrieved, and any breach or misuse of this data could harm [my child's] prospects for life, by impairing his ability to be admitted to college or get a good job."
Class Size Matters helped brief the lawyers who filed the suit, and one of the organization's parent members is a plaintiff, said Leonie Haimson, the organization's executive director.
The state decided to partner with inBloom as part of its EngageNY Data Portal, which aims to provide parents and teachers with real-time data and content personalized for individual students. Currently, all New York schools receiving Race to the Top funding must participate in the portal.
"Secure, efficient and cost-effective services like inBloom help to enable New York teachers to more easily tailor education to the needs, skill levels and learning pace of each student," said inBloom spokesman Adam Gaber in a statement. "Like New York state, we believe technology will continue to play an increasingly important role in supporting teachers, students and families."
InBloom's popularity has taken a hit since the organization relaunched with $100 million in grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Education Week receives financial support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for its coverage of the education marketplace and innovation in education, respectively.). At the company's relaunch last February, nine states signed up to use inBloom as a partner in their efforts to revamp digital education. But as privacy concerns developed, all but New York and Illinois decided to withdraw from the program.
Last week, the school board in Jefferson County, Colo., voted to end its relationship with inBloom, citing objections from parents.
The New York department of education said that they could not comment on pending litigation.


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The highly-publicized behavior of many of the town hall protesters, who object to Obama's "health care reform" (it's not a reform, but a government boondoggled engineered to convert the already-socialized health care system to a carbon copy apparatus of Massachusetts' "single-payer health care" system), should be viewed with disdain, simply because of their unruly and uncivilized behavior at these events. It's one thing to be outraged by the provisions of the 1,000-plus page bill, which includes globs of ominous sections (one of them giving the Secretary of the Department of HHS very vague and very undefined powers); it's another to level shouting matches, ad hominems, and personal attacks at the politicians and bureaucrats who obviously are not telling their constituents the entire truth about the bloated legislation.
Let's take Senator Claire McCaskill's appearance at a Hillsboro district meeting in Jefferson County, Missouri on August 11, 2009 for example. McCaskill, a socialist Democrat from the state, publicly declares that there won't be a "single-payer health care" bill passed in Congress. She also claims that members of Congress are not going along with the idea and that it's not on the table, although the bulk of the members of the audience are convinced otherwise. Watch the following YouTube clip that showcases how the audience members act towards the senator:
The next clip is not so clear at all. It unveils two purportedly disruptive black women who allegedly caused a commotion at the same event, and you can see an irate McCaskill shouting out to the women, who were being forcefully removed by the local police in attendance:
While it's not entirely clear what the "disruption" was all about, the women in the audience were not unruly at all and did not appear to be that way, except for the members of the audience there. If the women were "disruptive," what about the attendees? Weren't many of them being "disruptive" at all? Why wasn't the entire room cleared out if that were the case? Why the selective removal of certain people from what it appears to be more of a health care rally for McCaskill than a town hall meeting?
The two women shouldn't have been removed at all, and were not even disruptive at all. But even if they were, does that justify their removal from the room? One would think not.
The attitudes of the protesters that encourage some of the flaming emotions running wild at these events should not be condoned, although I sympathize and empathize with these people and how they feel. These angry emotions are epitomized at the following CNN video clip of Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA)'s uproarious town hall event:
The man who walks away from Specter after excoriating him in front of the audience members and the cameras screams furiously, "I'm leaving!" Then Specter, with great arrogance and smugness, responds with the following statement: "Ok, ok, ok, we just, uh, we just had, uh, we just a demonstration of democracy. Ok?" The idiocy of the "demonstration of democracy" argument can be argued for another day, so I won't waste the space on this blog post refuting Specter's ludicrous quip. This is hardly the time and place for it, so I will blog about that at a later time.
Here's the full CNN clip of some of the other members demanding Specter to "leave us alone," which includes a 35-year-old conservative Republican woman taking her potshots at the senator:
I have a suggestion for these individuals: calm down. Take some deep breaths. Blind anger and inability to reason is going to make you look not only bad on camera but also to the masses at large. While I concur with you that Obama's "health care reform" is a travesty (not to mention immensely terrible), flaring tempers and having meltdowns in front of your elected officials are not going to bring people, especially those who are undecided on the health care issue, to your side. Repeating unfounded rumors that you may have heard on the internet or on the radio isn't going to score you brownie points; it'll just turn people away from your talking points. All you're doing is alienating yourselves from those who might be persuaded to hear your side of the aisle. Just simply make the moral, philosophical, and economic case against government control and expansion of medical care. Nothing harms the cause of human liberty more than any of the childish and absurd claptrap I've exemplified.
All of that being said, that doesn't mean Specter, McCaskill, and the other Democratic lawmakers get a free "get-out-of-jail" card from the political beatings. The critics of the protesters -- those who want to sustain the current status quo of government-controlled, government-regulated, government-coddled, and government-subsidized health care (although currently it's a corporatized system) and want to extend it further -- are out of line because of their pathetically and ludicrously smug and arrogant sandbagging and smearing of the citizens who oppose the so-called reform bill. As Sheldon Richman recently and correctly opined in his Anything Peaceful blog post (which inspired this blog post about the matter):
Why would anyone have confidence in an 1,000-page-plus piece of legislation, obscurely written, that would give not-fully-defined powers to the secretary of Health and Human Services?
Why should anyone trust these thugs? What have Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, Henry Waxman, and the entire U.S. House of Representatives (except for Ron Paul) and the U.S. Senate done for us lately (other than destroying our liberties behind our backs) and for our freedoms (they couldn't careless about them)? What makes them so special and unique? What, is it because they've got cute-and-cuddly legislative powers and we don't? How can they be representing us when they are only representing their special interests (particularly the ones who crafted the health care plan, despite what Congressman John Dingell of Michigan says; he only sponsored it and not wrote it)?
Sorry, but any attempt to dignify what these collectivistic crooks do with our stolen goods (in other words, our hard-earned money) need to look in the mirror and take a long look. Let's not forget that this oppressive and vile statist government to which we are subjected did not start with Obama.
Those who are ecstatic about the bill (like my socialistic Democratic brother Brian, for example) need to get their heads out of their behinds.
[Cross-posted at The Freeman Chronicles and The Peace, Freedom, and Prosperity website.]


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Mazzranache is a level 9 rare mob tallstrider found in Mulgore, south-west of Thunder Bluff. He has a unique, pink skin.
Mazzranache is tameable by a Hunter. He is the most popular of the tallstrider family as a pet, due to his flamingo-like appearance. Up until patch 1.12, he had an unusually slow pursuit speed, which has since been normalized.
He is hostile, meaning if you get too close he will attack you, without you necessarily initiating the battle. He attacks with poison (a skill which is lost to him upon taming). He can also charge, which he often does upon aggroing him. It will not knock you down, but it will deal 250% of his normal melee damage to you.
Also known as pink flamingo.
Maur Raincaller was attacked by Mazzranache. He won't ask for vengeance but he would appreciate it if you helped him clean the infection.


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Questions about your Silhouette
What are the ingredients in Silhouette's titanium material?
The titanium eyewear is made from a high-quality beta titanium alloy. However, a small percentage consists of other precious metals. In a similar way, genuine gold jewellery is not made from 100% gold because it would be too soft!
The additions to the alloy neither sensitise the wearer, nor trigger any allergies: instead, they help bring the best out of the material. Unfortunately, we can't provide any more detailed information about the alloy mixture.
What countries do the constituent parts of the titanium material come from?
Our main suppliers are based in Asia.
What do polarised lenses do?
Polarised lenses work like a filter to filter out reflections coming off reflective surfaces. Their design enables them to filter light reflected off horizontal surfaces, such as water.
Are the lenses tinted or is it just a layer stuck onto the outside of the lens?
There is no layer stuck onto the outside of the lens. Depending on the model, it can be one of the following methods: Vapour deposition / a layer of sputtering, or dye applied to the base material.
How do I tell the protection level of my sunglasses using the numerical code on the inside of the earpiece?
The first figure denotes the standard that your eyewear complies with (see the table of standards). The figure in square brackets [ ] identifies the protection level in Australia or Europe (= filter category or shade number) Sunglasses with codes 1 and 9 carry the CE symbol and comply with the 89/686/EEC directive. They correspond to the harmonised standard EN 1836 in the EU and the ANSI Z80.3 American National Standard. Products with codes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 or 12 carry the CE symbol. They correspond to the Australian / New Zealand standard AS/NSZ 1067 as well as EN and ANSI.
Is there anything I need to bear in mind when using the sunglasses?
Your sunglasses protect against blinding by sunlight, against natural UV radiation (100% UV protection), and provide protection from snow, rain and wind.
They do not provide suitable protection against: Shocks, hard objects, looking directly into the sun, lamps with high radiant energy, solariums.
How should I transport my Silhouette eyewear?
To avoid damaging them, you should always store and transport your sunglasses in a suitable case. Replace broken filters with equivalent filters!
How should I clean and look after my sunglasses?
To keep your sunglasses in an optimal condition, clean them regularly with clear water and a soft cloth. You can also use a mild soap, washing up liquid or standard commercial eyewear cleaners. Don't polish damp filters. Dab them or let them air dry.
What guarantees does Silhouette offer for eyewear and spare parts?
Please ask at one of our outlets:
Do you also sell cases?
Generally speaking, every pair of eyewear that you buy will be delivered with a Silhouette case that fits them. If you need a new case, please get in touch directly with an optician near you. They will have a suitable case for your Silhouette eyewear.
I would like to find out more about Clip-ons.
We offer Clip-ons in two different colours: grey-green and brown. By and large you can get Clip-ons for all our designs, including all collections in the 'Extravagant' Lifestyle World range. The lenses have a polarised effect.
Can I buy eyewear from you?
Currently our eyewear is only sold online in Austria and delivered within Austria. Please consult an optician in your area. They will be glad to help when it comes to choosing your eyewear.
Where can I buy new nose pads?
Please consult your optician. They will be glad to help when it comes to choosing your nose pads, including ordering them for you.
Where can I find out more information about Silhouette's products?
You can find information about the brand and our full range of eyewear on our homepage.
How do I find out what the ideal earpiece length is? What are the key criteria?
We recommend that you consult an optician in your area. They will help you to find the optimal earpiece length for your eyewear.
Where can I find logos, pictures, videos and banners?
You can find a range of banners, videos and wallpapers available for download in the "Media" area of our website. Please be aware of copyright!
I would like a catalogue with Silhouette's full range of eyewear.
You can find all Silhouette models on our homepage. You can view every model in any colour and from 360°.
Where can I have broken eyewear repaired?
Please contact the optician where you bought your Silhouette eyewear. They will be glad to assist you and configure the eyewear perfectly for your needs!
Can you repair my eyewear free of charge or provide a replacement?
If your eyewear are still covered by our guarantee, we will repair them free of charge. For repairs, please consult your optician. They will be able to provide you with more information!
Can I send my eyewear directly to you for repair?
Please contact your optician directly. They will be able to help you regarding the repair.
Can I repair my eyewear myself?
We strongly advise against trying to repair the eyewear yourself. That's why we ask you to consult an optician in your area.
Can the earpiece be replaced, or does the entire frame need to be renewed?
It's no problem to exchange the earpieces and other replaceable parts of the eyewear. You don't have to replace the entire frame.
How can I order a replacement for a broken part on my eyewear?
Please consult your optician. They will be able to offer you one-to-one advice, and order a spare part for your eyewear.
Can a Clip-on be repaired too?
Whether or not a Clip-on can be repaired depends on the level of damage. If the nose-piece is broken, it can be repaired by your local Silhouette partner. If the lenses are damaged, the whole Clip-on will need to be replaced.
Can broken Silhouette eyewear be repaired?
Yes, Silhouette eyewear can be repaired and certain parts can be replaced. You don't have to buy a whole new pair of eyewear.
Can you give me information about spare parts?
In most cases, most individual parts of the eyewear can be replaced unless they are specially mounted. Your optician will be able to find any spare part in the catalogue and provide you with more information.
How much do Silhouette eyewear cost on average?
Because Silhouette has a great number of models including different variants, it's hard to name an average price. Your optician will be able to calculate the cost for your model on a case by case basis.
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Where can you find out about style consultations?
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Earlier this month Anthony Weiner promised via a Twitter that if he were to hit 10,000 followers he would release a photograph of his 1977 Bar Mitzvah.
Well, a deal is a deal and apparently Weiner has now reached that social media plateau, he has to pay up. And Weiner, ever the master media manipulator, wisely chose to blast out that photo on a Friday afternoon, just the moment when the press isn't paying attention.
This is not the first time Weiner has used Bar Mitzvah photos for political purposes. When he was running for mayor in 2005, Weiner included several Bar Mitzvah photos in a mailer, which led the now-defunct New York Sun to speculate. "It may be that Mr. Weiner wants to reassure Jewish voters that he is indeed a full member of the tribe despite his hy brid name – Anthony is not a common name among Jews. Or perhaps it is a way for him to work his mom and dad into the campaign. He frequently cites his parents on the campaign trail."


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I recently saw this video on youtube:
and I don't know what to make of it. It seems as if the theory has enough evidence to be correct but where would all the water have appeared from? Would that much water have appeared over 60 million years? Also what would cause it to expand. The video suggests that since the time of dinosaurs the earths size has doubled in volume, how much of this is and can be true?
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One of my favorite go-to meals is tacos and the main component of tacos is the seasoned ground beef. Although the store bought taco seasoning packets are ok it really easy to make great taco seasoned meat at home and using only ingredients that you can pronounce. This is a simple texmex seasoned ground beef that includes onions, garlic, chili powder, cumin, oregano and tomato sauce. I like to toast and freshly grind dried chilies for the chili powder though you could easily use pre-ground. I also like to toast and grind the cumin which has an amazing aroma when you toast it. In addition to being used in tacos this texmex spiced ground beef can also be used in burritos , enchiladas, quesadillas, etc. To change things up a bit I sometimes add corn for a bit of sweetness or beans for some creaminess.
Texmex Seasoned Ground Beef
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 small onion (chopped)
- 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
- Brown the ground beef, drain the excess fat and set aside.
- Heat the oil in the same pan.
- Add the onion and saute until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
- Add the garlic, chili and cumin and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
- Add the ground meat, oregano, tomato sauce, salt and pepper and cook for 5-10 minutes.
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Kernel Mainlining
This page has information for embedded developers about mainlining patches to the Linux kernel.
General Resources
- Documentation/HOWTO - kernel document describing how to code for the kernel and contribute
- Documentation/development-process - kernel documents describing the kernel development process
Greg KH has a great presentation about how the community works, with links to references for getting started:
An older talk (2008) by Andrew Morton discusses the reasons to contribute, and best practices for contributing to the upstream kernel
Here is a list of talks about mainlining and community involvement, from previous Linux conferences:
- How to Participate in the Kernel Development Process (PDF) - ELC-2007, April 2007, Jonathan Corbet
- This talk is an attempt to identify the factors which lead to success or failure and present them in a way that will help others seeking to get code into the kernel.
- ELC-2008 morton (noted above)
- Appropriate Community Practices: Social and Technical Advice - ELC-2008, April 2008 Deepak Saxena
- Abstract: With the increasing popularity of Linux in the embedded world, HW vendors are jumping on the bandwagon to add kernel support for their devices/chipsets/SOCs. We in the community keep seeing the same mistakes made (both technical and social) repetitively. We will go over the benefits of being involved with the community and utilize examples of what not do when working within the Linux development ecosystem to illustrate appropriate practices to increase your probability of successful code adoption into the kernel.org tree.
- (presentation not available)
- ELCE-2008 David Woodhouse
- ELC-2009 David Woodhouse
- ELC-2009 Jeff Osier-Mixon
- ELC-2011 Arnd Bergmann*
- ELCE-2011 Satoru Ueda
- ELCE-2012 Matt Locke
- ELC-2013 rose
- ELC-2013 chalmers
- ELC-2014 maupin
Training, tutorials and challenges
- The KernelNewbies web site is specifically dedicated to helping developers learn how to make contributions to the Linux kernel
- There's a "To Do" list of small tasks that are ready for development, here http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors/Todo
- The Outreach Program For Women has an excellent tutorial on the steps for contributing one's first patch to the kernel
- Eudyptula Challenge
- This is a series of 20 tasks, managed via e-mail, that help people learn how to work with the kernel and submit patches
- LWN.net article http://lwn.net/Articles/599231/
Specific Projects
Notes for Best Practices
from Deepak Saxena
- don't be arrogant - don't assume your experience in proprietary development methods translates into open source
- be humble and listen to others
- release early and often
- not doing this wastes a lot of time on implementations that get discarded, rewritten
- do your homework
- see what's already there in Linux, and whether it can be extended to support your case
- add to existing abstractions rather than add your uniqe solution (be willing to abandon your code, as long as you ultimately get support for your feature upstream)
- don't add OS abstractions (or, HALS for other OSes)
- drivers must be Linux native - other layers and abstractions complicate the drivers - they can't be maintained by Linux kernel developers
- do add abstractions - don't just solve your immediate problem
- write systems that suport multiple related hardware
- be willing to generalize
- do your homework
- use mainlining resources
- ask informed questions
- work with the community - treat them as equals on your team
- treat external developers input as you would your own team members
- be respectful
Jonathan Corbet
- why - check out the presentation
- difference between proprietary and open source software
- proprietary = product-driven, top-down requirements, short-term, internal QA, hierarchical decisions, private code base, complete control
- open source = process-drive, bottom-up requirements, long-term, external QA, consensus decisions, public code, little control
- Understand the patch life-cycle
- post early, fix things with community
- get to staging
- acceptance into mainline
- post early and often
- submitting patches
- send changes - can influence direction even if not accepted
- no: multi-purpose patches - make each patch small and indpendent
- make patch serieses bisectable
- follow submission rules
- use diff -u, no MIME, correct format, Signed-off-by line, watch word-wrapping
- send to correct place: MAINTAINERS, get-maintainer.pl
- listen to reviewers, be polite, don't ignore feedback
- let go
- your code may be re-written or replaced
- Coding
- follow the style guides
- not too much (HAL layers, unused parameters, single-line functions)
- no multi-OS code
- not too little - should generalize if there's already existing code
- not too much (HAL layers, unused parameters, single-line functions)
- don't break APIs
- can break internal APIs (only with very good reason), but you must fix all in-tree code
- NEVER, NEVER break user-space API
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Deputies: Man burglarizes same business 3 times
The Volusia County Sheriff's office arrested a 23-year-old man after they said he burglarized the same business three times.
Officials said the first burglary at S&B Machines in DeLand occurred late at night on Oct. 26. A few days later, power tools and tires were discovered missing from a storage area, according to authorities.
Michael Harris was identified as the man responsible after deputies found some of the power tools at an Orange City pawn shop and the transaction forms had his name attached, investigators said.
Authorities said on Thursday morning several aluminum pipes and wire were discovered missing. Distinctive shoe prints found after the first burglary were also discovered after the second burglary, according to a news release.
The very next day, another burglary at the same business was discovered, officials said. Authorities said almost 200 aluminum posts were stolen on the third burglary.
Deputies said they found Harris driving an SUV near DeLand and attempted to pull him over, but he refused.
After abandoning his SUV, Harris tried to flee on foot from deputies but was quickly caught, investigators said.
Officials said at the time of his arrest, Harris was wearing the shoes with the distinct tread that matched the prints at the crime scene. He also admitted to the three burglaries, according to a release.
Harris is charged with three counts of burglary, three counts of grand theft, four counts of dealing in stolen property, fleeing or eluding and driving with a suspended license.
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UN under fire over fall of Goma in DR Congo
By Barbara Plett
BBC UN correspondent
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The UN's failure to confront insurgents who seized a strategic city in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday has raised questions about its largest and costliest peacekeeping mission.
The blue helmets gave up the battle for Goma in the eastern part of the country without firing a shot, standing aside as M23 rebels - widely believed to be backed by Rwanda - overran the frontier city of up to one million people.
For the French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, it was "absurd" that the UN troops had allowed the rebels to parade past them. He urged that the mandate of the more than 17,000-strong force be reviewed.
The DR Congo peacekeepers - known by their acronym Monusco - are authorised to use force to protect civilians and support Congolese army operations against rebel groups and militias competing for control of mineral wealth in the lawless east of the country.
They have been criticised before for failing to respond adequately to atrocities against civilians committed by the rebels, notably a mass rape near one of their bases in 2010.
In their defence the UN emphasises that despite the relatively large size of the mission, troops are spread thinly over a vast and difficult terrain - 6,700 are deployed in North Kivu province where Goma is located, 1,500 in the city itself.
When it came to the rebel advance, the peacekeepers did back the army with attack helicopters, but the soldiers disappeared as M23 reached the city.
Protect civilians
The peacekeepers "cannot substitute" for the national army, said UN spokesman Eduardo del Buey, and in any case did not want to trigger gun battles in an urban area.
"It's impossible for Monusco to defend Goma single-handedly," agrees Congo analyst Jason Stearns.
"If the army crumbles it's difficult to do anything but assert a presence in the streets, to go and protect civilians when there are reports of abuse, but it's impossible to hold the town."
A senior UN official said that the Monusco patrols around Goma continued and were not being harassed by the rebels. He said the UN was still able to operate helicopters - but not fixed wing aircraft - at the airport because it controls the runway and air traffic.
But it is working in a vacuum, with the civilian authorities, police and army having fled Goma, and will have to find a way to co-exist with M23 if the rebels continue to dominate the city.
More broadly, Monusco is dealing with a weak state, still struggling with the effects of nearly 10 years of internal conflict that dragged in DR Congo's neighbours. After the war ended in 2003 the UN played a key role in shepherding the country to elections in 2006, but since then, says Mr Stearns, it hasn't had a political role.
"The UN tends to be less successful with a purely military strategy that is not within the framework of a political strategy," he said.
"I tell diplomats that the focus should not be on creating a better mission doing something almost impossible, but on re-politicising the mission, making it a political player. Right now it's the worst of both worlds, which makes it a target when things go wrong."
Perhaps the biggest complication is evidence that DR Congo's neighbours are still interfering.
The senior UN official said the Peacekeeping Department is looking at the possibility of Monusco using drones to step up its monitoring of the border shared with Rwanda and Uganda, although "monitoring and securing the border are very different things".
The flow of weapons into the country has greatly increased the military abilities of M23, as has external tactical advice and apparent troop reinforcements.
The Security Council expressed deep concern about such foreign support in a resolution adopted on Tuesday night, but it did not name and shame Uganda and especially Rwanda as the culprits, as did its panel of experts in a recent report.
Both countries have strongly denied the allegations and UN officials and diplomats say a political solution involving them is the only way to end the violence in eastern DR Congo.
But the United Nations Director of Human Rights Watch, Philippe Bolopion, questioned "the Security Council's failure to expose Rwanda for its well documented support to a murderous movement wreaking havoc amongst the civilian population of Goma and at times attacking UN peacekeepers".
If there is a clear UN failure in DR Congo, he said, this is it.


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The fish problem is a people problem.
One billion people rely on fish as their primary source of protein. The ocean provides more than half of our oxygen. Healthy fish populations keep the ocean healthy.
So if we like breathing, we'd better start saving fish.
Overfishing is a significant problem. Many people think the solution to overfishing is to persuade more consumers to buy sustainably caught fish.
That's a start.
But buyers can't drive real change when responsibly caught fish is blended in the marketplace with irresponsibly or illegally caught fish.
The supply chain is busted, delivering mislabeled fish to your plate about a third of the time.
We need to change the way business works in order to end overfishing.
We work with fishers and seafood industry players to build a profitable supply chain that delivers trustworthy, traceable, legally caught fish.
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SEATTLE (AP) – Kelsey Plum scored a career-high 35 points as Washington beat its first ranked opponents in six years, 81-71 over No. 21 Colorado on Sunday.
Washington led 39-27 at halftime, but Colorado opened the second half on a 10-3 run. But Plum scored the Huskies next five points to put them up by 10 again. Colorado took its first lead of the second half at 54-53 after a 9-2 run. Plum scored nine straight Washington points to start a 17-2 run and the Huskies led 70-56 with 3:27 left.
Jazmine Davis had 20 points and Aminah Williams added 13 points and 11 rebounds for Washington (10-7, 3-3 Pac-12). The Huskies made 8 of 10 free throws in the final minute.
Colorado (11-6, 1-5) got 20 points from Arielle Roberson, 16 by Brittany Wilson and Jen Reese added 13.
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You just unplugged my Leaf, I left a sign on the dashboard, did you read it? "You may unplug me after 9:30 AM"
If not, you saw the lights, middle blinking, I only got 30 minutes of charge. Not enough for 60 miles return trip at 11:00 AM.
Hopefully you will plug me back after yours is done.


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I've been a coffee lover for 20 years now. In my quest for a personal vice I've become an espresso lover.
While visiting a Starbucks [conveniently tucked inside a Chapters bookstore] I noticed someone else indulging in his espresso habit.
Look closely.
This is not photo-shopped – the coffee cupping caped crusader apparently loves his latte!


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Since the terrorist attacks two years ago, immigrants have become the object of fear and rage, and, increasingly, the subject of research. Both groups opposed to further immigration and those who advocate for immigrants try to buttress their arguments with the steady flow of reports, studies and findings from think tanks and universities. Four recently released reports, two of them about housing, should give both sides in the debate some fresh ammunition.
Latinos are most affected by the lack of affordable and low-rent housing in New York City, according to a new report (in pdf format) by the Center for Puerto Rican Studies. In Latino neighborhoods such as Washington Heights and Bushwick, residents are spending most of their income on rent.
Seventy-three percent of nonimmigrant Latinos and 83 percent of immigrant Latinos rent their home, the highest percentage than other groups (For Blacks, 78 percent for nonimmigrants, 75 percent for immigrants, and, for whites, 53 percent for nonimmigrants, 59 percent for immigrants), noted the study.
" This report equivocally shows that affordable housing should be one of the most important priorities for any elected official who cares about New York's Latino community," study author Carlos Vargas-Ramos told the Daily News.
Another recently released study by the National Housing Conference also found that immigrants are having trouble finding affordable housing. Study author Barbara Lipman used census data and housing survey to analyze immigrants's living condition and found that immigrants are likely to spend more than half of their income on housing.
" Obviously, it's an issue if you're paying half of you income on your housing; what do you have for anything else," she told Fresno Bee. Lipman's study also shows that low and middle income immigrants are six times as likely to live in overcrowded homes.
Last December, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his plan to preserve 38,000 units of affordable housing, and build 27,000 more over the next five years. Bloomberg has said that he is committed to the plan despite the city's budget deficit.
A new census report tracking the movement of foreign-born population from 1995 to 2000 found that New York state sent 205,000 more immigrants to other states than it received from them. Similar " gateway" states such as California and Illinois also lost their foreign born population to other states.
Some believe that immigrants are leaving the "gateway" states for the same reasons natives do: to find affordable housing and a better standard of living.
" It's a middle-class flight motivated by cost and congestion," demographer William Frey told USA Today.
However, the same census report also shows that New York state had a constant supply of new immigrants, with 583,769 people who were born in another country entering the state in the same five-year period.
In New York City alone, foreign born population accounts for 36 percent of the city's 8 million total population, according to 2000 Census.
A new study by University of California researcher Liza Catanzarite shows that newly arrived Hispanic immigrant workers drove down wages in working class and service jobs.
By analyzing 1990 Census data of male workers in 38 US metropolitan areas, including New York City, Catanzarite found that both native people born and immigrants earned on the average 11 percent less than others in comparable fields when they worked along side newly arrived Hispanic males.
" These findings push us to understand that wage penalties in 'brown collar' occupations stem from newcomer Latinos' marginal status, and not from immigration per se," Catanzarite told the Associated Press.
The term "brown collar" refers to occupations where Latinos are over represented, mainly low-level service and manufacturing jobs, according to the study. Immigrant Latinos constitute as much as 40-71 percent of workers in many of these fields.
Catanzarite also noted that new Hispanic immigrants are unable to resist low wages and have little political power to demand higher pay. She suggested that better protections for immigrants will, in turn, help raise wages for all.
An immigrant from Bangkok, Thailand, Chaleampon Ritthichai is the editor of The Citizen.


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The Hawks are due to meet Carlton in Round 14, 2012 in front of large MCG crowd.
For this game the Hawks will wear the 2012 Clash Guernsey on Friday 29 June.
Fans have the opportunity to bid for what will be one of the final match-worn guernseys designed by Puma, like this #22 guernsey worn by Luke Breust, which will be provided to the successful bidder signed, and if he plays, unwashed.
In addition, Hawthorn Football Club will issue the winner with a Certificate of Authenticity.
The guernsey will be available for delivery/collection* from The Ricoh Centre, Waverley Park from late August 2012.
*Delivery charges apply, if item is to be delayed longer, HawksNest will contact successful bidders.


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With sudden independence comes great responsibility.
I'm learning to embrace the independent lifestyle of the freelancer. It took a while, but I'm starting to open myself to the possibilities. As a fulltimer, routine took over and I would easily lose my focus with the job at hand, thanks to the cushy, steady paycheck, the typical ebb & flow of work, the overall constant of daily tedium. Like a tide that slowly eases in and out, over and over, lulling me into a deep sense of complacency, I found it hard to be on point. Deep down I realized that maybe this wasn't for me. I'm justifying all this, of course. It would be nice to have all the benefits that a fulltime job offers an employee -- makes life easier, right? Yes, of course it does. Who am I kidding?
But now, being on my own, my appreciation for working has vastly increased. With each new job awarded I'm fully awake and alive, attacking whatever project head-on and staying completely focused. Something about the timeframe in between each job that shakes me awake and makes me fully appreciate the fact that someone has given me an opportunity to do something special here. I cherish it like there's no tomorrow. Like it's the only job on earth.
Collect all 10. Thanks to the fine folks at Moo.
Big thanks to everyone who either commented or emailed me on my last post. It's good to know that there are others out there who are willing to help out, especially when it comes to Flash. I actually have a good lead in learning the program, one that allows me the time to get to know it on my own timeframe. I also checked a book out on learning Flash, which should help me out to a certain degree.
I've been meaning to mention this earlier: I was recently interviewed on Frederator by fellow animator blogger Floyd Bishop. He called me up and we had a grand ol' chat about animation, illustration, and everything in between. Are you into listening to two animation geeks talk shop? Then mosey on down to Frederator Blogs and have a listen!
I miss animating. I haven't worked on my short film since June and I'm deeply feeling the loss. Once the craziness of the next couple of months pass, then I'll happily jump back on it.
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hey Ward,ReplyDelete
I'm so glad to hear that the freelance is going well! Not that there was ANY doubt...I'm just happy to check in and see that you're life if bustling with new activity and experience and that things seem to be heading in a great direction. YAY! Good luck and safe travels to Ottawa!
All best,
p.s. LOVE that hammock illo.
Wildbrain is seeking a director.ReplyDelete
I think you might be interested in.
Check Motionographer's Jobs page;
(^)Yeah, Wildbrain is on the west coast too, which is good. It looks like they're heavy into mograph & 3D, but they could be lenient with your extensive experience.ReplyDelete
Great post, man. It was nice to actually HEAR you talk about your work, after years of reading about it. Nice job on the interview. I liked your discussion of the process - concept development, character design, storyboarding, the rough/gritty stuff - that's my favorite part of work too.
By the way, since you keep referring to the fact that you need to learn other ways to animate, just some advice (from my own experiences)...
If you're going to pick up the basics of a 3D program, I'd urge you to get into Cinema 4D (much easier to handle than Maya), or Blender (an opensource 3D software program = free!). I learned C4D pretty quickly just by taking one of my drawings and trying to construct it tri-dimensionally - then referred to the manuals/tutorials as needed along the way. Kind of like on-the-job training - much easier way of understanding it and the tricks stay with you. I think if you could construct just a few models in 3D (and just even animate a finger) and add some of your 2D backgrounds into a 2.5D environment in After Effects, then slap that on your reel, that would go a long way to *at least* indicating to potential employers that you've worked with 3D software (or at least are willing to learn). Don't give up on it man.
Let us know when we can order our own copy of your portfolio (even if it's just a bus. card + postcards)!
Keep up the fine work!
- AnonymousAugust 20, 2008 3:06 PM
dude... welcome to my world....ReplyDelete
working for yourself is HARD. HARD i tell ya!!
but it is also the best.
check out the freelance switch website, some good stuff on the blog and on the podcasts...
love the interview, listening now.
and i'm interviewing you too soon!!
Hey Ward,ReplyDelete
Glad to hear that work is picking up for in your new life as a freelancer. It's always quite a bump in the road after such a steady stream of fulltime work, especially when we have little people to be responsible for in our lives. It's often suprising what you can turn your hand to when you have talent.
The cards look great, love the deftly placed thumb.
What HE said! Actually C4D is a great program for getting your feet wet with 3D. I don't like it as much as Lightwave, but it's a good place to start.ReplyDelete
But then, I am an illustrator. What do I know?:)
Seriously though, awesome work and I look forward to reading/hearing more about this soon!! Keep in touch!
WOW...those are handsome cards there! Very nice. I see myself heading over to Moo in the near future!ReplyDelete
Good to hear the new freelance territory is feeling good.
I've been doing it for a long time with a certain number of responsibilities and I can't think of a better position to be in...it's scary but the range of possibilities to grow is much much bigger and the opportunity to work with a variety of people is wonderful to boot...if I hadn't been freelancing for this long I wouldn't've met folks like you:)ReplyDelete
Lovely sentiment Ward! I have similar feeling about being a freelancer. I love the independence of it- I just miss being able to eat and sleep with regularity. I'm trucking towards a deadline with my project now, so I'm feeling a bit anxious/nauseous... But anyhow, I'm glad to know you're doing well!ReplyDelete
Moo! You got Moo cards, sweet. I grabbed the half-size longish cards the other day, very cool.ReplyDelete
All the best with the new endeavors, though, good for you.


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Industry structure, firm profitability, and how and why firms and industries change are the broad areas of expertise of Scott Rockart.
He focuses his research on the policies guiding repeated decision making – such as decisions about pricing, investment, research and product offerings. He studies how these policies are established and how they influence firms' successes and failures. He designs his research and teaching to understand – and to help managers evaluate – the nature and potential of both existing policies and policy alternatives in specific industry contexts.
Dr. Rockart has direct work experience in strategy consulting and light manufacturing. Through field research he has developed knowledge of several industries including magazine publishing, semiconductor manufacturing and investment banking.
His research has appeared in Management Science, System Dynamics Review and Strategic Management Journal. He serves on the editorial boards of the Strategic Management Journaland Organization Science.
He received his PhD and MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his AB in economics from Princeton University.


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"Seventy percent of all archaeology is done in the library. Research. Reading."
Which eminent scholar confidently states that statistic? Certainly someone from the last half-century, right? Perhaps an archaeologist who is concerned with the inherently destructive nature of our field.
Nope. Indiana Jones.
He utters these words in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It rings ironic not only just for the general practices of this fictional character, but also because he has just told his students that archaeology is not "about lost cities, exotic travel, and digging up the world," yet he is about to hand the speciously-acquired Cross of Coronado to Marcus Brody. (more…)


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Rockliff to stay with Lions under new coach
AFL: Departing midfielder Pearce Hanley hopes his friend and former skipper Tom Rockliff will get the "proper support" now he has recommitted to Brisbane.
The Lions announced that the 26-year-old, who had been at the centre of trade speculation, would see out his contract next season and play under new coach Chris Fagan.
"Tom is 100% committed to where we are headed and the journey we are going to take together as a club," Lions football boss David Noble said in a statement.
"Our program demands selfless footballers and leaders who can help others lift their games to a higher level.
"Chris has spoken to Tom about raising the bar on his performance in the year ahead and there is a definite understanding on that.
"We're happy that Tom is staying at the club and we all look forward to better times ahead."
While remaining as captain is unlikely, Hanley said Rockliff was still the man for the job.
"I think if Tom gets the proper support around him from the footy club as a whole, then he's definitely the right person to be captain," the Irishman said.
"He's obviously had a tough year and the club itself has had a couple of tough years ... I guess someone had to cop it, and unfortunately it was Tom, but I think if he gets the right support he can be very successful.
"Once he gets a full pre-season under his belt look out, because I think he's going to have a very good year."
Hanley, 27, has arrived at the Gold Coast after 129 games with the Lions, and said he was excited about the future.
He said he was keen to "get the best out of my body" after a frustrating season form-wise.
"They're driven and trying to earn the respect of the competition on and off the field, like I am," he said of the Suns.
"I think this freshen-up will do me the world of good."
Adelaide onballer Jarryd Lyons was also poised to join the Suns - a move that would go some ways towards offsetting the departures of Dion Prestia and Jaeger O'Meara.
After finalising a deal to send Prestia to Richmond, the Suns added pick six to selections four, eight, 26 and 44 they already have in the national draft.
A Victorian, Prestia said "coming home was a big factor", and of choosing Richmond he said "it was probably their list - being able to play with the likes of (Dustin) Martin, (and Trent) Cotchin".
A trade with Hawthorn (which has picks 10 and 48 on offer) for O'Meara continues to drag out, with Suns chairman Tony Cochrane saying: "They (the Hawks) have promised this bloke the world and they're going to hand him an atlas."


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Been watchan, Parishioners,
Diagnosis: Murder (TV series 1993–2001)
(a most guilty pleasure)
In this one particular episode,
Blood Ties (#6.21, 1999)
I notice A Delightful Little Chipmunk!
Date of Birth: 16 January 1963, Boulder City, Nevada, USA
Birth Name: Kathleen G. Evison
Height: 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Kathy Evison's father is employee of the National Park Service. By the age of 18 she had moved with her family as much as 20 times from one park to another, including Grand Canyon, Sequoia and her favorite: Grand Tetons. She financed her college education by modeling, including appearances all over the world in television commercials and magazines like Shape [Shape, Parishioners!], Self and Seventeen. She graduated cum laude with a degree in ***rhetoric*** [Parishioners!] from the University of California at Davis. After her decision to switch to acting, she appeared at first in two Spelling productions: "The Heights" (1992) and "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) before she got a regular in "SeaQuest DSV" (1993).
Pimp Milton Wilder is shot in an alley by women. An embezzled businessman who finds his partner also cheated him with his wife fails to kill him, follows the paramedics to Community General and fails again in Jesse's OR because of a crazily daring intervention from Steve's LAPD colleague detective Taylor Lucas, the new partner of more orthodox rising vice squad star Amy Devlin, detailed to assist Steve in the Wilder case, but first they must arrest bail-jumper Laurette Stipe in a biker bar, which leads to a gun-fight killing Stipe with a bullet matching the Wilder murder, as it was planted by Lucas who was among his killers.
[that, Parishioners, is one sentence!]
Their investigation and deception go on, till they come too close to Mark, who works out the medical link between the victims and its relevance, while the killers…
A more concise synopsis:
Episode Score: 8.4 Great
16 votes
Absurdly bland episode lacks the usual Goldberg/Rabkin sizzle. Two female vice-officers uncover four corrupt female homicide cops who murder felons to harvest their organs for those more deserving.
Two female vice-unit detectives — the calm and professional Detective Amy Devlin (Evison) and her hotheaded partner, Detective Taylor Lucas (McLellan), a former special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — are investigating the murder of local pimp Milton Wilder and uncover a conspiracy by four corrupt female police officers who murder felons (including Wilder and Laurette Stipe, a bail-jumping gunrunner biker Devlin and Taylor were pursuing) to harvest their organs for the most-seriously-ill patients using the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (VICAP) DNA database of felons and the organ-donor registry.
The episode "Blood Ties" was filmed as a pilot episode for a spin off series called Whistlers which would have starred her and Zoe McLellan. Ultimately, the show wasn't picked up by the network…
PS! The New Adventures of Flipper:
- Jessica Alba [!] as Maya Graham (Seasons 1-2)
- Gus Mercurio [!] as Cap (Seasons 2-4)
- Skye Patch [!] as Courtney Gordon (Season 3 (recurring), Season 4)


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PHILADELPHIA - Ousted Penn State President Graham Spanier and his lawyers attacked the university-backed report on the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal Wednesday, calling it a "blundering and indefensible indictment" as they went on the offensive while they await word on whether he'll be charged in the case.
Lawyer Timothy Lewis called Louis Freeh, the former FBI director and federal judge, a "biased investigator" who piled speculation on top of innuendo to reach pre-formed conclusions.
"The Freeh report, as it pertains to Dr. Spanier, is a myth. And that myth ... ends today," Lewis said at a downtown Philadelphia news conference.
Spanier did not attend, but told media outlets in stories published hours later that he never understood early complaints about Sandusky to be sexual. Sandusky was convicted this year of molesting 10 boys and awaits sentencing.
"I'm very stunned by Freeh's conclusion that — I don't think he used the word 'coverup'; but he uses the word 'concealed,'" Spanier told The New Yorker magazine. "Why on earth would anybody cover up for a known child predator? Adverse publicity? For heaven's sake! Every day I had to make some decision that got adverse publicity."
The New Yorker interview was published online after ABC News began promoting its own interview with Spanier, set to air in parts on several of its networks Wednesday and Thursday.
At the news conference, Lewis, also a former federal judge, complained that Freeh never interviewed key witnesses, ignored inconvenient facts and manipulated the truth.
For instance, he said, the report assumes former graduate assistant Mike McQueary told coach Joe Paterno in 2001 that he saw something sexual in a locker room shower, and that Paterno echoed that to athletic director Tim Curley and vice-president Gary Schultz. Freeh likewise assumes that they in turn told Spanier the same thing.
"Curley and Schultz have denied that they ever told Dr. Spanier anything of the sort," Lewis said. "'Horseplay' was referred to over and over again, but never with any sexual connotation or suggestion of abuse. But Judge Freeh paid no attention to that."
The Freeh group said Wednesday that it stands by its report.
Its investigation uncovered documents that suggest Spanier had deeper knowledge of the early Sandusky complaints, including an email in which the president appeared to agree with Curley's decision to keep the 2001 assault from child-welfare authorities, and instead work directly with Sandusky and Sandusky's charity for at-risk youths.
"The only downside for us is if the message isn't 'heard' and acted upon, and we then become vulnerable for not having reported it," said Spanier's email, dated Feb. 27, 2001. "The approach you outline is humane and a reasonable way to proceed."
Spanier's lawyers said Freeh took the email out of context.
As for the 1998 report that Sandusky had showered with a boy — a complaint that led to a campus police investigation referred to county prosecutors — Spanier's lawyers note that prosecutors declined to charge Sandusky.
"There was thus nothing to conceal," they wrote in a rebuttal to the report.
Spanier and Paterno were fired in November, days after Sandusky was charged. Curley and Schultz are charged with perjury and failing to report suspected child abuse. Spanier's lawyers said they don't know whether he will be charged.
"That's out of our control," lawyer Jack Riley said.
A spokesman in the attorney general's office has declined to comment on possible charges, while calling the Sandusky probe "ongoing and active."
University trustee Anthony Lubrano, who attended the law firm news conference, said the board has never adopted Freeh's report, unlike current university President Rodney Erickson.
"I'd love for us to come out with a statement that says, we've never accepted this report," Lubrano said.
With Erickson's approval, the university has agreed to pay $60 million in NCAA fines over the scandal.
Spanier, who remains a tenured faculty member at Penn State, has told trustees he would never cover up abuse because he himself had been physically abused as a boy by his father, as a form of discipline.
"Someday I hope to have my name completely cleared when it becomes evident that this was unfair and untrue," Spanier told The New Yorker.
Associated Press writer Michael Rubinkam contributed to this report.


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