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Digital Magic #18
The Power of Sharing
On Thursday Oct. 30th I was interviewed on a live Webcast called Seedlings. It it now saved as a podcast and you can find it here. The last 15 min. of their show is always reserved for the Geek of the Week which is a chance to share links to really cool sites.
Here is the Geek of the Week on Del.icio.us.
So, this week's Digital Magic will focus on what others have shared that they like:
1. Kerpoof
2. Liz Davis' 21st Century Technology Tools
A collection of tutorials on Web 2.0 technology tools such as Google Docs, Wikispaces, Ning, VoiceThread, Diigo and Delicious.
3. Quizlet
4. VoiceThread
Although this was shared on Geek of the Week, here is a VoiceThread that I created for a presentation:
Notice how others have commented on my presentation using text, voice and video?
Things that make you go Hmmmmm…
How can you use Voicethread in the classroom? What benefits would there be to having students comment on presentations so that other students can see and hear the feedback? What subjects could you use this in?
Special thanks to Alice Barr, Cheryl Oakes and Bob Sprankle for having me on Seedlings hosted by EdTechTalk. They are wonderful educators that promote sharing and learning by teachers and students alike!
Digital Magic #17
Photos and Bookmarks
Tagging and Storing them online!
Digital Magic was about the K12Online Conference two weeks ago, and Digital Magic featured Del.icio.us last June.
Well I'm combining those and featuring Chris Betcher's K12Online presentation called "I Like Delicious Things: An Introduction to Tagging and Folksonomies".
He talks about saving and storing photos and bookmarks online, as well as the use of a really cool tool called Wordle. He focuses on 'tagging' which is like sorting into folders stored online.
Like all other K12Online presentations, this presentation is just 20 min. long and so it is a really quick way to get some Pro-D on using tech tools.
Also, if you are interested in storing all of your bookmarks online, so that you can access them from any computer at any time, (one of the most useful things technology has done for me), then ask our resident expert Stan to help you out. He just recently presented on del.icio.us at CUEBC. Or, go back to Digital Magic #9 to find out a whole lot more and to explore my bookmarks.
Things that make you go hmmmmm…
How can you use Wordle in the classroom? Words used most frequently show up larger. I used my Statement of Educational Philosophy to create this wordle.
How could you use this with provided texts or student work?
Digital Magic #16
Digital Story Telling with feature guest Sonya Woloshen
I teach grade 8 French Immersion. Acquiring a second language requires four main components: reading, writing, speaking, and hearing. Reading and writing are easily achieved in a classroom setting. However, listening and speaking are more challenging and, in my opinion, the most important for full comprehension of a new language. Traditionally, teachers play a CD of French conversations and students have a questionnaire to fill in. Also, teachers give students oral presentations to fulfill their speaking mark. Although these methods are useful, I feel as though there is a way in which we can heighten student learning. When listening to a CD, there are many distractions: Jimmy is shuffling his papers, the CD is too quiet, Jane didn't hear it and needs it to be repeated for numbers 6, 7, and 12. With oral presentations, students are nervous in front of a crowd. As well, they are not giving the presentation in their native tongue, which can be a very daunting task (even for me).
I came up with an idea to enhance listening and speaking after speaking with the department head who teaches Grade 6 late French Immersion. She told me that the students are reading a series of 12 books to give them a foundation of basic vocabulary. The students read the books in class, study the vocabulary and take the books home to practice. However, she said she wished there was something the students could listen to at home that went along with the books, which were written in the 70's.
This is when a light went off for me! I thought, my students need a speaking mark, and her students need to hear an example of correct pronunciation. My reply: podcasts, of course!
My students would record podcasts and I would post them on my website for the grade 6's to listen to at home. While I was testing this idea myself, I thought it would be even better if the grade 6's could see the words and listen to the podcast at the same time. Thus, I worked on a keynote presentation and added pictures to illustrate the story. Then, I screencast the presentation while narrating it and adding music and voilà: a videocast! I showed the example I had made to my grade 8's. They were super excited and wanted to start right away on our digital story telling unit!
I booked mac lab time and my students went to work right away! I was so impressed with how quickly they picked up on how to use keynote (completely new to them). After the next week, they started narrating their slidshows and I converted them and posted them online. We also converted the finished videocasts to ipod files so that the grade 6's could put the movies on their ipods if they wanted (to have it with them at all times).
Now, each week, the grade 6 class watches the Napoleon movies the grade 8's have created. The grade 6's are really enjoying the videocast series and constantly ask when the next one will be
available on the web. As for the grade 8's, they couldn't be more proud of themselves. After I have published their movies to the web, I show them in class on the LCD with the speakers on.
Even though they are more advanced than the series of books, they watch and enjoy the movie. I look around and see normally shy students beam with pride over the work they've done. At the end of
the movies, they always clap for those who have made it (without my prompt).
Programmes used: keynote (mac ppt), screenflow, screencast-o-matic, quicktime pro, visual hub, imovie.
Thanks again Sonya!
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Digital Magic #15
Amplifying the Possibilities K12 Online Conference
This K12 Online Conference kicks off with great 20min. presentations every day this week.
The focus is on several areas, but for the sake of Digital Magic, I will talk about the Getting Started Strand. Here are some video teasers to help you decide if you are interested in seeing any of these presentations.
K12 Online 2008 – Getting Started Teasers
"I Like Delicious Things" Teaser
By Chris Betcher
"Never Too Young" Teaser
By Sharon Betts
"What Is School?" Getting Started Keynote Teaser
By Alice Barr, Bob Sprankle, Cheryl Oakes
"Traveling Through The Dark" Teaser
By Steven Kimmi
"Reading Revolution: New Texts and New Technologies" Teaser
By Laurie Fowler
"Free Tools for Universal Design for Learning in Literacy" Teaser
Here is a conference schedule.
Digital Magic #14
Creating a Wiki Page with Sharon Vanderhook
Thanks to Sharon for doing a great job breaking down the steps for those who may not feel totally comfortable with this great tool. Teachers can learn more about signing up for ad-free Wikipsaces here. I know these kinds of steps are just what my wife needs to get going on a wiki, and Sharon and I both hope that they will help you out too!
To Create a Wiki:
* Go to Wikispaces.com and sign up for a new account
* Sign up for the education plan – it's free! You need to get a free plan first and then request to change it to an education plan so you get no ads and it's FREE!
* Make sure you don't leave any spaces in your name (you can leave a space by using an underscore – ex: Ms_Smith)
* Create your Home page (you will attach all your other work pages to this one)
* name your Home page
* If you specify you are using the wiki for educational purposes they will delete the ads that run along the side of your wiki
Under Look and Feel:
* you can choose the Theme
* background, text, links, and menu colors. Note that not all themes support all color options (I use original which allows my choice of background color).
* Choose a logo for your page
* Here you can specify who you want to view your site (public, private, or protected (where others can view but not edit your page).
* When you have people signed up on your site then you can also view who is a member of the wiki and delete or invite people here.
* You can specify whether messages are allowed from non-members
* It's best to keep only you as the organizer with the ability to add/delete people from the wiki
Recent Changes
* You can see the history of the changes made to the site (which page, date, time and name of editor)
* If you click on the page or date/time it will show you what was deleted (red highlight) or inserted (green highlight)
* You can click on the name and see how many edits they have done and how many messages they have posted
New Page
* You can create new pages here to attach to your wiki
* New pages can also be created on the edit menu
* If you want to create a subpage (like personal spaces for students to do work) from your main page you can do this by going to edit this page and then highlighting the word (name) you want to link to the new page and then clicking on the web link icon (chain on world) then type in the title for the new page where it says wiki link. This will link the word to a new page that is a subpage (it won't show up on the navigation bar on the left) of the one named on the wiki link.
Manage Space
* Located on the left bar
* Can access the settings where you can change the setup of your wiki, changer permissions, domain name, look and feel, as well as see what pages are attached
* On list pages you can print, lock, unlock, or delete pages. You need to lock the page if you don't want anyone else to edit it.
Edit your page
* Holding your cursor over top of the button on the menu bar will tell you what the button does
* On this page they give you directions on how to edit your home page (by clicking on the edit this page button at the top)
* The first 3 buttons are bold, italic, and underline
* The next button, A, will allow you to change the font, color, and alignment (and sometimes the background color)
* The Normal button is for the type of heading you want.
* The next 2 buttons are for numbered or bullet lists
* The next button with the AlA allows you to put a horizontal line across the page to separate the sections
* The next 2 globes with a link are the add link and remove link buttons to link to other sites or to link pages within your wikispace
* The palm tree box is the add images or documents to the wiki
* The TV is used to inbed widgets (RSS feeds, video, audio, calendar, documents, polls, other Wikispaces, slideshows, maps, bookmarks, and other HTML (which is what I used to insert my cluster map)
* The table is used to insert a table
Inserting a Table of Contents
* In Edit This Page put [[toc]] at the top of the page and a Table of Contents box will be created on the right side of your wiki.
* Then you need to highlight text and change it from Normal to Heading 1 for the main headings
* For subheadings highlight the text and choose Heading 2
Changing your Profile
* You can add a picture or avatar to your profile
* You can send and receive messages. This will also allow you to send messages to everyone in your membership group. If you have messages, a letter with a red circle and a number to show how many messages you have, will appear next to your name at the top of your wiki page.
* You can post discussion items here and respond to other people's posts.
* You can see how many people have viewed the posting as well as how many replies they have had.
* By clicking on the discussion item you can see what was said, who said it and when. You can also delete items (if they are inappropriate).
Notify Me (on top menu bar)
* Here you can set your monitoring ability for the pages. You can receive RSS Feeds for page edits and page discussions but this will load up your email so I wouldn't recommend it. It's easy enough to go in yourself and check the edits done on the page history.
Navigation Bar
* You can edit the navigation bar on the left side of your WikiSpace by clicking on the bottom link – edit navigation
* The Navigation Bar will allow you to move between the pages on your WikiSpace.
Inserting a Clustr Map
* You can add a thumbnail world map that will count show the location of all the visitors to your page. By clicking on it you can zoom in to a big world map, and even zoom in on continents
* You can get a free cluster map from http://www.clustrmaps.com/.
* You need to register to get one and they will send you a password to your email. On the registration page you need to type in the URL of where you want the clustrmap to go. Then type in your email address twice.
* Go to your email to retrieve your password. Make sure when you log on to your ClustrMap you change your password right away.
* When you go to your ClustrMap file then copy the url
* On your wiki click Edit This Page and then click on the add widget button and then other HTML and paste in the URL.
Thanks again Sharon! Want to learn more about wiki's? Ask Sharon, Lawrence, Stan or I and we will be happy to share more!
Here is another introduction to wikis that I first linked to in Digital Magic #1.
Did you see how Lawrence used his wiki for Digital Storytelling in last week's Digital Magic?
…And finally, here is a wiki I did for Grade 8 Science (the front page is my daily agenda), and a reflection that I did afterwards.
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Digital Magic #13
Digital Story Telling with feature guest Lawrence Mak
Thanks to Lawrence Mak for sharing this great project with us!
Here is something that I could never have done without wikispaces.
Last year, our class was able to make a collaborative novel. Someone else in the 1 to 1 Laptop program actually published a novel that the class worked on, and it took him all year. I thought that was a pretty cool idea, so when I got the laptops for the second half of last year, I attempted it using a wiki.
We had a group discussion and came up with three different characters (all middle school age so it was easy for them to relate). We came up with a general plot with the theme of conflict resolution (problem solving was a goal last year and still is this year) and bravery too.
So we brainstormed ideas of what things could be happening to these three very different kids. We came up with an overnight camping field trip where these three characters got lost from the rest of the class and had to overcome their differences to make it back safely. We brainstormed other twists & turns, and I took all these ideas and made 25 chapter divisions (one for each student to sign up for) so each chapter dealt with one small part of the story.
Before writing I taught them thoroughly about quotation marks, using direct quotes, and paragraphs. Students then wrote their individual chapters. Then the idea was for students to check and edit each others' work (especially the one that preceded their own chapter for continuity's sake). It didn't work exactly to plan because we ran out of time in the school year. You can check out this "un-named" class novel here.
Thanks again for sharing this with us Lawrence!
Here are a couple other links to check out for Digital Storytelling:
1. 1001 Flat World (Wiki) Tales
The 1001 Flat World Tales Writing Project is a creative writing workshop made up of schools around the world, connected by one wiki. This blog will be the home to the award-winning stories from each group of schools that participate in the workshop, different topics, different grade-levels, different cultures, brought together by the power of stories. So, enjoy the tales, click around, meet the authors — and check out their blogs!
2. Alan Levine's 50 Ways to Tell a Story Wiki
You will find 50+ web tools you can use to create your own web-based story. Again, the mission is not to review or try every single one (that would be madness, I know), but pick one that sounds interesting and see if you can produce something. I have used each tool to produce an example of Dominoe story and links are provided, where available, to examples by other people.
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Digital Magic #10
A Brave New World-Wide-Web
Last February I did a presentation to student teachers from SFU. It was done on Powerpoint and I wanted to put it on a wiki so I added it to a service called Slideshare. By adding it there, others could see it as well as the SFU group. I was shocked at the response, here are the current stats:
3676 views | 4 comments | 17 favorites | 105 downloads | 40 embeds
A number of people suggested that I make it into a video. I decided that I would do this for the end of one of my presentations at BLC08 this summer. So I added to the Powerpoint some details about how I am a networked teacher, as well as some music, and here is what I came up with in video format:
(It loads faster on the web site here. Or click below and be patient while it loads.)
One thing to understand is that this was not an easy process for me! I had a really hard time converting my Powerpoint presentation with timed advances into the video you see above. In fact, I didn't have it ready until I had some help from my network this weekend. (I had to show it in Powerpoint format in Boston). You can see this video in very poor quality, here on YouTube, but it is crystal clear above thanks to another free service that was pointed out to me, called Blip.tv. I'm by no means an expert, but more than ever I've become connected to people who can help me! 🙂
The student quotes in the video are real quotes from feedback that I got on my first blogging and wiki experiences with students. These experiences really changed my thinking as a teacher.
My other blog Pairadimes for Your Thoughts has been a chronicle of what I've learned from engaging students with web2.0 tools online.
So there is a story about me and some of the things I've done online. I hope to feature some of you with your experiences. It can be as simple as describing a link you really like, or a lesson you'd like to share. Or it can be a story about how you've used technology to really engage a student or a class! Let me know what your thinking and I'm glad to help you out with it!
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Digital Magic #8
Welcome to Dave's Digital Magic #8
Here are 5 links for you to explore.
A world map that you can add information on.
Our school is on there, but it could use an update… the local 7-11 is labeled too.
You can add pictures and information anywhere on the map.
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2. Fun with Blocks
Your own digital landscape
Ever wanted to create your own isometric pixel picture, but didn't know what the word isometric meant? Well, now you can fulfil your wildest dreams with Cubescape!
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3. More Artistic fun…
Not sure how you would use this with a class, but I had fun with it!
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4. Science Galore
James Linzel's Science Links on U Tech Tips
Astronomy, Simple Machines, Chemestry, Biology… and more!
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The Three E's
That brings me to the third E, "Empowerment".
In this approach students are part of the system itself. They participate in decisions about what is taught, what they would like to learn, and what strategies and tools they would like to use in the learning process. Some may decide to work more independently, some in groups; but they are part of the process of deciding what goes on in their own learning.
I attempted something like this with my ScienceAlive Wiki. I reflected on the project and how I would improve on it here: Wikis in the classroom: a reflection.
As we head into June, what can we do to help students leave our school feeling like they are empowered learners?
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Banh Cuon Recipe (Steamed Rice Rolls)
Bánh cuốn is a Vietnamese specialty made with a very thin, steamed, loosely rolled, rice flour crêpe. The recipe is not that complicated but assembling the rice rolls can be delicate. Unlike French crêpe, the batter is made from combined rice flour, tapioca starch and corn starch, which makes bánh cuốn very flimsy and harder to manipulate. The first rice flour crêpe is never perfect, and I usually thin the batter with more water as I cook them, so they don't turn out too thick. The filling remains exposed since the rice roll is nearly transparent.
This time, I made a meat version with chicken. You could always make the rice flour crêpe with a vegetarian filling if you prefer. I tucked into each rice roll a filling of seasoned ground meat (I used chicken), wood ear mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, water chestnuts and dried shallots. Typically, bánh cuốn is sprinkled with fried shallots (or onions) with nước chấm (fish sauce). I served shrimp cakes and fried taro cakes on the side along with mounds of steamed soy bean sprouts, combined with cilantro, Vietnamese mint (rau thơm), shredded cucumber, lettuce, lime wedges and green Thai chiles.
It's not the prettiest meal, but it's a flavorful, earthy (thanks to the mushrooms), light meal dish. If you want to improve the presentation and avoid tearing, drizzle the rice roll with a little oil and expose the smooth part of the bánh cuốn on top to hide the wrinkly side.
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This Mother And Son Are Fighting To Be Allowed To Date
A mother and son who have admitted they are in love with each other could face a lengthy jail sentence if they are found to be guilty of incest.
Monica Mares, 36 and her son Caleb Peterson, 19, face up to 18 months in prison if they are found guilty at a trial in New Mexico this year.
The mother and son have vowed to fight for their right to have a sexual relationship and are appealing to the public to donate to their legal fund.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, they told how they are willing to risk everything to ensure they can continue their Genetic Sexual Attraction relationship.
Mares said: 'He is the love of my life, and I don't want to lose him.My kids love him, my whole family does. Nothing can come between us not courts, or jail, nothing.
'I have to be with him. When I get out of prison, I will move out of Clovis to a state that allows us to be together.'
Incest is a crime in all 50 states in the United States but the punishment can be different from state to state.
Mother-of-nine Mares said she would even give up the right to see her other children if she was asked to choose between them and her lover.
The couple live separately in Clovis, New Mexico and are now banned from having any contact with each other.
They embarked on their love affair last year after meeting for the first time. Mares was 16 when she gave birth to Petersen and gave him up for adoption.
The couple soon developed romantic feelings for each other, and their relationship became sexual a few weeks later.
'The first time I met my son in person I was so happy and excited I gave him a big hug,' Mares said.'I went to go pick him up at his dad's house in Texas.
'He gave me a call and asked me to pick him up; I got butterflies in my stomach
'I met him outside, and I knew it was him when he came towards me. He was crying, and he gave me a hug.
'It was almost love at first sight, but first, it was mother love. He gave me a mother hug. 'He came home in the truck and came to live with me, and we were both happy as mother and son.'
'It felt like I met somebody new in my life and I fell in love with him,' she explained. She continued: 'At first I told him, "I'm sorry I don't know how you are going to react to this. I'm your mum, and you're my son, but I'm falling in love with you".
'And he said: "You know what I am too. I was scared to let you know". He was falling in love with his mum, and I was falling in love with my son.
'We talked about it, and we took off to the park. I said, "Would you ever date your mum?"
And he said: "would you ever date your son?" And I said, "Honest truth yes I would".'
Mares says Petersen is the best thing that has ever happened to her and wants him in her life forever.
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I wonder why do we have to add yeast in Sourdough Rye Bread?
I'm starting to move to the Sourdough Rye Breads section on Jeffrey Hamelman's Bread cookbook. After flipping through the recipes, I noticed that Hamelman included commercial yeast in (almost) every single SD rye recipe. The recipes also have short fermentation time, only an hour and doesn't mention anything or offer option of retarding the doughs.
I wonder if yeast is necessary in making rye sourdough? Is rye sourdough suitable for retardation? I searched TFL about this topic and looked briefly on what had been posted. Nothing seems to answer my curiosity.


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AP, via SI.com, reports "Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died Sunday in a fiery 15-car wreck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when his car flew over another on Lap 13 and smashed into the wall just outside turn 2. Wheldon was 33. Drivers were told of Wheldon's death in a meeting about two hours after the fiery, smoky crash that many drivers said was the worst they had ever seen."
Today's was the last race of the IndyCar season.
Portions of the crash video posted earlier were taken from Wheldon's car via ESPN's "On Board" cameras. Here's video of the announcement:


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Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Robert Downey Jr.: Sherlock Holmes
Irene Adler : Why are you always so suspicious?
Sherlock Holmes : Should I answer chronologically or alphabetically?
Sherlock Holmes : You have the grand gift of silence, Watson; it makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
[Watson punches him in the face]
Dr. John Watson : [Holmes points his violin bow at Watson] Get that out of my face.
Sherlock Holmes : It's not in your face, it's in my hand.
Dr. John Watson : Get what's in your hand out of my face.
Sherlock Holmes : [to Watson] Never theorize before you have data. Invariably, you end up twisting facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
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Sherlock Holmes : [voice-over] Head cocked to the left, partial deafness in ear: first point of attack. Two: throat; paralyze vocal chords, stop scream. Three: got to be a heavy drinker, floating rib to the liver. Four: finally, drag in left leg, fist to patella. Summary prognosis: unconscious in ninety seconds, martial efficacy quarter of an hour at best. Full faculty recovery: unlikely.
Inspector Lestrade : You know, in another life, you'd have made an excellent criminal.
Sherlock Holmes : Yes, and you, sir, an excellent policeman.
Irene Adler : I've never woke up in handcuffs before.
Sherlock Holmes : I have. Naked.
Sherlock Holmes : You've never complained about my methods before.
Dr. John Watson : I'm not complaining.
Sherlock Holmes : You're not? What do you call this?
Dr. John Watson : I never complain! How am I complaining? When do I ever complain about you practicing the violin at three in the morning, or your mess, your general lack of hygiene, or the fact that you steal my clothes?
Sherlock Holmes : Uh, we have a barter system...
Dr. John Watson : When have I ever complained about you setting fire to my rooms?
Sherlock Holmes : Our rooms...
Dr. John Watson : The rooms! Or, or, the fact that you experiment on my dog?
Sherlock Holmes : Our dog...
Dr. John Watson : The dog!
Sherlock Holmes : Gladstone is our dog!
Dr. John Watson : You've been in this room for two weeks, I insist you have to get out.
Sherlock Holmes : There is absolutely nothing of interest to me, out there, on Earth, at all.
Dr. John Watson : So you're free this evening?
Sherlock Holmes : Absolutely.
Dr. John Watson : Dinner?
Sherlock Holmes : Wonderful.
Dr. John Watson : The Royale?
Sherlock Holmes : My favorite.
Dr. John Watson : Mary's coming.
Sherlock Holmes : Not available.
Dr. John Watson : You're meeting her, Holmes!
Sherlock Holmes : Have you proposed yet?
Dr. John Watson : No, I haven't found the right ring.
Sherlock Holmes : Then it's not official.
Dr. John Watson : It's happening. Whether you like it or not, 8:30, the Royale. Wear a jacket!
Sherlock Holmes : *You* wear a jacket.
[in a bare-knuckle boxing match, Holmes sees Irene and tries to forfeit and leave]
Sherlock Holmes : That's it, big man. You've won, congratulations.
McMurdo : Oi, we ain't done yet!
[He spits at the back of Holmes' head. Holmes stops]
Sherlock Holmes : [voice-over] This mustn't register on an emotional level.
[in slow motion]
Sherlock Holmes : First, distract target...
[Holmes throws Irene's handerchief in front of McMurdo's face]
Sherlock Holmes : Then block his blind jab... counter with cross to left cheek. Discombobulate.
[slams his hands over McMurdo's ears]
Sherlock Holmes : Dazed, will attempt wild haymaker. Employ elbow block... and body shot. Block feral left, weaken right jaw... now fracture.
[a cross to the jaw fractures the bone]
Sherlock Holmes : Break cracked ribs. Traumatize solar plexus... dislocate jaw entirely.
[two more body blows, and a right hook to the jaw hinge]
Sherlock Holmes : Heel kick to diaphragm.
[Holmes finishes with a heel kick to McMurdo's chest, sending him crashing out of the ring]
Sherlock Holmes : In summary: ears ringing, jaw fractured, three ribs cracked, four broken, diaphragm haemmorraging. Physical recovery: six weeks. Full psychological recovery: six months. Capacity to spit at back of head... neutralized.
[Back in real time, Holmes picks up the handkerchief, as though wiping the back of his neck, then does all of the foregoing in about eight seconds, and kicks McMurdo out of the ring]
Sherlock Holmes : It's a matter of professional integrity! No girl wants to marry a doctor who can't tell if a man's dead or not!
[Watson and Mary enter Baker Street to find Holmes hanging from a noose]
Dr. John Watson : Don't worry, dear. Suicide is not in his repertoire. He's far too fond of himself for that.
[pokes Holmes sharply]
Dr. John Watson : Holmes!
Sherlock Holmes : [wakes up] Oh, good afternoon. I was attempting to determine the means by which Blackwood survived his execution - clearing your good name, as it were - but it had a surprisingly soporific effect, and I found myself carried off into the arms of Morpheus like a caterpillar in a cocoon.
[to Mary]
Sherlock Holmes : Good afternoon, dear.
Dr. John Watson : Get on with it, Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes : Well, cleverly concealed in the hangman's knot was a hook... oh, my, I think my legs have fallen asleep. I should probably come down.
Mary Morstan : John, shouldn't we help him down?
Dr. John Watson : No, no, I hate to cut him off mid-stream. Carry on.
Sherlock Holmes : Well, the executioner attached it to a harness which allowed the weight to be distributed around the waist and the neck to remain intact. Oh, lord, I can't feel my cheeks. Might we continue this at ground level?
Dr. John Watson : How did you manage it, Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes : I managed it with braces, belts and a coat-hook. Please, Watson, my tongue is going, soon I'll be of no use to you at all.
Dr. John Watson : Worse things could happen.
Sir Thomas : Mr. Holmes, apologies for summoning you like this. I'm sure it's quite a mystery as to where you are, and who I am...
Sherlock Holmes : As to where I am, I was, admittedly, lost for a moment, between Charing Cross and Holborn, but I was saved by the bread shop on Saffron Hill. The only baker to use a certain French glaze on their loaves - a Brittany sage. After that, the carriage forked left, then right, and then the tell-tale bump at the Fleet Conduit. And as to who you are, that took every ounce of my not-inconsiderable experience. The letters on your desk were addressed to a Sir Thomas Rotherham. Lord Chief Justice, that would be the official title. Who you *really* are is, of course, another matter entirely. Judging by the sacred ox on your ring, you're the secret head of the Temple of the Four Orders in whose headquarters we now sit, located on the northwest corner of St. James Square, I think. As to the mystery, the only mystery is why you bothered to blindfold me at all.
Sir Thomas : [recovering as best he can] Yes, well... standard procedure, I suppose.
Dr. John Watson : What of Mary?
Palm Reader : M for Mary. For marriage. Oh, you will be married!
Dr. John Watson : [nodding his head slowly] Go on.
Palm Reader : [looking intensely at Watson's palm] Oh, I see pattern tablecloth and... Oh, china figurines and... Ugh! Lace doilies!
Sherlock Holmes : [pretending to be deep in thought] Mmm... Doilies!
Dr. John Watson : Lace... doilies? Holmes! Does your depravity know no bounds?
Sherlock Holmes : No!
Palm Reader : [continuing her prophecies about Mary] Oh, then she turns fat and, ugh, she has a beard and...
Sherlock Holmes : What of the warts?
Palm Reader : Ah, she's covered in warts!
Dr. John Watson : [interrupting the palm reader] Enough, enough!
Sherlock Holmes : Are they extensive?
Dr. John Watson : Please, enough!
Irene Adler : You'll miss me, Sherlock.
Sherlock Holmes : Sadly... yes.
Sherlock Holmes : My mind rebels at stagnation! Give me problems! Give me work!
Sherlock Holmes : My journey took me some what further down the rabbit hole than I intended and though I dirtied my fluffy white tail I have emerged, enlightened.
Sherlock Holmes : And chambermaids were once such a liberal breed.
Constable Clark : My wife's a chambermaid, sir.
[uncomfortable silence]
Constable Clark : Anyhow, it's a good thing she was offended, sir. Otherwise we'd never have found you.
Sherlock Holmes : Yes.
[more uncomfortable silence]
Constable Clark : Just joking about the wife, sir.
Sherlock Holmes : Ah!
[Holmes has been firing a gun into the wall]
Dr. John Watson : Permission to enter the armory?
Sherlock Holmes : Granted.
[He fires again]
Sherlock Holmes : Watson, I am in the process of inventing a device which muffles the sound of a gunshot.
[He yells in pain as Watson opens the curtains, letting sunlight into the room]
Dr. John Watson : It's not working.
[last lines]
Sherlock Holmes : Case re-opened.
Sherlock Holmes : There is a toxin, refined from the nectar of the rhododendron ponticum. It's quite infamous in the region of Turkey bordering the Black Sea for its ability to induce an apparently mortal paralysis. Enough to deceive even a medical mind as tenacious and well-trained as yours. It's known locally as...
Mary Morstan : [noticing] What's wrong with Gladstone?
Sherlock Holmes : ...mad honey disease. Oh, he's just demonstrating the very effect I've just described. He doesn't mind.
[Blackwood's coffin is opened]
Inspector Lestrade : That's not Blackwood!
Sherlock Holmes : Well, now we have a firm grasp of the obvious.
Sherlock Holmes : What of the coffin, Lestrade?
Inspector Lestrade : Well, we are in the process of bringing it up.
[Holmes looks at the unmoving constables]
Sherlock Holmes : Indeed? What stage of the process? Contemplative?
Dr. John Watson : You really believe he was resurrected?
Sherlock Holmes : The question is not if but how. The game's afoot.
Dr. John Watson : "Follow your spirit..."
Dr. John Watson , Sherlock Holmes : "And upon this charge, cry, 'God for Harry, England and St. George!'"
Sherlock Holmes : [after being tossed across the room] Un moment, s'il vous plait.
Dredger : [affably] Je ne suis pas pressé.
[Holmes picks up a gadget from the midget's workshop and it turns out to be a taser, that sends Dredger flying across the room, crushing another thug who has Watson pinned]
Dr. John Watson : Holmes? What is that?
Sherlock Holmes : Je ne sais pas.
Irene Adler : Moriarty
Sherlock Holmes : What?
Irene Adler : That's his name... everyone has a weak spot and he found mine.
Sherlock Holmes : What was it by the way?
[Irene looked at Sherlock and Sherlock twigs that he was her weak spot]
[a chambermaid enters Irene Adler's room and screams when she sees Holmes, handcuffed naked to the bed with a pillow covering his groin]
Sherlock Holmes : Madam, I need you to remain calm. And trust me, I'm a professional. Beneath this pillow, lies the key to my release.
[the Maid screams again and runs out; cut to later in a carriage]
Sherlock Holmes : Of course, she mis-interpreted my intention entirely.
Constable Clark : Naturally, sir.
Mary Morstan : It does seem a little far-fetched, though. Making all these grand assumptions based on such tiny details...
Sherlock Holmes : Mm, that's not quite right, is it? In fact, the little details are by far the most important.
Lord Blackwood : Sherlock Holmes... and his loyal dog. Tell me, Doctor, as a medical man, have you enjoyed my work?
Dr. John Watson : Let me show you how much I've enjoyed it...
[He rushes at Blackwood, Holmes holds him back]
Sherlock Holmes : Watson, don't! Observe...
[Watson sees Blackwood's trap]
Dr. John Watson : How did you see that?
Sherlock Holmes : Because I was looking for it.
Dredger : Cour, petit lapin, cour.
Sherlock Holmes : Avec plaisir.
Sherlock Holmes : There's only at one case that intrigues me at present. The curious case of Mrs. Hudson, the absentee landlady. I've been studying her comings and goings, they appear most... sinister.
Mrs. Hudson : Tea, Mr. Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes : Is it poisoned, Nanny?
Mrs. Hudson : There's enough of that in you already.
Dr. John Watson : No, not you, Mary and I. You are not...
Sherlock Holmes : What? Invited? Why would I be not invited to my own brother's country home, Watson? Now you are not making any sense!
Dr. John Watson : You are not human!
Sherlock Holmes : [after two henchmen call in Dredger, to Watson] Meat? Or potatoes?
Dr. John Watson : My ten minutes are up.
Mary Morstan : [Mary asks Holmes to make some deductions regarding herself] What can you tell about me?
Sherlock Holmes : You?
Dr. John Watson : I don't think that's...
Sherlock Holmes : I don't know if that's...
Dr. John Watson : Not at dinner.
Sherlock Holmes : Perhaps some other time.
Mary Morstan : I insist.
Sherlock Holmes : You insist?
Dr. John Watson : You remember we've discussed this.
Sherlock Holmes : [demanding] The lady insists.
Inspector Lestrade : And you were supposed to wait for my orders.
Sherlock Holmes : If I had, you'd be cleaning up a corpse and chasing a rumor. Besides, the girl's parents hired me, not the Yard. Why they thought you'd require any assistance is beyond me.
[Lestrade brings Holmes, handcuffed, before the Home Secretary, Lord Coward]
Inspector Lestrade : Excuse me, my lord. I know it's unorthodox, but Mr. Holmes here has been making some serious accusations about you...
[Lestrade lifts his lapel, showing a membership pin from the Temple of the Four Orders]
Inspector Lestrade : ...and the Order, sir.
Lord Coward : I see.
Sherlock Holmes : Well, at least that solves the great mystery of how you became Inspector.
[Lestrade turns and punches Holmes in the stomach]
Inspector Lestrade : Begging your pardon, my lord, but I've been wanting to do that for a long time.
[about Blackwood coming back from the grave]
Sherlock Holmes : Have the newspapers got wind of it yet?
Constable Clark : Well, that's what we're trying to avoid, sir.
Sherlock Holmes : Certainly. What's the major concern?
Constable Clark : Panic. Sheer bloody panic, sir.
[Mrs. Hudson starts to clear space for the tea tray]
Sherlock Holmes : Don't touch. Everything is in its proper place... as per usual, Nanny.
[on her way out, Mrs. Hudson notices the dog laying on the floor]
Mrs. Hudson : Oh, he's killed the dog. Again.
Dr. John Watson : [irritated] What have you done to Gladstone now?
Sherlock Holmes : I was simply testing a new anesthetic. He doesn't mind.
[on Moriarty]
Irene Adler : Please don't underestimate him. He's just as brilliant as you are. And infinitely more devious.
Sherlock Holmes : We'll see about that.
Irene Adler : I'd say you're between jobs.
Sherlock Holmes : And you, between husbands.
Irene Adler : He was boring and he was jealous and he snored. I'm Irene Adler again.
Sherlock Holmes : [ship sinking behind them] Watson, what have you done?
Sherlock Holmes : Data, data, data. I cannot make bricks without clay.
Sherlock Holmes : [as he's fighting one of Blackwood's minions, calls out to Irene Adler] Woman! Shoot him! Now, please!
[Holmes is spying on Blackwood's sacrifice. A henchman tries to sneak up on him, but Watson grabs him and puts him in a hold]
Dr. John Watson : I like the hat.
Sherlock Holmes : Thanks, I just picked it up.
Dr. John Watson : You remember your revolver?
Sherlock Holmes : Oh, knew I forgot something. Thought I left the stove on.
Dr. John Watson : You did.
Sherlock Holmes : I think that's quite enough. You are a doctor, after all.
[Watson feels the henchman's pulse and lets him fall to the floor]
Sherlock Holmes : Always nice to see you, Watson.
Sherlock Holmes : Whatever he was working on, he obviously succeeded.
Dr. John Watson : How do you know?
Sherlock Holmes : Otherwise, he'd still be alive.
Sherlock Holmes : Ah, putrefaction!
Inspector Lestrade : [From inside Blackwood's tomb] You took your time, Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes : [portentously] And on the third day...
Sherlock Holmes : First, the world will see you for what you are: a fraud. Then you'll be hanged - properly, this time.
Lord Blackwood : It's a long journey from here to the rope.
Dr. John Watson : Holmes! Does your depravity know no bounds?
Sherlock Holmes : [nonchalantly] No!
Sherlock Holmes : Where's the inspector?
Dr. John Watson : Getting his troops lined up.
Sherlock Holmes : That could be all day.
Sherlock Holmes : Thre's nothing more elusive than an obvious fact.
[Watson is sorting Holmes's un-read mail, in response to his demand for work]
Dr. John Watson : Lady Radford reports her emerald bracelet has gone missing.
Sherlock Holmes : [not looking up] Insurance swindle. Lord Radford likes fast women and slow ponies.
Sherlock Holmes : [to Lord Blackwood] I wonder if they'd let Watson and me dissect your brain. After you hang, of course. I'd wager there would be some deformity that would be scientifically significant. In that way, at least, you could serve some kind of useful purpose.
Sherlock Holmes : [Telling a joke to a prisoner] And he said, "May I push in your stool?"
[Raucous Laughter]
Sherlock Holmes : Go along now. I won't be chasing you anymore. Fare thee well.
Irene Adler : I don't wanna run, anymore.
[Holmes and Watson are searching Riordan's house]
Sherlock Holmes : There's one odor I can't put my finger on. Is it candy floss, molasses...? Ah! Barley sugar.
[Watson turns around to see two goons enter, one holding a... ]
Dr. John Watson : ...Toffee apple.
Sherlock Holmes : Let me guess... Judging by your arsonist's tool kit, you're here to burn down the building and destroy all the evidence therein.
Thug : Just one minute, boys.
Thug : Oh, Dredger!
[as Dredger enters, Holmes and Watson look up... and up]
Dredger : Il y a un problème?
Sherlock Holmes : There's only one case that intrigues me at present. The curious case of Mrs. Hudson, the absentee landlady. I've been studying here comings and goings and they appear most... sinister.
Mrs. Hudson : Tea, Mr. Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes : Is it poisoned, Nanny?
Mrs. Hudson : There's enough of that in you already.
Mrs. Hudson : [Starts to clear space for the tea tray]
Sherlock Holmes : Don't touch! Everything is in its proper place, as per usual... Nanny.
Sherlock Holmes : [to Lestrade about the criminals Holmes has just overcome] One for the doctor; one for the rope!
Sherlock Holmes : [Frenetially esiring more relevant information on the case] Data, data, data! I cannot make bricks without clay!
Sherlock Holmes : [to Watson] My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me work! The sooner the better.
Sherlock Holmes : [to Lord Blackwood] You'd better hope it's just superstition, as you performed all the rituals perfectly. The Devil's due a soul, I'd say...
Sherlock Holmes : There was never any magic. Merely conjuring tricks.
Sherlock Holmes : [lifts his coat to dodge a photo]


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How to prepare a cover letter
A cover letter is a strong personal communication between a prospective employer and a job applicant. It is usually the first letter you send or transmit electronically to an employer, and it should be accompanied by a resume. It should leave the employer with a clear impression of your credentials and should encourage the reader to review your resume.
It is probably the most important letter you will write, so be enthusiastic.
The purpose of the cover letter is to draw attention to your qualifications which will result in an interview. You must get the reader's attention not only by what you say but by how well you say it. Since the letter demonstrates your communication and writing abilities, express yourself logically, concisely and confidently. Be sure to write error free.
The cover letter should not duplicate the information on your resume. Rather, it should highlight your major achievements and show how your qualifications relate to the position for which you are applying.
Each cover letter should be typed individually, addressed to the person who is doing the hiring, and targeted to the position and the needs of that company. It should be three to four paragraphs on one page. Do not use a form letter.
The tone should be confident and enthusiastic without resorting to gimmicks. The cover letter should not be too formal, nor should it sound desperate.
The paper and envelope should match or complement your resume. Off-size paper or conservatively colored stationery can be effective in making your letter stand out.
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That twitter thing worked out well.
That twitter thing worked out well.
yesterday was the worst. First of all, the audio was way behind, then it disappeared. Then the video disappeared or froze. I demanded a refund, and got it.
It was so bad yesterday that Conference USA tweeted it' not our fault" in the middle of the broadcast.
Conference USAVerified account @ConferenceUSAFollowingRE: @LATechFB at @UAB_FB on http://CUSA.tv For Assistance: http://C-USA.link/SidearmSupport
Therein lies the problem- C-USA needs to demand a certain level of production (even from us) for all games. Luckily Learfield did a great job on our 2 games not picked up.
There should at minimum be down and distance, time & period on the screen at all times. All we had was the score
UAB was worried about the important stuff......like WINNING! They weren't concerned with whether or not LA Tech fans got to see the game.
Is anyone going to try CUSA TV again? After the last fiasco I think I'll pass.
You get your money's worth in basketball and baseball seasons.


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This date was one of trumpeter Lee Morgan's more obscure Blue Note sessions, but fortunately, it has been reissued on CD. Matched with altoist Jackie McLean, pianist Bobby Timmons, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Art Blakey, Morgan interprets two of Cal Massey's compositions, McLean's "Midtown Blues" and his own blues "The Lion and the Wolf." The music is essentially hard bop with a strong dose of soul; the very distinctive styles of the principals are the main reasons to acquire this enjoyable music. ~ Scott Yanow


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Evening Glow is a new duo under KP Entertainment, consisting of vocalist and actress Chae Yoon Seo and bassist Kim Sung Chul. Their mini album "Another Way" has a total of five tracks, the title track being "On & On." Their modern soft rock feel with an electronic sound brings out the simplicity and lightness of their music.
The meaning behind their name talks about the time of day when there are the most beautiful sunsets, where it is comfortable and alluring as well as being the perfect setting for appreciating life.
Listen to the rest of the mini album below! One of my favorites is the first track "꿈을 위해."


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Sittin' Pretty: Part 2
With this month's installment we wrap up the interior of our Project Shop Truck. The '47 pickup is still in the capable hands of Glenn Kramer at Hot Rod Interiors by Glenn, where it's getting decked out with door cards, a headliner, and floor mats. Then it's back to Hot Rods by Dean to sort out the last few details before hitting the road to be displayed at various car events around the country.
The two holes index the door handle and window crank.
The KB board now has its final modifications and layout lines for the tuck 'n' roll upholstery.
Kramer test-fits the KB board one last time.
Kramer worked quickly to have the door panels completed, sewn, and ready apply to the KB board in time to be photographed.
The upholstered door panel is stapled to the back of the KB board.
Wrinkles are common where the material gathers near tight radii.
Steam applied to the area through a terrycloth towel eliminates existing wrinkles.
The finished door panel is punched for the window crank and door handle.
This simple door panel adds visual interest to what might otherwise have been a rather plain interior.
Dynamat is used to insulate the roof. KB board secures the edge of the headliner to the inside of the cab.
Kramer measures and marks the centerline of the roof as well as the location of each top bow.
Different contours along the roofline make sure each bow is slightly different in size and shape. Each must be measured and custom curved to fit a specific location.
Each bow is hand curved around a metal disc clamped to the worktable.
The end of the bow is hammered flat …
… then drilled with an 1/8-inch hole.
Kramer transfers the measurements and location of each bow to the backside of the headliner material.
Each bowline is carefully stitched with a single pass through the sewing machine.
Double-sided listing-material is sewn to the backside of the headliner along the stitched line. This step is repeated for each bow.
Each bow slips through the listing material to match the contour of the roof.
The headliner with bows is now installed and screwed in place.
Kramer tucks the excess headliner material under the KB board, trims off the excess material as he goes, and tucks the edge of the material under the KB board.
Viewing the finished headliner, one can appreciate all the work that goes into a project like this.
The driver-side floor mat template has been revised a few times for maximum coverage and notched to clear the brake pedal arm. The larger footprint allows the heel of the driver's right foot to rest on the mat, which reduces carpet wear.
The passenger-side floor mat template has a more familiar shape.
Both templates are transferred to the carpet material.
Kramer trims the carpet to the final shape.
Glue sprayed onto the back of the carpet adheres it to rubber floor mat nibbing. The nibbing keeps floor mats from shifting when in use.
The nibbing material is trimmed to the shape of the floor mat.
Kramer grinds the nibs back a 1/4 inch from the edge of the mat.
The 1/4-inch clearance allows Kramer to trim the edge of each mat with mesh carpet binding, keeping the carpet edge from unraveling.
The final bit of upholstery to complete the interior is the shift boot around the Lokar shifter.


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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologyhave achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and other electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger areas than have been possible with other methods.
The team has created lines about 25 nanometers (billionths of a meter) wide separated by 25 nm spaces. For comparison, the most advanced commercially available computer chips today have a minimum feature size of 65 nm. Intel recently announced that it will start manufacturing at the 32 nm minimum line-width scale in 2009, and the industry roadmap calls for 25 nm features in the 2013-2015 time frame.
The MIT technique could also be economically attractive because it works without the chemically amplified resists, immersion lithography techniques and expensive lithography tools that are widely considered essential to work at this scale with optical lithography. Periodic patterns at the nanoscale, while having many important scientific and commercial applications, are notoriously difficult to produce with low cost and high yield. The new method could make possible the commercialization of many new nanotechnology inventions that have languished in laboratories due to the lack of a viable manufacturing method.
The MIT team includes Mark Schattenburg and Ralf Heilmann of the Kavli Institute of Astrophysics and Space Research and graduate students Chih-Hao Chang and Yong Zhao of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Schattenburg and colleagues used a technique known as interference lithography (IL) to generate the patterns, but they did so using a tool called the nanoruler -- built by MIT graduate students -- that is designed to perform a particularly high precision variant of IL called scanning-beam interference lithography, or SBIL. This recently developed technique uses 100 MHz sound waves, controlled by custom high-speed electronics, to diffract and frequency-shift the laser light, resulting in rapid patterning of large areas with unprecedented control over feature geometry.
While IL has been around for a long time, the SBIL technique has enabled, for the first time, the precise and repeatable pattern registration and overlay over large areas, thanks to a new high-precision phase detection algorithm developed by Zhao and a novel image reversal process developed by Chang.
According to Schattenburg, "What we're finding is that control of the lithographic imaging process is no longer the limiting step. Material issues such as line sidewall roughness are now a major barrier to still-finer length scales. However, there are several new technologies on the horizon that have the potential for alleviating these problems. These results demonstrate that there's still a lot of room left for scale shrinkage in optical lithography. We don't see any insurmountable roadblocks just yet."


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Rare Peach Jellyfish Recently people have spotted the peach jellyfish, a rare biological species over the water surface of Dinosaur Island of Zhelin Lake, Jiangxi Province. As is verified and confirmed by Hangzhou Institute of Biology, the peach jellyfish is a very ancient living creature, belonging to jellyfish coelenterate, or a small community under polypite class of cnidophore phylum. Unlike the ordinary jellyfish, the peach jellyfish lives in fresh water, which makes it an extremely rare species. It is briefed that the peach jellyfish has a living history of 1.5 billion years and is as precious as the panda. Before this, peach jellyfish was only seen at Zigui of the Three Gorges area.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao(R front) talks with local farmers in Changshui Village, Wuning County of east China's Jiangxi Province,
peach that is funny because I googled and searched all search engines for those pictures and found like 2
Survivor China News Press conference in Shanghai on 16th June. Then they back to Jiangxi for 45 days shoot.Zhelin Lake is CLOSED!
Floods after days of prolonged rainstorms have brought down about 2,000 houses in China's eastern province of Jiangxi, news agency Xinhua said on Sunday.Houses in 59 towns were wrecked by the floods, which caused an economic loss of nearly 100 million yuan ($13 million), following heavy rains across most of Jiangxi between Thursday and Sunday."The floods have caused casualties and evacuations of residents in some areas, but the exact number has yet to be counted," Xinhua quoted a local official as saying.
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It gets worse for Sacramento. David Stern has appointed Clay Bennett, second-most hated man of Seattle and 2008 Oklahoman of the Year, to lead its Relocation Committee. The deadline for the Kings decision has also been extended to May 2.
Bennett, to refresh your memory, is the one of the rich men from Oklahoma City who bought the Sonics in 2006 and claimed to have no plans to move the team.
"It's not our intention to move or relocate the teams as long, of course, as we are able to negotiate a successor venue to the current basketball arena," Bennett told the Post-Intelligencer at the time.
A year later, he wrote in an email to Stern (who apparently still trusts the man), "As absolutely remarkable as it may seem, Aubrey [McClendon] and I have NEVER discussed moving the Sonics to Oklahoma City, nor have I discussed it with ANY other member of our ownership group." This email, we soon learned, arrived in Stern's inbox four months after he'd written to co-owner Tom Ward, "I am a man possessed! Will do everything we can" to move the Sonics to Oklahoma City and avoid, in Ward's words, "another lame duck season in Seattle."
"Thanks for hanging with me boys," Bennett signed off, "the game is getting started!"
Sacramento, we stand with you. But with the Maloof-Bennett evil union presiding over this decision, we think you may be kind of screwed.
NBA extends deadline for Sacramento Kings relocation application until May 2 [LA Times]
Clay Bennett Named Head Of NBA Relocation Committee [SB Nation Seattle]


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Here is a look at the two proposals, which are aimed at averting a more drastic combination of tax increases and spending cuts that economists say could cause a recession:
House Republican leaders on Monday called for $2.2 trillion in new deficit reductions over 10 years.
When counting deficit reductions enacted last year, anticipated savings from winding down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and some interest savings, the package would amount to $4.6 trillion in reductions over a decade, according to House Republicans.
The offer made the following proposals to achieve $2.2 trillion in new deficit reductions over 10 years:
* $800 billion in new revenue through tax reform;
* unspecified healthcare program savings of $600 billion;
* other savings from changes to unspecified mandatory spending programs of $300 billion;
* tying cost-of-living increases for federal benefit programs to the Consumer Price Index to get savings of $200 billion;
* and further unspecified savings to domestic spending programs of $300 billion.
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and six other House Republican leaders made the offer on Monday in a letter to Obama.
The White House on Thursday proposed raising tax revenues by nearly $1.6 trillion, in line with what Obama has said is needed for long-term deficit reduction of nearly $4.4 trillion over 10 years.
The administration also sought $200 billion in economic stimulus from a combination of investments including infrastructure spending, extension of a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits.
The White House would also continue individual income tax cuts from the administration of former Republican President George W. Bush for all but the wealthiest earners.
Obama's negotiators also sought the ability to raise the nation's borrowing limit unilaterally. At present, Congress must approve an increase in the debt ceiling.
The administration's proposal would delay across-the-board spending cuts for a year. In exchange the administration agreed to make $600 billion in spending cuts to entitlement programs.
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Someone named "Jonathan" wrote in and asked: "So I'm just curious to know whether you would extend miranda rights to foreign terrorists operating on American soil? Why should an American who joins say Al Qaeda be entitled to a trial or a lawyer or any other right under our Constitution?"***(note below)
My answer to these questions [and the pathetic Senate debate excerpted here from the December 7, 2011 Daily Show with Jon Steward (http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-december-7-2011/arrested-development)] is that, contrary to current civil rights practice in the United States, governmentally imposed categories and mandatory categorization of people NEVER promotes equality but ALWAYS tends to support and advance both tyranny and real inequality. Nobody said it better than Rand Paul: "Detaining citizens without a trial is not American."
By contrast, voluntary categorization, classification, and all assertions of identity originating from the people are among the surest guarantors and symptoms of freedom and genuine equality. In fact, I would submit that the voluntary and intentional creation and maintenance of identity is one of the Great Traditions of the United States of America which has defined some of the greatest and most distinctive events in the history of this Continent, from the settlement of the Pilgrim Nonconformist Separatists in New England in the 17th Century through the "Great Awakening" of the 18th Century, the Mormon emigration Westward (and many smaller "separate community, separate lifeway" experiments) in the 19th Century (including the Amish), right up until the Cultural upheaval of the 1960s, when "Hippies" and "Flower Children" sought to give a new meaning to Freedom in America. The decision to maintain cultural separateness has historically been protected by the United States Supreme Court in the greatest of its "substantive due process" decisions (e.g. Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390, 399, 401 (1923) and Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205, 232—233 (1972)).**
I would go so far as to maintain that involuntarily classifying people or sorting them into "favored" and "disfavored" groups as a matter of law without trial always leads to violations of due process. No movies or other literature ever illustrated this inherent injustice in the prejudicial and discriminatory processes of classification and labeling people one way or another than V-for-Vendetta in 2005 and Paul Verhoeven's Black Book in 2006.
I would also say that the only real PURPOSES people EVER have in classifying their fellow man (and woman) into involuntary groups is to deny them due process, and that this is simply intolerable under the American Constitution.
Note that the Bill of Rights contains no categories of persons, but only restrictions on the power of government: absolutely and unqualifiedly stated. Rather, Amendments I, II, IV, IX, and X refer simply to "the people." Amendment V refers to "no person" and "any person", since criminal prosecutions are almost always, by definition, brought on a one-by-one individual basis. Even Nazi Germany, for example, never indicted "the Jews", nor, during the 1950s, were there ever prosecutions against "the Communists". Due process of law simply does not allow for categorical indictments.
Finally, Amendment VI refers only to "the accused", again an individual classification. (Despite the customary usage of the masculine gender throughout the bill of rights when referring to individuals, no one has ever suggested that the framers intended these rights only to apply to men: it was the grammatical economy of the time not to say "he and she" or "his and hers" or "him and her" as it is sometimes thought more acceptable to do now.)
So these are the major reasons why, in response to Jonathan's question, I believe that "Miranda rights" (i.e. the full inventory of rights Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights) should be extended to all "foreign terrorists operating on American soil." To do otherwise would be to "prejudge" both who is foreign and who is a terrorist, and would make both words "foreign" and "terrorists" into prejudicial, disfavored categories exactly analogous to "Negro" under Jim Crow in the South, "Jew" in Nazi Germany, and "Bourgeois" or "Capitalist" in Stalinist Russia.
What the 1996 AEDPA, the 2001 PATRIOT Act, and the Senate in passing S.B. 1867 have done, though, is actually MUCH worse than MERELY "discriminating against foreigners and terrorists" and in fact, much worse than "merely discriminating against, Blacks or Jews or even (to give two give two examples of a super-irrationally feared and overused but extremely vague pair of categories in modern law) "Sex Offender" and "Illegal Immigrant." No, the Category of "Terrorist" alone is "void for vagueness" as a matter of law. See Papachrisou v. Jacksonville, 405 U.S. 156, 169-170 (1972), and Kolender v. Lawson (Kolender v Lawson, 461 U.S. 352 (1982), attached here in adobe.pdf):
. . . "As generally stated, the void-for-vagueness doctrine requires that a penal statute define the criminal offense with sufficient definiteness that ordinary people can understand what conduct is prohibited and in a manner that does not encourage arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement." Kolender v. Lawson, 461 U.S. 352, 357, 75 L. Ed. 2d 903, 103 S. Ct. 1855 (1983).
(On the whole, the text of Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville is more amusing for its analysis of how the distinction between "idle rich" and "vagrant" under the City of Jacksonville, Florida's "Vagrancy" ordinance blurred into meaninglessness….Papachristou v City of Jacksonville 405 US 156 92 SCt 839 02-24-1972). "Terrorism" as a status crime under S.B. 1867 or category of criminal conduct is void for all the same reasons as was "vagrancy."
What the Senate has done in S.B. 1867 is worse than "mere discrimination" against any of those categorical groups because in each case (Black, Jew, Sex Offender, Illegal Immigrant) there is at least a fairly narrow and objectively determinable set of traits or characteristics which define membership in the group. There may be ambiguity at the edges, people of mixed race and ethnicity, "sex offenders" convicted of "statutory rape" where the girl lied about her age in an objectively credible way, cases of "illegal immigration" where family hardship brought or kept people together for mutual support in violation of immigration laws, but on the whole, Blacks, Jews, Illegal Immigrants, and Sex Offenders all know who they are, and they can either "lie low" or decide to leave the country if they are able.
What is so totally monstrous about the category of "terrorist" in particular and "foreigner operating on American soil" is that theses terms are simultaneously vague, overbroad and subject to arbitrary and capricious application to the degree that even racial categories and categories based on convictions for violation of laws are not. And in the context of modern America, merely calling someone a terrorist MAKES them a terrorist, especially (but not only) when it is a member of the government making the accusation. To allow denial of Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to individuals accused of terrorism is simply to allow the government to deny these rights to anyone it wants, whenever it wants, for any reason it wants. We now have a "Government of the Dictators, by the Dictators, and For the Dictators" (as Lincoln's Gettysburg Address should honestly and probably have been written). The dictatorial decision about who is a terrorist is left open—WIDE OPEN. The Office of the Attorney General of the State of Texas (Greg Abbott and James Carlton Todd) have been calling the author of this blog a "dangerous paper terrorist" since 2005. (Yes, I admit it, I have occasionally thrown paper airplanes at government buildings in protest against policies with which I disagree, OK? So I guess that means I'm off to Guantanamo Bay? or the Domestic Equivalent? In fact, when arrested by Live Oak at the edge of the Suwannee River on the order of Houston Federal Judge Lynn N. Hughes in August 2006, they raised the prospect of Guantanamo Bay for me in Jacksonville, only half joking…at most half….or maybe not at all I'm still not sure, but here I am in West L.A./Santa Monica). It is not trivial at all. They have been throwing around these terms like "paper terrorist" ever since 9/11, and the purpose is, frankly, to create an atmosphere of terror and prejudice against the people so labelled. After that experience, I just "went with it". But even in 2005, there was another disbarred attorney (Zena D. Crenshaw NJCDLP "National Judicial Conduct & Disability Project) who came in from Indiana to help Francis Wayne Williams-Montenegro with my family law case in 2005. She tried to show that the Attorney General was trying to prejudice the Court against me (it was difficult to make the Williamson County 395th Judicial District any more prejudiced against me than it was) by calling me "the most dangerous paper terrorist" in Texas, but it didn't go anywhere. Zena rightly predicted that they were trying to sweep all Judicial Reform activists into the category of "terrorists." In fact, Judicial Reform, Anti-Income Tax/IRS Reform, Prison Reform, Anti-Big Oil Activists, we're ALL terrorists now. The FBI has guidelines and we "fit" even before S.B. 1867 became law. I said to Zena in 2004-5 and I say now that to be accused of anything so preposterous is a "red badge of courage" and I wore it proudly (still do in fact), despite the fact that my saying so on videotape resulted in my getting arrested AGAIN in December 2007 in Mexico City and brought to Los Angeles (this time on the order of Judge Janis Graham Jack of Corpus Christi, in the same Southern District of Texas in which Judge Lynn N. Hughes sits, and which George H. W. Bush [Bush 41st] calls "home").
The way "Jonathan's" questions above are written actually illustrated just how bad S.B. 1867 is: After asking whether I would "extend Miranda Rights to foreign terrorists operation on American soil" (I submit that such rights have existed ever since the adoption of the Bill of Rights and the problem is not "extending" such rights under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments, but in taking them away), "Jonathan" then asks: "Why should an American who joins say "Al Qaeda" be entitled to a trial or lawyer or any other right under our Constitution?"
This question is probably the scariest of all, if serious and not merely rhetorical. My answer is simple: BECAUSE AN AMERICAN WHO JOINS AL QAEDA IS STILL AN AMERICAN, THAT'S WHY. But Again, to Repeat, and this is SO IMPORTANT: the Bill of Rights do not discriminate between Citizens and Non-Citizens, Americans and Non-Americans, just "people" and "persons" (so the only categorical distinctions made implicitly, if any, would be those between "people" or "persons" and animals [sorry, PETA][or plants I guess—wheat plants have any Constitutional rights before being eaten…even for arbitrary and capricious purposes as being ground into flour and made into extremely unhealthy and fattening cakes or cookies….]) .
But then that does wrap up this little exercise about why S.B. 1867 is such a very bad law: Americans can be characterized as "terrorists" and reduced to ashes by such categorization. And it could be that "Jonathan" has more confidence in the meaning of these terms than I do. I happen to believe that "Al Qaeda" was basically created and established, fostered, aided, and abetted, by the Bush-Reagan administration and set loose to create "domestic terrorism" to justify the very repression of civil liberties which have taken place since the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989-90 and the consequent evaporation of the Cold War as a reason for suppressing freedom and the Bill of Rights. So I think "Al Qaeda" is a government made fraud, that 9/11 was a U.S. government-sponsored "false flag" attack, and that Oklahoma City MAY have been a government-sponsored incident of false terrorism. (Please view this brilliant 5 minute summary, text also copied below at Note*: http://www.corbettreport.com/911-a-conspiracy-theory/)
In support of these hypotheses of mine, I can only point to patterns of history: from 1963-1972, from John F. Kennedy through George Corley Wallace, a series of public assassinations by public shootings of "troublesome" non-conformist politicians took place in a waive of "lone gunmen" with no precedent in American History, and no tradition that survived. The failed attacks on Ford and Reagan were just that, failures, and were easily traceable either to Squeaky Fromm/ Manson or John Hinkley personal and family psychological problems.
It is hard to believe that the generation that came of age during the decade 1963-1972 simply bred a series of "lone gunmen" who acted without obvious motive (but all happened to oppose, directly or indirectly, the policies and power of Lyndon Baines Johnson, even though John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and George C. Wallace were all at least nominally allies or at least in the same [Democratic] Party at one time or another, though Wallace ran Third-Party [American Independent] in 1968 and Malcolm X, though he hated all Democrats "categorically" as "Dixiecrats" was partially allied with Johnson on the question of Civil Rights).
It is equally hard to believe that another Decade long episode, namely the series of incidents of Domestic "Terrorism" or at least confrontation between Federal and Private parties that the Government sought to characterize somehow as "terroristic" from Ruby Ridge in 1992-9/11/2001, was merely a historical accident and not planned. ALL the major terrorist acts since 9/11 have occurred in Europe….THAT is the legacy of 2001-2011. Every decade has a different set of problems, with no overlap at all between the "Assassination" decade and the "Terrorism" Decade (unless you count the early 70s epidemic of hijacking which led to early restrictions on air-travel as partly overlapping with the decade of assassination). No, it seems that the Government picks its crisis formula based on what it wants to achieve and then "stages" criminal acts and history accordingly. So, Jonathan, whoever you are, does this answer your question? Do you really want to live in a country where they can decide, tomorrow, that YOU are a terrorist and lock you up forever?
****I know only a few Jonathans… I hope that "Jonathan" who is the author of these questions is posing them only for rhetorical purposes to test my commitment to moral consistency and philosophical coherence. Because, if the author of these questions is serious, and if he reflects widespread opinion in America, then…. I'm even more depressed about the passage of Senate Bill 1867 than I was before. I can only hope this Jonathan is Dr. Jonathan Harris Levy (Brimstone & Co.)(http://www.brimstoneandcompany.com/), formerly attorney for noted Orange County Dentist Orly Taitz and (the one and only) other William Howard Taft Law School graduate I've ever encountered, because that would just confirm my suspicion that Orly supports the 93 bad guys who voted for this bill…. If it's anyone of any higher level of academic achievement in law than the William Howard Taft Law School involved in presenting these questions, well that's just demoralizing….
**If we desire homogeneity in this Country, we are well on the way to a "shake and bake" society of people no more different than one box of hamburger helper is from another. I do not personally desire such homogeneity, but I think it is best left to the people to make voluntary associations and define local color and establish meaningful cultural diversity by devolving power downward rather than concentrating it upward.
Everything you ever wanted to know about the 9/11 conspiracy theory in under 5 minutes.
(Watch French, German, Spanish or Portuguese translations of this video.)
TRANSCRIPT: On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 men armed with boxcutters directed by a man on dialysis in a cave fortress halfway around the world using a satellite phone and a laptop directed the most sophisticated penetration of the most heavily-defended airspace in the world, overpowering the passengers and the military combat-trained pilots on 4 commercial aircraft before flying those planes wildly off course for over an hour without being molested by a single fighter interceptor.
These 19 hijackers, devout religious fundamentalists who liked to drink alcohol, snort cocaine, and live with pink-haired strippers, managed to knock down 3 buildings with 2 planes in New York, while in Washington a pilot who couldn't handle a single engine Cessna was able to fly a 757 in an 8,000 foot descending 270 degree corskscrew turn to come exactly level with the ground, hitting the Pentagon in the budget analyst office where DoD staffers were working on the mystery of the 2.3 trillion dollars that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had announced "missing" from the Pentagon's coffers in a press conference the day before, on September 10, 2001.
Luckily, the news anchors knew who did it within minutes, the pundits knew within hours, the Administration knew within the day, and the evidenceliterally fell into the FBI's lap. But for some reason a bunch of crazy conspiracy theorists demanded an investigation into the greatest attack on American soil in history.
The investigation was delayed, underfunded, set up to fail, a conflict of interest and a cover up from start to finish. It was based on testimonyextracted through torture, the records of which were destroyed. It failed to mention the existence of WTC7, Able Danger, Ptech, Sibel Edmonds, OBL and the CIA, and the drills of hijacked aircraft being flown into buildings that were being simulated at the precise same time that those events were actually happening. It was lied to by the Pentagon, the CIA, the Bush Administration and as for Bush and Cheney…well, no one knows what they told it because they testified in secret, off the record, not under oath and behind closed doors. It didn't bother to look at who funded the attacks because that question is of "little practical significance". Still, the 9/11 Commission did brilliantly, answering all of the questions the public had (except most of the victims' family members' questions) and pinned blame on all the people responsible (although no one so much as lost their job), determining the attacks were "a failure of imagination" because "I don't think anyone could envision flying airplanes into buildings " except the Pentagon and FEMA and NORAD and the NRO.
The DIA destroyed 2.5 TB of data on Able Danger, but that's OK because it probably wasn't important.
The SEC destroyed their records on the investigation into the insider trading before the attacks, but that's OK because destroying the records of the largest investigation in SEC history is just part of routine record keeping.
NIST has classified the data that they used for their model of WTC7′s collapse, but that's OK because knowing how they made their model of that collapse would "jeopardize public safety".
The FBI has argued that all material related to their investigation of 9/11 should be kept secret from the public, but that's OK because the FBI probably has nothing to hide.
This man never existed, nor is anything he had to say worthy of your attention, and if you say otherwise you are a paranoid conspiracy theorist and deserve to be shunned by all of humanity. Likewise him, him, him, and her. (and her and her and him).
Osama Bin Laden lived in a cave fortress in the hills of Afghanistan, but somehow got away. Then he was hiding out in Tora Bora but somehow got away. Then he lived in Abottabad for years, taunting the most comprehensive intelligence dragnet employing the most sophisticated technology in the history of the world for 10 years, releasing video after video with complete impunity (and getting younger and younger as he did so), before finally being found in a daring SEAL team raid which wasn't recorded on video, in which he didn't resist or use his wife as a human shield, and in which these crack special forces operatives panicked and killed this unarmed man, supposedly the best source of intelligence about those dastardly terrorists on the planet. Then they dumped his body in the ocean before telling anyone about it. Then a couple dozen of that team's members died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
This is the story of 9/11, brought to you by the media which told you the hard truths about JFK and incubator babies and mobile production facilitiesand the rescue of Jessica Lynch.
If you have any questions about this story…you are a batshit, paranoid, tinfoil, dog-abusing baby-hater and will be reviled by everyone. If you love your country and/or freedom, happiness, rainbows, rock and roll, puppy dogs, apple pie and your grandma, you will never ever express doubts about any part of this story to anyone. Ever.
This has been a public service announcement by: the Friends of the FBI, CIA, NSA, DIA, SEC, MSM, White House, NIST, and the 9/11 Commission. Because Ignorance is Strength.
If you would like to help the fight for "corny old values" like Truth, Justice, and the American Way, for Family, Home, and Freedom, and to add one Senator for the Bill of Rights and against Indefinite Detention, against the PATRIOT ACT, and against the use of United States Troops in this Country against its own citizens, please support Charles Edward Lincoln, III, for U.S. Senator from California. We are fighting one of the most entrenched establishment seats in Congress—Dianne Feinstein who tried to make cosmetic changes in S.B. 1867 to hide and disguise its truly oppressive nature (and to claim she had "done the best she could", perhaps?)—and we ask you to send your check or money order to Lincoln-for-Senate 2012 to Charles Edward Lincoln, III, 952 Gayley Avenue, #143, Los Angeles, California 90024. Call 310-773-6023 for more information.


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