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Carson CityHome Menu
The Court Process
Preliminary Hearing
Individuals at Trial
Misdemeanor and District Court Trials
Direct Examination
Cross Examination
Special District Court Trial Rules
Once a defendant has been charged with a crime and either arrested or summoned to appear before the court, he/she is given an initial appearance or arraignment. At that time, the defendant is notified of the charges and the bail amount. Depending upon the classification of the charge, the defendant is either given a trial date (for misdemeanors), or a date for a preliminary hearing (if gross misdemeanor or felony).
Initial Appearance or Arraignment
At the time of initial appearance (for misdemeanors) or arraignment in district court (for gross misdemeanors and felonies bound over after preliminary examination), the defendant is read the charges and asked to enter a plea of guilty, no guilty or nolo contendre. If the defendant pleads guilty to misdemeanors, the judge usually will sentence the defendant at that time. If this occurs, you may not have the opportunity to be heard for sentencing. If this is a serious concern for you, you should contact your prosecutor immediately and notify them of your sentencing concerns. This is especially important if you believe you are entitled to restitution.
A nolo contendre plea is treated as a guilty plea by the court, but allows the defendant to escape civil liability based on his plea. You always have the option of pursuing civil remedies, through a private attorney. You cannot stop a defendant from pleading nolo contendre.
Although misdemeanor defendants routinely plead guilty at time of arraignment, the justice of the peace does not have jurisdiction to accept a guilty plea on behalf of a defendant charged with a gross misdemeanor or felony.
If the defendant pleads not guilty, the judge will then set a trial date. The defendant is entitled to a trial within 60 days. Although defendants have this right, the date for trial will usually be set several months away unless the defendant is in custody and has not been able to make bail. Do not be surprised if the trial date is many months away, or if it gets continued. Trial preparation by the prosecution and defense often takes time. The court system is quite busy and often is unable to hold all trials within a short time of the crime being committed.
Preliminary Hearing
If the defendant has been charged with a gross misdemeanor or felony, he/she is entitled to a preliminary hearing. A preliminary hearing is a probable cause hearing where the judge will decide if there is sufficient evidence to show a crime "probably" has been committed and if the defendant "probably" committed it. A preliminary hearing is conducted like a trial, except that often a prosecutor or defense attorney will not put on their entire case. Remember guilt or innocence is not being decided at a preliminary hearing--just probable cause to bind the defendant over for trial in district court. If the judge does not find sufficient evidence to bind the case over for trial, it will be dismissed.
Some of the larger jurisdictions (Las Vegas and Reno) have grand juries impaneled. A grand jury functions much like a judge in deciding whether there is sufficient evidence to bind over a defendant charged with a felony or gross misdemeanor for trial in district court. However, in a grand jury proceeding, the defendant or his attorney may, but is not required, to present evidence tending to explain away the criminal allegations, but is not allowed to ask questions or cross-examine witnesses. Because grand jury proceedings are inquisitorial and therefore "one-sided," the prosecutor is ethically obliged to present any evidence that tends to show the defendant did not commit the crime(s) alleged.
Once a trial date is set, you will be given a subpoena, which is a court order directing you to appear at a specified time and place. It may be delivered to you by mail or in person. This is a court order, and if you fail to appear at the time and place stated, you face criminal contempt of court charges. It is very important to obey a subpoena.
If you have a conflict with the date set on the subpoena, it is also very important that you contact the prosecutor's office as soon as possible to notify them. You should also notify the prosecutor's office if you change your address, phone number or plan on leaving the area.
Your employer should not discharge, punish or threaten you for attending a criminal proceeding when you are subpoenaed. If you experience such problems, please contact your prosecutor's office immediately. It is a misdemeanor offense for an employer to do this, or to penalize an employee summoned to court for jury duty.
It is always advisable to contact your prosecutor's office upon receipt of a subpoena from either the prosecutor's office or defense attorney. That allows the prosecutor plenty of time to meet with you or discuss the case by telephone before you have to testify.
Misdemeanor and District Court Trials
As a victim or witness, you will be expected to appear at the time and place set for trial as set forth in your subpoena. You should contact the prosecutor when you appear in court for trial.
Individuals at Trial:
- Judge - presides over the trial, and will determine guilt or innocence unless a jury is deciding the case.
- Prosecutor - represents the state or city and is responsible for presenting the case.
- Defendant - the person accused of committing the crime.
- Defense Attorney - responsible for representing and defending the accused.
- Bailiff - law enforcement officer who provides security in the courtroom.
- Court Clerk - responsible for administering oaths and keeping court docket.
- Court Reporter - takes down everything that is said in a trial.
- Jury - 12 residents of the county selected to determine guilt or innocence, when a jury trial is available (gross misdemeanors and felonies).
Once the trial begins, the judge will give you an oath to tell the truth. Once you have taken that oath, you may testify. If it is not your turn to testify, you may be asked to wait outside until you are called. This is called the Rule of Exclusion, and is to make sure that witnesses do not listen to each other's testimony. Do not be offended if you are asked to leave.
Once you are asked to testify, you will be reminded that you are under oath (or the oath will be given). You will be asked to give Your full name and to spell it for the record.
Direct Examination
You will be first asked questions by the prosecutor (if they subpoenaed you). This is called direct examination. In direct examination, the prosecutor will be asking you what you saw, heard or know.
Once the prosecutor has finished asking you questions, then the defense attorney will asked you questions. This is called cross-examination. Generally, most questions under cross-examination can be answered with a yes or no. After cross-examination, the prosecutor has the opportunity to ask you questions based on any questions the defense attorney may have asked you. This is called Rebuttal. The defense attorney then as the opportunity to ask you questions based on the rebuttal questions. This is called sur-rebuttal.
Once you have finished testifying you may either be excused by the court, or be asked to remain for possible further testimony. Do not leave the area unless you have been excused by the judge or have spoken with the prosecutor.
After the prosecutor has put on his case (called the case-in-chief), the defense has the opportunity to put on their case. The defense can call witnesses (including you) to try to show that the defendant is not guilty of the charged crime-- or simply that the prosecution has not met the heavy burden of proving the case beyond a reasonable doubt. The defendant has the right to take the stand and testify on his or her own behalf. Defendants also have the right not to testify. The prosecutor has the same right to cross-examine the defense witnesses as the defense has with the prosecution witnesses. After the defense has put on their witnesses, the prosecutor has the chance to put on any additional witnesses to rebut the defense case.
Once both the prosecution and defense have put on their respective cases, the court closes that portion of the trial and asks for final arguments. You may be present for these arguments if you so desire. In closing arguments, the state tries to convince the Court they have proven the crime beyond a reasonable doubt, while the defense attorney tries to show the opposite. The judge may make a ruling at that time, or may take the matter under advisement and issue a ruling later.
If the defendant is found guilty of a misdemeanor, then a sentence is generally handed down at that time. If you are a victim, you have the right to appear and be heard at sentencing. For further information on sentencing, see the Sentencing section of this handbook.
Special District Court Trial Rules
In a district court trial, a panel of 12 jurors (and several alternates) will decide if the defendant is guilty of the charged crimes. The jurors are selected through a process called voir dire, where the attorneys and judge, through a question and answer process, try to pick jurors who will be fair-minded, and without any preconceived notions or information about the case.
The district court judge will conduct the trial and will make rulings on what is admissible in court. The trial will be conducted as explained above.
The jurors will listen to all the evidence, and when the class is closed, will go into deliberations. During the deliberations, the jurors will decide if the defendant is guilty or not guilty of the charged crimes. Sometimes, deliberations can take several days.
If a defendant is found guilty of the charges, the district court judge will delay sentencing (usually 30-60 days) to have the Department of Parole and Probation prepare a pre-sentence investigation (see Sentencing section of this handbook). In murder cases, the jury also determines the appropriate sentence, and the trial is divided into guilt phase and sentencing phase (if a guilty verdict is returned).
Never attempt to talk with a juror about the case or any other matter during the trial. This includes chance meetings during recesses, in hallways, at lunch or any other place. Even if you are friends with a juror, you must not discuss the case with them. Violation of this rule against juror contact can result in a mistrial and a finding of contempt against the person making such contacts.
Your conduct during a jury trial is especially critical. Dress appropriately, maintain eye contact with whoever is asking the questions, be courteous to the court and the attorneys, and always listen to the question that is being asked.

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Simon Griffiths, an Australian entrepreneur and a co-founder of Who Gives a Crap toilet paper is not getting off the toilet until he raises $50,000 to fill his warehouse with the first supply of his unique toilet paper.
Griffiths along with fellow co-founder Jehan Ratnatunga and freelance product designer Danny Alexander have crafted a toilet paper that is 100 % recycled and contains no harsh chemicals, dyes or scents.
Griffiths said that "I'm sitting down for what I believe in," and is live streaming his fundraising project for a good cause. The entrepreneurs will donate 50% of its profits to Water Aid that provides access to safe water and sanitation in developing countries.
The Huffington Post reports that their effort may be quite pivotal since:
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention notes that 6.3 percent of all deaths worldwide could be prevented if access to proper sanitation were available to the 2.6 billion people who now lack it.
Over $26,000 was raised in the first day and the group is just shy of about $2,000 before their $50,000 goal is reached. The Huffington Post also reports that their drastic fundraising project may not be that uncommon:
This isn't the first time that someone has used the porcelain throne for philanthropic efforts. There's World Toilet Day and the Big Squat in 2010, along with People's Own Organic Power project (or the Poop Project) and its "Eat Sh*t" fundraising event to fund a movie on "how our waste can save the world."
Livestreamed fundraising events also have been done before, at times to a more physically-taxing degree. I AM, a company looking to help brands build social impact ran a campaign called "Don't Let Will Die," during which co-founder Will Baxter walked on a treadmill until the company reached its fundraising goal on Kickstarter. If Who Gives A Crap keeps fundraising at this rate, the worst Griffiths may end up with is a sore backside.


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The price point is considerably less than an extension and more comparable to a conservatory the finished effect will exceed all your expectations at a very affordable price.
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- 6 Beds
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Property TypeResidential – Single Family
SubdivisionThe Greens of Arrowhead
Listing Date12/20/18
Year Built1990
Lot Size0.16 Acres (6,970 SqFt)
Parking2 Car Garage
Property Description
Step into this Greens of Arrowhead home featuring the Cypress floorplan and enjoy views of the putting greens, pond and water feature from the large windows. Two master suites, one on the main level, new floors and new kitchen. Images virtually staged with furniture.
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Around the corner from Bachelor Gulch, the final village of Beaver Creek Resort is Arrowhead. Homes range from slope-side condominiums to elegant single family houses. Arrowhead has a charming village and ski lift base, private Jack Nicklaus golf course at the Country Club of the Rockies, and private access to the pristine waters of the Eagle River. Arrowhead offers an appealing alpine environment in a private gated community with convenient access to the rest of Beaver Creek and the nearby town of Edwards.
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Film Theory
- Autumn 2013
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This course surveys the central concerns of film theory, tracing debates chronologically from the 1920s to the present day. Readings range from the classical theories of Jean Epstein, Walter Benjamin and André Bazin, through 1970s "gaze" theories borne from Marxism, psychoanalysis, and feminism, to post-modern debates over new formations of mass culture and the representational variables of digital technologies, television's narrative formats, etc. It is expected that you have a fairly broad understanding of film aesthetics upon entering this class, as we will not spend class time learning the basics of film analysis—please come talk with me if you have any concerns regarding your preparation for this class.
The schedule includes two lecture/discussion days per week; two other days are scheduled for film screenings. The films will provide a point of departure for our discussion and readings. They will illustrate some of the important historical and conceptual issues raised in the course; but, if viewed closely and attentively, they will also compel us to rethink some of those same categories. Historical movements, film theories, and stylistic distinctions are always subject to revision; so, while you will be encouraged to engage with the ideas that together constitute the rich history of film and media studies, you should also engage intensely with the films themselves, with what you see and hear. The readings should allow you to see the films in a new way, and the films should allow you to challenge the readings and eventually begin to develop your own approach to this field of study.
Assignments include regular reading responses, several short formal writing exercises, a mid-term, and a final project.


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"...when you have laws against questioning the Holocaust narrative, you are screaming at the other person to stop thinking!!!" ---Michael Santomauro, March 23, 2011
Being happy–is it good for the Jews? "Before Professor Dershowitz accused me of being an anti-Semite (news to me), I was a happy person. Since then, I'm still a happy person". –Michael Santomauro
Most of us are mentally trapped to think Jewish. Actually, it is safe to say that virtually every mainstream publication or or other type of media organ is "nothing more than a screen to present chosen views." The great battle over the last century has been a battle for the mind of the Western peoples, i.e., non-Jewish Euros. The chosen won it by acquiring control over essentially the complete mainstream news, information, education and entertainment media of every type, and using that control to infuse and disseminate their message, agenda and worldview, their way of thinking, or rather the way they want us to think. Since at least the 1960s this campaign has been effectively complete. Since then they have shaped and controlled the minds of all but a seeming few of us in varying degree with almost no opposition or competition from any alternative worldview. So now most of us are mentally trapped in the box the chosen have made for us, which we have lived in all our lives. Only a few have managed to avoid it or escape it, or to even sometimes see outside of it, and so actually "think outside of the (Jewish) box." --Michael Santomauro
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This week I had to complete my speed workout on the treadmill at 4 AM. I thought of Will getting up at 330 for her workouts and this allowed me to spring out of bed, thankful for my 30 more minutes than Will receives ( www.throughthewall3.blogspot.com)
Tyler has his Middle School Open House tonight, Troy has football practice, there is no time for Mom to run tonight.
I ran a mile warmup, a mile cooldown and 12, yes 12, 800's at 3:45 minutes each. I ran a 400 recovery inbetween. I was out of air and totally drenched and exhausted.
Oh yeah, and I thought I was going to puke.
The only good thing was that I had my iPod and that I now have the workout over with. Otherwise it really sucked. I never got into the groove, I never enjoyed it and it was never fun. Speedwork on the track is better than speedwork on the treadmill, I say.
So for now my speed workouts are done. I will run Superior 50 next week, then recover for three weeks until Twin Cities Marathon. Where I want to runa 350 and qualify for Boston. Then it is a two week recovery for Ed Fitz 100K where I'm thinking an 11 hour 100K would be pretty awesome...


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Three tornadoes touched down in Connecticut yesterday, according to the National Weather Service.
The NWS has just announced that a third tornado struck the state on Monday. The EF0-category tornado touched down in Enfield around 1:45 p.m. It had a wind speed of up to 65 mph and a width of 50 yards. The twister traveled about three-quarters of a mile, according to the NWS.
Another EF0-category tornado touched down Monday morning in Fairfield County. According to the National Weather Service, the tornado began at 718 North Street in Greenwich and ended at Janes Lane in Stamford.
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The tornado reached wind speeds of up to 80 mph and had a maximum width of 150 yards.
An EF1-category twister tore through the area of Windsor Locks and East Windsor between 1:30 and 1:45 p.m. Monday. According to the NWS, the tornado reached wind speeds of up to 86 mph, was up to 200 yards wide and traveled 2.5 miles.
The EF1 tornado trees and power lines, scattering tobacco cloth, pulling the Sports World dome out of the ground and removing siding from houses.
"It was less than a minute — just, boom, just a wall of air going by the window, trees going down left and right," said Dan Rozman, who watched the tornado before preparing to take cover.
Damage was concentrated in the areas of East Windsor, Windsor Locks and Fairfield County.
East Windsor
Multiple lanes of traffic on I-91 southbound were closed near exits 44 and 45 in East Windsor after debris from the Sports World dome on Main Street blew onto the highway, authorities said.
One viewer said he was driving home from work when he saw the dome fly across the interstate.
Camp was underway at Sports World with the tornado struck. Counselors received tornado warnings on their phones and moved the 29 campers to safety just moments before the storm hit and swept away the dome, eyewitnesses said.
"Maybe two seconds after they got through the door, I looked back and heard a loud boom... and saw the top of the dome going flying into the air," said camp counselor Kyle Noonan.
Also in East Windsor, a tractor-trailer rolled over in the Walmart parking lot on Prospect Hill Road. Police worked to free the driver, who was still inside when the truck toppled.
A resident of Cricket Road said a tree in her yard had snapped and was dangling over her house, taking down power lines and narrowly missing her roof.
Windsor Locks
In Windsor Locks, two transformers went down and multiple trees fell, according to First Selectman Steven Wawruck. Damaged tobacco cloth left a trail of debris throughout the area.
"I have a tree that's around my boat right now," said Windsor Locks resident Peter Devine.
"We have a screen house on the porch," said Elizabeth Bartley of Windsor Locks. "We saw it take off like the Wizard of Oz house blew away."
The four-way intersection of Reed Avenue and Sadler Street flooded Monday afternoon, and the area of South Center Street was closed indefinitely due to heavy storm damage.
Police and fire officials were standing guard to keep the area off limits. Electricity has been shut off in some sections until cleanup efforts are complete.
Strong winds tore metal roofing off a vacant warehouse building on Hayden Station Road. The roofing was flung into a back parking lot and nearby woods.
Connecticut Light & Power reported 2,414 outages statewide, 806 of which were concentrated in Windsor Locks.
The utility company is asking people to stay away from tobacco cloth whipped around by the storms and draped across power lines, which can be very dangerous.
Gov. Dannel Malloy and state emergency response officials were continuing to monitor the situation Monday afternoon.
Malloy said he has spoken via telephone with Wawruck and East Windsor First Selectman Denise Menard to discuss resource coordination and recovery.
Fairfield County
Earlier on Monday, heavy storms prompted a tornado warning for lower into central Fairfield County.
That storm flooded streets and downed power lines in Ridgefield, according to emergency officials. It swept through lower Connecticut from Greenwich to Redding, where CL&P reported scattered outages are affecting nearly 650 homes, including around 350 in Wilton.
The National Weather Service is investigating the storm that hit southern Connecticut Monday morning to determine whether or not it, too, contained a tornado.
No storm-related injuries have been reported.
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catapult (someone or something) into (something)
To suddenly thrust one into a particular situation or condition, often fame. That award-winning role really catapulted the actor into stardom.
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catapult someone or something into something
1. Lit. to throw someone or something into a place using a catapult. The soldiers catapulted the huge stone into the fortress.
2. Fig. to thrust or force someone or something into something, such as fame, glory, front-page news, etc. The success catapulted her into the spotlight. The scandal catapulted the contractual arrangements into public scrutiny.
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Ever wondered what happens when you die? If you're like most of the world there's been a point in time, however fleeting it may have been, that you have pondered this question for the ages; what happens when we die?
From the youngest children to the most aged adults the questions that surround the existence of the afterlife are abundant. These deep questions usually remain as just that—questions without an answer. In Faye Schindelka's book, Poppies from Heaven: And Other Signs From the Hereafter (O Books) she dares to answer this lifelong question: what happens after we die?
In Schindelka's first book, she opens her heart, mind, and soul to the reader pondering this question and provides her first-hand experience with life after death. Now, of course, this isn't her own death which is her first-hand experience. It's the death of her dearly beloved brother, Murray, who Schindelka felt propelled her into writing Poppies From Heaven.
Do You Believe in Life After Death?
This easy-to-read, straight to the heart book takes the reader on a journey through much of the lives of both Faye and Murray. The two are barely a year apart in age and even closer in their souls—in both life and death.
Readers will feel like a part of the Schindelka family as they read about the tricks they played on their Dad as youngsters—and actually much into their adult lives—their comradery through the ups and downs life hands to us all, and as they played in bands together.
Schindelka writes this book giving readers a bird's eye view into her relationship with her brother both before and after his untimely death. Readers will see that these two soul mates have been able to miraculously continue their relationship beyond the confines of this world and into the next.
Filled with Premonitions, Signs & Insight into the Hereafter
Not only does Faye Schindelka have the extraordinary experience of sharing life still with Murray, she also experienced numerous signs and premonitions prior to his death.
Schindelka writes of traveling on her band's cold, lonely tour bus one day when she suddenly knew that her cherished Murray would die. Not that day, not immediately, but in the prime of his life.
In another strikingly 'coincidental' experience, Schindelka drove up to her parents' home to see Murray's truck and spilled paint on the driveway. Later, after Murray's death on her way to her parents' home she had the vision that this spilled paint was going to be in some type of form that would be of significance.
As she arrived at home and jumped out of her car, she saw that the white and green paint was clearly in the shape of an angel. Her husband and parents both confirmed that, yes, this was truly an image of an angel. Ironic or communication from before the time Murray had passed? You decide.
Stories like this and many others that fill the pages of Poppies from Heaven in Schindelka's soft, friendly writing manner that tempt even the biggest skeptic into believing that indeed there is something beyond the here and now. Something bigger, something full of life and very powerful.
Do you believe?
No matter what you think now, you'll find pleasure in reading this 104 page, twenty-six chapter book that reveals one kind and brave woman's journey from this world to connect with her beloved brother now in the next world.
I recommend this easy-to-read, inspirational book that can answer many questions about life after here and now.
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Zion Faith Orphanage: Located Tenali which is located on the eastern side of Andhra Pradesh. As you can see, no birthdate has been provided, as most children in this orphanage are unaware of their birthdate. These children have been rescued straight from the streets where they would sleep and beg for food. This Orphanage has taken them in to care for them in any way that they can.


text: The most exiting way to cook hot dogs: connect a chain of 12 of them up and send bolts of multi-thousand-volt electricity through them. Awesome, and all thanks to the Nevada Lightning Lab and their 10-foot Tesla coil at Maker Faire '08. And amazingly, the coil they used is just a prototype for a 122-foot version they want to build for lightning experiments. Imagine the light show and cookability you'd get from that! [Lightning Lab via Oh Gizmo]


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Which Advertising and Communicative Materials to Distribute in a Trade Fair? What Is Kept and What Is Thrown?
You Could Distribute Literally Anything. But What Works? What Does Not? Here Are Few Insights We Gathered During The Latest Milan Design Week
Tradefairs, shows, events, these are the places where you would want to reach people, and where you want and need to be separated from the rest of the crowd, among thousands of exhibitors you want to be remembered, and therefore you want to distribute some communicative material. But what works? How they work? and What works best?Bags and Shoppers: Size matters: When it comes to bags, the most important aspect is its size and when you get them. Materials, printing quality and anything else comes last. Bags should be distributed during the entrance of the event so that all other materials could be put inside. They work; people carry your bags from one place to another, advertising your image or brand identity. The bigger the better, because smaller bags end up being folded and thrown inside other bags. However, in any case, they are kept.Post-card sized flyers are very common, however they work best when there is a good amount of graphic design. Otherwise, they are the first to be thrown during packing. Most of them are not actual post-cards. If they are actual postcards, they are usually kept more longer.Non-standard sized materials, leaflets and brochures are also common, in these case if the material is interesting, it is kept, otherwise immediately thrown away. So what makes these materials interesting? 1. Product Information. 2. Contact Information. 3. Graphic Appeal. Anything else, especially long texts, make the brochures boring.Big, bulky magazines and leaflets are popular only and only if there is a price-tag on them: i.e. even if you do not sell them, write a price on them so that people know they are throwing out money. They are good for advertising, but their lifespan is one of the shortest. Only a few of them with exceptional graphics contents are kept.Sticker distribution is usually forbidden in the street, but they make good viral material only & only if people would actually be sticking them some other places. However, people are not naughty as the exhibitors would expect, so these goodies goes to sticker lovers and kids. Bookmarks are interesting for some of the audience but only and only if they are really nicely made. Otherwise, they are not even picked. This principle also applies to all non-standard material. People usually keep standard size materials more often as they could be grouped or stacked together, otherwise they create a mess.CD's are good for sharing with press members, however they are costly and no one checks them when people are back from the event. They should only be distributed to press members, and indeed they must be distributed to press members; contents should include high-resolution images, interviews, text, logo and information about products.Some companies distribute better looking, well made gifts, these are usually best for being picked-up, they are usually never thrown and find their ways to homes, however they are slightly costly. For advertising value, they should also include contact details and image of the products or company so that people will remember what they were selling or marketing during the event.Foodstuff is nice, everyone likes them and everyone pickes them, then people eat them, and throw them around. They only work, if they are distributed with a flyer or additional communicative material; i.e. the foodstuff acts as a bait so that people could be given flyers while they are picking the foodstuff. Make sure it is delicious!.Spins are indeed great, however, you need to make sure that your brand is already well-known, otherwise include a website address which they could visit, repeating your graphic identity also helps only and only if your identity is very visible in the event. Otherwise they are just costs. Spins have a very long life-span and they will be kept longer than most of the items, but perhaps by the younger audience or the kids of the audience. What works best is a well-designed business card. A well designed and well made business card with standard dimensions will be most likely to be kept, however here are my insights for cards designs during event: cards should include a person-contact. (It does not make sense to give a public contact address to people who have made all the way to visit your stand) make sure that the brand or a key product is also featured so that people will remember your brand. The quality of your cards will be associated with the quality of your brand.Exerpt:Tradefairs, shows, events, these are the places where you would want to reach people, and where you want and need to be separated from the rest of the crowd, among thousands of exhibitors you want to be remembered, and therefore you want to distribute some communicative material. But what works? How they work? and What works best?Bags and Shoppers: Size matters: When it comes to bags, the most important aspect is its size and when you get them. Materials, printing quality and anything else comes..
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International boffins, led by a computer scientist based in Nottingham, intend to produce what they describe as "a cell's equivalent to a computer operating system", which would deliver living organisms that could be "reprogrammed" to produce almost anything biological - fresh human organs for transplant, amazing new food sources, tailored micro-organisms able to clean up pollution or suck carbon out of exhausts, maybe dragons or unicorns etc etc.
The British government has awarded new funding of £1m via the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), allowing Professor Natalio Krasnogor of the Nottingham uni's School of Computer Science to act as lead boffin on the project, which will see his computing expertise applied, quite literally, to creating reprogrammable life.
"This EPSRC Leadership Fellowship will allow me to transfer my expertise in Computer Science and informatics into the wet lab," explains the prof.
"Currently, each time we need a cell that will perform a certain new function we have to recreate it from scratch which is a long and laborious process. Most people think all we have to do to modify behaviour is to modify a cell's DNA but it's not as simple as that — we usually find we get the wrong behaviour and then we are back to square one. If we succeed with this, in five years time we will be programming bacterial cells in the computer and compiling and storing its program into these new cells so they can readily execute them."
Apart from Krasnogor and his colleagues at Nottingham, the team will include computing experts, biologists and chemists at other universities in Scotland, the US, Spain and Israel.
Synthetic biology can already modify lifeforms by altering DNA, but this is a trial-and-error process and takes a long time to achieve much - and what is achieved may not be what was intended to start with. If Krasnogor and his colleagues can achieve their goal, designing tailored life-forms will become comparatively simple.
"We are talking about a highly ambitious goal leading to a fundamental breakthrough that will, ultimately, allow us to rapidly prototype, implement and deploy living entities that are completely new and do not appear in nature, adapting them so they perform new useful functions," says the professor. ®


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Spurs forward Bruce Bowen has a habit of sliding his feet under the feet of the man he's guarding when they go up for a jumpshot. It's an extremely dirty and dangerous play, and Bowen's got a history with it. Both Ray Allen and Vince Carter have wanted to beat his ass at various points in the not-too-distant past.
He did it to Knicks guard Steve Francis on Monday, injuring him, and causing him to miss this Saturday night Knicks/Spurs rematch. Isiah Thomas, when asked what he'd do if a player did the same thing to him, said this before the rematch:
"I'd beat the (stuffing) out of somebody," he said. "Really, I would. That's murder. Excuse me, but in the NBA, when you're in the air, you're really exposed and there's a certain code."
So last night, Bowen was near the Knicks bench, and he and Isiah got into a little bit of a jawing match that I'm pretty sure ended with Thomas saying, "Ah, fuck you." So Spurs coach Gregg Popovich started yelling at Isiah, Isiah yelled back, and this with the subplot of Gregg Popovich being best pals with Larry Brown, while Isiah Thomas did Larry Brown pretty dirty (though it certainly ended up working out well for Brown).
Unfortunately, they did make up after the game. It was just odd to see men with such different levels of credibility arguing. It's kind of like a priest getting into an argument with Mark Foley. Wait... that doesn't work. Nevermind.
League probing Francis' injury [NJ.com]
Cablevision: Knicks pay Brown $18.5M [Yahoo! News]


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My favorite for all-around awesome is the Red, White & Blue Cake made with Red Velvet and Blue Velvet cakes, and the traditional Cream Cheese Frosting.
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Here's the recipe from Cake... Or Death?
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The cake is beautiful, but for those who don't quite have the time commitment it would require, there are also so many cute Fourth of July desserts made with Jell-o.
Look at these choices:
Brown Eyed Baker has Stained Glass Jell-o
Taste of Home has Red, White & Blue Jell-o Cubes:
And last, here are two options that combine both cake and Jell-o, (which admittedly, probably look better than they taste):
Kraft's Patriotic Poke Cake:
And the Patriotic Quilt "Cake"
Do you have a favorite July Fourth dessert? Would love to hear your recipes!
For lots more ideas, check out all the July Fourth posts and the Red, White and Blue Pinterest Board I made.


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The Macon is a one level home with 3 BR 2 Bath, 1343 heated sq. ft. plus a 2-car garage with an open floor plan that features a comfortable kitchen which opens to your large living/dining room which is perfect for entertaining. Granite counters, pantry and stainless appliances. Low maintenance luxury floating vinyl wood plank floors throughout main living room, kitchen, both baths and the laundry room. The owner's suite is located off the back of the home and offers a large walk-in-closet and Master Bath with 5 ft. walk-in shower, and cultured marble vanity top. Oak Glenn features large home sites with a minimum of 20 ft. of separation between homes. The community is located within minutes to Historic Downtown Conway, shopping, restaurants, and the River Walk. Pictures and virtual tour are of the same plan model home and are for illustration purposes only. Home to begin construction in August with estimated completion in mid-fall. You may still have time to make your own color design choices!! Pictures and virtual tour are of a Macon plan in another on of our Express Communities. Home and community information, including pricing, included features, terms, availability and amenities, are subject to change and prior sale at any time without notice or obligation. Square footages are approximate. Pictures, photographs, colors, features, and sizes are for illustration purposes only and will vary from the homes as built. Equal housing opportunity builder.
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SOCHI, Russia — Palm trees have been planted near futuristic-looking stadiums, lush green sods of grass placed over muddy patches near newly built hotels, and the finishing touches put on a festive park that bears a striking resemblance to both Disneyland and Six Flags.
SOCHI, Russia — Palm trees have been planted near futuristic-looking stadiums, lush green sods of grass placed over muddy patches near newly built hotels, and the finishing touches put on a festive park that bears a striking resemblance to both Disneyland and Six Flags.
Russia, at least cosmetically, appears ready for the 2014 Winter Olympics, a Feb. 7-23 spectacle expected to bring 6,000 athletes from more than 85 countries and an estimated 10,000 American spectators to Sochi, a once-sleepy resort town on the Black Sea.
But can fun times and feel-good competition emerge from the threat of terrorism, cloud of corruption, controversy over Russia's anti-gay laws, and the challenge of hosting a winter sports festival in a subtropical region?
Russian President Vladimir Putin is banking his reputation on it. He brought the games to this unofficial summer capital for Russia's vacationing political elite by waging a successful charm offensive on the International Olympic Committee members who chose Sochi. He then remade the area through force of political will and an estimated $50 billion that makes these the most expensive Olympics in history.
"Putin considers the event to be a demonstration of Russia's post-Soviet potential and its growing role on the international stage, as well as visible proof of his success in overcoming the political chaos that followed the dissolution of the USSR," Sergey Markedonov, a visiting fellow at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies, said in his analysis of the winter games. "The Sochi Winter Olympics have also been interpreted by some as an integral part of Putin's return to the presidency — an attempt to secure domestic support and prestige."
However, a confluence of controversy could potentially crash Putin's party. More than 300 miles separates the Olympics' glistening state-of-the-art arenas and snow-covered slopes from Chechnya, the scene of two bitter civil wars, home of anti-Putin Muslim rebels, and the homeland of the family of the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects.
"I don't think ever has a Winter or Summer Olympic Games been held in a place so close in proximity to a region — the Northern Caucasus — which is so rife with conflict, instability and acts of violence, many of them terrorist acts," said Andrew Kuchins, director of the Russia and Eurasia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "It's a pretty risky play for Putin. The jihadists, they would like to spoil Putin's party in Sochi. That would be the Holy Grail."
The potential for danger was reinforced in December when suicide bombers detonated themselves in a crowded bus and a railroad station in Volgograd, a city about 400 miles north of Sochi, killing 32 people.
Last July, Doku Umarov, a Chechen rebel leader, released a video over the Internet that implored his followers to use "maximum force" to disrupt the Winter Olympics and referred to the games as "satanic dances on the bones of our ancestors."
Putin has promised to place a "ring of steel" around the Olympics to shield athletes and spectators from terrorist acts. Government officials have deployed an estimated 100,000 security personnel under the direction of Russia's Federal Security Services (FSB), according to a study done by Stratfor, a Houston-based global intelligence agency.
In addition, aerial drones will patrol the skies around Sochi, boats will be on patrol in the Black Sea, phone calls and computer activity within Sochi will be heavily monitored, and Russian Cossacks will walk the streets during the games to keep an eye out for trouble.
Russia's security efforts received a vote of confidence this week from International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.
"I'm sorry to tell you I'm sleeping very well," Bach told reporters in London when asked about security at the games.
But U.S. officials are still suffering insomnia. The State Department recently issued a travel alert for the Russian Federation, reminding travelers of the terrorism threats to the Olympic Games.
A senior administration official acknowledged last week that athletes had been advised to consider not wearing their U.S.A. uniforms outside the Olympic perimeter.
"If you're an American athlete, you probably don't want to advertise that much outside the Olympic venues," on senior administration official told reporters. "It's just good common sense."
Some U.S. lawmakers are urging American spectators to think twice about going to Sochi.
"If I were an athlete, I would go, I'm almost certain," said Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., former chair of the House Homeland Security Committee. "But as a spectator, no, I would not."
But Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, the current homeland security committee chairman, told CBS' "Face the Nation" that "If we do not support our team and show up, I think the terrorists are winning."
"Having said that, I would say that the security threat to … this particular Olympics is the greatest I've ever seen."
Russia also faces potential blowback from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and human rights activists over an anti-propaganda law, widely viewed as anti-gay, and for the alleged abuse of workers who built the Olympic arenas, villages, and other venues.
Last year, Russia approved a law which prohibits individuals from promoting "homosexual behavior" and spreading "propaganda of nontraditional relations" among minors, subjecting violators to fines and possible incarceration.
LGBT and human rights groups aren't sure how Russian officials will react if there are individual or group protests to the law in Sochi or other parts of the country. Russian and IOC officials have repeatedly stated that the law won't be a problem during the games.
Still, Rachel Denber, deputy director for Europe and Central Asia for Human Rights Watch, said, "It's not clear what happens if people at the games decide to be out or hold hands in public."
Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov told the BBC this week that gay people are welcome at the games as long as they "respect Russian law" and "don't impose their habits on others."
Pakhomov added that Sochi doesn't have gay people "in our city."
In December, the IOC announced that Sochi will have designated public zones where protestors can demonstrate, similar to areas established at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
But some world leaders have chosen to protest the law by not attending the opening or closing ceremonies of the Sochi games because of the anti-propaganda law.
President Barack Obama is skipping Sochi and is instead sending a low-level official U.S. delegation to the games that includes three gay members — tennis great Billie Jean King, Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater Brian Boitano, and U.S. women's ice hockey player Caitlin Cahow.
Human rights activists and Russian political watchdogs have a bone to pick with Putin over the building up of Sochi for the games.
Russia spared no expense. The estimated $50 billion price tag exceeds the $43 billion China spent on the larger 2008 Summer Games; the $13 billion London spent on its Summer Olympics; and the $8.9 billion bill for the Vancouver Winter Games.
Putin dismisses the $50 billion figure, but concedes that Russia had to build a Winter Olympics from scratch, converting summertime Sochi into a winter wonderland.
Indeed, the area smacks of newness, from highways to a high-speed rail line that links seaside Sochi to the mountains and Krasnaya Polyana, formerly a quaint resort village converted into a high-end ski town with new hotels and eateries.
At sea level in Sochi's Adler district, new arenas dominate a skyline dotted with hotels, villages, and entertainment centers that didn't exist prior to Russia securing the games in 2007.
"It's very exciting," said David, a longtime Sochi resident who's working in the hospitality services during the games. He declined to give his last name. "Everything new. Before this, it was nothing."
But critics complain that Putin's allies and business oligarchs managed to line their pockets in the Olympics construction frenzy. Many point to a new $8 billion stretch of highway that connects Sochi to Krasnaya Polyana as evidence of excess and corruption.
Leonid Martynuk and Boris Nemtsov, staunch Putin opponents, authored a report last May charging that $30 billion of the Olympics budget went missing in "kickbacks and embezzlement."
"An absence of fair competition, clan politics, and the strictest censorship about anything related to the Olympic Games have led to a sharp increase in costs and a low quality of work," their report said.
Even putting the games in Sochi, where the February temperature is about 47 degrees, seemed like a curious choice.
"It's hard to find a place on the map of Russia where there hasn't been snow and where winter sports are not developed," Nemtsov wrote in his report. "But Putin found such a spot and decided to hold the winter Olympics there. It's the city of Sochi."
Human rights activists claim that much of the work done for the Olympics was mostly done by foreign laborers, often under inhumane terms and conditions, according to a report last year by Human Rights Watch. The 67-page report contends that migrant laborers had their passports confiscated, were forced to work 12-hour shifts seven days a week, were paid between $1.80 and $2.60 an hour, and lived in overcrowded conditions.
Putin has shrugged off the allegations.
"I do not see serious corruption instances for the moment, but there is a problem with overestimation of construction volumes," Putin told the BBC in January.
In the meantime, Russian officials and the Olympic athletes hope that all these potential problems fade away once the games begin.
"They're trying to make it as safe as possible and as fan-friendly as possible," David Backes, a returnee on the U.S. men's hockey team and captain of the St. Louis Blues. "With all the man hours being put in from the Russian government …we expect it's going to be a safe area and going to be another amazing Games."


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Evaluating e-books in Law Libraries
Posted by Unknown in Law Librarians, Law Libraries on Wednesday, 11 April 2012
The iLibrarian has published the slides from a recent presentation on e-books, which I've embedded below. In her talk she outlines some of the benefits and downsides to purchasing and maintaining e-book collections. If you've not thought about e-books before, this is a good introduction to the topic.
I also wrote an article recently about why I don't think Law Libraries should be eagerly buying up Kindles for fee-earners to use within the Library. Why? well the market is in my mind still developing and will continue to develop. Also if you look at the iLibrarian's slides you'll see that there are a lot of benefits, but in my mind the challenges of e-books, particularly around the sales model and libraries relationships with vendors is one that needs to develop in a more positive way.
Anyway to cut a long story short, the slides are great and well worth having a look at.
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Remember the storm surrounding Sarah Palin and her book banning crusade at the Wasilla Public Library. It turned out to be one of the bigger issues of her campaign.
20 years before Palin thrust the Wasilla Public Library into the national spotlight Edith Olson wrote a book The Library and I. A History of the first twenty-five years of the Wasilla Public Library.
Olson was the librarian at the Wasilla Public Library from 1938-1958. When she arrived their was no library building and the library consisted of two bookcases in the hall of the school house. The library held 350 books, when she left, 20 years later, there were 9,000 more.
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By Sherri Ellington
Pike County unemployment was the second lowest in the region during August at 8.9%, up slightly from 8.7% in July. Joblessness was 9.2% in August 2011. Carroll joined Pike and Coweta as the only counties in single-digit joblessness in the 10-county Three Rivers region.
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Joanne P. Burress, Associate Professor - B.A. (SUNY, Geneseo), M.B.A. (Rochester Institute of Technology), Ph.D. (SUNY, Buffalo)
Alan H. Cohen, Associate Professor - B.S. (Hunter), M.S. (SUNY, Binghamton), CPA
Eric E. Lewis, Associate Professor - B.S. (Siena), M.B.A., Ph.D. (Union College)
Patricia A. Libby, Associate Professor - B.S. (Pennsylvania State), M.B.A. (DePaul), Ph.D. (Michigan, Ann Arbor), CPA
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There's plenty of 2D graphics libraries out there, some 3D ones as well, but that hasn't stopped Jakob Westhoff from creating his own driver for the Image_3d package to allow for live 3D image browser rendering.
Quite some time ago my friend Kore Nordmann had a talk at our local PHP Usergroup about 3D rendering techniques which was quite inspiring. Shortly after that talk I decided to write a simple 3D renderer. But, hey there are so many of them already out there, that I decided to do something more unusual.
I just started over and began to write a ECMA Script based live 3D renderer for browsers which understand the new "canvas" tag. After some simple tests I realized that it would be quite cool to implement this as a driver for Kore's Image_3D package, which is entirely written in PHP.
Be sure to check out his post to see what this new driver makes possible. There's an image complete with controls to rotate, zoom, turn of its axis and export to both the SVG and PNG formats. Definitely work checking out!


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Tagged: Michael Johnson
The Filibuster
Earlier this week, Jamaican Usain Bolt proved to the sporting world that indeed speed sells. With MLB's recent crackdown on PEDs subsequently limiting the homerun game, is it possible that baseball will start to see an increase of importance on the running game or have we already seen the last of players like Rickey Henderson, Vince Coleman and Lou Brock?
— Jeff
Running is a much more complicated process than it was when we played tag in kindergarten. As our good friend Sen. Obama has shown us time and again, it is not without its pitfalls. And as Chinese hurdler, Liu Xiang, showed us, it is not without its pain.
But there are some people who just make it look easy. Michael Johnson, Carl Lewis, Usain Bolt. All of them make sprinting look as simple as hitting a home run looks for Manny Ramirez. Maybe they're genetic freaks (or just straight up freaks as in the case of Manny), but there's no denying they have a talent that 99.9% of the world just doesn't have. It's not so much what they do or how they do it but the fact that they can go out and replicate the feat on a consistent basis that sets them apart.
However, running does play an important role in the great American pastime. As much as I hate to have to think about it, much less mention it, one of the reasons that Cardinals beat the Tigers in the 2006 World Series was because the Cardinals had a running game that always put them in a position to score while the Tigers relied on brute strength that seemed to escape them when they needed it most. So, in that respect, I would argue that the question is moot in and of itself.
The running game has always been important for clubs that can't afford to go out and buy sluggers. Now, the question is if the decrease in power will start to affect the Yankees, Tigers and Red Sox of the world. Again, I'd have to say that successful teams have usually found a way to combine the two elements.
Look at the Oakland A's of late 80's. Although they had the two most prolific juicers outside of Sammy Sosa on one team, they also had Rickey Henderson, Mr. "Rickey's the Best" himself. And Canseco, although he could pound the ball, also did quite well for himself on the basepaths.
However, thoughts of Mr. Canseco and his ill-begotten physique bring me to another important point. Speed and doping aren't always mutually exclusive. In fact, sometimes they're regular kissing cousins as the the pride of Canada, Ben Johnson, can attest to. The crackdown on PEDs in MLB might lead to a general and overall slowing down of the game from the way it is played today. Remember, it wasn't just the the Barry Bonds of the world who were looking for that little extra. It was also the Roger Clemens. And who knows how that might have also played into the speed game.
So, I think the answer to your question is that we have not seen the end of an era and that players who have great legs and a great jump will continue to be sought after. The thing that you have to take into account, though, is that you can't steal a base or try for the hit-and-run unless you have someone on base in the first place. That was Rickey's true talent, his ability to get himself in scoring position. And if you want to take it full-circle, it's also the talent Mr. Obama has shown to this point in getting himself nominated. However, now we have to wait and see if he can find a way to bring it home just like Mr. Bolt.


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I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
As the Stanley Cup playoffs proceed, some of the other clubs in the NHL seems to be at one of those forks in the road about which Robert Frost wrote almost a century ago. Ron Wilson was relieved of his duties yesterday as coach of the San Jose Sharks. The problem for Wilson was not his regular season production – he finished his tenure with the Sharks 206-122-19-32 – but his playoff record. With a 28-24 win-loss record and failure to reach the Stanley Cup final in his four tries, Sharks management decided that a change was in order.
Wilson joins Joel Quenneville and Paul Maurice as veteran coaches looking for employment this off season. Meanwhile, as James Mirtle wrote last Friday, there is another line of thinking that finding an AHL bench boss might be a more productive strategy – the "Bruce Boudreau" strategy, if you will.
Pro sports of all types are risk-averse entities given to trying to copy the latest success. In the matter of coaching, risk-aversion often means recycling the same set of names. Wilson has coached for three franchises in his 14 seasons behind an NHL bench. Quenneville has had two postings in his 11 seasons. Maurice has had two teams (three, if you count Hartford, the predecessor to the Carolina Hurricanes) in his 11 years. Other coaches with multiple teams on their resumes have already surfaced for vacancies. Pat Burns, for example – with four teams in 14 years on his resume – has already been identified as a potential candidate for both the Colorado and Toronto vacancies.
But while these coaches with more than one NHL stop in their careers are the focus of speculation in some quarters, coaches like John Anderson, Scott Gordon, Don Lever, and Randy Cunneyworth might be getting long looks by teams with vacancies in an attempt to recreate the success the Capitals had in selecting Bruce Boudreau.
There are a few clubs standing at that place where two roads diverge. On one lies familiarity as coaches with hundreds of games of experience become available. On the other lies risk as coaches with fine resumes at the minor league level stand ready to take the next step.
The Washington Capitals chose the road less taken twice in recent years. The first time – selecting the Grand Rapids Griffins' Bruce Cassidy – was a famously unsuccessful experience. The second time, however, the club hit the jackpot with Adams Trophy finalist Bruce Boudreau, brought from behind the Hershey Bears' bench 21 games into the season to lead the Caps to the playoffs.
This is going to make for some interesting decisions that bear watching and that might have repercussions that extend well into next year. Should these teams with vacancies take that less-travelled path, those experienced coaches will still be out there waiting and watching…
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Rival Schools to Release Second Album a Decade Later… or Fun with Youtube
So the other day I received a press release in my e-mail about a new Web Site launching for the band Rival Schools and a new album that they have coming out in March. Why? I'm not sure. Maybe I signed up for their mailing list back in like 2000 or something. Like I'd remember that. Still I have to admit it got me kind of excited and that excitement is all about hearing new rock from Walter Schreifels.
If you don't know Schreifels, he was in pretty much every awesome band ever: Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Rival Schools (obviously), even Youth of Today apparently which if that was something I knew, it's also something I had long ago forgotten. He's generally credited with writing the first CIV record, which features a ton of awesome pop hardcore fun.


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Server path issues usually occur when the calendar is moved from one server or directory to another or your server can't provide the correct paths to the calendar script. The paths in the calendar/calendar.php would need to be updated to reflect the changes.
All server paths are different and your web host provider would be best to provide the correct information needed for the paths if you have having an issue finding the correct ones.
Easy PHP Calendar 7, Correcting Paths:
Please consult with your web host provider / server administrator for this information and manually enter it into the calendar.php file. You can also do this if you already know the paths and want to manually update them yourself.
Easy PHP Calendar 6, Correcting Paths:
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1) Usually the calendar can determine the correct paths. This can only happen if the paths in the calendar.php file are blank and the calendar.php file is writable (see Changing file Permissions).
There are two paths that need to be modified in the calendar.php file to appear as the paths below. After modifying the paths, make sure to upload the updated calendar.php file to the server:
Afterward, log in to the Setup Manager and the calendar will try to determine the paths.
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Three months after the swallows returned to the mission of San Juan Capistrano , The Girlfriend has moved back to her native land in the Golden State, following career and family. It was a good run while it lasted and we've parted amicably as dear friends. Hereinafter she'll be referred to as California Girl as I try to get her to smuggle out wine bottles from small producers on the West Coast. And I've got a place to crash for future visits to the heart of American wine country... stay tuned!
There was a goodbye party at Paul's place, replete with appetizers and laughter and a riotous game of Apples to Apples. The frivolity was fueled by wine and various spirits, including the following:
2004 Paringa Sparkling Shiraz. $10, 12.5% abv. Drier than expected, muted tones of shiraz flavor obviously enjoyed at a colder temperature. In many parts of the English-speaking world this is a favorite for a big Christmas meal of roast bird and assorted sides. I thought it would be an interesting change of pace from standard bubbly and would go well with a a variety of small dishes and cheeses.
2006 Falesco Vitiano Rosé, $12. 30% Sangiovese, 30% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Aleatico. Aleatico is a sweet red grape famously grown on the island of Elba. While Napoleon was imprisoned there Aleatico wine was his only pleasure. Bright and fruity, with a strawberry-kiwi flavor. While it was delicious on its own, I found myself craving grilled fish, or perhaps a little Italian frito misto.
2005 Screw Kappa Napa, $10, 13.5% abv. Oaked, buttery, nutty, with a touch of caramel and popcorn. Overall sensation of a box of Cracker Jacks. Aside from the casual ease presented by the screwcap enclosure, I picked this out as a little joke in honor of California Girl's sorority days.
What else was there? I recall martinis and Paul's collection of Ports and the old bottle of cachaça that was considered and then wisely returned to the liquor cabinet. A grand time was had by all.
Next up on the week of celebrations was the grilled ostrich dinner, a personal request from her that I was all too happy to prepare at home.
And the final dinner, l'ultima cena if you want to be dramatic, was held at Roustica on the north side of Midtown. I've been there once before and absolutely loved it. She'd never been, making it a pleasant surprise. After the Maytag bleu salads, I had the rack of veal with goat cheese mashed potatoes (I'm still salivating), while she picked the quail, served in a little nest of frites with a hard-boiled quail's egg hiding under the grilled bird. Dessert was an unexpected joy: sorghum crème brûlée. The tangy, slightly bitter and smoky flavor of sorghum is a perfect match for a rich custard.
All in all the various dinners and gatherings served as a fun, enjoyable sendoff. As she drives off in the direction of the setting sun, I leave you with the quote I used as a toast during the party:
"Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends." —Richard Bach
23 June 2008
Farewell, The Girlfriend
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5 comments:
- Barbara said...
Hmm did I miss something? What happened to the French girl?
- 23 June, 2008 00:55
The Girlfriend was of French heritage on her mother's side, but there wasn't ever a French girl. Unless I've really not been paying attention.
- 23 June, 2008 06:56
- Michael Hughes said...
Sorry to see the girlfriend has left. Kudos to you for the positive spin on it by focusing on her now being the hookup on some good CA wines.
- 23 June, 2008 17:10
- Grace said...
I miss her!!!! *sobs*
- 24 June, 2008 14:07
- Allen said...
It was a grand evening..........
- 27 June, 2008 05:50
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It seems that the legal tables are now being turned on Tom Cruise.
Less than two months after the 51-year-old actor settled his $50 million defamation lawsuit against Bauer Media, the "Oblivion" star is now being sued, thanks to his iconic role in as Ethan Hunt in the famous action franchise.
Timothy Patrick Mclanahan is suing Tom Cruise, Brad Grey, Paramount Pictures, Skydance Pictures, Cruise/Wagner Productions and others for copyright infringement because he claims they stole his script idea for the making of the 2011 film "Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol."
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According to the legal documents obtained by E! News, McLanahan says he wrote a screenplay in 1998 called "Head On," which he subsequently sent to William Morris Agency.
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He claims the script was taken to CAA without his knowledge and shown to Cruise's agent.
McLanahan says when he saw "Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol" he "immediately recognized the script for this movie had been illegally written and produced from 'Head On''s 1998" script. He does not cite any examples of similarities in his lawsuit.
Cruise's attorney, Bert Fields, has yet to respond to E! News' request for comment.
In late December, the three-time Academy Award nominated actor settled out of court with the publisher of In Touch Weekly and Life & Style in response to stories which claimed the A-lister "abandoned" daughter Suri Cruise after his divorce from Katie Holmes. The suit was filed on Oct. 24, 2012.


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European stocks, which have been in a broad upswing for the past three months, could retreat by up to 20 percent, presenting an opportunity to move back into the market, says Marc Faber, author of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report.
Faber, who rose to prominence after predicting the stock market crash of 1987, told CNBC on Thursday that he started to buy European shares for the first time in June. That month marked a low for European equity markets, which shed about 15 percent of their value in less than three months.
Europe's equity markets are a safer bet compared to other European assets amid a bleak economic outlook, according to Faber, who said he would use any pull back in the market as a buying opportunity.
"I think European markets could easily correct 10 to 20 percent from the recent highs that we have had, but I don't envision new lows," Faber told CNBC Asia's "The Call."
"I bought some shares in Portugal, Spain, Italy, and France, and after I bought them in the last three to four months, the market rallied strongly," he said. "I am negative on equities for the next three months, I'm not saying they will collapse but they will go down and I will add to my positions when the market corrects here."
Faber, often referred to as Dr. Doom because his commentary generally veers on the negative side, said his investment decisions were based on his view of a collapse in the global financial system.
If troubled peripheral members of the euro zone leave the currency bloc, investors could position for this by buying European shares, he said.
"In the worst case scenario that the euro collapses and Spain and Italy for example exit the euro zone, the markets of these countries will adjust to the upside," Faber said.
He added: "Also if you are an investor in one of these countries, what are you going to be more comfortable holding — the deposits in one of your banks or equities? So, I think a lot of money is flowing into these equity markets because the perception is that they are safer than bank deposits."
Europe's stock markets have rallied about 14 percent since early June, driven higher by expectations that European policy makers will implementrigorous policies to shore up countries such as Spain that have faced pressure from high borrowing costs this year.
Faber said he also favored holding physical gold , an asset that was likely to hold some value in the event of a collapse in the world's financial system.
"I would hold physical gold with a country that has a culture with gold such as Australia. In a collapse, the gold price could fall 50 percent, but if everything else falls by 90 percent, then you are relatively well off. So I would hold some physical gold regardless of the economic outcome," Faber said.
Gold has been in the spotlight this week after it rallied to six-month highs amid expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve(learn more) and European Central Bank(learn more) will deliver further monetary stimulus soon.
—By CNBC's Dhara Ranasinghe