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Level 1/Newbie
- You've never ridden a mountain bike before.
Level 2/Beginner
- You have limited experience with off-road mountain biking (less than 1 year)
- You may have done some road riding
- You are reasonably fit and adventurous.
Level 3/Strong Beginner
- You've been mountain biking for 1 year or so
- You're hooked but still lack the skills to tackle terrain beyond beginner level
- You know how to use your gears and brakes properly but when the terrain gets technical you have to get off your bike and walk
- You can handle singletrack as long as it is smooth and with few rocks or roots.
Level 4/Intermediate
- You've been mountain biking for at least 1 year or have decent general riding skills and good fitness
- You're capable of controlling bike speed and direction on moderate single-track
- You ride at least 2-3 times/month during riding season.
Level 5/Strong Intermediate
- You've been mountain biking for about 2 years, and have solid intermediate skills
- You can handle undulating terrain, have good control of your brakes and know how to shift gears appropriately so that you don't get off your bike too often
- You can handle terrain that is slightly technical, with smaller rocks and roots and can climb on single-track as long as it is not technical.
Level 6/Intermediate Advanced
- You've been riding for at least 2 years and are confident in your climbing and descending skills.
- You can handle moderately technical terrain and obstacles such as small logs (up to 6" high) and rocks.
- You have very good control of your bike on intermediate and slightly more advanced terrain, and are comfortable climbing non-technical singletrack.
Level 7/Advanced
- You've been mountain biking for at least 3-4 years and are very confident in all aspects of mountain biking
- You can handle most technical terrain, include rocky and root trails, along with features such as switchbacks, medium logs (6-8" high), and low-level obstacles such as bridges
- You're comfortable with most advanced level trails (although you may walk a few sections).
Level 8/Expert
- You have been mountain biking for over 5 years and are confident riding all types of terrain and distances.
- You ride as often as possible and can handle technical terrain and medium-level stunts, such as large log rollovers (over 1 ft high) and small bridges.
- You can descend steeps, climb technical singletrack
- You rarely - if ever - get off your bike to walk sections except on extremely technical terrain
Level 9/Pro
- You are a mountain bike god/goddess. You can handle the most technical terrain imaginable, eat up steeps for breakfast and can ride stunts up to 8 feet high.


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IPC::PerlSSH::Base - base functionallity behind IPC::PerlSSH
This module provides the low-level message formatting and parsing code used by
IPC::PerlSSH, and the perl code to be executed on the remote server once a connection is established.
This split exists, in order to make it easier to write other modules that use the same behaviour. For example, an asynchronous version could be written using this as a base class.
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Eagles 59 - 28 Washington
Flying into the record books: Vick, Eagles dismantle RedskinsNov 16, 2010 - 7:00 AM Landover, MD (Sports Network) - Michael Vick threw for 333 yards and four touchdowns and ran for two more scores to lead a voluminous record-breaking performance in Philadelphia's 59-28 destruction of Washington in the rain at FedEx Field.
Vick completed 20-of-28 throws and added 80 rushing yards to become the first player in league history to throw for more than 300 yards, run for more than 50, throw four TD passes and run for two more in the same game as the visitors piled up a team-record 592 yards of offense in the second-highest scoring game in franchise history.
"I could have never envisioned this," Vick said. "I didn't even think I'd be starting this year, it's still somewhat surprising. I feel like I'm playing my best football because of the coaches that I have and because of the guys I'm playing with. Our game plan was phenomenal."
Jerome Harrison ran for 109 yards and a touchdown while LeSean McCoy carried 11 times for 43 yards and caught five balls for 51 yards and a score for the Eagles (6-3), who have won two in a row and four out of five since a 17-12 setback to the Redskins in Week 4 to move into a first place tie in the NFC East with the New York Giants, their opponent this coming Sunday night.
DeSean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin and Jason Avant also caught TD passes in the high-octane attack that established league records for the largest lead by a road team after the first quarter (28) and the most points by a visiting team in the first half of play (45) in addition to setting a Monday Night Football record with 59 points.
Donovan McNabb threw for 295 yards and two touchdowns but was intercepted three times on 17-of-31 efficiency just hours after it was announced that he had signed a multi-year contract extension, reportedly worth $78 million over five years, including a reported $40 million in guaranteed money, with the Redskins (4-5), who returned from a bye week to suffer a second straight loss.
Keiland Williams carried 16 times for 89 yards and two scores and caught four passes for 50 yards and a touchdown in defeat as the Redskins allowed the third-most points in a game in franchise history.
After Jorrick Calvin bobbled the opening kickoff and made it to only his 12- yard line, the Eagles, who could not get the ball deep down the field against the Redskins in their first meeting, went up top on the first play from scrimmage to strike first.
Vick rolled to his left, fired deep down the middle and hit Jackson in stride inside the Redskins 35 and the fleet receiver went untouched the rest of the way into the end zone to finish off the longest scoring play of his three- year career just 18 seconds into the contest.
After forcing a three-and-out on Washington's first offensive possession, the Eagles started at their own 37 and needed just five plays to find the end zone again.
McCoy's 27-yard catch-and-run on a screen pass moved the ball to the 'Skins seven from where Vick ran in on the next play. The southpaw rolled to his right, shed a tackle at the five and dived across the goal line to make it 14-0 only 4:43 into game.
It marked a complete reversal from the first meeting when Washington needed just 4:25 to forge a 14-0 advantage.
Kurt Coleman made an interception on a deflected pass off the hands of Santana Moss on the hosts next drive and brought it back seven yards to the 'Skins 37.
Philadelphia required only six plays to cash in again, as McCoy took a shovel pass 11 yards to paydirt to extend the margin to 21 with five minutes left in the opening stanza.
Following another Washington punt, the Eagles made it four-for-four on TD drives to cap off the highest-scoring first quarter in franchise history. Harrison started left, cut back right, shed two tackles and angled right down the sideline before diving and hitting the pylon to complete a 50-yard scoring run, his first with his new team.
"Even being down 21, 28 points, I felt we still had a chance to come back," McNabb said. "The team continued to fight. We had some big plays early on to put some points on the board but it just didn't really balance out for us."
The visitors struck again with another long touchdown on the first play of the second quarter.
Vick found Maclin down the right sideline and the second-year receiver made a leaping catch just inside the boundary and hit the pylon with his left elbow and shoulder while maintaining possession. The play was reviewed and the call on the field was upheld, giving Philadelphia a 35-point advantage.
Washington finally got its offense untracked on its next touch, moving 74 yards on just two plays to make it a 35-7 game only 36 seconds later.
Fred Davis went 71 yards to the Eagles three-yard line on a catch and run on a drag route before McNabb rolled right and found Darrel Young in the flat and the rookie from Villanova made his first touch in the league a three-yard touchdown.
Washington finally got a defensive stop and used another big play to set up a second touchdown.
McNabb found Anthony Armstrong deep down the left sideline for 76 yards to the Eagles five. Two plays later, Williams took a pass from McNabb six yards to paydirt to trim the lead to 35-14 with 9:39 left before halftime.
Dimitri Patterson picked off McNabb on the Redskins' next drive to set up the sixth touchdown of the half for the visitors, who only needed to go 28 yards.
Vick took a shotgun snap and ran to his right six yards for the score that made it 42-14 with 3:34 to go in the quarter. David Akers field goal from 48 yards out pushed the margin to 45-14 at the intermission to establish the franchise record for points in the first half.
The hosts marched 56 yards on eight plays on their first second half touch to cut the lead to 24. Williams' four-yard TD run around the left end finished the drive that took 3 1/2 minutes.
Philadelphia's last offensive thrust came when Vick moved to his right to avoid the rush, set and drilled a three-yard scoring pass to Avant in the back of the end zone to polish off an 11-play, 71-yard drive that made it 52-21 with 6:15 left in the third quarter.
Patterson's 40-yard interception return 56 seconds later made it 59-21 before Williams 32-yard TD jaunt provided the final points with just under 11 1/2 minutes to go in the highest combined scoring game in Eagles regular-season history.
Game Notes
Philadelphia's team record for points was set in a 64-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on November 6, 1934...The Eagles prior record for points in the first half was 42, set September 23, 2007 against Detroit...The previous record for points in the first quarter was 27, established against Pittsburgh on December 12, 1965...The Eagles 28 first quarter points matched the franchise record for points in any quarter, established three times in the second quarter, most recently twice in the 2004 season against Dallas and Green Bay...The 59 points after the third quarter equaled a league record for the most by a visiting team after three periods...Vick passed Steve Young to move into second place on the all-time rushing list for QB's with 4,295...Former Eagles quarterback Randall Cunningham is the all-time leader with 4,928...Vick was also the 13th QB this week to throw for more than 300 yards, the most in league history in any one week...Avant made five grabs for 76 yards while Maclin caught four balls for 79 yards...Jackson made two catches for 98 yards and carried once for five more...His 88-yard TD grab was the longest first play from scrimmage in team history and the tenth longest pass play overall in team history...Armstrong hauled in three passes for 83 yards while Moss was held to 23 yards on three grabs...The 45 points by the Eagles in the first half was the most allowed in a regular season half by the Redskins, who also yielded 42 to Chicago in the second half of an October 26, 1947 contest.
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End of Regulation
Nov 15 11:54 PM
- Graham Gano extra point is good.
Eagles 59, Washington 28 4th - 11:16Nov 15 11:30 PM
- Washington Touchdown - Keiland Williams rushed right for 32 yards.
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End of 3rd
Nov 15 11:20 PM
- David Akers extra point is good.
Eagles 59, Washington 21 3rd - 5:19Nov 15 11:09 PM
- Philadelphia Touchdown - Donovan McNabb pass intercepted by Dimitri Patterson at the Washington 40 for 40 yards.
Eagles 58, Washington 21 3rd - 5:19Nov 15 11:09 PM
- David Akers extra point is good.
Eagles 52, Washington 21 3rd - 6:15Nov 15 11:06 PM
- Philadelphia Touchdown - Michael Vick pass to Jason Avant for 3 yards.
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Eagles 45, Washington 20 3rd - 11:27Nov 15 10:42 PM
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- Philadelphia Field Goal - 48-yarder by David Akers.
Eagles 45, Washington 14 2nd - 0:25Nov 15 10:18 PM
- David Akers extra point is good.
Eagles 42, Washington 14 2nd - 3:34Nov 15 10:04 PM
- Philadelphia Touchdown - Michael Vick rushed right for 6 yards.
Eagles 41, Washington 14 2nd - 3:34Nov 15 10:04 PM
- Graham Gano extra point is good.
Eagles 35, Washington 14 2nd - 9:39Nov 15 9:48 PM
- Washington Touchdown - Donovan McNabb pass to Keiland Williams for 6 yards.
Eagles 35, Washington 13 2nd - 9:39Nov 15 9:48 PM
- Graham Gano extra point is good.
Eagles 35, Washington 7 2nd - 14:15Nov 15 9:35 PM
- Washington Touchdown - Donovan McNabb pass to Darrel Young for 3 yards.
Eagles 35, Washington 6 2nd - 14:15Nov 15 9:35 PM
- David Akers extra point is good.
Eagles 35, Washington 0 2nd - 14:51Nov 15 9:31 PM
- Philadelphia Touchdown - Michael Vick pass to Jeremy Maclin for 48 yards.
Eagles 34, Washington 0 2nd - 14:51Nov 15 9:31 PM
End of 1st
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- David Akers extra point is good.
Eagles 28, Washington 0 1st - 1:55Nov 15 9:16 PM
- Philadelphia Touchdown - Jerome Harrison rushed left for 50 yards.
Eagles 27, Washington 0 1st - 1:55Nov 15 9:16 PM
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Eagles 21, Washington 0 1st - 5:02Nov 15 9:05 PM
- Philadelphia Touchdown - Michael Vick pass to LeSean McCoy for 11 yards.
Eagles 20, Washington 0 1st - 5:02Nov 15 9:05 PM
- David Akers extra point is good.
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- Philadelphia Touchdown - Michael Vick scrambled for 7 yards.
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- Philadelphia Touchdown - Michael Vick pass to DeSean Jackson for 88 yards.
Eagles 6, Washington 0 1st - 14:42Nov 15 8:42 PM
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NTIA, RUS: Only One More Round of Broadband Stimulus Funding
By: John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable
There will be only one more round of broadband stimulus funding, the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration and USDA's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announced Tuesday after signaling to Congress that they were planning to go from the planned three rounds to two.
In addition, the agencies put out a request for public comment on how to improve that second round of bidding for approximately $3.2 billion in funds to spur broadband deployment and create jobs.
NTIA and RUS are still vetting the fist round of bidders for up to $4 billion and plan to announce the winners next month.
Among the questions they want input on are on whether they can "better balance the public's interest in transparency and openness with stakeholders' legitimate interest in maintaining the confidentiality of proprietary data."
The first round of bids drew complaints that the process was discouraging some bidders and unfairly disqualifying others. For example, the request for information includes whether the definition of "remote" is too restrictive.
The chairs of both the Senate Commerce Committee and House Communications Subcommittee in separate oversight hearings on the broadband stimulus program registered their displeasure with a definition for remote of 50 miles from an urban area, which excludes some mountainous portions of their respective states of West Virginia and Virginia.
They also want input on how to better target the remaining funds to boost jobs and broadband adoption.
The cable and telco industries have criticized the process, including incumbents' ability--or lack of it--to check out the claims by bidders of unserved and underserved.
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association and US Telecom say that they have uncovered hundreds of bids for areas where they already provide broadband service.
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Drinking in Early America
Alcohol undoubtedly played a significant role in the daily lives of colonists. Numerous reasons existed to justify the colonists' drinking habits: a fear of a polluted water supply, a belief in alcohol's nourishing and medicinal properties, and its role in warming them in a cold climate. Drinks served at mealtimes made steady drinkers out of everyone, even children. Workers and farmers took breaks in the workday for their dram to relieve tedium and ease physical pain. Social and political events, such as weddings, funerals, and elections, invariably had alcohol on hand. However, for all the alcohol consumed, drinking was a family- and community-oriented activity.
The first settlers brought with them the Anglo tradition of beer drinking, and local production was soon needed to meet the demand. With the increasing number of taverns in colonial America, demand for beer outstripped the supply from home brewing and importation from England. Commercial breweries quickly sprung up in the larger cities to quench the colonists' thirst.
As these settlers adapted to their new world, so did their drinking habits. Many spirits made at home used local ingredients, such as hard cider in the North and peach brandy in the South. With the rise in distilling at the start of the 18th century, rum became an important trading and economic product for the colonies until embargoes after the Revolution affected rum trading.
The opening of the frontier in the early republic provided more acres of land for the growing of grain, and whisky was easily distilled. Besides being a cheap and plentiful commodity, whiskey was also easier to transport than grain.
Taking the Pledge
The early republic was a time of social and political instability. Fearing anarchy, many leaders began to promote temperance as a way to ensure a virtuous and sober citizenry. Temperance was seen as a solution after Dr. Benjamin Rush called alcoholism a disease in his revolutionary work "An Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits on the Human Mind and Body," which was published in 1784. The movement picked up steam throughout the 19th century as it was linked with various other reform and religious movements. However, the movement divided into two camps: one believing that only hard liquor (not wine and beer) was harmful, and another calling themselves "teetotalers" for completely abstaining from all alcohol.
The Maine Law of 1851 made the sale of liquor a crime, and several other states followed with prohibition laws of their own. One respectable way of continuing drinking in the late 19th century was to take one's "medicine." Bitters contained various amounts of alcohol and were advertised to help cure many complaints.
A national movement was under way and culminated in the ratification of the 18th Amendment in 1920, which banned the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages. The amendment was later repealed in 1933.


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There's an animated movie based on Ninja Theory's PlayStation 3 action adventure Heavenly Sword this year. The second trailer for the film is a rock-infused tribute to the reason this is all happening — Anna Torv.
Yes, I know the video below is all about Nariko, but Nariko is all about the voice of Anna Torv, the Australian actress you might recognise from her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham from the science fiction series Fringe.
Makes me wish they'd gone live action with this joint. All they need to do is replace Fauxlivia's (Dunham's redheaded alternate reality counterpart) guns with that sword, maybe give her some extensions, and we're set.
"Bring me this Heavenly Sword!" Oh well, they can't all be Oscar winners. As long as we've got Torv-quips and more Kai, I'll be OK.


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"Why don't women wear a watch?
"Because there's a clock on the stove."
Tell a joke like that and you can rest assured that the person who told it will not be a winning candidate for dog catcher, no less than President of the United States. And with good reason. It suggests that a woman's place is in the home where she plays a subordinate, supportive role to her husband and family. In this day and age, women have stepped out of the shadow of such untrue and degrading gender based assumptions. They were assumptions which women from Joan of Arc, to Florence Nightingale proved wrong in days of yore and whose examples which contemporary women from Golda Mier, to more recently Margaret Thatcher and Condoleezza Rice continue to prove wrong today. These are all women who defied attempts by others to define them as helpless damsels in distress and stewards of the kitchen. They are women who didn't even rely on men to achieve their own greatness. Thatcher, and Rice did not marry into power. They are proud self-made women who shattered the sick sexism of society without parlaying their husband's last names and political careers into their own careers. They are perfect examples of strong women who have proven the shameful stereotypes perpetuated by the tasteless badinage of the aforementioned wisecrack to be utterly false and sublimely ignorant notions.
The recent Republican National Convention went to great and not so subtle, but natural lengths to demonstrate just how false those outdated stereotypes of women are. They featured women in their natural roles as leaders, self-made leaders who rose to power thanks to their own determination, talent and ingenuity. From Cathy McMorris Rodgers to Mia Love and Governors Susana Martinez and Nikki Haley, Senator Kelly Ayote , Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and dozens of others, the G.O.P. convention allowed women to be themselves and make the case not just for those of their own gender, but for all Americans. But as Democrats gather to hold their convention in North Carolina, they are about to use women to exploit the very stereotypes they have fought so hard against. At their convention, Democrats will depict woman in a way that should make militant liberal feminazis like Gloria Steinem so violently ill that it causes them to burst into spontaneous episodes of painful, involuntary, heaving that produces dangerously powerful projectile vomiting.
Much like the Republican National Convention, women will be front and center at the Democratic National Convention. Well some women will be. The most powerful woman in the Obama Administration, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be out of the country and even out of the hemisphere as she embarks upon an apparently critical mission to the string of 15 small islands in the Pacific known as that Cook Islands. From there the President is sending her to Siberia. Really, he is.
But Clinton's politically timed exile from the convention to the far reaches of Siberia aside, Democrats are gearing up to feature liberal women like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic National Committee Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz… two people who argue that unless the government finances the interests of women, woman can't succeed. Other women they will feature include women's rights activist Lilly Ledbetter, President of Planned Parenthood Action Fund Cecile Richards, National Abortion Rights Action League Pro-Choice America President Nancy Keenan, and the highly accomplished and well-known Georgetown Law School Graduate Sandra "Who" Fluke.
All of these women will try to have you believe that Republicans are trying to kill women. They will try to offer up tear jerking tales that depict women as helpless victims who are at the mercy of the hands of government… the big hands of big government.
Lilly Ledbetter will try to claim that the G.O.P. opposes a woman's right to equal pay for equal work. She will highlight the bill named after her which was the first legislation President Obama signed into law. Ledbetter will claim that while it assured women the right to equal pay, Republicans opposed it. She will not mention that the bill actually simply extended the amount of time a woman had to sue an employer if they believed they were a victim of pay discrimination. She will not mention that it does not guarantee women anything ant that the whole Lilly Ledbetter law was merely a symbolic political attempt to make it look like Democrats were focused on helping women.
Cecile Richards will argue that Republican attempts to ban the tearing off of limbs of infants during late term abortions, or to ban the termination of a life because of its sex are cruel examples of some sort of Republican hatred of women.
Nancy Keenan will argue women want a President who believes that the only way they can make the personal, private medical decisions that are best for them and their families is if the federal government takes charge and makes those decision for them by increasing the size, scope, scope and cost of government.
And in what will perhaps be the most amusing argument of the entire liberal convention, Sandra Fluke, a truly inconsequential personality whose greatest accomplishment is that she graduated from law school without getting pregnant, will try to convince Americans that if the evil and heartless heartless Republican Party and its candidates had their way and stopped Americans from seeing their taxes pay for her birth control, she would be barefoot, pregnant and without a law degree.
Then on Thursday night President Obama will portray himself as a princely knight in shining armor who rushes in to save the stereotypically helpless fair maidens of America.
It's a message that should have all women truly doubtful of how much respect Democrats have for them. Their characterization of women as a monolithic bloc of one issue voters who will support the failed liberals policies that we are all suffering under because of the liberal promise to hand out free birth control, is a narrative that should insult all women but especially the left wingers behind such liberal entities as Emily's List.
Traditionally, liberal women's rights groups like Emily's List and similar organizations have touted the strength of women and celebrated their independence and endless abilities. But today, Democrat groups like those are hypocritically going out of their way to paint a much different picture of women. They are portraying women as helpless, lost souls with no self-control or capacity to stand on their own without a federal government that mandates their healthcare treatment and like a good husband, gives the little lady an allowance. In this case, a taxpayer subsidized federal allowance.
Gone from the liberal lexicon are the portrayals of women as leaders who have taken control of their own destiny and led themselves, their families, their towns, cities, states, and nation to a better life. Gone from the Democratic Party are the days when women had their own voice because according to today's Democrat Party, government provides them with a stronger voice than their own.
The whole liberal inspired election strategy that claims Republicans are waging a war on women is akin to the telling of a bad joke about blonds. Their claim that women are helpless without government in control of their lives and the lives of their families, is as offensive as the President standing before the nation and quipping;
"How do you make a blonde laugh on Monday?"
"Tell her a joke on Friday?"
It is a mocking and odious approach that does not address the real problems facing women; it simply operates under the false premise that women are gullible enough to believe they need someone to provide for them. And it is ultimately based on the real question that President Obama has been asking advisors… "How do I get women to vote for me and fellow Democrats on Election Day?"
For Democrats the answer to that question is "lie to them and hope that they don't realize the truth till at least the day after the election."
And the truth they hope that women will be too slow to understand in time for Election Day is that under President Obama, women have lost much of the parity in society that they have fought for over the past four decades. Under President Obama women have had to endure their highest rate of unemployment in over 17 years as they account for 92.3% of the jobs lost since he took office, an accomplishment that distinguishes President Obama's record on women's participation in the labor force as the worst ever.
These are not points you will hear Democrats talking about at their quadrennial celebration of liberalism. In fact at the Democrat's convention there will be few if any direct and turthful references to things the President has actually done "for" women. The overwhelming result of his record on women is one which has done more to them than for them. But with the women's vote in several key swing states being critical to Obama's reelection, Democrats will continue to exploit women as helpless and reliant citizens married to the trough of government and they will continue to pray that their attempt to make women believe that Mitt Romney is The Boston Strangler and that Paul Ryan is Jack the Ripper takes hold.
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Deborah helped me develop a dialogue about how to position myself as a seasoned professional looking to transition into a new industry. She helped convey this on my resume and LinkedIn page as well. I loved working with her, and found our work together extremely useful for my career search.
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If you're looking to better understand your career and how to give more or get the most out of where you are, I highly recommend working with Merideth. Her work ethic is second-to-none and, more importantly, she's compassionate and empathetic. This was a real partnership and, because of it, I feel more energized, more skillful, and more creative.
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Have you ever sat slumped at your miserable computer at your excruciating job, staring blankly at an Excel spreadsheet that mocks your very existence but really secretly hoping that a heavy metal band would come and whisk you away to a magical land of booze and Satan? Sure, we all have.
Thursday, July 21st, office drones of San Francisco had their rockin' prayers answered as the band Live Evil drove throughout the city in their Mexican party bus named Lola, picking up stray souls from their jobs for the third annual Walk Out To Rock Out. Whether you call it a public service or a public nuisance, Walk Out To Rock Out is a load of fun and Live Evil is the musical equivalent of a barrel of monkeys. Frontman Laurent Martini (who comes across like the love child of Nikki Sixx and Serge Gainsbourg) and his band of merry party animals strive to be the earthly incarnate of the spirit of rock & roll. Turning private nostalgia into performance art, all Live Evil songs were actually written by Martini during his teen years. This band's mission of prolonged adolescence brings home the message that rock & roll, at its very core, is about divine youth. That and we're never too old to rock.
Live Evil's party bus started at the bar Zeitgeist at 9:00am. From there they picked up people on street corners and from office buildings, stopping at Union Square's historic Gold Dust Lounge for a spontaneous show full of mayhem, madness, and confused tourists. They departed the Gold Dust at 2:00pm for The Hotel Utah where they played till 8:00pm.
I caught up with Live Evil's Walk Out To Rock Out at the Gold Dust Lounge. Enjoy the mayhem and get on the bus!~audra~


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Drama Becomes NBC's Fifth New Scripted Series Announced for New Season
Pictured: (l-r) Kelli Giddish as Annie Frost, Amaury Nolasco as Marco Martinez, Cole Hauser as Jimmy Godfrey, Rose Rollins as Daisy Ogbaa, Jesse Metcalfe as Luke Watson -- Photo by: Mitchell Haaseth/NBC
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - May 10, 2010 - NBC has picked up its fifth scripted series pilot for the 2010-11 season in "Chase," a new drama from Emmy Award-winning executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer ("CSI" franchise, "The Amazing Race," "Pirates of the Caribbean" films) and executive producer Jennifer Johnson ("Cold Case").
The announcement was made by Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios.
"Chase" joins previously announced "Undercovers," "The Event," "Love Bites," and "Outsourced" as the fifth new scripted series currently announced for NBC's new season with additional pickups yet to be announced.
"'Chase' has all the undeniable elements of a thrill ride that you would expect from a Jerry Bruckheimer action series," said Bromstad. "Equally important, it also features a great cast. Kelli Giddish is a breakout star as the lead."
"Chase" is a fast-paced drama that drops viewers smack into the middle of a game of cat-and-mouse as a team of U.S. marshals hunts down America's most dangerous fugitives. Kelli Giddish ("Past Life") stars as U.S. Marshal Annie Frost, a cowboy boot-wearing deputy whose sharp mind and unique Texas upbringing help her track down the violent criminals on the run.
Cole Hauser ("K-Ville"), Amaury Nolasco ("Prison Break"), Rose Rollins ("The L Word") and Jesse Metcalfe ("Desperate Housewives") also star as members of Frost's elite team.
"Chase" is produced by Bonanza Productions Inc., in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. Television. Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman ("CSI" franchise, "The Amazing Race," "Cold Case") and Johnson serve as executive producers, while KristieAnne Reed is co-executive producer. David Nutter ("The Mentalist," "Without a Trace" "The X-Files") directed and is executive producer of the pilot which was written by Johnson.


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Category Archives: Student Loans
Default on Loans and Debts: Higher Education Student Loans
Written by admin on September 10, 2012 — Leave a Comment
Student loan debt and student loan default is one of the most serious problems facing the country's long term recovery and health, and it is increasingly in the news. I'll post frequently about this topic. For today — a recent New York Time's article reports: In all, nearly one in every six borrowers with a […]
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What happens to your kids' education and educational loans if you are in bankruptcy?
Written by admin on September 4, 2012 — Leave a Comment
Today, is a guest post — I'll add my comments to it tomorrow. What happens to your kids' education and educational loans if you are in bankruptcy? By Victoria Maydanik, San Jose bankruptcy attorney in California, and owner of Maydanik Law Firm. Many recent graduates of colleges and professional schools are not able to […]
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comedienne, author, and former game show personality. With a career spanning nine decades since 1939, she is best known to modern audiences for her television roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls. As of 2010, she is starring as Elka Ostrovsky in the TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland. She has also released several books over the span of her career. In August 2010, she entered a deal with G.P. Putnam Sons to produce two more books, the first of which was scheduled for release in 2011.
White has won seven Emmy Awards and received 20 Emmy nominations over the course of her career, including being the first woman ever to receive an Emmy for game show hosting (for the short-lived Just Men!). In May 2010, White became the oldest person to guest-host Saturday Night Live, for which she also received a Primetime Emmy Award. She made regular appearances on the game shows Password and Match Game and played recurring roles on Mama's Family, Boston Legal, and The Bold and the Beautiful.


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Our electricity network is spread across both public and private land, so we rely on our customers to help ensure powerlines are
clear of trees and branches, and to plant responsibly under and around powerlines.
By sharing this responsibility, we reduce the risk of events such as power outages, damage to our network and fire.
AusNet Services is responsible for maintaining minimum clearances for trees near powerlines that cross your property boundary (except for your service line), and trees within your property near powerlines in your street.
To assist with this, we ask that you regularly inspect your private electric powerline and the insulated service line that runs to your property.
If you don't comply with a request to clear trees or branches from your property, we may need to undertake work on your behalf and pass on any costs involved.


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The following image, which is sourced from David Cenciotti of The Aviationist (in turn claimed to be from "Chinese Internet," the catchall usual suspects of anonymous aero-defense news) purports to be a manned flying prototype of the Mitsubishi ATD-X, a stealth demonstrator leading the way for Japan's effort to build its own F-22 or F-35-like Stealth Fighter.
Japan's Air Self-Defense Force is an ideal candidate for stealth fighters and consequently the government feels highly vested in fielding a fleet not only with stealth capability but capability (stealth and otherwise) near or at parity with the U.S. Because U.S. Congress has blocked any and all exports of the F-22 to anybody, including our closest allies, it's become in the best interest for the Japanese to develop their own indigenous stealth fighter production capability.
In many ways, the defense situation of Japan isn't much different from that of Canada, which is currently reviewing a controversial purchase of F-35 stealth fighters. Ideally, a fighter for either nation must have long range and twin-engine redundancy; although the tightly packed and population-dense nation of Japan lacks the sheer land mass of Canada, its extensive coastlines and over-water Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) mean very long and exhaustive fighter patrols over open ocean where rescue is dependent on emergency flotation equipment and rations that must last until an allied vessel or helicopter arrives. Also like Canada, the mission profile JASDF fighters typically undertake (especially their anti-ship strike fighters) leave them more vulnerable to bird strikes than what USAF fighters typically experience, especially along the coast (the JASDF's current principal strike fighter, the F-16 derived F-2, has a strengthened wind screen to better resist bird strikes). Unlike Canada, Japan's geographic proximity to North Korea, Russia and especially the People's Republic of China means there's a much greater chance of Japan being involved in an actual shooting war - and very close, if not directly over, their own territory no less. All three countries have some pretty big beef to pick with Japan over WWII - yes, nearly 70 years after that conflict ended. In the case of Russia, they argue that the Kuril Islands, which are in extremely close proximity to Hokkaido Island, rightfully belong to them as what should be recognized by treaty and war reparations. As Putin orders increased frequency of "bomber probing" into American and NATO airspace, his nuclear-capable bombers are doing the same over Japanese territory. The Chinese, meanwhile, also claim a number of territorial and EEZ-related disputes with Japan. And like the Russians, the Chinese also feel emboldened to make grandiose overtures of a military nature such as military exercises near strategically important reefs claimed by the Philippines. With a history of military dictatorships lead by mad men (and not the 60s marketing executive types either, but ones with nuclear weapons) North Korea is a potentially destabilizing wild card and a rational and diplomatically-negotiable motivation to kick off a shooting war is not necessarily needed for "Dear Leader" Kim-jong Un.
This means that, unlike Canada, the question for Japan is whether or not the F-35 represents too little capability instead of not enough. In either case, Japan has committed to the F-35 program, which many feel is enough of a significant edge over potential adversaries (especially compared to North Korea and their extremely antiquated and short-ranged air fleet). However, the same fiscal problems that have plagued Canada's F-35 purchase (and the program as a whole) are forcing Japan's legislative Diet to re-examine the F-35 program as well. Japan also has economic interests in indigenous fighter development - it's no secret that a major motivation of Japan's postwar weapons development relates to jobs programs (which many feel is a major factor in their disproportionate and ballooning costs compared to Western defense programs, even with the F-35 included) and a Japanese stealth fighter in the F-35 class would likely be highly attractive in the export market, something Japanese defense firms are also highly interested in.
So it's only surprising if Japan were to suddenly decide to completely suspend stealth fighter development. At the very least, it would give them an "insurance" program if the F-35 program goes belly-up or otherwise becomes unfeasible for their defense needs; if it develops into a twin-engine medium or large fighter closer to the F-22 class, it would give them a valuable "high" component to the F-35's "low" mix with presumably high acceleration rates and a large weapons bay for quick interception of enemy nuclear bombers as well as a potential and very useful secondary anti-ship capability.


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Come as You Are Fuzzy Cocoon Cardigan
Not In Love With Your Purchase?
Black Salt gladly accepts exchanges or returns for store credit on unworn/unwashed full-priced merchandise with original tags attached within 14 days of original delivery date for either store credit or other in-stock items in our shop. All returns are granted in the form of Black Salt gift card/store credit.
WE DO NOT ISSUE REFUNDS. The customer is responsible for all return shipping costs.
During COVID-19, all International/Canadian orders are final sale and cannot be exchanged or returned.
FINAL SALE ITEMS: All sale items, items purchased with a discount of 30% or more, as well as all bodysuits (full priced & sale), accessories, vintage items, and face masks, are final sale and cannot be returned or exchanged.
How to exchange / return your item for store credit:
Items eligible for exchange/return for store credit must be back to us within 14 days of original delivery date, so contact us sooner than later! Once you've emailed us, we will decide if the item is eligible for exchange/return for store credit based on the guidelines shown below and contact you with a return address and more information. WE DO NOT ISSUE REFUNDS.
Please allow 3 - 5 business days processing for the exchange/issue of store credit once we receive your item back. Sending us tracking information for your exchange/return can speed up the process! Once processed, we will contact you with either a new tracking number for your exchange, or email you a store credit in the form of a Black Salt gift card, which are good for one year from issue date.
- You must contact email@example.com first before shipping back your item(s)
- Discounted, Sale items, and any full-priced items purchased with a discount code of 30% or more are final sale and cannot be exchanged. Accessories, jewelry, all vintage pieces, face masks, and bodysuits (sale & full-priced) are final sale and cannot be exchanged.
- If more than 14 days (2 weeks) have gone by since you received your item(s), you will not be eligible for an exchange or store credit
- Shipping fees are non-refundable and any return shipping costs are the sole responsibility of the buyer.
- Your item must be in original, brand new condition: unwashed, unworn, tags attached, to be eligible for an exchange/return for store credit. If we receive items back to us that appear to be worn or not in the same condition as when you received them, you will be notified, and the items will be returned to you and considered final sale.
- Item(s) cannot also not have perfume smells, pet hair, deodorant marks, makeup stains, etc. Any items sent back to us with any of these will be returned to the customer and marked as FINAL SALE.
- Items can only be exchanged ONCE. I.E: if you send back an item and exchange it for another, you can no longer exchange that new item. So please look at all measurements and ask any questions before purchasing!
- We cannot accept exchanges/returns on items that have been damaged after wearing. Any item that is ripped/torn by the owner (or a washing machine, etc) is not a manufacturing defect. We inspect all items to make sure they are not faulty before shipping, so any that incur thereafter are solely the responsibility of the customer. So please be gentle with your new clothing - they are not indestructible!
We do not issue refunds.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are not accepting returns/exchanges on international/Canadian orders. ALL SALES ARE FINAL. We will update here once we change this policy.
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If you placed an order using Afterpay and you'd like to return/exchange an item(s), the exchange process is the same as above - the total cost of your item(s) returned will be applied to a Black Salt gift card/store credit. However, you will still be responsible for the remaining payments to Afterpay from your original purchase.
Orders Under $65 ship USPS Priority for a flat rate fee of $8.
Black Salt ships *almost* worldwide. All international orders will be processed and shipped within 3 business days, excluding weekends and holidays. (Ie, if you order on a Friday, expect the order to ship by the following Wednesday) This method typically takes 6-15 business days to arrive, but depending on your country's customs department, shipping methods may take longer than the expected delivery range given, sometimes up to 30 days or more. Customer is responsible for all customs fees. Basic tracking is included for most countries with this shipping method. Full tracking is not guaranteed.
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This baby was made for cozying up on chilly days! Cocoon-style cardigan in a light brown/camel colorway. Features a super soft and fuzzy fabrication that has a grungy, worn-in and well-loved look (think Kurt Cobain's sweater from MTV's Nirvana Unplugged) Slouchy fit, dolman sleeves, and large pockets at sides.
Toss it over everything from jeans and tees to slip dresses!
- Cocoon style cardigan
- Slouchy fit
- Open front (no closures)
- Drop shoulders and batwing style sleeves that are fitted from elbow to wrists
- Bracelet-length sleeves (cuff hits just above the wrist)
- Large pockets at sides
- Soft and fuzzy, grungy fabrication, made to look worn in and well-loved"
- Camel brown colorway
- Super stretchy!
Brand: Lucca
Materials: 71% rayon 29% acrylic
Made in: Imported
True to size with a slouchy fit. Size up a size if you want it a lil extra slouchy! Taylor is 5'3 with a 30C bust/25" waist and wears size small.
Approx. measurements, taken laying flat, unstretched.
- XS - Bust: 26" across unstretched | Length: 24" from top of shoulder to hem
- Small - Bust: 28" across unstretched | Length: 25.5" from top of shoulder to hem
- Medium - Bust: 29" across unstretched | Length: 28" from top of shoulder to hem
- Large - Bust: 30" across unstretched | Length: 28" from top of shoulder to hem
Exchange Policy
WE DO NOT OFFER REFUNDS but gladly accept exchanges for store credit on US orders with full-priced, unworn/unwashed merchandise with tags attached within 14 days of original delivery date. Sale/discounted items, all vintage, & all accessories are final sale.
All international and Canadian orders until further notice are final sale and cannot be returned or exchanged.
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The Mapleson Cylinders - Program Notes
|Massenet: LE CID
|Band 8
Act I: O noble lame excerpt : "[Pure] comme un regard d'enfant" ... "Gloire ŕ Saint Jacques le Majeur!"
Albert Alvarez (t), Rodrigue
Lucienne Bréval (s), Chimčne
Suzanne Adams (s), L'Infante
Charles Gilibert (b), Le Roi
Marcel Journet (bs), Le Comte De Gormas
Edouard De Reszke (bs), Don Dičgue
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra--
Phillippe Flon
February 19 or March 4, 1902 (?)
[No external evidence for dating. Our ascription to Alvarez is based on the fact that the recording speed matches Band 5; although the sound is less good, this is more a function of condition--this comes from the Mapleson Music Library group--than of original recording quality. This was the only "O noble lame" cylinder in the Seltsam collection, and it seems likely that Glackens and Bishop didn't recognize it; it may be their No. 115 ("Choral--possibly Romeo? I do not recognize it--G."), or perhaps 116 ("Choral--French?").]
Following a contrasting episode in which Rodrigue thinks of his beloved Chimčne, the original strain is resumed by the ensemble. At the end of the ensemble, bells are rung and the organ inside the cathedral plays (clearly audible on Band 7).
RODRIGUE. echoed by PRINCIPALS and CHORUS
O noble lame étincelante,
pure [ Band 8 begins → ] comme un regard d'enfant.
combats gardienne [ Band 7 begins → ] vigilante,
et fais l'honneur triomphant!
Pendant les injustes querelles
reste immobile ŕ mon coté,
mais sois de flamme et prend des ailes
pour l'Espagne et la liberté!
Sois de flamme, prend des ailes
pour l'Espagne,
pour l'Espagne et la liberté!
Va, mon bon chevalier, va dans notre chapelle
vénir celui qui fait les vaillants comme toi!
Gloire ŕ Saint Jacques le Majeur,
souverain patron de l'Espagne!
Gloire ŕ Saint Jacques le Majeur! [ ← Bands 7 & 8 end ]
RODRIGUE. echoed by PRINCIPALS and CHORUS
Oh! blade that shines in splendor bright
as stars that glitter in the night
or childhood's eyes, my guardian be,
that I may naught but honor see!
Remain sheathed in unjust fight,
but always ready for the right;
spring from thy scabbard swift and free
for Spain and for her liberty!
spring from thy scabbard swift and free
for Spain,
for Spain and for her liberty!
Go, fair Sir Knight, and thank the Lord
who gives His blessing to thy sword.
Glory to Saint James the Greater,
sovereign patron of Spain!
Glory to Saint James the Greater!


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White Papers e Application Notes
Design and Simulation of MEMS based PZT energy generator.
At present, a great deal of research effort has been directed to find eco-friendly and renewable sources of energy. With the rising costs of crude oil and petroleum, along with the derogatory effects that they pose to the environment, this sort of approach is of utmost importance. This has also led to the search for alternate methods of transforming the various forms of energy into electrical form. Popular renewable energy sources such as hydropower, solar power and wind power require massive financial investments, give comparatively much lower power output, and have a low scale of efficiency. Nuclear power offers a cleaner source of energy, however, the cost involved in the setting up of nuclear power plants and its subsequent maintenance outweigh its benefits. In recent years, there has been growing interest in harnessing the power of mechanical vibrations and pressure to generate electricity. Piezoelectric materials are by far, one of the most efficient transducer elements to accomplish this task. Over the last decade many piezoelectric elements, both natural and artificial, have been found. They have, however, been mostly used for applications with a low power generation, in the range of ?W to mW. Analysis is done on piezoelectric energy harvester to generate electricity by using MEMS simulation tool COMSOL Multiphysics. The proposed model works on the principle of piezoelectric effect. Piezoelectric devices convert mechanical vibrations into displacement (voltage) and in turn they produce electrical energy (Figure 1). The PZT sensor is modeled using the Euler Bernoulli method which is the very efficient and accurate. The design consists of a piezoelectric block (quartz crystal) enclosed within an aluminum block (Figure 2). The pressure is applied to this crystal to generate the voltage. The dimension of the aluminum block is fixed where as the length of the piezoelectric crystal is varied. The model gives the measurement of voltage based on the applied pressure (Figure 3). The graph of Length vs. voltage is plotted for different readings of length of the piezoelectric crystal.


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In case you forgot, we're hosting a Giz Gallery Arc Attack concert today at 8pm. We have space for the first 100 people who show up, and you'll have a chance to play with the new PSPGo.
At 8 PM we'll be clearing out the gallery briefly so that we can setup for the meetup. After that we'll be letting the first 100 or so in to grab a pancake and shoot the shit. And if you want a drink, you're more than welcome to bring your own libations. If you miss the cut off, you can still see the concert from outside, so don't worry too much.
Our big item will be an exclusive public hands-on opportunity with the PSPGo system, so you can decide once and for all if it's up to snuff. There will also be Beatles Rockband, Street Fighter IV and DJ Hero on the 103-inch TV. And Chris Jacob will be around somewhere annoying people with the laser synth-guitar. So for the love of God, please stop by. It will be fun.
We'll also have the ArcAttack performance streaming live in HD during the reader meetup, thanks to the video streaming system provided by LiveStream, which uses 6 3G cards and 2 WiFi cards in aggregate to transmit a camcorder's firewire video signal at a fairly high bitrate. This stream looks good:
Gizmodo Gallery 2009 Details
267 Elizabeth Street
New York, NY 10012
The Gallery is open now through this Sunday, September 27th
Hours of Operation:
9/25 Friday
9/26 Saturday
9-? - Live Musical Performance
9/27 Sunday
Read more about our Giz Gallery 09 here, follow @gizgallery on Twitter and see what else we'll be playing with at the event.And special thanks to Toyota's Prius — without their sponsorship, there would be no Gizmodo Gallery.


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We are pleased to offer the convenience of using credit cards and electronic-check (e-check) as an alternative for paying property taxes. Unfortunately each transaction has associated costs that must be paid. There is no provision under North Carolina law that allows a local government to extract the cost of this service directly from the property tax payment. After reviewing several alternatives, the most sensible approach to the payment of our costs is to have the users of the service pay a convenience fee.
We have contracted with Forte Payment Systems to provide this service for our citizens. Forte Payment Systems provides this service for other local governments in North Carolina and operates in compliance with applicable North Carolina Law.
It is certainly not our desire to increase the cost of paying
taxes. If you find the convenience fee to be unacceptable, you may still mail your
payment or pay in person during our normal hours of operation.
John Burgiss, RES
Tax Assessor/Collector


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The Barrage was Benchmade's first ever AXIS lock model to incorporate an assisted opening mechanism and it's continued to be a very popular design, even four years later. The model 581 was introduced in 2011 with the same specifications as the model 580 but with some nice material upgrades. The FRN handle was changed to G10 with stainless steel bolsters and the blade steel was upgraded to M390 super steel, providing a much better using steel while losing little of the stainless qualities 154CM steel provides. Now, in 2013 you can get the Mini Barrage with the same upgrades as the model 581 – the new 586. They've got 2.91″ drop point blades with either a nice stonewashed finish or the black BK2 coating. You can't go wrong with any Benchmade design but if assisted openers are your thing, then the new model 586 is a superior EDC choice. Check it out at www.knifecenter.com.
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This message preached at Foothills Community Church on March 11, 2012 was part three of the series, "Seeking God For Our City."
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David Graeber (1961-2020) on What Would It Take (from his The Democracy Project. A History, a Crisis, a Movement, 2013, p. 193): "We have little idea what sort of organizations, or for that matter, technologies, would emerge if free people were unfettered to use their imagination to actually solve collective problems rather than to make them worse. But the primary question is: how do we even get there? What would it take to allow our political and economic systems to become a mode of collective problem solving rather than, as they are now, a mode of collective war?"September 7th, 2020, Tom
T.J. Demos on why cultural practitioners should never surrender, via tranzit.sk: "For artists, writers, and curators, as art historians and teachers, the meaning-production of an artwork is never finished, never fully appropriated and coopted, in my view, and we should never surrender it; the battle over significance is ongoing. We see that battle rise up in relation to racist and colonial monuments these days in the US, the UK, and South Africa. While the destruction of such monuments results from and is enabling of radical politics, it's still not enough until the larger institutions that support and maintain their existence as well as the continuation of the politics they represent are also torn down. This is urgent as well in the cultural sphere, including the arts institutions, universities, art markets, discursive sphere of magazines and journals, all in thrall to neoliberalism, where we must recognize that it's ultimately inadequate to simply inject critical or radical content into these frameworks, which we know excel at incorporating those anti-extractivist expressions into further forms of cultural capital and wealth accumulation. What's required is more of the building of nonprofit and community-based institutions, organizing radical political horizons and solidarity between social formations."August 21st, 2020, Tom
Bernard Stiegler, quoted from The Neganthropocene (trans. Daniel Ross): "Does anyone really believe that it is possible to 'solve' the problems of climate change, habitat destruction and cultural destruction without addressing the consumerist basis of the present macro-economic system, or vice versa, or without addressing the way in which this system depletes the psychic energy required to find the collective will, belief, hope and reason to address this planetary challenge? Can this consumerism really survive the coming wave of automation that threatens to decimate its customer base and undermine the 'consumer confidence' that is fundamental to its perpetual growth requirements, themselves antithetical, once again, to the problems of biospherical preservation?"August 14th, 2020, Tom


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Father's Day holds a special place
Editor's note: Retired Mirror sports editor Jim Lane wrote this column after his dad, Kermit Lane, passed away in 1987. It's reprinted every Father's Day.
Today is Father's Day. It's a chance to tell your favorite guy thanks for all he's been and done for you over the years. It's usually celebrated with a small gift, perhaps a shirt or tie or wallet.
In many cases, few words are expressed. And that's a shame.
I wrote this Father's Day column a couple of weeks after my dad died because I missed him. I still do. A day doesn't pass that I don't think about him.
He was special.
From the beginning, he instilled in me it isn't physical size that makes an athlete or person. It's the size of one's heart.
I remember trying to muster enough courage to tell him and Mom that I wanted to drop out of college my junior year and pursue a career in sportswriting. I shouldn't have been surprised that, after a heart-to-heart discussion, they gave their blessing.
As the years went by, he always was impressed I was able to meet and rub elbows with well-known athletes and to see sports events few people did.
He never once asked me if I ever regretted not becoming a teacher. Of course, he knew when I married Jean, I had the best of two worlds — a wife and a job I both loved.
Only the addition of a couple great kids could make it better. They did and have.
Dad thought if you wanted something badly enough, you should go for it. That's why he and Mom gave their blessing — even though it broke their hearts — when my sister and her family moved to California.
Dad was a little man in stature, but he was big in other ways.
Even though he often was furloughed from the railroad during the holidays or at graduation time, we didn't miss much.
One of my fondest childhood memories is of a miniature golf course he constructed in our backyard. It wasn't miniature golf as we know it today. Soup cans were placed in the ground for cups, and sticks were shaved into golf clubs.
But it was like Augusta to me.
I couldn't begin to estimate the number of hours he and my late uncle, Don, spent in the baseball field with my cousin, Tom, and me. We'd hit and take infield until he thought we'd drop, and we loved every minute of it.
Thanks in part to the Pennsylvania Railroad, I grew up rooting for the Yankees. PRR employees got trip passes for their families and were able to ride trains free. Our allotment usually was set aside for ballgames in New York and Philadelphia.
I remember sitting through nine innings of rain in Philadelphia, and a young slugger named Mickey Mantle emerged from the Yankee dugout to pinch hit a grand slam over the roof at old Shibe Park.
And there was the time Dad speared a line drive in the stands behind first base and handed it to me as the fans cheered. He never flinched, although the hurt in his hand must have been almost unbearable.
But he never talked about pain, and he had his share. Cancer took my mother from him before they could enjoy retirement and he never questioned why, at least not to me. Even in his final days, when all his strength had been drained, he didn't complain.
We had our share of laughter and tears, our share of ups and downs, but he was always there when I needed him. I just wish I had told him more often.
So take a moment today to tell your dad you love him. And give your mom a hug while you're at it.


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It was fun on the set of Wednesday night's X Factor and the boys of One Direction made a special appearance and we had a chance to chat with them!
While doing our best to keep it strictly professional, we couldn't help but gush over the roughly smooth British boy bad, who, thanks to the UK version of the X Factor, are now gracing our screens, walls, notebooks, lockers, tumblr, and Twitter newsfeeds.
We chatted with Harry Styles and Liam Payne on everything from their favorite Fifth Harmony song to their favorite Latina celebrity crush. (Who could it be?)
Immediately following our brief British invasion, the boys left to take the X Factor stage for their pre-recorded X Factor performance that aired on Thursday.
Up next, the boys will take part in their very own day, 1D Day, in anticipation of the Monday release of their new album, Midnight Memories. Fans can join the group along with special celebrity guests for the online event. Then on Sunday, the guys will attend the AMA's, where we'll be covering from the carpet!


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HTC staff have spoken out against its CEO, Peter Chou, saying his management style is the reason for mass walkouts over the last 12 months.
Speaking anonymously to Reuters, 12 former and current executives have said that Mr. Chou's quick decision making and attention to detail, which some believed to initially be a strength, has meant that the company doesn't have a clear direction going forward.
Some staff have also complained that Chou openly criticises other managers and overrules them in decisions, causing confusion over responsibility.
This management style has reportedly caused a power struggle with some of the recently hired, US based, executives, which has had an effect on morale.
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HTC has been in the news for all of the wrong reasons over the last 12 months with mass staff walkouts, a less than successful Facebook phone and reports that Dr Dre will buy out HTC's shares in Beats headphones.
Although some staff may lay these problems at Mr. Chou's doorstep, there is no clear successor to his position and he may very well hold on to his job for the foreseeable future.


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Like a lot of people in IT I sit at a desk for 8-10hrs/day working on stuff that needs to get done "now". That usually means eating unhealthy lunches at my desk, and sometimes dinner too. This does terrible things to your health. I have been trying to work some exercise into the workday but I was thinking it would be great if I worked somewhere where I was exercising all the time (walking around, lifting servers, etc.).
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The date of issue of the travel document shall be the determining factor, notwithstanding any decision by the authorities to extend the period of validity of the travel document.
The two conditions mentioned above do not apply to travel documents of third-country nationals who hold a valid residence permit issued by a Schengen country (List of residence permits issued by Schengen member states (PDF, 1 MB, 29.07.2014)) or who have been issued valid category D visa by a Schengen country. In such cases, the travel document must be valid at the time of entry and remain valid for the entire duration of the planned stay in Switzerland or other Schengen country.
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The Associated Press has once again called Governor Sarah Palin a racist. This time Rachel D'Oro for the AP bases her claim on the fact that Palin appointed minorities to her Alaska administration — but not enough of them to suit the AP — and because at an Alaska rally when she was running for governor one attendee once spoke to a black cameraman in an unkind manner. Yep, that's a mountain of evidence the AP has there, isn't it?
The AP also spoke to a few black ministers in Alaska and, shockingly, they announced that they felt she had no "sensitivity" to their political positions. Imagine that? A Republican that isn't receptive to demands based on a race driven agenda? No one has ever heard of that before, right?
In fact, since there is no real direct proof that Palin is somehow a racist, the AP report relies on innuendo and the claims of her political enemies to constitute its "proof."
It even starts off asserting her defacto racism as fact by alluding to a "controversy" over her supposedly "injecting racism" into the presidential campaign.
Alaska's black leaders say they're not surprised to see Gov. Sarah Palin at the center of the controversy over injecting the race issue into the presidential campaign.
Isn't it interesting to see this "controversy" treated as fact? The only reason there is a "controversy" is because the media has proclaimed there is one. The next paragraph then serves as the AP's "proof" of Palin's so-called "racism."
Palin, Republican John McCain's running mate, has repeatedly insisted that Barack Obama's former preacher, the inflammatory Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is a legitimate issue even though McCain himself has said it's out of bounds.
Despite what John McCain says there is nothing at all racist with bringing up Reverend Wright's past comments. Wright has said that America deserved 9/11, he has claimed that the CIA invented AIDS to kill blacks, and he has prayed for God to "damn America." And despite the hatred coming from this supposed man of God, Barack Obma himself has claimed that this hateful "Reverend" is his "spiritual mentor." This Obama endorsement of Wright as one of his family speaks directly to Obama's character. If that isn't germane to this campaign, what is?
But the media has firmly decided that bringing up Rev. Wright is to be deemed an act of racism, and based on that assumption, any time his name is mentioned, the media has decided it constitutes a "controversy." So, what we have here is the national media saying that it isn't a controversy that Barack Obama's spiritual mentor is a man that wants God to damn America, but it is a controversy when someone points it out. Consequently, the AP states that using Rev. Wright as a campaign issue is "racist," then turns around and uses that false authority to proclaim that Palin is in the middle of "controversy" over this "racist" matter.
The AP has also claimed to have found another example of Palin's "racism."
On the campaign trail, her events sometimes have attracted fringe groups hostile to minorities. At one rally attended by Palin, a supporter told a black cameraman to "sit down, boy.'
One guy uses a mean-spirited epithet and this is proof that Palin is a racist? Of course, this isn't a substantiated claim, but it is enough innuendo for the AP's purposes.
These are the sorts of contortions that would make an Olympic gymnast envious.
The AP also quotes the outrageously hyperbolic statement of Alaska Minister Javis Odom that Palin's rallies are like those of the Klan.
"It's really been like you're going to a Ku Klux Klan rally," said Javis Odom, an Anchorage minister. "Gov. Palin is really showing her true colors on the national stage."
What an ignorant statement. I wonder how many McCain/Palin rallies Odom's actually been to? More likely he is basing his claims on the false authority of the media portrayal of those Palin rallies that he is definitively labeling as "KKK rallies." It is assured that, being in Alaska, he has attended no McCain/Palin rallies in order to have developed the first hand knowledge upon which to base his outrageous statement.
But, even the AP story shows that Palin has, indeed, appointed minorities to her administration. Remembering that blacks make up a mere 4% of Alaska's residents, the AP notes that Palin has appointed eight blacks, 40 Alaska Natives, six Asian or Pacific Islanders and one Hispanic since taking office.
In the end, what we have here is that, as Governor, Sarah Palin didn't bend over and acquiesce to every demand of these agenda driven black ministers and in the AP's reckoning this somehow makes her a racist. And then we have the AP using the false authority of an agenda driven media's machinations to set the stage for a "controversy."
I wonder if the AP would accept my labeling of its coverage a "controversy" merely because I say so? Bet they'd disagree with the claim! What do you think?
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Why does the OPC require that someone be a member of a "Bible believing church" to take communion? I don't think Christ stipulated this and thought the Lord's table was for all believers, whether they were church members or not. Where does the Bible say you must be a church member to receive communion?
You asked the question at the end of your post, "Where does the Bible say you must be a church member to receive communion?" This is a good question. There isn't any one verse that expressly stipulates that one must be a member of a local church to partake of communion. However, there are many things that the Scriptures teach as a whole that cannot be proved from simply one verse or passage. The Trinity, for example, is one of these teachings. Our approach to who may and may not partake of the Lord's Supper must follow the same pattern. There may not be any one passage that stipulates that church membership is a prerequisite for partaking of the Lord's supper, but the whole of the Bible's teaching on the church and the Lord's supper certainly seems to suggest that this is the case.
For example, we know from the pages of Scripture that there were local churches in the New Testament. In fact, of the 110 occurrences of the word "church" in the NT, over 90 of them refer to a local body of believers that are identifiable. That is why Paul will speak of the church in Galatia, Ephesus, Corinth etc. Therefore, when the Apostle rebuked the Corinthians for their abuse of the Lord's Supper, he was addressing a particular (gathered) body of Christ with an identifiable membership. Also, notice that in Acts 2:42 we are told that those who were saved in Acts 2:41 continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine, and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in the prayers. The breaking of bread there has often been understood to be a celebration of the Lord's supper, but notice, it happened after they were added by baptism to the church in Jerusalem. Furthermore, besides Christ's institution of the Supper with the apostles (on whose teaching the church is built, along with the prophets, Eph. 2:20) there is no instance of the sacrament being granted to those who are outside the visible church. This should give us great pause in regularly distributing the elements to those who refuse to join with a church of Jesus Christ.
Also it's helpful to notice that Q&A 168 of the Westminster Larger Catechism, asks "What is the Lord's supper?" The answer, among many other things, is that in the celebration of communion believers "testify and renew their thankfulness, and engagement to God, and their mutual love and fellowship each with other, as members of the same mystical body" (emphasis mine). In other words, believers not only express their communion with Christ in the Lord's Supper, but their communion with one another as the body of Christ. Such communion as the body of Christ is expressed in participation in the visible church. In other words, everything in the Scriptures seem to suggest that the Lord's Supper is celebrated within the confines of the visible church by those who are committed to the visible church.
With that said, there may be some circumstances in which someone is not a formal member of a local church and could take communion (perhaps they've left their church because of its unfaithfulness, or they are between churches; perhaps they go to a church in which there is not formal membership, but an informal membership process). This, however, is to be the exception, not the rule. In such exceptional circumstances, the decision whether to admit someone to the Lord's table should be left to the wisdom of the session of the local church.
In summary, then, though there is not one text that says, "you must be a member of a local congregation to take communion," there is every indication in the Scriptures that this was the practice of the churches of the New Testament, and the very meaning of the Lord's supper as a profession of communion with one another underscores this point.
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The category that includes credit cards fell $2.4 billion after a $241 million drop in January. But this decline was offset by an $18.9 billion increase in borrowing in the category that covers autos and student loans, the biggest one-month gain since February 2013.
The overall increase in consumer debt pushed total borrowing to a record $3.13 trillion.
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