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GRIEVING parents of a 10-year-old killed after a car accident outside a Didcot school, said their son sacrificed his life so it never happens again.
Freddie Perry, pictured, died after a collision involving a car driven by a teacher from his sister's school on September 10 last year, near his home in Oxford Crescent.
His parents Judith and Lea Perry are now leading a campaign to try to make the road safer by putting in speed bumps and cutting the speed limit from 30mph to 20mph.
The couple, who are also parents to daughters Eloise, 11, and Rhiannon, 15, say they want to spare other families the pain of a similar loss.
Mr Perry said: "He was the child every parent dreamed to have. We don't want anyone else to go through what we are going through. My son's life was taken, our little boy, and we are left to deal with it.
"Something is going to happen on that road again if nothing is changed.
He added: "We see it that Freddie has given has life so nobody else has to suffer the in the same way we are going through."
The couple said cars parked along the road, and parents who drop their children off at Didcot Girls' School half way down the street, make it very dangerous.
A teacher from Didcot Girls' School – which Freddie's sister Eloise had recently joined – was driving a Nissan Micra involved in the incident in September.
Thames Valley Police spokeswoman Rhianne Pope confirmed that the teacher had been cleared of any blame and was thought to be going well below the 30mph speed limit.
Headteacher of Didcot Girls' School Rachael Warwick said: "As a school, we would certainly welcome the introduction of a 20mph speed limit around the site, although we know this would not have prevented Freddie Perry's tragic accident as the driver was travelling well below the speed limit."
Last year, Freddie's parents called for extra parking spaces to be built into the village green area to increase visibility, which they say was rejected by Oxfordshire County Council.
Mr Perry said: "We are absolutely livid; it is very hard to deal with that – something that was going to be a legacy to stop it happening again has been taken away."
Council spokesman Martin Crabtree said: "The county council has been working with Mrs and Mr Perry, the local county councillor and local community to find a suitable safety solution on Oxford Crescent.
"We think that it should be possible to provide some safety measures. We are still looking at and discussing what would be the right solution."


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The gay marriage bill passed the House yesterday and will now likely become law - now is the time to contact your State Senator.
House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt rightly said that this is not the time. But instead of "continuing the conversation" as DFL leaders promised, Republican alternatives like civil unions and reciprocal beneficiaries were not seriously considered, and Minnesota will no longer debate "if" gay marriage but "how".
Republican Legislators will need to be vigilant, and not because sincere gay couples will receive marriage licenses, but because the underlying principles of the legislation are profound and the implications are yet to play out.
How will this impact religious liberties, government funded programs, school curriculums, parents volunteering in schools, government employees, state contracts, and other protections not specifically addressed in the legislation?
Even greater are the long term effects of the premises undergirding the law...
...If marriage equality is paramount, what then when people in other types of relationships demand their freedom to marry?
...If the previous definition of marriage was egregious because it discriminated, can there ever be a definition that won't discriminate against someone, and what then?
...If we accept that the founding principle of "equal protection under the law" necessarily includes "equal treatment for everyone within the law", we have embraced a very liberal notion of the purpose of law, and where does that lead?
...What is the future of freedom of conscience and religious liberty if sexual preference is elevated to the same status?
Without the DFL affording a substantive debate of these issues, it appears we have lost far more than the traditional definition of marriage in the process. Republicans now have the obligation to make sure we have not.


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QUIP: I was stopped at Kroger the other morning by a fella who asked, "How do you get egg whites to form stiff, firm peaks? I separate the yolks from whites, wait until they are at room temperature, then mix with a hand whisk. That doesn't work.
I've tried an electric mixer, but still no firm white peaks. What am I doing wrong?"
TIP: There are a few key things that are required for whites to become meringue. If you always implement them, you will always have success.
The first – and foremost - is to start with a bowl and beaters that are room temperature and absolutely clean and dry. If there is a little oil residue in the bowl or a little hint of yolk in the whites, it will interfere SERIOUSLY with the formation of air bubbles. Water from a wet bowl or beater will also inhibit the formation of the foam.
Bringing the whites to room temperature is also key. I heat a small pot of water on the stove and then place the bowl of whites over it and whisk, testing the temperature with my clean fingertip. Once the whites have warmed to room temp or slightly above, I remove to the counter and begin whisking.
I have also found that older eggs whip more easily because of chemical changes that have taken place as they aged.
Adding a pinch of salt in the whites will help firm up the proteins. About a quarter-way through the beating process, adding a couple drops of lemon juice or a pinch of cream of tartar will stabilize it and help keep bubbles from bursting when you stop beating.
The best way to beat egg whites is with a hand mixer. Beat the whites and salt for two minutes at medium speed, add the acid and beat for two minutes more at high speed.
If you happen to have an expensive, unlined copper bowl, this is ideal for whipping egg whites by hand because the copper reacts to the whites and will generate a much more stable foam with one-third more volume than you get in a standard bowl. However, do be sure to scour the copper bowl with a mixture of 1/4-cup vinegar and a tablespoon of salt, rinse it and dry it thoroughly with paper towels then add your whites but omit adding any salt.


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Indians continue to struggle in fifth straight loss
ANAHEIM -- As Jason Kipnis ran out of the batter's box and up the first-base line in the fourth inning Tuesday night, the All-Star second baseman felt like someone punched him in the back. This entire road trip for the Indians has felt like a punch to the gut.
"We've got, really, not much going for us," Kipnis said.View Full Game Coverage
ANAHEIM -- As Jason Kipnis ran out of the batter's box and up the first-base line in the fourth inning Tuesday night, the All-Star second baseman felt like someone punched him in the back. This entire road trip for the Indians has felt like a punch to the gut.
"We've got, really, not much going for us," Kipnis said.View Full Game Coverage
The sharp pain that Kipnis felt turned out to be a right abdominal strain, forcing him to leave an already scuffling offense behind for the trainer's table. Cleveland fought on, but the club could not avoid a 6-4 loss to the Angels, who dealt the Tribe its fifth straight loss with one game to go in this two-city swing through San Francisco and Anaheim.
Starter Corey Kluber bent too far in a stress-filled outing, shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera made another costly error for Cleveland's infected defense and the offense could not keep up with Los Angeles. Losing Kipnis as well added injury to insult, making a bad trip even worse for the Tribe.
"Kip's obviously a huge part of what we do," Kluber said. "Hopefully it's not something too serious. Hopefully it's one of those things where, we had guys go down last year, and we had guys fill in and step up to kind of help out while they were out."
Kipnis -- Cleveland's offensive sparkplug -- felt a jolt in his right side and back on a swing that resulted in a double-play groundout against Angels right-hander Jered Weaver in the fourth inning. The second baseman ran up the line, slowed as he approached first base and could be seen grabbing at his side in obvious discomfort.
"It knocked the wind out of me," Kipnis said. "I couldn't really breathe while I was going down to first base. It wasn't letting go."
While Mike Aviles took over for Kipnis in the field the following inning, Cleveland's star second baseman was in the training room receiving treatment. He is hoping to avoid a trip to the 15-day disabled list, but it seems fair to assume he will miss at least a handful of games. For now, the Indians plan on re-evaluating him Wednesday morning.
"The training staff is hopeful that it's more of a cramping-type thing," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "We'll know a lot more when he shows up [Wednesday] and he doesn't have the adrenaline of the game going and he's had a chance to sleep. We'll know a lot more then."
What Cleveland knows right now is it needs to right its ship.
Many of the issues that have plagued the Tribe through its 11-16 start were present again in the latest loss to the Angels.
Kluber lasted on 4 2/3 innings, allowing 15 baserunners in that span, including an uncharacterictic four walks. The right-hander walked a tightrope for much of the night before Howie Kendrick's two-out, two-run single with the bases loaded in the fifth put Cleveland down, 4-0. Cabrera's fielding error (the American League-leading 25th of the season) paved the way for one L.A. run in the fourth.
The Angels added two insurance runs off the Indians' typically sound bullpen.
Offensively, Carlos Santana launched a two-run home run off Weaver, but that was the only damage done against the righty in his 5 1/3 innings for the Halos. Michael Brantley snapped out of an 0-for-17 slump with a double in the sixth and added a run-scoring sacrifice fly in a two-run seventh, but that was the extent of Cleveland's push.
The Indians went 2-for-8 with runners in scoring position, stranding nine and coming up empty with the bases loaded in the sixth inning.
"Right now, if you look at it, we're trying to stay afloat," Kipnis said. "The offense isn't working. The starters were struggling for a while. The 'pen's been doing great, but the defense hasn't been helping out. When you've got none of those three things working, you've got to try to stay afloat, stay around .500 and kind of just stay in the hunt until you can kind of get that hot streak.
"That's when you've got to make your move. As long as we can stay afloat while we're struggling to get things going, I think we're OK with that."
Consider this just one of those stretches in a long season when things just are not going a particular team's way. Look no further than the first inning, when Lonnie Chisenhall launched what might have been a home run, but Angels center fielder Mike Trout snared it at the top of the wall with an impressive leaping catch.
In the fifth, Cleveland looked to have an inning-ending double-play, but Angels manager Mike Scioscia challenged the out call at first (J.B.Shuck did indeed beat the throw), the ruling was overturned and L.A. went on to score two runs. In the eighth, when Michael Bourn grounded into a double-play to end the inning, Francona challenged, but the ruling stood as called.
That is how things have been going lately for the Tribe.
Kipnis was quick to remind that last year's team, which featured many of the same players as this season's group, weathered plenty of rough stretches throughout the 2013 Wild Card-clinching campaign. That is something the current Indians club can lean on right now.
"You know the ups and downs that come with this team," Kipnis said. "You know that we're streaky. We can get as hot as cold with anybody. Yeah, we're going through a little rough patch right now. We went through worse rough patches last year. Fortunately, it's early right now."
The Indians can only hope Kipnis' injury does not extend the team's struggles.
"It doesn't help," Francona said. "He's obviously a huge part of what we do. We're just going to have to keep our fingers crossed that he shows up [Wednesday] and doesn't feel worse. That would be a very good sign."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian.


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Indoor Tropical Courtyard, Heated Pool, and Restaurant near Horseshoe Falls
Every second, more than 600,000 gallons of water tumble over the brink of Canada's Horseshoe Falls, which makes up one-third of Niagara Falls. Located just 10 minutes from one of the world's most spectacular waterfalls, Best Western Plus Cairn Croft Hotel is a 2012 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence winner. The luxurious hotel provides a relaxing contrast to Niagara's nearby entertainment district, complete with a sunlit indoor courtyard, where palm trees, abundant gardens, and tropical fish surround a heated pool. With this deal, you also get to taste award-winning ice wine at Niagara-on-the-Lake's Pillitteri Estates Winery and tour the facilities at Chocolate FX.
The hotel is close to shopping and restaurants on Lundy's Lane, but you'll find diverse dining options where you can use your $50 food-and-beverage credit right onsite. Windows on the Lane café specializes in a homemade breakfast, and Mattoli's serves freshly made pizza, which can be delivered straight to your room. For a cocktail, visit the Bourbon Street Bistro, located inside the courtyard, or The Croft Lounge, which features live music and a weekly poker night.
After spending some time in the courtyard's two whirlpool tubs or its children's playground, retire to a tower room with a plush-top queen bed. Amenities include an iPod docking station and a TV with free music and movie stations.
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Year-round, Journey Behind the Falls grants a glimpse behind the curtain of Horseshoe Falls—board an elevator that descends 150 feet into the bedrock, then stand at an observation deck steps away from the cascading water.
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oh, i forgot — there are about 10 more pix of her on my facebook page, if you'd like to see them. one of them, with my best friend (my cat, Pooh — his ashes are in the urn with my husband's), was autographed by Kinky Friedman! my favorite one is of about 1/4 of my face — nose and eyes — covered with noxzema. there are two pictures i can't find, that i would love to have — one day (it was a sunday), i was sitting on the porcelain throne, doing the sunday times crossword, with my head bent over it. i heard a click; my husband had just taken a picture of me. i looked up and laughed, and as i laughed, he took another picture. i've always thought they would have made a good diptych.
there's also an album of some of my favorite Andy Goldsworthy sculptures — he works with nature, mostly outdoors, unless it's a commission for inside a building. he even put a full-length tree in a ha-ha, which is on my album. what he does with snow, ice, leaves, and trees is amazing. have a look.
Hi Hollis:
I actually looked at your Facebook page! Sorry I couldn't help but be curious!
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Justin Timberlake Collaborates with Mumford & Sons Frontman on Movie Soundtrack
(NEW YORK) -- Justin Timberlake doesn't limit his musical collaboration to rappers: he's revealed that he recently spent some time in the studio with Marcus Mumford, frontman for the Grammy-winning folk-rock band Mumford & Sons The two teamed up to create music that will be featured Justin's upcoming film, Inside Llewyn Davis.
"Marcus and myself, we all kind of worked on the music together and I don't know any other world where we would have the opportunity to collaborate like that but it was so much fun," Justin told the U.K.'s Capital FM. "So not only will that be a great movie, but the music to it will be fantastic."
As for why Marcus and JT hooked up to begin with, one of the stars of Inside Llewyn Davis is actress Carey Mulligan, Marcus's wife. The film, directed by the Coen Brothers, is about a singer-songwriter in the New York City folk music scene of the 1960s. In addition to JT and Carey Mulligan, the movie also stars Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund and longtime Coen Brothers staple John Goodman.
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Many people have life-changing moments that alter their life's path. This moment occurred for my family in 1949 when I was 18 months old and contracted polio. While some see my acquiring a disability as a misfortune, I see it differently: it created numerous opportunities, leading me to where I am today.
Were it not for my parents, my life would have been quite different. They decided early on that I should have the same opportunities as my brothers. They quickly learned this would not come easily, particularly when it came to my education.
When my mother attempted to enroll me in kindergarten and the principal would not accept me, we had no legal recourse. At the age of nine, I entered special education classes -- but there was no expectation that disabled children like me would be held to the same standards as our nondisabled peers. When I was supposed to enter high school, my mother found that our high schools were not accessible for students using wheelchairs. She organized with other mothers in New York City, forcing the Board of Education to make a number of high schools throughout the city accessible. Because of our mothers' work, students like me could finally attend high school.
I was inspired by my parents, who taught me to work hard for my rights and those of others denied their basic rights. I chose to get involved, and have made it my life's work.
Hundreds of thousands of American parents and disabled people have fought hard to bring about the dramatic changes that have occurred in our country over the decades. Today we have laws that protect our rights, and have enforcement provisions to ensure those rights are not denied. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and others have been transforming our nation.
But what about the parents and disabled people in other countries who face the same kinds of challenges my family faced? What about Americans with disabilities who wish to enjoy the same opportunities as our fellow citizens to study, travel, serve, and work overseas? What can the United States do to help move other countries forward the way our country has moved forward?
December 3 is a poignant reminder of the fighting spirit of so many, as we mark the 21st International Day of Persons with Disabilities. It's a day when we reaffirm that the struggle to ensure the rights of every person does not end at our borders, but extends to every country and every community. We have a concrete opportunity to help raise standards and open the world for Americans with disabilities. This is because the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) recently resumed their consideration of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Disabilities Treaty). This treaty embodies, at the international level, the principles of non-discrimination, equality of opportunity, accessibility, and inclusion grounded in our own ADA.
These are the same principles that enabled me to become a schoolteacher in New York (despite at first being told I would be a "fire hazard" in my wheelchair) and to eventually pursue a career fighting for the rights of disabled people. Rights for people with disabilities have come a long way in the United States -- it is much different from when I was growing up. But more needs to be done, especially on the international level.
The United States has an opportunity to do more now, through the Disabilities Treaty.
Almost 140 countries have ratified the Disabilities Treaty, but the United States has not. Remaining on the outside of the Disabilities Treaty has consequences. As Secretary Kerry noted in his recent testimony before the SFRC, "When other countries come together to discuss issues like education, accessibility, and employment standards for people with disabilities, areas where the United States has developed the greatest expertise, we've been excluded because we're not a party to the treaty. And the bottom line is that when we're not there, other countries with a different and unfortunately often a lower standard, a lower threshold, wind up filling the void."
The United States set the gold standard for disability rights when we passed the ADA in 1990, and we have the opportunity to continue to lead. By ratifying the Disabilities Treaty, the United States can carry forward its strong leadership on disability issues, breaking down barriers, and making a real difference for the one billion people living with a disability, many of whom too often face discrimination, inequality, abuse, or neglect.
Joining the treaty is the best tool we have to expand opportunities for disabled Americans, promote and export our disability rights gold standard, and help bring about meaningful systemic improvements in other countries. It would complement and enable the crucial work USAID, civil society, and American private enterprise have been doing to advance the rights of disabled people abroad.
As many have discovered, including me in 1949, our circumstances can change in an instant. But while our circumstances may change, our rights and our opportunities should never be diminished.
The time is now for action on the Disabilities Treaty.
To learn more, visit http://www.state.gov/disabilitiestreaty.


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SAN DIEGO -- The pitch by Zack Greinke that struck Carlos Quentin on the biceps appeared innocent enough.
The Dodgers were ahead of the San Diego Padres by only a run. There were no outs in the sixth inning. The count was full.
But Quentin charged the mound and sparked a Thursday night melee that could be as costly for the Dodgers as it was temper-igniting.
BOX SCORE: Dodgers 3, San Diego 2
Greinke, appeared to be injured in a shoulder-to-shoulder hit from Quentin, was escorted off the field at Petco Park by trainer Sue Falsone. He was later diagnosed with a fractured left collarbone.


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As a bloke approaching my 40's, the thought of not having had a proper day in the mountains on a bike was hitting me hard.
The 20th anniversary of my first race had gone and past a few weeks ago, it had been a 2-up time trial with my first and current club Fenland Clarion.
So the chance of a day's guided riding and coaching with Girona based Bikecat, whilst on holiday, was too good a birthday treat to miss!!
Bikecat is a travel and touring firm with a difference. Being based in Girona the company has taken the innovative step of lashing out for old Team Garmin Felt and Cervelo bikes and then renting them to people as their ride.
Tim Duggan, now of Liquigas, had the dubious honour of me riding his 2010 issue Felt with dura-ace and all the hi tech stuff you would expect from a bike that had seen action in the professional peloton.
I had sent my measurements and gearing requirements in advance so when I met company co-owner Jaume the machine was ready to ride. A nice touch was the filled bottles and energy gels he handed me before we clipped in the pedals and rode off.
Here is a link to my data from the day. you can see that we enjoyed a steadyish start before hitting some proper mountains.
One of the interesting points Jaume made is that a lot of people head to the high Pyrenees or Alps for their first mountain experience which could put them off as there is a lot of suffering to be endured.
The mountains we rode saw about 45 mins of climbing over 11km and 6km ascents. So a much more balanced introduction to the art of getting up hills.
"You know that feeling when you put your finger in the fire and it burns? climbing is like that but all over your body" - Robert Millar at the 1989 Tour of Britain.
The first 'proper' climb came after a 12% hill that didnt count !!! it was a road used by the likes of Michael Barry, George Hincapie and Bradley Wiggins. In fact locally, I believe, it is known as Hincapie Hill. The road was marked with countdowns "GPM (King of the Mountains Point) 6km" and surprisingly on this climb it acted as motivation.
The pros get up on the big ring, I got one hairpin up just to say I could do it.
I felt ok to be honest, it never felt like I wasn't going to get to the top and as we stopped for an apple and to take in the view back to the Costa Brava's rocky coastline I felt an ambition I had harboured since being a boy was coming to fruition.
As we rocketed down the descent the Garmin team bike handled absolutely flawlessly. Which was handy as a bloke in full Sky kit and helmet zoomed past with a top Garmin professionals wife following closely.
We rode back towards Girona and chatted before they peeled off and the main event of the day came into focus.
The Alto des Els Angels has been an obsession for me since I drove up it in 2009 and saw the names of great cycling champions written on the road. I rode it in 2010 from the steeper Monells side and you may remember my blog at the time saying how I had zigzagged up the steepest bits barely able to keep forward motion.
Whether it was deliberate or not Jaume had kept the white weather station at the top in our line of vision for about 10 miles as we approached. The stories of the local professionals riding up it are legend and most use it as a barometer of form.
I tugged the water out of my second bottle and shoved one of the gels down before we settled in for the 11km ascent from the Girona side.
And then the inevitable happened and the bloke whose main training ride starts at -1 metre below sea level on the edge of the fens, blew up big time!!
Thankfully I was coached all the way up the mountain with a mixture of encouragement and conversation to take my mind of the jelly feeling in my legs.
There was a couple of points I thought about stopping for a break but I had an obsession with getting up and not failing. As I got out of the final bend after what felt like three hours of going uphill I felt amazing.
The view back over to the city was brilliant and we came down the steep side with great care before I got to see the first bit of flat road of the day... I felt obliged to pull on the front only for us to peel off the main road and hit a final, brutal half mile climb... ouch!
The lunch and first can of coke back at the cars didn't touch the side and when I met up with the family I couldnt wait to tell them about my ride in extreme detail.
I have now ridden in this area twice and can't wait to make it a third time. There is nothing bad about the roads around Girona, I even found the other motorists showed you courtesy!
Riding with Bikecat is a brilliant way to do it as you can add the glamour of riding a former pro-cyclists bike which adds to the special feelings.
Jaume knows the area like the back of his hand and will go into every detail to ensure you get the most out of your ride. The only thing he didnt do for me was pedal the bike
So if you are interested in a trip to somewhere Ryanair fly to but where they wont have to handle your bike, this is the trip for you my friends!
One of the best days I have had on a bike, amazing!
James has been blogging for road.cc for 5 years and racing bicycles (averagely) for 20 years.


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How odd it is to hear an artist you respect and appreciate suggest she doesn't have the pipes to tackle her words.
"If I had the money, I don't even know if I would be singing my own songs," says rapper/singer/poet Dessa, a solo artist and member of Minneapolis hip-hop collective Doomtree. "I think I have a really vast imagination for lyricism, but I don't have a limitless voice. So a lot of times it's finding out what the instrument will let me do with the ideas."
Self-doubt aside, the 31-year-old old Minneapolis native is doing just fine, judging by 2010's acclaimed "A Badly Broken Code," 2011's "Castor the Twin" (which rearranges tracks from "Code") and her success with Doomtree (featuring P.O.S. and Sims), who delivered the best performance I saw at Lolla 2012.
Before her performance at Schubas (and after performing "The Chaconne" exclusively for RedEye), Dessa talked about her many recent Chicago appearances, replacing herself on her own songs and sorting out the sincere from the sleazy in the music business.
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You've spent some time in Chicago recently, including at Lollapalooza, when I saw you and Doomtree perform. It was my favorite show of the weekend. How did you feel like that went?
Thanks! I have two parts of my mind when I'm on stage. One is the part that's performing. And the other voice that I wish I could shut off a little more, is like, "How is this going?!" And I think at Lollapalooza it's particularly hard to shut that voice off. It was a big opportunity for us; we're aware of how many people are there and [think], "Do I look like an idiot on the JumboTron?"
You didn't.
It felt good. It felt high stakes, and in my body in the moment I was nervous and excited I guess. Probably in equal measure.
Did the group talk afterward and recap?
We did. A lot of times though we always say the same thing. Sims is always like, "Yeah!" And P.O.S., Stef is always like, "Cool, man. That was good." And then Mike and I get real sulky [sulky voice] if we don't think it went so well …. I feel like it's like "Groundhog Day" of show recap almost every show.
So it wasn't like, "Oh, we absolutely killed it!"
There's always a cohort of people in Doomtree who are like, "We slayed it!" Even if we just filled up the gas tank. "The gas tank is not empty!"
"Totally full!"
"Totally full of gas!" We did a good job; it felt good. I'm occasionally the wet blanket. (in Debbie Downer-esque voice) "Well, I would have liked it if we'd practiced those choreographed dance moves a little more …"
When I saw you, I walked over from Chief Keef's performance. How familiar are you with this new rise of Chicago rap, and what do you think of what you've heard?
Medium. Chief Keef, I think probably I associate him as much as I do with a musician [as] with the political implications of what he's rapping about or the social implications. The Pitchfork drama; the episode of beef with Lupe. I think a lot about what the social obligations are, if any, of being a performing artist and so I've probably spent more time thinking about what Chief Keef means than I have listening to his music, to be totally honest.
So how do you feel about that?
I think I'm still deciding exactly where I land. But I do think that music has agency. It informs the way we think, even if we're not aware of the influence it's having on us at the time. That doesn't mean you have to lead Sunday school with every 16-bar; that would be a very boring [rapper]. Do you know what I mean? Sex, drugs, anger, angst and pulp are important parts of music. That said, I don't think it's the case that an artist can remove him or herself from any moral conversation by saying, "It's just art," as if by virtue of being art it doesn't have a social implication or social value or social consequences.
The tour kicking off tonight is with a full band, whereas when you were here last it was solo, spoken-word, monologue stuff. How does that change your preparation as far as what you're doing on stage?
I perform so much more frequently as a musician than I do as a spoken word poet or as a … monologist. I never say that word out loud because I don't know where the accent goes. Monologist. Monologist.
That's a hard one.
It is hard. So that took an incredible amount of preparation. Leave the venue, go to my hotel room and continue to prepare and then practice in the car on the drive. And think about, "Is there a better timing I can use? Is there some other metaphor I can use to better express a particular theme?" A lot of it's [flexible]. I know where I have to land, but I don't have to get there in a particular way every night. There's just certain plot points that must be hit …
So you're rewriting as you go.
Yeah. If a certain crowd seems real laugh-y, amp up the joke lines, and if they're more sedate, or more contemplative—
"Did you ever notice how it's monologist or monologist?!"
[Laughs] Yeah, yeah. "Boy, are my arms tired!"
Now with a full band, is it less stressful?
Strangely, it is. Bringing myself around was terrifying. It wasn't terrifying, it was high stakes. Working with these guys, I have a three-piece that I usually play with, and Aby Wolf, who is this really stellar soprano, she does these really nice close harmonies--a really first-rate vocalist. I do it so much more that I feel probably more comfortable.
How do you explain why there's so much hip-hop in Minneapolis? I've spent a little time there; I have some family there. I don't know what a great rap city looks like but some people might be surprised. Between all of Doomtree and all of Rhymesayers, why is there so much greatness there?
I think understandably a lot of people probably imagine it would be flyover country for rap music. I think it might have just been one of those scenarios where you had a few dedicated people hustling hard who inspired a lot of other people. Maybe not to pick up the craft, but it reinforces the idea that you don't have to relocate to make a successful go of this vocationally. Also I think we have a lot of great models in punk rock and in hip hop for a workable, sustainable DIY. Not just like, "I'm going to sew a patch on my jacket and quit my job." Which also can be cool but not sustainable. There's a lot of people who have developed really talented entrepreneurial skills to make this [bleep] work in addition to [music].
How do you characterize the musical personality of the city, and how do you feel like the Midwest plays into that, if at all?
It's really tough for me to call, only because I haven't lived anywhere else. So I'm probably like the worst person to ask. In the same way I have a younger brother so it would be like, "How would you compare this to being an only child?" "I have absolutely no idea; we would have to send Max away!" So I don't know. I mean, it's DIY. I think there's a hustle. I think there's a doggedness to it.
You've talked about "Castor the Twin," which takes a new spin on tracks from "A Badly Broken Code," diagnosing weaknesses on the previous record. What were the weaknesses you saw?
God, I don't remember talking about it so intense! Just putting it all out there in that interview! "Where are the weaknesses in 'A Badly Broken Code'?" I think I've found my voice a little bit more since then. I'm proud of that record though, to be honest. I'm really proud of that record. Nonethless, when I listen back to it, are there moments where I think I'd be better prepared to tackle those songs again? Yeah, for sure. But there's also some moments that's just sort of like brazen like, "I'm having fun, and I'm not thinking too hard about it!" That I probably am less likely to pull off successfully now. I think it was more like allowing some of the vulnerability in this songs and the lyrics of those songs to be showcased in a different way [than they were before]. I think a lot of times when there's production, that's a big part of what you're hearing. It was like a killer snare. I dug making that record. On the other hand, performing some of that material on "Castor on the Twin," which is almost a chamber pop record or something where it's got classical sounds but backing rap music--not in a hybrid-al way I hope. In a natural way. Making that record ended up being a lot more like lyric-based for me. You really hear every word. The themes are really at the fore instead of the production.
With the new stuff do you want to continue to go in that direction, with a little less going on in some ways and more focus on the lyrics? How much does your participation in Doomtree make you want to go to an opposite side of the spectrum?
Oh, that's a good question. I think in some ways I do a little bit of writing on the page as you mentioned. When I put out my first short book, I was so much happier in Doomtree. And I think it was because I was trying to write a book in every rap song that I made, and then it wasn't a book and I was pissed off. "This isn't a book, this is just a song!" What I realized that, "OK, you've got an artistic appetite that you're not actually attending to at the moment. You've got a drive that you're not--you're not doing the work to satisfy [that]." Because after I did the book I was like, "Oh, [bleep], I can just write good songs. This feels great!" So I wasn't worried about that anymore. I think in some ways with Doomtree, if I'm looking for a two-and-a-half hour set where I'm sweating through my clothes and I'm done and it looks like you've been in a dryer for two-and-a-half hours because my hair is [bleeped] up and I'm half drunk on whiskey and somebody hit my face and I have a little cut on my—you're just tore up. It feels good. It feels athletic. It feels adrenal.
That doesn't happen in a spoken-word performance.
Not likely! Unless something went wrong. "That was really creepy."
"Why am I sweating so much sitting on a stool?"!
[Laughs] Yeah. "I gotta go to the doctor." That said, I think probably each one feeds a slightly different appetite. But the record that I finished that comes out later this year is, I think because I now know, "OK, this is what a rap beat does, and if I drop the snares, this is how it affects the song." Or if I put a kick on 2 and 4 instead of 1 and 3. You just figure out how the dials work in a rap song. And then I have an organic record, so now I can figure out what more of those dials do. Like, "What's the difference between a viola and a violin?" "Wait, what's the difference between a four-string violin and a five-string violin?" "Oh, that's how that sounds? So it's deeper and woodier?" Now I have that ammunition too. When I set out to write this most recent record, which doesn't have a name yet, to say, "OK, what would best serve this song?" And it didn't feel like, "Oh, my direction is chamber experimental pop retro." And it wasn't like, "OK, I'm a hip-hop artist, stay in your lane." I was like, "[bleep] a lane, man, what would make this song good?" The thing that would make this song good is produced snare and a five-string violin. Boom.
Any idea of when it's coming out?
We're arguing about it now. When the weather's warm. I don't know how warm it will be or how long it will have been warm for …
There are so many fantastic lyrics on your record. If you're willing to pat yourself on the back at all, I'm wondering if there's a line that comes to mind that seems particularly meaningful or is one of your favorites for some reason.
Garsh. There is a tune on the next record called "Annabelle" that I think, the song as a whole that I was most proud of. I'm not going to sit here and recite three-and-a-half minutes of lyrics. But [that one] as a whole. And another one that I dug was, "Your conscience is clean and as white as a line of cocaine" about having a conversation with a friend about his drug use. And, "Anger is just love left out and gone to vinegar." I like that.
All good. One I put down was, "You've got a lot of long answers to a lot of short questions." I like that because lyrics like that make you extrapolate in interesting ways and are open to interpretation, where other lyrics are about one little thing and that's it.
Thanks. Yeah, totally. There's a lot that to be totally frank, there's a lot about how I do my job that I am not yet satisfied with. I really struggle--sometimes on stage, sometimes in the studio--there's a lot of frustration there, but the writing part, that part I feel confident in. I was born to do something with words. Now I just gotta learn how to do something with this [touches her throat].
Do you not feel as confident in your voice?
Absolutely not. If I had the money I don't even know if I would be singing my own songs. If I could put together a show where I could design the whole thing. I would sing a bunch of them, but there are some songs where to me they sound good, but here's a human female vocalist's range and here's where my range lives. There's some songs that sound good and impactful here 'cause it's high tension and high drama, but I don't have a limitless voice. I think I have a really vast imagination for lyricism, but I don't have a limitless voice. So a lot of times it's finding out what the instrument will let me do with the ideas. Where after a particularly tough song on the last record I was talking to my boyfriend, I was just like, "Could I have someone else sing this song and put it on my record?" I was like, "That's weird as hell." He was like, "It certainly is." I was like, "Let's just think; is there a reason I couldn't do that?" And he was like, "No, technically not. I would say it's a last resort." And we made a list of vocalists who I would hire and have her do it. I was like, "I'm going to go back in the studio, I'm going to try and record this 22 more times, and then after that I'm done. I can't do it; I can't do the song justice."
Mariah Carey wasn't interested?
I'm waiting for the text.
You wrote on Twitter, "Ballads and rap songs are not as different as good songs and bad songs." Why did you feel that need to be addressed?
[Laughs] "Why the hell did you say that?!" Probably because I was being a little self-obsessed, and I know that a lot of what people say, good or bad, about the kind of stuff I do has to do with genre ... Everyone likes to imagine that they're doing something innovative. On the other hand when I finished "A Badly Broken Code," which is the first record that put me on more of a national—I don't want to say national caliber—but sent me around the country as opposed to just playing at home. Even people on my team, who are still on my team and I really trust, voiced some concern, like, "Dude, I think these are some pretty good songs on here. Could you do two more song songs and two more rap songs? Then you'd have two records and just split 'em up. You have the singing stuff and you have the rap stuff."
"At least ask people to wave their hands in the air. Whether they care or not …"
"If I could just have some indication that you care. With an airborne hand."
"That's the label that's talking."
[Laughs] "If I could just see your palm …" I get it. In some ways I think a singing song or a love song or a ballad, I understand that that's a different thing than a rap song, but it doesn't feel like it's so alien that it can't coexist. If I've got something else that provides continuity, a sensibility, a lyrical style. It's not like I went song song broccoli song song. When you make a mix, if you meet a pretty girl in high school, or if I meet a pretty boy in high school and you make a mix, you're not thinking, "Ooh, this doesn't go. This is indie rock and this is folk." No, you just make sure the [bleep] sounds cool and says something. That's what I feel like making an album should be; it's just a mixtape where I wrote all the songs.
When you were doing soundcheck earlier, you said something like, "The sound doesn't have to be at a rap show level, this is delicate material." Do you feel like people are surprised when they come to a show--when you're categorized in iTunes as rap and people expect to see something that they don't get?
Yeah, I'm sure they must be. I think in some ways I've dodged some bullets by the fact that I think I'm a decent person to work with. I try to be honest, I try to do right, I try to be something that approximates on time. With fans and stuff, if you don't love my [bleep], [bleep], find something you do love. What else is there to say about that? Is it always going to sound the same? No. If I asked [fans] in conversation most people would say, "Yeah, it shouldn't sound the same every time." Of course that introduces the element of risk. Well, that means you might not like it. OK, to me that seems like a fair exchange. At the end of the day everything that's at stake is $12 and an hour-and-a-half of your time. So if you hate it, the losses aren't that bad. With any luck, you might really [bleepin'] like it.
I want to ask a few quick ones. What's the first album you remember buying?
It was probably something by Offspring.
You have all their albums and can't remember which one you got first.
[Laughs] No, I can't remember which one it was. [singing] "… keep 'em separated …"
How often do you listen to that now?
Zero. I listen to that zero. [Laughs]
First concert?
I think it was Joan Baez. And then shortly followed by No Doubt.
Didn't the Offspring open for Joan Baez at one point?
[Laughs] Yeah! The "Keep 'Em Separated" Tour featuring Joan Baez. Please keep 'em separated.
What's a question you'd be excited to never get again?
Do you want me to answer honestly?
That one.
No. I'm sorry, it would be, "What's a question you're asked too often?"
OK! I thought it'd be something about—
Women … Five years ago, "What's it like to have breasts in rap?" I was like, "It's crazy!"
I ask everyone that, even actors. "What do you think that would be like?"
[Laughs] Yeah. Carpenters, the guy who services my air conditioner … I think I answered a lot of questions about the women thing, and it used to bug me for a while, but I think maybe it's just a case of every year I've had something a little different to say about it. Even just because at first it didn't really affect my career at all, and then when you start taking photos for magazines, it is different, the way Sims is treated, the way that I'm treated. For good reason or for bad, I don't know. Then once you start dealing with L.A. guys then all this sliminess that I thought was not part of the music industry as prominently as it was displayed in biopics about Cadillac Records back in the day or whatever. It's like, "Wow, it's not that slimy." Then you meet L.A. and New York guys and it gets … they'll greet you and they'll touch you or something, but they don't say like [in sleazy voice], "There's a casting couch, I want to sign you but first I have to see the goods." They don't say anything like that, but their hands linger too long and it's so insidious. And I don't know when to yell, "You're touching me too long!" Because it's so casual the way that the lines become crossed. That stunned me. I was ready to be like, "No! no!" And I found that sexism and misogyny and complicated gender roles came with a lot of otherwise really good people.
I think anything in that sleazy tone of voice would be uncomfortable. "I think your music is phenomenal."
[in sleazy voice] "My wife loves your stuff." It's never a good voice.
What's a question you wish you got more?
To be honest, the stuff about my lyrics, that's probably where I'm most comfortable and it indicates somebody spent a little time checking out what I do. That always warms my tiny heart to be able to answer questions about what I've written.
On favorites in Chicago: "I always try to duck out for sushi or a salad. Because you eat so much fried stuff 'cause that's what's at the bar and you eat a lot of food from foil, gas station fare … I'm also kind of cheap. For me I'm always taking out my iPhone and trying to find the best deal that I possibly can. 'You have 17 minutes between now and doors. Go!' There's a couple of spots that had really inexpensive sushi to answer your question. I like playing here, quite a bit. I like the sound at Lincoln Hall. Most of my experience in Chicago is still venue-based. I really do end up being tethered to the same few blocks. I was surprised last time in going to Wrigley Field, playing right near there. In my head I had imagined it as culturally vacant, which is the way that a lot of our area is in Minneapolis. Where the stadium is is sort of warehouse-y and not very interesting. So I was stunned how much cool stuff there was to see in that area. Walking to get my sushi it was like an ice skating rink of people running figure-eights as if they were in a snow globe. I was like, 'Are you guys real?' and a lot of really cool boutique-y bars and stuff … I think I expected salt flats. 'Hello …..' I was expecting a warehouse district. Even to just see some kind of manicured storefronts or whatever, I was like, 'Oh, this is way cooler than where the stadium is where I live.'"
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Other Primary Sources at Wesleyan
The term 'primary sources,' formerly restricted to manuscripts and other unpublished materials, today encompasses printed works like newspapers, journals, and books whose physical attributes convey incomparable evidence about the times in which their texts were produced and received. As print facsimiles and microform and digital reproductions become more widespread, growing numbers of scholars recognize how much can be learned from a textual artifact's information and aura. (The same holds true, of course, for graphics and other museum objects.) Preserving and making accessible original textual artifacts is a principal function of rare book curators.
Although the percentage of these artifacts in Wesleyan's overall library holdings may be small, the open stacks of Olin and other campus libraries do include print editions of selected and edited primary materials, some with titles like Papers, Diary/ies, Letters, Correspondence, or Records.
The Microforms Center on Olin's lower level is full of riches not (yet) fully represented in or not easily recognizable from the online catalog. In addition to Early American Imprints to 1819, many early English and American (including Middletown) newspapers, and all American fiction to 1900, it houses smaller groups on topics as various as the Continental Congress, the 18th-century London printers Bowyer, foreign missions, black abolitionists, dime novels, the Russian Revolution, and the Manhattan Project. Finding aids for large groups are shelved to the right just inside the entrance and are worth browsing in.
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Top Cars
Loaded for Less: 7 Cheap New Cars
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Hyundai Sonata GLS
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Toyota RAV4 Limited
The midsize Toyota RAV4 Limited offers a long list of features for a bargain base price of around $26,200. Standard items include dual-zone automatic climate control and keyless access with push-button starting. The RAV4 Limited also has automatic headlights and steering wheel audio controls. We'd skip the powerful V6 and choose the efficient 4-cylinder. That engine makes an adequate 179 hp and returns 21 mpg city and 27 mpg highway. And since a new RAV4 is on the way, we think there are many great deals on today's model. That means buyers may even be able to select a few options without running up the already reasonable base price.
Volvo C30 T5
Volvo's compact C30 hatchback is a great value thanks to its long list of equipment and upscale brand status. Features include 17-in alloy wheels, Bluetooth, a USB port for music and keyless entry. It also offers Volvo's renowned safety gear, counting curtain side airbags and an anti-skid system, among other included items. And the C30's muscular 227 hp turbocharged 5-cylinder gives it great performance. While many shoppers may be put off by the luxury brand's high-end image, don't be: It's available in base form for around $25,600 with shipping. And while options include navigation and a sunroof, we think the base model is a great choice for buyers who don't want to go wild with pricey extras.
What it means to you: Sometimes, the base price is all that matters. The cheap new cars we've listed offer a lot of luxury without making buyers pick from the options list.


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dc3dd is a patched version of GNU dd with added features for computer forensics. It was developed at the DoD Cyber Crime Center by Jesse Kornblum. The first release, corresponding to Coreutils version 6.9.91, is scheduled for 1 Feb 2008.
Comparison to GNU dd
The following features are available in dc3dd that are not found in GNU dd:
- On the fly hashing with multiple algorithms (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, and SHA-512) with variable sized piecewise hashing
- Able to write errors directly to a file
- Combined error log. Groups errors together (e.g. Had 1,023 'Input/ouput errors' between offsets 512-65536' )
- Pattern wiping. Wipe output files with a single hex digit or a text pattern
- Verify mode
- Progress reports. See the progress of the operation while it's running
- Split output. Able to split output files into fixed size chunks
Comparison to dcfldd
Although there are definitely similarities between dc3dd and dcfldd, the programs are based on slightly different code bases and have different feature sets. dcfldd is a fork of GNU dd, whereas dc3dd is a patch to the current version. This means that dc3dd will be updated every time GNU dd is updated, whereas dcfldd has its own release schedule. Certain features added to GNU dd after dcfldd forked, such as direct input/output mode, are not found in dcfldd.
On the other hand, dcfldd supports more hashing algorithms than dc3dd, allows the user greater control over how hashes are displayed, supports wiping output files with random patterns, and is supported on the Cygwin platform.


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Kuro Oni Kuro Oni is a 3d horror puzzle game made as a tribute to the game Ao Oni. Kuro Oni is a sequal to the game demo Ao Oni 3D. Ao Oni 3D hit 20.000 downloads within the first month of release. It's free and available on idcgames.blogspot.com Story: There is an old abandoned mansion near your town and people say that it's haunted. As an scientist you set out to explore the mansion to prove that there are no such things as monsters. But you were wrong. There is indeed something inside the mansion which is set out to kill each and everyone who enters it's home. You will need to solve puzzles and mysteries to escape your nearly certain death. Estimated Time of Release: 30 or 31 December 2012 It's FREE! Follow the development progress here: www.idcgames.blogspot.com
This game is scary and awesome! PS: play in dark and use headphones ;)


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A moving service commemorated the worst mass killing since the holocaust was held at Dewsbury Town Hall.
The event remembered the Srebrenica massacre, when more than 8,000 Bosnian men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb forces on July 11-16 in 1995.
It was hosted by pupils from Batley Girls' High School and Westborough High School and attended by minister for faith and communities, Dewsbury's Baroness Warsi.
Mashuda Shaikh, from Kirklees Council's community cohesion team, gave a moving speech in which she described her own visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina to learn more about genocide.
She described facing the true horror of the massacre and meeting the wives of men who were killed – many of whom are still trying to find the bodies of their loved ones. "It was horrific," she said. "It was the first time in my life that I have smelt death."
She told the audience that some women were trying to identify their husbands from a single bone.
"That day my heart may have broken. I couldn't comprehend how this could happen in Europe."
The audience were also shown a memorial film about the genocide. Baroness Warsi spoke told the audience why she felt it was important to remember Srebrenica.
"The ugly head of discrimination, bigotry and racism...is just under the surface," she said. She challenged attendees to speak out against hatred, adding: "Because once you don't the consequences can be horrific."
Attendees were encouraged to make pledges to take their own action to combat intolerance and hatred in society. The hosts were Usama Iqbal, Mujahid Momaniat, Alisha Hussain, Anisa Omar and Adisa Pudic.
Members of Kirklees' Bosnian community, including Dr Enes Supuck, from the Batley-based Hilal Bosnian Cultural Society, also attended.


text: Mount Mercy's Professor of Biology and Department Chair Dr. Neil Bernstein led students in a grass planting in the spring of 2012 on the hill of Basile Hall. The environmentally friendly "no mow grass" will keep away erosion and doesn't requiring mowing in most circumstances. Dr. Bernstein shared with the group that the toxins and vapors released from 30 seconds of using a push mower equals roughly five minutes of driving a car. This endeavor was supported by the Sisters of Mercy Ministry Grant for Sustainability.


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Rather Than Fixing The Problem Of Orphaned Works, The Authors Guild Wants To Play 'Gotcha'
from the you're-not-helping dept
There's no doubt that, as James Grimmelman pointed out, this makes the HathiTrust effort look bad. This was their first effort to show how an orphan works program might work, and the fact that their process was shown to be less-than-perfect (especially their "first" showcase effort) is definitely going to set back any orphan works project in the future -- because any time such an effort is brought up, people will point to this example.
Of course, others might reasonably argue that the system worked. After all, none of these books had been released digitally yet. The process involved the HathiTrust first trying to track down the authors, then the authors/works being put in a public list, which could be scrutinized by the public to see if any of them could show that the works weren't orphans. And that's exactly what happened. Even if you could have hoped that the original investigation was a bit better, it's hard to argue that the system didn't work here. It did.
Either way, the University of Michigan did exactly what it had to do from a PR standpoint, and suspended the program until it can refine the process to make it more effective in only releasing truly orphaned works.
However, the bigger issue to me is just how gleeful the Authors Guild seems to be that it's sticking it to universities and their libraries. The Authors Guild should be supporting the efforts of these libraries to legitimately make otherwise unavailable works available again. The Authors Guild should be partnering with these libraries to make sure the works truly are orphaned. Instead, they're jumping up and down and gloating over the fact that such works won't be accessible any more. It's really quite disgusting.
I think the best response to all of this came from Duke's Scholarly Communications Officer, Kevin Smith, who wrote an open letter to J.R. Salamanca, who was the first name on the list who was "found" by the Authors Guild, asking him to recognize that the libraries are not his enemy, as the Authors Guild is trying to claim:
It seems unlikely that the Authors Guild will understand this. But watching Scott Turow (whose books I was a fan of until all this began) and the other top brass at the Authors Guild act this way, it's hard not to be flat-out disgusted by the way the group is so gleeful about locking up knowledge.
I am sure I do not have to tell you that libraries, including those that intend to participate in the Hathi Orphan Works project, are not your enemies. We are in the business of helping authors find readers, which hardly seems like it should be an objectionable activity. So let's think for a minute about The Lost Country and what might be best for it and for you.
The sad fact is that The Lost Country has become a pretty obscure work. Amazon.com shows only two used copies available for sale. In the Duke Libraries, the last transaction record we have for your novel is in 2004, when our copy was sent to high-density storage. It has not left the facility once since then, and our system shows no circulations in the prior decade, either. One of the famous "laws" of librarianship is that every book should have its readers, and the current system, I am afraid, is failing to connect your book to new readers.
It has to be said that the Authors Guild is not going to help you in this regard. They are not going to publish a new edition of The Lost Country for you, nor will they pay you any royalties on the out-of-print edition. The Authors Guild simply does not have the ability to create a new market for your book. Even if they were to succeed in a grand strategy to impose a licensing scheme for orphan works in general, there is no reason to believe that you would profit from it. With such an obscure work, potential users who had to pay a fee would probably just skip the planned use.
Where you can find help for this problem is with the HathiTrust. Their goal, and the goal of the libraries that plan to participate in the orphan works project, is to make it easier for readers to find works like your novel, which might otherwise languish on shelves or in large warehouses of books. Digital access to low-use titles through our catalogs will encourage users to discover resources, for study and for entertainment, that they might not have bothered with before.


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Castaway's Bar and Grill, on the south end of Fort Myers Beach, was recently awarded one of the best bars in the country, as "One of the Top Seven Bars in Florida," by Bartender Magazine.
"We're one of the very few bars in Florida with that recognition, and the only one in Southwest Florida," said Steve Grish, co-owner of the establishment, along with his wife, Megan. "I called the editor of the magazine, wanting to know how they picked us out of all the bars in the state. He said someone emailed or contacted them about us, they sent some people down, checked out eight or 10 other bars on the beach, and ours was picked."
Steve and Megan are extremely excited about this new recognition, and believe their hospitable staff, quality service and great specials are what topped off those who made the decision.
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Megan and Steve Grish, owners of Castaway's Bar and Grill, on the south end of the island, are proud to hold up their plaque, awarded by Bartender Magazine as "One of the Top Seven Bars in Florida." Photo courtesy MEGAN GRISH
"Megan and I are ecstatic; really impressed. It's really cool, and we're honored for our bar to be awarded with that title," he said.
About Castaway's Bar and Grill
Summer specials at?Castaway's Bar and Grill, 7205 Estero Blvd., include half-price pizza Wednesday nights, "Our pizza is the best on the beach," Steve said, "And after 10 p.m., we offer a $5 menu until close; live music is offered throughout the week, happy hour is every day until 7 p.m., and our chef, Dennis, offers daily food specials."
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Get List of Columns in a Table
There is no way to write a SQL Server SELECT statement, using the wildcard, to select all columns in a table except for any number of particular columns.
For example, if you wanted to return all fields from the Person.Address table except for the City field, you cannot write a query like this:
SELECT ( * -City ) FROM Person.Address
If you need to select 99 of 100 columns in a table, you have to list all 99. This can be a painful task. For now, the best way to accomplish this is to generate a list of field names from the table, and copy them into your query. Here's how to do it.
Every database in SQL Server 2008 contains system views named sys.obects and sys.columns. Sys.objects contains all database objects: system tables, user tables, constraints, views, etc. Sys.columns contains all columns from every table, along with the same object_id of it's parent object (the table). By joining these system tables together, you can get a quick list of columns that you can copy and paste into your query:
USE AdventureWorks GO SELECT sc.name ColumnName FROM sys.objects so JOIN sys.columns sc ON so.object_id = sc.object_id WHERE so.name = 'Contact'
This is certainly one query to memorize!
To list columns from ANY user table, drop the table specification, add a filter on sys.objects for 'type', and include the table name by using the OBJECT_NAME function:
USE AdventureWorks GO SELECT OBJECT_NAME(sc.OBJECT_ID) TableName, sc.name ColumnName FROM sys.objects so JOIN sys.columns sc ON so.object_id = sc.object_id WHERE so.type = 'U'
This query can be taken even further by joining to the sys.types view, where data type metadata is stored:
USE AdventureWorks GO SELECT OBJECT_NAME(sc.OBJECT_ID) TableName, sc.name ColumnName, t.name [DataType], sc.is_nullable Nullable, sc.is_identity Is_identity FROM sys.objects so JOIN sys.columns sc ON so.object_id = sc.object_id JOIN sys.types t ON sc.user_type_id=t.user_type_id WHERE so.type = 'U'
One reader brought up an alternative method to get a list of columns in a table, by using one of the information schema views. I like his idea better than using sys.columns:
WHERE TABLE_CATALOG = 'AdventureWorks'
AND TABLE_NAME = 'Contact'


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Hey everyone - I'm testing out moving my blog to TypePad. So please visit me at my new home at http://lisacohen.typepad.com . If all works out I will make it permanent!! There are some great features over there... including a new feature - my Photo Journal (is on the right hand side of over at Typepad) that I plan to showcase a daily photograph from my life. Please let me know what you think. :-)


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Q. In John 14:28, Jesus says: "You heard me tell you, 'I am going away and I will come back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I." Given that Jesus is the Second Person of the Trinity, and is co-equal with the Father and the Holy Spirit, how should we interpret "for the Father is greater than I"?
A. Here's a reply from Father Reginald Martin:
Jesus' words to his disciples at the Last Supper, "the Father is greater than I," have proven quite problematic to the Church for 2,000 years. The Alexandrian priest Arius (A.D. 250-336) interpreted them to mean Jesus was a divine, but subordinate, being — created by the Father (and therefore not equal to him) before the beginning of the world. Arius' teaching has a certain, simple appeal, so it was very popular. It was, however, condemned as heretical from the start.
But what do traditional Christians teach in its place? The simplest interpretation is to acknowledge the words as the human Jesus speaking as God's agent. The Father is "greater" because Jesus is carrying out his will (see The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, p. 975). St. Hilary and St. Augustine express this when they say Jesus, as the Son, pays tribute to God, as Father. Another early Father of the Church speaks for Jesus and says, "If you want to know how the Father is greater than I, I was talking from the flesh."
A modern Scripture scholar (Ernst Haenchen) looks at Jesus' words and arrives at the same conclusion, "The Father is greater … [for Jesus] is the promise … the Father is the fulfillment."
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MONROE — Clarke suffered another quarterback injury Friday in a 42-0 loss to PCM, Monroe.
Freshman Rich Wilkins suffered a concussion with about 9:00 in the second quarter, after being tackled on his head.
"With (Dalton) Sweeney out with mono and Rich out, we went to our third option — Brett Moffett — and he hadn't really had a lot of reps at quarterback," head coach Michael Kline said. "So he was playing more on instinct and not a lot of preparation."
Combined, Wilkins and Moffett finished 1-of-17 passing for 19 yards and four interceptions.
"Our game plan was to run the ball on them," Kline said. "I felt like we did a decent job of it, we just weren't consistent. I think our rushing total was the most rushing yards we had since we played West Central Valley in the second game of the season. We ran the ball more effectively, just not consistently."
Junior Jacob Bair led the team with 46 yards rushing on six carries, while freshman Jeremy Jones totaled 43 yards on 13 carries.
PCM, dealing with a quarterback injury of its own, surprised Clarke with a different offensive style than it had prepared for.
"We didn't expect them to play like they did," Kline said. "They were second in the state in passing attempts, and they came out and only threw the ball about seven times. They scored two fairly quickly, and after that I thought our defense played pretty well. Our offense put us in some bad situations after that."
Junior running back Zach Uhlenhopp did the bulk of the damage to the Indians, rushing for 140 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries.
Clarke, now 3-5 overall and 0-5 in Class 2A District 6, hosts Collins-Maxwell/Baxter on Friday before finishing the season at home against Interstate 35.
"I actually expect a lot like what we ended up seeing from PCM," Kline said. "CMB is a spread team. They will spread you out with four receivers, but they really want to run the ball instead of throwing it. For us, it comes down to tackling better defensively, and playing more consistently on offense."
Clarke could catch its second wind offensively, though, as starting quarterback Dalton Sweeney looks to make his return to the lineup Friday against CMB after missing the past five games with mononucleosis.


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More than three months after the City Council approved a resolution to revisit an Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection plan that was rejected in 2006, City Manager Jack Schnirman said that talks with the corps are under way.
" …We're looking to see the project move on an aggressive timetable," Schnirman said.
He explained that the city is also talking to the corps about protecting the side of the city on Reynolds Channel, and about recommendations made by the city's independent consulting firm, Coastal Planning and Engineering Inc.
"We're in regular communication right now with the Army Corps," Schnirman said, "and talks are ongoing to expedite a long-term solution that provides storm reduction consistent with the process that we've gone through with … CP&E."
In 2006, the City Council voted unanimously against a $98.5 million beach preservation project that was designed by the corps to protect Long Beach from ocean flooding, mainly because it did not address flooding along Reynolds Channel. A number of residents said that the project would ruin ocean views, and that dredging and beach replenishment might negatively affect wave conditions, sand quality and rip currents.


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For the beautiful to me challenge.
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An already high-energy Los Angeles theater season just got more exciting with the Sept. 16 announcement of the LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Award nominations.
Almost 200 nominations from 40 theater companies from all over L.A. got the nod from industry peers and will find out who comes out on top when the winners are announced Nov. 3. at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse.
Center Theatre Group, which includes The Mark Taper Forum, The Ahmanson Theater and The Kirk Douglas Theatre topped the list with 29 nominations, followed by the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts with 24, 3-D Theatricals with 15, Rogue Machine with 12 and Chance Theater with 11.
"These awards are a way to acknowledge and recognize the great work done in the greater Los Angeles area," said Doug Clayton, director of programs and operations for the LA STAGE Alliance. "There is some really fine work being done. They deserve some recognition for what they are doing."
Eighteen of the Center Theatre Group's 29 nominations are divided among three productions staged at the Kirk Douglas Theatre: "The Nether," "The Royale" and "The Second City's A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!" The Ahmanson's productions received nine nominations, one for "Anything Goes" and eight for "The Scottsboro Boys."
The Mark Taper Forum's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" was nominated eight times and Center Theatre Group is nominated in the prestigious category of Best Season.
"It was exciting to attend the nomination ceremony with representatives of theaters from all over Southern California," wrote Center Theatre Group's managing director Edward L. Rada. "All of us at Center Theatre Group are thrilled to receive 29 Ovation Award nominations, and we are proud to be recognized for the wide breadth of work that appears on our three stages. We are particularly proud to be honored for the new work that is being produced at the Kirk Douglas Theatre."
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts' 24 nominations are spread out over four productions and one nod for best season.
"Next to Normal" garnered eight; "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and "Spring Awakening" both received seven and "Jekyll & Hyde" got a nomination for Costume Design.
"This season was really something to be proud of," said Brian Kite, artistic director for La Mirada. "We love what we do and don't do it for the awards, but it's great to be recognized for your work, especially by your peers."
Kite is especially proud of La Mirada being chosen in the "best season" category. He and executive producer Tom McCoy brainstormed, debated and, ultimately, agreed on the season's productions together.
"This season was a risk for us," Kite said. "In the last bunch of years we've been making bolder and bolder choices and the audience has been responding."
Kite had his moments of doubt about "Next to Normal," a rock musical about a woman struggling with bipolar disorder.
"It's a serious subject and I was worried about how the audience would respond," Kite said.
His fears disappeared as box office sales and critical accolades surpassed expectations.
"Spring Awakening," is an updated musical version of an 1800s play — shocking for its day — about teens facing such issues as pregnancy, homosexuality, violence and bullying.
It also premiered a new idea unveiled at the La Mirada.
"We wanted to do a large production in an intimate setting," said Kite, who is also nominated for best director of "Spring Awakening." "So we closed off the 1300 seats in the theater and put 199 seats on stage with a full orchestra. It sold out every night. This season was full of risks and, this time, the risks paid off."
Maybe the biggest risk, with the biggest payoff, came from the Long Beach-based 3-D Theatricals with its staging of "Parade," which garnered 12 nominations — the most for a single production.
"I am beyond thrilled to have our work recognized by our peers," said T.J. Dawson, executive producer and artistic director for 3-D which stages productions at both Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton and the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. "They come with a more critical eye. This is just so cool."
"Parade," has been a personal passion for Dawson since he was a student at the University of Colorado in 2000.
"This is the show that makes me do what I do," said Dawson, who specifically chose this show and was also its director. "I heard the cast recording of it when I was in college and in hearing that I started to think of myself as a director instead of an actor. I never forgot that show."
"Parade," a musical, is the real-life story of Leo Frank, a Jewish man living in the South accused of murdering a 13-year-old factory worker during a parade. Frank was convicted, but the conviction was set aside for further investigation, Dawson explained. The public became enraged, formed a mob and lynched Frank. He was given a posthumous pardon and the case remains classified as unsolved.
"It's still called the worst case of anti-Semitism," Dawson said. "I felt this was a very important story that needed to be told and we felt very strongly about being the ones to tell it."
Frank is described as a cold, emotionless man who was good at his mathematical job, but had very poor social skills which made him an easy scapegoat.
"I feel that from what we know today, he might have possibly had autism," Dawson said. "I don't know why, but I've always been drawn to those shows that expose the oppressed and all those persecuted for being different. I'm drawn to do shows that have relevance, that mean something. I want the past to be remembered so we don't repeat it; to show how far we've come – or how far we haven't come."
Oanh Nguyen, artistic director and founder of Anaheim's Chance Theater was thrilled with the 11 nominations for "Triassic Parq."
"I wasn't expecting it, but am so very proud of the show," Nguyen said.
"Triassic Parq" is essentially "Jurassic Park," from the perspective of the dinosaurs, explained the show's creator/writer/director Marshall Pailet.
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Pailet, who is based in New York, is this year's Chance resident playwright. The theater hosts a different resident playwright every year.
"I am so honored," Pailet said. "I never thought it would get this kind of recognition."
Doug Clayton, director of programs and operations for the LA STAGE Alliance explained besides the recognition, the camaraderie of the awards is important for the industry.
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