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Salary idea paid off for cancer agency exec
Foundation supplemented Gimson's pay by $86,000
A foundation created to supplement the salaries of top staffers at the state's cancer agency was the brainchild of its executive director, who would become a beneficiary.
According to documents provided by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Foundation on Wednesday, Bill Gimson suggested the foundation be created after he was hired as the cancer agency's executive director in 2009.
Until his resignation this week Gimson got an annual supplement of $86,000 from the foundation, bringing his total annual salary to $300,000.
Gimson, a former official of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "referenced the CDC model" of private salary supplements "and it gave him the idea to replicate that model to support and strengthen CPRIT work," the foundation's executive director, Jennifer Stevens, said in a document provided to the Chronicle Wednesday.
As the Chronicle reported Tuesday, Dallas philanthropist Peter O'Donnell gave $1.6 million through his foundation to the CPRIT Foundation in 2009, 2010 and 2011. That sum appears to be about half of the foundation's total budget, according to figures on the foundation's website.
Peloton timeline eyed
O'Donnell also was a significant investor in Peloton Therapeutics, which got an $11 million grant from the cancer agency in 2010. This grant has prompted civil and criminal investigations since it was revealed that it underwent no review before approval.
On Wednesday a spokesman for O'Donnell, David Margulies, said the Dallas philanthropist did not profit from the arrangement.
"Mr. O'Donnell's investment in Peloton was made more than a year after the CPRIT Oversight Committee ratified funding for Peloton," Margulies said. "His investment in Peloton was made on July 25, 2011, and he donated all his Peloton shares, as well as the rights to future shares, to UT Southwestern (Medical Center) on Dec. 13, 2011."
Margulies said O'Donnell invested $900,000 in Peloton.
Dr. Alfred Gilman, the cancer agency's former chief scientific officer, is the other staffer whose salary was supplemented by the foundation. Gilman reiterated on Wednesday that he had nothing to do with the Peloton grant besides initially making the cancer agency's chief commercialization officer, Jerry Cobbs, aware of the project. Gilman said he was never asked to review the application.
Gilman, whose annual supplement was nearly $500,000, said O'Donnell's contribution to the CPRIT foundation was small compared to the hundreds of millions of dollars O'Donnell has given to the UT System over the years, usually anonymously. O'Donnell's contribution enabled the agency to hire Gilman at a salary of $700,000, close to what he was making at the time, Gilman said.
Gilman said a headhunter negotiated his CPRIT salary and that he initially had no idea of the money's source. He said CPRIT asked O'Donnell to provide supplemental salary funds.
'Suspicious' inside deal
State Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, said the O'Donnell Foundation's dual philanthropist-investor role suggests possible "undue influence."
"This is the reason it is extremely important to account for every circumstance in transparency and conflict-of-interest rules," said Coleman, a member of the House public health committee. "Surely someone contributing to the salary of agency staff shouldn't then become the recipient of a grant."
He added: "If things are too cozy, there's a problem."
A good-government activist said the fact that O'Donnell had donated his Peloton shares to UT Southwestern did not eliminate concerns about the arrangement.
"It remains a suspicious insider deal," said Glenn Smith, director of the Progress Texas Political Action Committee, which has called for an independent investigation of the cancer agency. "Mr. O'Donnell may or may not have been the ultimate beneficiary, but a benefit was given to CPRIT staff and a benefit returned to Mr. O'Donnell and/or Southwestern."

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Dive Solo
Posted 31 July 2007 - 06:16 AM
I'm not a big fan of showing up at dive site by oneself and doing a dive all alone. Redundancy is a must, but even so, it's riskier.
OTOH, read about every fatality. Some were diving alone, but most had buddies and were also in a group. Somehow the buddies became separated one died for some reason. Close buddy diving is highly overrated for safety. It only takes a split second for separation or for a real problem to arise. Ask any instructor who leads OW students in poor visibility.
The other reality is that if you are carrying a camera, you might as well assume you are alone, because at some point you will be. The best case scenario is that you can find your buddy in an OOA emergency.
A few years ago, I was on a wall in Palau. My mask started flooding. I had a slap strap with those plastic clips and one had come undone. So while holding my rig, I take the mask off to redo the clip. I take a breath and it's salt water. I do it again, same thing. I hit the purge button, but my finger goes right through my mouth piece. When taking my mask off (while grasping the camera), I inadvertently yanked the 2nd stage off of the mouth piece. My primary 2nd stage was dangling somewhere and I had no mask on while holding a double strobed camera rig. That and I hadn't had a breath in about 30 seconds. I hate when that happens.
I was also on the tail end of the group. No one saw any of it. I was on my own. I just got myself back together and rejoined the group.
Posted 31 July 2007 - 06:27 AM
Fast forward to a dive in Key Largo recently on the Speigal Grove. There were about 8 of us on the wreck. When it was time to surface and everyone was low on air one of our group swam to the wrong bouy line and none of us had enough air to swim through the current and get him. He ended up at the surface in a strong current holding on to the bouy while everyone came back on board and we could motor over to get him. In this case even with many "buddies" he still got into trouble. Most dives I do today I see the people spread out so much that even if you did have an emergency you couldn't get anyones attention in time to help. So as far as I have seen most divers today are "solo" diving even if there is someone in the water with them. The buddy system will only work if you are about an arms length from your buddy.
With all that said I don't go out on the water by myself, I always go with other people even though I don't stay with them underwater. And from my PSD days I always have and alternate air source if I am going deeper than I can comfortably do a swimming ascent.
On another note like I said I am new to the forum and kudos to all. I have found some great info here.
Posted 31 July 2007 - 07:46 AM
Either way I don't consider diving with a 10 year old or a 100 year old to be a safe buddy feature. I don't think a ten year old is capable of the emotional ability to perform a rescue whilst staying safe them selves, and quite frankly i don't like a 100 year old chances of it either !
I don't condone diving on your own, I believe it deserves a certain amount of training and experience. I think one of the reasons i feel comfortable doing it is I respect my limits and have seen enough accidents and had to save enough people in my time I am more aware of what may go wrong underwater than most divers.
Someone used to have (i dont know if they still do) a trainging course for solo diving ... i don't think that was a good idea.
Posted 31 July 2007 - 09:01 AM
...I wouldn't call this solo diving, any more than my time surface supplied was solo diving...
<snip> I spent some time as a public safety diver being on the end of a line in cold zero viz water. <snip>
I wouldn't even consider solo diving without everything fully redundant. Just like I was on an overhead-restricted dive. Except, of course, the most important piece of equipment would not be redundant - my brain.
Yes, yes, I know this sounds like the Kool-Aid answer, but they won't have me; I drive the wrong make of scooter and use a (gasp) jacket occasionally. Too much of an independent thinker.
All the best, James
PS - my current proceedure is to have a buddy that understands that I will be a self absorbed photographer and has patience to let me do my thang.
Posted 31 July 2007 - 10:30 AM
This said, solo diving is not something that I would personally recommend. It relies on substantial self control if an UNFORESEEN EVENT takes place, and the unexpected is exactly that. Panic situations are not pleasant and reactions to a potentially life threatening situation are hard to (honestly) pre-assess - although discussing how to deal with them is something we all do. Carrying total redundancy (as I do, and my buddy) will help in an out of air situation but there are problems which only a second person can help sort out - a failed drysuit zip leading to a substantial loss of buoyancy and sudden severe temperature drop as an example - I can think of two such cases - where a buddy helped during a very unpleasant ascent - this would be an extremely disorientating experience I would guess. Underwater photography is something which I want to continue doing for a very long time to come and to me diving with a buddy is something which I am comfy with and which I hope will ensure that this will happen.
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Posted 31 July 2007 - 10:32 AM
Posted 31 July 2007 - 11:32 AM
Posted 31 July 2007 - 11:42 AM
Every time some dive mag runs a survey for worst buddy, photographers win hands down. That's because we're really terrible buddies, and shouldn't be relied on as such - we spend the dive glued to a viewfinder waiting for the shot, lagging behind the group, and generally do our own thing. I'm not sure how you can be serious about photography and serious about being a buddy at the same time, kind of like driving while reading a book.
This is kind of a sore point for me, since most of the recreational industry is so brainwashed on the buddy system. I wish there was greater understanding that there's nothing magical about having a buddy, and with the right training/equipment, you shouldn't need one. In technical diving, there's a lot more recognition of the limitations of the buddy system, and the need to be your own buddy; you shouldn't be relying on anyone else in an emergency. If you are, you're endangering both of you. Unfortunately, that would require a whole lot more time and training than the typical OW cert can give you. Instead of raising the barrier to entry and turning newcomers off diving, the industry has "solved" the problem by making buddy diving part of the catechism. Suck as a diver? Don't worry, some buddy will be there to rescue you. The operators at most resorts know how bad many divers are, so they force you to dive in groups, another reason photographers are viewed so poorly as buddies - now we're not just slowing down a buddy, we slow down the whole group.
***End of rant***
My solution, since I love solo diving, especially with a camera: I look for operators that cater to photographers or technical divers, since they're generally a lot more understanding. My wife's my "buddy" to appease the dive insurance gods, but that's it - we have a general rule to check for bubbles every 5 minutes or so, and tank-bangers to signal, but otherwise we're effectively solo. If the dive's deep, we rig doubles or carry a pony bottle. If a resort operator tries to stick us with a group, we politely ask to go it alone; if they refuse, I suggest they watch us for a dive, and if they still refuse, we find a different operator.
Edited by tjgreen, 31 July 2007 - 11:43 AM.
Posted 31 July 2007 - 12:00 PM
But this type of diving is based on a number of selfrescue options that recreational divers usually do not have available to them.
Even though I do it frequently, I'm also fully aware that it carries a higher risk than proper buddy diving.
To solo dive or not, that is the question. (Where is a Hamlet icon when you need one?)
But that question depends on with what gear the diver is equipped and how experienced he / she is with real life stress situations. Drills are fine, they help you more or less do the right thing. But a few genuine crisis situations will tell you if you are able to keep your cool under pressure.
If you have a typical recreational diving setup with no independent self rescue method. Then solo diving is not exactly a bright idea.
In that you are way too dependent on a single airsource and BC to pull it off safely in my opinion. Instead of simply switching to a large backup source and ending the dive with no drama, you will have to do some fighting to make it back home.
There is more to solo diving than just being alone underwater. It's a different gear and mindset you have to adopt and even then, it's not for everyone to do safely.
Wreckphotography from the cold north
Posted 31 July 2007 - 12:12 PM
That generally means that my solo dives are on the wussy side of the scale, but then I rely on my images for impact and not on the story on how I flirted with disaster to get it. I agree with the many here, buddies are as usefull to a photographer today as a 35mm camera. most of the time the only thing they are usefull for is to fill the water column with their silhouettes in wide backlit scenes .
Its between a rock and a hard place, you go solo on a dive operator's shift and if the poops hit the fan, he get in hot water and most likely will get a bad rap for his safety record. So if I'm truly by myself i'll indulge, but if I'm using somebody's boat or operation I play by their rules.
Jean Bruneau
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Posted 31 July 2007 - 01:11 PM
I have seen first-hand situations where having a dive buddy (or a dive guide) has helped someone avoid injury or death - in those cases, a diver without the training, equipment and experience has gotten into a situation they were not able to handle and needed help.
I have also witnessed situations where a buddy makes the situation worse - instead of one injury you end up with two. It all comes down to the individual.
Should everyone dive solo? Definitely not. But for properly trained and experienced divers, the additional risk is minimal. Like Jean said, you have to talk to th dive operator, but I've rarely been refused once I have presented my experience and certifications.
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Posted 31 July 2007 - 01:47 PM
I really enjoy true solo diving. It offers the most relaxed, focused and uninterrupted filming experience. I also find I pay more attention to my air, my breathing, and the surrounding conditions when I dive alone. There isn't the "hope" that someone with save me if I screw up...so I make sure I don't!
I have to say that my most scary experiences underwater have come from being seperated from my 'buddy'. These have lead to less than optimal decisions underwater because I have to guess what my buddy is doing and frantically search for them. If both of us had been solo, we both would have taken the best steps to ensure our own safety.
Perhaps the rule is simple: Either ALWAYS dive by pure buddy standards (arms length, close visual contact) or consider yourself a solo diver. Based on what I have witnessed on most of my dive trips, most people are accidental solo divers. They dive with the assumption that somehow their buddy will sense they are in peril and magically come to their rescue. This thinking endangers both the diver and their buddy.
Posted 31 July 2007 - 02:38 PM
First, safety. Cameras make you stupid. I've proven this to myself several times. Even for a very well trained diver having a camera in your hand just sucks up large amounts of brainpower and situational awareness. It's really a good thing to have someone with you that doesn't have a camera to help save you from yourself. Obviously this won't work with insta-buddies. They have to be somebody you trust and have trained with. This does require some investment in terms of working with people and training but I haven't found this to be a problem. In fact I've found people want to dive with me. People like having their picture taken, like to be show small critters you're taking pictures of, etc.
Second, I get better pictures. A good teammate can be a model or a spotter. When I'm shooting macro having a teamamate who can find subjects can mean having twice as many subjects to shoot. For wide it's always nice to have the option to put a cluefull diver in the picture if needed. Modeling is hard and cultivating them really pays off when you want to take diver shots. Buddies can also be good at things like herding random other divers away from your shot. On the flip side some of my best dives have been ones where it's my buddy with the camera. I enjoy modeling on wide angle dives (and it helps to understand what your models go through when you try to direct them) and for macro I'm much more productive looking for little things like nudibranchs when I don't have a big, heavy camera in my hand. If both divers are invested in the final product (the picture) and understand that it isn't just the photographer who gets credit I really enjoy working with other divers.
Finally, there is a convenience factor. Diving with a camera means always having one arm tied behind your back. I think it's great to have sombody else there that you can hand a camera to or who can fix gear issues, kelp entanglement, etc. or even just hold the camera while you put the cover for the dome port on.
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Posted 31 July 2007 - 02:40 PM
The solo part also applies for your "buddy", a fact that seems to be forgotten more often than not. Be sure your buddy is aware of this and comfortable with it - otherwise dive with someone else, or go true solo.
I do true solo all the time, and it's great. My best work is done alone, when I can focus, spend time and get it right.
To do solo diving, get a proper kit: A big enough tank and a pony bottle or even go for a double tank setup with iso manifold for extra safety. Get a computer that's air integrated and has alarms for just about anything - depth, time, low on air etc. I use the Galileo and I'm mighty pleased so far.
Surface marker, SOS blinker, extra knife placed on BCD/WBH or on arm (so it's easier to reach in case of entaglement). And no deco diving, no roofs, no penetrating wrecks etc. etc. To do this you MUST have a buddy - even if you have to pay soneome to come along to watch you.
As long as you're properly kitted up, aware of the dangers and accepting them, I think it's okay. And if the sh*t hits the fan, your kin will be able to comfort themselves saying "he died doing something he loved doing".
Edited by ScubaSapiens, 31 July 2007 - 02:46 PM.
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Posted 31 July 2007 - 05:33 PM
So I know I'm going against the grain here but I'm very much a proponent of teamwork for underwater photography. There are several reasons for this.
To be honest, what you've described above sounds more like an assistant than a buddy. Sure, if you can find someone who doesn't mind tagging along while you take pictures, watching out for you and finding subjects, all to the good, but most of us aren't so lucky - for one thing, it's fairly boring to dive with me when I'm trying to get a shot. Also, while they're your buddy, are you sure you're their buddy?
I'm not saying I don't enjoy diving with a buddy - when we're not shooting, my wife and I love diving together, and we're great buddies. I'm just saying I don't shy away from diving alone too.
Edited by tjgreen, 31 July 2007 - 05:39 PM.
Posted 31 July 2007 - 06:03 PM
Having people to dive with isn't luck. It takes work to build relationships with good buddies. I find it's worth it though.
To be honest, what you've described above sounds more like an assistant than a buddy. Sure, if you can find someone who doesn't mind tagging along while you take pictures, watching out for you and finding subjects, all to the good, but most of us aren't so lucky
Why does it have to be boring? If you involve your buddy in the picture taking process there should be plenty for them to do and have a good time. If they know you'll listen to their critiques afterwards and explain what's going on they will help by noticing your strobes aren't positioned right, they'll see alternate compositions, notice the shark that is swimming behind you, etc. And they'll do it better than you in many cases because they don't have the camera induced tunnel vision. I frequently dive as a buddy for my photographer friends and don't find it boring at all. In fact I often find that the dives where I don't have a camera help me on the dives where I do as they give me an opportunity to relax and look for subjects or compositions that I wouldn't see if I had the camera in my hand. It has to work both ways. If you look at a buddy as a camera slave you won't have buddies. If they're a member of the team it works.
...for one thing, it's fairly boring to dive with me when I'm trying to get a shot.
Absolutely. Looking up between shots to make sure your buddy is still there isn't that hard. Certainly taking pictures reduces your situational awareness but if it's that bad you shouldn't be diving with a camera anyway.
Also, while they're your buddy, are you sure you're their buddy?
I used to very much be in the solo diver camp but I've really come to learn the value of a good team over the last few years. Most, if not all, of the problems people have with buddies can be fixed with training and communication or perhaps finding better buddies.
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Posted 31 July 2007 - 06:13 PM
I used to very much be in the solo diver camp but I've really come to learn the value of a good team over the last few years. Most, if not all, of the problems people have with buddies can be fixed with training and communication or perhaps finding better buddies.
Again, I don't think I have any buddy problems to solve - my wife and I are the best buddy team I've ever been on, we have a ball. I'm also part of a great team of technical divers and videographers/photographers, and we've done exactly as you describe. Great for home, but not practical to cart them all the way to Lembeh with me, or even off the coast sometimes. Think it's preference - I just prefer to dive solo sometimes.
Posted 31 July 2007 - 06:17 PM
If you involve your buddy in the picture taking process there should be plenty for them to do and have a good time. If they know you'll listen to their critiques afterwards and explain what's going on they will help by noticing your strobes aren't positioned right, they'll see alternate compositions, notice the shark that is swimming behind you, etc. And they'll do it better than you in many cases because they don't have the camera induced tunnel vision.
Wow, your buddies are nicer than the ones we have - the only way most of the people I dive with will go in the water without a camera is if you push them off the side of the boat when they're not expecting it
The other "problem" I've had is that once you teach someone how to take photos underwater, they want to go out and get a camera... (not that it's a bad thing)
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Posted 31 July 2007 - 06:41 PM
Posted 31 July 2007 - 06:44 PM
I consider myself a pretty experianced diver and often dive with people with significant less experiance. I don't mind those sort of mentorship dives, but it led me to the conclusion that I am probably safer by myself than with a significantly less experianced diver, ergo, any buddy is not necessarly better than no buddy.
I do beleive in diving within my own defined limits. I don't think that anyone can really define how much risk I should or should not take but me (with significant input from my wife, who also has a significant stake in my welfare).
With that in mind, in the shallow (<70') open water diving I do in Monterey, I tend to dive the same single tank non redundant system that I dive with buddys. I am completely confortable with my ability to handle myself in an emergency. My backup airsource is via CESA. I don't exceed NDL times and feel I am an above average swimmer and diver.
However, I am considering setting up AL 80s as independent twins, for both redundancy and increased bottom time.
just a few thoughts.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Freshman Joyce Li received the honor of ECAC Rookie of the Week last week for the second time this season. The award came following Li's standout performance at a dual meet hosted by George Washington.
At GW, Li was second on vault with a 9.65 and won bars with a score of 9.75. She also scored a 9.75 on floor to place second. All three scores were season-highs for the freshman, and her all-around score of 38.35 was just below her career best of 38.425. Li placed second in the all around, and her performance was incredibly important in helping the Bulldogs to achieve their highest team score of the season, a 191.175.
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Such that there was a lot of doubt, that doubt has been removed.
According to Mike Klis of the Denver Post, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning passed his physical Monday morning, and is cleared to continue playing football.
This one was a bit of a formality, as he had already passed an exit physical with the Broncos after the Super Bowl, and has given no indications he's having any problems after multiple neck surgeries.
Having a record-breaking season put most of those concerns to rest anyway, but now the doctors have concurred, and Manning is free to try to get over the hump (and over .500 in the postseason, as he's 11-12) again next year.


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Monday, 12 January 2009
OMG! I almost missed my first birthday!
Yet again, I've been so insanely busy with work stuff that I almost missed my first birthday. This pesky work/life balance could definitely do with a re-jig of the weighing scales...
So, anyway. Oh, yes - chocolate...
There's going to be lots of it here this year. Lots. And then some more.
So as the lovely, sharp-as-your-granny's-back-teeth Heather of Gild the Voodoo Lily suggested to me the other day, I might just have to ring the changes around here and change the name of this blog. I dunno. What do you think?
In the meantime, to get you in the chocolate mood, here's some suggested reading for you. Don't blame me if you end up with a pool of dribble in your lap. For that reason, I really don't recommend these for bedtime. It just gets messy is all.
Oh hey - and Happy New Year!
16 comments:
- Greg said...
Happy Birthday! :) Looking forward to the chocolate.
- 12 January 2009 at 20:34
- Peter M said...
Happy Birthday...bring on the chocolate/
- 12 January 2009 at 22:50
- nicisme said...
Yay for chocolate!
And Happy 1st Birthday too!!
- 13 January 2009 at 11:13
- Bellini Valli said...
Happy Birthday...I am willing to take on the chocolate!!!
- 13 January 2009 at 15:14
- Darius T. Williams said...
So, I'm glad you didn't forget your birthday!!!
- 13 January 2009 at 16:08
- Sam said...
Well I love chocolate! who doesn't?
Happy first birthday!
- 13 January 2009 at 21:47
- Kristen said...
Happy Birthday. I'm with Pete on this one.. bring it on! Looking forward to it :)
- 14 January 2009 at 04:45
- Margaret said...
A belated Happy New Year!!
- 14 January 2009 at 13:57
- Su-Lin said...
Happy bloggy birthday!!!
- 14 January 2009 at 16:19
- Sarah said...
Happy Birthday!
- 14 January 2009 at 19:03
- Pia K said...
Looking forward to another year of "A Spoonful of Chocolate" then:) Happy Blogoversary!
- 14 January 2009 at 20:38
- Heather said...
Haha, thanks for the link love, ma dear.
A happy birthday to your blog! They grown up so fast, don't they? As Pia suggested, A Spoonful of Chocolate has a nice ring to it.
- 15 January 2009 at 02:47
- Cakelaw said...
Happy New Year and Happy Blogiversary!
- 15 January 2009 at 07:42
- Manggy said...
Happy blogaversary and happy new year, forky! (spoony?) I haven't seen any of those books in the shops, I think. Maybe you'd like to review them, hee hee ;)
- 15 January 2009 at 23:06
- Gigi said...
Happy Birthday!
- 19 January 2009 at 06:04
- Anne said...
Chocolate is always good! I got Green and Blacks book over the weekend to drool over!
Happy 1st Brithday :)
- 19 January 2009 at 12:33


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Pizza Hut GM Axed For Giving Workers Off Thanksgiving Offered Job Back
Feeling the full brunt of a public relations nightmare, Pizza Hut has offered manager Tony Rohr his job back, after he quit over a disagreement over whether his employees should work on Thanksgiving.
The Pizza Hut corporate office told CNN that it had "made a serious error in judgement, one which we hope to help remedy."
Rohr had taken a stand against the Thanksgiving hours after the store asked employees to work the holiday for the first time since he began working there. He was asked to resign from the company, but instead wrote a letter explaining why it's immoral for workers to have to not spend time with their family and work during a holiday. Pizza Hut has agreed.
"We fully respect an employee's right to not work on a holiday, which is why the vast majority of Pizza Huts in America are closed on Thanksgiving," Pizza Hut said. "As a result, we strongly recommended that the local franchisee reinstate the store manager and they have agreed. We look forward to them welcoming Tony back to the team."
Rohr has not indicated whether he will return to the position.


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Hubble Directly Observes Planet Orbiting Fomalhaut
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet orbiting another star. The images show the planet, named Fomalhaut b, as a tiny point source of light orbiting the nearby, bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Australis. An immense debris disk about 21.5 billion miles across surrounds the star. Fomalhaut b is orbiting 1.8 billion miles inside the disk's sharp inner edge.


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Readers continue to speak out on the subject of barking dogs. Here are some more comments.
DEAR JOAN: I have a very dear friend who is retired and lives in a quiet neighborhood. A neighbor's dog barks throughout the day — a high-pitched, shrill bark.
My friend is far from a coward but is not the type of person who feels comfortable confronting someone regarding their dog — he was not even sure what house the dog belonged to. If he knew the neighbor I'm sure he would say something. That does not make him a coward.
There are some, myself being one, that are affected a great deal by noise pollution and that is certainly noise pollution.
I also have a dog and am a dog lover, however, when I hear my dog barking she is brought inside. She does not stay outside by herself and when I had another dog that did, I made sure to check with neighbors so I would know if she was barking when I wasn't home.
Your neighbor doesn't need to defend himself or his dogs barking — what is there to defend? A situation like that could result in an ugly confrontation. I believe that is why we have animal control.
Because I live in a small community, I am not going to sign my name, and that does not make me a coward.
Bay Area
DEAR JOAN: I'd be wary about promoting anti-barking tactics unless absolutely necessary. Yes, if the dog is incessantly barking all hours of the day and night, this is a problem. But from what I read in your column that did not appear to be the case.
This happened quite some time ago. One of my co-workers had three dogs. They were trained not to bark, so as not to be a nuisance to neighbors.
The husband had a very nice pickup truck that he normally parked in the driveway. Well, one morning they woke up and he started out the door only to find his truck on blocks and his very expensive tires and wheels stolen.
In this case, I'd wager that the anti-barking training was detrimental. None of the dogs made a peep during the night, so no one was alerted in the house.
The moral of the story is that a barking dog is not necessarily a bad thing. Barking can alert neighbors and indicate that something isn't quite right.
So be wary of what you wish for.
Paul L.
Bay Area
DEAR JOAN: After our old dog passed away, we waited some months before we adopted again. The new 1½-year-old dog had some issues that we were aware of, but barking wasn't one of them.
After three months, we got a rather nasty, unsigned note taped to our front door that complained about the dog barking and said that several neighbors were angry about it.
My husband and I leave for work quite early, and had no idea there was a problem. We took steps to curtail his barking right away.
Joan, if even one neighbor had approached us at the very beginning, it would have been taken care of. I urge people that are annoyed by barking dogs to first try just letting the owner know in a polite, neighborly way. Don't let the bad feelings build up until they boil over.
Union City
Contact Joan Morris at firstname.lastname@example.com. Read the Animal Life blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/pets.


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Happy Fabric Tuesday!
week 16In the next few weeks and months Heather and I have planned to make this site not only a great place to share finished quilts and stories, but also a place to learn and be inspired. We'll be sharing block and quilt tutorials and beef up our sidebars so you can easily search our site!
Also...don't forget the giveaway is still going on. If you're not a follower already, what's the hold up?? :) We're giving a stash of fabric away to one of our followers through Friday (go here to see more). So if you already follow us, you're entered! If you follow us some other way, make sure to take a second and click on the official FOLLOW button on the side. :)
Remember this lovely fabric I showed you a few weeks back? Well I'm using it today in a tutorial. The fabric is from Fabric Shoppe, a great place on Etsy to find tons and tons of designers. She offers express shipping for Christmas AND the amazing $1 Fat Quarter...have you stopped by yet??
Today's tutorial is a simple pinwheel block! It is a photo tutorial, so if there is something I missed or didn't explain correctly, please let me know. In the next week or so I'll be showing a new quilt tutorial where pinwheels will be used, so stay tuned.
It's time for FABRIC TUESDAY
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Link up a recent craft project that uses fabric...if you're new don't be shy! This is for everyone. Click the button to add your link at the bottom and link up a recent blog post where you used fabric to create or enhance something. Below are a few "rules" to play.
Mention us in your post with either a link or make it easy and add the button to your blog sidebar and you won't have to remember each week. ***You can take either our blog or our Fabric Tuesday buttons on the sidebar.***
You don't have to do this to link up, promise. However if you want to follow us, we follow back :) But please comment telling us you did so and we will hop right on over and make sure we're following too!
And how about we each take time to comment on the link just before yours, that's easy enough right? We'd love for this to be a linky party where everyone gets comments, so if you take the time to look, take a second to leave a comment!
New thing! Just so you know you can link up multiple posts!
Now we've got a new linky service, the other one pulled a fast one on us! Hopefully there aren't any issues with this one. But just to make sure, I linked up my stockings :)
New thing! Just so you know you can link up multiple posts!
Now we've got a new linky service, the other one pulled a fast one on us! Hopefully there aren't any issues with this one. But just to make sure, I linked up my stockings :)
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Should we be excited about a new Paul McCartney album? On the one hand he is, unarguably, the most successful living musician in the world. He helped create the very language of pop music - without him, metaphorically, we'd all be speaking German. For half a century he's been an active part of the musical landscape, and even his lesser works are of value. Even 'Wonderful Christmas Time'. Even 'The Frog Song'.
On the other hand, well, honestly- when were you last excited by a new McCartney album? Since 1997's Flaming Pie his records have followed a pattern - they're released amid much fanfare, reviewed favourably, embraced by fans, toured and then completely forgotten. When the urge to listen to Paul McCartney strikes, you don't tend to reach for Chaos And Creation In The Backyard. Within a few years even Macca himself forgets he made these albums - his touring setlist flogs the current stuff and glosses over the last decade in favour of the classics. Why would you play 'Dance Tonight' when you've got to find room for 'Magical Mystery Tour'? It's not as if McCartney is elusive in the way Leonard Cohen or Kate Bush is - he's as ubiquitous as Miley Cyrus. In the last ten years he's put out four solo albums, two live albums, two classical albums and two full-length collaborations. That's ten records - pretty much one a year, and that's not counting fronting the Nirvana backline on a new song, various Beatles reissue projects and turning up to do 'Hey Jude' at the opening of an envelope. It's easy to get Fab fatigue.
Into this heady stew of McUbiquity is lobbed New, his sixteenth solo album, and you really do feel you should be more excited than you are. His record company certainly think so: security is so tight that streams (not CDs or MP3 files) are only sent out to a select few, with most reviewers having to wait until the album is actually in shops before their own stream arrives, despite the fact that a) it already leaked a week ago and b)there is basically no demand for this to leak. You can see what they're trying to do though - create mystery. Create excitement. Create demand. This is the new album by the most successful rock musician of all time, produced by the trendiest names of the day, and by George we should sodding well care.
New buckles under the weight of expectation artificially piled upon it, and under its desire to be fresh and young sounding. Everything about the peripheries screams that this is edgy, modern, relevant. Paul Epworth and Mark Ronson are producing, the cover spells out the name in fluorescent light-bars. To hammer the point home, it's subtly been titled 'new'. It's all pointless though. This is Paul McCartney. We know when we hit play it's not going to sound like Factory Floor.
For a second Sir Thumbs-aloft nearly does pull it off - opener 'Save Us' is the most urgent, angular thing he's done in years. The word he'd use is probably 'rocking', which it certainly is. It's got Queen harmonies and a slashy, glammy guitar riff that piles the thing along. It's great. For a short while we are excited about a new Paul McCartney album. It doesn't last though. It's not that New is at all bad. McCartney is still a great songwriter, but we're so familiar with what he does that it's impossible for him to surprise us anymore. Despite the shiny veneer, the big name nob-twiddling and a cover that suggests 40 minutes of day-glo bangerz, this is a record of classy, workmanlike, Beatles-ishy, -Paul McCartney songs. They do everything Paul McCartney songs are meant to do - words like 'solid' and 'robust' spring to mind. What we don't get is 'edgy', 'modern' or 'different'. It wouldn't matter if everything surrounding the album wasn't trying so hard to make it an event that it can only be a disappointment. Yes Mark Ronson is collaborating here, but Giles Martin is the executive producer, the son of the man who recorded every Beatles classic and a safe pair of hands, and that really tells you what you need to know.
For a record sold on its modernity, New spends most of the time in the past. 'On My Way To Work' recalls Macca's pre-Fab life in working class Liverpool - it doesn't quite come out and say it's about getting up, getting out of bed and dragging a comb across its head, but the ghost of that 47-year-old stanza hovers over it. 'Queenie Eye' refers to a school yard game Sir Paul remembers from his childhood ("O.U.T Spells out"), and 'Early Days' is a folky acoustic stride down memory lane recalling a time when the Beatle would "dress from head to toe in black, two guitars on our backs" memories that "can't be taken away". Despite McCartney hiring the hippest young gunslingers he can find (although it's hardly Dev Hynes is it?) and claiming to
The one time New's rhetorical schtick works really well is on the brilliant 'Appreciate', which is all wobbles and odd wub-wub noises and hypnotic pop groove. It sounds weirdly like late-Nineties Kylie by way of the Flaming Lips, a reminder that this is, after all, the man who wrote the bonkers 'Temporary Secretary' and has recorded three psychedelic albums under the Firemen pseudonym. It makes up for the odd stabs and production flourishes that elsewhere sound self conscious.
McCartney can write classic sounding songs without breaking a sweat, although it's important to note that 'classic sounding' doesn't necessarily mean 'classic song'. New stands happily with the last few Macca solo records - the old master still has the moves, and the fact that he's so creatively energetic as he enters his eighth decade is rather cheery. Still, it's hard to shake the impression we'll all - Sir Paul included - have forgotten this one in a few years time. Are we excited by a new Paul McCartney album? No. Of course not, but it's nice to have one all the same.
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As a writer, you're the best representative for your work. That means you're going to be meeting people and talking about your work. A lot.
Since Whiskey Sour was published in 2004, I've spoken to tens of thousands of people in the course of visiting more than 1200 bookstores and attending over a hundred library events, conferences, and conventions.
In most cases, the talk is one-on-one, chatting with a bookseller, fan, or potential fan about my work. I've covered pitching and handselling in previous blog entries.
But in some cases---and these cases are becoming more frequent---I'm speaking to groups of people. This requires a different approach.
If you're like most of the world, you fear public speaking. The very thought of getting in front of a group of twenty, eighty, seven hundred people is enough to induce nausea.
I'm here to say: Get over it, you big baby.
Being asked to speak is a golden opportunity to spread your brand, strengthen your name-recognition, and kick-start the almighty word-of-mouth that we writers all crave. But before I get into the things that you need to keep in mind when speaking in public, let's dispel some of those irrational fears.
Dying in front of a crowd isn't dying in real life. Though having a joke bomb is uncomfortable, and looking out over your intended crowd and seeing people sleeping is a huge kick in the ego, neither of those things is fatal to your lifespan, or even your career. Humiliation isn't that big a deal. You're a grown up, and you need to realize that it isn't necessary for everyone to like you. Who really gives a shit what some stranger in the front row thinks of your speech, your book, or you in general? How is their acceptance going to make you a better person? It isn't.
People want you to do well. This isn't high school, where people are forced to be there. When you speak in front of a crowd, these folks came specifically to hear what you have to say. They're either already fans, or they want some information and/or entertainment. They're rooting for you.
People don't care if you bomb. Have you ever seen a really bad speaker? Have you ever watched someone crash and burn in front of an audience? As a result, did you throw fruit, call them names, or try to physically pull them off the podium? No. You tuned them out. That's all. That's the worst that can happen. If you screw the pooch on stage, people tune you out. You should be used to it. Every time you're in public, people tune you out. Malls, traffic, concerts, events, and everywhere people gather, we ignore each other. People ignoring you while you speak should be no more damaging than people ignoring you on the beach, even though their beach blanket is three feet away from yours.
Now that we've established the worst that can happen is boring a few strangers, here are some ways to make sure you don't bore them, but instead thrill them.
1. Know your audience. I've spoken to third graders, high school kids, high school teachers, college students, grad students, newbie writers, professional writers, library patrons, librarians, booksellers, book clubs, and fans of all types. In each case, they had different expectations of what they wanted from me. In every case, my job was to make sure these expectations were exceeded. If you're unsure what a group's expectations are, ask.
2. Prepare. Once you understand what is expected of you, you need to tailor your speech to their needs. The more of your audience you incorporate in your speech, the better their reaction will be. Then practice practice practice.
3. Act and react. A speech isn't a monologue. It's a dialog, with you doing most of the talking. You need to keep an eye on your audience, and make this an interaction. People tend to dislike being lectured to. But they can be made to feel included by simple things such as eye contact, asking questions, and your responses to their reactions. You aren't talking to an empty room. And audience is an organism that needs care and feeding. DO NOT read directly from your notes, or recite memorized passages. Communication is a two way street.
4. Evolve. If you're a Marx Brothers fan (and you should be) you may have heard that the best bits from some of their most popular movies were refined by performing them in front of audiences. They would change lines from town to town to figure out which got the biggest laugh. As you speak in front of more and more groups, you'll discover what works and what doesn't. Keep what works. Hone what doesn't until it works too.
5. Watch yourself. It's good to encourage feedback at the end of any speech in the form of Q & A, or by simply asking the person who invited you to speak how you did. But chances are you can be lied to, and told you were better than you actually were. If possible, record your performance and watch it later. You'll learn more from that than anything else, by far.
Here are some quickie Dos and Don'ts for public speakers.
DO introduce yourself to members of the audience beforehand. A smile and a handshake helps get them on your side before you go on stage.
DO make sure you stay within the time limit, while still leaving room for questions at the end.
DON'T use speech hesitations like "uh" and "um." It's annoying and unprofessional.
DO use note cards so you keep with your agenda, but don't read from the note cards.
DO thank the audience at the beginning and ending of every speech.
DO stick around after the speech and make yourself available for extra questions, comments, and feedback.
DON'T be a jerk. Ever. Maybe travel was hellish, and you got half the crowd you'd expected, but always remain upbeat, gracious, and professional. One speech leads to another, and even speaking to a crowd of two people can result in future opportunities.
DO dress for success.
DO give your audience a way to get in touch with you after you leave. Mentioning your website is essential.
DON'T oversell your wares. Sure, you want people to buy your books. But this isn't a commercial for them. People want information and entertainment, no ads.
DO have water nearby if your mouth gets dry. But don't drink so much during a long speech that you fill your bladder.
DO ask if a bookseller will be at the event to sell your books. If not, ask if you can bring your own.
Finally, as more speaking engagements are offered to you, you'll find that you have to set some rates. When you're just getting started, at the very least you can still ask to be compensated for travel expenses. As you become sought after, what you charge is up to you. My current rates are between $300 and $2500 per event, depending on proximity and what is expected of me. If you're unsure of what to request, offer to take an average of what they paid their last three speakers. But always make damn sure they get their money's worth.
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Woman Likes To Eat Toilet Paper
We all have weird compulsions and rituals that we do to keep our selves sane. When does it cross the
line? Kesha has CROSSED the line! What about the woman that eats laundry detergent and/or soap? TLC has a program "Strange Addictions" that explores this disorder. Do you do a strange "addiction?" Is it not just strange?


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Story highlights
- Professor Martha Jones was struck when multiple students noted their mixed-race identities
- You can be biracial and black, Jones writes
This story was originally published on CNN.com in 2014.
(CNN)My winter 2010 seminar began the way I start every class. I made introductory remarks about themes and requirements for my course on the history of race, law and marriage in the United States.
"Now," I prompted, "let's go around. Tell us about yourself and why you chose this course."
This introduction was routine. But what I heard was anything but the norm: "My mother is black, and my father is white." "I'm in an interracial relationship."
Ordinarily, I am silent, listening and taking notes. But by the time I heard a third student say "I am mixed-race, from a mixed-race family," I had set down my notebook and was perched at the edge of my seat.
"Me, too," I heard myself say. And with that, I knew that the class would be anything but routine. Until that moment, I had always told a neater story about my identity. I was, simply put, black. And about my mother being white? That had been irrelevant for me and my "one-drop rule" generation.
My students had another perspective.
Everything about my family was mixed up. My mother was from the North, of the working class, and a German Catholic who only glimpsed Protestant kids across the lines of East Buffalo's fractured terrain. My father was from North Carolina, a child of the black middle class and a Methodist with a bishop for an uncle who refused to preside over their interfaith nuptials.
They later joked that this difference -- Protestant Vs. Catholic -- was the ruin of their marriage. But it wasn't. He was black, and she was white, and their 1957 union was prohibited by law in North Carolina, where my father was raised.
When they moved our small family from Harlem to a predominantly white suburb, there they met Jim Crow: red-lining, restrictive covenants and recalcitrant neighbors. Once the bomb threats passed, we spent years in awkward isolation.
My parents were social pariahs while we, their three children, were regrettable unfortunates. I don't recall the moment in 1967 when the United States Supreme Court struck down anti-miscegenation laws in Loving v. Virginia. My parents were in the midst of a trial separation, making celebrating our family difficult to do.
But even in sunnier moments, my family rarely acknowledged the social fact of our biracial identity. It was the era of the one-drop rule, a view of race that deemed a person with any African ancestry, however remote, to be black.
We were Negroes -- later black and then African-American -- and nothing about our mother's whiteness or our own ambiguous bodies altered that.
"What are you?" schoolmates queried. I can't say that we were asked this more often than other children, but I know that no response elicited more vitriol than the clarification that we were black. The moniker "Casper" (as in ghost or spook) stuck, some backyards were off-limits, and occasionally, fists flew.
Still, we held fast to our one-drop identities.
America largely believed itself organized around a racial binary. It was good to know where you stood, even if it was an awkward fit.
Much of my adult life was guided by the view that, however others might misapprehend me, I was black. And in my circles were friends and colleagues with whom I shared the one-drop identity.
Yes, we had a parent who was not African-American. But that was a quiet fact, one that our bodies might admit but our voices rarely uttered.
Why was that? Perhaps foregrounding a nonblack parent might lead to the charge that we were distancing ourselves from the stigma of blackness. Perhaps we'd be perceived as trying to pass for something that we were not. Perhaps we'd be viewed with suspicion, our loyalties questioned in a world that so often pitted black against white.
Mostly, I think we were black because it fit, because it felt right, and because racial identity as a social construction is rooted in more than the fact of one's paternity.
And under the regime of the one-drop rule, I never knew there was an alternative.
Until I had that "me, too" moment in the classroom.
There, I was confronted with student stories that sounded not very different from my own. The mixed-race origins of their families had also required a sorting out of identity. They talked about the dynamics of family estrangement but also of love that defied ideas about a color line. They wrestled with social scenes: friendship, dating and dormitory life where race still seemed to matter. They fretted about checking boxes for college admissions.
But something was different.
As I listened to their stories, it became clear that my students were not adherents to the one-drop rule that had given my generation its place in the national matrix of race.
Yes, they were African-American. This was reflected in their choices of sororities, churches and political organizations. At the same time, they were mixed-race people. Their personal narratives were about lives spent moving back and forth and in between.
And they militantly refused to check just one box.
Our numbers are growing. During the 2010 census, more than 9 million Americans reported that they were more than one race, an increase of 32% from 2000.
It is the possibility that we can be black and be something else that my students urged me to confront.
If I abandoned the one drop rule, who might I be? Both, neither, something else?
Today, I agree with my students: All of the above.


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Topic: RPG:Freedom Fighters
The highly-anticipated RPG:Freedom Fighters, brought to you by Your's Truly, Ralin Drakus, and the Aliit members.
RPG: Freedom Fighters
Location: New York City.
Time: January, 2009.
Plot: Communist Russia and the rest of the Communist Block have taken over most of the world, and the United States is the only large Free country remaining. World history has taken a surprising turn of events since WWII, with the Russians emerging strong at the end of the war, spreading over Europe and Asia in a matter of years. The world so far:
1946: Russia drops the first atomic bomb on Berlin, ending WW II.
1952: Britain reluctantly joins the Communist Block, the last European country to do so.
1962: The U.S. protests the placement of medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba
1975: Thousands of Russian military 'Advisors' are sent to several South- and Central-American countries, most notably Brazil and Mexico.
1987: Assassination attempt against the US president. An unnamed foreign power is implicated.
1998: The Communist party wins the Mexican presidential election.
A decade later, the USSR, the most powerful country in the world, makes its move. With over a million troops battering the East United States in the initial onslaught, and with Mexican allies coming from the south, America is in trouble. The military fights valiantly, but cannot hold against such overwhelming numbers, and they are continually forced to retreat further and further into the States. Despite this, the military rallied, and struck a resounding blow against Communism's advance during the Battle of Aspen, in Colorado. The military making a stand in their remaining territory in the north-western United States, from California to Colorado and states north of them, gaining hope from their victory. Besieged initially from three sides, the fierce defenders have fought the USSR into a stalemate.
Meanwhile, a little over six-months after the assault began, the Communists find a new enemy arising from within their own newly-conquered territory. Resistance groups have sprung up in large cities along the East Coast, with the largest in New York City. Made up of civilians, pre-invasion militia groups, and elite military members who stayed behind to help such groups, these "Freedom Fighters†are more than a thorn in the USSR's mighty side. The ill-experienced and inadequately-trained occupation soldiers find themselves far out-classed by an unexpected foe, and their leadership needs replacement. The Communists send in their best, USSR Elites, battle-hardened officers, the best Communism has to offer, to lead these occupational troops in a battle to root out this bothersome group of stubborn Americans. But despite this leadership change, the Freedom Fighters fight on. This is now—and you must join the fight.
When you join the RPG, there are two main sides to chose from—a Freedom Fighter or a USSR Elite. Civilians are an option, but should be on one side or another—you don't have to fight.
CHARACTER: This is VERY important—you must create a long character. At least 3 lines of personality, 5 of history, and another 2 for weapons and skills, each. One line for weakness or fears, each. We want to know what your character is good at—sabotage, demolitions, sniping, etc. THERE WILL BE NO 5 MINUTE CHARACTERS.
Have fun.
RULES: (yes, they're stolen)
No god-modding. All-powerful characters are no fun for anyone, and ruins the RPG. Shouldn't be a problem here, but whatever. And be realistic. The resistance won't have jet-fighters or tanks, so keep your weapons hand-held.
Be consistent. If somebody blows up a building, don't be attacking it in your next post.
You can kill characters you create but you can't kill other people's characters unless they say they have been killed in battle with you. However you can wound them...
You can have any weapon you want (within the time-period, mostly. Exceptions can be made, though) but you can only have what your character could physically carry - otherwise they wouldn't be able to move.
If you have sustained many wounds you will have to either get medical help or eventually die.
My Character
Name: Michael Kados
Age: 35
Affiliation: Freedom Fighters
Rank/Position (Mainly USSR, and military, there will be few official positions in the resistance. Ralin's my right-hand man, and lieutenant positions are reserved for Aliit members, if they want them. No ranks other than that): Leader, Freedom Fighters (Major, officially)
Appearance--weathered, with dark hair grayed prematurely. Wears dark (black and gray) camo fatigues for pants, a dark shirt with a battered jacket, brown leather body with black cloth sleeves, with the Freedom Fighters emblem on one shoulder and the US flag on the other. In combat, he wears a bullet-proof vest, a concept design DragonSkin with breakthrough alloy plates, which offers half-again the protection of previous vests. It has Kevlar over that.
History: He joined the militia when young, and quickly rose in the ranks, due to his bravery and intelligence. As a major in the local pre-invasion militia, and the leader of the militia, he was ideally suited to lead the resistance—but not from the back. This forward-leading aspect has only grown greater after seeing many of his militia members fall beside him. He took some of the remaining members, and with the help of many local civilians and a few elite military members, left behind to help the resistance, he began the Freedom Fighters. Though it took months to gather members and supplies, the resistance started out with a bang, quite literally, destroying a newly built fuel- and supply-depot.
Personality: Kados is very brave, and is a front-leading person. He won't make his men do anything he can't, and since the resistance is small, they need all the fighters they can get. He is fiercely patriotic, and hates the Communists for what they've done to the world, and his country. He is loyal to his country and his fellow Fighters, and considers himself just one of them, not their leader. He makes sure to get to know all of the members, their strengths, weaknesses, fears, skills.
Weapons: A custom-made Browning Automatic Rifle, WWII era design. His family had enough money to allow this easily, and though he spurned their high lifestyle, he used the money for good causes. He also uses a MP5 and a Sig Sauer P226 pistol. The BAR is also modified, to be semi-auto, slower auto, and fast auto. It also has better range and accuracy than its WWII era predecessor. Various grenades, special weapons when necessary.
Skills: Is an excellent shot, has decent explosives skill, can hotwire cars, etc. Good intuition and leadership, decent with electronics. Well-rounded skills.
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A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. In the case of the Lifetime movie "Escape From Polygamy," premiering 8 p.m. EDT Saturday, a little bit of knowledge about plural marriage and fundamentalist Mormons translates into a rather silly teleflick that's part Nicholas Sparks schmaltz and part "Trapped by the Mormons" craziness.
It's hilariously terrible.
Oh, my heck, the prophet's name is Ervil Barlowe. That alone will make locals grin.
''Escape from Polygamy" is a teen romance wrapped in a sort of a cartoonlike reality. Like ... Ervil Barlowe (William Mapother) comes across as Dudley Do-Right's nemesis, Snidely Whiplash.
As the movie opens, Leann Christensen (Mary McCormack), a recent widow, is about to meet the new husband she's been assigned by the prophet. Her 17-year-old daughter, Julina (Haley Lu Richardson), isn't particularly happy about moving to a new compound, which happens to be in the middle of the desert someplace.
Things get going when Julina meets super-hunky Ryder (Jack Falahee). They fall instantly in love, and the level of ludicrous ramps up considerably.
Turns out Ryder is the prophet's son. And the prophet has designs on Julina. So Ryder is quickly left in the desert and makes his way to Las Vegas, where he becomes the latest in a long list of the lost boys.
In real life, all of this would be tragic. But under the direction of Rachel Lee Goldenberg (whose credits are mostly comedy shorts) and from a script by Damon Hill (whose credits consist of episodes of "Greek" and Tori Spelling's sitcom "So NoTORIous"), "Escape From Polygamy" is a ham-fisted joke.
Even ignoring all the polygamy stuff, it's unintentionally laugh-out-loud funny. Like the scene at the square dance when everyone but Ryder and Julina disappears while the youngsters dance. Or this exchange:
''I can't stop thinking about that kiss," Ryder says.
''It's a sin," Julina replies.
''So let me sin again," Ryder says.
Aaack! It's never a good thing when what's supposed to be a serious effort quickly becomes self-parody.
The TV movie's final segments parody "Romeo and Juliet," sort of. The events are so insane you have to laugh -- because your only alternative is to mutter in disgust.
Somebody might make a good movie about escape from polygamy someday. Somebody might actually research the topic before filming begins.
The bar has been set so low by "Escape from Polygamy" that any future filmmaker will look good by comparison.
(Scott D. Pierce covers television for The Salt Lake Tribune. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com; follow him on Twitter @ScottDPierce.)


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Egypt's lower house of parliament briefly convened today, defying a court ruling and a military order that had declared the body dissolved and deepening the legal ambiguity of the power struggle between Egypt's new president and the military. In a session that lasted just minutes, the members of parliament referred the case to the country's highest court of appeals.
The parliament's meeting was a response to an executive order from President Mohamed Morsi, who two days ago canceled a directive by the then-ruling military council to dissolve the parliament. Hours after today's parliament session, the Supreme Constitutional Court retaliated, releasing a statement rejecting Morsi's order to reconvene the parliament. Morsi's spokesman, in turn, declared the Court's statement without jurisdiction and therefore null.
While Mr. Morsi has taken care to frame his move as a challenge to the military, and not an attack on the judiciary, many perceive it as an affront to the rule of law. Others see it as a justifiable move by a popularly elected president in the face of a politicized court.
The military's order was based on a ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court, which found that Egypt's parliament should be dissolved because party members should not have been allowed to contest seats reserved for independents in elections.
While Egypt's transition has at times been on uncertain legal footing from the beginning, the current confrontation pushes it to new depths.
Morsi's move to reconvene the parliament leaves Egypt's legal order "in a complete state of disarray," says Nathan Brown, a professor at George Washington University. "You've got a parliament that will be meeting now, and might even be passing laws; you've got courts that will probably refuse to enforce those laws. You've got a military that claims it has a legislative role, and a president who says the basis for that legislative role, the supplemental constitutional declaration, he doesn't acknowledge … you've got a completely chaotic situation."
Dr. Brown says some uncertainty early in the transition was politically healthy because it reassured Egyptians that no one had a monopoly on power. But "at this point, it's gone beyond healthy uncertainty to complete confusion that is corroding some of the basic institutions of Egyptian legal and political life," he says.
The parliament, which is dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, met today despite a warning yesterday from the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), which ruled Egypt after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak until the end of last month, when Morsi took power.
In its warning, the SCAF emphasized the importance of the law and the constitution, and said it was confident that "all state institutions will respect constitutional decrees." The Supreme Constitutional Court also issued its own notice, saying that its decisions were final, cannot be appealed, and are "binding on all authorities of the state."
Many in Egypt saw the court's ruling on the parliament as coming from a politicized court whose members were appointed by Mubarak. The swiftness which with the court rendered the verdict, and its insistence that the entire assembly be dissolved rather than only the one third of the members who won independent seats, heightened suspicion.
Shortly after the verdict, the military council declared the parliament dissolved, then amended Egypt's interim constitution to claim legislative power for itself until a new parliament was elected. It also limited the powers of the incoming president and gave itself veto power in the drafting of a new constitution.
Morsi's executive order did not contradict the court's ruling, but did rescind the military's decree that parliament be dissolved in order to implement it. His office insists he respects the rule of law, and is simply disagreeing with the military's execution of the ruling. In an acknowledgement of the court's ruling, his executive order called for new elections 60 days after a new constitution is written. But it is unclear whether any actions taken by the reassembled parliament would survive challenges in court.
Omar Ashour, a professor of Middle East politics at the University of Exeter, says Morsi's decision is a step forward for the democratic transition because an elected president asserted power over an unelected council of generals in the face of a politicized court.
Morsi did not ignore the court's decision, but simply postponed the implementation of it until after a constitution is written, says Dr. Ashour. That helps resolve uncertainty about the fate of the current constitutional assembly, which was appointed by the parliament before it was dissolved, but has not yet finished its work, says Ashour. "He was saying 'fine, we keep the parliament until the constitution is written, and after that it gets dissolved.' It's an interpretation of the verdict as opposed to a direct challenge to it."
But Brown, who sees the current struggle as a clash between the forces of majority rule and some institutions of the state, says Morsi's move could provoke a broad confrontation with Egypt's judiciary.
"What they may be doing is in a sense issuing a call to arms for the whole Egyptian judiciary," he said. "[Judicial authorities] are basically saying, this is no longer a struggle over a specific legal interpretation. This is now a struggle for the autonomy and the authority of the judicial system in Egypt. My guess is most judges will rally around that."
And they may have ample opportunity to do so. Next week, the Supreme Constitutional Court is due to hear cases challenging Morsi's executive decision to reconvene the parliament. The same court will also hear a case proposing the dissolution of Eygpt's upper house of parliament for the same reasons it declared the lower house invalid. An administrative court is scheduled to hear a case on Sept. 4 on the constitutional assembly. It could dissolve the body, giving the military excuse to step in and name a new one. And a case challenging the very existence of the Brotherhood as a legal organization is also due in court in September.


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Dennis and Manjula have been working on getting a beautiful selection of Copeland Bedroom Furniture Sets up on our website.
Copeland is our newest line of Vermont made furniture and their styles include traditional, Shaker and modern furniture, such as the:
Berkeley Cherry Bedroom Set (Modern Asian style)
Catalina Walnut Bedroom Set (Modern, minimalist style)
Astrid Cherry Bedroom Set (Ultra modern, Jetson's style)
Soho Walnut & Maple Bedroom (Modern metropolitan style)
Copeland's signature style is kind of a clean, simple elegance that's very popular in the more chic neighborhhods of Manhattan and other cities. But we love it up here in rural Vernon VT too!
A few logistical details: the sets are designed to save you on shipping. We couldn't lower the prices of the furniture in the sets because we already have Copeland furniture priced as low as possible. In fact we have a low price guarantee on Copeland furniture. But with the sets, you save on shipping-- which is significant. Rather than paying $300/piece for white glove delivery, you can order as many pieces as you like and pay just $450 for shipping and white glove delivery of the whole set.
Check out the sets and let us know what you think. We've tried to make them versatile so you can customize your set online with any combination of pieces you might like, but I'm sure we haven't thought of everything. Give us a call if you can't find the exact pieces you need for your set. Rebecca and Shannon will be happy to hear from you!
One more thing. So far we just have Copeland bedroom sets up but in another month or so we'll have their collection of Frank Lloyd Wright dining sets as well. If you're looking to purchase before then, just call.


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Kodaira defines a complex analytic family of compact complex manifolds as the data $(E,B,\pi)$, where $E$ and $B$ are complex manifolds, and $\pi$ is a surjective holomorphic submersion such that the preimage $\pi^{-1}(x)$ of any point $x \in B$ is a compact complex submanifold of $E$. (Here complex manifolds are required to be connected.)
A key property of this definition is that this specifies a differentiable fibre bundle. This fact can almost be obtained from the Ehresmann fibration theorem, which might be stated as follows: "Let $X$, $Y$ be differentiable manifolds, and let $f: X \rightarrow Y$ be a proper surjective submersion. Then $f$ is the projection of a differentiable fibre bundle."
In particular, the map $\pi$ defining a family lacks the properness needed to apply Ehresmann's theorem. It is, however, a corollary of the fact that a family gives a fibre bundle that $\pi$ is indeed proper.
Is there a more elementary way of seeing that $\pi$ must be proper?


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Auditions Upcoming for '9 to 5′ From Quincy Community Theatre
Quincy Community Theatre calling all divas to auditions for its summer musical extravaganza: '9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL.' Auditions are May 20-21 from 6-10 PM, by appointment only for men and women ages 18-65.
Pushed to the boiling point by their employer, three female co-workers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. They conspire to take control of their company and learn there's nothing they can't do—even in a man's world. Set in the late 1970s, '9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL' is a hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era. Outrageous, thought-provoking, and even a little romantic, '9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL' is about teaming up and taking care of business—woman style!
'9 TO 5' runs July 11-14 & 18-21. Auditionees are asked to prepare 16 measures from a song of their choice. A piano accompanist will be available, so please bring sheet music if necessary. All genres of music are welcome.
In addition to the excellent leading and supporting roles for men and women, the theatre is looking for six strong male singers/dancers for the ensemble to perform in the large dance numbers. For a full character breakdown, visit 1qct.org.
Those auditioning should also familiarize themselves with the script, available on the QCT website under "Members and Volunteers." A password is required for access.
All roles are available and all are welcome to audition, regardless of experience. To schedule an audition or for password information, contact the box office at (217) 222-3209.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech baseball team faces its most crucial series of the season this weekend, hosting Belmont to determine the Ohio Valley Conference championship. Fans who cannot attend in person will still be able to enjoy the sights and sounds of the game live and free on OVCDigitalNetwork.com.
The broadcasts, produced by Brandon Goodwin and directed by Matthew Wagner and Andrew Neff, are scheduled to begin five minutes before each game on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Goodwin, who has called the play-by-play for each of Tech's broadcasts this year, will be joined in the booth by the longtime voice of the Golden Eagles, Roger Ealey. Tech students and staff members will also provide support for the broadcasts, which are expected to be some of the most-viewed events on the OVC Digital Netwok this spring.
Fans can find the games by visiting OVCDigitalNetwork.com and looking for Tennessee Tech vs. Belmont on the Live Events page. The free broadcasts are provided by Tech Athletics and the Ohio Valley Conference.
Viewers (from both sides) are encouraged to interact with the broadcasts by emailing questions and comments to firstname.lastname@example.com or tweeting to @TTUGoldenEagles throughout the games.
Admission is free to attend the games in Bush Stadium at the Averitt Express Baseball Complex on the Tech campus.
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First Look: New Fall Cocktails at 15 Romolo, San Francisco
It's easy to try one drink at 15 Romolo and fall in love. Their cocktails—uniformly well-balanced, creative, and delicious—have made the steep-hilled alleyway bar a destination for spirits lovers for quite a few years now. (The jukebox selection helps, too.)
But Romolo didn't earn its high reputation in San Francisco for keeping things the same. You may fall in love with a certain cocktail, but try not to get too attached*—the merry band of bartenders behind these drinks likes to keep things interesting.
We stopped in on a balmy October Saturday to check out Romolo's new roster of fall cocktails—all of which somehow incorporate wine into the mix. That means port, madeira, sherry, a wine reduction—the possibilities are endless once you start reaching across the wine-and-spirits divide.
According to General Manager Aaron Smith, this focus on cocktails made with a little bit of wine is both a nod to the fall season, and to the expansion of Romolo's wine list (which will include a number of wines by the half bottle). Check out some of the new cocktail offerings in the slideshow above »
As for the always-changing drink list? Smith says this winter, they're planning to roll out an all-sherry based cocktail menu in honor of the holidays.
*Don't fret, though. They'll usually make a past menu creation for you if you ask.
15 Romolo
15 Romolo Place, San Francisco CA 94133 (map) 415-398-1359; 15romolo.com
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