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A night dedicated to "delectable indulgences"—the perfect sponsorship opportunity for a dentistry practice—took place last Saturday when Communities in Schools hosted its annual Chocolate Affair gala. The Citadel's Holliday Alumni Center smelled like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, an olfactory sensation of epically sweet proportions. Although tuna wantons, carving stations, and a sweet potato "sundae" bar tempered the sugary theme of the night, the piece de resistance was a buffet table laden with a dizzying array of chocolate in all forms—eclairs, cakes, truffles, bon bons, fudge, and more (but where were the cupcakes?).
Guests twittered like greedy children on Christmas morning as they rounded the table-o-chocolate. Towers of treats threatened to topple many a guest's plate, and some of the smaller dishes disappeared in a flash. A rush of excitement swept through the crowd when a plate of Sweet Teeth's insanely delicious salty dark chocolate truffles appeared alongside the crepe cake supplied by Holy City Chocolate. In fact, the buzz grew over the course of the night as guests consumed a copious amount of sugar-sugar-sugar! Only crumbs remained by the end of the gala.
The treats were donated by an extensive group of generous restaurants and chocolatiers including, 82 Queen, Anson, Ashley Bakery, Blu, Charleston Crepe Company, Chrisophe Artisan Chocolatier, Circa 1886, Edible Arrangements, Grill 225, High Thyme, Holy City Chocolate, Jim 'n Nicks, Kaminsky's, Liberty Bakery, McCrady's, Pampered Palate, Rue de Jean, Saffron, Sunfire Grill & Bistro, Sweet Teeth, The Cake Stand, The Library at Vendue, Red Drum, The Sanctuary, and Three Birds Cafe. With Valentine's Day coming up, why not support one of these generous local businesses with an order for a sweet treat for your sweetheart?

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Badger football to host fan events in April
MADISON, Wis. - Badger fans looking forward to some football action and excited for Gary Andersen's debut will have plenty of opportunities to see the Wisconsin football team in the month of April.
In addition to the annual Spring Game on April 20 in Camp Randall Stadium, Andersen announced Wednesday that two Badgers practices will be open to the public, on April 6 and April 12.
Fans will be able to enter Camp Randall Stadium through Gate 1 beginning at 10:30 a.m. on April 6. The Badgers will practice from 10:45 a.m. until approximately 12:45 p.m. The practice time for April 12 will be determined that week in accordance with the weather forecast. The earliest practice would start would be 4:30 p.m. If the weather allows, the start time will be moved to early evening.
Both open practices are free for the public and weather permitting. If weather precludes the Badgers from practicing in Camp Randall Stadium, fan access to that practice will be cancelled, according to a news release.
One lucky fan will win a pair of season tickets for the 2013 season at each open practice. Andersen will also briefly address the fans at the conclusion of each practice.
The Badgers will hold their annual Spring Game on Saturday, April 20, starting at 4 p.m. CT. Tickets to the game are $5 with all proceeds going to the UW School of Pharmacy. The game will also be televised live by BTN.Badger football to host fan events in April
Prior to the Spring Game, UW will hold its annual Badger Kids' Fair. The event runs from 2-4 p.m. and will be held in the McClain Center, adjacent to the stadium.
The free event includes interactive games, displays, autographs, photos with Bucky and a number of athletic skills stations. Many UW sports will be represented at the fair, and children will have an opportunity to meet current student-athletes.


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McCarty to deliver President's Lecture on political polarization
Posted November 10, 2010; 06:20 p.m.
Princeton political scholar Nolan McCarty will speak on "The Polarization of American Politics" in the next installment of the President's Lecture Series at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, in McCosh Hall, Room 10.
McCarty will present research on congressional behavior over the past 150 years to show that American politics has become more partisan and divisive than in the past. He also will explore the causes of rising polarization.
McCarty is the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs and associate dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is the author (with Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal) of "Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches."
Virginia Zakian, Princeton's Harry C. Wiess Professor in the Life Sciences, will present the final President's Lecture at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24, in the Friend Center, Room 101. The lecture series was started by President Shirley M. Tilghman in 2001 to bring together faculty members from different disciplines to learn about the work others are doing in a variety of fields. The talks will be webcast; viewing information will be available on the Webmedia site.


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What is the purpose of the test dog?
What is the purpose of the test dog?
Wayne Nutt
Go Nutts with dog training
HRCH Patton's Parker Co. Shadow "Shadow"
HRCH Clineline Hijacker "Jack"
HRCH Marks a Lot Midnight Hudson, SH "Hudson" RIP (5/26/01-6/18/15)
Castile Creeks Rawhide, MH "Rowdy"
IMO, so everyone can see how the test should be run.
The foundation to a great retriever is obedience.
Firestorms Full Throttle Chevy aka Callie-Roo 7/5/2007 - 10/25/2013 I miss you every day
Proud owner of Kona's Surfer Girl, aka Loki.
To show the mechanics of the test. Not the purpose but it also scents the area of the falls, allows the bird boys to practice & gives the flyer shooter one more to warm up. This weekend in a Started test both birds were released simultaneously. No problem with a test dog but could have really shaken a young inexperienced dog. This also give the handlers an opportunity to see the marks from very close to the line.
Mark Land
The purpose of a test dog is a wonderful question and will no doubt have a variety of answers all of which will have validly
From my view the test dog is for the judges only. It helps them see the planned test in action, the test dog allows judges to see the mechanics of the setup and allows gunners to understand the test
A test dog should be able to do the expected setup reasonably well and many times we dont see that.
If the test dog disturbs too much cover it just lays foot scent that can confuse others
Finally a test dog allows the gallery to plan there course of action however i believe that is a by product of the test dog
Great question
It shows the judges (and handlers) the mechanics of the test, and allows the handlers to see if there is any point they will lose sight of the dog, etc.
Wm. Mark Edwards
Pascagoula, MS
HRCH (500) UH Ellie Mae MH CGC
HRCH Tipsy MH
To show the mechanics of the test and let the handlers see the marks
"Some people pride themselves on how far they can shoot ducks, others pride themselves on how close they can get them. I'm an other!!! "
John Stephens RNT
HRCH Wilson's Grand Prairie Pintail
At the last couple of Master stakes that I have marshalled, we have had a setup dog and then a test dog. The setup dog fine tuned the calls, throws, falls, etc. The test dog demonstrated the test to the handlers. Handlers were not invited to watch the setup dog.
Ellen & the Jollycurl Curlies
working retrievers since 1979
owned by:
SHR CH Sun Devil Nil Volentigus Arduum, RN, CD MH, WCQ (Bebe)
SHR CH Jollycurl Royal Brisbane, JH, WC (Aussie)
forever in my heart:
CH Wimberway's Curly Baybelle ROMX (Bay) 1981 - 1996
CH Soft Maple Crossing Delancy JH (Hannah) 1997 - 2004
CH Soft Maple O'Dark Thirty CD RN MH WCQ ROM HOF (Jet) 1997 - 2010
CH Jollybodies Touch 'Em All Time JH (Lola) 2001 - 2013
For the judges to watch and make sure it can be a fair test for all.
A cold nose feels good on a hot day.....
Majestic Oaks Liberty Belle JH
Wrong, For someone to get a free flyer and free training...
Carol Howey
Owned and handled by Cruisin' with Indiana Jones, JH
Alternate Handler: Westwind Buffalo Soldier
Apprentice Handler: Snake River Medicine Man, SH


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All Program Outcomes
All Program Outcomes
Office of Student Affairs & Wellness
Commencement Outcome
As a result of their participation in the Commencement Ceremony, students will have the opportunity to celebrate the completion of their academic matriculation at C.C.S.F. Student involvement in the Commencement Ceremony promotes cultural, social, and intellectual development, as well as a sense of camaraderie and achievement.
The event gives students the opportunity to celebrate education and
create lasting memories. Students participating in Commencement learn
to fully develop the skills they have been taught and apply the
importance of educational completion and lifelong learning to their
future endeavors.
Academic Achievement Outcome
Students engaging in the program will learn about the different levels of academic success and how they can be reached. They learn to value their hard work and dedication by receiving recognition from the Dean's office.
Students will benefit from the program by receiving verifications,
recommendations, and referrals that will reflect their academic
achievements and assist them towards their future academic and
professional endeavors.
Awards and Recognitions Outcome
Students being recognized in the program should gain a sense of pride, accomplishment, and support. The goal of this program is to promote student success in academics and in leadership on campus.
Student Leadership Program (L.E.A.D.) Outcome
As a result of their participation in the L.E.A.D. (Leaders Evoking an Actual Difference) program, students will learn leadership skills that promote humanitarian values, social justice, and civic responsibility.
Students will engage and learn the leadership methods and skills needed to not only build their self-esteem but to impact positively the environment they wish to create. They develop critical thinking, organizing, and strategies to implement change through their leadership activities.
DiverCITY Outcome
Students will be able to differentiate between individual and group differences, identify cultural and ethnic differences, and recognize universal similarities in all individuals. Students will use knowledge of these differences and similarities to make sensitive and appropriate decisions when connecting with others who are different from themselves. Student will focus on creating an understanding and respect for all humans and an appreciation for the richness of culture at CCSF and in the world.
Green Scene for Sustainable Students Outcome
Students will learn the different aspects of sustainability and what it means to be "green" as well as gain a better understanding of why recycling, reducing and reusing is so important both on and off campus. Participants in the program who are interested in pursuing careers in green fields will have the opportunity to explore internships with our recycling department and take advantage of our bridge programs which lead to four-year universities offering majors in these fields. Students will learn to promote and engage other students on campus about the importance of making C.C.S.F. a greener, more sustainable, learning environment.


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God answers prayers all the time. Even the ones we don't know we asked. God is Good (always)
"There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle."
- Albert Einstein
Hey Juli,
Same to you from the absolutely farthest part away of the country from you!
Wishing everyone here on RTF a wonderful Holiday!
Max, Maggie, Houston & (Orion)
Avatar courtesy of Marsha Wilcox Photography
Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
May God Bless you and bring you a happy and safe holiday,
HRCH Otter Sloughs Bronze Gander " Gander"
Annaloughan Arrow "Bailey"
I am thankful for each and every one of you who make RTF what it is.
Sincerely - THANK YOU!
I want to thank my mom and my dad for the upbringing I had. They were young kids themselves when they got started in parenthood. Frankly, my last name could be "accident" as well as it could be "Atkinson" because they got off to an unplanned start and overcame lots of adversity as mere kids themselves.
I'm thankful to NAHRA and the hunt test programs. It was through NAHRA that I met my wife. She had two labs. I had two labs. We met, got along pretty well, found common ground, and became the canine Brady Bunch. As our pack began the journey towards geriatrics, the good lord blessed us with not one, but two healthy sons. Dog games have brought me most of my closest friends today.
I'm thankful for dog training and the outdoors. To me, the retriever world is therapeutic. It is what keeps me sane amongst market overcapacity, downsizing, economic downturns, corporate takeovers, and all the other stressful stuff that hammers on my psyche.
I'm thankful for organized sports, particularly wrestling, for helping me understand the value of teamwork, winning, losing, hard work, and sportsmanship. I'm thankful for Penn State University and Beta Theta Pi Fraternity where I learned the value of interpersonal relationships, and leadership.
I'm thankful for the health that the good lord has granted my wife, and my kids.
I'm thankful for the good friends that have become part of my and my family's life.
The list could continue...
Thanks to each of you for making RTF so much fun to be a part of.
RTF exists, because I was a kid with a 3M tape featuring Mike Mathiot, who had sketchy info on how to train a dog. I barely had the money to buy the VCR, and my uncle gave me the tape. I had not even scrounged up the money to buy Richard Wolters' WATERDOG yet.
When I tried to reach Mike via 3M, I was shut out and given the runaround. When I asked local folks how to get over some roadblocks in training, I was told to contact the local pro (whom I could not afford then).
Why does RTF truly exist? It exists in memory of a poem that all pledges at the Penn State Beta house had to memorize called "The Bridge"....pasted here:The Bridge
An old man going a long, high way,
Came, at the evening cold and gray,
To a chasm vast, both deep and wide,
The old man crossed in the twilight dim,
The chasm was as naught to him,
But he turned, when safe on the other side,
And built a bridge to span the tide.
"Old man," said a fellow pilgrim near,
"You are wasting your strength and labor here,
Your journey will end with the passing day,
You never again will pass this way,
You've crossed the chasm deep and wide,
Why build you this bridge at eventide?"
The old man lifted his old gray head,
"Good friend, in the path I have come," he said,
"There followeth after me today,
A youth whose feet must pass this way.
The chasm that was as naught to me,
To that young man may a pitfall be,
He, too, must cross in twilight dim,
Good friend, I am building this bridge for him."
To all you Betas, yours in - Kai -
To the rest of you, THANKS and God Bless...have a great Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from Yum Yum and Juicy, who stole a place in my heart and enhance my life, and will remain under my care for the remainder of their natural lives.
and if you don't believe me read this http://www.retrievertraining.net/for...ad.php?t=33823
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Never say never . . . never say always . . . know when to say when.
Happy thanksgiving to one and all. May God continue to bless.
Bad Motor Scooter SH
He that tooteth not his own horn...The same shall not be tooted.
There could be 5 or 6 ninjas in this room right now.
Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone...
Cindy Zatopek
Wow! Lots of different Thanksgiving, and "I'm happy for" comments.
I'll pile on with this:
I'm also happy for Champ, Luke, Patcho, Charlie, Gigi, Bubba (Hamish), Maili, Bus, Pepper, and the newest to the pack, Vi.
I'm also pretty happy for cost-effective pain reliver alternatives to Tylenol including ibuprofen and generic acetominophen.


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Meizu EP-40 dynamic driver IEMs
" The story behind this review is kind of interesting. I was in contact with Meizu about an upcoming portable audio player being released later this year. I asked for a loaner so I could do a review over at InnerFidelity. That device is still a few months out so they don't have review models yet. During the course of our conversation the Meizu rep asked if I might..." --project86
Philips SHE3590WT/10 In-Ear Headphones (White)
The Philips SHE3590 In-Ear Headphones are offered in distinctive colors to match for all occasions. The ultra small in-ear design conforms to ear shape for best fit, and the earphones come with soft caps for comfort and compact fit. With small efficient speakers for dynamic bass and clear sound, these in-ear headphones are ideal for your listening enjoyment.


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Lyle E. Crary
WEST ALLIS-Lyle E. Crary, age 67, of West Allis, passed away on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, at his home. He was born on July 15, 1946, in Madison, the son of Wilson E. Crary and Camilla L. Olson.
Lyle graduated from Central High School. He loved basketball, football, especially the Packers and NASCAR. Lyle enjoyed spending time with his family and trying his luck with the "claw machine" and winning stuffed animals. He had a great sense of humor, was known to be a practical joker, and enjoyed a good cup of coffee and anything sweet.
He will be missed by his brother, Norris (Shirley) Crary; beloved nieces and nephews; and his roommate, Andy the cat. He was preceded in death by his parents.
A Memorial Gathering to celebrate Lyle's life will be held at GUNDERSON EAST FUNERAL HOME, 5203 Monona Dr., Madison, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, December 6, 2013. Lyle will be laid to rest at Button Cemetery next to his parents at a later date.
The family wishes to thank the Compassionate Care of Hospice of West Allis, and special thanks to Connie and his nurses Kim and Julie.
Online condolences may be made at :
Gunderson East
Funeral & Cremation Care
5203 Monona Dr.
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It is vital that organizations create a culture where child sexual abuse is discussed, addressed, and prevented.
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Updated on 5 February 2013
ABLE releases Indian biotechnology- The roadmap to the next decade and beyond at Bangalore India Bio 2013
Bangalore: India's premier biotech show, Bangalore India Bio 2013, which is organised by the department of information technology, bio-technology and science and technology, Government of Karnataka, India, and the Vision Group on Biotechnology, featured a session to analyse and discuss the ABLE report titled, 'Indian biotechnology: The roadmap to the next decade and beyond'. The report was released in the inauguration function of the 13th edition of Bangalore India Bio on February 4, 2013. Following this there was a panel discussion that saw several eminent individuals share their view on the ABLE report.
The report was presented by Dr Satya Dash, strategic alliance and partnership consultant, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. He said, "Various interactions such as the present gathering between industry, academia, internal meetings and workshops has helped in the making for such an important document. Various challenges facing our nation, mirrors the needs and requirements of the world as well as the need for a reduced dependence on fossil fuels, environmental remediation, development in agro-biotechnology are areas for which life sciences and biotechnology would provide sustainable solutions."
He further said, "India has grown from $500 million-to-$5 billion industry from 2003-to-2012. ABLE has recognized that our country has key components to support this industry due to our current knowledge and progress in various domains such as bio-similars, vaccines, bio- manufacturing, rise in IP registrations and stem cells among others. Some of the challenges that the industry faces are regulatory systems, lack of infrastructure for start-up and SME companies, restricted access to technology across all industries and academic sizes."
He also added, "Recommendations of the report were to train world class man power, revamp the university system in India, promote translation of academic research, promote BT entrepreneurship, develop homemade medical diagnostic devices instead of relying on Imports. The recommendations for these solutions were optimal government intervention for sustainability of industry and research, partnership and mission-oriented approaches would help in implementation, and harnessing and sustaining entrepreneurship will also make a difference."
In his talk, Prof K VijayRaghavan, secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, said that, "There are a range of issues that we have to tackle in order to make this a $100 billion industry. Although opportunities are available but connections and communication is required for bridging the gap."
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Serve six a zesty biscuit-topped casserole in less than an hour.
Pinto beans can be used in place of the black beans in this south-of-the-border main dish.
Look for the chicken in the area where frozen meats are found in your store.
Diced tomatoes with chilies come in a variety of heat levels. We've used mild here, but more adventurous palates can use medium or hot.
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I probably shouldn't comment any further.
I probably shouldn't comment any further.
no no no.....YOU MUST!
GIGANTA: A robot that automatically produces fun!
Ewwww, those monkey faced freaks.
Now if it were that episode from a few weeks back with Lindsay Lohan, well...all I have to say is Harry Potter never looked so good.
Back and more bearded than ever before
Eek!!! It's the Olsen Trollies!!!!
Less than a month until the Olsens can do Playboy and make some more cash. *counts change for porn money*
It's a blacked-out blur but I'm pretty sure it ruled.
I can't find anything beautiful about them.
But I'll now remember that classic Twilight Zone about the eye of the beholder.
Side note: those pig faced people look better than these monkey twins.
Back and more bearded than ever before
Originally Posted by James Boba Fettfield
Man that was an awesome episode of the Twilight Zone.
"It can't rain all the time."
"Quote the Raven, Nevermore."
Just yesterday I saw a "got milk?" ad that they just did, and I was wondering how old they were!
This might be an SNL that I'll watch.
BAD needs: HK-50 torso, right arm and head
YVH-1 head
Trusty traders / buyers/ sellers: Tycho, SK99, DarthChuckMC, minirock(X2), Lman316, Turbowars
Even more proof that SNL is going down the tubes. These two attrocities should bve euthanised
thanks Chux Turbo LBC Bobafrett Mtriv73 Rjarvis JF96 JT JMG FB Rogue2 Tycho Slicker Deoxy Caesar JontheJedi JJReason Brandon Solo JMS UK for great deals.
SSG Pro Football Pick em and Bowl Pick em Champ 2006. 2007 NCAA Bracket Champ
#24 - Gone but not forgotten
I remember Gene Simmons on the Howard Stern show talking about how he wanted to be the one to welcome them into adulthood. That dude's a perv.
I think the twins should eat a Big Mac each on live television, so we can watch as they triple their weight! Seriously, they make Callista Flockhart look like a fat.
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Looks like yummy goodness for my tree this year
Looks like yummy goodness for my tree this year
I spotted another mini-ornament pack at K-Mart today that is different from the ones those Scum reported. This one might be a K-Mart exclusive; it retailed for $6.99. The pack had the Falcon, X-Wing, Slave I, Vader TIE, and AT-AT with plastic 'effects' attached to them - either a planet or some type of engine exhaust or plasma.Originally Posted by Slicker
K-Mart also had the Mpire M&M's ornaments that I saw at Wal-Mart last week.
Weird War Tales: Featuring the Creature Commandos #105 November 1981 (DC Comics)
Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree, you have Star Wars ornaments hanging all over thee!
2015 RFL Thank You to, TeeEye7 & Slicker, JediTricks, Tycho, El Chuxter, and Darth Jax!!!!
Be an organ donor, save lives!
I saw some of the new/old ornaments at a local story this week and while they are cool I can't get myself to fork over that much money for an ornament. I think the Vader ornament is something like $29.99, granted its really cool and quite large I just can't see myself forking over that much for something as silly as an ornament. However if anybody wants to give me one I'd be more then happy to accept it.
JimJam, come with me to Hallmark on 12/26, we'll scoop up a bunch of them 50% off.
I scored a handful of them that way over the years.
Sweet, could ya remind me in about 11 weeks about that?
My mom is a Hallmark Gold Crown member, and the mailer she got shows a Tusken Raider as a 2007 ornament. The premiere weekend to buy the new holiday stuff is July 14-15 this year. I have to wonder if the days of 3-5 different SW ornaments each year will end soon (maybe only 1 per?).
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Yes...it's today, and the Tusken Raider is ONLY available this w/e. There are some very cool SW pieces this year...including Falcon Takeoff & Obi passing his father's lightsaber to Luke as mini diaramas with lights & sounds.
"In my experience there's no such thing as luck."
Star Wars & GI Joe Customs
HAVES: HK-50 Head, Capt Typho & GI Joe fodder available still
Wants:L8-L9 Head, YVH-1 Complete (as possible),R7-T1 Complete (as possible),R7-Z0 Complete (as possible)


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Listening to your iPod on the go is even more convenient with this stereo headset. This headset features great sound quality and bass response as well as enhanced sound. The sleek caps ensure the headphones fit comfortably and securely in your ear. It supports all other players with a headphone port. iBud makes you relax and enjoy your music easier than ever.


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A simple water and cover feature for amphibians.
- Get a medium-size clay pot and saucer from a garden center.
- Put the saucer on the ground and keep it filled with water.
- Nearby, put the pot upside-down with an edge resting on a rock. That makes room for a toad to fit through and hide inside. (If you have a broken pot with a chunk missing at the rim, you have an abode with an instant doorway--no need to prop it up.)
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Business & Occupation Taxes
The City of Bellevue collects certain taxes from businesses, primarily the business and occupation (B & O) tax, which includes gross receipts and square footage taxes. These B&O taxes generate approximately $24.9 million per year, and support general governmental services and the city's Capital Investment Program.
Although there are exemptions, every person, firm, association or corporation doing business in the city is subject to the B&O tax. In general, most businesses will report in the gross receipts business tax category. A number of businesses will report in the square footage tax category. A limited number of businesses will report in both categories.
The information is current as of December 31, 2014. Changes since then in the City Code or state law may invalidate some of this information, and you may want to check recent ordinances soon to become part of the City Code.
Additional information and specifics related to your business may be obtained in Chapters 4.03, 4.04, 4.09, 4.10 and 4.14 of the Bellevue City Code or by contacting the city's Tax Division.
Bellevue Tax Division
450 110th Ave. NE
P.O. Box 90012
Bellevue, WA 98009
Phone: 425-452-6851
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Just temporarily, I have father and son in full armor, standing next to each other. Jango's actually in the middle of my ESB bounty hunter scene I have going with my 12" (and this ONE time, no Vader....no. I'm not going to buy a 5th one.... well maybe, but it will be an Episode 3 one. And I'll just get maybe 2 or 3 of those....maybe just 2 or 3).
Anyway, Vader....now oh yeah. I was talking about Jango. Definitely in my Top 3 of all great 12" which includes the Bikerscout on Speederbike as # 2 anyway!
But Jango is next to his full grown son who stands 1/2 an inch taller than him! Some clone... he-he.
So is it a different body? My Boba's knees are even bent a little as he's kind of "walking with an attitude" so he'd be even taller than his dad were I to set him posed really straight legged.
I don't have a complaint, compliment, anything. This is just a comment that I noticed this. It might actually make Electronic Boba Fett look better than Dear 'old Dad because of the fact that Boba looks so formidable. Nothing tops Jango's accessories in the Fett-fetish category though!


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Town Square
Public Media Pledge Time!
Original post made by Paul Losch, Community Center, on May 10, 2013
We are in Pledge time right now on the local radio side. Like the street work that has taken place in my neighborhood in recent months, I understand its importance and tolerate it, knowing it will mercifully end after a couple of weeks.
For me, the most annoying part of pledge drives are the "closers" in the prime time hours at the start and the end of the day. I have no doubt that KQED strategically does this. A couple semi-obnoxious personalities who go on and on about the same thing over and over again. Pledge now and get these closers off the air ASAP is the subliminal message.
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 12, 2013 at 8:45 am
Sorry that I don't have a comment on this topic.
But, Paul, I do value what you have to say and your knowledge about Palo Alto from your time on the Parks commission in particular.
The link here Web Link is to a thread about the definition of a park. I have been involved in friendly discussions with other locals on this subject and we are all mystified as to how a green area with a bench, a play structure and perhaps a grill, can be called a park? Do you have any comment? Thank you.
a resident of Community Center
on May 12, 2013 at 9:15 am
Paul Losch is a registered user.
I am unsure where you are going with your question, and I will try to be responsive.
In Palo Alto, what can be defined as a park is broad. Different parks fit into different categories. For example, Greer is classified as a regional park, Heritage a neighborhood park.
You are right that there are some small parcels of land around town that are called parks, even if they offer limited ameneties. City owned and maintained space, zoned for public benefit.
We actually should celebrate that we have such places, not all cities do.
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on May 15, 2013 at 7:33 am
[Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.] The most important aspect of the "blog", was that you listen to KQED. They need funding, have a neutral non-commercial platform, they rely on private funding - aka pledge drives. As you are an avid listener, and no doubt a major financial contributor, why don't you use your platform to advocate in a positive way, rather than turning to the negative?
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on May 15, 2013 at 10:38 am
I hope Mr. Losch's article wasn't meant to elicit anti-PBS letters -- that would be a new low for PAOnline.
BUT notice how the first two letter writers, totally ignoring what Losch wrote, hijacked the topic and posted TOTALLY unrelated comments about a completely different topic to let off steam. This thread was about public radio fundraising but they wrote about parks!!
Such "comments" that are reminiscent of a certain person who routinely and randomly stops discussion on a topics with his long unrelated and unintelligible rants. He'll probably post now.
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on May 20, 2013 at 7:37 pm
Radios are cool! I grew up with radio. Today, would like to get a wind-up radio or solar radio. It all started from mores code all the way up; now to silicon valley; apple and all other gadgets which I missed; like face book, tweet, tags etc or whatever they are. Now, I have a tv and like watching Fox News and CNN.i barely ever talk on the phone or write letter's; this iPhone is incredible! Thanks for the editorial.
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on May 20, 2013 at 7:58 pm
Public Media Plege Time! Long way from the phone when it had a handle to wind up to call! Only 2 people could talk to each other at one time as long as the operator plugged the connection. I love to talk and have a funny memory when the operator came on line and said we have to wrap up the conversation ( get off line ) because someone else wanted to call. Operator didn't have enough plugs for the phone call connection. The main news station was a milk stand!!! Ha ha... so Im all for the 'Public Media Time Pledge!'
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If a dog is an EIC carrier will it display any type of behavior? More mellow - sleeps a lot? Tires easily - would you be able to tell unless tested?
If a dog is an EIC carrier will it display any type of behavior? More mellow - sleeps a lot? Tires easily - would you be able to tell unless tested?
Carrier no problems related to eic......Affected are the dogs that have episodes. If you don't know that at least one parent was clear you should probably test
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No, there would be no signs. You would need to get the test done.
Peyton is affected and plays harder and longer than Bindi, her daughter who is three years younger and a carrier.
If you have an affected dog you need to learn the triggers for an episode, so you can work around them.
I say get the test. It is worth the money to know.
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Sounds like you need to have your dog checked for something else, along with having him / her tested for EIC. I, too, have an EIC effected dog that still has high energy at 10 years old. She hasn't had an 'episode' since I learned what triggers it.
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Carriers have no symptoms
All the carriers and there are many I'm familiar with, are high drive and stylish; it was so consistent that we were predicting EIC carrier test results with pretty good accuracy, before they ever came back. They just seem to have a bit of insanity in their eyes . I know of 2-4 EIC affected dogs, most are very wild, can't regulate themselves and will throw themselves in to a collapse if not watched. I only know of one who is a very mellow "show-type" lab, has never collapsed, probably never will the dog isn't active wild enough for that, but for who multiple test results came back affected.
I would say you should look for something else cuasing the tiredness; perhaps what your feeding; the dog might need a higher fat formula to maintain energy, perhaps when your feeding; feeding a dog twice a day or in the morning can make them slow, as they're digesting food all day. If not those things, you might have a bigger problem and need a vet consult blood tests etc.
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Boy, was today ever a Monday. Spent the morning dealing with various things that had backed up over the weekend, grabbed a bite of lunch, and then sat down to do some coding -- only to find that my Ultra10 thought the Meta key was being held down. When it wasn't. Even when a different keyboard was swapped in. Since I use Sawfish as a window manager, and have various functions bound to various Meta-key combos, this made me somewhat less than totally productive.
So, instead of coding, I spent the afternoon re-reading the first three chapters of Object Oriented Perl. I probably won't ever use half the stuff in that book (I mean, really, when was the last time you blessed a typeglob?), but it is really mind-streching to think about.
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Anyway, back to my workstation: I'm using a Sun to PS/2 converter box, so the next step is to scare up an actual Sun keyboard and see if it's the converter box, or the keyboard port.
This is the first piece of Sun hardware that I've used, first-hand, for an extensive period of time. So far, the hard drive had to be replaced, the monitor had to be replaced (because it wouldn't respond correctly to the "go to sleep" signal -- although the new monitor is doing the same thing, so maybe it's the video card), and now the keyboard is acting up. I thought one of the advantages of Sun's expensive kit was that it was less likely to break, but I guess not.
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JM Eagle makes case for direct verdict, new trialComments Email Print
Last year a jury found that J-M Manufacturing Co. had violated the False Claims Act by falsely representing that its pipe products met industry standards in order to receive government payments from dozens of public utilities between 1996 and 2006.
However, six months later, a question remains as to whether the verdict against the world's largest PVC pipe maker — now called JM Eagle — will stand.
In hundreds of pages of recent court filings, J-M attorneys are trying to convince the federal judge in California overseeing the whistleblower case that there is insufficient evidence to support the jury's decision and he should issue a direct verdict.
At the least, the judge should grant a new trial, according to J-M attorneys with the Los Angeles law firm Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg, P.C.
The request for what is called a judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) is before U.S. District Judge George Wu, who acknowledged near the end of the seven-week trial that the case "is very unusual" and "somewhat problematic."
For starters, unlike a product liability case, the five government entities selected as "exemplar plaintiffs" of the three states and 40-plus cities and water districts that joined the lawsuit did not have to show the jury any broken pipes or any actual damages to establish their fraudulent claims.
Also, most false claims cases have involved federal plaintiffs that presented direct evidence that they received defective products, like substandard Army Jeep brakes, mine components and naval cables, or in one situation, excessive hours billed to Medicare/Medicaid.
The J-M pipes in the litigated projects are buried under streets in California, Nevada and Virginia. Almost all are in service with pressurized water running through them and no problems of leaking, bursting, cracking or splitting.
Even so, the life spans of the pipes were called into question by whistleblower John Hendrix, who worked as a product assurance engineer at a J-M facility in New Jersey. Hendrix accused the company owned by Walter Wang of misrepresenting the quality of its products following cost-cutting measures like using a cheaper, inferior proprietary PVC compound and speeding extrusion lines.
Wang is the son of the late Taiwanese billionaire and Formosa Plastics Co. USA owner Y.C. Wang.
The crux of the plaintiffs' case is that J-M changed how it produced pipe and knowingly wasn't manufacturing products in a consistent manner that assured they met strength and durability requirements set by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and Underwriters Laboratories (UL).
J-M end users got the luck of the draw, according to the plaintiffs' attorneys at Phillips & Cohen LLP, which is based in Washington, D.C. They say their clients bought some $2.2 billion of pipe in the 10-year timeframe and it may fail prematurely.
At trial, J-M argued that it met applicable standards and the pipe received by the five plaintiffs has performed as promised.
However, the jury found on Nov. 14, 2013, that J-M falsely represented uniform compliance with AWWA's C900 and C905 pipe standards and UL's 1285 standard.
At a Feb. 24 hearing about the JMOL, the judge said the standard is extremely high and he must view all evidence in light favorable to the verdict. At that point, he said he didn't see any basis for granting a JMOL — or as he put it, "giving the defense a verdict" — and he didn't know how he would end up on the request for a new trial.
Evidence questioned
The JMOL request is the most potent post-trial motion a losing party can make, and success is dependent on proving there isn't sufficient evidence to support the verdict.
J-M attorneys contend the jury's finding is "empty" and says nothing more about the company and its products than could be said of any manufacturer. J-M isn't perfect; that's why warranties are offered.
J-M attorneys maintain that no evidence of false claim and no evidence of any pipe violating industry standards were presented at trial.
"Norfolk does not have a false claim for payment presented to it unless Norfolk can show Norfolk got product that was not subject to quality testing," J-M attorney Paul Chan told the judge on Feb. 24.
The plaintiffs' lead atorney, Eric Havian, countered, "They keep saying it is about what pipe shows up on the doorstep and then we got to test it to see if it is good or bad. No, the representation is, look, we make all our pipe in the same way... (and) you are going to know the pipe is good because we are going to follow these industry standards. Now that was a lie. We proved that was a lie, and that is what the jury accepted."
Among the issues J-M says are grounds for the judge to issue a direct verdict or grant a new trial are:
• The falsity element of the case wasn't proved. It's not enough to show a limited probability that some product may need future repairs.
• The uniform-compliance theory is legally indefensible and practically unworkable. It requires J-M to achieve perfect manufacturing consistency.
• The verdict is unsupported because industry standards don't require perfect manufacturing consistency.
• The jury instructions were insufficient, in part because of wording that said no actual damage had to be shown to establish a false claim. J-M attorneys said this instruction was exploited by the plaintiffs' attorneys to take the jury's focus away from whether the pipe sold to their clients was noncompliant.
• Irrelevant evidence was allowed and likely affected the verdict. For example, a lot of time was devoted to talk about J-M raising its internal quick burst test results to 7,200 psi and then lowering it to 6,400 psi. J-M attorneys say that was irrelevant because both values met or exceeded the industry standard.
Also, the plaintiffs presented evidence of J-M's unsuccessful research and development related to large-diameter pipe. The company's attorneys say the bigger size pipes subjected to the experimental tests for longitudinal tensile strength were never certified or sold as UL 1285 compliant.
In addition, the plaintiffs didn't show evidence that they bought unlisted pipe in the larger sizes from J-M, the company's attorneys add, so the R&D experiment shouldn't have been admitted. And, they say the UL 1285 was flawed and changed in 2008, which is why the the timeframe of the case ends in 2006.
Meeting standards
J-M attorneys also say the plaintiffs' project specifications didn't require compliance with the UL 1285 standard in Palmdale and South Tahoe, Calif., or Reno, Nevada, or Norfolk, Va.
Because the standard wasn't specified, J-M contends any representation of compliance with it couldn't have influenced the plaintiffs' decision to install the pipe.
The UL 1285 standard was required for a project in the Calleguas Municipal Water District in Thousand Oaks, Calif., where the plaintiffs' attorneys have said the utility had to spend $4 million to replace J-M water pipe because it broke and leaked seven times.
J-M attorneys contend no evidence was submitted to show the failure rate of its pipes is abnormally high. They also point to UL's 2010 investigation of the company, which found no evidence that J-M was intentionally violating UL 1285 or any UL rules. In addition, J-M never lost any product listing with UL.
In another filing, corporate attorneys remind the judge about Reno experiencing a hydro-test failure of J-M's purple 24-inch C905 pipe, which is used for reclaimed water, in 2002. The company points to testimony that the pipe was manufactured at the Adel, Ga., plant at a time the facility had some "growing pains" as employees learned to operate new equipment. Witnesses told they court they didn't intentionally manufacture and ship any out-of-spec pipe.
J-M covered all costs related to Reno's pipe failure and the city later nominated the project for a civil engineering award for outstanding achievement, calling J-M's pipe the "backbone" of the system.
The company's attorneys also take issue with testimony about J-M's quality control practices, which centered on supervisors removing reject tags from pipe at the plants in Stockton, Calif., and McNary, Orgeon, and malfunctioning quick-burst machinery at the plants in McNary and Butner, N.C.
J-M's legal team says the evidence was irrelevant because the plaintiffs didn't connect the conduct to a specific invoice so it doesn't give rise to a false claim. They also describe quality control problems as "occasional failures" that never were a concern for auditing agencies.
Is verdict justified?
The plaintiffs' attorneys say J-M manipulated test results to conceal problems from customers and third-party certifiers resulting in government agencies buying PVC pipe that has only a fraction of the strength and endurance that J-M represented.
After hearing from about 30 witnesses and reviewing 300 documents, jurors ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on all 26 projects at issue in the first phase of the trial. In filling out the 49-page verdict form, they identified project titles and claim numbers and wrote that J-M falsely represented uniform compliance to the AWWA/UL standards.
A different jury is supposed to be seated to determine monetary damages in the case, which was split into two phases to streamline the litigation ahead of arguments about what each plaintiff suffered.
However, important parts of the case didn't come out at trial and it set the stage for "free-for-all," according to J-M attorneys.
The request for a JMOL says, "Proof that plaintiffs' pipe or that all J-M pipe was non-compliant might have had some significance, but a finding that some J-M pipe somewhere may have been non-compliant (which is at most what the Phase One jury's verdict says) is so narrow and limited as to be meaningless."
The plaintiffs oppose the JMOL but their formal written response is listed as a sealed document at J-M's request to protect confidential business information.
The judge has indicated he will need time to "reflect" on all the documents, arguments and evidence in the case that was filed in 2006, sealed until 2010, and has led to a flurry of other lawsuits.
In related cases, J-M is suing the whistleblower and his attorneys for theft of trade-secret information and other crimes in New Jersey. J-M also is suing Phillips & Cohen for defamation because of a press release. And, those parties, in turn, allege retaliatory harassment and accuse J-M lawyers of filing a strategic lawsuit against public participation.
Then, there's a request pending for class-action certification by individuals and other entities that bought J-M pipes.
And, in another related legal action, Formosa, which sold resin to J-M and was being sued as a co-defendant, settled with the plaintiffs for $22.5 million plus $5.5 million for attorney fees. The whistleblower will get 15 percent to 25 percent of the amount recovered.
Formosa's attorney said the company admitted no wrongdoing but wanted to avoid further legal costs.
In addition to its legal fight, JM Eagle is demonstrating the durability of its PVC pipe in an advertisement comparing its product to corroded metal piping.


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This painting presents a group of people in a reflected image. They stand in the low-beamed living-room of Belwethers, a cottage in the village of Cranleigh. The former country cottage of Mrs Halford, Lambert's patron and friend, had been taken over by her daughter Mary and her son-in-law Sir Edmund Davis after her death in 1915. Sir Edmund stands at the window in the background; his wife, dressed in black, sits at the table; a maid serves tea; Amy Lambert, dressed in blue, stands; Sir Edmund's sister-in-law Amy Halford sits with her hands on her lap; and the artist looks out of the image in the foreground. The oak beams in the ceiling take up half the picture and become, in the reflection, curved instead of straight lines, causing the design to flow in a circle – disturbing the very solidity of the room.
It is a jewel-like piece of painting, with the lustre of a looking-glass, in which Lambert explored the distinction between how things appear in the picture or in a mirror, or how they are in life itself. He placed the artist within the painting on a separate plane from the other people within the scene, and showed him ignoring them and looking out to the viewer – observing the entire scene through a convex mirror. His hand thrusts forward, without a brush, spread wide as it would when distorted in a mirror.
In 1916 Lambert visited Cranleigh, Surrey, when his son Constant became seriously ill with osteomyelitis while he was a scholarship pupil at Christ's Hospital school in Horsham, West Sussex. (Cranleigh is situated halfway between Guildford and Horsham.) Constant's condition was so grave that Lambert and Amy moved to Cranleigh to be near him. To pass the time, and determined not to give way to brooding over his sick son, Lambert painted The convex mirror , the reflection of a room in this cottage. Yet Lambert captured some of his sadness at the death of Mrs Halford (who acted as a grandmother to his children) and his anxiety over his son's illness, as well as the universal unease and apprehension created by the First World War, in the way he presented the world through a convex mirror – disturbed and distorted.
Lambert carefully constructed the painting, drawing the lines of the beams and other structural elements onto the wood panel before commencing the painting. He used fine brushes to convey the scene. In addition to his masterful depiction of the illusion of a room viewed through a convex mirror, he also captured a soft light coming through the windows and lighting up the tablecloth and the cane chair.
Lambert saluted the sixteenth-century Italian mannerist painter Parmigianino's illusionist tour-de-force, Self-portrait in a convex mirr or 1523–24 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) in this painting. Like Parmigianino Lambert painted his work by looking at himself (and the others in the room) in a curved mirror and then recreating the effect. As in Parmigianino's work, he captured the way the mirror widens the scene, enlarging everything nearby and making everything distant seem further away. But most significantly, like the Italian master, he created a display of virtuosity.
Many artists have included a convex mirror in their work, such as van Eyck in The Arnolfini portrait 1434 (National Gallery, London) in which the mirror probably reflects the painter himself; Quentin Massys in The moneylender and his wife 1514 (Musée du Louvre, Paris), which reflects the artist and the outer world into the picture; and Caravaggio in Martha and Mary Magdalene c.1598 (Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan), in which the artist used the mirror to enable Martha to reproach Mary for her vanity.
The mirror device was fashionable at the turn of the century, and frequently used by artists such as William Orpen. Orpen depicted himself reflected in a convex mirror on the wall behind his subjects in both The mirror 1900 (Tate, London) and A Bloomsbury family 1907 (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh) – a device Orpen borrowed from van Eyck's TheArnolfini portrait , which he would have known in the National Gallery. Likewise, genteel interiors, universes of the private individual, were popular subjects during this period, particularly in the exhibitions of the New English Art Club. In this work, Lambert depicted mistresses and maids, and the daily domestic ritual of tea. He depicted people reading and reflecting in the comfort of familiar surroundings. He also showed the master looking out the window and the wider world beyond. And he presented sun coming through the windows and lighting up the interior.
Thea Proctor wrote in The Home on 1 July 1930 that The convex mirror 'has the exquisite finish of the Dutch Masters, and shows that a present-day artist could also paint small things in a large manner'.


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October's Fight Of The Month: Damien Alamos vs. Diesellek Aoodonmuang II, Oct. 12
- Written by Rian Scalia
Although there's a ton of action going on this month with marquee match-ups all over the place and every week, the fight I'm most excited for probably is a bit under the radar for the casual kickfighting fan or for someone who doesn't follow Muay Thai. It takes place this Friday, October 12 at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand as Damien Alamos and Diesellek Aoodonmuang rematch from the fight they had last year.
September 23, 2011 was the day when Damien Alamos and Diesellek Aoodonmuang had their first fight. At the time Alamos was still working his way up on the scene in Thailand, although Diesellek wasn't as highly ranked or in the same position that he is today also. Although no video exists of the fight, by all accounts it was a war. Here's an account from ringside, by Rob Cox:
"Damien from France defended his W.P.M.F World title in this fight, which also had a 400,000 baht side bet riding on it. Diesellek matched Damien shot for shot in the first 3 rounds, landing with sharp kicks and some solid punches. Damien was just a little bit too strong and tall though and pulled ahead in the 4th with some huge barrages of knees and solid kicks that saw him successfully defend his title."
Fast forward to the present and things have changed significantly for each fighter, for the better. Damien's now the Lumpinee champion at 140lbs, recently becoming the first non-Thai to ever defend a Lumpinee title and Diesellek has been on fire lately, stopping F16 Rajanont twice in a row, as well as defeating Noppakrit Kor Kampanart in May. Diesellek is currently ranked #2 at 135lbs at Lumpinee.
The primary reason why I like this fight so much is because it has potential fight of the year written all over it both in terms of action and significance/storyline. Damien and Diesellek are never in boring fights. Both have power, Diesellek in his kicks and Damien in his left hand. Although the Lumpinee title isn't on the line this time, Diesellek is going to try and salvage his loss to Damien by all means, with his trainer saying he'd win by stoppage. Diesellek pursues the finish every time and Damien can change a fight in an instant with his counter left hook.
Whether the fight is fought from range or in the clinch, it should be fireworks wherever it goes. Both Damien and Diesellek have been in top form lately and with the way their styles match up, I can't see this being anything else other than a great fight.


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JANESVILLE ---Brandon E. Reilly, age 30, of Janesville, died on Monday, May 13, 2013, at Beloit Memorial Hospital. He was born in Janesville on April 26, 1983, the son of Steve and Joy (Carrel) Reilly. He was a 2001 graduate of Parker High School, and had been employed by Badgerland Movers. He had been a member of Troop 511 where he achieved Life Scout status. He enjoyed deer hunting, softball, golf, Frisbee golf, and was an avid outdoors person.
Brandon is survived by his parents, Steve and Joy Reilly of Janesville; brother, Kyle (Danielle) Reilly of Janesville; grandmother, Maryann Reilly of Janesville; step grandfather, Jerry Dabson of Janesville; special niece and nephew, Gabrielle and Gavin Reilly; uncles, aunts, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Edward Reilly; and grandparents, Edward Carrel and Donna Dabson.
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The South Asian Student Association will host a cultural show at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall.
The show will feature dances, plays, instrumental pieces and skits by University students and members of the community. Refreshments will be provided at intermission. Admission is free. For more information, contact the association .
This event is sponsored by Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students , the Projects Board , East Asian Studies , Music Department and the Committee on South Asia .
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I was just aiming to simplify the idea, but I failed to elaborate more into the example, as I just wanted it to be simple. My bad.
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No one is arguing that you didn't go into enough detail. We just pointed out some fundamental flaws in what you posted.
By the way: You should never, ever typedef a pointer. That's an unnecessary level of indirection, and it's something that has no place in your example, because you're not even using it anywhere.
posting bad code as a recommended solution isn't the best idea
Well, yes, but on the other hand, you can't really blame people for not knowing any better.
They think they're posting code that is appropriate from one perspective or another, so they post it, because they want to help. I think that's fine, as long as there are other GameDev members who can point out the flaws, and keep everyone informed.


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I feel a great disturbance in the Force.
This could either be awesome or ultra-crappy. Disney gave the Muppets license to Marvel when they took over, and it was left to wither and die. Plus there were tons of Disney comics published by Boom! as well, and they all vanished after the takeover. Then there's the (non-Disney) Dark Tower series, where they were doing all sorts of comics to fill in the many holes Stephen King left in the novels, which suddenly stopped when sales dropped a bit.
I'm hoping they handle Star Wars a bit better than their other licensed properties from the past decade or so.
Very interesting. I'm not a big comics reader - actually I've only ever read the Clone Wars-era "Republic" series - but I was looking forward a little to the rebooted "Star Wars" title coming out in 2013 and seeing where that went. It seems odd that they would be willing to just let the comics drop for a while, but everything else about it makes sense. I wonder if any of the creative teams will move over there, but it frankly couldn't hurt to start with a clean slate of people - and maybe continuity.
Dang, I totally missed that last sentence. That sucks.
If you want any of Dark Horse's stuff, better get it soon.
That's my jacket!
Wait; you mean that the Dark Horse books will now be COLLECTORS' ITEMS?!? The kind that I can fund my retirement with? Oh yeah!
Chuxter; three words for you: Jaxxon Mini Series.
Well, I guess this means that any Star Wars "canon" established by Dark Horse will be back up for grabs after 2013.
I quit buying the DH Star Wars comics back in 2001; so this is good news since it means that I might actually pick up a Star Wars comic book again for the first time in over a decade.
It would suck if the continuity was not continued and Jan Duursema's art and John Ostrander and John Jackson Millers writing didn't go on. Jan actually drew for a marvel Star Wars comic back in the day when she was first getting started. I suspect they would hire her again.
I read that the above article wasn't accurate and that no official plans have been made as of yet. It *would* make sense for Marvel to get it and if they do, hopefully they will carry over artist/writers of the series that fans really like. But we will have to wait and see.


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Once upon a time, no one whipped up conservative rage like Ted Kennedy. Back in the day, the senator from Massachusetts wasn't just a misguided Democrat — he was the Liberal Great Satan, a genuine menace to all things good and holy.
Consider Teddy Bare: The Last of the Kennedy Clan, a 1971 screed by Zad Rust dedicated to the accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne two years earlier. The circumstances of the case were ugly: after driving his car off a bridge and into the waters of Poucha Pond, Kennedy swam to safety and fled, instead of immediately notifying the police. By the time the car was dragged to the surface the following morning, Kopechne was dead.
For author Rust, a fervent anticommunist with a conspiratorial streak, Chappaquiddick epitomized the gulf between Kennedy myth and Kennedy reality. As such, it offered a final chance to open America's eyes. Like his brothers before him, Ted Kennedy, Rust warned, is "one of the prominent operators chosen by the Hidden Forces that are hurling the countries of Western Civilization toward the Animal Farm world willed by Lenin and his successors." If Ted Kennedy were elected president, he concluded, a "satanic utopia" would result.
Today, however, the Clintons have replaced the Kennedys as the primary objects of conservative rage. Not only do Bill and Hillary embody the same alleged vices (ruthless ambition, shocking immorality), but they're also far more powerful. Ted Kennedy may still be the "Liberal Lion of the Senate," capable of stirring the Democratic faithful at key moments. But after serving in the US Senate since 1962, he's also an old man (74, to be precise). He'll never be president. And after dispatching a series of strong Republican challengers, it's clear he'll never lose his Senate seat.
Kennedy hatred, in turn, has become a political relic. Last week, at a shindig for young Boston-area Republicans, I asked Jay Cinq-Mars — a Northeastern student managing college outreach for would-be Kennedy challenger Kevin Scott — about his boss's possible opponent. In response, Cinq-Mars actually offered praise for the man Republicans used to love to loathe. "I'm not going to lie — he's still got it," Cinq-Mars said. "He's been in there forty years, but when he's prepared, from what I've seen, he's very charismatic. His arguments are very flawed, when you think about them, but when you hear him speak, he presents them very well. He's very captivating." Talk about a generation gap.
Kennedy as GOP kingmaker Just after Chappaquiddick, it would have been foolish to bet on Kennedy's long-term political future. He ran unopposed in the 1970 Democratic primary, but more than a quarter of Democrats opted not to vote for him. In the 1970 final, meanwhile, Republican Josiah Spaulding pulled in 37 percent of the vote. Considering the Kennedy clan's status as de facto Massachusetts royalty, these numbers suggested that Teddy was damaged goods.
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Richard Nixon: Lost 1960 presidential election because JFK looked better on TV.Fidel Castro: Three words: Bay of Pigs. Plus, Jack and Bobby apparently sanctioned his assassination.J. Edgar Hoover: Freaky FBI honcho's influence ebbed after clashes with Bobby.Jimmy Carter: Sitting president challenged by Teddy in 1980 Democratic primary. WTF?Martha-Ann Bomgardner: Cried like a baby when Teddy was mean to her husband, then–Supreme Court nominee Sam Alito. Howie Carr: Populist conservative can't stand Kennedy clan's patrician liberalism.
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BATON ROUGE, La. – Mississippi State left Tiger Stadium a loser, but quarterback Tyler Russell bounced back in a big way.
In Saturday's 37-17 loss to No. 9 LSU, Russell completed 26 of 38 passes (68.4 percent) for 295 yards and a touchdown. In his two previous games, both losses, Russell was 34 of 60.
His 14-yard TD pass to Chad Bumphis in the third quarter was his 17th of the season, which puts Russell alone in first place on the school's single-season touchdown pass list.
He surpassed Derrick Taite, who threw 16 in 1995.
"I thought he managed the game very well, got us into the right plays, made a lot of big plays," MSU coach Dan Mullen said. "He did what we needed him to do to be a big-time quarterback."
Russell guided MSU 74 yards to a touchdown on its first possession. He completed 5 of 6 passes for 58 yards.
Russell did a good job working the middle of the field and made his usual assortment of tough pinpoint throws. He spread the ball around again, completing passes to eight different players.
"He made some nice checks on his own to change the play at line of scrimmage. I saw him doing that a bunch," Mullen said. "We give him the freedom to do that."
Russell said the game plan coming in was to hit some quick passes. He'd taken quite a few hits the past two games, and the offensive line kept him upright until back-to-back sacks in the fourth quarter.
He completed some long passes, hitting Chad Bumphis for 40 yards and Malcolm Johnson for 24 yards.
"I put so much time into watching film this past week," Russell said. "I knew what they were going to do before it even happened. It was easy to go out there and take control and make plays, and we were able to do that at times."
Bumphis caught nine passes for 140 yards and a TD. The senior from Tupelo said MSU's success over the middle of the field was due to Russell.
"It's got a lot to do with Tyler and the ball placement. We've got a lot of trust in him, and he's reading the defenses, and he's just putting the ball where it needs to be."


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I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!! Did Santa have something good (perhaps made of the cotton-variety) to leave in your stocking if you were a good girl or boy this year??
I was super-surprised to open the Christmas present from my parents yesterday. They got me the Simplicity bias tape maker and a book by Angela Walters (which, incidentally, I had ordered earlier this year, but after a month of waiting…because the book was going into it's SECOND printing [go Angela!], I cancelled my order…finally got it! Yeah!). But the biggest surprise was that they got me this half-yard bundle of Michael Miller Mirror Ball Dots from Westwood Acres on Etsy!! I was blown away!
I asked my mom…'how did you know?!?' but then I forgot that she follows me on Twitter and I had a big love-fest about these fabrics last week. I forget that she does because she usually doesn't tweet, haha. 🙂 The funny story about this was that I tried to purchase this exact same bundle of fabric last week, and the shop owner, Amanda (whom I know) asked if I'd mind waiting until after the holidays because she was swamped (not that she would normally say that to a customer, but like I said, I know her, and I know that she has a busy little family, so I was like 'no prob bob'). The real reason that she asked me to wait was that my mom had already contacted her about ordering the bundle, and asked her if it would ship in time for Christmas.
Not to get on a rant about Amanda, but I spoke to her about her shop at Quilt Market, and she told me that because of her location and cutting hours, she is able to (don't quote me on this, but I'm pretty sure that's what she said) ship out any order in the U.S. and have the recipient get it in 2 business days. For real. So when my mom told me she had asked if it would arrive in time, I had to smile because I knew that it would.
Okay, so the Mirror Ball Dots are FREAKING amazing. You probably can't grasp the full scope of these fabrics in the photo. But they are full of shiny metallic goodness, and the dots are just the perfect exact right size. I'm probably going to have to order more, in fact. And I want a dress. In every color. Sigh.
Westwood Acres is the only shop (that I know of) that stocks and sells the full 20-piece set of Mirror Ball (in fat eighths, fat quarters, half yards, and full yards), so get yours now!! I'm pretty sure they will be sold out soon (actually, I'm surprised they haven't sold out already!).
And…I didn't get these as a gift, but I kind of bought them for myself just before Christmas. This is the full bundle of the Lizzy House 'Pearl Bracelets', which I got from I Don't Do Dishes on Etsy. I have no idea what to do with these fabrics but I had to get them. Don't they look gorgeous?! These bundles are also selling out fast, as I'm told!
Speaking of 'Asbury', I'm working on 3 bag sewing patterns for a certain periodical. I had only 2 weeks to work on them, so I unfortunately had to put my kids' Christmas things (2 Amy Butler pillow patterns and a super hero quilt) to the side. But this particular magazine is the ultimate one that I would want to get my patterns in, so when I found out that they had picked up all 3 of my ideas…sorry kids. 😛 One bag is going to be made in Asbury (the red quilted piece above), one in Melody Miller Ruby Star Sparkle (gold texty below), and the final in all Echino fabrics.
I can't show you the 3 bags now, but I will say that I'm really excited about them. I will say that one of them, you may have seen before when I went to Quilt Market in October…just a little hint. 🙂 The other 2 I had a blast making because I got to use By Annie's Soft and Stable, which is pretty much like a thin foam sew-in interfacing. It completely blew my mind at Quilt Market, and I finally got to use it. I am most suitably impressed. I'll write a full blog post about the Soft and Stable when I can actually show you a bag made from it (these little snippets just don't do it justice). So easy to sew with…it's just a dream.
I did get a small amount of Christmas sewing done right before the wire…the first is this pillow that I made for a friend using Amanda Murphy's Blossoms quilt pattern…it uses applique and it's just crazy good! I used Amy Butler Soul Blossoms fabrics for this pillow.
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During Wisconsin's 2010 spring season every hunter I encountered was either in or toting a commercial ground blind. This really surprised me; Are artificial blinds regularly being used all across the country? Or is this a local phenomenon?
Many blinds were set up prior to their owner's hunt in what looked like ambush points like a deer hunter would. On public land they were preempting a location.
I don't like using them;
[ol][*]Too much like sitting in a tent peering out a window all day which is not my idea of a satisfying hunting experience.[*]Turkeys have walked into the side of blinds while I've been sitting in them. Apparently they can's see em. Making it feel like I'm shooting a blindfolded bird.[*]When the sun comes out they are too hot for my tastes.[*]I too lazy to carry one around.
[/ol]I prefer to sit out against the traditional tree, post or brush line taking experiencing all the sights and sounds.