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WASHINGTON — Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week.
Their complaint is that lots of that money actually will go toward recovery efforts for past disasters and other projects unrelated to the late-October storm.
The measure bill includes $150 million for what the Commerce Department described as fisheries disasters in Alaska, Mississippi and the Northeast, and $50 million in subsidies for replanting trees on private land damaged by wildfires.
The objections have led senior House Republicans to assemble a $17 billion proposal, that when combined already approved money for flood insurance claims, is less than half what President Barack Obama sought and the Senate passed in December.
House Speaker John Boehner intends to let the House vote on both measures. He's responding both to conservatives who are opposed to more deficit spending, and to Govs. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., and Chris Christie, R-N.J., who are irate that the House hasn't acted sooner.
The $17 billion package will be brought to the floor by the House Appropriations Committee, and Northeast lawmakers will have a chance to add $33.7 billion more.
Critics are taking the sharpest aim at $12.1 billion in the amendment for Department of Housing and Urban Development emergency block grants. Any state struck by a federally declared major disaster in 2011, 2012 or this year would qualify for the grants, and that's just about all the states, said Stephen Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a budget watchdog group. Only South Carolina, Arizona and Michigan would not qualify, he said.
"That's not a bad chunk of change, particularly if you are trying to get other lawmakers to vote for the bill," Ellis said.
State and local governments like block grants because they provide more flexibility in how the money is spent. The money can go toward a variety of needs, including hospitals, utilities, roads, small businesses and rent subsidies.
The Northeast lawmakers' $33.7 billion amendment also includes more than $135 million to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration improve weather forecasting. Continued...
"A lot of the money goes to government agencies to rebuild rather than helping people actually afflicted by Sandy," Ellis said.
Before getting to the aid measures, the House on Monday planned to consider legislation intended to streamline Federal Emergency Management Agency regulations that critics blame for slowing down recovery efforts. That bill would let FEMA make limited repairs instead of lease payments to provide housing that might be less expensive than traditional agency trailers.
A $60.4 billion storm aid package passed by the Senate in December included $188 million for an Amtrak expansion project with an indirect link to Sandy: Officials say that new, long-planned tunnels from New Jersey to Penn Station in Manhattan would be better protected against future flooding.
The Club for Growth, a conservative group, complained the Senate bill was overpriced, full of pork and would swell the federal deficit because other government programs weren't being cut to cover the costs of the legislation. That bill expired with the old Congress on Jan. 3. So whatever additional aid package the House passes would have to go back to the Senate for its approval.
Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, two frequent critics of government spending, tried unsuccessfully to strip the Senate version of $125 million for an Agriculture Department program to restore watersheds damaged by wildfires and drought, $2 million for roof repairs at Smithsonian Institution museums in the Washington area and the $50 million in tree planting subsidies.
McCain also targeted $15 million to repair storm-damaged NASA facilities, saying the agency had called its Sandy damage "minimal."
"An emergency funding bill should focus on the emergency needs of the victims, not the needs of politicians," said Indiana Sen. Dan Coats, the senior Republican on Senate Appropriations subcommittee on homeland security. "Loading up a massive $60.4 billion package with unrelated projects and earmarks for other states is not the way we should use taxpayer dollars."
Coats' scaled-back $23.8 billion Sandy aid bill was rejected by the Senate.
Republicans also criticized $13 billion in the Senate bill for projects to protect against future storms, including fortification of mass transit systems in the Northeast and building new jetties in vulnerable seaside areas. While maybe worthwhile, those projects don't represent emergencies and shouldn't be exempt from federal spending caps, GOP lawmakers said.
The basic $17 billion before the House on Tuesday is aimed at immediate Sandy recovery needs, including $5.4 billion for New York and New Jersey transit systems and $5.4 billion for FEMA's disaster aid fund. The $33.7 billion amendment would bring the total up to the more than $60 billion sought by Obama and passed by Senate Democrats. Continued...
It includes the block grants for previous disasters, weather forecasting improvements and measures to minimize damage from future storms, but not the $188 million for the Amtrak expansion project.
"We know it's going to be a heavy lift for the $33 billion, but we'll find the votes," said Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., whose Staten Island district was heavily damaged by Sandy.
But conservatives clearly prefer the smaller, $17 billion version. Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., a frequent critic of Boehner after losing his seat on the House Budget Committee, said the Sandy aid legislation should be focused on storm-related recovery.
"Conservatives want to see a real plan that addresses real needs for Sandy," he said.
Obama has signed a $9.7 billion replenishment of the national flood insurance fund to help pay claims from 115,000 homeowners, businesses and renters.
FEMA has spent more than $2 billion in disaster relief money for shelter, restoring power and other immediate needs arising from Sandy. The Oct. 29 storm that pounded the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Maine with hurricane-force winds and coastal flooding. New York, New Jersey and Connecticut were the hardest hit.
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Carol Burnett answers audience questions live at Wharton Center WITH VIDEO
EAST LANSING — One of America's most beloved comedic actresses will appear at Wharton Center on the campus of Michigan State University in an audience interactive program, "Laughter and Reflection with Carol Burnett: A Conversation with Carol where the Audience Asks the Questions," May 15.
"Laughter and Reflection," Burnett's off-the-cuff conversation with the audience, is a format that grew out of the question-and-answer sessions she shared with her studio audience on each episode of "The Carol Burnett Show."
As a weekly visitor in living rooms across America, Burnett always opened her show with a few minutes of hilarious banter with the audience. This is a rare opportunity to talk to Carol in the same enjoyable and intimate format.
"Laughter and Reflection" will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, in Cobb Great Hall at Wharton Center in East Lansing. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25 online at www.whartoncenter.com, at the Auto-Owners Ticket Office at Wharton Center, or by calling 1-800-WHARTON.
If there is one thing this renowned entertainer can do better than anyone else, it's talk at length, impromptu, before a live audience.
Following the 11-year run of the Carol Burnet Show, six-time Emmy Award winner Carol Burnett is now widely recognized for her dramatic abilities as well as her comedic and stage talents. In addition to being a best-selling author and a Grammy nominee, she is a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors, The Presidential Medal of Freedom, and numerous industry awards.
Burnett's best-selling book "This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection," was a New York Times best-seller, as was her autobiography "One More Time." Continued...
Her latest book "Carrie and Me: A Mother/Daughter Love Story" will be published by Simon & Schuster on April 9. Time/Life has just released DVDs of "The Carol Burnett Show" for retail sale, and it has quickly become one of their most successful DVD releases.
Raised by her grandmother, first in her birthplace of San Antonio, Texas, then Hollywood, Burnett attended UCLA. Soon after, she started her career in New York, where she caught fire doing hilarious sketches on "The Garry Moore Show."
At night, she dashed to Broadway, where she starred in the riotous fairy tale "Once Upon a Mattress." She moved back to Los Angeles and began "The Carol Burnett Show," which ran for 276 episodes on CBS from 1967 to 1978. Her show is generally regarded as the last successful major network variety show.
She has guest-starred on smash hit television shows such as "Glee," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," for which she received an Emmy nomination, "Desperate Housewives," and "Mad About You." She stars in the 30th Anniversary DVD of "Annie" and can be heard in the animated adventure, Disney's "The Secret World of Arrietty" and FOX's animated film, "Horton Hears a Who!"
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"Comfort of lexus and cadilac and infiniti Handling of Bmw Reliability of Toyota OVERALL GREAT CAR I got platinum only for a week but I don't think I'll change my mind on this. I should mention in driving mode you can use voice command for EVERYTHING and you don't have to stop."
I would recommend this car to a friend: Yes
This vehicle was purchased: New
Primary use for this car: Commuting
"Great handling,extra comfort and practical Get the platinum version,you won't regret,it's much better than a lot of luxury cars out there,I owned Infiniti qx56 2007 before,I am driving ls430 and I Got this Platinum for my wife,IT'S A GREAT CAR."
I would recommend this car to a friend: Yes
This vehicle was purchased: Used
Primary use for this car: Commuting
"We recently purchased a 2011 Toyota Sequoia Platinum. It would be a great car but for the fact that many of the most important functions of the navigation system, radio, media system, etc. are *completely inaccessible* while the car is in motion! Clearly this is an issue of liability fears trumping usability or reason. Regardless, we would not have purchased the car had we known how difficult it would be to actually use. I fail to see the logic in forcing a family to pull over on a highway with 18-wheelers blasting by just to find a bathroom, gas station or some food. How a car maker thinks it is okay to tell me how to use the functions of an automobile I purchased is beyond me. Letting attorneys run a company is worse than letting inmates run an asylum. It's too bad, because it has all the makings of a great car. Instead it's more like a nagging lawyer. In addition, we've already had to replace the NAV/entertainment system at fewer than 1000 miles. And it wasn't even because I smashed it in frustration! Seriously, if you're interested in this car (or any Toyota/Lexus with a NAV system) really think about how you want to use it before you make your purchase. You'd be amazed how often you need to do something (change an address, make a handsfree call, do something with the radio, you name it) that this car WILL NOT LET YOU DO until you put it in park."
I would recommend this car to a friend: No
This vehicle was purchased: New
Primary use for this car: Just getting around
"I bought this LTD model in Aug. 2010 and we just finished the roughest winter in Michigan we've had since maybe 2000. The vehicle was phenominal in the pure inch of ice with snow/ice tires, and made me feel completely comfortable while I trudged along at 25. I am mindful of the fuel usage and am particularly careful and regularly obtain an average of about 17mpg, and as much as 19.5 freeway at a constant 69 (no cruise on). I tow a 9,000 boat and trailer, and have pulled it with a 2004 Ram 3/4 ton with their 5.7, and this vehicle pulls it better with better fuel economy; 9mpg with the 2500 and roughly 11mpg with the LTD Sequoia. It also pulls it out of the water better, with more power. There is more room in this vehicle than our family of 4 and our dog use, and when we take the boat we no longer pack everything in the back of the boat like we have to with our last vehicle; 07 Dodge Durango with the 5.7 and 3.92 gears. I also have no idea why people complain about the seats not being comfy, they are some of the most comfy seats I have ever had in a vehicle. I drive four hours from our home to Michigan State football games, we have six seats and I take five buddies. Not one of them has ever complained about the seats, ride or general comfort of the vehicle. In fact, I received numerous comments on the surprising comfort of the truck I also own a 09 BMW 550i. While the BMW is faster, the Sequoia is only a second slower 0-60. The Sequoia also gives a feeling of ride and handling similar to the 550i. That's not to say "same as" but it certainly has a similar feel to it. Steering "feel" is much more numb, but completely satisfactory considering the size of this vehicle. Lastly, 28k miles and not one issue with the vehicle. Nothing. Looking for the most room in any SUV class? Looking for towing capacity which rivals most pickups? Fuel economy which is as good as most of the small SUVs and crossovers? Looking for a completely reliable vehicle? SEQUOIA!!!!!! 5 stars from this family."
I would recommend this car to a friend: Yes
This vehicle was purchased: New
Primary use for this car: Having fun
"Overall, it is a great vehicle that is well designed and has a spacious interior. The 2nd & 3rd row seats have incredible leg room. Unfortunately, the gas mileage is even worse than advertsed by a significant amount. Local driving 8-10 mph and highway at best 14-16 mph. The maximum driving distance on a tank of gas is less than 250 miles."
I would recommend this car to a friend: Yes
This vehicle was purchased: New
Primary use for this car: Just getting around
"We have owned for 3 months and have had no problems. The power is excellent, the ride is comfortable and the cabin is quite. Overall we are pleased. I also own a 2006 Avalon and would like to have had the proximity key feature on the Sequoia along with the automatic windshield wipers. I have the radar controlled cruise control which I did not like at first but now am beginning to like. The inability to use cruise when the wipers are moving is irritating. I also have navigation on my 06 Avalon which is terrible. The navigation on the Seq has improved but still is not user friendly and I find myself using the gps on my phone more than the dash. My dad has an f-150 with the ford sync navigation and that is awesome, toyota could learn something from ford on that one. The dash layout is a little spread out and hard too reach while driving. Many of the dash and control buttons are not back-lit at night which makes them hard to find while driving in the dark. Overall we are very please with the SUV. Some small issues could be improved. One last thing is that this truck is made in the US without any UAW help. Meaning no forced contribution to the DNC and no bailout money."
I would recommend this car to a friend: Yes
This vehicle was purchased: New
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It was a good third period. Wings do hold on to go up 3-0. They have to wrap this up quickly as Dallas is up 3-0 as well.
funniest thing was Holmström's interview after Zetterberg goal: he was asked that was a pass what went to Zetterberg by Datsjuk actually sent to him. And Holmström answered no, when those 2 guys decide to create something then he(Holmström) tries to mind his own business
He's doing quite a bit on his own, so it's a good idea to let 2 best players on the team just "do their thing".
I live in Colorado and needless to say, I'm REALLY enjoying this series. ...Av's fans are the absolute lowest life form on the planet.
I think this series has been too close even though Dallas has that lead. Sharks were a couple of bounces away from being up 3-1. Two of the games went to overtime.
Raiders fans know their sport at least. Avalanche fans have NO IDEA what's going on out there on the ice. They think Icing is something that you put on top of a cinnamon roll! I went to a Rockies/Tigers game at Coors Field a couple of years back and they got a "Red Wings Suck" cheer going. This has also happened when I've gone to Pistons/Nuggets games at the Pepsi Center.
- They love to hate us. They can be violent too. You should hear some of the stories of what they did to Wing fan. If we sweep them - watch out - ! Or maybe they'll just commit mass suicide.
I can't believe Milwaukee/ Green Bay doesn't have an NHL team. Doesn't it seem like those fan would be all over that? Maybe I should set up an exploratory committee to conduct a viability analysis.
I'd probably put the arena in Green Bay and make it outdoors with a retractable roof (to close when the weather is nice). Also, there would be a feature indoors to make artificial wind. The team would be called the Green Bay Cheeze.
Where in the world did this Franzen guy come from? I don't think I even heard of him until about a year ago when I distinctly remember Bill Laimbeer telling us how much he liked this guy named Franzen who was his favorite player...


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Registe-seThere are a few Tumblr users making a fuss about the "my thoughts are stars I can't fathom into constellations" quote being plagerised from Elias Canetti. Did you? Copyright laws confuse me.
I have never read Elias Canetti, but after some googling, it seems like the Canetti quote is, "His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations." (This is presumably a translation from German, so I can't speak to the exact quote.)
That's a great line, but it's about something entirely different. I assume it's about the intellectual experience of adolescence, whereas Augustus's line in The Fault in Our Stars is about illness and fatigue and not being able to express himself as clearly as he wants to.
Neither Elias Canetti nor myself thought up the idea that constellations are a way of constructing meaning and organization from a disorganized and arbitrary universe. I'm sure neither of us is the first to use that idea in fiction, either. Anyone who claims their fiction is wholly original is lying, but this is not plagiarism. It's two similar-but-not-at-all-identical things arising independently, as happens all the time in writing (and elsewhere).
For example: another line from the The Fault in Our Stars is, "I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once." This is similar to a line from The Sun Also Rises in which a character is asked how he went bankrupt and answers, "Two ways: Gradually and then suddenly." This line I actually have read and was conscious of when I wrote the line in TFiOS, but it still isn't plagiarism. Nor is it plagiarism when I wrote "So it goes" in TFiOS even though Slaughterhouse Five made that sentence famous.
Calling a writer a plagiarist is a very serious accusation, so I want to be very clear: I have never plagiarized.
On October 3rd, I made this post after being told that I should be nice to sexist male feminists just because they call themselves feminists.
On October 7th, Kelley Temple makes this tweet, without any credit to me, and then continues to have conversations with people who are praising her over it.
Then Marchingstars attributes Kelley Temple when quoting me here on tumblr and people reblog it everywhere.
I'd really appreciate it if people could reblog this around a bit. At first I'd assumed it was some weird misunderstanding and I was willing to let it slide, but Kelley Temple is right there, plagiarizing me, not giving a shit. And people are spreading it around on tumblr, not giving a shit. So if you could reblog this and maybe let people know if you see the plagiarism come across your dash, I'd be super grateful.
Thanks so much to everyone who reblogged this! Seriously, the response I've gotten is mindblowing and very sweet and very touching. Kelley Temple sent me a very nice reply explaining that it was completely inadvertent and she'd heard it from someone else entirely.
All the nice asks and everything I've gotten from people have really made my day, thank you all so much.
Glee recently covered Baby Got Back (AKA the "I like big butts and I cannot lie" song), a song that famous geek songwriter Jonathan Coulton did an acoustic guitar cover of many years back, and instead of coming up with their own arrangement they just straight up wholesale copied Coulton's version of the song (Coulton himself is saying that they might even have used some of his audio)
For comparison, here is a stereo track with Jonathan Coulton's cover in one ear and the Glee version in the other
EDIT: Some people have expressed doubt that this is actually a Glee track, since the episode hasn't aired yet and whatnot. The answer to that is, it most definitely is a Glee track because it's for sale on the Swedish iTunes store right now, attributed to the Glee cast and copyrighted to Fox and all
Is It Journalism, or Just a Repackaged Press Release? Here's a Tool to Help You Find Out
theatlantic.comIn case you missed this a couple weeks ago:
Today, the Sunlight Foundation has unveiled a tool that will help us all with this work. "The tool is, essentially, an open-source plagiarism detection engine," web developer Kaitlin Devine explained to me. It will scan any text (a news article, e.g.) and compare it with a corpus of press releases and Wikipedia entries. If it finds similar language, you'll get a notification of a detected "churn" and you'll be able to take a look at the two sources side by side. You can also use it to check Wikipedia entries for information that may have come from corporate press releases. The tool is based on a similar project released in the United Kingdom two years ago, which the Sunlight Foundation supported with a grant to make it open source. Churnalism will be available both on the website and as a browser extension. Its database of press releases includes those from EurekaAlert! in addition to PR Newswire, PR News Web, Fortune 500 companies, and government sources.
And Now a Few Notes on Plagiarism
poynter.orgOver at Poynter, Roy Peter Clark argues that "serious acts of literary theft have been mixed up with trivial ones. Carelessness has been mislabeled as corruption. Clear norms of personal morality and professional ethics have been confused with standards and practices."
He's writing, in part, against the backdrop of what Craig Silverman calls journalism's Summer of Sin, which, in 2012 saw the Wall Street Journal, NPR, the Boston Globe, Fareed Zakaria and Jonah Lehrer among many others getting caught for plagiarizing.
Clark though thinks we're oftentimes too quick to throw the P-word around, and doing so in many instances is like "shooting a fly with a bazooka":
Too scrupulous an ethic on plagiarism will lead, I fear, to witch hunts. Plagiarism — along with its cousin fabrication — should be policed. The punishments for wrongdoers should be harsh. But the word plagiarism should be confined to clear-cut cases of literary and journalistic fraud.
So here are ten practices Clark believes are not plagiarism. Be sure to read through for his explanations of each:
- The so-called act of "self-plagiarism" is not plagiarism.
- So called "patch writing" — as long as it credits sources — is not plagiarism.
- Inadequate paraphrasing of a credited source is not plagiarism.
- Use of a clever or apt phrase — up to the level of the sentence — is not plagiarism as long as you thought of it independently, even if you find that others have used it before.
- Literary allusions — even a mosaic of esoteric ones — are not plagiarism.
- Boilerplate descriptions of news, history, or background are not plagiarism.
- Ghost writing is not plagiarism.
- Writing for genres — such as the legal brief or the sermon — in which there is a long tradition of borrowing without attribution is not plagiarism.
- Copying from other writers in what are considered collaborative ventures –newsrooms, wire services, press releases, textbook authorship — is not plagiarism.
- Copying from or borrowing the general ideas and issues that are emerging as part of the zeitgeist is not plagiarism.
Yes, he says, there are ethical boundaries in the above, but they should be seen and treated as such, and not labelled with a Scarlet P.
Roy Peter Clark, Poynter. Why we should stop criminalizing practices that are confused with plagiarism.
And, yes, I structured this to push Clark's point. — Michael
"I have myself always been terrified of plagiarism—of being accused of it, that is. Every writer is a thief, though some of us are more clever than others at disguising our robberies. The reason writers are such slow readers is that we are ceaselessly searching for things we can steal and then pass off as our own: a natty bit of syntax, a seamless transition, a metaphor that jumps to its target like an arrow shot from an aluminum crossbow. "
—Joseph EpsteinBest Plagiarism Checker
grammarly.comAvoid plagiarism by checking your texts against over 2 billion documents.
Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense:
- to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
- to use (another's production) without crediting the source
- to commit literary theft
- to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward.
According to U.S. law, the answer is yes. The expression of original ideas is considered intellectual property and is protected by copyright laws, just like original inventions. Almost all forms of expression fall under copyright protection as long as they are recorded in some way (such as a book or a computer file).
- turning in someone else's work as your own
- copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
- failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
- giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
- changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
- copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not (see our section on "fair use" rules)
Most cases of plagiarism can be avoided, however, by citing sources. Simply acknowledging that certain material has been borrowed and providing your audience with the information necessary to find that source is usually enough to prevent plagiarism.


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Witchblade #145
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Sara Pezzini has investigated countless bizarre crimes, but her latest investigation may be the most bizarre yet! Pezzini and her partner Gleason have confronted numerous monsters and demons from the shadows, but these latest supernatural terrors seems to be born from the imagination of a innocent child. Illustrated Horror!


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Yolanda Santosa graduated from Pasadena's Art Center College of Design in 2000. She launched her career at renowned main title studio yU+co, where she lead such projects as Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty and Zack Snyder's 300. In 2006, she shifted out of motion graphics and founded her branding company, Ferroconcrete. She was awarded the Pinkberry account and was put in charge of all brand and marketing strategies. She has managed the Pinkberry brand through their rapid expansion from 1 to 60 stores nationwide. In her spare time, Santosa has taught design courses at Art Center, and is currently an active guest speaker. She has earned many accolades, including 3 consecutive Emmy nominations. Santosa believes that Ferroconcrete has allowed her to explore the loyalty that people have to the brands that surround them. She believes design applies to just about everything, including designing her own life.
* IDA 08 - GRAPHIC DESIGN - Gold Winner - Collateral Material Category
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Tim features candid photos of people at the restaurant grand opening of Origano in San Diego. Also discusses use of negative space in photography with the aesthetic decor elements of the restuarant. The night turned out to be a success due to great restaurant pr!
January 14, 2011 – 7:19 am
Impressive as always, Mr. King. Nice work.January 4, 2011 – 6:18 pm
¡Buen Trabajo! Un Saludo, AugustínDecember 10, 2010 – 4:17 pm
Nice use of negative space with the girl pouring the wine. I enjoy looking at your photos from time to time, please keep them coming.December 7, 2010 – 7:14 am
Incredible shots, Tim. I love the style you've developed…really presents the mood, atmosphere, and the feeling from the night. Even shots of just a gaslamp are impressive. Way to tie it all together to create a story. Cheers.December 6, 2010 – 12:33 pm
Great photos Tim! Thanks for sharing!December 6, 2010 – 10:01 am
Ahhhhhh so many good ones here! Hard to pick my favorites, but I have to say – I think the 'cabernet' one and the one of the guy taking the pizza out of the oven are my favorite. Also like the ones of the guys dressed so traditionally, this place has an awesome style!December 6, 2010 – 8:54 am
Tim, I remember when I met you and you were just starting out as a photographer with 3D…your skill has grown tremendously and it is SO COOL to see you doing so well now and it really is truly AMAZING to see what a talent you have. Please remember me when you are super famous & are showing off galleries all across the US in a few years! Muah!


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Webcast: Beautiful Tuesday, Cold Weekend
By: Leah Mazzarelli and Chris Sheridan
Updated: October 2, 2012
We're looking at big, blue skies with temperatures that should peak in the mid 70s.
Tuesday night is National Night Out, and it is going to be a great evening to do anything outside, which will be mostly clear with temperatures eventually getting down to the mid 50s.
Wednesday will be a bit warmer as temperatures get up into the mid 80s under mostly sunny skies.
There will be more of the same on Thursday.
There will be a few more clouds on Friday as a cold front approaches with temperatures getting into the 60s.
That cold front arrives for the weekend and we're looking at a chilly one.
Saturday will be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and temperatures barely getting into the 60s.
A bit more sunshine on Sunday with temperatures remaining in the 60s.


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New Mexico State Legislature
New Mexico State Legislature | |
General Information | |
Type: | State legislature |
Term limits: | None |
2013 session start: | January 15, 2013 |
Website: | Official Legislature Page |
Leadership | |
Senate President: | John A. Sanchez (R) |
House Speaker: | Ben Lujan, Sr. (D) |
Majority Leader: | Michael Sanchez (D) (Senate), W. Ken Martinez (D) (House) |
Minority leader: | Stuart Ingle (R) (Senate), Thomas Taylor (R) (House) |
Structure | |
Members: | 42 (Senate), 70 (House) |
Length of term: | 4 years (Senate), 2 years (House) |
Authority: | Art IV, Section 3, New Mexico Constitution |
Salary: | $0/year + per diem |
Elections | |
Last Election: | November 6, 2012 42 seats (Senate) 70 seats (House) |
Next election: | November 4, 2014 |
Redistricting: | New Mexico Legislature has control |
Contents |
The legislature consists of 70 representatives and 42 senators. Each member of the House represents roughly 25,980 residents of New Mexico. Each member of the Senate represents roughly 43,300 residents.
Article IV of the New Mexico Constitution establishes when the Legislature is to be in session. Section 5 of Article IV states that the Legislature is to convene its annual regular session on the third Tuesday of January. In odd-numbered years, the Legislature is to be in session for no longer than sixty days. In even-numbered years, the Legislature is to be in session for no longer than thirty days. In even-numbered years, the Legislature is limited to dealing with budgetary matters, bills that deal with issues raised by special messages of the Governor of New Mexico, and bills vetoed in the previous session by the Governor.
Section 6 of Article IV allows the Governor of New Mexico to call special sessions of the Legislature. Section 6 also allows the Legislature to meet in special session when three-fifths of each house petition the Governor with a request for a special session. Special sessions are not to exceed thirty days in length.
- See also: Dates of 2013 state legislative sessions
In 2013, the Legislature will be in session from January 15 to March 16.
Major issues
Education is expected to be at the forefront of the legislature's 51st session. Other major issues include solvency of the state's public retirement system, tax cuts for state businesses, and tougher anti-DWI laws.[1]
- See also: Dates of 2012 state legislative sessions
In 2012, the Legislature was in session from January 17 through February 16.
Major issues
In their 30-day session the legislature considered drivers licenses for illegal immigrants, voter identification, business income tax, ethics reform, and defining homeowner rights in foreclosure proceedings.[2]
Gov. Susana Martinez (R) watched as the state legislature ended its session by rejecting a bill that would have repealed the law allowing drivers licenses to be issued to people without Social Security numbers. It was the third time she has tried to undo the law. The bill was initially passed by the House but defeated in the Senate. The Senate instead passed a measure shortening how long the licenses are valid and imposing harsher penalties on those committing fraud.[3]
In 2011, the Legislature was in session from January 18 through March 19. [4] As of late July, a special session will be scheduled for early September, however, a date has not been confirmed by Governor Susana Martinez. As of late July, issues on the agenda include:[5]
- Fireworks use and sale ban in very dry years
- A measure giving in-state companies an advantage when bidding for contracts
- A ban on issuing driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants
The 45 calendar days that the New Mexico Legislature was in session during 2011 is tied with Utah, Wyoming, and Arkansas for the shortest legislative session in the country.[6]
In 2010, the Legislature was in regular session from January 19 to February 18. Additionally, the Senate convened a special session from March 1 to March 4.[7]
The New Mexico Senate is the upper house of the New Mexico State Legislature. There are 42 members of the Senate. Each member represents an average of 49,028 residents, as of the 2010 Census.[8] After the 2000 Census, each member represented 43,311.[9] All 42 seats are up for election every four years, and the next election will be in 2008.
Party | As of May 2013 | |
Democratic Party | 28 | |
Republican Party | 14 | |
Total | 42 |
House of Representatives
The New Mexico House of Representatives is the lower house of the New Mexico State Legislature. There are 70 members of the House. Each member represents an average of 29,417 residents, as of the 2010 Census.[10] After the 2000 Census, each member represented 25,986.[11]
Party | As of May 2013 | |
Democratic Party | 38 | |
Republican Party | 32 | |
Total | 70 |
Partisan balance 1992-2013
New Mexico State Senate: During every year from 1992-2013, the Democratic Party was the majority in the New Mexico State Senate. The New Mexico State Senate is one of 16 state senates that was Democratic for more than 80 percent of the years between 1992-2013.
Across the country, there were 541 Democratic and 517 Republican state senates from 1992 to 2013.
New Mexico State House of Representatives: During every year from 1992-2013, the Democratic Party was the majority in the New Mexico State House of Representatives. The New Mexico State House of Representatives is one of 18 state Houses that was Democratic for more than 80 percent of the years between 1992-2013.
Across the country, there were 577 Democratic and 483 Republican State Houses of Representatives from 1992 to 2013.
Over the course of the 22-year study, state governments became increasingly more partisan. At the outset of the study period (1992), 18 of the 49 states with partisan legislatures had single-party trifectas and 31 states had divided governments. In 2013, only 13 states have divided governments, while single-party trifectas held sway in 36 states, the most in the 22 years studied.
The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Office of the Governor of New Mexico, the New Mexico State Senate and the New Mexico House of Representatives from 1992-2013.
- See also: Redistricting in New Mexico
The New Mexico Legislature is responsible for redistricting. In 2011, it formed an 18-member interim redistricting committee to make recommendations for the actual redistricting process in the Legislature.
2010 census
New Mexico received its local census data on March 15, 2011. The state grew 13.2 percent from 2000 to 2010, with notable growth in its most populous cities; Albuquerque grew by 21.7 percent, Las Cruces grew by 31.4 percent, Rio Rancho grew by 69.1 percent, Santa Fe grew by 9.2 percent, and Roswell grew by 6.8 percent.[12]
At the time of redistricting, Democrats controlled the Legislature while the Governor, Susana Martinez was a Republican. The interim committee reviewed eight House maps and nine Senate maps before the special redistricting session of the Legislature began on September 6, 2011. On September 21, the Senate passed a map on party lines, with the House following the next day. Gov. Martinez vetoed the maps on October 7, leaving a court to resolve the process. By the time new maps were passed, $8 million had been spent.[13]
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
As of 2013, members of the New Mexico Legislature are not paid a salary. Per diem is $154/day tied to the federal rate.[14]
When sworn in
New Mexico legislators assume office January 1st.
Constitutional amendments
The New Mexico legislature has the authority to vote to place proposed constitutional amendments to the New Mexico Constitution on the statewide ballot for approval or rejection by the state's voters. There are five such legislative referrals on the November 4, 2008 ballot in the state.
External links
- ↑ ABQ Journal, "Legislature: New Members, Old Issues," January 13, 2013
- ↑ Santa Fe New Mexican, "Election-year tension and redrawn districts set stage for political dramas at the Capitol," January 15, 2012
- ↑ Latin American Herald Tribune, "Undocumented New Mexicans Can Still Get Driver's Licenses," February 19, 2012
- ↑ 2011 Legislative Sessions Calendar, NCSL
- ↑ KRQE.com, Special session agenda getting longer, July 18, 2011
- ↑ South Carolina Policy Council "50 State Legislative Session Interactive Map," February 2011
- ↑ 2010 session dates for New Mexico Legislature
- ↑ Population in 2010 of the American states
- ↑ Population in 2000 of the American states
- ↑ Population in 2010 of the American states
- ↑ Population in 2000 of the American states
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "U.S. Census Bureau Delivers New Mexico's 2010 Census Population Totals, Including First Look at Race and Hispanic Origin Data for Legislative Redistricting," March 15, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
- ↑ The Republic, "New Mexico's redistricting costs total nearly $8M, exceeding expenses a decade ago," August 2, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2012
- ↑ NCSL.org, "2012 State Legislator Compensation and Per Diem Table," accessed March 18, 2013


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If you don't want to read to the end: If you want to run linux, stay away from this laptop. I work with linux for a living, and I'm about to get rid of it.
I bought it as a replacement for my HP laptop which died. I selected it for its superset of special features I wanted (in order: Nvidia CUDA-capable graphics, 14.1" screen, Firewire, Bluetooth, Gig Ethernet, b/g/n wireless, 2 card readers). Little did I know.
I got it to run only because I transplanted the dead HP's disk in here and tweaked it so it would boot. I have yet to be able to make a fresh Ubuntu installation on it. There is a by now well-documented problem that the X servers fail to read (or more likely they mis-read) the EDID info from the screen, and they believe that there is no actual screen attached. You get a black screen that cannot be made to show anything once it's in that state, you cannot even go back to console mode; the screen remains black.
The fix is to give the X server a cached EDID file like this (from my xorg.conf):
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Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0,DFP-1,CRT"
Option "CustomEDID" "DFP-0:/etc/X11/lcd_edid.bin"
However, you'll need to be able to edit your xorg.conf file in the first place, and being able to capture the EDID. There is a package called read-edid which allows you to do that, the command is get-edid.
Once you have this set up, and X starts, the console screen, if you go back to it, is divided into 6 identical tiles which makes this very hard to work on the console. You better make sure that the X server really starts. I painted myself into a corner a few times when the EDID info didn't get there and I was looking at a black screen on an otherwise functional system. Luckily I had sshd running so I could log in and fix it. The machine will not recognize an external monitor unless you fire up nvidia-setup and manually enable it.
Then the dreaded and also well-documented issue of the screen brightness control... In first order, it isn't there. The Fn-F5/F6 keys for brightness down/up generate the right key codes, but nothing happens. The X server complains that it cannot find the brightness file (and it is not there indeed) and will not be able to control the brightness. This leaves you with a screen cranked up to full brightness, almost painfully bright, and this drains your battery in about 80 minutes. I kludged a way around this by installing the nvidia_bl kernel module that you have to add and compile yourself (google nvidia_bl-0.16, has to be 0.16 for the .34 kernel). This will give you a /sys/class/backlight/nvidia_backlight/brightness file which you can write to; there's another entry where you can read the actual brightness. I had to change the module's source file to get the brightness range right. If you think that's easy so far... I fudged the windows-F5/F6 key to decrement/increment the brightness (eventually I'll find out how to re-task the real keys). You disconnect the power adapter, the screen goes black - you have to reset the brightness value. I had to add something to the ac_adapter handler in the acpi script to do that. If DPMS kicks in and switches off the light, the touchpad or keyboard will not bring it on again; you need to work the brightness controls (because the X server does not control the brightness). All this took way more setup time and experimenting than I had budgeted for, and the handling is very non-intuitive.
Finally (this may not be exclusive to this model but is likely a driver issue) the wireless performance... The Atheros chipset uses the ath9k driver. It takes forever to connect to any network; you'll see that it connects and drops the connection many times before it finally "holds". With iperf I got, on different networks, a measly 600Kb/s average throughput, but there is a good amount of stop and go which you can easily see if you are running something remotely that continuously writes to the screen, such as running "top" on a remote machine - it freezes, then a flurry of updates, then nothing again. This makes it unusable for watching a youtube video or a skype video call. When I have a video conference I need to connect with the wired interface.
Speaking of the webcam: It works great, but for my taste it "looks" too far up, and its mount is fixed. For videoconferencing you need to tilt the screen forward towards you past the optimum angle in order to be fully in the cam's view... not great.
I had another issue with screen updates when using compiz. I have a number of machines with nvidia cards which run compiz, and my HP had that, never had a problem. The screen updates here are so sluggish that compiz (compiz-fusion to be exact) is useless. In particular when you make ncurses-style updates in the konsole terminal, the screen becomes completely garbled, but no application is immune to this. This makes it impossible to use, say, emacs -nw to edit a file. The kde window manager doesn't have this problem, but I really prefer compiz.
Now the positive: All the remaining features that drove me to select this model work :) Bluetooth, firewire, card readers, ...
And it does look very stylish.
Still. Avoid this model if you intend to run Linux.
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And Entergy Arkansas is already telling customers they need to be prepared to be back in the dark.
Their crews are getting ready. At the peak of the Christmas Day storm close to 200,000 Entergy customers were without power. Officials say they just can't say yet if it will be that bad. They are hoping for the best, but they're bracing for the worst.
"All we could do was lie there that night and listen to them crash," said Little Rock homeowner Gary McElmurray.
McElmurray says being in the cold and dark is a not so distant memory.
"We were some of the lucky ones we were only out 3 and a half days," said McElmurray.
Tuesday, ahead of more winter weather, contractors hired by Entergy got their pre-storm preparations off the ground.
Tying strong knots to scale trees in McElmurray's neighborhood, they snip branches with long pruners or bring in the chain saws for thicker limbs hanging dangerously near power lines.
Even lighter branches, though, they say can easily snap brittle lines once there's a layer of ice.
"We didn't hear there would be ice accumulation before the Christmas storm so that's a major difference," said Sally Graham with Entergy Arkansas.
Graham says they plan to be very prepared.
Already 300 extra linemen have committed to be in the state. They expect 200 more to arrive before the storm.
With some lessons learned from Christmas, they're making lists and checking them twice.
"We are checking stockpiles of materials, we are checking circuit maps and making sure the crews that are in the areas have chains for their bucket trucks," Graham said.
In the meantime, McElmurray is watching the skies and his favorite forecasters, fully expecting to have to stay in a cold, dark house, once again.
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So now we have the 9th studio release of thrash-groove stalwarts Pro-Pain and. . . oh dear god, its all covers, from artists ranging from metal kings Slayer ("South of Heaven"), Motörhead ("Iron Fist"), and Celtic Frost ("Circle of the Tyrants") to hardcore trailblazers Discharge ("Never Again"), Negative Approach ("Nothing"), Black Flag ("Damaged II"), and Agnostic Front ("Your Mistake"), even ska/punk mini-legends Operation Ivy ("The Crowd"). The album also includes a surprise remake from Gary Meskil's former band, The Crumbsuckers ("Just Sit There") and Life of Agony's "Weeds". Together, they make for a grooving collection of metal, hardcore, punk covers through one of its many half-way points: crossover/thrash. Of course, Pro-Pain is like the southern sludge acts, or perhaps Grip Inc., in that they rely almost solely on dirty guitar grooves with distortion out the ass to pound your head into the concrete. Alright, but honest to god, another band doing a whole album full of covers? Christ, this is about as original as a one night stand and 100x less enjoyable. Even the band must know this, because in the liner notes and promo-material they actually went on a rant about how original they thought this was because "Pro-Pain is not a band that is generally known for doing covers". I say to ye: that is a good thing. Covers deserve to be in one place: the live setting. When Iced Earth released Tribute to the Gods, I would have rather them just played "Number of the Beast" live than record it onto a whole album. At least they originally just did it for the Dark Genesis box set, though. This is Pro-Pain just throwing this album out there - why? Can they not come up with anything more original that doing fucking "South of Heaven" for us? Granted, it is one badass thrash tune, but a.) Slayer does it ungodly better, and b.) Seriously, Slayer does it REALLY, REALLY well compared to this. Why? Because it's their fuckin' song, man. Now, a quick overview here: nothing is really terrible, but hell, even the punk covers don't measure up to the originals. Lemmy would need a few drinks if he heard this (but when doesn't he? –ed). They do make this shit a lot heavier and groovier in their own right, but it all sounds forced, like they just did this to get something out there. I haven't really listened to this a lot because it bores me to death, but I've heard enough that I think Pro-Pain needs to get their asses into the studio and record their own shit. This album just completely lacked imagination or some ass-kicking, blood thirsty, jugular-hunting viciousness. Final words here? Don't buy this unless you really want to hear some of the aforementioned songs done in a COC meets Grip Inc. type style. Cover albums are generally weak, but somehow they make all these songs lose the substance that they once held, turning them into nothing but failed worship. Pro-Pain has put out some pretty good material, but c'mon guys, why the cover album? Have we not heard enough Slayer covers in the last couple years? Good only if you want to relive these songs in a new light, for nostalgic and novelty use only.
Pro-PainAge of Tyranny - The Tenth Crusade
5/22/2007 Pro-Pain
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- There is no cancellation fee if you do so more than 24hrs before the job start time.
About Us:
Bay Area Moving and Storage is a proud member of Better Business Bureau (BBB) with an outstanding "A+ rating". We are fully licensed and insured and have been the Bay Area's #1 solution for all residential and commercial moves for over a decade now. We are family-owned and operated company that prides ourselves in honesty, hard …read more
Working Hours:
Sunday: | 07:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Monday: | 08:00 AM - 03:00 PM |
Tuesday: | 08:00 AM - 03:00 PM |
Wednesday: | 08:00 AM - 03:00 PM |
Thursday: | 08:00 AM - 03:00 PM |
Friday: | 08:00 AM - 03:00 PM |
Saturday: | 08:00 AM - 03:00 PM |
Equipment Details:
Bay Area Moving & Storage is fully equipped with 4 wheel dollies, hand truck, appliance dollies, moving blankets, tools, tie downs/straps. additional fee for plastic wrap and tape used. tape=$3, plastic wrap = $11
- Dollies/Handtrucks:
- Included
- 4 Wheeled Furniture Dolly:
- Included
- Plastic Wrap:
- $11 each item
- Furniture Pads (local moves only):
- Included
- Rope/Tie Downs:
- Included
If you would like us to bring any of the equipment listed, make sure to put this request in your job details when placing your order. If additional fees are listed for this equipment, you must arrange payment for these items directly with us after your order is placed.