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The IAS Distinguished Speaker Lecture recognizes the exemplary scholarship, leadership, and mentorship of individuals who cross disciplinary and institutional boundaries in their research, teaching, and service.
Danielle Egan - April 30 (Hosted by Lauren Berliner, Sarah Dowling, Kari Lerum, and Lauren Lichty)
More details to follow.
Professor R. Danielle Egan is faculty at St. Lawrence University in the area of Gender, Sexuality and Culture. Her research examines the social construction of sexual "problems." She is author of Dancing for Dollars and Paying for Love: The Relationships Between Exotic Dancers and their Regular Customers (2006), co-author of Theorizing the Sexual Child in Modernity (2010), and, most recently, author of Becoming Sexual: A Critical Appraisal of Girls and Sexualization (2013), which was named the book of the week by the Times Higher Education Supplement. Her research has also been discussed on BBC Radio 4 and NPRs Good Parenting Radio.
Jodi Melamed - November 20 & 21 (Hosted by Dan Berger)
Lecture: "What are the Stakes of What Diversity Means? Capitalism, Collective Existence, the University, and Beyond" Thursday, November 20, 2014, 6:00 pm, Northcreek Events Center
In this talk, Jodi Melamed argues that today's discussions of diversity bear within them two conflicting tendencies, one inclining towards hyperindividualism and deeper economic and political inequality, the other inclining towards more care for collective existence and social justice.
"Universities have a crucial role to play in separating out these tendencies. Yet the realization of a better diversity is beyond the university."
Jodi Melamed is associate professor of English and Africana Studies at Marquette University. She is the author of Represent and Destroy: Rationalizing Violence in the New Racial Capitalism (University of Minnesota Press, 2011) and a contributor to Strange Affinities: The Sexual and Gender Politics of Comparative Racialization (Duke University Press, 2011) and Keywords for American Cultural Studies (NYU Press, forthcoming). Her areas of interest include critical race and ethnic studies, woman of color feminism and queer of color critique, political economy, and culture and globalization.
Curtis Marez - April 24 & 25 (Hosted by Yolanda Padilla)
Lecture: Schooling Debt: Critical University Studies Today Thursday, April 24, 2014, 6 pm, The Commons (UW2)
What are the effects of higher education's growing reliance on student debt as a revenue source? The trend has contributed to the privatization of contemporary universities and catalyzed cultural, social, and political struggles over their future. Students often lead those struggles, shaping local and global cultures of debt and dissent.
In "Schooling Debt," Curtis Marez discusses creative and collective actions against higher tuition and regimes of debt, including public protests, the organization of mass debt refusal or default, conferences, websites, and journals. He links activism targeting the institutional activities debt finances and calls for institutional divestment from companies complicit in human rights abuses and exploitation.
Curtis Marez is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies at University of California, San Diego. His research and teaching focus is on race and political economy in popular culture and media, with a particular emphasis on U.S. Latinos. His first book, Drug Wars: The Political Economy of Narcotics (University of Minnesota Press, 2004) compares official uses of the media to represent drug use and traffic among immigrants and minorities with popular media produced by and for such communities. More recently Dr. Marez has focused on the historical role of technology, especially media technology, in the lives of Mexican migrants in the United States. He is currently completing a new book called Speculative Technologies: Farm Workers and the Secret Histories of New Media, which will be published by Duke University Press. He has also been the editor of American Quarterly (2006-10), the journal of the American Studies Association, and ex officio member of the Association's Executive Committee. He is the 2013-2014 President of the American Studies Association.
Roopali Phadke - November 18 & 19 (Hosted by Gwen Ottinger)
Lecture: Landscapes of Power: Modeling Community Deliberations about Wind Energy Development November 18 - 6pm-7:30pm in North Creek Events Center November 19 - Luncheon Seminar on community-based participatory research
Growing concerns about national energy independence, global climate change, and local economic development have put wind energy on the agenda of many communities. But local reaction to proposed developments has been mixed. Some welcome wind energy for the potential economic benefits and the possibility of low-carbon electricity production. Others strongly oppose these developments, especially the building of wind turbines, citing impacts on local landscapes, community identity and character, wildlife, and health. .
What is driving the opposition to wind energy? Is it simply another case of NIMBYism — the "not in my backyard" syndrome? Or are there other factors at play?
In order to better understand these land use debates, Roopali Phadke's research group designed and led intensive workshops in four diverse communities across the United States. In this talk, Professor Phadke shares their findings and the model they have created that can be used by other communities.
Roopali Phadke (Environmental Studies, Macalester College) works at the environmental studies, international development, and science and technology studies. Her current research focuses on private and public development of water and energy resources, and asks how science and technology decision-making processes can be democratized and informed by both technical expertise and local knowledge.
Daniel HoSang - April 25 & 26 (Co-hosted by Camille Walsh and Dan Berger)
Lecture: Strange Brew:The Making (and Unmaking?) of Contemporary Nativism. April 25 - 6pm in UW2-005. April 26 - Luncheon Seminar.
Daniel Martinez HoSang is an associate professor of Ethnic Studies and Political Science and an affiliate in the Department of Planning, Public Policy, and Management and the Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon. He received his PhD in American Studies and Ethnicity from USC and his book "Racial Propositions: Ballot Initiatives and the Making of Postwar California (UC Press, 2010) won the James A. Hawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians for the best book on the history of U.S. race relations in 2011. He has published on racial formation, white racial innocence and colorblindness as a language of racial politics, and his research interests include 20th Century US history, racial politics, cultural studies and political identity.
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Primus denies any liability to the Jensens or consumers. It contends the Jensens are to blame, partly because of the type of audit they requested.
The attorney representing Primus said the Jensens did not request any microbiological testing and that they requested their audit be done on a day when their packing facility had not yet begun operations for the season. He said the auditor did find areas of minor, major and "total noncompliance" but was still able to give a 96% score and a superior rating to Jensen Farms.
"I understand 96 seems incongruous," said attorney Jeffrey Whittington, of Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLC. "People in the food industry know what that means."
Whittington said auditors measure an operation against its own food safety plan and other points clients specifically request.
A superior score can be awarded despite possible deficiencies because the problems may not be in the scope of the audit. Also, Whittington said, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) prohibits third-party auditors from giving advice to clients.
"This litigation is really an unfair attack on the business model of third-party auditors because they have no ability to disclose results to anyone but their clients. They have no police power and there are no reporting requirements," said Whittington.
However, the Jensens complaint against Primus says their contract with Primus called for the audit to be done on a day when they were operating normally and processing fruit.
"Pursuant to (Primus') own guidelines, the audit was to be immediately terminated" if the packinghouse was not operating in a normal fashion, the Jensens contend.
Despite the fact that the packing shed was not yet operating, the auditor gave a perfect 15 out of 15 score and answered "yes" to the audit form question "are the products or ingredients free of insects/rodents/birds/reptiles/mammals or any evidence of them."
The cantaloupe growers also say in court documents they would not have shipped their cantaloupe and no consumers would have been infected with listeria if they had not received Primus certification. The Jensens' distributor, Frontera Produce, Edinburg, Texas, required suppliers produce to be Primus certified.


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UGA to celebrate 230th anniversary on January 27 - 01.23.2015
UGA alumnus participates in Alaska tradition - 01.21.2015
Flavor of Georgia celebrates tradition of artisan and craft foods - 01.14.2015
Alumna Spotlight: Brooke Anderson (ABJ '00) - 01.07.2015
UGA alumna explores success of minorities in media - 01.05.2015
UGA's Amazing Students: Colby Ruiz - 01.02.2015
Alumna Spotlight: Antonina Lerch (MFA '06)
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Brothers make business a family affair - 12.18.2014
40 Under 40 honoree to direct UGA's state government relations - 12.11.2014
UGA's Thank-a-Teacher Program - 12.10.2014
Former UGA football player gives back to the community - 12.08.2014
Spotlight on a Bulldog Business: FotoIN - 12.04.2014
Introducing Executive Director Meredith Gurley Johnson (BSFCS '00) - 12.03.2014
UGA alumnus takes daring dive
- 12.19.2014
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UGA Alumni Association announces sixth annual Bulldog 100 list - 11.21.2014
2014 International Education Week - 11.20.2014
Alumna Spotlight: Cheri Leavy (BSED '97) - 11.19.2014
From the Desk of Provost Whitten: Food for Thought - 11.18.2014
Classic city sound from television to the silver screen - 11.17.2014
In remembrance of Carl E. Sanders (JD '48) - 11.13.2014
San Diego Chapter president leads successful career in medical illustration
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UGA alumnus heads to Neverland - 11.11.2014
UGA named 'Best Place for Student Veterans' - 11.07.2014
Bulldog Politics - 11.05.2014
Warnell School honors distinguished alumni - 11.04.2014
A Bulldog Love Story - 11.03.2014
There's no business like show business - 10.31.2014
UGA College of Education honors five alumni for career achievements
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Bulldog advocates for arts education - 10.29.2014
Georgia agricultural leadership program graduates inaugural class - 10.27.2014
Former Diamond Dawg makes a difference for individuals with disabilities - 10.24.2014
UGA Graduate School honors 2014 Alumni of Distinction - 10.22.2014
Bulldogs in the Sunshine State - 10.21.2014
2014-2015 Signature Lecture Series - 10.20.2014
Alumna Spotlight: Christy Hulsey (ABJ '98)
- 10.30.2014
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Pulaski County students experienced life at UGA - 10.10.2014
Alumnus Sets Sights on Vonage - 10.06.2014
UGA Alumni See Success in Startup Companies - 09.29.2014
Clear the Air at UGA - 09.26.2014
Good Eats: Alton in ATH - 09.25.2014
Sic 'Em City: Homecoming 2014 - 09.24.2014
Georgia Fund receives generous gift from Lake Oconee Area Chapter
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Former Bulldog's Studio Shines in Storytelling - 09.17.2014
Class of 2014 40 Under 40 Honorees from the School of Law and Grady - 09.16.2014
40 Under 40 Class of 2014: Advice to Students - 09.15.2014
Class of 2014 40 Under 40 Honorees: Favorite UGA Memories - 09.12.2014
Class of 2014 40 Under 40 Honorees - 09.05.2014
2014 40 Under 40 Keynote Speaker: Kim Bearden (BSED '87) - 09.02.2014
Sounds of the Classic City
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Official 2014 Game Watching Parties - 08.26.2014
Five questions with wedding planner Maren Clarke White (AB '09) - 08.22.2014
Reflecting on Freshman Welcome 2014 - 08.18.2014
Class of 2018 Freshman Welcome - 08.07.2014
2014 Freshman Send-Off Recap - 08.04.2014
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. James Marshall Shepherd - 08.01.2014
UGA Class of 2014 Summer Commencement
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Former Bulldog making "Chic Comfort Food" on MasterChef - 07.28.2014
Father and son share a bond like no other - 07.25.2014
UGA alumna is on fire - 07.23.2014
Make miracles happen with Gwinnett Braves - 07.22.2014
2014 is "Going to the Dawgs" - 07.18.2014
A Bulldog reunion 30 years in the making - 07.17.2014
UGA alumnus named chairman of the Georgia Bankers Association
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Five Questions with Richmond Chapter Vice President Taylor Jacobson (BS '09) - 07.11.2014
Atlanta Alumni Spotlight: Jennifer Bradley Franklin - 07.09.2014
We are our Sisters' Keepers - 07.03.2014
40 Under 40 Class of 2014 Announced - 07.01.2014
Focus on Faculty: Elizabeth Andress - 06.27.2014
Spotlight on Young Alumni: Angelique Jackson (ABJ '12) - 06.25.2014
Cortona presented with key to the Classic City
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UGA President Michael F. Adams Honored by Georgia General Assembly
Yesterday was "Dawgs in the Dome" in Atlanta, which brought representatives from UGA, including President Michael F. Adams, current students and Hairy Dawg, to Georgia's capitol.
During the special gathering, the Georgia General Assembly honored President Michael F. Adams with a resolution for his service to the state of Georgia in both the House and Senate chambers of the Capitol Building. As you probably know, Adams is stepping down on June 30 after serving UGA for 16 years.
Congratulations to President Adams on this honor – he deserves it! His hard work and dedication during the past 16 years has heightened the reputation of UGA. He is a great leader and we'll be sad to see him leave.
Here are a few photos from this special occasion:
UGA President Michael F. Adams, left, is presented with a resolution by District 119 Rep. Chuck Williams (BSA '77) in honor of his service as the president of the University of Georgia inside the House Chambers of the Capitol Building in Atlanta. Speaker of the House David Ralston (JD '80), right, looks on. (Credit: Andy Tucker/UGA)
(Left to right): Lt. Governor Casey Cagle poses for photos with UGA President Michael F. Adams, Sen. Buddy Carter (BSPH '80) and Hairy Dawg after Adams was recognized with a resolution in honor of his service as the president of the University of Georgia inside the Senate Chambers of the Capitol Building in Atlanta. (Credit: Andy Tucker/UGA)
UGA President Michael F. Adams is recognized inside the Senate Chambers of the Capitol Building in Atlanta. (Credit: Peter Frey/UGA)
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UGA to celebrate 230th anniversary on January 27
Each year, the UGA Alumni Association proudly celebrates the signing of the University of Georgia Charter that took place on January 27, 1785. In recognition of the university's 230th anniversary as the nation's first state-chartered institution of higher education, the UGA Alumni Association and the UGA Emeriti Scholars present the annual Founders Day Lecture. The lecture is held in the UGA Chapel and has become a Founders Day tradition, drawing alumni, students, faculty, esteemed guests and members of the community. This year's lecture will be held on Monday, January 26 at 1:30 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The 2015 Founders Day Lecture will be presented by UGA School of Law J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law and Associate Dean Emeritus Paul M. Kurtz, and will be titled, A New York Yankee in Abraham Baldwin's Court: (Almost) Fifty Years Behind 'Enemy' Lines.
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Student Bar Association President Carey Miller (AB '12, JD '16) will provide the student response.
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Can't attend the lecture? It will be livestreamed, so you can join in the celebration from your home or office.
And don't forget to wish UGA a happy birthday on social media using #UGATurns230.
The UGA Student Alumni Association will sponsor a series of free events in advance of and following the lecture. For more information about these events, please email Assistant Director of Student Programs Evan Tighe (BSED '08, MA '11) at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Monday, January 26: Founders Day Lecture at 1:30 p.m. in The Chapel
- Tuesday, January 27: Founders Week T-shirt Giveaway and Birthday Party in Tate Plaza; Men's Basketball Game vs. Vanderbilt at 7:00 p.m. in Stegeman Coliseum
- Wednesday, January 28: Career Fair from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. at The Classic Center
- Thursday, January 29: 100 Days Until Graduation Celebration; birthday cupcakes in the dining halls
- Friday, January 30: 100 Days Until Graduation Celebration and Dawgs After Dark
- All week: Greek Life Banner Contest
UGA alumnus participates in Alaska tradition
A native of Washington, D.C., Philip Walters (BMUS '04) moved to Alaska immediately after graduating from UGA. A middle school band teacher by day, Walters is training to run the 2015 Iditarod dog race.
Communications intern Bernadette Green '15 had the opportunity to chat with Philip about his upcoming trek.
Going from Georgia to Alaska is a huge change! What motivated you to move to Alaska?
I visited Alaska in 2002 while on vacation. My family has always been very outdoorsy ─ I was camping and hiking at a very young age ─ and Alaska is pretty much an outdoor playground, so I immediately fell in love with the state and tried to find ways to get back there. In 2004, I worked at a string music camp in Birchwood (just north of Anchorage) and met some local music teachers who encouraged me to move up to Alaska after I graduated that fall.
Could you give us some background on the Iditarod? What inspired you to run it?
The Iditarod was started in 1973 as a way to bring sled dogs back into the public spotlight. The race is 1,049 miles and runs from Anchorage to Nome, crossing three mountain ranges and running over frozen sea ice near the finish. It follows the Iditarod mail route, which was the only way to move mail and freight from one place to another before the railroad and the road system came to Alaska. In fact, sled dogs are still used as a main form of transportation in some rural Alaskan villages. The Iditarod begins the first weekend in March every year.
After visiting Alaska for the first time, I read everything I could get my hands on about Alaska, and much of what I read was about sled dogs and dog mushing. I began dreaming of running the Iditarod after reading a book called "Winterdance" by Gary Paulsen. It is still one of my favorite books about the sport, even if it is a bit romanticized in regard to what actually takes place during a race.
I started volunteering with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 2006. I've been a volunteer every year since, in some form or fashion, including working at several remote checkpoints. I love watching the teams come through on the race, and can't wait to be on the other side of the race.
How did you get into running sled dogs?
I met a local musher in 2007 who put me in touch with Kurt and Val Jokela, local mushers who looking for a "handler", somebody who can help them with dog chores in exchange for learning the tricks of the trade. They taught me how to mush, let me run their dogs, use their equipment and even helped me train for my first distance race. Once their dogs started getting older, they put me in touch with Alan Peck and Barbara Trost, who allowed me to train their dogs and begin working toward my Iditarod qualifiers.
I now run dogs for Snowhook Kennel, which is owned and operated by Justin and Rebecca Savidis. I'll run the Snowhook Kennel "B-Team" (think about it as the junior varsity team) in the 2015 Iditarod.
How do you train for such a feat?
Basically, we get the dogs out running pretty early in the fall. In fact, we started in July this year. When there isn't snow on the ground, we hook them up to a gangline that is attached to an ATV and have them pull it while it's in gear. It's basically weight-lifting for the dogs. We use that to slowly and safely build up muscle and get them back in shape after taking the summer off.
Once there's enough snow on the ground, we will start running the team on sleds. We try to put the dogs and ourselves in a variety of situations so they are ready for any sort of terrain or issue that might come up on the trail. In a 1,000-mile race, you'll run into every type of weather and terrain imaginable; for example, last year much of the race was run without snow!
I'm basically running dogs four to five days a week, in addition to my full-time day job as a middle school band teacher in Anchorage. I come home from school, change clothes, drive an hour out to where the dogs are located, run the dogs, come home, go to sleep, wake up and do it all over again the next day. It's a crazy schedule, but I love working with the dogs and I'm Iditarod-bound, so I'm willing to do what it takes to make this dream possible.
What is your favorite memory from your time at UGA?
Most of my memories revolve around the Redcoat Band. I was a 4-year marching member of the band, and most of my friends were in the Redcoats with me. I guess many of my fondest memories were also football-related because I was at almost every game. I was there for the "hobnail boot" in Tennessee, and Michael Johnson's miraculous touchdown catch at Auburn. I was a member of Kappa Kappa Psi, and many KKPsi brothers are still some of my best friends, so there are fantastic memories there. As a member of the Wind Symphony, I was honored to record two different professional albums of amazing band music under some of the best conductors I've ever had the pleasure to work with.
Do you keep up with UGA football or other university-related happenings?
Of course I keep up with UGA football! I have a big Georgia banner in my band room, and I've worn holes in my UGA sweatshirts. Most of my mushing gear is red and black, I painted my dog box, the box on my pickup truck that I use to haul the dogs around to races, red and black. Once a Dawg, always a Dawg ─ how sweet it is!
Good luck, Philip! The UGA Alumni Association looks forward to keeping up with your progress during the race. If you would like to follow Philip's Iditarod journey, check out his website or Facebook page.
Flavor of Georgia celebrates tradition of artisan and craft foods
From cheeses to chutneys, craft chocolate to chorizo, the 2015 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest—sponsored by the University of Georgia Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development—will celebrate Georgians' creativity and craftsmanship by finding the best products in the state.
"Flavor of Georgia is a unique opportunity for entrepreneurs to gain publicity and exposure for their products," said Sharon P. Kane, a UGA food business development specialist and the contest's coordinator. "It's also a chance for them to network with other food entrepreneurs and industry experts."
Nearly 90 percent of the finalists in the 2014 Flavor of Georgia Contest reported seeing increased interest in their products following the contest, and many others benefitted from increased sales, profits, publicity and website traffic, she said. Some also indicated an increase in full- and part-time employees.
More than 50 percent saw an increase in new contracts within one month of the contest.
A follow-up survey of past finalists, from the 2007 through 2012 contests, found that they attributed about 11 percent of their business revenue to their participation in Flavor of Georgia.
Finalists and winners will be eligible to participate in a number of high-profile industry showcases throughout 2015, including the Georgia Grown Symposium, the Georgia National Fair and showcase days at the Buford Highway Farmers Market. They also will receive industry feedback and use of the Flavor of Georgia finalist logo for their product's packaging.
Winners will be featured in the Georgia Department of Agriculture's Georgia Grown magazine, a statewide publicity push, a booth at the Georgia Food Industry Association conference, a spot at the Sherwood Food Distributors annual food show and use of Flavor of Georgia winner logo for their packaging.
Contest finalists will be invited to participate in the final round of judging and a public tasting March 9-10 as part of the Governor's Agricultural Awareness Day in Atlanta.
Food marketing experts, grocery buyers, chefs and Georgia agricultural experts will judge each product based on flavor, Georgia theme, unique or innovative qualities and commercial appeal.
Registration runs through Jan. 30 and includes commercially available products or market-ready prototypes. Product categories include barbecue sauces; beverages; confections; dairy products; jams and jellies; marinades and sauces; meat and seafood; salsas, chutneys and condiments; snack foods; and miscellaneous products. There is no limit to the number of products an individual can submit.


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Romney rallies Wisconsin faithful
BY KARA SPAK Staff firstname.lastname@example.com November 2, 2012 11:16AM
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters before speaking at a campaign event at Wisconsin Products Pavilion at State Fair Park, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in West Allis, Wisc. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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WEST ALLIS, Wis. — Four days before the presidential election, with 10 Wisconsin electoral votes up for grabs, Mitt Romney spent Friday morning at State Fair Park rallying the faithful to make one last Badger blitz to get Republicans to the polls.
"We are four days away from a fresh start," Romney said. "Four days away from the first day of a new beginning. My conviction that better days are ahead is not based on promises and hollow rhetoric but solid plans and proven results."
Romney asked people in a state battered for weeks by an endless slew of campaign ads to put them aside.
"Look beyond the speeches and the attacks and the ads," he said. "Look to the record, to the accomplishments and failures, and the judgment. ... The same course we have been on will not lead to a better destination."
Romney's appearance came three hours after the release of a federal jobs report that showed hiring was stronger the last two months than expected. With a 7.9 percent unemployment rate, the highest of any incumbent at election time since Franklin Roosevelt, it's unclear what affect the better-than-expected jobs report will have on the election.
Wauwatosa, Wis., resident Susanne Espinosa, 35 — attending the rally with her husband, Ernesto, and their six kids, including 8-week-old Samuel — said the jobs report was "bull crap."
"Everybody knows somebody unemployed for a long time who can't find a job," she said. "My brother's working at a box factory for $8 an hour, and he's got a master's degree."
Espinosa's husband is in dental school and while their financial future is looking bright, she is keeping an eye on the potential tax bill, she said.
"Once he starts making money we don't want to be taxed at a ridiculous rate," she said.
About 2,500 people waited up to 90 minutes to get into the rally, with hundreds more in an outside holding area.
Moneen McKenna, 75, a lifelong Republican and lifelong Wisconsin resident from Mukwonago, west of Milwaukee, said the jobs report wasn't going to help [President Barack} Obama "at this stage in the game."
"I think we're sick and tired of how Obama is taking us down the wrong path," she said. "At my age, I feel sorry for my grandkids, all my little grandkids."
Wearing a cheesehead hat with a Romney/Ryan logo painted on the side, Dave Dorner, 63, of Glendale, Wis. proclaimed Obama a total failure.
"Our current president is taking the country in the wrong direction in just about every way – his morality, his reckless spending," he said. "What we need is for the government to get out of the way."
A variety of polls show that Obama and Romney are either in a dead heat in Wisconsin or that Obama has a slight lead. A Republican presidential candidate hasn't carried the state since 1984.
Romney's vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, is from Janesville, Wis., however, and the state's GOP is energized following an unsuccessful recall effort last spring for Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
"I've been at a couple of different rallies," said Lindsay Foster, 27, of Whitefish Bay, Wis. "All of Wisconsin is really excited to get this done on Tuesday."
Romney campaign volunteer Dan Kuligowski, 65, of Milwaukee, said he's gotten a good reception from Wisconsin voters while working the phone banks.
"Obama had his chance — he showed he can't go any place," Kuligowski said. "Mitt Romney has real ideas. I have confidence he can change the country around."
A variety of speakers preceding Romney — including Walker, former Green Bay Packer Bart Starr and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, a Kenosha, Wis., native — cast Wisconsin as the possible Florida of 2000, where only 573 votes decided the election for President George W. Bush.
"Wisconsin, are you ready to finish the job on Tuesday?" asked Priebus to a roaring crowd. "Wisconsin has the opportunity to write the last chapter, to finish the job, to light the pathway for liberty and freedom."
Obama is expected at a Milwaukee rally on Saturday and again on Monday, bringing Bruce Springsteen with him for a three-state flyover.
Wisconsin voters may not be dancing to Springsteen on Tuesday, predicted Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefish. "This party today will be nothing like how we dance in Wisconsin on election night," she said.


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Sometimes I get the weird desire to google something and then just see what happens. Sometimes it's sexual in nature like "cat peeing on boobs" and sometimes it's to actually learn something like "what the hell is a milliarcsecond". Other times, times like today I decide to search something that I may be able to use on the site. Today I googled: "brewers tattoo". Here's what I found:
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The couple will exchange wedding vows in a 1 p.m. ceremony on Jan. 5, 2013, at Lee University Chapel.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late August and Zona Johnson and the late Charlie and Minnie Bates. She is the goddaughter of Willard and Frances Couch of Benton. She is the sister of Tabatha Allen and Danny Johnson, both of Cleveland, and Darrell Johnson of Arden, N.C.
Miss Johnson is a 2010 graduate of Bradley Central High School and is a student at Lee University with a biochemistry major and math minor. She is a member of Blythe Avenue Baptist Church.
The future bridegroom is the grandson of Faye DeLay of Cleveland and the late James DeLay and the late Cecil and Pansy Key. He is the brother of Lamanda Bowers of Cleveland.
Mr. DeLay is a 2005 graduate of Bradley Central High School and is employed by Brown Stove Works. He is a member of Blue Springs Pentecostal Church.


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The Best and Worst Songs of the 90s
Off Topic Week August 2nd, 2012
My taste in music can be pretty varied at times. Playlists will jump from Electric Light Orchestra to Childish Gambino to They Might Be Giants to Hall & Oates and I don't blink an eye. I like what I like. I mostly prefer older stuff, but my taste in modern music is a bit more hipster than I'd like to admit. I think that everything that I like is "good" and everything that I don't like is "bad." So if you don't like what I like then you have bad taste in music. I don't mean to be like this, but I think most people are the same way. We're all dicks.
However, there is one soft spot in my tough music facade and that is the 1990's. I am completely unapologetic about the music of my youth and I love it no matter how bad everyone else in the world thinks it is. It's just wrapped to my memories so tightly that I can't think it's bad. If you think "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia is bad then you think I am bad. I am not bad, I am riding the chillwave bro.
Whenever I hear "Two Princes" by the Spin Doctors all I can think about is the girl I liked in 6th grade that ended up going to rehab for huffing things. If you play me "Don't Turn Around" by Ace of Base I don't ask you to change it. I tell you a story about a girl who dumped me and how I spent the entire weekend locked in my room listening to The Sign album on repeat and punching holes in the wall. "I Don't Want To Wait" by Paula Cole isn't a very good song, but it reminds me of the days when Pacey was my idol and Joey was the most perfect girl in the world. I was young and dumb and I recorded songs off the radio onto a tape to play them later. It was a simpler time.
Occasional contributor and MPD fashion expert Steph shares this love of all things 90s with me and might actually love them more than I do. I've honestly never met anyone who loves Color Me Badd more than her with the possible exception of Donna Martin. This is why we're friends. This is why I have her contribute to the site. Because she likes the same stupid stuff that I like. (That's all friendship is really.) Anyways, since it's Off Topic Week here at Miller Park Drunk Steph and I decided that it was time to find out what the very best and worst songs of our favorite decade were. Read the rest of this entry »


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Chas Roy-Chowdhury, ACCA's head of taxation, said: 'There is no escaping the fact that if you do miss the deadline HMRC will fine you. At a time when money is tight for the majority of people, the last thing you need is to pay for something that could be easily avoided.
'HMRC will take seriously any errors in your returns, so I would urge anyone to make sure they seek the help of a professionally qualified accountant. HMRC will apply a £100 fine if you are just a day late in submitting your return, this applies whether you owe tax or not.'
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By Automobile Magazine 11/11/2011
What's new? Not a lot. In fact, the only change for 2012 is one color change, with nebula gray pearl replacing smoky granite mica -- a new gray replacing a previous gray. Oh, and prices have risen by $700. Otherwise, it's steady as she goes for Lexus's first hybrid-only entry, which debuted for 2010...Read more
In contrast to the larger Lexus hybrids, the HS250h is a pure fuel-economy play and is available only as a hybrid. The powertrain has a larger, more powerful four-cylinder engine than the Prius; the HS250h uses the 2.4-liter engine from the (previous-generation) Camry Hybrid. Total output is 187 hp, and you need all of it to move this 3700-pound car. To accelerate with any alacrity, the CVT keeps the four-cylinder engine revving, which makes for an un-Lexus-like drone. The engine is quieter when cruising, but you can feel the system alternating between battery-pack assisting and charging. Around town, the HS250h is commendably refined, and the hybrid's machinations are transparent. Happily, the electrically assisted power steering is not overboosted, nor is the suspension complete mush. (An optional sport suspension is available.) The interior lives up to Lexus standards, and there's a surprising amount of space both front and rear. The HS250h bristles with available equipment, such as cameras front and rear, heated and cooled seats, a Mark Levinson audio system, adaptive front lighting, and an OnStar-like concierge service called Lexus Enform. Despite the plethora of equipment and the plush interior, the HS250h driving experience isn't quite on a par with that of traditional Lexus sedans. Fuel economy no longer tops luxury-brand hybrids, bested by the Lincoln MKZ Hybrid and Lexus's own CT200h. An in-house competitor, the CT200h is particularly nettlesome, offering not only better fuel economy but also a lower price.
Drive: Front-wheel Trim levels: HS250h, Premium Body style: Sedan, 5-passenger Engine: 2.4L I-4/electric hybrid, 187 hp Transmission: Continuously variable Passenger volume: 90.2 cu ft Cargo space: 12.1 cu ft
Front, knee, side, and side curtain air bags; ABS; and stability and traction control are standard. Precollision warning is included with the optional active cruise control, as are lane-departure warning and active lane-keep assist. Lexus's Safety Connect telematics system includes collision response and a one-year subscription.
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Policy #207 Adopted: June 17, 2004; amended November 30, 2011
Policy Statement
The San Francisco Public Library champions the protection of personal privacy. Protecting library user privacy and keeping confidential information that identifies individuals or associates individuals with their use of library books, materials, equipment, programs, facilities, and/or staff assistance is an integral principle of the Library. This policy affirms the Library's commitment to privacy, explains the information that the Library collects, and alerts visitors to Library facilities and users of remotely accessed Library services to the privacy choices they face.
- The Library will keep all such information that it purposefully or inadvertently collects or maintains confidential to the fullest extent permitted by federal state and local law, including the California Public Records Act1, the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance2, and the USA PATRIOT Act3.
- To make this policy easy to find, the Library makes it available on the Library's Web site and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.
- Protection of confidentiality extends to information sought or received, and materials consulted, borrowed, and received.
- Protection of confidentiality includes database search records, circulation records, interlibrary loan records, and other personally identifiable uses of library materials, facilities or services.
- The Library does not collect personal information about a library user when a user visits the Library's Web site, registers for a program, or registers for a library card unless the user authorizes the Library to have that information. The user has the option to participate or not participate.
- Any information the library user chooses to provide will be used only to provide or improve library services, such as information gathered through voluntary library user surveys.
- The Library protects library user account information by placing it on a secure server.
Library Cards and Circulation Records
- To receive a library card, library users are required to provide identifying information such as name, birth date and mailing address. This identifying information is retained as long as the library user continues to use the library card.
- A library user's library record includes current information, items currently checked out or on hold, as well as overdue materials and fines.
- The Library does not maintain a history of what a library user has previously checked out once books and materials have been returned on time4.
- When fines accrue on a user's account, the Library does maintain records of items that have been borrowed but returned after the due date, or are still outstanding on the user's record. When overdue materials are returned and all associated fines are paid, the information associated with the library card number is deleted.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
(Note: SFPL does not use RFID technology)
- The only information stored on the RFID chip/tag will be limited to the item barcode or an encrypted number, as well as a security bit that indicates if the item is in or out of the library.
- RFID technology will not be used for library cards.
- All local, state and/or federal legislation relating to RFID and library usage will be fully complied with at San Francisco Public Library.
Public computer use and the Library's online system
- The Library uses an online computer reservation program that allows the public to reserve a computer in order to access the Library's catalog, the Internet and other resources. The Library's public computer search stations are programmed to delete the history of a library user's Internet session and all searches once an individual session is completed. Booking history is deleted every day.
- Searching by the barcode of library books and other materials is not available to the public.
- The Library's online system offers library user self-activated features, using Log In to Your Record, including email notification of new library materials which contain library user saved search terms. Information gathered and stored using this feature is only accessible to the library user. There is no administrative interface to this information for library staff and, therefore, it is not retrievable by anyone other than the user. The user has the option to delete their search history at any time.
- Any future enhancements to the Library's online system that may impact user confidentiality will not be activated by the Library.
Email, Web Forms, and Reference Questions
- Information provided by a library user via email or Web forms will be used only for purposes described at the point of collection (for example on a Web form), such as to send information or provide library services to the library user, update information on the library user's record, or respond to a library user's questions or comments.
- If contact information is provided, the Library may contact the library user to clarify a comment or question, or to learn about the level of customer satisfaction with library services.
- The Library treats reference questions, regardless of format of transmission (in person, via telephone, fax, email or online) confidentially. Personal identifying information related to these questions is purged on an ongoing basis.
- Email is not necessarily secure against interception and may be subject to disclosure requirements of the Public Records Act or other legal disclosure requirements.
Information Automatically Collected and Stored
- As library users browse through the Library's Web site, read pages, or download information, certain information will be automatically gathered and stored about the visit, but not about the library user. The information gathered is for statistical purposes only to insure that the Library is providing appropriate services and does not personally identify any individual.
- The Library automatically collects and stores only the following information about a visit, for statistical purposes:
- The Internet domain and IP address from which access to the Web site is gained;
- The type of browser and operating system used to access the Library's site;
- The date and time of access to the Library's site;
- The pages visited; and
- The address of the Web site from which the initial visit to www.sfpl.org was launched, if any, as well as the address from which a visitor exits.
- The Library uses this information to help the Library make the site more useful to visitors and to learn about the number of visitors to the site and the types of technology visitors use. The data that is collected is not connected to any personal information or identity.
- The Library does not collect information about who library users are, and encourages library users to become familiar with privacy policies of the ISP that the user subscribes to and other sites visited.
Links to Other Sites
- The Library's Web site contains links to other sites. The San Francisco Public Library is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites, including providers of online database services for which the Library subscribes, which may be different from the privacy practices described in this policy. The Library encourages library users to become familiar with privacy policies of other sites visited, including linked sites.
Network Security
- For Web site security purposes and to ensure that the service remains available to all library users, the San Francisco Public Library uses software programs that monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage. Anyone using the Library's Web site expressly consents to such monitoring. Except for the above purposes, no other attempts are made to identify library users or their usage habits5.
Working with Law Enforcement
- Library records will not be made available to any agency of the state, federal or local government except pursuant to such process, order or subpoena as may be authorized under the authority of, and pursuant to, federal, state, or local law relating to civil, criminal, or administrative discovery procedures or legislative investigatory power.
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT ACT)
- Sections 214-216 of this Act gives law enforcement agencies expanded authority to obtain library records, secretly monitor electronic communications and prohibits libraries and librarians from informing library users of monitoring or information requests.
- The Library Commission and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors have formally opposed the Act, including Sections 214-216, in two separate resolutions. (appendices E and F)
- On March 2, 2004, San Francisco voters codified the City's resistance to the federal USA PATRIOT Act with their approval of Proposition E. The charter amendment requires that any request for library, health or other personal records be routed through the Board of Supervisors instead of through City department heads. The supervisors will then decide whether the request is constitutional and whether to respond to it.
1 Library records are protected under California Government Code, Title 1, Division 7, Sections 6250-6270, Chapter 3.5.
2 San Francisco Administrative Code, Section 67
3 PL 107-56 - Uniting & Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act) Act of 2001
4 Library users may choose to opt in and enable My Check-out History. By doing so library users choose to give explicit consent to the storage of their Check-out History from the opt-in date. Library personnel will not access or release Check-out History unless required by law to do so. Library users may opt out of this service and delete Check-out History at any time.
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The "Cosmogonic" Form of Genesis 1
In both form and content, then, Genesis 1 reveals that its basic purposes are religious and theological, not scientific or historical.
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In both form and content, then, Genesis 1 reveals that its basic purposes are religious and theological, not scientific or historical.
A very important way of avoiding a myopic understanding of our own theories and conclusions is to examine how our forebears in the faith understood things.
As I began to study the dynamic nature of Scripture, I discovered the dynamic nature of God.
Divine Hiddenness is the claim that our public evidence is strong enough to make Christian faith reasonable, but not strong enough to make it compelling.
In the early 1700s, Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz famously disagreed about whether God periodically "corrected" the orbits of the planets. Why their disagreement matters for today's debates about God and evolution.
All creation is the doings of God's hands, no matter how he did it. When I look at a painting, I can connect somehow with the painter, and the same goes with the universe and God.
The one thing on which the entire Genesis debate hinges is whether we acknowledge the role played by hermeneutics.
From 2012: The entire BioLogos community would like to thank Dr. Keathley not only for his work in writing his introductory essay, but for his willingness to organize a small collection of essays by other Southern Baptist scholars describing their concerns about the BioLogos perspective. We welcome this opportunity to clarify our positions and remove stumbling blocks where possible.
Pope Francis is reiterating a basic claim in Catholic Christianity: If one acknowledges that God creates by giving creatures not only their existence but also their natures, one can reconcile an evolutionary worldview with the Christian faith.
While reading about and studying the processes that gave rise to this astonishing world, please don't forget that it is beautiful. It is not merely mechanics, but poetry.
John Calvin really believed that the sun revolved around the earth, but we shouldn't dismiss the rest of his theology because of this error.
The former chair of the Harvard University physics department muses on how faith gives meaning to his scientific work.
Written by BioLogos Fellow of Biology Dennis Venema, this series of posts is intended as a basic introduction to the science of evolution for non-specialists.
Here are some of the best responses from around the web to David's Barash's controversial editorial about God and Evolution in the New York Times.


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While they won't have the newest designs, they are based in Germany, which should keep shipping costs down for those of you in Europe.
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park
The guest house contains two bedrooms and a bathroom, interconnected by a porch.
Many of the books written by Rawlings are on display, including books which were translated into other languages.
The living room contains books from Rawlings collection.
The front porch is where Rawlings did most of her writing, surrounded by the harmony of the land she loved.
The tenant house is located at the edge of the farmyard and was home to the workers who helped manage the farm and house.
The barn was used to store the tools and house the animals necessary to run the Rawlings farm. Start your tour of the Rawlings homestead here.
Rawlings loved to entertain her guests in this simply decorated dinning room.
Cut wood was used in the wood burning stove and fireplaces.
The guest room of the Rawlings cracker farmhouse is decorated with period style furnishings.


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The Order 66 Podcast is proud to present the first in a series of live Edge of the Empire games! This live play broadcast will give listeners a feel for the Edge of the Empire game through actual play sessions with new and experienced players consisting of veteran gamers, gaming celebrities, and developers.
The first session will be recorded and available in the upcoming inaugural episode of the New Order 66 Podcast, and will also be broadcast live, as it happens, on Justin.tv. Please join us for the live simulcast, where you can log in, watch and hear the game, and even join other listeners in live chat as the game progresses.
The first live session will broadcast at 6:30pm CST on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 - and you can join in by watching and commenting at http://www.justin.tv/d20radio
Our special guest players for this Saturday's game include:
- Sterling Hershey: long-time Star Wars RPG developer and one of the few men with the distinction of doing development/design work on every incarnation of a Star Wars RPG ever to exist.
- Andy Hurley: rock star, unabashed RPG geek, and Star Wars fanatic. Known to most as the drummer for Fallout Boy - Andy is the only gamer we've ever met who's been on MTV's Cribs.
- Christopher West: RPG cartographer and map-maker extraordinaire, Chris has done work for numerous RPG systems, including more than one incarnation of a Star Wars RPG, and has recently been tapped to do the cartography for Monte Cook's Numenera
- Dom Crawford: geek and gamer for over 2 decades, GM Dom is a regular event GM, organizer, and all-to-familiar face for the old Living Force campaigns, Living Greyhawk, and Pathfinder Society.
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very cute video- The Fresh Prince of Downton Abbey
very cute video- The Fresh Prince of Downton Abbey
So I watched the first episode today and it started off slow but it ramped up towards the end. The costumes and setting are nice but I feel the real draw of the show is definitely the drama.
I totally agree with you here. I think it's slow to mesmerize in the beginning because it takes awhile (at least it did for me, anyway) for the characters and their motivations to clarify.
I also couldn't warm up (at first) to Michelle Dockery's Lady Mary (which I thought would be deadly if I couldn't 'root' for her when I knew I was supposed to) but I soon "got her" as well and then I was completely hooked.
It DID take until episode 2 though to really start to enjoy it.
^ The only reason I even watched the first episode was because I got an email from Amazon I could watch Downton Abbey for free because I had a prime account. Or course I had to do the typical work around to watch it on my ipad. Photon is the best $5 I ever spent on an app.
Even not knowing anything about the show, I immediately knew the Duke was gay because why the fuck would he pick "the ugly one". That was only reaffirming when he requested a specific butler or w/e they want to call it.
My friends call me a dramater as I'm sadly well versed in the genre and hardly anything shocks me. Will be interesting to see how it develops but if there isn't some frivolity in a few episodes, I'll find myself bored with it.
Thomas and the Duke was sort of new to the genre of Edwardian costume drama, but not writer, Julian Fellowes- Gosford Park had some gay in it...Yeah- you could see the Duke was gay from space, though.
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I watched 2 more episodes and does the story actually go anywhere? Outside of the Turkish death, there is just nothing exciting about it. It just seems the characters jostle in place: much ado about nothing. The period piece portion is nice but I don't get the intrigue of the story.
Well, given that it is a 'period' drama, it does have it's limitations, BUT stay tuned, and I promise you'll be rewarded! It really is a great show.
How am I not surprised that the "gay" plays the villain yet again. You would think we would be past pandering to the LCD but, ugh.
Please- gay depiction in film and TV over the last 10+ years have made most of us into saints...only films written/produced by a gay team shows us as we really are- good and bad.....
I finished the first series and you guys were right. It did ramp up to a good conclusion. I may start to watch the second series later. I had a friend ruin it for me because I heard the sexy Iain Glen plays a love interest in Mary. This guy is getting so much English muffin on TV: first Dany in Game of Thrones and now Mary in Downton Abbey. Although I like my Iain with a little scruff.
Downton Abbey's twitter feed just announced Ed sPeleers (of Eragon fame) is joining the cast- not sure as who, but the tweet says 'One more for Carson to train up...' I'm guessing a new footman.
I was hooked from the very first episode.
Perhaps you did not find it that appealing because you were expecting the story to be full of intrigue. I was viewing it slightly differently. I looked at is as a story of a man who was committed to doing the right thing despite losing his family's house, home and fortune.
I find the dialogue has a bit more depth than what I usually watch. i remember at one point in the story, Robert Crawley the Earl of Grantham was asked if he was happy. His reply was, "I am not unhappy."
To me, his answer speaks volumes. He is not exactly happy, but he knows he is more comfortable than many, and so should not be complaining. But yet, not all is right for him. I feel from the tone of his voice that it is very much a case of noblesse oblige.
This answer tells me much more than, "No" or "It's OK".
My two cents anyway.
Is everybody else looking forward to this as much as we are????
So who do you think dies?
Could be Maggie- the contract problem they site....can't see Maggie Smith wanting to do a series anyway- when she signed up, it was just a 1 shot mini that became hugely popular...we know Sybil is already pregnant- so that's the birth...it'd be fun if Edith got knocked up by a 20s black jazz singer in a London club....
I just fInished the second season. It is a terrific show. I hope something good happens for Thomas next season - god the poor guy struggles. I can't help but feel for him in spite of everything. The only person who seems to care for him is O'brian.
I'm pretty sure it's the Dowager Countess. They've hinted at it.
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The new season 3 premier was good! Spoiler Alert! The Crawleys are gonna have some serious money problems since Robert made a terrible investment.
Great show! Just watched both series yesterday. Sucks we in the states have to wait until January.
IMDB says ITV plans to bring back hit show Downton Abbey for a fourth season. It announced the re-commission on Friday. It finished its third season on ITV1 in early November with a season-high ratings performance, bringing to an end what the network said was the highest-rated season of the show to-date.
Apparently, Dan Stevens who plays Matthew Crawley will not be returning in Season Four of Downton Abbey.
Found a link online to watch season 3, I LOVED it, can't wait for season 4. I don't know how they're going to write Matthew out of the show seeing as he wields quite a large role in the series, now more than ever given the events of season 3.
^ I assure Rihanna would be an unsatisfactory replacement. She wouldn't be able to use auto-tune at Downton.
Anyone here actually been to the estate, Highclere Castle? I have.. the show doesn't do it justice. It's absolutely gorgeous!
^ have you Greg?
If I was the owner I'd be anxious having that enormous film crew dragging round my precious rooms.
Ever since I saw topic, I decided to do some catchup watching it online (thank God for Amazon Prime and allowing me to view the episodes ahead of the horribly delayed US release).
Just watched the second wedding episode. That was one of the most depressing things I have ever seen on TV. I'm not one easily moved but I was stirred by that. It seems like everyone will go off the rails again in the next episode.
I thought the wedding was bad but holy shit. What a climax. The rest of the season was kind of eh. I still don't get why Tom would stick around and help Matt out. I hope Thomas finds a nice poofter that he could do some late nite reconnaissance with instead of almost raping someone. I wonder if Lord Grantham's stab at Eton was to make fun of PM Cameron.Spoiler: (Highlight this box to see the hidden message.)
I completely lost it when Sybil died
I just saw the "holiday special". Wow that episode was like a movie at over 90 minutes! The ending is such a tragedy but you could see it coming from miles away.
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The car crash cliffhanger is so cliché that it doesn't phase me. Matthew is highly likely dead though. Whenever there is a time where a character is built up, they must come crashing [no pun intended] back to reality.
We do know that the dowager is gonna get killed off at the end of the next season as Maggie Smith has already said that it would be her last one. That would be a good way to end the series IMO. No real point and dragging it on as the history gets quite dour.
Well we got the first episode of Season 3 here in the states last night. Pretty good.
I thought it was a little dull....I kept wondering if Richard ran the story about Mary and the Turkish diplomat....if not- as much as she obsessed about it in the first 2 seasons, it should have been mentioned- even if to say- he didn't run the story!!!! You just know Matthew will take the money- from pics- I know they hire another footman- Ed Speleers, so they get money somewhere.
I really enjoyed Shirley McClain last night. I thought that she was a breathe of fresh air. DA can get a little stuffy at times. I do love how she and Maggie Smith played off of eachother. I thought that it was a good season opener. Change is upon DA and this reflects that time period in England. I have to say that I did find Mary to be a tad bit annoying and overdramatic. She is fearful of loosing her legacy. I get it but she must realize the man that she married and not expect him to fall into this lifestyle with the snap of her fingers.
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We actually have broken the first 2 hour opener into 1 hour episodes in order to drag it out longer. McLaine is delightful so far.
Because The Obamas and the Media is going CRAZY over downton Abbey I decided to pre-set my DVR to record season 3. The only reason Im the LEAST bit curious is because the Phenomenal Dame Maggie Smith is a member of the cast.
I'm going to read some of the back-story you guys provided. So is the show an easy watch and can I get into it after missing seasons 1 & 2?
OK- Episode 2 question.....the parents tried to push Sir Anthony off on Mary in the first season, then were thrilled Edith took up with him after Mary passed....now- just because of an arm injury- he's unworthy of their daughter's hand? The man has money, I sure he can afford a real nurse. Plus, in season one, the parents were talking about Edith probably never marrying and taking care of them in their old age....wouldn't she have better prospects taking care of wealthy Sir Anthony- maybe having a child and inheriting after his death? All of Grantham's possessions will go to Mary and Matthew.....the show is starting to get uneven- creator/writer Julian Fellowes needs to go back and watch his own show!!!!!!!
NO THAT MAN DID NOT! My poor Edith.
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definitely try to SEE seasons 1 and 2- so far, much better than 3.....
Yes I get the feeling that season 3 is going to be falling apart now. Unfortunately.
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It goes downhill and the finale aka the holiday episode is trashy tv.
The show is a serial, so you can't really watch certain episodes to get plot points. It would be like skipping chapters in a book. Some arcs do drag on but I would still watch the first two seasons.
Yeah, S1 is awesome.
Unfortunately, S1 is the best and the quality starts to deteriorate after that...
It's still a great show though but now it's just more obviously a soap opera.
No, you need to watch from S1 to get an in-depth understanding of the characters and the inner-workings of the estate. Otherwise, the relationship dynamics between the family members and the workers will be mostly lost on you. It's best to start from the beginning.
It's like trying to watch a heavily serialized, character driven show like Mad Men or Breaking Bad. It's just not going to work if you simply read the recaps of previous season and jump right in. You'd miss a lot.
I have to say that I find Matthew's inheritence unrealistic.
"You cheated on my daughter, but please, take my money. You are such a noble man."
I don't get it. I know that the show is called Downton Abbey and not Downton Place, but I would have liked to see the change in scenery and their adaptation to the smaller place. Even if they would have gone back, it would have been fun to see where all of the servants would have ended up.
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WELL, the father didn't know he got together with Mary- he died shortly after Lavinia- so he thought Matthew was going to do the noble thing and marry his daughter- but yes- it's REALLY stretching it!
Im so sad right now. I just watched last night's episode online. Poor Sybil. I knew that they shouldn't have listened to Sir Phillip.
I will miss her so much. Jessica Brown Findlay is a great talent, and honestly, one of the most beautiful people I have ever seen. I look forward to seeing her in other projects. Im going to try to stop sobbing now.
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Six Drupal.org redesign proposals received, association votes on Monday
Last night I met with Tiffany Farriss and Drupal association board member Larry Garfield at the Palantir offices in Chicago. I was in town for HostingCon. We reviewed the six proposals we received from 6 design firms.
The proposals are extensive and the 26 Drupal association members are being provided with the raw proposals to be reviewed. On Monday, August 4th, the Drupal board will meet and Tiffany will present a summary and analysis of the proposals with a recommendation. Some of the design firms have worked on Drupal sites previously so we are able to take a look at their work. Some of the design firms have a strong passion for open source and Drupal.
The proposals involve the confidential design process used by each firm, and include hourly rates which are also confidential, so we are unable to share them publicly.
I can specify some ranges to give you an idea and scope of the work the designers are proposing to do. One of the reasons why we conducted an open bidding process is to get a range of costs, processes, techniques and deliverables. We provided the firms with a target budget and they all came within -20% and +33%. The firms frequently made optional offers as part of their proposals including branding, or content work.
Time estimates range from 2 months to 5 months of scheduled delivery. The proposals include total number of hours worked on the redesign project and either the exact members of the design team or the portfolio of designers at the firm.
In one case association members have personal experience working directly with a design firm on a major Drupal showcase project. Others are known for their high profile work in other open source projects.
The proposals include a research phase so the designers are going to get know Drupal.org users, including new visitors in redesigning drupal.org. The business objectives for the redesign were included in the request for proposal and there will be significant amount of effort upfront creating a design that meets users needs and the associations business objectives. What that means is that there are no screen shots or mock-ups yet, as it's too early in the design process.
The Drupal community has already begun working on the redesign including efforts in personas, user interviews, survey research including Dries 2007 and 2008 state of Drupal survey, and now web analytics on Drupal.org. We are also working on upgrading Drupal.org to Drupal 6 including a major reworking of the Drupal.org project module to make use of views.
The winning firm will present their plans for the redesign at Drupalcon Szeged. Part of this project will be helping the designers and Drupal community, particularly Drupal webmasters and infrastructure team come up with designs that the community not only can implement, but are really excited to implement on Drupal.org.
It's also worth noting that the association has set aside the money to pay for this design work. Our efforts in fund raising with the 652 Drupal association paid members, sponsorships from Drupalcons, prize money, donations, advertising revenue, book sales commissions, and a new affiliate program for hosting companies will bring the revenue to pay for hundreds of hours of design work from outstanding designers.
As we head into the implementation phase of this project look for me to asking "Buddy, can you spare a themer?".
Very cool stuff! Can't wait to see the designs.
Same here I have not seen ANY design work yet not even mock-ups so it will be great to see what everyone has in mind. Coming up with the initial design will certainly be the hardest part, implementing it should not be bad at all.
Would be nice to disambiguate between subdomains rather than keeping the "Drupal blue" for all of the sites.
Why is this posted here? Shouldn't it be on Drupal.org??
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Very excited to see the designs!
Ditto the earlier anonymous' thoughts. Plus, this could have been highlighted on d.o homepage; which would have resulted in more than 6 submissions from over 200,000 d.o members.
Very exited about those designs :) cheers!!


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ACCA's Global Forum for Taxation has members from the UK, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Mainland China and meets on a regular basis to help inform ACCA's policies on issues relating to tax. It is chaired by Mukesh Gunamal, Director of Global Tax Quality and Risk Management at Ernst & Young.
Chas Roy-Chowdhury, head of tax at ACCA, said: 'There was a lot to discuss as the Forum has been concerned about lack of tax clarity and simplicity over recent years. We have been very clear about issues to do with tax avoidance and evasion, and ACCA's view is that whilst there is an increasing blurring of the terms 'avoidance' and 'evasion' the former is legal and the latter illegal.'
ACCA believes that, regardless of the pressures faced by taxing authorities and taxpayers alike, the underlying issues and the rights and responsibilities of each have remained broadly unchanged. Chas Roy-Chowdhury adds: 'The same considerations apply to accountants advising their clients or employers on tax matters. Accountants have an obligation to act within the law, a professional obligation to their clients and employers to act in their best interests, with competence and due care as well as ethical obligations to act with integrity, objectivity. Only if accountants advise clients and employers in a way that is lawful, competent and ethical will they, in ACCA's view, be providing 'public value', by serving the client interest and the public interest at the same time.'
The Forum also discussed a recent report from the UK's tax authority, HMRC, called 'Closing in on tax evasion: a new approach from HMRC', which was launched alongside a UK-wide advertising campaign. The Forum welcomed HMRC's new proactive stance, and also commented favourably on the news that HMRC will have £77 million of additional funding to help them deal with tax evasion.
Chas Roy-Chowdhury explained: 'We discussed the merits of HMRC's approach, looking at whether the most effective methods of countering tax evasion were being considered. While we don't claim to have all the answers, we did think that funds should be invested in recruiting experienced prosecuting lawyers, as well experienced tax specialists amongst other things.'
- The details of the Global Forum meetings are held on ACCA's website, which can be found in the 'Related Links' section, left of this article.


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I received a coupon in the mail forKashi Waffles, and I immediately went to the grocery store to buy a box. I saw the favorable review for the Kashi Heart to Heart Honey Oat variety, so I decided to try the Kashi GoLean Original Waffles. They're described as having a "hint of vanilla," which got me really excited - I love vanilla in most everything. One of the things I love about GoLean products is the combo of fiber and protein and as expected, the front of the box advertises 8 grams of protein, 6 grams of fiber, and only 3 grams of fat per serving.
I picked up my box for $2.99 at the grocery store, took it home and toasted up some waffles right away. I must say, the vanilla flavor was a bit strange for me, probably because I'm used to the eggy flavor of Eggo Waffles (on those rare occasions that I eat frozen waffles). But the more bites I took, the more I liked it. The waffles are very hearty, and they toast up to perfection. After eating 2 waffles, I was satisfied for a couple of hours, which is saying something for just 170 calories.
In addition to 170 calories, each serving of 2 Kashi GoLean Waffles (Original) offers no trans or saturated fats from the 3 grams of total fat (5% of the daily value), 330 mg of sodium (14% of the DV), 8 grams of protein and 33 grams of carbohydrates which includes 4 grams of sugar and 6 grams of fiber 6% (24% of tthe DV). Kashi uses a mix of wheat and whole wheat flours in he ingredients (more details at their website).
That's more protein and fiber than most other waffles will offer. Each box contains 6 waffles for the $2.99 purchase price and I'll definitely be buying them again, and trying the other flavors too. Try it with a little Smucker's Sugar Free Breakfast Syrup, Cary's Sugar Free Maple Syrup or Polaner Sugar Free Blueberry Topping.


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Feb 8, 2013 3:32 PM
As the deployment of AV devices increase to new types of installations, the need for AC power conditioning and management has never been greater. Devices mentioned in this section protect against surges, lightning strikes, and brownouts; correct for under and overvoltage; and report efficiency and emergencies. Some of the products allow control over the Internet, LAN, WAN, or with third-party control systems. Features that have been a standard in data networks, co-locations, and service providers have been introduced into the world of AV integration, and we are glad they are here.
The J Type from APC provides battery backup power to maintain uninterrupted power in the event of a blackout. Battery backup power not only prevents interruptions functionality, it also prevents loss of information, missed communication between devices, damaged hard drives, and unusual wear and tear on the equipment. Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) is engaged to correct low- and high-voltage conditions. These models are guaranteed protection against damaging surges, spikes, and even lightning. The J type not only provides protection from surges traveling over AC power lines, protection is also offered against surges traveling over system data lines including coax, telephone, and Ethernet lines. Reducing electromagnetic and radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI), each filter bank is electrically isolated from each other to prevent noise generated by one component from polluting other connected components. The power sequencer feature ensures that connected equipment is powered-up/down in the proper order and with the right amount of delay between the stages. This delay eliminates transients that can affect connected components or cause the building circuit breaker to trip.
Like the J series, the G Type Rackpower filter from APC eliminates EMI/RFI as a source of audio-video signal degradation with isolated filter banks. Also similar to the J series, it triggers power to components in the proper order to prevent speaker stress. It protects connected loads from surges, spikes, lightning, and other power disturbances. Being Safety-agency approved ensures the product has been tested and approved to work safely with the connected service provider equipment and within the specified environment.
Black Box offers its Outlet Managed Power Distribution units. The name sounds impressive, but what they do is even more so. They allow secure, remote metering and management of AC-powered rackmount equipment via SSL, SSH, SNMP, web browser, telnet, external modem, or local terminal. The units constantly measure current consumption, temperature levels, ping response, and other factors, so when the readings exceed user-defined critical values, they can shed the current load by temporarily shutting down nonessential devices. When readings return to acceptable levels, they can restore power to those devices to return to normal operating conditions.
New rackmount models have been added to Exact Power's award-winning line. PowerCore isolation transformer systems provide protected, same-phase, isolated, and conditioned 120VAC circuits to power residential AV systems. Energy efficient and featuring GroundSense technology, the newly added 5kVA models install directly into equipment racks and provide unique integrated benefits that are not found in other power isolation products. Benefits include safety ground monitoring, hardwired remote branch circuit extensions, load current metering, control system integration, and load sequencing. Other features include the lowest possible noise floor for optimal AV system performance, AV reference ground and noise isolation right in the rack, a 20A hardwired, dedicated isolated ground branch circuit, and AV reference ground to remote equipment locations. The systems also offer ultra-fast 100,000A surge and spike clamping, which protects equipment from damage. Integrated adjustable power sequencing provides protection and control, and over- and under-voltage protection with automatic recovery ensures safe operation. Remote control of power functions, cycling, and resets make operation simple. Integrated power line filters minimize high-frequency noise intrusion. All circuits are on the same phase, which reduces system noise by eliminating the additive effects of cross-phase currents. The proprietary Equipment Ground Current Leakage monitor alerts the installing technician to potential problems that may lead to AV system noise.
Designed for commercial AV installers, Furman Sound's CN-2400S combines control capabilities via SmartSequencing technology, advanced AC protection, AC noise filtration, and optional compatibility with the BlueBolt remote power and energy management platform. The new CN-2400S is one of the first products to feature Furman's SmartSequencing technology, which allows large and complex AV systems to be safely powered on and off with a simple press of a button or turn of a key, even by nontechnical personnel. Bidirectional communications between installed units enables a primary unit to control and sequence multiple secondary units, ensuring multizone electronic systems are powered on and off safely and dependably from a single control point across an entire installation. It has nine 15A outlets: three unswitched and six sequenced with surge, spike, and under- and overvoltage protection.
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