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Mariah, Unwrapped - Interview with The Advocate
In high spirits with another hit holiday album, Merry Christmas II You, Mariah Carey remembers her guncles, addresses bisexual rumors, and considers the possibility of a miraculous gay birth.
By Brandon Voss
To use her words, Mariah Carey is having a Christmas music moment. Merry Christmas, her 1994 holiday album, yielded the seasonal staple "All I Want For Christmas Is You." Merry Christmas II You, Carey's successful new yuletide sequel, contains first single "Oh Santa!" which is perched atop Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart like a perfect angel. On December 13, the 40-year-old Grammy-winner stars in Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to You, a music special that features an appearance by Mimi's mother, former opera diva Patricia Carey. On December 17 she'll be seen in TNT's Christmas in Washington special, and she'll also join the festivities for ABC's broadcast of the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade. Now Carey, who's expecting her first child with husband Nick Cannon, regifts the love of her loyal gay fans -- and stuffs our stocking with the truth about her night with Lindsay Lohan.
The Advocate: No one does contemporary Christmas pop like you, Mariah. Do you really love the holidays, or are you just faking it?
Mariah Carey:
You can't really fake that. I don't think people who don't love Christmas could translate that into a great Christmas song. People ask me, "How do you make these songs feel like they're already classics?" The point is that I do love the holidays so much, and I love writing songs and making records, so it seems like a natural fusion for me. I did the first Christmas album so long ago, and then every year I'd listen to it and pick it apart. So I needed to make a new Christmas album for myself as well as for the fans. I wanted an album that I could listen to during the holidays.
I've read reports that your holiday repertoire might be made into a Broadway musical about your life as early as next year. What's the real story?
It definitely wouldn't be about my life; start that rumor and they'll never lose it, so make sure people know it's not about my life. Right now we're working on finding a script. We've been in discussions with HBO for over three years now. Everybody's been very supportive of the project, but nobody wants to accept a script that's not amazing. Anybody out there reading this who's a writer or writer-in-training, we're definitely accepting different ideas right now. Because it's so important to me, I don't want to make a mistake and have the script not be as good as the music. I want the script to be better than the music.
You'd rather debut your musical on TV than on Broadway?
A long time ago, the first idea I had was for it to be on Broadway and hopefully become a perennial. Then we spoke with HBO and got into discussions about making a movie musical. So it wouldn't be a TV movie, because it's not TV, it's HBO.
Marc Shaiman, who worked as a writer-producer on Merry Christmas II You, would certainly be an asset on that musical project.
I love Marc Shaiman. He's amazing, and I'd love to work with him again. Randy Jackson introduced me to him. When we sat down to write at the house in L.A., it was an amazing experience. After that, I was like, "He has to do the orchestrations for the entire album, because nobody else is coming close to what he's doing, even in his demos." And he's hilarious. Being with him in person is almost as good as his e-mails.
Last year you made magic with filmmaker Lee Daniels in Precious, and now you've created another holiday miracle with Marc Shaiman. Not to detract from their talent, but is there something special about gay men that makes them a perfect creative match for you?
I mean, how could I say that there's not? I can't generalize too much because straight people I work with will be like, "Well, what does that say about me?" But it is true that there's a certain chemistry there. Yes, their talents are gigantic, but they're also open-minded, and it's all about the shared references. I really clicked with Marc when we wrote our first song together, "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again," because our references were so similar. His are way deeper than mine in terms of standards and older Broadway stuff, but he was surprised that I knew old standards that most people don't know, because my mom would sing them when I was really little. And Lee's another one that you just can't help but love. He's got his own unique personality, and we share so many of the same references as well. I can't even think of all the crazy things we quote and laugh about.
Whether it's those surprised concertgoers on Oprah last year or the "Party in the FIP" boys who just made a YouTube video for "All I Want for Christmas Is You," your gay fans aren't shy about expressing their love. When did you first feel that support from the gay audience?
I've never really categorized it like that. But I've always been able to connect with different kinds of people, because whoever connects with me realizes that I do truly appreciate and care about them. And ... wait, what was I saying? You touched on something I wanted to discuss ... Sorry, when you're pregnant you don't remember things from one second ago.
Your connection with gay fans.
Yeah, maybe part of the connection is that I do write songs from an outsider perspective. A lot of my die-hard gay fans don't just know my singles, but they also know all the album cuts. I have songs about feeling different and alienated, because I grew up with my own issues, being biracial and not having money. Some of those lyrics can apply to anybody who feels different. My die-hard gay fans listen to songs like "Outside" and "Close My Eyes," songs that most people wouldn't know, and these songs have become anthemic for them for their own personal reasons.
Do you have any words of encouragement for the young victims of antigay bullying?
It's horrible that it's almost 2011 and this is still going on, but I don't want to get on my podium and say, "Just keep believing!" -- I know that's cliché, and it would be typical of me to say something like that. It's almost impossible to say anything, really, except you must be aware that dealing with that in high school is a passing place. You have to stay strong, rely on your true friends, and try to get through it, as opposed to drowning in it. Look at how many people suffered during high school and came out of it a better, stronger adult. That's the thing to focus on.
You also returned the support from gay fans last year when you invited a young gay couple onstage at a Las Vegas concert to help facilitate their marriage proposal.
If two people want to get married, it's their prerogative -- we hope. Everybody should be able to do what they want to do and be in the pursuit of happiness. Ever since I was a little girl, my mother was very open-minded and had many different types of friends, so being gay never seemed wrong or strange to me. Her best friends were a gay couple, Ernie and Mort, and they kind of co-raised me. They were the nicest guys ever, and they would watch my little shows when I'd sing. Today, I guess they'd be called my guncles. Sometimes they'd put us up when we didn't have a place to go. I couldn't wait to go stay at their house because it was so beautifully done.
Are they still in your life?
One of them passed away. They weren't together at the very end, but they were together for a long, long time.
Back to your gay fans, Marc Jacobs's ex-boyfriend Jason Preston got a big tattoo of your name on his stomach a few years ago. Isn't that a bit much?
I've seen it. How can I say it's a bit much? No, it's amazing. I mean, it is very surprising when you see something like that, but he's a fun guy, so I thought it was adorable.
How might you and Nick handle it if your child turned out to be gay?
I guess we'd handle it as best we could in terms of being supportive.
You strike me as one of those people who might secretly hope for a gay son.
[Laughs] I just hope for whoever's going to be happy and that I can be a great mother to.
What if you have a little lesbian who won't wear your tight hand-me-down dresses and butterfly jewelry?
No comment. [Laughs] No, the thing is that you can't try to make somebody something they're not. Everybody's like, "Oh, if she has a girl, everything's going to be pink, blah, blah, blah." But I don't think you should go totally overboard on that. You should wait and see what the child wants.
What do you think about today's female artists like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Ke$ha, and Christina Aguilera, who flirt with bisexuality in their lyrics, videos, and in the press? Many view it as a disingenuous marketing strategy.
Maybe it's more a reflection of society becoming more accepting. Some of those different artists might really be expressing themselves, but yes, some might just be looking for a little more attention. You never know.
Bisexual rumors have surrounded you for years.
If it makes somebody happy to say that, then whatever, but that's not the reality. I don't have a discriminatory policy of who I'm friends with, so yes, I'm friends with women who are gay -- gay, straight, it doesn't matter to me. So I don't get upset when I hear that, because it is what it is. I guess I could lie about it to seem more exciting.
Is Nick comfortable around your gay friends?
He's fine. Honestly, he does his own thing and doesn't really care what anybody else is doing. He's just living his life and being happy.
Is it true that Lindsay Lohan has tried to seduce you?
No, but I have hung out with her at a club. She was with Sean Lennon, and they came over. I remember he was playing my Hello Kitty guitar, and we were all just singing, laughing, and making up songs. It really couldn't have been more innocent.
Some reviews have referred to Burlesque as the new Glitter. Have you seen it?
I haven't seen it, and I don't feel like sitting in a movie theater right now. I can barely lie in bed and be comfortable. First I'm going to go see Elf, the Broadway musical, because I'm very focused on my Christmas music moment. But maybe I'll see it when it comes out on DVD.
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The day Raptors fans have been waiting for since the 2011-2012 NBA season tipped off is finally here. Sitting at No. 8 isn't exactly where fans envisioned the team would be tonight, but nonetheless, the Raps have a chance to add a solid young talent (or trade for an established talent) to kick-start what we all hope is an active, exciting and ultimately productive off-season.
As mentioned recently, we've covered pretty much all of the prospects the Raptors have been linked to at one point or another in our series of Draft Profiles. In addition, you can find profiles of the top-rated prospects over at The Basketball Jones.
We obviously have no way of knowing for certain, or even close to certain, what will transpire tonight, whether it be before Toronto selects, after Toronto selects or regarding Toronto's pick in general. But based on all of the information we can read, watch, deduce for ourselves, etc. we can at least predict what the 2012 Draft will look like leading up to the Raptors' selection at No. 8, and try to figure out which prospects will be on the board for the Raps.
Without further ado, here's how I see tonight playing out:
We know who the Hornets are going with, but things get immediately murky after that. Most mock drafts you'll find currently have Thomas Robinson going No. 2 to the Bobcats, but Bradley Beal is emerging as the consensus No. 2 player overall in this Draft class. Harrison Barnes might not be out of the running at No. 2 and of course, Anthony Davis' Kentucky teammate Michael Kidd-Gilchrist would surprise no one at No. 2.
While where, exactly, those players end up is still very much up in the air, I think we can assume that they will all be off the board after the first seven picks, and will likely make up picks two through five.
Where the Draft really starts to take focus for Toronto is at No. 6, where the Trail Blazers make their first selection of the night. While Andre Drummond's "potential" may still hold some power, it's looking more and more like Weber State point guard Damian Lillard makes the most sense for the Blazers. If Lillard falls past Portland, and Golden State still owns the No. 7 pick, then I'd say the Raps have a legit shot at him assuming the Warriors don't want to crowd Stephen Curry's backcourt again.
As for those Warriors, while I originally thought they would be the team to eventually select Drummond and deal with the consequences, recent comments from Jerry West suggest that Golden State isn't interested in a long-term project type of player. If he's telling the truth, that pretty much ends the Drummond discussion. If none of the top-five prospects have slipped this far, I can see the Warriors settling for Dion Waiters, with the outside chance of guys like Austin Rivers, Jeremy Lamb, John Henson, Tyler Zeller and maybe even Meyers Leonard being in play.
That brings us to No. 8, which brings us to the Raptors.
My worst fear, and I assume other Raps fans feel the same way, is that Drummond will still be on the board at eight, and that the possibility exists that Bryan Colangelo and co. would consider him the best player available. Unless the Raptors would be trading Drummond upon selecting him, I hope to God that isn't the case, because while I can be convinced on a lot of players in the 2012 Draft class, uninspiring Andre Drummond is not one of them.
If Lillard and Waiters are off the board and Drummond isn't in the discussion, the consensus seems to be that the Raptors will select Austin Rivers. I know a lot of people aren't fans of Rivers, but as I've stated before, I would leave Draft night content if the Raptors selected him, assuming players I rate higher (like Lillard and Waiters) are off the board.
If the Raptors keep their pick, ignoring Drummond for the moment, I still believe one of those three players (Lillard, Waiters, Rivers) will hear their name called at No. 8.
Besides those three and Drummond, I honestly wouldn't be shocked to hear any of the other names we covered called (Jeremy Lamb, Perry Jones III, Terrence Jones, Terrence Ross, Moe Harkless, Kendall Marshall, John Henson). This Draft just seems to be that wide open.
The other interesting part of the Draft will be to see how any trades change the top-eight. For example, if a team trades into the top-seven to select Andre Drummond, which is certainly possible, the Raptors would likely be assured that at least one of Lillard or Waiters will still be available for them.
Then there's the possibility of Colangelo pulling the trigger on a trade himself. Kyle Lowry's name continues to come up in rumours and reports, and if the Raptors were to acquire Lowry, or any other established player, you would have to assume that they move back in the first round. If that's the case, Toronto might be able to escape Draft night with a proven NBA player as well as a prospect from that second tier of players we profiled.
Lastly, while I would consider it highly unlikely, there is the possibility that the Raptors could trade up from No. 8. Imagine Colangelo somehow finding a way to land one of Barnes, Beal or Kidd-Gilchrist? Again, I'm in no way expecting anything of that magnitude involving the Raptors tonight, but at the same time, I'd say the only thing that's full out impossible is landing Anthony Davis. It just seems like one of those years where literally everything else is on the table.
If I absolutely had to put money on it, I'd say this day ends with Rivers as the newest Raptor, but it's tough to confidently predict anything when it comes to this Draft.
UPDATE: ESPN's Chad Ford updated his latest mock draft early Friday morning and actually has Harrison Barnes falling to Toronto, which would send all of us into a frenzy if were to happen. I've written numerous times that in a perfect world, Barnes would slip through the cracks. Included in Ford's latest mock is a five-player big board for the Raptors that includes Waiters, Barnes, Rivers, Lillard and Lamb.
Scott and I will probably both post our thoughts on what transpires at some point tonight. In addition, we'll try to deliver a couple of podcasts over the next few days. Stay tuned.


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The irrigation potential for the region was estimated at 235 million ha, taking into account only the countries for which data were available. India and China account for about 76 percent of this total. The methods used to estimate the irrigation potential vary from country to country, which makes comparisons difficult. In addition, there are some contradictions between the figures given for the irrigation potential and the expected situation of the irrigation in the country. In India, for example, the irrigation potential, which is 113.5 million ha, is called ultimate irrigation potential. It corresponds to the gross area which could theoretically be irrigated in a year on the basis of the assumed design cropping pattern and a rainfall probability of 75 percent and represents 2.27 times the area under irrigation in 1993. This figure is a theoretical maximum. Indeed, it is considered that development of irrigation in India is about to reach its limits and that no major extension of irrigated lands is to be expected after the beginning of the twenty-first century.
In China, the figure for irrigation potential is 64 million ha and corresponds to the total area which could be brought under irrigation in the first half of the next century. As much of the additional land proposed for irrigation is located in the arid and semi-arid zones, reaching such a level would require a viable long-term strategy as to how to provide the amount of water necessary to irrigate these lands.
In most countries of the region irrigation has a long history which is closely linked to the history of rice cultivation. Asia, in general, and the region covered by this survey in particular, represent the bulk of irrigation in the world. The region itself accounts for about 50 percent of the world's irrigation. High population density combined with the tradition of irrigated rice cultivation in all the tropical part of the region are the main factors explaining the importance of irrigation in Asia.
In many countries of the region, irrigation is viewed as an important input to the agricultural production systems. While irrigation development dates back several centuries, the twentieth century, and particularly its second half, has seen a rapid increase in what could be called modern irrigation development (Figure 1) and a majority of the countries have achieved self-sufficiency in cereal crops, mostly rice.
Table 5 presents the regional breakdown of areas under different types of water management.
The assessment of land under irrigation in the countries of the region is made particularly difficult by the different approaches used in the countries to compute irrigation. For some countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan) paddy fields, cultivated mainly during the wet season, are not considered as irrigated land. For the other countries where paddy rice cultivation is practised, all paddy fields are considered irrigated land. In most cases, schemes are designed primarily to secure rice cultivation in the main cropping season, although the need for intensification has progressively led some countries to design new irrigated schemes for year-round irrigation, e.g. Thailand, while Viet Nam has three rice crops a year.
In total, 37 percent of the land under cultivation in the region is irrigated (Table 5). This is the highest level compared to the other major regions of the world. DPR Korea has the highest level, with 73 percent of cultivated land under irrigation, followed by Japan with 65 percent and China with 55 percent. Bangladesh, Nepal, Republic of Korea and Viet Nam have more than 40 percent of cultivated land under irrigation. Other tropical countries of south Asia and the Islands have an average between 20 and 25 percent of their cultivated land under irrigation.
Scheme classifications also vary widely among countries. Classifications are made according to scheme size, type of management, or institutional set-up. Several countries make the distinction between schemes designed for wet season crops and schemes designed for dry season crops (Lao PDR, Philippines, and Bangladesh).
While most wet season rice irrigation is fully gravity irrigation (cascades from plot to plot), dry season cropping may require pumping in places. This is the case in Lao PDR where, due to the pumping costs, dry season rice cropping has not proved economic unless a very bad harvest has been recorded in the previous wet season. In the tropical zone, wet season irrigation is almost only paddy rice. It is usually considered as supplementary irrigation to an already abundant precipitation. During the dry season, a much larger diversity of crops are grown on irrigated fields. In Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Mongolia, a kind of flood control irrigation is practised with flood water being used to inundate paddy fields which are then cultivated with rice. In total, such practice concerns an area of about 1.2 percent of the total irrigated land in the region.
Surface irrigation is by far the most widespread irrigation technique in the region. It includes all paddy rice cultivation and most of the other crops. In most countries, sprinkler or drip irrigation systems are reported to exist on very small, experimental plots. Table 6 presents the information on sprinkler and micro-irrigation for the countries for which this information was available.
Mongolia is the only country where sprinkler irrigation represents a significant part of the area under irrigation as large schemes were systematically equipped with sprinkler irrigation in the 1980s.
Surface water is the major source of irrigation water in the region, except for Bangladesh and India where groundwater is widely used. Irrigation systems are generally grouped as:
The percentage of power irrigated area is more important in Bangladesh, China and India, with 83, 54 and 53 percent respectively, while in Bhutan and Myanmar the corresponding figures are only 2 and 3 percent respectively (Table 7).
Information on irrigated crops is scarce and incomplete. In many countries, no distinction is made between areas of irrigated and rainfed crops. Rice represents about 45 percent of all irrigated crop areas in the region and 59 percent of the rice is irrigated (Table 8). However, its regional distribution shows major trends: in the countries of the Far East, Southeast Asia and the Islands, rice represents systematically more than 90 percent of irrigated crops, as is also the case for Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. In these countries, the remaining 10 percent consists of some dry season cereals, vegetables or industrial crops. Irrigation has played an important role in rice production in the second part of the twentieth century, and by the end of the 1980s many countries of the region had achieved self-sufficiency in rice.
By contrast, India, China and DPR Korea have a much more balanced distribution of irrigated crops with rice representing only about one-third to one half of the total irrigated crop area. This reflects the cold or arid context of large parts of these countries. In India, the percentage of land under irrigated wheat is slightly higher than that under irrigated rice (31 percent against 30 percent), the rest being shared between a large variety of crops. Data for irrigated crops in China were not available but it can be estimated that it is shared evenly between rice, wheat and other crops; rice being the single most important irrigated crop. However, in India only 47 percent of the total harvested area for paddy rice is irrigated, while more that 92 percent of the harvested paddy rice in China is irrigated (Table 8).
More or less reliable and complete information on irrigated cropping pattern is available for ten countries. Table 9 compares the total area of irrigated crops with the area equipped for irrigation. Cropping intensity varies from 72 percent in Bhutan, to 132 percent in India and Malaysia with an average of 127 percent. Care should be taken, however, when comparing figures for different countries. In Bhutan, for instance, irrigation figures refer only to summer crops.
In Bangladesh (84 percent), irrigation is considered only for dry season cropping. The average irrigated cropping intensity for these ten countries is 127 percent.


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Don't know if this matters, but we would install this on a different wall than where the current baseboard heater is located. We're looking to supplement--not replace--what we already have. The vanity is too far from the shower and throne for an under-vanity heater to be of much use, but there's an empty section of wall opposite the shower and next to the toilet where a baseboard unit would work quite nicely. |
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My husband and I are orginally from central Arkansas but have lived in Texas since 1985, when his new job brought us west. Even after 22 years in Texas I still refer to Arkansas as "home". We have 1 2-legged child, a boy, and 2 4-legged children, rescued doberman pinschers named Max and Angel. They aren't DOGS!, they are 4-footed people in fur suits. Totally spoiled but so loving and affectionate.
DH is an electronics technician working for a defense contractor and I'm a registered nurse currently doing telehealth nursing for a major insurance company. I work 10 hour night shifts from 8 pm to 6:30 am, so getting motivated to cook can be a challenge. Fortunately I do have 3 nights in a row off each week, which helps.
For past 10-12 years it has just been DH and myself at home and we ate out a lot. DH works days and I've mostly worked nights since becoming a nurse and it is truly easier to go out for dinner. We still eat out quite a bit but lately I've been cooking more. Thank goodness there doesn't seem to be a limit to how much you can put in your cookbooks here on 'zaar, mine are very full. I decided it was time to start trying some of those recipes I've been "collecting" so long and we've had some really good to exceptional meals and have cut back dining out to once or twice a week.
My Rating System:
5 - Exceptional, the recipe that DH continues to talk about how good it is several days later.
4 - Very good, the recipe that DH mentions how good it is several times during dinner. No changes are needed
3 - could be for one of 2 reasons. 1st reason is that I would rate it a 4 and DH would rate a 2 so I compromise on a 3; or 2nd reason, we both felt like something was missing. If it receives a 3 star rating for the 2nd reason, I would probably make it again, but would make changes to try to make it more satisfactory to our taste.
I don't give less than 3 stars. If we felt the recipe just didn't do it for us, and no amount of tweaking would help, I just delete the recipe from my cookbook. Everyone has different tastes and the next person may love it. I wouldn't want my review to make them not try it. This generally doesn't happen often, since I wouldn't fix anything that has a preponderance of ingredients that I know we don't like.
I have quite a cookbook collection - ranging from the little ones at the grocery store checkouts to gourmet hardback ones. Since finding 'zaar it is becoming easier to resist buying cookbooks. So I guess you would have to say 'zaar is my favorite cookbook.
Favorite foods are Tex-Mex, Chinese, Steaks, and I like sushi/sashimi (but DH doesn't.) Favorite restaurants: Mexico Chiquito (in Little Rock), Outback Steakhouse, Great Wall chinese buffet in Plano, Tx, Greek Isles in Plano (the best gyros and dolmas), El Fenix, On the Border.....I guess you could say anywhere that someone else is doing the cooking. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy cooking when I have time, but with my schedule it isn't as often as I wold like. Thank goodness for 'zaar and crockpots!


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Moving to the inside of the case you really see the massive length come into play. While one of the most noticeable things is the missing motherboard tray, due to huge length we shouldn't have too much of a problem installing devices into it.
You can see a lot of the main features toward the bottom right of the case. We have our space for the precious hard drives, the Z-Alien can support a very comfortable four hard drives across the bottom. Not only that though, if you aren't using a floppy drive, you can squeeze in as many as another three giving support for a maximum of seven hard drives which should keep a lot of people busy downloading for a long while.
As we mentioned, a total of four 5.25" drives can be installed - DVD-ROM, DVD-Burner and two hard drive caddies, for example. The Z-Alien supports more the enough drives so you shouldn't run into any trouble when it comes to laying out your system.
As you can see, where the HDDs are housed, we have a fan at the bottom which helps push air across the drives. The fan is placed in a good position where the 80mm fan can cool all four hard drives if needed. Fortunately, the case also has air holes on the other side so you don't have to worry about it not being able to pull in cool air from anywhere. We believe HDD cooler to be critical and it's good to see the designers of this case think the same thing.
Finally before we go to the installation, we have a little box inside the case that carries the feet for the bottom, some extra covers for the front of the case and some screws so you can install your motherboard.
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A local pizza company brought back some big awards after the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas.
Palo Mesa Pizza in Arroyo Grande entered into the Traditional Pizza Challenge.
Chef and owner, Michael Stevens, entered his homemade Italian sausage and fresh banana pepper pizza into the competition.
He ended up placing first in the Southwest Region Division of the U.S.
He went on to win 5th place for Best Pizza in the World.
Michael's pizza was judged by past winners, food critics, chefs, and pizza experts. It was graded on superior crust, sauce, cheese, toppings, overall taste, creativity, and visual appeal.
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Forgive me for I beg to differ, curse is just a poor substitute for neither command line nor GUI. You can't realistically pipe curse output to other scripts and get something meaningful, nor can curse take advantage of your screen's full display capability. While I appreciate the power of using command line and the simplicity of GUI, I can't ever understand people who uses curse-based newsreader/email clients. The only curse-based applications that I could appreciate are text editors, e.g. vim/emacs, and it is because they're convenient to use on an ssh.

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"I think a lot of the words he used are code words, and that's the same kind of thing that got Trent Lott into trouble in the South," says Milton Branch, president of CU's Black Alumni Association. "Down there, they've used code words for a long time to say certain things publicly in a way that makes them seem acceptable, because they disguise what the person really means. And in this case, these code words helped to perpetuate negative stereotypes about blacks."
"It was full of subliminal messages," adds Kerry Kite, president of CU's Black Student Alliance. "They're the kinds of things that certain people don't question, because supposedly, subconsciously, they already know they're true. And that's a problem."
Views like these are at the heart of a letter signed by Branch and Kite as representatives of their respective organizations and sent to News editor John Temple on January 20. The missive suggests that Krieger and the paper for which he works "owe an apology to all the hard-working, dedicated student-athletes of the University of Colorado. We expect, at least, that, if not also an explanation of why a paper of the Rocky Mountain News's caliber and influence would choose to run such a heinous, not to mention dangerous, piece."
As of February 11, the News had printed several letters critical of Krieger's piece, but not the Branch-Kite salvo, even though Dave Plati, CU's assistant athletic director for media relations, included it in his online notes column (accessible at http://cubuffs.ocsn.com/genrel/012503aaa.html) late last month. Still, the Rocky can't be accused of ignoring their comments. Because the letter arrived at the paper when Temple was out of town attending his father's funeral, it went instead to managing editor Deb Goeken, who reacted by coordinating a February 6 get-together aimed at discussing the column. Goeken and sports editor Barry Forbis were in attendance, as were Kite, Branch and Krieger, who has a reputation for going where his peers are too timid to tread. When then-Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis was mentioned in a trial that revolved around the Gold Club, a pricey Atlanta strip bar with reputed mob links, Krieger was the only local sportswriter to risk retribution from the onetime Super Bowl MVP by writing about it ("Stripped Down," May 31, 2001).
In a conversation that took place prior to his trip to the principal's office, Krieger had no apologies to make for his January 16 effort, describing the controversy as "a conflict between political correctness and the truth." He didn't offer any sorries after the get-together, either, but his tone was considerably more moderate. "I need to find a balance when I want to make a strong statement, so I can avoid a variety of other implications," he says.
The Krieger offering that spurred this debate concerned Marcus Houston, a running back who'd just left the University of Colorado Buffaloes in favor of the Colorado State University Rams. Houston, a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School who entered CU as part of its 2000 freshman class, was among the most highly touted Buffaloes recruits in ages. Moreover, his extracurricular projects, including "Just Say Know," a program he created that's intended to foster academic and personal achievement among young people, earned him steady praise and status as a parent-friendly role model. But he was beset by injuries during his years at CU, and even after returning to apparent health this past season, he saw little on-field action.
Houston's extended pine time fueled speculation about friction between him and two members of the Buffaloes coaching staff: head coach Gary Barnett and running-backs coach Eric Bieniemy, who as a player was a key component of CU's 1990 national championship squad. (Bieniemy recently left CU in favor of a similar position at UCLA.) Krieger explored these issues against the backdrop of the CU football program as a whole, which made the wrong kind of news following a December 7, 2001, recruiting party at which a woman says she was raped. Authorities didn't accuse anyone of the crime, but four CU footballers received wrist slaps for drug- and alcohol-related violations. Nonetheless, the situation hasn't been put to rest. In December, the woman, officially identified as "Jane Doe," filed a lawsuit in Boulder district court that seeks to hold the university accountable for allowing sexual favors to be used as a recruiting tool.
In his column, Krieger sees the 2001 event as symbolic of the dubious ways CU attempts to lure African-American recruits to a campus and a town, Boulder, that's overwhelmingly Caucasian. But he also declares that "racial identity plays a part in this story, although you won't get any of the antagonists to admit it. At its root was a black-on-black culture conflict, all the more pronounced in the minuscule black enclave along the Flatirons." Krieger subsequently contrasts straight-arrow Houston with Bieniemy, who "twice pleaded no contest to criminal charges stemming from angry outbursts while a CU student and player. Three months after Barnett hired him in 2001, he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence."


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VADODARA: Tuesday's fire at the Racecourse Towers is an eye-opener both for those at the helm of maintenance of high-rise buildings as well as for fire services in the city. The situation on fire safety in the high rises needs some desperate attention and even strict steps.
Statistics regarding fire safety norms in the buildings in Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) areas reveal that a most buildings have not renewed their no-objection certificates (NOC) granted by the civic body. There are others who have no fire safety arrangements at all and have not done so even after VMC cracked the whip on them and issued notices.
The city, according to official figures, has 352 high-rise buildings that are over 15 metre in height. Of these, only 135 have renewed their NOCs while 206 have not done so, many of them for several years now. There are 11 other buildings that have no fire safety measures at all.
While the VMC Fire and Emergency Services (VFES) department issues notices periodically, the apathy over following the norms still prevails. "People occupying such buildings also need to understand the risks involved to their property and life and cooperate," said VFES chief officer (fire) H J Tapariya.
Tapariya added that in some cases the civic body had taken the extreme step of severing drainage and water connections earlier. "But they seem to circumvent these by drawing water through tube wells and rejoining the sewage connections illegally," he said.
At the end of the civic body, however, there seems to be a lack of will to crack the whip on such buildings. While the fire department issues notices and suggests actions, it is the responsibility of other departments like town-planning or ward offices to take necessary action. There is also lack of follow-up on the notices issued to such buildings.
Tapariya said that it was also not enough to have fire safety equipment in place. "Some preventive steps like using good quality wiring and sensitizing users of the building on how to act in an emergency situation have to be taken by those who make or manage the buildings too," he said.
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Republicans are worried that the law's new benefits will prove popular, while Democrats could become targets if the law drives up costs.
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WASHINGTON — The debate over President Obama's signature healthcare law enters a crucial phase this week as the real effect on consumers starts to come into focus after more than 3 1/2 years of partisan claims and counter-claims.
For both sides in the protracted battle over what has come to be called Obamacare, it is a moment of political peril.
The president has staked his legacy on tens of millions of Americans who don't get health benefits at work being able to start signing up for insurance coverage, even if they have a preexisting medical problem.
A meltdown in this new system would be politically damaging for Obama and his Democratic allies, who have said since the law passed in 2010 that Americans would embrace the Affordable Care Act once they realized its benefits.
For Republicans, the stakes also are high. Warning of an impending catastrophe, the GOP has waged an unprecedented campaign to stop the law from taking effect — including the current threat to shut down much of the federal government if Obama does not yield. A relatively drama-free rollout of the law this fall could shatter what has been a key pillar of the Republican agenda.
More worrisome still to some Republican strategists: The law's new benefits may prove popular with millions of Americans who have been unable to get health insurance.
"We are replacing years of fighting with a reality, and that reality will shape public attitudes from here forward," said Bill McInturff, a veteran Republican pollster. "If it works, attitudes about the law could change. But this country will have limited patience and tolerance if it doesn't."
Enrollment is scheduled to begin Tuesday in new state-based insurance marketplaces authorized by the law. Consumers who don't get health benefits at work will be able to shop on the marketplaces for health plans, which must provide a new basic set of protections. The coverage will take effect Jan. 1.
Few on either side think opinions will change overnight, as a relatively small number of consumers will initially use these markets. Only about 7 million people are expected to enroll in 2014, rising to 25 million by 2018, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. An additional 12 million low-income Americans ultimately will sign up for government Medicaid programs under the law, the budget office says.
By contrast, more than 160 million people will continue to get health benefits through the decades-old system of employer-sponsored coverage, according to the projections.
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After startup, this freeware application installs easily as an additional preference pane in the system preferences menu. There did not appear to be any technical support available, but there was a basic readme file that explained the various options present and how changing each impacted the Quicktime program. Some of the options include automatically playing movies, … Read more


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A few weeks ago, Parkes wrote about the struggles of two former Blue Jays outfielders; Vernon Wells and Alex Rios. Mired in terrible season-starting slumps, both men failed to get on base or hit for power or do anything worthwhile considering the expectations and pay scale.
Immidiately after Dustin struck them down, the former Jays showed signs of life, hitting a few home runs between them, still not good enough for the middle of two lineups "expected" to challenge for playoff spots. Neither are bad players, simply overpaid.
Like most contracts, they looked great at the time of signing. Alex Rios was a superlative defender and burgeoning power bat, well worth the considerable contract extension when compared to his teammate.
Around the same time as Rios signed his big deal, the Baltimore Orioles signed a very similar outfielder to a very similar deal. Right now, three years later, the Nick Markakis looks an awful lot like the sunk cost Alex Rios quickly became.
The O's inked Nick Markakis to a $6 year, $60 million dollar contract extension after his superb 2008 season, one in which he posted a .389 wOBA (.306/.406/.491) with 20 home runs, 10 stolen bases and excellent defense in right field. He was a cornerstone around whom the Orioles would build.
That was the plan, anyway. After signing this big deal, Nick Markakis failed to deliver on the promise of his breakout season. His declining power numbers were concerning at first but his ability to get on base saved him from total waste, until everything went south during the first month of this season.
Markakis finds himself mired in a miserable slump, posting a .227/.288/.318 line with a single home run. Orioles bloggers now wonder aloud if the O's might give Markakis the Rios treatment – letting him go for a song, just to escape the contract:
…if given a do-over, but the contract isn't exactly an albatross (maybe Nick's production actually falls off and he's over-paid*, and maybe salaries rise faster and he's under-paid). Letting him go for nothing but the extra salary space (which I'm not that confident would be spent too wisely** anyway) doesn't seem like a good idea.
For me, Rios and Markakis are now forever linked. In addition to being walking advertisements for the "Don't Sign Players After Career Years" corollary, they are similar enough to break a thousand hearts apiece. So many tools, so much talent – yet their best years might well be behind them at age 27.
Age is the number one reason the Orioles won't cut Markakis lose any time soon – there is still time for him to earn that contract, even if he can't eclipse those excellent early seasons. The struggles of Nick Markakis mirror the Orioles struggles very closely, all sorts of promise only to zig when they're expected to zag.
The O's can try to plug holes in their lineup all they want, until their best players produce at an elite level, they're never going to escape the AL East basement that's been they've owned for so long.


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Number 5: What's this world coming to? (front line)
The "ascended masters" who some call ancient aliens. Use human channels such as Shirley MacLaine, lord Maitreya and a host of others (pun intended) to manipulate mankind.Continue to see more of the ten weirdest recent Denver Craigslist "Rants & Raves."Are they not the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim?
The cursed offspring of fallen angels and the daughters of men. Rosemary's baby if you will.
Demonic and unclean spirits who's physical bodies were wiped out via flood who now seek a human host? They're insane enough to still believe that they're plan will come to pass. But they are doomed to fail again as they always have. Take Nazi Germany for example.
Not unlike Lucifer's original epic fail way back in the day.
These extraterrestrial rulers of the darkness of this world will never stop trying until they are thrown into the lake of fire.
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Two days after Valentine Day's, the Minister of State for Petroleum, Jitin Prasada will marry Lucknow-based political journalist Neha Seth. For the first time, an Indian Minister while being in office will be walking down the aisle. Jitin has been seeing Neha for sometime. The wedding is planned to be a grand and classy affair with many VIPs slated to attend it.
Jitin represents the Dhaurahra (Lok Sabha constituency) of Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh. An alumni of Doon School, he graduated from the prestigious SRCC and completed his MBA from IMI, Delhi while Neha did her schooling from La Martiniere, Lucknow. His father Jitendra Prasad, a Congress leader was the political advisor to former Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi and Narasimha Rao.
After Jitin gets married, just two ministers– Mukul Wasnik and Agatha Sangma– in the Union Cabinet will be left single.


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